The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 15, 1909, Image 3
PASSES HOUSE
Payne Tariff .111 Now Goes to
the Senate
<0
FOR CONSIDERATION
The Hill, Which is a Thoroughly
Republican Measure, Was Voted
For by Every Republican, Except
One, and Four So-Called Democrats,
Who Sold Out.
Washington, April 9.?After three
i ?.nr.lrd rvf IW> 11 LM /I nl''l t IM11 + )l ,1 P11 V11
f V> Ut' IV O \J L WIIOIU^I uttvu wtiv A mw
bill was passed by the House of Representatives
tonight bv a v?t? ot
217 to 161. One Republican, Austin,
of Tennessee, voted against the
rujeasure, and four Democrats, all
from Louisiana, Messrs. Broussard,
Estopinal, Pujo and WicWiffe, voted
for it. An attempt by Champ Clark,
the minority leader, to recommit the
bill with instructions, signally failed.
Tlu> dnv was filled with excitement
at noon until the last minute. The
members were keyed up to the highest
pitch, and a practically full membership
remained on duty throughout.
The final vote demonstrated
the capacity of the Rt publican organization
to get together.
The bill had plain, easy sailing
until the lumber schedule was reached.
Then a fight began with an
amendment by Mr. Tawney to strike
out Section 196, which imposed a
duty of one-half of one cent per
cubic foot on hewn timber and timber
used for spars, and upon which
the yeas and nays were ordered.
The amendment was defeated 2 84 to
198.
Mr. Tawney then offered an
amendment to Section 197, reducing
the duty on finished lumber 80 per
cent and striking out the duty on
the free lumber without placing it
on the fre list. His supporters wero
more than sufficient to force another
roll call, but he was defeated, the
vote resulting, yeas ISO, nays 200.
The next amendment in order was
one by Mr. DeArmond, of Missouri,
excepting from the countervailing
duty all lumber coming from counA
tries of the Western Hemisphere,
" and on that the yeas and nays were
likewise ordered. The DeArmond
amendment was voted down, 132 to
244.
The provision for the countervail
ing duty on lumber then was stricken
out by viva voe? vote.
Mr. Clark, of Missouri, foreed a
roll call on his amendment striking
out the whole of Section 197, providing
for a duty on dresed lumber.
It was defeated, yeas 159, nays 229.
Undaunted, Mr. Tawney called up
)ff ? his amendment placing on tlie free J
list hewn lumber and sawed and
\ planned lumber, covered by Section
Ay/ 196 and 197, and a yea and nay vote
f was ordered.
This result: Yeas, 181; nays, 200,
which finally defeated all attempts
at obtaining free lumber so far
as the House is concerned.
Fifty-seven Republicans voted for
free lumber and thirty-eight Democrats
against it.
The following Democrats voted in
the negative:
Adamson, Bell, Brantley, Edwards,
Griggs, Dee and Livingston, of OoorJk
gia; Bowers and Dickson, of Mississippi;
Ilobson and Taylor, of Alabama;
Broussard, Estopinal, Pujo,
Ransdell, Watkins and Wickliffe, the
entire Louisiana delegation; Clark.
Mays and Spark man, the entire Florida
delegation; Glass, Lamb, Lassiter,
Maynard and Saunders, of Virginia;
Godwin, Page, Pou, Small
Thomas and Webb, of North Carolina;
Gregg and Dies, of Texas; Gordon.
Moon and Padcrott. of Tonnes
see; Lever, of South Carolina, a?4
Wilson, of Pennsylvania.
The roll was call?d 011 the amendmpnts
made earlier In the day, increasing
the rates on barley and
barley malt. Tty a vote of 103 yeas
10 180 nays the amendments were
retained.
Amendments by Messrs. Scott, of
Kansas, and Henry, of Texas, fixing
a duty of 10 percentum respectively
011 raw hides weighing twenty-five
pounds or more and on raw hides
and skins weighing more than one
pound, was voted down. The effect
of this action was to put to rout
^ the opponents of free hides.
| This, as was supposed, concluded
f the amendment, and the Speaker was
about, to put the question on the
engrossment, and third reading of
the bill when Mr. Clark, of Missouri,
[ insisted on the yeas and nays on the
oil schedule, in order as he expalin^
ed, to get a record vote.
KNi After considerable discussion over
the question of whether or not free
oft., actually was in the bill, the
L? ^Sheak decided that a further vote
>f the House was necessary and the
^Nnmoll. again was called on the provistor
the countervailing duty,
r SUBS
t
CLAIMS ALL CREDIT
FOR TlUfl DECISION IN T11M DISPENSARY'
CASE.
Some Interesting Lights on the <
(imit Fight That Has lk>ou >Iado
in tho Now Celebrated (^a?o.
Atlanta, April 10.?Tho following
article from tho Atlanta Constitu
tion of Thursday will be very inter- i
esting in South Carolina:
"From reliable sources it has (
been learned that the Atlaata law
ilrni of Anderson, Folder, Rouutree
& Wilson will receive between
$150.00 and $200.00 as their fee
for their services in winning the
famous South Carolina dispensary
commission case, recently decided
in favor of clients, and involving
about $1,000,000 in cash on hand,
and between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000
in claims.
i "This will, no doubt, be the record
fee in the South.
"When this firm was employed in
tllO OJ1MO it i? lllirlorulnn/l H..... .........
... ... ....... io.www i mi ni'lt'
given a cash retaining fee of $100,000
and made a contract for a commission
of so much on the same
recovered.
"As stated already, over $*00,000
has been recovered, and it is Relieved
twice this much more will bo
secured through the efforts of this
leading counsel.
"Colonel Thomas B. Fehler left
Tuesday for Cincinnati, from which
point he will go directly to Columbia,
S. C., to take up this wor*
again. Associated in the case. too,
are Attorney General J. Fraser Lyon,
who receives an annual salary from
the State for his services; Attorney
W. B. Stevenson, attorney for the
commission, who also receives a
state sum for his services, and Attorney
13. F. Abney, of Columbia who
was employed In connection with
the work before the federal courts.
"By winning this case the Atlanta
firm has won one of the most
sweeping victories ever announced
from the supreme court of the United
States. A number of questions
of State's rights were involved and
the decision b: most far reaching in
its effects.
"The Atlanta attorneys are being
congratulated upon their deserved
victory." *
which, he said, if stricken out would
have the effect of placing crude petroleum
and its products on the free
list.
While the Chair was considering
the matter, the House was in great
confusion, a dozen or more members
trying to get the ear of the
Speaker at the same time to
plain the situation.
mt
i no provision was stricken out by
a practically unanimous vote. By
viva voce vote the engrossment, and
third reading of the bill was ordered,
whereupon Mr. Ldndbergh, of
Minnesota, sought recognition to
recommit with instructions. Speaker
refused to so recognize him, saying
that in carrying out the new rule
known ns the Fitzgerald amendment,
common fairness required that he
should recognize Mr. Clark of Missouri,
the minority leader and chief
opponent of the bill.
Amid intense interest, Mr. Clark
thereupon made a motion to recommit
with instructions, which instructions
were read. Almost complete
silence prevailed while the instructions
were being road. Oceaslonallv
a Republican woivld be heard to
sneer at some particular recommendation.
When the reading had been finished,
Chairman Payne promptly moved
the nrevious nnostinn mui ? *??*
,.v,?v.wti , unvi vyn l lull.
the roll was called.
The previous question was ordered
and the vote then recurring to the
Clark motion to recommit It was
lost, 102 to 218. The only breaks
in party alignment wore by Messrs.
rU'Oiissard and T'n.Pb cf Louislan i,
Democrats, who voted with the Republicans.
At precisely 7: a." p. m. voting on
the bill on its final passage was begun.
On the final r?n<aen<rn r?f
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the voto resulted, yeas, 217; nays,
101. Upon the announcement of tho
result, the Republicans broke out
Into loud and prolonged applause.
The roll call lasted exnct'v ?\venty
minutes. One Republican, Austin,
of Tennessee, voted against the bill
and four Democrats, Messrs. Tlroussard,
Estopinal, Pujo and Wckliffe,
of Louisiana, voted for it.
When the bill actualv was passed
the Republicans cheered lustily, some
dancing up and down the aisles and
patting their fellow members on the
back.
After adopting a resolution that
until further ordered sessions shall
be held only on Mondays and Thursdays,
the House at 8:30 p. m. adjeuraed.
CRIRE Nl
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KILLING IN SUMTER
A. C. VOIGHT SHOT DOWN BY lilS ^
FAT11KB-IN-LAW.
The Sad Tragedy Grew Out of tlio
iHHHvuiftl 111 Treating His Wife of I
a Few Mouths.
Sumter, April 10.?A special to J
The News and Courier says Mr. A.
C. Volght, proprietor of tho New
York bakery, was killed about 11
o'clock today by his father-in-law,
Mr. W. F. Flake. Voight was shot
In the right chest with a single barrel
while ho was attempting
to enter the hom* of his father- '
not to do so. The shooting was done J
at close range and death resulted f
instantly.
Immediately after the tragedy Mr.
Flake, surrendered himself to Ollieer 1
Tribble, of the police force, and was ^
looked up in the city guard house 1
and later on transferred to tho 1
county jail. <
Mr. Flake talked freely to a num- (
her of persons and says that while i
he regrets the tragedy, he feels that I
he was forced to kill Voight in or- i
der to save his own life. '
The deceased, who was a German, '<
catnte to this city about IS months '
ago as a baker in the employ of
the Sumter bakery. Later he 1
bought the business and cliaugod '
the name to tho New York bakery. !
About six months ago he married
a daughter of Mr. \Y. F. Flake, and
soon after his marriage lie began -l
beating and ill treating her.
This seems to have become a wellknown
fact and neither pleading nor '
remonstrance, it is alleged, had any
effect toward ? improving his con- 5
duct. This morning he met his wife 1
on Dugau street and it Is said
slapped and cursed her. She then
went to her father, asking that he
do something to protect her as she
was very much afraid of her husband.
Mr. Flake then went before ReC
corder llurst and swore out a warrant
for Voiglit charging him with
assault. The warrant was served by
Olllcer Weeks, Voight putting up a (
bond of $100. Soon after this Mr.
Flake was standing in front of the .
Fanners' Hank and Trust Company (
when Voight rode up on a bicycle
and stopped on the edge of the side- <
walk said: "You got a warrant for ,
me, did you?" ,
Mr. Flake replied that he had, (
when Voight, it is said, making some ,
threat, rode off. Mr. Flake went on ,
to his home, and soon saw Voight ,
approaching. He went to the front |
porch and warned Voight not to come |
to the house, but Voight, ho claims, j
would not heed him. The warning
was repeated several times, without i
effect, and as Voight reached the i
second step Flake tired, killing him
almost instantly. :
Coroner Flowers soon empanelled i
a jury and they rendered a verdidt |
that Andrew C. Volght came to his
death from a gunshot wound indicted
by a gun in the hands of W. F.
Flake.
Mr. Voight had no relatives In
Sumter except his wife. His body
was turned over to the Craig Furniture
Company for preparation for
burial and will be held while efforts
are being made to communicate
with his relatives in New York.
Mir. Flake has held a responsible
position with the Sumter Telephone
Manufacturing Company for some
time and he has a reputation for being
a quiet, peaceable citizen. Efforts
will probably be made next
week before Judge Gary to secure
bail for Mr. Flake. *
SHOOTS TWO WHITE MEN.
W. It. Causey ami Jesse Shcp]Mtr<l
Wounded Near Hampton.
Hampton, April 11.?Mr. W. B.
Causey, clerk of Court for this county,
and Mr. Jesse Sheppard, were
shot here last night by a negro man
known as "Peg I.eg" Hughes. The
particulars of the shooting are not
obtainable. Mr. Causey was shot
through the body and has boen taken
to a hospital in Augusta to be treated.
Mr. Sheppard received a bullet
in his right arm, which was removed
after it entered. Hughes was arrested
this morning by Mr. D. H. Reid
and was turned over to Sheriff Lightsey
and Deputy Sheriff Anderson,
who carried the negro to Columbia
for safekeeping. Ilughes has served
time in the Penitentlnrv
Robbed Gambling House.
Ogden, Utah, April 8.?Last night
five robbers walked into the White
Elephant gambling house, held up
the place and made their escape.
Four of the men held guns on the
dealers and crowd of twenty-five
players, while the fifth robbed the
game of between $1,500 and $2,oor
*
)W TO
CAME HOME
:rom Central America because
Daughter begged Him
rIE GAVE HIMSELF UP
Fohn li. liortoa, a Former Hooker,
Accuw'd of l>cfruudiug Hanks and
ltaiirhiiuuu Out of Seven
Years Ago, Surrender to Authorities
at Ills Home.
St. Uouis, April 9.?Impelled by
ove for his wife and baby girl,
fohn L. Ilorton, for seven years a
'ugitive from justice in Guatemala,
eturned secretly to his home, in
Upper Alton, 111., this week, and
vas arrested on charge of uttering
worthless paper and defrauding
ranks and ranchmen out of $100,>00.
lie protests innocence of tin4
harge. lis brother, Roy, also a
neinber of the former firm, Is still
In Guatemala, and as the United
states has no extradition treaty with
hat country he will be safe as long
is he remains there. Ilorton intended
to surrender.
When Ilorton tied this country his
little daughter, Dorothy, was just
learning to walk. Since that time
die has learned to write and has
written her father two lettres eacli
week, hogging him to come home to
n-w iii<1111111it aim nersell. One lottor
containing the child's picture,
was on Morton's person when olllcers
placed him under arrest.
"I could not stand it any longer,"
civs Morton. "1 had to see my wife
md hahy. Guatemala is 3,000 miles
Tom Alton. I was too far for them
o come and see mo, and, besides,
hoy had no money with which to
mine, and if they had the money 1
tvould not have let them come into
hat god-forsaken country, where
'ever kills. And so I did without
seeing them as long as 1 could and
hen 1 decided to return and face the
nusic. Hut I am innocent, and 1
vi 11 yet be doing business again in
he stockyards."
Throughout those sov^n years
Vlrs. Morton has refused to believe
that her husband is guilty. She
leelares it was the ranchmen Jhat
dole from him and not he from the
ranchmen. She cites an instance
where he secured a loan of $10,000
m a herd of cattle in Texas. She
leelares that when her husband went
o see the herd the cattlemen had
dolen all but 21. Morton was released
on bond soon after his arrest.
and went to visit his mother,
in Jerseyville, Ml.
Morton and his brother, Roy, and
C. O. Mess composed the linn of
the Morton Tiros. & Mess Sommisdon
and Mercantile Company, in the
Stockvnrda Rvnlmnoro
? IIUIIlIlll^, J'jHSl
St. Louis. They dealt in "cattle"
paper. They would buy cattle known
as "feeders" in Texas and Oklahoma
and put them out with ranchmen
and farmers to feed and fatten.
They would borrow the money
with which to buy and feed the cattle
from banks in East St. Louis,
giving mortgages on the cattle as
security for the loans.
When the cattle came to market
and were sold the mortgages were
paid off. It is alleged that seven
years ago the two florton brothers
borrowed in the neighborhood of
$100,000 on fraudulent mortgages
on cattle that did not exist and that
with the money they tied to Guatamala,
where they went into the distilling
business and failed. *
CASTRO II VI) TO LICAVK.
!1 .1 ' ? * -
ivmm-u imcuiu)!' Forced to (Jo Hack
to Europo.
Fort do France, April 10.?Cipriano
Castro, ex-president of Venezuela,
was expelled tonight from the island
of Martinique lry the French government.
He protested to the last
against his expulsion, but his protests
were in vain. lie is now on
board the French line steamship Versailles,
bound for St. Nazaire.
OIHeial notice was served on Castro
this morning of tho decision of
the French government that he must
leave the island within nine hours
form the receipt of such notice and
that the commissary of police at
Fort do France had been charged
tirUVi -?
viic cautunuii ol uie order.
At 8:30 o'clock gendarmes went
to Castro's room and he was placed
on a mattress, as ho refused to put
on his clothes, and was carried on
a stretcher to the steamer, a distance
of more than a mile. A thousand
or more of the population had
assembled by this time and a great
deal of sympathy was expressed for
the former president. Tho later
complained of great suffering and
every movement of tho stretcher
seemed to give him further pain.
THE HC
CRUSHED LIFELESS I
SMALL NKGRO HOV HAN OI)KH
A MOVING TRAIN |
While Pursuing n Hoop And In i
Swept llenoath Wluvls and Terribly
Mangled.
Charleston, April 10.?The News I
and Courier says while pursuiug a
bounding hoop across the railroad 1
track at a crossing near the Five- I
mile Station yesterday afternoon I
shortly after 5 o'clock, a negro lad. I
was knocked down by the protrud-I
ing step of a coach on Train No. 10 I
of the Southern Railway, dousing I
from Summervllle to Charleston, and
crushed lifeless beneath the wheels I
of several heavy cars.
Magistrate Rehrens, acting coron-I
er of the Ten-mile Hill district, was I
immediately notified of the occur-1
rence and ordered the boy taken to I
the boy's home, in the Immediate I
vicinity of the scone of the tragedy. I
A jury was afterwards impaneled 1
and the inquest proper postponed I
uiitiI next Sunday morning, when all I
proper witnesses will have been sum-I
moned to attend the hearing.
The only actual eye-witness of the I
accident was the negro fireman of I
the train, who saw the little negro I
rushing to his death too late to ap-I
ply the emergency brakes in time to I
save hi in. Three little negroes, in- I
eluding Jesse, were seen playing
with hoops near the track, which,
however, was cleared by them to allow
the train free passageway. Tint
young Middleton's hoop took an unexpected
turn towards the crossing,
and the lad, in attempting to intercept
it, came too close to the train
pud was brushed underneath the
whirling cars by a doorstep. The
train was stopped only after Middleton
bad been crushed almost beyond
recognition.
Conductor Granger was in charge
of the train at the time of the accident.
while engineer Kugene Conlon
was at the throttle. The name
of the fireman is given as James
Grown. All three live in Charleston.
*
WAXTK!) TO S.WK IIKlt.
"A 11 nt Kastcr" Sacrificed Hor Tdfc
Kor llcr Mistress.
Eatonton, CJa., April S.?Nows lias
lust boon received of th" burning at.
Midowici, of the home of Dr. John
Weaver. Aunt Easter, an old family j
servant, who had been with them
for years, thinking that her mistress
was in the burning residence,
rushed in to save her if possible.
The mayor of the town seeing her
go in the burning building, and
knowing her danger, rushed in to
save her. lie succeeded in getting
her out, after she was assured that
Mrs. Weaver was safe and unharmed.
Site was so badly burned though
that site Idled later from the effects
of the burns. Such instances
as these are becoming more and more
rare as the faithful servants of the
no of o h/x 1"
rt,ov die i cim uying out. 'I'll o
old negro was c^rod for as
one of the members of the
family and given a good burial
family were among the most sincere
mourners at Aunt. Easter's funeral.
?Augusta Chronicle. *
STARTS VERY YOUNG.
Boy of Six Kills (Jirl of Three and
Hides the Body.
Union, S. C., April 8.?Though
only six yeajrs of age, Fred Bell is
a prisoner in the Union county jail
with the grim charge of murder resting
against him.
It is charged that the child yesterday
afternoon shot and killed
Ethel Thomas, who was only three
years of age and because of this
the murder charge was brought today.
7t was alleged when the accusation
was made that the boy tried
to hide tho body of the little victim,
in an apparent effort to cover
up the tragedy.
Tt. was said that his efforts had
failed and discovery of fcho dead
baby girl caused the boy's arrest..
Ho is the youngest prisoner ever committed
to the Jail in this eonnty and
probably holds tho record for the
State. *
MOB IfAN(iS MAX.
Who Had Beaton an Officer and
Fired Into a Posse.
Yazoo City, Miss., April 11?After
beating an officer, who was about to
! take him into custody, and firing
on a posse, which later succeeded
in placing him under arrest, Howard
Montgomery, a negro, was placed
In tho Yazoo City Jail early today,
charged with having violated a labor
contract. An hour later a mob form- I
ed, overpowered the Jailer and hang
I via iiiu ncg i v. v
IRRY HE
SIX DIE IN FIRE
Woman Jnmps From Veranda
With Her Hair Ablaze
t
?
LEEPS TO HER DEATH
I*"ire, Which 1m Thought to llavo
llccn Due to Spontaneous Combustion,
Causes Loss of Life aii<1
Heavy Property Damage in New
Knglaml Town.
Lenox, Mass., April 11.?Six persons
lost their lives, three others
wore badly burned and property loss
of between $200,000 and $200,000
was caused by a tiro In the heart
of the business section of this town
oarlv today. Four business blocks,
two dwellings and two other structures
were destroyed in a section
bounded by Franklin, Main, llousatonlc
and Church streets. The fire
is believed to have started in the
Clifton building from spontaneous
combustion.
The dead:
Edward C. Ventres, electrician.
Mrs. Edward C. Ventres.
Miss Leslie Ventres, aged 12 years.
Miss Alice French, bookkeeper.
Miss Isabel Cook, bookkeeper.
Miss Mary Sparks, school teacher.
Injured:
Mrs. Catharine Root, and her twt
sons, George and Arthur, severely
burned.
A fortunate shift of wind saved
the public library and the fashionable
Curtis Hotel. In the hotel,
there were several Easter parties
from New York and Itoston.
The loss of life occurred in the
Clifton building, rwhero tire blaze
started, and resulted primarily from
a series of explosions among the
turpentine, paints, oils, and dynamite
stored in the cellar of the James
Clifford & Sons Company, hardware
dealers.
The tiro was discovered by George
Root, who lived with his mother and
brother in the upper story of the
Clifford block, a three-story building,
shortly after 1 o'clock this morning.
Hastily calling his brother and
mother, all ran down the stairs in
their night clothes, shouting to the
other occupants of the upper floors
as thoy went. They found the front
door in flames, but the men wrenched
it open and dashed through with
their mother between them. All
sustained bad burns.
The Roots barely had crossed tho
sfreet before there was a terriblo
explosion in the building behind
A 1- ...
i ii<>in, which shattered windows
within a wide radius and caused tho
fire alarm to ring. In an instant
I lie Clifford block was wrapped in
(lames.
Horace Perrill and his wife, other
occupants of the top floor, aroused
by the shouts of tho Hoots, were
half way down the stairs when they
saw the flames leaping up to bar
their exit. Three women were below
(hem trying to get out through the
front (^por. He tl^en irushed his
wife tlirough a long corridor to tho
back stairs, whore ho got out in
safety. All the other occupants of
the Clifford block lost their lives.
The death of Miss Alice French
was one of the pitiful tragedies of
the morning. While the flre in tho
Clifford block was at its height a
woman was seen to climb out of a
flame-filled room on to a veranda
on the second-story wtlh her night
clothing and her hair ablaze. Staggoring
to the railing the woman leaped
to the sidewalk beneath, landing
in a heap within five or six feet of
a. ets mfwy cmfwy cnifwy mfwy w
tho blazing walls.
DIES FIIOM DOG DITE.
Little Hoy in Charleston Dies From
Hydrophobia.
Charleston, April . 12. ? The
Charleston Post says Karl King
died Saturday afternoon from hydrophobia
in the Riverside Infirmary.
Some weeks ago the little fellow
was bitten by a mac.' dog at his home
in Blake street, and taken at once
by his father to Atlanta, where he
was given the Pasteur treatment
and reported later to be recovering
from the effects of the bite. He
returned home, but was not cured,
as was thought, and was taken to
iviicisiuu mnrmary lor further
care. The deadly effects of the poison
In his system could not, however,
be overcome, and ho died
Saturday afternoon. The boy was
only nine years of age, and a bright
studious lad. The mad dog bit him
through his lips, while he was studying
his lessons for the next day at
school.
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