The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, March 30, 1911, Image 1
PUBLISHED THKEE Til
WHAT HE SAYS
Siflitor T llman Gives lotrrestiog Inter
new od Many T? pics.
OLD PARTIES PASSING
Believes the Democrats Have Golden
Opportunity?Glass Tells Him
"Thai 's Old Ben Tilt man, All
Right., but"?Opinion of Governor
Blease "Hasn't Changed Much."
Senator Tillman was in Columbia
a few days ago, and discussed the
tariff situation and national politics
in general, with especial emphasis
upon- the possibility of Democratic
success at the next election. Sena
tor Till nan believes that the Demo
crats have a golden opportunity.
In an Interview with the Columbia
correspondent of the News and Cour
ier the Senator talked l'ke ne used
to., talk. "Physically. I am a bit
weak, he said. "The machinery
doesn't run ju3t right.-* When I look
in the ijlass, I say: "That's old Ben
Tillman, all right,' but when I try to
go through some of my old stunts, I
find I'm not worth a damn."
"Wlil you stand for re-election?"
the Senator wae asked.
"I have already said," he replied,
"that If my health is fanrly good I
shall rein again. I do not wls.'i the
office luless I can fill it reasonai-Iv
well." The Senator has not decided
whether he will attend the special
session of Congress; he probably will
not. He is paired with a Nv? Eng
lander whose positions on the tariff
would likely be the opposite to his
own.
"Ani what do you'think of Gov
ernor Blease?" a reporter ventured.
"I have given my opinion of
Blease," said Mr. Tillman. "I gave
it right after the last election. L
hasn't changed much. He has disap
pointed me somewhat, but he has
had a hard road to travel. You news
paper folks have nagged him cont:n
ually."
Senator Tillman hopes the Demo
crats rill tackle the tariff as a whole,
not i::i spots. He thinks the whole
task perilous in the extreme. "Every
party that has tried to revise the tar
iff hiiB shortly afterward gotten it
in tho neck," he said.
"Oh, Bailey just got into a pet,"
the Senator said, when asked about
the Texan's resignation. "He swung
his little hatchet, the head few up
and he got his head bunged up I
think he'll be good hereafter "
In general upon the subject of ex
penditures Senator Tillman believes
that they should be cut down. He
says there are too many useless of
fices and clerkships in Washington.
He was talking the other day to some
Senators and be asked them wh?
shouldn't some of these things be cut
out by the Democrats, and they re
plied: "Oh, let's wait a little while,
let's don't do it yet."
Tlie Senator's comment was: "It's
always that way."
In the matter of expenses he re
ferred to the palace of new offices,
for which building the Senate has
been criticised.
Senator Tillman believes that Har
mon Is the man for the Democratic
nomination, that is that Harmon
seems to stand the best chance of be
ing: nominated. "Harmon has the
advantage just now," said Tillman,
"he has made a good Governor."
Senator Tillman believes thpt
Champ Clark's time will come, it de
pending on how he conducts himself
as Speaker of the House as to wheth
er or not he will in time be the Dem
ocratic standard-bearer.
In addition to stating that he was
a little disappointed in Governor
Blease. although the Governor has
had a hard road to travel, Sen. Till
man referred to his pardon record by
asking a question: "Don't you
think," he said, "that Governor
Blease's large pardon list might be
explained by the possibility that there
are a large number of meritorious
petitions for pardon left over from
the Ansel Administration, because of
the well known fact that Governor
An:;el did not wish generally to inter
fere with the Courts' verdicts?"
Senator Tillman continued that
also "Governor Blease may be allow
ing his goodness of heart to influence
hin to some extent in granting par
doas."
Senator Tillman believes that the
old parties are passing and that it
will not be long before they disinte
grate. "If the Democrats are wise in
dealing with the tariff this party will
not break up: otherwise it will. The
Democrats have a golden opportun
ity."
He does not wish the Democrats to
show too much a spirit of grabbing
at the offices just for the sake of the
holding of same, but he wants to see
seme good work done. He believes
the Republicans have by long tenure
of office grown corrupt.
On the Democratic Presidential
possibility, Senator Tillman. in addi
tion to saying that Harmon has the
best chance now, added that the Dem
ocrats have such a high-toned am;
able-bodied field to select from. tit,
thinks a creat deal of Wilson's abil
ity. It's a case of "embarrassment
des riches." said the Senator, mak
ing use of his Frenchi
Senator Tillman said today that he
had recently heard attributed to
Booker T. Washington the S tat emu it
that Tillman and Yardaman were
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4ies a weeb:.
MEETS SAD DEATH
A PASSENGER IS KILLED EY TIDE
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TRAIN AT FLORENCE.
C. H. Blocker of St. Petersburg, Pia.,
Falls Under Wheels of Car in
Crowded Station.
A white man named C. H. Blocker
of St. Petersburg, Fla., was killed, by
the Incoming train from the south at
the station at Florence on Monday
night.
He attempted to jump from tne
train before it stopped, supposedly to1
change cars, but, having a heavy suit
case in his hand, was Bwung under
the cars.
The train was ubout to stop as h?
fell under it, so that only one wheel
passed over his body. He was killed
instantly. The coach had to be
jacked up to get the body from under
the truck. The name was taken from
the bag in his hi-nd and efforts are
now being made to reach his people
through the superintendent in Jack
sonville.
He was a well to do man, appar
ently about 60 y?.ars of age. In the
meantime the body is .being cared toi
by a local undertaker. Nothing in
his pockets will be looked at until at
the inquest.
The killing in a place so crowded
as the Florence s atlon is in the even
ing created a great deal of excite
ment among the people, who were in
and about the Station.
passing and that the negro was gain
ing a stronger foothold in the South.
The Senator, in a letter, replied that
be had heard that Booker was mak
ing "goo-goo eyes" at a German lady
and got into trouble. Also, that as
long as the water flowed the Caucas
ians would rule over the Southland.
The mention of the name "Roose
velt" caused Senator Tillman to smile
and recall some of their battles. In
connection with the Washington in
cident, Senator Tillman said that!
Roosevelt might run too, if placed inj
such a position.
Senator Tillman carried here to
day for the first time a gold headed
cane, presented co him by the Demo
crats League In Delaware, in 1907.
It is a beautiful cane and the Senator
is proud of it. "Maybe if I had car
ried it before, some of you follows
might say: "Look there, how he is
(coming out."
One cannot f.' il to notice that, al
though Senator Tillman looks well,
his old fire is gene. His step is halt
ing and the same is true of his taik.
iSenator Tillman, speaking on the
tariff, dictated the following state
ment to newspaper men:
"I think the last election hinged
on, and that the Democrats were com
missioned by the people to revise the
tariff, because ?he Republicans had
failed to reduce it as they promised.
"If the House of Representatives
doesn't carry out this policy it will
be a great disappointment to the peo
ple, hey will miBs the first opportun
ity the party h?>s had since the war
to restore themselves in the confi
dence of the country.
"The idea of a tariff for revenue
only i3 preposterous in the light of
the magnitude of our expenditures.
We have a billion-dollar Congress 'ev
ery session and. while there is much
extravagance and any number of use
less offices, the country will not take
kindly to any radical or ultra
changes.
"The party ought to follow the old
I Latin maxim, In medio t-itissimus
ibis, (you will walk safest in the
middle of the road.) Which means
that we must buve a tariff sufficiently
large to get the money for the ex
penditures required by the Govern
ment, and yet not interfere with the
business interests of the country.
"Free trade is a dream that will
never be realized, and any one ac
1 quainted with Washington at all
i knows how hard it is to abolish any
j office at all. :t is, therefore, a difh
j cult role the Democrats have to play,
'and it will require wisdom and good
j judgment to keep clear of the rocks.
! "If the House of Representatives,
! which is Democratic for the first time
j in a long while, passes a tariff law,
' and the Senate reject."! that tariff law,
I this bill will .become the issue on
which the next Presidential election
will turn.
j "Any deficit ought to be made up
j by levying a graduated income tax,
and thus make the mulli-millionaires, j
who have been multiplied and manu-'
; factured by the iniquitous Republican
?tariff legislation, bear their just share!
! of the burdens of the Government.
"I am tired and sick unto death of J
havinr Andy Carnegie boast of hav
ing made forty-three millionairiesl
land having John D. Rockefeller scat-;
j ter millions around as though they:
were dimes, when I know that but;
j for the unjust and one-sided Repub
lican legislation and failure to en-j
force the laws neither of them would '
have so much money, which h;:s been
wrung from the people and not hon-;
estly earned
"A srrr.du.-'.tod income tax would
reach such men and is the only way
to reach them. Rockefeller's; mil-j
lions arc due to the failure to en-j
; fore the laws against trusts and mo
nopolies. Carnegie's millions come;
from Repu'^ican favoritism in tariff j
: legislation."
Senator TMlman would not make
any statement on the dispensary sit
uation. "1 am expecting a new sen-'
sation every day." said the Senator.
He laughingly referred to the mud-;
died situation, but did not comment.
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ORANGBB?3
KILL THE BILL
Gov. Blease Vetoes Act Passed at His
Request to Prob? D speosary.
HE WANTS HIS FRIENDS
To Look Into and Investigate His
Acts in Connection With tne Dis
pensary?The Old Commission
Welcomes the Work and Wants
the Light to Shine on Their Acts.
"The new dispensary commission
wiH do the work that the legislative
investigation committee was to do
and will save the State that much
money."
iMaking this statement Gov. Blease
vetoed the measure passed by the last
general assembly providing for a!
commission to investi2ate the acts |
and affairs of the old State dispen-.
sary commission, which act was re- j
quested by himself.
"I have turned over all papers in j
my possession to the new commis
sion," said the governor, "with the)
instructions to investigate all of the
affairs of the old State dispensary
and those connected with the wind
ing up of it. I Instructed the mem
bers to spare no one.
"While the members of the new
commission are all friends of mine
and personal supporters, I have
asked that they make a rigid inves
tigation of all of my acts as State
senator, private citizen and governor
of the State. I want everything to
come out.
"The new commission will sub
poena T. B. Felder of Atlanta and
require him to tell everything that
he knows about my record as a mem
ber of the State senate, as governor
and private citizen. This is the way
Gov. Blease commented upon the
work of the new commission.
The members of the new dispen
sary commission which met Monday
in the office of Gov. Blease are: John
V. Wallace, Charleston; Thomas F.
Brantley, Orangeburg; Fred H. Dom
inick, Newberry; B. F. Kelly, Bishop
ville, and James Stackhouse, Marlon.
These are the members that Gov.
Blease has ordered to make an In
vestigation of the affairs of the old
State dispensary and' pass sentence
upon the old members of the com
mission.
Just when and where the work
will commence has not been an
nounced. The new commission held
its first meeting Monday, when an
organization was perfected by the
election of James Stackhouse aa
chairman. B. F. Kelly of Bish:>p
vllle was elected secretary. The com
mission received all of the papers
held by the old commission which
was dismissed by the governor sev
eral days ago and will take charge of
the final winding up of the affairs ot
the old State dispensary.
Gov. Blease said that he would,
turn all of his papers over to the!
commission to be used in the inves-j
tigation. Several days ago the gov-|
ernor said that he had a "mountain
of testimony" that he would produce!
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at the proper time. He said that all j
of his evidence would be used by the
new commission in its work.
The members of the old dispen-1
sary commission who are to be In
vestigated by the new commission!
are: Dr. W. J. Murray, chairman,
Columbia: John MeSween, Timmons-j
ville; A. N. Wood. GafTney; J. Steele
Brice. Yorkviile, and Avery Patton,
Greenville.
These members served the State of
South Carolina for four years and J
saved from the wreck approximately I
$500,000, which has been turned!
over to the State treasurer. They!
invited investigation.
Shortly after taking the oath of
office Gov. Blease sent a message to
the general assembly intimating
"crookedness" on the part of the
members of the dispensary commis
sion. He requested that a commis
sion be named to make a thorough
investigation of all of the acts and
affairs of the commission I/pon the
request of the governor the general
assembly passed an investigating act.
There were to be three members from
the senate and three from the house,
series of letters, ail of which have
Smith named Senators Carlisle of
iSpartanburg, Clifton of Sumter and
Sullivan of Anderson as the commit
tee from the senate.
Mendel L. Smith, speaker of the
house, refused to name his commit
tee until the act had been approved.
Gov. Blease upon hearing of the
names of the senate members re
fused for the time to sign the act.
He gave as his reason. "Oh. that
mine adversary would write a book."
stating that all of the senate mem
bers of the committee had written
hooks about him. lie then asked if
any one thorglu that he would let
men like the senate's committee
make an investigation of the dis
pensary commission and himself.
Several days ago Gov. Blease said
that he was making a little investi
gation himself and that when he got
through an investigating committee
would not be needed. Following ibis
he announced the alleged Felder
series oi letters, all of whim have
been printed.
T. B. Folder, of Atlanta, on being
notified of the action by the gover
nor, wired that he deemed ir in ap
propriate to make any statement at
tlii-: time.
Tlu- commission was in session sev
5G, S. C. THURSDAY. SO
AFTER THE BLACK HAND
THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE A
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i HAND IN THE HUNT
Tlie United States to Thoroughly Ex-.'
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plore the Order That Has Caused.
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[ Forty Deatlifi.
At Chicago the United States se
cret service operatives are about to
explore a "black hand" bomb that is
expected finally to bring to justice
officers and members of the body that
in a little more than one year has
claimed nearly forty lives and caused
a reign of terror in the Italian dis
trict in Chica?o.
The threat upon the life of Judge |
K. M. Landis of the United States dis- t
trict court, it is learned, was but one it
feature of n program of threats andji
blackmail that has'been parried into i i
the midst of the government's de-h
partment of justice In Chicago. ' i{
The threats resulted in the recall
ing of members of the F. G. Alongi .
jury, which disagreed after hearing j
evidence in a "black hand" case a ;
werk airo, and the discovery that i i
members of the jury had been ter-rj
rorized and that their inability to \
reach a verdict probably was the di- (
rect result of these threats. j
The recent threats upon Judge t
Landis, upon jurors and Monday
upon the life of a member of Assist- (
ant Chief of Police Schuettler's staff, j
are expected to hasten the scheduled ,
arrests. i
It Is known that numerous Italian j
secret service men imported from
New York in order to prevent them j
from being marked by the organiza- ]
tion under investigation, are at work ,
seeking evidence to be used in the i
government's moves. 4
FOUR PERISH IN FIRE.
A Mother and Tlirec Children Burned I
to Death.
Four persons perished and five oth- .
ers had narrow escapes in the de- .
struction of the home of J. T. Veach
four miles from Harrodsburg, Ky.,
by flames early Monday. The victims
were Mrs. J. M. Bridges and her three
children. Her parents, the Veachcsjj
and their three children, escaped j
with slight burns. I
Mrs. Bridges, who is the wife of!!
a Methodist evangelist of Bath, N. C,
was visiting with her three children
at the Veach home. They sleep on
the second floor. Early Monday Mr.
Veach was aroused by the crackllne
of flames He alarmed his wife and
their children who slept on the firsr
floor and shouted up a flame-choked
stairway to Mrs. Bridges. There wan
no response. Veach attempted to
rush through the burning stairway j'
to his daughter's aid, but was driven'!
back by smoke and fire.
The house burned down in an 111- j"
credibly short time. In the ruins j,
were found tbe charred bodies of
Mrs. Bridges and her children.
EXPLOSION OK DYNAMITE.
Man in Boat Fired at Box and Ex
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plosion Followed.
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The explosion of 100 pounds of dy- i <
namite from the impact of a rifle hui- i (
; let fired ,by a member of a launch h
party in Hason canal Sunday after-;]
noon near Franklin, La., resulted inj.
the loss of one and the injury of!(
three persons, the wrecking of the!,
boat and damage to property severaljl
I miles distant. 1
' Miss Kate Miller is dead and T. C. h
j Lawless, Ellis Hahn and John David- [i
[son, all members of the launch party,!
I were injured, Lawless seriously. Win- j i
j dows were broken in buildings in this i
[town, five miles from the scene. L
J Davidson fired at a box on the j
j shore I5U yards distant A terrific <
' explosion was the answer. The boat j
I was broken in twain and immediately:
i sank, carrying Miss Miller with it.
WOMAN CHARGED WITH ARSON.
Mrs. Missouri Horton Bound Over by
a Magistrate.
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Mrs. Missouri Horton, of Spartan
burg was bound over to die Criminal
I Court Monday afternoon by Magis
trate Gantt on a charge of attempt
ing to burn her own home. Several
months ago Mrs. Horton's home,
j which is located on North Church
street, caught lire tliree times within
twenty-four hours and this led to a
preliminary investigation. Only cir
cumstantial evid nee was presented
by the prosecution at the hearing
and the leading witness was Chief E.
D. Kennedy, of the fire department,
who mid of the events. Magistrate
Ga.it! saw lit to send the case over to
the higher Courts. .Mrs. Horton's
home was heavily insured.
oral hours during the day. A con- '
ferpnee was held with Attorney Gen
eral Lyon and Dr. Murray, the retir
ing chairman. Arrangements were 1
made whereby the records held by
the old commission will be turned 1
over to the new body.
Gov. Blease said that it was very
probable that the new commission1
would hold an open court summon
witnesses and examine in;o the de- '
tails of the work of the retiring com
mission.
"i want tbe commission," he said,
"to examine thoroughly into my rec
ord as a State senator. I never re
ceived any money from the Lanahan i
conipanv while a member of the sen
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J.'CH 30, 1931.
DEATH TRAPS
,oad Cry For Reform Follows Awful Re
soll of New York Fire.
VIEWING THE BODIES
'Give Us Not Merely Fire Proof, But
Death-Proof Buildings," is the Slo
gan in New York?Every Factory
May Be Investigated?Identifying
the Bodies.
Eighty-six bodies of the 141 vic
.inis recovered from the fire in the
;en-story loft New York building on
kVashinston Place Saturday haVe
jeen Identified. Sixteen of the bodies '
ivere men. There are 12 injured in i
;he hospitals.
District Attorney Whitman started
in official investigation Monday to,
ix the responsibility for the horror, i
*Jo arrests have been considered by
lim of any person in connection with
:he fire and none will be made un
.11 the facts disclosed give sufficient
jvidence for taking this action. Flrt
Marshal Beers began his investiga
ion Monday.
It is now known that the fire start'-;
?d on the eighth floor of the buildin?
lear a window at the northeast cor-,
ler. It began under a cutting table
n a scrap heap and is thought to I
lave been started by a cigarette.
Crowds assembled at the morgue i
:o view the bodies, 52 in all. At<
east half of the corpses were un
recognizable and only a small trin
let or shred of clothing will help to
show who the unfortunate was. Some
)f these bodies probably will nevei??
je claimed. The victims, living alone
n furnished rooms or little flats, may
aave had no friends and few acquain
:ances. j
Managers of the Triangle Waist
company, which occupied the burned
loors, deny that the iron doors lead
ng to the elevators and stairs were
ocked. The fact that there was only
Dne fire escape on the building will
;ome in for a careful investigation to
leterraine what city official is to
jlame.
Progress has been made by public
md civic organizations toward offer
ing relief to those who have suffered
is a result of.the fire. The first con
tribution in this movement was made
by Mayor Gaynor, who headed the
list with $100 and made an appeal to
Lhe citizens of the city for a relief
rund. Industrial organizations, the
atres and civic bodies have also set
In motion plans for supplementing
the fund. Fire Chief Croker said to
il ay:
"I do not hesitate to say that a
more appalling loss of life in office
buildings and big stores is likely to
rame upon New York at any moment,
because of the lack of safeguards."
"Give us not merely fire proof, but
death proof buildings," bids fair to
become a municipal slogan as a re
sult of the fire disaster of Saturday
afternoon in which nearly 150 per
sons lost their lives.
The slogan was coined by Fire
dhief Croker as summing up his rec
ammendations for the future. The
entire nation, he declared, will learn
a lesson from Saturday's fire such as
it has learned only twice of late years
J-once when the Collingswood, Ohio,
Isaster taught the necessity of ade
quate fire protection in school build
ings and again when the Iroquois
theatre fire in Chica'-'o taught the
same lesson for theatres. Chief
Croker's recommendation is:
"The City Beautiful" is less vital
than the 'City Safe.'
"Let us see first of all that our
people live and work under adequate
protection for their lives and per
sons.
'"1 would have fire escapes landings
extending all along the outside of
every office loft or factory building.
1 would have the balcony landings
built wide enough for two persons to
pass in safety without crowdinu.
"Xext, lot us have all inside stair
ways enclosed in fire proof partitions.
Never allow an exit door to be
blocked and make the fire escape
windows open to the floor level like
a door.
"Protcc! each floor with all avail
able automatic safety devices and
sprinkles. Last, but not least, iikiko
fire drills at frequent intervals com
pulsory in all factories, lodging
houses and institutions.'
The Woman's Trade union an
nounced the beginning of an invest.
Ration which is expected to embrace
every factory in New York city where
iinion labor is employed. All union
workers will be asked to write con
lidontinl answers to questions con
cerning conditions win re ihey toil.
The limiting or the height of all
buildings and even tearing down of
existing skyscrapers re onimended
by Theodore H. Price, a prominent
fire insurance man. The height of
every building should bs governed,
he says, by the character of its oc
cupancy. Four o.- five stories should
be the legal maximum where manu
facturing or industrial pursuits are
followed.
"A fire in lhe financial district
could, In a small radius, wipe out
the available fire insurance capital
in the Cnitei! States," said Mr. Price.
Burned In Death.
Dr. D. F. Xorris, a prominent phy
sician and his four children were
burned to death when their home was
burned near Aurora, Mo., Tuesday.
THEY TOOK HER CASH
MARY LEE'S EXPERIENCE WITH
THE LOAN SHARKS.
Made Her Pay Interest at the Raite of
Something Like Five Hundred Per*
Cent.
The Augusta Chronicle is making!
an active campaign against the loan;
sharks of that city. Among other
transactions of this gentry, The
Chronicle chronicles the following:
"Mary Lee, 1220 Pine street, a
negro washwoman and seamstress,
whose monthly earnings, according
to her story, told the representative
of The Chronicle, average about $12
per month when she Is well, but no*,
that she is suffering from rheuma
tism and not able to get to the tubs,
she earns about |8 from her sewing.;
She has had much experience with
the money-lenders for the last sev-l
en years in trying to meet expenses!
by borrowing from them.
" 'Seven years ago, or about that
long she stated, she borrowed $4
from J. B. Chapman, who runs, a!
money-lending shop. She had plenty
of furniture then, and was living iu
a large house which her mother had
helped her to furnish. She gave a
mortgage?or some paper?on part
of that furniture and agreed to pay
Chapman $1.60 per month for the
use of the money she had borrowed.
These payments of $1.60, she said,
she has made on the first of every
month since the original date, until
the first of February, when she got
sick and couldn't pay it. In the eev
en years, she said, she has paid
Chapman $134.40 for the uso of $4
for that length of time.
"Three years ago, according to her
story, the same woman, Mary Lee,
she borrowed $5 from the Central
Loan company, agreeing to pay, for
the use of the $">, $1.80 per month,
and giving a mortgage on a bureau,
bedstead, four chairs, a rocking chair
and a center table, which furniture
she had purchased from the Hoi;-":?
Furniture company, paying them for
the same ?S5. She had paid for '.'.c
furniture.
"Getting sick in February, cji*
states that she left her home and
went to ihe home of her sister in
South Carolina, where she remained
several weeks. Upon her return she
found from another sister, who lived
with her in this city, that a consta
ble from Magistrate Rouse's court
had come with papers in her absence,
entered the back door of her home
and seized and took away a new
dresser and a washstand, purchased
from the Rhodes Furniture company,
which she did not own at the time of
the giving of the mortgage and whicn
has never been included in a mort
gage to the Central Loan company,
the pieces being parts of a handsome
suit on which she had paid $88 on
the cost price to her of $10"?. This
furniture has been sold by Magistrate
Rouse, and not a cent of money has
been paid to her, she said, as differ
ence between her debt to the loan
company and the court costs, ano
the amount received from the sale of
the furniture.
"Mary Lee's last experience with a
loan company was begun on the new
year of 1ft 10, when she borrowed $4
from the Washington Loan company,
apreein? to pay them $1.60 per
month for the use of that amount.
Taking sick after 1 1 months' pay
ments had been made, she said tlie
company foreclosed on her and took
a bureau, washstand. four chairs, a
rocker and a center table, which her
sister had purchased from tlie Cul
pepper Bros., paying $60 therefor,
and which belonged to her sister
instead of to her. and were not in
cluded in the mortgage the Washing
ton Loan company held on her, and
sold the same to satisfy the debt of
$r>.60 and court expenses.
"Mary Lee's three experiences in
the financial manipulations of the
money lenders of Augusta stands as
follows for net. results: For seven
years she had 'he rse of $4 and paid
for the same $134.40 to tlie Chip
man concern: for three years slit
had the use of $T> and paid for same
$04.SO to the Centn.l Loan compa
ny; for 1 I months use of $?< she paid
the Washington Loan company
$17.60. making a total nf $216.80
paid these three in the past seven
years for $13."
4 RAISED A BK.' ItUMPUS.
White Girl Kefused to Pwc Before
Xegru Student.
The race cr-sHon came up in the
Chicago Art Institute on last Tues
day, and for a time threatened to
disrupt a class when a whit" gin
who had been recently employed as a
model refused to pose while ;\ negro
student remai'i ?! in Hie room. Af
ter a consult Lion with his fellow
students the negro artist to whom
' X ?'?ption had been taken relieved the
situation temporarily by walking
'.'rum tlx? room. The matter is not
settled, as the ^iii says she will not
pose for the class while the negro is
in it. .Most of the ibss sustain the
girl.
Given Two Minutes.
At Bluefields, W. Va.. a mob gave
Henry Morgan, a negro, two minutes
to pray and then lynched him Fai
nrelay night, after which they rid
dled his body with bullets. Two
hours previously he had shot and
instantly killed Grover Lambert, a
white man.
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WIFE WAS DEAD
_^_
Bat He Still Clings to the "Science" Be
lief and the Treatment.
TREATED BY A HEALER
She Objected to Her Father Calling
in Regular Physician, and Agreed
With Her Husband that "God Is
j Better Physician Than Man,"
Treatment Kept Secret.
"God is a better physician than
man. I believe in the Christian Sci
ence teachings, as did my wife. In
not having mir!l~al treatment I did
what I thought was best. Every one
does what he or she thinks best."
That was the explanation given by
Lieut. Johannes Schlott of Bridge
port, Conn., formerly an officer in the
Norwegian navy, who married Misa
Mary E. Bedford, daughter of E. T.
Bedford of Brooklyn, a vice-president
I of the Standard Oil Company. Schlott
was telling how his wife had diea
when under treatment by a Christ
ian Science healer. ,
"My wife became a mother March
17," continued Schiott. "Mrs. Bat
tey was in attendance. Mrs. Schiott's
heart gave out and she died quietly
last Saturday night at 7 o'clock. Dr.
C. E. Blackman of Bridgeport was
the first physician called. He came
Friday afternoon and Dr. Dorman
came up from New York on Satur
day."
Dr. Blackman, who is connected
with the Bridgeport Hospital, says
I Mrs. Schiott died from blood poison
ing.
I "When I reached the Schiott home
Friday afternoon Mrs. Schiott was
very low," said he. "I realized there
was no change to save her life. 1
??.ndrrstahcl there was a New Yo?*:
I woman /n?>e<l Battev, . '" V"1
Selene* 'tea'.er. in attcni ? ???
it .'re. Schiott following t' .. cl
child."
Uv. Bedford failed in D: '. S
man against the wishes of hL _..ugh
ter and son-in-law, .both of whom
held to their absolute faith in the
healing powers of Christian Science.
When Dr. Blackman reported the ser
ious condition of Mrs. Schlott to Bed
i ford, her father swiftly summoned
Dr. F. A. Dorman, a specialist, of,
j No. 133 East Fifty-seventh street,,
i New York.
The regular physicians were with
Mrs. Schiott until the last. Mrs. Bat
ley also was there,
j Dr. Frederick C. Hotchkiss, who
j does the talking for Christian Scien
tists in Bridgeport, said:
j "Mrs. Schiott had bean a sufferer
'. from a serious form of heart trouble
j for years and had been sav.jd on two
similar occasion^ tifr'a. '^aetit16'r1ei{Vbf
the faith. It always is the custom
to have a physician present at such
a time, however. Christian Scientists
use common sense, above all. I pre
sume that there must have been a
physician present when Brs. Schiott
died."
Dr. Sarah F. B^.ttey, who is both a
i regular physician and a Science heal
i er w.as the New York woman called
: to attend Mrs. Schiott. Dr. Batter
j ;>e<\inif a believer in Christian Set
i ence six years ago. In her home at
j No. 129 Wadsworth Ave., the Bronx,
she said last nitiht:
; "I was called to attend Mrs. Schiott
! as a regular physician."
"Was your treatment such as
! would )>e given by a regular physician
j or did you use Christian Science?"
j was asked.
; '"Chat question must be answered
j by members of the family," was the
I reply.
"Mrs. Schiott's husband says Chris
I tian Science treatment was given un
til the day before her death."
"Then I^eut. Schiott must know.
. I can make no statement as to the
sort of treatment given Mrs. Schiott
by me."
Mrs. Schiott was thirty-two years
old and had th? appearance of a wo
man in fine health. She was fond of
outdoor sports. The couple's home,
Creen's Farms, near Bridgeport, was
a gift from Bedford to his daughter.
Schiott had been in this country only
a short time and was working for a
carriage company in Bridgeport when
he saw Miss Bedford and fell in love
with her. It was said then that he
was a chauffeur, but this was denied.
It was asserted he was an expert ma
chinist.
"My daughter became riterested in
Christian Science several years a?0,"
saiil Bedford last night in his home.
No. IS1 Clinton avenue. Brooklyn,
"and eon verted her husband to the
belie!'. She always had a weak hcart
and this affection caused her death.
Cor years her doctor was I>r. McCor
kle cf Brooklyn."
Dr.'McCorkle said last night that a
Mrs. Schiott was under his care until
six years ago.
"If her heart was weak then," lie
added, "I knew nothing about it."
Only One Got Away.
Revolutionists slaughtered every
federal official of the town of Guaza
paras, ne:?r the Sonora line in Chi
huahua, when they took the town.
All were placed In jail and shot. A
young telegraph operator alone es
caped. He fell with others beneath
the dead and crawled out 12 hours
later and made his way barefooted to
Chinipas, 40 miles away.