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Sultw off Turkoy Deposod For "
His Brother
CAUSED EXCITEMENT^
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The Boom of Big Guns Told the
/ ti
People of the Change?The Troops c,
at Adana llave Revolted and C
. Seized Fifty of Their Officers and *
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Hold Them. a
Abdul Hamid has been deposed 9
as Sultan of Turkey and Mehemmed a
Reschad Effendi, his brother, has *
been proclaimed his successor. P
The deposition was through the a
regular form prescribed by the tenets 8
of the Mohammedan faith. It Is un- ?
derstood that Sheik U1 Islam, the o
neaa or toe cnnrco, win issue a ue- c
cree of deposition. ti
The news of the deposition of Abdul
Hamid and the selection of his t
brother to succeed him caused great t]
excitement throughout Constantino- t
pie. Crowds at once began to gather
in the principal squares and thor- p
oughfares and around the imperial t
palce of Yildiz in anticipation of the p
proclamation of the new sultan. a
A salute of 101 guns, fired at 2:30 p
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, announc- i
ed to the populace of Constantino- 1
pie a change in the sultanate. It is ii
reported that the sultan has been t
removed from the imperial palace p
of Yildiz and conveyed across Bos- /
phorus to a point in Asiatic Tur- c
key.
Mehemmed Reschad EfTendl was v
proclaimed sultan of Turkey at 2:30 ?
o'clock Tuesday afternoon in succession
to his brother, Abdul Hamid
II. The sultan was dethroned by
the national assembly whose decision
on the proposal was unanimous.
Fifty Turkish officers have been
arrested at Erzeroum by their troops
and dispatched under escort to Trebizond.
The exact significance of
this action is not clear, but it is
feared that it means the beginning
of a revolt of the provincial troops
against tne Young Turk officers.
Disorders at Adunu.
The following acocunt of disorders
at Adana has been received here by
telegraph from Rev* Herbert Adams
Gibbons, a missionary:
"The entire vilayet of Adana has
been visited during the past five days
by a terrible massacre of Armenians,
tho worst ever known in the history
of the district. Terror has been universal
and the government has been
powerless to check the disorders.
Adana, tho cupital of the province,
has been the storm center."
-lie added that the unsettled con- 1
ditions and the animosity between y
tfie Turks and Armenians resulted '
from political activity of the latter. '
An Armenian and a Turk were killed f
on Wednesday night and their 1
corpses were paraded through the f
streets, inflaming the inhabitants. '
Gibbons then described how the '
mob assembled and shots were fired '
In the air. This was followed by (
killing. Local authorities feared to s
act. While Gibbons and Field Secre
tary Chamber of the Y. M. C. A.,
were in the telegraph office, where 5
they went to summon aid of the Brit- 1
ish consul, the Moslems burst in and 5
killed two Armenians before their
eyes. Gibbons and Chambers went
Into the next room and made repre- '
sentatlons to the Vali.
Being afraid of his own life, that '
olllcJal made no effort to protect
them.
The situation, according to Gibbons,
grew worse. The Armenians,
he said, withdrew to their quarter
of Adnna and converted their houses i
into fortresses, where the fighting
went on for two days. Gibbons continued:
"Adana was a hell. The bazaars ,
were looted and Bet on fire. There |
was continuous an{^nceasing shoot- <
ing and killing in every part of the j
town and tires raged in many quar- s
ters. j
"The Moslems from the neighl>or- j
hood began pouring into the city and t
notwithstanding our vehement pro- (
tests. All distributed arms to these
men. alleging that they were Turkish t
reserverB." 1
The missionary added. "On Thurs- }
day Daniel Miner Rogers and Henry i
Muurer, American missionaries, were ""
killed under treacherous clrcum- f
stances. On Friday the Armenians i
yielded, and since then there has \
been little murdering. A
"Adana is in a pitable condition, s
The town has been pillaged and de- I
stroyed and there are thousands of t
homeless people here without means I
of livelihood. It is impossible to
estimate the number of killed.
Corpses lie scattered through the
streets. Friday when I went out ^
I had to nick mv w?v 1a..,,... ?>?
V ^ ?w%?TOUU IUC
dead to avoid stepping on them.
"Saturday morning I counted dozens
of cart loads of Armenian
bodies In ono half hour being car- /
rled to the river and thrown Into e
the water. In the Turkish ceme- o
teries graves are being dug by the I
wholesale. The condition of the u
refugees is most pitiable. Not only 1
re there orphans and widows be- t
yond number, but a great number of b
babies are even suffering from se- e
vere wounds. The situation in p
Adana is unspeakable. I;
f Killed by Trnln. J1
The Charleston Evening Post
says John Mitchell, a colored boy six
years old. was crushed to death Monday
afternoon under a Southern railway
car In Chapel street near Alex- p
ander. The little negro with two or a
three playmates Is said to have been h
riding on a shif*???g "?r which was a
running alowly through Chapel h
street, and slipped under the wheela, si
meeting instant dath. h
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TREOTOR HARPER CALLS ATTENTION
TO IT
Lnd Says It Will Hart the Farmer
If It hi Allowed to Stay in the
Tariff BUI.
Director Harper, of the agrlculural
experiment station at Clemson
ollege, has called the attention of
lommissloner Wiatson to some other
rork to be done on the Payne tariff
ill, there being several paragraphs
ffecting the Southern farmers. It
rill be recalled that after considerble
fighting the Southern farmers
rere enabled to get on the free list
otash salts, which is a basis for
11 fertilizer products.
Prof. Harper has learned that the
ulphur Interests of Louisiana and
rtah are attempting to place a duty
f $6 per ton on sulphur. This, of
ourse, means another hardship on
he farmer.
Commisioner Watson had coDles of
he letter m\ade and sent to each of
he senators and representatives from
he State. The letter says In part.
"I understand that the sulphur
ieople of Utah and Louisiana are
rylng their bdst to get a tax of $6
ier ton on sulphur. This means
nother hardship^on the farmer. Sulihur
is used largely in this country
n the manufacture of sulphuric acid,
^he extent to which sulphuric acid
s used Is enormouB. There are more
han 2,000,000 tons of mineral phoihates
dissovlod by sulphuric acid,
t duty on sulphur means higher pricd
acid phosphate.
"There is another matter that I
vould like to call to your attention.
Jotne of the acid phosphate people of
his State are using their Influence
0 prevent basic slag from remaining
>n the free list. Basic slag Is used
argely In Europe and the British
sles as a source of phosphorous and
vhere it is used with stable manure
n this country It Is a valuable
tource of phosphorous. It is also
1 valuable source of plant food when
i8ed on rich bottom land that conains
large amounts of organic mater.
The directors of the experiment
stations were largely responsible for
iulphate of ammonia being put on
he free list. Heretofore the duty on
iulphate of ammonia has been $0
>er ton and the Payne bill as orlgnally
framed admitted sulphate of
immonla without duty but the steel
rust had influence enough to place
i duty of $4 per ton on this material.
4<T llOVA Koon lint ?????!
a mm? v wcu vuiiuui:;uu^ ca|?t'i i"
nents with sulphate of ammonia in
:omparison with nitrate of soda as
i top-dressing for cotton and I find
hat it is just as pood as nitrate of
toda for this purpose, provided we
lave favorable seasons. During a
vet year sulphate of ammonia is not
is available as nitrate of soda, but
s is a splendid source of nitrogen
ind if it is admitted duty free It
vill reduce the price of nitrate of
soda and other ammoniated fertilizers.
The cotton planters of the
3outh are learning the value of top
Iressing their cotton and corn and
mch year the demand for nitrate of
ioda and other quickly available
nitrogenous fertilizers Increases.
We must exert every effort to have
(ulphate of ammonia placed on the
free list. I understand that basic
dag lias been eliminated from the
maximum tariff in both bills and it
s not likely that a duty will be placed
upon it, unless great pressure Is
brought, but there is considerable
louht about brimstone and sulphate
>f ammonia. Please continue to
ight on this proposition."
FELL TO HIS DEATH.
\ Young Man Was Fatally Hurt In
Columbia.
The State says William Brewer, a
/oung man about 25 years of age.
Fell from the Seaboard Air Line
restle, near the corner of Lincoln
street and Wh/^ley avenue a few
ifternoons asro, and sustained Inlurles
from which he died last night
it 9 o'clock. The fall caused a fracure
of the skull, a fractured and
Uslocated hip and a broken arm.
The Injured man was removed to
ho Columbia hospital at once, but
le was found to be fatally hurt, and
ill efforts to save his life proved of
10 avail. He was an employe of the
Virginia Tron Company and was engaged
with a corps of workmen In
eplaclng the old wooden trestle,
vhere the Seaboard tracks cross the
Vtlantic Coast Line, with a steel
itructure. It was In this work that
le was engaged when he fell to his
leath. The dead man Is a nntlve of
forth Carolina and was unmarried.
MISTRIAL FOR JOSH ASHLEY.
Tlie Jury Enable to Agree In the
ry
The Jury In the case of John W.
Ashley, tried last week In the Fedral
court at Anderson on the charge
f peonage reported Monday mornng
to Judge Urawley that It was
inable to agree and was discharged,
'he case will not come up again till
he fall term at Charleston, Columla
or Greenville. The trial attraetd
wide attention on account, of the
romlnence of the defendant, who
* a member of the legislative delgatlon
from Anderson county. The
ury stood seven to five for acqultal.
It Is currently reported.
Slept I/ong Time.
At Kenton, Ohio, Miss Laura Caser,
20 years old, who had been
sleep for one hundred hours, at the
ome of her sister, Mrs. Knapp,
woke Thursday apparently In good
ealth, although weak. Physicians
*y her condition la due to a ncrveysterlcal
collapse.
AF*ER THE TRIAL OF CALHOUN
IS OVER.
Opposing Attorneys at Calhoun Trial
; il
Threaten Each Other?Stormy Day
in San Francisco- Graft Trial.
At San Francisco Francis J. Heney
and Earl Rogers, opposing counsel
In the trial of Patrick Calhoun,
agreed that their private differences
arising out of a clash over the admission
of testimony should be settled
at the fl rut nnnnrfimUv nffoe * K ~ I
? ?- ? - vrrvi%uu?vj ?ivv? vuc
trial.
For the first time, Rogers appeared
to take offense at Heney's re- *,
rqMlMj^pd said "don't you talk to
nSBftt manner. Mr. Heney."
jwN&sKeet you at any time you
8*rjjlrered prosecut?r>
"Alt tight. Mr. Heney," replied
RdBMKnhat is agreed; but we will
selHHIni&tter after we have en(ied
?4tr duties to our resr 4ve cll|fr.
Uwfcy departed from the court
roq|j$ gjgjflr the escort of his customaty,
hfcdjguards, and the adjournmettt
marked the end of a stormy session,'
during which Heney addressed
I^e^MK^^^f^rington of the defense, as
a "barking cur," and Byington retortfd
by..addressing Heney as "a
trailing dog."
Between ^quarrels the cross-examinatibn
Of James L. Gallagher,
who has occupied the witness stand
since last Tuesday, was concluded,
and Daniel S. Coleman, a former supervisor,
was called.-*
THEY WERE RATHER GAY.
Ex-Governor of Oklahoma and Womnn
Arrested in St. Louis.
Frank Frantz, former governor of
Oklahoma, was arrcBted In St. Louis
a few days ago In company with a
young woman after an automobile
ride to a road house In the suburbs,
which began Saturday night. The
couple was charged with disturbing
the neace. Thev were detained at
the police station until 9 o'clock
the morning they were arrested,
when they wore released on bonds.
At 8 o'clock at night an additional
entry vai .made on the police blotter.;
It read:
"Charges dismissed by order of
the chief."
The woman gave her name as
Edna Wilson, and said she lived at
the Jefferaon hotel.
Chief Creecy, explained that the
charges were dismissed after a personal
appeal by Frantz.
"The facta i..wero that he and the
young woman were just a trifle hilarious.'*
said the officials. "They had
not done any particular harm, and I
could not reafst the appeal."
WITNESSED AN EXECUTION.
"
An American and His Wife Present
i
' by Accident.
Mrs. N. W. Stowell, of San Franer
Prinz Frledrlch Wllhelm, of the
North German Lloyd, told how she
had been compelled to be present
at Canton, China, when a man's head
was cut off.
('Mr. Stowell and I were taken to
the execution grounds In Canton
among other sights," said Mrs. Stowell,
"and when we were within the
enclosure the gates were suddenly
closed. To our horror they let out
a poor wretch, and our guides told us
tney were going to cut his head off.
We wanted to get out, but they would
not open the gates until the execution
was over.
"Of course I turned my head away
and suffered Intense emotions, hut
there were no unusual sounds or
outcry. Afterwards we were told
tney had given the victim opium.
When 'iie gates were opcn?d we hurried
away as quickly as we could.'
FATAL POLITICAL FRAY.
One Dead and Three Wounded in
Shooting Scrape.
Cornelius Prltchard 1h dead and
three other persons are wounded as
a result of a six-handed shooting
affray at Meadville, Miss., Tuesday,
the outgrowth of a political feud.
At a recent election Dr. A. M. Newman,
formerly sherlfT of the county,
defeated the father of the young man
killed for the office of chancery clerk.
Feeling between the two factions became
intense, and *hen Prltchard
met Newman today weapons wer.e
quickly drawn andJlreinrr hc?nn in- I
graham Pritehard dime to the aid
of hi9 brothef'and tliree eons of Dr.
Newman caimc to his assistance.
When the fiftim ended Cornelius
Pritehard wa^ dead, bis brother had
sustained a bullet wound in his leg
and two byst^pders, Herbert Applewhite
and Sidney Horton, were less
seriously hurt*
, J | m ill
WILSON >fjVY KHKP PLACE
If Fight on Oaaoell for Postmaster
Com On.
A dispatch from Washington to
the Columbia Record says there is
little chance of the appointment of
any Democrat to the Florence po^tmastership.
Unless the South Carolina
senators stop fighting the Republican.
Cassell, it is likely the negro
Wilson will keep the place.
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
chairman of the postofflce commit- '
tee, is willing to see Wilson ousted, l
but is unwilling to see Cassell, the
son of a friend, the former represen- i
tatlve from Pennsylvania, lose the 1
Job. He thinks the removal of the ,
negro ought, to satisfy the Caro- ]
linians and make them leave the road 1
open to a white Republican, es- i
pdally as no Democrat's name has i
been presented in opposition. <
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Chicago Swindler Forced to
Cheat Others
BY HIS CREDITORS
He Says Two Men Whom He Had
Swindled Hounded Him to Dupe
Others so as They Could Get
the Money He Swindled Them
?
Out of Back.
Peter Van Vlisslngen. who last
winter confessed that ho hn?i fArmui
mortgages to the extent of $1,000,000,
thereby causing a great sensation
in Chicago, where he had been
known for 20 years as a leading real
estate man, exploded a bomb-shell
In the bankruptcy court at Chicago
Tuesday when he stated that his confession
a few months ago was antedated
by four years by a confession
made privately to men who held
$400,000 of his spurious papers.
Van Vlissingen was brought back
to Chicago from prison to testify
before Refereo in Bankruptcy Frank
L. Wean, who is attempting to locate
the valid assets of the prisoner. Van
Vlissingen declared that in 1904 he
was compelled to confess to Maurice
Rosenfeld, at that time a director of
the now defunct Chicago National
bank, and Bernhard Rosenburg. a
real estate dealer, that the mortgage
held by them and valued at $400,000
had been forged.
"They discovered some Irregularities
in the paper In that year," said
the witness, "and came to my office
for a conference. I admitted the
forgeries and said. 'I would go beforethe
State's attorney, tell him Just
what I have related to you gentlemen
about these wholesale forger es,
plead guilty and go to prison
like a man.'
" we want our money,' they said.
" 'I can got It,' I told them, 'but
I must dupe others as I have duped
you.'
"We had another conference soon
after," continued the witness. "I
proposed to settle with them. I
promised to pay them from $1,000
to $5,000 a week. Altogether I paid
them approximately $250,000."
Further conferences were held
from time to time. At one of these.
Van Vllsslngen said, they said, "We
want our money." He replied he
was getting it as'fast as he could
raise it.
" 'We don't want to know how
you get the money,' they told me at
one conference, held in December,
1904."
Bernhardt Rosenberg had been
prominent in real estate business and
in Jewish social circles for many
years.
Van Vlissingen's face was pale and
his hands trembled as he told his
story. His eyes were bloodshot and
his lips twitched as he faced counsel
and recognized former friends among
the spectators.
The witness stated that his forgeries
had continued for 30 years but
that he did not know the exact extent
of them.
"Will they aggregate $l,000,00t)?"
"Surely."
"And may be more?"
"Yes."
"Have you any property or other
assets not accounted for at present?"
Van Vlissingen was asked.
"No, except my clothing, I had
about $150 when I reached the prison
at Jollet, but I sent that back to
my wife."
i ioia uosemeia at least 25 times
and Rosenburg half as often" said
Van Vllssingen, "that I could reimburse
them only thrpugh illegal business
operations.
"I told them further," the witness
continued, "that I was rapidly hecoming
deeper involved, that the
number of illegal transactlans was
multiplying and that my legal transactions
were falling off and almost
ceased to be profitable."
Van Vllssingen said he transferred
life insurance policies aggregating
$40,000 to Rosenfeld, delivering
them to him, and further stated that
since turning them over to Rosenfeld
he paid the premiums on the
policies.
"Rosenfeld and Rosenberg, particularly
the former." the witness stated
, "kept crowding me for money
until I feared the situatloh would
kill me. Finally I warned Rosenfeld
that If he did not cease T would not
duplicate more notes and that I then
could not make money to pay him.
"I said I feared the end was near,
that I did not Intend to go to prison,
and?well, he knew what I
meant."
Here the witness wept, but when
f ho rofAeAO o ** * *
cuo icicirr nu^^raLCU IIIUL tilt? Ht'lITing
be adjourned. Van Vlissingen
protested: "I want to get through.
I can stand the strain. Go on."
A recess, however, was ordered.
Rosenberg and Rosenfeld have engaged
an attorney and refused to
discuss they sensational testimon
All Inquiries they referred to their
counsel, Lessing Rosenthal.
TROLLEY STRIKES AUTO.
Society Woman Fatally Hurt in an
Accident.
At Pensacola, Fla., four prominent
society women were injured
Monday, one fatally, when the automobile
in which they were riding
was struck by an electric car. Mrs.
Gonzales, of Pensacola, was fatally
Injured. The others hurt were Mrs.
J. M, Mulcoon, of Pensacola, and
Mrs. .Luce and Mrs. Clark, of MoIdle.
The*automobile was struck by
i Bay Shore car running about forty
miles an hour. Mrs. Gonzales later
lied of her injuries.
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GETS HIS REWARDS
ANOTHER "TAFT DEMOCRAT" IS
REMEMBERED FOR
His Good Work in lie half of tho
Republican Party During the Last
Election.
Zack McGee, writing to The State
from Washington says James T. Williams,
Jr., of Greenville, was named
Monday by the President to be one
of the three civil service commissioner's.
He puts down his residence
ai "joincointon." The salary Is
$4,000.
Here Is the story: "Jlmmle"
Williams hit this town some seven
or eight years ago as a typewriter
and assistant to one of the Wash-!
lngton correspondents. Being a
bright young man and alive to his
opportunities he has steadily risen
ever since. From one suit of clothes
with the vanishing point of the
"breeches" somewhere In the vicinity
of the ankles and a string tie
hanging down on his bosom, he has
steadily advanced In the satorial
scale, till the "breeches" have been
converted Into "trousers" and his
haberdashery has become one of the
fashionable Institutions of Washington.
It takes four valets, it is said,
to keep his wardrobe.
He soon got a position with the
Associated Press and being assigned
to the State, war and navy departments
it soon developed that he could
shake hands high In air and bowdown
before "your excellency" most
efficiently. Having a fairly good
head for news and being able to write
j well, he became a valued reporter of
| the Associated Press. Three years
[ago he was made the Washington correspondent
of the Boston Transcript.
Jlmmle kept growing, and the
hand-shake went steadily up with
him. By the time I arrived here,
three years after him, he was saying
"parst" and "arfter." for "past" and
"after" and when I asked him one
day how to apell "collards" he said
he had never heard of such things.
In due season he became a Republican
and last year was made one
of the secretaries to the Taft propagandist
bureau, prior to the Chicago
convention. After Taft's nomination
he stayed with the Republican
campaign committee and is said to
have done valuable service for the
Republicans. Any way. Mr. Taft felt
under obligations to him and has given
him a job In the administration.
KILLED BY BURGLAR.
Assistant rostnmstcr of Lenox, Co..
filiot Down,
While searching for two negro
men who had In succession robbed
the posrofflce, a hank, a dry goods
store and a drug store at I.enox, Gi.,
Monday morning. Asslstante Postmaster
Clifford Rutherford of th.<t
place was shot twice through the
head and was Instantly killed bv
Marshal Lewis, one of the negroes,
who had taken re'uge In the railway
station.
Lewis' accomplice was caught, hm
Lewis escaped and was later trailed
down by dogs at Adel. nnd was taken
toward the Nashville. f!a.. Jail.
The negro confessed nnd begg d not
to he taken back to Lenox. A hundred
friends of Rutherford went to
Adel late Monday afternoon with the
Intention of Intercepting the sheiiff.
It Is admitted that a lynching Is
Imminent. Indignation over the
murder Is deep and If the sheriff falls
to reach a substantial Jail the probabilities
are that his prisoner will
he hanged.
Rutherford, while peeking the robbers.
put his head in the door of the
depot room and struck a iiiat.h. At
that Instant two shots rang out and
he dropped to the floor.
FELL FROM THE TOP
/"v# in?*_ - --- ?
. m imkii nKysorapcr ami was Instantly
Killed.
Falling 425 feet from the thirtyfourth
story of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company's skyscraper.
on Madison Square, New York,
Monday, Thos. Mortimer, 4 2 years
of age, was Instantly killed. Mortimer,
who was foreman of the riggers
at work on the huildlnR, was
superintendlnR the erection of a
scaffold four floors al>ove the hip
clock, on the 24th street side of the
tower. Hundreds of people in Madison
Square were watchlnR him a*
work and saw him fall to the balustrade
ef the balcony above the clock.
Here the body poised for a moment
and dropped to the street.
ATTACKED BY RATS.
Fierce Onsal ught Upon Men Fighting
Flumes.
Firemen who were called to fight
a baize In a Junk shop in Fast
Eleventh street, New York, Monday
night, were attacked by hundreds of
large rats. So vicious was the onslaught
of the rodents as they climbed
the legs of the flrftmon an H M?
their hands and ran over their shoulders
and helmets that the firemen
turned th** streams of water from the
Are on to the rats. After the rats
had been washed away by the terrific
force of the wa'ter, the Are was
extinguished.
Profeesor Dies Suddenly.
A dispatch from Greenville says
Prof. Harold N. Clare, musical director
of the Greenville Female College,
and director of the musical
festival to be held next month, died
suddenly this morning. He was
from Ohio and was a brilliant musician
ard composer.
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Southern States
fy \ BUY PR
^>5j5C Machinery
Plumbing
COLUM E
north'musYgo
Is to be Ousted For Alleged
Scandalous
CONDUCT IN OFFICE
He Wrote the Iniquitous Wool
Schedule fn the Present. Dingley
Tariff Law, llut That Is Not the
TIiIuk for Which He is to be Fired
by Taft.
Zach McGee, the Washington correspondent
of The State, 6ays the
real reason Mr. S. N. D. North, director
of the censing Is nbout to be
fired from his job is scandalous and
unfruitabie. But the reason why he
should never have been appointed
to this Job, Htid why since recent exposures
it is a public disgrace to
ha\e him holding any position of
honor or responsibility in the government
should be known to men and
women.
Mr. North is the man who wrote
the present wool schedule in the Dlngley
tariff law. This he did at the
direction and as the agent of the
Wool Manuafcturers' association,
from whom he claimed his reward
and got it in cold cash. He was appointed
by Senator Aldrich as clerk
to the finance committee. In that
capacity he wrote the iniquitous and
pillaging wool schedule. For this
he was paid by the Wool Manufacturers'
Association.
Whether Mr. Roosevelt knew this
when he appointed Mr. North director
of the census I do not know.
But. Mr. Roosevelt did know it last
November when it cam^out in certain
letters Champ Clark submitted
to the ways and means committee,
which letters Mr. North came before
the committee and admitted he had
written. Mr. North admitted that
he had written the wool schedule and
that he had been paid for it by the
Wool Manufacturers' Association.
Tho letters were there, it was no uso
to deny them, so Mr. North admitted
it.
What happened? Did he lose his
job? Did Mr. Roosevelt spurn him
from his "righteous" administration
and denounce him as a traitor and
a hired thief? Not at all. Mr.
North holds his position until this
day. Mr. Taft was apparently going
to keep him, but that a lesser offense
is charged against him. Mind
you, the offense now charged is more
scandalous; but that is because public
thievery is so common that it
does not excite scandal.
The other charge against Mr.
North is, in brief, and without the
details, that whenever a member of
congress or another high official of
the government has a pretty young
lady friend to supply with a remunerative
job In Washington all he
has to do is to go to Mr. North and
apprise him of the fact and the director
will provide for her. Whenever
later the congressman finding
himself under further ehiitraf
his young lady friend wishes her
promoted to a better paying position,
why he goes to Mr. North and tells
him, and Mr. North promotes her.
The young lady may bo the daughter
of the congressman or his niece
or his brother-in-law's stepmother.
It is all the same to Mr. North:
the congressman wants her promoted
and It Is done, regardless of the public
service, regardless of the individual
merits of the other young ladies
or young men in the office, who have
to stand on their own merits and
records without any influential senators
or "congressmen" to intercede
for them.
1 say this, as had as It is. is not
worse than Mr. North's thievery in
connection with the wool schedule in
the tariff bill, because some members
of congress are now at bottom equally
with North the real offenders.
Some time ago a high official in the
congress, who is also a member,
went to Mr. North. "Mr. North."
he said. "I want this young lady
promoted to a $1,800 Job."
"Why. Just at present, Mr. ,"
replied the director, "I have no such
positions vacant."
"Well, replied the high and Influential
congressman, "yon heard
what T said. T want her nrnmntn,!
to a $ 1,80ft job nt once."
The young lady pot her promotion.
And, you may recall, that the
census hill wan passed by both houses
of congress with a provision that
appointments In that branch of the
service should he made without the
assistance of the civil service commission
but practically by the director,
upon the recommendation of
members of congress. There Is a
reason why, as the old song used to
be. President Roosevelt vetoed this
bill, and congress is now wrestling
with the problem of another which
will save their faces?and their favo
rites' jobs. '
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Wednesday niglit a serious clash ? MM
between? white and colored people
of Mayesville over in Sumter coun- 9 H
ty, was narrowly averted, but the f
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Mr. John Cunningham, who is em- \
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As Mr. Cunningham turned away,
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the scalp to the bone, and render- fl|
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Ilarton declared tlint his escape from J?
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