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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
SET HIMSELF ON FIRE.
Abbeville Farmer Finds Death in q
Very Strange Way.

Charles Nickles, son of l.. C. Nick
les, Of the Santuc section OF Abbe-
vile county, died Saturday night from
the effects of burns received last Fri
day, when lle made an attempt at
self-destruction, with the result that
his fathers barn and it's contents
were destroyed.
Young Nichols had been suffering
for some time with melancholy and
Friday went into the barn on his
fathers farm, covered himself with
fodder and set fire to it. Others on
the place were attracted by smoke
and with great difficulty saved the
young man from immediate death.
1t was impossible to check the flames
and the building and its contents
were burned with a total loss.
Young Nickles fingered until Sat-
urday, when death ended his suffer-
ing He is twenty-five years of age
and had been farming with his father
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
WOLFE FISH WELL BITE.
Visitors to the Maine Coast Warned
Against Tnen.

Summer visitors on the coast OF
Maine, especially in the neighbor-
hood of Eastport, are advised to be
cautious in wading at low tide near
the rock-pools along the shore. If
not on their guard th2y may be at
tackled aud severely IaS.eH byawolf-
fish.
This, according to IT. Theo. Gill,
is one Of the most remarkable OF
finny creatures. Though rarely ex-
ceeding three feet in length, it seems
to be much more ferocious than the
average shark, promptly attacking
anybody whom it may auspect Of try
ing to meddIe with 1t.
Anatomically, its most striking
feature is its large and powerful
teeth, which must render it a formi-
dable antagonist in fight with any
other denizen Of the ocean. Ap-
parently, however, it does not feed
on fishes, but prefers such delica-
cies as Holsters, crabs and whelks.
In the stomach of one Individual,
caught at Eastport, four quarts OF
sea urchins were found, most of
them whole and with the sptnes on
an uncomfortable article Of diet one
might imagine.
Large numbers of wolf--fishes are
taken by fishermen on cod and had
dock lines, but usually they are
thrown away, Notwithstanding the
fact that they are exceedingly good
to eat. Their appearance issthe re-
verse of attractive and they have an
offensive odor which renders them
unmarketable.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
JUMPS THE TRACK
FOUR PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND
MANY ARE INJURED
Passenger Sideswipes Freight on Sid
ing and Trains Are Piled Up in
Mass of Twisted Iron.

Four persons were killed and thir.
ty injured when the Pennsylvania l8.
hour train, en- routs from Chicago tc
New York, jn, ID the track on the
western outs /. Of Fort Wayne al
6:O3 Sunday evening, while going al
the rate Of so miles an hour.
In leaving the rails the two en-.
gines pulling the passenger train side
swiped a freight engine and the three
piled up in mass Of bent and twist
ed iron. The dead are:
VIM. E. Arrick, Fort Wayne; en-.
gineer on freight.
Peter Malone, Fort Wayne, engi'
neer on flyer.
W. Criech, Fort Wayne, fireman on
flyer.
Unknown passenger at st. Joseph s
hospital.
The police department, the fire de
partment and every ambulance in the
city were called to the scene of the
accident and the injured were soon
taken to the hospitals.
At least SO doctors were on the
scene within half hour of the time
the trains came together, and within
a short time thousands of people had
collected about the wreck.
The main track and the track on
which the freight train was stand.
ing were torn up for a distance OF
200 yards.
The two engines of the flyer were
torn from their trucks and thrown
down the embankment, while the en-
gines Of the freight reared in the
air over the trucks of the flyers en-.
gines. Passengers in the seven real
cars escaped with only cuts and
bruises.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
nm NOT SAY s.: SS;2i:,.s : ss22y ~ BROUGHT BACK
PAID Kl,tNAPPERs RANSOM AND
GOT THE CHILD.
The Police Were Notified and
Twelve of the Gang Were Arrest
ed and Locked Up.

At Chicago, Angelo Mareno, six
years old, who was returned Friday
evening after a ransom of $500 in
marked bills had been paid the kid
napers is closely guarded by his pa
rents.
"I will never let M! darling get
out of my sight again until he is old
enough to take care Of himself"
sCbbed the mother as she wept with
Joy at the child's return after being
held prisoners by kidnappers for al
most five days.
The boy sat on his mothers lap
Saturday morning. and greeted his
playmates and neighbors who called
and seemed unable to realize the
grief his absence had caused his pa
rents. He said he was well treated
by the kidnaple,cs. They bought new
clbthes and gave him candy and
cake.
There was rejoicing in the North
Side Italian colony over the boys
safe return and hundreds of neigh
,bors and friends called at the Ma
reno home to congratulate the. pa
rents.
Nine men and three women are
under arrest for the Kidnapping and
the police expect to make additional
arrests before long. Search is being
made for the woman who guarded
and cared for the boy in the West
division house An esort will be
made also by the police to- recover
the $500 paid as ransom.
The father of the boy received a
special delivery letter Friday. He
turned it over to the police It Is be-
lieved to have threatened him with
death for having cooperated with the
police in search of. the child. '
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
Blazing Whiskey Flowed.

In New York on Friday blazing
whiskey flowed all over the block
and the police reserves were sum-
moned to beat back mob intent
on rescuing some Of the liquor for
personal consumption when an au-
tumobile truck loaded with spirits
caught fire on Eighth avenue. The
whole truck load, worth about ST.
900, was destroyed.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
Fatal Train Wreck.

Two men were scalded to death
and two were seriously injured when
a passenger train on the Seaboard
Air Line plunged through an open
switch and struck freight train on
g. siding near Petersburg, Va, on
Monday. The dead men were the
fireman and the engineer of the
freight train.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
Killed i'm Mine Disaster.

At Bochum, Prussia, fifty men
we're killed in a disaster at the Han
ribal coal mine Friday. Sixty min
crs were entering the pit to begin
their days work when the cable Of
the cage in which they were being
lowered broke, dropping the party
to the bottom of the shaft. .
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
BLIND MAN CURED
pHIS SIGHT RESTORED BY HYP.
MOTTO TREATMENT.
Former Policeman Retired as Hope.
lessly sightiess from Atrophy of
Eyes, Reads Large Print.

Ralph Swineston, who was rettr.
ed from the New York police force
with a pension in July, 1903, as
hopelessly blind, was able to read
ordinary print after Dr.. Alfred j.
Fox had hypnotized him in the Hote,
Frederick, Fifty-siSth street, near
Broadway, New York.
The World says DR.. Fox three
months ago treated Melchior Duy.
sterberg in St. Marks hospital and
demonstrated that he could make
the man walk though Luysterburg
had been a hopeless paralytic fol
three years.
DR.. Fox, naturally delighteI after
the experiment said he believed II
was the first time atrophy of the
eye had responded to any treatment
The former policeman has had two
treatments. He lives at No. AIS
West Fortieth street.
One unusual feature Of the exper.
iment lies in the fact that hypno-
tism generally depends upon con.
centrated look into the eyes Of the
hypnotist. Swineston could give nc
such glance and the physician ex.
experimental with ihm in mild way
for several days before definitely
putting the six-footer into the hyp-
motto state.
''I fidst went to the doctor a week
ago, said Swineston to a World re-
porter for the World Thursday. "I'd
heard of what he told a man in St.
Marks and I thought he might be
able to do something for me.
"When I left the force I could
stand on the curb of a street and not
see a car passing. I could not see
any PERSONS full face. BY looking
sideways I could get hazy view.
could not read anything. I could not
see an electric lamp If 1t shone in
front.
'After I was retired with small
pension for total disability went to
making little toys. Then 1 got job
In a paper box factory cutting cor
ners. That doesn't need sight. Two
of the men working with me were
blind.
"I could just see a general blur OF
light. That was disappearing when
a friend read me about the hypno-
tist making the paralyzed man walk,
I said, "If he can do that why can't
he make me see again?" So 1 came to
him."
After explaining the case, SWINGS
ton dropped his head on the back OF
an admchair and DR.. Fox talked to
him in a low voice, making passes
before his eyes. There was nothing
spectacular about the performance.
Swineston went into sleep that
lasted nearly. an hour. In its course
the physician whispered to him
many times:
"The arteries that supply your
eyes are getting stronger. The
nerves are growing stronger. The
can see. You can see letters. Your
eyes are much stronger. They will
soon be alright"
The big fellow, breathing heavily
was brought out of his sleep. He
looked the reporter squarely in the
eye. He read an Advertisement in
large type. He failed on smaller
type.
'tBut my eyes are getting stronger,
sure" he said. wouldn't it be fine
If they got so good that I could go
on the force again."
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
New Cotton Pest

A new cotton pest discovered near
Macon &C., is pvzzling the cotton
experts. It made it's appearance first
on the farm of C. J. Langstoa about
si.. day ago and has destroyed about
Is acres of cotton. The bug Is a
brilliant red in color and attacks the
stalk and leaves Of the plant.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
Will Sell 1t to CitJ.

Authority is given the secretary
Of the treasury to sell the old post
Office and courthouse at Charleston,
:. c., to the city Of Charleston by a
senate bill passed Friday in the
house. For sentimental reasons the
people cf Charleston objected to the
depal t:nnet's plan to tear down the
old building.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
Two Americans Drown.

Advices received from the Congo
Free State say that two Americans,
Messrs. Delforge and Black, mana
gers of the American Roma company
travelling on the river Boch off Lis
pa. The bodies have not been re-
covered.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
The Earth Trembled.

The most severe earthquake shDck
felt in the vicinity of San Francisco,
California in years was felt in rhat
place on Friday afternoon at three
forty. The occupants Of the stores,
much alarmed, and fearing reoc-
curence of the great shock Of few
years ago, fled into the streets.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
VERY, QUEER ACCIDENT.
Huge Turkey Buzzard Causes Two
Cars to Leave Track.

AT Los Angeles, CAL, the lives OF
a score Of passengers on two inbound
beach cars were placed in jeopardy
late Friday night by a huge turkey
buzzard. Just as a Venice flyer and
Del Rey car were approaching a
switch the Ibuzzard charged the brill
liant head lights of the flyer. He
missed his aim and crashed through
the glass door, knocking the motor
man back into the aisle just as he
was applying the air brakes to bring
his car to stop. The Del Rey car
was already on the switch and the
cars crashed. both being derailed.
None Of the passengers were in
jured.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
JOkerS We're Killed.

At Detroit, Mich, Frank J. Cook
and Daniel Vreeland, special detec-
tives for the Lake Shore railroad,
who were killed Saturday night by
Special officer William Burnett, OF
the Michigan Central railroad, met
death as result 1pf joke they at
tempted to play on Burnett.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
Girl Dies of Wound.

The little negro girl who was shot
at Kershaw two weeks ago by B.
Stradford, a negro man, who was
shooting at another negro, died Sat-
urday. All inquest was held by
Coroner King. Stradford was arrest
ed and brought to .ail the day after
the shooting.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
Cowhided by q WonIan.

Because, it is alleged, he circulat-
cd reports detrimental to the charac-
ter of Mrs. H. G. Sheriff., wife of a
we'll known citizen of Spencer, n. C..
George L. Webb, a machinist in the
Southern railway shops there, was
cowhided by Mrs. Sheriff., who i'm
rediately afterwards went to police
Headquarters and submitted to a
charge Of assault.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
Ayiator Injured in Flight.

Bud Weinberg, an aviator, while
trying to qualify for a pilots license
at SIineola, l.. l., Friday, fell $50
feet with his machine. He was only
badly bruised although his machine
was wrecked.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
Negro Kills n Negro.

At negro barbecue just beyond
the city limits Of Abbeville, JOSH
Peterson. a negro, Was shot and
killed by Burton Fuller. another ne
gro Fuller claims that Peterson was
beating him with Il stick when he
shot. Fuller is in Jail.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
Pays up tho Cost.

A check for s42,395.69 was re-
ceived Friday at Washington by the
department of justice from the Stan.
dard Oil Company in payment OF
costs in the dissolution suit brought
by the government under the Sher-
man antitrust law.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
Many Are Killed.

At San Jose, G. r., the govern
ment powder magazine exploded
from an unknown cause. Several
persons we're hillsl and many others
wounded. 4 large Number OF houses
were blown down.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
Hurled to the Ground.

At Meneola, L. l., Bud Weinberg,
an aviator, while trying to qualify
for a pilots license, Friday fell 25O
feet with his machine. He was only
badly bruised. The machine was
wrecked.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
NEGRO FIEND BURNED.
Attacked and Shot Lady, Was Kill
ed and Then BIrned.

At Durant, Okla, a mob of 500
whites Sunday captured and shot to
death an unidentified negro, who on
Saturday attacked and shot Mrs.
Redden Campbell near Durant, and
afterward burned the negro's body.
The negro was killed after a run
ming fight lasting more than an hour,
in which he exhausted his ammunl-
ton, returning the fire of his pur-
suers.
When he fell, volley after olley
of bullets was poured into his body
by the advancing mob 1t was then
taken to the home Of his victim.
Nearly dead from her injuries, Mrs.
Campbell identified it as that of her
assailant. The mob then burned the
corpse.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
Powder Magazine Exploded.

The government powder magazine
magazine at San Jose California, eX-
ploded Friday from an unknown
cause. Several persons were killed
and many others wounded. A large
number Of houses We're blown down. =
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
Lynched for Cause.

At Farmville, Texas, Commodore
Jones, a negro, who used insulting
language in addressing a young white
woman over the telephone, was hang
ed by a mob Saturday night.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
PUT NUGENT OUT.
Jersey Democrats Resent Insult to
Governor Wilson.

At Asbury Park, N. j., fourteen
members of the Democratic state
committee, the exact number neces-
sary for a quorum, voted Friday af-
ternoon to declare vecant the chair
manship of the organization, occu-
pied by James R. Nugent, who was
recently asked to resign because OF
his alleged reference to Gov. Wood
row Wilson as "an ingrate' and in
other opprobious terms. This action
followed rioting, which the police
were called upon to quell, and was
taken after Nugent and supporter
had left the rom and the quorum
had been reestaiblished by other
members of the committee.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-08-15
Atwood Starts Final Flight.

Harry N Atwood will start on his
flight 20 the Atlantic Ocean from st.
St. Louis Monday morning.
Tensas gazette., 1911-02-17

speak fiuently 20 languages native to
the provinces of his vast empire. Yet
he was a cruel barbarian.
A well known peripatetic elocution-
list and reciter still living declares that
he can repeat without further prepa-
ration about 5000 selections in prose
and poetry. He probably tells the
truth. since he has been training his
mind In this particular direction for
many years.
On the other hand, such men as Sir
Walter Scott, Macaulay and Gladstone
were not only the possessors Of excel
lent memories, they were also men OF
good Judgment.
Among human beings children have
the most remarkable memories Un-
der favorable circumstances they win
learn three, and even four languages.
so as to be able to express their
thoughts with equal ease In any one
of them by the time they are six or
seven years Of age.
And they accomplish this remark
able feat without any aid from the
mnemonic devices to which adults
are compelled to resort when they
undertake a similar task They learn
words and phrases unconscitusly. and
Tensas gazette., 1911-02-17

But II is the decoration Of millinery
that fabric flowers, fashioned in the
milliner's own workrooms, have forged
to the front In popular favor. People
who want them should not complain
Of high prices. Their recourse Is to
make them at home-since the time
of the milliner Is money. Almost ev-
cry woman owns stems and foliage
which may be used with these ribbon
flowers, for foliage and stems outlast
the millinery flowers as a rule. Leaves
are easily smoothed out with small,
slightly warm iron. She who Is clev-
er with paints can use them to advan-
tage in freshening foliage.
The roses and flowers are made In
such a variety Of ways that 1t is best
to select a certain kind and copy It,
Those in which the petals are made
of short lengths gathered at both eads
and along one edge. take less mate
rial than those that are wound about
center. Buds are made Of little
squares of ribbon mounted in mil
linery calyx. and take very little ma
terial
Illustrations are given here Of sew.
eral varieties of roses and buds; a
little experimenting will develop the
flowers satisfactorily.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
Tensas gazette., 1911-02-17

rowing of the mental horizon. Part
ly through the decay Of small farming
which would have Offset this condi-
ton, each mixed farm was college
of handicraft And partly through
the stereotyped forms of religion los
ing their bold, we see a very different
type of youth in the country today.
The new boy scout is a tenderfoot-
He Is usually about 1e years old. In
time he will become second-class
scout, the next higher grade. and final
ly a first-class scout. To become a
graduate In this outdoor school boy
must do these things:
l. Swim nifty yards or run a mile In
minutes.
2 Must have 50 cents at least in the
savings bank.
3. Signaling. Send and receive a mes
sage either in semaphore or Morse. six
| teen letters a minute.
4 Go on foot or row a boat, alone to
point seven miles away and return
again; or II conveyed by any vehicle or
animal 90 to a distance OF fifteen miles
/ and back and write short report on IL.
II is preferable that he should take two
days.
5. Describe or show the proper means
| for saving life in case Of two OF the fol-
lowing accidents (allotted by the exam
iners): Fire, drowning. runaway carriage
| sewer gas, ice breaking. or bandage an
injured patient. or revive apparently
| drowned person.
q. Cook satisfactorily two out OF the
following dishes, as may be directed: !:
Porrride, bacon, hunters stew: or skin
and cook q rabbit, or pluck and cook a
bird. Also make ''damper'' OF q half
pound OF -four. or twist baked on a
thick stick.
T. Read a map correctly and draw an
intelligent rough sketch map. Point out
a compass direction without the help 81
| a compass
g. Use an az for Telling or trimmins
light timber: or as an alternative. pro-
duce an article of carpentry OF joinery
or metal work. made by himself salts
factoriiy.
o. Judge distance, size, numbers and
height within 25 per cent. error
This first-class scout must also
know lot of other things. He must
know how to fling life line, the DO
sition OF the main arteries. how tc
stop bleeding from veins and arteries
low to improvise splints, and many
other things which constitute "firsi
aid to the injured
3 All the leading branches Of the gen
eral scout movemsnt in this country
have now been consolidated. a
Tensas gazette., 1911-02-17
VALUE OF A GOOD MEMORY
its Possession, However, Is Not Al
ways Proof Of a Great
Mind.

The trouble with old men usually Is
that their memories become overload
ed with actual and psychic facts.
among which they are unable to dis
tinguish those that have value for
the present and those that have be
come obsolete. Generally speaking,
an old man knows great deal more
than a young man. but. says the Diet
etic and Hygienic Gazette. 1t does not
necessarily follow that he Is wiser.
while. therefore, strong memory is
a great convenience. it is not neces-
ssrily an advantage.
Cardinal Mezzofanti. whose memory
far words was so retentive that he
never forgot one after hearing 1t
once. and which enabled him to &C
ouire more than hundred languages
was IN most respects a very ordinary
person. Piiry relates that Mithri-
dates. king Of Pontus. had so excel
lent a memory that he was able to
Tensas gazette., 1911-02-17
ECZEMA GONE, BoILs CURED

my son was about three weeks old
when l noticed breaking-out on his
cheeks, from which a watery sub
stance oozed. A short time after. bis
arms, shoulders and breast broke out
also. and in few days became solid
scab. l became alarmed, and called
our family physician, who ct once pro
nounced the disease eczema The lit
tie fellow was under his treatment
for about three months. BY the end
of that time, he seemed no better. I
became discouraged, and as I had
read the advertisements Of Cuticura
Remedies and testimonials of great
many people who had used them with
wonderful success, dropped the doc
tors treatment, and commenced the
use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
and in few days noticed marked
change. The eruption on his cheeks
was almost healed, and his shoulders,
arms and breast were decidedly bet
ter. When he was about seven
months old all trace Of the eczema
was gone.
During his teething period. his
head and face were broken out In
hoils which l cured with Cutcura
Soap and Ointment. Surely he must
have been great sufferer. During the
time of teething and from the time l
dropped the doctors treatment. used
the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura 0int-
ment, nothing else, and when two
years old he was the picture of health.
His complexion was soft and beauti-
full. and his head a mass OF silky curls.
I had been afraid that he would nsver
be well, and I feel that owe great
deal to the Cuticura Remediesf
(Signed) Mrs. Mary w. Ramsey, 22<
e. Jackson St. Colorado Springs,
Colo, Sept. "a, 1910.