The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 02, 1911, Image 6

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SOUTH'S MARTYR New Orleans Pays Tribute to the President of Confederacy HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS Monument lTnveiled With Impressive Ceremonies?Shaft is of Granite With Hronze Slat no?Living Flag by School Children Ono of the Features of the Celebration. On the birthday of George Washington New Orleans Wednesday paid tribute to the only President of the Confederacy by unveiling a monument to Jefferson Davis in the Parkway, recently honored with his name. The ceremony began at 2 o'cIock with a parade of Confederate veterans, national guards and Confederate societies. A beautiful and picturesque feature of the unveiling was the formation of a living Con** ? a- rt i * 1 u. i ?u n .1.. y. ? ieueraie nag uy me sciiuui iiiuuicu. The honor of drawing the cords which bared the shaft to the view of the thousands wiio had gathered ior the ceremony was given to Mrs. J. F. Spearing, treasurer of the Jefferson Davis Monument association which is responsible for the tribute to the Confederate leader. The monument is of granite with a bronze statue of Jefferson Davis and represents one of the best efforts of Edward Virginius Valentine, it stands at the corner of Hagan avenue and Canal street. The principal address was delivered by C.on. Dennett H. Young, of Louisville, who said: In addition to the popular subscriptions collected in New Orleans, a small surplus of the general Southern fund raised for the Jefferson Davis monument in Richmond which was unveiled in 1907, was turned over to the local monument association. The statue is of heroic size, the President of the Confederacy being represented in a standing posture as though he were addressing an audience. The pedestal is made of selected South Carolina granite and measures 13 feet 9 inches square at the base and has a height of 14 feet 2 inches. The statue cast of bronze stands eight feet 8 inches high. The large base under the die shows the seal of the Confederacy made of bronze, surrounded by a laureai wreath. Directly underneath are two elaborately carved palm branches n. Ulx ^,.1, ^ * wiiii icttvtrB, eui uieinuiii; ui strength and peace and the upper end of the die shows a row of 13 stars, the number of state represented in the Confederacy. "Jefferson Davis, misjudged in life, and disfranchised until death, is finding his true place in history," declared Gen. Young. "As the voice of reason speaks to the public heart there are discovered many sad events in the career of Jefferson Davis which the nation regrets. The cruelties inflicted upon him at Fortress Monroe, the indignities heaped upon him when his emaciated limbs were manacled by force, the hardships visited upon him in his long confinement, all well thinking American citizens would blot out if they could. The impartial judgment of mankind will fix the wrong of these things where it belongs. "These words were not spoken to awaken a single question of prejudice of ill will; they are only given utterance to emphasize the duties of the South to the memory of Mr. Davis. In every Southern state there cliniil/1 lin fit'of) nil a mnniimunl Iiic memory. Mr. Davis suffered as no other Confederate. His life was pure and his career upright. His integrity beyond suspicion and his patriotism immeasurable. He became the leader of his people over his personal protest of unworthiness. He assumed a task at which any human being might hesitate. No responsibility more stupendous was ever laid on human heart; no burden so great ever placed upon human shoulders. Moved only by a sense of duty, mistakes were inevitable. "Twenty-two years have passed since he died and the limelight of ins history has only brightened every spot in his pure, unsullied life. He stood suffering, humiliation and imprisonment for the South and he bore in his heart and soul the deepest anguish for his people. Now that lie is gone and moil may review the past and weigh and judge his life, his conduct and his motive, slowly but surely and irresis'ibly Jefferson Davis is coming into his own. As he stood for the South, the South will stand for him and all that his life and suffering Implied, and the South will see that he shall he understood and appreciated and that no shadow shall darken his fame and that no misrepresentation shall dim the splendor of his character. Happy Reunion. John McLure of Blackstock, Chester county, and Mrs. Mary Morrow of Wisconsin, brother and sister, met at > the former's home last week for the first time in sixty years. They are natives of Ireland, but separated more than sixty years ago, each coming to America. 4 WITH THE FUNNY MAN Her Patriotic Protest. The force of natural and instinctive pride In one's country has been endlessly expressed In literatures of all times and climes, but raiely more dramatically than in the following little incident: /a?/\ b?/\u-a !a Y\ ilf U> Ul J Dlic nitvni n, 10 luvj musical idol of all Norwegians, although it has been the fashion of less talented outsiders to underrate him. One of the most indefatigable of uiese detractors was the German compos* x Bargiel, a man of an instinctively joa> ous nature. One day one of his pupils, a Norwegian girl, brought for her lesson concerto of Grieg's. Bargiei to ok it from her with a smile of most superior disdain. "But I told you to bring your music, and Grieg is no music," he said, scornfully. "What! Grieg no music!" was the indignant reply. "Adieu, Herr Professor!" and she swept out of the studio never to return. V Insuring His Honesty. A shrewd old Vermont farmer came into a lawyer's office the other day and proceeded to relate the circumstances In a matter about which he thought it would be profitable to "go to law." "You think I hev a good case?" he finally asked. "Very good, Indeed!" the lawyer assured him. " You should certainly bring suit." "What would your fee he fer the whole thing?" the old farmer said. "Kilty dollars," was the prompt re spouse. The client pulled out an old wallet, extracted a roll of bills and counted out $50. "Now," he said, "you hev got all you would get out of this case anyhow; so s'pose you tell me honestly just what you think my chances of winnin' a suit are?" Compared With Chinaware. A little girl and her mother were walking down the street, when they came to a place where straw had been spread over the pavement to deaden the noise, because of the Illness of a woman living in that square. "Oh, look, mamma," cried tne little girl. "What's all that hay doing out in the street?" "That's because Mrs. E. has a tiny baby, which God just sent her," said her mother, gently, and arier a moment's pause the little girl said slowly. "Gwacious, she must have been packed well!"?Philadelphia Times. Just in Time. A German shoemaker left the gas turned on in his shop one night, and upon arriving in the morning struck a match to light it. There was a terrific expolsion, and the shoemaker was blown out through the door almost to the middle of the street. A passer-by rushed to his assistance, and, after helping him to arise, inquired if he was injured. The little German gazea at 11 is place of business, which was now burning quite briskly, and said: "No, I ain t hurt. But I gut out shust in time. Eh?"?Lippincotl's. And the Old Man Grinned. "Duke," said the heiress, eagerly, "did you see father?" "Yes." "Well?" , "We talked about the weather." "What? Lose your nerve again? Why don't you brace up and talk like a man??a subject of a king on whose domain the sun never sets'" I "Can't, moaned the duke. "All the time I was in your father's office he kept grinning at a big painting." "What painting?" "The Battle of Bunker Hill." His Exhibit. ^ "He tells me lie is going to exhibit at the horse show." "What of it?" "Is he in the habit of exhibiting at the horse show every year?" "Well, he usually makes an ass' of himself." * f The Accessories. "I hear you've picked up an aban- 1 doned farm." * "Yep." * "Genuine farmer now, are you?" f "My city friends won't believe it un- 1 til I pick up some abandoned dialect." ( i A Quick Remedy. ^ "Your daughter is getting very l round shouldered." 1 "Well, doctor, spare no expense, j What's the best way to get her to sit * up straight?" s "Buy her an automobile." i Mildly Interested. (1 "Emerson, your little brother has <: a tooth." y "Indeed?" responded tho Iloston \ youngster politely. "And is it an in- r cisor or a bicuspid?" v n Wife?You promised that if I would t marry you my every wish would be | granted. e Husband?Well, isn't it? Wife?No; 1 wish 1 hadn't married you. * . n "His brother is in a very shady bus iness." ( "What's that?" i,, "Awnings." '' e v EVKN NEW YOKKKIIS "RUBHEIl." Girl in "H*rem" Skirt Almost Cause of Hiot. Brooklyn Bridge broke its record as a scene of dare deviltry Friday. A suicide or professional juniper nev er thrilled the throng of bridge proinenaders more than did the appearance of a dashing young blonde 011 the great bridge late in the afternoon. She was attired in the new "harem" skirt?the first of the millions of New York women publicity to venture the new affectation of men's clothes, which has stirred continental cities to riot. It nearly came to that on the brid-e Friday. Pedestrian traffic was blocked by the crowds which collected in her wake and followed her hold lead right into newspaper row. PostofRce square and down Broadway, finally vanishing into the underground station of the Hudson Tubes. ? The boldest of newspaper reporters fell down 011 the story, all balking at the suggestion that some one inquire the heroine's name. There were few who even observed the detail that she was a blonde, that her eyes were blue and that she wore a black fur coat. The focus of attention was on the split skirt, a little below the knees disclosing black bloomer-like contrivances tightly gathered up about the ankles. \VOl'N!>S miOVK FATAL. ('apt. Thompson, of (ieorgiu ltnilroad, 'Killed by Negro. As a result of a pistol duel be-I I ween Conductor W. \V. Thompson ! and two negroes, 0:1 the Georgia Railroad express train leaving Augusta Friday morning, the former died at the city hospital Friday afternoon. The shooting took place just after the train left Camack, (la., forty-seven miles from Augusta, when the conductor approached the negroes for their fares, after he had ordered them into the car from the rear platform. Special Agent J. N. Cook, who was on the train, shot one of the negroes during the fight. The other negro jumped from the train and made his escape. Conductor Thompson was one of the oldest men in the service of the railroad. * WOMAN KGGEI) IN PAULS. Frenchmen Show Disapproval of Her Immodest Costume. Paris has been shocked! The French capital, home of almost anything and everything "ultra" in fashions, has become cripper over the new trousers skirt. By some feminine contraption of apparel has designated as the "harem scarum." Paris blushed when it has heard of the skirt, but that blush of modesty turned into the flush of anger. A young woman, attired in the new mode, walking along the Avenue do POpera?the Avenue de l'Opera mind you?was actually egged by a mob of disapproving men until the police appeared and helped her escape in an automabile. * ?? ? HltKAKS MOCK OX STAIRS. John 10. Drew, Boilermaker, Losses Balance and is Killed. The Charleston lOvening Post says: John 10. Drew, of No. r>2 Alexander street, Tell while ascending his stairway and broke his neck, instant death his neck was broken, instant death resulting from his fatal mishap. The coroner held an inquest into his death, which was found to h ive happened according to the facts stated. Mr. Drew was about forty-seven years of age, and a widower. He lived with his mother, and was by trade a boilermaker. It is thought that he was seized with apoplexy, and so lost his balance as he was ascending a stairway leading from the first to the second floor of his residence. * ? I Talked to Them Straight. Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, gave he Republicans in the Senate some straight talk when the subsidy steal ( was under discussion in that body. < In a forcible, biting speech against 1 he measure he advised the Senate 1 o adjourn and go home. "This con- ( ?ress has been repudiated by the \merican people, said Senator ? Dwen, In a clear ringing voice, "and s fet it continues in session in an t effort to put through discredited egislation like the ship subsidy hill, i Phe people repudiated the party in e )o\ver because of its advocacy of ship a subsidy and other subsidies, and its f subservience to the special interest." a Phis speech grated on the sensibil- t ties of such eminent trust advocates k sii<1 defenders as Vice-President o Iherman, Senators Lorimer, Depew, <1 Udrich, Lodge and others of that lk, but they could not say a word in f eply, as they knew Senator Owen d vas telling the truth, and if they de- t lied it, he would prove it by reading n ho returns of the last election, when S he 'Democrats carried everything, a veil Teddy's baliwick. Killed in Wreck. A railway train jumped the track t n a bridge near the American Bra-| ii en Copper mine in Chile Friday and ' u lunged into the ravine below. Kilty S ersons were killed or wounded. Sev- n ral Americans are among the d mounded. g GOT BEST OF HIM GIKL BRAVES PISTOL, WORSTS A FRENZIED MAN. (Jot in the Home and Tried to Shoot Four Children, But Was Prevented by Brave Damsel. In a struggle with a frenzied man during which a girl braved a magazine pistol and was beaten about the lace until she was all but unconscious, she finally worsted her opponent and by a remarkable display of courage probably saved the lives of four children. The unequal fight occurred in the parlor of the home of George Eichner, on East Illinois street, in Chicago, and Miss Emma Eichner, 18 years old, was the heroine. It began the instant Robert Braun. who was nursing fancied wrongs against Eichner, knocked at the door early in the evening and asked to be admitted. "No, you'd better 01110 around tomorrow," said the girl. "I'm here now and I'm here to stay," exclaimed Braun, pulling the magazine pistol from his pocket and forcing his way into the hallway. I Miss Eichner seized his arms and with all her strength tried to push , the intruder back. Together they struggled until reaching the parlor J door Braun noticed the four children, j Then he leveled the pistol at the children, who huddled under a Dav- ' enport in a corner, and was about to fire. But the girl released her grip 011 his other arm and with both hands forced the muzzle of the weapon toward the ceiling as Braun began firing. Finally the gun clogged and while he was exam inning it Miss Eichner J leaped upon Braun, pushed him out of the front door and closed and locked it. MUST CUT RATES. 1 m porta n Order Issued About Freight Charges. Defendant Railways Must Establish and Maintain Rates From Charleston Not Exceeding Baltimore's. In a decision handed down Thursday at Washington by the Interstate Commerce Commission, the freight rates on vegetables from the Charleston, S. C., district to Buffalo, New York and Pittsburg, Pa., are found to be unreasonable to the extent that they exceed the combination of rates to Baltimore, Md. The decision was reached in the case of the National League of Commission Merchants of the United States against the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and other carriers. The defendant lines are ordered to establish before April 15 and maintain in force for at least two years, rates on vegetables from Charleston to Buffalo and Pittsburg which shall not exceed the combination rates on Baltimore, and it is ordered tiiat the rates 011 vegetables from the below named points to Buffalo and Pittsburg shall not exceed the following differentials in cases per 100 pounds over contemporaneous rates from Charleston to the same points, j From Meggotts, Wadmalaw river j and Young's Island, S. C. on potatoes' 2 cenbs; cabbage, 2.5 cents, and on vegetables not otherwise specified, Sj cents; from St. Andrews, S. C., Pii | potatoes, 2 cents; on cabbages, 2.5 "eats, and on vegetables not otherwise specified, -1 cents. Those rates! will, no doubt, be applied to points in this countv where vegetables are i ?rown for market. Our folks should have the same rates that other truck growers enjoy. HAD EATEN DYNAMITE. - Kicked (lis I'ig and the Pig Exploded mid Died. A dispatch from Cordele, Cla., says jhiof of Police Sumner returned tolay from Worth county, where he tad a narrow escape from being >iown 10 pieces in a peculiar acci- i lent. He says that a farmer named ttriebinger had some very valuable wine and desired him (the chief) o see the drove. The farmer led the way to "T?ie ' 'resident," one of the finest "pork-, rs" in the bunch. He was sound sleep and refused to get up. The armor kicked the pig In the ribs nd there was an explosion that took he chief of police off his feet, mocked the farmer down and blew ?ut the side of the building. Inclentally, it killed the pig. Tt took the farmer some time belift illunriuorrifl flint n nnnnfttv nf t l.V> W.O. ./TV .V .. J ~ . ynaniite that he had hidden under, he pen for blasting purposes was nisslng. The pigs had eaten this, i Itriebinger lias decided not to knick ny more pigs. Itundits Not Found. A Gainesville, Oa., dispatch says wo posses of the three that went out a search of the five nien who 011 Satrday morning held up and robbed louthern passenger train No. flfi ear there, returned without having iscovered a trace of the hold up ang. , BANK OJE Conwa Has largest capital and surplus of i than the combined capital and surf CAPITAL STOCK. . .. SURPLUS LIABILITIES OF STOCI SECURITY OF DEPOSIl DIRHI Robert B. Scarborough, H. L. Buck, George J. Holiday, | We offer our customers every acc \ will justify, and we UOBBBT B. SCAB BOROUGH, L f'UK8IDENT. We continue to pay 5 pc Ifirst nati( r CONWA 2? CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS PROFITS fa TOTAL ASSESTS n\ | DIREC /|S J. A. McDermott, John ( Ml R. G. Collins, H. L. f P M. Burroughs, C. P. Qui Successor to the Bank ol '!L Horrv County, and a pioneer W ly allied with the recent <lov A\ Republic. Backed by the < 'jL Unit- d States Bonds, we are | U tomers any reasonable accomi /k H. A. SPIVEY, $ Cashier. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. H. H. WOODWARD tttaraay and Councilor At Lav. CONWAY, 8. O. B. B. 8CAKBROUGH CONWAY, 8. C. Attorae; at Law. B. H. BURROUGHS Pfcjalciaa aad BHrgnoa. CONWAY. 8. O. j 8. WOFFOliD WAIT. Atn?r?r| at La*. Bank of (lorry Building. CON WAV , H. C. i WE WORLDS GREATEST SEWIN6 MACHINE k .LIGHT RUNNING ^ WjgC Myorjwnntclth^ Vibmtfng Shuttle. RotaA fctoUie or a Hlnglo Thread [Chain&tUch\ Bowing Machine write to m SfW NOME SEWINI MACHINE COMPAH Orange? Mass* NnrMwhr machines are made to sell rtiirJlw ft fsality* but the New Home U made to wees Oar guaranty never runs out trii A# satborimed dealers sstp* roa sals as 81 THROUGHS A OOLLINS OOn I Uosway, 8. O. j Coal Chute Horned. Tuesday morning about 2 o'clock he coal chute of the Southern Rail-I, ivny company at Branchville was de-1 stroyed by fire. The lire wa? discovered by an engineer and fireman is they were taking coal. It is sup)osed to have caught from a spark 'rom an engine. There were about 250 tons of coal in the chute, and ,vhen it fell it covered the main line : ibout 10 feet deep, and delayed; rallic about six or seven hours, unil a track could lie build around the uass of burning coal. A water tank ibout 20 yards from the chute, vhfch has Just been completed, was f ilso destroyed. \ f HORRY, y- s. c. ^ my bank in Horry county. More >lus of all other banks in the county. $50,000 12,500 CHOLDERS .. .. 60,000 X>11S 112,600 :iors D. V. Richardson, W. A. Johnson, Will A. KreemaiN^-^J ommodation which their accounts 7 solicit your business. ). v. k1chakd2sun, will a. runiaaji Vice I'ke&idknt. Cabhie<< ?r cent, on yearly deposits. 5NAL BANK | ^ ly, s. c. x $25,000.00 ^ 2,500.00 4d 125,000.00 A TORS: J? U. Splvey, D. T. McNeill, luck, VV. R. Lewis, I). $k ittlebaum, D. A. Splvey. vh f Conway, the oldest Hunk In AL In Eastern Carolina. Close- jL eloptnent of the Independent Oovernineut and secured by Ak >repared to extend to our cut- jjk nodations. B. Cm. COLLINS, A lM'oskk'nt. y _ 2 \ SNUBBED THE DELEGATION. Appoint His Friends Magistrate of Spartanburg. Governor Rlenee smashed another Ktr /liamtro r/11 n cr Mm roonm I / I UV/V'U vll t IJ J UliJI l/ftut Ulllf) tllV/ I UUUIIImendations of the Spartanburg: county legislative delegation and appointing as magistrates in the city of Spartanburg Mr. J. Malcolm Howden, as successor to Maj. A. H. Kirby, incumbent, and Mr. Cecil C. Wyche as successor to Mr. S. M. Wetmore, incumbent, although the delegation had recommended for these positions Attorney Robert J. Gantt and Mr. Wetmore. iVIr. Rowden is clerk to the register of mesne conveyance for Spartanburg county, Mr. T. R. Trlmmier. He was formerly assistant clerk of court. Mr. Gantt is a former legislator and is the son of Col. T. Harry Gantt, formerly of this State, but now editor of a newspaper at VV'hitevllle, Columbus county, North Carolina. Mr. Wetmore is an attorney and has, according to Spartanburg newspapers, given admirable service as a magistrate for the past two years. Major Kirby, who goes out of office with Mr. Wetmore, is 82 years old and has been a magistrate for more than 2 0 years. ? FA WN FIX I >S SAFISTV. ?. Pursued by Dogs Ran Into the Kitchen of a Lady. Mrs. John Thornton of Merriwoid Park, N. Y., was looking out of the W window Thursday and saw a fawn i'iin*r hit ooor.varn, cioseiy pursued by two dogs. She opened the door and the frightened animal plunged into the kitchen, knocking rhe pancake griddle off the stove and doing other slight damage. After the dogshad heen driven away Mrs. Thornton investigated and found the animal suffering from exhaustion and bleeding from cuts. Dr. J. F. Curlet to administered chloroform to the little animal and sewed up tho wounds. J Master is Coming. 'r^ Lent begins next Wednesday. Hew A?n \vori.t(>n'Lv and the Lent season are reckoned seems to be a mystery bo some people. Lent, always is reckoned from Easter Sunday, but to many people this is equally mysterious. Easter Sunday always is the first. Sunday after the first full moon after the spring exqulnox, March 21. If the full moon is on Sunday, Easter Is the Sunday following. Easter L comes April 16 this year. Lent al- , ways is forty days before Easter. There usually are six Sundays intervening, but they are not counted in fliA fnrtv rln vo Th lo nml/no T ??l_ w. a t ?%j uianco i iclib ?vI" ways begin on Asli Wednesday. It \lways is preceded by Shrove Tuesday, which is the last day before Lent,. The pupils of the high school at Paletine, a small town In Illinois, refused to attend school on Washington's birthday, and deserted their iesks and paraded the streets in an mthusiastic demonstration of pariot ism. From the seniors down o the children in the first grade, 172 n all, the boys and girls inarched ibout the town for two hours. An electrical device has been perectcd to thaw out frozen water pipes vithout opening the ground. %