The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 17, 1910, Image 4
f FIRES ON THIEF
A Yoong Woman Bravdy Defends Herself
Against a Burglar
SHE HEARS IN HER ROOM
The llurglar Said to the Young Woman
as She Woke from a Deep
Sleep, "You Keep Quiet or I Will
Shoot You," but Ho Was Shot by
Iter.
"Keep quit! or I will shoot you."
This, says the Charlotte Observer,
was the greeting that Miss Mabel
Clnnton received when she awoke u>
find a man in her room at her home
four miles south of the city >11 the
Yorkville road Wednesday night. The
burglary occurred about 11:30 and
only meager details could he secured
by telephone.
Miss Clanton is the daughter of
Mr. J. it. Clanton, a prominent citizen
of the county. She had retired
early and awoke to hear a noise in
the room. Upon rising ti a half
sitting posture, unable in the dark
room to ascertain if the midnight
intruder was white or black she was
greeted hv the threat to keep quiet. |
Retaining her presence of mind
Miss Clanton shot in the direction of
the voice and the intruder went out
of the window. The room was on
the second floor and she jumped up
at once and went to the window out
of which the man had gone. Upon
reaching the window she saw the
fleeing form and shot a^ain. She
states that she thought she hit the
man at the second shot.
On some vines toward tho rear of
tlie house a hat was found that was
dropped by the burglar in his (light..
Chief Christenbury was called at
once and in an automobile went to
one of the county convict camps and
procured bloodhounds, and a hunt J
was instituted for the intruder.
After the officers had been notified
an investigation was made in
the room where the man had been
and several rings and other pieces
of jewelry were found to be missing.
No estimate could be made at the
time as to the actual amount of
the loss. Every possible effort is
being made to apprehend the guilty
party. Much excitement prevailed
among the few people who were on
the streets and heard of the affair.
The officers arrived a few minutes
after midnight with the bounds,
the trip to the camp and return being
made in an automobile. An instant
investigation of the supposed
hat, brought to light the fact that
it was no hat at all but the heavy
hand-bag in which had boon placed
the several rings and other pieces
of jewelry, all of which were recovered.
The dogs were taken immediately
to the spot and leaped forth towards
the adjacent woods. Miss Clanton
stated to Chief Christenbury that she
was almost positive that she hit the
miscreant the second Hmn ?tm d???
She could not tell, however, whether
he was a negro or a white man In
the darkness.
When he leaped from the window
following the first discharge of the
pistol?an automatic .3 2 caliber?
he yelled either in fear or in pain.
L.eeper Springs, colored, was arrested
the next morning as a suspect,
charged with being implicated
In breaking into the Clanton home.
The dogs took up the trail and followed
it across the big road about
a quarter of a mile to Springs' cabin,
where they stopped and bayed.
The darkey was immediately taken
into custody. lie denied all complicity
and is hardly believed to have
been the principal in the affair. As
to whether or not he was waiting
outside oh watch is purely a matter
of surmise. Springs is said to
blear a good name.
QVAim KNOCK 101) DOWN.
Four Convict Prisoners Make Oood
Their Fscape.
On Wednesday at the clay pit,
three miles from Newborn, N. C.,
V. R. Wood, a guard, was struck
with a brick and knocked senseless
by one of the county convicts. His
gun was taken from him and four
out of the nine convicts at work
inn do t oi oonn 1K1 I ?l. I ' '
voi.dinT, iitniiiK me gun
with them. Wood soon recovered,
took the five remaining convicts hack
to the main force and reported
the escape. The convicts w re all
colored, most of them having long
terms to serve. The ofilcers have
made every effort to recapture them,
but at a late hour it is reported that
they arc making toward Wilmington.
Wood was only slightly hurt
and was on duty Wednesday afternoon.
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Heavily fined.
The Spartanburg .lournal says in
the police court of that city Thursday
morning George Dearman, a
well known young man about town,
was tried on 166 counts of violating
the whiskey ordinance and was found
guilty on each count and sentenced
to pay a fine of $100 in each case
or servo 30 days In each case, ills
fines aggregated $16,600, while the
prison sentence aggregated 4,980
days, or a little more than 14 years.
A CLEAN SWEEP
IS WHAT NOKTH C A KOI AN A DKM
OCKATS LOOK FOIL
In (ho Congressional Klcctions t
tVimo Oil' this Fall in the OL
i
North Stale.
The Washington correspondent o
tlie Charlotte Observer says gooi
news for Democrats comes to Wash
ington from North Carolina. Oti
of the most practical of politician
thinks that the eighth, as well a
the tenth and llfth will return to tli
Democratic camp.
In the last election Grant carrle<
iiu1 u*in ii ny o t> 1 iuajoriiy, wnnu *jo
the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, got it by only 2 111. Severn
of the counties, notably Runcoinbo
were torn by party strife. Most o
these, it is said, will be healed tliii
time. The warring factions in Hun
combe promise to do better.
The vote in the tenth district, bj
counties, should be, judging fron
the estimate of this man: Demo
emtio, Rutherford, 400; Runcoinbo
f>00; and Haywood, 7 00; and Republican,
Henderson, 1100; Swain, 2.70;
and Cherokee, 250; with McDowell,
Polk, Transylvania, Jackson, Clay
and Macon a stand off. This wool i
give the Democrats a majority by
80 0.
A merchant from Haywood comity,
while in Washington the o'h >r
| day on his way back from New York
said that bis county would give the
Democrats a majority of 800 :f
Gudger happened to be the candidate.
Others sav that Gudger would
not bo as strong as Cocke in 1 laywood.
as friends of Crawford do noi
enthuse over Gudger.
"What about the elsth?" the
Democratic prophet, was asked.
"That will go Democratic. Here
is the way I lino the counties: Democratic,
Stanley, 200; Cabarrus. 200;
Rowan, 800; Iredell, 800; and Alleghany,
200; and, Republican, Wi'kos,
1,200; and Watauga, 200; with Alexander,
Caldwell and Ashe breaking
even. This would give us 1,000
majority."
The prospects of carrying the Vth
have brightened recently fo- there
are several very eager Demon at s in
the field for the nomination. Walt"r
Murphy of Rowan thinks tht l he
lean win, and he is a pretty active
citizen in a campaign. L. C. Caldwell
of Iredell is certain of election
if he gets the nomination. It. L.
Houghton of Alleghany would wager
that ho can defeat Cowles or any
other Republican if ho is honored
by his own party. The contest for
the nomination is becoming more
spirited every day.
In the fifth the battle is on. My
informant and coach declares that
tho majorities will run as follows:
Democratic, Guilford, 1,000; Caswell,
r>00; Durham, 4 00; and Granville,
1,200; and, Republican, Surry,
000; and Stokes, 4 00, with Person,
Orange, Alamance, Forsyth and
Rockingham quitting even, giving
the Democrats about 2,3 00 to the
good.
YOI'THFUIj DIGAMIST.
Is Only Twenty-One Years of Age
Has Three Wives.
Tho first case takon up in the
Greenwood court last week was that
of the state against George H. Mose,
ley, charged with bigamy. The defendant
pleaded guilty and was given
a sentence of one year in the penitentiary.
This case is rather interesting
in view of the fact that the
young man is only twenty-one years
old and has been married three
times. He married the first time in
liotn'a Path, the second time at
Greenwood, and tho last time at
Ninety-Six, all of tho towns hoin^
in a radius of about twenty-six miles
Two of his wives were in court Monday;
but did not got the opportunity
to testify in view of the facl
that the defendant pleaded guilty
The minister who performed tin
ceremony in each case, was also pros
ent. <
Two Cruel Unites.
Two men were arrested at San An
tonio, Texas, charged with burnin;
a horse. It is alleged they threv
kerosene oil over the horse whib
tin y were intoxicated and sot fire t<
the old. The animal being turnei
loose, dashed thrjough tho street!
ablaze. The horse died. Hardin'
father was one of tho wltnesso
against his son.
Three Men Killed.
At Pittsburg, Pa., Thursday, thro<
j men wore killed and seven wort
seriously injured by the collapse n
a r>0-foot brick wall, left standing ai
the ruins of a fire which destroyer
the holt works of""M. Danz and Soni
on the. south side, early Tuesdaj
morning. Twenty workmen wer<
hurled in the debris, most of whon
were foreigners.
Killed by A(ito.
At Gary, Tnd., on Wednesday Alfred
l). Milteer, secretary of a realty
company of that city, was killed;
John Geisol, whoso home is at Wllmot,
Minn., was seriously hurt in an
automobile accident. Dr. B. E. Geisef,
a son of John Geisel, and Ora
McNiece, a chauffeur, were the two
j who received minor injuries.
" RICH AND RACY
?
Secretary Ballinger Dealt a Telling Blo\
by Arthur P. Davis.
(/
" TOLD DAMAGING STORY
f
(1 Says ()|)|M?kc(I 1'uhlieit;
Iturenu, and Wanted Kestoratioi
e
K Made Quietly So as \ot to lCxciti
8
H Public Attention?Also Suys llul
j linger Deceived Tuft About It.
K Arthur P. Davis, chief engineer o
j the reclamation service, testified be
fore the Itallingor-Pinchot investiga
f ting committee tiiat in preparing
* lists of lands to be restored to the
- public domain by Secretary Palliager,
lie felt that he was acting undet
' mandatory orders from the secretary,
i These lands had been withdrawn,
tho witness said, by Former Score
. tary Garfield for conservation of wa
ter power sites, liallinger, according
to Mr. Davis, repeatedly gave verbal
, orders that the lands so withdrawn
should be prepared for restoration,
and that their withdrawal had been
in direct violation of law and could
not be sustained. No written orders,
however, were ever issued.
Mr. Davis let it be known that he
took the stand reluctantly and declared
ho (lid not wish to testify
unless specifically directed to do so
by the committee. Chairman Nelson
told him he had been officially summoned
and would have to give any
information he had. Mr. Davis is an
elderly man, who has been in reclamation
work for more than twenty
years, lie accompanied Mr. Tuft,
then president-elect, to Panama' in
.January; 1909, as a member of tin?
board of constructing engineeers on
the canal works.
Mr. Davis thought the (Jarfi 1(1 plan
of making wholesale wlthdrn vils
which could be pared down by subsequent
cxc.ni.nation was prei'e'able
to the Ballipgcr plan of reato.* n.; all
the lands and later rewithdr i v.ug
the small**-' a." as actually nece.isarj
for power s 1 c o purposes ?1? though*'
the first method a better protection
i of the government's Interest. Of an
interview he had with Secretary Hallinger
in Washington on the evening
of March 17, 190t>, the witness said:
"The secretary telephoned me to
' come to his hotel. We talked Logetucr
for two hours. Me criticized the
past conduct of the reclamation ser'
vice and said th->i the withdraws,
s of the large areas was illegal. lie
said that there were many settlers
' on lands in the west who ha t neon
promised water and had nothing
hut the promises to live on. ll.? cnl
icized our system of 'force ac ;<Mints,
or the direct employment of labor,
. and said we ought to -v.i t everything
done by contract.
I "Ho criticised our publicity bu:
ream I told him that it was for the
i purpose of disseminating information
as to various projects, that It
saved the time of officers and prevented
inaccuracy in newspaper* accounts.
He criticized what ho torm^
ed our oppression of contractors and
said he had heard much complaint on
that score. I told him I was entirely
responsible for any oppression,
but that 1 had always tried to dc
^ justice to them.
"1 defended all the things he crlt.
icisod to the best of my ability.
l Mr. Ballinger didn't show any great
familiarity with the work of the service.
Ho seemed interested in all
I said and when I was through he
declared that the matter looked better
to him. He said he wanted mo
i to help him g t acquainted with the
t work and 1 promised to do so."
Mr. Davis did not know that Mr.
r Ballinger had previously gone over
those matters with Mr. Newall, who
. was Davis' superior. He said that
. Mr. Ballinger expressed lack of eont
tld<nee in Mr. Newall.
"What impression did Mr. Ballin3
ger's comment on the power site
. withdrawals leave with you?" Mr.
t Pepper asked.
"He spoke as though a groat crime
had been committed by those withdrawals.
1 said that the land could
, be readily restored and that no very
great harm could be done. lie askn
ed specifically if I could segregate
3 the withdrawals made for conservaI
tion of power from the others. 1
said I could. He told me to go
ahead but that he didnt care to have
y it done suddenly."
Didn't Mr. Ballinger say ho wanted
it done slowly so as not to attract
public attention?"
"Y< s. that is mv recollection."
Mr. Davis said that Mr. Ballinger
in speaking of bis intention to re**
store the lands did not say anything
s about a purpose of re-withdrawal.
' When Mr. Newell claimed that the
* withdrawals had been made under
' the supervisory power of the secre?
tary, Mr. Balling r said the secretary
1 did not have such power. Mr. Davis
reiterated that every time he talked
nrttU Vf i? -i * ' ?
...... ..... uaiuuK?r hmuui ino restoration
ho gained an impression that
- the orders would he issued in writ'
ing. The witness understood, although
no written order was issued,
that he was carry out a mandatory
order in preparing the list for restor
ation.
"I also got the impression," said
Mr. Davis, "that as to the legality of
the withdrawals, he (Mr. Ballinger).
CALLS CCKVIKIION
FAUMKHS TO MKKT TO PLAN
V
FOH CAMPAIGN.
Farmers Propose to See That Ijegistors
lleed Their Denuuids in the
Future.
President Charles S. Barrett of
the National Farmers' Union has
i called a national convention of (arm*
c-rs at the Coliseum at St. Louis to
l* continue in session from May 3 to 4.
It is to discuss needed national
and State legislation and to establish
bureaus at different capitals to
see that the demands of the farmer
' are heard, and to devise some means
. of making the farm more attractive
in order that tho proposed solution
of tho economic problems of today?
' "back to tho farm" may be made
possible.
President Barrett in his call says:
"This will be a national mass meeting
for farmers unparalleled in
' scope, probably in importance, undoubtedly
in attendance, in the history
of America. I invite not only
overy member of our organization,
but also all agricultural organizations
and all American farmers without
regard to location or organization.
"Throughout tho present session
of congress the farmers' union lias
maintained a legislative bureau at
Washington. This bureau is preparing
a report in which the status of
legislation demanded and needed by
the farmer is sit forth. It will be
read at St. Louis.
"At no time in the history of the
nation has the farmer been the oh- |
.ioct of more solicitude to thoughtful
public men. From congress, from
every pulpit goes up the cry 'back
to tho land!' Expert students of
economics are warning us that unless
the lot of the farmer bo improved.
unless more of his number
ho kept on the farm, we shall soon
bo depending on foreign nations
for some of onr food. It is, therefore,
at this time that I invite the
farmers of America to join hau ls
brain and heart in a council which
shall thresh out issues close to the
life of the nation."
President Barrett says headquarters
will ho opened at once in St.
Louis.
UKLl) IT AM) SHOT.
Two Coal .Mine Paymasters Robbed
of Money.
Two paymasters of coal companies
were held up Thursday in different
sections of TO aster 11 Ohio and were
robbed of sums approximating
GOO, and as a result of the attacks,
one man is dead and another may
die. The country is much excited,
and bloodhounds are in use in an
x attempt to ferret out the highwaymen.
Edward McfTann, paymaster of the
Dexter Coal Company, and Robert
Pommering, and assistant, left Pittsburg,
Pa., for the mine of the company
at Brilliant, Ohio. They carried
in a satchel $4,000 the weekly
pay roll of the mine. This was secured
by tho robbers.
Hardly had the excitement quieted
when another hold-up was reported
from Zenesville. George Evans, aged
GO, paymaster of tho Muskingum
Coal company, was shot from ambush,
and relieved of $1,G00, the
weekly pay-roll of that company.
Husband and Wife, Tired of Life,
Take Poison Together.
Executing a death pact grim and
resolute, Dr. Charles C. Benson, ag. d
73 and his wife, Isahell, aged (17, ui
Philadelphia, sat opposite each o her
ai the breakfast table Sunday morning
and drained two glasses containing
poison, dying soon afterwards.
When the apartment was entered, the
doctor and his wife were found seated
face to face, with their heads
drooping. Two notes were left on
the table; one read: "My dear wife
and I decided that we do not wish
to longer live. We committed suicide."
|
Boat from (he Nina.
The United States cruiser Birmingham
put to sea Wednesday from
i Norfolk to pick up a lifeboat
,'rom the missing tug Nina, discovered
18 miles north of llog Island.
would take the matter up with the
attorney general. If ho did so, however,
I don't know of it."
Mr. Davis took especial care to
gaV "he thouffht Mr (lnrflftlfl'o
; drawals w re wise, and Mr. Itallingcr's
restorations were unwise. It
was not, however, for the reclamation
service to dicta to the policy of
the administration, and he did not
want the service to b used as n
"buffer" between those peoplo and
the interior department.
Mr. Davis sai l the reclamation service
had "mulitltndlnous enemies"
in the west. He though the people
in the west would favor the wholesale
withdrawals made by Secretary
Garfield if they had the matter fully
explained to them, and declared that
the "multitudinous enemies" were
"special interests" and people
who were trying to avoid proper
payments to the government.
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Agents?Pruett made $20 first day.
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Shine Up?Agents sell Electrified
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Daniel Scott, 271 Main St., Pokeepsle,
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For Sale?200 tons pea vine hay at
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Eden Watermelon Seed for Sale at
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iturai Teachers' Agency?Organized
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FIRES ON SLEEPING GUARD.
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tiiiard Returns Fire and Shoots Off
Convicts Arm. ^
There .was an exciting time at
Camden, N. C., Wednesday night.
About 9:30 o'clock the county jail
was set fire to from the interior and
before citizens could do more than
rescue tho four prisoners all the
woodwork of tho building was burned
to tho ground. The prisoners
were carried to the court house where
they were to remain for tho night
under guard of Deputy Sheriff Bailey
Cartwright and Charles Ether
idge, son of Sheriff Etheridge.
Eater in the night the guard fell '
asleep. One of the prisoners, Fred
Johnson, who had been sentenced
the day before to 12 months on the
roads, grabbed Etheridge's gun and
shot at close range at Cartwright.
Cartwright opened his eyes just in
time to get a view down the barrel
of the gun and when it discharged
ducked his head so that the shot
struck his hat, tearing the brim off.
lie picked up his gun and fired at
the negro, filling the negro's right
arm with buckshot and almost severing
it from his body.
legislator's Son Killed.
Meeting in the narrow hall of a
house at Gainesville, Ga., Friday afternoon,
both armed with pistols,
Robert G. Thompson shot and killed
John Mason. Thompson is a son of
n forr ir State Legislator.
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