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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-02-07
FATAL WRECK.
Passenger and Freight Trains on
the Seaboard Collide.
THREE MEN KILLED.
The Engineer and Fireman of the Frsigh
Train, and a Mail Clerk Buried in
the Wreck, Which Was Caused
by misunderstanding of

Passenger train Sc on the Seaboard,
north bound, and south bound
freight, collided nssr, Biaineys four
teen miles north Of Columbia on Tues
day morning of last week, and as a
result three men are dead and TWO
are seriously injured. According to
the statements Of those on the pas.
ssnger train the wreck was caused
10y general misunderstanding OF
orders.
The regular passenger train left 90.
lumbia one hour late. The Florida
Flyer passed the freight at .Blaineys
and it Is believed chat Engineer
Smack, In charge Of the IEeight,
thought that there was a clear road
ahead. He pulled out of the SIDING
with twenty cars attached, and just
ahead tho passenger train approached
1t was too late to stop the freight,
but Engineer Robinson, OF the pas
senger train, applied his sirbrakes
and the train was brought up with q
Jerk, throwing every one out Of their
seats. It was due to the nerve OF
Engineer Robinson that the lives OF
the passengers were saved.
AS soon as the crash came the pas
sengers organized q rescue squad:
Engineer J. w. Robinson was found
under his engine with both legs
broken. His colored fireman, Dan
Douglass, was also under the debris
badly bruised up, -,
Engineer A. A. Smack, OF the
freight, and fireman W. A. Herbert,
.colored, were buried under the ruins
of the freight engine-both Instantly
killed.
The mail car was the only one OF
the passenger cars demolished. Mail
Clerk q. a. Pattilo was buried under
the wreckage and instantly killed. lt
is reported that a helper on the mail
train is also killed, but the post0t1ce
people here know nothing OF 1t.
Express Messenger 81. e. Hinton
had his shoulder fractured, but. Con.
ductor W. M. Whitehurst, in charge
tot the passenger train, escaped unin.
jured.
AS soon as the news OF the wreck
was heard, arrangements were
made for bringing the train to the
CITY. The bodies Of those killed could
not be brought outof the wrecSags,
but the injured were brought IN 81
noon and removed to the hospitals.
Engineer Robinson lives In that
city, residing at Mrs. Watson's, on
Laurel street. All Of the others re-
side either in Raleigh or>Jackson-
vile.
TIE railroad com mission, acc ,mpa'
MED by q number Of newspaper men
and DR.. E o. L. Adams and Surgeon
Weston, of the Seaboard, went up to
the scene of the wreck about one
O'Clock.
An investigation has been ordered
by the commission and testimony
will be taksn-as to the causes at once.
: Railroad men here say that the
morning was very foggy and that IL
was almost impossible to see ANYTHING
q short distance off. 1t is also said
that the freight conductor had been
on duty thirty hours and was physi
cally unable to interpret the orders.
This will all be brought out III the
testimony to be taken before the
railroad commission. Columbia Re
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
Best Not to Sell Early.

For years farmers have been grow
ing sheep in small way, and general
ly have ssld their lambs when they
weigh SO to 20 pounds for from 50 to
$3.50 each. Even at these prices one
makes nice profit out OF his sheep.
1t has cost little to grow them and SO
he is we'll paid, but it is possible to do
better. For several years Western
lambs weighing from so to GO pounds
have sold at from So to $3.50, and after
being fed sixty or ninety days,
or up to SO to 80 pounds, they
sell for almost twice as much. As i
rule the farmers who sell the young
lambs have feed enough to finish them
and get the additional price. Although
this extra feed had to be bought at
market prices there would be no loss,
for feeders are buying both sheep and
feed and making profit. More profit
is made from farm products when ami
mails are properly finished, and lam0s
are in this class
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
zzzSssz
HGme-Made Drill.

On our farm we have a shop for re-
pairing machinery. 1t is an essential
factor in farm management to be able
to repair breakages and keep the ma
chinery in good working condition,
writes a contributor in Orange Judd
Farmer.
The accompanying illustration shows
drill made to drill holes for repair
ing purposes. This machine will drill
a hole through steel or wrought iron
as quickly as a drill we have that cost
several dollars. The main piece upon
which the drill rests is 4 by 4
2 feet inches long mounted upon four
legs made of oak by 4 materials.
The legs are worked down to two
inches square at the bottom to secure
neatness and make the drill rs light
as possible.
The. main standard is a 2 by two
feet high mortised into the main by
4. The stub standard is also by 4
eight inches high and mortised in the
same 4 by 4 an inch from the end and
two and half inches from the main
standard. The shaft to which the large
wheel is attached is q three-quarter
inch bolt fifteen inches long. At the
head hole is drilled into the bolt, heat
ed and then squared in order that the
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
Value of q Good Cow.


what are the cows worth that pro
duce 400 pounds Of butter per annuna {?
Here L am going to make a statement
and undertake. to prove it correct, says
writer in Successful Farming. When
a COW that produces 200 pounds OF but
ter per annnm at a food cost of S39
and labor cost Of $3.50 is worth S35,
the COW that produces 400 pounds of
butter annually is worth $4D0, and the
owner can make net SIG more from her
after paying interest on the 500 than
he can from the COWS that produce 200
pounds Of butter There is no more
labor connected with the 400-pound
COWS than there is with the 2OO-pould
COWS. The price at which butter has
been credited, namely, 20 cents pound,
is the net price from the creamery after
the making has been paid for. In this
herd the increased cost of feed for the
4OO-pOund cows was more than offset
by the increased amount Of skim milk,
SO We have the 200 pounds increase of
butter as net profit over the 200-pound
COW. Two hundred pounds of butter at
20 cents is $40 We have $40O invested
III these COWS, which at 6 per cent in
terest is SPA, which we will deduct
from the $40, and We have left $16 to
the credit Of the 400-pound COW.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13

The question Of fall ploWing is de-
batable one in the minds of most farm
ers. The practice seems to grow more
common upon trial il some neighbOr-
hoods and to fall into almost total dis
favor in other sections. Upon the roll
ing lands which are so common there
is little question that it is justly con
demned, if. indeed, it is good practice
anywhere, says an exchange Some loss
of plant food froR washing and blow
ing Of the surface soil upon fau-ploWed
ground is inevitable, although its me-
chanical condition may be improved
somewhat by the action sf the frost
upon the freshly ploWed ground. Of
course, the condition Of the labor mar
ket affects the amount OF fall blowing
undertaken or accomplished to a very
considerable degree, but Independently
Of any and all of the factors mention
ed, fall ploWiDg may be expedient III
some cases. The writer has done very
little fall plowing during recent years,
but this year the ploW will be kept go
ing as long as the weather will permit
after the crops are all secured.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
The Mortgage Litter.

The hog has been very properly call
ed "the mortgage LITTER" I have been
raising and feeding hogs for market
from my boyhood with some degree Of
success. To begin with it is import
ant to have large, hardy, prolific sows.
I find the Duroc Jersey to fill the bill
exactly, but let every one have the
breed that will raise the most pigs
Of the heaviest weight in the shortest
time. Breed for early spring pigs and
all within ten days or two weeks if
possible to a thrifty, well developed
boar (but never more than two a day
to one boar), so as to have the pigs
strong. hearty and near the same age.
IS. Y. Thornton before the Missouri
Swine Breeders Association.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
XIII Free Seed Distributions.

The free seed distribution by the gov.
ernment costs $4,000 d year, besides
the cost of handling in the mails, which
costs about as much more. or half a
million dollars a year, total This sum
of money wisely used would teach
farmers the correct plan to market and
build the machine for marketing, which
will compel a profitable price FOR ev-
cry farm crop grown anywhere In the
country. The machine once built will
not cost the farmers anything directly
to run it, but will pay great dividends
every year.-Up-ts-Dase FarH4ns.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13

Our chief gem productions in this
country in 1905 were: Sapphires, S125,-
D00; turquoise, $65,000; tourmalines,
$4,000; peridots and crystal Quartzes,
$4,000 each; aquamarines, $4,000; kun
site, gold quartz chrysoprase. silicified
wood and garnets, $1,000 each; smoky
quartz and chlorastrolite, $4,000 each;
amethyst, agate, pyrite, malachite and
catimite, $1,000 each; moss agate, ST.
800; beryl, rose quartz, amazon stone
and arrow points, $1,000 each; topaz,
utahlite and melite, $500 each; fossil
coral, $3.50, and dumortierite in quartz,
s1OO.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
Hillside Harms.

The hill lands Of Georgia are not per-
mitted to wash away down the steep
hillsides. Around such hills there are
bands or terraces thrown up with great
care to stop the downward rush of wa
ter, and thus the washing tendency is
checked as soon as begun. These belts
Of firm sod land are most effective.
They rise one above the other in steps
Of five or eight feet in vertical height.
The rows bend around the hill, con-
forming strictly to these terraces. This
is most excellent system and one bad
" needed on many farms Of the new
outhwest.-EXchange.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
Profit in Apples,

With the passing years there seems
to be more imperative necessity Cor
impressing the fact upon the apple
growers that they must have a clearer
conception Of higher ideals No matter
how abundant or cheap the prices of
apples may be in the market, there IS
always the unbounded assurance that
first-ciass, fancy apples will bring the
best of prices, and there is no danger
whatever Of overstocking the market
with such fruit. Such a class of ap-
pies will often sell readily at Sc and 81
q barrel, when the poorer grades could
hardly be given away.-Apple Special
iSt.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13

The General Purpose Farm Horse.
Very many of our farmers get the
idea that all they have to do is to breed
their nondescript mares to the leggy,
coarse type of so called coach horses
being peddled through the country to
get the general purpose farm horse.
have seen hundreds of colts from this
kind Of breeding and must say that not
per cent of them are even fair speci-
mems Of the general purpose horse,
while SO per cent OF more are failures
from every point Of view.
l have seen much better results
where the coach stallion has been a
finer and more compactly built one or
where hackney or American trotter
Of a compact, smooth, muscular type
has been the sire, These observations
have led me to the conclusion that this
latter plan is the surest one to bring
some measure of success In producing
the general purpose farm horse.-Geo.
McKerrow, Wisconsin.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
"The Blood is The Life"

Science has never gone beyond the
above simple statement Of scripture. But
it has Illuminated that statement and
'given it meaning ever broadening with
the increasing breadth of knowledge.
When the blood is "bad or impure il
is not alone the body which suffers
through disease. The brain is also
clouded, SSe mind ard judgement are
cR4cted, and lH2ny an evil deed or impure
Thought Sl]y~5e directly traced to the
imposfCy OF the bloodS Foul. impure blood
Gan be made nnre BY tie --n2e-Ql Dr.
F-Lerce,s Gold2n Medical Discovery. II
clrLc1e2 and nl.rltheaass tie blood thereby
curing, pimplcs, blotches, eruptions and
other cutaneous affections, as eczema,
tetter. or salt-rhcum. hives ard other
manifestations OF impure Blood.
@ O o 9 o o
In the cure Of ScrofulOuS swellings, en-
larged glands, open eating ulcers, or old
sores, the Golden Medical Discovery has
performed the most marvellous cures. In
cases of old sores, or open eating ulcers,
it is well to apply TO the open sores DR..
Picrcc's All-Healing Salvc, which pos
sesses wonderful healing potency when
used as an application to the sores in con-
junction with the use of Golden Medical
Discovery as a blood cleansing consti-
tutional treatment. If your druggist
don't happen to have the "All-Healing
Salve" in stock, you can easily procure it
by inclosing fifty-four cents in postage
stamps to DR.. Z. V. Pierce, 663 Main ST.,
Buffalo, n. Y, and it will come to you by
return post. Most druggists keep it as
well as the Golden Medical Discovery"
o O @ @ @ o
You can't afford to accept any medicine
of qInEnOU1l composition as q substitute
for cGolden Medical Discovery" which is
a medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION,
having complete list of ingredients in
plain English on its bottle-wrapper, the
same being attested as correct under oath
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
The sorrows of Horses.

When the motor-car, with its goggled
occupants, came round the corner, says
q writer in Punch, the horses promptly
stood on their hind legs.
"Shall l stop the engine?" the motor-
ist asked obligingly.
''Never mind that, SIR" said the driv-
er of the dancing horses But if you
gentlemen wouldn't mind just getting
out and 'iding behind the car for q
minute-the 'orses think it's a menag-
erie coming"
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
Worth Knowing.

That Allcock's Plasters are the highest
result of medical science and skill, and IN
ingredients and method have never been
eQualed.
That they are the original and genuine
porous plasters upon whose reputation
imitators trade.
That they never fail to perform their
remedial work quickly and effectually.
That for Weak Back, Rheumatism,
Colds, Lung Trouble, Strains and all Lo-
cal Pains they are Invaluable.
That when you buy Allcock's Plasters
you OBTAIN the best plasters made.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13

drill may be securely held 10 feed the
drill steel spring sixteen inches long
Is bolted to the top Of the main stand
ard and attached to the drill bolt by
slot In the spring. The small wheel at
tached to threaded bolt does the feed
ing. The piece upon which the pressure
is put while drilling is a 4 by NOR
tlsed into the main by III the form
tance can be procured according to the
size Of the iron intended to be drilled
A bolt passes through this piece from
underneath the by 4. By loosening
the bolt it can be moved. to any re-
quired distance
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
CARING for Turkeys.

The young turkeys suffer more than
do other fowls at this season of the
year if they are not looked after and
carefully fed. The supply of natures
food which so largely sustains them
during the summer and early fall be-
gins to dwindle and lessen with each
coming day. The young turkeys and
the old turkeys as we'll should be plen-
tifully provided with grain supply to
guarantee their continued growth with
out being stunted or retarded when
they should be growing every day
Country Gentleman.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
HOW'S ThiS7

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward FOR
any case Of Catarrh than cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J..
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and Mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
InsinuatinS.

Sweet Singer-The heavy tragedian
seems so gloomy to-day.
Comedian-Yes, it is his birthday.
Sweet Singer-His birthday? Why,
I should think he would be in the best
Of spirits.
Comedian-Hardly. One of his
friends sent him cake with frost over
the top and he is just about to start on
an eastern tour.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
More Information.

Mrs. Chugwater-Josiah, the doctor
says Mr.. McJones has euro-pneumonia.
What is pleuro-pneumonia
Mr.. Chugwater-You know what pneu-
monia is, don't you? Well, pleuro is the
same as plural. 1t means more than one.
Pleuro- pneumonia is what you have when
you've got it in both lungs. Why cant
you think these things out for yourself
once in while?
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
Trying to Make Amends.

Being unable to find a seat in the
crowded car, the portly dame had gone
into the smoking car and sat down near
the door.
The man sitting next to her. absorbed
in his newspaper, kept on smoking.
81 was foolish enough to suppose" she
said, glowering at him, that some of the
men in here, at least, were gentlemen"
Pardon me, madam" he answered, po-
litely offering her his cigar case.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
Golden Glow,

"She was long way from being
beautiful when l knew her"
"Well, she's beautif / now, all right" :"
"Some relative must have died and
left her a pot of money.''-HOuston
Post
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
QRtS for HOES.

Oats may be a portion Of a ration for
hogs, but they are much more satisfac
tory if theg are ground Mixed with
corn, oats and shorts, they add rHateri-
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13

ally to the value of any hog feed. They
should not constitute more than one
fourth Of the grain ration. A mixture
of oats and peas ground ans fed as a
sYiu is exceedingly Embellishments
can Agriculturist.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13

Children's shoes; Tor style, tit and wear
they excel other makes.
Il 1 Sould take you into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass. and show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit BETTER
wear longer, and are of greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live, you can obtain ". L
Douglas shoes. His name and price IS stamps4
on the bottom which protects you against hlg1
prices ard inferior shoes Take 10 -ubstA
tate. Ask your dealer for w. L. Douglas shoed
and insist upon having them.
fast Color Egeiets used: they WW not near brdssH
Write for illustrated Catalog OF Fall Styles. [
". L. DOUGLAS, DeDs, Ia BrocktGn, hsa&,
FARMS FOR RENT tR6p tSp sfLE RaI1.o,s o.
j. ULHALL, sioux CITY, 10 W 4.
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13

Mrs. Win&iow's eoczHue e1RUP tor Children
toshinE softons the gums, reduces Inflammation Al
ssys pain. cures wind collie cents q 0ostlA-
Valentine Democrat., 1906-12-13
The Country Has
No Superior

Coal, wood and water in abundance; churches
and schools convenient; markets easy of access;
perate zone. Law and order prevails everywhere
- tor advice and Information address the
Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa Canada,
or the authorized Canadian Government agent,
w. D. Scott, Superintendent of immigration
Ottawa, Canada, or E. 7. Holmes, 3I5 Jackson
ST., ST. Paul, MINI, and J. NJ. MacLachlan, Box
ment Agents.
Please say where you this advertisement.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
FRESH PROBLEM IN ABYssINIA.
Serious Illness of MeneliI Causes In
ternational Complication.

Rome. Dec. S.-The situation in
Abyssinla, due to the serious illness
OF King Menelik and the disturbances
which are likely to occur in the strug-
gle for the succession, has rendered
more difficult the acceptance and en-
forcement of the Anglo Franco Ital-
ian convention concluded with Abyss
sinia in London last summed, the rat
ification of which Menelik has con-
tinually postponed. The main claus
es of the treaty guarahteeVthe integ-
rity of the Abyssinian empire, the
open door and commercial equality
for all countries and provides for the
construction by the French of the
railway connecting Adis-Abeba, tho
capital of Abyssinia, with the coast.
Great Britain and Italy naming rep
resentatlves on the railway director
ate.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
TOOK A shot
AT MAN WHO WAS PROWLING
AROUND HER HOUSE.
Mrs. Lulu Gaskey Says She Will XIII
L Him II lie Persists In His
Conduct.

People living in the neighborhood
OF the city hall were startled ,Satur-
day night by the report OF a pistol
shot, and investigation revealed the
fact that the pistol was used In the
hand of Mrs. Lulu Gaskey, of 212
South Fourth street. who fired at a
prowler. ~
The prowler was a former boarder
with whom Mrs. Gaskey has had
trouble. and she said he had often
been seen on her premises. 'She con-
tinued:
THE man took the mat OF my
door step and ran away. He was seen
to do that, and then he came around
to the side OF the house and peeped
In the window. Next he was observ-
ed to go out back way and try to
open the back gate. then got my
pistol and fired at him.
at makes ME nervous to have
man prowling about the premises
that way. have often intended get
ting out q warrant. but | have ne
elected TO do so. fired to kill and
mean to kill the man IL he comes
around again"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
TAKES REBATE; is FINED $1,000
Kansas City Broker Admits Accept
ing Favor From Railroad.

Kansas CITY, Dec. a. Henry s.
Hartley, senior member of the grain
brokerage firm of II. S. Hartley G.
Co., pleaded guilty in the United
States District court today to the
charge of receiving rebates from the
st. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
company. Judge ]. f. Garland assess
ed the minimum penalty, a fine of
$1,000 and granted Hartley until
Wednesday next to pay 1t. Hartley
was indicted on Nov. 10 last. 1t was
shown. that he shipped 500 sacks of
cotton seed meal from points in In
dian Territory, the ostensible desti-
nation being Carrollton, Mo. BY d.
verting the shipment at Kansas City
he secured a rate of cents a hun
dred pounds less than should have
been paid.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-12-03
GIRL FAGIN.
Organizes Band Of Juvenile Thieves
In Baltimore.

Baltimore. Md. Dec. g. Locked
up in the Central police station is
Ida Erman 22 years old, tall. slen-
der, with red hair. In appearance she
Is a working girl. but Captain Pun
phrey and Detectives Hogan and
Mammersla of headquarters, say
that the girl is verltable female
"Fagin." and that for two months
she has taught, organized and direct
ed the operations of a band OF child
thieves. who have been lierally raid
ing the large department stores on
Lexington street. The arrest OF the
alleged female "Fagin" was brought
about by the recent capture of three
little girls who wire suspected of
stealing in the department stores.
and who admitted their thefts to
Captain Humphrey and Detectives
Hogan and Hammersla.