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/ 1 I BUNCOES DEALERS » FUN FUN GAME PLAYED BY A SLIH ARTIST STUCK FOR LARGE SUMS Alleged Fraudulent Representation by Agent of White Sewing Machine Co. to Business Men and Conse quent Suits Filed by the Company Brings Out Some Interesting Facts. The Herald, of Athens, Ga., carried a news story a few days ago on the suits hied by the White Sewing Ma chine Go. against prominent citizens of that section of the State of Geor gia. These suits were filed in the United States Court and were for large amounts. One suit was against Ur. VV. P. Delaprierre for $13,500 and one against the Elbert County Supply Co. for $8,100. The Herald says there Is a very in teresting news story behind these suits. The parties who have been suied stnenuously deny that they owe the White Sewing Machine people anything whatever and claim that they have been buncoed and defraud ed by a siirewd aaent of the company. It is claimed by them that a smooth agent by the name of N. D. Massey came through the country last year n presenting the White Sewing Ma chine people, and that he sold a num ber of large merchants in that section of the state and also in South Caro lina. Numbers of these merchants were indue* d to buy as many as 500 Sewing machines. Large lots of these machine.-! were sold in Athens. Com- n! it', ''anon, Hoschton. Calhoun Falls, Elbeiton and other places. The Herald says none of these mer chant;; seem to have bought less than 3uti machines so that there are more White sewing machines in this sec tion of Georgia than Carter ever had oats Massey, who sold these ma- (bines, is reputed to he the smoothest and most energetic salesman of sew ing machines in the world He cov ers a wi le territory, but it is said that he n* ver covers the same territory t w Ice. Those who have purchased ma chines claim that Massey represented himself to be the agent of the White i-evw.ng Machine Company and that as agent he would make prices which were Claimed to be very low and that tc Induce the purchaser to close the trade he would guarantee that he would resell these machines through agents appointed by himself In less than sixty days, and that the pur chaser c<>uld then settle up for the n a; ! f'and have the profit without i unii.ng any riss That he carried along with him an • Xpert salesman by whom all state ments were proven and who guaran teed that he could sell the machines in the time Indicated by Mr. Massey and that he had done so in every in stance. The purchasers in each Instance believing that they were running no risk and that they had a splendid profit would close the deal and give their notes and the agent, Massey, would enter Into an agreement, but instead of drawing it in one paper he would usually draw It in Hire pa pers. Two of the papers he would sign for the White Sewing Machine Company, but the third paper, it ap peals that ne signed personally. This third paper contained the ma terial part of the agreement and the one most advantageous to the pur- • i. i.-tv. In eat h instance it appears that the expert salesman never re turned to make the sales, he was us- ually detained on account of sickness in his family or some other good rea son and other salesmen were sent who prove to not only he inefficient, but made a great many sales that weie not bona fide, took numbers of mortgages from people who had no pn t'erty and raised the notes, selling T.iach.ities for $25 and afterwards raising the notes up to $75. ' early all cf these purchasers who be-.e-fit large quantity's of machines fti'-n Massey claim C'at they hare been flimflammed, have refused to pay these notes and will fight the cases in the federal court. Some of them will claim heavy damages against the White Sewing (Machine Company on account of the misrepre sentations made by their agents. It promised to be a big legal battle as the amounts involved ^re large. SENT TO JAIL FOR LIFE BECAUSE HE STOLE A SMALL PIECE OF BACON. Welch Commits a Little Sin Against Society, and Merciless Law Com mits a Great Crime Against Welch. Millions of Americans have shud dered of Victor Hugo’s tremendous arraignment of law in the stsry of Jean Valjean—the youth who, for stealing a loaf of bread for his starv ing family, was condemned to a life time of suffering, imprisonment and persecution. And they have said: "That was terrible. But that was iu France, and long ago. Such things could not happen now—certainly not in America.” But William Welch, looking out hopelessly from behind iron bars, gives them the lie. For William Welch, in free America, has suffered greater wrong than Jean Valjean. Driven by hunger, he stole a piece of bacon from a dwelling house; and for that “crime” he was sentenced to the penitentiary for life by an Ohio judge, and driven insane by brooding on the overwhehning injustice of it. Six years ago Welch, a young man of twenty-five, was wandering thru’ southern Ohio, looking for work. He found neither job nor generosity. I’enniless, lonely, hungry lie lost his reverence for the great god Property. And so, one dark, bitter night, in Greenville, he opened the door of a dwelling house, entered and took a f ew pounds of bacon to keep him alive in his quest for work. He lifted his hand against no man. He attacked no woman. He frighten ed no child. He, destroyed nothing. He had to have food, and he took a dollar's worth of bacon that was all. He was seen, caught and hauled into court. And being at heart an honest man, Welch admitted stealing the ba con. He would steal to live, but be would not lu* to avoid punishment. The law, however, was not so square as the thief. Welch was guil ty of “breaking and entering an in habited dwelling at night", with in tent to steal property. And that, In Ohio, is an offense punishable with life imprisonment, unless the jury recommends mercy. Welch was destroyed by big own honesty By pleading ■ guilty”, he surrendered his right to a trial by jury. And »o there was no jury to "recommend mercy”. Wherefore In exorable law, in the person of Judge Allread, sent him to the penitentiary for life It is not likely that any jury would have dune that And the lack of a jury was merely technical The Judge might have insisted on a jury trial for the prisoned, refusing to enter his plea of "guilty" Judges have often done so. This ‘udge merely said. "There is no alternative ' So. speaking as a statute book, and not as a man deal ing with flesh and blood und the pas sions of life, with a legal phrase he took away this young man's lifMong freedom, his human ties, even his secret hopes for stealing a piece of bacon' The door of the penitentiary closed on William Welsh, bis name became a number, and he was forgotten. Just the other day somebody happened to recall the case, and inquired what had become of William Welch, and this is what he found: The body of William Welch still lives. But the soul of him is dead \ few months of prison life brought him face to fare with his appalling fate. Brooding over it in bitterness, and longing for "that little tint of blue", which prisoners call the sky. "Ins mind broke". Law hail mur dered the only part . of him that raises man above brutes. Ami now he is no more than an ape in a cage. TOED THEM TO QUIl IF TREY WAS N8T PLEASED WITH THE MILITIA THREATEN TO BISBANb Ridiculed Boy Tries to Die. Ridiculed until life became unbear'- able, William Owens, seventeen years old, of Huntingdon, W. Va., member of'a wealthy family, who married Mrs. Ida Gregory, a widow with four children, shot himself in the breast and may die. Since his marriage to Mrs. Gregory, who is thirty-five years old, Owens’ relatives had refused to speak to him. Farmers. Don’t Burn t’ornstalks. Mr. W. F. Massey, in The Progres sive Farmer, says: "Don't burn corn stalks in order to prepare the 'ana. V farmer wrote to me askirc what j would he the difference between tutu- j1ng under a heavy grow th of dead ' ‘eavines and cornstalks and. burning | them. In a heavy growth of pea- vines he will have organic nitrogen enough to be as valuable as a ton an acre of fertilizer with three per cent, ammonia and that would be worth $10 to $12 an :%re. He would lose this in the burning, and would lose the limbus-making material, and would hav^ left only the potash and lime that were in the growth burned. In many places he would lose as much as an acre of the land would sell for.” Given Fifteen Years. At New York Max Klienberg was sentenced to Sing Sing for a maxi mum term of fifteen years for arson. Klienberg pleaded guilty to an in dictment found against him on the teatlmonr of Iwy, the Painter, self- confessed firebug, who said Klien- berg employed him to set lire to his tailor shop. Roosevelt’s Grip Disables. Last October when Col. Roosevelt made his flying western trip and vis ited Seattle, Wash., Abe Krouse, an ardent Bull Mooser, was one of the first to greet him. The former presi dent grabbed Krouse’s right hand .and gave it such a gripping squeeze that the bones fairly creaked. Since that day Krouse’s right arm has been helpless. What Rats Cost France. Statistics show that $40,000,000 yearly is the estimated damage done by rats to crops aad property In France. The publication of these statistics has given an impetus to the campaign for the extermination of the rodent, erfclch la also known to he a transmitter of disease. Governor Blea*e Tells Officers i, They Ikm't Like the Way Militi.. is Run to Resign and Tney Mu> Stop Kicking or He Will Dislmiu Their Companies. “Now, if these gentlemen are no pleased with the miiiiia, I would su-, gest, as conimander-in-chiet, that a. stead of continuing to keep up striie that their resigmuiouswould be uc cepted, and there would be uo re giets in the note of acceptance.” The above is the opinion of Gov ernor Cole L. Blease. in regard to Uu position of Capt. A. E. Legare an Capt. Dibert Jackin in signing a "round robin” charging Major Jo a eph R. Allen, commanding the First battalion, Second regiment, S. C. X G., with incompetency and making other serious allegations against bis conduct as an officer. The Columbia Record says Gov ernor Blease, in his preamble to t! order dismissing the charges again.-; Major Allen, is severe in his condem nation of the internecine strife now going on among the oil.cers of the Columbia battalion. Governor Blease has the following >o say of the otlu-r live ollicers who signed the petition: "As to the oth er gentlemen who signed this papet, I am satisfied that they have been in fluenced or misled, or, if not misled, certainly badly advised.” In no unstinting terms does the governor criticise the position of Capt. A. E. Legare in signing the pe tition. He recites the fact tbu: lo was the judge advocate in the recent court-martial, and sustained ev.rv allegation and every charge male hv Major Allen against Lieut. Claude Boland, ot the Richland Volunteers, and (’apt. Dibert Jackson, command ing the Governor’s Guards He also states that Capt l^egare praised the conduct of Major Allen Governor Blease says: "If the Judge advocate knew of thl« misconduct on Major Allen g part, why did he not discredit bis own witness and save the humilia tion which was heaped upon others by him whom he now signs a paper saying is unworthy of the high office of major ” In referring to (’apt Dibert Jack son's part in signing the petition, alter he had b'-c n cuiiv.cted by court- martial ami reprimanded by the com- mantb ♦ ;n chief, Governor Blease, in part says: "It would seem to me that if 1 were in h s place 1 would have been ashaim-d of my recent escapade and would have at least rem’ained until t had somewhat blown over. But, no, be comes back with a strike at the one who had consummated his own humiliation ” In his order dis missing the complaint, Governor Blease w rites: "And, as commander-in-chief. 1 will positively disband the next com panv that comes up with this inter necine s'rife. and will, if there be an> military wav to do so, relieve from office the next officer guilty of the least breach of discipline tending to cause strife among his brother o'l'c ers or the privates within his ranks.” Probably the wiuie controversy 'ling's c n the court-martial proceed- itivs instituted against Lieut. Claude Lolatid and (’apt. Dibert Jackson several weeks ago. Major AU+-n charged them with several specific-a iions of disrespect and disobedience to a supe rior officer. Both were con victed of the charge s. The governor dismissed the charge against Lieut. Claude .Boland and sustained those against Capt. Dibert Jackson, who was reprimanded in an order signed by Governor Blea?e, Several days ago a petition was filed with the adjutant general, charging Major Allen with incompe- toney and divers other allegations and asking for a court to inquire into his conduct. The petition was sign ed by seven out of the nine active commissioned officers of the Find battalion. The paper was sent to Governor Blease for his recommen dation. The governor dismissed the charges toto. and refused to have a court of inquiry called. Your Horse irt'v ir ’ •bould hare the best of attention and care during his natural life. Get the full benefit of pleasure, or work, and make hhn valuable to you—as you should value him—by keeping him in first-class condition. Keep him insured and protected by always having on hand for emergency a bottle each of Noah’s Medicines. Don’t experiment with unknown and dope-made reme dies—but use these tested and guaranteed medicines. Noah’s Horse Remedies contain no dope whatever. 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Governor Sulzer, of New York, Weiliu-.sildj niglil aei/uaed William Barries Jr , of the Republican Stal*- coimnitlee, ot having instigated a resolution ottered b> Senator Brown, requesting the Senate judiciary com mittee to determine what, if any, ac lion should fie taken by Lhe Senate or the legislature in relation to a published letter in which the Gov ernor was quoted as having made a pre-election promise to sigu the full crew hill. "If Boss' Barnes does not keep out of the Seuate and keep his hands of! the Legislature, I will get after Mr Barnes. ' declared tlie Governor "Barnes Is the man who instigated that resolution. He is a part of th* invisible government. He has no business meddling with the Legisla ture. There would be a howl if Mr Murphy came here and went Into Senator Wagner s room and drew resolutions against the Governor. I want Mr Barnes to keep away from the Capitol. He Is Lhe Republican buss. The people do not want bosses up here. The people are the bosses now "Even if I had promised I would sign the full crew bill, It would be all right. Governor Hughes and others promised they would sign certain bills if they could get them passet’. There is nothing wrong in that. I notice Governor Fielder signed a full crew bill yesterday over in New Jer sey. Between the railroads and the people, l am with the people. In my opinion, one human life is worth more ;h..n a train load of freight cars ” Senator Brown denied that Mr Barnes had any part in drafting. his resolution. Governor Su^ur said i Wednesday night that John Fitzib- bons. of Oswego, a legislative repre sentative of the Brotherhood of Rail road Trainmen, had denfed the au thorship of the letter accredited to him, in which the statement was mo'e that ti;e Governor had promis eegh Grade Seed and Farm Land VII >N SHEEDSGROW. Tney are grow u In the South for the Sot.in LONG AND SHORT STAPLE UPLAND COTTON ■ " ~ • 1 r ■ ■ ■ ■■ ■ ... i -i The best Varieties. Write uc for -price* and WlfOi that Inn. '* CORN SORGUM, MILLET, VELVET BEANS ficc Uur Corn .g all HIGH-BRED SOUTH CAROLINA CORN. Get mir Illustrated Catalogue ef all Vegetable and Farm Seada. W. H. Mixson Seed Company, SOUTH CAROLINA WE HAVE 200 BUHHELS CHOICE Velvet Bean* ACCOUNT W. F. BOOKMAN, LEBOHOM, FLA. $2.75 PER UU. F. O. B. HAKLKMTOM, S. C. Charleston Fruit Company, 2 4 MARKET, 8T ,-o- CHARLESTON, C. +m. HOME, SWEET HOME. TYRUrt COBH 18 SUED. ♦ Sait ia Brought Agaiaat Hiaa by Dr. D. J. Hydrl-'k of The Bute mi* Robert O. constable to Magistrate Jamss H. | Kowles, of Columbia, Thursday after noon after the baseball gams ssrvsdl I Ty Cobb with a ball writ, growlag out of an automobile contract bstwoum the baseball player and D. ftydfHk ot Orangeburg. Mr. Cobb gavs bond !■ the sum of $100 to cover the clain and costa. A hearing will be held before Magistrate Fowles April 24. On February 8, 1910, Mr. Cobb made a contract with Dr. D. J. Hj- drlck for him to sell automobile* in Orangeburg and surroundlnc territory. Bond In the sum of $20$ was given by Mr. Hydrick as good Cut Off For Seven Days. Completely cut off from the out side world for seven days, the city of Marietto, Ohio, Wednesday, through the Associated Press for the first time learned that J. P. Morgan is jdead; that Adrianople had fallen; that the Allens had been executed; that Columbus, Dayton and nearly the entire State of Ohio is emerging from the worst flood disaster in its history. Why We Do Not Apt>rerUte Hot I.ike Our Fathers Use To. It is said when John Howard Fayno wrote "Home, Sweet Home,” fie himself was a homeless wanderer in the streets. It took a man who had no home to make the spirit of home Immortal. The reason why we of to-day do not appreciate a home more Is that It is too easy to have one. The place that our grandfathers called home was little more than a shelter. They knew no comforts such as we have. They had few luxuries, but the thing they called- home had' been fought fr. and so it was dear to them. Today, any one can have a home aimo.-t for the asking. He can fill it, 1 w ith hip comfortable furniture that,! ° * ■ • .». ., . . . , , fhith. A clause In the contract, it Ik will give him us much comfort as, , . , , , , .. i said, stated that in a certain time Ui-t'd to belong only to royalty. He ' _ . . . , .. either could repudiate the contract. can have beautiful draperies in his windows and iliifi plcTures on his walls. He can have a piano or a talking machine. He can have rugs that are copies of tho patterns in pal- t ares. And he can do all this on the iL'.f'if.i 1 1L K * '‘ill trew bd 1_i|f.. t ’ ,f ‘ r . l :^juQaL.iuuderutu,.and moat ordinury of salaries or wages. ed. Sucide Imitation Fatal. Fourteen yeao-rld- John Walton, of L.oicaster, Ua., placed to his tem ple a revolver cupposed to be unlaod- cd. and with the remark, “This is how Brobst shot himself,” referring to a recent suicide, pulled the trigger. A b.lfit entered his brain and he (L« d in the hospital. Bulgarians Lost Heavily. The Bulgarian casualties in the last day’s lighting at Adrianople are e.-t.muted at i 4,000 killed and wuu:.Je;l. The first regiments which advanced to the attack lost 50 per ct nl. of their ollicers and men in kill ed and wounded. Reiiels Surround Federals. Gen. Ojeda, with four hundred Federals, Is surrounded by a thou sand State Insurgents ten miles be low the border at Naco, Sonora, and tnaklng a last stand. Gen. Obregon, commanding all Sonora Insurgent troops, is on his way from Cananea with six hondrkd insorgents rela- Dog's I’iain Failed to Save. William A. Smith, of Kalamazoo, Midi., who recently underwent an op- ! or tion at Ann ^trbor, by which the tissue of a dog's brain was substitut- ed for a portion of his own brain, is de al, the operation not proving suc cessful. Favor Monument to Sims. The Chester County Medical Asso ciation at a recent meeting indorsed the movement looking toward the erection of a monument to Dr. J. Marion Sims In Columbia, and will contribute liberally toward It. Day by day this paper is filled with advertising that offers every facility for the furnishing of the home. Not only can the man with ready cash furnish his home on a moderate basis, but even the man without cash ran have all the comforts and lux uries he desires through a system of credit on home furnishings which has now become almost national in Its f. scope. Tills is the season when new homes are springing up on every hand and the season when old homes are bo- ing remodeled and refurnished for another year. Therefore it is the sea son for home furnishing opportuni ties which every live advertising mer chant is offering at this time. Do not hold these home making opportunities too lightly. Give these advertisers a hearing. What they are saying is real, and what they are doing is making history. There has never been a time In lhe history of the world when comfort and luxury were as widespread amongst the peo ple as they are to-day. Look over this advertising to-day. See if you cannot add the comfort of a home to the ple&anre of your life, or see If yon cannot pat more luxury and more material happiness Into the home yon base. Think of what yos need most abont jour home aad than look tor tho kdrsrtMkg ot thoss things la this paper to-day According to ’Mr. Cobbr the~roiF tract ran out and Dr. Hydrick did not | sell any automobiles. He says Mr. Hydrick came to Augusta and de- j ntanded ft settlement of the g?0(J. Ite ; says he paid him $160. The action j Ihnrsday wans to regain the TPuraili- " , ijig $40. Mr. Cobb says he thought the matter was settled. Mr. Cobh gave the bond of $100 before lenvlnY to cover the claim and costs until a hearing can be had. If necessary he will return to Co lumbia for the hearing. Mr. Cobb Is represented by C. T. Graydon, who- will handle the case for him. This- contract was made a little over two- years ago vzhile Ty Cobb was on a. business trip to Orangeburg. Thief Says, “Pray for Me.” A masked burglar, whose voice’ trembled and who appeared much perturbed, appeared at the home of W. E. Lindsay, of Aberdeen, S. D., and demanded money. As Mrs. Lind say turned over $1.15, the robber said: "I am sorry that I have had tk- do this, but It was forced en ms~ Pray for me, friends.” ♦ 1 Gives Up Bogs for Airies. Two maiden women of Baltimore, Md.. who for many years have had > dogs tor pets, have given them up for two babies. They say they ark glad’ they made the chaage. Request tor tbe babies was made ta a Aid society, whose agsot for the adoption. /