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fUsi HtfafTEH WATCHMAN, BaSMbll Consolidated Aug. 2,1 Publish* , \\ ? (iiit^i i> and Saturday. ?AT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING C9MPANY 81' MTEK, 8. C. i itiih; $1.50 per annum?In advance. AdvertUcmciitA: One 8quare Ural Insertion.$1.00 K\ ry subsequent Insertion.?0 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates, < All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for as advertisement. Obttoariss and tributes of respect will be charged for. COTTON HOUSES SUE MiLHO&D OtTtilt Off K Ml. III. ^ W CEV A CO. V AILtHK. l.ouSnrlllr and Nashville and South? ern Itullroud Coiii|n?hIom iNfond ants In Action* llt-ought by for lirnts Iii lt?it>vrr I.(i>?ms oil Ml?";t .1 I ? lutul.-ni WWU Imidin;.? Two VI II II? >ii Dollar- sum Involved Sun Hle<| in Mal?.no i < ourls. Birmingham. Ala.. Jan. II.?The first suits against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and the Southern Hal I road Company, brought by English and Oerman creditors of Knight. Tanoey 4s Co., were begun today by the filing of a complaint by ^Alexander Kccles A Co., of Liver pov>l, and t>y Knoop and Fabarlus and several other merchants of Bre saen, Germany and the Morgan Coun? ty Law and Equity Court of Alabama. The other English creditors of Knight, Taacey A Co. are expected to die similar aults within the next ten days. The tctal sums for which act? ions will be brought Is more than $2, tts.oto. The papers are voluminous and present the allegations tn slave*" dif? ferent legal aspects. The gist of the actions, however, is included In the following allegations in the complaint: "The Arm of Knight. Tancey A i:?S^/*d^sjyi 'a th? h??i*a 9* obtain* lag money or drafts secured by spu? rious bills of landings, similar to those upon which the present actions are brought for the past five years. A month or two after each bill of lading was issued Knight, Tancey A Co.. would buy cotton similar to that called for by t>?e bill and ship It for? ward under the same marks aa those described In the oll I of ladlnr. When the cotton arrived at Its destination abroad It would be delivered upon the surrender of the spurious bills of lading, despite the fact that the spu tons b)lls differed la date and num? ber and In other respects frori the ship's manifest." It Is further alleged that this prac? tice of Knight. Yancey A Co.. . was well known to the railroads, and was esanlvd at by the officers of the rail? roads, and that, upon questions aris? ing as to the propriety of a delivery of cotton upon a draft secured by a spurious bill of lading, the matter would be referred to the railroad con? sented, and the road would direct de? livery, thus preventing the discovery of forgerlee and enabling Knight. Yan cey A Co, to continue the course of dealing which led to their sensational failure. It Is said that more than 400,ft00 bales have been thus delivered on forged Ml la The creditors suing maintain that this connivance of the railroads m?k? them equally liable with Knight. Yan osy A Co., for the losses sustained bj the sailer's customers. .vi i:\oii i i,i < i m i \sl II.I, Had Hack \tt*< k to \<uto Indigestion l^utt Nbctit?IW-tter T?Klay. Columbia, Jan. 1?'..?Governor-elect Ogil Is MsssSSi who is lo I... iuaugurat eded mm governor of this State in Co? lumbia tomorrow, suffered an attack of acute Indigestion last night and It was early today before he obt.. icd relief Ueports Just receded say le? ts much better. He Will Come to Co? lumbia tonight to he on hand for the inauguration ceremonies IgsnaxTfSJSJ i i.iui tfonas Repaired. The Work of repairing the couit house has about ?>? ? n ? >mpl< U d. The portion of the floor which was inse? cure has been strengthened with brick pillars and Iron stringers and the wall has been put back with a grat? ing In It so that there aill be plenty of ventll itlon. The step* which SJStS taken down are completed and the banisters have been put l ack and everything being left In good condi? tion. mhed April. 1850. 'He .lust ai 881. SU HO MISTAKES CORRECTED. iHKi tToit Of ci:\srs m m: \i STANDS PAT. Inform* Congressman Lever That No Corrections In Population WgBPtl Gftaaa oni h> Baaaaa Will lie Made ?No Inspectloa oT Population Sta? tistics Permitted. "I said the h.?rse -.v is s-v iilt i n feel high and now I'll stiek to it," s> Said t!\e man who had uttered nn impos? sible statement that he had made and be did stick to ll to tin end, although he km w that everybody knew'the Statement to be false. V The census bureau takes the ku im? position rttptttlag the population ilgures given out by Director Du rsnd. (hiving said the population of 1 UrWB is so many hundreds or thous . tht matter Is settbd llnally and for.A. i- beyond revi-ion or correction, ss of errors made by bureau otli* ials And to safeguard exposure of incorrectness and unreliability of these figures the bureau officials have adopted and are enforcing an Iron elad rule that no one shall be permit? ted to examine the reports ot the census enumerators on whteh the population figures given uu. the bureau are supposed to be based. The discovery of error In census bureau reports is the loss der ired by the offi? cials and, If they can prevent it, no errors will ever be brought home to them. The subjoined letter from the act? ing director of the census to Con? gressman A. F. I/ever states the at? titude of the census bureau officials In the baldest possible manner. in other wards asserts "we have said the population of Snmter Is 8,107, and if you and the people of Sumter don't like it you can go to thunder. 1 hold all the cards and you can't help yourselves. Tou can't even have a look in to see whether I am running a crooked game." * The letter to Mr. Lever was In re? sponse to Inquiry made- by him In compliance mith a request from a eitr/en of Huroter that he tuvaMgate the report on the population of this city with a view of ascertaining If a mistake had been made In the enu? meration or tabulation of the popu? lation of Sumter. Mr. Vlles' reply waa neither enlightening no** -satis? factory as will be seen: Washington, Jan. 12, 1910. Hon. A. F. Lever, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. My Dear Mr. Lever: Referring to your recent communi? cation by telephone with this Hureau, *1th respect to the population of Sumter, South Carolina, an reeently announced. 1 beg to Inform you that, since the population of the United States hes been announced, It will be Impossible to make any ehange In the oulcial returns of any place whatever, as by so doing would result In ?hang? ing the United States total and would throw out the calculations of Con? gress with respect to the apportion? ing ot of its members. I should very much regret If any injustice has been done to Sumter. but even If omissions were amde In the enumeration, it will be Impossible to add any names to the schedules. It is Impossible, of course, to take a perfect census, ami there are bound i.. be ommlssioiis, but, in general, such ommiaslons are offset by dupli? cations. Further, it has been the ex? perience of this Hureau that, upon Investigating eases of persons claim? ing not to ha\e been enumerated, they were generally found to be ln \wdm4 in the returns. With reference to your inquiry as to whether permission can be granted v. u to pesonally inspect the enu im rators' returns, 1 would add that the returns of the enumerators are M .it. .i as ooaJMtatlal ami are a cot? ibie only to sworn employees of tho Ctatat Batata. i raflral thai I am, th't.-fore, unable to fa\ uablv eoiisid -r yoai rtqattt to insp.it tht Khtd? tiles for Sumter. As above stated, even If errors were m ide In the enumeration of Snrnb r, it is now too bite to e ?rreet them and, therefor.- no action cmuld ho taken by this afllOt in the way of a recount. Very respectfully, Voler V. Vlles. Acting Director. 1/ LtWtf Parker keeps on he Is going to bo ;i Cotfon Maaafaotaroi association all by himself. There appeirs to be something mop' than a rm r.- coincidence In tht I . ' that the short, st day in the year comes in the shortest tine of the year - to i great many people. id Fear iu.i?aU the ends Tbeu Ali - \ MTER, S 0., WBDNESj COUNTY TEACHERS MEET. DK. a. V. WAUCHOPE LBOTURRD ON TIM HOD. Large Number <?r Teachers ami Many Peraoni Not Teachers Pteeeut? Report of it. s. i. Aaaoelalloii Com? mittee, The Bumter County Teaohen asso? Olatl -n mat Saturday at noon in the Hampton school building with the lar# i attendance of the year pres? ent to hear Dr. Wauchope of the I'ni . ( i.sity oi* South Carolina deliver his initial address to the association, the lecture being on the poets of South Carolina, chief among whom irai Henry Timrod. The meeting was opened with mu stc by Mr. Clifton Ifoiai after which a s;.ng was sung by Miss Mary l'ui'dy aoeomp4nied on tho piano by Mr. m? lae, after this Or, Wauohope gave his lecture. Dr. Wauchope gave an outline of what work must be done by the teachers in their study of South Caro Una poetl, and he also outlined what parallel reading they must do along with his lectures in order that the greatest good might be accomplished. His lecture was on the poets of South Carolina and, as Timrod was the chief, of these poets, most of his time was taken up in telling of Timrod poetry. The lecture was an eloquent one and delivered in an interesting style that kept the interest of his audience throughout. The next meeting will be held on the first Monday in February and it is desired that every teacher In the county attend. An Invitation is also extended t^ the public at large to whom the lecture will be both inter? esting and instructive. The meeting Saturday was large but it is not aa large as it ought to have been and the president of the association wants to impress upon the teachers of the ru? ral district especially what good will be accomplished by these lectures and that It is their duty as teachers to attend. It is Impossible to make Cftb IcctuiPs a succ'Css Unle^ss the teachers from all over the county at? tend and take an Interest in them. The committee appointed by the R. S. I. to arrange for the Field Day ex? ercises some time in the spring made its roport as to what they had done about securing prizes for tho meet. This committee, which consisted of Mr. W. M~ Scott, Miss Agnes Richard? son and Mrs. H. W. Heall had appoint? ed Mr. Scott a committee of one to see what he could do in tho way of raising subscriptions from the mer? chants of Sumter towards the prizes that were to be offered. Mr. Scott in two hours had secured promise for 25 of the 30 prizes which were ne?ded by the asociation. This shows the great interest taken in the matter by the merchants of Sumter and the spirit manifested by them is much appreciated by the teachers who are working up the plan. The day for the Field Day meet has not yet been decided upon, but it is al? ready assured that it will be a suc? cess whenever it comes off. DEATH OF OKAS. A. CALVO, su. Announcement Received in Columbia With Regret -? Funeral Arrange* ?seats Announced letter. Colombia, Jan. 16.?The announce merit of the death of Charles Augus? tus CalVO, Sr., wai received in Co? lumbia yesterday with regret The body will arrive in Columbia tomor? row morning from New York. The funeral arrangements will be an? nounced later. The Interment will be at Elmwood, lie was the founder and publisher of the Columbia Register and was 0>T5 yean of age, Mr. Calvo was born in Charleston in lvl\ but when very young his fam II) moved to Columbia, He was mar? ried in Chester to Miss Angeline Bffle Thompson and has lived in Columbia until within the past three or four years. AI the time of bis death he was engaged In New York. He was a skilled printer, es well as an aide writer and editor. Mr. Calvo was ? member of a num? ber of secret orders, including the Ifasionn Hs was a member of Trin? ity * hurch of this city. Mr. Calvo Ii survived by a brother, II. L CalVO, of this city, his wife and in chtldron. Poor old "Do< " Cook seems to have caught those magaslne fellows both a comln* and a-goin.' Fred Beeley seems to be the only man in all Georgia who takes Tom Watson seriously, r aa't at b* Ht> OtMtrr'l, Thy God'8 an DAY, JANUARY 18, 191 III ? II?HUM IM IM III Wlllli IIWIIriMBIWIMIIMHBMM JOKES SETS TEN YEARS, j JUDGE MRMMINGFJl CONGRATU? LATES HIM ON LIGHT PEN? ALTY. May Appeal the Case But Jones States in t'ourt That He Did Not Know XIuil He Would Take Case Further. Orangeburg, Jan. 14.?John J. Jones was sentenced todr?y at 2:15 p. I m. by Judge Memminger to servo ten I jrearl and one month In the State pen- 1 Itentlary at suc h hard labor as he may be able to perfornti for the killing ofj Abe Pearlstlne at Branchvilla on De? cember lb. The Court room was j crowded when the sentence was passedi This momtng counsel were heard In argument! before Judge Memming? r for ?1 new trial in the case. Col. D. O. Herbert P*?d William C. Wolfe argued in favor ?,f the motion and tried to show why a new trial should be granted. The main point argued for the new trial was centred on the in competency of a juror, A. E. Rutland. it was argued that this juror was past I ihe age limit of jurors in this State and was not properly registered, thereby being disqualified as a juror. It was stated that Mr. Rutland re? sided in Liberty township of this I county and was registered in Willow I township. Judge Memminger, in J reply to this point, offered by the counsel for Jones, said that the juror, I If pass the age limit of jurors, should have been objected to when presented , and that it had not been proved to ' him that the juror was not properly registered. This argument was over ' uled. The counsel for Jones were asked by Judge Memminger if they desired to argue any other point in regard to obtaining a new trial, which received a negative reply. Solicitor P. T. Hildebrand and T. M. Raysor op? posed the motion for a new trial. I Judge Memminger commanded John J. Jones to stand up and receive I the sentence of the court. The judge said he did not intend lecturing him, ) but would make a few remarks. He said it was the first time he ever had to sentence a member of the South Carolina bar, but that he gave Jones a fair and impartial trial. Jones re? plied at this stage of the judge's talk, "I will never forget you, judge, for the opportunity you gave me to clear myself before the people of the State of South Carolina concerning that check." The Judge intimated that he thought that Jones would fight the law in the matter of appealing to the supreme court, but Jones replied that he didn't know that he would do that. Judge Memminger said that the case was close to the border line of murder and manslaugher. He told Jones that his plea of self-defense failed on lack of necessity and that ho made a fortunate escape when he was convicted of manslaughter. He said that he would have to deter others, through Jones' punishment, from going around with pistols and shooting people. He said that Jones evidently had enemies at Branchville and the thing he should have done, as there were two things for him to do?he should have gone to another community or have fought the matter out In law, and not go around armed to fight it out with physical force and violence. That was certainly wrong. "The sentence pf the court," said Judge Memminger, "is that you, John J. Jones, be confined in the State pen? itentiary for a period of ten years and one month at such hard labor as you may he able to perform." The judge stated, however, that In latter years, if living, he might recommend to the governor clemency in this cVse ami ask that the sentence be comfffVintted to some extent. The sentence of the judge made it Impossible for the counsel for Jones to obtain bail for their client before him or uny other judge, and they will have to appear before the four supreme court justices and obtain their consent before bail will be granted. Although it has not been announced by counsel for the defense, it Is very probable that an appeal will l?e talon to the supreme court. Arrangements will be made to obtain bail as soon as possible. Bail will likely be sought before the supreme court on Monday. Jones Ii now In jail. Many Persons Vaccinated. Special health officer for sSumter county, B. I. Reardon, together with I >r. I lay and Dr. Kirk have vaccinat? ed about 1,000 persons at Rembert, Hagood ami Horden. Bo far there have been only II cases of small pox In three houses, and It looks at pres? ent as If there will be no further spread of the disease. i Truth/*." im ; i ut; l. AT HANDS OF MOB THREE OIE. s.MALL CROWD IN SHELBYV1L LI: LYNCHES TRIO OF NEGROES. Takes Out Prisoner, Two Charged With Assault and One Sentenced tu Die for Wife-Murder. Shelbyville, Ky., Jan. 16.?Storm? ing the Shelby county jail here earl) this morning a mob composed of less than 100 men seized and lynched three negroes, two charged with as? saulting white girls and a third sen? tenced to be hanged for the murder of his wife and held in jail here un? til the day for his execution could be Bet The three were lynched in dif? ferent places, and what firs: seemed to have been a single lynching was found to have beer a triple one, only with the Unding of UlS three bodies. The body of Eugene Marshall, sen tenced to be hanged for the murder of his wife, whom he had beheaded, was found hanging to a bridge over Eminence pike only a short distance from the jail. Jim West, who had been employed as a chauffeur here for several months, was one of the victims. He was charged with an assault on a white woman, the daughier of a Shel? by county farmer. He, too, was hang? ed to the bridge. Wade Patterson, the third negro lynched, was also charged with as? saulting a white woman. ^atterson attempted to escape from the mob, and was shot and his body thrown into a creek. The mob which attacked the jail went about its work quietly, and few persons knew of the triple lynching until the bodies were found several hours Inter. Few of the mob were ma?ked. The jail lock was smashed with a sledge hammer, and there was little diffi? culty in getting to the prisoners. According to the deputy jailer, Edward Thompson, the jailer, hid the jail keys when the mob approached and later when the mob became more insistent Hornback let the men h>to the jail office. "They said there were three ne? groes here they were going to get or else blow up the jail," Hornback said. "They kept yelling for the dynamite, while some of the mob started to beat on the cell locks with a sledge hammer. About 12 men had their guns pointed at ,ue demanding the keys, but I insisted I diu not know where they were. Finally at 3:25 they broke open the cell door and took out West, Marshall and Patter? son." THE TEXAS TO BE A TARGET. Ship That Hud Brunt of Fight at Santiugo Ik Sentenced to an Igno? minious Fate. Charleston, Jan. 1Z.?Orders were received at the Charleston navy yard today for the dispatch of the former battleship Texas, now the stationship Of the Charleston yard, to Norfolk, where she is to be stripped and there converted into a target for the gun? ners of the vessels of the North At? lantic fleet. The place of the Texas is to be taken by the protected cruiser Baltimore which is shortly to be sent here when her crew will be detached and put on board of the Texas, pro? ceeding on her last voyage under her own steam to an Ignominious end for a vessel, having her distinguished rec? ord in the service. The battleship Texas was one of the lirst of the modern battleships of the American navy. N.) little senti? ment atachea to the' Texas. She has a line record for things done in the navy, and it is known that there is no little resentment felt among offi? cers as wsll as the people at the prop? osition to convert the Texas into a target. It does not seem to bo in line of economy to destroy such a valua? ble craft which might be put into fairly good lighting service in case of war, especially when there are so many other vessels which might be utilized. An earnest protest is to be made against the removal of the Tex? as. The shin has been at the Char? leston yard since September 2i*. 1909. Visitors at the yard have found the Texas an Interesting place with the guns bearing brass plates, telling of the record and service of the ship. With the removal of the Texas, :ui important feature of the yard, so to speak, will be removed, if the Mexican revolution is really dead some one should tie the corpse. Cleveland Leader. it's nsver too late to do your Christmas hinting.?Detroit Free Press. K SOUTIIKON. Kstahll*lie<l Juki . I?N Vol. XXXI. No. 43. KELLOGG FLm STANDARD. A^ks FEDERAL SUPREME COURT TO DISSOLVE ?TRUST." Attorney General's k|km*iul Assisutat 0|mmi> GorfVBBM mV? Ai uuiiHT In suit Against Alleged Diese' bine?Poteti out Where! .is Opinion. Sherman Lav .Uvn Violated ? < ompan- ^ ad, but not Praised, sav< * . Washington, ?Painting the Stnadard Oil ^ nation as bred by oppressinr . iit< rs and hanging today x ireatenlng < loud over the count, j, Frank Ii. K? Hogg, spe eatl assistant to the Attorm y Gen? eral of the United Slates, today pb ad i ed with the Supreme Court of the United States to dissolve the Stand? ard Oil Company, of New Jersey, as violative of the Sherman anti-trust law. He gave to the Court the beginning of the Government's side of the con? troversy. Mr. Kellogg followed the opening remarks in the case by John G. Milburn, for the Standard Oil. He went over the early years of the Standard's business, leading up to the central point of the presc^ con troversy, the reorganization of the Standard Oil Company, of New Jersey, ia 1889. ? He characterized this ^organiz? ation as amounting merely to the sub? stitution of one illegal form of hold? ing together the oil companies for an? other illegal form. The first was the "trust" of 188 2, whereby the stock of the -owners of various oil companies was put into the hands of trustees, and the second, the "Standard, of New Jersey.'* Touching on a point of the defence, Mr. Kellogg said that if the com? panies, whose stock procured by the Standard in 1889, were not compet? ing, it was because they were held together in illegal trusts, that of 1879 and of 1882. "Take away the fear of prosecu? tion by the Government and the Standard Oil would put every inde? pendent in this country out of busi? ness in five years," Mr. Kellogg con? tinued. "The independents can exist only under the protection of the law." In connection with this point. Chief Justice White asked if the com? plaints against the Standard com? panies were based upon their meth? ods, and if objection was made to the methods because illegal. "This and size," replied Mr. Kell? ogg. "Great wealth enables them to use unfair methods, which would not be illegal in the hands ol ?he corner grocery man." "Suppose they are a giant, but do not use a giant's strength," suggest? ed Justice McKenna. "They'd use that power were it not for the law," came the reply. Mr. Kellogg dwelt upon the "enor? mous profits" of the companies as further evidence of monopoly. For instance, the.e was nothing to show what happened to $23,000,000 out of the earnings of "jne small pipe line." Mr. Kellogg said that it was paid to P. S. Trainer. "Who is this man Trainer?" in qnulred Justice Lurton. "Oh, he is a purchasing agent in New Jersey," said Mr. Kellogg. "I tried in every way to learn where that little sum went. The officials of the Standard, when on the stand, told me that they could not find out. Mr. Milburn said that he would not grati? fy my curiosity by telling me." The closing words of Mr. Milburn Were impressive. "Damned for everything but prais? ed for nothing, is the way the Stand? ard Oil has been treated by the Gov? ernment, said he. "In this record covering forty years -of business, everything the Standard has ever done is related. It has done some things in strenuous times that it should not have dene. That was hu? man. It has done nothing that go< I to the issue here. "The evil ot the affirmance of this decree, it is needless tor mo to say, would be monstrous, it is (request that the ease Is 1? f: in the hands of a Court that listens reason and never hears the voice of pension and pre? judice." on the Governor's Staff. Krom The Dally Item. Jan. Hi. Mr. W. ?',. Stubba of this elty has received i letter from Governor-elect Cole L. Blease appointing him a mem* i>< r of the Governor's staff. Mr. Stubbs has accepted the appointment and will go to Columbia tomorrow i > be initiated Into tin- duties of the of* tice. a meeting of the Stall ing call? ed for tomorrow at the Wright Hotel.