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STATE HOUSE AFFAIR TO FIX RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PLACING OF CONTRACTS INVESTIGATION ORDERED +. Resolution Providing for Immediate Inquiry, by Special Committee, of Conduct of Committee on State House aud (.'rounds and Others Involved. * - * ? n*l..i...,1ov li or] fin M lie i louse on j hui ?... <*thcr decided llurrv over the matter of the contract for (lie plans for the extension of tlio State House, for which a bill of $13,f>00 lias been submitted in connection with plaster models. Wednesday two resolutions, looking to straightening the record, were presented, and Thursday morning Mr. Rembert suggested another plan of investigation, and the House, finally, after a "merry-go-round," adopted the suggestion of Mr. Stevenson relative to the inquiry as to how, when, and where the contract that has been so much discussed was really arranged. The resolution, as adopted, and as indicative of the view of the majority of the House, reads as follows: 1. Resolved, by the House of Representatives, That a committee of three members of the House be forthwith appointed by the Speaker and when appointed, shall constitute a commission whose duty it shall be to investigate and report to this House with all convenient speed the facts as to the conduct and action of the committee on State House and grounds, and its sub-committees, and all other persons and oliicers connected therewith or alleged to have been connected therewith or to have had anything to do with the same as to the plans undertaken and contracts entered Into to carry out the terms of a concurrent resolution, the object of which was to carry out the suggestions of the Governor in his Message No. 5 in relation to the State House. 2. That said commission shall have the power and authority to swear witnesses, send for and compel the attendance of witnesses and production of papers; employ a stenographer whose uuty it shall be to take and transcribe all testimony; preserve order, and shall report the testimony with their conclusions thereon back to this House with all conventnient speed at this session. That the sergeant-at-arms of this House is directed tc serve all process issued by said commission, signed by its chairman, and obey the orders 01 said commission. The following resolution was introduced by Mr. Rembert; Members of certain newspapers in this State are attempting to fix the responsibility with reference to the State House contract upon the Governor. Now, therefore, that justice may be done to all parties, be it Resolved, That the committee on ways and means be instructed to thoroughly investigate the entire matter, summon and swear such witnesses as may be necessary and re port to this body, fixing the responsibility where it belongs, together with all testimony taken in such hearing, and that saul report be made at the present session. Mr. Rembert vigorously defended bis resolution and be insisted that he had the utmost confidence in Messrs. Todd, Rryan and the members of the committee making the contract. 'Mr. Cary urged that it was time to stop talking so much politics. It did not set m to him that it was a legislative function to try newspapers or bother with what this or that newspaper suggested. He believed the ways and means conjmittee had better l>e excused, as that committee had already reported against the claim. Mr. Stevenson offered a substitute for the entire inattei. This he held was not a political matter, as Dr. Sawyer had charged, was be'ng made of the matter. Dr. Sawyer suggested that ho only referred to the newspapers trying to make the whole matter a political affair. Mr. Stevenson said ho wanted prompt action, s quick report, and ;m-tice to everyone Mr. Stevenson said Govern >r Please denied nothing and never said he was not present when the contract was signed. Mr. Pry an said he was misquoted He said more than v. as quoted in tin State. Mr. Stevenson said lie had no pur pose to inject politico into the whol Inquiry. If members talked abou politics he would like them to rea< the Governor's reply for facts as t* the alleged mill merger and his repl that he would use what facts he hai on the stump. That looked like pol Itlcs! Mr. Browning said in the heat o argument he had used the word "bribe and debauch," and apologize* for using such language. Tie did no mean to use such language am should not have done so, for he di< not believe it possible to "bribe am debauch" members. Mr. Bryan said in view of Mr Browning's statement he would with AIKEN OFFICER KILLED ? DEPUTY SHOT DOWN WHILE SERVING A WARRANT. shooting Don? by m Court Witness for Whom a Reiicli Warrant Had liccn Issued. Fuller Gregory, an ex-policeman of Aiken, was shot and instantly killed Wednesday night by Tom Liptord at Lipford's home at Warrenville in Aiken County, while Gregory was acting as a special deputy. Hoth (iregory and Lipford lived at Warrenville, and both are well known. Lipford was arrested by Maxy Craig and carried to Aiken and lodged in jail. Lipford had been subpoenead as a witness in the case of John Ware, who is charged with burning Green's store at Warrenvllle some timo ago. He was relied upon by tho State as one of the main witnesses against Ware; and when, Wednesday afternoon, the case was called in the special term of general sessions court .here, he was not present. Judge Copes issued a bench warrant for Lipford and Gregory was deputized to go to Warrenville, arrest Lipford, and bring him to Aiken. Armed with the warrant, Gregory went to Warrenville lato Wednesday afternoon. Reports as to tho killing are conflicting. It is staged that Gregory knocked on Lipford's door and Liplord's wife opened it for him, but that as he stepped inside to serve the warrant on Lipford, Lipford fired upon him with a shotgun, the entiro load entering Gregory's right side. lie fell dead outside oil the porch. Lipford's friends claim that Gregory was drinking and that when lie wont with the warrant to Llpforcl's homo lie was staggering and that when Mrs. LipforJ opened the door he fell over her as he entered the house and that it was then that Liplord shot hi in. Lipford is about 4 0 years of age. Gregory leaves a family. lie was for a long time 011 the police force in Aiken and was weil thought of. As the grand jury is still in session it is probable that action will be taken at once. draw his remarks made last night. Mr. Ashley said he never in his life saw such efforts being made to make politics out of everything. There had been no such feeling since 1892-1 89 4. He had been a member for sixteen years and be had never seen such ail effort to try to hurt the Governor. It seemed to bo an effort to get the Governor in a hole. He referred to the guano bill for the State House grounds by a former commission. He vent back to Tom Polder, and said he never ought to have been allowed to take $170,000 in commissions. That money would build a State House. He talked lieved there was ever a hook coming from Tom Felder." May be they are waiting for the campaign. He said Mr. Gonzales had used $12,000 or more for guano and a little coed and ditching on the State House grounds. Mr. Meares tried to got Mr. Ashley on the record as to how the money was spent 011 the Srate House grounds hv the commission, of which Mr. Gonzales was a member. The record showed that $1,11>4 was spent in 1910, (not $ 11,000.) and it was spent for fertilizers, labor, plants. This, lie said, was quoting rrum inumuir, Mr. Ashley sai l Mr. Meares did not know what lie was talking about, and that he was tired of sonic people trying to run the State. He knew the whole tight was on the Governor, and lie was sick of the whole thing. Mr. Ashley made a red hot talk against what ho regarded as attacks on Governor Hlease. Dr. Wyche made an lmpassionate speech, eloquently saying the legislative hall was not the proper place for political stump speeches, and he did not want to hear so much about politics. He would ''C opposed to any investigation o* further ado, except that the members of the sub-committee asked for it. Mr. Rembert insisted that he would raise his feeble voice for Governor Hlease whenever he saw fit, and that Judge Jones bad regular lioadq n,-triers. { Mr. Wyche said he meant no reflection on Mr. Rouibert or anyone , else; his only desire was to have the ^ 1 louse get to work. I Mr. Stevenson's substitute resolution was adopted bv an overwhelming vote. Mr. Humbert's resolution ^ was defeated. Ho said he wanted "the other side" ro table his resolu. Hon, and this was done on motion of Mr. Stevenson. e - - ? . Speaker Smith appointed on the i eonnnittoe Messrs. Casque, Millor, j ftolser, lloyd and Connor. This comv mittee Is to report during the pres'j ent session. 4..? Negroes Lynclu'd n Negro, f TTomor Stewart, a negro, was a lynched hy members of his own race d Tuesday at Cedar Crossing, C,a. Stewt nrt is alleged to nave killed another d negro and fatally wounded two oth1 ers at a negro festival. Stewart was j' arrested soon after the killing, it Is p.ated, and was ?u f:ig taken hy an ofhcer to the Toombs county Jail - when they wero overtaken by a mob HOT TALK IN HOUSE' PLANS TO REMODEL THE STATE ' HOUSE IS CONSIDERED AT COST OF $1,000,000 ? Coventor Illoase Sends Mcsmko on the Subject, Cause of Sub-Committee Who Made Contract ami Ari chltect Tocl<l is Uevievred, All of Whom Try to Explain. There was an nnoxnected flurry in tho llouse Wednesday over the special message of the Governor with reference to the contract for plans 1 for the development and improvement of the Sta'e House, by Messrs ( Todd & Benson. The special message from the governor, in which F. M. Bryan and C. D. Lee, with A. W. 1 Todd concurring, deny that the con- ( tract for enlarging the State House ( was signed in the governor's pres- 4 once, and further states that the ; chief executive, as far as they know ' know nothing of it until the general assembly met. Appended to the message was an ' editorial from The State containing * the charges denied. The minutes of ( tho meeting of rhe committee that awarded the contract show that the committee met in the Governor's of- ' fice on Wednesday, September 2 7, ' 19 LI, with tho Governor reported < present. The contract between F. 1 M. Bryan, W. W. Dixson, and Todd ' and Benson was dated on the same day the meeting was held in the ] Governor's office, when his Excellency was reported present. Rising to ? a question of personal privilege, 1 Lowdnes J. Browning of Union called i snnrlft n sii.'idn i .1 snpflldfli? of the matter. Mr. Browning stated that Todd liad repeatedly told the ways and 1 means committee at Its meeting that the matter between himself and the sub-committee had been gone into ( in the Governor's office when the Governor was present. In referring 1 to the $1,000 traveling expenses which tho Dixon- Bryan-Lee. subcommittee from the committee on State house and grounds had allowed Todd, who is a member of the house, for visiting "as many members as possible," and for using "any means in his power to acquaint them of the contemplated work," Mr. Browning said: "So far as I know, this is the first instance in American history where a subcommittee has attempted to appropriate State funds for in- ' (luencing members of a general assembly. Speaking even plainer, the subcommittee has made an effort to use State funds to bribe and debauch tho members of the general assembly into adopting the plans which they approved, and they placed these funds In the hands of the architect." Mr. Todd also spoke on a question of personal privilege. Ho said that Mr. Browning's statement as to bribery was false so far as he vsas personally concerned. As an introduction to his question of personal privilege, Mr. Browning read from the report on the sub-committee of State House an.l Grounds in House journal of February 1, which F. M. Bryan transmitted. The section of the re- 1 port which Mr. Browning read was the minutes of the meeting in the Governor's office. It follows: "Pursuant to a call of Chairman of (he Connnitto on State House and Grounds, tho committee mot at Co lumbia, in 11?o office of His Mxcclleney, (ho Governor, on Wednesday, September i27lh, !J)1 I, at which were present His Kvcclloncy, the (lovernor; Chairman F. M. iiryan, Secretary W. \V. Dixon, Clarence I). Lee, composing the subcommittee; a full quorum of the committee and Architect A. W. Todd. "The committee was called to order by the Chairman, and the report of the architect to the subcommltie, was read, which, after due discussion the two reports were unanimously adopted. "They thou authorized the Chairman and Secretary to enter into contract with the architect, and to formulate a run to present to the next session of the Legislature. Mr. Todd suggested that we have a plaster cast ma le of tho building as it will appear when completed, and exhibited a proposal from a modeler to make the model for the sum of nine hundred dollars ($000). After some discussion Mr. Todd was I authorized to have tho model made at a coat not to exceed that amount, and liavo the model on exhibition at the State Capitol at tho meeting of the Ceneral Assembly, "Mr. Dixon then moved that Mr. Todd visit aa many of the members as possible, and use any means in his power to acquaint them of the contemplated work, at a cost not to exceed one thousand dollars ($ 1 .000). After some discussion this motion was adopted. "There being n) further business before tho committee, they adjourned. (Signed) "W. W. Dixon, "Secretary.". Mr. Drowning declared that A. W. i Todd had told tho ways and means committee that the matter had been entered into in the Governor's pros- ' HOST SERVE SENTENCE H. A. CARLISLE, OP NEWBERRY, REFUSED A NEW TRIAL. Sentenced to Five Years on Indictment Charging Misapplication of Funds of National Dank. A prison sentence of five years foi Milton A. Carlisle, president of the National Hank of Newberry, S. C., will stand so far as the United States iicuit court of appeals is concerned, according lo an opinion handed down ;t Richmond, Va., on Wednesday, the : pinion being read by Judge Colt Fliis case was argued several months go, Gov. HIeaso of South Carolina ippearing as ono of counsel for the convicted banker. It came up on appeal from the district court at Ureenville, S. C. Milton Anderson Carlisle was convicted October 20, 1910, in the federal court at Greenville on live counts jf an indictment containing 1(52 counts. Carlisle's conviction came if tor a trial which lasted several days ind aroused much interest in South Carolina. The counts of tho Indictment on which Carlisle was convicted were hose charging misapplication of the unds of the Newberry National bank, )f which he was the president from L899 until 1909. Tho specific charge in three of hose was based on drafts by the Cold Point Granite Company, of which Carlisle was president and treasurer, which were paid by the hank but refused by the parties upon whom they were drawn, the bank not being rembu rsed. The other two counts charged misipplication of funds paid by a farmer ipon notes due the bank. Carlisle was alleged to have put these sums :o his own uses. The total amount involved in the transactions for which Carlisle was convicted was less ban $500. The bulk of the Indictment, upon which Carlisle was found not guilty, barged overdrafts of his personal iccount and of the account of the Gold Point Granite Company for considerable sums when "ho had no reasonable grounds to believe that these funds would be repaid," as both Carlisle and the company were hopelessly involved. Carlisle, who is 71 years of age. was sentenced by Judge Brawley to five years in the federal prison, a motion for a new trial being denied. His counsel took the case to tho circuit court of appeals, where it was argued some months ago. Gov. Please was of counsel for the defense. once. Mr. Todd had iterated his statement that the Governor was present. For this reason, Mr. Todd had told the committee that he thought he was buying a gold bond when ho signed the contract. "As for the actual signing of the contract," continued Mr. Browning, "this may not have been done either in tho Governor's presence or in bis office, but Mr. Todd did tell the ways and means committee that the meeting was held in the Governor's office. And in tliia, I believe, .every member of the ways and means committee will bear me out. "In addition," said Mr. Browning, ,1 ,1 f ^1 J thn eAuimlttnA tli n t t ho 1 (.Mill IIJ1U liiU /Uiu niiiivyu i/uut vtiv plaster model had cost him $1,100." Then, in conclusion, Mr. Browning made the statement aa to the unusual course of the subcommittee of the committee on the State House and Grounds in appropriating State funds for the architect to use them to Influence members of tho general assembly to adopt hia plans. In reply to Mr. Browning A. W. 1'odd spoke on a question of personal privilege. He sakl he wished to state his position personally. It wars false that there ha 1 been any scheme to debauch tho members of the general assembly, so f^r aa he was personally concerned. Tie had entered into a business transaction with the subcommittee. There was no blot on his character. lie had not "buttonholed" members of tho general assembly to get them to adopt Ills plans. lie had been employed by the subcommittee and had entered into a written contract with them. The whole meeting, except the subcommittee meeting, had boon held In the Governor's oflice. Not a member of the committee had any idea of politics. He was out of money for his work and had thought he was buying a gold bond when he signed the con t ract. Mr. P\ M. Bryan stated that he dosired to speak of tho remarks made on the floor of the House, that the action of tho subcommitte appeared to he an attempt at "debauching the General Assembly." lie wished to state, he said, in fairness to Governor I dense, that when tne committee held | this meeting referred to they met in response ro letters sent out by him (tilling the meeting. The Governor was "in and out" of the office during the meeting, said Mr. Bryan, and at the c'ose of it, looking over the Todd plans, he made the remark: "I think it is very beautiful, and if the hill passes tho General Assembly it shall have my approval." The action of the committee had been taken in good la'ih, said Mr. Bryan, and, continuing, he dee'ared that he wished to pronounce not only to the General Assembly, but to tho entire State, BANK Of Con wa Ha> largest capital and surplus of i tha i the combined capital and surf CAPITAL STOCK. . . . SURPLUS LIABILITIES OF 8TOCF SECURITY OF DEPOSIT I)IKIi( ^hert B. Scarborough, . L. Buck, eorge J. Holiday, We offer our customers every acc will justify, and we tOHEftT H. SCARBOROUGH, I PRK8IDKNT. We continue to pay 5 pe &v<?> &&& -*^3 j ? FIRST NAIF I /fit CONW.1 r$\ Ir CAPITAL STOCK <P SURPLUS PROFITS /fit TOTAL ASSISTS 2k DIHKC Hfr J. A. McDerinott, John t /AK B. G. Collins, H. L. I 1 M. Burroughs, C. P. Qu Successor to the Bank o |ai Horry County, ami a pioneer ly allied with the recent de\ ^ Republic. Backed by the United States Bonds, we are f to in era any reasonable accoirn js & II. A. KI'IVHV, Cnsliier. FOLK AISK DOXM TO DKATII. .Mysterious Quadruple? .Murder in a Tenement House. A mysterious quadruple murder, in which two men and two women were killed, was revealed by the discovery of the bodies of the victims in a tenement house in the heart of Lawrence, .Mass. The dead are Mrs. Annie Denis, aged 35 years; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fa via?, aged 3 5 and 3 0 years, respectively, and an unknown man. A disturbance was heard in the Favias' apartment about 3 o'clock Saturday morning by the family which lives downstairs, hut no investigation was made. When no member of the household appeared during the day, however, the police were called in. The unidentified body was found in. the kitchen with the throat cut. In a corner were the bodies of Joseph Favias and his wife, both of whom evidently met death in a struggle. In a bedroom adjoining was found the body of Mrs. Denis. Her throat had been cut GAS (Ml SHI> I)HATII OF TIIItKK Not Triple Murder, as Suspected. OMirhil-i Decide. Ilarvey Ilurst, his wife, and Elsie Adams, sixteen yeais old, svho lived with them, whose bodies were found in the ruins of the Hurst l.ome, at Delaware Okla., Saturday night, were not murdered, according to Nowata County officials but were the victims of accidental asphyxiation. The presence of a small wound in Mrs. Hurst's head indicated that all three might have been killed and the house fired in an attempt to cover the crinie. Monday evening county officials, who viewed the bodnes and the premises, concluded that flames from an overturned gas stove had overcome the family and that escaping gas had subsequently been ignited by a lamp and had paitk.ily destroyed the dwelling. Officials say the wound in Mrs. Hurst's head was caused by a fall. Five Lives I ost by (.'as. At Philadelphia gas escaping from a broken street main killed live persons and overcame three others in a house at 2 2nd and Carlton streets, Tuesday. Three occupants of an adjoining house wore overcome, but were revived. The gas company discovered that a mam had been broken and that the gas had worke 1 its way into a sewer and then into the house ?. ? ,? Killed in Train Wreck. Running at a high rate of speed Tuesday morning, an electric cai jumped the track near Coultersville Pa., 20 miles from Pittsburg, and went over a 200-1 oot embankment Five men, three of whom were miners, wore killed. The car contained 20 persons, miners on their way t( fi-nm fJreenook to the mine! near Scott Hoven. Ken rat Buys Atlanta Paper* The Atlanta Georgian, an after noon paper of Atlanta, Ga., announc on Monday afternoon that the papei had been purchased by William Ran dolph Hearst, front Fred L. Seeley who established the paper six yeari ago. HOIiRY, y. 8, C. my bank in Horry county. More* \ )lus of all other banks in Ine county^ j f&o.oe? 12,6?0 [HOLDERS .. .. 6?,000 ORS 11 <tf,600 / :ioks ARDSON I: W. A. .foliuH Oil, Will A. Freeman y ommodation which their account* solicit your business. ). V. Richardson, wili. a. frkkma* VlCK I'KKHlDhNI :r cent, on yearly deposits. ?&&&&'& rr '2$ ONAL BANK I V, 8. o. A $25,000.00 5 2,500.00 W 125,000.00 ill ? % TOKH: 1 J. Spivey, I). T. McNeill, # luck, VV. It. Lewis, L>. Jy ^ attlobaurn, i). A. Spivey. * f Conway, uhe oldest Hank in Mji in 10aet?rn Carolina. Close'elopnient of the Independent \lf (jovernuient and secured by |j.fa >repared to extend to our cut- ^ moduMonu. Vflr <V li. (i. tXJI.I.I.VH, /ft President. VV t'HOKWSMKnN AL CAKOH a. a. tvooDWAHi) Attorney *nd Councelor At CON WAY, M. C. V ft. U. nCAiUVKOUttli | <JUi\ Wii, .s. ( Attorney At l>xv?. #*. H. m hkogoh* ^'hyilctan And hnrKeo* r (JONWAY, H. (1. ?. WOFFOIU* VVAJ't \ttornrj Ml !? M Hank of Hurry lUiiidiHj* CONWAY. H. C. ItHNK IIAYK.MOli Land Surveying and Drainage Spivey Iiuildin^ Conway, S. C. HE WORLDS GRtATtSf SEWING MACHINE I ^ RUNN^ iQ?jprai wnnt etlherfi VlhrntingShuttle, Kntaffl Shuttle or n Single Thread [ ('hain &/UcJi\ Sewing Machine write to m ?EW HOME SEWINO MACHINE COMPAff Ornnge, Mors. fltonveewinc machine* are made to aelt retflrdiM# I amauitv aut the Now Home t* made to 'Ju? (piaramy never runr out flAW M ntliorlxrd dealer* 1 foa ?als * 1 BURHOlJuit *? v ? ui,hi>n tti. Oonwny, H. C. ? 11 ) 3 (*ns Hurts Rife of Three. Throe vonng white men worn found deal Tuesday night in a room on the third floor of an apartment - house in Raleigh, N. C. The gas . from the jet and from a small gas r heater was turned on. From cards . in the mens' pockets, they are R. A. t Johnson, aged 21 ; M. T. ITorter, aged 3 lfi, and Fred Jernigan, aged 23, all of Renson, N. C. I