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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.
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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
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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.
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