The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 13, 1910, Image 6
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.
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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.
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|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
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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