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THE FORT MILL TIMES.
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1GTH YEAR FORT MILL,, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1908 . NO. 42 |
MEETS AGAIN.
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The General Assembly of South
Carolina In Session
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AND IS HARD AT WORK.
Legislature Will Visit Wlnthrop Saturday,
Going <? Kock Hill by Special
Train?Lee's liirthday to be
Celebrated by Solons at the College?Two
Judgeship llnces (.rows
Interesting.
The General Assembly convened
at Columbia at noon on Tuesday and
each house was in session only a
short 'time, as there was no business
to be transacted boyoncl swearing In
new members and reading the annual
message of Governor Ansel. The
members spent their time Tuesday
getting their stopping places and
settling, down.,
Tbey lingered, however, in the lobbies
after the adjournment of the
two houses and mingled in the hotels,
talking about the prospects in
the?races for the two Judgeships.
. There is much interest in the race
for the place on the Supreme bench
held by the Hon. E. B. Gary, for
which the imcuiubent and the Hon.
T. P. Cothran are the candidates.
The race for the position of Judge
of the 2nd circuit is also attracting
a great deal of Interest especially
nmong the members from that circuit.
The- candidates are the Hon.
Robert Aldrieh, Senator Hates and
Solicitor Davis, of Barnwell, and the
Hon. Claude B. Sawyer, of Aiken.
-The General Assembly will not be
in session Saturday, as an invitation
has been accepted' to visit Wlnthror
College, and the trip will be made
on a special train provided by the
board of trustees. It is usual to observe
Bee's birthday. January 19, as
a holiday, but thuLdato falls on Sunday,
this year, ant! the ISth will be
observed instead and there will be
appropriate exercises at that time at
Winthrop.
l*roceedings ?11 the House.
The House of Representatives was
called to order tit noon by Clerk
IJamer, who called the roll by coun?
tics. When the clerk announced
that a quorum was present. Speaker
Whaley took the chair and the proceedings
were optned with prayer
by the chaplain, the Rev. It. N. Pratt,
who prayed for Divine guidance upon
the work of th<| House.
\T ? Qli nnnmmno/l t It o t M r V
B. Wannamaker, elected to succeed
the late J. M. Epting, of Lexington,
was present and ready to be sworn
In.
Mr. Von Kolnitz announced Mr
F. M. Bryan, of Charleston, successor
to the Hon. John Marshall, present
Mr. Clary announced Mr. N. W.
Harden, of Cherokee, successor to
the Hon. \V. F. McArthur, of Cherokee,
present.
Mr. Yeldell announced Mr. J. M
Major, of Greenwood, successor to
the late Jns. White, of Greenwood
present.
Messrs. Wannamaker. Bryan. Harden
and Major presented themselves
at the bar of the House and took the
oath of office.
A message was sent to the Senate
by the clerk that the House war
ready for business. A committee
consisting of Messrs. Nicholson
Banks and Beattie was sent to in
form tho Governor that the House
had met. and was ready to recelv*
any communication he might wish
to make. The Governor's niessaer
was shortly presented by his private
secretary, Hon A. J. Rethea, and was
immediately read by Rending Clerl
Withers.
Dr. Save, of York, presented thinvitation
of the Winthrop hoard o'
trustees to visit the College on Sat
urday. the hoard furnishing a ape
cial train for the visit. Dr. Sayr
moved that the invitation he accept
ed and a committee of two he ap
pointed to make arrangements foi
the trip. This was agreed to.
Proceedings in the Senate.
* Sergeant at Arms Schumpert came
up the main aisle of the Senate and
placed the "sword of State" on the
reporters' table. Then the I.ieuten
ant Governor, Mr. T. G. Mc.l,eod
culled the Senate to order and roady
for business.
Gen. Robert R. Hemphill, who hat
for years called the Senate roll and
been its official clerk, called the roll
The Rev. Alex N. Branson delivered
the opening prayer and then Lleuten
ant Governor McLeod in a brief talk
wished theSenate and the State well:
spoke with feeling of the companionship
and good that resulted from the
meeting of the meiphers. He spoke
of the panic and viewed the present
situation with favor.
Mr. McLeod made the appointment?
for the present session as follows:
Journal Clerk, G. E. Moore, Honen
Path.
Hill clerk, the Rev. W. S Stokes
Spartanburg.
Secretary to president. J. T. Mee
han. Columbia.
Doorkeepers. Peter Sanders.C en
teoarv. S. C ; M. E. McDonald, Col
umbln: J. G. Prown, Chester.
Mail Carrier, N. O. Pyles, Colum
. bla.
Pages. J. P. Deerham, Jr., Greet
Lea; Carl A. Droher, Lexington.
Laborers, Jack rressley, Edge
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WAS HELD UP.
A Columbia Man Assaulted by Two
Bold Highwaymen.
Before He Knew He Watt in Danger
He Had Been Bobbed of .VII He
Had.
The Columbia State says as Mr.
Klah Dent, Jr., of that city, was
going at five o'clock Monday morning
to open up his meat market ho
was held up and robbed by two unknown
men. Tho amount taken
from Mr. Dent was $19.G0, the money
being in one $10 bill, nine one-dollar
silver pieces and a half dollar.
There is absolutely no clue to the
identity of the two men and Mr.
Dent himself does not know whether
they were white or colored.
Mr. Dent was going to his work ar
usual and was on Lumber street
within one and a half blocks of
Main street. As he was walking with
his hands in his overcoat pockets
he was suddenly approached front
behind and before he could realize
whut was happening ho found himself
on the ground with two men upon
him. As the wind was very high,
Mr. Dent did not hear the approach
of the men.
When he did realize what had
happened he felt one of the men
sitting on his head and the other
holding him down by the feet with
one hand and going through his pock
^ts with lhe other. As Mr. Dent's
head was burled on one side in the
nud that had accumulated on the
.treet from the recent rnlnB, he could
tot nee either of the men.
As his pockets were being rifled
?he coat was torn off of Mr. Dent'g '
hack and the shirt he wore was torn '
'n several places by the men in their (
haste. When the men had taken the
money and n bunch of keys from the
sockets of Mr. Dent they picked up
his hat that had fallen off and made 1
oway as fast as they could. For a '
'ew moments Mr. Dent was unable to
collect his thoughts sufficiently to
;et up and when he did he could not
ee the rneu as his eyes were blinded (
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Mr. Dent was unable to see In 1
vhloh direction they had gone but 1
i gentleman who was coining up 1
.trcet at the same time saw the af- 1
'air from a distance and said that
'he two men turned up Assembly 1
street.
With no clues to work on the (
lolice have been unable to catch the
llghwaymen who committed the assault
upon Mr. Deut '
A FINE COURT HOUSE
'tut the People Have to l'uy Well
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For It.
Mr. T. H. Tutum, member of the
Legislature from Lee County, gives
lotlce thnt he will introduce at the
>resent session of the Legislature a
till to issue bonds for the complelon
and furnishing of the Lee couny
court house. This bill, in all
trobabilitv, will provide for an adMtionnl
issue of $35,000 to complete
he court house, which will then be
building costing, in the aggregate,
bout $75,000 and will be one of the
landsomest and most modern cout-i
louses In the State. The ad valorem
ax. which will probably be provided
in the supply bill for Lee county,
vlll be about Ave and three-qharter
nllls.
EIGHT MURDER TRIALS
VIII Take Place nt Anderson This
W?'k or Next.
The spring; term of general bos
ions court convened at Anderson
ionday with Judge Klugh presiding;
'rue bills were returned on eight
idictnients for murder as followsVIII
Guvton, Press Lewis, Tom An
'ergon, John Dill, Houston Tribble
). B. Barnes, Theodore Walker and
Vayman Norrls, all negroes. Nine
ther true hills were returned, two
<f which were for housebreaking
nd larceny, two for assault and batery
with Intent to kill and five minir
charges.
GOLD RUSH BEGINS.
\ Tent City Springs l"p Near Valuable
Strike.
A groat rush Is on to the new gold
:trike near Manvel, San Berdino.
ounty. California, where employers
>f Tex Rlokard on Christmas day
pened up surface ore that assayed
is high as $120 to a ton. The strike
s just over the Nevada line. A tent
ity has sprung up, streets have been
aid out, corner lots sold, and water
mpply arranged for. The town is
?nly three miles from the Sante
Fe tracks.
leld. :Robt. Caldwell, Newberry, and
Vbe Foster, Laurens.
The usual exchange of messages heween
the House and Senate and the
lovernor were had.
Senator Ray so r thought that conMtlons
had changed and that many
dlls had been rushed on the Calen
lar without full consideration, and
uggested that all hills on the Calen>
iar he reconsidered. The committee
ould hear arguments if they
'.illxought best.
SAME OLD TALE.
The Old Dispensary Winding Up
Board Springs a Sensation.
LYON WIELDS PROBE.
Scheme to Collect Claims Laid Bare
by an Euquiry Brought by Letter
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Nanios of T. M. Mordecai, E. W.
Robertson, August Kohn, P. 11.
Nelson nnil AV. 1). Melton In Case.
The commission appointed to wind
up the old State Dispensary, sitting
as a court of inquiry, held a special
meeting on last Wednesday for the
purpose of making an investigation
of a certain letter purporting to be
signed by W. I"). Roy, a prominent
liquor manufacturer o' Louisville,
Ky., and addressed to various creditors
of the State dispensary. The
letter, which is published in full
herewith, fell into the hands of Hon.
W. P. Stevenson, attorney for the
commission, and he advised the commission
that it was a matter which
demanded immediate consideration
at their hands. The matter created
a sensation us the names of several
prominent gentlemen were connected
with it. The letter is as follows:
Letter Roy Wrote.
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 21, 1907.
' Gentlemen: At a meeting of the
creditors of the South Carolina State
dispensary, held at Cincinnattl December
9, a committee was appointed
for the purpose of securing a settlement,
or at least to arrive at a
tentative basis of settlement with the
commission in charge. For several
weeks prior to this meeting I had
been here and about effected arrangements
which, if a co-operation
3f creditors could be obtained, seemed
to me reasonably promising of
favorable results. I so notified several
of the creditors, who presented
mv proposition at the meeting, and
from Ihll liluiri-linio ?" >' ?- *
...V .. UB>UU11> DCIU IIIC 1 hll||posed
it had been adopted and that
the committee had been appointed
to carry it out. i believe that quite
a number at the meeting were of
the same impression and to these I
wish to say that not a shadow of
authority was given to me to act in
any capacity whatever. The committee
was represented here by Mr.
Geo. 11. Lester, a member of it, afld
general counsel for Messrs. Fleischnian
At- Co.. who made Charleston
his headquarters when he first reachthe
State. 1 met him there, and
whilst somewhat disappointed at
finding no power to act delegated to
me or my associates, determined not
to let this abridge my efforts to get
our money. 1 went over my plans
with him and gave him the names of
gentlemen associated with me, also a
letter endorsing these gentlemen
from Gov. 1). C. Hey ward and E. W.
Robertson, in whose bank about half
of the dispensary money is deposited.
Mr. Lester seemed much impressed,
both with the plans and the
eminent respectability, financially
and otherwise, of the members of my
organization, several of the latter be
Ing officials or co-directors in banks
with some member of the dispensary
committee.
"Mr. \V. I). Melton, who, with
oine difficulty, was induced to join
is, is the luwyer who was tendered
nd declined the position on the comnisslon
now held l?y Mr. Stevenson.
N'ith these and other connections or
elationships, not prudent to nienion
here. Mr. Lester appeared much
leased, and gave me a letter auth^
izing me to go ahead with my plans.
"Two days later he came to Oolimhia,
and at a meeting for the pur>ose
I introduced him to three of
ny associates; in the discussion
vhich ensued a difference of technical
nature between him and Mr. Melon.
which culminated as Mr. I^es er
will admit, in quite a display of
emper on his part. Mr. Melton
herefore declined to have anything
further to do with the case, and with
him I lost forces without which 1
could accomplish noting.
"Before I could patch up the unfortunate
disagreement Mr. Lester
was persuaded by rosy assurance
from another element to ndopt
plans altogether independent from
nine. 1 stuck to him. however, hop
ing his strong personality might carry
him through, but knowing that he
was pursuing a course into which
thers had been allured only to meet
with failure. He proved no exception.
"Now. I do not wish this to be
construed as a reflection upon Mr.
Lester or the vigor of his efforts.
During the week I have been thrown
with hitn my regard for him has
grown daily. He is a manly fellow
of high attainment, and I thiuk a
lawyer of exceptional ability, indeed
i man who under conditions approximately
normal would succeed In almost
any undertaking, hut he It
wholly out of touch with these people
down here, nor has he the tact
to handle this situation. T am send
Inp him a copy of this letter and be
lieve he will confirm all I have writ
tan.
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"Now from a standpoint of resource
I am perhaps more vitally Interested
than any other creditor; mv
claim is over $40,000 and I want the
money. A concentration of the
claims or a major part of them is
absolutely necessary to get it and
I ask you to Join In my plans to secure
a settlement. I am unable to
give you any flattering assurance of
success, but I am free to say that
your claims will be In the hand? of
men of unquestionable financial re- |
sponslbillty; men who are nlso in
close business relationship with
members of the commission, and If
they cannot get our money for us no <
one else can.
"If you care to join me please sign
and date the enclosed agreement and
return It to me. with statement of
your account, by next mail, care of
the Columbia Hotel, Columbia, S. C.
Let me beg of you also not to insert
any time limit in this agreement, for
if you do mv nnrties horn will
handle your claims. You are at liberty
to withdraw when satisfied that
no substantial progress Is being
made, and remember I shnll stay *
right here on the ground until some- 1
er more, if the worst conies to the t
more, if the worst comes to the 1
worst, and we have to appeal to the t
Legislature, or any local tribunal ?
which that body may establish to v
pass upon the claim, we would have c
in my organization the strongest rep- v
resentation to be gotten together in f
the State. Very truly, W. I). Roy, n
President, Belroy Distilling Com- c
pany, Louisville, Ky."
Accompanying this letter was the p
following proposed but unsigned s
agreement. . h
Agreement Proposed.
'We, the undersigned creditors of (1
the State dispensary of South Caro- '
llna, hereby appoint the National
Loan and Exchange Bank, of the city 1
of Columbia, S. C., and W. D. Roy. ''
of Louisville. Ky., attorneys in fact
for us and in our name to represent '
us in the adjustment and collection ''
or claim and demands against the j"'
South Carolina State dispensary, '
and to that end employ such attorneys
and others and to do all such '
other thing as they may deem neceB- '
sary or advisable with power of substitution.
Provided, however, that ^
no authority is hereby given to institute
any proceedings at law with- ^
out first referring It to us and obtalnlng
our consent thereto.
"And we do hereby agree to al- ?
low the said National Loun and Ex- sj
change Bank and W. D. Roy six nor
cent, of all sums as may bo hereaf- V
ter collected, or paid, or satlsfactor- ^
ily secured to be paid on our claim
for such services as may be ren- ^
dered by them or other persons em- ll
ployed by them.
"And we do hereby authorize and n
empower the said National Loan and l}
Exchange Hank and W. I). Roy for ''
us and in our name to collect, re- ^
celve and acknowledge receipt for a
all such Bums as may be paid on our '5
claim, remitting to us the balance e
after deducting the Raid six per cent,
for the services und expenses.
"In the event disputes or differ- "
ences shall arise as to the amount M
due on said claims or the prices
charged in said claims and demands. "
for as to any other matter effecting "
the amount thereof; it is snderstood
that the same shall be referred to us ?
for advice and instruction. 1
"We also agree to waive interest '*
on said claim and demands if such ?
will be found necessary to facilitate 11
a settlement. ?
"And we do hereby agree to fur- c
nish to our said attorneys in fact a '
full itemized statement verified of ^
our said claims and demands, forthwith
u)>on the execution of thi9 ?
agreement by us." r
Lyon Questions Roy.
After the letter had been read Mr. j.
| Roy was questioned as to its contents s
i Mr. Lyon asking the questions. Mr. ^
Roy said that the agreement with the j,
letter had been signed by only four j
or five creditors whose names he s
gave, and that these claims repre- j
sented less than $10,000 altogether. \
His information as to the deposits of a
t ho /?nm mloolAn V* r? *4 ^ 4 " ' 1
V..U VUIUUIIODIUH ii ci ii nrrii um.lllll'U si
from Mr. Melton and Mr. Kohn. v
The gentlemen referred to as asso- ^
clotted with him were Melton. Kohn
and Nelson. Others were Indirectly e
interested, as referred to further on ^
In the letter. Pressed by Mr. Lyon
to sa> what others were interested,
either dirctly or Indirectly, Mr. Roy
said that only the Loan and Exchange
Hank was interested and no
others.
"Who occupied the relationship of
codirectors with members of the
commission?" asked Mr. Lyon. Kohn
and Melton," replied Mr. Roy.
Mr. Lyon called Mr. Roy's attention
to the fact that in the letter he
used the word "banks" in the plural
and wanted to know what othei
hanks were meant. Mr. Roy said
this was an error of the typewriter,
as no other bank was interested.
When asked to tell the plans referred
to in the letter Mr. Koy said
he was glad to do ho. He said that ,
the creditors had received a letter
from Dr. Murray in September stating
no condition as to bringing the
hooks before the commission, and
later had received circulars saying
i the books would be required, but
setting no date. Then the panic came
t on.
He concluded that the commission '
. wanted to aid their banks and he
. knew it would be a hardship to call
} on the banks to pay out the money
. at that time. Therefore he conceivt
ed the idea of forming an agreement
. with tho banks so as to solve the
. situation and let the money remain
. on deposjj. To do this he surround1
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NO MORE BALLS
To Be Held In the State House
at Columbia.
HOW MEMBERS VOTED
[>n the Question, Which was Adopt#vl
hr n ! -'
.v .. liui^r Kiajuni}.?int
Members Ih-cido That Use of llall
of Representatives Should be Given
Only When There Will be No
Removal of the Carpet.
The house of representatives deeded
Thursday that the new furniure
should not be removed, especally
the new carpet, which means
hat the South Carolina club must
lereafter seek new quarters for
heir annual ball held during the
State fair. The action of the house
vas not taken until there had been
onsiderable debate, but from the
oie of the members it could be seen
rom the start that all parliamentary
noves to defeat the exclusion of the
lub would be of no avail.
The friends of the club did not
irepare themselves for a sentiment
0 "decidedly expressed and probably
ind they seen the strength of the
pposition th result might have been
liferent. However, the clincher has
eon put on th resolution and there
1 no chance for n recall. When the
ouse met at 11 o'clock it was decidd
to get down to business at once.
Mr. LaDe's resolution refusing the
se of the hall of the house for any
urpose that would necessitate the
emoval of the carpet was taken up.
Ir. Hanks by the ways and means
onimittee thought that the resolu[on
should be killed. It would afect
the South Carolina club and
^ieir annual ball held in the State
ouse for years and while he did not
ance himself he thought that it
ould be very small and narrow on
le part of the members of tue house
> object to the use of the hall hv
ttaers. Mr. Ilucker spoke along the
ime llneB. On motion to strike out
ie enacting words by Mr. Flanks,
le house refused by a vote of 60 to
1.
Mr, Howell Morrell then spoke In
ivor of the resolution, following
le explanation by Mr. Lane. The
itter did not think the house should
jrn over the use of the hall to anyody
for any purpose. Mr. Morrell
louglit that it was wrong to use the
all for balls, even though they were
ttended by some of the lending citsens
of the State, Including the govrnor.
Mr. Porter McMaster spoke in favr
of Mr. Hanks' motion to kill the
esohition as did sevearl others. Af?r
it was seen that the bill would
ass an effort was made to exempt
tie South Carolina club from
tie provisions of the varlus
paragraphs. The house, howver,
killed this by a vote of 64 to
5. It was decided, however, to al>w
the desks to be removed in case
f a convention. Motions to leave
tie entire matter wi?vi the secretary
f state were k iI lot. with little disussion
and finally the clincher on
lie resolution was put on by Mr.
harpe. ?
The vote on the motion to strike
ut the euncting words of the Lane
esolution was as follows:
Ayes?Speaker VVhaley, and Mesers
Ayer, Hanks. Heattie, Brantley,
\ M. Bryan, Cannon, Carrigan. Caron,
Cothran, Courtney, Cox, Defore,
Dick, Dingle, Doar, Dowling.
'raser. Frost, Garris, Hall, Harley,
larmon, ungues, Hydrlck, Johntone,
Kershaw, Dawson, Legare,
dttle, McColl, McMaster, Nash,
Bcliols, Nicholson, Patterson, Rlchrdson,
Rucker, Saye, Scarborough,
Ihipp, Kurtz P. Smith, Splvoy, Stillk-ell,
Tompkins, Verner, Walker,
Vlngard, Woods, Youmans?f?0.
Nays?Messrs. Arnold,'Bailey, Mainline,
Methane, Boyd, T. S. Mrlce,
V. I). Bryan, Cnrwile, Clary, Clinkcales,
Derham. Dixon, J. M. I)odd,
iouglass, Kpps, Cause, .1. P. Gibson,
Joodwin. Greer. Gyles. Hardin, Haris,
Harrison, Hintou, Jones. Kellelan,
Kirven, Kane, I,ester, Leitner,
riajor, Miller, Morrell, Nesbltt, Nlvjr,
Norton, Parker. Reaves, Rlchirds.
Robinson, Scruggs, Sellers,
Jharpe, Salughter, I). L. Smith, J.
3. Smith, Stubbs, Tatum, Wade,
iVannamaker, Wiggins, Wimberly,
A'yche, Yeldell- f>0.
Those who voted on the amendnent
introduced by Mr. McMaster,
which exempted the South Carolina
dnh from the provisions of the resoution,
were:
Ayes?Speaker Whaley, and Mes
<rs. Aull Boattie, Brantley, Cannon
Sarey, Carrigan. Clinkscales, Cox
OoVore, Dick, Dingle, Doar. Bowline
Eraser, Frost, Harris, Hall, Hurley
Harman, Hughes, Hydrlck, John
Uone, Kershaw, Lawson, Legare, Mc
Coll, McMaster, Nichols, Nicholson
Patterson, Richardson, Rucker, Saye
Scarborough, Shlpp. Slaughter, Kurt;
P. Smith. Spivey, Stlllwell, Thomas
rompkins, Verner, Wlngard, Wood;
? 45.
Nays?Messrs. Arnold, Ayer, Bail
ey, Ballentlne, Banks, Bethune
Boyd, T. S. Bride, W. D. Bryan
Carson. Carwlle. Clary. Courtney
Durham, Dixon, J. B. Dodd, J. H
Dodd, Douglass, Epps, Gause, J. I'
Gibson, W. J. Gibson, Goodwin
Greer, Gyles, Hardin, Harris, Hln
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AFTER THE GRAFTERS.
} Dispensary Investigation Results
in Sensatioual Arrest
Uoodninn, Black, Towill and BoyI
kin Arrested and Warrants Are
Ont for Others.
As a result of the investigation
which was conducted by it on Wed
j nesday, Thursday and Frlway of last
week the state dispensary commission
has caused a blanket warrant,
alleging conspiracy to defraud the
, state, to bo sworn out ngalnst about
fifteen persons, two of whom have already
been arrested.
The first arrest under this warrant
was that of M. A. Goodman, a
representative of Ullman & Co., who
was taken in charge Thursday evening
and later released by Magistrate
Jas. A. Fowles, Jr., under a surety
j company's boud of $25,000.
Friday morning former Dispensary
| Director John ltlack, of Columbia,
! learned that he was one of the per|
sons named In the wnmnt ?"
cume at once to Magistrate Fowles'
oltice and surrendered himself. Ten
minutes afterward he was released
on bail in the sum of $10,000, the
bond being Justified by a number of
his family and by Mr. Win. L. Califfe,
who is understood to be worth
more than $50,000.
Warrants for former Director John
Hell Towill and L. W. Hoykln have
been Bent to Lexington for service.
! It is supposed that Sheriff Corley, of
Lexi igton county, will serve these
upon tho defendants at their homes
in Batesburg.
Warrants are out for other whls!
key meu and for other former dis!
pensary officials, but these cannot be
mentioned because to do bo might
interefro with tho officers in their
attempt to apprehend the persons
named.
Tho blanket warrant under which
these arrests are to bo made was
sworn out before Magistrate Fowles
by Mr. Avery Patton, of Greenville,
a member of tho dispensary commission.
In the work of developing these
cases the attorney general has the
assistance of Col. T. B. Felder, Gen.
Clifford L. Anderson and Mr. 11111,
all of the Atlantic bar. t ;
COL. KOIiN'S STATEMENT.
Denies Most Emphatically That He |
Did Anything Wrong.
Col. August Kohn made tho fol- j
lowing statement for publication:
"I was at a board meeting all the
afternoon, and the first I heard of
the hearing was after it was all over.
I have no statement or explanation
to make. Mr. Roy voluntarily came
to see me and I gave him such suggestions
as I could, all in a legitimate
and honorable way.
"I referred him to Mr. Meltou and
urged him to turn his affairs to him i
liDPfiimn I u'no u I '* ",M
wimiiu u in ii ir* *11)11ity.
I sought to have the bank in
which I am n shareholder made the
disbursing hank because it meant
legitimate business. Governor Hoyward
and Mr. Robert sou gave Mr.
Roy letters commending Mr. Melton
as a lawyer to people who did
not know him, and thew absolutely
had no other connection with thematter
so far as I know.
"If it bo wrong to undertake to
direct a client to a friend, to act with j
kindness to nn utter stranger and to j
speak well for an institution in j
which I am interested, then 1 have |
done so, that's all. No one so far
as I know or heard of even suggested
or intimated improper influences
on the commission or anyone else. I
certainly never dreamt of it.
"tSigned) August Kohn." t
MARCH OF THE VNEMIMjOYEl).
Ten Tliuosaiul I'nion Members to
Make Great Demonstration.
At a can vent ion of delegates from
labor unions at Seattle it was decided
that a monster demonstration be
made on Monday to enforce the demands
of the unemployed for work
or food and shelter. Ten thousand
men will assemble and march to the
city hall, where they propose to camp
until the city council takes favorable
action.
BULLY IN COTTON 1>KAL.
Such is the Report Thai Comes From
New York.
Reports from New York say cot
ton tradors aro taking an interest In
. a story which is clruclated among
. them to the effect that Daniel J. Sul.
i ly, who engineered the most, gigan.
; tic cotton corner ever attempted
- some years ago. and who led the blg
gest hull market the Cotton Ex.
change ever saw until he failed for
. something like $2,000,000 had again
s entered the market. t
3 ton, Jones, Kellehan, Kiryen, Lane,
Lester, Leitner, Little, Major, Me
Keown, Mann, Mlley, Miller, Morrell,
, Nash, Neshitt, Nlver, Norton, Par,
ker, Reaves, Richards. Robinson,
, Scrugggs. Sellers, Sharps, D. L.
. Smith, J. E. Smith, Stubbs, Tatum,
Wade, Walker, Wannamaker. Wig,
gins, Wimberly, _ Wyche, Yeldell,
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DIED IN FIRE.
Many People Are Cremated In a
Small Playhouse.
LOSS OF LIFE GREAT.
Indescribable Scenes at the Fatefal
Fire in the Little Town of Boyertown,
Pa., Where Many Women
and Children Were Trampled
Down and Were Afterwards Hurtled
to Death.
One hiiudred and sixty seven persons
were burned to death Monday
uight in a fire which completely destroyed
llhondc's opera house in Boyertown.
Pa.
The opera house was crowded with
members of St. John's Lutheran Sunday
school, who were attending a
benefit performance given for the
church. While the show was In proI
gress. a tank exploded.
The actors endeavored to quiet the
audience, but in their anxiety to
make themselves heard and to avoid
the awful stampede of the women
and children the coal oil lamps which
were used as the footlights were overturned.
setting the placo on lire.
The flumes, fed by the oil, shot al
most to the celling ami there was a
wild rush of the ThO persons to escape
from the burning building.
Scores of women and children were
trampled upon and several who escaped
being burned to death, died
after being dragged from tho opera
house.
In many cases. It Is said, entire
families have been wiped out. The
scene which followed the explosion
is indescribable. Scores of persons
who were in the balcony nt the time
>f the explosion occurred Jumped
from the windows and sustained
fractured limbs and skulls.
To add to the terrible disaster,
tho fire apparatus became disabled
and the structure was left entirely to
the mercy of the seething flames. It
is almost certain not a vestige of the
bodies of the unfortunates who were
tvercome by the smoke and perished
will ever be fffund. Assistance was
tskod from Poitstown, but before the
tire apparatus from that city reached
the place the entire centre of the
tructure was a roaring furnace.
Had the women and children heeded
he warning of tho cooler heads
in the audience the horrible loss of
life might have been avoided, but
there was tho usual panic and stampede
which invariably follows at
such a catastrophe. Tho flames
spread rapidly and communicated to
the other parts of the theatre. Men,
women and children rushed for the
many exits, and the weaker sex and
the children were trampled and
maimed in the mad rush to gain the
street..
Assistance was nt once nsked of
both Reading and Pottstown, and
special trains were rushed to th?
scene of disaster.
Every home within a rndlus of
half a dozen blocks of the opera
house was made a temporary hospitals,
where the wounded were rushed
by carriages and other means of conveyance.
Hoyertown is a borough with a
population of almut 2.500 and is located
about midway between PottBtown
and Reading.
T1110 nivXIM.V Al'TO.
Newspaper Man Killed by Collision
Willi Street Car.
At Houston, Texas, on Monday, in
an endurance rare in which sixteen
lutomobiles participated over country
roads covering 112 miles, an ac"blent
occurred on the final round in
wbi'-h John Trentem, sporting editor
>f the Houston Post, was killed by a
collision with a street car, Rrown
Hotts was injured internally and Ray
\Veiss, general sales agent of a lumber
company, was badly Injured.
Trentem was In a car which had lost
a tire. The wheel without a
tire caught on a street oar track and
the automobile was thrown against
an oncoming car. Trentem was instantly
killed. The others were Injured
by the car being turned over.
DOUHIjF, killing.
Negro Shoots Woman of His Own
Race and Himself.
At Columbia Wednesday night
Simpson Henry, colored, chief cook
it the Union Station dining room,
shot nnd killed Grace Wate, a colored
woman, and then shot nnd killed
himself. So far as the police
know there were no others involvod
in the trouble. N'o reason is assigned
for the killing. Ifonry went
to the Wate house, on Lincoln street,
shot the woman and then shot him?elf
. Doth died within a few mla,
utes after the shooting.
Five Suicides.
A Boston dispatch says a number
of suicides were reported in Massachusetts
Sunday following a day
marked l?y stormy and depressing
weather conditions. Five persons,
including four men and one woman,
, took their lives. A sixth death was
: caused eithor by accident of violence.
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