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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22
IO.OOO,0OU ARE STARVING.
NORTH CHINA FAMINE WORST IN THE
WORLD s HISTORY.

A recent dispatch from New York
says: Unless immediate succor be sent
to the Chinese famine sufferers IN the
district north of the Y engtse river the
lives of 10000, 900 starving farmers
will be snuffed out in few weeks.
Immediate steps will he taken by the
institutions of this city to
send relief t. the sufferers. The fam
inc in North China is the most terri
BILE in the history of the world. NOT
even the famine of India can compare
with it. 1t covers an area OF more than
10000 square miles, with u population
of IO, OOO. 900. 1t is inevitable that this
whole population will be wiped out
unless relief il sent ut once.
Last October and November 1t rain
ed in the district for 40 days without
cessation. Every crop was ruined The
Chinese of that section rely for food
entirely upon what they raise. They
are mostly small laudholders or tell
ants. Men stripped trees OF their bark
for food. Women threw their chill
dren into the river rather than Zee
them starve. Suicides are counted by
the thousand Mothers sold their boys
aud girls for dollar apiece, used tie
money to provide the children with
food and then killed themselves. Older
children were sold into slavery and
worse, that the money might be usec
| to feed the smaller children. Every
possible eff 1rt is being made by the
Chinese government to relieve the suff
eripg. The Red Cross society has res
pond.d To the cry and IS conveying
money and provisions to China.
Since the SPECTATOR S last publica
ton several valued contributions t
The famine fund have been made.
The amount previously &C.
knowledged and forwarded to
China. ia $2l2
Lebanon church, Bells Valley, IA q
Miss Jane b. Cameron, Ben
nettsvllle, s. e..
Miss Kelso d !, IL Taylor, Craigs
Bethany church, Craigsville. sc
i Total, $242 3
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

A drummer whose name is JOnn Ct.
Snyder, is said to have invented steel
railway tie which when filled with con
crete Is noiseless, and will last many
years. The powerful expression used
by orators about the thunder of the To-
connective will have to be changed into
the cat like tread, the muffied music,
the gentle glide, or the soft sonorous
sweep of the passing train. 1t is worthy
of note that the tie, and not the lnven-
tor, must be full to be nOiseIess.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

The absence of Bergman from the
Washington Post is source Of deep
regret to the subscribers to that paper.
If there was any carricaturist any
where whose work was feature of the
paper it was Berryman's in the Post.
He created the Roosevelt Bear. That
alone was an achievement few could
have accomplished. But take his pic
lures throughout they always had a
point, but none could be offended,
though none with whom he dealt but
felt the force and truthfulness of his
suggestion.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physic-
Jams, as the damage they will do is ten
fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, o.. contains no mercury, and
is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Halls Ca.
tarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
inc. 1t is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney &
Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
situation.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22
A WARNING

Whenever the Democratic party
a man who is not Demo.
crat. as it did 10 the case of Grovsr
then the party knell is
rung. Here we are told was the
greatest president of modern times,
the nohIest Roman, the cleanest type
of Democrat, the wisest statesman,
and yet with these things 10 his favor,
and both houses of Congress with him
the party was destroyed. its leader
and those who followed him passed
over into the Republican party where
they belonged, and today no vlstige Of
bis greatnes, or bis statesmanship IL
written anywhere save in the minds o.
those who followed him to oblivion o.
worse, into the ranks of the enemy
The nomination of Roosevelt would b.
worse than the nomination of Cleve
land, if such thing could be.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22
WASHINGTON LETTER


Washington, u. Z. Feb. IL Until
the steel trust interfered through it's
Pennsy ivania representatives and kill
ed the bill, the House had sanctioned
an appropriation of 100000 for the
Establishment of naval gun foundry
at the Washington Navy Yard. This
was a small amount and it may not
seem Of very general interest, but it
was one of the most important prices
of legislation that had been passed for
O long time. 1t meant the embarka-
tion of the government on iron max
ing as an industry, and it was very
likely when the government found how
cheap and profitable it was the plant
would be extended and 1t would mean
laying bare in the most practical way
some of the secrets of the United States
Corporation.
The reason for the appropriation WAS
that the w ashington Navy Yard, where
is located the greatest gun plant OF the
country has had endless trouble in
getting gun forgings from the private
concerns that furnish them and some
times from six to ten weeks would be
lost on some high class work because
OF a defective forging that could not
be Immediately replaced, the result be
Ing that u lot of high priced mechanics
would be idle in the interval. 1t is
shameful that it is in the power OF the
steel trust to bar legislation so plainly
In the interest Of the nation.
The government went into the CO
ment business when it was held up by
the cement trust In the construction of
the Roosevelt Dam in Arizona and has
saved large sum Of money by it. Now
If it goes into iron founding. it will
have to use the electric smelling pro-
processat the Navy Yard on account
Of the smoke laws in the district and
this will bring into the equation the
fact that the government has thou,
sands of acreas of good iron land that
can be utilized for electric smelling
and that have never been Of any good
for blast furnace purposes. If the gov
ernment begins to make its own iron,
better and cheaper than it can buy it
from private concerns, the probability
is that it may 60 into other lines of
manufacture, and while they may be
two minds about the advantage of this
sort of Daternalism, there is no deny
ing that it opens up an interesting
vista as to the possibilities of the case.
Everyone is looking with intense in
terest for the letter of the President to
tue Interstate Commerce Commission
demanding further light on the rail
road situation with regard to over
capitalization and the actual value OF
railroad properties. Some of the big
interests in New Y ork have gotten the
idea that the letter will be q revelation
and that 1t will signify the intention
OF the President to let up on his cam
paign of trust busting" Other PEG
pie who have talked with the Presi-
dent say, however, that the letter will
show no deviation from his regular 20
licy Of fairness as far az it il possible
to show it all interests concerned
What the letter will call for IL infor-
nation. The President ID stockhold-
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

The report that a 2 cent mileage rate
had passed both houses of the West
Virginia Legislature proves to be- in a
measure erroneous. Both houses did
pass a bill of this character, but the
Senate bill had a railroad label on it
which, it is said, would render it un-
constitutional The bills as passed
were not alike. The House bill was
all right, but the Senate bill disclosed
the fine Italian hand of the. railway
attorney. Hence the matter is not
settled.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

The B. & o. has been fighting it's tax
in w. Va. and has been
knocked out in three cases by as many
different judges. In one case the as
sessment was two millions and they
sought to reduce it to five hundred
thousand. but the assessment stood.
Once upon a time the B. & .. could
have arranged greater matters than
this by lutte whispering in back
back room, but TEMPoREs. o HoMI
MES, o JUDGES, which may be rudely
translated thus, oh times, oh men, oh
judges, how you have changed.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order. they fail to do
their work.
aims, aches andrheu-
matlsm come from ex-
cess of uric acid in the
blood. due to neglected
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22
GREAT is CALIFORNIA.

1t must be a source OF great grdtih-
cation to California to be able to shape
the immigration laws of the United
States to suit her own sweet will. No
other State in the Union could posi-
bly do such thing. Had New York
even undertaken to prescribe such
rules in her schools regarding the citl-
zens of any country the matter would
not have attracted as much attention
as divorce case among the 400. But
CaliforniachOw she has humbled the
nation, how she has caused Mr.. Roose.
welt to declare that he will use the
army and navy when he could mt use
either, how she has sent lot of her
school officials across the continent to
browbeat the Executive and Congress
and command them to arrange tmmi-
grafton laws to suit California and
California alone, and how she has
made them get down on their knees to
her is seen in Congressional proceed
ings. The Sand Letters caused the
Chinese Exclusion act, now they have
caused the Japanese exclusion act, and
pretty soon they will cause the nation
to do other things equally as absurd.
1t has possibly not occurred TO the
President and Congress that California
| will after awhile push us into q wal
with Japan in which we will get 1.-THE
stuffin licked out of u.s." Having sue
ceeded so admirably in this exclusion
business California will not be content
with this bit of dictatlOn, but will dc
something more, and it will be aimed
at Japan and China and then we will
have trouble AND California will rur
like a coward and leave the balance Of
the United States to fight the hornets
whose nest she has disturbed, 1t al
ways comes round just that way.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

. Mr.. A. 8. Johnston, editor and pro-
prietor of the Monroe wv. Va. Watch
man, has been indicted in Greenbrier
county for misdemeanor, The otfense
charged being that he published mat
ter in bis newspaper libeling the court
of the latter county.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

If Mr.. Rockefeller W hen be gave the
80 millions to education had provided
that none of it should be expended
in teaching simplltied spelling, be
might have go stirred Mr.. Carnegie
that 40 millions might be put up by
him on the other side.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

Spots are becoming daily more com
mon. There is one on the Suns face
said to be $500, 900 square mites in
breadth, whilst some large spots have
appeared on the character of various
persons now figuring in the Thaw muir
der trial in New York.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

The New York Central Ry. has add
ed its new list to the railroad horrors
since our last weeks publication.
About 20 killed outright and and about
l2O wounded and mutilated, are the
latest tidings from the Bronx disaster.
The mills of the gods grind fast and
exceeding fine.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

AS a result of an indictment found
against the G. g. D. by. in Fayette
county. W. Va, recently for selling
ardent spirits on the through trains,
not drop is now dispensed between
the top of Allegheny mountain and
Huntington. And Oh the thirst of
the travelling man.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

MIR. S. NJ Via died Tuesday, Feb.
57h, on Big River, near Goshen. He
left q wife who was Miss Carrie Snapp
of StauntOn. and five daughters and
three sons. Tue family have the dee p
est sympathy of the community.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

An exchange says: Now that the
pure food law Is in force, suppose We
got q pure scale law"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22
OVer=WOrk Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22
Administrators NOIiCe.

All parties having claims against the
estate of Geo. L. Schmid, decea sed, will
present them under affidavit to me for set
Element, and all parties owing debts to
said estate will please call and settle them
at once.
W. P. SCHMID, Admir-.
2222t of Geo L. Schmid, decd,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

Mr.. John D. Rockefeller has given
80 millions to education. 1t Is proper
at this time to call attention to the
following business proposition. If
there be any foolish virgins who have
no oil in their lamps they should fill
and trim them at once. lest-not the
bridegroom-bu rise in oil come.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22
TRUSTEES SALE
Saw-MiII and Machinery

By virtue of deed of trlst executed by
F. ii Clark, party of the first part, to the
undersigned as party of the second part.
and being thereunto requested by the ben
efisiaries secured in said deed. default
having been made in the payment OF the
debts secured therein. l will offer for sale
at public auction to the highest bidder at
eleven o'clock a. m, on the
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

Sample DottIc by mall Home Of Swamp-Root.
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
Mention this paper when writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton. NY.
Don't make any mistake, but remem-
Der the name, "Swamp.Ro DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, ana the ad-
dress, Binghamton, N. Y, on every
bottle,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

and is sold on its merits
by all druggists in fifty
cent and one-dollar siz-
es. You may have a
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22
18th day of March, 1907,

at the depot Of the Chesa peake q OHIO
Railway Company at Low MOOR, AL
LEGHANY COUNTY. VIRGINIA. the
following personal property. to-wit:
Ore No. Frick Mill; / 26-hOrse power
Frick Engine; l swinging cut off saw; l
lathe mill ami shaftings. betting, ETC.; 2
bbls of Oil; l set of pipe tools; pipe
wrenches, wise, &c saw GUNNER; l set
of'rope and blocks 100 TT /; l log truck and
chains; pair grabs; l log jack; Cant
hook. &C; cross cut saws and axes. ham
mer and wedges; Studebaker wagon and
chains; 2 heavy draft horses with har-
ness; set lead harness; set OF rollers Tor
offbearing lumber; set 400 it, of u piping
for lifting water TO E.; Jet pun ex-
ira set of new tiues for engine; lumber
rule; l log rule
TERMS-CASH.
A. G. GORDON.
2I54t Trustee.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

If the price of liquor in Covington
and Clifton Forge is sign of pros
perity, both are tiourishing towns.
The council IN each has elevated the
license to sell booze, and the booze
prices must have advanced along with
the license. 1t costs from $500 to 81 900
to run gin mill in Covington, and
81 coo in Clifton Forge.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-02-22

Kidney troubIe.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble. because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick. kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
1t used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys The mild
and the extraordinary effect Of DR.. Kilmers
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-08

y>..:'. t.. III" y.;.i::, cav:l Ni'u.. -
.,:;..,.'> ;Ho.i.r.i:I. i" -rratt2 mistake
;.uS:.i De Made ;.lan for the c"l;"a
SIinNc.s and cnttun consumers "l tnt
woiiG Ia believe jh0t their prosper
itv would be advanced by The cutting
down of the prosperity Of the cotton
grower. On the other hand. the cot
ton grower, recognizing that he holds
such a monopoly on one of the world s
greatest staples, staple which IS a
basis Of the largest industrial busl-
ness of the world, except iron and
steel, knows that ne is entitled not
to a meager profit, but to a profit
commensurate with the advantages
which nature has given to his section
and to the value Of the industry whlch
he creates in the worlds betterment'
Given such profit as this, the South
will increase it's cotton production as
rapidly as the worlds demands may
require, whether these demands snal
reach to 100000 OF 2O,OO0,OQO bales
ten years hence, or to 5O,000,O0O bales
or more, likely to be required during
the active lifetime of some OF TIL
European spinners who for the frs
time propose to study at first hanf
and on the spot the cotton growing
and cotton manufacturing potential
ties Of tne South
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-08
CHEAP RATES

Via Southern Railway. jamestown
Ter-Centennial Exposition, Norfolk,
Va.
On account Of the above occasion
the following instructions will gov
ern the sale Of round trip tickets to
Norfolk, Va. from Mulberry, S. c.
Season ticket-s19.55. This ticket
will be sold daily April 10Th to and
including November 30th, 1907, final
date to leave Norfolk returning De-
cember 18th, 1907.
go day ticket $3.50. This ticket
will be sold daily April 18th to AMI
including November Both, 1907, fina
date to leave Norfolk returning six
ty (6O) days from date Of sale ane
not lated than december 18th, l9O7.
Fifteen day ticket-$14.3o. Thu
ticket iwll be sold daily April l9tl
to and including November 3otb
1907. final date to leave Norfolk re
turning fifteen (15) days from dat
of sale.
Coacn Exclusion ticket-$S.55. Thl
ticket is not god in sleeping, Pull
man, or Parlor cars, and will be sol
on Tuesday Of each week during pei
iod of the exposition, final date T
leave Norfolk returning ten (lO
davs from date Of sale.
: For routes, stop-overs, eIc., VIII
e or call on US.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-08
SEES AN AUTOMOBILE
FOR THE FIRST TIME
t'Big Tom' Wilson, the Grand Old
Man Of the Mountains, Enjoys
Ride With Hunters.
The State.

The State.
Asheville, N. c., Oct. 4.-For the
first time in his long life Of 90 years
"Big Tom" Wilson, known as the
grand old man Of the mountains and
the most famous hunter in North Car
oina, last Wednesday saw an auto
mobile, and with his aged and equally
astonished wife, enjoyed a ride IN a
bic 6O-horse-power touring car.
The machine was taken up into the
mountains by George Cathey and a
hunting party, which left this city
some little time ago, and despite
warnings that the car would be un-
able to negotiate the steep and rough
mountain roads, the party returned to-
day without having had an accident
and with two deer slowed in the ton
neau.
"Big Tom" had never seen, in fact
had never heard Of one, his entire LIE
; having been spent in the snug little
cabin which nestles in the wilderness
Of the noted Murchison boundary, II
= Yancev county, among tae might!
mountains where bear, deer and othe:
animals are more frequently met thai
human beings, and when the old cou
:2!e sav jho big touring car com
chugging up to the cabin they Wer
, overcome with astonishment and dis
hoy. After "Big Tom" had ezamln
ed the machine very critically tn
. couple were invited to climb in an
l. take a ride, but positively refused
e and it was only after much persus
Il sion that the old couple we're induce
to seat themselves in the tonneau an
. when the machine sped up the r"a
q they chung to each other in terror
: but later appeared to enjoy the nov
; sensation. though they expresse
much relief when once more on soil
-, ground.
y. y. The hunting party consisted
~ George Cathey, John Y. Jordan, '
, P. Patterson, ". F. Stoner, +.
flaming. Pink Merrill, Mr.. Sag, Cap
Shaw. H. F. Addicks, Mr.. Simpso
T. Fabe Marris and +. A. Watson. The
d d returned to Asheville last evening al
Of report game plentiful in the mou
=, ~ tains.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-08
CALL AT The Herald and News Office
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REAL ESTATE AND STOCKS.

TO statistics the majority wealthy and women
ave made their fortunes through real estate 1t matters not no"
rge or how small your available cash your investment a "
here are golden opportunities at hand today .
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1.-The Man Between' the Seller and Buyer