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fHr M'MTKU WATCHMAN, Establl Consolidated Au*. 2,1 BIG PARADE IN CHARLESTON. IWIMIID W OF ORKAT AMI Kl< \N OKU RH > MD w ITH POMP, The WiioIiIiikIi.ii tight Infantry Give Banquet at Night and Patriotic Toa?*t- K**h|x?nd?d to. I harleatoil. Fob. 12.?With a gen? eral suspension of business and evi? dence of th I iv spirit, the riag log of the chimes of St. Michael's ami St. Matthew'? churches, martial music ; and parade of the 1'nlted States ar? tillery corps. the national guard, . naval militia and reserved millta: ) organisations. reviewed by Gov. Bleeee and staff, banquet of the Washington Light Infantry anc Other, military ard social entf i U*inments, j Charleston celebrated today as usual the birthday anniversary of OaoTgi Waahlngto In the para b wer. th? United Stab s artillery corp.* from Fort Moultrle, a j cummand of MaJ. F.lmer W. Hubbard; Citadel cadet corps. Lieut. W. S. Jer- i vey. I*. 8. A., commandant; Porter' Military acid-my cadet corps. Capt. W. W. Smith commanding: First bat- ! talion. Third Infantry. N. O. 8. C, I MaJ. A. H. St loos, commanding; South 1 Carolina battalion of naval militia. Lieut. Com. C, L. Dubos, command- ' Ing; Germ in artillery light battery. | j i Capt. F. V \\ \K> fe ? . ? oriifiiundtng! the Charleston Light T'ragoons, Capt. ? James Adfer. commanding, and sev I eral band? of music. The military feature* of the SajT largely predominated but did no'. . t course, -onstitute the entlr. c< let i tlon. The holiday spirit was quite generally evidenced today. With proper patriotic regard, many store windows w-.u decorated with th national flags and colors while "old Olory" wa? quite generally flown to ' the breeae. The shipping along the waterfront was all decorated and i both navy yard and Fort Moultrle. the aaluctn.r guns of the statlonship ^ Baltimore a>id of Fort Moultrle were j heard In th* prescribed natloi I *alJl?\ >n hono,* of the day. v v.f 11; ? WmI^II ht I',fir.tr? wa* served at the mer\ of the command on King street. | Capt. II. O Wlthlngton was the toa*tma*ter. H. L. Erckman ro aponded to the toat "The Day We Celebrate;" Oov. Bleuse to "South Carolina." and Adjutant General W. W. Moore IS "The National Guard." A lumber of Impromptu speeches wer* made. Mets's orchestra fur? nished the music and several vocal selections were rendered by mem? bers .-f the command. The menu was delightful and the cards were a souvenir of an Interesting and pleas ?nt occasion. Ington: he nr ^1 1*111 Ml HHKT OPINIONS ?Vfte-rai ( a.?M*** ta bled by State's Hiebet Trihnnal. Columbia, Feb. 22.?The Supr no* Court, opinion by Irs B. Jones. Chief Justice, has reversed Judge Ougc In the cas* ajraln"t Simon IMngle, and H. T. Kdens, of Sumter. in the mut t- r of ?i Pond f.,r the former given by the latter. Simon TMngle whs admired to bal! ??? Apr!' l?Os, upoa the charge of sssult and battery with Intent to kill. At a h<t r t rm ?f court he was COOT let m.I of > ?ult and battery of a high und naicrevni.d nature, in his absence. In the Int-rim bond had hen fur? nish* d i \ f.. T Kd. rn. for Dlngl", al? though the Cost bond had h.-en slgu ?*d by /. I. Walker, and upon the matter i elng brwiigh*. before the Circuit Judge. Z. si Walker aas dis? charged as bondsnlan as Mr. Film*' bond was so' iiient. An sttldmlt was then presented be? fore Jude- c iry, who sccordlng to | th* Supreme Court, did not rule hi full on the mstter. hut gave Mr. ?dens a chance to present am th r affidavit of his. show In:; for his dis? charge on tl e bond. Then a motion was made h. f.,,. Jud. G ige. who would i? *? r enti " the iTi<.?isTo.i account if the holding th.* hi wa?< without Jurisdiction. The ?"..ort holds n ?w that he was In?.a rect In this. Th* matter goes back to the Circuit Jsjgeji on the lam shotting. This I- avi - th ? . lestlon uns? ttfed a < to whether ? r not Mr Fdcn* Will have l1 ' ? th - I oi I f r J Miinle. The Lee County court was affirm- d In the rns#? of James It. huRant, who w?* i-'inilctMl ..f a ? 'ult and VintWy with Intent to kill and srntencod to wrvc three months or to pay a flno of #".')0. In mi opinion ? v Assoc'ated Jus tic, . Woods. Inirant um.? convicted for sheeting T. W. Prlvett. a policeman ?f the town of Blshopvllle. hod April, is:..? *He Just ai 881. St II \n TAKEN SO ACTION. <.o\. Illcasc Has Not Instructed At? torney GsSMJial Ly??n as lo t'lom son Trustee (Question. ColttUUlbla, Fab, IS.?Attorney Gen? eral Lyon has not decided what course bi will take in the investigation of Ott tain <.:li . rs holding two positions to which Uov. Hlease called attention In a special message to the general as? sembly. Tin proposition of life trustees ol Ob mson college will be in \ estigatcd by the attorney general. attorney General Lyon said raster* ?Iay that ho had not received Instruc? tions from OOV. Bietst to bring any OOtton as the result of the letter of John fi. Hie-hards, Jr., a member of the railroad commission, who is also a trustee of Clemson college. Sev Oral da] I ago QOV. Hloase said that h. would Instruct the attorney gen oral to bring an action to test the right of a irv te< ot a state college to bold ? public position. WORK OF VSYLl'M FARM. Kc-uPs obtained, a* GtfJfSJ In An? nual Kep o i OolUSnl'a, I'eb. 21.?The work of the asylum farms, replying to triti? ums. Is thus made in the annual re? port: ?owing to thl fSei that there ap- J P? ars to be ,i disposition, entertain? ed by some pe(.pic that the farming lands, lying aujacer.t to Columbia, bsJOSSsiggj to th. hospital, have teach-j 1 a point where they are too valu? able to be used for agricultural pur? poses." and to disprove assi rtlo is 'that the rSSJUHS gdtltOVsd OB this , tm are due to the labor costing this d- partim nt nothing." WS take the lib? erty of submitting the subjoined ta? le, nfeleh sttOWl the amount spent in e n h of the ten years jinst passed for labor and fertilisers, and the pro |S made by this department. This table shows that amounts raaging from $4,427.2u in the year 1900 to $10,437.30 In 1P10 were spent for la? bor. That the annual expense for fer? tilizers vurled from $932.70 to $277. ?2, s^t^^u^t* alv-v- a . ?ith slight variations, from about $?f,000 in 1909 to $25,431.11 in 1910. The total profits for the la l ten nars aggregate $135.243.82, an aroou.u more than three times as much as was originally paid for this property. The profits this year cx rceded $1U2 per acre for the 250 Seres under cultivation. >r more than 10 per cent upon a valuation of S1, ooo per aers for the lands." AMERICAN-JAPANESE TREATY. I'r(sident Lays Before Senate Text of Proposed Instrument. Washington, Fei?. 11*?The text of ? new treaty with Japan, designed to ]?ploe that of lS'.it and drawn with the special design -. f eliminating the restrictions upon Immigration con? tained In that tr? aty, was laid be? fore the Senate today, by President Taft. The essential difference between the proposed treaty and the existing SI rtveatlon Is said to bs in the fact that It omits all reference to such re? strictions, and haves to the national honor of Japan the enforcement* at le r own ports, of the limitations tip on emigration from Jgpan, .,o\v ex? pressly plat ed upon immigration Into the United states. The document is said to provide that either country may denounce tin treaty at the end of six months, if it falli I ? < perato si ? peeted. QoeaUSS It embodies this radical do srture from ihs existing treaty and touches the question of the dsspsl lm portanos ami Interest to Ihs Paelflc -lope, the Injectk n of Ihli convsntlon Into he closing hours of the list Ponarcss created ? sensation today. That the new treaty will SncoUdtST opposition aet ms < ? i tain, for even It it should be reported to the Senats ;r.-m the commute, without serious Controversy within the committee rof n, the Western Senators are ?\ pect. ?i to in-.-r upon opportunity for del,ate, wbl< h will d< lop the full e\ tent cf the.r .pp..>nl -n to tin tr? ity. This ,i< w :t. ly is one of "ti ads and commerce," Intended to replace the treaty of 1114, which li antlcjuaV* ed. The radical difference between this new treaty and the on*, now In force, and the one which may prove ob? noxious to ib.- Western Senators, is bnderstood lo be the omission of any ? lore nee t.? me immigration ques? ? 'on. judging from Ihs pictures la the pipers, those Mexican revolutionist" have better prcs* agents than tailors. - Plttsburg Uasetts-Tlm? iid Fear nob-?Lct all the ends Thou Ali [JMTEH, S 0? SATUKD JAPANESE TREATY OPPOSED. CALIFORNIA AGAIN TREMBLEi ay SUPPOSED yfllow per StatC Senators .votive in Voicing op? position' tu Agreement Which Puts Ehrcluaion Up to Japan. Sacramento, Cel., Feb. 22.?A reso? lution was introduced in the senate todtty calling upon President Taft to Withdraw the new Japanese treaty, appealing to the United States senate I to refUM its assent, and instructing the California delegation to oppose ratification. The senate at a special meeting ad >pted the resolution urging con I gross to refuse to assent to the pro? posed Japaneae treaty. I The resolution was ordered tele? graphed to President Taft. There was no duaolaaion and the vote was unani , mous. The resolution, which was presented by S n'tor Caminettl. says that "The penate of the State of California re? lying in good faith upon assurances from official sources given to the |m opto ( f the State during the last four years that the immigration to the United States of such laborers was precluded by a 'mutual agree? ment' between our government and that of Japan and that the latter nation was as anxious to retain as we were to exclude them, patrioti? cally and patiently observed caim? an pending negotiations for a new treaty; that, "Whereas, our people have been led 1 to believe and hope that there would be no surrender of our rights In the premises, and that, "Whereas, it further appears that even the protective features relating to Immigration matters of the pres? ent treaty with Japan are omitted in the new draft: "Therefore, he it resolved, That the senate of the State of California earnestly urges the president of the United States to withdraw said treaty from further consideration by the senate of the United States, and, ,*m'Bft U flfr**^- -That- vr*':. peal to the senate of the United States to withhold and refuse its as? sert to a compact fraught with so much danger to our citizens, to our industrial development and to our civilization." Mr. Wright, chairman of the fed? eral relation! committee of the senate, today cent the following teie gram to Pr?sident Taft: "Mr. President: California is much alarmed over the rewspaper report of the proposed new Japanese treaty. The federal government unless posi? tively aseured that japan will 1 nforce regulations restricting immigration to the United States of such subjects as are inimical to our Western Civiliza? tion, should insist upon a restriction ( lause in the new treaty? Uess than this will Inflame the public mind along the Pacific coait and may lead to a condition that will be deplored by those desiroui of preserving amity and Rood will between the United states and Japan. Thla, In the opin? ion of the senate committee on f< d eral relations, Is the sentiment of Ihe California legislature. (Signed) Federal Relations com? mittee. "Leroy Wright. Chairman." ARRESTED FOR HORRIBLE CRIME, One of the Two Negroes Admits Part of the Charge Other Maintains iii> Innocence, Orangeburg, Feb. St.?Last night John Moore and .lohn Qlover, le groes, Mere lodged in the county jail having been arreated c harged with the murder of a negro woman and child In tin- Providence sectloi of Orangeburg county on laai Friday night. This horrible crime, that of mur d? ring th?<,' unfortunate negi oi s and then burning tin house in an attempt io hide their criminal acts, caused a gte.it deal Of sensation. Tin ense has bean pushed by Mr, Shuler, who lives in that neighbor* h d and he thinks he has the guilty parties apprehended. One of the prisoners, the younger, states that he ? tt in the house at the time of the shooting and was the one that fired the b ?use, ! ut the other negro, who Is accused of the murder, says he was ?it home Intoxicated mi stoutly de? nleg having any connection with the murder, j The ease win be tried al the mmv i term of the criminal court for Orange* I barg county. The city has twenty acres of healthy looking oats of which 11 should be proud, V ms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's ar AY. FEBRUARY 26, 19 TRIO OF BANDITS CAPTURED. ADIMT THEIR SHARE IX WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS HOLD-UP. Extent of Fight is to Point Empty Pistols at Officers?Lodged In Jail at Dalilonega, Ga. Gainesville, Ga. Feb. 22.?Three men have been arrested and more than $2,000 in money and jewelry has been v covered as a result of tho three days' Search for the gang of bandits which held up and robbed the Southern railway fast mail train at w hite Sulphur Springs last Saturday 1 morning. It is the belief of the ofli cers of the express and railway com j pany that the entire ^ang has been I rounded up, but their identity still is j unknown. ! Following the capture of one of the ' robbers about four miles from Dah , lonega, two other members of the ! gang were arrested this morning by a j posse, headed by ex-Sheriff Edwards ;' Lumpkin county. The men W< re j surprised on a public road about 14 [ miles from Dahlonega and offered no I resistance. They were placd in jail ..t Dahlonega tonight and will be ' brought to Gainesville tomorrow. Nearly $1,000 In cash and jewelry i valued at between $000 and $G00 JWOre found on the two robbers. They refused to give any names, but their talk indicates that they are Western rs. While they kept their own iden? tity Fecret, they stated that the man arrested earlier near P?hl? gnea was one the of the ringleaders ? f the gang and was known \s J dm D. Anderson. He is said to be an old hand at the game. Ex-Sheriff Edwards in reporting the ; capture of the robbers said the only resistance made by the men wa3 to point an old pistol at their captors when told they were under arrest. This pistol was found to be empty. When handcuffed the robers broke j down and admitted their participation j In the express car hold-up. They re I futOd to give any details further than j to implicate the man who was ar ? re^l^ near Dahlogena. : -.. t-t? MANY BILLS BECOME LAW. I Governor Blease signs Large Xum er Of Bills and Leaves A Few Un? signed, Columbia, Feb. 23.?The dispensary j commission, the investigating eommis ! sion resolution and the resolution to I continue in office the state Hospital commission are still unsigned. Among the measures Governor Blease lias signed are the rural police bills for Charleston, Marlboro. Pickens, Flor i ence, Greenwood, Abbeville, and Barn 1 well counties. The bill to amend the charter of the Augusta and Columbia Electric railway; Charleston .and Dor? chester counties to build a bridge across the EdistO river at Parker's Ferry; requiring clerks of court to enter ?m the calendar the race ol the person indicted; to give to the rescue orphanage of Columbia the custody ( of destitute abandoned and unpro? tected children; allowing the police j men and firemen of Columbia to rid. I free on street cars; authorizing Char? leston City council to use such por? tion of tho colonial common, as arc not needed for park purposes; author? ising the supervisor of Lexington county to pay one-third of the cast of the fr.e bridge between "olumiba ami New Bro?kland, bv< r the Con garee; removing all exemptions from the child labor bill; permitting Rich land county to alb w the city to build ,1 igl] on county property; to werk all able bodied male convicts on the pub? lic works of various counties; provid? ing for a military council t<; advise the governor and adjutant general; requiring Clemson college to analyze samples of fertilizer without requir? ing the name of manufacturer or manufacturers analyses; to empower Columbia to mortgage the fair ground for (he benefit or the stat-- fair; auth? orizing Sunder county to hold an election <>n the Issuance of $150,000 good roads bonds; providing for the drainage of wel lands; providing f 1 b reapportlonmenl of repr< -< n tat Ion in the lower house; authorizing Clem? son college to establish two experi? ment statical-; authorising Columbia, Greenville and Manning to assess abutting property for permanent street Improvements; authorizing Charleston sanitary and drainage commission 1? do work in l^orch?rs'*?r county on the Charleston-Summor vdie highway. Perhaps the best thing about It Is the fjtel that after July South Caro? lins will cease to be the hav< U for hundreds of eloping children, win. heretofore could many in thai State without ? license.?Salisbury Post. Id Truth's." THE TRI 11. m^mwammmrmmmmmmmwmmmmwmwmmmmmmmtmmmMmmB EXIT FACTORY INSPECTORS. Commissioner Watson Accepts the Final Decree of General Assemht) ami the Governor. i Columbia, Feb. 22.?There will bo no factory inspection this year. I On Monday morning the commis j sioner of agriculture requested the resignation of both factory In j spectors and Monday afternoon they ; were received and accepted. J Commissioner Watson said that he ; had always obeyed the wishes of the \ higher authority and the action of the I < phief executive, sustained by the gen? eral assembly, having eliminated any means for conducting factory inspec? tion, there will of course be none. ? Even were any other funds available 1 for this purpose?and this is not the j case?he said he would not under any ' circumstances attempt indirectly or j otherwise to go counter to the action i of the higher authorities referred to. Ho stated that no successors to the 1 ( resigned Inspectors will be appointed nor will any other employe of the de? partment have anything whatever to do with factory inspection In any form whatever. The commissioner stated that this I sudden change of conditions will e.i j able the department to concentrate ? its efforts almost entirely upon agri? cultural development work in the State, a work now under full heal way and capable of an even more rapid advance this year, and upon af? fording adequate protection t<> the people of the State from the dumping of impure foodstuffs upon them by out-of-the-Stato shippers. The inspectors who resigned are Ab x McDouglall and J. A. Gaines. BOSS COX INDICTED FOR PER? JURY. ; Hamilton County (.rand Jury Accuses Cincinnati Politician. Cincinnati. Feb. 21.?Geo. B. Cox, for years head of the "organisation in Cincinnati." a prominent factor in State and national politics, president of the Cincinnati T~ust compay and known widely in financial circles, be? cause of his ' interest in that held, was indicted by the Hamilton county grand jury late today on a charge of perjury. The basis of the charge Is that Cox testified falsely before a grand jury J on March 21, 1906, in denying he had received any of the interest money ! which several banks. according to j disclosurs before the Drake investi? gating committee paid to county; treasurers as recompense for the de? posit of county funds in the banks. No date for Cox's appearance in court was set. Mr. Cox, in speaking of the indict? ment, said: "I do not consider this an indict? ment in the true sense of such action. It was purely a political move and ? was brought about by political condi? tions. "Tin' jury which brought the in ? dictment was selected by a Demo? cratic ju.dge who selected the names of tin- jurors from his inside pocket. "1 regard the action ?f the grand jury as one of the most vicious at? tacks and one of the most outrageous procedures emanating from si body connected with a court. 1 will leave my side of Cms affair to the facts, as ' brought out in the trial. In the mean? time I ask the public to suspend jud ment." The law under which the grand jury returned the indictment provides that in case of conviction for perjury tin1 penalty shall be Imprisonment for not more than 10 nor for less than thrt e \ears. Won RH I isll STORY. , His Hing Won Pickerel, for the Faithful l i b in Rai k. * News and Courier. j Twelve years ago Louis Ceutter caught a pickerel though the ice, near his Brook Btreet property. Af? ter placing around die fish's tail n rLiR made id' a horse shoe nail he freed the pickerel. l- Ishing in the same waters last week Keutter caught tie same pickerel. It still \ \of' the rin .. I nt it was hardly discernible. fish having grown to thrice its former size. R< titter threw the pickerel back, saying, "Is fish for you again twelve years from now." Leroy Bdillard, who h > 1 thousands I of trout in a pond at his place* On j the Itlverton Road, has ivt one left. ' Muskrats caught and ate all of Hu m. I A millionaire who could not sign his name died on Long Island the other day. He bud no education, but he made his mark In the world.?An \ derson It all. rB SOUTHRON. BsteMlshcd June. ISM Vol. XXXII. No. 2. LORDS TO BE ABOLISHED. ENGLISH PREMIER INTRODUCES REVOLUTIONARY BILL. if Measure Bocooscs s Law Will Aller Constitution of House of Lords and Take from Horiditary Killers The Grestes' Part of Their Poorer. London, Feb. 21.?The r 'mSfJt bill to abolish the v*tO of the bouse of lords Which govern? ment is able to pr s" it stands, promises to ,ac .1 a historic change in the v*r amentary system of Great P ^ was ?ntroduced in the hour * ommons today by PremP \^ dh. Ni professes to forsac the outcon. of the constitutional battle. The measure, the premier said, had , gone before the electorate at the re? cent elections and had been indorsed by the return of its supportrs to , the house of commons with a majority of 126. Mr Asquith declared that when the lords rejected the budget of 1909 they committed political suicide. History ; would say that it was the most stu? pendous act of political stupidity ever ' perpetrated. . "Hereditary in origin, irresponsi \ ble in the exercise of its power, and overwhelmingly partisan in its actual composition"?that was the body tv> which the law entrusted the right to delay and check the considered de? cisions of elected representatives of the people, he said. Th premier Faid he did not pro? pose to dispense with a second cham? ber, and declared that the political fortunes of the representatives of the j government were at stake. He con j eluded: I "The government presents this bill J as the first and most urgent step that it can take towards the attainment f cf perfection." j A. J. Balfour, leader of the opposi j ti.?n, commented upon the absence of all evidence of a conciliatory spirit in the premier's speech. All were agreed, he said, that theW^siton^ hjjgffif . * rry,aJAc?tV. two houses but the reconstitution of the h'.i se cf lords should be the sub ject of cautious deliberation. The* bicameral system must prevail and the house of commons must be the predominant partner. The "veto bill" introduced, today was "a bill to make provision with respect to the powers of the house of lords in relation to that of the house of commons and limit the duration of parliament." The preamble recites that "it is expedient that provision shall be made for regulating the relations be? tween the two houses of parliament*' and that "it is intended to substitute for the house of lords, as it at present exists, a second chamber constituted on a popular instead of hereditary basis." The substitution, it is pointed out, can not 1 e made immediately, how? ever, and future provision must be made by parliament limiting and de? fining the powers of tho n< w second chamber. COULD NOT PAss REAL GOLD BRICftt. Canadian Mintage Men Prove That Even Real Thlirfc iv Suspected. New York. Feb. 80.?That it might bo hard to dispose of a real gold brick Worth ft,9Q0 at any price in New York has been demonstartod to the satisfaction of half,a dosen Canadian mine owners who are here lor direc? tors' meeting They wore luachlag tog< ther at an Uptown hotel when a discus ion arose cs to the possibility of s< : Lng a real gold brick to a New Yorker, One of the mining men had in his poket h small iiiouette >)f per.'gold which ? he bad brought from brhish Columbia as a staple hf the product of a new Aline ,ir r.\. To settle the controversy he agreed fo offer it to the d'.tiiug root 1 cashier hi paynwnt *H> luncheon check, lie ap? proached the cashier iu his mosi af a' 1 style :vj d dis;d;: ?fd tho Mock o,\ m< tel. He -lives-' nlo gftld brick .? ? ? 4- isMestad that n would give tt-nto the oagbler it 0 \a a oi. vlb; ?> 1.* !?. .vheoSi check. The eashtev has .made bis.'' home m New York for ten years arSj he did iio! fusltate to Inform the ^fcenisl tirauger tnai Ik would not"pay>,tKhf> at.,- for the gold brick. He was SO COnibb n( th;?t anrttMfippt WHS bcinu med?* to vlctltnige him that he called the house detective* " When the lat? ter hustlech around to arrest the swindler and recognised the mining man, he w-as shown the brick and in? formed that it contained $1,900 worth of pure gold.