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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-09-14

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TRIALS OF AN EDITOR.
Disasters Come Not Singly, But
Tread On One Another'S Heels.

\ week or 50 ago our very compe-
tent foreman, Mr. Christian, resign
ed The offer he received was so
much better than we could afford
to extend him that, while 10th to
lose his services, yet We could not
blame him for accepting the prop
osition made him. That was the
beginning of our series of misfor-
tunes, however.
As stated elsewhere in this issue,
last Thursday, when we had printed
a couple Of hundred papers, and
everything seemed to be running
smoothly, suddenly and without
warning-owing to the intensely
bot weather-the rollers (which au-
tomatically supply ink to the press)
ras,,..ed and we had to stop. I'M
me 9;ately we wired two printers
sup3,y houses, only to be told that
they could not repair the rollers and
get them to us in less time than a
week Meantime we had about
1900 papers of last weeks edition
with only one side printed.
We next sent man to Dillon
The Herald, of that place, having a
press like ourS-to try to borrow
the roller we needed most. Editor
Jordan kindly loaned US a spare one,
but unfortunately our man brought
back the wrong roller. His train
being late another whole day was
lost and we were no better off than
before. By Saturday we managed,
by some ingenuity on the part OF
the force, to patch up the old roller
enough to print one page at time.
We usually print four pages at a
time, 50 this process took Just four
times as long and the paper could
not be sent out till Saturday after
noon.
Monday We received assurance
from the printers supply concern
that the new rollers had been shlpp-
ed that day, (Monday) which should
have brought them to Us not later
than Tuesday or Wednesday. But
the package of rollers got lost IN
transit, 80 here We are Thursday,
the paper ready to print, and the
press out Of commission.
We are making TIE wires hot try.
ing to locate the lost package, and
3y tlr time this meets the reader :
eve IF course our pres will he III
running order again, but just now
il i impossible t. SaT when that
will be- We have done and are do
mo all in our .powcr, having spent
more than the value uf the roller
irving to replace them, and while il
j. OF course ANNOYING and mortliylng
;,l..I .t;fl W.. rol,nnt see that we
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Notice..
COnyenlenc

The county Farmers Union will
meet at Kingstree on Saturday,
September 16, at IL o'clock, m. All
local unions are requested to send
delegates. Much important business
will come before the union. Brother
union men, if there ever was a time
for the farmers to be aroused and
look out for their welfare, now is
that time. Meet the county union
on Saturday, September l6.
] T FRIERSON.
Mouzons, Sec'ty.
September 8.
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Lake City, September IL.

The card referred to follows:
see my friend, MIR Bass, writes
The Record that The News is out of
business. 1t is true. My son. who
had charge here. is gone and left US
rather "balled up" but we will be
out on time next week and you may
expect our usual visits, as | will
take charge myself.
1t was our intention to publish DR.
Stokes correction last week, but out
of courtesy to our Lake City CORE
spondent, we awaited his letter,
thinking that he would probably
have something to say about it. We
did not get his letter until Wednes-
day and it made no reference to the
matter. Meantime an accident in
our press room delayed the issue of
The Record till Saturday and for a
time it seemed that we could not
print the issue at all.
What with the worry and confu-
sion attendant upon this status re-
rum and the responsibility of look
ing after six or seven carpenters
trying to remodel our dwelling,
which, by the way, is roofess and
makes the interior a reservoir every
time it rains we overlooked DR.
Stokes card and several other i'm
portant matters.
We hardly believe our sin of omis-
sion did any great harm, however,
since the re-appearance of the paper
last Saturday was itself the best evil
dence that it had resumed publica-
ton.
We have thus gone into details,
as we feel that we owe our readers,
as we'll as the editor of The News,
an apology.-Editor The Record.
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THE WHY'S AND WHEREFORES
Appertaining to Not Publishing
Editor Stokes Card.

Editor County Record
On seeing the publication week
before last that the Lake City News
had been suspended | Immediately
dropped you card denying the
same. My denial did not appear in
your last issue. Kindly give it the
same publicity that you did the ru-
mors of suspension. and oblige,
Yours truly,
w S STOKES.
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IF You WISH TO SELL that farm,
timber land, store or residence, write us
at once and send full description, as We
have an attractive proposition to offer
you. LlGoN LAND ";
7-20-13t Sumter, y
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FOR SALE-One tract of land within
3 miles Of the railroad now being built
from Marion, S C, to Andrews, 5 Z.
Tract contains 81 acres, more or less,
about 40 acres cultivated,
WILLIAM COOPER,
S-3l-4t cooper ", y.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

darkened stage. and did what seemed
like some wonderful tricks. The great
audience OF convicts sat breathless in
wonder. but when IL was shown at the
end OF the act by the usual blunder In
such trick acts that most of the SEEM
ingly great work had been accomplished
by the aid OF wires-when one of the
worlds greatest eauilibrists" was left
dangling in the air by wire-that
strange audience simply rose in the air
and shouted approval. 1t was some min
utes before the rest OF the show could
proceed. The gang was pleased to find
that some one had fooled It.
Further down on the programme there
was time reserved for versatile song
and dance comedian" and buzz ran
over the great audience an neat young
man with faultless Prince Albert coat
and SILK hat came out and broke into
an Irish liz. There were few If any who
did not recognize In the dancer one OF
the most notorious kldnappcrs in Amer
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
in Penal Institution

visitors were puzzled. This referred 70
a certain grating councilman VINO
"s1uealed" on his pals. but did not save
himself from prison. This prisoner was
not present at the show, and ii is under-
stood he Is kept apart from the otner
prisoners, who have shown great de-
sire to kill him If they get the chance
The heavier part of the mud Singing
on the programme, however, was lett 10
two ators-brothers-who lor-
merry did a Hebrew sketch on the stage
before they tried the short cut TO wealth.
by holding up a rich Pittsburger at night
at the point Of a gun. This pair fetched
howl OF approval from the convicts oy
their thrust at the spread OF tuberculosis
inside the prison.
I'm going to move 10 California salo
tho little one.
What for YOU move to California IN
quired the big one.
For consumption
NO, you needn't go to California Tor
: consumption. We have lots Of II rign'
/ here in the penitcntiary." was the re-
joinder. and the strange audlehVe
yowlCd nd what made this remark
more applicable next morning to those
who had visited the prison and heard th'
| Jest Was that they read In the papers
that while this very show was going on
one Of the convicts in the prison hosp''''
/ had died from consumption.
You're In wrong" said the big man 70
/ the little one.
..Why am / in wrong?" asked the H'-
tie one, bristlng up.
/ you ought TO be in Dixmont was
the reply, and with this the audienee
shook with laughter. recognizing IN .h'
word Dixmont the insane asylrm furthef
down the river. .
'Wen, come on. let's get out Of mere.
said the small ruan. =,
Yes, Wen go up to the workhouse,
said the larger convict, as they rolled ."
the stage amid the unrestrained laus"-
ter of the convict audience, when 90"
much humor in the two highwaymen &c.
Gliding offhand to leave the penitenua''
and go to the workhouse. ,,s
Warden Francis OF Riverside is OF tho
opinion that this form OF diversion nss
good effect on the prisoners. II preass
up the monotony OF their existesh shs
which is trying III the extreme, since ~ saa
state laws will not permit more ." 90
one-thlrd of the convict population "
work at one time This gives prlsone,s os
one DAYS work in three, perhaps IN,
enough to assist much in keeping sr
sac L. L. CARS0N
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

sat around. Presently there was another
cable from London: No such brokers at
Lloyds Names you give not In city d.
rectory'
Then the broker did some swearing, and
finally he took another good, long look at
the policies. At last, when ne did what he
ought to have done the first thing, and
compared the names stamped on the poll
cies with the authentic stamps OF the
Lloyds men. lie saw the point. The crook
or his confederate had bought dress
suit case full Of Lloyds blanks and dozen
rubber stamps. lie had pruned down the
names OF prominent Lloyds underwriters
dropping out middle initial which ap-
peared on the legitimate stamp, or snip
ping off a final e. or something OF that
out the policies and stamped 'em. OF
course, they wouldn't have insured a hog
pasture. The broker got after the fellow
on behalf OF the exhibitor and made him
cough up 500 out of his sl,200, but that
was all. lie had spent the rest. | guess
that s. a week was too much OF a drain
on him. Luckily. there wasn't fire.
The victims of these swindlers are the
vcll-to-do men who are simply careless
about their insurance or the poor men who
arc ignorant. Both get roped in by the
offer Of absurdly low rates A company
doing a legitimate business can't cut its
premiums below certain point; a fraudu-
lent company, or an agent with bagful of
fake policies, can cut premiums forever,
seeing there won't he anything paid on
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

ment, consisting Of high class vaudeville,
given under the auspices Of the Jolly
Strollers,'" though where they could
stroll to was not apparent. The wish in
this case must have been father to the
thought of the man who selected such
an incongruous name for bunch OF
prison actors. The orchestra Of thirty
two pieces played for an hour before the
opening OF the show. and as all the musi-
clans were doing time their tempo was
accurate. One of the most notorious
murderers and burglars in the history OF
American crime presided at the piano.
and his execution was finished and
easy. His is a life sentence. He has
considerable time for practice before him
yet.
Another OF the orchestra was former
Pittsburg banker. He blew slide from
bone with apparent enjoyment. Those
who recognized him wondered Mt his
musical ability for when ho was at
liberty and before 1t was discovered that
there was $3,O00.OO0 missing from his
bank the only instrument his friends
had known him TO play was stock
ticker While the orchestra was giving
the overture three other bankers acted
as ushers for the visitors. They were as
courteous and attentive an they had
been to the same visitors in the outside
world when the latter would call on
them at their banking houses.
When the curtain went up there was
shown a company of minstrels. About
half of the company were in short skirts
and curls. and very good girls they made
too, If the applause of the convict audi
ence is any criterion. The opening piece
vas down on the programme as "a Jolly
Day at the Kings Palace" Those TO
some extent familiar with the prison
could scarcely take their eyes off the in
terlocutor. who was said to be making
positively his last appearance on the
American stage" He was tall and state-
ly-a life prisoner, murderer who 1as
already done almost twenty years OF his
life sentence. and yet he is less than
forty years old. His hair seemed gray,
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
BROPHY HAD THE FACTS.

Such is the startling statement OF 'Iom
Brophy, Brooklyn's young fire marshal
who usually knows what he is taking
about When his interviewer asked him to
back I'D his first surprising assertion he
did it with some relish.
"Of course. these fellows go around man
aging fires" he said. why, it was only d
few days ago that there was IRE over
here II was I'm a cobblers shop. Three
Young men were walking by about mid
night. they saw flicker under the window
shades and ran to the door 10 wake lhe
people up. Just then there was an ex-
ploslon inside and the windows and door
glass blew out and cut their faces.
"rhey pulled an alarm right away. FORT
unateIy. there was an engine house just
around the corner, and the boys drowned
the place In no time. In the back room OF
the place. just behind the fire. they iouhu
a shoe 'stock'-of empty boxes-piled clear
up to the ceiling. Also there was an
empty gasolene can and candle. Ihe hre
had started in a closet. The evidence was
all there. but we had trouble finding the
owner Of the store. When / reached MIN
he told me he had $500 worth of stock ana
$500 Of insurance.
"'Where is this stock? l asked him.
HE shrugged his shoulders and groaned
out:
! "Alles gebronnt--all burnt!
well said J. why did you hang UP
| those curtains?'
I had learned that he bought curtains
| for his front windows and put them up tne
morning OF the very day of the nre. lie
shrugged again and groaned
"Veu.' he said, didn't want my shooze
| TO get sunburnt.
| TT all looked awfully fishy and we had
| him arrested. A lot more things came out
! at the trial and he was convicted. Then ne
broke down in the chair, before he was
sentenced, and confessed everything. He
said one OF these fire promoters had come
to him and said.
! "'Do you want TO make some money!
"He said. Sure. HowT The promoter
said. Nit desc and showed him candle
! and some matches. 4 ; III show you how,
J he said. You say to the fire marshal you
| have got yun stock Of $500 Tot you bought
| at yun auction sale on der East Side.
| viii furnish you nit der bills from dat
! sale
80 they framed II up between them.
They made a mess Of 1t. though, largely
on account Of those window curtains 1t
was a time Job. They fixed It so they were
! both at a moving picture show with some
| friends at the time OF the fire. We got the
poor devil of cobbler, but the promoter
| got away.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

ica's criminal history. But he could
dance, and later >he sang. and then he
went through an Irish monologue that
created much laughter.
The audience got real action for it's
money when the last piece on the pro-
gramme was reached. 1t was "A Bow
cry Bargain" in which there was come
hot line firing by the convict actors at
other conyicts whom they did not like;
nor was the prison management ex-
empt. Every thrust was greeted with
yeils of delight from the mass OF con-
victs out in front. on the walls Of a
Bowery saloon on the stage were shown
many pacards. One read; "Wanted--A
deep sea diver TO find the meat in the
soup" Those of the convicts who could
read nudged one another and grlnned at
this placard.
Another card read: There are three
methods OF Observation-Disclosures
telegraph and tell-a-rat." This seemed
to tickle most of the prisoners. but the
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

five years His record is an old lallapa-
loosa.
"The first time ! ever heard OF him was
when one OF his companies busted a good
long while ago. | remember it because ne
jiggled and sidled around, and finally
stuck his father for the losses and most
of the blame The old man paid up and
died. Then this fellow trailed along with
a whole row OF these little companies l
was telling you about. They blew up so
fast they sounded like a string of Chinese
fTecrackers
THE next we heard, our friend turned
up over in Jersey as the defendant in an
abandonment case. The court ordered him
to pay the girl an allowance. l believe he
moved to have it reduced. The judge final
ly made it s. a week.
Then he lay low till the st. Louis ex-
position The game he worked then was
a corker. In those days you or l could
walk into stationer's shop in London
and buy an insurance policy OF the London
I.lcyds in blank. When you bought your
insurance you went to the Lloyds rooms
in the Royal Exchange, had the description
Of the property written in the proper place
on the paper and certified to. and then
any underwater who wanted to take part
in the insurance would indorse that fact
underneath and stamp it with his rubber
stamp That, by the way, is where the
word underwriting came from.
well, during the exposition a broker
here got letter from pretty well known
exhibitor who thought he noticed a ratty
smell around his insurance policies He
had Insured his exhibit for 10000 at per
cent, making $500 of premium. which he
had paid Ia cash to this fellow we are talk
ing about.
1.-THE broker looked at the policies, and
they seemed pretty good. They were all on
the regular forms of the London Lloyds
and were stamped with the names of well
known men. Apparently it was a simple
case Of Lloyds' men selling insurance in
st. Louis through broker. But the name
Of this fellow was enough to make the
New York man smell number of rats.
lie was i'm a big rush to get TO yacht
race, or he might have looked a littlo
closer and saved himself some cable tolls.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
ALIBI VERSUS HANDWRITING.

HE turned the letters over to the police,
and a detective was assigned to the case
The night Of the flfe the tailor met the
detective by accident at railroad station
and said: Tn going to a ball. I've got
ticket here for you. Won't you come, too?
The detective did, and they were together
when the fire broke out That gave him
pretty good alibi. OF course, a confederate
touched It off. When we found how well
the tailor was insured we got him to write
out paper that contained some OF the
words in the Black Hand letters, and then
turned over all the writing to a hand
writing expert. He testified there was no
doubt whatever that II was the work Of
cne man, and we got conviction.
Then there was another Black Hand
case that had a queer twist 10 It. Two or
three people in neighoorhood got Black
Hand notes threatening arson, and fires
really did follow There was a fireman OH
the Long Island Railroad who discovered
three of them, and made himself quite a
hero helping TO save things. Nobody sus-
pected him at first, for he seemed mighty
steady, sensible sort Of fellow, but We got
him at last and through a Black Hand
note His writing was hardly disguised.
Then it turned out that he was regular
I.yfomaniac. He set three fires in his cell
in the Queens County Jail They were just
newspapers and matches. or course, the
Jail wouldn't burn. Then he would keep
the other prisoners awake initiating the
bells ard whistles of the fire apparatus.
They couldn't keep him quiet. lie was
crazy as a loon, and the court committed
him to Matteawan.
But the Black Hand is a new wrinkle
| Most of the fires that seem likely TO stick
the insurance companies are still laid tc
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

Everybody knows that certain policynolo-
ers dcfraud fire insurance companies py
false statements and happily timed fires
IT took the leisurely probe OF the Legs
lature's graft hunt, however, 10 lay before
the public the other day the fact that the
policyholders in their turn are often oe-
frauded by Weakened fire insurance conf
panies. which sometimes actually do not
exist. and by their agents" who unques-
tionably do exist and prosper.
There are tricks in both trades There
are dishonest companies and there are dis
honest individuals who promote" fictitious
ones. on the other side, there are dishon-
es, policyholders. and here. too. there are
promoters" who organize fraud and man.
age fires for policyholders, just as the DIS
honest agents" promote bad companies
1t is a battle OF wits But 1t is the honest
fire insurance company that suffers from
the swindling "firebug." and it is the hon"
est but ignorant policyholder who is the
victim of the bogus fire insurance COM
pany.
You will find numbers Of fraudulent hre
insurance companies doing business on the
East Side" Philip ]. Mosenthal, an insur-
ance broker. told the investigating COM
mittee Every now and then some big
wholesale dealer Will come TO me with a
long face and say. Poor So-and-So has
had FIRE He can't collect his insurance,
80 he can't pay our bill What can you do
for U.S.? Then they will show me list Of
fire insurance companies that my office has
never heard Of in forty years of business.
"Of course, that isn't unsafe insurance.
1t isn't insurance at all; it's plain swim
ding. The companies aren't licensed in
this state. We can't collect on the policies
because there's nothing to collect"
A. NJ. Best had some picturesque things
20 say about the Illicit insurance trade.
He Is the head Of fire insurance rating
agency which investigates the condition of
insurance companies and publishes its re-
ports Of their standing. He also was called
before the committee as an expert witness.
Later he consented TO talk further.
There are two different kinds of bad
policies" he said. "One is the kind that
is issued from the printers office, repre-
eenting itself as the contract of a corpora
tion which never existed on this terrestrial
ball. That is the plain stealing kind. Buy
ing one is precisely like buying counterfeit
money. If you get It ct discount, you
know--or ought to-that it is absolutely
valueless. The other kind Of bad policy is
the policy OF the unsafe company. Usually
Il Is q little company, sometimes got up
by crooks and sometimes by fools, under
lax Insurance laws.