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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-27

Mrs E. Smith of Hammond was a
Robertsdale visitor yesterday.
A very pretty wedding took place
and Mrs August Raffles in Roberts ave-
nue., when their niece, Miss Rebecca
Kantinowick was united in marriage
with Sam Achendorf of Chicago.
Rabbi Goldberg of Whiting performed
the ceremony. which was witnessed by
only Immediate relatives and friends
of the family After the ceremony an
elaborate wedding supper was served.
The young couple are making their
home or the present with Mr.. and Mrs.
Raff1es.
The Sunshine Circle will meet to-
morrow AFTERNOON at the home of Miss
Ina Rogers in Roberts avenue.
Merle Thompson of Roberts avenue
was a business visitor in South Chicago
yesterday.
A very pleasant surprise party was
rendered Elmer Schmittle at the home
of his parents in Harrison avenue Mon
day evening by number of his young
friends in honor of his fifteenth birth
day. Games of various kinds were en-
joyed during the evening. after which
delicious refreshments were served. Al
late hour the young guests departed
wishing Elmer many more happy birth
days.
RMS. Ed Holmes of Harrison avenue
7 visited friends in Chicago Tuesday.
George Dorsch visited his children IN
Shelby, Ind, Tuesday
Mrs. Charles Stress. Sr.. of Roberts
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-27

No out of town team has been en-
gagged for baseball game next Sun
day, but the regular team will play
another team of local talent at their
grounds near the Erie depot This
will give the fans an exhibition of the
national game even If it isn't up to par
G. L. Leffingwell and n. A. McNeice
were among the Valparaisoans trans
acting business in town yesterday.
Probation officer Muzzall is one of
the busiest men in the county rounding
up the delinquents. Last night he re-
ceived notice to come post-haste to
East Chicago to take care of four young
boys who were caught in the act of
breaking into sealed freight cars.
Many of our people are attending
the Porter county fair at Valparaiso
today and many more will go tomor-
row to see the last day of the races
there
The Crown Point Electric Company
have, through Manager Keeney. placed
an order with the Buckeye Engine
Company of Salem Ohio, for a mann
moth 40S horsepower engine and with
the General Electric Company. of
Schenectady, N Y. an order for a 200
K. W. dynamo to be used in their newly
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-27
School Board Meets.

The school board have selected the
following teachers to serve as instruc
tors for the town schools for the COM
ing season. Miss Hall, who takes the
place of Miss Hearst, resigned, as Ger
man teacher, is a graduate of North
western University, and has had ex-
perience as teacher of languages and
comes we'll recommended.
Miss Pierce, whose home is in the
Creek townships, and who has beer
teaching in East Chicago, has beer
rendered the position of teaching room
3. but her acceptance has not beer
definitely received as yet The plac-
ing of the other teachers has not beer
decided upon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-27
ROBERTSDALE.
Bad Report From Robertsdale.

Inspector Tucker of the pure food
commission of Indianapolis, and an in
spector from the United tSates Agri-
cultural department, Washington, D. c.,
were Tuesday inspecting the diaries.
DR.. Kohr, of the board of health, took
the inspectors around to number OF
places and he reports the majority of
them in a very unsanitary condition.
They were notified that unless they
kept kept their places cleaner in the
future they would be prosecuted. From
here they will inspect all frams and
shipping points that send milk to
Hammond.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-10-10

gqui1gs You say that lawyer went
t0 heaven. how in the world could that
happent
ON error.-Toledo Blade.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-10-10

kGEHrrs TO HANDLE BIGGEST
raonsy-naking FIRE eztlng1isaers &
sDecla1 starting Crsr; exclusive
ss~rf.ory: SIS 20 s2oo per month.
rrfs ALcATRAz CO. Richmond
"a
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03
Had a Close Call.

Mrs. Ada L. Groom, the widely
known proprietor of the Groom Ho-
tel, Vaughn, Mise, says: For sew
eral months | suffered with asevere
cough, and consumption seemed to
have its grip on me, when friend
recommended DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. / began taking it, and
three bottles affected a complete
cure" The fame of this life saw
ing cough and cold remedy, and
lung and throat healer IN world
wide. Sold at all druggists. soc.
and ST. 90. Trial bottle free.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03

Does your back .ache' Do you
have sharp pains in the side and the
little part of the back, This is due.
usually, to kidney trouble. Take De
Wits Kidney aud Bladder Pills.
They will promptly relieve weak
back, back ache, rheumatic pain
and all Kidney and Bladder dis
orders. Sold by j. M. Hodges.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03
Shelton. Laurel county. in Madi

Shelton, Laurel county, in Madi
son county is the banner Repub-
lican bailiwick in the United
States if not in the world inclu-
ding the isles of the sea and the
junsles Of Africa where the sunny
fountains roll down their golden
sands. There are 227 voters in
said section OF Madison and 227
men walked up and planked
down 227 Republican ballots.
-.EX.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03

also convincing proof that the kidneys
and bladder are out OF order.
What To Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge 50
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-R Root, the great kidney remedy,
fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism,
pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part Of the urinary passage.
It corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overconies that unpleasant ne
cessity of being compelled to go often
during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and
the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root
Is soon realized. 1t stands the highest
for its wonderful cures Of the most dis
tressing cases. If You need a medicine
YOU should have the best. Sold bydrugs
gists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes;
You may have sample bottle and Q
book that tells all ST.
about it, bothsentfree R n !, -;
by mail, Address DR.. % I: nm
Kilner & Co., Bing-
hamton, N. Y. When H0nsa s-snp.asae
writing mention this paper and, don't
make any mistake, but remember the
name. DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, spd
the address, Binghamtou, n. <.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03

Use Red Band Pure Scotch
Snuff.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03

There are many imitators of De.
Wits Carbonized Witch Hazel
Salve but just one original. Moth.
ing else is just as good. Insist on De
Wits, 1t is cleansing, cooling and
soothing. Sold by j. M Hodges.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03
Moro Lawlessness IN Tenn
bristol Herald Courier J

(Bristol Herald Courier.
Surely, Tennessee has fallen on
evil days, when shocking acts Of
lawlessness follow 80 swiftly up
on each other that people begin
to ask themselves where it will
end. The State is achieving q
fame more unenviable than that |
of Kentucky in it's darkest and
bloodiest days.
Reelfoot has broken into the
lime light again. Saturday night
at Tiptonville, on the borders of
the now famous lake, when Off
GERS attempted to arrest three ne
groes who were disturbing a reli-
gious meeting, a fight ensued in
which one deputy sheriff was kill
ed and another fatally wounded.
The negroes escaped but h cyl
were captured Tuesday, given a
quick trial and sentenced to
death. No sooner had this been
done, according to the dispatch
es, than a mob that had be en-
formed early in the day and rush
ed into the court room with q
whoop and q yell, seized the ne
groes and had them hanging to
a nearby tree.
There was absolutely no ex-
cuse for this wholesale lynching.
The negroes hal not committed
the unmentionable crime III a t
makes the blood of white men
boil and urges them out on a
mission of revenge, Their crime
was a grave one, it is true, but
there was no doubt that they
would soon pay the eextreme psn-
atty by the orderly process OF
flaw. They had been sentenced to
death, and the sentence would
have been executed in due time
but for the interference OF t b e
mob.
1t was the wanton deed OF
bloodthirsty men notfar remov-
ed from savagery, and it must
he punished as such. The victims
Of this brutal act OF vengeance
were negroes, to be sure, but
there must be no color line in the
administration of justice. And
the negroes were under sentence
: OF death for murder, it is true,
but it did not lie in the hands Of
lawless men to carry out t h e
laws decree by lawless means.
The TACT that the prisoners had
been condemned to die but ag-
gravates the mob's offense and
intensifles public Indignation.
From the standpoint OF law en-
forcement and the preservation
Of the peace and dignity of the
state, it is as important t h a t
} the men who lynched these ne
J groes answer in the courts 10 r
their crime as that the mob who
lynched Capt. Rankin be brought
to justice. 1t is to be hoped that
Governor Patterson, and other
} lawful authorities, will proceed
upon that theory. ,'s.
A suspicion is growing among
! the people that something is
wrong in Tennessee-that there
is presented for solution a prob
+ lem requiring the best thought
and earnest efforts OF the states
most intelligent, conservative
| and patriotic citizens. 4
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03

There are two ways OF meeting
a trouble--either give it no at
tention at or give it a great deal
promptly.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03
COUNTY EXHIBIT.


that have been audited and mum
bered by the Board of County
Commissioners from the first of
Dec, 1907, to November t h e
3Oth, 1908:
Eff Harman agent for M Har-
man $6 10, NJ E Harman a pau
per 6 10, C R league agent for
A Justice 8 10, w l. Hendrix
agent for T D Watson 4 60, Jes
Mitchell agt Tor L Mitchell 3 10,
Joe Woodring agt for c Camp
bill 3 10, J T Hampton agt for
X and N Canter II 90, M Top
pings agt for M Boyle 8 10, M
L Mcneil agt for F Mcneil 6 10,
E NJ Church agt for Z Church
8 10, M A Teagud dagt Tor c Har-
man Z 60, John Baird a pauper
6 So, L G Maxwell agt for S H
Black IL 10, David Hodges a
pauper Z 60, A Harman agt for
f Harman 3 10, Jane Pennell a
pauper 3 10, G Yarber a pauper
8 10, Ada Fox q pauper 6 10, N
Davis a pauper 6 10, A j Well
born agt for H Green 6 10, j W
Hodges agt for A Bentley 4 60,
W L Holshouser agt form Hod-
ges Z 80, + M Gragg agt for G
Yarber 6 10, M A Presnell pau
per, 10 60, G W Robbins agt for
W L Robbins 8 10, WIN Walker
agt for NJ Walker 4 go, l. Nor
man a pauper6 10, E Horton a
pauper 3 10, J B Winkler a pau
per 4 60, N Galloway apauper
61O, r l. Profit agt for F Hodg-
en- 7 60, Allen Watson agt for c
Miller 3 10, II A Critcher agt for
L Triplett 6 10, E Hail agt for c
Green 8 10, w H Galloway AFT
for Geo Townsend 6 10, G W
Robbins agt for c Robbins 7 60,
G W Robbins agt for Jas. Rob-
bins 6 60, Riley Hodges keeping
county home, 55 20, Taylor and
Mast for blasting material for
county 12 1S, NJ B Blackburn for
services as finance committee
2 10. C Blankenshil keeping Co
Jail 13 0S, R W Ma'tby & Sons
lumber for)county stable % g.
c L Horton services as our
house janitor 2 10, ]. May clerk.
ing foard of Co. CONS. etc 43 90,
John Green buildingcounty barn
II 80, r W Matilda bridge lnm'
Der for county l 70, G 7 Baird
bridge lumber for county 81 TO-
e Gragg day Juror 1 10, j NJ
Galway, for bridge lumber fol
county 8 10, W l. Holshouser
blasting material for county
% 10, J. NJ. Hodges NJ D, medi
cal aid to prisoners and paupers
36 Is, l. WlMcGuire, provisions
furnished small pox patients
27 II, FM Scroggs recapturine
escaped inmate from State Hos
pital IL 70.
January 6, 1908.
Blankenship keeping county
jail 80 IS. H f Deal roadldama.
ges 81 10, Jesse Brown Keeping
county home 4S 10, G II Hars.
; | tin registrar of eletion 5 30, Will
lett s Miller locating township
line 2 10, Edwards & Broughtor
furnishing records for Registers
Office, 8 60, W H Mcclure Sta
tionery for G s Cs office 2 70, "
H Galway services as tax assess
or 4 60, W H Galway day juror
/ 10, NJ G Church ser as road ju'
ror / 10, 7 L Moretz blasting
I material Is 10, Hagaman & Co.
blasting material for county 8 80
Thos Bingham records Tor CS {
Office, etc, 10 90, s. Farthine
travis Juror 5 80, Jno W Hodg
es amt due him by Co. for indi
gent pupils 20 10, F NJ M)Thoma'
ser as tax assessor 800, RC Riv
ers Pub Co Elk. 81 so, I'm Thon
as registrar of election 6 70.
e Fell. 2, 1908.
j H Browf keeping Co. HON,
40 az ~ CIonl-anSh;n kaanipr n
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03

a asedimento set
tlingindicatesan
unhealthy con-
dition of the kid
neys; If it stains
your linen 1t Is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble /; too
frequent desire
to pass 1t or pain
in the hack Ia
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03
Taft Not President. Elect:
(Kansas City Starr

was the President OF the Uni
ted States elected November 3?
He was not Thepeople in each
state merely chose q set OF elec-
tors.
What will the electors do?
They will assemble in t h e n
State capitals the second Mon
day in January and ballot for
President and ce-President.
Each of these assemblies is call:
ed an Electoral College. There
are as many Electoral Colleges
as there are states. The Terrific
ries and the District Of Columbia
have no Presidential vote.
Suppose a candidate should die
between the November election
and the date of the assembling OF
the Electoral Colleges?
The electors would probably
receive instructions from q ma
tional convention or from recog.
nized party leaders. In 1872,
when Greedy, the minority candi-
date, died after the election, his
votes were scattered. Six Geor-
gia electors, for instance, voted
for B. Gratz Brown and three for
Greeley. The Greeley voUes were
rejected by Congress. Thomas A.
Hendrix and Brown divided the
votes that had been intended for
Greeley.
Does the Constitution prescribe
how electors must be chosenP
No. 1t leaves it to the States.
Are they not always voted Tor
on a general ticket?
They happen to be now. But a
LEGISLATURE may provide differ
emily. In 1916 the Legislature OF
Colorado chose the State elec.
tors.
Thomas Watson said the 9th
er day that under The laws Of
Georgiaif no ticket should re.
celve a majority in Georgia the
choice of electors is thrown into
the Legislature. In 1892 Michi-
gan voted on it's e'ector by Con-
gressional districts.
How do States sometimes split
their electoral votes2
Occasionally a popular electoI
will receive enough complimenta'
ry votes to elect him, even if his
fellows on the ticket are defeat
fM. Sometimes mistakes in mark
ing ballots will result in a iivid.
ed electoral vote in close state
What determines the date o.
the national election?
In 1916 Congress prescribed
that it he held on the Tuesday al
ter the first Monday in Novem
ber. Before that time some oftht
states held elections on different
days.
Does a plurality in the Electo.
raj College elect?
No. The Constitution provides
that if no candidate shall receive
q majority of the electoral votes
the election shall be thrown into
the National House of Represents
tives, the three candidates only
being voted on.
Can a man be elected President
by q minority of the popular
votes?
Yes. In 1924 Andrew Jackson
had q plurality of $4,000 oye1
j. @. Adams; Tilden had a large
plurality over Hayes in 1876
and in 1888 Grover Cleveland
had a plurality of nearly 100,
600 over Harrison.
Is there any justification fol
election by States rather than b,
direct popular vote?
Yes. Elections by State is prol
ably fairer to the country as
whole. Otherwise some limitet
section OF the country might &C
quire undue influence. Thus th,
manufacturing State OF Pennsyl
vania may give as huge q aepul
lican vote as it pleases but i
oon 6ol,var on11r o. alaotro1 " vutoc
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03

j W Hodges conveying lunatic
to state hospital 33 65, G W Rob
bins for blasting material for Co.
% 21, JIM Hodges M d, med aid
to prisoners and paupers "a S5,
]. f Reese guarding small pox
patients 81 6O)E r Eggars servi
ces as Co. CO. II 10, r C Rivers
publishing report CT c S G, 2 60,
March 2, 1908.
j A Denney agent for a Wat
son 2 10, E F Harman agent for
M Harnan 6 10, M E Harman
a pauper 6 10, W L Hendrix agt
for + D Watson 4 60. Jes Mitch
ell agt for l. Mitchell 3 10, Joe
Woodring agent for c Campbell
3 10, j T Hampton agt for X u
N Canter IL 10, NJ Toppings agt
for Mary Boyle 3 10, NJ E Nc
Neil agt for f McNeill 6 10, E M
Church, agent for E Church 3 10,
M A league agent for c Har-
man Z 60. John Baird, a pauper
6 S5AL G Maxwell agent for S H
Black II 10, D Hodges a pauper
7 60, A Harman agt for F Har-
man 3 10, Jane Pennell a pauper
3 10. C Yarber a pauper 3 10, A
Fox a pauper 3 10, n Davis a
paupar 6 10, A j Wellborn agent
for H Greene 3 10, j W Hodges
agt for a Bentley 6 10, W L Hols
houser agt for NJ Hodges Z 60, e
NJ Gragg agt for G. Yarber 9 10,
NJ A Presnell a pauper, 10 60,
Mrs. j p Robbins agt for W E
Robbins 3 10. VIM Walker agt
for NJ Walker 4 60, l. Norman a
pauppr 6 10, Z Horton a pauper
3 10, j B Winkler aIpauper 46O,
N Galway a pauper 6 10, r l.
Profit agt for F Hodges Z go, A
Watson agt for C Miller 3 10, T
A Critcher agt for l. Triplet6 10,
f Hall agt for C G reen 8 10,
W H Galloway agent for George
Townsend 6 10, Mrs j P Rob-
bins agent & Robbirs'7 60, Mrs
J p Robbins agent for Jas Rob.
bins 7 60, j H Brown keeping
county home 4S 10, G Blankin-
ship keeping county Jail 20 80,
NJ B Blackburn Furnishing
sheets quilts & etc for Jail 13 30,
John W Hodges Summonsing
Jurors etc., 21 55, Blowing Rock
Bank for overcharge of taxes
20 II, J E Jestice agent AJestls
8 1910 l. Shoemaker carrying
Inntic to jail t 60, Thos. Bingham
Stationary Tor Clerks office 6 20,
|C l. Horton services "a Court
House Janitor 3 10, A II Well
borne Arresting & guarding
lunatic 8 10, L + Lovill services
as member of Pension Board
IA 10, TIC Carlton Travis Juror
2 so, NJ C Oliver State VS.. Jack
McGuire 5 75, Roy Martin, State
vs.. W R Handy 2 so.
April 9th, 1908
] II Brown keeping County
Home 4S 10, g G CIR er, services
as Judge of election 2 10, F M
Scroogs recaptureing Bynum
Greene 10 S5, e Blankinship
keeping county Jail At 20. W c
Coffey repairing Court House 4
Ijail 4 Is, W W Gragg woo d
furnished countyfor court 8 20,
G L Storie. blasting material for
county 8 90, M b Blackburn ser
as finance committee 2 10, j W
McGhee for repairing court house
and jail Z 90, A H Galway ho'
tel bill, livery and carrying l. NJ
Banner to county Jail 10 10, c l.
Shoemaker, arresting and expens
es in carrying L M Banner to
county Jail 10 60, ] W Hodges
extra expenses for holding court
as per order of Judge 10 10, inc
Henson road damage 4 10.
4 Continued on page 3.)
Does your hack ache? Do yol
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03

Willing to meet Prosperity
halfway, but they promised the
whole thing; there was no half
way business about it.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect It.
How To Find Out.

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty -four hours
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03
The Charlotte Observer.


NEWSPAPER IN N. C.
Every Day in the Year $S. q
Year.
The Observer consists of 10 to II
pages daily and 20 to 80 pages Sun
day. 1t handles mole news matter,
local, State, national and foreign
than any other North Caralina news
paper.
THE SUNDAY OBSERVER.
is unexcelled as a news medium and
is also filled with excellent matter
of a miscellaneous nature.
SEhiI.WEEKLY OBSERVER,
issues Tuesdays and Fridays, at ST..
per year, is the largest paper for the
money in this section. 1t consists Of
8 to 10 pages. and prints all the
news If the week-local, State, ma
tiona and foreign.
Ae ress,
THE OBSERVER co.
CHARLOTTE N. c.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03

FOR SALE CHEAP: 100 acres
of the finest land in Watauga
County at Banner Elk. About
80 or 40 acres cleared bottoms.
Address X. Y. D., care Watauga
Democrat, Boone, NC
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1908-12-03
A. A. Holsclaw,

ATTORNEY AT LAW
Mountain City, Tennessee.
Will practice in all the courts
of Tennessee, State and Federal.
Special attention given to COL
lections and all other matters of
q legal nature.
Office north east ofcourt house.
Oct. IL, 1907, 1y.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
| PENNSyL VANIA RAILROAD
Bulletin.
BuLLetin..
THE SUMMER VACATION GUIDE

The vacation is the bright spot in the dull routine Of
the years work 1t breaks the monoony OF the daily round,
and cheers and nvgorates for the strenuous life ahead
America abounds with delightful summer resorts i'll valley
mountain The Atlantic line from Labra
the greatest number OF resorts de
voted entirely the pursuit of pleasure and health IN the world
One may purchase from Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Agents
excursion tickets eight hundred Of these resorts covering
desirable places from the rock bound bays Of Newfoundland
the gentle sandy slopes of the Virginia beace from the White
Mountains of New Hampshire to the Cumberland Mountains OF
Tennessee in the wlds of Canada along the shores of the ST
Lawrence and the Great Lakes.
The of New JerseyAtlanc City,
May, WILDWOOD Ocean City, Sea Isle City Asbury Park
Long Branch Spring Lake Seaside Park Beach Haven and others
we'll known that description superfuousae the most
popular easily accessible the country.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Summer Excursion Book to be
of Ticket Agents copy of the General
Passenger Agents Philadelphia by mail postpaid for cents de
scrbes them all and gives the and privileges allowed
on tickets. no3262t
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14

Instead OF a coming out party as we
know it, the Burmese girls entrance
into society begins when she has her
ears pierced. As soon after this rs she
feels inclined she selects Il husband
and goes to live in Il home Of her own.
The home is provided by the man, but
it becomes his wife's rs soon as they
are married. All women. young and
old, are addicted 10 the use of tobacco.
The women seem TO prefer the very
large size black cigar. Often one meets
a woman on the streets of village
with one of these huge cigars in her
mouth and two or three more stuck in
the holes of each ear.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-05-14
The Glory of New York.

What other city is there of like size
which matches New York in position?
1t is seaside city; the salt water
laves it's feet. AS the traveller APP
proaches it he thinks of Venice rising
from the sea or is perhaps reminded of
ancient Tyre, which "stood out in the
sea as a hand from a wrist and of
which the houses were impressively
tall. Impressive" is not too indulgent
a word for the skyscrapers of New
York-clean faced. simple. original and
audacious, they are characteristic of
the land and of the people They are
not ugly concessions TO utility, but
rather grand adaptation of architec-
ture to circumstances. The ancients,
harassed with dread of piracy, would
not have dared to build Il city like New
York on the edge of great harbor
open to the sea. II is something which
the modern world alone could have
given us.-London Spectator.