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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

II those ss5 state lunatics were all
turned loose at once even Mr., Glenn
ent would be willing to pay his share
of the excessive pro rata expense 10
get them into "durance vile" once
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14
A Valuable Tip.
Kansas city start

Sec. Wilson says a severe frost
might do considerable damage to the
corn crop. Such tips as this are what
makes the department OF agriculture
worth all that 1t costs.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14
MATTERS OF OPINION.
Selected from the Editorial Columns.
Of Our Esteemed Contemporaries.
Ats the Nail on tho Head
wv" wv W.T. wv
IHardwlck Gazette.

When your bunco steering neighbor
begins an attempt TO inject you WIN
the mail order microbe nsk MIN II
Sknem a Getrich Of Chicago VIII ex-
tend you credit IL you should happen
To be sick or out OF work; ask him u
that concern pays any taxes into the
treasury from which money Is drawn
TO build local roads, run local schools
and maintain local government ask
him II the dollars sent out of town ana
state don't lessen the local circulating
medium by just so much.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

Japan and Russia have shaken
hands-in the persons OF two members
of the peace congress at Boston-but
the war goes ON.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

The pictures of William L. Douglas.
democratic nominee for governor of
Massachusetts,. do not look natural.
He should have stuck to the old ad-
vertising cut.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14
Senator Hoar's Successor.

Gov. Bates of Massachusetts, has APP
pointed ex-Gov. w. Murray Crane OF
Dalton United States senator to NIL
the unexpired term of the late Sena-
tor George F. Hoar.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

Harvard rooters will earnestly hope
that the new departure by the footpaii
management in hiring a salaried coach
may result In turning out a winning
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14
He Never Feels That Way.
Randolph Herald

Brer Davenport must feel a good
deal like disappearing into hole ana
drawing In the hole
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

Few men are more worthy to wear
the late Senator Hoars mantle IMAM
ex- Governor w. Murray Crane.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14
5aindham County gefonner
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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

Governor odell has said that he is
tired of ce-holding." Well, New
York is tired, too.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

with w. l.. Douglas candidate Tor
governor of Massachusetts,. every
democratic voter ought to draw AT
least one pair of $3.50 shoes.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14
We Hope So.

rSt. Adams Messenger.1
State Auditor Graham knows what
he is about.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

The election and the Yale-Harvard
football game will make busy month
of November.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

SUBSCRIBE FOR THE REFoRMER.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14
PLAIN TALK FOR PLAIN PEOPLE.
Crisp and Breezy Comment on Mat
tiers In the Public Eye.

Devoid TO mlngle!" Did l write
that idlotic phrase In my little 'pome
last week. or did the intellectual
Young woman who carves out the I'M
otype slugs change II on mel what
| meant TO say was resolved 10 man
gle" aud | referred To the MOVING
trains round Bellows FaHs, Honest
Injun, now. Claribel, do You solenlhis
and sincerely avouch lnat perpe.ra'-
ed devoid to mingleT
(Clarlbel, being Intercepted. states
that she read the poem" as well az
she could, that she thought II didn't
make sense" but that she wasn't
paid TO make sense of the copy, any
way."--Ed.)
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

/ congratulate Mr.. Bell on the plain,
old fashioned, homely, honest ring OF
his message. It's not practical IN
places. Its classy all through. It's not
in any sense a great or an epocn-
making document, but It's just the
sort of thing we might expect from
simple absolutely sincere and earnest
man. who desires humbly to do the
best he knows for his Vermont as he
knows it.
So I'm distinctly in favor of Gov
ernor Bell. Despite his spots, l love
him still.
Don't you?
H. L. Hindley.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

Automobiles consarn the pesky
things, keep them off the hill roads
and the crooked roads and the side
roads, forgetting that no man can go
anywhere in Vermont by boulevard
This recommendation would make the
auto practically a suburban luxury
and would do away entirely WIN
touring and the use of the auto Tor
business. The practical man, how
ever, develops in the desire TO keep
weeds bushes and distractions oil
the roadside, all of which Is already
covered by law. | believe. The desire
for trees and the hatred of the I'M
slightly fence placard are all good rec
concentrations.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14
sRArrLEBoRo. FRIDAY, OCT. "a, 1904.

.srsstp AT ss.rrltsoRo POST SECOND CLASS MAI
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

Capitalization of schools, creating
the office of attorney general improN-
ing the work of the cattle and rallroau
commissions, etc, all show the
thoughtful farmer who reads the
nanaTs Int in the whole message l fail
10 find one single recognition of Yer
mont as anything else but farming
state. Not a word about granite or
marble nothing about the needs OF
the several manufacturing centers,, ON
the contrary, an intimation, plaih
enough to be read by anyone, that the
farmer and the farmers interests are
TO be paramount this fall.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

Representative Pierce of Fairlee has
introduced i'm the Legislature a Dill
shutting out every vehicle or machine
run by any other than muscular pow :
er on every highway between noon OF
any day and midnight next thereafter
This would at least prevent Brattle-
boro's steam roller from exceeding the
speed limit after dinner.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

Take his recommendation about TIM,
Der. Presumably this stuff is taxed
on the stump as realty, and YET ne
wants it taxed in some additional way
if cut down and carried out OF the
state. How? Search me. As pre-
vious paragraph cries out against
double taxation. it can't be that way
Must be a sort of export holdup
which wouldn't fail to drive the inter-
state commerce commission into an
early grave.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

Mr.. Bell has decided notions about
good roads. He believes in govern
ment aid. why, asks the governor,
should Burlington and st. Albans
spend thousands of Uncle Sam
dough for public buildings when down
to Walden we hain't even got a post
office building to show for il? Ergo,
let US try and get slice of the =. ,.
funds by a good roads bill in congress
even If said Burlington and 81. Al
bans, gosh darn 'em. have to dig up
most of the additional taxation, In
other words, the governor doesn't be-
lieve in double taxation except wheh
applied to the larger towns!
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

Mr.. Bells telegram" takes up less
than two columns, but it's fuH OF
things from the first snapback. After
telling the legislature, mostly farm
ers, that n full measure of the WISDOM
and virtue of the state was polieu
down and bottled up in them, he prays
for them piously and then proceeds 70
lay down the law. Did ! say law
Ask some lawyer. You'll still find
few of them scattered around the as
sembly. If there's justice in law or
law In Justice, Governor Bell mas GER
tainly got them both going south when
IL comes to wildeyed equity.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-10-14

The removal from town of man
like DIR. Thompson is loss that Brat
tleboro can i'll afford to sustain. Dur
ing the 10 years of his residence here
DIR. Thompson has been citizen OF
public spirit and man of whom IL
was pleasure to be friend his
MANY acauaintances are glad of his
opportunity for larger work but re-
gret that this opportunity necessarily
takes him out of this community.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-05
Death Of Senator .liear,

Worcester, Mass, Special---United
:sstate,a seaa tor GeorgeaF f. HSars sdfel
here lass- hurs:iag2n night Sc
Nds the Immediate cause Of death.
] 1t is understood that the!fmeran will
be held Monday from the Church OF
the Unity, andss iRat Rev Edward ssEH,
erett Efales chaplain Of The United
States senate,rwilig Saskedsto2o ohici'
ate. lsey, Rush F. sshippen, of Brock
ton, former Pastor OF the Church Of
the Unity, and the minister who per
formed Senator Hoar's second marri.
ageawilE be sinviteds to assist. The
bodyswilEdie p state, probably at the
City Rall, during Monday. The inter
ment- will .beEmade. in Sleepy Hollow
Cemetery, Concord Tuesday morn
ing.
Mayor -Blodgett issued,s a 4proclama
: OF sWorcesters to close their establish
s1nentsa s during. the g funeral Flags
throughout the city are displayed al
half mast. tss i;
Redwood Hoar, son of the late
Senator Hoar,, received the following
message from President Roosevelt:
General lockwood Hoar: Accept
my most profound sympathy. The
loss is not yours only, but Of all those
who believe in the lofty standard Of
s purity; sjntegrity and fearlessIess in
= =
s&liTHEoDoRE ROOSEVELT. I
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-05
END OF A FAMOUS CASE
rhe State pecllnes to Prosecute the

The State Declines to Prosecute the
Defendants III conspafory Matter. :
In the Wake Superior Court satuts
lay morning a mol pros was entered
by order of Judge Ferguson In the cri.
minal proceeding against Capt. Y. 81.
McBee and K. S. Finch, charging them
with conspiracy against the State in
heir litigation for the appointment Of
receiver for the Atlantic 6 North
Carolina Railroad. file case vas some
days ago continued for the term on
account of the continued illness OF
Capt. w. H. Day; Of counsel for the
defendants, but this morning M.
Frank I. Osborne, also; of coun,
sci for the defendants. appeared be-
fore the court and, movsd for the mol
pros. So this Is the order the court
had entered on the record: "By re,
quest of the Governor Of the State and
counsel of the defendants the solicitor
says he will not furtner prosecute this
case and therefore it is ordered that
q nolle prosseqdi be entered herein
and d Rolle prossequi is SO entered"
This brings q final close to one of the
most sensational iitigations that have
agured in State or Federal courts OF
North Carolina in years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-05
Seizure cf contraband.

Grcenville, Special.-Deputy Rere'
nue. Collector Gus Aiken, accompanied
by State Contables Cooley and Bell,
returned Monday afternoon from Sa.
luda, where they found and destroyed
an illicit steam distillery Of $50 gal
Ions capacity. Fifteen hundred gal.
Ions of beer were also seized. A ne
gro named Dandy was found on the
premises, as was pair of mules and
a wagon. He was arrested and
brought here and placed in the coun-
ty JAIL and team confiscated. Two
other negroes were seen at the dis.
tillery, but managed to make their
escape.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-05
'----s------z,- - 80
Boy. Kills His Father.


Little Rock, Ark, ,speeial.;I;iAA. SPECIAL
to the Arkansas Gazette from Austin.
Ark, says: John King; a farmer3living
nearashere, sisz lying .at&tie point sot
death, irom:saa gunshot wound .ats the
hands of his son, Walter, who IS II
years DID, It is, claimed that King
wa was abusing his wife when Walter. took
his mothers part and told his father
repeatedly:to cease the abuse: The an
gered. father. .is-saids not to. have Needed
the warning given 6y his son, and the
latter seized .aeshotgun and fred, the
load entering, King 'ssneck. Young King
has beensarrested. ssss
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-05
New President lnauaurated.

Newton, Special.-Rev. George A
Snyder, A. NJ, the new president O.
Catawba College, was inauguratet
here Saturday, the cerem onies beins
attended by large number Of people
The exercises were held at II O'CLOCK
in the college chapel, and numbe
of addresses were made by prominen
members Of the Reformed Church
under whose auspices the college j:
conducted. Responses were reat
from a number of prominent citizen!
who regretted their inability to at
tend the inauguration, among thes,
being a letter from President Roose
welt,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-05
SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
The picking Of Cotton Progressing
oaite Satisfactorily.

The week ending a. NJ, September
&c, had a mean temperature OF Il de-
Ereas which Is two degrees below the
normal. Ths deficiency was greatest in
tile interior and was teaE!y normal
along the coast. The first two Gays
we're warm but the 22nd, 2Srd and 24th
were considerably below normal. Inc
extremes we're minimum Of A de-
grees on the 24th at Greenville and a
maximum of s5 at Kihgstree on the
21st and 22ad.
The precipitation occurred generally
en- the 21st and 22nd and was light ex-
cept On the coast from Charleston
southwark Wtst cit was moderately
heavy.
The week has been favorable eor
teamwork and all kinds were pusneu
se fast as possible.
Cotton is opening fast throughout the
State and picking is general but IN
many parts of the State pickers are
scarce. The crop will not be as good
as was expected earlier in the season.
RHst is still doing some damage on
light soils. Not much of the top crop
of cotton will Mature Oh account OF
the cool, dry weather. Sea 1slatld COT
ION is in good condition and being
picked.
Corn Is reported to be in good con-
a:tion generally. Fodder is about all
pulled and the harvesting of the r'op
ias beguf. III Darlington county with
GOOD yield. Harvesting Of corn will be
begun in other sections next week
Late corn was slightly damaged by the
cool, dry weather.
Rice iy t,eina harvested and threshed
but the yield is r1t as goos as ex-
rected.
The weather hiss been favorable foi
baying and large amounts OF hay ano
pea vines have been housed in good
eonditio:i:
Potatoes are generally good. Gardens
and fall crops are doing fairly well but
ore Uadly iM need of rain In some Sec
lions No snati grain has been sown
ret-A. F. TEEPLE, Temporarily In
charge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-05

q
Occurrences Of interest In Various
F. Is 9aii parts of sthe State;
Serious. Railway Accident.


Charleston, S. C., special.-A collis-
tons in which, one life was last and IL
people were more or less seriously ih-
iured, occurred on the Atlantic Coast
Lihs i've miles from this city, at z
o'clock Thursday morning, local pas
.senger train No. ii coming up on
through train No. IS, had been stopped
rnintentionallysby the, accidental pull
Ing Of the bell cord on the main line.
A heavy fog prevailed and the crew Of
train. No. Il. had no reason to suppose
that NoaS5.h had stopped. SThe engine Of
No. Al plowed into the rear of No. 35.
partially demolishing the private car
of General Superintendent Denhan, Of
the second division Of the Atlantic
Coast Line, who was returning to sa-
:yannah with his family, and then
smashing the rear of the postal car
next sand sinjuring coaches beyond.
Fireman :sain sDsyis, of the accommo-
;dation trains was pinioned under the
sengines and sliterally cooked to death
iwhlesEngineef Horton was not seri-
ssasly injured The wreck was cleared
few hours and traffic restored.
Mail, baggage. and such passengers
as desired Were transferred. The dead:
Sam Harris, colored, fireman.
The injured:
:. ..Flagman &C. Eafnb.
: Master benharh, son, of the, .superin.
steAdent W.B.i Denham, of Savannah.
Mrs. M. S. Byck.,
Miss c. EByck.' - {.
G. c.. Barnes. .l.s 60 =
Mrs. G. Z. Sennenberg.
a. ]. Cannon. :;
A. J. Buero.
FL. Y, illiams..
T.EH. Burns. Augusta.
s G. J.:Sonnenberg, Augusta
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-05
&c ieceoraIa s-II WesyII Scare.

,.covipgton, Ga, special.-An insec
supposed to be a boil weevil has beer
eound In. this county on the plantation
cf;I,,.. F: Duke. Charles G Smith sub
ected the insect to q microscopic ex
. rninlatloa and compared it with ar
enIarged picture Of the boil weevil is
ued by the Department OF. Agricul
yres and he finds it to be practicali'
lienticsl with the genuine Mcxica
olls weevil. They had not been di
.vered until Lne recent hot
seather. but they are becoming quit
punsrpuS DOW.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-05
Archbishop at Mt. Vernon.

Washington, Special-The Archbish.
op of Canterbury went to Mount Yer
non today as the guest Of General Gro
zier, chief CT ordinance, to visit the
home and tomb Of Washington. The
party also included Sir Henry Morti-
mer Durand, the British ambassador;
Eecretary of the Navy Morton, ]. Pier.
pont Morgan and about twenty others.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-05
Alleged Injustice.

Havana, BY Cable.-The membe
Of tho Cigar Manufacturers Associ
ton vigorously urge the Cuban go
ornment to represent to the Unite
States the alleged injustice in reno
ing the distinctive stamp on importt
cigars. 1t is further alleged that Sc
etary Shaw's decision assists all Il
ishcnesty practiced against ii
american consumer, In making Il
.oxes containing mixed or otherwi
Inferior products appear to conta
plre Hnvana,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-05
citizen Killed by a Policeman.

Columbia, 8. G., Special;
,:MayesYille, late Thursday night, Po'
liceman S. F. Hurst was shot and in
~stantly. killed bysJ. E. Anderson. The
officer was shot six times With q
Colts magazine pistol, Sall of the balls
taking effect in the chest and abdo.
nen. II is said that Hurst drew re
Diver first, but that Andersen wa
co quick. for him. The shooting i
ss5:ass etosbe the result ot persons
|snat tel. 5Anderson surrendered and
gag r1aoed n Jail.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-05
aeavy Damage y Wrought ii l;li Colorado a.
se.ise sss Settlement -: -. : 50
THE LOSS Will REACH A MILLION
Devastation ,W'yroqsht:s Alora, i tbs.
Whole Valley ct thesaLas ssAnimas:
Riysr .lnsludjns sthe. City of lag
AninaaS ~ zsss.sssss q. -ssses..ssss - S:.t :
: ! .e&$ .SsL 9 2. q.

sTrinidad, Col. specia.:--A terrific
ficod@has struck the esctty of Trinidad
and the whole valley along the Las
Animas rivers deyestatingsa vide sec;
tion and causing a loss which will
reach s1,OOO,OOO. So far as known there
was no loss of life, but several are re-
ported missing: Every bridge in the
city of Trinidad is out. and the tele-
phone and telegraphic service ;eomS ON;
pletely suspended. Moresthan 30 city
blocks in the residence and business
portions were from stwo toSthgee Feet
under water along sthesriver. 81 ~ ~
The food was caused by 50 heaYsEr rain
which has been fallingIf Ifer two days
At o'clock Thursday nfght the storm
assumed cloudburst prop ortions and at
2 o'clock this morning thesIsas Animas
river went over it's banks. At $3.50 it
was impossible to get within block
OF the river bed at any point, and Com.
mercial street was flooded for three
blocks in the heart or the business dis
,,trict.s Meantime the; electric light and
gas plant had been flooded and ehe city
was IN complete darkness. Hundreds
of citizens thronged the streets on the
edge of the submerged district, carry
ingF lanterns and doing their best to
provide for those driven .freM home
with shelter. Narningsot the food was
given when thesr rieersleft tsSbanks, by:
revolver shots andRthe ringing of the
fire alarm, following the blowing Of all
the locomotive and shop whistles In
town. Citizens upon RATS made of Sec
ofsside walksepadd died through h@the
streets rescuing families which were in
danger. The new Bacca Hotel, atwo-
story structure Just nearing completion
at a cost Of $4,000 on the river bank,
was destroyed. The.Wster, then ate its
waytthrough SO feet OF ground to- the
Sante Fe depot, which was carried
away. The Cardenas Hotel, adjoining,
( barely escaped a Similar fate, an acre
CT ground being washed away heSr it..
SThe Rio Grande bridge, at El Moro, is
out and the Santa ,Fe Fight of way in.
many places has been washed out. =.
It was reported that the, flood was,
due to; a"bTcek in city reservoir, but:
tais is erroneous. The reservoir Is safe;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-05
Noah Broomfield Killed.

Greenville, Special.-Noah Brown
field, negro shoemaker, was shot
and instantly killed Saturday evening
at o'clock by Robert. Holmes, ne.
gro painter, in front of the formers
shoe shop On Laurens street, in the
heart of the city. The man was kill.
ed with double-barrelled shot gun.
1t Is alleged that Brownfield cursed .
female member of the Holmes family,
resulting in Holmes shooting the
shoemaker.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-05
The Room.

uC ttSS''
Here In this old deserted room.
Who're cobyebs fringe the tapsssries
sysyfd by raneng the pgef7ss s In is so0
,rttrs where the dusty shades let down.
Xsai9sS ths yellow Llfy's. Light gsly.r eae erevn
There in the quiet corner nook vol,
A leathern chair leans to the wall,
There bended DER como cherished BOOK
torm arises ,rases 81 in - the MitR Pati; delight
IN duys of childhood when trod.
A vagrant and Z tott'rins wight.
A Trembling bahs Ger vernal soa.
7 list the voices faint and sweet
Borne 10 me in soft roundelays,
az LIES exquisite cavral days.
Ard while the ngu!aras SIss1 it 1apssstreis ppss eioom
cr,inlbIc to dust, life's ecstasies
Bi;rg back the sunshine to the room.
Horace Seymour Keller.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-10-05
Lvnchea for Attempted Assault.

Greenwood, Special.--James Calfefs
Stuart, a negro about % years old, was
lvnched by Laurens county citizens
shortly after midnight Friday night
after being brought just across the
river into Greenwood county. The
crime for which Stuart was lynched
was the usual one, in attempting a
criminal assault upon the 14-year-old
daughter of mir. Doc Hughes, q well
known white farmer who lives in tne tf's
,stE;::aan Sal1ida and Reedy
rivera:
The first news tf the 1ynching was
brought here Saturday morning by q
gentleman who wes making the trip
from Greenyille to Greenwood by pri-
tate conveyance through the country.
He reported that just after crossing
smith's bridge over Saluda river he
came upon the dead body Of a negro
lying on tie side OF the road. The nc.
:sros hands were tied behind his back
and he was lying with his fac cup
turned and with his knees bent under
him, a position indicating to the sen
lleman that he had been shot while in
L kneeling posture. When the body was
examined at the curoner's inquest II
was found that only enc bullet wound
had been inflicted upon the negro. This
was pistol ball which entered the
body under the left arm.
The body was turned over to the ne
gro's father.
From reliable reports it appears that
the dead negro, James Stuart, had been
living with Mr. Hughes about two
years, his release from the Laurens
county chaingang having been secured
by Mr.. Hughes; the negro had ever
Since bsen making his home on his
place.