The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 06, 1913, Image 3
GIVES ALL HE MAKES
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COVENANT HADE YEARS AGI TO
BE FULFILLEI
MONEY GOES TO CHURCH
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at the Flnrt o4 tk? Tear
^ All the Earnings of Twenty-One
l?'?m-<Vnt Ktorm of H. R. Duke in
Tecae Will be Given by HAra to
Charity.
The Atlanta Journal eaye that H.
Z. Duke, who went west from Car.,nii
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iuii wvuuiy, ou., 10 grow up will!
the country, has covenanted to dovole
his twenty-one nickel stores to
<Jod.
Ho and his wife agreed with their
consciences three years ago to turn
the earnings of his stores to the usee
?f Cbristianity when his savings
ahould amount to $ 100,000. He then
had $50,000.
Within a year he had $75,000;
within another year his savings were
little short of $100,000; last year the
sum he named was completed, and
d the lirst day of this year he entered
upon his covenant. As he explained
Wednesday morning at the homo
si his brother-in-law, A. P. Morgan,
at Oakland Oily, he will conduct the
tweuty-eno nickel Btores during the
remainder of his life, purely in the
interest of God.
K very penny earned from the candles,
(he toys, (he thousand and one
things of a nickel store, will be used
in the Christian church. These stores
will support missionaries, they will
pay tho salaries of ministers, they
will comfort the needy, they will
furnish the lessons of Christianity to
the untaught. The nickel stores
scattered through Texas will spread
a Christian influence throughout tha
states acd to foreign lands.
Mr. Duke married in Carroll Conn
ty years ago, and set forth for the
west to find a young man's country.
With $700 ho entered business. His
ono-reom store vau the size of a
close-in modern flat and his stock In
trade would furnish one counter of
the smallest of his twouty-one nickel
*tor<?.
It,lit even then he gave a tenth of
his earnings to Christian work. Bit
hy bit tho store grew, and finally
other nickel stores of H. Z. Duke's
appeared in other western towns.
They seemed to meet with instant
success. Wherever he established a
nickel store he prospered. And aa
lye prospered he increased his gifts
to the church.
"I believe,'' ho said Wednesday
mornin#, "that these gifts wore the
secret of my success. They taught
mjo many things. Thoy Impressed
upon mo the value of money; they
convinced me of tho necessity of
method and system in all tilings;
they showed me how essential it is i
to have more than petty interests.
"At last I decided that I had earned
enough, and I told iny wife that
whatever else I earned shoulud be !
giveu to the church and work of the
church. She agreed that when I had i
$100,(100 I should stop earning monrsy
for myself or for any one but God,
and we made a covenant of that sort.
I am now keeping it.
"Dast. year I made something over |
$24,000, and I think that by Increasing
the number of my stores I can
increase these earnings to $30,000 or
$4 9,000 a year, all of whtch shall be
used as I have agreed.
"I am a member of the First baptist
church of Dallas. I am sixty
years old and I Joined the church at
the age of thirty-five years. During
a large part of my life I have devoted
a part of my means to the church.
"When I first went west I met a
man, a lawyer, named R. D. Rudy,
who gave a tenth of his income to
Church work, lie gave with such Utile
effort, and got such good from liis
giving that my pastor, Mr. McOonnoll,
and myself decided we would
do the same thing. Wo were not
willing to let any one else get more
out. of religion than we did. So we
also began tithing, and I found that
this giving to God was the greatest
experience of my life. No man, no
.matter what his condition, what his
responsibilities, should give loss than
one-tenth to the church. Only then
van he know the full benefits of religion.
"Aa I made more money I save
more. From a tenth, I Increased my
gifts to a seventh, then to a fifth,
and now to all. During the first yoar
lhat 1 begin systematically giving to
the church my offorlng amounted to
$110; second year, $154; third,
$360; fourth, $88; fifth, $530; sixth,
$f>62, seventh, $550; eighth, $250;
ninth, $550; tenth, $1,040; eleventh,
$050; twelfth, $1,123; thirteenth, j
$1,221; fourteenth, $1,143; fifteenth,
$2,472; sixteenth, $3,378;
seventeenth, $1,604; eighteenth, $2,300.''
In a pamphlet published by him at
the request of the Tlaptist laymen of
Texas, he gives his experience of
"Fifteen Years or Timing.
"I havo tried (lie Lord in this busiinos
v/ay," ho says, "and I would no
more quit tithing than I would quit
providing for my family. Tithing
has systematized our business as j
nothing else ever did. It is worth all (
it has cost us, Just for this one thing; |
GIRL TRAVELS AS HOBO
SHE PASSED HERSELF OFF AS A
MAN ON THE ROAD.
Her Sex Wm Only Discloeed When
She Objected to Take a Bath at a
Rent Home.
Masquerading as a hobo in order
to reach the bedside ot her eiek
mother, Mies Edith Pogue, the nineteen-year-old
daughter of Henry
Pogue, of MayerlUe, Ky., was taken
into custody by the police at night
when her sex was discovered upon
hof rofnotil tntrA a hnth a ft nhfi
had applied at the Wayfarers' Rest
for shelter at Louisville, Ky. Mies
Pogue traveled from Cairo, 111., to
St. I>ouis, and from St. Ix>uis to
Louisville over the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, a 600 mile trip
that It took four days to make.
All of the last day she held to the
rods, standing on the bumpers, with
the rain beating mercilesslly down
upon her until the water literally ran
in streams from her clothing. Frank
O'Brien, 21, accompanied the girl
from Evansvillo to Louisville, but
thought she was a man. O'Brien
was astounded when ho heard that 1
"Willie Anderson", as he knew Miss
Pogue, was a girl.
"Don't think hard of me," the
young woman said to a reporter, "I 1
was working in Cairo when I heard
that my mother was dangerously 111
at home in Maysvillo, Ky. I felt I
ought to go homo. I had no money.
Then I decided to go home at any
cost.
"I rigged up in an old suit belong- 1
ing to the man in whoso home I had
been working as a nurse girl, and J
had my hair cut off. I left Cairo
and went to St. Louis. I took the
Louisville and Nashville train out
for Louisville. It was cold, and most
of the time it has been raining.
"Mr. O'Brien? lie got on the same
train with me at Evansvillo, and 1
knew so much about the road that
wo decided to travel together. He '
didn't know that I am a girl. Before
I got to Evansvillo I rode part
of the way in an engine cab. The <
fireman asked me to help shovel coal, '
but I couldn't. He may have guess- 1
ed my secret. He was nice to mo <
and didn't put me off. I had a hard 1
time getting anything to eat on my
travels. I had little money and I <
wouldn't beg." <
The Identity of Miss Pogue was
discovered, as Btatod, at the Way- furors'
Rest when, as Is customary j
with new-comers, the young woman
was asked to take a bath. A half
dozen homeless men were engaged in
scouring' themselves in the bath- ,
rooms, and the attendant met with
an absolute refusal from "Willie An- (
derson." At the same time he notlc- .
od the crimson color mounting tho (
"tramp's" cheeks. Coupling the re- |
fusal, blush and the soft musical
voice of tho supposed young man ,
to-gether, the attendant guessed the j
stranger's sex.
From appearance with her face
covered with grime for four days' |
riding on freight trains, the wayfarer (
is a man. Rut tho instant she ra- 1
moves her cap or speaks suspicion 's
aioused. After tho girl had washed
her face all doubt was removed. *
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OIItL WAS 80I.J) TO GYPSY.
For Whom She Says She Worked For (
Right Ixrng Years.
Startling charges that she was sold i
whoTi snven vnurR of acre bv an or- '
phanage superintendent to a gypsy ;
/or $800 and that for eight years ?
s;hc has served htm as a slave were 1
made to the police and humane officers
at Los Angeles, Cal., by Alice i
Mitchell, fifteen years old. <
She declares she has since been ;
compelled to pose as a fortune teller <
and dancing and singing girl, giving
her earnings to the man and suf- j
fcring frequent beatings. j
The girl for some weeks had beeu ,
telling fortunes in a little booth on ,
Main street, botween First and Sec- j
ond streets. The other day, she says,
sho earned $21, which she took to ,
her allogod master, but the latter was ,
not satisfied with this, she declares, j
and she was compelled to go to some ,
place, the location of which she does j
not know, and dance and sing before
men until a late hour.
The arresting officer was told of ,
the case by a girl in whom the child
had confided. The Humane Society
was called in, the child turned over (
to tho Juvenile Court and an inves
ligation begun. The police are seek- (
Ing tho gypsy. I
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if for nothing else. Luke (5:38 says: <
'(live, and it shall bo given unto you; <
good measure, pressed down, and 1
shaken together, and running over, <
shall men give unto your bosom. For !
with the samo measure that you '
mete withal, it shall be measured to j
you again."
Ho is interested in tho laymen's 1
conference that is to ho held early in (
February, preceding a campaign by
Methodist churches to raise, money
for missionary work in Cuba, but he
must, leave for Chattanooga before i
that conference begins.
Mr. Duke is the son of Thomas F.
Duke, a Confederate soldier who. as
a member of tho Seventh Georgia ]
regiment was killed at tho first battle
of Manassas. !
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PRETTY BAD RECORD
?SEVEN
VIOLENT DEATHS EACH
DAY IN NEW YORK
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MANY OF THEM MU1DE1S
In All, Five Thousand, Six Hundred
and Ninety-Heven Deaths Were
Reported, of Which Two Thousand
Beven Hundred and Twelve Were
Found to be Violent.
According to the New York World
more than seven violent deaths a
day was Manhattan's average for
1912, shown by the report of Antonio
DelesBandro, Chief Clerk to the
Hoard of Coroners, completed Friday.
In all 5,697 death were reported to
the Coroners' office, of which 4,712
were due to violence, including
shooting, stabbing, euicldo, falls and
automobile accidents.
The report lays stress on the fact
that 146 persons died of injuries received
in being struck by automobile
?fifty-five more than the record of
19 11, and adds: "The automobile
law of this State is far to lenient,
and some action should Immediately
bo taken by the Legislature governing
the operation of automobiles to
protect the lives of the people."
The report urges that the police
be permitted to round up gunmen
who make their headquarters in low
class saloons and billiard rooms.
The present system of drawing
coroners' juries is characterized as
one of the poorest and most unsatisfactory
in the United States. Thru'
it, the report states, non-citizens and
women are frequently subpoenaed to
serve as jurors. It is recommended
that the jury system be changed at
once and the selection of jurors be
placed in the hands of the commissioner
of Jurors.
During the year there were 198
homicides. Of these 114 were due to
shooting, 23 to stabbing, 28 to assaults,
10 to malpractice, 17 to infanticide,
5 to gas and 1 to poison.
Df the shooting, stabbing and assault
homicide, 22 were caused by self-defense
or woro accidental. The homicides
by shooting showed an increase
of 21 over 1911.
The total of suicides was 4 7 4, of
which 183 were by gas, 89 by shooting,
28 by cutting, 38 by leaps from
windows and roofs, 15 by leaps in
front of trains or automobiles, 3 2 by
hanging, G7 by poison and 2 by
drowning.
Fifty-three persons were killed in
elevators and 72G lost their lives in
accidental falls. Gas accidentally
overcame 183 persons, thirty more
than the figures of 1911.
Horse-driven xehicles killed 108,
while surface care were responsible
[or G2 deaths. The death list of subway
and tube was 14; home cars,
10; New York Central Railroad, 9;
bicycles, 3; explosions, 14; machinery
accidents, 11; electric shocks, 5;
borse kicks, 1 0.
Accidental burns killed 2G7. Of
this number 139 were children un
der fourteen years of age. This list
s classified as follows: Acid burns,
2 adults; conflagrations, 42 adults,
17 children; matches, 5 adults, 17
children; stove, 42 adults, 7 children;
candles, 2 adults, 1 childl;
lamp, 1 adult; bonfire, 0 children;
scalds, due to hot coffee, water, etc.,
7 adults, 7 4 children; explosions, 16
adults, 3 children; clothes afire, G
ldults, 17 children; jumped during
[Ire, 5 adults.
During the year, fifteen persons
were choked to death zy food. Acnn
foil nnlaAnliarr no naad fiO dnntVia
_> 1 V 4 v - * 1 viVI 1 J/VIOVlll 4 1 O V^U u CI V/\4 u M \ A v.- <4. LmP|
icoidental shooting, 3, and accidontal
jutting, 4.
Of 412 persons found dead, whose
dentity remained unknown for some;
Lime, 263 were identified. The oth- 1
51* 14 9, of whom 64 were children, |
tsere sent, to the Morgue and buried
hy the city.
There were 114 children among
the persons killed by automobiles,
mrface and horse cars and wagons.
Forty-six of these were killed by auLomobiles,
8 by surface cars and 4 br
t orse cars.
Of the persons arraigned before
llie coroners, charged with homicile,
if J were charged with shooting mi
\ } of them were held for the grand
jury, thin one were natives of this
201111 try; 22 of Itnlyl; 4, Ireland; 3,
Uu'.va England; 10, flhin?. ,r'M*r
3.' tl.em v.cro negroes. N'no Mere
lipid for the grand jury out of a total
if 3 0, inclulding one woman, cha;gid
with homicide by assault. Four
out of 12 arraigned for stabbing
tvere held for the grand jury. Eight
of tho 12 were horn In the Tinned
States, 3 in Italy and 1 in Ireland.
Two were women and two were nc-J
grocs.
The report recommends that 111 a
salaries of the four coroners' physicians
be raised to at least $5,000. *
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Aviator Hadly Injured.
At Rheims the TCrenrh nvinfnr
Charles Gaulard, was thrown to the
ground from a height of 240 foot hv
tHo capsizing of his monoplane while
soaring around the spires of the
Rholms cathedral. TTo sustained verv
serious injuries but was still alive
when picked up.
THE WAREHOUSE BILL
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; MEASURE NOW BEFORE THE
| (.ENEKAL ASSEMBLY.
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The Most Important Pieco of Legislation
so Far Attempted at the (
Present Session. '
The Warehouse Bill Is one of the
most Important measures so far con- otdoroH
nf (ho nr<uuin( nooolnn (h a
General Aesembly. It i? intended to
regulate the ginning, balling, inspecting,
warehousing and marketing of
cotton and other products.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina:
Section 1. That the exercise of 1
the police powers of the State and
for the common defenco, a Stato inspection
and cotton warehouse sye- 1
tern is hereby established. 1
Sec. 2. That are hereby
appointed a commission to carry out
tho purpose of this Act. Their terra
of service shall bo two, four and six'
years respectively, and upon tho expiration
of their respective torms
their successors shall be elected for
a term of six years each. In case of '
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the death, disability or resignation
of a member of tho board, his place
shall bo filled by the Governor until
the next regular session of the Gen- (
eral Assembly and eloct'on shall be
had as herein provided.
Sec. 3. It shall be their duty to
study the condition under which cot- '
ton is grown, harvested and ginned,
baled and stored and marketed, and '
as a result of such investigations, to
organize a system that wPl bring 1
about needed reforms and provi lo
for the most economical and scientific
handling of this great crop from 1
tho field to the mills.
Sec. 4. It shall be their duty
when they have determined upon the '
best system of ginning, baling and j '
covering, to recommend its adoption (
by all ginners as fast as practicable
without undue expense, it being one '
of the objects of this Act to make '
South Carolina cotton distinctive in 1
the markets of tho world. '
Sec. 5. It shall bo the duty of tho
commission to establish by leaso, 5
purchase or build as many ware- '
houses as may bo found necessary to 1
properly store and gradually mar- 1
ket tho cotton crop of tho stato and
to appoint managers and such other (
employees as may t?o round neces- 1
sary to handle the business in an economical
but efllcient manner. '
Sec. 6. They shall have tho power <
to appoint as many inspectors as '
may bo necessary to seo that the gin- 1
norios are kept up to the proper de- I
gree of efficiency whether they be <
public or private gins, that proper i
bagging and lies are used; that there
is no false packing or excess tare, <
and any other duties that are neces- 1
sary to carry out tho provisions of 1
this Act. The inspectors herein pro- 1
vided to also perform the duties of f
public weighers in lieu of those now 1
provided by law in several counties
of the State. i
Sec. 7. It shall be tho duty of said i
commission to receive all lint cotton j
properly baled and issue its receipt i
for same serially numbered, setting >
forth the weight, number, grade and >
length of staple, so as to be able to 1
deliver the identical bale on surrender
of the receipt for same, such re- <
point to pnrrv n.hfinlntn tit In to tho
halo or bales for which it is Riven, f
and to bo transferable only by the 1
delivery of same by written assign- j
ment and the cotton represented by f
such receipt, to bo delivered only on \
production of such receipt or satis- r
factory proof of its loss. Tho re- \
ceipt to bo marked cancelled when
the cotton is taken from the ware- (
house. t
Sec. 8. The inspection tags here- (
in provided for and the warehouse
receipts above named, shall be so
designated that tho brand "South
Carolina" will be unmistakable, the 1
Palmetto tree with a bale of cotton 1
lying at its roots and tho shield of 1
the State on each side. *
Sec. 9. To provido for the estab- F
lishment and maintenance of this v
s>stem an inspection too of 25c shall
be paid for inspecting, grading and 1
weighing of each bal* of short sta- '
pie cotton and 50c for each bale of
extra staple cotton or sea inland f
grown or offered for sale in the f
Siato. Evidence of the payment of '
the fees above stated shall be an in- '
spcction tag, sotting forth the weight. (
grade and length of each bale of cot- (
ton, and the regulations to be pro- T
vided by the commission. |
Sec. lb. Any person buying or *
selling a bale of cotton without pav- *
ment of the inspection feo herein r
provided, shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor
and subject to a fine of not f
loss than $25 nor more than $100 or ;
imprisonment more than thirty days. 1
Each bale so sold constituting a (lis- <
tinct and separate offence. i
Sec. 11. In fixing the charges for I
handling and storing of cotton the 1
said commission shall bo mindful '
that the purpose of this Act is not J
to produce revenue, but to estab1!~V.
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I i fi 11 il f^lUl'lll lll.li. \> i I I I jv: oi I i - .mo- I
taininp, will onaMo the producer of
cotton to market h's crop at a minimum
of cost.
Sec. 1 The inspection fee provided
in this Act shall begin on the
first dav of .luly A. P. 101d, and f
shall then apply to nil cotton car?
?0(i over from the old crop, as well i
us tlio now cotton coming in.
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DENIES THE CHARGE
IfOUNG HAN ACCUSED OF KILLING
HIS FATHER
SHOT DOWN IN HIS HOME
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Arrest of Young Man llesult of Kfforts
of Officers, Aided by Xilood
nounOH, to i apturo asHassin 01
Ilobt. Coleman, Aged and Well-to]>o
Citizen of I'ppfT Union County.
Robert Coleman, 65 years of ago,
an excellent citizen of Union county
living near Jonosville, was foully
murdered between seven and eight
o'clock Friday evening, having been
Bhot in his left and neck as he sat
by his fireside alone reading a newspaper.
His son, Harry Coleman, about
twenty-six years of age, !s In Jail
charged with being the murderer,
the motivo ascribed being the desire
to come into his inheritance at
onco. Tho dead man was quite wellto-do,
and, except for a son who has
not been heard of in a number of
years, Harry is his only child or heir.
There was a rain Friday and when
Sheriff Fant early Saturday morning
examined the premises ho found that
tho assassin had stood behind a
clump of evergreens close to the
house and fired a big charge of slugs
and bullets into the. old man's head;
the trail led to and from this point
to a blacksmith shop.
Robert Coleman's gun had been in
this shop. During the night Harry
Coleman got this gun, it is said, and
took it to the house of a neighbor,
and when examined Saturday morning
one of the barrels was wet and
showed every sign of having been recently
fired.
The tracks in the soft mud fitted
the shoes of Harry Coleman, it is
said, exactly. Dogs were sent to the
icene from Columbia Saturday morning.
Thoy took up the trail and
wont over it. Harry Coloman was
sent to climb a tree some distance
iway, and the dogs put on his trail
promptly treed him, it is said. He
was then taken into custody.
It appears further than Robert
Coleman's housekeeper was at the
house of a neighbor Friday evening,
rhey heard a gun fired. About half
[in hour later, it is stated, Harry
came to the houso. He and the
housekeeper went to the Coleman
house some timo later and there they
found the old man lying unconscious
n the floor. He died Saturday mornng
without speaking.
The News and Courior orrcsponient
visited the accused in the jail,
fie stated that ho knew nothing of
he killing, who had done it nor why.
fie was not indisposed to talk, but
dated that there was nothing for
lis to say other than that.
There are various rumors concerting
the young man's character and
lion tier of life. A close neighbor
;nys ho is a hard-working man, but
nelined to gamble, and of a somevhat
roving disposition. The officers
,vlio brought liim in declare they
lave strong evidence against him.
There was much indignation and
excitement there and at Jonosville
>ver the outrage. Had suspicion
'alien on almost any one else there is
ittlo doubt that there would have
icon a lylnching. As It was the ofIcors
brought their prisoner to Jail
jofore the inquest in order to avoid
i crowd that was becoming increasngly
dangerous.
The coroner's jury returned a verlict
charging young Coleman with
lie killing. He refused to comment
>11 the jury's finding. *
Sec. 13. Ily reason of the fact
hat cotton now matures so much
uirlier than when the cotton year
>vas fixed from September 1 to August
31, the cotton year and this
ystom is hereby declared to he from
fuly 1 to June 13 of each year.
Sec. 14. The commission shall
nake annual reports to the General
\8sembly.
Sec. 15. Tho commission shall ,
?ive bond to the State of South Car>llna
in the sum of $50,000 each,
condition for the faithful porforinvnce
of their duties, and alidll teluire
pood and sufficient, bonds of all
miployoee in such amounts as they
nay deem necessary to protect the
>ubllc interest, and shall keep fully
nsured all warehouses and all cot
on or otnor commodities on sior?go
In samo,
See. 10. To encourage a divorsiIcd
agriculture the commissioners ,
ro directed to utilize the said ware10U803
for the storage of eorn, hay.
>ats, peas and other not perishable
arm products put up In commercial
nnckuges during such time as there
nay ho room, and on such terms
hat will cover cost of storage and inuiranco.
Sec. 1 7. The commission Is hero>y
authorized and empoworod to
nako such rules and regulations as
hoy may deem necessary to carry
nit the purpose of this Act, not inconsistent
with the laws now in force
ir the provisions herein specifically
*ct forth.
Sec. IS. The salaries of the commission
are hereby lived at $5,000
per annum, payable monthly, and
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PASSES DISPENSARY BILL
OOUNTIB8 ASKING TO VOTK OX
IIK-KSTARLI8HMKNT.
Bill to Permit DtepeiiMry Electi?u
Bent to House.?Sharp? BanUif
Bill Amended.
Passage of the Clifton Dllll, permitting
those counties whoch voted
out the dispensary in 1909 and certain
others added, to vote on the
question of re-establishing the dispensary
on the second Tuesday la
May passed third reading in the Seaate
Friday morning and was sent to
the House. The opponents of the
hill renewed their fight against It on
third reading, but in vain. The vote
stood 2 2 to 13.
Those voting aye were: Ackerman,
Appelt, Hanks, Clifton, Dennis, Epps,
Ginn, Goodwin, Gross, Hough, Llde,
Mars, Mauldin, McCown, Mullins,
Patterson, Sliarpe, Strait, Stuckey,
Walker, Williams, Young. Total, 22.
Thoso voting nay were: Black,
Buck, Carlilsle, Crouch, Earle, Johnstone,
Johnson Ketchin, Laney, Lawson,
Nicholson, Richardson, Sullivan,
Verner, Total, 14.
Senator Sliarpo's bill prohibiting
the use of the word "hank or banking"
by other than a legalized corporation
was urged by its author.
The Lexington Senator rerferred to
the failure of the Lexington Savings
Bank as an object lesson for the need
of his bill. Senator Carlisle attacked
the bill and thought it would be
interfering with a legal business and
the bill would be unconstitutional,
the bill intrefering with the rights of
an individual.
Saying that he thought the banking
business ought to be separate and
distinct from any other business Senator
Laney spoke for the passage of
the bill. Senator Young spoke
against its passage.
The bill \\as amended so as not to
apply to individuals engaged solely
in the banking business. Senator
Crouch favored tho Sharpe hill but
thought, the amendment so emasculated
it as to render it ineffective.
He told of the failuro of tho I^xington
Savings Ilank, of the Buffering
caused as a result, told of the condemnation
of the State hank examiner,
when he really had no authority
in the matter.
The hill went to third reading, 2ft
to 11, those who voted nay being:
Beamguard, Black, Carlisle, Hardin,
Johnstone, Lawson, Mauldin, Mullins,
Sullivan, Williams, Young. Total,
11. Thoso voting nay were:
Ackerman, Appolt, Banks, Buck, Clifton,
Crouch, Dennis, Earrle, Epps,
Ginn, Goodwin, Gross, Hough, Johnson,
Ketchin, Lide, Mars, McCown,
McBaurin, Nichalson, Pattersoa,
Sharpe, Strait, Stuckey, Verner,
Walker. Total, 20.
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MOURNED AS A SUICIDE.
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John McGowan Juiii|km1 Prom East
River Eerry Boat.
Mourned as a suicide, John McGowan,
who leaped from an East
River ferry .boat at New York on
Wednesday evening, turned up at his
tenement home late Friday night
whilo his young wife with her baby,
was searching the river Tront for
his body. A vision of bis little family
left to starve or accept charity
turned McQowan's intended self-destruction
to eagerness to live.
A photograph of the wife and baby
was found on the ferry boat after he
had leaped overboard. Reporters
were waiting at his borne Friday
night to learn further of the suicide,
when, during Mrs. McGovan's ab
Bonco in search of the body, McGow
an, a tall muscular chap, walked in.
"I simply couldn't stand being out
of work," ho said. "I went on the
ferry boat and waited until it was
In the middle of the river. Then 1
took off my coat and dived into the
water. I must have been pretty close
to the bottom of the river when I
realized what a coward I was. Then
I got on my back and took deep
breaths and struck out for shore.
Men at the electric light station put
me in the boiler room and gave me
hot drinks and when I left tliom
Thursday they fitted me out in a coat
and hat."
transportation when in the discharge
of their duties, with actual hotel hills
when away from home on duties
ronnected with their ofllco.
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from this Act will be turned over to
the State Treasurer monthly and
held subject to the expense of ac
'(tilling \> <u viiuusit-a u uu ntliiinus t'UUnectod
with carrying out tho provisions
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there he, to bo converted into the
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for meeting the ordinary expense of
the State government.
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Oonoral before payment by State
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into immediate effect, tho sum of
$50,000 On, and the same is hereby,
appropriated out of the money in
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Acts inconsistent yith this Act. bo
nrd the sarno aro hereby, ropealod.