The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 16, 1911, Image 6
I COCK OF WALK
Ct?. Bleasc Sajs He Cai Beat Aaj One
ii Sooth Carolina Except
SENATOR HUMAN
On His Way to Atlanta the Governor
Stopped Over in Augusta and Took
Tea With His Friend, I;. J. Williams
and Talks to a Newspaper
Reporter.
Governor Cole L. Blease of South
Carolina passed through Augusta
Wednesday night en routo to Atlanta,
where he will be in attendance
at the Southern Commercial
congress. The Augusta Chronicle
Bays of the visit:
"Gov. Blease was met at the Albion
hotel by Mr. L. J. Williams, who
accompanied him to supper. In a
conversation, at which a representative
of The Chronicle was present,
Gov. Blease rehearsed his fight during
the recent campaign for the executive
chair.
"Gov. Blease stated that the Caro
Una press, with a few exceptions had
fought him with an unwarranted bitterness
and that the Columbia State
and the Charleston News and Courier
had fought him from personal reasons,
disregarding his ability as an
executive.
"Gov. Blease stated that the idea
of trying to force him to appoint
his enemies to office in the State was
foolish, saying that he had no idea of
doing so. He, however, said that
some people misconstrued his meaning
and did not understand the difference
between an enemy and an opponent.
'There are some of my opponents
that I would not hesitate to
appoint to any position they were
fitted to occupy, but I will not appoint
my enemies,' said the governor.
"Gov. (Blease stated that he had
won his fight by telling the people,
in his speeches throughout the State,
what he intended to do and that he
bad stuck by his platform promises.
He stated that his ambitions had
been gratified and that if the people
of South Carolina wanted him to
eerve another term as governor he
would do so, but that he was governor
now for a term of office and
he was going to fulfil the law to the
letter while holding the chair.
"When asked what the outcome of
bis altercation with the supreme
court would be, the governor stated
that that body would eventually wake
up. He said that he had the law on
bis side and that he would be locked
up before he would appoint his enemies
to any position, no matter what
the supreme court wanted.
"Gov. Blease stated that in fulfilment
of his life's ambition he had
written his name on the nacres of the
history of South Carolina so that it
would never be wiped off. He can
have this satisfaction if defeated in
the election two years from now.
"Gov. Blease does not believe,
however, that he will be defeated. He
said that he could lick any man in
South Carolina for the United States
senate except Ben Tillman and that
he could lick any man for governor.
"He thinks that the people who
elected him believe in him and he
said that he would not go back on
them.
"Gov. Blease stated that the Carolina
press was of no consequence to
him, and that he paid no attention to
the articles they printed on him during
his race or during his administration.
He could reach the people
in other ways and that was all that
he would ask.
"Gov. Blease had nothing to say in
regard to the new county, but suggested
to Mr. Williams that the Savannah
river's course be changed to
include Augusta, which city he would
then recommend for the county seat.
"Gov. Blease will stop over a few
hours in Augusta 011 his return trip
from Atlanta."
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l)on*t Depend on the Hoe.
The hoe is too costly an imple-'
ment to be depended upon, for it
takes a man, and you will never need
a hoe in the field if you start early
with smoothing harrow and weeder,
and if the cotton is planted in hills,
there will be little need for chop
ping. For tne cultivation or tne noeu
crops you will need power, and we
must have the horse-power to start
with the smoothing harrow and the
weeder. With these you can get over
the land so rapidly that you will never
ibe caught in the grass, and will
need to put a plow in to cover the
grass in the rows, for the early use
of the smoothing harrow and weeder
will prevent its starting there.?W.
F. Massey, in Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive
Farmer.
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Ijet Water Flow Out.
At Florence some one left open a
valve in the waterworks system,
probably after reading of a similar
case in Columbia a few days ago, and
<bled the staiidpipe to death Saturday
night. While the late risers were
(bathing and getting breakfast the
rwater supply suddenly gave out, and
Investigation showed that the standpipe
had been emptied. The pumi
was put to work at once and the
drought lasted only about 10 mlnjute*
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TURNS BAD ONE LOOSE
NOTORIOUS ROBBER IS PARDONED
BY GOV. BLEASE.
No One Knew He Was Turned Boose
Until Ho Turned Up in Charleston.
A dispatch from Charleston to Tho
State says Rudolph Rabens, who has
several aliases, is back in that city,
having been pardoned by Gov. Bleaee
after a service of about two-thirds of
his sentence in the penitentiary, having
been convicted at Walhalla for
complicity in the blowing and robbery
of the safe of the Newry mills
in Oconee county several years ago.
Through his attorneys, Rabens
made a hard fight to keep out of the
penitentiary but it was a futile contest
and he was placed behind the
bars. The pardon of the governor
enables Rabens to return to Charleston
much sooner than he had hoped
to do.
Rabens was charged with being
the "fence" for the gangs of yeggmen
who operated in South Carolina
some years ago, blowing safes in
postoflices and cotton mills. In several
instances better results were gotten
with the prosecution of the yeggmen
in the State than the federal
courts and the United States authorities
gave way to the State in the trial
of Rabens and his pals on the charge
of robbing the Newry cotton mills.
It was not known in Charleston
that any steps were under way for
the pardon of Rabens and his return
to Charleston without any notice of
his case was a surprise. His former
friends and companions could scarcely
believe that it was Rabens when
he showed himself a few days ago for
the first time about his eestablishment
on upper King street.
The State says no announcement
as to the pardon of Rabens was made
by Gov. Blease. Gov. Ansel refused
a pardon to Rabens, and it was
thought that such a notorious prisoner
as he would surely have to serve
out his term, but it seems he found
favor with the Governor, and he
turned him loose, without letting
any one know anything about it before
he was pardoned.
Burning Lime at Home.
Where oyster shell can be had
cheaply, the oyster shell lime Is,
doubtless, the best. But so far as I
have observed most of the manufacturers
put too high a price on this
lime. If you can get shells cheaply
(we can get them where I live for
about 50 cents a ton), you can make
the lime economically on the farm.
Put a layer of logs on the ground
with an opening between the middle
ones to be stuffed with straw for firing.
Then put on a layer of shells
six inches thick. Then a layer of dry
wood and brush. Carry up in the
middle an opening nae a cnimney
from the firing opening and stuff it
with straw or broomsedge. Then
build up the heap in a conical shape
with alternate layers of shells and
wood till it is about six or eight feet
high. Then start the fire from the
opening left between the logs, and as
soon as the wood seems to be burning
well, cover the whole heap with
earth and burn it as you would a tar
kiln or a charcoal kiln, keeping the
chimney open tiil all is burning well,
and then close over with earth. You
can make as much lime in this way
as you will need, and in sections
where there is limestone it can be
broken up and burned in the same
way on the farm. When well burned,
the lime and ashes will go together
and be a better article than you coula
buy. I have done this and know what
I am writing about.?W. F. Massey,
in Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive Farmer.
PARDONS ANOTHER MURDERER.
Governor lJlease Turns Rurrill Thomas
Iioose.
Rurrill Thomas of Hampton county
who was serving a life sentence
in the State penitentiary for murder
has been pardoned by Gov. Rlease.
He was convicted with recommendation
to mercy in 1895 for killing
John Lighteey at Varnville, in Hampton
county, and was sent to the penitentiary
for a life sentence. Benjamin
Bennett was convicted at the
same time with Thomas on the same
charge and was pardoned in 1903 by1
Gov. McSweeney. In a previous petition
for pardon of Thomas, the pardon
was recommended by G. D. Bellinger,
former solicitor, and Judge
Aldrich, who heard the case.
lllow Proves Serious.
At Aiken Robert F. Ussery, a
young printer, was arrested Wednesday
morning and placed in jail foi
striking Gary Glover, son of P. B.
Glover, with a pool cue in the Hotel
Aiken poolroom. The blow was not
thought to have been serious, but It
developed that the boy is not ex.
pected to live. Ussery is about 20
[ years old and Glover is said to be 17.
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? Soap a Benefactor.
i Czerny, *he great German cancer
I expert, says skin cancer has dimln
ished 50 per cent at least in the last
) GO years. He thinks soap did the
i 'blessed business, so if some of the
- truly philanthropic want a world's
reform let them begin with soap.
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SENT UP AT LAST
THREE WHITE RORRERS CONVICTED
AT 1IAMUERG.
They Entered and Robbed a Store
at Denmark Only a Few Weeks
Ago.
Three white men, giving their
%
names as William Rankin, William
Davis and Edward Young, alias
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oiiiu, \v uu were euyiuieu uy inc
Savannah police last week for the
South Carolina authorities were tried,
convicted and sent to the penitentiary
for three years each at Hamberg
on Tuesday, for burglary and
larceny, committed at Denmark 011
the night of February 20th last.
They broke into a store at that place
and were afterwards caught in Savannah,
Ga., with the goods on them.
They were evidently Northern people
and gave evidence of being desperate
characters.
They were rushed off to the Penitentiary,
it being deemed best not
to attempt to work them on the chain
gang. They gave the sheriff and
constables much trouble during the
short time they were confined at
Bamberg and a constant watch was
kor?t river thorn at nifrht. Detective
Fallon of the Savannah police department,
who accompanied Young
to Bamberg, proved the most important
witness for the prosecution, and
it was largely on his evidence and
the evidence that had been accumulated
at Savannah in the shape of articles
believed to have been stolen,
that the men we;e convicted.
Breaking down at the conclusion
of the trial, when placed on the
stand in their defense, both Rankin
and Davis made a full confession
of the burglary of the Farmers'
Mercantile Company's store at Denmark
on the night of February 20.
Each placed the initial blame on the
other, however, although both admitted
having entered the store ana
taken sgme of the stuff. Young refused
to take the stand when it came
to his turn, saying the others had
already said enough. In less than
half an hour after the jury had been
sent out they returned with a verdict
of guilty.
Young was brought from Savannah
to Bamiberg (Monday morning in
care of Detective Fallon and immediately
on the arrival of the prisoner
the case was brought up before the
grand jury, resulting in an indictment
for all three. The same aftt^r
noon the case went to trial and continued
over to the1 next morning
It was brought to a close. Detective
Fallon, who returned to Savannah
!ate Tuesday night, said that he
thought that because the evidence
prepared by the Savannah police was
so complete and the three yeggs
were so surprised at his appearance
as a witness, Rankin and Davis were
led to confess.
iDavis and Rankin were the first of
the trio to be arrested and were captured
in a spectacular manner by the
police at their hiding place in the
woods off the Ogeechee road. Soon
after their arrest Li. E. Span, bookkeeper
for the Denmark Farmers'
Mercantile Company went to Savannah
and identified the men, and a
few days later Justice of the Peace
Ray started back to Bamberg with
his prisoners.
While he slept on the train with
both men handcuffed to each other
and wearing leg irons, they ^reached
up to the rack overhead and from
the collection of evidence he was
taking with him abstracted the two
saws that had been found In their
possession when arrested. When the
train stopped at the little station of
Luray, S. C., they sneaked off unnoticed
and the train continued on
with Magistrate Ray unconscious of
his prisoners' escape.
Traveling back into the woods for
two or three mile from the railroad,
Davis and Rankin got busy with the
saws and cut off their handcuffs and
lrerirons. Then after workiner some
distance further they went to sleep.
There they were found the next
morning by the magistrate, who had
put dogs on their tracks and overtaken
them at daylight. They were
taken on to Bamberg and lodged in
the county jail, but the trouble they
caused did not cease there.
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Crushed to Death.
Arthur M. Stuart, a switchman of
the Charleston Terminal Company,
fell from a freight car, and was fatally
crushed under the wheels of an
engine tender. He died a few minutes
after the accident happened, and
an inquest held Thursday by the coroner
resulted in a verdict of acciA
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Feodinip; the Starving.
Tor tho relief of the starving multitude
of China, The Christian Herald
Wednesday sent $10,000 to the
state department for transmission to
Shanghai. This amount will be cabled
to the American consul at
Shanghai for distribution to the famine
sufferers.
American Machinery I'sed,
In Cawnpore, India, with American
machinery, they are making shoes so
cheaply that the manufacturers of
Lynn can no longer compote with
them. The cottons and silks which
11we one time sent to Asia are now
made in Japan and China.
STILL AN ISSUE
The Stale Supreme Cenrt Ileitis its
Constitutional Rights
IN JUDGESHir MATTER
Governor Rlcaso Wants the Newspapers
to Give Publicity to All the
Correspondence in the Several
Cases That Have Arisen Between
Him and the Supreme Court.
The issue between the supreme
court and Gov. I31ease is no nearer a
final solution than on the first day
when the chief executive sent a note
to the judicial department of the
State stating that he would appoint
special judges who were his friends,
regardless of the recommendation ot
any one.
Gov. Blease has received a lettei
from Chief Justice Jones appointing
F. L. Willcox of Florence as a special
judge for that county to take the
place of Judge J. C. Klugh, who is
ill. Gov. Blease said that he did not
know what disposition he |would
make of the matter.
He did say, however, that "he
hoped that the newspaper men would
be honorable enough to publish the
letter from the chief justice.''
A letter which was not given out
by the chief executive from the, chief
justice, which stated conclusive.^/:
.that the governor had gone beyond
his jurisdiction in making up a list
of "eligibles" was several days ago
sent to Gov. Blease.
The following is the letter received
by Gov. Blease Wednesday from
Chief Justice Jones:
"Being advised that Judge J. C.
Klugh, because of illness, is unable
to hold the court of general sessions
for Florence county, commencing 011
Monday, March 13, 1911, to which he
was regularly assigned, and there being
no other circuit judge disengaged,
now, pursuant to section 2,743, 1
code of law, I respectfully recommend
that you issue a commission to
F. L. Willcox of Florence, S. C.,
learned in the law, as special judge,
to hold said court." *
The following copy of a telegram,
received from the Florence bar by
the chief justice, was also sent to
Gov. Bleaee:
"Hon. Ira B. Jones, chief justice
supreme court of South Carolina: I
am directed by Florence Bar Association
at special meeting today to
say that deeming it necessary that
the regular spring term criminal
court be held here next week, there
being 16 prisoners in jail, unanimously
recommend F. L. Willcox as
special judge to preside this couit.
E. G. Oliver, secretary."
There was no court in Conway last
week because Gov. Blease refused to
commission a special judge. The
docket was crowded, there being over
2 0 prisoners in the Horry county Jail
awaiting trial, and the law requires
that the governor of the State shall
commission special judge upon the
recommendation of the supreme
court. There were no circuit judges
disengaged that might have been assigned
by the supreme court.
These facts were presented to Gov.
Bleaso and he refused to appoint a
special juage.
On three occasions Chief Justice
Jones recommended,) according to
law, the commission of C. P. Quattlebaum
for special judge.
Every request of the chief justice
for the appointment of a special
judge was ignored by Gov. Please.
The following telegrams which
were exchanged in the controversy
are given:
"Twenty prisoners in jail, heavy
docket, how shall we proceed.
"P. W. Wait, Secretary."
To which following response was
made:
"P. W. Wait, Secretary, Conway, S.
C."
"Telegram received. I can do
nothing hut urge governor to appoint
special judge as recommended, which
I am doing. Judge Copes assigned
to Richland court, Judge Memuiinger
too ill to serve.
"Ira P. Jones, C. J."
The telegram to the governor was
as follows:
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"UOV. uoie ij. mease, uuiuimuit, o.
"Received following telegram from
Horry bar: 'Twenty prisoners In jail,
heavy docket, how shall we proceed.'
1 urge you to immediately commission
C.. P. Quattlebaum as special
judge as recommended by me at the
request of Horry bar. No circuit judge
being available.
"Ira B. Jones, C. J."
Gov. Blease, in refusing to commism\nn
a anoflal ludere for the Convay
court, took the position that there
were two disengaged circuit Judges.
* He thought that Judge Copes and
Judge iMemminger were disengaged
It afterwards developed that the two
judges were not disengaged, and
Gov. Hleaso was so informed three
times by Chief Justice Jones.
Teddy was in Atlanta the other
night and made a speech before the
Southern Commercial' Congress, in
which he referred to the fact again
that he was "half Southern." That
is true, but it won't get him any
votes in the South.
BANK OF
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than the combined capital and surp
CAPITAL STOCK
SURPLUS
LIABILITIES OF STOCK
SECURITY OF DEPOSIT
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Robert B. Scarborough,
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George J. Holiday,
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President.
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ly allied with the recent dev<
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
H. H. WOODWARD
Attorney end Councelor At Law.
CONWAY; S. C.
WL B. SCARBROUGH
CONWAY, 8. a
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Attorney at Law.
H. H. BURROUGHS
Physician and Surgeon.
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CONWAY, S. O.
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B. WOFFORD WAIT.
Attorney at La\/?
Bank of Horry Building.
CONWAY, 8. O.
(HE WORLDS GREATEST SEWING MACHINE
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Mrou want cither a Vibrating Shuttle. Rotate
fttouttte or a Single Thread f Chain J8titch\
Sewing Machine write to
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Orange* Man*
Masjreewfnc machine* are made to tell regardleegf
gnUtycbut the New Home U made to wee*
Oar guaranty never rum out.
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Conway, S. O.
Ahscntminded.
The professor had just sneezed for
the thirtieth time, and it naturally
attracted some attention.
"What's the matter with the professor?"
asked the visitor. "He appears
to have a bad cold."
"Oh, no," said iMadame la Professoress.
"It is only his fearful absentmindednesR.
I left him in charge
of the baby for a few minutes this
morning and when he cried ho gave
him the pepper pot to play with instead
of his rattle." ? Harper's
Weekly.
An electrical device has been per*fected
to thaw out frozen water pipes
'without opening the ground.
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ny bank in Horry county. More
lus of all other banks in the county
$50,000
12,500
.HOLDERS .. .. 60,000
ORS 112,600
;tors
D. V. Richardson,
W. A. Johnson, ?
Will A. Freeman. A
ommodation which their accounts
solicit your business.
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\7./in I'II ptMivt'vr CAHHIIR
iuiv x niioii/un ia ?
r cent, on yearly deposits.
)NAL BANK | 7
Y, 8. C. X
125,000.00
2,500.00
125,000.00
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! Snlvov TV T. McNeill.
uck, W. It. Lewis, D. &
ttlebaum, D. A. Spivey. ar
Conway, the oldest Hank in
in Eastern Carolina. Close- jL
elopment of the Independent
Jovernuieiit and secured by
repared to extend to our cu?lodations.
B. C. COLLINS, 2i
President, $
GIRLS, READ THIS
A SENSIBLE TALK TO THE YOUNO
WOMAN WHO KISSES.
Dorothy Dix Tells Her She is Losing
Something Beautiful Every TimeStrange
Lips Meet Hers,
"Dorothy Dix" writes a great manythings
that tend to elevate and make
girls purer and sweeter. She says
two young men recently wrote her
a letter in which they asked her to
settle a dispute that has arisen between
them. Here is her answer:
The point at issue is whether a,
girl who kisses a young man, to
whom she is not engaged to be married,
displays thereby an affectionate
disposition or not. A contends that
she does, and asserts that he would,
not marry any woman who did not
like to kiss, while B takes the opposite
position on the subject.
As far as my opinion is concerned,.
I should say that any girl wtyo kisses
a man to whom she is not betrothed
?and the wedding day set?shows
that she has an exceedingly affectionate
temperament. Entirely too affectionate.
Dangerously affectionate.
It likewise shows that she is utterly
lacking in maidenly modesty and delicacy.
And it indicates that she is.
a great many kinds of a fool.
If I were a man, I would no moro ,
pick out for a wife the girl that I.
would let any man with whom she y*
had a casual acquaintance kiss her
than I would go to a florist shop ana
buy the battered, bruised, over blown
roses that had had their freshness
rubbed off by too much handling.
?1 o ?,/I (lio lirUh t ll o hlnnm
1 IIV.7 fS 1 1 1 (1 II U VliU I VA7V/ TT 1 til Vlt\y MAVWM*on
them for mine, every time.
This is also the opinion of most,
men. It takes a man of very undiscriminating
taste to really care for a
girl whose lips are free to every
Tom, Dick and Harry who comes
along. Of course, as long as a woman
is young and good looking and
has a nice red mouth pouted to a j
Cupid's bow, every man will kiss her r
who can; but such kisses only make
him have a contempt for the girl, and
ready to believe any evil he may hear
of her.
That kind of a girl is not the sort
of a woman that a fastidious man
wants to marry. His wife must have
kept her lips as austerely pure as,
those of a saint; for every man, in.
love is a monopolist, and his eternal
creed is that his lady love shall be *
fire to him, and ice to every other
man.
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FREE 10 YEARS, CiOES RACK.
Escaped North Carolina Convict Cap*
tured in Kentucky.
After being at liberty ror sixteen
years, T. B. Whitson, who on February
27, 1895, escaped from the State
prison at Raleigh, N. C., where he
was serving a sentence of thirty
years for murder, was a/rested at
Lexington, Ky., Thursday, and will
bo taken back to North Carolina to
servo out his form. Residing iiv
Letcher county, Kentucky, as "Samuel
Jones," he hns amassed a coaifjrtablo
fortune. He was sentenced
a- i ? ii. ?* 1. i a iono fha
io _ymuii ivuirni xv, xoao, iwi ?,?.?
murder of C. C. Dyrd at Bakersvilie, ,
N. (!., but on a second trial he was
given thirty years' imprisonment.