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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14

can citizen that statement OF the
truth about the President may rem
der it impossible for Representa-
tive to discharge his duties.
Il came to the White House to-
cay. not as matter Of pleasure, but
il. the performance of public duty.
I Came by appointment, made with
the Presidential office on May 81, to
present delegation of distinguished
Hebrews on an important public mis-
sion. After a delay of forty minutes
at the very door of the Presidents S
office, was told that the President
would not receive me. 1t is not sur
rrising that he did not care to meet
:.,e tc face anyone who was instru-
.yantal in bringing to light the des-
perate attempt to bolster the Adj
ministration case in the Ballinger-
Pinchot matter, by manipulating
public documents. If everyone who
is Justly criticising the Taft Admin
istration is to be barred from the
White House, it will become lone
ly place
Representative Goldfogel, as had
Representative Keliher, stated that
had he known Mr.. Harrison was not
to be received at the White House
be also would have refused to GO
in.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
"HoLY GHosTER" REBELLED.
Woman and Her Children Taken
From Vessel.

Armed with a writ of habeas Cor
pus Sheriff Melville w. Thelethen
boarded the barkentine, Kingdom,
one of the vessels of the Rev.. Frank
w. Sandford's Holy Ghost and Us
fleet OF Portland, Maine, and took
under his care Mrs. Florence Whit
taker, and her four children. IN
letters to relatives she declared, she
was held against her will.
Mrs. Whittaker's husband, A. A.
Whitaker, who has been an apostle
of Sanford, for 13 years, was aboard
the Kingdom, but offered no resist
ance. Mrs. Whitaker was one of the
colony established in Palestine sew
eral years ago. but while her hus-
band remains true to the faith she
has rebelled, as the Sandfordites
term it.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
DALZELL CHEATED
OR HE NEVER WOULD HAVE
BEEN RENOMINATED.
One of the Cannon's Chief Lieuten-
ants Faces Fraud Charges in Con-
nection With His Election.

. Declared the winner of the Re
d "a nomination for Congress in
"e e +ieth district Of Pennsyl-
va - ongressman Dalzell, the
high = .st of protectionism and the
chief lieutenant of Cannon, is up
against a fraud contest. His oppon-
ent declares that with a legal elec-
ton he would have won in the Pitts
burg district by 1,500 votes.
The first step in his contest was
taken when he made out informa-
ton against j. Harvey Evans, judge
of election of the Third ward, Nc
Keesport, charging him with violat-
ing the election laws. Other arrests
will follow as soon as information is
at hand. If Dalzell is named as the
Republican nominee he may be de-
feated at the poles for the Democrats
are planning to put forward j. A.
Wakenfeld, Esq, or James A. Full
ton. If elected Dalzell's seat may be
contested.
In his complaint to the court, DR..
Black, Dalzell's contestant, declares
he and others saw Evans change bal
lots openly, and that the men pro-
testing were thrown from the poll
ing place.
In filing his quarterly report be-
fore Judge John G. Haymaker, in
Common Pleas court in Pittsburg
last week Constable ]. H. Camp
bell, of Turtle Creek, in the Dalzell
district, swore that the election
board in the Third ward, Turtle
Creek, left the polling place unguard-
ed and went home after closing the
polls.
The constable said he was sum-
moned by a citizen, who asked him
to take charge, and when he arriv-
ed at the polling place he found the
official ballots strewn about the floor
and the tally sheets on the table. He
also asserted that there had been
other persons in the room between
the time the board left and his ar
rival. The district attorneys office
has started an investigation of the
violation of the law. DR.. Black has
demanded a recount of all the votes
of the district and declares that he
expects to have the prisons filed
with DalDsll's friends before he gets
through and also to have -Dalzell out
Of Congress.
If the stand-patters in Congress
cannot hold their own in rock-ribbed
Pennsylvania where can they expect
to win? is the question politicians in
Washington, D. c., are asking. Lit
tie interest was taken in the outcome
of the fight in Iowa, the heart of the
progressive" territory. Senators
Dolliver and Cummings led against
every candidate not identified with
progressive Republicanism. In
general, it is declared that followers
of Cannon suffered in the recent
primaries and many of them Will
have close calls for election. :"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
LONE BANDIT ROBS
TOURISTS, WHO HE HERDS IN
PRIVATE, AND
Collects Their Valuables, Shoots Out
Trains Rear Lights and Makes
Clean Getaway.

Clean Getaway.
Shortly before midnight Friday
night, eastbound train No. 2, of the
Ell Paso & Southwestern railroad
| was held up by a lone bandit. wh"
herded the occupants of the tourist
sleeper into a private car, compell-
ing them to deposit their money and
valuables in a heap, and made his
escape with the plunder across the
desert toward III. mountains. Rolsh
estimates place the value Of his ha"'
at several thousand dollars.
The hold-up occurred mile east
of Robsart, n. NJ, near Corrizo. AT
this point the robber, who had board
ed the train at Corrizo, covered the
Pullman conductor and the hraEe-
man with his gun, compelling them
to stop the train. Driving the men
before him, he entered the sleeping
car awakening the occupants with g.
gruff command to gather their valua-
bles together and proceeded to the
private car of Superintendent G. F..
Hawks in the rear.
One by one the half-dressed pas
sengers were covered by the robber S
gun as they clamored from their
berths. Taking his time and exhibit
ing remarkable courage, the bandit
carefully took an inventory of what
each bore in his uplifted hands. The
Job was through, not passenger es-
Gaping and not one being able TO
keep anything of value.
When all the berths were emptled,
the bandit drove his victims into
the private car, where all, including
Superintendent Hawks, were told to
place their property in pile on the
floor. Still covering the crowd with
his gun, the bandit swept the plum
der into sack and backed out OF
the car. AS he departed he shot out
the rear lights of the train, firing
four times.
Hastily organized posses are IN
pursuit of the robber. The passen-
gers, who have been left destitute for
the time being, are being cared FOR
by the railroad company.
That the man is an old hand at
the game and probably a desperate,
who will put up hard battle before
allowing himself to be taken, is be-
lieved from the manner in which ne
carried off the daring holdup. Mem
bers of the posses pursuing him are
prepared to shoot on sight.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
W0MAN'S BODY IN TRUNK.
The CHASTITY Find in a Lake in Italy
on Friday Last.

The badly mutilated body OF a
woman, believed to be that of Mrs.
II. n. Castle, who was Mary Crit
tenden Scott, of San Jose, California,
was found in a trunk, submerged IN
lake near the village of Moltrasio,
Italy, last week. Wrapped about the
body was a piece OF old cloth, which
bore the initials, L., and from
letters in the trunk, written in Eng
lis.h, II appears that the woman in
1906, lived in 34th street, New York
city. The police, basing their opin-
ion on wounds on the head, evident
ly made by a blunt instrument, are
of the belief that the woman was
murdered, and they have taken into
custody Russian, named Constan-
tine Ispolatoff, so years old, whom
they suspect of having knowledge OF
how the woman met her death.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
CATS DESTROY A HOME.
Husband Is Driven Out in Despair by
Wife's 30 Pets.

Cats are cited as the cause of a
suit for seperate maintenance be-
tween DR.. Robert A. Pierce, a teacher
in Tufts Dental School, in Boston,
Mass, and Mrs Pierce, a noted cat
fancisr. Last October the Pierce
home was broken up and the wife is
the complainant in court.
Opposing the testimony of Mrs.
Pierce, Dr. Pierce declares his wife
owns 32 cats which crawled and
mewed about the halls and rooms Of
their home. They slept in the bath
tuh by day and at night produced
such volumes Of melody that sleep
ing was next to impossible. He de-
clares that they ate regularly at
the table, crept into coat pockets
and made temporary homes in hats
and other wearing apparel.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
Charged With Murder Committed Five
Months Ago
JAILED WITHOUT BAIL
John NJ. Wise and NJ. C. Tidwell,
Both Of Watts Mill, in Laurens
County, Are Said to Have Killed
Clarence White, Who Was Found
in Ditch by Railroad Track.
in Ditch by Railroad Track.

The arrest Saturday afternoon
of two young white men, John NJ.
Wise and NJ. C. Tidwell, both Of
Watts mills, Laurens, on a warrant
charging them with the murder, five
months ago, of Clarence L. White,
caused quite sensation.
Both men are held without bail
and have been committed to Jail.
The warrant was sworn out Satur-
day before Magistrate John NJ. Hud-
gems by Virgil A. White, father of
C. l.. White, and the arrests were
made by Sheriff Owings and Deputy
Culbertson.
The apprehension of the accused
is result of some clever detective
work and tends to clear up the mys-
terious circumstances which at the
time surrounded the manner in
which Clarence White sustained in
juries that caused his death nine
days later
Young White, a railroad employe
with headquarters in Laurens, was
found in an unconscious condition on
Monday moroing, January 81, in a
ditch. beside the railroad near Watts
mills. His skull was fractured, and
there were marks of othsr injuries
on his body. Nine days later he
died at his home, near Owings.
While foul play was first consider
ed, the general belief was that he
was victim of an accident
Now it appear that he told his
father a few days before his death
that two unknown white men attack
ed him as he was walking the rail-
road track towards the city Sunday
night, January 80, and after knock
ing him in the head with a heavy
stick or blunt instrument, they rob-
bed him and threw him down a deep
embankment into the ditch where he
remained until found.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
MYSTERY UNSOLVED
ALL EFFORTS TO CLEAR UP MUIR
DER IN VAIN.
General Opinion Is that the Death
of New York Woman in Italy Was

Double Murder.
The police at Como, Italy, Sunday
seemsd no nearer a solution of the
mystery of the murder of Mrs. Por-
ter Charlton, of New York, than they
were on the day the body was found
huddlsd up in a trunk at the bottom
of Lake Como.
Searching parties have assiduously
dragged the lake in the expectation
that perhaps the body of the woman S
husband might be recovered or at
.rast something have connection
with the crime, but so far the search
ers have labored in vain. The au-
thorities, so far as they have dis
closed, have no information about
the missing Charlton and whether
.hr, is dead or alive is only matter
of conjecture.
The opinion is gathering strength
that a double murder has been COM
mitted. This is the view held by
the American consul at Milan, Chas.
M. Caug.hy, who is investigating the
case. 1t is pointed out that the
amount of blood on the mattress,
sheets and curtains of the bedroom
in the villa which was occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlton could not
possibly come from the wounds of
the woman, which wera in the ma
ture of severe bruises on the head.
Several persons, however, say that
they saw Charlton, after the date
of the crime at 'Moltrasio, and later
on at Como. These statements are
controverted by the Investigations
OF the police, who nave found that
the alleged witnesses have been un-
able to fix dates definitely.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
ROBBED By THE SOLONS.
Fish Dealer Testifies as to Raising
Fund to Kill Bill.

j. D. Mclean of Meredosia Satur-
day morning walked into the office
of the Illinois State attorney, at
Springfield, Ill.,, did not find him in
and then bolted into the grand jury
room whsre he testified.
"Yes, | contributed to the funds
to kill the fish BILL" he said, Il
believe in telling the whole thing,
he continued. II gave the mney to
Otto Schweer. He told me it was
to be used to defeat the bill. Why,
sir, we have been held up and robbed
by every legislature for so long that
it is high time We were doing some
thing to stop it. They come to us
and tell US they have the money and
there is nothing for us to 90 but
dig. l told everybody from the start
that the thing for us to do is to- come
in and tell everything We know"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
RAZORED HIS THROAT.
An Old Colored Man Commits Sui
eide in Shop.


The Charleston Post says John
Smythe, an old colored man. cut his
throat from ear to ear Friday morn
ing shortly after 9 o'clock, at
barber shop conducted by R. Fen
nix, in Elliot street, and the negro
died two hours later at Roper Hos
pital from the effects of the cash
which he made upon his neck
"Smythe entered the shop of Fen
nix, snatched up sharp razor, and
inflicted the fatal wound across his
throat. He staggered from the shop
and fell in a pool of blood near the
front steps, where he was taken up
by Policeman Dugar and sent .hur-
riedly to the Roper hospital. Smythe
seemed determined to make good
job of the slashing, for he pushed
the razor blade firmly back against
the handle, and getting tight grip
on the dealy weapon, proceeded to
slash his throat.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
Man and Wife Die.

Within two hours of each other,
John May, aged 76, and his wife,
Hannah May, died in the house at
8 Forks. Pa. where they were
- years ago. In the same
dwelling they reared family of sew
en- and celebrated their golden we'd
ding. Both were born within 100
Yards of where they lived and died.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
Man Falls Dead,

During the progress Of baseball
game at Thomasville, Ga, Friday be-
twae en- Thomasville and Bainbridge,
messenger on the Atlanta, Birming-
ham and Atlantic railroad, and form
erly lightweight prize fighter, fell
dead in the grandstand when ball
was knocked over the fence.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
THE HIGHER UPS
High Officers Of The Sugar Refining
Company Convicted.
WERE GUILTY OF FRAUD
Aged Secretary of American Sugar
Refining Company, Broken in
Health, Faces Possible Sentence of
Two Years or $4,000 Fine.-Ex-
ecution of Sentence Means Death.

At New York Charles R. Heike,
the white haired secretary of the
American Sugar Refining Company,
was convicted Friday night on one
count of an indictment charging con-
spiracy to defraud the Government
of customs duties on sugar
Ernest w. Gerbacht, former sup
erintendent of the Williamsburg
(Brooklyn) Refinery, was convicted
on all six counts.
For James F. Bendernagle, former
cashier of the refnery, the jury
stood 7 to 5 for acquittal. He will
be tried again.
This ends the governments second
attempt to imprison the group OF
men responsible for the vast under
weighing frauds, to which the So
called trust has virtually confessed
by the restitution of more than So
100000 in duty.
Heike is the highest official OF the
company upon whom blame has been
fixed, and he now faces a possible
sentence of two years in the FEEDER
al penitentiary and fine of $4,000.
He is 65 yeors old and broken IN
health and spirits. His counsel IN
summing up declared repeatedly that
a prison sentence meant nothing less
than death.
Convicted on all six counts, Ger
bracht can be sentenced to twelve
years in prison, with a maximum
fine of $4,000. He is SO years DID,
All three defendants, who were
under bond, were paroled in the Gus
tody of counsel until 1890 O'Clock
Saturday, when Court will hear the
usual motion in the case of Helke
and Gerbacht, and barring some stay,
will announce the time of sentence.
The trial just ended was started
on May l with six defendants IN
cluded in the Indictment. Besides
Heike. Gerbracht and Bendernagel,
there were three minor employees
Harry w. Walnsr, assistant dock
superintendent, and Jean M. Voelker,
and James F. Halligan, checkers.
The trial had not progressed far'
however, when the testimony so IN
criminated these men that their coun-
eli entered pleas of guilty. They have
not yet been sentenced.
Bendernagel had been tried prev
iously with Oliver Splitter, the par
doned dock superintendent, who tes-
tilted at the tria! just closed, but
the jury disagreed. Splitter got two
years and four checkers were SEN
fenced to one year each. They are
still serving time on Blackwell's Is
land, but Splitter, conscience-stricken,
made a confession and told a story
that resulted in Heike's conviction" "
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
Old Man Dies.

The Sumter Item says Richard
Green, who was probably the oldest
man in the United States, dled at
his home on Manning avenue Sat
urday morning. He was porn IN
Charleston county February H.
1885, and was therefore one hun
dred twenty-five year, three months
and twenty-one days old.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
GEN. BOYD VERY SICK.
He Had Another Stroke of Par
alysis on Friday.

Adjutant General j. c. Boyd was
stricken with convulsions in his
room Friday morning and is not eX-
pected to live. This occurred just
as the court of inquiry investigating
the charges he had preferred against
Assistant Adjutant General Brock Of
improper expenditure of expense
money was assembling to render its
decision. The court adjourned for
over a week because the transcript
of testimony was not ready. The
court had not then been advised OF
General Boyd's illness.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
CLEARS HIS SKIRTS.
Voted the Ticket Since He Was
Eleven Years Old.

Walter Murphy, ESQ, Of Rowan,
y. c., one of the four candidates for
the Democratic nomination for Con-
gress in the eighth district, said on
Tuesday, when asked in regard to the
rumor that one of the four men
seeking the nomination had voted
the Republican congressional ticket
in tn" past, Il have voted the full
straight Democratic ticket ever since
was eleven years of age and eX-
pect to keep it up until | am 400
years old.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
CROOK WANTS TO REFORM.
Asked the Memphis Police to Lock
Him in Station.

II am the boss crook of the coun-
try and want to REFORM" said Jas.
J. Drury, who says he lives in
Springfield, H., as he walked into
the police station at Memphis, Tenn,
Sunday night and asked to be locked
IN until he could vnd work.
Drury says that he has worked
with some of the biggest yeggs
in the country and has done time
in several prisons.
But | have been given the not
end of it by my pals and want fo
quit the game He will be held
pending an investigation.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
Horrible Accident.

Becomming entangled in the run
ming gear of an aerial tram, at Can
non City, CAL, Merl Kissender, a
boy, was carried 100 feet suspended
by his thumb 25 feet in the air.
Gradually the thumb was torn from
the hand and the boy fell to the
ground.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
Youn" Woman Drowned.

4 young lady while attempting to
cross Thompson's creek, near Wades-
boro, \. c., was drowned on Frii"y
The girl. who was II years old 49,"
attempting to cross ThC'-0c""
creek, which was running swift d |
full, when she was drowned. Her
companion, another girl, was rescu-
o5
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
Killed by Lightning.

During a thunderstcr" al cay tte-
Vile, y. c.. Friday 2"iuG tie y Ut
Morgan cotton mi' '""s struck by
lightning and So or fire. James
Garven. an operative, was found dead
near the entrance and is thought to
have been killed by the bolt. The hre
was extinguished without great dam
age
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
Bride Shot at Altar.

because she changed her mind at
tho appearance of rival and refus-
~ :" marry him, Rasilic Martinez
lied Bonita Garcia to death at
wnsville, Texas, Friday. The
tidal party were standing at the al
tar for the ceremony to be perform
ed when the tragedy occurred.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
Must Steal to Live.

Peter Zimmerman, aged 81 years,
was released from the Western pen
itentiary last week after serving 10
years for horse stealing. He declares
he is too old to learn to work and
will have to steal for living. He
has spent most of his life behind the
bars in various prisons.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
Woman Murdered.

At Leavensworth, Kan, Elizabeth
Schultz, a wealthy widow, aged IA,
was Friday found murdered in her
residence where she lived alone. The
murderer had set the house afire.
Policemen seeing the fire extinguish-
ed the flames and then discovered
the nude and charred body of a
woman.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
KIDDLED IN SWAMP.
Negro Shot Almost to Pieces for Al
tempted Assault.

Robert Matthews, a negro was
shot and killed in swamp near ben-
lah, 16 miles east of Pensacola, Fla
Saturday following an attempt to as
sault a 12-vear-old girl. Bloodhounds
were rushed to the scene IN an au-
tomobile and trailed the negro TO a
swamp. A posse of farmers follow
ed on horseback and plunge! 10
the swamp The sheriff and depu-
ties turned back to get horses. ard
upon their return they found the
negro's body riddled with bullets
The posse had disappeared.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
Killed by Auto.

Lewis S. Bachaud, lawyer OF
Woonsocket, R. L., was killed, and
four other men injured when tour
ing car owned and driven by Arthur
P. Dauray, crashed at full speed In
to a heavy machinery dray on the
Providence road late Friday night.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-14
To Help Save Birds.

Mr.. Russell Sage Saturday at New
York gave $4,000 to the National
Association of Audubon Societies for
it's work in the South. Earlier in
the week she gave $500 to the as
sociation. The $4,000 is to be used
in educational work in tie South.
Williams news., 1910-03-26

School election today.
Williams news., 1910-03-26
By the Governor of Arizona
ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION.

To the People of Apache. Coconino.
 Navajo, Mohave, and Yavapai
 Counties:
 It is provided by statute of this territory that the Friday following the first day of April in each year shall be know as Arbor Day in the above named counties, and shall be observed as holiday.
 Now, therefore, by virtue of and in accordance with the direction of that statute, I, Richard E. Sloan, Governor of Arizona. do hereby proclaim Friday, the Sth day of April, 1910, designated as Arbor Day to. be in the counties first above mentioned a legal holiday, and I do recommend that said day be observed by the people of those counties in the promotion of forest and orchard growth; in the adorn- ment of public and private grounds, places and ways, and in such other efforts and undertakings as shall be in harmony with the character of the day so established; all in ac- cordance with the provisions of Title W, Arboriculture, Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1901.
 In Witness Whereof, I have here
 unto set my hand and caused the
 Great Seal of the Territory to be
 affixed.
 Done at the City of Phoenix. the
 Capital, this eighteenth day SEAL of March, nineteen hundred and ten.
 RICHARD E. SLOAN. By the Governor:
 GEO. U. YOUNG, Secretary of Arizona.