Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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•' -*■ “T! • 4 0 wvr it, [it US PM* it obt. nun eurm PICNIC AT SNIDERS UAIVUUUXtt FRIDAY. “Mr. FmUrT” mid OotoMl Fi tter. mmd tkm» wts • rl*»l* of iMgktor all or*r th« covrt iododiDf th« eomBitt«*m«B U* wltB««a—“I mmn Mr. Road, did 7M oror k«XO a coaforanco with a oartala attorney la Sooth Carollaa twIaUro to Kaiaod la latiMdlatoljr eommlttoomaB CUf toa fatorraptod. “I object to that. Mr. Nichols la not her*, and on account of his iwt hetag present I object to ffotag tato that. He ah on Id has* the opportaa- Itjr of heartag It." (Tati) the committeeman Mr. Nirholla' name there had beea ao intimation that he was la aajr wav connected with the t’olonel Felder said It woald be his pleasure to return to the city of Augusta at any time, and bring Mr. Herd with him. If Mr. Nich- olls desired to deny any part of the testimony i.bout to be offered re ferring to him. "Mr. Reed, will you agree to the same thingT" asked Chairman Carl isle. "Why. yea I will," replied the witness, "1*11 be her* whenerer you want me” “Is it the object to harw the corn- mil tee |,ase on this objection now.'* ask«-d Committeeme-n Geryv. "I moult: suppose so,” re^::«l Cha|r«anu Carlisle. "It U my purpose," said Col. Fel der, “to prove by Mr. Reed Just what transpired In certain conrer- sat’.ons he had. rad to establish dic tagraph records, and how they were taken, before we offer thoae records Id evidence, as ws Intend to do." • Object tom killed oa Vote. The committee, by a vote of three to two, decided to permit the evi dence oa motion of Mr. Cary. The negative votes were by Chairman Carlisle and Mr. Oil ft on. Applause, on announcement of the vote, was ao eonaldarabia that Chairman Carlisle announceed the committee would have to alt la private If the audience did not re strain themselves. Editor of Other r Address by Cultivator— tbe psuttsetiary, • aad 1 replied I Replying, Felder aetd: that such waa my Asrtr*. wbereupoo * “If I ever met Boykin at all I be said: ‘Oh. we won't have nay | doo't know It. I’m certain ( never dlfflcnltv in ♦bet” . -{-met Tow ill mt ail tnttil afte]* - the Mr. Read aald that, la hie eon- abolition of the old dtspenaary. I iMO nAV .. AwwrAi, FARMERS venation with Mv. NlchoU ha do remember that Tbwlil earn* to UA .:. mad* It Plata that he wanted to me once after that. toM mo all the lawyer la aacarlag the I his ezpeiisncsa as a salesman and ex liberty of the coovlet. aad NlchotM I praaed a strong desire to pet each | was.told ‘'Attorney Porter" woald a position with tho Armour company cniTAD HIINNICIJTT SPEAKS be perfsctly willing to mcko a pay- li. South Carolina. Answering your U,,IWR MWnniWVll orutna eat to him on account," having I question, gentlemen, I say: Stand- told Nlcholls that he had sntira I lag up or fitting down, awake or charge of sotUlag the estate” asleep, living or dead, steading on Mew tbe Money Was Worked. I my head or my heels. 1 never have Reed said he went to Atloata, offered ai«y oh* of these very dls- where aa arrangement waa made I tlagalshed gentlemen one farthing through the Fourth National Beak for anything. Furthermore. I would for him to got'a letter of credit for say. from experiences I hare hal. $2,500—which wte provided for by If 1 had made the offer it woald Mr. Felder—oa tho Bank of Com- hove beea snatched op ao quickly merce, Spartanburg, and that this I It would not only maks yoqr head letter roe filed la Spartanburg, swim, hut woald have-sent It around In the Spartanburg bank be Id a whirlwind." ' ' met the assistant cashier, Mr. I Never Offenal Hub a BHbe. Hendru. Reed thei< met Nlchons "Did you ever offer Hub. Evans sad drew a check la his ft "or "for $50 to try to bribe him.” $&«• on account." Nlcholls called "No. most emphatically no. Why ep Hendrix at the bank and asked I If I had 1 would hove succeeded; tbe check was good and got an af- end that is given as expert opinion, firmotive reply, and the check went and that will be borne out In the to the h» n k to depoeit of Hendrix’s evidence of nearly everybody who account'* has done business with tbe Great “At Kicholls’ request, I have late- Mort,! Institution—at least with a ly #cr/. him $600, New York ex- Particular board of the Institution change, and I learn by a telegrou They have stated that you could not received by me here today that ex-I sell liquor to them cheap, tb&t you change has been cashed " The could not give tt to them for telegram was from the Chlc&go of- love, but the only way you could fices of the agency and came to I make sales was to add on that re- Mr. Reed in cipher, which he read bate. to the committee and then trans- “Mr. Felder, did yon ever, at any latcd. It showed that the $500 time, receive any profit, directly or draft had been crehed by the party indirectly from the South Carolina to whom It waa drawn by Mr. dispensary, or profit any deal be- Reed, as N. M. Porter.” tween any house and the dtspenaary The IHctagraph thought Into Case, other than your fees as counsel for "Mr. Reed, please state whether th'^* whiskey houses you represent or not in your further negotiations, Jed V‘ you used the dictagraph In re- | "I have never received a farth- cording what transpired between yo’|i n a from the South Carolina dis- self and Mr Nlcholls at any time?" aary in arry fashion whatsoever, ex- asked Colonel Felder. | ctf I* whal 1 * ot for services to Ye*. I used it on at least two the winding-up commission” conversation*—two occasions” “The point I am trying to draw “Are you considered an expert | ou t. Mr. Felder," said Mr. Cary, “is with the dictagraph. Mr. Reed?" whether or not you received any "I believe so," replied Mr. Reed. I Profit from the liquor people for smiling. | any goods they sold the dispensary "Please say where those conver-|°r had any influence in their sale setlons took place." of such good*?” One in Spartanburg, 8. C„ in “Not one farthing, and I can add. ‘ * furthermore, that I have never re ceived a fee from a liquor concern connected with the South Carolina dispensary before Us abolition or since.” Ehnuaded ae a Lie. / om his Maele leaf aad ef hib breta ancle. The speaker said that he waa glad to have lived to see hen a mi The line of testlmor-y was not im mediately renamed where it had beea left off. but taken up from aa entirely different angle, when Colo nel Felder asked tho detective he had "ever been In the South Carolina penitentiary?" to which he replied la the dffirmative It Drought out that Mr. Reed had beea Instructed to proceed along the line of eeleetiag a specified subject from tho criminals In that institution to work a pardon for he testified that his instructions were to go Into the Institution^, select what he thoaght to be the worse criminal character there. *Mta tksbject ter a Pardo*. “And who did you select f" asked Col. Fielder. “I selected one James Johnson, allqs Ed. Murphy, alias Ed. How ard, alias Gus DeFord, alias G. W. DeFord, alJri Gus M. DeFord. and several other aliases” "You selected him as the worse criminal in tbe South Carolina pent tentlary? "Yea” ‘Did you get riy of his recorj. the Finch Hotel. I used room 4$ and the adjoining room waa occu pied by an expert stenographer, 8. Teltlebeaum of Atlanta. He aald he installed the dicta graph pn the Slat of the month and tested It out. On the 22nd of Jane, The eleventh anoual farmers gathering at Sniders FYiday, was a great success. There were at least on* thousand people present to en joy the exercises and the social In tercourse with each other. These were assembled from near and far and nothing occurred to mar the enjoyment of the day The speak ing which was the feature of the day, was especially good. Those who were heard being Prof. J. M. Burgess, of Ctemson College; Edi tor G. F. Hunnfcutt of the South ern Cultivator, Atlanta, Ba.; H. ' Eagerton. who has charge of the wire worm situation in Colleton county and Hon. Geo. 8. Legare. Congressman from this district. It was a source of regret that Ho*- E. J. Watson, State commissioner of agriculture, was unable to t present. The audience was most attentive to the speakers and much food for thought was furnishef. „ Tbe meeting was called to order at 11 o’clock by Hon W. C. Brant, who gave a short history of the oc casion, stating that this was th 11th annual gathering. Mr. Brant extended a cordial welcome to can didates and all and introduced Mr. M. R. Stone, president of the Coun ty Sunday, school association, who opened the meeting with prayer. "Mr. Felder, when did you firxt he gent word to Mr. Nlcholls to me€t t i, e governor? come to his rooms for a consulU- “j met your distinguished govern tloo, but the reply came back that or ln January. 1900. I fully out- Mr. Nlcholls was going to leave | u n ed that yesterday in my testimony that evening for Baltimore nod | about tbe syndicate, would not have Urn*. A second “ Mr . jr*ider.” said Chairman request was sent to Nlcholls and ha Carlisle, ‘*H. H. Evans said you came to the hotel. Iktat confer- went with him to a hotel In New- ence, Mr. Reed said lasted fiveJiMCTj to discuss a proposition to hours, and was recorded in full by control the business of the dlspen- th* dictagraph, the conversation M ry " being transcribed by th* etenogra- J »it‘s «d absolute, unmitigated In | famous lie. "He said you entered th* offfee | of Cole Blease with him later," said Mr. Cary, "to get something to [drink and said, ‘lead me to It."* ‘That’s an absolute, unqualified. pher. Here he Identified tranecript of the conversation, wh was offered la evidence. Worked ta New Willard Hotel. "The second conversation In which the dictagraph was used." said Mr. Reed, "was on June 26th, | infamous, infernal lie." in the New Willard Hotel, Waehing- Evans Could Hear Sosne Thing*, tijn. D. C. I occupied room 441 “Mr. Felder." said Mr? Cary, “is aM the near room was occupied by there anything in the physical an expert stenographer. Mr. George condition of H. H. Evans that would W. Retk.” [make it necessary for you to go in- "Mr. Reed, will you tell the com- | to the quietude and privacy of a mlttee who Mr. Relk is,” aald Col. | hotel room or office to talk to him Felder. —does he hear well f” "Why. yes. He was the private -oh, yes. I see. * Why. I under secretary of Postmaster General *tand he is a little deaf—but he the time when a man could Im prove his mind oa tbe farm, the Uaa when educated men are Indeed la th* seiqpoe of farming. High clasa work la all that aver brings high class returns. la order .to have the proper rotation and di versification, th# fanner must be educated He most have more and better stock; raise more grass In stead of buying Western hay. The speaker aald that he could not un derstand for many years what waa meant bp that statement la the Bi ble "beyond th* pale of salvation.*’ but he now understands it. There were men In the audience who were beyond the pale of salvation. It simply mesas that when a man gets so low, so dead to his surround lags that he does not wish to bet ter his conditions or improve him- | told of • negro ta South Carolina who had by reading the Southern CuIttvctCT for Bevelal year*, HTi been enabled to save money to buy a farm. If reading win | 0 this for u Whgro. what will it do for a whit* mad? We must wake U p The farmers are too stingy. They mast spend more for the neceasj’j*.* of life. Use more commercial fer tiliser. The farmer has been sleep- lag for alx thousand years, blind to the opportunities which Ho around him but every now and then one Is waking up and when *h e awakes, he will arouse his fellows. Mr. Hunnicutt closed with an elo quent appeal to those present to mcke character, stating all that any man conld do Is to make a good character. lY»f. Eagrwtnu. The next specker was Prof H <\ | Eagerton, of Clemson College, who * <has charge of tbe wire-worm siMu- . tion in Colleton county. Mr Kig r- «H. h. .0 «h.r. - ennot b.lr ^ o( eo .„ p , ral|n!1 blm. he cannot help hlmaelf nnO ordpr „ , |<h , the wlr ^ wor „, , n „ that is. what was his particular lit*.# himself now “Heewas a professional sr'e- biower; a yeggman. He had Just served a term of five’’ years in the Federal prison In Atlanta, and, when released was .taken to South Caro lina and given ten years for a^fe- blowlc**.” Askejl to tell the committee in what way he tame in direct con tact with the famous crook. tho witness replied that he went into the p-ntiteutlary with a letter of Irn'rodurtion from Sum J. Nirholls of Spartanburg to Capt. W. A. Sondley of the penitentiary.” ’’What did the letter say. tn sub stance?” “It wf i a request that I be allow ed to go among the prisoners and aec If I could locate a man I was supposed to be looking for." He aald Johnson wee spotted by him. but he had never seen the man before. I represented to him that I felt a certain Interest In (ihn and was going to take up his c&ae as his attorney. When I told him I had taken an interest tn an ef fort to get his release he gave me It. 1 returned to Spartt-nburg and had a conversation with Sam J. Nichols shout the case I was working on. I told him I believ ed this convict to be the man I was looklrv for—the party connected with tho estate I was representing as a lawyer—whom I had told him I waa unable to locate. Before go ing to Columbia I had had that con versation with Mr. Nichols, and he told me if I should find the party 1 waa looking for to let him know. When I got ba*rk to Spar tanburg 1 told him the convict waa my man” “Mr. Reed, going back a little, what were you representing this Hitchcock.* He’s lu business for Mr. Reed here identified the transcript of the conversation with Nirholls in the New Willard, deal ing with the agreed priefe of $15,- <M>0 for the pardon of DeFord. of which $5,000 was to go to Nieh- olls, $5,000 to Sims, his law part ner. ar*J $5,000 to Governor Cole D. Blease for granting the pardon. Nirholla at Work. Reed read severe-’ telegrams which passed bet wen himself and Nirholls, one of these came to him fsom Sam J. Nlcholls, filed at Chicago. July 4, which read: "Will go right to work. Send check N. Y. exchrnge for $500 be used In getting examination made and ir* fixing up papers. Credit* it on account.” "And ,1 aent the check," . said Mr. Reed. This, it was explained, was the New Y'ork exchange which the telegram received yesterday had been cashed. How to IMvkte the “Mr. Reed, were there any other matters pertaining to pardona taken up with Nirholls, or w&s this the particular rase in which you en gaged the services of Nlcholls?" asked Col. Felder. "Yes. this was the case." “Your dictagraph records will show how the money to be paid for this perdon was to have been divided, how much each one was to get h&s an exceedingly acute hearing on any sort cf a proposition for giving away mo:**y—his way." This concluded Mr. Felder's tes timony. He then entered into submission of the further dictagraph records in evidence, rtt-ding ex tracts from one of five hours' dui^ atioi< in Spartanburg, and others; following this with several letters bearing on the pardon situation; telegrams in conr»ctlcn with those transactions; drafts, etc, which are covered elsewhere. Tho committee then c/jnouroed the conclusion of the hearing and adjourned. At a subsequent meeting in executive session In the Al bion Hotel, the s!:*ement was is sued that the testimony objected to during the day, because of the absen«e of N'.chols was admitted un der the supreme court decision in the rase of the State vs. Winters, $3 8. C., on relevancy. > No definite r.-nnouncement ' Has been made ss to whether any furthe hearirgs wllll be had In South Carolina, or whether the commission will return at any early future date to try to get some of that testi mony referred to durir* the course of the hearing, from men who will not go to South Carolina under the present condtions of whr.-t they consider danger to them.' $100 Reward, $100 The record does show that, . Th* of uu i>«iwr win bo i>iomc<j to nlliut llr Pi-nH Worm th«l tborr la at l«»t unr droaiiad <tlw-ia« puea *. tvcca^, acta nr* baa b«*n abl* to rum In ail Ita etam, and that la CaMn-b. Ilali a Catarrh Cura la lb* only poaitt** .-urv replied This concluded Mr Reed’s testi mony and there was quite a little ripple as he left the stand. FeMrr on the Stand Again. Colonel Felder was called back to the stand by the committee and convict to be and wth:-'’wore you | told that two witnesses who have doing?’ supposed to be doing?” askkd ; previously testified srtd that he Cblcnel Felder. i had sent for them to enter a con-' IhPotrf “Hair" t«> Imrgr. K*tnte. j fere nee with them at the Jerome ‘I had represented to Mr Nlcholls Hotel in Columbia, those witnesses that I was r-bout to settle, as an attorney a large estate tn the East. In which this man was a beneficiary but the,t it would being John Bell Towlli and L. W. Bo\hin: Further. In regard to the "T.-B” letter, that he had mrle only poaittr* .-urv now known to lb.- nu-d teal fMtrroUr Cnurrh brln« » eonctltutloMl dlaena*. rcqnirM n conatltotlonal trmtnwnt. Hall'* Catarrh Cure U taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and muroiu rarfao-a of the ayatem, thereby deotruylnc the fouadatk* of the dlaease, and flTlng tbe patient atrenfth by build!nf up tbe coaatltutlon and aiatatlim na ture In doing Ita work The peoprlrt -ra hare •o much faith In Ita curative power* tbnt they offer One Hundred Dntlera for any caa^ that It falla lo cor*-. Send foe Hat of t*atlin<dn*la. Addreaa F. J. CHENEY A CO . Toledo. O. Hold by all Densirtata. TV Take Hall't Family FlUa for coaattpathm. for a proposition to those men to or- bc necessary him to recover ITU right of „ wumwey.* aenshlp before Jte could come under house, or* a stock basis, which was” tho terms of the will. Mr. NicM* to get control of the dispensary busl- asked me If I was certain as Vto ness, and he would divide with bis identity and I told him I was them “The rommlUee will ask yog prett;* sure of It. He asked me Mr. Feld«r. If you ever at that ho- THXBADJT-LXBBTOO rhat amount of money waa Involv ed la the estate, and I replied that R was a very liberal amoaat. Mr. Nichols then wanted to know if tel In conference with those men, if you met any one or all of them there, if yea ever“met Evans at that hotel oq such a purpose or if yo* UBBER CHAlUSfQIL8.IL The first speaker was Prof. J. M Burgess, who Is in charge of anima: rnsHandry at Clemson Col lege, who gave a most helpful and instructive address on live stock. Prof Burgees spoke of the value of having pure bred stock and ad vised that the farmers do all that they could to improve their herds of cattle and hogs. Speaking of hog ••holers, Prof. Burgess said the way to prevent the spread ad this dis ease In* a community is to bum or bury the dead e-nlmal and allow no one to go near the spot where the diseased hogs were kept, for the reason that gems could easily be carried on th* feet of the per sons walking around. Prof. Burgevs stated that when hog cholera broke out among hogs of any farmer, if h< would notify Clemson College. a vetlnary surgeon would Immediately come and inject hog cholera serum, which Is a most positive cure for the disease. This would be done free of charge. Editor HunnivuttV Addrew*. The next speaker was Editor G. F« Hunnicutt, of the Southern Cultivat or. Mr. Hupnlcutt's address was considered by many as one of the best ever heard at these gatherings He took for his subject, “Your Problems", ar>l spoke entertainingly and instructively on conditions which are confronting the farmers of Colleton county. He regretted to se$ the Immigration of South Car* oltna farmers to Georgia and Flor ida. The past year at least one thousand of the best farmers of South Carolina had gone to Gqorgla. The speaker told a good joke in connection with opportunities. He cared nothing for lineage, but he wee Interested In the man who Uvea a clean, upright life. Our forefathers found this country rich when they took It from the Indians. Since that time the white man has been disponing the country and now he is getting rich. The Yankees eJready own our timber, our rail roads, water powers, canning indus tries and as soon r« they feel that they need it. they will own f our farming lands. This will be because the Yankee can use It to better ad vantage than the Southern mr.-n. A farmer who makes $20.00 per aere cannot compete with a man who makes $100.00 per acre. Cvie of the great problems which the farmer of this county he-ve to rj>P’end with is that he has no confidence tn his business. A merchant builds a nlc^ brick house, placing in it plate glc-ss front, arotker expensive equip ment, fills It with goods, employ? competent salesmen and shows hy> his every act th^t he has confidence In hi* elegant dtarble fixtures, em ploys high-priced , men to handle the business; which shows the-t the banker has corOdeSce in his busi ness. Of all the men in business, the farmer shows that he has less confidence in what he is doing and consequently eveery other busi ness. Another problem which cop fruits the fanner la that he relies God won’t help him, theo he is be yond the pale of salvation”. Mr. Hunnicutt advised the farmers to read more and learn more about his calling. We hear farmers say they have no time to rec-d. ^You have got all the time there Is There are only 365 days In the year and 24 hoars In the day. What are you going to do with it. If it is to work yourselves to death, then saying r'.filing about it, but when you die. what are you going to car ry with you ? You cannot carry you body. The only immortal part of man is his brain. If, therefore, by refusing to read, you are neglecting t>ie immortal part of man aad if yo are Ignorant, you are a slave. Tbe price of the commodities of life Is steadily advancing. You have to pay more for what you eat an' what you wear than ever before. Th only things which have gotten cheap er are newspapers and books. Any man who desires to do so, bow can get knowledge." The speaker he ♦he boll-weevil when it gets h r, He urged the farmer* Id the com munity not to *hoot the partriifim, stating that our old friend. Roh White, is one of the greatest fr er, l-* we have in fighting the wire-worm Hon. Crt-o. 8. IjegHr**. Hon. Geo. 8. Legare, was presen* and made a few minute* talk H» regretted that he could not st.-iy over. *as It was necessary for him to catch the afternoon train. Mr Le;.'»*e 1 :.o an inextaaus'.l supply of Jokes, which he tells w. r and entertained his audience for t short while. He gave hits ex perience tn farming, he having con ducted ,oS farm successfully for ,i number of years. He urged the importance of diversification in using better farming machinery He spoke of his experiences In rais ing cattle for beef and in making alfalfa hay. 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