The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 30, 1910, Image 4
f RESTS ITS CASE
Ideact n Trial of Lorimcr Sajs Testimay
Necessary Submitted.
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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.
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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.
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SERVING LONGEST TERM
HIGHLY EDUCATED BLACKS IN 1
THE PENITENTIARY.
Ignorant Negroes Serving Shortest ,
Terms in South Carolina I'enitent*?M
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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 *"
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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
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FLEEING CONVICTS SHOT. n
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Convicts Make a Hreak for Liberty p
Hut are Downded by Guards.
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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.
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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
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"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
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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.
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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.
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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
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>NK KECKIVKS PAINFUL WOUND |
WITH SLUG. 1
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Two of Posse Fired at Him But it |
la Not Known That He Was Hit. I
Woman Is Arrested.
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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.
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SKCONI) IX SHOOTING.
lie South Carolina Hanks After the
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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. . ,
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SURPLUS PROFITS
"TOTAL AS8ESTS
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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
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President. V
PROFESSIONAIj CARDS.
H. H. WOODWARD ;
Attorney and Councilor At Lmw
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R. B. BCARBKOUGH
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Attorney at JLaw. 1
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Ph7*lcUfi and Burgeon.
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Attorney at La /. 1
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Bank of Horry Building. ,
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yet it must always he subordinate
to the voice of reason in
anything that is considered or undertaken.
It is always the next thing we do
not the thing after the next. If
this were kept more fully in mind we
would save ourselves lots of worry
and anxiety.
. If political parties would retain the
loyalty of their adherents they must
show themselves worthy of that loyalty.
They will do this by their own
loyalty to the people. This is somelimes
overlooked and tho result is
weakened allegiance and partial disintegration.
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COTTON CONDITIONS
JOIMAKY OF OOMM KROI \ Ij-APPKAL'H
PROMISING.
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>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.
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