The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 03, 1908, Image 1
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Standard Oil Man Explains
How Letters Were Stolen
?McLaurin's Statement.
New^York, Sept. 30.?A new
phase of the discussion of the socalled
"Standard Oil correspondnnnn
H *v* .. .. L I . - 1 1 1
? ivo) iu?uc (iuuiic reoeui ly Dy
William K. Hearst, was entered
upon late today, when .lohn D.
Archbold, vice president of the
Standard Oil company, made a
statement to the Associated
Press setting forth details of the
alleged theft of correspondence
from his files. Former United
States Senator John Lowndes
McLaurin of South Carolina also
entered the field with a signed
statement declaring his attitude
^ iu the matter of the coirespond
y \ ence between himselt and Mr.
> _ ) Arch bold.
Mr. Archbold said:
"In response to many inquiries
as to the theft of letters from
my files the following may bo
made known:
''Over three years aeo a report
reached me that certain of my
letters had been offered for sale
to a newspaper of this city, ostPllniKlv
sfrtloM lof tnro I, V n ,vi
j .^v>w.a. *' ' Ckil'"
ination showed that Fomo letters
were missing anil that they could
only have been taken bv some
* # one not only familiar with the
oflice details, but highly trusted.
The party on whom suspicion
fell stoutly denied all guilt. A
little later, however, a man who
represented himself as acting
Cv between the thief and those to
whom the letters had been sold
proposed to return some of the
letters lor a consideration, llis
story was that the idea of the
theft had been conceived by his
> brother, who had at one time
4 been in the company's employ,
and that this brother had induced
the employe already suspected
to accept the theft. According
to the g -betwoen's story lie
had disposed of Hie letters, or
some of them, to two men, who
purchased them on behall ot Mr.
Heurst's newspaper, The JourV
nal. Nol only had stolen letters
been thus traded for, but
the thief was induced to carry
off one or more letter copying
books, many of whose pages he
claims were photographed, other
pages being removed altogether.
The books in question were, the
go-between said, returned after
48 hours. It is impossible to
say how many were stolen and
sold in this way. The thiovee
wc rked at their leisure.
MK. MCLAURIN's STATEMENT.
Mr. McLaurin, who has just
reached New York, gave out f
signed statement, in part as folJ\
f lows :
"An effort has been made tc
create a political sensation by
tho publication of certain correspondence
b tweeu Mr. Johi
Archbold, vice president of the
Standard Oil company, and my
self. For that correspondence 1
have no apologies to make. A
the tuno ttie letters were wriitei
I had the honor to enjoy and
am proud still to posse-s th?
friendship of Mr. Archbold, foi
whom I have the holiest regard.
At the time the letters wcrt
written I was engaged in a biilci
struggle in which was involvet
not only my own political lu
lure, hut the economic and po
lical principles for which I slooc
and which, stated briefly, mean
the emancipation of the Souti
from the ignorant prejudice o
. *P<.urb,mi *m and the 4bloody sliirt
' into I he freedom of anen'ighten
ed Heif interest and the prosrras
of ..<< intelligent industrialism
"In the support of these prin
Lanc
LEDGER mz I
IKKLY. LANC
ciples aud the hope of this pro Heai
grees I saw then no impropriety ]
in enlisting, if practicable, the
assistance of the most progrosr- ^ei
ively administered, and the most 8Pe(
intelligently officered, corpora- minu'
tiou that human intelligence ha* man c
yot produced. a| co
. , ? . his ch
Executive Committee Can't ^q,."
Make Nomination Hl ieti
The State: Gen. Willie Jones upou
State chairman of the Demoratie Tw
party, has called down (he ex at or I
cutive commitee of Lexington D Ar
county for nominating a county conipi
superintendent of education to ed c<
succeed the late J. D. Farr, who $5,001
was nominated in the regular ly, eu
primary. It will be recalled that were;
Farr, after the primary, killed In
himself, and the executive com that (
nnttee, without ordering another her of
primary, met and ordered placed Musk<
upon the regular Democrat ticket read a
lor the November elections the IS
name of A. D. Martin. Protest Carro
was mado against this and yes- dared
terday Gen. Jones ruled that it the a
was in violation of the rules and mone
insisted that a regular primary be and ii
held an 1 that some one be nom* itics t
inated by the Democratic voters ance '
for the regular ticket. labor.
Postoffice Inspector Shot *?yii?j
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 30? lected
Pnol Alll.,a inananlA. i .11 11 ?1
* WUinLV 1 i I O 1 U 1 V IlfU IC.t i' I lA
terakl of tliie city was shot and ^r* "
dangerously wounded today by
W. A. Sorsby, clerk in the Clin. Flat
ton postollice.
Fitzgerald had been to Clinton j^ej
two days checking up that office pntltn
of which Mrs. Cabanies is post- .
mistress. Sorsby married her
daughter and has bien running ,)n
the office. Fitzgerald is said to
have checked him up short sev ,,
Hfll P(
eral hundred dollars and Carted |ijo,
back to his home in Jackson jeJ"| l
While on the way to the train '
Sorsby suddenly appeared before
him, stuck a pistol to his side j j
and tired belore his victim could ' ^ 1
... , receiv
raise his hand.
_ statin
Death of Mr. John G. Man HI, <>f H"d
Chester. ment
? T 1 /I ? '
mr. jonn <j. MBRlll} a promt
nent citizen of Chester, who, .. e
believe, wa9 i relc'ive of the snfo pit
Magills of Lancaster county,
died at his home in that city lust Fat
Tuesday night, aged 09 years. gp(
, In noting his death the Chester
correspondent of the Columbia pwo ,
Sta'e says of Mr. Magill: badly
He had been in failing health recov
for the pa9t 12 months. He was jy
a man of more than ordinary in- t|1(
teliigence and information. For prr)p(
t more than 20 years he filled very ()|e
i efficiently the office of magistrate ,|m j,
ot Lewisville township. He
served through the War for
, Southern Independence, a va- Uge,i
liant and faithful soldier in Com
puny A. Seventeenth regiment, | |)0 j
, SouthCarolinainfantry. Heisgnr wor!,
. vived by his wife,and three grown ^ino
children, Mrs. W. F. Buchanan
[ and Mrs. S. S. McNinch of Ch >r
i lotte aud Mr. Cnas. Magilt of ar
, Fort Mill, and several younger \f<
[ children. Funeral services were the (
> held this afternoon hv Rev. O. c
r E. McDonald; burial in Ever reacl
green cemetery. coim
Child Diet* of Diphtheria.
r c.ccui
1 Little Mary Ellen, daughter of 9jx tr
Mr. and Mrs A. .i. Lynn, of the
Hell Town section, died Tue=day, pond
j of diphtheria, agt d 2 years and 11 lor P(
t months. The remains were bur- ]lom,
, iej Wednesday at Hethel church. wl(|,
f Do not lot anyone tell yon that something whb
(* elaoiaju-d a? good as DoWitt's Kidney his f
and Hind ler fills becanae there mn't anything
jant a? good for weak back, back- r<,/'?r
B ache, rhonmatic pains. inflammation of he HI
the bla lder, or any Kidney and Bladdor gj^
* disorder. A week's trial will convince .
- yon. Sold by J. F. Mackey * Co. w s ion V
;astef
REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRIS]
ASTER, S. C., OCTOBER 3, 1908.
*st Fires More Shots at piling the b
Forakerand Haskell njture ? ' cl
to get out o
lver, Col., Sept. 30 ?In burned up.
?ch consuming less than 30 ?fif ?i.p m,,n
OR, W R. II,arsf, chair. | ZJ1 ^
>f the Independence nation went to"th
mmittee, tonight resumed ^Vill crouch
larges against Senator For- tj10 ro^m
Df Ohio and Gov. Hnstvell doom Wi]
lahoma, and road addition uu au(j wpj
te-s and affidavits tearing midst of the
the charges. sumed.
o letters addressed to Son
<\>raker and signed by John prf?ohvter\
chboldot tho Standard Oil!
tiny, in which were enclos- micna
jrtific ites of deposits for Extract ft
J and $10, 000, lespective- called meet
ch be aiing date of 1900, Presbytery
read. published i
support of his contention, sociate Re'<
Jov. Hasheli was a mem Rsv. O.
the Citizens' alliance of tiered to th<
agee, Otla., Mr. Hearst ignation of
J) affidavit,datid September this connect
>0*8 wand signed by Morgan Lancaster c
way of Musttogee, who dc- acquiescing
[ that lie w..s secretary ol BOI110 disc
lliuiiot* ,..wl 1 wuu iliitnlr.
. 1.-..V/V nuu mm riUCIVCU """ "
y for dues Irom Mr. liaskell resolution,
ad frequently talked of pol- Duncan, \v
0 be pursued by the ai li- That I he
with reference to organized cft8i?n to ie
A letter from John Far. tions that t
Muskogee was also read, e(* accoidic
y that tho signer was so- 'avV a"d 1181
as sergeant-at-arme of the stepped the
ce th rough the ii tluonce of roga'ives in
[askell. uate"-by I
relation exi
Creek Citizen Bitten by an.u PeoPle?
J mind all
Mad #lJog. our supervi
shaw Era: Mr. A. G of dissolvii
n, ot the Flat Creek section, is the worl
bit'eu in the hand by a and not cf I
ye dog on last Friday while Rev. O.
1 return to his home from and receive
aw, where he had been to sue luathei
>tton. On Sunday morn- mouths in i
te dog died and Mr. Gaston
the same day lor At- B a
, ^carrying the head of Bryan
3g with him. On yesteris
brother, Mr. J. B Gaston, Rock I-li
ed a (eloirani Irom him have liv
g that tho dog had rabies cuaations h
e would remain fur treat, friend," sai
m a jettei
?? ?? President 1
's Little Eurly Kisors, the famous that of th
iver pills. They are small, sure, q..?j i
Is. Sold by J, F. Macker .v Co. \v-s ?nndfty la*
? . Mr. Bry
al Explosion at Spencer. cord au(i d*
?ncer, N. G\, special in yes- ^ a"9.W(
>'3 Charlotte Observer: of the cluel
men killed outright, two so a.wnpath
' hurt thai they can hardlv ,ra3
er and fifteen or more slight- ^QVtfr<in
ij 11 red, with a destruction rt*a,nst
>usands of dollars' worth of **a-vs 1
uty, is iho result of a terri- P".Ilse t0
blow-up this a'tern- on oi <lc,8" fo sn
ouse in which the Southern dete
'ay Company kept stored .>nf 1!,8!e:l
twder and other explosives J,,dErnent 1
in c innection with the '"rm^ tlie 1
at its large shops here. cuPanf ol
dant i hadlv wrecked and ,l'l ^ '
is at a stanJstii 1 lor some 'I10 *'
li ui and v
_ m | the courts.
Heel's Horrible Suicide. fn J
1 edc
>rganton, N. O s;e<ial in w .
Jliarlotte Observer oI Oct. 1. . ,v?'nnm
details which haye ius V 1 'V ' !
led Morgan!on f.oni the l.? e
try the nio-t horrible suicide / !f
ever occurred in the S'aie , , V H.'
rred Mondav night abou' ' " 1
liles from here. felnl.ai in
ill Mull who had been ri?a. 'et,<'r Wftfi
, , . , ; """ li m perse
ent a?itl ?irinkine heavily g|)11 v|,y |l(
ome time p ?at wont to his
3 aftor daik in cnmpanv
E*l Mull, a comp inion, and Kodoiiaacu
. i r. I I H?>?tive juices
o m a drunken lit he drove food and ever
amily from home with a wi'i do the v
i .. . . doas, The oi
and when thinna KOt qui?' tno stomach .
nd Ilia companion went off order and Ko
f'P K<1 Mu" Ui8 com pa I,vas
aroused by Will, who was j. f. Mackey
I N]
E 1891
P
ed clothes and lur>e
fire, and was told
r he (Ed) would be
Ed tried in vain to
to leave the burning
he would not. Ed in
e window and saw Wi
ied in one corner of iaj
sullenly waiting his th
II soon raised him-ielf p{
1 a cry ran into the
flames and was con- M
m
? pi
r on Rev. Mr. Car- w
iel's Resignation 1?
om minu'es of recent vc
in? ol First A. it. P. 81
held iit Charlotte, as 1 1
n current issue of As- ^
jrmed Presbyterian :
W. Carmichael ten- 1 '
) Presbvferv tb? ro? '
h19 charge, an 1 in P(
tion resolutions from 1
md Shiloh were read 8,1
I in this request Af/er re
ussion this rela'ion 08
ed, and lhe following ?J
offered by Kev. Wm,
as adopted :
Presbytery take oc PG
mind tlmse congrega- ?
he> have no' proceed- a
ig If) the Presbyferial
ige ; and h ?ve over G<
i bounds of their pre- 1('
presuming fo "termiheir
own action, the M
sting between pastor
and further, we re- N
conjiiegations under re
sion that the matter hi
lg pastoral rolatious tl
c of the Presbytery u
lllA I'mioroirutinii ?
' " W vV..hiV^MUV#.l, bt
W. Carmichael asked ai
d permission to pur- m
p his studies for nine u
some Seminary. at
?. . i,. n
ain "Writes Roose- "
p
vent.
find. 111., Sept. 29.?
ed in vain if your acave
lost me a single
I Willi un J. Bryan, ta
addressed today to ^
toosevelt, replying to Q|
9 president, written aj
t.
an points to his re- w
;clares that it is sulli?r
to the insinuations s(
f executive that he is e,
y with or controlled v
ts. v
g to the charges
j. Haskell, Mr. Bryan B
10 president, in res- ll1
his request, (lit not i><
ggest a tribunal which
rmine those charges, m
d proceeded to pass
ipon him, and he in- js
president that the <>cthat,
high office cm
a the humblest citizen
> protect his reputainiicite
his name in
r
I
ly's Got Enough fc
'.ton, Sept HO -l'res- 1
ievelt will in t repiy o c
et'ar of W. .1. Bryan 1
>y him ;ast night at
i III. Secretary L e ? I
i.v that the president
a-umi' h as Mr. Bryan's ;l
simply an attack up'?n '
mIIv there w<h n'? rea- 1
s should answer it.
0
1
uhioution <( the natural >liand
it digests all class.-* of
y Kind ot rood, so yon h?-o it
fork that the stomach itso.lt (
ily difference b- twoon it ami
a the atoniach can got out of '
dol cannot, but Kodol cau jj
iach into gooil order. Buy '
It is guaranteed. Hold by
* Co. w-a r
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EWS
RICE 5 CENTS PER COPY
5,000 in Gold Said to Have
Been Found in Safe of
Late James F. Bailes.
ti A 1 II 1- '* * %
* /v uuiKy oag 01 gout contamg
$8,000 of the yellow metal
as lound in the bottom of the
te Mr. J. P. Bailes' s?fo when
oae having chirge of the dis sition
of his estate opened it
the Bailee' home rear Foit
ill, S. C., a few days ago. Thu
oacy was in .in uu obthe-way
ace in the bottom of the sate,
here it had be(>n. some of i? at
ast, for more t hati a score of
jars. Its discovery came as a
irprise, although members of
e family had an idea hat there
au a pilo somewhere. Mr.
ai'es, who was a most provi
jnt man, was known to reserve
1 the gold that came into his
jssession but no one believed
lat he had accumulated such a
im. Aside from this sum in
ady cish, Mr. Bailes left an
ilate consisting of 2,000 acres
fine land and irom $20,000 to
JO,000 in stocks, etc."
Mr. I3ailes' estate is valued at
imething like $100,000. mos"
which is in lands, lie made
will a short time heiore his
mill and divided his i.oldings
|ually between bis five childn
?Charlotte Observer.
lore Ginners are Warned.
Huntsviije, Ala., Oct 1.?
inht riders, or persons who arc
ipresentcd t> be night riders,
we posted warnings on gins ill
le northern part ot this county
id in Lincoln c unty, Tennes>e.
"We warn you not to gin
lv more co'ton until further
otice," is the placard placed
pon the door ot the Rogers gin
t Newmarket, Ala. The same
otice was posted on the door ot
le Davidson gin in the southern
art of Lincoln county.
lad Stone Failed to Save
This Child.
Comer, Ga , special in Atlani
Journal: The 5-year-old
aiighter of llenry Guest is dead
f hydrophobia at tneir home
bout six miles Irom this place.
The iittle girl was bitten three
eeks ago, and was taken to a
hysician, who applied a mail
one. Soon afterwards, how
ver, she began to go into cou
ulstons, which lasted at Literals
until she died.
urns, bruises and scratches, big and
Ltle cuts or in fact anything requiring
salve. Are best and quickest soothed und
snb-d by DeWitt's Carbolized Witch llu 1
Salve. Tho best salvo for piles, lie
i.e you get DeWitt's. Sold by J, F.
lackey a (Jo. w-a
Jew Way to Force Preacher
to Resign.
H?>usto?, Texas, Oct. 1.?Ilavig
tailed with every other
leans of ma'tin.* their pa9 o:*
e-nxn, ih'^m inombe s ?t G>>t
!<>( e Bsptht churdi ' rio t tiie
hi elli iioury oi two d tiami' ?
t mbs, oiio pineal bciteith ihe
lie pu'pit and tho other in the
iollee.iion plate, as it was bein?
> :s ed around.
The one beneath the put pit exploded,
and K >v. Fre 1 \iorga ,
v i\r> s it Uit-re \vn severely <ut
ihout I lie lai'o ?<il l head. Toe
) h"r was hurled mrouph a winlow
belore i! exploded. A pen rat
exodus fol owed, in vvhic i
ey thI children wero trampled
jpon and hurt.
The County Farmers' Union
net here yesterday in the court
i<>use. If any of its proceedings
ire piven out tor publication,
lie matter will appear in our
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