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Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-08-17
SAVED
FROM AN
OPERATION
By Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Peoria, Ill.-'T wish to let every one
know what Lydia e. Pinkham's reme-
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
FELL MORE THAN A MILE.
Monoplane Shoots Down and Both In
mates Are Killed.

At Johannisthal. Germany, Herr
S. hendeE, WHIP, though practically
only a beginner, on Tuesday estao-
lished a German altitude record or
6,594 feet IN an aeroplane, fell that
evening with his mechanic, Voss. and
both we're instantly killed. schendei
was trying to eclipse the worlds altl-
tude record with a passenger.
In "a Dorner monoplane schendel
and Voss had reached a height Of
$3.50 feet, when a cannon was fired
on the aviation field to announce the
end of the days competition. A mo-
ment later the monoplane was seen
to assume a vertical position.
1t is believed that Schendel was
trying to glide to the earth with his
motor shut off. Once he seemed to
have righted the machine, but almost
Immediately he again lost control,
and it shot to earth with terrific
speed landing just outside the avia-
ton field, the PROV burying itself in
the earth.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
HERMIT PASSES AWAY
LIVED IN WOODS OVER FORTY
YEARS
John Carnes, the Wild Man Of
Cherokee County Dies in County
Home.

A special to the State from Gaffney
says one of Cherokee county.s great
est curiosities is dead. Wild John"
Starnes. otherwise known as the Wild
Man of Cherokee, is no more.
It became known several, days ago
that Starnes was sick and a party
went in search of him, going into the
most secluded portion Of the county
where he lived, and finding him.: He
was brought to the county home, near
Gaffney, suffering with pneumonia,
and was kept there until Saturday
night, when he died. .,. .-,.
'FWfld John" has long been a cur
iosity. Many have gone into the toi
ests in search of him only to be dis
appointed, while there are some few
who have seen and talked with him.
He had been living the life of a
hermit for about forty years. 1t is
stated that when young man of
about 20 years, Starnes for some
reason DeCdlue IutlLdllf GuoHieliSSN
and took to the woods. He con-
structed a hovel Of goods boxes, a
very inadequate shelter, and there
he has dwelt for the last 40 years.
Many conjectures have been in
dulged in as to what caused this
strange action, but it is supposed that
he was disappointed in love, although
it has been rumored that Starnes was
the man who accidentally shot. Gen.
Stonewall Jackson and that this un-
balanced his mind. He was as shy
as a deer, hard to get sight of
and harder to talk to-. ....,..
One time, when sick, he. was taken
to the home Of a relative, but as
soon as he regained his, strength he
hied back to his hovel where he
barricaded himself and defied those
who wished to take him. Good
homes have been offered him time
and time again, but all to no avail.
He has Stunned society. ..
When taken to the county farm 1t
was much against his will, and ne
caused no little trouble while there.
He would not stay in the bed, and as
soon as the attendants back was
was turned, would leap ont and hud-
die in a corner with his hands clasp,
ed and head bowed. He pleaded with
the superintendent of the home with
tears in his eyes to let him out
on the ground to die in peace. The
house and its covering seemed to
have affected him.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
WANTS TO Sc FREED"
e TToN arr BY DEMOCRAT
= @odAIANUFACT1lURER.
He Says the Protective Tariff Wall I.
Unnecessary Because of Greater
Efficiency of Americans.

An attack upon the, protective, tar
If system by an American manufac-
turer, who claimed to have studied
labor and manufacturing conditions
in many countries Of the world, held
the close attention of: the house of
representatives for two hours Mon
day. Representative William c. Red
field, of Brooklyn, g: new; Democratic
mem ber, a manufacturer of machinery
and long connected with export trade,
declared 20 the house that American
manufacturers are abandoning the
protective principle as unnecessary as
they develop more scientific manage
'ment of their own plants as now car
ried on by the mere advanced Ameri-
car manufacturers.
I; j., ""The protective tariff has simply
enabled manufacturers to sell at
such high prices that they have not
studied their own Conditions closely" p"
said Mr.. Redfeld. "They have relied
on government support rather than
upon close business management. Its
effect has been to stimulate the devel-
opment OF plants until they are now
so large that products must be sold
abroad. In this condition the manu-
facturers no longer want to pay the
high prices necessary for material un-
der protective tariff" .,....
Mr.. Redfeld declared that instead
of foreign labor being cheaper, Amer
lean labor is really the cheapest in
the world; that from extensive H..
vestigation in many parts Of the
world he knew that no labor produced
as much production in proportion to
the wages it received as Americans.
- He said the American laboring man
only wants to be freed from old re-
strictions and outgrown systems
Mr. Redfeld attacked the Republi-
can system Of t-riff equal to the
difference in cost at home and abroad.
He said it was Impossible to deter
mine this difference in cost, because
of higher quality Of American labor
and. varying factory conditions.
! ..;.The American tariff hoard is
worthless unless Gmpowe. ed to call
for the cost sheets Of the factories
engaged in the line Of manufacture
It is studying" said Mr.. Redfield.
|, ."Give 1T that power and see what
howl goes up from the American
manufacturers. The truth Is that Of
ten the American cost of production
is lower"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
PLAYS GREAT HAVOC
A STORM STRIKES THE COAST
OF VIRGINIA.
Some Fifteen People Are Killed and
Much Property Damage Done by
the Hurricane.

Sweeping out Of the southwest
with hurricane velocity, a wind, rain
and electrical storm struck the low
er end of the Virginia peninsula late
Monday afternoon and left trail of
death and ruin in its wake.
At this hour it Is impossible even
to estimate the number of dead, for
many small craft with their human
freight went down in the storm at
various points along the James river
and in Hampton Roads.
Conservative estimates place the
dead at not more than Is. None Of
the bodies have been recovered as
nothing is known Of the identity of
the missing persons, as most of them
were fishermen from counties along
the James. ..
Great havoc was wrought in New
port News, houses being nnroofed,
trees, wires and telegraph poles
blown down, half dozen vessels
moored at piers here broke away
and nearly all were damaged.
At the shipyard the submarine
Seal was struck by schooner and
badly disabled and the same schoon-
er rammed hole in the Old Domin-
ion liner Jam estown. ,s. ;..E ~
Roofs of shops at Newport News
shipbuilding yard, also: were torn
away, and scaffolding around ships
in course. of construction on the
stocks blown, down. !, ua;
Estimates place the property loss
and damage from the storm at up
wards Of. 100000. So many live
wires fell "a. in the city. that It
was necessary to cut of, all electrical
currents and the entire city was in
total darkness.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Brought Il Biz Price.

The first bale Of this years cotton
crop sold at Houstan. Texas, Monday
for s2.O5 S4 per pound, the total
total weight being +93 pounds and
the price s1,O15. This was the high
est price ever paid on the Houston
exchange for a bale Of cotton. g..
Jesse Jones, who is not in the cotton
business, was the successful. bidder.
He says he does not know vet what
he will do with the cotton.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
CHEAP CANDY
Three Small Children KILd in New
York By Eating Some Of II.
SHOULD NOT Be EATEN
The Eldest Child Bought Candy
Called Jelly Beans With Gift
Nr--....'..l = :.
Cent and Gave Some of Them to
Her Little Brother and Sister.

Her Little Brother and Sister.
Now, Lillian, take good care of
Agnes and Michael till / come back"
was the parting injunction OF Mrs.
Elizabeth MURRAY as she left her
home, No. "595. Second avenue, New
York city for church shortly before
eleven O'Clock last Sunday morning.
Eght-year-old Lillian >. kept Is
wat.hful eye for some time on her
sister, aged four, and brother, two.
The children played around the fat,
but the sound OF other children play
ing in the hallway lured them there.
One of the tenants, passing the mer-
ry little group, pressed penny into
Lillian's hand. The other girls and
boys besought her tc at once to buy
candy with the cash.
Lillian consented, but before she
started she led brother and sister
back to their apartment, cautionins
them not to leave till she returned.
In the stare she did not hesitate to
invest the copper in Jelly beans
vari-colored sweet that is a fair imi-
tation of the common bean. More
of them could be got for a penny
than any other kind Of candy.
Returning home Lillian divided the
sweets into three equal parts, piling
them in little mounds on. the floor.
After they had eaten most oil the
candy tie children decided to- put
the rest by for their mother. Then
they started to play again. About
1890 Mrs. Murray returned from
church, and entering the. parlor she
found the three children on the
lo1r in convulsions She and ten
ants who had been summoned by
her screams applied home remedies.
The children grow worse, but no
great alarm was felt as it was sup.
posed the antidotes had not mad
time to take effect. While Mrs. Muir
ray: was scurrying around about the
rooms discovered the Jelly beans
and became convinced they were re
sponsible for her children's illness.
An hour later the little ones be-
came unconscious. Then Mrs. Muir
ray sought Patrolman Bligh Of the
East Thirty-fftl1 street station, who
got DR.. Meade from Bellevue Hos
pital. The surgeon said the children
were suffering from, ptomaine pods-
oning, evidently caused by the candy.
The little patients were hurried to-
the hospital, where they sank stead
lily. At p. m. the mother was sum-
moned by telegram.
The doctors had practically aEan-
doned hope of saving the children.
but did not tell the mother how
grave was their condition. But she
seemed to suspect it, and became
hysterical when she. arrived at the
hospital. An hour later It. was said
the three we're dying. a.
Analysis is to be made OF the con-
tents Of the children's stohachs ana
also Of the candy found in. the bag
and an investigation is to be made
by the board Of health and the po-
lice
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
49,
Evans Case Dropped.

At Newberry Monday morning a
mol pross was entered in the case
against II. H. Evans, a former dis
pensary director, charged with &C
cepting a rebate. Solicitor Cooper
read a letter fror, Attorney General
Lyon. saying that owing to the death
Of G. H. Charles. material evidence
was lost which he had not been able
to supply.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
FINDS DAUGHTER AT 90.
Fstner Had Traulped $4,000 Miles to
Locate His Family.

After travelling $4,000 miles,
tramping most of the way, and living
on his pensions from the Mexican and
Civil wars, and searching for the IA
children from whom he was separated
in the Galveston, (Tex.) food, in
1900, Frank Schromm accidentally
stumbled into the arms of one Of his
daughters. in Indianapolis, Ind.
From her he learned that only
four of his IA children were living.
Schromm is SO years old, and now
that he has found his relatives he
is tt. happiest man in the world.
The reunion came about almost like "a
miracle. The aged man was slowly
walking down the street when a lit
tie child caught hold Of his hand and
led him to his daughter.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Seized Much Booze.

The largest seizure Of liquor ever
l..ade in tha: section Of North Car
ol:ra was lHale recently u lli'Hde"-
when the police raided
storaroom on the main business thor
oughfare and seized 10000 gallons
Of liquor. The alleged proprietor
Of the place. o. \. Carson, was az
rested.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
killed in Mexican Riots.

A report from Matehula, Mexico,
where miners are on a strike, is that
fourteen men have been killed in a
series of riots. The strike at the
Asarco Smelter has been ended, the
strikers receding from their demand
for higher wages. The. strike
against the American Smelling and
Refining Company at Velardena is
still on.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Burn the Town.

French Creek, w. Va, a farming
community of 200 souls. was almost
destroyed by fire. Many families are
encamped in barns and making a
temporary home with more fortunate
neighhurs. The fire was started by
burglars that blew the safe in the
postoflice.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Value of Cotton.

The cotton crop Of 1910 was an
nounced Monday to be the most val
liable ever produced in the United
States. Estimated in the census bu-
reau's annual bulletin, the crop last
year H,s valued at $96r 10000
compared with, sS12,O9s,ooo for
1900.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Died q Noble Hero.

While attempting to rescue Samuel
Scribner, fifteen years old, who was
struggling to reach the shore, after
saving his eighi-year-old brother
from drowning, Amos Harrington,
forty-two years, was drowned as was
the youth to whom he was trying to
give assistance in a lake nine miles
west Of Oregon City. Oregon, Mon
day.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15

expect to see again. 1t Is not often
that man is allowed to live and to
see his dreams come true and to my
fellow members Of board Of trustees
and my co-workers in the State is due
my realization of these dreams.
Now, young men. / had the good
sense and the good luck to find a
good woman, who was willing to hitch
uo with me and who has trotted down
the road of life with me ever since.
I consider my marriage the 'greateBt
piece of luck l ever had. I want to
say to you that II you will go and do
likewise, you ought to be successful,
for there is nothing in the world so
inspiring as the love of a good, pure
woman.
"But | must proceed to do what I
came out here for, and If Mr.. AL
bert IMcMichael Salley will come up
on the rostrum I will award to him
the medal. Mr.. Salley, l wish you
would put it on and let US see how
handsome you look. Now turn your
self around, for there are some girls
up yonder who may wish to see you.
In presenting you this medal ! want
to have a few words to say about
how you got it and whence 1t came.
Since l have been here my mind has
been busy thinking about the men
who have helped lis plan and work
for this college. Three of them are
no more. l speak of the life t7us-
tees, Col. D. K. Norris the Hon. R. E.
Bowen and Capt. John E. Bradley
These trustees have ceased their la
bors and have crossed that bourne to
which we are all Fastening.
"You are not near enough to it to
realize or consider it as yet, but
will soon be there and Join these
men. Col. D. X. Norris was a man
who loved the college and worked for
it day and night While he was a
trustee he helped to plan and build
it, and he as much as any other trus-
tee did his full duty to bring about
the results which you see about you.
If you will wear this medal honorably
which I trust and know you will, be-
cause l know the county your are
from and the breed to which you be-
long; 1 know your family and people
~, ctr hirL
I hope that you will occupy the high
est position to which you may aspire.
And now, young friends. I want
to ask you to take home to your par
ents my greetings, and say to them
that Clemson College has made you
what you are; that it has afforded you
the opportunity to develop your hign-
est powers. If, in after life, you
will climb to the top OF the ladder,
that is all I ask. 1t is not given to
every man to succeed. All men can t
be senators or governors, but every
man can be a good citizen, coed
husband and a good father. And if
you will remember this and let it be
an inspiration to you to your future
career; that you went to Clemson;
that you at least learned how to obey
orders. Although l have a recol-
lection of April Fools Day, when
some did not, you will always be
proud Of the fact of your years at
Clemson, and if, in after life. when
you have climbed high, it can be said
here goes a Clemson boy poor hoy
that Clemson has helped to educate
that is all 1 AK Of YOU. I ask God
| blessing on you all.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Signs d Good Bill.

GovernGr Dix has signed bill pro
hibiting the admission Of boys Under
16 years OF age to pool and billiard
rooms or public bowling alleys III
New York. Another bill approved
by him provides for the licensing OF
all moving picture operators
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Rapid Growing Squash.

T. NJ. Ray Of Valdosta, Ga, has
on exhibition at one Of the grocery
stores in the city 4 wonder in the
way of a big yellow squash Four
teen days after the bloom appeared
on the vine he squash weighed
forty-three pounds having averaged
three pounds day in weight.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Invited to Silver Weddin..

Governor and Mrs. Blease have re-
ceived an invitation tc attend the
silver wedding reception at the white
house, on June 10, the occasion be-
ing the 25th anniversary Of the we'd
ding of Mr.. and Mrs. Taft. The
marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. Taft took
place June 19, 1886.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Two Drowned in AtlsI.a

Barney. Golden. aged ts, and Miss
Harriet McGill, both Of Atlanta,
we're drowned Tuesday when q Rpat
in which they were rowing. on TIE
lake at Lakewood a pleasure park,
caDsized,
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Auto Falls in River.

While DR.. Loughead and James
Clark, of Letcher, S. D., were driving
along the bank Of the Jim river Sat-
urday, the earth gave away and the
automobile was thrown into the
river and both men were drowned.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Arexicans Kill Tennessean.

Information has reached relatives
at Indian Mound. Tenn, that Thom-
as Richardson. a Tennessean, aged
twenty-five, who has been serving
with the Mexican revolutionists, was
shot by the Federal troops after his
surrender just before the end of the
war
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Stonewall's Grandson.

In the graduating class of West
Point this year is Thomas j. J.
Christian, a grandson Of Gen. Stone
wall Jackson and Wilfred M. Blunt,
a great grandson of Francis Scott
Key, author OF "The Star Spangled
Banner"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Asleep on the Track.

John Johnson. negro. while in
a drunken sleep lying partly on the
track, was run over and killed Sun"
day night at 11:40 o'clock by car
No. 1872, on the Augusta-Aiken line,
at pole No. 1S2, in Fowkes cut.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Heat Kills Four .

Four deaths were caused in Chi
cago on Saturday by the heat. There
were deaths at other places also.
The whole country is in the grasp
of a heat wave, which has caused
much suffering.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
DEFENDS HER HONOR.
A Married Woman slaJs Man M1,e
Attacked Her.

In defense Of her honor, as she
alleges, Mrs. Michael Lefevre, wife of
a prominent man of South Credle,
Colorado, shot and killed John Zang,
proprietor of the Zang Hotel at that
place about three o'clock Monday af-
ternoon. Zang was SIS years OLD, and
his slayer is twenty years his junior
Mrs. Lefevre is held in the county
jail charged with murder. Accord
ing to the woman's story, ZaEg call
ed at her home about 2:30 o'clock
in the afternoon. He asked for the
woman's husband, and on learning
that he was not at home, seized Mrs.
Lefevre. She took her husbands re-
volver and shot Zang in the face.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Another Gasoline Victim.

Joseph Johnson. a colored boy,
was perhaps fatally burned in a fire
at the Columbia Fruit Company's
store Monday morning. A gasoline
stove exploded, scattering the flames
over him.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Sold for Sixteen Cents.

At Savannah after the regular
close of Business Saturday a line of
1000 bales Of high. grade cotton was
sold at a price equivalent to about
16 cents for good -li1dling.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Thirty Russians Drown.

The sinking of an overcrowded
ferry boat on the Volga, near Ug-
itch, Russia, is reported. Thirty
persons were drowned.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-15
Clemson t.'aduates.

The gnaduatin class of Clemson
this year numt III 81, as follows:
Four in meta 9t;y; 13 in the teX-
tile departme eight in evil en-
cheering; I - mechanical and
electrical ene..- ring land "A in
agriculture.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-08
The Argus Daily Short Story
The Power of Steam-By Jack Tominson.
Copyrighted. Associated Literary

toward the Evelyn Hope.
OF course we got into our boat at
once and raced with the blacks for the
vessel When they saw that we would
reach it before them they lay on their
oars and contented themselves with OBJ
serving our movements.
They watched US all the afternoon,
and our captain concluded that they
were waiting for the darkness, when
they would attack US, and If they cap
tured our ship we would all doubtless
be murdered. We secured the vessel
for arms, and all we found was a shot
gun. a rife and two revOlVers. We
had a dozen white seamen aboard and
a mixture of copper colored men. most
" Malays. Late in the afternoon the
blacks sent a boat toward US, prob
ably to draw our fire and discover how
strong we were. at the sight Of the
negro warriors our Asiatics howled so
with fright that the captain ordered
them all below. We did not crafty
the blacks by firing at them.
Our chance for our lives looked very
small. Our armament wouldn't afford
a weapon each to our white crew. AS
for the rest, they were not worth arm
ing Suddenly I thought OF, a weapon
that would serve US better than pow
der and ball. We had plenty Of hose
aboard, and it occurred to me to couple
IT to the boilers and fight the blacks
with steam.
What frightened our men was that
some of them remembered that sew
eral years ago a French ship had gone
ashore on this or another island on
this very part of the coast and the
natives had massacred all on board.
The outlook with couple Of hundred
black devils waiting for night TO come
10 treat Us the same way was, to say
the least. not reassuring. especially
since our principal weapon was steam.
We calculated that 1t would be high
tide about o o'clock in the evening. II
we weren't captured before that there
was q possibility of our sliding of into
deep water. Once free we could put
on steam and sail away without mo-
iestation. But the blacks knew this
as well as we and were not likely to
delay their attack till the tide helped
US of.
fOFIuDaleiy tue WeatutFs WHICH Hdu
been thick when we struck and con-
tinued thick. cleared at sunset. and
there was a three-quarter moon in the
east
We had counted on this to help Us
even more than the tide. for with its
light we could see our enemies. With
ont it they could climb to our decks
under cover of the darkness and over
power Us by force OF numbers.
Our luckiest find in the way Of de-
Tense was some barbed wire fencing
slowed away in the cargo. We
stretched ii around the gunBale. We
didn't consider fl sufficient to keep of
an enemy but excellent for purposes