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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
TWO KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Rockingham County, Va, Swept by
Violent Electrical Storm.

Two men were killed, others were
shocked and burned and it is estimat-
ed that thousands Of dollars worth
of damage was done to property and
live stock Friday when an electrical
storm of great violence swept Rock
ingham county, Va. John Crider ana
Jacob Wilkins were. struck by light
ming while riding for shelter, and
they and their horses were instantly
killed. A bolt broke up a funeral
pro -ession in East Rockingham, stun
riug the undertaken and his assist
ant, who were riding on the heare,
and throwing the mourners into a
panic. More than score OF cattle
and horses were killed in the fields. q
Tell Tale Thumb Mark.
The print of sweaty fingers on a
highball glass may lead to the cap
ture of three men who shot Julius
Weigel at his road house on Hemp
stead turnpike near New York Tues
day morning. The murderers had a
drink, one leaving a plain thumb
mark with an irregular scar on the
glass.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
SORT OF FREE LOVE CULT.
Leader Of 1t Being Tried in Chicago
for immortality.

Mrs. Lucille Bridges frequently
kissed Evelyn Arthur See, founder Of
the "Absolute Life" cult, called him
"dear" and wrote letters to him while
he was in jail, telling Of her love for
him, according to her testimony CIV
en- at the trial of the cult leader at
Chicago on Friday.
1.-THE many kisses I exchanged with
Mr.. See were holy and sinless saluta-
tions," Mrs. Bridges testified. "They
had none Of the meaning Of the kiss
the world outside Of Absolute Life
knows. Mr.. See is pure and chaste
man. 1t was not sinful for us to
kiss. We had the true light. We
we're above siu and SAFE from temp
tation. Nothing we could do would
be wrong"
IT saw new light and a feeling
va, in me as though there were
something for m, f. DC to better N.Y.
self and better the world at large.
It was feeling which was like walk
Ing on a cloud. That feeling was
absolute life,' said the witness.
Mrs. Bridges admitted also that
she frequently visited the "temple"
of 'Absolute Life" where See made
his home, on nights while her hus-
band was away from Chicago. She
said also that she had made con-
tributions of $1,000 and $500, re-
spectively, to See in the cause of
"Absolute Life"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
JAPAN WANTS OUR COTTON.
Baron AIitsui's Visit Seems About to
Bear Fruit.

What is regarded as the most ag-
gressive move yet made by Orlentals
to obtain a share ir the South's cot
ton business was put into full swing
Friday by the chartering, at Austin,
of a 100000 company by X. Fuku-
shima, a Japasese. He is manager
for the Mitsui banking house of ia
pan, and has opened offices at Hous-
ton. The purpose is to export cotton
to Asiatic countries through agencies
to be established throughout the ORR
ent. Thest plans follow the personal
visit to this country about year ago,
of Baron Mitsui, who studied the cot
ton and rice business.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
They Drank Poison.

At Wesson, Miss, after drinking
poison for what they thought was
whiskey, two young men named
Brown and Allen are out Of danger,
due to the heroic efforts of physi-
clans. They went to party Sat-
urday night and hid their private
flask before joining friends. When
they went out to take nip" they
found the wrong bottle.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
YOUNG WOMAN is KILLED.
Sister, Father and Little Brother Are
Seriously Wounded.

A family automobile party, touring
from Portland to San Francisco, end
ed near Crescent City, Oregon, when
the machines fuel tank exploded, ia
tally burning one young woman and
inflicting serious injuries upon siss-
ter, father and the two little broth
ers for whose protection she gave
her life. A bump in the road struck
the bottom of the car stripping the
gear and tearing loose the gasoline
burners streamed back, touching the
tank. An explosion followed and
flames enreloped the tonneau. Myrna
Kelly, with her arms around her six
and eight-year-old brothers, crowded
them down in the car but was her
self caught by the full blast Of the
fire. She died late Friday night.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11

were the basal set Of Readers, the
Geograpies and the English books be-
low the high school. The following
voted for the Wheeler primer: Messrs
Daniel, Glenn, O'Driscoll, Rembert,
Thackston and Toms. IN the case o.
the first and second basal Readers,
Messrs. Glenn and Rem1ert voted for
the Graded Classics Of f. F. johnson
& Co. as a solid basal set. Messrs.
Daniel, O'Driscoll, Rice, Thackston
and Toms voted fol the Wheeler first
and second Readers, as adopted. In
the case of the Biographies, the final
vote stood for Maury, Massrs. Daniel,
O'Driscoll, Thackson, and Toms; for
Frye, Messrs. Glenn, Rembert ana
Rice. In the case of the Grammars
the following voted for Kinard and
Withers books: Mcssrs. Glenn,
O'Driscoll, Rembert, Rice and Thack-
ston. The following voted against
these books: Messrs. Daniel and
Toms. In each such Instance, how
ever, those who opposed the books f.
nally adopted cheerfully accepted and
approved the verdict of the majority.
In tn final vote Or ali otter books
adopted the undersigned members
voted alike.
Change of Text Books.
In reference to the change of text
books, it must be remembered that
the law itself anticipates the neces-
sity for change in providing for per-
iodic adoption. The object, moreover
in inviting bids is to secure not the
cheapest books, but the best books
at the lowest prices. The Board
showed it's recognition of this prin-
ciple as a primary end in the fact
that, at it's first meeting and fire.
uuently in the course CT the adoption,
it was repeated with emphasis that
the first duty was to get the. best
books irrespective Of reasonable diff
terences in price. One Of the most
dangerous doctrines implied in MI.
Swearingen' protest Is that which
tends to establish the principle that
books should not be changed and
CONTINUED on third page.)
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
GAVE Aid TO GANG
STORY DAMAGING
TO TAFT TOLD.
Alleges Secret Order of tbs President
About Coal Land Helped the Coal


Trust.
Friday afternoons Washington
Times publishes circumstantial sto-
ry very damaging to the administra-
tion, telling how the Guggenheims
were allowed by a secret order Of
the President, withdrawing the ter
ritory form forest reservation file
claims to the land around Controller
Bay, Alaska, bottling up the coal
fields so that the syndicate will be
able to dominate them.
The story, which is said to BE made
up from the records of the interior
department., is that last summer a
Guggenheim, agent named Richard
Ryan, came to Washington to induce
the President to open the Controller
Bay land for entry. Ballinger was
then Secretary Of the Interior, and
from the files the following note, al
legged to be from Ryan to Ballinger,
is PRODUCES:
"Dear Dick: I vent to see the
President the other day about this
Controller Bay affair. The President
asked Inc whom I represented, told
him, according to our agreement,
that I represented myself, but that
didn't seem to satisfy him; so T sent
for Charlie Taft and asked him to
tell his brother who I really repre-
sented. Tie President made 70 fur
ther objections to my claim. Yours,
"Dick."
AS the Controller Bay claim has
not yet been finally confirmed, this
sensational publication may prevent
it's being patented. A congressional
inquiry is expected.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
VERY STRANGE CASE
FEVER RESTORES MIND OF A
MAN AFTER YEARS.
In Delirium He Utters Disjointed Sem
tences Which Gave Doctors Their
Only Clue.

"The case Of Benjamin Leeds" may
become famous among psychologists,
says dispatch from Atlantic City.
It would seem that of a sudden
Leeds brains, apparently normal De.
came a blank. He forgot his iden-
tity, he forgot his wife and children,
Of whom he had always taken tender
care; he forgot the past.
Then, after six years, Leeds fell
III and the fever stimulated his DOR
mant mind. In his delirium he re-
membered dimly and he muttered
words that gave to the acute sur
geons who listened to the clue that
will restore him to his family and
may bring him back to himself.
In response to a telegram from
these surgeons Mrs. Leeds went to
Cleveland, Ohio. She said happily
she will nurse her husband back to
mental and physical health, then
bring him home.
Leeds, once a well known citizen
here, retired from business and went
to live at Ocean City about seven
years ago. One day in the summer
of 1905 he left home to deposit mon
ey in a banh near there. He did not
return. Wide, but vain search was
made for him. His wife, giving him
up for lost, became a trained nurse
to support herself and their two chill
dren.
Not a. word came from him or of
him until the message arrived call
ing his wife to a hospital in Cleve-
land. Her husband had been taken
there Ill and with very high temper
ature. Tossing on his fevered cot
the light of yesterdays sun, which
seemed to havc set, dawned on his
mind again. He uttered disjointed
sentences:
"My wife, LYDIA"
"Atlantic City"
$50 long since I have seen them"
What have I, Ben Leeds, done?"
"Disgraceful, disgraceful to neg
lect.'''
"How they must have suffered"
The surgeons articulated the SEN
tences and sent for Mrs. Leeds.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
Two Hundred May Perish.

A dispatch from Surf, COL, states
that of the two numbered passen-
gers and eighty-fi'e sailors on the
wrecked Santa Rosa, only SIS had es-
capped to shore. It added that little
hope was held out for those who re-
mained on the vessel. Eleven pas
sengers and fiye Of the crew were lost
by the capsizing OF the life boat.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
Left All to Himself.

A spectacle which has not been
seen for years, If ever, was exhibit
ed in the Senate, says a Washington
dispatch, on the reciprocity debate"
Friday, when for nearlf ten minutes
Senator Gronna, of North Dakota,
who was concluding his speech begun
Thursday in opposition to the pact
was the only senator on the floor.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
Meets Horrible Death.

While at work on the upper part
of a derrick at the Winnsboro Gran
lite CORPORATION near that town We'd
nesday, Rex Caine, a young white
man from Wilmington, N. c., got his
head caught between the beam and
cog wheel, getting his skull crushed
instantly. The body was taken to
the old home at Wilmington, N. c.,
for burial.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
browns His Child.

When his wife protested at the
wanton destruction Of picnic din
ner she had prepared, Oscar Shoot,
of Red Bay, Ala, in fit of anger,
Friday pushed her and their two chill
dren in the river. One Of the little
ones was drowned before it could be
rescued
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
Three Rescuers 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, 1911-07-11
Will Fight Pine Beetle.

AS the result Of widespread de-
struction of the pine trees in this
section of the country, it is announc-
ed that the government will establish
a forest insect field station in Spar
tanburg County. A. D. Hopkins, In
charge of the foresty insect investi-
CATION, will take up the fight against
the pine beetle, which is believed to
be responsible for the destruction. .
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
Got Or Bv the Sun.

At Washington, Pa, rays Of the,
sun focused on the fuse Of a package
OF firecrackers through bubble In
a window pane Saturday caused the
explosion of the entire window OF
fireworks were destroyed and the
store was ruined.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-11
Four Drown In Pond.

Four mattresses at a hotel in Mount
Pocono, Pa, were drowned in a pond
near the hotel one day last week.
Two others were rescued in an un-
conscious condition.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-05-05
VICTORY FOR B0RAH
COMMITTEE REPORTS OUT HIS
RESOLUTION FOR DIRECT
ELECTION OF SENATORS.
LINEUP ON ISSUE IS 7 TO 5
Democrats ard Insurgent Republicans
Force Favorable Aetion-Suther-
land Amendment Which Defeated
Measure at Last Session Is Lost.

Washington.-A marked victory
Tor the popular election of senators
was achieved by Senator Borah and
the final passage of his resolution
seems assured, as an informal poll
shows that more than the necessary
two-thirds vote can be mustered at
sny time.
BY vote of z to the senate com
mittee on judiciary agreed to report
senatorial election. More than that.
1t cuts out the Sutherland amend
ment. which defeated the bill in the
last congress by stirring up the fears
OF the old state-rights Democrats.
The committee victory was by no
means a party one It was the re-
suit of an agreement between the
Democrats and progressive Requisite
ans. Roll call of the committee on
the motion to report out revealed this.
Voting AYE" were Senators Chiffon,
Overman, Culberson and Bacon
Democrats; Borah, Cummins and
Brown-progressive The negative
FOASS NCAS Cast W lain VI W 0fhA3ts5'
Dillingham;, Sutherland Rrandegee
and Root
Practically the same division took
place when the Sutherland amend
ment was up. This proposition pro-
vided for federal supervision Of cleo
tons when deemed advisable" The
direct threat here M de on the polit-
ieal rights of the individual states
alienated so many Democrats that 1t
was recognized as too heavy WEIGHT
for the bill to carry
Following favorable action by the
committee. Senator Borah reported
the resolution to the senate. Senator
Hepburn of Idaho. asserting that the
resolution had been prematurely CON
sidered by the committee, indicated
that he would later on call for its re-
committal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-05-05
Have an Exalted Model.

The future is your uncut block Of
marble Beware hoy you smite it.
Don't touch 1t without program.
Don't strike blow with your ehisei
without model, lest you ruin and
mar forever the angel which lives
within the block but the past mar
bile, while you have carved into hide
Gus images. which have warped and
twisted the ideals OF your youth, and
caused you infinite pain, need not
ruin or mar the uncut block before
you This is one of the merciful
provisions that every day presents
20 every human being; no matter
how unfortunate his past. a new un-
cut block of pure Parian marble, so
that every day every human being
has a new chance to retrieve the
past. to improve upon IT if he will
O. 6. Marsden.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-05-05
LONDON TO AID PEACE PLAN
Taft's Proposed Arbitration Treaty is
Ratified by Big Gathering In
Guildhall.

President Taft's proposed
Anglo-American arbitration treaty
was unanimously ratified in a
long-continued burst of cheers at one
of the most remarkable gatherings in
the history of Guildhall
Every political party and all of the
religious communities were represent
ed on the platform by their most
prominent leaders, and the vast audi
ence comprised persons of emfnence
in every walk of life. Distinguished
Tories and Liberals We'd with one an
other in lauding the cause of arbitra-
ton between the two great English
speaking nations of the world. and the
hope was repeatedly expressed, and as
often cheered, that Tie treaty, though
it did not actually mean disarmament.
would dismiss any future possibility
of war not only between America and
Great Britain. but among any of the
great powers of the earth.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-05-05
M'vELeH SUED FOR LIBEL
0eposed Cleveland Customs Collector
Brings Action at Chicago for
100000 Damages.

icago.-Franklin MacVeagh, sec
rotary of the treasury, was made de-
PENDANT in a suit for 100000 which
was filed in the circuit court by
Charles P. Leach. formerly collector
of customs for Cleveland. o. The suit
against Mr.. MacVeagh is to collect
damages for alleged libelous state
ments made against Leach. The lat
ter had occupied the position of collec-
tor of customs for Is years but was
removed from his Office on March 10,
1911. by order. OF President Taft
The declaration AYERS that Mr.. Mac
veagh in a statement issued charged
that Leach had been guilty of turn
Ing over to importers thousands of
dollars worth of wooden g6ods before
the custom duty was paid; that Mr.
MacVeagh also issued statements
charging that Leach had allowed per.
sons importing woolens through the
port of Cleveland to place them in
their own warehouses and that he
was guilty of violation of the regula,
ton of the treasury department
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-05-05
MOTHERS OF ILLINOIS MEET
Their Congress Convenes in Charles
ton and Discuss Proposed Child
Labor Law Amendment.

Charleston, Ill.-The Illinois Con-
gress of Mothers began its twelfth an
nual meeting in the normal school here,
the members being welcomed By Su-
perintendent Elwood of the Charleston
schools. After. response by Mrs.
Louis K. Gilleson, president of the con-
gress, an address on What Is Hap
pening to the American Home was de-
livered by Mrs. Frances Squire Potter
of Chicago.
Among the questions TO which most
attention centered was the proposed
amendment to the child labor law by
which children would be allowed on
the stage. Mrs. William F. Hefferan
spoke on this subject and the congress
was asked to adopt resolutions against
the proposed amendment to the exist
ing law. Among those on the program
were Mrs. Lucy T. Summerlin of Mat
toon, Mrs. John B. Sherwood of Chica-
go, DR., Livingston c. Lord and DR..
Frank G. Smith of Chicago.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-05-05
CIVIL SERVICE Law,
UPHELD BY COURT
CoNsTiTuTIoNALlTY AFFIRMED
IN DECISION RENDERED BY
STATE SUPREME BENCH.
STATE OFFICIALS DEFEATED
Court Reverses Opinion of Attorn.y
Generals Office and Order Secrs.
tarY Of State Frear to Audit Bill,
of the Commission.

Madison supreme court -,
Wisconsin has upheld the oonstitp.
tionality of the state civil service
law in a decision handed down in tho
case entitled: State No. Is. STATE 80
Wisconsin, ex rel G. E. Buell.. peti.
toner, rersus James A. Frear sac
rotary of state, defendant. Iustic.
Winslow, in expressing the opinion
denied motion to quash the alter
native writ of mandamus and iudo
ment ordered that the peremntor,,
writ of mandamus issue without costs
to either party.
The court makes the alternatiyo
writ OF mandamus peremptory and
commands the secretary of state 70
proceed to audit the claims of Tho
civil service law for salaries ana ax.
penses as provided by law.
The case hinged on the prnxisio,
OF the act permitting the commission
to fix stringent rules which. in effect
it is alleged, gives it legislative
power
The whole question was brought
up when the commission refused 70
allow the attorney general and sec.
rotary of state to appoint certain
of their assistants.
This resulted in the attorney gor
eral retaliating by advising the sec
retary OF state that the civil service
law was unconstitutional and recon.
mending that the secretary of state
refuse to audit the bills of the com.
mission.
After Secretary of State Frear had
refused to audit bill of $45 filed
by Chairman Buell. for services DER
formed between March l and n as
member of the commission the
commission was placed on the de-
fensiye and carried the case into
court.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-05-05
When the Ship Artist Eoraets.

In the paintings OF big ocean liners
put forth by the steamship companies
there's not much chance to go astray
nautically nor anywhere near the
chance for blunders that there is in
depicting any sort of sailing ship.
But one thing the steamship artists
generally do wrong They point the
mouths of the ventilators to wind
ward At sea ventilators always open
to leeward, being shifted as the wind
changes The marine artists often
paint ventilators wrong purposely be-
cause long row of red mouthed air
shafts look we'll, or is thought to,
AS the direction of the wind is indi-
Gated by the smoke drifting back the
mistake is glaring
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-05-05
TEACHERS PENSION PASSED
Retirement Fund Bill Wins in Senate
After Long Debate Assembly Re-
garded Favorable to Measure

Madison. The senate has passed
the Hoyt teachers pension bill Dy
vote of Is to g. This action came
after long debate. The argument
OF those in favor of the bill was that
it would promote the welfare Of the
public schools, and insure an indie
pendence to those who spent their
lives in teaching.
The opponents argued that the bill
would injure the rural schools. in
pose an unjust burden on poorly paid
teachers and create a civil pension
system which was highly undesirable.
The bill provides for the retire
ment of teachers after service of
twenty-five years or more on a. pen.
sion nj exceeding $3.50 annually.
The pension fund is to be raised by
state appropriation and an annual
assessment on teachers.
Little opposition to the bill is
looked for in the assembly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-05-05
DEATH AND RUIN IN CANTON
Rebels and Bandits Sweep Through
Western Kwangtung Province
Fight Troops, Many Slain

Hongkong. China Rebellion, brig
andage and anarchy are stalking
through the western half of Kwang-
tung province numbering. pillaging
and burning Loyal troops are fight
Jig desperately TO crush the uprising.
WI Sum, Chinese who was edu-
Gated in Japan and has adopted the
dress Of western countries, is the
leader of the revolt against the Man
ehu dynasty. Brigand Chief LUX of
Shuntak is at the head of horde Of
outlaws whose object is robbery and
murded. Official reports and the refu-
gees arriving from Canton confirm sin
lister reports. Bodies of the slain lie
in the streets of the city. Famine
prices are asked for foodstuffs and
the shops generally are closed.
The revolters have withdrawn 20
q great extent from Canton and are
devastating the country to the west
along the West river Before falling
back they fought the troops from
street to street. many persons being
killed They attacked the provisional
arsenal and. being repulsed. gath
cred in an immense rice store, which
they barricaded with bags of rice.
From the building they threw bombs
into the attacking troops and were
only dislodged when the bags were
set afire Many of the revolters es-
capped. but thirty or more died in the
flames