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noon. The meeting, while not as large,
was one Of the best in point Of interest
and intelligent preparation. The next
lesson is Act III of Othello, with cur
rent events and quotations.; and the
next meeting will be held with the
director, Mrs. R. T. Stephenson, No
vember 5th. at $3.50 o'clock. Those
present were Mrs. O'Leary, Miss Annis
O'Leary, Mrs. S. M. McNeel, Mrs. w.
H. Herndon, Mrs. R. T. Stephenson,
Miss Rose Lindsay, Miss Daniel, Miss
de Loach, Miss Allison, Miss Nicely,
Miss Whisonant, Miss Stokes, Miss
Clawson, Miss Alma Walker, and Miss
Kennedy, a welcome new member.
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tory when you will fail to find sim
gle conviction of any man for shooting
an Editor. The State and counsel fol
same was satisfied with the Vedict
otherwise the state could have gone
to the appeal courts, the Masses have
accepted the verdict as fair but seem.
ingly the press wants more blood
which can be found by walking in the
foot prints of N. G. Gonzales, Mr.. Con-
zales was an able man, but unfortu-
nately he made great mistake by
abusing the liberty Of his press, the
courts have sustained the defendant
by which all law biding citizens should
be satisfied, If I was an Editor and moi
satisfied with the Defendants acquit-
tai and had the grit to follow my pen
would certainly invite the Defendan,
to Entertain me beyond the Georgia
lines which would be more patriotic
to my fellowman than to sit In my
sanctum and abuse him with my pen
In Extending this invitation mention
above I would say to my Bro Editor
If / should prove the unfortunate one
in the affair not to call it Murder bu,
suicide by the abuse of liberty with
the. wrong man, now, Mr.. Editor with
the kindest Of feelings toward all Edi-
tors will you kindly give this note room
in your paper and ask the columbia
state to copy same am not hunting 9
contriversy but will assure the press
that any commments made the same
will be answered politely.
Very Truly yours,
w. 1. RIsINGER.
Lexington, S. C.,-10-21st, 1908.
In justification of the statement that
the jury was composed Of ignorant
men the reader is invited to note thai
this man says the prosecution was sat-
isfied with the verdict because no ap.
peal was taken to the supreme court
Every citizen intelligent enough to SIT
on a jury knows that the state has nc
appeal in criminal cases, the defend
ant only enjoying that privilege. Prob
ably this jury found Tillman not gull.
ty thinking that If their judgment was
an error the: supreme court would cor
rect it.
This Juror tells what he would dc
if he was an editor. He does not hap
pen to be an editor, to the good for.
tune Of the newspaper profession. He
also confuses us by referring to the
Annals eof. History" We havexbeer
unable to find copy Of that publ.
cation, but have no doubt that this
juror knows more about history thar
we do, so we will take his word for it
We print his communication cheerful
ly and if it will make the public think
any more of him and his II colleagues
they are welcome to the service
Spartanburg Journal.
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LEADING Canadians are talking OF
actually seeding from the British en-
pire because of the award Of the Alas
kan boundary commission. The Uni
ted States hardly needs to annex the
whole of Canada just now; but if moth
ing else will do the matter can be set
tied on that basis.
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DEFENSE OF THE VERDICT.
A Lexington Juror Writes an Interest
ina Letter.

ing Letter.
The following has been received from
one of the celebrated Lexington jurors,
one of the men who think it all right
to assassinate an unarmed and unsus-
pecting man five months after cause
for anger had been given and after he
had been throw off his guard:
Spartanburg Journal, Spartanburg. So.
Ca.
Sir--I have read your article in the
columbia state which was an insult to
Every Juryman who sits on the Till
man case, not only an insult to that
body of men. but to the Judges who
was concerned in the case. you are
following in the steps OF the decease
Editor. abusing your liberty l wish
to be polite in this matter and show
more wisdom than you did in writing
up the Lexington court that tried
James H. Tilrnan. To make my letter
brief, | refer you to the annals Of His
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The itorkrille enquirer.
YORKVILLE, s. c.:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1903.

THE action Of Great Britain IN CIV
ing UP the Canadian claims to Alaskan
territory may be taken as indicative
of the fact that she is really and truly
solicitous of the good will of the United
States.
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Cheese Corporation.

Columbia State, Thursday: A COM
mission was issued yesterday to the
corporators Of an industry practically
unknown in South Carolina. The Wal
halla cheese factory will be capitalized
at $500. The petitioners are: B. r.
Moss, J. P. Reese, G.. R. D. Burns, w.
A. Strother and r. T. Janyes, all Of
Walhalla- 80,
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Mrs. T. W. Speck and Misses Iva and
Gladys Withers spent yesterday In the
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Keller were in the
city yesterday.
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CHURCH OF THE GOOD
SHEPHERD.

REV. J. c. JoHNEs, RECTOR.
SUNDAY SERv1cEs-Morning services
at II a. m. Sunday school at 4 o'clock
p. IN. Evening services at s. o'clock.
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BAPTIST.

REV. W. e. HURT, PASTOR.
SUNDAY SERvIcEs-Sunday: school in
the morning at 10 o'clock. Services
each second and fourth Sunday at II
o'clock in the morning and 7.30 o'clock
in the evening.
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AT THE CHURCHES.
ASSOCIATE REFORMED.
Sunday school at 4 o'clock p. m.
METHODIST EPIscoPA

13sk3>4 IhC1t1OD4o4 LIZ 4oSS1 AL.
REV. J. L. STOKES, D. D., PASTOR.
SUNDAY SERvIcEs-Morning services
at II o'clock. Sunday school in the
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. In the even
ing at 7.30, there will be an address
by Mrs. E. S. Herbert, organizer Of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Work.
ers Of South Carolina.
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PRESBYTERIAN.
!. NEVILLE, PASTOR.

REV. W. G. NEVILLE, PASTOR.
SUNDAY SERv1cEs-Morning services
ut II o'clock Sunday school in the
afternoon at 4 o'clock. No evening
service.
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Ghe porkuille Cotton @arket.
Corrected Semi. Weekly by Messr
Latta Bros.

YoRKvILLE, October %, IL m.-The
ocal market stands as follows:
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29

lavatory. There; lis an .eightinch base
at the floor and wood cornice atsthe5
ceiling. The stairs aresColonial In de.
sign, with turned newell post and bal.
listers. The one large living room has
many advantages E the two small
ones that are usually foundsln house,
OF this size. The kitchen and pantry
open from the end OF the roomBthat Isl
used as q dining room. The other end
has 9 fireplace, with a mantelso OF Colo
NAL design; a built-in bookcase sndi &
comfortable window seat. AT the side
OF the room next to the veranda there
are twc Misunderstanding to the floor
Which opensto the veranda. This room
has a ypaneled vainscot about four feet
SIX inches high and a wood cornice at
the ceiling
The woodwork of the reception hall
and living room Is painted ivory white
and the floors are soft green The
walls and ceiling of the reception hall
are left a rough sand finish and kal.
somined a gold color. The walls OF
the living room are covered with
cream colored cartridge paper. The
pantry contains dressers, closets, sink,
ice chest, etc. The kitchen is fitted
up in the usual way, with range, sink,
kettle closet, etc. It is arranged In
such a manner that the alcove con.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
The Peerless Watermelon.

The northern-bred man puts salt on
his watermelon, thereby exciting the
risibles of the southerner. He puts
Q n his cantaloupe, causing more
laughter. He eats butter ons5his rad
ishes, which is enough to make a calf
weep. He eats .sgrits" with sugar and
cream, which would knock a country
mar silly. The watermelon is the
most beautiful fruit4in natures garden.
1t should not be touched with knife or.
fork. Lettuce is not nearly so sensi-
tive to the metallic contact. Hold it
three feet from a sheet spread on the
floor and let it drop. If in perfect con
dition for eating it will break into
edible portions. Bite off the mouth
fuIs, Or place them in the buccal cavity
with the fingers. Save the rind. 1t
makes the finest preserves and pickle
of all earthly products. The seeds
boiled make a diuretic that is unap-
proachable. AS a diet drink the liquid
is far superior to q geIatinized haxseedi
tea.-New York Press.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
ARRgRA1U4 Tzdp1oYFD mM.
AID nrE. GUuE III TESruJY
on kADInAcTT0TTY

t|ILNSErFa Lgt -stH y EE 49,.
which surrounds tt-that is, there is
no %perceptible -ariation when the air
that surrounds 1t is 80 degrees or that
Of 312 degrees, when It becomes
liquid air.
If radium is immersed in liquid
hydrogen, which is the greatest cold
yet prcdnced, 1t begins to emit more
neat instead of being cooled, as n
would naturally expect. These expert
ments, however, have failed to indi-
cate in the slightest degree how RAJ
dunn can maintain its constant heat
giving powers; it has been suggested
that radioactive matter obtained its
power Of absorbing heat and then
giving it out just as pebble en-
bedded in a piece Of ice and heated
by the suns rays would cause the
ice closest to it to melt.
Prof. j. ]. Thomson has calculated
that the electric charge in the radium
atoms would by their. disruption sup
ply the amount OF energy it radiates
for 10000 years before its internal en-
ergy was completely used up. And all
this energy In the form of heat is pro-
duced without anything burning, with
out any change in its chemical com
position and Without its molecular OF
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29

atomic structure being altered in any
way.
Yet with all It's inexplicable proper.
ties and mysterious actions radium is
not to be regarded as a supernormal
element or that perpetual motion has
been obtained, for radium can be OBJ.
tanned by the usual method of chemi.
cal analysis, forming salts and acids
as do other and better known sub.
stances, and its atomic weight has
been determined as accurately as
some of the other rarer elements, all
of which shows that it is Of the earth
earthly.
One of the methods applied by the
Curies to detect the presence Of
radium o other substances having
radioactive properties is by means Of
an e~lectroscope. The apparatus is
shown above. This method is based
on the fact that radlum emanations
make the air in proximity to it a con.
ductor of electricity. The radio.
active substance to be determined is
placed on the metal plate B; the
second plate A being placed above the
plate B, which is charged electrically
by the battery P, which is connected
to earth at T; the plate A is also con.
nected to the earth through the switch
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29

RkHHEE TEF
Radium. the new substance that is
now calling forth the greatest syste-
matted efforts by the most brilliant
scientific investigators both here and
abroad, is rapidly unfolding new prop
critics that seemingly defy the laws of
nature, astound the senses and mys-
tify the human mind. Only a fortnight
has elapsed since a new property Of
radium was discovered by Prof. Curie.
In the New York Herald of recent date
~ described how radium has been
found to emit heat and maintain a
Temperature of three degrees higher
than the air which surrounds 1t.
It was over this statement of Curie
that the eminent body of scientists
who have been working on the prob
lem of heat emission Of radium be-
came divided into two factions-those
on the one hand maintaining the truth.
of the assertion and those on the other
that the statement was "irreconcilable
in virtue of the established laws of
the conservation Of energy.
But now it has been c~onclusively
demonstrated by Prof. Curie that radi-
um5not only possesses this remarkable
property, but that its rate of heat
emission remains unchanged regard
less OF the temperature of the element
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
MARRIED in ENGINE CAB.
EIoping Couple United While on a
EIyinu Locomotive.
CHEF GEEK

Eioping Couple United While on a
Flying Locomotive.
An clipping couple in Tennessee
married a few days ago in mi
Of the strangest places yet recorded
as the scene of a wedding. Mr. w. A.
Cagill and Miss S. A. Lyle Of Knox
vile. finding their parents obdurate,
determined to run away and boarded
a train o the Knoxville and Augusta
railway. Meeting a friend on the train.
they confided their plight to him. He
told them that the fireman on the 10
connective. T. Hodge, was q Justice
Of the peace. The fireman was inter
viewed atthe first stop and consented
to tie the knot at the next station.
The young people fastened to the 10
connective and climbed into the cab
where the freman-magistrate, all
gimy and greasy and attired in his
.snveralls, stood on the foot-plate and
spoke the few words necessary to
marry them. Then the bride and
groom ran back to their car, the whis-
tie blew and they r off or their
honeymoon.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
A Plague Of Mosquitoes.

A correspondent from Sioux Falls,
s. D., tells this story. He says: For
a few hours an evening or two ago.
the residents of Toronto, S. d., had
reason to believe a section Of New
Jersey had temporarily been moved
to South Dakota. Without the slight
est warning a dense cloud of mosqui-
toes settled over the town, and for a
brief period were practically in com
plete possession. There were billions
Of the insects, and they fairly swarm
ed about the electric lights and in
front OF every building from which
a. light shone through the doors and
windows. Great numbers of the pests
We're destroyed by men and boys light
ing newspapers and burning them.
The next morning the Sidewalks were
covered with dead mosquitoes.'
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
NOT UP ON THE FAsHioNs.
Society Man Was Surprised at High.

Society Man Was Surprised at High
Wayman's Ignorance
George Davis, al member of one Of
Baltinore's OLD families, and one cf the
lshers at the wedding OF the Earl Of.
Yarmouth and Miss Alice Thaw at
Plttsburg last spring, has recently
been visiting in Denver. He was re-
turning to his hotel from a dinner par
ty when he was held up by footpads.
They went through his pockets and
were much disappointed at the results
-35 cents.
Where is your watch" demanded,
me of the robbers, gruffly.
my watch" exclaimed Davis. with
his highly cultivated English accent.
Don't you know, my dear fellow, that
1t is beastly bad form to wear watch
with evening clothes. You cannot be
up on the fashions
Go on with yer fashions drawled
the robber. give us them pearl
studs" Taking Them roughly out Of
his immaculate shirt front they went
their way.-New York Times.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
SEEING Electricity,

The phenomena Of electric dis
charges in vacuum tubes give the
nearest approach to seeing electricity
t,at#are likely to be made. The
streams Of corpuscles propelled along
the tubes suggested to Crookes In 1870
the idea of q fourth state Of matter,
and these corpuscles-smaller than
atoms and the same In ali kinds Of
gases-were named electrons by Ston-
ey, and have come to be regarded as
the electric parts of all atoms, or even
as making up matter itself. When
torn from its groups Or from matter
the eleatron travels with d speed com
parable to that of light, "A body
charged With electricity, il at ssst, pre-
serts the phenomena of5 elactrostatics;
if in motion. those of electricity and
magnetism: In acceleration Or
change Of motion, those of light and
radiation generally.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29

tanning the sink and the range may be
screened off and the remaining space
used as a small dining room. The
stairs leading from the kitchen to the.
second landing of the main stairs are
especially convenient, making it pos.
sible for those working in the kitchen
to get to The attic without passing
through the hall. The stairway to the
cellar opens out of this room. There
is a wainscot of matched and beaded
boards about five feet high around the
room. The wall above the wainscot
Is covered with a washable paper.
The second story has three well.
lighted and well-ventilated bedrooms,
with an ample amount of closet space
for each, a linen closet and a bathroom
which also has a large closet. The
bathroom has q wainscot five feet high
OF cement marked off and enameled to
represent tiles
There is a stairway leading from the
second story hall to the attic. The
tito has provisions for a large room,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
MAsNoT MUCH To
Simple De~seripticaAsf Honaees Lament.
able pecease.

sGsssyN aG apiG
Private John Allen IL Responsible
Tor thissone.
Last year there we're q number Of
claims for damages brought against
one eofs the railroads IN Mississippi ~,
the farmers in q certalnsconnty ofathat
state These claims arose out Of the
TACT that many hogs had been killed,
BY the trainsaof the railroads In cues
ton. A mixed commission was formed
81 srailroad men and others to deter.
mine the equity OF these claims
Asnong others questioned BY this COM
mission was an old darby who claimed
70 have been an eyewitness Of the an
utilization OF one hog.
Said the Chairman Of the commits
sion to zeph:
TELL us. in as few words as pos
sible, how this hog was killed.
Old zeph shifted a. huge cud Of to-
|bacco from N cheek to- the other.
cleared his throat. and then replied:
well, sah," saidshe, as nearly as I
kin make It out, it was dis way: De
train footed and den TUX him!n
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
LIE E1RISTEAE1scqzE.

eg.EE t4a@GERr EEhlArt4EL
g. In this way the two plates are op.
positeiy charged with electricity to a
high degree, which is registered by the
electro-meter at E. In this way radio.
active substances may be detected and
determined, and it is said that this;
method is q thousand times more SEN
sitiye than Spectrum analysis and a
million times sensitive than
chemical analysis.
There are otner bodies capable Of
emitting heat radiations, such as polo
mum. actinium and thorium, and at
the present writing it seems clear that
some of our theories relating to
physics will have to be very greatly
modified if not indeed rewritten.-A.
Frederick Collins in New York Her
aid.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
81 TO Half Cents Jzzsf Redeenned.
NeariI 100000 sS1iH O~nss1andin6

b treasurer Of the United States
ON s'r May I, 1908, redeemed two half
sssss piece Til SIS IS the Hrst ttiiIns III
the history oftthe country any such
coins have been presented for redemp-
ton. It is mor than \ century since
the hrst half cent piece was coined
and 1T is nearly fifty years since the
government discontinued minting
them. 81 s
@a60ssiplyssnothone nersonAina Asthou.
sandsnow living IN the United States
ever yes saw 9 half cent piece.
The last annual report OF the direc-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
Dust Treatment Successful.

Several roads in the environs OF
Paris were tarred last year to combat
the dust evil. The Inspector General
OF Roads and Bridges went over them
recently, and found them in excellent
condition. During his tour of inspec-
ton a number Of automobiles tarred
some roads to demonstrate the facility
of the operation. The cost is less than
l cent per square metre Cess than two
squire YARDS, and the road thus
treated is said to retain its surface Il.
most4indeinitely.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
An unanswerabIe conundrum.

IL}7Tf'' sN''' Abtls .F-
The thoughtful querist was thought
full, and so they knew there was
trouble ahead.
why is II, he asked at length,
that a woman who has trotted her
daughter all over Europe in an effort
to marry her to what she considers an
eligible mana woman who has de-
voted her whole time and her whole
mind to throwing. out nets-will weep
bitter tears at the altar when her eff
forts are crowned with ucces and
she a disposed Of her daughter in ac-
cordance with the plans she has made
and has struggled SO hard to carry
out?"
But no one felt competent to answer
the question.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
FLIGHT Of sirds.

The fact that day birds become noe
turnal at migration time, uttering
notes used on no other occasionsin the
year; that they fly at a speed beyond
their ordinary powers, and at nights
beyond their ordinary haunts, leads
DIR. Gatke to believe that they pos
sess in their powers Of flight and soar
ing some principle not employed on
any other occasion. and hitherto not
taken into account by ~naturalists.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
lFHIuh Speed EIectric car

One hundred miles an hour is the
speed which the Aurora, EIgin ana
Chicago Electric Railroad Company
expects to make this fall In a test
run. motor car equipped with a
special gear is being manufactured.
The result Of the test is counted upon
to demonstrate as never before the
possibility of electric railroad traffic.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29
Juvenile Crime Decreases.

Juvenile crime in France has de
creased by 80 per cent among boys
and AZ per cent among girls since
1881.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29

shaft OF the mptoYAby depressing keys
labeled Fl, and 81 y, 10 move the car.
riage to the right or Left TouchingsAS
slide on the LETT side. q the machins
makes the carriage stopsany number
of spaces rom heVend OF the Inns at0s
start paragraph. When the carriage
is moved to theTight to start new
line q small lever, striking an inclined
track, ~traverses the incline to- the top
and gives theaaplatena turn to space
the sheet Of paper for the new line.
The hiking Of the type wheel il done
by q small feltroiier suspended ia the
path which the wheel is compelled
travel IL mailing it's impression, and
there are the@uYual number OF car
riage adjustments for space, marginal
and tabulating stops.
g. @. Blickensderfer of Stamford,
Conn, Is the inventor.
S----4--- %S
New Agricultural Combination.
With all his reapers, binders, NOW.
ers,drain drills and other farm ma
chinery andsa modern electric plant to
furnish power for them, the VI hand
implements will continue to be used
on the farm. But IL the inventor can.
not succeed In disposing Of these i'm.
plements entirely, he has come to the
conclusion that he can at least com.
bile the two In such a manner as to
make nj handle serve for both, and
also shape the teeth of the raka so
that they will intermesh and form the
hoe. How this has been accomplished
can best be understood BY studying,
the drawing, where the combination Ia.
shown In both its forms. The handle
is provided with a triangular clampins
head, with t~humbscrews which hold
the two sections Of the implement in
either position. When placed end to
end, with the teeth projecting in the
same direction, a fairly respectable
rake is produced while to form a hoe
the two sections are meshed together,
the teeth OF n entering the slots ot
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-10-29

the other and forming a smooth sur.
lace, with the lower edge sharpened
to cut weeds and till the soil after
the manner OF an ordinary hoe.
Alan G. Miller of Newark. N. j. Is
The inventor.