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The Boom of Big Guns Told the
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- People of the Change—The Troop*
at Adana Hare Revolted
Setaed Fifty of Their Officer* and
Hold Them.
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AMxtl R«mM h«« beetr th»po«ed
/Iteltan of Turkey and Mehemmed
chad Bffendl, hit brother, has
been proclaimed his successor.
_JCh* deposition was through the
regalar form prescribed by the tenets
of the Mohammedan faith. It is un
derstood .that Sheik U1 Islam, the
head of the church, will issue a de
cree of deposition.
The news of the deposition of Ab
dul Hamid and the selection of his
brother to succeed him caused great
excitement throughout Constantino
ple. Crowds at once began to gather
In the principal squares and thor
oughfares and around the Imperial
palce of Yildiz In anticipation of the
proclamation of the new sultan.
A salute of 101 guns, fired a| 2:3 0
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, apnoune
ed to the populace of Constantino
ple a change in the sultanate. It Is
reported that the sultan has been
removed from the imperial palace
of Ytldis and conveyed across Hos-
phorus to a -point in Asiatic Tur
key.
Mehemmed Reschad Kffendl was
proclaimed sult^ of Turkey at 2:30
o'clock Tuesday afternoon in suc-
cesslon to his brother, Abdul Hamid
11. 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 Tre-
bizond. The exact significance of
this action Is not clear, but It Is
feared that It means the beginning
of a revolt 6f the provincial troops
against the Young Turk officers.
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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,
the worst ever known in the history
of the district. Terror has been uni
versal and the government has been
powerless to check the disorders.
Adana, the capital of the province,
has been the storm center."
He added that the unsettled con
ditions and the animosity between
the Turks and Armenians resulted
from political activity of the latter.
An Armenian and a Turk were killed
on Wednesday night and their
corpsea were paraded through the
streets, Inflaming the Inhabitants.
• Gibbons then described how the
mob assembled and shots were flreu
in the air. This was followed by
killing. Local authorities feared to
got. While Gibbons and Field Secre-
Ury Chamber of the Y. M, C. A^
were in the telegraph office, "where
they-went to summon aid of the Brit
ish consul, the Moslems burst in and
killed two Armenians before tfieir
eyes. Gibbons and Chambers went
Into the next room and made repre
sentations to the Vail.
Being afraid of his own life, that
official made no effort to protect
them.
The situation, according to /6ib-
bons, grew worse. The Armenians,
he said, withdrew to their quarter
of Adana and converted their houses
Into fortresses, where the fighting
went on for two days. Gibbons con-
ttnuod:•
"Adana was a
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hell. The bazaars
were looted and set on fire. There
was continuous and unceasing shoot
ing and killing in etfery part of the
town and fires raged in many quar
ters.
“The Moslems/from the nelghltor-
hood began pou/ing into the city and
notwithstanding our vehement pro
tests. All distributed arms to these
fflcn. alleging that they were Turkish
reservers."/
The missionary added. "On Thurs
day Daniel Miner Rogers and Henry
Maurer, American missionaries, were
killed under treacherous circum
stances. On Friday the Armenians,
yielded, and since then there has
little murdering
‘Adana is In a pliable condition,
town has been pillaged and de-
itroyed^and there are thousands of
homeless people here without means
of livelihood. It is Impossible to
estimate the number of killed.
Onrpses He scattered through the
streets. Friday when I went out
I had to pick my way between the
dead to avoid stepping on them.
“Saturday morning I counted doz
ens of cart loads of Armenian
bodies In one half hour being car
ried to the river and thrown Into
the water. In the Turkish ceme
teries graves are being dug by the
wholesale. The condition of the
■most yttleMb. Not only
orphans and widows be-
nomber, but a great number of
even suffering from se-
*ere wounds. The situation in
Adana la unspeakable.
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DIRECTOR HARPER CALLS AT.
, TENTION TO IT
And Says It Will Hart the Farmer
.If It is Allowed to Stay In the
Tariff Rill.
Director Harper, of the agricul
tural experiment station at Clemson
college, has called the attentlon/of
and Commissioner Watson to some other
work to be done on the Payne tariff
bill, there being several paragraphs
affecting the Southern farmers. It
will bo rssallad that after consider
able fighting the Southern farmers
were enabled to get on the free list
potash salts, which is a basis for
all fortillsor products. .
~ Prof Harper/nas learned that the-
sulphur Interests of Louisiana and
Utah Are attempting to place a. duty
of $6 per ton on sulphur. This, of
course, means another hardship on
the farmer.
Commlsioner Watson had copies of
the letter made and sent to each of
the senators and representatives from
the State. The letter says in part.
"I understand that the sulphur
people of Utah and Louisiana are
trying their best to get a tax of |6
per ton on sulphur. This means
another hardship on the farmer. Sul
phur Is used largely In this country
In the manufacture of sulphuric acid.
The extent to which sulphuric acid
is used is enormous. There are more
than 2,000,000 tons of mineral pho-
phates dlssovled by sulphuric acid.
A duty on sulphur moans higher pric
ed acid phosphate.
“There Is another matter that 1
would like to call to your attention.
Some of the acid phosphate people of
this State are using their Influence
to prevent basic slag from remaining
on the free list. Basic slag is used
largely In Europe and the British
Isles as a source of phosphorous and
where It is ua^d with stable manure
In this country It la a valuable
source of phosphorous. It is also
a.jvaluable source of plant food when
used on rich bottom land that con
tains large amounts of organic mat
ter. The directors of the experiment
stations were largely responsible for
sulphate of ammonia being put on
Disorders at Adana.
Tka following aeoeunt of 44«ordera ibe free list. Heretofore the duty on
sulphate of ammonia has been $6
per ton and the Payne bill as orig
inally framed admitted sulphate of
ammonia without duty but the steel
trust had Influence enough to place
a duty of $4 per ton on this material
"I have been conducting experl
ments with sulphate of ammonia in
comparison with nitrate of soda as
a top-dressing for cotton and I find
that It Is Just as good as pltrate of
soda for this purpose, provided we
have favorable seasons. During a
wet year sulphate of ammonia is not
as available as nltrat^ of soda, but
Is Is a splendid source of nitrogen
and if It Is admitted duty free It
will reduce the- prlce—of nitrate of
soda and other ammonlated fertlliz
ers. The eottem planters of the
South are learning the valu,e of top
dressing their cotton and cbm and
each year t^e demand for nitrate of
soda and other quickly available
,nitrogenoh8 fertilizers Increases
We must exert every effort to have
snlphafe of ammonia placed on the
free list. I understand that basic
slag has been eliminated from the
maximum tariff In both bills and It
Is not likely that a duty will be plac
ed upon It, unless great pressure is
brought, but there Is considerable
doubt about brimstone and sulphate
of ammonia. Please continue to
flght on this proposition.”
Ex-Governor of Oklahoma and Wo
man Arrested in St. I^ouis.
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Frank Frantz, former governor of
Oklahoma, was arrested In St. Ixiuis
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 peace. They were detained at
the police station until 9 o’clock
the morning they were arrested
when they were released on bonds
At 8 o’clock at night an additional
entry was made on the police blot
ter. It read:
“Charges dismissed by order of
the chief.”
The woman gave her name as
Edna Wilson, and said she lived at
the Jefferson hotel.
Chief Creecy, explained that the
charges were dismissed after a per
sonal appeal by Frantz.,
"The facts were that he and the
young woman were Just a trifle hila
rious,” said the officials. "They had
not done any particular harm, and I
could not resist the appeal."
FELL TO HIS DEATH.
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Evening Post
I,?# colored boy six
i crashed to death Mon-
; a Southern rall-
WSm* mm* Alex-
i negro with two or
ear which
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and ill
A Young Man Was Fatally Hurt In
Columbia.
The State says William Brewer, a
yriung man about 25 years of age.
fell from the Seaboard Air Line
trestle, near the corner of Lincoln
street and Whaley avenue a few
afternoons ago, and sustained In
juries from which he died last night
at 9 o’clock. The fall caused a frac
ture of the skull, a fractured and
dislocated hip and a broken arm.
The Injured man was removed to
the Columbia hoapltal at once, but
he was found to be fatally hurt, and
all efforts to save his life proved of
no avail. He was an employe of the
Virginia Iron Company and was en
gaged with a corps of workmen In
replacing the old wooden trestle,
where the Seaboard tracks cross the
Atlantic Coast Line, with a steel
structure. It was In this work that
he was engaged when he fell to his
death. The dead man Is a native of
North Carolina and was unmarried.
MISTRIAL FOR JOSH ASHLEY.
The Jury Unable to Agree in the
Peonage Case.
The Jury In the case of John W.
Ashley, tried last week In the Fed
eral court at Anderson on the charge
of peonage reported Monday morn
ing to Judge Brawley that It was
unable to agree and was discharged.
•Yhe\«uf« iWir Hot' coma Tip 'A&Sin fill
the fall term at Charleston, Colum
bia or Greenville. The trial attract
ed wide attention on account of the
prominence of the defendant, who
is a member of the Leglilatlve del-
egffflori frdm AbdeFs6n~*c6unty. * The
Jury stood seven to five- for acquit
tal, it is currently reported.
Slept Long Time. v V-
At Kenton, Ohio, Miss Laura Cas
per, 20 years old, who had been
asleep for one hundred hours, at the
of her sister, Mrs.' Knapp,
awoke Thursday apparently In good
health, although weak. Physicians
say her condition 1$ due to a ne^ve-
hysterlcal collapse. (
AFTER THE TRIAL OF CALHOUN
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Opposing Attorneys 'ht Calhoun Trial
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 s clash over the ad
mission of testimony should be set
tled at the first opportunity after the
trlaL
For the first time, Rogers appear-
eiT^to take offense at Heney’s re
marks, and said "don’t you talk to
me In that manner, Mr. Heney."
"ITl meet you at any time you
say," answered the_ prosecutor.
"ATT right, Mr. Heney,” replied
Rogers, "that Is agreed; but we will
settle this matter after we have end
ed our duties to our respective cli
ents.”
Mr. Heney departed from the court
room under the escort of his custo
mary bodyguards, and the adjourn
ment marked the end of a stormy ses
sion, during which Heney addressed
Lewis F, Bylngton of the defense, as
a “barking cur,” and Bylngton re
torted by addressing Heney as "a
trailing dog.”
Between quarrels the cross-ex
amination of James L. Gallagher,
who has occupied the witness stand
since last Tuesday, was concluded,
and Daniel S. Coleman, a former sup
ervisor, was called.
THEY WERE RATHER GAY.
WITNESSED AN EXECUTION.
An American and His Wife Present
by Accident.
Mrs. N. W. Stowell, of San Fran-
er Prlnz Friedrich Wilhelm, of the
North German Lloyd, told how she
had been compelled to be present
at Canton, China, wfyen a man’s head
was cut off.
"Mr. Stowell and I were taken to
the execution grounds In Canton
among other sights," said Mrs. Sto
well, "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
they were going to cut his head off
We wanted to get out, but they would
not open the gates until the execu
tion was over.
"Of course I turned my head away
and suffered intense emotl tns, but
there were no unusual sounds or
outcry. Afterwards we were told
•ney had given the victim opium.
When ’lie gates were opened we hur
ried away as quickly as we could.’
HIGH FINANCE
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A Chicago Swlndlor Forced to
^ Cheat Others
BY HIS CREDITORS
FATAL POLITICAL FRAY.
One Dead and Three Wounded in
Shooting Scrape.
Cornelius Pritchard Is 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. New
man, formerly sheriff of the county,
defeated the father of the young man
killed for the office of chancery clerk.
Feeling between the two factions be
came intense, and when Pritchard
met Newman today Weapons were
quickly drawn and fireing began. In
graham Pritchard came to the aid
of his brother and three sons of Dr.
Newman came to his assistance.
When the firing ended Cornelius
Pritchard wag dead, his brother had
sustained a bullet wound in his-leg
and two bystanders, Herbert Apple-
white and Sidney Horton, were less
seriously hurt.
WILSON MAY KEEP PLACE
If Fight on Cassell for Postmaster
- Goes On.
A dispatch from Washington to
the OoHrmfrHi Rekrtmf (ia-ys 'there Is
little chance of the appointment of
any Democrat to the Florence post-
mastership. Unless the South Caro
lina senators stop fighting the Re
publican, Cassell, U Is likely tb# ne-'
gro “Wilson will keep the plach.
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
chairman of the poatoffice commit
tee, fa willing to see Wilson ousted,
hut is unwilling, to see Cassell, the
son of a friend, the former represen
tative from Pennsylvania, lose the
Job. He> thinks the removal of the
negro ought to satisfy the Csro-
lintans and make them leave the road
open to a white Republican, es
pecially as no Democrat's name has
been presented In opposition.
He Says Two Men Whom He Had
Swindled Hounded Him to Dnpe
Othere go aa They Could Get
the Money He Swindled Them
Ont of Back.
Feter Van Vilasingefl, who last
winter confessed that he had forged
mortgages to the extent of 11,000,-
000, thereby causing a great sensa-
trotrTh 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 con
fession a few months ago was ante
dated by four years by a confession
made privately to men who held
$400,000 of his spurious papers.
Van VUsslngen was brought back
to Chicago from prison to testify
before Referee in Bankruptcy Frank
L. Wean, who is attempting to locate
th«? valid assets of the prisoner. Van
VUsslngen 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 Irregulari
ties in the paper in that year,” said
the witness, "and came to my offiee
for a conference. I admitted the
forgeries and said, ‘I would go before
the State’s attorney, tell him jus»
what 1 have related to you gentle-
mien about these wholesale forger
•es, plead guilty and go to prison
like a man.’ /
“ ‘We want our money,’, they said.
" ‘I can get it,’ I told them, 'but
I must dupe others as I have duped
you.’
“We had another conference soon
after," continued the witness,
proposed to settle with them,
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 VUsslngen 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 forg
eries had continued for 30 years but
that he did not know the exact ex
tent of them.
“Will they aggregate $1,000,000?
"Surely.”
"And may be more?”
"Yes.” ~
"Have you any property or other
assets not accounted for at present?'
Van VUsslngen was asked.
"No, except my clothing, I had
al)out $150 when 1 reached the pris
on at Joliet, but I sent that hack to
my wife.”
"I told Rosenfeld at least 25 times
and Rosenburg half as often” said
Van Vlissingen, "that I could reim
burse them only through illegal busi
ness operations.
"I told them further,” the witness
continued, "that I was rapidly be
coming deeper involved, that the
number of illegal fransactians was
multiplying and that my legal trans
actions were falling off and almost
ceased to be profitable."
Van VUsslngen said he transferred
life Insurance policies aggregating
$40,000 to Rosenfeld, delivering
them to him, and further stated that
since turning them over to Rosen
feld he paid the premiums on the
policies.
"Rosenfeld and Rosenberg, partic
ularly the former." the witness stat-
-ed , “kept crowding me for money
until I feared the situation would
kill «nc. Finally 1 warned Rosenfeld
that if he did not cease I would not
duplicate more notes and that I then
could not make money to pay him.
"I said 1 feared the end was near,
that I did not Intend to go to pris
on. and—well, he knew what I
meant.”
Here the witness wept, but when
the referee suggested that the hear
ing 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 en
gaged an attorney and refused to
discuss they sensational testimon
All inquiries they referred to their
counsel, Lessing Rosenthal.
GETS MS REWARDS
ANOTHER “TAFT DEMOCRAT” IS
> ^ REMEMBERED FOR
His Good Work In Behnlf of the
Republican Party During the I^ast
Election. ,
Zack McGee, writing to The State
from Washington says James T. Wil
liams, Jr., of Greenville, was named
Monday by the President to be one
of the three civil service commis
sioners. He puts dowh his residence
at "Lincolnton.” The salary Is
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Here is the story: "Jimmie”
Williams hit this-iown some seven
or eight years ago as a typewriter
and assistant to one of the Wash
ington 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 vicini
ty 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 Washing
ton. It takes four valets. It ds said,
to keep his wardrobe.
He soon got a position with the
Associated Press and being assigned
to the State, war and navy depart
ments it soon developed that he could
shake hands high In klr and how
down before “your excellency” most
efficiently. Having a fairly good
head for news and being able to write
well, he became a valued reporter of
the Associated Press. Three years
ago ho was made the Washington cor
respondent of the Boston Transcript.
Jimmie 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 spell "collards" he said
he had never heard of such things
In due season he became a Re
publican and last year was made one
of the secretaries to the Taft propa
gandlst bureau, prior to the Chlca
go convention. After Taft's nomina
tion 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 giv
en him a job In the administration
SouTHEfiN States Supply
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KILLED BY BURGLAR.
Assistant Postmaster of Lenox, Gn.
Shot Down.
While searching for two neg.-o
men who had in succession robbed
the postofflee, a bank, a dry good:-
store and a drug store at I enox, G i..
Monday morning, Assistant? Post
master Clifford Rutherford of thr
place was shot twice through tl-*
head and was Instantly killed bv
Marshal T.ewis, one of the negrorj
who had tak r n refuge In the railwcy
station.
Lewis’ accomplice was caught, hut
Lewis escaped and was later trailed
down hy dogs at Adel, and was tak
en toward the Nashville, Oa., jail
The negro confessed and begg°d not
to he taken back to Lenox. A hun
dred friends of Rutherford went to
Adel late Mondav afternoon with the
intention of intercepting the sheriff
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 proba
bilities are that his prisoner will
be hanged.
Rutherford, while seeking the rob
bers. put his head in the door of the
depot room and struck a match. At
that Instant two shots rang out and
he dropped to the floor.
COLUMBIA. S. C.
NORTH MUST GO
to bo Oustod For Allogod
Scandalous ~
CONDUCT IN OFFICE
Fired
EXCITEMENT AT MAYESVILl.E
FELL FROM THE TOP
Of High Skyscraper and Was In
stantly Killed.
Falling 425 feet from the thirty-
fourth story of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company's skyscrap
er, on Madison Square, New York,
Monday. Thos. Mortimer, 42 years
of age, was instantly killed. Mor
timer, who was foreman of the rig
gers at work on the building, was
superintending the erection of a
scaffold four floors above the big
clock,, on the 24th street side of the
tower. Hundreds of people in Madi
son Square were watching him at
work and saw him fall to the balus
trade of the balcony above the clock.
Her' the body poised for a moment
and dropped to the street.
ATTACKED RY RATS.
Fierce Onsalught Upon Men Fight
ing Flames.
TROLLEY STRIKES AUTO.
Society Woman Fatally Hurt in an
Accident.
At~Pensacola. Fla., four promi
nent society women were Injured
Monday, one fatally, when the auto
mobile 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 Pentteola, and
Ifra: .Lnee and Mm. Clark, of Mo
bile. - 'The automobile was struck by
a Bay Shore car running about forty
miles an hour. Mrs. Gonzales later
dlad of her Injuries.
Firemen who were called to fight
a halze in a Junk shop In East
Eleventh street, New York, Monday
night, were attacked hy hundreds of
large rats. So a vicious was the on-
sTaughf of the rodents "as they climb
ed the legs of the firemen and bit
their hands and ran over their shoul
ders and helmets that the firemen
turned the streams of water from the
fire on to the rats. After the jat?^
had been washed away by the ter
rific force of the water, the Are was
extinguished.
He Wrote the Iniquitous Wool
Schedule In the Present Dlngley
Tariff Iaw, But That Is
Thing for Which He is to
by Taft.
Zach McGee, the-^Washington cor
respondent of The State, says the
real reason Mr. S. N. D. North, di
rector qf the census, Is about to be
flred.-'from his job is scandalous and
lurfrultable. But the reason why he
should never have been appointed
to this job, and why since recent ex
posures it is a public disgrace to
have him holding any position of
honor or responsibility In the gov
ernment should be known to men and
women.
Mr. North is the man who wrote
the present wool schedule In the Dln
gley 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 ap
pointed hy 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 Manufac
turers' Association.
\1 hether Mr. Roosevelt knew this
when he appointed Mr. North direc
tor of the census I do not know.
But. Mr. Roosevelt did know it last
November when it came out in cer
tain 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.
The letters were there, It was no use
to deny them, so Mr. North admit
ted 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 of
fense is charged against him. Mind
you, the offense now charged is more
scandalous; hut that is because pub
lic thievery is so common that it
does not excite scandal.
The other charge against Mr.
North Is. in brief, arid 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 remu
nerative job In Washington all he
has to do Is to go to Mr. North and
apprise him of the fact and the di
rector will provide for her. When
ever later the congressman finding
himself under further obligations to
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 he the daugh
ter 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 pub
lic service, regardless of the Individ
ual merits of the other young fadles
or young men in the office, who have
to stand on their own merits and
records without any influential sen
ators or "congressmen” to intercede
for them.
I say this, as bad aa It Is, Is not
worse than Mr. North’s thievery In
connection with the wool schedule In
the tariff hill, because some members
of congress are now at bottom equal
ly 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 In
fluential congressman, “yon heard
what I said. T want her promoted
to a $1,800 Job at once.”
The young lady got her promo
tion. And, you may recall, that the
census bill was passed by both hous
es of congress with a provision that
appointments in that branch of the
service should be made without the
assistance of the civil service com
mission but practically by the di
rector, upon the recommendation of
Caused by the Attack of a Negro on
a White Man.
Wednesday night a serious ,<f«sh
between white and colored people
of Mayesville over in Syunter coun-^
TSTTwar narrowly biir t6<F~
counsel of the cooler heads prevail
ed, and quiet was restored.
Mr. John Cdnningham, who is em
ployed by tie Llnson Lumber Com
pany, reprimanded one of the negro
handSf Lindsay Conyers, fof care-
IqSs work, and hot words followed.
As Mr. Cunningham turned away,
the negro struck him, a blow on the
head with a scantling, laying open
the scalp to the bone, and render
ing hlnywnconsclous.
The hegro then took refuge In a
nearby cabin, and when ati officer
attempted to arrest him, resisted,
and drew a Colt’s automatic pistol.
Fortunately he did not undesstand
the safety catch, and he was over
powered and taken to the guard
house. Considerable excitement pre
vailed, and there was talk of lynch-
Ing.
, This, however, quieted dpwn, and
Sheriff Epperson was notified. Dep
uty Sheriff Sykes went to Mayssville
immediately and brought the pris
oner to jail without tronble.
PLEADER GUILTY.
George Barton, the Yeggban, Con
fesses Crime.
George Barton, the escaped 'yeg
man, was arraigned In the feder
court at Greeifville Tuesday mornln
on the charge of robbing the post-
office at Pelzer In December last,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
serve five years In a federal prison,
and pay a fine of $1,000. He will
he taken to the prison near Atlanta.
Barton declared that h!s escape from
the Greenville county jail was ef
fected by blowing a hole through the
two-foot stone floor of his cell with
collodion. “ •
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