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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
FOUND INTERNAL MACHINE
Dangerous Christmas Present Sent
by Mail Detected i'm Time.

A dispatch from Erie, Pa. says
while distributing Christmas bundles
in the South Erie sub-postoffice
Christmas Eve an employee became
suspicious of package, the end OF
which had been broken open, ant
upon making an investigation the
package was found to contain an in
rernal machine. so constructed that
the opening of the box would cause
IN explosion that would have un-
doubtedly killed all persons around
1t. and set fire to everything in tho
building.
The package was addressed to Ar.
chie Carr. 2.2OS Cherry street, ant
had been mailed from that city. The
box was turned over to Postmaster
Sobell, who called in Chief of Police
Wagner The chief cut out the side
If the box and exposed a bottle and
contrivances so arranged that the
opening of the lid would have loosen
I'D the cork and ignited severai
matches.
The following inscription was or
The inside wrapper: You may per
haps find the cover will catch a lit
lie when you open the box Pay n,
attention to it. Merry Christmas.
Z. w. Wright, health officer ant
hemist, after an examination of the
,ottle said it contained a high ex
,losive.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
KILLED BY ROBBERS.
Prosperous Negro Merchant Found
Dead i'm his Store.

A dispatch from Sumter to The
State says Coroner S. F. Flowers re-
turned Tuesday afternoon from the
Statesburg neighborhood, where he
investigated the death of Walter
Blanding, colored. The negro was
the owner of store and was found
brutally cut up in his store.
No one appeared to know anything
of the affair, and Coroner Flowers
did not empanel a jury. From all
appearances the murder was doue for
the purpose of robbery, as only 90
cents was found in the store and the
deceased was said to have been doing
a good business and to be. well off
The body was terribly mutilated
with gashes inflicted with a hatchet
and knife that were found near the
body covered with blood. The muir
der is being investigated by the
county authorities, and further light
may be thrown on this horrible af.
fair
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
RALEIGH GOES "DRY."
Decisive Vote for Prohibition in an
Election Thursday.

BY a majority of 547 Raleigh, n.
c., on Thursday voted out its liquor
dispensary and becomes a prohibi-
ton city. In the city there were
92S votes for prohibition, 3S1 for
dispensary and two for saloons. The
dispensary has been in operation for
four years, twenty-fouT saloons hav-
ing been voted out in favor of the
dispensary. The sales have amount.
I'd to about s250.00O a year, with
about $4,000 profit, this being
placed to the credit of the school
fund, the road fund and the city ex.
pense account. 1t reduced taxation
but the voters felt that its influence
was not for the city's best interest
and voted 1t out. The election was
a quiet one,
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
LEAVES SWAG BEHIND.
New York Man Gets Queer Christ
mas Present from Burglar.

Santa Claus, in a peculiar guise
Daid visit to John Distler of New
York City. In the night Distler was
aroused by a noise in the dining
room and he at once decided that
there was a burglar in the house
Rather than take any chances of be
ing shot Distler made a great noise
In his room for the purpose of scar.
ing the burglar away.
He was successful In this and when
he went downstairs he found that
none Of the family silver had beer
stolen. On the contrary he found
m the table in the djnning room 6
large quantity of silverware. which
he had never seen before. He be
'ieves that the burglar had obtain
ed it from some other houses and
being scared by the noise he made
| fed, leaving II behind.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02

SHIP HAD BAD LUCK.
Reaches Frisco After Tragic voy-
age from BaItlmsre.

Coliided With Another Ship, Which,
Was Sunk With Part of the Crew
In Mid Ocean.
The American ship Atlas dropped
anchor at San Francisco on Christ
mas eve night. 275 days out from
Baltimore. 1t ended a voyage made
tragic by a collision OF Cape Horn
attended by the sinking Of another
vessel, the drowning of the ill-fated
crafts captain and the captains wife.
mutiny on its decks and death
among its crew.
On June s, at p. NJ. the Atlas
struck the Norwegian bark Viking.
Capt. Petersen, bound from Ham
burg TO Callao. Both were badly
damaged by the contact, but the
bark Jared the worst.
In the terror of the night 13 OF the
crew of the Norwegian bark boarded
the American ship, crawling over
tangled shrouds and dangling booms
Capt. Pearson and his wife were
not among those who made dan
gerous transit, but It was too dark
to render aid though the Atlas stood
by all night and next morning the
Viking had disappeared.
The Atlas put into Rio De Janerio
for repairs, badly leaking. On the
way to this port mutiny took place
among the crew over some trouble
with the mate, but it.was easily
Quelled.
Before the collision off Cape Horn
three of the ships company met
death. On May % j. Schumacher
and Charles Nolan seamen, fell from
the jib-boom and were drowned. On
June 10 John Hook, sailmaker, died
and was buried at sea. When the
ship arrived the captains son and
the third officer were i'll and the ves-
sci was ordered into quarantine
The Atlas had a cargo of coal fol-
the United States Government. The
vessel had been 102 days out from
Rio De Janerio and was overdue.
Reinsurance had been ordered at 10
per cent.
The Viking was a new bark OF
2.541- tons. Nothing had been heard
of it after it began it's last voyage
until the Atlas brought in the tidines
Christmas eve night
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
REDUCE OUTPUT.
The Cotton Mills Declare Cloth
Market Need Relief.
Eighty Per Cent of New England
Mills and One Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Workers Affected.

| AhOSsSuhu W OTkefS aueCte0.
The Arkwright Club, which rep
resents the cotton mill interests In
New England, at meeting at Bos-
ton Thursday voted for the curtail-
ment OF production 25 per cent be-
tween now and March /, in order to
relieve conditions In cloth markets
Of New York. Chicago. Boston and
other large entries centres.
1t was stated several days ago
that committee previously appoint
ed by the Club to canvass the situa-
ton among the mills had found suffi-
cient sentiment to insure the sue
cess of the curtailment plan. and
that a restriction of production was
regarded as a certainty
The cotton mills OF New England
employ about $4,000 persons under
normal condition, and 1t Is expected
that at least 10000 will be affectl
ed by the short time. The curtail-
ment agreement became operative
to-day, although numerous mills
have been shut down since Tuesday
night.
The agreement will affect large
majority of Fall River print cloth
mills. the fine goods OF New Bedford,
the Amoskege Corporation, of Man
chester. employing $4,000 hands and
most of the other New Hampshire
fa nt % ~
Saco, Maine; Pepperill Mills, of Bid
deford; the mills of Lewiston,
Brunswick and of the points. those
in Lowell employing 10000; Law
renee, Holyoke and Chicopee, Mass.
and mills controlled by large Rhode
Island interests.
The mills of Thorndyke, Bonds
vile. Palmer, Ware and Warren
Mass. and Greenville and New lisp
ban & Co.. of New York and Boston
adopted shortltime policy a
month ago, as did the Monodack, OF
Claremont. n. H. Tlssse and 9theI
concerns will reach the end of theiI
curtailment policy before the factor
les in the large centres.
More than 80 per cent of the spin
dies in New England are represented
in the agreement. The majority OF
the mills will run four day a week
during January and February, clos
ing Thursday nights. thus including
Saturday. a short working day, in
the shut down
Mills which have contracts calling
for delivery during the winter are at
liberty to reduce their production 25
per cent partially before March =,
and the remainder after that date.
The method of reducing is left large
ly to the discretion of the managers.
according to some of the officers OF
the textile unions. the operatives pre-
fer to work days a week rather
than be continuously idle for a per-
iod OF nearly three weeks.
The curtailment movement origi-
mated in New York commission
houses, which feared a congestion OF
goods and falling prices in the
spring IL the mills continued to oper.
ate in full during the winter.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
SHOT HIS WIFE
lust Before Sitting Down to a
Christmas Dinner.

DF' hineSDury Nils his wife In Kit
chen of Her Mothers Home Just
After Quarrel.
DR.. Walter X. Amesbury, of Mil
ford. shot and instantly killed his
wife. Anna, teacher OF music In
Roanoke College. Danville. Va, as
the family were about to sit down to
their Christmas dinner at the home
of Mrs. Jennie Rees. Mrs. Amesbury's
mother. at 220 Metropolitan avenue,
Hyde Park, Mass, Christmas Day.
DR.. Amesbury was placed under
arrest Immediately after the shoot
ing. Mrs. Amesbury had come from
Virginia to pass the holidays with
her sons, Walter r. Amesbury, and
Ira R. Amesbury. who live with their
grandmother. Mrs. Rees. DR.. Ames-
burg came from Milford, where he
has practiced for some time, to the
Christmas festivities with the fami-
ly.
Accdording to the police. DR.. Am
esbury fired two shots, both of which
took effect in Mrs. Amesbury's right
side. Her death was almost instan.
eous.
After his arrest, DR.. Amesbury
declared that the shooting was acci-
dental. He would not make any fur
ther statement.
Mrs. Amesbury was 40 years old
and a native of Kentucky.
Since her marriage to DR.. Ames
bury they had lived at different
times in Kingston and Tuxbury
Mass. and Corsicana, Tex. Some
time ago Mrs. Amesbury went to Vir-
ginia and began tecahing music in
Roanoke College. She was an ac-
complished vocalist.
According to the police DR.. Ames-
bury became engaged in a quarrel
regarding family matters. They
were conversing in the kitchen when
suddenly the other members of the
family. who were in the dining room
heard two shots fired.
Rushing into the kitchen the Am
esbury boys, the oldest of whom Is
about twenty years of age, grappled
with their father and threw him t.
The floor, After a struggle the re-
volver was taken away from him
md he was held until the arrival OF
the police.
Dr. Amesbury is forty-nine years
of age. He was formerly a surgeon
in the British army stationed in
Jamaica.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
Labor Trouble.

According to a statement issued
officially the recent encounters at
Iquique. Chill, between nitrate st,ik
ers and the police resulted in the
killing OF 210 men and the woundina
of about fifty. During one OF the
encounters the troops fired particu.
larly at the leaders OF the strikers.
but their aim was poor and the men
| were not hurt.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
NEGROES LEAVING.
They Were Told to Go and They Ar.
Going.

Negroes are rapidly leaving Hen
rietta. Okla. where the lyAchiuS
James Garden, colored, occurred OIL
Christmas following the murder
Albert Bates. prominent white
business man. The black were Civ
en- notice TO leave town within As
hours. A second attack was made
on the jail early Thursday morning
by a mob of citizens who sought {
one-eyed negro named Bill Smith
charged with melting Garden to com
NIT the crime, Sherff Robertson
however, spirited the man away from
the mob and took him to Okmulgee
Jim Johnson, negro, who gave Gar
den a rife also was taken to Okmul
gee.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
FATAL ACCIDENT
Caused by Boy Having Dynamite
in His Pocket.

Dan Bradley, the 16-year-old son
of widow at Pratt City, Ala, died
Thursday as a result Of Injuries re-
ceived in an explosion of dynamite
at Christmas party. The boy car
ried piece of dynamite in his coat
pocket. While on the porch he was
Jared. and the dynamite exploded.
The boys right leg was torn off.
and his body was thrown violently
through a window into the parlor
where the guests were assembled
Several boys and girls were knocked
down, and others were badly shaken
up by the explosion and by the boy
stricking them. The house was bad
ly wrecked.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
PHYSICIAN COMMITS SUICIDE
DIR. Thorn, of CASTOR Shoals. Cuts
His Throat.

DIR. j. l.. Thorn. of CASTOR Shoals
In Cherokee County, committed sui
eide Christmas night by cutting his
throat. He retired apparently in his
usual health, but about quarter 20
eleven o'clock he told his wife that
he was oppressed by the weight oil
the covering. She suggested that h.
throw some of 1t off. He then arose
and went into the next room. His
wife. hearing water dripping on the
floor, asked him what was the mat
ter. He replied, Come and see.
AS she entered the door he sank &c
the floor, dyinR In few seconds
DR.. Thorn was >bout forty years OF
age. and leaves wife and two little
children.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
Famine in Turkey.

The American Board of Commits
sioners for foreign missions has re-
ceived advices from the interior OF
Turkey, showing unusually severe
famine conditions. Bread is double
the usual price. and wheat and other
cereals are considerably higher chan
last year.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
BY Negroes Who Tried to Rob
His Store.
RESCUED BY SHERIFF.
The StOreket ger. Mr.. L. l.. Caves.
After Being Rescued, Was Taken
to the Hospital in Charleston for
Treatment. He Was Unable to
Give Any Account of the Trouble.
The Robbers Made Their Escape

The Robbers Made Their Escape.
The following account OF an out
| rage that took place near Charles
ton, We clip from the News and
Courier of Christmas Day. The News
and Courier says a telephone call
from st. Andrews Parish yesterday
afternoon gave information of an
outrage committed and tie prompt
response of Deputy Sheriff Joseph
Poulnot and volunteers was, no
doubt, the means of saving the life Of
Thomas l.. Caves, who keeps a gen
eral store in st. Andrews. short
distance from the New Bridge ter
minus. across the Ashley River.
The message was received in the
sheriff's office about six o'clock and
1t was to the effect that Caves had
been set upon and seriously injured
by negroes intent upon robbing his
store. Caves, it seems, was, to some
extent, able to defend himself for
ed, managed to get inside the store
when he barred the doors. He then
crawled to the telephone and called
for the sheriff's office, Charleston.
The message sent was to the effect
that he was being murdered and that
immediate help was needed
Mr.. Poulnot was in charge of the
office and lost no time in starting
for the scene of the trouble. He
chartered one of the big touring cars
from the Charleston Hotel garage, in
charge of Chauffeur Johnson. and
picking up Mr.. Harry Lihnstedt and
later Constable r. L. Knox, sped over
to ST. Andrews. The men In the
car did not know just what they were
to face-but they asked no questions
and were ready for any emergency.
Arriving at Caves store, which is
at the junction OF the shell road and
the James Island road, they looked
about for beligerants. None was il
sight. and then giving attention to
the store, they succeeded in rouisne
Mr.. Caves, who was just ablbe to get
TO the door and unbar it; weeping
with Joy at the sight of his rescur
ers. He was so far spent with loss
of blood from an ugly wound over
the left eye, that he could give no ac-
curate account of the trouble, and
only the genearl details were learn
ed.
There was not a person in the
neighborhood when the automobile
stopped at the store. and seeing the
condition of the wounded man, Mr..
Poulnot decided to come back at
once. Within an hour and half OF
the time of receiving the message
Mr. Caves was at the Roper Hospital
receiving the best possible attention.
He is getting along very we'll. al
though not out of danger. Rural
Policeman Burton, responding to q
telephone call was coming across the
bridge when the auto returned.
There is as yet no clue as to the mis-
creants who committed the murder;
| Gus assault upon the merchant.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
SorrovfuJ Occurrence.

At Clinton Mr.. f. A. Dorrity's lit
tie son was burned to death Christ
mas eve. The mother was dressing
the children to go away for Christ
mas. She went out few minutes
and when she returned the little fell
low was in flames.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
MASHED THE MASHER
Girl from Alabama Landed a Dom
key in the Ditch.

dispatch from New York says
a dapper young man on upper
Broadway the other evening was
following girl whose hands were in
n huge muffie. Suddenly, at Forty
fifth street. one of her hands, clad
in two ounce boxing glove dashed
out and sent the masher rolling into
the gutter. Then the man picked
himself up and apologized to the
young lady.
II beg pardon" she said. sweetly,
II am a stranger here. I came from
Alabama, and am a stenographer,
alone in town. But I'll tell you
there is no man in town who can in
suit me with impunity. 1 taught
women boxing in the southland I'll
teach New York smashers boxing in
the north" "
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
Fatal Burning.

Henry Meiser and Antonia Ober-
lin were burned to death and two
other men seriously injured Thurs
day in a fire which destroyed the
home of Andrew Baltow at Bradford
Pa The origin is not known.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-01-02
attempt to Hold up Train and
are Captured.
ONE IS BADLY HURT
Ey Being Shot by q Posse of Passen.
gers Led by the City Marshal OF
Sorrento. Illinois. When Order
cd TO Surrender the Bandits Open.
ed Fire, Which Was Returned h
the Passengers With Good Effect.

the Passengers With Good Effect
A west-bound Pennsylvania train
VAS held up by two masked robbers
1t Smithboro. ILL.,. on the Vandalia
division. early Friday, and after q
desperate battle. both men were cap.
.ured and carried to Greenville, Ill.
where they are now in Jail.
The bandits opened fire when re.
istance was offered, as they brought
the train to a halt just beyond the
Smithboro station, but their fire was
returned. and when the last of the
I 6 shots had been exchanged, one OF
The robbers was picked up with five
bullets in his body. He will prob
ably die.
City Marshal Emory Brown OF
Sorrento, ILL.,. led the passengers in
the fight with the two bandits, and
lie was badly wounded. One OF tn,
robbers bullets passed through his
body. He was placed in the cit,
hospital. 1t is not thought that he IL
fatally hurt.
The train was going about thirty
miles an hour and had started to
slow down in passing through
Smfthboro when the two bandits
with revolvers drawn turned the
signal. The engineer jammed on his
brakes and rs he slowed up the ban.
dts bade him throw up his hands
He stopped the train altogether and
was then ordered to quit the cal
with the fireman.
The two bandits ran to the rear
Of the train, intending to go through
IL orfm end to end but by this time q
number of the passengers were
awake and out of the berths. City
Marshal Brown was standing on the
rear platform trying to see what was
the matter.
AS the bandits caught sight of him
they ordered him to throw up his
hands. Instead. he whipped out his
revolver and opened fire. One of the
bandits dropped with a bullet in
his leg. But he continued to fire
BY this time a number of passenger
had Joined Marshal Brown on the
rear platform and they accompanied
Brown in a sally in the teeth of fur
ther fire from the bandits.
The unwounded robber took to hi.
heels. firing over his shoulder as he
saw the sally from the train. but he
was captured a few yards further on
after he had put up a desperate
struggle. The other bandit was
wounded five times before he ceased
firing his revolver.
The two robbers were carried oil
the train, the one robber not wound
ed being bound to a seat in the
smoker. Then the engineer and his
fireman got back into the cab ant
the train was rushed to Greenville
Investigation after the train lef
disclosed the fact that the two ban
dts had broken into the SmithborC
station and taken everything they
could find before the train arrived
1t is not known how much they Sc
cured. but 1t is supposed the boot!
was left somewhere in the woods
near the tracks. and search is nov
being made for IL.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1908-03-26

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einen Sell 1eines iiberquenenoenW Wobl=
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Stein 0ort 1T eben babel, bas grDbte
Reitaurant Ser Welt au betommen.
0ermutlih einihliebli9 ber preiie.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1908-03-26
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