The times and democrat.(Orangeburg, S.C.) 1911-09-28.€¦ · the first day of the.trial in the...
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PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKU* THE LAßE» ^ASE Celebrated Dijpensary Case . < % ibe Caorl at Colombia *o THREE MEN ARE NAMED Conspiracy to Defraud the State Is the Technical Charge Made Against the Defendants, L. W. Boykin, J. B. Towill and W. O. Tatuni, Form- er Dispensary Officials. The Record says persistent argu¬ ment over the admission or rejection of testimony of witnesses and the en¬ trance of records i$to the evidence were the predominating features of the first day of the. trial in the cele¬ brated "label" case, which was com¬ menced Tuesday morning in the court of general sessions, at Columbia, Judge Wilson presiding. ' The case Is one of the so-called dispensary "craft casc:3." Defense and prosecu¬ tion stating themselves ready for trial in the case of the State against W. G. Tatuni, formerly dispensary commissioner; L. W. Boykin and John Bell Towill, former members of the dispens-iry board, on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the State, the trial commenced about 10 o'clock Tuesday morping. Up to the dinner recess, three wit¬ nesses for the prosecution had been examined, these being Assistant Sec¬ retary of Stute W. B. Dove, Mr. Ei M. Tholnson, uecretary of the present winding-up commission, and Mr. S. T. Carter, chief clerk in the State treasurer's office. The principal mat¬ ters of evidence brought out during ' the morning session of the court were the stub book of the old dispensary (board, showing memoranda of war¬ rants drawn on the State treasury, two of which were in favor of the Nivison-Welskopf company, of Cin¬ cinnati, and the two vouchers corres¬ ponding from the vaults of the State treasury. These showed two pay¬ ments of 517,808.50 each from the dispensary commission, to the Weis- kopf co;..p8ay. The attorneys for the defense en tered their names with the clerk. Representing L. W. Boykin are Messrs. Nelson, Nelson & Gettys of Columbia, Messrs. Johnstone & Cro- mer" öf Newherry' and Mr. .R. H. Welch of Columbia. Representing John Bell Towill are Messrs. E. L. Asbill of Lexington and Solicitor George B. Timmerman, a cousin of Mr. Towill. Attorneys for W. 0. Tatum are Messrs. Raysor & Sum¬ mers of Orangeburg, State Senator Robert Lide of Orangeburg, T. H. i Tatum of Eils^ opville, J. B. McLaugh-i lin of Columbia and R. H. Welch of Columbia. Attorneys for the defense called the roll of their witnesses and It was stats-d that they would all be present during the day. Thereupon the defense announced itself ready for trial. lAmong the witnesses named were: H. G. Garrison, W. M. Shannon, A. D. Kennedy, W. B. Gordon, W. R. Hough, John G. Richards, Jr., W. B. Boyle, J. E. Gidden, H. H. Evans, M. 0. Damzier, Wille Jones, J. P. Matthews, W. G. Childs, C. Fitzsim- ons, Charles Ellis, G. McD. Hamp¬ ton, D. S. Pope, J. J. Watson, Theo. N. DuBose, L. C. Lipscomb, William' Watson, H. B. Richardson and others. The prosecution is conducted by At¬ torney General Lyon, assisted by Mr. W. F. Stevenson, Assistant Attorney General M. P. DeBruhl, Solicitor W. H. Cobb and Mr. B. L. Abney. The indictment which was read to the jury charges that the three de¬ fendants were officials of the State dispensary, that they entered into a conspiracy to defraud the State in the purchase of a number of labels from the Nivison-Weiskopf company at a total expenditure of about $35,- 000, defrauding the State in the sum of $22,500 in the transaction- Mr. W. B. Dove, assistant secre¬ tary of st=.te, was the first witness for the State, but the defense stated that they would admit what the wit-; .ness was to prove, that the defen¬ dants were officials of the old dispen¬ sary board. Messrs. Boykin and Towill were directors and Mr. Tatum commissioner. The first real fight of the trial came when Mr. E. M. Thomson, secretary of the present dispensary winding-up commission, was placed on the stand as the State's second witness. "The prosecution de¬ sired to enter as evidence a stub book containing the records of warrants drawn by the dispensary board upon the State treasurer. The defense ob¬ jected to uhis book being entered in evidence. Arguments were made bj Mr. George Johnstone for the de¬ fense and Mr. Stevenson for the State. The defense claimed that they had a righ t to demand the checks or warrants themselves, which they said would be the highest evidence and not merely the memoranda of these checks. Mr. Johnston argued that to ac¬ cept these stubs as evidence of mon¬ ey paid out by the commissioner, it would have to be proved that the memorandums so made were made under the authority of the board that the writing was the handwriting cf the defendants. The objection was finally overuled by Judge Wilson and the evidence was submitted. Several stubs were read to the jury by Mr. Sieverson showing warrants drawn in favor of the Weiskopf com¬ pany. Upon cross examination Mr. Thomson stated that he had come HAZING AT CMEffiSÖN I CADETS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED * ^ FOR THE OFFENCE. V <? -.- T». 3oard of Trustees Have Deter¬ mined to Break Up the Foolish Custom Among the Boys. The Anderson Mail says seven cadets have been dismissed from Clemson college for hazing. None of these are from Anderson county, but from counties in the lower section of the state. Their names could not be divulged at the college, fo'\wing a rule along this line adopted some tine ago. The Mail says:^ ... A rumor was afloat in Anderson that nine cadets had been dismissed and that ninety others were yet to be tried on the charge of hazing. Dr. Biggs, president of the college, was reached over the telephone, and he stated that only eight had been brought up for hazing, and that sev¬ en of these had been dismisse-!. This occurred two or three days ago. Heretofore it has been cue omary at Clemson for the president or some other official to state orally to the student body when it assembles for the opening of the season that hazing will not be tolerated, the penalty for such offense being expulsion. This year the custom was changed; each of the boys anticipating admittance receiving letters several days before the college opened .stating that all cadets guilty of hazing would be ex¬ pelled. It Is said that the hazing 'n this incident was only that of the recruits being required to sing "Casey Jones" and a few other songs for the merri¬ ment of the other cadets, and that maybe a paddle had been called light¬ ly into use. At any rate the recruit was not injured in the slightest, and had it not been for the fact 'hat he was resigning in order to return to his home, he would have probably never reported the eight your.g men to the officials. Dr. Riggs said that there is less hazing at the college than ever be¬ fore; that the cadets are required to sign an agreement that they will not participate in hazing, and that the cadets are observing the agreement. There has been a good deal of com¬ plaint about hazing at Clenson Col¬ lege, and the trustees are to be con¬ gratulated on the steps they have taken to stop it. . FOUR DIE IN FIRE. They Were Smothered Before Help Could Reach Them. At Chicago four persons were smothered early Monday morning in a Ire said t cbr incendiary that partly destroyed two small flat buildings at 1336 South Sangamon street. The dead lare: Harry Egalovitch, his wife, their baby and L. Alporf, a boarder. They lived in the third flat of a three-story rear building. A two-story building fronting on the street was also partly destroyed. All other occupants of the buildings es¬ caped in their night clothes and it was thought that no one had been hurt until the firemen found the four persons dead. Their bodies were scarcely scorched and it is thought they were asphyxiated by smoke be¬ fore the alarm of fire aroused them. Two babies were dropped from sec¬ ond floor windows unhurt. » m *- Strung Him Up Quickly. At Kiev, Russia, Dimitri Bogroff, the assassin of Premier Stolypin who was condemned to death by court- martial, was hanged Monday. Be¬ fore his execution the young man as-ked that he might see a rabbi but refused this, consolation when in¬ formed that the interview must be in the presence of officials. Four Men Killed. At Youngstown, 0., four men were killed and twelve hurt in an explo¬ sion at the Republic Steel and Iron company plant. The dead are Hun¬ garians. * into the ipossession of the books only the day before and could not vouch for its being the records ma-.'e under the supervision of the board. The jury was excused from the court room while arguments were heard as to whether or not the witness could identify a letter which it was claim¬ ed was written by Mr. Lyon to Gov¬ ernor Rlease, stating that the case against "Weiskopf in this case, would be nol prossed. upon the condition of his telling the truth on the witness stand. The third witness for the prosecu¬ tion was Mr. S. T. Carter, chief clerk in the office of the State treas¬ urer. He identified two vouchers, drawn by the dispensary board in favor of the Nivison-Weiskopf com- pany. These were submitted as evi- dence after some argument by the attorneys. They were signed by the late G. H. Charles, clerk of rhe State dispensary board, and by W. 0. Ta- tum, commissioner. They were both for the same amount, $17,838.50 each and were dated, respectively, September 15, 1905, and October IS, 1905. A number of questions were asked Mr. Carter regarding the man¬ ner in which the former winding-up commission, of which Dr. W. J. Mur¬ ray was chairman, kept its papers and it was shown that they had no fixed place of meeting, and that its records were left in several places where they were accustomed to hold- sessions. tit ORANGEBURC OLD TO THE NEW Change? in the Personnel of the Uaited Slates Senate From Tbat OF A FEW YEARS AGO The Type of the Body Has Under¬ gone Great Changes, and the Old Senate Dominated by the Old Guard! Has Became a Thing of the Past. When former Senator Thomas Car¬ ter of Montana died a few days ago attention was directed to the rapidity with which the United States is changing its personnel, says P. H. McGowan," the Washington corres¬ pondent of the Columbia State. Mr. McGowan goes on to say: At the present rate of change it will be only a few years until the present senate has been almost en¬ tirely reconstructed. Senator Car¬ ter's final term in the senate was from 1905 until 1911. But the sen¬ ate, as he knew it, is an utterly chan¬ ged body. In the first place the senate with a few strong men of the old guard, like Aldrich and Hale and Allison has passed out of existence. The proba¬ bilities are that it will never return. A new and different type of public men have come upon the scene. It will never be possible again for a man of the Aldrich type to hold the senate in the hollow of his hand and vote it almost as he wants to. The old regime is gone. It began to totter soon after Senator La Fol- lette came to the senate and started to talk to empty seats, while his old guard colleagues scoffed at him from the clerk rooms. By himself, La Fol lette couldn't pry the old guard loose but it wasn't long until he got help. Now, the insurgents who believe in the things that La Follette believes in hold the balance of power In the upper house. The house of representatives is generally thought of as the body of congress in which these is the most change, in which service is the fleet¬ ing and transitory. But, as a mat¬ ter of fact, it is little if any more given to change than the senate, in these modern days of the direct pri¬ mary and the war on the member who is suspected of having affiliations with any but the common people. If one wants to gain an impression of how the senate is changing let him pick up a congressional directory of a few years ago and see how many of the men then in the senate are left. Take for instance, the directory of the first session of the Sixtieth con¬ gress. Examine the edition printed at at the beginning of-the year 1908 That is only äbout three years and a half ago. That nearly half of the senators then in service should now be in their graves or retired from congress seems almost unbelievable. Yet such is the fact. Of the 92 members of the senate 40 are no longer in that body. The roll of those retired by death or by the exigencies of politics iu a stirring one. Look it over. The venerable and well-beloved Allison is dead. Nelson F. Aldrich, confronted if not by defeat at least bv a discredit ed leadership In the ser-'te, is in re¬ tirement. Teller of Colorado is dead Frye of Maine is dead. Hale has re¬ tired because he saf a political storm coming which he could not breast. Daniel of Virgina, in his day one of the most gallant figures that wore the gray, is dead. So is Proctor of Vermont, one time secretary of war. Hansbrough is retired. Burrows of Michigan was driven out of public life by the over¬ whelming vote of his constituents in favor of a younger and more pro¬ gressive man. "Uncle Steve" Elkins of West Virgina has gone to his grave Clay, of Georgia, one of the most earnest men who ever sat in the sen¬ ate is no more. Foraker, because ot Roosevelt, is out of office. McEnerj of Louisiana died in the harness. Thos. Collier Platt, too. is dead. Money, P.everidge, Depew, Kean. Scott, Taliaferro.all well known fig¬ ures about Washington for years, and oi' influence in the senate.have been succeeded and not of their own voli¬ tion, by other men. The magnificent Dolliver, coverted from regularity into zealous progres- sivism, came to a tragic end. Bailey is still in the senate, but has declar¬ ed his intention to quit. McLaurin of Mississippi and Kittredge of South Dakota both are dead, and so is Lati- mer of South Carolina. Ankeny of Washington, Fulton of Oregon, Hopkins of Illinois. Long of Kansas, McCreary of Kentucky, Dick of Ohio, are additions to the list of the retired. Knox left the senate to enter the cabinet, and. gossip says, would be glad if he could throv off the unhappy burdens of his office and once more be. senator. Bulkely, of Connecticut, was '.jeat- en. So was Burkett of Nebraska. Flint quit to practice law in Los Angeles. Hemenway of Indiana was- driven out and still flits now and then like a ghost of the past about the capitol. Piles of Washington went back to his law office, assisted by a large number of adverse votes. War¬ ner of Missouri has been sent back to retirement and so far has Frazier of Tennessee. The brilliant William Pickney Whyte of Maryland died at over 80 years. So did the young and bril- J, S. C, THURSDAY, SEPTE1 BRYAN ANSWERS TAFT SAYS WHEN A TRUST MAGNATE IS PUT IN JAIL. He Will Give Weight to the Presi¬ dent's Defence of the Decision of the Supreme Court. W. J. Bryan answering the chal¬ lenge of President Taft made at Cher- rydale, Kan., that he produce an ex¬ ample of restraint of trade, which would not come within the purview of the Supreme Court. Bryan said on Monday night before leaving for Knoxville, Tenn., for Cincinnati: "If President Taft would take time to read the dissenting opinion of Jus¬ tice Harlan in the case and report of the judiciary conmittee of the Senate, filed by Senator Nelson when the committee refused to recommend the amendment, which t/he Supreme Court injected into the law, he will understand my view of the subject. "I believe with Justice Harlan and the Nelson report that the Suprme Court has practically nulified the criminal clause of the anti-trust law and will wait until the President suc¬ ceeds in putting a trust magnate in the penitentiary before I give any weight to the President's defense of the desession of the Supreme Court. "It took four years and a half to get. a decision in the Standard Oil case. If it takes that, long to find out whether a trust magnate can be sent to the penientiary under the law as emasculated by the Supreme Court, President Taft nay be able to bluff his way through another cam¬ paign on the trust question as he did through the law, but the bluff ought to deceive anybody who is real¬ ly opposed to the trusts." This was "Bryan Day" at the Ap¬ palachian Exposition. The Nebrask- an arrived recently and went to the exposition grounds early in the day, where he made a tour of the various exhibit buildings and participated in pleasures of the exposition. This afternoon at 4 o'clock he delivered an address at the exposition grounds upon the theme, "The Signs of Times." THE HOLSTEIN-SPRADLEY FEUD. Sensational Affair Out of Which Grew Charge of Murder. The Holstein homicide case is ex¬ pected to come up for trial In Aiken this week. An Aiken dispatch says the case has created more interest than any that has been tried in that county in many years. In this case death of Mrs. Spradley, aunt of Co¬ lumbus Spradley, with severely whip- six members of the Holstein family, one of the most prominent In the county, are charged with causing the ping Mrs. Spradley's husband, Ben Spradley, and of whipping young Co¬ lumbus Spradley and compelling him to leave the community. The Holsteins and a neighbor, Doc Cockrel, are alleged to have visited the home of Ben and Mrs. Nettie Spradley about six weeks ago giving Columbus and Ben Spradley a sound thrashing. The excitement is said to have caused the death of Mrs. Sprad¬ ley, though this is denied by the Hol¬ steins, who state they will have no difficulty in showing that she was well and hearty after the 'affair of that Wednesday night. Ben Spradley re¬ ceived but one severe blow, but he hovered between life and death for several days, finally recovering. Co¬ lumbus Spradley disappeared and was not located for several days, but when found it was' ascertained that he had not been seriously injured. This unfortunate affair hinged about the attentions of Columbus Spradley to Miss Gussic Holstein, a pretty and intelligent girl. When the young man visited a school entertain¬ ment in that neighborhood some weeks before he lost his heart to the winsome girl, but met with the vio¬ lent opposition of her relatives. On the day of the whipping young Sprad¬ ley had gone to the home of his un¬ cle, Ben Spradley, near the Holsteins from his home in Augusta. Was Beaten to Death. C. H. W. Johnson, mayor of Oak- hurst, suburb of Atlanta, was beaten to death with a scantling by T. W. Zuber, after the latter had been shot and mortally wounded by Johnson. Zuber was rushed into Atlanta for medical attention, and Johnson died at his home about 15 minutes after the fight. Ham and His Load of Eggs. At Newport. X. J., a passing train Sunday frightened a horse pulling a load of eggs and driven by Roy Ham. The horse bolted, the wagon tipped over and Ham and eggs were both thrown into the street. When Ham scrambled from among the eggs he resembled an animated omelette. Fight Caused Death. Intense excitement while witness¬ ing an altercation between Leon Combs and John Duagherty, one arm¬ ed with brass knucks, caused William Nettie, aged fiO, to drop dead from heart failure at Manor, Ga. liant William J. Bryan of Florida. Paynter, is still in the senate, but his tenure of office is uncertain. Contemplative folks searching for proof of that aged saying, "Vanity of Vanities, all is vanity," will do well to study the mutations of roeent time in the senate of the United States. OER'28, 1911. STATE BANKS Statement cf Their Condition Kade by the State Bank Examiner. HAKES A GOOD SHOWING The Report Shows That the Resour¬ ces of the Two Hundred and Nine¬ ty-five State Banks Are Far in Ex¬ cess of Any Period During Last Six Years. State Bank Examiner B. J. Rhame issues the following report on the condition of the banks of South Car¬ olina, accompanied by these com¬ ments: "Enclosed you will find a report of the condition of the banks of this State doing business on September 1, 1911, which are subject to the juris¬ diction of this office. I also enclose a comparative statement showing in¬ crease or decrease, as the case might be, during the past year. "The resources are larger for this call than they ever have been in six years which this office has been in existence, showing that the banks are growing very rapidly in the amount of business which is transacted." Statenent of the condition of the 295 State and branch banks and priv¬ ate banks, at. he close of business Sepember 1, 1911: Resources. Loans and discouns. . $57,962,790.23 Overdrafs _..... 575,020.421 Bonds and stocks own¬ ed by the bank... 4,096,815.29 Furniture and fixtures 507,707.43 Banking house. 1,135.666.09 Other real estate own¬ ed . 333,748.76 Due from banks and bankers . 4,455,366.29 Currency . 867,282.00 Gold. 100,630.50 Silver and other minor coin . 312,602.76 Checks and cash items 273,599.28 Exchanges for the Clearing House .. . 42,323.96 Other resources, viz . 17,778.89 Total .$70,863,331.90 Liabilities. Capital stock paid ln$ll,376.725.42 Surplus fund _.. 3,683,115.561 Undivided profits, less current expenses' and taxes paid_ 2,187,577.36 Due to banks and bankers . 570,949.82 Dividends unpaid ... 19.7S3.14 Individual deposits subject to-check .. 16,305,117.53 Savings deposits_ 17,246,987.45 Demand certificates of deposit . 213,033.12 Time certificates of de¬ posit . 3,846,542.85 Certified checks. 52,913.07 Cashier's checks_ 104,938.90 Notss and bills redis- . counted . 2,1X7,277.24 Bills payable, includ¬ ing certificates for money 'borrowed .. 12,900,555.63 Other liabilities, viz . 107,814.81 Total .$70,863,331.90 Call No. 23. Resources, September 1, 1911 .$70,863,331.90 Resources, September 22, 1910 . 64,491,536.S4 Increase in one year .$ 6,371,795.06 Increase since June 7, 1911. 2,62*, .^58.46 Loans and discounts, September, 1911 ..$57,962,790.23 Loans and discounts, September, 1910... 50,453,490.43 Increase in one year .$ 7,509,297.SO Increase since June 1, 1911. 3,817,411.3S Duo from banks, Sep¬ tember, 1911 .$ 4,455,366.29 Due from banks, Sep¬ tember, 1910 . 5,871,499.48 Decrease in one year .$ 1,416,133.IS Decrease since June, 1911 .. .. .. .. 1,423,075.16 Cash in vault, Septem¬ ber, 1911 .$ 1.280,514.26 Cash in vault, Septem¬ ber, 1910 . 1,423,975.52 Decrease in one year .$ 143,461.26 Decrease since June. 1911 . SI,827.59 Capital stock, Septem¬ ber, 1911_.$11,376,725.42 Capital stock, Septem¬ ber, 1910 . 10,124,286.40 Increase in one year.$ 1,?52,439.02 Increase since June. 1911 . 1 63.921.91 Surplus and profits. September, 1911 ..$ 5.S70.692.92 Surplus and profits, September, 191 0 .. 5,401,654.53 Increase in one year .$ 469.03S.39 Decrease since June, 1911 . 3 59,61 3.3." Individual deposits, September. 1911 .. $37,S29,532.92 Individual deposits, September, 1 91 0 .. 3 6,502,313.1 0 Increase in one year .$ 1,327,219.82 Decrease since June, .1911 ....:. . . 2.959.56S.5S SM PLAIN TALK BRISTOW AND FISHER CLASH IN PRESENCE OF TAFT. Discussion as to Who Are Progres¬ sives Maries the Close of a Non Partizan Celebration. Near the close of what had been a non-partizan celebration of the 30th anniversary of the birth of Kansas as a State at Hutchinson on Tuesday with President Taft as the principal speaker, a political incident flared up and gave a thrill to the thousands of Kansans who packed the grandstand a.t the State fair grounds. Walter L. Fisher, secretary of the interior in President Taft's cabinet, just back from Alaska, made a three- minute speech in which he said some things about the difference between "real progressives of the middle of the road like Mr. Taft," and "hypo¬ critical, demagogic progressives who oppose every practical progressive policy put forth." Senator Joseph L. Bristow, ranking second only to Senator La Follette of Wisconsin among the progressives of the senate, followed Secretary Fish¬ er and quickly caught up his chal¬ lenge. We in Kansas/' he said, "are al¬ ways willing to grant that the other fellow is honest in hie views and we expect, him to grant that we are hon¬ est in ours. I want to say to Pre- President Taft in this State, there now, that in vvorking out the prob¬ lems that confront us, we of Kansas will have our part and have our say, to the end that there shall be justice to all and special privilege to none." Both Mr. Fisher anH Senator Bris¬ tow were applauded. The throng seemed to appreciate the verbal pas¬ sage at arms and the virtual serving of notice by the junior Kansas sena¬ tor that while he was participating treely and gladly in the welcome to President Taft in tris State, there would be no let up in the factional fight as sooa as the chief executive left the borders of the common¬ wealth. The president himself had made little reference to politics. His ref¬ erence was purely historical. Mr. Taft was introduced by Go v. Stubbs, who led iim the cheering tbat followed Mr. Taft's introduction. When the President had concluded Gov. Mann, of Virginia, made a .brief address. Queer Case for Divorce. Mrs. Henry Schutz, of St. Paul, Minn., on the ground that her hus¬ band said he was a widower with three children before the marriage, whereas after the knot had been tied, Mrs. Schulz was "shocked and sur¬ prised, although fond of children, to learn he had ten, ranging in age from one to fifteen years." * Blease's Pardon Record. Gov. Blease granted a parole Fri¬ day to Wess Williams, who wa*' con¬ victed in Newberry county in 1908, and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary on the charge of man¬ slaughter. Since assuming office of governor has extended clemency in 23 3 cases, as follows: Paroles, 124; pardons, 109. * Negro Crushed by Train. Sam Drayton, a negro, had his life crushed out of him by Charleston & Western Carolina train No. 42 be¬ tween Allendale and Fairfax. It is thought that liquor was the cause of his being on the track since a num¬ ber of bottles with their contents partly gone were in evidence. ? ¦» ? Drunken Negroes Drown. Three negro men were drowned in a lake near Charlotte, N. C. All were under the influence of liquor and while one did the rowing the others amused themselves by standing up ii. the tiny craft and rocking it. Finally it capsized. Naval Officer Killed. Ensign Hall er Belt, commanding the gunboat Tatanga, was killed by hostile natives at Yacans islands, in Phllllpine. Several sailors were se¬ verely injured. The details have not reached the Navy Department. They Ran Him Down. Bill S;:ber, who killed James Bauk- knipht ,was run down by blood- hcunds and captured at his mother's house Monday night. He is said to be a bad negro. Bills payable and re¬ discounts, Septem¬ ber, 101 1 .$10,087,832,87 Bills payable and re¬ discounts, Septem¬ ber, 1910 . 11,080,119.25 Increase in one year .$ 3,401,713,62 Increase since June. 1911 . 5,994,814.72 Number of banks, September, 1911. 290 Number of banks, September, 1910 . 264 Increase in one year. 25 Increase since June, 1911 .... 4 New Banks. Four new banks have commenced business since June 1911: EutawvlUe.Bank of Eutawville. Florence Palmetto Bank and Trust Company. Johnston.Branch, Bank of Wes¬ tern Carolina, Aiken. Willington.Branch, Bank of Mc- Cormick. TWO CENTS PER COPY. TALK IT OVER Result of the Canadian Election Being Diseased Pro and Coo. -? WILL IT HELP OR HURT That Is What the Old Politicians Are Trying to Figure Out, the Old Guard Republicans Being Inclined to the Belief That It AVill Heal the Party Breach. j A Washington dispatch says the question which is agitating the lead¬ ers of political parties and factions is how their fortunes in the approach^ ing national campaign will be affect¬ edly Thursday's defeat of the Laur- ier government and Canadian reci¬ procity. It is evident the replies would be as varied in character, as were the political views of the fac-» tions which fought over the question' during the special session of con¬ gress. Official Washington closely follow¬ ed the returns from Canada Thursday night but remained silent regarding the outcome. Huntington Wilson, acting secretary of the state depart¬ ment, declined to make any state¬ ment, and th»:re was no other high official in a position to discuss the situation. The unofficial view was that as Canada had rejected the agreement there was nothing for the administration to do but "make the best of the matter." That the rejection of the Canadian agreement will have a strong bear¬ ing upon the campaign of President Taft is not doubted. Some of tbe "Old Guard" Republicans who sup¬ ported the agreement "against their better judgment" are saying its de¬ feat will strengthen the Taft admin¬ istration by removing the. only issue on which there was any disagreement with the president. Most of the insurgent Republicana were opposed to the agreement and they believe their position has been made much stronger. There was no one in Washington to spoak even faw formally for Xhe Democrats. A maj¬ ority of that party in botn senate and house voted for the enactment and without their votes the Taft pro¬ gramme for the special session would have failed. Some of the friends of the Canadi¬ an agreement do not hesitate to charge the Canadian defeat of the Laurier government to the "annexa¬ tion bogy." One of the excuses for this issue was suggested by a speech of Champ Clark, of Missouri, now speaker of the house, which he deliv¬ ered in favor of the agreement dur¬ ing the last session of the Sixty- first congress, when the agreement was passed by the house and held up by the senate. Mr. Clark was mak¬ ing a plea for a wider market and in giving his reasons for supporting the Canadian agreement said: "I am for It because I hope to see the day when the American flag will float over every square foot of the British North American possession clear to the North Pole. They are people of our blood; they speak our language; their Institutions are much like ours. They are trained in the difficult art of self-government. My judgment is that if the treaty of 1854 had never been abrogated the chances of a consolidation of these countries would have been much greater than they are now.'" The Canadian press or at least no small padt of it, accepted Mr. Clark's statement as a confession that the real motive of the United States was to promote annexation. In vain Mr. Clark explained that the remark was "semi-jocular," although representing his ;>ersonal desire. The chance re¬ mark was one of the chief arguments of Canadian opponents of the agree¬ ment. Added importance to Mr. Clark's remarks was given when he was later elected speaker, and as such became the leader of his party. Many per¬ sons, because of these circumstances, were attributing the politic.il down¬ fall of the premier of the Canadian government to the speaker of the American house of reprsntatlves. » ? «- i Rich Newsboy is Dead. William B. Greenburg, the richest newsboy in St. Louis, was burled Monday. His death was caused by pneumonia. From poverty Green¬ burg rose to be a< landlord at his death was the owner of a $112,000 apartment building and the news¬ stand which he established after sell¬ ing papers on the streets for almost 23 years. Fight Too Many. Tcsterfying that a man never gets too old to have affinities and charg¬ ing that her husband, Charles W. Adams, who is sixty, had oi.ie during their married life, .Mrs. Jennie M. Adams was granted a divorce in the court at Kansas City on Saturday. bhe refused to accept more than $30 a month alimony. Three Men Were Killed. At Louisville, Ky , an avc.lanche of bricks from upper walls ot a burn¬ ing six-story building, in the Main street wholesalo district, crashed through three floors of an adjoining building, killing three firemen and injuring two others.
Transcript of The times and democrat.(Orangeburg, S.C.) 1911-09-28.€¦ · the first day of the.trial in the...
PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKU*
THE LAßE» ^ASECelebrated Dijpensary Case . <
%ibe Caorl at Colombia *o
THREE MEN ARE NAMED
Conspiracy to Defraud the State Is
the Technical Charge Made Against
the Defendants, L. W. Boykin, J.
B. Towill and W. O. Tatuni, Form-
er Dispensary Officials.
The Record says persistent argu¬
ment over the admission or rejectionof testimony of witnesses and the en¬
trance of records i$to the evidencewere the predominating features ofthe first day of the. trial in the cele¬brated "label" case, which was com¬
menced Tuesday morning in the courtof general sessions, at Columbia,Judge Wilson presiding. ' The case
Is one of the so-called dispensary"craft casc:3." Defense and prosecu¬tion stating themselves ready fortrial in the case of the State againstW. G. Tatuni, formerly dispensarycommissioner; L. W. Boykin andJohn Bell Towill, former members ofthe dispens-iry board, on the chargeof conspiracy to defraud the State,the trial commenced about 10 o'clockTuesday morping.
Up to the dinner recess, three wit¬nesses for the prosecution had beenexamined, these being Assistant Sec¬
retary of Stute W. B. Dove, Mr. Ei M.Tholnson, uecretary of the presentwinding-up commission, and Mr. S.T. Carter, chief clerk in the Statetreasurer's office. The principal mat¬ters of evidence brought out during
' the morning session of the court were
the stub book of the old dispensary(board, showing memoranda of war¬
rants drawn on the State treasury,two of which were in favor of theNivison-Welskopf company, of Cin¬cinnati, and the two vouchers corres¬
ponding from the vaults of the Statetreasury. These showed two pay¬ments of 517,808.50 each from the
dispensary commission, to the Weis-
kopf co;..p8ay.The attorneys for the defense en
tered their names with the clerk.Representing L. W. Boykin are
Messrs. Nelson, Nelson & Gettys ofColumbia, Messrs. Johnstone & Cro-mer" öf Newherry' and Mr. .R. H.Welch of Columbia. RepresentingJohn Bell Towill are Messrs. E. L.Asbill of Lexington and SolicitorGeorge B. Timmerman, a cousin ofMr. Towill. Attorneys for W. 0.Tatum are Messrs. Raysor & Sum¬mers of Orangeburg, State SenatorRobert Lide of Orangeburg, T. H.
i Tatum of Eils^ opville, J. B. McLaugh-ilin of Columbia and R. H. Welch ofColumbia. Attorneys for the defensecalled the roll of their witnesses andIt was stats-d that they would all be
present during the day. Thereuponthe defense announced itself readyfor trial.lAmong the witnesses named were:
H. G. Garrison, W. M. Shannon, A.D. Kennedy, W. B. Gordon, W. R.
Hough, John G. Richards, Jr., W. B.
Boyle, J. E. Gidden, H. H. Evans,M. 0. Damzier, Wille Jones, J. P.Matthews, W. G. Childs, C. Fitzsim-ons, Charles Ellis, G. McD. Hamp¬ton, D. S. Pope, J. J. Watson, Theo.N. DuBose, L. C. Lipscomb, William'Watson, H. B. Richardson and others.The prosecution is conducted by At¬torney General Lyon, assisted by Mr.W. F. Stevenson, Assistant AttorneyGeneral M. P. DeBruhl, Solicitor W.H. Cobb and Mr. B. L. Abney.The indictment which was read to
the jury charges that the three de¬fendants were officials of the Statedispensary, that they entered into a
conspiracy to defraud the State inthe purchase of a number of labelsfrom the Nivison-Weiskopf companyat a total expenditure of about $35,-000, defrauding the State in the sumof $22,500 in the transaction-
Mr. W. B. Dove, assistant secre¬
tary of st=.te, was the first witnessfor the State, but the defense statedthat they would admit what the wit-;.ness was to prove, that the defen¬dants were officials of the old dispen¬sary board. Messrs. Boykin andTowill were directors and Mr. Tatumcommissioner. The first real fightof the trial came when Mr. E. M.Thomson, secretary of the presentdispensary winding-up commission,was placed on the stand as the State'ssecond witness. "The prosecution de¬sired to enter as evidence a stub bookcontaining the records of warrantsdrawn by the dispensary board uponthe State treasurer. The defense ob¬jected to uhis book being entered inevidence. Arguments were made bjMr. George Johnstone for the de¬fense and Mr. Stevenson for theState. The defense claimed that theyhad a righ t to demand the checks or
warrants themselves, which they saidwould be the highest evidence andnot merely the memoranda of thesechecks.
Mr. Johnston argued that to ac¬
cept these stubs as evidence of mon¬
ey paid out by the commissioner, itwould have to be proved that thememorandums so made were madeunder the authority of the board thatthe writing was the handwriting cfthe defendants. The objection was
finally overuled by Judge Wilson andthe evidence was submitted.
Several stubs were read to the juryby Mr. Sieverson showing warrantsdrawn in favor of the Weiskopf com¬
pany. Upon cross examination Mr.Thomson stated that he had come
HAZING AT CMEffiSÖN
I CADETS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED*^ FOR THE OFFENCE.V
<? -.-
T». 3oard of Trustees Have Deter¬
mined to Break Up the Foolish
Custom Among the Boys.The Anderson Mail says seven
cadets have been dismissed fromClemson college for hazing. None ofthese are from Anderson county, butfrom counties in the lower sectionof the state. Their names could notbe divulged at the college, fo'\winga rule along this line adopted some
tine ago. The Mail says:^ ...
A rumor was afloat in Andersonthat nine cadets had been dismissedand that ninety others were yet to betried on the charge of hazing. Dr.Biggs, president of the college, was
reached over the telephone, and hestated that only eight had beenbrought up for hazing, and that sev¬
en of these had been dismisse-!. Thisoccurred two or three days ago.
Heretofore it has been cue omaryat Clemson for the president or some
other official to state orally to thestudent body when it assembles forthe opening of the season that hazingwill not be tolerated, the penalty forsuch offense being expulsion. Thisyear the custom was changed; eachof the boys anticipating admittancereceiving letters several days beforethe college opened .stating that allcadets guilty of hazing would be ex¬
pelled.It Is said that the hazing 'n this
incident was only that of the recruitsbeing required to sing "Casey Jones"and a few other songs for the merri¬ment of the other cadets, and thatmaybe a paddle had been called light¬ly into use. At any rate the recruitwas not injured in the slightest, andhad it not been for the fact 'hat hewas resigning in order to return tohis home, he would have probablynever reported the eight your.g men
to the officials.Dr. Riggs said that there is less
hazing at the college than ever be¬fore; that the cadets are required tosign an agreement that they will notparticipate in hazing, and that thecadets are observing the agreement.There has been a good deal of com¬
plaint about hazing at Clenson Col¬lege, and the trustees are to be con¬
gratulated on the steps they havetaken to stop it.
. FOUR DIE IN FIRE.
They Were Smothered Before Help
Could Reach Them.
At Chicago four persons were
smothered early Monday morning ina Ire said t cbr incendiary that partlydestroyed two small flat buildings at1336 South Sangamon street. Thedead lare: Harry Egalovitch, hiswife, their baby and L. Alporf, a
boarder. They lived in the third flatof a three-story rear building. Atwo-story building fronting on thestreet was also partly destroyed. Allother occupants of the buildings es¬
caped in their night clothes and itwas thought that no one had beenhurt until the firemen found the fourpersons dead. Their bodies were
scarcely scorched and it is thoughtthey were asphyxiated by smoke be¬fore the alarm of fire aroused them.Two babies were dropped from sec¬
ond floor windows unhurt.» m*-
Strung Him Up Quickly.At Kiev, Russia, Dimitri Bogroff,
the assassin of Premier Stolypin whowas condemned to death by court-martial, was hanged Monday. Be¬fore his execution the young man
as-ked that he might see a rabbi butrefused this, consolation when in¬formed that the interview must be inthe presence of officials.
Four Men Killed.At Youngstown, 0., four men were
killed and twelve hurt in an explo¬sion at the Republic Steel and Ironcompany plant. The dead are Hun¬garians. *
into the ipossession of the books onlythe day before and could not vouchfor its being the records ma-.'e underthe supervision of the board. Thejury was excused from the courtroom while arguments were heard as
to whether or not the witness couldidentify a letter which it was claim¬ed was written by Mr. Lyon to Gov¬ernor Rlease, stating that the case
against "Weiskopf in this case, wouldbe nol prossed. upon the condition ofhis telling the truth on the witnessstand.
The third witness for the prosecu¬tion was Mr. S. T. Carter, chiefclerk in the office of the State treas¬urer. He identified two vouchers,drawn by the dispensary board infavor of the Nivison-Weiskopf com-
pany. These were submitted as evi-dence after some argument by theattorneys. They were signed by thelate G. H. Charles, clerk of rhe Statedispensary board, and by W. 0. Ta-tum, commissioner. They were bothfor the same amount, $17,838.50each and were dated, respectively,September 15, 1905, and October IS,1905. A number of questions were
asked Mr. Carter regarding the man¬
ner in which the former winding-upcommission, of which Dr. W. J. Mur¬ray was chairman, kept its papersand it was shown that they had no
fixed place of meeting, and that itsrecords were left in several placeswhere they were accustomed to hold-sessions.
titORANGEBURC
OLD TO THE NEWChange? in the Personnel of the Uaited
Slates Senate From Tbat
OF A FEW YEARS AGOThe Type of the Body Has Under¬
gone Great Changes, and the Old
Senate Dominated by the Old
Guard! Has Became a Thing of the
Past.
When former Senator Thomas Car¬ter of Montana died a few days agoattention was directed to the rapiditywith which the United States ischanging its personnel, says P. H.McGowan," the Washington corres¬
pondent of the Columbia State. Mr.McGowan goes on to say:
At the present rate of change itwill be only a few years until thepresent senate has been almost en¬
tirely reconstructed. Senator Car¬ter's final term in the senate was
from 1905 until 1911. But the sen¬
ate, as he knew it, is an utterly chan¬ged body.
In the first place the senate with a
few strong men of the old guard, likeAldrich and Hale and Allison haspassed out of existence. The proba¬bilities are that it will never return.A new and different type of publicmen have come upon the scene. Itwill never be possible again for a
man of the Aldrich type to hold thesenate in the hollow of his hand andvote it almost as he wants to.The old regime is gone. It began
to totter soon after Senator La Fol-lette came to the senate and startedto talk to empty seats, while his oldguard colleagues scoffed at him fromthe clerk rooms. By himself, La Follette couldn't pry the old guard loosebut it wasn't long until he got help.Now, the insurgents who believe inthe things that La Follette believesin hold the balance of power In theupper house.The house of representatives is
generally thought of as the body of
congress in which these is the mostchange, in which service is the fleet¬ing and transitory. But, as a mat¬ter of fact, it is little if any more
given to change than the senate, inthese modern days of the direct pri¬mary and the war on the memberwho is suspected of having affiliationswith any but the common people.
If one wants to gain an impressionof how the senate is changing let himpick up a congressional directory of a
few years ago and see how many ofthe men then in the senate are left.Take for instance, the directory ofthe first session of the Sixtieth con¬
gress. Examine the edition printed atat the beginning of-the year 1908That is only äbout three years and a
half ago.That nearly half of the senators
then in service should now be in theirgraves or retired from congressseems almost unbelievable. Yetsuch is the fact. Of the 92 membersof the senate 40 are no longer in thatbody. The roll of those retired bydeath or by the exigencies of politicsiu a stirring one. Look it over. Thevenerable and well-beloved Allison isdead. Nelson F. Aldrich, confrontedif not by defeat at least bv a discredited leadership In the ser-'te, is in re¬
tirement. Teller of Colorado is deadFrye of Maine is dead. Hale has re¬
tired because he saf a political storm
coming which he could not breast.Daniel of Virgina, in his day one ofthe most gallant figures that wore thegray, is dead.
So is Proctor of Vermont, one
time secretary of war. Hansbroughis retired. Burrows of Michigan was
driven out of public life by the over¬
whelming vote of his constituents infavor of a younger and more pro¬gressive man. "Uncle Steve" Elkinsof West Virgina has gone to his grave
Clay, of Georgia, one of the mostearnest men who ever sat in the sen¬
ate is no more. Foraker, because otRoosevelt, is out of office. McEnerjof Louisiana died in the harness.Thos. Collier Platt, too. is dead.Money, P.everidge, Depew, Kean.Scott, Taliaferro.all well known fig¬ures about Washington for years, andoi' influence in the senate.have beensucceeded and not of their own voli¬tion, by other men.
The magnificent Dolliver, covertedfrom regularity into zealous progres-sivism, came to a tragic end. Baileyis still in the senate, but has declar¬ed his intention to quit. McLaurinof Mississippi and Kittredge of SouthDakota both are dead, and so is Lati-mer of South Carolina.Ankeny of Washington, Fulton of
Oregon, Hopkins of Illinois. Long ofKansas, McCreary of Kentucky, Dickof Ohio, are additions to the list ofthe retired. Knox left the senate toenter the cabinet, and. gossip says,would be glad if he could throv offthe unhappy burdens of his office andonce more be. senator.
Bulkely, of Connecticut, was '.jeat-en. So was Burkett of Nebraska.Flint quit to practice law in Los
Angeles. Hemenway of Indiana was-
driven out and still flits now and thenlike a ghost of the past about the
capitol. Piles of Washington wentback to his law office, assisted by a
large number of adverse votes. War¬ner of Missouri has been sent backto retirement and so far has Frazierof Tennessee.The brilliant William Pickney
Whyte of Maryland died at over 80years. So did the young and bril-
J, S. C, THURSDAY, SEPTE1
BRYAN ANSWERS TAFT
SAYS WHEN A TRUST MAGNATE
IS PUT IN JAIL.
He Will Give Weight to the Presi¬
dent's Defence of the Decision of
the Supreme Court.
W. J. Bryan answering the chal¬lenge of President Taft made at Cher-rydale, Kan., that he produce an ex¬
ample of restraint of trade, whichwould not come within the purviewof the Supreme Court. Bryan saidon Monday night before leaving forKnoxville, Tenn., for Cincinnati:
"If President Taft would take timeto read the dissenting opinion of Jus¬tice Harlan in the case and reportof the judiciary conmittee of theSenate, filed by Senator Nelson whenthe committee refused to recommendthe amendment, which t/he SupremeCourt injected into the law, he willunderstand my view of the subject.
"I believe with Justice Harlan andthe Nelson report that the SuprmeCourt has practically nulified thecriminal clause of the anti-trust lawand will wait until the President suc¬
ceeds in putting a trust magnate inthe penitentiary before I give anyweight to the President's defense ofthe desession of the Supreme Court.
"It took four years and a half toget. a decision in the Standard Oilcase. If it takes that, long to findout whether a trust magnate can besent to the penientiary under thelaw as emasculated by the SupremeCourt, President Taft nay be able tobluff his way through another cam¬
paign on the trust question as hedid through the law, but the bluffought to deceive anybody who is real¬ly opposed to the trusts."
This was "Bryan Day" at the Ap¬palachian Exposition. The Nebrask-an arrived recently and went to theexposition grounds early in the day,where he made a tour of the variousexhibit buildings and participated inpleasures of the exposition. Thisafternoon at 4 o'clock he deliveredan address at the exposition groundsupon the theme, "The Signs ofTimes."
THE HOLSTEIN-SPRADLEY FEUD.
Sensational Affair Out of Which Grew
Charge of Murder.
The Holstein homicide case is ex¬
pected to come up for trial In Aikenthis week. An Aiken dispatch saysthe case has created more interestthan any that has been tried in thatcounty in many years. In this case
death of Mrs. Spradley, aunt of Co¬lumbus Spradley, with severely whip-six members of the Holstein family,one of the most prominent In thecounty, are charged with causing theping Mrs. Spradley's husband, BenSpradley, and of whipping young Co¬lumbus Spradley and compelling himto leave the community.
The Holsteins and a neighbor, DocCockrel, are alleged to have visitedthe home of Ben and Mrs. NettieSpradley about six weeks ago givingColumbus and Ben Spradley a soundthrashing. The excitement is said tohave caused the death of Mrs. Sprad¬ley, though this is denied by the Hol¬steins, who state they will have no
difficulty in showing that she was welland hearty after the 'affair of thatWednesday night. Ben Spradley re¬
ceived but one severe blow, but hehovered between life and death forseveral days, finally recovering. Co¬lumbus Spradley disappeared andwas not located for several days, butwhen found it was' ascertained thathe had not been seriously injured.
This unfortunate affair hingedabout the attentions of ColumbusSpradley to Miss Gussic Holstein, a
pretty and intelligent girl. When theyoung man visited a school entertain¬ment in that neighborhood some
weeks before he lost his heart to thewinsome girl, but met with the vio¬lent opposition of her relatives. Onthe day of the whipping young Sprad¬ley had gone to the home of his un¬
cle, Ben Spradley, near the Holsteinsfrom his home in Augusta.
Was Beaten to Death.C. H. W. Johnson, mayor of Oak-
hurst, suburb of Atlanta, was beatento death with a scantling by T. W.Zuber, after the latter had been shotand mortally wounded by Johnson.Zuber was rushed into Atlanta formedical attention, and Johnson diedat his home about 15 minutes afterthe fight.
Ham and His Load of Eggs.At Newport. X. J., a passing train
Sunday frightened a horse pulling a
load of eggs and driven by Roy Ham.The horse bolted, the wagon tippedover and Ham and eggs were boththrown into the street. When Hamscrambled from among the eggs heresembled an animated omelette.
Fight Caused Death.Intense excitement while witness¬
ing an altercation between LeonCombs and John Duagherty, one arm¬
ed with brass knucks, caused WilliamNettie, aged fiO, to drop dead fromheart failure at Manor, Ga.
liant William J. Bryan of Florida.Paynter, is still in the senate, buthis tenure of office is uncertain.
Contemplative folks searching forproof of that aged saying, "Vanity ofVanities, all is vanity," will do well tostudy the mutations of roeent timein the senate of the United States.
OER'28, 1911.
STATE BANKSStatement cf Their Condition Kade by
the State Bank Examiner.
HAKES A GOOD SHOWINGThe Report Shows That the Resour¬
ces of the Two Hundred and Nine¬
ty-five State Banks Are Far in Ex¬
cess of Any Period During Last
Six Years.
State Bank Examiner B. J. Rhameissues the following report on thecondition of the banks of South Car¬olina, accompanied by these com¬ments:
"Enclosed you will find a report ofthe condition of the banks of thisState doing business on September 1,1911, which are subject to the juris¬diction of this office. I also enclosea comparative statement showing in¬crease or decrease, as the case mightbe, during the past year."The resources are larger for this
call than they ever have been in sixyears which this office has been inexistence, showing that the banks are
growing very rapidly in the amountof business which is transacted."
Statenent of the condition of the295 State and branch banks and priv¬ate banks, at. he close of businessSepember 1, 1911:
Resources.Loans and discouns. . $57,962,790.23Overdrafs _..... 575,020.421Bonds and stocks own¬
ed by the bank... 4,096,815.29Furniture and fixtures 507,707.43Banking house. 1,135.666.09Other real estate own¬
ed . 333,748.76Due from banks and
bankers . 4,455,366.29Currency . 867,282.00Gold. 100,630.50Silver and other minor
coin . 312,602.76Checks and cash items 273,599.28Exchanges for the
Clearing House .. . 42,323.96Other resources, viz . 17,778.89
Total .$70,863,331.90Liabilities.
Capital stock paid ln$ll,376.725.42Surplus fund _.. 3,683,115.561Undivided profits, less
current expenses'and taxes paid_ 2,187,577.36
Due to banks andbankers . 570,949.82
Dividends unpaid ... 19.7S3.14Individual deposits
subject to-check .. 16,305,117.53Savings deposits_ 17,246,987.45Demand certificates of
deposit . 213,033.12Time certificates of de¬
posit . 3,846,542.85Certified checks. 52,913.07Cashier's checks_ 104,938.90Notss and bills redis- .
counted . 2,1X7,277.24Bills payable, includ¬
ing certificates formoney 'borrowed . . 12,900,555.63
Other liabilities, viz . 107,814.81
Total .$70,863,331.90Call No. 23.
Resources, September1, 1911 .$70,863,331.90
Resources, September22, 1910 . 64,491,536.S4
Increase in one year .$ 6,371,795.06Increase since June 7,1911. 2,62*, .^58.46
Loans and discounts,September, 1911 ..$57,962,790.23
Loans and discounts,September, 1910... 50,453,490.43
Increase in one year .$ 7,509,297.SOIncrease since June 1,1911. 3,817,411.3S
Duo from banks, Sep¬tember, 1911 .$ 4,455,366.29
Due from banks, Sep¬tember, 1910. 5,871,499.48
Decrease in one year .$ 1,416,133.ISDecrease since June,
1911 .. .. .. .. 1,423,075.16
Cash in vault, Septem¬ber, 1911 .$ 1.280,514.26
Cash in vault, Septem¬ber, 1910 . 1,423,975.52
Decrease in one year .$ 143,461.26Decrease since June.
1911 . SI,827.59Capital stock, Septem¬
ber, 1911_.$11,376,725.42Capital stock, Septem¬
ber, 1910 . 10,124,286.40
Increase in one year.$ 1,?52,439.02Increase since June.
1911 . 1 63.921.91
Surplus and profits.September, 1911 ..$ 5.S70.692.92
Surplus and profits,September, 191 0 .. 5,401,654.53
Increase in one year .$ 469.03S.39Decrease since June,
1911 . 3 59,61 3.3."
Individual deposits,September. 1911 .. $37,S29,532.92
Individual deposits,September, 1 91 0 .. 3 6,502,313.1 0
Increase in one year .$ 1,327,219.82Decrease since June,
.1911 ....:. . . 2.959.56S.5S
SM PLAIN TALKBRISTOW AND FISHER CLASH IN
PRESENCE OF TAFT.
Discussion as to Who Are Progres¬sives Maries the Close of a Non
Partizan Celebration.
Near the close of what had been a
non-partizan celebration of the 30thanniversary of the birth of Kansasas a State at Hutchinson on Tuesdaywith President Taft as the principalspeaker, a political incident flared upand gave a thrill to the thousands ofKansans who packed the grandstanda.t the State fair grounds.
Walter L. Fisher, secretary of theinterior in President Taft's cabinet,just back from Alaska, made a three-minute speech in which he said some
things about the difference between"real progressives of the middle ofthe road like Mr. Taft," and "hypo¬critical, demagogic progressives whooppose every practical progressivepolicy put forth."
Senator Joseph L. Bristow, rankingsecond only to Senator La Follette ofWisconsin among the progressives ofthe senate, followed Secretary Fish¬er and quickly caught up his chal¬lenge.We in Kansas/' he said, "are al¬
ways willing to grant that the otherfellow is honest in hie views and we
expect, him to grant that we are hon¬est in ours. I want to say to Pre-President Taft in this State, therenow, that in vvorking out the prob¬lems that confront us, we of Kansaswill have our part and have our say,to the end that there shall be justiceto all and special privilege to none."
Both Mr. Fisher anH Senator Bris¬tow were applauded. The throngseemed to appreciate the verbal pas¬sage at arms and the virtual servingof notice by the junior Kansas sena¬tor that while he was participatingtreely and gladly in the welcome toPresident Taft in tris State, therewould be no let up in the factionalfight as sooa as the chief executiveleft the borders of the common¬wealth.The president himself had made
little reference to politics. His ref¬erence was purely historical. Mr.Taft was introduced by Go v. Stubbs,who led iim the cheering tbat followedMr. Taft's introduction. When thePresident had concluded Gov. Mann,of Virginia, made a .brief address.
Queer Case for Divorce.Mrs. Henry Schutz, of St. Paul,
Minn., on the ground that her hus¬band said he was a widower withthree children before the marriage,whereas after the knot had been tied,Mrs. Schulz was "shocked and sur¬
prised, although fond of children, tolearn he had ten, ranging in agefrom one to fifteen years." *
Blease's Pardon Record.Gov. Blease granted a parole Fri¬
day to Wess Williams, who wa*' con¬
victed in Newberry county in 1908,and sentenced to ten years in thepenitentiary on the charge of man¬
slaughter. Since assuming office ofgovernor has extended clemency in23 3 cases, as follows: Paroles, 124;pardons, 109. *
Negro Crushed by Train.Sam Drayton, a negro, had his life
crushed out of him by Charleston &Western Carolina train No. 42 be¬tween Allendale and Fairfax. It isthought that liquor was the cause ofhis being on the track since a num¬
ber of bottles with their contentspartly gone were in evidence.
? ¦» ?
Drunken Negroes Drown.Three negro men were drowned in
a lake near Charlotte, N. C. All wereunder the influence of liquor andwhile one did the rowing the othersamused themselves by standing upii. the tiny craft and rocking it.Finally it capsized.
Naval Officer Killed.Ensign Haller Belt, commanding
the gunboat Tatanga, was killed byhostile natives at Yacans islands, in
Phllllpine. Several sailors were se¬
verely injured. The details have notreached the Navy Department.
They Ran Him Down.Bill S;:ber, who killed James Bauk-
knipht ,was run down by blood-hcunds and captured at his mother'shouse Monday night. He is said tobe a bad negro.
Bills payable and re¬
discounts, Septem¬ber, 101 1 .$10,087,832,87
Bills payable and re¬
discounts, Septem¬ber, 1910 . 11,080,119.25
Increase in one year .$ 3,401,713,62Increase since June.
1911 . 5,994,814.72
Number of banks, September,1911. 290
Number of banks, September,1910 . 264
Increase in one year. 25Increase since June, 1911 .... 4
New Banks.Four new banks have commenced
business since June 1911:EutawvlUe.Bank of Eutawville.Florence Palmetto Bank and
Trust Company.Johnston.Branch, Bank of Wes¬
tern Carolina, Aiken.Willington.Branch, Bank of Mc-
Cormick.
TWO CENTS PER COPY.
TALK IT OVERResult of the Canadian Election Being
Diseased Pro and Coo.-?
WILL IT HELP OR HURTThat Is What the Old Politicians Are
Trying to Figure Out, the Old
Guard Republicans Being Inclined
to the Belief That It AVill Heal the
Party Breach. jA Washington dispatch says the
question which is agitating the lead¬ers of political parties and factionsis how their fortunes in the approach^ing national campaign will be affect¬edly Thursday's defeat of the Laur-ier government and Canadian reci¬procity. It is evident the replieswould be as varied in character, aswere the political views of the fac-»tions which fought over the question'during the special session of con¬gress.
Official Washington closely follow¬ed the returns from Canada Thursdaynight but remained silent regardingthe outcome. Huntington Wilson,acting secretary of the state depart¬ment, declined to make any state¬ment, and th»:re was no other highofficial in a position to discuss thesituation. The unofficial view wasthat as Canada had rejected theagreement there was nothing for theadministration to do but "make thebest of the matter."That the rejection of the Canadian
agreement will have a strong bear¬ing upon the campaign of PresidentTaft is not doubted. Some of tbe"Old Guard" Republicans who sup¬ported the agreement "against theirbetter judgment" are saying its de¬feat will strengthen the Taft admin¬istration by removing the. only issueon which there was any disagreementwith the president.
Most of the insurgent Republicanawere opposed to the agreement andthey believe their position has beenmade much stronger. There was noone in Washington to spoak even fawformally for Xhe Democrats. A maj¬ority of that party in botn senateand house voted for the enactmentand without their votes the Taft pro¬gramme for the special session wouldhave failed.Some of the friends of the Canadi¬
an agreement do not hesitate tocharge the Canadian defeat of theLaurier government to the "annexa¬tion bogy." One of the excuses forthis issue was suggested by a speechof Champ Clark, of Missouri, now
speaker of the house, which he deliv¬ered in favor of the agreement dur¬ing the last session of the Sixty-first congress, when the agreementwas passed by the house and held upby the senate. Mr. Clark was mak¬ing a plea for a wider market and ingiving his reasons for supporting theCanadian agreement said:
"I am for It because I hope to seethe day when the American flag willfloat over every square foot of theBritish North American possessionclear to the North Pole. They are
people of our blood; they speak our
language; their Institutions are muchlike ours. They are trained in thedifficult art of self-government. Myjudgment is that if the treaty of1854 had never been abrogated thechances of a consolidation of thesecountries would have been muchgreater than they are now.'"The Canadian press or at least no
small padt of it, accepted Mr. Clark'sstatement as a confession that thereal motive of the United States was
to promote annexation. In vain Mr.Clark explained that the remark was
"semi-jocular," although representinghis ;>ersonal desire. The chance re¬
mark was one of the chief argumentsof Canadian opponents of the agree¬ment.
Added importance to Mr. Clark'sremarks was given when he was laterelected speaker, and as such becamethe leader of his party. Many per¬sons, because of these circumstances,were attributing the politic.il down¬fall of the premier of the Canadiangovernment to the speaker of theAmerican house of reprsntatlves.
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Rich Newsboy is Dead.William B. Greenburg, the richest
newsboy in St. Louis, was burledMonday. His death was caused bypneumonia. From poverty Green¬
burg rose to be a< landlord at hisdeath was the owner of a $112,000apartment building and the news¬
stand which he established after sell¬ing papers on the streets for almost23 years.
Fight Too Many.Tcsterfying that a man never gets
too old to have affinities and charg¬ing that her husband, Charles W.Adams, who is sixty, had oi.ie duringtheir married life, .Mrs. Jennie M.Adams was granted a divorce in thecourt at Kansas City on Saturday.bhe refused to accept more than $30a month alimony.
Three Men Were Killed.At Louisville, Ky , an avc.lanche of
bricks from upper walls ot a burn¬ing six-story building, in the Mainstreet wholesalo district, crashedthrough three floors of an adjoiningbuilding, killing three firemen andinjuring two others.
