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The Somerset reporter., 1908-03-26
sOION.


Mrs. Willie Nottage and infant son
who have been suffering from sc
we're throat trouble, are gaining.
A number of our citizens were sum
moned to appear before the Grand
Jury Tuesday.
Blackwell and Edwards clerk, Mr..
Ed Burns of Madison was in town
Wednesday, taking orders for furni-
ture and carpets.
Sheriff A. w. Rowen spent the past
week in Skowhegan in attendance at
court.
NJ. L. French made a business trip
to New Sharon, Tuesday.
Mr.. Fred Curtis is rebuilding his
chimney in his vacant rent and is
planning quite extensive repairs.
Miss Inez Whipple is spending a
few weeks in Washington and New
York with friends from Madison.
Mrs. Patten of Minnesota who has
been visiting her cousin, Mrs. Will
liam Whipple, in town, left Monday.
Miss Alta Gray is home from He
bron Academy for her Easter vaca-
tion.
Mrs. Abbey and daughter who have
been cooking over the river this win
ter are at home again.
Miss Ethel French and Carl john
son of Madison Center were in town
Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nj. NJ. Townsend spent
the day Saturday in Skowhegan.
Mr.. Sterling of Bingham was in
town Friday delivering furniture.
The Royal Neighbors have been re-
hearsing this week as they go to
Bingham Wednesday evening to insti-
tute lodge there.
Mrs. Sarah Mantor and daughter,
Mrs. Walon Mantor of West Madison
were in town Tuesday.
There will be special meeting of
Keystone Lodge No. 80 F. & A. M.
Saturday evening, March 2sth to
work the second and third degree.
North Somerset Grange celebrated
its thirty econd anniversary Satur-
day, March 21st. with an all day meet
ing and dinner.
1t is rumored that the pulp mill
may shut down the first of April.
A. j. Adams finished loading a car
load of potatoes for George Pishon
Tuesday.
Mr.. David Rowell has been con-
fined to the house a few days with a
bad cold.
State inspector of creameries was
in town Saturday looking over the
Scion creamery.
Rev. A. A. Callaghan and Rev. G.
E. Cudw orth exchanged pulpits Sun
day morning.
Miss Sadie Young came home from
Waterville Tuesday evening.
The selectmen will be at P. S.
Longley's office, April LIST in readiness
for receiving true and perfect list OF
all property liable to taxation for the
coming year.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-03-26
Il The News of Somerset's Busy Towns Il

saving outfit. They began work at
about nine O'Clock in the forenoon
and completed the job before six
O'Clock and part of the wood was
frozen down.
Fred Hurley and Miss Mitchell of
Skowhegan were in town, Sunday,
visiting friends.
Mrs. Esther Carr returned, last
week, from Boston. where she has
been for number of days.
Miss Fay Barker visited friends in
Madison, Saturday
For many years a large group of
pines on the north side of the river
have been a land mark that could be
seen for long distance in almost any
direction and were mentioned by
Sophia May In her writings. They
are now thing of the past, having
just succumbed to the all absorbing
demand for lumber and their name
will soon be boards.
Mrs. H. G. Hussey and little daugh-
ter, Virginia, will leave this week for
Providence, r. l., where they will
visit Mrs Hussey's sister and the
little girl will have a course of treat
Mr.. Hussey, who will return home
sometime in the early parts of next
week.
A crew have been busy for a num-
Der Of days putting new roofing on to
the Somerset Railroad station here.
Something more than year ago a
crew covered this roof, but for some
reason, the covering was defective
and the building was flooded at every
rain.
Miss Mabel Drake entertained the
members of her English class at her
home on Monday evening, the even
ing being very pleasantly spent.
The firm of Sproul, Paul & Co., Bos-
ton, Mass, whose card appears in
another part of this issue, wishes to
inform their shippers, that they will
continue business under the same
name, as before the death of the late
Mr.. G. F. II. Paul. They respectfully
solicit your shipments, which will re-
ceive the same prompt attention as
in the past.
At the annual meeting of the Con
gregational parish last week there
was a large attendance and the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year. Clerk, William Long
ley; Treas, o. F. Hall; parish com
mittee, George Carr, Fred Everett,
Eben Miller, Mrs. Mary Carr and
Mrs. Harriet Field; collectors, Cony
Russell, Leland Merrill, Mrs. Harriet
Field. After the meeting refresh
ments of cake and coffee were served
by the ladies'.
Harry Burgess has returned to
town and secured position as as
sistant station agent here. We are
glad to have Mr.. Burgess again here
and hope that the new situation will
prove congenial.
Mrs. William Whitney is again on
the sick list.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-03-26
SHARKS.

The snow is fast leaving and wag-
ons are again seen.
We are glad to lie arm that some of
the sick ones are improving.
Mr.. Sampson Duly remains about
the same.
Mrs. w. II. Creation went to Madi-
son Monday, shopping.
Miss Hazel Beane of New Sharon is
spending few weeks with her aunt,
Mrs. A. G. Sawyer, who is in poor
health.
B. A. Beane and Roscoe Paine of
New Sharon were in town one day
recently.
The Ladies' Aid will meet in Snell's
hall, Tuesday evening, Mar. 31st.
Will Witham and wife of Arson
were visitors at F. L. McLaughlin's
last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will OF Avon visited
their daughter, Mrs. w. W. Creation,
a few days the first of the week.
We regret to learn that Axel Erick-
son is on the sick list again.
B. A. Became and G. w. Gray of New
Sharon were callers at F. L. McLaugh-
Inns Monday.
Mrs. II. V. Creation is visiting her
granddaughter, Mrs. Walter Hilton
in Arson this week.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-03-26
DEATHS.

st. Johnsbury. Nt--March 10, stephen Pro
yencal, aged ~ years
Pittsfeld-March -, Henry Augustus Lib
by aged 81 years.
Skowhegan-March q, Ralph j., son OF Mr.
and Mrs ". Il. Pennell, aged years.
Observation-Disclosures -. Mrs. Lester savage
of East Madison. aged - years.
Skowhegan--March -, William Doran,
aged IL years.
KIchmond-March 10, Augustus l.. Preble.
aged So years.
Ruda, Ill-March IL, James W. Weston,
formerly ofSkowhegan aged Sc years.
Lancaster, n. H-March 49, George q
Mann aged 63 years.
Watervllle. p. Q-March %. Mrs. Ellen
oliver Cross, aged 81 years.
Watervllle-March 20, James Spauldlng,
formerly of Norridgewock.
Culburtson, Northumberland 10, willard }.
Ford, aged about As years
Harmony-March ~, Charles Looms, aged
81 years.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-03-26
REVERE-CORNViLLE

The Rowel Brothers of South Scion
was in this vicinity saving wood with
a gasolene engine.
Messrs S. II. Beal and Lester Stew
ems went to North Arson on business,
Monday.
Mrs. Pauline Palmer spent a few
days, last week, at Skowhegan at the
homes of her brothers, Albert and
Joseph Smith.
Mrs. Addie Beal spent the day, re
Gently, with Mrs. Emma Locke. Mr..
Beal also arrived just before supper
and spent the evening.
There are few men in Skowhegan
who regard Lester Stevens and
Maurice Gaylord as unusually kind
men, for they seem to think 1t will be
all right for them to come to the
woods of these men and take all the
wood they wish without even saying
a word. The only way we account
for them imposing on these men so
much is because they think Lester
and Maurice have no wives to try
tn cir patience so they can stand a
good deal.
Alden Giles has sold his farm to
Messrs Sheffield and Zero of Marian
vile, N. Y, who will arrive soon to
take possession. Mr.. Giles will move
for time to the home of his boyhood
near the old ice house owned by
Greene Brothers.
The Misses Pearl Collins and Mamie
Hall are at home for a short vacation
from East Madison, where they are
attending school.
Mrs. Abbie Parkman spent the
afternoon last Saturday with her sis
ter, Mrs. Mary Rowell. Mrs. Park
man very seldom goes away from
home SO this seems worthy of note.
Miss Dora Parkman of the Somer-
set Hospital spent Sunday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Park
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Baker called
ON friends at East Madison, Sunday
afternoon.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-03-26
SOUTH SOLON.

Joel McIntire, who has been suffer-
ing from rheumatism for many years,
is gradually growing worse and now
is in an almost helpless condition.
Mrs. Brennan of Minnesota, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. AL
vim Head, started for home last Sun
day.
Scott McAllister who has been driv-
ing A. G. Heald's team on the Dead
River got home Sunday.
Albert Adams has finished pressing
hay for the season. Since last fall he
has pressed over $50 tons in this and
adjoining towns.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-03-26
BIRTHS.

Madson-March T. to the wife Of Harlon
Haynes, son.
En- bden-March II, to the wife of Allen
ID. Hodgdon. son.
Anson-March IL, to the wife of Frank
Greenleaf, son.
PaImyra-March II. to the vile of Ii. IL.
Hubbard n son.
Port Deposit, Md, Mar. l3.-to the wife of
Walter Flint, n son.
Skowhegan-March ~ to the wife of Fred
Dulac, daughter.
Smithheld-March l6, to the wife Of Wal
lace Tracey, daughter.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-03-26
NORTH CoRNvlLLe.

The Athens stage went on wheels,
March oath.
Walter B. Wilson arrived at the
Red Horse Inn, last week.
The sad news arrived here, Mon
day, of the death of Mrs. Lester
Savage.
Ralph MCCARTHY is home from the
woods.
Mary Collins is at work at Arthur
Morrill's.
+. w. Cronkhite and wife were at
&. w. Bates over Sunday.
B. Libby fell and injured his knee
while at work at Stewards mill,
Saturday.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-03-26
MADISON CENTRE

Mrs. Marilla Rowe was the guest of
Mrs. w. d. Hayden, last Monday.
Mrs. Rufus Mckinney has been i'll
for the past week, but is improving
Mrs. Annie Bosworth of East Madison
is stopping with her for few days.
Mrs. Laben Lincoln of East Madi-
son spent last Thursday with Miss
Olive Hayden.
Robert Hayden of Athens visited
at his old home Sunday night and un-
til Monday noon.
The legal voters of the Madison
Center Burying Ground societies.
meeting will be held at the house oil
w. E. French in Madison on Saturday
March 2Sth at 3 O'Clock in the after
noon. All are invited to attend this
meeting by order of the clerk.
Mrs. Nancy Norton, with her sister
Mrs. Ballard are spending a few days
with her son, Ira, of Skowhegan.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-03-26

Big bundle of old papers cents at
the REPORTER office.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-03-26
BLACKWELL.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Steward of
Madison were calling on friends in
this vicinity last Sunday.
Coles Richards who has been work
ing up to Deadwater the past winter
arrived home last Saturday night.
Fred Conant of Skowhegan was in
this vicinity last week looking after
cows. He purchased one of M. NJ.
Moore.
Mrs. Sarah Spear and Mrs. Matilda
Hayden called on Mrs. Elvira Veasey
last Saturday.
About thirty five scholars and
teachers of the Madison High school
gave Miss Eda Danforth surprise
last Wednesday night. 1t was COM
plete surprise and it was all the
more enjoyable for those present.
We hear that "Wedding bells"
will ring in this neighborhood before
many ''moons."
The Somerset reporter., 1908-03-26
MARRIAGES..

Skowhegan-March y, by the Rev. Fred
y. Letch, Mr.. Ralph Paul Blunt Of Farming
ton and NJ ISIS Ada Festa Bunker of this place
Bingham-March 2l, by the Rev. W. \.
Richmond, Mr., Harry Hanson Hight and
Mlss Emma May Hilton.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-03-26

Baker and Priest have set their in.
cubators on 222 eggs and if they have
as good luck as they have with their
pigs they hope to get one chicken.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-15
PRIVATE BANKERS
Should Be in jail Says Attorney
General Jackson.

sI have never met, in like per
;od. so many men who ought to be
in iail, as in my recent investigation
of the affairs of banks that got into
difficulties in the recent panic said
Attorney General Jackson. OF New
York, in addressing the annual din
ner of the Brownsville board OF
trade, in Brooklyn, Thursday even
ing.
Comptroller Metz, Bird S. Coler'
and Senator McCarren were among
the 200 Brooklyn business men Wso
heard him.
"The lawless methods Of those pi-
rate bankers" Mr.. Jackson contln-
ned. through deliberate and nag
rant violations of the trust reposeo
in then. by depositors, the reckless
,se of ether mems money for the
promotion of their own speculations
constitute a chapter in the history
,s high finance in this city VINCE
,ronerly can be compared only to the
,perations of the Tweed ring. or the
traction gang, and which throws
yreat light upon the question as te
gbo is responsible for the haancia
panic of 1907.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-15
PRETTY BOOK AGENT.
4 Miner Came Near Marrying His
Own Sister.

A dispatch from Englewood, S. D..
saws Albert Jackson aad Miss >'innle
9urton discovered just before the
lay set for their marriage that they
Fere brother and sister, and they
,ave gone north to northern Mime
:ota to make search for their moth
- whom they have not seen since
hey were little children.
Jackson is miner and has beer
in the Black Hills for several years
Miss Burton came to the hills Sin o.
-eyen months ago as a book agent
rh. Young woman sold the young
miner some books. jackson fell IL
,ova with her and 4 few weeks age
asked her to marry him. she con
sented, and they set day tor the
nuptials. ~
II came to light jut before 1he
s3ate set for the wedding that .dls:
Burton's real name was Northlng
tom and Jackson's real name Wa'
also Worthington. They had beer
adonted when children, taken tn
3napoes of their foster parents ans
Host track of each other, neither ever
knowing the names Of the other un
| ii the Developments which interrupt
ed their wedding plans.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-15
FIVE KILLED OUTRIGHT.
In Head On Collision Out in Ala
pama.

A special from Vinegar Bend, Ala,
tells Of a disastrous wreck on the
Alabama & Mississippi railroad Fri
day, caused by a head on collision
between passenger train and a
logging train. Five persons were
killed outright and two were serious
ly injured. The dead are: w. B.
Paine, merchant, Vinegar Bend;
Charles C. Busbee. section fore
man: three negroes, names unknown.
The list of injured is as follows:
Frank Marks, engineer Of the pas
senger train, will die; Henry Hall,
fireman of the passenger train. ser
iously injured; several negroes slight
ly injured.
Twelve miles west of Vinegar
Bend, the road turns sharply and
the greater portion of this curve is
made up of trestling that spans a
ravine and small brook at the bot
tom. Running at fair speed. the tres
senger train took the curve and tres
the trestle gave way and both en-.
came on the opposite end. Before
Engineer Marks could bring his
train to stop the trains met head
on in the certre Of the trestle.
simultaneously with the collision
the trestle gave way and both en-
gines and trains fell to the bottom
On the logging train were number
of conYicts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-15
MANNING S. c. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY l5 1908
OF MYSTERY
New Jerseys LampbIack Swamp
Case to Be Cleared Up.
Her Husband, With Whom She Is
Known to Have Quarreled, Has
Been Charged With Her Death.

Theodore S. Whitmore, Of Brook
lyn, n. Y, has been formerly charg-
ed by the new Jersey courts with the
murder Of his wife. Lena Whitmore,
whose dead body was found half
submerged in the Lampblack swamp,
at Harrison, surburb Of New York.
and which case, until the identity Of
the woman had been established,
was one Of the most sensational New
York city has ever known. 1t took
ten days Of ceaseless work upon the
part OF the entire police and detee-
tive force Of the metropolis before
the dead body was identified as that
Of Mrs. Whitnore, hundreds Of clews
being run to earth and several iden-
tifcations made. But with the one
great mystery as to who the woman
was cleared away, the authorities can
now set to work to find her slayer.
Although Theodore Whitmore, her
husband. is in jail charged with the
crime, yet it was only by stretching
the law point or two that he was
held. He was known to have quar-
relied with his wife short time be-
fore her dead body was found Christ
mas day, and it was known that 9TH
or men were paying attention to her.
But as sure as the police are that
knows something about
the death Of his wife, they are just
as certain that he had an aceomplice,
but the great question which con-
fronts them is, who is it? The pris-
oner had several mysterious visitors
at that time Of his career, between
Dec. "a and 26, which the police are
trying to account for every minute
Of, but there is a great deal Of spec
ulation as to who these men were.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-15
a DIABOLICAL CRIME.
Woman is Murdered and Her Babe
Left to Be Buried.

One of the most diabolical crimes
ever committed in Gwinnett county,
Ca. was perpatrated in Cater dis
trict, and as {. result John Hudson
and Henry Campbell. two negroes,
are in jail at LawrenceVille, Ca
charged with murder and arson.
The house Of John Hudson was
found to be on fire, and when neigh
bors came in they discovered the
bodies OF Hudson's wife and-three-
months-old baby in the flames.
The bodies we're removed from the
burning building, and it was seen al
once that the woman had been mur-
dered by blow on the head. Sne
was also stabbed through the nea!t'
and then also dismembered.
The child was not killed. but was
left to die in the flames. Coroner Il.
Moon was notified, and after IN
vestigating the case ordered the ar
rest of John Hudson and henry
Campbell as the murderers:
Sheriff Brown brought the two
negroes immediately to Lawrence
vile and placed them in jail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-15
MANY STARVING.
New York Children Without Food
to Sustain Life.
FUNDS VERY SH0RT7

Report the Hebrew and Other Be-
neyolent es.-Contributions
Reduced, and the Worst of the
Winter Ahead.--There is Worse
Distress Than Has Been Known in
Twenty Years in New York.
Twenty thousand children in the
city Of New York are starving, not
starving to death, but living on less
food than is necessary to sustain
life. This declaration was made re-
Gently by Cyrus Sulzberger at a
meeting OF the Jewish Communal
institution. Inquiries that have since
been made reveal that conditions are
evn worse than he indicated, that the
calls on public charities are greater
than in 90 years and that the COR
| tributions are less by one-half than
ever before. The result is that all the
charitable organizations are able to
do is to keep the roofs over the
heads of the poor, but not to furnish
them food.
The deficit in funds has so Grip
pied relief work that thousands Of
needy persons must be turned empty
away and New York, one of the
wealthiest and mosc charitable cities
in the world, is called upon to wit
ness distressing conditions on all.
sides.
Lee K. Frankel, secretary OF the
United Hebrew Charities, declares
his society has nothing to give.
Among his people 10000 children
are being supported, the offspring of
ablebodied men who have been
thrown out Of work, the children OF
widows and those whose parents are
either dead or do rot support them.
He says the budget of the society is
too small and is alrady s6O,0Oo
short, with worse conditions to face
as the winter adva.-ces.
The Chidren's Aid siciety is feed
ing 5000 children daily. All agree
there are thousands who are never
reached. Mr.. Brace, the secretary
declares the distress is general and
not confined to any one class. Mr..
Bruere, general agent for the I'M
provement of the Condition of the
Poor, is equally worried over pre-
sent conditions.
He declares that families who
never before sought aid are now
compelled to depend solely on char
ity on account of the lack Of en-
ployment. Continued lack OF Work
will cause the most dire KIND OF
hardships as the winter advances.
The municipal lodging houses nave
been doubled. but. while the home
less and employed can be lodged,
they cannot be fed. In such times
the children suffer first, Mr.. Bruere
saws. and should be provided fcr I'M
mediately.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-15
NEW TUNNEL OPEN.
The First Train Runs lnaer has'
River.

Tho first passenger train passed
through the new tunnel under the
east river. between Manhattan ana
BROOKLYN. shortly before one O'Clock
Wednesday morning. Starting from
.be Bowling Green station, on the
Manhattan side Of the river. 1t reach-
ed the Borough Hall station IN aoou'
,iy minutes. With the starting oacA
If the train. the regular INTERIOR
.,ngh service was put into operatlon'
It was possible to accommooate
only a small part Of the enthuslas.lc
arooklvn crowd that came across the
liver TO ride in the first train. othef
rains, however. followed IN oulcA
succession. but as these ran from the
Bronx to Brooklyn, the overflow ID
The Bowling Green station sfiil mac
70 wait. These trains We're pacKee
with Brooklynites.
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and for dastardly or wiltul murder,
death.
II venture the assertion that had
the l5S persons who killed their
fellowmen during the last half OF
last wear know positively the penalty
for homicide was certainly two, pos
sibly fifty, years Imprisonment, not
one-fourth of the number of homi-
cides would have occurred in this
state.
II know I will be met with the
case of person who kills unquestion-
ABLY in defense of himself, his home
or his family. My reply is, We US
ually have man of integrity and
honor in the governors chair, In
whose hands is the prerogatiye OF
pardon.
81 stated at the outset that drastic
measures should be adopted, re.
peat it. Louis ). 6rls1o".
Williamson, Jan. 5, 1908.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-15
..EGROES LYNCHED.
They Assaulted Farmer and His
Wife Murderously.

A dispatch from Hawkinsville, Ga.
says murderous assault was made
on Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Livingston
at their home at Goldsboro in the
upper part of the county Thursday
night at o'clock by two negro farm
hands on the place.
Mr.. Livingston was struck Oh the
head with hatchet and his wife s
throat was cut. Both were danger
ously hurt, and at last accounts were
not expected to live. The deed was
committed, it is supposed, fer The
purpose Of robbery.
Sheriff Rogers started at once fol
the scene, but was notified that the
negroes had been captured and shot
Ito death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-15
SHOT THEM BOTH.
The alurderous Act Of jealous
Young Man.

AS the result Of tragedy at Mar
ion, n. c., which occurred in front OF
the First National Bank building,
James Patterson was killed outright
and Alfred Patterson. his brother
was picked up in the street in a dy-
ing condition.
The shooting was done by Graham
Finley, a well-known young man or
Marion, and was over Miss Patterson
a sister of the two men shot. Fin
ley met Miss Patterson in company
with Henry Moore, his rival, as the
two were returning from church. he
demanded that Moore surrender the
girl to him and was met with
prompt. refusal.
A personal encounted ensued, ano
the girls brothers, who were alsc
returning from church with a party
of ladies', appeared on the scene ano
took their sisters escorts part
whereupon Finley drew his revolver
and killed one of them outright ane
mortally wounded the other. Hf
| was arrested.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-15
sW1NDLER CAUGHT.
Man Who Collected Money tacei
False Pretenses Held.

G. A. Thurston. who operated II
Sumter last summer, representing
himself as an agent OF the knights
of Honor, and who got a good llrtie
nile of money and beat his. board b, !
has been caught in Louisville, Ky.
and is in jail there. a photograph
If Thurston has been received II
Sumter by Sheriff Epperson for iden-
tifcation. Warrants have been sworn
ont against Thurston, and when tue
louisville authorities are through
with him, the Sumter county courts
will deal with him.