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The San Francisco call., 1909-07-10

1 happened during delightful sun
IN northern California.
lie lans summer evening was
boys and girls reclined contentedlv c
high against the side of one OF the ba
house, just then filled to its utmost cap;
The alfalfa was soft and sweet SINE
the girls snuggled luxuriously in its GU:
height but the alfalfa reached within a
up adjoining II, divided only by thin o;
the two loads. was an equally large loaC
of the friendly wall
A few OF the boys lounged over
with apparent relish, and one, who hi
on his back. his arms under his head, S
OF the evening sky. There were bro
friends and new, and peal after peal
young voices filled the air. till the sol
night enwrapped them. Then the vol
key and finally almost ceased and tn
their respective tents or quarters in til
"Flossie.' whispered Una Walters
as, arms entwined, they slowly wenC
Wouldn't it be fun to 60 back and sic
Jane and all OF them have gone to bed
Flossie's big brown eyes turned W
ones: then she gave a little giggle and
What a joke she whispered glee
any of them?'
NO, well wait until they are all
lar. We can each take a blanket and
Aunt Jane and Tommy Lyndon" TIVE
IN slumber, and two slim young figure
emerged from the tent, which they occ
ing with suppressed laughter and hamp
they made their way through the dark
MY, isn't it dark?' whispered Flo
gleefully See that great star"
Eyes" said Una. Wen sleep lik
as she spoke the alfalfa stack loome'
them The sides sloped quite little
done earlier IN the evening, and II sea
reach the top. They laid one of th'
smelling alfalfa, and in a moment wert
other and gazing through the darkness
"How big and bright II looks" sal
only one out Flossie"-after pause
do you suppose there are any mice in
this alfalfa2"
L don't know said Flossie, rather
alarmed What made you think Of
such horrid things2 oh. dear"
Well" said Una, comfortingly. IF
there are any they are sure TO be near
the ground, not away UP here. Let's go
10 sleep now. II must be nearly /
o'clock"
There was 2 drowsy pause. Suddenly !
The girls grasped each other tightly !
snd with wildly beating hearts turned {
frightened eyes toward the partition. ]
There was nothing 10 be seen through ,
the darkness, but they distinctly heard
soft paving movement among the
hay on the other side OF the partition.
Una" whispered Flossie, trembling.
What Is il? I am so frightened
I don't know, I can't see anything.
Listen" returned Una
A low grunting and snorting now ac-
1companied the paving. which appeared
10 come nearer every moment. The
girls now almost helpless with terror,
lay perfectly still. straining wild eyes
in the direction Of the noise and mo-
mentsrily expecting TO see the fierce
yellow eyes OF some wild mountain ami
NAL gleam upon them. A few moments
more-an eternity 10 the terrified girls
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-10
BY ELIZABETHE EWING

happened during delightful ranch
in northern California
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
STICKS TO HIS .COLORS.
Will Not Swear Allegiance to the
United States.

They have discovered real Con-
federate, an unreconstruced Confed-
crate, in Atlanta. He is Col. G. N.
Saussy Of Sylvania.
Gov. Brown recently named Col.
Saussy a colonel on the governors
personal staff and the adjutant g1E-
eral mailed the old soldier his conf
mission, together with the oath OF
allegiance to the State OF Georgia
and the United States.
Col. Saussy made few changes
in the commission and more in the
oath He erased the word blue
where it appeared in the regulations
for the uniform and substituted the
word gray. Then he erased the oath
to the United States constitution and
wrote:
Il except to the 18th, 14th and
18th amendments. am a Confed-
crate soldier, still on parole. and
while pledged not 10 again bear arms
against the United States, | still re-
tain the views | had when en-
tered the Confederate army. have
never taken the oath of allegiance
to the United States and while Goa
gives me life | never will.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
AUTO STRIKES A TREE
And Kills Two Persons and Wounds
Five Others.

Two members of prominent CHI
cago family met death in an auto
mobile accident near Brunswick N.
j., Saturday afternoon. G. A. Mac
Leon, Jr., whose parents were re-
turning to New York after having
made arrangements for entering
Princeton University, was almost III
stantly killed. His father, George
A. MacLean, said to be depart-
ment manager for Marshall Field
& Company, Chicago, was so serious
" injured that he succumbed in a
hospital later.
Of a party of seven, including a
negro chauffeur, none escaped m
Jury. Mrs. MacLean was injured 1t
teInally and is in precarious con-
dition. Miss Dorothy MacLean, a
daughter about 20 years old, had
both arms and both legs broken.
Miss Jeanette and Miss Harriet Nc
Donald, nieces of Mr.. MacLean, also
of Chicago, were also seriously IN
iured. One of them had her thigh
and arm broken.
The MacLeans came came on from
Chicago to install young MacLean
in Princeton and were making the
Journey to New York by automobile,
preparatory to leaving for Chicago.
Near this place, while the car was
going at a good clip, something went
wrong with the steering gear, the
machine dashed to the side of the
road, and crashed into tree. All
of the occupants were thrown out
violently. and young MacLean land
ed on his head with such force that
death was practically instantaneous.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
PRICE OF BLOOD
AUTOMOBILE RACES CLAIMS
THREE MORE VICTIMS.
Hurting Juggernaut Crashes Into a
Crowd Of On-lookers, Raising New
Speedway's Fatality Record.

Three more lives we're sacrificed
Saturday in the mad speed carnival.
which has inaugurated the auto
mobile speedway at Indianapolis,
Ind. One mechanician and two
spectators paid the penalty OF their
lives to satisfy the extreme desire for
speed. The fatal Iaccident came
when National car driven by
Charles Merz in the 300-mile race,
lost a tire and crashed through a
fence into group of spectators,
spreading death and destruction in
the wake Of its wild plunge.
The dead: Claude Keilum of In
dianapolis, Mechanician in the Ma
tional car; Ora Jolleffe, Trafalgar,
Ind, an unidentified man.
Besides :he three deaths, two Sc
rious injuries resulted during the
day. Henry Tapking of Indianapolis
was seriously injured in the fatal
wreck sustaining a compound frat-
'ture of his right arm. broken
nose and several scalp wounds.
Bruce Keene, the driver of a Marmon
car in the same race, crashed into a
post shortly after the National wreck
and was badly cut about the neck
and head.
These three deaths raised the toll
of the speedway to seven lives last
week. William Bourque and his me-
chanician, Harry Molcombe, of the
Knox racing team were killed in
an accident in the 250?mie race
Thursday. Cliff Literal, Stoddard-
Dayton mechanician, was killed by
being hit by a big racing machine
while on the way out to the speed
way. On Thursday Elmer Gramp-
ton, a 6-year-old boy, was killed by
the automobile Of DR.. Clark E. Day
of indianapolis while the latter was
on his way to the speedway for the
first days races.
The smash came after Merz had
finished more than 200 miles and
was running fifth in the race. A
front tire came off and the car: tore
away and went crashing through
the fence, plunging into a crowd. 1t
tore through this group and into a
gully, turning complete comersault.
Kellun was bleeding from innu-
mera Bile injpries when picked up.
Great gashes were torn into his alb
domen and head and the blood had
begun to pour into his lungs AL
though practically dead when picked
up, he lived for some time without
regaining consciousness.
The unidentified. man was instant
ly killed, and Jolleffe died as he was
being lifted into an automobile.
Tapkin. it is believed, has fair
chance to recovery.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
THE GREEN EYED MONSTER
Causes William Mcleod to Kill a
Young Lady.

Declaring that he had rather see
her dead than married to another,
William Mcleod, farmland, Fri
day confessed to sheriff Ricketson
that he murdered Miss Matte Gra-
ham, wealthy and refined young
woman whose body was THURSDAY
discovered in swamp near her
home at Hokesboro, in Coffee coun-
ty, Ga.
Going into every detail, his state
ment is that he left his work and
went to the house before dinner.
Not seeing her he asked for Miss
Matte and being informed that she
had gone to her field for melon,
he followed and found her.
Both started black towards the
house side by side. Coming to a
branch near the house he let her
precede him. When at her back
he caught her by the left arm and
cut one side of her throat.
She turned and looked him IN
the face and exclaimed: Lord have
mercy" the only words she ever
spoke after the attack. Then he
finished cutting her throat and cut
her in the side as she fell.
He stamped her in the face, wash
od tho hlood from his knife, face
and Ioveralls and when dry went
to the house and ate dinner. His
only motive for his crime was that
he had rather see her dead than to
see her marry Byard Mobley.
While he loved her. he had never
told her, and if she was now alive
no motive could induce him to harm
her. His only fear appears to be
of being lynched He does not sho"
any remOrSc
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
Buthcd in Burning Spirits.
Soldiers and Foreigners.

At New Orleans Allan Cartner,
government gauger at a local dis
tillery, was probably fatally burned
Saturday as result Of an alcohol
bath which he administered to an
employe of the plant who had been
overcome jby the heat. Cartner s
clothes became saturated and when
he lit cigarette his shirt caught
fire. His clothing quickly became
a mass of flames. but by rolling on
the ground he succeeded in eXtn-
gushing the fire.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
Gone on Trial Trip.

The new hattleship South Carol!nl
left the Philadelphia navy yard Sat
urday for the Delaware C1pes where
its official trial trip will be held.
After the tests which include TIM"
trials and endurance runs. the Vcs-
sci will return to Cramps shlpya"d
for general fitting up before being
turned over to the government.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
WeevilS Killed by Heat.

DR.. w. D. Hunter, government en-
tomologist in charge Of the Southern
field crop, in bulletin, declares tha.
the terrific heat Of the last few days
has killed more than SO per cen.
of the boil weevils in Texas and Ok
lahoma. and that the heat and dry-
ness Of the season everywhere has
brought out small plants on when
the hollis will soon open, so the crop
may be picked at an abnormally en"'
ly date
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
Leaned From u Train.

Miss Sarah Pardue, aged 40. OF
Ronda, Wilkes county, n. c., while
returning from visit to ElklHS
Friday, leaped from passenger
train and sustained serious if not
fatal injuries. Miss Pardue, not
being accustomed to railroad travel.
and thinking that the train Wouid
not stop at her station, grabbed her
baggage and jumped while the en-
gfneer was making thirty miles an
hour.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
Fatal Fcud Fight.

AS the result of one OF the iierceet
feud fights in the history OF MHch-
lenburg county at Huntersville few
nights ago, Reece Hucks. a promi-
nent Young farmer of Croft, lies dead
at St. Peters hospital; Lester HuckS.
a brother, Charles Cox and Gilreath
and Bate Davis, neighbOrs and sui
stantioal farmers. are seriously cut
and shot, and several others sight
ly wounded.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
CR.AZED RY SNAKE BITE.
Fought Companions Until Medical
Aid Arrived.

Made mad by a combination of
bee and rattlesnake poision. r. Lane,
a farmer Of French Creek, Wis,
fought his companions for three
hours until medical aid arrived.
One of the men killed rattlesnake
and donning pair of gloves, skinned
the reptile. In the afternoon Lane
borrowed the gloves to wear while
loading lumber While engaged in
this work he disturbed nest of lit
tie yellow bees, which stung him on
the neck and arm and in fighting
them he kept rubbing the gloves on
the spots where the bees had pune
tured the skin. The poison took eff
feet at once and Lane became ma
MAC. He is recovering.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
WILL Be TRIED
DISPENsARY CASES WILL COME
UP NEXT MONTH.
The Alleged Grafters VIII Answer
to the Charge of Wrong Doing at


The State says the trial of num-
ber of the ex-officials and others en-
ployed at the old State dispensary
and charged with graft as result
will take place next month. II the
plans of Attorney General Lyon are
not sidetracked in some way.
This is practically an official state
ment given the attorneys represent
ing some of those now under indict-
ment. Judge Memminger will pre-
side at the coming term.
There are now number under
indictment, all being out on bond'
but it has not yet been definitely de-
cided which of the cases will be
taken up. However, Attorney Gener-
al Lyon wishes to clear the docket
as rapidly as possible and he Will
consult with Solicitor Cobb as to
the disposal of the "jail cases." 1t
is probable that the first week will
dispose of these and the officials
will be able to take up the diSpen-
sary trials.
Among those now under indict-
ment are: w. o. Tatum, John BLACK,
John Bell Towill, L. w. Boykin, Jos.
B. Bylie, ]. w. Rawlins, w. A. By
ers, ]. S. Farnum and Norton A.
Goodman. Warrants were sworn
out for these men at various time'
following the investigation OF the
legislative committee and the work
of the State dispensary commission
after evidence adduced by those In
terested in the investigation.
There is also an order for an
Indictment of J. D. Alisbrook, c
former dispenser at Manning, who
testified before the legislative c'm-
mittee and wrcse arrest was aftss'
wards ordered for perjpry. Ais
brook will be remembered generally
because of his remark, Whose bread
cat his song l sing.
There will be numDer OF aLloI-
neys on both sides in these crses
and the testimony will be read with
interest throughout the county, be-
cause of the prominence given the
investigation and the results that FOL
lowed the death Of the State dtspen'
sary and the adoption Of the loca!
option plan and, later, prohibition In
many counties.
In the testimony produced by tho
State or the defendants soma OF the
most prominent men in the country
will probably be involved. From a
legal standpoint it is expected that
there will be battle from the start,
but the outcome in the lower court
probably rests with the jurors OF
Richland.
The fall term of the court of gen
eral sessions will convene on Mon
day, September 6.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
STABBED TO DEATH
DEAD BODY OF A MAN FOUND
WITH KNIFE WOUND.
The Dead Man is VIII Brooks Of
Augusta and Mark Duncan Is Held

Augusta and Mark Duncan Is Held
as Murderer.
The swollen and partially decom-
posed body Of Will Brooks, white
man Of Augusta, Ga, was Friday
found in a corn field near Bath, with
wound in his left side, evidently
inflicted with pocket knife. The
man had been dead at least two days.
1t is thought that the body was found
by some negroes in passing. The
body was drawn up and showed evil
dences of the deceased having under
gone excruciating pain before death.
Coroner Johnson was not in the
city at the time of the finding Of the
body, having gone to hold an inquest
over the body of negro laborer
who was killed near Sand Bar ferry
on the Savannah river by the caving
in of said and the inquest has not
yet been held.
The magistrate at Bath had Mark
Duncan, white, taken in charge and
he will be held in the Aiken jail
pending the investigation of the
death of brooks. On wednesday
night Duncan is known to have had
fight with Brooks near Duncan's
home. Durncan is a married man
and an employe, it is said, in the
Bath mill. Brooks is alleged to have
had of attempted to have illicit re-
lations with the wife of Duncan.
It is said that Duncan had warned
him against these advances and
warned him to stay away from his
home.
Wednesday night Brooks again
paid a visit to Duncan's home, 1t is
said, and when Duncan accosted him
about it Brooks is said to have
struck him in the face and pulled
his knife, whereupon Duncan also
drew his knife and they had a gener-
al fight, during which Duncan cut
Brooks In the side.
Brooks went away and from the
fact that he went through a corn
field it appears that he was attempt
ing to get away from Duncan. He
evidently died after getting short
distance from the house.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
Young Girl browns.

In futile effort to save the life
of W. Brooke Lessig, we'll known
Philadelphia lawyer. with whom she
was swimming in the surf at Wild
wood Crest, ~ j.. Friday afternoon,
Miss Virginia Paul. one of the lead
ers in the younger set OF Phlladel-
phia society was also drowned IN
the swift ocean current. Nellher
body has been recovered.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
Engineer Killed.

Engineer J. b. Robinson OF Alli-
anre. Ohio, was killed Saturday night
when his train, known as No. 2l5.
on the Erie and Pittsburg division
of the Pennsylvania railroad. was
wrecked at Youngstown, Ohio. The
train operates between New Castle.
Pa, and Alliance. Ohio. When near
Youngstown the engine let the track
and turned turtle. No one except
Robinson was injured.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
EcII Ernm Fourth Floor.

At Pittshurg. Pa. while placing
rigging to hoist q piano to the fourth
floor of the Nixon Theater Saturday,
one man was killed and several in
jurcd when the apparatus collapsed,
precipitating them to the pavement,
a distance OF forty feet.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
For Which a Fiend is Quickly
Caught and fiusg by
OUTRAGED CITIZENS
The Fiend Was an Ex-convict and
Was Taken From the Sheriff..
He Was Charged With Assaulting
and Numbering q Woman and Her
Little Baby.

Little Baby.
Henry Haylor, negro ex-convict'
charged with assaulting a white Wo-
man Tuesday and then numbering
her and her infant, was Friday az
ternoon taken from the sheriff OF
Wilcox county, Ca, between Lump
kin and McRae, and lynched.
The crime for which the negro
was lynched by indignant citizens
was one of the most brutal ever re-
corded in the criminal annals OF
Georgia.
The negro's victim and her g.
months-old baby were left at their
home at Lumpkins Ferry Tuesday
afternoon and that night when the
husband and father returned from
his work both his wife and baby were
missing.
A search revealed the fact that
they were not at the home of any
neighbor. Soon their disappearance
with suspicion of foul play, was
known throughout the neighborhood
and search for them was Immediately
commenced.
Thursday afternoon the bodies
were found in small pond not
great ways from the woman's home
The woman had been assaulted and
then choked to death, while the ba'
by's skull had been crushed.
;" Henry Taylor had told Of seeing
the woman with her baby, going in
the direction of the pond In which
their bodies were found. Suspicion
was Immediately directed toward
him on the finding Of the bodies, but
he had disappeared.
Early Friday Taylor was arrested
in Ben Hill county, near Lumpkin
Ferry. He was taken in charge by
the sheriff of Wilcox county, who
Immediately started for Fitzgerald
Finding that his way was blocked
by the presence OF large numbers oil
| aroused people, a circuitous route
was taken.
The citizens, however, learned OF
the change Of plans, and, continu'
ally augmented by blood-thirsty men,
the mob followed the trail of the
sheriff and finally came upon him
! between Lumpkins Ferry and NC
Rae and quick work was made Of the
| negro. After being strung up to
tree. Taylor's body was llled with
bullets.
TAYLOR had only recently complet-
ed serving a chaingang sentence IN
|
this county.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
Selling Cocaine.

The Augusta Herald says Cha>.
Bignon, negro, pleaded guilty in
the city court Saturday OF selling
cocaine. BignOn was sentenced 20
serve 10 months on the PUBLIC, works
by Judge VIM. T.. Eve.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
Storm Causes Panic.

At PNtsburg. Pa, one woman died
of fright panic occurred in
street car which was struck by light
ming and house roof was ripped
off while the inhabitants lay in bed
during a violent electric storm Fri
dav
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24
PrllaTra at Rock Hill.

There are two more cases OF pei
lagra in Rock Hill. No hope is en-
pressed by the attending physician
for the recovery of either of the
patients-their death being only a
question of q few days.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-24

to? understand a clause OF. the con-
rstitution when read to him. The
result is only $4,000 negroes were
able to obtain registration certifi-
Gates. l do not know Of a single
white man who could not understand
a clause Of the constitution as read
to him. There are more negro chill
dren in school than whites. Why?
Because there are more OF them.
In the lower counties the negroes
are in a large majority, from to
| to 10 to 1. According to the last
census there were in the State about
1856, 900 negroes and $4,000 whites.
"The only thing that keeps them
from voting or beins voted is this,
the registration law. Now Mr.. Taft
is very pleasant and tactful, he has
been down South spreading molas-
ses, he is coming again and will see
saout organizing white Repub-
lican party, confer with Mr.. Hemp
hill, get some weakened Democrats
to Join his party. If the notion is
cot into their heads 10000 negroes
may be mobolized and led to the
polls and voted.
"Then what will be the result?
The 18th amendment declares that
no man shall be debarred from Vot-
ing on account of race or color
"The number of negroes is still
increasing as sure as yonder sun
shines in the heavens. Unless We
can get the 18th amendment repeal
ed the time will come when these
negroes will be mobolized and voted
by sharp white men. l. tell eyou
there is devilment brewing when
Taft comes in South Carolina with
molasses. His purpose Is to mobo-
lize the negroes and use them IN
dominating Democratic States. Who
ever says We have no race problem
is an idiot. We want to be liberal
and kind to the negroes, but they
don't know anything about govern
ment and never will. While people
are going to rule South Carolina no
matter how many Republicans be-
tween Cape Cod and hell say to the
contrary.
II reminded these Yankees about
their treatment to these Chinese in
California, asked congress to pass
bill to keep them out, exclude
Chinese, Japs, Hindoos, etc. How
about Filipinos, Malays? They tax
them. Rule them without their con-
sent. Yankees say to Mongolians,
Get up and get Ho Malay, Get
on your belly and crawl To In
dians, 'Die.' Best Indians are dead
Indians! But to negroes, down
South, who are only three genera
tions removed from barbarians. with
latgm?. mnH- alfiQ.1i shrdlhrdluuu
outstretched arms. they say. Come
to my bosom. or. you darling pick
aninnies!' take my pitchfork to
the Yankees then and tell them they
are hypocrites. The most enjoy
ment 7 get out of making money is
when those Yankees pay me 5000 a
night to blister them"
Some one suggested compulsory
education and it was shown that
the whites by taxes would build
school houses for negroes and edu-
cate their children and according to
the 18th amendment, no discrimina-
ton could be shown on account of
race.
at would be idotic to increase
our difficulties by educating the ne
groes."