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SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1912
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LORIMER DENIED
SEAT IN SENATE
Washington, July 13.—For the first
time in. the history of the republic a
Senator of the United States was ex
pelled from that body when William
Lorimer, of Illinois, was unseated
this afternoon by a vote of 55 to
23.
This action came after the most
dramatic scene witnessed in the
Senate for a generation. It follow
ed an eloquent appeal from the Sena
tor himself, who had for three days
spoken in his own defense, and af
ter the venerable Senator Tillman,
of South Carolina, with tears in his
eyes, had pleaded for justice for
Ills Illinois associate.
Before the vote was taken, too,
Senator Dixon, of Montana, cam
paign manager for Theodore Roose
velt, rose and upon his oath as a
Senator declared that the affidavit
read by Lormier, involving Colonel
Roosevelt and himself in bribery
charges at Chicago, was a malic
ious falsehood. He denied every de
tail of the affidavit.
The vote closed the most sensa
tional case of its kind in American
history. Other Senators have been
tried by their fellows and one or
two of the number would undoubted
ly have been expelled from the Sen
ate had they not resigned. This i^
the first case, however, where a ma
jority of the Senate has actually vot
ed to drive one of their number
from the body.
When the overwhelming vote was
announced, Lorimer, no longre a
Senator, rose from his seat and
walked slowly out of the chamber.
Though disgraced and convicted after
two trials, the Illinoisan smiled as
the Senate doors closed behind him.
On his way out Senator Smoot
threw his arms about the retreat
ing man. Senator Bailey left his
seat and, hurrying to Lorimer’s side,
shook hands with him warmly. Out
side the chamber mere than 100 per
sons had gathered. The former Sen
ator stopped and shook hands with
them, after which he quietly left
the Capitol.
Many men and women in the galler-'
ies were weeping when Lorimer i
ished his three-day speech. He hau
created wide-spread sympathy i or
himself by his prolonged defense and
by his intense pleading. lie had
converted two or three Senators who
had made up their minds to vote
against him, but he had failed to
turu the tide in his favor. Senator
Tillman was one of those who had
been won over, and the statement
made by the South Carolinian just
before the vote was unique in Sen
ate annals.
Senator Tillman said that he was
too weak to stand and address the
Senate. He sent his statement to
tbe'Werk, and as it was read the
Southerner broke down three or four
times, burying his head in his hands
as he wept. He said he was ap
proaching his grave and could go
before his Maker without the stain
of having voted against Lorimer up
on his record. He said he cast his
vote with the full knowledge that
’he act might cost him re-election to
that body.
No answer was made to the Lori
mer speech by those who had dur
ing the six days’ debate attacked
him. Senator Dixon’s brief state
ment was all that was said in re
ply. This was entered simply as a
formal and general denial of the
bribery affidavits read on Thurs
day by Lorimer. Senators Lea, Kern
and Kenyon had at first decided to
answer the defense argument, but
they changed their minds.—Baltimore
Sun.
HOW THE SENATORS VOTED.
por expulsion . 55
A9ainst expulsion . 28
Against Lorimer.
REPUBLICANS—Borah, Bourne,
®nSgs, Bristow, Brown, Burton,
<lapp, Crawford, Cullom, Cummins,
1 urtis, Dixon, Fall, Gronna, Kenyon,
Ea Follette, Lodge, Nelson, Poindex
u*r ^0ot> Sutherland, Townsenc
!-‘ks and Smith of Michigan. To
tal, 24.
Democrats—Ashurst, Bacon, Bryan,
Chamberlain, Gardner, Gore, Hitch
COck* Jc*nson, Kern, Lea, Martin,
j Martine, Myers, Newlands, O'Gorman,
j Overman, Page, Pomerene, Rayner,
Reed, Sanders, Shively, Simmons,
Stone, Swanson, Watson, Williams,
I Clarke, of Arkansas, Smith, of Arizo
na, Smith of Georgia, and Smith of
South Carolina. Total, 31.
For Lorimer.
Republicans—Bradley, Brandegee,
Burnham, Catron, Clark of Wyoming,
Crane, Dillingham, Gallinger. Gam
ble, Guggenheim, Jones, Lippitt,
McCumber, Oliver, Penrose, Perkins,
Richardson, Smoot, Stephenson, and
Wetmore. Total, 20.
Democrats—Bailey, Fletcher, Fos
ter, Johnston, Paynter, Smith, of
Maryland, Thornton, and Tillman. To
tal, 8.
Senator Lorimer did not vote.
Senators absent and not paired:
Percy and McLean.
Senators absent, but paired as
against Lorimer: Chilton, Culber
son, Davis and Owen.
Senators absent, but paired as
infavor of Lorimer: Bankhead, Du
Pont, Hey burn, and Warren.
Senator Jones, who voted against
Lorimer March 11, 1011, gave his
vote to Lorimer, while the votes
of Senators Cullom, Curtis, Briggs,
Simmons and Watson were lost to
the Illinoisan.
Chronology of Lorimer Case.
May 26, 1909—Lorimer elected to
the United States Senate.
April 30, 1910—Representative C.
A. White confessed that he received
$1,000 from Lee O'Neil Browne and
$900 from Representative R. E. Wil
son for voting for Lorimer.
May 5, 1910—Representative H. J.
C. Beckemeyer confessed to receiving
$1,000 from Browne for his vote for
Lorimer.
May 6, “ 1910—Cook county grand
jury indicted Browne for bribery and
State Representatives Wilson and
Link for perjury. «
May 28, ltyiO—Lorimer made denial
of bribery ir. Senate speech. State
'eeator Holtsaw, before Sagamon
county (111.) grand jury, confessed to
receiving 2,500 for Lorimer vote.
June 29, 1910—Browne jury in(Chi
:-ago disagreed; second jury acquitted
3e. c»mber 9, 1910.
; rember 20, 1910—Senate inves
tigating committee began work in Chi
cago, completing inquiry in that ci y
October 8, IclO.
December 12, 1910—Senate commit
tee exonerated Lorimer, reporting the
charges not substantiated.
January 4, 1911—Illinois State sen
ate appointed committee, with Sena
tor Helm as chairman, to investigate
charges in the Lorimer election.
January 9, 1911—Senator Beveridge
of Indiana, heading United States
Senate committee minority, reported
Lorimer election illegal. Lorimer
replied in speech, declaring no cor
ruption in election.
March 1, 1911—United States Sen
ate voted, 46 to 40, permitting Lori
mer to retain his seat.
April 16, 1911—C. S. Funk, before
Helm committee, testified that Ed
ward Hines had asked a $10,000 con
tribution from the harvester trust
toward a $100,000 fund to elect Lori
mer. Resolution to reopen Lorimer
case and appoint special committee
of five introduced in United States
Senate by Senator LaFollette.
May 17, 1911—Helm committee un
animously' repotted a conclusion that
Lorimer election was only secured
through corruption and bribery.
The following day the Illinois
legislature, by vote of 39 to 10,
recorded the opinion that the elec
tion was the result of bribery.
June 1, 1911—United States Sen
ate unanimously voted the Lori
mer investigation by elections and
privileges committee.
June 20, 1911—Senate committee
began hearings.
March 28, 1912—Committee voted,
5 to 3, exonerating Lorimer and Ed
ward Hines.
April 6, 1912—Hines before com
mittee denied Funk testimony. La
ter entered suit against Funk for
$100000 damages.
May 20, 1912—Majority and minor
ity reports of committee returned to
Senate.
July 6, 1912—Case again taken up
by Senate and debated.
July 13, 1912—Senator Lorimer ex
pelled from Senate.
—Washington Post.
The African cotton crop is growing
rapidly in quantity.
GOV. GOLE BLEASE
IN HOT GREASE
Augusta, Ga., July 13.—Sensa
tional testimony charging Gover
nor Cole L. Blease, of South Car
olina, with official corruption, was
investigating committee of that
state at today’s hearing. A. S. Reed,
introduced before the dispensary
A. Burns, detective, and Thomas B.
Felder, the Atlanta attorney, were
the principal witnesses.
So unexpected was the character
of the evidence that after the hear
ing was adjourned, Chairman H. 4.
Carlisle, of the committee, assert
ed that the newly adducted charg
es against the South Carolina gov
ernor would be thoroughly sifted.
Detective Reed’s testimony in
cluded records taken with a tele
phonic device relative to negotia
tions for the purchase of a con
vict’s pardon from the South Caro
lina penitentiary. The records,
Reed testified, were of conversa
tions between the detective and
Sam J. Nichoils, a Spartanburg at
torney, reputed to be a go-between
for Governor Blease.
Reed testified James Johnson, la
yeggman with several aliases, ser
ving a 10-year sentence in the pen
itentiary for robbing a safe of
$S,000, was the convict about whom
the negotiations were conducted.
After making arrangements with
Johnson, according to the detec
tive's testimony, he called upon Nicl
oils and informed the latter that
the convict was heir to large es
tate, but could only become a ben
eficiary by securing his pardon.
The detective testified that Nich
olls was interested and the former
agreed to pay the attorney a hand
some fee. As an evidence of gpod
faith, the detective stated he gave
Nichoils a check for $4,500 duly
indorsed.
Reed then read records taken by
the telephonic device of conversa
tions he held with Nichoils in
Spartanburg and at the New Wil
lard hotel in Washington on June
-'ti, 1012. According to the rec
jrds, Nichoils toid of his influence
with Governor Blease and named
:he terms upon which he would se
cure the release of the convict. The
amount was tentatively fixed at
$10,000 or |15,000. The record as
read showed that Nichoils repeat
?dly r . ed to the amount of .^e
proce which would go to Gover
nor B ease for signing the pardon.
□ it two occasions this sum was sta
ted at $5,000. According to the
record Nichoils was to receive $3,
uOO and his law partner, C. P. Sims
$5,000.
A number of telegrams were in
troduced in evidence from Nichoils
to Reed, one of which was to the j
?ffect that Nichoils had left Spar
tanburg to confer with Blease about
the pardon.
When Reed had concluded, Thom
as B. Felder testified that a cer
tain amount of money had been
put on deposit with the understand
ing that it was to be released to
Nichoils’ order as soon as Reed
secured a cipher telegram from
Nichoils stating that the convict '
bad beexi pardoned.
e know,” testified Mr. Fel
ler, “that Nichoils left Spartan
burg to confer with Governor j
Blease, that he saw Blease at Barn
well Friday and was closeted with
the governor at Blackville Friday
night. We have been unable to lo
cate Nichoils today, however.”
Mystery surrounds the adjourn
ment of the hearing from this
morning until this afternoon was
cleared up by Mr. Felder on the ,
witness stand. He stated that he
expected Governor Blease to sign
Johnson's pardon that time, and
tor that reason the postponement
was made.
Great Meeting At Wilson’s Mills.
Wilson’s Mills, July 17—National
evangelist, C. L. Organ, is conduct
n£ a great revival meeting at the
^ ilson’s Mills Christian Church. Al
ready 52 have been added to the
ehurch and many more are interest
ed- Mr. Organ is doing a great work
aere and the community is being
greatly built up spiritually. The meet
ing will continue through Sunday ev
ening. Everybody invited.
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THE NEWS AT
BANNER’S CAPITAL
Mr. Bradley Johnson of Emporia,
Va., is here for several days visiting
Mr J. A. Wellons, of Smithfield,
was here yesterday on legal business.
Mr. \Y B. Stalling, of Selma, sales
man for the Edinburg Mills of Virgin
ia was here this week for a few
days.
Messrs. Eli Turlington and L. B.
Pope were visitors to Smithfield
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Raynor spent
several days recently in and around
Bentonsville visiting friends.
Miss Adelaide Watson left this
morning for Dunn where she will vis
it for a few days.
Mrs. H, W. Darden, of Clinton, is
spending several days here with re
latives.
Mr. J. B. Hardee and daughter,
Miss Maggie Hardee, of Pleasant
Grove, were here Monday for a short
while.
Mr. E. T. Lucas, of Lucama, was
here Monday spending the day.
Mr. Alonzo Parrish returned Tues- j
day afternoon from Atlanta, Ga.,!
where he went Saturday night on ;
business.
Miss Lillian McLamb, of Sampson '
County has been visiting here for j
several days at the home of Mrs. J. !
W. Wood.
Mrs. Ruth Stephenson Clark, of
Raleigh, is spending several days
here with relatives.
Misses Prilla Gilbert and Nelia
Creech, together with several others
from near here, are spending the
week at Smithfield attending the
Teachers Institute.
Dr. Blanchard, of Fuquay Springs
was here one day this week, the
guest of Dr. W. H. Rowland.
Mr. and Mrs. Allan McLamb, of
Sampson county, were here this week
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Janies
E. Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. L.. L. Farmer, of
Savannah, Ga., are here for a few
days, the guests of their brother Mr.
Red Farmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Barbour and
Mr. G. W. Barbour, of Elevation,
have recently moved to Benson, Mr.
G. W. Barbour being a number of tin
firm of Barbour & Hobbs, succeed
ing G. W. Reaves in business.
We regret to note that Mr. Litt
Johnson continues very sick at his
home here, having been confined to
his bed for several days.
Mr Ernest Hardee, of Clayton, was
here Sunday and Monday visiting rel
atives.
Miss Cecile Holt, of Burlington, left
for her home yesterday after spend
ing several days here with friends.
Miss Laura Freeman, who was here
for a few days, left Monday for her
dome at Windsor.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Surles spent
Monday at Four Oaks attending tbe
Methodist Conference held there on
:hat day.
Misses Peacock and Edgerton, of
Senly have been here for a few days
he guests of Miss Nettie Anderson.
Mr. aiul Mrs, Ed. Jones, of Ken
ey, have recently moved here, Mr.
rones having accepted a position with
he Coast Line at this place.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Boon and chil
Iren left Monday morning for Eliz
ibeth City and other places in East
ern North Carolina, going through the
country on their Hudson touring car.
There will be a pic-nic Wednesday,
ruly 24th, given by the Methodist
Sunday School, at Stewart’s pond on
he road between Benson and Dunn.
Everybody is invited to bring a well
'illed basket.
About eighty guests were present
it the birth-day party given last week
0 Connor and Craven, the three- j
rTear old twin sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Et. T. Surles. They received nearly j
1 hundred presents from their little j
'riends who were invited. Refresh- j
nents consisting of cream, cake, etc.,
vere served.
In response to a telegram receiv
ed Saturday morning by J. F. Wood
ill, J. H. Godwin and Will Weeks i
vent to Raleigh immediately on’ an ; j
lutomobile. The facts are about as j
lerein stated. William Jones who
ives near here had bought a large
imount of meat on consignment, ship- *
?ed it to Ralaigh and gone there to i
sell it. After making his sale and ^ ]
laving about three hundred dollars in £
aia pocket he went to a livery stable *
>
to spend the night. Jones claims that
about mid-night he, in company with
a friend of his named Smith
went to the back of the stable to
look after his team, and that some
one grabbed him, cut his pocket open
with a knife, took his money, and
departed. Jones says he had a gun
in his pocket at the time but did not
make any effort to use it till the
man had escaped, neither did he call
for help to Smith who was in ten or
fifteen feet of him at the time.
Our town and community was
made sad Monday afternoon when it
became known that J. W. Benson had
died in Asheville, N. C., while in a
Sanatorium for treatment. Mr. Ben
son moved away from our town a
bout two and a half years ago and
made Troy, Montgomery county, his
home, ■where he engaged in a prosper
ous drug business, and was doing
well. Mr. Benson had been suffer
ing for several weeks with tuberculo
sis and was in Asheville for treat
ment when he died. His remains
were brought here Tuesday night on
the shoo-fly and taken to the Meth
odist church, from which place the
funeral was conducted yesterday after
noon by Rev. T. H. Sutton, the pas
tor. 1-Ie was buried with the honors
of the order of Knights of Pythias.
Mr. Benson was kindly remmebered
by a large number of people who
knew him and had traded with him
while he was running a drug store
here, lie was a consistent member
of the Methodist church. He leaves
a widow and four children and a
large number of friends to mourn
their loss.
Charlotte is putting the lid on
tight. Drug store liquor was cut off
on the 1 of July and all liquor clubs
required to give $5,000 bond not to
sell liquor. Two gave the bond.
Now the recorder has boldly an
nounced thqt all persons convicted
of retailing in his court will be sen
tenced to the roads, regardless of
race, color or previous condition.
GOV. W. W. KITCHIN.
!
Governor Kitchin to Speak.
The people of Beulah township;
ajjd the surrounding section have a
rare opportunity in store for them to
morrow afternoon, Saturday, July 20,
at 3:30 o’clock, when our able Gover
nor and friend of the people, Hon. W
W. Kitchin, will make an address at j
Kenly. Hear the Governor discuss
the issues of the sentorial campaign.
He is an entertaining and interesting
speaker. He is a Democrat, a friend
of the people, and is asking the sup
port of Democrats in his race for a 1:
seat in the United States Senate.
He is a man with convictions and has
the courage to stand by them. If he I
were in the United States Senate h |
would not vote one way one time and
then because of public sentiment
change his vote when the same ques
tion came up again.
A sister of Woodrow Wilson, Mrs.
Annie Wilson Howe, lives in Raleigh,
where she has resided since 1905.
She has a married daughter, Mrs.
Perrin F. Cothran, living in Raleigh
and a son, Prof. Geo. Howe, Ph. D.,
is instructor in Latin language and
iterature in the University o'f North
Carolina. * Another son lives near
Iwarthmore, Penn., and is a rail
oad man.
The Baptists of the State have <
tbscribed $100,000 for an endow
ment fund for Meredith College,
taleigh, and will revive $50,000 5
dditional from Mr. Rockefeller’s Ed- <
icational Board. 1
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TOPICS FOR SCHOOL
FOLKS TO DISCUSS
Every committeeman in the coun
ty, all the teachers and others in
terested in education are invited to
attend this meeting in Smlthfield,
Friday, July 26th, the last day of
the Institute. Topics of interest to
the teachers and the school will b«
discussed by the Committeemen.
This will afford an excellent oppor
tunity for teachers to see about
positions and for Committeemen to
see about teachers.
A joint conference of the County
Board of Education, Committeemen
and Teachers will be held here on
July 26. Some of the topics for
discussion are:
1. What definite qualification*
and what definite things have you
a right, as a school committeeman,
to expect of the teacher in your dis
trict. this session?
2. Along what definite lines has
the teacher in your district a right
to expect your active cooperation
as a school committeeman?
What definite benefits have
been gained for the children of
your district, as well as the com
munity at ltyrge, through the voting
of local tax?
4. What definite benefits have
been gained for the children of
your district, as well as the com
munity at large, through the con
solidation of the small one-teacher
schools into a school with two or
more teachers?
5- Along what definite lines can
you, as a school committeeman, la
bor to improve the educational op
portunities and advantages of the
children of your district, as well
as your county at large?
All the committeemen and teach
ers in the county are requested to
be present.
L. T. ROYALL,
County Superintendent.
SELMA NEWS.
Selma, July 18— Dr. Robert P. No
lle came from his new home in Ens
ey, Ala., last Sunday to visit his
»a rents and to take with him on
lis return Mrs. Noble and little Ro
bert. They v ill leave next Tues
lay.
Mr. and Mi • \ T. Woodard spent
Tuesday in E visiting Dr. T. M.
Jordan.
Mr. H. D. Hood, who for six years
was supervisor of our road system
and who brought the roads to that
form of excellence that made them
the pride of our township, left Tues
day for Middlesex, Nash County, to
take charge of the roads there.
The Committee on Invitation to
the Home Coming and the Watermel
on and Tomato Fair and Baby Show,
oil the 24th, are doing all in their
power to get the former inhabitants
back to see the improvements in the
new town and to make the day a
success. Dinner will be served to
the old veterans, and ladies with
their babies, will have nice quarters
with every convenience for their ac
commodation and comfort. Bring
ilong the whole family, and let’s
iave a good time. Let the children
come, we want them to form a favor
able opinion of our town, so that
hey may remember with pleasure the
lay, and wrant to come back next
fear.
In our last notes we wrote of the
arobable scarcity of water. Don't
et that bother one minute. Arrange
nents will be made for water for
every one and everything. This be
ng head quarters for the Standard
Jil Company, gasoline for the autos
can be had. We want to have every
:hing needed here so'that there can
■>e no fault found with our town.
-Vny one wishing to know' anything
about accommodations for man,
beast or auto, will find in any mem
ber of the committee one who is
full of information. They say “just
ask us. ”
The dinner for the old veterans
will be served free to them. They
are asked to bring their crosses of
honor with them, for it will be the
;icket to gain admission to the
lining room.
Business failures in the United
itates for the week number 252, in
ontrast to 196 in the like week of