The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 05, 1910, Image 5
Absolutely
SPREAD TERROR
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Nine Elephants Rush Through the Streets
of Danville, Illinois
DESTROYING PROPERTY
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Several Persons Were ullrt and Several
Buildings and Trees Overthrown
by the Huge Animals After
they Escupcd from the Circus
and Before They Were Penned.
-At Danville, Illinois, on Wednesday
several persons were injured and
much property was damaged by nine|
elephants that stampeded just after
they .had been unloaded from a car
after several hours ride from Chicago.
A large elephant made a break
Cor liberty bowling over the keeper
and escaping.
The animal was followed by seven
other bulls, which ran bellowing
through the streets and across the
fields. Later, while the entire force
of trainers an keepers were engaged
in the usual sport of hunting elephants
in automobiles, a female elephant
escaped.
For several hours the elephants
were at large, .hunted by all the attaches
of the circus, the city police- <
men and tl/e more venturesome cit- ]
Izens. The elephants at first moved <
in a bunch, then seperated They
stopped for nothing except brick and <
stone buildings. Such small frame \
structures as coal sheds, fences, and '
trees as came in their path were ]
pushed over, trodden down, uprooted \
and thrown to one side. <
At the home of William Miller
three elephants found sufficient room (
to pass between the summer kitchen \
and house, so they pushed the kit- <
chen aside, frightening the persons r
inside from the table, but injuring c
no one. J
At the home of Joseph Peebles, af? | (
ter overturning a shed and Killing, j
a .horse, one of the animals attacked l<
Peebles and hurled him against the I f
side of the house. Peebles is in a (
critical condition.
. Barney O'Neal, a liveryman, was ]
thrown from his wagon by the ele- j
phants as they dashed down a side (
street in front of .his team. F. K. v
Rabbe, one of the keepers, while {is- (
sisting in stabling three of the bulls
after their capture, was hurled sud- f
denly against the side of a barn and e
injured. Several other persons were t
slightly injured, mostly because of ]
horses frig.htened by the pachyderms e
or through their own fright during j
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the siampeue. L
More than 100 homes were damaged
to some extent by the elephants, c
but the total loss probably will not t
exceed $10,000. Several truck gar- j
dens and orchards were partly ruin-J e
ed in the outskirts of the city, while p
many shade trees were broken, or c
uprooted. p
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BRYAN IS AN ELDER.
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Elected to Church Office and Nn.-iicd
as Delegate. d
W. J. Bryan was Sunday ordained m
as an elder in the Westm.ulpr* Pree- o
byterian Church, of Lincoln. Neb., q
**and following his ordination was se- ^
lected as a delegate at large to the tc
Ecumenical Council of the Presbyterian
church to be held at tSJ.ilburgh,
Scotland, in June. The m
ceremony of installing Mr. Bryan as f
an elder occupied the entire service m
at the church. He made an ex- w
tended address, accepting the place w
to which he had been promoted by 0]
the church trustees during bin ab- a]
sence In South America.
See Oomet and l>ie.
Waking her husband, a well known ff
farmer residing several miles from p
Ellisville, Miss , iMrs. John Scarbor- fo,
ouph hysterically declared, "I have 0i
aeen the comet." Efforts of her hus- tl
band to calm her were unavailing. a
Ten minutes later she died. n
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elicious, heaSi^-4^^8
the most valuable ingre,
tht active principle, to
(OYALl
iking Powder
snFM whAlMAme and
elf clous food for every >
day in every home JR
ALUM
FIEND CAUGHT
HE ADMITS HIS GUILT AND WILL
BE HUNG SOON.
Several Persons Are Fatally Bayoneted
by the Troops Guarding the
Fiend Before Trial.
After narrowly escaping death at
the hands of infuriated crowds, that
were kept from securing the prisoner
by a company of militia which
wounded four men with bayonets to
npnto/it fiioir r?.h.'jr*-p Howard Harris.
a negro confessed to assaulting Mrs.
Kflie McMillan Dutton at Thomasvllle,
Ga., Thursday, and was sen- I
tenced by Judge Mitchell to be hang-I
ed on May 20. J
The jury was out only one minute. I
No defense was made either by Har- j
ris or the lawyers appointed by the 11
court to represent him. As soon as I'
the verdict was announced the mob I
dispersed and all evidences of disor- 1
der passed away. Orders Tor two I *
additional companies of militia, sent 1
earlier in the day were countermand- 1
ed. I 1
The trial was held while the troops I
picketed all approaches to the court- I 1
house. No one was allowed near the M
building except those directly con- J 1
nected with the case. I '
The arrest of Harris Wednesday in I *
Florida caused large crowds to gath- I '
sr on the streets that night and trou- I (
bio was feared. The Thomasvillo M
3nards were ordered out at the time I *
ind sent to Valdosta to meet the I *
Mhcers who were bringing Harris M
back for trial. The prisoner arrived I 1
Thursday morning shortly beforel1
noon accompanied by Sheriff Single-I 1
:ary and the escort of T.homasville I '
3uards. . I'
An immense crowd gathered at the I *lepot
on arrival of the train, but I
t was stopped at the Broad street I 1
crossing and the prisoner taken off. I ^
The crowd made a rush for Broad I t
Jtreet when they found it out. I s
The prisoner was marched down I
he street accompanied by the sher- I *
fif and military. At the intersection I 1
)f Broad and Jackson the mob made n
in attempt to take Harris but was ^
lriven back by the soldiers.
The mob followed to the court 9
rouse, trying to get the prisoner. ?
jut failed. Messrs. J. H. Merrill, W. ^
3. Snodgrass and Fondren Mitchell n
vere appointed by Judge Mitchell to 11
lefend the negro.
In the clash between the soldiers 11
md mob four men in all, were injur- 11
'd by the militiamen when they at- ?
empted to seize the prisoner. Curtis r'
^alinds and Alex Parrymore receiv- a
d serious wounds the latter being ?
)ierced through the stomach by a *'
ayonet. There was no s.hooting.
After the sheriff and soldiers sue- P
ceded In getting Harris safely to s<
he court room, the trial proceeded ?
n an orderly manner. The prison*
r was identified by his victim, and
mmediately after confessed to tho s<
rime. No defense was made and ^
he court at once passed the deatJi a
entence. C]
A
liose Lives in Flames.
Three persons were burned to
eath and several injured in a fire g,
t Cornwall, Ont., early Saturday. y<
he Rossmore Hotel and a number
f stores were destroyed and the Col- w
uhoun block considerably demaged. a,
oss $250,000. It is now said that ai
m people lost their lives. * in
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Crazed With Booze. ^
lAt Welch, W. Va., John Morris, a of
tiner, maddened by drink, late on or
hursday night shot and killed two
ten, wounded several other and a
oman, and later met his death
hile trying to escape into Virginia 5(
n a freight train. He lost his balnee
and fell under the wheels. 0f
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Found in Itiver. e\
The body of Wiley Thigpen, a
rrmer, was found in Pearl river at
Icaynne, Miss., Thursday. Three
ullet wounds through the body and jn
ther evidences lead to the belief g(
lat the man was murdered. A pair
spectacles on the bank of the river tn
jsulted in the discovery. r
TAKE ONE MORE MARCH
OLD HEROES CHEEKED IN MORILE
KY THRONGS.
While Twenty Rands Clayed "Dixie/'
Fifteen Thousand Veterans Paraded
With Rattle Scarred Flags.
Thursday was a great day for Mobile,
when with halting steps and
trembling limbs, gray-beared and feeble,
with eyes in which the tire of
youth has been dimmed by the none
too gentle passing years, but with
hearts full of pride and joy, fifteen
thousand veteran soldiers of the
Confederacy marched beneath the
battle-scarred flags which they followed
in the sixties. Shoulder to
shoulder, with comrades who endured
together the hardships of war, to
the soft strains of "Dixie" played by
two score bands, encouraged by the
eheers of the biggest crowd Mobile
has ever entertained, the ^nnual parade
of the Veterans passed into his:ory.
The weather was perfect. The sun
was bright and warm, but a breeze
!rom the Gulf tempered its rays and
nade ideal marching conditions. The
ine of march was elaborately decorited
with bunting and streamers,
luge arches carried words of wel:ome
to the Veterans and from every
milding the Stars and Bars and the
5tars and Stripes swung together,
lapping lazily in the breeze. Major
ten. George Harrison, commander of
he Alabama division, was the grand
marshal of the parade. To simplify
he parade formation, a map of the
ine of march had been prited show- 1
ng the exact spot at which each of
he twentv-six divisions was to form.
The preliminary arrangements for !
he parade were so perfect that the
lead of the column was set in motion *
liree minutes before the time for
tarting, 1 0 o'clock. 1
Gen. Clement A. Evans, who was
o .have commanded the parade, was
00 weak and ill to review it, and the
ew Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Geo. |
V. Gordon, surrounded by his staff,
eplaced him. Gen. Gordon expressd
deep regret that the white-haired
Id commander could not round out
is office by directing the closing i
lovement of the troops of t.he Re- (
nion. 1
The parade followed the line of t
larch assigned to it, and counterlarched
through historic Bienville
quare, where Gen. LaFayette once f
eviewed the Continental troops. In i
huge reviewing stand t.he general t
fflcers and guests of honor watched 1
he parade pass in review. a
One of the prettiest features of the t
arade was the march of the spoil- s
ers and maids of honor of the Sons t
f Veterans. Mobile has a total of \
6 public carriages?not enough to
arry all the maids and sponsors?
1 the sponsors and maids of the
eterans were given the carriages v
nd the pretty young women who c
ime with the Sons marched at the Q
ead of the various camps to which t
ley were attached. a
There were some curious features t
i the parade. A number of old ne- 0
ro soldiers were in line, among them a
sfferson Shields, who claims to have a
sen Stonwall Jackson's cook. Jeff p
as covered with Reunion badges r,
id carried a live chicken under his t
'm. When asked what he was do- t<
g with the chicken, he replied that p
5 was just carrying his lunch. In f(
ie Virginian division were a group w
' old soldiers carrying wasp nests ^
i the end of canes. w
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Slain by Turks. t(
A epeeial from Salonikl says that e1
)0 Albanians, chiefly women and e1
illdren, are reported as having been ai
Godauntz by the Turkish forces
the effort to dislodge Albian reb*
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Goes Up in Price. ^
A New Orleans dispatch says freez- v<
g weather in many parts of the tl
)\ith has sent cotton up $1.75 a tl
lie on the opening in the local fu- h
ires market. The entire crop is a
(ported killed in many places. ti
TALKS OF POOL PROBE
GOES FOR W1CKERSHAM WITH
GLOVES OFF.
Gov. Cromer, of Alabama, Charge*
the Attorney-General With tendering
to the Beat's.
In his address of welcome at the
opening of the Confederate reunion
at Mobile Tuesday Governor B. 13.
Cromer of Alabama, in addition to
greeting the old soldiers in a cordial
way, took a fall out of Attorney General
Wickersham for his prosecution
of the men who tried to break up
the cotton pool holdings. He said
"And now we .have the remarkable
spectacle of an attorney general
of the United States instituting legal
process for the arrest of citizens
who are trying to break the power
of speculative cliques which through
the New York exchange .have fattened
by using millions of money to
force the price of cotton up and
down, and without regard to the
effect on the grower, the consumer
or the manufacturer. I say we have
an attorney general of the United
States instituting processes of the
court for the arrest of business men
who are trying to establish regularity
in the price of cotton, founded on
supply and demand."
The governor asserted that the attorney
general failed to show that it
is the purpose to prevent speculative
sales of cotton whenever it suits
the speculators to press down tJie
price of the staple. He charges that
when the speculators are caught
short and are forced to deliver the
thousands of bales they never even
saw, they call on t.he federal government,
and in helping them the
attorney general forgets the interests
of the toiling masses of the
South, the poorest paid labor in
America. He was astonished at any
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(Sites a Young Man, Several Dogs and '
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Several Mules. s
A day or two ago a shepherd dog ^
>wned by Mrs. Ruth Archer of Anlerson
ran amuck and hit young Her- r
jort Archer, several dogs and one or *
wo mules. The dog was killed by *
i member of the local police force, (
md its head was sent to the Pasteur j
nstitllto ill fVdiimhin fnr Avnminn. A
ion. Young Archer left immediate- i
y after being bit for the institute, r
ind it now receiving treatment there. (
V. telegram was receive from the in- 1
ititute saying that an examination t
>f the dog's head shows that the dog c
vas In the first stages of rabies. I
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Stay With It. 1
"Stay with it" was the sage ad- ^
ice that a leader gave to a party of e
colonists that was getting disheartned
at some unexpected difficulties a
hat arose. Most of them took his d
dvice and stayed and the result jus- t
ified the wisdom of his advice and R
f their decision. The truth is there
re many people in this world who
re too ready to give up when dif- v
culties appear, and that is one main t?
eason for their non-success in life. R
'hey do not understand that the e
?sting which obstacles impose real/
make for success and for the unMding
of certain needful qualities v
rhen that testing is met with grim t.1
etermininatlon not. to give up. "Stay tc
ith it" is an injunction which many P
young man embarking in some en- tl
>rprise will do well to heed. Keen oi
verlastingly at your calling what- a'
ver it may be and success will come H
t last.
Every man who aspires to repre?nt
the people in Congress as a r<
emocrat should he made to pledge a<
imself not to help the trusts t>y b<
oting for a protective duty on any- ol
ling. If any man wants to help d
le trusts oppress the people after te
e gets in Congress he should not be y<
llowed to sneak in as a represents- tl
ve of the masses. h
BANK Ol
Con wa
CAPITAL STOCK
8URPLUS
LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDER
SECURITY TO DEPOSITORS.
I DIRE'
Robert B. Scarborough,
H. L. Buck,
George J. Holiday,
We continue to } ay 5 per cent inter
it youraccount
robert b. scarborough, i
President.
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SURPL/US PROFITS
TOTAL ASSESTS
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J. A. iMc.Dernvott, John
P. G. Collins, II. L.
W M. Burroughs, C. P. Qi
M Successor to the Bank <
Ik Horry County, and a pionee
W* l.v allied with the recent <lc
Ay Republic. Backed by t he
iK Unit' d States Bonds, we are
turners any reasonable accon
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til. A. SPIVEV,
officer thus attempting to injure the
citizens of the South for the benefit
of the specultors in the South's
great product.
"We of the South," he said, after
condemning the Aldrich tariff bill,
"have never asked for a tariff which
would enrich us by levying a tax on
t.he public for our benefit. We have
never treated our patriotism, our
citizen&hip, as a commodity; we have
never commercialized our vote."
In another place the governor says
the South occupies an abnormal position
with regard to the rest of the
country?that of an unloved stepchild.
"I think it is time for the
South to cease to be a province,"
he said, "and that we should take
our rightful position in the national
house and be treated Uke the rest
the national governmentejrpxzfiflfiiff
of the family." He commended the
national government for the loan of
tents.
To the old men of arms the governor
said: "Nothing could surpass
your heroism in those four years' service,
in the 4 5 years since, in the
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thousand hardships in the patriotic
discharge of duty. We pray God
that your like will be perpetuated in .
the boys and girls of the South."
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"disaster recalled
DESTRUCTION OF THE LARGE
STEAMEIt SULTANA.
When Two Thousand Federal Soldiers
Were Drowned Recalled by
the Reunion of Survivors.
The society of the survivors of the
famous Sultana disaster held its annual
reunion Wednesday in the town
of Prospect, a short distance from
Knoxville, Tenn. The day was the
45th anniversary of the burning and
sinking of the steamboat on the Mississippi
and the handful of survivors
who miraculously escaped death met
to exchange reminiscences of the
liianfity of sugar was unloaded.
3arly in t.he morning of the next (lay
.'he l)oat left Memphis. About four
>'clock p. m., occurred the terrific exiloftion
which destroyed the boat
ind sent hundreds of soirts to death.
The explosion occurred near Hen and
thicken Island, one of the four boil I
rs of the boat bursting.
The vessel caught fire and it was |
t, once evident that the vessel wax
loomed and with it hie majority of
ho?e on board. Hundreds of pasengers
jumped from the burning
oat to the water, only to be swalowed
up by the current. A few
rere saved by clinging to pieces of
he wreckage. Others managed to
wim for miles, only to perish from
xhaustion.
Seven boats were hurriedly sent
rem Memphis to pick up the surivors
who could be found. Some of <
lese were taken to Memphis others (
> St. Txiuis and Cairo. They were
laced in military hospitals, where |
ley remained until they had recov- j
red from their injuries. Hut nearly j
II of the 2,200 persons on board the
l.ftifnil r?rr?ft >1 r> rt norishnd
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Warm Up North. ,
While it is freezing: in the South (
icord breaking temperatures ha\e I
jcompanied a hot wave tha? has i
pen experienced on the west tcast i
f Newfoundland for t.he past few i
ays. At points where the usual <
?mperature at this season of the <
par would be below freezing, the i
lermometers have register?'! as I
igh as 85 degrees in the shade. 1
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W. R. Lewis, j
W. A. Johnson, J
ill A Freeman,
et-t on yearh deposits, m.vt- solici
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$25,000.00
2,500.00 <P
125,000.00
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C. Spivey, D. T. McNeill jfo
Buck, W. R. Lewis, 1). jfiL
lattlebaum, D. A. i^pivey. 5K
jf Conway, t.ho Oldest Bank in A|k
r in 10a shorn Carolina. Closeivelopment
of tlie Independent
Government and secured by J&k
prepared to extend to our cus- jLi
ltmodations. W
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President.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
H. H. WOODWARD
Attorney and Councelor At Law.
(iisasrer, wnicn was one or me most
appalling in the nation's history.
T.he steamboat Sultana was built
at Cincinnati 1 803, and was a regular
packet running between New
Orleans and St. Louis. During the
war the boat did considerable business
for the government of the United
States in transporting troops
along the Mississippi river.
On the illfated trip that marked
the end of her career the Sultana
left New Orleans April 21, 1803,
find arrived at Vicksburg April 24,
remaining t.here 2 0 hours.
At Vicksburg 1,965 soldiers, or
two full regiments, and 35 federal
afllcers who had been paroled, having
been in the Confederate prisons
it. Andersonville, Macon and Cahaoa,
ind also two companies of infantry,
tvere taken on board, making nice
ban 2,200 persons on the boat.
The .homes of the soldiers were in
rennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Michgan,
Oilio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska,
Kansas and West Virginia.
Every available foot of space was
iccupied by the soldiers and the regular
passengers. In fact, the boat
vas greatly overcrowded. On the
oorning of April 2 6 the Sultana
cached Memphis, where a large
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CONWAY, 8. C,
Attorney at Law.
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B. H. BURROUGHS
Physician and Surgeoa.
CONWAY, 8. O.
B. WOFFORI) WAIT.
Attorney at I>a>,
Iwtnk of Horry Building
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Queer Advic^.
Apparently some people are going
to make financial gain out of the
comet. Such seems to be the intent
of the clereynian who urges unmarried
people to get married at once,
because, so he says, the comet's tail
is going to sweep everybody off tho
race of t.he earth some time in May.
The strange thing about it is that
many people believe him and are
following his advice; which goes to
show that not only is superstition not
lead, hut that some people seem to
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*fter. But the thought occur?, has
inyone a moral right, especially when
the motive is selfish, to scare others
>ut of their wita by alarmist prophecies
about a harmless comet? It
strikes us very queer advice, even
if the cornet was going to do alt
the dreadful things attributed to if*