The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 25, 1915, Image 1
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, DEATH WAS BETTER |l
FOR CHICAGO BABY
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Mother Decides Against Oper- !
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man Curiosity
DOCTOR WHO REFUSED
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Strarifrp Hasp in flhir.acn of Dp- ,
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Chicago.?The Bollinger baby, a
? defective mite, whose motner on professional
advice, decided should not
undergo an operation which probably
i would save its life, hovered between
life and death at the German-Ann
can hospital here today. Death, it
was said was a question only of hours
Meanwhile the subject of the propriety
of sacrificing the unpromising
spark of life in the infant, that it
might. not grow up a burden to itself
and a possible menace to society, was
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Dr. H. J. Haiselden, on whose advice
the mother acted, was visited
by many medical men today and telephone
calls alternately accused and
praised. He remained unaltered in his
conviction that death was the greatest
blessing which could be hoped for the
infant.
The baby's principal physical de
formities are closure of the intestinal
tract, parallysis of the nerves of the
right side of the face, absence of the
right ear, blindness of one eye and
maliformation of its shoulders.
Dr. Haselden, who officiated at the
birth, noted the absence of a neck.
The brairt he frund to be only slightly
subnormal, but the cranal nerves were
absent or undeveloped.
If he grew up he would be a hopeless
cripple and would sufTere from
fits," said the doctor.
"Would his mind be clear? Would
his soul be normally alive?" He was
asked.
"That I don't know, but the chances
are against it."
The questioner cited the case of Ros
well Smith, of Chicago, a supposedly
harmless defective who, after reaching
the adult stage, killed little Hazel
Wfciiitf'.ock, for which he was hanged.
Another visitor remarked that Fyodor
Dostoevsky, born a defective, who
gambled and had epileptic fits, develop
ed into a great novelist and one of
the greatest psychologists in Europe.
Most of the visitors treated the
baby, which lay in a little bundle in a
private room, as it were uncanny. Dr.
Haselden alone treated it lik ea human
being. He looked into the twisted face
J and patted its cheeks. "He will be
dead before the night is over," he
said.
J "It would be a moral wrong," he
continued, "to allow it to live. It seems
to me that a city which allows a black
hand outrage a week, a thousand abor- (
tions a day, and a number of accidents :
p.verv round of fho oloolr l'a htirrllv ir?
position to criticise a man who holds
that death is preferable to life to a defective."
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^ The telephone rang, Dr. Haselden
answered and for five minutes taSred
with a woman who pleaded with him
to save the baby's life. When he re- 1
turned from the telephone he smiled I
grimly. "She called me names," he '
said. / 1
The little bundle stirred and a faint
cry was heard. "Not much longer to
wait, little one," said the doctor gen- 1
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Dr. John B. Murphy, former president
of the American Medical Asso- ]
ciation, and physicians and profession- i
al men and women, including a number
of clergymen took sides with Dr. 1
Haiselden. But his critics were just J
as numerous. 1
^Dr. Murphy said: "The baby's life .1
is in the hands of a higher power. <
Nature will provide the best remedy." j
Dr. Rosalie M. Ladova commented:
"A life is a life and T wish Dr. Heiseb I
den would step out and let some one <
else operate." :
Clarence Dnrrow, the laywor, known
^ as a humanitarian, remarked: "Chlorc 1
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PROHIBITION BILL
WINS IN 6E0R6IA
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House Passes Bill 'Previously
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Passed by Senate on the
Subject.
Atlanta.?The lower house of the
Georgia Legislature by 142 to 22 pass
ed a bill which already had passed the
senate, to prohibit the manufacture
or sale of liquor in Georgia. The only
cnange tne nouse made was that the I
measure should become effective May'
1, 1916, instead of January 1 next, It
defines "liquor" as any drink containing
more than one-half of one per
cent of alcohol. It is generally understood
that Governor Harris will
sign it.
Advocates declare the bill will eliminate
all breweries, so-called "near
beer" saloons and "locker clubs," now
operating under laws which allow the
manufacture and sale of drinks containing
not more than 4 per cent alcohol.
The senate also has passed bills to
prohibit liquor advertisements and to
limit the amount of liquor each individual
may have shipped to him from
without the state. These are to come
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The legislature met in special session
November 3, at the call of Governor
Harris, to pass the annual appropriation
bill which failed of passage
at the last regular session because
of a fight over prohibition.
Prohibition and several other subjects
were included in the governor's call.
thissegtionIaF
a storm last week
Thursday of last week developed a
storm of wind and rain which began
with cloudy weather on Thursday
morning. By night the wind was blowing
a gale not quite sufficient to uproot
trees and tear down strong fences.
Damage was done to more or less
extent in many places. A tree blew
down across some of the wires of the
Quattlebaum Light & Ice Co., and
caused the plant to have to shut down
about 9:30 o'clock on Thursday night,
and the lights remained off until
morning on that account. There was
considerable rain before the storm
was over.
mornWfireTs"
quickly put out
Early yesterday morning fire was
discovered burning the bales of cotton
stored at the Peoples Tobacco
Warehouse. An alarjn of fire was
made about 5:30 o'clock and a crowd
quickly gathered at the place. The
fire hose was run to the building
from the reservoir near the Peoples
Bank and- by this means the fire was
quickly put out. There was somej
damage to the floor of the building
and several bales of cotton. There
was a game of basket ball played in
the warehouse the day before, or at
least practice of the boys and it is
supposed that a cigar stump caused
the fire.
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A paroled convict of South Dakota
must serve out his term because he
got married while at liberty. Pretty
hard lines for a man who was takm
the best way to behave himself St.
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form unfit children. Show them the
3ame mercy that is shown beast that
are no longer fit to live."
Mrs. Annie Bollinger, the mother
remained nearby. Many times she
asked: "Is he dead?"
She remained steadfast in her belief
that death was best for the little o
3hc has three healthy children anthe
plight of the condemned
aelieved to have been due to an attsi'
)f typhoid fever which the mother had
suffered recently.
The authorities took no action further
than to determine that no death
^ertificae should be isued until after
m investigation by the coroner.
The Bollinger baby died to dU at
he German-American hospital.
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BOLL WEEVIL FOUND
IN CHESTER COUNTY
J. W. Wilson Finds Pest on His
Plantation?Several Acres
of Cotton Ruined.
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J. W. Wilson of Hazlcwood township,
Chester county, told of the appearance
in his section of the boll
weevil. Mr. Wilson is ;one *>{ the
county's well known planters and is
familiar with the appearance or tlie
boll weevil by having seen some of
the insects that were brought here a j
few years ago from Texas, and is of
the opinion that the insects that bored
into his cotton bolls and acted in
the way the weevil is said to do are
without a doubt boll weevils.
This summer Mr. Wilson had some
additional boll weevils sent here from
places troubled with boll weevil. They
were sent in glass bottles. Mr. Wilson
took these boll weevils and put
them beside those that he had on his
farm and they were the same. He
thinks that they came here in seed
shipped from the boll weevil sections.
At least that is the only way he can
account for their appearance on his
farm. He had several acres of cotton
ruined.
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BIGGEST WARSHIPS
Washington.?Tentative plans are
being considered, Secretary Daniels
said, for two 36,000-ton battleships to
be included in the first year's part of
the five-year building programme
Congress will be asked to approve. |
There are no warships so large afloat
anywhere in the world. The biggest
ever designed for the American navy
are the 32,000-ton craft of the Cali-!
fornia class, bids for two of which
were received.
SUIT WAS ADJUSTED.
A claim and delivery case was
started last week at Wampee brought
by the M. B. Thompson Co., against
the B. N. Gore Co., for a lot of seed
cotton sold to the last mentioned company
by a person who had mortgaged
the crop to the plaintiff. After the
suit had been started the matter was
i adjusted between the parties to the
entire satisfaction of all concerned
and it was stated that the case would
go no further. The case was started
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mwiii t:iu court oi \). i>. ueiiamy, I
Magistrate.
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What has become of the old fashioned
woman who boiled a whole ham
and sliced off it for a week??Macon
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MAY ASK EMBARGO
STRUCTURAL STEEL
Congress May Be Asked to
Prohibit Exportation of
...? Metal.
Washington.?Congress may be
asked to place a temporary embargo
on exports of structural steel to the
European belligerents in order to afford1
a sufficient supply of the metal
for use in the construction of the two
battleships, bids for which were opened
at the navy department on Wednesday.
This plan is suggested as a result
of the diclosurc that neither of the
new battleships can be laid down before
next summer because of a lack
of steel. The entire output of the
American steel plants, it is said, has
been taken by the warring nations.
Secretary Daniels hints that unless
plants could be induced to insure
preference for government orders,
congress may be urged to act.
Announcement is made by Secretary
Daniels that tentative plans are
under consideration for two 3G,000
ton battleships to be included in the )
first year's part of the five year naval
building program. No navy in
the world has such large warships as
these at present.
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OFFERED FOR SALE(
Attention is called to the notice of
sale of the Sidney A. Tindal place in
bucks township. It will be put on the
block the first Monday in December
in front of the court house. There (
are twenty-five acres cleared, there
is one good dwelling house, a kitchen, *
smoke house and barn and stables. It
is situated on a public road one mile
to school and one mile to church. The j
timber on the land has never been
sold. It is a good proposition to be
looked into.
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Many friends of J. F. Butler Sr., of ^
Pireway, N. C., were pained to hear
of his death the earlj part of November,
at the residence of his son, Fx- ?
sheriff, G. C. Butler. Uncle Joe as (
he was known to his friends was a; <
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distinguished citizen of Columbus ^
County, N. C., and led a most success
ful life. lie was eighty-five years ofj
age and active up to the very day of
his death. Ho is survived by his
only son, Mr. C?. C. But lor of Columbus
County.
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J. O. Anderson was in Conway on '
business last Sat.iivdnv. i *
mill.
HORRY LIVE STOCK !
IMPROVEMENT ASS'N.
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urganizea here With F. G. [
Holliday as the
President.
At a meeting held on Friday of last I
week, of representative Farmers, at
the Court House, The Horry Live
Stock Improvement Association was
formed. F. G. Holliday was elccte<
President; D. V. Richardson, Vice ?
President; R. O Hanson, Sec.; M. W.
Wall, Treas. Arrangements were
made for installing a number of Dipping
Vats about the County and the
work of eradicating the Cattle tick
will begin at once. The next meeting
of the "Association will be held at
10:30 A. M., Dec. 6th, at the Court
House and it is hoped every man who '
owns a cow or hog will be present and
join, the association membership being
free.
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TOOK FARMERS HOGS
AND WAS CAPTURED
JLast week A. P. Johnson missed
several hogs from his field where he
had placed them to fatten and at once
became with the authorities to locate
the thief. The crime was traced out
to Thornton Johnson, a colored man,
who has frequently been in trouble
with the courts before this. He had
butchered one of the hogs and the
meat was found on the premises.
Asked why he had taken the property
he stated that he did not know, unless
it was the "old boy" himself who had
put it into his head. No trace was
found of the remaining two hogs that
were missing.
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DENOUNCES AVIATION
SERVICE OF THE ARMY;
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San Francisco.?Conditions in the 1
United States army aviation service
and the men at the hev.d of it were '
denounced by William F. Humphrey,
civilian counsel for Lieutenant Colo- 1
nel Lewis E. Goodier, advocate of the 1
Western Department, during his clos- '
ing argument for the defense in the !
court martial of Goodier, charged J
vvitn conduct prejudical to military '
discipline.
"At this time, when aviation is so 1
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important a part of the Nation's de- 4
fense and such men as Colonel lteber '
and Captain Arthur S. Cowan stand *
at the head of the service,' Humphrey *
said, "it is an invitation to disaster. c
The American people are waiting to '
see how long Captain Cowan will rc- *
main at the head of the aviation J
school. The evidence here has shown
that favoritism and incompetence run J
riot in the service and; with it are
coupled the strong arm methods of (
Tammany."
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COMPLETE INQUIRY '
LIKELY TO FOLLOW,
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Washington.?While the United li
States will wait for the Austrian re- t
)ly to Ambassador Penfield's inquiry d
concerning the circumstances under t
vhich the Italian liner Ancona was t
sunk, before making representations t:
o Vienna, it was stated officially that t
he placing of American citizens in I
small boats on the high seas was not n
egarded as according to a "place of b
safety" within the meaning of the j
erm as used in international law. t
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The sale of the Red Cross Christmas t
seals will begin Christmas. One hun- p
Ired and thirty-five agents for this r
State have already been appointed by a
he Slate commission and others will t
>e appointed from time to time. As 1<
isual the proceeds from the sale goto o
he fight on tuberculosis. e
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Cupid carries a bow and arrows be- v
ause hc^ has no convenience for carryng
a gun.?Minot (N . D.) Optic-Re- j
)orter.
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STRONG CHARGE TO
COLLETON JURORS
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Delivered by Judge Mendell
Smith on Opening Court
There Recently
rEARLESS GRAND JUROR
JUDICIOUS PARDONING
aivcn by Him as a Remedy
For Cheapness of Human
Life.
Walterboro.?Court of general sessions
opened here Monday with a most
impressive charge from Judge Mendel
L. Smith, who is presiding, the
charge being comprehensive and eloquently
delivered. Judge Smith gave
as the remedy for the loss of sanctity
of hnnuin lifn in finnMi
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fearless grand jury and the judicious
use of the pardoning power." The
charge was delivered in the presence
if one of the largest crowns ever attending
court here, standing room in
the spacious building being at a premium.
Judge Smith's reputation as an
orator and a statesman, combined with
the. large number of general friends
in this county, was responsible for the
large audience which had gathered to
hear the charge. It was a masterpiece
of eloquence and thought and
made a deep impression upon the
minds of those who heard it and especially
timely was the charge to Colleton
citizens when it is remembered
that there is a very large docket of
homicide cases, nine of which are set
for trial here this week.
Solicitor Gasque for State.
Solicitor Gasque, of Florence, is
here to represent the state, Solicitor
Peurifoy not having sufficiently regained
his health to conduct unassisted
the large amount of work set for
this week. Solicitor Peurifoy however,
is in court and will take part In
the proceedings. Stenographer Henry
Elliott is on hand, as well as the other
officers of the court.
Judge Smith opened his remarks to
the grand jury with the statement
that upon his elevation to the bench
le determined to attempt the accomplishment
of one thing, the impressng
upon the grand juries of the state
heir duties and importance. In Judge
Smith's opinion the grand juror is the
nost important officer of the county
ind the foreman of the grand jury
ihould bo nasspd on tho
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?reat respect, so great should be the
mblic esteem of that position. If
tailed upon to select the most importint
agency for public uplift and one
hat could be made to perform great
luties in the advancement of the pubic
good, Judge Smith said he would
lot select any of the professions or
rades, for these are now doing their
luties, but would select the great body
>f grand jurors throughout South Carolina,
ho seeing in them a great potenial
power for the solving of th
ems of the state.
On Education.
The portion of the charge devoted
to educational matters was particularly
forceful and showed remarkable
nsight into present dav school nroh
ems and broad knowledge of condiions.
Judge Smith said it was the
luty of the grand jurors to keep in
ouch with the educational system of
he county and to give these mattersr
he especial thought and watchfulness
o which they were properly entitled.
Te made a strong plea for the enforce
lent of the compulsory educational
nws of the state and asked the grand
urors to return to their districts deermined
to see that this law applies
o them if it does not do so at this
ime. Judge Smith cited figures to
>rove his contentions of educational
iceds, ridiculed the personal liberty
rgument against compulsory educaion,
that showed South Carolina was
ow in literacy in comparison with
thor states, using figures of school
xpenditures, attendance, etc., and figires
secured from a study of the club
oils of last election.
Tie dwelt at length on the grand
urors' duty in connection with the
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