The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 25, 1911, Image 1

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rU?C SWBCTIIK WVVSUMAM. Oonaolldated Auk. 8, II Publl?hcdl YVcilneaday and .Saturday. tSTEEN PUBUSHtntf CtHPAWY SPHTER, ft. c #1.10 per annun?bi advance. AdTceissfenents: One Square first Insert km.$1.00 Swery subsequent Insertion.If Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All com muadcat loan which sub? serve private lneereess will be charged for sa adveetieesaewrts. Obltuartaa and Srlbutes of reap*** will be charged lev. MAY SVKACP FOsa PERSONAL. f-?aC. Court Vfp? dor-. Important iXM lMiioa en lilqiior Cane. I Columbia. Kan. JOT?Ihddlng ttieA It Is not anlassf ul to have whtetey In po session far personul use, and de? nning the jM^vra of the Act ?>f 190B with reference to the sale of whiskey clearty. the Supreme Court today PS* vstned the Bpartanburg County Court, In the cane'Of Ellas Kookard, who wns converted for violation of Ute Act. The osdnlon Is by Associate JuatHe , Weodts and construes clearly the sev? eral ancStons of the Act. which have never before boas nvU-s^d by the ttuprenae Court. ^SjS>de fend ant was rnnvlctal in Saung County In January of on the charge of having in his pomssaism and was ( under the section of vh.> Act j of laas, which ends: "And which if' drunk to excise will produce iritoxl csnfrksa, except as hereinafter provld %SV* Ko question aa to the constttUy of the Act wan raised In the but the defendant contended Sat the Circuit Judge erred in his asssvctton of the statute, amen he . rged the jury In effect that the ! tute makes the mere keening in on liquor by a prWaSe indi? vidual a crtmlnrl off rase., und that, BfgjMQT ahruld com A If *t th*> ^Irfftiidjtn1 hsd in hU poaaaaassss, ?von if they j shnUHl And that he had not tmiawful- ; tetrad nor accepted it and had ! hwpt It n ponsenatoa for an un- j use. ? ?decision of the Supreme Court i that the queatloa la whether the ult Judge was right in holding Aat of 190t. to prohibit and make itnal the keeping In possoeeion of luor Sn this State ua?rr all rlrcum wlthout regard to the man acquiring poeamslun er the fx>r n%S b the liquor was 'It seems cb>ar that the tuta era n not be no constructed," the opinion. The Court contin "Such a construction would le th?. Aet lt*elf destructive, for i SSeSJons of this Act. as um 11 ss 1 of the dispensary statute of 17, reoegntsed by this statute as 111 In force, provide for the sale of ttejaer by the county dispensaries, , certainly a legal sale and pur- ( carried the right to the purchas? er to keep hi his possession the liquor | he has purchased, provided his o*?*s ' not apply it to an unlawful use." The Court ontlnues that one maV I lawfully keep in his possession liqutir , purchased, for personal use under the ( protection of the Inter-State com- j merea clause of the Federal Constltn ) sssa. "Any attempt." says the decis? ion, "by the General Assembly to I in? terfere with this tight would be futli and the presumption Is very strong agninst the legislative intention to make each sn attempt. Indeed, the right to keep In possession liquor so purchased, is expressly recognized In Section 2ft of the Plspensary Act of 1107. which has not been repealed." The Court says that It follows that the provision of the. Act ?f 1909, making it unlawful "to keep In pos seeelon In thl? State," intoxicating liquors "exr.pt ? nsn SSS/tOf pr,. vlded,** means that It should be ti misdemeanor to keep m posaesMlon liquor Which had not I.n unlawful? ly obtained, ' that Is. obtained la a manner not recognised a* lawful bv thui A< t or t> um I provision of the Act of 1907. or to keep In pos? session for sale >>r* some other use fori ' b (i by the statute liquor law? fully obtained." The conclusion U re n. | th it a trial should be ordered. small Pox In llhdiopilllc. Small pox Is in town and unless the cltlsens heed the notice \>f coun? cil published Hm-where In this Issue and all who have not been vaccinated go at once to the McLeou Drug Cos. store and be vac* in.it? ?1. It will spread over the whole town.- -Hlsh ipvlll? Vtadiostor. She* April. ISM. Be Just aa ?81. SX71 TiiK ouahobima RAILWAY. Now lane to Spriagtield Obtains < u?n. r? u . C\ Wolf, President. Columbia. Jan. 21.?The Orange bur* Hallway, which will be ulti- ! mately extended to Columbia, Ctiar lestoa and Augusta, has been chart* ered by the Secretany of State, with a capital stock of t&.OOO. The road will run from Orangeburg to Spring? field, a distance of -30 miles, and will ?*?? a general freigibt and passenger Koalnes* The officers of the new road are: W. C. Wolfe, OfSingeburg, president, and Joseph A. Berry, Orangeburg, secretary. The board of directors Is: YV. C. Wolfe and Joseph A. Berry, of Orangeburg, emd Lawrence Manning, of Sumter. In the declaration of the corpor? ators it Is alated that 15*0 per mile has been anbscrlbed, and the capital | paid In is distributed among the stock? holders aa follows: W. C. Wolfe, ? 18.000; Joseph A. Berry, 1.1,000, and Iawrence Manning, SlvOOO. The nesv road will lie entirely with? in Oranpeburg County and will pass through ?one of the riebest sections of the State. Just when the company proposes to make the 'extensions to Charleston, Columbia and Augusta Is not stated In the petition. KXIT COX9CABLLKS. Govestnor Revokes {.'osamlsslons of Liquor Law Enforcers. ? (ituii.Ma, Jan. Zl,?Every coa-, stable and detectlwe employed by the! State of South Carolina, and by the various counties of the State, in the enforcement of the (whiskey, laws, wi'C find himself wltheun a position afon-, day. as Governor tttwase today Issue*, a proclamation revoking the comv missions. Qovernor Blease announo ed Friday thai he would Issue Uils proclamation. It la thought that ho.' will appoint other*, -not now nerving. Hamide no state nuaii, however. Jual how many mcz. be affected la a of known, as there Is no? correct rerurfl kept of the number vOf men cnpkjy ed. % N u. log January <ZX aa the dato on which fhe courtabulasjy shall go out of .office, Gowrhor li.easo gives the following reaaana forr < dismissing the constables and deteattaes in his proc? lamation: "Whereas, ta?? office of State oon-. staute, State de&cetive or county con atahle or county dete?t.w, u for Iba public administration dl the law, ans ] the tenure of the offtae is during theJ pleasure of the Governor,'' and the* goo* on to dlsinsts them. HARN KS ST ATI! Ol AIRMAN. Hoottfuclt'M Political Kacmy Now Heads Stale Comiufctce. Nea York, Jan. 21.?Wm. Barnes. Jr.. of Albany, fjfeo led the fight again* Theodore Roosevelt lattt fall, in the Saratoga Convention, was chos ?n chairman of the Kepuba< an State comin^lfc'.ee here today, feu succeed R. H. Pteiaiee, resigned. The position had bagp offered by cable tio Jam's j Wadsworth, Jr., formerly Speaker of the Assembly, but he was out e?f reach and no re.Dly had been received from him at no*n when the .committee met. Does your election jnean thst the State committee will l>e against Col. Roosevelt la IUI2?" Mr. Barnes was asked after the balloting. "Not necessarily," he replied. Will the committee ha for sir. T^ft?" 1 * It is reasonable to suppose so." he assented. timothy L. Woodruff, former Statt chairman, took much the name view of things. "Don't you think/" he ask? ed, "that in view Of what happened ?art fall, this smacks a Tittle pf what the bOfJfl call 'getting square?" ?No," said the smiling Mr. Wood IU?, "I don't feel that way at all. but M Um same time, I arn riot one hit rry that It may be tak- n as u vJn uicatlen." Cr the lirnt time in many years 11 ? lallotlafl was behind closed doors. Common ?ftfetj MfM Were Worn By Hornau?. KfW York, Jan. II?.- Charles Hud ley Ward, an Cngltsh archaeologist. Wha || m?kln:' e\e;ivatlons tit Cob bes? ter, rt ports Hading safety pins more than 2.000 years old. He say! they wave apparently in common use by tin* an. i.nt R rnans. Snmb r OOUnty || without a J ?hn Hoe nt present ami the blind tigers murr. !'<?< onie bolder ;.rid more active than heretofore, if that is possible. According to common report there Is an average \?f a t ig. i to every square mile. d hu *>?>?1. i aM tha aa* VtaMt Ate tfTBR. B 0., WEDNE8I ASREEMEIT Will UHU. RECIPROCITY DETAILS Will RK M ADL PUBLIC SOOV. Joint Statement from l nited State* and Canadian Commissioners An nounco that Understanding lias BajM Reached? Result of Speech Made by President Taft at Albany, Followed by Proposal of Secretary of State Waahlnsto*. Jan. 21.?"The nego? tiations have reached an understand? ing, which, when certain formalities are completed, will be made public at Washington and Ottawa. It is thought this may be done next Thurs? day." J Though potent, this joint state? ment, 'issued by the commissioners representing Canada and the United States, 'was all that could be learned at adjournment of the meevtrng today. Thus, 'two weeks of negotiation, how? ever, brmight about a reciprocal trad>. agreement. The Canadian conference, whieni terminated today, was preceded by ??veral other attempt]* which casne i > -naught, the last !> -trig about <ten yeun, ago, when Sir Wilfred Laurier Che Canadian premier, headed a dele ?atlon of prominent Canadians that icam? to Washington to see President MuKinle;\ and attempted to secure an agreement on a very Junited scala Pall sure attended this snovement, because Jtho rec'orociy idea was hopelessly In? volved with otherV important subjects, such as the regulation of tie: seal fisheries and the ftollmltation of the Alaskan boimdry. >*'hich aroused the ?national spirit on bdth sides of the boundary to a paint that caused an abrupt clone of tfhe negotiations. . The preaent -movement differed from others that preceded III In the absence of long drawn out negotia? tions, for It is a rlact that the Import? ant agreement aomounce? today we* reached within a remarksMy short space of time, 'Considering the Im? portance <ca* ti?e subject anatter. In fact, the*.. . ^.ioiovby - u*-HOttuUo*J? really occaptoo muh I ess'them a year's time, even allowing for extended pre? liminary soundings and exchanges be? fore the point off actual negotiations was reached. They raay be .soli to have groan out of the conferences between the United States and Canada, Incident to the allowance t j (Canada of the mln Imum tariff rates under the Payue Aldrich Tariff Art! of IfBtt. Canada was one of the l&st important coun ' tries v>r devk,ndoncies to take ad? vantage of that section of the Tariff .Act Proaigent Taft sounded the drst official note mt the aisli of the United States to meet those deairca, In his notable apoooh at Albany last spring when in ttie pres ance of Karl Grey, tae Goven^jr Gen? eral of Canada, he vticed the* general demand in this country for *> recip? rocity treaty with Citxruda. So well was Gils suggestion Received la the press that Secretary Knwox felt JtMtitled in making a proposal to Canada that commissioners be ap? pointed to see what oould be done towards framing a reciprocity scheme. His proposal was cordially recelTad on the c. anadlan side and last Septem? ber forma! acceptance was made.. The ? commissioners men in the r?a nadlat. Capital November I and work? ed for -five days. They aojomplish-nl a good deal by a process of elimi? nation und cleared thtf way lor great? er action, so that when they again as? sembled in Washington, t\v?> week* ago, they were fully prepared to re? sume the sjegotiations and brliig them to the happy conclusion an&/>unccd today. In the p%?reedings in Washington the United states has been represent t*J by P, C. Kno\. Secretary of State; Chandler Anderson, counsellor of the stat" departmant; Charles If, Pepper, of the bureau g? trade relations, avid C. V. Montgomery, ?>f the bureau of customs. The Canadian representatives wore: w. s. Fielding, minister of A nance; William Patterson, minister of cus? toms; James A. Kussell, tariff expert, ami John IfcDougald, deputy minis ter of customs of the Dominion. Mottoes of Successful Men. (From tb<- Chicago Tribune.) "I have nothing t ? say."?John D, Itockdrelb r, "Shot the door!" Nelson W. Ald rlch. "Too many Coohs spoil to broth."? Commander Peary, "Tb?- apparel "ft proclaims the man." In. Mai> Walker, "Follow your nose and you'll get there."?J. lierpont Morgan. "Von will have to show m?\"- In? spector Loch. ?n? i m l at ha Iky OauMvy'?, Thj Saa'o u >AY, JANUARY 25, 191 OITION LAW AGAIN. lleprceentativc Fultz Would Allow Counties u Chance. Columbia, Jan. 23.?Mr. Fultz of Berkeley Is thinking of presenting a bill which will create a stir. He wish? es to let any county In the State have the right to say whether or not it wishes prohibition or some form of legalized sale of liquor. it..der the Brlce law and the Carey Cothian law when a county once had a yote on the liquor question, that puttied the matter for four years. Mr. Fultz proposes to repeal that section of the local option law and to let counties have dispensaries, high li? cense under dispensary restrictions or prohibition. The bill which he is thinking of, evould have a great deal of machin? ery so that every step would be in keeping with the constitution. The cardinal point is found in the first section: "After the approval of this act. any county may have the right to order an election to determine the policy of the county on the liquor question, said election to be ordered upon petition of one-third of the qualified voters." In case a county votes for license, no license is to be granted for less than |250, and in addition to the li? cense paid the cleric of the court, the town or city may assess a license. Not more than one license is to ".re issued to every 2,500 or majority frac? tion there! in incorporated towns and cities. Every applicant for license must sign a long list of quostions, as id if he is afterwards Jound to have ob? tained his license, upon misrepresen? tations be la to be punished by losing his license and also by suffering the penalty for perjury. The -constitutional requirements are to be met, no sales between sun? rise and .sunset, and no sales to minors and drunkards, and no sales of less than one-half pint <*r more than Awe gallons to any one person. ,y^'eAJ?^*sV Htjht'e. jih-eji vieUie.'j seg^frr M punlsvhe-d h .avily. Imprisonment with ost the .option of a fine, and the of-! fender shall not engage in the liquor business again f? r a period of five ytuurs. And th?e act will further provide that any ane who.sells liquor without having token out a license will be outlawed -und sent to prison without the option of a fine. ?TVNCV" SAL* KI KS'TO GO. Cor|HU'utiou Heads 'May Haft to Bl? ast on $50,000. Near YorV, Jan. Alt?The cfiay of fancy salaries for the heads of cor? porations is gfcSSt ant the nteximum ?tay henceforth will be $50,01?!', ac? cording to a -story that came .out of Wall street today. The action of the United states steel Corporatism di? rectors, In reoammendung that James A. Farresl, its gtow Dissident, receive $5*,000 tastes! of $IS'),000 pa.d to W. E. CVrey, rv signed, was the first sjraspton *f redaction. The death of Paul Morton, who re sjsieed $so/,'00 as presistent of the Equitable iU-ife Assurance Society, re? move another Of the few men whose services have cosnmandejtJ unusual salaries, anft gossip in financial cir cles h*d it today that the Bquitabls trustees were considering a reduction! to $50,vV/>o in tOis case of Mr. Mortons successor, yet unnamed. WHITE MAX TO IIAUG. Supreme Court Affirms Verdict In Bates Ca*?e. Columbia, Jan. 20.?Joe Bate-, a former policeman of the city of Syar bMlburg, must pay the death pcnaltj at some future date, to he assigned for killing a young woman in the city of Bpartauburg more than a y^ar ago. A decision, given by the Supreme Court today, affirms the sentence of death of the Spartanburg County Court. The opinion is by Associate Justice Gary. Hates was known as one of the most efficient policemen In the city of Bpartsnburg. lb- slot a young girl, whom he loved, after she had mar? ried another man. He Is about 50 years of sgs. Columbia Y. M. C. \. Contract. Columbia, Jan. 21.?-The contract for the erection of the Columbls v. M. C, a. building was awarded thii afternoon by the building committee to the Carolins Construction Com pany, of Greensboro, N, C, for 000. The building Sill be of brie and stone and will be one of th? handsomest in the South. 1. IlSPtimt ATTOHMEYS' FEES. SUM PAID ATLANTA LAWYERS? SAVING TO STATE. Receiving Fifty Per Cent on C Nv judgment and "Conscience * v Collected, At Ian a Firm o? ?V Year Keen Paid Nearly V* .10119 and Dollars?NearW a Mil? lion Sored by Stat* /Ugh Work of Commission. Columbia, Jan. 22.--While the dis? pensary commission has saved the State a large sum of mon?y, the toll for attorneys' fee9 has been immense, though, perhaps, not exorbitant for the class of work done. On over judgments or upon "conscience mon? ey" the AUanta firm got 50 per cent commissions, wherever such was col? lected. As pointed out in The News and Courier a few days ago the firm got this year about $50,000, the exact amount being $49,184.75, as shown by the official report of the General Assembly. In addition to this the firm wonld receive half of the Bernheim payment of a few days ago, netting the Atlanta firm $17,000, If paid un? der the original contract. These are amounts for 1910, and up to the General Assembly's session in 1911. The expense of the commission for ?attorney's fees, commissions and sal? aries are shown by the official reports of 1910 and 1911 to have been as follows: Report of 1910: Expenses, salaries, includ? ing attorney's fees and commissions.$131,015.44 Graft account, (commis? sions 50 per cent).. .. 19,750.00 Total.$160,765.44 Report of 1911: Graft account, AUanta firm.$ 49,184.75 Grand total attorneys* fees, etc..$199,950,19 Assembly in 1910 the following was the cash paid out during the commis? sion term: Expenses, salaries, includ? ing attorneys' fees and commissions.S131.015.44 Supplies. 16,321.50 Freights. 1,953.41 Insurance. 3,141.55 Graft accounts (comncis Slonji 50 percent) .. .. 19,750.00 American Audit Company 7,637.54 Dispensary commission's mllc-age and per diem.. 7,087.54 Refund, People's Hank of Union.: 674.77 Expenses, J. F. Lyon.. .. 3,493.49 Miscellaneous <sundry creditors). 261.57 Total.$191,336.81 Since January 12, 1910, the total disbursements by the commission for all purposes was $178,84 5.11. In 1910 the commission turned over $275,000 to the schools of the State and had a balance* on hand of $S0, 832.80. During the year justs passed the commision put to the credit of the State in the graft account $30,696.15. The net profits for the year were $71. 84.63. The commission had altogether a balance v>f $120,810.24. This, added to the amount for this year, makes a profit of $192,094.87. So that more than $475,000 has been saved to the State. TO DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT. Smith Carolina Congressmen to Fig? ure on Committee Assignments. Washington, Jan. 21.?It Is under? stood today that the members of the South Carolina delegation in Congress will get together at an early date and make up their slate for committee ap? pointments. Ooorgia and North Caro? lina have already acted along this line and have made the new ways and means committee acquainted with their wants. Considerable Interest is shown here at this time as to whether Represent? ative Lever will be made chairman of the committee on agriculture, prob? ably the most Impor ant in the House so far as the South Is concerned. Hs is now outranked b) only one l*<mo cral Lamb, of Virgins. Interest als? centres in the other pieces to be held by South Carolinians. ?>tb..?r dele? gations are to take up tie- mstter im? mediately. The business man who do< s nol ad? vert iso should ask the man who does whether It pays. Tbat is the best way to lind out how much the non advertiser loses by not adopting pro ? gressive methods. fi &OVIHRON. Established June, lfMM Vol. XXXI. No. 45. FOREtAST1NG COTTON MAKKCT. Furt* Mse Would be no Great v> Surprise. - /? im Orleans, Jan. 22.?The new ?eek in the cotton market will open five minutes after the census bureau report on the amount of cotton gin? ned up to the middle of January Is Issued. Commission house letters tell out? side traders to buy futures and take profits on long cotton If the market bulges. V??ry little is said about sell? ing short under any circumstances, which would lead to the conclusion that no matter what the figures put out by the census bureau are, they are not expected to ' change bullish : estimates of the total crop. In one I way this report is important, for it Is practically the last of the season. It is the last semi-monthly report. The final report will be made on March 20, from data collected up to the end of February. The large decrease in the visible supply last week, which compared with increases both last year and the >ear before greatly disturbed people ! who have been complacently watch \ ing the visible supply pile up as the ! result of the very large movement. The loss in interior stocks was inten , sified by the decrease In the visible supply, and statistics from the inte? rior are going to be eagerly awaited for this week. If they are as bullish as they were last week, they are going to command much attention and will undoubtedly aif?ct prices favorably, for with interior stocks already small? er than they were a year ago, the market will not be able to stand a further loss without discounting it. "JIM" TILLMAN ANGRY. Wasted With Disease, at Asheville, la S?U Bitter. Asheville, N. C, Jan. 20.?Exhibit? ing his old-time fire and showing that . his bitter hatred has not aoabed evm khoti&rpft?\%m*&c?0t?$*$ ?der the ravages of a decadent disease, Coi. James H. Tillman, former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, and slay? er of N. G. Gonazles, editor of The Co? lumbia State, has issued a statement characterizing as "lies" stories sent out from Edgefield, S. C, that he was deserted by his family and dying In poverty. "When I have recovered my health, then, as in the past, no quarter will be asked and none allowed," he said. He declared that the story was con? ceived in Columbia. There was not a man mean enough in his home town to send it, and it bears the familiar markings of the human vulture that has long befouled that place. He quotes from a letter from Gov? ernor Blease. of South Carolina, who says: "Get well, and come back home and be here with me, in my tight to redeem South Carolina from Cuban und negro domination, and let's put it back on a high plane of citizen? ship." He insists his family arc standing by him. His sister, who arrived! Tues? day, returned to Spartan burg today. Col. Tillman has relieved Mrs. Mary D. Bcofteld, the trained nurse, form? erly of Bellevue Hospital. New York, who has been with him since he arriv? ed in Asheville, because she made at* appeal to his uncle, Senator Benjamin U. Tillman, for funds to get the nec? essaries of life. Senator Tillman declared, according to reports, that he was "reaping what he had sown, and, whether he realizes it or not, Nemesis is dogging him to the grave." Senator Tillman declined j further assistance. "EQCITARLF/S" PRESIDENT DEAD Paul Morton Fatally Stricken in New York Hotel. New York, Jan. 19.?Paul Morton, president of the Equitable Life As? surance Society and Secretary of the Navy under Theodora Roosevelt, died of cerebral hemmorrhago, la the Hotel Buymour her. tonight. His wife and his elder brother. .1? y. wen sum? moned to hi*-- tide I at hi was dead at ? quarto r to 3 *?> ch clc, a few min i utes before they arrived, aiui an hour after he was stricken. His clone friend, B* J. Borwynd, arrived a few moments earlier, perhaps ten minutes before he bjaathad his last. but he was unconscious from the mo? ment or the stroke, and neither rec? ognised those about him nor spoke. The coroner's oQce is aattstted that death resulted from natural cams I and there will be IIO ant psy. Mr. J. Frank Fate who has la Ml visiting In the city has returned to his home in Brlckton, N. C.