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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
A MONSTER RAT.
Weighs Most Three Hundred Pounds
And Has Huge Lip.

The newest specimen at the Bronx
park ZOO" New York. is a capybara.
Imagine a rat Weighing 280 pounds,
with a huge head, an upper lip a
foot long. and one has an idea of the
beast. He is the largest of the re-
cent tribe and has harsh. coarse hair
more like bristles. than fur.
The hair is mixed black and yellow
and of dingy appearance. In his ma
tive haunts the capybara has huge
fat stomach, which almost drags on
the ground. He is a water-loving an
imal and can dive and stay under for
eight to ten minutes at a time.
The jaguar Of South America preys
upon the capybara and the Indians
kill him for his flesh, which, when
smoked. is said to be as delicious as
Watkins brand Kentucky ham, al
though IL has a certain musky flavor
The capybara makes a sound, II
alarmed. somewhat between a dogs
bark and q pigs grunt. He was once
called the observation-disclosures, or wa
ter hog, and lives on a vegetable
diet
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
A Mashcr Fined Forty Dollars for
Annoying Ladies'.

The State says one OF the most out
Of the ordinary cases that has come
up before the court in good long
while was that Of white man who
gave his name as w. II. Bishop, and
is a stranger in Columbia.
Monday Bishop got about naii
drunk and began making eyes at
young ladies on the streets. Police
man Ford soon got on to his game
and i'm watching him while noticed
that the chap was following two Ia
dies, who. finally being worried and
frightened by the persistent atten-
tions of Bishop, ran to avoid him.
The man was locked and Thursday
did not deny the charge against him
He said he was drunk and II he was
discourteous to anyone he khe"
nothing of 1t. His fine was S4O. he
paid up and left.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
SHOULD BE STOPPED
The Letter Chain Exposed by the
National Government.
Which Is Doing All It Can to Put a
Stop to the Nuisance but It's a
Hard Job.

Hard job.
For some weeks people in this sec
tlon have been receiving chain let
ters from friends in other sections
with the request that they write nine.
one each day, similar to the one re-
celved Some people did as request
ed and others did not. 1t has come
to light. that the scheme was a stu
pendous fraud, and Bishop Lawrence
whose attention was called to the
matter, denied that he had ever die
tated such n document The scheme
has grown to such enormous proper
tions throughout the country until
the postal authorities were obliged TO
take hand in the matter The let
ter is as follows:
Dear Friend and Christian: Below
is prayer chain just as it was sent
to me, so | send ii out to others, for
do not want it broken in my hands.
God bless you and others to keep it
going:
20. Lord Jesus. we implore thee.
o Eternal God. to have mercy on all
mankind; keep us from all sin, and
take us to live with thee eternally
Amen
Thisprayer was dictated by Bish-
op Lawrence. He commands it to be
written and sent to nine other per-
sons He who will not do it will be
afflicted by some misfortuneand per-
sons who pay no attention to il will
meet with a terrible accident He
who will write this prayer for nine
days and send ii to nine others. com
mencing the day you receive this,
(only one each day.. will after nine
days experience some great joy. At
To- IN
he who would write this prayer
would be delivered from every cal
amity. Please do not let this drop in
your hands. ] have written this just
as | received it. Now, please send il
to others. Sincerely.
"CHRISTIAN''
Through fear of being overtaken
by some dire calamity, as predicted
in the letter, the recipients have in
variably set down and complied with
the instructions to write each day
for nine days. 1t was not supersti-
ton that promoted them-of course
not, but the men and women receiv-
ing the prayer have believed that
they would feel more comfortable
after complying with the obligation
so solemnly imposed and the neglect
of which was severely penaliZed. AS
a consequence. millions of prayers
have been written and sent through
! the malls in the form of letters on
postal cards.
To show the extent to which chain
letters might expand If the chain
was unbroken for even the tenth
power It may be stated that the tot
al number OF letters would reach
$500, 700, as may be seen from
| the following table:
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
BEGAN RIGHT.
"Let Us Pray" Says Man just Before
Marriage.

Just as Justice Stoble started to
join Robert G. Jackson, the ten
dollar-a-week bachelor" and Mrs.
Belle Williams in wedlock at st.
Louis, lats week Jackson halted him
Let us pray" he said. Then he
dropped on his knees and fervidiy
besought heaven to shower the bless
ings of happiness and a numerous
progency. In this pious wish the
bride-to-be heartily joined.
Some weeks ago Jackson asked a
Judge IL a man should get married
on a salary Of $40 a week. The JUS
tice replied In the Affirmative, pub
lished Jackson's letter, and the lab
orer received marriage proposals
from eighteen women. including the
bride.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
WIVES GALORE.
A Man Arrested in PHILADELPHIA
Said to Have One
HUNDRED AND FIFTY.

Alleged Daughter Is Accused of Run.
ming Matrimonial Bureau for His
Benefit. Disguised to Please All.
Philadelphia Detective Says He
Has Found Biggest Bigamy Swim
die in History.
After the arrest in Philadelphia on
Thursday of James Marshall, a pic
turesque looking Westerner, and
Miss Teenie Marshall, or Miss Edith
Ross. his alleged daughter. the first
on charge of desertion and the Sc
cond On charge of false pretence,"
the police of that city unfolded what
they claim is the boldest and most
multiple conspiracy of bigamy and
robbery in history.
Edward Bryant, of the Bryant De-
tective agency, which uncovered the
Mrs. Edith Ross Bureau" asserts
that Marshall has at least one hun
dred and fifty wives, and probably
twice that many. He claims to have
evidence that in one month the man
married as many as six women.
The plan according to the police,
was for Miss Marshall to introduce
Marshall to the dupes as a rich and
gentle suitor. He would appear in a
variety of disguises. The marriage
would be quickly effected. Marshall
would get all the valuables he could
from the bride and would desert her.
His wives, 1t is said, are scattered
across the continent
The proceedings were brought by
Mrs. Marjorie Friel, of No. 1926
Summer street, who applied at the
Ross bureau for a husband and got
Marshall. She had saved some mon
ey from her wages and Marshall tried
10 get 1t. Then he deserted her.
In the kitchen of the house occu-
pied by Marshall was found a lot of
charred paper. indicating that alot
OF letters and stationary had been
destroyed. Upstairs, in the sleeping
room in the second floor, were found
about 5000 letters from women all
over the country in answer to adver-
usements inserted in various papers
by the Mrs. Edith Ross Society the
name of the matrimonial bureau op-
Grated by the Marshalls.
There were also found many bot
les of hair dye of all shades, tending
to bear out the detectives assertion
that Marshall made up" to repre-
sent different types to please the
varying tastes of the "society's" fea-
male clients. A bottle of laudanum
was another find. All the articles
were kept by the detectives.
At the hearing Friday Marshall
who is 81 years old, wore a towering
and flaring sombrero. The postal au-
thorities are interested in the case,
as 1t is charged that Marshall used
the United States mails in his scheme
to lure women into his clutches Pos
tai inspector Frank O'Brien is inves-
tigating the case on behalf of the
Federal authorities.
Both prisoners were held in $1,000
bail. .he police say the woman is
not Marshall's daughter.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
TWENTY MEN BURNED.
The Flames Spread Rapidly in a
Hotel Building.

Twenty men were burned to death
and twenty others seriously hurt in
fire which destroyed the Italian
Iotel in the Potrero district of San
francisco on Thursday.
The injured were of the laborinf
lass and were asleep In their room
yhen the fire started. Before the
.ould be aroused the flames hat
pread through the building.
The stairs fell and the inmate:
we're buried in the ruins, twenty be
ing taken out. The O..er twenty OF
The injured the flremen rescued. All
it is believed, are taken from the de
'bris. The injured were rushed tc
the hospital where several died while
awaiting treatment.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
QUEER D0INGS.
The Peculiar capers of Glassware
In a Darlington House.

The NeighbOrhood Is Mystel fed Over
The Unexplained Antics OF Various
Articles Of Furniture.
Very mysterious things are hap
pening at farm house in the Coun-
ty Of Darlington If the story publish
ed below. which is taken form the
Darlington Press 10 true. The Press
says:
w. ]. odom, who lives in the
narly's Crossroad section, claims
that at the residence OF his SON, VIII
lie Odom. q curious freak occurred
from to 1 o'clock Monday night,
and from 9 O'Clock Tuesday morning.
Looking glasses, water buckets.
fruit Jars. etc., danced and pranced
about In manner as If possessed
with life. A water bucket half filed
with water jumped from its shelf in
the room and empted it's contents.
1T was picked up and replaced.
when 1t jumped again. A bottle of
white pine cough syrup leaped from
the table q distance Of ten or twelve
feet and struck the chimney and
broke; glass ware. fruit Jars and
bottles and demtjohns cut peculiar
antics. fell about in profusion and
were broken; one empty jar fell to
pieces without moving from its place
The people inethe house carried
the bottles. one containing turpen-
tine, out OF doors, and these vials re-
turned mysteriously to the room and
fell upon the floor. A mirrow about
eighteen inches long. sitting on the
table. bounded from the table about
eleven feet to the middle of the floor
and was smashed to smithereens. Mr.
Odom Is dumfounded over the phe-
nomena.
"A number Of the people in the
neighborhood collected and are all
mysterfed. The whole community
became interested and some thirty
five or forty people gathered at the
house. Mr.. Odom is reliable and is
not superstitious. He called at the
Press Office yesterday. J. M. Gray of
this city. was at the place Tuesday
evening and Witnessed the broken
pieces Of glass. etc."
In a foot note the Editor of the
Press says we give the above as told
us by Mr.. Odom. who seeks an ex-
PLANTATION as we'll as advice as to
what should be done. If this mys-
terious thing happened some place
we would attribute 1t to an over
dose of booze, but as Darlington is
dry county, there must be some
other cause for -themysterious phe-
nomena.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
BRIDE AND GROOM PERISH.
Newly Welded Couple Burn to Death
In q Hotel.

DR.. and Mrs. Lloyd Care. were
burned to death when the River View
Hotel at Sutton, w. Va, was destroy
ed by fire on Tuesday, causing a
monetary loss of $4,000. DR.. and
Mrs. Care were married Wednesday
in Moundsville. w. Va, and we're en-
route to the home Of the groom's
mother, Mrs. Mary Care. where q
wedding supper awaited their coming
Mrs. Care was Miss Elizabeth VIM
grove OF Moundsville. DIR. Care wac
% years old and had just finished his
medical education.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
FATAL FIRE.
A Mother and Five Children Burn
ed to Death.

At Passiac, n. j., on Wednesday
of last week a mother and five of her
children were burned to death in a
tenement fire. The children ranged
in age from seven months to seven
years.
Many women and children were
taken down ladders by the firemen.
but the members of the Satupo fam
lily. which occupied rooms on the Bird
floor are supposed to have been suf-
focated by smoke before they could
escape from their rooms.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
INDIAN SWINDLER.
Made Ten Ears From the Skin of a
Wolfe.

1t took an ingenious Indian to
dupe the Treasury department of
Clark county, Wis, and swindle It
out of a cool 500 with an ease that
would have put even Cassie Chad
wick lii the shade. The Indian re-
ceived the 800 for five pairs of
wolves ears, for which a bounty is
paid. After he had gone the clerk
examined the ears more closely and
found that they were made Of paste
board covered with pieces of wolf
skin cut in the shape of ears. The
Indian was arrested.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
COST TOO MUCH.
An Expensive Way to Get Rid of
Rats.

In large warehouse in Liver
pool boy named Edward Scott was
employed to run errands. There were
many rats about the place and he was
told that if he could eaten one and
singe its tail all the others would
leave. A trap was set and rat was
caught. but while singeing its tail ac-
cording to directions the lighted pap
or blew into pile of straw and start
ed a conhagation that burned four
big buildings and inflicted a loss of
half a million dollars.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
MARRIED BLIND GIRL.
That Is What an Ex-GOv. of Rhode
Island Did.

Ex-Governor l.. F.. C. Garvin, re-
former and woman suffragists, was
very quietly married last week to
his blind finance, Miss Sarah E. Tom
lihson. In the Baptist Church parson-
age in the village of Lonsdale. X. /.
His three daughters and the brides
two sisters we're present. There were
no bridesmaid, matron of honor, nor
groomsman. The bride filed her
marriage intentions last week, but
friends of the couple did not know
the ceremony would be performed
so soon.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
MANY LIVES LOST

And Thousands Made Homeless by
Destructive earthquake.
A severe earthquake accompanied
Inv loss of life has occurred at Bitlis.
Turkish Armenia, appears 10 be con-
ermed but the number of deaths is
,,Lnown According to advices re-
ceived in New York irom W. w. resi-
.roasurer NJ the American mission at
Co,stantinon,e the Americans and
thoir neoIe in the missions at Bitlis
have been. rendered homeless. the
snow in the vicinity being 20 Feet
deep. Assistance vas urgently re-
uueSted.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
BAREHEADED AT CHURCH.
That Is The Way Greenville
Preacher Wants IL.

At the first Baptist church of
Greenville on Sunday. Rev. DIR. q. T.
Cody announced as an especial re-
quest that beginning with next Sun
day nights service. ladies would here
after leave their hats at home. This
only applies to night services. The
matter has caused good deal OF dis
cussion, but II Is believed the request
viii be generally compiled with.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
SIS WIFE A WONDER.
She Remembered the Wad of Money
Hidden i'm The Stove.

Almost too good to be true was the
good fortune of Silas III. Rayburn, of
Rising Sun. Ia, who recently sold
lot of cattle for several thousand
dollars. Rayburn has always been
suspicious of banks and bankers and
would have none of them. So he put
his money in an old stove used by
his wife on wash days. The other
day his wife went to build fire in
the stove but she first removed the
money
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
CAN'T HURT US.
The SOuth's Crops Put Her On Easy
Street.

The Birmingham News says the
corn crop Of the Southern States for
1906 was worth $5OO.OOO,OOO The
value of the cotton crop Of the South
about $70O.0OO,000. Add to these
the value of the wheat, oats. tobacco
and fruit crops. the value Of live
stock and poultry, and the value of
industrial products in the South. and
the total will make IL easily under
stood why this vast fertile and pro-
the turmoil among the stock jobbers
and gamblers and get-rich-quick dis
patches of frenzied finance in Wall
street.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
Witnessed ty Many.

Three thousand persons Witnessed
the hanging OF Felix Powell at VIC
toria. Texas, on Tuesday. he was
hanged for the murder OF MIS-. a, =
Conditt and her fou children In sep
tember 1905.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
SHOT WIFE AND BABE.
And Then Blew Out His Own De-
mcnted Brain.

The details OF shocking tragedy
which occurred at Flint Hill. Rap
pahannock county, Va, Saturday
week reached Winchester on Thurs
day. Henry Foster, young farmer,
while out walking with his wife and
two-months-old baby, suddenly drew
I,his revolver and shot and almost In
lstantly killed both of them. Foster
ltnen blew out his own brains NO
reason is known for the deed.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
Hard to Please.

At Richmond, Va, Mrs. Maggie
Lee, 20 years of age. and twice d.
vorced. Thursday became the bride
of Chas. G. Miller, 40 years old The
wedding took place IN the ante-room
adjoining the oflices OF Corlmon-
wealth Attorney Minitree Folkes. In
the c5ty hall :
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1907-05-21
VARDAMAN
"Skating on Thin Ice," Says
Williams.

Hattiesburg. Miss, May IT,
John Sharp Williams delivered
two speeches in Hattiesburg.
The county courthouse was
crowded at the noon address and
the Auditorium was filled to over
flowing when the distinguished
minority leader delivered one of
the strongest speeches ever
heard in this city.
"Gov. Vardaman is skating on
thin ice," declared the speaker,
in his noon address. "A con-
stitutional convention, called for
the purpose of repeating the fif-
teenth amendment would result
IN further tightening of the or
ganic law and a fit too close for
comfort. -
Mr.. Williams declared that
Gov. Vardaman did not UNDER
stand the race question, and ex-
pressed the belief that the suf-
frage clause of the Mississippi
constitution would suffice to keep
the negro out of politics for all
time to come. He regards the
race question as merely a mat
ter of moral education and indus
trial concern and censures the
governor for making it a political
issue.
"Personally," he declared, )"
ST am very much in favor of the
repeal of the fifteenth amend
ment, but / do not believe. that
it can be accomplished with a
two thirds majority in Goth
houses against u.s. In this con-
nection Mr.. Williams said that
he would be willing to shoulder a
spade and go into the fields to
earn a living, digging bitches for
a period of eight years, if at the
end of that time he could lie
down and die, knowing that his
children could live In a white
mans country. :. At Bay St.
Louis, some time ago, the speak
er charged that Mr.. Vardaman
had said, 'sNo niger should be
allowed to run at large without a
permit This, he said, was tan
tamount to a declaration in favor
of the restitution of slavery.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1907-05-21
WOODMEN
Elect Their National Officers
Al Norfolk.

or.e.,l- =. ATo- "a T,ha
-.ra;oa - maoaman of the
- = h;aa,iaI convention
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-. c@-e1sessaf = Pct 0n-
sa~. w E.azaa nal
- n4o..,;a cbanara Tax-
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: 60, ~. n votas onsba
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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1907-05-21
SERMON ON NEGRO.
One is Preached at Yale Col
Iege for First Time.

New Haven, Conn, May H.
Bishop William F. Med DWELL of
Chicago. in preaching the first
sermon ever delivered at Yale on
the negro question, said that the
condition Of that race was, in
many respects, worse than before
the civil war.
"The white man of the north
does not want the negro around
him, he said. SsIIe wants the
negro to have his vote and his
wages, but does not want him in
personal proximity. The white
people of the south do cot object
to the proximity of the negro.
The things that are bad for the
white man is worse for the negro.
The industrial solution is not the
real solution Of the negro ques-
ton. The real solution must
have a moral element in it.
"The deportation theory breaks
down and falls of its own weight.
The negro does not want to go
the south does not want to have
him go. The segregation theroi
cannot be made to work for the
same reason. Permanent degra-
dation for the negro will never do
in a republic like this. | urge a
permanent solution of the great
question, and I believe that the
solution lies in permanent i'm
provement of the moral nature ol
the negro
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1907-05-21
Fight In Mid-Air.

Macon. Ca, May 17.-Seventy
feet above the ground among the
steel beams of the new federal
Building in Macon, Thomas Bat
tie, a man more than fifty years
of age, assailed ID. M. Berry, a
foreman 35 years of age this
afternoon, knocking the victim
through the scaffolding to the
ground, killing him Instantly.
The. two men had quarreled
over possession of a rope.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1907-05-21
CONFERENCE
OF Columbus District, M. {.
Church Here June 26.

The Columbus District Confer
ence of the M. E. Church will
meet in the Second Church here
June 26 for three days session.
Rev. E. s. Lewis will preach
the op ming sermon on Tuesday
night preceding at eight o'clock.
In addition to the regular busi-
ness to be transacted and inter
esting program of religious
entertainment will be given and
the meeting promises to be a
soul-inspiring gathering, one of
pleasure and profit to all who at
tend. Columbus will as usual be
ready to royalty entertain the
visitors.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1907-05-21
BASEBALL NOTES.
Cotton States Standing.
LOCAL GAMES.

Thursdays baseball game re-
suited in score Of 2 TO 1 in fa-
vor of Columbus. In Fridays
game four pitchers were used in
the afternoons rather dull exhi-
bition, which the visitors won
without eff ,rt. Score 8 to /. Ce-
sey went IN the second and re-
ceived Wheeler. Manager Black
burn took the ring line for Vic ks
burg from Saint. Saint did not
show to sensational advantage
on his fret tryout. In fact, his
work was such that Manager
Blac kburn could not even let
him finish the contest when his
team had the lead. He was not
feeling we'll.
Four HIS and an error bv th
locals in the first gave the visi-
tors two runs and a base on balls
from Saint with two hits gave
the locals one tally. In the sew
enth the visitors scored with two
hits and an error by the locals
and again in the ninth they
crossed the plate twice by get
ting one safety, a hit batsman
and the locals making two costly
errors. Huber played well. The
feature was the hitting of Peas,
last week released by Columbus,
and now playing a great game
for Vicksburg. Peas was at the
plate four times, made three hits
and scored two of five runs.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1907-05-21
Prof. AsweIl Resigns.

The decision of Prof. ]. B.
Aswell, superintendent Of edu-
cation of Louisiana, not to ac-
cept the chancellorship of the
University of Mississippi, to
which he was elected some time
since, has left the board of trus-
tees of that institution all at sea.
Up to ollis time no sentiment has
been developed among the trus-
tees concerning any person for
the place, but the subject will
come up for consideration at the
meeting of trustees during the
June commencement exercises.