Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I TUSI 'Ml K K WATCHMAN, t i opvolloated Au*. 2. 188 -> QlSfattlmai anb ^outliran. * g ? Pabll?iied Weiluenday an Saturday ?BT? ?STEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY SCSdTBR, a a MM 11.10 per annum?in advance. Adtertlsaanssita: One Sejuare first Insertion.$1.00 subsequent Insertion.$0 OSjSJtrscts for thrss months, or will be mads at reduced rates. All communications which sub private laterssts will ha charged t far aa advertisements. OOjttaartse and tributes of respects charged for. I>K\I>I \ l?Ul (i KILLS lllilDK. . Comsscr's Jury Finds That Mm. p) Cliarle* Marhoffer Died rVom Over dose of HromidJa. Norfolk. Va? Aug. 6.?Death from an overdose of bromidla. administer? ed by her own hands, was the ver | diet today of a coroner's Jury that Investigated the finding last night of of ths U'eless body of Hra Charles Marhof?, formerly Miss May Kidd of Danville. Vs.. in her home here. The husband, who testified that he first met the girl In Norfolk July 4, and ^ married her In Baltimore July 14, thinks his wife took the drug to re? lieve pain. Ths body was taken to Danville to? night for burial. It was accompanied by the husband and W. M. 8nead of Danville, a rela? tive of the dead girl, who arrived here today. NIGHT WATCHMAN KILLF.P. Ii. U MacLetnore Shot and Killed at Mills Mill In GreenvtUe. _ Greenville. Aug. 6.?Late this af? ternoon at about 7:30 o'clock, H. F. Hawkins shot and almost instantly killed 1? L. MacLsmore. at the Mills Mill aa ths outskirts of ths city. There mar* three shots fired, twq by the I dead man and one by Hawkins. An Inquest will be held tomorrow morn? ing over the body. Hawkins came at oaca to the city and surrendered. It la said thst the killing resulted from a dispute between ths two men on ths Ists arrival at ths mill of Mc Isnore, who Is night wtchman. and who Is said to havs been drinking. Hawkins had been sent on duty bo csuss of the deceased's tardiness, and was acting In MacLemore's place when the shooting occurred. PATTLItsoVs HOPFS 111. \STFR. Ib~?ilt of Jttdl. iur> Fhstlon Ma\ Oaaso Governor's Withdrawal. Naahvllle. Tenn. Aug. 6.?While Chairman Nathan Robertson, of the regular State Democratic headquarters I here, has given ."it no statement today, the Isalers of his. the Patterson afc tlon, practically admit that the In? dependent Judi Ury ticket has earned ths Bute by 21.000 majority. Chair? man Vetres*. a| the Independent fac? tion. In an un % * 1 statement this I morning, said be saw no reason for changing bis forecast made several days ago, of a majority of 40,000 In ths State for the Independents. Otb^r Independent leaders place the ma? jority as high as 50.000 votes. Re? turns from the outlying counties are coming In slowly, and It will be sev? eral days before the exact figures can be given. Fast Tennessee, the Republican stronghold In Tennessee, proved the Waterloo of the regular Democrats ticket. Advices from that section are that the Republicans stood almost to a man beblnd the Independents. Carter county, a rork ribbed Re? publican (oi.nfv. and the former horn" of Senator Robert L. Taylor, rolled up a majority of two thousand for the In? dependents. According to advice* from W( I ' Tennessee, tbnt division will show a good majority for tbe Independents. The raca In Middle Tennessee Is clove, In favor of the Independent* Wilson f'ountr. the home of Chairman Rob? ertson, of the regular Demorratlc committee, gave a majority for the Independents of 47?. while Chairman Vetreas. of the Independents, lost thlx. his county, by a largft majority. It la claimed here that the over? whelming defeat of the regular Judi? ciary ticket throughout the State has blasted hopes o.' Governor Patterson for re-election snd some go so far as to predict that he will withdraw from I the rare for Governor. It Is under i stood thst In return for the asslst I. lent \<v r ? ? ? - l:. puMI. i ri 4 In He. t m < tbeir I'M! t > v Uekal Um Ittdo ? ndents will solldlv support tbe ?MM dldate named by the Republicans for Governor. shed April. ISM. -Be .Iiutt ai 1. SUM1] THE OKLAHOMA SCANDAL. INDIAN'S TESTIFY TO ATTFMITS MADE TO BIUBF THEM. Vt tonic y McMurray C lunged by ' '???mint nt Choctaw with Offering Hun $25,000 to Withdraw Opposl ton to Indian Land (outrunha in 190??Old Chief also Tolls of Offer to Give Him One-Fourth of "Pro? fit*." Muskogee, Okla. Aug. 6.?Not only Juke llamon. but J. F. McMurray was naiad as a would-be briber In the in estimation of the $30,000,000 Ok? lahoma Indian land deal before the special Congressional committee to? ady. Mr. McMurray Is the holder of the contracts with Choctaw and Chicka saw Indians, to promote which, in Congress. Senator Thomas P. Gore charged he was offered a bribe. D. C. McCurtaln, a Choctaw Indian and a delegate to Washington for his territory, charged that McMurray, in 1S?06. offered him a bribe of $25,000 to withdraw opposition to the old tribal McMurray contracts, which subsequently were disapproved by President Roosevelt. Green McCurtaln, chief of 18,000 Choctaws and a venerable Iindian of $2 years then took the stand and told the committee that one George W. Scott, whom he believed acted in the inter? est of McMurray, had offered him one-fourth of the "profits" to be real? ized from the land deal, provided he Induced the tribe to withdraw all opposition to the deal. This offer re? ferred to new contracts held by Mc? Murray, which are the cause of the present investigation. Always Sam Figures. The amount of tho bribe mention? ed by D. C. McCuartain. who is the son of the chief, is the same aa that Senator Gore alleged wan offered him. on May 6 last by Jake Hamon, to put through the pending contracts, which, according to Senator Gore, would re? sult In the selling of 450,000 acres of coal, asphalt and timber lands ow.i ed by the Indians, to a New York syndicate on a basis that would give McMurray and his associates an" at? torney's fee" of ten per cent. or $3,000.000. The presentation of the charges against McMurray followed another day of sensational testimony, during which Senator Charles Curtis, of Kansas, anl Congressman B. S. Mc Gulre, of Oklahoma, appeared on the stand to refute statements that they were "Interested" In the deal. Sherman's Name Again. The name of Vice President Sher? man again was mentioned, and con? ference held by President over the McMurray contracts were referred to. Both President Taft and Vice President Sherman, according to Senator Curtis, had declared that the ten per cent, attorneys fee asked for was excessive. The opinion was unanimous at the President's conference, he said, that in the sale of the lands, no attorney's assistance was needed and the Gov? ernment by treaty already had stipu? lated to sell the land on is own re? sponsibility. Something of a touch of an In? dian war council was presented when Chief McCurtaln, known as the "Gov? ernor," squattered himself In a chair before the committee, and brushing the flies off his head with a large handkerchief, gave his testimony. CluKtaws Protested Irf>ng Ago. "A long time ago," said Chief Mc? Curtaln in his testimony, "many of the Choctaws protested against the big fees that would be allowed un? der the McMurray contracts. I my? self sent a protest to the Secretary of the Interior. Just before the ad? ministration of the last Congress George W. Scott came to my home nnd asked me to sign a letter, I re? fused to do so. "Then he came ngain and told me he wanted me to write a letter to the Secretary of the Interior withdraw? ing my protest against the McMur? ray < I ? is When I aald I would not do that, then he said he was authorized to agree to give me one fnurth of the profits If I did. 'Yen.' he said, 'we are going to get a 10 per e. nt fea out of it. and you will get bm fourth of the tenth. Now yon sign the letter and it will be a if bargain. I aneolutely refused and he went away." "\ k.1 miny of your tribe did ?Ign tu< i ontracts with McMurray, did they not?" iked Congressman Miller. Government's I'mptv Promise. "Yes. They did that he, auso they are losing all faith In the Gocvrn riient. Tbev h e.. I<> t all faith la tlic Government officials, and In their tribal ofBciala, tun. it u beeaoee they tii\<< been given so many promises, and the promises havo not been kept. man id Fear not?Let all tbe ends Thon A in ?ER. i> WEDNES CJLLED EVANS' BLUFF. iliH CHARGES DECLARED UN X11U1I BY STATE TREASURER. Lt id Now Up To Him to Make Good His Promise to Get Out of Tlie Race for Attorney General. Columbia, Aug. 8.?Taking up chal? lenges of Barnard B. Evans at the Columbia campaign meeting Stur day, that if tbe statements he made purporting to come from official re? ports were said to be misleading by the officials of the State Treasurer's office, or any committee of reputable bookkeepers, he, Evans, would with? draw from race for attorney general, State Treasurer Jennings, his chief clerk S. T. Carter and bookkeeper James E. Holmes, of the Comptroller General's office, today issued to the press a statement declaring that Evans' alleged quotations from the record to be misleading, particularly as to Lyon having received over $17, 000 and expended $2,900 in shoeshines and frivolous items. Mr. Lyon is at Union and the statement was issued by the signers on their own authority. It does not, in terms, call on Evans to quit, but opens with the statement of his challenge, as reported in the press. Cannot Seize Whiskey. Chief Justice Jones in writing the opinion in the Messervy case sustain? ed the contention of Attorney General Lyon that whiskey for personal use cannot be seized by a constable of tho State. The opinion given by the Attorney General that whiskey for personal use cannot be seized is sus? tained by a number of opinions that have been given by the United States Supreme Court. This situation is interesting in view of the fact that 1 Judge Memmlnger ruled In his charge to the Sumter County Jury that the Whiskey Act did not permit the keep? ing of whiskey for personal use. The Act has never been ruled on by the State Supreme Court.?News and Courier. It is not the oath that makes us be? lieve the man, but the man the oath ?Aeschylus. The Government promised lt would sell the land and distribute the profit in 1906. It has not dor.e so yet The Indians are becoming disheart ened In the Government's promises and that's why they signed the con tracts. They thought it would be better to get some of the monej than none of it." "Are they in a hurry to get money?" Need the Money. "Yes, they certainly are. They nee it. They are poor, for they have bee living on promises so long." "Why do you Indians have so many lawyers?" "Because we want to get the mon ey." "Can you estimate bow much your tribe has paid out In attorneys' fees In the last ten years?" "Our tribe In that time has paid out about $300,000." Among the developments of th day: Thought Fee too High. Senator Curtis told of having bee summoned by telephone to the Whit House to discuss there with Preside Taft and Vice President Sherman, th merits of the McMurray contract Pr?sident .Taft had expressed the be lief tht the 10 per cent fee was to ( high, and his visitors agreed wit him. This, the Senator thought, su Aclently refuted the intimation th he was "Interested" In the land dc< The Senator knew McMurray f years, and had never known of bis attempting to influence legislation. Congressman fj, E. Creager, of Ok? lahoma, attacked the testimony pre? viously flven by Hamon, whom he accused of having suggested that he might obtain an "interest" in the contracts, but which Hamon denied. Met;ulre Denies All. Congressman McGulre denied that he was interested in the contracts or had sought their approval by Con? gress. He said he knew McMurray and Hamon. He asserted he had never Improperly approached in re? gard to contracts) and he never was interested Iti them "to the extent of one penny." I >. C. McCurtaln who described hlmeslf as a delegate to Washington for the ChOCtawa, testified that before the disapproval of the old tribal con? tracts by President Roosevelt in 1908, and while they were still pending, be \\;is approached by McMurray in the lobby of the Raleigh hotel at Washington. McMurray had talked with Cecil Lyon, national Republi? can commltteeman of Texas, but Lyon wenl away before the subject Of tbe $25,000 was dbvussed. m t at be thy Country's, Thy God's an JDAY. AUGU8T 10. / GOV. PATTERSON LOST. INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY TICK ET HAS BEEN ELECTED. Count of Votes Very Slow?On Ac? count of the Length of the Ballots Figures Will Not bo Obtainable Until Later. - Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 4.?The In? dependents elected their judicial tickets in Tennessee today in one of the most exciting and hard fought political contests ever known in the State. Following is the successful ticket: Judges of the supreme court: Eas? tern division, John K. Shields; mid? dle divison, D. L. Landsden, Matt M. Neil; State at 'a'ge, W. D. Beard, Grafton Green. Judges of the court of civil appeals: Eastern division, H. Y. Hughes; mid? dle division, Joseph C. Higgins, S. F. Wilson; State at large, Frank P. Hall, I John M. Taylor. I The independent headquarters here I claims that the majority will approxi I mate 40,000 votes. The regular Dem? ocrats whose ticket was defeated I claim these figures will be cut by 10,000 or 15,000 votes and their lead? ers alleged fraud in many places. I They also charge that they were de? nied representation at the polls by the election commissioners dominated by the independent faction. Largely Prohibition, i The latter represents in a large measure the State-wide prohibition i element of the Democratic party which has been vigorously opposing Gov. Patterson since his memorable campaign with the late ex-Senator E. W. Carmack for the gubernatorial nomination. I It took on added strength when the State committee ordered a blanket primary for nomiation of both Judi? cial and State officers. Three mem? bers of the supreme court, Chief Jus? tice Beard and Justice Neal and Shields, and Judges Wilson an Tay? lor of the court of civil appeals re? fused to enter the primary and the independent movement was on. Judges McAlister and Bell of the supreme court entered the primary and were on the regular ticket. Judge Barton of the court of civil appeals was also a nominee for supr-me court. TWO KILLED IN FEUD. Suite Militia Ordered to Georgia Vil? lage. Macon, Ga., Aug. 5.?Under request from Sheriff Brooks, of Jones county two companies of militia left here tonight at 9.4 5 for Gray's Station. S. E Etheridge and his brother are ly? ing dead in front of the store of Lu? ther Morton, on the outskirts of Gray's, and at Morton's mother's home, a block away, he and his three brothers, Will, Sam and Tom, are held by a big posse sworn in by the sheriff, while connections of the Etherldges, who were assembled in the little town for a big reunion of Confedeate veterans, have, according to reports received hero, been threat? ening to revenge, summarily, the kill? ing of this afternoon. Sheriff Brooks wired for troops early In the evening. While almost every one else was at tho barbecue, in another section of the Uttle town, the two Etherldges and a cousin, Will Kitchins, rode up to the little store kept by Luther Mor? ton, and an interchange of invectives followed, which terminated in Will Morton leaving the house, and he and Clayton Kitchins engaging in a fist fight. The fight waxed warm, and al? most simultaneously shots rang out, perhaps nine or ten, following in quick order. When the smoke clear? ed away the two Etherldges, who were standing between the fighters and the door of Morton's store, were lying on the ground. Half of the old? er man's face was shot away and his brother, Morris, was drilled through the heart. Luther .Morton was standing in the door-way with a magazine shotgun in his hands, according to an eye? witness of the bloody affray. There was a stampede of people on the scene. Sheriff Brooks entered the home of the Mortons. while uver the dead bodies of the Etherldges were heard treatening mutterings from their friends. Sheriff Brooks rushed his prisoner to the home of their mother, and at last reports received here they were still guarded there by a presse. There has been a feud between the families for some time. Three weeks ago shots were exchanged, but no one hurt. Knowledge and timber shouldn't be much used till they are seasoned.?? Oliver Wendell Holmes. a Truth's." THE TKUJ * 10 5iew 8er COTTON CROP CONDITIONS. TRADERS WILL WATCH WEATH? ER THERE CLOSELY. With Bull Clique Rci>orted Resting on Oars Old Months Sink Into Comparative Desuetude. New Orleans, Aug. 7.?It will be a weather market this week on the cot? ton exchange. Interest in the new crop is fast eclipsing interest in the old, especially since the bull clique is reported to be resting on its oars. Although the weather from now on to the end of the season in the east? ern part of the cotton belt will be of great importance, Texas this week will be in the centre of the stage because of the unsettled condition of the weather in the State and Im? perative need for showers there. Last week the bears, day after day, j predicted rain but comparatively lit? tle rain fell. The market closed with I bears praying as hard as ever for I rain over Sunday. The weather bu-1 reau did not encourage this hope to I much extent, predicting showers only I in northwest Texas. Should any great 1 amount of rain be reported over I Sunday, when the market opens the I advantage will be all with the short I side. ; Should rains hold off, probably I much the same kind of market as 1 was seen last week will prevail thatj is, fluctuations will be narrowed and I nervous and traders will put in their I time gathering information from dlf-] ferent localities in Texas and allowing J other features to pass unnoticed. ] This has been a season of too much J rain, and should Texas get rain be-1 yond what is necessary probably com- 1 plaints would arise as there is much j open cotton in the fields and more Is I opening every day and more or less injury would be worked to the crop. I Liverpool sent over some very bull- I Ish cablegrams concerning Improve- I ment in Manchester towards the end I of the last week and moreover, re-1 fused to follow the decline on this J side of the water. This is important, I for, while* "Liverpool would not bei strong enough to counteract very j bearish news from Texas should such j news be received, any further bullish I news from manufacturers in Man-1 ehester would probably cause Liver- I pool to make poor response to declines I In the American markets. This would I widen the parities that for many j months have been so narrow as great- j ly to hamper spot transactions. A] better parity would result in much forward business and would allow Liverpool to build its stock up to more noraml proportions. It would also prohibit the likelihood of any more shipments of spots to this side to be delivered on contract should the bulls suddenly become aggressive in the near months. Much attention will also be paid to Liverpool this week as that market may be a key to the situation after Texas weather conditions cease to attract so much attention. SUICIDE AT LAM AR. B. R. Pamell, Y'oung Business Man of Columbia Takes Strychnine. Columbia, Aug. 8.?With no bad habits and In best of health when he left Columbia Saturdy, B. R. Par nell, a young business man, aged 30 years, until recent'y of George? town, committed suicide this after? noon at a hotel in Lamar, Darlington county, by taking strychnine. He leaves a wife and children, the for? mer a daughter of Mrs. J. I. Wheeler, of Columbia. He had no business or family troubles so far as can be as? certained. AFTER CAESAR MEYERS. From The Dally Item, August 8. Caesar Meyers, who is well known here by his chlckencoop exploits, and who is now serving a three months sentence on the chaingang for chick? en-stealing, is wanted in Georgetown for the same offense. Caesar's time is out today, and as soon as he Ii released from the chain gang, an officer, who is here from Georgetown, will take him into CUS today. is it so bad, then to be misunder? stood? Pythagoras was misunder? stood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and I.other, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit thai ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.?Emer? son. The iu.best of trades have their mo? ment! of pleasure, Now, if 1 were a gravedIgger, or even ??? hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal ot enjoyment.? l Douglas Jerrold. b southron. Established Jane, ItM les?Vol. XXX. *io. 48. CLARENCE BETS THERE. COIi. CLARENCE J. OWENS, L. H. I>. LANDS WITH BOTH FEET ON A GOOD THING. The Following Story Sent Out by a Press Agent Will be Read With Some Degree of Interest by Sumter People Who Recollect the Subject of the Sketch. Washington, D. C, Aug. 6?Dr. Clarence J. Owens, President of the State College,. Abbeville, Alabama, has resigned his position in order to aid the laborers of the Southern Com? mercial Congress, as Commissioner of Agriculture and Immigration. Dr. Owen is surviving his second year as commander-in-chlef of the United Sons of Confederate Veter i ans, is Chairman of the Executive Council of the Confederation and is also editor of the "U. S. C. V. Bulle? tin," vlth headquarters in Memphis. Nathan Bedford Forrest, his Chlef of-Staff, is in charge of the Memphis offices. J John Temple Graves says: "Prof. ! C. J. Owens is one of the vital men of I the New South. He is thrilling with the strength of this modern day, \n education, in literature and in pa? triotism." I He was born in Augusta, Georgia, July 4, 1877. He holds an M. A. from j Columbian University, (now George Washington University) took post graduate courses in English and ora j tory at Cornell; was professor of , English for six years at Orangeburg I College; was president Sumter Mili? tary Academy lor three years; Presl ! dent of Anniston College for three I years. I From the earliest announcement of I the purpose of the Southern Commer | cial Congress, Dr. Owens has been in i touch with this stupendous plan to i stir the entire South to fuller know? ledge of Its future. He has merely awaited the right moment for under? taking an important part of its work. He will correlate the facts of agricul? tural advancements, and make each advance known to all who are working here and there to Increase the out | put of Southern fields. He will also travel over the Southern States to bring to a head all sentiments is favor of bringing in more agriculturalists. He is entirely in sympathy with the attitude of the Southern Commercial Congress In declaring that "the acres of the South would better remain empty than lead to a second social problem:" but equally in favor of welcoming all who have respect for racial purity. His itinerary for the Fall and Winter is now being arrang? ed. GIVES WARNING; THEN SHOOTS. Writing That He Had but Seven Minutes to Live, Young Man At? tempts Suicide. Durham, N. C, Aug. 5?"I have just seven minutes to live," a well dressed man wrote in a saloon here today and before the time had ex? pired shot himself twice. He was hurried to a hospital, were physi? cians tonigrt say he is dying. The man is said to be Aquilla Powell, a son of E. E. Powell of Scotland Neck, who recently was convicted of the murder of Chief of Police Dunn, and the wounding of State Senat? r Ed? ward Travis and Paul Kltchtn, a brother of the governor. It is be? lieved that worry over his father's po? sition prompted the >oung man to attempt to take his life. , It was learned that Aquilla Powell had been here for several weeks. At th ' time of his father's trouble, he was working for a tobacco company and ? was warned from Scotland Neck not to come back. He did go later, however, and has not been back here since. It Is recalled that he is supposed to have been the cause of the Scotland Neck shooting affray. He engaged in a cutting affair that caus? ed his father to write Senator Travis the letter which caused the homicide. Since then Aquilla Powell appears to have been a wanderer and wa* not employed. He had been heard to la? in, nt that he had caused his father's murder of the chief of police, h's sla? ter's trouble and his own banishment from his old he me. Columbia, Aug. f>.?It is expected that tomorrow Col. B. J. Watson will make a definite announcement as to whether or not he will accept the Government appointment recently tendered him. Col. Watson stated Indirectly today that he would proo ably reach a conclusion tomorrow and give out a statement as to what he Intends to do. He was offered a position to exploit American goods In the Beat. All art is in its origin connected with religion.?Ullicl.