Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, October 08, 1908, Image 1
THE FORT MILL TIMES. 1
7TI1 YEAR FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1JK)8 \Q 27 J
A 1RUST BOSS
Collecting Funds For the National
Republican Committee.
SHELDON'S RECORD
* Trust Magnate, Assailed by
Mack, the Chairman of the National
Democratic Committee, Will Go
After Cromwell and Other Active
Republican Trust Magnates.
Following an attack of National
Chairman Mack Friday on the corporation
affiliations of George R
Sheldon, treasurer of the Republican
national committee. It was learned
Friday night that the Democratic
national committee is preparing to
assail the corporation connections cf
William Nelson Cromwell, member
of the advisory committee of the Hepublican
national committee.
Other members of the Republics i
advisory committee, it is understood,
are also to be investigated aud representatives
of the Democratic committee
are carefully Inquiring lutj
the financial records of the Repub.S
can committeemen. For several da>s
the corporation records of Mr. Cromwell
have been under quiet investigation,
but whether the representatives
of the Democaticr committee
havo learned anything of Mr. Cromwell's
financial operations other than
tnc companies with which he is
identified has not been made known
Mr. Mack made tho following
statement:
"The trust and corporation affiliations
of George R. Sheidon. treasurer
of the Republican national committee
.for the past 10 years make
Interesting reading In view of the
recent developments in the campaign
"I wish to recall in this connection
that, because of these very associations
of his. Governor Odell in
1902 rofused to permit the party
leaders to put Mr. Sheldon in nomination
for lieutenant governor.
Governor Odell at that time declare 1
that he could not accept, the renomlnatlou
for head of the State
ticket If Sherldon were named
his running mate. Hut while the
i.ll line ri?fllK?>ri tO ntlt
rirpuuntnu pui k; u..u r
up Mr. Sheldon's name fur u public
office, it has for the identical reasons
of this refusal selected him for its
campaign fund collector.
"This can not he denied. Most
of the corporations with which M-.
Sheldon is identified are capitalized
for millions. ilow' much of their
stock is of the liquid variety can be
easily ascertained. Yet Mr. Roosevelt
has defended him, and his
resignation was uot demanded when
Mr. DuPont wus invited to step down
and out. Mr. DuPont was only identified
with one trust, while Mr. Sheldon
is at the present time iutimatele
connected with no less than 17 prominent
financial concerns.
"Mr. Sheldon is a director of that
i company. He is also treasurer and
| director of the North American company,
capitalized for $30,000,000. a
concern known as the 'mystery or
Wall Street.' It is but a few yeais
back since he was prominently identified
with the 'whiskey trust.' A
glance at his connection with various
companies for the past 10 years will
explain tersely the reason of his
present position. No further comment
of mine Is necessary."
The following are the corporation
that Sheldon are more closely connected
with at this time:
American Locomotive C^mpanj.
director.
The Bethlehem Stoel Company, director.
Cincinnati Northern Railway Company.
director.
Detroit Edison Company, director
and treasurer.
Electrical Security Company-, director.
LaClede Gas Light Company, director.
Monte Car Works, director.
Locomotive Security Company, director.
Metropolitan Trust Company, director.
Milwaukee Electric Railway and
Light Company, director.
Milwaukee Light, Heat and Traction
Company, director.
National Copper Rank, director.
North American Company, treasurer
and director.
New Jersey Terminal Dock and
Improvement Company, director.
Republic Iron and Steel Company,
director.
Rogers locomotive Works, director.
St. Louis Transit Company, director.
T-TFTY DRIVEN FROM HOME
Sixteen Homes Are llurued t*j? in h
Chicago Fire.
At Chicago more than fifty per
sons were driven from their homes,
many of them In scant attire, eeve*i
y persons were rescued, and jroperl
valued at $75,000 was dostroyol
early today, when a fire started ir
the Columbia lumber: 1 Ivory stabW
at 3 59 Rush street and destroyed
that building and spread to severs
others In the vicinity. Sixteen hors'i
were l?urR**4 todeath
GIRL WAS STOLEN
A.\D HELD IX HEART OF NEW
YORK.
.Must Remarkable Case of Kiduapping
Brought to Light Last Thursday
bjr Detective.
The most remarkable case of
kidnapping that has stirred
York for many years was brought
to light early Thursday, when Lena
Thorn, a pretty 16-year-old girl was
rescuod from a one-story house at
475 Rock way avenue, East New
1 ork
She had been stolen when within
200 feet of her home six weeks ago.
and has been a prisone erver since.
After she was attacked in the woods
near her home at Rockaway avenue
and Jamaica road, Jamaica, remaining
in this house two days, she was
taken to-the Rockaway avenue hut.
Her own clothing had been taken
away from her and she was forced to
wear clothes that her captor porvided.
Women living in the neighborhood
saw that she was always watched by
a man, and uotleing that her com ,
plexiou was so different from his.
they suspected something wrong aud (
uotifled the police. i
The raid was made early Thursdny
aud it was only after a terrific battle ,
that Raphuel Susso, 26 years old. ,
who was found in the hut. was over- ,
powered aud taken prisoner. In his .
rage at discovery he tried to kill the
girl, but was prevented. i
Captain Frank of the Brownsville ]
station heard of the case Wednesday ,
and at once put Detective Caulfield
and Rurton on it.
They watched and saw the man (
go into the place and then, without
knocking, burst open the flimsy door. (
Susso was standing near the girl and |
when he saw the detectives he utter ,
ed n curse, grasping her by th? |
throat, swinging her around and hit ,
her a blow in the face.
"I had been to school on the day (
that I was kidnapped." said the girl,
"and got out before 4 o'clock in th ,
afternoon. Some of the girls wee
going to a wood near where we lived ,
to get flowers and I went also to
get some flowers to put on the diuner ,
table. On my way back, when with (
in a few hundred feet of home, a ,
man sprang out of the woods, grab- ,
bed me by the throat, and dragged ,
mtr iniu iut' uuHiit'H. men ue an?i
another man carried me further baca A
luto the woods and stuHod my mouth
with rags.
"They kept me there until late at '
night and then one of them went after
a wagon. I was tied in this auJ
taken to Hast New Yojk, into a tenement
Two women in this house .
guarded me while the men were
awuy. The women took my clothes
from me and threatened me." ,
Susso. after having his injuries at- ,
tended lo was locked t\p in 4the .
Brownsville station. The police atrested
Annie Cairo, aged SO years. 1
She Is said by the police to be one
of the women who held the girl .
prisoner. .
Both sne and Susso were arraigned
before Magistrate Vorheos in the ,
New Jersey avenue court.
I>ltl'G CLKllK'S EHKOit.
Causes the Dentil of James Calvin
in New York.
Private Detective James Calvin,
of 386 Manhattan avenue, is dead
from what is probably a drug clerk error.
He bought a box of epson
salts at a well-known drug store a
week ago, and early Tuesday too!
somo of It. In u few moments lu
fell in agony at his wife's feet, and
was dead before sin ambulance a:
rived from the J. Hood Wrlg'.r
hospital. Dr. Hammond, in charge
tiald the salts were really sulphat
in zinc, ana gave inc nox ana its re
ntaining contents over to the polic-SMOKING
Ol T KHKLDON.
Republican Treasurer Said to He u
Trust Magnate.
News comes from New York tha'
an Investigation is being made b>
the Democratic national committc
into the "'rporation connections ot
George H. Sheldon, treasurer of th?
Republican national committee, and
i-tfiresentatives of the Democratic
national committee have been sent
into the financial district to inquire
into Sheldon's affiliations and h i s
eariy financial career. It is said
that he is connected officially with ^
dozen or more trusts, and that iwhy
he was selected as treasurer
by the Republican committee. TinDemocrats
intend to smoke him out
IIEARST'S MKNAGKHIE.
Says It Will Perform In South Caiolinn,
Too.
The State executive committee of
Hearst's Independen Party met in
> Greenville Wednesday and eloctel
1 officers, with D. E. McCuen. oj
Greenville, as chairman, and S. S.
' Price, of Columbia. aH secretary. A
1 full electoral ticket will be put in
' the field for the November election.
' The executive committee has under
' advisement the subject of a State
1 ticket with candidates for governor
and all State officers.
BLISTERS TEDDY
Halo of Integrity That Surrounded
Roosevelt
"HAS FADED AWAY"
Huys Haskell, Who tliarge* That
the President Granted Franchises
to Oil Compuny und Chit Urge
Campaign Contributions in Return
for the Grant..
Gov, Charles h\ Haskell, formerly
treasurer of the Democratic national
committee, tonight gave out a long
letter to President Roosevelt repeating
hts published defence to the
charges made against hiin. The letter.
in part, is as follows:
"The serious character of your
charge against me should have suggested
to you that you. as Chief
Executive, should proceed with deliberation
and certainty before malt
ing such hearsay statements yonown
declarations.
"Y??ur attacks on me finally rested
on my conduct toward the Pralrl
Oil and tins Company in this State
I have said that you were responsible
for granting a franchise before
statehood, thereby creating vested
rights. You seek to evade the issue
uid create strong impressions. You
said jtho Interior department had
no power, except where crossing an
Indian reservation. You would have
rour renders believe that the Indian
Territory was then conducting Sis
lwn government and that only partsof
the same were Indian reservations
"Mr. Roosevelt, you know It is no;
:rue; you know all the land was
Indian land without county, township
ir territorial government. What
lalo of integrity surrounded you las;
iveek. like the nilst has faded away
md the interior department holdj
lie record which convicts you.
"Yon granted the franchise at the
iclicitation of Senator Depew, and
i few days thereafter received
)00 in cash for your campaign fund
"You charge me with having at
enipted to bribe the Attorney Uei< rul
of Ohio. That was presumably
line years ago. You have abandoned
hat position. Charles P. Tnft says
hrough his paper that 110 evidence
vas ever produced that would con
,dct me of the charge
"In touching 011 the State Univeriity
question, you pretended to quote
rom the Outlook magazine, but how
lishonestly you enlarged 011 the mag
?zint? article. That article charge 1
lie with substituting Democratic foi
Republican professors for political
turposes. I have shown that statement
to be fulse, hut I churge you
(vitli trying to enlarge ou that mag?zine
article and give the world the
nipresion that we were improperly
'lining the money appropriated to
conduct that institution.
"Your charge that 1 vetoed a child
labor law. you have not analogized
for. notwithstanding yon know thai
I did it with the approval of unior.
labor and that our State Constitu
ion which you said was 'so had you
ipinion o( it would not look well in
print,' contains more details and
"hlld labor legislation than all yon
have recommended to the New York
legislature as Governor, or to th*
Oongress of the I'nlt^d State as
President, and that I had approved
further Acts of our Legislature
massed at the solicitation of union
'abor.
"You said in your first statemeu.
hat I had suits brought against me
'o- recover title to Creek Indian land
I overwhelmed you on that statement.
Adopting your usual policy,
v-ou flee from that statement without
'ust apology and adopt the statenent
now that it was Government
own site lots that you charged me
vith being sued for. Yes. 1 believe
( am a defendant as to certain Gov rnment
town site lots in one of
tearly 11,000 suits that you have
had brought against as many dif'erent
honorabrle and highminded
dtizens of this State during this
Presidential campaign year, and yon
will not undertake to deny that politics
for the puropse of Republican
izing about 20.000 Indian voters was
vour sole motive for having those
suits brought, and I charge you with
knowing that there has been no delay
In these cases, except that or
asloned by the Court's deliberations
cason ny niniseir as time no neemen
necessary to consider whether or not
there is any merit in the petition
filed by your attorney.
"You say that on that land ques
tion you will see that ! get a hearing
in Court. Yes, sir. I will come !c
your hearing Call to your assis
tanoe all the power that your high
office commands, present cases in an',
form you like. I nm ready to meet
It and before Its conclusion the pea
pie of America will he disgusted tha
they ever elected you President o
the Pnlted Stntes.' ' "
Waylaid and Shot.
A dispatch from El Paso, Texas
says County Judge Brewster am
Postmaster M. A. Ernst, of Bouqulll.t
Texas, were waylaid and shot 01
Sunday while en route from th
Cable house at Krust's mines to th
postoffice. Ernst died on Tuesday
His murderers have not been ai
rested.
THE SECRET OUT.
WHY ROOSEVELT FIGHTS STAN
HARD OIL COMPANY.
It Refused to Give Him as MucI
Money an He DeuiauUtHl for Hi*
Campaign Four Years Ago.
The New York World of Fridav
published the following:
Ear'y in the 1904 campaign th-1
Standard Oil Company, as well as
other trusts, railroads, hanks nml
large corporations, received a re
quest to contribute to the Republican
campaign fund. This request was
ignored. Henry II. Rogers being responsible
for its refusal.
Later, when the second call for
campaign funds was made, Mr.
Cortelyou. chairman of the Republican
national committee, sent word
to Mr. Rogers asking for an appointment
at which the existing conditions
could be explained and the
financial support of Standard Oil
secured. This appointment was
nuide bv Mi- Hmrerc tn lm t
No. 26 Broadway, the Standard Oil
| building, and Mr. Corteiyou was informed
that both Mr. Rogers and
John D. Arch bold would be please-J
to see hlui. Mr. Cortelyou, Hading
that Mr. Rogers was not to meet
him alone but that Mr. Arehbold
was alone to be present, concluded
It would be safer and more discreet
not to go himself. The appointmcm
was kept by Cornelius N. Bliss,
treasurer of the national committee.
At this interview Mr. Rogers accused
Mr. Roosevelt of ingratitude
and recalled many past favors from
the Standard Oil Company to Republican
candidates and campaign
funds. Mr. Bliss admitted that President
Roosevelt might have acted
harshly toward the Standard Oil, but
said that while Mr. Roosevelt's first
term was "constructive" his second
term would be "conservative."
Replying on these assurances Mr.
Rogers and Mr. Arehbold made i
contribution of $100,000.
This contribution coming to th"j
knowledge of President Roosevelt, he
wrote to Chairman Cortelyou a violent
letter denouncing the Standard
On Company and directing the re
turn of the contribution. This letter
is on Mr. Cortelyou's file, and n
fcopy of it is kept by President Roosevelt
for the puropse of making li
public if ever the facts of tills Standard
Oil contribution became
known.
The contribution was not returned.
Not one cent was paid hack. The
same was used, so far as Mr. Rogers
and Mr. Arehbold know, in like manner
with otiter contribution*.
loafer in the campaign, when President
Roosevelt bacame scared about
the result and about the time thai
lie summoned Edward H. Harriman
to Washington and induced Mr. Har
i niiuii m raise jjow.uuu ior ine campaign
fund, a further request wasmade
of the Standard Oil people.
At the time of the $ 100,000 contribution
Mr. Rliss expressed his dissatisfaction
with its size and snld
that the amount should he sever.il
times as great. At the time of the
third request the definite sum of
$250,000 additional was nsked for.
In the meantime Mr. Rogers had
learned of Mr. Roosevelt's letter to
Mr. Cortelyou and of the direction
I to return the first $100,000. He declined
to give any more money and
recalled the fact that the President's
Instructions to return the first contribution
had not been complied
with and that Mr. Roosevelt must
have known all along that the $100000
which he repudiated had not
only been accepted but used.
In view of this fact he declined
to accede to the request for a further
$250,000, or for any further
sum, and denounced Mr. Roosevelt
for seemingly trying on the one hand
to secure contributions from the
Standard Oil Company and on the
other hand to make political cnpital
by denouncing the company.
DRIVKX TO sriCIDK.
Republican Official Could Xot Tel
Ills Record.
After telling some of his friend;
that he would rather die than 11 v
to hear the reports which some of hi
political opponents were circulating
about, him. W. Regan Rice, regis
trar of deeds of Madison county. N
C.. shot himself to death in a ban
in the rear of his home near Marshal
at 11 o'clock Wednesday morninp
Death was instantaneous. The d?
ceased was elected to office on th
, Kepublican ticket two years ago. II
| was 38 years old and leaves a wlf
and one child, a daughter.
MEETS TERRIBLE FATE.
In the Fire That Humeri I)o\vn III
t Residence.
Will Mull was roasted to deat
in the flames that burned his re
idence Wednesday mornng. nes
Morganton. N. C. Ed Mull, a cousl
' who was with him at the time, na
^ rowly escaped a like fate. The d
' ceased and his counsln went Irn
n the house and after building a fi:
r vent to sleep. Ed Mull was awake
p ed by tho roof of the house fallir
in and made his escape, but his cou
'* In, who did not awake, was burn
* to a crisp.
, t - -
A BULLY KILLED.
The Traffic ? "' expected End of
a Tempestuous Life.
PROPHECY FULFILLED
The Aiidcisoii Daily Mail Had Pits
dieted Kditui-ially About Three
Weeks Afto That This Would be
the Knd. He Had Killed Three or
Four Men in His Time.
The State says news was received
in Columbia Monday to^the fffect
that John McGaha had been killed
near Beltou, on the Greenville conn
ty side. McGaha has been tried for
hie tlf.. in K I-U
...? ...v ... mm- UVMIIUUa CUSBS HUH
is said to have been suspected In
another.
The first report received by Th ?
State came from a passenger on tietrain
front Anderson. He had heard
the news in that city and had late1
heard it talked of at Helton and
Greenwood and the story in circulation
there was to the etTect that
MeGaha was on a spree and ha 1
disturbed a meeting at a negro
church and had been "shot to
pieces."
"It is a sad thing," said this gentleman,
"but I never heard one ev- ,
pression of regret. Indeed, all persons
seemed to be relieved. it is j
an awful thing when one's neighbors
can find plensure in his passing
away."
From Anderson came another ar ^
count and from Abbeville by long
distance 'phone it was stated that j
MeGaha and one of the Ashleys had
gone to arrest two negroes who ha.l
been working on McGaha's place and (
hat in a melee which followed MeGaha
was killed. '
The following from the Anderson (
Daily Mail of a date some three
weeks ago. Indicates the esteem ir.
\hioh the deceased was held:
"Several months ago Jorn MeGaha, '
a bully, well known in this part of (
he State, shot und killed Georg"
Jlinkscales, a negro. In Abbeville ^
county. Witnesses of the tragedy "
testified at the coroner's inquest
the next day that the killing was
unprovoked, that It was deliberat
murder. McGuha fled the State.
"Negroes of the community told (
the white people, though not at th?inquest,
that C'likscales had told i
them that he was in mortal fear of
MeGaha because he had refused to j
testify as MeGaha wanted hint to (
in a certain lawsuit.
"MeGaha remained In hiding for a {
good long time, but was finally caplured
in Georgia, through the vigilance
of the sheriff of Abbeville
county, and brought back to Abbeville
an A l-wl.-.wl I.. < . II
"And then powerful iitfUience.wero
sot to work in his behalf. The
witnesses who had testified at the
Inquest, before they had been 'seen' .
or 'fixed,' now told a different story.
They made affidavits that the shoot- (
ing was accidental. There was submitted
what purported to tie eth d>
ing statement of Clnkscales, in
which he said the shooting was an
accident, and that he did not want
his friend 'Johnnie' punished . A
I'nited States senator was hired as
McGaha's lawyer, a justice of tipState
supreme court granted him bail,
and a member of the State legislature
went on his bond.
"The case came up for trial at
Abbeville last week, and McCJahu
was acquitted. The jury is not to
be censured. The Jury had to go b>
'he evidence, and although every
member of the Jury may have been
convinced in his heart?presuming.
of course, that the Jury was composed
of intelligent men- tltat the evidence
was manufactured for the occasion,
yet there was no evidence
1 of deliberate murder, and the jurv
could do nothing but return a verdict
of not guilty. Mltrder had no'
boon i>rov?><1 in a manner that would
warrant conviction.
' "The dead negro had no rich or
influential friends or relatives t,?
work for the conviction of his slavs
er. There were no rich or in influ?
ential nten or strong influence work
ing tor justice. That mythical figure
; is l>lind, and it often happens that
- she has no friends or advocates in
our courts,
i "McGaha had killed at least two
1 men before lie killed George C'link;
scales. He is now a free man again,
free to go where he pleases, and to
0 quarrel with whom he pleases,
e lodging his future by his past record
?* it Is only a question of time until
he kills somebody else, or until somebody
is forced to kill him.
"So far as McGaha himself is
concerned, it made little differentis
whether he was convicted or acqui'
ted. He is as worthless to tlie Stomas
a free man as he would be as ?
'i convict. Hut it makes a great deal
9* of difference to tho community in
whicli McGaha lives. and to th?
I*' public at large. It will make ;i
r* great deal of difference in the f:j
Hire conduct of men of the Me
1 Gaha class. Will they not feel, an
r** with good reason, that they can kil
11 with impunity .and that they cai
>8 command influence to assure ?hen
a* their liberty, which with them mean
'd license?
"It does not require a seer or
SAIL OUT OF PORT.
UNl'SUAL BIGHT IN THK 1IAH- ^
BOIt OF I'll Alt LKSTOX.
Fifteen Hchoouers 1'usm Out to Ocrau
With Favorable Brev/M After J
Varying Stu.vs iu I'ort.
The Churlestou Host soys a strik- |
tngly handsome sight was afforded
Monday morning in the departure
of fifteen schooners out of the harbor
after a detention by contrary winds
to nearly a month. Since the last
week In August, the wind has been
holding to the east and northeast
daily with the exception of September
1 and f>. when for a part
of these days it veered to the soutn '<
ana soutnwest. Last night tin* wind w
the passing of tho rainstorm of yes- j
tcrday and the coming of the high
pressure front the west, and bright 11
and early this morning the sails 11
were raised nnd the long detainee It
fleet raised anchors and started dowt
the bay.
it wus a beautiful sight. rare'>
seen in Charleston or any South At
lantic harbor, for this number ot
vessels are not often cleared and al
made ready to sail together. In |(
some cases two or three abreas. tt
and at times strung out in single ui
column, it seemed us if some armada pi
of centuries ago. before steam dis -t
placed canvas to the methods ot m
propulsion of sltlps of war. wa w
proceeding to attack an enemy u
Slowly at first, and then at a taste ,|
gait, the tleet moved down the ha - In
bor and the sight was viewed with i
much interest and pleasure. In some j
-ases until the vessels became as s<> w
many little black specks against the p(
tiorizon. at
The vessels which sailed were ail Hti
tound for New York with cargoes th
af I tint Iter. Nine of the vessel ? th
ivere cleared with cargoes here an is
he remaining six were from tie m outhward.
having put into Charles jp
on for a harbor, made necessar> te
>y the easterly winds. Tin* Lotti
Hussells, one of the vessels whirl. :m
tailed, essayed the task the first |j
tart of tlte month and after having pi
eniained at sea off Charleston m
hirteen days, unable to make an. i.
progress, and being as a painted
.hip upon a painted ocean, returnei ,c
o port. She will have better lucK .,]
his time.
Tile anxiety of the fleet to get t- |it
leu was evidenced In the departure p
>f so many vessels in the face o .tl
he knowledge ol the existence of : ,s
ropicnl storm off Cuba. The ad *0
rices that the storm was curving ts
ind would probably not come in thb
lirection was not received until tin
leet had left (tort. The mastervere
taking no more clutuces on be ,j
ng shut up in port. ,1
The fleet which sailed today w:<nnde
up of the following Schooners ,jJudge
Peunewell. Kdgar C. Rus- fr
.Massachusetts: Thomas Winsmore
Harry Prescott, Victor C. Record- i
[Jeorge May. Tltomas ! '. Pollard >i
Warren Adams, John It. Manning h
Jitel Cook. Lottie Russell and Pan; p
II. Dudley. t
SMOTIIPltKl) IN lOI.DINC. IIKDS j,
,
Due Tragedy Occurs in llronkiyit am |
One in Chicago. .'
ii
Ignorant of the fact that her twi t
month-old child. (Jeorge. was aslee;
under the cover. Mrs. Mary Storti
of Ilrooklyn, closed up a folding In 1
In ? fl'irliDtiPfl rnnin :iml flu* M V 11
one was smothered to death befoiliis
mother realized what had hai '
peued. When she learned of her la '
tal error she heeatue frantic and '
now prostrated.
At Chicago Kdward Kozlows': '
was accidentally smothered to deaf 1
in a folding bed. The child wr 1
piaced In the bed and covered wit' '
a blanket. A short time later tie
mother entered the room and fouir '
that the lied had been closed. Sir
opened it to find the child smotherei 1
to death.
STAIlllKl) HY r\K\((\V.\ PFICSON I
(ir'N ery Salesman < 'lined from lloiisi
ami l-'atally Wounded.
John \V. Mttllin, a grocery sales
man, ."> ? years old. died Wednesdn
from the effect of knife wounds it
his titroat and head, inflicted !>
unknown persons. Mttllin was found t
near his home, in Phoenix City, Ala
early Wednesday in an tineonseion.
condition. After regaining eon
jtciousness he stated, that he had
been called front his home and at '
tacked by two men, one of whon. <
held hint while the other cut hint.
It is stated that .Mttllin received .
I threatening letter several days ago.
J prophet to predict that sooner oi
later John MrUaha will kill som<iody
else, or will force soniehod
to kill htm. And either ocenrrenc*
will be a calamity. It will be a ea
lamity for McfJaha to kill a mawhose
life is worth something, ami
it will be a calamity for some good
t man to be forced to kill him. No
good citizen wants to stain his hand
and his soul with human blood
I even in self-defense.
I "And when John MeOaha gets int l
i his next trouble. and kills or kt
killed, those who have freed him
3 front his latest encounter with the
law- will be more to blame than anya
body else. Pear that in mind."
SEES NO HARM I
ro Use Trust Money to Further fl
Political Ends Is tfl
SENATOR MCLAURIN'S ?
toply to the Hearst Exposure l?y tlvo H
Publication of tlic Standard Oil 1
Who Declares That South
Carolina's Natural Progress is
Throttled by an Oligarchy.
Senator McLuurin gave out the fol- \
iwing statement In reference to the
tters Hint pnsjod between him and )
. I). Archbohl, the Standard Oil
tagnate .while lie was carrying on
Is "Commercial Democracy" fight
i this State some years ago:
Mr. McLaurin, who lias just reirned
t?> Now York, gave out a
gued statement as follows:
"An effort has been made to Crete
a political sensation bv the pubcation
of certain correspondence boveen
Mr. John D. Archbold. vleo
resident of tie* Standard Oil Com
any, and myself. For that cor*
'spondencc I have no apologies to
ako. At the time the letters were
ritten f had the honor to enjoy, and
11 proud still to possess the frlendilp
of Mr. Arclibold, for whom I
we the highest regard. At the
me the letters were written I was
igaded in a bitter struggle. In
hieh was involved not only my own
ilitieal future, but the economic
id political principles for which I
Dod and which, stated briefly, meant
e emancipation of the South from
e ignorant prejudices of Bourhonm
and the 'bloody shirt' into tho
eedom of an enlightened seltterest
and the progress of an iulligent
industrialism.
'In the support of these principles,
id the hope of this progress, I saw
en no Impropriety in enlisting, if
actlcable, (lie assistance of the
ost intelligently officered corpora>11
that human intelligence has
t produced Nor has tne enormous
idy of statutory crime since creal1
or the hypociitlcal affection of
orality assumed by some of ou.'
gislators and Congress in any wise
anged my point of view or quickied
my conscience of expediency,
seems to have been the case with
me of my former colleagues and
sociates.
"The constituencies that they repsent
do not hesitate to take Mr.
lrnegie's trust-produced and tariffo
tec ted money for their church-.^s
id libraries, or accept Air. Rockeller's
large sums for the education
the negro, whom they have dlsanchised.
ii jioimcui campaigns arc to bo
in without money and political
ogress is to lx* achieved without
lancial expenditure it is high tlm??
lat both parties should be apprised
the arrival of that Utopian era,
it until that period has arrived 1
in see no reason while I, in bating
for what I conceived to be the
ght. should refuse to seek or deine
to accept the support, whether
aancial or personal, of which I
ood in need.
"Men may die. but right princlles
persist and in the end they will
iiunph.
"I believe that the Soifth, and
specially the State of South Carona.
is today throttled in its naturil
regress and its intelligent exerclso
f the right of self-government by
11 oligarchy of a past generation
ll rough the perpetration of ignoance
and the fertilization of cornption,
and I shall welcome the day
>'hen the educational propaganda,
hich can only be spread by the uso
f money, whether It be Standard
til money or railroad money, ony
other money save that derived
rom the government snle of whisey.
will enable the people to see
lore closely their own best intersts
and east out those loaders whoie
ivporritical morality and 111 disuised
seltishness is responsible for
he fact that in the South illiteracy
s greater and the increase of popuation
and wealth slower thnn in nnv
it her great section of the I'nlon.
"ft is the fashion of present day
lypoerisy to decry the corporation,
o abhor the trust and to pretend 1n
mblic life to prescribe the influence
?f weath. but as in this country and
n this age wealth is and must be,
lie reward of intelligence I am not
willing to be considered amongst
hose cowardly enough to deny tho
influence which intelligence has a'ways
exercised under every form of
government thus far devised. Of a
government of ignorance I have
had enough in my native State. I
iope for. and shall continue to woe;
or, a government of intelligence.
(Signed) John Lowndes McLaurln"
Senator McLaurln leaves tomorrow
for South Carolina.
Convicts Display Hravery.
A dispatch from Manilla says a
cloudburst struck the penal colonv
at Iwahig September 2.1 and eight
persons were drowned, including
Harold Macknight. superintendent
of the farm. The prisoners behaved
heroically, many plunged into the
water at personal risk to save comrades.