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jST./ ESTABLISHED IN 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1911. VOL. 16. NO. 51.
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; 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 -
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.