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^JTHE NAME ?>' Greatest Seasatiea Yet is the Famous Lorimer Briber; Case. TELLS OF SLUSH FUND The General Manager of the Interna- . Clonal Harvester Company Says ( 1 I Men Who Put Up Corruption Fund to Elect Lorimer Asked Subscrip' Hons for Reimbursement. i At Springfield, 111., Clarence S. Funk, general manager of the Inter- i national Harvester Company, Wednesday exploded the biggest sensation 1 of the Lorimer bribery case. Mr. Funk testified, before the investiga- j tion committee, that Edward Hines asked him as manager of tho Har- s vester Company to contribute $10,- < 000 to reimburse certain men who ] had put up a $100,000 "slush fund" 1 to elect Wm. Lorimer to tho United i States Senate. c The Harvester Company's manager r further testified that Ilines named I Edward Tilden, a wealthy Chicago packer, as the collector of this fund c to reimburse the men who, as Mr. r Hines was quoted as having said, had s "underwritten" the election of Lorl- a T mer. Mr. Funk declared that his object t in giving this testimony was to save H. H. Kohlsaat, publisher of the Chi- ^ cago Record-Herald, from a possible a jail sentence as a result of Mr. Kohl- t saat's refusal to give certain information demanded by the committee s last week. * i .The witness said he had given Mr. Kohlsaat information in confidence upon which the Chicago publisher i had based an editorial. The publica- ; tion, in February last, of this edi i torial, which charged the use of a $1,00,000 fund to elect Lorimer, re- . suited in the calling of Mr. Kohl- -i sat as a witness before the commit- tee. He refused to make known the n^me of Mr. Funk and was given one week's time to divulge this name i or. stand in contempt of the Senate ) committee. News of the disclosures before the xnanlinrl t li Ck Qtafo WflllSP VUU11IHII>CT7 ICftl/IICU niv uvukw ? nearby within a few moments. The House was still in session, while the 1 Senate had just adjourned. The re- < ports caused excitement, much discus- ] eion and hurried consultations among 1 the members of the Legislature. Mr. Kohlsaat preceded Mr. Funk i on the witness stand. He brietiy t stated that he was ready to give the ( name of the man who had furnished c him with the report of the alleged < 1100,000 "slush fund." In explanation of the appearance c of'Mr. Funk he said: 1 "When I arrived at my oilice i Thursday, tho first call over the telephone was from Clarence S. Funa, general manager of the International t Uorirflofoi. fnmnonv \fr TTiink asked t If h? could see me at once and I told him yes to come over, and as near as I can remember he said: 1 "I see by the papers last, night ana < this morning that you have been sub- < poenaed to appear in Springfield and had declined to give up my name to the committee, the Senate committee. I would be a little less than a man if I held you under confidence as to 1 my name or identity. I wish to say now that I release you from all obligation to maintain secrecy and that I feel I also have a duty to perform that until this time I do not feel free to, but now I will go to Springfield and tell the whole story." In detailing his conversation with Mr. Funk concerning the alleged bribery, Mr. Kolilsaat said: "Mr. Funk told me that the gentlemen who came to him said that they had had no opportunity to elect Mr. LiOrimer. A few of them hao unwritten it and were around asking subscriptions to reimburse them patially, for the money that was -i 9 9 ^ spent. Clarence Funk, general manager of the Harvester Company, then was called and told of a conversation with Edward Hlnes, which he said took place In the Union League Club, about the first, part of June, 1909, Mr. Funk testified: "He said I was just the fellow he had been looking for, or trying to see, and said he wanted to talk to me a minute. So we went and sat down and without any preliminaries, and quiet as a matter of course, he eaid: "Well, wo put :Lorlmer over down at Springfield, but it cost us about $100,000 to do it." "Then he went on to say they had to act quickly when the time came; that they had had no chance to consult any one before hand. "Then he said, 'wo now wo are seeing some of our friends so as to get it fixod up.' "I asked him why he came to us, meaning the Harvester Company. He said, "well, you people are just as much interested as any of us In having the right kind of a man at Washington/ "I think I replied, 'we won't have anything to do with that matter at all/ He said, 'why not?' I said, 'simply because we are not in that i ort of business,' and we had some discussion, back and forth and I asked bow much he was getting from ASYLUM MEASURE UGNED BY GOVERNOR BLEASE ON LAST MONDAY. Vew Commission Appointed to Carry on the Work of Building New Asylum. Dr. J. W. Babcock, Columbia; D. Robert Wilson, Charleston; James M. Payne, Anderson; John F. Floya, Snartanburer: E. H. Aull, Newberry. This Is th? commission that has been named by Gov. Blease to complete the work of improving conditions at the State hospital for the insane. Gov. Blease Monday signed the measure passed by the general assembly providing for future work at the State hospital. The measure gives unlimited power to the commission and provides for as much as $200,000 to be expended during the present year on improvements. James M. Payne, John F. Floyd ind E. H. Aull are the new members >f the commission. They take the ilaces of George B. Cromer of Newjerry, Leroy Springs of Lancaster ind R. O. Purdy of Sumter. The jnly members of the old commission '?appointed were Dr. Babcock and Dr. Wilson. The old commission last year pur hased 2,500 acres of land eight niles north of Columbia. On this lite buildings will be erected for the iccommodation of the negro patients iow housed at the State hospital for he insane. It is expected that the coin mission vill meet in a few days when plans vill be considered for the erection of he new structures. The new members of the commission "are Blease men" according to i statement made by the governor in in interview in The State Sunday. John Floyd is from Spartanburg ana s a former mayor of the city. He is i brother of Mart Floyd, the postmaster of Spartanburg. James M. Payne was for 20 years treasurer of Anderson county. E. H. Aull is editor of the Newberry Herald and News. his friends. He said, 'of course we can only go to a few big people, and if ten of us put $10,000 apiece, that will clean it up.' As I left he asked me to think it over. I just walked away, without replying." After more questioning by Attorney Healy, the witness gave the lame of the man to whom he alleged Mr. Hines asked that the money be forwarded if contributed. Mr. Funk said: "Will the committee permit me to divulge that to ;he committee confidentially or in executive session or to the chairman, )r the attorney or in some way witli>ut making it public? "I have no reason for wanting to ionceal this man, except that I do not ike to drag the name of any other nan into this thing." Permission being refused, he said: "Well, I will answer, under proest. He told me to send the money o Ed Tilden." "Who is Ed Tilden?" "I think he is president or vice president of one of the banks at the stock yards, and one of the officials 3f the National Packing Company." "He is president of the National Packing Company, isn't he?" "I understand so." "It might be proper for me to say here that I have no acquaintance with Mr. Tilden, and I have not and had no reason other than that I have stated regarding bringing in his name." Questioned concerning occurrences following the printing of the Kolilsaat editorial hearing upon the fraud, he said: "Mr. Hines came to my office a short time after that editorial appeared. He was much disturbed and undertook to refresh my memory as to what our conversation had been about. Ho stated that his former conversation with me had been a general one, and he said he had not asked me for any money, and he said he did not know anything about money being raised." The witness was questioned as to his business and political affiliations, disclaimed any personal feeling on the testimony given, said that his acquaintance with Mr. Hines was slight and that he did not know Mr. Lorimer. He also said that C. H. McCormick had no interest in the Chicago Tribune. After a few minor questions, he was dismissed and the committee adjourned until April 13. Edward Hines today denied the story absolutely that was told by Mr. Funk that he, Hines, had solicited a fund of $100,000 to reimburse those who had "put up" for the Senator's election. MRS. KLIiA WILSON IS MAYOR. Woman Ties Man for Head of Kansas Town and is Seated. A dispatch from Hunnewell, Kan., says Mrs. Wilson is now mayor of that town. At the city election a few days ago she and O. M. Akers were tied for the office. It was suggested that the two candidates draw lots for the office. Rut that did not appeal to the male voters. They said if Mrs. Wilson could race a man to a tie she ought to have the office. Therefore, the Judges of the election declared her elected. | HITS THEM HARD PATENT MEDICINE MAKERS LOSE 1 IMPORTANT CASE. Manufacturers Denied the Right to Dictate Prices to the Selling Houses. The attempt to put the ban on "cut rates" in proprietary medicines in this country received the unqalifled disapproval of the Supreme Court of the United States Monday. That tribunal declined in an opinion by Justice Hughes to give its aid to such an attempt on the ground that it would afford the manufacturers of medicine an unlawful monopoly. The question of the right of a manufacturer to control the price of nrHri^ to thp ronsiinier arose in a suit begun by the Doctor Miles Medical Company, of Elkhart, Ind., against a wholesale dealer in medicines in Cincinnati, John D. Park & Sons Company. The manufacturer sought to enjoin the Cincinnati firm from inducing dealers who had procured medicines from the fanufacturer to sell in violation of a contract with the manufacturer, and from selling medicines procured in this way at "cut rates." Justice Lurton, then a judge in the circuit court, announced the opinion of the circuit court of appeals of the Sixth circuit, denying the injunctions sought. He said that while the manufacturer of medicines under a secret formula has a right to a monopoly of manufacture until the formula was discovered by fair means, yet courts could not insure him the "unnecessary monopoly" of controlling the price to the consumer. Justice Lurton added that such a manufacturer would be accorded otherwise a greater privilege than an inventor. He pointed out that an inventor must make public his invention. which become* the property 01 the public after a few years, but a manufacturer of a proprietary medicine under a mere secret fomula, might enjoy a monopoly forever. Justice Hughes today quoted approvingly from Judge Lurton's opinion, and stated that the medicine company had made the mistake of considering its monopoly of manufacture to K?! monopoly of sale. Justice holmes, in a dissenting opinion, said that he believed polic> of letting people manage their business in their own way as much as possible. Furthermore he stated he believed there was a tendency to overvalue the benefits of competition to the public. GIRLS OFFERED FOR SALE. Two iMen Under Arrest on Charge of Luring Them Away. A sensation was exploited in Sheveport, La., this week, by the arrest of N. P. Wainwright and O. P. King, on charges of kidnapping Beulah and Pearl Hicham, young (laughters of Scott Hicham, residing on Will Hollingsworth's place. Sheriff Flournoy states that allegations of contemptible conduct have been made, and several serious charges, including violation of the white slave trafllc law, are apt to oe filed against the prisoners. The girls, who are wearing short dresses, apparently not over 1G years old, arrived in Sheveport, with their father, and will be put under bond ac state witnesses. It Is charged, states the sheriff, that the girls, who carne here, looking for work some time ago, were given promise of marriage and lured into the country. It is also reported to the sheriff that they were offered for sale, against their knowledge, to women in the local disorderly disdistrict. CHILD I* HOT MOTS MOTII MIL While Wolves Howl About Fallen Hut Stork Days a Visit. Amid the calls of a pack of hunting wolves, which were answered by the cries of her four-year old daughter. Mrs. Walter Darrah, who alleges she was deserted by her husband, gave birth last week to a baby in a partially roofless shack at Pellican lake, near Duluth, Mich. For a week previous to the birth of the child, Mrs. Darrah had been crit teaily in, ana oniy mo services or mo your-yoar-old child were extended to lier during that and thc ensuing periods and up to the time when hunters seeking wolf pelts, stumbien across the shack co,fining the wo> man and her children. The weather had been extremely cold. There had been no food, and no fire in the cabin for the last week, starved. Commits Suicide With Pocket Knife. | A Hickman, Ky., dispatch says that Jack McOlain, of Hynville, Ky., who war recently arrested and placed ii. Jail hero, l>eing suspected of murdering his nephew, Andrew MeClam, committed suicide in his cell Sunday by cutting his throat with a pocket knife. ? ? ? When you buy goods in some distant city that could be had as well at home, you miss the chance to make a business ally in your own town who sooner or later may be very useful. i > MARTIN THE LEADER SELECTED AS HEAD OP MINORITY IN UPPER HOUSE. | t The Progressive Democrats Vote for Shively, Who Polls Sixteen of the Thirty-Seven. Senator Thomas S. 'Martin of Virginia was selected at the Democratic senate caucus Friday as permanent ' caucus chairman and minority leader ' during the present congress. He re- * 21 out of the 37 votes cast, 16 , going to Senator 13enj. F. Shively of Indiana. Senator W. E. Chilton of West Virginia was elected secretary, being 1 elected by acclamation. Senator Owen declined reelection as secretary. The expected long contest did not , develop. Prior to the session the progressive Democrats, as the followers of William J. Bryan prefer to be designated, met in the oflice of Senator Owen to canvass the situation. A number found themselves in an i embarrassing position, because of ( pledges made many weeks ago that ^ they would support Mr. Martin for the minority leadership. * It was decided that the progres- | sives should vote for Senator Newlands of Nevada, as Senators Culberson of Texas and Stone of Missouri ' .Innllnad tn hopninp Pn Tlfl ifla tftR. UUtll UUVyl iilV/Vi L W wvvvmv vv%..v. The plan was changed in caucus, , however, when it was learned that Mr. Shively, who was the vice chair- 1 man under the leadership of Senator 1 Money during the last congress, i would not object to receiving the complimentary vote of those who would not vote for Mr. Martin. Mr. Martin was nominated by Senator Clark and Senator Shively by Senator Kern. Senator Stone seconded the Shively nomination. The 37 votes cast account for the Democratic strength except four. Senators Tillman of South Carolina, Terrell of Georgia and Shively were absent because of illness, and Senato? Martin did not vote. The roll tall follows: For Martin: Bacon, Bailey, Bankhead, 'Bryan, Chilton, Clarke, Culberson, Fletcher, Foster, Johnstone, Overman, Paynter, Percy, Rayner, Simmons, Smith, (Md.), Swanson, Taylor, Thornton, Watson and Williams. For Shively; Chamberlain, Davis, Gore, Hitchcock, Johnson, ('Me.), Kern, Lea, Martine, Myers, Newlands, O'Gorman, Owen, Pomerene, Reid, Smith (S. C.) Stone. BOYS IN BANDIT GANG. Masked and Armed They Terrorized Gainesville, Ga. The arrest of two 12-year-old boys who broke in and robbed a confectionery store in the business section of Gainesville, Ga., this wek, unearthed a band of probably the youngest bandits known. iFor the past several months n amorous rnhhorios have occurred upon stores in Gainesville. The perpetrators have always escaped and the police have been puzzled. Wares amounting to thousands of dollars have been stolen from various places. The night of the arrest two masked boys were captured on the outside of the store they had just robbed. They confessed and incriminated seveiai boys under 1.1 os being implicated in the crimes. A hiding place was found in an abandoned tunnel, but no booty was discovered. As the boys were members of the most prominent families in Gainesville their names have been withheld. The leaders were sent to the Juneville farm. ? ' MANY GOATS KILLED. In Texas Storm Which Destroyed Much Property. A wind and hail storm played havoc in the extreme southwestern portion of the state Wednesday morning, according to dispatches received here this morning. The damage to property is offset by the goods that will be derived by the crops by the rain. Cotton was sadly in need of moisture when tlie rain storm came up. The storm was especially severe at Will Ranch Mine, nine miles east of Rrackett. In a pasture there were 100 goats, all of which were killed by the large hail stones which literally peppered the backs of tho animals until they died. Tho storm reached proportions of a tornado in Kendall county and there three buildings were totally de 1 l~ " ln?nnaltv r? f thfi W i II (1. Sirujt'll ujf tin: IIUVHUI^ u. They Hunt Work. More than a hundred Eastern college boys have already Inquired of Charles Harris, Topeka, Kan., director of the State free employment bureau, as to the prospects for employment In the Kansas wheat fields thts coming summer. The majority of the Inquiries are from colleges in Delaware, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and South Carolina. After the New York fire horror building codes will bo advised gll over the country, but often the motive will be not to protect the factory workers, but to get protection from their votes. BANK OE Conwa < -las largest capital and surplus of a han the combined capital and surp CAPITAL. STOCK.. .. SURPLUS LIABILITIES OP STOCK SECURITY OF DEPOSIT DIRE( Efcobert B. Scarborough,' 3. L. Buck, George J. Holiday, We offer our customers every acc will justify, and we ROBERT B. SCARBOROUGH, E President. We continue to pay 5 pe -afrlB'-a * 999999999989 Ifirst natk ft OONW^ ? CAPITAL STOCK !|> SURPLUS PROFITS ^ TOTAL ASSESTS 1 1)1 RE C J. A. (McDermott, John < fB. G. Collins, H. L. I M. Burroughs, C. P. Qu; Successor to the Bank ol jSjT Horry County, and a pioneer W 1 y allied with the recent de\ Republic. Backed by the 1 at UniU'd States Bonds, we are I toniers any reasonable acconu Jfc H. A. SPIVEY, g} Cashier. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. H. H. WOODWARD Attorney and Councelor At Law. CONWAY; 8. O. R. B. SCARBKOUGH CONWAY, 8. G, Attorney at Law. H. H. BURROUGHS Physician and Surgeon. CONWAY, S. C. B. WOFFOKD WAIT. Attorney at Law. Bank of Horry Building. CONWAY, S. C. MEWORLDS GREATEST SEWIH6 MACHINE k .LIGHT RUNNING^ NEWHOMf ttyrrn want el t h er n V! hmflt irSI uj t tie, R ota?a Shuttle or a Mingle Thread fCAato&rtcAj Sewing Machine write to Hi aCW HOME 8EWINQ MACHINE C0MPA8V Orange, Mass* IkBfKwfnr machines are m ade to sell regardless ?f fMiiijr, but the New Home Is made to wea Our guaranty never runt out (M If authorised dealers saffwr v torn SALS sv BURROUGHS Ac tX)LIANS 00? Uonway, S. O. >1 IDTHOIMOAIj, KVKN IN DID AT II * Before Committing Suicide Man At tended to ID very Detail. A ft or teleeranhine his wife anr daughter to return home from a visit Oregon Richmond, of Kalamazoo Mich., ordered a coffin, told the cor oner how to conduct the inquest planned details of his funeral, direct ing how dep the grave should be dug and then took poison. Richmon< was 72 years old and had been i captaip in the Civil war. He killed himself early this weel but his body was not discovered unti his wife reached home from Nortl akota, two days later. The body wa on a couch, wrapped in a flag, an. across his chest lay his sword. 1 HORRY, y. S, . my bank in Horry county. More ?lus of all other banks in tne county* ^ \ _ . .950,000 c ? .. .. 12,500 [holders .. 50,000 ors 112,500 ;i ors D. V. Richardson, W. A. Johnson, ^ Will A. Freeman. 1 _ ...L* L i. ommoaauon which incir account* solicit your business. ). V. Richardson, will a. fbebmab Vice Pbebidekt. Cashieb r cent, on yearly deposits. DNAL BANKi mBU lY, 8. C. ^ 125,000.00 ? 2,500.00 125,000.00 ifc <V rroits; a? 3. SDlvey. D. T. McNeill, V.. ^ Buck, W. R. Lewis, D. jfk attlebaum, D. A. Spivey. J? f Conway, the oldest Bank In ||^ in Eastern Carolina. Closeelopment of the Independent Government and secured by Jlk >repared to extend to our cu*- ilk tnodations. W II. G. COLLINS, A tMf President. || ? ,. ? \ Makes Home Baking Easy j f?0YAi G81 ' owi nv POWDER Absolutely Pure Tho only baking powdor made from Royal Grapo < Oroam of Tartar V Mfl Al IIM Vfl I IMF PHOSPHATE " ? nwwi|n? """" ? GAIN THIS YEAR. MORK MONEY THIS SEASON FOR H CLEMSON COLLEGE. Fertilizers Tag Tax Receipts Much Increased?Many New Uses for Fertilizers. For 1911 the total income of Clemson College will be considerably larger than in any previous year, and the prospect is that- this income will steadily increase, at the rate of $23,000 or more per annum, being derived from the privilege tax of 23 cents a ton upon artificial fertilizers, the consumption of which is greater each succeeding season. The entire / receipts from this tax go to Clemson. f t The Columbia Record says Judge J. Fuller Lyon, who handles the privH X i ^ At ^ c Cli ? i/x liege lax account in tut; unite ui ouue Treasurer R. H. Jennings, said Friday that to date the 1911 receipts from this impost had been $227,229, V whereas at this same time last year the receipts totalled only $202,4 16. In Judge Lyon's opinion the receipts for the current year will aggregate $276,000, as against only $240,098 for 1910, so that the increase in this one season will in round numbers be $2 6,000. Fertilizers are now in demand the year round. Formerly they were usee! only in the spring. Fertilizers are put nowadays to a variety of uses not * hitherto known. Quantities are applied to growing crops. The consumption has been surprisingly in\ creased by the corn-growing move, ment and new uses are constantly be- / , ing found in various fields of agricul- ' - tural work for the different kinds of jjf , artificial manures. An entirely new - kind of fertilizer?or rather a familiar kind produced by a new process? I will come on the market when the ei Southern Power company's big plant at Great Falls begins turning out nic trogenous fertilizers, derived from 1 the air by electrical treatment. ti ? e s Some people think they can obJ serve Lent merely by doing their flirting with the devil out of sight.