The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 24, 1906, Image 5

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vt SHOT TODEATH. A Man Crazed by Mean Whiskey and Foolish Jealousy % TERR01ZGS TOWN, Clark Thoufht Mrs. Purceil Had Kept Qlrl He Loved Away Piom Him and He Started Out to Be Re? ^ venfed. and Pays the \i t Penalty. Crazed by drink and with his jealous heart IntUmed with revenge, James H. Clark, the night telegraph operator at Chamhlee, Ga., ran amuck Tuesday night, May 15, killed one man, shot live others, threatened the lives of several women, Including the young girl with whom he was infatuated madly, set fire to a house crowded with women and children who were seeking s&fetjlPlrrom his bullets and then iltd into Dunwoodie, five miles diataroe, left death in his wake and escaped to the woods, where he is defying all who seek his capture. While it is known that whiskey had much to do with Clark's frightful tragedy, it is also certain that wild infatuation for a little girl?sister of Mrs. Will Puroell, where he, boarded ?Is responsible for the terrible climax mat was reiouea as aouve 8LaTea. Olark, twenty-seven years of age, a victim of wblte swelling for yeare and more recently near death from meningitis, bad followed the insane and abnormal hallucination that little Annie Gvy, fourteen years of age, wan in love with him. - r Blinded to reason by%ii/ madness, he clung to his false theory, slowly but surely weaving the awful tragedy upon whoso very threshold he warned his victims- -but too late. Return log to the home of Will J. Purcells, where he had been a boarder slnoe last fad, Clark told Mrs. Puroell Tuesday morning that she had interfered with his love affair. Clark was livled with rage. Mrs. Puroell, alone 1q her home, stood aghast at the delirious insanity of her accuser. She was speechless in her terror. "You have prevented me from be lng happy," cried Clark at the Purcell horn* "For your Interference Into my pffiirh I win kill you, your husband, your father, your m itber, your sister, your sister-in-law and your children." Mrs P ircell listened In silence?a Rilence she c >uld not break for her power of soeeoh wa* gone. Upon the hps of this madman a cynical -mile lingered a mo i.ent and the is face b^oam ashen and stony. His eves glistened in his a iger and his am cited figure trembled and swayed Its unsteady balance. '1 uu oil thin," and C ark stepp fd cl H* *o *die trtn-nx-'d woman, 1 will t)l -v your braio out.; premise or I win k I y >u 1q your tracks." M s Fu cell summ inei ner strength and fl <i to her father's home, the next o r She gave the alarm. Q iek! Captain E S. Puroell, the fau ,pr vi. was at one time deputy sher ff of D Kalh oouuty, and is now one of uhe ...ost pr min nt cit zens of Chamolee, called the members if hiN family togetner. A few neighbors who were pasdr g. were called Into the house f >r protection in meeting the man who was no >n to make good his threats In the home when Clark arrived were ten meu, women and children besides Oapt. Puroell. Clark approached the house tiring a perfect fustlade of shots. He had three revolvers and a shotgun, all of whloh he kept going. As he stepped on the poroh he stopped firing. Inside the door were Captain Pur cell, his married boo, Will Purcell. and his three neighbors, P arc B^atty, W. S. Mask and B Frank Bol on These men on the in-lde had deter mined to defend their lives and the Uvea of the women and children be hind them with pistols and olubs. Olark gave a terrific knock upon the door with th^ butt of a revolver. ' What do you want" asked Captain Purcell, calmly. " >0 see you," was the quick an wer. "Go to the station, then," said YJ.. I I " J T _<U nA.I f Ka.. II jcuiubm, aim x win nco jrvu mints. Clark answered with & gho . from his plHtol. Then Clark fired volley after volle> Into the door, u>ing his pistols and shotgun. The door was shot into Aplioters, bat the look held firm "Good bye to all of you," he orled Id his front) ras he rusoed from the door, returning the next Instant with an axe, whloh he had taken from the wood pile In the yard. Ripldly he drove the blade into the wood-work of the door and frame. Captain Puroell saw the demon would sooq enter unless oneoked. The volley went crashing through the wreok of the d)or. Clarke soreamed, his ouraes as ht caught his left arm, nowling in rage and pain. He had been shot in the wrist, the butlet going up the arm and ooming out at the elbow. Again the bullets answered from the party iu the hall aad Clark reeled frof^fehe porch with a bullet lu bi Jt>. abdomen, and sought refuge behind a . toe, where he reloaded his guns and % p Aired a murderous fire into the J j house. I' Ula the darkness (Jlerk (hen quietly lipped from behind the tree, rt treat ed to the station got a half gallon oan full of oil and returned to the Puroell home. He oame baok so quietly that none knew of his presence until the rear portion of the house was wrapped In flames. Clark had soaked the side of toe house In kerosene and then plied rags and trash against the weatherboard lng, setting It on Are. Captain Puroell rushed to fight the flames, whtoh were gaining headway very moment. Clark, hiding in the shrubbery, fired point blank with a double barreled shotgun. Puroell was shot on the hand and the neok, but fought the fire until It was extinguished, while Will Puroell tired repeatedly upon Clark. Clark retreated again to the front of the house, where he sought safety behind a tree, firing all the time. Will Puroell started towards Clark but was shot down and sought oover. The shooting oontinued until Clark withdrew in the darkness. The tragedy had its beginning, so far as the public was aware, late Monday afternoon when Clark began shooting indiscriminately down the railroad traok, almost in front of the home of the Puroell'b. Clark soon grew tired of shoo*lng in the suburbs, where there were none to be terror'zed, so he started towards the telegraph station, whioh is looated in the oenter of the town and on the main street of the village. He created eonsfc?rna.t,inn walked through the street, shooting at everything and everybody. It was then about dark and people saved themselves by blowing out the lights and barricading the stores. He poured a volley lDto a passing freight train, but it is not supposed that any one on the train was struok, as the train did not stop. Reaching the store of Wallace & Warnrck before it could be barricaded. Clark rushed in. Hunch it!" he cried to a crowd of negroes who were orouohlng in the rear. They fled, pursued by a fusilade of bullets. The store was quickly cleared and Olark rushed on, sweeping the street with his pistols and creating the wildest oonsternation and havce in every direobion. The theory that the shooting was premeditated gains strength from the faot that Olark resigned his position as night telegraph operator Monday. He had made threats to others in the town that he was getting ready to "Go to hell." He said he wished to go there as a person whom he loved would soon be there and he wanted to stay with them. After holding the town at his mercy, Olark went to the telegraph ottlie, where an operator was working who nad been sent from Atlanta to re lieve him "I want a pistol and more cartridges," he said. Hut the new man had no pistol or cartridges. Olark then wpnt to the cash drawer to k out $3 left his watch as collateral and said: "I guess, by God, I can buy some, ' ben." He left the telegraph ofllce and startb 1 to the southern part of the town, where he began his murderous assault jpon the Purcell home as described above. Ab .ut two o'olrok Tuesday mornng he abandon* d the attack on the Purcell home and started for Dunwoodle, five miles distant. About six o'clock Wedncsiav morning heeniored tbe store of Nash & Cheek, and shot the latter dead because he would not sell him cartridges He also shot at Nash. Here Clark seems to have lost his nerve He put his pistol In his pocket and ran to a pasture and was soon lost In the woods. Here his pursueis lost dght of him. When he reached the railroad track he to k down that. After shooting Che* k and Nash at Dunwoodie, Clark took all the am munition from the shelves that he needed. Leaving the store, he threw the money down In the street for payment. saying: "I gueis that will pay for what 1 bought." A man named Satterflsld passed by the st >re at the time, aud Clark walked up to him and said: 'T guess that 75 cents will pay for theotrtrldges 1 b jught. They would not sell them to me I killed a man for them In there, but I suppose that the money will pay for them." Clark made no attempt t > molest Satterfleld, but started back down the railroad towards Chamblee. When about one hundred yards from the store he met W. J C ker, whom he assaulted, striking him over tbr nead with the butt of his shotgun. Clark then continued down the railroad for about 800 yards until h? reached a deep out. He olimbed up the bank, dragging bis shotgun wth him. He disappeared Into a large raoi of woods ou the right baod side f the out, and nothing has been seen of h'm slnoe. When leaving Ohamblee Clark said he would go to Dan vood e, buy all the ammunition he needed and then return, when not a living person who frustrated his love affairs would be left to tell the story. Just before 2 o'olock Tuesday afternoon, the poise guarding the road to Chamblee sighted a man slipping through the edge of the road darting back and forth from fenoe corner to , fenoe corner, hiding momentarily be- , nlnd trees. Not a word came from the posse as pistols, Winchesters and shotguns flashed in :he broiling light of the sun. Thore was no command to fire now. Every uq?d acted for himself. A volley rang out. Clark reeled, loundered In the road and then fell faoe d >*n*ards in the dust, bleeding fr mi a score of wounds?dead. Tue news of Clark's death was hurriedly carried to Ouanoblee and theD telephoned to Dunwoodie, where all breathed easier. For the first time Id eighteen hours the great strain under which the people had been laboring was relaxed and pistols and shotgun* were put down. It Is possiole to obtain relief from obrhnio Indigestion and dyppeosl* by the use o' KODOL FOR DYSPEP SI*. Some of the most hopelesscase* of long standing have yielded to it It enablef you to digest the food you at and txarolses a corrective influence, building up the cflicienoy of the dlgmtlxe organs. The stomach In the boiler wberln the steam Is made that keeps up your vitality, health, aud strength Kodol digests what you eat. Makes the stomaoh sweet?put* the holler In condition to do the worl nature demands of it?gives you re lief from digestive disorders, and put* you In shape to do your beet and feel your best. Sold by Conway Drug C J. Many Housed Burned. A dispatch from Gabolt, Oat., says fifty-seven houses are burned and a dczsn others are wrecked as the result of the forest fire which swept through the northern part of the tQwn Saturday. As It passed the Ontario, powder company's dynamite magszine, seven tons and a half of dynamite exploded within f>0 feet of the main portion of the town, tear log buildings from their foundations and spreading ruin In all directions Oaly one fatality in wo far reported A good complexion is impossible with the stomach out of order. If past? sallow people would pay more attention to their stomachs aud les? to the skin on their faces, Ihev would have better complexions. KODOL FOR DYSPEPSIA will digest what you eat and put your stomach back in right shape to do Its own work. K idol relieves palpitation of the heart, flatnlenoe, sour atom&oh, heart turn: etc. Sold by Oonway Drug Oo. Ship Sinks. The Russian steamer Leo collided in the Eituary of the Gironde, near Paulllac twenty seven miles from Bardeaux, France, with the Dalian bark Tereflna Mignano, Cspt. Qiarto from Martinique March 29, for this port. The bark sank and eight of her crew and two nilote were drowned. Why take a d zou things to cure that oougt/^ Kennedy's L&xittre Honey and Tar ailaye the congestion, stops that tickling, drives the cold out through your bowels. Sold by Con way Diug Go. Tub railroads and the trusts still have a strangle hold on the American people, in spite of the loosening effect of the San Francisco earthquake on pretty near everything else. See that your druggist gives you no Imitation when you ask for Kennedy? Laxltive Honey and Tar, the crlgioal Laxifclve oough syrup. Conway Drug Co. If President Roosevelt had the moral courage of his convictions he would go into history as a great man, but he is too easily scared by the trusts to amount to much as a true reformer. Am nilin illflirn Kot. . u ? . - ??.i v/?nv IK1.1 UC^IUCU Lllctb (I married woman's infatuation for her preacher is not proof of insanity. She simply carries a few hugs in the place where sensible women carry their brains. It is said that Speaker Cannon re cently told a friend that the only way to prevent Hearst from being the next president was for the Republicans to nominate Root. They are getting scored soon. At Tana, 111., two men have' traded families without taking the trouble to secure South Dakota divorces. They will, of course, be punished. We must insist on the observance of formalities in cases of this kind. Tiif Japanese strictly enforce a law fo-bidding t>oys under twenty years of age to use tobacco. Americans should not be behind Japan. Every state should ei.act laws prohibiting the sale of cigarettes and tobacco as well as for liquor to minors. A Norweigian scientist has discoved that moss, when properiy cleaned makesa delightful ar d nutritious food. Two cents worth of it will make a meal and the scientist thinks it is destined to become the popular food of the masses. Look out for the moss trust. A man io Pennsylvania sold bis wife for 93 anl t'icn spent the money for a banquet to the puroh&ser. Some wo mem would sell thier husbands for less. When vou've a good wife and true, Wno, let fortune be foul or fair, Of whatever may come to you, Will chenrf ?by bear her share; Who has proved she's a brave. helper, Perhaps far more than you know, lb will lighten her end of the burden, If ?ou kiss her and tell her so true. If the horse has sore shoulders, it ts a pretty sure sign that his oollar does not fit him. Throw the oollar Into a tub of warm water over night, and In the m rnlng clean his shoulders well with a brush and moist oloth; then pub the oollar on and work him fur a fear hours. If the oollar doe* not fit him then, It surelynever will. THE S7ANDAHU YAHU. That In Vm In Ureal Britain and <l|# L'nlted Slntrn, The yard la the British and American standard of length. Down to 1824 the original standard of Britain, from which ours waa copied, was a rod, which had been deposited in the court of exi hequer, Loudon, in the time of Queen Elizabeth. In those days all measures Intended for general use were taken to the court of exchequer to be examined by the proper olllcer. That ottlclul took the proposed measure and placed It parallel with the standard and if found correct placed certain marks of Identification upon it. By an act of parliament In 1824 the old Klizubethan standard was superseded by another, which had been constructed under the directions of the Itoyal society sixty-four years previous. This act provided that "the straight line of distance between the centers of two points In the gold studs in the brass rod now in the custody of the clerk of the house of commons shall be the genuine standard of the yard measure in Great Britain." The act further provided that the measurements of the rod must Ik? itiude when the temperature of the brass was at 0'2 degrees I?\ The standard was destroyed by fire In 1834, and the commission appointed to replace it made the yard measure now In use. The new standard was do posited In tiio house of parliament In 1855, and authenticated copies of It are in the possession of our government officials ut Washington. THE DEAD SEA. Work of the Salt I)lvrm In Thin Ursula te Waste. The awful desolation of the Dead sea, which lies nearly 1.300 feet below the level of the Mediterranean, is broken here and there by the salt divers, whose work Is probably as ancient as the human race Itself. From remotest antiquity the salt of the Dead sea has been collected and taken to the Jerusalem market, where It is used for curing hides and for domestic purposes. Dead sen water contains over 25 per cent of solid substances, of which 7 per cent Is chloride of sodium, or common salt. The Dead sea contains no living creature. Sea lish put into its waters speedily die. Not a single boat navigates its strunge waters, nor is there any sign of life, save the isolated parties of salt divers, who scrape and slowly amass their glistening heaps of crystal near the mouth of the Jordan. When a sufficient cargo is mnde reudy a long string of camels crosses the desert, and the salt Is loaded up into panniers, or "shwerries," and taken into Jerusalem, where it linds a ready market, Snlt, as is well known, has been used as currency from time immemorial, Just as bricks of tea are used today in central Asia, especially in the borderland of China and Siberia.?Technical World Magazine. ARTIFICIAL BALDNESS. The Ancient iiikI St run tee Cuntom f Sliuvliiir the llcutl, A historical inquiry into the origin of the custom of shaving the head, which is practiced in several countries, would be interesting. It was not until the llfth century that in Europe priests began to shave ihelr crowns. The Roman clergy then adopted the circular method and shaved l.o* ...... 11 .....?? - * - - m?fc n in m i IUUUU ?pOl OH Hie IOp OT the head which Is known as the tonsure. In Scotland, however, tlie monks shaved the whole of the fore part of the head from ear to ear. In the Andaman Islands every man shaves his head, or, rather, gets his wife to shave It for him. Many other orientals also got bnldheaded. As for the Chinaman, his method of shaving Is exactly opposed to tha| of the llouian monk. lie shaves all htit a round patch, the hair of which grows long and forms the pigtail. When the difficulty of shaving the head Is borne in mind the true strangeness of the custom becomes doubly apparent. It Is hard to see the advantage of It, yet In ono form or another und at one time or other It has !>eeu practiced In nearly every country. Crnel Klepliant Hunter*. A correspondent of the London Times writes of elephant hunting In Africa: "Th? most lipiiillv melhrwt nf Lrlllino r.ln. pbants, and that most frequently employed by the natives of east Africa, Is tbo pit, sufficiently deep?roughly twenty feet?long and wide to engulf and hold an elephant. After a period of frantic struggling, hunger and exhaustion the wretched animal Is done to death by native spears. If the size and powers of the animal are remembered It Is difficult to Imagine a mora revolting, brutal picture of torture, but this Is the common practice of the natives of the country and is being enacted daily throughout British territory. ( Vii luck y. There Is an ancient Jest In Paris which originated with a waiter. A guest had ordered a dozen oysters. "Only one dozen?" asked the waiter. "Yes, that will be enough." "You are not superstitious, then," aid the waiter with a curious smile. "Why?" "Because you are not afraid of being thirteen at table." Different T>llln*?. The Doctor?You never can disguise the real thing. Culture will tell. The Professor?Yes, so will Ignorance, but It generally uses more words In telling It.?Chicago Tribune. The God who gave ua life gave ua liberty at the same time.?Jefferson. / V? J4 * BANK OF OON W/ CAPITAL STOCK, $20,000.00 TOTAL ASSET OFFU B. O. COLLINS, Fii?I?ht. C. F. gUATTLEBAUM, V-P?m. Our Bank, b?i?( a IotaI inalitul boildiag at Horry Courty and lor tk aubag tint policy wo Uka pleaamro ii accomwioflatioa ?Wa oouaiatant with Witk gretitnde for tko liberal cordifjly elicit your futuro buaiuoM Keapectfv D. A. SPIVC Robt. It. Scarborougli, H. J President. Vice-] BANK Ol Conwa Capital Stock DIREC Robt. B. Sear boron gh. Hal L. Buck, George J. Holliday, Wo will pay you 5 per cent, inte iah earing* banks to thoae wiahinj Try our plan for tearing yonr n ick lea theno httlo banks and the internal w? help yon. i u stiat ru Jk This brand on a shoe means 7 he best for j/uor money call J. K. * Htruck by M?t?or , A meteorite struok Andrew Guyso, of Roton Hill, nrar South Norwalk, C inn., ho terrible a blow that he was found senseless rear his home with a crushed and fr? ctured skull. The stone Is the size of an orange, strangely corrugated and marked with wldm&nstatten or peculiar orystalllne figures. Mineralogists who saw it declare It is unquestionably of meteoric origin. The aerolite consists of metaldo iron alloyed with a small percentAge of nickel. Its rush through the heavens gave It a bluelsh-black oolor'^g. Guyso was removed to the S ?uth Norwalk Hospital and In a momentary consciousness declared that as he ?-as walking home he saw a tl u*h In1 the sky and was suddenly struck down is If by lightning. I)r. Jeau Durnortter operated upon Guyso, and it Is said he may live. A torpid, inactive liver can produce more b- dily Ills than almost anything "lso. It is good to clean the system >ut cc.^asionally. Stir the liver up, and get into shape generally. The b results are derived from the use | of Da Witt's Little early Users. Ratable, rffeotlve plea-ant pills with a reputation. Never gripe Sold by CLn way Drug Co. Demi In HIh CaIi. Oliver M larls, of IOgerstown, Mi. a freight engineer ou the Cumberland I I Valley Railroad, wan found dead I iron) apoplexy In his tab. The train was running at its usual rate of speed j when M irris's death was discovered by the fireman. The queen of Slam has the smallest foot of any titled person in the world. ? No 1 I III i M?l III II lif?M| THE BEST I MEDICINE I f?? WOMEN I If you are nervous and tired out I I continually you could have no I clearer warning of the approach I of serious feuwvle trouble. V : Do not wait until you suffer un- B bearable pain before you seek treat- I ! ment. You need VYine of Cardui I ' now just as much as if the trouble B I were more developed and the tor- I I turing pains of disordered men- Lj struation, bearing down pains, leucorrhoea, backache and head- H ache were driving you to the un- I failing relief that Wine of Cardui H has brought hundreds of thousands I of women and will bring you, ^ Wine of Cardui will turive out H all trace of weakness and banish nervous spells, headache and back- I ; ache ana prevent the symptoms I ! from quickly developing into dan gerous troubles that will be hard I to check. Secure a $1.00 bottle of [ I w;.,? ? T* I i" ? V* vmum ivuapri 11 TUUf 1 dealer does not kaep it, sand tha pi money to the Ladies' Advisory H Dept., The Chattanooga Hedicina Jp Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., and tba pi inadicina will be sent you. WtSEsFX CAROVi CONwfSfe \Y, S. C. SUURPLUS FUND, $20,000. \S, $180,000.00. 1VDQ. D.' A. SrrYEY, Cashies. M. W. COLLINS, Imt. CifiiM lion, fees always strives for the ap betterment of her citiseas. In peri extending to oer customers fT#ry i sosnd banking. patronage received in the ]>Mt, w? ?. dly yonrs EI Y O ASH I El R L. Buck, Will A. freeman, ^resident. Cashier. ^ HOKHY, y. S, C. $25,000 JTORS: W. R Ijewin, W. A, Johnson, Will A. Freeman treat on yearly dejx>sits. Will fura| to open ainall accounts with as. and dimes, and you will find that > will pay you on your tarings will B,rSH0Er" jCTEK^ 1 R MEN * 5 ?- . -J something! If you want for "The Huh. For sale by . I Professional Cards. IcCord 4 McCord, SURGEON DENTISTS, Conway, S. C. WflrOver Hank of Horry. R. B. SCARBROUGH. CONWAY, S. C., ATTORNEY AT LAW. jConway Market. Freah Meats and Sauaag* always on hand. Orders are taken and nromntlv M f if every day. Geo. L>. Marsh, #? Propretor. Livery~ai d Drayage. 'Phone 80. Horry Tobacco Warehou?e J. E. Coles. Trl* W? Burrou flhs, Physician and Surgeon, Conway, S- O D. H. WOODWARD, Attorney a ndC Counselor at Law. ( fVNWA Y. P. c BTvVofford Wait! ATTOBNEY AT LAW Conway, S. ' Office in Spiwey Building. Conway, Coast ii and Western R. R. v * DAJI Y SCHEDULE. EAST BOUND.: Lv Conway 9:00 a. m Lv Ptnalalar.d 9:30 a. m. ArLMyrtIa B#?cb 9:46 %.[mi J I nasi UUUND. Lv Myrtle lh ach ...... .. 3 36 p. m Ar P ne I?land 3:10 p no. L? Conway 4 C6 p. m For a painful turn u ? ie nothing ' ke DeWltt'g Witch Haael Salre. There are a hr?t of Imltet'ore of D8Wttt'g Wltcb IlaiM Salre on thenar* kef?mo that you pat the genuine. Aek for DeWltt's Gocd, too, for son* hum, cuts, bruleea, and especially rtcf it mended for pilea. The name K. . DeWltt & Co., Chicago, la ony <ry box. Sold by Conway Drug Co.