The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 18, 1912, Image 4
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FEARFUL RLCORD
Not As Ma*f ftamcults bit Tear as
Ture Was ifce T*ar Before
SUCiPES ON DECREASE
Sixty-One Persons Were Lynched
Luring tlie Past, Fifty-Nine of
Whom Were Nctfioes, and Most of
Those Lynched Attacked Women
or Young tiirla.
Deaths in tlio United States by every
form of violence show a decrease
in J91 1 as compared with 1910. The
total number of homicides in the
country last year reached 8,272 at
compared with 8,9 7 5 in the year
previous. During the year there
were J 64 cases of murder and sui*
ci 'v ; 18 cases of double murders; 11
of triple murders, one quadruple*, one
case where live, two where six and
one where seven were murdered by
one person and 51 persons murdered
by the "Black Hand."
The rcqord of suicides for 1911
varies little from that of 1910, the
number being 12,242, as compared
with 12,C08 in 1910. The proportion
of suicides as between men and
women remains about the same year
after year, being 8,130 males and
A 1 12 females. Physicians again
head the list among professional
men, and clergymen come next, 1 l
having taken their own lives. Among
business men, .1 9 bankers and brokers
have committed suicide during
the year.
The most startling feature of tills
record is the constantly increasing
number of those v/ho eommit suicide
because of ill health. Of the
total number, 4,151 shot themselves,
3,4 50 took poison, 2,054 hanged
themselves, 984 drowned themselves,
69 4 cut their throats, 64ft aspnyxiated
themselves, 5 5 threw themselves
in front of railroad trains and
165 from roofs or windows, 2 2
burned themselves, 14 stabbed themselves,
five blew themselves up with
dynamite and two starved themselves.
Sixty-one unfortunates left
the world by suicide pacts.
The number of legal executions in
3 911 has fallen off considerably as
compared with the last few years,
being 74, as compared with 104 in
3 91 0, 1 07 in 1909 and 92 in 1908.
Classified by states, the record is as
follows:
Arizona, 1; Alabama, 4; Arkansas,
4; California, 1; Delaware, 3; Florida,
1; Georgia, 12; Illinois, 1; Kentucky,
4; Louisiana, 2; Mississippi,
4, New York, 14; New Jersey, 4;
North Carolina, 4; Nebraska, 1;
Ohio, 3; Oklahoma, 1; Pennsylvania,
3; South Carolina, 3; Tennessee, 3;
Virginia, 2, and West Virginia, 1.
The death toll of sport was large,
4 28 killed and 3,4 82 injured. There
were 150 hunters killed, of whom 14
were mistaken for deer and one for
a rabbit. Ten automobile racers were
killed during the year. The following
table gives tho loss of life
resulting from disasters of various
kinds in this country during 1911:
D row n i ngs 5, 0 2 0
Fi res 1,151
Mines 021
Cyclones and other storms... 18 4
Explosions 23 3
Electricity 155
Lightning .. 170
Asphyxiation 177
Elevators 65
Automobiles .. 792
Tb?? Lynching Kccord.
The lynching record for 1911
shows a distinct though slight improvement
over the records of previous
years. The number or persons
lynched since Jan. 1?61?Is slightly
less than that of any other recent
year. All but two of the 61 person?
lynched were negroes. Of the 5C
negroes, one was a woman. The
crimes charged against these victim!
range all the way from insult tc
criminal assault and murder.
Contrary to the record of previou
years, the majority of the victim
were not accused oi crimes agains
women. The victims accused of ai
tacks on women numbered 19, whil
3 2 wore accused of murder. Tw
r.ogroos were lynched for insultin
white women, four for nttempt.e
murder, one for threatening to mu
der, one for highway robbery an
one for persistent stealing. Tv
were charged with plain assault ar
one was being held in jail a3 a su
picious character.
In several instances race rlo
MAnAi'tuwl In wlitnli Until whit
>V *3 I *3 I CJIUl kVM , 111 II -IV .1... .
and blacks were killed. Those a
not included in the record of t
year. In the following record t
word "lynching" has been held
apply only to the summary punis
n ent inflicted by a mob or by a
number of citizens on a person
leged to have committed a crime 1
which in the ordinary course tl
person would have been tried by In
The detailed record for 1911
as follows: Alabama, 3 negroc
Arkansas, 3 negroes, 1 white ma
Georgia, 3 7 negroes; Kentucky,
negroes; Louisiana, 4 negroes; M
elsslppi, 6 negroes; Missouri, 2 i
groes; Oklahoma, 7 negroes, 1
woman; Pennsylvania, 1 negi
ftouth Carolina, 1 negro; Tenness
3 negroes; Texas, 3 negroes, 1 wh
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LEAGUE IS FURHLD
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MGHT TO DHAIN LOW LANDS
WILL. HU PUSHED.
Important Action Tnkfn at a Con- ,
v cation Held In CluulcMton Last
i i
Week.
The South Carolina Drainage Association,
a branch of the National
Drainage Congress, was organized in
' Charleston last Friday, and will immediately
become an important fac
Lor in the draining and development
of the millions of acres of low lands
now lying unused in the State. The
formation of this Association took
I place at the first meeting of the State
II Drainage Convention, held in Char>
Irston Friday, which was attended by
- representative delegates from the
costal region territories and the
' southeastern portion of South Carolina.
Tho following officers were
elected:
President, E. J. Watson; first vice- <
president, S. G. Stoney; second vice- i
president, II. B. Carlisle; third vicepresident,
Robt. B. Scarborough; sec- <
rotary, A. H. Marehant; treasurer, 1
Thomas O. Lawton; engineer, Keid <
Whitford. I
Executive Committee?George- t
town, H. B. Springs; Richland, W.
C. Gonzales; Charleston, W. W. t
Hampton; Dorchester, Legare Walk- ?
er; Orangeburg, W. G. Smith; Beau- f
fort, Neils Christensen; Berkeley, St. c
Clair White; Calhoun, J. A. Banks;
Sumter, Dr. S. C. Beker; Colleton, i
W. W. Smoak; Darlington, Bright i
Williamson; Lee, R. M. Cooper; Ma- i
rion, C. A. Woods; Dillon, R. P.
Hamer; Hampton, W. F. Uaner;
Clarendon, O. C. Scarborough.
Honorary Vice Presidents?W. G.
Hinson, B. R. Tillman, W. D. Morgan,
J. B. Bostwick, R. I. Manning,
A W. McKeand.
Col. E. J. Watson, agricultural
r'nmmlKsionor of South Carolina, pre- ,
sided over the Convention, calling the
meeting to order shortly after 10
o'clock Friday morning. The Convention
was divided into two sessions,
one being taken ui> by the discussion r
of the drainage problem in South n
Carolina, and the other by the or- 11
ganization of the South Carolina 1
Drainage Association. ^
Col. Watson spoke at length re- e
garding the aims and purposes of the ^
National Drainage Congress recently a
organized in Chicago, 111., together $
with the work of securing the aid
nnd co-operation of the Government
In the work of reclamation through- 1
out the South. Col. Watson may be t
said to be one of the truest believers!5
in the future agriculture greatness r
of the Palmetto State, and he inject- 0
ed a large amount of this optimism 11
and belief into the delegates attend- r
ing the Convention. d
Mr. W. O. Smith, erglneer and
agent of the Government at Columbia j E
for plant industry, spoke of the value!11
of drainage. He is a native of 1 lli- j s
nois, which, thirty years ago, he,1
stated, was a great malaria country. n
Now the farmers there never hear of 1
this sickness. The transformation 11
was entirely due to the drainage. jv
Mr. T. O. J-awton, of Hampton I
County, spoke of the work done in
His home territory, giving some interesting
experiences of the campaign
he conducted for the organization of ?.
/I n rrA /lioiriot '
a uiowiAVyii .
Capt. S. G. Stonev, president of j
(he historic South Carolina Agricul-j
tural Society, and a pioneer in the i c
diainage work in this section of the 11
country, believed it absolutely nec-|(
essary that settlers he offered some-J
thing more than the mere land on 1 ^
which to eke out their existence, lie!;
thought it no more than right that J t
the land sbld to them bo at least,
i partially cleared, ip order that set- ;
' tiers have tlie opportunity of mak- j
ing a living the first year of their stay
5 iii the country. These sentiments
> were heartily endorsed by the C011s
volition.
s Dr. M. W. Twitchell, State geoloi
gist, spoke briefly on the importance
of the people in this section of the
s country getting down to work for
s themselves, but ho believed it a
t splendid idea to induce the Federal
- and State governments to render any
e assistance they can in the work of
o reclamation. As State geologist, Dr.
g Twitchell offered to assist the workid
ers in any way possible, as for inr
stance in the making of topographiid
cal maps of the territory In tho
'o coastal regions.
id Engineer Held Whitford, of tho
s- Charleston County sanitary and
drainage commission, recently apts
pointed a member of the excutive
es committee of tho National Drainage
re J Congress from South Carolina, spoke
- ' Jb - "TTAiir W7ei Voil.
I1G Oil l UO BUUJCUl i iw n n V JJA(>UV/U . ?x.
lie oral Aid to Help Us."
to Short addresses were also made bj
ill- Secretary A. W. McKeand, of Cliarny
leston; Secretary A. H. Marchant, ol
al- j Orangeburg; Col. II. R. Springs, ol
'or j Georgetown; Secretary A. V. Sncll
latjof Sumter; Mr. E. N. Clarke, or th<
,w. land and industrial bureau of the At
isilnntlc Coast Line, and Rand Agen
^s; Munroe, of tlio industrial agency o
,n; |tho Southern Railway.
3 j Col. Watson then appointed com
is-jmittces on organization, constitutloi
ie-|and hy-laws, resolutions and officers
a the Convention taking up the work o
*o; (organizing a branch to the Nationa
ee, j Drainage Congress. The reports o
ite the various committees were adopted
jiprfMAi mvl miner change*
MAYORS AltE ASIiEI) TO HELF
Originator of tho Book HOI PWi
AmIu Their Assistance.
The following letter has been at!
dressed to all the mayors and Intent!
?nls of South Carolina towns an
cities:
"Dear Sir: Having been appoint
ea State superintendent for Sout
Carolina under tho "Hock Hill plan
for tho reduction of cotton agreagt
J am writing to ask your prompt cc
operation to organize your count
under the plan.
"I know 1 can safely appeal t
your patriotism to help us to male
South Carolina an example to othe
Slates in getting the cotton acreag
reduced. It is hardly necessary t
a'gue to a man of intelligence tli
great importance to us all to tl
omething practical toward sccurin
(his reduction.
"As a first step ' -ward organizin
your county I want to ask you t
recommend a committee of three c
your livest citizens?preferably
banker, a merchant and a planter?
t take charge of the work in you
L-ounty of appointing canvassers, on
to each two townships and raisin
sufficient funds among your mer
-bants and others to pay these can
vassers. A fund of $150 to $20
DUght to be amply sufficient for put
ting tho work through in your couii
:y.
"Send mo the names cf -thes
three, t|io first named by you to ac
m chairman, and I will send tlier
'nil instructions as to how to pro
?eed under tho plan.
"Please let mo hear from yo'
dght away, as no time is to be los
f efficient work is to lie a.ccom
dished.
"Yours very truly,
"J. G. Anderson,
'State Superintendent for Soutl
Carolina under tho 'Rock Hil
Plan.' "
MAOOX AGENT CONFESSES.
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lound and Gagged Himself to Hide
Theft of $1,700.
In Macon, Ga., F. H. Smith, the
ailroad ticket agent, who Sundaj
ierht was found bound and gagget
[i his office saying two men hac
obbetl him, Monday morning broke
own and confessed that lie had tak
r. the money. He at once led then
r a storeroom in the union depot
hove the ticket ofiice and prociucet'
1,3 00 in bills neatly gapped lr
undies embraced by rubber bands
This was shortly before daylight
Ie was then allowed to walk unat
ended through the streets, having
tated that he thought he could ge
est of it, the plain clothes men shad
wing, until 5 o'clock Monday after
loon, when they arrested him am
daced him in jail. lie had not pro
[uced the money.
Smith said that he had needed tin
noney badly and had made up his
nind to frame up a fake robbery. II<
aid he extracted $1,7 00 in bills fron
he safe, carefully wrapped them u]
iiul extracted $4|^0 for his persona
iso. This he says he gave to a wo
pan, whoso name he refuses to di
rulge. This was at the noon hour
ie took the rest upstairs and hid it
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PHI) 10.ST it I A X 10 IJSCTHOCTTE I).
4
7egio Meets Instant. Death by Con
fact With Tjivc Wire.
At Columbia Edward Allen, col
)red, was electrocuted by comin,
nto contact with a live wire at th
corner of Laurel and Sumter streets
just after dark Monday night. Aller
who is a yoiing negro, was walkin
ilong the street., presumably goin
Lo his home, when he walked into
live wire which had broken by th
heavy freeze and fallen to tno sld<
walk. The negro was instant!
killed. On account of the freeze an
the wires breaking from the ice tl
lights were out in that section of tl
city for that night and was presume
that Allen was unable to see his \vt
and did not know the danger.
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% V'U' *T * VI li1 A nVA\rri?.lV
JHi 1 .1 '< ma> w 1>.1 vy.-.,,
His Brother Will Have it Withdrav
From Ticket.
William J. Bryan's name has be
advanced for a position on the De
ocratic primary ballot as a preferc
tial candidate for tlio Presidency
a petition filed with Secretary
State Wait at Lincoln, Neb., Frid
The petition is signed by twentyvoters,
headed by A. A. Arter,
Omaha. Charles W. Bryan, brotl
of William ."I. Bryan, said Fridi
| "This filing was dono against 1
Bryan's wishes and without
knowledge. Both Secretary Walt f
r Mr. Arter will be asked to have
petition withdrawn. There will
^ no legal proceedings unless V
f should become necessary."
j League With Robbers.
Arthur Shelly, employed at
tj watchman by a detective agency
f Sacramento, Cal., has confessod
being in league with robbers.
_ was admitted to a share of the sp
1 for his share of tho work.
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f Seven Burned to Dentil.
1 At New York seven lives, it Is
f lieved, were lost in a Are, wl
!, gutted a three-story frame build
oa Brooadale trentx*
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Wanted?To purch. b and yellow
poplar logs. Ar/er-McMiK
. lan Lumber Cou ay, Savannah,
Ga.
1
d Good Farm for Sale?oar town, amend
graded school. Write for part
tlculars. W. H. Parrlsh, Goats
h N. 0.
9 9 (^oiitraot
with parties to m.ike ten
million cypress shingles, and one
y hundred thousand cypress ties.
Box 162, Branchvjlle, S C
o :
e Bookkeeping or Shorthand $'15.
r Comblhed Course, $66. Subjects
e taught by Specialists. Address the
0 Greensboro Commercial School,
e Greensboro^ N. C. for literature.
o :
? ? ? 4 I?n?>n and
g PUUUIWCBI MltM ^1? in in, uiiu rv?? j
"lands. Any si&ed tracts. Boat coung
try in the world. Write for illus0
tratod booklet today. FlowersParker
Realty Co.$ Thomaavllle,
a a&r
."%<><) Hrown Tjefh?ni Laying Pullots
e and Cockerels, b'*od for quality
g and egg production. In largo or
small numbers. Prices reasonable,
i- American Poultry Plant, Cleve0
land, O.
For Bale?Pure Breed Pekiu Ducks.
White Sherwood Chickens, Rhode
0 Island Rede. Plymouth Rocks
(Barred) at $4.00 for trio of eithn
or. Address Mrs Mary ID. UttleJohn,
Jonofivillo, 0. C.
11 rVrtiitevl?Men to take thirty day's
practical course In our machine
shops and learn automobile business.
Positions secured graduates
$26 per week and up. Charlotte
Auto Rchool, Charlotte, N. C.
a i
1 Pillows Free?Mail us $10.00 for 36
pound Feather Bed and receive Spound
pair Pillows, freight prepaid.
New feathers, best ticking, '
satisfaction guaranteed. Agents
^ tp9TI Tiiftinr ??- Cnrnwoll
i Cured This IV
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iy iviieumaiiL 01
Daly, of (
"I had been suffei
der, complicated will
cn numerous preparatioi
;n- tial relief, suffering it
of and was reduced to <
^ "Fortunately I lea
of Although 1 could not
I** to inform you that a
*rs feel that I am compl
tnd strongly recommend
tho
bo
bey
Cured of Bone Rheum fctiam.
"I had been ufTarlBg with bon
rh?%irvmtiwn tor about three yeara.
! have been iw?in?r NoaJt'a iJaliftent a?
- - ?*Tiii mv that it eured me coroyletelj
. dan walk hotter than I haure wt w
ln pear*. Noah'a Liniment will do all 70
to ola Ira. 1 ganfiot reoocnmond l? hlgr
eno??h. Kov. 8. B. Oyrmm, Donal<
oils ) ,
Onr?fa of Rheumatism in Leg.
"I ?nffprod an attaOH of rhowmatlin
In mr rttrbt log, and It wa? h^rd tc
be- Wo to gvt about. I saw Noah'n tArx
P&ont oHverthwd and thought I wbal
Hen try ft, and 1 found that Tt did m?
ling Whole lot pf good; In fapt. It took t
tit* pain and crorenose *w*y. Edwaa
feQToi. Bwnmaboro, Va,"
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re*rn p?
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?y p.
IfifeM slotL md, pure
ysUsm??1<*lt? the brain ? Btren;
I A podtirt specific lor Blood
I Dchng out Rhimttlim and St
Is a vronderlttl tonio and body-bu
| r. v. lippman, ;
nr.,1 /1? KOV rriiw I llli'l/l'N
Vtr lli V/l J. 1 II ft!i 1XTK S MA.4K' J*
We have the 14 in G-p?iy and the 1 G
the Original Red Stitched Canvas Bel t
ob the market, but you can aiwayB t
pry 10 feet (Gaudy). Wo uino have
This belt has a national reputation,
cbed beii Write for prices.. COL ?
Feather Dealers, Charlotte, N. C. j
I Yost-Proof Cabbage and Ivettuce ! j
Plants, tied in bunches, selected.
Delivered in South Carolina and
Georgia. One thirty-five per thousand.
The largest earliest heads,
are grown from our plants. Sea s
Island Plant and Seed Company, '
Meggetts, S. C.
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Complete Course in Automobile construction
driving, repairing. Graduates
assisted In getting* employ- 1
meat. Best equipped auto school *
in South. Graduates getting $16 1
to $4 0 weekly. Write for partlc- '
uJars. Automobile School, 108- *
110 Liberty St., Savannah, Ga.
Poisoned 11 er Daughter.
At Lancaster, Ohio, Mrs. Nancy ?
Hall, aged GO years, mother of 3 2- ]
year-old Ruth Half, who died Decern- }
her 12, after eating pancakes, was i
arrested Wednesday, charged wltn ]
having put poison in the soup. Mr?. i
Hall had collected $20 0 life lnsur- f
ance on tho death of her daughter. 1
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Ian oi Rheuir
ears of Sufft
ifferers, Read
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.. < JA<3.JL ACOllHl, k_7. V
;?>ig with rheumatism in my
r a partial paralysis of the
?4 and regular physicians' tre
P,mse pain all the time, loss
i nere skeleton.
?!0d of NOAH'S LINIMEN
i^ise my arm, it is a source
itf'jr using a little more thai
dely cured and my old sel
NOAH'S LINIMENT.
JOHN P. DAI
j Oared of Sciatic Rheumatism.
5^ "Jlvflry winter for tfc? paat f*w mra
tl V'Wdva ha?n ^rnubl?d wit n aolatlo fhftu
d matlevn. and had ??od nearly T?nr
r. liniment and remedy known- X have
o need one bottle of N'oah'e Liniment, and
u haven't been troubled with pain unoa
h I oheerfullf recommend iToah'o Lintv
J Cnved qtf Rheumatism in Kedk.
U **I raoptved tbo bottle of Noah'o LMk
id mopfc and qttnk ft has helped mo
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i Poke Root and Potassium) I
werfnl Permanent I
KdbboM mm Good rmndte ere
fialt to P. P. P. lasting?it cam
when other naedi- featoiMfmred H
P. P. I
btood?deansei the eatirt I
gthems dlgestioo and nerve?. H /
Poison and skin diseases. H
ops the Pain; ends Malaria; I
ilder. Thousands endorse it. H
^bbbshhobbS *
lis ttixjcjuk ix\ aut'TH UAiaoiWA.
i a nd 18-ln 8-ply Gundy von. n iu
Tbor? are a groat many imitation!
ell the Gaudy, for It Ib btamped
the M-iucb R-ply Giant Htitehod.
It Is the Original Scnmleao and Stll*
i M f?IA HUPPDY COMPANY, HiS
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CAUSE OF POISONING TJIACED.
Liquor Dealer Sold Wood Alcohol to
the Victims.
A cablegram from Rerlin, Germany,
lays since the arrest of t.h6 wholesale
lquor dealer who had been in the
lablt of disposing of wood alcohol
md groceries to the inmates of the NL
runlclpal night shelter for the homoess,
and the confiscation of the adulerated
whisky found on his premses,
no further poisonings have been
eported in the city. The official ^
otal of the dead since December 26
s 72 out of 162 cases.
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Drowned in Swollen Stream.
After hanging to a limb in the
swollen stream of the Withlacoochle
?iver for three hours, waiting for
lolp to rescue them, James Digging
uid his son, John, were drowned late
don day at Rock ford, Ga. Iliggins
ivns moving with members of his
amlly from Lowndes County to Madson
County, Florida.
aatism After
iriog
This illustration is a good lfketoss
of Mr. Daly, who is 68 years
Id, a Confederate vateran, and a
jentloman well known in Charlos,on,
S. G., where ho has resided for
nany years. Mr. Daly was unible
to raise his right arm for ton M
fear a.
Rheumatism is the most distressing
and discouraging of all troubles.
Nine cases out of ten can be
mrcd by using NOAII'S LINIMENT.
"Whore there is no swelling or -4
fever a few applications will ro8cvo
yon. It penetrates?docs not
evaporate like other remedies; requires
very little rubbing.
NOAH'S LINIMENT is the
best Pain Remedy, and the few
letters below from sufferers of
rheumatic troubles who have been
cured by using NOAII'S UNI
MENT ought to convince you of
its merit.
?
What John P.
I!., Writes
right arm and shoulncrves.
I had tried ^
:atment with only par?of
appetite, insomnia
IT, and began its use.
of gratification to me
n a large size bottle I
f again. Cannot too
-Y, Charleston, S. C
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*?raedy tor Rheum**
I I BUna tism. Sclattoa. Laine Baokfc W
BffJ Stiff Joints and Musda% ""
DPI Soro Throat, Colds, Straln%
Hi Sprains, Cats, Brutss* 4
B9B QoUo, (Wnps, N?urslgUk?
Eg| Tooths oh e, and all Kerr*
H Boo# and ifosole Aohsi
KB and Pains. Thsgennlna
bos Noah's Art on
I StfbSI h2f ?ed ?d oo
* ?'tront of paohaaa and
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