Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

NO ARREST YET IN HINDERSONVILLE CASE MYRTLE HAWKINS MYSTERY NOT YET SOLVED. Pathetic Letters of Dead Girl to Her Mother and to Her Lover, Hal Cooper. Hendersonville, N. C., Sept. 15.-The coroner's inquest examining into the death of MYiss Myrtle Hawkins, whose body was found in Lake Osceola, and whose death, it is alleged,. was caused by an illegal operation, adjourned late this afternoon until tomorrow. The coroner stated tonight that the evi dence so far introduced did not justi fy any arrests in the case. Homer Hawkins, a brother of the dead girl, and Hal Cooper, said to be her fiance, stated on the stand this af ternoon that they had no reason to suspect any person of the murder of the girl. The feature of the inquest was the production of a letter found In Myrtle's room here by her sister, Mrs. J. B. Thomas. It was written to her mother by Myrtle and said: S"Dear Mother: I promised dad to write and tell ,you of my misfortune, but I have not the' face to tell you the name of the man who is responsible for it. He is not entirely to blame,- how ever, for he has done all that he could to help me and will continue to do so. I am going away so that I will not be any more trouble to you. Tell them that I ha' gone to Atas, good-bye." The "A-as" referred to is the name of a girl friend who lives at Concord, Hendersonville, ,N. C., Sept. 16. Startling from its very briefness, con ened and immediately adjourned, the second day's session of the inquest over the -remains of murdered Myrtle Hawkins consumed less than a min ute, but it forecasted the long expect ed development which will materialize -at the Monday meeting of the jury. There are six trained men now at work solving the crime. The authorities ;are in possession of evidence, the pub lication of which at this time would be 1xtremely unwise, 'but w .ich will assuyedly point an accusing and utn wavtering finger at the criminals. .Woman Searched For. 'The evidenice continues to pile high er and higher, and strests can not long be delayed. Mrs. Bessle Clark, known as Mrs. Bessie Guice, is being searph ed for in mancities. Her arrest will be but one of many. Whien the full brutality of the crime -is published, or these portions of its details which *may -be printed, the utter inhumanity of it will shock the country, accord ing to statements. A Certain Man. A letter from Myrtle to her lover, Hal Cooper, inthe hands of the police, is pathetic,'and the few men who have read It felt an unwonted lump rising in their throats. It -almost pleaded for an early marriage, .and although SMyrtle herself is but 17, she suggested that "Hal" needed someone to look after him. .Mr. Cooper has been ex-~ onerated from all knowledge of shie *girl's death. With the cousent of So - Iieitor Helm Johnson, he leaves for his home in Tegneksee on Monday. H awkins'% Letter to Lover. The dev*loPnments in the case today which may be published established the fact that Myrtle Hawkins and a certain naa were seed. together. This is most Important, and the girl's move m rents on the fatal 'day, when she left her home, leaving a note to her moth er; 'safing that *he 'was -going where Sshe would cause them no more troubl. is slowly, but surely, being -traced. Staten and Roeter have been employ ed by Miss Hawkins's family to assist in the examination of the witnesses at the inquest. Inque sfr Monday. ~(It is possible that other attorneys will be employed for that purpose alsc Monday's inquest will be at 3 o'clock. The room in the court house,. where the inquiry is being conducted, was today again packed to suffocation, with greater crowds in tne corridors and on the street in front of the building aian has marked any other day's in quest Detective Wants More Time. Hendersonville, N. C., Sept. 16. Upon the question whether it was on Wednesday or Thursday nigh,t of last week that a woman's piercing -screams Sechoed and re-echoed across the wat ers of Lake Osceola, depend, it is said, devlopmenlts of a far-reaching nature in the Myrtle Hawkins mystery. TI was the discovery of evidence alonz this line which caused an ad,journment of the inquest this morning at the re quest of Morgan Bradford, Jr., the AWashington detectiv'e who is working on the case. - Woman Heard Screams. Mrs. Reuben White told an Associat ed Press representatiVp this morning tha ast Wednesay sgh+ she heard a woman scrpning as ithough in great pain. The screaming, she says, gradually changed to moans, which finally died away in the stillness of the night. Frank Brown, a negro, living near Lake Osceola, declares that he heard a woman screaming about midnight: Thursday of last week, and will so t-estify at the inquest Monday after noon. A Mrs. Winter, of Lakeview Inn, near the lake, is another person who heard a woman's loud cries on We'd nesday night. Conflicting Testimony. The authorities find much difficulty in making the con"!cting statements dovetail,. as there are witnesses who will swear that they saw Myrtle Haw I kins on Thursday afternoon of last week. No warrants have yet been servedL in connection with the case, but the authorities feel more confident of tan gible results. COUNTY GOOD ROADS CLUB. ly-Laws and Constitution for Organ ization Formed While Southern's Good Roads Train Was in Newherry. Officers. The officers of this association shall consist of a president and vice-presi dent, a secretary-and treasurer. They -shall hold their respective offices for' a term of one year, and until their suc cussors are duly elected and qualified. Duties of Officers. The president shall be the executive head of the association. He shall pre side at all meetings of the association and of the executive committee. He shall appoint all committees, fill all vacancies, and sign all Vouchers for I the payment of money. In the absence I of the president, the vice-president shall act in his place instead. Provid ed, that in the absence of both the president a4d vice president, the exe cI'rive committee shall immediately select one of its members to perform the duties ofspresident. i The secretary shall keep the. ree ords, minutes and accounts of the as sociation. He shall draw all orders upon the treasurer of the payment of money and duly sign same. .He shall serve all notices and shall perform all things necessar?y to the proper conduct of 'the business affairs of the associa The treasurer shall be custodian o? the funds of the ftssociation.' He shall pay all orders for money duly signed by the .president and secretary. He may' be required to give bond if order ed by t'he executive1 committee. He shall make a 'writtei report annually to the association accounting for all funds received and disbiussed. The xecuive ommiteeshall con itofthe president, secretar/ and* treasurer, together with four.mn'embers of the association to be named by the president. The major-ity of said com mittee shall constitute a quoroum. They shall have charge of the busi ness affairs of the association, shall provide ways and means for its fin ances and expenses, and may fix the amount of membership fee. They shal report quarterly to. the associa-1 tiai tes~ 's1aId of the association, and the measu*res which they have taken in providing ways and means and safe guarding the interests of the associa tion by proper investigation of all its business affairs. In addition to the executive commt tee there shall be five standing comn mittees, je be appointed by the presi dent annually, consisting of not less than fivle mnembers to each committee,! n.mely, committee en road adminis tration, committee on road construe Ition and maintenance, committee on road materials, committee on split-log drag, and conmmittee on ways and means. Mteetings. Officers shall be elected at the first regular meeting and annually there after. Special meetings may be called by. the president of the executive commit 'tee. The executive committee may fix the time and place of holding its meet ing, provide4 said committee shall meet at least once in every three months.. . Amendments. These articles may be amended at any regular or specta! meeting of the association by a mayority of the mem bers thereof attending such meeting, provided, however, that written notices of such meeting shall have previously been given each member in good stand By-Laws. The executive committee shall have authority to make such by-laws for! the government of the ass->ciation as it may deem necessary, and which shall not,cordlict with the constitution. I Committee on Road Administration This committee should ascertain the laws unon -which the road administrae rion of the county or loc-aliiy is basc, the personnel of the oficil organiza tion selected to car-y oa: such laws, the revenues availa'Ie for road pur poses-how obtained, how expended and what system of accounting and re cording is followed. It should recor& mend needed reforms in road laws, organization and administration; it should ascertain the various sources of revenue and plans for raising ad ditional revenues; and should ereu tually formulate its findings into a report containing recommendations for the future financing of road work. Committee on Road Naterials-This committee should ascertain the loca tion, character, quantity and availabil ity of all road materials in the coun try. This work can be much faciliat ed by cooperation with the office of public roads of the United States de partment of agriculture, which makes analysis and tests of road materials free of charge, whereby the kind and quality of road building material can be definitely ascertained. The com mittee should also make a study of transportation facilities for road ma terials, and work out plans whereby the county or locality can obtain the best materials in the easiest and most economical manner. They might con -i,ler thr advisability of the purchase of quarries and gravel pits, the ar ra-niement of snecial rates with the railroad comanies, the nreparation of th- materials by county prisoners, etc. Committee on Road Construction, and Naintenance-Th's committee should ascertain the mileage of public roads. and classify them according to mmnt and importance of traffic. as ertaining the improvement that is ees-arY and the nrobable cost: draw n a zeneral plan for the gradual im provement of all the county roads long definite intelligent lines. accord n to the means available; obtain data ;,.pinc iD' Pi'," 1 i~c-a! rf rni'o 'n truetion. and should cooDeiate clove rv witl- tha conittep on road ma frialr-s in drawing un 1i rpco'men dations as to the kind and amount of nqai eonstriction to be undertaken. Tt 0hould make a close study of road maintenance, with a view to fntrod"C -ne tlip best and mnOkM'^n-n'rnical meth Mis for mintaffin the roads:- Tt hould look into the relativ'e merits ~f the varions kinds of road eanip -ent. and aid the county authorites y information and advice in securing :lh' necessa-ry equipment. Committee on Spit-Log Drag-This ommittee should devise ways and neans for stimulating interest in the road drag, and - should endeavor to bring about the general use of this simple little implement. Records ould be kept of the number of drags n use, and the mileage of roads reg tilarly dragged as the result of the work of the committee. Contests ould be inaugurated and publicity given the work, so that the interest night become widespread, and practi al res~ults accomplished. Committee on Ways and Xeas rhis committee should deal with the cnatter of raising funds and financing Lhe work of the local association, and houd have general supervision over proposed expenditures, the obtaining f suitable quarters, equipment, etc., nd should in general uphold and fur ther the work of the other committees tong practical lines. - Visited Laurens Schools. Laurens Advertiser, 13th. J Mr. Win. C.. Bynum, superintendent f the Georgetown schools, was in the city Monday to witness the opening sxercises of the Laurens schools. Mr. Bynumi had heard much, of the fine school here so he came to see for him self hiow it was run. He expressed blmself freely on the beautiful build ing and the fine appearance of the pu pls and teachers. 'He didn't state whether he was married .though or iiot. Mr. Bynum said that the build ing was far and away ahead of any in the State and was so impressed -with he surroundings that he declared Lhat he intended to return at an early iate and spend a longer time looking ver the building and watching the nanagement. The Thiornlwell Orphana<ge. The Thornwell home and schools for rphans, is the name of the Presbyte ian orphanage under the control 01 .he synods of South Carolina, Georgia td FloriIa, and is one that hopes to hare in the benefit of orphan-work lay. It may interest the readers of his paper to know that the orphanage vas begun some thirty-seven years go with a half-dollar, the gift of an )rphan; that it was dpened with four ttle boys and four little girls; that t has no agent, neither are any as ;essments made for its support by the Ibireh: nor any days appointed for olUections, being wholly dependent ion the voluntary gifts of benevolent eople. It now',has sixteen cottage! tmes with some 300 orphans, with :en teachers in the schools, with a aftron int each cottage. It has a farm, , oboe..hona a carpenter and machine "It C It Had I This is a common expr porters, Telegraph Operators those "built-to-order" ciualiti the ideal writing machine. the same when you have owner of STANDA TYPEWRIT Simple, Light Runi Strong, Standard k Quiet, Visible Wr Portable, Heavy Ma: Royal sales are increasing mor other typev EVERY ROYAl ROY Royal Typewriter Buildi: A BRA shop, a steam laundry and other in dustrial departments in which the children are taught trades. All of the children do something toward their support and in the aggregate they save the home, by this labor, not less than $15,000. It costs abouty $60 a year to provide board for each pupil. A fine education, beginning with the aphabet and ending with a collegf course is open to them. Surely such an institution is worthy of support. The pupils in the homes are tmainly from South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, but there are many scattered from New York to Oklahoma now ith us. There is neither local nor dnominational restriction as to re cption of orphans. Those received, hwever, must be worthy, intellig'nt ophans, without means of support. he institution is located in Clinton, . C. Rev. Dr. Jacobs is president. New Bofte Across tIi Styx. Charon's b>oat had just grated on te gravel. "All abroad," he shouted in raucous ones. "This is the only boat for the lysian Fields. Start i nye% minutes. ight this way. Only boat for Ely an Fields. All aboard." But the young man with the queer ctrivance of ropes and flappers did ot heed the aged skipper. Charon shook his paddle at him. "Say, you youngster, come aboard," he growled. "I can't hold this boat al day." "Go to 'Pluto with your old boat," oared the newcomer. "I can get ross in my own way." Whereupon he started the engine of s aeroplane and flew the Styx racefully alighting in a little group ofscientifie pioneers, among themn be g Watt and Stephenson and Mon >ler and Morse and Home and Whit ey.Pttsarg Press. ESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT THE BAR MEETING SEPT. 11, 1811. Resolved, That the Clerk of 0ourt be rquested to notify the jurors that their services Will not be needed at the approchng term of court, as there will be nio cases for jury trial. Resolved further, that Judge Gage e notified of this action by the ohair man of this meeting, giving the mea son therefor and that Juidge Gage be equested to pass such order as he ems proper to call off the court. (Signed) B. V. Chapman, Secretary. NOTICE TO JURORS. In obedience to a resolution of the Newberry Bar, adopted September 11, 1911, jurors drawn to attend our court September 18, 1911, ane hereby notified that their services wnot be needed, as no jury cases will be tried atsaid court. Jno. C. Goggans, September 12, 1911. C. C. C. P. Attacks School Principal. A severe attack on school principal, Chas. B. Allen, of Sylvania. Ga., is thus tld by him. "For more than three yars," he writes, "I suffered indescri bale torture from rheumatism, liver ad stomach trouble and diseased kid nys. All remedies failed till I used Eectric Bitters, but four bottles of tis wonderful remedy cured me com petely." Such results are common. Thousands bless them for curing stom ah trouble, female complaints, kid ny disorders, billiousness, and for nw health and vigor.' Try them. Only Duld Not Suit Me I 3een,Built to Orde ession where the Royal Standard and Expert Stenographers in all es that mark Jou will say become the k L R D 'ER ling, Right Priced, Leyboard, Guaranteed, iter, Reliable, aiffolder, "On the Job" e rapidly than the sales of any rriter, because SOLD HELPS T( AL TYPEWRITI .1g, NCH IN EACH PRINCI Happy,Comf - Spent What can you imag 4pleasant and enjoyable tl *In offering you Coles Orgal we do so knowing it w Read the following guaz Sof this remarkable stove: gem.e~ remain ai-tigt as ln Weguarantee that it will he n ot be removded arthanfon We gprates, each sae wsrkmanship, CO: Avoid mistakes-Bei you the patented feature which make it the most s Burns wood, chips, cc IeZ- Newber Will Soun< Land? There isn't a moth not take a pride in si his studies as well school. I am prep ||needs with the very 1 R Encourage your cL best. Mayes' THE HOUSE OF 3etter If .r for Me." Typewriter is used. Court Re lin~es of business find in the Royal PRICE WITH TABULATOlI $.7 5 .00 WITHOUT TABULATOR $65.00 )SELL ANOTHER 'R CO., New York, N. Y. PAL CITY. IX, 1 ~ Ie rtable Eveningp ~at Home ne that will -make- home more an an even, warm temperature. fr-flt Wood Hleater il give you perfect satisfaction. antee made by the manufacturer ' Air-Tight -Wood Stove besrdag -our as used. 1 froer ngt with dry wood. - au so complete with wood that ashes need times each wintr. to be free froma Imperfect ateriaw and [2E MANUFACTURING CO. (Not Inc.) rore you buy allow us to show is on Cole's Original- Air-Tight atisfactory of all heaters. >bs and rubbish.' namese to School. I Through the Iext Week. er in the county w6 does nding her boy or girl to equipped as any boy in ared to fill :,our children's lest goods on the market. ildren by giving them the Rook Store. A THOUSAND THINGS