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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18

needs it, and our country will be
prosperous.
The deterioration of the crop in
all of the States is of such a ma
ture that it is now too late for it
to recuperate and make anything like
full crop, no matter how favorable
the seasons may be from now on. SO
realize you have the situation IL
your own hands. / want to urge
every farmer to SOW largely of wheat
and oats; for corn, flour and bacon
are now very high. They can be
raised for much less than half the
cost at which farmers are buying
today, and we have every reason to
believe they will be higher another
year.
Let us begin now to diversity our
crops for 1910. Make home self
supporting and self-sustaining, and
our country will grow rich. | want
to urge upon every farmer to study
the conditions of the cotton crop in
all the cotton belt States, and am
sure he will not dump his cotton on
the market as he has done in the
past.
Just a word about cotton seed
Remember the supply this year will
be short and the demand great for
cotton seed products. When you
sell your seed, be sure TO make ar
rangementS for the price of meal
and hulls. or you will be caught in
a trap. You probably have used
good judgment in growing your
crop, and it behooves you now tc
use better judgment in selling.
3. Harris.
Ex-President State Farmers Union.
Pendleton, S. G.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
DANGERS OF WESTERN CORN.
Its Use May be the Cause Of PeIla.
gra in the South.

The Augusta Herald very wisely
sums up the matter of Western cc.n
and its results as food for man
and beast. The Herald says it is
not in corn that donger turks, but
in Western corn, The reason for
this is clear. Western corn does
not fully mature before the season
ends. Frost falls upon it before
the kernels are hardened and the
cob is dry,
In this condition it is gathered
and housed or stacked. 1t then goes
through a process of fermentation
which produces the chemical chang
es that convert healthy food for
man or beast into subtle poison.
Fed to horses it gives them blind
staggers and thousands of horses
and mules are killed by it every
year. Eaten by men it produces
pellagra.
Fortunately a simple preventative
will avoid all risks in this matter.
That is to use only Southern grown
corn either for making corn bread
or to feed to the horses. And an
Atlanta case may show that grits
ground in the North should also be
excluded. Let our farmers ponder
this matter, and raise corn enough
for all our needs. Pellagra is be-
coming entirely too frequent in the
South. .
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
SHOT HER AUNT.
An Alabama Woman Arrested on
Charge of Murder.

4 dispatch from Brewton, Ala,
says Sheriff G. A. Fountain returend
from Pollard late Wednesday night
with Mrs. Will Nowling, who had shot
to death her aunt by marriage, Mrs.
Henry Nowling, two and a half miles
from Pollard. The latter was a Sis
ter of Martin Lindsey, millionaire
of Mobile. Mrs. Will Nowling claims
self-defence. The trouble arose over
the efforts of Mrs. Henry Nowling
to put into the house of Mrs. Will
Nowling household effects of mar
ried daughter. Ignoring the warning
she is alleged to have advanced on
Mrs. Will Nowling with bed slat,
at which juncture the latter fired,
the load of shot taking effect in the
heart of Mrs. Henry Nowling. Mrs.
Nowling's father and brother reside
at Jay, Fla.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
WILL HAyEsTO, WAIT.
No Money to be Had~for the Man
ayers Of State Election.

The Florence Times says those who
hold claims against the State for
the last election are doomed to dis
appointment. 1t was thought that
being a special election, the managers
would be paid out of the small ap-
preparation made by the last legisla-
ture; but there were too many 'elec-
tions a head of Florence county, and
the appropriation was only $500, SO
that the creditors of the State in
this county will have to line up with
those in the other counties and wait
the appropriation of the next legis-
lature to collect their claims. The
editor of the Times. went over to
Columbia to try and get this money
for the managers in Florence coun-
ty, but was obliged to return empty
handed. Bond issue elections and
other svedfaf elections have been
held in a number of counties and that
exhausted the funds. No county in
which special elections were held at
the same time as the dispensary cleo
ton was held can draw money, since
some had to be put out, all dispen-
sary counties were put on the same
footing.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
SEIZED A BIG STILL
LARGE TUssAC PLANT CAPTUR-
ED IN SOUTH EDIsTO SWAMP.
This is the Eighth Still That Has
Been Captured in Year by the
Aiken Officers.

Alkcu VllCSESs
A dispatch says another Of the
"big stills" Of the South Edisto river
swamp is in the Aiken Jail yard,
having been carried there by Of
fcers Samuels, Cato and Holley
Wednesday night.
The still was a large one, the
capacity being about 12o gallons OF
mash"
Mr.. Samuels received information
a few days ago that Kinney Mon
day, white man, was in. the busi-
ness. The information was based, it
is said. on Monday carrying molas-
ses from the Windsor depot. Sub
sequently Constables Samuels, Cato
and Holley left Wednesday aimed
with search warrants for Mondays
house, which was searched.
Nothing but empty jugs and bot
ties were found. These had the fa-
miliar smell, but the "tussac" was
nowhere to be found. A search Of
the premises not revealing any Whis-
key, it was continued into the ad-
jaceSt swamp.
A path from the house was fol-
lowed into the swamp, and a short
distance from the house the still
was found, still steaming after a big
"stilling bee" had taken place.
The big basin and the worm was
loaded on the buggy, while siN fer
menters and a "fleeck" stand were
demolished. 1t is said that this still
is one of the most famous of the
Edisto swamp, having, it is alleged,
been in operation for 20 years.
The distilled goods could not be
located, but all appurtenances were
destroyed. This still was found at
a point that has not been raided- with.
in a year, 16 miles from Aiken, near
Pine Log bridge. Monday raised
quite a fuss about the officers
searching his house, but made no
resistance.
This is the eighth still that has
been captured within : years time
by the Aiken county officers. Aiken
is to be congratulated upon having
the diligent dispensary officers that
she has, as they are terror to the
blind tiger element, and by their
good works the violations Of the law
are kept within a small sphere.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
PERISH Ell In WRECK
Eight Traiumeu Killed and Fifteen Passen.
lGsrr ;9----"ff. %7fi =-7E' ST7 %t-
gers Are Injured:
BY COLLISION OF TRAINS
A Freight and Passenger Train
Come Together Near Nashville and
Fire Sweeps the Debris, Consum-
ing Two of the Bodies of Those
Who Had Been Killed.
Who Had Been Killed.

Eight trainmen killed and Is pas.
sengers injured, two fatally per-
haps, is the result of collision be-
tween passenger and freight
train Wednesday morning on the
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
| railroad at Pegram Station, 20 miles
west of Nashville, Tenn. In the fire
that followed at least two of the
mangled bodies were completely con-
sumed.
The dead: William Mogan, trav-
cling engineer, Nashville; Joe Cow
er, engineer on passenger train
Nashville; Jess Harrington, engineer
on freight train, Nashville; Walter
Roach, messenger, Nashville; Sam
Whited, fireman on freight train
Nashville; S. B. Welp, brakeman; w.
S. Stalcup, mail clerk, Martin,
Tenn; L. C. Bailey, mail clerk
Martin.
Seriously injured: Bob Bailey
fireman, Nashville, two ribs broken
and left side injured; Ellis Martin
conductor on freight, Nashville, in.
jured on head and Internally, may
die.
Slightly injured: Capt. T. Jobe
Burton, N. c.; William Lunsford
Peachtree, N. c.; W. L. Thomason
Peachtree, N. c.; r. w. Boyd, Al.
mond, N. c.; Mrs. L. M. Lee, Tul
lahoma, Tenn; Mrs. Temple Luns
ford, Murphy, N. c.; Mrs. A. c.
Thompson, Murphy, N. c.; May
Thomason, Murphy, N. c.; Mrs. Mary
]. Jackson, Mcclellan; Mrs. Johr
Lively, McFimmville. Tenn; Mrs
John Dunn, mberland Furnace
Tenn; Mr.. John Dun, Cumberland
Furnace, Tenn.
The collision occurred about
o'clock and was. between passenger
train No. 4, westbound, and fast
freight No. 81, en- route to Nash.
vile. The wreckage at once caught
fire. The baggage, mail, express
and smoking cars of the passenger
train and severel of the freight cars
were burned. But one bag of mai
was saved. Through the almost SUI
| perhuman strength exerted by the
passengers the three day coaches
| and the Pullman were pushed from
the fire and saved.
1t Is the general impression
among passengers and the trainmeI
that the fault was with the passeng.
er crew, as an order to meet at Peg.
ram had been issued, and the wreck
occurred west of that station.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
The Tobacco Crop.

The second monthly report on the
tobacco situation was made by Com
missioner Watson Thursday under
the new act. 1t is for August show
ing total sale of 15,265,293 pounds,
which brought S1,125,704.3S. The
figures indicate a crop for the year
at least two and half million
pounds. Mullins is the leading mar
ket, Lake City second, Darlington
third, Timmonsville fourth, and Flor
ence fifth.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
Bengal Tiger q Suicide.

The hunt along the water front
of Marseilles, France, for the Royal
Bengal tigress that escaped from a
steamer in the harbor on Tuesday
came to a dramatic end when the
animal, mortally wounded and with
blood streaming from her head and
flanks, fled from her mob of pur-
suers and with enormous bounds
gained the water front. Then she
sprang into the sea and was drowned
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
GRAFTERs WILL BE CONv1CTEI
Evidence Against Them Said to Be
Very Strong,

Very Strong.
The Florence%Times says the gen.
eral opinion rinN Columbia is that
something isasgoing. to happen right
hard to the men charged with graft
ingFi1 the State ~dispensary matters.
The, evidence given before the grand
jury is direct, positive and apparent
lys indisputable:' 1t is said that the
men on trial are worried. The prose
cutioh Aafeels sure that they will Sc
cure convictions if they have jury
that anything like recognizes their
responsibility.
The members of the grand jury
have''let out few of the things that
were brought out in the evidence be-
fore them, and they are shocking, so
shockingtthatth the men could not keep
the stories to themselves. The TAX
ing of"money and money in big slic-
es, is not even attempted to be de-
MED, the accused content themselves
with insisting that.it was not bribery.
The cumberous verbage of the in
dictment charging that with force
the defendants conspired to cheat
and defraud the State, has caused
good deal of merriment, the liquor
men say that they used force or COM
puls;on, but found the local parties
quite in a receptive mood.
The cases may not be brought up
at the present term of court, but
they will come up if there is time.
The Jail is full Of prisoners and
those out on bond are let alone un-
til the Jail is cleared. This may
take the graft cases over to another
term, or to a special term.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
Dead in His Buggy.

Mr.. j. Warren Blakely, one Of the
most substantial citizens Of Laurens
county, was found dead in his buggy
late Tuesday afternoon, the news of
which spread rapidly over the city
and county and caused many express
sions of regret. Death was in all
probability due to heart failure, as he
was we'll when he left home. He was
73 years Of age.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
TRAITORS IN c CONGRESS ! [ j R !: 5
g --S-y-r4f g. SSSS 5ze' > r3-s1+' ~ y ~
BRYAN SCORES sOCALLED DEMO
Gratis WHO VOTED
With the Republicans in Congress
-, "a - -. = -
Against the Platform Adopted by
Their Own Party.

r -
Their Own Party.
Bryan, the Great Commoner, made
a great speech Tuesday at Dallas
Texas. Denouncing him who would
violate party pledge ratified by the
voters of his party as an embezzler
Of power, Bryan outlined his views as
to the tariff before large audience,
Mr.. Bryans subject was "Democ-
racytand the Tariff" He emphasized
necessity of Senator'S and Congress
men being bound by platforms, say
ing he. would later suggest a form
for such a plank.
eff all of the Democrats in the
Senate and House had voted against
every proposed increase in the tariff,
and for every proposed decrease, we
might have made our fight next year
upon the party's record without max
ing a specific declaration on items
of schedules" said Mr.. Bryan.
"But-in view of the fact that Dem
ocrats in both the Senate and the
House differed as to the interpreta-
tion of the Democratic platform, and
as to the rates that should be i'm
posed under the various schedules,
believe that it is necessary fer our
platform to be specific and emphatic.
"If we expect to secure control of
Congress, we must convince the pub
lie that we will, if entrusted with
the power, favor material reductions.
Unless our candidates for Congress
can agree before the election they
are not likely to agree after the
election. If each Democratic can
didate will state his position, the
voters can select representative
who will give expression to their
views, and I am much more anx-
ious that the representatives shall
reflect the wishes of his constituents
than I am that he shall agree with
my opinion"
Mr. Bryan concluded his address
with an extended argument in favor
of free raw material. When asked
if he would attend the reception to
be given Samuel Gompers, president
of che American Federation Of La
Dor. on his return from abroad, Mr..
Bryan said:
Il "That depends upon the date"
When told that it was October 1,
he said:
Impossible. That is our twenty
fifth wedding anniversary"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
Sanguinary Duel Of Sisiers-in-Law il CHI
eago Apartment House.
BOTH die: IN STRUGGLE
Mrs. Julia Trip and Mrs. Jacob
: Silvers Perish in Hand-to-hand
Combat. With. Pistol and Knife.
They Lived in the Same House and
Had Frequently Quarrels.

Mrs. Julia Tripp, and her sister
in-law, Mrs. Jacob Silvers of New;
York, are both dead as the result Of
pistol and knife duel between thu
two women in Mrs. Tripp's apart
ments at .Fifty-sixth street and Prai-'
rie avenue, a fashionable residence
district of Chicago: 1t is said Mrs.
Silvers' husband left her about three
months ago because of her peculiar
actions. Mrs. Tripp was the wife IF
e. superintendent Of manufacturing
firm of Chicago.
There were ten bullet wounds and
cne cut on the body of Mrs. Tripp&
Mrs. Silvers had bullet wound in
the chest and several knife slash-i
es. Only one revolver was found in
the apartments, but eight empty
shells indicating that the revolver
was emptied and reload ii ':':ring the
struggle. The furnishings Q che
apartments were in disorder ana in
every room there wee ev!denccs OF
a desperate struggle.
Mrs. Tripp was fully dressed l'ut
Mrs. Silver was in her unIerc'oihiDg.
Mrs. Silver had been staying 1T tbe'
Tripp home for about month, anG
the two women are said to- have had
frequent quarrels principally over
the division of household dulias.
One strange feature of the case
is that no one heard any shots. The
appeals for help were heard, hut
no one made any attempt to enter
the apartments until after the police
had been called.
Shortly after 8 o'clock in the.
afternoon Mrs. Trip appeared in the
hallway in the front of her apart
ment screaming for help.
II am being murdered in here"
she shouted.
At almost the same time woman
in a blood streaked night gown was
seen at the rear entrance OF the.
apartment by the janitor. Come
quick and save me-" she cried. u
am being killed.
When the apartment was entered
blood was found on the parlor cur
tain, and several pictures had been
broken and chairs overturned. In.
bed room off the parlor Mrs.
Tripp was found lying on the Aoor
fully dressed. Her face and waist
were covered with blood and a pool.
had formed beneath her. She was
dead,
Separated from this bed rom by
portiers was another room. Mrs.
Silvers lay on the bed in this room
and her night gown and the bed
dlottls were covered with blood.
Blood was gushing from a deep cut
in her forehead. She was uncon-
scious and died later
At Mrs. Silvers' right side was
revolver and On the floor were a
number of y. shells. Search of
the rooms fail, to disclose the knife,
with which the cuts ha'' Jeen made.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
Kindness Rewarded.

Mrs. Geo. Bramer, OF Methuen,
Mass, has received word from attor-
neys in the Cilly Islands that r. j.
Ribstock, a man whom she and her
mother befriended in Bermuda, had
willed her about $l,000,000 in rail-
road stocks and bonds. When Mrs.
Bramer met Mr. Ribstock in Bermn-
da, she then was unmarried and
with her mother did many little
kindnesses for him in his old age.
He was eighty at the time
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
Charleston Blind Tigers Is Closely
:, Ralshssa By The @issrs 8
THEY UP THE FIGHT.
A Great Deal Of Whiskey and Beer
is Being Sent Away From Charles
ton, the Tigers Being Afraid I TO
Receive the Goods, as it Woui0
Be Seized.

A dispatch fbom Charleston to
The State says three thousand ano
two hundredJandj hfty-six quarts OF
whiskey and 1850 bottles of import
ed beer were loaded "Wednesday on a
steamship of the Baltimore line ana
shipped back to Baltimore and I'M
mediate points. The contraband had
been consigned to blind tigers here
hut never reached the consignees as
the police patroled the water front
day and night and tb stuff gradu-
ally piled up on the ~harFes..
The greater part of the returned
whiskey and beer was so undenla-
blv contra band that the blind tigers
did not even go through the form OF
attempting to O. K: the bills of lad
ing,ybut simply waited until the Wig
ilance of the police was relaxed! The
opportunity never came, and all par
ties concerned thought that the, best
elan wonld beSto return the liquor
to the point it was shipped from.
There is at present on the various
steamship wharves many times the
amount of contraband shipped out OF
the city, and as the police show no
indication of relaxing their watch
along the water front, the next week
or so will undoubtedly see enormous
shipments of whiskey and especially
beer, as the latter stuff keeps only
limited time, to their various ,destl-
nations.
Certain enterprising tigers did at
tempt TO O. K. a limited number OF
bills, of lading for the accumulated
contraband but!as they were prompt
ly refused, the practice was discon-
tinued.
A very limited amount of whis-
key and beer has without doubt been
spirited away in small boats to
neighboring sea islands, as the po-
lice have to confne themselves sole
Iy to the land, as they are without
means of extending their activity
to the water, but as they are on the
lookout for smuggling of this nature,
the amount spirited away is or smalp
moment.
The same steamship that carried
back the large consignment brought
intoSthe, city-only -22-galonsrofa-whis-'
key and.1o barrels oft5eer, marked
decrease siHthe amountSimperted re-
Gently! RtAa glance ae-.the police blot
ter shows that. between September 6
and 15j local. tigers forfeiseaSbail
tot. the amount osG 81, i q rather
than face the charge Of dispensary
violations. s.ssf isiss5 sssH4ss
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
Players Were Poisoned.

Johnny Dobbs. manager of the
Chattanooga team, says that the
members of his team We're poisoned
"Wednesday while playing in Augusta,
All the men who drank from a buck ct
of water are i'll. Two, who did not
drink of the water, escaped. Meek,
the star catcher, is confined to his
bed with a doctor in attendance. 1t
is not known how the poison got
into the water or what was the ma
ture of it.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
WhcrC Is HayilandH

Henry Havi!and, former Boston
man, last heard from nearly twenty
FIVE years ago in the vicinity Of New
York, is sought by firm of lawyers
in Boston as the heir to an estate
left in the hands Of trustees by Hav-
Hands wife when she died in 1886.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
PLACED IN PRISON.
Preacher Accused of Abducting o
Young Woman.

Rev. Wallace NJ. Stuckey, pastor
of the Christian Church of Williams
burg, Kansas and editor Of The
Williamsburg Star, Is confined in the
county jail on the charge OF having
abducted Lorena Sutherland, sixteen
years of age, daughter Of wealthy
farmer Of Williamsburg from her
home. The girl, originally a bru-
nette, but now blonde, also is in
custody. She will be returned to her
parents and be used as witness
against the accused preacher. In
every principal feature the case is
like that of Rev. Jere knode Cooke,
pastor OF st. George Episcopal
church, of Long Island, n. Y, who
deserted his wife and children and
fled to San Francisco with Miss Lo-
retta Whaley few years ago.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
Will Wear Gray.

Before long the inmates Of the
Confederate Home at Columbia, will
wear uniforms of Confederate grey,
thanks to the devoted efforts Of Mrs.
]. w. Bunch, of that city, VINO has
raised by subscription about $500
for the purpose.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
WANTS NEGROES TO VOTE.
Taft Criticises Law Debarring Them
From Voting.

President Taft has squarely and
unequivically placed himself on rec
ord, in letter to a Washington
newspaper as being opposed to suf-
frage restriction as being. manifestly
intended to discriminate against the
negro race. In answer to letter
asking his opinion concerning the
franchise amendment to the Mary
land constitution which is proposed
by the Democratic party in Maryland;
the president says: 1T is deliberate
ly drawn to impose educational and
other qualifications for the suffrage
upon negroes and to exempt every
body else from such qualifications.
This is gross injustice and is a vio-
lation of the spirit of the 18th amend
ment. 1t ought to be voted down by
every one, whether Democrat or Re-
publican, who is in favor of square
deal"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
White Men Convicted.

At Columbia in the circuit court,
Lonnie Hall and John White on trial
for the murder of Eber Ashford,
were convicted of manslaughter.
White was given twelve years and
Hall ten years. Hall broke down and
cried.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
Three Hurt in Motor.

At Syracuse, n. Y. in collision
between an automobile and a troll
ley car Thursday afternoon, Mrs.
James Mckay, of Scranton, sustained
a fractured skull and Mr., and Mrs.
Timothy Conklin, of Troy, Pa, were
probably fatally injured.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-09-18
Was an Old Man.

Isaac Brock, who died in Waco,
Texas, Saturday, was said to have
been 12l years old. Basis for this
claim rested on record in the old
Brock family Bible.