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knew he could not leave a detachment to guard the wagons because it would weaken his force to a point which would make victory over the reds practically impossible.
 Baldwin went to the teamsters and said: Il can't leave a force with you a guard, and you've got to charge with us. l want you to put your teams in the center of the charging line and make those mules fly straight into the mid de of things
 It probably was the first time in history that mule drivers, mules and wagons had been ordered to participate as an offensive part of a cavalry charge. The infantry this occasion was mount ed. The mule drivers lost all sense of the danger in the fun of the thing. They told the lieutenant that with good cussing,' and with good flashing, they could lead the cavalry mile.
 The 800 Indians were on a plateau with sides shelving gradually down to the plains. Badwins plan was nothing less than the seemingly reckless one of crossing the open with his men and wagons, sweeping up the incline and driving the enemy, if he could or fighting him hand to hand, if he must
 The horsemen rode up in line with the four mule teams abreast at the lines center. There a word of command, trumpet note or two, and the line swept across the plain with the mules on a keen jump, with black snake whips cracking and the drivers saying things which mule understands.
 The reds turned loose at the advancing hun dred. Men and horses on the right and left went down here and there, but the mules in the center with their huge wagons racking ana clatterlng behind them swept on with never scratch The reds on the plateau kept up their fusillade. Up up, up the incline, the mules leading by yards all the way, swept the blue detachment. The regulars daring and fighting American regulars always dare and fight
 One of the teamsters afterwards swore that he could see Chief Gray Boards eyes popping with fear at the sight of the charging mules. The level of the plateau reached and horses, men, mules and wagons went hurtling forward The teamsters standing cracking their whips and bowling. Infantrymen and cavalrymen caught the spirit of the thing and howled in uni son.
 Those four mule teams went straight through the heart of the big band of Gray Boards Kio- was and Araphaoes. Meantime every carbine and every Long Tom cracking, and with one last volley the warriors of the allied tribes fled, eav- ing their dead and wounded and their white cap tives on the field.
 Lieut.. Baldwin found that the two white girl prisoners were uninjured, and not long after the fight they were restored to thAr parents. For this charge and for this viSr Lieut.. Baldwin was b,eveted captain given medal
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Frank D Baldwin has been in so many fights for his country that the counting of them sumes the proportion of mathematical problem. For years upon years after the civil in which he distinguished himself time and again, he fought nearly every form of Indian that the plains of the United States has produced There was one fight in which Baldwin engaged which de serves a place in song and story. if some song story writer could be found equal to the oc- casion In the days of the campaign of which this fight was feature there only one bar on Baldwins shoulder for he was junior first lieutenant of infantry. The campaign long one and the fights followed fast and followed faster.
 While on detached service in Newport, Ky. in June, 1874, Baldwin heard that his regiment was to be ordered, under Col Nelson A. Miles, to make an expedition into the Indian territory The lieu tenant went to the front as fast train and horse could carry him. When he reported for duty Miles, who knew Badwins record in the civil war, put him in command of the scouts of the expedition a command that was composed partly of whites and partly of Indians.
 With his scouts back of him Lieut. Baldwin had a dozen engagements, after another. with the confederated bands of Cheyennes, Kio- was Arapahoes and the southern Commences. The one fight however, which for picturesque ness stands out most prominently in the battle list did not take place until after Baldwin had been in the field for many months. It was the fight of his life not in the engagements size nor yet perhaps in it's importance, but i'll what an officer who it declares to have been tits howlingly funny fea- , lures"
 It was picturesque and it was funny all right, but it was dangerous as we'll, and Baldwin lost some of his men, and took his own life in his hands 20 times before he won his splendid victory against tremendous odds. The daring of the thing was recognized by Col. Miles, by the gen. eral commanding the department, and Dy the congress of the United States, which gave Bald win his second medal of honor for his work on that day.
 By enc of the military freaks of for tune Baldwin ahough only lieutenant, found himself in November, 1874, in com mand of D company of the Fifth infantry, D troop of the Sixth cavalry, and of 12 of the scouts of the organization with which he had originally taken the field. He had about 100 men all told when he reached the banks of McCleilans Creek, Tex. There he found in front of him fully 500 Indian warriors splendidly armed and apparently lusting for fight Every army officer vbo afterwards learned the circum
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girl captives and his desire to rescue them reinforced his desire for a fight on general principles.
 The Ii e u t e n a n t looked his men over and saw that they had a stomach for the com ing scrimmage. With the command of four six-mule teams, Bald win feared that a de- tachment of the reds might flank him when he was making his charge and kill his mules and destroy his field necessities. He
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ted States army (retired) the rank of major general. Some day perhaps the bill will be- come law, for it is worthy of passage, Baldwin is worthy of honor. The home of this retired officer present is in Colorado, though he comes to Washington occasionally to live over old days with comrade veterans, many of whom have chosen the nations capital for their homes.
 It is rarely that one can get. Gen. Baldwin to speak of his services in the army, but his friends are not slow in speaking for him and every word that they say in praise is borne out by the records which are hidden away in the war department.
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fighting saw
 ages on the
 plains, were
 led by Chief Gray Beard, a noted warrior. B a l d W i n learned that t h e Indians had with them Wo " h 1 t @
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ing for endorsements, but Baldwin believed that he should strike at once, and strike hard.
 The Indians, a mixed command of the finest
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bilities that lie hidden in the per son of this gray-haired peaceful looking and reticent man.
 Gen. Babcock left the service not long ago and at once departed for the little place in the foothills of the Adirondack mountains where he might gratify his love of coun- try life. If the general refuses to talk of his army achievements to his neighbors and if they are curi-
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of honor, but he al ways hasmaintainei t h a t the m Q q a ] should have gone to the mules.
 On the retired l's' of the army with Gen. B aid win is Brig Gen. John B. Babcock, a close friend of the man
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who led the mule team
 charge and a frequent visi- tor to Washington. It is doubtful if Gen. Babcock's s nearest neighbors in his lit.
 tie country home in Sarato- ga county N Y suSDect
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-07
LOSES HIS MEMORY.
Prosperous Man Unable to Tell Doc
tors Anything About Himself.

In New York An expensively
dressed man wearing rich jewelry,
and apparently we'll educated, mys-
titled the doctors at the Bellevue
Hospital a few days ago where he
applied for treatment. He could
not remember his name or anything
else about himself.
All that he could remember was
that while riding in surface car,
something in his brain had snapped
and after that his memory of the
past had been blank.
The doctors declared that he was
suffering from no physical ailment
and that the loss of memory was his
only failing.
Papers found in his pocket, while
not revealing his identity, indicated
he was a man of considerable bus
mess affairs and was prosperous
financially.
All efforts to revive his memory
failed and he was sent to ward
to await a claimant.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-07
KILLS HIS WIFE.
Wounds Another Woman, Then Taxes
His Own Life.

At indianapolis, Ind, Albert Car
nahan, 53 years old, shot and killed
his wife, fatally wounding Mrs. Ida
Calvin and then killed himself.
Carnahan had been separated from
his wife for five weeks. Apparently
he had become insane.
Mrs. Carnahan filed suit for di-
worse from her husband month
ago. He persisted in calling on her
and she obtained from the court an
order restraining him. Monday night
while she was in bed i'll, attended
by several women, Carnahan enter
ed the room and drew two revol-
vcrs.
His wife sprang from the bed and
she and the other women fed from
the room. Carnahan opened fire
and shot his wife four times. lie
then ran to the front porch and
shot at the other women. He miss
ed all but one, Miss Calvin. who re-
ceived bullet in the abdomen.
Carnahan returned 10 his wite's s
he'd room and shot himself in the
head. He fell across his wifc's body
and died Immediately.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-07
FRAUD ORDER ISSUED
MRS. LIZZIE SMITH OF ULMERS
S. c., CLASHES WITH THE
PostofIlce Department and Is Denied
the Use of Uncle Sans Mail
Privilege.

A special Washington dispatch to
The News and Courier says fraud
order has been issued by the post
Office department against Mrs. Lizzie
Smith, of Ulmers, South Carolina,
charged with conducting scheme
through the mails TO obtain property
by means of false and fraudulent
pretences. Advertisements were pub
lished by Mrs. Smith in leading mag
azines under the For Exchange"
column exploiting proposition to
exchange dry goods and useful ar
ticles, for premium tobacco tags,
coupons, signatures, soap wrappers
and cancelled postage stamps. AS
might be expected from an adver>
tisement of this nature, it produced
many replies, and Mrs. Smith, is
is said, received great quantities OF
the numerous articles advertised for.
One party who forwarded Mrs.
Smith 1000 cancelled stamps be-
came suspicious when no reply was
received, and made complaint to
the postal officials, who made an
investigation Of her business. A
postoffice official wrote Mrs. Smith
regarding the batch Of cancelled
stamps which had been forwarded
to her by the complainant and he
got an answer to the effect that the
sender of stamps had been written
to several times to send postage for
their return. At the same time she
stated the stamps were not the kind
desired and that the stamps had been
returned to the complainant at her
own expense. This the complainant
denied at the time, but later stated
that about one-half of the stamps
had been returned, most of the
stamps being held by Mrs. Smith.
OF the numerous complaints that
have been received against Mrs.
Smith by the postoffice officials prac-
tically all are to the effect that moth
ing had been received in turn, and
that no replies were made to COM
munications addressed to her, after
the articles were sent. When the
postoffice inspector called at Mrs.
Smiths place of business he learned
that the business was conducted by
Frank B. Smith, the husband of Mrs.
Smith. When asked why the busi-
ness was conducted under his wife's
name, Smith would give 10 reply
other than that he was her hus-
band.
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the final grade of candidate. The
grading of the remaining 80 points
will depend upon the evidence OF
the candidates experience as shown
on his application blank. All ap-
plicants who receive combined rat
ing of 20 will be placed on the clisi-
BILE list.
Selections from the eligible regis
ter will he made as the needs OF the
service require. Eligibility is not
of itself a guarantee OF appointment,
but selections will be made solely
with reference to equipment and
availability for appointment.
There will he no geographical ap-
pOrtionmcnt Of appointments as such.
1t will be the policy. however. rs far
rs practicable. To assign appoint"cs
TO duty in the localities in whicn
they reside. and it therefore follows
that the number of agents 10 Dc ap-
pointed from a given State or To-
caIiiy will depend largely upon the
amount of work to Je done in that
State or locally.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-07
PUSHED INTO THE RIVER.
Many Try to Board Torpedo Boats
at Same Time.

At st. Louis fifteen thousand en-
thusiastic and curious persons tried
to board four tiny torpedo boats at
the same time few days ago. The
boats could not hold them, AMI Far
of the overflow, numbering 153, we're
pushed into the Mississippi, to be
drawn ashore " lie police. sal;"rs
and others.
Many were tramplcd under foot,
when the police reserves charged
the crowds to drive them back frori
the boats. Scores of women tainted,
These were carried into the wharf
boat at the landing.
The executive officer of the fleet
has ordered the boats closed to the
public. The greater part Of the
crowd, which was good natured,
though rough, then dispersed.
The boats are the Marlborough,
Wilkes, Tingey and Thornton, under
command of Lieut.. Mitchell. They
are at st. Louis to escort Presi-
dent Taft down the Mississippi river
to New Orleans. They belong to
the hotilla which has headquarters at
Charleston.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-07
BOUND AND GAGGED.
Sakcr'S Wife Hanged From Raftcr
by Two Robbers.

AT Lansing. Mich, Mrs. W. b.
Scott. wife o! a Baker Of that city.
was found in the woodshed of her
home Monday gagged and suspended
nv her wrists from the rafters so
that her toes :Oucaet: the floor.
The woman had been hung there
hy Two masked men and had been
lied up for more than two hours
when hor husband and ncighber
found her. She was utterly exhaust
81 and has suffered severely from
The shock.
According to the story by the po-
lire. after Mrs Scott was bound
and gagged and hung to the rafters.
the men entered tho house and
searched for money.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-07
COME TO STUDY COTTON.
Germans Want to Learn About the
Flcecy Staple.

With a view to increasing the cot
ton yield of German East Africa to
such an extent as to make Germany
Independent of the cotton of the
German Agricultural Department.
has arrived at New York to study
cotton culture.
The German minister will seek
information from the Department of
Agriculture at Washington and with
experts will make thorough inves-
tigation in the Southern cotton belt
They will Investigate methods on
the New Orleans and New York cot
ton exchanges.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-07
LAD RESCUED
From Living Tomb in Well Sixty Feet
Below the Ground.
HE TALKED THROUGH PIPE
Shifts Constantly Change in Order to
Make Greater Progress in Digging.
Hope Was Abandoned but Sounds
Cause the Rekindling of Hope
Until Success Comes.
Until Success Comes.

The father of John Cozzens. who
was buried alive on Sunday morning
at the bottom of a sixty-foot well
when it caved in, and two hundred
of his neighbors at Center Islip, Long
Island, who had worked day and
night to reach the imprisoned youth,
had given up all hope of recovering
him alive Monday night, but early
Tuesday they were still working in
relays at the excavation when they
is believed have come through
a two-inch pipe which had been driy-
en- down into the collapsed well.
This faint cry, which was inter-
preted as one for help from the bur
led man, spurred on the rescuers to
frantic efforts to reach him and as
sured them that he was still alive.
AS only four men can work at time,
two digging and two hosting, the
workers, doubled their speed and
they were relieved every few minutes
by fresh crews.
After digging for thirty-six hours
all hope was practically abandoned
Of reaching young Cozzens alive, but
no chance was to be taken and the
rescuIers continued their efforts.
They were at their work when a muf-
fled, far away human voice was heard
and it required but moment to dis
cover that it came from the pipe
which ran down into the we'll and
which was used for pumping water
before the sides of the we'll caved
In.
This news brought many other
neighbors to the Cozzens farm and
with excitement at fever heat, and
all of the men working to their linn
It, it was expected that the prisoner
would be released before the day was
over, and such proved to be the case
as the young man was released in
the afternoon.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-07
Hurled Into q Tree.

Just before a speeding automobile
struck tree near COney Island,
there were five men in the machine,
and after the impact the ambulance
doctors found only four men. all OF
whom had broken ribs or o:h"! IN
juries. When one Of the fcUr re-
covered consciousness he inquired FOR
the fifth member of the party and a
search revealed the unconscious man
hanging over limb o! n" tree
where he had been hurled by the col
liSiOn.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-07
LOST HIS Wife
CONTRACTOR OF sPARTANBURG
GOES TO COLUMBIA IN
Search Of Her But Fails to Find
Her and Then Goes to the City
of Charlotte.

The Record says R. L. Lawson, a
we'll known contractor of Spartan
burg, was in Columbia Saturday
night and reported to the police that
his wife, Mrs. Allie Lawson, had
without any reason, left her home.
Detective Forde and Lawson went
over the city in search of her, but
after several hours unfruitful en-
deavor, Lawson left at night for
Charlotte, where he asked the police
to aid in the search for his wife.
The following from the Charlotte
Observer concerning Mr.. Lawson's
presence in Charlotte will be read
with interest:
I'm search of his wife who he
says left home Monday morning, R.
l.. Lawson. prominent contractor
of Spartanburg, S. c., was in the
city Yesterday. He has notified the
police to be on the lookout for her
and has engaged one or more private
QelGCllNeS W ihA tAASf SSSsA 49,
So far it has been unavaillng.-
Mrs. Lawson on leaving Spartan
burg, went to Columbia, thither her
husband followed her and attempted
TO discover Ter whereabouts, but
failed. Learning of his presence
probably there she left and is sup
posed to have arrived in Charlotte
Saturday noon. Her name is Mrs.
Allie Lawson. She is described as
good looking, which is, of course,
not a very definite description for
any one ir- Charlotte, where nearly
all of the ladies may thus be char
acterized. When she left home she
was wearing a dark brown tailoS-
made suit. She is about 35 years
old and has four children"
Mr.. Lawson has only recently COM
pleted the building Of the Hotel Ore
gon in Spartanburg. He has erected
a number of other large buildings
there and is we'll known in that city.
He seemed at a loss to understand
why his wife should have left him
without ANY apparent reason and
said if she would return he would
be glad to see her again.
He thought she would return in
time to avoid a sensation, and for
reason he hesitated about giving
particulars of the case to newspaper
men, but after waiting a reasonable
length of time he set out to find
her. He gave reporter for TIE
Record the address of the family
in Spartanburg and said he would
appreciate any assistance that the
press or the police might render him
in finding his wife.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-07
DcccivcS Nurse.

At Winsted Mrs. Alice Andrews.
siXty-five years old. widow OF Charles
b. Andrews, was enabled to end her
life with gas by shamming sleep.
Mrs. Andrews recelqtly suffered a
nervous breakdown. A nurse re-
NAMED in her room until midnight.
and then. as Mrs. Andrews appeared
to be sleeping. retired to her own
room. On going TO the patient 8
room the next morning the nurse
found Mrs Andrews dead and gas
jet wide open.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-07
Singular Freak of Lightning.

During a storm in Frederick light
ming played a peculiar prank at the
residence of S. Herbert Greh. A
bolt struck the lightning rod and
ran down the rod at the side of the
house until it struck a nail in the
metal band by which the rod was
fastened to the wall. The bolt drove
the nail through the brick wall and
across bedroom into the oppo-
site wall, where it was imbedded in
a lath beneath the plaster. y
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-07
Served Him Right.

At Spartanburg L. A. Mathews
a we'll known citizen, who on Sep
tember 9 whipped Miss Elizabeth
Morrow, his adopted daughter, in
ficting injuries that came near caus-
ing her death, was found guilty on
the charge of assault and battery
with intent to kill He was sentenc-
ed to pay fine of $500 or serve
eighteen months at hard labor. The
prisoner broke down and wept when
sentence was passed upon him.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-07
KILLED IN OIL MILL.
Man Beaten to Death Between Floor
and Ceiling.

A Spartanburg dispatch to The
State says Edward Hammett, aged
As years, was killed at the Greer oil
mill Monday afternoon about 2
o'clock. His death was horrible
one. He was caught up in a belt
and beaten to death between the
floor and the ceiling. His legs were
torn off, his arms broken and his
head crushed. Mr.. Hammett was a
native of Greer. His wife is serious
ly i'll and has been so for some time.
It could not be learned just how Mr..
Hammett became entangled in the
belt, but it is supposed that he must
have been oiing up the machinery.
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Has Caught Up.

The State says the 100000 re-
turned by the Bernheim Distillery
company, the Louisville whiskey
house. was received by State Treas
urer Jennings Monday through DR.
w. j. Murray of the State dispen-
sary commission. 1t will be recall
ed that this was one of the concerns
represented in this State by Jas. S.
Farnum.