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ttrjC SCMTER WATCHMAN, Estahl CoBMiUdated Aug. 2,186 Cbt ?Mattbnuut anb .Soutbron. Published Wed new lay and Saturday ?BY? OSTCEM PU8LI8HING COMPANY 8 UTK TSR, a a Trsms: ? I. 10 par annum?la advance. One Square Srst Insertion.Il.oo ?vary subsequent Insertion.10 Contracts for three months, < will be made at reduced rate*, com muni cat tons which sub* segve private Interstts will ha charged far aa sdvertlee-ments. Obituaries aad tributes of respects cHB be charted for. (ATB AGAINST FREE LUMBER to Reenore Tariff Defeated as to 16. Washington, Msy J4.?No single piece of 1 amber visa ever used more eeYeetvslly as e sne-saw by children than was the great lumber Industry today by the United States senate. The lumber eehedule of the tariff bill was under consideration almost the entire day. with Senators Root. Hey barn. Borah and Dolllvsr contending en the one hand for a protection for the Industry, snd Senators Clapp, Burkelt asd McCumber arguing aa strenuously sgalnrt that policy. The day closed with more than a two thirds vote agatot Senator McCum her'a free lumber amendment, thai ballot showing 25 for and ?? against. ? The surprise of the dsy was the et tituea) of Senator Dolllvsr, who here tofore has stood with the "progres sfvee" throughout the present tariffJ Sght. ale today took positive position; against the radical demand for free, lumber, but egpretssd the opinion that the Industry wen hi not suffer l||gsjsj fnelubtlon of the Dlngiey rates. ? '??? ? ".? saws* aWTTEIfCKD TO DIE. Me) ?a^.~?nleae a. stay of | t* granied pending |pal: ss the Supreme Court. Webb Ptyfimpsni. the yepag whits ma* wu,e) -hltfad tlnlted States jSsaAdams on February ttnssjrl la the oounSgV Jail ; Juh* Jb> Senti iWjgrtseoar th?< fcrflW afteeV Attorney had. completed a streng ar? tet) a nee trial. The. motion *ts*Tuled. snd in the presence et severe* hundred spectators, 81m condemned to death. eTjnw. OesM to saves "Mas Sen* ^w"Sf^^ ? ^BSBS* t^t e^swes^ ?^^?w~ ' Columbia, May Sloths aged bro? ker. T. J. Otbeon. overdue by several Urn pecltenfisry. appeared theeev sjhm saetnfa? and began the eer , W bid asnusoe-Mn connection the embosattieaent of the botst* tits State tr^ea^crV ofnee sav peara ?e*lS^Jft. i iXemn ! eSeeutbn of she' sent M0*hsovr um* temporary "an appeal te the Supeci .a retoatrlaef of*t{*8 case, nhwevsr, .wna ^nlect. M now; a vsry feebre seen. Hit couOHIan la so broken ?et'aerse hi constantly 'neobreery; ; <Wb*>te War I^?tm ** twit YlMH>-#i? itififtet) Dotiere, i tSsehlngtcn. May i 2*.~~Presldgi .^rhft has seilt bac* to the war depj ment the estimates subrolitef lo <*4oj the support of the military *hm*M luring he nsceM . year asd mcicSed his desire that they should be cut approximately |S6.fO<), heV). " The estyaiOc* were prepared ?nrrn* Secretary Dtrkinson'e vIsR to Panama and car?fully scruttnUsJ by Acting Secrets ry Oliver, who rejjiced them 're 1171 efco.ouO?-au.o#.eoo lese Inan tl estimates for 19ls\ but shout lieVuA.fto mors theo the ap eroprtations for that year. Whe> Mr. 1elt se*v the figures he expressed his \t(nh ?hat the oe $20.000.00#) less tjun the appropriations for 1910. : Assistant Secretary Oliver has suc jeVdsd In reducing the figures by iS.ff/?,eet. Half the amount asked it by the presMfeot. and they have Id* bees submitted ro sojrejary I ripe; In *o* for Anal erinsld*M n St to if* Soon -raUbn. *-Fifc that! started pehoussl of the, I Ks badly damage! 6f cotton. ,trhe fire ***** tehed April, 1850. 'Be Just a IL St GUILTY OF CONTEMPT. CHATTANOOGA SHERIFF AN1> LYNCHEHS TO BE PUNISHED. United State? Supreme Court Renders Opinion Against Sheriff Shlpp and Others Accused of Conspiring to Kill the Negro Johnson Who Had Been Granted an Appeal by the Su? preme Court. Washington. May 24.?For the first time In so serious a case, the Supreme Court of the United States will, on next Tuesday week, undertake to mete out punishment for the crime of con? tempt of the court Itself, and the Im? portance of the occasion will be en? hanced by the number of the defend? ants. The proceeding will take place In connection with the cases of Sheriff Shlpp and Deputy Sheriff Gibson of Hamilton County, Tenn., and four other residents of that county, named, respectively. Williams, Nolan, Padgett and May. These men were today de? clared by the court to be found guilty Qf an not of contempt In combining In March. 1906. in a conspiracy to lynch a negro, Ed Johnson, who had been sentenced to death by the local courts on the charge of assault and in whose case the Supreme Court had interferred to the extent of granting an appeal which had the effect of a supersedeas. On the night following the announcement of the court's ac? tion Johnson was taken out of the Jail in Chattanooga by a mob and lynch? ed. There was no resistance on the part of the jail authorities and Shlpp and a number of his deputies, as well as about 15 citizens, were proceeded against on the charge of contempt of the federal court. The case has been pending ever since and the number of defendants was from time to time reduced to nine. Of these nine, three were today found guiltless, while the other six; were ordered to?be brought Into court ne*t Tueedsjr week for sentence. They some ex e4*e wi osnt as I eft proc o? Marshal Wright Tip t* ttyftssf Itn^ W imprisonment o* The case as regarded is of excep? tions! interesfbecause ts/le p&cttcal ly tie test tfm* that tfs. the high, sat xjourt In the ?nltJI BtsjA, has evsjf undertaken to aeseVt Its dignity or t9 resent sets St words Pre fleeting upon It. In one previous case, some years ago, a defendant was fined for some expression of contempt,'but the was comparatively so lnsignlfl practlcatty to leave the pres >rooeedlng standing alone. *IU Use sasss of Sheriff Shlpp and Deputy Gibson the court In effect de [ stares there may bo contempt In s Allure of officers of the law to pre? sent a crime In contempt of the court, And in taking cognisance of an offense %l% so great a distance, the court for the flrat time asserts by action its fright to compel proper respect for land treatment of Its verdicts in all parts of the Union. The charts of. contempt against [Rhertff ?hipp 'und his co-defendants was due to the fact thst when John? son, was, lynobsd he was constructive? ly la tb.0 Custody of the court. Only [V montfc before the geaTo had been IfWnd gtrttty and had been sentenced V> death, tfbe Supreme Court had granted aft appeal from a decision of the United States Circuit Court deny? ing him, S writ of habeas corpus welch affected a stay of proceedings m the convict's case.' The appeal was allowed on March 19, and on that night Johnson was taken out of the jail at Chattanooga and hanged. This action was strong? ly resented by the, court, and imme? diately complaint was made to Pres! dent Roosevelt, who ordered, an Inve tlgatlon by the department of just! This Investigation resulted in the tl tng In the court by the attorney gen? era) In May, 1900, of an "informa? tion," fn which Shlpp and nine of his deputies;'and 17 other persons were charged with complicity In the lynch? ing, Shlpp and some of his subordi? nates by absenting themselves from the jail on the rdght of the tragedy, find the others by actual participation In It. Each and atl pleaded inno? cence. Deputy Clerk Maher of the court was sent to Chsttanooga as a com? missioner |o investigate and take tes? timony. The investigation failed to connect with the char Re 17 ? uf t'.ie I men Implicate* and.,the esses against them weit dismissed at the beginning ot the presont term. The chief Justice presented .a eonv plete review of the Johnson case. H? i concludes; that neither Shlpp nur hin jpSpUty, Otlbspn, had made an effort tel. prevent toe removal- of Johnson ^ '-'V 40, prevent fete killing. $t??$^}9 T nd Fear not-**Let all the ends Thou Ak _% JMTER. 8. C. SATUJ CONFESSED, HUT WASN'T GUILTY Body of Boy Thought Dead Was That Of Dog?Negro Who Confessed Was I limine. Bristol. Term., May 24.?It develop? ed today that the negro, Robert Moore, who was hurried away from Ablngdon. Saturday under heavy guard to prevent a lynching, after having confessed that he murdered James Hlnes, the 15-year-old son of an Ablngdon druggist, is insane, and that the boy has not been murdered. The supposed decapitated body of the boy, reported to have been found in Dickinson County, where the negro said he committed the atrocious crime, was examined today and found to be the carcass of a dog. BHOOitS HARLEY PASSES AWAY. Won and Lost Se\oral Fortunes. Prominently Connected. Col jmb.'a, May 25 ?Brooks Harley, who has operated extensively through? out this and neighboring States for the past fifty years ?s a gambler, but who had some of the rlnest South Car? olina blood in his veins, is dead in an Infirmary here of congestion of the lungs. The burial will be this afternoon at his old home in Blackville. He was among the nerviest in this section. He won and lost several small fortunes, and spent a good sized one. The federal government has com? menced condemnation proceedings against the owners of four lots In the town of Union in order to secure a site for a postofflce building. cover the participants In the lynching after it took place. Justice Peckham delivered a dis? senting opinion, declaring that there was not "the slightest testimony to1 support the charge against Shlpp." He therefor* did not believe that that officer should be subjected to the pos-1 slblllty of J "a disgraceful Imprison* I ment" and mads an * earnest plea su<-H a course. . Tfbed ssr'sn^usJid 'old man," been "held to a degeb of. rssponmbtU^ ty far beyond arvy*reaeonable limit** I He also >herd ? that the testimony igalnts tjfjputy Gibson, who was the jailer, was insufficient to convict him of contempt Justices White and Me* Kenna ooncurred in 'the dissenting opinion. The chief, justice in the course of his opinion said that oven before the case was brought to the Supreme I Court there had been many threats | of lynching Johnson, because of the seriousness of the negro's offense. Continuing, he said: "The assertions that mob violence was not expected and that there was no occasion for providing more than the usual guard of one man for the jail in Chattanooga are quite unrea? sonable and inconsistent with state? ments made by Sheriff Shlpp and his deputy that they were looking for a mob on the next day." The chief Justice pointed out that the jail had been left entirely un? guarded and in charge of Deputy Gib? son, when every precaution to guard the prisoner-should have been taken. The ohlef justice continued: "In view of this, Shipp's failure to make the slightest preparation to re? sist the mob; the absence of all of the deputies except Gibson from the Jail during the mob's proceedings, occupy? ing a period of some hours in the early evening; the action of Shipp in not resisting the mob and his failure to make any reasonable effort to save Johnson or Identify .the members of mob^ justify the inference of a dispo? sition upon his part to render it easy for the mob to lynch Johnson, and to acquiesce \in the lynching." The chief Justlff* also Oeciarea mat after Johnson wa* ?aken Hum me jan the sheriff had made no effort to go after the lynchers or to reach the po? lice or mllit ia or others. "When," he said, "Shlpp reached the jail he could have gone about three bjocks to the police station and got the police. No allSmpt was made to summon a poeee. He sent no one .after deputies. Efe made no effort to send any one for help." ? Peaching his conclusion, with ref? erence to Shlpp, the chief Justice said t v as that "Shlpp not only made thS WOrH of the mob easy, but In effect llttSd and abetted it." The court found Jailer Gibson to be involved In the same condemnation, j Chpvgh under less responsibility. In opnohislon the chief justice said: "In ?/ur oplnlop It doe* not admit of question on this record that this lamentable tiot was the direct result of opposition to the administration of the law by this court. It was not only In defiance of our mandate, but was understood to be stich." and oat at be thy Country'3, Thy God s aj flDAY. MAY 29, 1901 WILLING 10 ARBITRATE. GOV. SMITH'S PROPOSITION AC? CEPTED BY FIREMEN. Georgia Railroad is Not Willing, How? ever, and Hope for Settlement Now Centres in the Visit to Atlanta To? day of United States Commissioner Of Labor Charles P. Neill?Freight, Passengers and Mail Being Divert? ed. Atlanta, May 24.?Hope for settle? ment of the strike of firemen on the Georgia railroad tonight centres on the visit here tomorrow of United States Commissioner of Labor Charles P. Neill, who is confing from Wash? ington. Governor Smith today proposed ar? bitration by a commission of Geor? gians, and the foremen accepted, but the railroad did not. Manager Scott, of the Georgia railroad, however, inr formed Governor Smith that he will be here tomorrow night to confer with Mr. Kent The danger that the strike, if pro? longed, may spread to other railroads became serious today when Vice Pres? ident Ball, of the firemen's organiza? tion, said that the diversion of the Georgia Railroad's business to other roads will cause the firemen of those roads to vote on whether or not they will accept diverted freight. It was reported here today that about 100 cars of Georgia Railroad freight had been diverted over other lines. Mails and passengevs usually carried by the Georgia went by other roads and in a few instances automobile service was resorted to. Preparations are under way by postofflce authorities to estab? lish an automobile mail service be? tween Union Point and Athens, Ga. Conflicting reports as to why no trains ran today were spread here. Several of the Georgia Railroad en? gineers were reported by the strikers to be willing to take their trains out In the day time, although refusing at night .because of the hazard of being g to. provide strike braaiteins^ flrer en far these engineers were trying put the situation in a worse light an It warrants. The officials, how rer, said it was both impossible and dangerous to run trains. No further acts'of violence were re? ported, today. ? t aft\* BalU named as the firemen'?: representatives* on the proposed board, of arbitration Judge Horace Holden4, of Atlanta, John Lee', president qf the Georgia division of ?the Farmer's' Union, and Congressman Thomfis \V. Hardwick, of Sandersvllle. No Trains Running. Augusta, Ga., May 24.?Thos. K. Scott, general manager of the Georgia Railroad, left here at 8:40 p. m., for Atlanta to meet National Commis? sioner of Labor Neill. Mr. Scott has replied to Governor Hoke Smith, who proffered a board of arbitration of Georgians, and the Augusta Chamber of Commerce, who today again offer? ed its good offices, that It would be out of place to consider other offers of mediation or abritrntion, pending the action that may be taken by Com? missioner Neill and Chairman Knapp. K.' OF P. GRAND LODGE. Hundreds of Knights of Pythias in Charleston. \ Charleston May 25.?The Grand Lodge convention of the Knights of Pythias of South Carolina opened with full ceremony at the German Artillery Hall this morning, Grand Chancellor L. S. Mattison presiding. A public welcome was extended the delegates who are here hundreds strong from all parts of the State. A review and parade of the Uni? form Hank companies this afternoon and the amplified first rank ceremo? nial tonight at the Charleston Mu? seum building are features of the con? vention programme. Tomorrow the business .session of th<? Grand Lodge comes to a c'ose. with the election of officers and the selection of the next place of meeting and a harbor excursion, a visit to the navy yard, with a dance and recep? tion at the BehuetSSnplSta will com? plete the celebration. On the Porter Military Academy grounds this morning at 9 o'clock Su? preme Chancellor H. P. Brown and Grand Chancellor L. B. Mattison in? spected the Uniform Rank encamp? ment, and a formal salute was given the distinguished Tythians by the six companies under the command of Col. H. T. Thompson. As the result of a street fight in Columia Earle Ashford and W. E. Mellett were shot and seriously wound? ed. Lennie Hall and a man by the name of White are under arrest. nd Truth's.' THE TRC 3. New Sei POUTER ALUMNI SMOKER, The Ohl Boys of Porter Military Academy Called to Meet In Re? union. Charleston, May 24.?A feature of the commencement celebration of the Porter Military Academy of Charles? ton this year will be a reunion of the alumni of that institution at a smoker to be given on the evening of Thurs? day, June 10 at the Academy. An ef? fort has been made by the committee in charge of this event to reach every former student of the Academy with an invitation to attend the smoker and renew old associations of school days as well as to hear some account of the present administration, of the fiournishlng condition of the old school, and its bright prospects for a larger career, but it is realized that many of them have not been commu? nicated with because of incomplete address lists. It is earnestly desired that every former student of the school, whether during its earlier days as the Holy Communion Church Institute, or under its later names. The Porter Academy and the Porter Military Academy, who can will at? tend the smoker on the evening of June 10, and this method is taken of urging those who have not received direct notification from the commit? tee to communicate at once with Mr. C. J. Colcock, Porter Military Acad? emy, Charleston, their purpose to be present at the gathering. The cost oi the smoker will be defrayed by sub? scription of those attending, it being estimated that two dollars from each will amply suffice to cover all expense of the entertainment. The Indications are that there will be a considerable number of the "old boys" at the smoker and a very Interesting and de? lightful evening should be passed. GEORGIA FIREMEN'S ST/RIKE. Commissioner Nein in Atlanta on Me manorial Mission. Oeorgij la Railroad firemen' the ^ seniority* of whites over'negjroeb* was. the opinion expressed at tonighVa l-eonferences looking toward settle? ment of the Strike. United State? Commissioner of Labor Xeill would*J make no statement after hie conf?n { i ' fence wfth General Manager Scott of the railroad and Vice President Ball] the firemen/but from other sources | it was learned that both' sides had presented arguments of unusual grav-j t*y. V / ? ' At' the conclusion of the conference between Mr. Neil! and Mr. Scott, the| former announced that there was ho statement t6 be rmyae. Mr. Melll then went into conference with Mr. BalJ the representative of the firemen, and this conference continued until a late hour. Throughout the evening, however, the imprecision gained ground that a settlement of the strike was near, ami. it was reported that Mr. Scott had sought for arbritrators to represent the road as suggested by Gov. Smith. It was after midnight when the last of the day's conferences ended. In? dividual conferences between Mr. Xeill and those interested in the strike will be resumed tomorrow mornin?. but there was no announcement as to when a general conference of the conflicting interests might be expect? ed. CHARLESTON'S WHARVES. City Council Will Allow No Further Delay?Hallway Company's Bond Declared Forfeited. Charleston, May 25.?City council decided tonight to delay no longer in forcing the water-front owners to put the wharves in proper condition and a case will be made at once in the courts to test the act. City council also voted to forfeit the $r,,000 deposited several years ago by the Charleston-Summei ville Railway Company and grant no further exten .-ion. The company recently went into the hands of a receiver and it is thought petitioned city council to have the franchise rs an a.-set. Over the protest of the Charleston Light and Water Company council penslised the company 5 per cent, on charges to consumers for the erster being off color last month. The report of the ways and means committee was adopted, providing for an issue of 1400,000 4 per cent. |0< yeSr bonds tor extension of sewerac s\stem. , In a fire that destroved the resi dence and story of Mrs. Llllie Ehlers In Charleston, Edward Field, a col? ored porter, was burned to death. Mrs. Ehlers and two children barely escaped with their lives. IB SO?TIIRON, Established June, IM? les?Vol. XXIX. So 28 INCOME TM RETURNS. OVER $15,000 COLLECTED A?r AGAINST $8,422 LAST YEAR. No Returns Made From BarnwelL. Beaufort, Oalhoun, Darlington, Dor cheater, Hampton or Saluda? Comptroller General Jones Says the Tax Ought to Yield Fifty Thousand Dollars. Columbia, % Mayy 24.?Comptroller General Jones nas compiled the in? come tax. returns for 1909, showing that there has been a considerable In? crease over the previous years. The returns amount to SlS,28S,t*> .against I8.422.1S for 1908. an increase of $?,~ 8S2.96. This increase is largely due to Mr. Jones' strong campaign ery county for an enforce law. Circular leUsswtThd individual cases were *ent from Jones' office and the result wag the county auditors went after taxpayers in some of-Ahe counties. However, the results are not..." what* the Comptroller General they should be. f"Vfe should col at least $50,000 on the income U said Mr. Jenes today, discussing situation. *J**"Te must have arrived a bad state indeed, when in seven fly the counties there %r* no> men make over $2,50d a year income ^ shown by the returns.'' In ' the following counties tl were no income tax returns,: this jee**-y Earn well, Beaufort, Calhoun. Dey'jsjgjp^' ton. Dorchester/ Hampton, Salud^. Number of taxpayers in; 19teS^ah-. beviiie 23, Alken 18, Anderson Bamberg 7. Barnweiy ?, Beaufort** f? Berkeley 2, Calhoun 0, Charleston ft, Cherokee 10, Chester IS, Oh 7, Clarendon 9, Colleten *. DaxI ton 0, Dorchester 0, Edgefleld 8, field ?, Florence |4, G^ev?etown GreenvtMe U. ton 0, He*Ar t. W THE ri?W YORK MARKET. ott Men Think Metropolitan Cot-' ton Exchange Too Speculative. * Richmond. Va,, May 28.?The* American Cotton Manufacturers* As? sociation began its convention here today. The early part of the session was taken up with an address of wel come by Mayor Richardson, a reply/ by L. D. Tyson, of Knoxvllle, Tenn.,, and the annual address of President T. H. Rerfnie. At the close of his address the re? tiring president was presented with a handsome gold watch fob. At this afternoon's meeting ret-oltr tlons were adopted by the associa? tion, declaring its approval of Mm New Orleans exchange as a market for spot ceUon and deprecating the* speculative element alleged to be tnr control of the N*?w York cotton ex? change. In the discussion which pre I ceded this action, a sharp attack waa .made on the Western Union Tele *graph Company, both by members of the* t-ommitt,ee arid of the New Or* leans exchange, for what was claimed'' to be unfairness to the New Orleans market and discrimination in favor. of New York. This action followed the report of or. special committee on cotton ex? changes presented by Capt Ellison A.? Smyth of Pelzer S C. This commit? tee has had the subject under consid? eration for the past year and haj visited the exchanges both in New York and New Orleans. Recent changes In the management of the* New Orleans market make that mar? ket, according to the reoort almost Ideal, giving an opportunity for the purchase of spot cotton and the hedg? ing considered necessary to protect: future contract? f<?r gc4 da The New York exchange, It was re? ported, had not met the ?uggsetione by the committee and continued to operate in the intere?s of speeulaor* and plungers rather than of the mats ufacturers and dei'ers in cetton. Res? olution.;? were adopted asking the tele? graph companies to lurnish In at! Iccnties of cotton trading and ;?t the* I mills the same facilities for trading in the New Orleans market as are> inow furnished from New York, smt by unanimous vote the membership of the association decided to sh< w it? appreciation of the action of the New Orleans exchange by patronizing Ibas: market both for the purchase of sp?rr cotton and for hedging. The government will soon begirj werk on a federal building in Oc.\ugs* 'Urg. The Bombery Reed plant in Coluusr )ia was destroyed by fire.