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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-18

with the Top-Minnow, said to be the
natural enemy of the mosquito. So
they thought of sending an expert to
Louisiana, where free gift of all the
mosquitoes wanted was no doubt
proffered, but rigid quarantine pre-
vented securing supply; so Texas
was found able and willing, for at Sea-
brook, near Ga1veston-they were
swarming in all the, stagnant waters
at sea level as yell as in various ditch
es, ponds and standing pools" Of
course they were, as they are in sim
liar places all over the South land;
also in the North From the few hun
dred introduced, several hundred thou
sand have been bred and distributed.
Later on, results will be known.
The winter wheat crop is a short
one, by nearly four hundred million
bushels. The outlook for next Springs
crop is not good and will add nearly
half as much more shortage. So says
the President of the American Socie-
ty of Equity, who has been figuring
on the subject. AS a consequence a
barrel Of flour will cost the consumer
more this coming winter than it did
last winter The cause of shortage?
Sun spots perhaps. Excessive rain
falls in some sections, drouth in 9TH
ers. But, whatever the cause, the
spectators will see to it that results
add to their advantage.
If the present Postmaster-G General
carries through to a successful issue
all the plans he has in contemplation
for the improvements in the postal
service he will have such record as
none of his predecessors has. In
brief, Mr.. Meyers plans contemplate:
The establishment Of a parcels post
service throughout the country. Re-
duction of the frst-class letter rate
between this and many foreign coun-
tries. Establishment Of a postal saw
ings bank system. The manufacture
by the government and the widespread
installationt of stamp vending ma
chimes Revival of the postal note
and increase of money order faci1i-
ties But it might be wiser for him
to concentrate his efforts on fewer
reforms. He will have the express
companies "agin" him on parcel post
system; the savings bank interests on
the postal savings bank system and
postal notes. 1t is to be hoped that
Congress will endorse his plans, but
past experience makes it doubtful
I wonder if we have any Trenex
COLUMBIA or Thalassa Lunator in FlOrl-
da? Goodness knows we have enough
bugs to contend with and some of
them have as queer names as those
above written, so we can do without
them; but, if we have the Trenex G
it is to be hoped the Thalassa L are
also with us, as they seem to be,
out West where he enc is a despoiler
of foliage and the other is its deadly
enemy. The one belongs to the Ich-
neumon flies, the other looks like a
species of grosshopper. AS we have
flies and to spare, let us hope it will
love the West so we'll that it will not
seek the lower coast.
The usual advice to orange growers
not to ship green fruit is beginning to
appear in our country exchanges; but
will it be needed? Says the Leesburg
Commercial eve do not eat the
fruit ourselves in September and Oc-
tober, and how can we expect it to
be eaten by the people who buy it
without its reputation being injured.
A large part of the crop will be later
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22
TRIED AND FINED BY PHONE
Wyoming Man Satisfied Justice Over
Wire, Saving Journey.

Tried. found guilty, and sentenced
over the telephone was the unique
way in which Miles Fitzgerald salts
fed justice at Cheyenne. Judge w.
p. Carroll. of that city, has just
finished this cases, saving at the same
time trip of fifty miles over the
mountains for the principals in the
proceeding.
Albert Bristol and Fitzgerald, of
Bear Creek, had fight and Bristol
called by telephone and asked for a
warrant for Fitzgerald. Judge Car
roll granted the warrant and tele-
phoned Fitzgerald to come in for
trial.
Fitzgerald replied that he was too
busy, and asked that hearing be
given him over the phone. Arrange
ments were made. attorneys obtained
by both men, and the case came to
trial, the lawyers appearing before
the court in Cheyenne. while both
men remained at the ranch.
Testimony was heard over the
phone. and then botn lawyers made
their plea. Judge Carroll fined Fitz
gerald SIS. and he agreed to mail q
check for the amount.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22

per year to give special privilege to
the manufacturer. On every family
of five, this as a crushing burden of
$125 per year-and ii is nothing
more than shameless, heartlesss con-
fiscation.'
In speaking of the effect of this
system Mr.. Watson said
Under this diabolical system of
national taxation, John ID. Rookie
feller, worth his $5 900, 900, pays
no greater sum toward the support of
the national government than many
two-horse farmer pays. Under any
decently fair system of taxation,
Rockefeller would pay five hundred
thousand times more taxes to the
| federal government than are paid by
| farmer who is worth Ole thousand
| dollars. But, under the policy, the
farmer may pay more than Rookie
feller-the tax not being paid upon
! income, or accumulated wealth, but
upon the amount of manufactured ar
| ticles consumed.
| Thus the literal truth is that our
national government does not tax
wealth at all 1t allows the rich the
benefit of special privilege which not
only exempts them from national
| taxation, but permits them to tax
the unprivileged."
In speaking of the part the farm
ers' Union should play, Mr.. Watson
said.
"The Farmers Union is but the re-
Incarnation of the Farmers Alliance
The new order takes the place OF the
old. The prophet dies, but the word
lives The flag which one brave stand.
ard bearer drops from his dying hand
another catches up and carries On.
And so, Under the blessings OF the
Most High, the Farmers Union viii
march on, until it plants It's vietori
lous banner on the walls which the
Farmers Alliance was not permitted
TO storm.
Rome was not built in day. Try
try again. is the watchword OF al
| progress. individual or collective.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22
SHOULD BE SWUNG.
Negro Boys Charged With Assault
ing ColOred Girl.

At Annapolis, Md, Leroy Haste
aged seventeen, and James Harris
eighteen, both colored, were com
mitted to Jail. without bail, by Jus
tice John N. Davis, the charges he
ing assault upon Lottle Brooks
fourteen years old, of the same race
The offense is alleged to have bee
committed on the night of July A.
The girl is employed in the hom'
of one of the professors at st. John
college, and was returning from he
work. She testified that she wa;
seized by the colored youths while
she was In a lonely section of tho
town. and tnat she was assaulted b.
botn.
At the earring lie girl positively
identified both of the accused. Boil
denied every statement. A numbe
of persons, however. testified in cor
roboration of certain points of tho
girls story. The girl is neat in ap
pearaance and decidedly above tho
average in intelligence.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22
BOYS HAVE "BLACK HAND"
Admit Threatening to Kill Youth Tn.
less Mother Paid.

Charged with attempted blackmail
md with sending threatening letters
through the mails, two fifteen-year-
I'D boys were arrested early Wednes-
lay morning by Acting Captain o.
Day, of the East Twenty-second St,
itation. New York and sent to the
Children's society for safe keeping
Until their cases can he tried in the
Children's court.
The boys gave their names as
'eter Boyle, of Z41 East Twenty
lrst street, and Palmer Murcha, OF
% East Twenty-first street. 1t is
harged that these boys, who were
ragged out of bed by the police
hortly after midnight. had written a
threatening letter to Mrs. A. G.
ichupp. of 204 East Twenty-frst
itreet. demanding vl00. and threat
ming to take away your son and
ill him If the money failed to be
orth-coming when man with a
green necktie and wn.Ce cap" pass
ID her stoop on the night of Saturday
asst
The letter read as follows:
Dear Madam: If you don't give
500 to a man with a green necktie
md white cap who will pass by
your stoop tonight at 10 O'Clock
your son will he taken away and kill
ed.
Beware"
The boys admitted to the police
hat they were guilty.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22
FORT MILL, S. G., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22 1907
GREATLY SHOCKED.
The Odd Experience of a PhiIa-
deIphia Woman.
Turned on Light and Found Burglar
to BE Man From Whom She Had

AuTheu on LiSnt ana round Burglar
to BE Man From Whom She Hat
Been Divorced.
To be confronted by the form of
crouching burglar, to fire at him, ant
then to flash up the light and find her
self face to face with a man from
who she had been divorced in Cali
fornia, such was the dramatic ex
perience of Mrs. Richard Smith, OF
1927 West York street, PHILADELPHIA
Thursday.
1t happened at about O'Clock ir
the morning. Mrs. Smiths husband
is travelling man at present on the
road. She was sleeping in her house
with her three children.
Awakened by the noise of someone
moving about in her room, Mrs
Smith saw the shadow of mans
figure near the bedroom. Reaching
under her pillow, she drew out a
revolver, and. raising herself on the
bed, fired. The bullet crashing into
the doorjamb and mans voice yell
ed:
Don't shoot
Mrs. Smith reached to the side OF
the bed and turned a switch that
flashed up the lights. She saw the
face OF man standing in the door
way. She gave scream as she
recognized the features and dropped
her revolver. Whether or not the
man recognized her, she does not
know. AS he saw her drop the pis-
tol he made a jump for the stairs,
cleared them in three or four bounds
and DOlted from the house.
Mrs. Smith summoned the police
by telephone, and when they reached
her house, told her story. She declar-
ed positively that she recognized the
man as William Benson, about forty
five years old, and that the shock of
recognition made her drop the pis-
tol. She told the police that she was
a California girl and had married
Benson in Sacramento. He was, she
asserted, the black sheep of a we'll
known family, his father having been
wealthy "Forty-niner' and his
brother today being well-known cit
izen of the California city. She de-
clared Benson had been convicted of
highway robbery in California. Under
her divorce from him she had mar
ried her present husband, who is a
Weil-knOWn TeSlueuI Ol the uOTIn-
eastern section of that city.
Mrs. Smith was completely unnerv-
ed by her experience. Now that he
knows where l am, / am afraid he
will come back and murder me, as
perhaps he actually sought me out
to do me HARM" she told the police.
Il had put him completely out OF my
life and to encounter him in such
"A dramatic matter is terrible"
The police of the Fourth and York
streets station say they think that
Benson was not aware of the identity
of the resident Oft house which he
entered. 1T was just an accident that
he should have broken into the dom
icile of his former wife," the police
say.
They are working on the theory
that he is the man wanted for jail
breaking by the authorities of Cali
fornia. They have sent out a general
alarm for the man with his descrip-
ton. A police guard is being kept
on Mrs. Smiths house in case the in
truder should make any attempt to
return.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22
GENERAL SUMTER.
A Monument to His Memory Un-
veiIed at Statesburg.
MIR. II. A. NJ. Smith, as Orator of the
Day, Delivered Historical Address
of Great Interest and Value.


The monument to General Thomas
Sumter In the cemetary at States.
burg, where this Revolutionary sol.
dier and early American statesman
lies buried, was unveiled on Wednes.
day of last week in the presence of q
large gathering of South Carolinians
and with interesting and brilliant ex.
ercises. The little town of States.
burg was more lively "Wednesday
than at any time of its history and
| the occasion will be notable i'm the an
mails of Sumter county.
The Charleston contingent, inciud-
ing the regular troops from the artil-
| lery post at Fort Moultrie, accompan-
led by the band, arrived early in the
morning, coming by way of the At
iantic Coast Line on special train
which was run to Scales Siding.
from which point the troops, three
hundred in number, marched and the
other members of the party rode to
Statesburg. A number of people
came to Claremont on the Southern
| railway, and were conveyed from
that station to Statesburg
AT ii O'Clock the procession was
formed in the grove of the Gen. Sum
ter Memorial Academy, and marched
from there to the cemetary, the reg
ulars leading with their band and
| followed Immediately by the Sumter
Light Infantry with the Second Regi-
ment band of Sumter, the whole gath
ering of people following the mill
tary.
Arriving at the grave the invoca-
ton was pronounced by Rev. II. H..
Covington, of Sumter, and the monu-
ment was unveiled, the cords releas-
ing the draperies being pulled by Mrs.
j. Herbert Haynesworth and Miss
Beatrice Sumter, great-great-grand-
daughters OF Gen. Sumter, the bands
playing string military airs.
The procession then reformed and
the whole assemblage returned to the
grove, whence it had started, there to
carry out the program of the exer-
cises.
The chairman of the monument
committee. Col. j. j. Dargan, called
the gathering to order and introduced
Gov. Ansel as the presiding officer of
the occasion. The Governor made a
brief address on assuming the chair
Hon. Richard l. Manning, of Sumter,
then introduced former Gov. A. j.
Montague, of Virginia., who deliver
ed a most interesting and eloquent
address.
The orator of the day. Hon. II. A.
NJ. Smith, of Charleston, was present
ed by Hon. Marion Noise, of Sumter,
and delivered an extended and admir-
able address.
He reviewed the services of Gen.
Sumter, recounting his military eX-
ploits which won him the title of the
"Gamecock" from his admiring Brit
ish foes, and his services as states
man in the Legislature of South Car
olina and in the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate of the United
States.
Mr.. Smiths address was a most
valuable contribution to the history
of the State and is probably the most
complete record of the life and SER
vices of Gen. Sumter, which has ever
been prepared.
After music by the bands. follow
ing the address of Mr. Smith. Gov.
Ansel read letter from President
Roosevelt, written for the occasion,
paying tribute to the services Of Gen.
Sumter.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22
CHILD KILLED.
Auto Went Over Embankment Seven
ty-Five Feet High.

AS a result of an automobile acci-
dent near Susquehannah. Pa, Helen
Brush, aged years. was killed, and
three others seriously injured. The
machine which was owned by Harry
Brush, went over an embankment rs
feet high and plunged into the Sus-
quehanna river.
The car was occupied by Mr.. Brush
his daughter who was killed, Francis
Griffin and Thomas boylan. Brush
was held in the automobile; the two
girls were thrown out and hurled
against trees. Boylan jumped from
the car when 1T began it's descent.
Brush was caught in the steering
gear and had leg broken. He went
into the river with the car but was
rescued by boys who were swimming.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22
TELLS Of KOREA.
Pity OF Senator Stone Rises at
Crushing Of Nation.

""rquiS Ito Rules by Force-Em
peror and Father Prisoners in Pal
ace-Reckoning is Certain.
| Senator William j. Stone, of Mis-
souri,, who spent a week at Seoul
Korea, investigating the Korean sit.
uation, was received in audience h,
the Emperor, and the Marquis Ito
chaperoned him. Senator Stone. sum.
ming up the situation, said to a cor.
respondent of the st. Louis Globe
| Democrat:
From a Korean standpoint the
situation is pathetic. For the first
time in my life l have seen the mail.
ed hand OF a foreigner lay ruthlessly
over a conquered people. One Em.
peror mas been forced to abdicate to
make place for weakling Both are
held in practical Imprisonment by
their conquerors.
There is an armed Japanese force
about the palace. and Koreans are
denied the right of access or com
munication with the palace. all but
the suppHant ministers doing the bid
ding OF Marquis Ito, and who dare
not show themselves in the streets
OF seoul without a Japanese guard.
No man, Korean or foreigner, can
nave an audience with the Emperor
except by permission, and in the pres
ence or Marquis Ito. The Emperor
and his father are prisoners in their
own palace, and the MARQUIS Ito is
the real ruler. The Government is a
despotism OF foreigners, upheld by
military force.
The people of Jrea are overaw
ed. intimidated and subdued. and
we'll they may be, for he who rules
them Is as ruthless and as arbitrary
as savage and is supreme
1t is pitiful to note the hopeless
ness and helplessness of this unhap-
py people. No American could wit
ness this tragedy without a feeling
of profound sorrow for the victim
but unhappily, in view of the Philip
pines, the American protest is silent
from an International standpoint
1.-The purpose of the Japanese is to
appropriate Korea and make IT a
gateway for encroachment upon
China. The Chinese policy OF Japan
is one of territorial and commercial
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, and this policy is
carried forward with a ruthlessness
unexampled in modern times. Right
is based on might, while the world
looks on indifferently.
But history is being made here,
which, in it's ultimate and intended
consequences. is far beyond the con-
fines of this country and involves far
more than the destiny of this unhap-
py Empire. Some day there will be,
and must he. reckoning
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22
LARGE SHARKS CAUGHT.
Three Big Ones Caught on the Char
lesion Waterfront.

The Post says three large sharks
were caught along the river front In
Charleston on Thursday afternoon by
amateur fisherman, and their capture
excited a lot of interest from the pas
sengers of the $50 boat. A nine
foot shark and a six-foot monster
were caught of Union wharf, and a
five-foot fist got hooked on the old
Market street wharf. There were
also a shark seen off the Mount
Pleasant wharf Friday morning.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22
RISKED PRISON TERN.
To Make His Sweetheart Believe He
Was Rich.

AT Des Moines taking the chances
of a long term in prison and discoV-
ery by his sweetheart that he was not
really a young millionaire, Robert
stevens has been stealing automoDlles
to take the young woman tor drives
The thefts continued with regular
ity and apparently the poilce were
helpless until they discovered a
hnnch of sweet peas in an empty ma
chine.
In the bunch was one of peculiar
shade which IL was found was grown
only in one garden in the city
Stevens was shadowed for several
davs bv the detectives until the other
night when he was arrested.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22
KILLED BY LITTLE FALL.
After Climbing to Dizzy Heights foi
Twenty Years.

The New York American says
"Steeplejack" Bill Anderson. after &c
years of climbing to the top of the
ioftiest towers and most dangerous
fiagstaffs In New York, with never 6
slip nor fall. was killed by a pretty
little drop of six feet the other day.
IL was an odd end to steeple-
lacks career. Bill laughed when he
tackled the six foot job. 1t was to
paint pole on the roof of the Hotel
belmont. The pole base If only tall
man Is height above the roof. Bill ran
up the short ladder like an ordinary
citizen would run upstairs.
4 Bnt as he turned to call TO an as
sistant he lost mis- baiance for the
first fi1nn tn bis life. and plunged
head f1rst 20 the paved roof. He died
a New York Hospital apaba --,se
,-xasQ.lts u q fractured skull
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22
BULLET in BRAIN EIGHT YEARS
Now Feels Effect, an Surgeons Try
To Remove Ii.

For eight years John Vandyne OF
Wheeling, w. Va. has carried bull
let around inside his skull. Wednes-
day he felt the first bad effects of it..
He became suddenly i'll, lapsed into
Inconsistencies, and paroxysms fol-
lowed.
Surgeons hurried him to a hospi-
tai and performed an operation,
which afforded temporary relief, and
will endeavor later to locate and re-
move the bullet.
Eight years ago he waas handl-
ing revolver, which was accidental
ly discharged, the bullet penetrating
his skull and lodging in the brain.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22
And Many Guests Turned Out
And Had to Leave.
AT OLD ORCHARD, ME.
Two Lives Lost and Five Persons
Injured I'm COnflagration at Old
Orchard, Maine-Soda Tank Ex-
plosion Blows Mans Head OFF,
Visitors Compelled to Leave by

Lack of Accommodations.

Visitors Compelled to Leave by
Lack OF Accommodations.
Two lives were lost and five per-
sons were injured, three seriously, as
result of the fire which swept
through Old Orchard, Maine, Thurs
day night, causing a loss estimated at
100000.
The dead:
Pfttsburg, Pa, struck by Boston G,
Maine train at Kennebunk and killed
while on way to fire.
Unidentified man, killed by explo-
sion OF soda tank; head blown off.
The injured:
Rev. Rufus III. Jones, pastor Trim
fty Episcopal church, Saco, Me-; NJ.
T. Morrill,, Salem. Mass.
Unidentified man, probably fatally
hurt by tank explosion
Samuel Emerson of Old Orchard.
Miss Alice Minard, severely bruis-
ed by being thrown from carriage at
Kennebunk while on way to Old Or
chard with Philip Partridge, who was
killed.
Seventeen summer hotels, 60 cot
td6Oo anu a otOIe vi OCCu-
pied by stores were destroyed.
The explosion which caused so
many injuries occurred in Horgan' S
drug store on Old Orchard avenue
1t is believed that the fire started
from an overturned lamp in the an
mex of the Hotel Olympia. The total
insurance on the burned property, IL
Is understood, will not exceed $780,
900.
The water supply is getting very
low and 1t is feared the residents may
suffer from the lack of water.
AS a result of the fire the season
at Old Orchard is brought to an alb
rupt close. as only one large hotel,
the Old Orchard, remains. All trains
including several extras, were packed
with persons leaving the shore.
The people who were driven from
the hotels were compelled to spend
the night on the beach.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22
BRIDE AT SEVENTY.
Marries Man Thirty Years Younger
Than She Is.

A grand mother, and nearly seven
ty years of age, Mrs. Mary Louth, a
former resident of New York. became
the bride of William Fl. Becker, a
blacksmith aged 40 at New Castle
Conn.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev George T. Anderson. Mrs. j
Auld and Mrs. George Gill, daugh-
ters of the bride, were matrons oi
honor, and Harry b. Leuth, son oi
the bride, was the best man.
After the wedding reception the
couple departed for Niagara Falls
as happy as though in their teens.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22
INSANE FROM CIGARETTEs.
Boy Tries 60 DO Himscslf Harm and
Is in Hospital.

Excessive cigarette smoaking has
made raving maniac of Buck
Glover. nineteen years old. whose
home has been with his parents on
Glasgow street. Portsmouth Va. He
is now confined in the hospital ward
of the Portsmouth jail.
The young man has been acting
strangely for several days. but 1t was
not until Wednesday that he became
violently insane. He tried to do
himself bodily harm, and TO prevent
this the police we're called Nm.
In moment of calm he, consent
cd to accompany the police to the
jail, but on the way he became sc
violent that IL was necessary fo- the
rSlice &c cvSrpower nam.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-08-22
INfPALED ASLEEP.
Somnambuiist Walks Out and Rolls
Upon Fence Pickets.

Edward Hornsley plunged 40 feet
to his death during a somnambulistic
wandering at Mahanoy, Pa, for his
body was impaled on picket fence.
The young fellow walked through
the third-story window of his home
and dropped headlong to a kitchen
roof then rolled off upon the sharp
prongs of the fence.