Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COU FKLDF.lt DECLARES THAT THK STATE OUGHT NOT TO PAV IT. egal i'omtwi Before Dlspenaary Winding-1 p Comm. sttlon am to the Jnetnean of Ihe < la I in of Over Four ThowamncI Dollar?, by a Baltimore Wrm for Whkdiey Sold to Old State Dtepenaary Columbia, on. 58.?Claiming for the State the whole >f the Lanahan claim of more than 1:4.000 upon the ground* of overcharges and payment of rebates, and that the State ahould And an overjudgment against the Bal? timore firm. Col. T. B. Felder, of At? lanta. In hie argument before the dia peeeery wlndlng-up commission, char aetertaed the Lanahana as the "arch eoavaplratora of them all.'' and painted a picture of the graft of the closing day* of the dispensary system in . South Carolina. Disavowing any in? tention upon the part of his client to deal fraudulently with the State and laying at the reel of the dispensary officials themsel es the blame for all that has been mealed In connection with the "eyateia," Col. W. A. Clark, 1 of this city, ashed that the claim of the Lanahan firm be paid. ft was quite a battle between the tare attorneys today. Col. Felder In I Me entertaining and forceful manner f presented in strUIng language the de? tails of the Lanuhan alleged grafting. Ha did not heat t?te to brand as cor? rupt the dealing)! of this firm with the Mate dispensary officials. He minced not hla word* ; n referring to the members of the firm and called the whole dispenserv system a "corrupt >t and foul machlie" In these and var p tout terms. Col. Clark preaented a written argumert, from which he stepped at tlmeu to lefer to matters of testimony ar d evidence that has been Introduced In connection with this oaae. 1 here wen* one or two in? stances of sharp colloquy between the |) attorneys for the State and for the firm of William Lanahan St Sons, of Baltimore. The Lanahan claim has been consid? erably aired. It was this claim that caused the test I hat was called "Feld? er*! Phial' to be ahown before the dls f/pensary winding up commission. The F trend of this test was to show that straight whiskeys were not shipped here by this firm but the bottle stuff waa a combination of Intensac, rye whiskey and spirits, and sometlm? s Juet the rye coloring matter. A chem? ise waa called It ere to testify before 'Ufa eomm(salon a* to this test. In Miter read today, not put In evidence, however, the firm calls attention to certain matters touching thla test. Mr. Lanahan himself having stated on the stand during a previous meeting that he did not recognise the test. On the part of the firm, Mr. Clark sub? mitted a chemical analysis. In which It was ahown that the whiskey con talned no harmful Ingredient*, and that tt waa rye whiskey. The argumenta today recalled many things of Interest In connection with the claim. Before the original lnvee-| tigatlng committee there was testi? mony given by Lewis W. Parker, the well known mill man, and others, In? cluding Col. Clark himself, who had stated that Sam Lanahan told, him that no business could be had in this State from the dlapensary board with? out the payment of rebates. These records were reviewed today. At one time a member of the Lanahan firm addreafng^a letter to the Governor. saying^B^ there was something wrong here, that his firm could not get the business It should and asking the Governor to help them out. Later this firm did get a big business, aal ahown by the records. The Wylle afflda.lt was In evidence again today. Thla waa only referred . to In that portion In reference to the P StOO rebate that Wylle says Farnurn gave him for the order of 900 cases of the Lanahan whiskey. The signifi? cance of this la the fact that Mr. Lan? ahan on the stand here swore that his firm gave no rebates, and had no agent In thla State, except for Boykin, ^ who was agent a abort while. In opposing for the State, Col. Feld? er made an arraignment c* the Lana? han firm in Ita dealing with the State dispensary. The claims of the State tu the Lanhan matter waa set ou . '?Wot only do we contend for the ab aorptlon of their claim." said Col. Fel? ler, "but a difference due the State on the other side." Fn?m the Lana? han Arm the State bought nominally 1100.000 worth of goods. That only ?0 per cent, of thla claim would repre? sent the real value of the goods was Col. Folder's contention. Thla Is in keeping with the schedule of reduc? tion recently estimated. 20 per cent. Characterising the State officials as "the corrupt pun haelrg agents of the State," Col. Felder declared that the Lanahan firm waa In the deliberate cenaplracy to rob the State. Of the hundreds of liquor dealers who did - bjsjsjhieea In thla State, when fraud ran Lint, the arch conspirator was the Klient of my friend, Col. Clark?Lan Khan St Co." [ Col. Felder referred to the fact that all attorneys save "his distinguished friend. Col. Clark," had reached the conclusion that their clients had de? frauded the State. Counsel referred to the "reduobtable Nelson, the saga clou* Mordccal," and his "oratorical friend from the Blue Grass." It is a fact that affidavits have been submit? ted by certain of the larger firms ad J mitting overcharges. One of the larg , est claimants, it will be recalled, ad? mitted overcharges on a $60.000 claim <>f about $10,000. Col. Felder la? mented that Col. Clark in the Interim between the meetings of the commis ? slon had not seen fit to drop the I claim. The Parker testimony, the Smythe testimony and the testimony of Col. Clark himself were referred to by counsel in the contention that the un? derstanding was that no goods could be sold in this State unless rebates were paid the members of the board. "The trail of the serpent," Col. Felder call? ed it. 1 That contemplated trip to Baltimore by J. P. Matthews and Wilson, of the dispensary board, was touched on i again today. The Wylle affidavit sub- , mltted yesterday showed items amounting in one Instance to 900 cases upon which rebates were paid, amounting to $900 for Wylle's share. Other contentions of the State are that the price* charged the South Car- 1 ollna dispensary were higher than those for other territory, and that goods were shipped at one price and billed at another. It was charged that the firm was seeking to per- | petrate another fraud when a chemist la Baltimore was given to analyze goods on the market In 1909 to com? pare same with the 1905 goods. "Yea, they corrupted the pure streams of commerce in this State," said Col. Felder. "Yes, they made in? vestments in cotton mills so that they might sell their liquor, so that they might add a little water, a little dls- j filiation and a little Intensac. Their | ways were devious. They didn't pay commissions? Why did they employ Farnum? Was there ever such a rec? ord of corruption and fraud?" When Col. Felder concluded the opening argument for the State, Col. W. A. Clark, of this city, attorney for Wm. Lanahan & Sons, of Baltimore, made his argument setting out in de? tail the contention of this firm that Its Halm of upward of $4.500 was just and was now due by the State of South Carolina. CONDITION OF COTTON 55.0. Deterioration for the Past Month Less Than Usual. New York, Oct 29.?Deterioration for the past month In the condition $t cotton was somewhat less than nor? mal, being 3.9 points, against 3.ft points last year, 4.1 points in 1907, 7.5 points in 1906. 4.3 points in 1905 and j 6 points In 1903. In 1904 condition! gained 1.6 points. The \ob* of 3.9 , points makes condition this month ' >">.?;. compared with 67.5 last year and 62.4 in 1907. Deterioration was most marked in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, where declines were 5.9 points, 7.9 points, and 10 points, re? spectively. Owing to very favorable weather conditions picking has proceeded with J mirked rapidity, 75 per cent, being gathered, against 71 per cent last year, 65 per cent, the year before and j 56 per cent in 1906. Only once has this been exceeded since 1003, when in 196*4 76 per cent was pic ked at this time. Texas and Louisiana are near !;, picked out, where 83 p? r cent is ! gathered in the former and 90 per cent in the latter. Unusually favorable weather condi? tions with practically no scarcity of labor enabled farmers to gather the crop with great rapidity, giving a Hean staple and free from stains. As yet floats have not inflicted serious damage, except in parts of the low? lands, and numerous s< otions may yet make more cotton if killing frosts hold off for another thirty clays. But the condition of the plant Is almost 1 universally poor, owing to unfavorable ' weather throughout the season, and correspondents complain of a small yiHd and the proportion of lint to seed light. Cotton Is generally mar? keted us fast as ginned, owing to high I prices, and according to reports very little is being held back. Only In ! Louisiana has the boll weevil given I any trouble during the month, the j crop being practically free from other I Insects. HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Be ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known , F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and finan? cially able to carry out any obliga? tions made by his firm. WALDINO, KINN AN & MABVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken inter? nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. I Testimonials sent free. Price 76c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Halls Family Pills for con? stipation. 10-4?lm. STROMS BULL MARKET. cotton advanced $5 to $6 per hau: last week. Hulls Remained Confident That Crop Will be Short and Prices Will Go Yet Higher?Many Speculators Suy Murket is Dangerous. New York. Oct. li'J.?It has been a Wild week in cotton, with a jump of $5 to $6 a bale. This was based on a growing conviction that it is a short crop and that there is nothing for it but much higher prices before the sea? son is ended. Whether this advice will culminate by the end of the cal? endar year is, of course, a matter for the future to determine, but bulls are talking of a crop of only 10,000,000 to 11,500,000 bales and a consumption of 13,000,00o to 13,500,000, though it is not clear how1 the consumption can reach such a figure unless the present figures are too low. Only 1,400,000 bales of American cotton were carried over from last season, but while there may be a disagreement as to the pre? cise size of the crop and the consump? tion, the belief is almost universal that the yield is at any rate only moderate and inadequate to the needs of the world's cotton trade. It is argued, too, that if the cotton crop of the South is to be worth this year some $800,000.000, the purchasing power of the South will be greatly increased and with the high prices which Wes? tern farmers are obtaining for their grain it will greatly stimulate the use of cotton goods and enable manufac? turers to obtain prices more than commensurate with the high price of raw material. There are those who think a new era of cotton values has set in and that there is not likely to be much permanent decline in the price until there is a radical Increase in the pro? duction through an increased cultiva? tion of a vast area at the Southwest suitable for cotton culture. The story is that Patten, Gates, Hayne, Scales, Brown and other In? terests have been big buyers and though taking profits from time to time still remain very bullish in their convictions. Many other operators in Chicago, New Orleans, Memphis, Wall street and Liverpool have also bought. The Waldrof-Astoria contingent and metal trades also, it appears, still have been buying. Cotton is one of the chief topics, rivaling steel, at the clubs and big hotels. Exports have been large, cotton goods are active and ris? ing and Liverpool straddlers, in some cases at least, appear to have got hold of the hot end of the poker. In other worlds, it is said there was a very large amount of this arbitrage busi? ness originally done by selling in New York and buying in Liverpool. The liquidation of such straddles by buy? ing here and selling in Liverpool ex? plains in part the strength of prices, and the sluggishness or weakness of Liverpool. On the other hand it is feared that this speculation is too much of a wild? fire affair. There is said to be less pyramiding than there was last spring and summer, but for all that the mar? ket is by many considered dangerous. They seriously doubt whether the re? cent advance is justified. The receipts at the ports are large, and the heavy movement Into sight suggests to some the Idea that the crop is being under? estimated. The stock here is rapidly increasing. Though the movement to curtail production has thus far failed in the North of any very substantial results, some 160 Georgia mills have agreed to reduce production and it is argued that it is only a question of time, if prices continue to advance, when widespread curtailment will be Imperative. It is urged, too that af? ter an advance within a week or something like 100 to 125 points a sharp reaction is to be expected at al? most any time. Today, however, there was more big buying, followed by a rout of the bears and the Liver? pool arbitral* rs, and a sharp rise in prices. TWO ug damage si ITS. Columbia, Xewherry m) Laurcns Called On |0 Pn.V $70.000 for Killing Two Men. Columbia. 8. c, Oct. 30.?Two suits for $35,000 each have been entered at Newberry against the Columbia, New berry & Laurent railway as the result of an accident several month.-; ago by which two young men of New berry, Messrs. Williams and Ilouk night, lost their lives. The plaintiffs, are the fathers of the young men. Williams and Bouknight were walk? ing down the Southern Hallway track In the town and had stepped from that track to the C. N & L. to let a Southern train pass, when they were struck by a southbound train of the C. N. & L. Death was lustuntaneous in each case. In the trial two brothers will bo arrayed against each other. Eugene S. Blease is of counsel for the plain? tiffs, while Cole Blease, who, by the way, Is just now a candidate both for governor of the State and for mayor of Newberry, will be the chief attor? ney for the railroad. i NEGRO BEATERS ACQUITTED. Contradictions in Testimony of Princi? pal Negro Wilnejw Weaken Case Against Williamson. - Greenwood.-Oct. 29.?After deliber? ating 50 minutes, the jury in the "Wil? liamson" case, that of Henry William? son, Sloan Williamson, Ashby S. King and Sam Cooper, charged with having caused the death of Gus Gilchrist by whipping him, returned a verdict of not guilty. The case has been conducted vigor? ously on both sides. It consumed a day and a half with the arguments of counsel. Some additional witnesses for the defense were put up this morning, most of the testimony being corroborative. The defense stressed the fact that Dr. Lyon's testimony showed that the the time when he saw the marks and whipping could have been administer? ed anywhere from 2 to 41 hours from that the negro had been In custody only 12 hours. The defendants, each j of them, denied specifically and cate- | gorlcally that they offered Gilchrist any violence or saw any one else offer it. Then the witness, Robertson's, manifest lying, first one way and the other, helped the defense. Fight on Benzoate of Soda. Washington, Oct. 29?Manufactur? ers of food products who are opposed to the use of benzoate of soda are up in arms against the Remsen Board, which declared the use of the preser? vative in small quantities to be harm? less. A meeting of the anti-benzoate men is called for today to consider plans for fighting the decision. They hope to have the preservative put un? der the official ban. Meanwhile, the packers who use the drug are jub? ilant. It is believed that the present plan of the opposing forces is to ask Presi? dent Taft on his return to the national capital to appoint a commission to visit the factories that use the preser? vative in large quantities and make a thorough investigation as to how it 1 is used and why It is used. In case I the ?sident will not consent to I create a commission of this sort, the . campaign, it is announced, will be carried to congress. If it does be? come necessary to go to the legisla? tive body, prominent men who oppose the use of the preservative say, a de? mand will be made for specific regu? lation prohibiting the use of the pre j servatlve. j In demanding a commission or : board which will investigate the use of the preservative at the factories, the point will be made that the presi i dent has ample authority under the pure food" law to create such a body of men, and to authorize its expenses paid out of the funds set aside for j enforcing the pure food law. There was some question as to the legality of the Remsen Board, but President Taft's attorney general held that it was legally constituted. For that rate of compensation, it is pointed out, the president could obtain the services of several disinterested prac? tical men to make the proposed in? vestigation. Assertions have been made from time to time that some of the food manufacturers use benzoate of soda freely to preserve foodstuffs which could not be marketed unless preserved?that is to say, the food is in such condition that it would be I rejected under the pure food law. It ; would be an easy matter for an in I vestlgating commission to get at the truth of this allegation, say persons who favor an inquiry of this sort. Saved by a Mother's Love.. "Your whole future life depend! upon it." The mother, her face tinged with sympathy which we must ever feel in the presence of an immaturity that is hesitating between right and wrong, laid her hand over that of her beau? tiful daughter. "Yes dear," she continued, "into ev? ery life there comes at one time or another a supreme temptation. If the crisis is passed, all is safe, but if you yield at the fatal moment, you cannot retrace your steps. You are then committed to a fatal policy." "But, mother, father says he cannot afford it." "Exactly. Fathers, from time im? memorial, have always said that. It is their way of imposing on youth and innocence. Go forth at once and buy the gown. Do not forget \t I am with you, that I will stand bacK of you with all the feeble strength I can command.'* So saying, the proud woman folded into her arms the weak creature, who even then, if it had not been for her timely rescue, would have be^n betray? ed into a humiliating and sameful surrender.?Success Magazine. PRESIDENT TAFTS Visit to FLORENCE, S. C. ????? ? The President is to visit Florence the evening of November 8, and ad? dress the people of that city and sec? tion of the State. For this auspicious occasion and the PEE DEE INDUSTRIAL CONGRESS which convenes in Florence, No? vember 8 and ,9, the Atlantic Coast Line will sell round trip tickets at very low rates from Wadesboro, Ben nettsville, Rowland, Chvidbourn, Lanes, Sumter, Clio and intermediate sta? tions. Tickets will be on sale November 7 and 8, limited to return on or before November 10, 1909. Rates, schedules, tickets and any desired information can be procured from M. F. Duke, Ticket Agent, Sum? ter, or by addressing the undersign? ed: W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE, Pas. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pas. Agt. WILMINGTON, N. C. I SaidtheOkManto The Boy I ** I **The C\i*.y Watch thr.t hag given pcrma j aent satisfaction to YOUii father, to MY j lather, YOU and ME, is THE HOWARD The Watch De Luxe." j "Why not be able to say the same to Your ' C ranc^son t I 4X Us Tell You About BOWAtltf W. A. Thompson, Jeweler and Optician. Phone 333. 6 S. Main St. A GREAT FEATURE. Of the South Carolina Stalest!) at Columbia Will be the Visit tl Pfji idem Taff. The Atlantic Coast Line MWOIinrti very low round trip rate* frcm all points in South Carolina to covri *he above occasions, tickets to be <" Sato October 31 to November f. IacIim ? . with return limit to leave ColambUl up to and including, but UOt b.ier than, midnight of NovemUi i>, i?09. Tickets will include admis' ,? n l*< Ihe fair and transportation to ami Utm Fair Grounds on local trains d ihe a. C. L. which will make iioimnt trips. Saturday, November 6th, will Le TAFT DAY, When the President will meet and address the people at the Fair* Grounds and review the Military and Civic Parade. Inquire of M. F. Duke, Agent f ,.i n - ter, or any Agent of the Atlartitf Coast Line, for information M to rates, schedules and tickets. W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WH1TF,, Pas. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pas. Agt. WILMINGTON. N. C. The average man marries a weman in order to escape lonelmese- - and then joins a club in order to e?;<ape the woman. The Jury's Verdict found by those who have given the "Shaw" a thorough test rs for sweet? ness of tone, and its general make-up is entitled to all praises and "nice sayings' that have been bestowed up? on it in the past. Are Yon one of the jury ? If not, wc will be delighted to send you a little information that will interest you, "on terms and prices." Chas. M. Stieff, Manufacturer of tho Artistic Stieff, Shaw, and Stieff Self-player Pianos. Southern Wareroom 5 West Trade St. Charlotte, - N. C. C. EL WILMOTH, Manager. (Mention this paper.) BULBS U L B S We have just re? ceived a complete assortment of the most desirable Bulbs, and would be pleased to have you inspect them. DUTCH ROMAN HYACINTHS. Charles Dickens, Rose. Gen. Pelissier, Deep Scarlet. Grandeur a ' Merveille, Blush White. Ozar Peter, I .ight Por clain, Hlue. ROMAN HYACINTHS. Early White, (extra se? lected Bulbs.) Karly Light Rose. Early! Blue. A VERY POPULAR MIXTURE. Adopted for bedding and outdoor planting and can be used for pot culture. Consists of Rose and Pink shades, Pure White sorts, Dark Hlue and Purple, and other shades. These are single and double. SINGLE TULIP. Artus, Deep Scarlet, Chrysolora, Golden Yellow. NARCISSUS, Large Trumpet Narcissus. Ev?-*-?.-m?-^f Perl an tb Primrose, Trumpet ,mperor, Golden Yellow. VTrr?tAt-?ee Perianth. Snow White, Trl n,inpress, ampD mcn Yellow. Golden Spur, ^^^iTSr1** Trumpet Major, Sibert's Drug Store. SIN6LE VARITIES OF NARCISSUS. A splendid mixture, consisting of many fine varities, and none of the undesirable kinds. Certain to prove satisfactory.