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not MUTER WATCHMAN, Ettakll ('?emlf dated Aug. 2.18 Cbt t?latrbman ano .Southron. Pa blithe* I Wednesday and Saturday ?bt? MTECN PUBLI8NIN8 COMPANY sumtur. a a I Terms: $1.10 per annual?In advance. Advertisements; One Slquare first Insertion.$1.00 Vverr subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or loafer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub son i private Interests will be charged tor as advertisements. ' Obituarie? and tributes of respects will he ?hsrged for. '0" 1 TAJNTVD MONEY DANGEROUS. s lYenbyterlan MlulHfer Calls on Ken turklan* to Resist Influence of "riiMiiM'tlfi^l" Funds. Savannah. Qa., May 17.?An after msth of the Central University fight before the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church cam' today when a resolution wno offered by Dr. C. W. Orafton. which was af? terwards refeired to a special conj mlttee. which has been Intrusted with the t*s>. of drawing up a reply to the Synod of Kentucky on the university matter. After urging "all our people in atentnes- to stir up and maintain seetlnvnt so strong as to detect and approach every form of evil which may Impair the Influence of their ?Teat university." the resolution con? tinues: ?There la weakness In poverty in? deed, but there Is sometimes danger m riches. We believe Indeed that the ?Tester danger at this day lies in the overshadowing endowments that are urtfrtendly to *he Bible. We therefore us go owv schools to resist the charms of anseacMoed wealth and to keep free from all alliances Impair tholr testimony of Ood and the faith of offered a reeolu grgumes* advanced by the of the Kentucky Synod's* 'stdo of the controversy Woo that the Ooueral Assembly had no jurisdiction In ttse university case and that any-1 way K waa too late to withdraw from the position that bad been taken. The tsoolutlon follows: "Resolved, That It Is the opinion of this Assembly that no Inferior cou-r ^aa a right to take sny action that l**] not subject to the review or redress of the hikher court. "That the Assembly further in? structs all lower courts to take no ac? tion that will tend to lessen the church's direct control and owner? ship of all its own educational insti? tution*. ,# The r.-port of the foreign missions committee was adopted, recommend log Mies Alice Dwyer for minion worg In Mexico. Because of her age the eommlttee refused to send her to any Old World or Eastern field. A foreign mloslons meeting was held. Dr. R. C. Reed, of Columbia. S. C. being In the chair. Six mission? aries were heard from?Dr. 8. P. Fulton, of Jspan. and Drs. W. U Venable. Maxy Smith, James B. Wood. J. R. Wilkinson of China and Rev. L. C. Vase, of Lue bo. Africa. It now seems most probable that to? morrow will see the adjournment of the Assembly. Tonight sn address was delivered upon the subject. "How Far Has Ori? ginal Calvinism Been Modified by Time*" by I>r. 8. A. King, of Aus? tin. Texas. tVfHD CAGE BLOWN TWO MILES. Vet Net eher Cage Nor Canary With? in It waa Injured In Cyclone. Edgefleld. May 2? ? Miraculous things always attend a cyclone. In the oae that recently visited this place, a cage containing a canary bord belonging to Mise Patterson was blown two miles, lodged In the plzzu of a friend and was returned the fee* lowing day. neither bird nor cage re? ceiving Injury. The annual convention of the State Funeral Directors' Association will be held In Charleston June 22 n. A mad dig at Florence bit several people. They have been sent to At? lanta for treatment st the Pasteur Institute. The bad meat In Greenville that caused a stir among xhe health au? thorities several days ago has been son verted into soap grease. Wied April, 1850. Be jlust Bl !? 8U1 PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY. KENTUCKY SYNOD IN CENTRAL UNIVERSITY CASE SUS TAJ NED. Hard Fight In Assembly?Question Gone Into In Various Directions Be? fore Settlement?Other Features. Savannah. Ga., May 26.?Xo Inter? ference with the present status of Central University of Kentucky is to be made by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. The vote that deckled th!s question was upon a motion to sustain the complaint of Gen. Bennett H. Young and Rev. C. W. Somerville of Kentucky against the Synod of Kentucky, which had it ?I would have brought before ihr Afc.*embly the whole question of .Jurisdiction and would have delved *>ack deeply into the history of the passing of Central University from the control of the Kentucky Synod. The agreement was reached lat* IS afternoon and la probably final. The vote to sustain the complaint was lost. 80 to 99. Two vote*, one of them cast by a former moderator, Rev. W. W. Moore, were recorded as in favor of sustaining the complaint in part. Two minutes each were al? lowed the commissioners to disclose their oplnkn on the question after the complainants and representatives of the Synod of Kentucky had finished their agruments. Most of those who spoke favored the complaint whfle moat of those who voted against It were silent. Moderator William E. Boggs of At? lanta, however, was decidedly against the complaint, aaserting that a sol? emn compact had been entered into and that It would be morally wrong to break It. He said he was sure that if the complaint was sustained, It would be cure to result in lawsuits over the school property. Rev. J. M. Wells of Wilmington. X. C, caused a amall sensation when he used the words "talned money" refer? ring to the Andrew aCrnegie founda? tion and, charging that Mr. Carnegie was an atheist* said It was tak'n* . S. A. King, of Austin. Texa*. te regretted to see the* flag of rterlanlsm torn down and that of Carnegie raised. Dr. E. M. Green declared that a stain had been cast upon him by one jmragraph of the complaint of Gen. Young and Rev. Somervllle, and tb??t It eharged him personally with an of? fense. "I feel that some imputation hns been cast upon me," he said,'"No stain has been on my name since 1 have been in the ministry. I hive passed the three score years and ten and will soon retire and I do not wan' to retire with thnt atam." Gen. Young s^ose and stated he would withdraw the offending paragraphs, but this was declined. A motion was mide to wipe out the paragraphs wherever in the complaint a personal r-flection *vas made on any person. Thli was carried. The whole matter was cast out of the *-ccUslastical court when g resolution was passed to the effect ?ml It was nc?. for the peace and edi? fication of the ihurch further to pro Jong the con "^versy and that the "Assembly di< iTdsscs the complaint." Aside from this all absorbing topic of the Central University In te.*<**;. cen? tred today in tne report of the As? sembly's committee on foreign mis? sions. It was reported that during the ;ear an increase of more than 2, 000 member.* ef the church in for? eign fields had been attained while the gTOwlr;: 1'iendllness on the pari ?f heathen Peoples furnished a proph? ecy of greater harvests in the near future. Twenty-nine new missionaries were sent out during the year, China get? ting It, Brai.l three, Africa two, Ko? rea seven, Cuba two. Eighteen of the number are women. Contributions to the mission's treasury for the year were $412.15?.63, an increase of $88, 277.99 over the previous year. The question of the age of Miss Alice K. Dwyer of New Orleans en? tered Into the report. Miss Dwyer'* age is given as 46 and her application frr appointment as a missionary hud been turned down on this account. Without altering the opinion a* to the correctness of the refusal to en? gage her it was decided to recom? mend to the Assembly thnt mission? aries In Mexico and Cuba be asked If a w??man of her ag* could ba of ser vic? there. Seventeen delegates, it i> under? stood, are to be ?<ent to a world's mis? sionary congress to be held In Edln burg, June 14-24, 1910. Mrs. Chf.mp Clark. Mrs. John B. Knox and Mrs. Elizabeth P. Allen were named as the women delegates in the report. Tonight Dr. Henry Collln Mlnton. Trenton, X. J., delivered an address on "Calvin, the Theologian." id Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aln dTER. S. C. WEDN1 FIREMEN'S STRIKE SETTLED. TRAFFIC OVER THE GEORGIA RAILROAD IS RESUMED. Terms of Settlement Satisfactory to Both Sides?Men Return to Work t"mil Final Adjustment is Had? All Discharged Union Firemen to He Reinstated?All Xegro Firemen At Terminal Stations to be Dis? pensed With?Knapp Delivered an Ultimatum. Atlanta, May 29.?The strike of the firemen on the Georgia Railroad was officially declared off at 2 p. m., to? day. An hour and a half later the first train after the% resumption of service was se.it out of Augsuta with j a negro fireman in the cab. The terms of the settlement were not officially given out, but h was* learned sthat they are, substantially, as follows: The men to return to work under conditions existing at the time the si ike began until final adjustment is mfide. All negro firemen at the terminal stations will be dispensed with. All discharged Brotherhood fire? men will be reinstated. Three other points are yet to be decided as follows: First, whether negro firemen shall be eliminated from the road. Second, if not eliminated, what per? centage of negroes there shall be. Seniority of negro firemen over white firemen. These other questions are to be dis? cussed tonight, and If they are not adjusted they will be settled by arbi? tration under the Erdman Act. The exact terms of the settlement have not been disclosed, but the state? ment is made that the conditions are eminently satisfactory to both sides. The settlement of the strike was an? nounced In a statement signed by Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the Inter-State Commerce Commission, and Charles P. Nelll, United States labor commissioner. It aald: "An amicable adjustment of the difference between the Georgia Rail HP ? d and Jt* epti-loy^es ?who hj^ been on strike has been reached on a basis eminently satisfactorily to both sides. The strike have been called oft and complete train service Is to be resumed immediately." This statement was the result of a conference between Chairman Knapp, Commissioner Xeill, General Manager Scott, of the Georgia aRil road; Vice President Ball, of the fire? men's organization. The conference lasted from 11 a. m., until 2 p. m., and every point of issue between the railroad and its employees was care? fully discussed. Commissioner Xeill said fhat both sides made concessions. He added further that he did not believe a com? plete statement would be made be? fore next week. It is generally un? derstood that the railroad agrees to recogni7e the seniority of white fire? men and that the employment of cer? tain negro firemen who have been with the road many years will be con? tinued. After they are retired no other Macks will be permitted to fire. Had there not been a settlement of the strike this afternoon it can be stated that federal Interference was imminent. It is reported that both sides were notified that some adjust? ment must be reached by 6 o'clock today or the federal courts would take cognizance ot the situation. This probably would have meant injunc? tions, which in the present temper of the residents of the strike district, al? most certainly meant resistance and possible violations of the injunction, and speedily thereafter the arrival of United States troops. CAPT. CAPERS BETTER. Internal Revenue Commissioner Sit? ting Up Each Day. Washington, May 28.?Commis? sioner John G. Capers, who has been very ill for several weeks, has so far recovered that he is now able to sit up for a short time each day. He thinks that If nothing prevents he will be able to go to Cedar Mountain, Greenville County, for a rest in a month or six weeks. This will be good news to his friends in South Carolina, who have made many in? quiries from time to time concerning his condition. Revenue Officers destroyed an il? licit still In Greenville County. Thirty gallons of whiskey were seized. The Supreme Court holds that tele? graph companies are not liable for the delay of messages during a tele? graphers' strike. The decision was made In the case of Sullivan vs. the Western Union that came up in An? derson County. and i is't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an SSDAY. JUNE 2, 190 TOBACCO TRUST TYRANNY. KENTUCKY SENATOR ASSERTS THAT TRUST IS RESPONSI? BLE FOR NIGHT RIDING. The Tax on Tobacco Places All Pow? er In Hands of American Tobacco Co. and Its Oppression of Tobacco Growers of Kentucky and Tennes? see Has Driven Them to Organiza? tion and Lawlessness in the Effort To Protect Themselves. Washington. May 28.?That the outrages of the night riders in Ken? tucky and Tennessee resulted from the oppression of the American To? bacco Company and that unless the Internal revenue tax qn leaf tobacco in the hand is repealed these out? rages will a sain occur, was the de? claration made by Senator Bradley of Kentucky today in urging the adop? tion of his amendment to the senate bill. This amendment proposes to re stcre in the tariff bill the house pro? vision for the free sale of leaf tobac? co by the farmer, which was stricken out by the finance committee of the senate. Mr. Bradley reviewed the growth of the American Tobacco Company from the time of its organ? ization In 1890 with a capital stock of $25,000,000 to the present day with stock, including that owned in subsidiary companies, amounting to more than $500,000,000. Not content with destroying all comeptition in the United States, Mr. Bradley said the I American Tobacco Company drove I the Imperial Tobacco Company, of Great Britain, its chief competitor, to I a compromise and obtained an agree I ment by which the Imperial yielded I up all competition In the United States. "France, Austria, Italy, Portugal I and other countries each meanwhile I decreed that the government would I buy and import tobacco as a business, I the profit going into the coffers of the I government under what is known as I the Regie system." said Mr. Bradley. I "The American Tobacco Company, I seeing the danger in this direction, I entered into a conspiracy with the ["Reiire^ngenta'W whlcli fhe territory I should be and was divided, all agree I lng to pay the same fixed price and I allotting the territory into well de I fined districts so that there could be no conflict of interests." I Thus the producers found them I selves powerless and hemmed in on every side, continued Mr. Bradley, and after appealing to congress with I out effect, as a last resort organized I the pooling societies which resulted in a saturnalia of crime in Kentucky I and Tennessee. While denouncing I the night rider outrages, Mr. Bradley I declared that the tobacco leaf grow I ers were sorely pressed, that they I were forced to combine to protect I themselves and that the crimes which I resulted were due to the trust's op I pression. "If congress refuses relief, I in my judgment," said Mr. Bradley, I "the same conduct will be reenacted, I people terrorized, and the States ma I terially injured." Before reviewing the tobacco legis I lation resulting in the condions which I he represented as existing, Mr. Brad I ley said, "I will state in the beginning that under the present statutes and I rulings of the commissioner of inter I nal revenue, the producers are so I hapered and restricted in the sale of I their leaf tobacco that they are sub I stantlally placed at the mercy of the I great trust which has blighted their I hopes and desolated their homes." I Mr. Bradley said the two principal I objections made to his proposed I amendment were that it opened the I door to fraud and rendered uncertain I the enforcement of the tobacco tax, I and that it materially decreased the I amount of revenue collected. He as I serted that no law could be devised I which would entirely prevent fraud, I and that the amendment was in sub I stance and effect the reenactment of the McKinley bill, which, he said. I operated well for three years both as I to fraud and revenue and he could I see no reason why it would operate I otherwise now. He quoted Commis? sioner Yerkes In the opinion that the decrease of revenue would be com? paratively small. The effect of this enactment, said Mr. Bradley, would be that the farm? er and all others would be able to sell unstemmed tobacco In the nat? ural leaf without the payment of any tax or charge. "In my judgment, the passage of this law will not only give justice to a deserving class of people but will withstand all lawless ele? ments and restore good order throughout the land." said Mr. Brad? ley. In concluding, he made an earnest appeal to the senate in be? half of 1,000,000 Americans, who. he said, have been stricken down by the ponderous mace of an all-powerful 1 Truth's." THE TRU New Sei COTTON PRICES STONB. SURPRISING FIRMNESS DIS? PLAYED IN MARKET. May and July Have Felt Effects of Increased Stocks and Some Ham? mering?Ultimate Advance Ex? pected. New York, May 28.?May and July have shrunk under Increase of local stock and some hammering, but new cotton crop months, have on the whole ?hown a strength which has surprised, in the presence of liquida? tion, though they gave way to some tMcnr on Friday. Only such long selling, it I? argued, has held the rmrket down- .hat ana the ap? proaching three holidays and natural hesitancy on the eve of the govern? ment report, which appears on Jur.e 4. Ootherwise it is supposed that the tor "tial rains in the Mississippi val !ov rnd gastward might ha\e had a :n/?r. stimulating effect. /Reports of damage from that sec? tion have been numerous and it is also said that the bo l weevil, which seems to thrive under moist condi? tions, has spread and is becoming a more threatening factor. Chicago operators have been selling July to some extent and certain large spot interests have disposed of a good deal cf May. Western operators, however, have replaced their July with Janu? ary. For a time Wall street, the South and Liverpool sold freely in liquidation of long accounts. But of late there has been not'teably good buying on all reaction in the new crop months. Bulls lav great stress on the scarcity of wool and silk and the fact that there is nothing to com? pete with these fibres but cotton, and on the theory that there Is every prob? ability of a very lavge world's con? sumption of cotton in the raising of Ultlc!) the United Sta*es has a practi? cal monopoly, Manchester's trade has recently improved and Manchester shorts are said to be getting nervous. The last weekly government report was on the whole unfavorable, aside from Texas, showing abnormal rains and 'unduly low temperatures. Since it was issued and rainfall in the Mis? sissippi valley, and eastward has been remarkably large, In some States the precipitation reaching as high as 6 or 7 inches in a single day, the latter in Mississippi. The full effect of these semi-tropical rains may not appear in the government report, the data for which will not be brought down later than May 25. Cotton, however, has already had a sharp advance, the Texas drought is Opposed to have been pretty effect? ually relieved and the excessive rains in parts of the eastern and central belts, it is argued, have at least en? abled the soil the better to withstand the effect of summer drought. Spin? ners held aloof. It is asserted that fully 1,000,000 bales will be carried from this crop to the next and will have been counted in the next com? mercial crop. The next crop may be short, but, bears think that May is too early to count on the size of the next yield with any degree of certain? ty. The sentiment here of many, however, is in favor of an ultimate advance on the theory that the chances favor only a moderate crop at the best, while the prospects point to a record breaking consumption. BRAZELL FOUND GUILTY. Hit bland Man Convicted of Man? slaughter for Killing His Hair Brother. Columbia, May 28.?Warren G Brazell was this afternoon found guilty of manslaughter with a recom? mendation, to the mercy of the court. The sentence was not passed this af? ternoon, as there will be argued to? morrow or later, a motion for a new trial. Brazell took the stand today and gave some very interesting testimony in connection with the shooting. He claims that he had heard of the al? leged intimacy between his brother and his-wife, and that on the occa? sion of the shooting he had hoard be? forehand that his wife and his broth? er were going out, that he went I where they were, and having found his brother alone, they entered into the quarrel which ended In the shoot? ing; that his brother had the gun, and in the struggle he wrested it from him and the gun was discharged in self-defense. trust. "If that call shall go unan? swered, we may at least indulge the hope that while our oppressors es? cape here, there will come a time when they shall be weighed in the balance of a Just God whose Judg? ment will be, 'thou are weighed In the balance and art found wanting.' " SEX ATE POLIjOWK ALDRICH's ORDERS OX SUBJECT. Xo Further Consideration Until June 1??Bailey and Cummins Pa** Hot Word?. Washington. May 27.?Py the de? cisive vote of 50 to 23 the senate de? cided today to postpone until June lO the further consideration of the ?n? come tax question in connection witht the tariff. The senate began the day with the consideration of the sugar schedule, hut after voting upon two amend? ments towards the end of the after? noon switched off to a discussion ot the possibility of getting a vote ort the Bailey income tax amendment. This turn of affairs has become ?c> habitual cf late that no one was sur? prised and all were prepared to again? listen to a plea for such a vote. He presented his argument in his usuai fcrcible manner, but did not succeed:'1 in prevailing upon Senator Aldrfete to concede a vote on the income tax iu advance of the tariff schedules. In? stead, he forced the definite propo? sition. Mr. Aldrich declared that h?* would not agree to a vote on the In? come tax in advance of the schedules* so long as he was in charge of the* bill. Mr. Bailey offered his income tax: amendment to the tariff bill and It. wa s read, much to the amusement of the senate, for It was realized that the Republican leaders had ro intenv tion of permitting a vote ar*this time. Mr. Aldrich moved that considera? tion of the Bailey amendment be postponed* until June 10. Thla mo? tion provoked Mr. Bailey to take the floor. *k The senator from Rhode Isli Mr. Bailey said, had at times sh< some impatience for a vote upoa hi tariff bill, and yet, he adned, he it willing to vote on the most impor? tant amendment that will be to the bill. The orderly manner? considering this measure, said HrJ Bailey wold be first te t\w&?*W\ this amendment, because the ?dop tion of an income tax would permit cutting down the amount to be raised* from custom duties by $80.00,000^. which might be raised on income. Mr. Bailey said he knew that ttoa* sooner he could obtain a vote on the Income tax, the larger vote he could tret for its passage. Heading an ar? ticle in a Xew York newspaper stat? ing that he had introduced his In? come tax amendment with the pur? pose of defeating an inheritance tax, and assisting Senator Aldrich, Mr. Bailey declared the writer of the ar? ticle to be an "infamous liar" and' proceeded with an elaborate explana? tion of circumstances connected with* his interest in an income tax. Thfse particular incident, he declared, wait but a part of a deliberate attempt on the part of some people to misrepre? sent the entire Democrac | Taking exception to a remark by Mr. Bailey, Senator Cummins asked whether he proposed to challenge the sincerity of the progresses who fa vcred an income tax. "I did not challenge the sim-er/ty of the senator," replied Mr. Bailer, "but I did challenge his wisdom." Mr. Cummins, having expressed* the opinion that the rncome tax prop? osition could not possibly be taken up? before the tariff schedules were dfs> posed of. in accordance with Mr. Aid rich's proposition, Mr. Bailey re? marked, "that if the senator fron? Iowa purposes making an alliance on the income tax vote with the sen? ator from Rhode I?land. he wltY1 find himself wiser afterwards than he was before." Mr. Cummins* retort was sharp andr quick. "I have," he said, "not voted" with the senator from Rhode is'andK as often as the senator from Texo^.*** "The senator from Rhode island has been right twice daring this sea sion," responded Mr Bailey, "and I have voted with him twice. The sen? ator from Iowa can BOi Bial I I go?vx a showing." continuing, Mr. Bailej fecfatVfl that Mr. Cummins must know that the income tax advocates were losinsc strength. So far as the Republican* are concerned. Mr. Cummins assecf ed. his conviction was that there whs. no falling off in the income tax votev and he declared that he wa? sure that they were all loyal. "Then let's have a roll call; lets have It now." insisted Mr. Bailey. Voting on the motion of Mr. Aid rich, the senate. 50 to 33. decided upon postponement. Republicans veto? ing against him wart Senators Bo nit. Bristow, Clapp, Cummins, Drl?\*Y and LaFollette. Senator McEnerjs was the only Democrat who votext i with the Republicans.