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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
THERE WAS ANOTHER FIGHT.
Another Warrant Sworn Out Against
Younger McAbee.

The latest developments In tpe
tragic drama of Saturday night is
that the McAbees engaged in yet an
other pistol bout a short while before
the old man met his death at Hoi-
lands hands. Furman Turner Mon
day swore out a warrant for VIII
McAbee, the dead mans son now IN
the Greenville county jail, charging
him with assault with intent to kill.
The deponent alleges that he met
the McAbees in the road just before
they reached Laurel creek bridge the
point where the men discovered that
they had taken the wrong road and
turned to retrace their way, and that
when he failed to produce whiskey,
which he says they demanded OF him,
they opened fire on him. A second
warrant charging assault with intent
to kill has been issued against the
young man in prison. Alfred Thom-
ason, who had a pistol duel with
Robert McAbee before he reached
Mauldi1, is the deponent in the lat
ter action.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
SNOW FILLING UP STREETS.
Blanket of White Costs Transporta-
ton Interests Dear.

The snowstorm which struck Chi
cago early Sunday, filling the streets
with huge drifts, delaying railroad
transportation and temporarily tying
street car and elevated train service,
passed on to the east today. The
storm centre moved eastward to In
diana and the United State weather
bureau tonight predicted clear wealth
er for the Middle West tomorrow.
The loss in Chicago. to traction
companies, telegraph and telephone
companies and the city is estimated
tonight at $1,O0O,000. Surface trans
portation companies, which had
struggled along during the day,
came almost to standstill in the
loop during the rush hours Monday
night.
The situation became worse Mon
day night when the temperature
dropped to freezing and sleet COW
cred the drifts with ice, which can be
removed only with difficulty. Two
fatalities and numerous accidents on
account Of the snow and ice were re-
ported to the police.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
vICTUAIls FOR LINERS.
Great Stores Iof Food Needed by
Olympic and Titanic.

Sixty thousand dollars worth Of
American food and drink will he
placed on board the new ocean lin
ers Titanic and Olympic each time
these big boats dock at New York
city. For meat alone S15, 900 is to
be paid each time either of the big
sister ships comes into port. Large
quantities of beef, lamb, pork, veal
and mutton will be brought from
all over the country and stacked
away in refrigerators that must hold
enough to feed $500 people on a
transatlantic voyage. Wagonloads
Of poultry costing S5,400 are to be
added to this array, with piles of
fish worth $4,000.
Far away in the frigid depth Of
the new liners cold storage COM
partments $1,000 worth of ice cream
is to be stored, and for cigars $4,000
will be spent. Wines and spirits
costing $4,000 are set down as nee
essary for each shipload of passen-
gers, together with some $4,000
worth of beer and mineral waters.
If both boats are able to begin
their regular trips next spring, ST.
100000 will be spent in New York
city in year simply to stock up their
capacious larders.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
"A 55-sToRY BUILDING.
Big New York Structure Will Tower
p tn q Height of $50 Feet,

s.if ~ a,tN - u r
aS5tFronl the profits Of his five and
'ten-cent stores Frank w. Woolworth
is about to erect the tallest office
building in the world on the wester-
.ly side Of Broadway, New York city.
It will be 75O feet high or about 81
feet higher than the Metropolitan
tower; and nearly $50 feet taller than
the Singer tower.
The idea is to have the main build
ing of from 27. to 30 stories. Sur
mounting this, directly In the MD
die, will rise tower about so to 80
feet square, containing 25 stories,
making So stories in all.
This new skyscraper, which Will
only be exceeded in height In the
world by the Eif'el tower, 9S5 feet,
will cost s12,OOO,OOO, or more. The
land, which has teen acquired in the
past year, has cost about s5,00O,00O.
The building will cover total area
Of $500 square feet and there Will
will be; 13, 100000 cubic feet in the
structure. It will be of the highest
fireproof construction.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
GAMBLERS PARDONED
TWO ~, TURNED LOOSE By I COVER.
NOR BLEAsE MONDAY.
They Had Been Convicted Twice and
Were About to Enter Upon Sem
tence When Set Free.

Remitting the Jail sentences in the
case Of Ed. Abbott and Frank Dear
man Governor Blease Monday acted
in these well known cases. Abbott
and Dearman pleaded guilty to gam
bling in Spartanburg in 1907 and
were each sentenced to pay fine Of
$50 and serve a year on the public
works Of Spartanburg county.
The statement came from the gov
ernor's Office that they paid their
fires and the governor. has relieved
them OF their sentences"
Abbott and Dearman pleaded
guilty to the charge Of gambling in
July, 1907, and were sentenced by
Judge R. o.. Purdy to pay fine Of
$50 and serve a year on the public
works. The chain gang sentence,
however, was suspended during good
behavior. Il
In July, 1910, Abbott and Dear
man were caught in gambling raid
at the Oregon hotel in Spartanburg
aud were fined in the police court
aud, later, upon warrant sworn
out by representatives of the Law and
Order league, were taken before
Judge W. B. Gruber to show cause
Why the sentence of one year on the
chain gang, suspended by Judge Pur-
.dy during their good behavior, should
rot be enforced.
Judge Gruber decided the case
against Dearman and Abbott, direct
ing that they serve the sentence OF a
year on the public works. ;.
I From Judge Gruber's decision an
appeal was taken to the supreme
court, Solicitor Otis appearing for
the State Last week the supreme
court sustained the lower court, di-
recting that they serve the sentence.
When news the courts decision
reached Spartanburg Abbott and
Dearman got busy with petition for
a remission of the jail sentence. This
was freely signed, it is said, and was.
presented to Gov. Blease Sunday by
S. J. Nichols, of Spartanburg, who, it
is said, supported Gov. Blease.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
POWDER PLANT EXPLODES.
Ten Employees of the Company Were
Blown to Atoms.

In a disastrous explosion ten men
met death at the plant Of the Pluto
Powder Company, in the outskirts
of Ishpeming, Mich, Monday. One
man was injured. The bodies OF the
dead were blown to pieces.
The explosion took place In the
geiatine powder house. Every man
in this building were blown to pieces.
Three men were absent from the
building and escaped. What caused
the exposition is not known. Celia
tine powder is largely composed Of
nitro-glycerine, and it is supposed
that the mixture was being stirred
in the big crucible within the house
when it let go.
About 1000 pounds exploded.
Only twenty minutes before the dis
aster 5000 pounds of the explosive
were removed. The main plant was
little damaged and the shock felt in
Ishpeming was hardly perceptible.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
BLISS, UP TO DATE.
Aged Husband Gave Young Wife Her
Divorce.

Not many women would have the
courage to make home. happy roi
husband and an eX-husband at the
same time. But that Is just what
Mrs. W. A. Wilson, who was former
ly Mrs. A. w. Luce, is trying to do
now at her home in Wichita, Kan.
According to Mrs. Luce's own ac-
count of the noval situation, when
she was very young girl she mar
ried a. W. Luce. Two years ago Mrs.
Luce met W. A. Wilson, a young man
about her own age. The two fell in
love.
When Luce found it out, and that
he could not make his wife happy,
he offered to let her get divorce
80 that she could marry young Will
son. She finally agreed. Wilson had
gone to Los Angeles, CAL, and when
the divorce was granted last JuHe
Mrs. Luce went to Los Angeles and
married Wilson.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
SALARY Is TOO LARGE.
Minister Says He Does Not Need So
Much Money.

The Rev. j. II. Jowett, pastor Of
Cars Lane church, Birmingham,
England, in his formal acceptance CT
call to the Fifth Avenue Presbyter-
ian church in New York, which was
read to the congregation Sunday,
stipulated in effect that he desires to
receive less than $4,000 salary Of
fered him. In his letter he says:
May I be allowed TO add that l
shall not need the large stipend you
so graciously offered me. When /
meet the officers Of the church shall
seek their judgment as to what Is
the equivalent in my present charge
This will make me perfectly happy
in my work
DR.. Jowett has been receiving as
pastor of the English church little
less than $1,000.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
Bad Nero Shot.

Pearly Kurtz, negro. was shot to
death by posse Of men who had
tracked him for miles, near Mont
rose, Ga, Monday afternoon, after
the negro had shot and wounded DR..
J. J. Wall and the negro driver Of
the doctors vehicle. DR.. Wall had
been called to attend three negroes
who were shot in row, and Kurtz
interfered, DR.. Wall knocked him
down and the negro ambushed him
later. The physician was not serious
ly wounded.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
MANY USE THE DRUG
CHARLESTON POLICE WAGE WAR
ON USERS OF COCAINE.
The Unusual Number Of Drug Fiend
Cases Has Aroused the Officials Of
the City.

Seldom has there been as much
cocaine using in the city as was evl'
denced by the police docket Monday
morning, says The News and Courier.
Most of the cases were summarll,
dealt with by Recorder Jersey, while
two were continued, pending the re-
suit of an investigation Of the drug
found on two Of the prisoners. DR..
F. L. Parker has been authorized to
analyze the drug, as the prisoners
in question claim that they did not
have cocaine, stating that the drug
found on their persons is not what is
known among the criminal classes
as "happy dust"
The police are much wrought up
over the increase in the 'pernicious
practice of the drug using, and they
state that most Of the crimes COM
mitted in the city are either directly
or indirectly due to this drug. They
are all under strict orders from Chief
Boyle to arrest all offenders, and to
instantly apprehend anyone who
gives indications of having been u.s.
ing the dust.
The use of the drug is not confined
to the negro population, as a glance
at the list Of those arrested will
show. Several white men are said tu
have become notorious in the city
from this drug, while there are one
or two negroes, one Of whom Is
woman, who are arrested about once
every week.
Just how the people obtain the
drug is, not known, but from all IN
dications there is an easy method OF
getting it. The police and the de
tectives on the force are endeavor-
ing to learn the headquarters for the
sale Of the stuff, but so far have
not been very successful. However
they are in hopes Of making some
important arrests in the cocaine line
in the near future.
Alfred, Coleman, a young white
mans who was arrested late Saturday
night for using cocaine, was released
on deposit of SIS bail. AS he failed
to appear yesterday morning for trial
the bail was declared forfeited. j.
W. Cox, white, who is we'll known
to the, police, was also arrested fol
having cocaine on his person. EIis
case has been continued, pending DR.
Parker's investigation.
Another white man, G.. D. lizard
was convicted of having cocaine or
his person, and was sentenced tC
pay a SIS fine or serve thirty day;
on the gang. The case against Fred
Campbell, colored, who was arrested
on the same charge, was continued
as the drug which was found in his
clothes, is being analyzed by Dr.. Par
ker.
Practically all of the charges
against the prisoners are entered as
Having cocaine on the person." as
the charge of cocaine using has to be
proved, and that is found very diff.
cult. To be convicted of using the
drug, the criminal has to be caught
in the very act Of taking dose
1t Is hoped that the practice of using
cocaine will be reduced to a mini.
mum within a reasonably short time
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
Make Usual Brag.

A resolution granting the use Of
tents to the Confederate veterans
reunion to be held in Little Rock,
Ark, next May, was adopted by the
senate Monday. The resolution was
introduced by Senator Clark and was
unopposed except by the vote of Sen
ator Hepburn.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
Suicide at GreerS.

Before other members Of the fam
tly awoke Monday morning, T. Boyd
Pearson, a prosperous farmer Of
Greer, shot himself in the right tenn
ple and died instantly. He had suf-
fered with rheumatism for several
years and dependency over i'll health
is thought to have caused the deed.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
Many Lives Lost.

An entire fishing village of 252
men which has been established oll
the ice outside Of Bjorko sound was
carried out to sea in a gale on Fri
day night. The disaster was not dis
covered until morning, when the viii
lage was already out of sight. Boats
have been sent to the rescue but nave
not yet returned.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
VERY Peculiar Suit.

The first case called for trial in
the Lexington Court was that Of W..
@. eS1. Berley of, Lexington against
DR.: j. R. Langford of Swansea. The
plaintiff is seeking $4,000 damages
for the alleged failure to properly
set dislocated shoulder on the first
day of August, 1908.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
Fruit Trees Bloom.

Pear and peach trees in Mississippi
are in full bloom, rare sight Ut this
time of the year. Planters report
fruit trees developing fast because
of ehe recent warm weather. 1t is
feared that a heavy frost will cause
considerable damage.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
Took Their Heads.

a dispatch received at Paris Mon
day from Melilla states that four Eu.
ropeans travelling from Oran, AL
geria, to Melilla we're decapitated by
Riff tribesmen on January 20. A
fifth member Of the party escaped.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
Floods In Venezuela,

Heavy rains have caused flood
throughout the entire district OF
Poerto, Vez. Railway transportation
has stopped. Several houses have
been destroyed and at least one YES
sci has been lost and the crew
drowned.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
Struck BY Train.

Frank Scott, of Bolton, was killed
and e. D. Cleveland, of Georgetown.
seriously injured when a westbound
Santa Fe freight train struck bug
gy in which the two were crossing
the tracks near Mirway, Texas, Mon
day. Cleveland, it is believed, will
recover.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
Creek Miners Killed.

An armed uprising of Greek coal
miners, of Kenilworth, Carbon coun-
>ty, Utah, was suppressed Monday af-
ter four men had been killed, one
fatally wounded and several others
slightly hurt by flying bullets.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09
:lIalk Ewalns lea Over Manuscript Is; Deals ais
Roosevelt a Bl,w. /.
GLAD TO GET Him OUT
sspeaks Of Teddy as an Incubus, Com
n pares Him to Golden Calf, and
d Mentions Him in Other Terms and
Calls Taft's administration g
Breathing Spell.

aE7tt brS61uluS SpOn. t-s5,
S Books that were owned and manu-. /.
scripts that were written by Samuel
AZ. Clements (Mark Twain) collected
! in New York for, disposal at auction
at: an early date.
One Of the early manuscripts is q
page OF notes for an outline OF "a a
portion Of the story Of Tom Saw
yer "t il.t
n: Among the other manuscripts IS
one described as can article on the
{ inauguration of President Taft and
the delirerance of the country from
Mr.. Roosevelt" dated March s, 1903.
"A portion OF it follows:
I .sAstronomers assure us that the
attraction Of gravitation on the suI>
face Of the sun is % times as power.
Z fu1 as; is the force at the earth's sur
face, and that the object Wnlcn
weighs At pounds elsewhere would
weigh 5000 pounds there. For sew
!, en- years this country has lain snoth-
eringaunder burden like sha;, the
INCUBUS representing, in the person
:of President Roosevelt. the differ
5ance between AT pounds and 6,c0O.
Thanks be, we got rid of this disas-
5trous burden day before yesterday.
at last! Forever? Probably not. -
sProbably only for a brief breath
{ /, si,rig spell, wherein, under MT Ta1t'
:we may hope to get back some ot our
health-four years. We may expect
10 have Mt. Roosevelt sitting'on us
again with his 2s times the weight OF
] any an other presidential. burden that
hostile Providence would impose on
suss sfor our sins.
sour people have adored TINS
2showy charlatan as perhaps no I'M
I poster Of his bred has been adored
since the Golden Calf, so it is to be
expected that the nation will want
him back again after he is done
hunting other wild animals heroic
ally in Africa with the safeguards
and advertising equipment of park
of artillery and brass band"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-02-09

kind of appeal? 1t has no such au-
thority-it is a violation Of oaths of
Office. If they acn suspend one law,
they can suspend them all. When
Government is operated after that
fashion, it is not one Of Law, but
of personal whim. Under such a
svstnm, nobody and no business is
sage.n
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-04
Came Back Home" To Begin Again.

Last fall Mr.. Jacob Robinson. who
owned a fine farm near Florence, Va.
and who says he was doing well, sold
his farm, stock, household goods, etc.,
and emigrated to the State ofWashington,
to get rich quick in those widely adver-
tsed and much boosted farming lands In
that section. He located al Bellingham,
on the west side ofthe state, bought some
upland, with timber on il, because II was
cheaper than the valley land, and pro-
ceeded TO make home. ltcost him $50
an acre TO clear the land. Shortly after
his arrival he saw that he was in for Il
and began his preparations TO leave. The
residents there told him he was going
too soon TO stay and unload on some
eaSterner, who would, in time, come and
buy. Mr. Robinson knew OF number
who had been waiting for long time TO
catch a sucker and were impoverished
by the wait, and concluded he would get
out willie he had some money left.
So last week they arrived in Roanoke,
Va, and Mr.. Robinson is looking for a
farm. He says that he knew when he
had enough. He says that il is a first
rate country TO 90 for ones health, but
to 90 there and live as a farmer II would
be sheer folly. Fruit grows In abundance
but ii is sspecked and unfit for market. lie
further says il does not pay to grow tim
othy hay that brings sl2 a ton on 500 an
acre land. The price Of eggs there is
high, but the hens doh't lay.
Mr.. Robinson's experience cost, he
says, about 5000, and he is back in old
Virginia to make back what he lost TO the
land sharks OF the glorious state OF Wash
ington.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-04
lie Fixed The Deed.

Theophilus Harrington, Vermont
Judge in the early part of the last century,
was man who loved the right and cared
little for mere legal quibbling, "lf JUS
tiee controls your verdict" he would
often say TO the jury, YOU will not miss
the general principles Of the law"
Al one trial when the possession OF
farm was IN question the defendant Of
fered deed OF the premises, 10 which
the plaintiffs lawyer, Daniel Chipman.
objected because II had no seal.
but your client sold the land, was
paid for II and signed the deed, did he
not 2" asked the Judge.
"That makes no difference, said Chip
nan. "The deed has no seal and can
not be admitted in evidence I"
as there anything else The matter with
the deed 2" asked the Judge.
81 don't know that there is"
"Mr. Clerk" said the judge, "giye me
wafer and three cornered piece Of
paper"
The clerk obeyed, and the Judge de-
Iiberately made and affixed the seal
There, Brother chipman," said he.
'the deed is all right now. II may be
put in evidence. A man is not going TO
be cheated out Of his farm In this court
when there is whole box Of waters on
The clerks desk"
"The court will give me an excep-
ton 2" pleaded the counsel.
"The court will do no such thing" an
swered the Judge, and he kept his word.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-04
A Denatured Poem.

went one night with my high-priced
thirst TO loaf in the booze bazaar, and
as sampled the old red dope leaned
on the handsome bar. My purse was
full of the good long green, and my raj
ment was smooth and new, and looked
as slick as a cabbage rose that's kissed
by the nice wet dew. Behind the bottles
a mirror stood, as large as your parlor
floor, and | looked and looked in the
shining glass, and wondered and looked
some more. My own reflection did not
appear, but there where it should have
been, saw the form Of cringing bum,
all crumpled and soaked with gin. His
nose was red and his eyes were dim, un-
shorn was his swollen face, and thought
il queer such seedy bum would come
TO so smooth place. ! turned around
for better look at this effigY OF despair,
and nearly fell in little heap, for the
effigy wasn'tthere. The barkeep laugh
ed. "lt's the Magic Glass;" he said,
with careless yawn. at shows man
how he's apt TO look years hence when
his roll is gonep
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-04
Shetensown HesonC County, 1911
Leaks To Plug.

Only hole in the granary roof
Where the rain crept through You may smell tn
proof
In the miIdewed grain which the miller won't buy
And the stock won't touch nor the poultry try
Only shingle, only some nails,
But they're spelling apart. and nought avails
To bring them in contact with the hole
Through which, on the grain, the waters roll.
Only farmer, his purse so thin
Quite plainly shows he's out OF tin
He's mot to blame II the farm don't pay
But no slip-shod practice will cost defray.
Only an hour wisely spent
In plugging leaks OF small extent
Make the farmer hale and hearty and fat
And man who knows where he is at.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-05-04
Do Ghosts Haunt swamps ?

No. Never. Its foolish TO fear fan
cied evil, when there are real and deadly
perils to guard against in swamps and
marshes, bayous, and lowlands. These
are the malaria germs that cause aglie,
chiIIs and fever, weakness, aches IN the
bones and muscles and may induce dead
ly typhoid But Electric Bitters destroys
and casts out these vicious germs irom
the blood. "Three bottles drove all the
malaria from my system" wrote VIM
FretweT, of Lucama, N. C., "and I've
had fine health ever since" Use TINS
safe, sure remedy only SOC at Hills Phar-
macy.