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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
HAD A CLOSE CALL.
Two Men in Auto That Rams Train
Have Wonderful Escape.

AS a train bound for Mantatton
was pulling out OF the Tweniy-sec-
ond avenue station, Bath Beach, a
few days ago, an automobile ia which
were TWO men dashed down the
avenue toward the bay. The chaut-
feur put on the brakes, but struck
the rear car of the train, and to
the passengers it looked as though
the two men had been killed. The
driver escaped with bad shak-
ing up. His companions was huri-
ed in the air and landed on his
side. When he got up he brushed
his clothes, and Dr.. lie Mound, Who
examined him, said that his escape
had been nothing less ;han mira
Gle. Not bone was broksG. Hoth
men went home without giving :heir
names.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
After Many Years.

A Charleston man who lost his
gold rim spectacles in Cuba about tit
lime Of the Spanish war has been
made happy by the receipt OF til"
Slasses a few days ago through tn"
'5nails. 1t has been q long wait,
%ut there is satisfaction at last IN
sgettiug back his spectacleS The
leather had almost all rotted on the
4 metal case which had been found in
b trench around Santiago, but still
The glasses are in good condition. :"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
Killed the Right Fellow.

Enraged at his wife because
breakfast was not ready on TIM.
Edward f. Muller, special detective
living in New York, shot at her with
revolver Sunday and when he saw
her fall, turned the weapon against
himself aud blew Out lis brdi"s.
His wife was not even scratched D.
the bullet She had fa'nteu from
Iurc fri,n, Muller died aimc-r "a
SlaNllN
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
Driven to Suicide.

Worried by the responsibility OF
assisting Aeronauts Wright and Cur.
liss, at New York, in the rrepara-
lions for their aeroplane flights at
Governor ISLAM, Quar;"rmastcr r
Sergt Caron, OF the Twenty-ninth in
iantry, committed suicide 1t Fort
lay. THURSDAY night, shooting him
self through the head with q rifle.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
LEFT HIS CHILD.
Sack Pleads Guilty and is Fined Two
Hundred Dollars.

A Spartanburg dispatch to The
News and Courier says H. A. SACK,
money delivery clerk OF the Southern
Express Company at Savannah, enter
ed a plea OF guilty to the charge Of
deserting his child in SpartanbIrg
last Saturday night. He was sen
fenced to serve nine months or pay
a fine Of $500 He paid the fine.
The case against Mrs. Sack, chars-
ed with deserting the child, was noilb
pressed. Sack says that his wife,
20 whom the child was born about
four weeks ago, was nervous and
excited, and when she took the :rain
al Spartanburg left the child in :hc
waiting room of the station.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
s.4stIiuEiIIs; s RESIGNS.
Sends His Resignation to q Big Mass
Meeting.

A Chester dispatch to The State
says at a mass meeting of citizens
at the court house Friday night May
or Henry SamIe1s submitted his res
ignatlon to take effect Immediately
Mr.. J. L. Glenn of the local bar
read the resignation, which was &C.
companied by a request that the
meeting adopt no denunciatory reso-
lutions.
Messrs. NJ S. Lewis. T. H. White
and l.. D. Childs made remarks,
calling upon the press, pulpit and
citizens generally to accept the resig-
nation and drop all further adverse
comment.
The resignation and the accompa-
nying suggestions were unanimous
ly adopted and the big audience .res-
ent went home with the outlook clear
for bigger and better Chester.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
T,'irntlS Convicted,

At LaurcnS George Davis and ,Iohn
Vance. cOlorcd, were 4 few daES
ago convicted Of rape on The pe"-
son of Il white woman in the Gray
Court section of the county, with
recommendation to mcrcE. Under
th. new Wharton law .Iudgc Ship
sentenced the two negroes to twenty
years in the penitcntiary, it being
now left in the courts discretion
as to the penalty under Il recom-
mendaton.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
Strange MisforIunes Of Vest Virginia
=
Hatfield.
DIED IN THE PEHETENIARY
Robbed CT His Savings They We've
in Part Recovered and Then Old
Man Poisoned His Wife-An Un-
usual Case in the History of tho
State of West Virginia.
State of West Virginia.

A dispatch from Washington says
romantic story has been disclosed
oy postoffice inspectors regarding
Harrison Hatfield OF 1.-The family of
teudists OF that name who died 70.
Gently in the penitentiary at Mounds
vile, w. Va.
F.. Harrison Hatfield lived near Horse
Pen, in the mountains of West Y,r-
ginia. He was widely known as
old Hatcher" and was leader OF
me Hatfelds in the McCoy-Hatfietd
feud, which amounted almost to civil
var and disrupted several counties
On the borders OF West Virginia and
.:entacky. One of his eyes was shot
out during a raid which the Hatae'ds
made into Kentucky several years.
ago. The Hatfelds, owned large
areas of land in West Virginia fron5.
which they realized considerable
muneJ.
"old Hatcher deposited $2,sb4 'n
The Guyan Valley. bank at LogaD,,
w. Va. Subsequently, having neeq
of the money, he authorized Alex
ander H. Trent, postmaster at horse
Pen, to direct the bank to forWaFG
to him the money by registered ma,ff :lf
Hatfield called at the postoftice re-
peatedly for the registered letter,
/ but when it arrived on april 4a,
| 1907, he had left the Office only 2
short time before to assist an M A..
ttoXieated friend who could not Fe[
Eastride his mule alone. Hatfld AZ
Frected Postmaster Trent to take sDe-
tcial care of the letter, lest it be 9e-
tstroyed by FIRE in the postottice.
| An investigation of the fire apd, Gls aAs
the disappearance Of the letter yas
made by postotfice inspectors II
/ was discovered that Postmaster Trent
| had obtained typewriter froIa \
i Chicago concern by fraudulent. rep
reservations, to which he confessed.
Later Postmaster Trent and his fath.-
Fer were indicted for having stolen
the registered letter. Postmaster
rrrent finally confessed to the theft
and made proposition looking 70
the refunding of the money. He
produced from a jar hidden uhdef
the barn the sum OF s1,2so, which,
with $500 obtained from his bonds
linen, was eventually turned over 10
aashfeld. Trent was convicted OF
the crime, but esca&ed from Jah
and is fugitive froW justice.
Becoming insane from Wo:Ty
| over the loss of his money aha fha
sudden elation at the recoVers Of, a
, part of it, Harrison. Hatfield poisoned
!, his wife, who was an Indian WS-
man. He was sentenced to the peBi-
:entiary for life and there he died
; only a fw days ago. 1t was. not
until his death that the posto1iee
inspectors felt justified in revealing
| all the facts respecting the case.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
Trolley Wreck.

At Pittsburg, Pa, TWO men Were
killed and eight other passengers Sc
riously injured, three Of them prob
ably fatally, Sunday night in street
car accident there. While car was
rounding a corner at fair rate OF
speed one of the aXles broke. Th2
car swcrved around and upset, the
dead and injured being caught in
the wrcckage. All the victims were
passengers.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
EATS HIS CHILD
Driven by Hunger, Arctic Hi user Commits
Fail Crime
TO PRESERVE HIS LIFE
The Mans Fishing and Hunting
Season Had Been a Failure and
Driven Mad by Hunger, He Killed
One of His Children and Ate the

One of His Children and Ate the
Little Victim.
A Sundays dispatch from st.
Johns, N. F., says tragedy in the
far North formed the burden OF the
news brought to port today by the
Hudson Bay Company's steamer
Adventure which arrived with the
crew Of the lost Dundee whaler
Paradox, and the story of an Eski-
mo, who driven to cannibalism by
starvation, ate his child.
The Paradox, one of the fleet Of
whalers, met the fate Of her COM
panion ship, Snowdrop, when she was
crunched in the ice foes off Baffi1
Land, early in August year ago.
The crew, with scanty provisions,
made their way over the broken
ice towards the mainland, and were
picked up. this fall by the steamer.
The Hudson Bay mounted police
report, through dispatches brought
by the Adventure, the canniablism
of the starving Eskimo. The mans
fishing and hunting season had been
failure and driven mad by hunger,
he cut the throat of one of his chill.
dren and then ate the little victim
When the mans neighbors learn,
ed of the horrible crime, they attack.
ed him according to the primitive
law of their race The outcast beat
of all assaults, shot down severa
of the attacking party and escaped
into the wilderness. His fate is un
known.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
Gets a New Trial.

a: Columbia Wash Medlin vas
granted a new trial by Judge Mem
nlinger Friday afternoon following.
a-@lnents by Attorney EIenet and
Solicitor Cobb. Me'lin was convicted
oi manslaughter 1t: this term Of
court. He wds charged with the
murder OF Mrs. Victoria Griffin, a
niNdle-aged white woman, whose
,a-o2t vas cat with a razor and who
wGs knocked in the head with an axe
=. hnr murderer or mu-icrCrs
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
I!rul,r His Neck.

Elsin lawn. farmer living b.
tween Helena and Chaunc":. VAS
found dead, lying beside a road
about dusk Sunday. He was return
ing from Chaunccy. when he was
thrown by mule. breaking his neck
and bruising his skull against Il
rock as he fell to the ground. He
leaves a wife and several children.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
NEW TRIAL DENIED.
Judge Wilson Overrulcs Motion of
Attorneys for Craft.

AttOrHeSS LUZ Sihs.
A Lexington dispatch to The News
and Courier says Judge John S. VIII
son, after hearing argument for
four hours, refused to grant. new
trial to Thomas Craft, young white
man in jail at that place under life
sentence in the Penitentiary for har-
ing killed Garfield llutto, another
young white man, on The night of
December 90, last year This means
that Craft will have to go to the
pen" unless the Supreme Cour;
overrulcs the motion of Judge Will
son. Crafts attorneys will fight the
case TO the bitter end, it is said,
and the prosecution is equally deter
mined. The grounds upon which the
motion was asked is after discovered
evidence, the claim of the defence
being that HuttO was killed by anoth-
cr party and that Craft is innocent. .
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
JUMPS the Track.

Near Huntington. W. Va. one man
was killed and four others injured.
one probably fatally, when Chesa-
pcake & Ohio. engine jumped the
track and turned over into 4 ditch
Friday. Engineer G. W. Perry died
shortly after being taken to the
hospital.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
Col. ID. &. Sanders Dead.

A dispatch from Waiterboro says
Col. ID. c.. Sanders, member of the
house OF representatives for Cole
ton county. died at his home Sun
day morning Of acute Bright's dis
ease at the age Of IS. A widow, t".,
sons and daughter survive him. .
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
Santanc,.L for [iXtnr.inn.

Abraham C. E.hT. formerly Mayor
OF Durkevi!le, Va. who was convicted
,r"en.ly OF using the mails TO ca
tort money from the Pennsylvania
:iai!roal Company. was Il few days
arp senten".i IL eighteen months In
Il. government pIieun 1t Atlanta.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05

At Winston-Salen, y. c.. Albert
{. Wharton, one OF the most pro:ni-
Hep; citizens OF tha. section, com.
ni.t ted suiciti" F"~ days ago hy
shooting through the head. He had
acea suffering from Eelancholia for
several weeks.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
SIX MEN DEAD
As The Result Of Terrible Explosion in
a Coal Mine
THREE FATALLY HURT
Tho Mine Caught Fire at Once and


Late Sunday Night the Flames
Were Shooting Up From the Shaft
Nearly One Hundred Feet in the
Open Air.
Near Roslyn, Wash, Sunday night
at least men were killed and
three perhaps fatally injured in a
gas explosion in coal mine No. T.
of the Northwestern Improvement
Company.
When the explosion occurred,
column of fire was thrown hundreds
of feet into the air, igniting the
shaft plant and adjoining buildings
Under the intense heat the hoist oi
the shaft crumbled and fell. Cinders
were blown in all directions, several
buildings in parts Of the little min
ing town taking fire. The citizens
were unable to extingulsh the fires
and the Roslyn fire department was
called out.
The mine in the neighborhood oil
the shaft was burning hercely late
Sunday night, flames shooting W
from the shaft nearly one hundred
feet into the air. The electric
pumps, which supply he town Of
Roslyn with water, were cut OF ane
the water in the city was very nearly
exhausted. It was reported that the
shaft was caving in and that Other
explosions might occur at any mo-
ment.
Rescue parts will be sent into the
mine from the slope connecting will
the shaft as soon as it is safe FOL
men to approach,
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
INSISTS HE Is INNOCENT.
Man Accused Of killing Wife Sub
mits to Interview.

At Spartanburg Dock Foster, who
is held in the county jail under sus-
picion of having murdered his wife,
Martha Foster and buried her mu-
tilated body in woodland on the
suburbs of the city, submitted to an
interview, but would answer few
questions. God knows l am an
innocent man." he repeated time and
time again. He has not explained
his movements on Tuesday and Tues
day night, nor has he produced any
one other than himself who saw Mrs.
Foster in a hack with negro and
white man Tuesday evening. Fos-
ter was last seen with his wife Tues
day afternoon in the woods where
the body was found.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05
Rulers of the World.

An exchange says it was Capt.
Cook who first sailed around tho
world, and it was DR.. Cook who has
first hitched his sled to the North
Pole. 1t Is the cooks that rule the
university.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-05

has been any corruption among you,
but there has been serious indiscre-
ton, and the indiscretion is such that
If a verdict of guilty were rendered
in the case, under the authorities,
the defendant would be entitled to
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-28

down. In order to prevent the coal
falling too swiftly and to prevent the
large Jumps from either breaking up
or injuring the vessel there are here
and there checks.
AS the cars are emptied they are
shunted to the outer end Of the pier,
where they are sent on turn table,
which swings them over on another
track, and they return by gravity
through the center OF the pier to the
yard whence they came. The operat-
ing of the cars Is done largely by me-
chancal power or gravity. When one
of the piers Of the Western Maryland
railroad was built it was found that
the shore approach would be too steep
to permit engines pushing the cars to
the top of the pier, as Is done at the
other piers, so rather ingenious
plan was resorted to. Under the ap-
proach there was set up steam en-
CINE which operates cable that leads
from the top of the platform to the
ground, and on the lower end of the
cable is a barney" car. The loaded
car is pushed by an engine down to
the approach, and from a pit between
the rails the barney rises behind 1t
and pushes it to the top of the plat
form. Then the barney, by its weight,
drags the cable back
When the coal begins rushing down
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-28

taking out OF a cargo Of grain the
process is just the reverse of putting
it in, for the endless chain buckets
and the tubes that shoot it in suck it
out. With the discharging of coal
there Is a marked difference, for there
has not been devised any suction
whether the coal be dry or wet but
when vessel is to carry coal foreign
or around the Horn to San Francisco,
then the loading becomes very seri-
Gus matter, for every ounce of coal
that goes into her must be absolutely
dry, otherwise on such long voyages
there is danger of spontaneous COM
bustion.
Spontaneous combustion is one of
the peculiar features of bitunlnous
coal, and even when stored in piles on
shore it is liable to self-igniton. SO
great is this danger that even rail-
roads that use immense quantities do
not care to keep any great quantity
on hand while the miners prefer to
get it off their hands as soon as it is
taken out. Sealed in a vessels hold
for a dozen weeks or more the danger
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-28
NEW DIRIGIBLE BALLOON

blowing about eight miles an hour,
having no appreciate effect upon the
course. The "Nully Scundus H. is
ter, and ends in blunt points. She is
more than a mere gas bag.
Low down on either side, near the
stern, are large horizontal fins, which
can be adjusted to different angles
for ascent Right after are two rud-
ders. The greatest novelty Is the
tapering keel under the balloon, to
is one piece, and looks like the slim
hull of a racing cutter with a gigan-
tic sausage on deck. The keel Is stiff
fened and strengthened with alumni
mum tubes, and this keeps the whole
fabric rigid.
Concealed within the keel is a spe-
cial apparatus for carrying a reserve
balloon If necessary, so that the main
envelope may always be kept slightly
inflated. The car with crew and ma
chinery, is suspended directly from
this keel, the former tangle or cord
age being done away with. The
weight of the whole is evenly dis
tributed by six broad bands, inclosing
keel and balloon. The motive power
is an Antoinette French patrol engine,
developing 50-horsepower, and driving
two double bladed propellers eight
feet from tip to tip, which revolve on
either side of the car amidship.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-28

For some time it was known that ex
periments in aviation We're being Sc
cretly conducted by Conolen Capper at
Aldershot, near London, so when the
news came of Count Zeppelin's sue
cess near Geneva, British officers wore
self-confident smile, and now the
smile has been explained to the public
by the successful achievement Of
new military airship called "Nully
Secundus H. The public demonstra-
ton took place in the presence of a
ship, at least as far as the gas en-
velope is concerned, is constructed
from the wreck of an old one, which
came to grief through secret expert
ment. After rising about 200 feet
one of the swinging tow ropes got
caught in the propellers, and a stop
page and descent We're necessitated.
Again the airship rose, and with her
propellers working half their speed.
After arising to about 600 or 700
feet, full speed was put on, and the
airship travelled splendidly. The pilot
tried the new steering apparatus, and
found it to answer well, the twin rud-
ders sending the nose of the airship
to the right and to the left promptly
and surely, while the keel-like attach
ment which turns the whole length of
the underpart of the balloon insured
perfect steadiness. After executing
various maneuvers, the airship took a
wider circle, the wind which was
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-28

art. The diaphragm must be used
correctly in breathing, ana when this
has been thoroughly mastered the
voice is not only fully supported for
the present, but for years to come.
Not a single artist can be pointed
out whose voice has stood the strain
of many years hard work but has
correctly used the diaphragm in
breathing The cause of many sing
ers voices going after being few
years before the public Is incorrect
breathing.
Let the student lie flat on his back,
with his head directly on the floor,
and arms outstretched behind the
head. Take deep breath. extending
the diaphragm to its fullest extent.
Next inhale slowly, pressing from the
bottom OF the lungs. drawing the dia-
phragm inwards to commence with
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-28

pump that will answer the require
ments, and the endless chain bucket
arrangement is unsatisfactory.
There are practically but two meth
DDS that have been found to be salts
factory. One is the rather crude
bucket and the other the modern
dredge. In the former operation iron
buckets. each holding about half a
ton, are lowered into the hold from
the end of a crane and filed by SHOW
els.
With the dredge a machine not I'M
like that used in deepening channels
is used, only the dipper part is OPP
Grated from a crane on a high trestle
or pier. The dipper drops into the
hatchWay and grabs a couple of tons
of coal at a time. AS it lifts the
crane swings and the coal is deposited
into hopper cars that take it either to
the storage yards or else to it's final
destination. Although the dredge does
away with more men than the buckets
there is nevertheless employment for
large gangs OF shovelerS, who pile the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-28
POSTAL BANK FIGHT
A BLUNDER
THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE OF
SENTIMENT REGARDING THE
PROPOSED NEW LAW.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Bankers already
begin to doubt the wisdom of the ac-
ton OF the Chicago Clearing House
association, which is the latest, and of
die western cities, in protesting
against the proposed postal savings
bank bill. The bankers themselves are
not unit on the protest, and the
feeling created is intensely hostile.
Prominent Chicago bankers have
privately expressed themselves in IA
vor of the Carter bill, as now
amended. They have said, also. that
the heads of many other big banks
here and in other cities where anti
postal bank" resolutions have been
adopted realize that the establish
ment of government savings banks
will bring money to existing savings
banks rather than hurt them, but
have felt themselves bound by the ac-
ton of the American Bankers asso-
citation. 1t is feared that opposition
to the measure will react as a BOOM
erang upon the banks In general.
1.-THE argument that postal savings
banks are unwise because they would
cause a drain of funds from existing
institutions is not only selfish but I'M
true" said one banker. 1T is only
the ort-sighted banker who does
not realize this. Publicly all bankers
are opposed to the measure, but pri-
vately there ID no unanimous opinion.
IF the people really want postal
| banks they have only to demand the
immediate passage of a bill, and OPP
| position on the part of financial in
terests will fade away like smoke"
The resolutions of the Clearing
| House association drew a vigorous re-
ply from the Postal Savings Bank
| league of the United States, which has
headquarters in the First National
bank building, in the shape of spe-
cial statement by President Julius
Goldizer who was formerly a mem
| Der of congress from the Fourth dis
| trict of Illinois. The advisory commit
| tee of the league includes Governors
| Gilchrist of Florida, Noel of Missis-
| sippi and Brady of Idaho Ex-senator
| Mason of Chicago and Mayors Cornell
of Kansas City and Hooker of Hart
| ford, Conn.
| "A complete answer to the fears of
| those who believe or profess to believe
| that postal savings banks are a det-
| riment to the banking business is fur
| nished by the statistics of those coun-
| tries which have established these
| peoples banks" said Mr. Goldizer,
| Without any exception the figures
| show large and marked increases In
| deposits and in the number of deposit
tors in savings and commercial banks
| Take the instance of Great Britain
| Out of a population of 100000 il
| records individual savings deposits
| (postaD of 1882. 900. These figures
make approximately one out of every
four inhabitants q depositor withou
| counting savings deposits of ovel
| 81 900, co., 900.
| TN the United States, with a popu
lation of S7.O0O,O0 there are S,700,00'
| savings accounts, and thus only on'
! out of every 10 of the population is {