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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-12
AMT QUITE DADE."

All the amusing things do not
happen in the cities; sometimes
humorous Incidents occur in small
towns. The statement is borne
out by an occurrence at the Fort
Mill telegraph office Monday
afternoon. Hamp Russell is an
old negro man of the community
who is unfailingly active in ar
ranging for the burial of deceased
members of his race. Hamp
does not, of course, wish to bury
any of the live members of his
race, but Monday afternoon he
came near arranging for the
funeral Grafton of one of his
brothers" while the brother"
was yet in the flesh. Hamp
hurriedly entered the telegraph
office with a message which he
wished sent to distinguished
colored reverend in Lancaster
stating that good pastor-paying
brother" had just died near
Fort Mill and he wished the Lam
caster reverend to come at once
to preach the funeral sermon.
1t will cost you so cents to send
the telegram" observed Opera
tor Lee, after counting the
words. We'll, | amt exactly
got the four bits, replied Hamp,
but I'll go out and see if | can't
dig it up" Hamp left and in
ten minutes returned, not with
the four bits, but with the
announcement that the sick
brother" was not quite dade. "
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-12
Book Farming.

Whenever our anti-book farm
erS can show us better crops at
less expense, better flocks, bet
ter farms, and better owners on
them than book-farmers can, we
shall become converts to their
doctrines, says a writer in The
Country Gentleman. But as yet
we cannot see how intelligence
in farmer should injure his
crops, or what difference it
makes whether a farmer gets his
ideas from a sheet of paper or
from a neighbor's mouth. or from
his own experience, if only he
gets good, practical, sound ideas.
A farmer never objects to re-
ceiving political information from
newspapers; he is quite willing
to learn the state of markets
from newspapers, and as willing
to gain religious notions from
reading, and historical knowledge
and all sorts of information, ex-
cept that which relates to his
businessl He will go over and
hear a neighbor tell how he pre-
pares his garden land, how he
selects and puts in his seed, how
he deals with his ground in
spring. in harvest and after har-
vest time; but if that neighbor
should write it all down care
fully and put it on paper, it's all
poison-its book-farming! If |
raise head of cabbage surpass-
ing all that has been seen here
about, every good farmer that
loves cabbage would send for a
little seed and ask as he took it,
How do you contrive to raise
such monstrous heads? You
must have some secret about it. 4"
But if my way were written down
and printed, he would not touch
it: Pooh, it's hot air"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-12
Awarded So, 500 Damages

Mrs. Mollie A. Num-, of Rock
Hill, has been awarded So, 500
damages against the Southern
Railway company for the death
of her son, John w. Num-, who
was killed March 2, 1909, on the
railroad at Greensboro, N. c..
The case was tried Saturday at
that place before Judge Daniel
with the above result. The
young victim was an employe of
the road and wGs killed while on
duty.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-12
South Carolina Cities.

According to the 18th census,
there are 13 South Carolina cities
with population in excess of
5000. Spartanburg is credited
with the greatest increase in
population during the last decade.
the increase amounting to 54.6.
Rock Hill gained 1,731 from 1900
to 1910 and is now the States
seventh city. The rank of the
l3 cities is as follows.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-12
1910 TOLL OF THE LYNCHERS
NOT AS LARGE AS FORMERLY

Only 81 lynchings were re-
corded in the United States in
1910, a much smaller number
than in almost any previous year
in the last 16 years. In 1909 the
total was 70 and in 1908 it was
65. All but five of the 81 cases
of lynching in 1910 were of
negroes, and ten of these cases
were those in which the charge
against the victim was assault on
white women or girls. In II of
the remaining number the charge
was attempted criminal assault.
In the five cases of white men,
four were for murder and the
other four aiding and abetting in
jail delivery. Several of the
cases in which negroes were
lynched were based upon the
murder, or alleged murder, of
white women in which the ques-
tion of assault is implied.
AS in previous years, nearly all
the lynchings were in Southern
States, Florida and Georgia hav-
ing ten each, Alabama and Ar
kansas eight each, Texas six.
The only lynching in the North
occurred in Ohio, the victim
being Carl Etherington, an agent
of the Ohio Anti-Saloon league,
who met death at the hands of a
mob in Newark following his i'm
prisonment in Jail on a charge
of having murdered a saloon
keeper while making raid on an
alleged blind tiger.
Following is the record for 1910
by States: Alabama, eight ne
groes; Arkansas, eight negroes;
Florida, eight negroes and two
whites; Georgia, ten negroes;
Louisiana. one white man; Mis-
sissippi, five negroes: Missouri,
three negroes; North Carolina,
one negro; Ohio, one white man;
Oklahoma, one negro; South
Carolina, one negro; Tennessee,
two negroes; Texas, four negroes
and two whites.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-12
ties is as follows

Among the visitors to Fort Mill
Saturday was Clerk of Court
}: A. Tate, who came over from
Yorkville to attend to some of
ficial business.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-01-12

was standing in the door. Il
walked through to see if there
were any scattering shot in the
wall and found shot just about the
top of the rear door, a little to
the left of the door, inside of the
building" He got some one to
take position in the front door,
where he supposed Nivens was
standing. Then | went back
and took a position where l sup
posed the party was who fired
the shot. The party was stand
ing right near the back end of
the warehouse attached to Grif-
fins store" He thinks it from
20 to 25 yards from Nivens' front
door. At the April term of court,
1910, when Nivens was prosecu-
ting a negro for shooting him
(Nivens), he heard w. E. Griffin
say, in response to a question of
Solicitor Henry, if he (Griffin)
and Nivens were friendly, that
they were at outs "and my recol-
lection is that Griffin stated that
he would not care if Nivens were
dead"
N. l.. Bayne, at whose home
Niyens boarded for two days
prior to the killing, testified that
he was at his home, 125 yards
away, when the shooting of NiV-
ems occurred. He heard the shot
distinctly and thinks it was be-
tween 6 and 7 clock in the even
ing; 1t was not dark - He heard
hollering and his wife came in
and said Eb was shot and urged
him to go to the store. He did
so and found Nivens lying under
the peach tree. Il asked, 'Eb
who shot your but he did not
make me any answer; he was
groaning." Bayne then re-
marked to the negro Adam Ed
wards that he was going to
phone for a doctor, which he did.
He also phoned to Burt Nivens,
a relative of the dead man, and
while he was sending the mes
sage J. M. Gamble 'hollered out
side and | went to him. l said,
Mr.. Gamble, is Eb dead?' and
he said, No. He and Gamble
then returned to the wounded
man together and the latter
shook Nivens and said he be-
lieved Nivens was dead. None
of the Griffins came out to see
Nivens so far as his knowledge
goes. He does not know wheth-
er the Griffins and Nivens were
friendly. He remembers that
Nivens clerked for Griffin about
three years ago. Nivens set up
an opposition store to Griffin
about two years ago and the
store had since been burned
some time last year. He knows
(CONTINIIED ON pAcEeN
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-14

for Chun. But isn't it Mise to see
one of the divine Fighters just
bowling to be cut loose from his
divine right to.run folksa y
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-14

Empress Dowager of China
says that Prince Chun wept and
prayed to resign the regency, 1t
was becoming a pretty hot job
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-14

This photograph of the head of the Armour packing
dgstry Chicago the multi millionaire walking
federal trial under the criminal the
Sherman thrust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
shotgun victim MAY Die.

Emporia. Kan. Aug 1.-THE con
dition of William TIGER. who was shot
in the back and dangerously wounded
by George Heusley, a farmer. Satur-
day night. remains critical. TIGER is a
horse trainer and following a quar-
rel with HenSIey Saturday morning,
was attacked by Henslev at the fair
grounds that evening Hensley, armed
with a shotgun. fired a TIGER drove
to the stable The first sho- missed.
but the second shot struck TIGER, the
charge piercing the buggy seat and
carrying fragments Of wood into
TIGERS lungs. Hensley submitted to
arrest. He has a family of several
children and is So years old TIGER is
unmarried and is IS years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
WATSON IS PERSONAL.
Goes J. LeefOrd Brady Several Better
in Mud Singing.

W T. Watson. assistant bank COM
missioner and representative from Al
len county. who has been engaged in a
controversy with State Senator J. L
Brady of Lawrence over the proceed
ings of the Second district congress
sional committee last Monday. today
makes reply to the senator's second as
sertion that the representative did de-
clare before the committee that the
people of Allen county were not capab Bile
Of voting for the right man for the
congressional nomination Mr. Watson
is peeved over the controversy as is
evidenced by his reply which is as FOL
lows:
Upon my return to the city after an
absence OF a couple of days. my atten-
ton was called to Mr.. Brady's state
ment to the effect that You're another
and that owe an apology to the peo-
pie of Allen county. Brady NAV be
right about that, but I have no mora
time to waste on Brady, except to say
that 1 am sure he owes an apology to
the people of the Second congressional
district for insulting their intelligence
in assuming TO think they would vote
for him as a candidate for congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
FISHER TO ALASKA.
Secretary of the Interior VIII Study
the Coal Situation.

Seattle. Aug. 14.-Secretary of the In
terror Walter L. Fisher arrived here to-
day en- route to Alaska to study the
coal land situation. He will sail to-
morrow night on the steamship Adj
rniraI Sampson for KataIla. where he
viii be transferred to a revenue cutter.
From kataHa the secretary will go to
the edge of the Boring river coal field
If conditions are favorable It is posi-
bic to descend the Boring river. a
glacial stream. for nearly twenty miles
in a canoe The remaining four miles
of the trip must be made on foot. Dur
ing the summer the melting glaciers
send down torrents of mud and water
and when rain is added. the travelling
is extremely diSagreeabIe.
DR.. Joseph A Holmes, director of the
United States bureau of mines. has
preceded Mr.. Fisher to Alaska and
made preparations for the coal field
trip
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
WAS GOING TOO FAST.
That Was the Cause of the Wreck at
Fort Wayne.

Fort Wayne. Aug. 14.-Excessive
speed IN passing crossover was the
cause of the wreck of train No. IS. the
Pennsylvania flyer, eastbound. one
mile west of here last night This an
nouncement was made by PennsyI-
vania officials today after investigation.
The train was running at an estimated
speed of fifty miles an hour
Among the injured was James z.
Sullivan. New York secretary and
treasurer Amateur Athletic union;
hand. side. arms and knees cut and
bruised. Discharged from hospital.
While older folk were rushing about
the train in an effort to escape little
ConsueIla Mitchell the six-months-old
daughter of George Mitchell, 1867
Figueroa street, Los Angeles. the own
er of the Arizona & Swanza railroad.
lay calmly in an apartment and cooed
at her nurse. Miss Bessie Faulkner.
Neither of them was harmed. and
when the Mitchell family. of whom
there were six members besides the
baby, went on a search for the baby
they found the nurse sitting in the
wrecked car dressing the child. The
Mitehells are on their way to London.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
Defends Girls as Laborers.

Boston. Aug. 14=Women are neat
er than men, they are steadier and
although they sometimes leave to get
married they do not leave more often
than men do to seek new positions.
according to Jasper y. Kellar, presl-
dent Of the New England Telephone &
Telegraph company. In a report, Mr.
Kellar, who has 5000 women in his
employ says that his views of their
usefulness in business differ from
those expressed by some large western
corporation men who recently have
decided to employ no more girls. Mr.
Kellar says that his company's expert
ence in trying young men to do the
work now performed by girls on tele-
phone sWitchboards shows that the
male operators are often impertinent
or lazy. while the girls are almost in
variably polite. attentive and efficient.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
CAN NOT BUILD TRACKS.
Citizens Along seventh Street Block
City Railway Plans.

The street railway franchise TO
build freight track on Seventh
street in order that oil cars might be
transferred to the Edison plant was
killed by the board of city commits
sioners this morning.
w. q. Ralston, city attorney, declar-
ed that under the law this track
would be for private use. The street
railway claims it is for public use
The street railway wanted the track
that they might transfer oil cars to
the Edison plant rather than haul
big wagons over the pavement every
day
l. T. Hazen. represe nting the prop
erty owners along the proposed track
objected TO the franchise and declared
they would get out an injunction in
case the franchise was passed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
Notes and Personals.

Rev T. J. Pearson. pastor of the
North Side Congregational church. Is
recovering after a short illness.
Win ShidIer has gone to Ottawa on
business trip.
Fred Jones. employed by the Rock
Island at Fort Worth. Tex. spent Sat
urday at the home of his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. c. A. Jones, of 913 North
Jackson street
Don Wellrnau- court reporter. who
has been confined at Stormont hospital
suffering from stomach trouble and
complications for the past four weeks,
was brought home Saturday. He has
improved enough to be able to be up
and around the house
Mr. and Mrs T D Gabriel are visit
I ing in Chicag go with Mrs. GabrieFs sis
! tiers. Mrs. Anna Hopkins and Mrs. Jen-
ME Williams.
Mrs T NJ Vine and son Keith Of
Hoiton and Mrs VIM RigdOn OF Good
/ land spent Sunday with Mrs. ". Wray
of 81 West Gordon street.
V ". Wilson and z. P. Williams OF
Fairview are on the North side today
on business.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Anderson spent
I Sunday IN Kansas City.
Thomas Jordan of Vermillion. S D.
has returned home after a short visit
with his son c. E Jordan of 1922
! North Jackson street He was on his
way home from visit in Old Mexico
Wilbur Palmer Of Emmett has re-
turned home after a visit with his
( parents Mr. and Mrs. J. ". Palmer.
Rev and Mrs David Lyons and
+ daughter left today for Breckenridge
No. where they VIII visit relatives.
I Mrs J. ". Hall and daughters Miss
/ Ruth Hall and Miss Joy Hall. have re
I turned to their home in Joplin No.
i after z visit with Mrs. Halls sister
Mrs. Frank L Overton. of 1882 Nortf
i Harrison street
4 Frank 4 Overton. foreman of trt
II Central Sash & Door company. ha.
f gone to Carlsbad, y NJ, for few
weeks. vacation
Mrs Fred Buechner and daughter
Miss Louise Buechner. are visiting il
ElmOnt-
II c. z Jordan viii leave for Old Mex
II leo in September with a party Of IanS
seekers Mr.. Jordan has been ap
pointed general agent Of the state o
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
KINDS FOLLOWS LEMON.
second Federal Prison Attache Asked
to Resign.

Leavenworth. Kan. Aug 14-Act-
ing on instructions from Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham, R ". McClaughry.
warden of the federal prison here to-
day asked for the resignation of F. E
Kinds, superintendent of construction
at the prison
Special agents of the department of
justice recently completed an investi-
CATION Of the federal prison. Their re-
port was followed by the resignation
of Frank Lemon. first deputy warden
at the prison. It is believed the re-
quest for Kinds resignation was due
to the recent investigation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
HoLD-UP MAN F'oILED.
Whipped Horse and saved Cash for
Mine Pay Roll.

Pittsburg, Kan, Aug 14.-An at
tempt TO hold I'D ". r. Wilmington.
cashier of the Pittsburg and Northern
Coal Mining com PAW. seven miles
northeast of here, was prevented when
Nilliugton whipped up the horse that
he was driving and esce ped.
He was on his way to Franklin, a
mining camp. with $4,000 that made
up the payroll for the coal diggers
there. Walter Reese is under arrest
and has been identified as the would
be robber Five months ago a lone
bandit got away with $4,000 at Fuller
another mining camp
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
HE SAVED THE KIDDIEs.
Four Children Owe Their Lives to IL
Year-Old Boy.

New York. Aug. IA few feet from the
steep embankment Of the Harlem river
at lind street. 14-year-Old Joseph y orion.
list night checked the flight Of runaway
horse and saved the lives of four children
The children had seen the rig standing
in front Of the owners home and decided
to take a ride The horse. frightened by
cries Of spectators. bolted. The children
dropped to the bottom OF the buggy and
screamed
Young Norton heard their cries. dashed
from the sidewalk for the rear Of the
/ buggy and succeeded in clambering in.
/ He grasped the lines and turned the mad
dened animal into a lamp post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
..PLAYED IN the CLOUDS"
Young Aviator Guided to Earth by
Camp Fire Signals.

Chicago. Aug 14=Long after dark
last night, Oscar Brindley. a young
aviator who is entered in the interna-
tionaI meet here. slid quietly out of
the clouds and alighted near the string
of camp fire signals which blazed
across the grounds.
Brindley for two hours and half
had been maneuvering 1000 feet
above the earth, much OF the time be
ing out of sight
When he alighted from his biplane
he said he was neither tired nor did
he feel i'll from his experiences. He
said he had been playing up in the
clouds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
Nrnrdered With HatpIn.

New York. Aug. IA quarrel be-
tween members of a party Of young
women returning from a Long Island
shore resort early this morning ended
in fight with f1atpins as their car was
pulling into the city over the Queens
borough bridge Nineteen-year-oid Al
veda Carpenter was stabbed in the
heart and dropped dead in the street as
she alighted from the car The police
arrested one Of her companions and
charged her with the murder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

under the control of the commission
and all concerned must abide by its
edicts or be ousted from the profession
Rules and regulations VIII be printed
and the commission viii have sole
Jurisdiction over all clubs and boxers
in the same manner that the Jockey
club controls racing and its followers
In the first place all boxing institu-
tons Will be licensed If they pass in
spectiOn and the bond of $4,000 s
forthcoming as prescribed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
WILL LICENSE BOXING.
Governor Dix's Commission Is Nearly
Ready to Report.

New York. Aug. 1.-THE commission
appointed by Governor Dix TO look
after the interests of boxing is expected
TO give out a statement today concern
ing the new law and its meaning.
James F. Sullivan. the chairman. has
prepared a statement which briefly
outlines the procedure of boxing bouts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

Kansas for the Mexican. American
Land company.
Mrs. Bert Mitchell Of Chicago is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Charles
w. NJ Van Ness and son Deane have
left for a visit in Excelsior Springs,
Mo.
An open meeting of Indian Greek
grange viii be held at the Grange hall
tomorrow night Music and refresh
mentS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14

Torringto1. Conn.,, Aug 1.-THE third
week Of an automobile campaign Tor
woman's suffrage began in mort nvvastern
Connecticut today. The party, headed
BY tire officers VI the State Woman
Suffrage organization. reports many
CONVEX IS and insists that their cause
is already strong enough in this state
to indicate that IT will become an I'm
two years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
NO HELP FOR SNYDER.
Former kansan Is Denied CIemency
by Presidents Taft

Washington. Aug 14-President
Taft has refused to grant further ex-
ecutive cIemency to Raymond P.
May, former business manager of d
Kansas City newspaper, who was con-
victed of using the mails to defraud
in the sale of mining stocks
The president recently committed
Mays original sentence of one year TO
six months. The president also has
denied clemency to s. H Snider, who
was convicted with May in the same
case and was sentenced to one year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
Bowling Dates Fixed.

Milwaukee. Wis. Aug. 14.-March ,
TO % are the dates set for the National
American Bowling congress tOurna-
ment in Chicago. Promoters. with the
consent of President Bryson of Indian
apolis. finally decided on these dates
last night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
WILLARD WINS TWO GAMES.
Interesting Baseball Games in Country
District.

Willard. kan. Aug. 1.-THE Willard
team tied two more scalps TO its belt
Saturday and Sunday.
The first game was played Saturday
with Mission creek and resulted in a
to 3 victory for Willard in ten in
nings The game Sunday was with
Pleasant Valley and resulted in a score
of 13 to u.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-14
GEORGE TETER. "

Mrs e 3. Branfieid has returned to
her home in Stubensville, O.. after d
visit with North side friends
Mrs. NJ. c. Excl mas moved from 81
East Gordon street TO 1924 South Clay
street Henry Dietrich viii move from
11O4 North Quincy street and occupy
the property
Mrs John Smith of 404 West Railroad
street. entertained a number of friends
in honor Of her seventy first birthday
anniversary Sunday She came here
from Ohio 20 years ago and is well
known on the North side Those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs Renberger and
daughter Alma, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Hicks. Dir. and Mrs. Roy Powell. M
and Mrs. E. Doyle and daughter Helen
Mr. and Mrs O. L Husch berger and
daughter Freds. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Harris. Mr. and Mrs John Senper, Mr.
and Mrs c. c. Maze. Mr. and Mrs
Gemptz and daughter Lena Miss Anna
Semper. Miss Viola Spielman Miss
Elma Spielnan, Mr.. John Semper, jr.
Mr. John Powell, Mr. Patrick Gal
lagher. Mrs. Gus Smith Mr.. Elmer
Renberger.