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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-02-27
sUB-TREAsURY ROBBERY.
Chicago Treasury Loses About $780,
600 in Big Bills.

Chicago, Feb. 2s.-Between s175,-
900 and 100000 was stolen from the
United States sub-treasury last week.
Chief Wilkie, of the United States Sc
cret service, it is reported, left Wash
ington yesterday to take personal
charge of the Investigations.
The money was in large bills, Of
the denomination of one thousand,
five thousand and ten thousand dol
lars. It is almost certain the robbery
was committed during work hours.
Employees are under close surveillance.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-02-27

Self made men nearly always make
a loud noise when they talk.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-02-27

Chicago Feb. 26.-The sub-treas-
ury robbery is yet unsolved. The au-
thorities are convinced that the rob-
berry was the work of an employe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-02-27

The Authorities are Unable to Spot
the Thief.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24
PHONE COMPANY
SHUTS EXCHANGE
oss,,IT OF ATTEMPT TO MAKE
II ABIDE BY ITS CHARTER
AT HICKMAN, Ky.

HICKMAN, KY. May 2O.-The tele-
rbones are still all closed and have
hseu since Wednesday morning and
,here has ben no service at all. The
town was cut on from all communica-
,ions, both local and long distance.
This is a very great hindrance to bus
mess of every kind, and the citizens
are very much wrought up over the
ansir. The court ordered the ex-
change to be opened. but the company
refused. The company's agent here,
rs a result, was put under bond. be-
Cause according to the company's or
ders he refused to open the exchange.
The citizens will fight 1t to a finish.
Two suits were fled against the
company, one by individuals. collect
lively, for recovery of overcharges and
one by the city of Hickman to compel
the company to charge no more than
the franchise permits. The company
denied having a franchise in Hickman,
but they failed to answer the suit filed
by the city The city holds that the
franchise was made twelve years ago
and is good for eight more years.
The majority of the citizens signed a
petition setting forth that they would
not pay any more than the franchise
raes. This resulted in a conference
between the representatives of the
company and a number of the citizens.
The company denied the franchise in
Hickman and said that before charg-
ing a lesser rate they would remove
the exchange.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24
CHINESE SEVEN
AGES OF MAN
Ancient Writer'S idea Long Ante
Dated shakespeare's.

A Fench oficer, Louis de ChantilIy,
says the washington Post, tells in
Paris Gil Bias of his discovery in a
Buddhist convent in the mountains of
Tonkin of dusty manuscript con-
tianing the Chinese version Of abe
seven ages Of man.
AT 10 years old" says the writer,
whose name has long been forgotten.
the boy has heart and brain as
soft as the tender shoots of young
bamboo. At 20 he is like green
banana; he is just beginning to ripen
in warm rays of common sense.
Thirty years sees him developed
into buffalo He is strong and lusty,
full of bodily and mental vigor This
is the true age of love; it is the age
for him to marry at.
AT 40 years, the prosperous man
has grown to be a mandarin and
wears coral button. But 1t would
be truly indiscreet to confide to him
at his early age any functions call
ing for judicial intelligence or calm.
When he reaches so years, how
ever, although he has grown stout and
fieshy, he is fit to hold any municipal
or state office; he can administer a
city of province or perform any Of
fetal duty.
But at so years he is old. Handi-
crafts and all active bodily activities
are beyond him. He gives his depend
ents and clients advice. This is all
he is fit for.
AT 70 he is just dry rice straw.
He has only one care--to husband
the breath of life that is left him, to
preserve II even by artificial means.
His sons must assume the care of his
estate and the performance of his
duties"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24
MURDER OF SON
FOR HIS MONEY
CHARGED AGAINST Or. r. S. ROW.
LAND, or RALEIGH, ~. CAR
REST MADE.

RALEIGH. y. C.. May 2O.-Dr. r. S
Rowland, a prominent physician here
was arrested on a warrant from Hen
derson. Vance Count, charging him
with the murder Of his 11-year-old son
near Kittrell. in Vance County. to OBJ
tain money and property left to the
boy, the insurance being $500. The
boy died two weeks ago. after taking
a walk in the woods with his father,
and it is alleged that the lad said his
father had given him an orange which
tasted bitter. The warrant charged
murder by poisoning. Rowland's
wife, to whom he was married last
week, was arrested as an accomplice.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24
FIRM STAND
AGAINST UNION
BIRMINGHAM STREET RAILWAY
PRESIDENTS ATTITUDE.
SOME CARS ARE RUN.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, May 21.-The
second day Of the street car tie-up In
Birmingham showed decided improve
ment A few cars we're run on all
lines in the district. but all service
was discontinued after z o'clock to
night. No cars are sent out unless
they carry three Deputy Sherifs. The
company officials state that they have
plenty Of men TO run the cars. but
that they cannot operate them except
when deputies are on board.
No disorders were reported during
the day. The newly organized Street
Railway Employees Union held several
meetings. and committee which went
to President Jemison, Of the Birming-
ham Railway, Light & Power Com
pany, with their demands was told
that the company would not under any
circumstances employ men who be-
longed to a union.
Slight delay is being encountered
in handling the mails, and especially
to suburban points, where the utiliza-
tion of electric lines is necessary.
Mayor Ward this afternoon decided
to allow the saloons to reopen tomor-
row, but later rescinded the action,
and they will remain closed indefinite
lV
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24
TIMBER SUPPLY
OF NATION
Three Times as Much Used Each Year
as Forests Grow.

Every person in the United States
is using over six times as much wood
as he would use if he were in Europe
The country as a whole consumes
every year between three and four
times more wod than all of the for
ests of the Uniaed States grow in the
meantime. Since 1880 more than
700 000, 100000 feet of timber have
been cut for lumber alone, including
80 ,000, 100000 feet of coniferous tim
Der in excess of the total coniferous
stumpage estimate of the census in
1885,
These are some of the remarkable
statements made in circular 81 of the
Forest Service, which deals with the
tifber supply of the United States.
A study of the circular must lead d.
rectly to the conclusion that the rate
at which forest products in the United
States have been and are being con-
sumed is far too lavish, and that only
one result can follow unless steps are
promptly taken to prevent waste in
use and to increase the growth rate
of every acre of forest in the United
States. This result is timber fam
ine
This country is today in the same
position with regard to forest re-
sources as was Germany $50 years
ago. During this period of $50 years
such German states as Saxony and
Prussia, particularly the latter, have
applied a policy of government con-
troll and regulation which has i'm
mensely increased the productivity of
their forests The same policy will
achieve even better results in the Uni
ted States.
Two areas supplying timber have al
ready reached and passed their max
imum production~-the northeastern
states in 1870 and the lake states in
1890 Today the southern states,
which Qua yellow pine amounting to
one-third the total annual lumber cut
of the country, are undoubtedly near
maximum The Pacific states will
soon take the ascendeDcy. TIE state
of Washington within few years has
come to the front and now ranks first
of all individual states in volume cut.
At present but one-f1fth of the total
forest area OF the United States is
embraced in national forests. The re-
naming our-fifths have already
passed or are most likely to pass in
to private hands. The average age Of
the trees felled for lumber this year
is not less than $50 years. In other
words, if he is to secure a second crop
IL trees II the same size the lumber
man or private forest owner must
wait, say, at least 100 years for the
second crop to grow. But the states
and the nation can look much farther
ahead. The larger, then, the area OF
national and state control over wood
lands the greater is the likelihood that
the forest of the country will be kept
productive.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24
JUST A QUARTER
OF A MILLION Per
ALIMoRY TO BE ASKED BY MRS.
HOWARD GOULD. SEEKING
DIVORCE.

NEW YORK. May 21.-DevelOp-
ments OF an interesting character are
to follow the serving Of the summons
in the separation suit brought against
Howard Gould, by his wife, formerly
Katherine Clemmons, the actress.
The bill of particulars, which has been
drawn up, is a voluminous AFFAIR and
charges. among other things. abandon
ment and cruel and inhuman treat
ment Mrs. Gould, it is stated, will
also ask the court to grant her $780,
900 year as alimony.
A sensational feature is the allega-
ton of conspiracy In connection with
the case. This feature has already
been investigated by Police Commits
sioneT Bingham, as some members or
the Detective Bureau are said to be
involved District Attorney Jerome
has taken eognizance of the rumors
in this regard and called on Commits
sioners Bingham today to learn wheth-
er the case, as it stands at present,
warrants an injury by his ONCE. No
papers brought in the suit have been
filed yet in the County Clerks office
as issue has not been joined, but couI-
sci for the compliments have a.
nounced that the summons and com
plants were served on Delaney
Nicol, as counsel for Mrs. Gould, and
this is enough, under the laws OF the
State, to bring the suit within the
class of eases pending"
The suit will likely be tried in open
court, as it is not usual to send sepa-
ration suits to referee.
Howard Gould, third son Of Jay
Gould, and Viola Katherine Glenn
mons were married on Oct. 81, 1898,
at the Holland House, by the Rev.
DR.. Wilton NJ. Smith. The wedding
was an elaborate affair and the sup
per afterwards took place on Mr..
Goulds yacht, the Niagara, on which
the couple spent their honeymoon.
Miss Clemmons was born in Illinois.
Her real name was Viola Dyan, but
in San Francisco she appeared in a
musical comedy as Katherine Glenn
mons.
Howard Gould is SO years old and
his wife is a year or so younger.
They have not lived together since
July last and rumors of separation
suits, divorce suits and other suits
have been rife ever since, He has
been stopping at the Waldorf Astoria
of late and has refused to discuss his
differences with his wife.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24
FLINT AND FRICTION

Doubtless the production of fire by
sparks from abe flint was allowed by
the discovery that friction would pro-
duce flame. In regions where suit
able stone was not easily found the
inventive aboringe devised the whirl-
ing stick, or fire drill. This was a
stick of hard wood with its lower end
set in hole in a block of very soft,
dry wood.
The stick was held upright between
the hands and whirled by rubbing the
palms first one way and then the
other. A moderate downward pres
sure was exerted, and as the hands
worked down on the stick they were
occasionally shifted to higher hold.
An improvement on the hand
whirled drill was the application of
a bow for rotating it. The first man
to make a bow drill,i is entitled to fame
as the first inventor of machine, for
ne combined several working pieces
in one apparatus for accomplishing
desired end.
This father of inventors must have
conceived the idea that If he shoula
make a turn of his bow-string around
a stick and FIX the two ends OF the
stick in holes he could rotate the
stick much more easily and rapidly
than was possible with the hands,
producing great friction and heat
much quicker and with much less
exertion. We can imagine we see him
Ia great, brawny, hairy man, with o
bit of goatskin for clothes-sitting
cross-legged at the mouth of his cave
and rigging up the first operative ma
chine that was to produce fire.
He must have procured large
piece OF soft and dry dead wood ana
hillowed spot for the lower end OF
the saick Then putting this under a
slanting rock he must have wedged
another block of soft wood above the
stick.
Having fixed them solidly in place
by piling stones around them, he
would then take turn OF his DOW
string around the stick and draw 1t
back and forth rapidly, securing a
blaze in a short time.
With what triumph he must have
viewed his work when the first jet
of flame burst from the smoking,
charred mass that he had coaxed into
fiery existence! 1t is easy to picture
him calling his family or followers
about him to see his first machine,
perhaps half consumed in the fre 1t
had made, and explaining its opera |
tons with enthusiasm.-Circle Maya
zine.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24
CHOICE BITS
OF THOUGHT

have you ana tOudy
Stood silent as with Christ, apart from
joy, Or fray
OF life, to see his face;
To look if but a moment, on its grace,
And grow by grief companionship,
more true,
More. nerved to lead, to dare, to do
For Him at any cost? Have we today
Found time, in thought, our hand to
lay
In his, and thus compare
His will with ours, and wear
The impress of His wish? Be sure
Such contact will endure
Throughout the day; will help us walk
erect
Through storm and food; detect
Within the hidden life sins dross, its
stains;
Revive a thought Of love for Him
again;
Steady the steps which waper, help us
The footpath means for you and me-"
B.
Count that day poorly spent where
in you were not all you might have
been"
-
awoke in the night; the stars were
hid,
The skies were cold and gray,
My soul grew sick with nameiess
fear,
And i scarce had faith to pray.
l thought of the days mistakes with
tears
OF wrong that outmeasured right;
When 10! from a rainwashed tree
near by
A bird sang in the night
So soft and so low, so fearlessly,
So full of glad content,
OF a faith that knew the day would
break
Through the wet boughs Ger her
bent
l said to my heart, Behold, sign!
Heart. let us read Alright,
That faith is easy and hope is sure
To him who sings in the night
Forgive you?-O, of course, dear,
A dozen times week!
We women were created
Forgiveness but to speak.
You'd die before you'd hurt me
Intentionally? True
But 1t is not, o dearest,
The thing you mean to do
It's what you do, unthinking,
That makes the quick tear start
The tear may be forgotten,
But the hurt stays in the heart;
And though ! may forgive you
A dozen times a day
Yet each forgiveness wears, dear,
A little love away.
And one day you'll be grieving
And Gliding me, DO doubt
Because so much forgiving
Has worn a great love out"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24
TO BE SOLD.
FOR DIVISION

Tract of land known as the T. G.
Walker place, on the Hampshire pike,
four miles from Columbia, consisting
Of 240 acres, more or less. Will be
sold as whole, or in lots. For fur
Their information address r. G. WALK
Err, Agt., Columbia, r. r. No. 2; or
call Citizens phone 1898 rings.
wAsat-may l7-2mss
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24

Most disfguring skin eruptions,
scrofula, pimples, rashes, ETC., are
due to impure blood. Burdock Blood
Bitters is a cleansing blood tonic
Makes you clear-eyed, clear-brained
clear-skinned.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24
Champion

Mowers and Hay Rakes at
14-eod-3t 8. A. satterfieid g. Cos.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24

Stops earache in two minutes;
toothache or pain or burn or scald In
Ave minutes; hoarseness, one hour;
muscleache, two hours; sore throat
twelve hours-Dr. Thomas Eclectric
OH monarch over pain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24

on the principal railroads in New Yorl
during three months ending March 81
Most Of the breakages we're in rails
rolled since 1899, which would point
to the Steel Trust as the chief culprit
Is the tariff protected trust TO be al
lowed to charge the highest possible
price for steel rails and al the same
time manufacture them more imper-
fectly than its predecessors used to?
II the tariff was abolished or reduced
So that competition would ensue, the
price of rails would be lower and the
quality better.
Speaker Cannon has been nomina-
ted for President by the Republicans
of the Illinois Legislature and Fair
banks has nominated himself and Boss
Cox has nominated Taft. Are the
people TO have nothing to say about
who they want?
All the Republicans of Ohio are de-
termined TO have harmony in the
party, but most of them seem to real.
ize they must fight for it,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24
Fuel Saved.

did you lose much by that fire out
+. at your house?" asked Townley
1.-TWO quarts of fine old Scotch whis'
ky" replied Subbubs.
WAS that all?"
Eyes, you see only about half of
our volunteer fire company got there, :
Philadelphia Press.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24
Columbus

Buggies, Surries and Runabouts are
the finest. Call on
14-eod-3t 3. A. Satterfield & Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-05-24
Buggy Harness

We have large stock, fine ard
medium, single and double. Try ts.
14-eod.3t 0. A. easterfseld q Co.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-28
May Call NOeau
Home By Air Line
STEAMER STORM BOUND AND
MAY BE ORDERED BACK BY
WIRELESS DAYS TROUBLE.

The S. s. Noeau, Captain Peterson,
is storm bound at Waipio. She has
discharged but owing to heavy weather
on the Hamakua coast she cannot take
on sugar. Unless the weather improves
by tomorrow the Noeau will be called
home by wireless to take out freight.
For the last ten days all vessels or
the Inter Island fleet have suffered de-
lays and inconvenience in freight hand
ling on account of heavy seas and high
winds.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-28
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
TURE,
WEATHER REPORT.

The following data, covering a period
of % years, have been compiled from
the Weather Bureau and McKibbin
records at Honolulu, T. H. They are
issued to show the conditions that
have prevailed, during the month in
question, for the above period of years
but must not be construed as a fore
cast of the weather conditions for the
coming month.
Month, March, for 80 years.
TEMPERATURE qS9O-79O6),
Mean or normal temperature, II deg.
The warmest month was that of 1897,
with an average of 70 deg.
The coolest month was that of 1908,
with an average Of 6S deg.
The highest temperature was SO deg.
on March 30, 1901, and Mar. Is, 1898.
The lowest temperature was So deg.
on March 4, 1891.
PRECIPITATION (rain) 1S77-1S94, 1905
and 1900.
Average for the month, 2.54 inches.
Average number of days with .01 of
an inch or more, II.
| Inc greatest uOuLnly precipitation
was 1929 inches in 1890.
The least monthly precipitation was
0.13 inches in 1878.
The greatest amount of precipitation
recorded IN any "a consecutive hours
was $50 inches on March z, 1890.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY"
Average, 9 am, 70 per cent; am,
66 per cent; average, 8 pm, rs jer
cent (1SsO-1sOD; 8 pm, 81 per cert
1906 and 1906).
| CLOUDS AND WEATHER (1S9O-'O4,
1905 and 19O6).
Average number of clear days 8;
partly cloudy days, 16; cloudy days, 7.
WIND.
The prevailing winds are from the
NE. QS75-1S94, 1905 and 19O6).
The average hourly velocity of the
wind is SS miles (19O5 and 19O6).
The highest velocity of the wind was
in 1905 and 1906 was so miles from the
NV. on March z, 1906.
Station, Honolulu, T. H.
Date of Issue: February q, 1907.
- o'clock averages from records Of
Territorial Meteorological; o'clock av-
erages from Weather Bureau records.
VIM. B. STOCKMAN,
Section Director, Weather Bureau.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-28
MYSTERY OFF POLICE MIND.

What would probably have remained
a mystery to the police, had not the
victim himself told the story was
cleared up yesterday. The Saranese
who was found unconscious Sunday
Eight en- the King street trolley track
near the Susanna Wesley home, dam
aged about the head, the crew Of a car
carrying him to nearby Japanese who
later removed him elsewhere, now turns
up to announce that he fell while jump
ing off a milk car and sustained the
injuries to eye and scalp which were
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-28
DEPARTING.
wednesday.

Wednesday, March q.
Ami. bark Emily F. Whitney, Good
man, for Makaweli, p. m.
Thursday, March 2S.
S. S. Mikahala, Gregory, for Kauai,
ports p. m.
All. S. S. Nebraskan Knight, for
Eleele and Makaweli, 5 p. m.
Friday, March 20.
S. S. Helene, Nelson, for Kawaihae,
Paauhau, Kohalalele, Kukaiau, Ookala,
Laupahoehoe and Paapaloa, p. m.
S. S. Claudine, Parker for Hawaii
and Maui ports, including Kaupo, p.
m.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-28
MAINE AND MISSOURI.

The Star recently, in an exclusive
article announced the addition of the
steamships Missouri and Maine pur-
chased by the All. S. S. Co. to the
local passenger Service. Repeating
The Stars announcement, the Trans
Pacific Trade says that the Maine will
go on a three-weeks schedule. The
Maine is on the Atlantic coast and the
Missouri is due at San Francisco from
the east early in April as before pub
lished.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-28
INVESTIGATING QUEER YARN.

1t has been reported to the police that
the young Japanese woman who was
burned to death in the Liliha street
fire last evening was present on the
premises against her will, having been
brought from Waialua to marry man
she did not love. The story is being
Investigated. Superintendent Rath Of
the Palama Mission Tuesday night
sheltered at the mission house on King
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-28
Shipping in Port

(Army and Navy
U. S. R. c. Manning, Joynes, from
Kamalo where sp. Loeb Carve strand
ed, March s.
(Merchant Marine,)
Steamships.
All. S. S. Nebraskan, Knight, San
Francisco, March &c.
Br. S. S. Pondo, Fargo, Wellington,
March 26.
Sailing Vessels
Ger. sp. Hertzogin Cecelie, Dietrich,
Leith, March 8.
Am. Sc. Alice Cooke, Penhallow,
Port Ludlow, March s.
Br. SIP. Loeb Carve, Richie, nitrate
ports g days ashore at Kamalo) March
8.
Am. bkt. Klikitat, Cutler, San Fran
cisco March 8.
Br. sp. Claverdon, nitrate ports via
Kahului, March g..
Am. sp. Astral, Durham, Yakkaichi,
Japan, March IA.
Am SC. Robert Levers. Underwood,
Port Townsend, March IT.
Am. sp Edward Sewall, Quick, San
Francisco, March IT.
Am. &C. Mary E. Foster, Johnson, Port
Blakely, March 81.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-28
ON PIONEER TRIP

The All. S. S. Nebraskan leaves
for Eleele, Kauai, this evening to load
sugar for salina Cruz. This will be
the pioneer call of an All. boat at
the ports named.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-28
TEXAN AT KAANAPALI TODAY.

The S s. Texan was at Kahului when
the S, S. Claudine left that port at 5:25
p. m. yesterday. She leaves Kahului
today for Kaanapal and expects to
leave Hilo on Tuesday next for Salina
Cruz with a full load of sugar. She
may get away from Hilo as early as
Monday night next.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-28
EMILY F. WHITNEY ARRIVES.

EMILY f. WHITNEY ARRIVES.
The American ship Emily F. Whit
ney, Captain Goodman, 20 days from
Nanaimo, was sighted off Koko Head
at 1918 o'clock yesterday morning and
at 1925 p. m. she dropped anchor
off port She is bound for Makaweli
and is consigned to Alexander & Bald
win.