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OFFERED BRIBE Congressman Grant's Story of the Biltroore, N. C.t Affair. MRS. REEDS DENIAL Declares I'osUuisti^s Salt) That She ! Would l'ny More Than Others?! Mr#. Hood Kays Grunt Told Iter She .Must " onu? Across"?Hon.suv tJoiuil Chttrm>i Made. A dispatch from Asheville, N. C.t says the recent removal of Mrs. Julia Hood from tho llilt more postotllco has culminated lu sensntionul charg- i es and countor-charge?s, ith Con- j gressnian John Grant of that district, figuring prominently in the melee Wednesday it was rumored on tho streets that Mrs. Ko*mJ'h release from the position of postmistress ut Hiltuiore wus the result of j charges preferred against her by a persou or persons then unknown and tho rumor grew to a definite statement when Congressman Grant, questioned by a press representative, admitted that he had tiled the charges which led to Mrs. Heed's removal from the Hlltmore office. Congressman Grant in a signed j statement given to ttyr citizens Thursday night. declared in sub""> VI pc WoiiiI !rli>/( t/? hrlltp I nim,u' - ;; j birn to secure the ofllce for herself J and that thiB attempt wa? made in j the presence of his wife and daughter. "A few days aft?*r the election," says the Congressman, "Mrs. Rood came to mo at my home on Grovo street and tried to exact from me a promise of support which she failed to get. but she left letters of recommendation for me to look over. A few days later she came to my home and tried to bribe me in the presence of my wife and daughter, saying that if 1 would have her reappointed when her commission expired, she would pay me more money than either of the other applicants, and that 1 might see them and see what they would pay lirst. 1 told her that neither she nor any one else could pay me for my endorsement, and when she saw 1 resented what she was saying and turned to my daughter and proposed to pay her if she would have me to appoint him. 1 again told her that 1 could not bo bribed and my daugh tor stated that she would have nothing to do with the matter." Mrs. Reed BuJd that sho would make do statement until she had seen Congressman Grant's charges. She declared however that Bhe did not attempt to bribe Mr. Grant, but merely offered to contribute her sharo to the Republican campaign fund and to take stock in the party paper at Greensboro. She allegoB that so far from offering to bribe the congressman he told her that she would have "to come across for the campaign fund, as all the other officeholders had done." Congressman Grant emphatically denies that he told Mrs. Reed to "come across." It is said by Mrs. Reed's friends that the facts in the political controversy will be laid before President Taft. WEISKOPF AKRKBTRD In Cincinnati uml Brought Back to Columbiu and Bonded. The State says Denis Weiskopf, president of the Nivisson, Wieekopf Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, was in Columbia Monday and gave bond fov $10,000 to appear hero In January to answer to the charge of conspiracy to defraud the State, perjury and bribery. Weiskopf 1b the head of the concern which put through the famouB label transaction. He sold the State dispensary twenty-one million labels, receiving therefor $:{6,G77. The Investigating committee at that time put in evidence the claim that the State was overcharge;! about $25,000. It Is now stated that the attorney general haH evidenct to show that not only were the calcu lations correct, but that he knowi where every dollar of the .graft wen and that Welskopf's rake-off wa about $7,500. Welskopf was indicted along witl others on the charge of conspirac to defraud the State, and when n did not appear here at the reoen term of court a bench warrant wa Issued for bin arrest. Gov. Ans( upon this warrant niado roquisitio upon Gov. Judeon Harmon of Ohl for the arrest and delivery of Wei! kopf's person to the agents of tti State. Oov. Harmon last week, aftt careful investigation, honored the r< quisltion, and Weiskopf became prisoner of the State of South Car< Una. I>ast Hot tie Hold. The last bottle of whiskey In th dispensary at Fairfax was sold Bsi urday and Monday morning a car was seen on the door of the dlsper sary with a piece of black ribbon at toe hod and on the card these word In large letters: "Gone, never t return." * ORIGIN OF PELLAGRA I>U. WATSON HAYS IT IH OAUSKD BY KATINU HKAL MADK ? From Fermented ('orn, From Which Can Ik* Developed ? Toxin as Deadly txs Htrychnine. Dr. J. .1. Watson, of Columbia, who was one of tho first physicians in this country to awaken to the grave iro| portance of pellagra, and w ho has become widely known as an authority j on the subject through his studies ' here and in Kuropo and his writings, has returned from St. Louis, where ; he lectured on the disease, by especial invitation, to the Mississippi Valley Medical asBoclation, and exhibited to the convention a characteristic , pellagrin, littl Loddie Cato, of Monet ta. Dr. WatBon told the 200 physicians present that ho regards pellagra as a most formidable ill. Unless I checked, he says, it will be W'conil only to tuberculosis. He has studied its effects in America nnd Italy. That this new, mysterious disease which is causing n government inv(sUigatiou all over the country, exists in St. Louis and wherever persons eat meal made from fermented corn. "With the extract of fermented corn 1 can develop a toxin as virulent ns strychnine," he said. "A few drops of it will kill a Belgian hare or guinea pig in two minutes. Cornis one of the grandest and best cereals Cod makes for man, but when it is fermented it is a deadly poison to man and beast. Unless we quit harvesting our corn in August, when it is green, and allow it to nurture before cutting it, pellagra is bound to exist. It is growing steadily and numbering more victims. "This lad," pointing to Loddie Cato, "was born of healthy parents. His father was a miller. The parents ate only the good corn. The children played around the mill at Monetta, S. C., nnd ate the meal that came from the hoppers. Much of it was ground from fermented, green corn. First a boy of five caught the disease, then his sister of four. This boy was two years old, and, as his sister nursed him, he learned to oat the cornmeal, too. His brother and sister ure dead; claimed by pellagra. 'Pellagra nbounds most where fer mented or grossly adulterated food is eaten. There are more than 80 j cases in the State Hospital at Peoria, i 111. Fourteen cases recently were found among hospital patients in Cook count v. Covernor m-noen i* assisting the government inspectors in maklsg an investigation." The disease, most prevalent in North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama. Tennessee and other Southern States where cornmeal is a great article of diet, oxiHted there 20 or 3 0 years ebfore being properly diagnosed. Two cases were reported in New York and Massachusetts in 18 6 4. It was in 1007 that Southern physicians gained a working knowledge of pellagra and diagnosed it properly. Dr. Watson is one of the pioneers. Ho made observations on patients and animals. Dr Lavinder came South and joined in the researches. Dr. WatHon went to Italy, the home of pellagra, to study it more intimately. Pellagra was first recognized in Spain in 1735, when it was callod mal do rosa. It appeared in Italy in 1750, and the peasants styled it pell aga. In 1810 Marzarl called attention to the relation between maize and pellagra, and in 1 84 4 IJalardini llr.st suggested the disease might be duo to the Indigestion of disease corn, which view has been contirmod and upheld by Lombrosc. The disease is prevalent in Houmania and Italy; in the latter there are more than 10,000 cases, 10 per cent of whom are mentally Hfllicted. Rounmania has 3 0,000 cases. The disease prevails In Spain ana Upper Egypt, and numerous cases are reported in Austria, Scrvia, Bulgaria , Africa, Mexico, South America, and lately the United States. 1 TO MARK Til KIR CJRAVK8. i , Northerners to be Honored Wh< Stood by the South. K A lillfll'ial f rnm A llr All Dn no VT. 1. ? i V/(II /? 1 IWII Oil J O in I y C. K. Henderson is receiving sub *' scriptlons for a fund to erect n mon 1 ument to mark the grave of the Ke\ * 3. P. T. Fields and his wife, whoa ' remains lie in unmarked graves i n i the cemetery of the Methodist churc ? | in that city. Tho Ilev. Fields wa *" | for many years a resident of th 10 city. He was in Aiken during th ! reconstruction period. Coming froi the North at this time, it was bti natural to suppose that he woul *' align himself wtih the llopublica sympathizers, but instead he stoo firmly by tho side of the white pec pie and was a loading factor in th io ranks of the Southern whites In '7t I- Now his remains lie in an unmarkc d grave. His relatives are poor an i- unable to erect monuments to thes t- good people, and consequently Mi s Henderson is endeavoring to raise o fniWMont amount to mark t.hel grave*. HELPED TRUSTS Herman Ridder Says President Taft Was Led Astray by Them TRADE WAS IMPENDING flu* I'nited S(j?(oh and Canada, llcttuisc of llliimler in I'aiK'r I Kch<kdultv?Head of Publishers' Association Says President's Mis-1 fjiko \liiv f'linwi, Iti'fjiliiit inn President Taft apparently was led into a serious blunder in the closing days of the recent session of congress when he changed his attitude on the print paper schedule, according to an open letter addressed to the chief executive and signed by Herman Kidder of New York, president of the American Newspaper Publishers' association*. Mr. Kidder's letter, written some time ago, was made public a few days ago, following its Indorsement by the International and Daily Press association. Mr. Kidder's letter follows: "To the President: "The full text of your address at Winona, Minn., on the tariff 1)111 passed Just come to hand. With the utmost respect we submit that your statement respecting the paper schedule shows that you could not have correctly read or understood what the print paper paragraph contained. as it missed the house of ren resentalives. "You wore apparently misled by dcsiginiug men Into a serious blunder when, In the closing days of the tariff conference, they induced you to reverse your previous attitude on print paper, and changed your notions of what the Mann committee recommended and of what the house of representatives had approved. The Mann committee, after a 10-months investigation marked by unusual thoroughness, reported that a rate of 12 would cover the difference in cost of production at home and uhroud. ~ojes Aiojntosqu posdojd ljnjp out guarded American paper mills against the serious conditions which the advance by the tariff conferences has since precipitated. "The fixing of tho rate on print paper at $3.86 per ton, which you advised, has decided the Province of Quebec to prohibit the exportation of its pulp wood and many American paper mills must close or move to Canada to obtain their supplies of raw material. The country is now in a fair way for a trado war with Canada, because of your apparent failure to read correctly the Mann committee's recommendations. We. are threatened with an industrial disturbance which will Involve business interchanges with Canada amounting to $285,000,000 p?'r annum. "We sincerely trust that you can find Homo method of rectifying the mistake into which you were led.' We fully appreciate the difficulties' and responsibilities of your exalted office, and we believe you are trying to do the best you can. We know that you must rely upon others for your information. Wo feel that every citizen is under obligation to help you. Therefore, we write this letter to you. "Very respectfully, "Herman Kidder, "President, Newspaper Publishers' Association." WANTS !<'<tl;A l kil era \er "C " l,va %tav,a,# Miss Belle lknuett Voices Demand for the Ballot. "Women are doing prucucUly the same work as men and they ought to be allowed the right of suffrage and ought to have the same privileges in every phase of life and thought that men have." This was the statement made Monday by Miss Belle Bennett of Richmond, Ky., president of the women'3 board of home missions of the Moth' odist Episcopal church, South, at Savannah. This goes further than Miss Bennett's demand that Methodist women be given all rights of laity in the church. ? The committee on memorial framed a memorial to be presented to the next general conference of the church petitioning the granting of full rightf ' of the laity to the women of tin - church. The question of the broadr ening of women's lives through giv r. ing them added responsibilities is c easily the most talked about subjec n before the mission board, h ? h Owners of Ix>mlon. 0 Some 3 4,f>00 landowners posses the land upon which Ixmdon is sit n |t uated, and this area Is estimated tt j bo worth $3,000,000,000. The valu ? of this land is now, however, iucreas (j ing very slowly. It is calculated tha the increases in the next twenty year e will be about $173,000,000. ). ' * * * (j High l'raise. d Llshop Candler once said that hi e would rather his boy would simpl; r.' go into a room where I)r. Carlisle' a1 old coot wos hung up than to b lr un^er fniMon of many a so called great educator. k % LUNATIC SLAYED ASYLUM INMATE IS STRANGLED IN LONELY FLACK. Dead Man Attack***! Physician in in letters to the N**wspjt|H*rH, iuu! Ho iN Accused of tbo Murder. I)r. A. 0. McOowon, for twenty years h leading physician of Jackson, La., in jail on the charge of having murdered II. A. Judbon, of New Orleans, an inmate of the State asylum for the Insane here. I iiiiunn 'c )uiil v U.' <1 u f/\nn/l in *? lonely spot near WakeUeld, La. lie had been strangled to death. The insane man had been allowed to leave the asylum the preceding day in company with an assistant supervisor. Judson was seen with Dr. Motioweu later. l)r. MoGowen in sunder Federal indictment on the charge of mailing objectonable letters to prominent men and woineu. For the past five years the postal authorities have been puzzled by repeated mailing of these letters and it was not until a few months ago that secret service men discovered evidence that Is said to have pointed to l)r. MeGowen. No trace can be fonnd of the guard who left the asylum with Judson, who was considered a harmless lunatic. While residing in New Orleans he sent many letters to the newspapers criticising men and matter and one object of his attack was Dr. MeGowen. bundIigers OIIAHGKI) WITH KILLING TillMAYOK OF NHWl*OKT. S. J. Sander* and His Brother Ar? rost4>d in Newport, N. C.t for Assassination of Fearless Officials. At Beaufort, N. C., the grand jury Mondny brought in a bill of murder against 3. J. Banders, who had been arested for the death of H. Z. Newberry of Newport, N. C.. who was I shot to death Saturday night at th( door of his home there. 4udg< Guion ordered the sheriff to summon 200 talesmen in order to get a Jury.j The case is set for Friday at 10 a. m. Sanders is looked in the Carter county jail, while his brother, 15. F. Sanders, also is under arrest, helo as an accessory. The prisoners were carried to lleaufort by Sheriff Hancock, after a coroner's jury at New, port had returned a verdict that Mayor Newberry's death resuiteo i from gunshot wounds inflicted by S. J. Sanders and that his brothei also was implicated in the shooting. The assassination of Mayor Newberry was the direct outcome, it is unl.l v.f -a ouki, vi niv ^iwnwuuuu Ol D11II (1 tiger" cases. The mayor recently had had several persona arrested for Illegally selling whiskey and four of the men, including the two Sanders brothers, were bound over for court at lieaufort next Monday. It is alleged threats huve been made against the mayor's life and after his assassination Saturday night suspicion was directed to the Banders brot hers. Great excitement prevailed in Newport after the tragedy occurred Saturday night. Requests for bloodhounds were sent to Tarboro and the road in front of the major's home was roped off in hope that the dogs might be able to reacrily pick up the scent and lead tho authorities to the mi_ i - - * - artOMMsiun. i ne ueau man a wire wan 111 in bed at the time of the murder and his little daughter Htood by his side when he was shot. Word of the shooting was sent lb Beaufort and County Solicitor A hernethy, accompanied by Sheriff Hancock, and a coroner's Jury, went tc Newport in n special tralu. Upoi arrival of the train at Newport the Sanders brothers were arrested an<: later the coroner's Jury ordered then hold. ? ? ?HKVKN MKN KILLKI). Explosion of Holler I'loy.s Havoc ii ' a Sawmill. ? Seven employes wore killed am three other persons were severol i injured when a holler at the plan i of the Oriftln sawmill company, nea W1 Dorado, Ark., exploded late Mon day. The steam register, it is deolai 8 ed, failed to indicate the overpret sure, the explosion, which could b heard for scvoral miles, following 0 wrecking a large section of the plan G The doad: Lewis Andrews, Wai " ren Barnes, John Joffries, Edwar 1 Carter, James Petit, unidentifle 8 white man, Mekkins, colored. Mrs. J. C. Heed, wife of the supci Intenclent of the mill, and two whit men whose names could not be ascei e tained were injured. The latter tw y aro believed to be fatally hurt, s Mrs. Heed was in her homo som o distance from the mill when the e> plosion occurred, a brick penetrat ing the wall and striking her. f Bank of A OONWA T Capital Stock !XS l>4'pOHit? /h Total Assets 2? DIRKt /|\ J. A. Mcnermott, ? T. McNeill, B. G. < tlebaum, llul. L. 1 -fx /|\ The oldest Hank in I lor A olitia. Associated with, (he r, /4V past decade. Our. jxilicj r the "independent Republic." fij to our customers every . nuts /L\ tent with sound banking. We <fs aIh, firms and corporations. fl). A. SPIVKY, V ice- Presi dent. tt ?i\K OF Ciiiiwu JAP IT A L STOCK WHPLl 8 UAhlLITY OF STOCKHOLDERS 4ECTHI i Y TO DEPOSITORS I) IRIX Robert B. Scarborough. H. L. Buck, <eor^c ,1. Holiday, W (oiitune t< j a> . p? r cant inter* t. youraccount ! iOBKRT ??. HCAklinhol (1}<, H I IMS ID KM. I THE WORLDS 8REATEST SEWIN6 MACHINE j |^L^HT RUNNI^^ lfvnfl want ntfhora VllirallnirHlinllUi Itnlkr* fehutlieor xi HlugrVo Thrca<i ( Chain Mitch] Sowing Machine write to THI NEW HON! SEWIN8 MACHINE COMPANY Orange, Mass. Many sewing machines are made to sell regardless of quality, hut the New Home is made to wear. Our guaranty never runs out. old by authorised dealers only. ro* SAL* BT BUliHOUlilta * CLANS CO., Conway. R. C. t'KOFHMHIGMAL ( AKIN H. H. WOODWARD Attorney and Con nee lor At La* CONWAY, 8. O. O. K. ST. AMAN'D. \ ? I < HI I.U\4 Conway, M. C U. B. SCABBBOrGH CONWAY, S. O. i Attorney ni Um i \V. R. MrCOItl). m'KCJKON DKXTIHT CONWAY. S. O. I j Ovm- flank of Horry ri. >i. iu'kiiocohn *'hy?lrlan and Surgeon rONWAV. H. C [1 _______________ y ft tft?# k?.^iA/\it v ?ar a arm I n>. n\'rrvMii? v? /\i i r h ^tt?pn?'T at Law OONWAY, ft. O. ie Y I 5 ? Launch l*nrty Missing. " The launch Sarah L., Ave days oul ( of Walker, Minn., 1h believed to hav< ( gone down with all on board or Iveich Lake In the fitorm which swept the lake. A government boat ha* e been sent out to look for tho wreckago or dead bodies. 4 o ^ 0 Neutrals think to tread on eggf c. and break none.?German. L- Everything new is beautiful.?Italian. Conway f y. s. a w S50,0(?).?O w 100,0004?0 fl) 250.9A0.0O jfjS LTTOH8 J? ino. C. Spivey, D. /|^ Collins, C. P. Quat- iL [*uck, D. A. 8pivey. ry iiml a pioneer in Katftern Car- fk\ npifl progreMH of our County for Ak f ha* been for the upbuilding of 5c With (his in view we extern! W oiuihle HM-oinmodatlou eoosis- /lS solicit the Accounts of IkUvIUu* /n t HAL. L. buck, Caahfor. ^ ~ \ ' hokky, y. C. $ 50 000 10 000 50 ooo 110 000 ;iors W. R. Lewis, W. A. Johnson, Will A. Freeman, on ytnrh deposits, Miclvt holic L niH'K, VIM. A FBEFMAS VICE I'BFSIDF.NT. .C A^pibu j KII)NAI*I*KI> (>IHL RKTURNWD. I iXLvstoriouNly Is-ft. No>ar llomo of I lor I Father. Jennie Ix>pez, the four and n half year old ^ 1 r 1 who was believed to have been kidnapped while at play in front of her home in Wast Thirtyninth Ktreet, New York, on Septexuber 7 last, was mysteriously returned to the vicinity of her home before daylight Tuesday. A policeman found the chil^J alone * in the darkened street two blocks from the tenement occupied .by her parents. A long towel was wrapjK'd several times about the child's head, either to mullie her cries or conceal her identity. ? Since the girl was stolen her father, who iH a prosperous fruit dealer, had received numerous letters demanding large sums of money and threatening to injure or kill the child if - - * ,, vuvi ,iuunvui WUD UW ptilCI. SHOOTING AT FESTIVAL. Jim Price Fatally Wound<xl by .(? Scott. Padgett. At an lee cream festival given Saturday evening at Beroa, near Snaoaka. in the upper part of Colleton county, Jim Price vuis shot and perhaps fatally wounded by J. Scott Padgett. Price la Haid to have b??eu drinking and It Is alleged was boisterous and profane in Padgett's Btore before ho in e ladles. Padgett told him to be quiet, saying ho would have to put him out. Price replied that he would have to and cursed Padgett, and, it is reported, drew his pistol, Padgett took his from the shelf and shot, the ball striking in the corner of the right eye, lodging in tho back of the neck. Price is reported to be fatally wounded. Padgett hasnot been arrested. A few yours ago ! Price was tried for mourder on the 1 charge of killing Willie Redisty. He is out on ball now the jury having | reported a mistrial. I RUNS OVER (X)1U*SK ( ' Of a Man Who Had Roen Murdered Short Time Before. j Near Jelico, Tenn., Monday morning a Southern railway svUlch engine ' passed over the body of Klbort Oil i bert, decapitating it. The crow of the engine believe that Gilbert had been murdered and his body placed upon the rails only a few minutes before he was struck by the engincv Tho engineer, who stopped his engine within 20 feet after passing over the body, learned that Gilbert less than 3 0 minutes before had been seen in a heated argument with a companion near where tho body was found. ? Invited to Tuko Flight, A dispatch from Savannah, Oa., says an invitation will t>o extended to President Taft and Governor Brown of Georgia to make a flight in an airship while they are there November T>. Two airships will be t in Savannah for racing purposes at ? the Savannah fall festival. It is 1 planned to attach tin; airships to t each other by rigid bars to glvo thexn ? double the lifting power of ono and to guard as far as possible against 1 any mishap. * Don't imagine that you won't need oars in a gasoline launch to got back home, especially on tho big ! lakes.