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SULZER UNS POINTS. ? 1 1? jfik.f fTMJTTI hflfs ot't kvidkm k as to political barters as incom? petent. BfMuK Im to Tttrow Out Charges of Trafficking In Influence With Patrlc, Hwfrt nimI Prime. Managers' Case Draws Near to Its t lose. * - Albany. N. Y., Sept. 2?.?-Oov. Sul ser today won a triple victory over his accusers at the trial of his im? peachment. Presiding Judge Cullen of the high court barred the introduction of evi? dence Intended to prove that the gov? ernor had made a corrupt political bargain with Assemblyman Patric of Qreen county and held that the testimony brought forward to show that he made idmilar bargains with Assemblyman Sweet of Oswego coun? ty and Assemblyman Prime of Essex was incompetent. The legislation had to do in each case with highway and bridge im? provements provided for In bills pass? ed by the legislature to which the as? semblymen were deslrlous of getting the governor's signature. In the Patric case, however, no charges were brought in the srticles >f im? peachment and on this ground Judge OejNea 'brew the charge out. Ths Sweet and Prime cases were ?pectned in srtlcle 7 of the Impeach? ment charging that the governor hu4 vetoed one and signed the other bill. On? assemblyman had failed to sup? port the governor's direct primary bill and the other did so after con? suming Sulser. the managers charged. Assemblyman Sweet today testified that when he urged the governor to approve his bill he was asked wheth? er he had Noted for the direct pri? mary bill, which had bean defeated In the regular i es don of the legislature. "i told him I voted against it," sali the wltrees. The primary bill was to come up again at the extraordinary session in July and the governor wanted to know how Sweet proposed to vote at that time. Sweet said he replied: "According to the sentiment and In the interest of my district." To this, according to Sweet, the governor replied with advice to see his personal counsel, Valentine Tay? lor, "and smooth him tha right way." "Did you smooth him?" asked At? torney Brackett of counsel for the Impeachment managers. "I did not have to," replied the witness, who explained that Taylor had sent him to John H. Delaney, chairman of the department of effi? ciency, who prepared a favorable re? port on his bill. "What happened to your bill?" asked Attorney Brackett. "It was vetoed," replied the wit-teas. "How did you vote on the primary bill at the regular session?" To this question the defense ob? jected. "Objection sustained." ruled Judge Cullen. "He has already said he voted against the bill and if this wit? ness was already against the bill it snowed he did not receive the price of a corrupt bargain." On practically the same ground Judge Cullen held that the charges In connection wi.h tho Prime case were likewise invslid. The difference was that at the regular session of the legislature Prime did not vote at all. With the Introduction of evidence of three more campaign contributions not reported In the governor's sworn statement on campaign receipts, and of more evidence concerning the gov? ernor's alleged Wall street specula? tions, the assembly managers dr^w near the end of their case today. It was announced thut with the calling of possibly two more contributors and one or two other witnesses tomorrow the case against the governor prob? ably would be complete. The long missing Frederick L Col well, the governor M alleged "dummy" In Wall street transactions, Is in a sanitarium. a? cording to counsel for the governor, but will consent to tes? tify as the go\ ?? i ni>i 'h witness under stipulation that he be not placed un? der arrest for refusing to obey the subpoena of the Frawley Investigating committee. Counsel for the managers had not derided tonight whether to agree to this stipulation. If a subpoena can be served upon him. J. It (J'-uy of the stock exchange Arm of Gull m <;ray. where the *o\ - ernor Is aliened to hu\e speeulatcd with some of hi- Sanipalga contribu? tions, will be a tritaeOI tomorrow. Thus far rouns? I hi.. ,,, .,(,;,. ,,, locste him. Hin partner. Arthur l Fuller, who was on the stand today, said .Mr. (lra> had been making no cf foit to evade summons. Fuller and his employe* gave testi? mony today tending to show thut <*ol well had pur? based 300 shares of Mg Four Mio. k through Fuller i Ore), for which was paid 917.000 in csnh. Melville it. Fuller, a brother of wit neu?. who also t. d.tied. produced a transcript of QoV. Sulzer's acOOUnf with his firm I Harris & Fuller* sh brought out by the Ij a v\ lev ei.mmit tse. Counxel for tin |mj.ea- hmeiit FREE TRIP FOB BOYS. PRIZE COHN GROWERS OFFER? ED TRIP TO WASHINGTON HV DEPARTMENT OF AGRICL'LTVRE. Alan Probable That Most Sucres* ful tarls In Tomato Growing Will He Given Trip at Same Time? 70, 004) Boys in Corn Clubs and 21,000 Girls In Tomato Clubs?Crop Ro? tation Scheme Being; Planned. Washington, Sept. 30.?The de? partment of agriculture today an? nounced that winners of the State prizes in the boys' corn club contests in the Southern States would visit Washington and be welcomed by the department on December 11. It is probable that winners of State prizes in the girls' tomato raising contests will visit here at the same time. There now are about 70,000 boys in the corn clubs in the Southern States and about 24,000 girls in the tomato clubs. The Northern States have Just started organizing this year, but it is thought that altogether there are about 100,000 children in the club work. Present indications are that there will be something over 200 boys in the Southern States whose corn crop will average more thin 100 bushels to the acre, although this was a bad year for corn in the South. Twenty five bushels an acre has been the average of the United States Tor sev? eral years. The department is working out a plan for crop rotation and hog raising, by which, with two acres, it is be? lieved, a boy will be able permanently to improve the fertility of an acre of ground and make enough to keep a family of five. The officials are not yet ready to give out the details of the new club plan. SHERIFF CREATES CONSTERNA? TION (?) Reported That Sheriff Gamble of Clarendon County and Deputy Held up Negroes. It was stated in the T em Monday that considerable consternation was created among the negroes living near Mr. John I. Brogdon Saturday night by the holding up of two of their number by two white men, causing a visit from Sheriff Bradford and a search for the two men which was unsuccessful. The report was, as stated by the two neg-oes, that one one of them ran and that the other was relieved of three dollars by the alleged highwaymen. It was also stated by one of the negroes that the men told them they were looking for an scaped convict from the Clar? endon county gang. The report now comes from that section that the two alleged hold-up men were Sheriff Gamble of Claren? don County and his deputy, whe were in that section looking for an escap? ed convict from the Clarendon coun? ty gang. This pit ^e, where the hold? up is said by the negroes to have tak? en place, is near the Clarendon Sumter county line and it is supposed that Sheriff Gamble, if it were he, merely stopped the negroes to see if either of them was the escaped con? vict, allowing them to go on after he found neither of them the man he was looking for. However, if it was the sheriff of Clarendon county, he certainly had the negroes In the community work? ed ut> for a time and put Sheriff Bradford to some annoyance and ex? pense to go to the scene of the sup? posed robbery. A Good Time Ahead. Turbevllle, Sept. 29.?The members of Cypress Grange No. 89 at Tuibe vllle Woman's Circle, will have an oyster supper Thursday night, Oc? tober 9th, in the hall over Messrs. Turbevllle's store. They will i Iso have plenty of chicken, rice und barbecue and everything thnt is nice to eat. Everybody has a special in? vitation to be present at this grt.nd supper. Come out and enjoy your? self and be with us. Don't forget the date, October 9th. Orllla Johnston, Clerk. Florence is claiming a larger ?ehool enrollment than Sumter, but the comparltlve llgures are not avail? able. managers made no effort to prove the sfo( k transactions shown In the ac? count as hi?d beeil done in the caso of m. it. Puller's examination before the Prawley committee, They merely brought out that daring November and December of Itll Gov. Sul/.er paid Into the account |1I,000 in cash. Just at the cloat Of the session to? day the aaeembly managers Intro? duced into evidence s bunk account of Hugh I, Kellly, contra? t<u- and rail? road builder for the Cuban govern? ment, who recently announced thai he bad loaned Gov. Butter $16,000 in caal lb iiiv had relations a Ith Bui ser when tin- bitter was chairman ol <!>?? foreign affairs committee in con? greaa lie ma) be ? witness tomor? row. COTTON CASE A TANGLED ONE PRELIMINARY BEFORE MAG? ISTRATE WELLS INVOLVES INTERESTING POINTS. Witnesses Testimony Winds a Net About Asaiah Daxi.w, Who is Charg? ed with Receiving Pay tor Bale of Cotton Once Too Often?Magistrate Wells ^Reserves Decision Until Thursday After Hearing AH Testi? mony. A case involving several unusual points is that in which a preliminary hearing was given Isaiah Davis Mon? day and Tuesday afternoons before Magistrate Wells. Davis is charged with fraud in that by means of trick? ery he received pay for one bale of cotton twice. The charge Is brought by A. C. Thompson, one of the cotton weighers, who. with O'Donnell & Company, is one of the chief parties interested in the case. Whether the prosecuting witnesses made out a clear case against the de? fendant, in the opinion of Magistrate Wells, is a point which is awaited with interest by all concerned. The hearing was commenced Mon? day afternoon, but was postponed un? til Tuesday afternoon and all of the evidence was taken then. At the close of the hearing Magistrate Wells re? served his decision until Thursday, when he will announce whether or not he considers a showing has been made out against the defendant so that he can be held for trial at the higher court. Davis was arrested Saturday after? noon on a warrant sworn out by Mr. Thompson. It is alleged that he sold a bale of cotton to O'Donnell & Com? pany, numbered C8; that he deliver? ed it at the cotton platform, where it was weighed by Mr. A. C. Thompson who was weighing cotton for O'Don? nell & Company on that day. The hale weighed 500 pounds and was so set down on the ticket, it is al? leged. Later, it is claimed, that Davis stated that he had lost his cotton weigher's receipt and asked the cotton weigher what he must do. A duplicate was given him by Mr. Thompson, after the bale of cotton had been brought out of the lot, where It had been placed after the first weighing* and was re-welghed, ^e second being five hundred three pounds. The negro then took the duplicate slip to O'Donnell A Company's store, where he was paid for the bale, number 68. Mr. Thomp? son and one of the truckers at the cotton platform, a negro named Bobertson, both testified that Davis was the man who had this bale re weigher and who received the expli? cate slip, on his statement that he had lost the original slip. At O'Don? nell & Company's Mr. J. O. Barwlck, one of the book-keepers testified that Davis was the man he settled with for the bale number 68, under the name of Mose Ballard, which name he had given the cotton Weigher when he was issued the duplicate slip. Later on Isaiah Davis brought his slips to the office in his real name and was paid for two hales of cotton which he had sold under his own name and the name of Hatty Davis, his mother. Mr. P. M. Brown testi? fied to the fact that Davis was the ne gro >>c settled with under this name. .v short tim after this it was found that a mistake had been made, as there were two slips numbered 68, one the original having on it the name of Isaiah Davis and one the du? plicate slip given by the cotton weigh? er and bearing the name Mose Bal? lard. The matter was taken u;p at the cotton platform and it was found that there was only ore bale of cot? ton numbered sixty-eight in the lot, which contained one hundred bales, according to the custom of placing cotton In hundred bale lots, while at the same time one hundred one bales had been paid for in this lot. It was at this time that the warrant was sworn out for Isaiah Davis, alias Mose Ballard, and an officer sent to arrest him. The defense tried to show in the cross examination that many mis? takes were made by O'Donnell & Company in the numbering of the bales, but Mr. Luyns testified that the numbers on the ticket! had not been duplicated once in the two years that he had been there, according to his knowledge. It was stated by witnesses that mistakes did occur at the cotton platform, and that some time cotton was lost, two hales hav? ing been lost Saturday, the one in question and another belonging to O'Donnell A Company. Counsel's ef? forts to get the witnesses admit that mistakes occurred frequently Were unsuccessful, as several of them ad? mitted that mistakes were made, but not a great many of them. So far as is known of the case the effort of the prosecution is to show that Isaiah Davis with the help of the real Moaea Ballard entered Into ? conaplracy t<? get pay for ono bale more than they had. The defenae claims that a mistake by the cotton weighers, who have evidently loal one bah- of eotton, and the mistakes <d O'Donnell & Com? pany's book-keepers are no fault M ONE KILLED; ONE DtlNK. free fight ends fatally 1h)r oxk of contestants at cuesnee SATURDAY. Charley Hiding Held for Killing uf Romeo Henderson?Robert Hi ling Dying as Result of Fractured Skull?Four Men Held In Jail to Await Trial. fc'partarburg, Sept. 30?As a result of a free-for-all tight at Chesnee Sat? urday afternoon, Romeo Henderson ies dead and Robert Riding is fatal? ly injured. The skulls of both men were fractured. The fight was between Guy Bur? gess, "Bub" Hayes and Romeo Hen? derson on one side and Robert Rid? ing and his two sons, Mack Riding and Charley Riding, on the other. The fight was the outcome of a row between Charley Riding and Romeo Henderson. All the men involved are white. At the coroner's inquest yesterday the Jury found that Romeo Hender? son came to his death from a blow inflicted by a shotgun in the hands of of Charley Riding, fracturing his skull. Death resulted Sunday after? noon. Charley Riding was lodged in Jail yesterday, as were Burgess, Hayes and Mack Riding, whose head was con? siderably bruised. Opening Bowling Alleys. The public will have a chance to bowl at the opening night of the al? leys on Friday, November 3, ladies especially invited. After the bowling visit the bas? ket ball game in the gymn. The young men are trained for a regular team to compete with neighboring towns and cities. Give them en? couragement by attending their sports. When the government cotton crop report is issued cotton should ad? vance in price, as the report will show a heavy decline in condition, but no one can predict, or with any degree of certainty surmise, what the market will do. Isaiah Daivs and that he should not be held to account for their mistakes. They brought up the original Mose Ballard with papers from the South? ern depot agent to prove that Saturday he shipped p. bale of cotton from Tourney's station to Sumter and se? cured it at the depot here. Ballard stated that he sold the bale to O'Don nell & Company for 13.80; the price paid for the alleged spurious bale, that this bale was numbered 68 and that he lost his ticket and received a duplicate from Mr. Thompson*which he took to O'Donnell & Company's store and received payment from Mr. Barwick. He then took half of the money to Mr. S. D. Cain, with whom he ran a share crop, giving him at the time the account slip showing the amount received for the cotton. This paper was produced by Mr. S. A. Harvin, who took up the case in behalf of Isaiah Davis and se? cured an attorney to defend him. The hearing was hotly contested by Mr. Jennings and Mr. Clifton, the opposing attorneys, many interesting points being brought out. Near the close Mr. Clifton endeavored to allow Mr. Harvin to make a state? ment, but this Mr. Jennings would not admit, saying that Magistrate Wells did not have any jurisdiction to hear the case and that under the law no one save the defendant could make a statement In a preliminary. Mose Hallard was allowed to make a state? ment, but Mr. Jennings stated that this was under the supposition that he was the defendant, as the two were so closely woven together In the case. After lengthy arguments on both sides, Magistrate Wells decided against admitting a statement from Mr. Harvin. The two negroes, Mose Ballard and Isaiah Davis, do not look anything alike at all, the former being a tall mulatto negro and the latter a chunky dark skinned negro. It seems impossible that there could be a mistake in idenity by any of the witnesses, who swore that Davis was the one who got the Mose Ballard re? ceipt for bale number 68 and received payment for same. The negroes live about three miles apart, according to the statement of Mose Ballard, and do not know each other well. The trick, If it is one, is an extremely sharp one and was very cleverly exe? cuted, if the prosecution's contention is correct. At the same time if this contention is not correct, as the de? fense claims, it seems a very peculiar coincidence that the two bales of cot? ton should each be numbered the same thing, when a mistake of this kind has occurred only once during the year, according to one of the wit? nesses, and at the same time the ne? groes, who knew each other, should not have seen each other at O'Donnell &? Company's when they were selling the cotton, as Ballard stated. The case Is most unusual and in? teresting, but very complicated. THE SMITH-LEVER SCHEME. COMPROMISE COTTON FUTURES MEASURE PLACED IN TAR? IFF BILL AT LAST HEARING. Measure Now Ready to G& Back to Senate on Final Trip if that Body Agrees on Cotton Futures Rate ? Ciiier Portions of B1U Accepted? Conference Necessary if Senate Re? fuses to Accede to Measure. Washington, Sept. 30.?The Demo? cratic tariff revision bill left the house tonight on what the party leaders hoped would be its last journey to the senate. After many hours of de? bate the house adopted the main con? ference agreement on the bill, 254 to 103, almost a strict party vote, and by this action gave its indorse? ment to everything in the measure except the cojtton futures tax. At the end of a short but bitter fight that followed the adoption of the report, Representative Underwood, the Democratic leader, succeeded in carrying through the Smith-Lever cot? ton tutures tax amendment by a vote of 171 to 161. Democrats and Re? publicans alike voted on this without regard to party and a large portion of the Democratic membership from Southern States joined in the vigor? ous demand that the whole subject be carried over to another session of congress. The cotton futures tax question now rests entirely with the senate. The house concurred in the Clarke amendment put into the tariff bill by the senate but added the Smith-Lever Underwood plan as another amend? ment. Unless the senate will accept this change, which has the indorsement of I the president, the whole cotton futures plan again will have to be considered in the joint conference committee and again reported to both houses for action. The conference report will be called up in the senate early tomorrow by Chairman Simmons of the finance committee, unless there are unlooked for developments. Several Democratic senators who are dissatisfied with cer? tain features of the bill today began a demand for a Democratic caucus to consider the conference report before it is taken up in the senate. Senator Reed of Missouri insisted that unless certain changes were made in rates fixed by the conference com? mittee, he might vote against the re? port and the tariff bill on its final passage. The cotton futures tax dominated the day's fight in the house, although but little time actually was given to its consideration. The history of the compromise amendment became a matter of record before the day I ended. Representative Underwood i said President Wilson had given It to him. Representative Lever added that the basis of the plan was a bill introduced repeatedly in the senate by Senator Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina; that he had asked the agri? cultural depatrment to put the mat? ter into shape for the tariff bill, and that Postmaster General BuHeson had perfected the amendment and given it to the president. Three distinct elements developed among the Democrats in the cotton futures fight. One branch, led by Representative Hard wick of Georgia, demanded that the whole subject be taken out of the tariff bill and con? sidered as a separate measure. An? other set, led by Representative Win go of Arkansas, insisted that the house should accept the language of the Clarke amendment inserted by the Benate. Representative Under? wood headed the supporters of the compromise plan. Under its terms the cotton futures tax would be nominal on actual trades, but all contracts would have to specify government grades of cot? ton and trading would be closely reg? ulated. The tariff bill itself came in for warm praise from all Democrats. Representative Underwood declared 1 that business condition in the Unit? ed States had so carefully prepared themselves for tariff revision that there would be little halt to business progress or prosperity. On the final passage of the confer? ence report .embracing the whole bill except the cotton tax, Representatives Donohue of Penhalyvanlg, Morgan and Broussard of Louisiana voted against it. While Representati\es McDonald of Michigan and Rubely of Pennsylvania, Progressives, and Manahan of Minnesota, Stacord of Wisconsin, Carey of Wisconsin and Kent of California, Republicans, voted with the majority. Speaker Clark took the fioor In the last moments before the vote to con? gratulate the president, Representa? tive Underwood and the Democratic party in general upon the success of the tariff programme. He defended the caucus plan, and ridiculed tho suggestion of Representative Alur dock that no tariff hills In the. future would be drafted in this way. "It WOU|d be Impossible to pass a tariff bill," said Mr. Clarke, "that In PRIZES FOR TOMATO GIRLS. SIXTEEN COUNTIES WILL SEND EXHIBITS TO .STATE FAIR. Booths Will be Located in I<arge Steel Building Coder Direction of J. L. Carbery. Columbia, Sept. 29.?Tomato clubs from 16 counties will send exhibits to the State fair this year, according to an announcement by Miss Edith Parrott, State agent for the work. Each of the counties will have a booth ID the large steel building in which will be displayed some of the pro? ducts of the year's work. "Although this has been an unusual? ly trying year on our work and our products will necessarily be limited, still we wish the public to see our work and know cur ambition for the future," says Miss Parrott in a letter discussing the exhibits that are being arranged. The following are the agents for the counties which are to make ex I hibits at the State fair: Miss Bertha Lechner, Beaufort; Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, Barnwell; Miss Alsie Smith, Union; Miss Minnie Lee Garrison, York; Mrs. Lizzie F. Harllee, Flor? ence; Miss Grace Dell James, Lee Miss Esther D. Royall, Charleston; Mrs Ollie H. Brown, Spartanburg; Miss? Ida Moore, Horry Miss May A. Lerrmon, Sumter; Miss Mary Eva Hit*, Aiken; Miss Kate Simpson, Kershaw; Miss Bruce Hough, Green? ville; Miss Wil Lou Grsy, Laurens; Mrs. Cora Hargrove, Dillon, and Miss Elizabeth Dickson, Darlington. Three prizes will be awarded to the three best booths and the following points will be used in estimating the exhibits. Most attractively arranged booth, 25 i or cent. Quality of goods displayed. 20 per cent. Variety of goods displayed, 16 per cent. Quantity of goods displayed, II pef cen t. Lest display of correlated school and club work, 25 per cent. The county winning the first prise will be awarded $75, the second coun? ty $50 and the third will be g'.vbtl $1*. The prize money will be used by tH* county agent for establish!! g a small library on the different phases of the girls' tomato club work. The judges of the exhibits will be announced later. L L. Carbery of Winthrop college will have general charge of the exhibits. Each county orgi.nizer will plan and arrange her own booth with Mr. Carbery's assist? ance. All of the county organizers will attend and will have charge of the booths. Miss Parrott announced several days ago that the tomato club girl making the best record g| the fgff this year will be given a fret trip t? Washington. At a recent meeting of the execu? tive committee of the State fair so? ciety $400 was appropriated to pay the expenses incident to the tomato club exhibits. any way represented pledges of a great political party without having the members of that party get to? gether, talk it over and come to an agreement. The Underwood tariff bill will, in my judgment, prove to be the best tariff bill ever passed In this tountry." Parliamentary confusion over the course to be followed with the cotton futures tax gave the house a bad half hour, but it was finally decided that in order to discuss it at all the house would have to recede from its orig? inal disagreement to the Clarke amendment of the senate. Those Democrats who opposed putting any cotton regulations into the tariff bill made their first stand at this point and tried to prevent the house from receding, believing that such action would kill the entire proposition. They were defeated, 203 to 137. Represen? tative Underwood then brought for? ward his compromise amendment and it was adopted. Mr. Underwood admitted that he would possibly have preferred to have the cotton futures question dealt with separately but said the compromise amendment, would be grer.tiy prefer? able to the Clarke amendment be? cause the former would regulate cot? ton exchangee while the latter simply tried to tax gambling in futures out of existence. A petition urging a tariff caucus to? morrow morning, circulated by Sena? tor Heed and signed by a number Of Democratic senators, among them Senators Pomerene and Hitchcock, to? night was submitted to Senator Kern, the Democratic leader. Senator Kern said he was in doubt whether the pe? tition bore a sufficient number of sig? natures, and that no action would be taken until tomorrow morning. The rules of the senate caucus make no provision for a call by petition, and Senator Kern was not willing to say what number of signatures would be considered sutticient. although he thought one-fifth of the membership of the caucus probably the proper ite ure,