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(LED AT SEA. aptain and *Four ofja oner's Crew Murdered. ? JUTINY ANDMDKDER. ur Bodies Thrown Overboard by the [Murderers. Three Negroes, the Remaining Members of the Crew ef the Schooner Harry A. [Berwind, Brought to Southport, N. C. A special to the Wilmington Star from Southport Wednesday night says the schooner Blanche II. King, Capt, J. W. Taylor, Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 23, for Philadelphia, put In there Wednesday afternoon, bringing In irons three negroes, all that remained of the crew of the four-mastered schooner Harry A. BerwlucI^Capt. Ruralll, from Mobile, Sept. 23, to Philadelphia, the captain, mate, cook and an engineer who did hoisting aboard having been murdered in a mutiny at sea and their b idles thrown overboard. The body of a fourth negro of the crew was fou id lying on deck where he, too had evidently been murdered. I<Japt. Taylor of the schooner King sighted the Berwlnd early Wednesday morning about 30 miles off the Gape Fear bar and was attracted to her by the manner in which she was being steered, having several times come very near running down the King. A near approach to the Berwlnd to showed that she had been practically . abandoned, uapt. u/ayior and crew boarded the vessel and < placed the three negroes in irons, bringing the two vessels oil the bar when one of them was towed in by Wilmington tugs, which have now gone for the other schooner, a gale prevailing on .the outside. The Berwind being from a territory against which this city is quarantined for yellow fever, the three negroes in irons are held in quarantine until arrangemeuts can be made for their detention by the federal authorities. It develops from the stories of the ne groes brought in irons by the King that the mutiny arose as the result of a quarrel aboard the ship early Tues day morning about some collee that was being brewed for breakfast. The King was signalled by the Berwind 30 miles east of Frying Pan lightshp and in response to a signal Capt. Taylor sent his mate, engineer and others to board the Berwind. The decks of the schooner were covered with blood, giving evidence of a ; tierce encounter. The berth of the mate was spotted with blood, indi^ eating that he was butchered in bed. jt\ i ts:r liiu Du^runiK party iium tiic King handcuffed the mutineers on the ship one of the negroes complained the Irons were too tight and hurt him. When one of the boarding crew loos ened the bracelet on the negro's arm the captive whipped out a pistol und shot one of his own crew, the presumption being that the man killled had signaled the King against the wishes of the three others, The total list of killed is four whites and one negro, the names of none of whom can be learned- The King left a prlzs crew aboard the Berwind, which is still off the bar, but will be brought in tomorrow morning. United Stale Commissioner P. Collier and Deputy Marshall C. O. lvnox left tonight for the quarantine to take charge of the captives. TIIK IIOltlllBLK STORY, lie decks and cabins splotched with blood from the fearful butchery following the mutiny aboardsbip early Tuesday morning off the North Carolina coast, the four-masted schooner Harry A. Berwind of Philadelphia was towed into Southport Tnursday by Wilmington tugs Aboard were the prize crew of the New York schooner Blanche H. King, who were wanted as witnesses against the three h eg roes shackled and brought to tfte Cape Fear quarantine station?on Wednesday, charged with ' mutiny and murder. At the preliminary investigation Derore united stares uommissioners . Collier of Wilmington and Pinner of Southport today the men who board, ed the herwind told the story of condltions on the vessel as they found them, and the three prisioners were 1 then Introduced at their own request. They gave their names as Robert I Sawyer, Henry Scott and Arthur Adams, all colored', and under 40 years of age. Sawyer and Adams employed counsel and ooth charged that Scott killed the five men with the exH ceptlon of Capt. Rural 11, who disap| peared before day Tuesday morning 9 in a manner of which they knew nothing. Each said he saw Scott shoot s mate on the lee side of the ship, throw his body overboard. Tnen ... 'bed the engineer and went down the Companion-wav. Very soon they heard show belo* deck in the galley, and a short while thereafter Scott came up again, bearing the body of the cook,a small white man,in hisjarm depositing his burden over the rail. Tney afterwards bound Scott and Were steering the vessel as best they tibuld until overhauled by the King. Scott says all the seamen, four negroes formed a conspiracy soon after L 1 V V leaving Mobile, Sept. 23, the colored seamen feeling outraged because of short rashlons. He said that he killed no one except the negro seamen found on deck, Coakley by name, and that he killed him in self*defenBe. Coakley hit him with a stick, and shot at him while he was bound. He said he saw Gokely shoot the mate and saw Adams kill the engineer. He does not know how the cook was killed as the shooting was below deck. Scott is a mullatto and is the most intelligent of the four; Adams is also a mullatto and claims to be a British subject from St. Vincent islands. All three of the negroes were held without bail, and are contlned in the Soutliport jail for the federal court in Wilmington in November. Three members of the crew of the schooner Blanche H. King are held as witnesses, but will give bond on the arrival of the vessel owners tomorrow. SIGNIFICANT SUGGESTION. From a Prohibition Souroo In Kogard to Liquor Ij?wh. A dispatch from Columbia sa>s there are strong indications that the prohibition executive committee will, at the Fair week meeting, name a State ticket with Joseph A. McCullough for Governor, and Louis J. lirtstow for Lieutenant Governor. At the conference held here a few weeks ago both these men opposed nominations being made, but Thursday's issue of The Baptist Press, edited at Greenwood, by Mr. Bristow, nominates Mr. Mc Cullough for Governor, and advocates putting out a ticket. It is significant that the editorial favors county control of the liquor question. "Lttt us have a prohibition law, but where it will not be enforced let It not be a force," says the editorial. "Where a majority of men are willing to write, their names on a petition asking for the privilege of selling whiskey, the best thing to do is to allow them to sell it, under stringent regulations." The editorial also says. "Beyond the moral question involved there is a political side. Men must be elected to otllce who will enforce a law against liquor selling. In certain counties in this State that seems to be quite beyond obtaining. A clear test of sentiment must be made. Prohibition is impossible nowhere, but it seems impracticable in some localities. Itecognlz'ng this fact we must take it intn consideration. In a community where j public sentiment is not sutliciently strong to elect prohibition oftlcers who will enforce a prohibition law, such a law would be tlaggrautly violated and would be practically inoperative and that fact must not be ignored. Therefore, we say let us advocate a prohibition law which will cover the eutire State, but with a provision that the county which is willing to assume the moral responsibility and odium of sell* ing whiskey and the legal responsibility of enforcing the law, that such a county may vote upon the question and show where it stands. If such a county should decide to sell whiskey, then let the Legislature prescribe the manner in which it may be done, and throw around its sale all safeguards and restrictions possible. "The dispensary is fast going, and the moral element of our citizens must have something to oiler in its stead or demoralization will follow. "We have long been a student of the prohibition question, with particular reference to South Carolina, and our calm judgment, upon mature conditions, is brietly outlined in the foregoing paragraphs. Prohibitionists are being looked to at this time and we musi ciur ine scale the best method of dealing with this vexatious question. But such a State prohibition law will not enforce Itself. We must have a Governor who will enforce it, a prohibitionist." Preparing For The Fair. The Chamber of Commerce of Columbia, as has been its custom for several years, is sparing no efforts to make the approaching State Fair one of the most seccessful in its history. With cotton at 10c and a wave of property sweeping the State, it is ex pected that the attendance will exceed all former years. In anticipation of a large crowd the Columbia Street Railway has increased its faailities for handling the visitors by double tracking its line from the Transfer Station, or Capital Square, to the Union Station, thence a belt line encircling the Fair grounds, which is practically a double track all the way, and will afford and ample transportation. In addition to the usual attractions of the weok, the Chamber of Commerce has engaged the Barkoot Carnival Amusement company, which besides a band of Its own, has a variety of good olean shows, which will give exhibition at the several street corners, along wibu a uumoer or rree attractions. As usual, the theatre management has a splendid card for the week. Those expecting,bo visit the Fair, which begins October 24, and desiring to secure boarding and sleeping accommodations should atonce commun icate with Mr. E. H. Clark, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. W'Anta Damaged. James O.Ligon of Charleston has brought suit for $10,000 damages , against Corntth Kaon and Hampton K. Lea, merchants, because of defama| tlon of character. In March last the defendants had the plaintiff arrested by a magistrate nnder the charge of obtaining goods under false pretences, the ca&rge having afterwards been dismissed by Circuit Judge Memmln ger. BLOODY GRIME. The Murder of Four People on the Olney Farm REMAINS A MYSTERY. ? >> The Mystery is Heightened by Mrs. ingerick, Who Was Found Conscious With Many Wounds on Her Person Refuse to Divulge Name of Assailant. Orange oounty is aroused over a quadruple murder on the Olney farm, about four miles from the centre of Middletown, N. Y. Wednesday the bodies of Millls O. and Frederick R. Olney were found in a wood half a mile above their home. They had been shot to death Friday afternoon. The body of Alice lugerlck, aged uine had been found with her skull crushed in t.hft pillar of f.ho ninmi * %-?v v. uuw irtl 1UI IU11SU, and later her mother, Mrs. Martin lngerick, living, but with her skull crushed in three places, was found in a horse stall in the barn, two hundred yards from the house. The absence of the Olneys, who were brothers and old men, caused surprise, not unmixed with suspicion. No search was made for them until Saturday morning, when a posse of farmers organized a search, and at 9 o'clock the victim* were found lying within 50 feet of each other. Lulu Ingerlck, 18 years old returned to the farm at 5 o'clock Friday evening. She Lad left the house early in the morning with the Olney brothers, for whom her mother was house keeper. The men rode in a wagon, carrying a cm of milk to Pilgrim Corners. When she arrived home Friday evening she was accompanied by Amanda Wheat, her sister-in-law. They found the house closed, and her mother, sister and the men were not to be found. In terror, Mrs. Wheat and the girl tied to the Davis farm, adjoining, where thev asked Daniel Davis to go back with them. Mr. Davis complied and searched the house from garret to the lirst II >or. lie became greatly alarmed, for the household goods were in confusion, a trunk and several handbags being burst open and bureau drawers pulled out and their contents strewn upon the iloor. In the cellar, huddled in a comer, was the body of Alice. The little one lay upon her face, with hands extended above her head. The skull was - J mi -i oi ubhou. iuu aiarm was given and neighbors hastened to the scene. The Middletown police were notified and half a dozen detectives drove out. Lanterns were procured and a thorough search of the premises made. At 9 o'clock Mrs. Ingerick was fouDd with her skull broken, in a vacant horse stall in the barn. Although she had three wounds upon the head, any one of which might be expected to have instantly killed her, she appeared to be only partly insensible. Hut all attempts to learn from her the details of the tragedy were unavailing. It was believed she might know the identity of her assailant but that she was determinedly shielding him. Alexnnder Merritt, who took her and the body of her daughter into town, became Impressed with this idea The woman made several attempts to arrange her skirts, and three times in the half hour's ride raised her head and groaned. All night long Police Chief Hrlnkerhcflf, with several deputy sheriffs, searched the roads and lanes near the Olney farm, but without result. With daylight two hundred men many of them armed, Joined the searchers. The Olney farm lies at the base of a range of densely wooded foot hills. It consists of one hundred and seventy acres, and the brothers had bought the right to cut cord wood in the up lands. One of the searching parties penetrated the woods. Chief Hrinkerhoff and Deputy Sheriff Holer nerman led this party, and Fred Olney, son of Willis C. Oloey, was with him. They had scarcely entered the wood when Kin#, the Olney collie dog, ran out to meet them. He harked and turned back into the glade fcas if inviting them to follow him. The searchers followed into the Derby woods, where the body of Frederick R. Olney, the younger brother, was discovered. The man lay upon his hack, with his hands over his chest. A wound behind the right ear showed where the bullet had entered. Less than a hundred feet away Willis 0. Olney lay with four bullet wounds in his body, one entering the right side and one passing entirely through the chest. The wound in Frederick's head bore evidences of l\0 tri ir. ? *" * * iinTiu^ uoDi.' il'iiiuwu in uiose range, and it appeared an if he might have been surprised and fell without a struggle. The elder brother seemed to have tried to escape and was evidently brought'down after three bullets had been tired into his bcdy. One went through the right arm, another en tered the right groin, a third the rightohest cavity, passing through, and the fourth through the throat. No evidence that the bodies had been carried to the spot was found, and it is believed the men were surprised by an assassin, who followed them, and that tliey fell almost at the game moment. Their pookets were turned insile out and their gold watches and all mluables were miss In#. The autop?' developed that the brothers had been slain with revolver bullets of heavy ciillbre. The motive foilf-he crime Is believed to be robbery; fol the brothers are known to have hyd about $700 in cash between them. Iwithlu a few days 150 had been paid to them, and they drew a considerable sum from a Mid- , dletown bank. 1'harles Frummell, of llowells, below \Mlddletown, paid Willis Olney $84.17 a few days ago, I and Thomas Ogdeft, a mil* dealer in s Mlddletown, paid the brothers a bill ; of $70 on Wednesday morning. FARMERS' IM8TITUTES. To Be Jtftold In a.Nuinhor ol Countlen This VoiL. Clemson college will kdd Farmers' Institutes in those oourwles desiring them this fall and wlnteR and J. N Harper, director of the ' b lia sent out the following iw^.t? .tion about It: at T\ The Southern railway has . 0Qr)ted to Clemson college the uso of a c*r for Farmer's institute work. The college is going to have this car titted up with all of the latest appliances for making butter and the most improved methods of handling milk. If the | rarmerH wish it and will furnish the milk, they can see the utensils put to practical use in separating the milk, ripening and churning the cream, etc.' In this car we will have samples of about 2(1 varieties of corn and will lecture on thoso varieties that are best adopted to Southern soils. We will have about 30 varieties of the most Improved type* of cotton. We will also have on exhibition those insects that are injurious to the field and garden products with the insecticides to be used in destroying and eradicating these injurious insects. The state entomologist will deliver lectures on the proper method of using these 1 sccticldes. We will have diagrams and chartsshowing the conf irmation of dairy and beef cattle and will have with us experts to deliver lectures upon the breeding, feeding and care of all kinds of live stock. We will also have with us a magic lantern and will give illustrated lectures upon a number of ag ricultural subjects. These lectures will give the resmos of the experience of a great number of practical farmers and the result of experiments being performed at this college and other agrl cultural colleges over the country. We will have views showing tho etlect of different fertilizers when applied to cotton, corn, wheat, oats and other farm products. We will have samples of those compounds that go into the manufacture of fertilizers and will have experts to deliver lectures on the value of these compounds when put into fertilizers. We will have material to show the proper way of making grafts, the proper methods of pruning fruit and shade trees, the method of retaining grape vines, all of this with the view of obtaining the greatest quantity of fruit. In this car, will also be on exhibition work of the Clemson college student In other departments of the college aside from that of agriculture. For example: machines designed and made by the mecohanical student, and fabrics of all kinds made by the textile student. Can't Hang Him. Recause of a peculiar freak of nature Robert Garwner, a prisoner in the county Jail at Chicago, charged with the murder of Agnes Morrison, may escape the death penalty. When he was arraigned in court his Attorney, William Ruckner startled the court by turning to Assistant States Attorney Harbour and saying: This is a case wiiere it wont do you any good to ask for the death penalty. They can't break this man's neck if they try to hang him and you may lose him altogether by hanging him and failing . ..j cxooute oik. sentence in full." It ippears that the prisoner is suffering from ossiticatlon of the vertebrae and tissues of the neck. According to Prof Steffenson of Ruch Medical college jnly live cases sirnjliar have came to the notice of the medical profession. Attorney Ihickner declares that the tiardnlng of bone and tissue had pro- 1 ceeded so far that it would be impossable to bring any strain upon the patient's neck that would be sullllciently severe to cause any discomfort other than a slight straining of the muscles 1 Starved Him to Death. j The county jail at Kansas City, Kansas, was surrouued Wednesday ] night by men who insist that Mrs. Helle Biggins, her daughter Clarissa, aged 14 years, and her husband, George lllggins, held by the coroner's " jury for the death of ltlggln's 6>ear- i old son by a former wife, should be ! lynched. That the little boy was ' starved and tortured to death is specillcally charged by the coroner's jury. The boy's 2-year-old sister was also 1 cruelly treated and is at the point of 1 death in a hospital. While Mrs. ill#- 1 Kill's own children were well fed and J kindly treated the two step children, 1 according to the evidence presented to ' the grand jury, were literally starved. 1 C'auho(1 by Failure me suicide of Loo Loeb, the wealthy Charleston man on Sunday, t? now credited to the failure of the In- 1 dependent Cotton Oil mill of Darling- j ton, a couple of months ago. lie J osta good deal of money In the fall- I ure, and this Is really what caused c him to lose his mind, it Is said, rather < than the retirement from business, 1 which seemed to grieve him consider- 1 ably. < BANK OF O O N W A CAPITAL STOCK, $20,000.00 TOTAL ASSET? 0FFI0 II. 0. COLLTNS, President. 0. P. QUATTLE11AUM, V-Prks. Our Hank, being a local instituti building of Horry County and.for the auing this policy we take ploasuro in iccoimnodation when consistent with With gratitude for the liboral ] cordially solicit your future business. Respectful D A SPIVE Robt. P. Scarborough, II. L President. Vice-P BANK OF Conwa] Capital Stock DIREC' Robt. 11. Scarborough, Hal I,. Buck, Goorgo .1. llolliday, Wo will pay you 5 per cent, intoi ish savings banks to tnoso wishing Try our plan for saving your nicklos i tli >80 little banks and the interest wo hdp yon. THE "HU A This brand on a shoo means s TI1E BEST for your monev call J. .10. IN: I tit South Prior 8tr??t, H Atlahta, Ga., Maroh 21,1906. H I suffered for four months with I extrecn* nervousness and lassitude. H I 1 had a sinking feeling in my I atomach which no medicine seemed I I to relieve, and losing my appetite H I I became weak and lost my vital I ity. In tliree weeks I lost fourteen H I pounds of flesh and felt that I must I I find speedy relief to regain my I health. Having hoard Wine of I I Oardui praised by several of my I I friends, I sent for a bottle and was I I certainly very pleased with the I I results. Within three days my I H appetite returned and my stomach I I troubled xno no moro. I could I I digest my food without difficulty H I and the nervousness gradually I I diminished. Nature performed I I her functions without difficulty I I and I am once more a happy and I I well woman. . ?|| OLIYE JOSEPH, Ttom. Atlanta Friday Night Clot), fl I Secure a Dollar Bottle of I |L Wine of Cardui Today, jB| Draying and Hauling I have secured all the Board ends at the Conway Lumber Company, and 1 will furnish them cheap on short notice. Best cook wood you can get. 1 have headquarters at the store of the Hal L. Buck Co., ind orders for draying and hauling left with me will be promptly attended to. S. M. Tompkins. Sea-shor R. R. Conway DAII Y SCHEDULE. .. sv Myrtle Beach 7 a. m \r Conway 7:40 a. m Ljv Conway 9:00 a. m \r Myrtle Beach 9:45 a.m Liv Myrtle Beach 1:30 p in \r Conway 2:15 p. m [jv Conway 6:30 p, rn \rMyrte Beach 0:10 p. m Ijynohcd. Shortly after midnight Friday a nob of about one hundred men, supposed to bo from Trenton, Ky., took Prank Lsavell, a one-legged negro, 'rom the jail at Klkton, Ky., and lynjhed him in the near-by woods. Leavdl was arrested on the charge of attempting to enter the room of a young ady at Trenton Saturday night, lie confessed. CONWAY. vY, S. O. SUURFLUS FUND, $20,000. \ $ 180,000.00. ERS: D. A. 8PIVEY, CASHIERY M. W. COLLINS, ASST. CASHIER. on, has always striven for the upbettermontof her citizens. In porextending to our customers every Bound banking. atronago received in the^ past, wo ly yours ^Y ASHIER t. Buck, Will'A. Freeman, resident. Cashier. HORRY, y. S, C. $ 25,000 TORS: W. R Lewis, W. A. Johnson, Will A. Freeman est on yearly deposits. Will furn; to open small accounts with us. and dimes, and you will find that will 1KIV vnil I "ill Vnll?* OOirlnrta wr'.ll - ? ? J "?** B" SHOE. aomethingi If you want for "The IIiil). For sale by icliols Professional Cards. McCord & McCord, SURGEON DENTISTS, Conway, s. c. toy*()vor Hank of ITorry. M- M- Burroughs, Physician and Surgeon, Conway, S- O OTscarbrougiT CONWAY, S. C., ATTORNEY AT LAW H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWAY. S. C. G. -Fiiivi). STALVivr Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWA Y, S. C T Woifo d W,Iit7 ' ATTORNEY AT DAW, Conway, S. C. OHioe in Spivey Building. Dr. C. 8. Deitz, DENTIST tf- OPTICIAN. Conwav. S C. 1/ ' Room No. 4, Spivey Building. Spsvey & Collins G 7, ^ PMrc Insurance. 1 5ROKICRAGIC. I). A. Sivey, President. M. W Collins, Secretary, Conway Market Fresh bleats and Sausage always on hand. Orders are taken and promptly delivored every day. Geo. L. M arsh, Propretor. Shingles! I luive opened a Shingle Yard and can 1111 your orders promptly HflL L BUCK. Livery ancl Drayage. 'Phone 3t5. Horry Tobacco Warehouse* . J. E. Coles. *