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Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1911-01-19
THE TEXAS TO BE TARGET.
Ship That Bore Brunt OF Santiago
Fight Is Sentenced to IgniminOus
Fate,

Orders have been received at the
Charleston navy yard for the dispatch
Of the former battleship Texas, now
the station ship of the Charleston
navy yard, to Norfolk, where she is
to bel stripped and there converted
into a target for the gunners OF the
vessels Of the North Atlantic feet.
The place of the Texas is to be
taken by the protected cruiser Balti-
more, which is shortly to be sent to
Charleston, when her crew will be
detached and put on board the Texas,
proceeding on her last voyage under
her own steam to an ignominious end
for a vessel having her distinguished
record in the service.
The battleship Texas was one Of the
first of the modern battleships of the
American navy. No little sentiment
attaches to the Texas. She has fine
record for things done in the navy,
and 1t is known that there Is no little
resentment felt among officers as we'll
as the people at the proposition to con-
vert the Texas into a target
1t does not seem to be in the line
of economy to destroy such valuable
craft, which might be put into fairly
good fighting shape in case of war, es-
peciauy when there are so many other
vessels that might be utilized.
An earnest protest Is to be made
against the removal of the Texas. The
ship has been at the Charleston yard
since September 29, 1909. Visitors at
the navy yard have found the Texas
an interesting place. with the guns
bearing brass plates telling of the
record and service of the ship
With the removal Of the Texas, an
important feature of the navy yard, so
to speak, will be removed.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1911-01-19
He, too, was hang

by county farmer. He. too, was hang
ed from the bridge.
Wade Patterson, th ethird negro
lynched, was charged with assaulting
a white woman. Patterson attempted
to escape from the mob, and was shot
and his body thrown into creek.
The mob which attacked the Jail
went about its work quietly, and few
persons knew of the triple lynching
utnil the bodies were found, several
hours later.
Few of the mob were masked. The
jail lock was smashed with sledge
hammer. and there was little difficulty
in getting to the prisoners.
According to the deputy jailer, Ed
ward Thompson, the jailer hid the Jail
keys when the mob approached, and
later, when the mob became more in
sistent, he let the men into the Jail
Office.
They said there were three negroes
here they were going to get, or else
blow up the JAIL" said the deputy
"They kept yelling for the dynamite.
while some of the men started to beat
on the cell locks with sledge ham
mer. About twelve men had their
guns pointed at me, demanding the
keys, but I insisted ! did not know
where they were. Finally, at S:25,
they broke open the cell door and took
out West, Marshall and Patterson"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1911-01-19
PROJET
GIVEN APPROVAL
BOARD OF ARMY ENGINEERS
REyERSES FORMER ACTION
Steamboat Line To Be Organized.
Boats Will Ply Between Orange.
burg and Charleston-Also Canal
Is Planned.

burg and Charleston-Also Canal
Is Planned.
Charleston Post.
The announcement from Washing
ton gives satisfaction that the board
of engineers Of the war department
has reversed it's former action in dis
approving of the recommendation of
Capt. E. M. Adams, corps of engineers,
U. S. A., in charge of the river and
harbor work, regarding the improve
ment of the Edisto and the Ashley
rivers, with the construction of a ca
nal connecting these rivers; and in
terest will attend the work Of the con-
gressmen in securing the needed mon
ey for the prosecution of the project.
The scheme of the advocates of the
project Is the promotion of water
transportation between Charleston
and Orangeburg. The development Of
the waterway is contingent upon the
communities putting the route to use,
and with the Endorsement of the prof.
ect of the board of engineers, it is
now up to Charleston and Orange
burg to proceed with the organization
of the proposed steamship company,
with a capital stock of $4,000, one
half of the capital stock to be held in
the two cities. With the action of the
board of engineers, it is now up to the
promoters of the enterprise to. get
busy and organize and prepare for
the construction Of the necessary
steamboats, as soon as the water i'm
provement is assured.
Of interest also to the trade Of
Charleston is the plan for canal con-
Meeting the Santee or it's tributaries
with the Cooper river or Charleston
harbor, which project is now under
consideration by Captain Adams.
Charleston looks to this project with
much more interest and concern than
the Edisto, for the reason that the pos
sibilities of trade are so much larger
by this route. The Edisto project will
doubtless enlarge the cotton receipts
of Charleston, and promote the fe2-
tilizer movement, but the route
through the Pee Dee and Santee sec
tions, connecting Charleston with Co.
lumbia, is naturally preferred, because
the waterway Improvement will affect
a-mucfh- larger section and mean SO
much more in trade.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1911-01-19
Making Life Safer.

Everywhere life is being made more
safe through the work Of DR.. Kings
New Life Pills in Constipation, Bill
iousness, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Liver
Troubles, Kidney Diseases and Bowel
Disorders. They're easy but sure, and
perfectly, build up the health. 25c at
T. E. Wanamaker & Sons and Ladd's
Drug Store. l
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1911-01-19

For either acute or chronic disor-
iers, for annoying and painful urinary
irregularities, take Foley's Kidney
Pills. An honest and effective medi-
,ine for kidney and bladder disorders.
sold by all druggists.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
For Constipation
A Medicine That Does Not
Cost anything Unless it Cures

The active medicinal ingredients
Of Rexall Orderlies. which are odor-
less. tasteless and eolorless, is an
entirely new discovery. Combined
with other extremely valuable in
gradients, it forms a perfect bowel
regulator intestinal inyigorator and
strengthened Rexall Orderlies are
eaten like candy and are
notable for their agreeableness to the
palate and gentleness of action They
10 not cause gripping or any disagree
able effect or Inconvenience.
Unlike other preparations for a
like purpose, they do not create a
habit. but instead they overcome the
cause of habit acquired through the
use of ordinary laXatiyes, cathartics
and harsh physic, and permanently
remove the cause of constipation on
irregular bowel action.
We will refund your money with
out argument if they do not do as
we say they will. Two sizes. 25c and
loo Sold only at our store-The
Rexall Store. f. W. Buchanan.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
Maine Dartmouth Men Meet.

Dartmouth graduates, former mem
hers OF the college, and mdergradu-
ates to the number of ~ or more will
gather at the Cumberland club in
Portland at 6.i5 O'Clock next Friday
night for the first banquet of Dart
mouth men in Maine and to organize
a Dartmouth club The Dartmouth
alumni list in the Pine Tree State
has grown so rapidly in the past few
years that it is expected to form a
very strong permanent organization.
Richard Webb of Portland has been
chosen toastmaster end the occasion
will be featured by the appearance of
Ernest Fox Nichols, the present pres
ident of Dartmouth, who will make
the chief address
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
Gypsy Queens.

On occasions America treats its
gypsy monarchs with full regal pomp.
Matilda Stanley was accorded an al.
most royal funeral In 1878 at Dayton,
O.. where, ten years later, another
queen was crowned with all proper
ceremonial. In England, too, gypsy
queens have received all due honor.
ESTHER Faa Blythe, who died in 1888,
had many members OF the aristocracy
on her visiting list, and she, too, had a
regular coronation. But. on the whole
the gypsy has not had very good
time in England An act of 1892, fol
example. made It felony withou
benefit of clergy to be merely seen To-
a month In the society of gypsies
while for actually being gypsy nj
punishment was too severe. -LOn1oI
Standard
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
MICROSCOPIC MESSAGES.
How Single Pigeon Might Carry q
Whole Library.

Whole Library.
For more than 1000 years carrier
pigeons have been used to carry mes
sages when no other means sufficed,
and during the siege of Paris, when
3p3 birds We're sent out from the doom
ed city, one of the birds performed the
almost incredible feat Of carrying to
the outside world on one "trip no less
than 10000 messages averaging twenty
words each. This was 100000 words,
or the equivalent of five or six average
novels.
This marvel was accomplished by
means of microscopic photography, the
messages being first printed with ordi-
nary type and then photographed and
Photographed until they had been
reduced several hundred diameters.
The final photographs were taken on
films or pelliCles Of Collodion, each Of
which, about two inches square, con
tanned 10000 words. A dozen of these
films. rolled up in quill, weighed but
one twenty-eighth OF an ounce. The
messages could, OF course, be read
with microscope without the neces-
sity of ephotographing and enlarging.
Under favorable conditions and for
comparatively short distances pigeons
have carried as much as three-quar-
tiers of an ounce. Using the photo re-
duction method. it would therefore be
possible for Il single bird to carry
messages equal in words to no fewer
than 120 ordinary volumes.-Harper 5
Weekly.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
SHAVING is NOT FATAL.
BARRIERS Nowadays Do Not Use Ham
mers and Cold Chisels.

In reply to a correspondent who says
he yearns to have his flowing beard
removed and yet lacks the Spartan
firmuess of the early martyrs to face
the ordeal and makes a pathetic ap.
peal for advice the alfalfa editor Of
the Emporia Gazette unfeellngly re
marks
The alfalfa editor can offer no ad
vice or encouragement 10 such a trem-
bling soul. II seems probable that he
has worn his whIskers for many years
1t Is likely that he hasn't purchased a
shave for a quarter Of century and
therefore is ignorant OF the improve
ments In the art tonsorial which have
been achieved in recent years II is
no longer like going through slaugh-
ter house to an open grave TO be shay.
ed by an expert barber. In fact, that
operation has been 80 shorn Of It's ter
rors that many eminent citizens con
slider Ii q pleasure to visit the barber
1t Is no longer necessary to strap
patient down In the chair before shay.
ing him; neither is II necessary to nd
minister anaesthetics to his whiskers
THE man whose only reason for
wearing whiskers Is the fact that he
fears the barber shop will gain little
sympathy. If he tries to explain that
he cannot shave himself without suf-
fering the agonies of the all fred he
will gain less. Such excuses might
have had some force long ago. when
BARRIERS used hammers and cold chs
els. but science has made giant strides
In recent years, and the country is full
of painless BARRIERS. and clean shave
costs no anguish or inconvenience"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
Two Tablets and Stom.
ach Misery Gone

G. r. Fogg sells and guarantees the
best prescription the world has cveI
known for disturbed and upset stom-
ach, gas, belahing, heaviness, hnart.
burn, acid stomach and biliousness
1t is called MI-O-NA. remember
the name, and it banishes distress
from over eating or fermentation o.
food in five minutes.
1t is guaranteed by G. r. Fogg to
cure Indigestion, sick headache. me-
vousness and dizziness, or money
back.
No matter how long you have sdf.
fered you will find certain cure n
MI-O-NA stomach tablets.
MI-O-NA stomach tablets are only
so cents a large box at G.. X. Fogg
and druggists everywhere.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
A Premium on Marriage.

In Belgium they place "A premium on
marriage by allowing Il married man
two votes at an election as against
the single mans one. In Madagascar
one must be father or pay for the
default. If man is unmarried or
chlldless at the age OF twenty-five he
must contribute annually S3.75 to the
support OF the state. and each woman
who has remained single or is child
less at twenty-four Is taxed $3.50 per
year.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
Sehn4o Ice Is Strong.

Line Daniels a short time ago pro-
phesied that the ice in Sebago lake
would go out April lS. Mr. Daniels is
now beck from New York, and says
the date will have to be set ahead at
least one week No one is better ac-
uuainted with conditions at Sebago
than is this we'll known guide, fish
erman and trapper. and the fisher
men put a great deal Of stock in his
predictions. Daniels says he wasn't
looking for spring to fondle winter
50 long in her lap as has been the
case and he thought that when he
set April Is as the date for the de
parture of the lake ice he was being
pretty conservative.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13

AS long as the name of James Nc
Neill Whistler lives among those who
saw him 1t will recall the famous white
lock which stood out SO conspicuously
from the mass of his black hair. Il
was. as he used to say himself. 'wel
placed" and was always treated from
the harmonious point of view to de
velop its greatest effect in his appear
ance. One day when Dorothy Menpes
daughter OF the well known English
artist Mortimer Menpes. was baby
and was asleep on her pillow Whistler
went to see her. A white feather had
by chance settled on her head and lay
in spot exactly corresponding with
the white lock on his own head.
THAT child is going to develop into
something great" he exclaimed. for,
see. she begins with a feather, just like
mew
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
\ BrickIa,ing Champion.

Philias Gagne of Montreal, a broth
er-in-law of e f. Binnette of Water
Vile. and former resident of Au-
eusta, cl2ims the championship of
the world IS a bricklayer and he
stands ready to accept a challenge
for q contest for any reasonable sum
of money. Mr. Gagne claims to have
beften I'll records in the world up to
the present time and in nine hours
uf work has almost doubled he thinks,
the number of bricks that could be
laid in that time previously. In a
contest held in Montreal last fall, for
a prize of $500. he laid in a wall eight
inches thick and 30 feet long, 621S
bricks. In a wall Is inches thick and
30 feet long his record is 1852 bricks.
IN a wall Is inches thick and 30 feet
long. he laid S305 and in wall 20
inches thick and 80 feet long, 9015
bricks This work was approved by
the architects and contractors.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
WateryilIc u. \. r. Chapter Met.

The Silence Howard Hayden chap
ter. Daughters of the American Revo-
luton WaterNille met last Friday af-
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Marion
Freeland Fairfeld, with Mrs.
r z. Hammond and Mrs. Free
land hostesses-- Mrs. Emma Abbot.
Mrs Ina Hooper and Mrs. Sara Lang
gave an interesting report of the
state council meeting held in Port
lind Mrs. Freeland and Mrs w S.
Simpson rendered instrumental mus
ic and Miss Marjorie Smith gave sew
eral vocal solos. The following la
dies were elected delegates to attend
the Continental congress to be held
in Washington the week of April Il
%. Mrs. Edward Heath. Mrs. Chris
tian Knauff and Mrs. Charles John
son. Refreshments were served and
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
For Coed Roads.

T. L. nardison of Carbon, the new
Iy appointed state road commission
er. held AN educational meeting in the
rooms of the county commissioners,
Auburn. recently. to advance the good
rosds cause. II WAS attended by
road commissioners. selectmen. and
others numbering about 20 in all from
al parts of the county. Most OF
those present were faces of men who
have not attended the previous meet
iues of this kind. Mr. Hardison went
over the subject of road and ditch
building, how to make grades and IN
der drains. the kinds of soil that will
make the best roads, using the charts
which were used by the predecessor
Com. Sargent. 90 am not trying to
advance any new ideas" he said. Il
am simply scattering those which
have already been worked out in the
department and found to be best
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
MAINE FRUIT.
Portland Board of Trade Plans Big
Exposition for November.

The Portland Board of Trade, with
the co cooperation ofthe Portland Farm
ers' club. the L. of NJ and the State
Grange, will hold in the Auditorium
at Portland next November, most
attractive and interesting Corn and
Fruit Exposition. Valuable premiums
will be offered on corn, apples, po-
tatoes, fruit, oats, wheat and other
grains. The best varieties of all
Maine grown crops will be exhibited
so prominently that one can readily
see which is most productive and
most advantageous to grow in sue
ceeding years. All who have taken
premiums will be invited to make eX-
hibits, and all others growing desira-
BILE crops will be invited to help
make one of the most successful eX-
positions ever known in New Eng
land.
Maine grown corn took excellent
premiums at the New England Show
in Worcester last year, and the very
highest premiums at the National
Show in January. There is to be an
other New England Show in Boston
in 1912, and the Portland show will
be another step in preparation for
the grand effort to prove to all New
England that Maine farms grow the
best apples, the best corn. and the
best potatoes in the world No I'M
dertaking for years has awakened SO
much favorable comment at this pro-
'osed Corn and Fruit Show, and the
Portland Board of Trade deserves
hearty support from all sides. J.
Wenry Rines is chairman of the spe-
Cial committee in charge.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
OLD BURYING GROUND.
l.. III. Walker of North Arson Tells
Something About 1t.

The old burying ground in North
Arson on the bank of the Carrabas
sett river in the Lydia Cleveland pas
ture contains about forty graves.
There is no one living that knows
who is buried in onehalf of the
graves, as but few are marked and
how long it has been used for bury
ing ground no one knows. | had the
aunt buried there Sept. 10, 1903 and
a brother in October "a, 1878 They
were moved from there long ago,
They are buried on our lot in North
Arson Sunset cemetery now. Years
ago Mrs. Cults of New Portland came
to me to see If | knew where her
friends were buried. Their graves
were not marked so l could not find
them.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
small Point Men Exposed.

lying in the ice of Outer Green
slend one of the most exposed places
IN the Maine coast, Frank II. Wallace
nd George Pinkham, passed Tues
lay night April 4, in their motor
eoat They had no covering except a
1iece of canvas and were exposed To
The full fury of the terrific southeast
now storm that ragged duriaE l4e
night Wonderful rs it may seem, the
.wo escaped without serious neon
fenience aud at daylight the ne, t
morning continued their way to theiI
homes.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
Burned With Kerosene.

About noon last Saturday at the
nome of Elisha Pratt in Bowdoin-
lam Miss Title Freeman spilled
kerosene on her clothing while pour
ing from one can to another Shortly
fterward she started. a fire in the
kitchen stove A spark ignited her
lothing and she was soon enveloped
II flames Only a small girl was
rear and she called help as quickly
IS possible, but by the time neigh
1ors arrived Miss Frecman's clothes
we're burned off. 1t is feared she is
ataIly injured.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
To Fight White Plague.

DR. A. G. Young, secretary of the
State Board. of Health. is sending out
to the different towns and cities of the
State the program for a conference
# State workers agains tuberculosis
to be held at Lewiston on Thursday
fternoon and evening, April 13, IN
Ter the auspices of the Androscoggin
Anti-Tuberculosis association. and eX-
presses the hope that the different
places will be represented at the
meeting.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
Here and There in Maine
GretBa Green No Longer.

Portsmouth will no longer be Il
Gretna Green for clipping couples
from Mfinc and Massachusetts, If the
.5ibley bill relating to marriage, III
the new Dirt prepared by the New
Hampshire legislative house commit
tee on public health. becomes law.
The bill provides that all applicants
for a marriage license shall file a
certificate Of intention with the city
or town clerk, signed by both parties.
Il least five days before a license is
ISSUED, such records to be open to
public inspection.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
raie,cs Left Cash at Benton Falls.

Thieves entered the home of Mrs.
Lizzie Skillings at Benton Falls dur
ing the dark hours of last Thursday
night aud stole $jl in cash. Friday
morning when Mrs. skillings awoke
she found that the house had been
entered. The visitors had climbed up
a plank 10 a window. pried that open
and stepped in. In looking about the
place in the morning, 81 WAS found
on the ground behind the barn. The
thieves must have been in a hurry to
get away and dropped that amount
10 clue to their identity is to be had
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
R0d Montague Accident.

A bad accident occurred at the
yravel pit between Montague and
'assadumkeag, recently, when Ar
hur Towle WAS severely injured
Thomas Levenson and young Towle
we're each drawing four horse loads
IF gravel to the residence of S. N.
Marsh, NJ. D.. and during the loading
If the drays in the afternoon, the
Dit caved in, crushing the young
mans arm, breaking one leg and in
ternal injuries are feared He was
aiken to his home on the Enfield
Ridge as soon as the fractures had
received medical attention.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
Specimen of Fortified Wood.

While digging a drain in his cellar a
short time ago, Lester W. Mckinney.
Of Stevens Mills, Lewiston, unearthed
a piece Of petritied wood that is a
great curiosity In the first place
petrifcations are rare in Maine. In
Arizona and other arid sections such
specimens are common, but not so
here. The piece in question is three
inches or more in diameter and the
Grain of the wood can be easily
traced. 1t would take a polish that
would nearly resemble an agate II
would be extremely interesting to
know the geological history of this
specimen found by Mr.. Mckinney.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
Portland TempIar Excursion.

BY fer the most extensive pilgrim
ge ever made by the Portland com
nandery. X. Y, and the st Alban
ommandery X. T., has been planned
y a joint committee of both com
nanderies and the pilgrimage will
tart from that city June %, when
bout 200 Knight Templars board n
ipecial Pullman train for Gorham. n.
H.. Montreal and Quebec The party
will be absent from Portland three
lights and two days and during that
ime nearly 500 miles will be covered
by rail.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
agarieS of Maine Winters.

The Greenwood correspondent of
the Norway Advertiser notes that on
April OF last year people were
blowing in that vicinity. On April ,
Of this year the thermometer regis
tered seven above zero and there was
TN feet OF snow on a level, while
six more inches fell Tuesday night
April A. \ year ago the ice left the
aond April 6. while at that date this
e. people were cutting ice and fill
iug their ice houses with good quail
ity of the same over two feet thick
such are the vagaries of Maine win
ters