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The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
BRADLEY CLUB.
DesItge Friends Of the Senator Spring
His Boom for Congress
FOLK ENDORSED FOR GOVERNOR
by OLD OBSERVER

The friends of Juo. l.. Bradley
met ut the Woodman Hall, Des.
iogc, last Saturday, and organized
Bradley Club, with Il. j. Hub.
bard president, and John Phillips
secretary aud treasurer The
meeting was called to order by
rommjttccman Sullivan, and .Jo-
scph Folk was endorsed for Gov
'tnor. The purpose of the Bradley
Club is TO boom the Senator for
Congress ReaIi2ing that such a
move should he started at the home
Of Mr.. Bradley, 400 of his Lead
Belt friends have essayed to pre-.
sent his claims.
Mr.. Bradley has not announced
his candidacy, but in this case the
office should seek the man. Hon.
Ed. Robb will have an opponent
coming directly from the people.
The Club issued an address and or
dered another meeting for Wcdnes.
day evening, August Ia.
THE ADDRESS.
It hl, been necessary in the conl-
mouwcalth of Missouri to know a man
before he can he named for any Office
Of honor or trust. Corruption has
been SO rampant among politicians and
flee holders that the people have lost
confidence in their public servants, and
now come to demand that only men
who are honest tried and true be
ilaccd on the ticket Besides their
integrity, men must be doers 1t is
yidcnl from the record OF Congress
man Robb that he has outlivcd his
isefulness to this district, hence he
Iughi to be and will be succeeded by
some one who will accomplish some
thing Tor his people. Judging from
the nature Of Senator Bradley aud his
Legislative record, wc bolicvc that he is
the proper man TO liit the mantle from
Congressman Robb. Bradley is man
from the people and is for the people.
As to the laboring man, Bradley
is the spirit Of the cight-hour law
lie is responsible for the first eight
hour law ever enacted in the State,
and has been chiefly instrumental in
getting that law enforced. lie is
author of the two weeks pay bill aud
thirty. day pay law Tor railroads. lie
wrote the law compelling railroads to
carry stock shippers free OF charge.
lie is the spirit in the initiative and
referendum, and introduced the anti
trust baking powder bill. Space is
90 shor. to ring IN the numerous
bills beneficial to the masses that
Mr.. Bradley has succeeded in bringing
| tDDuls W INV udo NJ ihobt uoHct
either as a state or national legislator?
Echo answers the same. Bradley
has worked faithfully for the people
for six years and has received moth
ing. Ed Robb has held one place
eight years and has done nothing,
aud has received $4,000, Is it just
Is it right? Give Bradley II lift.
The aborcr is worthy of his hire.
Pay him by sending him TO Congress.
bradley will do something for the
people and will be heard from for his
manly efforts and good achievements.
Let us have change. Bradley is
the man. All lovers of good govern
meut, honest industrious legislators,
join in the Bradley move, and lei US
hoop him up
| Desloce Aug ], 1908
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
Charity.

The Rev. DR.. CoDaty, X. C..
bishop, Washington, District Of
Columbia. Charity comes from
God and depends on him. It sees
God in the poor, the needy, the
afflicted and the outcast. 1t recog.
nizes that there are no GLASSES OF
races, but one common brother
hood
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
Judaism.

Rabbi Hirsch, Chicago, H.: Is
Judaism a religion' 1t is not in
manner of belief nor in manner of
salvation, the Jewish conscious
ness is the unifier of Israel--the
inspiration to the belief that Israel
has a mission. Historical respon-
sibility is the keynote of the jew.
ish people.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
Loving Kindness OF God.

The Rev. G. Crawford, Metho-
dist, Akron, Ohio; The Jews
believed fully IN the loving kind
ness of God that all that was
holy and noble was in him. This
is the belief that always draws
quick response from human beings.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
No Fellowship.

The Rev. DR.. Wood, Methodist,
Pittsburg, Pa; The house of
God has no fellowship with the
temple OF Baul. 1t must not be
turned into a playhouse, although
by such methods we attract crowds.
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REV. J. [. ALSW0RTH DROWNED
Went Bathing Alone Last Wednesday
Afternoon and Has Not Been
Seen Since.
BODY HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED

Rev. j. l.. Alsworth, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church at
Cape Girardeau and former pastor
of the church in Pennington, was
drowned while bathing in the river
Mt that place last Wednesday af-
ternoon. Every effort has been
made to recover the body but as
yet all search has been in vain.
The last seen of Rev. Alsworth
was about 3 p. m. Wednesday af
ternoon, when, says the Cape Cir
ardeau Progress, lie came dow n
the steps from his Office in the
Houck building and in meeting 7.
IC. Young, asked him, Do you
ever indulge2' meaning a bath in
the river, and he started out for
that pleasure. as he was .of an ath =
letic nature, "A good swimmer and
inclined 10 be daring in athletic
sports generally, being accustomed
to them in college life, and also
being blessed with robust phys
ique. He chose IL very trcacher.
Gus spot south Of the city, II short
distance below what is called
Milltown" " Al that particular
place are some saw logs in the
form of n small raft, tied to the
bank, which cause II strong current
to form just above them and dash
everything down in front of them
to be forced against them and per
haps underneath, and it may pass
on or lodge against the cmbank-
ment or other drift. The eight
feet logs are pressing against the
bank on one side aud at the other
side is water over II mans head,
and the raft is some thirty yards
long The whole lot is fastened
by means Of large rope, made
fast to II small tree about IL steps
above, at which place the unfor-
tnnate mnn entered the water,
hanging part of his clothes on the
rope, where this writer found them.
as carefully arranged us for the
night at home; the hose lying
across the shoes, the hat over the
cuffs, umbrella against a bush,
aud the underclothing spread out
on bush, the cake of soup lying
on n scrap of paper near the water.
The soap had been used and
wrapped up again.
Mrs. Alsworth never made
known his absence until about IL
o'clock Wednesday night, thinking
he was suddenly called out for the
evening, aud had sent her word
which she had failed to receive.
1t being prayer meeting night she
then concluded he was detained by
n business session, until her anxiety
caused her to go to the church and
ascertain. if possible, something
about him. But no tidings could
he learned of the able, popular pas
tor VINO had already met an awfu
calamity for himself as well ms fol
his church, his deeply grieved wifi,
and two small children.
The news of his drowning
spread rapidly over the Cape ant
the expression of sorrow was gen
eral, as he was ll.liked by tn,
people of all classes, and he wa
generally honored by large congre
cations. 1t will be difficult to iint
another to occupy that pulpit a
ably as he did.
The search at the river was en-
gagged in in different ways by nu'
merous citizens all day Thursda,
aud Friday and a reward has beer
offered for the recovery of hi
body"
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
Like Christ.

The Rev. DR.. Gunniscn, Uni
versalist, Canton, n. Y: To be
a Christian today is to be like
Christ; it used to be to know
something about him. BE good
and communicate it; that is
Christianity.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
Church OF God.

The Rev. X. b. Upper, Baptist,
Philadelphia, Pa: The Church
of God" is the Bible name, and it
were well il it might he borne by
all that claim to be New Testament
churches.
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A Fact.

The Rev. r. A. Jacobs, Evange-
list. Brooklyn. N. Y: The re-
ligion of the Lord Jesus Christ is
fact and can be demonstrated
only to the man who accepts Him
as his master.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

Richard Dawson and Lloyd Hark-
ley, two boys Of Frisco, Stoddard
county, were toolishly pointing guns
at each other on the 26th nit. when
the gun in the hands Of Dawson was
discharged and killed Harkley. Didn't
know Il was loaded, as II that wore
any excuse for such antics.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

stick with him in the Roosevelt
White House pIayroom
At last the time comes for Wood
to he moving The best of friends
must some time tire Of each other 5
company. SO it is arranged for
Wood to 60 TO the Philippines,
there, in the due course Of cNrrdl.
tlouS arrangement. to be military
chlcftalu of the archipelago Now,
having been made major general,
with abomlnablr injustice pre-.
icred above officers Of stainless
record to whom the country is IN
debt, he is placed in line to ont.
rank the oldest and best generals
in the urmy-tO hc commander Of
them all. Men who have been Illr.
time soldiers, trained At the United
States military academy, educated
IN the service schools and winning
honors in those higher schools Of
responsibility of camp, field, cam.
paigu and battle, who never wrre
found wanting IN amy hour OF dan.
r
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

Before this letter is read by the
good people oi this country the
statute Of limitations will have run,
and Mr.. Perry :. Heath. Secretary
of the Republican National Com
mittrr and former first assistant
Postmaster General, and the Lord
knows how many more. will be free
from danger of indictment on nc.
count of anything that may have
come out Of the present iuvnstiga
ton of Post Office Department rot p
tenncsS. II is the general belief
here among the people who are in
the know. - that Perry Heath was
one OF the first men spotted hy
Brlstow, and enough crookednrss
found to bring him to the bar of
Justice. II also is believed that
llama then went to see the presi-
dent and "A deal Was made whereby
Heath ; scalp was saved aud the
party saved the humiliation and
degradation of seeing its Secretary
Of It's national committee dragged
before the bar of Justice for hood
ling. On the last day of July,
however, the statute of limitations
allows Heath aud all others who
are now in the clutches of the law
and who quitlthc department three
years ago, TO breath freely and
give the people the hOarse hoot. "
Thus do some people 90 Unwhipprd
of justice and the people never will
know who are in order to chastise
them at the ballot box should they
ever ask for Office in future. The
President has now demanded of
BrlStow that he get through with
investigation by the first of Sep.
tcmbcr. In other words, the thing
must be out of the way before Con.
gress convenes, aud any man who
is not caught by that time will go
free Until there is change of
administration the people never
will know how mrch was stolen by
the postal gang.
CHARLES 4. EDWARDS.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-09-16
Denth Of Mrs. BrGsEey Moore.

Mrs. Dora Moore, wife OF Mr..
n. +. Moore, formerly of this
place, but for the past few months
OF Charleston, died in hospital
in that city last Friday mornm 9
from the effects of an operation
which was performed on Sunday
previous. She had been suffering
intensely from the effects of an
injury by being thrown from a
buggN by a runaway horse sew
eral years ago, and her ply siGans
finally determined that an opera
tiOn was necessary to save her
life. She was the daughter of
NJ. r. J. Flynn Of the New Cut
section, an excellent lady, highly
esteemed by all who knew her.
Only a few months ago she left
Lancaster, a love- ~, happy bride
with elated hopes and pleasant
anticipptions, to make her home
in Charleston, where her husband.
Mr.. \ f.. Moore, was managing
the business Of the Charleston
Live Stocl: 90. Her father was
with her when she died. and the
remains were brought to Lancas-
ter Saturday morning on the
early train and were inferred
Sunday at HopeweIl church.
which she connected herself with
several years ago. The oereaved
husband and parents have the
sympathy Of the public in this
sad dispensation of Providence.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-09-16
The Second Church Dedicated.

Sunday was day destined to
be memorable in the annals Of
the Second Baptist church, loca
ted on the mill hill here. The
new house of worship was dedi-
Gated, Rev. T. NJ. Bailey, D. D.. ,
secretary of the State Mission
board, having preached the
dedicatory sermon, using as his
text the Saith Psalm, 10th verse
Zone day in thy courts is
better than a thousand. I had
rather be doorkeeper in the
house Of the Lord than dwell in
the tents Of wickedness." D." His
style was didactic, but forceful
and interesting. A collection
was taken at the conclusion of
the sermon amounting to $lGO,
which pays more than half of
the Indebtedness for this pretty
church and its furnishings, in,
Guiding organ, pulpit, seats,
lamps, etc.
At night there was a thanks
giving service held in that build
ing at which there were singing
and prayer and a number of
short addresses, among the
speakers boingRev T A.Dabney,
the pastor, Rev. DR.. Boldridge,
Messrs. d. A. Williams, G. II.
Hardin and J. II. Davis.
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nifty, where he speht much Of his
time with his grandparents. Rob
bic was 8 years old July th,and
was an exceptionally bright boy.
His precociousness, affability and
poiiieness attached everybody 10
him and made everybody love
him. The little fellow will be
sorely missed.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-09-16

I. Y. Williams, Misses Eloise
and Gertrude Foster, Mr.. J. K.
Connors, and Miss Nora Hough.
There were about 250 pupils
enrolled, among them some ten
or fifteen from other places.
Miss Eva Robinson is in
charge of the factory school,
which also opened Monday.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-09-16
Grnded ISChOOI opens.

The graded school opened
Monday, meeting for the first
time in the handsome new
building under unusually favor
able auspices. Besides the full
corps of teachers there were
present at the opening a number
of visitors, and Supt. Banks
made few remarks appropriate
to the occasion. The teachers
are as follows A. r.. Banks,
superintendent; H.T.Cox, prin-
cipal. Assistant teachers, Mrs.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-09-16

-"Strength and vigor come
of good food, duly digested.
Force a ready-to-serve wheat
and barley food, adds no burden,
but sustains, nourishes, invIg-
crates. 3-25-tf.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-09-16

I.oooi0 SuorIy, Cldfley Cneffy,
Ger4and McIlwain, John Poag,
Ira Jones and James Taylor.
MIR. Geo. @. Heath, formerly
of Yorkvllle, succeeds the late
j. M. Heath as manager of the
Heath Banking & Mercantile COM
pany at Lancaster.
Enterprise.
MIR. K. E. Cloud spent a
couple of days in his store here
last week, experimenting the
opening up of his new stock, to
which he directs the attention of
the public in these columns.
-JohnH.Yongue of FortLawn, :,
the young man who shot William
Mcclellan, a colored boy, a few
weeks ago, and who has since
been confined in Jail, awaiting
the result of the wound, was re-
leased yesterday upon bond, and
his father took him home. The
boy has fully recovered.-Ches-
ter Lantern.
Rev. DIR. Boldridge returned
Saturday from Blackstock where
he assisted Rev. A. Finch in a
protracted meeting. The Doctor
was much pleased with the
Blackstock Baptists, their uni
form kindness and their cordial
hospitality.
The many friends of Mr..
b. M. Thompson, who has been
attending the Birmingham Busi-
ness college, Birmingham, Ala. :,
for the past six months, will be
pleased to know that he has Sc.
cured a responsible position as
stenographer and bookkeeper
with the Little Cahaba Coal Go.
Coleanor, Ala.
While assisting his father to
raise house one day last week,
Mr.. Ernest Bell was badly hurt
by portion of the timbers fall
ing on him. His left leg was
broken above the ankle and bad
ly mashed. his back hurt and his
face badly bruised up. DR..
Strait was called and he reports
the sufferer as doing very well.
The Friday Afternoon Club
will resume their regular fort
meetings next week, the
first being held on the 25th inst.
at the residence OF Mrs. 7. j.
Strait. This club has an unus
ually interesting program for the
year, covering a wide range of
interesting subject and including
a list of thirteen books, program
that will elicit a great deal of
reading, research and thought.
The machinery of the Mill.
ing and Ginning Co. of Kershaw
and the Touring mill of Heath
Springs have been bought by the
Lancaster Mercantile Co. and are
being moved here where the
machinery will be operated by
the purcharers who have also
bought the plant of Poag q Har-
per. They will be ready to gin
the present crop of cotton. Mr..
j. l.. Poag will superintend the
machinery.
The Lancaster colored gra.
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The Visitors.

VII ICt
Mr.. ID. Reece Williams visited
Columbia the past week.
L. Y. Williams, Esq, goes to
Camden today to attend court.
Miss Minnie Miller has return
ed from visit to friends in Ches-
ter.
Rev. DR.. Bailey was the guest
of Rev. DR.. Boldridge while here
recently.
Mrs. j. B. Mackorell is on a
visit to her parents in York
vile. sc.
Lb.ss Annie Lee Shaw, of Bish-
opHeEs, is visiting Miss Lizzie
Tillman of this place.
Mrs. b. @. Jones of Newberry
is the guest of Mrs. Ira b. Jones,
her sister-in-law.
Mr.. John K. Porter returned
Monday to Rembert to his lum- /,
bering interests.
Mrs. j. Wylie Porter of Ker-
shaw spent several days with her
father here, Capt. A. McManus,
last week.
Mr.. j. Z. Laney, Of Dudley
came over Monday to bring his
daughter, Miss Lizzie, to re enter
school.
Miss Juanita Wylio left yes
tetday for Decatur, Ga, where
she will enter the Agnes Scott
Institute.
Mr.. w. Z. Robinson left last
week tol Troy to enter upon his
work as principal of the Troy
High school.
Mr.. j. Fl. Craig and his young
bride, of Cordova, Ala, visited
the father of the former recently,
Mr.. b. Ii. Craig, of the New Cut
section.
Miss Florence Brown went to
kershaw last week to be present
at the opening of the graded
school there in which she will
teach grades l and 2.
Mr.. L. Q. Allison returned
Saturday from the northern mar
kets. He visited the Gettys-
burg battlefield while in Balti-
more.
Mrs. J j. Horne and children
Of Sumter stopped over with Mrs.
j. j. Blackmon on her way from
visit to Monroe, n. @.
Eugene Hough, eldest son Of
Mr.. John Hough of Greenwood,
spent a few hours here with his
cousin, Master jim Heath, last
Thursday.
Mr.and Mrs. Henry reached
home last week with their sick
little son who was ,aken quite
iii while Mrs. Harry was sum-
mering in Western North Car
olina. The little fellow is hold
ing his own, but he Is yet quite
sick.
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a HEART RENDING 4CCI-
DENT
In Which MAJOR u NJ. RiddEe
KiELS His Little Grand SON

Perhaps the saddest and most
heart rending accident that ever
occurred to any of Lancaster's
citizens was the accidental kill
ing of little Robbie Mackorell last
Friday morning by Major J. Nj.
Riddle, his grandfather, one of
the proprietors of The Review.
When the news was received here
that ill-fated morning it was hard
to believe that it was so. From
Saturdays Ledger we take the
following details of this awful
tragedy:
A phone message from Fort
Lawn yesterday morning brought
the distressingly sad news to Ian.
caster that our esteemed towns
man, Major j. Riddle, manager
of The Review, had accidentally
shot, and almost instantly killed,
his little grandson, r. j. Mack
orell, Jr., of Yorkville, while out
squirrel hunting in the woods on
Mr.. JAS. Blacks river bottoms
near Fort Lawn.
Maj. Riddle, his son, Mr.James
Riddle, and his little grandson,
and Cube Riddle, colored, whom
they carried with them, went
over to the river on the train the
evening before, camping out that
night, so as to be ready bright
and early yesterday morning for
the hunt. 1t was about s o'clock
when the accident happened.
Major Riddle was watching for a
which he had seen on a
tree on very steep hillside.
Little Robbie had been left in the
valley some distance below while
the Major climbed the hillside
Watching intently for the reap
pearance of the squirrel in the
tree, the Major heard a sudden
rustling in the underground and
on looking in the direction of it
was sure that he saw the tail of a
squirrel, and aiming little below
1T, fired. Supposing he had killed
a squirrel, he started to get il
and was Mortified when nearing
the place to hear his grandson
say, "Grandpa, you've shot me. /"
The little fellow had gone down
the valley a short distance and
was doubtless endeavoring to
creep noiselessly through the un-
dergrOwth up the hillside where
his grandfather was, when prob
ably little OF his hair showing
from the underground was mis-
taken tor a squirrels tail. Major
Riddle took the little fellow up
in his arms and carried him to a
spring nearby and bathed his face.
He apparently endeavored to
speak again, but closing his bright
little eyes, all was soon over.
The distressed cries of the almost
distracted grandfather attracted
his son and the colored man, who
hurried to the scene, reaching
there just as the little fellow
breathed his last. The BODY was
carried on a quilt to the railroad,
a distance OF a mile or more. TO
await the arrival of the train
which brought it on to Lancaster.
In the meantime while Mai Riddle
and the colored man remained
with the corpse, Mr.J amesRlddle
went up to Fort Lawn and phon-
ed the sad news here, which was
at once phOned to the parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Mackorell, of
Yorkvllie.
On the arrival of the l.. & G..
train the re'uains were taken to