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Cut SCMTKI? WATCHMAN, Utblk i 4,r*.?IIdated Aar. 8,1881 % be "JMatrbmim anb JSoutbrait l^Mtshsd Wednesday ami Saturday ?BY? WTEE1 PUBLISHING COMPANY IVMT1R, a. a Turms OLIO par annum?In advance. AdveatlaesneaHs: On* gnuare nret insertion.$1.00 ?aery aubeequent tnaartlon.10 Contracts for three months, or hwmmm will be made at reduced rates. All communications which tub aejrve private Interests will be oherged ipr ?0 advertisements. OMtaartes and tributee of respect* trtn be eharged tor. EWCATIOllL IEETlHe~ ?VmUNTKNDENtB HOLD CON raUOfCi: IN 8PARTANBURG. Hues bee of Important Subjects to lie CnaaaliUa nil A Campaign In Au Columbts, July IS.?The county v - pariateadents of education of South Carolina will meet In Spartanburg mi Wednesday for a conference with Mate Superintendent of Education ?wearltigen. The conference will be held at WofTord College. Sev iral days ago Mt. Sw-tarlngen addresaid a let lor to all of the superintendents call? ing for the meeting and since that time ho has received a letter from al a% most every one accepting the Invita? tion. No official programme has been prepared but sevetal subjects of vital Import ino? will be discussed. The ("l owing ire the subjects *>> f be taken up for discussion: ?wpfdies. blanks, reports, etc. Stat?? aided high schools for tha fear v Lengthening the ttrm of our weak rural schools. A balance of 112.000 la still available for this purpose a.id hundreds of districts need to take ad vantage of this fund. Prise* to be a war led by the Rural School Improveeaeul Association. t)%s new library list adopted \y gl ate Beard of Education May 1. ?jJtitafr*o*?to?Uoa*l oaiopalgp WET Benefits of ussm1 school work. All of the subject* are live as will be mHed and their Intelligent discus? sion will do doubt be productive of mach good to the schools of th< StaU. Ornat tnter*st Is being ihown In sll seel kins of the State over the edca tloosl eampatgn wnlch will be held doting the month of August. The scanty superintendent! will have charge of the meetings to be held In the different counties and the discus? sion ef this subject at the conference at Ppertanbnnc will no doubt be of great benefit. About ?0 of the moat prominent aaen rn South Carolina have consent? ed to be present at the meetings and mike addresses. The superintendents are to furnish thr?e local speakers at the meetings Full plans for the campaign will be announced In ? few days by Mr. S we i ringen. TAFT OITLINK8 IYINK11AHY. mill Start at Seattle and Make Swing Through Heat, South*est aim! the South. Washington. July I?.?Prenubni Tafi today gsve an outline of tho ten tatl?* plans for his tr p through the West and South this fall The president hss abandoned all Idea of visiting Alasks this year He will first visit Seattle, where he will swing down to tie Southwest Qoing down through California. Art? et f a and New Mexico, le will go on t El Paso, where he ggjlOOOl to meut President Dies of Mexico. At New Orleans he will attend the meeting of the Deep Waterways congress. After attending this convention Mr. Teft want* to stop f.?r n time In the Barou Teche country of Louisiana. From there he will proceed to Jaek SOIi. Miss., theme t. Montgomery. Birmingham and Mac on. From Ma? son the president will "home" to Augusta to have a game or two of golf on the Unk? wher? he spent *> mt ch time last winter. leaving Au fuiita, the president goes to Savannah and from there begins his northward Might to ths White House, stopping at Wilmington. X C.*smnd Richmond. Jack Crswa. who foully murdered his wlfs or paramour, at Greenville, last Thursday sfternoon. was found desd on ths rstlrosd where he wa< tallied by the train. The aherlfT and his party who found Crews think that hs ley down on the road on pur? pose to let the train hill him. "'?*p.o._ Iliad April, lftov. *Be Just an L su: AUTO CLIMBS CAPITOL STEPS. AX AUTOMOBILE TRIP O^JT OF THE ORDINARY. Several Machines Were in?Every? body Anxious to Get In the Picture ?Large Crowd Was Presen!. Columbia. July 10.?There wan a most Interesting exhibition of auto? mobile climbing on the State capltol fteps yesterday afternoon, and as photographs were taken of the event the pictures will no doubt be leatured in the automobile trade jurnals of the country. A few nights ago there wan a ten? tative attempt made to mount the lower tier of steps leading to the first landing by the driver of an automo? bile with his machine and a short paragraph about it appeared in The t?te next morning. This notice came to the attention of the manufacturers of the Maxwell automobiles and they commissioned ihslr agents here, the Glbbes Machin? ery Company, to secure the consent Usf governor for an attempt to make one of their 9650 Maxwell cart) climb to the top of the long flight of atone steps leading to the main hall of the capltol. This permiaalon sec4jred, the Glbbes Machinery Company engaged Mr. W. L Blanchard, the photographer, to take vi.-ws of the machine on the ateps. Yesterdey at 3 o'clock was set for the trial. At tne appointed time the Maxwell appeared and also Mr. Blanchard. The fact that a remarkable feat was about to be attempted traveled fast and a large crowd gathered to wit? ness it. The little Maxwell bravely charged the long steep flight of atone step* end traveled up, and up, until the second terrace was reached where a picture waa taken. The purpose hav In?: been accomplished the Maxwell retired. covered with the glory of having probably been the first ma> chine performing the feat of climb? ing two long Hlghts ef stone steps of the steepness of those leading to the naasive stone columns at the top. Fired by the example of the Max 'well cwe-gafl^js ftrteur, Mr; B. A. Jen? kins essayed the feat with his big model O tourlrts car. Finding that the car wa*jld not climb as far going \ forwards, Mr. Jenkins approached | the steps running backwards and I u hed the second landing. The car, heavy in itself, was loaded with ad Yi nturous riders who wanted to ex i perlence the sensation of the trip, and 1 while It accomplished the second i landing, a driving shaft was wrench-, ed in the effort. Pictures were also' made of this car at its highest posi? tion on the steps. An attempt was made to negotiate the third flight, of stvps but the broken driving rod pre? vented. Then there appeared on the scene the celebratd green "Lyric" "*-yeax old" Reo owned by Mr. Rockefeller.; Thla la a two cylinder machine, and Mr. Rockefeller announced his In? tention of going to the top. The attempt was made and it look? ed as If the machine was going te make good; and it did. According to the statements of some eyewitnesses It reached within a few steps of the big columns, and Mr. Rockefeller cays "It went to the top and turned round and came down." The pic? tures will show what the cars did. Mr. Rockefeller says he will chal? lenge all comers with two-cylinder cars to a hill climbing contest with hit "3-year-old" for a purse. SENDING OUT BLANKS. secretary of state Getting Ready for Vote on the Dispensary Next Month. Columbia, July 10.?The secretary of state has prepared the election' blanks and expressed them eut to the! SlsettOfl (?>mtnlss|oners in the 21 counties where the elections will be h? 1-1 on August 17, on the dispensary. The packages were aent to the clerks o? court In the counties for distribu? tion. The poll lists, precinct returns, oaths of office, copy of elections laws, tloksti and blanks for expense are contained in the packages. The pack? age also contains the asOSSSaTy Minks for the commissioners of elec? tion to make out their returns on as r? quired by article 3, chapter 10, of the code of 1902. Lancaster. July 6.?A difficulty oc? curred here Sunday evening between two negroes. Jim Stevens and Charlie Ulllam. In which the latter was stab? bed, it is thought fatally. in the breast with an Ice pick. They are brolher-ln-laws and the fight grew out of family troubles. Stevens Is In jail. id Fear not-~Let ail the ends Thou Aim MTER. S. C WEDN] NELL TENDERS RESIGNATION. CLEM SON TRUSTEES ARE NOW CONSIDERING. Deckdon In Matter of the Presidency of Clemaon College Expected This Morning, But It la Relieved That Dr. MeH'a Resignation Will be Re? jected, Anderson, July 9.?At 6:30 o'clock this evening, at Clemaon, Dr. Meli submitted his resignation as presi? dent Tonight the Board of Trustes ij considering it, and will announce Its decision tomorrow morning. It la understood that a large majority of the trustees are not in favor of ac? cepting It, and It is believed that it will not be accepted, and that the board will adopt the recommendation for satisfactory results as made by Dr. Meli In a statement which he sub? mitted with his resignation. Dr. Meli Denies Report. Clemson College, July 9.?The re? ports In today's dally papers that Dr. P. H. Meli had restgned the presi? dency of Clemson College at the meeting of the Board of Trustees last night were brought to Mr. Mell's at? tention today, and he asserted early this morning and again late this even? ing that he had not resigned. No state? ment that his resignation would or would not be presented before the ad? journment of the board could be had here up to a late hour. The board Is in executive session late tonight and there will be another session tomorrow morning. Until the Aral adjournment Is reached there is little or no chance to get any authori? tative report of the proceedings. Whether or not the resignation will bo presented tonight or tomorrow no? body knows. The members of the board and Dr. Meli will not talk for publication. The session last night and the ses? sion today have been taken up in a careful consideration of the presi? dent's annual report, and recommen IgUong concerning the various phases of college work and progress, so that up to this time there has been no chance for the presentation or consid? eration of President Mell's resigna? tion if he Intends to resign. Only he knows that so far as can be learned, and he has been Interviewed several times during the day with the above results. Prof. William Rlggs, when shown the statement In the Charlotte dis? patch that ho was spoken of as Dr. Mell's probable successor, if Dr. Meli should resign, made the following1 statement: "I am not now and never have been an applicant for the presidency of Clemson College. I would not be will? ing to forsake my profession for the calling of a college president here oi elsewhere*" Prof. Rlggs is the efficient director of the engineering department of the college. He is a mechanical and elc trlAcl engineer of marked ability and is widely known and recognised as such. He is yet a young man and la wedded to his profession. Report from Spartaiiburg. Spartanburg, July 9.?The report reached here today that the Board of Trustees of Clernson College will re? fuse to accept the resignation of Pres? ident Meli. The resignation of Dr. Meli, It is said, is the outcome of crit? icisms made of his management by Capt. Minus, the commandant who recently resigned. The trustees, it is understood, will refuse to accept Dr. Mell's resignation and will pass resolutions commending the work of Dr. Meli as a vindication of the strictures made by Capt. .Min? us. Another report Is that Senator P>. R. Tlllman will resign from the sen ale to accept the presidency, though Wry little credence Is placed In this rumor. RESIGNATION NOT ACTED ON. TrUSSSSS of Clemson Adjourn With? out Reaching Decision. Will Dc chic In August. Clemson College. July 10.?It was stated here this morning on the au? thority of Dr. p. H. Meli that his res? ignation as president of the College was placed in the hands of the board Ol trustees at the evening session of the board yesterday. The resigna? tion Is to become effective September 1, 1909, subject to the action of the trustees. No ret.sons for the resigna? tion are stated. The board has taken no action upon the resignation, but has adjourned to meet AugOtl 12, when It will proceed to consider Dr. Mell's resignation and to take up various other matters of business not flneshed at this season. trad l s't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an ESDAY. JULY 14, IS SOUTH CAROLINA BOIHB DST? LOCAL OPTION ISTS WANT TO HE TALIATE ON THE BLIND TIGER ELEMENT. Legislature Will Probably Pass State? wide Prohibition Law at the Com? ing Session. Columbia, July 9.?By reason of a peculiar combination of conditions, the Indications are that when prohi? bition comes in the county elections provided for by the act of the last Legislature?and It will not surprise any great number of people to see ev? ery remaining "wet" county in the Stete vote itself "dry1'?the State will go dry with a better promise of the law being enforced than has been the case with any other State in the Union. Prom the present outlook, South Carolina is going to give an? other clemonstration of how she can be peculiar. The local option people and many of the old State dispensary people are going to retaliate on the blind tigers for lining up with the prohibitionists by seeing that every community gets all the prohibition it has voted for. The blind tiger element, neither here nor in Charleston, has taken much trcuble to conceal the fact that it will vote for prohibition .generally over the State. Of course, the prohibition? ists will be only too glad to get the support of the local optionlsts, and won't ask any questions about the motives and the mayors of towns whose revenue will be affected by the loss of the dispensary business, wiH Join the Jolly crew which will demand that the police enforce the law. Most anybody who has had any practical observation of city or town police forces knows that there is not a town in the State where the police are not strom? enough to stamp out every ti? ger for keeps if intelligent public sentiment demands this. It seems now practically a foregone conclusion that the next Legislature will pass a State-wide prohibition bill even if every county goes dry. so as to prevent them so easily voting wet again, and it seems equally likely that the law us to tigers will be so chang? es us to do away with the ? trial of them by Juries and handle them en? tirely by injunction. Senator Weston, of Riehland, will urge the passage of such a law. He U u local optionist, and has warned the local tiger element that he will advocate such a law if the tigers per? sisted in supporting the local prohibi? tionists. A bill to this effect lacked but one vote of getting through, and with additional counties going dry will likely have smooth sailing next spring. GROWING DRUG PLANTS. ?? Carolinians Find Profit In the Culti? vation of Paprika Pepper and Cas? tor eBaas on a Commercial Scale. Columbia, July 8.?Through the enterprise of such men as the Mc Cowns, of Darlington, and Mr. M. E. Cottinghaan, of Ebenezer, a new and highly profitable industry bids fair to be developed in South Carolina, these gentlemen having achiever) highly sat? isfactory results from investigations into the possibilities of drug plant cultivation in this section. The plants which they have had under investigation and demonstra? tion are paprika and cayenne pep? pers, castor beans and cascara sa grada. The main emphasis so far has been laid on the paprika pepper business. Last season the crop of about 20,000 pounds of dried pepper was marketed in New York at about 11 cents per pound. Next year the growing of cayenne pepper to supply the domestic de? mand for the dried and ground pro? duct will be undertaken on a com? mercial scale. About 1,000 pounds of American worm seed has been harvested in a test carried on for two seasons, and the material brought encouraging prices. In the country about Florence there \a being developed a small but satis? factory industry in the growing of red' peppers and castor beans. It sat ms probable that the limit of other drug plants which may be grown in this favored region has not yet been reached. ANSEL PARDONS ZIMMERMAN. Columbia, July 9.?On the recom nundatiof of the pardon board, the. Governor today granted a free par? don to Daniel Zimmerman, vestry? man In a local Episcopal church and prominent socially, serving three years for embezzling State bonds. Great influence was brought to bear for the pardon. d Truth's." THE TRUJ >09 New Set HEW TARiFF MEASURE. HILL AS AMENDED PASSES SEN? ATE BY VOTE OF 45 TO 31. McEnery Deserts His Party?Ten Re? publicans Aligned With Minority Agaliuit Aldrich and the Regulars. Washington, July 8.?The tariff bill passed the senate just after 11 o'clock tonight by a vote of 45 to 34. Republicans voting in the nega? tive were: Beveridge, Indiana; Bris tow, Kansas; Brown, Nebraska; Bur kett, Nebraska; Clapp, Minnesota; Crawford, South Dakota; Commins, Iowa; Dolliver, Iowa; LaFollette, Wis? consin; Nelson, Minnesota. McEnery of Louisiana was the only Democrat recorded in the affirmative. As it passed the senate the bill contains almost 400 paragraphs. The senate made 840 amendments to the house provisions, many of which were added today. The closing scenes in the senate chamber were tame indeed. Mr. La Follette's three-hour speech tonight was earnest, but not especially ani? mated. He had a slim audience. Sen? ators remained in their seats only when requlrred to be there to vote. The result of the vote on the bill had been long discounted. There was no doubt of its passage by Its usual finance committee majority. Following several hours of mono? tonous discussion of the general fea? tures of the tariff bill, the closing hours were characterized by a spirit? ed controversy between Senator Aid rich on the one hand and a number of the Insurgents on the other as to the standing of Republican senators who might cast their votes against the bill. The bill being put on its passage was passed. Upon motion of Mr. Aldrich the vice president announced the senate conferences as follow.; Senators Aid rich, Burrows, Penrose, Hale, Cullom, Republicans; and Daniel, Money and Bailey, Democrats. The senate then adjiurned until 12 o'clock tomorrow. NORTH CAROLINIAN HONORED. James Yadkln Joyner Elected Presi? dent of National Education Asso? ciation?Other Officers Chose*. Denver, Col.. July 8.?The election of Janit-s Yadkin Joyner, superin? tendent of public instruction of North Carolina, as president of the National Education Association today is re? garded by his supporters as a victory ir their fight against regulation of the prices of school text books. Mr. Joyner was elected over Ben Blewett. head of the St. Louis schools, and Dr. J. H. Phillips, of Birmingham, Ala. The association passed a resolu? tion against the existence of frater? nities in high schools. I In the regular sessions, Edwin G. Dexter, commissioner of education for Puerto Rico, offered a resolution urging that congress be asked to con? fer citizenship on the people of Puer? to Rico. Immediately a member from Ala? bama proposed freedom for the Fili? pinos. Then Miss Mary Shirley of California declared that "if there is going to be any freedom advocated here I want the voice of this associa? tion to be raised in behalf of those who deserve It most: The women of the United States." That was the end of the resolution. Irwin M. Sheperd of Winona. Minn., was reelected secretary; A. H. Chamberlain of California was re elected treasurer* and Lornzo D. Har? vey, the retiring president, was elect? ed first vice president. New Trial for Geo. Wilson. Columbia, July 10.?"Geo. L. Wil? son was tried In March, 1901, at Che? rokee Court House for murder and found guilty with recommendation to mercy and sentenced to life impris? onment in the penitentiary. Both the judge who tried the case and the so? licitor who prosecuted, recommend Clemency. The testimony in the * use was not submitted along with the papers, and the Hon. W. M. Gray don. >f Abbeville, who appeared In behalf of thy petitioner, stated that he had been unable to get a copy Of the tes? timony from the official stenographer. The board is unwilling to act upon this case without seeing the tSStllUCn) and we therefore respectfully ask your Excellency to cull upon the of? ficial stenographer to furnish it to the board. This case was. therefore, continued until the next, meeting of the board In order to procure the tes? timony taken at trial. Respectfully submitted. (Signed. " W. A. Clark. "Secretary, Board of Pardons." S SOUTHRON, Established June, l&a* ies?Vol. XXIX. No 41 TU TO PAY $49,000,000. THAT'S THE AMOUNT SENATE; HOPES TO REAP FROM CORPORATIONS. Several Classes Exempted?IiodgfSy Churches. Colleges, Etc., Will Not Have to Pay?Trinity Church the Subject of Debater Washington, July 6.?Senator? were interested today in an estimate of revenues to be derived from the imposition of the 2 per cent, tax or* the net earnings of corporations. The estimate was in the possession ot Senator Flint, who has charge of the corporation-tax feature. The esti? mate is based upon the best figures obtainable from the treasury depart? ment, the Interstate Commerce Com? mission and the department of com? merce and labor. The total revenue to be derived, according to the com? putations, is $49,108,040, of which? national banks will pay $2,6(126,705; savings banks, $529,507; other banks end trust companies, $762,605; rail? roads, $8,989,223; other corporations; $36,200,000. A copy of this estimate has been sent to President Taft. Some govern? ment experts believe the amounts raised will be largely in excess of the sums named. An amendment proposed by Sena? tor Burkett exempting beneficial so? cieties organized on 'the lodge princi? ple from the operation of the corpora? tion-tax provision of the tariff biltt precipitated a debate as to the exact form that such a provision should* take in the senate today. Senator Bacon thought the sugges? tion of the Nebraska senator was not biead enough. He offered a far reaching amendment relating to re? ligious, charitable, educational andf fraternal associations, mutual insur? ance companies and corporations whose gross sales were less than, $250.000 annually. Trinity Church, of New York, was brought prominently into the debate by Senator Clark, cf Wyoming, who? se id that that organization was not of a character to receive the exemp? tion. It was, he said, engaged in rea? estate operations to an extent that wculd warrant its exclusion from, the provisions of the bill. Defending the Trinity corporation^ Senators Depew and Root declared* that the organization used its fund* only for religious charities and educa? tional purposes. Mr. Bacon addedr that he did not think the mere fact of magnitude should be taken into consideration in the matter of exemp? tion. After considerable debate ah amendment was adopted exempting from the tax labor organizations, fra? ternal beneficiary societies, and or? ganizations exclusively for religious* charitable or educational purposes. Mr. Aldrich, in accepting this pro? vision, said the Finance Committee believed the same object was accom? plished by the larguage used by the committee placing the tax only upon coporations "organized for profit." Amendments by Mr. Gore requiring the payment of the corporation tax to' State treasuries when raised fwm banks, water, gas and eletric light/ companies and by Mr. Baoou exempt? ing mercantile corporations with gross annual sales not exceeding; $250,000, were rejected. A TRAGIC DEATH. Well Known Railroad Man Crusb.cdl By Cars. Columbia, July 9.?Lawrence Ham iter, air brake inspector for the Southern Railway, a wall known and popular young rm n Of Columbia, was killed yesterday moraine; while nt tor.dinn to his (hides as brake inspec? tor at the Blandina; street yards While standing between two cars si thlftlng engine is supposed to have ?truck cne of the cars, crushing him between the two. He m-v? r lost con Rdousnesa and was able to recognize his parents, who searched thi Coium bla hospital in time to be at his bed s!d?- when death came. Mr. Hamiter was 26 years of age and one of the inst known young men In the city. The body of the deceased was not taken to the home on Bryan avenue, a3 two of the young man s sisters now lit critically ill with fever and it was thought best to have It removed to VanMetre's, from which place it was token to the family burying ground of the Hamiter family at Cedar Creek today. The funeral services took place at the family burying ground* today at 1 o'clock. William Herriot of Charleston was fired on from ambush at Mt. Pleas? ant. The bullet struck him In that temple inflicting a serious weuneY