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f RESTS ITS CASE Ideact n Trial of Lorimcr Sajs Testimay Necessary Submitted. IK? : WHOLLY UNEXPECTED State's Attorney Wymaa in Arp* moat to the Jury Hays Murderer? ()aa Go Unpunished, but There is No Justification for Bribery.? Itofendant Will Not Testify. Precluding the possibility of the defendant going upon the stand in his own behalf, counsel say, and shutting out all testimony that Senator William Lorimer might have to offer in denial of the charge that his seat in the United States senate was purchased, lawyers for Lee O'Neill Browne abruptly rested their case in the criminal court at Chicago at noon Tuesday. The sudden move of the defense in the alleged legislative bribery trial was wholly unexpected. More than fifty witnesses for the defense were thus excluded from the records of the case. Several of these in addition to Browne and Senator Lorimer were considered of importance to the de/ense. Among them was Lieutenant Governor John G. Oglesby. It is said that Browne's counsel believe their case stands or falls upon whether the jury is willing to accept the testimony of Representative Charles A. White, who made the first confession and delivered the principal testimony in the alleged bribery scandal. Attorney W. S. Forest, who has led the defense of Browne, has insisted from the beginning that he is not concerned materially over the outcome in the criminal court; that he lias made out a legal case for his client to stand on In a nigner court. In thin connection Mr. Forest said at the close of court: "We have submitted all the testimony that we believed necessary. We wanted chiefly character witnesses to support the defendant as believing that after what the jury heard about White, his testimony would have no weight." j State's Attorney Wyman, however, takes another view of the pro- j ceeding. He says that Browne and his lawyers fear to allow the case to be probed further, that even with their own witnesses they dare not take a chance of an unexpected stop. Although Mr. Wyman began hie closing argument to the jury comparatively early in the afternoon, he had not finished when court was adjourned for the day. Mr. Wyman said in part: "Murderers can go unpunished, larceny is often excused by the law, and a man may go out in the night and rob to feed a starvig family; but there is no justification for bribery. It cannot go unpunished. "The fact that over fifty Democrats voted for Senator Lorimer, a Republican, shows in itself that there was bribery. Representative White was thus bribed to elect a member r?nlv bodv in our federal, gov ernment that can declare war or effect peace for the millions of our population. "It was a gigantic moment for Browne, the minority leader, when he tried to elect Lorimer. If he had failed, what amends could he have made to his constituents? As long as he succeeded the Democrats could go back to their constituents and make some sort of apology because he had succeeded." TAKK IiAMBS AND PIGS. Missouri Farmers Attribute Ia>khcs to the Bird of Freedom. Farmers in Missouri and other Western States are blaming eagles for thefts of spring lambs and pigs from their llocks. Recently C. N. Drexler, of near Washburn, Mo., captured one of the big birds. It measured more than six feet from tip to tip and stands nearly three feet high. The bird was kept alive as a decoy to capture its mate, but the mate never appeared. Mr. Drexler had been missing lambs and pigs and blamed men for the theft, but no trace for the missing animals could be found. On the day ho captured the bird Ills dog was engaged with it in fierce combat and was getting the worst of the fray. ? ? ? M1I1U oiiuuw itvnu a'ihiuv* Five-year-old Thomas Gardiner, of Thatcher, Ariz., fell into a lumber flume in the Graham mountains aud was carried seven miles at the speed of an express train. The flume is considered dangerous, but the child came out at the bottom with only a tew scratches and minor bruises. Aeroplane Dived Into Itiver. In an attempt to make a glide aprons the Ohio river at Louisville, Kf.# J. C. Mars was surprised for the motor of his aeroplane stopped and the machine dived into the river. He was not injured and the machine not damaged. MfcW i{ j % SERVING LONGEST TERM HIGHLY EDUCATED BLACKS IN 1 THE PENITENTIARY. Ignorant Negroes Serving Shortest , Terms in South Carolina I'enitent*?M J Figures that should cause all thoughtful advocates of the so-called higher education among the negro race to ponder yet a little more, have been compiled showing the startling conditions that of the negroes incarcerated within South Carolina State penitentiary those most highly educated are serving the long est sentences. The poor ignorant negroes are imprisoned for the minor crimes ar.d offenses while the negroes who have had a school or college education are the life-timers and the "over ten year" prisoners. That this is the condition also in the county chaingangs and on the public works of the counties and in the jaifls throughout the state is ( the opinfcon of Commissioner E. J. ' Wratson, of the department of agri- 1 cultune, commerce and industries, 1 by which department the figures were compiled. Asked for an explanation of the compilation and the possible reasons flor the condition shown to exist Commissioner Watson stated Tues- f day that the figures showed beyond 1 reasonable doubt that the academic ? (education is not the thing for the negro. Commissioner Watson advo- * cates education of the negro along 1 industrial lines and thinks that the negro should also have sufficient r schooling to bo able to keep the acjoounts on the farm Summing up ! the situation the commissioner said *" t that the proper education of the negro is to further his usefulness in c the industrial world by means of ' t proper instruction in subjects that tend id increase his manual efti ciency. The commissioner and his assist- 1 n ants had a wide field to base their compilations upon for mere were 63 5 negro prisoners examined, of N this number 479 being males and 5 i * being females. Tie total number of male life 2 prisoners is 25 6 of the negro race. * Of this number 10 read and write c without attending school. One hun- 2 dred and seven attended the common 1 schools from one to ten years. Sev- 1 enteen attended school less than one year. Six attended college. The * summary shows 123 who <iannot * read and write ad 133 who can read c and write. c Of the female colored prisoners ( who are serving life sentence, the 1 I total 11.. None read and write * without attending school. Five at- J tended common school 1 to 10 years * and none of those who attended school did so for one year or less. t Two of the life prisoners among the ^ colored women attended college. There are four who cannot read und ^ write and 7 who can read and write r A further analysis of these figures $ shows that there is altogether 267 life termers of the 53 6 negro prisoners at the penitentiary, reformatory and state farm. That of this number 140 can read and write, 8 w attended college and less than one e half of the total number cannot B read and write. 6 m m 9 a FLEEING CONVICTS SHOT. n a a Convicts Make a Hreak for Liberty p Hut are Downded by Guards. v Two young white men, Garfield n Hutchins and Lindsey Huffman were shot while attempting to get away from convict camp on the Lew- s Monday morning, and it is said that <J Hutchins may die. The men slipped 1 away from convict camp near Wins- s ton-Salem Monday, and it is said 1 ran into a cornfield a distance about 1 forty yards when Guards Griflin and 1 Dull fired on them, dropping them f instantly . , Hutchins, who is rather wellknown hereabouts and who was on { a thirty months term for robbery on ' the street while impersonating an 1 otllcer, was struck in the back of 1 the head by a load of buckshot. He 1 was hurried to the Twin City hospi- ' tal at Winston-Salem and Dr. 10. P. Gray attended him. The physician said the man would scarcely recover. Huffman, who was serving a 14 months term for forgery, was slightly wounded about the head and will recover. Blackberries Make Hens Drunk. Spoiled blackberries thrown in her back yard by Mrs. James Hurnet, of Holiday's Cove, W. Va., made a reast ror ner nens ana pui i^t-m un a jag. While they were drui>k she thought they were dead and thriftily plucked their feathers. Now the birds are wearing blankets. ? + Freight Steamers Collide. The French freight steamer La Rochelle from Bordeaux for Liverpool, was sunk through a collision with the British freighter Yews off Skerries, Ireland, Monday. Ten of the crew of the French vessel were drowned. PROTECT YOURSELF BY FORMING A MUTUAL INSUK- < ANCH (XXHI'INY. According to Bill Pawied by the Leg- ' iftLfcture Lw>t February Ten Men May Organize For Be!' 2 Votecticn. | A bill was pased and approved by the Legislature on the 4th day of 1 February 1910 providing for the or- i ganizatlon and regulation of Mutual i Protective Associations. It provides that any ten men of lawful age could form an asociation to protect i themselves against loss from fire, i disease, accidents, lightning, hall failure of crops, aud to insure the live stock of its members. It must be i understood that this association is allowed only to protect its members j and is not organized with a purpose i of making money, or enriching anyone privately. These associations 1 are only allowed to work in the coun- I ty in which they were organized. ' Before the state allows any of them ] to begin business the elected presi- i ient and secretary of the proposed i asociation must swear that twenty- i five men will take out policies in it j for not less than a total sum of twenty-five thousand dolars. Til is t ist of subscribers must be sworn to 1 ind filed with the Insurance Com- J uisioner. I Each member of the Asociation is f mtitled to one vote in the elections t lecesary. It is required that a thirty i lay notice be given of each meeting I: >y publishing t-he same in the county s >aper and by sending a postal to each t nember of the association, who can s dther attend or send a proxy, but n j11r>a t/\ vntn more T lO III ct II 19 pel liiiiivu IV . - hail twenty proxies or vote under v he orders of anyone having twenty v iroxies. Each asociation is required ,lt o meet at least once a year and elect * lirectors and officers, the latter can s lot be elected for a term longer than a wo years. The amount to be receivid by each officer must be stipulated o >efore the duties of the office are en- r ered upon or the work performed. J The manner in which this association o vould pay the loses of its number r vould be to assess each member t iquitably for the amount of the loss, a Jhould upon investigation the Insur- t mce Commissioner find that ay offi- r :er is neglecting to levy and collect s iny assessment made he may apply at a my court having the proper * author- n ty for a mandamus to enforce the t )erformance of the neglected duty. The premium is to be guaran- c eed by a note or lein on the property a nsured, but the property must be so t lescribed that a person could rec- r jgnize it from the description. Any t )f these asociations could create a i eserve fund in the maner prescribed v >y their by-laws, provided it did not ? :onflict with the laws of the state. ?rora a table compiled by Insurance i ^omissioner McMaster it is shown s hat there are fifteen of these insur- p tnce asociations now at work in this t Jtate, carying from $19 1,604 to V 14,425,040 insurance in force. The < ates of these companies range from 1.80 to $8.00 per thousand. Here is what Insurance Commisioner McMaster says about them: j The salvation of these companies i to have a director in each township rho will approve the insurance of ach piece of property in his townhip; to take only the class of prop- I( rty, viz country residences and t^u- o nt houses; to take only a limited a- j( louut of insurance, say $,1000 on j ny one peice of property; to have t least one annual meeting of the Sl olicy holders at which the officers V nd directors are elected, and at d rhich complete reports are to be s< nade by the officers; to have quar- S v indftHnp.i of the directors. w ot 'J ?.- V- ... "O "While a number of these asso- c lations levy assessments as the tires ?ccur, and while others levy assess- a nents but once a year it is beleived o afer to require the insured to pay u hat it would be very much better and n n advance what is understood to be 1' .he rate by the stock companies, and s it the end of the year to refund him (i vhatever the saving might be. c "There are many other features v connected with the business needing t explanation and the insurance 1~>e !)artment will be glad to answer any t inquiries made." Add res your letter to the "Insurance Department of c South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 1 f ? itohhrrs rice Imiii. f Four mules and a thousand dol- : lars worth of flour, implements and ' supplies were burned Monday night ' in the barn of H. Hobgood, at Gar- 1 ner, near Raleigh, N. C., there being every indication thai me oaru ??? burned to cover the stealing of a fine ' horse and buggy, no trace of whien could be fouud in the ruins. Hobgood is a well-to-do farmer and conducts a tobacco warehouse at Clayton. ? Three Firemen Injured. Three firemen were Injured during a fire Wednesday which completely destroyed a five-story building at St. Paul, Minn. The loss was over $100,000. ? Crazed by Wife's Death. Perry Noblett shot and killed himself a few hours after the death of his wife near Hamburg, Iowa. He was crazed by grief. SHOT INTO CROWD ' ( >NK KECKIVKS PAINFUL WOUND | WITH SLUG. 1 ^ { I Two of Posse Fired at Him But it | la Not Known That He Was Hit. I Woman Is Arrested. i A diBpatch from Walterboro says that at Williams on Saturday night at 10 o'clock Dr. S. E. KinBey was shot and seriously wounded by Joe Freeman, a negro. , Saturday afternoon Dr. Kinscy's son was standing at the door of Uie store of Qulnn Bros, when Lena Freeman, a negro woman, came up the steps to enter the store door and said to Mr. Kinsey: "Some one wants to come in," Mr. Kinsey stepped out of the way and looking back saw this negro woman. He expected to see some white ivomnn enter, and jokingly remarked that he thought it was somebody. The negro took out a knife from her pocket and began to abuse Mr. Kins'y, who insisted that she hush and dated to her that be did not mean iny harm by the remark, which was jokingly made. She continued her abuse and left he store shortly, and going to her lome, returned with h?*r husband, foe Freeman, she carrying a gun. dr. Kinsey was informed of this act and went to his home and reurned with his gun, which he put n Mr. Brabham's store. His father learing of this came over to the i tore and instructed his son to put he gun up and go to Magistrate Wil- j on and take out a warrant for the egroes and have them arrested. | 'his Mr. Kinsey did and turned the warrant over to Constable Maxey, ,ho went over to Williams to make he arrest. Maxey appointed Dr. . Cinsey and others us special con t,* ;>ia him in nuikimr the rrest. The party proceeded to the home f the Freemans, but just before eaching it, they were informed that oe Freeman was back at the store f Quin Bros, with his gun. They eturned to the store and attempted o arrest him, who seeing the party pproach ran. They went back to he home, where the woman was &rested. After securing her they tarted to leave and Joe Freeman ppeared behind a clump of bushes iear the house crying: "Get out of here." At the same time he shot into the rowd, the shot taking effect just hove I)r. Kinsey's hip. The negro hen made his escape into the darkless. Dr. .Kinsey was taken back lome and was attended. It was ound that the gun had been loaded nth a slug, but fortunately the load u-oduced only painful flesh wounds. , Efforts were made Sunday mornng to catch Freeman and he was ten several times by the pursuing arty, but owing to the thickness of he undergrowth in the bays near S'illiams, he has so far eluded capure. o SKCONI) IX SHOOTING. lie South Carolina Hanks After the m Battleship Idaho. ' The battleship Idaho is to enjoy Dr a year the coveted official honor f being t.he best hitter in the Amer'an navy. A comparison of the hooting performances of tho battlehips this year was made public at Washington on Tuesday at the navy epartment. The Idaho made a core with her guns of 4 0.121. The outh Carolina gets second place rith a score of 42.685, and tho WIsonsin third with a score of 40,478. The battleships are competing for trophy, their rank depending not illy upon tlie hits of the guns but ipon thei" work with mints and tor>edoes. While the target practice tas been concluded by the battle.hips, only a few have done the reinlred mining. Of those the Wisnnsin stands at the head of those vhich have completed ft?e competiion with a score of 4 5.494, t.he Maryland second with 3 7.587 and ! he West Virginia third with 22,264. Of the vessels competing for the ' cruiser trophy for gunnery tJie Chareston now lends with a score of < 21,075. In the competition for the gunboat trophy, the Mayflower stands it the head of t.he list of those that lave tired with a score of 6.612. Among the vessels competiting for the torpedo trophy the Preble is the victor with a score of 90,92 8. One 3f her competitors, the Rowan, is credited with a score of only 0.055. Killed by Lightning. In the presence of his wife, Burt Crannon, a .farmer, living about was struck by a bolt of light nlng Thursday and Killied. Cran-1 non's clothes were burned from his body and the handle of a hoe with which he was working was entirely consumed by the heat of the flas. Farmer Slain in Duel. Quincy Everett, a young farmer, was shot and Instantly killed, and A. B. Macklin, his father-in-law, was' stabbed and fatally wounded, the result of a duel between the men at Mlneola, Texas, Thursday. . , f FIRST NATIC jE OONWAl ? CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS PROFITS "TOTAL AS8ESTS ? DIRKCtf J. A. (McDermott, John C ?B. O. CoJlins, H. L. B M. Burroughs, C. P. Qua Successor to the Bank of Horry Couuty, and a pioneer ly allied with the recent devc /n Republic. Backed by the C jft United States Bonds, we are pi toniers any reasonable acconui ^ H. A. SI'IVKY, Cashier. BANK OF Conwa^ CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS. SECURITY TO DEPOSITORS DIKEC Robert B. Scarborough, EL L. Buck, George J. Holiday, We continue to pay 5 per cent interee it youraccount BOBEBT B. 8CARBOROUGF, D. President. V PROFESSIONAIj CARDS. H. H. 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Cashier mrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMxammmmmmmmmmmmm?mmmmmm?mm?mmmmm?mmmm COTTON CONDITIONS JOIMAKY OF OOMM KROI \ Ij-APPKAL'H PROMISING. ? >ays (\>tton lias uixiwn *iorr in uio I'ast Seven Days Thau at An# Oilier Similar Period. The Commercial-Appeal of Memphis, Tenn., Monday printed the following summary of the cotton crop conditions: Cotton in the South has grown more during the past seven days than in any similar period this season, a fact due generally to higher temperatures. Where the rainfall has not been excessive as it was in North Carolina, Southern Georgia and in scattered localities else where east of the Mississippi river cultivation made rapid progress tuid the fields are clean. The plant though still small for the season, is healthy and sturdy and bids fair to rapidly overcome some of its lateness. In North Carolina and Southern Georgia grass has become a menace, but little damage has been done that two weeks of favorable weather will not overcome. In Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Eastern Texas there are few complaints. The crop did well and is becoming rapidly promising. In Central and Western Texas rain is beginning to be needed, although ? ^ up to the present time saved most western counties where cotton is grown in quantitlty. In these western districts, however, hot winds have been hurtful and the cotton is at a standstill.. It will soon go backward without rain. Oklahoma, too, will soon be dry. The plant in these western states as elsewhere is small and moisture would greatly stimulate its growth. Boll weevils are numerous and disastrous in localities, but the entire area infested appears rather less prevalent than usual at this season. V KILLS HIMSIOLF. Brinks Quantity of "Bug-Killer, " Which Kills. Alfred Poole an aged negro prisoner confined to the county jail at Gaffney to await trial at the next term of court, eommited suicide by drinking "bug-killer" in his cell, dying from the effects at about one o clock Thursday night. He had been arrested about two weeks ago charged with being an accomplice in the killing of a negrc baby at his home near Cowpens. He was about 6t> years of age.. It has been the custom of the Jail er 10 suppiy uie prisoners witn tno "bug-killer" at intervals. When the disinfectant was given to Poole he saved it until night, and then took it, becoming paralyzed at once. Although there were two other prisoners in the same cell both of them disclaim any knowledge of the taking of the juice and claim that they knew nothing about the affair until they became suspicious of his loud breathing and when they attempted to wake him up they found him dying. Medical aid was summoned and although everything possible was done Poole soon died. r