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TOM L. JOHNSON DEAD. Notable Clevelander Has Fought His Last Fight.-Long and Active Career. Cleveland, Ohio, April 10.-Tom L. Johnosn, twice congressman from the Twenty-first Ohio district, four tlires mayor of Cleveland, champion of three-cent street railway fares and prominent advocate of the single tax tkeories of the late Henry George, died in his apartments at 8.45 o''lock tonight, after a long illness. Death was caused by cirrhosis of the liver. He was 57 years old. Mi. Johnson had been ill for more than a year, but his condition was not thought serious until he sufferred a relapse Ma;ph 15. Saturday night, March 11, he attended a banquet of the Nisi Prius club, an organization of Cleveland lawyers. He remained until 2 a. m. Sunday and when he r., turned to his home he complained of not feeling well. Took to His Bed. The following Wednesday he was - obliged to go to bed. From that day to the time of his death his condi tion was grave, though several times he made seemingly impossible rallies. Despite the fact that he realized he did not have long to live, the former inayor was cheerful and optimistic almost to the last. Tom L. Johnson, from the time he entered the offices of a Louisville street railway company as a boy of 15 until his defeat for a fifth term as mayor of Cleveland, on November 2, 1909, was ever in the centre of some storm, political or financial. And he often said, it was thus that he en joyed himself best. Consolidated Street Railways. Mr. Johnson was born in George town, Ky., July 18, 1854. In the eight les he came to Cleveland and became interested in the street car systems here and assisted in a partial consol idation of them. In 1891 he was elect ed to congress, serving two terms as as a "single taxer." When he was defeated for a tlird term he went to New York, dispo'ing of his street car interests in Cleveland and acquiring Control of the Nassau street railway line. While engaged in business in Cleve land, he acquired control of the De troit car lines and it 'was then that he first pr<oposed three cent fares. Citizens of Detroit, however, rejected his proposition and he retired from Detroit. Elected Mayor. In 1900 he sold his Brooklyn Trac tion line. He returned to Cleveland in 1901 and was elected mayor of Cleveland on a platform which prom ised three,.cent car fares. After a fight~ with the street car company, which lasted until 1908, and through four elections, in each of which heA~tvas triumphant, the Cleveland Traction lines passed into the hands of the Municipal Traction company. After six months trial of operation * at three cents, thae people at a refer endum election voted out the fran chise and the municipal company passed into the hands of a receiver, where it remained until February, 1910. One more attempt was made by~ Mayor Johnson to secure the passage of the three cent grants, but his pro posals were ejected at an ele3ction held August 3, 1909. Defeated At Polls. His own defeat rollowed three months later and on January 1, 1910, he surrendered the reins of office to the present, mayor. Two months later three cent fare was established, the! result of Mr. Johnson's efforts. In 1903, while Mr. Johnson was mayor, he was nominated for govern or by the Democrats of Ohio but was unsuccessful at the election. Crushed both in health and spirit after his defeat by Mayor Baehr, thy former mayor went abroad. He had hoped to regain his health, but came home no better. Last gummer he spent in a cottage on Nantucket Island. When he returned to C eve land in the autumn he appeared to be recovering. However, he was soon .confined to his home again and left it but a few times. Besides his wife, Mr. Johnson is. survived by one son and a daughter. Furneral arrangements had not been completed late tonight, but the burial probably will be in Greenwood ceme t-ery, Brooklyn, N. Y., where Mr. John son had long owned a lot beside the one in which Henry George is buried. It is said Mr. Johnson accompanied Mr. George, when the latter purchas ed his burial lot and obtained the ad joining one. Damaging Evidence. Chicago Tribune. Mr. Rambo (next morning)--Nani cy, I was perfectly sober when I ca:m home last night, wasn't I? Mrs. Ramnbo-I thing so, Absalom; still, I thought it was a little queer that you asked me what I'd done with the newspaper that had Widrow Woonson'seecmh in it. 2 INDICTED FOR FIRE HORROR Owners of Triangle Waist Company Criminal Court.-ianslaughter is Charged. New York, April 11.-Isaac Har ris and Max Blanck, owners of the Triangle Waist company, were indict ed this afternoon by the grand jury which is investigating jhe circum stances of the Washington Place fire of March 25, as a result of which 145 employes of the company lost their lives. The indictments, four in number, charge each man with manslaughter In the first and second degrees, the maximum penalty for which is 20 and 10 years' imprisonment, respectively. Harris and Blanck were arrested at their homes, arraigned, and after en tering pleas of not guilty, were re leased under $25,000 bail. The indictments charge that the defendants are responsible for the death of Rosie Grasso and Margaret Schwarz, whose charred bodies were found on the ninth floor of the burned building. Rosie Grasso was 16 years old; Margaret Schwarz was 22. The district attorney expects to prove the girls tried the doors on the ninth floor in an effort to escape, but that it was locked. A charred piece of the door in question, with the bolt shot, was shown to the grand jury, as well as a part of the burned stairway. A few minutes afterward the indictments were returned. Other indictments may follow when the grand jury resumes its investigations next week. While the grand jury was engaged in preferring the indictment, a spe cial benefit matinee for the aid of sufferers from the fire was held at the Metropolitan opera house, under the auspices of. the Association of The atrical Managers of Greater New York. The sum of $8,350 was real ized to swell the relief fund. SHOT AS FRIENDS HOLD HIM. L. H. Hilton, of Sylvania, Ga., Killed by C. E. Lee, Planter-Latter Willing to Give Up. Savannah, Ga., April 10.-Escaping unharmed though three loads from a repeating shotgun had been sent at himn, C. E. Lee, a planter of this county, this afternoon sent three pis tol bullets into the breast of L. H. Hilton, president of the Screven County bank, member of Sylvania city ccuncil and one of the wealthiest and most prominent men of this county, Hilton wa~ eead in five min Hilton, armed with 'his shotgun, approached Lee on the street and be gan firing. Friends disarmed and held him after he fired three times, and then Lee walked up and sent three bullets into his foe. Lee ec caped 'but telephoned the sheriff he was ready to sLrrender. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WINTHOP NOTES. * * -- * * By Gillette Schuinupert. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * At the reunion of. former Winthrop students held in Columbia on March 25th, all classes were .represented, as well as all counties ekcept Dillon. More applications for admission to the college have bheen received than ever before. It is to be regretted that only about half of the applicants can be admitted, on account of lack of dormitory room. In the near future ouTletins show ing the courses to be given in the summer school held at Winthrop wil] be issued. At the State Teachers' association Winthrop college was represented by Er-. D. 2. Johnson, Dr. Kinard, Prof. Coker, and Misses Grant, South, Mac feat, and Pope. Invitations 'have been issued to the reception given by the juniors to the seniors on the evening of April 17. This event is looked forward to by girls all thr,ough their college course And as this reception is to be differ ent from all others by being given in the open air, it is looked forward tc with more pleasure than ever. Winthrop College, April 3, 1911. * * * * * * * * * * * CLEMSON COLLEGE. * * By Sam P. Bowles. * * * * * * * * * * * The first ball game of the seasor wa,s played on the campus bdtweer the University of Georgia ana CIem son on March 27th. D)espite the fac: that the weather was disagreeam e large crowd saw the gamev. Both teams did good work, and Clemsor put up a hard fiht but was defeated by the score of 5 to 2. The followins afternoon the see-d em of the eor ies was played and Clemson was de feated afain by t' ~1' ~ t~ 0 Clemson played Erskine March 31 and April 1st, Clemson winning bota games. The score of the first game was 2 to 1 and of the second 8 to 3 in favor of Clemson. The contract for the new dairy building has been awarded to D. M. Jordan, of Greenville. Excavations are now in progress, and work on the building will start in about two weeks. The building will be situated about 300 yards south of the agricul tural hall, on the site formerly occu pied by Cap. Lewis' residence. Thirteen students and two profes sors represented the Clemson College Sunday school at the State Sunday School convention which was held at Spartanburg last week. *** * * * *: * *~ * * * * * * * A CHICO-LET. * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * Booze Hunter: Hold there black boy Have you any booze? B.T.. Yes, sir; yes sir, much as you may choose. Where do you keep it, What kind of place, What does it smell like, How does it taste? B. T.: Now look ahere bobs man Ain't gwine ter tell Nuff d,at I got it Hid out ter sell, Hits made outer. con-juice, And some other things, First dar is potash And bumble bee stings, Den comes de essence 'Er rattle snake spit An rosum and copris Stewed long wid it De way dat hit goes sir Mose breaks my heart 5 cents worf er gregiencies Don't make but a quart. How does I sell it? Now look a-here boss Dollin in-a-half, sir, An half er dats loss T. G. stands for Williams An C. G. spells Blease I ne'er thing erbout 'em Don't ratlin my knees. Dey's shore fer ter git you, Dey's boff got "good eyes." En shore as dey catch me You listen fer lies I'll swear' I hain't seed you An don't know your name An I ain't done nothin' ITer fetch on dat blame, Hunter: Now, look a-here nigger That's lingo enough; Here's the kaboodle SBring on your stuff; And be in a hurry. .You mull-headed coon And canter long back here 10 minutes 'fore soon. Yes boss! yes, sir; I'en mose run ter deff I like-ter not made it Hit's de lass ones dats leff. Ginmme de money I gin yer de stuff Bliged ter you bose, sir You shore got enough. (Three hours later.) Magistrate: From what the "sop" says, sir; *says, sir; And all I can see Is one ,mxonth on the roads Or two 10's and a V. H. He:r First Attempt. Boston Transcript. Mr. Youngbride-This coffee, my love, is -er Mrs. Younigbride-I know, it is not very good, dear, but I've boiled it over half an hour and the kernels haven't melted one bit. NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. In consideration of a sufficiently signed petition from the voters and freeholders of school district No. 58. known as Silverstreet school district. asking for an election to vote a special two mills tax to be used for school purposes, in said district, the election for the said purpose above named is school house of said <hstrict, conduct hereby ordered to be held at the ed by the trustees of the district as managers, on the 7th day of April, 1911, beginning at 8 o'clock a. in., and closing at 4 p. mn., a registration cer tificate and poll tax receipt being necessary to vote in this election. All voters favoring the tax will vote "yes," against the tax "no." J. S. Wheeler, S. J. Derrick, E. 0. Counts. County Board of Education. FOR YOUR HAIR. Here Are Facts We Want You to Prove At Our Risk. When the roots of the hair are en tirely dead and the pores of the scalp are glazed over, we do not believe that anything can restore hair growth. 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" In consideration -of a sufficiently signed petition from the voters and free holders of School District No. 14, County of Newberry, State of South Carolina, known as Prosperity School District, asking for an election, in ac cordance with an act of the general assembly of the State of South Caro lina, approved on the 14th day-of Feb ruary, 1911, to decide the question of issuing coupon bonds to the amount of three thousand dollars ($3000.00) if so much be necessary, paya1ble in five ~years and bearing interest at not ex ceeding the rate of six per cent. per annum, payable annually. IThe said bonds or the proceeds of the sale thereof, together with any funds in hand of county treasurer, to be applied to the payment and retire ment of outstanding bonds of said School District. IThe election for the said purpose above named is hereby ordered to be held at the town hall iL Prosperity, S. C., in said School District, on the 18th day of April, 1911, l4gnning at 8 tax receipt being necessary to vote in this election. Tih following named perso-ns are o'clock a. mn. and closing at 4 o'clock p. m. A registration certificate and poll hereby appointed to conduct said elc ion: E. W. Werts, W. T. Gibson and 3. H. Boozer. All voters in favor cf new bonds vote "yes," against new bonds vote "n. Geo. Y. Hunter, J. L. Wise, I R. T. Pugh, Tru+stee ofShool District No. 14. Hand P I will sell you a Painted Pin at Also Ladies' 11' cent per Inch, qive you F 1 each Belt a BELT BUCI !r1 Mayes' Bo THE HOUISE OF A TI fit IF- TI Cori Every mai that he ca he ce to se] or c ' out a itwil Goodyear VWeitI So e. $3.00 $35-$4.00.' Soul $2.60 owes its rep -to the fine comfort anc You nev< snappier sh greater con Shoe will gi you'll say 3 wearing qua your town a i me CRADI * * . ** L~IIjj'~ I"i forgot to tell you to bring some sugar." 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