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Mr. Lylea Prot em* Against Published Account* of AaTalsw To the Editor of The State: It was with great regret that I read the communication of Mr. McMahan la The 8tats of yesterday and the re? porter s references to the dog incident at ths First Baptist church on Sun? day morning. 1 would not have no? ticed the eubject but for the misap? prehension under which the public are resting and the great Injustice done to a worthy minister of Qod's cause, I was present In the church at the time of the occurrence, though I was not aware until yesterday of the cir? cumstances which led up to it. I now learn that on Sunday morning Dr. Lindsay, ths pastor, upon coming to the church, found the dog in the aisle and directed the sexton to remove htm. The sexton was unable to do this and the dog then stretched him? self along the aisle, growling at ladles and children, whose skltlts brushed him as they passed. Subsequently he change bis position to one serosa the aisle, entirely blocking it. Two of the ushers. Dr. W. 8. Lindsay and Mr. ?eay. mads efforts to remove him. At Dr. W. 8. Lindsay he growled In such ; a aaanaer as to alarm him and he ^iWPrmm. end ?ome one exclaim? ed. "He will bite." He snapped at Mr. Seay In so vicious a manner as to make htm afraid to take hold of him. I am Informed th?t he actually got Mr 8eay's arm Into his mouth, but bis teeth did not go through the coat sleeve and shirt cuff. Dr. Lindsay, the pastor, thereupon asked Mr Wakefleld, who occupied the pulpit, to request the owner to rsmove the dog. He misunderstood the request and asked "some one" to do so. Mr. Kennedy, who was sitting on the ros? trum, arose and at some risk to him? self, took hold of the dog and tried to drag him out. bv t being resisted, he threw it out of a low window, not over five feet from the ground. It was certainly the most reasona? ble thing f ir hin to do. He would either have had to strike the don and perhaps Incur the danger of an at? tack, and certainly the danger of a stampede In the congregation In the Immedlste neighborhood of the dog. O* would have had to carry It howl? ing out of the ehurch at a serious risk to himself. I can not conceive that it was the duty of those in charge of the church an 1 ministering to the comfort of the congregation to allow the dog to occupy the position which he did ccupy. to the serlou* Incon? venience and alarm of the congrega? tion. And while I am as averse as any reasonable person can be to the cruel treatment of animals. I do rec? ognise that the romfort and welfare of human beings Is of vastly more Importance than the pampering of doge. Mr. Kennedy, In my opinion, would have been perfectly Justified if he had thrown the do* out of the gal? lery window on the around Moor. I can not but regard the suing out of a warrant against Mr. Kenned> as in Indecent act of ofnelousness. I im glad to say that Dr. and Mrs. Queiry. the owners of the dog, have taken no part in the matter W M. If. LYLKS. Columbia. June 1. 1*0?. Senator Elk Ins. of West Virginia, at ease time represented the territory of New Mexico in the House of Repre? sentatives. One great advantage of thin kind of revlelon Is that It will be so much easier to carry t*ie market basket bome?Ohio Stats Journal. Senator Gore, the blind man from Oklahoma, is one of the youngest as well as most eloquent Senators, be? ing barely thirty-sight years old. If. Paderewskl having recovered his health, is enjoying himself In agri? cultural pursuits at his chateau on ths banks of the ;^ake of Lucerne. gstti April, 18S0. 'lie Just Ai 1. SU riots in m\mm. VK)Li:\ci: attends attempt TO operate stHfft cars. Ollicers Unable to Disperse Mobs Which Terrorize Strikebreakers and Destroy Cars? So\eral Policemen Injured?Strike-Breakers Flee. Philadelphia. June 2 ?The at? tempt of the Philadelphia Transit Company to operate Its cars tonight with strike-breakers imported from other cities resulted in the first seri? ous rioting which had occurred since the strike of the street car men be? gun on May 29. In the Kensington district where many mills are located the feeling ran high. Mobs of men, women and children pulled the motormen and conductors from their cars and beat them severely. In many ir stances cars were set on Are and in other cases thrown across the tracks. The police were powerless to control the angry strike sympathizers. When they charged the mob it separated only to form again In the vicinity of another car. The officials of the company an? nounced today that cars would be run tonight for the first time since the beginning of the strike. When the rioting started after nightfall, however, every car that could be got Into the barns ol the company was taken off the street. Several police? men were Injured during the riot? ing. While the most serious rioting oc? curred in the mill district in Kensing? ton, cars were attacked in many oth? er parts of the city. In West Phla delphla dynamite caps weie placed on the tracks and crowds atoned the strike-breakers when they attempted to bring out cars, forcing them to re tern to the barn. -In the downtown, section conductors and gootormen were pulled from their cars and their clothes torn from their backs by mobs of strike sympathizers. In some cases the terrified strike-breakers had to be taken to private houses and guarded by police to save them from 'llcdlly harm. In Kensington there were five big riots a id alt evening Kensington ave? nue, the main thoroughfare of the district, was filled with ? howling mob. So far as can be learned, the striking street car men themselves did not take any part in the rioting. They were kept confined by their leaders in their vairous meeting places. The Imported strike-breakers proved to be a disappointment to the 9 mpany, many of them deserting their cars at the first sign of tro'ible and leaving them standing in the street at the mercy of the mob. Sev? eral of them applied to the strikers for aid to return to New York, say? ing that they had been brought here under misrepresentation. During the course of tie Kenslng f? :i riots. Policeman Levy was shot In the back of the head and Is said to be In a dying condition. In the same section one block of five cars were piled In the street after being par? tially demolished with paving stones and were then set on fire. At least l(n) persons have been seriously In? jured. During the day the company claim? ed to have operated a few more cars than on the previous day. Chairman Pratt of the union carmen admitted that some additional cars had been run with the strike-breakers but said the strikers had won over more of the old men, and none of the men a ho had gone on strike were weak? ening. The central labor union has deter? mined to tnke advantage of the poli? tical features Involved In the strike and a meeting of its conference com? mittee tonight decided to issue a call on all members and sympathizers to eelebfSVte next Saturday, whic h Is pri? mary election day here, a* white rib? bon day. The white ribbon is the emblem chosen by the striking car? men. Their sympathizers are asked by the central labor union to wear ihi* emblem on election dav ami t vote for Clarence Olbbony for district attorney and President Murphy of the union for city treasurer In opposition to the slated Republican nominee s. An attorney for the Stf hers todo) caused warrants to be Issued for the arrest of two poli? ? ttvn who are al? leged to have struck one of the strik? ers without sufficient provocation. \Vrlt? of habeas corpus have also been Issued for the release of strikers who have been committed to prison. The Duke of Norftdk has a rent roll of $1.350.0(H) i rear. His Lon? don estate In Norfolk street. Surrey street and Arundel street. Strand. Wal erected no the site of his ancestors' town house by speculative bulldeis afttr the great fire of 1666. ul Fear not-~Let all the ends Thou Air MTER. 8. C. SA1U1 DOCTOR .1. c. iu:mpiiill. Confess Degree of LL 1). Upon Judge i in 11. Jones und Mr. J. C. Hemp hill. Due West, June 1.?The board of trustees of Ersklne College today con? ferred the nonary degree of LL. D. upon Chief Justice Ira B. Jones, of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, and upon Mr. J. C. Hemphlll, editor of the Charleston News and Courier. BREWING COMPANY CASE HEARD The Gormanla's License Rights Ar? gued Before Supreme Court. Columbia, June 1.?The Supreme court heard today arguments in the case of the Germania Brewing Com? pany against the Charleston County dispensary board. The point involved was as to the license to be paid. The county dispensary board, through its attorney, Major Huger Slnkler, held that the law required that a license of $3,000 per year be paid by the brewing company provided it did not bottle more than forty barrels per day. The board's postlon was that this meant that no matter whether the company worked half the year or war. shut down six months, not more than forty barrels per day should be bottled under the $3,000 license. The company's position was that the forty barrels per day meant an average of forty barrels per day, that If shut down for six months It could bottle under this license eighty bar? rels per day for the other six months. The Supreme court has not announced its decision yet. SOLDIERS' HOME OPENS. Appropriate Exercises by Confederate Daughters. Columbia, June 2.?The Invitations for the opening of the Confederate veterans' home, which will take place tomorrow at. 5 o'clock, have been Is? sued by Mrs. Claude H. Glrardeau, president of the Wade Hampton, chap? ter, United Daughters of the confed? eracy. The Daughters are expecting Capt. J. Hampden Brooks of Green? wood, who worked hard for the estab? lishment of the home, to be present, and if possible he will come. The invi? tation mailed him recently was sent to the wrong postofflce, but at the same time the presence of this gallant sol? dier is desired. The opening of the home on June 3, the birthday of Jef? ferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, Is re? garded as very appropriate. HOLLINGS WORTH ASSAILS. He Attacks South In Memorial Day Talk at Soldiers' Home. Washington, May 31.?With the skies dropping gentle tears, long lines ol gray veterans moved through Washington today to Arlington Cem? etery and the other places of burial to honor their dead. Arlington, Mount Vernon and Sol? diers' Home were peopled with the aged men, their wives and children. At Soldiers' Homo Representative Hollingsworth, of Ohio, who attempt? ed to have the government refuse to accept the silver for the battleship Mississippi because of the likeness of Jefferson Davis which appeared there? on, assailed the South. In his address ho said: "Loyal men, lovers of their country and their country's honor may well shudder at certain modern suggestions. It will be a dark day, Indeed, for the republic when the name of Abraham Lincoln ceases to be revered above all others or when It shall be replaced by that of Jeffer? son Davlvi to any extent in the hearts und affections of the American people. The thought of it Is us shocking as the first thrill of horror which followed the th ing on Sumter, and yet only re c< ntly there was read in the house of representatives, without any words of patriotic indignation being allowed in reply, this statement from a leading Southern journal: " 'Everybody In America who knows the history Of the two men knows that in point of education, native nbillty, culture, oratory, legal attainment*, character and unselfish patriotism Jefferson Davis was a greater man than Abraham Lincoln, and knows, furthermore^ that the cause for which the Southern soldiers fought was right.' " A Hard Proscription. The Doctor?"Young man, it will n<-t do for you to Stick In nn office. YOU must get outdoors?must have air. By th?' way. what Is your occu? pation ?" Patient?"I am an aeronaut.? Life. lis t at bo thy Country's, Thy God's an *DAY. JUNE 6, 1909 INCOME TAN RETURNS. letters Received bjrComptrollerGen erul Indicate Tliat Thorough Inves? tigation Will he Made. Columbia, June 3.?Comptroller General Jones is receiving many let tore from prominent business men of the State concerning the income tax law. "The county auditors are practical? ly placing a premium upon the tax? payers not returning their incomes," said Mr. oJnes today. "Those who have failed to return have really got their amounts placed at less than they would have if they had made sworn statements as to their income. I was after sworn incomes." Comptroller General Jones' last letter on the income tax matter pointed out that he wished the in? come taxpayers' returns sworn to by auditors. One part of the letter places the burden upon the auditors, who, Mr. Jones says, have been in some Instances, shirking their duty. "The enforcement of the law," says Mr. Jones, "rests with the county au? ditors. Permit me to say that there is no time limit for auditors to dis? cover those liable to this tax and add the penalty for evasion or non-re? turn." Two letters received by the comp? troller general express in a way the general sentiment toward the pay? ment of income taxes. One letter from a well known bus? iness man in the Piedmont section of the State says: "In making my returns for income tax I endeavored to track the law as closely as I possibly could, but in locking over the returns of numbers of other people I notice that their in? comes are very much under assessed either by themselves or by the audi? tor. I am perfectly willing and anxi? ous to do what is fair and right, but I do not think that one party should pay when he knows that hundreds of others are not paying more than one tenth or one-twentieth taxes on their real income. 'T would like toi you U take, thus under advisement and express to me your opinion as to the course we should pursue in such matters. We think it quite unfair for a few people to pay on their full Income while oth? ers shirk the responsibility to such an extent as is being done." Another letter received says: 'In making my income tax return I did so honestly and conscientious? ly. I now find that a great many people whose incomes are two or three times mine, and in one instance I know fully 10 times as much, have made returns for a less amount than I did. Unless there is some adjudi? cation of this matter, your office is going to have trouble in the collec? tions. "One party told me he had de? clined to make a return, and that his assessment, after the penalty was ad? ded was less than one-fifth of his in? come." The writer add*, that the system is quite crude and that some changes must be made. The entire matter will be laid before Gov. Ansel short? ly. REV. MR. KENNEDY ACQUITED. Dog Incident at Columbia Is Ter? minated. Columbia, June 2.?After hearing the testimony in the case Magistrate FovVles, this afternoon, declared the Rev. A. B. Kennedy, assistant pastor oe the First Baptist Church, in this city, "not guilty" of the charges of cruelty to animals, and the dog inci? dent, which has created such a stir here, is closed. No arguments were made, the Rev. Mr. Kennedy being represented at the trial by Attorney William H. Uyles. There were pres? ent in the magistrate's ottlce a num? ber of representative citizens ami two ladies testified. Magistrate Fowles stated, in deciding the matter, that he was sorry he could not undo the harm that had already been done, but all he could do was to say "not glulty." In bis testimony the Rev. Mr. Kennedy assailed the press, -ay Ing that "the newspapers had taken a delight in making cheap notoriety of the case." By statutory enactment a "joy rld tr" Is a thief?a definition which ex? actly accords with common sense and justice.?New York Tribune. The most costly wardrobe in the world belongSt without a doubt to the r?>pe. Etiquette compels him to wear different garments each day of the year, and, as nearly all of them are ornamented with rich and rare gems, no millionaire could hope to purchase them, even If a value could be placed on them. d Truth's." TILE TRU. New Ser COL. J. Ii. AVERILL DEAD. Was Formerly Preeldeiil of the south Carolina Railroad und also an Exposition Comissioner. A telephone message from Sum merville at an early this morning an? nounced the death, at his home in that town last night, of Col. John H. Averill. Col Averill who was in his 66th year, was one of the bste known men in this part of the State. He was for a considerable time the receiver of the old South Carolina Railroad before its acquisition by the Southern, and he was also one of the commis? sioners of the Charleston Exposition. No funeral arrangements have yet been announced.?News and Courier. IjEMONS TO BE HIGHER. Senate Raises Duty on Them a Half Cent a Pound?Raise of $769,553.70 a Year. Washington, May 31.?The Aldrich high-tariff combination in the Senate today voted to increase the tariff on lemons from 1 to 1 1-2 cents a pound. According to Aldrich's own figures, contained in his estimate of revenues under the bill, this vote means an in? crease of customs taxation amount? ing to $769,553.70 a year. The im? portation of lemons in 1907 was 153, 930,739 pounds, valued at $4,254,230, 56, which, at the rate of one cent a pound, paid a revenue of $1,539,307. 39. The revenue on the same quantity of lemons under the new Aldrich tar? iff of 1 1-2 cents would total $2,30S, 961.09. j As the conutry grows the corsump I tion of lemons is greater. Therefore. 1 the 10 years in which the new tariff is I expected to live, in the ordinary I course of events, will witness a much I heavier taxation upon lemons than the $769.000 above given. Upon the I basis above given, $769,000, does not I cover the addition to the cost of lem I ons certain to follow. The increase is I allowed, ostensibly at least, in order I to grant the lemon producers of ??be I United States, who are for the most I part in California, a greater margin I of production. In a speech today opposing the in I crease Secretary' Root, of New York. I showed that the California lemons by the crate, laid down in New York, I bring $1.42 a case and the foreign I lemons $1.38. Senator Gore, after the vote had I been taken on the lemon schedule, de I elared that he had voted against a I duty on lemons because lemonade is 1 the poor man's beverage. "We ought to have more beverages I of that kind," said he. "Instead of in I creasing the duty on lemons we I should have thrown a rose leaf upon I the brimming bumper and drink to I the health of the poor people of the I United States. This increased duty I on lemons is typi 1 of the entire tar I iff revision. Truly, our Republican 1 friends have handed the people a lem I on. They promised them a fish, and I they have given them a brood of I serpents. I doubt not that the peo I pie will repay them with a brood of I scorpions. I "I think I have treed a trust. There I is a banana trust in this country. We 1 have increased the tariff on lemons I from 36 per cent, to 54 per cent, ad valorem. I have proposed a duty of I 6 cents a bunch on bananas. This is only one-third of the increases in the I duties on oranges and lemons. A duty of 6 cents a bunch on bananas will raise a revenue of $2,225,000, as 37,000.000 bunches a year come into I this country. ! "The United Fruit Company, which controls the banana markets of this I country, a New Jersey corporation, is capitalized at $25.000,000. In 1907 its profits were $6,000.000, dividends and surplus. Why protect this trust?" A New Religious Order. The First Fruit Harvesters is the title of a new religious order that seeks to abolish all denominations and unite the entire human family in one great church. The basis of their faith is the reference in the Bible to the one church. There are no chapters in the Bible that speak of denominations; nil are Intended to be in on?> clnrvh, and the creed should hi the true word of God, The Har? vesters are holding a series of meet? ings at Manchester. N. H., and .are at? tracting considerable attention and getting some converts. Elder J. a. Wright, who is the leader in charge, says: "We do not believe in having i specified mode ?>f procedural and there is no set time in our church f<?r prayer, singing <?r sermons. We Bpeak, sing or pray when the spirit I moves us. We believe in the one Church and the ever-present God and conduct our meetings accordingly." ? i The Utica Press. 1t9 ^tm E SOUTIUION, Established June, 186* ie??Vol. XXIX. No 30 IM LTMOI JE PORESTER RESIGNS. Dr. gehet ck's Lease of Eighty Ttioti ggjsd Acres of Pisgah Forest Repu dieted. Asheville, N. C, June i.?Following the statement yesterday that the vali? dity of Dr. C. A. Schenok's lease of the fishing and hunting rights on the eighty thousand acres of Pisgah for? est had been repudiated by Mr. Geo. W. Vanderbilt, came the announce? ment today to the effect that Dr. Schenck had resigned his position as head of the Biltimore forestry de? partment, the resignation to take ef? fect November 1. The resignation of Dr. Schenck has been expected since his recent diffi? culty with Mr. C. D. Beadle, head of the Biltmore nurseries, which is said to have grown out of th<? discussions and criticism of the lease in question. Papers were served on Dr. Schenck yesterday, requiring him to answer in a Magistrate's court to tie charge of assault on Mr. Beadle. DILLON LAD IN TROUBLE. Fourteen-Year-Okl Boy, Said to be Son of Methodist Minister, Arrest - ed In Jersey City for Larceny. New York, June 2.?Charged with breaking into and robb ng the pri? vate car of Daniel R. "Reid, president of the board of directors of the Rock Island Railroad, Charlie G. Spartman, fourteen years old, who s said to be the son of a Methodist Minister, of Dillon, S. C, was arresied in the Pennsylvania freight yards in Jersey City today. Through the burglary Mr. Reid lost about $5 )0 worth of silverware, four Winchei ter rifles, a shotgun, a Colt's revolver and other articles of less value. A portion of the stolen stuff was reco\ered. ASSASSINATION IN HORRY John Watson. Prominent Yow^Ma^ Slain by Negro gfafl? y ? ~7"' Con way, June 2.?Mr'John Wat? son, a prominent young man of the Greensea section of the county, about 20 miles from Conway was toddy waylaid and shot by Metvin Watson, a notorious negro. Mr. Watson, died a few hours after being shot. Sheriff Sessions learned of the atalr by tele? graph and went immediately to the scene of the killing. News reached* here since the sheriff left that more tan 200 people with blood hounds are In search of the negro, who fled as soon as he flred the fatal shot. What as been learned here cf the affair came by telephone from Loris, a rail? road station about six miles from Greensea, and hence full particular* have not yet been learned. From the best information obtain? able it appears that Mr. Watson early^ this morning had started to Tabor, N. C, in a wagon. Wnen only a short distance from Greensea he was fired upon by the negro, who was crouched in a fence jam. Mr. Wat? son was superintendent of the large plantation of Hon. J. P. Derham. and it Is stated that a young son of Mr. Derham was In the wagon when the shooting occurred. He was not hurt. Greensea is a populous section, and a large posse gathered in a very short time and went in pursuit of the negro who, it is said, is a very dang? erous character. Mr. Watson was a young man of wide family connection and very popular throughout th'* country, and great indignation is felt over the crime. PRIMARY AT SPARTANBURG. J. B. Lee Nominated for Mayor Over .1. P. Fielder. Spartanburg, June 1.? in the pri? mary election here today J. P. Lee was nominated foe Mayor over J. P. Fielder by a vote of 1.224 to F.70. Ir? the alderSAanlC race W. Johnson was; nominated in the first ward over R. H. Jordan: in the second ward J. B. Ramsay an I A. M. UtW WfH runs over; Ohas. Christmas defeated .loe Qrtesharber in the third ward; BteMp [SOB! and O. T. Salmon Will run over In the fourth ward: H. H. Hyatt de? feated EC W. B* nnett In the fifth w ard; J. T. Cothran wee elected to t ho sixth witln ut opposition. The election was luiet and orderly. More than 12 per cent, of the An? napolis cadets are reported to hava heart troubles. Not SO remarkable to? One who is familiar with the typo Of college widows at Annapoli?. Wash? ington Time*. Senator Bailey's knockdown siurjPT ments are Impressive In a way. lest do not add to his repxitation frrr statesmanship.? Philadelphia Inquor