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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-06-22
FIRST CASE OF LYNCH LAW.
The Hanging of Murderer by His
Father in Ireland.

S" many different versions and en-
plantations Of the term lynch law
have at various times been given AMI
occasionally are even yet added to,
that it seems fitting to recount the
tragic incident which has since Civ
Ell name to SO many calamitous oc-
currcnces not only in our land. but
on occasion also in that of others.
The very name of "Lynch' gives
the direct clcw to the land Of its ori-
gin-Ircland. Thackcry in his CIR
ish Sketch Book" in Chapter l.,
which treats of Galway, thus speaks
of an occurrence within its precincts
which in 1912 bore the erewsome
"mcmento" SO erimly described in
the words following:
"Thcn there is Lambard street,
otherwise called Dead Mans lane.
with raw head and crossboncs and
mcmento mori over the door where
the dreadful tragedy of the Lynchs
was acted in 1493. IF Galway is the
Rome of Connaught, James Fitz-
stephen Lynch, the mayor, may be
considered as the Lucius Junius
Brutus thereof. Lynch had son
who went to Spain as master of one
of his. fathers ships, and being a
wild, cNtravagant turn. there cont
tractcd debts, drew bills and alarm
ed his fathers correspondent, who
sent a clerk and nephew Of his own
back in young Lynch's ship to Gal
way to settle accounts. On the 18th
day Lynch threw the Spaniarl over
board. Coming back to his own
country, he reformed his life lit
tie and the Blakcs, Burkes or Bod
kins or others when q seaman who
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-06-22

but to greater personal virtues and a
A more splendid opportunity has
never come to any man than that
which the offfceholder in America now
has. He can display a spirit and set
an example as public servant which
will be Of lasting benefit to the nation.
The country is crying out for Office
holders who are fearless in the per-
formance of their duties; who can
not be bribed or induced to betray
their trust; who will not sacrifice the
public interest to private gain. There
is tremendous need for this. kind
of men in public life. This need is
u vital need. The life Of our insti-
tutions depends upon the way in which
this need is satisfied by the acts Of
the voters.
But it is difficult to see how the
opportunity which the officehol;ler
now has exccls in any way that which
belongs to the private citizen. There
has never been time when the citi-
zenry Of this country was put to Sc
verer test than that which it is un-
dergoing now. The great mass of
people have never had better op-
portunity to prove themselves pa
triots. There has never been a bet
ter chance to serve the nation.
Whether ofIiceholder or private citi-
zen, it is the duty of everyone to give
the best that is in him to the promo
ton Of the common good. It is the
only way in which he can be truly
successful in serving the nation,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-06-22
Officeholders and People.

Who serves tile nation mOSl---thc
officeholder or the prirate citizen?
It depends, says the milwaukee,
Journal.
Justice Brewer says that it is moi
necessary to hold offic" to serve tho
nation. And he is right. One can
perform his whole duty as citizen
without being an otficcholder. 1t is
not necessary to draw salary frnD
the public &casury to be a patriot. II
may be that The man in private life
can render better service to the co,ul-
try than can the man in Office. TE,!
private citizen is more free to act
EIc is free to criticise: He is his OWN
master He is the source Of Mi T."
litical power and he can rcnd; II the
greatest osH'ble service to the State
by helping to maintain high stan
lard of citizenship.
But so may the officeholder. The
nation needs honest, efficient, incor-
ruptible public servants to the same
degree that it needs Jealous, faithful,
upright private citizens. The one
compliments the other. Both are alb
solutely essential in a democracy.
No one can say that the faithful
Office holder serves the nation better
than the truly faithful citizen. Each
has a work to do that is Of fundamen-
tai Importance. The value Of each
depends upon the way in which this
work is done. One may accomplish
more for the State than the other,
but this is not due to greater possibil-
tiles for effective work on his" part
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-06-22
Keen Sense of Humor.

"There's nothing like a sense of
humor,' said Rear Admiral Buehler
at Atlantic City. "In a woman, in
a soldier, in sailor, in a clerk, a
sense of humor is a help and bless
ing through life.
"At the same time, even a sense
Of humor may exist in excess. I, for
my part, shouldn't care to have so
great a sense of humor as a British
soldier I once heard about.
"This soldier was ordered to be
flogged. During the flogging he
laughed. The lash was laid on all the
harder, but Under the rain of blows
the soldier laughed.
" what are You laughing at7 the
sergeant finally asked.
" 'Why,' the soldier chuckled
q m the wrong man. .'-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-06-22
Barbecue.

There will be first class berbecue
at Chapman's, Old Mt. Enon, Saluda
county, July 4th. Good string band
for those who wish to dance. The
public cordially invited.
A. NJ. Chapman,
j. r. Webb.
Managers.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-06-22
New Cure for Epilepsy.

S. B. Waterman, of Watertown, O.,
Rural free delivery, writes: My daugh-
ter, afflicted for years with epilepsy,
was cured by DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
She has not had an attack for over two
years Best body cleansers and life
giving tonic pills on earth. Csc at
w. E. Pelham & Sons drug store.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-06-22

When baby is born bald-headed
its mother is sure it is going to have
curly hair.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-06-22
A PIANO OR ORGAN FOR YOU,

10 the head Of every family who is
ambitious for the future and Education
of his children, we have Special Pro-
position to make.
No Article in the home shows the
evidence of culture that does Piano or
Organ. No accomplishment gives as
much pleasure or is of as great value IN
after hfe as the knowledge of music
and the ability to play we'll.
Our Small Payment Plan makes the
ownership of high grade Piano or Or
gan easy.
Just few dollars down and a small
payment each month or quarterly or
semi annually and the instrument is
yours.
Write us today for Catalogues and
our Special Proposition of Easy Pay
ments. Address
Malone's Music House,
Columbia, S. G..
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-06-22

IN SICKNESS or welness; in glad
ness or sadness, use SHAW'S MALT.
For sale at the Dispensary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
A FOOL APPROPRIATION.

The Cuban congress has unanimously
adopted a resolution appropriating $780,,
600 with which to purchase a wedding
present for Miss Alice Roosevelt. A
dispatch says the money VIII probably
be expended on pearls or some other
1ewelry. Whatever it is expended on
most people will regard the action Of
the congress as an altogether asinine
procedure. To devote $685. 900 Of the
money Of the people Of Cuba to the pur-
chase Of present for a young woman
who VIII be fairly overloaded with pres
ents, is little short Of criminal
If Cuba was a rich nation, the rich
est in the world, her congress would
still be exceeding the ordinary power
Of such a lawmaking body in ordering
an appropriation Of this character.
Cuba is not a rich republic, if reports
from the island are true. She is having
a hard time paying the interest on her
debt and meeting the normal expenses
of conducting the government. Be
sides, there are plenty Of very poor
people in Cuba. II would be very much
better to give them the money than to
donate it, in the form of pearls or any
other offering, to the daughter OF the
American president.
It would have been all right for the
Cuban people TO raise by individual
subscription a sum Of money for pres
ent for Miss Roosevelt. It would be in
gratitude of the basest character, in
deed, for them to fail to do something
of the sort. Ingratitude? Yes, base,
ignObIe. misera bic ingratitude. Did not
Miss Roosevelt's august father, alone.
singIe-handed and unterriffed. sweep
the naughty Don from the fair land of
Cuba? Did he not charge gloriousIy up
San Juan hill and were not the Span
iards so terrified at his appearance that
they ran pell nell and flung themselves
into the sea on the other side of the
island? Why, sure, Best Beloved, why,
sure. That is what we have all been
given to understand by Mr.. Roosevelt
and his biographers.
So it is natural for the Cubans to feel
grateful, to feel that they should take
advantage Of this opportunity to show
their gratitude. But the money should
have been raised by individual subscrip-
ton. Every peso should have been
flung into a hat passed by a ragged
Cuban set free from the yoke of Spain
by the magnificent courage of the un-
daunted Roosevelt, the noble sire Of
the fair woman who is soon TO wed.
To be serious again. Can the presi-
dent afford to permit the acceptance Of
this gift? VIII 1t not in a way place
the nation under obligations TO Cuba,
obligations that may later prove irk-
some?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
THEY DID NOT HAVE TO.

A family who had struggled the best
part OF a lifetime in a poverty-stricken
portion of the city suddenly came into
the possession Of a small income, with
the prospect in a few years Of some
thing more, says the Boston Post.
Their long-crushed aspirations re-
vived and the women of the family
especially began to assume various
airs and artfcialities.
They moved to a little place in the
country, and tried nightly 70 impress
their neighbOrs with their Importance.
They talked constantly OF what 'peo-
pie in our position" should and should
not do.
Some of their town acquaintances
came out to visit them during the
summer, and one Of the younger mem
bers of the family, a little girl of or
s. was showing them about the place.
What nice chickensI" exclaimed
one of the guests when they reached
the poultry yard. "They lay steadily,
too, I suppose?'
Eyes" returned the youthful hostess,
who really knew nothing at all about
It, that is, they could, of course, but
in our position they-they don't have
n
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12

have grown up be the subjects of praise
rather than blame? How often do you
see in newspaper anything pleasant
about one of these corporations? Think
it over and you will find out, no mat
ter how many newspapers you read,
you viii rarely find one containing COM
ment OF a favorable character on the
subjects mentioned.
IL Privilege controlled the university
would. Professor gIddings be permitted
to attack tt2 We have not heard of his
being discharged for the utteranee at
tributed TO him. Nor viii he be dis
charged. for the good and sufficient rea-
son that Privilege does not control the
university, speaking in the broadcast
sense. any more than it controls the
newspapers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
Copper Wire

clocks that keep time for pretty nearly
every nation Of the earth, civilized and
uncivilized, are brass; so are the gear
wheels and pinions Of watches and
other instruments Of precision; and sci
entific and optical instruments, such as
microscopes, telescopes, surveyors
transits and draughtsmen's protractors
are fashioned from it.
Every government in the world uses
great quantities of this valuable, if not
precious, metal. 1t is out of date now
for casting cannon, but more brass Is
used for other implements Of war than
ever before. Copper and its alloys have
been employed for coinage from time
immemorial, and now it is said that
China is threatened with a debase-
ment Of it's currency because Of the I'M
restricted coinage Of copper, which was
imported into the empire for this pur-
pose in great quantities last year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
GIppINes DOESN'T KNOW.

Reviewing the new book by Henry
George, r., THE Menace Of Privilege"
Professor Franklin II. Giddings Of Co
lumbia university says, in the New
York Times: EVEN more dangerous
than OPEN corruption, because more
subtle Is the influence that wealth is
exerting over public opinion through its
control OF the press, the university, ant
the pulpit" Mr. George in his book
says:
But, on the whole. Privilege as 1t
grows stronger strives 70 strengthen it's
hold on a channel Of news. whether Of
the newspaper or OF the higher period
zeal press. This is not to say that the
entire press is actually IN bondage to-
day. Some OF the greatest newspapers
and periodicals are free in all respects
But the large majority Of the dailies,
weeklies, and monthlias turn pIeader
and champion for Privilege In this
that. or the other respect, each IN It's
own way, some all the time, others only
on rare occasions
Nothing Is more popular ia some cir
as the eapitalistis press" People who
have studied the situation carefully do
not believe that "the large majority
or any considerable number of the
newspapers, are special pleaders for
Privilege ali the time or even part Of
the time. With very few exceptions, the
columns Of the newspapers are open,
with the widest possible latitude con-
sistent with the value of the news of
the day and the press Of advertising, to
honest discussion of ali public ques-
tons
III Privilege with a capital "P'' con
troilsd the newspapers of the country
would the great insurance officials have
been iashed into private life7 Would
not the STANDARD OH company, the meat
trust, the steel trust and ali the other
greedy combinations Of capital that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
THE CUSTOM HOUSE CASE.

Officials of the National City bank of
New York, the Rockefeller institution,
are having a hard time explaining the
customs house transaction. mention of
which was made in congress a few
days ago. The property was purchased
from the government in 1899, the con-
sideration being $3,265,OOO. The bank
has never paid a cent of taxes on the
property, the reason being that it has
never been given a deed TO it. Obvious
Iy the purpose in not securing a deed
was to evade the payment of taxes.
This is practically admitted by Frank
A VanderIip, vice president of the
bank.
Mr.. Vanderlip says that all except
$4,000 of the purchase price has been
paid. On this balance the bank pays
interest to the government at the rate
Of 4 per cent per annum, or $4,000 a
year The bank is able to pay that $780,
900 any time. but it prefers to pay the
interest rather than the taxes, for if it
was assessed at anything like the price
paid the taxes would aggregate very
much more than $1,000 a year. It is as
clear a case Of tax lodging as anybody
ever saw.
It has developed. further, that on the
Ss,215, 900 the bank has paid to the gov
eminent on the purchase price, the gov
eminent pays the bank per cent inter
est per annum. or $l28,600 a year, as
rent, for the building IS still occupied
by the government as customs house,
pending the completion Of new struc-
ture. It wifi be four or five years long
er, ct least, before the new customs
house is completed, so that the bank
viii receive in interest, or rent. a total
Of considerably more than $1,000, 000
This will reduce the cost Of the proper
ty to the bank by more than one-third
Mr.. vanderlip declares that there is
no evasion of taxes because, II the title
had passed to the bank. the amount
paid for the property would have been
deducted from the capital. surplus and
undivided profits Of the blink, Yet Mr.
Yanderlip is careful not to say that the
50, 215, 600 actually paid to tho govern
ment has not been deducted from the
banks resources. The chances are de-
oidedly that the amount actually has
been deducted,
Another curious defense is that the
bank could not take title outright be-
cause under the national banking law,
banks are expressly forbidden to ewn
real estate except that actually eccu-
pied for banking house purposes" Did
not Mr.. Vanderlip know this when the
purchase was made2 If so, why did he
buy the property If not, why didn't
he ask the government to refund the
money paid and cancel the transaction?
Until these questions are answered the
public viii be pardoned for viewing
with suspicion all phases Of the customs
house deal
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
THE BREAKFAST FOOD FAMILY
Chicago Tribune.)

Chicago TrtbUne.)
John Spratt will eat no fat,
Nor will he touch the lean.
He scorns to eat of any meat;
He lives upon FOOdtne.
But Mrs Sprat will none Of that:
FOOdine she cannot eat.
Her special wish is for a dish
OF Expurgated Wheat.
To William Spratt that food is flat
on which mis- mother dOtes.
His favorite feed-his special need
Is Eata Heapa Oats
But Sister Lii can't see how Will
Can touch such tasteless food.
As breakfast fare it can't compare,
She says, with Shredded Wood.
Now, none of these Leander please;
He feeds upon Bath Mitts;
While Sister Jane improves her brain
With Cero-GrapO-Grits.
Lycurgus votes for Fathers Oats;
Proggine appeals to May;
The Junior John subsists upon
Uneda Bala Hay.
Corrected Wheat for little Pete;
FIaked Pine for Dot; while ''Bub"
The infant Spratt, is waxing fat
On Battle Greek Near-Grub.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
MANY BOOKS ARE MISSING
Public Library Loses Over 80
Volumes of Other Works
of Fiction,

Checking Of all books Of the non
fiction class, at the public library. was
completed yesterday. About eighty
books are missing. It is thought that a
number of the fiction class are also
gone. To check this class, however,
the library would have TO be closed for
several days. Following is list of the
missing books:
A Manuel of Civil Engineering: Civil
Engineers pOcketbOOk; Mechanical En-
gineer's pocketboOk; Water Power:
Electric Railway in Theory and Prac-
tice; Field Engineering; Irrigation En-
cheering; Water Supply Engineering;
Sewerage; Irrigation in the United
States; Miners and Assayers' text
book Inspection of the Materials and
Workmanship Employed in Construc-
ton; Roofing: Plumbing and Gas Fit
ting; Modern Perspective; Engineers
surveying instruments; Chemistry for
beginners.
The Marvels of Elements: Pread-
amitis; The cause of Colour Among
Races and the Evolution of Physical
Beauty; Heredity; How to Write; Fa-
miliar Short Sayings of Great Men;
Poems Of Passion; Lectures and Bio
graphical addresses; Volume Of Sam
uel L. Clemens Works.
Fables for the Fair; The Sketch book
Of Godfrey Crayon, Gent; Temper of
the Seventeenth Century in English
Literature OthelIo, The Moor of Ven
ice, Edited by William j. Rolfe; Shake
speare's Plots; Use of Life; Ghostly
COlloquies; Dramatic Works Of Goethe;
Prose Dramas of Henrik Ibsen: Ro-
nance Of the Milky Way: Studies in
History and Jurisprudence; Life OF the
Greeks and Romans, Viking Age;
Abroad with the Jimmies; Swedish
Life In Town and Country; Seventy
one days Camping In Morocco; The
United States With an Excursion Into
Mexico, Log of a Cowboy; In the Foot
prints of the Padres; Lieutenant Dan
enhower's Narrative OF the Jeannette:
Schul and Reise Taschen Worterbuch:
Short History of Medieval Europe; His
tory of Modern Europe; Battles of the
British Navy Story Of the Normans;
Four Years in the Saddle, Rough Rid
ers; Dragon Campaigns to the Rocky
MountainsI James Monroe; Marc; Ro-
muIus; Memories of the TennYsons.
Life of George washington; George
Washington Witherspoon; Twelve
English AutheFessesG Souls Practical
Astrologyj Lectures on Phrenology,
Ele nents Of Physcheiogyl Kingship Of
Self Controls Volume of Your For
cas and How to Use Them" Success
and it's Conditionsj Life Beyond Death;
A Brief History of Political Parties Of
the United States; How the Other Half
Lives; Simple Experiments for the
School Rooms Ear and Voice Training;
inf fence OF our Northern Forests on
the Mississippi River; What Woman
OF Forty-five Ought to Knows What a
Man of Forty-five Ought to Know;
Maternity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
cPEED AND RELIABILITY.

At Ormonde, Florida. the other day,
an automobile was driven five miles
over the beach in considerably less
than three minutes. The exact time
was 2:4515. or at the rate of nearly
two miles q minute. There is much
satisfaction In this for people who are
afflicted with the disease known as
speed madness. Nobody wants TO
travel over ordinary roads at any
thing like such a pace. The average
citizen who thinks seriously Of pur-
chasing an automobile makes inquiries
as to its reliability. Great speed is
secondary consideration.
OF vastly more interest to the gen.
eral public than the speed trials at
Ormonde are statistics showing the
lessening Of the danger in the use of
automobiles, the danger to pedestrians
as we'll as to drivers of the vehicles. J.
H. McMullin, an automobile expert,
has recently compiled figures regard
ing automobile. accidents in Chicago in
other vehicles.
The statistics show that in 1905 five
people were killed by motor cars in
Chicago. During the same period
twelve were killed by vehicles drawn
by horses and three hundred and
thirty seven were killed by street cars.
IN Chicago there are twenty-one hun
dred street cars and thirty-six hun
dred automobiles. The number Of
horse-drawn vehicles is not stated.
From the figures it is fair to presume
that drivers Of automobiles are grow
ing more careful Of the rights of 9TH
ers. The showing Will cause surprise
to many, too, because stories of people
being run down by automobiles seem
to be published with great frequency.
The truth is that more prominence is
given TO automobile accidents because,
the automobile being as yet the rich
mans vehicle, some well-known man
or woman usually figures in every ac-
cident.
More automobile passengers and
drivers by several hundred per cent
than pedestrians are killed by automo-
biles. And much more space is given
to them than to deaths in horse-drawn
vehicles for the reason already stated
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12

Almost Billion Pounds Of the Metal
Produced in the United
States Last Year.
YET IMPORTS WERE HEAVY
ELECTRICAL WORK TAKES THE
LIONS SHARE.

Washington. Feb. 11.-Experts esti-
mate that the production of copper in
this country last year was approx
mately s43. 0OO.OO pounds, or 100000 900
pounds more than in 1904; and it is pre-
dicted that this year will show an even
larger increase. Yet at such pace is
the consumption OF the metal growing
that the output of ore does not meet
our national needs and we are import
ing larger and larger quantities from
across the Atlantic.
First and foremost this is an electri-
cal age and the utilization of electri-
city is largely dependent upon copper.
Transmission Of electrical energy
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-12
KEPT HIMSELF COOL.
(Boston Herald.)

A man and his wife were once stay
ing at hotel, when in the night they
were aroused from their slumbers by
the cry that the hotel was afire.
Now, my dear" said the husband,
ST will put into practice what I have
preached, Put on all your indispensa-
BILE apparel, and keep COOL"
Then he slipped his watch into his
vest pocket and walked with his wife
out of %he hotel,
When all danger was past, he said !:
Now, you see how necessary IL is
to keep cool"
1.-THE wife fer the first time glanced
at her husband,
Eyes, William" she said, ct is a
grand thing, but it if I were you l
would have put on my trousers