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The Adair County news., 1908-06-24
TAFT AND SHERMAN.

The Republican National Con-
vention at Chicago last Thurs
day nominatedsWilliam H. Taft
for President onsthe first ballot,
the nomination being made
unanimous after the call of
States was finished. The con-
vention, after nominating Taft,
adjourned to meet again at 10
o'clock Friday forenoon.
The Roosevelt enthusiasm was
again predominant in the CALLER
les and throughout the day the
lions share .srof the shouting,
cheering and.demonstration was
for the President. The nomi-
natings' Eseconding speeches
were made under great difficulty,
the galleries keeping up a con-
tinual fire of Interruptions. Gov.
Hanly, ofsIndiana, while putting
Vice President Fairbanks name
before the-eonvention, was boot
ed. Kissed and jeered until he
was compelled to cut his speech
short and leave the platform.
The treatment accorded Gov.
Hanly movedsM Mayor Bookwalter,
of Indianapolis, while making a
seconding speech, to sharply
criticisesssthe steam-roller meth
DDS prevalent during the conven-
ton. Gov. Hanley's Experience
was similarss..to that of several
other speakers, the spectators
being impatientlEwith the long,
drawn-out oratory.
The ConventionTmet promptly
Friday forenoon, 'Tand the work
of nominating a candidate for
the second place was quickly
over, James A. Sherman, of New
York, receiving the honor on first
ballot.
While the nomination of Taft
was made unanimous, it was not
a harmonious affair by any
means.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24
Gadberry.

The health Of this community
is very good at present.
If the weather permits farm
ers will get through cutting
wheat this week.
Mrs. w. T. 10y spent last Sum
day with her brother Mr.. L. G.
McClister.
Rev. Morrison Antle of Co.
lumbia delivered a very interest
ing discourse at Johnson school
house last Sunday. Bro. Antle is
a good man and we are always
glad to have him with us.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Stone Of
Montpelier, visited the former
parenst, Mr.. and Mrs. A. K.
Stone, at this place last Sunday
night.
Mrs. Geo. Morrison and child
rem spent last Sunday with the
family of Mr.. w. M. johnson.
| Mrs. Geo. Smith and children,
of near Midtown, spent last week
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Young at this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. T. Gadberry
visited the family of Mr.. A K.
Stone last Sunday.
| Corn is looking we'll owing to
it being late planted.
Corn is selling at S. per barrel
at this place.
Miss Minnie Morrison will
teach our school this year.
]. L. Darnell and family visit
ed at j. G.. Gadberry's last Sun
day.
The whistle of the thresher
will be heard in a few days.
Mr.. L. w. Tabor had a very
fine young horse to die last We'd
nesday night.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24
WE'D, JUNE "a 1908.

The Republican, Convention
held in Chicago last week did
its work in it's usual way and pre-
sents w. H. Taft, of Ohio, and
Jas. A. Sherman, of New York,
candidates for President and Vice
President. Mr.. Taft is well
known to the people of the entire
country, too we'll known to make
the hearts of many Republicans
glad, but Mr.. Sherman has not
been so conspicuous and but lit
tie is known of him. However,
to briefey state it, he is Con-
gresham from his State and a
lawyer whose practice is closely
allied with corporate interests.
In other words he is a corpora
ton lawyer, a. man Of means,
standing in the aristocratic ranks
and but little in common with the
great bulk of the people. Mr..
Taft is the administration candi-
date, thrust upon his party and
over thess stubborn protest of
many of the most substantial Re-
publicans.of this entire country.
The fact is, he is the product of
the Nationalsmachine and not the
offering of the great body of Re-
publicans.s q Just how well the
ticket will take can not well be
seen at this time, but beyond
doubt it issthe weakest makeup
since the day that!Hays was Sc
lected and became President by
the steal, or overthrow Of three
SouthernE States. The platform
will not bear close analysis TOR it
is plain to be seen that the plank
biding for organized labor votes
is not in keeping with Republican
policies, that the position taken
on the tariff is merely meant to
catch the votes of Western Re-
publicans who really and truly
want a reduction in the DINGHY
rates. 1t avoids a position look
ing to the independence of the
PhilipinesTand fails to indorse
publicity of campaign contribu-
tons to National elections. 1t
can not inspire hope nor arouse
enthusiasm with the great mass
Of voters. It is not a true Re-
publican product and a close read
ing will fully convince any intel
ligent Republican. It is meant
to be a vote catcher. strong
enough toIleadstosthe pie count
er, and when that station is
reached it::becomes Of no worth.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24

The Tennessee Gubernatorial
primary willss.sbe pulled off next
Saturday. Carmack and Patter-
son are the candidates and the
State is wild with excitement.
Cormack favors State wide pro-
hibition, Patterson favors the
larger cities of the State being
licensed to sell.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24

The Carmack forces had every
thing their way at the Tennessee
State Convention. There were
only a few of Patterson's sup
porters present. The Convention
instructed for Bryan for first
place on the Presidential ticket
and Gov. Johnston for the second
place.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24

General under Governor John
Young Brown. He was a gal
liant soldier, serving in the Or
pans Bridgade, under John c..
Breckenridge. He was big heart
ed and a very popular gentle
man.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24

No choice was made for the
managementss..of the Republican
Presidential Campaign at a con-
ference held.at Cincinnati Satur-
day. Another meeting will be
held in Washington July LIST to
decide the matter.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24

President Roosevelt and family
and several members of the
cabinet have gone to Oyster Bay
for the Summer.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24
Gen. A. ]. Gross. who was or

Gen. A. J. Gross, who was one
of Kentucky's best known men,
died at his late home, Clover
port, KY, last Wednesday after
noon. He was United State
Marshal for this State under
Cleveland, and was Adjutant
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24

The Court of Appeals has de-
cided that the dog tax is consti-
tutional. This decision means
that the tax on CANNES will
have to be paid until the law is
repealed.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24

The Republican platform fail
ed to bid for votes on "the full
dinner pail' and prosperity, :"
It's too plain case to avoid.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24
Committee

Judge S. S. Taulbee, of Breath
lit county, has announced his
candidacy for the Democratic
nomination forACongress in the
Tenth district.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24

President Roosevelt was the
whole thing at Chicago. His
was the only name that could
raise a cheer.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24

We are reliably informed that
a negro is one Of the regular
PANEL of, jurors in the Pulaski
circuit court. The G. O. P. has
commenced recognizing in Ken
lucky.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24

visited at Mr.. Y. E. Hurts one
night last week.
Mrs. 2. T. Young and daughter,
of Ozark, were visiting at Mr..
Kint Montgomery's one day last
week.
Little Miss Mary L. Conover
and her brother, Henry, of Mont
pelier, were visiting at their
aunt's, Miss Efie Conover, last
week.
Miss Flora Powell was visiting
at Mrs. A. E. Cabbell's last Tues
day.
Misses Estelle Willis and Nell
Tupman, who have been teach
ing in Georgia for the past few
months, write home that they
are well pleased and are spend
ing the time pleasantly.
Mrs. Ellen Holiday is having
her house newly covered and a
varanda built which adds greatly
to the looks of her property.
Mr.. Omer Bright, a travelling
man out of Nashville, was call
ing on our merchants one day
last week.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24

At the Republican Convention,
Chicago, Judge A. R. Burman,
of Richmond, was elected Ken
tucky's member Of the National
Committee.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24

The latest thing born is a
ticket at Chicago and it's days
will be full of trouble and defeat.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24

Prosperity, where art thou?
Republican papers ought to show
him up.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24

The Kentucky Court of Appeals
has adjourned for the Summer.
The Adair County news., 1908-06-24

Some people may be fooled but
some will not.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-12
BISMARCK'S ANGER.
The Incident That Made Certain the
Franco German War.

The Incident That Made Certain the
Franco German War.
The Princess Bismarck, so the story
goes, changed the political history of
France unwttingly, and but for her
the co-Prussian war might never
have been waged.
Bismarck was unfriendly to France,
but the Empress Eugene hoped with
her beauty to influence him so that the
little trouble with France and Ger
many might be smoothed over. She
therefore invited the German prince
and his wife to visit the court of
France, and the Prince and Princess
Bismarck arrived in great state at the
tulleries.
That evening there was grand re-
ception, and Eugene received the
guests in a gown which made her so
ravishingly lovely that even Prince
Bismarck, German, stolid and in love
with his wife. stood and gazed upon
her with admiration. And Eugene
was not slow to observe the effect OF
her beauty upon him. She called him
to her side and Bismarck came, with
his wife upon his arm.
Now, the Princess Bismarck was tall
and gaunt, and her feet were gener-
Gus. As she walked she showed
great deal of sole.
While Bismarck stood talking with
Eugene an audible litter was heard
along the line Of ladies. Bismarck, VINO
was quick as flash, followed the
glance of their eyes and saw them rest
upon the feet of his wife.
That settled the matter. The polit-
ical history of France was altered
from that moment.
A year later, when Paris was be-
seged, Bismarck himself fired can
non over the ramparts, and those who
were near him heard him shout:
Take that for the feet of the Prin-
cess Bismarck"
The slight was avenged.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-12
EDISON THE VICTOR.
He HumbIed the Pride of the Fast
TeIeoraph Operator.

Edison made his first record as a
telegraph operator in Memphis. A con-
temporary says he came walking into
the office one morning looking like
veritable hayseed. He wanted a job,
and, although his appearance was not
prepossessing, the office was short
handed, and he was assigned desk at
the ST. Louis wire, the hardest in the
office. "At the end Of the line was an
operator, who was chain Tightening and
knew it," says Francis Arthur Jones
Life of Edison"
Edison had hardly got seated be-
fore st. Louis called. The newcomer
responded, and st. Louis started on
long report which he pumped in like
a house afire. Edison threw his leg
over the arm of his chair leisurely
transferred a wad Of spruce gum from
his pocket to his mouth, took up
pen, examined it critically and started
in about fifty words behind. He didn't
stay there long. though. st. Louis let
out another link of speed, and still an
other, and the instrument on Edison's
table hummed like an old style Singer
sewing machine. Every man in the
office left his desk and gathered
around the jay to see what he was do
ing with that electric cyclone.
well. sir. he was right on the word
and taking it down in the prettiest
copperplate hand you ever saw, even
crossing his IS and dotting his rs
and punctuating with as much care as
a man editing telegraph for printers.
st. LOUIS got tired by and by and be-
gan to slow down. Then Edison open
ed the key and said:
Hello. there. When are you go
ing to get hustle on? This is no pri-
mer class
"Well. sir" said the gentleman in
conclusion, that broke st. Louis all
up. He had been rawhiding Memphis
for a long time, and we were terribly
sore. and to have a man in our office
who could walk all over him made us
feel like a man whose horse had won
the Derby"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-12
To be Continued.
DOG VARIATIONS.
Pointers and Settlers Are Of the Canine
Aristocracy.

Pointers and Settlers Are Of the Canine
Aristocracy.
1t is mistake to suppose that dogs
are anywhere near alike in character.
Even those Of the same breed vary.
and about as much as men and women
Of the same nationality. AS to the
manners and the morals Of dogs, they
are to a great extent the result of
their contact with man, and they de-
velop along the same lines. And. on
the other hand, it Is impossible to
make anything out Of q mean spirited
dog. just as it is out Of a mean spirited
person. Dog instinct is about the same
as human instinct. A dog reasons.
learns. judges by facts. exactly as a
man reasons. He is quicker Of obser-
vation. He has the keen sense of
smell, which makes up to him in some
measure for the vicarious experience
Of human beings. The dog must ex-
perience a thing to know 1t, and his
faculties have been trained by genera
tions of observation, Of taking note,
until they have reached their present
perfection.
dog has not the power of speech
with which to conceal his thoughts.
Consequently he is franker than man.
but quite unconsciously so. When he
Is a dependent, he has the faults Of
one. He is vain, jealous, suspicious
and a snob.
Pointers and settlers are essentially
Of the aristocracy of the dog world,
and they have gentlemanly qualities.
They have the grand air. They will
allow themselves to be admired by or
dinary people, but they never give
their allegiance to any except the ac-
complished hunter. They are elegant
of form and vigorous of muscle, like
any athlete, and have a power Of dis
elimination and thought.
The we'll bred contempt Of fine dog
of one of these breeds for n man who
has not intelligence enough to under
stand his strategy in the field must be
seen to be appreciated. There is a
story told Of a trained pointer that
was taken out with a party Of ineXper-
fenced hunters. She was seen to
spring to the top Of a wall and then
fall back. 1t was supposed she had
caught her foot, and they ran to re-
lease her. She was holding by her
paws and was beaten down as stupid
dog and turned and walked deliberate
ly home 1t was finally found that she
had scented n cOvey of birds on the
other side Of the wall, and fearful of
flushing them before the hunters came
up had fallen back out of sight.
You can note the dignity and moral
worth of some dogs in their carriage,
the poise Of their heads and the ex-
preston of their eyes. A dog of ster-
ling character never steals any more
than a human being of this kind steals
Amateur Sportsman.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-12
A FRONTIER MARKsMAN.
Wild Bill Hickok's Skill In Use Of the
Six Shooter.


Wild Bill Hickok was the first from
tiersman who recognized the impor-
tance Of proficiency in the use of the
six shooter. This was the real secret
Of his supremacy. He was an unerring
marksman and shot as accurately un-
der fire as when firing at a mark, ap-
parently taking no aim.
Probably no man has ever equaled
him in the lightning-like rapidity
with which he could draw a weapon
in time Of emergency and in the
thorough self possession that made it
possible for him to take advantage Of
every opportunity in savage conflict.
He had a standing order to his depu-
ties that they should not rush in on
him in any Of his affrays and espe-
cally should not come quickly up in
in the rear.
BY forgetting this a man named
Williams met his death at Abilene,
Hickok taking him for an enemy and
firing so rapidly that it left no oppor-
killed q wild goose across the Smoky
Hill with his revolver. Riding at his
horses highest speed, he fired shot
after shot into a tin can or a post a
few rods distant.
Standing at one telegraph pole he
would swing rapidly on his heel and
fire a pistol ball into the next tele-
graph pole. These were some Of the
simpler feats he performed day after
day on the street to settle little wa
gers. He could shoot a hole through
a silver dime at fifty PAGES and could
drive the cork through the neck Of
bottle at thirty PAGES and knock out
the bottom without breaking the
neck. He could do what the fancy
shots Of the present day do, and pos
sibly some Of them equal him as
marksman with a revolver, but it
must be remembered that he was the
first to acquire the skill, and the so
called crack shots Of his day were
poor limitations at best, although
most of them boasted Of their fame.
He shot just as we'll with others
shooting at him and at a man as
steadily as at any other target. There
were certain traits Of his character
however, that were almost womanly.
He was fond Of children, and they
liked him. He declined to quarrel
with the peaceful settlers of the COM
munity, the business men, on any
provocation. There was no foolhardy
bravado about him.-Denver Field
and Farm.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-12
THRILLING SPORT.
Rafting Down the Canyons of an Un-
mapped Glacial River.

mapped Siacfal HlNeT.
With provisions for only ten days a
party Of explorers in Alaska found one
September that they must build RATS
and take their chances of letting the
swift river carry them to settlements
where food could be obtained other
wise ice and snow would shut them in
from all hope of rescue. In "The
Shameless Diary of an Explorer" Rob-
ert Dunn tells of the journey on the
roughly made RATS.
"At II o'clock today began the most
thrilling sport I know, rafting down
the snaky canyons Of an unmapped
glacial river.
Fred and I captained the Mary
Ann II, the other three the Ethel
May. We rasped and hauled them
over the gravel shadows of our trib-
utary, shot out between the main walls
Of the stream and seized upon that
boiling current.
1--WE reached silently from cliff to
cliff jammed pike poles into the slate
Shell ONeIIledu, lNlTIcu Oul VI
We bumped and grounded. We
dashed overheard and on the run cas-
ed her across shadows. We tugged
half an hour to make an inch at each
shove through the gravel, suddenly
plunged in to our necks, and she leap
ed free as we scrambled on.
"Bowlders rose through white ruffs
of water in midchannel. We might or
might not hang on them for a perpen-
dicular minute.
you must be very handy with a
pole You must have a hair fine eye
for moving angles, the strength Of an
eddy, the depth of foam ruftiing over
stump. You must be surer OF the
length Of your pole than a polo play
er of the reach of his mallet. You
must be quicker than a Siwash dog.
You must know the different weight of
each log down to ounces, the balance
of the duffel piled high like dais,
covered with the tent and the bean
pot. the mackinaws and the ak lashed
to all the lashings. It's a pretty
game" II
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-12

retary had done. How glad she was
that Walter Aldrich had no right to
be Elsies friend, while she had right
to pretend to be. How happy it made
her to feel that Walter Aldrich could
not bring this unfortunate creature to
his own home, there to let her strong
and womanly nature expand glorious
ly. How she gloated over the power
she would have-over the authority she
would exercise-over the gifts she
would grudgingly bestow-over the
tender girlish heart she would wound
over the womanly will she would
bend to her devilish wishes, or break!
( She was glad-glad.
She suddenly looked up. and remem-
bered that she had been very silent and
must have seemed preoccupied. And
she had not meant to be rude-she had
meant to be very kind to this man; she
might see the time when she would
wish to use him.
Il He was looking down at her, a smile
that was half amusement and half an
noyance curling his fine lips. She ask
ed him n question.
She asked her question hurriedly. 1t
was the most unnatural question, per-
haps. upon which she could have
chanced-I will not say the most un-
natural of which she could have
thought; for thought lin the proper
meaning OF the term) had little or
nothing to do with it, She asked be-
cause she did not think.
She only asked the question to make
talk--to seem natural and interested.
She didn't care to have this gentleman
answer it. 1t was a question in which
she was not conscious of having the
slightest or remotest interest.
What was your private secretary's
name?" she asked. And the gentleman
as carelessly as she had ask
ed, this question which must have
seerned strained and irrelevant to him.
Ills name was Gilbert Senn," he
said.
The Winslow mail., 1908-09-19

A Robertson, clerk in the office
of Roadmaster McNutt. has
moved from the company cottage
on the south side OF the track
and together with his wife they
now occupy their new home re-
Gently finished
The Winslow mail., 1908-09-19

X. H Ball has resumed duty as
operator at Manila relieving A
X. Lindsay who has been there
for the past month while Dick
has been enjoying Il hunting and
fishing trip to the " hite Noun
tainS.
The Winslow mail., 1908-09-19

Mrs. George Weinert came
doWn from Flagstaff Saturday,
wlete she has been visiting dur
ing vacation time, and has re-
sumed her place rs teaches iii the
school here.
The Winslow mail., 1908-09-19

Miss Madge Hite. who has been
spending the summer visiting
with her aunt, Miss Julia Maho-
ny, returned to her home in
Columbus, Ohio, on No. 8 Wed
nesday morning.
The Winslow mail., 1908-09-19

E. !. Wolf, former town clerk,
mas been in the mountains for a
month enjoying a well earned va
cation. Mr.. Wolf returned Sun
dav and is again in charge of
Babbitt Bros. meat market.
The Winslow mail., 1908-09-19

There will be no services at t e
Catholic Chu ch tomorrow as
Father Connolly will be in Fla, :
staff.
The Winslow mail., 1908-09-19

l.. c. Chesebro. time keeper in
the office of Superintendent Glib
son, accompanied by his wife,
left last Monday for North Dako-
ia whtIe they go to visit wit
MI Chesebro parents.
The Winslow mail., 1908-09-19

H. NJ Sykes and wife were
WinslOw visitors this week. Mr.
Sykes has been stationed at Selig-
man for the past month and will
return again to the third district
next week relieving Mrs GREGG gan,
Operat tor at Williams.
The Winslow mail., 1908-09-19
FOR TR" "ASURER

| hereby announce myself
as a candidate for the office
of Treasurer ofNavajo C"un
tv. subject to the action OF
the Republican County Con-
VentiOn
WILLIAM K SCORSE
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The Winslow mail., 1908-09-19
FOR TIRE .SU-.Ek

| hereby announce mvSelf
as a candidate for the office
of Treasurer ofNavajo Coun-
tv, subject to the action of
the Democratic County Con
ventIOn.
JAMES H. FROST
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