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* MADE HIS HAUL Rare, Wk Cauautted Saicide ia Hit Hmbc Last Saaner, Tares Oat FIRST CLASS GRAFTER former President of Car Repair Company Details the Payment of Large Sums of Former President of Monon Route, Who Was Mysteriously Shot at His Residence. Henry C-. Ostermann, former president of the Ostermann Manufacturing Company, who is said to have been a big factor in the Illinois Central car repair frauds, related a sensational story of the inside workings of his concern before Judge Bruggemeyer at Chicago on Wednesday. Ostermann was called as a witness for the prosecution in the conspiracy hearing against Frank B. Harriinan, Chas. L. Ewing and John M. Taylor, former Illinois Central officials, who are charged with participating in extensive car repair swindles. The late Ira G. Rawn, former president of the 'Monon Route, who was "mysteriously" shot to death at his summer residence in Winnetka, Ills., last July, was named by the ir? tho nllpired craft CII1CJ. lJftUI VO iU v ?v u ring. Ostermann declared that as vice president of the Illinois Central, Rawn was given 1,500 shares of stock in the Ostermann Manufacturing Company, and that this was increased to 2,700 shares. lie said that Rawn sold his stock to the manufacturing company at par, $5 a share. After Rawn had sold back his stock holdings in the car repair company for $13,500, the witness says the former Illinois Central vicepresident demanded and got first $5 and then $10, and finally $15 for each car repaired or alleged to have been repaired at the Ostermann plant. In this connection Ostermann testified that he personally made one payment of $10,500 to Rawn, which, he said, was for 700 cars upon which the repair concern had collected Hills for repairs. The witness said that Rawn received $15 a car during the first 6ix months of the year 1909. This was during the last six months 4U - ^ Anfnpmann Wi)R POnilPC.ted With Hint uatux uiuuu .. the repair company. According to Ostermann, three distinct kinds of payments were made In the passing of this alleged graft In addition to the payment per car as to Rawn, said Ostermann, a fixed monthly sum was paid certain officials and- a two per cent, monthly dividend was paid on all Ostermann Manufacturing Company stock held toy Illinois Central officers. This stock dividend, amounting to 2 4 per cent a year, was paid on several blocks of Ostermann Company stock, said Ostermann. "What Illinois Central officials held stock in your company?" was asked Ostermann by Attorney Fisher. "Ira G. Rawp. had 2,100 shares; Frank B. Harriman had 2,200 shares; John M. Taylor had first 1,000, and then 5,000 shares; Jos. E. Buker had 2,200 shares. Wm. Renshaw had 1,500 shares and W. J. Taylor had 500. S. B. and Mildred Harriman had 100 shares each, but I don't know who they are other than they were connected with the Illinois Central Company. Their stock was bought and paid for by Frank B. Harriman." "What officers of the railroad company received monthly payments from your concern and in what amounts?" Osterman was asked by counsel for the prosecution. "Frank B. Harriman received $8,100 monthly; Joseph E. Buker also got $1,000 monthly; Wm. Renshaw was paid $500 monthly; \V. J. Leahy $100; H. N. Dunlay $100; R. G. Ransom $25; John Waters $25; Matthew Morgan $75, and P. A. Jones $100 on at least one occasion that I personally know of." Ostermann then entered into a recital of the organization of the man ufacturing company. "I did not think of going Into the i car repair business at first,' said Ostermann. "The Idea was first suggested to me by a Mr. Considine, whom I met while selling stock in the grain door enterprise. He suggested the matter to me and latei I took it up with John M. Taylor, ol the Illinois Central. Tie discouraged me tirst and later assisted me. Johr E. Baker took me to Ira G. Rawn ic arrange for a contract to do repah work for the Illinois Central. '1Mr. Rawn asked me how manj cars I thought I could turn out ii & day, and I replied about 25." " 'You are the man we are look Ing for', ho said, and the deal was arranged." The witness then related how h 1907 he was told by John M. Tay lor that Frank B. Ilarriman wante( to see him; that Ilarriman wanted t< buy more stock In the Ostermani concern. "I refused to sell Harrlman t block of stock at that time bec*us< I would thereby lose the controlllni Interest In the company. Instead < celling Ilarriman stock, we came t< TEDDY IN THE SADDLE 1 . PUSHES HIS TICKET THROUGH * REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Whips the Old Guard to a Frazdc and Then Rides Rough Shod Over Them. The New York Republican State Convention at Saratoga Wednesday evening nominated Henry L. Stim, son of New York as its candidate for governor. The nomination of Mr. Stimson was one more victory for Roosevelt, who led the fight for the nomination of his candidate, completing the unbroken series of cr'umphs from the moment the convention was called to order until its final adjournment. The vote for governor stood as follows: Henry L. Stimson, GS1, Win. S. Bennett of New York, 2 4 2; Thomas B. Dunn of Rochester, 33; James B. McEwan of Albany, 2S, scatering, 23. The State as made up Wednesday for the balance of the ticket by Roosevelt. Root and nis henchmen went through without a hitch. With the exception of the nominations for governor and comptroller there were no contests. Representative Bennett, who has been conducting the only open campaign for the nomination of governor, kept up the fight to the end and his persistency and his strength with the New York delegation threatened to break the slate. It is understood that ? -* a i? r itooseveit win siump me ouut- iui the ticket. At the close of the convention James S. Wadsworth, Jr., speaker of the assembly, announced his withdrawal from the legislature. He said this determination was reached some time ago, and was due the entirely to his personal views as to the length of time a member of the assembly should hold that important and difficult office. Wadsworth would not say that his retirement was due to the victory of the progressives in the conven* tion. The close of the convention i found the Roosevelt forces in complete mastry of the situation. Following the first rout of the or\ ganization came Roosevelt's dramat; ic and successful battle for the adops tion of the platform of the progressives, and his final victory in the 1101111 ination of Stimsou. By the time the l vote was taken the strength of the organization had been dissipated badly. HAS L<OST HIS GRIP. I That is What a Horry Man Says About Tillman. 1 In an interview given to the Char! lotte Observer's Washington corre ' spondent, DeVaux Porter, or Morry County talks interestingly of Sena1 tor Tillman and another term in the 1 senate. He predicts that Senator Tillman will never again take an 1 active part in the Senate proceed1 ingg, and will not be reelected when his term expires. "It is common talk in South Caro- i lina," said 'Mr. Porter, "that for physical reasons alone there wouid 1 be little likelihood of Mr. Tillman ever again being able to take up actively the work of a political leader. Hefore this last attack he had an illness that sent him abroad for ' months in an effort to recover, and since his retrun, though he seemed 1 about normal, he has dropped into 1 the background. All through the tariff fight he seemed to be drifting along. The truth is, Tillman has lost his grip on the state, t "Ever since he defeated Hampton for the senate his position had been undisputed, but at his last election, when there was no candidate who . dared oppose him, fifteen thousand i men scratched his name on the ballot just to show they did not like him. That was a straw in the wind. It's . strange, but even at the height of his power he never has been able to i name office holders In the state, and the dispensary, which was his favorite Issue, has been legislated out . of existence,, in spite of his strenu. ous defense of it." > an agreement whereby I was to pay ' Harriman $10,000 a month. I paid this amount in person, sometimes in ( check and sometimes in cash. L "Sometime after this I had a talk . with Bucker and he suggested that I pay over some money to the 'old r man,' Mr. It awn. I asked him how I much and he said about $."? a car for i every car repaired. Later, Bucker > came to me and said that Mr. Rawn ' felt they ought to have a little more money on the cars. Bucker said 1 r ought to know what it would mean t if I didn't give it. Bucker said that other repair car companies were do. ing it and that he had to take his * orders regarding the placing of repair contracts from those above him. i In this way the payment per car - was raised to $10 and thdn to $15. ' i During the period that the alleg3 ed grafting was going on Ostermann l said ho handled each deal in person and thereafter made the payments of i money to the railroad officials. He s declared that he frequently passed ? $1,000 bills to certain of the men (I mentioned and upon one occasion he 3 handed over a $5,000 bllL CHINESE BANDITS CARRY OFF FIFTEEN MEN TO BE HELD FOB RANSOM. They Stole Thirty Thousand Dollars from a Bank and Then Escaped to the Mountains. Dispatches from Victoria, B. C., says Manchuria bandits made a raid Inn fhn town of New Chwang,, at the I mouth of the Liao river, early this month, and carried away fifteen Chinese merchants to be held for ransoili, according to advices received by the steamer Sado Maru, which has just arrived from the Orient. The bandits stole $30,000 front a bank and secured large stores of arms and ammunition. The brigands, of whom there were 3 00, retired to a stronghold in the mountains near Autanshien. When the steamer left Japan the bandits were surrounded by 600 Chinese troops and police from Hai Cheng and liao Yang. Operations against the brigands began on September 5, when a number of pickets and two entrenchments were captured. The brigands have a large store of food in the temple buildings in the mountains and have settled down to withstand a seige. Artillery was being sent from Mukden. A company of Japanese fron tier guards who joined the Chinese and sought to assist them in the attack were ordered to return by the Chinese. COVER CROP CAMPAIGN. Various Agencies Work for the Ilotterment of Agriculture. There will be more winter cover crop planted in South Carolina this fall than ever before. The work of the various agencies for better agriculture in this State is quite noticeable. Last year notwithstanding the dry fall and spring, there were hundreds of suscessful fields of vetch, bur clover, crimson clover, red clover and alfalfa. The majority of these were planted under the supervision of a government agent, and were so satisfactory that the area will be greatly extended this year. A. G. Smith, scientific assisstant of the United State department of agriculture gave specific directions for planting over 3 00 fields of these crops last year, and this year he is continuing the work in practically every section of the State. Specific directions for planting any of these crops can be secured by addressing him at Columbia. He has already given directions for over 150 fields this season. These advise the farmer every step in the process, and tell him where to secure the seed and the soil for inoculation. The aim of the department of agriculture is to get a winter cover f * J * - 4. u crop on every acre or iana in ooum Carolina. It will take many years to accomplish the desired result, but the people are waking up to the opportunity and the benefit of winter cover crops, and it Is believed that great results will be accomplished in the next few years. Farmers are advised to plant rye or oats on the larger part of their farm if they have never grown any leguminous winter cover crop, but it is advisable to plant a small area of vetch, bur clover, red clover or crimson clover, following the directions given, and then in another year by having plenty of soil for inoculation, the farmer can extend his area as he sees fit. Most of the failures with these crops and also with the alfalfa, has been due to lack of proper knowledge of planting. Where the proper meth- I ods have been followed there has I been practically no failures whatever. TO HA COO HIGHER. ? ' Sizes of Packages Smaller Hut Sell for Same Price. Packages of all American-made cigarettes and tobaccos are being reduced in size by the manufacturers to make up for the increased revenue taxes imposed by the tariff. Packages of several well known brands which used to contain twenty cigaretts and sold for five cents now contain only fifteen and sell for Thn fll'Ht of flip uiu nauiv iv,v. a ??v mv v. smaller size packages have appeared in Washington and the internal revenue bureau has unofficial information that tho tobacco trust intends cutting the sizes of all its package goods in every city in the country. Packages of cgarettes which formerly contained ten, it is said, will hereafter contain eight. Pocket pouches of tobacco, which have been made in the favorite size of one and two-thirds ounces and sold for five cents, will be reduced to one and a quarter ounces. This is duo to the fact that under the old law, cigarettes which weigh no more than ten pounds per thousand wore taxed at the rate of 53 cents a thousand. This classification covered all kinds of common cigarettes. The new tax ie $1.25 a trousand. Smoking tobacco also was affected. I DEAD OR STOLEN ? / MAN LOOKING FOR SON MISSING SIX MONTHS. ? With His Companions Lad Was Playing.?"Madman" Scared Them and Thev Ran. Charles H. Adams district superintendent of the United Natural Gas company, a Standard Oil subsidiary, at Kane, Pa., is in New York city to invoke the aid of the New York police in his search for his little son, Edward Patrick, who has been missing since last April 15. vAdams told a remarkable story of the boy's sudden and mysterious disappearance and of the efforts that searching: parties, often numbering more than 100 persons. He has carried the search as far est as St. Louis. Mrs. Adams is prostrated from grief and believes her son murdered by a madman. The father still hopes that little Edward was only kidnapped and may yet be found. Edward will be ten years old next December. On April 15 last he went out with three other boys of his own age to fish in a creek about ten minutes' walk fom home, through the woods There was not sufficient water in the creek to drown a kitten in. The lads were fishing for minnows with bent pins. It is impossible that Edward was drowned. Another party of slightly older lads was fishing nearby. One of these thought it would be fun to try to scare the younger boys. He went up to them and pretending he was the son of the fish warden, told them they had no right to fish and would be arrested. The little chaps had been thero too often to be frightened in that fashion. On his way back to his chums, this lad met a rough looking man, who bounded cut of the woods at him, swearing and looking as though insane. The boy ran, shouting warning to both fishing parties. All fled. As they ran they missed Edward. They shouted for him and dodged around several paths to look for him. They could find him nowhere. The last place he was seen was the spot where the rough looking man jumped out upon the path. One of the boys hastened to tell Mrs. Adams that Edward was lost in the woods. Within? an hour Adams was scouring the woods, a hundred neighbors helping. Every day for weeks the search was kept up. Every part of the woods and all the country were examined. It was thought the boy might have been killed and buried, perhaps in the woods. Every foot of the ground was gone over time and time again, with the utmost system. No trace of any newly turned earth was discovered. Frequently the search parties numbered more than a thousand men and women. Pinkertons were engaged. The police and all the local authorities in Pennsylvania have done their utmost. FOR BETTER MAIL DELIVERY. Patrons Should Provide Receptacles for Receiving Mail. By direction of fthe Post Office Department, the attention of Datrons of this office is invited to the advantages of providing facilities for the receipt of their mail by erecting conveniently accessible boxes or cutting suitable slots in their doors. Such action would enable the postmaster to give a prompter and better delivery service with the means at his disposal, since the carriers can cover much more territory in less time if not compelled to wait for an answer to their ring. Private receptacles for mail are also a great convenience to the householder, obviating the necessity of responding to the carrier's call at inconvenient moments and permitting the safe delivery of mail in the absence of members of the household. They also prevent the occassional necessity of a carrier's proceeding on his route without delivering mail because of failure to answer his ring within a reasonable time, and enable him to make deliveries to patrons living on or near the end of the route at an earlier hour. It has been shown by actual experience that the benefits derived by patrons of city delivery from the use of such receptacles far outweigh the small expense involved. As the iwisr. office is interested in furnish ing tho best possible service at the least expense, your compliance with the foregoing suggestions wi'l be much appreciated. Died After Waltz. "I could die waltzing," said Miss Elizabeth Harris at the close of a dance late Thursday nfght at Chicago. As she seated herself she fell over. She died within a few minutes. She had been dancing continuously for four hours. She was 22 years old. ? Dies From Hurt. George Chavez, aged 22, the Peruvian aviator, who was injured *b alighting after his flight over the Alps last week, died at 2.25 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. I FIRST NATIC S OONWAl 9 CAPITAL STOCK fi SURPLUS PROFITS TOTAL ASSESTS T DIRECT ffS J. A. 'McDermott, John C. Mk B. G. Collins, H. L. Bi sir M. Burroughs, C. P. Qua) A Successor to the Bank of 3k Horry County, and a pioneer ly allied with the recent deve A Republic. Backed by the G )L United States Bonds, we are pr W toiners any reasonable accomni ik H. A. SPIVEY. ^ Cashier. BANK OF Conway Has largest capital and surplus of ar than the combined capital and surpli CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS LIABILITIES OP STOCK SECURITY OF DEPOSIT< DIREC Robert B. Scarborough, H. L. Buck, George J. Holiday, We offer our customers every acco j will justify, and we s< robert b. scarborough, I). President. V We continue to pay 5 per PLACED BOMB BY HOUSE iKADEH OF SOCIETY THROWN INTO EXCITEMENT. Man Attempts Entrance and Police , Believe He Expected to Cain Reward for "Saving" Household. After placing a bomb beside the residence of .Mrs. Potter Palmer at Chicago and cutting his coat into threds with a butcher knife piercing . his skin. Fred Wahlenmeyer, 26 yea old, attempted Friday night to gain entrance to the mansion. He was arrested. Wahlenweyer demanded an aud'ence with Prs. Palmer, but the watcnman, who was the first person en countered, summoned the police. Wahlenmeyer at first told a story it having seen another man placing the bomb on the side of the house and of struggling with him. Later, however, the prisoner confessed to huving put the explosive there himself and to having cut his clothes to bear out his narrative. Mrs. Palmer was at home at the time and the whole household was thrown into excitement by the proximity of death or injury from the bomb. ' ( Wahlenmeyer was questioned for hmipfl hv thf? nnllne. hut. refused to w ^ ~ " I ? ? ? explain his motive, hiding behind iho expression: "Why did I do it? Oh, just for instance." The police are proceeding on the will question -Mrs. Palmer in regard to reports that she had received threatening letters, in the effort to discover the man's reason for the act. It is believed that Wahlenmeyer is not insane. The police are proceeding of th theory that he thought to gain a re-' ward for having "saved" the house' and its occupants from "some mysterious bomb-thrower" and that his mutilation of his clothes was to sub-: stantiate this claim. MINERS PERISH One Hundred and Fifty of the Men are Eiitomlx'd. One hundred and fifty miners, pos- , sibly more, are entombed and be- ' lieved to be dead in mine No. 2, at Paula, Mexico, in the Las Hsperanzas mining district, operated by the National Railway lines of Mexico, as a result of two explosions, pesumably because of an accumulation of gas Saturday . The men entombed are mostly native Japanese miners, although the victims are said to include several Americans. At the time of the explosion the entire night shift, estimates the number varying from 150 to 3 00 were all at work. Of these none had reached the surface. In all probability all are dead. The sesond. explosion oucurred snoriiy alter a reaeue jmi nau uescendod. That this was killed is , thought certain. KILLED BY A TRAIN". A Young Man Meets With a Most 1 Horrible Death. > : Edward Davis, the 18-year-old son of Mr. T Jeff Davis, a prominent )NAL BANK | rt s. c. ? $26,000.00 2,500.00 126,000.00 ^ OK8: 5r Splvey, D. T. McNeill, A Jck,' W. K. Lewis, D. t ML Ltlebaum, D. A. Splvey. ^ Conway, t.he oldest Hank in JfL in Bast'crn Carolina. Closelopment of the Independent overnmeut and secured by l&L epared to extend to our cun- jfirp" odations. 11. G. COLLINS, 4y President. HORRY, y. S, C. ly bank in Horry county. More lis of all other bankfe in the ccuntyr"*^ $50,000 12,500 HOLDERS . . . . 50,000 DRS 112,500 TORS D. V. Richardson, W. A. Johnson, Will A. Freeman. mmodation wh'ch their accounts ohcit your business. V. Richardson, will a. frrkma* 1 ice presidknt. CaBHIES. cent, on yearly deposits. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. H. H. WOODWARD Attorney and Councilor At Law, CONWAY, 8. O. R. B. BCARBItOUGH CONWAY, a c, Attorney at Law. H. H. BURROUGHS Physician and Sargeoa CONWAY, a o, B. WOFFORD WAIT. Attorney at La A Rank of Horry Building. CONWAY, 8. O. THE WORLDS 6REATESTSEWIN6 MACHINE k J-IGHT RUNNING ^ | ((ffljoi' ffvon want otthcra VHmillngHhuttlo, flotAi# Bhuttleor a Hliifflo Thread [Chain &titch\ A Bowing Machine write to f HE NEW HOME SEWINQ MACHINE COMPANY Orange, Mas*. Many sewing machines are made to sell regardless Of1 quality* but the New Home is made to west Our guaranty never runs out. Isld by authorise*! dealers ealjM I v FOR ?AIS CV J BURROUGHS & COLIilNS OO^ Oonway, S. O. y farmer living abotit four miles west of Greenwood, was run over and killed early Friday morning at Salak, three miles west of here by a train on the Charleston and Western Cai olina Railroad. His body was horribly mangled. It is supposed that the train which ran over hom was a freight leaving here about 6 o'cIock for Augusta. The young man,who was killed, was at the homo of Mr. John Davis, at Salak,, at midnight and left presumably for home. Whether he was asleep on the track or was struck while walking on the track is not known.