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Stanley (Shorty) Sykes in charge of the large hve-thousand pound automobile of Dr. Lowell, and chauffeur, arrived in Wins low Thursday evening. They were schedeuled to meet Judge Doe and Dr. Lowell at Holbrook from whence the party, taking the automobile, leave for the White Mountains on a hunting trip. MT. Sykes and chauffeur made the run in the heavy ma chine, with about one thousand pounds dunnage, from Flagstaff to Winslow, distance fifty eight miles, in two hours and forty two minutes. They report the roads between the two towns as being in fine shape but they ran against snag when they got to Chevalon Creek, Mir. Sykes deem- ing the water too deep to at. tempt the passage in an auto mobile. They returned to Wins low and yesterday shipped the machine to Holbrook.
 Not !. WorJ If Srand.I marred the call of a neighbor on Mrs. W. P. Spangh, of Manville, Wyo., who said: 'she told me Dr. Kings New Life Pills had cured her obstinate kidney trout ble, and made her feel like a new woman. Easy, but sure remedy for stom- ach. liver and kidney troubles. Only 25c. at all druggists. I
 Brakeman I. D. Ellis and wife were called to Wichita, Kansas, yesterday on account of the death of Mrs. Ellis sister.
 
 The family of Trainmaster O. F. Higginson left for Albuquer- que this week where they expect to make their home.
 Mrs. Thompson and daught- CTS left Thursday for the Petri- fled Forest where they will meet Mrs. Clough and will then make a trip to the Grand Canyon, and from there will leave for their home in Milwaukee. Mrs. Clough is the mother of Alice Williams.
 Ward & McClimans have been busy the past two weeks build ing a fve.room frame cottage for Thos. Ramage which will be modern in all respects.
 Deafness Cannot Be Cured
 By local applications, as they cannot reach 
 only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lin ing of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to it's normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine out of ten cases are caused by Catarrh, which is noth- ing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
 F. J.CHENEY Co.,, Toledo, O.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Take Halls Family F ills for constipation.
 Mrs. Emma Krentz, mother of Mrs. C. J. Spellmire, left Thurs day eveng for her home in Doug las, Ariz.
 Mrs. w. s. Fields and daught- CT were Flagstaff visitors Mon- day at the Labor Day celebra- ton.
 Seth R. Stiles of Joe City was business visitor here this week.
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Surprise Party.

Last Friday afternoon the la dies of the G. I. A. to the B. of l.. E. gave a surprise party in hon. or of Mrs. Geo. Haslett. The merry crowd gathered at the home of Mrs. Riley Walcott be- fore surprising Mrs. Haslett.
 A very enjoy yoble time was had and while refreshments were be- ing served Mrs. J. w. Christal, past president of the Lodge, pre- sented Mrs. Haslett with a beau tiful souvenir spoon as a token of remembrance from the ladies. The occasion of the party being the departure of Mir. and Mrs. Haslett to Florida where they expect to make their future home.
 Those present were: Mesdames Bledsoe, Hayward, Schaar, Brooks, Clarke. McCanlev, Gray. Morrison, Christal, r Henderson, Reed, Holm, A. J. Henderson, Pearson, Lamb, Walcott, Daze, Haslett and Miss E. Morgan.
 High Fuller, prominet cattle man of this county, was busi- ness visitor i'll town this week from his ranch.
 Mrs. Stuart Christal return ed Wednesday from San Diego, where she has been on account of her health.
 Deputy County Recorder c. M. C. Houck was a visitor with friends here Monday.
 H. V. Nixon of Williams was a business visitor here Tuesday.
 E. Poole of Williams was visitor in town this week.
 Take a wide m outhed bottle of good clear glass and fill it with fresh water. Then put into it two teaspoonful of finely powdered alum. In fair weather, and when it is likely to continue fair, the liquid will be clear, but at the ap- proach of couldy or rainy wea- tner the mixture will become fea- thery looking. This barometer will indicate change of weather 36 hours in advance.
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informs us that he has been ne gotiating with V. C. Proctor and other Santa Fe officials to ascertain if in any way they would make cheaper rates on shipping coal from Gallup to Winslow. The present rate of shipping coal in carload lots is $3.35 a ton and 1t is said that the price or rate is the same to Fl Paso from Gallup which is six times as far from Gallup as Winslow. Mir Daze states that he thinks they will reduce the rate at least a dollar which would make the rate $2. 35 and in that way he could sell coal dollar cheaper than heretofore.
 As usually treated, a sprained ankle will disa ble a man for three or four weeks, but by applying Chamberlain's Eminent freely as soon as the injury is received, and observing the direction with each bottle, a cure can be affected in from two to four days. For sale by all dealers.
 A negro by the name of Allen left town the past week owing room and board with intent to defraud, was brought back from Ash Fork by Sheriff Woods and at a hearing before Justice Waite admitted the guilt and was sen tenced to 75 days to the county jail.
 N. Heymer was awarded the contract for building 6ve-room modern brick cottage for E. B. Sylvester. The cottage will cost approximately $2,OOO.
 JIG. Forest, of Prescott, Dep uty U. $. Attorney, was a busi- ness visitor here Wednesday and Thursday.
 Agent H. ]. Fouts of H olbrook was a business visitor here Sun day. ''I have world of confidence in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for Ihave used it with perfect success. writes Mrs. M. I. Basford, Pool esville, Md. For sale by all deal CTS
 One of the large engines, No. 3OO6, while being run into the round house Monday morning by one of the hostlers, took a notion to keep right on going and never stopped until 1t had passed clean through and out the brick wall of the house mak- ing large opening in the same before being stopped. It is pre- stunned that the hostler got rat tied over something and by the time he noticed the danger, it was too late to avoid the acci- dent.
 Mrs. w. A. Parr and daughter Alberta. together with nephew of Mrs. Parr, Harl Byrd, return ed this week from the east where the two ladies have been visit ing for the past two months with relatives and fviends.
 No Need to Stop Work.
 When your doctor orders you to stop work, it, staggers you. II can't" you say. You know you are weak, rundown and failing in health day by day, but ycu must work as long as you can stand. What you need is Electric Bitters to give tone, strength, and vigor to your system, to pervent break down and build you up.Don't be weak, sickly or ailiug when Elec- tric Bitters will benefit you from the first dose. Thousands bless them for their glorious health and strength. Try them. Fiery bottle is guaranteed to satisfy. Only soc at all druggists.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-12
pLuMMER ASHLEY CONVICTED.
Three Abbeville Men Found Guilty
of NIanslaughter.

The Court of General Sessions,
for Abbeville county, which convened
on Monday morning adjourned FRI
day. Three young white men OF the
county were tried for murder; each
of them was found guilty of man
slaughter as follows:
C. N. Pearman, sentenced for KILL
ing his cousin, Campbell Nance, on
October 80, 1910, was recommended
to mercy and sentenced to three
years on the chain gang; J. P. Fergu-
son killed his father in the fall OF
last year; he received sentence OF
five years; Plumer Ashley, nephew
of the Hon. j. w. Ashley, was put on
trial for killing OF Uncle Ira Stone;
the case was given to the jury at l
o'clock Friday and at 5 verdict was
rendered as stated. He received sem
tence of seven years.
Pearman and Ferguson will COM
mence serving their respective terms
at once but Ashley gave notice OF ap-
peal and was released on $4,000
bond. A remarkable fact about the
court is that every white man tried
was convicted and every negro ac-
quilted.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-12
WOMAN RUNS GAMING HOUSE
Minneapolis Society Ladies Lose
Large Sums in Resort.

At Minneapolis, Mimi, an ultra
fashionable gambling house has been
closed by the police, after running
for sevral weeks, during whilh time
hundreds of women have been squan-
ricring their time and money in the
place.
A highly respectable society woman
CT the city ran the place. She was
successful in her enterprise and the
curb at 1913 Nicollet avenue was con-
stantly lined with limousines and the
town cars of the rich women. All
sorts of games were played, the police
say, a general raid would have been
made, but for the select quality Of
the customers of the place.
The CLOSING Of the house was caus-
Cd by the wrath of an irate well-to-do
grocer of the city, who discovered
that his wife had disipated large
portion of his bank account IN the
beautifully furnished rooms at 1873
Nichcllet avenue. The owner was
drought up on the carpet" immed-
lately, and closed the doors of the es-
tablishment to avoid trouble with the
police.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-12
REASON THEY WON'T SERVE.
Women Balk at Being Locked Up as
Jurors With NIc1.

A dispatch from Seattle, WASH.
says mere men in those parts are
jumping to the. conclusion that the
cause of woman suffrage save it.
self an awful wallop because out Of
the twenty-three women who were
drawn for jury duty In King County
twenty-five avoided se:v!ce on the
ground that their sex permitted that
they be exempt. Seattle men are say
ing that the women seek thA glory Of
the ballot but don't want to assume
it's responsibilities. The women OBJ
jected to being locked up all night
with men jurors.
The one woman out of twenty-three
who was game did jury duty for
three days. She said frankly she
needed the pay that a juror receives
She was excused after several days
because the court found it inconven-
lent to lock her up with her eleven
male colleagues.
The woman jury system has been
inaugurated in the State of Washing
ton nevertheless. Out in the country
the women are not called on to any
great extent as yet because the time
intervening between the election
which qualified them as jurors and
the installment of the new system has
not been attended by an election
through which the names of women
voters were placed in the general roll
from which the names Of jurors are
drawn.
In Tacoma the jury room has been
divided by curtain which does duty
at night. In some Of the other cities
the men and the women have been
escorted to separate rooms at night.
In Gellingham the six men and six
women chosen for case were even
" divided on verdict and after hold
ing them for a day or so they were
dismissed.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-12
HARD BATTLE WITH LIONESS-
Wrist Broken and Arm Dislocated,
Man Hard Pressed.

Battling with mountain Honess
and her two cubs, after one wrist
had been broken and his arm dislo-
Gated, c. C. Garnett, a timber con-
tractor, of Cheyenne, Wyo., fought
with the beasts until Charles r.
Smith, his assistant, came up with a
rife and killed the mother lion, the
two young ones escaping into the
mountains.
The fight took place in the noun
tains near Estabrook Unexpectedly
Garnett came upon the lioness, play
ing with her cubs. Before he had
time to prepare himself for the at
tack, the animal sprang at him. Her
first blow broke the wrist Of Gar
nett's right hand, and the second
tore his shoulder, as we'll as dislo-
Gated his arm.
But with his left hand he manag-
ed to draw his revolver and fire sew
eral shots at the angry beast. Gar
nett's assistant, Smith, was close by,
and hearing the sound Of the strug-
gle, ran to the rescue and killed the
lionesS.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-12
ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN.
Obstruction on Track Between Latta
and Dillon.

A bold attempt was made to wreck
a through passenger train on the
short cut division Of the Coast Line
Wednesday night at or near the Buck
Swamp siding, between Latta and Dill
lon, where about six years ago Train
sc, the Palmetto Limited, north
bound, was completely wrecked. The
switch light had been put out and a.
log chain was found wrapped around
the rail and fastened TO the ties. Had
any of the trains hit the obstruction
they would have been derailed and
wrecked. At that point all trains
usually speed along at about fifty
miles the hour. The obstruction was
found by the switch tender, he hav-
ing noticed that the switch light was
out and went to relight it. The Coast
Line officials have ordered all trains
to reduce speed and for engineers to
run slowly between Dillon and Latta
until further orders, and TO keep a
sharp lookout for distractions on the
track.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-12
Perish in Collapse.

The restaurant connected with the
Eldorado, the largest theatre in Nice,
France, collapsed Friday night bury
ing a number Of Italians in the deb
ris. Late that night II dead and 16
severely injured persons had been
taken from the ruins, but it was fear
ed more persons still remained be-
meath the wreckage. It is said the
building in which reinforced concrete
was used was being hurried by the
contractors, who were liable to a
heavy fine for each day they exceed
ed the contract time for finishing the
structure.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-12

The court asked the prisoner TO
rise. He drew himself UP calmly and
waited.
Have you gentlemen agreed on a
verdict?" asked Judge Watson.
1--WE have" said Mr.. Burgess, the
foreman.
The prisoner had confidently ex-
pected hung jury, nor acquittal nor
conviction. The court requested the
audience not to manifest its approval
or disapproval, whatever the verdict.
And what is your verdict?" asked
Judge Watson turning again to Mr..
Burgess.
Guilty." answered Burgess, but
his voice was swelled by the shout of
II others. Unversed in the law or
forms of murder trials the jurymen
had not specified what degree OF mur-
der. Asked what degree, Mr.. Bur
CESS answered simply, guilty as in
dicted." Under Virginia practice MUIR
der is presumed to be second degee
unless otherwise specified. 1t was in
cumbent on the jury to fix the degree
so Judge Watson addressed the jury
men to confer again on the point
and seven minutes later they con-
formed this time with the verdict of
murder in the first degree"
The prisoner stood erect and mo-
tionless. His face, in color yellowish
green throughout the day, was im-
mobile.
The light of the lamp cast a dreary
shadow on his upturned chin as he
faced the jury. His eyelids sagged but
did not blink. In steady gaze he fast
ened his eyes on the faces of the 12
men who had pronounced his punish
ment as if to penetrate their minds
and determine the reason why.
1t was not a resentful expression
however, and when the court asked
If the pisoner had anything 10 say he
answered: Il have nothing to say
Then he sat down.
The perfunctory motions for a new
trial were made by counsel for the
defense. The usual granting of per.
mission even to argue the point was
denied, as Judge Watson, in stern
voire declared that all rulings of the
court were on comparatively unim,
potant details and in no way could
have influenced the verdict. A stay
OF execution of 90 days was granted
however, in order to give counsel ar
opportunity to apply for writ of error
when the court of appeals meets in
November.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-12
FOUGHT SHARKS FIVE HOURS.
Saved His Life With Knife, But Was
Badly Scared.

After five hours in the sea facing
death from sharks and drowning, An
dy Anderson, a Danish fireman from
the British steamship Melton, was
picked up 200 miles off St. Vincent in
the West Indies by the steamship Nc
ilsement, which arrived in Galveston,
Saturday.
Anderson fell overheard from his
vessel at 4 o'clock in the morning,
without being seen. Determined to
make a desperate fight, he stripped
off his clothing but saved his knife.
He soon found that sharks were after
him and he had to fight for his life.
knitting the fish, Anderson, an ex-
pert swimmer, managed to keep on
the water until a. m, when the
lookout on the Nelisement, which
had run about forty miles off it's
course, sighted the man in the sea.
lie was picked up and taken aboard,
and was found to be literally Scared
from head to foot with wounds in
flicted by the fish. He lost conscious
ness when taken from the water, but
now Is little the worse for his terrible
experience.
At one time he said he fought a
large shark for twenty minutes, that
seemed five hours, and stabbed the
man eater twenty times before the
shark gave up the fight. After each
struggle Anderson would rest by
floating until attacked again. "
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-12
LONG TIME CONVICT
JESSE POMEROY BEGINS THIRTY
FIFTH YEAR IN CELL.
Fiendish "Boy Murderer" Has Spent
More Time in Lonely Confinement
Than Any American Prisoner.

Jesse Pomeroy, when criminolo-
gists and penologists regard as one
Of the most desperate abnormals OF
the age, began the thirty-fifth year
of his life sentence in solitary con-
fnement in the Massachusetts State
Prison at Charleston Friday.
no, other prisoner ever served so
long in solitary confinement in the
United States. Pomeroy was SEN
fenced when he was sixteen years
old to pass his life alone in a cell.
He had killed 2 children after tor
turing them; he had subjected other
children to. sufferings which only a
fendish mind could devise.
Very recently 1t was represented
to Gov. Foss, by plying women,
chiefly, that he had become tractable,
perhaps repentant. The Governor
was told that Pomeroy had educated
himself in prison, that he reads
hooks from the prison library nearly
all day long, studies law assiduously
and writes excellent English.
Governor Foss, of course, would
not pardon the convict whom his
keepers feared. But the Governor
was inclined to end the "boy muir
derer's" solitary confinement----to
permit him to mingle with his fel-
lows within four walls, to have re-
ligious consolation in the prison chap
ell, and to breathe air in the yard.
At the very moment that Governor
Foss was in this merciful frame OF
mind Pomeroy was planning to es-
cape, as he had done before often.
His keepers discovered in his sleeve
an ingeniously made tool in the form
of a bit of bit-stock. It is believed
that he intended to bore holes around
the lock of his cell and thus gain
the corridor.
The prison officials said it would
have been impossible for Pomeroy
to escape as a guard is posted outside
his cell all day and night. When
other prisoners are in their cells in
the day time the doors are left open;
the door Of Pomeroy's cell Is closed
when any one passes through the
corridor.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-12
Waters Robbing the Graves.

Only meagre news of the floods
have reached Peking. Travellers ar
irving by steamboat at Hankow from
the upper reaches of the river, report
many coffins of a huge Chinese type
we're encountered floating the Yang
Use Kiang,. showing that waters were
robbing the graves along the river.
From Huana comes wore that the
receding waters are being followed
by pestilence and that maly are dy-
ing.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-12
THEY OPPOSE TAFT
CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED FOR SEN
ATOR LA TOILETTE.
Democrats Will Carry Minnesota If
the President is Renoninated, Said

DeI1OCruIS Will CdFfy NluutSOtA IL
the President is Renonlinated, Said
One of the Speakers.
Senator La Toilette found an ard
It champion and Pre- sident Taft an
avenging i1surgent il Congressman
Lenroot OF Wisconsin at a banquet
Of Minnesota Progressive Republicans
at Minneapolis Thursday night. The
Wisconsin congressman and Prof. C.
E. Merriam, of Chicago, late Republi-
can candidate for mayor of that city,
were the principal speakers, although
State Senator Ole o. Sageng, of Ot-
tertlal County, "a La Toilette man :
stood in the lime light long enough
to say that "clean Democrat in all
probability would carry Minnesota if
Taft were renominated."
The banquet formally opened the
La Toilette campaign in Minnesota
for the nomination for president on
the Republican ticket.
"The United States senate for
years." said Congressman Lenroot in
the course of his address, "has been
looked upon as the very citadel of
special privileges"
Having paid exalted tribute to SEN
ator La Toilette as a constructive
statesman and an indefatigable foe Of
"the interests" the speaker said:
Great progress has been made,
but it has been under difficulty"
Here he arraigned President Taft
for alleged unfaithfulness to the peo-
pie.
"since March 4, 1909" he said,
1T has been difficult to tell who was
the president of the United States or
where he should be placed"
Elected as progressive Republi-
can, President Taft chose a reaction
ary cabinet. Before election he con-
demned reactionaries and espoused
the Roosevelt policies. After cleo
tion he appointed Ballinger and re-
tired Garfield and Pinchot. Every
progressive Republican in the SEN
ate and the house incurred his dis
pleasure, and Aldrich and Cannon be-
came his advisers.
He then attempted to punish the
progressive Republicans in the house
and senate by depriving them of all
control over federal patronage. This
act conclusively shows how little con-
ception the president has for the
character of the progressive Republi-
cans and what they are fighting for.
If any progressive Republican had
been coerced by This attempt Of the
president he would have been trait
or to the country"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-09-12
Cause of P"llaSra.

The Buffalo gnat has been fixed
upon by Henry Garman, a govern
ment bacterologist and entomologist,
as the cause of pellagra. Just how
the great communicates the disease
is not known, but scientists believe
they are on the right track and even
tually will find cure for the disease
The Buffalo gnat exists in great num-
bers all through the South.