The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-07
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Robert n. Floyd is Shot -Four Times by
llrs. N. M. Hay. I. ID Rer Home.
SAYS HE INSULTED Her

a5e5 1850 1880
Floyd Was Wen Known in Charles
ton, Where he E, Was Attending the:
Medical College, and Left There ON,
Saturday to Visit Friends in North
Carolina. .5..i # u
:: Shot four times and instantly
killed by Mrs. N. M. Hayes in her
home at.Tabor, N. c., just across the
Horny line, late Saturday evening";
was the fate of Robt. M! Floyd, q:
native OF Horny county, and a stu
dent at the South Carolina Medical
college at Charleston. Three shots
| took effect in the body and one in the
Ecentre Of the forehead. *5zS:
Only few minutes before his
death, Mr.. Floyd,had driven up to the.
Hayes home and had been invited In
| to spend the evening by the husband
ofthe young woman. Floyd went in
the house and while Mr.. Hayes was
ungearing the horse, hesheard four
pistol shots. He rushed In the house
where he found his friend lying dead
and his wife standing by: Her only
answer to tMr. Hayes questioning was
that Floyd had insulted her and she
had killed him.
! Mr.. Floyd arrived In Tabor Satur-
, day from Charleston, having come
home to spend Saturday and Sunday
with his parents near Gallivant's fer
~. Parties living in Conway were.
lon the train with Mr.: Floyd when he
.;sot off at5Tabor. He stated to ITEM
that he stopped there to look after
his farm during the day, that,a horse
and buggy would meet him either at
Tabor or at Loris, nearby town,
and that he was going to%sper 1.-THE
night at Tabor ind drive out to hls
home this morning. ti><ss ,:.:. (, .3 .z5
Probably no further cause other
than the woman's statement will ever
be known, as Mrs. Hayes was alone
lin the house when she did the. shoot
ling. From; a brother Of the dead
man it was Learned that-Mr. Floyd
'|had gone ito: the. house, where he met
his death, for the purpose of collect.
ling for books which. he had sold dur.
/ ing his vacation. .fass
| There are conflicting rumors as to-
4 Mr.. Hayes meeting Mr.. Floyd at the
I gate and asking him In, although 1t
t is known that the two young men
were close friends. Mr.. Hayes runs
a barber shop; at Tabor and it is.
/. stated. that on Saturday evenings the
rush OF business at the place makes
lit necessary that Mr.. Hayes remain:
at the shop very aate. 81
News OF the aWful occurrence was:
a shock to q theaspeople of Conway
where .Mr. Floyd has q lived and.
worked :for%a number of years. He
: was colporter for the: :WaccamaW
i baptist association, which work car
i ried him into the best homes of this
county and Of Marion county, where
|he travelled quite a good deal during
ne;past:&seyeral years. ~ Il 81
Three jyearsrago he resigned this
work t5* accept a. a.position ;as head
bookkeeper in the Bank CT Conway,
now the First National Bank of Con-
Fway. Herispent several months In
i this capacity until the summer Of
l1909, when he resigned this position
4 and made the race in this county for
clerk of court: He made, splendid
race but was defeated AND later en-
Itered the South Carolina Medical Col
lege at Charleston where he would
have graduated in April.
It was Mr.. Floyd's intention to op-
on drug store in Conway this sum
mer. While here during the Christ
mas holidays he practically COM
pleted the organization Of a company
for this purpose.
Young Floyd was q son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Math Floyd of near CALI
wants ferry in this county. He was
IdUOul Ou ytdlS VI el0S, VI oPi'Jiuiu
educational qualifications, having
taught in the schools Of the county
for quite awhile, Of pleasant address
and pleasing personality.
He was modest and gentle and just
why he should be killed in this man
ner and within six Or eight minutes
after his arrival at the home Of a
friend can not be explained here.
Mrs. Hayes, the slayer, is young
woman. She is daughter Of ]. J. q.
EIarrelson of Loris ard sister Of D.
D. Harrelson of Lori~ formerly coun-
ty superintendent of education in this
county and later member Of the
general assembly from this county.
She and Mr.. Hayes were married
about three years ago, since which
time they have lived happily together
at Loris, where the husband conduct
ed a store and ran a barber shop.
During the fall they left Loris ami
moved to Tabor, North Carolina
town. about seven miles from Loris.
MIR. and Mrs. Hayes have one child
about. year old.