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THF. SfMTER WATCHMAN, EMAMfc ?t>?! Mated 4ug. 2,1881 .1 . . -? ?be (??l'dnra an^ Southron, Published \\ cdnesdajr and Saturday ?BY? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY Sl'MTKK, 8, C. Terra?: tl 10 per anuum?In advance. Ad r ert Isernea ta: One Square first Insertion.$1.00 Bvery subsequent insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rate*. All communications which sub serve private Interests will be oharged for as advertisements. Obttuartei and tributes of respects will be charged for. sTTATF'S INSURANCE LAW. t>eH*b>n hn New York Life Case DoeasTt Affect ltecent Act. Columbia. SeptembfJf 18.?There baa be?n some misunderstanding as to the effect of the recent Insurance decision of the Supreme Court. Com? missioner McMaster a few days ^ sent out instructions to county audi? tors as to the collection of the fess. and today Mr. McMaster called atten? tion to the fact that the decision does not affect at all the recent Act of the Leglslaure (Act of 1909) giving the commissioner the right to collect an additional license fee from the va? rious companies doing business in this State. There has been no trouble about collecting this license fee. and this is not the Act which la now be? fore the Supreme Court. The insurance legislation and the law? theron have had quite an in? teresting history. It was believed for some time that the Act which the Legislature has recently declared to be unconstitutional would not stand the test of the Courts. This was the Aet giving the counties the right to collect ad valorem taxes upon pre satuxmv It was this tax that four companies either paid under protest or did not pay at all?the New York Life being the company that took the ^spatter Into the courts. The Legis JsjBjrev howe\er. anticipated un> ad H^Wr^asemg the Act as to a Idi Uosml license fsea. But Insurance Commissioner Mc 11 aster, having attended the meeting e?'tnsur*tm ? men at Detroit, had gathered there that the adva lorem tax was not considered the light sort of tax or license, and this was borne out by the Supreme Court decision, although a good fight was put up by Attorney General Lyon. The-situation now is that the Insur? ance companies pay the additional 11 eenae fee under the It09 Act. But all companies who wished to do busi nes In this state had to give an uhi davlt that they had paid all back taxes. This would naturally leave them out ot any consideration In the Salt pending for the back taxes. All but four of the companies had paid the taxes w th this affidavit. The New York Life had not paid and three othwr companies had paid under pro tea*. The Legislature provided at the last session for the companies paying up the bark taxes and In the regular In? surance Act there was a provision tor aa affidavit to this effect being fur? nished to Mr. McMaster by com? panies doing business in this State, before the Insurance commissioner could grant a license. It Is under this Act that the Now York Life is bring? ing mandamus proceedings In the Su? preme Court for Its license. In the meantime, under an agreement the New York lafe has been allowed to In basin es In this State. So that the situation is not so se riosi after all. There are four cm panlee that come under the provi? sions of the recent decision of the Su? preme Court, and the other com? panies have been required to pay all back taxes, else they could not hnv> entered the State. However, the back tax Act recently passed is before the court now. WANT ClltCt'S KEIT OUT. HparMnhnrg I sir \?es?rlatlon aa I fuirr urn and Halle> Clash. Hnartanburg, Sept. lf>.?Baruuin and BsJlty'l big circus, which trill show in this Immediate locality Oc? tober 17. and the Spartanburg County Fair Association have clashed. Tlv* Pslr Association wants the city to keep the ircua from showing withla the city limits for the reason that <)? tober 27 is the date for the opening of the Fair, and If allowed to pitch their tents In the city the business of the Fair will be ruined. The city *hen asked for a license fixed the md then dropped t ? 11.000. The Afp M pi ople have ref us? ed to rough up. NM wlH show on the outskirts of the city near the Fair Gmunds. Uied April, 1850. I. SUMTE TAFT DEFENDS TARIFF. rmminTTT takm wwkm with AUHUOH FACTION. Tlr*re l?* X?w Mo Doubt Tliat II?* Hll Aligned Himself With Hie Stund Patters and Will Henceforth be the Champion of Use Mjuiilnc und Trust Hement of Republican Part v. Winona, Minn., Sept. 17.?In the most important speech he has made since his occupancy of the White House President Taft here tonight, in a State which is '.he hot bed of the ''insurgent" movement, v. Ithin the Republican party, defended the Payne tariff bill as the btrrt tariff measure ever passed by a Republican congress nnd hence the best tariff bill the \>eo pie have ever known. The president boldly asserted that the InsurKents who voted* against the ! Ill had abandoned the Republican 1 irty. "Was It the duty of the member of congress who believed that the bill did not accomplish everything that ll ought to accomplish to vote aKain?: lt?' asked the president. "I am here to Justify those who answer this question in the negative. I am not here to defend those who voled for the Payne blli, but to sup? port them." To this statement, the crowd in the VVInona opera house responded with a cheer which could be heard far f*own the street. It was shouted oy the adherents of Representative Jas. A. Tawney of this district, the chair? man of the house committee on ap? propriations, who has been on the defensive ever since the adjournment of conc jss because he did not voto with the other members of the dele? gation from Minnesota, both In ihfl house and senate, against the bilk ' "To make party government ef? fective." said the president tonight, "the members of that party should surrender their personal predilection of* comparative less Importance. "1 am glad to see that those who ret Ml against the bill still Insist that they are Republicans, and tbat^ tbey intend to keep up the flgbt for still lower tariff rate* within the party. "That is their right and In their view of things Is tbelr duty/1 President Taft in his address at the Winona opera bouse tonigbt said in part: "As long ago as August, 1906, in the congressional campaign In Maine. I ventured to announce that I was a tariff revisionist and thought that the time had come for a readjustment of the schedules. I pointed out that il had been ten years prior to that time that the Dlngley bill had been passed and that under the theory of protec? tion In that time the rates Imposed in the Dlngley bill In many Instances m'.gb* have become excessive. 'I pointed out the difficulty that If ere always was In a revision of the UirHf, In the summer of 1907 my po? sition on the tariff was challenged and ! then entered Into a somewhat fill1. discussion of thn matter. It was contends by the socalled 'stand-pat i-?'??*' that rates beyond the necessary t ossure of protection were not ob j. u ?nable because behind the turiff wall competition reduced prices on things and thus saved the consumer. Put I pointed out In that speech what seems to me as true today as It thea Was that the danger of excessive rates was In the temptation they '?reated to form monopolies In the protected articles, and thus to take m1 vantage of the excessive rates by lllOff asing the prices and therefore In order to avoid such a danger It Wae wise at regular Intervals to ex? amine the question whether the effect Of the ralM had been upon the In? dustries in this country, and whether the condition! with respect to the cost ?t production here had so changed as i ? warrant a reduction In the tariff an 1 to mnk? a lower rate truly ptc? tecttve of* the industry. ? it nil] b? observed that the ob ict <>f the revision under such ? il ttement waa not to destroy protect* <i Industrie* in this country, but it ""* t ? >nttl i ? to protOOt them where In.r rates offered a sufficient protc M*?n t?? prevent injury by foreign ? ?tn petition That WtSi the object of the ievision as advocated by me, and it was ecrtalnly the object of the re? vision as promised in the Republican platform. "Thtu ?s nothing quite no difficult an the discussion of a tariff bill for the reason that It covers so many dif it Items. The meaning of the terms and the percentages are most difficult to understand. The passage i nan bill, eepeoinlly where ? hange In tht method of assessing the duties has been followedi prevents en iop ?rtimiiy for various modes and .i letloni of tht percentage! of In i i and dei n ase that is really ad Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aim R. 8. C, WEDNESD? HOPE FOR JOHNSON. Doctor Declares There Are No Sym toins of Peritonitis Hut Complica? tions May Develop. . _ Rochester. Minn^, Sept. 19.?At 10 o'clock p. m.. this bulletin was issued by Dr. MeNevin: i "The governor is resting better. He 1 slept 35 minutes since the last bulle? tin, which left him considerably re? freshed. Pulse 102, temperature not taken. The governor's pain has de- I I creased. He can change his position ? without assistance." BISHOP McCLOSKEY DEAD. Distinguished Catholic I*relate Passes Away at Louisville. Louisville. Ky., Sept. 17.?The Rt. Rev. Wm. George McCloskey, Bishop Of the Catholic diocese of Kentucky, nu.i the oldest Catholic Bishop in 4.h?? I'nited States, both in years and in point of continuous service, died to? day of ailments incident to old age. The Hlshop was In his eighty-sixth >ear. He has been the head of the Ken lucky diocese for forty-one years ! and was honoied and loved by Cath? olics and Protestants alike. When the American College in Rome was founded by Pope Plus IX. Dr. McCloskey was selected as presi? dent. He fdled the plaice for more than twenty-three years. When a vacancy was caused in Kentucky by the death of Bishop Lavialle, Dr. Mc? Closkey was nominated and was con? secrated Bishop of Louisville, May 24, 186S. WRIGHT A HIGH FLYER. American Aviator Breaks Another Record at Berliu. Berlin. Sept. 17.--The record for high aeroplune flight was broken here today by Orvllle Wr?ght, who flew In his machine In the presence of the Empress Princess Louise, Prince Adelbert and Prince August and a large party from the court. He attained a height of 2 33 metres, (765 feet.) The best previous record for height, 155 metres, was made by Hubert Latham. Mr. Wright's altitude was measured by a captive balloon, moored at a height of 183 metres, and it is esti? mated that he rose fifty metres above the balloon. The Empress and her sons congratulated Mr. Wright on his performance. Mr. Wright was in the air for fifty three minutes, and his flight was wit? nessed by his sister. Miss Kathen"? Wright. A strong wind was blowing part of the time, und made it neces? sary for the aviator to execute the most intricate manoeuvres so far wit? nessed here. Mr. Wright made another flight of 4 7 minutes and 5 seconds with a pas? senger, Capt. Englehardt. most misleading or really throws no light at all upon the changes made. "One way of stating what was done is to say what the facts show?that under the Dlngley law there were 2, 024 Items. This included duitable items only. The Payne law leaves 1,150 of these Items unchanged. There are decreases in 654 of the Items and Increases In 220 of the items. Xow, of course, that does not give a full picture, but It does show the propor? tion of decreases to have been three times those of the Increase-. "In order to determine the import? ance of changes it is much fairer to take the articles on which the rates of duty have been reduced and those on which the rates of duty have been increased, and then determine from statistics how large a part the articles upon which duties have been reduced play In the consumption of the coun? try and how large a part those upon \n hich the duties have been increased play in the consumption. "Such a table has been prepared by Mr. Payne, than whom there is no one who understands better what the tariff is and who has given more at? tention to the details of the schedules in tobacco there has been no change !n agricultural producta those In which there has been a reduction of rates enter into the consumption of the eountry to the extent of $488,000. 000; tin?se In which there has i een an increase enter into the consump? tion to the extent of $4,000,000. "in cottons there has been a change In the higher priced cottons and in? crease. Then' has been no Increase in the lower priced cotton, and of the increases the high priced cottons en? ter into the consumption of the coun? try to the extent of $41,000,000. "<>n paper and pulp the duty has been decreased on articles that enter Into tin- consumption of the country io the extent of $67,000.000 and the increase on articles thai enter Into the consumption of the country to the ?xtenl of $181,000,000." is't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an lY. SEPTEMBER 22 DR. COOK IS CONFIDENT. I) KALA HKS IIIS reports WILL prove I!IS CLAIM. j - j On Board the Steamer Which is Bringing Mini Home the Brooklyn Kxplorer Talks Freely About 1 Peary's Denial of His Claim. On board the Steamer Oscar II, at Sea," September 17.? (Via Marconi Wireless Telegraph to Cape Ray, X. F.)?"Tell the people of America to have the fullest confidence in my conquest of the pole. I have records of observations made by me which will prove my claim. I shall be glad again to set my foot on American soil." This was the brief message Dr. Frederick Cook today asked the As? sociated Press to give to his country? men as he nears home on the steamer Oscar II, due to arrive at New York next Monday. When he departed for the North, Dr. Cook said he left a depot of pro? visions at Annatok, north of Etah, in charge of Rudolph Francke and sev? eral Eskimos. Francke had instruc? tions to go South aboard a whaler and return 'ater. This he did, but missed the returning vessel, owing to a slight illness. He was then taken aboard Peary's ship, the Roosevelt, and proceeded North. "Commander Peary found my sup? ply depot at Annatok," Dr. Cook continued, "and the Eskimos in charge told him that I was dead, which they then believed to be true. "Peary placed two men in charge of the depot, Boatswain Murphy and another. Harry Whitney, the New Haven hunter, also remained there. Murphy had orders not to search for me, but was told he could send Eski? mos northward in the spring for re? lief work. "When I returned from the pole unexpectedly Harry Whitney was the first to see me and to tell me what had occured. Whitney was placed in possession of the facts concerning my Journey to the pole on the condition that he wtafltl not inform'Comman? der Peary or his men of them. At the same time, the Eskimos who had accompanied me North were told to maintain the strictest silence. "When I went into the depot there was a dispute between myself and Murphy, who delivered to me written instructions he had received from Peary, although he could neither read nor write. These instructions showed that he was making a trading station rot my depot, the contents of which had been used in trading for furs and skins. "On one occasion Murphy asked me abruptly, 'have you been beyond ST? But I was determined not to let Peary know of my movements ami replied evasively that I had been much farther North. From this state? ment has been concocted the declara? tion that I had said I had not reach? ed the pole." Dr. Cook declares that neither Har? ry Whitney nor his, (Cook's,) records are on board the Steamer Roosevelt, and that, therefore. Peary'sOnforma tion concerning him emanated from Boatswain Murphy, who knew noth? ing of his movements. Dr. Cook said also that he had made arrangements for the two Eskimos who went with him to the pole, and Knud Rasmus sen, whom he nut in Greenland, to go to New York and confirm the story of his discovery. geqrge A. NORWOOD DEAD. Prominent Financier, Once in Busi? ness in Charleston Passes Away. Greenville, Sept. 18.?George Alex? ander Norwood, a prominent banker of the Piedmont section, died at his residence here tonight. He has been connected with the banking interests of this city for the past nineteen years. Mr. Norwood was born to 1S31, in Darlington county, his ancestors 1 ' ing of English and Scotch descent. H<: attended Wake Fort st College and Furman University, finishing school In ls'r>?. After finishing school he was successively, a sch< Ol tea< her. a ,i ?urnallst, a tanner, a merchant, and 8 turpentine distiller. He went into the commission business in Charles? ton, handling cotton and naval Stores for eleven years. In 1SS4 he organ? ized and became president of the Bank of Marion, remaining there six years, when he came to Greenville, and has since been intimately conect ? d With the banking interests here. He was the father of Joseph W. Nor? wood, of Columbia. joe Holcomb, of Union, who sued the Southern Railway for $60,000 damages for personal injuries, ww awarded a verdict of $20,000. out!) d Truth's." THE TRU. , 1&09._New ft treasu Ub ? 0 Vntf. wWm+i Relations With Higher Officials In Department Ouse Resignation? Action Not Unexpected. Washington. Sept. IT.?United States Treasurer Charles H. Treat has resig?ied. Mr. Treat said his resignation would take effect "some time in October." This means that he will await the appointment by the president of a successor who, it is expected, will be announced shortly. For some time the relations be? tween Mr. Treat and some of the higher officials of the department have not been as cordial as during the preceding administration, and Mr. Treat did not participate in some of the conferences in which the treas? urer usually figures. The retirement of Mr. Treat ha>? been expected for some months. He has been treasurer since July 1, 1905, succeeding Ellis H. Roberts. COOK DEMANDS PROOF OF PEARY'S SUCCESS. Returning Explorer Says Rival Should Publish Records Sustaining Claim Of Polar Triumph. On Board the Oscar II, off Nan tucket, 8:? P. M., by United Wireless and Marconi Wireless Telegraph. Sept. 19.?"To the Associated Press: My desire to get on American soil in? creases with every mile laid behind by the Oscar II. The vessel is doing her best record, although delayed oc? casionally, making 400 miles In the last 24 hours. "Commander Peary's unfortunate accusations have disclosed another side of his character. The specific re? cords of my journey are accessible to every one who reads, and all can de? cide for themselves when Peary pub? lishes a similar report. "Frederick A. Cook." According to the captain's observa? tions at midday, the Oscar II will ar? rive at Sandy Hook about noon to? morrow, unless something unforeseen arises. This will bring the vessel i > quarantine between 2 and 3 o'clock Dr. Cook appears to exercise great re.straint, but can hardly repress a natural annoyance at impeachment of his veracity without proofs. He re? quested the Associated Press to make public the following: "Commander Peary has as yet given to the world no proofs of Ills own case. My claim has been fuily recognized by Denmark and by the king of Sweden; the president of the United States of America has wired me his confidence; my claim has been accepted by the international bureau for polar research at Brussels; most of the geographical societies of Europe have sent me congratulateons, v 'rich means faith and acceptance for the present, and almost every explorer of note has come forward with warm and friendly approval. "A specific record of my journey is accessihle to all, and every one who reads can decide for himself. When Peary publishes a similar report, then our cases are parallel. Why should Peary be allowed to make himself a self appointed dictator of my affairs? Tn justice to himself, in justice to the world and to guard the honor of na? tional prestige he should be compell? ed to prove his own case; he should publish at once a preliminary nara tive to be compared with mine, and let fair minded people ponder over the matter while the final records by which our case may be eventually proved are being prepared. "I know Peary, the explorer. As such he is a hero in Arctic annals and deserves the credit of a long and hard record. To Peary, the explorer 1 am still willing to tip my hat, but Peary's unfounded accusations have disclosed another side to his charac? ter which will never be forgotten." Will Arrive Tomorrow. On Board Oscar II, by United Wireless Telegraph, Via Boston, Sept. 19.?The steamer psoar II. with Dr. Frederick A. Cook aboard, will not arrive at New York until Tuesdaj morning. This is at the urgent re? ibest of the reception c u unltte which is to meet Dr. Cook. The nur could have reached a.idv Hook Monday afternoon, but a mes saj:e from the reception committee asking that the arrival he delayed, owing to the fact that it was Impofl Slble to change the committee's ar rangements. was received this even Ing by wireless and the captain con? sented to comply with the requesl The Oscar ii is therefore under d? creased speed and will reach Qua ran tine about 7:30 Tuesday morning. Wallace Hicks, of Tlmmonsville was kicked by a mule several da) ago ami is thought to be in a seiiou. condition. E SOUTHRON, Established June, lMt eries?Vol. XXX. 9?. 8 mm SPINNERS MOOS. CERTAINTY Or A SHORT CROI> M A K ES M A N U FACTU R BS ANXIOUS. English and Continental Outou Men laager to Secure Supplies?Bear Speculators Making Determmed But Unsuccessful Effort to Depress Ibices. New York, Sept. 17.?Despite streiT UOVJi efforts to put cotton prices down-* they have advanced. The manipula tion in favor of lower prices has aroused much antagonism from bulla who are naturally disgruntled to find that their plans have thus far in a measure been thwarted by the deter* mined efforts of a certain bear clique to prevent an advance to figures which hulls think are bound to bCj reached in the end, owing to th? smallness of the crop. For several months past efforts have been made here to depress the price to 10 or 11 cents without success. A bitter ab? tack upon the bear clique by Charles C. Cowan, who is well known in th-fc cotion trade at home and abroad, has* aroused wide-spread attention. He seems to fear that the Southern States will not expunge their anti-option laws unless New York mends its ways* However this may be, advances have been succeeded by sharp set? backs through the hammering of. prices and the usual and Inevitable realizing of profits to which setbacks are usually ^n part at least due. But British and continental spinners show nervousness about getting their sup? plies and have ever since the Septem* her government report was issued putting the condition at the unpre cedentedly low figure of 63.7 percent. For several weeks the spot sales In Liverpool have reached from 10,000 to 15,000 bales a day. Manchester's business has increased. So has that of Calcutta, Bombay and the Chinese markets. The dispute about wages in the Borden miHs at Fall River has been satisfactorily adjusted. . Trade is slowly expanding. James Patten, the Chicago operator, is said to be a bull on cotton. President Taft s ' r-oViark* at Boston striking an optimistic tone as to the future of American business baa not been lost on well known cot* ton people. They chimed in w'fb their own ideas. . Exports of raw coton have latterly increased and spot markets have shown considerable strength in spite of liberal realizing. In lyOG-'OS tho quantity brought into sight during; September was 1,315 000 bal*?^ *jv though the total? crop that jvar was ? only ll.346.0Oo. These PopssmUsi re? ceipts were only 47,000 bales less than * in the same month in the previous year, so that it is possible for- the rush 1 of cotton during the early rsonlhs f even of a small crop season to rvach I large volume. Anticipation of thtsT has led to the f >rmation here of ?\ very large short interest. Meantime New Orleans and Memphis operators haVo bought aergressively for an ad? vance. So have some Wall 3treet audl \\ ertorn operators as well as, it ?eems> a ceitain large interest in the gro? cery trade. Liverpool has bought sCCadiljr. The bear clique h re has bowed to circumstances at times, but at every opportunity Ins attacked tlsl marl.et with vigor. The speculation, however; Is grad? ually broadening, and it i3 contended th; i the Southern farmer will re? lerve his holdings or par^-of them for the higher prices which are predicted, it some oi* the bears are predicting 1ft to 10 1-2 cents, bulls are figuring aJ? UmatelV on 15 cents or more. The Giles report putting the condition at only 61 per cent, is supposed to pre-, figure a bullish government report for October. Meantime American spir, t I crstst ii their policy of buyii g fr*m band to mouth, whatever their (Suropcan brothers may do Texas rep it- say that T,xas condltoa of crop U 4<> per cent. orse and Okla? homa 80 per cent, worse than last year on Friday lucre was a slight i ? --re v itii good baying. ? Heavy ratna fell in Georgia, Alabama and the Carolina?. Storm warn Inga woro still up at Key West. Spot markets were itrong and spot interests here continued t? buy. The three-year-old daughter of Ragland Rrunson of Florence, while playing with a 25 cent piece, let It slip down her throat. It turned flatways, cutting off her breath. Physicians were called in and the money was re? moved after much suffering on the part of the child. The dog and sled explorers Mmply had to reach the goal thai year or po OUt Ol business. Twelve months from now the perfected airship will be sail? ing everywhere.?Kansas city Jour