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NEWBERRY, S. C FBID lY' JULY 12. 1907
VL XLV NO.834:.
SOLOMONS RXAASED.
Prisdner was Charged with Seeking
to Influence Beaufort County
Dispensary Board Chairman.
Beiaufort, July 10.--Magistrate T.
G. White this afternoon refused to
bind over Mr.- H. L. Solomons, of Co
lumbia, the liquor drummer who was
arwrested Monday onthe charge of vio
lating Siction 46 of the Dispensary
Law.
Attorney General Lyon appeared
- for the state and Mr. Talbird, of
Beaufort, for the defence. The hear
ing was held in the Court House and
lasted five hours. The principal wit
ness was Dr. M. G. Elliott, chairman
of the Beaufort county disApensary
board. Mr. Solomons made a state
ment.
In prefacing his summing upVf the
case the Attorney General said: "I
-%ish here -to avow my deliberate in
tentin of running every liquor drum
mer ont of the State of South Caro
lina. I am here in accordance with
the wish es of Governor Ansel and
state .that it is the policy of the Ad
ministr'ation to enforce the anti-graft
section of the county dispensary law
to the letter. Wherever I hear of its
being violated and feel that,I can be
of assistance in its enforcement I in
tend to go and prosecute the offen
ders.
Mr. Lyon spoke of the corruption
of the state -dispensary system and the
efforts of the legislature to guard
against some of its evils by forbid
ding any liquor drummer living in this
state doin business with the county
bhoards and outlawing any communi
cation .whatever betwee the boards
and liquor men except through the
formal quarterly bids. In' his opin
ion the testimony of the defendant
alone was enough to conviet before a
petit iury.
In giving his dedision the magis
trate said that he thought the evi
danc-e showed there was no intention
to bribe, -and in weighing the evidence
he considered the spirit of the law
rather than its letter. He did not
think that the legislature intended to
'pmt the broad eonstruction on this see
tion that th,e Attorney General in
sisted on and tthat it did not intend to
make such ian act as that of Mr. Solo
mon's' an offence.
After .the case was over Mr. Lyon
said: "Notwithstanding this back
set in the enforcement of the law I
intend lto use every offort in having
it enforced. No enforcement will reist
* on other shoulders than mine. Wheth
* er Il.e breakers of this praticular la.w
are punished h- this instance or not I
intiead to make it ;: difficult as pos
sih:e to eanyi tu their outlawed busi
ness.
Dr. M. G. Elliott is a native of
Beaufort and stands 'high in the corn
mnn'ty. He has been active in at
tempting to secure a strict enforce
ment of the dispensary law in this
couty. His testimony told of- two
interviews of Mr. Solomons with him.
* The first was before the doetor was
commissioned. In it Mr. Solomons
discussed the new law and the liquor
*business in, general and nothing was
said that the witness ,thought was sus
picious. Dr. Elliott- was at first some
*what doubtful as to wether he had
been comnmi.ssioned before the second
visit of 'the accussed, but in his state
ment Mr. Solomon said that he came
up on seeing in t.he papers an adver
tisement for bids from the Beaufort
board, and Mr. Elliott was recalled
and sowre that the advertisement, was
not printed unti-l after the board had
been commissioned.
Coming to the second meeting Dr.
Elliott testified: "About two or three
weeks la'ter Mr. Solomons called on
me again and the liquor question was
again brought u,p and discussed be
tween us. After a while Mr. Solo
mens went out and in a little 'while 'he
returned with a bottle of whiskey and
suggested 'that we open it and sam
.ple it. I told Mr. Solomons that I
was no judge of whiskey, and knew
nothing about it and wrapped up the
bottle, and handed it back to him with
out .the cork being drawn. Mr. Solo
mons presented .me with a list of li
quor houses, which he s'aid that he re
p resented. Glancing at the list I
read one or two names. only one of
which I now reall, that -beino- the
Big Springs Distilling Compay, Of
Savannah, G'a. I' then handed Mr.
Solonmons back the list, telling him
that it would be of no use .to me.'
Question by Mr. Lyon: ''Was Mr.
Solomon's %attitude and bearing to
ward you not -that of an agent of a li
quor house, offering his goods for
sale?"
Answer: "Mr. Sdlomon- produced
the impression thit he was out seek
ing business, but no special kinds ox
prices of liquor were suggested be
yond the one bottle that he produe
ed."1
Cross-examination: /"He did not
state that he represented 'any parti
cular company, but that he represSted
a number of. liquor 0onzerns. He told
me that, the object of 'bis visit was tc
find oat our methods of carrying on
business. He led me to believe that
he represented the houses on the lisi
that he showed me. He said that thE
bottle of whiskey he 'had to offer m(
was from a bonded warehouse, and
his object was to shorw what bonded
ware house lwhiskey was. He did noi
make a direct request that we bu3
from any of the houses named. I can
not say that Mr. Solomons intended
to bribe me, but I am reasonably cer
tain that Mr. Solomons did it for th<
purpose of gaining business in the fu
ture for the trust that he represented
Dr. Elliott was recalled. "Mr. Solo
mens handed me 'a list with a lot oi
names of whiskey houses written or
a letter head of the Sea Island Hotel
I handed it back to him, *and he re
handed it to me to keep, and I refus
ed to take it, and declining said il
could only be for the purpose of .in.
fluencing me, and it will be of no us(
to me. I was favorably .impressed
with Mr. Solomons in his first visit
and saw nothing in his condi'et to fee'
that anythng was intended to influ.
ence, but in the second visit his hand.
ing me the list and the bottle, pul
me on my gurd, and Jended the mat
ter as soon as I could."
After detailing the interview on thi
first visit Mr. Solomons took up th
second, saying: "I saw an advertise
ment in some paper for furnishing
whiskey -to this county. I noticed tha1
they called for a class of whiskey no'
known to -the trade. Wanting to fini
out what it 'meant. and wanting t(
(ive the board the information the
desired about whiskey, I came bacd
and .went to Dr. Elliott's office. He
was busy and told me to come bael
in an hour's .time, which I did. I ask
ed him .to explain his invitation foi
bids to me, which he id,.and the ques
tion of pure whiskeys in bulk eame ul
again. - He asked me where purn
whiskeys in bond could be obtained
I think that he tho.ught thiait 'they
would have to be obtained direct fron
the Govern*mentfl I then said' to him
'You can obtain 'that whiskey fron
any one from .a list of twenty names :
have, who hlave this class of whiskey.
I 'then handed Dr. Eliiott the list. Hi
(id not take it. saying 'Mr. 'Solo
mons: It might be construed 'as in
flueneing me.' He then asked me 11
they bought blended whiskey; wha
kind of license they would 'have 't<
have 'to blend the whiskey. I told bin
to get 'the members of the board to g<
to Savannah; that 'there was 'a larg<
blending house here by the name o:
Big Springs Distilling Company, an<
that they would take pleasure 'ii
showing them about; that it was per
fectly immate'rial to me who he bough
his whiskey from, provided thea
bought Go.vernmnent bonded whiskey
and that I 'had a sample at the hote
in my grip. I then went to 'the hete
and get the bottle and came back t<
Dr. Elliott's offiee, handed the bottli
to him and showed him the Govern
ment stamp aeross the cork and thi
date it was made, and asked him t<
sample the whiskey and have it ana
lyzed and use that as a guide in pur
elosing. I bought that rwhiskey on t'h<
road and do not know who made o:
sold it''
After a lengthy statement, the sub
stance of which h'as been giveni, thi
magistrate announced: "I dismiss thi
complaint for deficiency of sufficien'
testimony to hold the defendant fo:
trial."
Fourth of July is getting to be 'al
mIst as much of an institution i1
Lndon and Paris as it is in thi:
contry.
THE COTTON ASSOCIATION.
President Harvey Jordan Will Ad
dress Mass Meeting in The Two
Carolinas.
Atlanta, Ga., July ll.-President
Harvey Jordan, of the Southern Cot
ton association, annonced today that,
beginning. the -latter part of July he
would address mass meetings in ev
ery state of the eotton' belt. Presi
dent Jordah will discuss his investi
glations in Europe in regard to the
baling, bandling and marketing of
Ameriean cotton.
He will urge on the farmers the
necessity of as slow a movement of
cot.ton as possible in order to main
itain a high level of prices. In this
connection, Mr. Jordan declared t.blat
the price of cotton next fall, he be
lieved, would be the highest in twen
.ty years.
The frst of the mass meetings will
be held in North and South Carolin.
On July 19 he will speak at Garner,
Wake county, N. C., and at Raleigh
on July 20. Meetings will be teld at
Spaxtanhurg, S. C., on July 30, Un
ion on Ju'ly 29, and Gaffney on Ju
iv 31.
Leaving these two states, Mr. Jor
dan will go to Texas, and in that
state he will speak at ten of the larg
est cotton concentrating points in the
stlate. Leaving Texas he will go to
Arknsas, thence to Louisiana, then
to Mississippi and Albaima, and will
finish his camp-ain in Georgia in the
liatiber part of August.
.Mr. Jordan will be aceompanied on
his tour by General Organizer E. D.
Smith, of South Carolina, eoinnonly
known as the "Cyclone :Orator" -of
the Southern Cotton association. Mr.
and Mr. Smith have the, eo
opratfion of all the state presidents
and 'of the association.
A sked what he thought of the pros
pqct f"r cotton next season, Presi
dent Jordan s'aid:
"It is fine. I believe we sb-all rea
lize r:'*es 'Ii2her than we have re
eIive! for twen-tv yeairs. Every indi
cati'r. -'t to that fact, and I shall
e-pc fly urge o4 the farmers in my
sper ' is the necessity of a slow mve
mer 3o as to ma.intain as high a lev
el ' prices a5 possible.''
Presidenit -Tordan said that he e
Tec.ted ooo ;ttend.anees at the meet
ines. He asks the general cooperation
of the press in 'this great farmers'
movement.
President Jordan's observations on
his European: trip will be of more
thamn usua.l interest to cotton growers.
Wh'il'e a.broad he took particular pains
to study cotton condikions there as
they -affected the buying ad manu
facetutre of the staple.
He sgw and compared he foreign
eetton with American, and compared
their methods 'of ba:ling. He talked
with m,anrfacturers, 'and learned their
needs. He also noted interesting
things about Enropean business mieth
odes 'as compared with American.
;These observations he will embody
in the se'ries of speeelhes he proposes
to make th'rough 'the cotton belt. He
will also observe crop conditions in
The 'belt.
POSED AS TTLT'S WIPE.
Girl of Dreamy Eyes, in New York,
Secures Jewelry Valued at Large
Sum.
Atlanta Constitution.
New York, July 10.-Representin~
herself .as 'the wife of 'United States
Senator Benjamin Tillna.n, of South
Carolina, Mrs. Isabella Loomis, of No.
S West Tenths stmeet, a woman of
striking beauty, wearing jewels of val
ue and handsomely gowned, was ar
rested by Lieutenant Andrew NTugent,
of -the central 'office, late today, as she
was leaving a Maiden Lane jewelry
~tore. She is charged with ordering
jeely and goods of high value from
Midlen Lane stores, having -them sent
to prominent 'hotels and then disap
pearina with the articles forwa-rded
Struck Herself Several Times.
W'hen arresited Mrs. Loomis became
deeply ag'itatd gud struck herself
severs! -times, but rapidly regai:ned
her coumposure. and proceeded quiet
ly with Nugent to the Tombs police
cout. She was there arraigned be
fore Maoos.tre Terna.annd held
as a suspiemous person. While in court
Mrs. Loonis de6lined to make aMy
tatement ,and failed sto engage coun
cil. Her evident refinement and sty
lish elothing aittraeted unusual atten
tio.
While the police were reticent in
disenssing the case, it is known that
she made 'attempts ait several large
Maiden Lane jewelry houses .to blave
articles of. great value forwarded to
her at -the Hotel Knickerboeker and
the Waldorf Astoria.
Girl With Dreamy Dyes.
The central office was unable to
give any definite estimite as to the
value of the aiticles whiich the woman
had been able to secure prior to her
rrest. but Lieutenant Nugent said
tha.t the amount was aarge.
At her*me, Mrs. Loomis was
kaown as the giol with the dreamy
eyes. Considerable iiystery ataches
.to her life. She kept much to her
self batt!nformed the janitTmre of the
apaTtment 'house where she resided,
that she was 'a trained nurse by oc
cupation, and that she had come from
a fwmily in Elmira prominent social
ly. Beeause of the unusual method
-adopted by the womn in ordering
jewels .the police are making -n in
vestigation to discover whether she.
.has been afflicted with any me4tal
disorder.
WOMEN CARRY TEE MAILS.
Three Now Engaged in the Work in
South Carlina-Aln Interesting
Interview.
News and Courier.
Most readers of The News and Cou
rier will probably be surprised -at the
statement that one of the best rural
free delivery mail carriers in the em
ploy of Uncle Sam is a woman, Miss
L. Hicks, of .Spartanburg coun
ty, who carries the mail each day
'from Cherokee Springs, in that coun
ty, to -Hicksville, N. C.. a distance of
27 1-2 miles. .
The statement as to ,the competency
of, Miss, Hicks, is made upon
good authority. She has been en
gaged in the work for a little more
than two and a half years.
She 'took the required examination
October 1.'. ln%, which shp np-sed
successfully. bheembr 1-. 1904, she
received her appoin'r P-t and was as
igned to Rural Free Delivery No.*3,
from Cherokee to Hieksville. Through
the winter's cold and summer's heat
Mss Hieks ']as tmnade her trips through
the country regularly, braving all
conditions of weather and facing
many hardships at times. ' In the
face of 'hard raine and bitter cold
weather, which kept most people in
doors, Miss Hicks has always been
faithful to hE duty, courageous, and
at all times has dischargedl ier wo)rk
eih abi'iv She' leaves Ch1er'ni-2
Spring~ at 9 a. m. daily an I dehve'r,
mail along her route to Hicksville. Re
turning. from Hicksville she aIrries'3
at Cherokee Spring at 6 p. mi She
travels 145 miles during the week.
Wh eseen recentyy and asked for
i ~tatemegt .in reference to
her work knd how she likes the
service, Miss Hicks 'replied that she
-iked the work very much.
"I have been in the service more
than two years,'' she said. "The work
is hard and the road long and rough,
but I think I have managed.. to get
al.ugt with my duties very well. I1 first
had to travel 29 1-2 miles, but,~ In
spctor Robert cut off nearly two
miles."
"Do you furnish your own equip
ment?'
"Oh, yes, I have my own mail wag
on and keep two horses. When one
horse -becomes tired or needs a little
rest I press the other into service. I
never overwork my horses.
"I have over 86 mail boxes 'to col
le from and over 100 houses along
the route, .and I handle more than
4,000 pieces of mail per month. In
covering my route I cross one river
twice and seven creeks and one
branch.
"There are two churehes and one
school house on the route, six cotton
gins, five saw mills, six small stores
and three grist mills, so you see I
have quite an important route.
- "I have become very much attach
ed to the people on my route, for they
are good and kind to me. and I am
sc,e no rur1 rute carrier has a bet
ter set of patrons than I. They are the
best sort of people and I love .them
all. Almost every day I am remem
bered in a nice little way by my peo
ple, for they are constantly sending
me some little present. Then, too, I
receive so many beautiful flolers
from my patrons during the spring
season and the nicest sort of frt,ts
the season affords. But, listen, flow
ers and fruits are not all that I re
eeive, for I get many good things to
eat from the table, and even the pro
verbial cup of cold water, whieh is
most refreshing when it is handed to
you on a hot, sultry day by kind and
loving 'hands. In the winter season
cups of steaming hot coffee are
brought out many times by the good
housewives of the farmers alon-g the
route, all of which goes to smooth
the otherwise rugged places in the rur
al free delivery carrier's life.'
"Have you ever had any accidents
or thrilling experiences while mik
ing your trips?"
"'No., I have not -met with any ser
ious accident, though several times I
have had some pretty narrow escapes,
but a kind Providence took care of
mae. You see, the road I travel is
hilly and rough and several times I
have met with slight accidents.
"I wish to epress my appreeiaion
to all those who worked so .faithfully
in securing for us the fifteen days'
holiday allowed by Congress, and al
so the mu-h needer raise in salary
With the increase in salary we can
now afford better equipments with
which to serve the people in the coun
try."
Two Other Women Carriers.
Miss Hicks is not the only%young
woman engaged ip this work in South
Carolina. Orangeburg county is rep
resented by Miss Florence E. Living
stone, whose route begins at North,
-and Greeuvills by Xiss Bernice E.
Greer, the initial point of whose'route
is Simpsonville, Up in Anderson last
spring Miss -GeraIdine: Z. Power deliy
ered the mails for several *ee on
Route 4. during the absence gf her
brother, the re,. carrier. Route 4
is a long drive About -thirty miles,
but she made th trip every day, ac
cording to sched. 14in or shine.
South Carolina.is. not the only
state in which there are women rural
mail carriers. The '-Sunday .News
piinted not long ago a pi-Aure of one
of the women carriers, of Connecti
cut, in her own special conveyance,
and in the Northwester1 states they
are qjuite numerous. This part of the
.ountry has experieneed''an extraor
dinary growth during the l'ast few
years and not only have thousa'nds of
1ren gone. there to seek their fortunes
but many of the gentler sex have mi
.vrated westward in search of wealth
in the niew landis. Many of them are
(conon faborers in the field like .,the
men who make the erops and others
are found merehandising, . drivng
teams, and engaged in .other occupa
tions more generally reseTved to the
Wy Denartmenlt Prefers Men.
The posto$ee department prefers
men to women, however. The Wash
ington correspondent of The News
ad Couri6r recently had a talk with
Fourth Assistant Postmaster De
Graw on the subject, and while ac
knowledging the fime work whieh has
been done in many instances by wo
men carriers, Mr. DeGraw admitted
that there were a number of reasons
hy eThe department would rather
employ men. "The latter are natur
ally hardier and more able to stand
the wear and tear of the life than wo
men,' he said, "and are im many
cases to be chosen in preference to
the latter. Another reason why the
department prefers men to women is
that the latter, although in many in
stances making capable, honest, and
fficienL carriers, are liable to resign
their psoitions with undue haste and
hus leave thie route in an awkward
sstuation until relid can be provided.
A s in many oiher callings, marriage
n+er~ 'Ihe equation with considerable
ffrce. Were .it not for this feature
th th prospect might hold out allurmng
temptations, for 'the department to
make better inducements to women to
enter the service as rural carriers,
but those who have spent many years
studying out the question have long
zo made 'up their minds that matri
nv s one of the great obstacles that
...ll pnmbhly prevent women from
eaiLerijag t#=i %;vvrL""&,Au"u
very large numbers as rural delivery
carriers. Then, too, the life is a hard
one.
USED BIBLE AS CIPHER.
Verse from Solomon Told of Mar
riags Engagemenut.
New York Press.
When she left her home in the A
small town to come to.'New Y4k to
take up a special course of study, hei.,.
pet sister was fast reaching the ers
is of a love affair. The pet sister was
a most winsome young lady, and hia
long kept a goodly train of suitors
a-sighing. Was this affair to be the
grand affair? The old sister hoped -,
for she liked the young man eorKI&L
ly-thought ihe Was just the sort
make a proper brother-in-law.
But the weeks passed and not a
of defnite news about the progrs
of the afair did tbe older sister'e
ceive in her city boarding house.i W"O
beeahne anxious. Louise, she
must not go on reeeklessly triflin
such important matters.
Then one night about 10 o1
jnst as she was about going to b
came a teleegram. The servant b
it up The older sister 'was to
girl enough to be thoroughly
ed by the pale manila -
envelope. How ominous it looke
length she gathered courage to op
it. This is a she read
"Solomon six three. Li
Solomon six three! Wteve
the world! Oh, why, yes, stupid,
course meant, the Song of Slo0ik
sixth" ehapter, third verse. -;B
her cheeks flushed with shame h
had no Bible!.,
There was a great seurrying.,rabou.
the hoarding hous to find a cop
the sacred Book. The girls were
ed out in vain. On All sides the
arose, "Who's got a Bible
think of the sister tryingdo ep
gi4ht witijt knviM
vee was!it wold hav e
like a womDftolie down. to
dreams, ccntent. to know th
could satisfy her eariosity in
The landlady, od so am
the'resee. S.he was no/hen.
had a Bible. Up to her room with
flew. the ,sisten and shut the
Such a turning over of pages b
er, nervous fingeri. Solomon sihr
She found iit. and then shee'
"Hurrah!'' and laughed otho v
isewas:
I I'am my beloved's, and my be
ed is inine."
Separate Wraps for Summer
The authority on fashions OL
New Idea Womian's Magazine sa#'2t
her articile in the.August issue"ta~~
is a well recognized falet in the.
ish world t-hat some onearil
dress always smonopolizes the.
place of interest and importanlce -D
the wardrobe. This year it is'tY
separate wilp, from the bewthf~
Sl airy and fetching little so
scarf of silk .and chiffon, to~ h
loak and capes of eloth, lace'al
pongee. This sdason~ every nau
f'ok should have its separate jee
tailored 'with the same care as
i,''loth suits, and even over e4.
waists are worn faseinatin
boleros of exqusite handkerclebie r
en and l&ce. These are described m,
detail, and graceful dra.wmngsh
the use -of .appropraite patterne i
variety of attractive materials.
The Dqniger of Food- AdultertOU
The dime has came when ever~
housekeeper 'who' regards the heat?
of 'her family must know~ where he
stands on the question of food .eduI
t eration..-- einfe knowledgeQ"
and unsrupulous 'greed have joined
hands to pollute human food for the
s ke of money making. To underaf4
the situation, its extent and its da~
1gers, is the right and the duty 'of'ev
ery intelligent housekeeper. 'To this
end, an analytical chemist, who is
well known as an investigator of'au"
tera-ted foods' and a lecturer to Amer
ian -housewiveS, Dr. J. C. Olsen, has,
ganted an. interview to a represent ~
tie of The New Idea Woman's Maga.
zne. which appears in the August is-'
se. He exlains the existing cond1- "
tons, indates their peril and gives\
soe valuable information on the de
tetion of impurities in food.