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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-01-31

he was worth. But those Vino were
most intimate with him estimate that
he must have saved up several th"uS-
and dollars. and he wa:; never kMnwn
to spend any money for anything
thal hr could possibly Il" without,
wearing scanty clothes and raising
all his own food.
The finding Of this pot brings back
TO memory something Of the life Of
this eccentric old character. and also
som. inrid. d.'nls which seem to prove
that his money had been found. Mr..
Delaware Powell, an honor1d citizen
Of Bath, is a nrphcw OF The misrr
and remembers we'll the life Of his
unrlr. Mr.. Powell once went to see
his uncle. and when he reached the
house he found that the old man was
away. Mr.. Delaware Powell was
then only boy, though he is now
some 70 Years old. He went right
on in the house. as was lis custom,
knowing how to enter. He got 70
rummaging around in the smoke
house. and Scrin" some fresh dirt
against The wall. thought rats were
there Pursuing his boyish desire TO
unraril the rodents. he began grov-
elm" in the sand with II stick. and
striking snmcthin" hard he unearlhcd
it. 1T proved TO be an old pot. Ilc
locked al il and saw tnat il was
half full Of silver and %ola. lie
carefully placed il back. but told his
uncle Of lindil" i'll. Tire pot was
moved at once and its whereabouts
were never known after that. But
when the pot was described to Mr..
Powell day or two ago he stated
that il must be the same pot which
he saw that Lay sixty years ago in
the smoke house
During MS last illness and just
before his demise at the ripe old age
of ninety odd years Dave Powell gave
all his earthly property 10 Mr.. Del
aware Powell. When he realized
that the end was near the old man
told his beloved lcphcw TO 90 out
and hunt ur all his cattle and hoes.
all ol' which ran in the woods unIr-
strictrd b. the present lrmc" law.
There were ninety odl head Of cat
tie and herds upon herds Of hogs.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-01-31

tie did not succeed in localin" all
ui' iI<,n and This irritatyI the DYING
man. AHi h went ayain in search
Of Che miS>iA" swine and kline. 1t
WAS while ul."n this crra,il that old
Dave became much worse. and ne or-
dcrrd that his nephew Er sent for
past haste. When NJ. Powell ar
rived the old man WAS Sprcchlcss and
could uttc:' nothing more than "ut-
tliral suunus. lhuil.h H. was VT con-
scious. He made many @rslicula-
iionS AMI ;ri>h hard /" speak. but
Mr.. Powell! ROW believes that ilt WAS
making an attempt Ia tell him where
his money was. Like all ether sim
liar characters h. would never ai-
vul%c The hiding place Of th" pre-
couS coin until the last moment. and
then il WAS too late tn tell it. Ii was
perhaps thirty Years before his
death that Mr.. Powell saw the pot :.
anil Iurin" that time it could have
been doubled many times ovr:.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-01-31
A. Lawyer Caught.

Pierre Cartier. Partisan .irwelcr
Of ihc beautiful anil gay Rue de la
PaiX, said the other night in this
city that American wnm ~ wore Jew
els with better taste than any other
women in tne world.
"'tan they be deceived in jew as 20
Il "irl reporter asked. "Will rolntrr-
felt GEMS dcludc American womcn?'
My dear young Iady.' said NJ.
Cartier. can expert. givcn The right
conditions. can be dcln,lcd. Who. in
deed. cannot be drInlrN dcludcl in
The matter of jewels, Of rurs. Of any
thing?
''IIcrc is ease in ponl---thc de-
luding Of very sharp, smart. quick
lawyer.
'Nrr. Barr gentleman said to
this lawyer at Il dinner, 'I would
hike your opinion on a knotty point
Of law. An uncle Of mine has n
peacock, and last fall ii cot into Il
nci"hh"r'S Garden and laid an c@~
there. The Hr~hhor cIaimcl thr rg".
my uncle claimed il rs WE'LL and tnr
two haN' Ior" Ii"h'in" ~ -lnabhli02
oyer the matter ever Sincr Now. sir.
what is The law on The question ,
"'It is an easy question to settle. ,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-01-31

SponSr TO an alarm reached the long
row Of !cncmcnts thc fire captian at
once jumped from his engine and c1-
drav"red to locate the Gr,. When h2
had Intellectually hunted through
three or lour structures for i; he de
~crih"d an old woman Stirkim" hcr
mead ont Of = window nr the 'opmoS'
rI""r "r az "i"hl-Iorr tenement. .
li,j1 further up .ar .trnrr. "Any
five up rbcrr!" ar yelled. wien h.
had rracnrd thc pavement beneath
This bnilding. IN answer the old
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-01-31
GOLD FOUND NEAR AIKEN?
Treasure Buried 80 Years Ago by
Miser Observation-Disclosures
Story from Graniteville.
4 special TO the News and Courier
from Granitevillc says:

\ special TO the News and Courier
from Granittvillc says:
\ story full Of intcrcs; regarding
the finding Of Il buried treasure,
comes from Granitrvillr. and seems
to corrobnratc stories that have been
told in that section of Aiken county
for generations. On Il lCarr now
owrcd by Mr.. James l.. Qulnby. Il
prominent merchant Of t;ramtcvlll@.
there was found recently il shallow
hole in the ground, traces OF plarts
where some experimenting was evi-
IDENTITY done with some kind Of Il min
eral rod, and an old rusty pot lying
ont on the ground. This is quite
evidently the remains OF Il fortune
buried several generations ago by old
Dave Powell, who once occupied the
place. and who lived the life Of
hermit and was Il miscr. He lived
all alone in shack. made his bed
Of straw AMI corn shuclls. He raised
cattle and was known to have money.
It is supposed that someone has dis
covered the hiding place and removed
The treasure.
Whca old Powell died not cent
could be found. moi even money to
pay his burial expenses. Since then
il has been the aim Of many man
and all the adventurous boys TO find
the moncy left by old Dave. Much
time has been spent in the attempt
but old Dawes money remained rest
ing peacefully through all the recent
money stringcncy in the cold confines
Of the earth from which ii came.
Old Dave Powell was scared Of The
banks and refused to put his nara
earned dollars in them. It was
known to be his custom to keep it
in pot and 10 bury il.
Now thatit is supposed to have been
Found lra l. 10 al sorts Of mmlS"'
rs to the amount Of fine old man 5
wealth. He has b2"N dead for about
thirty Wears and few people rcmcm-
Der enough about him to know what
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-01-31

Facts About the Great Majestic Range

Facts About the Great Majestic Range
1t is the only range in the world
made Of Malleable and Charcoal Iron.
1t has beyond any question Of 4
doubt, the largest and best reservoir.
1t uses about half the fuel used on
other FRANCES and does better work by far
The Majestic All Copper Nickeled
Reservoir heats the water quicker and
hotter than any other. 1t is the only
reservoir with a removable frame.
The Charcoal Iron Body Of the
Great Majestic Range lasts three times
as long as steel body. Being made
of non-breakable material, there is prac-
tically no expense for repairing the
Majestic.
AS for baking it is perfection, not
only for few months, but for all times
to come.
a Great Majestic Range lasts three
times as long as a cheap range, but it
don't cost three times as much
pROOE-Wc don't ask take CT word for
of thc above at
will satisfaction that these absolute
facts, and will show you many why the
Great Majestic Range is absolutely the best that
can buy.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-01-31

Invited Up to Converse.
When the first fire company III re
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
How to Cure . Cold

Be as careful as you can you will occasionally take cold, and when you do. get medicine of known reliability, one that has an established reputation and that is certain to effect cure. Such medicine is Chamberlain Cough Remedy. It has gained world wide reputation by it's remarkable cures of this common ailment, and can always be depended upon. It acts on natures plan, relieves the lungs, aids expec- toration, opens the secretions and aids nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. During the many wears in which it has been in general use we have yet to learn of single case of cold or attack of the grip hay ing resulted in pneumonia when this rems dy was used, which shows con. elusively that it is a certain proven tive of that dangerous disease. Cham berlain's Cough Remedy contains no opiun or other narcotic and may be given as confidently to a baby as tc an adult For sale by Jackson Drug Co.,, and all dealers
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
LADIES IN A RUNAWAY
Serious Sunday Morning Accident at Cove Mrs. J. A. Miller and Mss
 Barton Seriously Hurt.

Cove, Nov. 8-While Miss Maud Barton. accompanied by Mrs. J. A. Miller, who recently came here from New Mexico, were driving to the Barton home from Sunday school, Sunday morning, the horse ran away up- setting the buggy and tn owing both ladies to the ground. Miss Barton sustained broken collar bone and several minor cuts aud bruises, but Mrs. Miller was very seriously If not dangerously in- iured, having received long scalp wound at the base of her skull and other painful bruises and contusions.
 Dr. ]. E. Afford was hastily summoned and attended to the injuries of the unfortunate ladies. This afternoon they are resting quietly, and as it is not thought they sustain any serious internal injuries. their recovery will prob ably be only matter of time.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
SUFFERSTWO FIRE LOSSES
I. R. Jones Loses House, Orchard and Fencing at Old Home in Eagle.
 ton Loss Over S3,000.

Last Saturday afternoon T. R. Jones received telegram from Eagleton that fire was burning fences and orchard at his old homestead. Frank and Will Jones left on first train out of Mena and arrived iu time to save a little fencing.
 Ten acres of apple orchard was destroyed and about one and 6 hali mile of fencing. This fire was set by passing tram.
 On Monday T. K. Jones went up to Eag.eton to go over tbe property with representative oi tue Kansas City Southern rail road to estimate the damage done. This was figured at 5000,
 The residence on the home, an eieht room house, has since Mr. Jones moved to Mena, beer left in care of a man who occu pied it and was provided witt sufficient equipment to cook meals and live comfortably, anf some of the farm utensils were sheltered by the house. Wher noontime came fIr. Jones wen into the house and was cooking dinner for himself. He noticed roaring noise but as the wint was high he paid no heed uuti he heard shouts of fire" wher he ran out to see his own home m a mass of flames. He hat barely time to make one trip II the house before the the flames made entrance impossible. It i thought the fire was caused b, sparks on the dry roof. Th' loss is placed at $500, with $60' insurance.
 Both these fires are attributed to ,he excessively dry weathe wnich made everything ver' inflammable.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
EVEN BREAK IN
 COUNTRY PRECINCTS
Returns Show Total Majority for Bryan of 237 Votes Over Taft Cravens Defeats Mechem for
 Congress by 496.

With the exception of Fulton township, all precincts in Polk county have been heard from as to the vote cast in Tuesdays election. The vote was very light as compared with the Sep tember election, and show a total ma jority for Bryan of 237 votes over Taft, and Ben Crayens for Congress majority of 496 votes over his opponent, Edwin Mech em. Out of 22 precincts reported. Bryan carried l2 and Taft 9.
 Outside of Mena, and Fulton township not heard from, Taft carries 9 precincts and Bryan 9, but Bryan's plurality is 109. It is reported that Fulton went to Taft.
 Following is the vote cast in the different precincts:
 Meua-First ward-Bryan l01, Taft 70, Debs 8.
 Second ward-Bryan 97, Taft B. Debs 12.
 Third ward-Bryan l06. Taft 73, Debs 8.
 Center-Bryan 5l, Taft IS, Debs l.
 Big Fork, No. 1--Bryan 9, Taft 20. Debs 3
 Big Fork, No. 2-Bryan l2, Taft l6, Debs '. Wickes Bryan "A, Taft 40, Debs 5.
 Cedar Bryan 10, Taft II, Debs 0.
 Eagle Gap Bryan l6, Taft 10, Debs
 Gap Springs -Bryaa 7, Taft 20. Debs 0. Eagle Bryan l6, Taft ', Debs 2.
 Janssen-Bryan s6, Tatt 35, Debs 6.
 Freedom-Bryan g, Taft II, Debs 6
 Hatfeld-Bryan IS, Taft 36, Debs 9.
 Washita Bryan 2S, Taft 26, Uebs 5.
 East Faulkner Bryan 9, Taft 10, Debs ?.
 West FauIkner-Bryan 13, Taft Is. Debs 0.
 Mountain Bryan 30, Taft S4, Debs 2.
 Potter Bryan '. Taft 8, Debs 24.
 Rich Mountain-Bryan 9, Taft ! IA. Debs |. < Grannis-Bryan 45, Taft l2, Debs 3S.
 Cove Bryan B, Taft 24, Debs IS. | Debs, Socialist candidate. car ried only one precinct, Potter, re- ceivine 24 votes. Taft being sec. ond high with votes and Bryan ".
 Cravens Defeats Mechem. \ In the congressional race Ben Cravens, Democrat. received l047 votes and Edwin Mechem. Repub- licau, SAT, Cravens' ajority over Mechem being 496 votes.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
.G.L. RECTOR WINS
 DAMAGE SUIT
Jury Finds He Had Right of Owner iii Cash Buyers Union Stock Circuit Court Adjourned for
 This Term Monday.

Last Friday in circuit court the suit of George l.. Rector vs. N. NJ. Roach, involving $l0, 800, went to trial. Tbe suit arose from business relations between Roach and Rector something over a year ago, when Rector was run ming the Cash Buyers Union store on south Mena street.
 Tue contention of Roach is that Rector was managing the business and not being satisfied with conditions put Rector out and took charge.
 Rector, on the other hand, claims that he owned the store and that he was wrongfully de- posed, and brings the suit for $5, 500 as the value of the stock and $5, 1000 damages.
 The prosecution was represented by Norwood X Alley, w. H. Rec tor of Fort Smith, son of the plaintiff, and J. s. Lake of De Queen. The defense IS repre- scented by Judge Prickett and w. H. McDonough of Fort Smith. The case went to the jury Sat urday evening and that body brought in verdict iu favor of Rector for the amount of the stock, $5,754.27 on the theory that the sum of something over $3,000, which was secured on tho credit of N. NJ. Roach and pu, into the business, was loan tc Rector and that Rector owned the stock. Under this verdict the S2,000 and other items gainst the Cash Buyers Unior will stand against this judgment which as one of his attorneys. J s. Lake, said will leave little ex cept the clearing up of matters in controversy.
 The case, however, will be ap pealed to the supreme court.
 Monday much of the time of the court was taken uf in disposing of motions for new trials, etc.
 Judge Steel dismissed the peti jury that afternoon and in doini so complimented its member' very highly, saying they hat made one of the best petit jurie' Polk county ever had. Conr closed for this term al 3:50 Mon day afternoon.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12

The Bankston gallery on Mens street suffered the same fate, ex. cept there was less glass to break
 The skylig ht in the Sam Bad, store, which is owned by tho First National Bank, was broken, as was also that Tn the Cox build ing; the Long barber shop suffer. ed the same fate.
 The buildings occupied by Clyde Cunningham ane by w. B, Jones and Son have smashed sky light.
 The immense roof on the Audi orlum, not less than 10Ox12C feet Tn extent, is very badly dam ged, probably almost beyond re- ,,air.
 There were but few windows nokea, this good fortune being
 used by the fact that the hali cam pretty nearly straight down.
 Hope building, skylight broken and root damaged.
 T Jbin building, roof badly GU, up.
 Hudgins building, roof so bad is damaged that must have new roof.
 BIocksom building, roof cut iuil of holes.
 
 Reports coming in indicate that the business section oi Mena was 'n he direct path of the most se- we're part of the storm, and that II was much more severe sou h. east than southwest ot town
 Animals that were out in the storm were driveu nearly frantic by the pelting they received, the blows raising welts ali over their backs.
 J. H. Naler aud a Mir. Wise and son, while returning from a trip to Acorn were caught in the storm and before gaining shelter were pelied by the big hail stones, receiving bruises about the head and hands.
 Squire w. T. Cole, who resides at Quito. was in the city Tuesday stated to The Star that his sec tion of country was visited by the big hail storm and much dam. age was done to gardens and crops not yet gathered.
 When the storm had passed there was fog of steam rising from the ice covered ground, but the temperature was but little lowered. By 8 o'clock in the evening the atmosphere was balmy and the moon shown out clearly between the rapidly rac- ing and fieecy clouds.
 Had a heavy rain followed last night much more damage would have been done.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
Falling.

This is a season when most everything is falling. The flowers are falling iu the garden, the fruit is falling iu the orchard, nuts are falling in the woods, leaves are falling every where, rain is falling from the clouds, somewhere the mercury IS falling in the tubes, the sun is falling toward the south, the days are falling short; but the Mena Business College is rising all the time. The commercial room is full, yet there is always room for one more.
 d&w-lt J l.. Wootton.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
Landslide Carried Missouri and Maryland Into the Republi-
 can Column.
CONGRESS IN LINE
Neither the Senate Nor the House Change Political Complexion Joseph Cannon Probably the
 Next Speaker.

The final returns from the election show decided landslide to William H. Taft of Ohio for President. and corresponding falling away from William J. Bryan, Taft receiving
 327 electoral votes to 156 for Bryan. or more than 2 to 1. The big sur
 prise to most people was the action
 of Missouri and Maryland in giving
 their vote to Taft, when almost
 everyone had conceded them to
 Bryan.
 West Virginia and Montana, two
 other doubtful" states, also went to
 Taft. Bryan generally ran behind
 his ticket in states where governors
 were elected.
 In 1896 Bryan received 176 elec- toral votes, in 1900, 155; in 1904 Parker was given only 140. In 1896 Mckinley received 27l, in 1900, 292, and in 1904 Roosevelt had 336, the most ever given any candi- date for President. The United States Senate will re- main Republican, but there will be
 many new faces therein. Joseph G. Cannon was reelected to the house and will undoubtedly succeed himself as speaker. though
 there will be more opposition than
 before.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
Mena Visited by a Storm of Plunging Ice That Played Hav-
 oc With Many Buildings.
Water Poured Through Broken Skylights and Punctured Roof
 ing, Damaging Goods.
FEW WINDOWS HURT
For About 20 Minutes No One Ventured Out of Shelter Animals Suffered
 No Rain at Night.

i ,nday afferu Don about 4:3 a geutle rain beg an, the first several weeks. In few momen $ this turned iuto heavy hail. storm. and for about twenty min. utes roofs and buildings and ever, unprotect, q thing was bombard ed Tn tanner that was alarm. ing. The hallstones were SC aree that ,he heaviest skyligh' ass, when unprotected by wire >ercening was shattered, and paper and composition roots. as we'll as some of shingles, were b1dl, punctured and broken, Al. lowing deluge of water to come through on stock and goods in many stores. Few tin roofs were much hurt, aud the few gravel roofs in the city seemed to with. stand the harnmering without perceptlole iuJury.
 Some of the heaviest sufferers.
 Watkins & Bro, large double tore roofs, part shingle and par; composition; both riddled aud some stock injured by water; loss about $500
 Roach Wholesale Grocery Company. roof and goods; esti. mated loss $1, 900.
 Davis block. Dr. J. K. Davis, owner; roof, building and stock loss $500 to $400
 Lockridge Dry Goods Com, panv; roof badly injured and some goods hurt by water.
 Father Gallagher had just completed hot house and had placed bis fue collection of flow CTS and tropical plants therein Thirty panes of glass were bro ken.
 The postoffice building and those occunied by the Arcade and w. l. Mckinney all had heav, skyl1ghts smashed out. The frame building occupied by the City Meat Market had shinglt rooi rddled. These all belong to John H. milton, who es,r mates his loss al about $100
 The Judd Studio on De Queer street suffered severely, soou Sl00 worth of glass being broken
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
THE DIFFERENCE.

A week before the election The Star gave it's readers acarefully pre- pared estimate as to the propable re- suit of the presidential contest. This, as any intelligent reader could have seen. was not based upon partisan bias, nor was it an attempt to fool the people and influence votes. but to give to those who cared to read an honest summary pf the way things looked, based wholly on in- formation that could have been gained by anyone having access to news sources as furnished by publi- cations all over the country.
 The Star said tha. Taft appeared certain or 29S votes; that Bryan seemed to have safe 161, leaving "A in the doubtful class, which as- surred the election of Taft.
 The next issue of the News-Demo- crat fairly outdid itself and that's saying a good deal-in abusing The Star for the article in question, ac- cusing it of all sorts of political crookedness in making such a wholly unjustified estimate; the editor of the News-Democrat was fairly ooz- ing in picturesque language and phrases to show how dreadfully black was The Star.
 Now, on the other hand, this same editor up to the last moment de- ceived his readers. if he had the power so to do, into the belief that Mr. Bryan had "sure thing" in the election; no one but an imbecile or traitor could allow, any other belief to enter his head.
 We all know the result. When the votes were counted Taft got the 298 votes The Star said he would, then the A doubtful ones, and Idaho's 8, which were in cast-up given to Bryan-a result that scarce ly anyone would have dared expect.
 And now, the editor of tine News Democrat comes out with an edito rial headed Result Not Unexpetc- ed," and goes on to tell that "peo- pie generally were of the opinion that the trusts would retain their control of the government" etc. He then say that "the best men of either party never win the office. It is the crafty politician backed by money" etc. apparently forgetting such examples as the three-time election of Johnson of Minnesota just because he was the ''best man" " where under usual conditions the Republicans had majority of 100.- 900 or more; the election of Folk of Missouri, when Roosevelt carried the state, because he was thought by the people to be better man than the Republican candidate; the election in the same state this year of Hadley. a Republican. over Cow herd, a Democrat, just because from records Hadley was believed to be the better man. And he don't need to go outside of Mena to find similar comparisons.
 No, the people are tired to death of partisanship that causes support to be given to man regardless of worth. They do frequently elect the best men of either party. And every newspaper should be honest enough to encourage such a move ment--and even tell the truth as to the outlook of an election whether it suits its political ideas or not. What the people want of a news. paper is the truth.
The Mena weekly star., 1908-11-12
Colds and Group in Children.

My little girl is subject to colds, ' says Mrs. Wm. Fl. Serig, Al Fifth St., wheeling, w. Va. Last winter she had a severe spell and terrible cough, but I cured her with Chamber. lain's Cough Remedy without the aid of doctor, and my little boy has been prevented many times from hay ing the croup by the timely use of this syrup. As soon as hs shows signs oi croup give him Chsmberlain's Cougf Remedy for three or four days, whicf prevents the attack. This remedy k for sale by Jackson Drug Co.,, and al dealers.