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The Barnwell People. vol. xxxiv \ BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 13.1911 MUST TOE MARK PREY OF MOSQUITOES Advises Farmers !• Wiick Ibiir C#i- gressmei and Seiatirs. VI KEN IS BOl'ND TO STAKE AND A FAKE 1MMTOR ARRESTED IN LEl'T TO PERISH. FIA>RKN('K (DI NTV. Greatest Seasatiai Yet ii the Famtis Larimer Bribery Case. SI PPOSED DEAD, SHE IS UMNO WITH IMHJI S IiORI>. WIND, RAIN AND HAIL IK) DAM- A<iE IN SEVERAL SE(TIONS. MAKE THEM VOTE RIGHT (''rue! Vengeance Exacted by the He is t^harged With Selling Medicine Ruler on an Erring Woman May Wipe Out t'olony. Quietly but persistently, and with to Aiken t'ounty Negroes Pontaln-1 Ing Poison. TELLS OF SLUSH FUND | promise of startling revelations, the ( 0 information given out at police United States has turned its roldh . . . . „ _ . „ ; headquarters here this morning Alk- inquiring gaze on a condition of af fairs that exist on the island of St. pn count >' authorities have secured , Malo on the coast of Louisiana. The t * ie ra P*ure of a man whom, It is al- • circumstances hark back a full cen- l<'ll p d t^o negroes and at- tury when the French pirate Lafitte t p mi>ted to kill the third one in that The Florence Times says according jj 10 (; rn er*l Manager of the Interna tional Harvester Company Says .Men Who Put I p Corruption Fund was a very real bugbear to voyagers: , ' ount >' b >’ administering poisonous to Elect Ixirliner Aske<l Subscrip tions for Reimbursement. Hood, a member of one of the lead ing families of Asheville, N C , who hecame a victim of the wiles of the preposegslng Englishman, by a ccr- seeking homes and fortunes in the, dru K R whilp he waf! ,rav6,inK ,hro ’ 1Rl1 At Sl,rinKfiHd - 111 1 S ’ French colonies of Louisiana From ,h< ' < ' onn,r - v flaiming to be a doctor Funk, general manager of the inter- emony of marriage, Dec, 16. 1H06, m President diaries S. Ilarrett. of the National Farmci-s l nion. Says the l aniKTM .'lust N«.t Allow Tliem- s<d\<-s to be Fooled by the Rift of 0 Dulletins and Carden Seed. Having failed to secure a bill to prohibit cotton speculation, to get parcels post, tariff legislation bene- tj ni f> 8 U p ( 0 the present the isl- and sp ll' D B Ihe negroes his medicine. na tj ona ] Harvester Company, Wed- fiei;,l to the farmer and Sther laws an(1 has , )een he)d by an outlaw ma , ' His name Is given as Frank Win- through a Republican congress, Pres community of semisavages, having terman alfa * I '' rank Slate - H is statc<1 blent Charles S. Rarrett. of the Na- thejr {)Wn Koyernment ^^h’ich they that waB worked up against ( of tional Farmers’ Union, Is going to called a "Free Republic! " and admtn-! him by a well-known negro of this 1 Funk testified, before the investiga- Washington at the opening of the ex- j sf(TinK j ns tice through their own clty who knew Slate when he lived tion committee, that Edward Hines tra session to see if the farmer can roun( .j| Onoe or twice there have at Aiken at the time 11 ls a >l p (? p fl he asked him as manager of the Har- expeet anything more at the hands been perfunctory effects to bring this poisoned these negroes in 1 905. Slat* vester Company to contribute $10,- of the Democrats. Island under the laws of this country is 8ald t0 be a wb,te man but ha8 000 to reimburse certain men who The national legislative bureau of bnt only r ^ nt i y has there been prov- livpd ^ lth the negroes practically all h ad put up a $100,000 "slush fund" ocation sufficient to inspire energetic hlshife. A warrant was issued for ( 0 ^jpet "'m. Lorimer to the United investigations. ~ hifl arre8t in Aiken but he escaped states Senate. Up to the time of the recent trag-| and baa been travelJng ln varlous The Harvester Company’s manager edy in which poor, wayward, romantic P ar * 8 ^ be cou nty. further testified that Hines named Marie I.a Vigne, a mainland beauty Hp was a '7 e ® t f: d feW Edward Ti,den , a wealthy Chicago cavendish tells of trips around the. of Acadian descent lost her .life, the ag0 bq Hea ll b Officer Deberry on the p ac ker, as the collector of this fund world of 20 trans-Atlantic voyages sland was referred to as an "Eve- charge of belng drunk and d'ao'-derly to reimburse , bp rae n who. as Mr. of vi8 , t8 t0 Europp Asla and Afr) ,.,: t»«lne<l Fsiik* In I IKK* n* (be l<nst of the Victims of "l,ord Percy Kholto Douglas.’’ Mourned as one dead because she was supposed to have been murdered by John (’. Cavendish, alias ’’Lord Percy Sholto Douglas," Josephine by a general severe wind and rain Does Much Damage In Alabama, When- It Spreads Desolation and Havoc in Places. A dispatch from Montgomery says desolation and havoc have been wrought in many parts of Alabama RepMiciu Will HiM to P»wwtw. CALL HAS BEEN Capers Approves of the Civil dorse* the Meeting—It Came ! Secretary Dan Wallace and ('h airman lemma* Blalock Negroes Will Re there. The Record says thdre will be h*w nesday exploded the biggest sensation the Lorimer bribery case. Mr. storm, cyclonic in its nature in some places, and accompanied by heavy lightning and hail In others, which’ started Monday night, terminating late Tuesday afternoon. Telephone and telegraph wires are , , .... down in many sections, and on iy j l n ( 0 l ,imbla on \\ ednesday. April 13 meagre details of the damage done a meeting of the executive conn can be learned. Traffic on several tee of the new "Lily White" Repub- railroads was delayed during all of llcan organization in this State. Tuesday. call reads: Trees uprooted, houses and stores | "in further connection with th« i company with the bogus lord, to damaged, some completely demol- ganlzatlon of the Republican party which she Deems bound by a hypnotic j fibc d, light plants put out of com- South Carolina, perfected In the Lake Charles, La., has broken the si lence of years by writing to an aunt in her home town In her letter she cites some circum stances of adventure befalling her In spell, since she declares her belief. In mission, street car service Impaired his uprightness and that she Is happy an( j streets flooded by the heavy the union will be maintained throu-hout the session, and Prcsi dent Darren will personally spend as much time there as possible. In a statement just sent out to ihe organization he is frankly skeptical of results, unless the farmer wakes up to his opportunity and forces ac tion He declares he would not be surprjsed to "see a semblance o. tariff reform," or "no tariff reform at ail." He makes it rather plain that he hasn't much more confidence in the Democratic organization than the Republican, unless pressure < is brought to boar. In many ways President's Parrott's latest communication is his most )n- t-resting, because he speaks out trankly and unafraid about things Here is what he says: To Hie oifiecrs and Mem tiers o! the Farmers' Union: At a moment when polities is in a rarely formaMve condition, congress n ee's in evtra session. I am aware that at the present time the plans of the leaders who util eontnd the majority in the next b me ate ns ><t uncertain The Mat’orm an t the immemorial prere- den's of their party pledge them to a tariff r-form At the same time the ;.i-t .vtttmle and performances ot the insurgent" contingent in the Reputdban partv commit them in th ane- general direction. Meanwhile, the soe alb d "stand- p i<" Re; 'iblir.ans are to tie retnem- h. t.i! Tic ' tune seen the drift ot •I and with characteristic onlit i a I ast at. ness mav tie expected t.i keep I'.isonablv near the hand of these varied elements, i heni M ri \ i ng to promote id vidua! cause, lies the election in 1 !• 1 2 and ■ tired none of them of this grest event of what is done in and is cared for in luxurious style She carefully refrains from telling her present address. The letter was mailed on a train going west from New Orleans. Mrs. downpour of rain are the reporti thgt wa re received Tuesday night from the storm-visited sections of the State. In Selma the storm was severe. Shingles were blown from the roofs ventlon aaaembled in the city of lumbla on October 27, loot, a m< ing of the State Republican exacvtlf* committee and also a meeting of State Republican central commt Is hereby called to meet in the of the undersigned. State cholrmoa. less Eden." Women were not tol- and was turned over to Pol,ceman Hines was quot-d as having said. haO nientmns munv gifts of b-u, L crated. Up to the present the details Ha8eld f n ? nd J ocked "P; Chief Koop- "underwritten" the election of Lori- from ber bu8ba nd and his lavish ex- vague, except her horrible death. She captivated the master of the colonv of houses, trees uprooted, *igns | i n the city of Columbia at 12 o’eloelc blown down, fences raised and houses Wednesday, April 12. (Columbia Ho- dant.aged by rain, which Ml In tor- <h ) Please ^e present. Respect* rents while the storm was raging. fully. "D. H. Wallace, S^srotOiy- of the tnecdv w hich Marie i n vime man wbo bad beon ln communication , m<>r “ Ait" ‘ ri^" ' ~ 1 h ° I,,ant wa ’' put out of com * Treasurer.” hrough ... on herself are imewhat "ith the negro man there whom it Is' m,. Funk dPclared that bUj object ^tture. which suggest that Caven- m ission and Tuesday night the city "Countersigned and approved: U. brought upon herself are somewhat ^ raove , n dish may be an International gambler, was In total darkness. The streets iW. C. Blalock, fltate Chairman." ments. telegraphed Sheriff Raybourn „ H Koh «aat pub”rehe r oVthe Chi- T n0t 7 1 ^ 8 ***?'*' ^ an<i 8,reWn W ‘ th Umb • whtle he was _ marketing a of Aiken and he came last night to "ago Re^o d Herald from a D(i.lb e T/s u , \ Tu ^ ^ ^ Hhad ° ° f the Clly ' “ Tb * organization of the Rep*„. fish until he ^ame so carry the prisoner back to that county uil sen^nce a. a reeult of Mr^oh 7 L ^ ,°7k’ 7? ™ *"7 ' ,>1< ' ,,hon ‘ > and ,p,pgraph can party referred to In the abova fish until he became so _ ’ t t Jail sentence as a result or Mr. Kohl to ^ h)g n!ntb w , fe . The present snapped and all the telephones are no tice and the call for a meeting of ,* aa t s refusal to give certain infor- Mr8 Ca vendish does not Indicate that out of rfrder. The five and the mat Ion demanded by the committee ^ know8 of bl8 earl , pr mar ri a ges. A t Uniontown, In Perry County. comm ittees meet* with my hearty np- ,a x. x. a , x. but doe8 8ay P lainly ,hat 8hp ron,d high wind was accompanied by a 1 Drova i The wltnees said he had given Mr. not romm unicate before or return to regular hall storm and much damage “John O Caoers urnn ^hVh Thr'cMcigo'puSllsh^ 7' T*"** haH *' aR d " np E ru1t and vegetable crops i "South Carolina Member. RephMWii- tn on w men tne i nicsgo puDtistier tr0 ubles he hopes soon to overcome were hadly damaged. National Committee." The publlra- and then tbpy w jn live In Los An Cadsden was aleo among the The notice la sent out on Rclc* storm-struck cities, many telegraph headed: Cavendish is said to have married pol s being blown down, trees up- "Johp O. Caper*, general eight women in as manv d'ftennt rooted and the rity light plant crip- j or of tbe N atlotJal Republican parts of the United States l.efnre he pled. and a member of the Republic boatlocul of ohsessefi by . i, v t as slight nr:( h f. n f to* 11-:it la I ,a,n re: • o -1: i g f i- t \tri s-ss:on and in the next reg session will '.e largely directed d gi.ning good strategic posi r the president ia l election ; w ant tariff r- form, new or r< g ula r s- ssjun. it is up to w.rtih e.uh indivtdiral mem- eottgress. especia 11 y the new io went to congress on a of promise, not forget'ing her charming figure and enquettish glances that he dared to violate tradition by letting her ac- (ompanv him home Uor some months tie vvas able to reconcile his people to ihe presence of his "queen." as 'Marie insisted upon calling herself. Uradually younger men of the col r>n> Inst their prejudices, under the inhuenee of Marie's glances Pres- etitlv the master found he did not oc cupy the whole of Marie's heart, worse, that his rivals were not only successful, hut numerous, Marie's public accuser was the master himself And his thirst for vengeance was so fierce that he turned her over to her worst ene mies the council of elders., for trial There was no lack of evidence Ac cording to the barbarous standard of the community, a punishment to fit the crime was announced by the council Let h<r l>e eaten alive bv mos q u it oes' " The council of e lders, in delivering this terrDde judgment, also swore the islanders to permit no future in vasion of the island bv any women Then Marie La Vigne was I'-d forth fo e\cc ut ion She was hound to a stake in thi marshes naked, where swarms of mosquitoes and gnats denied any pos sibility that she would live Ion* enough to Miffer pangs of hunger Such is the outline of the tragedj which has turned the gaze of the au- thorit'e* on the whole problem of civilizing St Malo. and, if possible, bringing to justice the murderers of poor Marie La Vigne for trial. JEFF A HER WROTE A LETTER. I or That Reason He W as Refuse*! Notary (lomininslon. Tier w . I v MAN' (iOATS KILLED. In Texas si<>rm Whiclt Destroyed 'Inch Property. A wind and hail storm plnvcd tnv- oc in the extreme southwestern por tion of the state Wednesday morn inc. according to dispatches received here this morning The damage to proper! v is offset by the goods that will lie derived by the crops bv the rain Cotton was sadly in need of moisture when tie r am storm came up. The storm was espeei.tll' severe at Will Ranch Mine, nine miles east of tracketf. In a pasture there were phi goats, all of which were killed by the large hail stones which lit ; Tally peppered the barks of the aul- nals until they died. The storm reached -proportions of ; i tornado in Kendall county and here three buildings were totally de- ! Hroved bv the intensity of the wind t ’ — ' 1 They Hunt Work. More than a hundred Eastern rol-1 ^ge hoys have already inquired of Charles Harris, Topeka, Kan., direct or \pf the State free employment bu- reai^ as to the prospects for employ- ■ blu r the senators, sin* c it is only a q 1 ,estlull () f time before we elect sen .i'"r> c'tit'e'tlv bv the [i*'i>ple. I woiyhl not be surprised to see a emblimV of MrifT reform enacted a' Hie a bproavtung session, nor would I be irprised to see no tariff reform ent' ieil \\ can t*‘ll more, and 1 can moi. accurately advise member* 11*■ ,v to !,ring pressure on th' ir indt v Jual representiit ives. w hen con gross meets and w\> get a look at Hit line-up. 'ou will be kept i\osted from tlmt to time \ In the meantime, rtynomber tha unselfishness is not the predominat mg note of politics, and (hat to ge results we must follow iTosely thi records of all law inakersA not e\ icpting those we know A r* friends. Remember that, the are only human This is as good a monfont as\an other to tell you what the avera not the exceptional, politician thint of the farmers. He regards the American farmei as a sleeping elephant with the pol itiejati' as his official keeper, wh< must exercise carefully the sacred function of his office. He knows that may happen agair in the past the elephant has awak ened and writes his Impress on na tional legislation. (aware, Pennsylvania, North Carolina | He knows that my happen again and South Carolina, any time! Rut he also knows h elephant quiet with speeches about nothing, by playing on his prejudices, hy getting the man with a little "fluenre 1 ’ in the “dts Diet" a little job that will keep votes corralled. He also handshakes, ask* after the wife and children, send* government bulletins (for which there is scarce room at Washington) and garden seed (which occasionally will sprout). iis?t To th*- Editor of The State I ha e received a letter from Cov- * rnor Dlease's private seeretarv sm e 1 wrote niv lett.-r to The State in which the (iovqynor gives his reasons for not signing my rommission as notary puhlie. Kindly publish my letter of request to the Hovernor, and his reply. Also my answer to his question. R R. Jeffares Shelton. S C . April 5 Shelton. S U , Mch 2 1. 1 r M i His Extellency, Coleman L Please, Hovernor of South Carolina, Co lumhia. S (’. D«'ar Sir : I am in receipt of a letter frem th« secretary -of State stating that inaamuch as you have refused to sign my commission as notary pub lic. he sends me a check to reimburse m* for the two dollars sent bv me to pay for the commission Will yon please inform me whether or not I have been correctly informed or whether or not the matter has in.-' been overlooked by you in Hie routine of daily tiusin'-fls If ! have been correctly informed kindly write me your reason for not signing my commission and oblige R R Jeffares Columbia. S C . Apr 1 '<! 1 Mr. Rohf R Jeffares, Shelton. S C Dear Sir The Hovernor is in receipt of your letter of 'larch fi 1, and directs m* to ask in reply if you remember an article von wrote In the papers some time since^ Yours v erv truly. Alex Rowland. Private secretary FATAL ELECTION TROl RLES. Political Arguments Caused shooting at Little Hock. At Little Rock. Ark . two persons are dead as a result of shooting af frays, having as their origin quar rels over Tuesday's city election. Following the tragic death of Con stable Ed Lindsay, who was shot to death in a fight with Patrolman Will Scott in the law offices of .1. A. Co mer on West Second street, former Patrolman Charles Brown was shot amd kilted hy E A. Pipkin early Thursday. In the same affray' Louis Hild. was shot and his left leg brok en above the knee. Brown had engaged in several fist fights during the day as a result of political arguments. Earlier in the day he had severely beaten Deputy had based an editorial, tion. in February last, of this edi torial. which charged the use of a $ I no ii no fund to elect Lorimer, re sulted In the calling of Mr. Kohl- sat as a witness before the commit tee. He r'efused to make known the name of Mr Funk and was giv-qi one week s time to divulge this name or stand in contempt of the Benate committee News of the disclosures before the committee reached the State House nearby within a few moments. The House was still In session, while the Senate had just adjourned. The re ports caused excitement, murh discus slon .and hurried consultations among the members of the Legislature Mr. Kohlsaat preceded Mr Funk on the witness stand He briefly stated that he was ready to g:ve the name of the man who had furnished him with the report of the alleged j ] miiThm'i "slush fund." In explanation of the appearance of M r Funk tie said When I arrived at my ofTT e Thursday the first call over Hie tel ephone was from Clarence S Fiiiik, general manager of the International Harvester Company. Mr Funk asked if tie could see nie at once and I told him yes to come over, and as near a* I can remember he said: ' I spo by the papers last night and this morning that you have been sub poenaed to appear in Springfield and had declined to give up my name to the committee, the Senate committee I would he a little less than a man if I hold you under confidence as to my name or identity. 1 wish to say now that I release you from all obli gation to maintain secrecy and that 1 feel I also have a dutv that until this time I do not feel free to. hut now 1 will go to Springfield and tell the whole story " In detailing his conversation with Mr Funk concerning the alleged bribery. Mr Kohlsaat said "Mr Funk told me that the gen tlemen who came to ffTm said that met Miss Hood One of those he married in Los Angeles, on" in Fort Worth, Tex ; one in Norfolk, Va . one in Heorgia one in Denver, Colo, one in New Orleans, La . and one iti Ohio All of these women are said to have written to Miss Hood's aunt, but sho has kept no memoranda of their names He soon desert'd all of them except Miss Hood (•iven Damage*. A t Coinmhia engineer for th w ho sued t lit j ti finu, was a Rb bland Ji injuries reeelved W hetl Ills el hit at Royster Junction !>> a Southern Tuesday lot omot Iv e Reports from Ray Mlnette, Brew- ,ional committee. L. W. to„, Demopolt*. Marlon function. State chairman. Ooldrllle; I. H Evergreen, Decatur, Huntsville, | r | Blalock, s. vice president. Yorkvllle; Dan Wallace, secretary-treasurer. Hop* kine." The Republicans in thla Slot* formed a "new party" for South Car olina at the meeting last fall, rafao* ing to acknowledge the colorod or- There was quite a spilt in the camp of tha Ra* i Bo'" rt M Hr \ant. l< Atl.'inD' < oaM Line So q thern rill way for Ttiur.*d.i . awarded ,y r \ It tv heeause of F'd « hen In S i'll it 1 lie WHS Damage bj <’lomlburst. Damage estimat'd at ov> r a Hon dollars was cniiM'd in Mid boro. Ky Tuesday night hv a ] burst Half of the town ot Mid Cob-man and other place* tell of vre wind and rain storms, which dlo considerable damage. Clanton experienced the fiercest wind and rain storm Tuesday after-' noon that has visited that section In manv years Trees were uprooted Ka nlz.tlon In thls'state. and houses more or leas damaged The t’oiirt House tower was badly publicans Two aets of meeting* damaged and the electric light plant hf>M Tberp are at preMnt two BU j commission by falling chairmen, the one for the Whttea" and ti\e one for the otgaal- was done hy the 7 . a tt 0 n that for the mo*t part conaiot- gale, which swept p( j 0 f negroes, whose meeting wat over (1 u If port. Miss, and harbor bH(1 b< , re two week> pr i or to th* afternoon T he Herman meeting of the John 0. Caper* crowd, ship Sa* ken dragged anchor and Secretary Wallace t* the *on of th# fouled a small schooner The schoon- ia(< , j U(1|re w H Wallace of Uuloa, was blown from shaker of the famou* "Walloco house " put out of t rees Much damage heavy southwest State lito boro was und* were flooded r water Coal mines r Robert H. Dunn her moorings and rammed the tug Hulfport, doing $200 damage W ill Smith, a negro, trying to es- cape the fury of the gale, ran in front of a train and was killed LIVE HTOOK AGENT. NEHRO TELLH OF MURDER. me fo think it over I just walk'd away, without replving" After more questioning hv Attor ney Healy. the wqlness gave the name of the man to whom he alleged Mr Hines asked that the money be for warded if contributed Mr Funk said "Will Hie com mittee permit me to divulge that to the committee confidentially or in o perform executive session or to the chairman. w it I; Hot Mad Because He Waa Not Ball ed for Selling Booze. Becoming enraged because his white "friends" would not pay him out of jail when he was arrested for selling whiskey In violation of the state prohibition law, a negro ai Hatfield, a station on the Savannah. Southern Railway Appoiata Mr. B. Word to th« I’oahioa. A dispatch from Washington. D. C., says: In pursuance of the policy of the Southern Railway Company lo encourage the growing of lire stock In the territory traversed by Its llMO, l the appointment of Mr. K. L. Word to the position of Live Stock Agent of that company will soon be mode. Mr Word Is to devote his entire time to the encouragement of Use v or the attornev or in some way ou* making it public'’ "I have no reason for wanting to conceal this man, except that I do not like to drag the name of any other man into this thing." Permission being refused, he said "Well, i will answer, under pro file) had had no opportunity to elect icH He i (, ld me to send the money Mr Lorimer. A few of them hao to Ed Tilden." unwritten it and were around ask- "Who is Ed Tilden'’'’ ing subscriptions to reimburse them "I think he is president or vhe patially, for the money that was president ohgtne of the hanks at the spent stork yards, and one of the officials Clarence Funk, general manager of of the National Packing Company." Hie Harvester Company, then was "He Is president of the National called and told of a conversation w 1th Packing Company, isn't he'’" Edward Hines, which he said took "I understand so." place jn the . Union League Club, "It might bo proper foe me to say Auusta A Northern railway, 25 8 t ork growing Itf agricultural com- m.les from Statesboro. Ha . told the munitle8 alon g the llne , of th# com- officers of a murder said to have been by pany, to the dlaaemlnatlon of Infor- a white man named nia ti on a8 to the growing of Hr* December last. He said 8tock of al , k , ndg that wln be help _ ftil to farmera, to supplying Informa- swanip near Harfield and In- tion re | a tive to markets and faelli- committed Mullins in the body of » negro was burled down in a swamp near Harfield and in structed the officers to go there and tie* for shipment, and to developing d ‘ K the business of shipping cattle into hearing they would not find the those localities along the lines of the oxa't spot, the officers carried the company where they can be meet ad- n'gn. with them and it is said he vantageously fed for the market. He took them with no difficulty to where lg alao to Kive attention to the mat- h “ t,,,| i"' d b " ry the negro. He says , pr of factm | ea for feeding lire stock lie had no hand in the killing, but the in transit, white man made he and another ne- - - - gro bury the corpse. They began to dig and In a short while it le said, tho_ decomposed body of the negro was found It is said the negro was killed JAPANESE ENVOY SILENT. Boron I'chida Won't Discus# a I Already Denied. had the inquiries are from colleges in Del- ow to keep the political poker, and you have got to president of the Bank of Northern afd q U i ( ' k ] y when the time ram a few furious keep calling! California, of that city, was found fhat (be y bad bad n0 cbanre t 0 ro Their stock-in-trade is in know- a ^metery lying across the graves guU any one before hand. •ng how susceptible the average voter b ' p ,w ° w ith a bullet hole s to these little counterfeit favors. in b ’ 8 hpad and an p mptx; revolver Demand work, and they will quick- by b ’ 8 s * dp T be followinif\note was ly give it! found on his body: "I arn weary There are many studious, hard-; and worri and physically anti nien- working members, who keep abreast ,a "Y unable to hear the load. \Bai- if public questions, and really try to ' ey bad been ^ or wf ' e * <e legislate) for the general good. I give * * * them the credit. But they need to be increased, by the farmer showing that he will give his vote only in fpr service, pot Weary and Worn. At Redding, Cal . E. E. Bailey, vice about the first part of June, 1 909, here that I have no acquaintance Mr Funk testified: with Mr Tilden, and I have not and a , M V„t. '.he milddle <>7 December and, - —™ "He said I was just the fellow he had no reason other than that I have no(hing had b( . f . n beard of lt untll IUron rcbidJlt j a p an «*e ambasoa- the negro was arrested for selling dor, Thursday declined to comment see, and said he wanted to talk to name whiskey and his white friends refus- 0 n or even to deny the declaration ,?- U _ e ?l'® n .t. d 1 ° n ,77'H*,° r .*' ir 7-1,T 0,1 ,0 < ' oniP to hlB reecue, When he be- made Wednesday in El Paao by a man come "sort and revealed the secret, said to be close to the Mexican for- was with held, to the effect that the tJnited searching for the murderer. It is States troops were sent to the bofder said that the accused white man has M a caution to Japan, V^flch count- cone to parts unknown. try, it was rumored wa# attemptinff been looking for. or frying to stated regarding bringing in his and said he wanted to talk to name." me a minute. So we went and sat down and without any preliminaries, following the printing of the Kohl- mentNin the Kansas wheat fields ^ Pr08ecutinK Attorney Frank Mender- and a8 a maftpr of ( ' ourBP - be 8aa t editorial hearing upon the fraud, ,t is understood the sheriff of Emanu- 1 elgn office, but whose name 'ormng stmimer. The majority oi ^ sa ,d: he said*: Mr. Hines came to my f ., f , ourity ha8 been not , fled and ig ^ to the effect ^ tl “Well, we put Lorimer over down office a short time after that editorial at Springfield, but it cost us about appeared He was much disturbed $100,000 to do it." and Undertook to refresh my mem- "Then he went on to say they had ory as to what our conversation had been about. He stated that his for- con- mpr conversation with me had been a general one. and he said he had "Then he said, 'we now we not asked me for any money, and he are seeing some of our friends so as &aJd he did not know anything about I’' 4 ^ ^ • • k 1110(1 i)\ a to get it fixed up.’ money being raised "I asked him why he came to us, v UThe witness was questioned as to meaning the Harvester Company. He his business and political affiliations said, "well, you people are just a* disclaimed any persona! feeling on murh interested as any of us In hav- the te*t.lmony given, said that his ac- ing the right kind of a man at Wash- quaintanre with Mr. Hines wag slight ington ’ and that he did not know Mr Lori- "I think I replied, 'we won’t have mer. He also said that C. H. Mr- Killed hy Tree. Willie Crowell, while at whrk for Hie Scott I,umber company in Fall From I/oft He seems to be "raising dust ’ j be increased, by the farmer showing According to a telephone message x . ... . for the farmers. In reality, the av-i that he will give his vote only in received from Princeton, Laurens anything to do with that mattef^at Cormirk’had no interest in the Chi- .lade im a High. erage member is bending every en- exchange fqr service, pot pretty county, R. Lee Mahon, a well known allV He said, ‘why not?' I said, cago Tribune. After a few minor Prince Tsai Suun. uncle of the flnancitl and social circle# ergy to get re-elected. words. citizen v/ho lived near the Greenville 'sim'ply because we are not in that questions/he was dismissed and the Chinese Emperor, got the toothache delphia, died He would as soon work, for the All of this i* said in the best of hu- and Laurens county line, was found sort 6f business,’ and we had some committee adjourned until April 13. while he, was in Philadelphia last Thursday at his palatial farmers as for himself, if the latter mor, but the sooner you know how dead yesterday afternoon at his barn, discussion, back and forth and I Edward Hines today denied tfye September, and went to Dr. E. Druitt West Rittehouse square, tl woke up and made him do ft, and the congressman regards you, the'Ll* ba'-k having been broken by a asked hay much he was getting from story absolutely that wa* told by Mr. Crawford, who stopped the imperial cratic residential section of let him understand that he would quicker you’ll get the results you are fall from the loft of the building. He his frienos. Hd said, 'of course we Funk that he, Hines, had solicited pain. Dr. Crawford has now receireu not be paid off in "jollies.” In hand- now surprised at not getting from was a son of William M. Mahon, ana can only goTo a few big people, and a fund of $100,000 to reimburse word, through the Chinese consulate .-hakes, and in "hot air." , this most pleasant and smiling gen- was a prosperous farmer, aged about if ten of us put $in,nnn apiece, that those who had "put up" for the Sen- 1 ,In San Francisco, that Taai Suun has In other words it Is s same ol 1 tleman. Chas. 8. Barrett. •'40. , will clean It up.’ As I left he asked ator's election. (conferred a decoration on him to tideure a coaling station on the Pa cific coast of Mexico. The ambassador declared that he the would not deny an old story which of Marlboro county, wits long since had been officially declared tree falling on him. The untrue. No comment was fortheom- skidder was being operated when the ing from the Mexican embassy, log stru<(\ a tree, knocking it down the story was launched at as a "ha®*.! and killing Crowell. Mr. Crowell re- a-boo ” cently went to Marlboro from Horry. He was *aUquL 35 yea* old, and. - ——- leaves a wife and one child. Craige Lippincott, head of J. Lippincott company, pablSfiinr one of the moat promiaMt phta. According to tk*’ wa# due to a pistol received hlo dent or injury.