The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 05, 1912, Image 3
CHARGE OF FRAUDS
MADE IN SPARTANBURG, ANDERSON
AND CHEROKEE.
WILL BE LOOKED INTO
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If Found as Reported it is Very Apt
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to Result in Another Primary lie
ing Ordered in the Governor's Election
and Other Ollices That May be
Affected.
There seems to have been much
fraudulent voting In Spartanburg,
Anderson and other counties, which
will bo investigated and if found true
the boxes where they occurred will
be thrown out. The Spartanburg
Herald of Thursday says:
The county democratic executive
committee of which E. L. Archer is
chairman and Samuel T. Lanham is
secretary, will meet at the qjurt
house at noon today to canvass the
returns to the Democratic primary
election of last Tuesday.
Nearly all the ballot boxes and return
Kh.'ots wore broucht in yester
(lay and (lie few remaining ones will
bo delivered this morning. The committee
will have a long and arduous
session. This county polled about
] <),500 votes, the largest In its hisvtory.
About ninety candidates were
voted for. To compile the results will
be a long task.
The committee will also pass on
contests. It^e reported that complaints
will bo made of illegal voting
at a number of boxes. At Trough, it
is said a large number of men voted
who were strangers in the community.
In other places, it is said, names
were placed on the. enrollment lists
after the rolls had been closed. Severa'
cases have.been mentioned of men
who wore enrolled and supposedly
voted at several precincts.
John Gary Evans, chairman of the
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ut'iuuui ant cacvuuivi vu>wn>
received telegrams and telephone
.messages yesterday from Greenvillo,
Anderson and a number of other
counties notifying him of wholesale
frauds in the election. These will be
taken up in all probability at the
meeting of the state committee in a
few days.
The Columbia Record of Thursday
afternoon says there are rumors in
circulation that there is a probability
of several of the Columbia boxes being
contested. Also information has
been received that tho entire vote of
. Anderson couniy has been contested,
fraudulent'balloting b'^ig alleged.
Persistent and repeated rumors are
in, circulation on the streets that the
entire vote of Ward A will be contested,
but 011 what grounds could not be
ascertained. The source of these rumors
of a protest could not bo traced,
but likely some action will be taken.
There is also a posibility of the
boxes of Ward 3, Club No. 2, being
contested, also those of , Waverly.
From the number of contests reeported
from many parts of the State,
the executive committee, when it
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primary and declare the nominee, will
havo a largo task on its hands.
Reports have been received here
that the entire vote of Anderson county
has been contested, the complaint
being th;U considerable more votes
were cast than names appearing on
the club rolls. If this is true and the
executive committee sustains the protest,
it will materially effort the reBult
of the prjmary. Covornor Please
has a majority of 2,350 votes from
this county.
It is charged that in Cherokee
County that there several boxes In the
county whore republicans were allowed
f'o vot*e; that the vote at some precincts
was incorrectly counted and
that at another box minors were allowed
to vote. It is also stated that
at one box in the county ten TTnjon
county men were allowed to vote.
*PET' KITTKV SAVES GIKIi.
From Drowning !>y Going to IIou.se
to Get Child's Mother.
A pet kitten saved twelve-yearold
Olive Henderson, of Venice, Cal.,
from probable death Tuesday. The
child and the kitten had gono for a
walk, and after a time the kitten returned
alone. When it saw the girl's
mother, it began to "meow" and
started away. Mrs. Henderson did
not follow and the kitten returned to,
renew its complaining, and again
started away. At last the mother
followed. The kitten led tho way to
the end of an amusement pier, where
the child was* found hanging head
downward from a largo spike. She
had fallen from the pier and her
clothing had caught in the spike.
Life guards rescued tho girl. She
was barely conscious and was unable
to make an outcry loud enough to
be heard by prdmenaders on tho pier.
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Giggling Girls Arrested.
Because tlioy giggled and talked
too loud, the Rev. Mr. Curtis, pastor
of the Baptist church in tho North
Carolina district, got indignant and
had two young women, daughters of
L. J. Walters, lodged in jail on a
charge of distrubing public worship.
The preacher claims tho alleged conduct.
of the young women was very
annoying. Justice of Peace Anderson
thought otherwise and discharged tho
two girls.
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Daughter Sends Sad Plea.
"Plonf-e write to me what has he
con of in* father, G. W. 1.033. 1
have written two letters and have got
no answer. So please write me at
once." This was nolo was received
Thursday by the Davidson county
jailor from Mrs. Lizzie Nelson, of
Toliico Plains, Tenn. Til* subject
of tho Inquiry was hanged at the penitentiary
at that place Monday at
daybreak, but tho news had not
reached the daughter,
SHE DECIDED TO DIE
GEORGIA GIIIL ROBBED, MARRIED
AND DECEIVED IN CITY.
Went to New York From Her Georgia
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Homo and Fell Among a Lot of
Thugs and Thieves.
Almost in tears, and telling a pa
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thetic Btory of having Decn rooDou 01
$4 5, all tho money siio had, within a
few hours after she arrived in New
York from her home in Stillmoro,
(Ja., Miss Daisy Way, eighteen years
old, and pretty, was discharged
Thursday by Magistrate Krotel, in
Yorkvillo police court, where she had
been charged with attempting to fling
herself into the Swan lake, in Central
park.
The probation ofheor took tho girl
to the St. Zitas home. Nathan R.
Lepron, a member of the Twelfth
regiment, national guard, prevented
the girl from flinging herself into
the lake early Thursday. Lepron
called the polico and Miss Way was
taken to the East Fifty-flrst street
station.
When arraigned In court she said
that two men took her to a downtown
restaurant when she arrived in
New York two days ago. "The next
thing I remember, I awoke in a hotel
on the West Side," said Miss Way.
"My $45 was gone?tho money I had
saved in Stillmore to bring me here.
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Tlion t wanciereu auoui me i-uy ?nu
into Central Park. A man I had
known in Georgia, 'Joe' Miller, came
along and recognized me.
' Let's get married," he said. "So
that night we were married and the
next day he went to work, telling me
to meet him in the same place in the
park at nine in the evening. I went
there, but he did not come; I waited
for him and then decided to die. I
had no money and didn't know what
pise to do." The police are trying to
fret into communication with the
girl's relatives in Georgia.
ADVERTISING TIIK SOUTH EAST
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Its Advantages will be Displayed at
Western Pairs and Carnivals.
The advantages and opportunities
which the Southeastern states offer
to industrious home seekers will be
strikingly displayed duiing the next
few months at fairs and expositions
in Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio and New York
which last year had an aggreate
attendance of over two million peo1
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Exposition at Tronto, running over
two weeks with an average daily
attendance above 100,000, by exhibits
which will be made by the
Southern Railway System.
Exhibits will be made at more than
twenty-five fairs in the states named
each one of which lias been selected
with a view to its character, attendance,
and probable interest in
locations in the Southeast on the
part of the people attendng. Four
sets of exhibits havebeen prepared.
Each set wil bo shown from six to
nine different fairs covering a wide
stretch of country. A special exhibit
will be sent to the Toronto exposition.
The exhibits will consist of fresh
fruits cotton, tobacco, potatoes and
showing farm and orchard scenes
will be displayed. Representatives
of the land and industrial Depart
rnont of the Southern System will
ho with each exhibit. Attractive literature
giving full information about
especially for these fairs and a set
| of fine Southern views wil be distributed
as souvenirs.
Ry these exhibits the Southern
Railway wil reach a large number
of farmers of just the type that is
wanted in the Southeast and it is
going to the heavy expense involving
in making the exhibits for the purpose
of atracting such settlers to the
country along it s lines.
RECOUNT ANDERSON VOTE
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No Contest Planned So Ear, Although
Rumors of Fraud.
No contest of the votes cast in the
election in Anderson was planned for
Thursday when t'no executive committee
meets at noon to canvass the returns.
Humors have been about since
the polIs closed Tuesday to the effect
that in some of the boxes more ballots
were cast than names appearing
011 the polling lists; that some minors
were allowed to vote; that ballots
for State otllcers cast in county
boxes and vice versa, were counted as
legal votes; that some were allowed
to cast ballots at more than one precinct
and some managers of election
called In outsiders to count tho votes.
These reports are in the shape of ru?
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mors, however, and as iar as cuuiu
he learned Wednesday night, no man
or set of men had planned to bring
fheso rumors to the attention of the
executive committee.
The main fact of approximately 1,f?00
votes cast over of two years ago
has been looked ?n by some with suspicion,
and from a member of the
executive committee it is learned
that the committee would make a recount
of the returns. All actions
looking to a contest, ft is said, will
depend on the outcome of tho recount.
What results a recount wll
bring out are problematical. Some
Jones supporters have been heard to
say that it is possible that several
hundred votes will bo thrown out,
while some lUeaso followers have
been heard to remark that a recount
is but folly and they ??o not fear that
the results will be changed any.
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Perish in the Flames.
At Rutherford, N. J., Mrs. Emillo
Debar and six of her seven children,
ranging in age from five months to
twelve years, perished early Friday
In a tiro which destroyed tneir home.
The husband and father and a son
of seventeen escaped by Jumping
from a second story window.
WHAT BLEASE SAYS
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THE GOVERNOR ISSUES A STATEMENT
TO THE PEOPLE.
Thanks Ills Friends for the Greatest
Victory Ever Known to tho World
at Any inic.
The following statement was Issued
Thursday by Governor Dlcase:
To the Democratic Voters of South
Carolina: On Tuesday the Democrats
of this State decided la behalf of an
honest, clean campaign against the
use of money, whiskey and falsehoods,
their decision being written in
behalf of honor.
Two vears before, in an interview,
(on September 3 4,) speoking of the J
primary election in the race for Governor,
Senator B. It. Tillman said:
"This is a remarkable illustration
of what little influence our newspapers
have. They have been so unfair
and unjust that they are discredited
by the people."
What he said then has been more
than emphasized in this election, but
I do not care to rehash the bitterness
and the filth which South Carolina
has passed through for the last three
months and I hope that it may bo
possible for me to forget and to forgive.
God in His all-wise Providence,
has protected me, and through
tlio voice of the people, which is the
voice of God, has given to mo tho
greatest victory ever known to the
world.
It would bo impossible for human
tongue to speak or hand to write
what I feel and what I would love to
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say lO Jliy 1 nun ur) ill ouum UUI vj nui.<
To say that I thank them is, indeed,
so lit tip and insignificant that I feel
ashamed almost to use that word. 1
thank them, and from the bottom of
my heart I say, praise God, from
whom all blessings flow, and may
Mis choicest blessings rest upon my
friends and our proud Commonwealth,
that He may give to mo the
power and the wisdom to serve my
State and my people better than 1
have ever served them before, and
to serve them with a heart devoted
to the cause of humanity and Christianity.
My friends, I thank you.
May God bless you, and if I can ever
serve you, command, and I will obey.
And to the many hundreds of good
ladies who have added their words of
encouragement and their prayers for
success, I say to them, I thank you,
and may God's choicest blessings ever
rest upon you.
If I have said one word or done
one single tiling which you disapprove
of, I beg your forgiveness, and
that you remember the circumstances
under which 1 have labored were
most trying. Colo L. Blease.
HOI)IKS 1IANG I ROM POLES.
Horrible Details of the Atrocities of
Doth Mexican Armies.
"All around Torrcon the telephone
poles are decorated with dead men,
murdered by the soldiers, and at
Riala, last week, twenty-three bodies
were hanging at one time."
Lee Austin, now of Waco, Texas,
was told this in a letter from a friend
in Zacatecas, Mexico, which was
made public recently. Dr. Austin
was a surgeon for the Mexican National
Railroad lines, with headquar
tors at Torreon lor neariy ium
The Zacatecas friend sends photographs
of the gruesome views to bo
seen. In these pictures men are seen
hanging from the poles. Their bodies
are suspended from ropes around
their necks. He writes in part:
"The country is in bad shape and
getting worse. The government soldiers
afe murdering all the rebels
they can catch and the rebels are doing
the same thing. The general opinion
of about 00 per cent, of the
people is against Madero, but they
swallow their dislike in order to save
something of the country, and have
somo sort of a government to protect
them.
"The country is broke and the Madero
family is getting rich. The
Standard Oil will finally get the concessions
they are after in .this country.
I send you a sample of what the
government has invented (referring
to the pictures). The government
gave orders to lmiraer an prisouura
and (ho rebels In the south took to
[doing the same. For every rebel killed,
his family joins against the government."
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SHOOTS HIS HllOTHEIMX-LAW.
John McCrary Seriously wounds His
Hrotlier-in-Law With Shotgun.
John McCrary, about eight o'clock
Wednesday at Columbus, Ga., shot
and seriously, if not fatally, wounded
his brother-in-law, Will Howard,
using a double-barreled shotgun.
i.VlcCrary is said to havo been
drinking. As he walked along the
street by Howard's home, he saw the
latter sitting on his front porch beside
his wife, and holding his baby
hoy in his lap. Without a word, McCrary
raised the gun and fired. Howard's
left hand was practically torn
off, and his body badly shot. McCrary
went on, and a few minutes
later fired his gun at two women. He
was so close to one of them the powder
burned her hair, but otherwise
she was unharmed.
SerifT Heard werft to the scene immediately,
and although he searched
the entire neighborhood, no clue us to
McCrary's whereabouts could be
learned.
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Vice Consul Was Mm tiered
A dispatch from Columbia says
that the death of William R. McMaSter,
the United Stales Vice cons ll ai
Cartagena, whose body, riddled with
gunshot was found a few miles outside
of that city Monday, has provd
without doubt that ho was murdered.
There are no clue? to the slayers.
HOW THEY LINED UP
COUNTIES FOIt AND AGAINST
GOV Ell NOR 15 LEASE.
Some Facts Al>out tlio Primary That
Will bo Head With Interest by Our
Readers.
The following article on how the
counties and sections voted in the
primary election will bo read with interest
by those who like to keep up
with such things. We take it from
The News and Courier:
Of the 4 1 counties in South Carolina,
the returns as reported show
that Governor lileaso carried 25 and
iii.io-Q ifimou 17 Two motilities. Jus
per and Chester, failed to give cither
Jones or Mease a majority; the
former having given 13lease a plurality
and latter having cast exactly the
same, vote for both Jones and Mouse.
Governor Mease drew his strength
chielly from the Piedmont section of
the State, a section in which it
had been claimed, a sentiment had
set strongly towards Jones in the last
three weeks of the campaign. Tho
results did not justify these predictions.
Anderson, Cherokee, Oconev,
Pickens, Spartanburg, Union and
York all gave Blease big majorities.
Clarendon, Colleton, Chesterfield,
Horry, Kershaw, Laurens, Leo, Lexington
and Saluda also went for him
heavily.
The largest majorities obtained by
Judge Jones were in the lower and
eastern sections of the State. Charleston,
Orangeburg, Sumter, Beaufort,
Edgefield, Calhoun, Georgetown,
Lancaster, Hampton, and Marion
were the counties in which ho had
the longest leads counties except
Lancaster are south cf Columbia.
Here is a list, although in several
instances the figures are not ofiicial,
of the counties which lined up for
Blease and the majorities which they
gave him: Abbeville, 12; Aiken,
117; Anderson, 2,299; Barnwell,
101; Berkeley, 170; Cherokee, 552;
Colleton, 354; Dillon, 11; Dorchester,
G7; Florence, 33; Horry, 516;
Kershaw, 4 13; Laurens, 343; Lee,
212; Lexington, 2 15; Newberry, 158;
Oconee, 359; Pickens, 865; Richland,
31; Saluda, 334; Spartanburg, 539;
Union, 4 19 and York, 3 88.
Judge Jones, on the other hand,
carried Bamberg, 8S; Beaufort, 296;
Calhoun, 232, Charleston, 80 1; DarI
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11; Georgetown 354; Greenville 317;
Lancaster, 23G; Marion, JPll; Marlboro,
87; Orangeburg, 748; Sumter,
451, and Williamsburg, 1G2.
Governor tBlease's majority exceeded
live hundred in six counties, namely,
Anderson, Cherokee, Clarendon,
Horry, Pickents and Spartanburg,
ludge Jones' majority exceeded live
hundred in three counties; namely,
Charleston, Edgefield and Orangeburg.
The News and Courier stated
Thursday that the largest majority
obtained by Judge Jones was in Orangeburg.
This was not corect. Iiis
largest majority was in Charleston,
nangeburg is second on the list. Anderson,
of course, led the voting lor
Jovernor Please?and that by nearly
two thousand.
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DE.WAAb A ilECOUNT.
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Too Many Votes Claimed to be Polled
in Newberry,
When the Democratic Executive
Committee of Newberry County met
to canvass the vote of that county on
Thursday, a petition was presented
asking for a recount of the vote ot
the county, hut without a dissenting
vole the petition was laid on the table.
The recount was asked because
of the large increase in the vote this
year over that of two years ago. The
petitioners then gave notice that they
would appeal the case to the State
Democratic Executive Committee. A
dispatch from Newberry says the increase
of the vote in that county over
two years ago convinces many
that a largo number of fraudulent
votes were cast. The vote for governor
there in tlio ii'-st primary of
11)10 was 2,182 and in the second
primary 2,555. This year the vote
is 2,02 8. There is no doubt in the
minds of thinking persons that the
vote for governor in the State is at
least 20,000 more than it ought to be, I
and they are asking what the State!
executive committee is going to do
about it.
STORM BODICE HEADQUARTERS.
Strike-Breakers Demand Shelter
From Authorities.
Three hundred strike-breakers
brought to Buffalo, N. Y., during the
freight handlers' strike, just ended,
stormed police headquarters lato
Tuesday night, demanding shelter.
They declared that they had been underpaid
and had not been given promised
transportation to their homo cities.
The demonstration became so
serious that reserves were called in
from nearby statin)a to restore order.
Two hundred of the strikebreakers
were finally housed in police
stations, tlie remainder being quartered
lor the night in a downtown
park.
Jack Rabbits Spills Auto.
A jack rabbit, which became entangled
in the running gear of an automobilo
belonging' to YV. L. Lldesay,'
an Iowa man, caused the machine to
run into a fence near Ijovir, Cr.l.,
throwing members of hip party 'rto
the road and damaging l is mach.no.
Tho rabbit wan attracted by the
lights and eustained "fatal Injuries"
Rescued, Drowned Later,
cued from drowning Friday, Kdward
A. Striley, aged eighteen, went out
on the rlvor tn a canot upset and was
drowned before help could reach hlra.
BRYAN TO THE FRONT
UTIJ. MAKE AN EXTENSIVE TOUR
OF THE COUNTRY.
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Governor Wilson Will Speak in
portant Cities of the Country, But
Will Not Make Tour.
With Vice-Chairman McAdoo and
members of tlio campaign committee,
Gov. Wilson will map out the
sections of the country *nere lie will
cpeak and a schedule of addresses
will bo agreed upon. Present plana
call for few speeches from the candidate
himself, but a larger number
from William J. Bryan, Speaker
Champ Clark, Representative Underwood,
Cos. Harmon of Ohio and Foss
of Massachusetts, Scnator-eyect 01 lie
James of Kentucky, and scores of
members of both Houses of Congress.
Though the Governor's idea at
present is to make a number of
speeches in some of the more important
cities of the country, these
speeches is no senso to be a swing
around the circle or stumping tour,
it is admitted that the exigencies of
the campaign may necessitate
changes in the programme adopted.
Mr. Bryan has airanged his own
itinerary to begin about September
10. lie will speak for the most part
in the middle west, beginning, it is
said, in Nebraska, taking in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, North and South Da
kota, Montana, Illinois and Ohio. In
these states, Mr. Bryan will make
big stumping tours, but be will also
devote as much time as possible to
stat03 east of the Mississippi river.
While Mr. Bryan is concentrating
on the northwest and middle wesj,
Speaker Clark will tour the southwest.
After his three speeches in
Maine, next week, ho will proceed to
Missouri, Colorado, New Mexico and
Arizona.
Representative Underwood will
speak for tho most part In the cast
and probably will discuss chiefly the
tariff. The Democratic House leader
has Informed Representative Burleson,
chairman of the speaker's bureau,
that he wishes to rest until the
end of September, but will then begin
active campaign work. lie will
make a number of speeches in New
York state, New Jersey, Delaware
and Mississippi.
Gov. Harmon of Ohio, will speak
in the middle west and Gov. Foss,
who is campaigning in Vermont now
for tho national ticket, will fill a
j number of engagements outside of
New Fmrland well, neonrdiner tn
present plans.
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WILL THKY ADMIT 11IM?
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Comniittco Not Knowing; Their Color,
Favored Them.
Whether negro lawyers hereafter
aro to bo admitted tin members was
one of the subjects before the American
Bar Association which opened
its thirty-fifth annual meeting at Milwaukee
Tuesday.
The question arose in a special report
of the executive committee declaring
that "Although it has been
the settled practice of the association
to elect only white men as members,"
three negro members, including William
IT. Lewis, assistant to the United
States Attorney-General bad been
seated by 'ho committee in ignorance
of their race. The committee rescinded
the action and allowing the
men to remain qualified as n "> mi noes
for membership asked the entire association
to vote on question. Attorney-General
Wickersham announced
tliat ho would inako a strenuous
flgb t.
Owing to the length of the opening
address it. was believed the evocative
committee's report unseating Lewis
because he is a negro would not he
considered until later. The governor
told a thousand lawyers from all
parts of the country that the "people
were becoming tired of judicial usurpation
and settlement law cases on
technicalities rather than merit." The
address of the president, S. S. Gregory
took up tho latter part of the
morning session.
BABY FALLS TW10NTY FFFT.
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Falls From Second Story Veranda
and Was Only Bruised.
B. IT. Bates Jr., thw one-year-old
son of B. IT. liatos of Triftoji, Ga.,
fell a dlstanco of about twenty feet
from the second story veranda of
their residence on Loco avenue Wednesday
morning without receiving
any injury.
Tho baby was picked up instantly
by its mother, who expected to find
it dead. A physician was summoned
and examined the baby thoroughly,
but failed to tiiul any broken
l'mbs or any injury except a small
scratch on tho side of his head,
where he is supposed he hit. It is a
miracle that tho child was not instantly
killed.
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Thief Became Penitent.
Tho Kev. Dr. Hugh C. McDrldge
was robbed of a suit case two weeks
ago in a department store in Philadelphia,
while he was on his way to
Atlantic City. Ho made 110 report of
the loss until when he appeared at
tho detective bureau with a letter
signed "A Heart-Broken Young Woman"
which reads: "[ read your
beautiful sermon and wis overcome
with remorse. I never had a chance
to learn the dl(Terence between right
ana wrong, but when I read your sermon
on tho tost: 'O Lord, please
show ire tho ri ht from wrong' 1
decided 1 did wrong In taking your
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KMUhI by Vicious Dull.
Mrs. Anno Fourquoroan, a widow
of near Lynchburg, Ya., Is dead from
Injuries received when she was gored
by an enraged t ill. She went Into
the yard to let some cow a out, when
the maddened animal charged.
SHOWS UP TEDDY 1
KNEW ALL ABOUT STANDARD OIL'S M
CONTRIBUTION J
TO HIS CAMPAIGN FUND
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<irVIIL)UlU VHU V* lliv V/UHU iuutions
to the 1D01 Campaign Was
6100,000 and This Was Given to
Cornelius lJliss.?The Second Contribution,
$123,000 Was Given to
Senator Penrose.
John D. Archbold pictured to the
public as a political manager and the
directing genius of the Standard Oil
Company took the witness stand before
the Senate Committee Friday to /'
ive his version of the campaign contribution
in I'Ju l, now a subject, of
dispute between Senator Penrose and
Uoosevelt.
The star witness appeared half an
iour before the appointed time. Ho
vas followed shortly afterwards by
Senator Penrose. Messengers were
hurried out after Senators Oliver and
omercue who are to sit as members
of the committee.
Finally the committee assembled
nnd Archbold was sworn. Senator
Clapp asked him what contributions
the Standard Oil Co. made to the
campaign in 1004. "We made two
contributions, one to Cornelius Bliss
f a hundred thousand dollars and
one to Penrose, of twenty thousand
dollars, replied Archbold. lie believes
the hundred thousand dollar
contribution was made sometime in
September. lie thought about the
; middle of the month, his recollection
was that it was given to Bliss in currency
when ho was alone in Arch|
hold's o'lice.
"Wo had had a talk about politics
and c mtribulions and I said the matter
would have to be submitted to
w 111 uuuiu , 11 ? :is siiuiiiKtcii iiiia mo
board decided to contribute," said
Vrchbold, answering the questions
A rch bold said the payment to Penrose
probably vas in currency. "You
were the men in the Standard Oil
Company who had charge of these
political matters?" asked Clnpp.
"Only in Pennsylvania and Ohio
where I'd known relations," Archbold
said.
lie said ho talked later with Bliss,
concerning further contributions and
he thought H. II. Rogers was present.
Afterward he decided to make no further
contributions. "I talked frankly
with Bliss and told him we wanted
to make this contribution but not
wltnout the knowledge of the powers
that be." We wanted it understood
it was appreciated by Roosevelt. BHsa
smilingly assured rno that this
would bo the case.
Archbold continued: "We decided
that our interest as business organization
lay on the Republican side.
Nothing was decided about distaributlon.
It was the company's money.
There was some talk about objections
to contributions from certain
sources."
"Had you any knowledge that this
contribution bad been made known
(o Roosevelt?"
"The only assurance enmo from
Bliss through myeonforenco with
hint," said Archbold, explaining why
they paid it in currency. Archbold
smilingly said he didn't suppose there
was a desire on the part of either for
publicity. At a subsequent conference
regarding further contribution
which was refused Archbold sand
miss gave him to understand that
"further contributions would bo .acceptable
to Roosevelt."
Witness referred to attacks upon
the Standard Oil which lie regarded
as unjust, that Bliss told him lie sympathized
with us but could do nothing.
The attacks lie said .were made /
by James A. Garfield and Herbert
| Knox Smith, both of whom had been
I commissioners of corporations.
"Roosevelt unfailingly approved
those attacks without investigation
ar the slightest knowledge of facts,"
ho added. "And there was more than
coincidence in the appearance of adverse
reports, every time we were
concerned in court litigation or every
time legislation appeared in Washington
in which wo wore interested.
Rarfleld and Smith were more puppets
who jumped when Roosevelt
p ul> h1 strifigs."
When asked if he thought the refusal
to make a further contribution
had anything to do with the so-called
unjust investigations, Archbold bit
Ids lip and finally replied, "Well, I
don't know."
"Do you know that Bliss reported
to Roosevelt that you declined a further
contribution," asked Pomerene,
"I assume of course., that it was re
ported. I don't know in what shape
the report was niado, but undoubtedly
it was made," ho answered.
Afto Archbold concluded members ti
of the committee conferred over the
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testify. Penrose wants Hoosevelt
summoned. William Rockefeller will y'^m
be colled if his health permits, likewise
Georgo Cortelyou. , ^
Clapp produced a magazine story ^
containing a series of letters, purporting
to have been written by Arch- ]
bold to Penrose. Archbold doclared J
that tbe letter mentioning twentylive
thousand send to Penrose seemed . s-r
to bo forgery. The "signature 1s very .j. ;
unlike my own," he said.
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Weds Fiancee In Jail. ,, ,.i
A short romantic courtship came J \
to an unusual climax at Athens, G-a./' W
Monday, when A. W. Clower, once a.. J
local talesman, whose home is in Alabama,
and Miss Edna Overton, A
pretty blonde, of Dallas, Texts, wore
married In the county Jail. The
groom Is In prison a felony charge*
awaiting the regular October term of
court, having been brought to Athens
from Texas two months ago. Tteit
bride came all the way from Test^-^sjj