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ttaM SCTMTER WATCHMAN, KKiM ? r ultrtated Aug. 2,188 Cbt ^itrbm^n anb jSootbron. PohUaeied Wednesday and Saturday ?BT? OSTECN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTBR, 8. C. Il l* ptr annum?In advance. One Square Oral Insertion.$l 00 ?very ?ubosquent maertlon.10 Contracts for three months, or leager will be mads at reduced rates. All communications which sub sores private Interests will be charged for aa advertisement*. ) ??Otooiles and tributes of respects SHTDER NOT CHOSEN. # - That President of Watford I>Wdui J PresidefM'y of It was rumored Saturday that the Beard of Trustes* of Clsmson Col togs had dsclded on Pr?sident 8nyder. of Wofford College as the most sult ohse man for president of Clemson smd had tendered him the place. This was published by s number of per* without taking the trouble to make an Investigation for the purpose of verification. Those Who Investigated the rumor learned xhat It was absolutely without found f gttoa. Dr. Synder. when questioned hs to the truth of the report sold that ho was la entire* ignorance of the matter, that the presidency of Clem ton hod not been offered him, that he hod not been approached by the trus? tees and that hs was not and had i never been n candidate for the posi 1 Hon. Mr. R. I. Manning, who with Sena? tor Hitman and Mr. Alan Johnstone, constitute a special committee to reo <f to the trustees a suitable for ths presidency, said, when l eojksd of ths report that Dr. Synder sjod boon named for the place was true, that the rumor Is entirely un The presidency of Clemson not boon offered Dr. Snyler and ho has not been seriously considered It would not be strict hfs> name 'h*s*' not considered In connection with ths place, for his nsme has been men? tioned slong with others?in fact there Is scarcely a man of any promi? nence In educational work In the fttats, whose name has not been men i tlonsd In the discussion of possible candidates. Fl UK IN BISHOPVII.I.K. Small Housrs iMewtroyed by Flames. Btshopvllle. Oct. 1.?Another Are t occurred here Isst night snd consum? ed three small houses snd nearly all of thstr contents. The fire was dis? covered In ths cottage occupied by U A. James and owned by J. B. Mc Lauchlln. on Dennis svenue, and the flosses from this building caught the ? next two, which were occupied by S. C. Warm and C. H. Talion. Werts owned ths one occupied by him snd T. 8. DuBose the one occupied by Tal lon. The tnres buildings were complete? ly destroyed by the fire snd the next ons to the James building, which Is * owned snd occupied by D. T. Dull caught on Are. but the blase was ex? tinguished. The damage dons was about II.000 to ths buildings snd II. ??0 to furniture. The McLaueh'ir. ? building was not Insured. Werts' ' building, Insured, $700; DuBoae build? ing, $1.400; James- furniture. $4'?0; Werts' furniture, $500. TOllonw fur? niture not Insured. GUILTY OF Ml'RDKR. Of Mrs. Hotter Gets Verdict That Moons Death Sentence. Sportahburg. Oct. 1.?Joe B. Bates. B* nfteen yesrs one of the most effi? cient members of the police depart? ment of this city, who shot snd kill* id Mrs. O. R. Bolter. August 29. was todsy found guilty of murder, which means thst the sentence of death w>.M re passed on the prisoner. When the i verdict wss read, the defendant *JntW< cd no Interest whatever in the tit > Ing of the Jury. Wilsen ft Osborne. attorney for the pvto****. will take an appeal. The ease otcupfed all of yesterday The Statt showed -that the woman was killed without the slightest pro? vocation, and the defense Introduced evidence to prove that Bates was In? sane, thst he hsd been scting strange? ly for sosne time prior to the killing. The jury did not believe the Insanity pies. For ths Congo s smHtlng plant to trsst ons thousand tons of copper ore dally has be- n ordered from the I'n Itod States lalied April, 18*0. *Be Jost ai 1. SUMT NEW M COTTON MARKET. PATTOX DENIES THAT HE HAS SOLI> OUT HIS INTERESTS. The Munition Is Improving?(iciioral Tendency of Thine* Seems to be Better?Cheerful Reports Come From Hand ester. ? New York. Oct. 1.?The cotton mar? ket for the week has been somewhat unsettled, prices being higher at the beginning,of the week than at pres? ent. Pears nre estimating a crop of over 13.000.000. while the bulb) claim the crop will fall short of 11,000,000 bales. Liverpool's spots are from duy to day IS.000 to 15,000 a day, though la Friday there was a sudden falling o.f after a long period of brisk buy? ing. The stock at New York is stead? ily deceasing. It Is the smallest for yeeej past. Pig spot Interests hiv ' een steadily buying. James A. Patton remains bull.. He sent a sharp denial of a rumor exten? sively circulated last Wedneaday that had sold out. The Crow?>-Hayn. interests are still I supposed to be bullish. Some New Orleans and Memphis operators are understood to hare taken profits, but to be bulls still for a long pull. Man' cheater has .sent very cheerful reports and in this country things are grad? ually improving. It is remarked that hammering has produced only a tem? porary effect. As soon as this ceases the* friends of the market assert that it advances naturally end easily. Ru rr.ors have been rife that considerable of the local has been sold to Euro pean spinners. Last Monday ?,000 ? '.'es w re confirmed, supposed to '..ave been taken by Liverpool people now here. A. J. B.'Ston, the Engllsb authority, is bullish on the situation. Certain large tobacco interests are supposed to hold similar opinions. On he other hand there has been some J.'.ermined opposition to a rise. A pool formed of two or three large operators Is said to be working for lee? r prices on the ground that with the present large receipts and Ameri? can spinners holding aloof, it Is use? less to expect a sustained advance at ^fift- time of thtvyear Hedge eeiftng | by the South continues and Is bound to continue for some time to come. Bears think that It is at least signifi? cant the receipts at the porta should be so large. They think this fact means one or two things, or both; that is, that present prices are so at? tractive for the planter that he will continue to sell freely as long as they exist or else the crop has been under? estimated. Popular sentiment, how? ever, still favors the bull side on the Idea that the crop Is less than 11,000. 000 bales, and that situation will be the largest ever known. Various crop reports Just issueo t>y newspapers and private statisticians put the condition at 60.5 per cent, to ft.t per cent. Liverpool cables that present prices do not check the con? sumption. TRADING STAMP LICENSE. City Oedluano? on Trading Certificates Utieonwsjtntioual. Columbia. Oct. 3.?Circuit Judge J. 3, Klugh has handed down a decision that is of considerable local interest. In the case he held that the ordi? nance of this city imposing a license fee of Sf?00 on trading stamp com? panies is unconstitutional and void. The decision was upon an appeal "torn the l\ carder's court for the city >f Columbia, imposing a fine upon an agent of the Sperry and Hutchinson Company, a large trading stamp com? pany of New York city, for carrying >n the trading stamp business With" hajdne^UH 1500 license feo im ?>wd by the" Ordinance in question. The ordinance was held to be in alii upon the ground that it was an tttetnpi to prohibit the carrying on n thu city ef the trading samp busi? ness. The judge said that the trading -'amp ompanjr was engaged in a 'rvitlmate artd honest business such ?.< ta* ct?y had no right to prohibit >r kMrtenety interfere with. He also >>tnt*:i att| that the ordinance could ?\ ?' be upheld Hii a business measure a it lejtnoeoJ ? Moeevia lee upon ihr trading tamp business many times greater ..ban that placed upon other forms of the advertising business, within which class he held that this concern came. The ordinance in question Is one of many passed' by different cities throughout the country la an attempt to keep out trading stamp companies because they tend to create destruc? tive competition among the mer? chants. Such ordinances have uni? formly been held Invalid wherever attacked in the courts. A law and order league has been organlserijftt Branchville. nd Fear not?Let nil the ends Thou A In ER. 8. C, WEDNESI IN BLIND TIGERDOM. EVERY INDICTMENT IS REJECT BY THE (?RAND JTTRY. Body Hopelessly Divided ? Mayor Rhett Supplies List of Federal Rev? enue Licenses and Solicitor Is Ask? ed to Indict all Those Whose Names Appear Tberou?Straight Talk by Judge Dontaler. News and Courier. After being advised by Judge Dantzler yesterday morning that it was its duty to consider the dispen? sary cases, the grand jury brought in a batch of indictments on each of which was written "No bill." Twen? ty-four cases had been handed to the grand Jury and twenty-four "no bills" were returned. The report did not cause much surprise among the regular attendants on the court, as it had been rumored for several days that the grand Jury was hopelessly divided on the cases, and that a suffi? cient number to bring in a true bill could not be gotten. After the report was made, Judge Dantaler took occa? sion to address the Jury in a very dig? nified tut very" plain manner, regard? ing lts#actlon. Shortly after court convened yes? terday morning, Mayor Rhett was sent for posthaste, by the grand Jury, and appeared before the body. l( ?s re? ported that the jury desired the list of those who had paid revenue licen? ses and this Mayer Rhett Willingly furnished. The list contained 1R0 names taken from the books of the collector of internal revenue. Some questions were asked the Mayor re? garding the cases brought by the po? lice, but the Moyor was unable to fur? nish any additional light on the sub? ject. I The Jury then repaired to the court I room and presented to the solicitor I the list of those holding revenue llc I enses and requested that the solicitor I hand out bills against every man I whose name appeared on the list. I Judge Dantzler then asked the I foreman if he understood that the I Jury did not wish to pass upon the bills' I which the solicitor had already hand jejeV e*K fur violation sf the dispensary [alw, to the number of twenty-four, I before the bills were handed out I against those on the list. The fore I man answered that that was meant. I whereupon the court charged the jury I that while the possession of a reve I nut license was prima facie evidence I that the party holding same was I guilty of violating the dispensary law, I still at the same time In the judg I ment of the court It would be a mat I ter of physical impossibility for the I solicitor to pass out bills against all I of the parties named in the list sub I mltted by them at this term of court, I and while he felt sure that the solic I Itor would do his duty, still the court I must insist on the grand jury' taking I some action on the bills that they had I before them now. The judge also I stated to the jury that it would be I well for the members to try to gath I er some testimony In regard to the I parties they wished presented as it I was not the business of the solicitor I to act as detective for the grand I Jury. The Jury then retired and later re I turned "No bill" in cases against the I following named persons: I Andrew Morans, Nick Gizelle, P. I Athanos, A. T. Matson and M. J. C. I Celling, A. Tsopjnolo, George Hontas 'xnd Charles Constah, 0\ HafcS, Nick Kannaspaulus, C. H. Chrlstopolo, J. Gratzlck, I. Heyman, P. Gratzlck, George L. Hockemeyer, James Hen lerson, W. Timmons, G. Saragalos, T. \V. Dowllng, A. L. Schultz, Tom ^lynn, Ram Rop;r, George Abetto,' >a&c Oillrrd, F. J. Gratzlck. Judge D?htzler then addressed the JUry as part as follows: "Your report meant that there were not twelve of you in favor of a true bill for it takes that many to render a true bill. You have had many bills before at this term and you have brought in no more than three "no bills" except those just landed in. The findings of "no )ills" in twenty-four casesC indicates *o my mind that there is some other reason than the lack of evidence. 1 have my opinion, but It is not for me to state it. I am satisfied that the finding was not unanimous. 1 know that there are some of you who fav? ored "true bills." The solicitor is not a' detective for the grand Jury, and , he Is not expected to go and gather evidence. The possession of a reve? nue license Is sufficient for a true bill, but with that alone the solicitor could not expect a Jury to convict; some? thing rh?re is necessary. "I regret the conditions here, but you are better acquainted with them than I am. If any one of you has done wrong, you will have to make la't at be thy Country's, Thy God s ar )AY. OCTOBER 6, 11 RAILROAD CONTRACTS LET. Cratlins and Concrete Work on Wadesboro and Florence Rranch For Connection With Winston Southbound. Contracts were awarded yesterday from the office of the Chief Engineer of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, in this city, for the grading and concrete work necessary to stan? dardizing the branch line of the com? pany from Florence, S. C, to a con? nection with the Winston-Salem Southbound at Wadesboro, N. C, a distance of 65 miles, the contracts going to the Furgeson Contracting Co., No. 17 Wall tSreet, and Sund stron & Stratton, 96 West street, New York. The standardization of this branch road, it is understood will cost the At? lantic Coast Line upwards of a mil? lion and a half dollars, and the con- I tracts let yesterday are among the largest in connection with the big im? provement. As has previously been noted the Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk and Western are financing the building of the Southbound, which will afford a direct connection with the Latter at Winston and with the A. C. L. at Wadesboro, making an air line to the vast coal fields reached by the Norfolk and Western. The branch line from Wadesboro to Florence is to be straightened, regard? ed and laid with much heavier rail to take care of the heavy traffic that will be handled upon completion of the Southbound. For the work for which contracts were awarded yester day there were forty-odd bidders and it required considerable time in the Engineers' office to examine the spec? ifications and make the awards. The work will begin as soon as the ma? terial can be gotten together and the various sub-cont; cts *re let which will be at an eai . *. The work will consist of the fol? lowing approximate quantites: Ex? cavation of 1,100,000 cubic yards, con? crete work of 14,000 yards and lay? ing 15 miles of track according to the grade revision. It is understood that the road will be put ir condition for handling the heaviest traffic and that the wuyra^.wjll be commenced simul? taneously at both ends of the Wadesboro and Florence. It Is ex? pected t hat the work will require about ten months for completion. ? Wilmington. N. C, Star, Oct. 2. Dun's Weekly Trade Review. New York, Oct. 1.?R. G. Dun A Co.'s Review of Trade tomorrow will say: * "The industrial and commercial sit? uation as a whole, at the beginning of the last quarter of the year is that of a full return to normal conditions. The Southern trade, it is reported, is better than for several seasons past. "Business in steel raila is expand? ing. In addition to the demand for domestic consumption, the leading producers has received a contract for 12,000 tons for exoprt to Mexico. "Sharp advances were made in cot? ton goods and yarns during the week. Some large interests are moving to cover their early spring needs in staple fabrics. "Encouragement is b? ing given to promoters of a curtailment movement among cotton mills in order to avoid the trade complications that must fol? low extended speculation in cotton." jC'.'.r ex,cu?e? at (tit }>ft?* 0J y*UT own consciences, If you have ai.y. If you have done so you do not represent thv.? respectable element of Charleston. I know that there are men on tho jury who have a regard for the law. The law cannot be violated and ig? nored. There are good people here. It will depend upon the law-abiding element to take up the enforcement Df the law." The Jury was then excused until 10 o'clock Monday morning. With the indictments the following letter was handed to Solicitor Peuri foy. "Dear Sir: It is the unanimous wish of the grand jury that you make out indictments against the attached list of holders of United States special tax as liquor dealers for the current fiscal year commencing August 16, 1909. "We have checked the names of those against whom indictments have already been issued, also exempt, beer bottling works, county dispensaries and drug stores. **The police records or the City of Charleston are at your disposal as evi? dence in these cases. H. Viohl, ^Foreman." On account of the business of the court it 1? not known whether Solici? tor Peurlfoy will have time to make out the Indictments asked for by the rrand Jury, but it was reported last night that he would probably do so. d Troth's." THE TRUJ *09. New Ser SMITH ON SHIP SUBSIDY. _\ GIVES REASON FOR OPPOSING REPUBLICAN SCHEME. Point? Out That High Tariff Create* Need of Unnatural Fostering of Merchant Marine. Florence, Oct. 3.?Senator E. D. Smith has received the following tele? gram from the New York American: "New York, Sept. 30, 1900. "E. D. Smith, Florence, S. C. "Now that the president has come out so forcibly for a ship subsidy and has declared that there is no subject to which congress can better devoto its attention during the coming ses? sion, will you kindly inform the public whether or not you favor such a bill, and why. Answer prepaid. (Signed) "New York American." In reply Senator Smith telegraphed the following: "In reply to your telegram of the 30th, I state emphatically that I am opposed to ship subsidy for the fol? lowing reasons: That the business of public or common carrier is an abso? lute and unavoidable neceaaity; the railroads and steamships and sailing vessels, under the present develop? ment and conditions of modern life, can not be dispensed with. Therefore, there is no reason why companies owning and controlling these necessi? ties are not entitled to and should no\ receive a sufficient remuneration to justify them in building an? main? taining such equipment as will meet the demands of trade with a profit to themselves. "A ship subsidy presupposes a lack of profit and this lack of profit indi? cates a lack of demand for ships, and this lack of demand on the part <>f shippers indicates something wrong in t*ie conditions of commerce. There? fore the evil is not to be removed bv t:.::ir*g the P op'.e to pay for an evil which, under the normal laws of trade, would not exist. Now, what this evil? It is the Republican cry that the American Kiarkel must be save! for the American laborer, and. under this specious plea, importations from abroad have fallen to such a small tonnage that it is practically unprofltaLTe fbr Arherkjan vessels *tcr engage in any national trade, os be? tween America and other nations. "To attempt to carry freight from America to other countries and then, under the operation of the tariff be unable to bring back a full cargo would necessarily entail a loss. There? fore the American people are asked not only to pay a higher price for American goods, but to support a merchant marine out of the public tieasury, In order to enable the hieb tariff people to maintain the tariff and at the same time be furnished at the expense of the American people cheap American bottoms to ship '.heir goods in. j "Another reason, perhaps, is found in this same Republicanism, that 'the American wage earner must be pro? tected In his wages," and the wages paid dock laborers, stevedores, sail s, officers and. in a word, all em? ployes In shipping service are so high as necrssarily make it impossible to compete In the trade of the world. Therefore, we are called upon, out of the general wage earned and the wealth produced by the American people, to make good this difference and maintain these wages at the ex? pense of the American treasury. Therefore we have arrived at the b - gltlmnte Outcome of the doctrine of attempting to formulate ar.d m.'.lr. tain an artificial condition in the face of and in spite of the natural law of supply and demand or of trade. "Mr. Taft, In his remarkable som? ersault on the tariff, namely, canvass? ing the country before his election or, the revision of the tariff downward; then, after the extraordinary session of congress not only signing the Aid* rich bill without a protest, but declar? ing that it was the best ever, must necessarily, if he ever hopes to ><.-e American bottoms carrying American goods, advocate a ship subsidy, for no American vessels can ever profitably engagr in the traffic of the world un ;br the operation of his and Aid" rich's tariff measure.' COTTON CROP CONDITION. Government Report Pi a*-es Condition At 38.5? Ixmest For Year*. Washington. Oct. 4.?The bureau report on the condition of the cotton crop was issued today. The crop condition is given as 68.6. W. D. Ho wells, who sailed recently for a brief sojourn abroad, took ad? vantage of "a voyage without wrinkle on the sea." and completed some manuscript which has just reach d his publishers. CiVITON MANUFACT? URERS BEARING MARKET I nl?'^ There it* a Decided Drop in Uh Price of Raw txruon Within Twu Weeks, It 8s Declared That South? ern Mills Will be Forced to Ooeex Charlotte, N. C, Oct. 3.?A critical situation and one of rare occurrence confronts Southern cotton mills ke? en use of the high price of raw cotton* and unless there is a decided drop in the price of the staple in lees than two weeks, according to ei-President 8. B. Tanner, of the American Cotton Manufacturers' Association, southern mills will be forced to shut down. "It Is a very easy question to an? swer," said Mr. Tanner, "as ts what the mills, both cloth and yarn, will do in the event of 19-cent cotton con? tinuing as at present. "It will mean that theie win bent* money in textile products, and the mills, after using up what small stocks of cotton they have on hand, will have to shut down?that is, tt cloth and yarn, especially the form? er, do not take a d? elded jump up? wards, a bigger jump than eottonv manufacturers would expect undor the circumstances." It was furthe.i declared that ths> mills are buying practically no raw cotton at prevailing figures ?13 cents ?nor wtlll they lay in ?tocks e.t that figure, for the outtations on e<4ton> goods and cotton yarns are far too low to leave any proflt to the manu? facturer today. In other words, the mill that makes yarn or cloth out of 13-cent cotton and sells its produce at prevailing price* will lose its pcoflt and a great deal more?in fuel the proposition is impractical and will not be experimented in by any. nf the manufacturers. Many of the mills have some little* cotton on hand which they stored when cotton was. tringlng ten and eleven cents, but these stocks are short and will shortly be exhausted. President Parker, of the American? Cotton Manufacturers' Assoclatiocv has called a meeting of the boorJL governors eor Friday, Chorloue to.consider, thru,. the curtailment of prcduetion lit or? der to make the present stocks of the mills go as far as possible arvd to. op? rate on high priced cotton at as tit? tle loss . s possible. The governors will also select the place for next meeting of the Asociation. AXTI-TVBKRCriiOSIN CAMPAIGN. Dr. Rotitzahn in Charleston Prepar? ing For Statewide Warfare. * Charleston, Oct. 4.?AIP the chief cities of th ^tate are interested in a1 series of informal conferences now being held in this city and to be con? tinual early next week at Columbia. Rock Hill, Anderson. SuawMeri. Spar tanburg, Greenville and other * have written to New York or to ti*>ji"* city asking that they be placed on the itinerary of the American Tuberco> losis Exhibition, the traveling antr. tuberculosis exhibit which has i;t!rre<l all the nearl y states during th? past, two seasons. Today Director Fr C. n^uPjafeSj came on from Vorth Cam Uns point** where arranj/errents have been, 3iade? preliminary to ihc month- ot s?wria& campaigning. Health Orth i .T. Mer ceir Green, Dr. J. L?. DOWSOO of the* State TO bort uloris Ccmmitti ? . I)t* H/ert Wilton, vhr.irmau otl flO> Statt Board of Health, v.;tlb *;roroi? nent city orrlcirls and I iJOtnessj men* ars interested in the plsnsj* now. iao4**c? consideration. IDireetor ft\.ut-ahrr.wasr sent here by the NnttOJMsh AsevciAtlorv tor the Study .-^d Pieu-ntion Of Tu berculosls at tne invitation i of thane leaders in South aCrolina's war/far* against consumption. wbivHi- cakes from both race ? wore than any , other cause of death. The Nation*r Association toflflp ai carload of exhibits arul catrrpaia/r. equipment which is loaned to the* State and the several.eitles* where ex? hibits are OOndOCkQi with' the assist? ance of the atrootnp *h? is now in the city. So far as the p ie no hove been?? agreed upon the inaugural exhibition* will be held at Charleston or Corunar bla, starting the first week of Novem? ber. The choice between too two eitles is still under discuss ion* aHhough" the advocates of this ntv think that' there can be no question about the I holding of the first ? session In Char? leston. Ptof. Pazaurek. originator sf rho museum of bad taste in Wurterahurg* believes every art museum should] have attached to it, as a matter course, a collection of horrible ex? amples, with the object of raising the* standard of public taste.