The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, February 09, 1911, Image 1
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vrtABLISHKD IK 1895. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 1911. VOL. 16. NO. 52.
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I tNDING B. 8 C. R. R. B(
y
Pl CONNECT WITH A. 0. L. RAILROAD Bill
IT SELLERS
"[ABOARD ENTERING MARION $1
i
w Foundation For Rumor That H. 1V?
> > <7. Railroad Has Hoen Sold I
huBb North & Sou til Carolina,
all i
U) 1 Bennettsville and Cheraw ,
* chaaef to 1x3 e3rt-ended from A ]
one to 8e^ors? a distance of ! 5
wife miles. At Sellers it will t
vood ma*n l*ne ?f 1
' P/\anf TTnn T>io mile (
\ support
that a 'n bou^ht and a11 arrange- 1 ]
husbj'n^ t0 beRrin WOrk ?n the;sen
in a few weeks. The j 0j{,
s not yet been definitely j t
Colaf One of the proposed routes
<?b deioar the Dennettsville and
' . ; tnis
?M public road.swerving a lit-|o^
oart eastward from a straight
ing bfhe other route bends in to- ; ^
obsclhe river where there are val- ,
l>art| timber interests. The route jan^
jy selected will depend largely ;a 1
the property owners who give j con
? ght of way. ' Ad?
youjp B. A C. road now runs from
wh^?k to Brownsville, via Ben- a
.ville and Blenheimm and has a
To^ckage of 34 miles, all in Marl-.son
thaj county. In going to Sellers it ( reS|
evefcross Dillon county as Sellers a)ld
schf the edge of Dillon. i<id>
Stephen the extension is completed, .ten
th will be within a few months,;1*81
t 11 #>
- nettsville will be connected by .
yt B. and C. with the main lines of l'^'
o|th the Seaboard and the Coast iOOU
ne, besides connecting with the,
"Jiyetteville, Sumter and Gibson i
g-anches of the Coast Line here. |?'
The B. and C. is a Marlboro rail-1t,ie
road, of which the county is proud. I
Its headquarters are in Bennetts-,'?
ville, and its president, J. J. Heck-|fr0
art, and its auditor, G. P. Bourde-!
lat, re8id? here. They extend every j
reasonable accommodation to the' ^
people of the county. They have >Joa
stations at short intervals along the (lia
line, so us to be convenient for org
freight and passengers. nuI
a c
An Incorrect Report. dei
The following appeared in a re- mis
cent issue of the Mulllns Messen- flee
ger: &ai<
"It seems that our road, the Rah
North and South Carolina, has ac- del!
quired the road from Kollock to **ai
V Bennettsville and to Hodges and to hov
Sellers, and likely the Marion Luro- it i
ber company road to Marion. The niei
right of way into Sellers has been ?ha
obtained and possible control of the ?nti
road to Marlon. Does this mean bhW
that Mullins, with her $10,000 s
bonds is to be bottled up and noth- con
ing further doing? This genera- dut
tion and the doings thereof are mix- the
ed in such a cloud of mystery that *ior
nothing definite can be told of the vise
railroad future whatever. The sit- bIoi
uatlon is not reassuring to Mullins this
as we see it for a through route to l?oa
Charleston us has been expected con
and hoped. To say the least of the ber,
situation we do not admire the sec- coo:
* 4W
VWMt7 wciuvuo putouru \jy tut) UJ - ; y no
flcials of the proposed railroad ex- j and
tensions from Mullina or not from; cou
Mulilns. Has Mullins contributed cou
$10,000 for her burial expenses at- dim
I ter cutting his own throat? The ty i
near future will answer this import- tne
J ant question." ' tlou
The Messenger seems "mixed in'and
clouds of mystery" in its railroad in-, ties
^formation. Where it got the idea upo
that the N. and S. C. had acquired tie
the "road from Kollock to Bennetts- Stai
ville and to Hodges and to Sellers" g
is indeed a mystery. The officials tDo
of the B. and C. suy there is abso?
lately nothing in the report. The erg
road has not heen aenuired hv the t.?.
. JUB1
N. and 8. C., or any other road, and j,ou
there is no probability that it will Bev,
be. 'The road remains in the same
handB that it has for years, and ol
there is no change in its officers or Sa({
stockholders. It is an independent pac
road, and is not controlled or own- ,
ed by the N. and S. C. or the Se^ rite
board dt any other road. naB
n The Marion County Lumber Oom- BUC
pany road, which runs from Marion
" up into Dtillon county, has been |u
bought by Beaboard people. It j?g
la in no way connected with the inc,
p B. and Ct, however, and the exten- eae
*k>n from Brownsville will not run {fee
4 to the terminal of the Marion Lum- e|r(
ber road, 'but will go directly to tT<
p Seller*.?Pee Dee Advocate. boo
pul
Dr. L. R. Craig has purchased a for
p> handsome Maxwell automobile of
the roadster type, and Mr. Truss *
Thompson has pare based a Maxwell
rnnabeut.
IND ISSUE FOR $100,000
L TO ABOLISH OFFICE OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONER.
00,000 BONDS FOR ROADS
iinty Will be l'ut or? Commission
'ornt of Government and Right
Capable Business Men Will
Administer Its Affairs.
Bill To Abolish Offices of County
Supervisor and County Commistioner
in the County of Dillon,
ind provide a system of County
Sovernment for Said County.
ie it enacted by the General Arlbly
of the State of South Carta
:
lection 1. That the offices of
inty supervisor and county comisioner
of and for the county
Dillon be, and the same are
eby, abolished.
lee, 2. That there shall be in
1 for said county of Dillon
ounty board of commissioners,
tposed of E. Li. Moore and W. J.
mis, who shall serve for the term
two years, and A. S. Manning,
de Stack house, L. A. Manning,
1 D. Arch McCollum, who shall
bre for four years, and until their
pective successors are appointed
I qualify, as hereinafter provWthat
uuon the expiration of the
a of office of said commissioners
pectively, as fixed as aforesaid,
ir successors, apportioned been
the several townships o fthe
nty as nearly equal as practic?,
shall be appointed by the.
rernor, upon the recommendation
the delegation, or a majority
reof,, of said county of Dillon in
General Assembly of this State
serve for the term "of four years
m the date of their apointment,
I until their successors are apnted
and qualify.
!ec. 3. That the said county
rd of commissioners shall, iminetely
alter qualifying, meet and
anize by electing one of their
nber as chairman, and also elect
lerk, who shall be designated as
k of the County Board of Com sioners;
he shall hold his of!
at the will and pleasure of
I board, and receive an annual
try of four hundred ($400.00)
lars, payable monthly upon the
rrants of said board: Provided,
rever, That said board may, if
iee proper, elect one of their
inhere as clerk, in which case he
II perform all the duties and be
Itled to receive the Balary or
1 officer as herein provided.
lec. 4. That said county board of
lmlssioners shall perforin all the
les, and have and exercise all
powers, authority and jurLsdicl
now devolved upon the super>r
and county board of eomraisiers
under and by the laws of
i State: Provided, That said
rd may designate and appoint a
imittee of three of their uum,
to be known as the finance
imittee, who shall have power!
authority to audit and approve
pay by warrant drawn on the
nty treasurer, any claims or Kent
against said county for orAry
expenses and salary of coun*
officers with right of appeal to
whole board in case of rejeci
of any claim; and shall exercise
perform any other duty or du- (
which said board may impose J
n them, not inconsistent with
constitution and haws of the i
Le.
ection 5. That in addition to
other duties performed by them.!
1 county board of commission-1
may, if they see proper, read-j
I, reform and fix the lines and j
ndaries of township lines of the j
eral townships and parts of1
nshipK into which said county
Dillon is now divided, so that j
1 townships may he in as comt
form as practical, and conform
near as possible in area and teriry,
and designate the same by
ae or by number, and in case of
d readjustment and reformation,
1 board shall prepare and keep
their office a description ehowand
indicating clearly and distly
the linee and boundaries of
h such township, file a copy
reof in the office of clerk of the
?uu court in and for aald counto
be by bim entered on the
k of plate and location*, and
>lleh the aame once in each week
four eueceeetve weeka In a newtler
published In eaid county,
lec. 9. That each of eaid com toners
ehall receive aa com pen(Continued
on page eight.)
BATTLE WITH REVOLVERS
ROBERT NcBEE KILLED ANO LEE HOL
LAND FATALLY SHOT.
SPREE ENDS IN TRAGEDY
I'osse Headed By Mayor of Mauldin
is Attack?><i by Men Whom They
Nought to Arrest.
Greenville, Feb. 4.?In a pitched
j battle to-night on a public highway
: be ween a posse headed by Lee HolI
land, intendant of the village of
Mauldin, and Robert McBee and
ihis sou, Will, of Knoree. Spaiten'
burg county, Robert McBee was
cK At Ar?r> ?l n ? J I ? ? T 1 ..11. * V
!nuvi urau UIIU X1111 lit 11(1 pTOQably
fatally wounded.
According to the account ol" the
killing told by the sheriff. .1. Perry
i Poole, of this county, McBee and hie
j eon left Enoree Saturday morning to
spend the night with Thompson
Fowler. who lives near Mauldln.
: About a mile above the village the
two met Thompson, a white man, in
the road, and fired some five shots
at him. none taking effect. The in
cident passed and father and son
drove into Mauldin. in passing
1 through the village McDeo fired a
pistol ball through both walls of a
store conducted by Dee Holland
and fled up the road with his son.
1
Met Posse,
Holland got a posse and started
j out to arrest McBee and his son.
i It seems that in fleeing McBee and
j his son took the wrong road and
j attempted to retrace his steps. It
was while they were going back that
they were met by Holland and bis
posse. Immediately Robert McBee
drew his revolver and opened fire
on the posse one shot passing
j through Holland's right breast. No
sooner had McBee fired th>u a memI
ber of the posse returned the fire,
j The elder McBee fell to the ground
! his body pierced by one pistol ball
' and his head by another. He nxjpired
within an hour.
Despite the fact that Holland was
; shot through the breast he placed
! the younger McBee under arrest
, ftnri pnnMm
UIU1 IU .'iiiuium,
where he held him until Sheriff
Poole Arrived about 11 o'clock.
The Sheriff brought young McBee to
Greenville and he now is in the
county jail. The elder McBee lies
a corpse in the public highway this
side of the village of Mauldin,
awaiting the coroner's inquest.
Had Whiskey and Pistol.
It is stated that McBee left his
home near Knoree with a half-gal;
Ion of whiskey and a pistol in his
I buggy. He has a brother serving
j a sentence in the State penitentiary
! now for killing a man by the name
! of Fowler near the scene of this
killing some years ago. It is said
that McBee was going after a child
of the brother who is in the penitentiary
at the time he ran amuk
j to-night.
Holland is the first Mayor of the
town of Mauldin, which was incorporated
only a few months ago. He
is a good citizen and is well known
! in Greenville. He is also a big
J planter of this section.
IMning With m Lioness.
Miss Ellen Velvin, in the FebruI
ary McClure'B, speaks of the excessive
danger to the trainer that
lies in many of of the tricks performed
with trained lions,
j "Another trick was one in which
the trainer took a long strip of
! meat, put one end of it in his
mouth, and let the lioness take the
other in hers. Hardly anyone in
the audience realized the terrible
danger of the act. To allow any
i 'vna animal to put its face in such
I close proximity to the face of a per|
son in in itaelf dangerous; but to
pive t alao the opportunity of snapping
or biting at such close quarters
is, in my opinion, foolhardy.
"This act generally passed off
very quietly, and it was not particularly
popular with the audience, but
one evening when the lioness was
in a bad humor she missed catching
the other end of the meat and instantly
sprang for the trainer. The
table between them probably saved
bis life, and he had the presence of
mind to throw the piece of meat away
from him; but even then she
tore Me throat and nearly killed
him. J*ew people in the audience
realised that there had been any
accident at all, so quick! was the
act ended and both the trainer and
the lionons out of the arena."
i DOCTOR KILLS FOB CASI
RUSSIAN DOCTOR ADMITS SENDING 4
TO THEIR GRAVES.
f USED DIPHTHERIA GERM!
Latter Will He Tried, as He Is .Ac
cuwtl of Offering |(LJ50,(K)(t to
the Prisoner to <?et Kid of
Heir Who Stood in
Wife's Way.
St. Petersburg, Feb. f.?Iniugin
: a man of seventy?tall, dignified
benevolent, a practicing physiciai
! eecure in the confidence of the fash
ionable world?testifying in cob
Mood that his business was am
has been murder; that he inoculat
ed his victims with deadly germs
; s? 110 you luive a faint idea of tin
; sensation produced by Count Ivan
,i I'antchenko now on trial here,
t Already branded as the greatest
criminal of a century, the "poisoi
doctor." as he is known, has con
(eased to causing forty deaths b;
means of inoculation even with ehol
era bacili, and he admits taking bi|
lies. Every mysterious death o
recent years is laid at his door. I
is believed that he has killed man;
more persons than he has admitted
; and even members of the royal fani
! ily.
i
He killed heirs who were in tin
i wa of others, rivals in love, insis
tent creditors and any other unde
1 si ruble person whose foe was will
| ing to pay liberally to have him 01
! ler removed.
To insure his own safety it wai
needful to have an intended victin
, ill and to be called to attend him
He soon administered hpodermicall;
i the germ of the cholera, and tin
disease did the rest. He explainet
j in court that he never sterlized hii
j hypodermic syringe, because in tha
'vase the effectiveness of the sperm*
preparation would be diminished. Ii
brief, it might fail in its fatal mis
j siou.
City i? Horrified.
Kven this city, inured to terribh
; crimes, shrinks from the words o
this terrible man dealing with th<
! fatal agents under the guise of heal
ing.
! For the specific case of kilinj
Count Ivan Vassilli Boutuorkin, I>r
i Pantechenko now faces the deatt
i he dealt to others but he disclaims
the burden of his (this latest) deed
and declares that he acted undei
! the hypnotic influence of Counl
| O'Brien de Cacey, bo that the latj
ter'B wife. Boutourkln's sister
might inherit $3,500,000. For hit
part the doctor received a fee ol
, $250,000.
On the stand while giving detail
i by detail the story of his infamy
' the doctor's kindly face nevei
changed, lie told that Count dt
Lacey nad offered him first $5,G0C
! to poison Count Bouturlin, $25,000
lo poison General Bouturlin and
$250,000 to poison General Bouturllin's
second wife.
it was first his purpjse to infect
j Count Houturlin with cholera, bul
1 ;n the patient's physical condition h<
said he preferred to use diphtheria
germs.
i The widow oi" the murdered
| Count testified to the circumstance*
,of his death. She and her husbanc
**ad been spending Easter at th?
General's estate in Wilno Province
Her husband was then in perfect
health. He departed from St Petersburg,
and on May 112 she received
an urgent telegram calling
her to his bedside. When she ar[
rived she found he had been sub|
jected to spernio injections by
! Pantchonko, and that it was toe
i late to save him. She had nevei
j hidden her suspicion that l>e Iaicey
! and Pantchenko were responsiblt
j for her husband's death. The witness
broke down and wept when
I Count Bouturlin's letters were read
The physician who had attended
! Count Bouturlin aftt?r ntoh*?nlrn'?
injections saicl that he was informed
of the widow's suspicions. lit
lound evidences of Mood poisoning
but was of the opinion that this
was due to carelessness.
Twice Pantchenko set up the defense
that he committed bis last
crime while under the hypnotic influence
of l>e L.acey. He wavered ii
matters of detail and his lawyen
were quick to strengthen his original
defense by insisting that he wai
i still under the influence of th<
Count, then in court.
Ke*r His Hypnotism.
1 The public pronecutor took cog
i nttance of the situation and placet!
a soldier between Pantchenko and
H RUNS GAR INTO Dl
0 TO PREVENT COLLISION WITN AN
MACHINE.
S SAVED BY PRESENCE OF I
!
- Mr. \V. M. Hauler Meets With
Accident While Coining t
KYoni Bennettsville .Honday
Morning.
e' Presence of mind saved M
I. M. Ilamrr from serious and pr
11 ly fatal injury while he was le
. Bennettsville in his auton
a ;
j morning. Mr. Hamer spends
Sundays in Hennettsville wliei
. children are staying with
[s grandparents. Col. and Mrs. 1.
ston. Monday morning whi
short distance out from Hen
t ville on his way to Dillon Mr
^ mer rounded a sharp curve ;
lively gait and there loomed i
front of him anothei machiin
r .
ing in the opposite direction,
this point the road is narrow
~ a deep ditch on both sides.
( machines could not be stopped
u collision seemed inevitable,
i only chance of escape was to p
his machine into the ditch am
in*- on his first impulse Mr. H
quickly shifted the steering <
J of his machine and drove it i
ditch six feet deep. The car
pretty badly wrecked and Mr
mer received several painful I
r es on the face and head The
shield was scattered and one t
- hoik. wufcis was iTusaeu ill
1 egg shell. T lie other ear ws
light machine and it' Mr. 1!
f j had not steered his heavy eat
iiithe ditch the smaller car <
1 have been demolished.
5 '
t ~
> We will give a tree concen
i Friday afternoon from 3. to
- m. The music will be on E
phonographs 3nd the world re
1-auter player piano which jus
? lived today. There has never
r anything like it in this part o
i State. Wewi 11 use on the pi
- graph Grand Opera records
German, French and Italian. 1
; celebrated singers you can only
. in New York or some other
i city, and then pay $5.00 per tl
t We will reserve Friday aftei
, strictly for the ladies only.
Marchant Music Com]
j Ge Lacey. He then made a nv
j that the cardinal question of
J l; guilt or innocence be prof
'j again to Pantcbenko. The <
j granted the motion and the fo
I question of the indictment
''again read. Once more the
" I physician replied that he was g
> of Bouturlin's death.
' Meanwhile Gen. Hourturlin,
' er of the slain Count threw t
' into court by declaring that be
furnishing money for the def
! He explained that he consente
ido at the solicitation of his da
' ter, who is the wife of De Dao
' | Gen. Ilouturlin said that at
1 ! he distrusted I>e Lacey and wa
| his daughter against him, but a
' ! wards he changed his opinion,
1! ing to De I-aeey's eloquence
1 i magnetic influence. Neverthele
' ' Jiad warned his son not to go 1
; ing with De Lacey nor walk
(him in the forest.
. I
The De Laceys cnme from lr?
and won distinction iti the t'rii
war.
There is, of course, a worna
, the case. She is Mme. Munr
(| with whom Pantcbenko lodged,
. ; to whom he says he trusted ove
, , earnings. She is to be put on
'as an accomplice.
The count De latcey has a co
11 Countess Marie Tarnowski, wb<
. I cently was convicted in Venict
I the murder of her husbaud. C
i Komarowski.
In connection with the forth
' i lug trial of I)e l>acey and
.' charges of hypnotism against
? : it is interesting to note that
Countess, his cousin, was act
likewise of exercising an hyp
I tower over her victims. She h
mania for making men love
i and then forgetting them. On<
?i her sweethearts was Komaro
- He insured his life for 9100,001
i her favor.
1 I She then met a Count Nam
and showed her affection for
marownkt to make the former
oua. After Komarowski, had li
- e.d his life she sent Nanmoff a
k ed letter urging him to kill
I marownkt, which he did.
iki'syrf * r^idfeiii 11 ~ i nk
ITCH MYSTERIOUS MURDER
OTHER ROBERT FLOTO IS SHOT TO BERTH BY
WOMAN RT TRBOR, N. C.
MIND WELLKNOWNINJHISSECTION
Auto AI lutein# That He laxulUil Her Mrs.
>(|, I X. M. Hayes ShootN Voting
Hofd to l>eath in Her
.
Own Home.
Robert Floyd, the young medical
r. W. , student who was shot to death by
obah- yjrB \ yi liayee, a young married
aving woman, at Tabor, N. C., last Saturtobile
! ti5,y< waa well known in thiB section.
As colporter for the Wacea1
heir'Inaw ^B80C'u^?n he hao* visit*::1
. . j many home in this section and was
greatly liked and admired by all
who knew him. He was an ex;
treuiely modest man, gentlemanly in
1 Lis deportment and there are many
.* | vho look upon the sensational cirll,)
111 cuinstances of his tragic ending
with suspicion. His slayer alleges
that he came tot heir home to spend
1 till- Iliirhl While the hiiclciml u.ow
1 *u> unhitching the horse Mr. Floyd
I and (.anu, jnto t|ie house, made an itnThe*
;
proper proposal to her and laid
*un?e ! violent hands upon hor. She snatch1
iot|
ed a magazine pistol from under
.aniei , tlu, pillow and fired six bullets Inwheeljlo
young man's body, then she
nto a Up another pistol and fired
*ts 1 three more bullets Into his body.
**a~jeach shot, it seems taking effect,
bruis- ;,jthough the woman says she had
w'm* to shoot under difficulties.
The affair seems to Ik* shrouded
te an > . , ,
in mystery. A tornial inquest was
held at which the woman was the.
lamer I .
. .o only witness. 1 here was 110 one to
wouid ! contradict her testimony. However.
\ her husband and husband's brother
have been placed in jail with her
and will ulso face the charge o'
on \ murder at the next term of *
r _ | criminal court.
o. p.
dison ' Thos<' who knew Mr.
nown not believe that tie ' f aT?^ijif| li IT
rt. ar-!of the net alleged by the
been The citizens of Mt. Tabor and tonif
the! way where he was best known
bono- I ridicule the idea thatyoung Floyd
in j made Improper proposals to Mrs.
These j Hayes or laid violent hands upon
he.ar I her.
large' That there was a motlie for the
lehet. murder cannot bo doubted. Why
im&m the Hayes home was equipped with
so many pistols within easy reach
pany. iust at this critical moment and
why Mrs. Hayes shot with such unotion
i erring aim ure questions asked by
his j the citizens of Mt. Tabor and ConK>sed
, way.
court! vi,. Vl-.J x.. m >?
..... . ../ju nciu iu .ill iauor ih
rm&l I ivsponse to a. letter from Mrs.
waa) Hayes and her husband asking biro
old to treat some moles on Mrs. llayes"
uilty face. Arriving at Mt. Tabor he
| went to Hayes" place of business
fath- and greeted him in a friendly man
>omb ner. Hayes told him it would '
Wits some time before he could go h<?"v<
ense. | but for him. (Floyd) to go t
d to house and rnalte himself at
ugh- I Floyd did not go directly
s?y. house. He lingered on the
first | greeting friends and
rued house only a fev iuinuUf be.
ifter- alleged arrival of llayes. It %
uw- tlus moment the killing took pUL
and Mrs. llayes and Floyd formerly wefV
ss.lie i sweethearts.
lunt-; Floyd was a medical student at
with ' Charleston. Before entering college
he was head bookkeeper at the
dnnd , National Bank in Conway. It was
mean I 1 is purpose to open a drug business
j a* Conway this summer and practim
in,cu"y ^nd completed the details of
vieff, jorK?"tnlzation. Mrs. Huyos is the
aud "HURiuer of J. J. Harrelson at Ix?r
bis ri8? formerly county superintendent
trial ?f education and later a member ol
the general assembly. She and
Hayes were married three years
usin, ? _ . .
ago. Hayes runs a barber shop
? f.nd a general merchandise store at
s or ,
_ Loris.
ount
? ?! >
com- Rev. William Black, the evangetb?
lift and his singer are engaged In n
him, meeting at Rowland this week, and
fk** j the meeting is said to have started
:used ! nff with -- 1?
? .?. ,,uc yiviuisc. .nr. uiirer
notlc ttn<j others went over Sunday and
ad a were present at the opening serher
vices. Mrs. Oliver went to join the
i of workers early in the week. The
wski. evangelist has requested Dr. Buck)
ln ner to uieet him at R owland one
da ythls week to discuss plaus for
moff, the meeting Ln Dillon in April. It
Ko- is evidept the work will be hamjeal
pered in Rowland for want of on
Bsur- auditorium of sufficient seating eaforg
pacity. Itiia will not he the cape
Ko- in Dillon, but abundant provision
will be made tor nil who oone.