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SVMTER WATCHMAN, Establi op oiidatert Aus. 2, 1S8 fbr ??l itcbm^n aito jSoutbroii! Published ttolttewday and Saturday ?BT? bsTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8CMTBR, 8, C. Terns*: II.St p*r annum?-In advance \d?ertlMasPsite: K>e* Sqaar* first Insertion.$1.00 Rteery subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts tor three months, or ?sage* will be made at reduced rate?. ? All communication* which sub ?anre private Interacts win bs oharged re* aa advert ?ements. Oattaaiis? and tributes of rttp^cU erki he charged fer. lIKEN CALLS Uli i STEAL. Pays Appalachian measure is a TBJkVV. f^lve* Rraaon* far Having Voted Against It?Relieve* It to be Cn c ?tltuttonsl and That New Eng? laad Laad? Are to he Unloaded on (??venunent at Outrageous Frier? ?Does Not Think Navigation Will Be Aided. Washington. June SI.?Represent* ve Alken was asked just before lcav Washington for his home today ay he had voted against the Appal hlan forest reserve bill in the house day or two ago. In view of the fact t there la tens^al Interest in the fsr ana rhat cne entire South ap te be favoring lt. Mr. Alken the only member of the South ollna delegation who opposed the re and baltavss that his reasons r doing so were good. While I am not a lawyer." he said I bslleva that the bill is utterly with t constitutional warrant, and since have been la congress no measure come before congreea so entirely Intal coaetttutlonal authority. It Is a New England scheme to the government a great many tea of worn-out. statile and rocky da practbaily without value and this great burden upon the tax ore, fa otMtr to saiVh a few laud rks and speculators. "It is notning short of a gigantic mental **eal. pure and simple. Bd would In no respect redound to |a* welfare of the people of the Unl 8t?te a, but would go Into the backet* >f a lot of console nee leas land prabbere. "While It la pretendedly for the nefit of certain Southern States, at is for effect, and to catch votes thoee States, and the lands of |few England would be unloaded on he government at an outrageous rice. Again It will not aid navigation or reserve the fcrests. It Is a fake fraud, and farce under a fait* guise t will not preserve the forest* That an be done and will be done without his bill. "If the bill becomes a law from rat to last a hundred millions of dol irs will be filched from the treasury, nd the forests will not be preserved nd navigation will not be aided In that way. In my Judgment, such will the result of this measure, and refuse to agree to waste this vast mount of money and rob the people f their substance In this chimerical nd wasteful scheme and farcical proposal, which originated In New ngland to dispose of worn-out lands ad saddle the coat on the taxpaye? rs." Wim i *?! <*< ?m? iii:h:iii:k, aw til Hneceed Richard In Ring In Case Of Accident, Iteno. Nev., June 29.?Charles Iffhlte. of New York, tonight was ap? pointed second refers of the Johnson nd Jeffries contest, by agreenv nt t ?!io fighters and Promoter Hlck Whlte, In can of accident lo will step Into the ring and ge of the con sit. ppolntment of White follow ly the receipt of a telegram Klannagan. Johnson's man h? h stated that Francis NaV Toronto. Canada. Klannagan n for second referee, could not i'elaon said other engagements ted his attendance. Flannagan I the message to Klckard and he would accept White, who oaoeed by Ram Berger, Jeffries' gsr. Rlckard cast his vote for and announcement that th* was formally appointed was made. .?? J. Jeffries went Into action st his sparring partner late t<-? with Governor Mckerson. of Ne a* g'.isst of honor, and the e sporting frat*-nlty now gath here as wltne*-**. shed April. ihm?. 'Be Just ej 1. sr. SENATOR DANIEL DEAD. rUTfTTtlTff Mil VIRGINIAN su< - CD MRS TO PARALYTIC STROKK. Has For Veggg Hern Virginia's Favor? ite Son. Orator of Brilliance and U teal Author of Ability. Lynchburg, June 29.?John W. Daniel, senior senator from Virginia and for more than 30 years Virginia's favorite son. died at the Lynchburg sanitarium at 10:25 o'clock tonight, his death being due to a recurrence of paralysis. The immediate cause of death was a cerberal hemorrhage sustained at noon today, Involving the right side. This was in addition to the paralysis of the left side which whs sustained last winter while in Florida for his health. The statesman's illness began with a slight attack of apoplexy in Phila? delphia last October, and kept him from reaching his seat at the open? ing of congress last December. Only once since that had he appeared be? fore an audience and that was for an Informal talk in January. The end waa almost without a struggle. In? deed the family present could not no? tice the slight struggle which was noticed by Dr. Waugh. Dissolution was very rapid for when the final and complete failure of heart action began it progressed rap Idly and in five minutes the patient was dead. Those present at the end were: Mrs. Daniel and daughter. Mrs. Har? per, and son, Arthur M. Daniel. Fred Harper. Mrs. S. W. Hallsey, the only sinter of the deceased, and her sons, 8tate Serator D. P. Hansley and War? wick Ha.sey, and Dr. Waugh. Tonight the city fire alarm was sounded for half an hour at Intervals of 30 seconds, notifying the city of the statesman's death. The serf can t-at-arm* of the senate was notified first of the death and then the family sent numerous mes? sages, after which the members went to their homes. At midnight a decision had been reached by the family that the fun? eral would be held here Friday, al? though the hour had not been decid? ed upon. Late in February MaJ. Daniel, ac? companied by his nephew and secre? tary, Warwick Daniel, went to Flor? ida in the hope that mild temperature there would be of great benefit to him. No special point was named as the destination, but he expected to 'islt a number of places. At Day tona he was stricken with paralysis on March 8. First, his son and Fred Harper went to Daytona. taking Dr. E. A. Waugh with them, and on March 15 Mrs. Daniel and her duagh ter. Mrs. Fred Harper, went to Day? tona, remaining there with Maj. Dan? iel until the mornc.g of Apnl 23. ? hen the start was made over the Florida East Coast a id the Southern Railways in the private car of Presi dent FinUy of the Southern Railway. Fpcn his arrival hert he was taken t<> the sanitorium. wher ? he was un? der the care of Dr. Waugh constantly until his deut.i. John Warwick Daniel of Lynch I'urg, Campbeil county, was born there September 5, 184 2 and attended private schools, Lynchburg college, Dr. Gessner Harrison's university school; entered Confederate army as second lieutenant In the "Stonewail Brigade," In May, 181> 1; was wounded In first battle of Manassas; became second lieutenant Company A, Elev? enth Virginia Infantry, and then lirst lieutenant and adjutant of the regi? ment, and was wounded near Boons boro. Md. He was promoted to maj? or a ad chief of Htaff of Gen. Jubal A. Early, on which he served until crip? pled In the Wilderness, May 6. 1864. He studied law at the University of Virginia. 1865-61. and practiced with his father, the late Judge William Daniel. Jr., until his death, in 1873. He whs LL. D. of Washington and L*e university and of MI? hlgan uni? versity and was author of "Daniel on Attachments" and "Daniel on Negot i ibli Instrument*." He whs a mem SSf of the Virginia house of dele? gates. 1869 to 1x72; member of State ?Staate from 1171 to list; Democratic elector at large 1\7>;. and delegate at large to national Democ ratic Conven? tion of isso. 1s88, 1892, 189?. 1900 and 1904; Democratic nominee for governor In 1881 and was defeated by William K. Cameron, readjuster. He was elected to the house of rep? resentatives of the Forty-ninth con gress in 1 ss I; elected to United States senate, to succeed William Hahoac for the term beginning March 4, Ix-nT and has been unanimously chosen |e suc' ,.ed himself at each election sln< e that time Senator Daniel has for years been considered one of the |greet"-<? tongue,| orators whose voice id Fear not-^Let all the ends Thon Alm fMTER. S. C, SAT?l RESPITE FOB GRAFTERS. JUDGE SHIPP ACCEDES TO MO TION OVER LYON'S PROTEST. i One of i>cfendnnt> Has Recently Hail Hin Appendix Cnt Off and One of His LauuTK Has Also Been Very III Recently. Florence, June 29.?Nelson and Gettys of Columbia, attorneys for H. L. Solomon and John Black, appeared here today before Judge S. W. Q. Shipp, at chambers, and made a mo? tion for a continuance of the graft cases that were to come up for trial at the July term of court at Chester next week. Attorney General Lyon was on hand and made a strenuous effort opposing the continuance. After a full hear? ing of the reasons for the motion. Judge Shipp granted the request on the ground that John Black has just undergone a serious operation for ap? pendicitis and will be confined to the hospital probably for several weeks, and the illness of P. H. Nel? son, one of the counsel interested. The attorney returned to Columbia tonight. , Attorney i neral I.yon will not join the mpa ign party tomorrow. Columbia J ne 30.?Attorney Gen? eral Lyon r? I irned last night from Florence. said that he consented to the arguio nt before Judge Shipp for a continuance of the graft trials for the reason that he wished to know before the trials whether or not a continuance would be granted. He was ready with the case of the State. Should the continuance have beer, asked and granted the first day of court in Chester it would have meant a loss of several hundred dollars to the State In bringing witnesses to South Carolina for the trial. It was for this reason that the attorney gen? eral consented to the arugment yes? terday. There were several affidavits pre? sented before Judge Shipp at Flor? ence. Two urTbiavits were presented relative to the physical condition of John Black, one of the defendants, of this city. The following is a part of an affidavit relative to the condition of John Black by W. A. Lester: "That he diagnosed his trouble as hernia, and advised Mr. Black that an opera? tion was necessary and should he performed as soon as possible. That under his advice Mr. Black was tak en to the Columbia hospital on Fri? day, June 25." It was also stated in this affidavit that there was an opera? tion for appendicitis. There was another affidavit from Dr. LeGrand Guerry relative to the operation. In the opinion of Dr. Guerry, John Black will have to re? main at the hospital for a' least three weeks. AUTO "CRIME" FORERUNNER. Severe Criticism of Lawless Drivers By Philadelphia Judge. Philadelphia, June 29.?"The fact that the running of automobiles, re gardless of anybody's rights has be come a public scandal is due to the suplneness of the people in not rising up and demanding that one class of people shall not have pratcically the exclusive use of the streets and roads of our city," declared Judge Bregy in discharging the June grand jury In the Criminal Court today. "There are, of course,' continued the Court, "plenty of people who run their motor cars in a reasonable way. but there are also two classes. "We have, first, a class of drivers who are utterly lawless and drunken, and who regard no one's right." "The other class, equally danger ous, is the young, immature driver? of both sexes, who have not the judg? ment to apprecJp.to the responsibilitv thai fcoes with the running of an en? gine on the public streets?for after all that is all that an automobile is It Is an engine, locomotive?running on the city streets and country roads "To my mind the reports which Wl Bag In the newspapers' of hundreds of millions of dollars being spent for an totuoblles Is an indication of a wlb extravagancs which goes far beyom what people can afford, and before long will bear Itl fruits of failure foreclosed mortgages and crime.1 Cultivation has its balances.?Lew Wallace. has aver resounded In the senate chamber and he was alawys in de maad when SUlOglei were to be pro? nounced over bis dead colleagues. He was universally loved and when he spoke the senate chamber filled up gad he was listened to with great at? tention. "The i.ame Lion (>f the Con? federacy" WM the loving name by Which Virginians loved to call this distinguished son of old Virginia. s't at be thy Country'3, Thy God's an RDAY. JULY 2, 191C FREIGHT BATES LOWERED. COMMERCE COMMISSION FINOS RATES TOO HIGH. One Road is Said to Have Made a Net Increase of $2,000 Per Mile of Road Within Two Years. Washington, June 29.?Decisions were handed down today by the in? terstate commerce commission coun? try-wide in importance. They affect freight rates?both class and commo? dity?on all trans-continental lines operating between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Extensive reductions were ordered. The decisions are of what are pop? ularly known as the Pacific coast cases. The case* were heard last au? tumn by the commission on its six weeks' trip to the Pacific coast and inter-mountain territory and have been under consideration ever since. In every instance reductions in the existing rates complained of were made, and in some instances they amounted to nearly 50 per cent. The commission found through its inquiry a remarkable rate situation existing on the Pacific coast and even a more remarkable one in the inter-moun? tain territory. This is notably true of the rates to and from Spokane, Wash., and Reno, Nev. The Spokane rate case had been before the commission in one form or another for several years. The ship? pers of that city complained insistent? ly of the rates which they were charged by the railroads on freight clesses and commodities from East? ern points of origin. All of the reductions ordered by the commission affected the rates from Missouri river and Mississippi river transfer points to Pacific coast terminals and inter-mountain terri? torial points. In the case of the city of Spokane against the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railroad compaines and other carriers the commission holds that the present rate charged from Eastern points to Spokane are unreasonable. The rates were lowered approximately 20 per cent, on both clasles atfd commodi? ties. In the Nevada and Arizona cases a heavy reduction in class rates is or? dered, some of the reductions being as high as 33 l-3rd per cent. The commission finds that the existing rates are "practically without prece? dent or parallel throughout the Uni? ted States." The average rate per ton per mile on all 10 classes from Sacramento to Reno is 90.16 cents, an unprecendent ed figure. The class rates between Sacramento and Reno ere reduced approximately 30 per cent., the rate on first class freight being lowered from $1.29 per 100 pounds to 85c a hundred pounds. Similar reductions in the class rates are made from Sac? ramento to other points in Nevada and Utah. In the case of the railroad commis? sion of Nevada against the Southern Pacific Company and other carriers, the commission condemns the exist? ing westbound class rates from East? ern points to Nevada, declaring these rates to be the "highest main line rates found in the United States." Astonishing facts were developed by the commission at its hearings concerning the earning capacity of the Pacific lines. The commission shows that "during the last two years the revenues of the Southern Pacific Companies' Pacific system has in? creased $8,000,000 while its operating expenses had decreased $5,000,000, thus producing an increased operat? ing income of over $12,0000,000 or a net increase of about $2,000 per mile. IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON CROP. Condition of 81.8 Given Ry Journal of Commerce. New York, June 29.?The Journal Of Commerce tomorrow will say say: ??\cr 1,900 reports from special corre? spondents of the Journal of Com merce and Commercial Bulletin? of an average date of June 'I'l, make the condition Of cotton 81.8, against 80.2 11 month ago, an increase of 1.6 points; this comparei with a ten-year average of 80, 76.8 last year, and 81.4 In 1908. A year ago deterioration was 5.3 points during June; in 1907 it gained 5.2 points; In 1906 it in < r< ased 3.S points, and 3.4 points, re? spectively. Among the important Statt-s. Mississippi showed the strik? ing gain of 7.5 points; Oklahoma 6.2 points, while Georgia and Alabama gained 1.8 points and 1.9 points, re? spectively, T'-xas did not quite main? tain Its condition of last month, hav? ing declined 0.2 points. Revolution! never go backward. Wendell Phillips. -? sj'?* d Truth's." THE T HU New Seri THG COTTON SITUATION. SPOTS TO GO HIGHER IX JULY AND AUGUST. A Review of the Recent Struggle For Control of the Market, and How the Bears Lost Millions. / New Orleans, June 28.?While the cotton farmer is no longer assailed by world-wide talk of over production with the approach of the new mar? keting season, as has been the case almost every year for two genera? tions, other issues of moment and im? portance have been made to confront him through the indictment of his al? lies who have been charged by the Federal government with conspiring to advance the price of cotton. The importance of this move against cot? ton is far-reaching. But superficial interest attaches to it because during all the years in which concerted at? tacks by spinners and bear specula? tors have been made on the value of the South's chief crop the govern? ment has never raised a hand in de? fense of the farmer. Among the indicted men are Messrs. Hayne, Brown and Scales, Southerners by birth and in spirit. Every year these men take up the cudgel against cotton's enemies. Dur? ing recent years they have won sev? eral splendid victories and have great? ly aided the South in securing good prices for her crops. In 1904 they secured control of the entire stock of cotton at New York, and by shipping it out to the spinner, broke the con? trol over the market exercised by the bear speculators there. In January, 1910, a raid was made on contract prices by bear specula? tors, and future contracts for May delivery at New York declined $13.80 per bale. Knowing that the crop was short, the requirement large, and that spot cotton could not be purchased in the South except at much igher prices, Messrs. Hayne, Brown, Scales, Patten and a few others began buy? ing New York contracts for May de? livery. Some Southern mills which were In close touch with the spot markets saw in such contract pur? chases a way to secure relatively cheap supplies. Thus the bull lead? ers and the Southern mills came to an understanding, the basis of which was that the bull leaders would aid the mills in securing all the cotton they needed provided all of such cot? ton would pass into consumption to be spun into yarn and woven into cloth, and that none of it would be permitted to find its way back into the hands of bear speculators to be used by them in depressing the mar? ket. In other words, the purpose of the bulls seems to have been to cre? ate a condition that would promote the purchase of cotton from the far? mer and facilitate the sale of it to the spinner. The victims of this ar? rangement were the bear speculators who sold at depreciated values con? tracts calling for hundreds of thou? sands of bales which they did not possess, and which finally they were forced to buy in the open market at relatively high prices. How serious the situation is for the bear speculators and how much they would welcome any development that would restore old time bearish control of the cotton market are shown by recent occurrences. During May, the bull leaders forc? ed the bears to deliver some 335,000 bales of cotton on future contracts, for which they paid some $25,000,000. The bears had to buy this cotton from the farmers, trom merchants, and from Liverpool?from anybody, in fact, who had it. The bulls who received it from the bears have been shipping it to spinners all over the world as rapidly as possible in order that all might pass into consumption without delay. This means that the bears must buy more cotton from the farmers and spot merchants with which to fulfill their outstanding contracts in July a'nd August. Since only about 500.000 bales of unsold cotton now remain in the country, the supply is very limited and a very high price must be paid if any thing like as much cotton is to he tendered In July or August as was tendered In May. Of the hear attack on the cotton market in January last, which reduc? ed future prices way under spots and opened the way for the bulls to buy ( heap contracts and demand valuable actual bales thereon, Congressman Lever, of South Carolina, In a speech on the floor of the House of Repre? sentatives, quoted President W. B. Thompson of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, as follows: "The New York raid is not a legi? timate incident in the trade in spots or futures. It is as If a man or set of men, for the sake of gratifying a personal grudge or reaping a per E SOUTHRON, Established June, lMt es?Vol. XX7\ So. 37. VmjA CAM. CA^ */ PARTY . .-^_ REACHES :n in rocnd-the state totjr. i Feat area of the Meeting?MaJ. Richards Well Received in Hie Home County?How the Other Of* floe-Seekers Fare. Camden, June 28.?The candidates for State office were today in the home county of a candidate popular with his fellows?Jno. G. Richards, And if the people of this county could name the next governor, Rich? ards would be the man. The attendance today was fairly good, largely as a tribute to MaJ. Richards, as the grass is In the fields and the farmers are fighting hard. It so happened that Maj. Richards' name was first on the list of speakers today. He made no regular speech, Iit thanked his friends for their sup >rt in the past. Careful attention was given every ?eaker and all were applauded, but tere was no mistaking the fact that ershaw wants to have the next gov ?nor. The audience was composed .rgely of Camden people and was bove the usual in intelligence. Mr. Hyatt today delivered a vigor us speech, which made an impres ion. Blease and Featherstone tried ) play sweethearts with Richards at ome. Blease and Featherstone call d attention to trivial mistakes in The t?te in their seal to show their de otion to MaJ. Richards. Featherstone ays it was not he but some friend vho exclaimed "The vilest sinner may eturn," etc., when Richards came in o the prohibition fold. At Chester leld Mr. Featherstone repeated it vith so much gusto that he appeared ;o indorse it. The correction is made or what it is worth. One of Blease's objections was that tie had been referred to as criticising 'tricky" lawyers who keep cases in the courts and criminals out of the pen. His word really was "shrewd" lawyers, but the force and effect of his argument was applicable. These are some of the ways can? didates seek to make good with the people. Some of them declare: "I think the issues in this campaign ought to be so-and-so, but 'certain newspapers' make liquor the issue." In the meantime they carefully omit to state that each one has a perfect? ly beautiful platform in which liquor is the most conspicuous plank, and that the newspapers have nothing to do with making platforms and issues. These appeals find a few who are taken in, but those who read the newspapers know full well the spc ciousness and cheapness of the "ar? guments." _^ FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF. Young Ladies Thrown From Automo? bile and Painfully Injured, Wednesday afternoon, one of the front wheels of an automobile driven by Mr. Irving Ryttenberg and occu? pied by him and two young ladies, Misses Ryttenberg and McKiever, came off, throwing the young ladies out and causing them to sustain pain? ful injuries. Mr. Ryttenberg was driving the car from Pocalla Springs, about 5:30 o'clock, and had just reached the corner of Kendrick and Harvin streets when the accident happened. Miss McKiever had a slight gash cut in her throat as well as several teeth loosened, while Miss Rytten? berg had her wrist badly sprained. Mr. Ryttenberg managed to keep his seat and was not hurt. The car was not Injured. sonal profit, should endeavor to stam? pede the occupants of a crowded building by the cry of 'fire!' The is? sue raises the question as to whether a few manipulators shall demoralize a great trade system and go unpun? ished therefor." There was no "corner" in cotton last year, yet the New York stock, which was largely augmented by the bears who were forced to make de? liveries to the bulls last month, is now 39,000 bales smaller than it was at this time in 190th The cotton has all gone to th?- spinner as fast as the hulls could ship it out. Nevertheless, the Federal government has indicted the bulls on the ground that they conspired to restrain trade and ad? vance cotton values. Thus while the new season will open with no surplus supply of cot? ton any where in the world, low price men will probably endeavor to use the Federal indictments as a club in lieu of the customary big crop weapon. This is the reason why Southern congressmen have raised an issue on the boor of congress against attempts t-> depress cotton varues.