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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-06-10
A SERIOUS CHARGE
MADE AGAINST CHIEF OF POLICE
OF BATEsBURG.
Arrested on Warrant Sworn Out by
Woman Who Says He Attempted
to Assault Her.

to Assault Her.
A dispatch to The Newe and Cour.
ier says Mr.. John j. Darby, chief OF
police OF the town of Batesburg, was
arrested Wednesday by Deputy Sher-
in Sim J. Miller upon a warran;
sworn out by a woman OF that town
charing him with assault with in
tent to ravish. Mr.. Darby was car
| ried to Lexington and was immedi-
| ately released upon a $4,000 bond
The crime is alleged to have been
committed on or about the 7th day
of February. this year. Mr.. Darby
and his friends decrare that ne is
innocent, and that 1t is a concocted
scheme to inture MIN because of his
untiring efforts in rounding up the
band of thieves. who had been oper-
ating in Batesburg for several weeks,
and which finally resulted In the ar
rest OF three young men. .
Mr.. Darby employed two detec-
tives to work up the case, and one
OF the men arrested was the son of
the woman who has brought the war
rant against Darby. This, 1t is al
legged, incensed the woman, and the
arrest of Mr.. Darby upon the very
serious charge of attempted crimi-
nal assault followed Wednesday. The
fact that more than three months
were allowed to elapse before she
issued the warrant, the friends of
the chief assert, shows conclusively
that 1t is concocted scheme.
1t is said that strong evidence
against the woman is on hand. and
her arrest on several charges will
probably follow within the next day
)r two. The woman is a widow, her
husband havin died about two years
ago. She has been operating a
boarding house in Batesburg since
ner husbands death. II is said that
she will enter suit against the town
Of Batesburg for $4,000 for hav-
ng removed from her home an cleo
-ric light meter.
Mr. Darby moved from Chester to
Batesburg about two years ago, and
has made a most excellent police
'fiicer. He has been unrelenting in
Ills efforts TO put the ban on crime
)f all kinds in the town. and has
made a host of friends. 1t is said
hat the town of Batesburg will
stand by" him in this trouble, and
hat he will have no trouble in max
ng a strong defence. His arrest
,auSed no little sensation al Rates.
burg.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-06-10
JUMPED FROM A WINDOW
While Asleep and Sustained Fatal
Injuries.

MIR. B. B. Mouzon, of Kingstree,
ifter retiring for the night, arose
stupor of some kind. or a dream,
IS he calls 1t, and imagined that he
vas In a fox chase. jumped or fell
rom q second story window in the
esidence of Mr.. Graham, of Cade,
distance of about twenty feet, to
he ground. inflicting a very serious
nd probable fatal inpury.
Mr.. Graham's family were awak-
ned by groans and calling for HELM
rom the unfortunate man. DR.. c,
ID. Rollins. of Lake City, was
allied in. and was with the injured
nan In short time. but so far the
xtent of his injuries has not been
scertained.
MIR. Mouzon Is a man about 35
ears OF age and has a wife and two
children.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-06-10
Mr.. John watson AssassInated d
Near CT feensea.
A POSSE IN PURSUIT
Over Two Hundred People With
Bloodhounds Are on the Hunt
for the Assassin, and IL is Hoped
and Believed That He VIII Be
Caught.


A special dispatch from Conway
says Mr.. John Watson, a prominent
young man of the Greensea section
of the county, about 20 miles from
Conway. was Wednesday waylaid and
shot by Melvin Watson. a notorious
negro. Mr.. Watson died a few hours
after being shot.
Sheriff Sessions learned of the af-
fair by telegram and went immedi-
ately to the scene of the killing.
News reached Conway after tho
sheriff left that more than 200 peo-
pie with bloodhounds went in search
of the negro, who fed as soon as he
fired the fatal shot.
What has been learned at Con-
way of the affairs came to telephone
from Loris, railroad station, about
six miles from Greehsea, and hence
full particulars have not been learn
ed.
From the best information obtain
able it appears that Mr.. Watson ear
ly Wednesday morning had started
to Tabor, n. c., in a wagon. When
only a short distance from Greensea
he was fired upon by the negro, who
was crouched in a fence jam.
Mr.. Watson was superintendent of
the large plantation OF Hon. j. p.
Derham, and 1t is stated that young
son of Mr.. Derham was in the wagon
when the shooting occurred. He
was not hurt.
Greensea is a populous section and
large posse gathered in very short
time and went in pursuit OF the negro
who. 1t is said, is a very dangerous
character.
Mr.. Watson was a young man OF
wide family connection and very
popular throughout the country. and
great indignation Is felt over the
crime.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-06-10

ere married and he promised to
ndow her with his millions. He
we'd like prince and spent money
ivishly upon his young bride. He
established elegant stables and
fought blooded horses and almost
eekly added to his stock OF auto
mobiles.
He bought more banks and more
ands, and signed contracts for the
,uilding of towns in the prairie
country and drew at will on New
.ork banks. His Waterloo came
'hen a check for $1,000 given to an
Nlbany contractor. was returned un-
,aid.
Then the people became suspic-
Gus and his arrest followed his flight
n an automobile with his bride.
he couple were overtaken at Balm
ridge and oliver was sent to jail
ending an investigation.
When oliver, alias Harding. was
lrrested in cambridge. 1t is said
he body of his automobile was half
ull OF currency in bills of large
denomination. which was wrapped
in newspapers.
1t Is said that Oliver is not only
wanted in Mississippi. where 1t 1;
alleged he has eleven years to serve
N the penitentiary. but that he Il
wanted In Atlanta and Birmingham
" federal authorities. 1t is sait
le has served term in the Ohio pen
tentiary for obtaining diamonds un
Ter false pretenses. 1t Is reported
that Oliver has wife in Atlanta.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-06-10
Philadelphia Street Car Strike
Gets Serious.
MANY PERSONS HURT
Strike Sympathizers Are Angered by
Attempt of Traction Company to
Run Cars After Nightfall With
Strike-Breakers, and Several Riot,
Result, Demolishing Many Cars.


The street car strike in Philadel-
phia is becoming serious. One DO
liceman shot and probably fatally
injured nearly a hundred persons
e~.-~->. and battered. either by DO
iicemen or strike sympathizers. and
five cars wrecked and then burned.
Is the result Of an attempt on tho
part Of the Rapid Transit Company
to operate their cars Wednesday. b.
imported strike-breakers.
The point at when the most Sc
rious rioting occurred is known as
kensington Mill district. In this
section of the city there lives nearly
every nationality, the foreign ele-
ment predominating. When the
Traction Company announced that
cars would he run Wednesday night
nearly all the store-keepres in the
kensington district, knowing the
temper of the residents there. clos
ed their stores promptly at o'clock.
AS one car after another left
the barn, crowds stood on the street
corners in sullen silence. Finally.
boy cried "scab." and Immediately
he was pursued by policeman, who
was riding on the car. AS the of
hcer started for the youth the crowd
closed in upon him, and so quickly
was TINS done that he was unable
to draw his revolver. The weapon
was taken from him. and is believed
to have been the same revolver with
which Policeman Levy was shot
few minutes later.
The fire which had been shoulder
Ing now burst into a flame of furv.
The objective point was Alleghaney
avenue. and in less than half an
nour seven cars were wrecked. Ave
being completely demolished and
burned
The police officers were powerless
at the moment to combat the mob.
but a riot call brought half a hun
dred bluecoats to the scene. and the
crowd was driven back. But the
damage had been done and there was
little need of the preservers of the
peace SO long as no attempt was
made to run cars from the barn.
While the serious disturbance was
In progress in the Northeastern sec
ton of the city. there were incipi-
ent riots at the car barns at Six
teenth and Jackson streets, i'm the
downtown district, and at Forty
ninth and Woodland avenue, in the
West Philadelphia district.
The crowd grew meanacing when
an attempt was made to run cars
from the downtown barns. and a
policeman who endeavored to oueu
the disturbance was ducked In a
water trough. Twenty-Five plain
clothes-nen and policemen were
rushed to the scene on a special
trolley. and after the cars were run
back into the barn there was no
further trouble.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-06-10
Eve Drops Out.

Almond Foehlman. aged 13 years.
of Kewanse. ILL.,. blew his nose and
his eyeball popped from its socket
A physician carefully replaced the
the eyeball and the boy maintains
that it causes him no pain and that
he can see as we'll as ever.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-06-10
Sold for Big Price.

AT the annual sale of imported
Jersey cattle at Coopersburg. Pa.
this week, the highest priced amin mal
sold. was a bull, Viola's Golden Jol-
ly. which was bought by the w.
Keninlock stock farm. at Kirksville.
Mo, for $4,000. Raleigh's Fairly
BOY, another bull. was sold to G.. d.
Hudson, of New York. for $500.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-06-10
Rat Bite Kills q Baby.

Blood poisoning. brought on by the
bite of rat. caused the death of
little Eugene Jamleau of Ottawa. this
week. The rat bit the babe while
it was lying in its cradle and al
though medical aid was summoned.
death resulted in a few hours.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-06-10
Made Big Haul.

Mrs. George Shea. OF Duluth,
Mimi. was robbed. this week, in
Seattle. Wash. of $4,000. She had
concealed the cash in a bed In the
home where she was visiting. and
when she returned to the room the
cash was gone.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-06-10
An Old Man Dies.

Mr.. w. A. Kelly. who died near
Statesboro. Ga, recently, was the
Oldest man In that section. He was
one hundred and one years old on
the tenth of last March. He was
born in South Carolina in 1908.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-06-10
Killed I'm Wreck.

The California fast mail on the
Santa Fe was wrecked at Peabody.
Kan. this week. killing H. C. Thomp,
son. a postal clerk.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-06-10
Killed by Conyicts.

Several officers were killed. this
week. by convicts during an upris-
ing at the Zuintana Roo mines, Mex
ico's penal settlement.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-06-10
Killed His Mother.

1--WE got to murder some one"
said Fred Daniels, colored. to his
mother at Cleveland, o., this week,
SO he killed her.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-06-10
Killed by Cannon.

Explosion or cannon at ST
Marys. o.. this week. killed Henry
Mahan, a veteran.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-06-10
Champion Stingy Man.

Capt. Pickel. a police of st. Louis.
To-, claims that he has found the
tingiest man In the world. This
IAN, although he owns property and
reputed wealthy. is said to gather
igar stumps for his smoking, to go
BARRIERS college and get free
air cut. and to borrow a razor every
eek from a different neighbor SO
to shave himself to save a dime.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-03-01
NINOL CURES CHRONIC COUGHS
COLDS AND BRONCHITIS
After other Remedies Fail.

II have been troubled with q
chronic cold and brochitis for long
time and have tried many remedies
without finding relief Through the
kind suggestion OF friend ! tried
Vinol and after taking four bottles,
am entirely cured. A. II, Wilde,
733 Sth avenue, Minneapolis, MINI.
S. Mcdonald, ~ w. Congress
street, st. Paul, Mimi, writes: II
contracted severe cold last win
ter and thought I would never get
rid Of &C. tried Vinol as a last re-
sort. and 1t has completely cured
me
Vino combines two world-famed
tonics, the healing medicinal prop
critics OF cod liver oil and tonic iron,
dcliciously palatablo and agreeable
to the weakest stomach, For this
reason. Vinol is unoXecelled AZ a
strength builder for old people, deli
cate children, weak and rundown
persons, after sickness and for chro-
mic coughs, colds and bronchitis.
Vinol Is sold In WaXahachie by
Hood a Curtin, Druggists.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-03-01

Under the captoln "The Cost OF
Peace. the Boston Herald presents
an array OF figures IN connection
with the cost OF maintaining q state
armed preparedness Tn this coun-
try. which is well calculated to make
converts to the doctrine OF settling
all international disputes at The
Hague tribunal
According TO the showing made by
the herald tie government spent a
little less than S15,000,0o0 for the
navy in 1883. The appropriation for
the next fiscal year will be approxi-
mately $l36,0000oo. In the last
twenty-six years the government
has expended $1,37462i000 for its
navy The low estimate Of the cost
for the next twenty~siX years Is So
GOO 600, 900, and, says the Herald,
it may be much more, which, at the
rate which We are going, is a reas-
enable assumption The naval APP
preparation for the year Of the Span
ish war was only l25,000,000. The
coal for the navy alone costs over
100000 year, with nearly as
much additional expense for trans
porDation and storage, The appropri-
alton tor navy yards and stations by
the present congress viii aggregate
9 q unn am ANA tho in,nprntivo paad
OF yards and docks that viii accom-
modate the new navy will demand
a muchAarger expenditure in the
near future. THE inevitable demand
for Pacinc fleet. continues the
Herald, "wil multiply expense for
construction, for maintenance and
for increase in the navy personnel
Army appropriations show a similar
increase. The total expenditures for
military purposes for the next fiscal
year are estimated at 100000, 000.
is this the necessary cost of peoce2'
Assurcdly, the cost is out OF all
proportion 70 any menace that now
exists or can reasonably be lmagm-
ed as likely to exist In the future,
But there Is no telling how much
further these expenditures may be
carried In the future unless n detin-
ito naval policy be adopted looking
TO rcuonchmont consistent with our
professions OF pacific intentions to-
ward all the balance of the world.
IN the enormous cost of our present
peace program, we are paying Tor
the mistake of having entered upon
policy of colonial acknowledgements
We are rcaping some of the fruits OF
Imperialism, o. Houston Post
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-03-01
Countinu Postal Cards.

or the many Interesting machines
employed by the government In Its
daily work there may 10 mentioned
those used for counting and tying
postal cards into small bundles. These
machines are capable of counting 800
600 cards in ten hours and wrapping
and tying them IN packages OF TWEEN
ty-hvc each. In this operation the pa
per Is pulled OF q drum by two long
fingers which emerge from below, and
another finger dips I'm n vat of mu-
cilage and applies Itself TO the wrap.
ping paper IN precisely the right spot,
Other parts OF the machine twinc the
paper round the pack OF cards, and
then thumb presses over the spot
whcrcon the mucilago has been APP
Piled, whcrcupon the package Is
thrown on n carrying belt ready for
delivery Minneapolis Journal
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-03-01

ghafv pfetf ausrei hseru
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had hssu mats therefor hui tht
usattet SEES saattbit Abandoned Noe
jhe explanation 81 msae thst dover
NOR vhwpheila miufai lo have ans
thine 70 10 eiih U vas ihe gausr
Fhe governor la reported he tnsinr
that ihH aelailobH legislative
committee BE- lobby conceived and
HHanrpb rs >ee Noft 10 oppose his
folleits Haa ibal Z, had balhiuN
ehHiefof ia common elth me nHao
elation and thas be emphasized No.
refusal tnmoloFaio with them on
That ae,aslou rs saflus ~ eill not
belp the deyu build church This
may o. irue. lt may ho false Amy
huv. uotvithstandirr lt H O. proitt
quarrel between the governor and
the association Clchutnc Entcr
pria8
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-03-01

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to sanitation and hr tieateiie hnh'
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had ien the match siitRna iu w."
bed aptlne rhls ttnnical incident
matea tho auts ~ regulators plaiu
The cigarette must 60 ae q vas the
cause OF tho entire disaster " Is
from such incidents aud accidents
that men learn the true theories OF
corrective laws ny making the
smoking 81 cigarettes tn q sleeper
berth a felony. cimeS lcciularius des-
trovlne can be mpde less hazardous.
tho good work encouraged and peace
ful sleep promoted
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-03-01

AZ an out of the way railroad June.
tlon q traveller found himself hungry,
but With only two minutes to spare
before his train left "ll take cup
Of coffee he said to the young we.
man IN charge OF the restaurant, eve
no time FOR anything else"
"fou can take all the time you want,
sir, said the young woman cordially,
"Nou look ut this bin of fare, aud I'll
telephone 60 the superintendent 60 de.
lay the train little while"
"Why, emu that be doney' asked the
traveller In amaaement
"CertNinly,' said the young woman,
"of course II can It's branch road
mud no other train coming or going
over 1t today, and the superintendent
would want YOU 10 have good meal.
He owns this restaurant" -. Youths
Companion
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-03-01

THE FUTURE GREAT AMERICAN

The Chicago Tribune recently
had cartoon which showed lad
deep In study, and beneath It the
line, Somewhere hidden away in
obscurty is the boy who viii be the
greatest American of his time" That
~ true enough and offers interesting
speculations rs TO what sort of en-
yiroument that future greatest AM
crican rs hiding away In. He may be
boy with parents In comfortable
circumstances, or he may be boy
struggling with ohiect poverty he is
hardly boy born TO luxury, for soft
circumstances do not make such
character as that future great Amer
lean must have. lie may be boy on
the farm or a small town boy but
he would hardly expect to pick him
from among the children Of great
city History has given us q record
of the great men OF the past which
make us picture the greatest Amer
lean Of thirty forty or ATTY years
hence as now being son among
many children whore dollars are few
and necessities many where there is
stern regard for the christian faith
and the principles OF right living,
whore there Ignorance Of luxury or
Indulgence as of the noise and con
fusion OF the city, but n tremendous
ambition 70 achieve and u thirst for
knowledge by which worthy achieve
mcnt may come.
But whatever his circumstances,
there is reason to believe that he
may mark his birthday in February
This short little month has the dis
tiuctlon of having been the birth
month Of more OF the great men OF
the world than any other of tn"
twelve. The two mon who have stood
out most strongly in our national
history we're born IN February
George Washington Feb 81 l122'
and Abraham Lincoln Fcb ls'
1909 Horace Greedy was born Feb
3. 1Nll Dwight L. Moody auu Naloh
burr Feb. 8. Moody In 1897 and
nun IN 1857. William Horny llorri-
son samuel j. Tilden and John A.
Logan each had Feb . Tor birthday
Harrison being born in l773, Tlden
rory-one and Logan ufty-throe years
later Thomas A Edison was born
Feb II. 1Si9 LoWells birthday was
Feb %, william McKinleys Fen.
%. and LonRfellow's Feb ~
Not alone is there list of no'o-
blos In American Affairs who have
boon born IN February; many OF the
worlds greatest were February chill
dren. Copornicus, founder OF modern
astronomy, Melonohthon, the great
reformer and co worker Of Luther
Cotton Mather, the distinguished
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-03-01
ulshop ward TO visit city

Rev j. T, Mcclure, pastor Of the
Methodist church, made the an
nouncement sunday that Bishop
Seth Ward would visit the church
the latter part OF this week, Bishop
Ward tx the only native Texan to
attain 20 this high position in the
church Ito recently returned from
a visit to the missions IN the Orient
and ON Friday night he viii deliver
an address at the church In which
he will tell something about the
work in foreign fields He VIII Ill
the pulpit for Pastor Mcclure sun
day morning and sunday night, HIS
visit to Wnxahnchie VIII no doubt
attract more than ordinary Unrest
BY reason of the fact that II was here
he Joined the conference when q
Young minister,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-03-01
THE GERMAN CENSOR.
Ne Was Terror 10 the Drsmstis, =
Hundred Years Age.

he Was Terror 10 the Drsmsttst =
Hundred Years Age.
The way the censor worried the Ger
man dramatists Of a century or go ago
II strikingly Illustrated by "a book on
the censorship ~ Germany published
by rr Robert lfcindl ut Munich The
German theatcr used TO bc terribly
moral IN lTp5 the Nienuesc censor
laid Il down that an engaged couple
OUGHT not Ia quit the stage separately.
N that they should he accompanied
IN an official who should be under.
stood to he about 10 make immediate
arrangements for their marriage Even
IN 1873 misallinnces were prohibited
on the Nlenncsc stage, for, as the cen
sor sagcly observed, these misfortunes
will occur In real life, but they should
not be allowed IN the thcater.
At Stuttgart the "Iphigenia In Tau
rls" OF Goethe was nearly prohibited
because the Greek dress allowed the
actors bare legs to be seen There
was II long dispute over this point, but
at last the censor permitted the play
on condition that the actors wore vel.
low tights.
Few would have imagined that the
Nienncsc censor was so careful OF the
morals OF the population n hundred
years ago, but Or. Heindl shows that
not merely political illusions were cen
sored, but that the strictest decorm
Of word and OF thought was insisted
uDOn