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HE BOYCOTT CASE.
ArUiI'MF.NT Ilk*.I N IX (.OMI'KHS.
MITt HKLL \PPFAL.
B?>ycott Question Settled by n Com?
promise IVtwcs-n Muck Stove ami
Range Company end \merlcan Fcd
itkiJi.
Washington. Jan. 27.?Reaching its
conclusion that the Mucks Stove and
Range company of St. Louis. Mo.,
and the American Federation of La?
bor had settled their disputes out of
the court, the supreme court of the
United States stopped the orr.l argu?
ment of the so-called "boycott" case
of the former against the latter on the
theory that SjP issue In It remained for
the court to pass upon.
Following that action the court lis?
tened to oral argument on the "con?
tempt case" embracing the Charge?
of the Rucks Stove and Range com?
pany that Samuel (lumpers, president
of the American Federation of Labor;
Jo* .? Mitchell, its vice president, and
Frau.i Morrison, its secretary, had
sjjsjsltsfl the injunction of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia in
the ?boycott" rase. Kach was held
to he guilty add sentenced to Jail. To?
day they sat side by side within the
bar of the court listening to the ar
?sjgsits as to whether or not they
old serve their sentences.
I Is commonly stated that this
oaae Is dead.' said Justice Lurton,
Interruptio* argument of the boycott
case. "I vish you would tell us if we
are trying a moot case."
Daniel Davenport, addressing the
c.mrt In behalf of the company, said
that Ms tftsnt had informed him that
neither the controversies at the base
of the ease, nor the case Itself have
been settled, although a friendly re?
lation existed between company and
the federation. As ;iU otli.er of lltf
court, Mr. Davenport added that he
suggested that the disputes between
the company and tho federation had
been so adjusted that there was noth?
ing left for the court to decide except
who should pay the costs.
He then produced a copy of an
agreement which, he said, his cln Rt
had sent hlrn very recently, provid?
ing for the adjustment of disputes
and the publlcnti >n by the Ann i
Federation of LgbOf that the com?
pany was on friendly relations with
tho federation.
Chl*?f Justice White asked J udge
Alton R. Parker, one of counsel for
the federation, what he had t ? say.
Mr Parker responded that there was
no doubt that it was a moot case.
Thereupon the justice announced
that the court would not continue to
hear the arguments, when the ?nly
queatlon possible was to determine
who ahould pay the costs. I
Judge Purser then began his argu?
ment of the contempt case. The prin?
cipal charges against his clients were
summarised as being that they hnd
Issued publh.it -us In violation of tin
Injunction against b ?ycoUtng tin
Rucks Stove and Range company. Ac?
cording to Judge Marker, the court of
appeals In pacing on the validity ? f
the Injunction had boM that tin- low?
er court was v rone; >n en.) doing pub?
lication again-' the Mucks Stove .nd
Range compun as well as ugii nst its
customers. lb contended that the
court of appeals b? Id that tin- lower
court had pow. r t ? enjoin only pub
IP ?tions In furtheiuncc pf a direct
boycott agnlnst tin- St. Louis
rern.
Hence he argued that IhS Oth< I
portion of tin In.luru lion was void
from th. time It was issued Sines the
acts of his clo uts s/er? only postponed
by the void port on >f tip d- eree, he
urged, the dUtrb t - u p r. M< COUrl
could not pun sh tin m for cont< mpt
umler the statute* ,,f the United
?'St.it- s. ||?. de? l.ired that a portion of
the Injunction decree being void the
entire decree was void.
The concrete walk in front and to
the sbb n of the F.piscMpal > nur. h h is
been completed snd adds much to
the appearance of the church lot.
bdied April. 1830
lie .ItiMi ai
881.
SU
HARD WORK FOR LEGISLATURE
gEVKRAL Riu.s OF DfTEREST
IM ROD1 1 1 I).
National (.und Hill. Hill for Drain
ago or Ultlds, Aliti-Splttillg Hill and
Qaj If Trox out Stato Ball H?ing
Hohl In C apitol.
Columbia. Jan. 28.?When both
brandies of the general assembly ad?
journed this afternoon until Monday
next, the legislators faced the hard?
est work v>f the session. Monday will
begin the fourth week of the session.
February 20 will end the forty days
for which the legislators draw pay,
and it is doubtful if they get through
before that time, although many of
them hope to wind up matters by
the fifteenth.
Among the bills of interest that
have been reported favorably In both
houses Is that of Mr. Vincent to
"promote the public health, conven?
ience and welfare by leveeing, ditch?
ing and draining the wet swamps and
overflowed lands of the State, and
providing for the establishment of
b-vee <>r drainage districts for the
purpose of enlarging or ehanging
our natural water courses, and for dig?
ging dltche. or canals for securing
better drainage, etc." A similar bill
to this h;is been introduced In the
? nat* This is the tlrst time that a
bill of this import has be. n introduc?
ed, has rSCOlVBd favorable consider?
ation at the hands of the committee,
and there is strong probability >f its
being enacted into law. Were its pro
? ns carried out many millions of
useless lands would be made proll
ta Me and tbe health of many com?
munity - pn mated.
A bill in which the National Guards
are particularly interested is that In?
troduced by Representative llembert
to amend the military code so as to
hOtsSf provide for the discipline of
the National Guards. This Is In re?
sponse to the movement Inaugurated
in the fall by line officers of the
p-uard, who evinced an inclination to
i be consulted in the government of the
I military of" theTJtale!
Mr. MqCravey's bill to require
railroad companies to stop -all trains
at court house towns has received an
unfavorable report, but there may be
a lively fight before it is put to sleep?
if indeed it Is given an opiate.
1.'cause it has never been given se?
rious attention, a bill Introduced every
year to make it a rnisdemean >r to
spit upon the floor of passenger coach?
es or cars has failed of passage, It
Is up again at this session, however,
and has received a favorable report.
It was introduced by Mr. Crosson.
That some diseases are contracted by
careless spitting has long been an es?
tablished fact. The habit is unneces
I iry. unsanitarv and dangerous to the
public health. Advocates of the anti
spitting bill hOpi 10 ;,'?' it enacted Into
law at this term.
That there |g no law on the statute
bookl requiring railway companies to
OSjsjlB any tomocottVOI with electric
headlights in South Carolina is a fact
that is surprising to many people. The
railways hays voluntarily placed elec?
tric headlights on their locomotives
on the main lines, a COnftaslon, the
advocates of the present bin urge,
that also trio beadiigbts afford a
protection to the railroads Mr, Rem?
b> rt is spson^of for the bill, which has
received a favorable report. There
will be opposition to the Rienau? ,
but It has many friends and may be?
come a law.
No more balls? No mot' good
times In the hall of the house of rep?
resentatives ? h? n le ans and belles
from all parts of South Carolina
gather for an occasion that In time
past was tin one social function of
the State? It seems not. The re?
ports have hi sn auinbttted on Mr. L,
w. Danlel'i bill to prohibit the re?
moval from the hall of the house of
representatives of the furniture ex?
cept f,?r the Democratic convention.
The hill says nothing about the Btate
ball, hut its intent Is undoubtedly to
do away with this Institution In the
house. Considerable opposition to the
dance being b> id in the house has
developed In the past few years, and
if is realised that any postponement
by the venera! assembly is bul t< m
poi.-iry. Officers of tha ball ha i
already l?egun talking about ? renting
i hull ait iii for such a fum tlon,
Considerable Interest la attached to
the tu? ? nt lull.
Columbia Is doing everything in
h?r power to secure lh< Corn Exposi?
tion for next year*
Now, If that Democratic reunion
and love-feast would only be held at
? he poiis during the Presidential elec?
tion, what a feast It would be:?At?
lanta Journal.
id Fear not-~f < ; all the cuds Thou Ain
MTER, S C.% WEDNESI
IN DISTRIBUTION OF FI nds FOR
HIGH schools.
i -
State High School Inspector, W. II.
Hand, Cites Good Results of High
School Legislation, hut Point? Out
Fact that Population Restrictions j
Work Injustice to Larger Towns
and Cities?The Matter of Taxes,
and Lory, and Why Cities Should
Mt Ih> Cut Off.
Regarding the present status of the
high schools of the State, and
the legislation relating thereto, W. H.
Hand. State high shool inspector, has
i
the following to say: I
"Without doubt no single act of
school legislation In this State has
ever gi\< n greater impetus to educa?
tion or brought fuller results than the
high school law pased by the General
Assembly in February, 1907. Within
just four years the high school en?
rolment of the State has almost doub?
led, ihe number of teachers In the
schools almost doubled, high school
salaries Increased more than $100,-J
000, and the course of study improved 1
in nearly every high school in the
State. All this unprecedented growth
Is of less consequence than the gen?
eral progressive educational spirit
that has taken possession of the peo?
ple throughout the State. The bene?
fits coming from the law have by no
means been confined to the high
schools, but have touched every
educational factor in the State. The j
possibilities of the high school law
can be greatly enlarged by making the
law applicable to every nook and cor?
ner of the State. I
"The present law Ii radically de- ,
fsctive in that its benefits are with?
held fr/m a very large number of
i
high school pupils entitled to the best (
that the State can give them. Any I
such law must be regarded as defect?
ive so long as it falls to reach any
considerable portion of the people ca?
pable of receiving benefits therefrom.
"Last year there were enrolled in
the public schools of the State 7,635
high schovJi pupils. Of these 2.82S, or
37 per cent, were enrolled In the high
schools of the twenty-one largest towns
of the State, which are forbidden by
the law to share In any way its bene?
fits. The present law and the new!
census will be almost certain to cut
off after July 1911, from the bene?
fits of the high school appropriation
the following places:
"Hamberg, RcnncttsvUle, Rishop
\ille, Cheraw, Clinton, Greer, Harts-'
vllle, Lancaster, Manning. Marion,
Bummervllte, Walhalla, Walter boro,
Wlnnsboro and Torkvllls?fifteen In
all. In the public high schools of
these fifteen towns last year were en- |
rolled 780 high school pupils. After
this year under the present law, the
pupils of 3? places and aggregating
3,r,0.? high school pupils, or 47 per
cent of the public high school pupils
Of the State, Mil be debarred from
participation in the State's appropri?
ation.
"A bill, with a favorable committee
report, is now pending In the House
of Representatives to withhold the
privileges of tin- high school appro?
priation from all places with a popu?
lation ol 1,000 or more. The pass?
age of this bill would be almost c< r
taln to cut oft the following places
after June, mil:
"Allendale, Barnwell, Blackville,
Belton, Batesburg, Branchvllle,
Blacksburg, Conway, Clover, Denmark,
Dillon, Easley, Fort Mill. Honea Rath,
Johnston, Jonesvllle, Lake City, Latta,
Mullins. MeColl, North Augusta. Se?
neca, St. Matthews, St. C.corge, Tlm
monsvllle, Wflllmaston, Weatmlnater
and Woodruff?:!0 hi all. Last year
these thirty places enrolled 1,319 hieb
school pupils. With the high school
law thus emasculated, 66 places with
j a high school enrolment of 4,924 pu?
pils, or 64 per cent of the total public
high school enrolment, would be cut
olT.
"The otily equitable and statesman?
like vmw that can be taken of this
high school appropriation la that it
is to foster good high schools for
every child In the State, be he a resi?
dent of a rural district, a village, or
a crowded city. To be of the highest
benefit to the state the money must
go where the high school pupils are,
be the\ in tow n >r in country, it i i
j the essence of folly to offer money (or
high fechools where there are no high
school pulpls; it is the essence of good
'sense rind ptatesmanshlp to offer I
where ? there are the pupils, Qood
high .? tois are needed everywhere
I there ?uptls to attend them.
? | ) ilsewhere discussed the In
I Justice tin- discrimination agalns
the la aggregations of people am
weaitl eighteen of the tn\mty?on<
towns lady debarred from partlcl
nation the high school approprl
is't at he thy Country',;, Thy God's an
DAY, FEBRUARY 1, 19]
MONEY FOR ROAD EXTENSION.
GREENVILLE \M> KXOXVILLLK
ROAD TO BE COMPLETED.
Lien for $0.0(10.000 Given to Secure
Roods for Complotion of Line to I
Knoxville. j
Greenville, Jan. 2??.?A $6,000,000
mortgage has been recorded in Green?
ville by the Greenville & Knoxville
Railroad company to secure bonds to
be issued for the construction of the
i
line through to Knoxville from the
present terminus at Riverview, 25
miles from Greenville.
The bonds, it is staved, will aggre- .
gate $40,000 per mile for construe- j
tlon. This is taken to mean that the
road will be built through to Knox?
ville without .further delay. The
mortgage is given to the Central Rank
and Trust company of Atlanta.
The distance to be traversed by the
road is about 200 miles, and its com?
pletion will give Greenville a direct
line to the coal fields which has been
so long desired.
The mortgage is signed by W. H.
Patterson, president of the Green
\ille & Knoxville, and D. C. Patterson,
secretary, The deed also bears the
signature of Ava G. Candier, president
of the Atlanta Rank and Trust com?
pany.
The road will touch Rrevard, Hen
dersonvlUe, Ashevllle, Sevierville and
other towns between the latter point
and Knoxville.
A large force of hands is now at
work at Riverview preparing p> ex?
tend grading w ork.
STANDARD SUES MAGAZINE.
Oil Company Seeks ?950,000 Damage*I
for Publication of Alleged Libel in
Hamptons.
New York, Jan. 27.? This Standard
Oil company brought si it here In the
United States circuit court today for
$250,000 damages against the Rroad
vvay Publishing company, incorpo?
rated, publishers of Hampton's Maga?
zine, and Cleveland Moffett, the mag?
azine writer. The current issue of
Hampton's contains an article in
which it is alleged that subsidiaries of
the Standard sell glucose to confec?
tioners.
"The only possible connection be- j
tween the Standard and the manufac?
tures of glucose," said counsel for
the Standard today, "is that two men
Who do make glucose are on the
Standard directorate."
So far as Is recalled the Standard
Oil company has never brought suit !
before against any of the many pub- '
llcatlons that have attacked it.
_I
I
GONE to tin: PEN.
John J. Jones Says He Will bo a Good
Prisoner and Is Anxious to Regln
His Term.
Orangeburg, Jan. ?".?John j.
Jones, the Branchvllle lawyer who
was recently convicted of manslagh
ter for the killing <d' Abe Pearlstlne,
? merchant of the same town, wasi
taken to the State penitentiary today!
by Sheriff A. M. Bailey, where he is
to enter upon his t* rm of len years
and one month.
I
Jones stated that he was very anx-,
b?us to commence hla term and that
he inteinb d making a good prisoner.
His business matters at Branchvllle I
hav e been arrangi d.
atlon last year contributed $<0,917 of i
this constitutional three-mill tax to
i
their counties. These same towns
supported their schools by levying!
from two to six mills local tax. < >f
the Afteen towns cut off under the
present law after June, 1911, two levy
nine mills each, and several levy as
much as six mills. < >f the thirty,
towns that would be cut off by the'
bill pending now In the House <>f Rep?
resentatives more than one-half ??f
them levy as much as five mills each, j
Th?se sixtv-six places are paying
mote than one-half of the school
taxes of the state. Is it right to cut
them off?
"The high school appropriation is
not intended to support any high
school, but to encourage the people to
support It. To distribute the appro?
priation t > all placey in the State does
not roi. any one place of ;ts part; it
is not a matter of Inability to meet:
all, i appeal to tie sense of economy,
the sense of };istic< and the patriotism
anil statesmanship of the members of
the General Assembly to remove the
population restriction now existing In
th< high school law, The st.ite needs
these schools, Lei us build up these
Rchools Instead of tearing them dow n.
To cripple or destroy any of these
high schools is to take a backward
Step in the face Of OUr Heed of these
high schools, and the ability and wil?
lingness of the peole to develop them."
(1 Truth's." THE TRUI
LI.
TRItLO TO BUY PAPER'S SUPPORT
CHARGES MADE AGAINST ship
SUBSIDY PROMOTERS.
Business Manager of New York
Journal of Commerce, Testifying
Before House Ship Subsidy Inves?
tigating Committee, States Un
KOOW Man Offered $100,000 for
Insertion of Article Supporting Bill
in Congress?This and Other Offers
Turned Down.
Washington, Jan. 25.?Relevation
of several attmepts to buy the editor?
ial support of the New York Jour- ',
nal of Commerce, in favor of ship
subsidy, was made to the House ship
subsidy Investigating committee to?
day by Alfred W. Dodsworth, busi?
ness manager of the Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.
Early in the day Paul G. Fournier, :
representing the Uranium Steamship
lane, against which the so-called
London Conference Lines, controlling t
what is alleged bo be 98 per cent of .
the Atlantic passenger traffic, are ar- j
rayed, told how railroad authorities
in tbis country, notably the Central
Passenger Association, at Chicago,
had refused to sell tickets routgd via
independent lines, unless the inde- ;
pendents obtained the sanction of the
i Conference Lines.
As a result of today s evidence, Mr. i
Dodsworth's brother, John W. Docks- j
worth, the editor of the Journal of
Commerce, will be recalled to Wash- j
ington to explain why he failed to en
lighten the committee during his re
I
cent testimony.
It is probable that Chas. A. Conant,
of New York, a former Washington
correspondent, may be asked to throw
light on an offer to subsidize the pa- j
per, claimed to have been forwarded ;
through him to the Journal of Com
merce, which he then represented, ,
and the Federal authorities may take
notice of the event as to the rail- i
road's discrimination against the in?
dependent steamship lines.
Alfred W\ Dodsworth said that his
paper never had been subsidized by .
any Interests whatever, and its busi- J
ness and editorial columns hud no re?
lation. But he testified, about six
years ago an unknown man came in- J
to his office and offered to pay the ,
Journal of Commerce $100,000, tak-j
ing 1,000,000 copies of his paper, f< r
the Insertion of an article in one is
BUS supporting the ship subsidy bill.
The man refused to disclose his iden- 1
tity unless his proposition was to be
accepted.
His proposition w.as to make out a
certified check immediately for $10,- j
000, to bind the agreement, and to pay
the balance of $1*0,000 upon publica?
tion of the article. Mr. Dodsworth
said he immediately called his broth
I
er, John W., into his office as a wit?
ness to the conversation and the
proposition was turned down as an
attempt to make an improper ar
rangement.
Pressed by the committee, Mr.
Dodsworth said that about thirty
i
years ago his father was sitting in his
office, the same publication, and John '
Roach, the shipbuilder, who was then
building ships and active for a ship
uubsldy bill, entered the oilk- ?, laid
dow n a blank check, asked Dodsworth
to bill out the check and stop writing
against ship subsidy. The offer was
refused,
About two years ago, Dodsworth
said, another man tried to buy the ,
support of the paper for $40,000 and
during the Spanish*American ?rar the
Spanish Government tried to buy the
paper's support.
Chairman Olcott, Representative
Longworth, of Ohio, and other mem?
bers of the committee, criticised the
two brothers for failing to submit
this information to the committee be?
fore n >\\, pointing out that John W.
Dodsworth, in his testimony some
time ago, had been asked categorical?
ly as to such matter, and lie denounc?
ed any Information such as that of
today. Witness said tin e ?mtt&ttteC
would have to ask the brother why
he fall? ii to dlslocse the Informal on.
Chairman Olcott asked the witness
who represented the Spanish Govern?
ment when it tried te buy the paper's
Support. Mr. Dodsworth replied that
the Information came from Chas. A.
Conant, who was then the paper's
Washington correspondent. Pr< ?1
to the Identity of tin m n
made the offer, Mr. Dodsworth sold
in t his fatlnr or brother may have
h< en told, but he himself bad noth?
ing to add. Mr. Conant commui icat
i ii the proposition in a b!i>'. accord?
ing to the witness, who afterwards
qualified this by saying he thought it
was a letter, after the committee had
stated it would liKc to have the let?
ter. Representative llawley, of Ore?
gon, asked how much money was pro?
posed in that offer and the witness
B SOUTHRON. i->tablMu-?t JiuSS, ;***
Vol. XXXI. No. 47.
RiSES LIKE GULL FROM WATER
CURTT88 accomplishes NEW
PEAT in aviation.
Drives PofjrcrflU Machine Into Air
Then Comes Dowa on surface of
Waves ami Ascends Again.
7
San Diego, Cal., Jan. 26.? * the
first time in the history .lion
an aeroplane rose fro? surface
of the water today, about and
returned to the s' JS* point, where
it landed on ' v eer as easily as
a gull. v<>v
This t ^ ri achieved by Glenn
H. C' ^> a his especially equipped
ae v on San Diego bay. The
ma .ie covered a distance of about
two miles and the flight was made
after almost two weeks of experiment?
ing to devise special appliances to
float the machine and allow it to at?
tain sufficient speed on the surface
of the water before lifting.
Roth the army and the navy were
represented at these experiments.
When the aeroplane was brought
out and floated on the shallow water
between Coroanado and North Island,
it was equipped with hydroplanes and
a new arrangement of front surfaces.
Curtis climbed into ihe seat and
started the powerful motor. The aero?
plane scudded up the bay at a 40-mile
clip for a quarter of a mile then
lifted out of the water and rose to
a height of 50 feet.
After remaining i < the air one
minute and 22 seconds, flying a half
mile, Curti?s alighted and turned
around as easily as a motor boat.
Putting on full power he again
arose, this time to a height of 100
feet, sailed out over the bay a mile
from the starting place, circled around
and landed lightly on the water in
front of the hanger on shore.
"1 have succeeded in solving the one
problem the secretary of the navy
regarded as the most difficult and
the only thing necessary to make the
aeroplane of value to the navy,'* said
Curtiss, as he stepped ashore."
"I can now start an aeroplane from
the wa*er along side a war ship, make
my trip and return, alight alongside
and be hoisted aboard. This, I be?
lieve, is of great importance to the
fiavy."
E NGAG EM EN T A N NOfJ N CEI).
Miss lama Tillman and Charles Si m
mer Moore to Wed.
Washington, Jan. 28.?The Wash?
ington Tinos says this afternoon:
"Senator and Mrs. Tillman today
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Lona, to Charles Bum?
mer Moore, of Atlantic City. The wtd
ding will take place in April, at Tren?
ton, Senator Tillman's South Caro?
lina home.
"Miss Tillman is the eldest daughter
of Senator and Mrs. Tillman and has
spent several winters in Washington
with them. Mr. Moore is the son of
?
Mrs. Hannah Moore, of Mays Land?
ing. N. J. He is a well known young
lawyer and is prominently connected
throughout that State, being a m pluw
of Judge Joseph Thompson and a
cousin of Judge Allen R. Kdicott, ot
Atlantic City, and Rear Admiral M.
T. Kndieott. United States navy, re?
tired, of Washington."
SXATOK LAFOLLETTE STAYS IV
Re-elected by Wisconsin legisla?
ture?Makes "Progressive" Speech.
Madison, Wis.. Jan. 25.?The re
i I. etlon of United States Senator R.
M. I.a Follette today was ratified by
trie joint Assembly ot the Wisconsin
Legislature, after the announcement
of the vote taken in the separate
branches yeterday had I sen made,
This showed that he received Xt votes
in the Senate and BI in the Assembly,
out of a grand total of VOtea.
Thos! five-year-old eggs should
awaken pensiw m morles of all the
faithful in ns thai are dead and g?sse,
??St. Uouls Tum s.
it N.;t Goodwin lived In Russia, he
would have only one more try at
in [jve tuaniages, -Memphis
Comnu i ,1-Appeal.
said h< did not know. His father was
:b i managing editor.
The |40,000 proposition was from ?
"tall, dark-haired man." v ho said he
v . lobbyist In Washington.
Mr. DodSWOrth said he COUld net
undertake t ? name the persons who
made the 1100,000 offer, but he be?
lieved it came from ship subsidy in?
terests, and when pressed as to what
he meant by that he mentioned the
cramps ami the Roaches as Interesti
coming under that head.