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COV. ttrSWKENEY'!* CONDITION.
Phyelrlans Report Considers ble Im
prove me.it, and Now Hold Out
Hops of His Recovery.
Hampton. May I.?Reporte of ex
Oov M. B. MoSweency's condition to?
night are distinctly encoursglng.
Th< re has oeen marked Improvement
in its condition since last night, and
his physicians now hold out some
hope of his recovery.
WINDING VP THE SEMI NO I.E.
Soon to Receive 20 Per
Can*, on Their Shares.
4.?It is announced
stockholders of the
Company will
t SO par cent, on
their stock. The
St SO per cent pre
part. This mean*
$1.000 par value
Sfrlch ha paid $1.
rsn undertake to
pa)
Rafter the 2 > per cent, la paid out."
said Mr. Frank O. Tompklns, one of
the receivers, "we will have some
IJO.OOn la $?0.000 on hand, the par
value of the stock on record amount?
ing to SS7S.000. but. of courae. the
courts would not allow ua pay all out
ac onoj, as the creditors of the con?
cern and attorneys feee and other
sxpensns will have to be met."
"There Is no way to Intelligently es?
timate how much the stockholders
will flne.Uy get." said Mr. Tompklns.
in answer to another queatlon. "That
depends mostly on the outcome of the
litigation now pendln?. We have a
ault perulfhg against the Southern Life
for S22.S00. end suits against about
twelve banka over the State ranging
from $110 all the wsy to $2.000.
clslms '\gtilnst sll the trusteee and
sgalnst numbers of stockholders who
have refused to pay notee thcj gave
In payment of stock. I can't tell you
how much the attorneys fee* will to?
tal, but so far aa we are advised the
oustandlng Indebtedness due by the
company won't amount to more than
about $2.000. This doea not Include
any attorney's fees."
The money on hand, out of which
tho .'(? p. r rent Is to be paid to steck
SaaHara. Is the $10?.000 received from
th< Southern Ufe.
!ly order of the court Mr. A. D.
McPaddln. Master In Equity, has pub?
lished a notice to creditors and stock?
holder* to file proof with Mr. McFud
dln by May 18 of their claims. While
It 1? not the Intention of the receiv?
ers to cut any storkholder out of his
money. It will be be*t for all to file
their proofa. as It seems almost cer?
tain thst stock waa atdd In a number
of Instances In this 8tate and North
Carolina without any record being
marie of the transaction. L. M. O.
HOI Til < M!()l IN \ ( AHE DECIDED
Ms* Cohen. Applicant for Bank?
ruptcy Judgment. Win* liN Appcul.
Richmond. Va.. Msy 5..?A man In
dtcted on the chsrgs of criminally
concealing; portion* of his property i*
he seeks protection for ,i hl* creditors
in bankruptcy cannot l>e convicted on
the evidence given by himself. This
was the opinion h.inded down by the
United Statee Circuit Court of Appeal*
today In ths cass of Max Cohen,
egslnit the United Ststee, reversing
the Vnltsd Stales Court for the dis?
trict of South Carolins.
Mr. J. I. Alnutt. who Is canvassing
ths city for customers for the propos
sd gas work*. Is meeting with great
encouragement Nearly every house?
keeper wants 1o uie gas for cooking.
t
shed April, 1830. 4Be Just a
I. 8
The asylum investigation
EX AM I NATION OF WITNESSES
BEGAN WEDNESDAY.
Testimony Not Sensatlonnl ami Very
Utile Information Brought Out?
Attendanta Were Neglectful and
Needleasly Karsli In Treatment of
Patients.
Columbia, May 6.?Three witnesses
were examined by the legislative com?
mittee In charge of the Investigation
Of the State Hospital for the insane
yesterday. The session started at 10
o'clock* In the morning and with a
short recess for dinner continued un?
til 7 o ctocfc last evening. The com?
mittee Questioned the witnesses prin?
cipally as to the* treatment of patients
snd the system used on the varlou?
werde by the attendants and the of?
ficers In charge.
Two of the witnesses examined
were former Inmates and. under the
rule adopted by the committee, their
names can not be used by the news?
papers. The other was a former at?
tendant or nurse.? In the testimony
brought out with the examination of
the witnesses by various members of
the committee and the members of
the board of regents, who were asked
by Chairman Christensen to make any
cross-examination they care to con?
duct, there was no complaint as to
the general conduct of the adminis?
tration of the affairs of the 8tate Hos?
pital. Charges were made as to mis?
conduct by some of tho attendants by
the three witness?? but many of the
statements made by the board of re?
gents at Um first meeting as to need?
ed chances were'verified In the testi?
mony.
Two of the members of the com?
mittee. Representatives Sawyer and
Dick, were not present, although they
are espaoted today. As members of
a eub-eosnmlttee they are .making an
Inspection of some Of the Institutions
m otfcftf ?Utes and their reports are
OS of general Interest
yesterday was
IPU v -Carey/
who, with Senator Bates. Is In charge
of the legal end of the Investigation.
Mr. Carey goes thoroughly Into every
phase of the situation coming under
the observation of the witnesses ex?
amined so far and afterwards ques
tions were asked by other members
on points brought out. All of the
members of the board of regents
were present and Dr. Babcock. the
superintendent, and Dr. Thompson,
his chief assistant, were also present,
although no questions were asked by
nny of the officials except at one
stage of the Investigation when Mr.
? flenn asked one of the witnesses a
few questions.
One of the witnesses created some?
what of a sensation yesterday when
the heartng opened. He waa a former
patient who had been treated for al?
coholism and wished to testify as to
conditions. When he appeared In the
committee room he interrupted sev?
eral statements made by the first wit?
ness and It was neceisary for the
marshal to remove him. Afterwards
he appeared again, still under the In
fluence of whiskey, and was not al?
lowed to enter the room. Chairman
Christensen said afterwards that he
did not know the man except by
name, a summons havint? been issued
up.?n request. The nature of his tes?
timony Is not yet known.
The members of the committee and
the hospital officials were amused at
his conduct but It was MM ? -ssary to
suppress him In order that the In
uu'ry mUht be carried on as rapidly
as poasible.
The first witness examined yester?
day had teen an Inmate of the Insti?
tution twice. He suffered from hallu?
cination* which caused a desire for
destruction. That he has recovered
hl? mind entirely win shown by his
clear statements of facts In many in?
stance* and his Interest taken In sug?
gestions made us to probable changes
that are along the line outlined by the
board of regents in the retort of tho
committee. The witness was hlKh In
his praise of the work of Dr. Thomp?
son and others with whom he came In
net and while the condition Of
*<?me of the rooms wns bad he con?
demned principally the fact that there
I St med to be no organized effort to
?Mir?? tiie Innate* by encouraging in?
terest In out-door sports and thill
relieving the state of many of its
charges. The establishment of bOSS
ball, hn thought was on?? of the be I
>'< at ares along this lint*.
The second wltn.ss was a former
It mate who criticised the condition of
the wards in which he served and
th* dairy and kitchen. He thought
there could he a number of Improve?
ments. He also reported that some of
the attendants had strapped a patient
and the fact had been reported to the
id Fear not-~Let all the ends Thou Aim
UMTER. S. 0.. SATTJ
COTTON CROP FORECASTS.
Croatest Cotton Year South Has
K noun Predicted?Diversl float ion
of Crops Idea Spreading.
Colonel John P. Parker, of Monroe,
v ho owns half a dozen cotton planta?
tions in north Louisiana and who was
one of tho principal operators in the
t'amous hull campaign of three years
ngo, says that cotton Is going higher
this year than it ever went before,
e nd 25 cents a pound isn't to be un?
expected.
"If the Texas drought continues
cotton will go very much higher,"
said Colonel Parker yesterday at the
Grunewald. "A thorough drenching
ruin will break the market. But it
Is Impossible to have any early. cot?
ton now In Texas, and Texas Is the
biggest of the cotton-producing States.
What the boll weevil ate up In Lousi
ana last year didn't amount to any?
thing. That was a mere drop in the
total production.
"Yet, though more cotton was pro?
duced last year, there was still a
greater increase In the demand. Even
with the reduced acreage of this year,
If conditions are favorable, there will
be more cotton grown than there was
last year, and then there won't be
near enough to cover the demand.
This Is going to be the greatest cot?
ton year the South has ever known,
and the price of the staple is going
higher than it ever went before un?
der ordinary market conditions."
Reducing Cotton Acreage.
"The cotton acreage up our way is
greatly reduced." said M. C. Stock
bridge, Manager of the Ruston Oil
Mill and Fertilizer Company, of Rus
ston. at the Grunewald yesterday.
"The use of commercial fertilizer
this season is nothing in compari?
son with previous years, and that In
itself is an Indication of what is being
done in reduction. Even with a very
favorable season this year, our section
couldn't possibly make more cotton
than last year, and last year's was on?
ly a, 40 per cent. crop.
? ^The -planters have b?een diversify?
ing considerably. They are planting
.more corn and every thing that they
need on the farm, and putting the
I surplus In cotton. They are not in?
clined to regard the boll weevil seri?
ously, but the fact is that they are
up against a hard proposition in the
boll weevil, the hardest proposition
they have ever had.
"Our section has been Interested In
the promotion of the new railroad
from Western Farmervllle, but it has
a w
not yet materialized. Our new Union
Railroad Station, to be used by the
Rock Island and the V., S. and P., is
now in course of construction."?New
Orleans Picayune.
'FHISCO BRIBERY TRIAL.
General Attorney for United Railways
on Witness Stand.
San Francisco, Cal., May 5.?The
prosecution advanced another ."'tep
today in presenting the case against
Patrick Calhoun, charged with brib?
ery in connection with the obtaining
of an overhead trolly franchise for
tho United Railroads.
Wm. M. Abbott, general attorney
of the United Railroads, was placed
on the stand to tell of having taken
from the mint in May, 1906, $50.000
in ?urrency, the money which the pro?
secution declares it will show was
paid to the supervisors to grant the
franchise. Abbott testified that at
the mint, when the general banking
ph.ee of the United Railroads, on pre?
sentation of telegraphic orders from
Mr. Calhoun, sent from Cleveland,O.,
the money was done up In two pack?
ages and given to two attorneys, who
took It to the United Railroads' oflice,
where It was placed on a table. Ab?
bott said that he had no knowledge of
the money after that.
Again In July, 1906. he said, he
went with Tlrey L. Ford to the mint
tnd helped carry away $100,000 In
the same way. Of the disposal of this
sum he was also Ignorant.
The next term of the Court of
QcnSFal Sessions will convene the lat?
ter part of June.
Real estate In the business district
Is looking up and big deals are sche?
duled to be consummated within the
Ti( xt few days.
superintendent, Dr. Thompson. This
WltnaSS aftsrwardi worked for the In?
stitution.
The third witness was a former
nurse or attendant and he reported
another attendant for striking a pa?
tient There was also a lack of co?
operation according to his charges
and some of the food, he thought,
could have been better cooked.
and i
s't at be thy Country's, Thy (iod's am
RDAY. MAY 8, 1 ^09
THE TARIFF GRAFT.
SENATOR DOLLIVER EXPOSED
HIS PARTY'S CROOKEDNESS.
New Tnriflf Hill Framed for Benefit of
Trusts and Corporations of the
North and East?Lodge and Dolli
ver Lock Horns.
Washington, May, 5.?Senator Doll
lver of Iowa today finished his tariff
speech and again he secured the undi?
vided attention of the senate.
Recalling that Mr. Aldrlch had sain*
yesterday that it would be shown to
the senate that no changes increasing
the cotton rates had been made by
the senate committee on finance, Mr.
Dolliver said that if that was a correct
statement, he would expect all of the
items carrying senate amendments to
be stricken from the measure.
Mr. Dolliver said that a New York
paper had quoted Senator Lodge as
saying that the new tariff bill "would
be of great benefit to Massachusetts"
and a Boston paper had quoted him
as saying that the specific rates on
cotton had been increased.
Mr. Lodge said that it must be a
misquotation, "I stated," he said "the
ad valorem rates had not been in?
creased." ?
"Then," responded the Iowa sena?
tor promptly, "you were mistaken in
stating that, as I have demonstrated
to the senate, and if you did not state
that to the Boston newspaper, you
omitted a very Important part of your
duty."
"I have mathematically demon?
strated that these rates have been in?
creased," said Mr. Dolliver, facing the
Massachusetts senator.
"I have great doubt about your
mathematical demonstration," re?
plied Mr. Lodge.
"I also," said the Iowan bowing to
the Massachusetts ?Senator, "have
grave doubt about some of the infirm?
ities of yourself."
Continuing Mr. Dolliver said that
the Dlngley bill provided a tariff for
curtains, upholstery and hangings, but
the finance committee, he said, had
introduced the" words "suitable for"
which applied the rates on a vast
amount of cotton goods and gives
them added duty of 50 per cent, be?
sides 10 cents a square yard, 2 cents
a square yard for having superimpos?
ed threads, and another cent a yard
for mercerization.
Referring to the board of apprais?
ers at New York as "elder statesmen
who failed to be reelected," he went
on to explain the mercerization of cot?
ton, declaring that 1 cent a yard for
that or similar processes provided in
the bill was In excess of the cost of
mercerization.
Mr. Smoot saying that the mercer?
ization process required Egyptian or
sea Island cotton. Mr. Dolliver de?
nied the statement and turning to the
Democratic side said that was the cot?
ton for which the senator from South
Carolina had so strenuously worked
for a tariff duty.
Quickly Mr. Tlllman disavowed any
desire to have a duty on sea island
cotton. He added he was enjoying
seeing the senator from Iowa throw
bricks at his Republican colleagues,
but that he did not want him to
throw them at him.
"I though I was throwing him a
boouet," responded Mr. Dolliver.
Again discussing the mercerization
of cotton, Mr. Smoot interrupted to
say the cotton lost something in the
process.
"Yes." replied Mr. Dolliver, "the
process of mercerization is like wash?
ing your hands?of course you lose a
little in the waste.?"
After the laughter on the floor and
In galleries had died out, Mr. Dolliver
resumed his discussion of the bill, de?
claring that he did not hold the mem?
bers of the finance committee respon?
sible for It as they had been forced
to hire merchants to explain the bill
to them.
Mr. Bailey declared that there is no
schedule in the tariff which exempli?
fies the frauds and injustice of '.he
entire protective tariff so well as the
woolen schedule.
In replying to a question by Mr.
Money. Mr. Ahlrieh ventured to
prophesy that within 20 years the
representatives of the South in the
sennte will be voting with the Repub?
lican! for protection.
The Bumter District Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church.
South, will convene at Manning Wed
nesday, May IS. The opening sermon
win be preached :it 1:10 Wednesday
evening, and business sessions of the
conference will be held both in the
morning and afternoon of Thursday.
Friday and Saturday. The public Is
cordially invited to all of these ser?
vices. It is expected that about
seventy delegates will attend the con?
ference.
1 Troth's." TUE TRUJ
New 8er
PHYSICIAN LODGED IX JAIL.
Dr. W. II. Brown? Of Ornngchurgj
Charged With Breaking Liquor
Law.
Orangeburg, May 4.?The State has 1
taken a hand in the prosecution of
Dr. W. H. Brown for alleged violation
of the dispensary law. Dr. Brown was
taken before the mayor several weeks
ago on the charge and convicted by a
jury, and was sentenced to pay a fine
of $75 or be imprisoned for thirty
days. From this verdict and sentence
Dr. Brown appealed and executed the
proper appeal bond. The hearing on
the appeal ir to be had at the present
term of the court.
Today a warrant was sworn out by
Capt. J. F. Claffey on the part of the
dispensary authorities on the same
charge, and Brown has been arrested
and lodged in jail. It is said that
Brown will make no effort to be re?
leased, but will remain in jail. It is
also rumored that Brown will at some
time move the court for a change o*
venue, but, of course, this cannot be
done until after a true bill has been
brought by the grand jury. This,
however, may be rendered at the term
now in progress. It is not thought
that this prosecution by the State will
in any manner interfere with the case
brought against Brown by the city.
BISHOPS ASSIGNED.
Appointments of Interest to Meth?
odists Announced at Nashville.
Nashvill?, Tenn., May 4.?The col?
lege of Bishops of the Methodist Epis?
copal Church, South, today made its
appointments of Bishops to preside
over the various conferences. Among
them are:
Bishop A. W. Wilson, North Caro?
lina Conference, Raleigh. N. C De?
cember 1; South Carolina Conference,
Abbeville, S. C, December 8; Balti?
more Conference, Washington, D. C,
March 23.
Bishop Candler, Cuba, mission, San
Diego, January 14,, 1910.
Bishop Morrison, South Brazil, mis?
sion, July 1 to 2*8; Virginia' Confer?
ence. Newport News, Va., November
10.
Bishcp Hoss, Western Virginia Con?
ference, Painterville, Va., September
15.
Bishop Atkins, Western North Car?
olina, Hickory, N. C, November 24.
HARDWARE DEALERS WILL
HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION.
Fifth Annual Session Will Be Held In
Abbeville In July.
The fifth annual convention of the
Hardware Dealers Association of the
Carolinas Will be held at Battery Park
Hotel. Ashevllle. N. C, on July 6. 7
and 8.
The meeting promises to surpass
all former ones, there having been
an increase of over 25 per cent, in
the membership since last year's ses?
sions, at Wrightsville Beach.
It is likely that only the members
of the Association can appreciate the
benefits derived from these annual
meetings. The members not only
have a good time, but they learn
to know each other and derive much
value from interchange of ideas and
experiences.
The Association has secured the
Auditorium for exhibition purposes,
and all the space has been sold to
exhibitors.
The year hook of the Association
is very attractive, and the program
funnished therein Indicates that the
members are in for a good time at
this annual meeting.
Every hardware man in the Caro?
linas, should join the Association.
MKS. SARAH DAWSON DEAD.
Widow of Late Charleston Editor Die*
in Paris.
Paris. May :>.?Mrs. Sarah (Mor?
gan) Dawson, of Charleston, S. C,
died suddenly in Paris today. Mrs.
Dawson was the widow of Capt. Fran?
cis W. Dawson, proprietor of the
Charleston News and Courier. She is
survived by a son. Francis W. Daw
son. a writer, and a daughter. Mrs.
Herbert Barry of New York.
Suicide Near Greenwood.
Greenwood, May 4.?News w;u< re?
ceived here on Friday of the BUlClde
of Mr. j. B. Yarborough, private sec?
retary to Proaldont William Coleman,
of the Olonn-Lowry Manufacturing
Company, of Whltmlre. Mr, Yar?
borough wiis a young man with a wit'.
and two children. He had been in ill
health for some time and this is sup?
posed to have been the cause of th
deed. He shot himself twice, once In
the arm and ance In the temple.
,"T mV. ?-tfl?-*" __M
E SOI I HKON, Established Jnnc,
ies?Vol. XXIX. So 22
T?RKS MASSACRE CHRISTIANS
MOSLEM MARAUDERS, PUT TO
FLIGHT BY TROOPS
Attempt to Set Fire to the City
Frustrated?At Harni Every Kan
was Killed, the Mohammedins
Sparing the Women and Children
Under Ten Years of Age.
I
Hadjir.. Asiatic Turkey, May 5.?
Notwithstanding the presence of the
troops here, the situation is desperate
owing to the lack of food and medical
supplies. The troops arrived just
time, as the besiegers had succee
in setting fire to a house on the edge
of the city. The fire spread, but as the
breeze was blowing away from the
town, only five buildings were de?
stroyed. A heavy rifle fire was kept
up against those who tried to extin?
guish the flames.
The Mohammedans outside
walls who seemingly numbered many
thousands, pushed their attacks ener
?Mcally agaii.st the inhabitants, kfll
.ng and wounding many. They were
so earer to gei inside the city an^t
plunder *he place that they did not
observe the approach of Louftl B?
anil his troops until they we're clt
upon them, whereupon the Mol
medans fled preeiptitely, carrying
all the cattle outside th%<clty.
Women and Children Living 01? G)'
Marash, May 5^~A letter received!
by messenger from Harni Sara that
eve ry man there has. . V*cn 'kU'.'eoL
Duly women, girls and^r'iys urder lt>
years of age have hocjn left alivev
The churches and houses we*fi ^hin?
dered and most of then* ?w* burned*
The letter, which is from- the widow
of a clergyman says: .. 1
"We have nothing to eat or
We are living on grass like null
Worse than this, the Mo'hems are1
ing to force the women and
become Mohammedan? t.
some of the womea rravo,
away."
Much excitement ha*
hv>re by tfce attempt 4*ty
to arrest some of thosPPWK
murdered Christians.
Income Tax Returns.
?
Columbia, May 5.?Comptroller
General Jones has for the past few
days been receiving returns from vtie
income tax. The reports from the
county auditors are to the effect thsit
there are for the most part there have
been large Increases in th income tax
over the year 1908.
The following are the returns re?
ceived thus far by Comptroller Gener?
al Jones, showing the comparative fig?
ures:
Aiken?Number of income taxpay?
ers, tax in 1908, $116 45: tax for 190?,.
$250; increase over 1908, $133 55. Per?
cent of increase, 114.6 per cent.
Abbeville?Twenty-three taxpayers..
1908 tax $47; 1909 return. $274 69;
Increase, $227 69. 485 per cent in?
crease over 1908.
Greenwood?Eight income taxpay?
ers. No. income tax in 1908. 1909>
return, $121 19; Increase, $121 I9_
Kershaw?Eleven income taxpay?
ers. 1108 return, $114 85: 1909 return..
$100 95; decrease. $13.90
Oconee?Nine in c<>m?' taxpayers;
190S tax, $11 50-, 1909 return $109 90;
increase $9S 40. Ill per cent in?
crease over 1908.
Orangeburg?Thirteen income tax?
payers. 1908 tax. $124 38; 1909 re?
turn, $145 IS; increase, $21 15. 1?
per cent increase.
Sumter?Twenty-two taxpayers ow
income, 1908 tax. $323 93; 1909 re?
turn. $512 78; increase. $188 85. 5S
per Dent increase over 19OK.
I'nion ? Seven income taxpayer**,
1I0S tax. $325 St; 1909 return, $208.
10; decrease, $117 20.
Plckens?Seven income taxpayer**.
No income tax in IttS, 1909 return,
$346; increase. $346.
York?Eight income taxpayers..
1908 tax, $211 30; 1909 return, $211
50; increase 20 cents
Lee?Ten Income taxpayers. Non?
return in ItOf. Itfl return, $177;
increase $177.
These are nil the returns that
Comptroller General Jones has re
Celved. The others will l>e BJOSSfl
from time to time as they reach Iii?
Office. Prom ether counties it is sta?
ted that increases are noted but these'
have not come in yet. The sending:
OUf of letters of instructions to the
county auditors has had some effect
Whether the results are BJSfMBSd!
or not have not been Indicated yet.
Presently our railroads will
Classed as those which have: *^vtj>
merged by Harriman and those that
have been merely investigated by the
Government.?St. Louis Post IHsv
patch.