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PLEADS GUILTY Faraam Bays Imnraaky for Less Thu il Would Cost Him to FIGHT CASES IN COURT One of the Star Defendants in the l)is|M>usjtr,T Craft Prosecution Finds it Cheaper to Pay a Fine Than Ilire Lawyers, So lie Pay* n Kino iitwl flnoti Kn*<>. ' James S. Farnum, agent In this State for the Anheuser-13usch Brewing Company and other liquor houses which did business with the late State dispensary, In open court In Columbia on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the State, paid a flue of $5,000, and was told to go and sin no more. The Columbia Record; says the end of this case was a great surprise and came without previous Intimation. Wednesday morning Attorney General Lyon appeared in tho Richland county court of general sessions with Solicitor Cobb, and presented a new indictment against Fai charging him with conspiracy *"-*"<* formerly memWitU JbSOph R. w ber of the State dispehdary board, to defraud the State. The grand Jury at onoo reti/ed and Wylie was examined as a witness. In a short while the grand jury returned with a truo bill. Farnum and his attorneys then came Into court and other proceedings were Interrupted while the attorney general announced that Farnum de-j sired to plead guilty and he would accept the plea. Farnum stood up and Judge Prince asked for the written plea, which Farnum signed. Judge Prince at once imposed sentence, saying that in view of the plea ho would bo lenient but not as lenient as Farnum might wish. Tho judge said he knew Farnum's humiliation was pumsnmerit, nut uhu ho uubvnucu further punishment, though his moral guilt was not as great as that of the officers of the State who had participated In the conspiracy and accepted bribes. He would therefore impose a sentence of $6,000 fine or one year's imprisonment on the chaingang or in the penitentiary. Farnum's attorney produced a certificate of deposit for $6,000, which had beeu drawn Tuesday, and which was accepted as payment, and then the judge amended the sentence, so as to eliminate the alternative of Imprisonment. The Record says Attorney General Lyon will, in view of Farnum's plea, nol pros the other cases againsl Farnum, five in all, two for briber} of State dispensary officials and three for conspiracy, all based on slmilai testimony. At the last term ol court Farnum was acquitted on i charge of conspiracy based on prac tically the same set of facts. The sensational compromise of tin cases against Farnum was entirel; unexpected until the very momen when he and his attorneys, 11. A Hagood and T. M. Mordceai, of Char leston, and District Attorney Ernes F. Cochran of Anderson, appeare< in court with him, and tooa sent within the bar, while Attorney Gen oral Lyon sat near the solicitor awaiting an opportunity to break ii upon the trial of the Medlin murdc case. Mr. Farnura was looking ih picture of health. When congratulated by a frion on having an end of the prosecutio against him, he said: "Well, I don' know whether the situation call for congratulations or not. I don' liko to plead guilty, even with th privilege of paying a fine. A fello^ does not like to have a thing lik that chalked up against him." The agreement under which th cases against Farnum are to be nc prossed applies to all cases in whic he is a defendant, both those 1 Richland and in Chester, for briber and conspiracy. In the other casr pending against State dispensar officials Farnum cannot be made 1 testify, however, as he has const tutional immunity 011 the groun that his testimony might tend to ii criminato him. It is understood that Farnum hi nftoltluftlu rofiiQr>/1 to toatifv np'nitl his former friends, just as he refu ed to take the stand and perjui himself by denying that he had gi en bribes or rebates. His pleas < guilty, however, is a complete admi Blon of the allegations of corruptlc brought against the State dispensai system. Too Much for Robbers. Three heavily armed men held i a private bank in Williamsburg, Y., Thursday and attempted to n It. They were resisted and one ro her shot after a fight. The woun ed man and his companions wo captured. L Kills His Rival. A few minutes following the ma rlage to Miss Rose Butler, Gabri Len, a farmer, was shot and k 11 lc by Joe Jackson, a rejectod sulto near Lynn, Ga., on Wednesday. MANY LOST AT SEA SEVERAL FISHING BOATS AIll MISSING IN BIG STOK1I That Is Still Raging in Nova Sec tia Waters and Fears Are Felt (n the Crews. Forty-one fishermen have bee ' claimed as victims of the sea, accord ing to reports received Thursday ?i Halifax, N. S., from the fleet tha > is cruising Nova Scotia waters in wide hunt for eight of the boat i driven to sea at the height of th storm that is still raging. More ships were sent on rescu 1 cruises Thursday. Twelve boats wer missing when the tally was taker four havo been found, but there I no nope Tor tno otuera, among tnoii who know the waya of the Bea ti the North. Four of tho missing boats, all o which belonged to tho Haddock fleet hailed from Dover; the other fou from Whitehead. In the former wer 19 men; in the latter 22. Mont of the missing craft are u< longer than twenty feet. Wlthou cabins, they afford littlo refuge t< the mariners trapped In such a storn as has raged along tho northeri coasts for eovoral days. At leant ouo of tbe missing ves sols Is known to have met faster Her wreck jeftg soeti oh Dogfish rocV by another of the fleet which was scudding to haven. The crew ol this ship, tho William Feltmate, were rescued when they were being driver to soa in a dory. All were In a serious condition from exposure. They told a pitiful story of almost rare severity when they were hurled or the rock by waves, wind and tide. Along tho coast much damage has been dono on land by the storm, Reports are being received slowoly but the total loss will be enormous, WILL HIT BACK. Tho Insurgents Propose to Fight Tart to a Finish. A dispatch from Washington says it is expected that the insurgent lie publican members of the house wil call a meeting at an early day t< give earnest consideration to th< situation arising from the announce ment that the administration woul< no longer countenance "insurging' in congress and would withhold pat ronage from the recalcitrant mem bers. Most of the radical Insurgent lead ers in the house side feel that, wit , the elections but a few months die i tant, it is a life and death strup . gle with them and consequently when forced into the fray they wi I have no hesitation about carryin } the war to any extent. The effort to defeat the insurger r congressmen by starting a flgl ? against them in their home district! ? which, as was reported a few daj f ago, had already begun in severs x districts in the West, has hit liar . and congressmen so attacked prol ably will make no choice of weapor 3 in defending themselves. y t MAROONEI) IN DESERT. ^ Train in Unique Fix Recausc of Tv 1 Washouts. g Train No. 4, on the San Pedr Salt Lake & Los Angeles rallroa due at Salt Lake from Los Angel n r' January 1, is marooned in the do r ert, flvo miles from Callente, Nevad the track on both sides having bet . torn out by the flood of last wee The train is carrying in the neig , borhood of 150 passengers. Plen of provisions are on hand and the ; is no danger of suffering from t lack of food. The ties are beii torn from the tracks and used fuel with which to make steam f heating the cars. As soon as wago ( can reach the stalled train, a nu ^ ter of three or four days, passengc h will be taken to Barclay, where t train will be waiting to bring th< to Salt Lake. Everyone on t * train is reported well and fairly co fortable. Z ? SOUTHERN CATTLE BARRED, id l- Forbids Importation on Account Texas Fever. Owing to prevalence of Texas o_ ver among soutnern cattle, a p re clamation was issued by Goverr v_ Doneen prohibiting importation ii Illinois of cattle from California, C s" lahoma, Texas, Missouri, Arkans >n Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, . py abama, Virginia, North Caroll 8011th Carolina, Georgia and Flc da between February 1 and Novo ber 1, 1010, unless the cattle 1 ip accompanied by certificates from t N inspector of tho United States 1 )b reau of animal industry that tl b are free from fever. tl ? re Alleged Slayer Captured. E. A. Green, a young man want in Graham county, N. C., for the kl ing of Grant Postello, another wh r- man, eighteen months ago, has be el arrested at Anderson, and is bei id held on a fugitive warrant, pondi r, tho arrival of instructions from t North Carolina authorities. ~ THEY DEFY TAFT B The Insurgent Republicans Refuses to he Bulldozed by Hub. * NORRIS FIRES A SHO " Ho Declares That the President lb it Aiding Cannon and That He Has it }l Not Seared the Anti-Administra tion Members by Withholding e r?tr<?nng(N?'Tho Fight Will CJo On. 0 ^ "The Insurgent Republicans of the ( house are not intimidated by the ac' tion of the administration in witha holding patronage from them, and n are not Beared into silence by any apparent combination of President . Taft and Speaker Cannon against . us." 1 This was the declaration Thurnday of Representative Norris, of Nebraska, one of the leading insurgent* 0 of the house. Mr. Norrls resented t stories published to the effect that ^ the insurgents wero "lying down" j under the odlct of tho admlnistra1 tion. On the contrary, Mr. Norris criticised President Taft himself for _ the act of tho administration in singling out Republican insurgents . for punishment. J "President Taft is making a grave r mistake by aiding Cannon in this ? way, and I want to say unhesitating ' ly,," continued Mr. Norrls, "I do not object, nor do any of the insur, gents object, as far as I know, to , tho withholding of patronage from , us, but I denounce this singling out of tho men who have opposed Can, non and tho house organlzatlom for an infliction of punishment. "How can tho president say that wo are opposed to his policies and declare that we are to bo punished for it, when wo have not opposed his policies in any way? Wo do not in fact, know yet what President I Taft's policies are to be. Still, we have been punished. Postmaster General Hitchcock has admitted that 3 we aro being discriminated against . right now, although wo have dons 1 absolutely nothing to merit, except {tier t A r\T\Y\narL Po n j iuq vvs uiij/vow vnuuv/u nuu kuu auuo? f, machine. "The president Is aiding Cannon j There Is no other construction that can be placed upon this move of th? administration. If he Is not, why . have the insurgents who opposed Cannon been singled out as the men . upon which the presidential dlsh pleasure Is to be visited? If the fc. president is not aiding Senator Canr. non, then why are only the AntiCannon men being punished by the U postmaster general, acting at the g president's behest? "I want to say, also, that this ef{\ fort to defeat us by starting fights it against us at home is open to very B vLgorous criticism. I have no objects tion to Speaker Cannon or any of his jl supporters coming to Nebraska and d making any kind of a fight upon me I) they wish to make, but I do deny 1S that the Republican congressional committee has any honorable right to attack us. It is unjust and unfair. "That the committee is doing this there is no doubt in my mind. "The fight of the insurgents in '? tho house will continue against Speaker Cannon and the house rules, which ho personifies." 0, d, SAFE BLOWERS AT WORK. 1.-s + s" The Hartsvillo I'ostofflco Entered a, in and Robbed. j* A special from Hartsville to the Columbia Record says upon arrival ' at the postofilce Wednesday morn4 ~ 41.. n? ? ^ 111 *, iu ha up me man ror liie outgoing 7 o'clock train, Postmaster J. nK E. Meustis found that a window had as been forco 1 open and the ofli ?e sale or had been blown with dynamite. IIB The safe do'r was found on the itfloor some distance away wi;n its hinges broken rnd the combi idtion knob shattered. The postmaster says ' he is unable at this time to say Just how much cash and stamps aro nii3sm" ing, but the amount includes the proceeds of four days' business Mr. J. W. Davis, who lives nearby, heard a report at about 2 o'clock in the morning, but at tho time of thought a cannon-cracker had been fired by some early riser. f0_ BANK'S PAPERS FOUND ro- * lor That Have Been Missing Since tho lto Cashier Suicided. )kas, Forty thousand dollars of notes A1- and valuable securities belonging to ua, the Hank of Ellaville, Ga., which >ri- is owned and controlled by tho Hank m- of Southwestern Georgia, located in ire Americus, were found Thursday he afternoon carefully concealed in the )U- boxing about the Ellaville court iey house. When Cashier Walters of the Ellaville bank committed suicide by shooting himself in Americas a year and a half ago, most of ed the bank papers were found missill Ing. Every effort made to discover ito tho missing documents proved fruit en less. Two citi/.ents camo upon tlm ng papers by accident Thursday afterng noon. Five hundred dollars reward, he offered by tbo Americus bank, is still outstanding. CENSUS TAKERS SCARCE PKOPLJB DON'T SKKM ANXIOUS FOR THESE PLACES. Census Director Da rand Appeals to the Public Spirited People in the Matter. Census Director Durand stated on Wednesday in Washington that, as a result of his conference with the supervisors of census throughout the country he tlnds that in many sec Hons, especially in tho larger cities, there have not been as yet sufficient applications for tho positions of enumerators. It looks, ho thinks, as if tho country is so prosperous that people are not as anxious to get these responsible plaecs as had been expected. The scarcity Is giving the director some concern, as only a few weeks remain beforo the date for closing the consideration of applications. Jt will be impossible generally to extend the application time limit, as to examine tho "test" papers, with the necessary care to Insure the designation of qualified persons, will i consume every moment of the time | allowed for this phase of the work of selecting tho enumerators, leav- | lug nothing for an extension of the date for shutting down on applications. The director therefore urges all persons desiring places as enumerators to make application as quickly 1 as possible, and he hopes that, in crder to help get a perfect census, i public-spirited and energetic people throughout the country will ofTer themselves for these positions, even .hough they may not care for them 'roin the standpoint of the pay in- 1 /olved. Ho also trusts that employ- ^ jrs will deem it their duty to give eave of absence to their employees who may desire to act as enumerators. Some 6light sacrifice of this >ort will bo amply repaid by the improved quality of tho census returns. Continuing, the director said: '1 A 11 hn II or V? fVio notnol wnrlr r\f iAivuvu^u v ii v UVWUUi " V/i IV \J L taking the census will not begin until April IB, it is essential that those who wish to act as enumera tors should apply Immediately. Exsept under unusual circumstances, no application received after January 25 will be considered. About 68,000 enumerators will be required. Each will work in his own locality. Any competent person is entitled to apply for this position, and will be fairly considered for appointment. "Political reconnqjendatlons are not necessary. The supervisors, to whom application must be made, have been instructed to consider all candidates and to select solely on the basis of efficiency. For the purpose of aiding the supervisors in determining the competence of the can didates, a written test will be prescribed, and any person between the ages of 18 and 7 0 who is a citizen of the United States will be permitted to take It. "The test will be of a strictly practical character, substantially th? same as was used in 1900. It will consist of filling out a sample schedule of population, and, in the case of rural districts, filling out also a sample schedule of agriculture, thes* schedules being precisely the same as will actually be used by the enumerators in their work later on. In 1 schedules and general instructions | order to assist candidates in preparing for the test copies of the blank, schedules and general instructions regarding the manner of filling them will he furnished to each candidate I in (UMiuiLi;. *\uy jjurson oi ordinary common school education and good judgment should have no difficulty in passing. "This test is not a civil service examination. It will lie conducted under the director of the supervisors of the census, and tho papers will be examined only by the supervisors, and by the census bureau. In order that convenient examination places may be provided for all candidates,, local civil service examining boards and postmasters will be called upon to preside at the actual taking of the test in certain cases, but in this respect they will act merely as the representatives of the supervisors of the census. "It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of obtaining a correct census of the population and agriculturo of the country. The correctness of the returns depends wholly upon the competence of the enumerators." The enumerators will earn about $r.O each. Those in the rural districts must complete their work within thirty days, and thoso in cities of 5,000 and more population at tho preceding census within two weeks, from April 15, 1910. uotnan sk?|?h wedding. The marriage of Barney Kline Frank, son of Henry Frank of South Bend, Ind., to Miss Rae Goldstono, heiress and society leader at Davenjtort, la., was interrupted by the appearance in Davenport of a woman giving her name as Mrs. Ethel Palmer Kline and claiming to live at Dos Moines. She said she was the wife of Frank and pleaded with the police to stop the marriage. - . One man's hobby may bo another man's nightmare. ? Bank ol OONWi OopiUl Stock . 0S Depoclte A Total AmcUi T D1RI A J. A. McDermott, ^ T. McNeill, B. G. 2gT tlebaum, Hal. L. A The oldest Rank In Ho olina. Associated with. the i jL the past decade. Our. polk the "Independent Republic." i|n to onr customers every . rea tent with sound bunking. W A als, firms and corporations. 1). A. SPIVEY, $ Vice-President. BANK OI Conwa CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS SECURITY TO DEPOSITORS DIRE( Robert B, Scarborough, H. L. Buck, George J. Holiday, We continue to pay 5 per cent inten it youraocount ROBERT B. SCARBOROUGH, H Phesident. [HE WORLDS 6REATEST SEWING MACHINE k J-IGHT RUNNING ^ tehe Xf you want either a Vibrating Shuttle, Rotary Shuttle or a Single Thread f Chain 8titch\ Sewing Machine write to THE HEW HOME SEWIHI MACHINE COMPAHY Orange, Mass* Many sewing machines are made to sell regardless of Quality, but the New Home is made to wear. Our guaranty never runs out Sold by authorised dealers only* FOR SALS BY ' BURROUGHS Afc COLLINS CO., Conway, 8. O. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. H. H. WOODWARD Attorney and Councelor At Las. CONWAY, S. O. C. K. ST. AM AND, Attorney at Law Conway, B. C. R. B. SCAJIBKOUGH CONWAY, S. 0. Attorney at Law. W. E. McCORD, BURGEON DENTIST. CONWAY, S. O. Over Bank of Horry iryT.ff'ji H. H. BURROUGHS Physician and Snrgeoa. CONWAY, 8. O. B. WOFFORD WAIT. ra v" n i iSTTBgi Uix.kJ a _ w - niiuriic| hi ijhw? CONWAY, S. C. president TaPt has surrendoro< to tho trusts and is doing all lv can to protect their interests, an< any man connected with his admin istration who doos not subscrlb< allegiance to tho corporations ma; as well pack his grip and get read; ' to vacate. A woman dislikes being jealou almost as much as she like mak ing somo other woman jealous. v F-3r999*9^ 9 ? Conway ? Li. & a w |SOtfOM J IOO,dOO.<M> 259,000.00 A COTORS ^ * Jno. C. Spivey, D. Sjk Collins. C. P. Quat- ilk Buck. D. A. Spivey. m* rry and a pioneer in Eastern Car- A rapid progress of our County for iL >y has been for the upbuilding of With this in view we extend fP sonable accommodation cons is- |Wi e solicit the accounts of individu- ^ ^ Wew HAL. L. BUCK. Cashier. gf. \ * HORRY, y. S, C. $ 50 000 10 000 1 50 000 110 000 :tors W. R. Lewi*,'?} ' W. A. Johnson, I "Will A. Freeman, jet on yearly deposits, and we aolic[. L. BUCK, WILL A. FREKM AJf Vick President. .Cash ok KILLED TWO ROBBERS ? - i J LAD OF ONLY SEVENTEEN DOES HIS DUTY LIKE A HERO. Ho Wtts Attacked in tlio Postoftlco by Two Cracksmen and Shot and Killed lloth of Them In a struggle early Saturday morning in the postofllce at Tallehassee, Fla., with two safe blowers, Paul Sauls, 17 years old, son of J. M. Sauls, the night watchman at the postofllce building, shot and killed them both in the basement of the building. The boy was only slightly wounded. The two cracksmen,, both of whom were white, have not been identified. Young Sauls was on duty for his father and was in the basement when he heard a knock at the doorr and going by a cot took up a pistol before answering. When he reached the door some one on the outside shouted that a mall pouch had ^ been picked up in the street and ho opened the door to receive it. Instead, according to the lad's story, he found himself looking in, to the barrels of two pistols and the order came to "hands up." "tMy hands came up as they pounced upon me," he said, "and as they tried to bind me with a rope, T managed to get my pistol in a strained position, and fired. The shot evidentlv took ? IUI UIII^ OIIO of the men clung to me. 1 then placed my pistol on my shoulder and fired to the rear several times, after which I was free from their grasp." That every shot from the hoy's revolver hit its mark is shown by bullet holes in the dead men. One has holes in his forehead and right , temple, while the other was shot through the stomach and face. It is believed that a third party was on the outside, for when the robbers' clothing was searched three Atlantic Coast Line mileage books were found in the pocket of one, supposed to be the leader of the gang. These books were purchased in the Broadway station, New York, January 3, being numbered consecutively 86,190-91-92 and bear the names, J. Martin, J. P. Walters and J. M. Strong. Complete outfits for safe blowing, consisting of drills, nitroglycerine, fuses, caps, soap and wax and electric search lights was found on the bodies of the men. * J. P. Morgan and associates socuro control of trust companies having deposits of $210,000,000. It was prob" ably loss of a job than to got half a dozen farmers to merge their products in a common pool for joint sales. According to Mr. Taft, if an oflicor In an army was put on trial for being a traitor, and his defence was that the private soldier who had testified against him should bo dis* missed for pernicious activity, ho o should be exonerated and the sol\ dier punished. 4 0 Milk at nine cents a quart in New yr York enables the milk companies to yr treble their dividends, it is said. There is fame and fortune awaiting the man who can tell tho farma er and tho city man how tlioy can - got together when the middleman Sumooi i.iisi t