The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 23, 1910, Image 4
| FEARFUL CRASH s
Probably Thirty People Killed in Montreal
Disaster.
HRE ADDED TO HORROR
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Supports of Sprinkler System Tank ^
on Koof of Herald Building <?ive (jt
Way, Precipitating Mass f Metal S.
and Water, Weighing 35 Tons, to
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Basement. 0*
Between twenty and thirty people
lost their lives Monday when the sup- at
norts of the sprinkler system tank, j E
on the roof of the Herald building, P*
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at Montreal, Canada, gave way, and
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the great mass of metal and water, <>a
weighing thirty-five ton6, went crashing
to the basement. so
Fire broke out immediately, addan
Ing its horrors to the disaster. The ^
firemen displayed splendid heroism WJ
tn rescuing scores of people from lei
perilous positions in the tottering tu
,, de
walls.
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Some of the walls had to come
down before the work of recovering wj
the bodies could be safely attempted,
and it was not until six o'clock
VT
in the evening that the first body. pa
charred and mangled beyond recognition,
was brought out.
All of those who escaped agree w(
that the first warning of the impend- tw
ing disaster passed almost unnoticed.
There was a slight creaking, fI|
then a little more, somewhat more je]
pronounced, but it was not until the S(1(
ceiling plaster began to fall that a ,
rush for the stairway began.
Before anyone reached it there occurred
a final deafening crash, and p
then chaos. Some survivors tell of '
falling one and two floors before (
awful crash died away, and then they
found themselves able to crawl ^
through the dense dust to a place of al1
safety. The majority sought safety jjj
by rushing to the front of the build- r(?
ing. of
Fortunately all of the floors held eg
for about thirty feet lack from the *y
front wall, and to this is. due the pl
fact that the death list does not run
into the hundreds, for there were sj,
nearly three hundred people in the yy
hniiHine' at the time.
When the first hook and ladder m
company reached the scene the firemen
found the windows of the upper
floors crowded with people, and
the crowd on the sidewalk urging
them not to jump. Not one did ^
jump. Ladders were quickly placed
in position and those in danger were
brought to the ground.
One ladder was hoisted, reaching fr
to the fourth floor, on which the qj
bindery was located. It came, be- e(i
tween two windows. From one of
these a little girl crept along the cop- m
ing until she could reach the ladder. ag
Grasping a ring with one hand and
placing a foot on another, she lent to<
a helping hand to eight other girls 1)V
twice her size. When all the girls ()^
had reached the ladder and nad been je(
brought down to safety she came ^
down alone. By this time the fire no
had started and smoke was pouring un
from the front windows. The little
girl tainted wmin sue reai-neu
bottom of the ladder.
A dozen injured people were carried
from the ruins by the firemen,
many of them with broken limbs.
Of the rescued that of Bred Vidal,
a stereotyper, was the most daring.
Half an hour after the firemen reached
the building Vidal was heard raj
groaning, and was located under a
girder, from which he could not be . j
dislodged. Despite the fact that the
flames were creaping near three fire- ^
men began to cut away and stuck to ,
their task. In the crowd outside was '
Father Martin. .
When he heard of the fight against .
death, he went into the building. ^
and administered the last rites of ^
the church to the semi-conscious ' .
ed.
man. Finally, however, the beam
was cut through and Vidal released,
not a moment too soon. Both his
legs and some of his ribs were broken.
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PKIiliAGKA VICTIM SI ICIDKK.
lleranged Woman .lumps Into Mill bu
thK
I'ond After Taking Poison. }u)
Becoming deranged as an effect of ,QI
pellagra, Mrs. J. K. Pilgrim, aged
65 years, committed suicide Wed- sl]
uesday morning by drinking lauda- su
num and umping into a pond at the
Pendleton cotton mills. A week ago it
M/ra Pilgrim inquired of her hus- stu
bard where the pond was do pest as
1 ol'? ? ?> a miuun/l t'rf.ln hnllii' u<{
Hnu W I1C4J one n no 111 IWUVU ? t
a search was made and hor body was ad
found in the spot declared to be all
the deepest. On the bank of the ha
pond was found an empty bottle that shj
had contained laudanum. Mrs. Pil- is i
grim is survived by her husband and fol
several children.
Youngest Yegg Under Arrest.
Post office inspectors in Denver, eld
Col., have taken charge*# a 12-year- aui
old Mexican youth who broke a safe Yo
in Paltmrlee. N. M. He is the young- obt
est safe-cracker ever arrested in Re:
America. ^ E
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HOT DOWN ON STREET
3MESTIC COMPLICATIONS WAS
CAUSE OF TJtACEDY.
iotim Had Just I*?ft Court House*
When Met by llis Assailant, Who
Opened Fire Without Warning.
Two minutes after leaving the
jurt House, where he had been conicting
a case in the Criminal Court,
D. Hursey, an attourney, of the
lllon Bar, was shot and almost inantly
killed by R. S. Davis, at six
clock Tuesday afternoon. There
as a large crowd of people on the
reets, and the shooting was done
the corner, where is located the
van's Pharmacy, one of the busiest
irts of town. Three bullets entered
10 body, either of which would have
oduced death. A magazine pistol,
rrying steel bullets, was used.
Air. Davis was engaged in the inranoe
business in Dillon, being the
nior member of the Dillon insurice
Agency. His wife conducts the |
mtral Hotel, at which Mr. Hursey |
is a boarder. The shooting ia al- i
?ed to be the outcome of unfornate
domestic complications, which
veloped at the .hotel some months
o.
Upon leaving the Court House,
lere Dillon's first term of Criminal
urt was in session, Mr. Hursey
ilked across the street, and was
ssing in front of Evans' Pharmacy,
len he was met by Mr. Davis. Eyetness?s
to the affair say that 110
mis were exchanged, but when the
o met, Davis pulling a gun from
s pocket and began shooting at
ursey at close range. The lirsi bult
entered the right side and the
i-ond shot entered the forehead. As
e victim of the tragedy whirled and
;i upon the pavement, it is stated
at Davis fired at him again, sliootg
him through the back of the
ad. The affair is deeply regretted
everybody.
Young Hursey was a graduate of
e University 01 .Norm ^.uwnna,
id was admitted to tlie North Carola
Bar, about four years ago. Quite
cently he came into an inheritance
$15,000 from his grandfather's
tate, and it was his purpose to go
Vst and establish himself in some
osperous city.
Davis surrendered himself to the
ieriff immediately after the tragedy,
'hen seen at the city guard house
? said that he had 110 statement to
ake.
QUIETLY LYNCHED.
rkansas Mob Overpowered Officers
and Took Prisoner.
Will Hunter, a negro, was taken
om the officers by a mob at Star
Ity, Ark., Tuesday night and lynchI.
The negro had just been arrested
r entering tlhe room of a white woan,
near Garnet!, Ark., a few days
;o.
Overpowering th^ officers, the mob
ok the negro to a dense wood near,
and after hanging him to a limb
a tree, riddled his body with bul.s,
after which it dispersed. So
ietly did the mob do its work that
thing was known of the lynching
til tne body of the negro was found
11 hanging to the tree Wednesday.
FOUGHT WITH GAM BLEBS.
o Negroes Are Dying as Besnlt of
Battle in the Dark.
As a result of a Sunday night
d on an alleged gambling house
ir Waycross, Ga., two negroes are
ing. five are in Jail and Deputy
Priff John P. Cason is seriously
un ded.
Surrounding the house, officers
re able to approach without much
ul)le. W-hen they went inside the
use an inmate kicked the light out,
er which the negroes began firing,
re than fifty shots were exchangThe
wounded cannot recover.
MtltDKHKIt IN CAVK.
(iration Decided Vpon as Safest
Way to Take Him.
With three revolvers and a fierce
lldog at his command, John Marks
> fugitive, whom officers have been
unding sinoe the murder ot' three
eigners at Shaw Mine, near Midy
Pa., last February, has been
iced to a cave near McDonald, a
hurb ef Pittsburg, which has been
rrounded.
Unless he can be caught unawares,
is the intention of the officers to
irve out the man. Marks is known
a good sJiot, and every precaution
11 iin t-iirnn to nrovent him from
ding another name to the list of
eged victims. He is thought to
ve returned to his home to claim a
are of .his father's property, which
ro be sold. He was recognized and
lowed.
To Death Itather Than Altar. \
Miss Minnie Wentz committed suie
In a coal bin in the home of her
it, Mrs. Annie Genzer, in New <
rk city, on th?;* day sJie was to have
ained her license to wed Hud wig I
Ichold. TJie cause for <?ct is ;
nysterv. ]
i AM NOT GUILTY"
MeNAVGHTON DECLARES HE IS ST
INNOCENT.
Declaims He Did Not Poison Fed In
Flanders, and Says "Mrs. Flanders
is a (iood Woman."
Fear that he. wouM he ynchcil
drove Dr. W. J. McNaughton from ti
Emanuel County, Georgia, to Angus- w
ta, where he was placed under ar- ,
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rest cnargeci wim me uiumci ?i ? .
Flander, of that county. This statt%* j(,
rnent was made Thursday hy the p,;
accused physician, as handcuffed he 0j
was brought to the Chatham county
jail at Savannah, for safe keeping un- nl
til time for his trial at Swainsboro,
Ga. T
"I am not guilty of killing Fed f(
Flanders," he said. "Mrs. Flanders
is a good woman, and 1 am pj
not to blame for anythingthey charge p
m.e with." j r
He refused to go in details
about his relationship with the ^
Flanders family, but it is stipulated fc
that he will not be taken back to aj
Swainsboro until his trial comes off.
He is a large man and apparently
regards his imprisonment coolly, lie
surprised the officers who had him
in charge by taking his wrists from
the handcuffs here and informed the
officer that the cull's "were not worth
a cent."
Before bringing the prisoner to
Savannah Sheriff Fields telephoned te
Swainsboro that he was being taken
there, in order to avoid any trouble
between Augusta and Savannah.
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Hl\(J BY HIS TEETH. J
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Carnival Performer iu Deadly Peril
Over Niagara's Gorge. '
The first international carnival at in
Niagara Falls came near producing ai
another tragedy in the gorge bvlow o
<i
the falls. Oscar Williams, a steeple- p]
jack, essayed a trip across tlie gorge gi
on a wire hung at the base of the cat- a'
aract, sustaining his weight by liis
j teeth. Troul)le began w.hen he left
the American side and when he
started np the incline toward tlie Canadian
shore he came to a stop and
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swung hack to the middle of the
wire, w.hich cleared the water by 125 .
feet. There he hung for 45 minutes .
or until firemen rigged up a pulley
and sent it out. Hand over hand the
man descended to the Maid of the
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Mist, which had taken its position
under .him. During the day an unidentified
man jumped into the rapids
above Luna falls and was swept
over the falls. Luna falls never gives
up her dead.
MINISTER'S NOSE PUNCHED.
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lie Called a Man a Liar and Cot the ^
Worse of an Argument. w
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"If a minister says you are a liar. st
punch him on the nose," was the fc
advice that Municipal Judge (Jem- tj,
mill, of Chicago, 111., gave to Michael ^
Weiss and then discharged the prisoruer
who had been arrested on a
charge of disturbing an open air ar
religious meeting. The Rev. Perry (.p
(Jim, his probiscis swollen and red. ra
appeared as the prosecutor and com- wj
plained that Weiss had crowded his
face with fists w.hile the evangelist an
was exorting him to lead a better
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.nc-.
"He called me a liar," pleaded Wf
Weiss. S()
"Any preacher that calls a man a su
liar isn't lit to preach the Gospel,'
ruled the court. "He did just right
in punching you, Mr. (Jim, anil he
is discharged."
PPTAII, DISTLRBANCKS. u
Trouble Between Catholics mid Buptists
in Rome Discussed. In
st i
Details of the escape of a party wj
of American Baptists clergymen from "ti
the hands of a superstitious mob at s0'
Avellina, says a dispatch from Rome, ng
were laid before Premier Luzaatti on Oi
Thursday by James P. Stuart, of St. ?d
Louis, who was sent by the American Kr
board of Baptist missions to Italy to th
investigate the Baptist mission in this l^t
country and who returned a few th
days ago from the privileges of Avel- l'1
lino. , cu
Mr. Stuart reported to the prom- th
ier that l.he situation in the distrift
was very serious owing to the struggle
between the Catholics and Baptists.
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On the night of the earthquake he D<
and his companions, he said, were ly
brutally attacked. The popuuncc gi
seemed to attribute the earthquake lir
to the presence of the Baptists and he
a crowd numbering into the thous- th
ands set upon the Americans with lo
the avowvd intention of hanging P.
them. er
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.Minister Elopes. sp
The Rev. Joseph Walsh, pastor of
the Washin/ionville Methodist church
near Poughkeepsi'e, N. Y., eloped
with Miss Maggie Harness, daughter vi<
of John Burnett, of Wappinger's at
Palls, N. Y., last week. They made :ie
their run in an automobile while the L'fi
mung woman's father was away from sei
homo. .hit
FOUND MURDERED
riUXGKK SLAIN IX HIS HOOM
IX HOTEL.
istiint Death from Bullet, but Xo
Revolver Found?Supposed Brother
Has Vanished.
A man, whose name Is given by
le police as Frank Stickett, and
ho is believed to have come from
altimore. was found murdered T uesay
in a Bowery hotel.
A revolver bullet -had entered hit
ft temple, causing instant death,
iiysicians said, but there is no tract
f the revolver.
The victim registered with another
ian at the Jiot^l early Tuesday as
John Stickett and brother, Frank."
he supposed brother was not to be
>und when the body was discovered,
The clothing of the dead man aparently
was purchased in Baltimore,
he name of that city on his clothig
and the card of a New York elec ical
concern in the coat pocket were
le only clues left to aid a search
>r the man's antecedants. He war
;)parently an Englishman about
venty-three years old.
FIGHT NOT ALLOWED
'Aries-Johnson ('ontest Under Ban
of California's Executive.
Stirred to action by insistent proofs
from all parts of the State and
ountry, Gov. James N. Gillett Wedpsday
took streps to prevent the
lftcpionship tight between Janves
Jethries and Jack Johnson, sched*
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led 10 ue neui m nun r iitnt-isuu v?u
11 y 4.
In a letter to Attorney Gen'eral L\
Webb, the governor expressed hi*
i-sproval of prize fighting in uneasured
terms and directed that the
d of the courts he invoked to pre;nt
the match. He concluded wit.h
positive order that, in case th
lea for a restraining order he not
ranted and the fight he held, I he
itorney general proc? ed to gat-hei
ridence and prosecute the prince
tls and those interested in the tight
?r violation of the penal code ol
te State.
The governor declares that t.he suremo
court of California has nevei
efined a prize fight and suggest.4
lat an opportunity be given it U
o so. This is taken by those inter3ted
to indicate the governor's inmtion
to press .his opposition to th.
ad.
GIRL'S P1T1FIL PLIGHT.
Iciitally t'nballaiiced Is Found Wan
dering in Woods.
While making a search in th<
oods near Greenville Tuesday for t
eg.o wanted on a triW.l charge
herifif Poole came ujien a young
hite girl about 16 years old, who
id almost gone back to '.he primal
ate. The girl was asleep when
nind lying on a bank of moss near
le river bank, and when accosted
r the officer she declared that for
-veral weeks she had made her
line in the woods, living en berries
id sleeping in the open. The girl's
ithing was wet by the continued
ins and she appeared in a somelat
exhausted condition.
The sheriff took the girl in custody
id placed her in charge of the anorities
at the emergency hospital
the Salvation Army citadel. She
is later identified as Leonie Andern,
and physicians say she has been
ffering from temporary mental ablation.
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AX'TO IXTKHKIPTS SIIAVK.
Leaps Through a Window and
Struck a Lathered .Mail.
While getting a shave in Muncie,
d., Conroy Delancy felt a sharp,
nging sensation in his knee and
ten he came out from under thinner
cloth" 4te was startled to
e an automobile resting heavily
ainst that part of his anatomy,
le of the big lamps had just grazthe
sitter's face and the wheel
azed his leg. TJie driver paid for
e window and went away without
iving his name. The shop was in
e basement of a Main street buildg
and the auto had run over the
Thing across tJie sidewalk and then
rough a double window.
Elections Confirmed.
The election of Representatives
jgare, Patterson and Lever, all
jmocrats, presenting, respective,
the first, second and seventh eonessional
districts in Sout^i Carola,
was Thursday confirmed by the
>use election committee number
ree. The committee's action folws
hearing of the contests of A.
Prioleau, a negro, Isaac C. Mys
and R. H. Richardson, all Reiblicans,
for the three seats reectively.
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Henry Lyles, a negro, was counted
in the general sessions court
Lexington Thursday for the mur-^
r of his wife, Si 1 la Uyles, on the
:h of January, this year, and \^is
atenced to serve the reinainder^f
j life in the penitentiary.
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IBs SURPLUS PROFITS
/ft TOTAL ASSKSTS
3? IHKECl
J. A. MeDermott, John C
JU B. O. CoJIins, H. L. B1
Jr M. Burroughs, C. P. Qua
/ft Successor to the Hank of
i !?! Horry County, and a pioneer
fX* ly allied with the recent deve
D/sm,U)l(% Uiu-kod liv the (i
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jk United States Bonds, we are pi
tomers any reasonable aceomn;
J AS H. A. SPIVKY,
$ Cashier.
BANK OF
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CAPITAL STOCK
SURPLUS
LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS.
SECURITY TO DEPOSITORS
DIREC
Robert B. Scarborough,
H. L. Buck,
George J. Holiday,
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PROFESSIONAL CAR[>8.
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Attorney and Couucelor At La*
CON WAV, 8. C.
R. B. 8CAKBKOUGH
CONWAY, S* C.
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Attorney at Law.
H. H. BIRROLOHS
Physician and Surjzeoa,
CONWAY, 8. O.
B. WOFFORD WAIT.
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Attorney at La>..
Rank of Horry RiiiUlin^.
CONWAY, 8. O.
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Toddy, Jr. it is given out will wear
a cutaway coat at his wedding. Some
people IIn(I news n kp i >i s mure <
thrilling than the fateful informa- >
tion of war or peace between I'eru
and Equador.
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Mr. Taft depreciates much-raking, (
but from the general attitude of the I
higher-ups the past year, t.he only s
improvement we can suggest is to j
substitute a steam shovel for the |
hand implement. <
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kit is somewhat of a novelty for <
ngland to be accused of soft heart- 1
Hiess in her dealing with inferior \
races. In fact it is so novel t.hat the ?
English have not. yet got over lloose- n
velr's accusation and rather resent it. ?
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lick, W. R. Lewis, 1j.
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Conway, the oldest Hank in I
in Eastern Carolina. Close- jL^
dopment of the Independent ^
rovernnient and secured by
epared to extend to our cub- 2si
lodations. ^
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KILLED IN WHK(rK.
Two Moil I.<ono Their IJvtrw in Derailment
of Freight Train.
Two men were killed and two seriously
injured when a freight train
of the New Orleans Terminal com- ,
pany was derailed at Metairie crossing
at New Orleans Saturday. The
dead: Joseph Gibson, brakeman;
G. J. Saullen, conductor. The
wounded: Frank Calogue, engineer,
severely scalped: Kdward Guilheau,
brakeman, badly bruised and possibly
internally injured While t.he
cause of the accident has not been
definitely established, it is believed
that a broken flange or a cattle
guard was responsible for the derailment.
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False Business Economy.
In business there is sometimes a
closeness which goes by tihe name
of economy, but w.hich in its practical
workings is nothing but extravagence.
To spend a dollar for a certain
purpose and get nothing in return
means a dollar wasted, but two
dollars spent for the same purpose
bringing in many dollars as a return
is economy and also wealth.
How often this truth is seen n advertising.
One merchant grudgingly
spends but a few dollars a year for
advertising his business because, src
.be says, h-e "can't afford to pay
more," and naturally he get but poor
returns. Another merchant advertises
liberally and judiciously and as a
result his business grows apace. The
one merchant shows false economy
with t.he inevitable result, the oth^r ^
shows true economy because it puts
money in his pocket.
Xo one realizes the truth of nil
this more than the great money order
.houses. lOach of them spends yearly
a kings ransom in advertising because
experience tells fhem it pays.
Many a retail merchant could with
profit follow their example by a proportionate
expenditure for the same
object. They, too, would find it pay.
Too >li?cb Stooping Over. ^
Kvery once in awhile some prom- /
inent Southern man, of whom we
should expect better things, goes up
North and slops over, we suniiose to
curry favor with the people who inhabit
that region. As the Charlotte
Observer says we would prefer to
say nothing at all about t.he attack
which ex-Governor Glenn made in
Cleveland, O., upon the South's educational
treatment of tlve negro.
Unless reports are wrong, he was ^
very far from doing this section justice.
Even if he felt moved to censure
.he'would much better have delivered
himself at home. Under the
circumstances he only angered the
South and gratified ani-Southern
prejudices wnich should not be fed
with fresh fuel but removed. In lecturing
around the country Governor
Glenn make a good many wild utterances
and incurs a good deal of
dinging criticism. The advertising
?iven North Carolina, upon whose
oublic honors .his occupation rest, is
listinctly bad. Hut we recall no
other occasion upon which he acpiited
himself so unfortunately as
le did at Cleveland. Thoae who feel
cindly towards .him and wish to regard
Ivis activity in the most t'arorible
light have more cause for refret
than any one else.