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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-30

President Perritt on the Action OF
the Columbia Cotton Buyers:
If correctly informed there is a
tare of 80 pounds deducted from
every bale of cotton sold BY the
planter. If the planter puts on every
bale six yards of two pound bag
ging and six ties, all of which weighs
81 pounds, then there is total loss
to the planter OF nine pounds per
bale. AS there seems to be desire
on the part of many of the buyers
of cotton to join hands with donles-
tic mills and European buyers to
make additional deductions at thelr
discretion, the executive committee
Of the Farmers Union Of South
Carolina urges the necessity of set
ting in motion the forces that will
legally maintain the rights OF the
planter, allowing a tare for the act
ual weight of bagging and ties on
each bale of cotton.
We further urge that this matter
be taken up by the national union,
which meets early in September, and
such action be taken by that body
as Is necessary to protect the inter-
ests of the planter.
We deem the action of the cot
tor BUYERS of Columbia. S. c.. as
threatening In its character and de-
trimental in it's purpose TO the farm
er. and we urge wise and determined
resentment on the part Of our plant
ers to any such action.
A. ]. A. Perritt, President.
S. c.. State Farmers Union.
Lamar, S. c., Aug. IS, 1909.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-30
Two Men Hung.

Alabama had two hangings on
Friday. Willie Stevens, white, was
hung at Luverne for the killing OF
his wife and daughter, and at Grove
Hill Louis Balaam, negro preacher
was hanged for the murder OF .
deputy sheriff.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-30
Found Dying in Her Room.

AT jacksonville, Fla, with her
throat cut, Mrs. Mabel 4. Belucham,
Of Boston, was found dying in her
room in the Arason hotel few days
ago by her private physician, who
occupied the room across the hall.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-30
Steamer Hestia Wrecked OF Seal Cove,
Grand Manan, Bay Of Fundy.
A CRASH AT MIDNIGHT
Navigator Unable to Pick Out Safe
Course in Terrific storm-only
Six Of Forty Persons known to
BE saved-Ship on Its Way to
This Country.

This Country.
The North Atlantic's annual toll
of lives and vessels received the first
tithe' OF the winter season from its
tributary-the Bay of Fundy-
Wednesday in the loss Of at least a
score of souls and the destruction on
a shoal, inside of Old Proprietor's
Ledge, off Seal Cove, Grand Manan.
of the Donaldson Line steamer Hes
tia, bound from Glasgow for St.
John and Baltimore. Four Of the
victims-young Scotch ladies-were
passengers on the ill-fated steamer
and the others were members of the
crew. Captain Newman and twenty
or more members Of the crew were
last seen in ships boat which was
being tossed on stormy sea.
Of the forty persons who were
aboar dthe steamer when she piled
up on the shoal, at o'clock Wednes-
day morning, only six are positively
known to have been saved. They
we're forced to cling to the wreck.
shifting their precauous positions
often as the steamer was tossed by
the great seas. 1t was not until
3 D. m. that life savers were able
to man their boats and reach the
stranded vessel. When rescued the
survivors were in a weakened state
after their IA hours ordeal.
Those known to be saved are:
Third Mate Stewart. Second En-
gineer Morgan and Seamen Keen, Nc
Kenzie, Smith and McVickar.
A heavy northeasterly gale is be-
lieyed to have been responsible for
the Hestia's fate, although 1t Is sup
posed that mistake Of the man 1T
the wheel in believing he had pick
ed up Gannett Rock Light while
really discerning the CLEANS o. The
light house on Machias Seal Island
(several miles southwest) carried
the ship many miles off her course.
The sailors OF the middle watch
had been out Of their hunks an hour
and all others except the navigat-
ing officers, were slowed in cunks
or hammocks, when the crash came
an hour after midnight In the be-
lief that he was leaving Grand Ma
nan on the port tack, and following
the usua1 course to St. John, the
navigating officer sought the distin-
gushing marks Of that route. But
they were not to be seen. Instead
the steamer was heading for Seal
Cove, between Gannett Rock AMI
Machias Seal Island, over seas which
barely covered treacherous bot
tom of shoals. 1t was on one OF
these. just inside Old Proprietor
Ledge, that the vessels nose be-
came impaled.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-30
Found Dying in Her Room.

A dispatch from Jacksonville,
Fla, saws, with her throat cut. Mrs.
Mabel A. Beaucham. of Boston, was
found dying in her room in the Ara
gon hotel Tuesday morning by her
private physician, DR.. Baker. of New
York, who occupied the room across
the hall. She died q short time
later
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-30
SENT HIM TO GALLONS.
Ia What Condemned Murderer Says
OF Secret Societies.

Syl Bynum, colored, convicted Of
the murder Of John Turner, was
hange at Fort Canes, Ga, Wednes-
day at II o'clock. Bynum made
full confession on the gallows of the
crime. which was a midnight as
sassination. The hanging took place
privately in Clay county jail at II
O'Clock. In his dNtng statement
Bynum advised negroes to stay out
OF secret societies. as they had been
his ruin, he stated.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-30
Endemic Strikes School.

Forty students of the Georgia
Military academy near Atlanta were
rushed to that city few days ago,
suffering from an illness which has
attacked the school in epidemic form.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-30
CLOUD BURST
Ruins The Mexican State Of Tobaseo by
sweewing ali Before 1t.
A VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

Thirty-ewo Years-Cities and
Towns Inundated, People Are
Homeless and Crops Destroyed.
An estimated loss OF Eve millions
Of pesos, including. crops and fine
hard woods, two lives known to be
lost and many others, it is feared,
sacrificed in the foods. hundreds Of
homes In. country and town washed
away and thousands OF head of cat
tie drowned ar. the Known results
of the disastrous cl3N burst and
storm that broke o be State Of
Tabasco, Mexico, WeS sday, fol-
lowing 81 days of incN Ssant rain
all over this region. Rivers are
out of their banks, towns inundated,
thousands are homeless and no re-
lief is yet in sight.
From north to south, extending
across the State from the Mescalpa
and the Griialva rivers, which take
the two names after forking near
Hu;naguilto to the banks Of the Usu-
nacinta, which for a short distance
marks the boundary between Chiapas.
and Guatemala. the entire country
is q total waste. Only the high
mountain villages and plateau farms
escaped from the terrific onslaught
Of the waters.
Five hundred families are home
less In tho city OF Atasts alone.
Other cities and towns inundated
are Muinagu!lto, Tenosique, Jalapa,
Tlaeetalpam. Tiapa. Santa Rosa and
a number OF smaller villages along
the Mescalpa river. while the south
border Of the State Of Jonuta, Palae-
ma, CarHen. Palisada and santarita
in the valley Of the Usumcinta river
are badly damaged as the result OF
the food.
A total of thirty-two and half
inches of water has fallen in the
State in three weeks, which Is the
record for water fall in 80 years.
A large part OF the lower, section OF
San Juan Bautista is under water.
The barrio Of Santa Cruz, has been
= totally depopulated and the water is
three and four feet deep in many
houses. Temporary lodging hous-
es have been fitted up by the
authorities of San Juan Bautista and
more than a thousand :,eopie are
being fed and lodged at The ci.y's
expense. So complete Is the inun-
dation of Santa Rosa that it resem-
bles an arm Of the sea. Streets,
parks and gardens are inundated by
three feet of water and the popu-
ulation is living on roofs, shivering
and starving. praying for the waters
to recede.
Jelapa suffered heavy losses on
account of flood and many Indian
huts have been destroyed, compell-
ing the occupants to seek relief from
the IOWQ duluOTllleS. SiuiioA WI
di.ions prevail at Tlacotalpan and
Tlapa. Reports from the interior
state that the storm accompanying
the heavy rain was the most dlsas-
trous known in this section in years.
Forests of mahogany and cedar were
uprooted by the force OF the wind
and rain and thousands .Of trees
washed away. Cattle ranches also
suffered heavily, stock being drown
ed as the herds heu from the Dig
rain and were washed into the
treSche:ous streams.
Every crop in the State traversed
by .tbe storm is thought to lie ce-
stroyed, while thousands of acres
are under water. The State govern
ment is assisting the stricken cities
and 1t is likely the governor will
send out an appeal TO the federal
government for aid.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-30
NO PRAYERS AT FUNERAL.
Kansas City Man Does Not Want Re
marks by 'Fool Preacher"

Declaring that he did not believe
in the Bible. and that he did not
want any fool Of preacher MAX
ing remarks over his body, Dr. F.
H. Osborne. a physician, who died
in Kansas City. Kan, a few days
ago, left letter asking that his
body be cremated and that the ashes
be thrown into the Missouri river,
from the Hannibal bridge at st.
Louis.
Though Osborne lived in Kansas
City twenty years. it is declared that
his real name was Edward w.
Hodges, and that he formerly lived
In New York city. He left enough
money to care for the queer dispo-
sition Of his body, and his request
was complied with.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-30
Agreement of Spinners and Cotton
Buyers of Columbia, s. c., Terri

Agreement of Spinners and Cotton
Buyers of Columbia, s. c., Terri
tory:
We find it necessary to take some
steps relative to, the excessive
amount of bagging and ties that ia
now being put on cotton at the gins
The excess bagglng. and ties put on
at the gins is increasing. and. 1t is
now the custom of many gins to use
an unnecessary amount of bagging
and ties in covering, the cotton. The
merchant Is billed back by the spin
ner with the amount Of excess bag
ging and ties. and. in view Of this
fact, it is necessary to take steps
to protect ourselves against this loss.
All domestic mills and European
buyers are deducting for excess bag
ging and. ties, and we. the under
signed, will be forced to do like
wise; therefore, on and after Sep
tember 1, 1909. we will deduct for
excess tare as specified below.
On all cotton carrying more than
six yards bagging, we will deduct
two pounds per yard for each yard
in excess of six yards. and for bands
in excess of six bands, one pound
per band.
We reserve the right to reject COT
ton containing a palpable addition
of excess tare.
D. Crawford & Son,
]. E. Latham's Agency.
Per. R. D. Thomson, Mgr.
B. B. Ford & Co.
Girardeau;
l.. v. Dibhle,
Frost & Lipscomb,
NJ. C. Heath & Co.,
Maybank & Co..
W. C. Mullins, Mgr.
R. E. Jennings & Co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-05-03
ELKS' NEW HOME OPEN
TO PUBLIC, WEDNESDAY :
MAY 5, FROM 3 TO 9
Whole Interior of Magnifi-
cent New Temple at $50
State Street Will Be Open
for the Inspection of the
Public-There Will Be a
COLLATION. Served and Ev-
cry Courtesy Will be
Shown Visitors.

Wednesday. May 5. the Elks of this
city will open their handsome new
temple to the public and a cordial in
vitation is extended to all to visit the
building between the hours of in the
afternoon and 9 in the evening The
House committee of the lodge COM
prising William E. Burnham, chair
man. Nathan c. Herr, Joseph C. Ivers,
Henry P. Lyons and William A. Aber-
crombie have set the date and every
thing will be in readiness for the pub
lie inspection.
Visitors will be received in the main
lobby and conducted through all parts
of the building. 1t will be a sort of
personally conducted tour and arrange
ments have been completed for the
serving Of a substantial lunch by the
steward of the home. Prior to the
dedication. the idea. Of having a pub
lie opening day took root and it was
then decided that the event in which
there is SO much public interest should
be postponed until the settled weather
arrived.
The chair and floor officers of the
lodge, the House committee and Build
ing committee assisted by brothers of
the lodge will act as the reception COM
mittee and visitors will be shown every
courtesy Since the informal opening
of the building there have been visitors
there from all parts of the country and
the concenSuS CT OPINION mas been that
Bridgeport lodge. No. Sc, B. P. o. E.
has one of the finest club homes in
the country.
The lodge room proper is considered
to be on a par with any Of a like ma
ture anywhere and it's praises have
been sung far and wide, grand lodge
officers and other members of the or
der who have visited most of the lodge
rooms in the foremost cities declaring
that in point of architectural beauty
and equipment it Is equalled by few
and excelled by none.
Cards of Invitation have been omit
ted it being the desire of the Elks to
afford the widest latitude consistent
with proper observance of such an
event. The officials of the lodoa how
ever. reserve the right. to refuse adj
mittance to those deemed undesirable.
Children unless accompanied by par
ents or guardians will positively not
be admitted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-05-03

serve the -harbor. 1t was upon his in
itiative that the Association secured
the legal opinion from Former Repub-
lican City Attorney MARI in which the
damage -begie. 80 diligently promoted
by the harbor grabbers.- was exploded
and the true legal status of the mat
ter made generally known.
The contest will be renewed in the
Common Council tonight Mayor Lee
desires to have the City Line imTne-
Giately discontinued. The friends of
the city line will endeavor to prevent
immediate discontinuance.
If the mayors plan prevails the
mayors new city line, which is the
same as the railroad line, will go to a
hearing.
This hearing, it is asserted by the
friends of the city line, will be one
of the largest ever held in the city.
It is proposed to make a striking pub
lie demonstration of the hatred which
is felt for the grab, and it is believed
that either the old city line will be re-
located, or the so-called compromise
line. proposed by Aldermans Daniel
Mahoney, will ultimately secure the
support of a majority of the aldermen
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-05-03
A COMMITTEE
SEARCHES FOR
link in VAIN
They Bear Joint Communi-
cation to Alderman Rep
resenting Twelfth Dis
trict.
Object Was to Demand His
Conformance to Alleged.
Harbor Line Pledges =
Three Copies Left at His
Home.

One of the humors of the harbor
rcontest will go down to fame in the
/ annals of the East End as the
ts.search for the lost alderman" From
teariy dawn till dewy eve a committee
LOT Twelfth district voters looked ar
IDENTIFY and ardously for Alderman
George link, Jr. The committee had
with it two or three of the dozen cop
les of the joint communication, adj
dressed to the aldermen by some hun
dreds of his constituents, in which he
| is asked to live up, to the ante-elec-
ton and post election promises they
lclaim he made to stand by Harbor
EAfaster Charles H Morris and the City
fharbor line
| The committee inquired at each of
1.-THE places where they hoped to find
the alderman and at his home. There
l they were told that Mr.. link was
bout, but could not learn when he was
expected in. 4
| At last weary with their fruitless
search. they left three copies of the
j joint communication at his home.
1--WE may not be able to find him
now" one of the committee said. ''but
I bet you a dollar to a doughnut We'll
find him next fall, all right. all right"
The communication has already been
! of Alderman link that he keep his al
l legged pledges, by voting not to dis
continue the city harbor line until
some other line is ready, and not to
vote to make the city line cc-incident
with the government line.
The Republican constituents of AL
derman link who had the privilege of
voting for him in the last election,
do not now expect to retain his vote
for the city line.
They. are saying that he is a very
warm admirer of Former Senator Will
liam r. Brown. and that he is much
more likely to be guided by the advice
state Of public opinion among the pro-
. letariat Of his district, in which are in
cluded the members of the Connecticut
oyster Protective Association who
worked for his nomination, and voted
for his election.
idence of Alderman link bear the sig
natures of $50 friends of the City Line.
Other copies are coming along, it is
said.
The alderman recently made a state
1nent that he never pledged himself to
vote for the government line, and that
he did not know that the voters were
The committee had, for a part of it's
duties, to bring about a meeting be-
tween Alderman link, and the earlier
committee that is said to have receiv
ed his statements as to his attitude on
the Harbor question, in order that he
might tel them how they came to so
zmiSunde3 ;tand what he told them.
The members of the committee bear
ing the joint communication were Ar
thur Connors, Charles Poland, and Ar
thur Jeiliff. The latter is President of
the Connecticut Oyster Protective As
ISOLATION. Backed by the organiza-
<aaa hA has nut up = hard fight to pre-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-05-03
TAFT in DANGER
FROM FIERCE PACE
OF HIS CHAUFFEUR
President an Unconscious
Speed Maniac, as Driver
Robinson Hits Up so and
60 Miles An Hour in
Speeding Over Suburban
Roads at Washington.
Especial from United Press)

especial from United ProSS.)
Washington, May 3.-President Taft
Mac and his friends are apprehen-
sive that he will figure in a serious
smash-up if he continues riding at the
fearful pace his chauffeur now main
tains. Three or four times a week he
dashes over the suburban roads at the
rate of so or 60 miles an hour and even
when within the limits of Washington
city at times he whizzes at almost ex-
press train speed. Although his driv-
er is an acknowledged expert those in
ious in case a tire should burst or
something break.
Robinson, the Presidents chauffeur,
was formerly the driver of General
ed in this capacity by the chief of
staff of the army cared mighty little
for speed regulations. Since his eleva-
ton to his present job, however, he
has been hitting it up more and
more each week until now he drives
a. Vanderbilt cup race. The President
does not realize the awful pace he is
making for he is unfamiliar with au-
tomobiles and ne has a. confiding re-
lance upon the judgment of his driv
er.
Not so with the Presidents compan-
ions on his rides, who know more
about the possibilities and probabilities
of accident. They watch the speed
ometer with hair on end and chattering
teeth and when they can stand it no
longer order Robinson to slack up"
Two or three times within the last
week Sloan, the Presidents secret
service bodyguard, has reached over
and cut off the power when the chauf-
feur has diSregarded his demands for
less speed. ''One of these days you
are going to kill the President" Sloan
is said to have told Robinson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-05-03
Especial from United Press)


Constantinople. May 3.-Fearful that
Mehmed ", the new Sultan of Turkey
is too much under the influence of
Former Grand Vizier Kiamil Pasha
and his Reactionary. party. the Young
Turks are already tentatively discuss
ing another change in rulers, accord
ing to we'll founded report that
spread through the city to-day.
Kiamil was forced out of Office early
in the year by the Young Turks on
account of mis- baneful influence over
Abdul Hamid and was supplanted by
Hilmi Pasfra who. in turn, gave way
to Tewf1k Pasha in the Reactionary
uprising of April Is. The Young
Turks declare that Kiamil is again
taking a hand in the administrative
affairs and if the charge can be proven
either he or the Sultan will be effec-
lively removed.
Grand vizier Tewfik PashaI handed
his resignation to the Sultan to-day
and Hiimi Pasha. whom the mutineers
drove from his Office in the uprising of
April Is. was reinStated. These changes
have not been officially announced but
it is known positively that they have
been made.
Tewf1k Pasha's resignation OCCASION
ed no surprise as it was known that
his tenure of the Office was but tenn
porary. owing to his sympathies with
the Reactionaries.
The formal execution of the plotters
of last months uprising began this
morning. The soldier leaders were
publicly shot and their civilian accom-
plices hanged in conspicuous places
About 1e8-have been sentenced to death
in Constantinople alone and a number
in the provinces. Thirteen of the
plotters were executed this morning.
AS nearly as could be determined the
places of execution were the spots
where the victims had been guilty of
the murders charged
against them. A number of those I'M
der sentence Of death in this city will
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-05-03

be sent to the provinces to be executed
as a warning against future uprisingS.
Yesterdays capture of the naval ar
senal and the arrest of its 500 occu-
pants completed the uprising and
mutiny. 1t had been intended to turn
the guns on the city but General Chef
TEX soon overruled this. Several of
the leaders will be put to death. Fur
Their evidence was found to-day that
Abdul Hamid plotted the Adana mas
sacres. He sent a number of the pal
ace fusilliers to Adana who started the
killing.
The Young Turks have found hun
dreds of bombs in the homes of some
of the Reactionary leaders which were
to have been used in the massacre of
Constantinople Christians. planned BY
Abdul to take place on April % but
prevented by the capture of the city
by the Young Turks forces.
Word from Salonica to-day says that
Abdul Hamid, now imprisoned there, is
seriously ill.
Nader Pasha. the giant Eunuch who
for years has been the personal adviser
of Abdul Hamid and is accused of
having been tine author of many of the
latter's cruel edicts. is alive to-day
notwithstanding the report of last Fri
day that he had been executed. 1t
now develops that the body of the
Eunuch found hanging from the Galata
gates was not that of Nader. So far
the giant Ethiopian has maintained a
grim silence but it is believed he will
be induced to talk upon promise of his
life being spared If he does so it is
generally believed that his testimony
will seal the fate of Abdul Hanid and
result in his execution.
Washington. May S.-Additional hor-
rors threaten to add to the death lists
among the district near Adana and
in which the Armenian
massacres took place. according to dis
patches received at the State Depart
ment to-day from Constantinople. Be
cause of the unsettled and unsanitary
pesti1ence is feared. Small
pox has broken out and there are hum
dreds of people without shelter or food
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1909-05-03
CITY COURT CASES

Joe Dolinsky, IA years old, SO Church
street, accused of breaking windows in
Schleichert'S green houses, was turned
over TO Probation Officer Wagner for
80 days.
Joseph Lahey. arrested in a State
street restaurant by Patrolman B.
Glennon, for creating a disturbance,
was fined SIS and costs and sent to Jail
for 20 days.
Mike Capello and Joe Bruno, arrest
ed by Patrolman Dempsey in the mid
die of a desperate encounter on Penn
broke street, maintained that they
were fooling. Each was fined So and
costs.
Elmer Hines and Frank Barker,
charged with receiving stolen goods
were released On a nolle. No evidence
connecting them with theft was pro-
ds.or-7.