The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 27, 1911, Image 5
THEY MADE GOOD
The Dements Redeeaieg the fledge
Th*g lade the Pceple
BEFORE TBE ELECTION
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Reports to that Effect Over the En*
h lilt Country Hare True Foundation
at the Scene of Hostilities In
the City of Washington Where the
VB
muie ivo^m.
"The Democraic house Is making
good." That's the sum and substance
of what you hear on every side In
Washington and judging from the
press of the country the democratic
congress Is regarded in the same
light all over the United States.
The amazing thing about it al) Is
' that this congress is doing things.
Proceeding with a harmony, a caution
and a wisdom, yet surely and
steadily, the Democrats are proving
a bitter disappointment to the Republicans,
who predicted chaos and
discussion and disorder just as soon
as Champ Clark was inducted into
* the office of speaker. And throughout
the country the "doubting Thomassoa"
who prophesied that just as
soon as the Democrats took charge
g of the house with tariff leglBiauon
pending, business and every thing
thing would go to the "demnitlon
bowwows," cannot be found.
If la oa<iv Anrtncb to HftV the
Democratic house is making good.
That's too general and may mean a
great deal or very little. A man
may pass your corn field, riding in a
day coach of a train, and at a distance
view a few rows of growing
corn and the next time he sees you
tolls you that your corn <c,rop Is
looking fine. Again some man may
run across your son who is off In
another city at college. He may see
the boy on the street and chat with
him and come back and tell you that
hoy of yours is getting on fine. That
sounds well, when the facts may be
* that that boy of yours is more interested
in baseball or pool than in
trigonomotry. |
^ So why is it that the impression
thus early is gaining ground that
the Democratic hpuse is making
good? It's because the majority
party In the lower branch of congrf
$ are carrying oue effectively the
ni lifest wishes of the people of the
United States?pr-lection promises
have actually become post-elections
obligations which are being met
v. squarely and fairly. And in this
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WOTK OI leglHiUllUU IUU liiaji/nv
ty is showing a capacity and efficiency
that is surprising.
Beginning with a committee on
committees to select the proper men
for the various house committees
instead of leaving this power in the
hands of one man, the Democrats inaugurated
economy by abolishing
' one hundred useless positions about
the house of representatives, thus
saving the taxpayers $180,000 per
year. And by reporting that Canadian
reciprocity bill to the house and
agreeing on its passage, they have
elevated themselves in the eyes of
th'& entire people.
'And this move is good politics, i
too. It will be the means of entering
the wedge that will effectively
open the high tariff block. Just as
soon as the Canadian reciprocity bill
is enacted by the house, the Democratic
"free list" bill, which has already
been reported out from the
* ways and means committee and
which has been published, will be
passed.
The free list will offset the clamor
of the western farmer as to taking
his protection from him and yet
keeping It on all the necessary things
he has to purchase. And the Republican
party has buncoed the farmers
of the west so long with the fairy
tale of heaping up protection on
everything that he produces that they
\ believe. Rut in the face of a practif
cal remedy to offset the Canadian
reciprocity pact he will not lag behind
in the march of better times
and a more equal chance for all.
The Democratic house passed the
/resolution providing for the constitutional
amendment for the election
of United States senators by the direct
vote of the people.
The campaign publicity bill, to require
that all campaign contributions
be published prior to elections
and not subsequent to elections will
be paseed by the house. If the Democrats
sustain their gait in shaping
and pass such remedial legislative
bills through the house, the country
will in all probability turn the Republicans
out of power at the senate
end of the capitol and from the executive
mansion in 1912.
Shot in the naric.
Near Hazelhurst, Ga., fearing that
w the man front of his store at whom
a dog was barking, was a robber,
p W. I. Crumley, a farmer in that councounty,
shot and instantly killed the
man, :M, A. Grant, a blacksmith,
Crumley's friend. Crumley surrendered
and was ordered held under the
charge of murder by a coroner's jury.
Brute of a Father.
Because his seven-year-old son
mispelled a word, George VanStone,
of Goderich, Ont., beat him to death.
He was sentenced to life in prison. *
A PAIR OF FOOLS'
BOY AND GIRL LOCKED UP IN
THE COLUMBIA JAIL.
Girl Attempt* to Jump from Window
Rather than Return Home or Testlfj
Against Boy.
The St&te ear* that a pretty girl,
Mies Lillian Reed, who says she le
only a few months past 13 years old
and a youth of 17. both from Augusta,
are held In the Richland county
jail. It seems that the young man,
whose name is R. II. Watson, has
been in Columbia for several days.
He and the girl were registered at a
boarding house as Mr. and Mrs. Watson.
Everything went well for the cou 1
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pio UUi.lt iUT; lauuinu/ nua i.v.u v.
true state of affairs. She telephoned
the girl's mother. In the meantime
friends of the the pair "tipped them
off." They promptly moved to another
boarding house. Chief of Police
Cathcart was wired to arrest
them. This was done on Main street,
the two young persons going to headquarters
with Detective Richardson
without any trouble.
Watson endeavored to get a notary
public of Columbia to marry them
and he consented t.o do so. While
he went after Miss Reed the officer
appeared on the scene and nabbed
the couple on their way to the notary's
office.
C. C. Reed ,the father of the young
girl, came to Columbia and promptly
went to police headquarters, where
he secured his daughter's release.
The young man was detained and
turned over to Magistrate Fowles, being
indicted under the charge of carrying
a minor from her parents.
Sobbing as though her heart would
break, Lillian Reed, said to be a
mere child in age, although she looks
much older, stated frankly to Magistrate
Fowles that she would not return
to her home with her father
" ? n t\t\AO r on o txt f
dliu MIIU nuuiu uuu a|/|/uai UO c% niv
ness for the prosecution, should the
case be brought to trial.
In the midst of the excitement she
dashed for the window and would
have jumped to the ground below,
hut was prevented from accomplishing
this purpose. She tried to break
away a second time and throw h 2rself
out of the window.
(Miss Reed was required to gi\
bond to appear as a witness, and
not being able to do so was sent to
jail with Watson. In Augusta Watson
worked as a soda dispenser. The
girl said that Watson bought a ticket
and sent it to her to come to
Columbia, while it is stated that
Watson said Miss Reed followed him
to Columbia.
Wednesday night they both spent
in the Richland county jail, and there
they will stay until some satisfactory
settlement can be made. C. C. Reed,
the girl's father, went 4o Augusta,
Wednesday night.
HKIIO YIEIJtti UP I JFK.
Young White Man Dies Trying to
Save Negro Roy.
H. G. Brown, the brave sewerage
inspector who jumped into the manhole
on Calhoun street in Charleston
on Tuesday to rescue the colored
boy, died Wednesday morning at the
Riverside infirmary, without having
regained consciousness, in spite of
the hard work of a number of doctors
and nurses who stood over him from
the time of his admission into the
Institution. D. R. Blakely, the medical
student, who finally affected the
rescue of the boy's body and brought
Brown to the surface, is himself in
a bad way, according to the report
made by the doctors of his condition.
The verdict of the coroner's juries
was accidental death in both cases.
The body of Brown, who was well
connected in Charleston, was taken
to Norfolk, his home, Wednesday afternoon,
accompanied by Mr. Dunlap,
sewerage engineer.
MEETS AWFUL DEATH.
Two Year Old Child Crushed by Fall
ing Crossties.
The most shocking death ever
in Elbert county, Ga.. was that Wednesday
afternoon of the little two and
a half year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. B. Tucker, who was crushed
to death under a heavy crosstie. The
child was playing near the house and
when called did not reply. Search
was mado and the child was found
crushed to death under a pile of
crossties which had slid down over
her, pinning her to the ground,
crushing out her breath. The accident
occurred in thirty feet of where
the father and the minister had been
sitting and they had heard no cry
from the baby. The parents are
heartbroken.
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Wipes Out Family.
At Youngstown, O., Pearl Rlckert,
aged 8, and Raymond Rickert, aged
7, died from injuries inflicted by their
father, Grant C. Rickert, making six
lives the toll of his murderous fit
of insanity. Rickert took his own
life by shooting after he had killed
his wife and daughters, Charlotte,
aged 11, and Helen, aged 15. His
son, Edwin, escaped from the father,
who had struck him on the head with
an axe, and will survive.
TOWNS OF STATE
Their Pepalatiea as Revealed fey Ike
Ceases Takea Last Year.
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STEADY GROWTH SHOWN
Statistics for One Hundred and Fftjrlive
Cities, Towns and Villages In
South Carolina Shows Steady
Growth In Most of Them Since the
Last Census.
Statistics of population of 155 incorporated
towns and cities in South
Carolina, as contained in the advance
sheets of the census report for 1910,
contain some features of considerable
interest. Most of tne statistics ior
larger towns have already been published,
but for the sake of convenience
they are reprinted along with
the smaller places, which have not
been given before. The statistics for
towns and cities follow:
Town. 1P10
Abbeville 4,459
Aiken 3,911
Alcolu 458
Allendale 1,453
Anderson 9,654
Appleton 156
Bamberg 1,937
Barnwell 1,324
Batesburg
Beaufort 2,486
Belton 1,6 5 J
Bennettsville 2,64 6
Bethune 317
Bingham 196
Bishopville x 1,659
Blacksburg 1,119
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IJiaCKBLOCK. jv/?
Blackville 1,278
Blenheim 228
Bluffton 577
Bolen 160
Bowman 327
Bradley 279
Branchville 1,471
Brunson 610
Calhoun 215
Calhoun Falls 296
Camden 3,569
Cameron 421
Campobello 255
Carlisle 3 67
Central 886
Chapin 3 45
Cliappels 150
Charleston 5 8,833
Cheraw 2,873
Cherokee Falls 591
Chester 4,754
Chesterfield 618
Clinton 3,272
Clio 780
Clover 1,207
Cokesbury 756
Columbia 26,319
Conway 1,228
Cope 174
Coronaca 199
Cottageville 418
Cowpens 1,101
Cross Hill 558
Darlington 3,789
Denmark 1,075
Dillon 1,757
Donalds 268
Dovesville 169
Due West 672
Duncans 190
Easlej' 2,983
Eastover 23 7
Eau Claire 1,23 4
Ebenezer 190
Edgeneid i, /1 x
Edgemoor 113
Erharclt 315
Elko 114
Ellen ton 367
Elloree 540
Estill 460
Eutawville 405
Fairfax * 491)
Florence 7,057
Foreston 115
Fork 134
Fort Lawn 204
Fort Mill 1,616
Fort Motte 392
Fountain Inn 979
Gaffney 4,767
Georgetown 5,53 0
Glenn Springs 178
Govan. . 111
Gray Court 284
Geelyville 630
Greenville 15,741
Greenwood 6,614
Greer 1,673
G rover 67
Hampton 748
Harleyville 190
Hartville 2,365
Heath Springs 452
Helena 425
Hendersonville 319
Hickory Grove 285
Hodges 266
Holly Hill 342
Honea Path 1,763
Inman 474
Irmo 267
Iva 894
Jacksonboro 54
Jefferson 390
Johnston 943
T /% % Amrt 11/>
IIUIICOTIUU i v
Kelton * 92
Kemper 62
Kershaw 682
Kingstree 1,372
Kline 199
Lake City 1,074
Lamar 592
Lancaster 2,098
Landrum 449
Latta 1,358
Laurens 4,?18
Lees vl lie 980
Lewiedale 162
Lexington 709
Liberty 1,058
Linconville 841
Little Mountain 440
Little Rock 99
Livingston 168
Lori* 229
Lowndeovllle 350
Lowryvills.. . . t , . . . 343
Lucknow 139
Lynchburg 466
McBee 187
McColl 1,628
<McConnels 279
McCormick 613
Mallory 96
Manning 1,854
Marion 3,844
Maryville 473
rm.* 111 _ 7K1
uuayvBvitie . Vx
Midway 96
Modoc 108
Moncks Corner 232
Monetta 122
Moultrievllle 1,011
Mount Carmel 264
'Mount Pleasant 1,346
Mountville 160
Mullins 1,832
Neeces 143
New Drookland 900
Newberry 5,028
Nichols 13 8
Ninety-six 768
Norris 180
North 561
North Augusta 1,136
Norway 315
Olanta 230
Olar 350
Orangeburg 5,906
Pacolet 410
Pageland 3 60
Pages Mill 15 7
Parksville 15 7
Patrick 9 8
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Faxvllle j t .>
Peak.. 1 S3
Pendleton S22
Perry J J 9
Pickens 897
Pinewood 424
Plum Branch 14.r?
Port Royal 3t>3
Princeton 182
Prosperity 73 7
Reevesville 20?
Reidville 177
Richburg 245
Ridge Spring 5OS
Ridgeland 330
Ridgeville 300
Ridge way 3 70
Rock Hill 7,? >
Rowesville 5 08
Ruby 194
St. George 95 7
St. Matthews 1,3 77
St. Stephens 4 08
Salem 13 9
Salley 311
Saluda G10
Scotia 189
Cranton 308
Seiglingville 113
Sellers 458
Seneca 1,313
Shandon ^93
Sharon 37 4
Simpsonville 521
Smyrna 109
Snelling 33S
Spartanburg 17,517
Springfield 43 8
Summerton 078
Summerville 2,35b
Summit 87
Sumter 8,109
Swansea 523
Sycamore 90
Tatum 225
Timmonsville 1,708
Tirzah 128
Townville 225
Travelers Rest 00
Trenton 257
Trio *98
Troy 233
ITlmers 190
Union 5,623
Vances 97
Varnville 542
Wagner 362
Walhalla 1.595
Walterboro 1,677
Wards Is3
Waterloo 191
Wollford 3 70
West Union 328
Westminster 1,576
Westville 84 7
White Rock 85
. Whitmires 1,045
Williamston 1,957
Willington 365
Williston 024
Winnsboro . . . 1,75 4
Woodford 190
TXT rn fP 1.880 !
Yemassee 250
Yorkvllle 2,326
Zion 195
STKAMEK IS WRECKED.
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Eight Persons Drowned in Transferrins
Passengers.
The Portuguese mail steamer Bueitania
is piled up on Bellows Rock,
two mile southwest of the Cape of
Tinnn Kierht nersons were
drowned during the transfer of the
800 pasengers and crew from the
wreck to the British warship Forte
and a government tug. Those lost
were four men, two women and two
children, occupants of two small
boats which capsided. Their companions
were rescued. The Lusitania
was bound from Mozambique for Lisbon
when she struck on the sunken
rocks. There is no hope of saving
her.
Arkansas' New Way.
The Arkansas State Legislature on
Friday adopted a concurrent resolution
directing Gov. Donaghey to interfere
with the proposed execution '
of Henry Peary at Ashdown.
WILL HELP SOME
Democrats First Reform Measure Formally
Pretested.
THAT FREE LIST BILL
Designed to Help the Farmers Reported
to the House by the Chair
man of the Ways and Means committee.
The majority report of the ways
and means committee on the "farmers'
free list bill," submitted to the
house Wednesday by O. W. Underwood,
chairman, is a merger of Democratic
polJtfoal argument and an
analysis of the proposed duty exemptions.
The report shows that the bill
would reduce the tariff revenue by
$10,016,495, based on the importance
for the last fiseal year, an
amount described as "inconsiderable
in comparison with the great saving
and advantages to all of our people
from the additions to the free list
provided for."
Quoting President Taft's recent
Canadian reciprocity speeches, the report
seeks to convey the impression
that the administration is convinced
that protective tariff rates are too
high.
"In several public addresses,'' it
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says, "he (the president; hub uumitted
that tariff rates are too high,
that such rates have resulted in excessively
high rates felt especially in
the increased cost of living which
now bears heavily on our people, and
that they have not received the long
promised lieneflts of domestic competition
under high protective duties."
Referring to the president's statement
that the Repuoncan party had
modified its tariff policies so as to
limit it for purposes of protection to
the difference in cost of production
here and abroad with a reasonable
profit to the American producer, the
committee report says:
"This is a confession, as was the
Republican platform of 1908, that
the theory of high protective Outies
as put forth by the Republican pan*
has broken down, that combinations
and trusts which prey upon the people
have been fostered by the tariff,
and that under tariff protection
American manufacturers have forced
unreasonable profits from the people."
Again the report declares;
| "The Canadian reciprocity agreement
now before the house is a re|
cognition on the part of the administration
of the injurious effects of |
the extreme protective policy which
has so long been imposed upon tve
country, and is an effort to mitigate
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The reciprocity argreement, asserts
the committee, can not afford the
American people all the needed relief
from high protection.
"Action on the agreement involves
the necessity of further and immediate
action on revision a number of
duties on imports from other countries
in order that justice may he
done to the great army of agricultural
producers who in the Canadian
agreement are to have the alleged
protection removed from tnelr products
without a corresponding or reciprocal
removal of the protective
duties most burdensome on the commodities
they must purchase as necessary
to sustain their lives and industries."
The report takes up in detail the
classified list of articles included in
the free list bill. Regarding agricultural
implements, it says their
manufacture is controlled by tsusts
and combinations that have sold in
foreign countries at lower prices than
at home, building up tneir roreign
trade from $3,859,184 in 189 0 to
$28,1 24,033 in 1910.
Bagging and baling materials, essential
in the transportation of agricultural
products, the report says,
can not receive benefits of protection
in home markets and duties on them
"have annoyed and burdened the
farmers to add to the profits of exacting
trusts and combinations."
Concerning hoops, bands and ties of
iron and steel, barbed wire for fencing,
etc., the report says the high
duties make the people dependent upon
the "giant steel industry," which
for years has sold products abroad
lower than to domestic consumers,
and declares that placing them on the
free list will be a "long delayed
measure of equity and justice."
The placing on the free list of all
forms of leather from cattle, hides
and skins, together with boots, shoes,
harness, saddlery, etc., the committee
argues, will be of advantage on manufacturing
and necessarily of benefit
to agricultural producers as well as
to all the people.
The "beef trust" is assailed in discussion
of the free listing of fresh
meats and meat products, ?rne existing
duties on meats and meat
products," it is asserted, "are for the
advantage of this combination only"
?a combination that "controls the
markets both in buying and selling,
and the result is a substantial addition
to the high cost of living from
which the people suffer."
Removal of duties on these products,
it is assured, will place the farmers
in a free market as to foodstuffs
and food products. For the
MIGHTY SUBMARINE
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SHE IS A VERITABLE UNDER WATER
DREADNAUGHT.
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Carries Hydroplanes, Wheels and m
Heavy Rudder as a Safety Device.
May Cross the Atlantic Ocean.
The largest and most formidable
submarine ever constructed for the
United States government will bo^tven
a trial trip soon. If the cralt
proves a success it will have a large
bearing on the future of the navy,
will tend to increase the importance
of surface war vessels, and at the
same time to lessen the importance
of the great battleship. The experiment
will be watched with the keenest
interest in navy circles. It is
the intention to cruise to New York
with the boat on her trial trip and
then to Bridgeport. Later is it expected
the strange craft will be sent
across the Atlantic.
Among the features of the new submarine
are hydroplanes. These correspond
to the planes of an aeroplane
and are designed for the purpose of
steadying the boat and holding it
even when under water. Another feature
is the drop keel, which weighs
several tons, and can be released in
case of an accident, thus adding to
the buoyancy of the vessel. On the
botton of the boat are wheels calculated
to protect the bottom when the
vessel drops down to the bed of the
ocean.
Various other features are important
in the construction of this typo
of submarine. Enough storage air
is provided for forty-eight hours under
water. The vessel is provided
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Wlin powenm ^dsuuuo cu^iuvu,
which propel her when running at
the surface. Hut under the water
the power is furnished by storage
batteries.
Its length is 161 feet and its displacement
about 53 5 tons. The Government
contracts calls for 14 knots
speed, but it is expected to make 16.
jThis is when the submarine is traveling
on the surface. The submerged
speed called for by the contract is
nine and a half knots.
It is designed to travel alone. The
armament consists of six torpedo
tubes and room aboard is provided
for ten torpedoes. The crew will consist
of about 22 members. Lieut.
Kenneth Whiting of the navy is now
in command.
If the Seal bears out all the representations
made concerning it, it is
easy to see that naval warfare will
be to a large extent revolutionized.
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SERVED THEM RIGHT.
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Storekeeper Made to Day for Vsing
Lady's Photograph.
Members of the Supreme toun ui
the United States Wednesday put
their heads together to determine if
a pretty woman, particularly a pretty
New York woman may prevent the
use of her photograph for advertising:
or trade purposes. Photographers,,
newspapers and moving picture men
are said to be vitally concerned.
The Court was hearing, the case of
Mrs. Alda T. Rhodes, of Brooklyn,.
N. Y. One day, arrayed in her wedding
gown, she had he ? photograph
taken for a birthday present for her
husband. Not long afterward, her
sister-in-law remarked, "I saw youf
picture to-day in the window of a
trading stamp store."
Mrs. Rhodes got from the company
exhibiting her photo a $1,000
judgment. Now the Supreme
Court is asked to annul, as unconstitutional,
the New York statute
making it a misdemeanor to use a
photo for advertising or trade purposes
without the consent of the
subject.
reason that the public desire "that no
artificial shelter bo maintained to
protect abnormally high prices on
food articles in any form."
The bill also seeks exemption from
duty on wheat flour, semolina, rye
flour, buckwheat flour, eornmeal and
all prepared cereal foods, biscuut?,
bread and similar articles not swept,
ened.
In discussing free lumber placed
in the bill, hardwood excepted, the
report maintains that the ownership
of timber in this country has become
practically a monopoly and
passed for the most part into the
hands of great corporations and those
who are speculating on the increasing
scarcity.
President Taft is again referred
to, the report quoting from his
speech of February 26, 1911, in
which he said: "Ily giving our peo
diA n AiiAnd r\ Po n o il { n o f Al*Aoio n. a.
|>iv IU vciiictuiciu IUI vmo n?
shall reduce the consumption of our
own, which in the hands of a comparative
few owners now have a
value that requires the enlargement
of our available timber resource?."
Sewing machines, the report avers,
are sold abroad by American manufacturers
cheaper than at home, and
should not be protected.
The manufacturers would have by
the proposed bill the additional advantages
of free lumber.
Salt, also included in the free list,
the report urge?, should be free from
artificial enhancement in price, the
domestic supply being dependent upon
a limited number of natural deposits
controlled by concentrated interests.