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BROCK ON STAND Gives His Yersion of the Ugly Charges Made Against Him. SOME OTHERS TESTIFY \ Ool. Brock Explains From His Standpoint Tx|H n.se Items in His Accounts.?Adjutant General Rojrd Also Put l"p Hy Defense, at Sujtgestion From the Court. Tuesday afternoon's session of the military court of inquiry whb yet another damn zing one against Col. Brock in the evidence which was taken for the prosecution. The most important evidence was that introduced by the prosecution through I,ieut. Cabanlss. I*. S. A.. Chief Cierk Holmes of the comptroller general's ofllee and Mrs. V. G. Moody, the stenographer in the adjutant general's office, to show that Col. Brock secured $100 from Mr. Holmes for a trip tor himself and Lieut. Cabanlss to Washington. Gen. Boyd gave a check on the Union Savings Bank to Col. Brock for $">0, and a check to Lieut. Cabaniss for $30.57. although the voucher filed with the comptroller general's office showed two itemized expense accounts to cover the hundred dollars of $50 each for himself and Lieut. Cabanlss. The Cabanlss sfattment of $30 had been placed In General Boyd's private drawer, to be attached to the voucher later, but Mrs. Moody testified that Col. Brock, in the absence of General Boyd came in and in her presence removed the CahineBB statement with a key to the private drawer. Another feature of the afternoon session was the reply the. prosecution made to the position 01 the defense that so much money shown to .have been spent by Col. Hrock for team hire at different points over the state was in Col. Hrock's work Inspecting rlflle ranges. It was shown by Lieut. Cabaniss' testimony that he also had this ritle range business on hand for the federal government and his team hire did not appear heavy, as frequently local officers would drive them out to the proposed ranges. And beside this the federal government was meeting the expense of this riflle range business. Still another feature was testimony from Mr. Holmes in contradiction of the position of the defense that the Brook statements attached to vouchers were mere estimates made out before the trips were entered upon, the difference between these and amounts actually spent being later refunded. Mr. Holmes testified that In no case was this refunding done. The warrant was issued and the Itemized statement of expenses renJ dered afterward to cover. It was shown by the accused that two amounts had been refunded, after the row was on. aggregating nearly $7f>. The hundred and sixty-odd anl 1 nrc r*nl Tlrnrlf xrnt from th<? Irons ury to advance to Lieut. Bennett of the regular army, who accompanied him on one inspection trip, has never been returned to the State, but this matter will likely be straghtened out later. Lieut. Bennett, it is understood, has hardly had time to get his money from the war department, which requires its officers to advance money from their own funds for expenses on occasions of this kind. Gen. Boyd in hiB testimony on Wednesday said that when he win'* out occassionally on inspectlo w he paid his own expenses out of his nr. private funds. He denied that Col. Brock paid his hotel bill in Charleston when Col. Brock's expense account for this trip showed him charging up $13.50 for hotel when Lieut. Cnbaniss had nothing to pay. whoa Lieut. Cahaniss was told by the hotel man that his bill bad been paio by Charlestonians. Witness said lie had stopped at the Charleston hotel and paid his bill by check. But he had not saved the check to sl.^ * lb I a. When the cross-examination sta t ed it developed tha* Gen. Boyd v.at rot the defense's witness, b it ha been put on the stand by the de.'ee-v at the suggestion of member* of th? court. The cross-examination was brief, the only object being to mak more emphatic the point that wbei Gen. Boyd went out on inspection which were being conducted by Col Brock, witness paid his own expen ses, taking the position that th< State could be properly charged witl the expenses of only one man. Col. Brock then took the stan< and the attention immediately dls played by the court and spectator showed that they were anxious t know .how he was going to explai various matters connected with th Investigation. Witness began by explaining hoi when starting out on an lnspectlo > trip it had been his custom and th custom of the office fod years to dra' a warrant for an amount sufficient t carry him for a time, taking up iten izod statements to cover these w;> rants later. When he first went out he p> down everything and brought bac vouchers for every tl > lie wi told at the comptro 'al's o flee that this was t .uesaaiy, th * I the office did not want to be encumbered with all these vouchers. Ho then quit bringing In small vouchers and began submitting itemized statements to cover amount;-. previously drawn. At first it was the custom to have the amount drawn in advance and turned over to Gen. Boyd, who would give Brock his personal check, Bro:k afterwards submitting itemized state meni. nova Knew all this and how t.he expenses were runing. Then when Royd's health got bad witness attended to all this business. "Now bo far as the amounts spent are concerned, they are stated with absolute accuracy in my expense accounts. Rut 1 wish to explain th'?t the hotel people. My expense accounts do not specify any hotels. "For instance, if I had small items to pay like laundry or getting my leggings cleaned, I would put the whole amount to a charge for hotel. ' 'By way of introduction he took up the matter of C ibaniss charging $5.25 for hotel at Anderson and his charging $S. This $8 included his expenses at Cletuson, where he stopped for a short time, as wa3 testllled to by Cabaniss. Witness, in answer to furtliei questions, said he could not remember all the details of expense accounts on his trips in 1907, 1908 nnd 1909. For a while he kept a small note book carrying the items in detail, but this had gotten lost. He had now only copies of his statements filed with the comptroller general. Witness then explained his advancing money to Lieut. Rennelt. which was agreed to by Royd. Witness in explanation of so much team hire charges on the 1910 inspection trips testified that he had been instructed by Gen. Royd to collect and turn in the obsolete magazine rifl-s scattered over the State. In order to coved this expense he had estimated the cost of doing this and Irew the money. He found later that this expense could lie paid from national funds. Consequently, he refunded to the State $22 in addition to $.">0 refunded. This was before General Royd made any charges against his accounts. Tim defense offered in evidence receipt from Lieut. Rennett for all moneys advanced by Rrock. This receipt was itemized, showing amounts spent at each place. This receipt was given by Rennett officially and acknowledged officially . i.tii* army requires us officers to j remain in the service until their obligations are discharged and witness was informed xhat the paper was good for cash to reimburse the State for the amounts advanced to Bennett. t Explaining the hotel charge of $13.50 at Charleston when the local militiamen paid the bill, witness said the amount charged to hotel was for incidentals and part of it was for a hotel bill for General Boyd. This flatly contradicted General Boyd, who testified that he paid hie own hotel bill by check. In explanation of $4 charged for hotel at Pelzer when he was entertained there by Capt. J. A. Smyth, Jr., witness said the amount was for a trip he had to moke to Columbia to attend to some duties of the office. Part of this charge was for hotel expense in Columbian which .he felt he had p. right to charge as he had broken un housckeenine here for the time. Tiid hotel charge at Barnwell of $2.7> each for witness and Bennett on which Proprietor 'Molalr of the Barnwell hotel had 'testified that Capt. Cole still owed fop this bill, which was only $1 for the two, was next taken up. Witness explained how expenses had been incurred In the stop-over at Blackville, which wero not entered. All these details, amounting to $2.75 for each, were charged to hotel at Barnwell. They stopped at the hotel annex, where only t.he porter was In charge, and he paid the bill of $1. Jn explanation of Mr. Cabanlss and his hotel bills at Camden being $1.50 for Cabanlss and $12 for witness, Col. Brock said the Camden hotel charce included hotel bills at Columbia and the $12 was for three days. As to charge of $4 for team between C-hesterfield and Ch^raw, whereas Cabanlss had testified he had paid half this bill, witness said 1 he thought Cahanlss was mistaken: L that witness paid all this and would not allow Cabanlss to pay any por' tion would .have borne the expense personally. Other hotel and similar expenses were similarly explained. Killed by Train. p Mr. E. W. Smonk, brakeman on \ Train No. 62 of the Southern Railway, a resident of Tlranchville and j unmarried, whb struck and almost instantly killed by his own train on s Tuesday near the freight depot at o Aiken. While the r?st of the crew n had taken a pnrt of the train off on e a spur track, Smoak evidently crept under a box car to avoid the rain. jv While ther the engine and other n cars returned and caught him unae wares, knocking him from under the w cars and Inflicting injuries from ,o which he died soon afterwards i Hide Pleased Him. The Newberry Observer says: "A negro was carried to the chningan; k on Tuesday in a fine n<~w automobile 13 Ho remarked, 'Captain, I've beei wanting to rido in one of them thing Ilt a long time.' " nragnap.. WOMAN FIGHTS THIEF SHK FINDS IN HER HOUSE WITH DKAOLY KULLING DIN. She Belabored the Burglar Until He FeH to His Death from a ThirdStory Window. At New York Louis Cratch, twenty five years old. painter by day and burglar by night, fell to his death from the third story floor of a Delancev street house after Mrs. Geo. Gietnian. whose apartments .he entered, had attacked him with an iron cuspidor and a rolling pin. Cratch got into the house by climbing up the lire escape. To get to the Gletemans' bedroom he had stepped across a crouch on which slept Miss Lena Merkenholtg. a itoarder. Cratch was searching Gieteuvan"s clothing for money when Mrs. Cletman awoke suddenly and screamed. She leaped out of bed and seized the man. Enraged more than frightened, she rushed into the kitchen, where she seized an iron cuspidor and struck him over the head and shoulders. The man broke away and made for the parlor window. Mrs. Gietnian pursued him until a boy boarder in the house ran up and handed her a rolling pin. With this she belabored Cratch furiously. As the inan struggled in front of the window at the side of the yard she struck him across the jaw. With a scream he toppled head long Into the yard, striking on thconcrete pavement. An ambulance surgeon found that Gratch had died of a broken neck caused by the fall. KNIGHTS OK I'VTIIIAS. The Grand Iaulge Meets Officers and Then Adjourns. The grand lodge of Knights of Pythias had a most delightful meeting at Bcnnettsville this week. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Grand chancellor. J. W. Walter Doar, of Georgetown: grand vice chancellor. Frank K Myers of Charleston; grand prelate, Frank S. Evans of Greenwood: grand keeper of records and seal, C. D. Brown of Abbeville; grand master of exchequer, Wilson G. Harvey of Charleston: grand master-at-arms, C. W. Cropland of Bennettsvllle; grand Inner guard, J. L. Beeves of North; grand outer guard. Dr. J. M. Oliver of Orangeburg. The following district deputy grand chancellors were chosen: First, A. V. Williams, Charleston: second, W. C. Henry, Timmonsville; third, J. F. Carter. Bamberg; fourth. A. M. Deal, Columbia; fifth. Rev. H. A. Knox, Mayesville; sixth, W. M. Dunlap. Rock Hill; seventh, A. V Martin, Clinton; eighth, J. W. Shelor. Walhalla; ninth, Jas. H. Craig. Anderson; tenth, J. W. DeGrand, Bennettsvllle; eleventh, George A. Schifffey, Orangeburg. All of these are new except Mr. Deal, Mr. Craig ad Mr. Martin. The following appointments were announced by the grand chancellor; Grand tribune for three years? Herbert E. Gyles, of Aiken. Members of the board of publication of the South Carolina Pyllilnii M Riitloitp'A TUvpra rpan pointed. A past grand chancellor's jewel was presented to Prof. A. G. Rembert by the lodge. Prof. Rembert is devoted to the work of this organization and has rendered to it much valuable service. PARTY NEARLY I?KO\VNED. Life Saving Crew and Volunteers Save Them. At Chicago, the life saving crowin its power boat assisted by a volunteer crew of the Farragut Yacht Club, after a desperate effort early Monday reached an overturned gasoline launch to which three men and two women were clinging, a short distance olT the lake shore from Woodland park. The men had lieen shouting for aid. A strong northesast wind was blowing and the overturned boat was in imminent danger of crashing against the breakwater. Several persons kept the boat from the breakwater with poles until life-savers reached the sceue. All five rescued will recover. l>ie<] in the Fire. At Rlkhardt. Ind., the plant of llit C. G. Conn Company, said to have been the largest manufacturers of brassband Instruments in the world, was destroyed by fire early Tuesday, eutaining a loss of $r>00,000, urd one ' of the night watchmen. Hoy Edgerly, was burned to death. His body was s recovered from the ruins of the i buildings. rThe Augusta Herald flounders around in something 'ike a half col^ umn in answer to our simple quea(, tion, "Can uhe Herald name a graftei . who lov> s Hryan?" But fails to &r i swer the question for the s'lnpb ? reason that it knows that no g.afte, loves Bryan. WAS THROWN OUT HEW C. W. CRKIGHTOX'S APPEAL ] W AS NOT HEARD. He Gives His Version of the Action ( of the Committee That Refused to Hear His Side. The following statement is made by the Rev. C. \V. Crelghton in the s Christian Appeal concerning the ac- a tion of a committee of the Methodist r vicmrmi vuuier?ui'? in reierence to c his appeal from the action of the r South Carolina Conference in expell- t ing him from that body: t There w? re two cases 011 appeal s to that body?that of the writer and I: one other. At the lirst meeting ot f the Coimn?ttee of appeal the last r mentioned case was taken up first by order of the bishop who acted as 1 chairman of the committee. That a appeal was not pressed by the op- 'I pellant and it might have very prop- v erly been postponed until ours was 1 heard, but it was not. 1 Of the nature of that case we ' are compelled to speak, that our C readers may gather an idea of the t method pursued in our case though * we regret to do so. The appellant had been charged with seduction and being party to a subsequent ' crime which cost the life of the c girl involved?a school teacher. On I the first charge he was convicted * and appealed; 011 the second he \va; r acquitted by the trial commit- r tee. No objection was raised to r hearing his appeal; it was heard anil ' a new trial ordered. ' After waiting nearly a week our appeal was entered upon: The charge and specifications were reao, then the notice and grounds of appeal. At this point the bishop asked. 'Shall the appeal be entertained? 1 Phe prosecution objected to hearing it on the ground that we had preached pending the appeal. We frankly said, "yes, as a layman we have lone such work us we could, hut we have performed no act or function nf a UaIlw.,1 lot " 'IM... ?.tvi?vuiob |/ivav 11VI. 4 111- Dlhll op objected to any statement from us, but we had strong papers from ( good nun and we persisted in read- s ing them. This was a surprise, they a had expected to take us by surprise, but we were ready. The bishop held that we had h>Bt tne riglit to appeal ' ?nd on this point a hot argument ^ followed which lasted for more than \ two hours. The discipline provides that "the General Conference shall never pass " any act taking away the right of ' trial by committee and appeal," and K it was therefore held that if any ,l conditions attached to an appeal e those conditions were void, not attached, it was a constitutional right, absolute and that the only way by which it could be defeated was by * death or voluntary abandonment by the appellant. The appellant insisted that no conditions attached to an ippeal form a judgment of expul- ? sion, that die knew of none, and ' had he known of any he would have G performed them. In reply the bishop a read the notice and grounds of ap- c peal, called attention to the care f with which they were drawn, said ' appellant was a lawyer and should * have known it and held his posi- f tlon. f A member of the committee call- 1 oH hla uttpntlnn t r* tWo auo? ' ed to above and reminded him that { no such point was raised in tha ( case. Another member pointed out the fact that the appellant had worked only as a layman and turning to the bishop he said: "follow yotn ] position to its logical conclusion and it amounts to this, a layman can't pray in the Methodist church. 1 question, he continued, the right or authority of the Methodist church to . | say that any man who feels moved to lift his voice in behalf of the Master and fallen humanity shall not do it. The bishop held that by preaching the appellant had lost the right to appeal and Uiat the appellant should have known this although it is not a condition imposed by the discipline. The bishop is a trustee of Vanderbuilt University, the trustees of that institution violated the plainly written requirements of the discipline in electing to the otiice of trustee men who are not members of the Methodist church and thereby the church is in danger of losing J") AAA AAA ? fii),uuu,vvv wui in ui |ii ljt. i4ici( bishop stood up before the committee on education and a crowded assembly and plead as an excuse for his act that he did not know of that provision in the discipline! A member of the committee remarked with a degree of pathos "some men must be sacrificed." The bishop let drop several statements which showed that he was perfectly familiar with the case and if so he must have known that If the case went to the committee the appellant would win. It was an issue between a bishjp throwing his influence on the vide I of the admlnstration and an humble ' preacher seeking to have a mlscar' riage of justice righted; the blsli jp was the stronger and he won by a vote of 13 to 6. The appeal was not hear 1 the - merits of the case were not touca * ed, but enough was elicited to mak this much clear: A preacher who was l charged with seducing a young w > p*" \ \ KILLS BLACK FIEND IJL'T A WHITE FIEND SUCCEEDS I IN GETTING AWAY. i linrlottc imd Vicinity Aroused Over! Two Hold Attempts at Criminal Assault. . . A dispatch from Charlotte. N. C.,i ( ays two bold attempts at criminal ssault in broad daylight in that imnediate section Thursday, in which me of the assailants was a white nan and the ot.her a negro, aroused he country people to a frenzy, with he result that the negro was fatally hot. while a posse of citizens with doodhounds is scouring the country or t.he white man, with the intertior ^ if lynching him i< The negro. Will Hops, entered tin ? lotne of James Bailes, near Fort Mill. , ind attempted an assault upon Miss rroy Bailes, his daughter, twenty ears old. The girl's screams soon >rought aid, hut the negro escaped, h ater being apprehended in t.he sumrbs of Charlotte. Ross ran when Hficer Colthrap attempt* d to arrest v tim. and the latter fired, fatally 1 vounding him. 1 At noon an unknown white man tl ittempted to assault Miss Carrie t tell, the fifteen year old daughter t f John Bell, telegraph operator at lessenier City. lie too. was fright tied off before accomplishing his inrpose, escaping into the woods > tear Crowder's Mountain. A posst ! >f angry neighbors was hastily form- y d. and with bloodhounds from a ?i onvict camp are scouring the woods ; Vt a late hour Friday night the posse jtad not been heard from. }i TOOK HKK OWN I.IFF. ,, . jl li ning* <1 Her Own Funeral I'yre ^ Before Husband. li Resorting to three different meth- j, <ls to kill Ji- rself. wnlle her famil> j, cas asleep around her. Mrs. J. II () leal, who lives a little over a mile ^ rom Maiden, N. C , committed sul- ^ ide Thursday morning beforeday by aturating herself with kerosene oil nd setting herself on fire. Her husband was awakened by the (( ames from her dress and ran to her ,| escue, but too late to save her. < , l razor and an axe were lying near , ] he tried first to cut her throat and (1 hen to cut her head with the axe. s] 111 health was the cause. SJie ,'as 27 years of age and two chil- |, rnn en ri*l no Vior ? W. reat deal from the awful mode she Vl dopted to put an end to her exist- n nee. ? v IIAI) FATAL EFFECT. ,1 * d 'onvet Causes Two Sudden I>enths t. in Ala!ta.ina. t( o At Talladega, Ala., the appearance f the comet Sunday evening cause 1 j| ntense excitement. Congregations c if several cliurc-hes left their pews t nd hundreds of persons stool ?*y- ^ ited in the square and gazed at tne elostial visitor. Miss Ruth Jor Ian. j; laughter of a farmer living two miles c rom Talladega was called to the j loor of her home to s?ie :h? comet t r.id immediately fell dead, physl- t ians assigning heart failure as th?* j ause. An unknown negro oi the f iepot platform was sbowr the com- j ?t and instantly dropped dead. a ? ? ? NEC J HO FACTORY SFCOEEDINCi. f Hosiery Mill at Durham is I>oubling ' \ Working Quarters. i Having started up under most , promising conditions the Durham , Texlle Mills, the only negro hosiery , mill in North Carolina, has met with , with such success that It has doubled . I its capital and working quarters, and , within a month will have in opera- ] tion several new machines. The fac- , tor.v is owned solely by negroes of , Durham and the management comes , from the texile schools of the coun- , try. It Is the purpose of the com- | pany to make Durham the center of negro hosiery mills in the Southern States. J < V?I<1 in Texas. At Amarillo, Texas., following the i wind and hailstorm of Saturday night, a norther that has sent the temperature to the freezing point, prevailed there Sunday with indications pointing to snow. It is feared that immense damage to crops will result. Drank Twice and Died, At Elizabeth. N. J., playing house VL'hilA YTWlthr?r utbnf r* mnrl/ot f Aitiort Crouch. 6 yearn old, her brother | Johnnie, 3 years younger, went to the ice chest and drank freely from a bottle of tonic compound which they had seen their eleders use. man, a poor school teacher, and being party to her subsequent death had a hearing without objection and secured a new trial, but another preacher who had exposed wrong, criticised officials and advoratel a larger liberty for the laymen of the church and w;?s expelled for it, was denied the privilege of having the methods bv which that expulsion was accomplished investigated! 1 * I HAVE HARD TIME d Keeping Their Rascality Hid From the Sight of the Public. THE LORIMFR MATTER 'luiruo tlint lie Was Klerte<l l?y the I'm* of Ilril>o Money Oversluwlnw. Kvrry Other I'hasc of I'wspuI <\>ngrossional St illation as AtTcciing tin* l>nminaiit Political Party. P. H. MeCSowan, the Washington orrespondont of The News and Cour?r says t.ho political situation was ever more interesting in Washingon than just now. with the Demorats having their till of enjoyment t the expense of their Republican rethren. The Republicans have horn in de? p rater ever since the present session if Conuress opened in December, 'hat big (Jovernment deficit, the ierce objection to the Aldrlch-Pnyne ariff law. the troublesome work of lie "insurgents" all there aro auses that gave the majority party imoyam before others were .added. Now there are still more dilemmas nd eitli r horn locks like a bad one. 'he postal savings bank lit 11 is not .orrying the Democrats in the least, r\iile. on the contrary, it is giving lie Republican mem tiers of Congress both in the House and Senate? i?? end of trouble. Hut added to this is the worst of 11 trouble because it is strictly withn party lines the fact that unless cnator William S. Lorimer, of IIiuois, can purge himself < t the nidations connecting him with hribry work in his recent electi: n, when e defeated former Senator Hopkins, e must, without doubt, face charges f a grave nature before a Court omposed of his present colleagues i the Senate. !?,. i-~ * .... ?.o |iuaiui savings Dank i concerned there is little use to isguise the fact that neither the ankers nor the people generally liroughout the country want it. So ir as the former are concerned h'-re .has been sufficient testimony resented to Congress already to how that the enactment of such a ill cannot do other than work largef to the detriment of these institulons?especially the smaller ones onducting savings deposit departicnts on a limited scale. The question is being asked in /ashington, why is it necessary for le Government to become the guarian of several million people and eke eare of their earnings in order 5 encourage "thrift" as the purpose f the postal savings bank bill unoubtedJy is? It Is pointed out that ' the people have been able to take aro of their small savings up to his time tbey will probably be able d do so hereafter. The Lorimer case presents several nteresting features. Unless he can l> ar himself from the grave charges odged against him he will doubtless ie forced to resign from his seat ih he Senate. T.here are bcth Repubicans and Democrats who say that or the good of the Senate generally tenator Lorimer must give a clean iCcount of his doings in the Illinois egislnture in connection with his lection. Failing in this iie will be allowed o r* sign, and declining to take ad ..iiii.iktr iii hub oppor; unity, will t>? ni peached. The fact that Senator Lorimer regained in his rooms at a hotel for nany days before going to the Senit'. cives dear and positive indication that he believes ther.c ip trouble in store for him. His case is touch of a mystery here, and while he is not considered of any special weight by his colleagues, there will undoubtedly be a clearing up of the situation during the next few days, Unless Senator Lorimer can do bo himself. It is now believed that he will make a speech in the Senate, but that it will not be satisfactory. Then it will be necessary for a special c.ommltt> e of investigation to he appointed something like the PrillingerPinchot committee or that Investigating the existence of a ship subsidy lobby in Washington. That Mr. Ixirimer is to be investigated and that this investigation may prolong the pr> sent session of Congress many weeks is one of the strong probabilities at this time. , Shot to Kill. , At Henderson, Ky., VV. P. F'belen, a well known horseman was shot and killed and Mattle White, tho negro servant in the family, was fatally wounded hy Mrs. Flbelen, at the Kbelen .home Friday. Mrs. Rbelen gave lierself np. telling the i?eMce that i^ was merely a case of vbetner she ar her husband had to die. ' An Old llero Dies. | Oapt. J. Pembroke Jones, who win nn<?...of* the ollleers on the Merrinmr when s.he fought the Monitor, died in California Tuesday. He was the oldest living of the Naval Academy of his death. Lie was irglnia.