The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 11, 1914, Image 4

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HONOR THE HEROES I ? MONUMENT IS DEDICATED TO DEAD SOLDIERS IN GRAY. | ? WILSON MAKES SPEECH j (laughter 9 of Confederacy Present Arlington Memorial to Nation? President's Address Sounds Keynote of Peace and Amity Between llrotliers Lately Separated. A bronze monument, typifying the South rising triumphantly from the bufferings and privations of war, was dedicated at Arlington National cemetery late Thursday afternoon to the memory of the Confederate dead. The memorial was formally given into the keeping of the federal government by Mrs. Daisy MoLaurin Stevens, president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and was accepted by President Wilson, who paid high tribute to the sincerity and valor of those who fought under the Stars and Bars. Gen. Washington Gardner, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Gen. Bennett Young, commander-inchief of the United Confederate Veterans, delivered addresses giving sigiiiJicaiit expression to the amity now existing between veterans of the blue and the gray. A terrific thunderstorm broke over the cemetery while President Wilson was addressing the crowd. Rain drenched the blue and gray veterans and women and children before they could seek shelter. There was a wild dash for automobiles and trolley cars, participants and spectators alike forgetting the almost finished program. The president who had cut short his speech as the rising wind and darkening skies announced the storm's coming, hurried to his car with his two daughters, Mrs. McAdoo and Mrs. Sayre. They were inside before the rain came, but the ma chines' top afforded poor protection and the party was drenched on the seven mile drive back to Washington. The ceremonies were held at the base of the magnificent monument on th Confederate section of the cemetery. Only a slight canopy afforded protection to the speakers and the crowd was without shelter and far ?rom any buildings. Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens, president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, made the address presenting the monument to the president on the behalf of the women of the Confederacy. Tumultuous applause greeted her when she said: "Yours Mr. President, was Jefferson's spirit when at Mobile you said the United States had no interest in Mexico or any other foreign lands, except to see that the citizens enjoyed the right to the pursuit of happiness under a constitutional and just government." The president acknowledged the tribute with smiling approval. Gen. Washington Gardner, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Gen. Bennett Young, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, were notable figures among the speakers and both were cheered with equal enthousiasm by veterans in gray and those in blue. Col. Robert E. Lee, grandson of Gen. Lee, also spoke, while the sculptor, Sir Moses Ezekiel, & Confederate veteran, who designed the monument, was present. Paul Micou, a grandson of Col. Hilary A. Herbert, pulled the cords which released the draperies. All the speakers commented on the appropriateness of delivering the memorial to the government through a Southern-born president. The president said: "I assure you that I am profoundly aware of the solemn significance of the thing that has taken place. The Daughters of the Confederacy have presented a memorial of their dead to the government of the United States. I hope that you have noted the history of the conception of this idea. It was proposed by a president of the United States, who PiJmself had been a distinguished officer in the Union army. It was authorized by an act of the congress oT the United States. The cornerstone of the monument was laid by a president of the United States elevated to his position by the votes of the party which had chiefly prided itself upon sustaining the war for the Union. And now it has fallen to my lot to accept in the name of the #reat government which I am privileged for the time to represent {his emblem of a reunited people. "I am not so much happy as proud to participate in this capacity on such an occasion; proud that I should represent such a people. Am I mistaken, ladies and gentlemen, in supposing tbat nothing of this sort could have occurred in anything but a democracy? The people of a democracy are not related to their rulers as subjects aune related to a government. They are themselves the sovereign authority, and as such are neighbors of each other. Quickened by the same pasakoas and moved by the same motires, they can understand each oth?sr They are shot through with MURDERED AS HE SLEPT i DISCHARGED WATCHMAN WAITS MONTHS FOR REVENGE. ( Stealing Into Factory Office He Awakes Head Watchman by Pressing Pistol to His Temple. After nursing his resentment for ( months, Thomas Tarpy of Brooklyn went to the offices of the Robert Gair paper box factory early Sunday morning and killed Michael Kerha, 3 8 years old, the head night watchman. He fired five shots, three of which wont wild. At the time of the murder a dozen other watchmen were on duty, but none of them heard the shots. When the police were notified that 1 the dead body of the watchman had * been discovered six detectives Immedin fol ir Bncro ? ? in irono Un olmrAn h1 v iw 11 ttv.u tiiu oiaj ui ? XJ.\" amining the pay roll of the company the names of those whom the night watchman had discharged was found. In the meanwhile a policeman reported that shortly before midnight he had seen in a saloon nearby a man whom he recognized as formerly employed as watchman in the Gair factory. From the description he gave, subordinates of Kerha said the man must have been Thomas Tarpy. Kerha's payroll gave Tarpy's address, but at the house it was said he had moved two years ago. Inquiry traced Tarpy to another lodging house where detectives arrested him. They reported that almost immediately after his arrest Tarpy confessed the crime. "Kerha discharged me 8 months ago," he said, "and I never forgave him for it. I've been out of work ever since, and I couldn't forget that he had put me into distress. So last night I went to the factory and got into the oflice. "Kerha was asleep in a chair. I put the muzzle of my pistol against his head. That awoke him, and as J he recognized me, I said: " 'I came here to get you and I'm going to do it.' He didn't seem to think I meant it, and laughed at me. Then I pulled the trigger. My hand ( was pretty shaky and the first shots went wild, but when he tried to get * up out of the chair I put two bullets into him. He fell on the floor and I could see he was dead. I walked to New Yorl^ over the Manhattan bridge, then back over the Brooklyn bridge and went to my room. This afternoon I went out for a walk, and was coming home when you got me." some of the deepest and profoundest instincts of human sympathy. They choose their governments. They consult their rulers. They live their own life and they will not have that live disturbed and discolored by fra- | ternal misunderstandings. "This chapter in the history of the United States is now closed and I can bid you turn with me your faces to the future, quickened by the memories of the past, but with nothing to do with the contests of the past, knowing as we have shed our blood upon opposite sides, we now face and admire one another. The generosity of our judgment was made up soon after this great struggle was over, when men came and sat together in the congress, united in all the efforts of peace and of government; and our solemn duty is to see that each one of us is, in his consciousness and in his own conduct, a replica of this great united people. It is our duty and our privilege to be like the country we represent, and, speaking no word of malice, no word of criticism. even standing shoulder to shoulder to lift the burdens of mankind in the future and show the paths of freedom to all the world." The dominant figure of the monument unveiled to-day is a woman of heroic size, typifying the South in peace, surrounding a relief upon which there are 3 2 figures depicting the heroism of the South in war. It was dedicated to all heroes of the Confederacy. Flags of the Confederacy and the Stars and Stripes were draped together over the monument, and decorated the speaker's stand. The Fifth cavalry band played "Star Spangled lianner" and "Dixie". Among the thousands of persons who filled all available space set apart for the unveiling ceremonies were many South Carolinians. They came to Washington representing different chapters of the Daughters of the Confederacy and many came also on their own account to witness this event. Practically all the members of the congressional delegation were on hand and as a special mark of respect for the occasion the Senate, on motion of Senator Kern of Indiana, adjourned for the day. The House would have taken similar action except for the fact that there were a few members who wished to speed the trust bills. ? ? Woman Found Wandering. A woman, apparently a Swede, was found wandering on the shore of Ri! mouski, near where the Empress of ! Ireland sank. She was without clothes and the supposition is that , she lost her mind in the wreck. ? Augusta Wins Site. The encampment which was origi nally placed for the Isle of Palms has boon sent to Augusta. WAS NOT TO BLAME i CAPTAIN OF STORSTAD SAYS HH 1)11) NOT CAUSE ACCIDENT. TRIED TO STAND CLOSE Captain Andersen Says Accident Was Due to Effort on Part of Empress of Ireland to Cross His Track? Did All in His Power to Avoid Collision and Save Passengers. rv ? f n 1 i - vv nil iier dows crumpled in and ;wisted around at an acute angle to ?ort and a gap showing on the port fide only a foot or so above the water ine, in mute evidence of the tragedy n which she figured, the collier Storstad limped into the harbor of Monreal, Canada, Sunday. Capt. Andersen denied that ho moved a mile or so away from the Empress after his vessel struck the liner. The Storstad lad not moved. It was the Empress -vhich had changed position, he dedared. According to the report made by 2apt. Andersen to the owners immeliately after the collision occurred, le heard Capt. Kendall calling on lim not to pull away. "I wont," shouted the Storstad's captain as oud as he could. After that the Emsress disappeared from the Storstad's dew. Tho statement based on Capt. Vndersen's report, follows: "The fact that the Storstad has rnly Sunday reached port had made t impossible heretofore to give an uithentic statement on her behalf. Ml connected with the Storstad deplore most deeply the terrible accilent which has resulted in the loss )f so many valuable lives. It is not vith any desire to condemn others, 3ut simply because it is felt that the public is entitled to know the facts ;hat the following statement is put 'orward: "The vessels sighted each other cvlien far apart. The Empress of Ireand was seen ofT the port bow of the 3torstad. The Empress of Ireland's *reen, or starboard, light was visible to those on the Storstad. Under these circumstances the rules of navigation gave the Storstad the right of way. The heading of the Empress then changed in such a manner as to put the vessels in a position to pass safely. Shortly after a fog enveloped first the Empress and then/ the StorBtad. \ Fog signals were exchanged, the Storstad's engines were at once slowed and then stopped. Her heading remained unaltered. Whistles from the Empress were heard on the Storstad's port .how and were answered. The Empress of Ireland was then seen through the fog, close at hand on the port bow of the Storstad. She was showing her green light and was making considerable headway. "The engines of the Storstad were at once reversed at full speed and her headway was nearly checked when the vessels came together. It has been said that the Storstad should not have backed out of the hold made by the collision. She did not do so. As the vessels came together the Storstad's engines were ordered ahead to hold her bow against the side of the Empress and thus prevent the entrance of water into the vessel. "The headway of the Empress, however, swung the Storstad around in such a way as to twist the StorJ ^..4 ? M 4.1 1 "% - siu.il a uuw uut ui tilts liuio. "The Empress at once disappeared in the fog. The Storstad sounded her whistle repeatedly In an effort to locate the Empress, but could obtain no indication of her whereabouts until cries were heard. The Storstad then was manoeuvred as close to the Empress as was safe in view of the danger of injury to the persons who were in the water. "The Storstad then lowered every one of her boats and sent them to save passengers and crew of the Empress, though she was herself in serious danger of sinking. When two boats from the Empress reached the Storstad, the Storstad's men also manned these boats and went in them to the rescue. Her own boats made several trips and in all about 350 persons were taken on board and everything the ship's stores contained was used for their comfort. "The statements which have appeared in the press, indicating that there was the slightest delay on the part of the Storstad in rendering prompt and efficient aid, do a cruel injustice to tne captain, who did not hesitate to send out every boat he had, in spite of the desperate condition of his own ship." The owners of the Storstad ask of the public that, in all fairness to both vessels and their commanders, judgment as to where the blame for the terrible disaster should rest, he suspended until an impartial tribunal has heard the evidence on both sides. Winthrop Graduates 89. Winthrop college closed its session Tuesday and awarded diplomas to 89 young women. ? ? I>an<ler College Closes. Lander college closed Tuesday with a graduating class of 37. FARMERS BUY AUTOS ^ GOOD ROADS AUGMENT SALE OF CARS THROUGHOUT STATE. Commissioner Watson Announces Figures for Each County for Last Year and First Quarter of 1014. According to reports filed with the State department of agriculture by the county supervisors there are 12,975 automobiles and auto trucks in use in South Carolina. The people of the State have purchased 1,319 during the first three months of 1914. Commissioner Watson in announcing the figures stated that there had been the greatest sales of machines in the counties where the greatest improvement had been made in the highways. He said that the farmers were buying more machines this year than the people in cities and towns. Following table shows the total number pf automobiles by counties and the cars purchased in 1913 and for the first three months of 1914. The total covers all cars from and including 1906 when the registration law was passed: 1913 1914 Total Abbeville ... 34 15 230 Aiken .... 82 58 213 Anderson ... 116 37 718 Bamberg ... 51 23 175 Barnwell ... 43 20 201 Beaufort ... 10 11 68 Berkeley . . 8 Calhoun ... 28 9 122 Charleston .. 223 81 690 Cherokee ... 60 20 207 Chester .... 94 27 299 Chesterfield. . 63 19 225 Clarendon . . 31 21 219 Colleton ... 38 39 103 Darlington . . 93 14 419 Dorchester . . 17 7 53 Dillon .... 1 12 24 315 Edgefield ... 25 9 102 Fairfield ... 16 19 82 Florence ... 84 51 492 Georgetown. . 12 5 75 Greenville. . . 234 146 1,038 Greenwood . . 6 8 2 0 419 Hampton ... 19 15 68 Horry .... 39 6 97 Jasper .... 1 V 4 Kershaw ... 39 13 152 Lancaster . . 15 81 81 Laurens ... 59 32 259 Lee 44 16 247 Lexington . . 50 4 6 274 Marion .... 31 21 205 Marlboro . . . 228 53 824 Newberry ... 81 22 243 Oconee .... 31 9 166 Orangeburg. . 61 34 450 Pickens ... 37 26 206 Richland ... 292 80 1,037 Saluda .... 11 6 58 Spartanburg . 195 135 802 Sumter ... 80 48 533 Union .... 19 17 132 Williamsburg . 42 11 122 York .... 79 47 423 Totals . . .2,983 1,319 12,975 ? ? "JIM CROW" RULE. ? Railroad Commission Wants Separate Pullmans for Two Races. The Pullman company and railroad companies operating sleeping cars in South Carolina have been ordered to show cause before the railroad commission June 11 why separate coaches shall not be provided for white and negro passengers. The resolution providing for the hearing was adopted at a meeting of the commission held Thursday. All members of the commission voted for the resolution. The following resolution was adopted: "Therefore, be it resolved, That it is the sense of the railroad commission of South Carolina that the officials of the Pullman company and the railroad companies operating these Pullman cars should be notified to appear before the commission on .date set to show cause why they shall not comply with the provisions of section No. 32 4 9, code of South Carolina, 1912, applicable to the separation of the races on passenger coaches within the boundaries of South Carolina." ? + Two Horses Are Killed. Lightning Saturday struck the barn of J. N. Kiaven, at Darlington, killing two fine blooded horses. Newber ^ ^ . A Full Literary, S< Offers the young: men of the South the bet under positive Christina influences, at the mil in 1K50 and holds a recognized position among of the South. P.AnJu tL. I U /? ? ... UIU1I Llll lliy I.UUIW leading to tb Ancient and Modern Languages, English, HI and Political Economy. Oratory and .Nature jy graduate course leading to the Degree of Mast R Offers a foar-year Coarse ia Electric* land Mecki buildings, with fully equipped shops and lab< paratuH and appliances, under a separate corps M Has the great advantage of being connected w CLASSIFIED COLUMN For Sale?Ear corn at $1 per bushel. J. K. Mayfield, Denmark, S. C. For Sale?Poland China pigs. J. S, Officer, Sparta, Tenn. Barred Hock Eggs?Prepaid, 15, $1, C. T. Hamm, Tobaccoville, N. C. Bloodhound puppies, English registered pure-bred. W. N. Cavin, Mt Holly, N. C. Pure Prize Winning White Wyandotte?Eggs 18 for $1.25, Q. B TlntYi i? Inlr \To/\aAd C O L/V/UilU4V/af 11CCDUD, U. u. Indian Runner Duck Eggs?(White) $1.25 per dozen delivered. Good stock. J. F. Tietjen, Savannah, Ga For Sale?Velvet Beans, $2 bushel f -jo iujav qs?o ui.i 'unqouiv q *o der. Caswell & Grimes, Alachua Fla. Send Dollar Bill for 100 White Bermuda onion plants, by mail, postpaid. C. Voorhees, South Lake Weir Fla. Rancocas strain S. O. Whit? Leghorn! ?Hatching eggs, $8 per 100; $1.5( per setting. Red Briar Farm, Hen dersonvllle, S. C. White Wyandottes?Yearling stool for sale at sacrifice. Eggs for hatch lng. W. P. Causey, 1315 Dlckeni St., Columbia, S. C. ^or Sale?One Flanders 20, two nev cases, top, extra seat. Car in ex cellent condition. Price reasonable J. F. Burbank, Union, S. C. Special?Pure white and Exhibitloi Fawn and White Runners, $5; trh Utility, $1 each or $10 doz. Mrs. J F. Carroll, Hohennald, Tenn. Tomato Plants?Large, health} plants; all varieties; $3 per thou sand. Beaufort Island Plant Co. P. O. Box 259, Beaufort, S. C. Indian Runner Duck Eggs?Ureal layers, easily raised. $1 per 13 Express or parcel post paid. Mrs R. S. Kirk, Lancacster, S. C. R. 6 For Sale? Eggs from single coml White, Brown, and Buff Leghorns Anconas, Buff Orpingtons, 15 for $1 Carolina Poultry Farm, Reidsville N. C. Men and Women earn $3 daily ad dressing letters In spare time. Sen< 10c for outfit and beginner. Ad dress Morgan, Box 556, Salisbury N. C. For Sale?Start right with Young'i strain single comb White Leghorns Best layers, best show birds known Eggs, setting $2 to $5. J. Walte Berry, Greenville, S. C. For Rent?Eight-room house, ver; cool, electric lights, bath, largi veranda; very fine location; $20< ?for three months vacant June 15 C. M. Bell, Tyron, N. C. A Wonder of the Age?Webb's Wax all, apply with rag. 75c quart deliv ered. Will stain and wax floor on application. All colors. Webb' Art Store, Columbia, S. C. For Sale?Tompkln's and Langford' high class Single Comb Reds. Flm breed. Select matlngs. Eggs, $1.5i $2 and $3 per 15. Young chicks Mrs. John Kerr, Duiham, N. C. For Sale?Registered Hereford cat tie, best of all beef breeds for ou Southern conditions. Eighty breed lng cows; young stuff for sale. Extn good breeding. Evans Lunsford Covington, Ga. Automobile Contact Points, 75c? Why pay $1.50 or $2 for new points We put new platinum on for 75 each. Send them to us and get then by return mail. Wlesepape Mfg Co. Columbia, S, C. F.ggs?Prize winning Rose, Singh Comb Biack Minorcas, Fape, North rop, Mishler strains. Dark Oornisl Indian Games, $2 to $3 fifteen. Sat lsfactlon guaranteed. Paul Houston Greenville, S. C. See the World and make from $3 t< $5 a day collecting bones and othe - ... clentlfic and Technical Sc it educational advantages, tutlon. This course h nlmum expense. Founded neerlng, and constitute the high-grade institutions The College owns thorough equipment, e Degree of A. B. Including and tutors Is largo enoi O.- O - - ? ? % * * " ~ inny, miivuuuiuiicH, nociai and individual attentlo ,1 Sciences. Also a post- The CAmpus life Is or of Arts. morality Are high. T1 inkil Eogioecrinf In seporate carefully supervised l>> irAtorles, all necessary ap* The athletic work of of experienced Instructors, among the South Caro 1th a regular literary instl- moral and spiritual we IflcAtes from accredited high-schools admit without school department for high-school under grad* uates. Next session opens Septembor 17,1914, For catalogue and particulars, address Rev. J. Henry Haras, D. DH " President*^ 1 ME * Newberry* S.G* 1 ^CJ m 4 junk from trash piles; no capital needed. Write for prices. Hendersonviile. Rubber & Metal Co., Henderson ville, N.C. ' For Sale?Mountain Grown Lookout ^ Mountain Irish Potatoes?-Plant in July and raise fine crop. Price, $1.50 per bushel. Order now, from C.\P. Sanders, Spartanburg, S. G. r* ' 4J10 acre farm in Sumter county, Ga. " All improvements. Now under cultivation. Dwelling containing 12 -? 1 UL rvrk a largo rooms wim leiepuouc, and water works. J. Lockwood Murphy, Charleston, S. C. Kellers trass White OrpingtonsReared from $100 pen. Aldrich strain, from Madison Square Garden blue ribbon winners. Fifteen $2, fg and $5. Orders filled . with care. W. S. Stansell, Easley, 8. C. t { For Sale?Entire stock of general merchandise valued at $1,500, more or less. Will sell at reasonable figures. Stock in good condition. Also one desirable lot on Main street. Address A. Q. Rice, Fountain Inn, S. C. _ x 850 Acres Houston County, Ga., Fine Farming and Peach Land?Railway way station on place. Don't hesitate on account of price, $10,000 for this whicht is worth $3 0,000. Southern Insurance & Realty Co., Life Building, Macon, Ga. For Sale?Three dogs, four bitch Pointer puppies, 5 months old. Black and white. Sire Champion Ladas No. 27 30 7 of Stockdale Kennels, Bakersfield, Cal. Dam, Bessie Kent's Queen No. 27 85 8. These are exceptionally fine individual specimens?no better bred in the country. Address Dr. F. D. Kendall, Colum- W" bia. S. C. - Lady or gentleman, fair education, ' to act as our representative In home town. Exclusive territory given. Selling experience unnecessary. We furnish capital. Show how to build permanent business that should pay t $2,000 first year. Staple line. Our booklet, "How to Start In Business for Yourself," explains all. Free on request. Address Box 1599. Philadelphia. Pa. ) ACROBAT INJURED. ? Carnival Performer Misses Net in Act at Fort Mill. j Edward Durham, who has been - performing a high dive act with a carnival company at Fort Mill during the last week, was badly injured In^yl . his last performance which occurred b Saturday night. It appears that ho miscalculted his flight into his net . and did not land as he usually does, r His physician stated that he had probably suffered a concussion of the - spinal cord and that he was appary ently paralzed from his chest to his e feet. After remaining in Fort Mill m 0 during Sunday he was carried to * . a Charlotte hospital. His home is in * Gaffney and his parents have been notified of his accident. Olemson Graduates 78. e Clemson College ends its session s this year by graduating 78. } s Here's Some of Our Work e . We are proud of it, just as we're proud of U overy memorial, public or private, we've 1 ever built. Better still?our customers are proud of them?they toll us so, and will tell you so. We submit designs, and give you the bonefit of our long experience without charge, Wo want to tell ^ ' wk _ you of our improv' od facilities for fWSj&t producing memo- HWw rials of permanent Iff Confederate B beauty. We want 1, you to know how KI9 carefully we select BR monument material, how thoroughly Manning, our work Is |g^ MWIJUi Ullll DONl l^' C *evory Designed \. Marble & Gran* <r? 6 SoutKC&rolma J hool lor Young Men | jads to the degree of Bacholor of Science in Engl* >s a sound start for aimoHt any industrial pursuit. Hp 0 splendid buildings of large porportlons and |Ct Its Faculty of flftoon collogo trained specialists SH ugh to insure the amount of personal instruotlon H in so essential to the best results. H most wholesome, and the traditions of honor and ? ? lore is no hazing. Athletics are endorsed and H ' the Faculty. Gymnasium work is compulsory. F1 Newberrv PaIIom i? ? ' * mm iw?ii loremostm Una Collegos. Tho religious life 1h ideal, and tho Hi j [fare of the student is the school's chief concern. |