The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 07, 1909, Image 6
KILLED AT A FROLIC
FATAL SHOOTING IN LKX1NGTON
NKAH HWAN8NA.
Murder Follows the Too Free Vse
of llooze tit a Christina* Country
"Breakdown."
A fatal shooting took place a few
miles fro*T Swansea on last Saturday
night, and as a result Gartleld
llutto lies beneath the sod and
Thomas Craft is languishing; behind
the bars in the Lexington Jail as
a result of the Christmas frolic and
the Christmas dram. A gloom hits
been east over two households,
which generations cannot wipe out,
and the life of a young man once
so full of promise, haa been
blighted forever.
On lust Saturday night thero wan
an old-ttrue country "break-down,"
us thojr are termed by tho uver&go
country person, at tho homo of
"Teg" llrown, said to tx* a questionablo
resort in tho vicinity of Swu i
sou. There wis plenty of whiskey
there, and soon a row arixm between
Thomas Craft and another yiouug
man, in which h number took a part.
Craft became angry and loft tho
house, only to bring a Winchester
rifle inio play, which ho hud hid
outside upon his arrival for tho frolic.
\\\' h this rille he tired several
shots into I he building with the result
that Clarfleld Hut to was struck
in the head by one of the balls, Inflicting
a wound from which ho died
on Sunday about noon.
At the inquest, which was held by
Magistrate U. W. .Jeffcoat several
witnesses were sworn and the testimony
was conflicting, it is said.
Hut. it. was sworn that Craft, after
leaving the house, remarked that he
"would get somebody," and began
firing, tho second shot striking
young Hut to in the head. It was
stilted that several shots were ilrod
by Craft, although he says that only
one shot was fired, and that the rifle
wont off accidentally.
He claims that the whole affair
was an accident: that he and Gar
field Hut.io had boon tho boat of
friends and that be had no Intention
of killing him. It is etated, as a
matter of fact that Craft and Garfield
had boon bosom friends, and that
they had taken several drinks together
Just a short time before the
killing, and that it was another
young man by the namo of Hutto
that Craft wanted.
Young Garfield lint to was just 20
years old. Ho was a son of iMr.
Jerome Hut to, a well known farmer.
Craft Is 2 6 years of age, and
is a son of tho lato Walter Craft.
Oraft was arrested early Sunday
night by Deputy Sheriff Miller, who
went to the seone immediately u|>on
hearing of tho tragedy, nnd was
lodged In Jail late last night.
Washing Their S<>il?*<l Linen.
Pittsburg does not rank very high
In a moral sense among the cities of
this land. Most people connect it
with dlsruptable millionaires, chorus
girls and family scandals. Doubtless
this idea Is exaggerated, but none
Iho less there has been too much
cause for the unfavorable opinion
formed. And now the city will rank
still lower as the result of the corruption
which seems to have honeycombed
Its city council Probably
the reason for this deplorable state
of affairs is to he found in the
hitherto passive or indifferent attitnde
of the good element which has
been content to let unworthy men
run the business of lite city. Sooner
or later corruption results and
things get from bad to worse until
they become intolerable. Then
comes reform, which in the majority
of cases is spasmodic only, instead of
being permanent. It is now within
the power of the citizens of Pittsburg
to purify its municipal life
lodeem its name and set a much
needed example to other cities where
graft and dishonest v flourishes, by
a thorough municipal house cleaning
and keeping the house clean.
Will they do it is the finest ion?
Pittsburg is not the only city in
Pennsylvania that reeks with corruption.
In fact, the whole State of
Pennsylvania reeks In political corruption,
and it seems hard to gf>t
reform started in that State. But
it will do no harm to pond a fow of
the Pittsburg corruptionists to the
penitentiary. It may do a little good
if it did not break up the band of
thieves entirely.
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
stops the cough by allaying inhumation
of the throat and lungs, and
it drives the cold from the system
by gently moving the bowels. Children
like It for it tastes nearly as
good as maple sugar. Sold by nil
Druggists.
The girl with a mother anxious *o
have her marry generally has a little
brother mischievous enough to
brouk the engagement.
Every case of backache, weak
hack, bladder Inflammation and
rheumatic pains Is dangerous tf
negVeqrtod, for such trouble* fire
nearly always due to weak kidneys.
Take DeWltt'a Kidney and Bladder
Pills. They are antisceptic aad
soothe palu quickly. Insist upon DeWltt's
Kidney and Bladder Pills.
Regular size 50c. Bold by all
Druggists.
CURIOUS MISSOURI FARM. **
No Fence* Roqulro<l?Wheeled Vehicle
Never Upon It.
Within sight of the town of Jasper,
Mo., In the Ozark*, a Bettlor ha*
a farm which protwbly 1* unlike a ay
other In the world.
This farm oecuple* the table Innd
on the summit of a ridge and is enclosed
with a fence which no animal
has ever broken through. It does not
rise above the surface of the farm,
but falls sheer from the edge a distance
of many feet. The man who
homesteaded the tableland had a
hard climb up the perpendicular cliff
to reach the comparatively level summit.
At one point a lodge extends out
a few Inches und along the face of
the cliff at an upward grade. By following
this ledge and making use of
occasional points of rocks and of
shrubs growing In the fissures the
discoverer pulled himself to the summit
and found a surface well covered
with ?oll and a luxuriant vegotatloa.
(Ivadually he Improved the lodge
MM?ll I *-*
hutu nm ?h>uiu carry up to<9e au4
seed. \ij blasting and drilling be
vWared a narrow trail up whlcfc be
was nbla to tah# I rat same pigs and
than n new. letter en he took up a
bursa.
And that to-day Is the condition af
the enrioaety pratected farm. Na
vehicle Kaa turned a wheel within
Its limits of palisades. The lira
stock has multiplied and consumea
the grain raised. Some stones
thrown across the trail completely
fence In the hogs and cattle. Whea
the farmer has stock to sell he drives
the animals down tho private trail
and strikes the road to Jasper.?
Kansas City Star.
Hooks Returned After Years.
With the heat system and careful
watching books go astray, but it Is
hard to write thetn off as entirely
"lost," since they havo a way of
turning up that is only paralleled by
the cat of lyric fame.
The other day at tho desk of one
of the oldest city Institutions, the
Philadelphia library at Locuait and
Juniper streets, there was returned
by n fair Imrrower, a book that had
been cut a little oter three years.
Fortunately for the borrower, n#
fines were exacted and after she had
gone tt>e question as to whether the
womai had not established a record,
wan asked.
"No, indeed," en 14 the librarian.
"We hare in the library soveral relumes
that were held ten. fifteen and
twenty years, aad one book that was
returned to ne after being gone for
erer a century! It is one of a valuable
set of the olAHstea, and after
succeeding in hiding Itself m> long,
finally tnrned up in Holland, where
Its babel declared its lawful place of
alK>de and the hone**. finder lost no
time in Kirwuixfttog it to Philadelphia.
Yen, w^'hare t>ooks out stilt
longer, and I hare not the leant
donbt that some of them will yet find
their way bttek te eur shelves."
Deepeet Hooted of All Hates.
The age long hatred of the white
race for the black, yollow and other
colored race* is by no means oneatdexl.
It Is fully mutual. Yearn
ago Livingston observed that
"There must l>e something in the appearance
of white men frightfully
repulsive to the unsophisticated natives
of Africa; for on entering villages
previously unvislted by Europeans,
If we met a ohild coming
quietly and unsuspectingly toward
lis, the moment he raised his eyes
and saw the men in 'bags' he would
take to Ills heels In t n agony of terror.
such an we might feel if we met
a live Egyptian mummy at the door
of the British Museum. Alarmed by
the child's wild outciles, the mother
rusnes out of the hut, but darts hack
again at the llr.? g'iinpse of the fearful
apparition. Dogs turn tail and
scour off In dismay, and hens,
abandoning their chickens, fly
screaming to the tops of the houses."
The same is true, though perhaps In
a lesser degree, of the other colored
races.
Where the Tips CJo.
"Bet I can tell you something you
don't know about the tipping system
In the cloakrooms of some of the
large cafes," remarked a midnight
diner to his wife
"Why?don't the small boys Just
pocket all they ?et?" inquired slio.
"Pocket! Their uniforms are
made without a sign of a pocket so
that none of the tips can find a lodging
there; those hoys get nothing but
a salary which is paid by a man who
has purchased the cloakroom prlvlego
for as high as five thousand a
year. The tli>s are all turned In to
him. You can imagine what the
privilege is worth when he can ajr
down that suca for the rl^ht."
The nominee's Pall.
A Carthago minister Jokingly told
a friend an Interview would cost him
ten cents. Th? latter pretended to
take the matter seriously and presented
him with ten pennies. The
minister then arose to protest and
while rising his chair skidded and he
stumbled. And now the friend Is
teling everyone he meets, how upset
the minister was at having to refuse
a contribution.?Kansas City Star.
The man who borrows may not be
able to wear tetter clothes than the
man who lends, but he usually doee,
Just the same.
It takes a good many years of
strenuous experience to enable a
man to profit by the knowledge he
aoqnlred at ooltoge.
FREE DINNER
G1VKN TO HOOK CTIILDIIKX IX
CIIA It LKSTON
At tite MiLMxtk' Banquet Hall on
New Year's Kve, Nearly Six
llun<lre<l Attended.
Charleston, Dec. 31.?Nearly 6 00
poor children, their sisters, cousins
and aunts, mothers anil grandmothers,
attended the dinner at the Masonic
temple this afternoon, the Itev.
Dr. Vedder opening the entertainment
by .saying, "Help yourselves,
children," and the fun was on. Remarkable
changes of scenery made
up this remarkable dinner, where
j nothing was eaten, and yet the appetite
of hundreds was satisfied.
It was a play of three acta under
I the heads of preparation, realization,
and mastication. The preparation
I took weeks, the realization about
two minutes and the mastication
was of indefinite length. This diu|
ner is one that requires the tgolug
out into the highways and the byways
for guests, of which work of
several srond tiwmin <>f
w ...... t-|> i v> \/i I IH7 \, i i. J fttl II
year hundreds of poor people are
made very happy by the dinner, and I
this year they seemed especially ho,!
Promptly at 1:30 o'clock this'
afternoon Miss (Jeorge F. M. Fowler j
gave the signal to Metz's orchestra
In the large Masonic temple banquet
hall, and the waiting children, women
with babies in their arms and
little ones tugging at their skirts,
old women who needed assistance,
and one old man, moved up stairs
and into the hall. They found rows
of tables gay with many good thing-;.
On tin- rest um was seated tb?>
Kev. Dr. Vedder, with visiting ladies
and gentlemen. Metz's orchestra,
of seven pieces, was there, as it
is every year, with music for the
occasion given free.
When all was ready, the Rev. Dr.
Vedder gave a three-minute talk
appropriate to the occasion, and told
the children to help themselves.
Dr. and Mrs. Vedder, Miss (Jeorveile
F. M. Fowler Mrs. J. H. Holmes,
Mrs. C. J. Parsen and all the ladies
interested in .the dinner returned
most hearty thanks to all who had
heljied to make the dinner successful.
Some 3 5 hams, 35 turkeys, a
dozen bunches of bananas, several
boxes of oranges, scores of pounds
of ca n ft rst ? r> i ? I ?,..
% , wvx. v. v#* i uiniun, Bt'urt'a
of loaves of bread, hundreds of
cakes, several bushels of apples, and
other food were distributed. The
cash donations were liberal, and
there was no lack of interest or
help. Many ladies and gentlemen
boys and girls helped to prepare the
tables and flood thin morning, in
work from early morning, and much
g(Kul was done in the feeding of the
poor. The poor children's dinner
is an institution that bids fair to
continue many years in Charleston
It is a large work.
Kodol for Dyspepsia, indigestion,
weak stomach, sour stomach, gas on
the stomach, etc., is a combination of
the natural digestive juices found in
a healthy stomach with necessary
vegetable acids, and is the only
thing known today that will completely
digest all kinds of food
under any condition. It is guaranteed
to give prompt relief from any
form of stomach trouble. Take Kodol
and bo convinced. It will cure
your dyspepsia. Sold by all Drug
gists.
It takes almost as much money
to send a boy througn college as it
does to euppoit him afterward.
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EDITOR HEMPHILL
PARSES AWAY AT HIS HOME IN ^
AHHKVIEIJO.
Served HIh State Gallantly In War,
With Fidelity lu IVvmt and Marked :
Ability as Editor.
Abbeville, Doc. 28.?Gem Rol>t.!
Held Hemphill, editor of The Abbeville
Medium, died at hie borne here
this morning ?t 11 o'clock. He has
been in falling health for several
months, and his death was not altogether
unexpected, still it came as
a shock to him friends in Abbeville.
, The immediate cause of his death
wus heart failure. He left a wife
and ft number of children, all of
whom were with him when ho died.
Gen. Hemphill was l>orn on Dong
i Chine Creek, In Abl>eviile county, on
May 2, 1840, and was the son of
the Rev. William R. Hemphill, Asroeinte
Reform Presbyterian church.
IDs grandfather. Rev. J. Hemphill,
was also a leading minister of this
i denomination. Major J. C. Ilemp'
hill, editor-in-chief of The News and
Courier, is the only brother Gen.
Hemphill left.
Gen. Hemphill was graduated from
Eraklne College in 1 850, with thej1
| highest honors of his class, and on 1
I June 8, 18(51, at Richmond, he onj
listed as a private in the 7th South)
Carolina Infantry, Army of the Con-|
federate States of Amerl/??i a?
- \ ?t. ai i in.; j
I battle of ftrst Manassas he art*'*! as {
I orderly for Gen. ,.i. 1/ Bonham. On''
Juno 24. I8G2, ho was transferred to!
I the 1st South Carolina, (Orr's
Rifles), and In March, lSdl, ho was
made sergeant major.
II" was in most of the battles in
Virginia and was slightly! wounded
at Chancollorsvill.e, Petersburg and
OottysbuitK. Captured at Falling
Waters on July 14, 1 864, he was
a prisoner of war for six weeks.
After the war ended he studied law
and went to Texas, where lie practiced
his profession for two years. In
1S70 he married Miss Bugonla C.
llrewton, of Spartanburg, who, with
three sons and live daughters survive
hi in. a
*
In 187f? he was sent to the State
Consent J on which nominated the '
Strnightout Democratic ticket, and '
in the same year was elected a (
member of the State Legislature '
from Abbeville county, and with an 1
Intermission of two years served '
three terms. He was a member of (
the special committee appointed in
1X77 to
- .. . vuvi^n v\7 I im 1,'Ilciri Ul 1)11}
and penal institutions of the State,
and did pood service In hrlnplng the {
corrupt officers to Justice. Ho also 1
represented Abbeville county In the
State Senate from 1886 to 1894.
He was a member of the Conatitu- *
tional Convention of 1895. (
A1 the reorganization of the State f
Government and militia he was com- *
missioned a brigadier general by f
Gen. Hampton. He represented 1
South Carolina as a member of a *
.committee from the Senate at the (
funeral of Jefferson Davis in New *
Orleans, and delivered an Address ''
at the Tennessee Centennial and al- J
so before the National Woman's Suf- !i
IT a go Association in Atlanta in 1895. *
For a number of years he had ^
been the president of the Association 0
of Survivors of Orr's Uilles, and at '
ie time of his death was Clerk of
be State Senate, a position which
he tilled with ability. In fact the H
Semite never had a better clerk than *
he was. Ho had given notice only
a few weeks ago that on account of
declining health he would give lip ?
the clerkship. <
t wnor oi die addovijio Medium, i
which ho founded some thirty-fivo I
years ngo, and which has long been c
reco.mt i/ed ?s one of the ablest and a
nam
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house where we havo hoen doing buRineRR
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rAIN RYE?A whiskey we have been
'Is mild and mellow, try it onoe, th
d at this low prioe ...
i crop, but it is PURE BRANDY
peoially for us in Maryland.
O CENTS EXTRA PER GALLON FOR ANT i
24 Pint* or 48 Half-Plato of Any Abo
at thoBc prices and guarantee safe delivery
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nost Independent weekly newspapers
if South Carolina, Con. Hemphill
lid excellent service for the State
ind for the Democratic party. lie
was rogarded oh one of the most
imminent and resourceful members
)f the State Preee Association.
An uncle of Mr. Hemphill, Mr.
Tohn Hemphill, was at one time
United Htatee Senator from Texan
mil later Imme Chief Justice of
he Supreme Court of that State.
Eat all the pood food you like
^uit dieting. You don't hare to
1 lot to cnro dyspepsia. In fart, you
an not cure dyspspsia or lndl/feslon
that way, but rather you must
idd strength to the weik stoiricfe
>v taking something that will d'test
he food which the stomach can n .t
ligest Kodol is the only thing
mown today that will do this, for
Codol is made of natural digestive
uices found in a healthy stomach
uid it digests all food completely.
Codol is pleasant to take, and is
;uarant(ed to give relief in any case
if stomach trouble. Sold by all
)rugglsts.
A girl wants to stay in bed when
he has a cold so that men can't
ice the red nose that goes with it.
HeWitt's Carbolizod Witch TTa ?*1
?alve lias many imitators. There is
>ne original, and the name DeW'tt
s on every box. Host salve, for
turns scratches and hurts If is
specially good for piles. Sold by
ill Druggists.
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H. IV. WOODWA1UV
Attorney and Councelor At Law.
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Attorney at Law
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IL B. 8CAHBHOUGH
CONWAY, 8. O.
Attorney at Law.
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W. 1C. McCORD,
8URGKON DENTIST.
CONWAY, S. 0.
Over Rank of Horry
H. 11. BURROUGHS
Physician and Surgeon.
CONWAY, S. G.
M. WOFFOH1) WAIT.
Attorney afc Law.
CONWAY. S. C.
Office lp Spivey Building.
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