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_ r ^ ' j( m p i^, ..??.. ! (Jjjtp JjtliOtt isj^ntllL ^CottMI T<Ht,y 14-90^ JlJT ') ? jST./ ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1911. VOL. 16. NO. 51. W =====?! ; SEMINOLE CASE AGAINP ?$0 Y MESSRS. CLARK AND JONES MADE OE- PA FENDANTS. J; STATEMEMT BYTHE TRUSTEES Gl Warrants Isswd by Kershaw Mag-? |?| istrate for Two Prominent < k !umbia Hankers. h W. A. Clark and Willie Jones! were served with warrants Thursp#*' k day by Sheriff Coleman and appearing before Magistrate Fowles gave , t | bond in the sum of $1,000 each to answer to the charge of conspiracy. ! tj( IJ wnrrants were sworn out by L. ! ^ ^ Li. Clyburn. of Kershaw hefnre 1 - - - ' 1 ie f I Magistrate Jordan on account of the \ j., . ' relation of Messrs. Clark and Jones j rj.j as trustees of the 8eminole Securi- i I ties Company, said company having I co sold Mr. Clyburn stock amounting j cj | I to $1,500. Mr. Clyburn is well C() known in Columbia. ! j, | ' The warrants were received by i Sheriff Coleman throuugh the mail i .,r ){ yesterday morning and he at once j j<f made arrangements to serve them, t r Both Mr Clark and Mr. Jones at j j j*' once made arrangements for the jj. bonds and the trial will be called 1 s| for as soon as possible. Magistrate Jordan had authorized the bond ) ,lxed- th H Case. lt P p The history of the Seminole con- j t.a eern is generally familiar to the I jn ^ people ot the State. Organized to lt) . purchase another insurance eon- in cern of North Carolina and to esI* - tablish an accident insurance business and the plans fell through on . th I account of the "high fiance" on the ^ l>art of some of the promoters. The )' trustees, W. A. Clark, Willie Jones!t^ and T. S. Bryan, acted as a com- ! ^ mittee to hold the funds secured I 1 U by the solicitors of the stock. Ap- co plication was made for receivership ! j I before Judge R. C. Watts at Cheraw and the application was grant- g i 1 ed. Since then the affairs have' Q{ V been considerably tangled and this1. - - ; in action was not unexpected. A warrant was also sworn out for Jno. Y. Garlington. one of the | chief promoters of the company, but us Garlington is out of the city and is now out under bond, pending an- ej apppeal on his recent conviction in va the same case, this warrant was!<a not served. 1> Referring to the charges brought re against Willie JoneB and W. A ca J Clark, Mr. Clark 6ald that imme- ^ dlately upon the service of the warrant upon him he at once gave bond, which was required by law, for appearance upon the preferment of any indictment that the next jZ4 term of court of Kershaw county Of course Mr. Clark was not inclin- j or ed, and did not desire to discuss | y ] the matter which must hereafter be j developed in the court, but at the j 0 1 same time he stated it was appar-1 ent that there was a total misapprehension upon the part of the part of the people with regard to his connection and that of Gen. Tr * Willie Bryan as to the Seminole Securities Company. The Trustees. (i) It seemed there was an idea that I he and his associates were trustees i , f . ... ... ?-1 ror me suDscrtDers to the stock of this company, when, us a matter of fact, no such condition existed; thejj^ agreement, which is in writing, ac- ^ cording to the statement made Thursday, and which was brought i " I 101 to the attention of every one of the . 1 (*J1 subscribers, was simply to the ef- j feet that he and Gen. Jones and Mr. i 11 Bryan would hold such moneys to 1 ^ the amount of $100,000, as was ac-!W, I wj tually turned over to them by the ^ officers of the Sem'nole Securities ? Company for the purpose thereafter of organizing, either in this State or in North Carolina, an acWE cident or indemnity company. ^ "These trustees" said Mr. Clark, ** "under the agreement, had no interest whatever in Inducing parties to subscribe to stock, nor were they ' responsible for anything that was done by the officers and the agents ! th the Seminole Securities Company j Mi , with regard thereto." lui The mere reference to the agree- ta inent between the directors of the th company and Mr. Clark and his as- pr aociates show that they absolutely 11 had nothing to do with the trans- lit j action Oi the Seminole Securities l-o Company in the obtaining subscrip sit tion by its officers or agents, they lie were simply responsible for receiv- M< ing such amounts as the officers of ' tit the Seminole Securities Company C. would turn over to them until it bo aggregated $100,000, and then to Bi Invest it in an accident company to i>e ' (Continued on Page eight. ) |b? LANS NATIONAL BANK 6ES MILL UTILE ROCK AND PEOPLE'S BANK TO CONSOLIDATE. DMBiNED CAPITAL $100,000 ans About Coniplptod for the Organization of the National Dank A Trust Co., of Dillon, With Combined Capital of #100,000. In the plans now on foot for the nsolidation of the Dank of Puges 111, the Dank of Little Rock and e People's Dank do not fail there ill l?e organized within the next w weeks an institution to be town as the "National Hank & ust Co.," of Dillon. The capital stock of the proposed j rporation will be $100,000. The fleers of the new institution, of urse, have not been selected, but is likely that the new bank will under the management of the esent officers of the Peoples' ink. The officers of the People's ink are: T. A. Dillon, president: \V. King, vice-president; K. R. j imer, cashier; V. L. McLean, as-! itant cAshier. The present capital of the Peoe's Dank is $25,000, the capital of e Dank of Little Rock is $20,000. is proposed to consolidate the pital of the three banks, take new stockholders or give the old I ackholders the privedge of creasing the amount of their ack. making the total$100,000. It is also prqposed to erect near e business center a modern bank tilding, costing about $15,000. The consolidation does not mean at the Dank of Little Rock and e Pages Mill Dank will discontins business. TMieBe banks will be ntinued as branches of the main ink at Dillon. The organization of the National ink & Trust Co. gives Dillon two the largest banking institutions this section of the State. I'mvananted (Maims. ' * auuug leurnea mat certain iravling book agents have appeared in riouH towns of South Carolina massing for the "Current Cyclo'dia of Reference," which they present as an authorized publition of Princeton University, it ems to me due the people of ese communities that they be told at Princeton University University is no connection whatsoever with is publication nor has she authorid anyone to act as her agent for e sale or distribution of any book other article whatsoever. Very truly Yours, II. D. Fine, Dean of the Faculty - - ^ ^ " ' ~ TRAIN KIIJLS YOUNG MAX. agedy Occurred Near Denton j Mopday \ ight?Home in Dunn. Rocky Mount, N. C.t Jan. 26.? yde Jackson, a young white man.j is brought to the Atlantic Coast j ne Relief Hospital here yesterday! a serious condition, having been uck by northbound passenger j tin No. 80, at a point between ! nton and Four Oaks, and al-| ough conscious for some time af-; r reaching the hospital, he died ] rly last night. The young man' is sitting on the end of a cross j !, and did not heed the warning | ilstle of the approaching train,] ilch could not be stopped in time! avert the tragedy. From what could be gathered j >m his conversation during lucid j tervals, the young man's home j is in Dunn, and he has relatives j that place, and the remains were j ipped there last night. Meeting of the Woman's Club. Mrs. H. A. Willis waB the hostess is week to the Woman's Club, rs. Willis was assisted by her !>ther, Mrs. Richardson, in enterining, for the entertainment of ose who were employed in making I etty articles of fancy work, lere was music by Mrs. McC. Curi and reading by Mrs. C. R. Tar. Mrc. Willis, assisted by her iter. Miss Richardson, served detious ice cream to the following: esdames D. N. Oliver, McC. Curi, P. Niernsee, L. R. Craig, John Bethea, L. C. Braddy, C. R. Tar, A. J. Evans and Mrs. C. H. -unson, who was a visitor. The xt meeting Is with Mrs. John C. ithea. PRESIDENT OF COLLEGE IS DISMISSED BY 60V. 81EASE FOR "POLUICJIL REASONS." WRITES A DIGNIFIED REPLY ! Mlllw Allottes ThiU Ho Wax Dropped h> HtTaust* H<> H?* (lie ( overuor Politically. ! Gov. IHease yesterday demanded the resignation of Thomas E. Milter, the president o* the State nej-ro college, which is located at Or! nnwlntPir Ho \t;n~ ? ? .?v aonru .UiiiCI III If i sign within 24 hours. This action was taken without a resolution of the board of trustees which was in session at the time in the office of the chief executive. Following the | action by Gov. Blease, the board of trustees passed a resolution asking j Miller to resign immediately, and the negro resigned. Gov. Please, when asked on what giounds he had asked the resignation of Miller, said, "Pernicious activity in politics." Just what the activities have been and along what lines were not stated. He further stated that : complaints had been made to him 1 by negroes in the State as to the | conduct of Miller at the institution. ! He would make no other statement. The resignation of Miller will | take effect on June 20 of the pres1 ent year. This date w;is named it. j order that the negro might have I time to wind up the affairs of the j institution before turning turning i the work over to Ills successor. The board of trustees which met i yesterday at noon in the office of ; Gov. Hlease decided to hold anothier meeting just after the adjouru] nient of the present general assem' bly when the successor to Miller will be chosen. Miller has been president of the ! institution for several years and 'draws a salary of $2,000 a year. I It is expected that a negro, N. i F. Nix, will be named by the board ! of trustees Co succeed Miller. The letter of resignation follows: j Hon. dole L. Blease, the governor of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. "Dear Sir:-?Because 1 opposed your election to the chief office in | the gift of our beloved State, you have demanded my resignation, stating that you will not permit the State Colored College to do any business until my resignation is in your hand. In answer to your request. with your permission our honored trustees have fixed the lend of the ftoeal year. June 30th, the day for my resignation to be I effective. I thank you ever so | much, dear sir, for this leniency, | the more so because 1 am guilty of having begged the voters not to I vote for you. I counted the cost ! before 1 opposed you, hence I am prepared for the blow of your official act . "It will be 15 years, June 10th, ; since I was elected to my present position, having been endorsed by the Rebublican and Democratic organizations', the judiciary, most of the members of the constitutional convention, the State legislature, State officials, members of congress and two United States senators. In response to their endorsement 1 have put 15 years of faithful service in this work. 1 now thank them for the great confidence they rfiiospo in me. "My official acts have gone into history: I do not fear the judgment of our people, white and black, upon them. My opposition to you was not an official act and 1, alone am responsible to my country and to God. for having opposed your election to your exalted position. Honored Sir, 1 never slandered you for there was no malice in my opposition to you, 1 felt that your announced policy against the negro was not founded upon justice and tho beat interest of the State; for that reason 1 tried to bring about your defeat. "Wishing for you an administration founded upon wisdom and statesmanship, peace, prosperity and happiness, 1 hereby tender you this, my resignation, to go into effect June 30, 1911. "Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Thos E. Miller, ! "Presides! of tke State Colored Col! tone." 1 Mrs Milton l^eLaurln and Mtaa Kuth are spending a few days at Uttle Rook and Dillon.?McCall Times A JURY FAILS TO AGREE i MISTRIAL ORDERED. ELEVEN TO ONE FOR ACQUITTAL. NO CHANGE FOR A VERDICT After Considering Testimony in ('hw of Woman Accuml of I'oisonin^ HiisInmhI, Jurrors Inform Court of Impossibility of Verdict IU'Iiik Iicachnl. Wheeling, W. Va.t Jun. 20.?After struggling for more than twen1 ty-four hours with a mass of techj nical testimony, the jury in the lease of Mrs. Laura Parnsworth jSchenk, charged with poisoning her ! husband, John O. Schenk announced late to-day they were haplessly I divided and could not reach a ver| diet. Judge L. F. Jordan impori tuned them to further efforts, but at f?:04 1). in. discharged them from jtbw case. To-night Mrs. Schenk is again in jail despite her hopes that she would be a free woman upon 'the verdict being read. Missed Freedom by One. The final vote taken by the jury stood eleven for acquital and one for conviction. On the first ballot taken within five minutes after the (jury retired Wednesday ovening, | eight voted lor acquittal, three for ! conviction and one refused to vote. On the second ballot there were nine votes for acquital and three 'for conviction. From this status i the number of those standing for ! acquittal was gradually worked to 1 eleven. The juror who held up hopes of a verdict was Isaac Heiman, salesman for a local provision company. From the start he held that the accused was guilty, and it was finally recognized that there was absolutely no chance for changing the result. No Chance For Verdict When the jury was brought into court at fi o'clock the members were ; polled separately, each giving as his opinion that a verdict could not be reached, and they were discharged. The failure to arrive at an agreement opens up a world of possibilities. While a new trial will be necessary, the task of selecting a jury will be most difficult. Virtually the evidence has been brought out and there are few who have not j formed an opinion. Bribery Rumors Denied . It was rumored to-night that I charges of bribery and attempted ' bribery had been made by members ui jury, lonawiiig ineir uts?> charge, but they denied this emphat1 icully. ; Mrs. Sehenk was remanded to I jail, following the disagreement. The I amount of bond required to secure j her liberty, pending a second trial, ! flas not been determined upon. Af! ter her arrest and indictment bond i was fixed at $10,000, but it is ex-1 j pected that this will be reduced bei fore a second trial is held. Attorney's Statement. > No motions were made before adjournment of the court to-day. J.; J. P. O'Brien chief counsel for Mrs. j Mrs. Scheuk, said to-night: "To-1 : morrow before Judge otdan we will I ask that Mrs. Sehenk be freed on her own recognizance. Failing in i that we will ask a reduction in the >ond from $10,000 to $5,000, audi we shall then invite ten citizens to go on the bond, each for $500. The j 'first ten applying will be allowed to ! eo on the bond " Formers' Meeting. 'Tne Dillon Herald: I have Just received a communica! tion from Prof. J. N. Harper, Director Clemson (Y>llege, stating that a number of representatives of Clem-; Iron College Kxperimental Station,, and also from the U. S. Dopartment of Agriculture will be at Darlington (on Saturday, Februury 11th, for the | purpose of holding a meeting in ; the interest of agriculture, and especially to discuss the erad^tion i ,of the cotton wilt disease, which is fast spreading over our country, and | is, perhaps, more of u menace to the farmers in the future than the boll ; weevil. It is the intention of the repre-1 sentatives who will be here not to , make it a local meeting, but one in the interest of the farmers in the eastern part of the State. The | trains run conveniently for persons to attend from every county in the : Pee Dee section, and the meeting will be held about 11 o'clock a. m. ' Very truly yours, Bright Williamson, j MATTERS IN MALLO THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE HUI TIDE SOME BUSINESS CHANG Citi/rns Want Public lUuul Kt Mallory to liinglium. Othci Mattm of Interest, to Herald Keadirs. About all of the 1910 crop of ? ton has been shipped and farm "ir |in:i>ni nm ivi jother bit; crop. Some fertiliz , have been delivered and a few fa crs have begun plowing. Mrs. lx>on Itodges, of Florei ! spent last week with her t'att ('apt. S. F Berrj, and returi home Saturday. Mr. John 1-ewis, of ltleiibe spent the week end with relatl lere. Clyde Parham spent Sunday ? ibis parents at Bingham. Vernor Parham and Herb Galloway, students of the lai ' graded school, spent the week ( w ith their parents here. i After nteadering about for a eral weeks Itaniel C. McRae, i again stopped among us. He row employed by Jas. 11 Corab Several business changes have cently taken place here. Mr. i \Y. Parham, of Bingham, who cently acquired the T .C. l'arli property, has thoroughly overhs ed and repaired the store fornn occupied by Parham Bros., and opened a store full of brand 1 and well selected merchandise. . Chas. R .Scott and Mr. Clyde 1 ham, who are in charge, have gi ; assurance that they are going 'otfer the community the best eqi ped establishment that the t< [ever had and their appearance 'the scene is welcomed by all population of the town and vicin Mr. A. L. Parham is now occi Ir.g the Bruce building and has [ plenished his stock with new I seasonable goods. W. H. Berry is building u i I store oil a lot cut from the Tuc J property. Just who will occup: I is not known yet. Some of the citizens of the < j munity have been for some t 1 trying: to get a new public r , opened out leading in a direct ro i from Mallory to Bingham wh j would bring the two towns abou | miles nearer together. Just whet . whether their efforts will be s | ccssful or not cannot be t'oret j but there cannot he any doubt to the merits of the >^^poeition. Mr. Kllis, of Nortli^carolina, 1 been spending several days witli brother, the efficient railroad ng< here. Mr. Tom C. Parham, of Allends | spent several days last week he I Mr. W. K. Hamilton has iust.ed a high grade grist mill here si thereby supplied a long felt ne which fact is clearly shown by t patronage he is receiving. Another. TKACHKK BOSSIES MAYOR. Council Waits While Youth is Ki After School. Clinton, Mies., Jan. 28.? H Hardy, seventeen years old, reeen elected mayor of this little toi though still a l>upil of the lo high school, was prevented from tending a called meeting of town council hy the principal of (high school. When a message came to school house for the youthful o cer, stating that the council, wh consists of two other members, i waiting for him. the teacher ref ed to release the pupil. Hardy had called the meeting an hour after the dismissal school, but was kept in for a brei of the rules of the school. Heurt Heats After IkiHtii. Denver, Jan. 28.?In J. Mar 1'rice, Jr., a fifteen-year-old lad v d'ed under the sienestbetic wl Icing prepared for an operatl Denver physicians claim to have cae s unprecendented in medi f.nnalH. For and hour and a h i Iter the respiration had ceased \ stethoscope recorded oomparativ strong heart action. Unavailing l< rts were made to resuscitate \ lad while the heart continued beat. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Betl spent Thursday with relatives !<atta. fflfBREAKS ALL RECORDS KAN MISSES SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TO HAVANA BT TEN MILES ES PICKED UP BY U. S. S. PAULDING I However, Mark K?1 lly (iiiliis Ilir>tniuu in the Rest. K?r an Ovrr Wafer Flight in an Aeroplane. j ot- J. A. I). McCurdy, the aviator ers. who made an unsuceesaful attempt an- to fly at Dillon on I>ec. 20th, failed ;ers in hLs attempt to fly from K';y rm-'NVest to Havana. The distance is 112 miles across the Florida straits ice, j find torpedo boats were stationed ler,' 10 miles apart to rescue McCurdy ti? ned case of accident. After waiting*" :? week for favorable weather cuii'Jt im.'tions McCurdy left Key West at an ves I early hour Monday morning and after circling the city twice at a ith height of 1,000 feet he headed ; straight for Havana. A crowd of i^rt several thousand persons witnessed itt:? : 0'a departure and there were galh mi ered many thousand persons on the other side to witness his arrival w>v- [ His machine sped away at a i>0 has [n,ile an hour clip and everything in went well until McCurdy was witho. | in 10 miles of Havana when somere thing went wrong with his engines W [and he was forced to descend. His re_ ; aeroplane was equippe<l pontoons iam,i,nd tlie machine settled on the walui-'lcr as gracefully as a bird where it rlv floated until it was hauled aboard lias'" torpedo boat which came to the ,ew aviator's rescue. McCurdy says lie. Mr. {will make another attempt to cross >ar- 'be straights as soon as weather con ven ditions will permit. to ' ? uip-l MAI J/ORY AN <>K1?HAN TOWN. 5w*n on Without Mayor or Otlwr Officers ft the fiefs Along Well How Hit utility. : tion Co rues About, ipy- j Special to The State, re-1 Mallory, Jan. 23.?While cities of and the State are agitating a plan of commission government and devis new i ing ways and means of wrestlin* ker i municipal control from pe:!y f it | rinns to pluce it upon a sound and ipraftless basis, the town of Malloxy >oin j goes merrily along without any ofime ( ficial head at all. It is recalled that ond !?omo years ago a certain little ttrtfn ute ! in eastern Texas called Timpsdn dch j was the subject of considerable t 3 comment in the newspapers, owing her to the fact that the salary of the uc- | mayor was only $ 1 a year. But uow old; Mallory has Timpson, Tex., "skinas ned a city block,"because here there I is no mayor, no aldermen, councillias ! men or wardens, no policemen, no his local government at all. "let it has ent a charter?a big imposing looking paper fixed in form as regular as tie, j that of Columbia or Charleston, re. | remaining the autographs of (loy. ?u-| Ansel and Maxcey McOown, duly aP nd ! fixed, but Malk>ry Iuih no mayor ; ed, ii. really an orphan u? far as the fathers are concerned. This situation came about becaue I mayor moved away to his fa miles distant, in Deeemb [there's not a man, womai mid | in the town now that w have , the job. One of the war lens is uov 'P1 y railroad agent in North Carolina. 'Another is a resident of HarnweH R-j county, still another is living in an dl>' other part of Dillon oounty. The povl,? 1 iceman went back to his home in cal 1 another town, but stated when he ut~' If ft that in case of a breach of l*,p , peace, if some resident would writ* him he would willingly come bark and attend to the cause of the j r.'arm. j An election for mayor was called some weeks ago but Mallory didn't vaa heed the call?it didn't come. Thr UB" tiay designated for the election "come and went" just as other days #rv? . 1V" out because there were no manuot ! gers, candidates ~r tickets, the eleeich ! tion failed to materialize. The town has no mayor yet, but visitors cannot tell the difference, j and everything hereabouts is pushion | t>'K smoothly along. lile Mr- ^ ?'Ferrall ,ias bookell on j the English &rand Opera Co., in tBf a i cast, "Cavalier Rustlcana." for tBt? ical n'^ht ?' t-^e 23rd. The play will *alf j ,?'ven at school auditorium artil the wt'* on Bsfc* st EvaVfc' rftjy : I harmacy. The company carries "28 ef_ , people and is highly recommended the by the Press. Encouraged by ther U) success of "The Sing of the FVither," which appeared at Dillon a few weeks ago the English Grand Opera Oo. cancelled an engagement h? tea a larger city to come to Dillon anil In The Herald hopes they will have n loreg house.