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V SOLOMONS RELEASED.
Prisoner was Charged with Seeking
to Influence Beaufort County I
Dispensary Board Chairman. |
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Beiaufort, July 10.?'Magistrate T.
G. White tfhis afternoon refused to i
hiiul over Mr. H. L. Solomons, of Co-!
lumbia, tly) liquor drummer who was'
arreted Monday omthc charge of violating
Section 46 of the Dispensary
Law.
Attorney General Lyon appeared
for the state and Mr. Talbird, of
Beaufort, for the defence. The hearing
was held in the Court House and j
lasted five hours. The principal wit- j
ness was Dr. M. G. Elliott, chairman
of the Beaufort county dispensary
board. Mr. Solomons made a statement.
In prefacing his summing up^of the
case the Attorney General said: "I
nish here to avow my deliberate in tenfeton
of running every liquor drummer
out of the State of South Carolina.
I am here in accordance with
the wishes of Governor Ansel and
state that it is the policy of the Administration
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 intend
to go and prosecute the offenders.
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Mr. Lyon spoke of the corruption
of the slate dispensary system and the
efforts of the legislature to guard
against some of its evils by forbidding
>any liquor drummer living in this
state doing business with Hie county
boards and outlawing any conwiiunication
whatever between the boards
and "liquor men except through the
formal quarterly bids. In his opinion
the testimony of the defendant
alone was enough to convict before a
petit jury.
In giving his decision Hie magistrate
said that he thought the evidence
showed there was no intention
Is in bribe, and in weighing the evidence
he considered the spirit of the law
rather than its letter. He did not
think tlwit 'the legislature intended to
put Hie broad const ruction on this section
that the Attorney General insisted
on and that it did not intend to
make such urn act as that of Mr. Solomons'
an offence.
After the case was over Mr. Lyon
said: ''Notwithstanding this backset
in the enforcement of tlie law I
intend Ho use every oftWt in having
it enforced. No enforcement will rest
on othei shoulders than mine. Whether
tie breakers of I hi?- praticular law
are punished i 1 this instance or not [
inieud '.<< make il .*.s difficult as possible
to cany < 11 their outlawed business.
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Dr. M. Ci. Klliott is a native of
Beaufort and stands high in (lie community.
lie has been active in attempting
to secure a strict enforcement
of the dispensary law in this
county. His testimony told of* two
interviews of Mr. Solomons with him.
The tirst was before tnc doctor 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 suspicious.
Dr. Elliott was'at first somewhat
doubtful as to wether he had
been cvnnmissioned before the second
visit of if he accussed, but in his statement
Mr. Solomon said that lie came
up on seeing in the papers an advertisement
for bids from the Beaufort
board, wild Mr. Elliott was recalled
and sow-re that the advertisement was
not primted umtil after live board had
been commissioned.
Cominir to the second meeting Dr.
Elliott testified: "About two or three
weeks la'lor Mr. Solomons called on
me again and the liquor question was
again brought up and discussed between
us. After a while Mr. Solomons
went out and in a little'while he
returned with a bottle of whiskey and
suggested 'that we open it and sample
it. T told Mr. Solomons that 1
w*as no judge of whiskey, and knew
nothing about it and wrapped up the
bottle, and'handed it back to him without
the cork being drawn. Mr. Solomons
presented me with a list of liquor
houses, which he said that he represented.
Glancing at Hie list T
read one or two names, only one of
which I now recall, that being the
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Bit? Spring's Distilling Company, o
Savannah, G'a. I" then handed Mi
Solomons back the list, tolling bin
Hi at it would be of no use >to me."
Question by Mr. Lyon: "Was Mi
Solomon's 'attitude and bearing to
ward you not-that of an agent of a li
quor house, offering bis goods fo
sale?"
Answer: "Mr. Salomons produce
the impression thtait ho was out seek
ing business, but no special kinds o
.prices of liquor wore suggested he
yond the one bottle that lie produc
ed."
Cross-examination: "Ho did no
state vlimit lie represented any parti
cular company, but that he represote
a number of liquor concerns. lie tol
me that, the object of bis visit was i
find out our mot-hods of carrying o
business. He led me to believe Ilia
he represented the houses on the lis
that lie showed mo. He said that th
bottle of whiskey lie 'had to offer 111
was from a bonded warehouse, an
his object was to show what bonde
ware house whiskey way. He did no
make a direct request that we bu
from any of the houses named. I car
not say that Mr. Solomons intende
to bribe ane, but I am reasonably cei
tain that Mr. Solomons did it for th
purpose of gaining business in the fi
lure for the trust that lie representee
Dr. Kllioitit was recalled. "Mr. Sob
mens handed me a list with a lot o
names of whiskey houses written o
a letter head of the Sea Island llote
1 handed it back 1o bim.'and he ri
handed it to me to keep, and I refus
ed to twko it, and declining said i
could only be for Hie purpose of ii
flueneing me. ami it will be of no us
to me. I was favorably improsse
with Mr. Solomons in his first visi
and saw nothdntr in his conduct to fe(
that anythng was intended to infli
ence. l)ut in the second visit his ham
ing me Hie list and the bottle, pi
me on my guard, and 1 ended'the ma
tor as soon as 1 could."
After detailing the interview on Hi
lirst visit Mr. Solomons took up tli
second, saying: "I saw an advertis<
incut in some paper for furnishin
whiskey to t litis county. I noticed tin
they called for vi class of whiskev in
known to the trade. Wanting to fin
out what il meant, ami wanting t
-ivc the board the information the
desired about whiskey, T came bac
ami. went to Dr. Klliott's ollice. 11
was busy and told me to come bac
in an hour's time, which T did. 1 asl
ed him to explain his invitation fc
bids in mo, which he id,.and the que:
lion of pure whiskeys in bulk came u
again. Me asked me where pin
whiskeys in bond could be oht>ainc<
I think that lie thought tliait the
would have to be obtained direct froi
the (governmentfl I then said to bin
'Von can obtain llia'l whiskey froi
any one from a list of twenty names
have, who huve this class of whiskey
I -then handed Dr. Klliolt the list, il
ilid not take it. saying 'Mr. Sob
muns: It might be construed as ii
flueneing me.' lie then asked me i
I hey bought blended whiskey; wlwi
kind of license they would have t
have to blend the whiskey. I told liii
to get 'the members of the board to g
to Savannah; tliftt there was a laru
blending house here by the name o
Big Springs Distilling Company, an
t hat I hey would lake pleasure i
showing them abonit; that it was pei
feetly immaterial to me who lie hougl
his whiskey from, provided the
bought fioverivmcnt bonded wliiske/
and that I had a sample at the hot<
in my grip. I then went to the 'hot<
and get 1 he bottle and came back 1
Dr. Mllaott's ollice, handed the hot 11
to him and showed him Hie Goveri
men! stamp across the cork and ill
dale it was made, and asked him t
sample the whiskey and have it ami
I lyzed and use that as a guide in pui
[dosing. I bought Hi ait whiskey on Hi
load and do not know who made o
sold it."
After a lengthy sta-tenient, the sul:
stance of which has been given, th
magistrate announced: "I dismiss Hi
complaint for deficiency of sufflcien
testimony to hold the defendant fo
trial."
Fourth of July is getting to be'aI
most as much of an institution i
London and Paris as it is in (hi
contry.
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f THE COTTON ASSOCIATION. |
11 President Harvey Jordan Will Address
Mass Meeting in The Two
Carolinas.
i- Atlanta, C?a., July 11.?Preside nit
r Harvey Jordan, of the Southern Cotton
association, annonced today that,
d beginning the lmtter pant of July he
'.vould address mass Mieotings in evr
cry state of the cotton belt. Presi!
dent Jordan will discuss his investi>
gevtions iu Europe in regai<d to it)he
baling, handling 'and marketing of
t American cotton.
i- He will urge on the farmers the
ft necessity of as slow 'a movement of
(1 cotton as possible in order to main-* j
0 lain a high level of prices. In this
n connection, Mr. Jordan declared that
t the price of cotiton next fall, lie be-1
it lieved, would be the highest in twen-!
e ty veal's.
e The first of the mass meetings will
(1 be held in North and South Caroliwa.
(j On July 11) he will speak at Garner,
,t Wake county, N. C., and at Raleigh
v <>n rluly 20. Meetings will be held at
i- Spartanburg S. C., on July 30, Un-J
ion on July 20, and Gaffncy on Ju _
iy 31.
e 1 .caving these two staiies, Mr. Jort_
dan will go to Texas, and in that
state he will speak at ten of the 'larg>_
est cotton coneentra'ting points in the
j? Ufa to. Leaving Texas he will go to
Arkansas, thence to liouisiana. then
1 to Mississippi and Alabama, and will
finish his campaign iu Georgia iu the
ki'titer part of August.
U Mr. Jordan wil'l be accompanied on
his it our by Gone rail Oryani/.er K. D.
,(1 Sin ill i, of South Carolina, commonly
(I known as t'lie "Cyclone Orator" of
j the Sout'horn Cotiton association. Mr.
,j ' and Mr. Snuith have the cooperation
of all the state presidents
I and of tVe association.
Asked wlvat lie I'liouuht of the pros,
peel f"r cotton next season. President
.lordan said:
" T>1 is fine. T believe we s'lvall realize
p' es i'^lier ithan we have receive
lor t will v ye airs. Every indii.i
;luvt fact, and 1 shall
es>p< lly Hive on die fanners in mv
spiv >s the necessity of a slow m vemei
<o as t.< inn i tularin as high a ' v(
el'- ' prices a< possible."
" President Ionian said tha<t he
j neeted yv.od Mtendanees at the meetinns.
lie a*ks the general cooperation
ol the press in this great farmers'
v movement.
w President Jordan's observations on
M his Kuropean trip will be of more
tha>n usual intc'rest to cotton growers.
P Wlr.'le abmad lie look particular pains
^ to .itudy cotton conditions there a* |
they affected the buying- and inanu-j
^ I'ai tlire of lhe staple.
II He saw and compared he foreign
' c??tion with American, and compared
" l!ieir methods of haling. He talked
, wiith manufacturers, and learned their
needs. lie also iu>ted interesting
e things about Kuropcan business inctliods
as coni|xired with American.
' These observations he will embody
I in the series of speeches he proposes
II to make through the cotton belt, lie
will ail so observe crop conditions in
11 i!ie bell.
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POSED AS TILLMAN'S WIFE.
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n Girl of Dreamy Eyes, in New York.
Secures Jewelry Valued at Large
,t Sum.
^ Atlanta Const it ivtion.
New York, July 10.?Representing
?j horself as .the wife of United States
0 Senator Henjaniin Tillman, of Souili
0 Carolina, Mrs. Isabella Looniis, of No.
S \\ ??ist Tenth stireet, a woman ol
0 striking beau.tv, wearing jewels of val()
uc- and handsomely gowned, was arrested
by Lieutenant Andrew Nugent,
of lite central ollice, laile today, as she
e was leaving a Maiden Lane jewelry
r She is charged with ordering
jewelry and goods of'high value from
Maiden Lane stores, having them sent
J to prominent hotels a.nd then disapo
pen ring with the articles forwarded
t 'Ur'
r Struck Horself Several Times.
! ^ hen arrested Mrs. Loomis became
deeply agital-ed ^nd sitrnck herself
several limes, but rapidly regained
I- her composure, and proceeded f|iiiet-1
? ly .villi Nugent to the Tombs police,
s, court. She was there arraigned he-'
i fore Magistrate Kornochan, and held
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ia- l.'\ : 'y . ;w ' 1
!>.> a suspicious person. While in court 1
Mrs. Loomis declined to make amy I
statement and fa ill oil to engage conn- j
cil. ller evident refinement and fly- 1
lish clothing attracted unu&uai ait ten- ]
lion.
Whde the police were reticent in i
discussing the case, it is known (ihat
she made 'attempts n>t several largo i
Maiden Lane jewelry houses to have
I a-i'licles of-great value forwarded to i
her at -the Hotel Knickerbocker and
bho Waldorf Astoria.
Girl With Dreamy Eyes.
Tho central office was. unable to
give any definite estimate as to the
value of the articles which the woman
had been able 'to secure pivior to her
arrest, but Lieutenant Nugent said
that the amount wan large.
At i.crVjiome, Mis. Loom is was
known as the girl with the dreamy
eyes. Considerable mystery attaches
to Iter life. She kept much to herself
but informed the jauitress of tlic
tpartment 'house whetre she resided,
tiial she was >a trained nurse by occupation,
and that she had come from
a family in Elmira prominent socially.
Because of the unusual method
adopted by the woman in ordering
jewels t'lie police are making an investigation
to discover whether she
has been afflicted with any mental
disorder.
WOMEN CARRY THE MAILS.
Three Now Engaged in the Work in
South Carolina?An Interesting
Interview.
News and Courier.
Most renders of The News and Courier
will probably be surprised at the
statement that one of the best rural
free delivery mail carriers in the employ
of Uncle Sam is a woman, Miss
Myra L. I links, of Spartanburg conn- '
tv, who carries the mail each day
from Cherokee Springs, in that county,
to -llieksville, N. C. a distance of I
27 1-2 miles.
The statement as to I he competency
of Miss 1 licks, is made upon
good authority. She has been eniraged
in the work for a little more
than two and a half years.
She took {he required examin.-'tion i
October 1.\ 'M!M. which <1)'" n,- sedi
successfully. Dec<,m',,,r !". 1;)04, she!
received her appoin- ! <> : and was assigned
to Rural Free Delivery Xo.
from Cherokee to llieksville. Through i
the winter's cold and summer's heat. 1
Mtis.s 1 licks has'miade'her t.rips through
the country regularly, braving all!
conditions of weather and facing!
many hardships at times. In the'
face of hard rains and bitter cold I
weather, which kept most people in '
doors, Miss Hicks has always been J
faithful to In t duty, courageous, and |
at ail times 1,nr-. discharged her work J
wiih ahi'-iy ^hc leaves Chcrore-.? j
Spring* at 0 a. in. daily an 1 deliver-*
mail along her route lo llieksville. Heturning
front llieksville ?ii" arrives
at Cherokee Spring at <> p. in. She
travels 14.") miles during the week.
When seen reeentyy and asked for t
a stiatemeui in reference to
her work. Jtit.l how she likes the
service, Miss Micks replied that she j
liked 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.
I but I think I have managed to get
aLing with my duties very well. I first
had to travel 20 1-2 miles, but Inspector
Robert cut off nearly two
miles."
"Do you furnish your own equipment
?"
"Oh, yes, I have my own mail wag-1
on and keep two horses. When one
horse becomes tired or needs a little j
rest 1 press the other into service. I !
never overwork my lueses.
"1 have over S(> mail boxes to col-;
lect from and over 1(10 houses along:
the route, and I handle more than 1
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 churches and one!
school house on the route, six cotton I
gins, five saw mills, six small stores j
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 .
sure no rural route carrier has a bet- '
tor sot of patrons than I. They aro the <
jest sort of people and I love them '
ill. Almost every day I am remem- <
i>cicd in a nice little way by my peo- <
|>le, for they are constantly sending
me some little present. Then, too, I
receive so many beautiful flowers
from my patrons during the spring
season and the nicest sort of fruits
the season affords. But, listen, flowers
and fruits are not all that I receive,
for I get many good things to
eat from the table, and even the pro- '
verbial cup of cold water, whioh is
most refreshing when it is handed to
you on a hot, sultry day by kind and
loving hands. In the winter soason
cups of steaming hot coffee are
brought out many times by the good
housewives of the farmers along the
route, all of which goes to smooth
the otherwise rugged places in the rural
free delivery carrier's life."
''Have you ever had any accidents
or thrilling experiences while making
your trips?"
"No. 1 have not met with any serious
accident, though several times I
have had some pretty narrow escapes,
but a kind Providence took care of
m*. You see, the road I travel is
hilly and rough and several times 1
have met with slight accidents.
"I wish to epress my appreciation'
jo all those who worked so faithfully)
in securing for us (lie fifteen days'!
holiday allowed by Congress, and al* <?
the much nccder raise in salary
Willi the increase in salary we can 1
now afford bettor equipments with
which to serve the people in the couni
ry.''
Two Other Women Carriers.
Miss Ilicks is not the only, young
woman engaged in this work in* South
Carolina. Orangeburg county is represented
by Miss Florence K. Livingstone,
whose route begins at North,
and Greenville by Miss Hernico 10.
flrcer, the initial point of whose route
is Sinipsonville. Up in Anderson last
spring Miss (ieraldine Z. Power doliv-J
orcd !lio in nils for several week on 1
Route -I. during the absence of her'
brothe:\ I lie regular carrier. Knulo 1 !
is :i long drive of about thirty miles,!
hill she made liny I rip every day, ac-J
cording to schedule, pain or shine.
South Carolina is not the only I
stale in which there are women rural j
mail carriers. The Sunday News
pnintod not long ago ;i pi-Mure of one
"I lie women earners, of Connect i"tit,
;n her own speciel conveyance,
and in the Northwcstei i <tales llioyj
are quite numerous. Tliis i art of the'
country has experienced an extraor-!
dinary growth during the last few
years and not only have thousands of!
men gone there to seek their fortunes i
out many ol the gj-nller sex have mi- '
grated westward in search of wealth j
isi ilie i"'w lands. Mauv of them are!
onniion laborers ii. the field like the j
men who make the crops and others
are found merchandising, drivingloams,
and engaged >iu oilier occupations
more generally reserved to the '
men.
Why Department Prefers Men.
The posto'Yice deparlmont prefers [
men to women, however. The Wash- '
iugtou correspondent of The News
and Courier recently had a talk with
Fourth Assistant Postmaster |)eflraw
on the subject, and while acknowledging
the tine work which has
been done in many instances by women
carriers. Mr. DoCraw admitted j
that ther'j weie a number of reasons i
why the department would rather!
employ men. "The latter are nalur-l
ally hardier and more able In stand |
the wear and tear of I he life llian wo- j
moil," he said, "and are in many
(rises to he chosen in preference to I
the latter. Another reason why the'
department prefers men to women is i
that the latter, although in many in-J
stances making capable, honest, and
efficient earners, are liable |o resign ,
their psoitions with undue haste and
thus leave the route iu an awkward
situation until relief can be provided.
As in many other callings, marriage
en!or*, '.lie equal ion with considerable
force. Were it not for this feature
i!;" prospect might bold out alluring
temptations for the department to
make better inducements lo women If) !
enter the service as rura' carriers, j
b;ii those who have spent many years
studying out the question have long!
made up their minds that niatri-j
mouv i:- one df I be great obstacles thai
will probably prevent women from
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untenng the Government service in
very largo numbers as rural delivery
carriers. Then, too, the life is a hard
cue."
USED BIBLE AS CIPHER.
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Vorso from Solomon Told of Mar*
riago Engagement.
New York Press.
When she left lior homo in tho
small town to come to Now York to
tako up a special course of study, her
pet sister w?s fast reaching1 the crisis
of a love affair. The pet sister wag
a most winsome young lady, and had
long kept a goodly train of suitors
n-sighing. Was this affair to be tho
grand affair? The old sister hoped so,
for she liked the young man cordially?thought
he was just tho sort to
make a proper brother-in-law.
Hut the weeks passed and not a bit
of definite news about the progress
of the a fair did the older sister receive
in her city boarding house. Sho
beca'mo anxious. Louise, she thought,
must not go on reccklessly trifling in
such important matters.
Then one night about 10 o'clock,
.just as she was about going to bed,
came a telcegrnm. The servant brought
it up. The older sister was country
?rl enough to be thoroughly frightened
by the pale manilla. black-inked
envelope, llow ominous it looked! At
length she gathered courage to open
it. This is what she read:
"Solomon six three. Louise."
Solomon six three! Whatever in
the world! Oh, why, yes. stupid, it of
course meant the Song of Solomon,
sixth chapter, third verse. Hut?and
her cheeks flushed with shame?sho
had no Hiblc!
'There was a great scurrying about
I lie boarding house lo find a copy of
the sacred Hook. The girls were routed
imit in vain. On :ill sides the cry
arose, "Who's got :i Hible?" .lust .
viJiVIhitik
of the sister trying to sleep that
wight without knowing 'what that
verse was! It would have been just
like a woman Jo lie down to pleasant
dreams, ecnte.ni to know that she
could satisfy her curio.-ity in the
iimi inn-.!? 'i"l !
The landlady, g< od soul, came to
tile rescue. Slie was no heathen. She
had a liihlc. I'p !<< her loom with it
flew the sisten ami siint the door.
Such a turning over of pages by eager.
nervous lingers. Solomon six three.
Sir- found it. and then she cried
"Hurrah!'' and laughed for the verse
was:
"I am my beloved's, and my beloved
is mine."
Separate Wraps for Summer Gowns.
The authority on fashions of the
New Idea Woman's Magazine says in
her article in the August issue that it.
is a well recognized fact in the modioli
world that some one article of
dress always .monopolizes the first
place of interest and importance in
the wardrobe. This year il is the
separate wrap, from the hewitchingIv
airy and fetching lit tic shoulder
scarf of .-ilk and chiffon, to the
cloaks ami capes of cloth, lace and
pongee. This season every linen
frock should have its separate jacket,
tailored with the same care as miladis'
cloth suits, and even over lingerie
waists are worn fascinating little
boleros of c\'<|iisite handkerchief linen
and luce. These are described in
detail, and graceful drawings show
the use of appropraite patterns in a
variety of attractive materials.
The Danger of Food Adulteration.
The time has came when every
housekeeper who regards the health
of her family must know where she
stands on the <|itcstioii of food adulteration
<Seicntji I ic knowledge
and unscrupulous greed have joined
hands to pollute human food for the
sake of money making. To understand
the situation, its extent and its dangers.
is the right and the duly of every
intelligent housekeeper. To this
end, an analytical chemist, who is
well known as an investigator of adulterated
foods and a lecturer to American
housewives, I>r. <1. Olsen, has
g.'anted an interview to a representative
of The New Idea Woman's Magazine.
which appears in the August is-V
sue. lie explains the existing- condi- \
lion-, indcales their peril and gives v
some valuable information on the do- \
lection of impurities in food. >(
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