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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01

pledge. serve him wine with every
course. Il yon want him 20 hate 1
woman. invite her to meet him every
time he calls. and tell him how 'suita,
BILE she would be"
And II you want him to love you,''
finished the bachelor, don't ask him
to swear 1t, but tell him that he really
ought not to. The best way to man.
age donkey-human or otherwise
Is to turn his head in the wrong di.
rection and he'll back in the right
one.'
Then" said the widow dectstvelX
we ought to begin the New Year by
making some irresolutions." @ rs
"Some-what?"
Vows that we won't stop doing the
things we ought not to do" explained
the widow.
"All right" agreed the bachelor
thoughtfully, "I'll make an irresolu.
ton to go on making love to you az
much as like
"You mean, as much as l like, Mr..
Travers." corrected the widow Sc
verely.
How much do you like?" asked the
bachelor. leaning over to look into
the widows eyes.
The widow kicked the corner Of the
rug tentatively.
Il like-all but the proposing" she
said slowly. "You really ought to
stop that
I'm going to stop it-eo-night"
The widow looked up in alarm.
s"Oh, you don't have to commence
keeping your resolutions until to-
morrow morning." she said quickly.
And are you going to stop refusing
me-to-night," continued the bachelor
firmly.
The widow studied the corner Of
the rug with great concern.
and" went on the bachelor, TAX
ing something from his pocket and
toying with it thoughtfuily, you are
going to put on this ring"-he leaned
over, caught the widows hand and
slipped the glittering thing on her
third finger. "Now," he began, you
are going to say that you will"
The widow sprang up suddenly.
"Oh, don't, don't, DON'T" she cried.
I'm moment we'll me- making prom.
ises!"
I'VE don't need to-" said the bache-
lor. leaning back nonchalantly, I'VE
can begin by making-arrangements.
Would you prefer TO live in town or
at Tuxedo? And do you think Europe
or Bermuda the best place for the"
Bermuda, by all MEANS" broke in
the widow, ''and I wish you'd have
that hideous portico taken OF your
town house, Billy, and" But the
rest of her words were smothered in
the bachelors coat lapel-and some
thing else.
Then you do mean to marry me,
after ALL" cried the bachelor tri.
umphantly.
The widow gasped for breath and
patted her hair anxiously.
IL meant to marry you all the
time!" she cried, "but never thought
you were really in earnest and"
"Methinks," quoted the bachelor
happily, "'that neither of us did pro-
test too much We haven't made any
promises, you know"
Not one," rejoined the widow
promptly, "as to my flirting"
''Nor as to my clubs"
"Nor as to my relatives"
"Nor my cigars"
"And we won't make any VOWS"
cried the widow, except marriage
VOWS"
"And New Years PROSECUTIONS"
added the bachelor.
"Listen!" cried the widow softly,
with her fingers on her lips.
A peal Of q thousand silver bells
rang out on the midnight air.
1.-THE chimes!" exclaimed the Wild
ow. They're full of promises
II thought it sounded like a we'd
ding bell" said the bachelor, disap-
pointedly.
Maybe" said the widow, 1T was
only Love-ringing off."-Los Angeles
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01
HAVE YOU HATED YOURSELF,

Never to make little of our own.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01

emily to the hands of the clock.
which indicated 1870, and then to
the calendar, on which hung one flut-
tering leaf marked December 81.
J 1T is time" she sighed, ITO begin
mental housekeeping; to sweep out
our collection of last years follies and
dust OH our petty sins and fling away
our old vices and"
That's the troubled" broke in the
bachelor. IT'S SO hard to know Just
what to throw away and what to keep,
Making New Years resolutions is like
doing the spring housekeeping or
clearing out drawer full of old let
tiers and sentimental rubbish. You
know that there are lots of things
you ought to get rid of, and that are
Just in the way, and that you would
be better off without, but the minute
you make up your mind to part with
anything, even q tiny, insignificant
vice, it. suddenly becomes so dear and
attractive that you repent and begin
to take new interest in it. The only
time l ever had to be taken home in
= cab was the day after I promised to
sign the pledge" and the bachelor
sighed reminiscently.
And the only time ever overdrew
my bank account" declared the wild
ow, was the day after 1 had resolved
to economic. 1 suppose" she added
pensively, that the best way to begin
would be to pick out the worst vice
and discard that"
And that will leave heaps of room
for the others and for lot of new lit
tle sins, beside, won't it," agreed the
bachelor cheerfully. "Well," he added
philosophically, I'll give up murder
Ing"
What" the widow started.
Don't you want me to-" asked the
bachelor plaintively, rubbing his bald
spot. Cor perhaps 1 might resolve not
to commit highway robbery any more
or to stop forging Or"
"All of which is so easy!" broke in
the widow sarcastically.
"Thered be some glory and some
reason in giving up big vice." sigh
ed the bachelor, III fellow had one.
But the trouble is that most of us men
haven't any big criminal tendencies,
merely a heap of little follies and
weaknesses that there isn't any par
ticular virtue in sacrificing or any
particular harm in keeping"
"And which you always do keep. In
spite of all your New Years VOWS"
remarked the widow ironically.
HUH" The bachelor laughed cyni.
.cally. ITS our New Years vows that
help us to keep 'em. The very fact
that fellow has sworn to forego any
thing, whether it's habit or a girl.
makes it more attractive. I've thrown
away whole box of cigars with the
finest intentions In the world and then
gotten up in the middle of the night
to fish the pieces out of the waste bas-
ket. And that midnight smoke was
the sweetest I ever had. It was
sweeter than the apples l stole when
i vas kid and the kisses stole
when"
If you came here to dilate on the
Joys of sin, Mr.. Travers," began the
widow coldly.
And" proceeded the bachelor.
Tive made up my mind to stop flirt-
ing with a girl, because I found out
that she was beginning to-to-"
Il understand" interrupted the
widow alphabetically.
''And, by Jove!" finished the bache-
Tor. y had to restrain myself to keen
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01

MOTHER year has found
US just as we were getting
comfortably used to the
idea that summer had
really gone.
Busy people never have
time to dwell very much
ON the passing OF the sea-
sons.
The days are so full of
tasks and Father Time is
o1-ovo no%nh3-~ ,,n o-A
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01
) Little G
Jeffrey's
New Year
Luck
TITLE Jeffrey waa An 1on

TITLE jeffrey was IN or
phan lad whose lather
was killed in a railroad
accident when Jeffrey
was q tiny baby in bis
mothers arms. And the
mother had been made
50 ill by the sudden
death Of little Jef1rey's
father that she was no
longer able to care for
her baby and a. fav
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-01-01

5N'T it hard, said the
widow, glancing ruefully
at the holly-wreathed
clock on the mantel.piece,
to know where to begin
reforming YOURSELF"
Great heavens!" ex-
claimed the bachelor,
you are not going to do
anything like that, are
your"
The widow n0inted sol.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-03-25
TRIES TO DITCH TRAIN.
Then Draws Pistol and Kills His
CaptOr.

Columbia, March 19.-An attempt
to wreck the train and a murder Is
the story brought to Columbia by the
crew of the second section Of train
No. 8, Of the Seaboard Air Line
Fruit Flyer, from Florida, which
reached here to-day several hours
late. Yesterday afternoon a negro
named William DeLoach set switch
turning the train into a siding at
Davis Crossing, Fla, but the train
was under control and no damage re-
suited. The negro got on the train
and came as far as Kingland, Ga.
where he was arrested and turned
Owe" to Operator Proctor ard Sec
ton Master j. NJ. Kirkland. They
searched him and secured a revolver.
The prisoner asked for water and
the section master took him to a
water tank near the station. While
there the negro drew another pistol,
shot Kirkland and made MS escape.
Mr.. Kirkland was shot at 7.30 D.
m. and died at I1.50.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-03-25
A Good Woman Gone.

On the 22d day Of February, 1908,
Mrs. Lourene Collins, our dear sis
ter, died at her home, near where
she was born, in Oconee county, at
the age Of 54 years. She was born
may 10, 1854. She was the mother
of ten children, three dead and
seven living, who with her husband,
she left to mourn her death. She
has gone to rest. She was a true
and faithful member of the Baptist
church at Mount Zion, where she is
now resting until awakened by the
last trump. Our loss Is her great
gain. Her last words to her hus-
band we're: my dear, | have to
leave you. hate to leave you as
bad as you hate to give me up. 1
want you to live right and talk to
the children and tell them to look
up to Jesus. 1t Is sweet to rejoice
in the hope that when my change
shall come angels will hover around
my bed and watt my spirit home
There Shall my disembodied SOL
view Jesus and adore Hin Be sat
isiled and griove not and sin no
more ...... Friend.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-03-25
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature sssss sao Of Gz3Az1zm
CHICAGO REDS PLAN DEATH.
City Officials Receive Sensational
and Threatening Letters.

Chicago, March 19.-It became
known yesterday that sensational
letters, threatening novel and hide
GUS forms Of assassination, have been
received lately by Mayor Busse,
Chief Of Police Shippy and Assistant
Chief Schuetler.
The letters enclosed a dozen or
more small steel points. They were
bright and sharp. The letter to the
mayor was written in a good, regu-
lar hand and couched in grammati-
cal, If terrible terms.
The writer said he was one Of a
number Of persons banded together
to kill the mayor and other city off,
cials. A revolver, he said, had been
constructed to shoot cartridges CON-
posed of steel points, samples of
which were enclosed. The shooting
would be noiseless and the steel
points, the writer said, were dipped
IN deadly poison.
By means of this gun dose Of
fatal poison could be shot into the
system Of the intended victim and
death would ensue at once.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-03-25
rRIBUTE TO CAPT. ooURrENAY.
A Friend Who Knew Him Well Pays
Tribute to His Memory.

u
Newry, March 20.--Editors Keo-
wee Courier: 1t has been for ages a
custom among men, wheA distin-
guished and useful man dies, to me-
morialize his departure.
Now since the State has lost by
death one of its most patriotic, use
full and desirable citizens, 1t becomes
our duty, sad as 1t is, to say in pub
lie way word In memory and re-
spect for our distinguished dead, the
memory of whom for his many kind
acts in the hour of need toward tile
writer will never fade away, but for
ever live green in our memory.
The writer, by intimate business
relations, had the pleasure of being
with or near our distinguished friend
for over ten years, and during all
these years never once knew OF our
subject doing one thing that was not
honorable and above board. He
might, like all OF us, by the cares
and vexations of life at times lose
his temper and say things that he
perhaps afterwards regr. ed: but
whatever else might be said Of him,
this certainly cannot be said, that
he was not a benefactor, a patriot
and useful citizen. All Of that Is
fully attested by the splendid pio-
neer industry which was begun in
our county at Newry, on the banks
of Little River, in the year 1898, in
the way of one of the best cotton
STATE and which paved the way for
tie .rhe like industries in our coun-
ty, each Of them proving blessing
to the farmers and working people
far and wide, thus proving him
benefactcr to the people of Oconee,
not only While he was with us, but
after he has crossed the mystic river
to take up his abode forever in the
great and mysterious beyond, from
which no traveller has ever returned.
7. We make these remarks as a tri-
butte of well-earned respect toward
our distinguished friend. the Hon.
William Ashmead Courtenay, whose
great heart has ceased to beat and
whose active brain has ceased, and
whose lifelcss form has been laid to
rest by loving hands beneath beauti-
full Magnolia's sod in the historic old
city Of Charleston. Peace to his
ashes! Beneath Magnolia's shady
boughs, and over them loom for
ever the sweetest flowers
Friend.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-03-25
NO srEcIAL sIIsss ! GE.

WashIn ..fo6 March 18 a.

N - H i n
washington, March 1S.--It is re-
liably aated to o.day that President
/ eRoosayclt has determined to with
hold The special message he is known
20 have contemplated sending to
Congress. and in this connection it is
understood that the President and
leaders of the House and Senate
have reached tentative agreement
relatiyeto just what legislation will
be passed before adjournment.
The legislative program will in
/ clude the re-enactment of the en-
ployers' liability law, to be modified
to meet the objections Of the Su-
preme Court; the adoption o. reso.
luton for an inquiry by committee
Of Congress- with the object Of paw
inG the way for a revision Of the
tariff in 1909. AMI the enactment of
financial legislation along the lines
OF the AiiriCh currency hill.
There is little likelihood that the
program will include the re-enact-
"oh' W thS Iiuitdit law lOt Tie HV-
jnstnlent of disputes between capital
and labor, part of which was declar-
ed BY the Supreme Court to be un-
constitutional. Nor are any OF the
other things which the President has
recommended likely to be included
in the legislative program upon which
he and the Republican Congress lead
ers are trying to agree.
Congress, to get away in two
months, and even to carrY out a
united program, will have to hustle
If there is to be an adjournment by
the middle of May.
The fire which the President III
tends to Guild under Congress is to
!e very little fire, and will he kin
died with the consent of Republican
leaders, who do not share Mr.. Rocse-
Ve]t's radical views. The original in
tentiCn was to :lake fire so hot that
Congress would flee from it's flames
into the Roosevelt camp. The ap.
parent present irtenti IN is tn have a
rice, comfortable fire Mt which COLI
servative and radical Rooseveltites
and ndanti-Rooseveltites will warm their
hands and bodies and be filled with
the spirit of party brotherly love.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-03-25
NATURE TELLS YOU.
As Many a WalhalIa Reader Knows
Too Well.
When the kidneys are sick,

When the kidneys are sick,
Nature tells you all about it.
The urine Is natures caller dar.
lnfrequent or too frequent action;
ANY urinary trouble tells of kidney
ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kid
ney Ills
Walhalla people testify to this.
w. W. Moss, living on Faculty
Hill, Walhalla, S. c.. says: 81 suf-
fered from weak kidneys for over
three years. had dull, nagging
aching across the small of my back
and my system seemed to be filed
with uric acid poison. / had q con-
stant desire to pass the secrerions,
which caused me to arise often dur
ing the night and the passages were
attended with scalding sensation.
| felt weak and nervous and was in a
serious condition. | finally procured
Doan's Kidney Pills at DR. ]. w.
Bells drug store, and since / began
using them l have obtained great re-
Het | cannot speak too highly In
favor OF your reliable remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
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New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember tho name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-03-25
OLD SUIT IN NEW FORM.
Land 0wneTs ON seneca River Will
Sue Clemson Trustees.
(Anderson Mail. 19th.l

d
1t will be remembered that some
time ago suit was Instituted against
the trustees of Clemson College by
DR.. John Hopkins and others, of Sem
eca, for alleged damages to their bot
tom lands on Seneca river by the
dixie built on the college farm. 1t is
claimed that the dixie caused the river
to overflow and damage the bottom
lands on the river below the college
farm. .
When the DR.. Hopkins case was
called In the court it was thrown out
on the ground that the college trus-
tees are agents of the State, and 1t
Is a well recognized principle of law
that the State cannot be sued ex-
cept with It's consent. This point
was sustained by the State Supreme
Court.
A bill was then introduced In the
Legislature granting permission to
bring th'se suits, but the bill was
killed.
Col. r. T. Jaynes, Of Walhalla, Is
the attorney for the land owners who
claim to have suffered because Of the
dixie. Col. Jaynes, who was in An
| derson to-day, stated that the DR..
Hopkins case will be carried to the
| United States Supreme Court. In
the meantime another move is to be
made, which will be watched with a
good deal of interest.
The land owners, instead of wait
| ing on the outcome of the DR.. Hop
kins case, have instructed Col.
Jaynes to bring suit against the
Clemson trustees in their individual
capacities. The idea seems to be
that If the trustees cannot be sued as
agents of the State, they may be
held to account for their alleged
wrong doing in the dixie matter in a
personal capacity. ... ~
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-03-25
All Accounted For.

"Whar's John these days?"
"Pot-lickin' in Texas"
"An' Billy--him that broke a Jug
an his leg endurin' the blizzard?"
"Gittin' married in Alabama"
"An' Dick-whar's he?"
"Blind-tigerin' in Georgy.'
"Rufe lost his eyesight, l hear?"
"Weh, he migrated to Chattynoo-
gy when prohibition come, an hear
tell he's been blind ever sence!"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-03-25
Cleveland II Years Old.

Lakewood, N. J., March 1S.--FOr-
mer President Cleveland is to-day
quietly spending the list anniver-
sary of his birthday with his family
and a few friends, including DR.. J..
B. Bryant, 'his physician and old
friend. and all the Cleveland chill
dren.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-03-25

Generally debilitated for years.
Had sick headaches. lacked Ambition.
was wom-out and all ruu. down. Bur-
dock Blood Bitters made RE a we'll
woman. dis. Chas. treitoy. Moo
Ili Conn
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-03-25
Abe Hummcll is Free.

New York, March 19.--When the
notorious crook lawyer, Abe Hum
NEIL, was released from the pen this
morning, he sneaked into a waiting
automobile and was driven to a hid
ing place. His so-called friends have
proposed to banquet" the person
whom District Attorney Jerome made
out about thu meanest man in New
York on Saturday night A member
Of his family says that before then
he will be on his way to a warmer
European country for health, which
jf not improved soon, will land him
in his grave.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-03-25

Don't think that piles can't be
cured. Thousands OF obstinate
cases. have been cured by Doan's
Ointment. soc. at any drug store.
Smyrna times., 1908-09-09
EXCISE RAID IN MILFORD
ROUND UP SPEAEEASIES
TWENTY-FOUR ARRESTS MADE
BY DETECTIVES AND OFFICERS
Some of The Large Whiskey Dealers
Get The Tip And Escape-War-
rants Out For 40 More

A general roundup of alleged speak
easy prOprietOrs was made between
midnight and four o'clock at Milford
Friday morning. 1t was conducted
by the sheriffs of both Kent and Sus-
sex counties, aided by two of D. Clar-
ence Gibboney's detectives from Phil
adelphia, and "a men and women.
both white and colored, were ar
rested. Many of the large whiskev
dealers got the tip before the raiding
began, and made their escape. There
are warrants still out for about 40
persons, who will be arrested as
rapidly as they can be. located. The
prisoners taken in Sussex county
were Daniel Ennis, Courtland Gibson.
John Van, Sallie Van, Frank Con
nell, William Tingle, Lewis Cornell
Sarah Gordon, and John Russ. all
negroes. In the Kent side the pris-
oners were James Williams. John w.
Bennett, Walter Matklin, Jerry Mas
ter, Ed LOwery, William Lowerv.
John Morgan, Harry Hudson, all
white; Charles Robinson, Alex. Rich
ards, John Adams, Upshire johnson.
Charles Burton, and Charles Sordon.
colored. SOrdon was rearrested af-
ter having been released in Sussex
County. Nearly all the prisoners
were held in $500 bail. Those who
were unable to give bail were taken
to the jails at Dover and Georgetown.
The lockups were filled to overflow
ing. There were 10 persons in cells
made to accommodate only two, and
many were obliged to stand because
of the crowding.
Smyrna times., 1908-09-09
SMYRNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OPENS WITH FEW CHANGES
MISS JULIA GRIFFITH SUCCEEDS
MISS EMILY W. SPRUANCE
Principal Pontz Unable to Report Yes
terdaY on Account of Illness of His
Oaughter--School Enrolment 26o

Oaughter--School Enrolment 26o
The Smyrna Public Schools after a
recess of two months opened yester-
day with an enrolment of over 26O
pupils. Supervising Principal John
r Burdette who has been spending
his summer at Monrovia, Md. ar
rived home last week and has been
giving his attention to the enrolment
OF new pupils. Besides those in town
there have been number who have
matriculated from the country dis
tricts. Principal Pontz who has been
spending the summer at Lancaster.
Pa, did not report fer duty vester-
day morning but information came
later that his daughter Miss Mildred
is critically i'll and he was unable to
leave her. Mr.. Burdette will take
charge of his department until he ar
rlves. The School Faculty remains
about the same as last year with the
exception of Miss Julia Griffith who
was elected recently to succeed Miss
Emily Spruance who resigned to ac-
cept more lucrative position at
Clayton. Shortly after her resigna
tion the Smyrna Board of Education
raised the salaries of the LADY
teachers SIS. 90 per month. During
the summer months, the schools have
been thoroughly renovated and everv-
thing done, that could be done for
the comfort of the pupils. The
curriculum remains unchanged for
the ensuing year and the government
will be the "SchCol City" which w. S
successfully inaugurated by Super
vising Principal Burdette several
years ago. A new organization will
be effected as soon as the schools
get in running shape. The total
enrolment, it is noted, is about the
same as last year, although it will
probably be increased by the time
all pupils, some of whom are work
ing in the canning factories, and
other places, report. Under the
compulsory education law all children
between the ages of Z and Ia must
attend school and this law will be as
rigidly enforced in this district as
other places of the state.