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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-07-05
FORT MILL. S. c., THURSDAY JULY s 1906

ent with the fact that he was elect
ed by the people of Richland county
on prohibition platform. He saws
that after the introduction of the
dlspensary law, he came to believe in
1t, because he thought it great i'm
provement over the old barroom sys-
tenn. He believes that everybody in
Columbia has forgotten the fact that
Mr.. A. c. Jones ever lived in Colum-
bia. He feels that if a man were not
allowed to change his opinions that
his friend Bleasc could never get to
heaven.
Messrs. Ragan, Morrison and Nc
Gown spoke as candidates for secre
tary Of State. Mr.. McCown is run
ming on strictly business platform.
OF the candidates for attorney GEN
ernl-Messrs: Lyon, Ragsdale and
Youmans-Only Mr.. Lyon. was pres
ent. He was glad to speak in a
county of a clean dispensary record.
He is no straddler but is unalterably
opposed TO the State dispensary. He
is afraid that the State will have TO
levy special tax to pay the 100000
VI CLAIMS now neld up.
Charges of Graft.
lie says that the county dispensary
OF Athens Georgia has not been free
from charges of graft. Mr.. f.von is
Ill favor of local self-government. He
says j. w. Kelly & Co., Of Chatta-
nooga sold liquor TO the dispensary
Mt 500 per gallon, and sold the same
brand i'll the city of Chattanooga at
SLID per gallcn. He was given very
careful attention. He has investigat-
ed every man against whom there has
been all honest suspicion. (Applause.)
Messrs. Jones and Walker spoke
as candidates for comptroller general
For adjutant and inspector general.
Col. Boyd and Haskell addressed the
crowd. Col. Haskell said Aiken ought
to have military company and he
would work to that end if elected.
At Lexington.
Lexington. Special.-Thhe cam
paign meeting Saturday varied from
the others this week in that there was
some little excitement in it. and it
savored somewhat Of the older days,
when there was bitter antagonisms
and attacks of personal nature. Mr..
D. w. Raesdale made an acrid person
al attack on Mr.. J. Fraser Lyon, to
which Mr.. Lyon had but little oppor-
tunity of replying, such were the cir
cumstances.
Mr. Jones made a speech of merit,
and Mr.. McMahan advanced a new
and ingenious idea that the State of
South Carolina enter into the bust
ness of manufacturing light wines in
stead of selling liquors.
The meeting was held at Lexington
and was quite well attended. In the
court house at times. there was a
crowd of about 800 people but at 9TH
er times the number dwindled to
about 10.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-07-05
State Teachers Association.

The State Teachers Association
will meet at Winthrop College on the
night of July 4Ih The address of
the president. Prof. \. G.. Rembert
of Wofford College. and the address
by President Scherer of Newberry
College will be the features of the
first night 5 exercises. For the re-
mainder of the meeting, the follow
ing Is the programme
Second Session, July 5, 4:30 P. M.
Topic-The Lesson:
(a) Length Of Lessons: Claude
Legge. Charleston; Miss Annabcl
Johnson. Columbia.
OBJ. The Teachers Preparation /:
Miss Alice Selby, Columbia; Supt. w.
FL. McNairy, Marion; Miss Mary T.
Nance, Abbeville.
(c). Review: Prof. Patterson
Wardlaw, University OF South Caro-
lima; Supt. ID. ID. Lewis. Timmons-
Vile.
(e). General Discussion of the Top
lc: (lntroductory talks will be lin
itted to five minutes).
Third Session, July 5, $3.50 P. M.
Topic-The High School.
ta). Needed Legislation: Supt. w.
III. Hand. Chester.
(b). Organization Prof. p. p. Clax-
ton, University Tennessee.
(c). General Discussion Of the
Topic.
Fourth Session, July 6, 10 A. M.
Business Session.
(a). Report of committee ON reor-
ganiZation.
(b). Report of special committees.
Departmental Session, July 6. 4:3o
P. M
/. Woman's Association for the
improvement of Rural Schools.
:. College Department. programme
to be announced
3. Department for primary teach
crs.
$50 p. m.-Reception and Social
session.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-07-05
A Horse Thief at 9?

Clarksburg. Special-Eliiah Hull.
9-year-old boy is charged here with
stealing two horses hitched to bug
gy' and driving them to a gypsy camp
TWO miles from town. where he tried
TO trade a gray horse for a black one.
so as to have matched team. but
failed. The boy was lodged in jail.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-07-05
Forest Fire Rage.

ElPaso, Texas, Spccial.-Forest
fires burning in the lumber tracts
near Magdalena. Sonora, and the town
of Magdalena. is threatened. 1t is re-
peorted that several mining camps
have been destroyed. The region is
thickly populated with American
miners.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-07-05
Union B. & l.. Association.

Union, Special.-At n meeting of
the directors of the Union Building
and Loan Association j. d. Arthur.
was elected treasurer to. succeed w.
W. Hughes. the defauliing treasurer.
and dates for stockholders Of The va
IlouS series to meet were set.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1906-07-05
Covar's Condition.

1t is understood that Mr.. Covar has
been suffering intensely from his
wounds, and it is said that his right
arm Is paralyzed. He has not been
resting well at all. The doctors do
not consider his injuries as necessa-
rilV dangerous
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
jim PAT FLEMING
A PECULIAR man

The famous Jim Pat Fleming
from down-the-river, Wls arrested
at two O'Clock this afternoon by Of
ficers joyce and Lewis for drunk
enness. Jim Pat, as he is familiar
ly called, is one of the most unique
figures in West Virginia police
court circles. He was never known
to commit d worse offensc against
the peace and dignity Of the COM
monwealth than that Of drunken
ness. but he does enough Of that.
He rarely visits town or city
where hooze is sold that he does not
get full.
. Then he does the thing Of least
resistance, that Of lying down and
he is not particular as ,to.wbere he
lies either. HissaFrest and incar.
ceration almost inevitably follow.
Very seldom does he have any
money with whiehStoApay fine. still
he Is good worker.
In the towns where he is best
known, such as Fairmont. he is in.
yariably released upon his own
promise to pay and this he always
docs. IT may be weeks but he win
come back with the amount and
usually as soon as the obligation j.
discharged he goes and gets drunk
again if he has any money remain.
ing, He was never known TO vio.
late an obligation Of this sort. When
sober he is very neighborlv and
when meeting anyone is sure to gree
his with either, How're. stranger
or How're, Captain" He viii bC
tried in the morning.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
POSTOfFIGE ROBBED.

poStotfice at RonlneY W. Va, was
robbed early Monday morning. The
safe was blown open and wrecked.
The spostofiice room was shattered
They secured $500 in stamps, .
number of registered letters and
$3.50 in cash. The door of the safe
was blown from its hinges. The
postofice is in a building BY itself
and although the explosion wa;
heard some distance away, no one
suspected what had occurred until
the report spread that the postofict
had been robbed. The safe was al.
most torn to pieces. The burglars
broke in through rear window and
let themselves out through the door
There is no clue. Mrs. Alice Kel.
Ter is postmaster at Romney.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
THE TEACHERS
EXAMINATIONS

y
The teachers Of Harrison count,
will be called upon in few days t.
pass an examination. Under the
istrictest Of regulations. 1t may in,
terest them to be able to contrasi
these with some examinations when
it was pleasure and not a task tc
pass examination. / give some
notes of an examination passed BY
me May 10, 1861.
OrthograPhg required to pro
nonnce one column of Geographical
names in Webster's Unabridged Die.
tinary,
Reading was begun and complet-
sed by reading section 80 of the
School Law. THAT got me).
Arithmetic,
1st, From SO 1-2 subtract IS 81.
I'd, Add 1-2, 1-3, 3-5, 1-s.
Sd, If two yards of calico cost 25
cents, now much can / get for $500.
4th. What is the interest Of
$20o.00 for 2 years 5 months and
II days at 9 per cent. per annum? /?
Grammar;
LIST, What are the four general
divisions of grammar?
2nd, How many classes of Nouns /?
Srd, Hoy many divisions of the
Verb
4th Define each of the general
divisions Of Grammar.
18th, What belong to Verbs?
9th, What is a simple sentence?
7th, What is a compound sent
ence?
Parse,
sThe ground is all covered with
Remember the Sabbath Day to
keep it holy"
q am Monarch of all l survey"
Geography:
l, What is the shape of the
Earth?
2, Give some reasons for its shape.
3, How many Zones are there?
5, In which Zone do we live?
6, Name the largest river in the
world.
I, The largest river in the United
States?
8, Name its principal tributaries
] succeeded in obtaining a No. j
certificate.
The former methods of examina-
tion were quite different from the
present. The exigency of the pres
ent demands more formal and sys-
tematic methods. But after all
whether better results are obtained
is doubtful. In the examination
above named / went to the home of
the county superintendent. He
stopped planting corn and went to
the house and we talked face to face.
He was man of wide experience,
genial disposition and intelligent.
He gave me an excellent dinner and
the memory of the few hours spent
in his hospitable home form a green
spot in my memory.
JAMES N. DAVID.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22

ARE CLOSED
lBy Associated Press. J


DAYTON, o., May 22-Tues-
day afternoon marked the close OF
the ninety-second anniversary cele-
bration of the American Baptist
Missionary Union, and also the ten
days celebration of the anniversar-
les of several other Baptist societies.
These officers were. elected Tues
day morning:
President, DR.. w. W. Green, of
Philadelphia.
Vice presidents, DIR. W. s. Good
ward, Of Washington. D. c., and DR..
|. w. Carpenter, of Nebraska,
Recording Secretary. W. d.
Chamberlain, of Ohio.
Secretary, Fl. C. Mabie, BostoS.
Treasurer, c. W. Perkins, Boston.
\ resolution to begin at once a
larger endowment was heartily fav-
ored and twenty-one ministers were
named to work in twenty-one states
to this end. The endowment fund.
started two years ago, now reaches
over 100000.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
AGED FIDDLER
HOLDS RECITAL

Irwin Jackson, the old-time vio-
linist with good war record, gave
a largely attended violin recital on
Monday afternoon at the Thompson
music store, which proved feature
of circus day. Fiddler Jackson
used to play for the farmers at the
renowned meetings of the West yir-
ginia Central Mechanical & Agri-
cultural Society years ago, before
the midway came into fashion, and
a bunch of countrymen, all his ad-
mirers, recognized him as soon as
they spied him on the street. They
made one grand rush toward him
and carried him on their shoulders
into the music store, which in a
iiffy became stiflingly crowded, but
did not deter the seyentY-year.old
fiddler from manipulating the violin
in a manner that pleased all Among
the pieces executed were Pop Goes,
the Weasel, Turkey in the Straw,
Money Musk, Fishers Horn Pipe,
Devils Dream, Rocky Road to Dub
lin, and Maryland, Ny Maryland.
Mr.. Jackson climaxed on Dixie.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
COUPLE
ARE RECEIVED

A7large reception was given at the
Nee Hotel in McKeesport, Pa on
Thursday evening in honor Of Mr.
Clay Ogden and his bride, who was
formerly Miss Mayme Pritchard, Of
Parkersburg. The wedding o.
these two young people was solemn
ized on Wednesday evening and the
reception given BY friends of the
groom on Thursday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ogden will be at home at the Ne
Hotel. The following account of
the wedding was taken from the
Sunday Pittsburg Gazette:
"The marriage of Miss Mary
Seoyille Pritchard, Of Parkersburg.
W. Va, to Mr. Fl. Clay Ogden, of
McKeesport, Pa, formerly Of
Clarksburg, W. Va, took place at
s O'Clock Wednesday evening in the
First Presbyterian church, Ale
gheny, the pastor, the Rev. DIR. d.
S. Kennedy officiating. The only
attendants were Miss Alice Beisser,
of ParkerSburg, and Mr.. William
Dalton, OF Pittsburg.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
CLAY ROSS
RESCUED
BY OFFICER

Clay Ross, aged 1s years, son of
Henry c. Ross, of Bridgeport, is
the object of the humanitarian at
tention of B. B. Stout, humane of
ficers He is now at the home Of
John Webb near Bridgeport, where
he viii remain until Mr.. Stout can
find him home.
About three months, ago the boy
was tied,up by his father 50 that he
could neither stand nor sit. This
was a mode Of punishment inflicted
by the father for something the boy
had done which did not meet the
approval of the father.
Mr.. Stout was notified about that
time by R. II. Brown, of Morgan
town, field agent for the West Vir-
ginia Humane Society, of the in
cident, and Mr.. Stout began an in
yestigation. About that time the
boy escaped from home and went to
place near Grafton. Mr.. Stout
traced him by telephone and went
there after him, but upon his ar
rival learned he had gone to his
grandfather's in Barbour county.
Mr.. Stout wrote to them and re-
ceiyed a reply. There was an cx-
Schange of letters in which the boys
aunt stated they could not care for
the boy. The lad suddenly went
back to Bridgeport and Mr.. Stout
was notified. He proceeded to
Bridgeport Saturday and went into
Fitzhugh's store ana found the boy
there. AT first he denied that his
father had tied him up or that he
had stolen and secreted wire
stretcher Mr.. Fitzhugh had borrow
Cd from the boys father, but Mr..
Stout finally succeeded in getting
him to make full confession, and
then Mr.. Stout temporarily placed
him in the home of Mr.. Webb.
Monday afternoon Mr.. Stout con-
ferred with the boys father in
Clarksburg, and got the lattcr's CON
sent to send him the boys clothes,
which he did Tuesday morning.
The boy had been deprived some
time of change of clothing and
was in very filthy condition, when
Mr.. Stout found him. The humane
officer prcsided him with shirt and
some other wearing apparel, and
Tuesday delivered the dlothes to
him sent from his fathers home.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
WANTED TO BUY
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

Charleston, W. VA, Nav 22-
There has been good deal of scan
dal among public school teachers
throughout the State for the past
three years. diving to a number Of
discovered attempts by teachers to
beat the state examiners by procur-
ing advance copies of examination
questions. This week a new chap
ter was written in the record, when
a man, who gave his name as ]. C.
Webb. of Dmlow. approached ]. L.
Hciser. printing clerk at the Capi-
tol, and offered him 500 for copy
Of the questions to be asked this
year. Heiser informed State
Superintendent Miller OF the &C
eurrence, but Webb escaped before
he could be arrested.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
SIGNALS REQUIRED
ON MAIL BOXES

On and after July /, 1906, pat
rons of the rural delivery service
will be required to display signals
on their boxes when they leave mail
in them for carriers to collect, as.
after that date, carriers, when serv-
ing their routes, will not be required
to open and examine any mail boxes
except those to which they have mail
to deliver and those on which sig
nails are displayed to indicate there
is mail for carriers TO collect.
Those patrons whose boxes are
not provided with signals must at
tach thereto some device, which,
when displayed, will plainly show
passing carriers there is mail to be
collected, 1t is not necessary that
such device shall be either compli-
Gated or costly; very simple ar
rangement viii answer the purpose.
Carriers must lower the signals
on boxes after making collections,
provided no mail is left therein;
and must display the signals when
they deposit mail for patrons, un-
less the patrons have made request
to the contrary.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22

CAUSES A
PANIC
(By Associated Press.

.
NEW YORK, May 22Twenfy
men in the New York Glucose
Company's plant at Shadyside, were
more or less injured by the explos-
ion Of a big steam pipe today. The
roof was blown off and FIRE fol-
lowed. There were many narrow
escapes from death.
1t is believed the explosion was
caused by defect in one of the
steam boilers.
A four-story brick building, one
hundred by two hundred feet was
completely wrecked and out build
ings torn. to pieces.
There were five hundred men in
the building at the time and wives
and children OF those who live in
the neighborhood were thrown into
a panic.
The body of Patrick Lynch, driv-
er for the General Chemical Com
pany, was among the first found.
Another body recovered was that
of John Russell, an employe of the
glucose company:
It is feared the many injured can
not recover
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
MOTHER
ILL TREATS
A BABY

Humane Officer B. B. Stout il
looking after peculiar case Of de-
pravity in the East End Of the city
this afternoon.
For the past two months a woman
with a two-year-old girl has been
roaming over Pinnickinnick and
submitting the child to hardships.
The child Is said to be hers but She
gives it no maternal affection. In
stead she leaves it in clunips of
bushes and brisr patches for hours,
with no protection against the ele-
ments.
Mr.. Stout's attention was directed
to the matter some time ago, but he
never was able to get hold Of the
child.
A successful capture Of the child.
was at last made by a family resid-
ing near Pinnickinnick and It Is
being kept at the home Of this fam
lily until Mr. Stout can dispose Of
the case.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
SUNDAY SELLING
CASE POSTPONED

After the Monday morning ses-
sion of police court wherein evi-
dence was given by a foreigner rela-
tive to having bottled beer in his
possession on the Sabbath, war.
rant was issued for the arrest OF
Thomas Spillman, proprietor of the
Arlington hotel in Glen Elk. The
trial was set for this morning and
Mr.. Spillman and his attorney, Ed
Law. appeared. On account of the
absence of several witnesses the
case was postponed until Wednes-
day morning, Unless other wit
nesses have been secured there is
very slight chance of a conviction
as the testimony Of the foreigner
was not at all damaging. However
woman living nearby had com.
planned to the police about the place
and she may know something that
win justify the mayor in imposing
a fine.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
SLAPPED
WOMAN
ON STREET

a rather curious incident took
place at 2 80 o'clock Tuesday after
noon at the intersection of Third
street and Traders alley, in which
there was an assault by a large col
ored man on an ordinary-sized coll
.ored woman.
The incident transpired so quick
" that but little can be learSsd
about what led up to it. The man
was Robert Cavala, driver for Hart
Brothers. machinists, and the
woman goes by the name of Verda.
Cavala was driving two-horse
team leasurely in Third street to-
ward Main, when suddenly he Jump
ed off, ran up to the woman on the
pavement, who was walking along
with Lewis Horton, colored, and
slapped her. In turning to ward
off the blow she fell, probably trip
ping herself and he stepped over her
and returned to his wagon and
started ahead. She jumped up,
looked around and then began to
cry, also to tongue lash him without
regard for the KIND of laag gsiage; in.
whiclrshe heaped several oaths upon
him and applied some vile epi-
thets.
When he got to the north end of
the Merchants bank building, he
stopped his team, went into the al
ley and returned with.a small board.
After driving his team around the
corner he returned to the point of
the assault but failed to find the
woman, who had turned and gone
down on Pike street.
A short war of words took place
between him and Horton as to what
happened before the assault. Cavala
claimed she cursed him before he
jumped off the wagon, while Hor-
tton stated the cursing was not done
until after he had slapped the
woman.
The parties to the affray appear
to know one another very well and
it is likely there is something at the
bottom of the trouble, which has
not yet been revealed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
CIRCUS NIGHT
WAS GOOD ONE

The night Performance of Fore
paugh-Sells Brothers circus was
largely attended the large tent be-
ing packed, Fully six thousand
persons witns ed the performance.
The program Mas about. the same
as that given at the afternoon per-
forlnance, except that it was Short
ened some IN order to get away to.
Uniont6wny Pas where the next
performance was TO take place.
All agreed thatit was a clean cir
Gus, in fact, there were no objec-
tionable features whatever with the
big circus orthe side shows, and
but few hangefson; whose depreda-
tions were so few, if any, they were
not worth reporting or taking the
time of the officers.
The, crowds were the most order.
ly ever attending a circus in Clarks-
burg and the day and night passed
without exciting, or unusual inci-.
dent.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
Ed CONNEL
PURCHASES SALOON

The B. & o. cafe in Glen Elk,
which was ordered sold by the courts
was disposed of Monday afternoon
at 3 o'clock at public sale: The
bidding was limited to two men and
was not at all spirited. Edward
Connell bought it for a considera-
ton of $3.50. Mr.. ConneH is one
of the very popular young saloon
men of the city and has knowledge
Of the business that will insure his
success. Besides he is possessed Of
a pleaing personality. BE takes
charge at once.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
CASINO TO OPEN
WITH BIG DANCE

Wells orchestra viii open the
dancing season at the casino at the
park next Wednesday night with a
big dance. Good street car service
and fine music are guaranteed.
There will not be any Objectionable
characters on the grounds or in the
casino as arrangements have been
made not to allow them there. The
floor is in fine shape and everything
has been done to make the evening
pleasant one.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
COUPLE welded
CIRCUS EVENING

At eight o'clock on Monday eyen-
ing at the home Of Mrs. Stenart on
Chestnut street, Mr.! w. J. HARRISON
and Miss Drusa Norman were mar
ried bY Rev II. s. Ramgardner
Mr.. HARRISON IS an influential and
well known young man from Lynch-
burg. The bride is daughter of
Seymour Norman, Of Jaryisyille
After a few days Of travel they vii
reside IN their cozy home at I.sncll-
burg
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
GEO. STURGIsS
IS A CANDIDATE

Morgantown. W. Va. May 22-
Hon. George G. sturgiss, president
Of the State Board Of Trade, and
one of the big tax reformers, has
announced himself as a candidate
for congress in the Second district.
His only opponent is N. G. karin,
of Elkins. Mr.. Sturgiss in a state
ment says he is confident of win
ming.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
SCHOOL TEACHERS
TO Be EXAMINED

The first state uniform examina-
'tion 70 rteachers will take place in
the Central school building here
Thursday and Friday Of the pres
ent week. The examination viii
begin at Z o'clock sharp Thursday
morning and be. conducted by
County Superintendent /. ,Wayman
Ogden and the other members Of
the board.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-05-22
VERY AGED MAN
RECEIVERS FROM ILLNESS

Mr.. Cornelius Davis, of Salem.
was discharged from the Kessler
hospital Monday, having fully recov-
cred from an attack Of pneumonia
fever. The remarkable feature Of
the case is that Mr.. Davis is more
that sixty-fye years Of age.