Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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,R.,.. BRYAN TALKS Ike Great Commontr Praises WJsoa for Breakiog Willi Haifty GOVERNOR WAS RIGHT ? Ilryan Says It is Impossible to Mix Oil and Water and That the Episode Merely Proves the Futility of Attempting Cooperation Between Progressive and Reactionary. William J. Bryan takes tho side of Gov. Woodrow Wilson in aid break with George 13. M. Harvey and Henry Watterson, justifying the aetion of the New Jersey governor in requesting that his name be withdrawn fi om the columns of Harper's Week-j ly In a letter sen; from the East j and made public at Lincoln,, Neb., Tuesday night, Mr. Bryan says: "The recent break between Gov. Wilson and Col. Harvey illustrates the impossibility of cooperation between men who look at public questions from different points of view. Col. Harvey became a supporter of Mr. Wilson when he was selected as the Democratic candidate for governor of New Jersey and ho continued his support when Gov. Wilson began to be discussed as a candidate for the presidency. Of course, it is absurd for Col. Harvey's friends to talk about his 'bringing Gov. Wilson out.' "No man or paper could have made Gov. Wilson available as a candidate if bo himself had not attracted attention; it would have been impossible for Col. Harvey r.o have prevented a discussion of Gov. Wilson'i availaWllfv "Hut let us assume that Col. Harvey was doing all that ho could for his choice, what war- the situation? His conspicuous support was not only of no advantage, but it became actually a disadvantage; it did not bring to Gov. Wilson the class for which Col. Harvey speaks, ou. alienated men just as nonest as Col. Harvey's friends who could not understand why Col. Harvey praised Gov. Wilson personally without indorsing .the things for which Gov. Wilson standi. It naturally aroused suspicion as to the sincerity Or one or the other, and when Gov. Wilson was asked the question he admitted that he regarded the support of Col. Harvey as a liability rather than as an asset. "Should he have pretended that he thought that Col. Harvey was helping him when he was not? And why should Col. Harvey complain? If he rially favors Gov. Wilson, be must desire to aid him. Why should he be offended then at Gov. Wilson's frankness? Is he more interested in being known as 'the man who made Gov. Wilson famous' than in helping Gov. Wilson's cause. Harvey has shown re signs of conversion. If he communes with Ananiaseo it is not with any consciousness of blindness. He has seen no new light, and when he does he will feel so ashamed of his lifelong fight against progressive Democracy that nis fiist desire will be to bring forth fruits meet for repentance?not to assume leadership. It must pain Gov. Wilson to break with his old friends, but the breaks must necessarily come unless he turns back or they go forward. 'A man is known by the company he keeps'?and he can not keep company with those going in opposite directions. Ciov. Wilson must prepare himself for other desertions?they will distress him, but. there i-= abundant consolation of duty well done." ?. .? . HOY KILLKI) IN BOXING BOUT. > Floored by Vppcrcut, Sufl'crs Broken Neck mid Dies. V A blow upon the elbow during a boxing match late Friday resulted in a broken neck and the instant death of Hough Rouden, a student of the Burns academy al Gadsden, Ala. Rouden and Fist.er Jenkins, also a pupil of the school, were boxing when Jenkins slashed in an up permit which Rouden caught on the elbow. The force of the blow stood him on his head and resulted in the dislocation of his neck in the fall. A number of teachers of the school were present during the contest as well as half a hundred students. "An accident," was the verdict of those present and an In pa est was considered unnecessary. * ? ?> Thousands Bid in a Coop. At St. T.ouis, M(.., Geo. V Stork former postotlice clerk who confessed to the theft of a $25,000 registered package of currency was sentenced 1, the United State district court to three and a half years in the penitentiary. He restored $23,562 after t having secreted it in a chicken cooji for a year. ? Science Hall for Fur man. The James C. Uurman Ha'.I of Science on the campu3 of Furman University at Greenviiie was formally opened Thursday. This building represents $50,000 for construction and equipment and $25,000 added to the endowment. It is the consummation of plant that run back through six WILL HHP WILSCN ? 8FNATOR TILLMAX SUSPECTS DEEP LAID THICK. ISut Thinks Governor Wilson Has Shown Himself Eviual to Tost of Fire in Matter. Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, is of the opinion that the Harvey-YVatterson incident has proved a boomerang for those two men, and vUl react to Gov. Wilson's credit rather than injure him as a candidate. While Senator Tillman lias not committed himself and will I ? -A 1? I 1 ! ? ,1 I not yet, 110 is sir mgiy iuvjuhbu iu favor the nomination of tho New Jersey executive as the most available candidate. "I shall wait before committing myself," declared Senator Tillman, "but I am greatly impressed with Gov. Wilson. I do not want the Democratic party to name a Republican In disguise, as has been done in the past. As things now appear, I. believe Wilson is stronger with the people than he was before the Harvey-Watterson incident. lie has been tried in the iire aud came out without singed wings. I had given Henry Watterson credit for more sense than to try to foist off a story like this with the material facts concealed, though I now recall that ho went back on free silver and Bryan. Instead of Wilson's showing \ lack of gratitude to Harvey, as we have been led to suppose, ho saw tiirough the scene, measured Harvey and Watterson correctly, and refused to be lassoed and tied to Thomas F. Ryan. "This fact should and will make him stronger, with the masses of the people, for I believe they are sick and tired of being betrayed by men who have climbed into hlgn ofllces under false pretenses. Gov. Wilson may as well be prepared for other attempts to destrov him as ho is evidently very obnoxious to the Wall street bunch of men who run "big business. JUvery t:me one or tnese big anti-Wilson bombs is discharged the people soon discover a Wall street clock lying around with a time fuse attached. If they keep on, I expect t> see him get the nomination; and if nominated, " expect to see him elected." ? ? TO PRINT WAR RECORDS. ? . Story of South Carolina Navy to Re Put in Rook Form. A decidedly interesting feature of the report of the South Carolina Historical Commission, placed Wednesday on the desks of the members of the General Assembly, is the recommendation of the secretary, A. S. Salley, the the records of the navy of South Carolina during the revolutionary war be printed in book form. This State was one of the few of the original thirteen Commonwealths that maintained a sea-fighting force and that was do.ie by the hardest snuggle on tne part of the government. Tho records of the South Carolina naval board have been kept for many years in the archives of New York State an 1 the South Carolina Historical Commission has tried for several years to Regain possession of them. This was accomplished during the past year. If the records are printed a copy of the book will be presented to the State of New York in return for kindnesses in returning the records. Tho records, when returned, had been somewhat damaged by the fire that partially destroyed tho Capital of New York last year. > DEAD BROKE, KUXS HIMSELF. o Once Prosperous "Bookmaker" Quits tho Game, Using Revolver. "I'm all in; no money; a gambler's life is money one day and the next day nothing." So wrote Louis Korn, an old-time "bookmaker," destitute, sick and deserted by friends of other and prosperous days, shortly before he shot and killed himself in his v'old room in a poor sectiop of New York Wednesday. A convener's physician found that Korn was emanciated from a combination of diseases and starvation. Korn's days of opulence ended with the passage of the laws which killed horse racing. Convinced nt last, that his dream of a revival ofv the sport was unlikely to he realized, he found means Tuesday to get a revovler and Wednesday his dead body was found with the note of farewell lying near by. > Identified by Sailor's Knot. A sailor's knot with whlcn he tied 1 his shoestrings led to Patrick Murphy, former niembe" of tho Untied ' States Navy, being identified as a 1 man who bound nn1 robbed a Greek - * nu i /v/\ A f/?*ir /I > fro 00*/% Pint oo. ill Uimicl^U ?V IV >> VI/IJSJ CI hv'? i^vc vv tives noticed that Murnhy'a shoestring's were knotton similar to the , cords which hour. 1 the Orcck. He . was later Identified and confessed. A raying Cold Mine. J. C. Thrown, millionaire, of Nome, i Alaska, Is at his hjm? In Kansas City, Mo. Ho declares that recently he took $865,000 from his mine within ten days. / THE SLOW LAW flow the Beef Tiost Hamgfd lo S:av Off Sui s Broagbl Again*! l, io BEHALF OF THE P?GPU Such Action as Tins on the Part of Judges and Judicial Oiliccrs Is What Has Caused th? Demand for the Recall of Judges and Other OfllciaLs. In his excellent address before the Bar Association in Columbia on Thursday night last judge Parker opposed the recall of judges, and claimed that no such law was necessary from the fact that the courts as now constituted could bo relied upon t? protect tho interest of the people at all points. He eulogized the legal profession and tried to put the responsibility for the law's delay on others besides the judges and prosecuting ollicers of our courts. He was particularly caustic on Roosevelt, who, lie said, was trying to undermine the courts of the country. The facts do not bear out Judge Parker's contention that the courts can bo relied upon at all times to protect the interest of the public against tho greed of tho trade combustions that have been organized in this country to Loost. prices and certain trade in violation of law. Tho clamor for the recall of judges is caused by tho judges almost openly in favor of these unlawful combustions in many instances. Take the action of tlio diherent judges before whom tho beef trust lias been prosecuted. What better illustration of the evils of the law's delay could there be than the bare record of the government's case against this trust. It was 011 May 19, 1902, that the government filed a petition tor an injunction against iao beef trust. Ten days later a temporary writ was issued by Judge Crosscup, to which on Sept. 10 the packers demurred that they were not engaged in interstate rnmrnflrce. Feb IS. 1903. Judiie Crosscup overruled the demurrer and gave the packers until March 2 to answer. On March 1, the last day of grace, the packers announced an appeal to the supreme court of the United States, but they did not take it; so on May 2 7 Judge Crosscup made the injunction permanent, when the packers finally took their appeal, having thus gained three months' time. The case slept the rest of that year, and not until July 25, 1904, did President Roosevelt order the department of justice to put it on the supreme court calendar to bo tried in October. It was actually reached in 1905, when on Jan. 4 briefs were filed by the government and the packers; on Jan. in the case was argued, and on Jan. 31 tho court sustained Judge Crosscup, leaving the way apparently clear for the trial and punishment cf the packers. Feb. 21, 1905, a special federal grand jury was called in Chicago to consider evidence against the packers. March 1 President Roosevelt sent to congress Commissioner Garfield's report on tbe beef trust March 29 T. J. Conners, Armour's general superintendent, was indicted lor meddling with a grand jury witness. April 14 f'Mir Schwarzschild & Sulzberger officials were indicted for interference with the servieo of in the trust suit. I July 1, 1 905, tiro grand jury indicted seventeen individuals and five corporations, who on Sept. 4 obtained an adjournment; they were "not ready to plead." On Oct. 23 they calmed immunity on tho ground that facts used in indicting them had been obtained from them by the bureau of corporations, but cn Nov. 17 Attorney General Moody denied this and declared that immunity had not been promised. Meanwhile, on Sept. 21, four beef trust officials had pleaded guilty of 1 abating and were fined $25,000 each-?a trifle to a trust This year 100G began with a beef trust victory. Commissioner Garfield of the bureau of corporations admitted on Feb. 2 2 that he bad worked with the department of justice, and on March 21 Judge Humphrey held that the Individuals indieted were therefore immune but that the Indictments against the cor1 nr. n r 1 -. ?.> A ?\ ??( 1 porations srooo. air. aiuuuy <;n /\[nn ?j decided that no appeal could be taken, and after the long \acation, (U Oct. 13, tlie department of just'co dropped the case. Four years m d a half had gone for naught. In 1 007 the case was begun all over again with another federal grand jury In Chicago, called Sept. i 1 8. No indictments were made that time; more than a year later, Dec. 7, 1008, another grand jury was called which again made no indictments; Feb. 1 0, 1 000, still another federal grand jury was called to investigate rebating and pricj-fixing; also an effort was made io prove "that the meat trust exists, and that tho National Packing compan/ Is its operative machinery " ; On March 21, 1910, Attornoy General Wickorsham Lied a petition against the beef trust charging rc straint of trade, and six month later, Sept. 12, a lievr grand jury in dieted Armour, Swift, Morris and th other present defendants. A civ! suit was also begun to dissolve th t-ust and appoint a receiver for ii The following day the packers gav call in $30,000 eaoi,. Nov. 17 the packers proteste Judge Landis bocause fifteen year earlier he had been a special Unite States district attorney concerned i prosecuting them under the ant! trust act. Dec. Id the Indictment were amended. Dec 2 4 the defend rnts claimed the ifglit to lmve th civil case tried before the crjmina one; Dec. 2 7 'Mr. Wickersham oblit! ed them by ordering the civil sui dismissed altogether so as not to iin " ? ! ?#? xHtmlnnl i-.itf l?llt v!lC JIUUC kUC 1<I 1I1I111U1 Pint I UUI, ' ?.V ers ungratefully protested agains the dismissal and ^ere overruled. In 19J1 .Judge Carpenter cam into tho case by overruling, on Jar 2, a motion that the government b restrained from rioceeding agains the packers criminally and, on Marc 22, a demurrer on the ground tlxa Judge Humphrey's "immunity bath covered all future time. Judge Car pouter refused to quash the indict ment. B.y April 13, after nine years, i suddenly occurred to the packer that tho anti-trust act did not creat any new crime, and hence, even i they were disobeying it, they wer committing no criminal act. The threw out the suggestion lor wha it was worth; as again on May 1 when they asked vo have ths indict ments quashed on the ground tha there had been 117 "unreasonable | restraint of trade, as defined in tli Standard Oil case decision; am again when 011 June 3 they file briefs asking for a rehearing of thei motions to quash the indictments. However, 011 July 5 the packer finally pleaded not guilty and trin was fixed for Nov. 2 0. In al! thes nine years the defendants have no yet even been put on trial. The in finite resources of delay involved I actual trial and in fighting .indgmen and sentence if a verdict of guilt 13 returned still remain. Thes sources may not even yet be draw upon. The packers desire a no1 court test of the Sherman act o tlie ground of ambiguity and uncoi stitutionality before they are hrougli to trial, and for this purpose th I habeas corpus writ was obtained laud Judtre KohIsaac released thei under $3 0,000 bonds each. . WANTED TO CRUCIFY HIM. A Uot of Fanatical Women Called Man Their Savior. The timely arrival of the police f Lotz, Russian Poiand, prevented band of fanatical women from cri cifying a man wrom they had adop ed as their "savior." A new set was recently formed by women c the Moravian community. They s< lected a man named Kowalski, whoi they worshipped as their savio They urged him to allow himself t be crucified so as to enable them t prove the truth of their tenets by hi resurrection. Kowalski's faith, hov ever, wavered and no strenuously 01 posed prosection of the suggestio to crucify him. Uultimateiy thirt determined women took his house b storm and were proceeding with hi immolation when the police appeare and put a stop to the sacrifice <>? CHURCH EXPELS KICIIESOW Name of Condemned Preacher Droi pod by Former Flock. Tho Rev. Clarence V. Richesoi who is under sentence of death fc the murder of his former sweethear Avis Linnell, was expelled Fri la Hnnt;st Chuivll. 'i ll ILi^ti t i i uiu m\j __ action was taken at tlie regula monthly meeting <j t the 1111 man in Raptist Church, of Cam bridge, Mass of which Richeson was pastor at tli time of his arrest. The motio: which was carried unanimously, wi put in this form: "Voted that tli right hand of fellowship bo witl drawn from Clarence V. r Richeson and that his name be dro] pod from the church roll of men bors." . Comes Rack to Jail. At Saluda Josh Perry, the stor of whoso escape from the couni jail Sunday night by boring throng three brick walls and letting hitnse down from the gable of the count prison by means of blankets tied t< gether has been told, voluntari came back Thursday night and ga\ himself over to the jailer. The on I reason he assigns for breaking Ja is that he had "a little business" I look after. Infant Ruined to Death. News was received in Crocnvil ]of a deplorable tragedy which o leurred near Tigerville some time du jing Saturday when the flfteei mofiths-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. 1 ! High tower was burned to death, ar j'their house and furnishings complet , ly destroyed by the flames. Her "Hnhy" a l>um!le of Hags. Miss Julia Stern, secretary of tl i local charity organization in K ; komo, Ind., has found that one w ? man at least is us'ug a "rag babj to dupe peoplo into giving her cat - and food. The woman Is a profe i sional beggar and is under arrest. : BANK Of I,! Conwa o t. Has largest capital and surplus of < e than the combined capital and surj d CAPITAL STOCK. . .. 8 SURPLUS d LIABILITIES OF STOCI n SECURITY OF DEPOSIT ' DIRE ~ Robert B. Scarborough, j H. L. Kuck, }oor#e J. Holiday, 1 We offer our customers every ac< will justify, and we ,l BOBERT B. SCARBOROUGH, I President. 'e We continue to pay 5 p< it - ? t ,&*&&&&&>&&*%* f FIRST NAT! t $> s /|jk CON W/ e /Iti f CAPITAL STOCK c 'I? SURPLUS PKOKITS y TOTAL ASSBSTS t 'n 7 ? l>II?? t ,1. A. McDermott, Jolin > /\K B. O. Collins, II. L. p M Burroughs, C. P. Qn ^ /& Successor to the Hank c ' rlorry County, and a piouefci r * 111 i * ( I whh i 1k> reennt vie ? Republic. Hacked by tbe Cuit< d States Bonds, we are tomera any reasonable accorn t /ft Ii. A. SPIYIOY. '* /ft Cashier. a _*?! i DltD IN WKtCK n W * r ,n rear High Rnhoad Offices KII d ( While in Tiitr* nbs i. ? fulJR mum bCAPth a The Accident Was Very Much Like \ the One in Which President Spruit cer of the Southern Railway Lost a j_ liis Life Some Years Ago at Same ^ I'oint in Virghia. )t' James T. Haranan, Sr., former 2' president of the Illinois Central; r rank O. Melcher, secon 1 vice president of the Rock lslanvi; E. B. i'ierce, general solicitor of the Rock Island, and Eklridge W. Wright, were killed in a collision of two Illinois Central trains at Kinmundy, JR., early Monday morning Three trainmen were injured and * the passengers in the coach were * badly shaken lip and bruised. IS 1 , The killed were in the private car of Mr. Melcher. Their bodies were found near the berths they had occupied. Four occupants of the private car escaped death or iirury. These are Byron B. Curry, private secretary )- of Mr. Melcher; "homas Ii. Husbee, attorney for the 1 ir i k Islan 1 in the States of Arkansas and Louisiana, .. and two negro porters. ' Train No. 5, known as the New t Orleans express, was taking water at ! Kinmundy at 1 o clock, when train l0 No. 3, the Panama limitol, ran into r the rear of No. 2f> The engine oi , No. 3 plowed its way through the private car, which was attached to 1([ No. 2.", and w^.s stopped by the stoel coaches immediately preceding. The J impact, shoved the standing train for some distance down tlie tracks al^' though its brakes wore locked. ., A shadow of gloom was cast over Memphis business and social circle1 when it became known that J. 'J' Ilarnhan, 1 r., former president of the Illinois Central railroad system, and Maj. Pi. P. Wright had met cU ath in a railway accident near Centra Ha, 111. Widespread ovpresslons of rey grot were heard at the passing of twe 5l men so well known and prominent]} connected there. Mr Ilarahan's wife ^ who was Mi88 Mallory, is a memhei J* of one of the oldest families of this 'y part of the South.. e Major Wright, was born in Mo 'y hile, July 25, 1 871, the grandson ol Admiral Semmes of tlio Confederate 1-0 States. Major Wright came to Mom phis In early life. His father, Gon I,nke P. Wright, was formerly see rotary of war. Major Wright wat le among the best, known of the lega c- profession in Tennessee. Ho repre ~ A - ?l * U y\ n 1* I r\ tv \ I ) A O If T o 1 o r? /I n / 1 HUH 1.1*11 UIC Ivim ?!i '? ivx/x.rv iniuuvi u ill n- Pacific and allied linos of railway lr this section, lie was widely knowi id as a corporation law ycr. e- R. n. Pierce was born in Missis plppl 4 0 years ago. Me received hli education in his native State and be an the practice of lew in Littio Rock ie Ark, For several years ho was as o-jststant to the general counsel for th< o- Choctaw, Okla., and Gulf railroad r" which In 1902 was taken over by th< sh 1 Rock Island systom. Mr. Pierce lm s-j mediately entered the law depart mont of the Rock Island system, be ? HORKY, y. S, C. any bank in Horry county. More plus of all other banks in the county* $50,000 122,DUU CHOLDERS .... 60,000 TORS ..112,600 C'lORS D. V. RHP/beeon* W. A. Johnson, y Will A. Freeman. :ommodation which their account* solicit your business. 3. V. Richardson, will a. fbremab Vice President Cahhibb ir cent, on yearly deposits. w , .$ aptjg. 0NAL BANK | IV, s. c. E $25,000.00 $ 2,500.00 1 25,000.00 -V rroiis: /L C. Spivey, IJ. t. McNeill, (* i I? nek, VV. R. Lewis, 1). ' J ifittlehaum. I). A. Snivey. VIA j if Conway, t.he oldest Hank in {Ik : in Eastern Carolina. Cloievelopnient of tlie Independent \?jr Government and secured uy prepared to extend to our cmmod a ti ons. Jlf It. G. COLLINS, 3k President. ^ rlit >KKHNiON AL tAKl'h. ttu ii. WOOJ> W AttL) Attorney ?.od Couuoeior At Gfc * COM WAX, b. C. r>. u. otAltliHOtUM ^ ' yOl> VVAl, O. * ittornej mi linn. j a. ii. utiiifoudik , | ''liysician mm?J mirgtHj* COM W At, M. C. A. woi?ntmt WAJI i Attorney a! La < ilank of Horry Ituildina CONWAY, H. H KENE KAVENEL Land Surveying and 4JE, liralnn^o fipivey Iluilding Conway, S. O. ; HE WORLDS GREATESt SEWING MACHINE 4 ! r ffyoa Wftntelthorft Vlhrnting Shuttle, KotodB Shuttle or a Single Thread (Chain Stitch| ' Sowing Mnchlno write to , 9W tfW HOME 8EWINQ MACHINE COMPASV Orange, Muss. Vhoysewtntr machines are made to net! recarcflf naiiiy. but the Now Homo U made to wees ' . I Ou? guaranty never rum out iNi Aatliorlcrd dealers wrifbr , l" PoB * J 1 UUltltOl t.?. , . wt.UMtt 1HK, Oonway, B. O. J v ! iig made commercial counsel ir. 1907| Two years ago ho became general . W.'solicitor. Ilia home was in Winnet3 ka, 111. He is survived by a widow, .^one son and a daughter. . i All Democrats will rojoico that a Champ Clark aiid Joseph W. Folk have sensibly agreed to abrogate g their recent suicide pact and to abide . by the decision of the Jonlm Con. ventlon as to which shall be Mls. sourl's favorite son at Daltlmore.