The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 19, 1909, Image 3
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POOR BILL TAFT
The Wicked Hitchcock Said to
be Plotting to
> UNDO AlL HIS PLANS
To Rreak Solid South bj Giving
Weak Kneed Democrats a Chance
at the Republican Pie Counter fn
Exchange for Their Support of the
Taft Program.
President Taft'e well-directed efforts
in fixing his policy towards the
South are threatened with rupture
if not destruction as the result of
the political games being playod In
connection with the appointment of
census supervisors, says P. H. McO.,
the Washington correspondent of
The News and Courier.
He says up to a few days ago it
looked as though the appointments
to theee places would be made by
Director Durand, of the census bureau,
with the President's approval.
Now, however, it has been learned
that thA r?al nawar hpihltiH tho
throne is none other than Frank
H. Hitchcock, aided by the Republican
referee* from the various Democratic
States.
It has been known in Washington
for several days that so far as South
Carolina was concerned no appointment
as supervisors would be made
without the approval of John G.
Capers and Leumas Blalock, and
that In Virginia, another rock-ribbed
Democratic State, Congressman
Slemp and Alvah Martin would be
consulted before anything delluite
would be announced as to the appointments.
In addition to this it was learned
that Cecil Lyon, the head of the
Republican machine in Texas, has
been here for several days holding
conferences with Mr. Hitchcock and
that everything is now cut and dried
for naming at least ten Republican
supervisors in the Lone Star
State, which sends to Congress a
delegation of sixteen Democrats.
That at least ten of the sixteen supervisors
will ho Roniihllrftna in
practically settled, and It is possible
that even a greater division may be
made.
It is learned, too that Judge
Cpencer Adams, the recognized
4,boss" of North Carolina Republican
politics, has also been talking
over matters with Mr. Hitchcock.
When seen and asked what would be
done in a general way regarding
these appointments. Judge Adams
knew nothing about them except
what he had heard or read in the
newspapers, and hardly knew that
there was such a man as Frank
Hitchcock. But, being on to him,
1 it did not take Washington correspondents
who haunt the postoihce
department long to figure out just
what hla business might be here.
North Carolina has three Republican
members of Congress and seven
Democrats, and as President Taft
has already indicated that he would
appoint more euprvisora or tne latter
party In States like North Carolina,
Virginia, West Virginia and
Missouri, where there is a maraked
Republican tendency, it is probable
that in the division North Carolina
will get about six or seven Republicans
and throe or four Democrats.
Though Georgia has no Republicans
In Congress, It is understood
that six Republicans will be appointed
there, leaving room for five Democrats.
In Florida, Alabama and
other Southern States, where the
delegations are solidly Democratic,
and there is to be a supervisor for
the Congressional district, the division
will be made equally between
the Democrats and Republicans ex
cept that where there is an odd number
of Representatives the odd man
will be from the Republican ranks.
It is known that nothing can be
gained by the appointment of a few
Republican supervisors in any of
the Southern States, and in those
sections overwhelmingly Democratic
ft would probably be Mr. Taft's desire
to give the places to the Democrats,
but for the pressure coming
from the Hitchcock machine for a
division to be mado strictly along
party lines with most of the pie om
the Republican Bide and what may
be split to go to hungry Democrats.
These appointments are small
things within themselves, and it Is
known that Mr. Taft would gladly
let the Southern people have them,
but for the reasons just given, and
just here the Iniquitous work of the
ever-ready machine begins to be apparent.
The appointment of Republican
supervisors naturally means
the appointment of at least a llmltC
ed number of negroes, according to
Director Durand, as enumerators,
v and that Is just where many Southern
peoplo may part company with
Mr. Taft. The appointment of negroes
to office anywhere and under
the conditions?especially In the
South?savors strongly of carpetbag
tactics.
It seems?all things considered?
and especially with reference to the
Hitchcock manipulations, that Mr.
A FIEND HUNG
PAYS TI1K DKATH PENALTY FOR
HIS ATTKMPTED CHIME.
The Negro Who Attempted to Assault
a Young Lady Near Georgetown
Confessed IJefore Execution.
At Georgetown on Friday Alfred
ackson, alias "Slippery Joint," who
was convicted of an assault and an
attempt to commit criminal assault
uu ? youug wnue bcqooi leacner at
the special term of court which was
held on July 27, paid the death
penalty for his crime on the gallows,
in accordance with the sentence
which was passed upon him by
Judge John S. Wilson to hang on
August 13.
Jenkins, Just before leaving his
cell for the gallows, confessed his
crime, saying that he had had a
dream in which the Lord told him
to tell the truth before he died.
Jenkins up to this time had denied
that he was the guilty party and at
his trial he put up the plea of an
alibi.
While on the gallows he made no
statement regarding his crime, the
only thing he Bald being, "Lord have
mercy on my soul. The Lord is my
Shepherd. I shall not want."
His spiritual advisor, Rev. A. B.
Jackson, colored, made a prayer in
behalf of the condemned man on the
gallows. After the prayer Sheriff
Scurry asked Jenkins If he had anything
elso to say, to which he replied,
"No."
The sheriff sprung the trap at
9:3 1 o'clock and Jenkins hung for
sixteen and a half minutes before
life was pronounced extinct by Drs.
Olin Sawyer, Gaillard and Moorer.
Jenkins did not show any signs
of nervousness when ho walked up
the steps on the gallows except that
perspiration was streaming from his
face.
The execution passed ofT quietly
and his family took charge of the
body.
One of the witnesses of the execution
fainted when the trap was
sprung and was taken to the jail
house by the doctors, who were present
for attention.
SWEPT HY FLOOD.
Many Lives Lost anil Man* Ilnnse*
Aro Destroyed.
A dispatch from Monterey, Mexico,
aaye the Santa Catarlna River has
returned to Its banks, leaving a
score of desolation and destruction
in the southern part of the city.
Fourteen lives are known to have
been lost, and estimates place the
number as high as fifty. The exact
figures will never t>e known, as the
Barrio of San Lulslto, where most
of the damage occurred, Is Inhabited
by the poorer classes mostly, and
many occupied houses were washed
away. Over 600 houses have been
washed away In this one district, and
practically all those loft standing are
more or less damaged.
The people returned to the stricken
district a few days ago and spent
the time in cleaning the deposits of
mud from the houses. Many families
have lost all their possessions
and there is great suffering among
them. In the city proper several
houses caved in as a result of the
storm and tho damage all over the
city has been great.
Tho Monterey hath house was
flooded by rain. One man lost his
life in the swimming pool. Houses
throughout tho lower sections of the
city were inundated and the families
forced to move out. Tho electric
light plant was damaged, as
was' the ,power plant of the street
railway system. Tho rains continue
and another flood is expected in tho
Santa Catarlne.
END OF THE WORLD NEAR.
According to the "Holy Ghost and
Us Society.
The Holy Ghost and Us Sociotv
whoso principal base of operations
is at Shiloh, Me., has received advices
that the end of the wolrd is to
come at 10:20 a. m., Wednesday,
September 1.
The ltev. Frank Sandford, who
originated tno sect and calls Himself
"Elijah," says that this w'll
happen. The Holy Ghost and IJs
society at Shiloh is making preparations
to don the pure white robes,
pass to the housetops of their villages,
and there await the dread moment.
When it comes they expect to see
the sky fall, and the earth, moon,
and sun disappear, and they themselves
transplanted into the realms
of eternal bliss, whilo all others pass
into destruction. *
Taft's much-cherished hopes of uniting
the Southern people to him by
appointing only the best men to office,
irrespective of politics, are to be
dashed to destruction through the
work of the all-powerful machine.
P. H. McO.
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A FATAL FIGHT
A Gilted Lover and Brother
Killed Brothers
OF THE YOUNG LADY
The Dead Men's Father in Attempting
to Avenge Their Death by
Shooting Their Murderers Kills a
Man Fussing That Way by His
Wild Shooting.
j The Latin tomporamont Is ever
ready to fly to extremes, and, particularly
when Jealously supplies the
motive. Thus It was that the little
village of Genzano, near Home,,
Italy, was a few days ago provided
with all the elements of a lurid melodrama.
Evari&to Apennl was madly
enamored of a certain Esmeralda
Bernono, who, howevor, had given
her heart to Arturo Caroggl.
Between the Apennl and Bernonl
families a good deal of rancor had
arisen on this account, which had
hitherto only found expresson in
Bcowling looks and muttered threats.
Evaristo Apennl, boiling with
rage, undor the effects of a new
repulse by the enchanting Emeralda,
was walking through tho streets of
Gengano, In company with his
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uiuuiei, ouverio, wnen tney met
Achille and Cesaro Bernonl, brothers
of the fair enslaver, and tho latler's
father. A few brief but exasperating
wordB were exchanged,
and soon, long-bladed knives were
hissing through tho air. Tho two
Bernonis, on tho one side, and the
two Apennis on the other separated
for a brief moment to get breath,
and then fell to again with redoubled
vigor.
The second round was brief but
decisive. Hardly had tho preliminary
feints for advantage been exchanged
before tho Apennis' knives
struck homo and the Bernonis fell
to tho ground mortally wounded.
But tho battle was not yet over, for
a new combatant appeared on the
field.
This was tho B<ernonis' father,
who, maddened by the sight of his
two sons lying on the ground with
their life-blood ebbing away, pulled
out his revolver and fired two shots
at the Apennls.
Neither bullet took effect. Achille
Bernoni, however, although lying
wounded on the ground, had yet
sufficient strength left to enable him
to draw his revolver also. Four
times he pulled the trigger, and although
he missed his antagonist, one
of the shots struck a passer by,
Franoesso Valente, who was killed.
iMeanwhlle, on hearing the firing,
carabineers hurried to the spot, and
on their appearance the Apennls
took to flight. The father of the
Bernonis was arrested with the revolver
in his hand and his two sons
were taken to the hospital, where
they expired. After a brief chase
Saverio Apenni was caught by the
police, but so far Evaristo has eluded
the vigilance of his pursuers. *
RUN DOWN BY SURREY.
Rev. W. P. Jacobs Seriously Hurt In
Washington.
Refusing to be taken to the hospital,
although perhaps fatally Injured,
until the promise was made to
him that the person who Injured
him would not be arrested, Rev. William
P. Jacobs, a Presbyterian clergyman,
aged sixty, of Clinton, S. C.,
put the golden rulo of life, which
he has preached for many years, into
practice.
Mr. Jacobs, In Washington on a
sight-seeing trip, was run over on
Pennsylvania avenue Tuesday night
by a two-seated surrey.
"I do not want the driver prosecuted,"
said the mlnlstor, "as I know
It was not his fault."
Despite tho promlso of the police
to tho Injured man, however, the
driver was arrested. Mr. Jacobs
founded the Thornwell ornhnnafn nf
which ho is president. In charitable
work ho is known widely.
Tired of Life.
At McCamb, Ohio, the bodies of
Mrs. James H. Ititter, long in ill
health, and her year-old daughter,
were found in an abandoned well
by the woman's husband. The coroner
pronounced the case suicide.
The body of the baby was clasped
tightly in the mother's arms.
I/caps Into Well.
I Tuesday morning about daybreak
at her home, two-miles from Hull,
< In Madison county, Ga., Mrs. J. C.
Phillips took her life by first slashing
her wrist with a razor and then
Jumping head foremost Into a well
on tho lot.
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Shoot Forei>oiers to Death.
News from Bristol, Tenn., says
a shooting affray at Dant, Russell
county, Va., a few nights ago, causi
ed two foreigners to be killed.
Next to Investment tV\e wildest
gambler is speculation.
MAN UNDER THE BED
IIK REACHED OUT AND GUARDED
A LADY'S ANKLE.
The Itold and Daring Act of a Negro,
For Wfilch He Will Pay Very
Dearly.
Mrs. Iverna Hicks, who lives in
Marietta, Ga., returned homo at 4:30
o'clock Tuesday evening with her
two children and her brother-in-law,
Charley Hicks, a 12-year-old boy.
Her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
M. J. Horn, with whom she and her
husband live, were away and the
house was empty.
The Atlanta Journal says Mrs.
Hicks entered and went Into one of
the downstairs bedrooms. She deposited
some bundles on a chair she
carried and then walked over to
the bed In one corner and began to
take off her hat. As she was doing
so a negro reached out from under
the bed and caught her by the ankle.
She tried to Jerk loose, but the
negro held her tightly. She screamed
and the little boy screamed also.
Their cries frightened the negro,
who loosed his hold on Mrs.
Hicks and .began to scramble from
under the bed.
She herself picked up her two
children and ran toward the front
of the house. The little boy, however,
ran toward the back of the
house, but found tho back door locked.
Ho tried to climb through a
window, but he could only get partly
across tho sill.
The negro, too, ran toward the
back of the house and being unable
to get through the door, turned
to the window. lie brushed tho
boy out of the way and crawled
through tho window and to the
ground.
Possles were quickly formed and
search for the negro begun. Every
negro who In any way ansewered
the description furnished was arrested.
About 2:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning a negro 19 or 20 years
old, named Alvln Gibson, was arrested
at a negro suburb of Marietta
known as Louisville.
The boy Identified this negro and
tho officers are sure that ho Is the
one by whom Mrs. Hicks was attacked.
She herself saw only tho
back of the head of the negro who
Rfkl hor and la imnKIn on.. ".* ??
Mv ? uuuuiu K.VJ Dttjr YTUat
was his appearance. The little boy,
however, got a good look at the negro
when the latter pushed him from
the window.
He says that the one now under
arrest is exactly like the assailant of
Mrs. Hicks, even to a peculiar tear
in his overalls. It has been found,
too, that the shoos of this negro fit
exactly into the impressions made
by Mrs. Hicks' assailant In a plot of
soft earth when ho Jumped from the
rear window. He is being held for
trial.
Mrs. Illcks is unhurt, save for a
nervous shock from fright. She Is
the wife of Will Hicks, a fireman
on the W. & A. road. Mr. Hicks
was on his run at the timo his wife
was attacked by tho negro. *
WOMAN FINDS SNAKE IN BED.
Was Awakened by Reptile Crawling
Over Her Face.
Mrs. John McKnlght of Shartlesville,
Pa., had an experience with a
black snake which she Is not likely
to forget for some time. The family
retired as usual and when Mrs.
McKnlght had been In bed but a
short time she heard a peculiar
noise back of her pillow.
Thinking It was an Insect of some
kind she thought no more of the
matter and went to sleep. She had
just fallen into a doze when she
felt a peculiar sensation on her face.
Reaching up to her forehead she
was horrified to find a snako crawling
over her face.
Grabbing It, with a shriek sho
hurled the reptile acrose the room.
Arising, she found the snake lying
In n fftrnnr r\ f Um rnnm a r? .1 Mlln/l
? VWI ??vy 4 V* V41W 1 VUJlt mill r\ 1 1 1UH
it with a cane. The snake measured
threo feet, four IncheB in
length.
Pellagra at Durham.
A report from Durham, N. C.,
says an epidemic of pellagra resulted
in the fifth death thero a few
days ago, that of Mrs. D. C. Mitchell,
a native Georgian, and the wife
of an extensive lumber dealer.
Physicians are not able to assign
any cause for tho disease. Thero
have been eight deaths from pellagra
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| in i/ui nam unu ttujaut'iu tuiriiury. ^ j
Towbont Capsizes.
Tho naval tug Zenlnscot, from
Portsmouth to Boston, capsized off
Cape Ann early Wednesday. Several
of her crew were drowned. The second
oflicer, tho captain's wife, her
little hoy and four of the crew were
landed on the tug's boat. The captain,
surgeon, engineer and three
other members of the crew, who took
a raft, were blown off shore. They
were rescued later.
DIED A HERO
Brave Engineer, Fatally Hurt
Told Rescuers
TO ATTEND OTHERS
Paoeengers who W?re in Bristol
Wreck Tell Graphic Story of the
Bravery of Engineer BunIi, Who
Was Fatally Hurt In the Accident
That Wrecked Hit# Train.
Passengers who were on the
Southern train wreckod near Bristol,
Va., Thursday eventing arrived at
Atlanta Friday night, bringing de~
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laiio vi iuu urayory 01 engineer
Samuel Dush, of Knoxvllle, who died
Friday as a result of his Injuries.
Ilush was slowly and painfully
working hLs way out of the wreck
of his engine, scalded and frightfully
brulsod, when the fow passengers
who retained their senses,
dug Into the mass of twisted and
burning Iron to meet him.
He was lifted out upon the ground
and a hurried call for physicians
resulted In the discovery that there
was not a doctor on the train.
As the passongers began a hunt
for whiskey to stimulate him and
were breaking open suit cases In
their search, Bush asked for a last
look at his old engine, as boneless
a wreck as was Its engineer.
When they came to lilm with the
liquor, ho begged them to look after
the comfort of the passengers. Told
that no passengers had been Injured,
ho said:
"That's good. Rut before T take
this whiskey, I want you men to
smell my breath and testify, If need
be, that I had not been drinking
when this happened."
Although suffering horrlblo agonies,
the bravo engineer would not
tounch the stimulant until four of
the men had smelled his breath and
promised to bear witness to his sobriety.
"All an engineer has Is his record,"
he said feebly, "and he cannot
afford to havo anything against
that." And Engineer Rush went out
upon his last run with his record
spotless.
Engineer Rush was a native of
Bedford county, Virginia, being a
member of an old and widely known
family in that soctlon of the State.
IIo had been In the sorvloe of the
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uw^vuuiu 1VU1L nuj 1UI UIUI O man
thirty years. He leavoe an eitate
valued at $106,000.
KLKPHANT SHARK CAUGHT.
Fishermen Have Exciting Rattle
With Rig Fish.
A shark of the elephant species,
said to be tho largest ever caught
niong the Jersey coast, 's on exhibition
In n Long Branch, N. J. shop.
It Is twelve #eet long and weighs
1,000 pounds. It was capture 1 off
Long Branch by a fishing crew after
a x icious battle.
' no Bnaru., wnicn is or the vnaneatlng
variety and with a reputation
for combatlveness, was feasting In
a school of mackerel when the fishermen
ppeared him. For a half
hour the monster towed the fishermen's
boat around the ocean before
ho was subdued with hooks and
prongs.
The presence of this shark has
intimidated many of the bathers
along tho Jersey coast who fear that
It may be a forerunner of many others.
8TAKK ALL OX CHANCE.
Two Greenville Cundidatce Will
Draw for Office.
Two candidates In Greenville who
tied In tho election for aldomen have
hit on a novel way to decide who
shall hare tho office. A dispatch
from Greenville says: "The city
Democratic committee found that C. ;
II. Webb and W. T. Bull, candidates
for aldermen from the first ward,
had each 718 votes. The committee
will meet again this morning and
take up the matter of tho challenge
voters. If tho result is not changed,
tho names of the two candidates will
bo placed in a hat and a boy not
over ten years of age will draw out
the one who is to represent tho ward
in tho council. It Is a stato of af
limn never seen nero oeroro." This
will gave tho trouble of holding
another election.
Commits Suicide.
Henry P. Plunkett, a Franklin
county, Virginia, farmer, committed
suicide by hanging himself from a
tree in his orchard Wednesday afternoon.
His body was found by a
son. Ho leaves a widow and ten
children.
Said to !>o Living.
A negro boy for whoso murder a
white man of Edgefield has been
arrest Is said to be still alive and
living In Aiken county.
EIGHT MEN KILLED
ANI> FIFTY OTHERS INJURED DC
A RAILROAD WRECK.
The Four Hundred Pwwcngen Wen
Thrown Into Indescribable Ooo>
fusion by the Crash.
Eight are dead and fifty Injured,
some fatally, as a result of a headon
collision between train No. 8,
northbound, and train No. 1, Southbound.
on tho Denver and Ulo
Grando at Hnsted. 13 miles north of
Colorado Springs, Col., Saturday
morning
The trains, both running at terrific
speed, met on a curve and their
crews had no opportunity to avert
the collision. Train No. 8, drawu
by two onginos, telescoped the baggage
car and smoker of No. 1, and
all three engines went Into the ditch.
With more than 400 passengers on
the two trains, the excitement following
the accident was indescribable.
All the passengers wers
thrown in a screaming mass on the
floors of the cars and many were
hurt in the stampede to escape. The
unhurt rushed to the aid of the Injured.
hilt nn orroof
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slou that it required half an hour
to clear the cars, which were enveloped
In clouds of steam from th?
engines.
It is said that tho officials of the
road place tho blame of tho wreck
upon tho crew of train No. 8, who
were ordered to moot No. 1, at Hubted.
It is claimed tho crew mistook
a switch englno and cars for
No. 1 and believed tho track was
clear.
Tho following aro among tho
dead:
Frank M. Frederick, St. Louis.
C. S. Brown, Jerrlco Springs, Mo.
J. A. Goseage, 1 lusted, Col., fireman
No. 8.
F. E. Barkens, Colorado Springs,
Col.
.1. E. Parker, Denver.
J. It. Parker, Chicago.
Two unidentified men.
DOCTOR RUNS AWAY.
Gnvo Patient Chloroform and II*
Dies at Once.
Tho sudden and excited departue
of Dr. Philip Sussman from tho
apartment of Mrs. Abranam ^.azercwitz,
in tho East Side tenement, NewYork,
before daylight Wednesday,
was explained later by tho doctor to
Coroner Harburger as being occasioned
by his fear that the woman
and her family would attack him
when they learned of the death of
their sixteen-year-old son, whom the
doctor was attending.
Dr. Sussman was called to ner
form an operation on the boy's knee
and to do bo he said that he had
administered chloroform. Before he
was ready to operate, however, he
discovered that the boy had died
while under the influence of the
chloroform.
"I know how excited those families
become on such an occasion,"
the doctor is reported to have told
the coroner, "and I left the house,
telling the mother that I was going
for my instruments. Had I remained
there until they discovered that
ho was dead they and tho neighbors
would have mobbed mo."
When tho doctor did not return to
the house in half an hour tho mother
discovered that her son was dead
and called tho police. Tho coroner
will hold an Inniiesf
COTTON IN IIAI) 8IIAPH.
So Says The Now Orleans Tirae#Democrat
Itoport.
Tho New Orleans Timos-Democrat
in its summary of the cotton crop
conditions says:
"In Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Tennessee improvement
has been the rule.
"North Carolina as a whole shows
no complete change, but there hats
been a distinct loss in South Carolina.
In Texas and Oklahoma there
has been serious deterioration and
the situation is serious.
"There is complaint of boll weevil
in some districts but the dam
age can not bo estimated at thhi
time.
"The crop is very spotted and la
peculiarly subject to unfavorable
conditions."
Fell From Third Story.
Arthur Bleakley, one of tho leadng
dry goods merchants of Augusta,
(la., fell from a window of his flat,
third story, over his store, to the
sidewalk Friday morning about 1
o'clock, suffering a broken leg and
other injuries. IIo died Friday
night at a local hospital. Death
resulted from shock.
| Accused of Terrible Crime
Grover Henderson, a young man
who lives In the Ezells section of
Cherokee county, was committed to
Jail by Magistrate Scruggs, of Morgan
Township, charged with an attempt
criminal assault upon the
person of a young married woman In
^ the upper part of the county.
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