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THK BTMTKK WAJC UM AN, Establl i Consolidated Ab?. 2.188 Cbt (Kdlatrbman anb Switbron. Published vVcdiieAday uml Saturday ?BY-? 08TEEM PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTKR. S. a Terms: ? 1.50 par annum-?In advance. Ad\ert??menta: One Square first Insertion.$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.SO Contracts for three months, or Ion gar will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub serve private lr.teresta will be charged for ae advertise menu. Obituaries an A tributes of respects will be charged for. CHAH6E OF CONTROL. S A. L. PURCHASES COXTROLIXG INTEREST IX CA L. RAIL? ROAD. Mrs a* Mu-h foe Com try?Equipment For Se*bo*reVa latest Acquisition Probably Will be Greatly Improved. ? "heraw, June 21.?Tha controlling stock o* the Chesterfield & Lancaster Railroad Company was t<*Jay trans? ferred by A. H. Page at Son of this city to the Seaboard Air IJne railway. The deal was consummated this after I in un, after several of thY Seaboard's ' htgh Officials returned to Cheraw af te.- aa Inspection trip over the road. The purchase price Ii* not announced The Chesterfield A Lancaster rail? road was constructed In 1901 and *%*ie westward from Cheraw to Crow berg. 40 miles In length. It practical % ly travtvsea the best part of Chester? field ccunty and ever elnce Its con | Structron has done a large business. | road was constructed by the Page, ihey own lag much more /tfcum the controlling slock, the county .at* Chai<tsrfi*id owning some and the i geaetl i balance belonging to out-of f of stock to the 8ea S%aah for the country road traverses, for In all probab ? s IHty the rolling stock will bo greatly ' Improved, the roadbed made much h better and tha road will be operated ^ under the system now in use by the Seaboard. Tha Chesterfield 4 Lancaster road ' has for Its terminus Crowberg, about SO mile* from Charlotte. It Is believ? ed that the road will now be extended JJto Charlotte. INJURED MINISTER DEAD. i The Rev. D. D. HIcforitaon a Victim Of the Auto-Trolley Hmasli In An ?lerM>n. Anderson. June 21.?The death of the Rev. D. V. Richardson, which oc? curred at a hospital here, where he waa brought soon after the accld-nt. makes him the second victim of the automobile-trolley oar collision, r.lne $ miles east of here yesterday. His skull wss fractured and he never re gained consciousness. The body was taken to Slmpsorvllle. near Green? ville, today for Interment, accompanl i ed by Mrs. Richardson, who was also Bv Injured, and who had since been here ? with her husband Mr. Richardson was thirty-six years old. and pastor of ths Second Baptist rhuch. of the Bel ton and the GJuck mill.- church here. They had no children. A telephone niesaas? from Ninety-Six today said thit tb. luion of the Rev. E \ P McDowell, another of the injured, Is very satufi - t \. Will. u?x l?>l\N PLEADS (tt'lLTY WMle Youth Reer Ivos Sentence of Pour Yet r% for Killing of a Negro I in m t rap Oasae, Lauren*. June 21.?Will Goodman a white m, l. t'.d..\ pi ,ol. { k-11i 11\ o; saanslsughtor snd wrt* sentenced to four years n the penitentiary or on the county ;vorks. John W.ly. a negro, pleaded gull * ty of houaebreaklng and larceny und wss sentenced to seven years In the gsjgdteattary or on the county works. Goodman killed a negro In a ttmp game. These two cases, together with several mino,- une?, have been dis? posed of today, the flrnt of the Jane f te m of the criminal court, presided ever by Judfe J. W. DeVorc. The latest o???dp concerning the np ptoachin* prohibition election Is to the ?a/set that Ii? case Lee County goes I Wat St. Chsrles Is tc be Incorporated I and a dispensary established there to eeUh the boose trade from Sumter County. Should this cm? to pass an automobile line for the wet go 4 traffic would be a profitable enter? prise The boose artists' special to St. rould do s big excursion bus i Sumter goes dry. shed April, 1850. 'Be Just a 1._81 ARBITRATORS jj WORrT~ HFXi.W THRU! DRIJBFR.ViTOXS I\ ATLANTA! MONDAY. Demands of the Striking- Firemen on Iii?' Georgia Railroad Formulated By Their Attorney?Their First De? mand Is the Absolute Discharge of All Xegro Fhremcn. Atlanta, Ga., June 21.?In his state? ment of the striking firemen's shle of the controversy with the Georgia Bailroad, b.dore the abltraUjn com? mittee this afternoon, Attorney Reu? ben Arnold declared: "We *r?> go'ng to Insist upon the a ? trators taking into consideration the state of public opinion In this strike. I do not mean by that that the arbitrators are to be influenced in tl.eir decision by this state of public opinion. But I do say that this com? mission will have to take into consid? eration the state of the public mind In so far as it affects the safety of pas? sengers or the safety of other em? ployees of this railroad. "We propos.? to prove thai the peo? ple of this State are so bitterly Inflam? ed against the negro firemen that were you. gentlemen, to restore them to their post! in, or were the railroad, under your decision, to put them on the engines again, that ?here would be v'olence and bloodshed, and that trie 'ives of neither employee or passen? ger would be scfe. We will bring here ? be mayors of cities and others who hs.v?j investigated and who know. They will tell you that the people of the State will not stand for the ne g -oes In the cab and that if you try to fofce them there there will be trouble. "Are any negroes running now?" I inquired Arbitrator Hardwick. "Yes." said Arnold, "but only pend? ing a decision by this commission, and to get even this concession Vice Pres? ident Kelly had to go down the line and explain to the people that the re? storation of the negro was only tem? porary." The arbitrators were evidently Im-1 pressed by this statement of Arnold. The attorney made It at the end of his summing up of the contentions of the firemen. These contentions number six: 1. Th? absolute discharge of all negro firemen. * t. Firemen must have three years' experience before being promoted to engineer. 3. AH firemen when hired must be put In yards and on hostlers' jobs. 4. All hostlers must continue to receive present rate of pay. 5. Passenger, through freight and other desirable runs must not be blocked by non-promotable men (ne? groes.) I. No firemen shall be required to flag crossings or throw switches at crossings, thus leaving engine with only one man at most dangerous points. Arnold's argument was that the races will not mix; that the negro, made a fireman and never being made an engineer, gets the best run because he becomes the senior of white firemen, who cannot pass him bcause he Is non-promotable, that to be a good en? gineer, a fireman must know the runs, and he cannot know them unless he gets a chance to Are on them. The commission adjourned, after Arnold concluded, until 10 a. m.. to? morrow, when the firemen will begin their testimony. About one hundred subpoenas were issued then for ser vice In this and other towns on the Georgia Railroad. The commission will meet after tomorrow at 9 a. m.. and sit until 5:30 p. m., each day. * a, BOCretary Herbert and Repre ? m' i'h, Harluuk. tin- two arbitra? tors -" . t. <l by the Georgia Railroad g?d the striking Bremen, reached here last night, and when Chancellor David Ha: r<>\\ arrived this morning, they proceeded to the United States Court room wie n told that tin- inw for? bade Ihelf oecupnnoy of federal prop oftj without permlaelnn. they wired I i the permit ggd adjourned to th? pa imont. where they organised and bogag their labors. Chancellor Harrow was formally made umpire, but at his rOCjUest Mr. Herbert presided. At lbs suggestion of Mr. Herbert? it \\u* ggjgggd that OOttneel on both sl-b"* should make an opening statement of what they ejrpected t<? prove, the gr*? gegg ??ein? considered the pi ilntlffe. "We have decided." -aid Mr. II. i hert. "that we will not enforce nil the ICCh n lea I rules of cvld< BCS, but w?- do :.ot want any irrelevant or hSSjrsSJ evidence." "Anil we do not want any evidem ? o what publie opinion on the 0001 UV said Counsel ('umniini;-( for the i til rond. "We win tight the introduction o such testimony. "And we propose to offer it." retort id Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Ain fMTER. S. C. SAT?I cd Arnold, and the announcement Wal elaborated at the afternoon ses? sion, when he made his formal state? ment. SEVERE BLOW TO FIREMEN. "Public Opinion" Testimony Exclud? ed by Arbitrators. Atlanta, Ga.. June 23.?Charging that the firemen were trying to intim? idate the arbitrators, Major Cum mings, representing the Georgia Rail? road before the abitration commis? sion, objected strongly this afternoon to the introduction of any testimony as to the condition of public opinion upon the merits of the strike. The firemen had introduced Mayor Brand, of Lithonia. It was at Lithonia that most of the disorder took place, and where several negro firemen were se? verely whipped. It was proposed to have Mayor Brand tell, not only of past assaults upon the negro firemen, but to give It, as his opinion, that if the firemen were restored to the cab bj the dc ;lsion of the board of arbi? tration, the people would resort to violence again. "This is gross contempt of the com? mission," said Major Cummings, trem? bling with anger. "If such testimony be admitted, we had as well close down our Courts and let mob violence rule. The contention here now is sim? ply that the firemen in effect say: 'We may be wrong In our contest, but even if we are, and you gentlemen de? cide against us, the people of Georgia will rise up In mobs and overrule you.' I think this is a libel on the good peo? ple of this State. I most seriously ob? ject to the admission of such testi? mony." Attorney Ruben Arnold argued spiritedly that the board was not a Court; that it should permit a wide latitude and, In its award, disregard such testimony as was not considered proper. He claimed however, that the commission had a right, nay a duty, to hear such evidence and to consider it, as It affected the safety of all other employees and . even P**~ sengers. Before Major Cummings Interrupt? ed Brand had declared that the peo? ple along the line of the Georgia Rail? road were only permitting the negro firemen to work now because they were assured that the arbitrators would decide in favor of the white employees. He was confident that if the commission decided in favor of the negroes, the people would never permit the blacks to run. The arbitrators upon conclusion of^ Arnold's argument, went Into execu? tive session, at the end of which they announced that they would exclude all testimony as to public opinion as not relevant. "I may say," said Mr. Herbert, "that the decision is by unanimous consent." This was a severe blow to the fire? men. But they went on gamely, of? fering r lmulative testimony as to the unfitnes8 of the negro as a fireman. About fifteen mayors and peace of? ficers of towns along the ? Georgia Railroad, who had been summoned, were not'.fled that they might go home. The decision probably will shorten the hearing. Witness after witness swore that negroes were too incompetent and stupid to be safe firemen, and that the Georgia Railroad did not hold them to accountability for the violation of the ordinary rules of snfety. The wit? nesses gave names and dates to sub? stantiate their statements. It also developed that when an engine came in from a run with a negro fireman on'the box and was sent out with a white man firint:. the white man had ?to put his clothes in the box used by the negTO and had to drink from the same cup which the negTO had used. Major Cummings asked that Vice Pr< sid. nt Ball, of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Dnglnemen, be recalled. He asked Bali if at the last conven? tion ol the Order al Columbus, Ohio, ?1 Brotherhood had not i ..>?.?? d th it I? was time to eliminate the m gro From the can In nil the South. Ball ?aid he did not recall, Several witnesses said thai negro r.i? men cannot be depended upon to Hag, as they will not go back the 8.? 7<"i feet required by the rules, Tin y also, testified alresh to the nsgro'l '? i oency to go to sleep every time he ?Its down, unless he is watohed, Rdgefleld, June if.- BUI Broadnnx, the negro, who killed hie daughter-in law in this oou ity about ? month ago and tied, and for WhoSS capture the Governor offered a reward of a hun* died dollars, was captured by Sheriff Ousts, of this place, in Burke county, Georgia, on Sunday, and It now In .iaii her?-, to awall trial, some of the * in/ens in the community in which the homicide OCCUrredi say it a Cold-blOOded murder. others say it was accidental. is't at bo thy Country*3, Thy God's ai ID AY. JUNE 26. 19C TARIFF ON LUMBER. REPUBLICANS CARRY OUT PRO GRAU OF FINANCES COM? MITTEE. Sections Increasing House Hates Ac? cepted?Taliaferro Gets Increased Protection on Pineapples. Washington, June 23.?In an unex? pectedly short order the senate today took up and disposed of the lumber* schedule, and then entering upon the dhcusslon of pineapples, but behind it the provision regulating the rate of duty on that article. Calling up the tariff bill immediately after convening at 10 o'clock Mr. Aldrich asked that the lumber schedule should receive first attention. He had no sooner tak? en his seat than Senator McCumber, Who in the interests of the treeless Northwest, has been a persistent ad? vocate of free lumber, arose and pre? sented an amendment reducing the finance committee's rate of $1.50 per 1,000 on sawed lumber to the house rate of $1 per 1.000. This was gen? erally recognized as a test proposition as sawed lumber has been the bone of contention from the beginning. The North Dakota senator did not find it WOrth while to enter Into any argument in support of his provision, but per? mitting it to go directly to a vote. The result was against him and was an? other triumph for the Aldrich com? mittee, 24 to 4 2. Party lines were so entirely destroyed on this vote that if one should be called upon to Judge from this ballot alone, he would nev? er be able to determine that the tar? iff is a party issue. Another amendment to make a rate of $1,25 per 1.000 on lumber with a general change In the differentials was beaten and on this vote also the finance committee was liberally sup? ported. The entire wood schedule, making reductions of about 25 per cent, from the previous schedules and increasing the house rates of the pending bill to about the same ex? tent, was ?tven agreed to. * , m The sailing was not so smooth when it came to pineapples. The con? tention in this connection was for higher rates, and came from Demo? cratic sources. The objectors fn this case were Senators" Taliaferro and Fletcher of Florida. The house had fixed a duty of 8 cents per cubic foot on pirseapples In barreis and of $8 per ^ 000, but the senate committee on finance reduced this rate, to 7 cents and !?7, respectively, thus restoring the provisions of the Dlngley law. Mr. Taliaferro presented an amend? ment restoring the house rate of $8 per 1,000, but changing the other por? tions of the provision so as to require the payment of 1-2 a ceht a pound for pineapples In bulk. The contention was for and against this increase, and the fight was mainly 'between the Florida senators representing a pine? apple producing Interest and Senator Smith and Rayner of Maryland, in whose State there are large pineap? ple canning establishments. Disavow? ing all championship of the canners. the Maryland senators made a stren? uous fight on general principles against tha Increase of the duty. In the course of his remarks Mr. Ray? ner charged the Republican party With bad faith in promising to l?wer tariff duties. After a debate extending over about four hours' time the Taliaferro amendment was adopted, 34 to 30. This was a defeat for the finance com? mittee, but the amendment was not strenuously resisted by the committee and several of its members voted for it. The close of the day, as well as the beginning of it. presented Its surprise In the completion of the coal sched? ule, it has been expected that this schedule woul I be debated at great l< ngthi but it was paaaed after a little more than an hour's discussion. A new schedule was presented by Mr, Aldrich reducing the house rate on bituminous ijoal from ?37 cents per ton t.? 80 cent - and eliminating the house reciprocity caluee, Numerous attempts w? re made to reduce the rate and there was one ef? fort to obtain free coal, but all were voted down and i?*e committee'! seal" retained. The senate adjourned at 1 o'clock. KPAM8II PIUNCFSH BORN. La Granja, Spain, June 22.?A prlnceaa was born toda> to the King and Queen, The birth of a princess Is particularly pleasing to both the K ng and Queen, as they had hoped that this Child, the third, would be a girl, The tirst two children are boys? l'rinc?- Alfonso born May 1?>, 1007, and Prlnoe Jaime, born June 1908. The Princess will be named Beat? rice", after her grandmother, The bap? tism hag been fixed for June 27. id Truth's." THE TRTJ 9__New Sei ST. JOSEPH ACADEMY/ Forty-Sixth Annual Commencement Last Evening?Many Medals Awarded?( losing of a Most Suc? cessful School Year. St. Joseph's Academy, the old and venerable institution that has been managed with continued success ever since the Civil War, celebrated her forty-sixth annual commencement Monday evening in the opera house before a very large and appreciative audience. The excellent rendering of the programme that evening was a self-evident proof of the thorough and efficient work done at the insti? tution during the past school year. The following was the programme: Hymn, "God, That Madest Eaith and Heaven." By the vocal cIpss. Salutatory?Miss Tiliie Morris. Instrumental trio, "Brilliant Star Galop," Hoist. Misses Josephine Bel Academic department: Miss Brid? get Gallagher, having the highest average, was awarded the class med? al. Deportment: Bishop Northrop"? gold medal for deportment. Won by Miss Augusta Ryan. Roll of honor: Five dollars in gold donated by the Rev. Charles D. Wood. Won by Miss Tiliie Morris. Miss Bridget Gallagher, having the highest average, was awarded the class medal. Diplomas awarded graduates: Miss? es Bridget Gallagher, Tiliie Morris, Aline Bradham, Edna Phillips, Mae Lee, Lillie Lane. Examination premiums awarded Misses Bridget Gallagher and Aline Bradham. "Farewell Song," By the graduates. Piano, Miss Lillian Blitch. A gold medal donated by the Rt. Rev. J. J. Monaghan awarded Miss Lillian Blitch for having attained the highest average in the academic de? partment. Examination premium awarded Miss Augusta Ryan. Floral drHL. By the young ladles in the class of expression. Piano, Miss Sallle Wanamaker. Instrumental duet, "Les Chasseurs a?Cheval, Adrian, Misses Helen Bern and Irene Home. Vocal duet, "The Song of the Lark," Housen. Misses Tiliie Morris and Ed? na Phillips. Piano, Miss Lillian Blitch. Class A: Examination premium awarded Josephe Pinckney. Class B: Examination premium awarded Miss Louise Thames. 'Fete in Flowerland,"' operetta, by the little girls. Queen. Miss Lillian Blitch. Piano, Miss Irene Harne. Tableau, "Flowerland." by the school. A special premium for improve? ment in penmanship. Won by Miss Joseph Pinckney. Instrumental duet. Galop Caprice. Russell. Misses Adele Pitts and Jo sepha Pinckney. Mathematics: A gold medal, do? nated by. the Rev. P. L. Duffy, won by Miss Helen Bero. A gold medal for perfect attend? ance, donated by the Very Rev. Mgr. A. J. McNeal. Won by Mabel Brown. Boarders' Roll of Honor: A gold medal, donated by the Rev. J. T. Mc E'.roy. Won by Miss Ada Bradley. Catchism: A gold medal, doated by the Rev. L. E. Forde Won by Miss Josephs Pinckney. Chorus, ML'Angelus," by the Fiench classes. Piano, Miss Lillie Line. A special premium for writing awarded Miss Helen Roberts. Examination premiums awarded Miss Mary Behre. Musical Recital. "A Parable of Hope," by the young holies In the elocution class. Piano, Miss Bailie Wanamaker. Instrumental duet. "Grand Polka de Concert." Misses Josephs Pinckney Dhd Jennie Blown. Chorus. "Welcome Pretty Prim .-e," by the vocal class. I lano, Miss Josephs Pldckney. Composition and Letter Witting: A special premium. Won by Miss Susie McKinnsy. Instrumental duet, Lustspell Over? ture. Kcbr Bela. Op 7:?. Misses Lil? lian Blitch and Alma Bradley, Vocal solo, "The Bonnie, Bonnie R.itiks of Loch Lomon," Miss Tiliie M <rris. Piano, Miss Augusts Ryan. Elocution and Physical Culture: \ enclal premium. Won by Miss Li I - lb Lane. Primary Department, class A and Class B. Examination premiums awarded Jessie Anderson and Ellsworth Van* d< rvoi t. A special premium in this depart E SOUTHRON, Established June, IB? ?les?Vol. XXIX. No 36 CHICAGO TO CHARLESTON. SHORT ROUTE BET WEEK TWO CITIES ASSURED. Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk & Western to Make Connections to Handle Western Freight. Cheraw, June 23.?It has become known here from an official source that the Atlantic Coast Line has en? tered into a contract with the Norfolk & Western road to connect with the latter road at: Roanoke, Va., and there? by establish a short route from Cin? cinnati, Chicago and the West to> Charleston. It is understood that the contract has been signed by both roads and that the Coast Line will scon award contracts for the con? struction of necessary road links. At present the Coast Line owns . branch road from Wack-sboro to CJaa_r^_ leston, running through Cheraw. Ii ^ i. said that this road as far as Flor? ence from Wadesboro will bo straigrthtem d out, the grades reduced and 90 pound rails put down. This* road will be extended from Waesboro? t) Winston-Salem. At Winston-Salem the road will connect with a road now controlled by the Norfolk & Western to Roanoke, Va., and at Roanoke the? connection will be made with the> Norfolk & Western. It is said that the Norfolk & Western road hasr agreed to route port shipments over the road to Charleston. It is saidE further that the road will haul the ccal from the Pocahontas fields in West Virginia. STATUE OF CALTIOUN COMPELTION. NEARSr Sculptor Ruekstuhl Going- to Florence To Supervise. Colmbla, June 21.?F. Wellingtort Ruekstuhl, the sculptor who designed" the great equestrian statue of Wade Hampton that flanks the State House on the east, expects to sail shortly for Florence, there to supervise the com? pletion oflrnt statue' or Cctlift u.. satuary hall in the national < aplt< and to finish also the monumeaK the women of the Confederated! which he was recently commissiej t? execute for the State grounds here. He expects to have the Calh^yi statue in postion for unveiling when Congress meets next December. The monument to the women of the Con? federacy should be beautiful, embody? ing as it will the ide;. of a Southern matron seated in repose, her work ac? complished, with her children beside her and behind her the winged figure - odf the genius of the South, who. all unconsciously to her. is about 10 place on her brow the laurel wreath of fame. ment for conduct. Won by Ruth Hua sey. Kindergarten department: Pre? miums awarded Nellie Zeigler, Ruth Atkinson. Ruby Browning. Lidie Clyde, Vera West. Agnes West, Marie James, Claudia Pehre. Lottie Brad lam. Richard Gallagher, Burgess Bultman, Stanley Weinberg, Collln Schwerin, Eugene Mos s an.fir Vrftd**0 Lewis. Embroidery: A special premium. Won by Miss Kate Jen K ! ns. Plain sewing: A special premium,. Won by Miss Alma Bra lley, Tableau: "Faith. Hone and Chari-r ty." Faith, Miss Alm.t Bradley Hope. Miss Ada Bradley; CcMdty, Miss Lena Evans; An^el, Mis* Minct Pradham; Child. Miss Catherine Bel? linger. Piano. Miss faille Wana maker. Music: Special premiums for im pr< vement awarded Misses Susis Mc Kfnney and Josepha Pinekney.l A special prize for faithful plact awarded Josephine Bellinger, I Honorable ra< ntion, fathering Bel linger, Nellie Zedier. Lottie 'Brad ham and Beatrice Curran. Stenography and tyj-t wt itingj T^v3* following young ladies haw complet? ed the course ::r.<l i . .. 1 certifi? cates: Misses laric D? Loiir.e, 'Luciler D? Lorme. !.??. ?:..? . s, >??!? s. LuciV' Paker. Oliv. N'.-'as id U.de Pyut?. II movable nn'i,:'. Far. Hol,y?\e)d, ' Katie Westendes . :>d 1 ouise Bul#-v man. ? Instrumental trio. "The Magte Flute." Mozart. Mi?-?* Augusta iif an, Lillie Lane and Sallie Wanamak er. Recitation, "The List Night at Jtanne d'ArC.*' Miss Katie Ryan. Tableau, "Jeanne d'Arc at thr Sinke." Piano soio. ? Alice.'* Ascher. Mis* Susie McKinney. Valedictory. Miss Bridget Gal? lagher. Chorus. "Merry June." By the vo* cal class. Piano. Mis< Josepha Piudt ney. Address, Rt. Rev. H. P. Ncrt?eppx mm