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V>CAN'T FIND HIM The Mysterious Disappearance of a Frerch Parish Priest. A LEAN HUNGRY HYENA Has Been Unloosed to Smell Out the Body of the Priest Who is Thought to Have [Been Murdered, Robbed and Buried. Nevei Irmcdeio times h.* s mysterious d 1*? ppfarance f xelted m er 1 ntarest thai that cf the Abe e Del* ar\ e, cure of the little parish of Chatenay, near Evatme , France. It is assumed that & fcul nurderhas berr ccmn Ittcd, All tbe paraphilia of detective work, all the midnight sleuthing, all the imaginative reasoning that marked the unravelment of murder mysteries in the works cf Gdboriau, Sue and Edgar Allen Poe have bren exhausted In connection with this affair, and the modern orlme hunters have now hit upon a device beBide which the methods suggested by those famous author ltles n crime pale into Umenessand insignificance? A live hyena (f tbe desert?in animal expert in hunting for all dead thlrgs? has been employed to find the priest's body. Thedlsapp arance of ihe Able Delarue was o* rtalnly ai astonishing affair. l.e rode out of his parish on a blcyole Into the night and never canre brck. He left hardly a trace of anything that could point to tbe cause of his disappearance Tbe Abbe was an extremely popular m 1 n In Vila r.arlsh T7o oi inuort a nnnrt tM uau |/WA iuui AAV * vw y^vvvi Income. He was in excellent health a> d spirits. He had just been plan* ning & vlhit to his mother In Paris. There was no dlscoveraole reason wl y he should have committed suicide or voluntarily run away. He Laa, bo*e\er, 725 francs in money on his person when he disappeared. and the most obvious course is to suppose that, he was murdered for the sake of this money. "Whatever be the truth, it is at present wrapped in mystery. The Abbe Delarue left the town of Etampes at about 8 o'clock in the evening, riding his bicycle He was returning to his parish. At live minutes past nine he was seen rapidly riQlng along the roaa by a locksmith living at the farm of Longuctolse. He w;> s seen by i ne or two other persona juBt before this time, but ne er again. After his disappearance the polloe of Etampes, a sleepy country town, showed great negligence In Investigating the cab*. Tuts fact, together with many other remarkable circumstances art u>ed the attention of th6 Parisian newspapers and they began to invest) gate with ?xtraordlnary enthusiasm and Ingenuity. The Matin was the first newspaper to begin operations. Two mimiert. of its staff went to the spot and spent money lavishly In emplo. ing local searchers. The country where the Abbe was lost Is maiked by some remarkable physical formations. It contains mar* shy ponds of great extent and also great beds of loose sand known as "sabJleres." Both tbe ponds and the stnd beds would offer a very favorable hiding place for a dead body. The sand could be turned over by hand until a hole si ffloiently deep had been made to bury a body, and then the hole could be filled In by the same means and smoothed over so that It would be extremely difficult to detcot any disturbance of the surface. On the other hand, there are the ponds. The lorgest is known as the EtaDg des t cullneaux. It Is surrounded by reeds that grow to twloe the height of a man, and if the criminal oculd have carried the body through there without breaking them down extensively he might have disposed of it very c ffectlvely. The Matin offered a reward of 1,000 irancs ior its aiscovery ana aiso en gaged a foroe of sixty beaters at day wages to searoh the country for the body. The first discovery they made was the broad-brimmed hat of the priest, whloh was found In a field oil the roadside, torn and soaked with mud. Then the Patrle of Paris entered Into the contest with a Hindu fakir named Uavah. This man Is skilled in all the mysterious esoterlo learning of the Orient. He is reputed to possess the gifts of second sight and prophecy. He can peer into the future, and Ms vision passes through material oV>iOts. Ravah ran through the woods and over the sand beds, ploklog up pieces of earth and leaves and smelling them. On the seoond day his intuition led him into a wood cff a hollow unfrequented road leading to the Chateau de Valnoy. Here he made the first Important dlsoovery of the searoh?the pi Jest's bleyole. It is generally assumed that the murderer had hidden it there af ter killing him. t about this time many newspap en appeared on the scene with occult experts, among them being the Magus Alvls, Madame Flaubert, who, although of French birth, has spent many years absorbing the mysteries i of the Orleot, and Profeetor Dew. Than the Matin thought of anabeo lutely novel, if rather grewsome, method of hunting down the oorpfc*. It decided to * mploy a hyena In the search, and arranged with the famous lion tamer P i )n to obtain the use of hia largest and ugliest hyena, name" Carlos. This animal 1\ the most re pulstv,-* and disgusting in existence He ltv<s ? xcluMvel) upon carrion and the dead b civ of a man ha* for him a gre*W attraction iban aoy oh?her kind of food. Thu hye'?a livae in hole* and caves during the day time ar.d only hunts his food by night. He then utters bloodcurdling shrieks and tkndish IsuRhter, which when beard lu the desert amid scenes of the wildest description call up in thelmaglna tlon of the traveler the forms of speo trnl ghouls, searching for their unnaV urai feasts. Toe hyena is of hideous appearance. He h&s a coat of dirty yellow, marked with 8pots and usually oovered with sores due to rubbing against rooks and spattered with remnants of his disgusting food. He stands very high at the shoulders and his head hangs down till his nose touohes the ground. He always slinks alcrg sideways with his head near the ground and never comes straight toward any man or animal. All these peculiarities give him an lndescrihablv mean. Rnp.alrlnu and cowardly appearance. The hyena Is furnished with nonretractile claws of suoh tremendous scrat chin# power that he can dig down Into the deepest grave and rob It of its oooupant. In countries where hyenas abound only the heaviest rocks will protect the bodies of the dead from their clutohea. It was for this reason that ancient Egyptian and other Oriental kings were burled in rock tombs. The hyena also has teeth and jaws of euch strergth that he can bile through the bones of the largest animals. His physical powers would make him a dangerous foe, if he pos sensed the least courage, but he has not the spirit to attack any living animal, lie only wars with the dead. Carles, the great hyena was brought to the plaoe where the Abbe's bicyole was found. The grewsome work began at midnight. Carlos will only work at night. As soon as day breaks he faLs into a stale of torpor in which he appears to have neither sight nor ecent. He was brought to the scene in a condition of semi-starvation in order to ma e him keen for the hunt. From the tirst it waa evident that the search would be a long and tedious one. Carlos appeared dazed and aislnclined to dig. This was because the climate and surroundings were so d (Torent from those of his native African wilds. But gradually his Instincts began to assert themselves. The pangs of hunger drove blm to hunt for food. Restlessly and fur tlvely he ran over the ground constantly sniffing It In his soaroh for dead things. From time to time 1 e dug up he body of a field mouse 01 some other small animal, such as one may tind In civilized Europe, lie de voured the carron, but it did nothing toward satisfying his ravenous appetite. At night the peasants of the country were wakened by the long, melan oholy howls and blood curdling shrieks and hysterical tkndlsh laughter of the hyena as he roamed through the woods In search of the dead. They shuddered with horror and bolted their doors, some fearing the attack of the wild beast about whloh they had heard, and others, more superstitious, thinking that It was the spirit of the dead man wailing for vengeance. The hyena's gh jullsti work was hln dered by the fact that he oould not be left to seek a natural lair by day, but had to be followed by a trainer and oaught every morning and returned to his cage. On the third night Carlos shown signs of extreme excitement. He uttered many loud peals of unusuelh fiendish laughter and r * n straight to a spot where he bagan to dig Into the earth with tremuidous fury, nis trainer felt sure that be had at last found the body and tblt Impression was coLlirmed when, after digging down some three feet, a quantity of bones was unearthed. A sickening odor, of decaying fl >sh filled the air. Carlos burltd Lis nose in tbe carrion. After he had devoured a few mouthfuls he was with great d filculty dragged away from his meal, for It lb dangerous to oheat even this cowardlv beast of his food. Thfi lr?.iriAr ariH t.ho V..V. ULUAKIU1 UUbW tives gathered over the body, but & verv hasty examination bhowed it to be that of a cow- probably one that, had died of disease and been burled by a farmer there ae the easiest way of disposing of it. On the following night the hunt with the hyena was resumed, but without result. Night after night it was kept up systematically. It has now been oontlnued for oyer a week. The trainer Pizon and other persons who are familiar with the habits of hyenas declare positive^ that no dead body within a distance of a mile can escape his wonderful scent. He is be lng led oyer the whole country within a radins of ten miles of the spot where the bioyolett was found, and if the priest lies murdered in this region it is not conceivable how his body oan escape disoovery. The hyena's scent will enable him to dlsoover the remains, whether they be burled In an open field or in the cellar of a house, or in acy other part of a building. Every time the hyena's blood-curdling shrieks and fiendish laughter rend the night air with unusual violence, the listeners believe that be has at last found the objeot of his dreadful quest. Nature loves a Joke?that Is why some men are what they are. GR^ZY NEW EDEN. Where They Will All Go Naked and Unashamt d. THE GOLDEN KULEB8. Of All the Grotesque Cults, From the Huly Rollers to the Molv Ghosters, the Qolden Ruler*, is by Far, the Craziest Of Th(m All. The Golden llulers are & new sect that, lead by an uncouth, Ill-clad, barefoot man wbo says he is Adam, is making bis way to the Pacltlo Coast in search of a modern Eden. A young er man, unkempt and meagcrly clad, with wild eyes and strident voice, as with the band and loudly prco'aims himself as the Savior cf maukldjj. Following them to that which they expect to be a land (lowing in milk and honey is a motley group of men, women and ohildren, footsore, hungry and faint, yet sustained, they di clare, by the hidden tires of the Holy Ghost. In fevencv of faith, in zeal and an unalterable determination the Golden Rulers resemble the one time Dowiei tea of Z on City, Mich. In the abandon of their rites they are like the Holy Rollers whom, until shot by a freLzltd brother of one of his disciples, their leader plunged into orgies that made the band eligible for oells in a State prison. The leader of the Iloly Rollers is dead. The man who killed him is also dead, a bullet from a revolver in the hand of the sister uu h r\ rm Via heH a unmrod eonrl Irvnr Vi 4 rv? t r* uo n nguun;^ iiiui w his death. The sister is Id prison, and the widow of the departed prophet is chared with being an accessory to the orime. The Holy Rollers are scat tered, and most of th? m are in hiding. With the confusion of schisms In the ranks of Z en and the diffusion of the Holly Rollers there has arisen this new prophet who proposes to gather all the dlstff<. cved under his banner, and found on the Pad tic Coast an Eden whore every one who loves God and Is of independent thought may live In lOlenio simplicity. The hegira of the Golden Rulers began last month. Tuey broke oamp just out of Oklahoma City, where they had been practising their Kdenic simplicity for three months, anu start ed on their march to their future home. Where that is they do not know, but John Sharp, or to use his ecolesiastical title, Adam, says that the Holy Ghost will lead them through the wilderness and on that spot which ts to be their Eden will set up a bitz>ng torch. All the dwellers in Oklahoma City were on the sidewalks or peeied out of the windows to watch the departure of the Golden Rule band. At the head marched the tall gaunt man of tifty whose grizzled hair swept his shoulders and whose heard swept his breast, for there are no razors in Eden. He wore a white ootton shirt and brown Jeans trousers. He was barefoot and hatless. Beelde him walked a tall youth of lighter hair and no beard, whom bis followers proclaimed with every oreak of the wagon wheels "Jesus Christ, the Savior of Mankind." There are forty men, women and ohildren In the band. The men, garbed as their leaders, walked. The women rode, and in heavy wagons, "prairie schooners," were the babies and small children. There were seven wagons, for ohildren are numerous In Eden, and thetw&gcns were well filleu. The women, gowned in flowing robes of white, were mounted on the farm horses that had tilled the temporary Eden which was beir.g desorted for the permanent, one. As they marched through Oklahoma City they sang: "We are marching on to Canaan." Oue Golden Ruler remained behind, gazed at the procession between prison bars. For he had been detained in the Oklahoma County Jail to answer the oharge cf disturbing the pease of the community. His name was Thomas Cooper, and be is the only Golden Roier for whom Adam has not procured ball, when the sect's ideas about dress and manners conflicted with the city ordinances. Five times he whom bun uiaKioviaw i uuoijr ^tioioicu iuu*uing John Sharp Instead cf Adam bad appeared to ball out bia followers, and each time be astonished the surrounding citizens of Oklahoma by the amount of money he extracted from Ms wallet, bis trouser's pocket and the hem of bis trousers. He bas no bootleg. But Thomas Cooper was Ignored. He says tbe slight was put upon him because be bad questioned tbe authority of tbe modern Adam. At tbe edge of tbe olty, before tbe Golden Rulers struck out upon tbe broad trail to California, tbeir leader mounted tbe back seat of a wagon and delivered tbis farewell address. "Farewell, ye ungodly 1 I, who In my several selves am Almighty God, Adam aDd Elijah, salute and warn you. Ye are a wloked city. I find mine part from you without pain. 1 am tbe Lord God Almighty, and those who follow me surrender all tbelr worldly goods, knowing that I will keep tbem frcm all barm, and that I being blessed with divine wisdom, can take muoh better care of tbeir worldly goods than they. I am Adam, who wHl establish for these Inhabitants of a new world a new Eden. I am Elijah, for I shall not die, but shall dls apiear from the earth in a cloud of Are. "We go to fourd a home for all who are oppressed because they use tbelr own think tanks. We will establish a heaven for all thoss who are storm driven by false and oruel beliefs In the name of religion. While meditating one evening I saw the brightest star of the night leave Its position in the sky, and, after oscillating for * few moments, move toward the west and sink below the horizon. This was one of a series of manifestations I have seen of late, all of which point toward the west. I do not know where , ?e find our Eden. Perhaps we will ultimately Join the Holy Rollers of the Northwest. "In a vision I have seen the Holy Rollers with outstretched ban is appealing to the East for help. They wait for us and we come, but for a time we will tarry In the mountain of Colorado. God Almighty, who at timex , enters Into me and speaks from my lips, has said that we must not sit In Oklahoma. I do not know where we 1 shall finally sit, but I feel that It will i be at some point where we can see the rolling billows of the Pacific. "That will be sood, and from that moment peace will begin to settle uoon the troubled heart. All the woria is icoxing toward me. When 1 establish the haven of r^sfc, the people who have cast the scales of sin from their eves will oome to me from the uttermost parts of the earth. I am the only way to the life everlasting, and there can be no salvation except through me. "When we have reaohed the point where the haven of rest is to be established the sun will cease to shine, and there will be an eternal pale pur pie twilight. There will be no light save that of the Holy Spirit, which will be bright enough and more beautiful thaa the Bolar rays. It will be the light of asterlum which shall bf harmless to those who are pure in spirit, but annihilating to them who are sinful or unclear." Among the Golden Rulers are persons of education, even of exceeding cultivation and refinement, while others are illiterate. One woman, who has been lenamed by the Golden Rulers Martha is the leader among the women, dominating them by sheer foroe of native intelligence and abil lty, although she cannot read or write. She is an Indian half-breed of the Cherokee tribe. Mary, a half mad woman of seventy, says that she was dying of tuberculosis, but John Sharp, or Adam, had oast out the devil from her body and cured her. A cooper, a madcap, John Brett by name, said he had once lived at Fort Smith, where he was a practicing physician, but that there was no need of medlolne and surgery where Adam is. A young man followed the Golden Rulers from Austin, Texas, and oharg ed them with having kidnapped his beautiful young sister. The leader was arretted for disturbing Ihe peace. Again Mr. and Mrs. Sharp, Master Sharp and John Aiken, whom th* Golden Rulers call the savior of th^ world, were arrested for marching naked through the principal S'.rsetN of Oklahoma. Aoam paid a large doe and said It was a small prloe to pay for the propoganda of the one religion of the world, one of whose tenets Is the nudeness of his followers. "In the new Eden of the West," he said, "we shall go 'naked and not ashamed." E/ll times, It Is predicted, await the advent of the Golden Rulers on the Paolflo Coast. A rival Adam haa already appeared and been unkindly treated at Bathdrum, Idaho. John B. Mauler, found er of the Sanothled Church of Adam and Eve, and who Is known as the Nude Evangelist, appeared In a state of nature on the streets of Rathdrum, proclaiming his belief that God never Intended that men and women should wear clothing. When he attempted to preach on the street* with no protection but the mantle of night a policemtn interrupted his dlsoourse. He was sent to the town jail, ohargea with insanity, and ths Commission for the Insane U Investigating his condition. Orphan Work Day, Saturday, September 29th, is the day. It Is a very thoughtful habit that Is growing upon our people?the fleUtng apart of the last Saturday In September as a day to work for the orphans. On that day, unless yourself is In need of help, devote your inoome to the fatherless. Give them the proceeds of your day's work. There are 260 orphans in the Thornwell Orphanage, Clinton, S. O. And this is ouly one of our Homes for the fatherless. Remember what Job said "If 1 have eaten my morsel, myself, alone, and the fatherless, hath hot eaten thereof, then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the blade." Whether, therefore, the reader of these liuee be Jew or gentile, protestantor Catholic, let him give the 29th. September Vo work for the orphans, sending his contribution to the Institution that he is most interested in. Good Use for Whiskey. D. B. Roberta, a planter at Rspldes Pariah, La., has discovered that whiskey will kill ootton boll weevils, whioh have cost the South millions of dollars. He plaoed a number of the weovlls in a large glass jar and poured whiskey into the vessel to barely cover the bottom. Instantly the weevils began fighting each other, and within a few minutes the last one was dead. Roberts then sprayed with whiskey ootton infested by weevils. The bugs were killed and the field oleared of the pests. Large sums have been offered for a practical boll weevil exterminator, the State of Tixas alone having offered:$50,000. Found In Uut Klyer. The bc'y of Henry K. Warn poly, a wealthy Philadelphia manufacture of loals, who had been mlselng ( eycral <?av?, found In the East river at N*w Yoxk Thursday night. Ho undoubtedly committed sulotde A trusted employee of the firm of Warn pole & Co., in Canada was short m large sum of money and Wampo'e brooded over the matteer ustil he became Insane. ! There is nothing so pleasant as that bright, cheerful, at-peace-with-tlu 1 world leeling when you sit down to your breakfast There is nothing so conductive to good work and gooo results. The healthy man with a heal thy mind and Ixxiy is a better fellow, a better workman, a better citizen than the man or woman who is handicapped by some disability however, slight. A slight di-order of the stomI ach will derange your body your thoughts and your disposition. Get away from ilie morbidness and tlie blues. Keep your stomach in tunc and both your brain and body will respond, l ittle indiscretions of overeating can bo easily corrected and you will be surprised to see how much better man you are. Try a little Kodol for Dyspepsia after your meals. Sold by Conway Drug Co. Touolii-w tl'ii) Doupiy. To the Democratic Voters of South Carolina: i I ?ju truly grateful for the splendid vote I received yesterday all over the State. This manifestation of cortl dence touohes me deeply and Inspires me to exert my utmost efforts for the best Interest of the State M. F. A N8EL. In this state it is not necessary to serve a ti 'e days notice for eviction of a cold. Use the original laxative cough syrup, Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar. No opiates. Sold by. Conwav Drug Co. The democratic and populist conventions for the EMth Nebraska district have nominated R. D Sutherland for oongress. Mr. Sutherland nerved two terms In congress several years ago, and made an excellent re oord. A word of truth in a few words: "Nearlyall other cough cures are constipating, especially those containing opiates. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar moves the l>owels. Contains no opiates." You c .n get at it. Conway Drug Co. The suggestion of the Southern Lumoor Journal that the idle negroes be forced to work for private parties or else for the oounty is a good one. Active police could easily satisfy fthrmselves that ail the darkles who swarm to town were at work or not. The. public safety demands that they work for their living and the sooner municipal authorities get busy about this matter the less trouble we will have enforceing it. We commend the matter to the earnest attention of the municipal aur' critics with whom we c m in t,.>uoh and urge them to l'>Me u > tim^ in getting busy *.bout the rvMfr Don't drag along with a, bilious, heavy feeling. Yo need a pill. Use DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous lit: le pills. Do not sicken or gripe, but results are sure. Sold by Conway Drug Co. I Edward Keating, managing editor of the Denver News, was elected reocnt- i ly president of the international league of press olubi In session at Det- ; ver. j Captain NAthan Applefcon, famous as a publisher, died reoently in Bos- j ton. THE "HU IsnoE FO This brand on Ja shoe means MtfcUJoi f,t (1 money call I J. ID IN Robt. B. Scarborough, Preeident. W? BANK Ot Conwa * Capital htock DIREC Robt. B. Scarborough, Hal L. Back, George J. Uolliday, We will pay yon 5 per cent, inte ish earing* banks to those wishing Try our plan tor earing yonr nicklee theee Li Hie banks and the interest wi help yon. BANkOF CONW/ CAPITAL STOCK, 20,000.00 TOT AT. Afl.QfT X vy X A1AJ A JL ^ f\ t m-4 1 0FF1C B. O. COLLINS, Prmidmt. C. P. QUATTLEBAUM, V-Prbs. 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An examination of tbe Garret BibHeal Institute discloses a *angle In tbe s fl lira of the former treasurer, Dr. Ro4 er* D. Sbeppard. It is claimed that 950 000 1b Involved. Prof. Tyler,of Amherst college, said ! recently: "A man can live comfortably without brains: no man ever existed without a digestive system. The dyspeptic has neither faith, hope or charity." Day by day people realize the importance of caring for their digestion; realize the need of the use < f a little corrective after overeating. A little Kodol for Dyspepsia. It digests what you eat* ^old by Conway Drug Co. B" SHOE. cfE^n iR MEN - 5 ? something! If^jon want or "Til* II?ib. (for sAle bf % J ^ichole. jS|Buek, Will A. Free no an *i davit. Cashier. ' HORRY, y. S, C. $25,000 ITORS; W. R Lewie, W. A. Johnson, Will A. Freeman rent on yearly deposit?. 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