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RASCAL TRAPPED
The State Unearthed Mysterious
Scheme.
GEO. A. BRISTOW'S
Questionable Methods to Get "Show"
G'.ils.?Postoftice Inspector Gregory
Swear* Out Indictment Charging
the Young Man With Fraudulent
V s? of th? Mails.?Ho Was Very
Neatly Trapped.
In The Stat* of Saturday morning
Mar.'h 14. appeared the following apparently
v^ry innocent advertisement
la fh# "Want" columns:
i.TY* 1 . J i/s l/\nnm ?Ka ,
" wauivu?mreo ftma iu irm u >iic
show business; experience unnecosaary;
expenses paid while learning:
stat? ago; enclose stamped envelope
for reply. Address Predro, care The
Stat#."
A subscriber of The State at Klngjtree
had hia suspicions aroused by
readlng the advertisement and to satisfy
his curiosity he caused a fake
answer to the advertisement to be
written, singing the name "Miss Angle
Dow." His answer to the add
was wrlttaa on March 17 and was af
follows:
Kingstree, S. C., March 17, 1908.
Dear Sir: I see your advertisement
in The State for three girls to learn
--- the show business.
I would be glad to engage with you
as I have always had an inclination
for that line of work and think I have
some talent if developed. Am 17
years of age and neat in appearance.
Please write me full particulars about
the work you would expect of me
and how long It would be until I
would receive some compensation.
Hoping to hear from you soon.
Respectfully,
(Miss) Annie Dow,
T-r i O /"*
xyiu&diicc, o. v/.
Care of Box 173.
Four days later he received a reply
to his letter, dated Columbia, March
19, and written on Columbia Inn
stationery. The letter was signed
"Wallace Amusement Co." and "Miss
Dow" was instructed to address this
"company" care of general delivery,
Columbia. The letter set fo^th that
"we could use you if you can come
up to the requirement, but we can
not tell you anything withoutwecould
see you and you will have to come to
Columbia."
The Requirement.
It was stated that the girls whom
the "company" required would have
to work but one hour each night,
"and we pay from $16 to $200 per
week and expenses." It was also
stated that they traveled In a private
car and stopped at the first class hotels
only. The "requirement" was
then set forth in very suggestive language
and it was plainly stated that
only girls with good figures were
wanted.
"If you care to Join us," continued
the letter, "you will have to come to
Columbia Thursday. March 26, and
put up at the Columbia inn, then
our stage mUnager will meet you
there Thursday night, -March 26 and
see you and if satisfactory will employ
you and you will be in a position
to become a successful actress with
an income that will give you a mark
in your home town." It was explicitly
stated that "we must hear from
you before Thursday" and she was instructed
to drop them a postal card
with these words on it. "Meet me at
appointed place and hour." She was
informed in the letter that if she
were employed her railroad fare
would be refunded, but if rejected
she would have to pay her own expenses.
But this very significant language
followed. "But if you will talk
to our agent, and treat him as you
should, we have no doubt but what
you will 'make good.' "
The letter consumed four pages of
ordinary stationery and was written
in pencil. On the top of the first
page was written in ink the following:
"Charles Van Burean, Manager
Wallace'Amusement Co., Is the man
you are to meet in Columbia, S. C.
Don't forget." On the letter head
also appeared in ink the following
number: "633 5." On the bottom of
the last page of the letter was the
following In ink: "Register at thr
hotel as you wrote to us, that is
Miss Annie Dow, so our ageut will
know you.
Investigations Start d.
On the day following the receipt of
this letter it was mailed to the editor
of The State, enclosed in a letter from
the subscriber in Kingstree giving the
facts concerning its receipt by him.
l.ii .1 1
i lie ieuer <tuu entjusuic wan icv-viv
ed by the editor of The State Tuesday
morning at ten o'clock. Being anxious
to protect the advertising columns
of The State and being annoyed
by the thought that they had been
used for futhering not only a fraudulent
scheme but one that appeared
to be vile and vicious. The State immediately
decided to investigate -ne
matter without sparing expense.
The number, "6630," on the letter
signed "Wallace Amusement Co., indicated
that possibly the writer was
an agent of the "white slave" traffic
and was promoted by no other purpose
than to bring about the downfall
of innocent girls. The numbering
made It appear that the whole
hing was a sytematic scheme and was
being worked in a wholesale fashion.
The State after hard work got Post
office Inspector Gregory to Columbia
and sent one of its representatives
to Kingstree to find a girl to come to
Columbia Thursday and impersonate
the supposed Miss Dow. He succeeded
and on Thursday at 12:25 the girl
reached Columbia, coming in on the
Atlantic Coast Line train from Florence,
the train which a person from
Kingstree would take in coming to
Columbia. Following instructions, wei
she registered as "Miss Annie Dow, lea
S. C.," as the Columbia inn. Follow- exj
ing instructions further, she managed bet
to have the proprietor assign her to tun
room 16. This room was to the right evt
of the first stairway below the office sta
entrance. Room 15 adjoined this
room, immediately in the rear, with ]
a door connecting the two rooms. an<
The Trap Set. be
Inspector Gregory, who had arriv- ha
ed in Columbia in the meantime on At!
request of the editor of The State, ar- ab<
ranged with Mr. Monckon, proprietor I)U
of the Columbia inn, to place him in
room 15 without putting his name on 110
the register. an
Inspector Gregory gave "Miss Dow" Iar
further instructions as to how to act t0
when the agent of the Wallace
Amusement Co., put in his appear- t0
ance. He outlined the plan of work an
o Mr. Monkton, who readily promised
to assist in every way possible. Mr. sa.'
Gregory, not knowing at what hour an
"Mr. Van Burean" or the "agent" J"
of the alleged show company would r0(
likely put in an appearance, entered toi
the hotel at 3 o'clock through a rear fo]
entrance and secreted himself in frc
room 15, putting down the ructains th<
and darkening the room as much do
as possible. "Miss Dow" did not Tc
go down to the dining room for her su
meals but had them sent to her room, pl>
it being desired hat the should not w<
come into contact with the man who an
was to meet her except in the room i its
nrVioro all nrrnnrpmpnts had been I
made for trapping him. th
At five o'clock Inspector Gregory J sp
was "tipped off" by Mr. Monckton po
that George A. Bristow, who worked ot
at the lunch counter at the union mi
tation, was in all probability the man sc
who was conducting this scheme. Bi
Bristow had been stopping at the ho- ci]
tel every night almost for two weeks mi
and had spoken to the night clerk,
Mr. Mcintosh, about a woman de
whom he was expecting, giving her an
name to him as Mrs. Dow ana tell- an
ing him that she was a wealthy young er
widow and that she had offered hlmjW)
a position to travel wlih and look; Bi
after an invalid son. Mr. Monckton I hi
had also noticed actions of Bristow's.to
which might indicate that he might jPl
Inf
ue me mau.
Bristow In the Game. i si:
After being Joined by a representa-:
tlve of The State Inspector Gregory, i
waited for the "agent." For about jgi
an hour there was nothing but still- {"J
noss to reward t-be watchers in 15. wi
Then a knock came at the door and m
Pete, a porter who knows a thing or te
two, whispered to Mr. Gregory a mes- he
sage from Mr. Monkton to he effect H
sage "that man" had come In the he
hotel and asked about "Miss Dow" Cc
In room 16. In just a few minute re
the door to the stairway below creak- to
ed and then closed and some one te
came tripping up the btairs, whistling (I
a gay air. m
He was heard to pause about mid- ha
way of the flight of stairs and to call wl
In nry OTinoronflv fnrplpRtJ RDTt C>f !lf
UUL, IIX UU VM. ~ .
way, loud enough to be heard In thejOa
room ocupied by the young lady: . ba
"Come on, Van Burean!" The man
came on up stairs and went In room th
14. After about ten minutes he went th
back downstairs. Brlstow then sent hi
the young lady the following note: th
Columbia, S. C., March 26, 1908. re
Miss Dow: If you are the young Ai
lady who wishes to see the advance hi
agent of the Wallace Amusement Co., th
[ have been Instructed to see you, an
and as not to attract attention, will mi
you be ready In a few minutes to nil
take a car ride around the belt and I
shall be pleased to explain the business
to you. If I have made a mis- wt
take please pardon me. Mr. Van | ha
Bureau has gone to Atlanta to jolnise
the show and I have full instructions an
to act. Please let me know by the ga
porter. llv
Respectfully, th
"Geo. A. Bristow." , pa
She Informed the porter to tell Mr. Bi
Bristow that she could not go out ra
with him, but if he wished to see her
he would have to come to her room. T1
The porter went back and delivered go
the message. Bristow then asked per- thi
mission of Mr. Monckton to call up- se:
on the young lady In her room, th
Mr. Monckton explained to him thatjCc
he did not allow gentlemen to call I ml
upon ladles in their rooms at his ho- j w?
tel, but (by agreement with Mr. an
Gregory) he told Bristow that If he pa
/Ished to see her strickly on business, sei
as he stated, he would allow him to ae'
go up, but advised him not to r-iay Br
too long. sp.
Goes to the Room. hi<
Bristow then went up stairs and wl
knocked at the young lady's room "IV
door. The door was then opened and tir
then came: "Is this Miss Dow?" An Be
affimatlve answer came from the gii
young lady and then Mr. Bristow (\J
started out by telling her how sor- Co
roy he was that "Mr. Van Burean" j
aaa 10 go oui vi uie city, ecu. nc j pu
again made the proposition to go J in
out for a car ride, saying that it | all
would be hard to place the proposi-iif
tion clearly before her as Mr. Monck-! pu
ton objected to any one calling on ln-!rei
dies in their rooms and he could take j wa
her for a car ride and then they could I tal
go to some place where they woiildjiin
not be observed, etc. ! th;
She again declined to go, and rath- j
er against his wishes Bristow started j
in with his fancy and fascinating j loc
story about the show business ami I o'c
the advantages to be pained by girls j ins
who enter the profession. The story th<
was roseate and almost poetical. |ve
Bristow explained that the "Wal-jenl
lace Amusement Co." were playing at inv
the Bijou theatre. Atlanta, at that mo
very hour, putting on that fascina- tet
ting drama, "I Don't Care!" Of Co
course "Miss Dow" had never heard) ad
of this play and Bristow proceeded to i to
exnlain what a corgeous and absorb- j ha<
ing theme It was. There were only j me
60 people in it, and only 40 of these <
were chorus girls. > wo
Then came the first "'advances" j pp.n
when he began io tell her, in an ex-tha
ceodingly apolegetic tone of voice,, ins
that the chorus girls wear short per
dresses. A little alter he came toj she
the "tights," prefacing his remarks; I
by, "Now, Mi6s Dow, I hope you won't t he
be offended," etc. j Bu
'Wow, that is just the greatest: ant
trouble we have in securing girls," ' Bri
he said, adding that there is no ren-ltim
son why any lady should object lo, hoi
J
firing tights if she expected to
rn the show business. He furthei
dained that he and his wife had
in in the show business for years,
it his wife was as fine a lady at
;r lived and she appeared on th?
ge every night in tights, etc.
Liked Her Looks.
Bristow said he liked her appear
:q and thought everytning would
all right, but he would, of course
ve to call up "Mr. Van Bureau" ii
lanta and see what he had to saj
Dut it. lie explained that he hac
t in a call for his partner earlier ir
; evening but Mr. Van Burean wai
t at the Bijou theatre at that tim<
d central informed him that At
ita instructed that he would hav<
call later if he wished to talk.
The time came for him to go dowi
telephone to his partner in Atlant;
d he would come back and le
liss Dow" know what ho had t<
f about it. But he Jidn t go dowi
d he has done no 'phoning yet
st as he was preparing to leave thi
Dm he was confronted by Inspec
r Gregory and his assistant, th
rmer appearing at the door l3adin;
>m room 16 to the hallway am
e latter through the connectin
or that leads from room 15 to ]6
i say that Bristow was taken b
rprised and was completely non
jssed expresses it but mildly. I
>re as If the earth had opened u
d these men had appeared out o
; centre.
He admitted his connection wit
e scheme and turned over to Ic
ector Greeory letters, etc., in hi
session and informed him wher
hers could be found. While he ad
Itted his connection with thl
heme he insisted that "Mr. Va
irean" devised it and was the prir
l>al operator, he (Bristow) bein
erely on "agent."
He was questioned at length an
(tailed how he met "Van Buren
id how he was led into this schem
id how they had worked it togett
. He said the latter to "Miss Dow
is written by himself but that "Va
iireau" dictated most of it and tol
m in a general way wnat to sa
her. Later he answered other r<
ies that were received as a resu
the advertisement, without the at
stance of his alleged friend.
Other Girls Had Answered.
TT - * ~ 1 -1 " * -ArtAlvlnrr rnnl Ino fmi
Ilf IU1U U1 ICV,tl >iug ICfovu .
rls in the city and from others tha
tfiss Dow" outside of the city. ]
as arranged for two of the girls t
eet the "agent" at the Congaree h<
1 and on Sunday night, March 2'
5 went there and stayed all nigh
e said that "Van Burean" was t
ive met the girls expected at th
jngaree and went there himself an
gistered but later "Van Burean
Id him that he had to go to Sun
r on the next atrin and asked hi)
Jistow) to go to the hotel) an
eet the girls. He said that the girl
id failed to come and he left wor
ith the proprietor that if they calle
ter that night that he was suddenl
lied out of the city and would I
ck in a day or two.
He talked wun ine proprietor
e Congaree, he said, about being i
e show business and to prove t
m that he was no "fake" showe
em some of the letters that he ha
celved addressed to the "Wallac
nusement Co." and left them wit
m. He had not been back since t
at hotel and did not know whethe
y of the girls ever went there t
set "Van Burean" after Sunda
ght.
'Van Burean'1?Where?
Bristow insisted that "Miss Dow
is the only one of the girls whom h
d met, but "Van Burean" had rae
veral. mentioning one In Brookkan
d one on Blanding street, etc., H
ve the names of four or five girl
lng in the factory district whor
ey had planned to get into the con:
ny but he had left it to "Va
irean" so see them and make the a
ngements.
He denied that he placed the ad i
le State and said that he had neve
lie to the postoffice and called fo
e mail. On being shown an orde
nt to the postmaster directing tha
e mail for he Wallace Amusemen
i., be delivered to "boy," he ad
itted that he wrote it. The orde
is signed "Charges Van Burean
d was written on a piece of yelloi
per. He also admitted that he ha
nt the same boy to the office o:
venal occasions for the mail. Whei
istow was taken in charge by la
octor-Gregory he had just $1.20 o:
i person aud that Is the amoun
th which he had planned to tak
liss Dow" out and give her a goo<
ne. Ho said that this was "Vai
irean's" money, and that $1.50 wa
-*en to him by the latter Just as h
'an Burean) was fixing to leav
lumbia for Atlanta Monday
He also had a new tape line In hi
cket and the money was to be use<
paying for telephone message. Hi
eni.ion was directed to the fact tha
$1.50 was given to him for tha
rpose he had already spent 21
i-s of it for something else an<
s planning to Bpend more of It ii
v ig "Miss Dow" out for a goo<
:i?' about the city. Well, he could fi:
il, he sad.
ui[ in mirni*
Inspector Gregory had Bristov
:1<r?d up at the police station at 1.3<
luck Friday mornng for safe-keep
; and at noon Friday he swore ou
? warrant before Commissions
rner. Inspector Gregory spent th<
tire day Friday following up th<
estigation and every step brough'
re convincing and more damaging
lmony against Bristow. Severn
lumbia girls who had answered thf
were interviewed and turned ovoi
Mr. Gregory the letters which thoj
1 received from this fako "amusent"
company.
3ne you.ig woman stated that shf
uld not like to have her name apir
in connection with the case but
t if it were necessary in order to
ure I'.ristow being given the severe
laity which she felt he deserved
would gladly appear as a witness.
Many ] laces that Bristow stnted
had viited in company with "Van
ropii \\"re vi: ited by Mr. Gregory
1 at ach place it was learned that
stow had heon thoro alcnc each
e. He gave the names of several
ises of ill fame which he had vis
i BRDGE FALLS.
I Three Men Watching High Water!
j Swept to their Death.
Three men were drowned by the |
collapse or n oaayenEton bridge at
. Rockkk, W. Va., spanning Bluestone ;
1 River. The victims wore standing on j j
the bridge with five other men and j
1 boys, watching the rushing current
when the bridge gave way. precipita5
ting the entire eight into the river
1 Five were washed down stream to a
5 point where the river had overflowed '
1 its banks and were lodged in trees j
' from which tney were rescua. The.
2 bodies of the three victims have not J
been recovered,
i
J EARTHQUAKE PREDICTED. j
3 By a Roaring Well at Beioit, Wis., j
On Two Occasions.
? The "roaring well" near Beioit,!
* Wis., prdicted the Mexican earth,
quake as It did the one at San Vvanj
cisco. The well is on the farm of
Charles Lathers, northeast of Beioit.
r It roared for several weeks, before j
y the great earthquake at San Francis-1
co, and the curious sound of rum i
bllngs, together with wind from the |
^ mouth of the well ceased at the pre-1
j else hour when the shock struct the j
California city. On the day, a little j
jj over a week ago when the well re- i
Burned its roaring, residents of Rock
B county predicted a calamity. Mon-1
e day it came, at Chilapa, Mexico.
1
R DEATH CAUSED BY LAUGHTER.!
______ 1
n
j. Widow Overcome by Joke Related at 1
^ a Social Function.
d At New York overcome by laugh-[
" ter at a Joke by a member of the come
pany she was atendlng, Mrs. Anna
i- Ferrera a widow forty-two years old, j
" was unable to stop the laught parox- j
n ysm. She fell to the floor, was lift-1
d de back into her chair, gasping for j
y breath and before the horrinea guesis
*- realized that anything serious was .he
It matter she was dying. Before a phy3
slclan who was summoned could
reach the house she was dead.
n TROUBLE AT CLJb.-^O.V.
n
[t Over Half of the Boys Took Holiday j
o
}_ on Wednesday.
A dispatch from ^.emson to The j
State says a little more than naif the!
0 cadets, principally lower ciassmen, j
'e taking advantage of April 1, tooK j
d holiday and went to Pendleton this
morning. All the seniors, most of
l~ the members of the atnietic teams
13 and a number of all classes remalnd
ed at the college and are attending
's their regular duties. The aidciplinej
d commltte is consilderng the matter
d but It is not known what actoinn it j
v will takke.
ie
? theory that Bristow and "Van mir-;I
ean" and the "Wallace Amusement
i Co." were one and the same and;.
' operated the scheme all by himself. ,f
r Inspector Gregory left yesterday j.
eveniug for Atlanta but before going j ,
he had collected a great quantity of!
) amaging evidence against Bristow. j
Bristow said last night that he
knew h was "up against it" and want- g
1 ed to know something about the pen- f
? alty that would be imposed if he t
should be convicted. He said he di;i<a
not know whether he could get ontjt
on bond or not. but asked that hisjt
brother be notified. jl
Bristow will be given a prplirni-|(]
nary on April 10. There are already s
more than a score of witnesses who c
will be subpoened to appear in Char-, j
leston against him.?The State. if
1
WOMAN UUMJ1MS auiuun. i
if
n Wife of Groceryman Sends Bullet
o
d Into her Breast.
d A special to The News and Courier
? from Spartanburg says Jirs. Lu.iie
Sharp, wife of J. D. Sharp, a grocer
0 committed suicide Thursday after-]
r noon by shooting herself in the chest j
? with a 32-calibre p.stol. Despondeny
cy is said to have been the cause of
the act. She walked into her room
and seizing her husband's pistol pine-1
ed It to her bbreast and fired. She j
e died almost instantly,
st
SEN. TILLMAN GOING ABROAD, j
e
8 His Physicians Advise a Change and 1
n
Absolute Rest.
, A dispatch from Trenton says i
while alarm is felt there is consider- j
n ablo anxiety over the continued ill- j
r ness of Senator B. R. Tillman, and j
r announcement is made that his phv-j
r siciaris, Drs. Babcock and Hunter, I
t have decided that the Senator needs j
t a complete change. It develops that j
!_ Senator Tillman's condition demands j
r absolute rest and quiet, hence any
.. idea he may have entertained of
v making another lecture tour after
^ the ?lose of Congress or later in the
n year has been put asido. The Senan
tor and Mrs. Tillman are making ar-1
" rangements to go abroad during the j
D late spring or early in the summer,1
t and will be away several months. I
j Will Return Flags.
Q The New Jersey House of Repre- j
s sentative9 Wednesday passed the Sen-!
e ate's joint resolution providing tor j
e the return of Southern flags taken;
during the civil war. The flags are j
6 to be givento the organizations from j
j which they were captured.
I SERIOUS CHARGE.
t The Chronicle says Patrolman L. \
3 L. Cawley and Bicycle Officer W. M. j
j Martin, of the Augusta Tolicc De- i
j partment, are locked up at Police 1
j headquarters, charged with robbery, j
( Leo Yam and John Ling, Chinamen, |
charge that the officers entered Ling's 1
store Sunday morning and held thorn ;
7 up and robbed them of some money p
) and a diamond ring valued at about j
. $300. j1
t lted with Van Burean, but ihe in-j,
i* mates of these places knew no one,,
} but Bristow of the alleged pair. He!,'
i had come and gone alone. Every- j,
t where the evidence only added to tbe-(
THEY MUST STOP.
~ a.
REPUBLICANS GETTING TIRED m
OF FAKE CONTESTS. w
Disposition on Part of Committee to
Refuse to Pay Contestants for Seats
in Congress.
The Washington correspondent of
riie State says the contests for 6eats *
[n congress by A. P. Prioleau, A. D.
Dantzler and Isaac Myers will continue
just so long as Congress allows to Bu
these interesting citizens the sum of
$2,000 for the expense of their contests.
But from present Indications
this is not going to be much longer. tjj(
As Representative Mann of Illinois, of
chairman of the election committee g(j
which has sat patiently through the
absurd "arguments" for three times, pr
said to the negro lawyer. Jacob Moor- un
er, who appeared for Dantzler and ju
Myers, it is a fraud on the govern- g^(
ment, and as already stated in my ^
dispatch, the chairman indicated
that he was in favor of not approv- f
ing the 'jxpense account. *
The law allows the actual expenses e
incurred by the contestants, "not ex- ^
ceeding $2,000." This account must W
bo itemized, and these negro states
men are at team suurp euuugu
to Itemize it up to the two thousand.
Chairman Mann questioned Jacob
Moorer, the attorney, very closely
about the expense account and gave e
the whole crowd of them a little impromptu
lecture on the subject of
coming here year after year with
these bogue contests.
"You had some sort of a case six
years ago," said Mr. Mann, in substance,
to Moorer. "Two years ago
you came with a weaker case and
now you come with practically none e
at all. It is difficult to understmd
here what your kick is about. According
to your own statements th-?re
are 1,400 registered Republican
voters in the one county of Beaufort
and 600 Democratic voters, and yet
you poll only 226 votes in the who'e _
district. In the face of that showing E,
with 1,400 voters who are registered,
you come here and claim that you
are deprived of your right to register."
-
Taking up the expense matter then "
and the fact that the cases are ?.o
Sagrontly absurd, Mr. Mann asked
Mooror if he thought it right and just
t> come here every year anc ask congress
to give them $2,000. Tne sub- ?
stance of Moorer's reply was that he ^
thought it was right, entering in general
the plea that they neadod the
money.
One new member of the committee,
Mr. Mauser, a Republican who
seemed anxious to do the square
thing and get at the true facts in the
case, closely questioned Moor?r about m
the allegations that the negroes In ]
South Carolina were denied the "
right to register. It is really a pity
that these contestants and their lawyers
could not go before all the members
of congress so that other Nor
thern members, who have false im-l^
pressions about the methods uf 'lis- gl
franchisment of the negro in the
South could learn something as Mr.
Mauser and the few other members
of the committee did. Moorer was
wholly unable to cite any convincing [?
facts as to negroes being denied registration,
though he asserted that 1'
was done.
Mr. Moss, representing Mr. Lever,
stated that he had made an investigation
in nearly every county in ?
South Carolina where there had been j ~
allegations of denial of registration ,
to negroes ;>nd that not once in his
district hud any negro tnl<en an ap-1
peal from the registration supervis-1
or to tho courts, although, ho de [
clared. ttie law distinctly provided fori
such an appeal to the circuit judge at j
chambers. The only appeal he found <
ever made, he said, were iu the So- j
cond district, in Beaufort county,
some years ago when Senator J. H.
Sarle was a judge, when In a number
of cases the appeals were granted
and the supervisor ordered to issue-1
tho certificates.
"Why is this?" Mr. Mauser asked
"I don't know," answered Mr.
Moss.
A little later, in answer to unother
question by the Ohio man, Mr. Moss
pave the whole thing away. Mr. Most |
admitted that there were a large
number of negroes in the Seventh dis
trict who were registered and he admitted
that if they had voted they
would have voted Republican ticket.
Mr. Mauser wanted to know why
they had not voted. Mr. Mops said I
there was a reason, hut that It wa?
not in his record in the case aud that
it would be wholly apart from anything
he had intended to bring up in
connection with it, but that if the
gentleman from Ohio really wanted
to know he would tell him. Mr
Mauser wanted to know.
"Well, the negroes in the district j
take the contestants' candidacy as a j
joke," said Mr. Moss. "I would not j
say anything against the contestant |
either as to his character or his
ability, but this is the simple truth."}
Dantzler got 133 votes in the dis-j
trict. J
Tho claim upon which all these
contests have been based for many
rears, as estimated above, is the
:laim for the $2,000. But the argument,
so-called, is as to the validity
)f the Souh Carolina constitution of
1895. The claim in brief Is that the !
lonstilution ot' 1S95 as to its suffrage
>rovisions is in violation of the act'
>f congress readmitting South Caro- j
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ma inro me union iu iouo.
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Stop daily at 6
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tried Under the Ruins of n Wreck- ^
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oi
While clearing away the debris of
9 Epworth Methodist church, east L<
Columbus, Ga., which was wreck- D
by a storm several days ago, the 0
dy of Rev. John Wynn, a negro B<
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or Sale?Thoroughbred, long type,
Jtissex swine, irom nmuiu^
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boars and also lot of fine pigs for
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or Sale Cheap?One Ruger Bread
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CONDITION OF STATE BANKS
le State Hank Examiner Makes Hij
Flint Quarterly Report.
Mr. Gi!es L. Wilson, the new exnlner
o State banks, Thursday
ade his f-st quarterly report.. This
10ws th: condition of State bankg
institi; ions at the close of busl4
iss March 9th.
The 1e report was Dec. 16th.
nee that time eight new banks have
arted b;iHness, two have consolidat1
and ok > has nationalized. There -,J
e now : ;)3 State banks.
Stateme :t o f the condition of the ?
J 3 State, private and savings banks
cated in 'outh Carolina at the close
' business March 9, 1908:
Resources.
oans and discounts. .$33,464,281.33
emand loans 1,987,177.94
verdrafts 571,899.40 - ,
onds and stocks owned
by the bunk 3,663,317.74
anking houses 733,661.91
urniture and fixtures. 360,161.07
ther re;:l estate.. .. 287,937.82
ue from banks and
bankers 4,862,130.Pi!
urrency 1,092,952.74
old 165,220.50
liver, nickles and pennies
332,710.18
hecks affd cash items. 359,798.83
xchanges fortheclear- ....
Ing house 97,711.0b
ther resources 5,973.15
Total $47,976.807.2S
Liabilities.
apltal stock paid in. . $ 9,061,713.56
urplus fund 1,536,410.44
^divided profits (less
current expenses and
taxes paid) 2,781,584.87 y
)ue~ to banks and bank- N \
ers 720,577.1?
lue unDoid dividends. . 27,569.64
ndividual deposits subject
to check 17.381,322.70
lavings deposits.. ..11,075,256.71
)emand certificates... 223,439.55
Mme certificates.. .. 2,069,753.06
Certified checks.. .. 13,441.93
Cashier's checks.. .. 74,716.6.1
totes and bills rediscounted
754,518. BO
Jills payable.. ..... 2,237,173.23
)ther liabilities 18,329.14
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Total $47,975,807.23 "4-^
A LEOPARD IN HAMPTON. .
ieast Supposed ?o Have Escaped
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From Wrens is iviiiea.
A dispatch from Hampton to the j
Jtate arys an animal bearine the
esmblanre of a leopard was Rilled
tfonday by Frank Llnto In the Grays , <
lelghborhood about 12 miles from
lampton. This ( animal passed
hrough the lower part of the couny
last -week frightening the people
n the community through which It
:raveled until it wandered ts way
:o Grays where It was slain. The
inimal was about three feet In
leight and bore spots characteristic
>f a le'pard which is supposed to
lave escaped from some circus.
Thirty-Two. Cent Cotton.
TOR 8ALP?Watson's celebrated
mprored "Summer Snow" upland loo*
taple cotton seed. Makes b&le and
nore p?r *cre ordinary land under fair
traditions; sells for 17V4 to IS cents p? tound.
Easily picked. Ginned dry
in ordinary saw rla. staples 1U to
S Inches. Price: 1 busneL S1.M; I
losbeia $4 W; I bushels and ormr mi
1.00 per bushel. W. W. Watson. Prerietoc
Bummeriaad Farm. BaUeSw*;
L C.
"Up-tOMlale" Sawmill
>s ftbso'utcly all the LATEST IMPROVErs.
And wo think we aro safe la paying,
at feed cn earth. A money maker for the
BEST GOODS?BEST PRICES"
mbia Supply Co., Columbia, S. C.
atively satis- K
ern standard (f
lat has made r
aious. Pure g
dii, super-re- $
Lr exclusive a
>cess. The |
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id economy. ?
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