The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 24, 1909, Image 5

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> *> H TEN ARE DEAD Ami Forty Are Injured in Head on Collision. ' FEARFUL ACCIDENT l'tnr* Gam on the (tikn^o, L?fco Nteoro mm! South Kknd Lino Strlk* Kach OCber, IKuul-On, Near Booth Dead, Ton Fenoiw Being KJilr4 ud Forty Injun tL Ten i> .rsonH were killed and 40 / injured In a werck ou the Chicago, l-ako Shoro A South Bend railroad in Fortor county, lnd., Saturday wight, two of tht) big electric earn colliding head-on. According to General Manager 11. U. Walluce,- the wreck was due to a disobedience of orders by Motorinun G. A. Heed I the eastbound car, who was killed. Hood received instructions ut Gary to wait at WUhou, a short distance west of Balleytown, the point at \ which the disaster occurred, for the westbound car to pass. The impact of the cure was so great that they were reduced to a mass of wreckage. The oastbound car was going GO tallica uu hour to make up lost time. When the crash occurred the eastbouud car was telescoped and almost demolished. In this train were all of the killed and moat of the injured, pnaaengers on the weatbouud escaping with bruises. The two cars were wedged together In a cass of debris. The cries lor help caused a scene of coufusion tor many minutes. Soon, however, th? coolheaded passengers brought order out of chaos and, while sorno converted the home of K. H. Borg iuto a hospital and morgue, others readied the Injured. Darkness ly interfered with the progress of the rescuers and to nr&ko matters worse the nearest telephone waa nearly a mile away. All but one of the killed were tu the smoking compartment of the car in the front end. The space wan crowded. Titus E. Kinsle, a real estate dealer, and CordJua Kline, both of South Head, left the smoking room less than a minute before the crash and escaped death, although dm latter suffering severe injuries. Davis Crawford, a chauffeur of South Hend, related a graphic story of the accident. "There were about T>0 in our car," said Crawford. "Most of us bud been at the automobile race at Crown Point. Many of the tired passengers weAre, asleep. Suddenly there waa a I terrific crash. Motorman George Ueod was pinned between the vestibules x)f the two cars ho solidly that I it wan impossible for us to removo tho body." G. A. Schimme], motorman of tho westbound car, said his car was at a full stop, when tho eastbound car *trnck it. He said: "When I saw tho headlight of the eastbound train in the distance I realized that the motormnu had overlooked orders. I put on tho brakes, brought my cur to a stop and tried i to back it, but the air breaks did not release the wheels nnd I could not move before the crash came." It was impossible to run electric ! cars to the scene, because the trol- j ley wire had been broken. wHon | physicians reached tho secone they fonnd Hcort^a of farmers and villagers lushing about endeavoring to care for tho wounded and to extricate j tho dead and dying by the light of ! a few lanterns. It was necesasry j to use axes to release some of the wonnded. On<? of tho heroes of the wreck was C. A. Simmons of Benton Harbor, Mio.h. He lost conscionsaettj j immediately after tho collision. When he recovered his senses he was lying in the sand near a ditch. Both of his k*gs were broken, but when Dr. Axe of Michigan City reached him and tendered surgical aid, he ref.ased it, instructing the physician hw give his time to others more bcrionsly injured than himself. "My legs are broken," he said, "hat my head is all right, and I Cuobh I can stand it for a while." Mrs. Ouy Stutzman of Mls&waka. who suffered a deep gash in tho back f hor head, was holding a small bafcy at the time of the accident, but tho tnfant escaped without a scratch. Print Pnner Taxed. Jn?t before adjournment Friday niftht the Senate adopted by a rote of 4 4 to 3 2 the amendment of the ttcnate committee t,n nuance fixing a duty of |4 a ton on print paper, in place of the IIouho rate of $2 a ton, but the other amendinente to the wood pulp and print paper schedules had not been acted upon when the Senate adjourned at 7 'dock. Chaplain General. Gen. (Tiemerit A. Frann, commandcr-ta-ehlef of the United Confederate VoteranH, Friday announced the appointment of Dr. H. I>inn Cave, aa chaplain genera) of the organization. Dr. Cave, who la paator of the Christian church, Nashville, Teon , aoeceeda the late Dr. J. William Joaaa. y / THE AWFUL CRIME OF A BJ>ACK HKND IN UKORtiKTOWN COUNTT. Vom( Lad/ School IVwbw Di?f< (prd From a Boggfj and Ftew4ivh!y Aeaa?ittod. A dispatch from Georgetown to The Now a and Courier aayo: At four o'clock Friday afternoon word wad hurriedly brought to Sheriff Scurry that u criminal assault had Juat becu committed upon the porbou of a young woman school teacher by un unknown negro at Crab Hall, a place situated immediately across Wiuyah Hay from Georgetown, on Waceamaw Neck. im> young lauy boards at the homo of Mr. Iiuck Cains, and while out driving with ono of the Cains children. a little girl, she wua dragged from the buggy and carried luto the woods by her assailant. who ordered the child to flee at the peril of her life. The chlld'a father returned with her to tho 8pot to find the young lady in a terrible plight, and bloody from the fearful struggle which she had bravely waged. Tho man had lied. The sheriff and his posse Is In pursuit with dogs, and numerous parties of men from the city are scouring the woods in search of the brute. The Fiend I.s Caught. John Jenkins, an ex-convict, was arrested, charge with being the guilty fiend. He answers the description exactly. Ho was found In company with two other negroes, and tho foot prints at the scene und on tho trail were identified almost beyond tho possibility of a doubt. The trio were arrested. Jenkins Is a native of the Friendfield plantation, on YVnecamaw neck, but has always borne the character of an idle, worthless fellow. He is about 2 0 years of age and a black negro. He was deacrib?Hl aa bring very black, and it waa found that ho had paiutcd his lace blacker than the usual color with soot and grease. Tbla ho had attempted to remove, probably after the crime. The dress of the young lady waa aiuoared with this grease. It ia said that the negro was really identified absolutely when taken before her. It is stated positively that the young lady was not harmed to any extent, as the man waa frightened off. She fought bravely until Mr. Cains came to her rescue. The fiend has been lodged in the penitentiary for aafe-keeplng until bia trial, which will take place soon. Ho will no doubt bo convicted of his fiendish crime of attempting au assault aud be hung. The quicker tho better. MKN ANI) HOKSKH BURN. I'^ve Men and Sixty ilorscn Barned to Death. At Duluth, Minn., five men aud sixty-eight horses wero burned to d??ath late Saturday afternoon in a lire which partly destroyed tho board of trade livery stable. Tho fact that the men had lost their lives were not known until after tho fire had been subdued, when firemen in looking through the r?Mir eutrance, through which they tried to escape. The building was uiso u.sea 10 Kioro nuiomooncs. ana three of these wont up lu smoke. Various theories arc advancod a? to tho cause of tho fire, tho most pluunablo being that there was an explosion of gasoline, a quantity of which was stored on tho premises. * ATTKMJPT ON DKTKCTIVTCS. Uw and G"ilri Leaga* Agents Hire Troubio im Alabama, A secoud attempt was made a few nights ago to do bodily harm to detectives of the Uw and Order lA*ague, In Montgomery, Ala., who have gathered evidence against tho soft drink sellers. The detectives arrived In Montgomery from Nashville where they were rushed after being attacked In Montgomery last week. A son of Deputy Sheriff Harry McCord, who resembles ?ne of the detectives, was called away from the jail and severely beaten before the thugs realized their mistake. Deputy Sheriff Mcflord Is said to have gone in search of hla son's assailants with a rifle. * Lost Willie at Sea. on the arrival at Naples Saturday from Genoa of tho North Gorman Lloyd steamer Berlin, It was ascertained that Holland Bennett, of Boston, U. S. A., who was traveling with his wife on their bridal trip, was missing from the vessel and tho belief prevailed among the passengers that he either committed suicldo or fell overboard and was drowned. Lightning Destroys Banu lightning destroyed a barn on the plantation of Mr. 21. H. Gal nee, seven miles south of Anderson, together with Its contents, including a fine male, $40 worth of feed stuffs and a number of farm Implements Friday. A DEADLY CRASH , Of an Autemebile and Trolley Car Near Belten. MACHINE IS WRECKED J?. R. Ofcfc, Ls Killed, Hot. D. D. KkhacdMya. Rmr. K, A. McDowell auad Mrs. D. D. Klchurtlson Art* Wofljuird a* Result ?f * Collisioji. A dispatch to The State from Anderooa telhi of a deplorable accident near Helton, on Sunday about midday, us a result of which Jan. H. Cobb, .superintendent of the Helton cotton mills, is dead. Rev. I). D. Richardson, pastor of the Second Baptist church of Helton and tbo Oiuch Mills Baptist church of that city. Is In a critical condition in u hoi^pltal at Anderson, his wife is slightly injured and Rev. K. A. Mcl>owell of Nluety-Six. Held agent of The Baptist Courier, Is seriously hurt. The sad accident was caused by u collision between un Interurban car of the Anderson Traction company and an automobile which occurred at Hreazeale's crossing, nine ' rulles east of Anderson, shortly be1 fore noon Suuduy. The dead and injured were occupants of the auj tomobilc. The accident occurred at the foot of a sharp grade and as the car was coastlug at the rate of about lb mlBf* an hour. The auto purty was sighted by those In charge of the car, Conductor C. P. Hurries and Motorman K. K. Banders, ond the usual signal given, there being plenty of time for the machine to clear the crossing well In front of the car. When tho front wheels of tho auto, howover, had cleared tho first rail of the track, tho engine seemed to come to a dtvud standstill and In a few seconds tho car struck it. Tho machine was thrown some 20 feet Into the air and smashed to splinters. All of the occupants were also thrown some distance and it seems a miracle that all were not killed outright. Mr. Cobb's skull was crushed in several places, his left leg and arm were broken and the thigh crushed into bits. He was also otherwise bruised and mangled and lived but a few minutivs after the crash. Rev. Air. Richardson's skull was fractured and his left leg and arm brokeu and he (s yet unconscious. Rev. Mr. McDowell was removed from the scene of the accident to the Helton hotel, w here his injuries were dre*wd. He is suffering from a broken ahoulder and arm and, while badly hurt, his condition is not serious. He was removed to his homo at Ninety-Six late Sunday afternoon, apparently resting well. The injuries sustained by iMrs. Richardson were slight, consisting chiefly of a severely sprained ankle. She is In tho hospital at Anderson with her husband. When the accident occurred the party was en route to Dorchester church, three miles north of Helton, to attend a meeting. At tho coroner'a inquest at Helton Sunday afternoon the Jury, after hearing tho evidence;, returned the following Vordftct, exonerating tho men in charge of the car from all blame: "We find that tho deceased I came to his death by being struck | by a trolley ear in West Helton, on | what is known as Hraazeale's crossing. as the result of an accident." * "UNLOADED" PISTOL DEADLY. \ewbwty Eurmer Kills Ilia Friend t*f Accidents At Newberry Sunday morning about 9 o'clock. T. Orlando Wicker, was accidentally shot In tho neck by a pltrtol In the hands of Caldwell Ruff, and died a few minute* later. Wicker, Loam ma Ruff and Caldwell Kuff, all chatting pleasantly together. Wicker lived about a mile from Kutf'H and had called At Huff's for a social visit. Caldwell Ruff walked inside of tho house, and, as he came out, the pistol was discharged, tho ball taking effect, as stated, in Wicker's neck. Ruff stated that he did not know that the pistol was loaded. Coroner Kelker held an Inquest during the morning, and the Jury in their verdict state: "T. Orlando Wicker came to his death by a pistol shot wound accidentally in the hands of Caldwell Ruff. Mr. Wicker and Mr. Ruff are both yoang and progressive white farmers, | and live on the Pomaria road, about ten oUVea east of Nabwerry. Must Give Up Cigarettes. Governor Kitchen, of North Carolina, granted a purdon to Jacob Splvey of Gulford county on condition that he abstain from smoking cigaretts. Splvey is 15 years old. Tho charge was trespassing and the sentence was six months in the work house. HUMAN MONSTER WIIITH KIKND ClIAKGND WITH ASH.AUI.T IN AUGUSTA. His Owi Bliud Fifteen Year Otd Daughter, Kttie, the Victim of His Alleged OUne. The Augusta Chronicle sofa Mooroe J. l>ee was lodged In the Richmond couuty jail Friday under a wurrunt charging assault. The warrant ullegea that ho assaulted Kttle Lee. uged 15 yeara, his daughter. The man denies the crime. The girl asserts that the charge la true. Ih Is specifically charged that the crime was committed June 11th. Kttle Lee is blind. For five years she has been an attendant at the Georgia Academy for the Illlnd at Macon, and is now at home on her j vacation. The girl says her father had made an attempt to attack her before, and that her mother had protected her. The mother nays Bhe sent the child to her grundmother's on the 11th, und the girl returned homo earlier than the mother expected. The father came home and found the girl alone. The grandmother was informed by tb? girl of what had happened und gave the alarm. This Is the statement of both the mother and the girl. Monroe J. Leo Is about GO years of age. He Has worked in the cotton mills at odd times. He tried to play at politics occasionally and, now and then, has worked In nearby cities in the street car servlco. He was arrested a few days ago by Policeman I I I llttn ntl/l Intnr ui>? t I " < <? 11 Simmi since ho was taken Into custody ho denied tho terrible accusation made against hiin. " WIIISKKV SANDWICH. Tills Is tho I*ate?t Hvasion of the Liquor IjUW. A dispatch from Birmingham, Ala., says the wile and distribution of the whiskey sandwich is the lnt?*it method of evading the liquor laws in tho State of Alubuma: I/oaves of bread, cut and arranged to represent oyst?r sandwiches, are sold over the counters in lunchrooms, presumably operated for that purpose, a bottle of whiskey being arranged between the layers of the bread. - It in wild that questionable lunchrooms have sprung up all over the State, in which these contraband goods constitute practically the total bill of faro. The discovery of the whiskey sandwich was made by the warden at tho Birmingham jail, who took it into his head to examine an apparently innocent sandwich which was brought to th<? jail for one of the prisoners by a relative. The prisoner, Charleu Smith, n negro, had only recently attempted to make his escape. The warden was suspicious that ^4 I. 1 ^ ~ t. L I .1 J 1 ? rMHiM-i 11111^ iiiiisiit inivr m-tui UiUU^n lu the unusually large aandwich. Upon opening the loaf a large bottle of whiskey was discovered. A rigid Investigation was then put on foot, which resulted In the discovery that the whiskey sandwich is already an Important article of ctommerce In Alabama. * FATAIj UAUNOII I'AItTY. One Man Drowned and a I*ady Had Narrow Kscnpe. Advices were received at Charleston Saturday of the death of S. J. P. Alston, and the narrow escapo of a lady from drowning in the accident which befell a launch party Friday night proceeding from Young's Island to Uockville. It appears that the engine of the boat became disabled, and in some way the boat filled with water. Alston safely carried one of the ladles ashore, but with much effort, and It Is thought that he returned to the assistance of another, when hie strength fulled him and he woa drowned. The lady that he reocued was unconscious for many hours, and it could not be learned whether she had been later revived. The other two ladies tn the launch were re?vcued. Killed by lightning. A ffpocial from Camden to the News and Courier the 16th says: "Helton Goff, a well known young white man, 22 years of age and unmarried, whose home was about seven miles from Camden, was killed by lightning. Man Stronger Than Kngino. Noah James, a lumberman, of Laurel, Del., gave an exhibition of his strength this woek when he pulled a gasoline launch belonging to Harvey D. Hltchena, going at full speed, back to the wharf and tied It there. Wife Shot by Husband. Rosa Shuck, of Cincinnati, O., vaa shot and probably fataly injured this week by Andrew Deck, a former inmate of a reformatory, whom sho had married to reform. Dock was sent to the reformatory, and Miss Shuck worked for his pardon and finally procured it, and they were married Immediately. STEALS A PLANK From rhe Demecratlc Platform f Last Year. TAFT IS THE THIEF He Tsrmn Ha* Dark oa Um RrpubIU-ab riaUorm and Plant* Himself Hqiuirtj oa th* Lawi IVmocftiUc ria?ionu. Hoping by mo Doing to Have tits Party. Onco more, eaya the Washiugtou correspondent of tho Spartanburg Herald, the Republican party has found it necessary to adopt a plank from the I>vuiocrutlc platform, in order that it may suvo its face. ThU ha.*) become so frequent and common of late, however, that it has ceased to cause surprise. Tho latOBt instance' of tho Republican theft of Democratic campaign thunder Is in tho compromise on the income tax proposition, by which it is proposal to submit the matter to the people in the effort to secure an amendment to the constitution permitting the levying of such a tax. In recommending to congress the submission of a constitutional amendment expressly authorizing the collection of au income tax Mr. Taft has turned his back on his own record and planted hlniHelf squarely on the Democratic platform of 1 908. At the Deuvor convention, July 10. last, the Democratic party made this declaration: "Wh favor an Income tax as part of our revenue system, and we u)ge the submission of ? ?\nutiti.(iAi.?i amendment specifically authorizing congress to levy oud collect a tax upon Individual and corporate Incomes, to the end that wealth may bear its proportionate share of the burdena of the f?*deral government." The Republican convention at Chicago in ita platform was silent on this subject, but In his speech of acceptance at Cincinnati, July 2 8, Mr. Tnft volunteered this statement: "The Democratic platform demands two constitutional amendments?.one providing for an income tax and the other for the election of senators by the people. In my judgment an amendment to the constitution for an Income tax 1h not necessary. I believe that an Income tax, when the protective system of customs and the Internal revenue tax shall not furnish income enough for governmental neods, can and should be devised, which, under the decisions of the supremo court, will conform to the constitution." Senator Bailey has been making some efforts In the direction of securing such a tax, and tht^se efforts have met with such approval among members of the senate that It la an open secret in Washington thut the compromise which was decided on after numerous conferences among Republicans, one with the president, was vigorously sought by Aldrich a r* /I K lo f/\l %-? ? ,11,1 ? * < > > ?in luuuwmn, w UU UIU IIUl WitUl nny mich tat. Thb? compromise will put tho matter "up to" tho people. It will ho necessary that two-thlrda of tho membership of both bo use a shall favor tho submission of tho constitutional amendment to tho people of tho forty-aix States, and that tho legislatures of threo-fourta of those Htat?-? Hhall express themselves In favor o' the adoption of the amendment. 1' 13 hua seen that the ihl n? thot is t o serviceabl to tho Ripu?>llcan party?Indefinite delay?wi!\ t>o secured. It is not generally known outside of senatorial circle Just how much trouble this Income tax proposition has caused the members of the "Aldrioh gong." They havo had numerous conferences and consultations, and have even taken polls of tho senate, and sounded men on the proposition, to ascertain their attitude. The results of those soundings revealed a uapport of Senator Bailey's Income tax proposition (to which Senator Cummins succeeded In having his name attached) that was anything else than pleasing to the leaden*. And bo the activity was began which has resulted in the compromise proposition. Naturally the "straight-out" Income tax advocates are much perturbed over the present state of affairs*, and they pnopo&e to carry me tight rurther. They claim that Senator Aldrlch had a very narrow margin of majority who will support the compromise, and they hope yet to secure enough votes for a straight-out Income tAX amendment to the tariff bill to carry their point. The proposed amendment to the constitution, which was Introduced by Senator Nelson, provides for the submission to the several States of the question of amending the constitution of tho United States so as to giro congrees the right to levy a tax on income. The proposed amendment is Ai follows* "That congress shall hare the power to lay and collect direct taxes on in cornea, from whatever source derived, without apportiontng the same among the several State#." it-, ...i ip ii ii ny M n. ' VERY QUEER SECT I MO IX) RANKS BKIJHVK TflKT WILL POSSKSS AMKIUCA. Six Hundred FamlltaH HoiUfd la California, Whrro Thry Okm* Unae TL<>ir QualcrrLLka O&Jitoau. Ouo result of the Russia a-Japanese war h;iu been the Immigration of the Molokones from Southeastern Russia I to California. The sect Is one of 'the most Deoullar In the. _ ... .m</ .. u xiiau WU" I pi re and Ls very much like the Quakers. long known for their abhorrauce of war and the use of tirearms. The Molokanee are not Bum* , crous, but they came to America after a "voice from the I^ord" bad ! told one of their elders that America 1h the "Proiiilsed land" to them. They helievn that the eighty or ninety millions of Americans are to be dispossessed us were the Caaauites, and that they will either bo driven out or made the slaveo of the "choM'u" GOO families or obout 4,000 people. These immigrants call themselves "spiritual Christians." The IMblo Ls their whole library. They have no priests or pastors. Any man can become an elder who learns to read and is able to recite the Scriptures. An elder, being the head of a family and "learned In the Scriptures" has patriarchlal powers. All property among the Molokancs Is held oil a community basis. All earnings are turned Into the community treasury. The sons of the families marry n? their elders arrange and fhen bring their wives and live under the parental roof. Frequently seven or more subfamilies are housed under the same roof and eat at the same table. The community houses aro usually unsanitary, tin ventilated and ? menace not only to the Inmates but to the community at large. The religious meetings of the Molokanes are typical of the people and their religion. The men ? who hung their hats and overcoats in the rear of the room ? like schoolboys ??lt on one Hide of the room, the women and girls opposite. The eld . . .w.vt ...wio uwvuut HI L HDOlll ft plain table covered with a white cloth In one corner. A religious service begins with and largely consists throughout of the chanting in unison, in the Russian tongue, of Bible psalms learned by rote. The woird. monotonous intoning of the psalms In measured cadence is the distinctive feature of tho mooting. It Is song service, preaching and prayer continued. The Molonknno asks for no license to get married. After the details have been arranged between the heads of the respective families there is a Journey by the bridegroom and his friends to the house of the bride-to-be. The bride and bridegroom then proceed to the church, at the door of which they are met by an old woman with a big, round Russian loaf of bread in one hand and a handful of salt In the other. The bride and bridegroom are now made to sit down to a small table and partake of a little of the bread and salt, after which the elders pronounce them man and wife and give them their blessing and the holy kiss. A public appearance on the street to show that they are married and a generous feast at the house of the bridegroom oomplete the wedding festivities. riCNIOKKB HHOOKKD. Outline* of Ti**) Appear on Children's Bodies. At a Sunday School picnic near Sparta, Ga., Friday, a thunderstorm came up suddenly, and lightning struck a tree under which strteen children bad gathered tor protection from the rain, Bhocktng each severely. Many were strangely affected, the outlines of the tree appearing as if photographed* on the bodies of several of the children* No fatalities have reunited but aereral of the children are tn a serious condition. 1HHHLK TltAUKDY. Macon Policeman Kills m Woman and Himself. About one o'clock Thursday morning Officer Oscar Abel of the Macon police force shot and killed Rmma Raymond, In tho red-Ught district of Macon, Cla. Whether a quarrel ensued before the double murder o* not cannot bo ascert i'.; ed as thu coroner has not arrived up to a late hours. The vl o'e aftvr shrouded 'r. mystery. The officer wm dressed in his uniform at the time, badge and all. The woman was shot three times in the breast. Abel lived only a short time after shooting himself twice In the head. Killed by IJghtniag. Helton Ooff, a well known young white man, 22 years of age and nn? married, whose home was about seven miles from Camden, was kflli ed Wednesday evening by lightning, i He was going from his barn to the house when struck.