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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-11
Estate of AdeIia Il. Hammond.

The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for he District of
Addison Commissioners, to receive, examine
and adjust all claims against the estate OF
ADELIA + HAMMOND
late OF Orwell in said District, deceased, and
AL claims exhibited in Offse' there to, hereby
give notice that we will NEE, for the pur-
poses aforesaid al National Bank Of Middle.
bury in town of Middlebury on the 2lst day
OF December and 2lst day OF May mex, from
O'Clock p. m until four o'clock p. M, each
of said days, and that SIX months from the
25th day of November A. 1905 is the time
limited by said Court for said creditors to
present their claims to us for examination
and allowance.
Dated at Middlebury this Goth day OF Nov
ember A. ID. 1913.
G Gha IS M y; pinney' Commissioners
Thad NJ. Chapman, Administrator. 40
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-11
No false pretense has marked the

career of Ely's Cream Balm. Being en-
tirely harmless. it is not responsible like
the catarrh snutTs and powder, for minds
shattered 10y cocaine. The great virtue
of Ely's Cream Bam is that it speedily
aud completely overcomes nasal catarrh
and hay fever Back of this statement is
the testimony Of thousands and "A reputa-
ton of many years success. All drug
gists, soc, or mailed 10y Ely Bros, 90
Warren Street, New York.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-11
Every Woman WIN BE Interested.

There has recently been discovered an arc
matte, pleasant herb cure for woman's ills.
called Mother Gray's Australian Leaf. II is
tina only certain regulator. Cures female
weaknesses and Backache. Kidney, Bladder
ana Urinary troubles. At all druggists or
by mail SO cts. Sample FREE. Address, The
Mother Gray CO.. lie Roy, MY. As
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p 2A AsJTIEIIsLsE AND ut PELEE MAX Ia, 1909
rSE.M HOTEL SHOWN Ar -@AeO~-S3

and bundles were placed IN convenient
positions. the porters were dismissed.
our camp men were despatched for
water and the missing packages. and
Adjutant L. Guinoiseau. director OF the
weather and volcano observatory at
Morne des Cadets. who accompanied
US on the first day. and started out to
examine and take the temperatures OF
the fumaroles These vents are ar
ranged practically In a line radical
to the crater, and they vary In tenn
perature from about 20 degrees cenw-
grade (15s degrees Fahrenheit). at the
openings farthest from the crater. TO
304 degrees centigrade $3.50 degrees
Fahrenheit) at those nearest TO II. The
line. however. is less than quarter Of
a mile long. and the highest fumaroles
in both temperature and position are
about q mile horizontally from the
central conduit OF the volcano, IL there
is one Their position high tempera-
lures six years after the eruption that
deposited the ash IN which they ac-
tually occur and their sympathetic In
crease and decrease IN temperature
with the increase and decrease OF ac-
tivity OF the volcano itself indicate that
they are not secondary steam vents re-
leasing heat from the interior Of q
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form. The procession soon started.
each man carrying two or more
bundles on his head. reminding one of
the pictures OF expeditions into the in
terror OF Africa. The site selected for
our camp was about two and a half
miles from the coast and a thousand
feet above the sea. so that the men
had quite q march to make and the
route over the barren waste of volcanic
sand was terribly hot in the almost
vertical rays of the tropicaI sun. When
we reached our camp site the porters
immediately began to deplore the
meager supply of water that we had
been able to bring with US, and we
knew that the nearest place where we
could get water was fully four miles
away! In spite. too. of all agreements
three packages had been abandoned on
the road; and the two men whom we
kept as camp servants did not find and
bring the last of these to camp till the
following noon
Our camp was established on the di-
vide between the Blanche and Claire
rivers. close to the chief remaining
area of fumaroles. or steam vents, and
we named il at once the Hotel des Fu-
meroles." The tents were soon set up.
with heavy rocks for tent pins. Boxes
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superficial ashbed. bur rnaf they are
true fumaroles. connecting through
deep assures with the internal heat Of
the earth.
Five days in camp have enabled me
10 examine the valleys OF the Blanche
Claire and Seche rivers. from their
source on the mountain to their mouth
at the sea: to visit the remains OF the
Habitation Canonville on the coast half
q mile or so northwest Of the Usins
Gusrin, and to make an ascent OF the
mountain 10 the old summit Morns La
croix, to the ash nlled basin Of the Lao
des Palmistes. in the summit plateau
OF the mountain. anc TO the Morne
Maconba, the remains OF the old crater
ring indicating activity Of the volcano
on a grand scale IN ages long past.
The chief object OF interest Is OF course
the still new cone, or DOME" that
rises within the recent crater and over
tops the basin OF the Lac des Pal
mistes by more than 500 feet There Is
now no suggestion OF the great spine.
or obelisk, that five years ago stood
with its top 1.200 feet above the basin
The disintegration was due to the in
herent weakness OF the lava OF which
IL was composed. The spine apparently
simply fell to pieces and the process
has gone on till there remains only
steep cone of debris terminating In
crown OF Jagged pinnacIes OF rock. like
the summit OF the Grands Soufriere OF
Guadeloupe.
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NIT. PPLEBS STEAM VENTS LEAD DIRECTLY
!To BARTffS INTERNAL FIRES

hing was TO reach St Pierre itself. I
had sent word TO the proprietor Of the
new hotel at St. Pierre to have a special
large canoe waiting for me at lie Car
bet, but OF course II was not on hand.
and the boatman OF the passenger ca
noe held up his hands in despair at the
sight OF my. two tents. tent poles. four
boxes OF provisions for q stay of two
weeks on the mountain. four "ditty
bags OF bedding and clothing, a box OF
cameras and other Investments. q box OF
Photographic plates, a steamer trunk
containing our store clothes" for in
tended visits st plantations. dress suit
case and q hand bag. A fisherman was
soon found, however, who had q canoe
big enough for my load, and less than
an hour later we were installed at the
hotel that was recently built In the
middle Of the coast line Of the ruined
city, beside the Place Bertin. The hotel
is an unpretentious affair with four or
Eve rooms above the store. telephone
exchange and dining room. but one finds
comfort and good food here. which is
more than was expected among the
ruins.
ST. Pierre seems to me even more
desolate and discouraging than It did
FIVE and six years ago. Then, OF course.
everything was dreary waste OF bare
stone walls and barren volcanic sand.
but everything had been so newly over
wheImed that II seemed as II the city
would probably rise from its ruins be-
fore long. Now however. many OF the
walls that were then still standing have
fallen. the earth which the rains have
brought down from the denuded hills
and spread all over the new ash is
thickly coated with grass. great thick
cts OF bushes and small trees are scat
tered here and there. the gray walls
have become moss covered and are an
eient IN appearance like the castles of
Europe that fell into decay centuries
ago. The northerner, therefore. now
compares st. Pierre with Pornpeii even
more sharply than heretofore. and feels
almost hopeless of the resuseitation OF
the city.
Nevertheless something has been done
toward clearing the streets. and even
some Of the houses have been exca-
waited. the latter for the purpose Of re-
covering property. The Rue Victor
Hugo. the former main street. has been
freed from ash and debris throughout
its length IN order 10 give passage to
wagons and carriages from Morne
Rouge and the eastern part Of the
island TO La Carbet and the boat land
ing.
the principal cemetery. and the Rue
ToraiIle, connecting with the road
lesding up the bluffs and over to Fort
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Mon, Pelse. May IL


,u nth the assistance OF two OF the
M nospitable planters OF Martinique
w we transferred our baggage last
week to the northeast side Of the ISL
and and have visited Basse Pointe and
Grande Riviere. the villages that suf-
fered most from the floods that de-
scended from the deforested slopes OF
Mont Pelee aftsr the eruption The
foods left Is to 20 feet OF gravel and
boulders In the streets and the houses
that were not wasted away. Little
effort has been made TO clear up the
buildings At either place. A new Basss
Points has been established on the
blum. well out OF danger OF future
floods. Grands Riviera at the extreme
northern end OF the island. has scarce
ly recovered at all from its desoIation.
Morne Rouge. the delightful residen-
tiaI town 1900 feet above the sea on
the divide between the Atlantic and
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TaIIHEs oEFN1slsx Cl4urserz. racoTsNE rsOIGE
worse hIsoS~r THAN StzeT ~vT@EcrED ERlFTICM

de France. have likewise been .'ut into
good condition for use. Police head
quarters have been established In the
ruins OF the bank. These various ex-
cavations show that the deepest nll-
ing of the streets was from eight to
ten feet thick. but also that a consid-
erable portion of the deposit consisted
Of debris from the stone walled houses
and OF wash from the surrounding
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packages were soon spread out on the
land.
Then came the division into loads
suitable for carrying on the head. an
operation that is always interesting,
because the men are excitable and they
chatter their creole patois vigorously
as they go about from one place to
another. testing all carefully to see
that the weights are practically uni
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,EwS OF the growth Of this cone
n and surmounting spine led the
museum TO send the writer On ..
second expedition TO Martinique In
February, 1903. Now. after an inter
val Of I'VE years. an here again TO
make comparative studies and round out
the work for the museum. This time
7 have brought my wife, and We have
with Us 2 complete equipment for
camping upon the, mountain.
Leaving New York April l6 on the
Guiana. the crack new ship Of the Que
bee steamship company's West Indies
line, we arrived IN Fort de France
harbor late il the afternoon Of the
2sth. As we came along the west
coast OF Martinique the clouds
lifted from the summit Of Mont Pelee
and gave US a foretaste Of what we
we're 10 see that increased our desire
TO get into the held. Two days, how
ever. were consumed at Fort de France
IN getting our abundant baggage
through the custom house. making for
ma calls upon the governor Of the
EClgLE anu -D- 44-oA Ne-4-S AfS-4 G--A ----O--
nal visits with the genial American
consul, Chester Martin, and his family,
beside renewing several agreeable and
useful acquaintanceships among the
Martinique people.
Too much cannot be said Of the hos
pitalIty OF the planters Of this island
Everything possible is done for the
comfort and convenience Of the traveller
vIun previous acquaintance or VINO has
letters from common friends. Other
wise 1t is extremely dinicult to get
-.-uut IN the country. wednesday morn
ing at O'Clock we got away from
Fort de France on the ancient little
open steamboat Diamant for its destina-
ton, lie Carbet, village about two
miles south OF St Pierre, which was
just beyond the zone OF devastation Of
May 6. 1902.
Arriving at O'Clock, after q charm
ing voyage along the coast. the next
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q TX yssrs ~go TO-DAY the Eind heart
ed citizens OF ST. Pierre, forget
- ful for the moment OF their own
anxiety about the newly aroused
volcano. Mont Pelee. we're raising
8 subscription for the families Of
the men and women who were killed
two days before BY the torrent Of vol
eazle mud that overwhelmed. almost
without warning. the ousrin sugar fac
tory s4 the nouth Of the Rivisre
Blanche. n the foot Of the great noun
tain
Three days later the beautiful city
itself lay IN ruins. and the heart Of the
world wss touchse ss never before BY
the practically instantAneous slaughter
q as,ooo persons The story Of the
e-uptionn ~ Mont Pelee is ancient his
tory now from . Newspaper standpoint,
but the people Of Martinique have not
forgotten the generosity Of those who
hssteneo 70 the AID Of the stricken ISL
and. and particularly that Of the Arneri-
cans, which was SO abundant and so
freely distributed.
Il was the good fortune OF the writer
10 represent the American Museum Of
Natural History in the party OF scien-
lists and newspaper men arriving here
on Nay q. 1902. by the United States
relief ship Dixie. We wandered
through the devastated city st will re-
gardless OF streets and property lines.
We met many people who had had mar
row escapes from the eruption We
saw bodies by the hundred IN the city
streets the houses, the shops and the
nearby hill slopes and country roads.
We had exciting experiences ourselves
IN the later eruption and IN getting
= y
thing connected with the disaster in
any way. The news thus gathered was
telegraphed Immediately ell over the
world.
The eruption Of Mont PeIee and the
destruction OF ST. Pierre were soon for
gotten by the general public. but the
phases OF the still active volcano con-
tinued TO be Of the greatest interest to
geologists and other men OF science.
The first great explosion Of May s, 1902,
~ 1850 q m, sent a cloud OF super
Aeated steam saturated with incandes-
cent dust. ashes and cinders through a
hssure IN the side OF the old crater,
which directed its force toward the city.
After this, tremendous explosions al
ternsted with q less intense action.
which built Up & cone within the old
crater. This cone was formed for the
most part OF solid lava, TO distinguish
the material from debris. which had
weIIed UP through the vent In e eondi-
tion too thick and viscous 20 dow down
the mountain as an ordinary stream OF
lava
While the cone grew in height the
explosions continued IN its southwest
and northwest quarters. leaving a ridge
between them and leaving the eastern
part 20 rise as e spine or needle far
above the rest OF the mass From the
south the profile OF the summit strik-
ingly resembleo that OF e cathedral
with = lofty single spire. The new sum
nit at its maximum development in
March and april. 1903, reached an ele-
walton Of about $500 feet above the sea,
or nearly a quarter OF mile higher
than the elevation OF $3.50 feet assigned
70 Morne Lacroix, the former summit.
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hills after their denudation by the
eruption cloud.
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r. RIDAY morning. May 1. at 5
o'clock. two men and a large canoe
and seven porters were on hand to
transport our baggage to landing
near the mouth of the riviere Blanche
and carry 1t up the mountain TO the
point selected for our camp. Promptly
at 6. o'clock we left st. Pierre and an
hour later were at the point of de-
barkation. Our porters had walked
along the coast and reached the des-
tination OF the canoe in time to pull
it ashore. The landing and embark
alton Of Martinique canoe even in
the gentle surf of the west side OF the
island, is always a matter OF some ex.
citement and speculation to visitor.
but no accident happened and our
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-26
By Prof. Edmund O. Hovey
Geologist Of the. American Museum Of
Natural History

ST. PIERRE Martinique. May 5. 1908.
q TX yssrs ago TO-DAY the Kind heart
ed citizens OF ST. Pierre. forget
- ful for the moment OF their own
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-06
AUCTION SALES.
CLERKS SALE.
State of South CaroIina-County Of
York.

State of South CaroIina-County Of
York.
In the Court of Common Pleas.
H. Maria Whitesides, individually and
as AdmrX. of the Estate of Thos B.
Whitesides, Deceased, Plaintiff,
against William c. Whitesides, Sr,
Mary A. Whitesides, John T. Darwin
and Ada Darwin Kennedy, Nellie
Ella Whitesides, Robert E. White
sides, John D. Whitesides, ]. Samuel
Whitesides, Thos. A. Whitesides, Ar
thur w. Whitesides, Richard H.
Whitesides, William c. Whitesides,
Jr., and Sallie r. Whitesides, Defen-
dantS.
DY virtue of a decree Of sale in the
ID ABOVE stated case, l will expose to
sale in front Of the Court House Door
in Yorkville, S. c., on the FIRST MON
DAY IN NOVEMBER, 1903, (salesday)
between II a. m. and p. m, the real
estate in York county Of the late DR..
Thos. B. Whitesides, described as fol-
lows:
l. The 294-acre tract in Bullock's
Creek township. This tract was con-
veyed to Thos. B. Whitesides by T. M.
Whitesides. (See deed on record in
Book "B g." PIP: 216-17, Office Of r. M.
c.. for York County,
2. The 110-acre Cor Love- tract in
Bullock's Creek township. This tract
was conveyed to Thos. 3. Whitesides
by A. ]. Love. (See deed on record in
Book "A l." PIP. 1878, office Of R. M.
c. for York County,
3. The 2S-acre tract Cor Crosby
tract,) in Bullocks Creek township.
This tract was conveyed by Allen B.
deed on record in Book &C g." PIP. 599-
600, office of R. NJ. C. for York County,
Also, a tract owned by Thos. M.
Whitesides at his decease, to wit:
4. The Martin tract, lying about one
fourth of a mile from Smyrna, In a
southwest direction, and bounded by
lands now or formerly Of Smyrna
church, of F. D. Hardin and Of the es-
tate of A. S. Wallace, deceased, and
containing Two Hundred and Eighteen
(21S) acres, more or less.
TERMS-Ten per cent. of bid to be
paid Immediately upon the knocking
down of the property to the bidder for
ty per cent. more with interest from
day Of sale) on the first day Of January
next after the sale, and the remaining
fifty per cent. with interest from day
Of sale at per cent. per annum) on
the first day Of December, 1909: with
leave to purchasers to pay all cash.
Purchasers to pay for papers. Should
a purchaser fail to pay 10 per cent. of
his bid cash, the property knocked
down to him will be Immediately re-
sold at his risk, upon the same terms.
The credit portion of purchasers bids
must be secured by the bond of the
purchaser, and a mortgage of the
premises purchased. All mortgages
given by purchasers at the said sales
must contain a provision that a fee OF
One Hundred Dollars Is secured by the
mortgage, in the event that the same
has to be foreclosed.
]. A. TATE, c. C. C. Pls.
GEO. w. S. HART,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
on 1T
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-10-06
A Lucky Num- ber

For Fruits and Vegetables, go to
SHERER. We have Apples, Grapes
Bananas and Oranges, Sweet and
Irish Potatoes. Cabbage and Green
Beans.
Go to SHERER to buy Candy for
your kids or your best girls little
brother We have the Mint Buttons
also-for church members-only for
hoarseness. Catch on?
It's no use talking about my BEEF.
I always keep the BEST. There are
others who sell Beef. But there Is
only ONE OLD GEORGE, The Butch
er. I will ask EVIIRYBODY-Im mean
you. toto please PAY. I need the
money to buy more stuff.
I only have thirteen of a family now,
But I forgot to count the dog,
And then at the lot, 1 also feed
About fifteen COWS and hogs.
Friend Moss at Christmas a turkey
brings,
But Roth says, George, what's the
matter?"
If I ask him to loan me the things
To make the dressing (out-of) out
ter.
OLD GEORGE,
The Butcher.
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Fix the Roads.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
Office Of the
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Washington


Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Washington
Division of Rural Delivery.
The Postmaster, Yorkville, S. c.
Sir: The bad condition Of roads on
route No. -, recently reported to the
department has this day been called to
the attention of the road officials.
You will also take the matter up with
the local road authorities and patrons
residing in the locality of the bad
roads, and inform them that the de-
partment insists upon roads covered by
rural delivery being kept in good con-
dition for travel at all times, and that
this matter should receive their imme-
diate attention. If it is found that suf-
ficient interest is not shown in the
service to maintain the routes in good
condition for travel, they will very
likely be amended so as to avoid the
neglected roads, or if this cannot be
done the diScontinuance Of the routes
will have serious consideration.
Failure to comply with this require
ment should be reported under section
SO, instructions, in ample time to
admit of consideration Of amendments
of routes before the beginning of win
ter. very respectfully,
P. V. DeGraw.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General,
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1908.

fence. Both of the other two men
were killed accidentally and both so
stated before they died, completely
generating the boy. Reliable evi-
dence will bear out every one of
these statements l hope" continued
Mr. Ashley that Greenville county
juries will put down secret societies
among negroes which exist for the
sole purpose of killing and robbing
white men. 1 am going to do all IN
my power to help to put such organ
iXations out of business" Mr.. Ash
ley declares that when McGaha was
shot he was by actual measurement
over sixty yards from Perkins house,
making toward his buggy and smok-
ing a cigarette. Mr.. Ashley appears
To be deeply affected by McGaha' $
death. He says he raised him from
the age of two years, his father nav
ing been killed by falling in Jim Nc
Cullough's we'll at Honea Path. The
mother gave the boy to Ashley, her
cousin. Il loved him like my own
son" he declared. Never in his life
did he give me a word of sass, even
when drinking. When sober he was
one of the best fellows in the world"
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WATTERsoN ATTACKS ROOSEVELT
In a signed article, Colonel Henry Wat
terson assails the presidents recent ex-
change Of letters with w. j. Bryan,
saying:
only the spleen of spoiled child,
the fury of a baffled and foolish boy,
could account for the exhibitions,
which, for the moment, are confined
to the White House, but which Will
presently be placed on wheels and troll
leyed about from one end Of the land
to the other"
Colonel Watterson says that he de-
sires Ito speak with becoming modera-
ton"
He says in part:
rs II not true that you were on
terms of intimate friendship with the
late Matthew Stanley Quay; that you
owed to his insistence your appoint
ment as assistant secretary OF the
navy; even your nomination to the vice
presidency. and how can you reconcile
this relationship with the character OF
a good civil service reformer?
How came you to take from the
Santa Fe Railway its most able and
conspicuous legislative manager, Paul
Morton. and to make him member Of
your cabinet, and when the Santa Fe
rebate suits disclosed this gentleman,
why was prosecution suspended until
he could resign to take another and
better post? You must have known
Mr.. Morton's character at least as well
as Mr.. Bryan knew Governor Haskells
character-if not better.
What did you mean when you said
to Mr.. Hartman you and I are practi-
cal men, and why did you send for
him at all. and just what did Mr..
James s. Sherman, now Republican
candidate for vice president, have TO
do with that transaction?
ITO be sure, you have an answer 10
each of these arraignments. and do
not doubt plausible answer and may
he a sufficient answer; anyway, an
answer satisfactory to your own con-
science. do not doubt, and have
never doubted that you are an up
right man. But so is Mr.. Bryan an
upright man. Why should you seek to
try to make him appear otherwise and
to drag him into a personal contro-
versy?"
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Town and Country
REAL ESTATE

have on my list at present, some
TWENTY FARMS and several de-
sirable offerings in TOWN PROP
ERTY.
Farms range in price from $1,000
to $4,000, according to size and loca-
ton, and most of them can be bought
with small cash payment and long
time ON the balance. If you are look
ing for a home let me have your
proposition right now before next
years arrangements are made.
JOHN +. CARROLL.