The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 21, 1910, Image 8
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I WAS IN BAD FIX
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Yoong Pittman, Who is Imprisoned in
Nicaragua. Found Starring
IN A FILTHY CELL
TIio Nicaraguans Threatou to Kill
All ForrifTucrK.?Consul Olivarcs
Wires State Departmnet Feeling
Against the Americans Bitter. ?
Subjects Ask l,rotectl'?u.
Couflned in a filthy cell, unf?-j
save by charitable strangers, Wil
liam Pittman, an American captured
**- **- '"nunrnmpiil fOFPftS
by mo Minnie
ti^ar Blueflelds, was found in a
crowded local prison at Managua,
Nicaragua, by Consul Olivares on
Thursday.
The consul, who Is stationed at
that point, telegraphed the state de
partraent that he visited Pittman, ,
discovered the revolting conditions
and through protests forced Dr Madriz
to furnish the adventurer better
prison accommodations.
Pittman, whose relatives live at
Cambridge, Mass., told Consul Olivares
that he left Greytown July 4.
that since then his captors have failed
to provide him with food, leaving
him altogether dependent for subsistence
upon charity. Pittman was
starving.
Olivares immediately protested,
reminding Madriz of his promise to
treat Pittman with consideration,
Madriz finally agreel to transfer
Pittman to a larger and cleaner cell
and to allow the consul to supply
him with a sleeping couch and food.
The consul reported that no definite
action regarding Pittman had been ,
determined on by the de facto authorities
a id that he, Olivares, would
exert every effort to secure humane
treatment for Pittman.
whpn the United States originally
learned of Pittman's arrest Dr. Madriz
assured Olivares that the prisoner
would be treated fairly and considerately.
Constant complaints from American
citizens at Matagalpa, relative
to throats repeatedly made against
their lives and property by agents
of the Madriz government are being
received by United States consular
representatives.
Consul Olivares cabled to the state
department that the anti-American
feeling in the western part of Nicaragua,
the section under control of
the Madriz faction, is daily growing
more bitter.
Mr. Olivares made vigorous representations
to Dr. Madriz and has ,
reiterated to him Secretary Knox's
warning that this government will j
hold Madriz factions strictly ac- j
countable for the security of Ameri- (
can life and property.
British and German subjects at {
Matagalpa have appealed to their (
consuls in Managua for protection. ^
So far no representations as to these c
.have been made to the German and
English home governments, or to {
Washington, probably because the (
British and German consuls doubt- t
less are Nicaraguan local merchants. t
'American Consul General Eber- s
hardt, who is detailed at large, and '
happens to be in Nicaragua on a tour ^
of inspection cabled the state department
corroborating the alarm
of foreign residents over threats of ()
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rsicaraguans. ue siaieu uun mc t
opinion at Matagalpa was that these
anti-foreign demonstrations were instigated
by the Madriz faction, whose (|
officials have openly threatened the t
Americans and other foreigners. ^
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Fell to His Death. t
Henry Mars, a negro convict at '
the Stuto penitentiary, committed c
suicide Thursday by leaping from the *
main prison building. The negro *
sustained a fractured skull, dying '
on Thursday afternoon. Although it *
was not definitely established that
Mars committed suicide, this is the
opinion among the authorities at the
peuitentiary.
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Had Needle in Heart.
At I.andgraf, W. Va.t Miranda
Weeks died suddenly and her hus- 1
band was arrested 011 suspicion of
having caused her death. An an- (
topsy revealed a cambric needle
piercing the woman's heart. There
was no scar on the body to show
that the needle had punctured the
bkiii and the 111 u 11 was released.
Must Serve Long Term.
Twenty-five years in the State penitentiary
was the sentence administered
by Judge Gruber at Spartanburg
to W. N. Kennedy, the white
man wtio was Wednesday convicieu
in general sessions court on the
charge of having committed criminal
assault upon a colored girl under
14 years of age.
Mules Killed.
State Senator T. Y. Williams had
a )>atr of valuable mules killed by
a bolt of lightning Saturday evening
Ion his plantation in Lancaster county.
The animals were hitched to
a wagon in which three negroes wore
riding. The men were shocked into
a state of unconsciousness, but soon
revived.
RED SPIDER PEST
MAKES ITS AI'PEAKANCK IN THE
COTTON FIELDS.
An Agent of the Agricultural i)epnrtmcnt
Tells Heat Way of Combating
the Small Hugs.
T.he red spider has broken out on
the farm of R. H. Caughman, near
Lexington, and threatens to be very
destructive to the cotton crop should
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the present wet season ue lunuwcu
by a continued hot and dry spell. The
State says is appears from the statements
of those interested in this coiton
pest that a great many sections
of the State are infected and it is
believed that unless its spread is
checked it will become shortly as
destructive as the boll weevil.
The cotton affected wilts as if it
were scalded and finally dies. No
practical remedy has as yet been
found, though there are preventive
remedies which appear successful.
The department of agriculture has
established a laboratory at Hatesburg
for a thorough study ?>f the
rel spider and H. F. Wilson in
charge of tJhe work visited Lexington
and made an examination of the
Caughman field. Ho is positive, in
his opinion, that the trouble is the
red spider and, of course, he realizes
the danger of its further spread.
In speaking about this matter, he
makes th-:se in?e "sting observations;
and desires ;i 'l ev sJnll receive
the attention of facri.ers all
aver the State:
"Violets and poke weeds appear
to be the plants from which the
spiders spread to the cotton. 1 have
seen a number of fields where volets
in yards were badly infested with the
spider before it passed to the cotton.
The original infection began close to
the violets and spread out first in a
fan shaped form and then gradually
the whole field became infested. The
same t.hing is observed in connection
with poke weeds. Jersualem
oak, burkock, morning glories and
garden products are food plants for
and should be kept away
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cotton fields. The spider seems [
to be pretty well scattered about the j
State and is doing considerable damage,
and threatens to do a great]
deal more unless some means can be
found for checking it.
"I have hardly gone far enough
with the work to be able to suggest
a desirable remedy. However, poke
weeds and violets near cotton fields
should all be destroyed, and if the)
spider is only found on a few plants,
these should be pulled and burned.
The spider seems to be able to winter
in violets and the danger lies in
infestation from these sources.
"Where the infestation is bad I
Have found the following mixture to
>e effective in killing the most of
hem: One pound of sulphur to three
gallons of water. The sulphur to
>e placed in a bucket or pan and
rnough water added to form a paste
vith the sulphur, then the remainder
>f the water can be added. This
nixture can be applied with a spray
ump or with an ordinary sprinkler.
?are should be taken that the mixure
is gotten onto the under side of
he leaf. The spider propagates itelf
very rapidly and the failure to
lake a thorough spray leaves room
or danger in the future.
"Tho mnsr Mjiptiral method in the
.ay of prevention seems to be that
if crop rotation and I hope that by
he end of the season a satisfactory
ystem of rotation may be worked
nit. The farmers themselves can
lo a great deal towards prebenting
he spread of this pest if they will
>e careful about plowing around inested
stalks. The spider catches on
he harness and may be carried a
ong ways into the held and a new
olony planted. This is a very serous
problem and to some extent
i new one. The department is dong
the best it can and is greatly merested
in the work."
OO.NFKSKKS TO Ml'KDKK.
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Contributing Materially to the
Conviction of Brother.
After testifying against and contributing
to the conviction of his
brother, Albert Brown for the murder
of Alonza Addison, on July 2X,
1909, Henry Brown went to the
Sheriff of Lee County in Tupelo,
.Miss., and confessed to the killing
of Addison. Both are well known
farmers. Albert Brown had beentwic^j
tried -and convicted of thie
murder of Addison. He was sentenced
to 15 years in the penitentiary,
but sentence was suspended
iton/iintr the ontenmn of an anneal
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to the Supreme Court. The brother
who confessed has been imprisoned
anil habeas corpus proceedings will
be instituted to secure the release of
the convicted man.
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Many Peaches Lost.
At Fort Valley, Ga.. it was stated
on Friday that thirty carloads of
peaches has been dumjed into the
Flint river eight miles from there,
as a result of the failure to move
the crop quickly. Eighty thousand
crates were waiting there and it ie
feared that they will be a dead Joss.
Already growers have loss $100,000
because of the lack of Ice cars.
CLKVKlt HUSK.
By Engineer Prevents Itobbcry o
His Train.
Cleverness on the part of the en
gincer prevented three youthful an<
apparently Inexperienced bandit
from robbing the Missouri, Kansa
& Texas Southwestern "flyer" nea
Lariniore, 15 miles from St.Loui
early Sunday. Three men were ar
rested later as suspects 'and place*
in jail pending investigation.
Engineer Quinn through a rus
prevented the looting of the bag
gage car and the passenger coaches
The bandits competed the enginee
and the fireman at the point of rc
folvers to descent from the cab am
go with them to the baggage car t
assist in uncoupling it The engine
men in the darkness managed f<
glide away from the bandits am
made for the cab. The bandits op
ened fire on them. Scrambling in
to the cab the engineer threw th
throttle wide open and dashed awa;
with the train.
The three men, armed and mask
ed, used a red lantern to halt th'
train.
TOWNS IN PKRIL.
Forest Fires Sweeping Country WJtl
Heavy Damage.
A sepcial from White Fish, Mont,
says that town is in the center of for
est fires which are sweeping th<
mountainsides, licking up logging
and tie camps and t.hreatening tin
town itself. While it is not fel
that the city is in immediate dan
ger, all precautions hape been taken
the water works thoroughly tester
and the fire hose made ready for instant
use. So far as is known thert
is no loss of life. Rain appears tc
be the only thing that can save this
part of Flathead Valley from terrible
loss. A dispatch from Kalishpei
reports three other fires burning ii:
the valley.
U'HV.AT KHRll FIUKI).
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By a Big Bolt of Lightning Whicl
Killed Four Men.
Four men were instantly killed
three others seriously hurt and i
large shed containing wheat set or
fire by lightning (Airing a storm ai
one o'clock Thursady afternoon
The dead are William Haldrick, twc
Whit ten brothers, and a man nam
ed Scott. The injured are two Ma
lone brothers, anl a man named
Phillips. The storm and fire occur
red on Buck Key place, eight mile*
west of Florence, Ala. The met
nere farm hands employed by F. M
Perry.
TOOK KNIFE FROM NEGRO.
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Attacked in Her Home by Black, She
Gets Better of Him.
At Rodney, near Corsicana, Texas
Tuesday, a negro entered the home
of Hub Bailey, a merchant and bran
dishing a knife, threatened a criminal
assault upon Mrs. Bailey, a bride
of three months, who grappled with
him, securing the weapon and forcing
the negro to take flight. Posses
caught the negro in Richland creek
bottom, and after he was identified,
he was hanged to a tree nearby. The
body was found and cut down.
HAVE FIFTEEN CHILDREN.
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(iov. GflClll'iKt MllggCSIS II1.II l?irm>
lie Pensioned.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Barberi, of Pensacola,
Fla., received from Governor
Gilchrist recently a handsome spoon
bearing the seal of the State of Florida.
Married 19 years ago, the wife
is now only 3 7 years old, but Mr. and
Mrs. Barberi are the parents of 15
children. Six of the children are
twins. Governor Gilchrist suggeststhat
the legislature pass an act allowing
the parents a pension. l\hey
certainly deserve it.
Killed by Fall.
The body of J. W. Scruggs, whe
died Wednesday night from the ef
fects of a fall from the third storj
of his boarding house in Augusta
was taken to Mitchel, Ga., for burial
Nothing is known as to the cans*
of the accident. He retired earl;
and about two o'clock next mornini
a policeman stumbled over his bod;
lying on the pavement, 50 feet be
low his bed room window.
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Mercy for the Merciless.
Guilty with a recommendation t
m A1?OV UfOQ the verdict returned Wed
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nesday afternoon in the case of \Y
N. Kennedy, a white man, at Spar
tnnburg, charged with criminal at
sail It on a colored girl, under th
age of 14 years. The jury remaine
out more than an- hour. It is
discretion of the court to give fror
5 bo 4 0 years' imprisonment.
Down on Cones.
The ice cream cone is the latet
i object of attack under the pure foo
regulations of the Federal Goveri
i ment. Thursday United States Mai
shall Henkill with a force of depi
i ties visited a pier at New York an
seized 18 crates, containing six hur
i dred boxes of the corrugated con'cj
receptacles for ice cream.
LESSONS IN FARMING
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SERIES OF FARMERS INSTITUTES
~ ARE PLANNED.
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r July and August Will bri (b-cat
Months For (lie Tillers of (he Soil
d ??The Parties and Schedule.
e During July and August farmers'
institutes under the auspices of
' Clemson college will be held in the !
1 various counties of the State. The
rj members of the Clemson college staff |
o who will travel throughout the State
i- in the interest of the institutes will
0 be divided into three parties, these
^ parties being as follows.
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'First Party?I), is. narrow, a. r.
Conradi, T. E. Keitt and T. F. Jacke
son.
y Second Party?Prof. W. H. Parkins,
Prof. L. A. Niven of Winthrop
" and Dr. B. Barnette.
e Third Jarty?Prof. J. N. Harper,
Prof. C. C. Newman, and C. L. Goodrich
of the United States department
of agriculture.
The institute at Gray Court wili
1 last two days, at Jonesville three
days and at Fountain Inn live days,
will include besides regular work
, for the men, some domestic science
- work for the women, to be given by
j instructors from Winthrop college,
j Following is the itenerary of the
j parties:
t First Party.
AfcClellansville?July 11 and 12.
Horse Penn?July 13.
1 Peniel?July 14.
Cross Swamp?July 15.
j Ehrardt?July 16.
> Georgetown?July 18 and 19.
5 Pregnos School?July 20'.
Scranton?July 21.
1 Turbeville?July 22.
i Pi no wood?July 2 3.
Dorchester County (point not determined)?July
25 and 26.
Elloree?July 27.
Jamison?July 28.
Providence?July 29 and 3 0.
1 Cameron?August 1.
Bethel School?August 2.
Fair Lawn School?August 3.
Richland County (point not deteri
mined)?August 4.
{ Wilkensville?August 5.
t Cherokee?August 6.
Coleraine?August 8.
Cross Keys?August y.
} Jonesville?August 10, 11 and 12.
Fountain Inn?Augusst 15 to 19.
Second Party.
' Allendale?July 16.
Williston?July 18.
5 Estelle?July 19.
1 Gray s Point?July 20.
ShiloJi School?July 21.
Point Not Settled?July 2 2.
Reesville?July 23.
Richland Church?July 25.
Young's Grove?July 26.
Tom Keitt's?July 27.
J. C. Courtney's?July 28.
Troy?July 2 9.
Hodges?July 3 0.
Apt Harmon Springs?August 1.
Antreville?August 2.
Wardsworth?August 3.
Woodruff?August 4.
Gray Court?August 5 and 6.
Liberty?August 9.
Raucusville?A ugust 1 0.
Coweross School?August 11.
Townville?August 12.
Rock Mills?August 15.
Helton?August 16.
Williamston?August 1 7.
Maulden?August 19.
Third Party.
General Sumter?July 25
N'ot Decided?July 2G.
Bishopville?July 2i.
St. Charles?July 28.
Orange Hill?July 20.
Mount Coghnn?July 2 0.
Jefferson? August 1.
Union School?August 2.
Bethune?August 3.
Hi 2in?August 4.
Van Wyck?August 5.
Seer 1st Farm?August <5.
. Gold Hill Academy?August 8.
Pleasant ^"alley?August 9.
Stevens' School?August 10.
Green Brier?August 11.
Dillon?August 12.
Marion?August 13.
) Sandy Plain School?August 15.
Mullins?August 10.
Fork?August 17.
Meriwether?August 19.
3 Killed hy Lightning.
y Two University of Illinois students
were killed by lightning on the sum-j
y niit of Mount Pisgah recently. The
young men started to ascend the
mnuntnJm in the morning When
they did not return that night a
search party was organized. Their
0 bodies were found under a big pine
_ tree that had been shattered hy the
bolt.
j. More New Cotton Mills.
e The State seems to he on the eve
d of a revival of mill construction. On
o top of the announcement, for the
n plant called the Connemara Mills, at
Laurens, and the establishment of
a $4 00,000 mill on the Clinchfle'd
above Spartanburg, comes the news
5t the Newberry is to have another big
(1 cotton factory.
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r. invite Senator Tillman.
i- The board of commissioners of
<1 Sullivan's Island have extended an
l- invitation to Senator Tillman and
u his family to visit the island to b",
* the guest of the commission.
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J. A. '^IcDermott, John C.
?B. G. Collins, H. L. Bu
M. Burroughs, C. P. Quat
Successor to the Bank of
I Horry County, and a pioneer i
I ly allied with the recent deve
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fH. A. SPIVEY,
Cashier.
BANK OF
Conwaj
Has largest capital and surplus of an
I than the combined capital and surplt
CAPITAL STOCK
SURPLUS
LIABILITIES OF STOCKH
SECURITY OF DEPOSITO
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Robert B. Scarborough,
H. L. Buck,
George J. Holiday,
We offer our customers every accoi
will justify, and we sc
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President. V
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The Augusta Chronicle says "some
way ought to be devised to keep
Commissioner Watson in South Car- r
olina. He could he ill-spared from j
tire state for which he .has done such j
wonderful work in bringing to light
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its resources. inai is true, uul mi;
position offered iMr. Watson is a
flattering one, and opens up a wide <
Held of usefullness for him. <
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The Danville Register and The 1
Chariot to Obseri er are waging a 1
newspaper war against the "rats," t
"puffs" and other forms, shapes and
: kinds of false hair with which the
women, in an attempt to adorn. That <
is what we call leading a genuine <
forlorn hope. <
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DANGER PLAGES IN A STORM.
""he Peril of a Crowd, Hedges, Iron
Fences or Trees.
What is the safest place la a.
hunderstorni ? As a rule Uie safest
lace of all is inside ii bulldiug;
rhlch is provided with a perfect
ightnimg conductor. The conducor,
however, must have no defects,
f it be broken or have a faulty coillection
it is then a source of grave
anger.
In an ordinary dwelling house
inguarded as it usually . is against
ightning, a safe place is the middle
f the largest room, wdiere one is
way from the walls, or a still safr
precaution Is to lie on an iron
ed drawn, out from contact with the
rail.
'The most dangerous places in the
louse, we are further told, are near
he hell wires, or an open window,
r the fireplace. Outside the house
he places of danger are proximity
o walls and buildings and iron
ences. Another danger is a crowd
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ends to lead a flash toward the
rowd. In the open country one of
he most dangerous places is the
iank of a river. Avenues of trees,
akos, and hedges are likewise danierotis.
If any one doubts the danger of a
lawthlorn hedge let him take his
land at a safe distance during a reportable
storm and watch the elect.
The lightning will dart along
he hedge like sheets of fire. If the _ *
ihserver gets wet to the skin, so
11 uch the better for his safety. /
Warships Sold.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer has
igned an order authorizing the sale
>f the third class cruisers Detroit
md Host on, the gunboat Conoord
ind the torpedo boat Winslow. From
i military standpoint the usefulness
>f these vessels has passed. The
[mount of money required to place
hem in condition was so large and
heir value, comparative, sq, small
vhen in service, that the hoard of
inspection and survey for ships re
'onvmenoea mat it wouia ne poor
(fionomy to refit them.
Makes Good.
The United States submarine boat
Salmon, which sailed from Qulncey,
VI ass., July 5, reached Hamilton.
Bermuda, a distance of 800 miles,
Sunday. The seaworthiness of the
ittle craft was proved to the entire
>aiifsfaciion of tiie representatives of
.he navy aboard and the* builders.
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The Newberry Herald and News
lays every city should pass stringent
ordinances against the moving
lictures of the Johnson-Jeffries fight,
fhere is nothing .helpful or elevat
ng in their exhibition and it may
ead to trouble.
It
is said that those who purchased
Uie right to tho moving pictures
>f the Jeffries-Johnson fight expected
to make a cool million dollars exlibiting
them. Since the opposition
las developed against the pictures
hese figures will have to be revised.
Send your boy or girl to college
jven if you have to pinch a little. A
education will be worth more to
:hem than the money it would cost.
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