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THE MKTEH WATCHMAN, EstablL Consolidated Aug. 2,188 ?t*f IHattlpnn anb .Southron. Published \Vi(l?ff.(l?) and Saturday ?BY? 08TEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTER. a c, SI. 10 per annum?In advance. Advertisements: One flqnare nist Ineertlun.$1.00 Bvery ? bcequent Insertion.50 Contacts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All commu llcatlons which sub esrve private Interests will be charged for en advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects orlll be charged for. SKA HOARD TRAIN WRECKED. IndftrsuftofM Art* That the Wreck Was Deliberately Planned sod Execti Cohimbla. April 10.?News was brought to the city this morning of what appears to be s deliberately planned * wreck of the Seaboard's through southbound passenger train, No. 43. near Denmark at an early Hour this morning resulting In the In? jury of severs! persons and the derail? ment of the entire train, except the Pullman car. All the Injured who needed attention were brought to this city, end at 11:10 o'clock ths 8ea board * regular. No. 81, was detoured on the Southern's tracks to Denmark, earrylng a party to examine the scene Of the wreck. Engineer J. M. Ashley, of Sav in? nen, was taken to the Columbia hos? pital. His physician states that Mr. Ashley Is not seriously Injured, h iv Ing sustained few minor bruises. Mail Clerk Rudolf McDavId was lev y lured, but not seriously, as was at flrst thought. Mr. McDavId has rela? tives here and once lived In this city, but Is now living at Jacksonville. Three negroes were Injured suffi? ciently to be carried to the Taylor Lane Hospital One of these Is the fireman who was burned about the hand and has a bruise on his rifrht aide. The estra fireman was. perhaps. "m|a "Ttrr^sw^Wgei ores n\ of nie**flghvand also was injured In the head. A tramp was hurt, bis elbow being con? siderably b rinsed. others on the train were slightly 'Injured or Jaired. hut not enough to be laid up. Conductor Butler was badly shaken up, but he was not con? fined to his bed. There wrs received by Governor Anael this m>rnlng a telegram from Mr. C. W. Harris, member of the house frem Bamberg. Informing Qoi ernor Ansel of the wreck and calling on him i o send blood-hounds to the scene. Mr. Gsrris said In his mes ' sage that there was sufficient evidence to convince htm that there was crimi? nal design. Governor Ansel celled up the au? thorities st the penitentiary and ar? rangements were made for the send? ing of ths dog*, but It was found that this would he of no svall. because such a Ions; time bed pa wed since the Occident happened, that the dogs would t>< unable to track the crimi? nal. Thst the wreck was? planned and eaeeuted by some one Is not to be i doubted from the Information which Is now at hsnd here. What the mo ti\> of the wrecker was, of course, cannot bo even guessed at because at this time he has not been caught. The Seaboard's regular 81 that left here at 11.80. carried Railroad Com? missioner Caughmnn and Claim Agent Coffee, of the Seaboard. A full in? vestigation of the wreck will be made. NFOKO PREACHER A Ml It IDE. MlnlMrr Near Batesburg hivmMh Top of Ills Head Off Bate-?b?rg. April 10.?"I will not peach tomorrow" were the words ut tersd by Allen Samples this morning ss he went out of his house. In s few moments the members of his family heard a shot ring out. On going out they were horrified to Ami the old man weltering In hl* OW1 blood, with the top of his hesd Moirtl off. Samples v i4 a negro preacher about ?& years of ate | lb- llv?d OH Mr. M. B. Padgett's place, at Baxter, about three miles east of this plane. No cause Is given for the rash got Most young fellows who are dOfsd In love manave |g gafJM to lift- <\ The boarding boo*., of Ml*- Emma Odsm In Darlington wns destn by fire. The charter for the n w Peoples National bank of Rock Hill has been received end It will be ready for bus . loses within a week or two. died April, 1850. ?Be Just an l. SU* UK BEATER KILLED. A. C. VOHillT SLAIN BY HIS FATH? ER-IN-LAW. W. F. Flake shoots II im Willi Shot min Willie He Was Trying to Break Into Mr. Flake's House After Being Warned Not to Enter?Volght Had Been Arrested for Beating His Wife And Put Vp Bond. c From the Dally Item April 10. Mr. A. C. Voight, proprietor of the New York Bakery, was killed about 11 o'clock today at the home of his fath? er-in-law, Mr. W. F. Flake, on South Salem avenue, by Mr. Flake, who shot him at close range with a single bar? rel shotgun as Mr. Volght was trying to force an entrance into the house after having been warned to desist at the peril of his life. The shooting was done on the door steps and Volght fell dead, his head only a few Inches from the blood bespattered steps, with a wound, about the slse of a dollar, through his right chest, and there his body was lying, with a sheet over It when a reporter reach? ed the scene. The first news of the tragedy was brought up town by Mr. Flake him? self, who came Immediately after the shooting to surrender. He met Officer Tribble on Main street, told him that he had killed Mr. Volght and wished to surrender. He accom? panied Officer Tribble to the guard house and was locked up. Mr. Flake talked of the tragedy freely and without hesitation or re? servation. To several persons he made substantially the following statement: Volght. the deceased, married his, Flake' s, daughter Leila, a girl less than twenty years of age, about six months ago and within a few weeks after marriage began to mistreat her in a brutal manner, beating her quite frequently. Volght's mistreatment of his young wife was notorious and neither pleadings nor remonstrance had any effect upon him in the way of inducing him to desist from beat? ing her. This morning Volght met hla-wtfe on Dugan street pod slaoped her face and struck her with his fist. She got away from him and calling a hack want to her father, Mr. Flake, and asked him to do something to protect her as she was In terror of her husband, that she felt certain he would do her serious harm. Mr. Flake took his daughter and went to Recorder Hurst and had a warrant Issued for Volght, charging him with I assault. The w arrant was served on Volght at his place of business, the New York Bakery, by Officer Weeke. Volght was greatly angered when the warrant was served, but he finally put up $10 as bond for his appear? ance. Shortly after the service of the warrant Mr. Flake was standing on the sidewalk in front of the Farmers' Bank and Trust Co., when Volght n?de up on his bicycle. Volght stop? ped at the edge of the sidewalk and said t?> him, "You got a warrant for me did you?" Mr. Flake leplledthat he had. Volght made some remark and rode off. Mr. Flake then went home and had been in the house only a few minutes when he saw Voight coming toward the house. He step? ped out on the piazza and called to Volaht. who was still on the opposite ?ode of the street, not to come into the house. Volght retorted that he \te\s coming and without pausing started across the street. He called out to Volght several times not to come, but seeing that Volght was still coming, he stepped inside the door and got his gun. Volght was by this time approaching the steps. He told him n<?t to come In, and Volght re? plied that he was coming, that he was ready to die and all he wanted was to get his hands on htm (Flake). Mr. Flake then told him if he at? tempted to come up the steps he would kill him. Volght cursed him and started up the steps, Then, when Volte ht was on the second step. Mr. Flake fired. Wight fell to the ground and died almost Instantly. Mr* Flake stated further that Volght had threatened his life none than once, and he was certain that Volght Intended to hill him if he got within reaoh. About three weeks age Volght came to Mr. Flake's hOUSS and raised i row and tried to break In through a window. At that time Mr, Flake Went out on the plazva and ask? ed Volght not to greats a disturbance! hm t - came Instd? and talk matters oxer Volghl refused, threatened to kill Mr. Flake, and vent away mak? ing threats. Mr. Flake talked at som?- length and related other facts going to ihow the violent aud des? perat, nature of Volght and the grounds be had for le !i. ving that it was necessary for him to *hoot Volght to save his own life. I oroner FlowerH wet promptly d Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aim [TER. S. C. WEDNB HOUSE ADOPTS PAYNE BILL. MEASURE PASSED, 217 TO 161 AFTER THREE WEEKS DIS? CUSSION. Nearly a Full House Present at Time of Vote?Four Louisiana Democrats Desert to Majority?One Republi? can Goes Democratic. Washington, April 9.?After three weeks' discussion the Payne tariff bill was passed by the House tonight by a vote of 217 to 161. On Republican, Austin (Tenn.) voted against the measure and four Democrats, all from Louisiana, Messrs. Broussard, Estopinal, Pujo and Wickliffo, voted for it. An attempt by Champ Clark, the minority leader, to recommit the bill with Instructions signally failed. The day was filled with excitement from the moment the session began at noon until the last minute. The members were keyed up to the high? est pitch and a practically full mem? bership remained on duty throughout. The final vote demonstrated the cap? acity of the Republican organization to get together. The situation with respect to lumber'was greatly reliev? ed for the Republican leaders when , It became manifest that the advocates of the proposition of placing It on the free list were in the minority. Be? cause of that fact, Mr. Fitzgerald (N. Y.) charged that a midnight deal had been made last night whereby free lumber was to be voted down and the rates on barley and barely malt In? creased, and this notwithstanding the denials of Messrs. Mann (111.) and rush man (Wash.), who offered the barley amendments. The general public was greatly In? terested In the proceedings and the galleries were packed. Both the di? plomatic and executive reservations likewise were fully occupied, one of the conspicuous observers being Mrs. Taft, wife of the president. When the bill actually was passed, the Republicans cheered lustily, some dancing up and down the aisles and patting their fellow members on the back. I * After Aadopting a resolution that until further ordered sessions shall be held only on Mondays and Thursdays, the House at 8:30 p. m. adjourned. Stealing time from sleep Is a poor way to beat It. notified of th.? homicide and as soon as a jury could be summoned the in? quest was held on the scene. There 1 were four eye witnesses of the kill? ing and their testimony corroborates the statement made by Mr. Flake in important details. Each and every one of the witnesses* testified that Mr. Flake warned Voight not to en? ter the house, and that he did not shoot until Voight was on the steps. The verdict of the jury was that Andrew C. Voight came to his death from a gunshot wound inflicted by a gun in the hands of W. F. Flake. The dead man has no relatives in Sumter and no family save his wife. His body was turned over to the Cralg Furniture Co., for prepara? tion for burial and will be held while an effort Is made to communicate with members of his family in New York, If they can be located. The deceased was a German, twen? ty four years old, and he came to this City from New York about eighteen months ago to work for the Sumter Bah try Co, He subsequently obtain? ed control of the bakery and changed the name to the New York Bakery, and was apparently making a success of the business. The deceased was a member of Wade Hampton Aerie, F. O. E.. and the order will probably take charge of the body and give it decent inter? ment, unless his family should he lo? cated in New York and give other directions. Mr. W. F. Flake, whose misfortune it was to be forced to take the life of his son-in-law has the reputation of being a quiet, peaceable man and a good citizen. He holds a responsible position with he Sumter Telephon" Manufacturing Co., and is generally respected by his fellows employes and by his neighbors. Mr, W. I*\ Flake, who shot and kill? ed Mr. A C, Volghl Saturday morn? ing, has employed L. I). .b-nnings. Esq., to represent him, and applica? tion for bond will be mad.- before .Judge Qary within the next day or two. Burial of Mr. Voight. Mr. Andrew <\ Voight. who was killed Saturday morning, was Inter? red In the Eagles* lot in the cemetery on Sunday under direction of a com? mittee of Wade Hampton Aerie, o which the deceased was a member. 3 t is't at be thy Country's, Thy God's am 3SDAY. APRIL 14. 1? MOSQUITO HHP FLY 1ST GO. Tin: south is WAGING war ox disk ask DISSKM1XATORS. Throughout the Sotithern States a Systematic Campaign Has Reen Re gun to Stamp Out I hi Winged Spreaders of Yellow Fever, Ty? phoid and Malaria?Kann us Fever Lxpert Draws Up Rules of Sanita? tion. New Orleans, La., April 11.?The entire South has notified the festive mosquito and the ubiquitous house fiy that they are undesirable citizens, and that under no circumstances will they be permitted to reside in or frequent the inhabited communities. But the authorities have not been satisfied with declarations. Not much! They have not forgotten the lesson taught them In 1905, when the yellow fever came. So, all over the South, In the small? er villages as well as in the bigger cities, the health authorities are open Ing an early campaign against the disseminators of all the deadly dis eases?the mosquito and the house fly. It has been demonstrated that the mosquito is not the only disease spreader. He?or shet rather?does spread yellow fever. Rut the house fly has been tried and convicted of the crime of disseminating malaria, ty? phoid fever and several other diseases no less deadly. Under the direction of Dr.* J. s. White, the famous marine hospital surgeon, who fought and whipped the yelllow fever in 1905, a regular set of laws and precautions have been de? vised. These are pratically the same In all the Southern cities and States. To begin with, all tanks of water, cisterns or vessels, which hold water, or which might be covered and screened with a screen of at least 18 meshes of wire to the inch. Stand? ing water on lots or commons is not permitted. All shallow lots must be drained and kept dry, or the owner Is subject to a severe penalty. All stables must "have air tight recep? tacles for refuse and tbls refuse must be removed each week. Where there are large natural bodies of water, which It is impossible to drain, the surface must be disinfected and oiled at frequent and regular intervals. Even the water used In the sprinkling carts is heavily charged with the strongest disinfectants. But the authorities do not stop even here. They go Into the restaurants, cafes, butcher shops, dairy depots and bakeries. They force the proprietors to screen their premises with copper screens and to screen the receptacles In which food is kept and prepared. In the public and parochial school* the teachers regularly and insistently impress upon the children the danger of contamination and the necessity of obeying the rules laid down by the health authorities. This not only In? sures care on the part of the next generation, but the children are grad? ually instructing anr1. converting their parents to a belief in the great doc? trine of sanitation. Of course, in the cities, regularly organized force of sanitary police en? force the laws. In the smaller cities the health-preserving rules are looked after by State officers. In connection with this campaign, it Is Interesting to note that those years in which a vigorous and careful campaign wsa waged against the winged pests, showed a greatly de? creased death rate and a most com? forting and encouraging decrease in the number of deadly diseases. Several of the larger cities have stringent anti-weed ordinances, which make it a crime to permit the growth of weeds under penalty of fine and imprisonment. In some places the weeds must be cut when five Inches tall, In others greater latitude is per? mitted. The boards of health In one city exchange Ideas with others, and thus a uniform system of defense against disease Is being gradually worked out. SPEECH BY EMMA GOLDMAN. ApOOtle of Red Flag Condones Acts of Over/.ealous AranchNts, Hut Denies Responsibility. New York, April ii.?Emms Gold? man, the anarchist, addressed a large and enthusiastic audience of her fol? lowers at Lyric hall today. Miss Goldman denied the statement of "lying newspapsres" that sin? Is responsible for the various acts of violence committed by overtealous anarchists. "These people.*" she said, "are good, whole-souled people who are driven to acts of violence oni> after they have seen the sufferings of hu? manity." Miss Goldman made no allusion to the cancellation of her citizenship. I Truth's." THE TRUI >09. _New 8er REVENUE FROM PANE BILL CHANGES made BY house re DUUCB ORIGINAL estimates. Revenue Which Will be Produced by The BUI Has Already Been Cut Down $20,000,0000 by Amendments Which Have Been Made?Placing Of Hides on the Free List Makes Difference of Three Million Dollars. Washington, April 11.?The esti? mates of the revenue which the Payne tariff bill will produce for the government have been reduced nearly $20,000,000 through the amendments made to the measure before It was passed by the house, and the senate finance committee will have to pro? vide means for making up this differ? ence if the original estimates are to be met. The striking out of several countervailing duty clauses on which no estimates were made probably will lessen the bill's productiveness by an? other $20,000,000. The amendments taking off the tight cent duty on tea subtracted $7, 000,000 from the estimated revenues. The striking out of che countervailing duty on coffee and the maximum duty provision for a rate of 20 per cent ad valorem on coffee coming from coun? tries which do not give the United States the benefit of their most fav? ored nation clause, disposes of prob? ably $15.000,0000 in duties. Taking out the countervailing pro? viso for lumber and for petroleum, means a loss to the revenues of sev? eral million dollars, it is estimated. By repealing the manufacturers' li? cense tax for farmers desiring to sell the leaf tobacco which they raise, ih house has withdrawn considerable revenue under the Internal revenue law. A slight increase in revenues may be provided by Ihe Increased tax on Turkish filler tobacco, pineapples, barley and barley malt. The Payne bill as it passed the house, like the Dlngley bill when it went to the senate, places hides on the free list. Under the Dingley law, hides have produced a revenue ex i ceeding three million dollars annual The Payne hill differs from the Dingley in its maximum and mini? mum retaliatory feature, the addi? tional method of valuation for the purpose of preventing undervalua? tions and its provision for the $40, 000,000 issuance of Panama bonds and a $250,000,000 issue of treasury certificates. It extends the drawback privileges. An inheritance tax, which should bring in $20.000,000, is provid? ed for. The internal revenue law should produce $1.500.000 additional revenue, because of the increase in the tax on cigarettes. The two increases over the Ding ley rates that stand out most promi? nently in the Payne bill are those in the rates on women's and children's gloves and hosiery. Cocoa, now im? ported free, has been made dutiable at 3 cents per pound. Unmanufactur? ed mica has been reduced one cent per pound, and the manufacturers of mica have a duty levied upon them two cents per pound leas than the Dingley rates. The duty on unmanu? factured barytas' has beeen doubled. The Payne bill contains many clauses reducing Dingley rates of duty. The duties on lead ore and pig lead are materially reduced, while the lumber schedule is cut in half. The differential on refined sugar is re? duced five cents per 100 pounds. Cot? ton seed oil and tallow are placed on the free list. Provision is made for the free entry, under certain condi? tions, of bituminous coal, wood pulp and agricultural machinery. The duty on print paper was considerably re? duced. The most important changes made in the wool schedule were thrt reduction of five cents in the duties on shoddy and top waste, and changes from an ad valorem to a specific duty on tops. The bill permits the free entry of objects of art twenty or more years old. in the iron and steel schedules iron ore Is placed on the free list and ma? terial reductions are made In the rates on pig iron, scrap iron and steel bar iron, round Iron, blooms, structural iron, forglngs, anchors, cotton ties, /steel rails, tin plates, wire and num? erous other articles. One of the most Important provisions Of the bill ll that which permits the free entry ol every product of the Philippine Is* lands, except rice: and exempts from duty any articles imported from the United States into those island-. T amount of super which max i?e Im? ported ll limited to 800.000 tons an? nually, and the free importation of Lo* baeCO is restricted to 100,000 pounds of wrapper. 1,000,000 pound* of tiller tobacco and 150,000,000 Cig? ars, It's no trouble at all to find trouble SOUTHRON, Established Jane, ISM ies?Vol. XXIX. No lf> TAFT PROTECTS FILIPINOS. senate will adopt Filipino sugar provision. Finance Committee Agree- to Allow SceUon of Payne Bill Admitting Duty Free 300,000 Grow Tons of Sugar A n i ma II \ from the Philip* pine Island?. Washington, April, I,?President Taft has won a signal'victory for the Philippine Islands in the. acceptance by the senate committe on finance late tonight, of the provision of the Payne bill for the free admission of 300,000 gross tons annually of Fili? pino sugar. This decision was reach? ed after the substitute committee considering the sugar schedule had taken to the White House Charles B. Warren, general counsel for the .Michigan Sugar Company, and had confirmed an agreement between Mr. Taft and Mr. Warren, made in this city last fall, while the president-elect was a guest at the Boardman resi? dence. After the agreement- between Mr. Taft and the beet sugar raisers had been announced, -the right of Mr. Warren to speak for the beet sugar interests was brought into question. The house committee on ways and means accepted it ae authoritative and on January adopted a section in. the Payne bill relating to free impor? tation of products from the Philip? pines with a limitation of 300,000 tons annually on sugar. Within the past week this section had been attacked severely by Representatives from beet sugar States, and it was charged in debate on the floor of the bouse that in making such an agreement Mr. Warren had assumed authority he did not possess. As a result, the question was referred to a substitute committee of the senate committee on finance, consisting of Senators Bur j rows, Smoot and Flint, j It was learned by the substitute committee that Mr. Taft had entered? into the agreement in good faith, and that it had gone unchallenged for many wei?ks until consideration of the tariff bilI had been begun by the sen? ate committee on finance. Not will? ing that President Taft should be placed in a false light, the senate sub? stitute committee subpoenaed Mr. Warren from his Michigan home by telegraph and he arrived at 8:30' o'clock tonight. Accompanied by the three members of the substitute com? mittee, Mr. Warren went to the White House at 10 o'clock, and the agree? ment of last fall was confirmed. VOTED WITH REPUBLICANS. Lever ami Ellerbe Vote Against all , Impositions to 1,4 At r Duties on Timber. Washington, April, 9.?The lumber schedule in the tariff bill was the feature of the voting today. The Southern Democrats divided as They did yesterday. Messrs. Ellerbe and*? Lever voted straight through for a duty on lumber and against all pro? positions to lower the duties on the various grades. Messrs. Aiken, Fin ley. Johnson and Patterson voted * straight through for lower duties and for putting rough lumber on the free list.?The State. attempted assassination. Clerk of Court of Hampton Seriomdy Wounded by Negro?Blaek in Sher? iff's Hands. Hampton. April 11.--Mr. W. B. Causey, clerk of court, was shot down in the street here last night by a negro known as "Peg I>g" Hughes. Air. Jesse Sheppard, who was with Mr. Causey, was lso shot by the ne? gro, the bullet entering his arm. which is not serious. Mr. Causey was shot in his right side. The bullet is thought to have lodged in his back. II.? vns carried to the hospital in Augusta this morning for an opera? tion. His condition is serious. but not neceeearfly fatal. The cause of the shooting is unknown, no detail! being given. The negro Hughes secreted himself in a ditch Where the shooting took place, and was arrested early thi* nnnning end turned over to the sheriff, it is suppooed the ahorH took htm to Columbia. Excitement ran high for a while last night but everything ^ qulat now. The nssjro has been staving around Hampton for about a year since serving his sen? tence in the penitentiary for killing a negro in the lower portion of the COUnty, being then convicted of man? slaughter with recommendation to mercy and sentenced lor two years. Man> a man is offensive, cver^ when he Is on the defensive.