The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 22, 1909, Image 5
FOUR ARE DEAD
' And Many Injured in a Queer
Accident.
CYCLE RUNS AMUCK
KAuriug a Ithfcln Kiu? at lirrliu,
d^rniAuy, ?> Snartaf, a Motor <'y
rlc Mxplodrd Aflcr Hunainp; Ann)'
Carrying Dcntli and Cubic Into the
Hiurge (Vow*1 of Spectator**.
A< llorlia, (1 e(many, on Sunday,
four persona were killed, more than
twenty taiM'iouuly injured and a dozen
others slightly injured, at* the result
of the e\plo*:4on of a motor eyele and
l Ore whieh followed it during a cy',)(*.
raee at the llotanlc Gardens Sunday
evening.
Thousands of spectators had gathired
around the track, which was I
. d for the 13rst time a few days
urn During .mi endurance race, the
i.irn of ono of the pacemakers' motor
cycle burst anil the rider h>Ht control.
The boiir.ine exploded In a hurst of
Maxim and the machine leaped Into
the air The rider was thrown against
other competitors. So terrllle was
(.he speed of the motor cycle that It
continued on Its course after the explosion,
crashing Into the public
stand, hurling spectator right and
toft, and setting on lire several women's
dresses.
Two women were instantly killed
and their bodies, saturated with
(laming benr.ine, were burned to cinders
The wooden stand caught fire,
and the flames Hashed in the faces of
hytsiandi^rs, who, with clothing ahlar.o
ru<shed about shrieking with pain and
f en r.
A panic onsu(Hi, In which a great
n.umher of persons, including children.
were badly trampled. Mtghteou
men and four women were seriously
injured, two of whom having slnco
died. The hospital surgeons say that
several others are In a hopeless condition.
OUTS IK)\VN T11K KKVKML'K.
How (ho Dl^jonisory )IH|>s Roaufoit
County.
Dispensary advocate.y in Beaufort
ooupty tire arguing that prohibition
wtjl moan transferring tho $36,000
now received in revenue from tho <1 ii?peiiHftry
from the pui>lic tundo to the
poekots of blind tlgera.
Tho county commiHHtoncrs frotn
Beaufort in hint weeks' bmio of tho
Beaufort Gazette states that tho loss
.of the dispensary fund will make it
ueocwsary for the county to cut
/ittVL'ri t Iwt a niiTAnrl'i I inn f?.r <?r,l I nu fir
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road repairs from $10,000 to $4,000
ami stop bridge and road building,
or raise tho county levy from 11
;5 1 mills to 8 mills.
The town officials announce that
the loss of the dispensary revenue to
tho town of Beaufort will reduce
tho town's income by one half and
make the contemplated bond Issue for
electric lights and water-works impossible.
The county superintendent of education
reports that tho loss of the
dispensary revenue that now* goes
to the school fund will reduce It from
$20,000 to $14,000.
Kll.hS HIS SLSTKK.
I?y tho Accidental Shooting of a
Pistol. '
At Brunswick, (?a., within a half
>
dour after he reached home after an
absence of a year at Ilome, Oa., and
while distributing presents ainoujt
he members of the family, J. Edgai
Smith, aged 2 0. shot and alomst Instantly
killed his 14-year-old sister
RoIk*. who was standing at his shl<
watching him as ho showed his fathei
a pistol he had brought home foi
1 m The ball eutered tho girl'i
f irehead.
The father, mother, sisters an<
brother* were staiiditnr near. Th
girl was young Hmith'u favorite o
hV sisters and was nearest hi in. Th
yoi tig man had examined the piste
whi h was of the automatic type, an
lieB ved it empty. He stated tha
eve i though ho bolleved the inag?
qin contained no cartridge he woul
no' have pulled the trigger, hut <11
an accidentally. The father, w. ,
Y. nith, had made special preparatlor
to welcome thyoung man at h
b'?nie coming and it was planned thi
after ho had distributed the presoni
tie family would sit down to a ri
ur'lon feast.
Whs Turned Out,
''The ItaptiHt church in Heaufort lu
di: .'niBsed from membership the a
slf oant dispenser at that place b<
cacgt* ho would not give up hi? jol
Tlho ministers, both white and co
orcd, throughout the county are a
tive.
Tonuule Injured Twrut/.
A. tornado swept ovor a part c
ft tt tier county, Ohio, a few days ag<
* AX ft point seven miles from Haral
^On, Ohio, a funeral procession ei
cocitarvd the storm and 20 pei
tons were more or loss Injured.
v,
40 MILLS AN nUUK
O. WIUURT MAKES ANOTHER
ttUCXWMttFUL FLIGHT.
Sksrt IligkU, Will k? Made Until
M eokiaccy is ia G*od Working
Ord^r.
Orville W'rlgkt Uoaday evening
made a very successful flight in the
Wright aeropl&ao at Fort Myer, Va.,
near Washington, remaining in the
air Ore minutes a?d thirty seconds,
during which time the machine attained
the exceptional speed of forty
miles nn hour and circled the parade
grounds half a dozen times, a total
distance of ahout thre<> and a half
mile*}.
A strong breeze prevented the
Wright, brothers from starting the
aeroplane immediately after it was
brought from the shed. While waiting
fur favorable conditions, theyj
examined t he machine carefully and
cIihIted with prominent persons who
I had gone oror from Washington to
I witne?B the trial.
With Oonnt von VernstorfT, Gcrinan
ambassador, the Wrights talked
at length explaining the working of
the machine. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
daughter of Fx-President
Roosevelt. enthUhlasticnlly examined
the aeroplane, as did Secretary of the
Navy Meyer.
When the signal finally was given
to start, the machine shot forward I
and mounted gracefully Into the light
breeze. Orvillo Wright guided the
llyor to the lower end of the large
parade ground and circled around
toward the starling point, gradually
rising higher from the ground.
Six time* he rounded the course,
the machine attaining an average
speed of about forty miles an hour,
according to Mr. Wright.
After passing the crowd the sixth
lime the aviator decided to make a
lauding because the motor occasionally
was missing a spurk. He descended
early and lighted with no
apparent jar. the machine sliding
smoothly over the ground, until it
camo to a Hto|> At a point near tho
Rhod.
Both of tho Wrights expressed
themselves as pleased with the performance.
They Intend to make only
short tlights until tho now bearings
have become worn down and the propelling
motor is working perfectly.
When those things have Adjusted
Ihenusejvefl to the satisfaction of tho
aviators they intond to attack their
main tn.-?k. to which those minor
nights are preliminary?that of
satisfying tho conditions proscribed
1))* the (Government for tho official
test..
WANTICB TO I.VNC1I WHITK MAN.
I'eiinsy 1 v aula Mob Bought I.ifo of
(Jlilld'N Assailant.
Only a rtiso by tho authorities of
Caronaburg and Meadow lands, near
Plisburg, Pa., prevented the lynching
early Monday of a white man who
was arreted at midnight in connection
with an attack on Lydia Spade,
twelve yours of age, which occurred
in a berry patch close to the child's
home.
Believing the man had boen capturod,
but uncertain, a large crowd
gathered about tho Canonsburg jail,
after midnight early Monday inorning.
A ro[>?< was thrown over a tree
uol demand made for the assaulter.
Chief of Police Swan assured tho
crowd no arrest had been made and
appealed to all present to institute
, a hurried search for tho criminal.
The uppoal won and headed by of.
flcials, tlio crowd separated into
searching parties, who scoured th?
' vicinity until long after daylight.
In tho meantime Jos . Johnson, of
New Cu in her land, West Va., who had
' he"ii arrested as n suspect, was kept
3 hidden In Hie Jail, heavily guarded
hy extra police.
'tin- ' V.ihi was serloi .} injured
Later, ?s s. precautlonni y measure
j lol nson was taken to Washington
T'ouu. He stated he wit' under tin
- Intlueuce of liquor Sunday.
" RORRKl) T1IK GRAVK.
d
it I^li (irfcitp ltt*vlvcd Man Ll?ted fo
i(1
tho Morgue.
(* Kloctricty saved the life of Josopl
Romillard, a baker 4 0 years of age
lH of Worcoflter, Mass. He was pros
U t rated by tho heat wave In that clt;
L? I several weeks ago, taken to tbo hos
l?* pllal and within a few hours declar
ed dead. ' This woek he walked fron
the Institution, literally from th
grave. The case is regarded ftR on<
is of the inost remarkahlo ever brough
b- to the attention of physicians,
iv Remlllard gave all the wlgns o
b. dissolution from heat proBtration
1- and his apparently dead body wa
c- placed on a truck to be taken to th
morgue. Instead of taking him t
the morgan, however, the doctor 1
charge wheeled him in the electrlca
>f apparatus room, where the physician
y. tried toots on him with eleetrlee
currents. He was revived and grea
i. care was taken to nurse the apsrl
r. of life, until Remlllard walked oul
this week.
WEDDED 18 liMcb
Mida a bj><n<*ss uf MaKmg
Love and Murving.
8IGAMti?i CONFESSES
ChriNtfrva C. Johison Raid U lavf
Ad nut fit od That Tie In "John Madno
u" Waated la Maay Parte of
tha Couatry for Matrimonial Vea
tiiren, Courting Ten at a Time.
Christian C. Johnson, Bentoncod
Monday ut San Joso, Cal., to Beven
years In I ho penitentiary for bigamy,
l.i reported to hav? confessed
that ho Is tho tnyHterlous "John
Madson," wan tod In many parts ot
the country for matrimonial vonitnos
iii'l systematic swindling of a
nnmhor of women under promise of
in a rrlage.
Johnson's alleged confession, however.
Is full of inconsistencies greatly
at variance with statements ho has
made since his arrest in that city
last week. He declares that he hatbeen
married to so many women that
he cannot count them off-hand.
"In ho says, "I quit my
business of buying horses, and from
that day to this time I havo been
making my living bv marrying and
making lov? to women, getting their
money and then deserting thorn."
One of his most amazing feats, according
to his own confession, was
making love to ten women at one
time in Portland. Ore. While he
I. .1 t,\ I I (1 l?,r. ? t -?
itimit-i uiik m: nn(ni') I mill UHMl
of them mid that Ills marriages were
part of a "get-rlch-qulck system,"
Johnson declares that In every Instance
ho spent the money hi1" received
upon the victim herself.
| Johnson declares that ho wiih horn
In (Jerin.any, and coming to this country
In the '7 0s, securing a post with
the United States government buying
horses for the army on commission.
Tills took hlrn all over the
country. At first, he says, he was a
woman-hater, because ho had been
separated from a sweetheart In Gerniany,
who died later. He married j
tb? first of his many wives In Springfield,
Mass., In 1905. She woa Mrs.
Mary Rrown.
"T married only one woman under
the name of John Modson," Johnson
declared. "Her name was Jones?
If I remember rightly?Ada Jones. 1
trot $1,800 from her becnu&o she said
she loved me. I could have, got
$50,000."
From most of the women. Johnson
says he obtained money or hxw
elry, or both. Johnson loft San Joso
Tuesday. In custody of a deputy
shorlff. for San Quontln prison, whore
h?? Is to servo a seven-year sentence.
Of eighteen women who in Johnson
married, according to the confession.
seven are from California,
four from Missouri, two from Oregon
and one each from Kansas.
Arkansas, Tennessee, Illinois and
Massachusetts.
The woman from Tennessee was
Mrs. Bertha King, of Memphis, and
'he one from Arkansas, Mrs. Birdie
King, or Hot Springs.
TAFT HAS A DOl'ltLK IX OA.
llep. Kufo linker Kosemblea the
President.
President Tuft's double Is a Gvor
glan and a member of the present
legislature, says a special from Atlanta.
So strikingly does Representative
Uufe Haker of Lumpkin county
resemble the President that lie has
been repeatedly taken by people lr.
the street for the nation's chief,
many of whom are Inquiring what
the President is doing in Atlanta.
One day last week Colonel Haker
' was returning from the dally consult
of the solons at the capltol when he
was hailed by an old darkey, whn
was most profuse In his courtesies
and eagerness to serve the member.
"How is you, Marse President,'
the old negro began, bowing low tr
the ground. "When M you git tei
Atlanta? I'se powerful glad tor sot
yor. Knowed yer when yer wur, dowr
r ter 'Oustah las' winter. Lotnme m<
ky rui y r umnroiia Tor you.
The member could not deollno ser
^ vices that were bo fulsomely offered
and he left the old darkey rejoicing
* with a new dollar and the feeling tha
- he had just waited on "do ProHiden
y or do United RtatoR." Tho lnclden
grentoly am used Colonel Paker'i
Mends, who are introducing hln
u around to strangers generally now ft!
0 ^resident Taft.
e The Lumpkin representative hai
( 'he President's flguro and weight
Mnufl about thirty pounds, his liber
f al mustaches and much of hia genla
{ good humor and faculty for wlnninj
a friends.
o ,
o 21 Children In JUS Yours.
n Tn his 3F> years of married llf<
A William Toner, a blacksmith, o
8 Wilmington, Del., has been the fathe
^ of 21 children. The latest additloi
A to hie family Is a pair of twins whlcl
* arrived this week. Toner la 67 year
t* of age and bis wtfe la 50. Of th<
21 children 1ft am living.
Ltf" IH i
Wjntt Iafram, Jr.. of New Orleans
Under Charges.
Official of Whernla Hank, Amused of
Being Defaulter and Forger, Taken
to Prinen in Ambulance.
Wyatl H. Ingram, Jr., trust of
cnr ?f the Hlfcernla Hank and Trust
Company of New Orleans was arrested
at hie home, 1 840 State street,
in that city, ehortly before 6 o'clock
Wednesday evening on tbo cliargo of
being a defaulter and forger. It
is alleged that he is between $7 5,000
und $100,000 short, in his accounts.
It is declared that Ingram's defalcations
have extended over a period
of 15 months.
Ingram was said to be too ill when
the arresting olUcors reached his
home to accompany them to the police
station, but District Attorney
Adams, upon being communicated
with insisted that the accused be
brought to prison without delay. He
was carried to police headquarters in
an ambulance.
It was reported that Ingram had
mudo an attempt at self-destruction
lute Wednesday, but this is without
confirmation. It is believed rather
that th^ strain under which he had
labored and the recent excessive
heat resulted in his partial collapse.
The trust officer 1h said to have
confessed to VICo President Pool of
the Hibornla bank that hts defalcation
Monl'l approximute $100,000. It
iH stated that a chick for $5,000, on
v hleh Ingram forged the signature
of a prominent business man of New
Orleans, led to the disclosure of tho
embezzlements and forgeries now
charged against him.
Ingram for a number of years has
stood high in business and social circles
of New Orleans. He Is a prominent
club man and has been a leading
member of commercial organizations.
He married six month ago.
He is a native of Henderson county,
Kentucky, and is P>4 years old. He
has lx>en a resident of New Orleans
about 0 years. His family connections
In Kentucky, Maryland and other
Southern States are prominent.
Officers of the Hibcmla bank state
that th? loss is not sufficient to affect
the institution in the slightest.
It is regarded o-s one of tho larg?*?t
and strongest, banks in the South.
TK1VPLJM KII.1JNO BY NKCIHO.
Vorth Carolina Black Hluys VVlie
Brother-ln-I>aw and Himself.
A special to the Star of Wliming
ton, N. ('., from Bnrgaw, N. C., say*
that early Tuesday Walter Williams
'If. von r?4 rtl/t living nuni
that place, shot and killed IIcnr>
Hayes, his brother-in-law, his wife
Mary Williams and then himself.
Williams and his wife had no'
lived happily nnd three weeks ngr
agreed 011 a peaceful separation aftei
dividing their personal effects, th?
latter leaving for Georgetown, S. C
He returned Sunday, however, am
'a t tr?m ntrxl ;i rprnnnlllntlAn firwl titint
lt? failure Tuesday morning, tankei
up on a so-called prohibition bever
ngo and repaired to a brick yard
where his brother-in-law was at wort
and 11 rod upon him, killing him In
stantly. Then going to the home o
his wife ho shot her to death throng!
the rich* breast. Reloading his gin
he emptied the contents of both bar
rels Into himself, dying two hour
later.
Williams charged his hrother-ln
law with undue interference in hi
domestic affairs.
TO IIKLP FKiHT WHITE PLAGP*
Bill Posters anil Poster Printers Jo!
A nt i-Tubcrculosls Campaign.
The National Association of HI
In Convention at Atlanta, Ga., to d<
( nate to the anti-tuberculosis figt
$1,200,000 worth of publicity. Th
, means that all over the United Htat?
f and Canada they will glvo not on!
, apace upon bill boards, but tho lab<
^ of posting as well, to bints and cai
i tlons to thoao who have or may 1
> exposed to the white plague. On tl
heeltt of this generous offer, the Po?
er Printers' Association donatt
$200,000 worth of work upon pap<
I to bo printed for tho campaign.
^ Tho officers of the Association si
t they have assurance that the ra
t roada and express companies will ca
rv frr>o nil tho nnnfir for the wor
i* ~ ' "r" ?
^ and that the allied printing trad
_ will bo asked to do the prlntii
freo.
^ WOMAN ANI) CHILD M1881NG
1 Wife *n<1 S<?n of St. Stephen** Mi
Gone Since Saturday.
Mr*. F M. Rhode?. wife of A,
Rhodes, of St. Stephen^, myeteriou
p ly disappeared from her home <
f laM Satnrday night, and no clue
r to her whereabout* has aa yet be
i obtained. Her little eon, Jennlnf
j aged about 12 yearn, 1h aheo mistln
i SI nee, Sunday all efforts on the pa
? of her hoeband and others to loca
them bev? tailed.
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: Torpedo Can Ik Controllnl by
YVIreloNH.
TMnk of calmly etunding on the
seashore und by meana of u small
key and no connecting wires being
able to annihilate an entire nnvy.
1 Thin has been rendered possible by
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i the Invention of a submerged tori
pedo propelled und controlled by
i
| wireless electricity transmitted by
the wireless method ? the work of
Carl Abrahamaon of San Diego, Cal.
The Invention is so si tuple that
wireless experts are wondering how
! they overlooked it so long. The pro- !
I polling force Is manipulated on the'
j same principle as the wireless tele- J
, graph. Klectrlcity is transmitted
i j from aerial wires on shore to aerials 1
. supported by cork floats and connect- I
, ed with the propeller wheel of the j
torpedo, which Is submerged. A
, current powerful enough to send a :
sixteen-foot torpedo, of the type used
by the American navy, through the
water at a spc*xl of thirty-two miles j
on hour can bn transmitted, says the !
Inventor.
Control of the device Is secured
by magnets set on each side of the
propeller and connected with the
j* <?,> v* 1 r\ r? a * 1 ' ? ? ? - * - ? - ? ^
, ^ivu. i iiiitKni'iii arp m
different degrees of sensitlvoneafl and
] are susceptible to varying degrees of
j>ower In electric currents. The
steering is thus made possible by a
J variation in tho amount of power
sent to tho torpedo.?From "Weird
I Feats of Wireless." in the August '
Technical Magazine. |
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1
! Cotton Hugging Sure to bo Taken Off
tho Kxompt List.
' I That cotton bagging, which was
J put on tho free list by the Senate,
, in hoi to remain unuuuanie, ik one J
" of the first predictions made in re-]
gard to the proposed action of the]
{ conference committee on the tarifT i
till! in Washington. The Mouse con*
^ forces contend that a number of
1 American manufacturers o f cotton
I baggiug would bo compelled to shut
down tf that mt'cle should remain
a on the free list, and it 1h said that
the Senate conferees will not need
" much urging to ugre? to return bagtt
ping to the dutiable list.
A IUSHONKST WATCHMAN.
Steals the Goods lit? Is Employed to
II Watch Over.
At Columbia on Friday C. C. Oard11
nor, night watchman at the stoam>
t>oat company's warehouse, was
it l)ound over to await trial at he Sop
ih | n uiiivi icriii ui touri <> 11 iijt' cnarge
?h of p.and larceuy. con
ly feared to taking a lnrgo n urn Inn* <f
articles from the warehouse. Ho
ii- had a walled up place In the river
hank, whore tho goods woro kept un10
til ho could transfer them to his
t- trunk. Claims wore received by tho
id steamboat for gooda allog?*d to be>
er lost, and this led to tho working up
of tho cose. Tho stolen articles ln\y
cludod shoes, bolts of cloth, shirts,
11- etc.
r
k, Drowned at Cincinnati.
es j A dispatch from Spartanburg last
ig Friday to Tho News and Courier pays
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Frleraon have Just
received a dispatch from Cincinnati
I. that their only child. Oeilvie. was
drownod In Cincinnati that afternoon,
while out fishing with somo relitlvcB.
The boat cftpsi*ed and others
were drowned. He woa a very bright,
Interesting hoy.
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Jos J. VanDykn, o locomotive fireman,
was drowa?Hl Tuesday night at
Laukey's u&tat.ortum, nt Anouuta.
He wont to the swimming pool with
a party of friends. He was a good
swimmer and dived from the spring
hoard to eoine "P no more. It was
not known that he was drowned until
ho waa in is teat by the party, who began
search immediately and found
hia body in tho bottom of the pond.
Ho is survived by seven children and
a wife. Miss Norman Vandyke, a
daughter, hud Just gone to Atlanta
for a visit, and hu? t U ! rA/1 A
. ..MM w \ *i ?t it ru IV
return homo at once.
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Kates $6 and up per week. Nn
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