The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 15, 1906, Image 4
LONDON GAMBLING TIPS.
Revelation* of an Illicit but Paying
Industry.
Worn time to time great public surprise
1a expressed when the announcement
R made ia the newspapers that
a quist, respectable looking houee in
en apparently humdrum Lodon neighborhood
bae beta raided by the police
and the proprietors heavily lined tor
cocupylng tks premises Lor purposes
of illegal gaming."
Only a few week* ago two foreigners
were fined A*00?and this was the
seventh oooasloa on which they had
been lined lor using a large house in '
a fashionable West Bud square an the
headquarters of a gambling den largely
Irequeated by gilded youths and
those idlers who prefer to make a living
by any other means than by hard
work. The fine was paid at once, and
on the Judge expressing his surmise
_
that Bo heavy a penalty -was always
paid by the propria torn without uuy
difficulty, he wee informed by a wollknown
pohoe inspector that tbo protite
of a fashionable London gambling dec
frequently amounted to as much as
?600 in a single woek.
In order, therefore, to fathom the
mystery of this heavy margin of pro lit
derived from keeping gambling dens,
the writer, accompanied by a plainclothes
officer, paid a vieit to several
establishments on which for some
time the police have had a watohful
eyo. The greatest soorecy is invariably
exorcised by the keepers of tbe^e
haunts to preveut any uuu being admitted
who is likely to "split" and
give information to the "Yard" which
wiil justify a warrant being issued and
a raid made on the premises.
The iutorior of a gambling den pre- j
aents a spectacle which those who
"pay a call" for the llrst time wiil
never forget. Heavy curtains effectually
keep out the daylight oven oil
the warmest summer day, whilo a
janitor of unpleasantly pugilistic appoamnoe
guards the door, ready to
dinni nu/vMif ?i ?* "
vjvv/<, o?cij uiioul WHO SIIOWH U. (llflpO*
silion to complain of his losses navmg
been brought about by unfair means.
In the far corner of tne room during
racing hours a tape machine, giving
the winners and starting prices, ticks
merrily away, while around a long
table covered with groou baize sit,
hour at tor hour, crowds of harassed,
excited looking gamblers registering
tlioir wagif-s and eagerly discussing
the chances of the various candidates
for each race.
As a general rule, faro is the game
most dear t9 the heart of the gambling
den proprietor, for on each hand dealt
& charge of sixpence is made, and, afl
frequently upward of sixty hands are
dealt in an hour, it can be easily understood
that the dealer's commission
soon swells into a very considerable
sum. Auu not a moment of the day
is wasted. From early one morning |
until early the next morning some
game of chance is being played, and
ns even the most avaricious gamester
required a few hours' sleep, the proprietor
invariably has two or three
friends ready to take charge of tilings
while he "turns In" for a short time.
Perhaps one of the most striking
features of a well-organized gambling
den Is the olaborate system of keeping i
In touch with the movements of the
police. For instance, sides are from
morning until night on watch outside
to give notice of any suspicious movement
on the part of the "gentlomon in
blue," while the approach of any
sti angers in plain clothes to the the
building is Invariably signalled to the
doorkeeper, so that time is allowed to
conceal the various implements of
gamming should a raid be contemplated.
Teacher of Qo|f.
The only woman golf teacher In
England can proudly point to her position
as being unique. She is a professional
Instructor In the game and
gives her lessons mi the Prince's Ladies'
Golf olub mi Mitcham. Mrs.
Gordan Robertson has been teaoning
for just a year, and In that time bee
given over 600 leeson*. In one month
alone she gave 07, for golf Is a game
that ladies are talcing up with enthusiasm,
and they years to excel their
male friends. "I think women can
teach women golf much better than
men " Raid Mrs PAKuWann ?/. ? ?
? ? ? ? - IMVU IV a ivpiV"
sentatlve. "It to difficult for a man
to teach a woman, for the woman
knows (at least 1 do) the faults that
women make In learning the game.
She knows their .power, strength and
their weakness, and can, therefore,
anticipate and overcome their difficulties.
Personally I am not a great golf
player, but people tell me that I
know how to teaoh it." With tha
exception of two "finishing" schools
that she visits, Mrs. Robertson only
ins 'ucts members of her own club
on the club course and does not go
further afield. "I don't want to enter
Into competition with the male professions,"
she said.
No Cheap Man, Either.
"She's worth her weight in gold!"
the proud American mother asserted.
Assuming pure gold worth approximately
$20 per ounce, and knowing her
weight to be 110 pounds, the Count
by a rapiu mental oaloul&tlon arrived
at the figure $15,400.
"Oh, ah, a most charming young
lady, of course!" he said, hastily gathering
up is hat and c≠ "but I had
been led to believe?aw, that is, i
couldn't think of that prtoe, you
Allow-"?fluok.
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jj How He Gotj
1 His Start
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By EDWIN PARXE
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S Copyright, 1806, by < liar lea 13. Etherlng >n ?
FRANK DIM MOCK and I after
)euvlng school started out to
make a career for ourselves.
Frank was u sensitive fellow,
too sensitive, I thought, to succeed.
Our paths diverged, and we did not
moot again for ten years. Then I
found that he had boon eminently successful.
lie told me this story of how
it came about:
After leaving school I looked about,
a long while for a job., and the only
offer I got was detective work. I
didn't like the prospeot, but It was
n case of starvation or acceptance. I
was not hired for ga intricate job. My
employers knew better than that, for I
had had no experience. I was wanted
for a common case of spying.
Frank Petersen, a young bank ofllcial.
had got mixed in his accounts
and was behind to the ar.xmnt of $50,?
000. Ho had disappeared, and the dotectlTee
were unable to locate him. At
the tlrno I was engaged it had come to
the knowledge of die chief that the defaulter's
wife had taken passage on a
steamer about to saII for the Philippines.
Surmising that she would join
her husband, the chief ordered me to
go on tho same steamer with her. mako
ni-i acquaintance, nua out wlmt I
could. and If she Joined Petersen I was
to arrest him and bring hint buck.
1 found Mrs. Peterseu to be a very
attractive young wouiuu, who had evl
HR 11 UNO FOlt A MOMltNT HETWKKN SHIP
AND WATKH.
deutly boon brought up In luxury. She
had two children with her, a boy of
five and a girl of three. Every day
she sat on deck In a steamer chair,
while her children played about her.
1 paced the dock, passing the group at
every turn, trying to make up my mind
to scrape au acquaintance ami begin
my prying. One day when the sen was
running high a wave much higher than
the rest struck the ship, and for a moment
the dock was almost perpendicular.
I was leaning against the gunwale,
and the boy wns thrown 011 to It.
He hung for a moment between ship
iand -water and would have gone over
had I not darted to him and caught
'him.
! You can imagine the feeling of his
mother. Her first act was to clasp her
'child in her arms, hoi- second to tuko
my hand and look up in my face with
unspeakable gratitude. It was now
\not necessary to plan for an introduction
or to win her confidence. From
that time she treated ma aa a friend.
I hare always, as you know, been
fond of children. Jack, the boy. was
as pretty and bright a little fellow as
I ever saw, while Alloc, the girl, was
a tiny madcap. Her big blue eyes and
tumbled hnir I shall never forget. Chil
aren are always glad to make u friend,
<md these two teased me continually to
.play with them, tell them stories and
repeat rhymes. Deer Uttle total I
wish I had them with me now.
The voyage was half finished, and 1
had not made a single effort to find
out what I was sent to discover. One
night I lay In my berth thinking on the
altuation. My expenses and my salary
were being paid for certain work
which I was not doing. This was dishoneet.
Suppose I should return and
report that I had been baffle 1. This
would be still more dishonest. And If
it should become known that 1 had deliberately
thrown away my opportunity
It might be Inferred that I was in
league with the criminal. No; I could
Dot retreat.
The next morning, while sitting on
'deck with Mrs. Petersen, I gave her
every opportunity to tell me on what
errand she was bound and If she expected
to Join her husband, but on
these matters she maintained an absolute
silence, "flood woman," I said to
myself. "True blue. Stick to your husband
and the father of your children."
Tills was not tho mood for a detective.
I should have rather said, "You're very
reticent, but I'll find out a way to
open your mouth and set your tongue
going." Then comes Jnck and wants
me to turn him upside down, and Alice
climbs up aiul sits on iny shoulder, and
between tlie sweet, patient smile of the
young mother beside me aud the children's
arms about me my resolution of
the night before went off with the
wind.
Well, we were coming to the end of
our Journey, and I had made no headway
with what I had been hired to do.
%
Instead of bracing up for an effort I
put the matter off, stipulating with
myself that I would do better when
we were ashore and I would not be so
Intimately connected with my victims.
There I would do some tine sparring
from a distunee.
One morning we stood on the ship's
deck in the liarbor of Manila taking
leave of each othor. The mother gave
my hand a wnrtn grasp, assuring me
she would never forgot that hor boy
was spured to hor only through me.
Doth the children clamored for kisses,
and it sou mod they would never loosen
their arms from about my aoek. When
I went down the gangway they followed
to the gunwale. Jack climbing
at the risk of falling overboard, Alice
held op by her mother, mil waving and
shouting goodbye.
It wee several days after we roaohod
Manila before I took any stefM In the
bus La? on wtoldh I had ooote out. I
tried to deceive myself Into behoving
that I was waiting for some tiling, but
In reality I was giving thorn tlmo to
get away. I needed money and drew
on the agency In San l^nanoisce. This
made me athnmed of myself. I bustled
into a poUoe othee with a groat show of
business and bliod a man to do tho
work I should have done myself. I
gave him a description of Mrs. Pofcnrmn
and told him to And out if she had
left Mrniiu mid. if so, where sho had
gone. Then I waited, every day dreading
thut he would report what I did not
wish to know. In a couple of days he
returned with the information thai
Mrs. I'ttcrefii hrul gou? to an army
post in the interior and had changed
hor name to Finch, having Joined her
husband, a lieutenant of artillery serving
under that name.
Well, at hist I was in for it, sure
enough. You fH?e, another follow had
tho secret. It was n choice between
my getting the mnu 1 had employed off
In n lonely plane and murdering him or
niKiBimt; i oier.^fii, ailHS nncD. i COIVfess
I wm ?troiiprly Inclined to the murder,
but reluctantly decided on the
arrest. I went to the post where Lieutenant
Finch was on duty. I found
that h? was considered a gallant soldier
and had risen from the ranks for
bravery In action.
One evening, braced with much resolution,
but with a cowardly heart, I
went to Finch's quarters and without
ring or knock entered a hallway. Near
by was an open door, and from within I
could hoar voices?a woman's, which 1
recognized as Mrs. Petersen's, and two
children's, Jack's and Alice's. I moved
forward and stood before the open door.
An ofHcer In khaki was sitting with
Jack on one knee and Alice on the
other, while the wife was standing
behind, with her arms around her husband's
neck. The moment she saw me
she uttered an exclamation of pleasure,
coming forward with outstretched
hands. Jack and Alice jumped down
from their father's knees and clung to
my legs.
"This Is the gentleman," said Mrs.
Petersen, "who saved .Tack's life."
The officer caine forward and welcomed
mo warmly. What could I do?
Turn this happy welcome into gall by
arresting the father and husband 'before*
his wife and children? I felt as
t P 1 K ?? >1 * * * - - *
ii i imu lilllUlU KIWI ling inSiefld
of catching a thief. But It wasn't long
before they took all remembrance of
my duty out of mo. Mrs. Peterson Insisted
that 1 must bo hungry and on
getting up a supper for mo. As soon
as It was ready we all sat down at
the table and wore soon chatting and
laughing, rapidly becoming the best of
friends. Ia the midst of our hilarity
Jack and Alice, who had boon put to
bed In an adjoining room, came romplug
In lu their "nighties" and perched
themselves on my shoulders. I took
them hack to bed in my own arms and
covered them up. We sat till late,
smoking and chatting, I passing one
of tho pionsantest evenings In my life.
When 1 arose to go the officer asked
me bow long I would be In the Philippines.
That brought me back to the
"this is tub gent j,em an who saved
jack's nrfk."
position 1 was in, now far more complicated
than before. But all hope of
doing my duty had vanished. I told
him that I would return In the next
steamer.
Asking mo to wait, he took his wlfo
Into another room for conference, and
when he came out he came alone, shutting
the door behind him. Ho told me
that he had become involved In the
United States in ibis vise: An emergency
arose wherein he must have
money for an enterprise In which ho
had embarked or lose all he had put
In. His wife held property which
would stand for the amount. lie appropriated
funds he had no right to
appropriate, intending to replace them
from money received from the sale of
his wife's property, bnt an unexpected
delay occurred. His appropriation of t
fund* was discovered, tuid a warrant
was out for bis arrest. He fled and
enlisted under bla assumed name oi
Finch in a regiment ai>out to sail f.M
the Philippines. His wife after a long
delay had recelred the purchase money
for her property and bad joined him to
consult with him'as to the !>est uiuailS I
of paying the debt and freeing him
from the criminal position in which he
stood. The law having beon violated,
restitution did not mean immunity from
punishment. Borne person of diplomatic
skill was needed to take tlio funds
to the United States, secure indemnity
papers and pay the Indebtedness.
Would I act as his attorney with this
end iu view?
1 had come inte bis quarters feeling
like a sneaking ?or; I went out with
my bend in the air, tbs happiest, most
relieved man you ever sow. Before
taking leave I weat in t? see the children,
and their mother inslstod on
awakening them to say good by to me.
I kieeed them both, palled Jack's little
Pink toes, poked my finger hi the dim
I WENT TO TUP! BANK AND HAD A CONERRKNCB.
pies In Alice's cheeks; then after their
father had pressed my right hand, their
mother my left, I made my way out on
to the verauda and took my departure.*
In a few days I sailed for home and
011 my arrival. Instead of reporting to
my employers, went to the bank where
Petersen owed money and had a conference,
nt the end of which they
agreed to secure Indemnity papers In
case the amount owed them were paid.
As soon as they perfected tho legal requirements
I paid the money and reported
the result by cable to Petersen.
Lie resigned from the army, came homo
with his wife and children and Is now
living In the United States under his
real name, a much respected citizen.
When all had been arranged I reported
the facts to my employer. They
immediately discharged me for not
havlntr arrested Petersen and for not
uctlng through theni after my return.
WiUiin u week I was solicited to work
for live different detective agencies.
You see, the Arm I liad been with in
order to make capital reported that the
Petersen case had been settled-through
them. So it was reported that I had
slyly followed Mrs. Petersen, won her
confidence, tracked her to her husband
and at the point of a pistol forced him
to disgorge. The story reached Petersen
that I had been sent out to arrest
him and had ingloriously shown the
white feather before a woman and two
children. He took me home to dinner,
and you may imagine better than I can
describe the scene thut followed. Mrs.
Petersen?well, she Just threw her arms
around my neck and hugged me.
Since then Petersen has been engaged
!n a number of enterprises that have
been paying well. I am his manager
and right hand man.
(l?ap Way to "Skow Off."
The portly woman In tha subway car
was confiding In her thin friend in a
vole* which was hoard a bo re the rattle
of tbo train.
"I bad juat picked out the table I
wanted?a trlui little thing to fit In a
corner of my parlor?when who should
come in but that horrid Mrs. Shoddy.
I wouldn't hare her know for the
world that I was paying only $.'1.50 for
the table, so I turned to one marked
$18 before she saw me.
"'Buying a table7* she asked, with
that deceitful smile of hers.
" 'Yes,' I said coolly. 'I bare almost
decided upon this one,' 1 said, pointing
out the expensive affair.
"You should have seen her face.
'Isn't it rather expensive?' she said.
"'Oh, no,' I said. Tou can't expect
to get good things for nothing. Send
that table to my address,' I said to the
salesman. 'I'll pay for It on delivery.' )
Then I walked out. I waited outside I
until Mrs. Shoddy went away, then ran
back to the store, countermanded the
order for the eighteen dollar table and j
took the one for $3.50. I was sorry
afterward that I hadn't selected n table
worth about $100 Just to spite that I
woman."?New York Press.
Afrlcuta Superstition.
In South Africa I and my black companions
had once to sit down and wait
two and a half hours at a place on a
fairly open forest path because across
it, in front of us, about that time In
the afternoon the ghost of a spear
flew, and a touch from It was necessarily
fatal. And there Is a spring I
know of in the Kakongo district where ]
when you go to fill your pitcher you |
see a very handsome pitcher standing
ready filled. Many a lady, seeing no .
one about to whom the pitcher belongs, '
has picked this up and left her own, <
but as soon as she got it within sight i
of the village it crumbles into earth
and the water Is spilled on the ground. (
On returning for her own discarded one
It Is always found broken.?Cornhlll
Magazine.
*
Oaardlrg Againat Trouble.
The war depart went has ordered
a battalion of the Twenty-sixth in'antry,
white, at S?.n Antonio to pro*
oeed to Fort Reno to replaoe the three
companies of the Twenty-fl!fth color- ,
cd regiment, who were mixed up In
the Brownsvll'e, Texas, trouble and
who have been ordered dismissed
from the army. This action Is taken
as a precautionary measure, although
10 serious trouble Is feared, when the
president order of dismissal is carried
out. It Is deemed best to be on the
*afe side.
"For years 1 starved, then I bought
a 60 cent bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure, and what, that bottle benetfted
me all the gold in Georgia could not
buy. 1 kept on taking it and in two
months I went back to my work as
machinist, lu three months I was as
well and hearty as I ever was. 1 still
use a little occasionally as 1 find it a J
tine blood puriller and a good tonic. .
May you lire long and prosper "?(J.
N. Cornell, Roding, Oa.. Aug. 27,1000. '
Kodol is sold here by Conway Drug Co. IffPgAd
Hlmaeli.
At Johnson, Pa , Jacob Hauser,
fathar ef Jacob Hauiicr, Jr., who was
hanged laot February for murdering
j'ri wife pad raothoa-tu-law, was
found hanging to a tree in the back
jarri of ills borne, having escaped
from the house sjed ooromlued sulotde
during the right, lid hnd of late
oeeu worrying greatly over his son's
bno his wits s?y& he walked the
floor the early port of Friday night.
Here is our condensed opinion of the
Original Laxative Cough Syrup:
"Nearly all other cough syrups are
coi st patlng espictauy inose contain- j
ingopiates. Kennedy's Laxative, (containing)
Honey and Tar moves the
bowels Contains no opiates. Conforms
to the National Pure Food and Drug
Law. old by Conway Drug Co,
Secretary Hitchcock will retire
from the cabinet the fourth of next
Ma:oh and Jsmea R. Garfield, at
present head of the bureau of corporation,
will bo appointed. Herbert
Smith, now assistant secrotarv
of the bureau, will ouooeed Mr. Garfield.
Give children a remedy with a pleasant
taste. Don't foice unpleasant medicine
down their throats. Kennedy's
Laxative containing Honey and Tar
is most pleasant to take. Children
like it, and as a relief for colds, coughs, i'
etc., there is nothing bet1 er. No opia- ,
tes. Conforms to National Pure Food
and Drug Law. Sold by Conway Drug '
Co.
Announcement, is make of the appointment
Of Willlem H. Mccdy to
be justice of tie United States supreme
court, to succeed Justice
Brown.
Need a good cathartic? A pill is (
best. Say a pill like DeWitt's Little ?
Early Risers. About the most reliable
on tlie market. Sold by Conway Drug.
Co. , ^
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An eighty ton tly wheel burst and 1
.. .. i. mi _ i. iyvi ii.- __ iiv i
am iron mm hi woeeurpj vv.
v*- ,
Good for everything a salve is used 1
for and especially recommended for i
piles. That is what we say of DeWitt's ?
witch Hazel Salve. On the market 1
for years and a standby in thousands i
of families. Gel DcWitt's. Sold by I
Conway Drug Co. j
Richmond is sa'd to be the bead- i
quartern of an orgmized business of
"abaDghalDg*." (
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The stefor j/uor money call for
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Robt. B. Scarborough, H. L
President. Vice-P]
BANK OF
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VP|/1V??A
DIKECI
Robi. B. Scarborough,
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W# will pay you 5 per cent, inter
iak eavings banks to those wishing
Pry our plan for saving your nickles ?
that# little banks and the interest we
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TOTAL ASSETS
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Our Bank, being a local instituti
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With gratitude for the liberal p
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The Horry Herald I
CONWAY, S. C.
Thursday, November 15 1906.
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SURGEON DFNTISTS,
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W*Ovor Bank of Horry.
RTXscarbrou^
CONWAY, S. C.,
A nCIM-Y A1 LAW.
Conway Market
Fresh bleats and Sauango
always on hand.
Orders are taken and
promptly delivered
Gew. L. Marsh,
Propretor.
H- W- Burroughs
Physician and Surgeon,
Conway, S- C?
fl H. WOODIA,
Attorney aud Counselor at Law,
CONWAY, S. C.
B. Wofford Wait,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Conway, S. C.
Office in Spivey Building.
F!n?? tmpoRod for breaches of the
>*R^er l&w on tM Potomac aggregated
J465 in one week.
The best treatment for indigestion
i^d troubles of the st omach is to rest
ihe stomach. It can be rested by j-tarration
or by the use ot a good digestion
which will digest t he food eaten, thus
Laking tlie work oil' the stomach. At
the proper temperature, a single teajpoonful
of Kodol will vvnolly digest
1 000 grains of food. It relieves the
present .annoyance, puts the stomach
n shape to satisfactorily perform its
functions, (lood for indigestion, sour
itomach, tlatulenee, palpitation of the
leart and dyspepsia. Kodol is made
in strict conformity with the National
Piirp Ii'nnrt nnrt Ilrno- T.nu/ slr?Ui
Jonway iirug Co.
B" SHOE.
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RMEN-3lomething!
If you want
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TORS:
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est on yearly d'jVKraits. Will fun*to
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latronage received in the past, we
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