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MANIAC SHOOTS TWO DRINK CRAZED AUGUSTAN FIRES ON WIFE AND LAD KILL WIFt, WOUNDS BOY ? ? Recently Released Frvm {Georgia Hospital for Insane Man Commits Replorable Reed?Seems Not i Realize What Ho Has RoneShouts and Whoops. Recently released from conflndmotlf flit* motif nl lllirnnimm/inl 4v. vwi uv.i (lUbUlllUlll, (UUS | after drinking heavily about four weeks, Sam J. Norris of Augusta shot and killed his wife and very probably mortally wounded William Dennis, about 17 years old, in a front room of Norris' home in that city Wednesday afternoon. After Norris had killed his wife and wounded Dennis, ho attempted to and probably woul dhavo, shot Mr. Felix Gunter, tho first person who entered the room where Mrs. Norris' body lay, had Gunter not backed out of tho room. Dr. W. 1). Jennings Jr., police department surgeon and who is also Norris' family physician, covered Norris with a rovovler as the latter was in tho act of raising his own weapon on Dr. Jennings, and disarmed Norris. William Dennis was hurried from the sidewalk, where he fell, to the City hospital, where an operation was performed. Just before going to the operating table, young Dennis made Die following statement: "T wns in Mr Nnrria' hnn?r> wlinro Mtb. Norris was, preparatory to taking her out for an automobile ride; wo had already arranged for the ride. Mr. Norris had given his consent for his wife to go. All at once ho just rushed in and, cursing, drew his pistol. 11 is hand went up and ho began bring." Previously ho had made the following statement to Dr. Jennings, who gave Dennis first attention, at the scene of the shooting, and accompanied him to the hospital: "i was at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Norris, and was preparing to take an auto rid? with Mrs. Norris, acting as her chauffeur, all of which was known to Norris and had his approval. Just before wo were ready to depart, Norris came in, whipped out a revolver and opened fire on Mrs. Norris and myself." Dennis said he knows no reason why Norris should seek to kill him. According to the witnesses Mrs. Norris was preparing to come downtown to do flomo shopping and had stepped across to talk to a neighbor. After a few minutes of conversation she saw her husband calling Dennis, the chauffeur, into the house. Fearing that Norris was not going to let her go down in the automobile she loft Mrs. Clark and ran into the house. The front door closed and the woman's scream was followed by three shots. The snots wore hoard all over tho neighborhood and Mr. Felix C.unter, who lives next door, rushed over to the house and met young Dennis coming, staggering, out. He then opened tho front door and rushed thrued through the hallway into the front room, where he saw Norris standing in the middle of the room, holding his still smcking pistol. At another glance he saw tho body of Mrs. Norris lying with her face to the floor. Hooking up at Norris, ho said, "Sam, you've played hell," whorelinnn TsJnrria nnlflflv lnvolorl lilo nio. 4 .v> ? iiiu i'?? tol on Ounter and replied, "Yes, and I'm going to play hell again." Guntor, peeing the man appeared to he in a wild frenzy, ran out of tho house. On the front porch ho was met by Or. W. D. Jennings Jr. and Policemen Reals and Davis who, hearing the shots, were rushing into the house. Dr. Jennings was the first to enter and as he stepped into the hallway he called "Sam" and getting no reply he repeated the name. Norris answered him and the doctor told him who he was and Norris replied, "Come on in doc, T won't hurt you." The doctor found Norris sitting in a chair. At first the physician did not notice the pistol, which Norris had in his right hand with his left hand over it trying to conceal It. Dr. Jennings and Policemen Reals and Davis made one lunge for the crazed man, the doctor grabbing the weapon from his hands while tho officers pinned him to the chair and placed him under arrest. Dr. Jennings then turned his attentions to the woman who was lying faced downward on the floor, lie made an examination and pronounced the woma dead. Dennis was dangerously wounded. The police arrived at, this time and he was placed in it to he rushed to the hospital. Norris was also placed in the patrol. Norris yelled and whooped and appeared very much amused at the auto patrol tearing down Proad street, and encouraged the chauffeur to "burn the wind". The wounded man was carried to the hospital while Norris was taken to tho barracks and later carried to jail. In a free and easy manner, with a mind apparently blank to his surroundings, Ram Norris calmly crawled between his blankets In his cell at ?' . ; THIS STATE'S GINNING FIGURES FOR THE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. i CfnHiw Bureau's Figures Given Out for Number of Rales Turned Out Prior to January 1. Cotton ginned in South Carolina, of the 1913 crop, prior to January 1, amounted to 1,342,827 bales, against 1,173,216 bales for the same period in 1912, according to the figures given out by the bureau of the I cejlftus, which also shows the numbsr of bales ginned in each county, in running bales, counting round aq half frales and not including linters. Ginning by counties follows: 1913. 1912. Abbeville . . . 32,791 28,378 Aiken . . < . . 46,291 3 5,447 Anderson . . . 69,618 52,332 Bamberg . . . 27,006 19,4 85 Barnwell . . . 55,4 45 4 1,8 41 Beaufort . . . 7,3 7 9 5,31 4 Berkeley . . . 1 3,243 1 0.6S7 Calhoun .... 26,240 20,263 Charleston. . . 14,90S 10,791 Cherokee . . . 17,412 13,768 Chester 31,843 30,883 Chesterfleld . . 20,080 30,195 Clarendon . . . 39,566 3l]o77 Colleton .... 1 8,793 1 4,461 Darlington. . . 36,581 39,330 Dillon .... 35,1 14 37,974 Dorchester . . . 1 6,4 77 1 3,01 4 Edgefield .... 32,140 26,760 Fairfield .... 25,212 25,530 Florenco .... 42,854 37,067 Georgetown . . 3,641 3,066 Greenville . . . 40,969 31,651 Greenwood . . . 31,207 28,931 Hampton .... 1 9,027 14J71 Horry 9,738 9,493 Jasper .... 6,095 4,964 Kershaw . . . 26,398 2 5,349 Lancaster . . . 23,566 2 4,84 8 Laurens . . . 4 2,891 35,04 6 Loo 36,039 32,549 Lexington . . .' 25,181 22,149 Marion .... 17,351 18,119 Marlboro . . . 50,829 65,739 Newberry . . . 3 8,059 33,1 2 8 Oconee .... 1 9,574 13.832 Orangeburg . . 76,366 57,684 Pickens .... 17,518 12,485 Richland . . . 22,12S 20,636 Saluda .... 24,739 23^003 Spartanburg . . 68,502 55,438 Sumter 39,971 33,935 Union 20,276 1 7,284 Williamsburg. . 25,327 22,847 York 39,336 39,272 * 1,342,827 1,1 73,216 ? ? ? tUVKH VAI.T, IV ITVP Many Hundreds Accept Provisions of New Currency Law. Copies of resolutions adopted b> the boards of directors of 1,62 6 national banks, scattered throughout every state in the union, accepting provisions of the new currency law had been received Wednesday nighi by the treasury department. The acceptances, it was said, included near ly all of the largest banks in th< principal cities, and tho list is beinp increased hourly by notification} from state hanks noting their inten tions to nationalize. Of the total applications recelvec 114 are from New England states 4 35 from eastern states, 286 frou Southern states, 522 from, middle states, 185 from western states aru 84 from Pacific states. Pennsylvani; leads with 225 applications, Ohio h second with 136, New York thin with 101 and Indiana fourth witl 100. Fifty-three have been receivee ironi uKianorna. UK DUCK TDK PRICK. Announcement, is .Made of Reduction: in Woolen Goods. Material reductions in wholesale prices of staple serges, unflnislie< worsteds, clays, cheviots and othe woolen goods for tho fall of 191were announced in tho trade Tiies day. The cut is understood to be ; ,11.f (1. n nnn. I ? S CO Itumed to Death. As Curry Prlee, his wife and fou children loft his houso near Nlehol to go to tholr tobacco patch, whei looking back they saw their eldes child fall to the ground. She ha< gone too near tho fireplace an* caught fire. tho Richmond county jail, apparent Iv content with his surroundings. Ni one could gain anything from hln . about the killing, aa he apparentl; knew nothing about, what ho hn< done, lie called lustily to one of th . hall boys to get him a pack of clga rott^s, which particular brand wa not to be had at the store on the cor . nor across from the Jail, and upoi . hearing of this tho hall boy was sen ; out again to get another brand. mini It'DUIl Ul lilt; ui;tv I <L I 111. ; Prices on series, clays, unfinishe< worsteds and French blacks are 2 0 t< 37 cents below last fall. Clays sho\ reductions of 20 to 27 cents. Unfin ished worsteds aro 22,/? to 27 M cents lower. The heaviest reduction nearly 23 per cent, is on Washingtoi serge. Whether the ultimate consume will reap any benefit from the reduc tions is a matter of conjecture. Gen criii opinion seems to no mat trie re ducod cost will bo lost, in the cours' of handling. TO SAVE RADIUM GOVERNMENT MAKING EFEORT TO CONSERVE SUPPLY SAY IT CURES CANCER ? Tillman in the Senate and Jtyrnes in tho House Have Places on Committees Who Wyi Decide Whether the Government Shall Reclaim Public liasids Rearing Radium. Positions on the mines and mining committees ut the Senate and House have become suddenly enviable in the eyes of legislators who hitherto had been inclined to avoid this assignment as "a dead one" unless they came from sections in whirh the mining industry is important. The cause of the sudden boom in tho mine and mining assignments is the tremendous public interest in the use of radium in the treatment of cancer, the most conspicuous case being that of a member of Congress itself, Representative Rremner of New Jersey, whom Dr. Howard A. Kelly, of Baltimore, is trying to rescue by tho aid of the magis and nricnlouu nr/\<l iin? |/i luvivon yi\j\i UVl. It is an interesting coincidence that South Carolina, with her comparatively small delegation, is represented on each of the committees which are to consider the great problem of conserving tho raidiun-bearing deposits of the United States in the interest of humanity. Senator Tillman is on tho mines and mining committee of the Senate, and Representatives Ryrnes is on tho corresponding committee of the House. Roth of them attended the lecture given a few days ago by Dr. Kelly in the interest of the movement to save out radium from selfish exploitation I at the cost of human life and health, and both expressed themselves enthusiastically about the famous surgeon's explanation and demonstration of the problems and of tho wonders of tho mysterious substance which is now much rarer than the diamond or the ruby. Roth Senator Tillman and Congressman Ryrnes, it is needless to say, will lend their utmost endeavor . in aid of the movement to legislate 1 for the protection of tho unfortunate peoplo who are in need of tho radium treatment. There is little doubt that a law will be put on the books at the f present session of Congress to effect, this result. Another coincidence is that the chairman of the mines and mining 1 committee is himself a physician, Dr. M. D. Foster, of Illinois. Dr. Foster is a veteran member and one of the ' most popular and sensible men in ' Congress. In a statement about the radium question, he said: "In view of the tremendous humanitarian problem Involved I can r not believe that the good people of ' Colorado will oppose a plan which seeks to stop the terrible ravages of a disease that is levying a toll of . Tu.OOO human beings every year in the United States. 1 find it imposj sible to believe that any considerable number of the citizens of Colorado 1 can be back of any such movement x unless they have been woefully mis3 led by a few. I "The deaths from cancer each ! week, in the United States represent I a tragedy as great as the sinking of the Titanic?fifty such tragedies in a year's time. We could not save the victims of the Titanic, but Colorado has, within her boundaries, on the public domain, a mysterious magic s powder that gives every evidence of its ability to stop this continuous and ever increasing death roll from R can-cer. 1 "Some of those who are opposing r the withdrawal of the land declare * that suffering humanity will not be ~ deprived of this great boon if private * parties exploit these ores. Well, we can only judge from what has hap* penod. ^ "It. was less than a year ago that the bureau of mines made the discovery that tons and tons of this pre* eious ore had been shipped from Ool'* orado to Europe and that no radium had ever been made in the United States. Tn the year 1912, suflieient of this earnotite ore to make nine grams of radium, the cream of the deposits, was shipped to Europe, n while the total radium in this country at the present time is less than two grams, "Wo shipped this wonderful carr notite at iron-ore prices and then our s surgeons bought the radium hack at 1 diamond prices. We are now making I radium in the United States, hu I j understand that most of this, too, is 1 going to Europe. I have just heard of a contract with an American firm _ for six grams of radium for Europe, _ to he delivered a gram a month. In rj the meantime the surgeons of this A country, who have some radium, arc y forced to the awful alternative of \ selecting between the patients on p whom it will he used. "The case of my honored cols league, Robert (1. Bremer, is a most . pathetic appeal for more radium. I n am told that his cure would he far t more certain if Dr. Howard A. Kellv had ten grams of radium at his dis JUDGES ARE ELECTED JUDGE GEOKGE W. GAGE PUT ON THE SUPREME BENCH. The Chief Justice and Several Circuit Judges Are Elected, Mr. Ernest Moore Succee<liiig Judge Gage. Eugene B. Gary of Abbeville was unanimously re-elected chief justice of the Supremo Court for a term of 10 years Thursday morning by the joint assembly of the Houbob of the Legislature. Senator Mars of Abbeville nominated Chief Justice Gary. For associate justice of tho Supremo Court to succeed A: Woodtf, resigned. Judge Thomas 9. Sease of Spartanburg, Judge J. W. DeVoro of Edgefield, Judge George W. Gage of Chester, and George S. Mower of Newberry were nominated. The first ballot stood: Gago 7 7, Sease 41, DeVoro 13, Mower 31. Total vote 1G2, necessary to a clioico ?S2. No candidate having received a majority a second ballot was ordered. Tho second ballot resulted: Cage 0 0. Sease 3 7, Mower 2 0, DeVoro G. Total 162; necessary to choieo 82. Judge Cage was accordingly declared elected associate Justice. Judgo I. W. Bowman of Orangeburg was elected without opposition to succeed himself as judgo of the first circuit. Ilayno P. Rico of Aiken was reelected judgo of tho second circuit without opposition. tnli ti q w7 moon of ^l.? r- ? ~ .j, ,i unuu VII HI Jill II IIIK H?" elected judgo of the third circuit without opposition. Thomas IT. Spain of Darlington was re-elected judgo of the Fourth circuit without opposition. To succeed Association Justice George W. Gage as judgo of sixth circuit the following wore nominated: George W. S. TIart of Yorkville, Glenn W. Ragsdalo of Winnsboro, Solicitor J. K. Tlonry of Chester, Ernest Moore of Lancaster. The first ballot resulted, TTart 4 4, Ragsdalo 6, Henry 31, Mooro 82. Total vote 102; necessary to a choice 82. Mooro was declared elected. Frank B. Gary elected without opposition to succeed himself as judge of eighth circuit. AGHKB ON PAY. ? Garrison and Militia Heads Agree on Terms for Pay, Secretary Garrison and adjutants general representing National Guard I organizations of more than 30 states Wednesday agreed on terms of the proposed militia pay bill, under which the federal government would provide pay for militiamen, who in turn would enlist as "federal reservists" subject to the call of the president to duty either within tho United States or abroad. It is proposed that tho militia bill shall provide on annual appropriation of $1 4,600,000. Of this $4,000.000 would be for encampment and manoeuvre nurnoses. S8.000.000 for home service pay and $2,500,000 for armament and equipment. Secretary Garrison will lay a draft of the measure before President Wilson with an explanation of just what the federal government may expect in return for the money appropriated. If the president gives his indorsement the hill will go before congress as an administration measure. . W.AKK WT roil WHITE M AX. +. Charged With Killing a Negro Near 1'lnier in Harnwell County. "Judge" Pamherg, a negro, was i shot near TTlmer, in Harnwell county, Saturday night, receiving injuries from which ho died Monday afternoon. Heforo hi sdeath he stated , that he had been fired upon from a , buggy containing throo white men , and tliat the shooting was unprovok . ed. Tho sheriff was notified and went to the scene of the shooting Monday afternoon, at which time tho inquest was held. The jury withheld its verdict until Saturday. However, a warrant has been sworn out for Quince Rrabham, a white man, who was tried some time ago in Bamberg county for killing a negro. Many Horses Burn. Nineteen horses, 12 carriages and buggies, an automobile with a supply of foodstuffs and harness were destroyed at Clemson college Thursday morning when a fire blazed through a local livery stable. .i % posal rather than one gram. And while wo have been planning what best should be done to protect American interests properly, radium hat gone up in prico from $90,000 tc $1 00,000. "I am told that an additional hall ; gram of radium will moan tho saving of a human life every dam in the ' year. Isn't that worth striving for?' Whatever the percentage of American ores now exported from ininet in private ownership and largely under corporate control, it is, in Secro r tary Lane's opinion, only eqiutabh and humane to assuro America's 1 preferential rights to the radium oi land still in public ownorship. LND LONG MARCH ' MEXICAN REFUGES REACH A RAILROAD STATION ? NO V PRISONERS OF WAR Wwiry Column In Scoho of Many Kxciting Fvoiits as lUrth and Dcuth Linger in the Midst of the Hugged Kcinnnnts of Huerta's Northern Army?Food is Scarce. Footsore, ragged, almost famished from their three days' march on foot of 67 miles over a wind-swept mountain road, the 3,300 Mexican federal soldiers and generals routed from Ojinaga, Mexico, by the rebels, with 1,067 women and about 300 children and infants, Sunday arrived ' within a few miles of Maria, whence they are to be transported by train to Fort lUisa at F1 1'aso. The ragged remnant of the Iluerta army will be formally interned at Fort Hliss, as wards of tho government. They will be held there indefinitely on footing of prisoners of war. None of those in tho unlquo caravan was moro visibly affected on coming within sight of Marfa than Gen. Salvador Mercado, Huorta's former military chief, who ordered the evacuation of Ojinaga in face of the rebels' fire. Beside (Jon. Mercado wore Federal , (Jens. Castro, Aduna, Cauda, Orpinal and Romero, all shorn of thoir swords, but some still retaining on theirs uniforms the hits of gold braid which had not been torn off or worn away in tlight. The picturesque march afoot through American territory of so many foreign soldiers and women with their baggage abounded with incidents. The birth of a child, the death of several wounded soldiers, the search for water in the desert, the constant straggling away from the line of march and the rounding up again of scores of the refugees were some of t lie difficulties with which the United States cavalrymen had to contend. The Mexicans outnumbered the escorting American soldiers ten to one. Viewed from a hilltop, the oncoming army was the picture of exhaustion. Since they were routed from Ojinaga, the Mexican soldiers have had only scant food supplies. Their march to Marfa was made possible by the establishment of the three camps provided en route. But these camps were supplied with limited rations, because all foodstuffs and water had to be carried by wagon. Many of the foreigners were poorly clad and without blankets, and their suffering at night was intense. Of all the marchers the Mexican women are the best. There were instances of women who yielded their places on horseback or burros to mon. The marching column was stretched over a great distance to prevent confusion and to reduce as much as possible suffering from the dust. All semblance of the uniform ranks of an army was gone. It was a curious mingling of people and animals, while in places tho women, with their red dresses and shawls, cave a touch of brilliant color to the scene. A little group of women by the roadside attested the birth of a child. The old women who attended announced that, a little girl had joined the procession, and the news traveled down the entire line, arousing a lire of conversation. The procession passed a rcude cross stuck in the middle of a little pile of stones. It marked i the spot where a man had been killed. Many crossed themselves at sight i of tho emblem. A burro dropped from his back a bundle of little iron wood sticks, the , principal firewood of the district, and the Mexican woman, as a thrifty housewife, refused to move on until it was again stripped tightly to the . pack saddle. Rations for the Mexican soldiers and refugees, who will be interned at b'ort IMiss, Texas, were ordere by - Rrlg. Cien. Rliss. Soldiers, genorals ' and other ofllcors of tlio defeated ' Huerta army are to bo sheltered in ' 1,200 tents spread out on the reservation of Fort Bliss. The monthly food supplies required for the refugees will he 22,000 pounds of beef, 20,000 pounds of beans, 125,000 loaves of bread and 5,000 pounds of coffee. The refugee camp will bo Inclosed in 1 1 miles of barbed wire fence, within which the Mexicans will be guarded on the footing of prisoners I of war. United States infantry will patrol the fence day and night. An . accounting of the feeding, sheltering ( and clothings tlio refugees will be ( submitted to the war department with the view that the amount shall f be made a claim against the Mexican r government. ; Merchant is Shot. Will Blount, a negro bricklayer, > was arrested at Monroe, N. C., Thurs day, charged with shooting W. Kay mond Oaten, merchant, Monday ovoi ning with a gun stolen from ono of a tho city aldermen a few nights ago. i Sernd in your subscription today. _ , THE HORRY HERALD CONWAY. S. C. I Published Kvery ThurKday. THUK8UAY, JANUARY 22, 1914. PROFESSIONAL CARI>8. H. II. WOODWARD, Attorney ami OounaHior at Uv?, ( CONWAY, 8. C. II. IS, SCARBOROUGH. Attorney at I.aw. CONWAY, S. O. ii. ii. itriiiioroHH, Physician aiul Surgeon. CONWAY, S. C. \Y. K. McOORI), Dental Surgeon. CONWAY, S. C. ItENH RAVENED, I.nnd Surveying and Dtainam*. Spivey Building, Conway, H. C. BOLL WEEVIL IA )ST. Pest Destroyed i'en Million Hales, Worth $:?<><>,<><)<>,<MM). Figures announced by W. J. Harris, director of the census, show that tlio boll weevil has caused a Iohh in the production of cotton in the United States In excess of 10,000,00^ hales, valued at least at $500,000,*000. Tho reduction in the production of cotton due to the fact that tho farmers refrained from planting because of the fear that tho weevil would not permit the plant to mature, he said, never can bo estimated. In seven selected counties in Mississippi tho production of cotton in 1907 amounted to 191,790 bales, valued at nearly $11,000,000. The boll weevil, Mr. Harris said, reduced this production to 30,809 hales in 1912. Louisiana's largest cotton crop, 1,089,526 hales, was grown in 1901. The production was reduced to 245,684 bales in 1910. Tho loss in Arkansas is estimated at $10,600,000. 11YAX SUPPORTS PLAN. ? I Financier Praises Wilson and His Efforts for Monetry Reform. Thomas F. Ryan, appearing in tho financial district of New York in a snow storm Tuesday for tho first time in several months, announced that tho National Rank of Commerce, of which ho is a stockholder, will Join tho federal reserve organization. "I hopo all the other national banks will do the same," ho added. "The whole country is proud of President Wilson for the masterly way in Wllfpll tin fl r? fl 1 rwl ( lin ninn' .. vy U U1U Ilium * 1 1 | Hi; 11 1 I. situation and got results. I consider it the greatest achievement of any president sinco Idncoln. "It would ho unfair to him and unpatriotic generally to withhold the most hearty support of tho great measure he lias evolved and mado a fact. Ho is a great man and a groat president and the greatest thing about him is that he plays no favorites." TIOIiIjS OF MUKDEIt. * Woman Describes New York's Famous Trunk Mystery. Tho murder of Ivan Martyzwicz, whoso body, crammed in a trunk, was left in New York's street by two push cart men December 29, was described Thursday by Stefania Klviatkowska, a young Polish woman, one of tho six persons under arrest in connection with tho crime. Sho said that two of tho men now In prison killed Martyzwicz with a drink of poisoned beer. Tho murderers, she said, lured their victim to a houso whero sho was an inmate, with a promise of work. They suggested that ho celebrate his good fortune by buying a drink, and when ho consented, set before him a glass that had been drugged. Tho motivo was robbery, sho said, but all tho murderers obtained was a cheap watch and $2. See Now York Inverted. Lower New York upside down was the strango sight that greeted passengers on an incoming steamer Wednosda. In the dense vapor raised by tho cold weather appeared a clear-cut mirage of the top of Man hattan, inverted. I'ivo Men ltob llank. Five in ti robbed the fJranite Falls* State bank, sixteen miles northeast of Everett, Wash., late Thursday and escaped with about $2,000 after a running pistol fire with & posse ot citizens.