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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

He saw me as 1 went to him on the
Jump. Hello, Patl he called out. Always
a cool sort Of a chap he was. even when
e~xcited-'hello, Pat! Are you a prisoner
too?'
There wasn't any time for answering
questions. A Russian lunged at mel re-
member noticing that he was a non-oom-
and l hit him savage with my sword. I
wasn't a weakling and l weighed all Of
fourteen stone and a half. and l was mad,
and my sword smashed his arm, and it
looked as II it cut 1t off.
THAT Russian vent down and McGraw
struck in beside me and for a little while
1t was just hit and smash.
Il wish l could tell You how it went.
but I've tried to think of 1t and ] just
can't remember, except that McGraw and
/ were striking and parrying. mad and
fierce, with Henry lying there. and that
some OF the Russians went down. and that
all at once there was smoke and bullets
again and the Russians melted away, and
there we were with Henry.
II picked him up and McGraw helped mo
to get him on my back and We all started
for the battery.
Leave me where l am, Pat said
Henry. Save yourselves
"But we got him back to the battery
and laid him down. Eleven bayonet
wounds he had about his face and neck.
But he didn't die. And he got the v. e.
Sergeant Henry not only got the V. c.
for the defense of his battery, but became
captain and col mel; and as captain. al
though Conway himself does not tell this,
one OF his first acts was to send 10 his
superiors a high commentator Of tho he
roic bravery of Sergeant Conway at lnker-
man. The major in command made a SINH
lar eommendatory report, but Conway did
not get the ". c.. For his gallant rescue
OF Henry, however, the French did him
honor and the emperor sent him the gold
medal, Pour valeur ct discipline
"a gold eagle medal said Conway, for
bravery in the field. My son wanted it,
and let him take it; he's in Australia;
and the order, as they call 1t, is as old as
Napoleon the Great-yes, it's as old as
Charlemagne.'"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25
ulevarding. The term of the bylaw is

boulevarding. The term of the bylaw Is
only one year.
II might add that since keeping one
general account for maintenance the cost
has been steadily reduced from about .
cents a foot to 81 cents last year. Last
year. however, was the low water mark
and it is questionable now whether we
can keep the cost down as low this year.
Il figure the average cost this year to
be about 4 cents a front foot; that
would be for a boulevard fifteen feet
wide. In fact, at the present time l am
urging the council to have the charter
amended to permit us to strike a nat
rate of 4 cents a foot for each year Tor
he cost of maintaining a fifteen-foot
boulevard, and so on, so long as the
boulevard is in existence. This would
do away with the labor involved In max
ing out the schedules each year, winch
is considerable 1t means work for one
man for about four months in each
year."-New York Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25
REAL VETERAN OF THE NAVY
~Centenarian Served Uncle Sam longer
Than Any Man ina COuntry'S
History.

Older in service tlan any man IN the
United States, older in years than any
veteran I'm the service OF Uncle Sam. bind
ing with his own life the earlist stage
of national existence with the present. VIII
liam Macabee has recently celebrated his
lO5th birthday.
Til old fellow is now living at the Naval
home. in Philadelphia. and has been there
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

fellow has seen service are the Delaware.
United States, Ohio, Stark, Connecticut,
Vixen. Vandalia, Wabash, Yorktown and
Waterwitch.
Macabee's home was not far from that
of Francis Scott Key, who wrote the "star
S%pangled Banner" Though only a young
ster at the time the national anthem was
penned, Macabee remembers we'll how
quickly the air seized the affections of the
people, and was heard on all sides.-Brook-
Ign Eagle.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25
QUESTION AND ANSWER
Aoms-AEade Preparations for a.mov4n,
Frookloa, Tan ana sunburn.

04A 94uuuEu.
Mabel Graham asks IL there is anv
aration on the market to remove freekIes
tan ana sunourn that is perfectly safe 10
use and viii not cause injury to a delicate
skin We reprint here the folow.nR
recipe which has been used daily bv a
Detroit society woman for more than On
years without harm: Rose Water .
ounces; Cologne Spirits. / ounce: Eppo-
tone, 4 ounces. Put the Eppotone I'm a
pint OF hot water mot boiling) and AFTER
dissolved strain and let cool. then ada the
Rose Water and Cologne Spirits. This
makes a quantity of excellent face wash
sufficient 70 last eight or nine months
II is inexpensive and the nece ssarv arr
ticles can be bought at any drug store
The Eppotone Is What takes off the
freckles, tan and sunburn and protects the
skin against chaps and rOughness. II
takes off every bit OF shine II tones
up the skin and sdftens. whitens ana
beauties the complexion. We do not
like to repeat this liberalization recipe so
we would suggest that our readers cut
i Out GAd kssD IL for future reference
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-10-02

| ton. What are we here for?" was
their slogan, and they went after fran
chise "divvies" or any other "divvies"
like terrier after rat.
Real reforms were not so elaborate
ly advertised as the sham ones; the
louder the "holler" about the reform,
the less genuine reform was in sight.
| And then there were the fad" reform
ers, going about seeking what they
might devour in the shape of having
unmuzzled dogs caught with soft
curtain rope instead of wire moose,
cab.horses provided with seats while
waiting for a fare, the distribution of
copies of Browning's poems to cross
ing policemen, or some such similar
projects.
There are sometimes uneasy people
in every community who want to run
the rest of their neighbors; the bigger
the community the greater they are
liable to be in number. And in city
of two millions of inhabitants they are
sure to be found. They haunt the gal
lery in the council chamber of the
city, they infest the mayors office,
they surge in with the crowds having
hearings in the public offices in tie
city halls. and whenever they have no
connection whatever.
Substantial reforms are of slow
growth. 1t took over 20 years steady
work to drive the infamous Justice of
the peace system out of Cook county.
Some notable reformers went along
very well for / time until they got so
prominent that they were offered a
high-salaried political position. And
then they dropped practically from
sight as reformers and reappeared as
pay roll artists. This caused at times
a revulsion of feeling among the re-
formers at heart but they did not le.
a little thing like that entirely discour.
age them.
got so that | could usually spot"
a reformer as far as / could see him.
The majority of reformers are very
busy walkers and takers. They are
not confined TO one nationality. al
though I should judge that the bulk
of them are Americans. They all have
missions" II you agree with them.
and do everything they ask, you are
"a patriot" II you disagree with some
OF them in any way. shape or manner
you are either e scoundrel or without
mental balance. But to be "a patriot
in the eyes of those who were fanati-
cal you must accede to their demands.
Patriots" said Sir Robert Peel.
they spring up like mushrooms in
the night; l can make so patriots in a
single hour; have only to refuse
some unreasonable or absurd request.
when up starts a patriot"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-10-02

Whose finish?" said l.
"Oh, we will probably be beaten
he admitted, but we want to give
them campaign of education and en-
lightenment. What that ward needs,
what every ward needs, is a chance to
have its higher nature aroused. What
they want, I'm convinced. is more OPP
portunity to see the light"
"My friend" was my reply, i've
travelled some in that ward. What
they want there is not more light, but
more beer"
Yet, despite sometimes misdirected
energy. these men and their associa-
lions did much in making political
conditions better. For that they de-
serve substantial credit. So long as
they were absolutely non-partisan they
welded considerable influence, and
properly, but on occasion they allowed
prejudice to bias them and did injus-
tice to good men.
The other type of well,known re-
former was the one who continually
headed reform" movements. He
might be candidate for alderman, or
the legislature, or congress. But wher
ever there was kick" coming, and
meeting advertised to protest, or or
ganize, this class would be on hand
early and get the Craftsmanship of the
meeting, usually coming out in a
ringing speech of denunciation
against the infamy which the citizens
had met to combat This put the re-
former next" If it was a proposition
TO nominate an opposition candidate,
and he often gut away with the nomi-
nation. Or, If he was a professional
man, a lawyer, doctor, or a real es-
tate man, even, 1t was a pretty fair ad.
vertisement, wasn't It? Not so poor"
to have your picture in the paper next
day. with lonc account of you, your
business and your speech, etc. Some
thing that would have cost you coin
to have in the papers, and you got it
for nothing And then the reporters
out to interview you and quite a rack
ct started about you.
And in every large city | suppose
there are only few bright promoters
like that standing around waiting to
sell a gold bric,: or two.
Some of these "reformers" were
pretty fierce when they happened to
land in an office. A few of them were
swept into the city council astride the
top Of wave of popular indignation"
and they we're the hungry boys. some
Of them. They were simply on the
qui vive to be approached" And
when they were tempted they fell
swiftly and without a sound. Their
motto was that OF the Hon. Webster
Flanagan. with a different interpreta-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-10-02
"REfORfHED"

ton to perennial reform which was
genuine. Not that the reformers did
not occasionally have IAN ak to grind,
but that, in the main, they aided the
best candidates But at times they
saddled themselves with some bogus
reformer and damned him through
at the polls, felicitating themselves
that they had put another over the
political plate" when they had In
reality only added cheap CRATER
to the city's pay roll.
When this happened it made the
regulation, gilt-edged grafters in the
council indignant. Not that the re
former" should turn out to be look
ing for something" but that he so
often took anything he could get. This
made trade bad, for it scaled prices
and such a recruit to the ranks OF cor
ruptlun caused a bear" market IN
votes. I'd
A cheap scoundrel earned just as
much contempt in the council as an
overcoat thief earns from a railroad
manipulation of stocks. l recollect the
arraignment that one of the "regu-
lars" gave one of these easily pur-
chased ''reformers."
Said the regular" putting slowly at
a big black cigar, the little finger of
his left hand adorned with four hun
bred dollar sinner" and his shirt
front sporting its mate, presented by
his admiring "constits:
81 reckon / size that guy up right,
kind of lobster he is, the first flop
of the box. tell EN-, you watch him;
he's no reformer. and he's no thor
oughbred. He blows up in the stretch
the first time they're off at the gut
An. sayi Did he? Well, he's elected
all right. and he goHs over an hooks
up with the geezeer in the next ward
that went in the same time he goes in.
Them two frames up and goes out for
the stuff. Do they get it? Yes. they
get it. and how much? Say. on the
level now. on the square. they split
three hundred between EN- for a little
thing they pull off. A hundred and
fifty apiece. see"
He paused and took fresh pun at
his cigar. and resumed: why. If any
cheap stiff d come TO me and try to
insult me with less than $500 I'd throw
the skate out of my Office" And the
end OF his cigar glowed with righteous
indignation.
Copyright. by Joseph b. Bowies)
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-10-02

struction has been attended with diff
Guilty and delay. Notwithstanding this,
however 20 miles of main canal and
bitches, embracing 10000 acres, were
excavated and water was actually sup
piled to nearly 10000 acres in 1907.
The attractions of the klamath coun-
try are numerous. It's climate is mod
erately warm in summer and not eX-
cessively cool in winter. Usually
there is sufficient snowfall for short
intervals of sleighing.
The annual precipitation is between
Is and 20 inches, but little of which
occurs in summer. The air is dry,
bracing and exceptionally healthful.
The sun shines 800 days in every year
and is rarely obscured for an entire
day, even in stormy weather. No de-
structive storms have ever occurred.
The soil of the uplands is mainly
rich. sandy loam, similar in character
and fertility to that of the famous
Yakima valley in Washington. The
marsh lands are composed of soil of
great depth and fertility. The land
will produce alfalfa, grain, the COM
mon root and tuber crops soil and eli
mate are favorable for large variety
of field and vegetable crops and in ia
vored localities for hardy fruits. Eek
ceptional opportunities abound for the
DEVELOPMENT of the dairy industry.
The demand far exceeds the supply.
California annually imports 100000
pounds of butter, while Oregon and
Washington also require supplies from
other states.
The peat lands when drained will
probably be devoted to the production
of asparagus, celery and allied crops.
Other industries awaiting development
are lumber, milling, canning and meat
packing.
The klamath country offers oppor-
tunity not only to the practical farmer
and stock grower, but invites the me-
chanic and the laborer. Thousands of
men in the cities, tired of the uncer-
tainties of their present position, who
have saved a few hundred dollars,
would find happy change in the
J klamath country.
This is the day of the small farm,
and no occupation in life offers more
substantial reward and solid satisfac-
ton for the labor and capital invested
than the operation of small irrigated
tract in such a region as this. 1t opens
a future of independence and comfort
and freedom from drudgery that can
not be found in city life. With small
farms all about there is no loneliness,
no isolation. The advantages of
schools, society, churches and many of
the Injuries of city life are enjoyed in
these irrigated districts. The irriga-
tor is the king among farmers, as he
is more independent of local condi-
tons than other farmers. With sun
shine every day of the growing season
and controlling as he does the water
supply he can regulate crop produc-
ton to the highest degree of perfec-
ton. OF course capital is required,
the amount depending upon the indi-
! vidual and kind of farming he de-
sires to practice. The man who wants
a home of his own, where he can rear
his family in comfort and independ-
ence, will find no more inviting place
than the Klamath basin.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-10-02
Manchuria.

The distance overland from Pekin
to Mukden is about LOO miles. The
travelled route passes through Kalgan
and Dolon Nor and thence generally
eastward through southeastern Mon.
golia to the center of southern Man
churia. The country is rolling to
about 100 miles north Of Jehol, but
from that point on it is perfectly level,
and for the most part it is good grass
land, occupied by Mongolians and their
hocks. There are no high mountains,
no wide rivers, no growing forests and
no indications of mineral wealth, but
the country offers fine agricultural and
stock raising possibilities.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-10-02
Woman Drives Motor Omnibus.

Miss C. de II. Benest is the first
woman driver of a motor omnibus in
England. She was the only woman
ltake the examination for motor en-
cheering recently held in London, and
easily took both the drivers certifi-
cate and that for mechanical prof.
cheney awarded by the Royal Automo-
bile club. 1t is said that Miss Benest
learned motoring in her own car on
the Isle of Wight, and that she pos
sesses unusual talent as a machinist.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-10-02
wnman,s Short skirt LEAGUE.

A Woman's Short Skirt league has
been formed in London. The men,
bers. according to Woman's Life. bind
themselves TO wear dresses which will
not sweep the floors and pavemenis.
and so gather up dust and microbes.
This is not a new idea In America
there is a similar organization called
the Firelnch league. Every member
Is pledged TO at least five inches OF
clear space between skirt and fooE
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-10-02
Not AItoaether Painless.

Patienoe-ls that dentists methods
painless.
Patrice-Not all OF them. He has a
photograph in his office,-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-10-02

REFORMER in politics is
sometimes a dyspeptic, but
not always. He is also
sometimes actuated by mo-
tives entirely impersonai
and unselfish. But not al
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-10-02

tons obtaining in that ward? he
asked, inquiringiy.
oh. yes" was my answer.
well, we want to put up candl-
date for alderman there and see If we
can't arouse the better element there.
We want to go in and fight the saloons
to a finish," was his next remark.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-10-02

There were a number of women re-
formers. too during my political years.
and they were invariably enlisted on
some moral question, as they looked
at it, tobacco, whisky, child labor, the
lettering of conditions for women, the
saving of girls, etc. They were very
much in earnest, faithful and enthusl-
astic to their ideals. Occasionally they
succeeded, and at least, they never
seemed discouraged. 1t is to the creult
of politicians in general, that they were
listened to with perfect respect, even
when it was apparent that conditions
made it an absolute waste OF time 10
discuss the questions. Sometimes an
ordinance barred their way; at other
times a state law, or possibly the con-
stitution of the United States ltselr
was a stumbling-block, but they were
heard with patience.
Reform politics during my day con-
cerned itself most particularly in re
facilitating the personnel of the city
council. In this it met with substan-
ial success, ami it was the one eXcep
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-08
Headquarters for
Christmas Buyers

Just like it has been in past years,
SPECK'S JEWELRY STORE Is the
Real Headquarters for Christmas
Buyers. Our stock was never larger,
our varieties never better, and our
Prices will please the closest buyers
of Holiday Goods in Our Lines. a
visit TO Spcck's and q comparison of
Qualities. Varieties and Prices will
convince you that 1t is at Speck's that
You money will do the MOST for
YOU-Try il, please.
We are showing big lines of TOYS,
BOOKS, CUT GLASS. PRESSED
GLASS. NICKEL-WARE, JEWELRT
i'm Gold and Silver. CHINAWARE.
SILVER NOVELTIES, FOUNTAIN
PENS. Etc.
Make Spcck'S an Early Visit.
Y. W. SPECK, The Jewcler.
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NOTICE.

T HE Annual Meeting of the Coun-
i " Commissioners of York Coun-
ty will be held in their office in York
Vile, S. c., on THURSDAY, DECEM-
BER 81, 1908.
All persons holding claims against
the County will present them to the
undersigned or to the Supervisor ON
or before said day.
All claims against the County must
be itemized and contain an affidavit
to the effect that the account Is just
and true, due and owing, and no part
thereof has been paid by discount or
otherwise and that the supplies were
actually furnished or the labor and
services actually rendered.
Claims not presented the year they
are contracted or the subsequent year
are forever barred.
All persons authorized to admins
ter oaths are required to probate
claims against the County free OF
charge.
Pv order Of the Board.
HAZEL GRIST,
Clerk of Board.
oc at
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IA Bales---NO Insurance

Recently a Gaffney correspondent
sent out information to the effect that
9. Cherokee county farmer had met
with the misfortune of having II bales
of cotton burned and stated that there
was no insurance. Doubtless every
body sympathized with the loser-peo-
pie always debut sympathy will not
pay debts or buy food and raiment, but
insurance money, whether 1t be life,
fire or accident, will. For $3.50 the
owner Of that cotton could have insur-
ed the IA bales for $40 each for a whole
year-for $3.50. Don't you suppose he
wishes he had? In case you should
have the misfortune to have part or
all your cotton, or your dwelling and
furniture or stock Of goods burned,
which do you think would give you
greater satisfaction, the sympathy Of
the public fer a few days or a check
from one of my time tried and fire
tested companies?
SAM M. GRlST,
All Kinds of Good Insurance.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-08

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF YORK.
Before me came T. c. DUNLAP,
Cashier Of the above named bank, who,
being duly sworn, says that the above
and foregoing statement is true con-
dition Of said bank, as shown by the
books of said bank.
T. C. DUNLAP.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 7th day of December, 1908.
GEO. w. WILLIAMS,
Notary Public, South Carolina.
Correct Attest:
c. e. Spencer,
j. S. Brice,
S. M. McNeel,
Directors.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1908.
NOTICE

y RIENDS. I have waited for you
II to come and pay me. But you
have not come, so don't be surprised
at MY coming to see YOU. Don't
think hard of me for asking YOU
for MY money at first sight. must
have money at once.
r. E. MONTGOMERY.
QS If 2t
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of York.
Before me came n. NJ. MCDILL,
Cashier Of the above named bank, who,
being duly sworn, says that the above
and foregoing statement Is a true con-
dition of said bank, as shown by the
books Of said bank.
N M. McDILL.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 7th day of December, 1908.
JAMES NJ. COBB,
Notary Public for South Carolina.
Correct Attest:
J. N. McGill,
D. J. Smith,
w. Brown WyIie,
Directors.
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FOR QUICK SALE.

WE include in our Quit Sale eV-
w erything in the way of Merchan,
disc, Store Fixtures, ETC.; also good
Family Horse, a Phaeton, Buggy ana
Harness, a Feather Bed, and House
and Lot on Kings Mountain street
If the House is not sold by Jan. ISL
II will be for rent. See us.
II USS-SMITH co.
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EVERYBODY
CAN HAVE A HAND IN 1T.

We have done OUR part to make
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