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CJtuC St'MTEK WATCHMAN, EstaMI rousolidated Au?% 2,188 <Ti>r ?lairi icn ml Switbrni Pnbllshetl Wednesday and Saturday ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY ! SCMTER. S. C. Terms: 11.60 per annum?In advance. v i v f l Iurn f s One Square tMl Insertion.$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged Tor aa advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respects wW be charged for. M.o| l #\ \m \\ (X*><! Hi ?MISE. Whiskey Firm Claims Neve.* to lime Overcharged siiur ('?dumb!*. April 7.? the p nation t*ken by Lanahan A S n\v in the settlement of its claim against the State, and the over-Judgment of the dUpensury commission against this / firm has created much Interest, and tWere was considerable speculation as to whether other firms would continue the litigation In connection with the dispensary situation. As announced from Baltimore this afternoon, the firm claims that it nev? er over-charged the State of South Carolina, and that the reason it com? promised was because it wished to be free from the litigation, and also to obtain amounts tied up in the coun? ts; dispensaries. An interesting phase of the settlement Is that the local at? torneys, Messrs. Clark & Clark, took no part in the compromise. Mr. W. A. Clark, senior member of the law firm, stated today that he was averse to the compromise, but, of oourse. If the Arm wished to settle In this way he could not stop the proceeding. However, he felt that the wrong impression as to the firm's at? titude. Mr. Clark has in the vaults of the bank of which he Is the president, here. - aas of the Lanahan Con* hVl^*h?sn wet* uaod in the hear heforY dispensary commis? sion. These books wore opened for inspection by the attorneys. Mr. Clark showed by reference to the books that large purchasers of the Lanahan whiskey were charged more than the State, and that South Caro? lina was charged a price that was consistent with other extraordinary large purchasers. Mr. Clark reiterat? ed the statement that there bad been no over-charges, as claimed. Mr. Clark, both at UM hesrlng and in conversation today, abaoluic'v doubt? ed the efficiency of the test made of "Hunter Rye" by Col. Felder. Mr. , Clark had the analysis of the two cmmlsts to show that the whiskey wsv* what was claimed for It. The recent enactment of the Gen? eral Assembly. In which the county dispensary boards were to turn over, and did so. funds owed to the whis? key bous-H nolnst whom Judgments ? had been found. Is believed to have been the deciding element In the Lan ahan compromise. The dispensary commission meets Monday. Dr. Mur? ray, chairman, stated tonight that there was no now developments In the situation. Ill INI? I H.I.Ks \ltr\l?\M. MiKtu Arrci?. Made In Florence l>o Hpitr lot I hat l>U|s-nsar> U Oper? ating Full Time. Florence. April 7.?in spite of the fa< t that the Florence dispensary Is working full time, it has recently de? veloped that there are a large number of tigers doing business in the city. The police for. e has secured evidence against II person.- charged with sell? ing whiskey. Otts of these. Francis Harper, a ne? gro woman, was tried this morning and senten- > l to .'.0 days Imprison? ment or to pay a fine of $60. It Is probable that the city will -dieet several hundred dollars in fines or ha\e a rater largo force at work on the streets. The mayor and council are deter? mined to see that whiskey sold In Florence shall be purchased from the dispensary and that the Illicit tram In whlskev shnll bo stopped. ?'i I \ I K \\\ UIDED < ovnt ICT, Sp i rt mhiirg. A pril 7 II. 11 Prim % "f C,reen\llle, stated hsjfi to day that the Oreenvllle and Spartan burg Fl? , tri ? UallAav Company, of which he is general manager, had awarded the contract to construct an ein. trie lino between Urecnvllle and Spartnnburg to W. J. Oliver A Co., of Knoxvllle, Term., the contract price being $760,000. It haa recently been announced that the Southern Power Company would construct a similar line. shed April, 1850. 'lie Just ax 1. SUM wem anon ieiiei. IfET Loss shown for WEEK ON \i:W crop months. - I Depressed reeling TCarly In Week Re? lieved When Patten Broker- Mid S|M>t Interests \u (?nine Idirge Buy tffl of May Option?Texas Rains Worked Against Bull Speculation. I New York. April 8.?It ha* ?1*11 an active and unsettled market, but j In the end pr!c<s have shown some ret loss for th ? week on the new crop I months. But May set the pac? f.>r a sharp rally in the present crop months In the latter part of the week, when spot interests and Patten brok? ers became large buyers of that op? tion. Yet for * i'.mo earlier in the week the feeling vab noticeably de pressed. Te<us rains for on3 th ig have militated gga'ltl bull Ipenu'a? tlon. So ha-.?? teports of shipments from Liverpool to New York and also from the South with a view of fighting he May de;?l. I ho tight I* is vw ! that the shipments it\?m the English mar? ket to New Vor*, would Involve a loss of four cents a pound in? $i'0 a bale. Disturbing rumors have been current, too, ti:at the leading Chica? go cotton opMitoi had sold out. He sharply denle'l ih'?s. however, and also the stories Uta* be nnd sustilr-ei se? vere losses. Jane: A. Patten h3t an? nounced hlniJ**i a" still a bud, and asserts that bis exponents are aimply following the lead of wh it Udowt. spot Interests In X\tw Yorlc and Phil? adelphia he contends there will not )?> cotton enough to go aroun 1. Ll\ e .pool's spov and call sale j have Hi times been large. ..n one day reach? ing 25,000 bales. Bulls have at times bid for big Mocks, 10.000 bales or more at a time. After a, decline re? cently of about a cent and heavy liqui? dation bulls think the technical sit? uation Is very much better than it has beon for some time past. Manches? ter's trade Is Improving. Yarns In this country are reported sume'vhat more active. The Texas r tin. are rronounced by bulls to be Insufficient. They argue that what they consider an average of about two Inches of rain Is not enough to put a good "season" into the reported six feet of dry earth in the Lone Star State. The Waldorf-Astoria element has been buying on declines. At times to large spot Interests have bought October. Bremen has reported a much better demand. Part of the At? lantic section of the belt is said to need rain. Wall street and the South have at times been buyers. Notwith ? standing rumors that a compromise bad been reached with May shorts, the leading bulls seem to be sticking to the deal in that money that they predict a scramble for the cotton be? fore the end of the season. Specula? tion, aside from trading of a few large interests and their following is small. The business In actual cotton in this country is reported to be light. American spinners still buy from hand-to-m??utb. Powerful Interests, which trade in the actual cotton b. a\ Ity from year to year, are ar? ray.'1 against an advance in prlcel a1 this time. Dry goods reports, as a rule, are pessimistic. Curtailment is persisted in in most sections of the Manufacturing Induatry in this oour? try. Hears maintain that there will be more than enough cotton for th.} world's needs when allowance Is made for curtailment of production of cot? ton goods. Very many members of the traa? are holding aloof awaiting i hi tie r ?b \. lopments. declining to take the risk on the one band of sell? ing short and possibly being squeezed or on the other of buying and per? haps getting some of the holdings of landing unite, A large acreage is cx I.ltd and also a revival of trade la lar in the year. The present situa? tion pnumles some of the shrewdest and most experienced. REV, T. K, W\NN\m\ki:k DEAD. Drlaved Mtmbui of Method!*! Can* lere nee Bus Punned twnjr, Orangtborg, March 7.?The Rev, Thonini Billot! Wnnnnmnker died at his home, og Whitman street, tins ?it\. at an early hour, this morning, agad H- years. This announcement was received ? ith profound sadness by the whole ? ommuuity. v bo honored and loved the aged eittaeu who has been taken Mr. Wannamaker bad been ? i nfined to bis bed for noTtrtl weekt, and UWlgg to bis advanced age bttle hope was entertained for his recov? ery and he grew steadilv weaker, un 111 death relieved him of ? ufferii.g. and he fell quietly and peacefully asleep, surrounded by loved oiks and friends. id Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Air. [TER. S. C, WEDNI PERJURY jjO BRIBERY. THE PROBE oofs in in pitts BURG. Alleged That Many Witnesses Have Withheld Information and Others Have Perjured Themselves. I Pittshurg, April S.?A true bill, charging Max G. Leslie, collector of delinquent taxes In Allegheny county, with bribery was returned by the grand jury today. At the same time a sweeping presentment was handed i down with general charges that many of the 125 witnesses which the grand jury has had before it during the graft investigations thus far have wilfully withheld knowledge of graft secrets and that a certain few have practically been guilty of perjury. Di? rectors and officials of some of the six big banks which profited by the corrupt depository ordinance are se? verely scored by the probers. The in? dictment of Leslie follows his recent accpaittal on a charge of perjury in claiming an alibi in connection with a previous indictment for alleg? ed bribery. He is now charged with receiving $25,000 from the Columbia National Pank of Pittsburg on June 3, 1908. In the former indictment the date was named as June 6 and Leslie proved that he was out of the city at that time. It is charged that of the $25,000 he paid over $17,500 to William Brand to bribe council men. The indictment season reached that complex stage today where even the grand jurors themselves thought il necessary to present a comprehensive review of all their work. It was de? clared today emphatically that For? mer Councilman Charles Stewart and Cashier James M. Young of the Sec? ond National Bank have concealed information from the grand jury in? quisitors. "We have," the jurors re? ported, "been unable to ascertain whe paid Stewart this bribe money (mean? ing $52,500, charged as furnished by the Friend-lloffstot pool of banks) in New York. Although Stewart me1 this man at least upon two or three occasions, although he knew his name and had several drinks with him, he nevertheless swears that he does nol remem er his name." The grand jury also recommends a new investigation by the directors ol the Second National Bank, and in specific terms charges that Cashiei Young is Shielding F. N. Hoffstotand that there is reason to believe thai some one else connected with the Sec? ond National Bank is responsible foi Lhis. The re port made by the directors of the Farmers' Deposit National Bank In denial of any knowldege ol payment of money to bribe council* men is criticised in tl\e presentment Th* validity of the contracts undei Which ?ix favored banks now hold the city's money is attacked. Important in that it shows how the banks were Induced to pi't up so large an amount of money for the boodle fund is the recommendation that I per cent, be collected on the city de? posits from those banks from ami after this date. The city depository banks are now pay ing 2 per cent, on City deposits and it is alleged thai there was an agreement that tin councilman were to get the differ* ence for reducing the percentage. FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS Officers Ire Chose For Next Year? Place For Nest Annual Meeting Not Selected. Charleston. April 7.?The chief in? terest in the sessions of the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs' convention was the election of officers this afternoon. Mrs. J. M. Vlsanska, president of the city feder? ation of Charleston and one of the ahleat and hardest of club women workers, was elected president. Mrs. VlSt'.nska bad a decisive majority and with the declaration of the result her election was made unanimous, aa were the other elections. Mrs. J, F, Reil was elected 1st vice president, Mrs. J. s. Booth was retained as 2nd \ i? e president; Mrs. J. L. Coker, of Ifartsvllle was elected recording sec? retary; Mrs. F, A. Russell of Green? ville, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Frank B. Cary, treasurer; Mrs. Alex? ander Long, Rock Hill, auditor. Mrs. Frank Bamberg, of Bamberg? was elected treasurer, hut after being elected she resigned, and Mrs. Gary was elected in her place. The elec? tions were by secret ballot, II appears that none of the dele? gates had brought Invitations from ihir communities for the next con? vention, and the place of next meet? ing was not fixed. The executive commitee will determine upon the ' city for the next convention. na't at be thy Country's, Thy God s an SDAY. APRIL 13, 1 THE MISSISSIPPI GRAFTERS. FIST FIGHT PREVENTED IN SEN? ATE. Other Senators Rush Between Mad? dened Men mid Jerk Them Apart By .ialn Force?Ugly Charges Are Brought. Jackson, Miss., April 8.?Senators Banks and Tucker made frantic ef? forts to lay hands upon one another during the senatorial bribery investi? gation late today, and a personal en? counter between the angry, shouting men was only averted by strenuous work on the part of their fellow sen? ators. Tucker, who is counsel for Senator Bilbo, angered by the use of the shorter and uglier word, rushed at Banks. Banks, white with anger, rushed towards Tucker. Other sena? tors intervened and roughly pulled the men apart. The quarrel came suddenly and un? expectedly. L. C. Dulaney, charged by Senator Bilbo with having paid him a bribe, had been on the stand. He had denied the charge flatly and was being cross-examined by Senator Tucker, of counsel for Senator Bilbo. The witness was unshaken in his denial of any crookedness, but de? clared that Bilbo repeatedly hinted that he could be bribed, and repeat? edly asked for and received bottles of liquor. He declared that Repre? sentative Sowert intimated that he would be averse to selling his vote. Then came the explosion. Dula? ney was asked by Tucker if Percy had not paid the expenses of all sen? atorial candidates except Vardaman, Senator Anderson, who was a candi? date arose, stern and angry. "It is an absurb and Insulting ques? tion," said Dulaney. A number of sen? ators were on their feet demanding recognition, President Protem Dear was pounding for order, a dozen were shouting and above the uproar could be heard the trembling voice of Sen? ator Anderson, shouting: "I resent that question: I resenl th.^ insinuation that I permlted an> one- to p.Ay my expenses." From the rear of the senate slen? der Senator Banks crme rushing tc the front. In a lull in the uproar, he got the floor and shouted: "Any man who says or insinuates that anybody paid the expenses ol my friend, Congressman Byrd, is a liar, as false as hell." Senator Tucker made a rush at Banks ' I and Banks charged to meet him. Sena? tors turned over tables and chairs tc get between the angry men. It look? ed like a personal difficulty could not be averted, but some rough handling of the two belligerent senators ended in their being jerked apart. After an? other wrangle, the question was with? drawn. Then several senators demanded that the newspaper men be "instruct? ed" not to mention either the quarrel <>r the wrangle between Senators Banks and Tucker. "it was stricken from the record.' said President Protem Dean, and thr newspapers can not print anythlnj not in the record, or the result ol anything not in the record, including our little personal disagreements." Then every one apologized. Duia ney was excused and when things quieted down a bit, the testimony was resumed. Several witnesses tes? tified to Dulaney's good reputation lor veracity and intergrity. At the night session W. W. Mit? chell, circuit clerk of Polarville, Sen? ator Bilbo's home, testified that be knew Senator Bilbo's reputation for truth and veracity and that he would not believe the senator on oath. W. A. White, an attorney from Bil oxi, told of trying out Senator Bilbo In 1908. A bill was drawn and sent by a man named Bob Moseley to Bil? bo. Moseley returned and said: "Bilbo did not give me chance to make him a proposition, he made us one." Robert Moseley, formerly town marshal of Biloxi, said: "1 went to see Bilbo, and when l explained the bill he took out a lit? tle book, figured a while ami said 'It will cost you $300." 1 offered him a check, but he said he wanted money." After Mosei. y had testified, tilt4 senate adjourned until tomorrow. Pert Mi/er Tag Tax. Tbe sum of $205,486.38 represents the amount received this year for tbe fertiliser tags. The total amount received for last year was $202,741.13. 'This Indicates that tbe farmers of the state are using more fertilizer or that the companies expect larger sales than in previous years. There is a tax of 25 ci nts on every ton of fertilizer sold. It is expected that 1, 000,000 tons will be sold before the end of the year. id Truth's." THE TRUE 910. Sew Serie THE COTTON MARKET, j - I SPECULATORS STRUGGLE SOON] WILL REACH CRUCIAL POINT. 1 Old Months Arc "Loaded"?Fall of! Danger Consequent Upon World Wide Manipulation?Prices Far Above Last Year's. New Orleans, April 10.?The time is fast approaching when the struggle between the bulls and the bears in the old crop will be at the critical point. The knowledge that developments, which would be felt all over the cot? ton belt, may serve to make the cot? ton trade more conservative than ever in its dealings in the future market this week. Last week more than during any previous week of the season, traders operated in the new crop rather than the old, for the old crop months are full of all the dangers that are con? sequent upon manipulation of such world-wide character as Is to be seen in the May position just at the pres? ent time. Consideration of the new crop months gave the bears the idea that they were far too high, with Oc? tober selling around 12 1-2 cents and favorable reports from all over the belt in regard to the planting of the new crop. The price was just about three cents a pound higher than the price of October last year. Last week, October closed at 12.62; last week a year ago October closed at 9:68. Comparison with last year, however, started the bulls off on an? other tack. They called attention to the fact that a year ago July closed at exactly 10 cents, which put October 82 points under it. Last October closed at a discount of practidally two cents under July. This week the l| bulls are going to ask the trade if it wants to sell October at such a dis? count. Labor troubles in the various parts of the world. England, Germany and the United States, will be watched closely by both sides. At the week end it was announced that the Larcashire mill owners had voted in favor of a wage reduction and had called a meeting during the coming week be? tween the employer and their oper? atives to talk over matters. Bears advertised this development to a con? siderable extent hoping thereby to offset the effect of the very encour s I aging reports that have recently been coming from Manchester in regard to the demand for cloths and yarns. The bulls, however, contended that the vote in favor of a reduction in wages was simply an attempt by English spinners to influence the price of raw cotton in their favor. The very large spot sales that have recently been made in Liverpool caus 1| ed the bears to predict that this week more would be heard about large shipments of spot cotton from Liver pi k?! to New York to go against May contracts. Such shipments, say the bulls, would be by no means one sid ed in their effect for. while they may be regarded as bearish in the New York market, they will have lost ef? fect in Liverpool where stocks are al? ready low in comparison with this time in former years. Should rans in the West extend over Sunday, it is probable that bulls will take up their campaign in the new cr >p months energetically, for it will be contended that the continued rains are now interfering with plant? ing. r ROBBED BANK TRAINS. BETWEEN Five Bandits Secure $2,000 at Coal City niinois. Chicago, April 7.?Five masked bandits, escaping with $2,000, stolen from the Bank of Coal City, at Coal City, 111., exchanged shots with a posse today, three of the robbers be? ing wounded and captured. Coal City Is sixty-three miles south? west of Chicago. The entire popula? tion was aroused by the explosion in the bank and the ensuing pursuit. Tin? marauders entered the town op a passing frieight train and began operations by tying Barney Ghetto, the night watchman, ami Washington Prye, the night engineer of the elec trie plant. They then blew up the bunk build? ing and shattered the safe with charge of nitro-glycerine. and after seizing the contents of the sate leaped on a Santa Fe freight train with their plunder, which was partly in stamps. Three hours later three men. suffer? ing from w<?umls Inflicted by small shot, were arrested at Morris, ill. The wounds were received, it is reported, when a posse, formed along the line of the Santa Fe, came up with the fugitives. ! SOUTHRON, Established June, ISM (8?Vol. XXXI. No. 14. PATTEN BOOSTS COTTON. May Sold at 11.8? in Final Minute, or 14.50 Per Hale Above Week's Low? est. New York, April 8.?May cotton sold at 14.89 in the closing minute of the cotton exchange today, or $4.50 a bale above the low 1 1 of the week. The day was notab1 j much for the volume of tr' for the tlm idity of the s Jp* ?'e shorts, who were finding t ?ult to cover, and clearly fer squeeze. Their at? titude v v tarp contrast to that of a f ^ j ago, when it was con? fide .y ,erted the bull campaign h s .psed, with very heavy loss? es jimes A. Patten of Chicago and his Southern associates. After the close it was remembered that the bull leaders were ready *.o accept all deliveries on near month contracts. The arrival of 10.900 bales from Liverpool, the first of shipments which it is expected will reach 50,000 bales, fail to reassure the shorts and the situation in May continued to over-shadow all the rumors of the market. Failure of Southern yarn spinners to agree on any organized curtailment, bullish accounts of Man j ehester trade and strong week-end statistics were the chief factors in today's advance. STATE CON VENTION CALLED. State Democratic Executive Commit? tee Met Last Night. Columbia, April 7.?The State Dem? ocratic Executive Committee met last night in the office of the secretary of state and adopted a resolution calling for State, county and precinct conven? tions. Members from 35 counties were present. It was decided to hold the State convention of the Democratic party in Columbia on May 18, at noon. The county chairman throughout the State are instructed to order the clubs in their respective counties to assemble on April 23, for the purpose of electing delegates to the county convention. Each county is entitled to double its representation in the general assembly. State Chairman Wilie Jones of this city was unanimously relected as chairman of the committee. He ex t,.essed his appreciation at the honor shown him and said he would alawys work for the Democracy. R. P. Hamer, Jr., of Dillon county was presented and by a resolution was unanimously received into the com? mittee. The report of the treasurer showed that there is over $1,100 in the treas? ury. The following resolution was adopt? ed by the committee: "Tn obedience to the constitution of the party, a convention of the Demo? cratic party of the State of South Carolina is hereby called to assemble in the city of Columbia on the 18th day of May. 1910, at 12 m. "The county chairmen throughout the State are hereby instructed to or? der the clubs in their respective coun? ties to assemble on the 23rd day of April, for the purpose of electing dele? gates to the county convention-; to be held on May 2. The county conven? tions which assemble on May 2 will elect delegates to the State conven? tion, each county being entitled to double its representation in the gen? eral assembly and elect a member of the State Executive Committee. A Letter From Davidson College. Davidson, N. C, April 6.?The friends of Davidson College will be interested in knowing that the new Carnegie Library is now ncaring completion. It is a handsome struc? ture of red brick trimmed in white and will be ready for use by the be? ginning of next term. In a series of three debates be? tween Davidson College and Wake Forest for a silver cup gi -en by the Chamber of Commerce of Greens? boro, Davidson was victorious, on March 2Sth. Wake Forest won the cup last year, but the good old David? son spirit is aroused and we are in ? fair way for keeping the cup. which however is to be decided by a third debate next spring. The baseball season la at its height and although we have lost several games, the men are by no means Bs couraged, ami it lc believed generally that Davidson will have a successful team. Capt. Clark's arm has been out of condition, but the team has shown superior form in base running and lidding. Mr. John P. Puttie has returned from spending a very pleasant EmWk?tV at home. Seven to five that Bill and Teddy wlll be disappointed in each other.? New York Mail.