Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i FATM MINISTER HITS STUDENT YOUNG BANKER TAKES TRE DRUG BY MISTAKE IXPORTYTiATE DIFFICULTY AT SPARTAN IHIUJ. CALMLY AWAITS DEATH Rot. R. A. Nettle* Hm Dispute With . > a Young Detacher About Paint and Strikes Him a Blow. The Doomed Man, Who Took the Poi son a Week Ago, WTien Told He Must Die, Was Cheerful and Re marked That It Was “Hard Luck to Die Like This”. A most wonderful fight for life has been going on at Macon, Ga., for the last week, but the latest accounts In dicate that death will win at last, as the doctors now say it is only a ques tion of a few hours when Bu Sanders Walker, a rich banker, will die from the dose of bichloride of mercury he took by mistake last Wednesday night a week ago. For twelve hours after he swallow ed the bichloride, Mr. Walker suffer ed great pain from irritation of the stomach. Then the pain left com pletely and the banker thought he was over tt^e effects of the dose. Then he learned that he was doomed, that the bichloride was being absorb ed into his kidneys, and that no way of eliminating the fatal drug was known to science. He got out of bed Friday night and attended a reception to the Geor gia State Bankers' Association, where he made known to his friends his im pending fate. Saturday he made his will and after that he bade goodby to his family anil calmly resigned him self. Tim doctors say his end will be painless. Although his doctors have stead fastly refused to give him any hope of recovery, Mr Walker, knowing he is doomed, maintained his cheerful demeanor until evening, when he told those who are staying constantly by him that "it Is hard luck to die like thta. I don't want to die. there muat be some way to save my life " He was told again there was none Monday morning be aaksd how the University of Georgia baas hall game with Georgia School of Technology, played Baturday. came out Mr Walker La an alumnus of the former Institution Although Tech won. he was told that his alma mater had been returned victor "That glvea them an even break on the serlea. doesn't It’" he asked For the last several days a flood of hundreds of telegrama from all over the country have been sent to the Walker home with suggert'.ons as to h!s poslble relief Not one was from a phvsician Spec',ali»ta m every large r"y In the I'nitel States have been ■•<•'!; m unbated with, but not one would hold out anv hope They all say the stricken man Is doomed Mrs Walker Is making flgbt that Is the wonder of h*r friends In her husband s company ahe has been ever brsve and (beerful Not once baa she presented anything but a courageous front She knows that everything is being dona that can be done for her huaband. and aba Is trying to help out tbs work of the doctors and nuraea by being cheerful In his presence Reports from Macon up to mid night Tuesday said the attending phy sicians. when read the Aesoc'ated Press dispatch from Raltlmore to the effect that transplanting of kldnoys might save the life of B Sanders Walker stated that auch a course In the patient's condition would be 1m possible. "There is not the slightest doubt that Mr. Walker will die," said Hr M. M. Stabler, one of the physicians In charge of the case. "The poison has gone all through his system and Is not confined to the kltlneys. Even If It were only in his kidneys he would die under anaesthetic. His pulse is 128, nearly double normal while respiration and temperature are at 22 and 98.ft, respectively about normal. This is very unsatis factory.” Mr. Walker has been confined to his bed for the last twenty-four hours and has been half the time in a state of coma.’" Physicians state that he will either die while In a state of coma or under convulsions, and that the end may come any hour now Sweating processes has been indulg ed In, and, it is stated, have done much to prolong life as long as now Telegrams have poured Into the home the last few days from doctors all oved the United States suggest ing treatment, but the -fnedical men In charge have not deviated from their original campaign of treatment one which has been approved by the hospital staffs of larger Eastern in stitutions by wire. From the first the doctors said there was no hope for Mr. Walker. Finds Snake In Dining Room. A special to the Columbia Record from St. Matthews Wednesday morn ing says that Mrs. J. H. Hennegan, Tuesday night opened the drawer of a buffet In her dining room and plac ed her hand upon a deadly copper head moccasin snake, which was snugly colled ap among the table cloths. Mrs. Hennegan was terribly frightened when the*reptlle moved, bat withdrew her hand before It ha< time to strike. The snake was killed. BILL BECOMES LAW •» - GOVERNOR JOHNSON PUTS IIS NAMEiTO THE THE DRUG THAT HE TOOK HICHliORIDF OF MKRCTRY IS VERY DANGEROUS. NOTED ALIEN LAND LAW Governor Johnson Issues a Statement in Which He Says That No Man Who Wishes an Alien Land Law Will Sign a Referendum as to This Law. The Spartanburg Journal says Rev. S. A. Nettles, member of the South Carolina Methodistconference and publisher of the Southern Christian Advocate, in Greenville, was the prin cipal part of a near-scrap In the rear of Wofford college Monday morning when he exchanged blows with Rev. J. B. Chick, an ordained preacher of the Methodist church and senior I California’s alien land bill became classman at the Wofford Fitting the law of the State Monday. Against school. protests of Japan and representations It was at 8:30 o’clock, and, so far 0 f President Wilson .and his personal as can be learned, there were only envoy. Secretary of State Bryan, Gov- two witnesses to the affair, A. O. ernor Johnson signed the bill, and Darby and John Dean, college boys. I n t ne ty days after the adjournment of These, it is said, will be used by Mr. the Legislature, or on August 10, the Chick, who is by trade a painter, of Act becomes operative, blame of the transaction should the Within California the Act has en- dlstrict conference, which convenes countered triple hostility, which may this week at Woodruff, probe the delay its operation until November 1, matters. 1914. Democrats opposed State leg- Mr. Chick Is pursuing his studies i s i a tion at this time, as a matter of at the Fitting school in an effort to party regularity. Nevertheless, so fit himself for the pulpit, au appli- plain to them seems to be the de cant of which he became when he m and for the bill that, after exhaust- successfully passed the examination. I j n g a ll parliamentary tactics, the As a sideline he Is steward at thp| Ht . ria te gave only one adverse Demo- white house, which is situated on Cleveland street and in the rear of the college. The building Is the property of Mr. Nettles and it is said that Mr. Nettles came over to Spar- tanbure to check over the rent ac count and to make further contracts There was a misunderstanding knovui only to the participants when it is said Mr. Nettles accused Mr cratic vote and the assembly oni> two. As an expression of this opposi tion, Theodore Bell, late Democratic candidate for Governor and formei chairman of the Democratic State central committee, has issued an in vitation to his party to submit the is sue to the people by invoking the referendum against the bill. He Chick, who U by tade a painter, of ] grounds his opposition on two cont*m- havtng giving his brother an under hand deal In reference to some paints Mr Chirk Is said to have denied the charge, whefi Mr Nettle# said, "Well when you Insult my brother you in sult me.” and Mr Chick, turning his lions one that the hill Is insufficient ly drastic, !**cause it permits leases running three years, and, second, be cause it embarrasses the National Ad ministration. The Asiatic Exclusion league, an Its Action is Slow, But It Is Hur* to lx* Fatal, When Taken in Sufficient Quantity. The case of Mr. Walker, the young Macon, Ga., banker, who in slowly dying from poisoning by bichloride of mercury, taken by mistake for head ache powders, has attracted nation wide attention. Sunday the New York Herald published a long "story” about it, including a statement by Dr. James‘J. Walsh, a prominent physician, as to the effects of bich loride of mercury poisoning. Dr. Walsh’s statement In part follows: Bichloride of mercury Is one of the few fatal poisons that are readily to he obtained because of its frequent use in medicine and surgery. It is a valuable antiseptic or germ killer, but it Is this very quality that makes It so dangerous to human beings. It kills human cells as effectively as it does the one cell organisms or mi crobes. Nothing can well replace it for certain purposes, hut its use needs to be guarded with the minut est care. A single grain of bichloride of mer cury has been known to produce a fatal result in an adult. Two grains ar. invariably fatal if t!i‘-> once real ly enter the human system. The limittijof its docave lor internal use r*- from one-hundredth to on" ’en'li t a grain. In lara>* doses death may take Lire a few hours from the intense rritatinn and shock, doses death is delated ient r* ts to feel fiulte comfortable, still ‘he fatal effects of the drug are onstantly advancing through the system Sometimes It take ten days or even t»o seeks, before the fatal ssue and the patient may find il hard GARREntAPTURED SLAYIR OF CAMPBELLS CAUGHT IN SWAMP. » SURPRISED BY A POSSE RESULTS IN TRAGZDT POMENTIU TROUBMC AL CAUSE OF ROW. The Daughter Had Previously Came in and Gave Herself Up, Telling the Sheriff Her Father Waa Heav ily Armed and Would Resist Cap ture to the Bitter End. M. L. Garrett, who killed his son- -in-law, Aaron Campbell, and the lat ter’s father, Jno. H. Campbell, is now in the Lee County Jail, having been placed there Monday morning by Sheriff R. E. Muldrow Jr., of Lee County, and his aides, without fur ther bloodshed. Sheriff Muldrow, who went to the scene of the double killing imme diately upon notification, was unable to track the elayer who was in the swamp with his daughter, until the arrival of Guard J. C. Robbins, of the State Penitentiary, with his dogs, "Joe” and “Ben”. These dogs were placed on the trail about seven o’clock Sunday evening and Imme diately took the scent and the hunt began. The swamp had previously been 'urroumlcd as far as possible b> many eilDcns who were assisting in ilie search. The dogs ba>< d the fugi- the about dark an I Sheriff Muldrow. pushing into the undergrowth, caught In smaller UigF.t of the girl's dress and calling and the pa- her by name, ordered her to come to him which she did, to the relief of all. ns It was feared that she would also be killed by her father. Gertie Campbell then Informed the Sheriff that her father had force*! her to accompany him by threatening to understand that a mortal process I her life; that he was heavily armed. head, was slapped on the side of his orgsnlxstlon of which the president is face, leaving. It Is said, an ugly mark made from the contact sustained 1th the spectacle frames worn by him After the disillusionment was p ed It Is said that Mr Chick gsvs Mr Nettles s short talk In real earnest as to the ethics of their high calling It l« said Mr Nettles refused to make any apologies and Mr ('hick aaeerts than his friendship with ths offending divine will cease and that he will not renew his contract for the next ston After ths affair Mr. Nettles left the city for Greenville Wsrraat for Mr. NeUles. The Spartanburg Journsl says s warrant for the arrest of Krv S A Nettles, publisher of the offici -hurch organ of South Carolina Meih odtsm. has been placed in the hands of s constable for service When the prosecutor In the action, Rev J |J ''hick, mads application for the war rant, he stated that he was not so do ing in an effort to get re»enge for the humiliation he suffered In the aa sault made on him by Mr Nettles, but that be demanded an Inv estlgs tlon of the occurrence In order to get the matter In proper shape for future reference The date for the hearing haa not been set MRS. APPELT ASKED TO RESIGN Not (living Poet Office Work Personal Attention. Olaf A Tveltmorc, recently convicted of complicity In the "dynamite con spiracy. ’ announced Sunday night (hat It would Invoke the referendum purely because It opposed the bill as faint hearted Thirdly, the powerful Panama Pa rifle Exposition Company, backed bv many Chambers of Commercs. has placed Itself on record In opposition to the bill on the ground that It is s violation of faith In reply to this threa'ened hostll ’) Governor Johnson said In signing Hie bill T rep.-st shat 1 have before said That California for the first time I's history has an sntl alien la 4ny man who wishes another kind ■ f la» may cons is ten My Invoke (he n tlatlve No man who really wlah e* an alien law will sign a referulum as to this law If another las Is sought It may be presented by means of the inltla live and In the meantime the present aw will be In operation To tie up tbe preaent law means no law until November. 1114 ” The two visiting Japaneae are Sor oku Ebara. of the Constitutional par ty and a member of the House of Peers, and Ayao Hattort. of the Na tlonallst party, a member of the low er house They make It plain they came merely as reprea«ntatl ves of thetr parties with a view to learning the acutal conditions and prevailing sentiment In California Mr Hat tori said "Our plana are somewhat indefimate. We may see Governor Tohnson and I expect to visit Preal is at work Once the poison la absorbed noth Ing can be done for the patient Whites of eggs Immediately or milk neytrallrt* the poison, but It must be I had a large supply of ammunition and had declared that he wonid de fend himself to the last and never bs taken alive. It being then too dar* to proceed with the search, does removed from the stomach at once guard was kept until daybreak. carried a gun everywher# ks with ‘he pump or stomach tube In I iff Muldrow then took a dosen men scctien’sl poisonings w ith the drug w ith him and followed the dogs Into | In hospitals, where every facility for the thick swamp treatment Is at hand, the effort to The sheriff and his aides, with the save Ilfs Is often In vain, so rapidly valuable assistance of ths dogs, were does it get Into the system beyond soon upon the fugitive Pressing for ‘he reach of all treatment ward rapidly, they cams suddenly I It may be well for ths public to upon Garrett, who waa apparently Shooting He rape on the North Ertiak* River Which May Result in Dentil of W. H. Hoover. On Saturday night a serious shoot ing affair occurred about three milM from Horses Bridge, on the North Edlsto' River, which may cause tho death of W. H. Hoover, a young white man. He was shot by M. L. Rawls. Sheriff Howard, of Aiken Cout in company with Rural Polic Holley, was notified of the on Sunday and left for the scene. They met Raw la in the road going toward Wagoner and arrested him and carried him to Aiken. Rawla was seen by The News and Courier’* correspondent and gave the following account of the shooting: He said that there had been trou ble between him and Hoover, dating back to August, 1911, when Hoover ran away with his wife and took her to Florida, where they lived lor sev eral months. Rawls said that Hoover married his wife in Florida, that Hoover returned to Aiken county the last part of 1911, and later the wo man returned; that he (Rawls) and bis wife remained separated, hut at times she would be seen with Hoover, The shooting happened at the home of J C. Hoover, aud, according to Rawls, they met there by chance. Rauls went there to see Albert Hart ley, but found Hoover and another man sitting on the front steps. A* Rawis approached, It is said, Hoover, who was sitting near this gun. drwvr it on Rawls, and Rawls, believing he was about to be shot, fired first. He used a shot gun. loaded with No. I shot, but was so close to Hoover that the discharge literally tore of his left arm. and the next shot tosh effsrfe in Hoover's shoulder. Hoover’s friends claim that hs was deliberately shot, sad had ao gaa at the time. • When Rawls waa sshsg why he carried a gnn when hs waat to meet Mr. Hartley, hs said that hs at. aa he had been assaulted twtss by other mea, and ths gaa waa AAs protection. A doctor had ta am pa tat# ths stamp sf Hoover's arm. aad it is stated that ths voaaded maa cannot recover. Hoover la aa mar ried as far as is haowa here. profit from the Macon victim • awful tragedy by fsrolllsrllng Itself with the deadly rhsrsc»er of the antiseptic ta‘»let. so generally In use. when taken Internally JEWELLER IH Ht UDKKED Woman I-ast **een In His More Taken In Custody asleep, or seeking to bids because I of the early morning light, where he | was Immediately overpowered and handcuffed Garrett s record before the double killing waa probably the darkest In the history of 1/ee County, hs having been tried In Court there September I 11 1910, for an unnatural offence and entered a plea of gnllty and was sentenced by Judge Geo E Prince to a period of two years In the Penitentiary He served his time | and returned to I>ee County ths 1st- lUntARMON U< At Chicago Margaret Kennedy, known under a number of aliases. rho was taken Into custody Monday | ter part of July. 1912, and. It Is said. resumed former relations with his daughter night with Isidore Goldstein, an al ieged pickpocket. wa« Identified by the police aa the mysterious blpnde woman seen In the offices of Joseph H Logue, a jewel merchant, a abort time before he waa found murdered In his office In the McVlcker Theatre Building The murder was one of Is he A special dispatch from AMw U Ths News sad Coaiier says al a pra- 1 (misery hearing hsfors MaglatraU Smouk. Cnpi. J. Harwell s wall known el tinea of who was ar reeled laat F charge of arsoa and lodL ths bar* of ths sonaty jail, was dla- rhsrged sad ths char; dismissed, hoariag oat his Friday, to The News aad correspondent, that It weald only ha n matter sf a fear days hsfors ha would hs absolutely ths charge, which bs as s "frams-up” sad political per secution. Capt. Richardson was charged Ht* A Washington disps’ch says the first assistant Postmaster General has called for the resignation of Mrs. Ap-ldent Wilson al his summer home be pelt as postmistress at Manning, be- fore I return. I was taking specla cause the Inspector’s report shows work at Princeton when the Presi- that she Is not attending to the office dent was lecturing there, and his personally. This Is carrying out the course was one of those I attended policy recently announced, by the Brief statements were Issued Mon- I ostmaster General, that postmasters jay n jght by Ayao Hattori an Soruko must gl\e their personal attention io g5 ara Japanese who arrived the business of their offices. It is vionday to Inquire unofficially Into stated that the resignation of Mrs. situation that brought about the Appelt will be accepted, if tendered ^ a iif orn t a a ]i en ] anc j i e gj 8 i at j on immediately. For some little Dine I Ebara’s statement did not Indicate the post office department has been conducting quiet Investigations all over the country to see if postmasters are paying the proper personal atten tion to their work, and it i* RlreYy that there will be a good many other cases similar to that at Manning. “FERTILIZER KING” DROWNED. E. O. Painter Falfs From Ferry Boat Into St. John River. E. O. Painter, “the Fertilizer King”, was drowned at 9:30 Thurs day morning by falling from a ferry boat into the St. John’s River. Mr. Painter was seized with a fit of coughing and fell f£pm the boat sink ing immediately. He waa a million aire and carried $500,000 insurance. He had only applied Thursday morn ing for an additional $50,000. He was at the head of the big fertilizer plant of E. O. Painter and Company, and half of the Insurance is In favor of the firm, the remainder of the family. his views upon the issue. Mr. Hat- tori’s, however, was vigorous of pur pose. “I hajfc. come.,here-,’’-b« said“as building wltti i woman witness in the[®^ n ^ n K i n his piazza, and when the alleged Incendiarism. Great Loss From Fires. A dispatch from Warren, Pa., says the latest reports from the territory swept by forest fires Indicate a loss area of two handred square miles. of half a million. Flames swept from Tldionte to Ladlow, burning over anfto study the cause of this agitation. the representative of the Liberal par ty of Japan. The treaty we have with America is deficient and I advocate its revision. As to the land law question I think we should secure the right of naturalization. With regard to naturalization of the Japanese, It seems to me that Japan Is almost un animous In demanding the same, but how to secure It is not decided yet.” “I am a member of the Japanese Peace Society. We hope to solve this problem peacefully and honorably.” Mr. Ebara’s statement follows: “I have come here as the represen tative of the Constitutional party, the majority party of Japan.: My mission is in Interest of establishing a better understanding between the United States and Japan. The peo ple of Japan are in sympathy with the Japanese in California and they are endeavoring to help them out of trouble In a peaceable manner. As to the California question, I am not yet In a position to speak, because I am pot well versed in this problem. Before I make any statement I wish to see and Investigate the conditions of the Japanese in California. I want Hs was again arrested and tried on severs! charges and sentenced to the Lee County gang for a period of five months After serving two months of his time hs escaped and. It Is said, hs has ainee been living the most mysterious In the records I near Daliell, In Sumter County. His of the police A blonde woman waa daughter haa been staying with rela-1 * r *lly destroying his own the last visitor at Ix>gue’s office be- tives near Rose Hill since Garrett was ®rty in order that hs might colled fore the crime was discovered, first arrested, and last Friday she Iks small sum of $600 lor which It Stephen Puna, who was the Jewel- rtme lo town with Aaron Campbell w *« Insured. Tbs warrant had boon er s office boy. said the woman called | and secured a license and were mar- issued at the instigatloa of Insnranes rled. I Commissioner McMaster’s deputy, B. Garrett Is said to have fhade the A. Wharton, threat that he would kill any one who Solicitor Robert L. Gunter was married his daughter, and hearing of present In behalf of the State during her marriage, it is said, he loaded his the preliminary, while the defendant cun with slugs and on Sunday morn- had as his counsel Col. Claude B. ing made his way to the home of the Sawyer and Messrs. Croft k Oro/t. Campbells. On his way he saw Mr. J. The hearing was a tedious one. Af- F. Brown, a white man, near the ter all of the testimony was in It be- home where h^s son-in-law, Aaron | came quite clear that there was wth- about two o'clock on the day of the murder, and tried to sell watches to him. An hour later he was k>und murdered. Durza was pouitlve In Identifying the Kennedy woman. I.AWVKR SOME KL.HTER. ♦ Knocked Out Five Men at Onre and the Same Time. Campbell, his v daughter, Gertrude I Ing whatsoever to substantiate the At Atlanta Mr. Burton Smith, well I ( am PkelI, and J. H. Campbell, the rather serions charges preferred known attorney and brother of Sena- M at ker of young Campbell, lived against a man of Capt. -Richardson's tor Hoke Smith, on Tuesday after-1 c l u ^ e ^> r together. prominence. As a matter of fact, no noon thrashed five men who objected Arriving there about one o’clock, it part of the entire testimony tended to him conversing in the corridors of he shot the old man in the in the slightest degree to conneot in the court rooms in the Thrower l abd ^J“-._|. l ?_h,®_.(_CimpbelU was | anywise Capt.-Rtchardsofi wfla 'tho HERO OF EPISODE GONE. 1 famous Crawford will case. Two of y° un S man attempted to run In the] the men, C. W. Walton, of Ruckhead, door - Garrett shot the top of his’head and W. H. Byrd, 41 West Twelfth ofr - and forcing his daughter to go Street, were badly beaten up, both with him, made his escape into th e 1 _ Prank wiUnn showing back eyes and concussions Rwam P- The coroner held an inquest f * ’ on their faces where Smith struck and *he jury brought in a verdict In them. The other three men were given severe drubbini friends and policemen separated the'’’ belligerents. Mr. Smith has only one accordance with the above. Buckman, Missing, COLLISION MOTORCYCLES. If the protejBd interests had been willing to oon|«> as much when the Republicans were in power as they are willing to concede now, they would not have aroused so much hos tility among the consumers. Capt. Frank Wilson, who was for merly In command of the Alaska-Pa cific passenger liner Buckman, has ^ v- T 1 ^ r™. I been mi8 8l n « for more than thre* One \oung Lady Killed and Three | monthg Qn February j he left hla home at San Francisco, saying he would return in a few hours. Three days later he was seen In Los Ange les, but no trace of him has been found since. Wilson was the hero of Other Persons Are Hart, I want to see and hear as much as At Fort Pierce, Fla., Miss Ola Dan iels is dead; her sister, Miss Ada Dan iels, is at the point of death, Fred Jones has a broken leg and hip and I the pirate episode on the Buckman Raymond Saunders is badly cut about in 1910, when two rebtoers attempt- ^ , the hip and is internally injured ed to seize gold treasure when tha a es e ear s ° e ? | from the effects of a head-on colli- vessel was off the coast of Oregon. sion, four miles north of that town, Ofter Capt. Wood had been shot, WII- late Saturday night. The boys and son, then mate, owstenme the two girls had been to a party at the Dan- pirates. iels home, and the boys were riding ■ ♦ ♦ ♦ . » the girls over the fine rock Report Favorably on Woods, road when the accident occurred. | A favorble report was mado to th# llcans In Congress bleed to see how the Democrats propose to treat the trusts. ' possible before I report to my party." Mr. Ebara, who is seventy-two years old, is termed one of Japan’s j Both machines were going at a ratal Senate Monday by tfca “grand old men”. He Is a Christian of sixty miles an hour when they met mlttso on the and a commoner. Ever since hs com- I in the shadow of an orange packing of Jostle* C. A. manded a regiment In the revolution J house on the road, head-on. The two | Carolina of 1868 he has taken a prominent I boys and Mias Ada are not expected part In public life. > to live. I judicial * ’*<? .- I