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81MTKU WATCHMAN, EMAblL ?oi!???lMated Aug. 2, 188 Cbf ??nttbman anb Southron. Pnbll?lml U cdncvMlay and Saturday ?BT? DSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SI MTBU, 8. C. Tema: $1.10 per annum?In advance. Ad vertlaements: One Aquare flrat Insertion.$1.00 Ihrery aubeequent lnaertlon.SO Contracts for three months, or linger will be made at reduced ratea. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charted for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects srtll be charred for. STORM fcUXA FIVE PERSON'S. Tornado Sweep* Aberdeen, Destroy? ing lUbKNa Central Depot, and Bnvnlng Several People In Rains. Aberdeen. If lam,, April 0.?Five per ions are known to hare been killed, lour others Injured and still others Juried under the debris of the IK tnola Central depot, which was de? molished by a tornado which swept hrough the city of Aberdeen tonight. The dead W C McMillan, president ?f the Bank of Aberdeen; T. C. Mc HU ?an, cotton buyer; three negroes, ? a Idea tilled. Tboee known to have been Injured are: Oeo. Franklin, telegraph opera Mf hi the employ of the Illinois Can? cel railroad, and Messrs. Ray King und Wiehorn, also railroad employes. The storm, 'though of abort dura? tion, waa of great velocity and besides ilemalteblng the depot, damaged a lumber of other buildings Imme? diately after the storm paaaed, relief Partie? ware hastily formed and the search among wreckage of the depot At midnight Are bodies of killed had been recovered aid f>ur of the Injured. MIIJJON AIKE KILLS HIMSELF seat Men In I%lh*Mphla, Shoot* Philadelphia, April 0.?Charles B. Ulla, president of the Cltlaens' Paa ?cnger Railway company and one of the wealthiest men In Philadelphia, hot and killed himself today at his tome In this city. He waa discover? ed lying In a pool of blood In hla bed torn by his wife, who heard the re? port of the revolver while ahe was at breakfast A physician who was hastily ftiimmoned pronounced him dead. The d?i?l man waa 74 years old and had been a sufferer from neuralgia end rheumatism for some time. Mr. VIlia* wealth waa reputed tobe I (?.?00.000. IIA ISC I.I GIVEN OFFICE. Notorious Bandit Rewarded for He paying Ransom Money. Washington. April 0.?Raisull. the mitortouM Moorish bandit, has been ? ?point? I governor of an extens've .Metrlft, Including Arslla, on the At? lantic co nt, and extending nearl." to Teluan < a the Mediterranean, accord? ing to information received by the state deixiitment from the minister to Morrotyo. This appointment follow -?I Ralsull's sctlon In announcing his Brtlsh protection and reatoring to "bat govirnment $20.000 extorted by him for I he release of Kald McUun, whom he held for ransom. DOl'BLE H1IOOTING NEAR SAM DA. Aaft'erwon llrotherN Mortally Wound o?l by John Warren. naluda. April ??In the early hours of t inday morning, two miles east of Hah da. near I'nger's. John Warren ??ho John Andernon and "Blge" An Jerton. brothers, and It Is very pro babh- both of them will die from th* wound*. Details as to the cause of (he shooting are unobtainable. W |f> "en an?) the Andersons are young white nen, and ???ntll now were never Known I be In any ?crious trouble. Dr. O. P. Wise was called to attend the wounded men about 3 o'clock Sunday, and found one of them rteaf W?- ren's h? i <e with a *heet sni 4 t ??%??? him Further down the road in the .fdge of the field with a Ij I It ever him l ?y the other wounded man I ' i n( H.em had bled profusely und t ?r- alim>M dead from loss of b ?<,d ?n?l the -'old In which they were ex poaed. ( no of the Anderson's waa ?hM from the front, tho ball \>;> through the lung. The gther mis phot from ho rear and the bail lik.' wlae passed through the lung. "Bach of thorn had one wound ? iHjr, Neither of the wounded men has any? thing mirh to say about the affair. It Is n ?t anown where Warren Is. It Is nald h a coat la pretty badly < ut. died Apfll, I860. 'Be Just ai l. STJ SENATOR HUMAN AI HOilAF. A MIGHT AT THE FI H ESI DE OF FA KM Ell BEN. Wleider of the Famous Pitchfork lieads the Simple Life of a Quiet Farmer at Ills Home Near Trenton ? Regarded the Orum Fight as a Forlorn Hope at First. Trenton, S. C, April 2.?One gets a pretty fair idea of old-fashioned un? affected Southern hospitality at Sen? ator Tlllinan's home near Trenton, says the Charlotte Observer. It Is very delightful because of its sim? plicity. The guest during his stay is made to feel that he is one of the family, and so he is not wearied by conventionalities nor oppressed by too many polite attentions. He Is left free to follow his own Inclinations. If he wants to, he !? at liberty to walk about the beautiful plantation or stroll out Into the front yard, where flowers and shrubbery are beginning to burgeon beneath the warmth of the spring sun, or go to the nearby village, sit and read In the senator's well-filled library, where he will al? ways And some choice books to his liking. When at home from Washington, especially at this season of the year. Senator Tlllman is a very busy man. and one's only chance of interviewing him is to spend a night under his hos? pitable roof. This is what the writer did at his suggestion. Both he and Mrs. Tlllman made the visit a very pleasant one. The night was quite cool, and be? fore a cheerful log fire that made the shadows dance on the walls of the roomy'library, we sat till rather late In the night and conversed about va? rious things, the lady of t. e house, busy with her needle, occasionally taking paft. for she and the guest listened more than they talked, as the senator had the floor most of the time. Many subjects were Introduced aw* discussed. The verdict in the Cooper trial, the flght in the senate against Crum's nomination, Mr. Taft as president and his friendly attitude towards the South, the recalcitrant Democrats of the lower house of congress, Mr. Ttllman's trip abroad last summer, the servant question and the growing untrustworthiness of the negro as a laborer. When asked what he thought of the verdict of the Jury In the Cooper case. Senator Tlllman said it was more than he expected, as he felt al? most convinced that it would end In a mistrial. It seemed to him from the evidence that the killing of Sen? ator earmark was a deliberately planned assassination, and that Sharp, although escaping through lack of evidence, had knowledge of the con? spiracy against Carmack's life. He spoke In high terms of Senator Car mack, regarding him as one of the South s ablest and most brilliant lead? ers and, above all. a fighter. "Fight? ers." said Senator Tlllman. "are need? ed by the Democratic party at Wash? ington," which was an intimation that he regretted Mr. Carmack's enforced retirement from the senate. As In the flght against Crum, Sen? ator Tillman said he went into It at flrst with misgivings, regarding It as a "forlorn hope. ' He got no en? couragement from any of the Demo? cratic Senators, except Senator Mc Laurin of Mississippi, who promised to ?t.ind by him and did help In ev? ery way possible. On the contrary his fellow Democrats gave cold comfort to the undertaking, saying that it was useless to make the flght, but he per? sisted, and at last when the tide of sentiment begun to turn they all rush? ed forward bravely to his assistance. Senator Tlllman seemed to think President Taft will come nearer be? ing President Of the whole country than any occupant of the White House since the war. He regards him ns a man of large and liberal views, one who w ill carry out his pol? icy in the matter of appointments in the South, but tlie Senator expressed no opinion as to what effect It would hat/e in BBtitUlll IhS White VOtC of the Phalli That qtieotlOll was not ask eO. i;- ipscttng Ihe Democratic mem* <?f tin- Ibiuse who failed to line up with their fellow members by lolnlag ihe Insurgent Repuhllcang to down Cannolam. when tiny had tin1 opportunity given, Penator Tlllman til rossod himself la strong termi Hi aaM t hi) m ere tralton to their party's platform and ought to bagread out of the i arty Senator Tlllman gnvt i racy do* SCrlpI ?fl Of hi< tiip abroad, the coun? tries and placet of interest he vlslt ??d. With shrewd romments on the manners and customs of the people. In this ^??*t of the conversation Mr?. Tlllman Joined setting him right when nd Fear not-~Let all the ends Thou Ahn FMTER, S. C. SATUI I ALABAMA HA 1 LH GADS LOSE. I _ I Decree Against Hailroad Commission j Dissolved?Decision by Federal Cour?. New Orleans, April 6.?The United States Circuit Court of Appeals today dissolved the injunction ordered by Judge Thomas G. Jones in the United States District Court at Montgomery, Ala., restraining the State railroad commission from putting a 2 1-2 cent passenger rate and reduced freight rates Into effect. The opinion of the Circuit Court of Appeals was concur? red in by Justices Shelby and McCor mlck, Justice Pardee dissenting. The court put itself on record as favoring an appeal to State courts as first recourse and expressed regret that an opportunity had been given the State Supreme Court of Alabama to pass upon the laws enacted by the Alabama legislature. The effect of today's decision will be to remand the case to the lower court at Montgomery for further pro? ceedings. The litigation grew out of the en? actment of certain laws in 1907 which provided for a maximum pas? senger rate of 2 1-2 cents a mile, and a nominal reduction of freight rates. Bills were filed to restrain the en? forcement of the proposed rates un? der the claim that they were confisca tory and also that the statutes denied the railroad companies the equal pro? tection of the law. Complaint was also made against provisions which made the charging of a higher rate of fare than that prescribed a misde? meanor, and Imposed fine and impris? onment upon any employe of a rail? road who violated these acts. The Injunction which was today dissolved was sweeping in its effect. By its terms the proposed rates were superseded and suspended until the final determination of the case. All persons were restrained from institut? ing any suits against the roads on ac? count of the refusal to comply with the provisions of the act, prosecuting attorneys were restrained from in? stituting criminal proceedings under the statutes, clerks of courts were re? strained from performing any official duties and officers from making ar? rests In this connection. Gov. Comer's Views. Birmingham, April 6.?Gov. Co? mer said this afternoon: "I believe the dissolution of the injunction by the Court of Appeals and the putting in effect of the new rates at once will not hurt the roads. I regard the Ala? bama law and Alabama treatment of the corporations as the most conser? vative of any State ln?*he Union." she thought he was wrong about some date or occurrence, which gave rise to pleasant badinage between the two that was very enjoyable. In some things he observed that the Europeans are ahead of us; In others far behind. In Spain and Italy, for instance, he said the farmers have lit? tle or no improved agricultural ma? chinery. They sow and reap their grain with the crudest sort of ploughs and scythes. He made another state? ment, which to most of us will be In? formation, namely that In no part of 1 Europe he visited did he see any red soil or clay, such as found in many parts of this country. Before retiring for the night Sen? ator Tillman gave an exhibition of some exercise with dumb bells, which 1 he has found of great benefit to his health, which by the way, is excel 1 lent, by bringing to play muscles rare? ly used. He recommends such a regi? men of exercise, claiming that It is beneficial to one even after he has passed the age of 60. He has tough? ened his muscles considerably, and In time, no doubt, he will be able to compete with the strenuous Mr. ? Roosevelt in a horseback ride. South Carolina's senior Senator and I some of his neighbors have gone in? to the culture of asparagus. His prlv a*e secretary Mr. Knight, Is very en? thusiastic about raising it for the I Northern market. There is a ten acre field of It on the Tillman farm, and the next morning everybody was busy cutting and getting it ready for shipment, No finer can he grown 1 on the truck farms around Charles? ton. It bring! about $12 n crate. I The last thing this scribe saw bc 1 fore his departure to take the evening i train was Senator Tillman busily .n ghged In putting I new handle to a pitchfork.. one can Imagine the question that naturally arose in the mind, lint which was not put for oh* VlOUl reasons. Whether it was to be USed on the farm or in the Senaie, who can tell? But he had put hand l les to other things besides, hoes and shovels and lakes. The last thing, however, that was seen to he rehand i led was surely a pitchfork. und i s't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an ID AY. APRIL 10. 19 HELPS THE OIL TRUST. INDEPENDENTS SAY DRAWBACK WILL GIVE COMBINE MILLIONS Bill to lk) lliudied Through House To Adopt Six vial ltule Monday And to Pass Tariff BUI And Send It To The Sonate Next Week. - Washington. April 2.?"It will help the Standard" is the cry raised in the house today by Representative E. B. Vreeland, of New York, and 20 other members whose districts have inde? pendent oil interests. It is the drawback clause o fthe Payne bill upon which they have opened Are. This provides that any person importing foreign material may be repaid 90 per c nt. of the duty paid upon furnishing proof that an equivalent amount of like material hag been exported from the United States in the shape of manufactured product. This provision was drawn to take the place of the complicated drawback clause in the Dlngley act, which requires that the identical ma? terial upon which the drawback Is al? lowed must be proved to have been exported in the form of finished pro? duct The first persons to raise a cry against the Payne bill drawback were the Northwestern grain-growing in? terests, which asserted that it would permit the millers to control the price of wheat. The ways and means com? mittee agreed to amend the bill to prevent such an outcome. Now the independent oil producers and refiners all over the country are writing and telegraphing to their rep? resentatives in congress that they are threatened. They point out that the Standard Oil Company, which exports annually millions of barrels of refined petroleum, will be enabled by the drawback clause, If it becomes law, to recover 99 per cent, of all duties on Imported crude petroleum. For this reason the, letter presented to the committee by Mr. Vreeland re? quests that crude petroleum and its products be exempted from the draw? back provision. The members sign? ing the protest already have declared to the committee their desire that the countervailing tax on oil should he maintained to protect the independ? ents from the competition of the new Standard Oil Company refineries in Mexico. It is stated, however, that if the drawback clause remains un? changed the protection of the coun? tervailing tax will be valueless, as the Standard could bring crude oil from Mexico to its refineries on the At? lantic seaboard to mix with American oils more cheaply than it could bring crude oil from the Texus coast, where that company now obtainH crude oil from the Texas and Oklahoma fields. The letter also states that the draw? back feature of the Dingley and Payne bills is intended for the use of manu? facturers who are obliged to buy a portion of their raw material abroad for the purpose of enabling them to compete, but it is contended that no reason exists why the Standard and other refining companies need buy crude petroleum outside the United States when there are no less than 100,000,000 barrels now in storage in the United States. Among those who, with Represent? ative Vreeland, signed the letter were Representatives Woodyard and Hub bard, of West Virginia; McGuire and Creager, of Oklahoma; Mendell, of Wyoming; Campbell and Scott of Kansas; Cole and Joyce, of Ohio: Burchfield, Campbell. Barclay, Tener and Wheeler, of Pennsylvania; Fos? ter, of Illinois; Dies, of Texas, and Cooper, of Wisconsin. Members of the WajM and means committee said they had never thought of the drawback provision operating in this manner. They re? frained from giving any indication as to whether they would amend the provision in order to protect the in? dependent oil operators SS they had protected the wheat growers. They seem inclined to stand by the oil trust. The legislative situation In the house is now quite to the liking of the Republican leaders and the ad? ministration. Upon a programme which permit no changes aside from those recommended by the ways and means committee except amendments designed to give a vote on the ques? tion of free hldea and free lumber there bus been united a majority of more than 196 votes. Thla is enough to insure the adoption of the resolu? tion which the rules committee will bring In next Monday. In response to the telegraphic in? structions of Representative Dwlghti the Republican whip, ail Republican absentees, except one, who is detain? ed by the serious Illness of his wife, d Truth's." THE TRU 09 New Ser CAPERS1 SUCCESSOR PICKED, Reported In Washington Tliat rtaige Adams, of Orccitsboro, is Slated for Revenue Commissioner. Washington. April 6.?Xo possible denial or confirmation of the story! going the rounds here that John G. Capers, commissioner of internal rve nue, is to be succeeded in the near future by Judge Spencer B. Adams, of Greensboro, X. C, can be secured. Secretary Carpenter today would not discuss the matter in any way. Those who have followed the course of North Carolina politics for the past few weeks believe that Judge Adams will be the successor to Mr. Capers, and say that not only would the former like to go to the head of the Internal revenue bureau, but that the president in addition would be glad to secure a man of Judge Adams' standing and influence, and especial? ly as he is from North Carolina, for the place. Xorth Carolina is jest now I recognized as excellent territory to work, and there is no doubt that the appointment of Judge Adams would strengthen the administration's hold there very perceptibly. Mr. Capers was recently told by the president that there would be no hurry in his giving up the office, and if Judge Adams is chosen it will prob? ably be several months before he will assume his new duties. ILLICIT DISTILLERY RAIDED. Moonshine Establishment Captured And Destroyed in Sand Hills of Marlboro County. Bennettsville, April 6.?H. P. Mee kins, the local United States deputy marshal, who is a most efficient offi? cial, a few days ago located an Illicit distillery in the sand hills of this county. He notified Revenue Agent Wallace of Columbia and he arrived here on last night's 10 o'clock train and was met by Deputy Meekins. These two officials, with a small pos? se, proceeded 15 miles into the sand hills, where with little trouble they discovered the still. It is of 100 gal? lons capacity, and was already charg? ed with mash, convenient for an early run. No one was at the still at the time of capture. The officials cut the cop? per still to pieces and destroyed all the mash and other contraband stuff. This sand hill section on the North and South Carolina line has for more than 100 years been the rendezvous of moonshiners. ??TENNESSEE DUTCH" ESCAPES. Notorious Veggman Make- His Es? cape to Mountain Fastnesses of Madison County, X. C. Ashevile, N. C. April 6.?After searching throughout last night and today the sheriff's posse in pursuit of the nortorius yeggman, Gamer Moore alias "Tennessee Dutch." who escap? ed during the capture of his confed? erate, George Barton, alias "Chicago Army," last night at Craggy, returned to the city tonight. The desperado has made good his escape to the mountain fastnesses of Madison coun? ty. Deputies from Greenville, where Moore and Barton dynamited their way out of prison Sunday night, state that government proceeding will probably be taken against the guard at the Greenville prison, E. C. Car? ter, for criminal negligence in letting the yeggmen escape. will be here on Monday. The rule on Monday probably will be opposed by the Republican Insur? gents on the ground that it ties the house hand and foot by limiting amendments to those introduced by the committee which framed the bill, with the exception of amendments to the lumber, barley and hides sche? dules. To offset the Insurgent influence it is understood that the house leaders have won to the support of the ruh1 the Democratic members of h> Louisiana delegation. Who want 1 gtl protection for their rice and sugar Industries. The Tennessee Republicans are contending for a vote against the fr Iron ore schedule. The Democrats Will assail the bill as gag rule and rail because they have not had an opportunity to pre ?ent any amendments. The.-.- pr > tests will be hugely justified by the conditions. The day has passed In the house when the Republican party feels sii\> In throwing the meaaure open to general amendment. The ma? jority v hi force through the rule. The commhtee amendments will then he adopted, a vote taken on the hides. I lumber and barley schedules, ami the bill sent to the senate. E SOmmON, Established June, 18M ?ies?Vol. XXIX. !io 14 "JUST A FOOL NOTION.' Youth Who Attempted to Extort $35.? 000 From Asa G. Candle* Lays Blame on Dime Novels. Atlanta. G., April 7.?"It was just a fool notion I got from reading dimo novels." said Daniel W. Johnson, Jr., the 18-year-old boy who was jailed here last night for having attempted to extort $35,000 from Asa G. Cand ler. prominent banker, and Georgia's wealthiest citizen, through Black Hand methods. ~he young man at first told the police that he had been forced by three strangers to write letters' to Mr. Candler, demanding the money. He now admits that the scheme was of his own concoction. Johnson wrote the second letter Sunday, repeating his threats c< death of Mr. Candler in ease of his non-compliance, and then went to church and took his regular place In Mr. Candler's Sunday school class. Johnson was arraigned before Un? ited States Commissioner Colquitt late today, waived examination and waa bound over to await the action of the federal grand jury. Bond of $1,000 was im.de and Johnson was released. The case was set for hearing In the circuit tiourt May 10 next. The speci? fic charges is using the malls with in? tent to defraud. Mr. Candler has announced that he will no: urge the prosecution The boy's father Is heart-broken over the case and Mrs. Johnson haa. been < ?ntined to her bed since the ne^s of the arrest of her son reached her. HEARING ON PAPER SCHEDULE. Representatives of Mnnntactnrers andt Publishers Appear Bet?re Nmoot And A Ulrich Committee. Washington, April 1.?Paper man? ufacturers and newspaper publishers were given a hearing tonight by Sen? ator Aldrich, chairman, and Senator Smoot of the senate committee on finance, in relation to their difficulties over the wood pulp and print paper schedule in the proposed tariff bill. The manufacturers were represent? ed by C. W. Lyman, of the Interna? tional Paper company, Arthur C. Hastings, of the American Paper and Pulp Association, G. F. Steele of the Grand Rapids and Michigan mills, and W. B. Dillon, of the Great Northern Paper company. The publishers were represented by John Norris, of the New York Times. a -] POTASH GOING ON FREE LIST. Chairman Payne Accede** to Wishes of Congressman Lever. Washington, April 7.?Be^resenta tive Lever, by a pronvise secured from chairman Payne, of the house ways* and means committee^ today to place potash salts and basic slag on the free list in the new tariff bill, says he will save the farmers of South Caro? lina, he believes, at least $250,000 a \ear. and the farmers of the entire South not less than $2.000,000 each year. A few days ago the attention of Prof. Harper of Clemson College, was called t?> Sections 3 and 4 of the bill" under which there would be levied B duty of 'J<> per cent, ad valorem on the commodities just mentioned. He communicated with Commissioner Watson, and he in turn got in touch with Representative Lexer. The lat? ter immediately went to work co Straighten out the matter, and the result is that as just stated, Mr. Payne promised Mr. Lever today that he might inform his a?rh ultural con? stituents and the makers of commer? cial fertilizers in South Carolina that there would be no duty placed on these commodities. Columbia, April 7.?Commissioner Watson this afternoon rceei\ed the following telegrasB from Congrcss man U ver: "I am glad to say that a*e have practically won the tight." This applies t?? the duty en potash paltf i ?1 would indicate that their I basis oi fertilisers trouM remain on I the free li*t. Ml sT PROTECT XMF.ItlCANS. Persian Go%"eratneaM Will bo tieui tte <?p ?n-ihlc lor Ttioir Safety. ___ Washington, April 7.?The Persian government has been notified by the state department that the United State- would hold V* nit responsible for the protection of Ahu m* an citi y< til at Tabriz and other place hi Per? sia where dlkoedei exists. There art many American missionaries and teachers in Persia. This notice was sent through the American diploma? tic representative at Teheran. I