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T - V VH tp. rv 111 THE ONION TIME\ VOL LVIII NO. U. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1908. N A YEAR. - 1?Lk?^ TESTIMONY OF MR. B. F. ARTHUR One of the Members of the Commis-1 sion, Which was Taken in October, Made Public?Testimony Withheld From Press. Columbia, March 11.?Spe ;ial; Chairman W. J. Murray, of the dispensary commission, today made public the testimony taken in regard to the expense and per diem accounts of B. F. Arthur, one of the members of the commission who was appointed receiver by Judge I'ritchard. The testimony was taken in October and was transmitted to Governor Ansel, but the Governor lias taken no action thereon and up to date all information in ^regard to the matter has been withheld from the press. Mr. Arthur has not since attended a meeting of the commission. In fact, all inquiries were met with the answer that there "is nothing in it." The matter is now given out so that the public may judge for itself. Following is a summary of the testimony: At a meeting held on Tuesday, ^ October 29, 1907, at which were < present Dr. W. J. Murry, chairman, Messrs. Henderson, McSween, Arthur and Patton, and W. F. Stevenson and Attorney General Lyon, Mr. Arthur was questioned at length 1 i J V _ 1 # ! in regard 10 ine voucners ior services as a member of the commission. The Act allowed the members $ "> per day for each day actually engaged in work of the commission, mileage and expenses. The first voucher taken up was r ' - - that for March I, five da^jsj ?<$vice,; ^ and Mr. Arthur ^etat^ that^Bfe ing and going- ^ (layt5. lie was dated AP"1 i o{ thePe dayt was not present tasting, but canl( at a cormnission ^k ^ came abou down to sign c ? woU\d leav twice a on * . -n the mornin homeat lO o'c^k " .ng morl and get >? <* X thrce days. X lngi tdm about fittw" ?r Wen ^ took mm he checks. minutes to bign here a q. If you came ^ ^ nlght 5 got here at i*.dayforcomu l?,dd have had one nay V* Vv?>-? _ then yon would leave :u . next day and get home at 2 o'clc Then you would have from 8 to to sign checks? A. Oh, yes. Then it would not he necessary you to stay until the next morn hut you say it took two days you to come here and sign eh< A. Yes. KAHE KKOM KICHMONn. In regard tojanother vouchei Arthur was questioned as fo] Q. You have mileage cl here from Richmond to Coll I would like an explanation that? A. As I told you bef came from Richmond <lir Hp Columbia on business coi H with the dispensary. I the H had a right to charge for H Were you in Richmond < I private business? A. Yes, of my cotton mill. Q. \V L through with your husin H ready to come home wl HI Started? Hi Mr. Arthur stated that ^H north on business from I and returned to Richm that at Dr. Murry's r< came home by way of >?to i'ldon from Kicuuiw..,. Q. Does not your mill expense accounts on t' A. A voucher of May HI I explained for eleven day per day. During t H the board was in sessioi and Mr. Arthur was i the other days he had ' He said: A. 1 do nol I 1 signed checks or migl I to Columbia. Q. Yoi call? A. Either sign ; \ Columbia or Union. 1 fl l checks in Union 1 chai \ service. Q. Did you I 1 age? A. No. Q. H / I take you to sign th? I Fifteen or twenty mil 1 (Continued on FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL Dun's Review For the Week?Confidence Increasing and Trade Improving?Foreign Trade Still in Our Favor. Favorable symptoms are more numerous in the commercial outlook, especially in respect to the growth of confidence. Jobbers note more pressure to replenish depleted stocks of staple merchandise, orders in many cases being for delivery next fall. The disposition to provide beyond immediate needs is a very good sign. The advancing season has also contributed to the better feeling by accelerating the distribution of spring goods and stimulating interest in building operations. Industrial plants are more active, pig iron production rising to the best weekly average in three months. Some strikes were threatened because of necessary reductions in wages, but little interruption occurred. Credits are still closely scanned, and mercantile collections are by no means satisfactory, yet payments are more prompt and the volume of business is distinctly heavier. Liabilities of commercial failures in February were smaller than in the two months preceding, and banking defaults were insignificent as compared with the monthly mortality since the October panic. Railway earnings declined 1-5.7 per cent, in comparison with those of February, 1907, the returns for the fourth week being much better than the earlier figures. Foreign commerce continues to supply a phenomenal balance in favor of this country, at this port alone for the latest week exports increasing 86.795,260 while imports decreased 86,996,151 as compared with the same week last year. Securities were a little more active and prices averageU^sli^hMw-.b ighcr|^^gjj^, steel industry that be lacking were recovery Cm wnaauonal. Kach : I ? (.,<<< more mills and fur Mbnn*into the active list, while 81 specifications on old contracts conMSlfcaWor a larger tonnage. ? I stantiy tlrA? ;ron production on ? I Statistics iiiF's ...... r. I March 1 tol the story in a convinclt ing manne- Despite the shortness ly of the mofth, February's output of pjg iron vis 1,079,721 tons, accord nd ing to thdron Age, against 1,04"), ,oU 250 tonsn January, and the dail; 1)K average as 27,232 tons agsinst 33, 7IS. Sll better results are prom )Ck ised for the current month, th \ j weekly opacity of furnaces in blat q on M?ch 1 being 2(17,437 toni for againf^l 1,925 a month previoi ling and *,652 tons when the yei , f,,r open*- New business appears cks? mau' departments, the warm weatr being especially helpful restOig postponed building op< latiothat will call for much stri r> ^r* tun steel. The current dema Hows: forese shapes is now confined larged m0wholly to bridge work, unbia. w|ji much is in progress. \V1 al>out can be settled as to date ore, I plants a large tonnage of p ect to wi>? sold. unacted y goods jobbers have done ir ?ught I \)icss than expected, but t it. Q. f.here is little improvemenl ,n your primary market, and few r business y extended activity. Job ere you! not begin road operation! ess and ly as usual, so that sales wi ten you ^,.r to actual retail distribul 1 tlx- season's aggregation ! .i he \vent;3 will he much less speem tichmomlm in any recent year. L ond andbing transactions in cotton ,?quest htributed to depleted stocks Columbine higher market for raw mat mtracts extending well int pay yoiunmer have been placed for i hose tripigrt, and inquiries from th .*ade promise good movem was n<dd constructions, s' servic< WourTu ,n Charee ?* Roa,, BuiW'n asked al charged At a call meeting of the Ik t, remei*county commissioners Monde ' alwfwl ti"> t ( Hi have (Jamie itonger WiUJ XsMuvwm i cannoj tire eharge of McAdam road ing chw ing in Union county. Mr. iVhen 11 has been with the governme rged one building experts for two ye i charge he is thoroughly competent ow lonf1 this important work. He w a check* full charge of the work, sup nutes. _ ding the actual work and eir ?( hands, and working out all page 8. J I ANTI-SALOON LEA6UE FORMED . r.'t Mr. E. C. Horton, the State Secretary, Gives Out an interview in Which is Outlined its Aims i and Purposes. i Williamston, March tr.?The organization of the Anti-Saloon league in the city of Cre^ville last Monday night marks era in" the fight against the sp whiskey in South Carolina. K ifteen yejars the American AuJ loon league has been combating 3 liquor interests in the various states, and now it has entered South Carolina. In the organization formed Monday night, Mr. E. Clyde Horton, oi Williamston, was elected State secretary. As the league is a new organization in this State, and its methods and plan of work are not understood, Mr. Horton was osl?t)d for some information concerning the body. He said: x "The solution of the liquor prob? lem has waited not so much ilpfcn the formation of a new organization as upon recognition of some vital proposition as common ground, and the discovery of a basis djj Union upon which the several irt dependent organized laxliee cofS initted to opposition to the traflit, especially churches, may be fed? erated for concentrated action witlf out surrendering their organic independence or abandoning tlvdi distinctive forms of temperApe activity, and yet retain such di^et representative control of policy ^nd plans as to present exploitation m any individual or class. "The Anti-Saloon league is notv temperance society. It is nofii rival of any temperance orgar zation, but, as its name implies <r| league of organization. clearing house for effectiv^^t|Pff "The league is a fedemtijBfc^v Christian churches and ? organization save as the chV through their State bodies dec olticers and members of the board < trustees. The organization forme ' in Greenville was made by r.pn ??iitatives of the several denomin: tions of the State and the successoi of the men then elected will 1 . made by the conventions, confe f ences and syno<ls at their nj-: .1 regular meeting." . | "What is the ultimate aim of ll y league?" Mr. Horton was asked 1 "The present repression and 1 . j ultimate suppression of the beverr e! liquor traffic. The league v ' favor all measures that will sec s I advance towards the complete js i termination of the traflic. r ir | league is under solemn pron jn ; not to afliliate with any polit or party, but will use its influence jn secure the candidacy of men ' ,r_ are acceptable to it. ln| voting lc. candidates it may sometimes 1Kj come advisable for the leagu< aj. support a man who is committe 0f' the extinction of the liquor ti ien but w^? *s not otherwise ent > 0f acceptable." ?ipe "Will the league nominate didates for office?" tore "Under no circumstances, hus league will use its efforts to ii jn acceptable men to offer for < nills a,K' d will support the ones hers aro most acceptable to it. W< s as our ballots with reference t ll be* I one paramount issue of saloe tjon i dispensary, suppression, and i Imsi- a8 we nuisf? other matter directiv connected with that ative | arger' is are I "Will the league attempt and I force the law?" erial. "Not primarily, nor d o the The league is simply an ai sheet- force to assist the oflicen e hag principal manner in whi< ent of league will enforce the law by building up a strong opinion in the premise whiskey business is not an i ' legitimate trade, hut a upon it. The principal >ard of abstinence is recognized as iy Mr. valuable asset by practical ike en- men, and it would be dil 1 build- find a single corporation Rodger importance which would ei - "-! nt road fill a hign posiuun ? ars and why? Because it recogr to fill drink habit as distinctly ill have the business, erinten- "In its political sp iploying league will support an i details, candidate who has a chan< THREE SUMTER BOYS DROWNED ' In a Clay Hole at the Sumter Brick Works?Sad Tragedy Has Cast a Gloom Over the Entire Community. Sumter, March 9.?Between o and i 6 o'clock this afternoon the dead ( body of Wesley Wedekind, a young f white boy between X and 9 years of age, son of Mr. Henry C. Wedekind, i of this city, was floating on the i* water of a clay hole at the Sumter . Brick Works, inst nnt.sido of t.lm t] city limits. Mr. Tom Rowland being called, went in and brought the body out. The caps of two other * boys were found also, and Durell Jade, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. - Liide, and Archie Ixxlingham, two ( l)oys about 9 years each, are miss, ing and there is little doubt but that I they were also drowned in the same f hole. All three of the lK>ys have beep missing all day. Mr. Irvin A. Ryttenberg, proprii etor of the Sumter Brick Works, i: qiays that the three boys alx>ve [ named were at the brick hole this , morning when he ran them away. h "iAtJ old boat in the cjay hole has jj Used by some of the boys i around the town and the suppositiort is that these three Ix^ys went " out in this boat, which overturned v or th*^ fell out of it and were r-dK)wned. v A searching party has been drag: gingthe clay hole for the two miss{ ing bodies. Just when the two boys L jyerje drowned is unknown. I ., At 9:15 information was brought t to. the city that the body of Archie ! pedingharp had been recovered. k;, 10:15 p. m. the body of young s tid&bad not been recovered. Four i dragging tackle have been cjffi&erato the scene and a large crowd ?QsWh||>Tclijug for the body. The HP^^ind and Archie Ixxlingham, \VL\irowned in a pond at the SumnL ^ Wrwrkw vefterday. was ^ 1" ?<-rv .. ? t j"found this afternoon alxmt 2 o'clock, 'f i Up to a late hour last night the d I faithful and sympathetic searching ' party continued its work. This l* morning the search was renewed rs with six boats and grappling polef and lines. Dynamite was explodei r" in the water with the hope that th< j concussion would force the bod; j to rise to the surface. But this ex : pedient failed. But at last the bod; was secured, he Great interest was manifested b Sumter's soft hearted men an *11 women. Hundreds went out to tl I*"0 scene of the accident. Dozens i t4- men assisted in the search.?Tl She! state. Jse ?? ?? ?? -rather than an i<leal candidate wl !. has no chance to win. We a after practical results. ; ?\r "'There are three lines of activi along which the Anti-Saloon leag \ moves, namely, agitation, legis ' ffl ^on ant^ hiw enforcement. a .J(i agitation I mean the building up ,ire ' i a vigorous, righteous public set ment, by means of the printed p < an , and the spoken work, which opin is indispensable as a foundat . i upon which to build laws which to be enforced. By legislatioi i('|mean the securing of such a u ! whiskey laws as the public opii ?,i will support; and by law enfo ? ment I mean to utilize and upl >n' ! such legislative enactments as Bn(>r,i already have Ixxm secured, u s n( preparation for furthur advance ques | "The standard towards whicl anti-liquor energy should to er should be the creating of a p j sentiment which will encoui irecti; I sustain, nominate and elect fai xxiliai public oflices, and hold to ! ' IN account the worthless and cor jh tb No permanent success is possih will I taking law enforcement out o publfc hands of the regular consti 8- Tf authorities who are elected, asset J) ,in,i take oath to enforce the liabilifr Outsiders should and ought to of jtoul but they should not try to d ft . nflrners* WOl'k. bu imjs "We have put a superint* lici t lo into the field and he will as r of nfiy a8 possible go over the Stat npl / to organize the churches; and w ing nan. expect the influence of the lei lizei the ^ felt in next Rummer's can ha| for 1' We are'after absolute pro! in South Carolina, and we w here the port the candidates for ofti< accejahle promise publicly to do whi ce UMdn, can to bring it about."?Th SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE LEAD A Page From Mr. Watson's Book Makes a Wonderful Showing For South Carolina?Leads the World in Many Lines. South Carolina leads the world in the following respects: Grower of cabbages?Norman H. Blitch, Meggett. One thousand acres. Began a poor man, working for small wages in 1891. It costs 8110,(XX) to cultivate his crop. Shipper of cabbage plants?Wm. C. Geraty, Yonge's Island. Ships 40,000,000, worth 35,000. Has hooked 1(X) cars, 100, (XX),000 plants, for this year's delivery. Began poor. Pecan grower?John S. Horlbeck, Mount Pleasant. Main grove, 600 tnu niiiiiiit'i ^ruvw Willi 10,000 trees each. Annual production, ten tons. Cotton mill under one roof ? Olympia Mills, Columbia. Has 11 acres of floor space and 105,000 spindles. In the production of upland cotton per acre?four hales. In the quality of sea island cotton. Yield of corn per acre as demonstrated in the world contests. Yield of rice per acre. Yield of oats per acre. In the use of transmitted electric power for cotton mill drive. In the tensile strength of granite. LEADS TICK UNITED STATES In the production of tin. In the yield of corn per acre. In the yield of oats per acre. In the yield of rice per acre. In the yield of cotton per acre. In the value of sea island cotton ln^climatic conditions, which are only equaled by those of Southern France. , ,. , , In the production of gold (east ot , the Rockies). 1 LEADS THE SOUTHERN STATES ^ In textile manufacturing. \ In production of corn, oats, nc< and cotton per acre. B In the value and yield of hay, pc " t0,In water power?developed am undeveloped. In cheapness of cost of living. ^ In establishing direct export an , i import trade and trans-Atlant L)j passenger service. In production of gold and tin. In production of kaolin. . In climatic conditions. In variety of opportunities f 10 | the home-seeker. ,re In rapidity of industrial develo ment. l*y In the manufacture of fertilize ue In harlmr facilities, depth 'a* water on bar and accessibility c< By sidered. V In rapidity of development of 1 ltl" trucking industry. In extent of cheese manufact ion ing. ,on In size of bleaehery. are In the strength of her granite. ,l } In the manufacture of paper pt '|tl" In welfare work in her col non manufacturing districts, rceK)ld HANK IN THK UNITKI? STATES may South Carolina, among the St is a of the American Union, ramos; i. Second?In cotton manufac i nil ing. tend Fourth?In the manufactur uhlic commercial fertilizers, rage, Fifth?In the canning iiulu thful Fifth?In the manufacture strict hosiery. rupt. Fith ? In the production of ile by cotton, f the ituted . Death at Buffalo. paid law. Will Downes, of Buffalo ieUs on March 10. The liody was o the ^ Waynesville, N. C., for , ment. He was 3ft years of ag indent _ ^ m # apully Barbecue Dinner. e an 1 ? \y The Johnson Rifles gave becue dinner Thursday at lihition 8Prin8- Th?y inv't?d the ill uiirt- officers, newspaper men and wj,() her of others as guests. The it thev wafl t',at cou^ ^ (le8're< e State very P^easant t"ne was <>XP?] MORE ABOUT MEXICO. fl^H| Dr. J. H. Hamilton Tells of His Recent Trip to Our Neighboring Repub- I lie, Mexico?Many Things ' of Interest Told. March 10, 1908. Editor Union Times: 1 will attempt to give you some dots on my trip through Mexico. When we landed in Vera Cruz we " r*n rrlo/1 wV?nt lio unamnn 11 nnr sea legs with us, and for several days we experienced great difficulty in walking, staggering along like j men under the influence of strong drink. The first night I spent in AH Vera Cruz I arose several times to take my bearings for my bed seemed to be waltzing around the room. It was a very peculiar feeling brought about by our long rock and roll on 1. Hj the boisterous gulf. Vera Cruz is a ' quaint old Spanish town with narrow streets and long portallis under which people eat and sit and smoke and drink, and public letter writers with their tables, and crowds around ' them seemed to be driving a good business. The cigar industry is very great. Some of the finest cig- , ars in America ar<- made at this place. On June 15th we boarded BHj the train for Mexico City, a distance of some two hundred and sixty I H miles. The route led along the I fl gulf coast for quite a distance, I H through the low lands of Mexico, very rich, swampy and unhealthy, ; largely devoted to the raising of H corn, cane and the cattle business. fl The road now turned its course to- ' wards the interior, and we com- B menced to slowly climb the beautiful foot hills of mountain Mexico. . 'H| Here the warm breezes, coming up IB der the^ining sun. ^The beautiful |j located in this region. greiit ^ j to^their brains, money and energy i I largely due the credit of the great ^ development that is rapidly transr forming this rich region into the garden spot of the word. j i The railroad from Vera Cruz to Mexico city is said to be the finest scenic railroad, and unquestionably < , is, in the world. It winds in and -t' u' out and around these beautiful mountains, over canyons, and through tunnels. Ixioking out from the car windows you see the mountain streams bursting over the r or precipices, forming 'jeautiful cascades falling thousands of feet beP" low into the harancas. Looking off into the valleys, one can see the r8' beautiful towns that we had passed ?* an hour before, coming again and >n* again into view as the trains slowly climbed these delectable mountains. k'ie The cars are pulled by double headed engines over heavy rails, laid on < ur" iron cfossties. This road crosses the crest of the mountain that like a chain, encircles the lieautiful valley of Mexico at .in altitude of some"P thing over eleven thousand feet. Lton }orom this point the view is perfectly enchanting. Spead out liefore you is the magnificent and fertile i valley of Mexico. In its center, ' "l es with its half million souls, lies the J . city of the Montezumas. Turning J ur" our charmed eyes to the left along l yj . the mountain ranges you see the y c ? volcanoes, Pojx>catapetle and Ester- ; . emattle looming up to the skies with J their snow-crowned heads 1K,()0() i ? feet. Mexico has the most magnifimountains in the world. In r<iw comparison the Rockies pale mu> insignificance and the Blue Ridge looks like molehills. Winding down the mountains we entered the valley, which is about >, died fjQ miie8 wide and nearly 8,000 feet taken above sea level, and at the time i inter- that Cortex invaded the country >'e* was a great lake, with the city built on piles, reached from the foot hills by tramways. The canals took the place of streets, and the traffic and l# a bar- travel was done by boats. Gulp's We passed through great farms of county maguey plants, from which the naa num- tives through a rather filthy device, dinner I extract an intoxicating liquid called 1 and a pulkic. This industry is said to be rienced. J (Continued on page 8) TtNO ? rf.