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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27
FATE or A STAGE PRODIGY.
Master Betty, Who lit Appears Over
styed His Welcome.

Master Betty, Who lit Appears Over
styed His Welcome.
It may interest readers of the Week
ly Mail to know that rather over a
hundred years ago-in 1907 to be pre-
cise-the country was worshipping at
the shrine Of a twelve ear-old prodi-
gy, boy actor--the Juvenile Henry IT.
wing of his times. While at the height
Of his fame and popularity this infan-
tile marvel visited among other places
Glasgow and Edinburgh, and in both
OF these towns he is said to have Gre
ated hitherto undreamt-of sensation
The wonderful youngsters name was
William Henry West Betty, and he was
Irish to the backbone. His histrlonic
capabilities we're evidently born with
him, for it is recorded that when at
the age of eight his father treated him
to his first visit to the theatre young
Betty at the conclusion of the play
solemnly informed his parent that he
had decided to be an actor himself.
How the youngster subsequently
\ oIAAteN
not known, but in the month of AL
gust 1903, we find him making his first
appearance, performing the leading
part in popular drama at Belfast
theatre. He leaped at one bound into
the very forefront Of popularity, and
it is said that on one occasion when
he turned ill the whole nation awaited
with feverish anxiety the different bull
letins which were regularly issued to
tell of young Betty's condition
The boys first appearance in Glas-
gov, which happened in May, 1904, Gre
ated unparalleled enthusiasm in the
city during the several nights he per-
formed in the now long defunct Dun
lop street theatre The enormous
crowds that fiocked to see the wonder
full boy were unprecedented in the
theatrical history of St. Mungo, and
hundreds, it is said, we're nightly In
jured in the great crush and desperate
struggle for admission to the theatre.
In Edinburgh, where the boy actor
afterward appeared, the same enor-
nous crowds rushed to see him. To
quote from one of the local papers
criticism, he "set the town in
tiame." His subsequent appearance at
the world famous Drury Lane complet-
ed the prodigy's. triumph, for it was
not long before the metropolis also
succumbed to young Betty's magnetic
acting.
But Master Betty's stays success was
comparatively short lived. In the
course of few years he-or his par
ents-compiled an immense fortune,
and with the wealth thus speedily ac-
cumulated the young actor was given
the chance of first class education.
When out Of his teens the glamour OF
the footlights again appeared to have
appealed to him, and he again made
bid to regain his position as popu-
lar idol. BY this time, however, the
people had quite forgotten their for
mer hero, and young Betty had to rest
content with only very ordinary de-
gree of success. He had, so to speak,
overstayed his welcome.-Glasgow
Mail.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27

HIS name IL Guardian. He's mine.
don't know just how old.
Come here. sir! Give your paw! On
he does what he i told.
Down, down ! sayl Why don't you
he really has to run
And jump about a little, lest he's too
brimful of fun.
We'll, mo. You can't exactly say
he's any special kind.
When came home from school one day
he followed close behind.
I'm not I'd speak to stranger dogs,
but though we couldn't play,
That tile beast would wag his tail
II just looked his way!
We tried them at the stable, first
tney didn't need him there;
And Ellen couldn't keep him,
Tor ne gave her such scare"
And even Mother thought perhaps
he'd better run away;
But when she saw how thin he was
OF course he had to stay.
So then we fed him thoroughly
and made him very clean,
And let him lie beside the door t4
outside the door, mean.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27
Yes, She Knew.

Lord Houghton's sister was often
annoyed at her brothers. indiscrimi-
nate hospitality
do you remember, my dear" he
asked her at dinner one day. "wAeth-
er that famous scoundrel * was
hanged or acquitted?"
HE must have been hanged, or you
would have had him to dinner long
ago." replied the lady.-Tit-Bits.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27

their praises
their
learning, let him
his fare
of time
smaller colleges Their instruction is
intellectually
enable reduce the Of
without interest the Judgment Of
$3.50
lived
for a a a $15O.
what he
the
he East
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27


have been defeated polls Legislatures Of thirteen
States another School
has been secured The striking thing
Leg
s and public oca have hdered the natural progress q women
this field SaeConhectcu
discussed
Shoolsufge last three years
bill boards OF du
cation appointed by should defeated New o
1888 This melancholy ewseems 70 De
mainly due to the general dappo opposition which the woanu
frage unoward fact that
YORK
Boston Board failed It mas
checked the spheres
which truly belong
quiet Strengthening opposition the women Oh
The
achieved only the
this win before uon
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27
Early Glass Bottles.

Although glass bottles were made
by the Romans as far back as the
year 70 A. d., their manufacture was
not begun id England until 1868.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27
NNNsAueN A@Na~@sfNs eVtb~SehFHD NNSseG
The Proper Treatment Of
= U1iUeS =
BY the Req j. Z. Jcudder
First Congregational Church, Jersey City.

r9 ELFISHNESS s which domestic bliss
!. ! !. ]. ]:
ally goest 10 pieces The
II - He his wife equal a subordinate
~ or married to BEARS
I= Others
eternally Another quality a
and
lL-A-A n HANDY
everything o tor
the
the That
wife
crosspac becoming times ugly himself
sympahze rriaes He not always insisting that
right swife wrong
in
word A good husband be
Of praise
tments she
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27
BY a. p. Anderson.

HEN Ambitious" asked the question How young
without money obtain college education in the
West? he voiced the inquiry hundreds Of young men VINO
aim the requirements Of the for trained MINDS
The colleges, particularly Of the West are answering
the question the satisfaction Of of their graduates
every year They are inviting others "come and see
And the young and women, the upward climb to
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-27
CsN~er~Or -lr.1SeOe,,1
| uonaeR 5 Antdgonisnl /
! TO the Suffrage !
BY Mr. Humphrey lizard Il
CaNaRr~N. .Q>.IerNe3
BY Mr. Humphrey LDard.

FTER sixty years agtatonor movement is generally
dated In America from the meeting held In New York 10
July l84S-tae womansuffrage demand which during the
third Of the nineteenth century active through
out the States succeeded In forcing constitutional
amendment in favor the vote In four OF tne
sparsey peopled States the in process q
defeat and extnctonand that at the hands Of the
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-16
RADICAL REVISION NEEDED
IN CRIMINAL TRIALS METHODS

TO popular clamor, however loud and
unanimous. They must administer the
law as they find it, and II that results
in substantial injustice to society and
ia the escape OF u~ndoubted malefactors
the fault is not in the judges but in
the law. In a memorial case General
Grant wisely said: .sThe best way to
secure the repeal of an injurious law
is to enforce it vigorously
Speaking simply, from the layman's
point of view, we are sure that very
much in our present methods of Grim
inal trials needs radical revision. The
common sense Of the common senti-
ment of the great mass of the common
people are too often shocked and out
ragged by the result of such trials, es-
p~ecially when the higher-ups are
brought to trial. There may not be
the slightest mental doubt of their
guilt, and yet they escape, justice is
cheated, society is grievously wronged.
1t is natural perhaps, but wrong and
foolish, to cry out against the judges.
They did simply, what on their oaths,
the law required them to do. The
fault is behind and below the bench.
To the common mind it seems that
too many laws are framed in the IN
terest of criminals, and not at all IL
the interest of society.
They, too often the men chosen to
represent the state in the eases are
entirely unsuitable. Sometimes. they
are weak men, without exper;enc. OF
ability, and utterly unable to cope with
the able, adroit, and skillful mea the
defendant is sure to employ. Or they
may he reckless, violent and unscrupu-
lous men, and in either case the inter
rificed or betrayed.
The British courts the verdict of a
jury in a criminal case closes the ease
except as the pardoning power may
interpose. Such a case cannot be ear
ried up and down or tossed back ana
forth from one eourt to another fol-
years, and until everybody concerned
except the criminal is worn out wI5a
it Every accused man should have a
full and fair trial, but it should not
last forever. 1t ought to be an effort
to reach Justice and not to avoid it.
We believe that there is a rapidly
growing discomfort IN this country
with the way these trials are con
ductcd, especially in cases where rich
it having an unhappy effect on the
public mind, and creating an unfortu
nate distrust of courts. Most likely
the time is not remote when some
radical revision will be brought about
in the prodecure in such eases.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-16
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

To O. G. Savage, a co-owner with
the undersigned, of the Alvarado mine
or mining claim, situated in the Ken
needy mining district, Humboldt coun
ty, State of Nevada, notice of loca
ton thereof being recorded in Office
of the County Recorder of said county
in Book | of Notices, Page 81. To
which record reference is hereby made
for a more particular description of
said mine or claim You are hereby
notified, that /. the undersigned, have
performed one hundred dollars worth
of labor on said mine or claim, as and
for the annual assessment work for
the year 1907, required to be perform
ed by law. ( If you fail to contribute
your proportion of said sum for said
work, to-wit: Fifty dollars within
one hundred and eighty days after the
first publication of this notice. your
interest in said property will be for
feited, and vested in the undersigned
according to law.
The date of the first publication
of this notice is the 18th day of March
1908. PETER LA.A.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-16
LIGHT CO. LEASE
RIVER POWER

A cal was closed here this week be-
tween the Loveloek Light and Power
company and Stephen r. Yaung, by
the terms of which the power company
leases for a period of 20 years all
water power to be generated by the
flow of water in the Humboldt river
at the Young ranch, near Lovelock,
says the Lovelock Tribune
The plans of the water company call
for the building of a 10000 volt a
mission line to the town limits, where
a suitable transformer house will be
built and transformers installed. This
power will then be transformed at
customers places to a commercial vol
tage Of 10 volts.
If a sufficient amount of current can
se contracted for. a day circuit will
then be installed. which will enable
anyone to place fans or motors where
desired and thus be prepared to com
bat the flies and keep cool during tho
torrid days of summer.
A meter system will be used, per
hitting the customer to pay for just
the amountof current that he uses, and
very effort will be made to give 10
..ovelock an up-to-date and efficient
,ower plant second to none in the
tate.
A powerful engine will be installed
'snown as a producer gas engine, to be
'sed at all times when there is not
sufficient water in the river
The typeof engine is new in this
country and is operated by the gas
generated by the combustion of coal
n alright retorts and is by actual
SITS extending over a period of years
he cheapest power, next to water, in
he world.
The water power covered by the
ease is the largest on the river, and
has been constructed by Mr.. Young 1T
; big expense. and consists of a ditch
me and a half miles long and from
swelve to thirty feet deep, cutting
cross a peninsula thereby gaining all
he fall of eight miles on the river
n n and a half miles.
At the end of this ditch a water
Wheel has Deen installed, with provis-
OH made for the installation of as
aany as ten wheels.
Ample power will be generated TO
nahle all who desire to do so to have
gifts and power, and the streets can
ae lighted with powerful are lights.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-16

The theory in this country Is thai
laws are for the detection, trial anc
conviction Of criminals are enacted fol
the purpose of vindicating justice
aud protecting society. Courts are es
ing this theory, says the San Jose
California; Mercury. Criminal pro
cee dings are instituted and conducted
ostensibly, at least, with a view OF
ascertaining the facts and applying
the law. 1t is the presumption that
THESE proceedings will be speedy, just
and perfectly impartial, and the ae'
cused, whether Of high of low degree
whether he be rich or poor. The
American court, is in theory, a place
where every man, whether tramp or
millionaire. the humblest citizen or the
president of the United States, shall
stand upon precisely the same level
and receive precisely the same treat
ment.
Now, dones any sensible percon for
one moment believe that this theory
is realized in actual practice2 Are we
not becoming altogether too familiar
with the spectacle of men undoubted-
~ guilty of high crimes and misde-
meanors against the law and against
society, escaping unwhipped of i~ustice7
Is is not becoming the general belief
that if one has the ability, the in
fuence or the money required, he can
find ways of thwarting all efforts TO
fasten upon him a judicial conviction
that will stand. and that in the end
he can get away with much of the
profits of his wrongdoing?
There are so many turns and twists
SO many subtifuges, evasions and tech
nncalities, more or less frivolous; so
many provisions for new trials, super
sedeases, appeals and the like, that
it is almost impossible to bring the
rich and powerful felon to final jhdg-
ment and conviction. There may be
not the least moral doubt o. his guilt,
and yet, under the legal forms and
practices now current, he nay defy
his prosecutors, There may be strict
compliance with the law and yet a
woeful miscarriage of justice
We do not blame the judges, es-
pecially the judges Of the higher
courts. Under the law and their oaths
they are %hampered, cribbed and con
fined. They are bound by the law and
the procedure as they are, even
though they are hindered from doing
the thing that is unquestionably right.
1t is their duty to administer the law
even though it is justice or not. We
believe in upholding the courts unless
they are plainly corrupt, which is very
rarely the ease. They must o yield
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-16
Nor1cE-sALE OF COAL.

At 10 a. m, April 20. 1908, at
>. T. Co. team track, Winnemucca,
Nevada, following cars of coal viii
be sold at public auction to the highest
bidder in accordance with statutes OF
the State of Nevada.
Original car /. d. w. 1894, contents
transferred to s. r. S5667; eonslgnee
Cairnes d Co.; shipped from Parma,
IN.
Wabash II. II. 64045; contents trans.
ferred to Y. p. 494.,; consignec. inn
nagh Coal Co.; shipped from Golfers
vile, Illinois
Berry yoal and Coke Co.; shipped
from Decatur, Illinois.
Original ear /. n. W. 10; thansIerr
ed to U. p. $500; consignee, Lumagn
Coal Co.; shipped from Cautine, His
Original car G. /. s. 2662l; tran;
ferred to U. p. 7039o; eonsignec All
len-Stewart Co !; shipped from East St
Louis.
Original ear /. N. 1906; transferred
to U. p. 1891; consignee, Berry Goa
g. Coke Co.; shipped from virden, Ills
Original ear M. X. q T. 1882;
transferred to U. p. 6Ssl3; consignee
Allen-Stewart Co.; shipped from eau,
tine. lis.
Coal will be sold in ear load lots
For further information. call at the
depot.
G. B. N~UNAMAKER,
mchl2w3 Agent.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-16


There are more catarrh in this sec
ton of the country than all other
diseases put together, and, until the
last few years was supposed to
be incnrahle. For a great many years
doctors pronounced it a local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing to cure with local
treatments, pronounced it incurable.
Practice has proved catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. j..
Cheney & Company, Toledo, ONO, s
the only institutional remedy on the
market. 1t is taken internally in
doses of from ten drops to a teaspoon
full. 1t acts directly on the blood an6
the mucus surfaces of the systems.
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for err
culars and testimonials Address
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-16
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, Land OF
fee at Carson City, Nevada Feb
ruarv 4, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that REU.
BEN H. CONNER, of McDermitt
Nevada, has fled notice of his inten
ton to make final ive-year proof in
support of his claim, viz: Homestead
Entry No. $50, made July Is. 1901
fer lots , and 4, Section 80, Township
4S n, Range, 3s E. M. d NJ, and
that said proof will be made before
the County Clerk at his Office at Win
nemucca, Nevada ON March 25, 1908.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on, and cultivation of, the land, viz:
Thomas Mcconnell of McDermitt,
Nevada, John D.. Lowry of McDer
mitt, Nevada, Wallis l.. Wilkinson of
Winnemucca, Nevada, and John d.
Vargas of Winnemucca, Nevada.
LOUIS J. COIN,
Register.
Date If first publication, February
g., 1908.
For a refreshing snave go to the
Robinson barber shop. Baths in con
nectlOn.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-16

You can have your own choice OF
fabrics, your W selection of style.
In short, You can have a suit made
how you like and of what you like.
Choose carefully so you will not tire
of the pattern, for our suits wear
twice as long as the factory made
kind.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-16

which will prove their superior tailor
ing every time they are worn. W.
should like to make one tor you il
order to demonstrate the superior ex
cellence of our
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-16
NO USE TO D.

81 have found out that there is no
use to die of lung trouble as long as
you can get DIR. Kings New Discov-
ery,' says Mrs. j. p. White of Rush
boro, Pa. 81 would not be alive today
but for that wonderful medicine. 1t
loosens up a cough quicker than any
thing else after the case is pronounced
hopeless" This most reliable remedy
for coughs and colds, iagrippe, bron-
chitis and hoarseness is sold under a
guarantee at the Eagle Drug store, soc
and $l.00. Trial bottle free. mon
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-16
RENO COUNCILMAN
IN JAIL WITH WARRANTS

RENO, March 13.-4Dr. +. p. Quinn
I city councilman CT Reno and one of
he wealthiest young men of Reno was
arrested yesterday evening about two
o'clock on a charge OF being drunk and
ght'Hg and spent several hours in the
ity Jail wit a number of Migrants.
At six o'clock he was taken before
Judge Richardson, with other preson-
rs and pleaded guilty to the charges
sogainst him. Judge Richardson fined
him $40 and Quinn Immediately paid
the fine. When arrested Quinn was
lighting with Liman Warren. a tramp.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-16

For a refreshing snave go to the
Robinson barber shop. Baths in con
nection.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-03-16

If you want anything in the musical
line write to the Eilers Music Co. at
Reno Best grade of pianos and other
Instruments in the market.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21

mcnt until its progress had becom'
considerable.
Tlr., tn 'Orv OF the serum as'Ouulned
by DR. Strauss. does TO; differ from
that OF the an;itoxin administered in
diphtheria cases, or from that OF Vaccl-
nation to ,'revent smallpox. Inc
serum is prepared from the blood II
Il low, ;r1imai. preferably a morse.
whtchis afflicted with carceroHS
growth. and it is elected into the bloot
of the human patient. Its healing pro
Derties lie in tnr protective SUI lance
il contains. which the alma! hody
always manufactures to combat a g!'-
IN G:SEa
ur. Strauss cites numOer OF CS''eS
IN which he has used his serum with
markedly beneficial effect, though Oh
" one in which he apparently Ell ct
ed a cure. This was IT, case OF a
man who had been operated en- az
successfully eieh; m0rn. before ne
applied for treatment. was taking ten
grains or morphine daily. ard weighed
80 pounds, He cOntinn i Tne tr'N-
mCut for one year, and Is NV WOrk-
ing as a taller and weighs I32 pounds.
In SOM Of the other cases the
patients improvc d 30 such an extent
that they considered themselves cur
ID. and refused further trea'men',
though nj out CT danger. in every
case the reaction from the serum IN
lection seemed rapid. aite ded by
decrease OF pain. thus Cbviating inc
us. of morphine. and by 4 visibly bet
ter blood circulation and b. shrink
ing Of the tumcrs.-Ncw York TIL
bunc
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21
NV Arthur Br.sbane.)

Charles FnBhmAn aaS riod:;ctd a
play called The Thief, translate
rroBl the French Of Henri Bernstein
The Thief tells the story OF a
WOMAN who steals in order TO have
money FOR clothes TO win her hns-
bands admiration. Tha~. 10 begin
with, is . change from the average
ulay. in which We 6ni a husband or
wife trying to get as far away as pos
rsb,a from the life partner, trying
70 drown a past. polish up present
.r 20 some ching else along me hnc
= the divorce courts
The Thief is a woman deeply II
lcyc with her husband. and tortured
by his Indifference She notices ina
he has no eyes for her in the sinps
clothes she can afford. She knows
tina; she would be as aFractivE. ano
as interesting as others if she pos
ssssei their various fancy trimmings
and she is Diet rmi~ed that she VII
L.. trimmed an decorated IS they arc
to win her husbands attention.
Women whose husbaHos fini a SoOl
deal Of money to spend on Others aad
vcr,, little to spend on Their WIS
NAV we'll take their hIs AUS 4 see
this pls,. Mary husbands might do
we'll to 60 Their. on their own &C
count: ts-sy might learn some 'hing'
to their advantage.
They might learn that a it'll" mex
pensive admiration and praise, can
h.,p q great deaf With tue dis. and
p.rhaps save a lot Ct expenditure.
!, would do many husbands GOOD
20 learn that /, Is idotic TO tie th";i
own wives down tc small allowance
Of money. ami to +. forever cXprT:-'
ing admiration OF those things ~hicf
their wives cannot possibly have.
Richards" is isc husband il n -,
play. When he learns how his VII.
h . been bounded how she has n an!
s,cleu from their b. 81 friends To M!
for the dress tina. p admired. ~
GOES through many bC1~tifmi m "a
sI.esms.
Hc might have says! hims"lf thu
spasm, IL he had done ons Of tvs
.hilgs: Buy TIL handsomrst thing
for his cwn wifc u frain from "a
rn;rirx sfs,se things on othsr ~ofn'p.
Dress. 5 ID good :oosS may a'rn
trivial things, perhaps. in 4 world u
which so much that is important s"c
~ronS. Bu. norcs " know ~h1i SUI
fcrins women go through. yrsTning 10
:hc gjmiraiiOn of heir husnanGS
ana drpriv.d Ct tho<" things ~hici
they feel world make them attractive
How different TIC ma - rom IN
woman
Woneu I've With 'r!.n. - -1wry. ~
dcrgizad. iEsigmfIcan'. bali Nus'Ear -
TLer prais- thOs. husbands Cobsis.'''
, ". II ~ c,nr grow q bead. tht'
The wife hstcs bcsrds. II ae has