The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 13, 1911, Image 6
^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
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Men Who Put Up Corruption Fund
to Elect Lorimer Asked Subscrip'
Hons for Reimbursement.
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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
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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
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^ 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.
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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.
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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.
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> MARTIN
THE LEADER
SELECTED AS HEAD OP MINORITY
IN UPPER HOUSE. |
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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D. V. Richardson,
W. A. Johnson, ^
Will A. Freeman.
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solicit your business.
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Vice Pbebidekt. Cashieb
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Buck, W. R. Lewis, D. jfk
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f Conway, the oldest Bank In ||^
in Eastern Carolina. Closeelopment
of the Independent
Government and secured by Jlk
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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.