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The Adair County news., 1908-11-04
Pelham.

return within lew months
Pelham.
The health of this community
is very good at this writing.
Mrs. Joe. H. Todd and Montra
Cundiff, were visiting in Cane
Valley last Thursday.
Miss Kate Squires spent last
week at Mr.. Sam Greetings.
Misses Myrt and Mary Squires
were visiting at Ozark, last Sat-
urday night and Sunday.
Mr.. Bob Todd was called
to Ohio, on account of his half
sisters husband being at the
point of death with typhoid
fever. We learned later that
Mr.. Reighard died and Mr.. Todd
arrived home Wednesday night.
Mrs. Reighard will have sale
and come to Adair in a short
while.
Your scribe is confined to his
room with a carbuncle under his
arm.
Mrs. Joe H. Todd and little son
Clarence, of Rocky Hill were
visiting at John R. Cundif's last
week.
Nj Willard Huffaker was
visiting Misses Anna and Lea
Cundiff Friday night.
Mr. John Squires one of our
best stock traders is on Green
river looking after stock.
Mr.. Dick Hutchinson and family,
moved back to his farm last
week. We are very glad to have
them back in our neigeborhood.
Mr.. Hutchison's store will still
continue to do business at Cane
Valley the place he moved from.
Coming home from church last
Sunday night Mr.. Sam Smith,
Bob Bryant and Bob Hood were
crossing the creek in a skiff. Just
half way cross the skiff sank and
the boys had to wade, out to the
bank. boys be careful about
water.
Bro. Rice will preach at Hutchi-
son school house, the second
Sunday at eleven o'clock assisted
by Bro. Thompson.
R. L. Fulkner of Romine,
Taylor county, bought Deed
Smiths crop of tobacco at 10 cts
round.
Frank Shepherd lost very fine
mule last week that he had just
bought. The mule got its foot
hung in the stable and broke it's
leg.
Bob hood bought a good milk
cow from Parks Burton for S25.
j. z. Cundiff moved his saw
mill to Green river to saw one
hundred thousand feet of lumber
and then he will move to Mr..
Reed Caldwell, at Burdick, to
saw one hundred and fifty
thousand.
The Adair County news., 1908-11-04
TRIBUTE TO TRUSTS.
-
Nearly Everything You Eat. And
Wearsis Taxed.
G sss..as -
Protectedss..Interest Through the Re.
publican Tariff Hits the Farmer
Directly.

Washington, Nov, Especial
-S'You cannot mention an article
in your house or for your clothing
or a thing used upon your farm
which is not made to-day with
the tenth part Of the labor cost
of forty years ago, yet trusts,
through the aid of the tariff, are
charging you at least one-half
more for these articles than they
should" says Franklin Pierce in
a talk to- the farmers Of the
country.
"You have been feeding the
world" says he, "for the last
thirty years by the irreparable
loss of the virgin fertility of your
soil, while the manufacturers
have been denying you the right
to obtain the best value the world
has to offer in exchange for your
food supplies. Not only this. but
when you go tosmarket you have
the privilege of paying the
United States Steel Trust about
one-quarterLmore for key of
wire nails than the same nails
are sold.'adroad.
'You pay at the hardware
store at least a quarter more for
a coil of barb-wire than the
foreigner does for the same wire.
You not only pay a heavy duty
on raw sugar, but on ever hun
dred pounds Of sugar you buy
you paya 122 cents additional
price for refining the sugar, this
last exaction going to the trust
alone ;;and being more than the
entire cost of refining.
"You pay the Glass Trust and
the Pottery Trust for every piece
of glass and pottery you buy all
the wayssfrom SO to 100 per cent.
more than you would pay but for
the tariff.
I'm short you have to hoe your
row alone, without protection or
privilege from the Government,
but you pay dear for the hoe, you
pay dear.for the pillow, you pay
dear for the paris green and for
every chemical you need.
There is not an article of the
clothing Of your family which
does not payltribute to the trust.
There is scarcely an item in your
grocery bill that does not include
a tax. The furnishings which
make your house a home, the
windows that give you air and
light, the books and papers that
you read, every piece of wire and
steel and every nail you buy are
instruments of their extortion."
The Adair County news., 1908-11-04
Gradyville.

Gradyville.
The weather has been delight.
full for theypast week.
| Our farmers put in the past
week gathering corn.
DR.. John Grady, of Midtown,
was here one day last week.
The election is a thing of the
past.
The speaking of Hon. w. F.
Neat and Gordon Montgomery at
this place last Saturday was well
attended and the truth was hand
ed out as it is.
J. Cagers Yates, of Bradfords-
vile, spent a day or so of last
week at this place.
Our Baptist brethren have put
a new fence around their church
at this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Shirrell
spent several days at Columbia
visiting their relatives last week.
j. A. Diddle doubtless is the
largest Irish potatoe raiser in
this part of the country. He has
dug over fifty bushels up to this
time, and is not through yet.
Messrs. E. G.. Atkins and Jas.
Golf, two popular grocery drum
mers, were with us last Friday.
Mr.. c.. O. Moss was at Port
land and Midtown one day last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Walker, of
Columbia, spent one day last
week in our city with their rela-
tives.
Mrs. ]. R. Hindman, of Co.
lumbia, and Mrs. c. M. Hind
man. of Midtown, were the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Hindman,
of our city, one day last week.
Mr.. ]. H. Smith bought from
Silas Cain one day last week, a
nice bunch of cattle at 3 cents
per pound.
Mr.. George H. Nell is building
new DINING and cock room
this week which will not add
only to their convenience, but to
the looks of his property.
We are glad to note that Mr..
J. D. Walker, of Columbia, has
begun to move to his farm near
here and it will only be a short
time until they will be citizens
of our town.
Mr.. M. L. Grissom sold his
farm near Bliss to Mr.. Ed Whit
lock, of Green county, for the
consideration of $1,000. Mr..
Grissom we understand is think
ing of locating at Columbia. Mr..
Whitlock will move to hisfarm in
he near future.
Mr.. w. L. Sharp and family
who left us two years ago for
McGregor, Texas, with a view of
making that place their future
home have returned TO this place
on account Of Mrs. Sharp's health
and will remain here. Mr.. Sharp
did we'll so far as the ,accumula-
ton of this worlds goods are
concerned while there. H e.
did the right thing in coming
back for their is nothing like good
health. We are certainly glad
70 have them in orr conn11nitu
The Adair County news., 1908-11-04

Broughton Brandenburg, who
forged the Cleveland letter, was
arraigned in New York and re-
leased on bond.
The Adair County news., 1908-11-04
s 's the. 9 'sss. 4. i! ia

at this place en- Ne night of
Nov. 10th. Every body invited.
Mr. C. E. Kungrey and family,
Will start for Cragg, Oklahoma.
before long. They will probably
return within few months.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-25
WANT HUGE CROWD TO
ATTEND SHIP LAUNCHING
Businessmen Plan Excursion to
See Prometheus Slide Down
the Ways

To arouse interest among the people
about San Francisco bay in the cele-
bration which will be attendant upon
the launching of the United States ship
Prometheus at the Mare island navy
yard Saturday morning. December 5,
at 11:15 o'clock, a meeting of the
representatives Of the commercial or
ganizations of this and the other cities
about the bay was held at California
building, Union square, yesterday aft
ernoon.
+. A. Leach, president of the oak
land chamber of commerce, presided at
the meeting. The following organiza-
tfons were represented: The California
Promotion committee, the chamber of
commerce of San Francisco, the Mer-
chants exchange of San Francisco. the
Manufacturers and Producers associa-
tion of California, the Merchants ex-
change of Oakland, the Oakland cham
Der of commerce, the Berkeley cham
Der of commerce, the Alameda cham
Der of commerce, and the Vallejo nler-
chants association.
Arrangements are being made by the
committee which met to secure a sne
cial boat to take the delegation to
Mare island. and an effort is being
made to have the boat touch at the
Key Route pier en- route and take I'M
those going from Oakland and to land
them there on the return trip.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-25
BABY JOHNS CACHE
CALLED A RAT HOLE
Neighbor of Mrs. Martin Testi-
fies That Boy Did Not Cut
Through Floor

OAKLAND, Nov 24.-Holes existed
in the floor Of Mrs. Martins kitchen
several years before Baby John Mar
tin said he had cut them In order to
cache dynamite underneath, according
to testimony given by Mrs. Laura
Caideswood. a neighbor, in Judge Wells
court today.
The holes looked like rat holes, the
witness said, but after more question
ing she explained that they were large
enough for a man to crawl through.
Mrs Martin is on trial on a charge OF
dynamiting Judge Ogden's house. Her
foster son, Baby John Martin, con-
fessed that he placed large quantities
of dynamite in the ground under the
kitchen, first saving holes through the
flooring. The defense is trying to ex-
plain away the corroboratory evidence
which the holes furnished.
Mrs Caldeswood said that John had
borne a bad reputation, but that she
had never heard Mrs. Martin swear al
him or seen her abuse him.
John Whitmore. an aged miner who
was at Mrs. Martins house on the
night of the Ogden explosion, was re-
called by the defense. He was asked
whether he spent the night there oil
not. and he said he did not.
Mrs. Andrea Linda1 a poetess, was a
witness again, her testimony being sim
liar to that which she gave yesterday
when she said John was a bad boy
and that Mrs. Martin was innocent.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-25
DESCRIBES YOUTHS
DEATH IN MARSH
MoIIer's Companion Takes the
Stand for Prosecution i'm
Rea Murder Case

OAKLAND, Nov. 24.-Morris Silva,
companion of Carl Moller when MoI1er
was killed in the marsh near Irvington
by a rifle shot, was a witness today
against John Rea, charged with the
alleged murder Rea was keeper of the
Aibrae gun club and was said to have
fred a rifle at Moller, Silva and third
youth when he thought they were
hunting on the preserves. Silva re-
peated the tale of young Aoller stand
ing in a rowboat and then falling for
ward, saying II am shot"
Attorney Ashe attempted to confuse
Silva on cross examination, going at
length into the details of the marsh
and the position of the rowboat, the
depth of the mud and water and the
height Of the banks forming the crook
ed streams in which they had been
navigating. Silva stood up well. though
confronted with apparent discrepancies
at the preliminary hearing and at the
coroner's inquest when he told his
story.
Mollers mother. having returned
from Denmark, where she had been
travelling at the time of her sons
death, will be in attendance upon the
trial. beginning tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-25
MAKE MY WAY," "
WRITES EDNA CLARK
Tells Grandmother Her Return
to Oakland Is Purely
PrOblematical
Eastern Relatives of Girl Try TO
Persuade Her to Visit Aunt
in Britain

ALAMEDA, Nov. 24.-Mrs. Elijah
Clark, grandmother of Miss Edna
Clark, whose disappearance from her
home at s1S Chestnut street was a
three weeks mystery, and who was
located in Chicago 10 days ago, re-
ceived postal from the young woman
today.
Mrs. Clark said that her grand
daughter wrote that she was doing
well and that henceforth she intended
to make her own way in the world and
that her return to her home here was
problematical. Mrs. Clark said that
Edna may go to London. England
where she has an aunt. A cousin of
the girl, F. H. Clark of International
Falls, Canada, called upon Miss Clark
in Chicago and offered to pay the girls
way to England if she desired to go
there to her aunt. Mrs. Clark said that
Edna had also been invited to
live with relatives In Toledo, o. Mrs
Clark is of the opinion that Edna may
finally decide to go to England
Mrs. Anita Y. Mack, mother of Miss
Clark, received a brief note from her
daughter last night. In the missive
the writer said that her plan for the
present was to remain in Chicago.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-25
ARRANGE CEREMONY
|. OVER CORNERSTONE
Faculty and Students to AS
semble for Exercises When
Doe Library Is Begun
lnterclass Cross Country Run
Will Be Held by Students of
University December 2

BERKELEY, Nov. 24.-Preparations
are complete for the laying of the cor
nerstone of the new Doe library on the
university campus Thursday morning.
The academic faculty will assemble
near the library building clad in cap
and gown, while the undergraduates
will form in line at North hall Presi-
dent Wheeler will be the principal
speaker of the day and Librarian Jo-
seph Rowell will also make an address.
"A Grand Army badge will be among
the articles placed in the cornerstone.
which will hold the following:
Announcement of courses, 1908-9:
University calendar; bulletin California
School of Design; announcement of the
Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy:
catalogue of officers and students;
guide to the collection of the depart
ment of anthropology of the univer-
sity; map of the university campus;
schedule of exercises; samples of uni
versity publications; rules and regula-
tions of the academic senate and fac
ulties; presidents biennial report;
university chronicles; annual report of
the secretary to, the regents; COM
mencement, 1907 and 1908; directory
of graduates of the university; list of
university publications; catalogue OF
the academic senate; badge or the
Grand Army of the Republic.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-25
PROFESSOR LENNON DIES
AT HIS BERKELEY HOME
Eminent Botanist of State Sue
cumbs to Pneumonia After
Brief Illness

OAKLAND. Nov. 24-Prof. ]. G.
Lennon, an eminent botanist of Cali
fornia, died tonight at his residence,
Telegraph avenue and Sixtieth street,
from pneumonia after a weeks i'll
ness.
Professor Lennon came to California
after the civil war. He was one of
the survivors of Andersonville prison.
His work was devoted to botany and
forestry and he was considered one of
the best informed scientists in those
branches on the Horticulture of the Pa
cine coast He was the author of sew
eral text books and other volumes
Professor Lennon was a member of
the Grand Army of the Republic. He
served. term in the Oakland city
council.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-25
ABUSES WIFE TO
FORCE A DIVORCE
"N0w Will You Sue Me ?" Cries
Arthur Bryson After Throw
ing Chair at Spouse
Woman Is Granted Decree on
Showing of Gross Cruelty
by Husband

OAKLAND, Nov. 24.-On a showing
that her husband had thrust lighted
cigarette into her mouth. elenched hel
jaw and bruised her neck badly, Mrs
Helen E. Bryson secured an interloeu-
tory decree of divorce from him to-
day.
She testified that she started to &C
to Indiana on receipt of a telegram
that her mother was dying, but that
Arthur E. Bryson, her husband, had in
tercepted her by a telephone message
at Richmond, and when she returned
to Oakland, that he took the ticket
away and refused to give her money
to resume her journey.
During an alteration, she said, he
threw a rocking chair at her. Mrs
Bryson said that on such occasions he
would shout:
Now will you get a divorce? You
are stubborn or you would have got
one long ago. 1 will break every bone
in your body" she said he threatened
When she sent for a doctor to treat
her bruises Bryson ordered him out OF
the house and told the medical man
that he would return at his own risk
The Brysons were married at Niles
Mich. in 1885. Mrs. Bryson was
Mrs. Lucretia Miller complained that
Charles e. Miller went home with four
bottles of beer under his arm when they
were about to remove from Santa
Rosa. She said that when she broke
two of them and rebuked him he drew
a revolver, and that when she thrust
it aside her husband attacked her.
She asserted also that he threatened
to kill her parents. Neglect and de-
sertion were also charged in her suit
for divorce. Miller is a house painter
Lucille M. Lynch was given an inter-
locutory decree of divorce from John
f. Lynch, who had deserted her three
times.
A similar decree was granted to Ca
mile A Ellis from John S. Ellis, a
theatrical singer. She complained that
he paid attention to other women while
on his trips; that he was beaten at
Salt Lake City by another man after
such an episode. and that he had pre-
ferred another woman at Honolulu.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-25
"FRATS" AND SORORITIES
SURRENDER CHARTERS
High School Organizations of
Berkeley Yield to Demands
of Authorities

BERKELEY, Nov. 24.-Seven frater-
mites and four sororities in the Berke-
ley high school have surrendered their
charters under the recent order of the
board of education.
Two fraternities and three sororities,
with a total membership of as, were
represented before the board tonight by
Attorneys Brewton A Hayne and Fred
Sinsheimer, who requested until De-
cember to decide whether their clients
would surrender or make a fight for
existence.
The charters which were withdrawn
represented a membership of $50. The
board and superintendent of Schools
Bunker, in granting the extension, de-
clared that the rule adopted not to
recommend any member of fraternity
or sorority to the university, with the
possible penalty of expulsion from the
school, would be enforced to the letter
At tonight's meeting parents of the
students interested were present This
was the time set for the surrender OF
charters, under notice issued six
weeks ago.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-25
CHICAGO TRACTION PLAN
SUBMITTED TO MORGAN
Merger Involving $4,000, 900
Suggested for Considera-
ton of Banker

CHICAGO. Nov, 24.-John A Spoor
and Henry A. Blair, Chicago capitalists,
left Chicago today to confer with j. P.
to be members of committee selected
to discuss with Morgan the proposed
S246,000,000 traction merger of Chi
cago's elevated and surface lines.
They are expected to place before
Morgan a. concrete idea of the unifica-
ton plan as outlined in a preliminary
meeting in Chicago.
The interests of Morgan in Chicago
city railways are represented by Spoor
and John J. Mitchell, also active in
the unif1cation plan.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-25
POLICEMAN SAVES
MAID FROM FLAMES
Guided by Strange Instinct,
Brave Patr0Iman Finds a
Tiny Chinese Girl
Two Lives Are Lost in Eariy
Morning Fire in Oriental
Lodging House

OAKLAND. Nov. 24.-Groping his way
through a dense cloud of smoke in the
Railways of a Chinese lodging house at
562 Fifth street this morning Police
man Daniel Curran. guided by some
strange instinct of rescue, stumbled
into a blazing room, on the floor Of
which lay the unconscious form of All
Wong, a tiny Chinese maiden.
The girls clothing was ablaze and
she was well nigh suffocated by the
hot smoke and the flames, which were,
even then, flaring into her room, but
the policeman, himself almost overcome,
seized her in his arms, smothering the
flames which were enveloping her with
his clothing, and reeled back to the
door and the street. Then. gently de-
posting his fragile burden, he fell in
faint.
Witnesses of the brave deed rushed
TO his side and bore both the rescuer
and the rescued to the receiving hospital,
where the prompt attention of surgeons
soon removed them from danger. To-
night the policeman, whose recupera-
tive powers astonished the doctors
who attended him, was able to go back
on his beat
Two lives were lost in the fire, which
DlOA6 OAL Oh the HISL iiOOI VI ltlc
building at $50 o'clock this morning.
The dead are Meou Fong, porter in
kouchs saloon, at the corner of East
Twelfth street and Thirteenth avenue.
and Joaquin Riyes, a Filipino. who
was asleep in the building. Jung Bing
Hee, merchant. so years of age, was
seriously burned about the head and
hands; Moon Young, a Korean laborer,
was almost suffocated. and Wong Jung
Sing was cut about the back.
The lodging house was filled with
roomers, all of whom were asleep when
Policeman Curran discovered flames
leaping from the first story Windows
and called to Special Policeman Jones
TO turn in an alarm of fire.
Both officers then returned to the
burning building and reused the in
mates, but the structure was of tinder-
like material and the flames gained
such headway before the fire depart
ment arrived that il was impossible to
save it. The damage is estimated at
s., 500 covered by insurance. DR.. Percy
d. Gaskill is the owner of the build
ing.
Policeman Curran's heroic rescue
work called forth the praise of his su-
perior officers and Of every one who wit
messed the fire. 1t is probable that his
name will be placed before the police
and fire commissioners as a candidate
for an honor medal.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-25
BOOMERS SOUTH
MARKET MAKE PROGRESS
Businessmen of Section Work
With a Will for Rehabilita-
ton of District

New conditions are about to prevail
south of Market street where, since
the great fire, bad streets and side
walks. unsightly mounds of debris and
dim lights struggling to penetrate the
gloom have been the general order.
The famous old district, dear to the
heart of every old settler, and known
come into its own, and promises soon
to be one of the best of San Francisco's S
business and residence sections. The
work of reha bilitation is going on rap
idly, and is being materially aided by
the tireless efforts of the officers and
members of the South of Market i'm
provement association.
The particular sphere of activity of
this association lies between East and
Ninth streets and Market and Towns
end. and the property owners and busi-
united tight to make the section an
Ideal one Thousands of letters and
pieces of literature are being sent to
individuals interested in the district,
calling for support of the movement
and urging active participation in the
making of the district notable part
of the new San Francisco.
Speaking of the general situation
Charles Schlessinger, treasurer of the
South of Market improvement aSsocia-
tion, said:
The city authorities have had an enormous
task thrust upon them in the reconstruction OF
our citys streets. sidewalks, sewers. ETC., and
for one wish to commend them for the splendid
work done TO date. 1t is but right that associa-
tions of businessmen should be formed to aid in
this work. 1t was for that object the South of
Market improvement association organized.
If every man will put his shoulder to the wheel
we will amaze the world with the finished
product OF our united effort.
In our particular field we are first paying at
tention to the lights. Plans are In the hands of
engineers for uniform system which when In
stalled will mean at least IL beautiful electro
liers to each block in Main street and eight to
the block in lateral streets The poles will be
similar to those now being put up by the Geary
street association.
The street work ordered done by the board of
public works early in November is rapidly ap-
preaching completion. This includes the repay.
ing Of Folsom street between Fifth and Seventh.
Stevenson street between Third and Fourth, and
Mfnna street between First and Second.
As result of the work already done many
owners and lessees preparing<to erect build
ings and others are only awaiting contemplated
civic Improvements.
We are greatly encouraged. but, of course
must have the hearty support of owners and
businessmen in our district 10 complete our plans
for the future. Well paved streets. good side
walks, good lights, proper police and fire protec-
tion and efficient public utilities absolutely
essential, and to get them our association is
pledged.