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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
TWENIY-0NE ARE DEAD
EXPLOSION IN SHAFT OF COAL
MINE KILLS MANY.
Eighteen OF the Dead Are Foreigners.
None Lives Who Can Tell of the
dpoidorf

Twenty-one miners were killed in
an explosion in the shaft of the Cas-
cade Coal and Coke Company's mine
at Sykesville Saturday night. The
it was after midnight .botore the ex-
tent of the disaster was known. All
of the dead but three are foreigners.
The explosion was slight, as evidenc-
ed by the small damage done the
explosion occurred at $50 o'clock but
mine but the deadly afterdamp is re-
sponsible for the many dsaths
Three deaths of brothers and fa-
ther and son are numbered among
the fatalities. George and.John Heck
and Nick Pavelock and his 14-year
old son were found by the rescuers
locked in each others arms as though
they had embraced each otEer II,
their dying moments. None OF the
bodies were mutilated and few show
ed burns. Eleven Of the men appar-
emily had made ready to escape, for
they carried their dinner pals and
were headed for the opening
The first intimation of the explo-
sion at the surface was when the
safety door on the fan blew open anu
the machinery began to run wild. 1t
was surmised that there was trouble
below but it was almost micnighe
when rescuers could enter the mine.
1t took sometime to get to the scene
of the accident, mile and half
from the opening, because the res
cuers were obliged to carry oxygen
with them.
All but four of the bodies were
.ly, but were Kept there until all were
brought TO the Ioor OF the shaft ear
recovered -Four bodies were buried
beneath a cave-in IN a heading anu
we're not recovered util late to-day.
The State constabulary from Punxsu-
tawney was called to police the VI
clnlty of the shaft.
Neither mine officials or mine in
spectors can assign any cause FOL
the explosion as there are no survi-
vors from who. gain an eXplana-
tlon, but it is ~. general belief that
some of the men drilled into a pocke,
of gas. The shaft is known as a
non-gaseous one and the Fire Boss
John Brown reports that he passed
through the head where the explo-
sion occurred only an hour before and
found no trace of gas.
When the rescue car from the bu.
reau of mines reached the scene its
service was not needed, as the men
were dead and the air in the mine
had been Cleared.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
Dog Shows the Way.

At Weathersfield,. VT, a small
house dog by its frantic barking and
peculiar behavior Thursday night led
the family of Myron Eaton to follow
it two miles through the fields until
they came upon Mr.. Eaton's body ly-
ing in a pasture. The man had been
gored and trampled upon by bull
until finally tossed ont OF reach.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
AFTER MANY YEARS.
Brothers Meet After Forty-SiX Years
Separation.

The New York World says two
brothers met at Fairmont, N. j.,
Thursday for the first time in forty
six years. They fought OH opposite
sides in the civil war and are among
the few survivors of the wreck OF the
New Era off the coast Of what is now
Asbury Park, in 1854, when 500
lives were lost.
The reunion took place at the hcme
of Charles Glazer, of Fairmount, his
brother Theodore coming from Pet.
ersburg, Va, for a visit. The broth.
ers, who are about 80 years old, came
to America es boys. They followed
the sea and shipped on the New Era
When the ship was wrecked the boys
lashed themselves to a mast and, az
ter being buffetted about for "a
hours we're rescued.
Not long after the brothers settled
at Petersburg, Va, but the climate OF
that section did not agree WIN
Charles. who went to New Jersey
Two years later the civil war was on
Theodore went to the front as a
member of Branch's Battery OF the
army of Northern Virginia, while
Charles enlisted with the First New
Jersey, Cavalry, part OF the Pota-
mac, with which Branch's Battery en-
gagged many times.
While on guard duty along the
Rappahannock River Charles learned
from a Southern soldier that Theo,
dore Glazer was serving in Branch
Battery, which was encamped near by
Charles sent message to his broth
or. It was the only communication
between the brothers during the war
At the close of the war the brothers
saw each other. They correspondec
but never met again till Thursday.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
TIE WAGES OF SIN
YOUNG MAN WHO ROBS UNCLE
SAM LANDS IN PEN.
Stole Forty Thousand Dollars From
Battleship Georgia, on Which He
Was Clerk.

" 90 SAS2ns
After a meteoric career, whose Law
ish expenditures rivaled the tabled
prodigality of Goal Oil Johnny" Ed
ward Valentine Lee, erstwhile pay
masters clerk on board the United
States battleship Georgia., having
confessed his crime, will soon take up
his residence IN the federal prison at
Atlanta to serve term of several
years. ,
BY a strange irony Of fate, Lee,
who only three months ago, startled
Atlanta as a young Croesus, living in
palatial suite at Atlanta's best
hotel, showering sjewels, dinners, the
atre parties and auto rides on pref
ty manicure girl, will nov return to
this very city to be clothed in con-
vict gray and expiate in 8. cell at the
federal penitentiary the crime by
which he obtained the gold that
burned his fingers.
Lees career as a spendthrift has
few parallels in chronology.
Scarce had he looted the cruisers
safe on Feb. II and disappeared from
the fleet before a mysterious individ-
ual of the name A. w. Carmichael
commenced a meteoric career as
prince of spenders" in The cities of
"prince spenders" in the cities of
the Southern Atlantic seaboard. This
seeming millionaire endeared him
self to the hearts Of hotel mattresses,
bellboys and chaufsers by passing out
500 bills as though they were cigar
coupons.
Early in his wanderings he turned
up in Atlanta, Ca, where in a few
short days he distributed sufficient
money to make him known through
out the continent. He presented a
lady manacurist with $1,000 bank
note for the pleasure Of her compa-
nv during a taxacab ride and tipped
the chauffer with the comparative
moderate sum of S10O. The waiter
who served his table received $50 af-
ter each meal as an incentive 20
prompt service. A bellboy with Jug
Of ice water invariably drew a $40
bank note for his trip upstairs.
The publicity that this lavishness
brought him made quick move nee
essary, and young Lee, with the Gov
eminent detective. one jump In the
rear, changed his quarters success
sively to Washington, New York,
Philadelphia and several Southern
cities, becoming acquainted on the
route with a Miss Audrey Kelsey,
who consented to share the young
spendthrift's fortune.
In March they went to Europe,
where he was easily trailed by the
readiness with which he dispensed
his spoils. On June 8 he sailed for
Quebec, where he and his companion
spent several days in sightseeing.
4 little later Miss Kelsey evinced a
desire to visit her parents In Buffa-
10, and Carmichael, with reckless
ness that had characterized his.
course after the theft, accompanied
her. He was arrested in Buffalo on
June 21, and a few days later was
married to the young woman who had
been his companion during his ex-
tensive wanderings.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
HIDDEN MONEY FOUND.
Gaynor and Greene Concealed Near
Iy Million.


Three quarters of million dollars
has been recovered from the conceal
ed assets of Gaynor and Greene, who
defrauded the government Of two
million dollars in Savannah harbor
dredging contracts in 1897 according
to dispatch from Washington. E. l..
Johnson, all expert accountant, and
United States District Attorney Mar
ion Erwin of Savannah, Georgia, are
responsible for the recovery. Most
of the funds recovered were in bonds
and stocks. More than 100000
was in cash. These assets were found
in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago
and Denver. Some bonds we're To-
Gated in Paris, but they could not be
recovered. Johnson and Erwin have
been searching for these assets for
IL years.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
Negro Died in Jail.

At Bennettsville, "Son" Currie, a
negro who was convicted at the re-
cent term of court, charged with as,
sault and battery with intent to kill,
and sentenced to the public roads for
- months, died in the county jail
Friday morning with appendicitis.
His father took his body, which was
buried by the county.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
BOOZe Under Straw.

Being suspicious of the looks of a
wagn filled with shwra icwhcd- (vb
wagon filled with straw which was
passing his front gate, at Dalton, Ga,
Thursday, Police Chief Fincher called
to the driver to stop. He then made
a thorugh examination of the con-
tents of the wagon and found good
ly supply of old mountain corn whis-
key covered up under the straw.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
SINKING OF STEAMER.
Thirty-two Passengers Below Decks
Go Down With Her.

A dispatch from Port Limon, Cos
ia Rica, the Times reports that SO
passengers and several of the crew
of the steamer Irma were drowned
or crushed to death when the vessel
was sunk in a collision, during a
storm in the Estuary Of the San Ju-
an river. The colliding steamer is
given as the Diamante and the news
is said to have reached Port Limon
from Bluefields.
Most of the passengers of the Irma
we're below when the collision oc-
Cured because of the heavy weather
and to this fact the despatch says
is due the heavy loss Of life. The
Diamante was damaged, it is said,
but lept afloat.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
Sick Far From Home.

J. J. Lawton, Of Hartsville, receiv-
ed a cablegran stating that his
daughter, Miss Pauline, is i'll with
typhoid fever in Rome. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawton sailed Tuesday for Rome.
here they expect to arrive Wednes-
uay of this week. Miss Lawton left
a few weeks ago for an extended
tour abroad with a party of college
mates, chaperoned by Hollins insti-
tute teacher.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
Three ReScucrs Drowned.

The wireless operator at Surf, CAL,
received a message at 1915 p. m.
Friday night from the Centralla say
ing that the second mate and two
seamen Of the Helen P. Drew were
drowned while attempting TO take a
life line to the Santa Rosa.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
CAUSED BY WHISKEY.
Two Drunken Men Get in Tussle and
One is Killed.

A social dispatch to the News and
Courier says Paylau Kelley, aged 23,
of the Keeleytown neighborhod, six
miles from Hartsville, was shot
through the heart and instantly kill
ed at nine o'clock by his couscin,
Lenoir Kelley. The fighting took
place at the home of William Tyner,
where the two young men had gone
in an entoxicated condition and was
the result of a friendly tussle, which
develoed into fight in which a shot
gun, a knife, and pistol in the
hands of the two parties were used.
Kelley was shot five times; three
times through the heart and twice
in the left arm. His slayer was said
to have been suit. He has surren-
dered to the officer.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
She Was Locked Up.

Because she said she wanted to
discuss the hookworm disease with
President Taft" and acted queerly,
Mrs. Emily Peterson, whose nome IS
believed to be in New York City, Is
held at washington by the police Ior
examination into her sanity.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
Rich Man to Hang.

The jury in the case or Lawrence
Odom, a white man of some means,
who killed three men near Mobile,
Ala, returned verdict Of guilty and
fixed the punishment at hanging.
elieye that the South's reatest mater
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
SHOT HIM TO DEATH.
White Man Kills Negro Who 1nsuited
His Wife.
His Wife.

After follawing him for miles a
white man named Bragg put a load
of shot in the breast and another load
tore off the top OF the head of Ed
Brown, a negro, at Jimps, Ga, FRI
day night. 1t is said the negro wrote
Rragg's wife letter and after hand
ing X to her himself, started off IN
the direction Of Jimps with white
man named Waters. Bragg was
away from home at the time and
when he returned his wife gave him
the letter. He got his gun and start
ed out after the negro and after foi-
lowing him for 4 miles found him at
the station and later the negro was
found in a pile Of crossties with his
head blown off.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
Honey Bee WRECKS Auto.

While drivin an automobile near
Hartford, Conn, a little honey bee
lighted on the nose Of George Steel
and used his stinger to good advan-
tage. Steel let 90 the wheel with
both hands and q. moment later was
lying under his car at the side OF the
road.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
Hard on Horses.

Twelve hundred horses died from
heat in New York during II days
The total loss in horseflesh through
out the country as a result of the
heat is estimated at 100000.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
Hits Five Houses

Ricocherting from house to house
until five had been struck, lightning
injured six persons in Louisville, Ky.
The bilt shot a clear sky.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
Snake from Clouds.

During the hardest rain that has
fallen Ovett. Mo-. for months. moe
casin three feet long, fell from the
clouds and was killed in the street.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18

nent improvements. 42,7r1.36
For rea! estate. :. .16, 6,S25.5O
For operating expenses of
the College,. 49,. ..155,453.4S
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-18
Very respectfully,

The Richland County dispensary
board Is composed OF Messrs. John ].
Cain, Jos. D. Mot and W. H. CASTOR.
The Charleston board is composed Of
Messrs. B. H. Rutledge, Arthur
Lynch and John Marshall.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-22
Thu Maopie CeiIipa.

One of tn apartments IN the Eb
'arnt royal pGiate at Cintra, Portuga!
u known As the Hall Of Magpies
Painted In the arabesque ceiling is to
b found swarm of magpies, Each
las IN the mouth scroll, on which,
painted IN red on q white ground, are
the words, ''Por benz" The story
runs that King John of Portugal was
making love to one of the maids of
honor In this chamber and was sur.
prised by the queen. His majesty made
the best Of the circumstances and ex-
planned to the queen, "E por benz fninka
sacre" cob, 1t is nothing at all. 1t is
quite right There Is no harm in it'D. AS
to whether the queen was satisfied the
legend Is silent, but the ladies Of the
court were deeply interested and were
constantly saying to one another with
smile, "Por benz! Por bemw The
king thought 1t time to act, so he com
missioned an artist to paint on the
ceiling as many magpies as there were
laxative ladies about the court, each
holding In the beak the ribbon with
the words, "Por em."-London Globe
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-22
Down In a Coal Mine.

To the ear accustomed to the con
slant sound of a living world the still.
oess of coal mine, here the miles
at crosscuts and entries aud the III
fielding walls swallow up all sounds
aud echo is a silence thut IA complete
but as one becCMes accustomed to tbs
silence through long hours of solitary
work sounds become audible thai
would escape an ear less trained. The
rickling murlnur of the gas, the spat-
.ering fall of a lump of coal loosened
by some mysterious force from
Granny in the wall, the sudden knock.
ing and breaking of stratum far UP
IN the rock above or the seurry Of q
rat of somewhere in the darkness
strike on the ear loud and startling
The eye, too. becomes trained to pere.
trate the darkness, but the darkness Is
so complete that there is limit-the
amit Of the rays cast by the pit lamp
Joseph Husband Atlantic
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-22
Fate of FortuQai's Homer.

''The Lusiad" is one of the nobIest
records ever written of national glory
and success. Camoens, its gifted au-
thor. determined to do for Portugal
what Homer had done for Greece The
great poem was written in the six
teenth century, which has been called
the heroic age of Portugal. and its
main feature is the rounding Of the
Cape Of Good Hope by Vasco da Cana
while most interesting episode is
the browning after death Of Inez de
Castro as queen of Portugal. "The
Lusiad" took its name from Lusius.
who was said to have founded Lisbon.
Its author was born about 1920, and
bis career, which began brilliantly
was blighted by thu death Of broker
heart Of the lady of his love, for whose
sake he was banished from the land
He wrote 1.-THE Lusiad'' In his Danish
ment and was recalled in 1911, losing
on the way all his pl orarty except his
poem. Pensioned at FIRST by the king,
this great epic poet nf Portugal died
in great poverty in 1910. when his
patron was also dead.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-22
COUNTY USE OF
STATE CONYICTS
State Will he Compelled to Hire Tree
Labor if Counties Continue to Use
Their own Prisons.

Little Rock, Ark, Aug. 21.-Should
half the counties OF Arkansas get
a good roads movement on them and
demand the convicts they have in
The state Renitentiary for road work
die state would have to go out and
I hire free labor to successfully cul-
tivate the State Farm at Cummins.
This is the statement of Clay Sloan,
Commissioner of Agriculture, who
has just returned from visit to
the large state plantation. Commits
tiary Board to this fact when the
time comes for the consideration of
the resolution providing for the pur-
chase of another state farm upon
which to work the white convicts
and take them off the railroads.
The road and the convict problems
should one solve the other stated
Commissioner Sloan when discuss
ing the proposition recently. Take
the eonvicts off the railroads and
the farm, where they are now prac-
teally self sustaining, and tax
must be levied to care for them. The
road tax could all be given over to
their support, and allow them to
work the roads in all the counties,
and there be no change, but that is
Of thpnru
to be tried before it can be definite
ly determined. We have now at the
State Farm, sufficient land to work
all the state cOnvicts when it is
drained properly, and opened for
cultivation. The CLEARING and the
draining must go on at the same
time in order to have the work econ
omieally done. Drain and then clear
in The after years and you lose the
seasons work spent in draining. AT
the present rate the counties are
taking their c0nVicts to work their
roads, we will not have enough men
left in Il short while to work the
farm as 1t is today, so ! cannot see
the use of another farm. have
been all over the State Farm and
see it is subject to drainage. Ae-
eomplish this and there is no rea-
son Why 1t should not be as healthy
as any upland farm. | was born on
a farm situated just as is the State
Farm right on the river bank, and
have lived for 30 years on such
farm. was sick but one time in
my life, and if my family has as
good health on "a river farm, | see
no reason why we cannot keep the
state convicts in good health ON such
farm"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-22
PASTURE FOR HOGS.

The cheapest pork made is pork
made on pasture. Young and growing
pigs need the green stuff which is
afforded by good pasture or forage
crop, perhaps more than fattening
hogs. However, both young, growing
pigs as well as fattening hogs should
have plenty of pasture, pure water
and some grain. In the last stage Of
iattening hogs, pasture is not neces-
sary, as at this time the hogs should
be confined in small lot and fed an
exclusive grain ration To finish them
Off
On most pastures hogs will easily
maintain themselves and in most
cases will gain in weight on pasture
alone, but the gains are too slow for
greatest profit. On pasture alone
hogs can not be brought to suit
able market condition within eight
months, but if fed one-quarter to one
half grain ration while grazing good
forage crops they can be made to
weigh 115 to 200 pounds at seven 70
eight months. At this time the pigs
may protitably to taken off the pas
ture and fed a rather heavy ration of
corn for few weeks to finish them
off.
The Arkansas station as we'll as
other stations, has conducted expert
ments to show the value of pasture
for hogs.
AT the Arkansas station five pigs
We're reared on succession of forage
crops, harvested by themselves, sup
plemented with small quantity OF
grain, for ten months. The crops
pastured consisted of red clover, sor-
shum and Spanish peanuts. Up to
six months of age the pigs had re-
ceived in addition to the forage crops
II pounds of bran and five bushels
of shelled corn and had made an aver
age daily gain of 1.3 pounds per head.
At six months Of age the pigs were
taken off the pasture and finished on
corn. From this time until slaughter
ed they received nineteen bushels Of
corn. When slaughtered the average
weight of the pigs WAS 240 pounds and
the cost per pound gain was only [
l-2 cents. 1t is important to notice
that in this experiment only sc bush
els of corn WAS required for each hos,
Il fact of considerable Importance to
the southern farmer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-22
SUPERINTENDENT MAS
GOES TO TEXAS OFFICE

District Commercial Agent e. P.
Ingram, of the Southwestern Tele-
graph & Telephone Company, of this
city, has been notified of two changes
in the official working of the sys-
TEN in this state. William c. Mas,
who has efficiently served as COM
merical superintendent in Arkansas
for some time, is promoted to COM
merical superintendent of the North
east Texas division with headquar-
tiers at Dallas, Texas. Mr.. Mas has
proven popular official for Ark
ansas and is quite we'll known in
this city. NJ J. Stimson succeeds
Mr.. Mas in this state and becomes
division superintendent over all de-
partments in the entire state. He
will have headquarters in Little
Rock By these changes Arkansas
is made into separate division.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-08-22
Portuguese and Goldfish.

1t il an interesting fact that the fish
ermen Of northern Portugal started
and developed the fishing industry on
the banks" of the northern coast of
America, and, though they now send
fewer ships, their taste for salt cod
from Newfoundland is unabated-fn
fact, 1t is national Portuguese dam
ty. 1t is found in every little grocery
shop, hard and brown as board A
number Of Portuguese have made their
home on the islands to the south of
the mainland of Massachusetts, and
there the dark eyes of the Iberian
maiden, raven locks and certain pic
tnresque element in dress are not in
frequent. This connection with Por
;ugal dates back many years, the
ships Of Marthas Vineyard bridging
me distance over sea and returning
with Portuguese Exchange.