The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 17, 1911, Image 5
The yachting season of 1911 is
now in full b|last; everyone who
owns a pleasure, craft whether it be
a 16-foot motor boat or a 2 50-foot
ocean going steamer, is enjoying the
delights of being on the water. It is
the time of the year when the
year when the yatchman comes in
for his own and enjoys the sport of
kings and the king of sports.
During the past few years, owing
to the perfection of the gasoline motor,
the sport of yachting has grown
by leaps and bounds. There are In
the United States nearly 600 yacht
and motor boat clubs, with an average
membership of close to 200.
There is a wide range in types and
sizes, ranging from the big, grace4
ful, square riggeed Aloha, owned by
commodore James, or xne i\ew lora
Yacht Clu,b, and magnificent steam
craft as large as the biggest coasting
steamers to IB-foot motor runabouts.
The sailing fleet, sloops,
schooners and yawls, number hundreds,
while there are innumerable
craft of other rigs, such as cats, ketches,
canoes, etc.
Yatchs of today may ,be divided
4 into general classes, such as steam,
motor auxiliary and sail, but in the
latter class there is a gradual falling
off, the instalation of motors converting
them into the class above.
Interest in yatching has always
been in races, aside from the international
events, and ocean racing
has always been popular. The annual
events from New York to Berf
muda for craft of less than 60 feet
water line are notable. The annual
race from California to Honolulu,
2,23 2 miles, is of much interest to
the Pacific yachtsmen.
rrhe international contests be1
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IWCCII Lilt; U Iliu;u otaico auu v/aiiauu, i
sailed on the Great Lakes have done1
their share In the development of
p the small yacht, while the Sonderclass
events .between -this country
Germany, and Spain have been entertaining
and productive of goodfellowship,
to say the least. Every
yacht clnb holds at least one regatta
each year.
The history of steam yatching in
this country dates back only to 1851
when the Colonel John Stevens was
built at Philadelphia by Capt. R. F.
Loper. She was 92 feet long; but
P. was the paddle wheeler, Firefly,
that was built in 1854 that had the
honor of being the first steam craft
to be properly classed as one of a >
fleet belonging to & recognized yatch
club.
(Following the Civic War the ad<
vance in steam yachting was quick
* and there were built crafts like W.
K. Vandei;bilt's Valiant (that is 3 32
feet long and registers 1,823 tons.
Today there are fifty or more yachts
of this type, all of them capable of
making cruises around the world. In4
deed, most of them have.
A notable steam yacht is the Tolanda,
shown on this page. This
Cool Wcatlior and llain. I
The cool weathr will prevail
throughout the present week, and <
local showers will be numerous, ac- i
cording to the forecast issued by the j
Weather bureau Sunday night. The j
forecast says: "The distribution of i
atmospheric pressure as shown by j
the weather map of the northern j
hemisphere is such as to indcate that j
there will be no unseasonaoiy warm
weather In any part of the country
during the coming week, the temv
peratures will average near or below
t the normal generally. The precipi-w
latlon during the wool: will be local
but fairly well distributed over the
country, from the Rocky mountains
to the Atlantic coast.
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Killed In Auto Crash. i
A girl wm killed and nine other i
persons were hurt, some of them f
seriously, when an automobile con- i
taining six children and two men i
crashed into an electrie car on the f
Fair Haven bridge at New Bedford, 1
Mass. 1
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yacht is the second largest ever
built. She was built in 1908, and
she is 3 05 feet long. She has five
decks and a flying bridge. Every,
possible comfort and convenience is
on her, including wireless. She carries
6,000 tons of coal and, at 12
miles an hour, has a steaming radius
of 6,000 miles. When at her best
she makes 21 miles an hour.
Yachtsmen nave taken the turbine
engine, too, and in Mr. C. K.
O. Billings' Vanadis is a splendid example
of the ocean cruiser. She is
277 1-2 feet long and makes 16 1-2
miles an hour.
The Ldttle Sovereign 133 feet long
with a speed of 33 miles an hour,
is a splendid example of the express
steamer, embodying many of the
comforts of a home afloat.
At the outbreak of the SpanishAmerican
war the Government was
in dire need of small craft of speed,
and the authorities looKea to me
yachtsmen. A dozen or more steam
yachts were purchased. Among them
J. Pierpont .Morgan's handsome Corsair,
a vessel of 204 feet on the waTliis
yatch fitted with small guns
was renamed the Gloucester, and
her part in the battle of Santiago is
too well known to more than men-J
course of the New York to Bermuda i
race, the Philadelphia yachtsmen last I
year held a race to 'Bermuda and
return. The outward race was won
by the 60 footer, Berneyo, and the
60-footer, Caliph, won the race
home.
Motor ,boats are not only taking
the place of sailing craft, but they
are displacing steam yachts. They
have not only the advantages of always
being ready, but they have the
licnuiroM Careful Stud v. I
The Galea Times says "a mer-1
chant can try to get along without |
advertising and a man can wink at a
girl in the dark?but what good does
It do?" There is some sense In that
remark, when one thinks it over carefully.
Honest advertising in the
proper mediums has never yet failed
to pay dividends, according to the
amount invested; but advertising, to i
htA fliiweRsfiil must be srlven the same I <
jareful study that a merchant give to t
:he other details of his business?It ,
ihould not be done in a haphazard
vay.
A Big Whale Sighted.
A Portsmouth, N. H., dispatch
jays passengers on the steamer Mun- *
latauket from the Isele of Shoals .
Wednesday saw directly in the
iteamer's course and only a few feet *
iway a whale floundering In the
;rell and (having the appearance of
i large piece of wreckage in the fog. 1
rhe whale was not less than thirty- t
Ive feet long. Ji
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tion that she fought two Spanish
torpedo boats and crippled them. |
other yachts converted into fourthclass
gunboaits and under the comman
dof naval officers did splendid
service. Even a tugboat, the Hudson,
manned by revenue officers, was
made to perform heroic service at
Cardenas in dragging off the torpedo
boat on which Lieut. Bagley lost his
life.
With the development of steam
yacht came the demand for speed
and the express type was evolved.
This brought out such boats as the
Arrow that was turned out just ten
years ago and which reached the
phenomenal speed of 40 miles an
hour, a speed record that yet holds
good for yachts, though torpedo
boats have equalled it.
The fastest steam yacht of her size
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18 Lilt) L/tJI'U, it O 1-1UI/IC1 1/ line tnat
fall at Cleveland. She made a mile
in 1.32, which is a fraction more
than 39 miles an hour.
With motor craft as with sailing
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speed and endurance as well as the
comfort. The express steamer is replaced
by the express motor boat
that can make 17 to 20 miles an
hour.
In size the motor boats are growing.
Steel is entering into the construction
of their hulls. There are
a number of these crafts of 00 feet,
while there are two 125 feet long.
One of these is of 1,000 tons register |
and is driven by three motors of i
They Are the Kickers, . .
The man who habitually sends his
money to mail order houses for goods
whluh ho could buy to better advan- 1
tage to himself from home merchants 1
Is generally the first to growl about j
the deadness of his home town. Ap- '
[>arehtly he forgets that he is a prime
^ause of its deadness and that he is
:he most fitting person to officiate at
Its funeral. Live men imbued with
:rue local pride and patriotism mean
i live town every time, even as dead
nen mean a dead town.
Huge Pencil Crop.
The peach crop In Connecticut
will be so large this year thait a
special train will be added to the
ftartford-New York schedule durng
the harvesting season to sihlp the
lally output.
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Bryan has been read out of the c
[democratic party again, but he is <
still the greatest Democrat in the 11
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craft there has been a great advance
not only in shape but in refinement
of lines and in the incedase of power
until boats of 4 0 feet, like the
Dixie, can make 3 6 miles an hour.
Then there is the hydrophobia that
skims on the surface and is capable
of i&reater speed. Sixty-shooters
like the Ursula have been crtdited
with 45 miles, a speed that is wonderful
for a boat of that length.
An English motor boat is now being
built to make 56 miles an hour.
The next development was the sea
going cruiser of 50 feet and over.
The first motor boat to cross the Atlantic
was the Seth B. Low, a 50footer.
Her crew suffered great
hardship, but they were successful.
In 1907 the first motor boat race
from New York to Bermuda was held
between 50-footers The Ailsa Craig
won the race and also (the race, of
1908. In 1 909 the victory went to
the Heather, a 58-footer. In 1910
the 60-footer, Ilys, was victorious.
Not satisfied with ithe 650 mile
120 horsepower each. This motor
boat has her own lighting and refrigerating
plant and has a cruising
radius of 1,500 miles at 20 miles an
hour.
Yachts of this type are equipped
with everything possible for comfort
and convenience, such as bathrooms
with hot and cold water and sea intakes,
running water in statesrooms,
etc. Indeed on these larger boats
there are all the comforts of a first
class hotel and lucky is he who can
afford to go down to sea in such a
ship.
Killed by Lightning.
At Coward as Henry Langston '
was going to feed his hogs about
noon iMonday he was struck by lightning
and instantly killed. He was J
near a large oak in his yard, which
was struck by the same bolt. Mr.
langston is survived by a wife and {
:wo children. lie naa many remdves.
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Wagon Driver Killed. ,
Sam Anderson, a negro log driver j
or the Betts Lumber Company, was
tilled in the Black River Swamp,
Sumter County, where he was haulng
logs on Monday, by being hit by (
he tongue of the log wagon while ,
io was loading a log on It. (
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Cut Down His Corn. (
Vandals, supposed to be moonshin- t
>rs, went into the field of a farmer i
n the Dark Corner of Greenville i
ounty a few nights ago and cut down i
>very stalk of his corn. Raiders had t
luspected the farmer of informing j
>f them. c
CLASH OF WORDS
SHARP PASSAGE BETWEEN UNDERWOOD
AND JAMES.
Both Withdraw Remarks and Then
Peace Once More Settle Down in
the Democratic Camp.
Democratic harmony in the house
was momentarily ruffled Wednesday,
when O. W. Underwood, Democratic
leader, and Ollie James, who
have been close friends, became involved
in a heated exchange of words
in the discussion of a bill providing
for the improvement of Black Warrior
River, in Mr. Underwood's district.
Both men withdrew remarks,
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ana me luciuem was uuucauiy uiused.
The bill provided for the building
of a dam to improve navigation on
the river. The construction of the
dam would create a large amount of
water power, the rights to which,
under the bill, would be leased for
50 years to the Birmingham Light
and Power Company. Mr James and
others opposed this provision, asserting
the term of the lease was too
long.
Mr. Underwood, declaring that he
cared nothing about the water power
feature of the bill, but was much
interested in the navigation feature,
said that if the bill were held up
work on the Black Warrior would
go ahead as originally contemplated
at an expense of nearly $250,000
move than the proposed dam would
cost.
\Tr. James asked if it was fair to
argue that unless the house passeu
the bill, giving a half century lease
to a coporation without limitation
of its charges to consumers, certain
work would be done costing the gov*
ernment $200,000 than if the right
were given away.
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"my iriena iroin lYeuiucny, iw
plied Mr. Underwood, "has just come
out of a successful campaign foi
senator where a play to the gallery
has purchased votes, ,but I will say
to him that to claim water power is
a monopoly, to answer me with the
proposition that I am pleading for a
monopoly, is not fair to me."
(Mr. James responded that he
would have expected "a statement
more considerate of the people of
Kentucky among whom the gentlemen
(Mr. Underwood) was born."
Then Mr. Underwood, explaining
-that he spoke under provocation,
withdrew his remarks, Mr. James
withdrew his, too. The house adjourned
without acting on the bill.
STEAMER GOES TO ROTTOM.
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Nearly One Hundred People Goes
Down With Her.
The French steamer Emir foundr?rn/l
\A7 f>.l nottrln v flvo miU>H of
Gibraltar and ninety-three persons
were drowned.
The ship sailed at three o'clock
Wednesday morning for Morroco.
An shour later in a dense fog she
collided with the British steamship
Silventon hound from Newport, England
for Taranto, Italy.
The Silverton's crew was rescued
and twenty saved of the Emir's crew
and passengers.
The Silverton later put in here
with her starboard bow stove in and
her fore peak full of water.
The Emir was floated in a few
minutes after the collision. Sixtynine
passengers and twenty-four of
the srew went down with the ship.
Fifteen passengers and twelve of the
crew were saved. All passengers
were French, lhe Emir was a vessel
of 1,2 91 tons owned by Comp-agnie
de Navigation Mixte at Marseilles.
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STEEL COMMITTEE BACKS DOWN
Decides Not to Force George W.
Perkins to Answer.
George W. Perkins, director of
the United States Steel Corporation,
and former partner in J. Pierpout
Morgan & Co., was not ordered before
the bar of the House by the :
House Committee of inquiry into 1
the affairs of the Steel Corporation.
Neither will he be*. 1
After a heated executive session ;
of the committee Wednesday, in 1
which was discussed the refusal, on (
advice of counsel, on Mr. Perkin's (
part to answer questions regarding '
contributions of corporations to 1
campaign funds, the committee *
reached an understanding whereby c
ill threats were waived. 1
The committee, in executive ses- 1
don, was induced by Representative 1
Littleton to reconsider the action of
Tuesday, in which the Chair was
iustained in ordering that the witless
answer questions as to his per- 1
tonal campaign contributions. t
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Sell Cotton Slowly. <
A circular letter has just been sent *
>ut by the South Carolina State Far- f
ner's Union telling how prices for 1
totton fell down in Sumter very *
luickly from something over 15 1
tents to (below 12. The reason of
his was that the cotton was marketed
too quickly and the price
'efused to hold. Added to this i
vere words of caution about selling 1
he cotton so quickly as to pueh the c
>rice down. If the crop is sold a
ilowly the price will stay up. c
DEEP LAID PLAN 1
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As Attempt tr Cteceal Sbrlsge by
Cemmitiog Other Crimes
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BDT THE SCHEME FAILS
Employed a Burglar to do the In*
famous Work and lie is Blown Up
ami imps from me Krect of His
Wounds In a Nearby Hospital?*
Would Not Confess.
As the result Sunday night to destroy
the records of tho Long Dock
Mills and Elevtaor company, in Jersey
City, for the purpose of concealing
a shortage of $2,500 in the accounts
of Samuel Brown, the cashier.
Brown and Patrick J. Timmons,
an expert accountant, are in
jail there, under the charges of arson,
conspiracy and manslaughter,
tracks. Brown's alleged confession
bearing Brown's signature, telling
of his plans for the crime, and naming
Timmons, his good friend, as an
accomplice. Frank VVal&h, known as
"lightning," the burglar who was
hired to do the job, died Tuesday of
burns received in trying to carry out
the scheme.
Brown was arrested when he reported
for work Tuesday. His employers,
told the police that experts
had been examining the accounts
during the previous week, and had
set Tuesday for examining the
.books. Drown told the detectives
that he had been short since January,
and that Tiramons had worked
on the books as a friend for three
months, trying to cover up his
tracks. Brown's alleyed confession
said in part:
"About 3 p. m. Sunday I met Timmons
in a saloon in Jersey City. We
had been talking about destroying
the books for the past two months,
as I was short in my accounts. Timmons
said he could get a man in New
York to do the job and there we
were joined by Walsh. The three of
us took an automobile to Jersey City.
"About 9:30 we went to the office
of the Bong Dock Mills. 1 opened
tne aoor ana me inree or ub went
in. I then opened the safe door and
took out three check books and the
cash .book. Walsh held the books
over the gas jets and set them on
fire. I watched them set the books
on fdre, then I left them to go back
home. I did not know anything
about the fire until Tuesday morning.
The police did not tell Drown upon
arresting him that Walsh had
died in the attempt. Instead they
tried to hatter down his defence, and
failing, one of them Anally said:
"Walsh died this morning at 5 o'clock
."
"My God," Drown gasped, "*I
can't have that man's death on my
soul." Then he told the story.
Timmons was arrested near hla
home in Newark. Efforts of detectives
to elicit a confession from Timmons
have heen unsuccessful.
In the ottice there was no evidence
of an explosion, the lromon say, but
plenty of evidence to show that gas
olino had been used liberally. I he
books had bc^en soaked with tho
fluid ut were only partially burnt.
Walsh was found with hie eyes
blown out and his clothing almost
burned from has body. He said he
had gone into the office, the door
being open, to sleep. He was smoking
a cigaretto, ho said, fell asleep
and he supposed the cigarette set the
place afire. At the hospital he was
told that ho would die from his
burns.
"Now," queried a detective, "won't
you tell us -how it happened?"
Walsh shook his head and stretched
out on his cot. It was his last
act.
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Young Man in Trouble.
Charged with forging his father's
name to two checks, a young man
named Fairey, said to be a son of a
prominent business man of Denmark,
S. C., was placed under arrest in tho
office of the Wanteska Trust and
Hanking Company, at Hendersonvllle,
N. C., while preparing to offer
\ third chock for payment. Pending
advices from his father, who i9
expected to straighten out his financial
difficulties, the young man is in
die custody of tho police, but has
lot been placed in jail. Fairey, it
jeems, had already secured $115 npm
checks bearing the forged signa;ure
of his father. The warrant was
jworn out by Cashier J. Mack
Elhodes, of the First National Bank.
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Another Hale New Cotton.
The first bale of new cotton for
L?ee county, and the second bale of
;his season's crop to be harvested
n Soutfh Carolina , was sold In Bish
>pviiie Wednesday Dy w. w. wnwt)r
of Lee county. The cotton wan
traded as strict middling, and wan
mrdhased by O'Donnell ft Co., ooton
buyers. The bale weighed 490
>ounds and brought 12 1-2 cents.
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Some Corn Eater.
Hammany's corn eating contest
n New York, was won by J amen
)ugan, who ate 57 separate ears,
arrylng off 1911 championship and
i purse of gold coin. Dugan'a nearist
competitor ate 46 era.