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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-27

The longer live the more convinced
I am that breakfast Is the real cause Of
more domestic friction than can be
accounted for by mere incompatibility
Of temper 1t is not in Edman nature
to be amiable in the early morning.
The patriarchal system by which four
or five different branches Of a family
live under one roof could not possibly
continue abroad were the various fam.
lilies obliged to submit to the breakfast
test. Your father-inlaw, your mother.
in-law, your brother-in-law and his
wife, your sisterin-law and her hus.
band contemplated over dish OF
poached eggs in the early morning
would be impossible, but by midday
we have buried our savage instincts,
assumed once more the Christian vir-
tues and are prepared to face the world
of relationS-in-law with resignation
and perhaps even the semblance Of
apprecia tion.-A Countess on English
Customs.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-27
r L. CALDWELL,
NOT AIRY PUBLIC,
Office With J. c. Cross, Kaufman Block,
Telephone Ill. Aberdeen;
THE SINGING BULLET.
II You Hear 1t WIKI, You May Ne
Sure 1t Won't hit You.

Sure 1t Won't hit You.
"Dont be afraid of bullet that
you've heard whistle" said an old sol
der. "If it sings in your ear nest as
sured that 1t will never harm you. II
Is a fact, as any old soldier will tell
you, that you never hear the bullet
which hits you. 1t is problem Of
'windage,' as the boys in the army call.
ed it. In other words, the bullet which
you hear sing has already sped past
you and the bullet which hits you has
Missed in the ear of some other fellow
in passing before it got to you. 1t Is a
simple proposition, after all. The sing.
ing of the bullet is the atmospheric vi.
bration which is created and the resist.
ance which the air offers to the prog.
ress Of tie bullet. This cannot be de.
tected by the ear until the bullet has
crossed parallel line with the ear. II
may sail over your head or whiz close
to the ground, but if it passes you at
all the ear will catch the sound Of its
fight. To the soldier of many battles
knows that he need have no dread OF
the bullet that sings in his ears. 1t is
the bullet that he does not hear that
must be feared. and it Is this bullet
which always brings harm to him. No
soldier ever heard the bullet which in
nicted a wound on im."-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-27
ANTI-CLEVELAND PROTEST.

The papers have been telling what a
strong Cleveland sentiment there was
in Pennsylvania. The democratic coun-
ty committee OF Lancaster county, rem
svlvania, met early this month ana
unanimously passed the following reso-
lutions:
"Resolyed, That we condemn the at
tempt of the so.called reorganizers, who,
with the aid OF republican newspapers
are trying to boom the nomination OF a
candidate who is repugnant to vast
majority OF the democratic party: ana II
is our opinion that no members OF the
party who believes in the principles laid
down by Jefferson and Jackson and Is
loval to the best traditions OF tie party
IAN favor such movement
This does not look much like Cleve'
land landslide. When the voters speak
it will be found that the reorganizers
are far less numerous than the trust
ridden metropolitan papers would make
it appear.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-27
A SIMPLE REMEDY.

A Washington dispatch announces
that Mr.. Roosevelt has called upon
number OF federal Judges handling suits
brought under the Sherman antitrust
law as to the best methods to be pur-
sued by the bureau OF corporations in
gathering information relative to the
trusts. 1t will occur to great many
people that Mr.. Roosevelt is going to
great deal OF trouble to discover meth
cd that is readily at hand. The first
section OF the Sherman antitrust law
provides for criminal prosecution. The
injunction method is merely incidental.
Mr.. Roosevelt has not undertaken to en-
force the criminal clause nor has he ex-
planned his failure to do so. Rich and
influential men are not afraid OF in
functions. They do, however, fear pris-
on bars. This tact is shown in the re-
cent and several prosecutions OF rich
and powerful men because OF corruption
in municipal politics. In the presence
of fearless prosecutors like Joseph W.
Folk OF It. Louis, the rich corruptonst
trembles and in the presence OF the
criminal clause OF the Sherman anti
trust law, backed by vigorous prosecu-
tor, the most powerful OF the trust mag
mates would tremble. Ii Mr.. Roosevelt
is sincere on the trust question, let him
enforce the chief feature of the Sher-
man antitrust law.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-27
ON THE BORDERLAND.

The Chicago Tribune, a republican
paper, while contending that no evidence
has yet been produced that Perry 5.
Heath "has committed and criminal
act" admits that lit is sufficiently es-
tablished that he ran constantly on the
borderand OF outlawry." And then the
Tribune says: "The irregularities in
the postofice Department under his
administration were constant and de-
liberate. He knew all about them. He
sanctioned them. He instigated them.
He wished to violate the civil service
rules by making appointments in an
irregular and unlawful manner, and he
did it. He behaved as representative
of the lowest type of political spokesman.
This is not the worst about Mr.. Perry
Heath. His tenure of office in the
postoffice department was marked by
ECandalOuS cOn0uct from beginning 10
end. More than any other Official in
Washington he seems to be responsible
for the frauds in the Cuban postal ser.
vice." This being true, why should
MIR. Roosevelt hesitate to direct the
arrest and prosecution of the secretary
of the republican national COM
mittee? Can it be possible that
the Roosevelt administration in
tends to confne its proceedings against
small politicians who were without i'm.
portant influence? 1t would, to be sure,
be unfair to convict Mr.. Heath on the
charges preferred against him without
fair and thorough investigation, but ii
half that has been charged is true, Mr..
Heath should be proceeded against just
as would be done in The case OF an unin-
f1uential man against whom serious
&C ..usations were made.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-27

The Rev. DR.. Latham A. Crandall, a
Baptist clergyman of Chicago, let
Whit OF fresh air, religiously speaking,
into the theological department Of the
Chicago University, when delivering a
lecture to the divinity students there
last week. His subject was Success
in the Ministery," and he didn't advise
either the emotional feasts OF so.called
revivals or deferential hob. nobbing with
rich pietists. On the contrary, DR..
Crandall spoke OF "soul- saving" as a
fad word which sis connected with so
much gush, drivel and repetition that it
has bee ome offensive" He did not
mean by this that the saving OF souls is
not a religious work; for he explained
that it is the ultimate aim OF the Christ
ian church. What he meant was that
the "soul saving which consists merely
in making converts is not soul saving in
any true sense. The essence CT his idea
he put into this pregnant sentence {:
1.-THE curse Of Christianity today is the
refusal OF Christian people to be Christ.
ians." 1t is not the making Of converts,
but their vitalization that saves souls.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-27
Something Wrong.

An Australian auctioneer who was
reputed to have more education than
professional ability was endeavoring to
sell some cattle to an audience of farm
hands. Gentlemen" he began, II have
particularly nice lot of heifers and
bullocks, and l may say that the heif-
ers predominant"
He was interrupted by very agri-
cultural voice from the crowd. Il
thort there was something wrong with
EN-" it said, cor you wouldn't have 10
SELL en-"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-27

Judge Siebecker, according to ,rres-
pondent for the Boston Post has display
ed Solomon.like wisdom in at least
one OF his decis ions. According to the
Post story, two men recently appeared
before Judge Siebecker. One was a
butcher, who claimed that the defend
ant owed him ten dollars for meat bill.
The defendant, strickingly thin and
gaunt figure denied the bill Statements
and counter statements followed each
other with great rapidity. The lie was
passed, but the constable interviewed.
"When was this meat purchased which
you sold the defendant" asked the
Judge During the past four weeks,
your Honor" declared the butcher.
Then | decide this case in favor Of the
defendant" remarked the Judge, de-
liberately, as he scrutinized the emaciat-
ed figure before him. His appearance
indicates that he has not eaten $40
worth OF meat in his lifetime"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-27
One ParticulRr REASON.

"My dear" said Mrs. Cawker to her
daughter, when you are at Mrs. Cum
SOS this afternoon l hope you won't
think of repeating that bit Of gossip
about Mrs. Gilfoyle that Mrs. Fosdck
told us this afternoon"
why, mammal"
"Well, because it would be ungener-
Gus and unkind, and | don't think Mrs.
Gilfoyle would like it told, and, besides.
I want to tell it to Mrs. Cumso myself"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-27
A FAMILIAR RING.

The Chicago Tribune, republican
paper, says: "The London Times has
received advices OF the annexation by
Great Britain OF three small uninhab-
tied islands near Pitcairn island, in
Guiding Ducie island, which has safe
harbor. Mr.. Simons, the British consul
at Tahiti, it is stated, regarded the is-
land as valuable in view of the prospect
of the completion OF the Panama canal,
and fearing that France would annex
them, he did not wait for instructions,
but had the islands taken ove"," etc.
'The words have familiar ring" In
other words, the Tribune means to say
that there is small difference between
the preliminaries of imperialism on the
part OF Great Britain and imperialism
on the part OF the United States. What
ever explanation may be advanced for
the steps taken, "the words have a
familiar ring"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-27

An instructive puzzle is presented in
fable form by the publication known as
"Smart Set" Here it is: An Ameri-
can heiress was wooed by foreign
prince, who urgently besought her to
become his wife. In order to trust the
sincerity OF Lis love she asked; "M i'll
you still marry me il | give all my
money away for charity and become as
poor as YOURSELF" The prince consider
ed awhile and then responded eyes,
provided you will still marry me + |
renounce my title and become a plain,
republican person like yourself. Query
Did she agree 10 his proposition?
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-07-27

Mrs. NJ. A. JolIey, Noble, o. T.,
writes 81 have used Herbine for a
number OF years and can oheeifully rec
ommend it as the most perfect liver
medicine, ana the greatest blood purifier
1t is medicine Of positive merit, and
fully accom- pishes all that is claimed
sor it," Malaria cannot find a Judgment
in the system while the liver is in pet
feet order. for one OF its functions is to
prevent the absorption OF fever produc-
ing posons. Herbne is most efficient
& Co.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
A GREAT GRAIN FIRM
GOES TO THE WALL.
Eppinger & Co. Have Failed at San
Francisco.

San Francisco, June 6.-Eppinger &
Co. of this city, one of the largest
grain dealing firms in the United
States, went to the wall to-day.
The crash came suddenly, and for a
time threatened to completely upset
the local grain market. AS it was, the
failure caused d big bobbing of prices
on the exchange. and wrought up such
excitement as has not been witnessed
on the floor of the exchange for many
years.
1t is thought that the losses of the
firm will run up into the millions,
while the London, Paris and American
Bank, the money house with which it
deals, will also, it is said, suffer heav-
lily.
Henry Ach, attorney for Eppinger &
Co., said
AT a meeting of creditors held in
my office, it was shown by the books
of the firm that the liabilities were in
the neighborhood of $1,350,000. The as
sets, consisting principally of lands,
wheat and general personal property,
are placed at S700,000 Nearly all of the
creditors are partially or wholly Sc
cured
The firm was short on large
amount of wheat. Heavy demands
from banks were the immediate cause
of the crash.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
LIST OF FATALITIES
MAY GO AS HIGH AS $50.
People Were Left Clinging to
Branches of Trees mt Clifton.

People Were Left CIinging to
Branches of Trees mt Clifton.
Spartanburg. S. c., June $50 Many
wires are down and communication of
all sorts is so thoroughly demoralized
that it is impossible to form any den-
mite calculation of the loss of life in
to-day's cloudburst and the resultant
floods. The mortality list may go to
$50, but the more conservative estimates
place it somewhere around forty or
fifty.
The total property loss in the entire
section laidwaste by the storm Is ike
ly to aggregate 100000.
The loss at Pacolet is fixed at ST.
900 900, summarized as follows: Minis
No. l and No 2, demolished; 2S,OOO
spindles a wreck; $500 bales OF cotton
500 900 worth of cloth goods in COM
pany's' store damaged grist mill, cot
ton gin, postoffice, shoe shop, black
smith shop, dental office, livery stable
and Presbyterian Church, all washed
away.
AT Clifton, the Converse min, with
81 900 spindles, has entirely gone. Inc
Clifton mill, with $1,000 spindies, is
half washed away. The Dexter mill.
With 3O,UUO SplnuieS, Is pIoOapiy mail
ruined. All. these belong to the CHIFFON
Manufacturing Company.
More than 500 people are homeless
and 1000 out of employment.
There was no wind, and no damage
by lightning, only by water. This fell
in veritable torrents, covering the sur
face of the earth into a sheer lake OF
raging water. Rivers overlooked their
banks to nights never before known;
creeks became rivers, and small rivu-
lets roaring torrents, wiping out every
thing in their course. Railroad bridges
were torn from stone and iron piers,
cotton mills were crushed like straws
before the flood, and grist mills and
innumerable smaller industries and
cottages were washed away by the an
CRY waters.
At a late hour tonight scores OF
people were clinging to the branches of
trees at Clifton and could not he
reached. Unless help comes to them
soon ii Is feared that many Will 1al
into the water and drown.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
ROOSEVELT WANTS
TO PLY THE PROBE.
He, Too, Is Looking for More of
Payne's Pay Dirt.

He, Too, Is Looking for More of
Payne's Pay Dirt.
Washington. June 6.-President
Roosevelt fully approves the action of
the postof1ce officials in pressing the
investigation of the departments af-
fairs 1t is his intention that the in
vestigation shall be sweeping and
thorough and that every charge prop
erly vouched for shall be probed to the
bottom.
The situation in the Postoffice De-
partment was considered in it's general
phases at the meeting of the cabinet
to-day, but Postmaster General Payne
did not go fully into details. This aft
ernoon, however, the President and
Mr.. Payne had q long conference, DUR
ing which they considered the situa-
tion in the department at length. 1t
it said the President expressed to Mr..
Payne his desire that the investigation
now being made. should be made as
searching as the ingenuity of the Of
ticials could make it, and should be
pursued until the department has been
purged of even the suspicion of dis
honesty.
Mr.. Payne to-day dismissed Thomas
W. McGregor and c. Ellsworth, the
rural free delivery clerks arrested yes
terday.
Mr. Machen's statement yesterday
that George E. Lorenz of Ohio, was
his partner in mining enterprises is
confirmed by articles of Incorporation
in the possession of the postal author
tiles of the National Capital Copper
Mining Company. corporation organ
lied at Alexandria, Va. August w.
Machen is president. and a number of
postoffice officials are directors. 1t has
been alleged that the stock of this
company was sold to employees of the
PoStoffice Department
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07

ported by a thick brick wall. is still
standing, but is very shaky and may
collapse at any time The boiler room
is gone, but the smokestack is yet
standing.
The dam at No. mill is intact. All
the machinery in this mill is ruined.
At Glendale four warehouses, filled
with cotton and cotton products, were
swept away, along with the dam across
Lawson's Fork, and the trestle of the
City Electric Railway. The mill at
Glendale was not materially damaged
The Damage mt Converse.
At Converse the main building of the
Clifton factory collapsed. and the wa
ter rose until the second floor of the
mill was four feet deep-forty or fifty
feet above the ordinary water mark.
The Converse mill is utterly de-
molished, nothing standing except the
picker room building, which is badly
wrecked.
The Clifton mill No. also lost its
machine shop, engine room and smoke
stack.
President Twichell could not estimate
the loss tonight. He has not been able
yet to visit the ruins of the plants.
The Whitney mills on Lawson's Fork
were damaged by the heavy rise of the
water, and some houses and a steel
bridge at that point were swept away.
At the Tucapau mills the water rose
to the second floor of the building and
considerably damaged the machinery.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
THIS WAS ANOTHER
BLOW TO GAINESVILLE.

Gainesville, Ca, June 6.-The de-
struction of the Pacolet Mills at Paco-
let, S. c., comes as an additional blow
to Gainesville as the same corpora
ton owned the two mills which suf-
fered in Mondays tornado at this
place.
1t is not known what effect the de-
struction of the Pacolet, S. c., mills
will have upon the rebuilding of the
Gainesville mills. Pacolet mill No. 4,
New Holland, will continue without in
terruption, but the Gainesville mill may
not be reconstructed at once. The
opinion is current among some, how
ever, that the company will not re-
build at Pacolet, S. c., but will center
all of it's future endeavors at New
Holland and Gainesville.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07

and the water power was at one stroke
ruined.
Fled From the Waters.
The operatives had gathered to their
work before the waters rose. They
suspected nothing till the water reach
ed the first floor Then hurried exits
were made. and the people crowded on
a hill which, fortunately, was conven-
lent From that point they saw Mill
No. l crumhle and then collapse with
mighty crash. the yellow water dye
ing the cotton yet on the spindles.
The flood encroached upon the town,
and finally new Presbyterian Church
that cost $4,000, fell. and was carried
away. One by one, a hotel, blacksmith
shop and small stores followed.
At O'Clock mill No became a to-
tai wreck, and about the same time
the great warehouses, with the valua-
BILE contents succumbed to the
strength of the current. In these ware
houses were 1900 bales of finished
cloth and 1868 bales of cotton were
swept into the food and borne towards
the sea. The third mill was left stand
ing, but with its lower floors wrecked.
The damage at Pacolet cannot be far
from 100000.
River Rose Forty Feet.
The rise in the river at Pacolet was
forty feet. Thousands of excited peo
pie lined the banks all the afternoon.
Il I, ic bo4 If
Worthy, a negro. He was working in
his cotton field when the water cut off
escape. and he was drowned.
The water is now coming towards
Columbia and is expected to submerge
the Columbia and Greenville road to-
morrow. This is the only one of four
roads now leading into Spartanburg
that is open.
There has been vast damage else
where, particularly on the Tiger and
Enoree rivers in Greenville county
sapphire Dam Burst.
In Pennsylvania county, North Caro-
lima, a company of Westerners damned
a valley and made lake ten miles
long. They were warned of the dan
ger. This morning Sapphire lake dam
broke, and it's waters are rushing
through Greensville and Pickens coun-
ties.
At Greers, on Tiger river. there is six
feet of water in the Arlington mill.
The Southern Railroad bridge has
been washed away at Greers and at
and crossing of the Enoree.
The Seneca river bridge was carried
miles down.
At last accounts the water from Lake
Sapphire was causing the Enoree to
rise at the rate of five feet an hour.
The power dam. where power is sup
piled to the city of Anderson and to
cotton mills, is in danger
The Governor tonight issued a call
to the people to help the sufferers in
the Piedmont
The loss to crops is exceedingly great
1t is raining tonight.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-07
THEY KICK ON RATES
GEORGIA FRUIT GROWERS MAKE
AN APPEAL
TO INTERSTATE COMMISSION.
THEY WANT THE RATES TO THE
EAST REDUCED.

roads of the Peach Belt and Their
Northern Connections Are Named
ns Defendants in the Complaint.
Rates to Eastern Points One-Third
higher Per Mile Than to the West.
ComDIaint Is Also Made Against
tho minimum Carload Lots Allowed
by the Roads.
washington, June 6.-The Georgia
Peach Growers Association, with prin-
ciual officers in Macon, to-day filed a
complaint with the Interstate Com
nerce Commission that the present
high railroad rates on fruit shipments
to Northern and Eastern markets Will
practically destroy the peach business.
The complaint names the following
roads as defendants:
The Atlantic Coast Line, Central OF
Georgia. Seaboard Air Line, Southern,
Atlanta and West Point, Georgia South
ern and Florida, the Georgia Railroad
Company, Western and Atlantic, Ma
con. Dublin and Savannah, Pennsyl-
vania, New York, New Haven and
Hartford and Baltimore and Ohio.
Most of the Peaches Go East.
The complaint alleges that the rates
10 Eastern points are approximately
one-third higher per mile than to
Western points; that three-fourths of
the cars of peaches now go East on
account of the larger markets there,
and 1t is claimed, therefore, that the
actual expense per car to the railroads
should be less than to Western points.
The complaint says:
IAN other sections of the United
states are put on a parity with Geor-
gia. regardless of distance, and we in
sist that if the railroads can haul
fruit these great distances at Georgia
rates that with our more favored local
tiles we should receive approximately
the same rates per mile as these other
sections. We ask that the rate from
Macon to New York be reduced to the
same rate per mile as from Macon to
Western points"
Do Not Like the Minimum.
The complaint alleges that the min
imum carload weight of 10000 pounds
on cars thirty-six feet long or under
and 1880 pounds on cars over SO feet
ard not exceeding forty feet is too high
and compels the shipper to load five
tiers high, and the top tier is usually
damaged by the excessive loading; that
the standard crates used by the COM
plainants in their shipments are billed
at an estimated weight which exceeds
the actual weight by eight pounds.
Reduction of rates is asked on ship
ments from Georgia to New York and
New England points on parity per
mile with rates to Western points.