Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PLAY BUNCO GAME t ? . i WHOLESALE CIVIL SERVICE FRAUD * * IS ALLEGED i IT WILL BE LOOKED INTO m Senator Overman and Others Assert that Many Government Clerks iu the Department Are Credited to States They Never Even Visited in All Their Lives. That a large number of Government clerks are on the rolls of the Civil Service Commission accredited to states they never saw was emphatically declared Saturday afternoon by Mr. Overman and other Senators. All agreed that this condition must bo terminated. The Democrats of the Senate, led by Mr. Overman, started in earnest after the Civil Service Commission and the classified service. A disposition was manifested to weed out many clerks, possibly thousands, now employed in the various executive departments who are alleged to have secured their positions by misrepresentation. It is also proposed to prevent the future blanketing into the classified service of employees by any President, or the waiving of examinations by Executive order. Earlier in the week Mr. Overman offered a resolution calling on the Civil Service Commission for a mass of detailed information covering all Executive orders since its creation and the present roster of clerks by states. The resolution came up for action Moiiday afternoon. Mr. Overman produced a letter from Gen. Itlack, President of the cominisson, saying it would bo an expensive and endless task to supply certain portions of the data desired. Gen. lVlack dwelt on the matter of expense, saying a large force of additional clerks would be required and the cost of printing the list of 297,472 names would aggregate approximately $29,000. This anticipation of action by the Senate greatly irritated Mr. Overman, who insisted that the "bluff" of H the commission be called at no matter what cost. Speaking of the largo number of persons on the civil service rolls accredited to states in which it is alleged they never lived and in some cases never saw, Mr. Overman said: "I do not charge fraud, but if half of what is said concerning the administration of the civil service bo true, there should be a full investigation. 1 do not believe it will cost ten cents a name to furnish the list of clerks; I think $2,000 as the total cost would be more nearly correct than $20,000." Mr. Overman spoke especially as to conditions in relation to North Carolina. What is true of North Carolina is true of all other states, said Mr. Smoot. Applications were filed and affidavits made alleging residence in states never seen by those securing the Government positions, he asserted. He denounced this as dishonesty, said it should cease and the beneficiaries be removed from office. Several Senators expressed horror at the suggestion that large numbers of clerks had committed perjury to obtain their places. That there must be a thorough housecleaning was the general expression of opinion. Senator Cummins not only approved all that had been said but went further. lie desired laws enacted so that, no President could grant exemptions from examination or cover classes into the service. He thought that authority never should have been given, either directly or constructively. No person should be free from examination, he declared. He said the list of employees changed daily, and he believed it would be of little value within a brief period after its receipt. In order that the Overman resolution might be perfected and made to accomplish the best results with the least expense, it was referred to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment. It is tho purpose of Democratic Senators to obtain all the information desired from the Civil Service Commission and carefully examine it. It is planned to base on the facts disclosed on investigation of tho entire system and the manner of its administration. The idea is that each Senator, after reviewing tho list of Government clerks from his state, can pick out those who are not bona fido citizens. 4 ? r.ntci of voiincir fnlln<uo linirn n smattering of knowledge of some trado or profession sufllclent to keep them from starving, but what is most needed are men and women who are through with their vocations. They are the ones who never lack for employment at good wages. To perfect oneself demands time, perseverance, and self-denial?but it pays. /a A Georgia legislator has been plan ning a measure, the purpose of which is to get cheaper school books for the children. This ought to be done in South Carolina and every Southern State. Education should be put with ;' In reach of the poorest boy or girl. MYSTERY IS CLEARED MAN FOUND MURDERED IN LA\CASTER KNOWN. Hotly Found Three Weeks Ago Relieved to be That of Harry llynmn, Young Jewish Peddler. The Lancaster correspondent of The News and Courier says Sheriff John I\ Hunter Sunday received a letter from L. Slesinger, a merchant, of IHshopville, S. C., making inquiries concerning the body of tho unknown man found on tho banks of Twelvemile Creek, about three weeks ago, near Osceola, Lancaster county. The body was discovered after having been in tho water about ten days. There was a wound in the head made by some blunt instrument, and tho verdict of tho coroner's Jury was that the deceased came to his death by the hands of parties unknown and his body thrown in tho creek. The letter follows: "Sheriff of Lancaster County, Lancaster, S. C.?Dear Sir: We received news concerning a person that was murdered about llfteen miles north of Lancaster, and from tho information received from tho party, he seems to think that the description that the foreman of the jury of inquest gave him, was H. Hyman, (Harry llyrnan as we all know him.) This party? II. Hyman?is 21 years old, clean faco, very dark skin for a white man, rather Indian color, a Jew and weighs about 13 5 pounds, lie had an operation last fall on ono of his toes and tho nail was taken off. He was about live feet, seven inches tall, or under. If he had any papers on him or letters that bear his name they are in the Hebrew language, or if he had ci tnuv,f\-uuui\, tiiiD luau un iu think ho was Harry Hyman. How long had this l)ody boon dead and on what day was it found? If this party doos not answer to the description and if he was a Jew, please let me know. Also please inform mo when and where you buried the body. "Ij. Slesinger." After receiving tho above letter Sheriff Hunter renewed his efforts to unravel tho mystery. The Governor has offered a reward of $75 for the apprehension and conviction of the guilty parties, and Sheriff Hunter has personally supplemented this amount with $25. About two weeks before the body was discovered Constable John Caskey passed a peddle* in tho road in that neighborhood, who, he says, fills tho description given by the foreman of tho jury of inquest and that of Mr. Slesinger. He asked the man his name, and he said it was Hyman. Ho also told Mr. Caskey he was on his way to Lancaster to get a license to peddle in this county. He did not reach Lancaster, however, as the clerk's books do not show that any licenso was granted to a man by that name. MILLIK OH III ST INK DKAl). Dual Formed Negress Who Has Been Seen Hero. The News and Courier says application was made Tuesday to Judge Bryan for letters of administration of tho estate and effects of Millie Christine, tho dual formed negress, who owned property in Charleston, and who died recently in North Carolina. Because the paper was not signed by three .witnesses, as required by the laws of South Carolina, Judge Bryan refused to issue letters Millie Christine was a good example of two female individuals having their bodies connected inseparabl> from birth, being joined by a thick fleshy ligament from the lower end of the breast bono, so that they stood in an oblique position to each other It is said that IM1 Hie Christine died leaving her property willed to liei sister. The sister, however, died r few hours later. Such was the death of the famous Siamese twins, Enj; and Cheng, who also lived in North Carolina. Cheng died in 1 874, while his brother was asleep, and Eng diet a few hours later. Millie Christine was well knowr all over the country, having beei exhibited in every state and almos every country in Europe. Judge Bryan, in regard to the Millie Chris tine will, has issued notice that th< kindred and creditors of the deceas ed appear before hi>n on the 8 0th t< show cause why the said administra tion should not be granted. At one time Millie Christine liver in Colleton county Just belov Branchvllle with her manager, a Mr Smith. During one of the carnival held by tlie city she was on exhibitioi in this city, and was seen by thou sands of our people. She was ver; affable and talked well. New York Ciets Big Sum. New York State will receive be tween $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 ii inheritance tax from the estate of^h late J. P. Morgan, according to pre liminary estimates made by attache of the State comptroller's ofllce. Th ; estimate Is based on a report that th total estate will be about $100,000, 000. i President Wilson is in big lucV 5 "He has received the marked en i dorBement of having aroused the die i pleasure?four columns of it?o William Randolph Hearst," says Th Augusta Crdonicle. -M PAID HIM TO HELP SWEARS GOVERNOR'S NEGRO PORTER GOT FEE ? FOR PAROLE OF HER SON Anna Illnii-j a Colored Woman, Prodnccd Receipt* for Ton Dollar* Signed by John W. Gilliam, Who is the Negro Porter in Governor BIcubc's Oflice. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier says Anna Blair, colored, mother of Willie HJair, paroled Saturday by Governor Bloase from the Richland County chain gang, declared to two detectives of the Columbia police department?S. S. Shorter and James E. Ford?that she had paid money to John Gilliam, colored porter in the Governor's office, in accepting his proposition to help her get a pardon for her son. According to the story that the Blair woman related in talking about the matter, she said she called at the ollice of the Governor and told Gilliam that she was seeking a pardon for her son, and that Gilliam replied that he would help her for money, advising her not to waste money in employing a lawyer. Being anxious to get her son off the gang, the woman said she paid Gilliam $10 and exhibited receipts of which the following are copies: (Written on a Western Union Night Message Blank.) 3, 1913 received of anner blair T> dollars to give James Rragman. John W. Gilliam. Columbia, 3, 1913 Received of Anner Blair 5 dollars. John W. Gilliam. So far no action lias been taken against Gilliam by the police or other authorities. The woman asked the police to help her get her money back. She called at headquarters Saturday morning. Anna 'Blair lives at 414 Blanding street. Willie Blair, her son, was convicted in General Sessions Court at the September term and sentenced to serve one year for the stealing of a bicycle. In taking executive action in Blair's case and granting him a parole during good behavior, April 12, 1912, Governor Please made the following written comment. "Willie Blair, (colored). "Convicted at the September, 1910 term of Court for Richland Count} of larceny of a bicycle, and sentenced to one year imprisonment upon the public works, or in the State Peniteotiary. "A petition was presented, signed by several people, and accompanied by the following letter from Hon. W Hampton Cobb, solicitor: " 'Columbia, S. C., April 12, 1912. " 'His Excellency, Governor Cole L. Blease, Columbia, S. C.?Dear Sir: This boy, Willie 'Blair, pleaded guilt} to stealing a bicycle. The property was turned over to the authorities bj the boy's mother, who has impressec mo as being a good, responsible col ored woman. " 'Blair is only a boy in his teens and his people have assured me tha , if he is given a chance that ho wil go to work and keep out of troubh , in the future. I, therefore, recom mend a parole during good behavior " 'Respectfully submitted, : (Signed) " 'W. Hampton Cobb, " 'Solicitor.' "Upon this showing the defendan I was paroled, during good behavior I April 12, 1912." When shown a copy of the receipt [ Anna mair alleges sne received iron John W. Gilliam, a negro porter a t the Governor's office and at (he (Man i sion. Governor Blease made an in r vestigation of the matter and illicit i ml the following facts: ? Gilliam claims that Anna B.lair fo 1 some time has been getting her meal from his family without paying fo i them; that she approached him i i the endeavor to secure a pardon fo t her son, who was convicted in th 3 Richland County Court for stealing . bicycle, and that he promised to hel 3 without asking for remuneration. He also told the Governor that h 3 had secured the services of anothe - negro, James Bragman, to circulat the petition; that he told Anna Blal 1 she would have to pay Bragman $ v for his services. This she agreed t '. do. Gilliam claims that he only co s lected $5, which he turned over t i Bragman; that his services were gi\ - en gratuitously. y Governor Blease said the petitio did not influence him in granting th parole to the negro hoy Blair Satin day; hut that the letter from Solic tor Wade Hampton Cobh was th on lino r\f li iti nhi inn tcvuuu VI i ? I r> dV'i n/n e * # * Killed in Street Car Collission. a At Jacksonville, Fla., W. A. I o Woorley was killed Tuesday night 1 e a head on collission with a street ca It is said Worley was travelling at fast rate of speed and in some mai ner lost control of his steering gef ;. and crashed into the trolley. He wt i- a prominent automobile dealer. i- ? ?f The Columbia State says that v e may as well begin calling him Free dent Wilson. Jgflp ,a n complete lull round 1 placed between the inner tu tsM-.e^LSM result that any tire becomt 'SN?^w?d as Durable and Free Fr paSB The Interlock is not an open "'' i iftbti hijjh grado Inner Tiro wlii \l\5 and strengthens the casi your tiro service is wonde oral 'oss BPeo(^ or rosilienco. The Interlock pressure 1 chafe or heat. I( has mondations of the wor un^ prominent automohi tgja\* ^nHRhK proved good under the lw?\* ci.ua I ry trips and fast ei: 4 '-^mSSSi - Interlocks will increase materially - hut they * ^?SfP^ \ Stop Tire w \ Double th ( V-'- tfjPQ 1 fi fiiM Jl. .. 4 M rtWttftWi Your I should have the b'est of atte natural life. Get the full b*n< make him valuable to you?a keeping him in first-class com i Keep him insured and pre hand for emergency a bottle ? Don't experiment with unk t... ? it? i-i ?sic??um ubo uiuo tested ano Noah's Hors * contain no dope whatever. Beware of medicines mad* ; die from being treated with t ; than if none had been given at l heart or run-down condition .When the reaction acts in the; Noah's Horse Medicines a ! larger public institutions, by 1 people in the live stock and supplied regularly in quantitli rlans. large contractors, mint rihicn is the best recommend Wanted to Get ltiglit. j Thomas Connelly twenty years ago ^ committed a burglary that netted him four hundred dollars. Ho robbed a poor woman of her all, but his sin weighed heavily on him. He was seventy-two years of age, a ragged, unkempt wanderer, when ho died in f Chicago the other day on his way to the County Hospital. Among his ' scanty effects was found a letter to a Catholic priest : "For the love of Cod, father, fin 1 Anna Jane Gallagher of Escabana, ii woman with brown hair," he wrote. "1 stole $10 0 and a beautiful prayer book. I sold the juelry and got some goods and started to peddle, and 1 made money, and now I am r dying and I want to pay back this 8 money, for I sold all her things r only the prayer book?and I saved it. 11 I want to get rite with God. Give r her the money sewn in my clothes." e His old faded clothes were examft ined and nearly fourteen hundred dollars was found sewed up in them. A search was made for the woman e and she was found in Escanaba and v a few days later was given tho money e by the Probate Judge of Cook County if to whom it had been given. Besides 5 the amount he left to Anna Jane Galo higher Connelly had in the bank 1- twenty-five hundred dollars, o Connelly, the thief, wanted to get f- right with God, and to do so he knew that he had to make rest.itun t.ion. This thing of making restitu? tion is a hard thing to do, but no <*- one who lias wronged another in any i- way can ever get right with God until ? he does. God will not pardon our sins tis long as we have in our pos session that which does not belong to us, whether wo got it as Connelly 1. did or by shark practice or unfair n means, which may bo regarded as r. legal. a ? l- Court Justice Killed, ir Justice Henry Ilischoff, of the New is York Stato Supreme Court, plunged eleven stories down an elevator shaft to his death Friday afternoon in the re Emigrant Savings Bank building, e- where he had offices. He was nearsighted. W<ms e k" Inner Tire \ ''xtra Inside Tiro which ia \ bo aotl outer casing with tho l s Ihovv-out Proof, Twice 111 11 'I'llllllllo ed^o "rIiop or reliner," but a ch protects tho inner tube ng at every point* ho that rl'ully improved?yot with no ooks to the rim bo cannot I eived the hl?h nst rooom* I IiI'b largost tiro niuhcrH > lo manuioctu re rs, and haa / i crucial teat of lonjf ctohh- / idu ranee runs. / the mileage of old tires / nil do even more in new s* Trouble and e Service^./ i Mk kf **$\ Horse ntion and care during hla ifit of pleasure, or work, and s you should valuo him?by dition. itected by always having on ? 1 XT U?_ *f - il-1 ;kui ui u mcalcines. :nown and dope-made remo, guaranteed medicinal. e Remedies e up of dope?more animals drugged and doped remedies : all. An animal with a weak cannot stand being drugged, Y usually die. re used and endorsed by our the largest concerns and best livery business. They are ea to many leading vcterinasrSp express companies, etc, ] High Grade Se< .VIIXbU.N'SS1?L0DStiROW. The o LONG AND SHORT 5 o The best Varieties. Wr | CORN. SORGUM, Ml Our Corn is all 1IIG11-B *| Get our Illustrated Catalog! j; W. H. Mixso Jf CHARLESTON Woman's licst Friend. The Sumter Herald says: "We that the Clarendon medical asso tlon is going to ask the women that comity to raise funds to lie i for the statue the medicine met the State wish to erect to the men of Dr. J. Marion Sims. We li Clarendon women will refuse, an the Sumter doctors make a sim request wo hope the Sumter woi will refuse." The Herald is wri Dr. .1. Marion Sims devoted his ta almost entirely to the relief of men. IIy his discoveries number women the world .over were rest from a disease worse than death, restored to health and happiness, all the people in the world, the t that should be most interested erecting a monument to Dr. J. Ma Sims should he the women, for wl the great surgeon did so much, more appropriate monument couh erected than one by the womer this great and good man. .May Itring Test Case. The Japanese Cabinet at Tokic ported to the Emperor Monday President Woodrow Wilson's d< I An ?? A i /-v 1 r* f A??f awa ?i> I A U ? > 1 1 / **? ? 11/11 11WI IU 11111:1 111 \j Willi V/aiUUI I land ownership legislation make necessary for Japan to present a case before the Supreme Court of United State, proving that the panese are not of Mongolian or and are, therefore, entitled to cltl ship in the United States. INTERLOCKS" An Kconomy? | Not an Kx.|>en#<?! f intfim nrifc in i unuv/viw Will Prevent i Tire Trouble! \ INTERLOCKS" ^ Do Away With the An* noyaiHT of "IMow-outs". A "INTERLOCKS" KlitninHU< the Chancea of Puuet ure.s. / ll' VOl have lire trouble, blame / YOlTtHKLP! / If your i^ura^o <ioe? not handle J them write us and we will see that ) A yoti are equipped. * i* y / L Livingston & Co. I 'jna imstiwui ions, -J ORANGEBURG, S. C. mmmmmmmmmmmmMmmmmtmmmmmmmimKwmm?mmmiLMmammmmmmmmmmm A ^ I OTlT* Heah's Col to Remedy la r?ow men(1?d for that moat dangerous disease, Collo, and la harmless In ltd effect. Simple to admlnlater?(W?n <^n the tongue. Cheap In prloe?flOe a bottle, and worth $60 to any stook owner. Yellow box. red and blaok printing. Noah'a F?rer Remedy la a medicine for fever, oolda, dlatemper, tofluema, lung trouble* and the treatment of milk fever In cow a Given on the tongua Two alaea, BOo and gi.OO. Blue box. red and blaok printing. Noah'a Kara-Call Ointment* for fresh outa, old cores, scratches, oot- j lar galls, eore backs and thrush in horses' feet. 30o per can. Bronse can. red and black printing. Noah'a Liniment la the bent allround family and stable remedy on the market. Contains no aloohoU chloroform, ammonia, naphtha, ben* sine or poisonous drugs. Bflo, 50e and fl?00 a bottle. Gallon oans at 90.00 White boxes, red and blaok printing. The genuine Noah's Medlolnes have Noah's Ark?registered trade* niark?on overy outside box ana labeL Word "Noah's" always in red i, ink. Beware of substitutes. f old by all dealers Is ins <11 slap or pant prepaid on jreoaipt of prion Hade In Richmond, Ifk, by &? IPmS emsty Oe? Tse ed and Farm Lands I y are grown in the South for the South i STAPLE UPLAND COTTON \ < ito Tor prices and information. o LLET, VELVET BEANS &c iE --------------------------------------------- < KBU SOUTH CAROLINA CORN. le of all Vegetable and Farm Seeds. n Seed Company, ? SOUTH CAROLINA Wv J *T <4? + %> ^ " ' ???? People Klect Senators. see The last State needed to make the cia- direct election of United States Seni of ators a fact has been secured, ana ised from now on tho people will elect the ? of Senators and not the different leglslaiory tores as has been the custom. Tho lope struggle has been long and some(l if times bitter, but the advocates of di- { lilar rect election have made steady admen vance with tho result that the goal mig. at last reached. It must be admitted lent that those who have favored the conwo tlnuance of the old system have playdees ed into the hands of the other side, 'tied The scandals, corruption, and exnen and Hive delays associated, with tho eleeOf tlon of many senators have disgusted >nes thousands of voters. Then, too, it is in justly felt that some men have enterrion cd tho senato through tho door of J tiom bribery men who were so inferior , No that but for their wealth they could [' b? not have been chosen. i| There Is No Such Thing. i "In practico there are no ideal 1 newspapers; nor have I found any- v i re- where ideal preachers or teachers," j that said Dean Walter Williams of the J ids- School of Journalism of the TTniver- ji aian slty of Missouri oS Texas. "No one H '8 it recognizes more clearly than tho j test journalist that evils exist in the prac- I the tice of his profession. How to cure J Ja- these evils is with him an ever-per- M igln plexing problem. Tho real cure rests jM zen- with the men who buy the nowspa-H per who makes It." | hH