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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-11
Murdock's Defense Of Pace.

Col. SANDY" Murdoch, OF Platte
City, q member OF the Board OF Man.
ayers OF the Ex.Confederate Home,
was interviewed In Kansas City the
first of the week on the charges re-
Gently filed with Governor Hadley,
by j. N. Crutcher, formerly a member
OF the State Board OF Charities
against Superintendent Jas. L. Pace,
OF the ex.Coniederate Home, that
there IL permitted among the In.
mates OF the Home drunkenness and
and other lapses.
To all the charges except one, viz:
that the managers OF she Home al
low liquor to be sold, the Colonel
made an emphatic denial. He be.
lieves this is done; perhaps not just
aestated In the petition, but done
at the Homes drug store neverthe
less.
"And It is right for the old soldiers
to have their mint iulep, yes, sir"
said be.
"Now, put yourself in the place Of
those fellows" he went on, "decrepit
and old. with your skin full OF bullet
wounds; you are chucked away In q
little barracks with other old buffers
like yourself. You know that sooner
or later, It doesn't matter when,
you've got to die there.
"The trouble with some OF these
people who want to rob the Conied.
crate soldier OF bis strong drink is
that they haven't got in them the
stun to make soldiers. Veterans and
babies, mind you, are not In the
same class and must have different
kinds OF nourishment.
"Why In that there Atlanta cam
paign I spoke Of, We fought from
May 10 to September 10, without
changing our shirts. l Was captain
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-11
Mill Still BurnInu.

The Lemar Mill which was destroy.
ed by fire August 26th last year is
still burning and the terrific wind
last Friday blew the soush wall Of
the engine room over, string up she
fire again. The fire is still burning
and citizens In the south end have
been watching their barns closely.
During the wind storms there was
danger from the sparks. Thousands
OF bushels OF grain were In she mill
at the time OF the fire and it will take
months for It to burn out. Rich Hill
Tribune.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-11

That's no marker, either" he
said grimly. You can tell from
looking at the Confederate veteran
that he has seen war He fought
most OF the time against superior
numbers and bears the marks. He
ls decaying in his old age from those
four years OF hell, sir, and, by George,
be needs all the ssimulant you can
Vive him, and "a long ma am on the
board OF managers he will get whisky
when he wants It,"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-11

then, aud | took seventy OF these
boys the board of charities would
iced milk to, with me into the South
and brought back eight. That was
no marker OF the war, either. In
iants. huh? Look at my scalp, will
your"
Here the colonel removed a batter.
ed fedora from his head. Through
the thin gray hair many an ancient
scratch made by saber aud mimic
ball could be seen.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-11

general principles. Democrats over
the state must learn to treat the
Star like the Democrats OF It's own
city did at the last municipal cleo
ton. Any political news In or ex-
preston by the Star should be taken
BY the Democrats with a grain OF
suspicion The Kansas City Star Is
y mighty good newspaper, but q
plague on its politics. Is is a relent
less enemy OF the Democratic party
and the sooner all Democrats come
10 learn that, she better It will be
Tor the party.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-11
A Light Year in Shipments.

There we're SO car load shipments
less out OF Amsterdam In 1908 than
the year previous. The total car
load shipments for the past year
we're 201 cars and are as follows:
Live stock 80 cars, the same number
was shipped the previous year; grain
81 cars against Is the previous year;
hay 26 cars against 81 the previous
year; coal 20 cars, against ga the
previous year; seven miscellaneous
against nine the previous yeer.
The falling off In car shipments the
past year was due solely on account
Of poor crops. Enterprise.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-11

Hiram Lloyd, a prominent St..
Louis politician and wealthy con-
srsctor, was waylaid on the streets
OF that city Saturday night, beaten
severely and robbed OF a valuable
diamond stud Mr.. Lloyd is q Re,
publican member OF the State Legis,
iature and was q candidate for
speaker before the Republican caucus.
He Is now at bis home laid up from
sbe effects OF his injuries.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-11
A Bargain,

120 acres all In cultivation, three
room house, good barn, 3 wells, new.
er 60 dry, 20 acres hog pasture,
young bearing orchard. On rural
and telephone lines, school house
joining farm. VIII cell 80 acres OF
100. Price $35 90 per acre. Easy
terms. This Is a bargain II taken
soon. TRAVIS PAYNE.
ID 6t* Montrosa, Mo-. Route No. IS.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-11

At a meeting OF the State Demo
cratic Committee, ut Jefferson City
last week, Colonel Moses c. Wetmore,
IF St. Louis, was elected national
committeeman for Missouri to srr-
coed the late William A. Roshwell
This WAS IA deserved compliment to a
loyal democratic worker and will
: meet with hearty accord OF the party
workers throughout the state.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-11

tits thought there is little doubt
shat Charles ? Maggie, TX congress
nan, OF ST Louis will be a member
u President Tait's cabinet. He will
probably be given the bureau OF Sec
rotary of the Interior.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-11

The report sent out from Jackson,
Florida, on Saturday thas Mr.: Bry
Al had been seriously injured in al
automobile accident proved to be n
nSlstake.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-11
ANNOUNCEMENT

We are authorized to announce Porter NJ
Allison, of Pleasant Gap township, acandidate
for County superintendent of School, of Bates
county, subject to the action of the Democratic
party.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-11

We are authorized to announce S. NJ Grsgg,
II herwn, Mo-, as o candidate for Superin
f.adent of County schools of Bates county,
-HbJect to the action Of the Democratic party.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
AUTO KILLS TWO MEN.
Two North Carolina Men Are Vic
tins of Accident.

Near Greenville, n. c., j. L. Flem-
ing. State senator from Pitt county,
and Harry Skinner, Jr., son Of Unit
ed States District Attorney Harry
Skinner, were killed in an automo-
bile late Friday afternoon.
Mr.. Fleming was thrown from the
machine, breaking his neck and dy-
ing almost instantly, while Mr.. Skin
ner's skull was fractured.
Being rushed to a hospital IN
Richmond. Va, he died before the
train reached Wilson, n. c.
Those in the machine at the time
it was wrecked were e. G. Wlana-
gan, ]. L. Fleming, Harry Skinner
Jr., and S. C. Wooten. In trying
% pass lumber wagon M. Flana-
gan. who was driving the machine,
lost control and crashed with terrific
force into a tree by the roadside
The machine turned somersault.
Mr.. Flanagan was caught under
the machine and badly crushed, three
ribs being broken and internal In
iuries sustained.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
CHARLESTON BOYS WINNERS. +
C. F. Martin and T. D. Rudderick
Capture Appointments.


Senator Tillman Saturday an
uounced the result of the competi-
tive examination for two appoint
ments to Annapolis. Charles Fran1k'
lin Martin and T. u. Rudderick, IT,
both Of Charleston, first and second
principal. Alternates: First, Wal
lace Prior, Clemson College, and
William Fogarty, Charleston. Sec
ond: w. NJ. Nichols, Spartanburs,
Thomas S. Marshall, Clemson CO..
lege. Third: 3. NJ. English, il,
Columbia; c. E. Deschanps, Sumter
Fourth: F. H. All, Clemson College;
William T. Carter. Jr., Dillon.
This is the fourth successive ap'
pointsnent that has been won by
Charleston boys" says Senator Till
man. "and it speaks well for the
thoroughness and drill of the graded
schools of that city, so much so thai
the teachers and county superln'
tendents in other parts of the State
may pardon suggestion that the
system in Charleston and the work
of its teachers must be worth their
careful study and imitation"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
AMAZED AT THE SOUTH.
Thought We We're Lazy, Go-Easl
People With Cotton.

Cecil Grenfell, of London, repre-
eehting the English Rothschllds,
who have lately made large inves-
ments in iron and steel interests in
the South, in an interview with the
Birmingham correspondent OF the
Manufacturers Record, says:
81 am astonished beyond words to
express. l have often heard Of the
South, but have never been amo"g
you before. l had formed an idea
that you had plenty Of cotton and
were kind of lazy, go-easy people,
with not much energy. This trip
has been a regular 'eye-opener' to me
and others of the party who have
not visited your section before.
have visited California and Canada,
but have never. Seen anything to
equal the great development that is
going on in the South. ] have had
an exceedingly fine trip. want to
add that / have never seen anything
to equal the artistic marble decora-
tions in your beautiful Empire build
ing. l have seen many handsome
structures, but none with finer mar
bic decorations-and they tell me
that you dug it right out OF the hills
of Alabama. ...
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
WON'T REACH TEN MILLION.
National Ginners' Association Issues
It's Monthly Report.

From Memphis, Tenn, ]. A. Tay-
lor, president Of the National Gin
ners' association, Friday issued the
following bulletin:
Complete returns indicate max
imum crop of s,7S0,00o bales, not
including linters or repacks. Mini
mum figures 9,4S6,O00.
"The heavy falling off is over the
belt except in Georgia and the Car
aolinias, where there is about as good
a crop as last year on little smaller
acreage.
Maximum report by States: Ala
bama, $4,000; Arkansas, $4,000;
Florida, $4,000; Georgia, $4,000;
Louisiana. $4,000: Mississippi. $685.
600; Missouri and Virginia $4,000;
North Carolina. 64s,00o; Oklahoma
587, 900; South Carolina, 1,lS5,OOO;
Tennessee, $4,000; Texas, 2,3s9,-
600. Total, 9,7s0,0O0.
"The ginners say the small yield
is largely due to the smallness OF
bolls and low yield of lint. AS the
crop is so near ginned, we will prob
ably not make our December estl-
mate"
The cotton crop in 1908 was H.
581,S29 bales, while in 1907 tAe
yield was 13,550,T60.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
KILLED CLOSE FRIEND.
The Unloaded Gun Does Deadly
Work in Fools Hands.

A deplorable accident occurred at
Iva, in Anderson county, late SAT-
urday. when Earle Kelly shot and
killed Walker Parnell, his intimate
friend. The young men were return
ing from a hunt when Kelly pointed
his gun, which he believed to be un-
loaded, at Parnell and pulled the
trigger. The load entered the young
mans face, tearing away the lower
law and breaking thu neck. Death
was instantaneous. Both young men
are members Of we'll known families
and Kelly is grief stricken. NO ar
rest has been made. Such fools as
Kelly should be locked up.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
ASSAULTED AND ROBBED.
Georgia Farmer and Son Viciously
Attacked by Negro.

Near Rome, Ca, Thomas Beard
and his 12-year-old son lie at the
point of death as the result of a
hold-up and robbery committed by
an unknown negro on the highway,
within three miles Of the city short
ly after dark Friday night. Ac-
cording TO the fathers story, the
negro had been given a ride, when
he struck them from behind with
sandbag or heavy stick, after
which he secured $24 which had
been paid to Beard in town. AZ
ficers with bloodhounds are scour-
ing the woods for the negro. who
drove off with Boards team after
the robbery.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
FOUR MEET DEATH
And Many Injured by Railroad Ac-
.cident Mt Jersey City.

Four persons, all of them railroad
employees, were killed and six pas
sengers seriously and score slight
ly injured in collision between a
Pennsylvania railroad passenger
train from philadelphia and an en-
CINE running light, on the elevated
tracks in Jersey City Sunday.
The engines and all the cars ex-
cept the rear one on the train lef;
the rails and the smoking car and
both engines were overturned.
A steel box containing $4,000,
the property of the Adams Express
Company, in the express car, was
Immediately placed under guard
when the collision occurred and later
safely removed from the wreck.
The mail car of the wrecked train
carried consignment Of gold said
to amount to $1,O0o,O00 from the
Philadelphia mint to the New York
sub-treasury and was closely guard
ed by the Jersey City police and rail-
road detectives. The consignment
remained intact
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
MYSTERIOUS KILLING
A PROMINENT YOUNG MAN OF AN
ALABAMA TOWN FOUND
In the Centre of the Place With
Bullet Shot Through His Brain
Cold in Death.
Cold in Death.

At Greenrille, Ala, with blood
strewn across Commerce and a half
dozen other streets, in the heart OF
the city, the body of Iva D. Baisden
aged 16 years, was found at 6'o'clocE
Sunday morning on the embapkmen.
400 yards east of the court house
There was a pistol wound in his
forehead, and a pistol grasped in his
hand.
The young man left his parents
home, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Baisden,
at o'clock Friday night, saying
he was going to cane mill with
friends, but neither the police mol
sheriff are able to ascertain who ac-
companied the jovial young fellow
on his pleasure expedition that re"
suited in his death.
The supposition of suicide or an
accident is not entertained by any
one. Murder is the only theory en-
tertained. A coroner's jury, empan-
neled at 9 o'clock, to investigate the
affair, adjourned until o'clock,
pending the investigation Of the
sheriff and the summoning Of wit
nesses.
The young man was strictly tenn
perate and was preparing himself
for the ministry. The father of the
young .man has offered a handsome
reward for any information as to
how his son met his death.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
l Gun and IL Fool.

Miss Bertha Wolf shot and fatally
wounded Thomas Fctty in her faith
er's home in New Boston, o., Satur-
day night. The young people had
known each other from childhood
and Fctry was a frequent caller
After finishing a song she rlayfully
pointed her fathers shotgun at Fet-
ty and it was discharged, accident
ally. Fetty died, after making an
ante-mortem statement eXonerating
Miss Wolf.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
COMBAT THE DISEASE
THE MEDICAL MEN TO FIGHT
THE PELLAGRA MENACE.
Damaged Corn Condemned, But
Causation Question Not Cleared up
Government Called on to Act.

The Co.nL. bia Record says the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention Of Pellagra was
formally organized there Thursday
night at the conclusion Of two
days conference on pellagra. attend
ed by more than three hundred ply
sicians. the first meeting of national
scope held in this country for the
study of the disease.
Dr.. J. w. Babcock, superintendent
| of the South Carolina State Hospital
for the Insane, .was-elected president
Of the association; DR.. VIM. A. White,
superintendent of the United States
Hospital for the Insane, Washington,
ID. g., vice president, and DR.. George
A. Zeller, superintendent OF the State
Hospital for the Insane, Peoria, ILL.,,
secretary-treasurer. Later vice
president for each State interested
in the movement will be named.
The first annual pellagra congress
to be held under the auspices of the
association is scheduled for June,
1910, in Peoria, H., which city was
chosen without contest.
The association following the pre-
sentation of forty odd addresses and
| papers by men prominent in the med
ical profession, covering aswide range
of investigation of peliagra in the
United States and foreign countries,
unanimously adopted the following
resolutions, presented by DR.. j. How
ell Way, ofsthe North Carolina board
of health:
Resolved, That this conference rec
| ognizes the widespread eXistance OF
pellagra in the United States. and
urges upon the national government
the necessity of bringing its powerful
resources to bear upon the, vital CUES
tions Of its cause, prevention and con-
| troll.
Resolved, That while sounl corn
| is in no way connected with pellagra,
evidences of the relation between the
| use of spoiled corn and the preva-
lence of pellagra seem so apparent
that we advise continued and syste-
! matte study of the subject, and, in
the meantime We commend to corn
growers the great Importance of fully
maturing corn upon the stalk be-
! fore cutting the same.
Resolved, That the@woEk OF this
conference be brought to the atten-
tion of the various State and Terri
ltorial boards of health and they sew
| orally be urged to specially investi-
gate the disease. particularly as re-
CARDS its prevalence, and that they
also see the proper inspection OF corn
products sold in the various States
be had"
In another resolution DR.. Babcock
was recognized ,"as the father of the
movement for the study and contro!
of pellagra in America.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
Woman Slapped a Mans Jaws for
Insulting Her.

On a Coast Line train from AL
bany, Ga, Saturday, Mrs. Mcbride,
of New Orleans, delivered several
vicious swings upon both cheeks OF
man who had accosted her. The
man, said to be named FairclotA.
is thought to have been intoxicated,
and as he was about TO leave the
train at Camilla. Mrs. Mcbride COM
planned to Conductor Lewis, that thi.
man had insulted her. The conduc-
tor forthwith collared the oftende"
and pinning his arms behind him,
held him firmly, while Mrs. Mcbride,
who is slight of statute, slapped both
cheeks until they were crimson.
The incident was witnessed by all
the passengers in the coach and caus-
ell considerable excitement.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
WHO WILL WIN !?
Seven Gentlemen Said TO be Aspiranss fer
lGov. Anssl's Place
LYON TO BUCK TILLMAN
Six of the Seven Candidates for
Governor, 1t is Said, VIII Run
on Prohibition Platforms, While
One VIII Stand on q Mixed Liquor
Plank in the Primary.
Sayen Candidates for
Plank in the Primary.

Reports from, Columbia says q deas
of political talk and logreBieg te9A
place In the hotel lobbies and on the
streets in Columbia while the talr
was in progress last week. fne
greatest activity and the largest
volume of talk had reference % the
gubernatorial candidates. The wees
appears to have developed one entire
" new entry and to have made de-
finite the candidates. OF several OH
ers.
There appears to be now seVsefal
definite possible candidates who VIII
enter the race for Governor next
summer. These are Richard I. Man
ming of Sumter, Lieutenant Governor
Thomas e. Mcleod Of BishopVilie'
G. C. Featherstone of Laurens, John
G. Richards of Kershaw, F. Il. Hyatt
Columbia Fair week, mixing with
berry and Attorney General J. Fraser
Lyon OF Abbeyille.
All of these gentlemen were ~
Columbia 1pir week. mixing VIII
their friends and talking about their
chances. So were the two Unitea
States Senators, three Congressman
and. a score OF more lesser lights
in the States political armament
OF these seven. it is curious TO note
Eve are Observation-Disclosures. Blease,
Mcleod, Featherstone. Hyatt and
Lyon. Mr.. Manning is an Eplseo-
pslian and MT. Richards Presoy'
tesisn. OF the seven named Messrs.
Manning, Mcleod. Featherstone and
Blease definitely announced that they
would be in the race.
None seemed disposed TO finally
outline his platform, but from this
distance it looks as if all will ad-
vocate prohibition except Mr.. Biease,
who will run on the same mixed
LIQUOR platform as he ran on when
he pushed Governor Ansel so close
in the subernatorial race last time.
Bus.4t is understood Mr. Blease Ritl
make State finances the chief plank
in his platform.
There are dim outlines of pos
sible interesting rivalry between
Messrs. Lyon and Manning, the indi-
cations pointing to efforts on the part
of many of Mr.. Lyons strongest
friends to sidetrack him for the pres
ent IN favor of Mr.. Manning on the
score that Mr.. Lyon has not yet COM
pletet his work in the graft cases.
These argue that it wouid be .best
to save Mr.. Lyon to run against sen
ator Tillman, which would certainty
provide an interesting race. as the
two are violent political enemies.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
SHOOTING BATTLES POLICE.
Killing of j. J.sReed Proves Mystery
to Authorities of Winston-Salem.

J. ]. Reed, a local merchant at
Winston-Salem, n. c., who was found
on the northern outskirts OF town
on Monday of last week with bull
let wound in his left breast and on
his right temple, died at the hospital
Friday. Up to the time he lost
consciousness on Wednesday Reed
held to the belief that Ernest Dy-
mott, a white man, who Is IN 1all'
shot and robbed him of IS. Officers,
however, have a pistol owned by Mrs.
Reed which was found few feet
from where the wounded man was
found, and belief is quite general
that Reed shot himself. Dymott will
be given a hearing later.
1t is one of the most mysterious
cases the police of that town nave
ever encountered.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
BODY FOUND IN CANAL.
Mysterious Death of Well known
Man Uncovered.

Since Wednesday of week before
last had Mr.. Elder. an old man
been missing from his home in Co
!umhia. The family had searched
the country around but no trace
of him could be found. At O'Clock
Saturday afternoon one of the city
waterworks men saw something
floating in the water of the canal
about 30 feet from the new water
works bridge. Upon closer eXami-
nation he found that it was the body
of a man. The coroner was summon
ed and later the body identified as
that of Mr.. Elder The body was
not decomposed very much but the
coroner stated that he thought 1t
had been in the canal fully as Ions
as Mr.. Elder was missing from
home.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
White Plague War.

The anti-tuberculosis campaign is
now actively on in Charleston, with
the display of many cards and en-
hibits. showing how the disease may
be cured aud checked. The com
mittcc in charge has succeeded in
interesting many societies, schools,
churches and organizations in the
work and with the wide dissf nina.
ton of literature great dea! OF
practical good is expected to be rea-
liZcQ
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
BriGe-Elect Kills Herself.

Miss Maggie Windham, daughter
of prominent planter residing near
Heidelberg. Miss, died late Friday
as the result of pistol wounds which
she inflicted upon herself with sulcld-
al intent Thursday. Miss Windham
left note to her mother begging
forgiveness. She was to have been
married within few weeks. NO
cause for the act is known.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-11-09
: Cannon Bursts.

At Savannah, Ca, in firing sa-
Lutte to Taft while he was going down
the river two men, Charles Hanson,
and Cornelius Har1ilton, colored,
were badly injured by a cannon en-
plosion. Hanson will probably lose
an eye, and the negro a hand. Part
of the cannon passed over the reve-
nue. cutter on which the president
had taken passage.