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? ?*VMTHt W ATCH*! W Beta all Consolidated Auk. 2, 1 R. r. COMMISSION ENj?INE?. Kt hi mcin'. <>\ ?. ottos imi < i: (,<h>1>s |{\ l i < Mtltll O WK POM < Old H iWQA lo ( NIN' (Ml April 3 Why Injunction Shall Not be Mad*' Porsnanen .?Ret lew of tin* Case. Columbia. M^rch 18.?Attorneys representing 124 cotton mills of the State yesterday scoured an order from Judge Oary at chambers to re? quire the members NoT ihs railroad oommlselon of South CnfollM to show cause on April 3 why they should not be permanently enjoined from enforc? ing the order for a rehearing of the eetton place foods rate. Several weeks ago the commission elgneu an order reducing the rates on cotton piece goods by approxi? mately 20 per cent. In this State. The members of tho commission adopting this order were John Barle. John O. Richards and B. I.. Cauahman. the last named Voting against the reduc? tion. Thin order followed a hearing at which much testimony was pre? sented by tho railroads and the lea tile planta With a changed personnel, the members being B. I* Caughman. John 0. Richard?. Jr...and O. McD. Hamp? ton, the commission, upon petition of the railroads, granted a rehearing. Commissioner Richards voted against the rehearing, Commissioner Caugh mas and Hampton \ >tinsr for a re. opening of th?t case. In the poslMon of the cotton man? ufacturers It Is alleged that the order tor a rehearing is Invalid because the order was not made by a majority of the commission meeting ae a com? mission. Exception is taken to the vote of B. L. Caughman. who was In Florida when the action of the com? mission was taken. It is also charg? ed that the ommtftsloa did. not per? mit the representatives of the mills to make argument aa to why the order for a rehearing should not be granted. ^Vhe attorney* for the cotton mills urfng'the order are: Smythe, Le* A Frost; Haynsworth ?fc Haynsworth: Qrter * Park: William Henry Parker, and Christie Bepet. The action was brought by the Ah bevllle cotton mills and all others menti. I against O. McD. ^ Hampton, acting chartman: B. L Caughman and John (i. Richards. HB. HOltsl sMO\* IN ( \MBKN Mao i 1 on . - .i -1?I lllg Prize?N?tt Orlcao*. ( nimli n Pol?? ?<amr At ? tr*< i-. Mu h VlleniK n. Camden. Mar h 1-1.?All Cainden and the hnoN of ? isttors are waiting In expectanev f *r the opening gin of the farad a HofM show, to be held March It and 30 in this city. \p This is the third annual event to h given under the ausphes of the Cam den Polo (Mul?, and It promises to eclipse the others In point of inter eat and prises. Staff variety of horse will he shown from the lady's driving anlm it te the swiftest hutr )b er and hlgh^t Jumper. Daring ?.. !: *? will amas** the populace: small Sh"t iand points will delight the children. There are 29 claaees and sev? eral hundred dollars In prises. A big polo meet will he held here next week. The New Orleans and at Carnd?m leami will be contestants. * and it in ana* t d Ihnl play will eoa tlnue until Saturday. The Camden players have shown dechh d clans this year, and hav.- many vtttOffni to their credit. Hid Smith, a broth r of Hon. Mendel Smith, speaker of the hoajga tfa^of represent?' ? s, Is one ..r Cnmden's players. In Ihe summer Mr. Smith catcher for the Cleveland I im In the Am- ri. mi leasjue. Man\ v?**i? t??rs are ? \p.?? < .1 h.-i- for the t "it - n imen* 'TIIobnw i I i niiPM \\ \<.i m if\ i^i Mr Mim i I >< 111itm shen.nii Leave* |?ro|?? i l \ ? . I.real BelH lolcni In ?Mit tit ton ut Clinton Richmond Va.. Mar? h 17 With the eneenxtaa of ? fan netnonnl ?tu?-*** to t< ami friends the * III of M> -> \l ir . ? ? '-.< hi . n Sh. n ? h.. died in Ma an toe, v ?. . i fen da he?|in?aths h- r ? ??-1i of l&e.gop to benevoleni objeeta, The sum of $2,oon 14 i .i tthed to lh< ,Sonth rti Pf< ihytertan ? hur? h for foreign mlaalona, 11.900 lo Hampden Mdn< v ??oll...:.-, ir.oo i.. in. |:,,||. v' ausii. ?? nl Maunton'i Ifouni M n'l CbrlMtlan Aswoelnttoni rarteni real estate, sto. kn and bananl lo Um Klnn'i DnughterH bianjllal of Unemton, and laundry real eelate, -to.ks and bondu ? to th?< Thomw. II mphaiinge at Chil? ians C. .shed April. IHM) ho Juxt ai 881 9 BULLS CONTROL MARKET. ?AVK m i s I avoki i) B\ sTito\<. srATlsTK XL PO? SITION. Long*. Seem Optimistic and HcUv mined. While BOUTS Appcur to Ik* Rather Irresolute. New York, March 17.?The hull clique has still kept its grip in cot? ton markets. They have been favored by the Increasing strength of the sta? tistical position. Powerful cliques b?th at New York and Liverpool are to all appearances banking on this as much as anything eis?-. They are also apparent'y keeping a sharp eye on the short interests in the market. Hulls think there Is no likelihood of the cotton schedules being disturbed v in any tariff Jiscdswion during the coming season of congr-ss and they do not xpect to he hampered by a renewal oT anti-option legislation, or, at any rate, by a possibility of such Iconoclast legislation, as*they regard It. being passed. Money is abundant at home and abroad and the stock market has Stooel the test of rec rit bad news so well as to entourage bulls in the commodity markets. Receipt! at the ports have DO01 light. The visible and Invisible supply in this country is saht *n be 400.000 bah s smaller than a year ago. Spot cotton sticks to re OOnt prices with a t. nacpy rather dls ? on. ertlng to bears. In fact, in parti of Georgia sabs are r*-port? d at the same price which existed when May was selling here at 11,10? BxpOTtl this season ar> very large. Liverpool spots sales of late have Increus -d. Texas needs more rains. Weal her condition in that State is amid to be V ry marked. lM:rlng the past week silver has ad? vanced in London. I Miring the few days the spot (P mand In the Atlantic States has increased and Manchester has sent more favorable reports in regard to the conditions of trade in OOtton goods. The certificated stocjc has recently i.^ n decreasing at the rate of 2,Soo to 3.000 hules a day. It Is pointed out that the statistical Position of the aid crop is growing Stronger owing both to the decreased r? ceipts at the ports and the large ? ipoftl to Bumps which are causing Stocks hi America to decrease more mpidrr than they were a year ago, The spinners' takings are also larger than some have been expecting from the persistent report of had trade. Curtailment of production in South Carolina Is very noHcaohle and at Fall Rivet about || per cent of the looms ore idle. From most parts of the South come favorable reports as re larcH the condition of the sollt fertl? 11? r sales are large, anil all the COO '.tens point to a big acreage. As the matter now stands, however, bulls s em determined and their opponents Irresolute* i li.< Title LAMPS CHEAPER. Dsn eminent'*? Action AgalnM Alleged Trust llrings PHOSS Down. W ashington. March If,?As the first direct result of the Government's an? ti-trust suit against the so-called "BlOCtrie Lamp Trust.' the depart? ment of |ustlei has received Intima? tions that the prices of all electric bulbs wdi be reduced II 1-9 per cent all over the United States. By such a cut in pres. rit prlceSi folkl who buy the SlCStriC lamps will save more th..n $f,##t,0#l a year. The department continues, t > receive srord that the various i.is in the so-caiied trust are breaking up, In an 11< Ipntloa of suits. \PRIfj iiiiitn si;i:s firkt (jamk fiat, Blouse Thinks it Beneath His hlgtilt* to Tos- i'll-( Hall. Colons his. March It. No, there trtll be no great display at the ColUtn? bnll park \prii ::. when the Com? in Isstoners and Tourists open the n aenn here, Manager Cnvender had planned to have Governor Mease loss the hist hall over, but i; his heeil ei nsldcrcd I tli the dlgnlt) f th< chief exerutlv* in the great state of South Carotin i In sppesr on > hall field on th np< nlng d iv. Man n\ i M \iv ende.- I i . | nor 11|< BSC did ! i I ? I look at the lota', r in this light a*hen th-- invitation was tendered snd |uco< pi. d. bu1 ihey hav< probably r - ? n?ldered and < < the matter In Ihe prop, r light. ? Fur he I from th1 I Columbia management in do anything I 10 infringe in th< slight* It an Ih Idignity of Governor hi. ? He Is 'invited to OOeupy a lo\ eat along w>ih other dignified Officials, and ni the governor Is u genuine lover of baashnll, he srtll douhtl 1 on I hand. / 7 ml Foar BOtWjet all the end* Thou A in 17 BITE R, 8 C. WEDNEI WILSON 13 PARTY'S HOPE. COL, HARVEY POINTS TO JERSEY MAN AS CANDIDATE FOR 1912, Dedarea That Only Pi kresolve Dem oc ats Has a Chance to Carry Ban nor In Triumphant Campaign. Savannah, Ga.. March 17.?"Care- I fui diagnosis of the present temper of the people clearly Indicates that if an election were to be held tomor? row, a Democratic candidate regarded by the people less progressive than President Taft would he defeated, and that candidate generally recognized as being more progrcsslvhe, more lib- j eral, more radical, If you like, than President Taft would almost as surely 1 win." So declared Col. Harvey of NVw York, In regard to the next presi? dential campaign, in the concluding adress at the y9th annual banquet of the Hibernian society here to? night. Then he said: "Let the apportionment of respon? sibilities he even. The West has fur- ? nlanod the party, as well as the op? position, with the majority, though j not the greatest, of its issues. The , South is to enforce harmony and 1 amalgamation. The East presents the man-?Woodrow Wilson, the ' highly Americanized Scotch-Irishman, descend* <1 from Ohio, born in Vir- . fin la, developed in Maryland, mar-' i |< d In Georgia and now delivering , from political bondage the State of J NOW Jersey." j Theea two statements form the* framework Of Col. Harvey's address' On "The Problem( the Solution and ' the Man." or, reduced to plain Eng Itah, the chance the Democratic party ? has of electing ;l president in 1912. With QoV. Wilson of New Jersey as the candldat", Col. Harvey SCOI the' party*! luccese, The Hibernian society banquet was the climax to an unusual celebration' of St. Patrick's day which began with i military parade] various Irish so? ciety meetings and church serv'ces. In addition to Col.- Harvey's, ad? dresses were made at the banquet by Michael J. Jordan of Boston, Mass.; Congressman William Q, Br intley of Georgia; Murphy G. Candler, railroad commissioner of Georgia; Georgia Su preme Court Justice Joseph H. Lump kin; the Rev, Dr. Charles H, Btrong of Savannah and TltOB, W. Loy less, ed? itor of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. MANY PAHDONCD BY GOVERNOR Fifty-live Persons Arc Pardoned, Pa? roled or Have Their Sentence Com? muted. Columbia, March ih.?Governor Coleman Livingston Bleaae is shown by the records to have set a pace in the issuing of pardons, commutations ami paroles which no other governor in many yean has reached. Fifty-five times within the sixty dayi since his Inauguration he has utilized his power of executive clem? ency. Twenty-seven of his benefici? aries have been pardbned outright, eighteen have had their aentences commuted and ten have been paroled during god behavior. Many of these commutations have been so arranged as to be In effect full pardons, except that the beneficiary is not restored to citizenship. ? hi each of these eases the governor has a< ted without official advice, hav? ing said sum" time atfo that he hits no use for the State 1m aril of pardons. He has not seen fit tO take the public Into his v onfidencc as to the grounds of his action on the various petitions for clam >ncy which he has granted. In tin- office of the Secretary of state, where the re ords are kept, only the purely formal orders are filed. Gov? ernor Aneel'i custom was to tile with eaeh order of this Kind a brief statement of the reasons moving him to his action. These statement' were show n to newspaper men visiting the office and the reporters were also shown at the s nie time the petition*, with endorsements. Ill] Ml' HIT IIFAHIXC iv ?KTPOX I ID. WIM he ( ii>ii iiiiirii Saturday llcfuri Judge (inrj?the Benson ? 'olumhla, Mar- h 16. Judge Rrn fori < ounty legi lath ?'? ? it Ion t. r< train in t?v ni hip commission an removed bj the Governor w h< n 1 lv made his appointments. The h? arlng *\ ill be h< Id Raturdas Tin- sickness of one of the principal in the case bj given as ihe raason fo p< 11 ponemenl of I in hearing. im t at bo thy Country's. Thy God's an SDAY, MARCH 22, 1911 WHAT DOES IT MEAN ? MAN SLAYER'S BROTHER OFFER? ED VOTIN FOR PARDON. Man Who Was Pnroled by GOV. BleuSC Had Friend Trying t< Pur? chase Promise or Freedom. ? ' The State, March 17. Last August or September, after the first State primary and before the second, a man who supported Mr. Featherstone for governor told a member of the staff of The State that a man named Gallman had come to Columbia that day bearing a letter of introduction from a resident of Union. Mr. Featherstone was not in Columbia and Gallman called to see one of the men active in his cam? paign, presenting the letter to him. The letter said, among other things, that Gallman, the bearer, had a brother in the penitentiary and that the bearer of ihe letter had large political Influence in Union, Spartan burg and Greenville counties. The bearer of the letter desired to know if Mr. Featherstone could be depended upon to pardon his brother In case of his election, provided the influence of the bearer were exerted for Mr. Featherstone's election. Mr. Featherstone's friend promptly told the bearer of the letter that no pledges or promises would be made. The Union man thereupon begged that the matter be taken under considera? tion, and left, showing some anxiety to catch a train. Of course the mat? ter ended there, so far as Mr. Feath? erstone and his friend were con? cerned. The man who told The State man about the visit remarked at tin time that in any evenl he expected to keep an eye on development in the Gallman case. Yesterday the announcement was published that the governor had pa? roled Jaim s W. Gallman, a prisoner ' in the State penitentiary, convicted in 1107 of manslaughter and serving a sentence of 10 years, during good be? havior. TnnnV W G1 i'rnin was vonvictcd in Union county in 1007 for killing Sims Qllmore at Joiifsville, in Union county, lie was sentenced to 15 years in the State penitentiary. The parole was announced by Gpv. Blease fol? lowing a conference with Senator Townsend of Union DOCTORS TALK OF )c OCA-COLA. other Physicians Culled Upon as to Properties of -Drink Said to Con? tain Caffeine. Chattanooga, Tenn., March 17.? Some of the most prominent medical men of the United States were wit? nesses today ir. the ca?C of the gov? ernment sgainat several barrels and kegs of coca-cols on trial In the fed? eral court here. The following tes? tified. Dr. (diver T. Osborne, professor of materla medica, therapeutici and clin? ical medicine in Yale Medical collegt . Dr. S. Sobs Cohen, professor clinical medicine. Jeffers >n Medical t ollegC, Philadelphia; H. Musser, professor of clinical medlcim. Cnlverslty of Penn? sylvania. The evidence of the day alT b iided to show that caffeine was and is a component part of the drink coca cola. Dr. Osborne stated that caf? feine is a drug, that it is poisonous in its tendency and that caffeine as served in the drink ooca-cola would have the action of a drug and would be harmful especially to children, women and those men who have a tendency to nervousness. Dr. Musser sa?d that caffeine was a drug and that ai used in coca-co a it would have a tendency to injure the human system; that it would tem? porarily excite and apparently stim? ulate the spinal cords, the kidneys, the heart and brain, but reaction would be harmful; that the organs would be left in a depleted condition; that the stimulation was a false stim? ulation and exhaustion would natur? ally follow. Dr. Cohen followed and was posi? tive that caff en i< was a habit form? ing drug, thai i' incited a morbid I craving which ron!d be supplied by this 1'p some other similar stimulant. ? Iiis opinion was ihn! Me- constant use Lf coffee was delaterlous but s, much so a* when ustd In coca-cola. 1 .vtei that . .rhonated vat., assisted That ground lee.- knew what w 1 coming all right. Thai "< ;t ? at White Way" proposl Hon that Was put up to the citj sounds like something ought to h doing pretty soon. d Truth's." THE TKC DIAZ WILL NOT GRANT TERMS. MEXICO'* MAN OF IKON NOT OF THE YIEDILXG SORT. Possible That He Cm Present Bonne Acceptable Proposition for settle? ment <>f Revolution. _ M? xico City. March 17.?Jose Tves Llmantour, minister of finance, is coming to the capital with the in tontion of inducing Gen. Diaz to listen to terms proposed hy the insurnetos for a cessation of hostilities, hut it is probable that his efforts will prove fruitless. The known character of Gen. Diaz is not such as would permit hir to listen to terms from revolutio. ists. It was hut a few days ago that ho announced a plan which was not one of conciliation but of war. No longer is there a disposition on the part of the administration to deny that a condition of war exists, hut it is maintained that the progress of the campaign mad*' against the rebels up to this time has shown satisfac? tory results. It is not admitted that | the insurrection exists in all portions j of the republic, as efforts have been ? made by revolutionists to have it j appear, hut only in the north, and Is confined to the State of Chihuahua. Benor Llmantour may have some other plan than that suggested in the dispatches from New York, and if so it is more than probable that he will receive the hearty cooperation of Gen. I Mar. Benor Llmantour may have In mind reforms whose enactment will have an excellent effect on tin' situation, but If they are based upon yielding j by this government to demands made by the rebels, as indicated in previous dispatches^ there is little doubt that ' President Diaz will not agree with him. That the administration would be Willing to grant terms was regarded as a strong probability, but as has been stated before. only after the n Wls had laid down their arms. That Gen. Diaz would agree to de? clare his recent election void was dis? missed as the extreme of absurdities. That Changes In the cabinet are probable has not been denied here, although whether soon or late no offi? cial would state positively. Enrique Creel, minister of foreign relations, has declared that it was unlikely they j would occur until after the revolution has ceased. With the exception of that knowl? edge possessed by gov< rnment ofti cials which they refuse to divulge, the Mexican public is as much in igno? rance of the real Import of the com? ing of Llmantour as the American public. In all the elements of society his coming has c reated an unusual In? terest and much speculation regarding Its meaning is indulged In, but in few quarters does one hear the opinion ex? pressed that his arrival will result In an Immediate cessation of hostilities. THREE TUOUSAND <;o SOUTH. All Militia Officers Who Have Accept ted Probably Will be Given Chance on Frontier. Washington. March 16.?With the District of Columbia, Ke ntucky and Wyoming still to be heard from. I.? 180 officers of the organised militia have accepted the war department's invitation to participate in the present military Operations In the Southern border states. The war de partment today com? municated by telephone- with Gen. Bliss, at San Diego, aski'tc fe>r defi? nite information as te> how many mil* Itls officers can i?e> accommodatel by I their command! at one time. As soon as this Information is re? ceived tin- department will call on the adjutant general e?f the states and territories to select the oihVers who w ill constitute the first hi dj of mil? itia officers t<? i>. sen! te. the ??front." According to tenatlve plats for? mulated by the- department, 250 mi? litia officers will be m te. Gen. Car? ter ami 300 to Gen, Bliss at a time for a maximum service ol two weeks ach. Bj rotating l. ne u at ibis ratio, 11 Is expected thai all cd' the The Butler Guard ol Or< ha\ e notified the Vdjut n( I lern ral thai the company will volunteer for services on the Mexican border. B iO?THRON. I>tablMied Juae, ist? Vol. XXXII. ? o. 9. COLLISIOh SMASHES ENGiiS. TWO s\ll> TO HAVE BEEN FA TALL1 Hl KT IN W RBI K N F Vit AHLEN. Misunderstanding nl Orders With Other Cnfortunate Ctrcunmtunoni to Busse for Accident. Augusta, (Ja.. Ml? .6.?A misun? derstanding of o* , the absence of a headlight o?- ^ freight train, and the fact tv jSro- freight engineer was stoc ?? down and did not see the p c^.o hing passenger train, the Sot- w . westbound passenger train f r Charleston to Augusta, running ?V V' ?ut two hours late, ran head-on into and eastbound freight a mile and a quarter from Aiken just before 12 o'clock tonight. Moth engines were demolished, both firemen are said to be fatally injured and several pas? sengers more or less injured. Neither engineer had time to jump but both are said to have escaped any material injury. An extra engine and erew has been sent out from Augusta and will switch around the wreck on the Alken sid? ing. The train wdll be brought to Augusta, but so far the names or number of iniured can not be ascer? tained. The injured taken from the train when it arrived in Augusta were: Engineer Rasmuss- a of Charleston, S. C, of the freight engine; right leg badly bruised, left leg badly burned and body bruised. Fireman Thomas Jones, colored, of freight. Xo. 63, of Charleston, head badly mangled, skull probably crushed; condition serious. Fireman Robert Adams of Augusta, colored, of passenger. No. 17, shoulder Injured. Flagman Rurton of Augusta of train No. 17, nose broken and leg injured. Pullman conductor, J. P. Wr'.son of Atlanta, face cut by his being thrown through a mirror. Ticket collector, C. H. Greenleaf of Augusta, bruised eye. Conductor F. E* Reve. of train No. 17. bruised about the chest. Several other passengers and train? men received minor cuts and bruises. The report made on the arrival of the train here is that the freight en? gine was standing Idle and without a headlight on the main line. HAREM SKIRT BLOCKS STREET. Attracts CurlOUS Mot) of Birmingham People and Interferes with Traf? tic. Birmingham, Ala., March 17.?Bir? mingham was decidedly shocked late this afternoon erneu an unknown young woman appeared on the down town streets in a harem skirt. There was no question about its interfering With traffic. The curious grew to a regular moh and hundreds of people followed her for the few blocks she walked before rushing Into one of the big buildings for protection. PRESS DISPLEASED WITH GOV. Dismissed Members of Windiiig-l p Commission Think It no Dishonor. Columbia. March t7.? Repressed indignation is the weakest term that can he applied to the expressions of the South Carolina press on the action of Governor Phase in dismissing the members of the State disp. ns.uy pommislon under a Cloud thta he him? self cast over them. The governor has not yet signed the resolution to investigate the acts of the commis? sion, and ther ? is little prospec t of his doing s<?. It is said thta he is afraid his own record might figure In sny proceedings ?i investigation and h< is to,, wily io be caught in ' f trap. Krom expressions bj those members of tin commission who did talk?Mr. Brl .. n particular Is seen that they d i not consider it a dishonor to i>? removed from office by "a man of tin character and calibre of our prevent governor" ami ate not therefore worrying ? n that a. < ? ;nt. Mr. I trice b willing I leave his work I i d- r< d the commission m 111 inaugurated?and bis action in re moving them only shows'his persons displeasure in the matt- r. But h has not signed tin resolution to In vestlgnte the members.