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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-29
COL. TOM SMELL WAS
STREET CAR WASHER
Conductor Tells How He Ogled
Girls-Another Sweet
Letter to Light.

Bloomington. H.. May 8.--Colpnel Tom
Shell IN the role OF masher was described
by Thomas Sylvester, a street car con-
ductor, in his testimony in the suit to
break the will Of the eccentric milton
aire.
Colonel sncll rode many times each day
In the street cars simply to ogle pretty
girls testified Sylvester. The witness
said Smell would address them in cool
ef1rontery; insist upon paying their fare.
and would follow them from the car if
they gave him the slightest encourage
ment.
Some Sigh. idea of the originality of
the passionate love letters of Colonel
Smells many soul mates was given In
II new letter which was added to the
collection. This new find is believed
to be the work of one of the Clinton
women whose names have not as yet been
drawn into the case.
A Passionate Letter.
Following IS the letter in expurgated
form:
My Dearest Darling: You told me to
write you a letter SO you could read it
on Sunday afternoon, and L was to be
thinking of you when you are looking
over these lines. We are going to pre-
tend we are together and make it seem
SO real we will fool those gossips who
WOULD De IlChlGO 10 Qealn 10 ma out
about our love. But / can be with you
In spirit and that will give the gossips
no chance to say they saw us together
and will give them a little time of TO
take care of their own business"
You know I would love to be there
with your arms around my neck and feel
your burning kisses. Just imagine that
We are again in that corner by the win
dow. Your dear face Is pressing mine and
l am holding both your dear hands. l am
gazing into your eyes. Our lips meet and
it seems there is nothing in the world but
my dear sweetheart and me . {.
There isn't, either, Is there?
You know it said in that book you sent
me that when lovers truly loved their pas
sion fed on itself and grew stronger. 1t is
that way with us, isn't 1t? / am sitting on
the floor at our feet and you are strok-
ing my face and hair. 1 am so happy.
You sweetest Of all sweethearts, do you
feel l am there now? 1 am so
afraid that a love like this can bring moth
ing but trouble. Now wasn't that nearly
the real thing?
Darling, you must keep your promise
TO destroy my letters. When you come to
Clinton again / may be able to see you
for a few sweet minutes Then we will
be real sweethearts, instead of with the
imagination.
No. dear. 1t isn't the money that makes
me crazy for you. 1t Is your own dear
self. l would love you il you were as poor
as a mouse. One more long kiss and I
must say goodby.
Remember you promised to burn this.
your Own Loving Sweetheart"
Colonel Smell insisted that a certain
kind Of letter be written to him, and 1t
seems that these letter writer's appreciated
his desires" said Attorney Edward j.
Sweeney. representing the contestants in
the will case. 1T was writer's of this kind
of letters that were able to secure money
from the peculiar old man in large sums.
They served as fuel for his insane and
diseased mind only"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-29
MARK TWAIN PAYS
TRIBUTE TO VICTORIA

New York. May 2S.--king Edward.
through his private secretary, Lord
Knollys, contributed a message of good
will. and Mark Twain made q charac-
~teristic speech at Il dinner given last
night by the British Schools and Uni
Nersities club at Delmonico's in honor
of the late Queen Nictoria's birthday,
which since her death, has been cele-
brated throughout England's vast do
mains as Empire day.
DR.. Clemens paid this tribut to the.
late sovereign:
AS a woman the queen was all that
the most exacting standards could re-
quire. AS a far reaching and effective
and beneficient force, she had no peer
In her time, among either monarchs or
commoners. AS a monarch she was
without reproach In her great Office.
One may not venture, perhaps, to a
go sweeping a thing as this. in cold.
blood. about any monarch that pre-,
ceded her, upon either her own throne
or any other. 1t is a colossal eulogv,
but 1t is justified. In those qualities
OF the heart which beget affection in
all sorts and conditions of men she was
rich. surprisingly rich. and for this she
will still be remembered and revered
In the far off ages when the political
Klories of. her reign shall have faded
from vital history and fallen to a place
in that scrap heap of unverifable odds
and ends which we call traditions.
Which is to say, In briefer phrase, that
her name will live always. And with
1t her character, a fame rare in the
history of thrones. dominions, princi-
palittes n powers. since 1t will not
rest upon harvested selfish and sordid
ambitions, but upon love. earned and
freely ~vouchsafed. She nlended broken
hearts where she could but she broke
roneo
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-29
LAYS HER BABY IN
LAP OF THE CHURCH

Chicago, May 2s.-While the Angelus
was being tolled last evening in the
steeple OF Holy Trinity Roman Catholic
church, West Taylor and Lincoln
streets, a strange woman carrying a
small bundle walked into the ediice.
She moved quietly UP the aisle and
knelt for a few moments at the altar.
praying. Then she arose and hurried
out of the church. Apparently she hes
itated in the rear only long enough to
lay the bundle upon one of the seats.
Scarcely any n was in the church
at the time, and the sexton. while he
recalled later that such a oma had
been in to pray n that she carried a
bundle. did no. notice that when she
departed she left a small burden.
The sexto was locking up when his
attention was attracted by a sharp cry.
In a minute or two he found the bundle
and on opening 1t discovered a 4-week-
old boy baby. which proved to be in
good health.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-29

Dallas. Tex, May 81. One man
drowned and 80 families marooned in
the submerged section OF the city, the
electric power engine rooms under wa
ter. street cara out Of commission, two
bridges destroyed and hundreds of peo-
pie homeless in the suburbs, are a few
OF the results 81 the flood, which fol-
lowed q sudden and terrific rise in the
Trinity river, between midnight and
daylight this morning.
The property damage will be heavy.
In Fort Worth seven people are
known to be dead, 5000 are homeless.
and a dozen or more are reported to
have been killed.
Stock valued at many Thousands Of
dollars. including $500 sheep penned
up in the stock yards in North Fort
Worth. was washed down stream and
destroyed. The property loss annot be
estimated as yet.
The paralysis Of the railroad service
Is almost total.
The village Il West Dallas, across
Trinity river. is partially inundated.
Hundreds Of families were forced to
seek higher places. A section OF the
Texas & Pacific railway bridge has
gone down. Fifteen men were thrown
into the river and six were drowned.
The Brazos river, at Waco. Is higher
by two feet than ever known. Thou
sands OF acres of land are overlooked.
The damage to crops Is heavy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-29
WESTERN ROADS CUT
SECTION N WAGES

Chicago, May q. = The Inter Ocean
says: "A general cut in wages OF
all section men and unskilled laborers
has been ordered by the railroads ex-
tending west from Chicago. Several
thousand men are affected. The reduc-
tion IN the case Of most section men ID
from &1.35 a day, for 10 hours, to 81 IS.
scale varies somewhat on different
roads, but the reduction q been the
same on practically all the western
lines.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-29
BITTEN IN 1887;
NOW HAS RABIES

Scranton. Pa, May 2s.-As a result of
a bite on his neck by a pet dog 81
years ago. Alden Cobb. &c. of Salem
Corners, is raving at the home of John
Elliott, in the Wayne county hamlet,
a victim OF hydrophobia. A physician
says:
Cobb's strength is terrific. He breaks
straps and ropes that have been. used
in securing him to his bed and creens
around his room on all fours.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-29
HUNDREDS DRIVEN FROM
HOMES IN OKLAHOMA

Guthrie, Okla. May q. All Okla
homa still late today. is pound by one
OF the most serious floods in It's his
tory. Hundreds of persons in the low
lands have been driven from their
suffered heavy damage. Railroad traf-
nc over the entire state practically is
at a standstill. Track washouts are
numerous n telegraph communica-
tons are demoralized.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-29
Not peprived Of Liberty.

Not Deprived Of Liberty.
The people contend that Thaw was not
deprived of his liberty without due process
of law. because he knew that If he chose
to prove upon the trial OF the Indictment
that he was insane when he killed STAN
ford White and II that was the defense
and the jury acquitted him Of the charge
the duty OF the court, X it deemed his
discharge dangerous TO the public peace
or safety, to order him to be committed
to the state lunatic asylum until such
time as he should be legally adjudged
He had the Eight to appear in per
son and to be represented by counsel and
of his present sanity:
1 have made careful examination of the
authorities and I do not find that this
Of the courts in this state. 1t has been in
existence and operation for many years
without question and 1t is the duty Of the
OF the statute until its violation of the
constitution Is established beyond all rea-
sonable doubt, and upo such a determine
one construction or another Is always a
potent factor and is sometimes in and of
itself conclusive.
The relator claims that the statute does
not provide a method by which Thaw can
Section @ OF the insanity laws pro-
vides:
ANY Inmate. not a convict, held upon an
order OF a court or Judge In a criminal
proceeding ma be discharged therefrom
upon the superintendent's certificate of re-
made to and approved by such
court or judge"
Gets OF Lightly.
l believe no injustice has been done to
Thaw or will be done to him by depriving
him OF his liberty until such time as he
can be discharged by the method pre-.
scribed by Law.
Bearing in mind that The usual punish
ment for the act which led to the deten-
ton OF said Thaw IL death, or q long term
of imprisonment and that said Thaw es-
capped the consequences Of such act solely
by reason Of his existing mental condi-
ton, l do not deem II proper to allow
Thaw his freedom, suffering as he is from
some form Of insanity with the possible
of an attack similar to that
which the jury believed he was suffering
from when he killed Stanford White.
IN view, of the existing mental condi-
ton of the said Thaw the safety Of the
public is better insured by his remaining
In custody and under observation until Is
shall be reasonably certain tha there is
no danger Of a recurring attack of the
The writ Is dismissed. The order re-
handing the said Harry K. Thaw can he
settled on notice pursuant to stipulation.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-29
PEACE N in COAL
INDUSTRY SOUTHWEST

Kansas City. May q. = Thirty-fve
thousand coal miners of Missouri, Kan
Eaa, oklahoma. Arkansas. members Of
hhe United Mine Workers OF America,
who. have beer out on strike since
March j, last, will return to work next
week. The convention OF the miners
here today ratified and signed the
agreement reached by the joint sub
9cOmmittee of miners n the operators
,1ato last night. Price conditions re-
0aaln the same az last year.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-29

the question OF insanity That no hearing
was accorded him; that he was deprived
OF his liberty without due process Of law,
and that the statute under which he was
committed does not provide a method by
which his mental condition as then exist
Ing could be legally ascertained OF any
method by which his sanity could be
shown.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-05-29
TERRIFIC FLOOD IN
THE SOUTHWEST
WORSE e HOUR.

Dallas. Tex, May 27.-At 2 o'clock
this afternoon Trinity river had
reached n stage of H.3 feet, the
highest W known. The situation
mated that 600 people are homeless
In Dallas.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-12-18
TAX ASSESSMENT FOR 1909.

Notice is hereby given that the Of
flee Of County Auditor will be open
from the 1st day Of January to the
10th day Of February, 1909, for the
purpose Of receiving returns Of tax
able property for fiscal year COM
mencing January 1st. The following
named places will also be attended as
required by law:
At Whitmire, Monday, Jan. l1th.
At Maybinton, Tuesday, Jan. 18th.
At Glymphville, Wednesday, JAN
18th.
Az Walton, Thursday, Jan. 18th.
At Pomaria, Friday, Jan. 18th.
At Jolly Street, Monday, Jan. 18th.
4 Little Mountain, Tuesday, Jan.
10Th.
At O'Neall, Wednesday. Jan. 2Oth.
A. St. Lakes, Thursday, Jan. 2lst.
At Prosperity, Friday and Satur-
day, Jan. 22nd and 23rd.
At Longshore, Monday, Jan. 25th.
At Chappells, Tuesday, Jan. 26th.
The law requires a tax on all mnrt-
tgages, moneys, and credits, also on
incomes over and above $2500.00
All male citizens between the ages
Of 81 and so years Except those in
capable of earning support) are ha-
bic to poll tax.
There shall be assessed on each
dog a capitation tax Of 50 cents.
Dogs not returned for taxation are
not held to be property of this State.
Be careful to note each transfer Of
real estate since last return.
". ". Cromer,
Auditor Newberry County.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-12-18

; ach distress after eating indicate in
digestion or dyspepsia. Over-eating is
a habit very dangerous to person. s
good general health, and Unsuitable
appetite is a sure symptom Of dia-
betes.
It is not what You eat but what you
digest and assimilate that does you
good. Some Of the strongest, heaviest
and healthiest persons are moderate
eaters.
There is nothing that will create
sickness or cause more trouble than
disordered stomach, and many peo-
pie daily contract serious maladies
simply through disregard or abuse Of
the stomach.
We urge everyone in Newberry who
is suffering from any stomach de-
rangement, indigestion or dyspepsia,
whether acute or chronic, to try Rex
all Dyspepsia Tablets, with the dis
tinct understanding that we will re-
fund their money without question or
formality, if after reasonable use of
this medicine, thye are not perfectly
satisfied with the results. We rec
ommend them to our customers every
day, and have yet to hear Of anyone
who has not been benefited by them.
We honestly believe them to be with
out equal. They are made from the
prescription Of a physician who de-
voted all his time to the study and
treatment of stomach troubles. They
give very prompt relief, neutralize the
gastric jucies, strengthen the disges-
tive organs, create good digestion and
assimilation, naturally regulate the
bowels, promote perfect nutrition, and
create a permanent cure Of all un-
healthy symtoms.
We urge you to try 25c. box of
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets, which
gives Is days treatment. At the end
Of that time your money will be re-
funded to you if you are not satis-
fled. Of course, in chronic cases
length Of treatment varies. For such
cases, we have two larger sizes, which
sell for 45c. and 89c. Glider and
Weeks, Newberry, S. c.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-12-18
The News and Courier and The
Herald and News.

Beginning with February l, 1909,
the combination price Of The Herald
and News with the Charleston Week
ly News and Courier will be raised to
two dollars and twenty-five cents a
year. Two months remain in which
new and old subscribers may take ad-
vantage of this splendid combination
at the present price, two dollars. Send
in your orders now. Think Of it a
little. For the small price Of 1925
you get your own county paper
twice a week and twice a week news
paper that covers the news of the
whole world both for one full year.
Published every Wednesday and Sat-
urday, each issue Of the The Weekly
News and Courier contains all the
news Of Importance, not only Of the
day of publication, but Of all inter-
vening days. The cream of the Asso-
ciated Press News-the greatest
'news-gathering agency in the world
and all important happenings in
South Carolina are given, as we'll as
striking editorial articles and stories
Of one kind and another. It has, de-
partments for men, women and chill
dren. It it clean newspaper. and it
is home newspaper.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-12-18

the rate Of s per cent per annum,
credit portion to be secured by note
Of the purchaser and mortgage of the
premises sold. with an insurance po-
licy Of the dwelling assigned to the
master: with leave to each purchaser
to anticipate the credit portion in
whole orin part; purchaser to pay
for papers, recording of mortgage
and for insurance policy.
The above five and two-thirds acres
will be sold in two or more lots, plats
of which will be exhibited on the day
Of sale.
II. n. Rikard,
Master.
Masters Office, Dec. 9, 1908.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-12-18
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.

In Court Of Common Pleas.
P. N. Boozer, Plaintiff,
Against
Grace Goodman, Ira Tribble and
Sula Goodman, Defendants.
By an order Of the Court herein I
will sell to the highest bidder before
the Court House st Mulberry S. e.,
within the legal ho,rs Of sale, on
Monday, salesday, January :he 4th,
1909, all that tract of ia I'd lying and
being situate in. Newber1y County,
State of South Caro:ina, containing
one hundred and ten (110) acles,
more less, and founded by lands of
A. A. Madden, Betty Goodwin, NJ. E.
Moore and other lands OF Mary E.
Tribble.
Terms Of Sale. Oae-;hird 5I-3)
cash and the baia:.a on credit of
one and two years, thu credit portion
of the purchase money to be secured
by a bond Of the purchaser and a
mortgage of the premises sold. FUR
chaser shall have the privilege Of pay
ing all cash. Purchaser to pay for
papers and recording same.
n. Fl. Rikard,
Master.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-12-18
BOUGHT AETNA MILL.
Purchasing Syndicate is Headed by
Smythe and Parker-Columbian
Will be the General Manag-
or-Price $3.50 900.
er-Price, $225O,0

Union. Dec. 16-It is reliably
stated that the Aetna Cotton mills
have been sold to party Of South
Carolina capitalists: headed by Lew
IS W. Parker and Ellison Smythe, of
Greenville.
Mr.. Beattie. general manager CT the
OLYMPIA Mills. is to have charge, of
the Aetna Mills. and the plant after
being thoroughly overhauled will be-
Gin operations on or about the 1st OF
January. The price paid is said to
have been $250,000.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-12-18
| STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.
IN COMMON PLEAS COURT.

Mary A. Spehl, Plaintiff,
Against
Theodore II. Spehl, ct. al, Defend
ants.
Bv virtue Of an order Of Court
herein, I will sell at public auction at
Newberry Court House, S. c., within
the legal hours Of sale, on salesday
in January: 1909, towit, on Monday,
Jan. 4th, all that tract, parcel or lot
Of land lying and being situate in
the county Of Newberry and State
aforesaid, about one and one-fourth
miles east Of the Town Of Newberry,
s. G.. formerly known as the Home
Place of Theodore Spehl. now de-
ceased. containing five and two-thlrds
acre. more or less. and bounded by
the continuation Of Main street Oh
rhe northwest. b. the continuation OF
Boundary street on the southeast. by
street Of the northeast,
bv lots of Nat Gist. R. c. May
bin and Mrs. Hattie Bradley on the
southwest. being the greater portion
Of that tract Of seven and one-haIf
e 1-2) acres conveyed by Frances
F. Johnstone to Theodore Spehl. as
shown bv deed which ,s recorded in
Deed Book No. 4. page 392.
Terms Of sale: One half cash and
ona half on credit Of twelve months,
with interest from the day of sale at
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-12-18
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.
Nt % r..- D1ooo

Court OF common Fleas.
Laura C. Nichols as administrators
Of Benjamin F. Nichols, deceased, and
individually, Luke NJ. Nickols, W.
Hampton and Willie E. Nichols,
Plaintiffs,
Against
Daisy P. Hawkins, Bessie D. Lake,
The Prosperity Stock Company, The
Bank Of Prosperity, Geo. E. Hawkins
and A. Hayne Hawkins, as partners,
doing business under the firm name
and style Of Hawkins Brothers, De-
PENDANTS.
By an order of the court herein 1
will sell to the highest bidder before
the Court House at Newberry, S. c.,
within the legal hours, Oh salesday in
January. 1909, same beng 18th day OF
said month. the one-third (1-3) inter-
est in all that tract Of land lying and
being situate in the County Of New
berry, State aforesaid, containing six
acres, more or less, better known as
the mill tract. including the building,
machinery and other mill fixtures
thereon. said interest belonging to the
estate Of BENJAMIN F. Nichols. de-
ceased. and bounded by the two hum
dred and twelve acre tract Of the
estate of B. F. Nichols, lands Of n. E..
TAYLOR, J. ". BooZer, and Wicker.
Terms Of sale cash.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
H. H. Rikard.
Master.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-12-18

kppetite is just a natural desire
Mood. Loss Of appetite or stom-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-12-18

At the same time and place W. Will
sell the other (2-3) two-thtirdS inter-
est in said mill tract. building. ma
chinery and mill fixtures above r:e-
scribei. Terms Of sale cash. Purrhas-
er to pay for papers.
n. E. Tavlor.
Jas. W. Boozer.
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CAUSE FOR ALARM.

Loss of Appetite or Distress After
! Eating a Symptom That Should
Not be Disregarded.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-07
To Which Traffic and Industry Has
Fallen Made Less Impression on
Stocks.

New York, Feb 6.--The stock mar
ket today was less affected by evi.
dences of the contracted stage to
which traffic and industry has fallen
|althongh those evidences continue to
accumulate. The stock market was,
In fact, unresponsive to anything AMI
for much OF the time was lethargie.
Brief excursions into one or an other
account by professional room traders
were responsible for wavering fluc-
tuations OF prices, but these ventures
We're never carried far and were re-
traced almost as soon as taken. The
general public and, so far as could be
discerned, important class Of capital
interests, We're profoundly Indifferent
to the market. This dullness and in
difference fairly represents the pres
ent uncertainty of the world of capital
and finance over the future. There
is feeling that the depth of depres-
sion has been reached and improve
ment is to be looked for.
OF this there Is, however no pres
ent actual occurrence and Speculation,
ha1ts. Reports of rail
road gross earnings from the latest re
turns coming to hand from day to day
reflect falling off in traffic and meas
nres of economy for commensurate
reduction Of expenses indicate that
. decline is still going on In the
wage fund in course of distribution,
With necessary consequence of
consumptiye demand for
Official intimation of
he intention of the Illinois Central to
,ffer probably $90000,000 new secur.
ties which are expected to take the
crm of equipment notes was regarded |
IS evidence of temporary expedients |
0 which corporations are forced still |
o resort for raising needed capital |
Price changes at the end of the day |
we're unimportant.