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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-26
DEPLORABLE TRAGEDY.
Man Near Brunson Accidentally
Killed His Wife.

BrunSon, Aug 24.-Near here on
Monday morning at about 4 o'clock
Mr.. J. B. Bennett shot and killed
his wife. He was awakened by
noise he supposed to be rats in the
attic and looking toward a window
in their bed room which was left
open he saw some one whom he Sup
posed was making an entrance into his
room. Having a pistol under his pill
low he got it and fired. The person
proved to be his wife He had shot
her through the heart and she died
Immediately.
About 1895 Mr.. Bennett was impli-
Gated in the killing OF Mr.. Leitzsey,
of Varnville, and was found guilty of
murder and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for life time, but during the lat
ter part Of Gov. McSweeney's ad-
ministration he was pardoned upon
the condition that he would never re-
turn to the state. His wife has been
living near here this year and it
seems that Bennett has made fire.
quent visits to see her and some of
them were quite prolonged.
Columbia, August 24.-As stated in
the above dispatch Bennett was par
doned by Governor McSweeney in
1908 upon condition that he remain
outside of the state Since his par
don Bennett has written time and
again to Governor Hayward asking
that he remove the condition under
which the pardon was granted and
imploring him to allow him to live
in his native state. Governor Hey
ward declined to have anything to
do with the case. When the gov
ernor read of the killing, he sent the
sheriff of Hampton county the fol
lowing telegram: ARREST Ben.
Bennett. convicted of murder and
sentenced to penitentiary for life.
Pardoned January 16, 1908, by Gov
ernor McSweeney upon condition
that he leave the state; said condition
having been broken. to await peniten-
tiary authorities. Advise me of az
rest. D. C. Hayward. Governor"
If the sheriff of Hampton gets
Bennett he will be brought here to
the penitentiary to serve the remain
ing portion of his life sentence, hav-
ing violated his part of the contract
under which he was pardoned.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-26
TRAGEDY AT SUMTER.
Man Killed In a Difficulty With the
County Supervisor.

Sumter. August 25.-Richard c.
Folk was shot and killed
in a difficulty with County Supervi-
sor w. H. Scale, at Providence.
Folk drew his pistol on Sale, and
Scale attempted to disarm him. In
the struggle which ensued the pistol
was discharged, the ball grazing STU
pervisor Scales coat and lodging in
Folks head.
Supervisor Scale was unarmed.
The difficulty occurred on the pub
lie road in front of Supervisor Scales
house. =: ....- 49,. .
The only witnesses to the tragedy
were Scales son and Folks brother.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-26
RUSSIAN BOATS SUNK.
Two Torpedo Boat Destroyers
Struck Mine.

London, August 25.-A dispatch
from Toxic reports that two torpedo
boat destroyers, the names of which
are not known, while cruising about
the entrance to Port Arthur harbor,
struck submarine mines.
The larger one OF the two Destroy
ers was sunk.
The number of the crew lost is
not known.
London, August 25.-A later re-
port from Toxic says that both de-
stroyers, which were Russian, were
sunk.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-26

DNi1t tHN' SANotNA Poil ~ Wan NAC SAN
August II and until he left for home
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. He
was here selling cotton. This was
corroborated in an affidavit from Mr..
O. McR Holmes. to whom the cot
ton was sold.
An affidavit from John Gruber cor
roborated Holt in Hollis statement
as to helping Gruber to unload wood
on August II, and riding with him
out Of the city to the point named
by Holt
An affidavit was presented from
Brooks George and Lee George, al
leging that Holt spent the night of
August II with their father, Press
George, and remained there until the
following Saturday morning.
Pope L. Havird alleged that he saw
Butler Holt in his store on August
II and that he saw him. in Newberry
late in the afternoon of that day.
An affidavit from J. c. Fulmer was
presented to the same effect.
P. B. Marlborough alleged that he
saw Butler Holt in Newberry on Au-
gust II and that he talked with him
on that date while Holt was watering
7. S. Coleman's mules, at about hf-
teen minutes to two o'clock.
An affidavit was presented from
Eddie Rogers alleging that on Au-
gust 20 he went to Columbia to view
the dead body of Maud Allen, which
he did, and that the body was not
that of Lula Allen, Holt's wife, whom
he knew, having boarded with Rich
ard Aliens family both in Newberry
and at Bath.
Lula Aliens Affidavit.
Following is the affidavit presented
from Lula Allen, the wife of Butler
Holt. who was supposed to be the
dead woman:
PERSONALLY come before me, the
undersigned, who being duly sworn
says that she married Butler Holt
during the latter part of the year
1908 and that she. is now in the town
O: Bath, Aiken county, in the state
of South Carolina, with her father,
Richard Allen, having arrived last
night on an excursion train from Co.
lumbia.
lula Allen"
Sworn before Notary Public A. H.
McCarrel.
An affidavit from Richard Allen,
the father of Lula Allen, alleged that
his daughter is now with him at
Bath and that the body of Maud AL
len in Columbia is not that of Lula
Allen, his daughter.
An endorsement on this affidavit
from A. H. McCarrel, notary Public,
SAYS that Lula Allen came to Bath
at 4 a. m. on August 23 on an excur-
sion from Columbia, taking advan-
tage OF the chance to. come : to- see
her parents; to-: relieve them. from
anxiety. He had seen her in person.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-26

ability. to which ability several not
able works attest.
Mr.. Carlyle's warm and genial dis
position had gained for him many
warm personal friends among those
with whom he had come in contact
throughout the country, and his death
is sincerely mourned in Charleston,
as throughout the state and other
sections of the country.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-26

berry the. greater part of the day on
August II and until he left for home
about o'clock in the afternoon. He
was here selling cotton. This was
corroborated in an affidavit from Mr..
O. MGR. Holmes. to whom the cot
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-26
Plenty of Them.

Herr Won Damn has been selected
as a special German envoy to discuss
the matter with President Castro,
There will be more than Won Damn
involved in the dispute.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-26
You Bet.

Please remember.
In November
Don't forget
You must pay
Election Day.
That little bet.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-26

Gas AddickS Says the democrats
are going to try to buy the State of
Delaware; and Gas ought to know
by this time whether it's for Sale or
not.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-26

In view of the amount of whipping
the Russian peasants are receiving
in Manchuria. the car has abolished
the lash in Russia.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30
Group.

Is a violent inf1a m ation of the mu. cous mem brane of the wind pipe, which sometimes extends to the larynx and bronchial tubes; and is one of the most dangerous diseases of children. It almost always comes in the night. Give frequent small doses of Ballard's g Horehound Syrup and apply Ballard's 8 Snow Liniment externally to the throat. 25c, 5)c, 1.OOS. Sold by H. H Watkins.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Last night rain fell in torrents in the Truxton Canyon country and in the neighborhood of Blackberry and in a short time the water covered the de- pot at Hack berry to depth of four feet. The pum ping plant was carried away by the flood, telegraph poles went down and the country was sea of water. This morning the flood is still raging and it is feared large amount of track has been carried out. It is said that the rainfall was one of the heaviest ever known in that sec tion. Until the flood subsidies no es. innate of the damage can be made. A wrecking train with hundreds of work. men have gone to the scene of the was shout.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Fred Sturzenegger, teamster, had valuable horse killed by lightning at Gold Road, one day last week. M,. Sturzenegger was doing some repair work on his wagon when the shock that killed his horse came. Although close to the animal he was not injured, although his son, who was some dis. tance away, received quite shock from the electric fluid.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Many representative Indians of the Supai, Mohave, Hopi, Wallapai and other tribes met at the Truxton Indian School, last Tuesday, for the purpose of having "big cry" It appears that many of the children and many of the old Indians have died during the past few years and the big cry was indulged in for the purpose of prupitiating the evil spirit that has been the cause of sickness and death. Owing to the heavy rains the cry was not as success ful as the Indians hoped, but it is thought the spirit of evil will recog- nize the good intentions of the Indians and prosper them in health and plenty for the next few years. In the old days the big cries of the Indians were called for the purpose of bringing rain, to commemorate the death of big chief and also to counteract the grow. ing hostility of the tribes toward each other. At these gatherings the peace chiefs soothed the feelings of beliger- ant mem bers of their tribes and brought about good feelings as far a. possible. In this manner reciprocal relations were established and main- tained.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Cheerfu1ly Recommended For Rheuma-
 tisn.
 O.G. Higbee, Danville, Ills, writes, Dec. 2,19J1: "About two years ago l was laid up for four months with rheu. matism. I tried Ballard's Snow Lini ment; one bottle cured me. I can cheerfully recommend it to all suffer. ing from like affliction." 25c, 5Oc, 1.OOS. Sold by H. H. Watkins.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

George M. Bowers is to go out to his Pan Tan mine in few days and will get out ore for shipment to the Nee dies smelter. Many other mine own CTS are preparing to follow suit and it is probable that the smelter will re. ceive thousands of tons of customs ores when all the chloriders get busy. It has been years since chloriders could get local market for their ores and now that one is ready for them they are sure to take advantage of it.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Last Tuesday evening Western lodge, Knights of Pythias, of this place, installed the following officers for the present term: John Hamilton, 0. O.; Foster s. Dsnnis, O; H. F. Williams P. and M. of E.; Fred W. Morrison, NJ. of F.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR SHERIFF

We are authorized to announce that
 WALTER BROWN will be candidate for Sheriff of Mo. have county, Arizona, subject to the action of the democratic primary con. vention.
 KINGMAN, July IA, 1904.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

See Tarr & McComb, Inc, for specia prices on lumber, building material mining tim bers, sash and doors.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

A. Edwards. who has been living at Needles for several months past, came to Kingm Il last evening to sign deeds disposing of his property on Beale street to William H Mack and wife. Mr. and Mrs. E lwards will remove per. mAnentlY to Needles.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

By. Collins, who has been at Signal for month or more past, returned to Kingman last Sunday. He reports the lower part of the county to be very quiet, owing to the hot season.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

J. w. Gerritt has gone out to the American Flag mine to make an in spection of that property. It is one of the oldest of the Wallapai mountain properties and has been a big pro ducer of rich ore.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

O. D. M. Gaddis went out to the Gro Plata mines few days ago and re. ports that the property i~ looking fine, considerable high grade gold ore being extracted. Several men were put to work on the mine in addition to those already at work and ore in carload lots will be shipped weekly from the mines.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Mrs. l.. M. Page was thro VII from hel horse last Wednesday evening, near her home, on Fifth street, and severely injured.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Car C H. Thompson, of the Cedar V Hey Company, was a Kingman wis. itor this week. He visited the country in the neighborhood of Cerbat and was very much pleased with its possibili. ties. Owing to the damage occasioned by the big floods at Cedar he was com. pelled to return home before making a thorough examination of nun Der of mines.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

T. R. Garnier: who has been looking over mining interests in this county the past month, departed for his home in Los Angeles Thursday evening. He will return in week or so and will pro bably take over mining property at Layne Springs.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

The following letters are uncalled for in the kingman office: Joe A. Dean, w. w. Morris, Chas. St. Clair, J. F. Reed, Pat Driscoll 4, Anastacia Barajos.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Mohave county this week has been treated to several of the best rains it has recieved in years. While the dam. age to roads has been considerable the good that it has done ia incalculable. The railroads have suffered some from the storm, a number of washouts oc. curing on the Santa Fe in Wallapai valley. These washouts were soon re- paired and trains are again running regularly. The W shouts on the A. & U. have all been repaired and the train now makes it's regular runs.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Harry Cole. wife and child and Mrs. Coles brother, Walter Ealy, departed this week for Mir. Coles old home in Canada, where they will spend a few months vacation.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Stuart Yer Mehr departed for San Francisco last evening, where he will attend school the coming year.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

R. D. Cogin returned to kingman Thursday last from ten days pleas ure trip to the coast.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

It is rumored that the socialists of this county are prev airing to resurrect the Arizona Arrow and run it during the campaign, in the interest of the party. -...----..---. .......
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

We are authorized to announce that
 FRED w. MORRISON
 will be candidate for District At. torney of Mohave county, Arizona, subject to the endorsement of the dem ocratic primary convention. Kingman, July p, 1904.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30
Notice of Stockholders Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that special stock holders meeting of The Arizona, California and Nevada Telephone Company will be held on Tuesday, August 2d. 1904, at the office of the Secretary of the Company, Room 4O7 Copp Building 2lS South Broadway, Los Angeles, California, for the purpose of taking action on certain matters relative to our property. A full representation of stock is desired.
 N. w. TARR
 Secretary. Los Angeles, Cal, July 9th, 1904. First insertion July 9th. 1904.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

See Tarr & McComb, 1nc., for special prices on lum Der, building material, mining tim bers, sash and doors.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Miss Pearl Halleck has gone to Sig. nal where she will visit with relatives for month or SO.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Asa Harris came down from Hack berry few days ago. He reports good rains in that section and moderately fat cattle.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Miss Auna Decker, who has been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Decker the past two week-, departed for her home in Pennsylvania last Thursday.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

J. H. Hoffman, one of the directors of the Samoan company, paid visit to the property this week. Mr. Hoffman is resident of Pueblo, Colorado.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Miss Marjorie Taggart departed for San Francisco last Saturday evening and will visit with her sister and go to school for year or more.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Mack Harris, of Hack berry, was a Kingman visitor yesterday.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

J. E. Perry, of the firm of Gaddis & Perry, was in Los Angeles visiting his family and To ooking after business mat ters this week.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Benjamin Saunders. of Salt Lake City, who is we'll known in this county, having at one time been heavy cattle owner in the n' rth part, had several thousand sheep killed by cowboys in Color ado short time ago. Mir. Saun ders states that the killing was wan- ton, as he was only driving the sheep across the coun ry to Missouri.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Miss Elsie Cooper has been visiting with friends in Chloride the past week.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

The road to the Alpha mine from Mineral has been com pleted and teams are now prepared to haul ore to the railroad for shipment to the Needle 8 smelter. It is proposed to ship the old dumps, which are said to contain much high grade copper and silver ores The mine is now showing up great bodies of ore, although the pay has not yet been reached by the drifts In the upper drift rich copper ore is being opened up.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

G. w. Beecher, wife and daughter came up from Phenix few days ago.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Frank Russell came up from Yucca yesterday to look after business affairs in Kingman. He was exhibiting fine specimen of graphite, which he claims came from the Cedar county, about two miles north of the Berkley mine. The specimen was of crystalline graph ite and can be easily worked. The vein from which the ore comes is said to be forty or fifty feet in width. The gangue is feldspar. MT. Russell is about to do some work on the property and may be able to open up body of flake graphite, which sometimes occurs along the walls of veins carrying lower grade material.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Through San Francisco district there is great mining activity and by the time cooler weather arrives hun. dreds of men will be employed In de velopment work. Many companies are preparing for active work as soon as the heated spell is over, while the old companies are preparing to add largel
 to their forces. The district is one of the greatest in possibilities of any sim liar area in the United States. No where can there be found such great ore bearing veius as this district shows. But there are drawbacks to active development and that is lack of fuel and water. These drawb backs can be easily remedied by the installation of electric power transmission and the forcing of water in from the Colorado river. Should the government build the Bull Head dam power will be gen erated for all purposes and water can be readily had. It will take time for all these things, but they are sure to come and the ores that now cannot be handled at profit will be producing dividends within very few years.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30
Cloudburst at Cedar.

One of the most damaging cloud
 bursts in the history of Cedar occurred
 there last Monday. The rain struck the top of the mountains and in an
 incredible short space of time a tor. rent of water poured down through every gulch and ravine in swirling mass. The breast of water coming down the canyon struck the mill build ing and completely wrecked at least one half of it, carrying lumber and tools far down the canyon. The black smith shop was total wreck, nearly all the tools, forge, anvil, etc., being carried away. A large boiler, which had been left on the roadside, near the mill, was carried miles down the can- yon. An eight horse power gasoline engine, which had been used for pump ing purposes, was carried from it's and thrown into the debris of the mill. Where the black smith shop stood four feet of sand and gray el is piled up. The main working shaft of the Arnold mine, one of the Cedar Valley group, was filled forty feet with sand and debris. The loss from the storm will amount to many thousand dollars. The new wagon road was but slightly damaged.
Mohave County miner., 1904-07-30

Cedar Forest Gold and Copper Company, a cor poration, James A. Rice. F. N. Rust, G. Chas. Davis, and A. E. Davis incorporators,
 nafapdantS
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-13
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for ID, 1904
l. | III Z r I G K S
By Frederick Hall

By FPede
There was an old man of Terrentum.
Who CRASHED his false teeth till he bent en-.
When asked what he'd lost.
And what they had cost,
He replied: Il don't know Just rent
EN-
\IHEN every weekly and almost
w every daily paper is bursting
spontaneous production OF such verses is
regarded as an ~up-to-date method of
entertaining an evening company, 1t may
be a surprise to some to learn that the
Limerick is this year celebrating its
ffty-eighth birthday, having made its
debut in literature in 1916.
The uninitiated will be further sur
prised to learn that the first extensive
user of this fantastic, not to say flippant,
form was a learned ornithologist, the
author of a most serious and scientific
work upon The Family of the Psit-
tacida." But the elect will smile.
remembering that the author of The
Jabberwock" and The Hunting of the
Shark" wrote also "A Syllabus OF Alge-
braical Geometry" and "A Treatise
on Determinants."
Edward Lear, however, though his
Book of Nonsense Verse" contains the
first published Limericks, lays no claim
to the invention of the form, which he
says was suggested to him by an I'M
named friend. During his life ne pro-
duced no less than two hundred twelve
stanzas in this form, and among them
are numbered such gems as:
There once was a man with a beard,
Who said: 1T is Just as | feared
Two owls and a hen.
-Four larks and a wren.
Have all made their nests in my beard.
And also:
There was an old man OF T~hermopyle,
Who never did anything properly;
But they said: If you moose
To boil eggs in your shoes.
You cannot remain at Thermopyla."
To parody such a production as this
might hastily be declared impossible.
But witness the performance of W S.
Gilbert. of Sullivan and Gilbert fame:
There was an old man of St. Bees.
Who was stung on the arm by a wasp,
When asked: Does it hurt
He replied: No. it doesn't;
But | thought all the while twas a hornet"
Speaking of impossibilities. there is
an anonymous Limerick which declares;
There was a Young maid who said Why
Can't | look in my ear with my eye.
II l give my mind to it.
I'm sure | can do it
You never can tell till You try"
The reason for calling this form of
verse a Limerick is yelled in mystery.
Edward Lear does not stand sponsor
for the name, and it may as well be con
fessed that the question might o be
greatly helped If he did. He does stand
sponsor for such appalling syllable
concentrations as "scroobious. "meloob-
ious.'' "ombliferous. "borascible and
"slobacious." and whether the ieXico-
grapher finds their etynology any clearer
on that account may well be doubted.
\ dozen or more years ago The St.
Nicholas" published a series OF animal
Limericks, illustrated by Birch, of which
the following may serve as al example:
There once was an ichthvosaurus,
Who lived when the earth was all porous;
But he tainted with shame
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-13

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