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The oasis., 1905-02-11
$6.S5

 Leaving q net return at El Paso of $72,77 a total from the four tons of ore aggregating $30061. From that was deducted S37. .83 freight paid from Patagonia to Fl Paso, leaving net return of $262.7S from the shipment of four tons. The pay roll and expense account show that the lieutenant has ex- expended about $275.00 upon the properties, so the shipment made has nearly returned cost of opera ton, and he has sacked, ready for shipment seven tons more of same kind and quality of ore, which will bring a return that will be nearly E'all velvet"
 From the showing made it is very clear that Dick has a fine property.
The oasis., 1905-02-11
Shipping High Grade Ore.

Lieutenant Dick Fleischer is the fortunate owner of a group of mines in the Patagonia mountains, named the Buena Vista group, of which he says very little, but they are producing gratifying results, as. shown by returns from a recent ore shipment which he exhibited to THE OASIS one day this week.
 The group includes nine full claims, viz: the Bohemia, Blanche, Luisa, Good Luck, Buena Vista, Roberto, Hermana, Fleischer, and Miguel. Work is pushing at sew eral places, but the principal work ings are q tunnel eighty-fve feet long and shaft sixty-fve feet deep upon different veins. Beth are being pushed with all vigor, and from both ore of high grade is being extracted. The ore streak is now about fourteen inches wide, and widening as depth is attained.
 Four tons recently shipped to Fl Paso, as shown by the statement hereinbefore mentioned yielded as follows
 Cold 4on g1n15
The oasis., 1905-02-11

gt0%s Deductions were made as follows: Treatment, per ton $500 Insolubles 3.S5
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-04-24
Monte SanO Bank Wins.

Olympia, April 22.-rhe supreme court
has affirmed the judgment of the lower
court, granting new trial in the case Of
JOSEF ph A. Dennis against the Montesano
National bank. In litigation over the
ownership OF shingles jury in the lower
court gave Dennis verdict for $l.S16,
and the Judge set aside the verdict and
granted a new trial. The decision was
affirmed today.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-04-24
A Gnaranteed Cure tor Piles.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles. Druggists refund money ii PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case, no
matter of how long standing, in to II
days. First application gives ease and
rest. SOC Ii your druggist hasn't it
send Soc in stamps and it will be for
warded post paid by Paris Medicine Co.,
st. Louis, Mo.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-04-24

The president can not attack the prin.
ciple upon which one trust operates
without attacking the principle upon
which they all operate, and they are like
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-13
KILLED ON THE RAIL.
Two Men Killed and Three Seriously
Injured Today.

Pittsburg, Septembe 7.-One man
was killed, another fatally injured
and three seriously hurt by being run
down by train on the Pennsylvania
railroad at Homewood station at 6:21
this morning. The men were stand,
ing on the track waiting for a train
when the fast passenger train COM
ing from the opposite direction ram
them down. The dead are William
Gardner and man thought to be-
William Mckee, who died on the way
to the hospital. The injured were
William Gundy, whose skull was frac-'
tured and the left arm SO badly
crushed that it was amputated; Rob-,
ert Patton, aged 20. whose back was
injured, taken to the hospital and
Harry Courtney, aged %, injured in
ternally, and also taken to the hos
pital
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-13
WAR OF DIFFERENTIATION.
Tartars and Armenians at Baku Try
ing to Destroy Each Other.

st. Petersburg, September THE
troubles at Baku, according to the
latest reports, continue unabated and
if anything are growing worse. Over
500 oil wells are now reported to have
been destroyed as a result of the pol
icy which has been adopted by riot
ing Tartars and Armenians of setting
fire to tanks and wells. The damage
has been tremendous and it will be
a long time before operations can be
resumed. The heat from the burning
wells is so intense troops who have
been trying to extinguish the flames
have been compelled to cease their
efforts All homes in the vicinity Of.
the wells have been abandoned. 1t is
doubtful ii the troops, even with the
reinforcements sent them will be able
to auell the antagonists, who seem to-
be bent on destroying each other.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-13
Morning Session.

With more than unusual interest and
with a larger crowd in the court house
than has previously been present, the
investigation proceeded this morning.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the first wit
ness, Mr.. E. T. Windha,n, who tes-
tilted yesterday afternoon, was recall
ed to the stand. Letters were read
stating that three cases of wine were
being shipped to him to supply short
age in previous shipment A barrel
of wine was also received by the dis
penser. Said that L. W Boykin rep
resented whiskey houses after he
was Inspector did not know which
houses. He was offered $50 to vote
for Mr.. Raffield, refused it, and Mr.. ].
NJ. Reams was elected. Shortage oc-
Cured in Mr.. Ream's accounts; no
collection was made to his knowledge
and no steps were taken to prosecute.
Committe from grand jury examined
dispensers accounts, but nothing
further was heard of it.
Mr.. z. F. Miller was the next wit
ness. He is managing a newspaper
in this city. Dispensary had not been
conducted according to the legal pro
visions, and reported same to the
Z fro
Mr.. L. J. Williams to Secretary Walsh
stating that the State board had no
authority to remedy defects in Section
5 of the dispensary law, SO he waited
until he could see Mr. John Bell Tow
i'll and made complaint to him. Mr..
Towill promised to have the dispenser
removed if Mr. Miller would prose-
cut him. y letter was received from
the governor stating that the State
and county board would look into
the matter Mr. Miller carried affda-
Wits before the State board, but they
were without effect and he was in
formed that similar violations Of the
law were to be found in every county.
He had a conversation with Mr.. H. H.
Evans, of the State board, concern
| ing the matter, in which the latter
said that he did not give damn
about Sumter; that he had never re-
ceived support but from one man
in the town. Advised him to discon-
tinue his efforts to expose the system.
as it would only tend to make him un-
popular. and no other papers seemed
to be very much interested. Mr.. Mil
ler stated that he just wanted to see
the law obeyed. In reference to the
attempted bribe of Mr.. Windham, he
said that he heard Mr.. Gaillard say
on the day after the election Of dis
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-13
SUMTER S. c.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER l3. 1905

inducement to try his brands. There
was some peculiar transaction be-
tween the two that could not be got
ten at, and in a letter to Farnum,
Davis said: 'I don't care to sell out at
such a small figure" He said that
about $4,000 was his price. He ac-
cumulated bottles by allowing drink
ing on the dispensary premises.
Mr.. ]. H. Morris, Of Spartanburg,
was sworn by request, and in answer
to charges preferred against him in
some papers as to the inaccuracy OF
his accounts he produced vouchers
and receipts, which he turned over to
the committee, showing that his set
tlement was straight and that he was
not behind.
The meeting then adjourned.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-13
New Series-V0l. XIV. No. 8

fered me time and again, declined all
Assisted in securing the appointment
of Mr.. Lawrence, of Darlington, as
chief clerk in State dispensary. He
held the position only one month;
gave it up because he had learned not
to be led into temptation and because
he was a prohibition man. The entire
surroundings were foreign to him.
At the conclusion of this evidence
the meeting adjourned subject to the
call of the chairman.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-13

| quest DldllkS OH account VI uoii Va
business. Have not turned over
money to county treasurer weekly as
the law requires, because he refused
to accept it; make monthly pay
ments. Drinking on premises not al
lowed. Did not consider lot in rear
| Of dispensary as a part of the prem
ises. Sold beer bottles for 20 cents per
| dozen. Did not get more than $3.50
a year from this source and divided
that amount with my clerks. Letters
were introduced showing remittances
to Windham during a period of eight
months for the following: $49.SS,
s5S.42, s3O.14, s141.50, averaging
about s35 per month. Sold empty box
es for Is cents a piece. He did not OBJ
fject to committees looking over his
mail, turned it over to them freely
and voluntarily. He seemed to have
done quite a nice little business "on
| the side" with Bluthenthal & Bick-
ert. Used the money received from
boxes and empty bottles for his per-
sonal USE Regarded extra bottles
found in cases to make up for break
age. Within the last three months
the State authorities have substituted
brands in III sorders. Prior to that
time it was never done unless espec-
ally. indicated in order. Persons con-
nected with the dispensary had never
attempted to use political influence
with him. His memory was refreshed
by reading a letter from L. j. Will
liams, then chairman of the State
board Of control, urging his support
for Colonel Talbert in his race for
governor. Said that drummers never
tried to influence his orders, and that
they showed no interest in his fnan-
cial affairs. A letter from w. W. Har-
ris, a whiskey drummer, was then in
troduced, in which it was stated to
Windham that if he would place a
large order for a particular brand by
certain date that Mr.. Boykin,
member of the board, would consider
a raise in his salary. He very reluct-
antly told that while member of
the county board Of control he had
been approached on the eve of the
election Of county dispenser by friends
Of a candidate for that Office, and
told that it would be worth something
to him to vote for their friend. When
forced by the committee he said that
these parties were the late Mr.. J. E.
Gaillard and Mr.. Geo. w. Reardon
and that the candidate for the office
was Mr.. ]. B. Rafield. He did not
know whether or not other members
of the b oard had been approached
but stated that Rafield was not
elected.
The meeting then adjourned until
1880 o'clock Thursday morning.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-13
Letter to W. P. Smith,
Sumter, S. c..

Dear Sir: $3.50 a gallon is dear
for water. There is a good deal Of
water in some paint, and shouldn't
be any.
They say oil and water don't mix:
add alkali; that makes soft soap. y
certain amount of oil water ard aka
Ii make thick paint; it is thick in
the can; it is thick to look at, feels
chick in the brush. But soap isn't
paint; ana you can't cheat Nature;
you can't cheat Weather: YOU can't
cheat Time.
The alkali cont Go the paint any
good; it isn't putin for that; it is put
in to hide the water; to sell it and sell
you; $3.50 a gallon for alkali-water.
Buy Dcvee. and go by the name
Your: truly,
+. ". Devoe & Co.
113.
The DuRant Hardware Co. sell our
paint
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-13
BEER DIsPENsARIEs CLOSED.
Charleston Now Without Any Beer
Dispcnsasies-Do the Bottling
Works Supply Blind Tigers?

With the closing Of the beer dis
pensary Of Thomas G. Carey, Charles
ton is left without place where one:
can buy beer at retail He has gone
into a position at the Charleston navy
yard and his resignation makes three
places vacant in Charleston. The
Evening Post of that city says that it
is not likely that the vacancies will be-
filled soon and continues, saying:
1.-The dearth Of applicants is due to-
the proftless character of the retail
beer establishments. The return to-.
the dispenser depends upon the
amount of beer that he can sell, and,
with the blind tigers in full blast on
all sides and three large bottling plants
the Germania and the works Of j. S.
Farnum and Robert Graham turning
out large quantity Of stuff and keep
ing the illegal places supplied, not
withstanding the business of the
agents OF several OF the large brewer
les, it is to be seen that there is not
much room for the retail beer dis
pensaries.
Another reason ascribed is the
premises clause. The Post says
that few beer drinkers will take the
trouble to get bottle of beer and
walk out to some other place where
it can be drunk
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-13

George Gore, colored, was convict
ed of manslauGhter in Union Friday.
He Killed a negro several months ago.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-09-13

The DuRant Hardware Co. sell our
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-15
CAMP ON FOOTBALL.
Should Cut Out Tackling Below tho
 Knees and Tandem Plays.

New Haven, Conn, December 14.-Wal- ter Camp, Yale athletic adviser, tonight gave out a statement relative to reform in football, and laid special stress on the adoption by the rules committee of an iron rule forbidding tandem and tack ling below the knees. He considers these rules, namely opening the play and les sening accidents and unnecessary rough ness, as absolutely essential Mir Camp regrets the delay caused by Harvard s postponement and expressed the belief that the committee must answer the pub lie demand and that Yale, owing to her position has especial responsibility to stand for these reforms. MT. Camp states that the committee is especially agreed on measures tending to eliminate brutality and provide competent officials
 He also suggests shortening the playing halves, a distance penalty for time taken out at request of the captain, that the ball be called dead whom any part of the person of the runner. save his feet. touches the ground. more rigid definition of the use of hands and arms. and better protection for man catching the ball.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-15
GHOST OF A MINER
Points Out Hidden Lode of Gold and
 Enriches a Grandson.

Wenatchee (Wash.) Cor Seattle Times
 Bringing a bottle filled with almost pure gold, taken from lode long hidden In mountain fastnesses, not far from here, w. E. Bartlett and M. c. Black, both well known business men, are back after per ilous trip to the Cascades. Theirs, how ever. was labor richly rewarded, though the story is so interwoven with Spiritual ism and romance that it is well nigh in credible. Bartlett is the grandson of D. E. Ingels. a miner of the early fifties in these parts, who was murdered in the hills by his partner. The Bartlett family are spiritualists. and Bartlett declares his dead and murdered grandfather, through a Portland medium, sent word to him to find the lost mine and he would be inde- pendent for life.
 Bartlett, who Is the proprietor of the racific house here, swears positively that he received specific directions from the spirit of his grandfather how to proceed to the lost mine. Moreover, he was told to select M. c. Black, a secondhand dealer here, to accompany him. The men will not tell of the location of their find but say it cannot be reached save by making an extremely dangerous trip and one fill- ed with hardship, especially at this time of the year, when the mountains are firm ly in winters icy grasp In the spring they will return and develop their find.
 In a rough and mountainous section they say they found a gray quartz ledge, lit orally filled with precious metal Small pieces were broken off, pounded up in A frying pan which they had with them and the gold picked out by the mems fingers and placed into q bottle. Should the ledge prove as rich as the samples a man could make mortar and gold pan. and in a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-15

father MT. Henderson states that tho matter was discussed in the church which he attended last Sunday. and in talking of 1t elsewhere he has found the senti- ment very much against the hanging of the boys for the reasons stated. No ap- peal, however, is made in behalf of old man Rawlings Or of the negro who took part in the crime.
 This Is the first time the Rawlings case has been brought to the attention of the prison commission since the decision of the supreme court refusing them a new trial While the present request is not in regular form there Is no doubt that formal application in behalf of the Raw lings boys will be made and that hard work will be done to save their lives.
 Attorney John R. Cooper, who repre- sents them In the trial has announced his intention of taking the cases to the su- pfeme court of the United States on the ground that the defendants were denied the due process of law In the matter of the selection of juries In the event that he should do this 1t may delay the exc cutions somewhat. The prison commission will not take the cases up for considera- ton In any event as long as they are pending in any of the courts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-15
GRATITUDE SHOWN
 IN PECULIAR WAY
A WOMAN NOMlNATES GOVENOR TERRELL FOR SENATORSHIP WHEN HE PARDoNs HER HUs- BAND FROM JAIL.

Atlanta, December 14-When Governor Terrell placed in the hands of Mrs. w. c. Groves of Macon this morning a pardon for her husband, who has been serving d sentence for gaming, she promptly nomi- mated him for United States senator
 With tears of gratitude in her eyes as she received the paper from the gov ernor's hands. Mrs. Groves said:
 Thank you. Governor May you live to enjoy many happy years and to be the next United States senator from Geor- gia."
 Groves was convicted in Macon of gam bling and sentenced to pay fine of s25O and costs or serve six months on the ehaingang. He could not raise the money and he had no friends who could help him in that direction. He went to the chaingang, where he served Tour months of his sentence, and on the ground of his poor physical health the prison com mission recommended a pardon, which the governor promptly granted. It Is stated that Groves Is not a professional gambler, but just had the misfortune to be caught in @ little quiet game.
 The title plant of the Title Guarantee and Trust company of Atlanta has been sold to a company composed of Asa G. Candler, Judge John C. Candler and oth- CTS for $10O.O00, and they will take charge of 1t on January next
 The new company is to be known as the Atlanta Title Guarantee company. and the other interpretations are E. P. Ansley, Forrest Adair, George Adair, John E. Murphy. P. S. Arkwright and w. s. Thomson. The new company's capital stock will be S120,0o0 with the privilege of increasing 1t to $5OO.OOo. The company owns abstracts of titles of all the property in Fulton county, possessing the com plete chain even to copies of five missing record books which were stolen from the court house about twenty years ago and have never been recovered.
 Judge John s. Candler, who Is inter- ested in the new company, has just re- signed his position as a member of the preme court, to take effect January 15. assistant district attorney for the north ern district of Georgia has just been ac- cepted by the attorney general of the Uni ted States. announcement of it having been received today. MT. Bells successor who will be associated with former Con gressman Carter Tate, the new district attorney, has not yet been named. 1t is generally believed however, that the place of assistant will be rendered to the retir ing district attorney, Hon. F. A. Angler, and that he will accept.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-15
CARRIES HER CHILD
 TO THE HOSPITAL
MRS. GRACE CULVER TAGGART IS IN CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR LEAVING WoosTER-HUsBAND SURPRISED.

Cincinnati December IA Mrs Grace Culver Taggart who was reported to have left Wooster, Oo., the Jurisdiction of the court granting divorce to her husband and the custody of her two children brought the boys to this city in order that Gull yer might undergo an operation for an ab- scess in his jaw at a Cincinnati hospital At first their presence here was denied but at the hospital this evening 1t was said the operation had been performed on the boy and that he had been removed to some placeot to the hospital authorities unknown.
 Columbus O., December 14--Captain Taggart cannot grasp the fact that his wife has fled from Wooster with their two children. He said today:
 q cannot believe it. If she has. I shall make an attempt to secure them. I shall insist upon the rights which Judge Eason granted me in the trial of the divorce case at Wooster. The whole matter Is in the hands of my attorney. MT. Wertz, and he will undoubtedly go after the chill dren if they are missing
 Lawyer Wertz. Captain Taggart's legal counsel. arrived in Columbus today to con- fer with his client. Mrs. Taggart has fled with the children" said Mir Wertz, and she is now in contempt of court When we get ready to go after the chill dren, however. we will have no trouble in locating them. and securing their re- turn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-15
DEGRAW'S REPORT
 SHOWS DECREASE
POSTMASTER MAKES REPORT ON SERVICE-WILL INCREASE THE RURAL FREE DELIVERY sERv. icE-ovER 5000 NEW ROUTES.

Washington. December 14-The annual report of Fourth Postmaster General P V. Degraw says there has been a de- crease of 757 In the number of new post masters commissioned as compared with the previous year. The actual number of postoffices in the United States at the close of the fiscal year was 6s.1S1.
 This, the report says. was a reduction in the total number of offices resulting mainly from the discontinuance of 3492 reason of the establishing of rural free delivery. The aggregate compensation of the postmasters thus displaced, amounted to $19S,994
 City free delivery has been extended during the year to forty-four new post offices as compared with sixty-nine new free delivery offices established in 1904 The special delivery letter service, MT. Degraw points out. is source of profit to the government, over and above the special fee of cents each paid to post masters for the delivery of such matter On June 30 rural service was in opera ton on 32,O55 routes which includes 7490 routes established on the year ended on that date, and the report says the interest of the people in this service has shown but little sign of abatement
 It Is estimated that service will be in stalled during the current fiscal year on 6l19 routes, making a total Of 3S174 routes in operation June 30, 1908.