The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 22, 1910, Image 4
SWEEP MAINE
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Tie Desecrate Elect tie Geveraor and
Tlree Ceagressaiefl.
ALMOST A CLEAN SWEEP
Democrats Klcct Their Governor for
the First Time in Thirty Years
and Congressmen for tlie First
Time in Sixty Years or More, Duinfounding
the Republicans. I
The Democrats nearly made a
clean sweep in the Maine election on
Tuesday, electing the Governor and
two Congressmen out of four. The I
Republicans elect two. There was
no uncertainty in the voico with
which Maine recorded her preference
for Governor, and her attitude on I
the issues of the campaign generally.
The plurality given Frederick K.
Plaisted, of Augusta, Democrat, was
decisively large. The Democrats I
have rarried the Legislature also,
whi?h will elect a Democratic I
Senator in place of Hale.' j
In the face of the sweeping Dem-1
ocratic victory the Republican lead-1
era were overwhelmed with surprise,
and the magnitude of their success
astonished even the most sanguine
Democrat. ,
It was the first beating the Republicans
of Maine, the State of Blaine
1 T1 ' hod in 30 v(>ars. and I
BI1U XVtKJVl, lino U?u ??? U V J ,
by a coincidence Harris M. Plaisted,
father of the present State candidate,
vas Maine's last Democratic Governor,
in the year 1881.
Col. Plaisted, the Governor-ele;",
goes up to the Capital with a plurality
larger than that given two years
ago to his defeated Republican opponent,
Governor Pert M. Fernaiu,
of Poland.
Col. Plaisted was born In Bangor
in 1864. He ran for mayor of Augusta
five times and won four elections.
The Republican leaders, as a rule,
were at a loss to account for their
overwhelming defeat. The wvther
was perfect. The issues were wellunderstood
and most of the speakers
had confined themselves to State
matters, scarcely mentionng national
affairs.
Governor Fernald's administration
was stoutly defended against Democratic
criticism of extravagance.
Close political observers, however,
heard mutterings, not loud, but deep.
The so-called "Old Guard" had to
stand a lot of party criticism and
even the leaders were out of harmony
with a new element which had
begun to manifest itself, especially
in the western part of the State
It was hoped among the backers of
the administration of Governor Fer
nald that this unrest would subside
and much de pendence was placed on
the old loyalty of the farming s'pte
in the back counties.
But "insurgency" was in the air.
The rural voter had been absorbing
ideas out of the State as well as in
it, and this was particularly manifest
in tho 2d district, where Congres?- ,
man Burleigh, with an 18-year reo- !
ord at Washington, found himself defeated
by his old-time opponent, Samuel
W. Could, of Skowheyan.
The victory of Daniel J. MoBil fcuddy,
of Ivewiston, in the 2d district,
was not so surprising, as Congressman
John P. Swansey, o* Can- 1
ton, narrowly missed dofeat in his
first election two yea*-# aco.
McGilllcuddy served two terms as
mayor of Bewiston, and has been 1
prominent in party affa'rs for many 1
years. 1
He was chairman of the last Slate *
Convention and delivered ilie ba tie *
cry of ext'rvagance, wnkh proved *
one of the most (effective in the cam- 2
paign.
In the 1st district Asher C. Hinds,
whose talents as i parliamentarian
were discovered yearj ago by Thos. I
11. Reed, and who has sat behind i
half a dozen speakers, including Jos- <
cph G. Cannon, was given a ?urd i
fight by former Sheriff Wm. M. nell,
and the latter's election wis s
also conceded by Mr. Boyd, the Ro- 1
publican Sta'e chairman
That insurgency has enread as far
tho 4th district and up into Aroostook
County, where, Congressman
Frank E. Guernsey, of Dover, was
opposed by Geo. W. II.iufou. of (,a
ais, was also disclosed by tho early
returns, and the result was In doubt.
Tho election passed off without
any unfortunate incident; in fact, it
was one of the quietest in yea 'o The
vote was about an average one for
an off year and tho total will run to
about 14 0,000. Governor Bart M.
Fernald, of Portland, said Monday
night;
"I have no doubt from tho returns
at hand that Mr. Plaisted nas been
elected by from three to five thousand.
I don't understand why t m
vote should take such a sudden
change in all parts of the State."
Tho latest reports from the election
aro as follows: 57 out of 6a2
election districts give;
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Femald, Kepumican, o.s,;>au, tt.xu
Plaisted, Democratic, 72,536.
The vote In 1906 was: Cobb, Republican,
68,000; Davis, Democrat,
60,721.
Has the Legislature Too.
Complete returns on the vote for
Btate senate show the Democrats ha J '
TKNNKSvSKK DKMOCItATS BUSY.
Kffort to Select Candidate Acceptable
to Both Factions.
A dispatch from Nashville says
city is teeming with politicians from
every section of the State. Various
theories and suggestions are advanced
in connection with the perplexing
political problems brought about by
Governor Patterson's withdrawal
from the Gubernatorial race. But is
s all chaos and none can safely predict
the outcome.
The independent Convention on
Wednesday will stand by the leaders'
agreement and endorse Hooper, the
Republican nominee, seems now assured,
but the question of the voters
* ? t* 1 n ..
attitude ^8 stiii open. wuun/ m
Sumner County, a public meeting of
the Democratic committee and voters
adopted resolutions suggesting a plan
for selecting a Democratic candidate
that both factions could support, and
it is understood that similur meetings
are planned in other counties.
Such suggestions have been considered
by men prominent in both
factions, but it is said that the independent
leaders are holding to their
compact, charging that Patterson's
step is but a scheme to hold off the
Legislature. Until the State committee
meets nothing tangible will be
known.
ON TKA1L OF GOLD.
Scores of Detectives Search for the
Stolen Bars.
A score of detectives have been
set to work in Alaska to trace the
$57,500 in gold ingots stolen in tran
sit on the steamer Humbodlt from
the Washington-Alaska bank of Fairbanks,
Alaska, to the Dexter-IIortou
National bank of Seattle.
The ship makes several stops en
route to Seattle and the steamship
officials say that the robbers may
have left the boat at one of the intermediate
points. The looted box
had not been roughly broken open.
Apparently the thieves had removed
one side by use of a nail puller.
The bank and express company officials
interested express the conviction
that the robbery occurred before
the steamship Hum'bodlt arrived at
Seattle. The Canadian customs officials
are supposed to have unpacked
the entire consignment and examined
it at Dawson. From that point
to the assay office at Seattle, a distance
of probably 1,400 miles, the
boxes passed without more than casual
scrutiny.
KIDNAPPED FROM HOSPITAL.
County Prosecutor of Newark, Ohio,
Spirited Awiy.
I
County Prosecutor Philip Smythe,
of Newark, Ohio., who has been in
the Shepherd sanitarium at Columbus,
Ohio, for some time, was kidnapped
Monday by unknown parties
who drove up to the sanitarium in
an automobile. They asked for Mr.
Smythe and Dr. McMillen, in charge
of the sanitarium, says ho consented
to allow Smythe to see them. Two
allUILUHUIb lU|iu wuu pin j tuu uiiu
when he got into the vehicle, McMlllen
says that the men seized
Smythe and drawing revolvers flourished
them at the frightened attendants
when they protested. Ollicera
ire hunting for them .
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KILLS FIANCE AND HIMSELF.
fealousy Cuuses Young Man D> Shoo!
Young Dentist Also.
Jealous of the attention of his
ival, Jay Harbinson, agod 2 6, sh :>t
Or. Bayd Clinite, a young dentist,
ind killed his nlneteen-year-oid
jweet-heart in Red field, S. D. He
hen killed himself. The girl's death
'ollowed n twenty minutes, but the
r'oung dentist will probably recovor
Killed by Baseball.
Edward Ballard, 20 years old, was
tilled in a baseball game Thursday
it Wisnor, Mich. A foul tip h't him
Dver the heart while he was playng
the position of catcher.
secured 21 out of 31 seats. The
last State senate was made up of 23
Republicans and 8 Democrats
The Democrats also have elected
7 1 representatives out of a total
house membership of 151. This gives
the Democrats within five votes of a
majority in tho lower house.
With a majority of eleven in the
senate, the Democrats are assured of
the control in joint convention of
both branches of tho legislature,
which will elect a United States senator
to succeed Senator Eugene Ilaie.
The Republicans have elected ol
representatives In districts thus far
complete. The Democratic leaders
expressed confidence that returns
from the remaining 29 representative
districts would give a secure
Democratic majority in the house.
With but four representative districts
to be completed at 1.30 p. m.
Tuesday, the Democrats have elected
84 representatives and the Republicans
63.
The two Democratic Congressmen
elected went in by 2,000 and 3,00o
majorities respectiveely, while the
two Republican Congressmen had only
200 and 300 majorities respectively
in the districts they carried. A
change of e few hundred votes wouid
have given the Democrat* all fo.u
Congressmen.
BOLDBANDITS
Hold Up aid Rob Tbree Hen in An
Automobile on Lonely Road.
A VICTIM SHOWS FIGHT
And In Roughly Handled by the Two
Robbers, Who Relieve the Travel*
ers of Their ('ash and Watches at
the Point of Pistols the Thugs
Had.
Three belated automobilists hurrying
into Poughkeepsie, N. Y., at a
forty-mile-an-hour pace in a big touring
car were halted on a lonely spot
on the new State road near Rheinbeck
Monday morning by two swinging
lanterns.
As their machine stopped the lanterns
went out and two masked men
hopped lightly to the high step of
the car. There was one of them
on each side of the automobile and
each carried a glistening revolver.
"Get out of here while wo search
you," said one of the men as he
[ swung open the door of the car.
The automobilists stepped down for
the barrels of the two revolvers covered
their every movement.
"Up with your hands?and no j
fooling," was the next command
Then while one of the highwaymen
stood on the seat of the car the other
went through a score or scores of
pockets, missing nothing in his deliberate
search. He took out a bandana
handkerchief and carefully tied
up his booty, $175 in cash, three
watches worth $4 00, and some negotiable
papers, the value of which is
not stated.
As the highwayman stepped back
to allow his victims to return to the
car, one of the trio, J. W. Trowsley, |
of New York City, stooped quickly,
picked up a huge rock and sprang
upon the masked man.
The second highwayman afraid to
fire at Towsley for fear of injuring
his companion, rushed to the rescue,
shooting twice into the air as he
came.
He pulled Towsley away, hurling
him sprawling toward the car, which
the other outomobiltots were Just entering.
Then he grabbed his companion
and the two disappeared in
the darkness at the side of the road.
The automobilists made record
time to Rheinbeck and from there
telephoned to the authorities in
Poughkeepsie and neighboring towns.
Deputy sheriffs were immediately
sent out after the highwaymen.
Nearly a score of automobile holdups
have occurred in that neighborhood
during the last few weeks.
DEMOCRATS WIN ARIZONA.
Will Control the Constitutional Convention.
Democrats will write the constitution
of the new state of Arizona.
In tho election of delegates to the
constitutional convention they won
at least 2 8 out of 52 seats in the convention.
The official canvass probably
will increase the number of
Democrats.
If campaign pledges and platforms
are carried out to the letter the constitution
will not be the short, plain
instrument pleaded for by those who
expressed the fear that any other
might be frowned on in Washington.
It will establish the principles of the
initiative, referendum and recall, dilt
will establish the principles of the
direct election of the United States
senators and direct primary.
State-wide prohibition and woman
suffrage may be fought out on the
floor of the convention or submitted
is amendments to a popular vote
simultaneously with the constitution.
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HALF MILLION IJORROWK1).
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South Carolina Has Requested Loan
of $550,000.
The sum of $550,000 has been borrowed
by the State treasurer since
the first of the year to pay the necessary
expenses of the State government.
This money has been bc \ .rod
in two loans of $200,000 and ori'j
of $150,000. The several loans wel l
made through the Palmetto National
bank of Columbia. At the last session
of the general assembly the
general assembly the State tronsurcr
was authorized to borrow the sum
of $600,000. This was an increase
of $100,000 over the amount borrowed
in 1909. The statement is
made that it will not be necessary
to borow any more money for the
present year. The first tax money
will be received by November 15.
Three Perish in Wreck.
Throe were killed and as many
hurt in Hocking Valley passengor
train wreck near Lamoyne, Ohio, on
Monday. A broken rail was the
cause.
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Not a Word to Say.
When President Taft was told at
Beverly, Mass., that the Democrats
had cleaned up LMaine ho did n?^
have a word to say. Like most other
Republicans he was dumbfounded.
DIES OF INJURIES.
Second Jailer in Six Months to Die
of Injuries Received.
Jailer John Cook, of Camden, who
was assaulted on Saturday night,
when three prisoners made their escape
from the Kershaw county jail,
died early Tuesday morning as a
result of the wounds inflicted by the
escaped men. Developments show
that an iron cupsidor was the instrument
used by the prisoners. Mr.
Cook is survived by a wife and five
children.
The two men who escaped are still
at large, while the woman was captured
late Saturday night at the
grounds of a carnival then playing
there. This is the second jail delivery
that has occurred at Camden in
the last six months. The former one
resulted in the death of Jailer Boone,
who also died as a result of the in*
juries received at the hands of escaping
prisoners.
STABBED WITH PENCIL.
Jackie on Gunboat Hancock Is Killed
With Unusual Weapon.
The 6tab of a lead pencil was the
weapon which brought death Saturday
night to Albert Curren, a Jackie
on the gunboat Hancock. Curren
had obtained a leave of absence to
visit his sisters in Brooklyn. In a
saloon near her home he became
gaged with John Schmidt, an acquaintance
in a lively discuss ou as
to the merits of the battleships of
Germany and the United States.
Schmidt declares Curren struck him.
Schmidt said he did not realize that
ho held a lead pencil in his clinched
hand when, resenting Curren's attack
he struck back. The blow
caught Curren on the neck and the
pencil pierced his jugular vein.
TItAINS KILLS XEGKO WOMAN.
Harriott Littlejohn Meets Tragic
I>eatli at Clifton.
Trying to cross the track before a
| passenger train, at Clifton early Mon|
day morning. Harriet Llttlejohn,
aged 60, one of the best know negroes
at Clifton, fell on the track
and before she could get off was
struck and instantly killed. At the
coroner's inquest, no blame was attached
to the engineer. This is the
third inquest Coroner Turner has
held in 24 hours.
FATAL llOILKK EXPLOSIONS
The Engineer and Fireman Dead and
Engineer's Son Hurt.
Two men were killed and a boj
fatally injured when the boiler in
the Toleda and Central pumping station
at New Lexington, Ohio, was
blown up Monday. The building was
wrecked. Albert Funk, the engineer,
was hurled 300 feet and killed. Jas.
Kelly, the fireman, was bo badly Injured
that he died later. Dea, 5year-old
son of the engineer, will
probably die.
GIVEN FIVE YEAItS.
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White Man Sent to Penitentiary for
Manslaughter.
At Greenville Tully Babb, a wellknown
white farmer of that section
was convicted Wednesday in the
criminal court of manslaughter, and
was sentenced to five years at hard
labor by Judge Gary. A notice of
appeal was filed and bond fixed In
the sum of $3,000. Babb is alleged
to have killed T. W. Knight, near
Greenville about two months ago.
The trial began Tuesday morning and
continued until Wednesday afternoon.
THIRST CAUSES DISCOVERY.
Chiiitiinaii Conies Into United States
in Load of Hay.
A lean yellow hand protruding
from a car door in the Loston and
Maine railroad yard and a faint
voice pleading in broken English for
water led to tho discovery of four
Chinese. They were promptly arrested
on tho charge of attepting
to evade tho immigration laws. The
consignment of hay in the car was
consigned from llurko, near the Canadian
line, New York State. All
four travelers were in a weakened
condition from lack of water.
Advertising Spells Success.
All business men want success but
not every one secures it. The man
who sits idly by his store door waiting
for a chance customer will never
know the joy of success, neither will
he who declines to acquaint the pnolle
with the character of the goods
ho keeps on his shelves. In these
days of fierce competition every business
man must keep abreast of his
rivals in advertising and other upto-date
methods if he would spell
the magio word?success.
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Tho publicity given crimes by all
live, up-to-date newspapers detert?
a great many rascals from committing
crime. They are afraid of publicity
and refrain from dolne then
rascality.
fFIRST NATI<
jfjL CONW^
2? CAPITAL STOCK
W SURPLUS PROFITS
A TOTAL ASSESTS
JP 1)1 RK(
J. A. McDermott, John
Jlji B. G. Collins, H. L.
jlr M. Burroughs, C. P. Qu
/k Successor to the Bank c
iSr Horry County, and a pioneei
ly allied with the recent de
A Republic. Backed by the
jgt United States Bonds, we are
W tomers any reasonable accom
Ak If. A. 8PIVKY,
? Cashier.
BANK OI
Conwa
Has largest capital and surplus of
than the combined capital and surj
CAPITAL STOCK. . ..
SURPLUS
LIABILITIES OF STOOP
SECURITY OF DEPOSIT
DIREi
Robert B. Scarborough,
H. L. Buck,
George J. Holiday,
We offer our customers every ac(
will justify, and we
robert b. scarborough, I
President.
We continue to pay 5 pc
PROFESSION AI/ CARDS.
H. H. WOODWARD
Attorney and Councelor At Lav
CONWAY, 8. C.
WL B. 8CARBROUGH
CONWAY, 8. CAttorney
at Law.
0. H. BURROUGHS
Physician and Surgeon
CONWAY, 8. C.
B. WOFFORI) WAIT.
Attorney at I^r,
Ilmik of Horry Building.
CONWAY, 8. O.
THE WORLDS 6REATEST SEWING MACHINE
k JLIGHT RUNNING ^
^ itniL* ' /vX /
Jfyon wnntctthora Vibrating Shuttle, Rotaiy
Shuttle or a Hlnglo Thread [Chain &tUch\
Bowing Machine write to
THI NEW HOME 8EWINQ MACHINE COMPANY
Orange, Mass.
Bf any sewing machines arc made to sell regardless o(
quality, but the New Home Is made to wcaft
Our guaranty never runs out
NsU bj anthorlBed dealer* enlf*
rv> Mia BT
BUHKOUGIIS & ('OlililNS CO.,
Conway, S. C.
Willi* KES1ST DISI]ASK.
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l*rof. DeliOticli, of (ioorgin, Finds
New Cotton Seed.
Prof. DoLoach, along with tho other
members of the staff of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture, all
of whom have been working to develop
a cotton seed that can resist
the fatal anthracnose, has practically
succeeded ih securing the desired
tpye of seed. It' is calculated that
this discovery will save the South
millions of dollars annually, providing
the seed can he placed in general
use. Experiments have been conducted
for some time by many experts
along this line.
A ,
3NAL BANKV,
LY, S. O. X
$26,000.00 ^
2,500.00 A
126,000.00 jjL
Tfflr
JTOIIS: jP
C. Spivey, D. T. McNeill,
Buck, W. R. Lewis, D. SL
lattlebaum, D. A. Spivey.
?f Conway, t.he oldest Bank In 3L ( '
p in Eastern Carolina. Close- ^
.-Unmanf ?f tllo F IwF t? DCIl (1 till t
VClU|;iuciit ui v..^ 1.
Government and secured 'by Ak
prepared to extend to our cus^ mi
iiiodutioiiB. W
I*. G. COLLINS, JL
President. ?
T HORRY^
y. S, C. ^
any bank in Horry county. More
plus of all other banks in the county.
$50,000
12,600
^HOLDERS . . . . 50,000
ORS 112,500
C10RS
D. V. Richakdson?
W. A. Johnson,
Will A. freeman.
:ommodalion which their accounts
solicit your business.
). V. Richardson, will a. frebnajd
Vice President. Cashier.
:r cent, on yearly deposits.
JUGGLING TI1K CENSUS.
For the Benefit of the Republican*
in Some States.
The Washington correspondent of
The News and Courier says few people
around Washington who know
Director of the Census Durand and
are acquainted with his high official
position and record, believe the Btories
that have been current there for
some time to the effect that ceneua
figures in some instances are being
juggled and will be held back for
political reasons.
It hae been hinted here fore some
time that in those sections where the
Democrats are likely to make gainsin
the next House, figures may not
be given until after the next Legislature
In those States have been elected,
so that wherever possible ,the
Republicans may have a better opportunity
of getting men in the legislatures,
hence restricting the redisricting
measures which will come before
them.
It is almost certain that In Texas
there, will he eight new members of
Congress when the redistricting is
completed; in Oklahoma there will
he more members, and elsewhere
throughout the country the Democrats
are expected to add materially
to their present numbers in Congress.
It is to stop this, it is said, that census
figures are to l>e "fixed" In such
a way that the Legislatures are to
ho controlled, in some cases, by the
Republicans.
Of couro, no one in Washington
believes this nor that Mr. Durand ?
would be a party to such a scheme,
but if is nevertheless true that in
some cases complete figures could
ave been made public sometime back
btit for some mysterious reason have
not. Whatever may be in the matter
th^re is much undisguised dissatisfaction
with the way the present
statistics are befng handled.
WANTS UKXKKAL PRIMARY LAW.
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Proposes a Conference of (lovernort*
to Consider It. \
A congress of governors of the ^
various States to outline a primary
law for general use throughout the
country was the plan outlinod by
John A. Div phnirninn r\f
. >/..? * IIIMI1 Ul tllU
York Democratic State committee, at
a conference Friday afternoon with
200 Demociatic leaders of Saratoga
county. Mr. I)ix also advocwod a
State law that wiuld pi?v?>nt th*
use of funds hy corporations la corrupting
legislators. He told ht$ ^
hearers that the time has come to ' 7
place citizenship abovo partisanship
(n onz-nmnUoli ? -
vv/ uv-vAMii ju inn 1X3 * *1118# *
Tried to Wreck Train.
Train No. 13, from Columbia to
Asheville, came very near having a
serious wreck just beyond Saluda,
N. C. Two mi8creant8 who were soon
scrambling down an embankment and
fleeing had placed a very large
switch crosstie on. tho track. The
engine struck it, but kept the track.*
Police Inspector Killed.
A native police Inspector, Sarat
Chandra, was shot and probaMy fatally
wounded Friday at Dacca,
British India, where a number of
young Indians are on trial for conspiracy
against the government. The
assailants of the inspector are
youths of good families.