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The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-01
WASHINGTON NEGRO HANGED.
John Burley. Whom Roosevelt Refused to
Pardon, Dies on Scaifold.

Washington, d. @. Aug. 3d.
John Burley, negro 40 years of
age, was hanged at the district
Jail here today for an attack on
a 4-year-old negro girl, commit
ted in July, 1908. 1t was the
first time the death penalty had
been inflicted in the District of
Columbia for this offense. An
appeal to President Roosevelt
recently for clemency resulted
not only in a refusal but in a
scathing arraignment of the pris-
oner and the crime for which he
was convicted.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-01
TESTING OFFICE.
Cumberland Telephone Co. Makes
Darlington Chief Point in
Western Kentucky.
WILL USE TEN OR MORE OPERATORS.

The Cumberland Telephone
Co. has completed all arrange
ments to make Darlington the
chief testing point in Western
Kentucky and it will be the larg-
est in the State outside of Louis
vile. Manager Montague, the
hustling manager of the company
at this place, has been working
for this sor a number of months,
and although it looked doubtful
In the beginning, he kept ham
merIng away with persistency
until he accomplished his pur-
pose. He has already received a
large long distance testing board
and a new local board, both of
which will be installed in a short
time. A car load of copper wire
has also been received and all
other necessary material for max
ing the change. There will be
ten or more operators employed.
The chief operator will be lady
from Nashville and the others
will be selected from Darlington
if possible. This change will
greatly facilitate business in
darlington and there will be no
more tiresome waits for the 9th
er party and that old phrase,
"the line is busy" will be a
thing of the past.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-01
ASSESSMENTS NOT TO BE.
Warning Against Campaign Levies on
Government Employees Issued to
Bureau Heads.

Washington, d. c.. Aug. 90
In view of the approaching cleo
ton, the civil service commission
today addressed letter to the
heads of all government depart
ments and bureaus calling their
attention to violations of civil
service law which have occurred
in the past in connection with
political campaigns and enclosing
circular containing a warning
against the damage or payment
of political assessments and par
tisan activity of officeholders.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-01
BROKE THE RECORD.
NJ 3. Long and Party Kill Thihy.six
Squirrels near Free Henry Ford.

M. B. Long, DR.. Pete Davis,
Earl Stone and Grover Long went
squirrel hunting near Free Henry
Ford in the Pond river flats one
day this week, remaining over
night, and killed thirty-six squir-
rels, eating six and bringing thir-
ty home with them. They think
this breaks the record on squir-
rel hunting and were well + cas-
ed with their trip.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-01
POLICEMAN PICKS UP HEAD,
FINDS 1T That OF HIS SON.
Sergeant Reilly. Of South Chicago Thus
Learns Of Young Mans Death.

As Patrick Reilly, sergeant at
the South Chicago police station,
lifted the head of man who had
been killed by a Lake Shore train
near One Hundred and First
street one evening last week he
found it was that of his son,
Patrick j. Reilly, % years old.
The policeman had gone to the
railroad yards in answer to re-
port that a man had been killed
there.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-01
DARLINGTON CIRCULATING LIBRARY
Now Open-free to AIl-Contains Near
One Thousand Volumes-Only Free
Circulating Library in County.

A free circulating library has
been opened in Darlington for
the benefit of her citizens. con-
tanning near one thousand vol
umes by the best standard au-
thors in poem, prose and history.
This is the only free circulating
library in Hopkins county and,
although it has been open only a
short time, is well patronized
and greatly appreciated by the
reading people of this city. The
library is located at the reading
room at the head of Main street
and is in charge of Miss Dona
Wood, who courteously sees that
the wants of all patrons are
quickly supplied. The library is
open from 2 to 8 O'Clock p. m.
every day except Sunday. All
the leading magazines and peri
odicals are kept on file and may
be read by the public, but are
not included in the circulating
department. New books will ar
rive from time to time as they
are issued from the press, and
everything possible Will be done
to make this one of the best Ii
braries in Western Kentucky.
Some of the late works now on
hand are: "Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm" by Kate Douglass
Wiggin; "The Deliverance," by
Ella Glasgow; "The Little Shep-
herd of Kingdom Gomez by Jas.
Fox, Jr.; "The Mettle of the
Pasture" by James Lane Allen;
''Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch" and "Lovey Mary" by
Allce heRdn NICE.
In the historical line there are
"Abbott's History" containing
80 volumes; "Hlstory of all Ma
tlons," 80 volumes; "Ridpath's
History of the World" and many
other useful and instructive
books too numerous to mention.
The reading public are requested
to make use of the opportunities
offered to secure good, whole
some reading matter free of cost.
The only restrictions placed on
patrons are given in the rules
below.
Extract From the BYLAWS
4. Books may be kept from the
library two weeks and may be
renewed for one week only, pro-
vided there is no fine on them
except new books, which may be
kept from the library one week
only, and shall not be renewed.
5. Any ticket holder who shall
retain a book from the library
beyond the time prescribed in
Rule A, shall pay for each volume
six cents a week or fraction OF
a week for such detention,
7. No book shall be reserved
for any ticket holder.
1. 8. If any ticket holder shall
take a book from the library,
without having it charged to his
account, his right to the use OF
the library shall thereby be liable
to forfeiture.
/ 10. If any ticket holder shall
lose or injure a book, he shall re-
place the same or pay an equiva-
lent in money; and if the book
be one of a set, he shall make
the set complete and uniform, or
pay for the whole of it, receiving
the odd volumes as his property.
|
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The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-01

While carrying keg beer in
tended for picnic in Reading, Pa,
Elmer Kerchoff stumbled over a
wire. The key slipped so suddenly
that the jar dislocated his neck.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-01

Less than 3,OOO,O 900 Of Russia's 49,
0OO, 600 inhabitants are industriously
employed and the greater part of
their work is on government orders.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-01
Co. G. Bird Ky. Inf. Extends Thanks.

We, the members of Co. G, 3rd
nifty. K. S. g., desire to express
our grateful appreciation for the
liberal donations recently made
to our company fund by toe fol-
lowing citizens of our town:
Jas. r.. Rash w. S. McGary
John x. Taylor j. w. Robinson
w. r. Coyle Bryan Hopper
Jesse Phillips ]. e. Fawcett
A. o. Sisk MD. J.M.Yictory&C Co
w. G. Barter J. F. Devylder
Jas. Crenshaw Dan M. Evans
r. b., Arnold J.E.Mothershead
J. K. Orr OBJ. johnson, MD.
e. i. Wise WI. Gordon. Jr.
M. B. Long w. b. Wood
Barnett&Stone Lynn & Goodloe
C.G. Robinson Il. A. Chatter, M. ID.
w. E. Rash r. e. Whipfler
T. d. Renfrow w. @. Mcleod
w. l.. Walden.
(Signed) COMPANY G,
BY Paul P. Price, Capt. Comd'g.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-01

OOhCc, WIN a. hCAdll VI lOui iiiCh
from Co. G. and a like number
from other companies, left Tues
day night for St. LOUIS to get
things In readiness.
The following are the local Of
ficers and soldiers who will go:
Capt. Paul z. Price.
LIST. Lieut.. OFT l.. Powers.
2nd. Lieut.. Henry w. Rogers.
LIST. Sergt. Thos. o. Long.
q. M. Sergt. @. E. Voolfolk.
Sergt. Claude Long.
g" Jno. B. Robinson.
" J. L. Miles.
" J. Y. Montague.
Corp. Tom Peyton.
Ernest Brinkley.
=" L. K. Groves.
w. r. Miles.
:. A. S. Hicks.
Trumpeter j. G. Morelan.
I" Albert Yarmouth.
Artificer @. B. Stokes.
Young Allen Jno. Ampler
Jas. Buchanan Rice Bowles
Arthur Barnett I. Y. Clark
T. II. Cansler P. B. Davis, Jr.
f. T. Devylder Green Gill,
w. Z. Groves I. ID. Hawkins
j. III. Harris Jno. j. Harland
Lee Hawkins John Jones
w. @. Lamb O. w. Miles
John Meyers Jas. K. Skeen
Liston Streaker Ward Stodghill
ii. @. Smothers Geo. Stokes
7. l.. Stokes j. r. Smith
j. 81. Tally A. G. Thomson
III. r. Tweedle Chas. Treumpy
Jubal Vincent , Chas. Wyatt
Emit Wyatt Lee Withers
Ben Wilson.
Things are Shaped at St. Louis.
st. Louis, Mo-, Aug. 29.-Prac-
tically everything is In readiness
for the coming of the Kentucky
State Guard to the exposition.
Harry G.. Tandy. quartermaster
general and acting commissary
general, was here today to ar
range for rations for all the
troops. The contracts he is max
ing call for accommodations for
$40 men for nine days each three
times during the month of Sep
TENDER. a total of 1910 men.
Mr.. Tandy is well pleased with
the site selected for the Ken
lucky soldier boys. He says he
will bring over a detail of men
on next Friday for the purpose
of getting the site in readiness
to pitch tents, etc.
This will be the first time the
Kentucky militia have been paid
for attending camp of instruc-
ton. all are to have expenses
paid and receive a daily salary
amounting to $3.50 for privates,
$1.75 for noncommissioned off,
GERS and so on up to about 50.
Col. Mott Ayres, paymaster gen.
eral, will pay off.
The government has appropri-
ated $27, 900, and the state is to
supplement this with $4,000.
Mr.. Tandy is experiencing some
trouble IN finding suitable horses
for the officers. The sixteen
head needed may be brought
from Kentucky.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-01

In 1901, of the total emigration
from Venetia, over 80 per cent. Gill;
1851 declared their intention to re-
turn, while the balance (5,17S) was
classed as permanent emigrants.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1904-09-01
IMPORTANT QUESTION
To Come Before the Conference OF the
N. E Church in Session at Lex.
ington.

cons 81 d era tlon by the two
branches of the Methodist Epis-
copal church in Kentucky to
join forces in educational work
in the State just as the Northern
and Sous h ern PRESBYTERIAN
chFches have already done.
The project will come up in
definite form at the session of
the Kentucky Conference of the
Methodist Church South, which
is now being held in Lexington.
The actual proposition now un.
der consideration is to center
the support of the entire demon
ination in Kentucky upon the
Kentucky Wesleyan College at
Winchester, KY, and that for
the purpose of strengthening the
the institution the money left
the Methodist church by Mrs.
Fannie II. Speed, amounting to
about $250,000 in all, be added
to the endowment of that col
lege. 1t now seems probable
that this will be agreed upon.
1t will be remembered that
Mrs. Fanny Speed divided her
estate between her relatives and
the Board of Education of the
Methodist church, North. The
will was contested by the Hem.
ing family out was sustained by
all the courts and one-half OF
that estate or about $250,000 j:
now in the hands of the Board
of Education.
1t was the original intention
of that board to establish a uni.
versity in Louisville and the lot
at Brook and Breckenridge was
considered as site. After ma
ture deliberation, however. it
was considered unwise to divide
the strength of the church in
Kentucky by trying to keep up
one college in Winchester and
one in Louisville. 1t was point
ed out that the Speed money can
only be used as an endowment
and that while the income can
be spent annuanly in increasing
the usefulness of the Winchester
College yet if the time should
come. that it would be thought
wise to establish Methogist
college in Louisville the money
could be withdrawn.
Joint committees from the
two branches of the church in
the State have held several con.
ferences and there is general
feeling of confidence in the sue
cess of the project. The Rev
Amos Boreing is chairman of the
joint committees aud the Rev,
U. V. w. Darlington is secre'
tary. The text of the agreement
reached by these committees i:
as follows:
"Flrst-That the two churches
shall unite upon one college OF
high grade for the entire State
of Kentucky: that college shall
be the Kentucky Wesleyan Col
lege at Winchester; that it shall
be ope rated and controlled by 6
Board of Education of not less
than twelve nor more thar
twenty-four m embers of equa
number from each church, ant
half laymen and half preachers
with the bishops holding the
conference of the two churches
ex-oficio members.
"Second-That there shall BIZ
also under the care and over
sight of the board a system Of
high grade academies that shall,
serve as feeders to the college
and work in harmony with III
course of study as well as serve
the needs Of their respective
local fields. For the present
these academies shall be-: Unior
College, Barbourville; X. w. O.
Academy, Oampton; one in the
Big Sandy valley, and one in the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-08-11

Now clearly, with no shadow Of
doubt he took the other view: There
could be nothing better than love- Men,
their works, their deeds, were little
things. Success was little thing, the
opinion of men little thing. Instantly
he felt the truth of it.
And here was love in danger. That
it held its moments habitation in CLAW
of the coarser mold had nothing to do
with the great elemental truth of it.
For the first time in his life Thorpe
felt the full crushing power of an alb
straction. Without thought, instinc-
lively, he threw before the necessity of
the moment all that was lesser. 1t was
the triumph Of what was real in the
man over that which environment.
alienation, difficulties, had raised up
within him.
At Big Junko's words Thorpe raised
his hammer and with one mighty blow
severed the chains which bound the
ends of the booms across the opening.
The free end of one of the poles i'm
mediately swung down with the cur
rent in the direction of Big Junko
Thorpe. like a cat. ran to the end of
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in the darkness Of that long nights
work no man knew his neighbor. Mer
from the river, men from the mill, mer
from the yard, all worked side by side
Thus no one noticed especially a tall
slender, but we'll knit individual dress
ed in faded mackinaw and limp
SLOUGH hat which he wore pulled over
his eyes. This young fellow occupied
himself with the chains. Against the
racing current the crew held the ends
Of the heavy booms while he fastened
them together. He worked we'll, but
seemed slow. Three times Shearer hus-
tied him on after the others had finish
ed, examining closely the work that
had been done. On the third occa-
sion he shrugged his shoulder some
what impatiently.
The men struggled to shore. the
young fellow just described bringing
up the rear. He walked as though
tired out, hanging his head and drag
ging his feet. When, however, the
boarding house door had closed on
the last of those who preceded him and
the town lay deserted in the dawn he
suddenly became transformed. Cast
ing a keen glance right and left to be
sure of his opportunity he turned and
hurried recklessly back over the logs
to the center booms. There he knelt
and busted himself with the chains
In his zigzag progression over the
jam he so blended with the morning
shadows as to seem one of them, and
he would have escaped quite unnoticed
had not sudden shifting of the logs
under his feet compelled him to rise for
a moment to his full height. So Wal
lace Carpenter, passing from his bed
room along the porch to the dining
room, became aware of the man on the
logs
His first thought was that something
demanding instant attention had hap
pened to the boom. He therefore ran
at once to the mans assistance, ready
to help him personally or to call other
aid as the exigency demanded. Owing
to the precarious nature Of the passage
he could not see beyond his feet until
very close to the workman. Then he
looked up to find the man, sQuatted Oh
the boom, contemplating him sardonic-
ally.
"Dyerw he exclaimed.
Fright. my son." said the other
coolly.
what are you doing?"
IF you want to know. l am filing
this chain
Wallace made one step forward and
SO became aware that at last firearms
were taking a part in this desperate
game.
"You stand still!' commanded Dyer
from behind the revolver Its unfor-
tunate for you that you happened
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the boom, seized the giant by the COL
lar and dragged him through the wa
ter to safety.
"Runy' he shouted run for your
life!'
The two started desperately back,
skirting the edge of the logs which now
the very seconds alone seemed to hold
back. They were drenched and blind
ed with spray, deafened with the crash
Of timbers settling to the leap. The
men on shore could no longer see them
for the smother. The great crush of
logs had actually begun its first majes-
tic sliding motion when at last they
emerged to safety.
At first few of the loose timbers
found the opening, slipping quietly
through with the current; then more
Finally the front Of the jam dove for
ward, and an instant later the smooth,
swift motion had gained it's impetus
and was sweeping the entire drive
down through the gap.
Rank after rank, like soldiers charg-
ing, they ran. The great fierce wind
caught them up ahead of the current
In moment the open river was full
Of logs jostling eagerly onward. Then
suddenly far out above the uneven
tossing sky line Of Superior the strange
northern "loom," or mirage, threw the
specters Of thousands of restless tim
bers rising and falling on the bosom Of
the lake.
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shore.
What Dyer's ultimate plan might be
be could not guess. He had stated con-
6dently that the jam would break Gin
an hour" He might intend to start it
with dynamite. Wallace dragged him
self from the water and commenced
breathlessly to run toward the board
ing house.
Dyer had already reached shore.
Wallace raised what was left of his
voice in despairing shout. The scaler
mockingly waved his hat, then turned
and ran swiftly and easily toward the
shelter Of the woods. At their border
he paused again to bow in derision
Carpenters cry brought men to the
boarding house door. From the shad-
ows of the forest two vivid flashes cut
the dusk. Dyer staggered, turned COM
pletely about, seemed partially to re-
cover and disappeared. An instant
later, across the open space where the
scaler had stood, with rifle ATRIAL, the
Indian leaped in pursuit
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along. because now you'll have to come
with me till this little row is over. You
won't have to stay long. Your logs IL
go out in an hour. III just trouble
you to go into the brush with me for
awhile
The scaler picked his file from beside
the weakened link.
What have you against US, anyway.
Dyer?'' asked Wallace. His quick mind
had conceived plan. At the moment
he was standing near the outermost
edge of the jam, but now as he spoke
he stepped quietly to the boom log.
Dyer's black eyes cleaned at him
suspiciously, but the movement appear
ed wholly natural in view of the re-
turn to shore.
Nothing" he replied. II didn't like
your gang particularly, but that's moth
ing"
"Why do you take such nervy
chances to injure us?' queried Car
penter.
Because there's something in it,
snapped the scaler. "Now, about face.
Moseyv
Like a flash, Wallace wheeled and
dropped into the river, swimming as
fast as possible below water before
his breath should give out. The swift
trent hurried him away. When at
last he rose for air the spit of Dyer's
pistol caused him no uneasiness A
moment later he struck out boldly for
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CHAPTER XXXIV.

|0HEY stood and watched them
"Oh, the great man! Oh, the
" great man!' murmured the
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I@1HE1 stood and watched them
"Oh, the great man! Oh, the
~ great manH' murmured the
writer, fascinated
struck them dumb. They did not IN
derstand the motives beneath it all, but
the fact was patent. Big Junko broke
down and sobbed.
After a time the stream of logs
| through the gap slackened. In mo-
| ment more, save for the inevitably
stranded few, the booms were empty
A deep sigh went up from the atten-
tive multitude.
"She's gomez said one man, with the
emphasis of a novel discovery, and
| groaned.
Then the awe broke from about their
minds, and they spoke many opinions
and speculations. Thorpe had disap-
| peared. They respected his emotion
and Gid not follow him.
1T was just plain foolishness, but
it was great" said Shearer That no
account jackass of a Big Junko amt
worth as much per thousand feet as
good white pine"
Then they noticed a group of men
gathering about the office steps. and
on it some one talking. Collins. the
bookkeeper, was making speech
Collins was a little Ratchet faced
man, with straight, lank hair, near
sighted eyes, timid, order loving dis
position and great suitability for his
profession. He was accurate, unemo-
tional and valuable. All his actions
were as dry as the sawdust in the
burner. No one had ever seen him ex-
cited. But he was human. and now
his knowledge of the company's affairs
showed him the dramatic contrast He
knew. He knew that the property of
the firm had been mortgaged to the
last dollar in order to assist expansion.
so that not another cent could be Dor
rowed to tide over present difficulty.
He knew that the notes for 100000
covering the loan to Wallace Carpenter
came due in three months. He knew
from the long table of statistics which
he was eternally preparing and COM
pairing that the seasons cut should
have netted profit of 100000, enough
to pay the interest on the mortgages.
to take up the notes and to furnish a
working capital for the ensuing year.
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CHAPTER XXXuI.

''rlTEHA is it?" what is the mat
vi ter?' "What the IS up"
lV whats happened?" burst on
Wallace in a volley.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-02-15

a geographical magazine makes the
interesting statement that the Philip.
pin" Islands have % coast In" double
that ~ no" uaiu part of the Caitcd
States The fIrasur"ment given Is a..
49, statute miles. while the iotal area
is stated ~ lljO2G square miles. In
th" Philippines there 10 one mile ~
cuasi line 20 every ton miles Of area In
the United states tho proportion is !
10 ~. ifis said that som Islands and
isl"ls''au h" counted on the charts
Harper Weekly
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-02-15

s.s~o-. Wa-5,l e.o-,sy oca
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-07-15
A Little Wreck.

Short Line switch-englne No. $50
was wrecked in the yards here FRI
day afternoon, The accident oc-
Cured just under the viaduct and
was caused by the $50 and heavier
road engine trying to occupy the
same piece of track at the same time.
The lead and round house tracks
converge at the point of the trouble
and the lighter engine had to give
way when the engines came together.
The $50 was let down several feet
iuto the cinders and the roadbed
torn up some but the main track
was not blocked. Camera.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1904-07-15
A New Apostle.

A piece of ecclesiastical news that
was doubtless most welcome to the
ears of the Latter-day SAINTS
throughout Utah, and to thousands
in Europe, was the choice of Elder
Charles w. Penrose to fill the va
cancy in the apostolate caused by
the death of A. O. Woodruff. FL
der Penrose has been a member of
the church for fifty-three years, is
thoroughly acquainted with its
doctrine in every detail, has been
an active promulgator and teacher
of the Gospel, and is one of the
most popular members of the church.
Logan Journal.