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4 ) NOTORIOUS YE66MAN AFTER HIS PARDON _________ l Held for Trial in the United States Court After Prelim inary WAS PARDONED BY BLEASE Full History of the Case of This Notorious Breaker of the Laws.?Is In Bad. I Charles Howard, alias Charles Hearn, alias "Texas Dutch," a yeggman paroled January 3 from the State penitentiary, was held in Co-: lumbia after a preliminary hearing be fore Commissioner Sloan for trial at the April term of the United States court in Greenville, on a warrant charging him with robbing the postoffice at Prosperity, May 5, 1902. Another paroled yeggman, Charles O'Day, alias Charles Cross, alias Charles Blackburn, alias "Missouri Charlie," was ordered to be tried in the United States court of the eastern Vir ginia district following a preliminary j hearing Tuesday before Commissioner Sloan. O'Day is charged with robbing the postoflice at Gordonsville, Va. Nolan Goes to Yorkville. Thomas Nolan, a third yeggman, paroled January 3, was taken to Yorkj ville by Deputy Sheriff Lewis. He will be tried at the next term of the court in York county on the charge of robbing a bank at Fort Mill in 1902 ! O'Day is still confined in the citv iail i - - ? 1 pending orders for his transfer to the jurisdiction of the United States court of the Eastern Virginia district. Howard was taken back to the State penitentiary. He will be irv the custody of the jailer of Richland county! until carried to Greenville for trial! after the United States court conven-! es there on the third Tuesday in April John F. McCarthy, alias "West Philadelphia Johnnie," who was once a safeblower and appeared as a witI ness at the preliminary hearing given O'Day on Tuesday, was still inColum,bia. He said that he intended to begin lecturing again with his moving picture, "Sentenced for Life," as soon as he got some bookings. His lecture tour was interrupted by a long illness in Raleigh, from which he has only recently recovered. McCarthy took no part in the preliminary hearing given Howard. The preliminary hearing for Howard before Commissioner Sloan was very brief. F. H. Weston, United States district attorney, introduced in k evidence a certified copy of an indictr. merit against Howard, James Johnson, alias "Portland Ned," and Gus DeFord, charging them with robbing the postofTice at Prosperity. The gran <1 jury returned a true bill on the indictment in the United States | court at Greenville, April 21, 1905. H. T. Gregory, United States postoffice inspector, identified Howard as one of the men named in the indictment. Commissioner Sloan announced that he would hold Howard for trial on $5,000 bond. Of Inoffensive Mien. ^ Howard is a man of meek and inoffensive mien. He is of German extraction and from Texas. This information is conveyed by his "monaker," "Texas Dutch." He had little to say at the preliminary hearing. He asked the postofTice inspector why the United States had not taken proceeds ? ings against him for posofTice robberies after his trial in which he was acquitted at Marion, rather than wait until the present time. The inspector explained that the authorities had simply exercised their discretion in allowing proceedings to come under State warrants first. Howard, of j course, shows the physical effects of his long confinement. Beyond nervously moving his hands, his demeanor at the hearing was passive. At the same term of court in Green ville at which Howard, Johnson and DeFord were indicted for the Prosperity robbery, they were also indicted for robbing the post office at Fort Mill, June 9' 1902. Howard and John son were also charged with robbing the postoffico at Clemson College, September 11, 1902. Charles Howard who will have to face trial in Greenville in April for the robbery of the prosperity postoffice , was one of the gang of "knights of the jimmy," who made Columbia their headquarters in 1902. Howard worked for a time at Grant's restaurant on Gervais street. lie rented a house on Gates street for Minnie Jackson, a negress. It was at this! house that the gang of yeggmen had ! j luxuriously furnished apartments svhon they were arrested in Columbia! on January (>, 1903. The yeggmen captured then were Howard, McKinIcy, Nolan and Dugan. , Only three of the gang rounded up on Gates street in Columbia in 1902 | are left. Dugan died in the State pen i itentiary. McKinley was paroled by i the governor. He was later arrested! in Spartanburg on the charge of housebreaking, convicted and is now; serving a sentence on the chaingang. j 'Nolan is awaiting trial in York coun- j 1 ty. The yeggmen while in Columbia < 1>r. Wiley 1 Ideal Foot SlavOtng New Plan of Relief ington Woman?He Stricken Little Sis = : taiL, MRS. JOSEPH DARLING DIRE FOOD THIS is jGfoinff to bo n pretty ban has disturbed business in ev people ourselves. And yet He of 7,000,(MX) people, is jjoiiitf to ion feeds the Hel^htus. How are we of the "stricken little sister of the w< A woman solved the problem. I been knitting stoekin^s and scarfs for f,? >I?H .. 1- - .? i-i.i i i? uci tuni mh- ini^iii D(? using nor m-i forthwith and thought out tho Idea of saw I)r. Harvey Wiioy, who laid out and their plan has now boon taken U| sion for relief in Belgium, of which J Dr. Wiley's box for Belgian adu inside tlie parcel post regulations, is three No. 1 tins of pink Alaska salino five-pound sack of yellow cornmeal, < one two-pound sack of granulated si prunes, one seven-pound sack of who can opener, one box. That, however, is only a guide to t It is Intended mainly for such Ameri from the grocer. Belgium wants ai transportation, which excludes fresh l The comn<ssion for relief in Belg pamnent to transmit all Belgian relie you put your name and address on money expended for stamps will lie r< should weigh not less than twenty po Packnges mailed from SOUTH SOUTHEASTERN WAREHOUSE C TURKRS' WAREHOUSE COMPA> agents for this district. led a fast life. They held a reputa tion as "spenders" in the red ligh district. Howard'/; ion. Career. Howard's criminal career is a Ion; one. He was arrested with Jame Johnson, alias "Portland Ned," an John F. McCarthy, then known a John 0. Dandrell, alias "West Phila delphia Johnnie," in Norfolk in Au gust, 1898, after John W. Kenedj alias John Collins at that time leade of the gang, had been caught in Lyn chburg. All four of them were trie at Charleston, W. Va., in March, 1891 for robbing the postofiice at Bramwel W. Va. Kennedy, Johnson and How ard were convicted. McCarthy wa acquitted of this charge. Howar and Johnson received sentences o three years each in the prison a Moundsville, W. Va. Kennedy wa sentenced to five years. Johnson and Howard were release* in October, 1901. They resumed thei criminal career in 1902, selectinj South Carolina as the place for thei safeblowing operations. As far a Howard was concerned, his crimina career culminated in January, .1903 when he was arrested in Columbia with Dugan, Nolan and McKinley Howard and Nolan were convicted ii Charleston in April, 1903, and sent t< the Atlanta federal prison for fiv< years. After their release in January 1907, they were taken to Marion where they were indicted for the burj larv of a bank at Mull ins in Decembei 1902. At (his bank Howard, Nolan DeFord and "Portland Ned" obtainec sw oon in n-Aoi, n,uu:?? li t ^,wx/ 4.i vupii hi auvutlun IU VcillUlDK jewelry. Owing to a combination o circumstances, they were acquitted a the Marion court. Good Haul at Knoree. Within 24 hours after their acquit tal of the Mull ins burglary, Shcriil White of Spartanburg arrived in Marion for Howard and Nolan. He toot the two yeggmen back to SpartanhllVO llndnv r? 1I/.H...0..4 ! ?.n.v i (i tvui I ant LnOIY! with robbing the vault of tho Enorec Manufacturing company on Thanksgiving Day in 1902. They obtained $10,000 in cash on the raid. Howard and Nolan were convicted of the Enoroe burglary in April. Judge T. S. Sease was tho solicitor. The presiding judge, the late James Aldrich, sentenced Howard and Nolan to ten years each in the State penitentiary. Some time ago Howard and Nolan were taken out of the penitentiary %nd put on the chaingang of Spartan)urg county, where McKinley was also "doing time." They were kept Prepares an 1 2tojc For Helgium Suggested by Wash* >w You Can Aid the ter of the World A L IKtVIJV = CTING THE PACKING OF IDEAL BOXES. 1 winter in America. Tlic war in Europe cry direction. We have u few hungry dgium, a brave little, thrifty little nation starve to death this winter unless Auier going to take care both of our own and arid?" drs. Joseph Darling of Washington had European war sufferers until it occurred iins as well as her fingers. She sat down "food boxes for Belgium." Mrs. Darling the ideal food boxes for Belgian relief. [> by the woman's section of the commisdrs. Lindon Bates is chairman. Its, as slightly revised to get its weight as follows: Three No. 3 tins of beans, n, one live-pound sack of rolled oats, one :)ne five-pound sack of yellow split peas, igar, one three-pound sack of California at Hour, oae one-pound sack of salt, one hp Kind or rood which the Belgians need, pans as can afford to go and order boxes i.v kind of food which will stand ocean 'rnlt and vegetables. lum has arranged with the postoflice def foodstuffs free of cost to the donor. If the package and add the letter "R" the fnnded by the commission. The package unds and not more than fifty. CAROLINA should be addressed tois OMPANY. CHARLESTON; MANIJFAC.'Y, GREENVILLE; who are collecting l- there until October, when by order of it the governor they were brought back to the State penitentiary. They were released from the penitentiary under parole by the governor on January 3. s James Johnson, alias "Portland (j Ned," also indicted with Howard for the Prosperity robbery, is now in Raleigh, awaiting trial under another charge. Gus DeFord, likewise named in the indictment under which Howi' arc! is held, escaped from the custody of officers in February, 1905, by leap(j ing out of the window of a moving At ^ lantic Coast Line train somewhere j between Cades and Kingstree. He is still at large. ? AMERICAN HORSES IN BATTLE, j. The American horse is one of the ^ nrst to answer the bugle call of the European war. Representatievs of many foreign governments are in this j country purchasing horses for the various armies of the warring nations V and practically every state in the Unib on is contributing cavalry material to 1 the beligerent factions, s The American horse is a utility am | mal and excels that of any other coun '' try on the face of the earth. He has 1 plowed our fields, fought our battles * and is the most faithful of animal 1 kind. His reputation has extended to 1 other countries and he is now going 2 to perform the services of foreign countries which he has so faithfully ' fullfillcd at home. r r Children's Coughs?Children's Colds, , Both Are Serious. 1 When one of your little ones shows >, symptoms of an approaching Cold, f give it Dr. Hell's Pine-Tar-TIoney at . once. It acts quickly, and prevents the Cold growing worse. Very healing?soothes the Lungs, loosens the mucous, strengthens the system. It's irl I M > ?! 1. f .WW 1 0-_ ' 1 - >,?<< .! (viibvitii viivtv ii H') ?ii ywur orugp gist. Buy a bottle today. Bucklen's Arnica Salve for Soros.? adv. RURAL TELEPHONES 1 The telephone is one of the most profitable business agencies that the , farmer can employ. It affords the faI cilities for keeping in constant comI munication with the markets, provides a sitting room for the community j where the families can assemble and . , i < discuss the events of the day without 1 | the inconvenience of travel or loss of ] time, and in sickness and emergencies, it renders a divine service. South Carolina farmers should en- 1 courage the building of telephone lin- J es. Local co-operative companies can \ be formed and country lines built at I small expense. I TWO HUNDRED INJURED: I AND ONE 1$ KILLED As Result of Awful Accident in ' New Yorks Subway Seven Hundred ? Passengers ^ Fight for Freedom in Un- 1 derground Passage When Smoke Eecom es Unbearable As a result of the crowding in large cities like New York, there are frequent accidents which result in injuring not one or two but hundreds and | sometimes thousands. The worst accident in ten years' his tory of New York's subway occurred during the morning rush hours one day last week, when 700 passengers in two stalled trains were stricken with panic in the darkened tubes, by dense smoke and acrid fumes from a short circuited cable. In the saruggle to escape some 20 persons were injured. one a woman, fatally. Others overcome, were rescued, unconscious, by police and firemen, while scores struggled to the street, unnerved, or hysterical, their clothing torn and faces blackened by smoke. The city was in the throes of a transportation blockade without parallel in its history. It was not until late that a wheel again turned in the subway and then only a limited local service was maintained. The hundreds of thousands of passengers the subway ordinarily carries were divert cd to the elevated and surface systems and when the home bound rush began neither system had adequate facilities. There were no subway trains running to Brooklyn and dense masses of humanity concentrated at the Brooklyn Bridge, prolonged the rush hour period for two hours in a struggle to board trains and cars. The accident occurred between the 15th and 59th street stations and called out virtually the entire and ambulance service on Manhattan Island. The two trains, an express and a local, both packed, came to a stop midway between the stations and the lights went out. A large feed cable had blown out in its conduit some 50 yards distance and soon the cars were fdled with the fumes of burning rubber. This soon grew unbearable and it took little to start a panic in the darkness. The demands of some of the passengers that the doors be opened were refused by guards, it was said. Fights ensued and there was soon in progress on both trains a desperate struggle to get out. Windows were smashed by the ^core, men and women trampled each other and tore each other's clothes in fear. When the first of the panic stricken passengers reached the street the report spread that there had been a terrible catastrophe in which many had been killed. Police and firemen quickly reached the scene and although it was at length established that the reports were exaggerated they were busy more than three hours in the rescue work. They found in the two trains many passengers, mostly women, half asphyxiated. Others had collapsed on the floor of the tube. Some were brought up by ladder through manholes, some through ventilating apertures in the street, ordinarily covered with steel grating. L1 0 1 - t v ouiiiv rtfihhisiy injured. Nearby theatres, stores and automo bile garages were comandeered as temporary hospitals, while dozens of ambulances carried away to hospitals those needing skilled attention. Some of these were reported in a serious condition. Miss Ella Brady, the only person to lose her life, died in an ambulance. The lives of several were undoubtedly saved by the use of pulmotors, physicians say. Investigations to fix the blame for the accident were at once begun by District Attorney Perkins and the pub lie service commission and word came from Albany that the accident had started legislative activity looking to an investigation of the state's supervision of public utilities. The fact that the smoke and stifling ' fumes were the cause of the trouble led to suggestions that steps be taken 1 for more adequate ventilation of the ( tubes. General Manager Medley, of the Intorborough said tonight that no invention had been developed to prevent short circuiting and that a similar accident might occur at any time. I * HOW'S THIS? i We offer On*- Hundred Dollars Re- t ward for any case of Catarrh that | cannot he cured by Hall's Catarrh . Cure.. F. J. CHKNKY & CO., TOl.KDO, O We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 1 > years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all <j msjncss transactions and financially' tblo to carry out any obligations made ty his firm. v NATIONAL BANK OF COMMFRCK Toledo, O. t Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter"tally, acting directly upon the blood tnd mucous surfaces of the system, rostimonials sent free. Frice 7oc per >ottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Fills for consti- 11 mtion.?adv. t DANGER OF FICTION I HAS DISAPPEARED Between England and the Un- I ited States Over Shipping WILL MAKE CONCESSIONS When the Two Great Powers Get Together in Their Negotiations Over Matter No Further Trouble is Expected. England's reply to Washington's remonstrance against British interferrcnce with American shipping will be altogether conciliatory, according to London dispatches, which say all danger of friction between the two na tions apparantly has disappeared. England is willing1 to mako all eoncessions which she deems not in direct conflict with the allies' interests, although it is believed she will not relinquish the right to search American ships under exceptional circumstances. An ofheial Turkish announcement makes no mention of the disastrous defeat Russia declares was inflicted on Turkish forces which invaded the Causasus. The report speaks of mi- . nor victories over the Russians by Turkish forces which penetrated northern Persia, and of an indecisive naval battle between Turkish and Russian warships in the Black Sea. Activity of German Zeppelins ? along the French coast has revided 1 conjecture as to a possible raid on England. Several of the dirigibles ' were reported to have appeared near j Dunkirk, then were said to have turn- ' er toward the English coast. The reported arrest of Cardinal Mercier at Brussels on account of a pastoral letter in which he was said to have ad vised Belgian civilians not to recogni- 1 ze the authority of the German administration, has developed one of the striking incidents of the war. Pope Benedict is making an inquiry, having received no official confirmation of the report. It is said at Rome that should its truth be established the Pope would protest to Germany. ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT DELIVERED RECENTLY. Pictures America as the Servant of The Whole of Mankind. Indianopolis, Ind., Jan. 8.?Picturing the United States as fulfilling the high function of 'servant of mankind" 13 : .1 a. \i r 1 ? t * * i rusiueiu wuson s speecn nerc today was full of words of peace and promise to business, of caution and admonition to his party, of invitation and compliment to the independent voter, of fairness to struggling Mexico, of friendly neutrality to the embattled powers, of fealty and devotion to the great spirit of the United States as a nation. Especially significant were the pros ident's references to the relations between the United States and others of the earth. Preeminently interesting, perhaps, was his statement that so ^ long as he had the power, the Mexicans should be given the opportunity \ to work out their own salvation, even if bloodshed were necessary to pay = the price of their evolution. Europe was shedding blood daily to settle its problems, he said, and Mexico should be allowed the chance to enfranchise itself in the hard school of experience The president spoke of the opportu nity for business men, telling of the achievements of congress in the fight to make business ways better and clearer, and touched on the bright industrial prospects. That the United States will ulti- ^ mately stand as the mediator in the great European war was another conviction expressed by the president. He pointed to the future, when the nations of the earth shall recognize America's position and attitude and S come to the Western giant with their mediation plans. A federal employment bureau and reform in court procedure advanced by the president were the two new questions taken up in his address. It was understood tonight that ho would press both subjects on congress at the ' earliest possible moment. ' Condition Better. "The new year has opened up on a nore favorable situation for the allies han any they had known since the ommencemonl of the campaign" says i renort hv ;i wtHtomi - *? - , - - . ? - ...... I n . t> I HT \Y I I II he Dritish army headquarters at the ^ 'ront. Tlu* report, supplements simi- ? ar previous narratives. Dollar Worth $1.05. C The American dollar is now worth 11.05 at Heme. That represents a emarkable rise since the war opened, vhen cheeks on America yielded only O 0 cents. The rise in exchange is due o heavy buying- of grain in the Unit- F (1 States for Switzerland. Si Ground (iained. The French reported on January 7 he repulse of violent German attacks n various sections of the Western bat P le line and advances at several points (/ lEWoVERHjji ^/^cornB Best rnt and mlc? exterminatorsaulk, Kills quickly and absolutely wtthoutodor. Mummifies?thus preventing decomposition. Better tban all the traps In this world. Insist on (lenuine HAT CORN. 25c, 50c. $1 at dealers or by mall, poofr? i paid. \ BOTANICAL MFG. CO. 4th A Race St*., Philadelphia* PH. W. E. McCORD, n?.Oni c. i^ruiai oui ^ vii, CONWAY, s. a o H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Lmw, CONWAY, S ~ ?, ** .. ji R. B. SCARBOF Attorney at 1 \, CONWAY, S HAL L. BUCK, * Fire Insurance * a Cilice Conway National Bank Conway, - - - S. C. New Store. T" We have bought out the stock of 3. F Gasque Co, on the corner opposite the Horry Tobacco Warehouse. We carry up-to Hate iStaple and Fancv Groceries, Beef, Pork, Sausage, Etc. Give us a call and be convinced that our goods are fresh. Yours for business, J. T. Proctor Jr. & Co. GEO. LUM LAUNDRY, CONWAY, S. C, Beginning July 1st. 1919 All persons must take tickets for work left here. Possitively no work delivered until ticket is presented. Laundry not called for in HO days will be sold for charges. GEORGE LUM CHICHESTER S PILLS V TIIE l)IAMONI> 11RAND. Jk * LtdU'tl AaU your DrutcUt for /A t K^ij l'h' ( heo-ter't IMuniimd Rraad/AX 1'llln in Red and tdold metallic^^^^ ?-TySwJ boxes. sealed with Dlue Ribbon, w| Tali? no other. Buy of your " . ~ Of DruaglNt. /vskforrill-CimCH-TER* Jr DIAMOND ItKAND IMl.Ltt, fut ?f! l V M years known as Best, Safest. Always Reliable A?r SOI I) IV IWIJfifilSTS FVERVWHEBKi J. M. JOHNSON, CIVIL ENGINEER Marion, S C. Railroad, City and Land Surveying; md Drainage. Road-building Ml Sewers Draughting and Blue Printing H. C. CAININON General Land Surveying. Ofiice?Buck Building CONWNY. S C. W C SINGLETON ATTORNEY AT LAW Conwav. S. C. ? ? - r / ? - ? )(Tice up Stairs Buck Building ENOCH S. C. BAKER Attorney at Law Ipivey Building. CONWAY. S. C. D A Spivey & Company On "THE CORNER" 1" 'RUBLES NATIONAL BANK BL'DG tends Fire Li fe And ? Other INSURANC E. >. A. SPIVEY. VV. B. KING CH \S. K. SCARBOROUGH, on way, S. G? omplete Waterworks, Steam, Hot water and Hot Air Heating Plants : INSTALLED ANYWHERE t-t illy Plumbing and Heating goods and material of highest quality used, ull line of Tub, Toilet, Lavatory ink and other Bathroom and repairs on hand at si ? Plumbing and HeatL UT W ATER AND HEAT IN YOUR HOUS&