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The Newtown bee., 1903-07-10
LONG HILL.
BRIEFLY NOTED,

BRIEFLY NOTED.
 Parties from Bridgeport enjoyed a picnic at Parlor Rock grove, July 4. Miss Clara Downs is visiting friends in New Haven, this week.
 MT and Mrs William Griffin and Miss Maud Gabler of New York were guests, Saturday and Sunday, at Peter Gabler's.
 MT and Mrs T. J. Northrop of Nau- gatuck have been guests of their daughter, Mrs w. N. Hurd.
 w. N. Hurd has been i'll this week. Dr Hill attended him. Our 20 and 25c coffee cannot be beat en. If you buy it once you will come again. Our 32c Java and Mocha of Chase & Sanborn stands at the head. Our 34c tea, either black or mixed, is the best for the price on the market. For, sale by W. N. Hurd, the Long Hill grocer.
 Miss Alice M. Kyle, who has been a turned to her home in New York, Monday.
 Mrs Harry Garfield and daughter of New Haven and Mir and Mrs Arthur Garfield of East Hampton were guests, Saturday and Sunday, of MT and Mrs c. G. Downs.
 Nathaniel Hubbard of New York is spending his vacation with his family here.
 Mrs s. E. French, who has been car ing for Mrs w. 0. Beach at Daniel s Farms, has returned home. Harold Downs is guest this week MT and Mrs Charles Hubbard and fa- mily of Bridgeport spent Sunday here, the guests of MT and Mrs Nathaniel Hubbard.
 MT and Mrs John Gabler entertain ingfriends from New York and Dan- bury over the Fourth.
 Miss Maud Gabler, Mrs Will Griffin and daughter of New York city spent the Fourth as the guests of MT and Mrs Peter Gabler.
 Miss Belle Case and William Forbes spent the Fourth with MT and Mrs s. Leavitt.
 Miss Sadie Craft spent the Fourth in Bridgeport. Harry Olmsted's friends are glad to see him back again at the store Miss Florence Wooden is visiting her friend Miss Lillian Mallory. Messrs Lee and Clifford spent the Fourth as guests of their auntS, Miss Lena and Sarah Banks.
 A very pleasant afternoon tea was held at the home of the Misses Beers on Tuesday afternoon. MT and Mrs Benjamin Finney en- tertained company on Friday.
 George HadleY has moved his fam fly up here for the summer.
 Mrs John Haugh and daughter Frances are guests of.MrslJ James Frear
 MT and Mrs Joseph Kohler have moved their family to their new home in TaShua.
 MT and Mrs John c. Gabler ano daughter, Ethel, Edward Gabler, Miss Hoffman, Paul and Katie Lutzer, all o1 New York, and MT and Mrs Charles Archer of Danbury were entertained at the home of MT and Mrs John Cab ler's over the Fourth.
 MT and Mrs Charles Wood have been visiting MT and Mrs H. c. Wedge
 Mrs Harry Garfield and daughter Lena,o of New Haven, MT and Mrs Wal lace Davis were were guests of MT anC Mrs c. G. Downs, the Fourth.
The Newtown bee., 1903-07-10
A LAWN PARTY,

A LAWN PARTY.
 Mrs Walter B. Eastman of Bertley farm, Elmwood, gave a lawn party Monday afternoon, in honor of Miss Helen Griffith. About 20 were pre- sent, and delightful time was had by all. Luncheon was served, and the guests departed at an early hour, en- toying the walk home in the beautiful moonlight
The Newtown bee., 1903-07-10
MONROE.

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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-02
OLD MEMORIES.
Major CrOSSon, Now of Texas, Relates In
cidents Of Newberry People the Days
Gone BY An Interesting Letter.

Old meiuOries-
'"They are the jewels Of the wind,
They are tendrils Of the heart,
That with our being are entwined,
Of ourselves a part
We are at Head Spring church.
Hark! the music of old Menr pours
ont Of the doors and windows of the
old meeting house and voices faces,
scenes and days that are "no more,"
all blend in the familiar music and a
Sabbath benediction rests on our
listening souls. Their church music
was less ambitious than now, but
more highly charged with the senti
ment of worship and devotion, and
familiar as household words to the
people. OF the new, tangled church
music, solos, duetts, quartetts, 60, I
say with an old man:
"But when the choir got up to sing,
could'n catch word;
They sang the most dog g-gondest thing
A body ever heard"
feel like never entering a church
until the show is over.
Entering tho meeting house, we
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-02
OLD WORK A DEATH TRAP.

In regard to the conditions in the
basement, work done about l3 years
ago, the committee says:
"All rooms in cellars we're foully
kept, Ill smelling, and showed lack
of ventilation. The room used as a
water closet and the former water
closet now used as a store room for
old records we're dark, damp and foul
smelling and their air shafts vented
their gases into the rooms above.
SIN these rooms nothing seems to
have been done except to remove the
bowls of the old closets, leaving
the soil pipe connections as dead ends
imperfectly plugged.
"Concealed plumbing prevented
careful scrutiny Of work under
floors
"The private water closet on first
floor above basement was filled with
foul air which discharged into the
main corridors and no fresh air in.
gress was provided for. The hush
to the closets was insufficient.
"a dead wall WAS behind the east.
ern water closet in which iron graf
ings were placed for ventilation
drawing air from the interior of the
J building. Open lead pipes supposed
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-02
NEW WORK CONDEMNED.

The committee regretted to state
that they found much to condemn.
"The whole design is crude and the
work is done imperfectly in many
particulars" AS to the new work
just completed under the direction
Of Mr.. Milburn the report says:
"The urinals under the new Dor
ticoes we're choked up and the flush
ing apparatus defective: the ventilat
ing shaft is too small and its fre
qnent change Of direction should be
made by gentle curves and not by
sharp angles; the ventilation of the
toilet rooms is detectives; the fresh
air inlet at side of steps showed no
current Of air upon lighted candle;
we could discover no back venting
Of the water closets on account Of
concealed plumbing; the reducing
couplings of water pipes indicated
inferior plumbing"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-02

Harry ID. Elkes, tho premier mo
tor pace follower of the UnitedStates,
was killed in an accident On the
Charles River track, Cambridge,
Mass Saturday afternoon. Two
other persons following in the race
were seriously injured. A tire on
Elke's wheel bursting caused the
accident
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-02
STATE HOUSE A DEATH TRAP
Governor Is Urged To Take Steps For
New Sanitary Arrangements
Committee Report.

The State.
The State house indeed contains
death trap. Its basement is pol
luted with foul and poisonous gases
which find their way into the offices
of certain officials, as reported in The
State recently, and the State will be
put to some expense to correct the
evils.
This condition Of affairs was
brought to the attention Of the sec
retary of state recently and he re-
ferred the matter to the governor
The latter asked Il special committee
to investigate the alleged dangerous
conditions, and this committee sub
mitted it's report to the governor yes
terday.
1t was charged in the outset that
only the plumbing and sewer pipes
in the basement we're in q bad state
of repair, yet the committee found
that the work recently finished under
the direction of Architect Milburn is
also in bad shape. The members of
the commsttee were mon who are
entirely disinterested: DR.. T. Grange
Simons Of Charleston, president of
the State board of health; DR.. James
Evans, secretary of that board; DR..
j. w. Bsbcock and Mr.. U. X. Gun
ter, attorney general and the legal
adviser of the State board Of health.
This committee not only condemns
the sanitary arrangements, but calls
attention to the heating apparatus
which distributes air through the
building in the winter. This air, it
is shown in the report, is not fit and
some changes are necessary. The
Legislature refused to make an ap.
preparation for heating apparatus,
but something must be done next
winter.
The governor has no funds with
which to undertake this work and
may be forced to borrow the money
with which to meet the expense of
tearing out the rotting piping and
the now useless and filth hiding false
walls in the basement.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-02

His health undermined by bust
nesB worries and his mind unbalanced,
Frank Emmett, prominent cotton
broker Of New Orleans, ended his
life with pen knife.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-02

Benjamin Gorman, colored, was
lynched in Webster county, Ala, on
Friday for the murder of Shelley
Kent, a young white farmer.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-02
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items Of More or Less Interest Condensed
In the State.


In the State.
Minnie McMorris, a negro girl of
about sixteen years Of ago, living
near Laurens, was struck and in
stantly killed by lightning last Tues.
day afternoon. She had been in the
yard and was returning to the house.
During storm in Spartanburg
county on Wednesdaylightning struck
and ran down the stove fue in the
dwelling Of q Negro, ,JohnEdwards,liv
ing near Beaumont. The bolt struck
Edwards, who WIS inside, knocking
him down and burning portion Of his
foot and leg, but not fatally injuring
HIM.
There we're two violent deaths at
White Rock recently. The boiler at
S. j. Riddles mill exploded, killing
al aged colored man standing near,
and Henry Richardson, colored, who
had been blind for thirteen years,
fell from a window Of his house and
broke his neck
Mr. G. FitzSimons, Of Columbia,
WAS elected vice president of the
Inter-State Cotton Seed Crushers'
ssociation which met in Memphis
last week.
The timber men Of Georgetown
have been kept busy to supply tho
large demands for the output Of their
mills.
Hon. j. L. Peurifoy, State Senator
from Colleton county, has purchased
| the Walterboro Press and Standard.
The eight year old son of Mr.. p.
B. Bryant, Saluda, died with hydro
phobia last week. He was bit.,H
several months ago and had the
Georgia mad stone applied. After
this no uneasiness was felt, but hy-
drophobia developed last week andaf-
ter 36 hours of terrible suffering the
little fellow died.
| City council of Anderson has
appropriated $500 Of the $4,000
wanted for the purpose Of helping
to defray the expenses Of the gal
week at Anderson this summer 1t
is not thought there will be any
trouble to raise the other 500.
Under it's new management, MIR.
McGee, former travelling correspon-
dent Of the News and Courier, has
been made editor Of the Spartan
burg Herald, and Mr. j. G. CARING
ton, whom he succeeds, has purchased
the Carolina Spartan and the Job
bing department connected there
with.
The body of Arthur Galllard, who
fell off al excursion train returning
from Atlanta to Anderson, was found
on the Seneca river bridge Friday
morning. 1t seems that he had been
drinking and fell from the steps of
the train just as it was passing over
the bridge.
The William McKethan Lumber
7 Co., OF Darlington county, has baen
t chartered with capitilzatiou of
! 100000.
The board of trade Of Georgetown
> will send committee to Columbia
to push Georgetown's advantages as
natural terminal port for southern
end Of the proposed steam boat line
II to bo put in operation between Go
" lumbia and some point on the
J coast.
National Decoration Day was
observed on Saturday. Tbore were
the usual celebrations in Washing
ton and other places and appropriate
ceremonies at Arlington cemetery
whore the graves of both Federal
0 and Confedorates were decorated.
10 The United States grand jury q
- Montgomery, Ala, on Saturday re
80 turned thirty six indictments againa
49, white citizens Of Goose and Talle
=, poosa counties, charging peont.r r,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-02
TERRIBLE DISASTER
DEVASTATES TOPEKA.
THE WORST FLOOD SINCE THE JOHNS
|. TOWN HORROR.
200 Lives Lost, $6,O0O,000 Property
5Sg Burned And Swept BY Flood,
I 5000 Persons Homeless

l
\Topeke, Kan, May 30.-People
who did not leave North Topeka last
night when th~v had chance are
now in the greatest danger of losing
their lives. AS far as can be esti-
, mated ut this timo over 500 people
yare beyond hope of rescue. The Kan.
'sss River is rising at the rate Of three
inches al hour. Thirty are known to
be dead aud the list will be larger.
Hundreds are missing. People are
drowning and others are burning to
Heath. If any portion OF North To-
) ska shall escape destruction by the
, ,1ood it seems tonight as though fire
would finish the work. The large
lumber yards Of Jonathan Thomas
caught fire this afternoon and whole
blocks of houses were burned. Burn
ing houses are floating through the
streets and setting fire to others.
IT ID reported that the Union Pa
ciiic depot and hotel have been burned.
There is no possible way Of quench.
ing the flames. The loss of life will
be appalling, the property loss is in
the millions. Nobody can tell just
what has been destroyed. The water
extends around Shorey and other
suburb.
Every foot of North Topeka, inhab-
tied by ten thousand people, is under
water. The current is 30 swift that
No boat can live IN it. Seven thous-
and people have escaped to the south
and ar being cared for as we'll as
posi- g. The remaining hundreds
have not yet been accounted for.
Thay have been forced to the top
floor, or to the roofs of buildings,
and are waiting for the water to sub
side or carry them down stream.
They are safe only 80 long as the
building remains standing. Below
town scores Of men are in tree tops,
yelling for help. Thousands of re.
volvcr shots and screams have been
heard on the north side, signals for
aid. Women and children in the
west part of Topeka are standing on
the highest points in reach and yet
in water up to their necks.
Business in Topeka WAS practically
at Il stendetill because Of Decoration
Day and business houses closed the
greater part Of the day. The flood
and the condition of the sufferers
took the attention of every one to the
exclusion Of all else.
AN ARMY OF MEN
was engaged in tho relief works and
it wonld be idle to attempt to place
"n estimate O" the Immense lumber
of rescued lay their efforts.
THE NEED OF BOAT.
WAX feit. The Kansas River ordina.
rily is very shallow stream and
there are no boats of any siza obtain
able. The s,unll b"ata cannot be
rowed against tn" swift current,
which sweeps tn" streets. Ii /" ST. am
launch were at hand many people
would he saved who are now facing
c"'t"'n death. AT the Chicago hnm'
b'r comp"ny's yards a. B. Be"'"' "
wealthy citiz"n and II m"n'b"r of the
Legislature, had ghng OF men on
gagged nearly all day III making
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-02

Sixteen negroes we're drowned in
in the Mississippi near Memphis.
They were two families of planta.
tion hands who left the plantation
after dark in two skiffs. Waves
from passing vessel capsized the
boats.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-02

Former Speaker Henderson has
announced that he will move to New
York City in the fall to engage in
the PRACTICE of law.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-02
to be back vents discharged into the
same space."
HEATING APPARATUS.

same apAce."
HEATING APPARATUS.
AS to tho heating apparatus the
committee reported:
"Air supply totally inadequate
and derived from the basement with
no direct outside fresh air intake,
the whole central cellar being de-
pendent for air supply on two small
doors at east and west ends
"rhe entire cellar WAS without
flooring and very dusty.
"Therefore, all air distributed to
the building was cellar air aud CON
taminated with dust and ground
emanations."
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Upon the above findings the com.
mittee made the following recon-
meudations:
"That all water closets in the
main building with their plumbing,
pipes and fixtures be Immediately
renewed and all connections leading
to these fixtures be cut off outside
the building.
That the new water closets be
connected at once with the new city
sewerage system.
"That the new water closets under
the main steps north and south have
special ventilation secured by electric
or other appliance.
"That all cellars and passage ways
in the basement be thoroughly
cleansed and afterwards hoored with
asphalt or cement
"That Independent outside fresh
air intakes be provided for the fur
mace rooms and Easements.
"We would urgently recommend
that al experienced sanitary engineer
be employed to devise proper sys-
tenn of heating, ventilating and
plumbing the building.'
The committee expressed their
obligation to Assistant Surgeon Gen
eral Il. d. Geddings Of the United
States public health and marine hos
pital service, who made the inspec-
ton with them, for valued sugges
tions made in the preparation of the
report.
SEWER MAIN STOPPED UP.
The report of the commission sub
stantiates the reports made by sani
tary inspectors recently. Mr. Stal
lings, An expert plumber and sani
tary inspector, and Mr.. Edens, the
sanitary inspector for the city o.
Columbia, practically covered tn.
same ground in their reports. II
addition Mr.. Edens calls attention tt
a matter upon which the committee
was not called upon to investigate:
"Your sewer from the building t.
the river is now completely stopped
and discharging it's foul contents int,
the open gutter Of Gervais atreet
This is dangerous condition O
things aud wants Immediate remedy
| respectfully recommend that tn
plumbing in the State house be over
hauled and made to conform to tn
plumbing laws Of the city and thu
the system he connected with tn
sanitary sewers in Gervais street
where it will be systematically Aushe
and inspected"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-02

The United States grand jury at
Montgomery, Ala, on Saturday re-
turned thirty six indictments against
white citizens Of Goose and Talla.
poosa counties, charging peontr,e
or holding negroes in servitude.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-02

tloally at a stand still; dozens of big
bridges having been warhed out be.
tween Kansas City and Ellsworth
and many miles of track being under
water. Every Western road enter
ing Kansas City is affected.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-02

National Decoration Day was
observed on Saturday. There were
the usual celebrations in Washing-
ton and other places and appropriate
ceremonies at Arlington cemetery,
whore the graves of both Federals
and Confedarates were decorated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-20
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 For sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents. FosterMilburn Co.,. Buffalo, N. r., sole agents for the U. s.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-20
THE NATIONAL PIKE.
One of the Great Highways of Days
 Before Railroads.

OuC OL IhC 0ACAb SA OSNJ
 Before Railroads.
 New York Tribune.
 There is so much talk these times about national highway for the auto mobile that I wonder no mention is made of the old National Pike. that used to run from Cumberland Md, to St. Louis" said a white haired. white whis- kered veteran, whose massive watch charm, fashioned into the figure of a racehorse with a jockey bending nearly prostrate over its neck. showed that the old man had not spent all his life in- doors
 Who ever heard of the National Pike. Was it a fish?" queried his grandson, who had been squeezing an automobile horn until his grandfather had finally ordered him to "choke that squawking thing" The young man had inherited his grandfather's love for the open; but his mind had taken a different turn. It had gone to wheels instead of horse s hoofs
 Well, my boy" said the grandfather, not noticing the Aggression, "the National Turnpike was a magnificent road, which was built by Virginia and Congress. It began at Cumberland because good road already existed between Baltimore and Cumberland don't suppose Wheel ing ever would have been the capital of West Virginia and the prominent mu- nlcipality that it is if 1t had not been for this road There was a light to have
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-20

the road run through arothAr town, but Henry Clay had good many friends in Wheeling. and through his efforte 1t went there. There a monument stands today, commemoratine what he did.'
 But that all happened before the war; said the boy as he squeezed the bulb of the automobile horn again T was born in 1880 No wonder don't remember about this National Pike. Say, grandpa, did you ever ride on it?''
 'I guess I have" was the answer. T remember the time when 1t looked like the Speedway in New York-that is cer- tain parts of it. We had some fast brushes there in the old times. And the traffic that went over 1t was like that of city street There were carriages and wagons and stages, one after the other, for miles and miles. with the vii. derness on each side But the railroads ruined it. As soon as they began build ing these quicker means of transit the road fell into disuse. The handsome inns where one could get every counfort. along the road have tumbled into ruins. I tell you, people are not so strong and hearty as they used to be. They don't live outdoors so much as their forsfath. CTS did"
 The automobile will bring them out. doors, grandpa, don't yDu think 1t will 7' said the youth.
 Yes, have no doubt" replied the old man as he winced at another squawk of the horn, land it will keep a rood many outdoors. too," he added. For all time under six feet of ground"
 Many good story was told" he add. ed. about the pike, and the adventures and incidents of travel on this highway. I remember one. for instance, about Henry Clay, who was sometimes called the Father of Turnpike The horses attached to the coach he was in ran away and he was thrown headlong into the miry road. When they went to pick him up. he said with a laugh:
 No harm done. Only a poor mixture of Pennsylvania sand with Kentucky Claw"