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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-01-24

A COMMERCIAL TRAV-
Fl Err came in and wanted a swell
Oyercoat. Found exactly the thing
marked $50. Bought it for 1850.
He counted himself doubly in luck.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-01-24

A RAILWAY ENGINEER
wished neat black unfinished worsted
Suit to wear when off duty. He paid
us Just Is. 90 for just the very thing he
wanted. II was marked 1000.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-01-24
The SALEOF ALLSALES

our Great Clearance in full blast There's something
doing here ali Everybody pleased and every buyer max
ing saving. Here's few sample sales OF yesterday
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-01-24

cA9YORxA.
A1zZEz
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09
Mercury, 1907.

The old broker handed the messen-
gerboy yellow slip and then pointed
to the bronze statue Of Mercury,
which stood on the desk.
"My boy" said the old broker SOL
emnly, do you see that statue9 Well,
that is Mercury, the swiftest messen-
ger boy on record. Now I want you
to take this message and go as fast
as Mercury"
Jimmy shifted his chewing gum
and toyed with the ends Of his dog
cared novel. e..
"Yer'll have to excuse me, mis-
ter" he responded, ''but I can't do
anything Of de kind. In de first place,
I've got more clothes on dan dat lob
ster, and, in de second place, if I was
caught running like that I'd get turn
ed out Of de union.'
And then Jimmy winked at the
janitor and started off at the same
old Chicago News.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09
THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS.
Swallows Fly Much Faster Than
Pigeons 81. S"..... * :. Z

The French scientific weekly, Ciel
ct Terre, prints a very interesting ar.
tiele about the speed Of several birds
as observed by August Vershcurin; Of
Antwerp. The rapidity of flight
credited to the swallow (200 feet q;
seeond) seemed exaggerated to him,
and he undertook some experiments
on his own hook. '-. ~ .
He sent several baskets of pigeons
to Compiegne, France, and in sep
arate cage a swallow which had its
nest under the gable room Of the rail-.
road station at Antwerp. On NoVem-
ber 7, at 7.3O in the morning, all the
birds were liberated at Compiegne;
bhe swallow took northern direction,
as quick as lightning, while the pig
cons made several spirals in the air
before they started in the same diree-,
tion. The swallow arrived at it's nest,
in Antwerp, at 1923, a number Of wit.
| nesses being present at It's arrival.
The first pigeons only arrived at
their destination at 11.30 Of the same
morning. The swallow had, therefore,
covered the entire distance Of LAG 1-2
miles in hour and Is minutes, which
is equal to speed of 12S 1-2 miles
per hour or about l89 feet per second,
which is about double the speed Of an
express train. f...' -.
The pigeons only reached speed
of IS miles an hour, or 48 feet per sec
ond. 1t may be gathered from these f.:
CURES how rapidly the migrations Of
swallows take place, as with the speed
given above it would require only
half a day to fly from Belgium or
central Germany to northern Africa.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09
STRENUOUS LIFE
KILLING THE MEN
Remarkable Situation is Disclosed
in Chicago.-Health Depart
ment Report.

Chicago, Aug. 5.-The strenuous
life is killing the men of Chicago at a
tremendous rate, while the women OF
the city are increasing their longe-
witty by the simple life, says Health
Commissioner Evans, in report. He
declares that a century will see Chic
ago an Adamless Eden. DR.. Evans
makes the startling statement that
during the last seven month OF l907
in Chicago about $4,000 men sue
cumbed as compared to 5000 women.
He says that in the last year the ratio
of difference in the death rate be-
tween men and women has been 80
against less than 10 per cent. 20 years
ago. =
The cause of this is attributed by
Commissioner Evans to the strenuous
life. Contributory causes are the
quick lunch, constant exposure and
eare'essness.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09
JUST sUPPos1NG.
WI hat May Happen When the All
Ships an Actual Fact.

There is very little doubt that the
air ship is an accomplished fact. What
boots a year or two when time IS fly-
ing as swiftly as it does nowadays?
But has anyone considered the new
dangers that will follow in the wake
Of the new machines? Does anyone
imagine that life for him Will be the
old. care-free existence that 1t has
! been for the most of us; that when
the air is filled with iron and steel and
wood, man will 60 his way, unheed1ns
upper ether as Of old?
Of course, in the very nature OF
things, the first to equip themselves
with aerial racers will be the reek-
less devils who now run gasoline Jug
gernauts on our highways. =.
Is it not easy to imagine what they
will do when they get up in the a1rs
Will life on the surface Of the earth
have any semblance Of safety while
"white eagles" and cred hawks" are
careering in upper air, spilling out
tools. and now and then an occupant
In these pleasant days, if man IS
walking about New York all he has to
think of are the trolleys, the motor
evcles. the ordinary heels. the automo-
biles, the dear old horse cars and the
other horse drawn vehicles, including
the fire engines and the ambulances:
IF he is alert and spry his chance OF
life is as good as that of a soldier IN
a secondary skirmish. His adver'
| sarids are all on the level, so to speak
and he can see what is coming without
raising his eyes to heaven, a thing
that mankind fell out Of the habit OF
doing ages ago.
But with the upper air full Of ships
and the ships full Of people, and man!
Of the people full of the intoxicatlor
born of free life in the void, why;
would not write any pedestrians in
snrance without charging prohlbl
tive premium.
| Let Us suppose two irresponsible:
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09
TWICE A WEEK. 81. so A YEAR

in an air ship.
"Hand me that wrench, Bill.
There's something the matter with
this nut, and 1 want to take it off.
Look out! Gee! you missed hitting
that chimney. Can't you steer7 On,
you careless idiot! What did you
drop that wrench for7 1t struck the
north light in that studio building.
Let's get away, quick. I'll bet that
you've killed the artist at work-to
say nothing Of losing the only wrench
We have. Hello, did you see that9 An
old chap fell out of that pink ma
chine, and I'm blamed if he didn't
grab the spire of Grace church, and
there he is!'
'Shall we rescue hime' ...
"Rescue nothing. What's the mat
! ter with his own people doing itf''
"Well, I'm going down after that
| wrench. I don't see any connection
around that studio building. Guess we
didn't kill any one."
The air ship turns, goes back, drops
| until it is about five feet above the
ground-glass north light, and then the
man wl.o dropped the wrench, making
a conc of his hands, calls out:
"Say, you artist, below there, did
you hear anything drop3"
A moment later skyight is open
ed, and an excited man in blue
blouse makes his appearance.
"ihG YOU drop that wrenck:'' ...@ "
''''c<, awfully sorry. Did you fnd
it," i.
81 came near finding it on my head,
and if you were in a balloon, instead
of an air ship, I'd put out you Of COM
! mission. Confound you all! Life isn't
worth living since you left the high
ways" .zz :.
"Let's have the wrench, that's a
good fellow. ."-Cenutry. ..
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09

was mighty in more places and IN
more ways than one. Whether or not
one of the ugly claws Of the octopus
extended through the windows OF the
White House may be true or it may
not be truth. The damaging facts
were turned in about the time Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr.. George B. Cortel-
you, who had just been at the head
of the department Of commerce and
labor, to which the bureau Of corpora
tions is attached, held up a number
Of corporatios for large contributions
to the Republican campaign fund.
Just prior to Mr.. Cortelyous his
toric descent upon the gold laden
vaults of Wall street, the department
at which Mr.. Cortelyou, the nationa
Republican chairman, had been al
the head, had collected through thfE
bureau Of corporations large amount
of information about the various
trusts. This information about the
Standard Oil company, or much Of it
was known at the time. The Republi'
can campaign books Of that campaign
have not yet been opened for the
perusal of the public. bat it is rea'
sonable inference that those books
contain an influential subscription by
the Standard Oil company.
"Has the Standard Oil company
like Mr.. Hartman, refused to make
further eontributions9" is question
which is being asked by inqulrlnse
minds who have all inkling of the in
wardness Of the situation.
Zach McGhee.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09
Advertised Letters.

Letters remaining in the postofflce
at Newberry, S. c., for week ending
August 3rd, 1907.
B-Mr. Mae Braswdl, Miss Mamie
Bowers.
C-Mr. Rubby Colley,' Mr.. A. d.
Cambell, Mr.. D. F. eagle.
D-Mrs. Bulah Davenport.
G-Miss Jamie Cant, Mr.. Ella
Green, Mr.. Gillian Grim
Emma .Juher. ...
M-Mrs. Rachel Mason:
N-Mr. John Nichols. .
P-Mrs. Fannie Pews, Mrs. Fannie
Penn.
R-Mr. R. B. Ritchie. :
S-Miss Leones Sarter.
T-Mrs. Minnie A. Taylor:
W-Mr. Thompson Whitner, Mr.
O. L. Waite, Hattie Walls.
Persons calling for these letter wall
please say that they were advertised
C. j. Purcell, P. M.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09

shall be required to receive jury ana
witness tickets for attendance upon
the circuit courts of the state recelv-
able for taxes due the county IN Wn1eh
the said services are rendered. -
Why this remedy is inadequate IN
this case we are unable to see. Pet1-
tioner having brought his action tor
recovery the court can then proceed to
an inquiry as to the validity Of the
act, and if it is found to be null and
void his money will be refunded. Pc
titioner contends, however, that even
if in this instance he recovers the
taxes so paid, that the above quoted
remedy would be insufficient; for the
reason that each year there would be
an illegal assessment and collection
and as often he would be compelled to
bring a action for recovery and would
thus be put to much annoyance and
expense. Clearly this contention can
not be upheld. The idea OF county
or state authorities attempting to col
1ect a tax under law declared void
by the courts is absolutely repugnant
to the principles upon which our gov
ernment is founded. The power of the
courts to pass upon legislative acts
and decalre them unconstitutional it
necessary, is regarded as one Of the
bulwarks Of liberty and of the protec-
ton of property and any action which
in effect nullifes such authority or
brings it into contempt will not be
likely to occur.
In our opinion the petitioner has a
full and adequate remedy at law and
therefore his petition is dismissed.
It is believed now. that the petition
er will take the means provided in the
code for test and bring the matter
up to the higher court in this way.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09
A Million a Month.

The truth Of that old saying quoted
by the farmers wife as "them that
has, gits!' is again strikingly shown
by the immense profits Of one OF New
York's multi-millionaires.
The lucky man this time was Au-
gust Belmont, who financed the
building of the New York Subway in
"panicky" times. when nobody else
in Wall street wanted to touch it.
Belmont evidently foresaw more
clearly than experienced fraction men
the wonderful transit possibilities OF
New York, says the Broadway Maya
zine. He was more than the practl-
cal man; he was more than the
dreamer: he was both, for he gave
the city its much-needed, Iong-delayed
subway.
AS for the situation today, judged
purely from a financial standpoint, II
must be generally admitted that,
however burdened the Interborough-
Metropolitan Company may be today
the city's tremendous increase of
traffic will within few years place
that company upon sound dividend
paving basis. When that happens
and cold, hard figures say it must
August Belmont and associates will
reap a golden harvest.
From 1904 to 1905, previous to the
Metropolitan merger, the stock of the
Interboroueh Company scared from
81 to 223. and several big fortunes
were made on the rise. Belmont s
wealth during the period of nearly
one year is said to have increased at
the rate Of one million dollars
month.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09
Rarhecue at Sigh 5.

Mr.. Jno. C. Mills will furnish a
barbecue at sligh's on August II, the
occasion being the meeting of the
farmers union. Prominent speakers
will be present and will deliver ad-
dresses. The price Of dinner will be
* cents and 20 cents. Everybody IS
invited ard a good dinner is guaran-
teed.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09
THE NEWS OF PROSPERITY.
Sleeping Preacher in Prosperity
Faculty Graded School Chosen
of to jamestown.

of to Jamestown.
Prosperity, Aug. S.-Mr. L. S. Bow
ers has gone to Glenn Springs.
Mrs. Sallie Black, Of Saluda coun'
ty, has gone to Charlotte to visit her
sister.
Material is being put on the ground
for the new Lutheran church.
Major Perry, the sleeping preacher
vas on exhibition here Wednesday
night. Quite a number Of persons
we're out to hear him. There is some
thing very peculiar about this negro
and the popularity or mystery mas
never been satisfactorily explained
The idea that has been advanced that
he reproduces sermons he has heard
in times past will not hold. lie
breaches every night and from differ
ent text, consequently he could not
have heard enough to have lasted him
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Kennedy, of Due
West. are visiting Mrs. Kennedy s
mother. Mrs. D. H. Witherspoon.
Rev. Mr.. Whitaker has been con-
ducting protracted meeting at Zion
for the past week closing on Wednes-
day evening.
The board Of trustees Of the ne"
high school elected the corps OF teach
ers on Monday. Prof. E. 0: Counts
as principal and Geo. D. Brown as
sistant principal. teacher. The faculty
for the next term will be Prof. E. O.
Counts, principal; Assistants: Geo: D.
D. Brown, Misses Margaret Leckle
and Erin Kohn.
Misses Lucille Wise ana Maude
Wyse, Of Saluda, are visiting relatives
in town this week.
Mr.. J.H. Wise and children, Of Lit
tie Mountain, were in town Wednes-
dav. Mr.. Wise has been sick for some
weeks, but is able to be out again:
Mr.. Thos. Matthews, Of Ninety SIX
is visiting relatives in Prosperity and
vicinity.
DIR. j. M. Ridgell, Of Batesburg
has been visiting his aunt, Mrs A
N. Lester. r., :
DR.. Littlejohn, Of Union, has beer
visiting friends(9) in town s1nee ias'
Sunday. -. :... ...... ... -,
Misses Helen and Alice Schumpert
of vidalia, Georgia, will leave for {
VISIT to relatives in Atlanta, Ga, or
Friday. from there they will return
to their home. .,
Mrs. D. P. Boyd, Of Union, is visit
ing her brother, Mr.. J. ". Thompson
Miss Elliott Dobbyns, Of Whitmlre
is visiting Mrs. B. B. Sehumpert:
Miss Eveline Browne, Of Cross Hill
is visiting Miss Kate Thompson
Mr.. Paul Fellers, OF Columola
kVMMyeWsspent
spent Saturday with Mr.. Hart Kohr
on his way to visit his parents a
Mountville.
Mr.. J. D. Quattlebaum is home
from the hospital.
Miss Erin Kohn returned Tuesoa!
from the missionary convention a
Asheville and friends in the ''Nand 0:
the sky"
Miss Gertrude Simpson has re
turned from visit to her aunt, Mrs
J. @. Werts, at China Grove N. c.
A jolly party left Prosperity OF
Tuesday for the Jamestown exposition
under the care of Mr.. S. S. Birge, (ta
! miharly known as Dock.) In the par
~ were Mesdames E. E. Young, A. Il
Kohn, J. F. Borwne, Miss Gertrod'
Bobb. Messrs. E. B. Cook, Gus Young
Perry Schumpert, -- Chapman ia
and Ernest Kohn. They will 'als'
make pilgrimage to Washington
Misses Edna and Lucy Fellers haV'
oone on a visit to relatives in Green
wood, Ninety Six and other places.
Hart Kohn has gone to Mountvlll'
70 visit Paul Fellers and together the.
will take Harris Springs.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09
A r, P Services.

At II a. m. and at $50 p. m. next
Sabbath there will be preaching IN
the A. R. P. church at Prosperity
At o, m. there Will be preaching at
Unity.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09
Real Investigation?

Now, these agents Of the bureau OF
corporations, some Of them at least
proceeded really to investigate the
Standard Oil company. They turned
in as a result some very startling facts
about this mighty trust: but the trust
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-27
WABASH WINS
STATE MEET
Great Struggle at Terre
Haute Results in Victory
by Four Points.

Wabash college made game strug-
gle against her rivals. Notre Dame,
Purdue and Indiana, last Saturday at
ternoon at Terre Haute. where the field
and track meet was held, and won by
a close score Of four points.
Wabash figured 81 points, while Pur-
due had 33. Notre Dame 81 and Indi-
ana Is. Smithson of Notre Dame was
the hero Of the day. having been en-
tered in five events, getting two frsts
and two thirds The events We're close
~ contested and good time was made
despite the condition OF the track.
which was muddy.
The summarizes;
100 yard dash-Smithson, Notre
Dame. first; Blair, Wabash. second;
Lewis. Purdue third time. 10 %.
120 yard hurdle-Smithson. Notre
Dame, first; Fiheld, Purdue, second;
Miller. Wabash, third; time. Us 4-5.
22o yard dash-Blair, wabash. first;
Lewis, Purdue, second; Smithson, Notre
Dame, third; time, 20.
220 yard hurdle-Fifled, Purdue, first;
Sohl. Wabash, second; Smithson. Notre
Dame, third; time, :27 4-5.
440 yard dash-Keefe, Notre Dame,
first; Tillett, Purdue, second; Mellen.
Purdue, third; time. 80.
$50 yard run-Keefe Notre Dame,
first; Patton, Wabash, second; Kin
kead, Purdue. third; time, rs Is.
| Mile run-White, Purdue. first; Nc
Kinney, Wabash, second; Emmanuel
Wabash, third; time, 4:59.
Discus throw-Steffins, Purdue, first
Yelch, Indiana, second; Grippe. Notre
Dame, third; distance, ia feet.
High jump-Bosson, Wabash. first;
Clark, Purdue, second Smithson and
McDonagh, Notre Dame, tied for third
height. feet inches.
Shot put-Brown, Wabash, first
| Woods, Notre Dame, second; Bosom
Wabash. third; distance. 80 feet G
inches.
Broad jump-Yelch, Indiana. first
Hosier Indiana, second; Grippe. Notre
Dame, third; distance 81 feet inches
Hammer throw-Watson, Wabash
first; Fullenwider, Purdue, second
Woods, Notre Dame, third; distance
1885 feet
Pole vault-Yelch, Indiana, first; Mil
Ter, Wabash, and Moriarity, Notr'
Dame, tied for second. Miller won oil
toss. Distance, 10 feet II inches.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-27

a1eCtOnS. he
believed that the Government was made
for the people, and not the people for
the Government, and that true Repub-
hcanism was like a torch-the more it
is shaken in the hands of the people
the brighter it burns.
If at the height of his power any one
had sneered at him on account of his
humble origin, he might we'll have re-
piled, like the Marshal of France, who
was raised from the ranks to duke
dom, when he told the naughty mobiles
of Vienna, who boosted Of their long
lines of descent and refused to associate
with him: L am an ancestor; you are
only descendants"
Abraham Lincoln possessed in a re-
nrarkable degree that most uncommon
of all virtues, common sense. With him
there was no practising the arts of the
dernagogue, no posing for effect, no at
htudinizing in public, no mawkish SEN
timentality There was none of that
puppy1srn so often bred by power There
was none of that dognatism that Dr.
johnson said was only puppyism grown
to maturity.
While his mind was one great store
house of facts and useful information
he laid no. claim to any knowledge he
did not possess. He believed with Add
son that pedantry in learning is liks
hypocrisy in religion, form of knowl-
edge without the power of it.
While he was singrlaFly adroit anc
patient in smoothing down the r1f1eC
feathers of friends who did not under
stand him, or even of political oppo
nents, he wasted 70 time upon the abso
Lutte recalcitrants. He never attempted
to massage the back of political por
cupine. And, as he once said himself
he always found it was losing gam
to try to shovel heas across a barnyard
There are two names OF President
that viii always be inseparably asso
ciated IN our minds-Wash an
Lincoln. But, from the manner IN whic
modern historians magnify trivial act;
you would suppose one had spent HI
entire life in cutting down trees and tn
other IN splitting them up into rail:
/ There was one marked difference be
| tween Washington could not te
a story; Lincoln always could
But he told them not for the anecdots
but to clinch fact, TO point a moral
All, il was that humor of his that wa
his safety-valve. It lightened his min
and relieved It for the time from tn
great responsibilities that were weigf1in
upon him. He could cut the sting fror
the keenest criticism with his wit.
could gid disappointment with a Joll
He knew better than most men that i
speech wit Is TO eloquence what II mus
melody is to harmony.
But his mind was not always attune
to mirth:. rs chords were too often s.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-27

One team trying to hurry the game
and the other doing fancy stunts to
cause all the delay possible, was the
kind of baseball 1900 wild fans
watched yesterday afternoon at the
South Side park, as the rain descended
in buckets and hail stones as large
as robins eggs smote them on the
face. But the luck was with the Sox
as usual and the rain held up long
enough to allow the extra inning and
a half to go on. 1t was one Of the
worst exhibition ever given, Four
runs in the first inning with one hit,
and the errors came so thick and fast
that the scorers lost count. After three
innings the ground was like a like and
the players wallowed around in the
mire. Griffith wanted to work the
weather for a postponement, so he
went into the box to replace Orth and
the fancy stunts in the way of twirling
done by the foxy one was worth the
price of admission. The Sox family
won the game by a score of to 1 in
the fifth and the crowd broke loose for
dry spots.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-27
SUMMARY OF SATURDAY SPORT.



Chicago Americans defeated the New
York team, score 8 to /. Other Ameri-
can League scores were: st. Louis, s;
Boston, 1. Cleveland. 5; Philadelphia,
?. Detroit Washington game off; rain.
Chicago Nationals won their game
with the Cincinnatis, score to 0.
Other National scores: Pittsburg, g.;
St Louis s. New York, 9; Boston, l.
Philadelphia, 81; Brooklyn, "a.
Princetons nine defeated Harvard,
score to s.
Mike Donlin's drive won for the
Logan Squares in the game with the
West Ends, scoring two in the ninth
inning.
Dinna Ken won the Carleton stakes
at Graves end, defeating Peter Pan, the
hot favorite.
/ Dainty Dome won the Louisville
/ feature in a hard drive from Wing
Ting.
Calendar won the third race at Oak
/ land. proving a surprise on account of
| his odds.
Athletics.
Maroons defeated Wisconsin in their
track meet by margin Of IL 1-3 points
Morgan Park won the interscholastic
track championship at Ann Arbor, nos
ing out Grand Rapids.
Lake Forest captured the inter
scholastic championships held at Lake
Forest yesterday.
Yale juniors won an unexpected vic
tory over the Cornell junior crew al
Philadelphia, after first capturing The
race for second shells.
| Menominee high school won the Wis
consin interscholastic meet at Madi-
son. Wis.
Golf.
Indictment weather and soggy link.
resulted in the abandonment of Sat
urday play on several courses.
Jerome D. Travers retained his titIt
| of Metropolitan golf champion by de
/ feating Findlay S. Douglas.
Elmhurst golfers announce thei
Il schedule with special ladies program
Mason Phelps led at Onwentsia, A
G. Bennett was high man at Skokie, J
Z. d. McAIechan took the class mattel
at Evanston, r. w. Lazear and Miss
Adams took the foursome at Jacksol
Park. r. NJ Cutting and s. c. Spite
tied in first fight OF qualifying roun
at Westward-Ho and f. s. Thomas an
H. l. Osman tied at Auburn Park.