Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DEMON SHIPS. Vessels That Seemed to l>e Moved by the Spirit of Destruction. There is an old Cornish legend of a phantom ship which is seen in or off Porthcurno harbor and which, unlike most ghosts, has a terrifying habit of ' ??v. pursuing any vessel wmuu it siguia. If it catches its victim there is a collision, but no roar of inrushing water. At the moment of contact the ghost ship vanishes into thin air, and the puzzled crew of the other vessel rub their eyes in terrified amazement. To any one who knows the legend the vessel that saw the phantom ship is. however, doomed. Before the next New year's day she will be sunk in collision with another vessel or a rorlr One wonders whether the original of this phantom at all resembled that notable and appropriately named yacht Satanita. The Satanita was a fine and very powerful cutter, which originally belonged to Mr. C. D. Clarke and afterward to Sir Maurice Fitzgerald. The Satanita was a hard weather craft, but let the breeze be the least heavier than she liked and she would be seized with what seemed more like demonical possession than anything else, and even with four men hanging /-?n Vioi- ViqItvi eVio wnnlH snmptimps **ri_L 11^71 kJUV ?? vw?u w V **.* W V. , take charge and rush right up into : the wind. She was the cause of several seri ous accidents, the worst of which happened at the Mudhook club's regatta i in 1S94. On that occasion she was i behaving in the most perfect fashion, i when suddenly and without the slight" ' est warning she flung all control, and. 1 just as race ho-rse will some times 1 "savage" an opponent, she dashed in ; a mad fury at Valkyrie II, and sank her like a stone. Well was the Satanita called the "demon" yacht. i But it is not only sailing ships that 1 act at times m a strange axiu uuctucountable fashion. Some years ago the British warships Pique, Mutine, < Rosario, and Britomart entered Kiu- i kiang harbor and dropped anchor in ; single file. Presently a steamer ] which had been discharging her car- ] go unanchored and began to steam out. ' She was just abreast of the warships when she suddenly made straight for the Pique. The warship's ; officers and men saw the man at the ] steamer's wheel doing all he knew to keep her off, but she flatly refused i to answer her helm and went charsh- 1 ing into the Pique, smashing her boats and davits. After clearing her, she went for the ] Mutine, but luckily did not strike her ' full. However, she carried the Mu- i tine's bowsprit clear away. Not yet ] satisfied, she made a rush at the Ro- < sario, but by superhuman efforts on both ships the mad steamer was pre- < vented from doing more than graze i the third warship. 1 Something of the same kind was i seen in the Thames a few years ago i when the British steamship Poplar, t turning to enter her dock, was struck and cut down to the water line by the < French vessel Cordilleras. She at once 1 began to fill, and the captain ordered i full speed ahead for the purpose of beaching her. i ( Instead of making for the beach the Poplar made a sudden rush in a great 1 circle out into the river, smashing into everything she came across. Then, as if filled with a spirit of revenge, * she made for the vessel which had so ( terribly damaged her. < The Cordilleras tried in vain to get i out of the way, but the Poplar smash- * ed into her, damaging her so severely i that she, too had to be beached.-- I Pearson's Weekly. ( ( QUICK TO ANSWER "S.O.S."SIGXAL s Many "Lives and Much Property Saved j by Revenue Cutters. 1 i Washington, April 15.?Scores of t lives and millions of dollars' worth of ( marine property were saved by the 1 revenue cutters which patrolled the Atlantic coast from November to 1 April alert for the wireless "'S.O.S." s I As the entire fleet put into port to-day with the winter's work completed ( these are the net results: 4 One hundred and twenty-five per- ( sons actually saved from drowning. ' Eighty-five distressed vessels assist- 1 ed, which, with their cargoes, were valued at over ?6,250,000, and on : board of which were 854 persons. Sixteen derelicts destroyed or tow- ' ed into port. Ships afire, in collision, tossed on 1 ! storm-swept seas or pounding on J rocks were assisted by the cutters. ( The season was notable for fierce 5 gales. Because of the unusually 1 high temperatures not a ship along the entire Atlantic coast was endan- J pered by ice during the patrol period. "Why did you break off your en- i gagement with Miss Spooner?" j "Because her parrot was aiways i screaming, 'Stop that, George!' " < "But what difference did that < make?" "Oh, nothing much except that my < name is not George." ] > RECALLS NOTED MURDER TRIAL. Xeal M. Hayes Seeks Divorce From His Wife Wilmington, April 16.?Xeal M. Hayes, formerly of Columbus County, but for some months a resident of Wilmington, has instituted suit in Su-< perior Court here for divorce from ^ n Til A onm _ HIS ? lie, JTCUScl i-J. J.JLO.v> -co. X lie turn plaint has not yet been filed, but the notice by publication sets out Biblical grounds for the divorce. Two or three years ago Hayes and his wife gained considerable notoriety, following the killing by Mrs. Hayes of Mr. Robert Floyd, of Horry County, South Carolina. She claimed that she slew Floyd in defence of her honor. She fired several shots into his body after he fell mortally wounded from the first bullet. The peo pie of Columbus were not satisfied with her explanation of the shooting with the result that the coroner conducted a rigid investigation. The woman was arrested on the charge of murder and her husband and his 15-year-old brother were arrested and charged with complicity in the killing. The boy was discharged without his case going to the jury. Hayes and his wife were tried at the same time and a verdict of not guilty as to both was returned. The trial attracted nation-wide interest and a number of newspapers and news agencies had representatives at Whiterille to "cover" the trial. The couple came to Wilmington - ^ ^ ^ ?? AAftniff A1 n v< T-T ox'oe 5UUI1 cULCI tttquittai auu ijlcj. ? secured a position as barber, which trade he had followed for some years. They lived here several months and then moved away. It is reported that while living in Columbia some months ago and while Hayes was down with an attack of sickness Mrs. Hayes left him with the care of the two children. The children are said to be in an orphanage in South Carolina. The present whereabouts of Mrs. Hayes is unknown. After leaving Columbia she is said to have returned to Wilmington for a- short time, ma then to have gone to Philadelphia, where she may be living now. Hayes is now living in this city. *TL JLiHUai XAlp Mxwivut u Bad luck followed Julius Worz, i Dutch tobacco merchant, ever since tie courted Henriette Erhardt. Even marriage did not kill the hoodoo, a.nd recently Julius arrived here on the steamship Rotterdam on his honeymoon trip without a bride. "What is it, you say, that I am 'in Dutch.' Well, I guess it must be so. When I first called on Miss Erhardt in Harlem a black cat crossed my path, and everything has gone wrong since. "The day I proposed I slipped and sprained my ankle. I was carried into :he house and asked Miss Erhardt to De my wife. She accepted and then tvas ill for a month. We were married and I got ptomaine poisoning at :he wedding supper. "Just before sailing from Rotterlam my wife missed something from ler handbag. She went back to get it ind then missed the ship." He will await her arrival on an)ther vessel. Death Puts End to Famous Career. Application was made last week to Tudge Bryan in Charleston for letters )f administration of the estate and effects f Millie Christine, the dual ormed negress, who owned property n Charleston, and who died recently n North Carolina. Because the pa>er was not signed by three witnesses, as required by the laws of South Carolina, Judge Bryan refused to issue letters. Millie Chistine was a good exam lie of two female individuals having their bodies connected inseparably rom birth, being joined by a thick ieshy ligament from the lower end )f the breast bone, so that they stood n an oblique position to each other. It is said that Millie Christine died eaving her property willed to her sister. The sister, however, died a 'ew hours later. Such was the death if the famous Siamese twins, Eng ind Cheng, who also lived in North Carolina. Cheng died in 1S74, while lis brother was asleep, and Eng died i few hours later. - 1 1 - - nvrtn 1 l?r> ATTTl Alii lie V> CLZ> \> CII a.11 over the country, having been exhibited in every state and almost Dverv country in Europe. Judge Bryan, in regard to the Millie Chris:ine will, has issued notice that the \indred and creditors of the deceas?d appear before him on the JOth to show cause why the said adnr'nistraion should not be granted. The twins were originally from Branchville. They lived on the plantation of Mr. Smith, their manager, uid were often seen in Branchville, n years gone by. They were very intelligent, and were interesting talker* thpv rakina a great delight in discussing with those who called to >ee them, of the things they had seen while in Europe, and of their experiences when presented at the different pelaces of European kingdoms. I ARRESTED ON MURDER CHARGE. Augusta Police Believe they Have Principals in Street Car Case. Augusta, Ga., April 20.?Chief of Police George P. Elliot sprung a sensation here at 4 o'clock this morning by committing to jail W. E. alias "Bud" Kennedy, Ed Coursey and \V. ?j. i rumpier, cnarguig mem ?jui uc-i ing principals in the famous '"street car murder mystery." In January, after working on the case several months, a national detective agency had a man by the name of W. E. Kennedy, not the same man arrested by the chief, J. Gary Johnson, and Lester R. Young arrested on the charge of murder, as perpetrators of the murder, which occurred during the trolley strike in 1911, when Motorman Frank Lichenstein, alias Kelly, was shot to death through the back, and Conductor Allen Brooks was fatally wounded. The detective agency's star witness, Maggie Bryant, turned on them, issued a statement contradicting ail she had told the detectives and had testified to and declared in a sworn statement that her testimony had been fixed by the detectives. She also declared the detective worked a J "I- ~ rj in o ATonnn niciagrapii UU .JUUUCUU in a. .uavuu hotel, when he had her to accuse Johnson of the murder unsuccessfully. Chief Elliot took the case up for the first time when the national detective agency's men were dismissed several weeks ago, and says he is positive his case is absolute. The men arrested by the detectives are out on bond, and, it is understood, their cases will never be tried. Hugged Sweetheart Too Tight. A cablegram from Genoa says: "Passionately embracing his sweetheart on his return from China, a young French officer, of powerful build, clasped her too tightly and broke her neck. The girl was anxiously awaiting her lover on the quay, and the moment the liner was moored the equally eager officer sprang ashore and clasped her in his arms. Throwing his arms around her neck, he kifesed her fondly, but hardly had their lips met when the girl's eyes closed and her form lay heavily in his arms. He thought that she had fainted from joy at the reunion, but a doctor who was summoned announced that the girl's neck was broken. It was only with the greatest difficulty that the distracted man was prevented from throwing himself into the sea, and he was removed to the police-station sobbing. The charge was of course only a formal one, but he declared in heart-broken tones: "May the judge be merciful and sentence me to? death, for I do not want to live." Richest United States Counties. J. R. Rosson, of Cullman, Ala., who is under consideration for Second Assistant Postmaster General, is proud of his home town and county. "Cullman County is the second richest county per capita in the United States," said Mr. Rosson, at the Metropolitan. "The town of Cullman has a population of 2,500, and every man in the town who is the I head of a family has a clear title deed ' - - i Tl- ^?^ or ownersnip 10 uis uuujc. mcic 10 not a man in the county of Cullman [ who does- not own his own home. This I is the reason why Cullman County I people are rich and why the people i are contented. There are 725 heads of families in Cullman, and everyone has a bank account. I do not think there is another town in the United I States that can hold up a like record. "Cullman County was organized about 40 years ago by Germans, and i at the time of the organization the I farmers, all of whom were German, formed a plan of marketing their products, which probably has been the foundation of the prosperity that has come. There is another striking distinction about Cullman County. Though it is in the heart of the black belt of Alabama, there is not a negro in the county nor a single colored man in Cullman. There never has been any effort made to keep negroes out of the county. In the beginning the Germans let it be known that they desired Cullman County to be a white man's county, and it has remained a white man's county.?Washington Post. Prisoners Reach New York. Xew York, April 20.?After pursuing them for five months through several States in this country and a part of Canada, central office detectives arrived here tonight from Charleston, S. C., with Frank R. Tarbeaux and Alfred A. Carter, who are accused of having swindled G. M. Jones, of Pittsburgh, out of $20,000 and E. J. Pendleton, of Washington, D. C., out of $55,000 by means ot fake mining stocks and wire tapping schemes. Try one of those new stationery packages at Herald Book Store. A DOLLAR IX HIS HEAD. Alkansan's Skull Wound Covered With Flattened Coin. Ney York, April 17.?John Crickmore, of Omaha, Ark., is one man in the state who will never be totally broke. He will always have at least C 1 ' ' k 1 fi r\ /-> " <p ? vii mo pciduii. Unfortunately for John, however this dollar will never be available as a cash asset as a medium of exchange, for it lies not in his pocket, but in the front part of his head under the scalp, and covers a jagged hole in his head more than two inches long and an inch wide. Crickmore is just recovering from this dangerous wound, which he received in a fight several days ago and which nearly ended his life. Dr. W. A. Butts was called to attend the wounded man. The projectal and frontal bones of the skull were crushed in against the brain. The physician made an incision on the scalp and remo-ved the bone. He had to have something to cover the opening and to protect the brain. mi a ^ amUiaaI r. i lie uauem. was 111 luu tnutai a condition to be removed to a city hospital, and there was no time to order a silver plate. The doctor did the next best thing. He made one. He took a silver dollar and a hammer and beat it out on a piece of iron to fit the hole. He placed this homemade plate in place and sewed up the scalp. In an interview with Dr. Butts, he says his patient is recovering nicely and that his mind is not impaired by the accident or the operation. He Simply Couldn't. It was midnight when the burglar entered the house, according to a story recently told by Secretary of the Aavv juanieis, ana tnougn he ineu iu step softly, every step of the stairway seemed to creak. Suddenly there came a sound from one of the roome above. The burglar instantly stopped. Then a voice was heard: "John," it yelped, "what did I tell you about coming into this house with muddy shoes. I was listening to you and you never scraped them or wiped them on the doormat one bit. You go right back and do it, this veryminute!" Slowly the burglar turned and went down the steps. Out the door and through the night he strode to where his pal was waiting. "I can't rob that house, Jim," he remarked to the waiting one, "we will have to give it up." "What's the matter?" wonderingly queried the accomplice. "I simply can't do it," answered the first, "that house reminds me too much of home." WOUND PROBABLY FATAL. Man Shot by Florence Rural Policeman May Die. ? - m 4 A T ? F lorence, April iy.?jim muuuuici, a big burly negro, of the Forestville section of this county, was shot and probably mortally wounded by Rural Policeman A. H. Haines, at Evan's store, near Forestville, l#st Saturday. According to eye witnesses, Policeman Haines had arrested McDaniel's brother under a warrant and was carrying him to a magistrate. McDan- iel drove up about this time and became enraged that his brother should be in charge of the officer and at once made at the rural policeman to rescue his brother. Mr. Haines had a trace chain in his hand and McDan iel snatched it from him and struck at him with the chain. The police- * man dodged his head from the blow i and fired at McDaniel, the ball en- 1 tering McDaniel's shoulder, ranging < around the back and striking the spi- j nal column. He fell in his tracks and the bystanders all thought he was dead, but he soon came to and was brought to Florence and carried to an infirmary, where an X-ray was I used to locate the bullet. I It was found that nothing could be done for him, and he was carried back to his home. At last accounts . he was still living, but the physician who saw him says that he will not get over it. There were a number of witnesses, and all of them state that Haines acted in self-defence. THREE FIREMEN KILLED. Falling of Wall in Philadelphia Fire Results Disastrously. Philadelphia, April 17.?Three fire- $ men were killed and a dozen others 1 were seriously, some probably fatally 1 injured to-night, when they were bur- I ied beneath a falling wall at a fire, * which destroyed the five-story candy J factory of W. T. Wescott. The dead 1 men are Walter Costello, Henry King I and Charles Moritz, all memuers 01 j Engine Company Xo. 23. The fire- ( men had difficulty in keeping the fire 1 from spreading. Close by is the I house in which Edgar Allen Poe lived while a resident of this city. An 1 aged woman was overcome by smoke < there. The damage is estimated at c $100,000. Read The Herald, $1.50 year. 1 * TIT ?ATTA?TX?TX?TXyTAT #A? ATTXT?X?TX?TX^ 1 Household & 2? j| Ice Cream Freezers a? ? Refrigerators J Oil Stoves j| Porch Swings ? Aluminum Cooking Utensils jt; We have just rec< ij; above goods, and fortable during tl jr you wish. Wekn you, for we have 1 j|! . prices. See us. ?i; "be shown." 27 I a o. si if; Furniture and Hardw* ? Ta> TX^^ZT^ZT TZTTZTTZ* We beg to an: public that I cured the ser j| Robert T. Fel Uberg, as our ? packages enf (care will re< attention and manship. I Jet-White || 229 King Street n RELIABLE SEEDS FROM RELIABLE PEOPLE Velvet Beans, Chufas, i Imber and Orange Cane, North Carolina Peanuts, Georgia and Spansli Peanuts, Pearl or Cat Tail Millet, rennessee German Millet, Select Seed , ' ^ * ? ""1 PfltAT- I j jorns, impruveu uiuhu ottu * , dns Cotton. Prices on application I SEND FOR CATALOGUE Shruptrine Co.; SAVANNAH, GA. C E. H. HENDERSON i Attorney-at-Law | BAMBERG. S. C. jfeneral Practice. Loans Negotiated. Express Messenger Held. Jesup, Ga., April 19.?'me missing 55,000, taken from an express pack- j ige en route from Brunswick to Atanta, has been recovered and Exiress Messinger J. B. Stringer, who las confessed to the robbery, is in ail. Stringer, who runs between Jeslp and Brunswick, has made a com )lete confession to Sheriff Price. He s said to have confessed to several )ther thefts. He has waived prelimi lary hearing and awaits inaicimeiu >y the grand jury. , Bond has been at $.",,000 and this i le has been unable to give. The 1 :ase probably will be tried in superi- * )r court here next week. } t Paper, envelopes, pen staff and pen Tor 5c at Herald Book Store. pffl ^i?W *4?%?"1? !" "a* ! sJTTiTTJT ?J7 r r_.j._! I tomiuris: p a* < > I l? ? t ( j Porch Shades $ * |? Water Coolers |! m > Screen Doors & Windows i! M Hammocks !! ' : fi.lllinp $1.25 and $1 SO II eived full lines of jj[ you can be com- $ , he hot weather if ? ow we can please the goods at right :: Costs nothing to *: & 1 :: MMONSf 3? ire Bamberg, S. C. S? i J onoi?icsi u nouncetothe ^ we have se- ' vices of Mr. j i Ider, of Bamagent and aB % Tusted to his [; :eive special H bestofwork- || Laundry Charleston, S. C.. . J1 1 ' * More Time At Home T- $ * O and from work?four trips a J _ ... L - ^ 1 ..*111 fan uay?a wneci v/111 s<tvc itu ninutes each crip or nearly an hour ;xtra?three hundred hours a year y Tiore at home. You'll feel better md act better. Gets the cobwebs * 3ut of your brain and honest hunger ? nto your stomach. The fIVER JOHNSON \ has more strong features, is better built and finished and runs smoother than any wheel you ever ; mounted. You needn't buy till you tiy. Trust the Truss. -i i Uicycles, Guns, and Automobile Supplies, Key Fittings, and General Repair Shop. First-Class Workmen. i J. BUIST BRICKLE j Romberg, S. C. 4 J LETTERS DISMISSORY. ' On Wednesday, April 30th, 1913, ! will file my final account as adminstrator of the estate of Frances * -.-L,- T-? TT. T., A rr 3iaCK wiux u-. r. naixxxuxi, o uugc ui Probate for Bamberg county, and I .vill thereupon ask for letters die- . nissory as administrator of said es- 4 ate W. C. BLACK, * Administrator. Bamberg, S. 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