Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, May 19, 1910, Image 2
SOUTH GAINS"
Representation in Congress ns tke
^ Present Censns W3I Skew
LARGE INCREASE HERE
Each Southern Slate May Get an Adtional
Member in the Lower House
But Northern Republican Representatives
Will Oppose the Increase
Strenuously.
iA dispatch from Washington says
since estimated returns of the 13th
census, sent to Director Durand, Indicate
that in many of the States of
the South large gains have been
made la population since the last
census was made, ten years ago. Democrats
are beginning already to prepare
for the fight that Is almost certain
to be made against a larger representation
from that section.
These partial returns indicate that
In probably all of the States South
of the Masen and Dixon line the increase
in population since the last apportionment
was made will be sufficient
to permit of an additional
member of the lower house In each
of them, while In some of the Western
States the returns indicate that
the present number or Representaf'ves
will either be slightly reduced,
or at most no additional members
will be authorized.
This Is what will cause the trouble.
The Republicans will hate to
give up any of their present strength
and they would hate worse to Bee
It go Stouth, the home of the
Democrats, but they will be unable
to defeat a fair apportionment. Taking
the rule of progression, as stated
by Director Durand, a little figuring
will show what each of the States
should be entitled to receive In the
matter of Representatives in Congress
when the next apportionment is
made.
In 1830 the total number of members
of the House was 332, In 1890
It was 367, and In 1900 It was 391,
which is the number at this time.
What were the relative gains in population
during each of those periods?
In 1890 the population of the fortyfive
States then in the Union was
62,116,811; in 1900 it had increased
to 74,610,623 and at this time estimates
make it around 91,000.000.
In other words, from 1880 to JS90
the number of mcmneis in the House
was increased by twMity-li?e and
from 1890 to 19CG, thirty-four.
TkornfrirA if t ho mini In I inn dlnpp
1900 lias increased from 74,000,000
in round numbers to 91.000,000 ?
17,000,000?there should be approximately
forty new membeis admitted.
Where will they conn; from? Will
they come as representatives of the
big cities of New Yi-k Chicago,
Pittsburg, Philadelphia and HoRton,
where the tide of immigration for
ten years has been strong or will
they come from the more thinly settled
agricultural districts of the
South and West?
These are questions that Director
Durand admitted he was totally unable
to answer lntelligen'ly at this
time. Immigration will figure largely
In the final totals he said, and
there is little doubt that the larger
cities will make big gains, hence wil1
want more representatives in Congress.
Those familiar with legislative affairs
in Washington do not hesitate
to state that the Republicans in the
present Congress, among them Representatives
Bennett, of New York;
Crumpacker, of Ohio, and Keifer, of
Ohio, will make every possible efTort
to keep the Southern States from inp
rpn ain c thpip TVmnrrntir mpin)u>r.
ship in the House when the figures
are all in and when the time for reapportioning
the various States again
comes round.
Year by year the Congressmen
named have made a determined fight
against the present number of Representatives
from the South?their
claims being based on the theory that
inasmuch as discrimination is used
against the negroes and that in many
instances the election laws of the
country south of the Mason and Dixon
line are such that the negroes are
excluded that an exact representaproportion
not to the total of
proportion not to the the total of
population In those States, but according
to the registered voters wJio
exercise the elective privilege.
Such attempts have not yet been
successful and probably never will
be, so far as present conditions are
concerned, but that the fight o? last
year will be renewed when the question
of making another apportionment
comes up, is already well settled.
Makes Heady to Ftfflit,
/Peru is making active preparations
for war with Ecuador. Twenty-four
thousand soldiers are quartered in
the vicinity of Lima while ten thousand
more are stationed near the frontier.
Alma Kcllner Found.
lA special dispatch from London.
Ky., says that Alma Kellner of Louisville,
who wag kidnapped last winter,
was f. .und at tii a> -, K y . with a
THE NEW SEED LAW
RULES ADOPTED BY THE OFF1
CIALS OF THE STATE.
How (ho RochU Art Pmm4 by th
Goaorol Assembly Will Be Hi
forced.
Rules and regulation* for the ec
forcemeat of the seed Inspection ac
have been nrenared ?v the commit
sioner of agriculture and the directo
of the state experiment station. Th
following are the regulations as ar
nounced:
1. In addition to the sheep sorre
green and yellow fox tail, yello<
trefoil, chickweed, which are raer
tioned in section 4 of this act, th
seeds of crab grass, Johnson graft
paspalum, barn yard grass, chea
witch graBS, nutgrass and othe
sedges, lamium, lambsquarter, prick
ley lettuce, dock, wild carrot, peppe
grass, wild mustard, plaintain, wil
op ion, spurge, spiny stda, amaranti
pigweed, lady's thumb, hogweec
ragweed button weed, evening prim
rose, purslane, bind weed, Canad
thistle, Russian thistle and Beeds o
other weeds which may be added t
this 11st from time to time shal
be classed as impurities.
2. When inert matter such as de
scribed in section 5 of this act, i
present In Beeds in access of 3 0 pe
cent the nature and amounts of sucl
matters shall be stated on the labc
as specified in this act.
3. Any package of corn, cotton
oats, wheat, barley or other agricul
tural seeds which shall contain mor
than 5 per cent of another kind o
variety of agricultural or weed seei
than the one specified on the labe
shall be considered mixed seed anshall
be so labeled, giving the nam
and amount of each kind or variet
of seel that occutb in the mixture.
>4 Seeds shall be considered adul
terated wheR they contain we
see's, other agricultural seeds o
any seeds or materials which woul
not occur in other seeds in the n?
tural course of events. In such cat
es the conditions under which th
seed were grown will be conslderec
5. Seed shall be considered mil
branded when the label as prescril
e>d by the act does not give the coi
rect name of seed contained thereii
6. The germination power of a
seed sold in this state shall be sta
ed in the label, as specified in se<
tion 1 of the act. in per cent. N
seed shall be sold in the state whic
doeB not when placed under favoi
able conditions In the laboratory, gei
minate the per cent guaranteed o
the label.
7. Seeds sold for lsu.-n nnrnAc,
shall be labeled so as to sho
what kinds of seed occur in th
mixture and the percentage by welgt
and number of each. Such seed Bha
conform In purity and germinatlo
to the same standards set for othr
agricultural seeds.
8. Seed containing anthracnoe
of cotton, smut of corn, wheat, oat<
rice, barley, blue grass or othc
grasses, onions or sorghum, black re
of cabbage or turnips, black rot c
sweet potato, dry rot scab of Iris
potato anthracnose or bacteria
blight of beans, anthracnose o
wheat, oats or barley, shall be cor
sidered a communicable disease an
shall be considered impure and unfi
fbr seeding purposes, unless pre
viously treated so as to kill the cans
al organization of such disease with
out lnjoring the vitality of the see*
9. The object of this act is to con
trol the sale of seed and prevent thi
distribution of weeds and other pest
through seeds In this state. It 1
the purpose of those in authority ti
enforce the law so as to secure thi
best protection with the least hard
ship on any one concerned. Witl
this purpose in view the regulation
will be modified and ad?(ed to as oc
casion seems to demand.
WOMAN SHOOTS NKOKO.
When lie Advanced Upon Her Sh
Pulled Trigger.
'Mrs. Bertie Rhodes, of Granvill
County, N. C., shot and killed Jo
Klnton, colored, on Monday. Th
homicide took place fifty miles fror
Durham. Before the justice, Mn
Rhodes, member of a family com
posed of a Presbyterian minister, he
brother, a sister in charge of a Tea
as conservatory, testified that sk
had forbidden Kinton's driving acros
her lands and tha. when she agai
rebuked him he left his buggy an
came towards her. Then she loade
her shotgun and fired at him. Th
shooting took place 15 miles beloi
Oxford, near the Virginia line.
KILLS (lilt L III'. IX)VEIL
Shot Her Mother and Attempted t
Kill Himself.
At Schenectady, N. Y., becaus
Mrs. Josephine Liopiello refused t
consent to the marriage of her 16
year-old daughter, Angelina, to Lu
cane Milano, Milano pulled a revol
ver from hl3 pocket and shot the glr
through the temple, causing her al
most Instant death, shot the mothei
through the throat and ten, after i
futile attempt to cut his own throat
took poison. The mother and Mllan<
will recover.
,i, i i i rt
" CLAIMS THRONE
K in Wka Says He is tke Oldest Sea
fin*Edward, tke Ssveatk
* AND IS THE LEGAL KING
John George Guelph Tells a Strange
Story in New York, Kelattng to
r
e the Late King of England, and One
of His Karly Love Affairs.
1, John George Guelph, who claims
w to be eldest son of the late King Ed'*
ward VII, by a marriage which Queen
e Victoria made her son disavow, and
St therefore the rightful ruler of the
' Hritish Empire, was seen at 106 Monr
tague street in New York Tuesday,
miu uBiteu wiiiu ne intended to do
to gain the throne.
^ l"The prince," aB he Is still called
' by his wife and friends, although
' Edward VII, Is dead, displayed In
l" answer a cablegram he had just dlBa
patched to George V., at the palace
'* In London.
? '"This Is the best answer as to
" what my attitude will be," said he.
The cablegram read:
"Brooklyn, N. Y., U. S. A.,
8 "May 6th, 1910.
r "King George, London:
h "Words fall to express my grief.
1 You understand my position. 1 am
at the service of my country.
' "John George Guelph."
"But," said the reporter, puzzled,
e "how does that make your position
r clear?"
"You will notice," said the prince.
' "that I renounce none of my claims
in that cablegram. In fact, I assert
e my rights. My position in reality is
y that of King of England and Emperor
of the British Empire. George
knows that. He will understand
J what I mean. I do not lay myself at
r GAeorge's disposition, as a subject
^ might be expected to do, in that laBt
sentence. 1 do not offer George my
?~ services. I offer them to my coune
try."
' "The matter of the prince's sue
cession," said the princess, who was
pressent at the interview, "is with
r~ the people of Great Britain, and th*
' leading statesmen there. It is up to
" them."
f'But," it was pointed ou, "the cablegrnm
is addressed to King George,
? London.' It that not in itself an
acknowledgement that George is
r" King?"
r" "That means nothing," 6aid Prince
n t_i._ ... .
juun, except mat it was necessary
to address It in that manner to in,8
sure its delivery."
w The "prince" was very much broIe
ken with grief, and as he told Uie
11 tale of all that he has been made to
" suffer he frequently broke down and
n sobbed. He wore black, even to ?.he
>r necktie. And his grief seemed to D"
very genuine. He is a tall, well
ie built man of forty-nine, who looks
8* younger, and there is no doubt Uia'.
r he bears a great facial resemblance
to the English royal family.
"The princess, before the prince ar^
rived, told to the reporter an outline
L* of his story. The late king, she
said, while Prince of Whales, niarried
the daugter of an English peer
who Queen Victoria disapproved and
* forbade the public announcement of
the marriage. "Prince John" was
born. The peer's daughter was hustled
out of sight and never acknowl'
edged. But the marriage was never
annulled. "The Prince" went to
e India while very young. The'e he
s learned of his parentage and was of8
fered a title if he would go to Aus0
iralia and s'.athere, nbecause
e the rc^eptanc-* of the t' it, would bt
at the price of his mother's good
1 name, he refused it. He demanded
8 acknowledgement for her alBO. She
never received it and is now in the
Holy Hand as a missionary. Neither
lhe prince nor the princess would
tell who she le
"The Prince" Bays he had a great
p many letters from the late king acknowledging
him as his son.
"Will you make these letters pube
lie now?" he was asked,
e "If I am forced to do so," he rep
plied.
Just what his first step will be in
n the way of gaining the throne he
would not say. Matters of that kind,
'* so he said, cannot be done hastily,
r
WHITE CJIKL SAVED.
e
s Two Wlilte Women and Their Chlnn
d e?e Husbands Arrested.
d
At New York, under orders from
v the district attorney four habitues
of Chinatown were arrested in what
is described by Assistant District Attorney
Frank Moss as a new white
alava r?1 /vf f *"* ^ ' *
u.u,v ,uul. in vu? 01 me nouses visited
by detectives. Marcelle Feaure,
? a pretty 16-year-old white girl, w-hose
home is at Easton, Pa., was seined
and aent to the house of detention,
e The arreRts, as Mr. Moss said, foiled
0 a plot to take the girl into Chinatown
- after she had been lured there from
- her .home for that purpose. Two
- white women and thetr Chinese hus1
bands are the prisoners. Mr. Moss
- said he is confident no harm has yet
r come to the girl, as it was planned
i to introduce her slowly to the as,
pect of vice in Chinatown before the
) sale for fear she would become disgusted
and run away.
I
9
FOUND NOT GUILTY
JURY AOQU1T8 THE MAN A MOB
WANTED TO LYNCH.
Carried From Greeavill? to Spartambarf(
to Escape the Mob That Were
Olammorlnn for His Ufa.
Jesse Fuller, charged with the
murder of J. E. Llddell on Christmas
eve, at Greenville, was declared not
guilty by tue jury charged with his
ease after deliberations of two hours
Monday night at Greenville. Trial
of the case was begun Monday morn
ing and went to the Jury shortly after
six o'clock Monday night.
The principal witness for the state
was W. O. Stover, who claimed that
Fuller confessed to .him shortly after
the murder. It was on his allegation
that Fuller was arrested and
lodged in jail on Christmas day
Fuller gave a satisfactory account
of his whereabouts on Christmas eve,
which was corroborated by Joe Barker,
who claimed to have been with
him.
The acquittal is the subject of
much comment on the streets of
Greenville for it was only by the
strategy of tho sheriff's office that
Fuller was not lynched when implicated
by Stover. A mob formed in
front of the court house demanding
his life, but he was spirited away and
carried to Spartanburg, where he was
kept in jail for several weeks.
The murder of Liddell was one of
the most brutal ever enacted in the
city of Greenville and raised feeling
to a high pitch. Several persons are
still under suspicion.
SHOOTING SCKAl'K ON 8TKK*r
One Man Is Killed and Two Others
Are Wounded.
Because they r?t?.'ntei hi? attentions
to their sis ei, Edward and
Herbert Mercer engaged in a pist il
duel on the Vrvs of C >rd--l'.e.
Monday with Qrady Sn?:?ir:ov'. The
latter and William Benton, a bystander,
were probably fatally
wounded and Edward Mercer was
slightly wounded In the shoulder.
Following the visit of Sneilgrove
to Miss Mercer Sunday afternoon the
brothers made such strenuous o'c
jections that Snellgrove was forced
to make a hurried escape by means
of a second story window.
Sunday nijaht Snellgrove and the
girl's father discussed the affair and
it was thought that there would be
no further trouble, but as soon as
the younger men m?t. on the street
Monday revolvers were brought into
play.
CHEIU1KKK MAN DROWNED.
Efforts of Companions Failed to Save
the Unfortunate.
Information has just reached Gaffney
to the effect that C. Lipscomb,
J. R. Graham and George Thomason
were seining in a pond on Thicketty
Creek Tuesday. Lipscomb could not
swim and claimed the pond was not
beyond his depth. Recent high water
washed a deep hole where they
went beyond depth. Lipscomb and
Thomason both went down, and Graham.
in trying to save Lipscomb, narrowly
escaped drowning, ns Lipscomb
in a frenzy pulled him under. Seeing
he could not save him, Graham
managed to catch an overhanging
limb and get out, where he was joined
by Thompson, in exhausted state,
he claiming that Lipscomb and Graham.
struggling, sent him to the
bottom. Lipscomb's body was recovered
after a searth of three hours.
SHOOTS NEIGHBORS GUESTS.
| Suspicion of Theft of His Whiskey
Causes the Attack.
Armed with a repeating shotgun.
Arch Brown, aged 37 years, Monday
afternoon opened fire upon assembled
guests at the home of a neighbor,
four miles from Staunton, Va.,
killing two persons and wounding
two otberB. one of whom may die.
Perry Hoy, and a boy, named
Higgs. eight years old, are dead. Abe
Hoy, brother of Perry Hoy, was probably
fatally shot and the other shot
was the father of the Higgs boy.
.Browns wholesale shooting was a
result of his anger having heen
aroused by the belief that Abe Hoy
had stolen some whiskey with which
.-ivn ii iino ciiu uaifii 10 mm. iiro wn
went to St&unton after the shooting
and surrendered to the jailer.
MEET DEATH ON TRACK.
Run r<own by Coast Line Train at
Rocky Mount, X. C,
Roy Gainey and \Vi!l>er Devault.
two young men, were killed at Rocky
Mount, N. C.. late Saturday night by
an Atlantic Coast Line train. These
young men left Clinton recently to
seek employment and were working
in a cotton mill at Rocky 'Mount.
They met death in avoiding one
train at a crossing by stepping onto
another track, when th?y were run
down by an incoming train, which
t.hey did not h-ar on account of the
rumble of the first train. Their parents
live in Clinton and were appraised
of the sad news. ,
THE COTTON TARE ACT '
SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE IT
AT EARLY DATE. *
A Dectiloa That Will Be of Great
Intercut to tlie Farmers of the
State.
The State Supreme Court has been ,
asked to pass upon the constitutionality
of the Cotton Tare Act, which
was enacted at the last session of the
Legislature. A warrant has been
sworn out against W. G. Mullins, a
cotton buyer of Columbia charging
him with violation of the Act. It
is thought that this is purely a t<>st
case. The suit is of vital importance (
to all cotton farmers. The act is ,
as follows.
"Section 1. That from and after
the approval of this Act it shall be (
nnlo u*f i.l f~- - - =
?? .i*r. iui iwi unj (ivibuii, iinil or
corporation engaged in the business
of buying cotton in thiB State aB (
principal or agent to deduct any sum j
for bagging and tieB for the weight |
or price of any bale of cotton when
the weight of the bagging and tics
does not exceed 6 per cent, of the i
gross weight of such bale of cotton. |
In the event that the weight of the j
bagging and teis exceeds sixty per ;
cent of the gross weight of such bales j
of cotton only the excess over the j
said 6 per cent may be deducted. i
"Section 2. For each and every (
violation of this Act the offender <
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and i
shall be fined in the sum of not less i
than $5 nor more than $25. or im- i
prisonment not less than ten days l
nor more than thirty days. Provided,
this Act shall not apply to what i
in trade is known as round bales |
and bales of cottou which weigh Icbs <
than 300 pounds." The act was ap- <
proved on February 25, of this year. ]
lit is claimed that $1,800,000 is i
the amount involved in the test case \
that will be brought before the Su- <
preme Court Monday on habeas cor- ,
pus proceedings, in connection with ,
the alleged violation of the Cotton ]
Tare Act, which makes this caBe assume
tremendous proportions in this j
State. Heretofore the amount of |
tare allowed on cotton was 20 pounds 1
to the bale. But under the enactment
of 1910 the 6 per cent that j
would be allowed, if the Act is de- i
clared constitutional, wonld mean 30
pounds to each 500-pound bale, a
difference of 10 pounds to the bale. |
The Columbia correspondent of (
The News and Courier wants to know
who will pay this difference? Why
the 'armers have been charged tare
all the time. A tare of six pounds
per hundred on all American cotton
is deducted in Liverpool when ,
the price of our cotton is fixed, and
of course the farmer loses this. Now
If a Klurnf I " -I~ 1 1-_ - "
.4 ? uujci <11 VyViiuuium fVllUl'tlB Ull
ten more pounds for tare the farmer ,
is being robbed of just ten pounds
of cotton, as the six pounds tare on (
each hundred pounds of his cotton t
has already been deducted when the ]
price is fixed in Liverpool, where the |
price of our cotton is always fixed
that being the market in which wV
sell the surplus of our cotton cop.
This is an old question, and it. (
should be familiar to all farmers
and cotton buyers. Should a farmer
put as much as 4SO pounds lint
cotton in a bale and put on that
bale only 20 pound of bagging and t
ties he is giving away ten pounds of ,
lint cotton, as he is eredited by the ^
Liverpool fixers of the price of our
cotton with only 4 70 pounds of lint c
cotton in all bales weighing 500
pounds. The farmer is not paid for
the bagging and ties, as many sup- c
pose. For every hundred pounds s
of cotton he sells six pounds is de- s
ducted to pay for the bagging and n
ties he puts on it. c
On what ground any buyer should ?
deduct ten pounds of cotton from a
bale of five hundred pounds or any 1
other weight bale is a mystery to r
us. It would be a clean steal of i
just that much cotton from the farm- 1
er, unless there is a defect in the 1
packing of the bale in some way.
The farmer who puts more than 47 0
i")unus 01 cotton in a ,r?0() pound bah'
is simply giving away the excess he j
puts in over that amount. The haggling
and tleB should make up the
thirty pounds needed to make the
bale weigh 500 pounds
We are satisfied that the supreme
court will uphold the act
as it simply protects the farmer in
his Just rights. The ten cent tare
that is involved in this decisioi
amounts to over a million dollars,
and we know of no reason why the
farmers should be buncoed out of
It. It is understood that the test
case is brought by a large Columbia
firm of cotton dealers, M. C. Heath
& Co., and W. G. Mulllns hns been
arrested on a warrant sworn out
charging him with violating the
Tare Act. The case will come up
Monday in the Supreme Court.
Ck?inmitte<l Suicide.
a..*-j ?_ m . - "
treat eu in iroiu or a mirrow in
his room, David Belinsky shot himself
In the head. He was employed
In Buffalo, N. Y., but a note gives
his place of residence as Boston, ll
Mass. r
g ^ + r
King George V, who succeeds his f
father to the throne of England, is {"
said to he a good man in the rela- l)
tions of life. c
rHEY LAND HARD
lillooa Fell Like Plummet of Lead U tke
Earth Witb Tw0 Men
BOTH ARE BADLY HURT
riie DarinK VojrnRerR Dfvamiikd la
a De?)laU\ Isolated IlrRion, Itemote
from Telegraph, After Making
n Flight of Four Hundred
Miles, Fndiiring Many Hardships.
After a thrilling flight of four
hundred miles, during which they ascended
to an altitude of 120.600 feet
and encountered two snowstorms. A.
Holland Forlx>s of ltrtar?,~
... .MOV|/vi i, VV/Unectlcut.
vice president of the Aero
Club of America and Y. C. Yates, of
New York, lost control of their balloon.
the Viking, Tuesday afternoo*
and descended with such precipitation
that both aeromauts were badlybruised
and the balloon partially
wrecked.
The balloon came to earth near
Center. Ky., a hamlet about 20 miles
from Horse Cave, and dropped the
linal one hundred feet of space like
i stone. The escape of t.he balloonIsts
from instant death was little
short of miraculous. A representaive
of the Associated Press visited
'.he injured balloonists at the farm
jf Tilden Itoston, where they were
removed after alighting, and found
aoth men suffering from severe
ruises and sprains, but not seriousy
injured.
Although confined to their beds
hey expect to be able to travel within
two or three days "We left
juincv, HI., at 6.55 o'clock Monday
^veiling," said Mr. Forbes. "We were
iioping to strike favorable air currents
from the west that might give
us a chance at the long distance re:ord.
We were carried in a semicircle,
however, passing over parts
af Illinois. Missouri, Indiana and
Kentucky.
Tuesday morning we encountered
Intense cold and a severe snow storm
at an altitude of 16.000 feet. On
Tuesday afternoon, at an altitude of
16,000 feet, we ran Into another
snow storm. Shortly afterwards wo
shot up to 20,000 feet. From that
time on the cold was so intense
that we became benumbed and half
stupid and gradually lost power to
control the balloon.
I cannot tell what the altitude was
but just before we made our final
drop, an x-ffort to k>t out gae by
the valve had not succeeded in bringing
us to the ground as fast as wo
desired. Finally, I decided to ubo
the rip cord before we lost consciousness
entirely. In some manner, yet
unexplained the cord did its work
entirely too well and ripped the bag
almost from top to bottom. The
descent was terrific, and I judge for
? ? --? -i
.ooi. uuuurcii it;ei iihtp wan very
little gas left in the balloon, as it
fell like a stone."
Al'TO FX)I'M) IN ALLKV.
Suspected to be the Machine that
Killed Woman.
An automobile with bloodstains on
he wheels found abandoned in an
illey at Chicago Thursday is beieved
to l?e the machi"' which caus:d
the death of .Mrs. Albert Itehr on
donday night.
Mrs. iBehr, and her husband, a
arjienter, were about to cross the
itreet when the car is said to have
iwerve?d into Mrs. Ibhr, who was
ilmost decapitated. The chaufTeur
lid not 6top, it is reported, and disippeared
quickly into Lincoln park.
A police captain whose son is beieved
to have been one of the five
nen in the car, is active in conducing
the investigation. Three saloonceepers
and the driver are said to
lave been the other occupants.
A FANATIC CAIiliKI) DOWN.
If Said That No Virtuous Woman
Would Attend Dance.
R. L. Page, Jr., who edits a weeky
paper at Quitman, Mass., several
lays since had a scathing editorial
ipon a dance of prominent society
'oik there, in whieh he called the
lancing "public hugging," and intinated
that no virtuous woman would
ndulge in such practices. Page has
>een out of the city for several days,
le returned Wednesday morning,
vas met by a group of prominent
itizens, forced to eat a clipping of
he editorial, and was then taken in
narge by a constantly increasing
rowd. Page managed to escape his
issailants and started to running, ap>arently
making good his escape, alhough
many threats had heen made
is to what his fat** would be. ^
Finds ills Life.
J. 'Vf. Powers, a w^iite man who
las been running a merry-go-round
icar Ten Mile Hill for the past few
nonths, and who recently opened a
reak animal show in Charleston,
ouiniitted suicide Monday afternoon
y draining a two-ounce bottle of
arbolic acid.