The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 07, 1910, Image 6
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THREE ARE DEAD
Aid Oae Seriously Hart as Result of the
Wrecking of a Balloon
OYER THE BALTIC SEA
Those Who Went Up in the Airship,
Which Met With Several Serious
Accidents, Were lladly Injured Hefore
Itcine Precipitated from Very
Great Heights.
The German balloon Pommern,
which made an ascension at Stetlln,
" - German, Sunday afternoon, met with
a series of accidents, which ended in
a disaster under most tragic circumstances
in the Baltic Sea. Three men
lost their lives, including the Radical
member of tho Reichstag, Vomer
Hugo Delbrueck.
Hugo DelbUreck.
ber of the party wore drowned, a
third occupant of the car was picked
up unconscious and died of his
injuries, while the fourth was rescued
in a serious condition.
The Pommern, carrying Delbureck,
who was acting as pilot; a banker,
Herr Sommelhardt; an architect,
Herr Benden, and a man named
Hein, ascended early in the afternoon
at the gas works. The wind at
the time was blowing a hurricane
and the Pommern broke away before
she was completely ballasted.
A chapter of accidents began immediately.
The balloon collided with
telegraph wires, which broke, almost
overturning the basket. It
?k/\ rvf 0 nnhrh.
iuoa uasut'u imu tuu luum ui <*
boring factory, destroying tho smokestack.
With tho basket swaying
wildly, and half of Its ropes cut, the
balloon soared to a great altitude
and disappeared in the clouds at a
terrific speed.
Thousands of on-lookers, including
a detatchment of military, which
had assisted in the ascent, ran along
the roads expecting! the basket to
break away. The balloon, however,
was not seen again until it reached
Swinemunde, thirty-six miles northwest
of Stettin, over which it passed,
at a height of 6,000 feet, in the
direction of the sea.
Tugs followed in its track, and one
of them which had out-distanced the
others, was almost directly under it,
when suddenly tho balloon fell into
the sea. The tug steamed to the
apot quickly, but the work of rescue
was difficut. Already Delbareck
and Benduhen had disappeared, but
Sommelhard and Hein were clinging
to the ropes, and they were dragged
aboard the vessel.
(Describing their terrible experiences,
Herr Sommelhardt, when he had
?^ somewhat revived, said:
"Our collision with the telegraph
> lines and the factory roof had the
most horrible consequences. Delbureck
sustained a broken leg and a
sever injury of the head. Benduhen
had an arm and leg fractured. Hein
received bad concusioas of the head.
I was knocked senseless, but recovered
in a moment to find that I
had a crushed knee and chest. The
net work around the envelope was
torn in such a manner that we fear
ed every second the gas bag would
slip out, and we wtould crash down
to the earth from a height of six
thousand feet, to which we had asrr
cended like a flash.
"Delbrueck, in spite of his awful
condition, vainly endeavored to open
the valve, which had become entangled.
We knew not what to do, but
merely awaited our fate." *
GAYNOR FOR PRESIDENT.
A Rich Texas Republican Declares
That He Can Win.
"People down in Texas are backing
Mayor Gaynor as the logical candidate
for the Presidency in 1912,
and although I am a Republican, I
agree with them." This was the
declaration of Edward H. R. Green,
former Republican national committeeman
from Texas, in an interview
at New York Thursday. Mr. Green
is a son of Mrs. Hetty Green, and
president of the Texao Midland. Mr.
Green declares that the Republican
party is hopelessly divided, and he
predicts success for the Democrats
^ at the next election.
W llil. /I1..I
r?u?n5 ijiiik; uin.
Florence Holllday, alias Kate
Vaughn, wanted In Golston, N. C.,
for kindnapping Lizzie Wilkie, a 13year-old
white girl, was arrested at
Fayetteville Friday. After the arrest,
which waa made as a result of
a telephone massage from (Joldston,
It was learned that the woman was
formerly a notorious resident of the ,
^ city. Roth will be held awaiting the
i arrival of the child's father. *
SUBSCi
V
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WILL MAKE EIGHT
REPUBLICANS WILL PUT OUT A
TICKET THIS FALL.
The Nejcro Is to Be Eliminated and
Only White Men Will Be Put up
for Office.
"We will put out in each of the
seven congressional districts in South
Carolina a high class candidate on
me Republican ticket; one who will
appeal to the business interests and
will make a decent run against the
nominees of the Democratic party,"
remarked John G. Capers, national
committeeman of the Republican party
from this state and at present living
at Washington, while on a recent
visit to Columbia.
The State says there was a conference
in Columbia on Saturday, among
about thirty-live prominent white
members of the Republican party, including
Little, Clinton; Webster, Orangeburg;
Huggins, Columbia; Gettys.
Blacksburg; Page, Landruin;
Scott, Jonesville; McCravey, Laurens;
Rion, Winnsboro; Leaphart,
Lexington; Floyd, Spatranburg; Kester,
Gaffney.
Former Postmaster John W. Dunocant
of Chester, who used to take
active part in some of the l>eas
State conventions, and I. H. Harris,
Republican, or Yorkville, were also
present at the conference.
The conference lasted a considerable
part of the day and all sides of
the situation were discussed with the
final understanding that in every district
some prominent man who ha:i
had Republican leanings or is at
present a member of the party will
be brought out in each district to
oppose the Democratic nominees.
"Since there has been considerable
talk alKHit President Taft making an
effort to split the solid South, did
the president have anything to do
with this?" Mr. Capers was asked.
"Not a thing," was the reply. "We
have had the matter under consideration
for some time, and ?.\lr. Taft
knows nothing of the present conference.
Of course, in a general way
the Republican leaders in Washington
have often talked over the situation
in the South and expressed the
opinion that there were many in this
section who would be glad to vote
the Republican ticket if the candidate
is one in whom they have confidence.
"We want to make it plain that
we will not interfere in any way in
local or State affairs. Wte will not
put out at any time a candidate for
United States senator, even when the
terms of the incumbents expire. But
we will make a strong fight in each
congressional district."
Mr. Capers said that there was no
fight to be made on Maj. Micah Jenkins,
who is the collector of internal
revenue and has served satisfactorily
since his appointment by Roosevelt.
He did state, however, that he favored
Leumas Blalock for the position.
With the statement that the l>e_
publicans would make a fight for
control of the congressional districts,
there is considerable speculation as
to the elimination of the negro from
the situation. The fact that Mr.
Capers has stated so emphatically
i that prominent business men would
j be put up probably means an end to
j the farcial contests before the conI
gressional committee each year for
the seats of the various Democratic
congressmen. *
KILLH1) IN A KKSOKT.
A Worthless Female at the Bottom
of the Homicide.
At Washington, I). C., Samuel G.
Tayloe, a member of a prominent
family, was shot and killed in a resort
on the outskirts of that place
Thursday night. Five shots were
fired by Carl Kelly, all entering the
body of Tayloe. Tayloe, on being
shot, sharted to make his way to a
hospital, but fell and died before
reaching it.
Kelly left the scene of the shooting
in great haste and was chased
by a posse with dogs. Automobiles
also joined in the pursuit. Kelly
made his escape, but later telephoned
the sheriff from his residence in
the city. A strong guard was placed
about the jail after Kelly had been
lodged therein, as excitement was
intense. The cause of the killing
has not been ascertained, but it is
said that a woman was at the bottom
of it. Actinir on f)rdor? frr?r?i
Governor Kitchin, a company of National
Guards is on duty to prevent
the lynching of Carl Kelly. *
Tillman Improving.
At Atlanta Senator B. R. Tillman
is rapidly regaining his health. The
8* nator is taking the "rest cure" at
a local sanitarium. The Senator's
friends are pleased to know that he
is improving.
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AWFUL THINGS
4
Predicted From the Tail of the Cenet
That Will Visit Us Som.
DEATH TO ALL LIVING
, Antiiuls, Human and lleast, Is to be
the lMreful Consequence** of the
Vtottation of the Harmless Little
Wandering Star, Says an Rxcitcd
Georgia Prophet.
Some chemist has declared that
the comet's tail is going to give our
earth a slap Ui the face and fill our
atmosphere with the poisonous gas,
with destructive effects upon human
and animal life.
One K. K. L. Evans, of Thompson,
Ga., who is neither an astronomer
nor a chemist, accepts the statement,
and writes to the Atlanta Journal
under a recent date concerning the
syanogen gas, and finds a special
prophecy to suit the occasion in the
New Testament Hook of Revelations,
chapter VIII, verses 10 and 12. The
chapter portrays ui>on the grand celestial
stage of the universe one of
the most unspeakable and magniflcieutly
dramatic scenes that can be
.magined, thus:
"And I saw the seven angels which
stood before God; and to them were
given seven trumpets.
"And another angel came and
stood at the altar, having censer;
and there was given to him much
incense that ho should offer it with
the prayers of all saints upon the
golden altar which was before the
throne.
"And the smoko of the incense
which Come with the nrnveru th??
saints ascended up before Go.i out 1
of the angel's hand. ^
"And the. angel took tho censer 1
and filled it with fire of tho alter, 1
and cast it intovttfe earth; and'there H
were voices, and thunderbolts, and
lightnings, and an earthquake. J
"And tho seven angels which had r
the seven trumphets prepared them- v
selves to sound." a
Here follows an account of tho 11
frightful catastrophes that were Im- 1
mediately visited upon the earth and s
its inhabitants, a single terrible vlsi- v
itation following the trumphet blast.
The terrific calamity which the Georgia
predictor identifies with the slap
our earth is to get from the tail of i
Halley's cornet follows tho trumpet
blast of the third angel. The sacred
text continues.
"And tho third angel sounded,
and there fell a great star from 0
heaven, burning as it were a lamp, '
and it foil upon the third part of c
the rivers and upon the fountains of *
water; and the name of the star is 3
called Wormwood; and the third a
part of the waters became worm- 3
wood, and many died of the waters 1
because they were made bitter." 1
It is to be noted, according to *
tho sacred text of this wonderful and ^
to us incomprehensible vision of St. 1
John, the beloved apostle, that the c
sounding of each of the seven trum- 1
pets is to be the precursor of the s
uost frightful occurrences, the 1
seventh trumphet being followed by *
tho end of all things earthly, and
the grand consummation of the ages.
Yet for some reason wholly his own,
the Georgia predictor has chosen to i
identify the star Wormwood with the f
comet which we are expecting in a \
few weeks honno ii? on,,...
,.v/..v,v/. ? iv at* J o <
"The majority of the Christian >
world believes in the Bible, and if c
they do, then they must believe all 1
of it, or none, and the Hible says n
distinctly that when the third angle t
blows his trumpet, Wormwood (Ilal- ley's
comet) will destroy one-third r
of what is on the earth. Literally 1
this is true, for when the first and 3
second angels blow their trumpets s
the other two thirds of the earth n
will be destroyed of all living ani- f
ma Is. v
"In my opinion Wormwood is Hal- c
ley's comet, and it is only a matter c
of time when we will come through i
the tail of it and the animal life t
j will be killed on earth. This May, I t
do not think, is the time for this to j
occur because there are so many
things that will take place before an- "
lmal life is being killed. The South s
Pole is yet to bo discovered. The d
air is to bo full of airships; the c
Eastern war to take place; the Hi- 1
ble to be known in all parts of >
the world; electricity to be more s
utilized, and when all these things i
have come to pass, then we will go
through the tail of Halley's comet d
and the prophecy will be fulfilled t
as wo read in Revelation." c
The tone of confidence and the air s
of assurance with which this self- r
appointed prophet predicts the most t
dreadful catastrophes to our earth c
and to us are almost ridiculous, as c
A.. -- A A ? '
in -y are uuerauiy absurt. In the j t
course of the celestial panorama ' c
I and the titantlc drama in which the t
W TO
DEAF TO PLEA OF MERCY
A MERCHANT CIU'ELIjY SLAVS A
MILL OPERATIVE.
The Slayer Flrrs Two RiMe Ralls Into
His Victim, While He Regs for
H is ife.
At half-past 11 o'clock 011 Sunday
at Hoberdel, No. 2, a mill village
near Rockingham, N. C., Pearl BruLon
shot and killed Oscar Williams
after beating him terribly with a
?hair. Williams lived but a few
ninutes after being shot.
Hruton keeps a store on the main
street of the village. On Saturday
light an altercation occurred between
vim and B. 8. Harris, a resident of
:he place, and Ilruton used a chair
>n Harris in return for some foul
lames Harris had called him.
tit seems that Hruton had been
jothered with requests to go to his
itoro on Sunday and sell drinks.
Sunday morning Oscar Williams
latne to Bruton's house, which is
right near the store. When Hruton
same to the door he said, "You come
lore to raise a fuss with me at my
tiouse."
'Williams denied this and said he
:>nly wanted to see Hruton. Hruton
;ursed him and said he would put
lis light out, and grabbing a heavy
ihair broke it in pieces over Wiliam's
body. Williams staggered into
.toe street to got out of the way of
Hruton, but Hruton ran Into the
louse, and came out in a moment
ivith a Winchester rille.
Williams seeing the gun, begged
1I111 not to shoot and turned and
itarted to run. Hruton then fired
wo or three times, and Williams
ell across the street, pierced by two
Millets. One entered his back and
:ame out through his chest; the otb?r
entered near the hip and went
hrough and lodged in tho abdomen.
The first bullet was easily taken out
>ut the other was not recovered. Wiliams
was dead In about five minutes
ifter being shot.
Hruton was arrested and lodged in
ail. Ho and Williams are both young
lien, and leave families. Williams
vas a small man of medium height
md weight. Besides the two wounds
nade by the bullets there were many
truises alKMit the head, neck and
houlders as a result of the beating
kith the chair.
IJAHOH I'AKTY TALK.
Trade Union Prepare to Carry Fight
to the Polls.
The first formal move toward the
organization of a Labor party in
'ennsylvania was made in Luzerne
ounty when the State Federation of
jabor met lii WHkes-Uarre. The
ame convention that decided against
i state-wide strike because of tlie
treet car strike in Philadelphia, peitloned
the courts to allow them to
ise the name "The Federated Labor
3arty" on county ballots this fall,
limilar steps will be taken in all
lie counties of the state and a state
>onvention held in the summer will
tamo labor candidates for the state
lenates, the state house of represonatives
and the United States confess.
Tree Fell 011 llim.
A most distressing accident hap)ened
Saturday on the Nicholson
arm, ahout two miles from StatesMllo,
N. C., where Messrs. Adderholdt
ind Dlshman were cutting trees. A '
'oung man, Lawrence May, was
taught beneath a falling tree and
>adly crushed about the head, chest
lnd shoulders. No hopes are enteralncd
for his recovery.
ingels of the Lord are working his ;
Vlmighty will upon this earth of ours
md its doomed Inhabitants, it is
trange that while many blazing stars
ire represented as falling from heavm,
he should have chosen "Wormvood"
to represent the well-known
omet which has harmlessly visited
>ur skies nearly one hundred times
n the era embraced in Human hisory,
with no warrant whatever save
he guesses of pseudo-scientists to
uatify any belief in its host lies.
Fortunately, however, the Georgia
'cracker" predictor gives us a repite
until the South Pole shall be
li8Covered, aviation shall be as much
?f any everyday business as autodling,
the Kastorn war with Gog and
rtagog shall he fought, electricity
hall be fully understood and utilized
ind the Bible known in every land.
Truly, we can be thankful for this
lelay of the consummation of all
hlngs, but we can rest with greater
onftdence upon the assurance of the
cientists, that already our earth has
nore than once passed through the
ail of Halley's comet without reviving
the slightest harm and wlthmt
the occurrence being known save
hrough scientific observation. Wo
:an rest with some confidence upon '
he conditions so represented. *
THE HOI
SURE TO COME
French Admiral Predicts Terriffic Struggle
in New Future.
INVOLVES ALL NATIONS
Tlio War Will lie Commenced by the
I'uit.wl * *
- ?... u ohu ?II|NIU 1(1 M
Quanvl Over China, and Will ho
Moat Direful in its Far flenching
Consequences.
The memoirs of Vice Admiral
Founder, commander of tho Mediterranean
squadron of the French
navy, in which he discussed particularly
the possibility of ft war between
the United States and Japan
and the resultant danger of dragging
all Europe into a terrlflrt court
let, have Just been Issued in book
form at Paris. Tho memoirs have
caused something of a sensation in
political and diplomatic circles.
Admiral Founder accords the star
role on the stage of international
politics to the German Kmperor, not
only in . Europe, says the writer,
where tho Emperor is trying desperately
to break the league of pow-VR
against hlin, but also indirectly as an
influential factor in tlie relations between
the United States and Japan.
Admiral Founder says that it is
useless to deny that there is a possibility
of war between the United
States and Japan as a result of popular
irritation in America shou'd
Japan s demands or Japan's policies
of absorption prove intolerable to
America's excessive self-esteem or
interests in the Far East.
These interests, the admiral adds,
are antaganlstic to those of Japan,
which, pusned on by fate : expand in
the Asiatic continent by conquest or
diplomatic victory, se?ks to become
predominant in the very reg oris
which the United State protects in
supporting tho Integrity of China
and policy of the open door.
The admiral declares that .Tnpan's
great fear is that the friendly relations
between the United States
and China will culminate in an ou*
and out allegiance, and thus, in event
of War, the United States would have
a base of operations and general resources
vastly superior to the Philippines.
Japan's increased armaments,
therefore, are explainable tint
as a menace to Russia, but in preparation
to combat before it is too
late the peril contained in America's
policies.
Admiral Fournler thinks that the
naval strength of the United States
will one day not only exceed that of
Japan, but probably will equal that
of Great Britain, in spite of the effort
of England to preserve her supremacy
of the seas, and Japan's
inferiority would oblige her ally,
England, to come to her aid In the
event of a conflict with the United
States
In case of a hostile coalition of
the United States with the triplo alliance,
the admiral believes, France
would be forced to supplement the
forces of England, Japan and Russia.
He doubts, however, that the German
Emperor, "although devoured by
a desire to smash the league, and
adopting a diplomacy as unscrupulous
as that of the iron chancellor,"
would enter on the perilous venture
of such a war, which would offer
little chance of victory on land or
sea.
Without the intervention in Europe
of the navies of the triple alliance
in a way to help the American
fleet at the moment it was seriously
engaged in the Atlantic and the Pac- 1
ific, the decisive superiority in that
struggle," declares the vice admiral,
"would rest with the forces of Japan
and England. Under these conditions,
which spell defeat, the United
States would undoubtedly resist
the temptation to settle her differences
with Japan by an appeal to
arms."
?
lie Is in n IIjkI Fix.
Heseeching Judge Doputy at Chicago
to sentence him to life imprisonment
as an incurable morphine
user, Christain 10. Walters, plead
guilty of larceny and was sentenced
to the penitentiary for an indefinite |
term of from one to ten years. What ;
is the use of letting me out of the
penitentiary, when I can't keep away |
from crime?" the prisoner said. *
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A Georgia Tragedy.
(Ed Hart was shot and instantly
killed and Mrs. Hart, his wife, was
fatally wounded by Itufe Miller, at
the home of the former in Dodge
county, Ga., Saturday night. Details
nf ?????1
wi me 11 nKwiy ttre meagre, out It la
km 1(1 that the shooting wns the result
of an old grudge between the men. |
1RY HER
BURGLARnvmRDiRl^H
ONE WOMAN AM) SK1UOUSLY
JL'RES ANOTHER. H
His Dojimnd for Money Ileiog
fused Masked Intruder Fires ofl^|
School Temhor.
His demand for money havin|^^|
been ignored, a masked burglar,
had entered the drawing room of
residence of Mrs. Sarah J. now n?H
Round HIU, In the northern part
Springfield, Mass., Friday ?-vening,^^|
shot and killed Miss Martha B.
Blackstone, 29 years old, a publle^H
school teacher, and probably fatally^H
wounded Miss Harriet IJ. Dow, a fel-^H
low teach r.
Miss Blackstone was shot through^H
the heart as she ran screaming into^H
an adjoining room. Miss Dow'gj^H
skull was fractured and trepanlng^H
will be resorted to in an effort to
save her life. With Miss Dow and
Miss Blackstone in the dining room H
were the former's mother and sister.
The murder was a most wanton one.
Mrs. Dow, her two daughters, and
Miss Blackstone, who was a guest
for the night, were seat* d in the^H
living room, of the home about
small table, solving a picture puz-^^H
The first Intimation they had ot^H
in intruder was a demand for money H
from the dining room, just in the
rear. They looked up to see a masked
man in tin- dark hallway, threatening
them with a revolver. Mrs.
bow retained her composure and replied:
"We have no money," but
Miss Black stone, in fright, jumped to
her feet and ran screaming into a
reception mom to the right of the
living room. ~
The burglar said: "If you
to be killed keep on screaming" an<l^^|
fired as he spoke, tin* bullet entering^!
Miss Blackstone's left breast. Death
followed instant!v. Tim
? . - IHUIUVIUI
hardly paused to see bis victim fall
before he turned the revolver on
tho group, shooting Miss Harriet Dow
in the head. He then ran to the
front door, leaped over the piazza
railing and disappeared. The police
have no clue to his identity. I
Both Miss lllackstone and Mlsa
Dow were teachers in tho Jefferson
avenue school. Miss Blackstone was
3 9 years old and Miss Dow about
KlltlOBKi AT SI>AKTA.\HUItG.
Incendiary Blaze in tlie Heart of the.H
City l'ut Out. 'V
Tho prompt discovery of a fire H
Friday nigiit at Spartanburg in the H
rear <>r Tuck's fruit store by Mrs. H
Hair of Augusta, (>a., patient at the H
Stoed 1 ey sanitarium, prevented a H
serious fire on East Main street iti H
the very heart of tho business secMrs
Hair had occasion to go to
the medicine room to take a dose of
medicine and on looking out of the
window, saw the blaze from the window.
Peering out she saw a man
shoving lots of waste paper into a H
pile of burning boxes in the rear of H
Tuck's Fruit Store, adjoining the H
wholesale grocery houses of J. A. H
Gall man and Brown Bros. H
Tho tiro burned rapidly and In a H
moment's time the rear of the two H
Stores wore on fire. The flamea H
spread to the hospital building, H
burning the windows to the third H
storv mwl fliiiii" c.n
nit; I wuilin Willi
sinoko. Tho patients of the sanl- fl
tarium were thrown into a state of H
wild excitement and preparations H
were made to remove them from the fl
building Klin lent work of th Are fl
department, however, prevented ser- fl
ions disaster. fl
Killed i?y Lightning* fl
At Ashevllle 'Mrs. Whit Blackwel- B
der, aged 4 0, one of the most widely fl
known residents of that section, watt fl
killed by lightning during a severe B
electrical storm Saturday afternoon, B
Tho deceased was alone in the house fl
at the time and was found by nei?hbors
an hour lat r. Tiie bolt which jfl
killed Mrs. Blackwelder passed in fl
through the roof of the house. fl
Victim of Forest Fire. fl
The charred body of Kate How- fl
ell, an aged woman, was Saturday fl
afternoon found near her home in fl
Carvers Creek township, near Fay- fl
wtv nuCf u., wnere she had met H
her death fighting a forest Are Thurs- I
day. James Harden, a neighbor* H
heard her screams, but fighting to H
save his own home, could not invea- H
tigate. I
Gipsies Drowned. I
A caravan of fifty Gypsies broke H
through the Ice Thursday on Cher- H
emenetzki Lake, near Luga, Russia.
nearly all of the 50 men, women and H
children were drowned. H
AID J