The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, March 16, 1911, Image 1
PUBLISHED THREE Tl
CORN_CW*TEST
Its Object and the Roles Governing the
Same Given in Foil.
PRIZES FOR THIS YEAR
?
Indicated That Much Interest Will
be Manifested by Farmers of
State?vict Making Appropriation
Places t batest Under Management
of Depa rtment of Agriculture.
From the office of Commissioner
Watson Monday were issued the gen
eral announcement and the list of
prizes in the State corn contest. In
' view of the general interest taken
last year in the contest and the Corn
Exposition held in Columbia, the
contest will this year be very keen,
indeed. Col. E. J. Watson will, un
der the appropriation this year, have
complete oharge of the contest. The
announcement is as follows:
This competition has been inaugu-j
rated with the view to increase grain
growers' profits by increasing the
yield per acre, and also the quality!
of corn through simple methods ot
seed selection and proper culture. It
is so named from the fact that it can- j
not but result in adding thousands in
the aggre gate to the profits of those I
engaged in agriculture in this Stale.
- The ccntest will be conducted by
the State department of agriculture
under the terms of the Act.
Objects of the Contest.
1. To encourage proper selection
of seed and .better care of soils.
2. To ::entre attention upon varie
ties that are superior for each sec
tion, to introduce seed of such varie
ties that are pure and true to name,
and to prove that when such varie
ties are :;rown under normal condi
tions it is not necessary to so fre
quently change seed.
2. To encourage better methods
of culture and harvesting,* so as
largely to increase average yields per
acre and improve quality.
4. To show that such results can
be had al: less expense of time, mon
ey and labor than poorer crops when
increase in yield is considered.
5. To improve methods of mar
keting and conversion of crop into
largest possible cash return.
6. To increase grain growers' prof
its on e?ch acre and each bushel
every year.
7. To promote the keeping of in
telligent records and the use of busi
ness principles in farming, to foster
the farmer's prosperity and the wel
fare of the whole people.
Nature of the Contest.
1. Each grower will be required
to grow one acre of crop, or in the
five-acre contest, five acres, but no
part of a five-acre entry can be con
sidered an entry in the one-acre con
test.
2. Each contestant can follow his
own ,besi: judgment as to the selec-J
tion of seed and soil and mode of j
culture, harvesting and marketing. |
3. Each contestant must report all ;
particulars relating to growth, till-|
age, etc., on forms in Contestants'
Manual.
) tales of the Contest.
1. Any person may compete. There
are no f;?es or dues.
2. Each contestant is to furnish i
and ship to the commissioner one
sample bushel of corn in the ear
from et'.ch acre grown, (except in
cases of five-acre contests, for which
one bvshel is sufficient.) to be
judged, and then sold for benefit of
expenses of conducting contest.
3. Etch competitor must secure
the Contestants' Manual.
4. To enter contest, simply notify
the commissioner of agriculture and
order 'Contestants' Manual as pei
preceding paragraph.
5. Reports must be made on
forms prescribed in Contestants
Manual.
6. This contest to improve grain'
?growers' profits is to cover the crops
Of corn planted in 1911.
7. In the boys' contest all require-j
ments are the same as in the con
test among grown men. All boys
must comply with all the require
ments herein.
All men and boys entering corn
clubs in the several counties of the
State under other auspices may also
enter for the Slate prize by merely
complying with the regulations as
set for;h above.
Each contestant's work, including
sample of crop, record and report
will be judged according to the fol
lowing scale of points:
Scale of Points.
Points.
1. Purity and selection of seed. . 10
2. Methods of culture.L'5
3. Re/ord or report its clear
ness, completeness, accur
acy, care bestowed upon it,
etc. .. 15
4. Yield of contest acre.25
5. Quality of crop, market grade.
salaibility, feeding value, etc. 10
6. Profits resulting from the en
tire operation.1.".
Total points.100
The scale of points offers every in
ducement to truthfulness, and by
means both apparent and secret, the
judge? will be enabled to exercise
righteous judgment. There is no
need or inducement for misrepresen
tation, and anything of the sort will
be deirimental to the contestant.
Boys'
One- Five- one
acre acre acre;
!MES A WEEK.
FOUGHT OVER A FENCE
DISPUTE OP LONG STANDING
CAUSED THE FIGHT.
John Garris, an Old M;ui, Hit in the
Head by A. E. Steedley, a Young
Man.
A special dispatch to The State
from Walterboro says a dispute over
a line fence early Monday morning
is responsible for what, may prove a
fatal injury to John Garris, a highly
respectable and prominent citizen of
Williams in the upper part of the
country.
The reports received of the trou
ble are that A. E. Steedley, Jr., had
gone out early Monday morning to
remove a rail fence when the latter,
arriving on the scene, forbid him
moving the fence.
Mr. Steedley claims that Mr. Gar
ris cursed him and threatened to cut
his throat if he persisted in moving
the fence. Mr. Steedley told him
that he would be obliged to move it
as he needed the rails to repair his
other fencing.
He claims that Mr. Garris then
reached in his pocket and drew hi*
knife, advancing on him, when bf
picked up a piece of rail and struck
him on the head two or three times
with it.
Steedley then left, and a little later
Mr. Garris was found in an uncon
scious condition and taken to his
home a few hundred yards away. It
was found that he had several serious
wounds in his head and it is feared
he may not recover.
Steedley went to title home of his
wife's father, Fred Padgett, and
when last heard from was still there.
He is a young man, possibly 35 ye-xrs
old, while the wounded man is about
60 years old.
It seems that there has been trou
ble' for a year or more over thip
line fence. The fence was on Mr.
Steedley's land, but by consent it has
remained the only fence between
their fields.
Mr. Garris Is a member of a large
family in the county.
DON'T UNDERSTAND PARDON.
Charleston Man's Views on Pardon
ing of Nei Crlss.
That the people of Charleston do
not understand why Ned Crlss, who
is described as a bad negro, was par
doned, by Governor OB lease, was the
statement made at Columbia Tuesday
by John Ahrens, member of the State
pension board from Charleston. Mr.
Ahrens, in talking about the case'
explained that Criss killed E. H. Old
enberg, an old German merchant of
Charleston, In a most brutal man
ner. The way the crime was com
mitted, as he recalled It, was that
Criss called to Mr. Oldenberg to go
to the store and get something for
him for his sick child. As the old
man's head was bent over the sugar
barrel the negro hit him in the
head, taking off part of the back of
the skull. The crime was a very
brutal one, and Mr Ahrens says he
doesn't see how the negro could be
pardoned. In the pardon petition it
was urged that Cri.ss was not the ne
gro who did the killing.
FUGITIVE Ii', CAUGHT.
Convict Has Lived an Upright Life
in Kentucky.
Warden G. P. Sale, of the North
Carolina State penitentiary, left Lex
ington, Ky., Tuesday for Raleigh
with T. B. Whltsoa, who was arrest
ed at Lexington last week, accused
as a fugitive from prison. Whitson
admitted that he escaped from the
penitentiary sixteen years ago while
serving a thirty-year term for mur
der. Since his escape Whitson has
lived an upright life in Kentucky,
and has amassed a comfortable for
tune. A movement will be started to
Obtain a pardon for him, and it is
thought it will succeed.
Teacher's Wi'e Poisoned.
At Prescott, Fla., Mrs. M. C. Pitt
man, wife of the principal of Bagdad
school, died from strychnine poison
Monday night. Her husband was
saved from the same fate ,by the use
of a stomach pump. Mystery sur
rounds the poisoning.
Prizes on yield & con- con con
points test. test. test.
First. . . .$100 $100 $ 50
Second. . . 50 50 50
Third. . . . 30 30 15
Fourth. . . :U 20 10
Totals. . . .$200 $200 $100
Certificate of Honor.
Every competitor in this contest,
whether he or she wins a prize or
not, provided their work is meritor
ious, as shown by results and com
plete report, will lie awarded a cer
tificate, setting forth the results
achieved. In awarding these cer
tificates, special s'.ress will be paid
by the judges upon the purity and
selection of seed and met lions of
cullure. as well as the actual crop
the certificate only to contestants
obtained. The purpose is to award
whose methods and crop are such as
to render the grain they produce on
the contest acre in 1910 worthy of
endorsement for seed purposes. In
this way it is hoped that farmers
everywhere will universally demand
certified seed grain when they come
to plant for 1911.
E. J. Watson,
Commissioner.
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OBANGKEBT7
PARDON MILL GRINDS
GOV. BTJEASE TURNS SEVERAL
LONG TIMERS LOOSE.
Among Them Are Men Convicted of
Murder, Manslaughter and Other
Crimes.
The pardon mill of Gov. Blease
continues to grind, and criminals are
being turned loose. Franklin McAl
lister, a life prisoiPer In the peniten
tiary, escaped last January and went
to his home In Williamsburg county
to see his Wind mother and to secure
an old petition for pardon which had
been filed with Gov. Heyward. He
later went to the office and presented
the petition to Gov. Blease. Monday
he was paroled during good behavior,
,but will have to return to prison for
life should he be convicted of an
other crime.
McAllister was convicted in Wil
liamsburg county in 1901 on the
charge of murder and upon the rec
ommendation of the mercy of the
court received a life sentence. Judge
Wilson, who was the solicitor prose
cuting the case, said in a letter to
Gov. Blease that he would not make
a recommendation as he did not re
member the facts in the case. He
was convicted for the murder of Siah
Fullmore.
Ned Criss, a Charleston negro,
serving a life sentence in the peni
tentiary, has been pardoned by Gov.
Blease. Criss was convicted in 1889
on the charge of killing E. H. Olden
berg, a Charleston merchant. Caesar
Fraser, another negro, was convicted
at the same time and was hanged.
The two negroes were robbing the
store of Oldenberg and when Mr. Old
enberg caught them, one of the ne
groes fired, killing the merchant.
Criss was sentenced to be hanged but
hi3 sentence was commuted to life
imprisonment by Gov. Richardson. In
the petition for pardon it is stated
that the fatal shot was fired by
Fraser.
Sion Miller of Saluda county, who
was convicted in 1904 on the charge
of killing a negro, Richard Truesdale,
and sentenced to 10 years In the pen
itentiary upon a verdict of man
slaughter, has been pardoned. Rus
sell McCormick was convicted on the
same charge and was pardoned by
Gov. Ansel. Judge Purdy, who heard
the case, said In a letter that under
the circumstances he would not op
pose a pardon for Miller, i
James Stuart, who was convicted
in 1909 in Hampton county on the
charge of larceny of live stock, has
received a commutation of sentence
from Gov. Blease to date.. He was
given one year in the penitentiary.
THE SMALL BOY AND GUN
Kills His Little Sister and Shoots
Lady in the Arm.
As the result of a most distress
ing accident at Florence on Monday
'afternoon, the one-year-old daughter
I of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Cole is
dead, and the arm of :.\lrs. Wallace,
a neighbor of the Coles, is terribly
lacerated.
Charles, the ten-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Cole, took a shotgun
to go rabbit hunting. As he attempt
ed to pass out the door of the Cole
home, the gun fired and the entire
contents took effect in the stomach
of the boy's litte baby sister, and the
J arm of Mrs. Wallace, who was a visi
tor, and who was holding the baoy
j in her arms. The child died almost
i instantly, as it was practically dis
' em bo welled.
Mrs. Wallace had her arm dressen
' as quickly as medical aid could reach
: her and she is resting easily, al
i though it is not known how badly
j she is injured. The parents of the
; children are greatly distressed over
i the unfortunate accident as well as
i the boy who had the gun in hand.
DROPPED FOUR STORIES.
Fall of Elevator Causes the Death of
j Three People.
i At St. Paul, Minn., two girls and
a man were killed, one girl fatally
hurt and several others Injured in an
elevator in the wholesale fur house
of Gordon & Ferguson Tuesday. The
: elevator fell four floors. The dead
and injured were pinioned in wreck
age at the bottom of the shaft. Ma
son Johnson, the elevator operator,
told Coroner Jones that when he
closed the gates after discharging
passengers at the fourth floor the ele
vator started to slip down. The
clutch failed to work. The elevator
gathered momentum and when it
struck the bottom of the shaft the
counterbalance weight at tin.' top
dropped.
Saved His Life.
At Alcolu a house occupied as a
dwelling by J. Muck Gagnal, was dc
stroyed by lire Moiukn night. Mr.
Gagnal is a cripple and was in the
house alone ;ir.d asleep at the time
the house caught fire and would pos
sibly have lost his life but for the
timely arrival of a negro man, Sam
Washington, who knocked the door
down and aroused him.
Maine Still Democratic.
Democratic success in Maine was
continued at the city elections held
Tuesday, candidates of that party
winning the mayoralty contests in
four of the five cities which voted
Bangor. Augusta, Belfast and Bidde
ford. Republicans won in Brewer.
EG, S. a, PHUKSDAY. M
OLD MEXICO HOT
Conditions in That Country Are in a Ter
ribly Excited Slate.
DECLARES ? TRAVELER
Who Says the Revolt is Widespread
and All Business is Paralyzed in
the Country?Mexico a Land of
Feudal Barons and Serfs?Politics
Dangerous Subject.
"Mexico is poisoned from end to
end. The spirit of revolt and unrest,
most evident in Chihuahua, Is rife in
all the twelve States of the Republic.
Very few people in the United States
have any idea of the terrible condi
tions now existing in the sister na
itlon."
In these words Mr. Frederick W.
? Olds, who is secretary of the Raleigh
: Chamber of Commerce, and who left
' Mexico just nine days before, summed
' up the situation in the unfortunate
I country, the President of which has
just announced a war of extermina
tion against the revolutionists,
j "I do not think," he said, "that the
j army which the United States is as
I sembling along the Mexico border
I will become an army of occupation.
! There is grave doubt whether the ac
i quisltion of Mexico would be a desir
able thing. We would acquire there
by a vast number of what Col. Roose
velt calls 'undesirable citizens,' ut
terly unfit to govern themselves and
too ignorant to discharge the duties
of citizenship, and the trouble that
they would give us would more than
offset anything that we. would gain by
annexation of the Republic.
"Moreover, If war should come, It
might prove a more serious proposi
tion than most people imagine. While
it is true that Mexico is divided
against itself, American intervention
might lead to a prompt patching up
of all internecine feuds and a very
determined resistance on the part of
the invaded country. It all depends
on the priests. They wield a tremen
dous influence over all classes, and
if they were to declare against the
Americans It would mean a sort of
holy war. The Mexicans distrust and
dislike the Americans already, and
I do not think they would submit to
conquest. .. ^
"As for Diaz, it looks as If his day
is over. He Is recognized as a great
man, but the general opinion in
Mexico is that he has grown too old
and that, due largely to bad advisers,
i he has become too despotic. Some of
! the papers, I see, have printed re
j ports that he is dead. I saw him in
January and he looked well enough
. then. He came out and stood on the
' balcony of the palace overlooking the
! great Plaza in Mexico City, while the
bands played and the soldiers stooa
\ in line below. He looked very erect
and soldierly?a fine figure. I was
i Impressed with the fact, however,
that no popular enthusiasm greeted
j his appearance.
"What the end of It all may be
j no man can say. Mexico is in a ter
rible condition from one end to the
other. It is like Europe a thousand
years ago. The population is divided
into two classes?the great land-own
ers, who are virtually feudal baruns,
and the peons, who are virtually
serfs. Some of the former own as
much as four million acres of land.
The latter illiterate, and absolutely
paupers. The Insurrectos consist
j largely of these peons who are de
! termined to throw off the yoke of
their overlords, though there are also
many wealthy men among them.
"In fact, In Mexico nobody knows
who is an insurrecto and who Is loy
j al to the Government. It is danger
ous to talk politics and ruin or death
j to abuse the party in power. At the
: present moment the jails are full.
The papers are consored so that It Is
i impossible to learn the truth as to
the progress of the revolution, and
nobody will talk politics for fear of
financial ruin if he happens to say
something unwise.
"In the revolution the Diaz Gov
ernment has a tremendous problem
on its hands. The spirit of revolt is
everywhere. If troops are withdrawn
from one place and sent to another
to quell a disturbance, there is at
once a fresh outbreak In the place
which the troops have just left. The
Federal army is made up lrrgely of
convicts. A man convicted of a crime
is given the choice of military ser
vice or jail. There is no navy, no
heavy artillery. There are no forts
worthy of the name and the cities arc
agsolu tely unfortified.
"American interests are suffering
terribly. These amount to something
like a .billion of dollars, and business
is absolutely paralyzed. There arc
pproximat ely seven! y?five thousa nd
American citizens in Mexico, most of
them in the State of Chihuahua.
They cannot now, and never can. get
along with the Mexicans, because the
Saxon never yet understood the Lat
in."
Mr. Olds stated that, while he had
ample opportunity to observe condi
tions in .Mexico, and while he wit
nessed many incidents that impressed
upon him strongly the fearful con
ditions prevalent there, he himself
had met with few disagreeable ad
ventures. He was obliged to go
through all sorts of tedious forms in
entering and leaving the country nnd
was examined closely as to what his
purpose was and what he had with
; him. Later he was given the same
AUCH 16. 19] 1.
BAILEY NOT WANTED
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS OB
JECT TO HIS LEADING.
They Say He Must and Will be Elim
inated From All Influence in the
Party.
A special dispatch to The News
and Courier from Washington saysj
although Mr. Bryan stated most em
phatically that he had not come to
Washington for the purpose of in
terfering in any way with the plans
of the next Congress, or to oppose
Tammany's work in making Repre
sentative Fitzgerald, of New York,
chairman of the House committee ofl
appropriations, he ueld a number of
conferences with the leaders among
the "progressive" Democrats.
His visit will develop, it is expect
ed, the full plans for maintaining
i the progressives in control of the
I legislature program, and for coun
I teractlng the influence of the "Bai
ley Democrats," as they are now gen-:
erally called. The fight for control
iof the Democratic party between.
I these elements, headed by Bryan
and Bailey, is declared by the pro-j
gressives to be fast growing into a!
fight for life on Mr. Bailey's part.
The progressives declare that Bry
an and Hearst are with them, heart
I and soul, in the effort to eliminate
j Bailey from influence in party coun
; cils. Concerning this feature of the
situation, Senator Owen, of Okla
homa, who has suddenly sprung into
] leadership of the Anti-Bailey ele
I ment, talked with the tarje-timt
Presidential-candidate at length.
Bailey - has been the most bitter
and relentless antagonist of Bryan
since 1908. He was not for Bryan's
j nomination and did not attend the
! Convention, though there were inti
mations that he could have been
chairman of the resolution commit
tee if he had cared to come into
camp and be good. He has been un
interruptedly hostile ever since.
The Bailey conservatives and
Tammany influences are looked upon
as the obstacles to complete control
by the progressives. Bailey's lead
j ership is opposed with hardly more
earnestness than is the candidacj
of John J. Fitzgerald, Tammanyte,
for chairman of the appropriation
committee. Beyond this lies tht,
House committee composition.
The same forces, which oppose Bai
ley and Fitzgerald object to Mr.
Adamson, of Georgia, for chairman
of Inter-State commerce. They say
he Is not in sympathy with Demo
cratic policies on questions this
committee must consider. It Is
known that Mr. Bryan's aid has beet |
sought, and he is understood to be:
; willing to extend it.
j Under the caption of "Democrats
Take Warning" the Philadelphia)
North American says:
"The spectacle of Bailey in the
senate surrounded ,by the pleading!
group of Sherman, Lodge, Root and!
Lorimer, and besought by those re
publicans to recall his farce-comedy;
j resignation, has Its logical sequel
in the plan to put the purse-s!rings
of the nation into the hands of John
i.T. Fitzgerald, ally, savior and bene
ficiary of Joe Cannon.
"Fitzgerald, like Bailey, is no
commonplace servant of special priv
ilege. He is dangerous because of
his ability. If the scheme to make
. him chairman of the appropriations
'committee is consummated, it will
give the He to all future pretense
: that the Democratic congressional or
ganization Is progressive and has the
public interest honestly at heart.
! "Honest, country-loving Democrats
of the type of Speaker Clark; Henry,
of Texas; Hay, of Virginia; Sims, of
Tennessee; James, of Kentucky, and
; Kitchin, of North Carolina, may con
sider such a promotion a strategical
; political concession to 'harmony* in
'the 1912 election. But they never
! can convince the country that the
j 'harmony' is an) thing but a surren
der to Wall street. Big Business, re
action and special privilege."
Prisoners Escaped.
Overpowering and killing the
guard who opened the door of the
jail at Vera Cruz. Mexico, Tuesda)
morning in order to give them their
coffee, 40 prisoners made a break for
liberty. From the jail to the out
skirts of the city a fight occurred be
tween policemen and prisoners. All
except two succeeded in escaping. One
was captured and one was killed. A
policeman was also killed and three
wounded.
Tillman Case Continued.
Senator Tillman's health, accord
ing to Dr. J. W. Babcock, being such
as to make it inadvisable for him to
attend a trial, the civil action
brought by Mrs. Lucy Dugas Tillman
against her husband, Mr. B. R. Till
man, Jr., to recover about $13.000,
alleged to be due the senator's daug'i
ter-in-law by his son, was on Sat
urday continued by Judge Sea.se.
Many in Want.
Twenty-fnc thousand inhabitants
in the beleaguered city of Chihuahua,
Mexico, face famine, according to u
courier who reached here today.
Hundreds of women, driven from the
city by fears of starvation, have tak
en their children with them and they
are roaming the country. Chihuahua
is bottled up by insurrectos.
treatment (by a party of insurrectos,
but no violence was done him.
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STOCK SHEDS BURN
MANY HORSES, SHEEP AND HOGS
PERISH IN THE FIRE.
Four Men Are Seriously Injured in
Their Efforts to Save Fine Animals
from the Flames.
At Fort Worth, Texas, on Tuesday,
nearly two acres of stocksheds burn
ed, roasting to death between 500
and 1,000 head of horseB, sheep and
hogs and seriously burning four men.
The value of the burned animals is
estimated at about' $250,000 and
the property loss $50,000.
Large numbers of blooded animals
which were at Fort Worth for exhi
bition at the fat stock show, the big
gest exhibition of its kind in the
Southv est, are believed to have been
saved.
The caretakers' first efforts were
for these animals, scores of which
were turned loose to run as they
pleased through the stockyards dis
trict. Great difficulty was found af
ter the fire in gathering them again.
Most seriously injured of those
who worked to save the stock were
Murray Howard and L. E. Walton.
The latter, pinned close to the flames
by the swinging of one of the cattle
gates, barely escaped in time.
The fire is believed to have been
started by the carelessness of a help
er cooking his breakfast in one of)
the barns. None of the packing I
houses was damaged.
THROWN FROM THEIR BUGGY.!
Rev. H. W. Kee Killed and His Wife
Seriously Hurt.
At Columbus, Ga., while driving
late Monday afternoon Rev. Howard
W. Kee, son of Bishop J. S. Kee of
the Methodist church, South, was In
stantly killed. His wife, who accom
panied him, also was thrown from
the buggy and sustained serious in
jury.
In falling from his buggy Dr. Kee
struck a post, crushing his head.
Mrs. Kee had two ribs broken ana
was badly bruised but is expected to
recover. Because of her condition,
she was not informed of her hus
band's death Monday night.
Dr. Kee was 61 years old and has
been one of the prominent Methodist
ministers in this section of the State
for many years. He is survived by
i the widow and six children. The
funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
DEADLY WORK OF LIGHTNING.
A Man and His Little Boy Are In
stantly Killed.
While standing under a large oak
tree, with his ,fiour-year-old .baby;
boy in his arms, Y. H. Evern, a ne-,
gro, who lives near Hobbysville, near
Spartanburg, was struck by lightn
ing. Both the negro and the boy,
were instantly killed. A peculiar
feature of the tragedy was that no
marks whatever were left on the
, body of the boy, but the father was
j badly mutilated. All metal about
his person was completely melted;
I the butrbns on his (overalls were
I melted off and a pocket knife show
j ed signs of the current. Another
i negro, about one hundred yards dis
; tant, saw the stroke, and when he
; arrived at the side of the negro l-otn
were dead. It is thought that death
must have been instantaneous.
Caused by Old Grudge.
While his aged mother looked on,
Robert I-Iowell, a well-to-do white
man, shot and instantly killed John
Odom in a store at Nankin, Ga.,
Monday. Before shooting Odom,
? Howell gave him a thorough whip
I ping with a horsewhip. A fight dur
. ing last Christmas holidays is said to
' have caused the trouble.
Green Eyed .Monster.
At San Francisco, Cal., in a jeal
ous rage, R. ft. Moslyn, a turret cap
tain on the cruiser California, Tues
day shot and killed Messie Cook, a
dance hall sinucr, and Hugo Randall,
night clerk in the hotel where she
lived. He then shot himself through
the head. All died almost instantly.
Deadly Stroke.
At Kinks Mountain, X. C. during
a severe electrical storm Tuesday af
ternoon Mrs. I). L. Cordon was
struck by lightning and instantly
killed. Her daughter. Mrs. Wallace,
was severely shocked and is in a
serious condition.
Kvjms Will Be Tried.
It is generally believed that the
case against Hub II. Evans, of New
berry, will in- called for trial in thai
city next week. .Mr. Evans is charg
ed with conspiracy to defraud while
a director of the State dispensary
board.
Bandits Rob Hotel.
At Ogden, Utah, the Reed hotel
was robbed by two masked men at
I o'clock Tuesday morning. The
bandits made the clerk open the
safe and enpty $700 into a bag. Af
ter getting the money they escaped,
Found in a Field.
T. K. Starling, a white man, was
found dead in the field of John Bail
ey, near Saxegotha Cotton Mills in
Lexington County Monday. An ex
amination revealed the fact that the
man died from natural causes.
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WO CENTS PEB COPY
GOT VERY MAD
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Senator Bailey Seems lo Think He Is
Above the Coons of Law.
SUMMONS TO TESTIFY
He Says, Is a "Contemptible Piece of
Politics" on the Part of the Illinois
Prosecuting Officer Who Had the
Subpoena Issued for His Appear
ance.
A subpoena was Issued last Satur
day from Sougamon County, 111., for
United States Senator Joseph W. Dai
ley of Texas at the behest of State's
attorney, Burke, summoning him as
a witness in the rase against State
Senator John S. Broderick of Chi
cago. Broderick is charged by for
mer State Senator David H. Holstlaw
of Iuka with paying him $2,500 on
July 16, 1909, in Broderick's saloon
in Chicago for Holstlaw's vote for
William Lorimer for United States
Senator.
Holtslaw produced a deposit slip
for that amount on the State Bank of
Chicago in which hank he said he de
posited the money. The deposit slip
was taken to Washington by the sub
committee investigating , Lorimer's '
election and the last knowledge of
the whereabouts of the slip was when
Senator Bailey held it in his hand
during his speech in the Senate in
defense of Lorimer and denounced It
as a forgery. Broderick's case is set
for trial 'Monday, March 20.
A request to Senator Bailey for
a statement regarding the missing
affidavit came from Senator Cum
mins, of Iowa, who, telegraphing
from Des Moines, declared he bad
made a statement and that he de* .
sired that Senator Bailey also sboulu .
give his version of the loss of the two
documents. At that time Senator
Bailey turned the papers over to Sen
ator Tillman and Mr. Tillman states
that he handed them to some Repub
lican Senator. Not since then has
either of the documents been seen.
It is now said that because the au
thorities of Sougamon County, 111.,
Issued a subpoena for him, which
came to his knowledge on Tuesday,
Senator Bailey probably will make
no explanation relative to the disap
pearance in the senate chamber at
Washington of the affidavit of Mr.
Newton, the bank clerk, and the
Holstlaw bank deposit slip, concern
ing which there was much discussion
during the pendency in the senate of
the resolution to vacate the seat of
Senator Lorimer of Illinois.
"Before the senate adjourned,"
said Senator Bailey, "Senator Cum
mins told me that he had been asked
to make an affidavit himself reciting
that he had received that paper and
delivered it to me. and asked me also
to make an affidavit that 1 had re
ceived it from him and handed it. to
Senator Tillman. who had in turn
handed it to some other senators who
desired to see it. I very readily told
Senator Cummins that I would make
the affidavit and Saturday afternoon
Senator Borah told me that he had
received a tele?ram from Senator
Cummins asking me to prepare and
send the affidavit, i immediately pre
pared it and delivered it to Senator
Borah to be sent to Senator Cum
mins."
The senator went on to say '.hat
after he had given the affidavit to
Mr. Borah he saw for the first time
a news dispatch saying that subpoena
had been issued for him in Spring
field, 111., and on Sunday sent a tel
egram to Senator Cummins reading:
"I received your message through
Senator Borah Tuesday afternoon
and promptly prepared the affidavit,
. which I delivered to him for trans
mission to you. Later in the after
noon I read a statt ment that the
State's attorney of Saneamon coun
ty had procured a subpoenae duces
tecum for me and if that is true I
desire you to return my affidavit to
me at once and under no circum
stances will I consent for the prose
cuting attorney at Springfield to have
it. Of course lie perfectly under
stands that Illinois could not issue a
subpoena for persons outside of her
jurisdiction and therefore the appli
cation for it. if made, was a con
temptible piece of petty politics. If
the district attorney there had hon
estly desired my presence he could
have secured it iiy a simple and
courteous request."
Burke Replies to Bailey.
When shown at Springfield, Hi.,
the dispatch from Washington, with
Senator Bailey's comment, Statu?
Attorney Burke, of Snngamon coun
ty. Monday nighl said:
"What Mr. Bailey men! to say was
thai Illinois could not 'compel' the
appearance of witnesses from with
out tue State. I am slow to believe
that "a simp!) and courteous request"
would .avail when a subpoena does
nor.
"In view of the statements in the
Senate about the imaginary 'forgery',
of this deposit slip, having mention
of the highest executive office in this
State in that connection, the neces
sary inference affecting other respect
able citizens of this State, including
myself, and the subsequent mysteri
ous disappearance of this slip, and
his attempt to explain its disap
pearance, is not satisfactory."