The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 03, 1905, Image 9

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A TRUE TALE That Reads Like the Fiction We 4 ^ Find in S^ory Books lV REAL LIFE TAR(IEI)\ In the City of Rome Which Very Nearly Parallels the Most imnrobahle Lit erary Plot of the Noval, "The Masquerader," Not Long Written. Tho following remarkable story we take from the New York American: "Impossible, but interesting," people said wt-fan they rcad^J'Tho Masquerader," Katherine Ceoil Thurston's successful novel, in which two men not related, but looking absolutely alike, ctiaug ? places. And now, to justify her Imagination, to prove that the novelist's dream was Dotouly interesting, but possible real, ho has come to the rescue. In Rune the situation that formed the plot of "The Masquerader" has been duplicated. A noblanaan, Count Andrlano Benioulll, finding a valet who resembled him raarvelously, employed him as his double. The valet, Paolo, Impersonated his master at all sorts of social functions, lie instated his manners and graces to perfection; he walked like him and talked like him, aid, even as the duol loo persona tors \fho made "The Masquerader" the talk of the literary wot Id, deceived not only the Count's friends, but his wife as well As in "The Mapquerader," the imnnrcArtnf folio lo /**./% ?.44-l? ? *c - jjvyio'/uuivi tans in iuyc v>iun Liie wne of his double, and it is jealously of a woman that assists in the denouement. But in real life the denouement is a tragedy. Real life is not accommodating. The right man rarely dies to make the end of a situation picturesque, happy, romantic. The Countess Beuiculli, lovely as the wife of John Ctnloote of "The MaFqueradar," committed suicide when she found that she had permitted a mc nial to make love to her under the guise of her husband. The poor, deceived wife is dead, aDrt Count Beniculli has appealed to the courls of Rome to avenge him. lie charges that his valet took advantage of the position lie had perLQitted him to occupy arid caused the d^ath of his noble mistress. In "The Masquerader" is is the morphine eater, John Chilooto, who dies, the man who neglected his wifo and his duties, leaving both to the care ar.d attention of his double, Jobn Yoder, the good, clever hero. The novelist herself seems to realize that the possibility of the ? xtraordinary resemblance upon which she bases her apparently fanciful plot, is going to be much doubted and questioned, for she refers to It in tbeopening chapter in this fashion: "By that seem too mild for real life and yet be JUI IVJ 1.,\j uiiivi nj^iivic, i IIU i/yvu wt ro identical, feature for feature. It seemed to ea3h nnai that he looked not at the free of another, but at bin own face redacted in a (lawlesslooking i glass." I Then, again, John Chllcote brings up the KUbjc Ct of identity lu a conversation with L';dy Astrupp. Chllcote picked up a book that lay bdi w< en them. "O her men's shoes!'he read. 'A novel, r f course?' " "She smiled. 'Of course. Such a fanta tic story. Two men cuange identities. "Chicote rose and walked back to the manLlepicc'3, " 'Changltg Identities?' he said, with a touch of interest. " 'Ye*-; one man is an artist, the other a millionaire; one wants to know what fame In like, the other wants to know how it fceis to be really, sinfully rich. So they exchange experience for a mor th." She laughed. "Chllcote laughed as well, hut how? he asked. " Oil, I told 5ou the idea was absurd. Fancy two peop'e so much alike that neither their friends nor their servants lee any difference! Such a thing coulda't bo, could It? There are likmestes, but not freak likenesses like that.' " The novelist plainly fore-iees that the possibility of such a resemblance as she makes the basis of her plot is going to be questioned by t.he great ma*s or ner pUDJIO. lei ID ivjme rem lift) upholds her most fanciful imaginings. The Count Adriano BenlcuDl Is of an old ai d respected family, lie himself la a bit (coentric, but none the less a nobleman who has always moved in the highest nocial circles. He owns vast estates on which he entertained handsomely. lie had, until the tragedy which set all Rome talkr ln^in horrified whispers, a charming wife whom he neglected shamefully. . Duiirg her life this was said to be one of his tceentr lei ties. Another was his 1 hobby of collecting and repairing anA clent locks. H If you had asked in Rome some I months ago about the Count Henlculli and his wife, you would have heard these things and not much else. They 1 seemed commonplace enough and so 1 doubtless tbey were until one day the 1 Count looked upDn Antinoro Paalo and 1 saw that the man, though of humble B origin,, was educated and in appear% >nc9 and manner marvellously like The Oouot had grown to find society, which demanded more or less of his presence, an awful bore. lie had beoome as tired of it as he bad of his wife, whom he scarcely saw. In fact, when he first met the man Paolo, he was not even living with her. As ho marked the extraordinary res emblance between himself and the man an idea Hew into his head, lie would take him in his employ and make use of him. Now, whether the Count had heard of "Tho Masquerader'' or not has not yet been unfolded. In the novel a similar proposition was made like this: " 'You propose,' said Loder, 'that for a consideration of money I shou'd trade on dummy, when you &ro other wise engaged?* " 'After all,'the other urged, 'what I ask of you is a simple thing. Merely to carry through my r( ut.ine duties for a week or two occasionally. When 1 fir d my endurance giving way?when a respite becomes essential. Too work would bo uothlng, the pay anything you like to name.' " The double hesitates and the other urges. All objections are waved away. Chilcote agrees to discharge his servant and his secretary, who might p s sihly recognize a substitute. Then they came dawn (is the Count and Paolo must have) to the question of the wife. " 'You have entirely forgotten one thing,' said L ider. 'You can hardly dismiss yi ur wife.' " 'My wife doesn't count.' "I'm afraid 1 scarcely agree. The com plication* would be sliirht.lv? slightly" He paused. "Tlio fact of your being married bars it. Oau'L you see that?'' "You mistake the position," said Chilcote. "1 tell you m> wife and 1 arc nothing to each other. She goes her way; I go mine. We have our own friends, our own rooms. Marriage,actual marriage, doesn't enter the question. We meet occasionally at meals, and at other people's houses; sometimes we go out together for tho sake of. appearances; beyond that nothing. If you take up my life no one will trouble you less than my wife ?1 can promise that." So It was arranged in the novel, and so, probably, it was discussed and arranged by the Count Adriano iic.ni eulli and Aulnoro Paolo, the valet. As a valet Paolo lias been all his life around men of distinction and relino DJi lit, and he acquired the ways and manners of the great. Added to this, ne is, tjy every account, a man good looking as the Count himself. They arc both tad, dark, with clear-cut features and prououuced personalities. The resemblance, according to every one, Is uncanny. Of course, the Count's Intention when he made his bargain with Paolo was merely to be relieved of his tiresome social duties. Instead of having to make himself agreeable all the time, if he could train his double to represent him properly he need only be. bored occasionally. So be supplied Paolo liberally with good clothes and plenty of money. lie gave him all the luxuries he dreamed of; he set him in one of bis own palaces, where he could play master at his pleasure. He played it charmingly. The news went abroad that the Count Benicu'll had improvtd Immensely. lie was far less taciturn, far less domineering than formerly. The Count* ss heard these things. She had not laid eyes upon her husband for months, but she could not believe them true. Sue sighed, however, and wished they were, for in her heart of hearts she loved her husband. At last at some ball she met Paolo masquerading as the Count. She had nevv.r looked more lovely, she had never been more grack in. The supp sed Count smiled upon her with new adoration, and the poor woman trembled and glowed with joy. It seemed to her the love of her girlhood returning to her. Ah that evening the man whom she too* to be her husband was at her side, assiduous in bis attentions, whispering such compliments as sho had not heard sine; tirst lie wooed her. After this there followed days of happiness, such days as the hero and heroine of "The Masquerader" passed, whll j the secret of John Loder's, idem tity whs still hidden. Tu the Couatress Benlculli the valet was the husband of her youth. All Rome told in amazement of the reconciliation between the eccentric Count and his Charming Titianhairtd wife. And, wonder of wonders, the Count's eccentricities had grown fewer in the years of their separation, lie seemed to be a considerate, normal. healthy person, whose greatest desire was to advance her happiness. She made the most of the present aud decided to refer as little as possible to the bit er, unhappay past. One day, while her love dream was ^ a. 11.. u * t-.~ n^.? ?.?.? j i aii iw? i/iio wjuuwhs anu ner supposed Cjuat drove over to Rimini to make an excursion into the w. nrierful caves that are there. When any reference was made to the past with its uohappiness she said, l.ke the heroine of "The Masquerader," "I don't want explanations. I want to ?to enjoy th 4 moment without having thorps anaijzjd or smoothered away. Uan't >ou understand? Can't j iu >c tuat I'm wonderfully, terribly ?to have you?as you are?" Paolo walked toward the caves of Rimini, In the Count's clothes, followed by the Count's servants, with his arms about the exquisite Countess Benlcuili. Ho knew that they loved and he forgot all else until suddenly a scream of rage called him to the realities of life. A woman stood in his pathway, with the menace of truth in her voice, upbraiding him for his faithlessness. To the trembling Countess she announced herself as his wife, his wife In the eyes of Cod and the Church ol Rome. Of course she would not believe so preposterous a tale as that the Ck un tess could believe him to be her husband. llow long, however, the Countess would have dun# to her belief we may only conjecture, for in the mid it of his true wife's insults and the noble lady's tears, Paolo fell upon his knees and confessed the part he had played. They say that the Countess looked as though in that moment she had been turned to stone. The light faded out of her beautiful eyes, her lips ceased to quiver, she stood erect and, turning to a peasant woman, begged her pardon humbly for having for one ( instance come between her and hei rightful husband. That night, in her gorgeous boudoir in the splendid Beuiculli mansion in Rome, the countess'in despair took an overdose of laudanum. Behind her she left a few lines stitirg that the thought, of what she had done had I driven heir to suicide, and that she forglve those who had deceived her. In real life ''The Ma*querader" had become a tragedy, for which those who masqueraded are to bo fully responsible. 8LNTIMENT CHANGING. South Carolina for Prohibition and Malno Turning Against It. The Washington Post says it is a rather remarkable fact that, although the Democracy, as a national organiz ation, has always been opposed to "sumptuary laws," such as statutory prohibition of the liquor trstllo, the most and the best kind of prohloitlon is now found in the few States that are solidly planted in the Democratic columns. The Boston Globo notes with Interest that while Maine is growing more and more uneasy about the system of prohibition, and gettlug ready for a campaign of resubmission to the people of the whole question, Georgia and South Carolina are earnestly talk ing prohibition. The Globe states that already in Georgia 103 counties have no ncenso, zrc nave dispensaries, and (> have high license. The effort now Is, says the Globe, to have the legislature provide a system of ''State option" under which the six counties enjoy would be wiped out. Our Hoston contemporary adds that: "In South Carolina there is a remarkable movement to close up the dispensaries, and Senator Tillman pro poses to leave the question to the Democratic primary. The prohibitionists in South Carolina, as well as in Georgia, are cootideut that their cause will win if presented to the people. ''At the same time it is curious that the opponents of prohibition in Maine and Kansas, where the system has been tried, are as conlident that the people are ready to vote against a continuance of the present regime as the Georgia and South Carollnan prohibitionists are that their case need* only to be presented to find acceptance at the hands of the people." The Post is in receipt of a very long and intensely earnest communication from a South Carolina Democrat who, after applying to the liquor trade in his State all the epithets that used to be burled at the rumsellers and their places of busine s in Maine sixty years ago, closes by quoting this stauzi from a song that was sung at temperance meetings in New England by the Krauuparuius ur me present gener::.tion: "Tell me I hate the bowl? Ilate lb a feeble word; I loathe, abhor, my very soul, With strong disgust Is stilled Wbeu I ce or hear, or tell Of the dark beverage of hell!"' False Itoporc CauHO?t femicide. Lire, zo D Bsrry, a carpenter, of West Mod ford, Mass., Identified as that of hlK daughter, Ella, the b idy of the young wo nan who committed suicide In p. hotel e,t Manhattan. She was a stenographer in her home town. Larry declared that the publication o" an untrue fctory in a Boston paper a year ag >, that l is daughter had run away w ith a married man was the cause of her self-destruction. Berry said It turned out that she had merely been on a vacation alone. Although the paper published a retrac-1 tion, Berry added that the injury done her was great and she never recovered from it, hut grow more and more down hearted and morose. I Hattln Flfttf Returned. A Chicago dispatch says an old, shot-pierced, ragged Confederate flag, t one of the last In Illinois, was taken from the walls of memorial hall and formally returned to the Thirteenth Virginia volunteers. The il ur w:^ bio tared at the battle of Pooleville In i I8tj2 by the Eight Illlnoltfand brought 1.1 Chicago. At a meeting of tbe United States Confederate Veterans, No. 8, it was voted that the old llag be returned to tbc remnant of the , regiment from which It was taken. More Or* 17. i A dispatch from San .Francisco says State Senator Henry Hunkers, serving a term In prison for attempting to , brlt>e during the )a*st session of legislature, has made a full confession, giv lug the names of twelve other sena' tors who received money, also the names of bribors and amounts paid. A wholesale prosecution is promised i by the district attorney. I Blown Up. > A dispatch from Olarksburg, W. Va.. says David McKay and wife, their horses and wagon were blown 1 out of existance Wednesday morning by the explosion of nitroglycerine which they were taking to shoot a ! well in the Salen oil fields. Bhe only thing found after the explosion was the axle of the wagon. UKGENT APPEAL To Those Farmers Who Are Able and Can Hold Back To Do So, So that Lohb Fortunate Farim rn May Pmllc by their Condition ol Mabo. Now that so much interest is being evinced in the fixing of the minimum price of cotton by the Southern Cotton Association during its recent meeting in Ashevllle, North Carolina, the following from the pun of lion. Ilarvie Jordan will be read with attention: "Toe executive committee of the Southern Cotton Association held its meeting at Asheville, N. C., last week, and the question of fixing a minimum price of tnis crop was the matter of greatist interest to the people and couutry at large. The eyes of the wno.e c )tr.on world were centered on Asheville during the tith and 7th days of September while the i xecutive committee was in session. "The price tJnally agrerd upon after long and tedious deliberation was 11 cents, basis middling, at all interior points in the soutli. The condition of the crop up to August 25th was found to be 73 03 per cent, as compared with a condition of 84 per cent, for the same period a year ago. The estimated yield of th9 crop as reported by over 15.000 correspondents from all the cotton growing counties Indicated a yield this season of 9,588,133 bales, as compared with a crop of 13,(500,000 bales last year. Letters from farmers all ever the bt>lt advised a minimum price all the way from 10 oeuus vu i6 corns. no me ^uriug <>s high as 15 cents. Hut the tin; 1 iesult was 11 cents, a* d far oers ail over the scuth will bcuxpeoted to stand Urnaly together this fall and winter to maintain that price, Hy the determined effort prices can bo forced up above 11 cents later on and farmes should de termine now to move their crops slowly and not rush the markot. The only way we can secure and maintain our price Is to refine to sell for loss and make the buyers come to our tigures. If cotton is thrown on market and sold anyway, Ki will be difllcult to force prices up until much later In the season. Let those who are able and can hold back uo so, and thereby help those who aro foiced to sell to meet Lueir maturing debts and obligations with the supply merchants and guano dealers, bankers will be glad tio advance from 8 and 0 cents a pound on cotton in storage and thus assist in lieancicg the situation. We are up against a hard light, but it will be j easier to get 11 cents for a small crop than 10 cents for a 13,000,000 bale crop. stand my yoljit guns, We are now well entreucned, with plenty of ammunition in the s iape of corn and meat, our hanks have plenty of money, tho enemy Is in retreat, and If we don't whip this tight ard force the price of cot.ton to aouve 11 cents, then the farmers of the south ought t) have a guardian appointed to luo.< after their business interests. Tne mills of the world have taken a cro;> of 13,000,000 biles of Amerioin cot ton during the lad, t vt lv,- numb , at an average price of 0 cer s , r pound There will be noohiok in oo usumpr.'o > during the rn xt tvove r-u .ml us. T e price (f o:aton goods i * very log1 a u fgoing still higher. ic wi.ole cxvliz id world is in a prosperous condition and it is unreasoi able to say that the farmers should not 'Ms p jv.on rvee; an averago of 11 cent p r jou-)'1 for a crop of cotton no*vestimate jo bo u v der ten million s. All you have got to do is pat for your price, r f .no to i j 11c -r.te and the market willui ce to thai tigura. If much co it is r if red un dor 11 cents, as a matter of c >ur? the market can be depressed and held down. OTIIKK ORGANIZATION WILT, IIKLP Tne cotton ak'h't of the Farm? r >' Educational and Co Op? rafcive ll.d u of Texas was pr s nt wit i hi at Asheville and to >k part In t h secret R' si Ions of the ex cutive con rulttee. Ilu came as the representative >.r the union and assisted in tlxing the pi-ice at 11 cents, stating that such a pi Ice would be acceptable to the 300,000 members of tiie union. We can now depend upon the effective cooperation of all the members of the union, :ts ti e new president of the unio >, Mr. Calvin, of Paris, Tex., has written Dae encouraging co operation t mure completely win out in the tight ahead. We abo have pledged the ac tlve co operation of the mcunb rshlp of the American Society of Equity and tne Farmers' Aliiance of North Carolina in enforcing the dema d f- r the minimum price of 11 cents. This makes the position of the producers filllUMf'. Intii/onncUIn nr.rl 1 * W n 1 t /v# I ?p._..vr?w |UI|'1>.^UUVII<) UIIVI n aUIJ Alt VI i these powerful fanners' organ'/. rblo;i? ! working in harmony for mutual pro* | taction, I feel safe in saying that the tUht can and will bo easily whlpp id. There will be no mlsunder^t aiding among these organizations this sea son on this matter. We will all work In harmony together, and a knowledge of thai, fact ought to b; most mioouraglng. If the Farmers' union wauttd one prion and the 8. (J. A., another, there would be diffi culty ahead, but both organizations are now together and will work together to win out on the price agreed upon. Sell but little cotton In September and October. Give the mills a chance to exhaust present supplies, which can be done la six weeks and then we can easily dictate terms and win another big victory. Sel} no middling cjttoa for lees than 11 cents. * Harvijc Jordan. > < \ AA BANK OF CON \A/A CAPITAL STOCK, $20,000.00 TOTAL ASSETS OFF ICl B. G. COLLINS, President. C. P. QUATTLEBAUM, V-Pues. Our Bank, boing a local iriRtitnti* building of Horry County and for the suing this policy wo take pleasure it? ? accommodation when consistent with h With gratitude for the liberal pi cordially solicit your future business. Respect full D A SPIVE Robt. B. Scarborough, k 11. L. President. Vice-Pr BANK OF Conway Capital Stock. DIREC'l Robt. 11. Scarborough, Ilal 1 i. Buck, Ueorgo J. Bolliday, We will pay you 5 per cent, in ten ish savings banks to those wishing Try our plan for saving your nickles a these little banks and the interest we 1 help yon. thet:hui 1 b?s brand on a slioe moans s rilE BEST for your monoy call J. .10. IV i | rnu s 0 tiw 1 i ver i j k^hr neglected people sufTer >? M J Py with constipation, biliousness, V^| I K; headaches and fovers. Colds attack yd I the lungs and contagious diseases * tako hold of tho svstenv. It is safe !J ? to say that if tho liver wero always $ J kept in proner working order, j, ^ illness would bo almost unknown. 2 ^ Thedford's JIlack-Drnnght is so $ js successful in curing such sickness & % because it is without a rival as a M 0 liver regulator. This great family fe ^ medicine is not a strong and Le L; drastic drug, but a mild and U4 gv healthful laxative that cures con- [w W etipation and may be taken by a fk mero child without possible k P harm. M Tho healthful action on the liver K V cures biliousness. It lias an in- vii | vigorating effect on tho kidnoys. j[j$ s Uccuu o tlin liver and kidneys do pi | f -j not work regularly, tho poisonous K>( L- acids along with tho wuute from r.| tho bowels get back into tho blood M L . and virulent contagion results. bd jp Timely treatment with Thed- \Lj f; < ford's Black-Draught removes the ?2 ' r 1 dangers wl ichlurk in.constipation. l"d jP iiverjmd kidney troubles, and will Jp y.p i>o-itively forestall tho inroads of *'/ b J Briglit's disease, for which disj.;, c.ift-j in advanced stages there is r ? ?. kj( no cure. A*k your dealer for a l-4 2 >c. package of Thodlord's Black- a <1 y || i ... ] . ... -^>..^-1.-,v.U.'a'i Drayiog and Hauling J have secured all the Hoard ends at the Oonway Lumber ilAvm r\ntt n nn/I T Pll*T?1on *'t/|ll|J|IIIJrj ?( If" i I >>111 i III moil tliom cheap on short notice Host cook wood you can get. I have headquarters at the store of the Hal L. Buck .Co., and oidei'.s for draying and hauling left with me will be promptly attended to. S. M. Tompkins. Sca-shor R. R. Conway DA 11 Y SCI1BDU Dtfi. Lv Myrtle Heaeh 7 a. m /r Conway 7:10 a. m Lv Conway 9:(io a. m Ar Myrtle Heno i 9:45 a.m Lv Myrtle Hi xoh 1:30 p m Ar Conwav 2:15 p. m Lv Conwwv 5:30 p. m Ar Mvt < 1 teach tt:10 p. m A i>< W A1 A dispatch from Pittsburg, P4u says shooting husbands for staying out late at night Is very latest In that city. The dispatch pays Ilonry Lace is dying in the homeopathic Hospital while Paannie, his young wife, who did the shooting, is in the county Jail. She will be chargad with murder if ho dies. At at early hour Wednesday morning Lace returnee^ | home and his wife shot him twioe ; a,. CONWAY' ,Y, S. O. SUURPLUS FUND, $20,000. Z I, $180,000.00. ?RS: ^ D. A. SIMVFY, Cashier* M. W. COLLINS, Asst. Cashier, m, has always striven for the}upbettorment of her citizens. In perpxtending to our customers every ound bunking. itronage received in the past, wo y yours I V , Q ASH I E R r Ruck, Will' A. Freeman, esidei.t. Cashiof. HORRY, r. S, C. .'..$25,000 'ORS: W, R Lewis, W. A. Johnson,1 Will A. Freeman }st on yearly deposits. Will furnto open small accounts with us. nd dimes, and you will find that will pay you on your savings will 3;rSH0R icw "?#v ITS^ 0 omothin#! If you want for "The Hub For sale by ioliol*!^. * jf Professional Cards. McCord & ??cCcrd,j suite.EON' DENTISTS, Convvray? S. C. KtfrOvor Bank of [Torry. H- W- Burroughs, Physician and Surgeon, Oon w x;y, S- O H^BTT^WoughT CONWAY, S. 0., ATTORNEY AT LAW IT TT T17 A A TMIT I W TV n. 11. WUUUWAtUJ, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWAY. S. C. G. Freo. Stalvey Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWA Y, S. C ; Wr^d'\VaitT~ ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, Conway, S. C, Office in Spirey Building. Dr. C. IS. Deitz, DENTIST tfc OPTICTAN. Conway, S. C. Boom No 4, Spivey Building. Spivey & Coffins C Fire Insurance. I 5KOKICKAGIC. I). A. Sivey, President. M. VV Collins, Secretary, Conway Market Fresli bleats and Sausago always on band. r\..,i? ~ .-i? --- i V/ivicmm mo UV1S.UH mm promptly delivered overy day. Geo. L. Marsh, Proprctor. SBliing;le?! I have opened a Shingle Yard and Can fill your orders promptly, HflL L BUCK. Livery and Drayage. V Phone 86. Horry Tobaqeo Warehouse, J. E. Coles. vrjfc' 'Ah ' i ' ' ' V ^ i i i ' * SL * * a,