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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
CARRIE NATION DECLINES
The Offer of Civil War Veteran to
Marry Her.

The New York World says Mrs.
Carrie A. Nation has had a offer OF
marriage from a Civil War veteran.
living in Virginia, and in the current
issue OF her newspaper. the Hatchet.
she thus tells why she has declined
it,
Lonely and respondent at times
because he hasn't wife, Thomas
Flanagan, of Virginia, wants to mar
ry. And he sings his song of Cant
you see I'm lonely? to Mrs. Carrie A.
Nation. She received the letter OF
proposal from this ardent admirer
on Friday. and wants an early answer
so he can arrange his affair.
But he will receive the marble
heart. He will get the frigid mitt.
Mrs. Nation says she is welded to
her work and that she can't wed
man.
"In his letter Flanagan says he is
government pensioner at Si2 a
month and has $275 in the bank.
together with house and some land.
His wife died some time ago, and
ever since he has been lonely, and at
times despondent.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
SMOKE STACK COLLAPSED.
Three Young Women Working In &
Glass Factory Killed.

Three young women, employed at
+. c. Wheaton & Co.'S factory, in
Millville. N. j., were killed by the
crushed through a room in which
they were working. The dead: Lena
Doughty, Lydia Thurston, Sylvia Gal
lagher.
The velocity of the wind was esti-
mated at GO miles an hour. The
stack crashed through the roof OF the
plant and into the grinding room oc-
cupied by several men and the three
young women. All were buried un-
der the debris. The crash was heard
for several blocks and workmen from
other parts OF the plant went to the
rescue.
Among the tescuers were George
Doughty, whose daughter was in the
ruins. Her body was quickly uncov-
cred. but life was extinct. Miss
Thurston was taken out alive, hut
died shortly afterward. Miss Gala
CHER was dead when her body was
found. The other employees escaped
injury - -.- -1a - -4--r-
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
FORT MILL S. G., THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1907
TILLMAN SPEAKS
Calls on Audience for Vote as to
Negroes Rank

Carnegie's Music Hall, Where The
Senator Spoke In Pittsburg, Polio
ed For the Occasion.
A Pittsburg, Pa, as a precaution-
ary measure twenty-five detectives
and a squad Of armed policemen were
stationed in the Carnegie Music Hall
during the address of Senator Benja-
min R. Tillman. OF South Carolina,
who discussed the race problem be-
fore the Park Avenue Athletic Club,
on Wednesday night Of last week.
Several exciting incidents occurred
during the address. but no trouble re-
suited. There were ten negroes in
the audience which filled the Music
Hall to overfowing. The audience
gave the Senator close attention and
frequently applauded him at the
close OF his address. In which he de-
clared the races In the South were
gradually becoming more opposed to
one another, Senator Tillman called
for vote Of the audience as to
whether the negro was the equal of
the white man. The entire audience
except the ten negroes. voted in the
negative by rising.
One man took exceptions to Sena-
tor Tillman's remarks and made sew
eral inteuptions. Senator Tillman
made him admit that he came from
Europe and then bitterly denounced
Europeans In America who under
take to judge questions concerning
this country, about which they know
absolutely nothing. The Senator did
his interrupter up.
In speaking of whether the negro
can be educated. Senator Tillman de-
clared that Booker T. Washington
was the harbOr Of refuge and safety
to which people fee when other
places fail and that Booker T. Wash
ington was one negro in ten millions,
and was half white at that. Senator
Tillman had nine-tenths of the au-
dience with him.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
FOR NEGRO SCHOOLS
Philadelphia Gives One Million Il
Negroes Of the South.

Negroes Of the South.
One million dollars has been given
to the negroes of the South for the
establishment of rudimentary schools
by Miss Anna T. Jeanes. n Quakeress
of Philadelphia.
The income of the amount given
Is to be used sorely for assistance in
the southern United States commun-
ity, country and rural schools for
the great class of negroes to whom
the small rural and community
schools are alone available"
Booker T. Washington. head Of
Tuskegee institute, and the Hollis r..
Frizzell, president of the Hampton
Normal and Industrial institute, are
named as trustees OF the fund. but
neither of the institutions they repre-
sent will share in the gift.
The deed was executed Thursday
and in It Booker Washington and
Hollis Frizzell are empowered to APP
point a board of trustees in connec-
tion with the fund. The PenEsylvan-
la company for assurances on lives
and granting annuities. of Philadel-
phia, will act as fiscal agent for the
trustees.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
PLOT TO KILL.
Anarchists Make An Attempt On The
Life of Prince Albert.

Life of Prince Albert.
At Brussels. Thursday, an anarch-
list armed with dagger, a loaded re-
volver and other weapons was arrest
ed in a church where Prince Albert
OF Belgium. nephew of King Leopold
and heir presumptive to the throne,
was about to visit One of the atten-
dants of the church accidentally dis
covered the man in confessional
box, locked the door, and called the
police. Later three other anarchists
heavily armed, were arrested in the
vicinity OF the church. Two of the
latter admitted that they were
French anarchists. The authorities
are convinced that the prisoners had
engaged in plot to assassinate the
prince.
Prince Albert is the son of the
late Count of Flanders. brother of
King Leopold. He was born April s,
1875. and was married October 2,
1900, to Princess Elizabeth OF Bal
varia. On Nov. 8. last, Prince Albert
was officially declared the successor
of King Leopold as sovereign of the
Congo Independent state.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
FOR PROTECTION OF BIRDS
Mr.. James ii nry Rice Made Secre
tary of Audubon Society.

Mr.. James Henry Rice, Jr., has
been elected secretary of the State
Audubon society, which the last leg
islature chartered. and will at once
begin an active canvass of the state
appointing game wardens and other
wise seeing to the enforcement of
the game laws of the state.
"The game laws of South Carolina
are practically dead letter today"
said Mr.. Rice the other day. "They
are violated with faithful regularity
throughout the state as to all sorts
of game and fish as well as to insec-
tiverous birds which should be pro-
tected everywhere. 1t is true the
society's intention to see that these
laws are enforced regardless OF how
much unpopularity that course brings
up on the heads of the officials of the
society. Other states are getting as
high as 100000 a year in license
fees and fines. and there is no reason
why this state should not get almost
that much. 1t is also the intention
Of the society to see to the protection
of fish I'm season."
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
FOUGHT HARD
To Keep From Being Hung for
Killing a Man.

Had to BE Dragged to The Gallows
and He Was Executed by Main
Force.
Bob Watts. a young white man.
who was hung at Guntersville, Ala,
Thursday, was hanged under tragic
circumstances. He had become nos
sessed OF knife and resisted to the
end. Ammonia was thrown into his
cell and he was thus overcome and
dragged to the scaffold by force.
coughing and moaning piteously. Be-
ing asked for statement he persist
emily protested his innosence. but did
not attempt to throw suspicion on
anyone else. The drop fell at $40
o'clock.
watts was convicted of the murder
or Perd Wrinkles, an old Confederate
soldier. who was killed in the fall of
1904.
wrinkles had just drawn his pen
sion money amounting to $50 from
the state and was en- route home
when the discharge of gun, follow
ed by screams, was heard. Friends
who fastened to the place found Win
kles lying in the road mortally
wounded. The dying man said that
Watts had shot and robbed him.
Watts was convicted and sentenced
to hang, but an appeal was taken to
the supreme court which affirmed the
sentence. Meanwhile Watts, who had
been taken to the Birmingham jail
Tor safe Keeping. was pronounced in
sane and sent to the insane asylum.
FURTHER reprieves followed until six
different dates had been fixed for the
execution.
Recently Watts was declared sane
again and Governor Cromer refused
to grant another reprieve. Watts al,
along asserted his innosence.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
Because His Wife Found Out
That He Was
LIVING A DUAL LIFE.
Besieged by His Wife I'm The Home
Of Another Woman a Justice of
the Peace at Ridgewood, N. ",
Took a Pistol and Blew Out His
Brains Rather than Face the Con-
sequences Of His Sin.

Besieged by his wife, while in the
home of another woman, Frederick
w. Gardner, Justice of the Peace in
Rfdgewood, N. j., and also Tax Col
lector of that town, blew his brains
out Wednesday night while the wo-
man he had promised to love and
cherish was hammering on the door.
The self-destructon of Gardner,
who was a rich man and descendant
of distinguished line. was attended
by dramatic incidents. In the pre-
sence OF Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Eg-
lin. OF Ridgewood avenue, the man
went to his death
There have been many rumors dur
ing the past few months, that Gard
ner had become infatuated with Mrs.
Eglin. The police are authority for
the statement that he was, but they
do not think Mr.. Eglin was aware of
the fact, and believe he treated the
Justice as a friend.
Mrs. Gardner, daughter of the late
Judge Quackenbush OF Mahwah, n.
j., and herself wealthy woman, is
said to have observed the alleged in
fatuatiOn, and 10 have planned for
the trapping of her husband
Wednesday Gardner left his home
to make call. His wife and fifteen
year-old son were in the house. Mrs.
Gardner followed him to the home
of the Eglins.
Gardner entered the house and the
door was shut. Mrs. Gardner waited
a little while, then raped on the
door, and called for the occupants of
the apartment to open 1t. The de-
mand was not complied with at once.
Mrs. Gardner continued knocking,
and suddenly a report of revolver
was heard. The wife of the Justice
heard 1t and OWNED it's course. She
almost collapsed outside the door.
Gardner had gone near a window,
pulled the pistol, and shot himself
dead on the spot. Only one bullet
was required. His body plunged to
the centre of the room and lay mo-
tionless.
When the police arrived the neigh
borhood was in an uproar, news of
the tragedy having got abroad. Cor
oner Pell was notified, and took
charge of the remains, pending an
investigation. The pistol is also in
his possession, 1t having been found
ciose to the Justices hand.
Gardner had been a justice three
years. He was prominent socially
and in a financial way. his father
having left him and two other sons
fortunes.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
TRAIN RACES WITH BARN.
The Thrilling Experience of a Rail-
road Engineer.

Engineer Scannon of Chesapeake e
and Ohio freight train was the hero
Thursday of a thrilling race between
a train and barn with several lives
at stake
Scannon's train was passing Tobb's S
Station, KY, at a good rate. when
the high wind that was blowing lift
ed a big tobacco barn from its foun-
dation and started it rolling down
hill.
Scannon saw the danger at once
and Immediately threw the throttle
wide open in an effort to outrun the
barn The big barn crashed into the
caboose smashing 1t.
The impact also shattered the barn
which collapsed on the thack. Train
men on the caboose saw their peri
I'm time to escape by jumping.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
Whipped by White Caps for n Scri-
Gus Offence.

A band of white Caps" few
nights ago in a remote section OF
Spottsville county, Virginia. tarred
and feathered young married man,
who-is accused of having betrayed
his wife's young sister
The men Of the neighborhood dis
guised themselves and captured the
accused man at night while he was
returning to his home from a neigh
bor's house.
He was stripped to the skin and
given a severe lashing with hickory
whips and then tarred and feathered
The name OF those involved have not
been obtained.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
PECULIAR CASE OF RABIES
That Seem To Threaten a Young
Laurens County Farmer.

Mr.. w. F. Cleveland, a young far
mer of the Huntington section of
Laurens county, is in Atlanta. at the
Pasteur institute under treatment to
prevent the possible development of
rabies, he having been exposed to the
disease by milking a cow whose calf
died a few days ago exhibiting every
symptom of hydrophobia. Thursday
the cow went mad and of course the
family and friends OF Mr.. Cleveland
are much concerned about him.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
COLDEST APRIL ON RECORD
Shown by Forty Years Statistics of
Charleston Bureau.

The cOldest April in the history of
the Charleston weather bureau.
whose records cover period of near
ly forty years, is now being rounded
ont with Charleston still registering
a daily loss of six degrees and seven
tenths.
The books of Forecaster Grants
department show that the temperature
so far this month registers a mean
reading of 55.2 degrees, as against
the next coldest, April. in 1901, when
the minimum was 59.2 degrees. The
warmest April in the history of the
bureau was in 1871, when an aver
age of 69.S degrees was recorded.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
SHOOTS SISTER TO DEATH
Load From Shot Gun Enters Face or
The Girl.

At Buckhead, Ga, Arthur Cochran.
twelve-year-old son of Mr.. William
j. Cochran, accidentally shot and
killed his little two-year-old sister.
Myra, Thursday morning at nine o.
clock.
Arthur had been out hunting and
unon his return home he was un-
breeching his gun and it was acci-
dentally discharged, the whole load
going into the face of his little sister.
who was lying on the bed.
The parents are overcome with
grief, this being the only girl In the
family and everyone was devoted to
her. So much for the careless hand
ling of firearms.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
BRIGAND IS CAPTURED
His House of Refuge Is Blown to
Pieces.

The notorious brigand. Stanislaus
Lisa, author OF many crimes has
been captured at Lublin. five miles
from Warsaw, Poland. He was
wounded after the house In which he
had sought refuge had been blown
down by artillery FIRE. Lisa when he
saw that the detachment OF police
was advancing on him, barricaded
himself and opened fire on the police,
killing several Of them.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
HEAVY DELUGE
The DownpOur i'm New Orleans Was
Extreme.

A torrential rain flooded MANY
sections of New Orleans Thursday
and the heavy downpour continued
all night. Water was more than a
foot deep in parts of Canal street,
where the big stores are located.
Water backed up in some sections
over the deep cutters and covered
sidewalks. st. Charles avenue, the
finest street in New Orleans, was a
running river for blocks, many resi-
dences being completely surrounded.
The precipitation was estimated at
over three inches early Friday with
no relief promised until Saturday.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
FOUR MEN MET DEATH
In North Carolina by Being Swept
Over Falls.

Over Falls.
Swept over the falls, four men
were drowned in Cape Fear river at
Buckhorn Falls, Chatham county, 80
miles from Raleigh, n. G. The dead:
Hans Thorson, of st. Paul, Mimi 4.
general foreman of a construction
company, erecting a power plant; F..
b. Brady, of Moncure, assistant fore
man, and two negro laborers. The
bodies have not yet been recoveed.
Thorson was to have been married
at Raleigh Sunday and his finance,
Miss Thelma Lindgren, was to have
left st. Paul last week to join him in
Raleigh.
The men were in a scow trying
with poles to force 1t from the river
bank with the purpose of reaching a
landing. The scow was caught in the
current and carried over the falls.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
SHE ATE A QUART.
Young Woman Of Bayonne Victim OF
q Strange Feast.

Overindulgence In peanuts caused
the death of Miss Rose McCabe. 25
years-old. of No. Linnet street, Bay
onne, N. Y, Wednesday. Miss Nc
Cabe had eaten nearly a quart OF
peanuts.
A short time afterward she COM
planned of severe pains in her head
A physician was sent for but before
his arrival the young woman died.
Her death is the third In the FAM
lily In eight months. Her mother
died last August and her father in
October.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-05-02
DEBS Is MAD.
Says the President Has a Bad Mem.
Ory or Lies.

Eugene v. Debs represented the
President as saying in unmistakable
words that Meyer and Haywood were
implicated in the murder, thus pro-
nouncing their guilt before their
trial. Debs said: he president is
guilty of extraordinary lapse of
memory or OF deliberate falsehood.
now challenge the president to deny
his speech. of April 14th. as meaning
Meyer and Haywood in his charge
more than a year ago. III he will not
name whom he meant, he must stand
branded from his own mouth with
calumny and mendacity."
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-19
Ellen Terry,s First Part.


The foremost English actress Of onr
times, Ellen Terry, who last year cele-
brated her jubilee that marked the com.
pletion Of fifty triumphant years, has
written q charming autobiography. Me-
Cures Magazine is the fortunate pub
fisher and will present from time 10 time
portions Of it dealing with separate ey-
ents. The first part, Memories Of Ny
Childhood" appears in the June Nc
Clures, and we quote from this Tefry's
account OF her first appearance on April
%, 1896, as 'MamimsH ia the keans'
London production OF a Winters Tale
There is something, | suppose, in a
woman's nature which always makes her
remember how size was dressed ut any
especially eyentful moment of her life
and | can see myself as though it were
yesterday, in the little red and silver
dress | wore as Mamilus. Mrs. Grieyt
the dresser-"P Peter Grieye-us,9 a. we
children called her had pulled me into
my very pink tights lthey were very
tight according 70 the picture Of mel,
and my mother had arranged my hair ii
sausage curls on each side Of my head
in even more perfect order and regular.
ity than usual. Besides my clpthes
had beautiful property" to be proud
Of This was go-cart which had been
made in the theatre by Mr. Bradshaw
and was an exact copy Of ehild's toy
as depicted OH a Greek vase. It was my
duty to drag this little cart about the
stage, and on the first night when Mrs
Kean as Leontcs told me to 'go play" |
obeyed his instructions with such yigoI
that ! tripped over the handle and came
down on my basket A litter ran through
the house, and | felt that my career az
an actress was ruined forever. Bitter
and copious were the tears ! shed, but
tho little incident, 80 Notifying to me
did not spoil my first appearance alto
gether. The Times Of May /, 1886, was
Kind enough 70 call me "vvacious and
1 Erococious,p and a worthy relative d
my sister Kate and my parent.
were pleased (although they would
not show it too much), and Mrs. Keau
gave me a pat on the back Father and
Kate were both in the cast, too, | ought
to have said, and the Queen, Prince Al
bert, aud the Princess Royal were all ii
box on the first night.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-19
WIND PRESSURE.
Some Matters That Affect Our Aerial
Progress

Progress
Mr.. Stanton and Mr. Bairstow have
made some experiments at the National
Physical Laboratory which bring out a
new and practically very valuable fact
namely, that pressure is not the same
on large surfaces as on small expert
mental models. If, for example. a given
wind velocity is brought 10 bear on a
square foot Of surface il win be is per
cent less per square feet OF surface. II
was demonstrated. too, that this felas
ton is constant for fat forms, however
complicated. a builder or engineer who
knows that a structure may be exposed
to wind Of eighty miles per hour and
that the pressure per square foot rs lie.
termined by model is, says, pounds,
should allow for his larger construction
20 per cent. extra. The reason for this
seems to be the more thoroughly reduced
pressure on the lee side Of larger area,
And this reminds u.s.
Many years ago the Royal Meteoro-
logical society arranged an exhibition Of
apparatus for measuring wind yelocities.
1t was an extraordinary assortment Of
instruments, of which one only, and that
"a purely empirical design, seemed to
achieve the obieet--the well-known Rob
inson's hemispherical cups. invented by
a clergyman. So everybody made up his
mind that the thing could be done seiens
tiGcally Straightway Mr. Dimes II II.
MI 81, went and did ii. Is that fair To
your colleagues to 20 and do a thing
which they have voted impossibleg Dir.
Dimes has been "at IT, again ia1elY, and
in this race. we believe, DR. w n. Shaw,
the meteorological director, Is in the con
spiracy.
The remarkable instrument, the bar.
ometer, is subject to curious fluctuations,
apart from the ordinary steady rise and
fall, little mdnlations caused By sudden
changes and by such simple things as the
presence Of cloud over the locality.
These oscillations are 50 minute that
nobody ever thought that they could be
Indicated on a paragraph the chart
which records the movements Of the mer-
cuFial column Nobody that Is to say,
but Mr. Dimes, who, ut the instigatiun
Of DR.. Shaw. has invented strange piece
Of mechanism, which actually does reg
ter these minute variations the 'em.
broidery Of the barometic chart" as the
director calls them--and 50 produce q
Interchangeable
Where are we II people win 20 on
iinventing like thisY Next, perhaps. we
shall find Mr. Dimes and MI. Shaw be-
tween them inyenting machine chat
will foretell the weather, and SO discs
tablish the whole meteorological office.
a sort Of penny-in-the.slot Arrangement,
where you win put in your coin, and the
weird thing viii tell you what sort OF
weather il IS to be- next Monday! Such
people require to be looked after.4-The
London Telegraph.