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MASS OF RUIN
New York's Nifnificeat Twenty-Serea
Million Dollars Capitol
WRECKED AND RUINED
Beautiful Structure Goes Up in Fire
and Smoke While Many People
Ix>ok On?The Famous White
Granite Structure Notable Example
of Fne Architecture.
Fire swept, smoke-stained and
water drenched, New York state's
magnificent $27,000,000 capitol 1
stands at Albany, N. Y., is a partial
wreck of flames that started in
the assembly library, burned away
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the entire west wing and did damage ,
estimated at $10,000,000 before the
fire was declared under control af- (
ter raging more than four hours.
It is believed the fire was started
by a fused electric push button becoming
electrified. It was discovered
by a night watchman and the alarm
was sounded at 2:46 o'clock Wednesday
morning. Before the firemen
reached the massive structure, priceless
documents, books and records
stored in the assembly library had
been destroyed, other departments
were threatened. The imitation oak
ceiling of the assembly chamber,
composed of papier mache, was partially
destroyed as was also the famous
million dollar staircase in the
west wing.
On the third floor, where the flames
gained their start, the departments
wholly or partially destroyed by Are
or seriously damaged by water were:
The state library, containing four
hundred thousand volumes, among
them the most valuable genealogical
works in the United States, together
with relics, priceless documents,
some of them dating back to 177G
and irreplaceable.
The assembly and senate libraries,
stored with thousands of volumes of
law and code books, also a number
of documents and manuscripts thai
can never be replaced.
The finance comnn \ee room iri
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whicn were siorea aruita ui <m mc
appropriation and other bills of the
present session.
The chamber of the president pro
tem of the senate.
The lieutenant governor's room,
badly damaged .but not wrecked.
The senate and assembly chambers
are soaked with water that has
ruined their rich furnishings and ths
papier mache ceiling of the latter is
hanging in straggling shreds of half
dissolved paper.
This ceiling with its handsome
adornment is said to have cost a
great sum and was one of the show
sights of the capitol.
On the fourth floor in the west
wing the wrecked offices are.
Court of claims, in which many
important legal documents were on
file.
The bill drafting department.
The bureau of weights and measuree.
.
The state regent's rooms.
The state prison commission.
The state educational department,
containing many valuable books of
scientific and historical interest.
On the second floor the damaged
rooms are:
The attorney general's office.
The state excise department.
On the first floor the damaged departments
include:
The offices of the state treasurer
and state tax commissioner.
The state board of charities and
" ofntn nnmrnlofilntior of llltiaPV.
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The lower offices of the state educational
department.
Practically all the offices below the
third floor, including the executive
chamber, were damaged by smoke
and water.
An attache of .the assembly library
returning for some overlooked papers
discovered a tiny blaze near his desk.
There had ben a complaint filed during
the day that an electric Switch
was out of order and this is supposed
to have started the fire.
Running out into the corridor the
clerk summoned a night watchman
and with the assistance of two newspaper
men, efforts were made to put
out the fire, which probably could
have been done had a fire extinguisher
or a bucket of water been available.
Lacking these, the flames spread
until the room, with its inflammable
furnishings and papers, was ablaze.
It was sometime nerore tne nremen
arrived and before they could get
streams playing the flames were racing
toward the state library.
The grand western staircase, which
was regarded as one of the most
beautiful In the world, occupied the
center of the western wing and consisted
of an immense double stairway
of sandstone elaborately carved. It
was surmounted by a glazed dome
which soon fell.
The capitol, a gigantic structure of
white granite with red capped towers,
stands perched upon the highest
of the several hills upon which the
city of Albany is built.
It is 300 feet north and south by
four hundred feet east and west, and
covers three acres.
The first stone in the foundation
| was laid July 7, 1869. It was first
THEY TOOK HER CASH
MARY LEK'S EXPERIENCE WITH
THE LOAN SHARKS.
Ma<lo Her Pay Interest at the Rate of
Something Like Five Hundred Per
Cent.
The Augusta Chronicle Is making
an active campaign against the loan
sharks of that city. Among other
transactions of this gentry, The
Chronicle chronicles the following:
"Mary Lee, 1220 Pine street, a
nn(ri'A nfnaViivnman n n/I met ivsis
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whose monthly earnings, according
to her story, told the representative
of The Chronicle, average about $12
per month when she is well, but now,
that she is suffering from rheumatism
and not able to get to the tubs,
she earns fibout $8 from her sewing.
She has had much experience with
the money-lenders for the last seven
years in trying to meet expenses
by borrowing from them.
" 'Seven years ago, or about that
long she stated, she borrowed $4
from J. B. Chapman, who runs a
money lending shop. She had plenty
of furniture then, and was living in
a large house which her mother had
helped her to furnish. She gave a
mortgage?or some paper?on part
of that furniture and agreed to pay
Chapman $1.60 per month for the
use of the money she had borrowed.
These payments of $1.60, she said,
she has made on the first of every
month since the original date, until
the first, of February, when she got
sick and couldn't pay it. In the sev
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en years, sue sum, sue u?? paiu
Chapman $134.40 for the uso of $4
for that length of time.
"Throe years ago, according to her
story, the same woman, Mary Lee,
she borrowed $5 from the Central
Loan company, agreeing to pay, for
the use of the $5, $1.80 per month,
and giving a mortgage on a bureau,
bedstead, four chairs, a rocking chair
and a center table, which furniture
she had purchased from the Holmes
Furniture company, paying them for
the same $85. She had paid for tlie
furniture.
"Getting sick in February, she
states that she left her home and
went to the home of her sister in
South Carolina, where she remained
several weeks. Upon her return she
found from another sister, who lived
with her in this city, that a constable
from Magistrate Rouse's court
had come with papers in her absence,
entered the back door of her home
and seized and took away a new
dresser and a washstand, purchased
from the Rhodes Furniture company,
which she did not own at the time of
the giving of the mortgage and which
has never been included in a mortgage
to the Central Loan company,
the pieces being parts of a handsome
suit on which she had paid $88 on
the cost price to her of $105. This
furniture has been sold by Magistrate
Rouse, and not a cent of money has
been paid to her, she said, as difference
between her debt to the loan
company and the court costs, ana
the amount received from the sale of
the furniture.
"Mary Lee's last experience with a
loan company was begun on the new
year of 1910, when she borrowed $1
from the Washington Loan company,
agreeing to pay them $1.60 per
month for the use of that amount.
Taking sick after 11 months' payments
had been made, she said the
company foreclosed on her and took
a bureau, washstand, four chairs, a
rocker and a center table, which her
sister had purcfci M from the Culpepper
Bros., paynig $60 therefor,
and which belonged to her sister
instead of to her, and were not included
in the mortgage the Washington
Loan company held on her, and
sold the same to satisfy the debt of
$5.60 and court expenses.
"Mary Leo's three experiences in
the financial manipulations of the
money lenders of Augusta stands as
follows for net results: For seven
years she had the use of $4 and paid
for the same $134.40 to the Chapman
concern; for three years she
had the use of $5 and paid for same
$64.80 to the Central Loan company;
for 11 months use of $4 she paid
the Washington Loan company
$17.60, making a total of $216.80
'paid these three in the past seven
years for $13."
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The body of R. Copeland, mtssing
from 'Morrison, Fla., for months, has
been found in a thirty-foot well. All
indications point to murder, as the
skull of the victim was crushed In,
and the body covered by debris to
shield the crime. It is known that
Copeland had considerable money before
he disappeared so suddenly.
ltroken by Death.
At Brockton, Mass., an engagement
of 5:1 years between Miss Emily
Fanny Richmond and Rev.
Charles Lord has been broken by the
death of the former, at the age of
74 years.
occupied by the legislature on January
7, 1879. Writers upon architecture
say that the white building with
its towers reminds them of the famous
Taj Mahal, in India. Others
call it a superb reflection of French
architecture.
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WHO DID DO H?
Rcpreseatatife Smith Says Gtfenor
Bkase Changed the Namis.
MATTER IS IN A MUDDLE
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The Members of the Greenville Delegation
Reopens the Question of
Appointing County Assessors, and
Endeavor to Straighten Out the
Matter If They Can Do So.
A dispatch from Greenville in
speaking of the recent discussions
that arose over the action of Gov.
Biease in revoking the commissions
of C. G. Drake and J. L. Campbell as
members of the county board of assessors,
and the subsequent alleged
statements of the governor's stenographer
that the names of Bearden
Jennings and Mr. Acker had been
erased by Representative C. D.
Smith, a member of the Greenville
county delegation, says 'Mr. Smith
went before B. M. Shuman, an attorney,
and made affidavit, the substantial
statements of which are given in
the following extracts:
"Senator Mauldin stated that the
stenographer in the governor's office
told him that I had erased the
name of Mr. Acker and substituted
that of Mr. Campbell on the board of
assessors of Dunklin township and
also had erased the name of Bearden
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.Jennings ana suDsuuuea inai ol
G. Drake In Cleveland township.
"I erased no names, nor were they
erased under my directions, but these
changes were made under the direction
of the governor.
"Being the only member of the
Greenville delegation that was especially
friendly to the governor, the
governor stated to me on several occasions
wjiile In Columbia during the
session of the general assembly that
he would make appointments on ray
recommendation.
"He told me to make my fight In
the Greenville delegation and if I was
downed to come to him and he woind
take care of me.
"In the delegation meetings tile
delegation appeared to be controlled
by Senator Mauldin, and all the men
recommended by me were promptly
voted down by the members. In
Dunklin township, which was my
home township, I especially requested
the delegation to recommend the
nmriA nf .T. T,. Camnbell in the place
of J. D. Wood. The delegation, however,
recommended the names of
Traynham, Cothran and Acker, my
recommendation being Cothran and
Traynham. In Cleveland township
there was no delegation meeting. 1
was informed that the majority of
the delegation recommended Morgan,
Ilagood and Jennings. The minority,
which were Mr. Earle and myself,
recommended Hagood, Morgan and
Drake. I carried the papers to the
governor, who had told me he would
appoint my appointees, and thereupon
Gov. niease told his secretary
to make any changes that I desired.
"The appointments made were oy
the governor's own orders and the
governor knew that he was appointing
on my recommendation and not
on that of a majority of the Greenville
delegation."
Smith is one of the leaders of the
Cotton Farmers' union and lias been
organizing the union. He has also
organized the farmers in the legislature
so that they may legislate Intelligently
on matters pertaining to
farms.
What Gov. Blease Says.
Gov. 131ease said Thursday that he
did not rememoer ine aeiaus in connection
with the appointment of the
Greenville county board of assessors.
He said that the matter had been
handled by a stenographer employed
by him for several weeks and that
she would make a statement Friday
"I will stand by whatever statement
she makes," said Gov. Blease.
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GIVES HEAVY VERDICT.
Mail Given Fifty Thousand Dollars
for Injuries.
After deliberating about one hour,
the jury in the case of A. G. Menefee
vs. the Southern Railway Company
returned a verdict for the plaintiff
at Barnwell Friday afternoon in
the amount of $50,000, the amount
asked for In the complaint having
been $75,000. Tho accident thai
brought about the suit, and that
made Mr. Menefee a cripple for life,
occurred a few years ago at Dent, a
little station above Columbia, two
trains, a regular South-bound passenger
train and a special, on which
Menefee was engineer, colliding headon.
A motion has been made for a
new trial, and will probably be hoard
next week. This verdict is said to be
the next largest ever rendered by a
South Carolina jury, there being one
on record for $55,000.
Here's tlio King.
Confessing to numerous thefts,
Steen Ellingson told tho notice of
Hoquiam, Wash., last week, that he
had stolen more than 3,000 chickens
from hen roosts in that town during
tho past three years. The lad, together
with two companions, was arrested
for burglarizing a stores
BIBLE STUDENTS MARCH
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GREAT RELIGIOUS PAGEANTRY
IN SPARTAN CITY,
Led by Former Governor M. F. Ansel,
Fifteen Hundred Members of Bible
Classes, Parade.
Spartanburg had a most remarKable
parade on last Wednesday. With
the streets lined with thousands of
spectators, a procession of fifteen
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11 it nil i wt iJiuic t oiuuciuo niai viuu
from the Court House, on Magnolia
street, to Converse College and back
this afternoon.
It was perhaps the most Impressive
religious sight ever witnessed in
the South, and certainly the most impressive
ever known in South Carolina.
A marked feature of this long
parade of Bible students was the various
classes of men and boys which
composed the long line.
Headed by members of the Spartanburg
police force, who are also
members of various Bible classes,
and followed by Ex-Governor Martin
F. Ansel and other notable guests,
the line was composed of professional
men, college professors, those persons
living in the mill districts, who
firfl members of their Bible classes.
and also there were many from the
country churches near Spartanburg.
Each Bible class marched under Its
own banner and some had their
bands along, while the orchestra
from the Bible class of Bethel Methodist
Church, of Spartanburg, occupied
seats on a huge wagon.
Mounted on this wagon there was
also a piano, and while fche line was
traversing the most crowded business
parts of the city, hymns were sung,
making it a most impressive procession
and one that will ever linger in
the minds of those who witnessed
or participated in it.
The stores and business concerns
of the city were closed in order that
the employees could march in this
line, openly professing their faith
and their religion. The ministers of
Spartanburg acted as marshals.
The second day of the annual Con
ventlon or tne sunuay-scnooi woriters
now in session will mark an epocn
in the history *of the Association.
Three of the greatest and most enthusiastic
meetings were held, besides
the Bible class parade.
WILKINSON SUCCEEDS MILLED.
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Trustees Choose President of State
Colored College.
Recently Professor Robert Shaw
Wilkinson, of Charleston, the only
member of the original faculty remaining
in the employ of the institution
was elected president of the
State Normal and Industrial College
at Orangeburg, suceeding Thomas E.
Miller, who resigned under pressure
from Governor Blease.
According to Governor Blease, in
whose office the meeting was held
at noon, no nominations were made.
"It was moved." said the Governor,
"that (he board enter on the election
of a president. On the first ballot
Wilkinson received four out of seven
votes, and on my motion his election
was made unanimous."
The Rev. N. C. Nix, formerly vice
president of the College, whose connection
with the institution ceased
in 1910, following a fight with President
(Miller, was elected to a full
professorship. Nix owns a fine plantation
in Orangeburg County, inherited
from his farther. He was educated
at Clafiin. At present he is
pastor of Mount Pisgah Baptist
church in Orangeburg. He had
been mentioned for the presidency.
President Wilkinson is from Charleston.
He has been a teacher in
the college since its foundation.
Among the other candidates who
were strongly endorsed were Prof.
\T. J. Frederick, for some years principal
of the Howard public school in
Columbia; the Rev. J. J. Durham, of
Aiken, president of the colored State
Baptist Convention, and Prof. W. W.
UooK, or wasmngion, Minora aouin-law.
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DIVINING HOI) MKX JAILKI).
StaufTers Sontonoed to Pay Fines and
Sent to Prison.
Fines and prison sentences were
imposed by Judge Orr, sitting specialy
in Federal Court in Scranton, Pa.
last week. Abraham G. Stauffer, his
son, Oscar A. Stauffer; his namesake,
A. S. Stauffer, and William S. Ream,
residents of Palmyra, Pa., who pleaded
guilty at the Williamsport session
of making fraudulent use of the
mails. They conducted a mail order
.business by which they sold "divining
rods" that were represented to l>e
able to locate different metals by the
use of different, needles. They also
pleaded guilty to selling lascivious
pictures through the malls, and will
be fined and imprisoned for that.
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Died From a Fall.
Hurled by a giant wave with terrific
force down the companionway
and instantly killed was the fate of
Captain Christen Peterson, master of
the Danish steamer, Dronning Olga,
arriving at Newport Nows, Va., Wednesday
with the flag at half mast
and showing evidence of a hard battle
at sea.
BANK OF
Conwa1
Has largest capital and surplus of ai
than the combined capital and surpli
CAPITAL. STOCK.. .. .
SURPLUS
LIABILITIES OF STOCK!
SECURITY OF DEPOSITC
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Robert B. Scarborough,
B. L. Buck,
Gteorfire J. Holiday,
We offer our customers every accc
will justify, and we s
robert b. scarborough, D,
President. ^
We continue to pay 5 per
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> SURPLUS PROFITS
y TOTAL ASSESTS
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J. A. (McDermott, John C
/jjk B. G. Codlins, H. L. Bi
M. Burroughs, C. P. Qua
Successor to the Bank of
3K Horry County, and a pioneer
VS ly allied with the recent deve
/k\ Republic. Backed by the G
ite United States Bonds, we are pr
W tomerB any reasonable accomm
As H. A. SPIVEY,
$ Cashier.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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H. H. WOODWARD
Attorney and Councelor At Lav.
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Attorney at Law.
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H. H. BURROUGHS
Physician and Surgeon*
CONWAY, 8. C.
B. WOFFORD WAIT.
Attorney at LaA
Bank of Horry Building.
CONWAY, S. C.
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ibatlte or a Single Thread [Chain ?Aitch\
Sewing Machine write to
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Orange* Mass*
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fniity, but the Mew Home U made to worn
Our guaranty never rune out.
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BURROUGHS & COLONS CO?
Conway, S. O.
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(iflON to Tokio.
I)r. Stanhope Sams, for many years
literary editor of the Columbia State,
has been made editor of the Tokio
Times, one of the leading English
newspapers of Japan, and Thursday
afternoon commenced, with Mrs.
Sams, the long journey to his new
field. They go by way of New prleans
and the Pacific coast.
Queer Death.
When a stove exploded in the home
of John Teppe, at Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich., flying pieces of the stove tore
loose the plaster from the walls and
it fell on a two-year-old child lying
asleep In bed. Hefore the child
i was rescued it had been smothered. I
HORRY,
Y- S, C.
iy bank in Horry county. More
us of all other banks in the county.
|50,000
12,500
HOLDERS .... 50,000
>RS 112,500
TORS
D. V. Richardson,
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Will A. Freeman.*1 ti
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>mmodation which their accounts
olicit your business.
, V. Richardson, will a. fbeemah
/ice RkEBIDKNT. CaSHIKB
cent, on yearly deposits.
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. $26,000.00 5E
2,600.00
125,000.00 4|
OR8: Is
. Spivey, D. T. McNeill,
nek, W. R. Lewis, D. A
ttlebaum, I). A. Spivey. ar
Conway, the oldest Hank In
in Eastern Carolina. Closedopment
of the Independent
overnment and secured by
epared to extend to our cutodations.
IS. G. COLLINS, A
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EXTENSION 1M PKOVKMENTS.
The Southern Hallway Revising Its
Roadbed Near Atlanta.
Extensive improvements on the
line between Atlanta and Macon, involving
the laying of about twenty
miles of passing tracks and revision
of grades are to be made at once by
the Southern Railway according to
announcement given out Tuesday by
the Assistant to the President. The
passing tracks will be of latest design,
known as lap-sidings, which
greatly facilitate the movement of
trains. These tracks will bo placed
at intervals of about five miles and
each will be long enough to accommodate
four trains. This additional
trackage will give many of the advantages
of double tracks and will
greatly increase the capacity of this
1 mnnrtant line over which, in addi
tion to the freight and local passenger
service, the through passenger
trains of the Southern between Florida
and the West are handled. During
the last few months the Southern
has completed the work of strengthening
the bridges on this line and is
now operating its heaviest locomotives
over it. These improvements
will add greatly to the facilities for
handling both freight and passengers
over this line and will prove of benefit
not only to the territory immediately
served hut to shippers and pas
sengeis using it ror tnrougn commerce
and travel The expenditures
involved are being undertaken by the
Southern Railway Company in the
desire to give its patrons vhe best of f
service and to provide for the great
increase of business that is hoped for
in the future.
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KXPIiOSION OF DYNAMITE.
Man in Bout Fired at Box and Ex*
plosion Followed.
The explosion of 100 pounds of dynamite
from the impact of a rifle bullet
fired ,by a member of a launch
party in llason canal Sunday afternoon
near Franklin, La., resulted in
the loss of one and the injury of
three persons, the wrecking of tho
boat and damage to property several
miles distant.
Miss Kate Miller is dead and T. C.
lawless, Ellis Hahn and John David*
son, all members of the launch party,
were injured, Lawless seriously. Windows
were broken in buildings in this
town, five miles from the scene.
Davidson fired at a box on the
shore 150 vards distant A terrific
explosion was the answer. The boat
was broken in twain and immediately, \
sank, carrying Miss Miller with it.
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fiifo Crushed Out.
The Columbia Record says instant
death by passenger train No. 42, from
Asheville to Columbia, was the fate
of Mr. H. O. Smith, a flagman, employed
by the Southern railway, at
Fornane, four miles from Columbia,
at 4 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mr.
Smith was 22 years of age and unmarried.
Maue a mg Maui.
Ten thousand dollars In currency
was stolen from a mail pouch in
transit between Tampa and Clearwater,
Fla? Monday night. The
theft was discovered when the mall
pouch reached St. Petersburg Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock, having
been carried by its destination, Clearwater.