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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-10-13
SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

By order Of the Probate Court we
will sell at the court house at New
berry, S. c., October II, 1908, at 10
o 'clock, the personal property of the
estate Of T. S. Duncan, deceased, con-
sisting of parlor furniture, bedding,
bedroom furniture, trunks, writing
desk, books, etc.
Terms: Cash.
". A. Dunn,
S. NJ. Duncan,
Administrators.
o.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-04

When a young man is leaving her
house at midnight all filled with love
and noble thoughts, it is tough luck
to be suspected of burglary and fol-
lowed six blocks by plebeian police
man.
4 = +
Many a man will trust a woman inn
plicitly in all things except in handling
the pay envelope. Nine times out of
ten she can make it go further. too.
Occasionally she can make it go quick
er, tbs true; but, as a rule, woman is
a better buyer than a man.
"Pronoun Guide"
1t is said the school children in Mad
Ison have what they call "a guide to the
use OF pronouns" which they spring on
their elders whenever opportunity offers.
The verse runs:
Have her went. am her gone,
Have her left 1 all alone?
Her can never come to we.
Us can only go to she.
o, cruel Fate, to be so blind,
To bring 1 hence leave she behind"
VIII f. Griffin
o o o
September DeIieaeies.
On the beach we find the shells.
But the pearls are In the sea
don't care for either one
Bring the oysters In to met
Rx.>M44e4s
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-04

Everybody said they Lever heard OF
such thing as n person getting so
fat when done NJ in plaster cast
that the old cast had to be taken off
and new one fitted or to give the
patien: a chance to grow, but the
doctor dec!ai cd that tho occurrence
was by no means phenomenal.
MANY illnesses do not result In
emaciation, especially down in this
part of town." he said. Scores Of
poorly fed patients that are brought
to the hospital in a skinny condition
take on flesh amazingly while under
treatment. This is especially notice
able in the case of an accident where
= plaster cast is necessary. Then the
am, the leg. the body even that Is
thus incased increases in size under
hospital fare, until the patient Is in
positive pain from The pressure and
has to be relieved with larger cast"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-04
WIS Y HVE>k x ~

Gee!
HE neighbors rushed in
to the home of a friend
of mine the other
night, called there by
the lusty screaming of
a woman. 1t was my
friends wife. He had
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-04
Jan View of Baseball.

One strong-arm gentleman called a
Pitch is hired TO throw. Another gen.
tleman called 4 Sop is responsible
for whatever that Hon. Pitch throw to
him. so lie protect ni.1sclf from
wounding by soft pillows which he
wear on hands. Another gentleman
called Striker stand in front of
that Stop and hold up club to fright
of that Hon. Pitch from angry rago
of throwing things. Hon. Pitch in
hand hold one baseball of an uuripe
condition of hardness. He raises that
arm lofty-then twist-a sudden! He
shoot them bullet-ball straight to
breast of Hon. Stop. Hon. Striker
swing club for vain effort. 1t is a miss
and them deathly ball shoot Hon. Stop
in gloves. Struck oncer decry Hon.
Emperor, person who is there to
gossip about 1t in a loud voice.-H.
Togo, In Atlantic.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-04

feathered in delicate pearl gray with
wing tips Of black and white. Stand
upon the shore of one of the great
lakes and the same bird will be found
picking up its daily bread from the
face of the fresh water. Float In your
canoe with the current Of the Mis-
slssippi and your gray clad friend of
the Atlantic and the lakes will bear
you gentle company.
The public little knows the bird
fight-it was a fight, nothing less
that was waged for years before the
men who had espoused the cause of
the innocents could claim victory.
Uncle Sam took a hand in the fight
and put himself at the head of the
little band of bird partisans. The men
who engaged in the conflict had first
to overcome that most potent of all
weapons, ridicule. They were called
dreamers and "old women" but the
blows they struck soon knocked the
thought that they were weakling SEN
timentalists out of the heads of their
antagonists
The gulls and terms perhaps best
known to the people of the United
States are the herring gull already
named, Bonaparte's gull (Larus phila-
delphia), Wilson's tern (Sterna hirun-
lo) and the black tern (Hydrochelidon
nlgra simultaneously. A sum of money
known as the Thayer fund is being
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-04
BIRDS KILLED FOR FASHION

tering cries of fear and of distress
at the danger which they suppose
threatens their nests, he shoots them
down ruthlessly. The survivors SEEM
ingly do not understand what has hap
pened to their murdered fellows and
they continue to circle about the head
Of the intruder until the last one is
sacrificed on the altar of fashion.
This is dark picture, but there is
lighter one. All along the Atlantic
coast upon the islands where the her.
ring gull, the Bonapartes, the kitti-
wakes (Rissa tridactyla) and the 9th
er sea birds build, there are stationed
this summer men who have the au-
thority of the law to stop the slaughter
of the birds and TO prevent the steal
ing of their eggs. These men are abb
solutely fearless. They must needs
be, for the class which preys upon the
birds is irresponsible and often willing
to commit any crime rather than to
have ended their lucrative occupation
Of bird murder.
The Thayer fund, which is used for
the employment of wardens for the
protection of sea birds, is not large
sum, but under the direction of Will
liam butcher, treasurer of the Amer
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-04

were protected through the time OF
their nesting.
Here is an answer to such doubters.
1t is only one case among hundreds.
and it is far from being the most fla.
grant of those reported. A man
named Small-something in a name
posslbly-shot gulls and terms for the
market. In the seven days he killed
1925 birds. The selling price was 12h
cents for each victim. Smalls weeks
work of slaughter brought him in
something over $500.
The movement for the protection Of
the birds along the Atlantic started a
similar movement on the great lakes
and along the coast of California.
Many of the gulls and terms breed in
the islands of northern Lake Michigan
and on the islands and along the
shores of Huron and Superior. Moral
suasion rather than money was used
in the western territory. 1t is a sad
commentary. perhaps, on human ma
ture that the experience of the bird
protectors has shown that money. cash
down at that, has been more effective
in saving the birds than an appeal to
the sympathies of men and women.
When the day comes that sees no
free wild bird riding on tireless pin
ions above the lashing waves of lake
and ocean the waterside for him who
seeks 1t in the love of nature will have
lost much OF its present potent charm.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-04

used this year for the protection of
the gulls and terms upon their breed
ing islands along the Atlantic coast.
The black tern, however, gets little
of the benefit of this protection, for it
nests largely in the marshes of the in
land. This beautiful bird, with its
fore part a glossy black, which takes
on an iridescence in the sunshine, has
been shot so ruthlessly that hundreds
of its former haunts know it no more.
Like the herring and the Bonaparte
gulls, 1t is at home practically in all
parts of temperate North America, or
it would be at home If man, as haply
now he will, would but allow it to
domestlcate itself.
There are few sights in nature more
beautiful than the view of a nesting
colony of black terms, as the old birds
glide backward and forward. turning
as lightly as swallows above their
nests lying at the base of the bending
flags.
The black tern has been in such
demand for millinery purposes that
a man with knowledge of the nesting
place Of a colony in his breast and
with a shotgun in his hand has been
able to make a months wages in
days shooting. There is something
absolutely constituencies about the
method of killing the terms. The mar
ket hunter seeks out the nesting place.
Pushes the birds from their nests. and
while they hover about his head, ut
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-04

lean Ornithologists' Union, a small
amount of money has been made to do
large service.
Another story was told by these re-
turned summer residents of the Is
lands. They said that in many cases
the birds would fall wounded before
the shots of the market hunters, and,
still living, would be picked up to
have their wings torn off, the birds
then being tossed to the beach to
linger for awhile and to die in agony.
1t was shown that in some cases where
the birds had been but slightly wound
ed they had managed to survive even
the tearing away of their wings and
that in many places on the islands
there were wingless birds picking up
precarious living which would be
theirs only until the winter came and
froze their innocent lives. The gulls
whose wings were torn off were those
whose body plumage was in too poor
condition for the market.
There was an investigation of these
stories of horrd cruelty. They were
found to be true. If an additional
spur were needed to quicken the
movement for the protection OF the
gulls and terms 1t was found in the
recital of these tales of the inhumanity
Of the gunners. Money was raised,
wardens were appointed and the birds
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-04

And in a still, secluded spot some magic,
mirrored nook.
He stops to cut a crotched stick and bait
his trusty hooki
And while he sees the trembling cork
bob up and down with glee,
He knows a bullhead sucks the bait with
hungry ecstasy!
And as he gives his pole jerk and hooks
the fish secure
His heart leaps up with warbllng birds
that sing an overture!
I seek not Cromwells thrills of heart, the
pride of Charlemagne,
/ do not pine for Marathon nor Edwards
kingly reign,
/ only ask that may be a patched and
freckled boy
The ruler of a bull-head hole, upon q
throne of JOY!
@ @ G
A Laugh or Two.
There are people who are perfect
chumps. Far be it from me, however,
to pick 'em out.
4 4 4
1t doesn't seem to me to-day that
ever could have kicked because had
to shovel snow!
Z Z Z
If some people would not chew the
rag so much they would have better
teeth for masticating beefsteak.
4 4 4
l never could see how men can save
enough money during the winter time
to pay their taxes and buy their win.
ter coal in the springtime.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-04
EmeraIds.

At the present day most of the EN-
eralds that come into the market are
obtained from the famous mines of
Muzo. in the Columbian province Of
Bayaca. These workings are situated
on the eastern slope of the Andes.
about 30 miles to the north-northwest
of the town Of Santa Fe de Bogota.
There is another mine. called Las
quez. two days journey by muleback
from Muze.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-04
PROSECUTED BIRDS OF LAKE AND
RIVER SLAUGHTERED FOR
WOMAN'S HEAD.
EFFORTS TO PROTECT THEM
Millinery Merchants Protective Asso-
citation Enlisted in Their Behalf
Notes, Habits and Study of
Ways of Birds.
BY EDWARD q. CLARK
associate Member American Ornthol-
ogists' Union)

Copyright. Joseph b. Bowles)
1t is something much more than
passing strange that the family of
birds at once the most beautiful, the
most graceful and the most innocent
Of all feathered creatures should be
the one that man, or, better, woman,
has chosen as a shining mark for
death.
Stand upon the shore of the Allan
tic and lowering upon light wing
above the waves you will see a gull
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-04

been out in the yard and caught a
frog and when she wasn't looking
he had poured out her tea,
slipped the frog in her cup and put
the saucer over it. When the good
woman returned to finish her tea,
she lifted the saucer and the frog
jumped out and hit her in the eye!
Now she is mad because she didn't
think i tell the neighbors her hus-
band had been beating her. putting
the burden of the explanation on him
instead of shouldering it all herself.
@ @ @
On the Way.
Napoleon who crossed the Alps and won
eternal fame,
And Hannibal who humbled Rome and
made a lasting name,
Each wore the laurel on his brow, each
felt the kiss of bay
But what was that compared to bliss
along the boyhood way?
The birds are singing songs of love, the
sun is golden red;
Aurora bathed in matin light arises from
her bed
And where the pathway Tits along be-
meath the sylvan shade,
Tho king of all the earth plods on in
denim shirt arrayed
He goes a-whistling on his way, his heart
as light as air.
To where the sun is gliding waves in
crests beyond compare,
Sharp County record., 1908-08-28
PUZZLES FOR KIRBY.
Questions OF Relationship Cause Him To
Put On Thinking Cap.

"What relation is o fellow tc
his mothers Cousins husband?"
asked Attorney General W. +,
Kirby yesterday, as with a vic
ious tug, he pulled out another
handful Of hair and cast a dis
gusted glance az a letter which
he held in his hand and which
asked the same question that he
had just put.
Ever since it became generally
known throughout the state that
no teacher could bo employed
who is related to any member Of
the school board, Mr.. Kirby has
been flooded with correspondence
asking as to points Of relation
ship, The question propounded
is a fair sample Of those put to
the attorney general, who looks
ten pounds lighter since he be-
gan answering them.
Such questions as: "If my
mother-in law died and left
twins, one aged s and the other
10 years, and one Of those twins
the one with the freckled nose,
you know-grew mp and married
the uncle Of the wife Of one Of
the school directors, could !
teach school?" are among the
pu@zlers.
"What do you tell them?'
81 feel sometimes like inform
ing them that they are in the
wrong line Of business--that they
ought to be manufacturing puz-
zles," said the attorney general.
"Howeyer, do tho best | can,
go into executive session with
myself, try to solve puzzles till |
find myself asking if ne oS4h
and table which | use are not
some relation TO each other, and
then reply to the best Of my abil-
ity."-Little Rock Gazette.
Sharp County record., 1908-08-28
ALL CAN'T BE PITCHERS.
Ii Ven Can't Pitch, Get Out And Do
Something Else.

When | was a kid we played
bs5l a good deal and | remember
thlt there were several of us who
.w9sld not play unless we could
b( pitcher. Since | have grown
JB1s lind that many Of us have
nh gotten over the habit. If we
eLlsf& be the whole works we
w@St play. 1t crops out in the
-ch.Erch, in lodges, in politics and
inJ Eblic enterprises. AS long
as'19e can run and boss things
wasWill stay in the game. When
soa.a Other fellow gets hold Of
ttss,sline itis different. The real
treble is, too many Of us imag-
intwe are cut out for generals,
vixen The Lord intended us for
prigates.. Sometimes the wrong
man gets to be neral, but it
ragely occurs that the wrong man
is s. private. In every town you
viii find men sulking in their
ten's like Achilles Of old. But
juEs inquire a little into the thing
ans you will find out that their
grievance is because they cannot
rul everything. The only con-
solution a sulker gets is seeing
sor.e other fellow take his place
ana do the work o little better
thar he could, Don't be q sulk .
er. II you can't pitch, get out
ana play right field, and, if you
car do that, carry the bats. If
you are the best pitcher in town,
the people will soon find it out
an9you won't have to carry the
bat any longer.-lGX.
Sharp County record., 1908-08-28
THE NEGRO,

Fhe city of Springfield, Illinois,
! week experienced one Of the
.st race riots ia the history OF
country. The trouble had
beginning in the brutal as.
I Of a white woman by n ne-
and before II was ended sew
negroes were killed and
by were driven from tho city,
ides the destruction Of prop"
belonging TO negroes. Tho
9ernor sent the state militia to
scene to restore order and
Yrd protection TO tho blacks,
D Springfield riot Is another IL
|tratlon Of the fact that tho ne-
criminal endangers the lives
! property Of all members of
race when he commits that
ndish act which has caused 50
Ply lynehing parties TO organ.
|for vengeance. And this Ia
in any section of the coun.
Tho North may prato and
)mpt TO make political capital
he south'e alleged mistreat.
ht Of the negro, but It has
h frequently proven that hu'
p impulses, under the same
oumalanoes, are tho same to-
ID the negro In the North AZ
be South. Race troublea are
. frequent In The South be-
Sharp County record., 1908-08-28

The democrats Of Minnesota
have nominated Gov, John John.
son for o third torn, Gov, John.
son is extremely popular in his
home state with members of all
parties, Although the state is
largely republican, he has held
the Office Of governor two terms,
and people in all sections of the
country will watch with much in
terest his campaign for q third
term.
Sharp County record., 1908-08-28

The News Democrat Of Noun.
tain View announces that 1t will
accept anything on subscription
except promises, The Nowe'
Democrat, doubtless lIko most
other papers, would have large
bank account If promises were
accepted on deposit,
Sharp County record., 1908-08-28

Hon, George W. Dcnaghey
spoke at lmboden last week and
in reporting his speech the Ca
2ette Of that town, q republican
paper, among other things, said :
"The Gazette regrets that Mr..
Donoghey did not come into the
governors place several years
back, We predict he meets the
warm approval Of the people at
large"
Sharp County record., 1908-08-28
nnNEWS OF NORTH ARKANSAS

church will conduct twenty
days meeting at Norfork, Bax-
ter county, beginning next month,
under his large tabernacle can
vas, which seats 500 people.
The Mountain Home Bulletin
says the people OF Gassville are
tearing do wn the Christian
church Of that place and will use
the material to build a residence
for "Aunt Jane" Poynter, whose
home was destroyed by fire a
few months ago.
Just after dinner one day last
week Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Hend-
rickson and their three"year-old
child of Salado were taken vio-
Iently i'll, and it was with a great
deal Of difficulty that a physician
saved their lives. 1t is thought
the family was poisoned by eat
ing cabbage.
Crawford the 13-year-old son
Of A. L. Crouch and wife Of
Batesville, was drowned one day
last week in White river. He
was camping out with party of
friends near town, and while
wading in tho stream with somo
boys Of his own age, got into too
deep water, whore he lost his
life.
Mrs. Jennie Shrum and Mrs.
Jessie Hamilton engaged in a
fight on the reunion grounds at
Mammoth Spring one day last
week. They went after each
other for several minutes in VIC
/
ious fashion, while a big crowd
Of witnesses stood by and watch
ed, Both women finished the
scrap very much the worse for
wear.
Col v " Cook Of pntosvil'e
is in receipt Of information to the
effect that the Confederate vet
erans have become the owners OF
the historic Davis home in Ken
lucky, where President Jefferson
Davis was born, and that he is
named as q member Of the COM
mittee to have charge Of the i'm
provement Of the property.
Ernest, the 10.year.old son Of
Mr., and Mrs. Nester Paulette,
who live near Mammoth Spring,
was accidentally killed a few
days ago. Ernest and his little
brother were playing with an old
wagon, having raised tho axle 50
the wheel would revolye. Ernest
got on the wheel and told his
brother to turn it. The younger
brother turned the wheel tho
wrong way and it flew off the
axle. The end Of the hub struck
the boy in the stomach, inflicting
an internal injury which pro-
dnna1 dpnth.
Sharp County record., 1908-08-28
Election Proclamation.

J. w, o. smith, Sheriff of Sharp county, Ara
kansas, do hereby proclaim and make known
that there will be a general election held In the
several Townships In Sharp county, Arkansas,
on Monday September ID, 1908, for The purpose Of
eoetIng one governor one secretary Of state, ono
auditor Of state, one treasurer of state, one at-
torney general, one superintendent Of public n-
struetIon, one commissioner Of state lands one
commissioner Of agriculture and mines one as-
aociuto justice Of the supreme court tlong term).
one associate Justice Of the supreme court Cahort
lerml, three rallropd commissioners, one proae-
cutlng attorney Of the sixteenth judicial circuit,
one senator from the second senatorial district,
one representative In the general assembly one
county and probate Judge, one sheriff and col-
leetor, one clerk Of the circuit court, one treae-
uier, one assessor, one coroner one hurvoyor one
constable and road oyeraeer for each township,
! two justices Of the peace for each township and
that the election win be held al the following
places In each township, toswitl
big Creek Calamihe.
/ biz Rock Mount pisgah.
Cave Cave city
Davidson King Mills,
Hardy Hardy Court House,
Highland Highland School House,
jackson Wfold,
johnson Paul
tover North sbride'a School House,
Lebanon UolHon school House.
Lave creek Camp Ground
Morgan Confer
North Union Armstrong,
pney Fork Evening Shade Court House,
Riehwoods=Ash Flat
South Unien=toatH
atraw berry Institute,
Scott Shelbyvllle
Sullivan -prlekle Sprlnas
Upper North =Wrth,
Washington powell's Chapel
Given under my hand this 10Th day Of August,
A. II, lp0s
W. o. SMITH, Sheriff.
a.. All.
Sharp County record., 1908-08-28
|OLDFIELD AND MYERS.

"Outside the governors race
He Republican forces are pay
hg a great deal Of attention to
lie race of Harry H. Myers,
Republican candidate for cong
kssman from the Second cong
sssional district against Will
4ldfield. There is more or
5ss Of a rupture in the Democ-
Hey of that district, between
= fe Oldfield and Harry L. Pom
br factions and between the
Ndfield and S. Brundidge fac
bns. AS the result, it is said
y politicians, the campaign
eing waged for Oldfield is not
= strong as would be possible
. the best Of harmony existed
the party ranks. Basing
5eir hopes on this division and
so on the differences be.
Reen the Davis and anti
1hvis forces in that district,
b Republicans have express
the belief that the Republi-
n candidate, Mr.. Myers, a
fmer Republican candidate
j governor, and considered
@ of the most prominent Re-
bblicans Of Arkansas, has un-
uaIIy bright chances for VIC
&y over Oldfield--for a Re.
hblican."
Pie above is taken from the
Ms columns Of the Little Rock
Eettc. Those who live outside
" Second congressional distric
pugh reading this item from
3 Gazette might be led to be.
e that there is q fight on hanc
$he race for congress in thi;
&rict, but it is doubtful if there
b denizen Of the district who
bks so, There is no split ii
\ democratic party in this dis
t. There is no rupture or di'
ou in ihe party. There is n(
Binder faction" or "Brundidg(
lion" after the scalp Of W. A
&field, the democratic nominee
fcongross. The item from The
probably the first in
4ation the voters Of the Second
Ngressional district ever hac
Harry Ponder or Mr.. Brun'
6ee are the heads Of factions il
district,
III tho democrats of the Sec
81 district did not vote for Mr.
Aield in the party primaries
as all the democrats have
er been united in their choice
nominee, but Mr.. Oldlield il
choice Of a good majority o.
e democrats who participated
Whe primaries, and it is safe t(
he will be elected by as large
ajority as has been given {
s. pocratic nominee for congress
'She district for wears,
Sharp County record., 1908-08-28

There is one question about the
approaching election in Arkan-
sas, and that 10 tho elle Of tho
democratic majority,
Sharp County record., 1908-08-28
Fewer PardOns.

ss& George W Donaghcy
declares the pardoning power
has been used too freely in this
state. He will pat a check on
this power.
Sharp County record., 1908-08-28

The news Ia that the democrats
are not going TO make any epee'
lal efforts to carry Vermont this
year. 1t has been given up a
long time ago that hi and Ver'
mont always go republican,.