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r 1.1MB SCTMTKJt WATCHMAN, CocMilldated Aug. 2.188 Cbt JWattbman Hub Soulbron. Fwaslrtus' Wednmla; and Saturday ?BY? OSTCEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTBR, s. a ll.lt per ?nnani?In advene*. Advertisements; One ftqosx? Ars? Insertion.I| N Bteif subsequent Insertion* ... .?V ^ Contracts for three months, or will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub private Interests will be charged Pee aa advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects eta be charged for. WAY OF GRADING COTTON. bit In Front of Speaker Cannon's Desk. Wausdngton. January SI.?Just In front of Speaker Cannon's deak In Use House of Repr?sentatives Is an abject lesson exhlbP. that is not only of Interest, but also of extreme value te many lines of Industry threswewat the country. This exhibit F shown Isssr the work of establish! trades of cotton authorised by the Burleson amendment to the Act of 1101 haa been oomplsted. By the terms of this Act the Secretary of Agriculture was directed to fix standard* for the nine grades of cot? s', ton. as follows: Middling fair, strict good middling, good middling, strict middling, middling, strict low mid? dling, low middling, strict good ordi? nary, and good ordinary. After care? ful stud" on the subject, the Secre? tary decided to call to his assistance committee of gentlemen represent? ing all the elements of the cotton trade the growers, the glnners, the commission mtrchants. and the spin? ners, and this committee a--, finely con? stituted was composed as follows: Joseph A. Alrey. New Orleans: ^James Akers, Atlanta. Oa: F. W. Crump. Memphis. Tenn; C. P. Bak? er, Beaton. Lewis W. Parksr. South m%m3 Martin, Paria Tsxas; it, Boston; George W. R. 1* Bennett of the dep irt nseat of agriculture. The committee eras assisted by the following expert cotton classifiers: W. P. Barbot. New York, Jules Maserat, New Orleans: J. R. Taylor, of Dallas. Texas. As the result of their deliberations mm number of sets of samples were made up and these are now on exhi? bition before Congress. The small box just in front of the Speaker's table Illustrates thf size of the commercial samples wtilch have heretofore been tend are at the present time being sVised In the eotton business. The samples In the large boxes are those that have been prepared by the de? partment and by the committee of ex? perts. In the full set there Is one box showing a sample for each of the nlns grsdes provided in the law. The -samples which appear In the boxes Won the table represent the highest grade, the lowest grade, and the middling cotton. There are photo? graphs of the packages on the lids of the boxes. These photographs are made so that In case the cotton should discolor or there should be trash accldently thrown over It In the course of use the change would be detected by comparison with the photograph. The law provides that these sets of samples may be supplied by the depsrtment at actual cost to .any one who desires to purchase pthrm Secretary Wilson thinks that ths demanda upon him at the present time Indicate not lese than 1,000 sets will be called for during the year, and It Is to enable him to procure these ssts that the committee on l agriculture In ths House asked for fc^an Increase of $25.000 In the apro prtatlon. The law provides that those purchasing the samples shall pay the actual cost. As nearly as the experts In the depsrtment can figure out a set coats $16. It Is believed that If 1. 000 sets are msde up the cost will be ) reduced to f 15. a set. The expectation Is that these sets of samples will be purchased snd need chiefly by commission mer? chants and the exchanges, and by agricultural colleges, farmer's asso Klatlons, and other organisations, so hat ths individual farmer will not find It necessary to buy them, but ' will be snsbled to use them as he uses ths scales now to weigh his cot? ton after It has been claased. There Is little doubt that because of the esse In classing cotton this ..way this method will be adopted p\hortly not only In th? t'nlted States, bat in foreign countries also. There l? no '.Mlxatlon. however, on the part of any one to use the samfple boxes ualesss It Is desired to do so. I lined April, 1866. 'Be Joet an 1. SUM HOSTILE 10 COLLEGES. Many Mr mourn of Legislature Dls play Decided Enmity. Statement Made That Legislature Mould Abolish All Scholarships In state College? If Opportunity Of? fered?Senator Tillman la Not Pop? ular. Columbia. Feb. 3.?"If a bill were lrtroduoed In this house abolishing every free scholarship In every state Institution of the state, It would go through like a flash," was the remark o' a prominent and intlentlal member o:' the house upon the refusal of the h >use to Increaee the scholarships in the University. This is another ex? pression of the hostility commented upon frequently In thU correspond? ent by the representatives of the rr asses of the people towards the ex t? nsion of aid for higher education. The bitterness Is growing more n arked and decided in proportion as the people are accepting the idea that education should be carried to the masses In the doses that they need for the conduct of every day affairs. There Is no use to argue that without the Institutions of higher learning there would be no way for the equip? ment of teachers. The popular de? mand is to take all the money that can be raised by the state for educat? ion and give it to the common schools. The feeling that rich men's sons and daughters sec ???re the scholarships in the state institutions Is the very gall of bitterness to the masses. They re? sent it. and It is unless to point out to those very members who make the greatest objection on that ground that they perjure, themselves every time that they sign a paper making It possible for children of rich parents to get the scholarships, and that they could not get them without the per? jury of the delegation and the county officers, they insist that they need more law, law which they, themselves cannot get around. This leaves things In a rather hopeless muddle, and emphasises the necessity for a recast Lof the entire educational laws, and the creation of a general education? al In the state which shall provide for every community the school that ?t ought to have and the harmonising of the interests of the common school ?.y*tem with the eyeWPvS ot higher education. If this is irorewn done the higher education Institutions are going to be wiped away. It was very gratifying to the friends of education that the bill to provide for a commission to revise tre la^s went through so easily a yesterday, but it is by no means safe yet. The committee on education has had several long conferences on the high school law, and the sentiment of that committee is that the intention of the law to restrict these high schools to rural communities has been defeated by the state board, and they will endeavor this year to fence the proposition In with stronger de? fenses which cannot be so easily got? ten around. The purpose is the de? velopment of the rural communities for the good of the state, not for sup? plying a bonus for the towns and cities of the state. There are two educational laws clo e together on tne calendar, and about to come up If that everlasting liquor question does not take up all of the time of the house, one is the much talked of and widely demanded compulsory education law and the other relates to the systematizing of the examinations for teachers. With an hour s more time in the house yesterday morning compulsory ed? ucation would have been right in the forefront, everything is side tracked, however, for the liquor question. Some men who are advocating the prohibition bill this year openly as? sert that it will be the only way in which they can secure the high license law for the state and they will therefore do all that they can to continue the process of upsetting the law until they get what tin y want. While the case In court has not affected the sentiments of the mem? bers of the general assembly towards Senator Tillman. it was really pitiable to note the difference of feeling to I wards him in the hou^e. When he came in yesterday he was less noticed than many an ordinary visitor would have been, and the indisposition of the members to invite him to address them was manifest. He was invited to address the house and he showed excellent taste in doing no more than to thank the members for their courtesy. The author of the concur? rent resolution even protested thnt the resolution was not his, but he did not want to see th<- house insult id Fear not?Let all the ends Thou A.n ::er. s. a, saturi STATE'S RIGHTS INVOLVED. STATE AN? FEDERAL COURTS CLASH IN GEORGIA. 8 tote Prohibition Law and Federal Revenue Regulations In Conflict and Interesting Situation Results? Judge Fite Criticises Federal Judge Newman. Trenton, Ga., Feb. 2.?Deciding to personally look after the State's inter? ests in his fight to close the Cureton distillery at Rising Fawn, which has resulted In clashes with the federal authorities and the arrest of two government officials, Judge A. W. Fite of the superior court arrived here today. Accompanied by Solicitor T. C. Milner, he convened the court for the preliminary hearing of United States Storekeeper and Gauger Ben C. Thompson, arrested yesterday at the distillery on the charge of resist? ing State officers. Thompson was bound over in the sum of $500 for his appearance at the next term of Dade county court. The court took the stand that from the evidence Thompson pleaded guilty of violating the prohibition laws of the State, which prohibit the manu? facture of whiskey and that Collector of Internal Revenue Rucker and <very other person aiding in the manufacture of whiskey in Georgia is guilty of the same offense. "I can not anticipate what action *:he federal court will take in this case," said Judge Fite, "but 1 intend to see that my court is protected to the last stand." Commenting on United States Judge Newman's attitude in the dis? pute over State and federal jurisdict? ion in the Cureton distillery case, Judge Fite said: "I do not wish to criticize Judge Newman harshly, but I will say that I consider his decision in the Stegall cas? as folly, usurpation, and tyranny. He is an excellent gentleman and able Judge, and is generally level-headed, but in a whiskey case involving ques? tions of State rights and federal ag? gressions, he goes to the Yankees and tries to scratch out'with his pen that whlchphe once gallantly defended withwrw' aword. "in the first place the State never has delegated to the federal govern? ment power to regular their internal affairs or to control their courts In administering their laws not in con? nect with the federal constitution. If congress had such power It could not delegate It to an official, nor, in my opinion, has any official ever meant Of attempted to exercise such power, though some federal judges seem to think so and use this for federal ag? grandisement. "It is true that there are some regu? lations prohibiting officials from di? vulging the kinds of apparatus, methods, and the like, but these do not and can not apply to court pro ceeedings, either State or federal. "All legitimate manufacturers of whiskey advertise their business and the brands and kinds of whiskey manufactured, and the Cureton did so until he went into the government wild cat business, and there is no law in reason or common sense to prevent an official from telling It. For a court to hold to the contrary, I repeat, Is folly, usurpation and tyranny. "Think of a little commissioner of Internal revenue in Washington is? suing rules having the same force as an enactment itself, and thus con? trolling the courts of a sovereign State. It is enough to make John Marshall turn over in his grave and the found? ers of this republic to rise from their iravei in rage and mutiny." WILL TRY FOR ELLERBK'S SEAT. Senator Thomas J. Roger?, of Mnrl boro, Will Run for Congress. Sellers, February 1.?Senator Thos. J. Rogers, of Marlboro, was here yes? terday on his way to Columbia to re? sume his duties in the upper house. While here he publicly announced his Intention of being a candidate for Congress against the present incum? bent, his cousin, the Hon. J. E. El? le rbe. Dwarflike sins often have gigantic children. ho senator, while the chairman of he judiciary committee Insisted that It was the first time that he had ever heard that failure to Invite a man to ?peak to the general assembly was an insult to him. The senate even pass id tiie resolution over unti' the next lay. which was a most diplomatic way of killing It. Several insurance bills will !)?? leard by the committee on Thursday. Two of them are asked for by the lepartment in the enlargement of its powera fttld ! is't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an )AY. FEBRUARY 5, ?me tm mmT LEGISLATURE HAS NOT TAKEN UP CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND? MENT. No Dellnato Plan niittcd And No One Seems to Have Formulated A Bill?The Prohibition Question Grows More and More Complicated. Columbia, Feb. 3.?Both houses of the general assembly are getting down to hard work, as was expected and are making fair inroads on their calenders. The prohibtlon bill was railroaded through the house and to its death in the senate, so that the great bug bear of the session over with a brief struggle. In the senate j the local option men claim at least one more recruit. There is now under discussion a referendum bill which will be offered to the assembly, and the debate over this will have to be accounted as part of the time that the great question will take up in the general assembly, The prohibition leaders want the matter submitted to the democratic primary, while the sug? gestion of the local option men is that It be put to the general election. The prohibition leaders have not increas? ed their popularity with the minority by the assertion that the 'liquor men' will use the negro vote. The local option men will insist that the prohi? bitionists do not regard any agree? ment or contract at all, and that they cannot alford to enter into any un? derstanding with them on any grounds. The proposition will be con? tested on that ground more than any other. In this connection it may be noted that the floor leader of the prohibitionists stated a position, which would create choas if accepted by the members of the legislature generally. He declared that he and his fellow prohibitionists were in no wise bound by the action of the house in the liquor matter last year, which raises the question what does bind the members of the legislature? Mr. Richards was not bound because there was a resolution introduced but not passed, declaring that the prohibitionists, did not consider them? selves bound by the action last year. Are the members of the lglslature to be bound by the acts of the general assembly, by which they bind the rest of the state, or are they only to be bound when they so resolve? If the members of the general assembly ane not bound by the acts of the house that they do not approve why should the people of the state be bound by them under the same circumstances? The prosperity of the state Is reflect? ed in the number of bills that have been Introduced granting charters to different sections of the state and for railroads and power companies in the issue of bonds for all sorts of improvements. This Is the era of de? velopment. The first batch of bills were rati? fied yesterday and became acts, the appropriation bill is about ready to come into the house and the shutting off of new bills is expected by com? mittees has been proposed, so it looks very much like an early adjourn? ment, not earlier than the usual forty days, however. Members have been wondering why the income tax amendment to the ' federal constitution had not come up with the sessioon nearly over and no proposition made along that line. The judiciary committee has ap? pointed a sub committee to prepare a bill and introduce on this subject, M. In Smith is the chairman of the committee and. a report from that sub committee is daily expected. Many members have not yet made up their minds whether it would be well to give the federal government the right to tax twice, indirectly and di? rectly, as the Income tax might be considered, or to hold off until the congress had obligated itself to cut off the tariff tax under which all people stagger and then permit the additional ri?ht of another tax. It was for information on this subject that the members of i.he assembly wanted Senator Bailey and Senator Tillman to talk to them, but the re fusual to hear Senator Bailey, whose garments seemed to many of the senators to bear the taint of Standard Oil pollution, or Senator Tillman, who is not high in favor with that body just now. As these two sources of information have been cut off the members will have to dig out the matter for themselves. It is hard to say what will be the fa^ts of the proposition! as nobody seems to have considered it very seriously, or has talked much about it at all events. The question of the hour at Wash? ington is, "What is a Republican?"? Tittsburg Gazette-Times. id Truth's." THE TR? 1910 Mew Kor ST?TEWIDF DDniliniTiA? i.ii?. * 4 1 "'x? ONE BRANCH PASSES AND THE OHTER KILLS Wliether Senate Will Reverse Itself or Mouse Reverse Itself Remains to be Seen. Columbia. Feb. 2.?The house has passed the State-wide prohibition bill to a third reading by a vote of 58 to 42. The senate killed the State-wide prohibition bill by a vote of 22 to 18. When the two branches of the gen? eral assembly adjourned last night the status of the prohibition bills were in the shape mentioned above. There will be further fighting. The prohibitionists claim that while the senate bill was killed, there will be several changes in the vote wh<?n the house bill passes third reading in the house and is ordered sent to the senate. There was a spasmodic: atempt to filibuster in the house on some of the features of the prohibition bill last night, but it was the geieral desire of all to get through wkh the bill and take up other matters. The mem? bers of the house did object to a cut? off on all debate, but finally agreed to the previous question, but the er? rors in the bill as amended may re? s' ^ in another fight today. The members of the house believe that the vote in the senate will stand, but last night an invstlgatlon was made and If, as rumored, an agree? ment was made to vote to kill the senate bill and then vote for a pas? sage of the house bill or' reman ab? sent from the senate when the house bill came up, the bill will certainly be delayed on its return to the house on amendments, as there are enough members of the house to offset any concerted action of this kind at present. By a scant four votes and with too much closeness to be entirely com? fortable until the vote was counted, the senate last n'ght tabled Sena? tor Carlisle's prohibition bill. The bill was reached on the calendar shortly after the senate met for the night session and as soon as it was read Senator Sinkler moved to table the bill. The question of discussion arose and the senators were remind? ed that a motion to table Is not de? batable. In the meantime the aye and nay vote had been called for and when a motion to table It was ruled out of order and the vote polled. The ayes numbered 22 on the vote to table, the following senators casting affirmative votes on the motion: Ap pelt. Bates, Clifton, Croft, Graydon, Hardin, Harvey, Hough, Kelley, Mc Cown, McKeithan, Montgomery, Muckenfuss, Rainsford, Sinkler, Smith, Spivey, Stewart, Townsend. Walker, WTeston, Williams. The negative votes were cast by Senators Bass, Black, Carlisle, Carp? enter, Crosson, Earle, Forrest, Griffin, Hamrick, Johnson, Johnstone, Laney, Lide, Mauldin, Sullivan. Summers. Waller, Wharton. Senators Christensoi and Rogers were paired. Mr. Christensen in favor of the motion to table and Mr. Rog? ers opposing it. When the prohibition measure came up the news came over from the senate that the State-wide bill had been killed, Mr. Sawyer wanted to adjourn debate on this until next Tuesday. A roll call was necessary and by a vote of 63 to 17 the house refused to adjourn debate. Mr. Devore then moved the pre? vious question on the whole matter, Mr. McMahan called for the ayes and nays and the vote stood f 4 to 32, or? dering the previous question. Mr. Browning suggested a recess of 15 minutes, which was voted down. Mr. Ayer protested against the de? bate bting cut off. It was gag lav and an outrage for the majority to try to run things over the minority. Mr. CroagrOve had an amendment that the law go into effect in January. There was 1200,000 in property in Charleston that might be confiscated by this bill. On the motion to adopt Mr. Cosgrove's amendment the vote was a surprise to many. Mr. Browning then moved that the house adjourn. By a vote of 17 to 72 the house refused to adjourn. When Mr. Cosgrove wanted to change the text of the bill so that It would be in accord with the former amendment, making it January, 1911, the house tabled the proposit? ion without roll call. The motion was then made to re? duce the bonds of the druggist from $5,000 tO $1.000. This was tabled by a vote of 39 to 4 4. The bill went to third reading by a vote of 58 to 4 2 and the clincher applied. e southron. Established June. im* ie*?Vnl XXX No. 47. ctOERS* ASSOCIATION. the corn growers have or. ganized. One Thousand Dollars Given For Prizes Will Mean a Great Deal to the Development of the Intensive Plan. Columbia, Feb. 2.?For the pur? pose of providing better corn seed not only for the members of the association, but for every farmer in the State, the South Carolina Corn Breeders' association was organized here yesterday with a membership of 30. Those in attendance were repre? sentative farmers from all sections of the State and there was a lively interest displayed in all of the pro? ceedings of the meeting. It was urged upon the members that it is neces? sary to breed corn seed that will be adaptable to this climate. The organ? ization was perfected and many of the details for the future of the organis? ation arranged. A. G. Smith, farm management agent in V is State of the United States lepartment of agriculture, an? nounced at the convening of the meeting that A. E. Gonzales, presi? dent of The State company, had given $1,000 to be used as premiums for those that do the best corn breeding within the next two years. J. N. Har? per stated to those present that he would offer a prize of $25 for the best ear of corn produced in the State during the present year. The mem? bers of the association will have the privilege of entering their specimens in the State corn contest and in the national contest. The sessions of the association were held in the office of Commissioner Watson. A resolution was passed indorsing the proposed corn exposition to be held in Columbia next fall and committee was appointed to take the matter up with the Columbia chamber of commerce. It was decided to memorialize the legislature to pass an act calling for the inspection of all seed. This bill will be of the same nature as the measures calling for Inspection of commercial foodstuffs and, illujni- ' nating oil now pending before the general assembly. Speeches by the members of the association present Indicated that the farmers of the State were having to buy seed of an inferior nature and that an inspect? ion would prevent this. It was also brought out that the Corn Breeders* association V*^J been organized for the purpose securing better seed. After the organization o* the association had been perfected the following officers were electee: A.D. Hudson, Newberry county, president; L. L. Baker, Bishop.tile, vict presi? dent; R. K. Hayes, Dillon county, secretary and treasurer. cotton prize offered. Thousand Dollars For The Best Long Staple. Columbia, Feb. 2.?For the growth and development of staple cottons In South Carolina, Lewis W. Parker has in behalf of the mills which he re? presents, which use staple cotton, made a donation of $1,000 to the farm demonstration work of the Uni? ted States department of agriculture. At a recent meeting of the South Carolina Manufacturers' association the sum of $1,000 was given for the same purpose. The federal govern? ment spends over $18,000 annually on the farm demonstration work in this State and these donations will bring the amount to be used this year to $20.000. There are over 30 agents of the farm demonstration department at work in the State at the present time. The gift from Mr. Parker and the Manufacturers' association means much not only to the textile indus? tries but the farmers. The mills of South Carolina use a staple cotton that is prows in other States of the South. Almost every bale of cotton produced in this State has to be shipped away. It is the pur? pose of the manufacturers to encour? age the growth and development of cottons of long staple so that the crop in this State will be used by the mills and thus save large amounts in freight charges. assassination in AUG V sta. Hotly of l?romlneiit Physician of Sum merville, Ga., Picked Up With Throe Woundn In Side. Augusta, Ga., Feb., 2.?Dr. C. W. EUckman, one of the most prominent physicians in the south, a resident o/ Summerville, was found dead in thI street at 10 p. m. with three gunshot wounds In his side.