The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 16, 1911, Image 4

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WHY SHE DID IT Mrs. Hayes Says She Had to Shoot Floyd io Defence of Her Honor. SHOT HIM NINE TIMES At Coroner's Investigation, Slayer of Young Medical Student Testifies That She Shot to Defend Her Honor, as Floyd Had Laid Hands Cpon Her to Assault Her. Facts brought out at (he inquest over (he body of Robert H. Floyd, which was hold at Tabor, X. 0., Monday, make the story of the killing even more sensational than at fiist reported. Mrs. Hayes was the only witness at the inquest and coolly, calmly and deliberately she told her story, without a tremor and apparently without being moved. Nine times she shot him, according to her account?seven times while in a struggle, emptying a Colt's automatic revolver. After she and Floyd had fallen through her bodroom door on the floor of the hall. Mrs. Hayes got up, went back into the room, got another pistol and shot him twice more. The reason assigned by the woma 11 for tier act is that Floyd made an improper proposal to lior and upon her resenting it laid hands on her and tried to overcome her by violence. It was learned from Tabor late Monday afternoon that N. M. Hayes, the husband, and his brother, Lloyd Hayes have both been arrested and taken along with Mrs. Hayes to the jail at Whiteville, the county seat of Columbus county. There was no intimation given as to what connection Lloyd Hayes had with the tragedy or why he had been arrested. A letter was found in Floyd's pocket from Mrs. Hayes, written to him in Charleston, in which he was asked to come to Tabor as soon as he could conveniently do so and treat some moles which Mrs. Hayes had 011 her face. Floyd, who had some local reputation as a "cancer doctor," it is stated, had successfully treated moles for Mr, Hayes and for this reason both he and his wife were desirous that he should treat those of Mrs. Hayes. The letter was of the friendliest nature and Floyd was urged to come as soon as possible and assured that *-><? ovnouses would bo borne and that 'he would be paid for his trouble. He rand Mrs. Ilayee had been sweethearts previous to her marriage to Hayes, and the two men bad been rivals for her hand at the same time. <Floyd, with this letter, came to Tabor and first called upon Mr. Hayes at his place of business down town, showed him the letter and told him he was at his service. Hayes, who was often detained down town late in connection with his store and barber shop, told the young man to go on ui) to the house and insisted """ at he take supper and spend the lit. "rom this point nothing is known pt what is learned from Mrs. V account of the killing. After .i.ering the home Floyd was ki'led before even removing his hat or overcoat. Mrs. Haves testified before the | coroner's jury that Floyd came to the door of her home, which was locked; that she opened it: that they spoke and he made inquiry about her moles, which he had come to treat; he then made an insulting proposal to her, which she resented, and that he then laid violent hau ls on her. That Mrs. Hayes acted coolly and deliberately and fully intended to kill Floy1 is borne out by further statement in her testimony: "We tussellcd toward the bead of the bed, when I ran my bands under the pillow, got an automatic revolver, and holding it close to bis breast 1 shot him seven times. 1 was running backward toward the door and he lolding me. We fell out the door .ogetlier, when 1 went back and got mother pistol and shot him twice nore." The nine shots took effect, puncturing his body from the waist line to the forehead. ..1 1. - .1 .. I l.t?. I IlrtU ctl>Yit%yg I'UlIMUtTl'U 111 III cl gentIonian when he had been to our house several times before," was tne estimate put on the deceased by his slayer. Mrs. Hayes was the only person put on the stand and she related her story calmly and distinctly, Her husband, standing nearby, evidenced not the least concern. Had Negro Shot. Pearly Kurtz, a negro, was shot tc 'death by a posse of men who hat tracked him for miles, near Mont rose, Ga., (Monday afternoon, aftei the negro had shot and wounded Dr J. J. Wall and the negro driver o the doctor's vehicle. I)r. Wall ha< been called to attend three negroc who were shot in a row, and Kurt Interfered, Dr. Wall knocked hIn down and the negro ambushed bin later. The physician was not seriouf ly wounded. w ? fading maketh a full man. cor f? - ?e a ready man, and writing a exs< man. LOSES HIS OFFICE PROTECTING VICE CAUSES MAYOR'S DOWNFALL. Mayor Gill of Seattle Accused of Having A U owed Immoral Conditions and is Recalled. Hiram C. Gill, elected mayor of Seattle, a year a-'o, was ousted from oiliee by the voters participating in i he recall election Wednesday, and George \v. Hilling, Public Welfare League candidate, was chosen by a plurality of (>,0 00 votes to serve as mayor during the remainder of the term for which Mayor Gill had been elected. When Mayor Gill was elected a year ago he received 18,000 votes out of 36,000 cast. Eight months after he was elected the women of ;he State of Washington were enfranchised and to this fact is due the decisive victory won by the recall advocates in Wednesday's elec- ' tlon. Of the 71,000 votes registered, 22.000 were women and a large majority of them, it is admitted, voted , for the recall of Mayor Gill. The votin'g was heavy in all parts of the city, hut the most notable increases were in the residence sections. The total was more than 60,000. Mayor-elect Hilling received 31, 000; Mayor Gill 25,not), and lirown CSocialist), 4,r>00. Gill was charged with protecting immorality. Dilling nill take office on Saturday. Mayor Gill's troubles began the moment ho announced he would appoint Charles Wappenstein as chief of police. Wappenstein was formerly chief of detectives in Cincinnati. He was involved in the scandal that led to the shooting of former Chief of Police 'Meredith in a street duel in the city. Pressure was brought on the mayor to remove Wappenstein, and Wappenstein later sought to resign. As soon as it was announced last November that the women suffrage amendment had been adopted, the movement to recall Mayor Gill took active form under a provision of the city charter, an rue women entered vigorously into the campaign. Women stood in line with the men at the polls, and were as quick to grasp the voting instructions as their experienced men folk. SPOILED COKN SEIZED. Damaged Grain Hoportod From Several Sections. Shipments of spoiled corn to South Carolina have been held up by the feedstuffs department of the State partnient of agriculture. The department was Wednesday notified by consignees in several section of the State that carload lots of corn in a damaged condition had been received. Commissioner Watson, upon the receipt of the messages, rushed inspectors of the department to make an investigation. "The law will be vigorously enforced," said the commissioner, "and it is very probable that several of the cars of corn will have to be destroyed." Samples of the corn sent to the department showed it t.o be in a decayed condition. The corn is being shipped here from without the State. The spoiled corn problem has afforded a great deal of annoyance to the department. The department has had careful botanical and other analysis mad'4 and has succeeded in identifying the fungo formed in the heart of the ln-aied damaged corn, and has established ?a good many other points which enable the men with the department to identify the corn that is dangerous to men and animals. The commissioner will not permit the corn to be shipped out of the State. Ten samples are drawn from each ear. SERVED HIM III (HIT. ??* Kansas City I<a?ly Wins Her Breach of Promise Suit. Miss Ethel McKee, the Kansas City stenographer who sued Prof. CJrant II. Crain, of Ottawa, Kan., for $25,000 for breach of promise, got a verdict of $10,000. Miss McKee was at one time a pupil of Prof. Crain, in Ottawa Ho proposed to her seven years ago, after a short acquaintance, and the wedding day was named. When the time approached he asked that the wedding be postponed. Miss McKee bad ber trousseau prepared, but she acceded to the request. She testift ,1 < h n I 11?A/1 /linrv limo nnn A J Iini lllcll i 111* ? uim i iif^ w cio |;woi?|'V7i? v\i ) ton times and that she had to alter I her wedding dress four times be. cause of the changing styles. r Prof. Crain, who is now tho proprietor of the Ottawa Business Ooif lege, wrote Miss McKee more thar I 3 00 letters. s 7 Wants a Divorce. a .1. O. Otey, 7 7 years old, a promt a nent citizen of Henderson county j- Ky., has instituted suit for a u? vorce against his wife, Mrs. Margur et Otey, aged GO years, on statu tor1 l- grounds. Depositions of the motn noted physicians of Louisville are be ing taken in the case. MOTIVE SOUGHT k Many Witnesses Summoned in AtUmpts to Prove Plot in Kiiliog. HAYES HOME SEARCHED Course of Bullets Traced in KITort to Fstahlish Direetion From Whieli They Were Fired?Many Facts Connected With the Sad Tragedy ; I That Faded Floyd's Fife. The Conway correspondent of The State says as a result of a trip he made to Tabor, N. C., the scene of -? i-ini-~ ? ? I ?! t \* I 11113 Killing ui nuui'i i 4Y1, i' KI,> u vjii 1 j Saturday last by Mrs. Rosa Hayes, lit was ascertained definitely tliat the ! preliminary hearing in this case will i be held 011 Tuesday, t he 14th. at Whiteville. This date has been agreed 011 by all parties interested. Magistrate W. C. Graham of Tabor has been designated to sit. in the case and this mornin: lie was busV binding oyer witnesses. I'p until noon Thursday 22 witnesses had 1 been bound over by the State, and, judging by the activity of the rela-, fives of the slain man, still more witnesses may be summoned. All of these witnesses live in and around Tabor, and they have been I summoned, it is learned, in an at tempt, to prove a motive for fhe killing other than the statements made by Mrs. Hayes and to implicate in the horrible affair others whom Mr. Floyd's relatives and friends claim were parties to a plot to get him to Tabor and take bis life. One with no knowledge of the kill-' ing would be impressed on arriving at Tabor with the idea that some great calamity had befallen this quiet but busy little town. Notwithstanding the fact that it has been five days since the occurrence and the subsequent removal of the prisoners , to Whiteville, Tabor is yet all astir ' over the occurrence. | Groups are gathered here and there, discussing the tragedy, each | comparing rumors and theories with the other in an effort to solve the mystery surrounding the tragic death of young Floyd. The Hayes home is situated only a few feet back from the sidewalk of a broad open side street and only about 200 yards from the main _A. i. - C a 1 i ITTUUl^ A A street ui nit; iowii, w i l11111 t \j iccl of the house on either side are other ; dwellings, one being a hotel which on the nia;ht of the killing was well filled with guests. Haves' barber shop is only about 100 yards from his home. One standing at the front 1 of the shop has an unobstructed j view of the Hayes home, j The house is a four room dwellJ ing, a hall running between the two | rooms on each side. The hall opens by a door on the front porch, which door Mrs. Hayes in her testimony stated was locked. The door to her bed room, which she states that Floyd entered, is several feet down the hall to the rigiit. Floyd's hat was hung on a rack on j the left wall of the hall beyond the i bed room door. The bed to which Mrs. Hayes | states Floyd forced her stands in the extreme right hand corner of the room, hut to the left of the bed room door. Mrs. Hayes' retreat backwards followed by Floyd, as she states in her testimony, carried her the width of a room through a door into the hall, the length of this hall, through the front door and across about ten feet of porch, Floyd having been found at the extreme front of the porch with one foot out on the top step. Those who saw Mr. Floyd before he was moved state that his form lay in such a position that anyone returning to the hall would be forced to go over his prostrate form. Mrs. Hayes' statement is that she fell out of the door ahead of Mr. Floyd and that she afterward returned to the house and secured another pistol and shot him again in the head. A thorough search was made of <'>n k/-v/i r?f tVio tinvps homo is I I 11 C IIU\I 1 v/v/lll v* * viiv/ . . tW|, w which tho shooting is stated to have occurred. The carpet was removed from the floor and two bullets were accounted for. One, a lead bullet, was found lodged in a sill under the floor, the course of the bullet being a downward slant, indicating that it came from the direction of the hall door | to the bed room. Another bullet had plowed through the top of the floor at such a slant as to pass out through the window sash several feet from the floor. This i bullet could not bo found, but was ' I evidently fired from the same place j as the other. Hayes bought, a number of steel "! bullets from a local hardware dealer I " I about ton lays ago, stating at the 1 jtlme that he wanted his wife to practice with his new automatic. Next door neighbors have frequently since then seen Mr. and Mrs. Hayes taget practicing with this pistol in their . j back yard. I Floyd had been gone from th< - barber shop only about 1 r? minutes v ! when the shooting occurred. Dur t ing that time be bad taken bis hors< - to a nearby livery stable and ha< made inquiries beyond the Hayes OUR GREATEST EVIL "DIVORCE MILL A SOCIAL SCOURGE" OP THE TIMES. More Blighting Upon Family Life of the Nation Than Mormoiiism, Says Cardinal Gibbons. "There is a social scourge more blighting and more destructive of family life than Mormonism. It is the fearfully increasing number of divorce mill's throughout the United States. These mills, like the mills of the gods are slowly, but surely grinding to powder the domestic altars of I 1*1 * : ^? >? rpuu t~ r^.y .,!? % ,1 . I I.I1U IlcltlUII. I II lo It> \> iicll U(ll UIIKU iCiibbons said Sunday in a sermon at' Baltimore. The Cardinal went on 1 to say: i "Husband and wife are separated' on til*' most flimsy pretext. And as! if the different States of the Union j vere not sufllciently accommodating in this respect, one State has the un- ; enviable distinction of granting a i bill of divorce for the mere asking of if, on the sole condition of a brief, sojourn within her borders. "I can conceive no scene more pathetic nor one that appeals more touchingly to our sympathies than j the contemplation of a child emerging into the years of discretion see-I ing her father and mother estranged from each other. Her little heart is learning to love. She longs to embrace both parents, but she finds that . she cannot ?ive her affection to the one without exciting the resentment or displeasure of the other. "A lady prominent in social life j once said to me in Newport "I do not. recognize any law, human or divine that can deprive a husband or wife of the right to separate and to enter fresh espousals when they do ' not live in harmony together.' " 'You speak,' I replied, 'of your, rights; your privileges. But you j have not a word to say for your du- j ties and obligations.' "Ah! my brethren, if men and wo-j men had due consideration for their duties and responsibilities their rights would take care of themselves. There can be 110 rights where there are 110 corresponding obligations. There are no rights against the law of God. "If Christianity is the highest type of civilization?and who can deny it??then is it not true that we are retrograding instead of advancing on certain lines? We glory in our system of universal education, in our enormous wealth and in our terrifrwlnl nvn'ineirvn T^llt IhpQP II- I LUI 1 (I 1 K. A J/H1IOI V/Jl, /**?- v?? vw V v. . tages are not evidences of Christian progress. "Two thousand years ago pagan Rome had all these temporal advantages. The wealth of the nations poured into her lap. Her empire extended over three continents. She far excelled us in the arts, in oratory, poetry, philosophy and literature, and in all the refinements of cultivated society. Her paintings and sculpture, her literary productions, are still our models. And yet, while she was in the zenRh of her material and intellectual splendor she was in a state of moral and political decay, in fact, she was lapsing into barbarism. "The most striking feature of ! Christ's empire is its perpetual en| durance. Two thousand years ago J He was. laid in the tomb, and yet He lexorts today the paramount influence 'on flie social and political as well as on the moral and religious world; such as was never wielded by any earthly sovereign. Other rulers pass in review before us and are gone. Hut Christ remains forever." ? < Children Cremated. Two children were cremated, the , mother seriously burned and three other children who were dropped from a second story window were slightly hurt Wednesday when lire destroyed the home of Peter Eckland in South New Castle, Pa. Mrs. Eckland sustained burns about the body and was injured when she leaped from the window and went back for the other two. Cut off from their room by the flames, the mother was forced to leap to save her own life. Took Their Heads. A dispatch received at Paris Monday from Melilla states that four Europeans traveling from Oran, Algeria, to Melilla were decapitated by Riff tribesmen on January 2 0. A fifth member of the party escaped. home as to where the house was, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes having moved itinir MPoson t home onlv since January 15. They moved to Tabor during December but occupied another house than this one till the 15th of January. Leaving a brother of Mr. Floyd in , Whiteville the dead man's father, , M. T. Floyd, and a brother, Herbert Floyd, ^pent. the morning in Loris, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes' old home, , and came on to Conway this after* . noon. It is understood that Robt . H. Scarborough of Conway will be employed to aid In the prosecution * The father of the deceased stated * to your correspondent that each da> - ho grows more firm in his belie] 5 that a scheme was laid for his sor 1 and that he grows all the more do 3 termined to see the matter pushot PASSIT OVER The House Continues the School Bill to Last of the Session. ? PRACTICALLY KILLED I Th? Hill Will Probably 11? Taken Up Next Session, Hut It Will Hardly He Considered A^ain This Session, as It Was Postponed to the Very Last Day. The Mouse practically killed the new school bill, for Ibis session at least, when it continued it to the last day. The House's reversal of its posit ion on the bill was a great sinprise. Several motions hostile to ihe j bill had been snowed under, but at | the phyehological moment a motion was made to adjourn debate until , the last day of this session, and this motion swept the house, the hill thus l>??i 11 j in effect sidetracked as above stated. The vote was 03 to 12, not voting 10. Those who voted in lavor of the motion to postpone the b'll were: Messrs. Arnold, Ashley, Ayer, Bailey, Bcnmguard, Bowman, B. II. Brown, T. I*. Brown, Benter, Gary, Charles, Connor, .1. .VI. Daniel, Davis, Dixon, Isaac Edwards, Erckman, Cary, Gilbert, Graham, Hamilton, Harrison, Hill, Hopkins, Hunter, Hutto, Irby, Jackson, Jones, Kirkland, Leland, Lengnick, McCravey, McDow, McQueen, Magill, Mauldln, Minis, Mitcbum, Moore, 'Mower, II. A. Odom, W. P. Odom, Paulling, Polk T? oiii hoi't R1 eh n.rd son. Sanders, Seolt, Searson, P. L. Shu lor, C. I). Smith, D. L. Smith, K. I". Smith, Stanley, Stevenson, Tobias, Watson, Wells, Williams, Willis, Wingard. Those who opposed deferring action were Speaker Smith and Messrs. Baskin, Belser, Bethea, Bowers, Boyd, Brioe, W. L. Daniel, Dick, Doar, Dobson, DuBose, Drummono, E. C. Edwards, Eraser, Fultz, Harris, Ilorlbeek, James, Ketchin, Kibler, Kirvin, Lee, McKeown, Manuel, Meares, Miller, Motte, Nicholson, Osborne, Reaves, Riley, Sawyer, Saye, C. T. Shuler, Singleton, Tison, Turnbull, Vander Horst, Whlsonani, Wyche, You mans. The absentees were Messrs. Bodle, Bookter, Browning, Bryan, Chandler, Courtnay, Earle, Evans, Casque, Hines, Hiott, Kellehan, League, Mansfield, Nunnery, Peoples, Salley, Todd, Vincent. Fight on the Pill. When the school bill came up Wednesday morning, under the head of "debate interrupted," consideration of the committee amendments was resumed. -Mr. Mower's amendment offered the night before was adopted. This provided that the section in the bill with reference to the manner of appointing the State hoard of education be struck out and the following substituted: "The State hoard of education shall consist of the governor, the State superintendent of education and one member from each congressional district to be appointed by the governor." The house adopted Mr. Drummond's amendment that no aid shall he given to high schools in towns of more than P,r??>0 population. The committee had suggested "more than 1 AAA nn,<i,l?f|nn ?? 1 ,i;uv [;u|mi latiun. Trust the I'cople. Mr. Mower sought to have adopted an amendment that tlio county boards of education consist of five members to bo elected by the p? ople. This was tabled on motion of An. Sawyer. The proposition then recurred to the committee amendment that the county boards be appointed en the recommendation of the legislative delegation. At this point the house, which had been growing more and more restless under the adopting of amendments showed more and more a disposition a ainst the whole mattei. Mr. Williams of Aiken, who ban "preached the funeral of 1 ley ward county," had also started an opposition to this bill which later manifested itself. Mr. Wingard opposed the appointing of the county boards upon the recommendation of legislative delegations. Tie declared that it would interfere with the work of the legislature, delegations would 1k> assailed llw onnHf>nnts for positions Oil COUUty boards of education and valuable time would be lost. There is that in human nature which likes power and persons seek positions whicn give power. Tie stands by the old democratic doctrine of letting the people igovern. The United States senators are to he elected by the people, why not other officers? Afraid of the People. Mr. Ayer disagreed with Mr. Wingard. He thought this the way to i get the good board by the use of , Ithe appointing power. Mr. Watson of Anderson opposed the hill. lie is in thorough accord > with the efforts of the commission. but the hill Is the most momentous I of the whole session and the judgr ment of the members of the house is f premature. The shortest and mo3i i concrete way of managing the - schools is the best, and for that rea1 son he favors the bill in part, but the ) HAS NO SUBSTITUTE Will? A PUWUMf Absolutely Pure The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar NO ALUM.NOLME PHOSPHATE r SOIL SUkViY Y."< hK tiieke has iiehn >ipcii phoGKESS MADE l\ THIS STATE. Prominent Government Experts in Columbia Are Pleased Willi tlie t Vn/lli ImIiu II. II. lionet, general field agent of the United States noil survey, and C. L. 'Mariatt, acting chief of the United St"tes bureau of entomology, were in Columbia Wednesday for a conference with 10. .1. Watson, commissioner, relative to the soil survey work in South Carolina. The opinion was expressed by the officials that much progress had been made in the work during the year. The assurance was given that the work will ho extended in this State during the year. In his annhal report to the general assembly Mr. Watson has thw following to say with reference to the soil survey work: "The bureau of soils, of the United States department of agriculture, conducted soil survey work In South Carolina during the year 19 10 and completed a survey of Clarendon county, comprising an area of 710 square miles, making in all 15 surveys completed to date in the State and aggregating 8,8.19 square miles, or 5,056,960 acres. The assignments for the present winter season include of rrof r\ ten u n rl Va oil I v ctvn sj l vicui ftctv; ? 11 tum * ui ? nv?%* counties, the work on tho former county boine started about December 1, 1010. The following list, gives the names of the areas surveyed and the number of square miles covered 111 each: Area. Sq. Ml. j Abbeville area 1,000 Anderson county 7 5 0 Campobello area 515 Charleston area 352 Cherokee county 3 6i Clarendon county 710 Conway area 592 Darlington area 592 Lancaster county 48b Lee county 411 Oconee county G5 2 Orangeburg area 709 Saluda, county 4 3b Sumter county 587 ? York county 069 "Any of the above reports which J are available can he obtained by making application to the chief of the bureau of soils, United States A r\?\ 'i vt * i ti i f Qiyrionlfn rn \VTuuhi n f* ii? yrcn ? . 11 v; 11 u v/i ci^i v, m uwuihq ton, I). C. "Roil survey work Is progressing: necessarily slowly. In its lust an- , nual report this department pointed out the needs of State aid to soil survey operations, and treated the entire subject fully. "The survey made of Clarendon county this year. The conditions encountered in the Clarendon county survey were similar to those prevl- ''f ously described, and the soil survey types are all established ones grouped in the coastal plains province. provisions for carrying out the law are oblectlonable. He does not believe in the appointive power. They who use it are intluenoed by favoritism. In his county they have bad good superintendents of education, but if this hill passes the future would be uncertain. He is willing to trust the people to elect county superintendents. The Final Vote. Mr. Moore of Abbeville moved to adjourn debate until the last day of the session. The chair announced : be result as opposed to \lr. Moore's amendment. Mr. Osborne moved to - 1 1 TT T 1. . J A. .V reconsider. .nr. wye no inovea to tahle. By a vote of 61 to 4 2 the house refused to tabic. The vote was then taken on Mr. Osborne's motion to reconsider. This resulted In favor or the motion. The house having reconsidered, the question then came back to adjourning debate until the last, day of the session, Mr. Moore's motion. The result, as announced above, was 62 to 4 2, and the matter was finally disposed of for this session in that way for it would be useless to discuss the bill on the last ; day of the session.