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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15
CASTRO LANDS
HE LEAVES THE STEAMER AT
FORT DE FRANCE.

Very Much Annoyed by America,
Governments Interference Wit
His Plan Of Visiting Venezuela.
Fort de France. Martinique, Apri
7.-Cipriano Castro, in rag,
against the British government ant
the State department at Washington
left the steamer Guadeloupe at thi.
port today and has taken up quarter,
on shore. Finding all ports in tn.
West Indes. excepting Fort d,
France. barred against him, the pres
ent course was the only one left oper
10 the former Venezuelan dictator.
Senor Castro's wife will continue
on board the Guadeloupe to La.
Guaira.
The American monitor Montans
came into port this morning.
The Guadeloupe. on board which
Castro and his party sailed from
France. March 49, after four months
spent In Europe. came into Fort de
France late last evning. While AT
Pointe-a-Pitre OF the island of Guade-
loups. where the steamer touched
yesterday. Castro was notified by
the British consul that. the British
government had decided not to per
NIT him to disembark at Port of
spain, Trinidad. consequently Castro
decided to leave the Guadeloupe
here.
The decision of the British, acting
on a request from the State depart-
ment at Washington not to let him
land at Trinidad. was unofficiaIlv
communicated to Castro q second
time this morning. He expressed
himself as annoyed and angry at this
decision. which he characterized as
violation OF the rights of man.
He Is furiously angry with the Amer
lean government and the French
Steamship Company. The latter re-
fused to let him continue on board
the Guadeloupe to Colon.
After expressing his annoyance at
this unexpected turn in his affairs.
Castro disclaimed the bellicose in
tention with regard to the existing .
political situation in Venezuela with
which he has been credited and he
declared that his only purpose In
returning to Venezuela was to give
his attention ito his private busi-
ness.
Castro appears still to be In i'll
health.
The steamer Gaudeloupe left here
at noon today for Port of Spain and
Venezuelan points. She was follow
ed out OF the harbor by the cruiser
Montana.
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Injured in New York.

New York. April THE high
gale that prevailed to the west and
north of New York city today.
causing havoc with telegraph and
telephone lines, attained its full
force here at 7:45 o'clock tonight.
when the wind reached velocity
of so miles an hour. Several per-
sons were hurt and much damage
and discomfort resulted.
Two persons, an elderly woman
and child. were badly hurt by
being blown off their feet and dash
ed against objects in the street.
At Rochester John Veith was
killed this afternoon during a 81
mile an hour wind storm, and a
12-year-old child sustained a frac-
tured skull from a Wind blown
chimney.
At Buffalo from three o'clock until
FIVE this afternoon the wind tore
through the streets OF Buffalo al
the rate of ~ miles an hour. One
man was killed and many people
| were injured by parts OF buildingt
: detached by the force OF the vino
| and hurled through the air.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15
WILL SERVE HIS TIME.
Brought Back and Put I'm the State
Penitentiary.

Columbia, April sheriff Caus-
ey has brought to the State peniten-
tiary Henry Haynes, the desperate
who was arrested In Jacksonville {
n few days ago and brought back
to this State to serve out five years
for manslaughter and 16 months on
the charge OF breach OF trust with
fraudulent Intent. The arrest OF
Haynes is the elimination OF 10
wears of evasion of the law-for
HAYNES, although convicted In 1899
of manslaughter, has succeeded In
keeping away from the officers OF
the law until Sheriff Causey got on
his track and located him In Jack
sonville.
Haynes escaped from Monck's Cor
ner before he could be brought to
columbia to begin his sentence just
after he was convicted In 1899. The
guards from the penitentiary had
already started for Monck's Corner
70 bring Haynes and a number oi
other prisoners here VIXEN 1t was
learned that Haynes had made hi:
escape. Since 1899 Haynes has beer
able to keep away from the officer:
of the law.
Sheriff .Causey states that JUS
az soon as he came into Office h'
started to track Haynes and finall.
was able to make the negro move
out of the State which ended in thu
arrest at Jacksonville.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15
BLACK HAND SCHEME.
just Fool Notion Caused by Dime
Novel Reading.

Atlanta. Ga. April TT was
Just fool notion got from reading
dime novels" said Daniel w. John
son. Jr.. the 1S-year-old boy who
was jailed here last night for having
attempted to extort $55.00O from
Asa G. Gambler. prominent banker
and Georsia's wealthiest citizen.
through Black Hand methods.
The young man at first told the
police that he had been forced by
three strangers to write letters to
Mr.. Gambler, demanding the money.
He now admits that the scheme was
OF his own concoction.
Johnson wrote the second letter
Sunday, repeating his threats OF
death to Mr.. Gambler in case OF his
noncompliance. and then went to
church and took his regular place
in Mr.. Gamblers Sunday school class
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15
PROVED A. FAILURE
THE WILLIAMSON PLAN DID NOT
WORK WELL.
Practical Tests Prove Same Amount
Of Fertilizer VIII Produce More
Corn Without Stunning.

Corn Without Stunting.
For the beneit of all the doubtin,
Ihomases in corn culture, I ask yo,
10 publish some tests made in Fair
iield county by good, conservatiy,
farmers. Tho men had such implici
raith In the Williamson method tha
when approached on the subject O.
growing more corn per acre, or a,
much with less expense. they would
reply: Give me the Williamson
plan and 1 will make more corr
than DR.. Knapp"
But many are the converts since
harvesting the crop OF 1908, and the
year 1909 will bid a long farewell on
many farms to Mr.. Williamson
while his plan Of preparation (that
10. deep seeded well prepared) IS
wnat We want. We do. not want anv
more stunted corn that takes a ferti.
iizer Dill a yard long to pay for half
the yield.
Due credit has been given Mr.
Williamson for having proved that
the yields can be increased, and !
nope the day is not far off when every
FARMER In the South will have al
ways seedbed ten to fifteen inches
deep, well filled with humus made bv
growing cover crops before the corn
and when every farmers fertilizer
Dill In the fall will read 30 many tons
OF nigh grade phosphoric acid (and
III need be, some potash), but not
SO much S-4-4 or S-3-3 that he buvs
every year In the face Of the fact
that nitrogen floats In abundance
around him. and can be secured nv
planting peas. sofa beans, crimson
clover and other lsgumes.
The following are the tests re-
ferred to:
Mr.. w. ]. Burley planted one
acre or corn on DR.. Knapp's plan.
using the same amount Of fertilizer
that he did on the Williamson plan.
and secured ten bushels more per
acre than he made on the William
son plan.
f. X. McMeekin & Bro. staked off
Two acres side by 81 lie, using the
same amount of fertilizer, and stat
ed at the time that the Williamson
acre would skin" the Knapp acre a
mile. They harvested thirty-f1ve
bushels on the Knapp acre and thirty
on the Williamson acre. Their en-
tire crop for wages this year Will
De planted by the Knapp method.
Mr. d. L. Stevenson tried the two
methods. planting the poorer acre by
the Knapp method, using the same
amount of fertilizer per acre. The
Knapp acre yielded thirty bushels
and the Williamson acre twenty
seven.
Mr.. M. w. Doty. one of the larg-
est planters in the county, will work
almost his entire corn crop on DR.
knapp's plan this year.
w. r. ELLIOTT.
Local Agent OF Farm Demonstration
Work. Winnsboro. S. c.
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And Property Damaged In Various
Section of Country
BY A HEAVY STORM
Several Cities Are Damaged by a
High Wind That Swept the Mid
die Western States, Which Grip
pied the Telegraph Service and
Wrecked Houses and Schools.

Detroit. Mich. April AT least
eight persons lost their lives in the
storm that visited Detroit and Michi-
gan last night and today. Anthony
kaup. saloonkeeper. Joe Kadich. a
barber. and Adam Felin, all of wy
andotte. attempted to cross the De-
troit river In row boat from Wyan-
dotte to Canada this afternoon in a
flfty-mfles gale to settle a wager and
all three wore drowned, when their
boat capsized. Kadich bet Kaup Ave
dollars that he would not dare to
cross In the small boat and Felin was
the stakeholder.
At Jennings. in Missaukee county.
three young men, Bernard Carlson.
Charles Jackson and John Torrey,
were killed by being caught under
wall that was blown down by the
wind at the Mitchell Brothers mill
Eight year old Benjamin Hellmer
was killed by lightning near Irona
last night and Ray Miller was killed
at Brightwood today when ne was
struck by roof that had been blown
of.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15

buy some corn, -four. bacon and hay
He asked the price of corn. $1.10;
-four, 81 per barrel; bacon, IL 1-2
cents per pound. and hay, $23 per
ton. He said to the merchant, Are
you going to rob me?' The merchant
told him he had robbed himself
You did 1t by planting all the cot
ton you could last year.
Now. brother farmers, let's look
at things square In the face and see
that October cotton Is being sold
for about cents on the New York
exchange. Now, are you going to
plant another big crop when you
know that cents is about the cost
of production? Surely not. There
Is just one thing that will keep you
from delivering your cotton crop OF
1909 for 9 cents. and that is organ
lie into the Farmers Educational
and Cooperative Union of America
Plant 35 per cent OF your cotton crop
into food crops and you Will get as
much money for an $500, ,00O-bale
crop as you will for a 100000.
bale crop.
"B. HARRIS,
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LYNCHED FOR MURDER.
Strung Up and Body Then Riddled
With Bullets.

Pensacola. Fla, April 5.-Dave
Alexander, a negro. was lynched here
this morning for the murder of Po-
licemai Canton, whom the negro
liceman Canton, whom the negro
sisting arrest. While the police sta
tion was comparatively deserted, a
crowd OF % men, at the point of
revolvers, took the black man from
his cell and hanged him from an
electric light pole, half block from
the jail. AS the body swayed In the
air, 40 bullets were fired into it by
the mob.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Two Police Officers Shot Another
Man to Death.

Fitzgerald. Ca. April 7.-Indict-
ments charging murder were return
ed by the Irwin county grand jury
today against Chief OF Police Brue-
baker and Patrolman Johnson, who
on Saturday night shdt to death
Robert Gresham. manager of a local
mill, the officers stating that they
were after him for an alleged theft
and shot him down only after he
had fred shots at them In a dark
alleyway. The officers are in jail
without bond.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15
Great Damage at Toledo.

Toledo, April 7.-Hundreds of
men out of work, thousands of dol
lars damage done and many per-
sons slightly injured as the re-
suits of a hurricane that visited To-
ledo and vicinity today.
The wind attained a velocity of
80 miles an hour in this city. The
roof of the plant of the Massilon
Bridge Company. $50 by 40 feet was
ripped off, and hurled into field
and 800 men were thrown out OF
employment until the damage can
be repaired.
Pedestrians were Injured by fall
ing signs, parts OF roof, chimneys
and limbs of trees and many women
we're blowed over by the wind.
In small towns near Toledo con
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15
GUILTY OF MURDER
KILLED ONE MAN AND two
HHLPLEss wOA4HN.
Avery Blount. Prosperous Louisiana
business Man, Sent to the Gallovs

Avery 6lount, Prosperous IlSuisiani
business Man. Sent to tho Gallov,
By the Jury.
Amite City. La. April Lat,
this afternoon tho Jury in the cas-,
Of Avery Blount, charged with tn.
murder of j. o. Brelaad. Mrs. Bre
land and Mira. Joe Evcrette. brought
in a verdict of guilty In the Rrst de
gree.
The verdict carries tho death pen.
atty.
Tho accused man received the ver.
dict with much ooolness.
Judge Ellis hted Friday OF this
week for the hearing on motion for
a new trial.
Bouat, q prosperous merchant, OF
Tfckfaw. was indicted on the charge
Of numbering "Buz" Breeland. Mrs
Brecland and the lattsr's daughter,
Mrs. Joe. Everetts, and was tried
frst on the separate Indictment OF
"Buz" Breeland's killing, Garfield
and Ben Kinohen. tive brothers. In
dicted for completely in the assassi-
nation. are yet to be tried.
The killing of tho Breelands, and
Mrs. Everette was one Of the most
horrible crimes ever committed In
the State. The tragedy occurred on
the night of January 20. near Tick
faw several miles south of Anite
City. BreelaRd and his wife were
bringing their daughter. Mrs. Ever
cite, from her former home in Liv-
ingston Parish to live with them
near Tickfaw. Mrs. Bverette's hus-
band had been killed by Ben Kineh.
en- few days before.
Breeland was shot from ambush.
He was on foot, and the two women
were riding in buggy. According
to Breeland's dying statement Avery
Blount. accompanied by some other
person, then levelled guns on Mrs.
Breeland and her daughter. The
latter held her young baby In her
arms. The elder womaA was first
shot and killed. Mrs. Everette in
the meantime was beseeehing the
assassins to spare her baby's life.
Her supplications finally resulted
in the child beins taken from her
arms and laid by the roadside. The
mother was then shot to death.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15
TRYING TO KILL OPIUM TRADE.
New Law Prohibits Importation and
Use of Drug.

Washington, April 7.-6ne Of the
last session OF Congress-. and which
became effective on April /. was
that prohibiting both the importa-
ton and use OF opium in the United
States for aRy purpose whatever.
except for strictly medicinal .,urpos-
es.
In recent years the smuggling of
opium into this country has ben one
of the serious curses Of the time. and
all of the larger cities have sxpe-
rienced untold trouble from such
traffic. especially among the Chinese.
as the records of the police tsations
and Criminal Courts sbundGAtly
show.
Under the aew law. II any person
shall frauduiently or knowingly i'm
port or bring into the United States,
or assist In so doing. any opium or
any preparation or derivatives or
shall receive, conceal. buy or sell.
or la any manner facilitate the trans
| portation or coneealment Of sale Of
| any such oIi1m products after thor
importation. knowing them to have
teen imported eontray to law. such
goods shall be forfeited and DESTROY
| ed, and the offender shall DO vned
! in any sum not Q seeding $4,000
nor less than son. or oy imprison-
ment for any time not exceeding two
years, or both.
The treasury department had gone
over the new law carefully, and in a
statement Just issued by Secretary
MaeVeagh. is is made plain hereafter
there shall be no traffie In this pro.
duct If 1t Is possible to stop 1t.
| In issuing full directions to col
lectors at the different ports. thes,
officers are cautioned TO guard closely
against fraudulent importations here
after. In addition to this, the Statt
and municipal officers have been sen
copies of the new law by the treasur!
department with full directions TO
carrying it out. and with instruction
also for making arrests and push
ing prosecutions when such arrest
| arc QeemeQ- necessary.
Although moro smuggling Of Cpl
UNI is done perhaps IN San Francis
CO than In any other city in tn
United States, because o the YER
large number OF Orientals there, tn
trafic In the drug has grown to enor
nous proportions in New York, Chi
cago. Philadelphia. Boston and elee
where in the East during the las
Ave years. Not only this. but 1
some instances negroes, too. hav
been known to become steady an
regular users of tie drug, so tha
now the Chinese immigrant is nc
the only person to feel Its harmfr
effects.
Many murders among the Chimes
In different parts of the country hav
been directly traceable to the illegs
use of this drug. and 1t is believe
by those who have made caerfl
study of the mater that the new la
! vii be most beneficial in its effect
when Its provisions become general
known and Its mandates are carrie
out
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15
Guest of Honor.

New York, April United States
Senator Benjamin r. Tillman will be
the guest of honor and one of the
speakers at the annual dinner of the
South Carolinians in this city April
%. Members of other Southern
States societies and of the Southern
society have been invited to attend
the dinner.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15
STABBS HIS WIFE.
Drunken Negro Tries to Kill All
His Family.

Rock Hill. April This evening
at o'clock Lawrence Boyd, a well
known negro cook, while drunk, run
amuck on Ratterree hill and succeed
ed in alpost numbering his wife,
Louisa. stabbing her deeply in the
shoulder. He started for their
child Of three years old and cut at
1t. His wife's sister grabbed at him
and prevented him from cutting the
baby. but received a nasty cut on
the arm herself. Boyd then fed
and has not been caught.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15
Woman Dies of Wound.

Bogalusa, La, April Mrs.
Elizabeth King, aged "a years, died
here today from the effects OF bull
let wound inflicted last night by
Deputy Sheriff r. s. Carson. who
was boarder in Mrs. Kings house.
The shot which struck Mrs. King
was aimed at supposed burglar.
Carson was exonersted by the coro-
ner's jury.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15
Six injured.

London, ont, April six per-
sons were injured, one fatally. and
financial loss of full fifty thousand
dollars was entailed by a northwest
hurricane which passed over this city
today. At the Aberdeen public
school. a tall chimney crashed
through the roof. imprisoning 800
pupils, and creating a panic. Mary
Laburitis, aged 9 years. was fatally
injured. and four other pupils were
severely hurt. The fire department
worked rapidly and succeeded In
quieting the children. who were re-
moved by means of ladders.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15
NO POTASH TAX
Congressman Lever Gets Com
mlttse to Remove Duty
FROM TARIFF BILL

The Farmers of South Carolina
VIII Save Over q Quarter Mil.
lion Dollars by the Action Of the
Committee I'm Removing the Tax
From Potash.
Washington, April S.-A special
to the Columbia Record says after
a week of diplomatic activity. Rep
resentauve Lever OF South Carolina.
today won a decided victory for the
farmers OF his State and the South.
Following his representations ss to
the effect OF the potential duty Of 20
per cent on potash and potash salts.
the ways and means committee to-
day promised Mr.. Lever to remove
by committee amendment the often
sivs paragraph from the bill.
The first step in the direction
pledged by the committee was taken
this morning when the committee in
executive session of it's Republican
members voted an amendment re-
moving the duty on all potash salts
except basic Stag, variation of the
standard product. Learning OF this
exception, Mr.. Lever again called on
Chairman Payne and after explain
ing that basic Stag, too. was an es-
sential part of the demand submitted
in behalf of the farmers, Mr.. Payne
said that he thought the committee
would certainly vote a supplements
ry amendment at it's meeting tomor-
row morning.
The action of the committee is
personal triumph for Mr.. Lever and
he Is highly gratified at the result.
The attention which Mr. Levers rep
reservations received at the hands OF
the committee, Republicans, is the
result of consistently practieed pol
Icy of conciliation on the part of
Mr.. Lever as we'll as of tho respect
his energetic fights on particular
questions before this have called
forth on both sides of the house.
Among both Republicans and
Democrats Mr.. Lever has many
friends. and In that way he can al
ways get a hearing. After that he
relies on his presentation OF his
case. Mr.. Levers activities have
been unceasing since kilograms
reached Washington from Mr.. e. j.
Watson, directing his attention to
the possibilities hidden away in the
administrative clauses of the bill.
There Is one New Englander on the
ways and means committee, Mr.. Hill
of Connecticut, and as the New ERg
land soil in many localities requires
practically the same kind OF fer
tilization needed In the South. 1t
was not difficult for one knowing the
ground as well as Mr.. Lever to in
terest certain Republicans in his
fight.
The victory of the South Carroll
nian will mean something ovor a
quarter OF a million dollars a year
to the farmers of South Carolina
alone. while TO the South as a whole
IL will mean more than $4,000. .060
In his speech recently on this subject
Mr.. Lever estimated the possible loss
to South Carolina farmers from the
enactment of this clause at over
100000. and a telegram he re-
ceived from Wr. Watson this mora
Ing practically substantiates his es-
innate.
The indications now are that the
Payne bill will so to the Senate with
potash and it's salts on the free list.
and 1t is not thought that there will
be much chance of the duty being
restored in the upper house.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15
WANT 1T BACK
The State May Be Asked TO PAY
Back a
LARGE SUM OF MONEY
Loaned 1t BY the United States
Government Many Years Aro.
Names OF the States That Re.
ceived the Money and What Each
One Received.

One Received.
Washington, April S.-If tho bi,,
Representative Murdoch of Kansas
mas introduced in the federal bouse
or representatives, recurring twentv-
SIX states, which in 1886 were loan
ed s2S.00o,OOO for internal improve-
ments, to return this money. he
comes law, the federal government
VIII have hard time collectinp
from South Carolina, which is said
10 have received the same amount
as Georgia, s1,O51. .422.O9.
In 1886 there was a surplus of
S53' 100000 in the national treasury
from the tariff taxes, and n hill was
passed lending this amount to tho
various States then in the Union
WIN the understanding that 1t was
10 be returned whenever they were
called upon to do so. The apportion-
ment OF the money was made accord
ing TO representation in congress.
W hen three installments had been
palu In 1889, congress repealed the
ACT when the repeating act was
passed 1t provided that the money
apportioned remain with the States
until otherwise directed by con-
greSs."
While some of the States have
Kept the fund segregated and loaned
lt out at interest, other States have
lost track of it completely. All the
southern States lost their part of
the fund during the reconstruction
period, and in many cases all the
records relating to it were DESTROYED.
New York, however, received
$4'O14,520.71. and has kept the
amount intact. 1t has been loaned
out at interest, and the amount re-
ceived from the investment put into
the State treasury. New Jersey
and Delaware are also said to have
Kept their part of the money segre-
gated.
The various accounts are still car
ried on the books at the national
treasury department, and each secre-
tary OF the treasury has had to give
receipt for the money. 1t is. car
ried as available funds"
Mr.. Murdoch said recently that he
simply wished congress to "other-
wise direct" as the bill provided In
1899, and he is confident the amount
can be collected.
1t is said the president and the
secretary of the treasury have ap-
proved the plan of Mr.. Murdock, and
have agreed that If the bill is passed
by congress the attorney general
will have no trouble in settling up
the old account
The largest amounts received by
the StataS ora fOl1owe.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1909-04-15
Fight About Taxes.

Monteleone. Calabria, April T.
Four men were killed and many 9TH
ers wounded in a conflict with the
local Carabineers. The authorities
are endeavoring to collect new taxes.
which are exceedingly unpopular.