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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
Making Preparations for
Coy Winter Homes

CEPTEMBER is the busiest month in
- the year for the housekeeper. for
with many 1t means the seeking of a
more congenal abode or a return to town
from prolonged vacation at the seashore
or the country. 1t is to all an awakening
of interest in the home. for the time Is
fast coming when the fireside Will be more
cheerful than the woodland and the front
porch. and the necessities and Injuries OF
winter must be provided
There is practice steadily growing
! among Washington houSeholderS to pack
up in the spring and make for Il nearby
country place. to keep house or to
board Therefore. the city home is
either boarded up. sublet or disposed of
and the family goods placed in storage.
This is the case largely with those having
children. 1t gives the youngsters a chance
for better development. Then, too, those
without Responsibilities find a surceaSe
from home duties much to their liking.
pleasant place is found out of Washing
ton where the workers may come to town
daily to look after business. Thousands
Of the city workers crowd the steam and
electric locals at the railway terminals
morning and evening.
But the period of play is about at an
end The business man and his clerk
must apply themselves more assiduously
to their affairs the children must return
to school and the housewife must needs
prepare and keep the city home for their
comfort ana IL IL "a iitippS
prospect for all. Even play, if prolonged.
becomes a drudgery.
HousehunterS are many, and the rent
departments of real estate agents are
swamped with applicants for dwellings
II is a festive period for the landlords, for
houses and apartments that have re-
manned tenantless all summer are now
leased by grateful vacationistS returning
home to enjoy the comforts which modern
housing conditions and well ordered city
afford. Once "A dwelling is secured the
moving man is interviewed. household
goods are taken out of storage and home
building once more set under way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

gasoline motor to the driving wheels
and normally charging the battery
Permits issued for touring in Mount
Rainier Park, Washington, are good for
one year
South Germany will be the scene Of the
1909 Prince Henry automobile endurance
contest
September 20 has been fixed as the dat
by the Austrian Automobile Club for its
annual Semmering hill climb.
According 10 late statistics there are
1850 automobiles in service in France.
Crossing the Mojave desert has become
the grand test OF all automobile in south
ern California.
When the palace OF Abd-elAziz was
sacked recently in Morocco the invaders
We're aStoniShed to find twelve automo-
biles and 100 bicycles.
: 1t is important TO see that all the NOV
able joints in a brake are really working
and not rusted fast; this is often the
cause of an inefficient brake.
\ committee has been appointed by the
Royal Automobile Club Of Great Britain
for the promotion OF an exhaust COM
petition.
Owing to certain administrative Difficult
ties encountered, the SuSe- Mont-Cens nil
climb has been abandoned
Rumford and Mexico. Me, motorists
have joined in organizing an automobile
club. There are tifty-eiSht car owners in
the TWO. towns.
Auto owners of SheboySan, Wis. will
give the orphans and poor children a
tour. following the example of the Mil
waukee y. {.
The Swiss Automobile club is arranging
TO hold reliability trial of industrial
motor vehicles early next year.
BY offering cash prizes for chauffeurs
who pilot their cars to victory, the Auto
mobile Club of America will go far to-
ward gaining their enthusiasm.
The distances on the route laid out for
the proposed double tranScontinental con-
test total I.2l1 miles. the biggest run is
80 miles, over the plains of Nebraska.
There is widespread discussion in the
south and west of the proposal to call a
congress of automobile clubs TO form Il
new national organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
CHICAGO News

raised his big 44-caliber bulldog revolver
once more and shot again and this time
the bullet entered the executives back.
lodging somewhere near the kidneys
The President fell TO the floor and Guiteau
was placed under arrest The other events
happened as narrated by Mr.. Wee6on The
men who went with the President in the
ambulance on the drive to the White
House We're Drs. Bliss and Wales and
Surgeon General Barnes inside: c. I. Cor
bin on the drivers seat: Mr.. Weldon and
Col. Rockwell. then superintendent of
public buildings and grounds being on the
rear step.
The only thing l remember Guiteau to
have said-the only thing | heard him
say" said Mr. Weldon. was this: Il am
stalwart of the stalwarts. | was told
To shoot him and | shot him.
The Story Corroborated.
Here again printed history agrees with
Mr.. Weedon's memory or corroborates
the attitude of Guiteau for this is the
statement he gave out after he was taken
to the station house:
July >. 1881.
ITO the White House:
The Presidents tragic death was n sad
necessity. but Will unite the republican
party and save the republic. Life is a
f1imSy dream. and il matters little when
one goes. y human life is of small value
During the war thousands of brave boys
went down without tear. l presume
that the President was Il Christian and
that he will be happier in paradise than
here. Ii will be no worse for Mrs. Gar
field, dear soul, to part with her husband
this way than by natural death; he is
liable to go at any time. / had no i'll will
toward the President.
His death was a political necessity. /
am a lawyer. u theoloSian and a politician.
am u stalwart of the stalwartS. l was
with Gen. Grant and the rest of our men
in New York during the canvass. | have
some papers for the press which l shall
leave with Byron Andrews and his CO.
Journalists at 1920 New York avenue,
where all the reporters can Sc them. l
going to Jail. =
fSigneD CHARLES GUITEAU." t'
The. President as is well known. HOY
cred between life and death for many long
weeks. while the nation listened and
hoped for his recovery. Once more after
he was shot did he enter the station
where the deed was committed. Early
in The. autumn he was taken through the
busy city to the train waiting to take him
to Long Branch. \. j,
At Long Branch he continued to vacD-
late between life and death for days but
at last the end came quite suddenly at
1873 o'clock on the night OF the 10Th
of September. more than two months anu
a half after he was shot.
For years the spot where Mr.. Gar
field fell was marked by a brass star,
but not very long ago this was removed
Now the old station is being demolishsa
and will soon only be a memory, willis
the assassination of Garfield and other
not BILE Incidents that eliminated within
its walls will help fill the pages of his,
tory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
The Things That Count.

And then as Il rule when the household
goods are in order the landlord decides
to paper the walls. For sheer PHYS sake
ii would not be well to recount the eff
forts some houSeholderS have had to
make to look pleased while the house
walls are being scraDed and new paper
applied
come bowling from the north before nav
ing the heating apparatus gone over.
Maybe the Old stove or furnace merely
needs cleaning out or Tightening up,
or rebri"kins or asbestos.
lloW'S the plumbing? Don't forget TO
sec that il is in order for the plumber
grows in Importance the winter sea-
SON advances, according to popular be
lief.
Mos, important of all. don't overlook
that interview with the coal man. See
that the cellar is we'll stocked
Likely as not the gas pipes and fixtures
will bear inspection. Stopcocks some
times get out of order. and maybe the
last cook was not overcareful OF the
kitchen stove.
And the carpets. They should be in
Spected and aired and arrangements made
for their disposal about the house. If
the housewife intends to ask hubby TO do
the laying she should make sure to have
Il sizable hammer, tacks that an mex
perienced marksman can drive, d
stretcher and a cushion for the knees.
How about the family wardrobe? Have
the children been properly QUILTED in
advance of the school season? That ED
est son and daughter To enter the high
school this year or be packed off to
boarding school viii at least need fiXings
to carry them until the Christmas holt
days. and then the youngsters perhaps
need things - little folks always want
something.
And then father. poor father Has any
body thought to look his miscellaneous
collection of clothing over? He will of
course. need TO start the season with
new suit. He surely has two good suits
in that cedar chest that will stand
powerful lot of wear after renovating by
i tailor.
All these and other things that they
suggest are timely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

are. they are not to be compared to the
responsibilities incident to making the
nome habita BILE. That time-hOnored nee
dle-n- -haystack search for the fam
ilN level of a cook is set in motion
lWere best to suppress the harrowin g
details OF these sometimes long and fruit
less hunts. MANY dutiful husbands have
ere tins given the cut glass and china
ware their first bath on coming from
storage. not to speak OF the paints they
nave washed and the floors they have
oiled. Girl or no girl. the curtains and
portlereS must be hung the furniture
rubbed up and the house in general set
in order
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
r. E. Weldon Recalls
the Murder of Garfield

.CHARD f.. WELDON. a member
of the Washington detective
force. has a vivid recollection OF
the incidents and the excite
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

A mixed" type of car is one provided
with IAN internal combustion and an
electri.' motor. and having a dynamo
interposed in the transmission of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

Sisnpost erecting on an extensive scale
will soon be started by the Automobile
Club of California. The first roads to be
marked will be from San Francisco to
Santa Cruz. and from San Francisco to
Del Monte.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

Replacing pistons in their cylinders is
sometimes attended with considerable
trouble. due to the difficulty of starting
the rings into the cylinder bore. A turn
of fine steel wire should be taken around
each ring and its ends drawn together
low the level of the piston surface. After
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

| gasoline motor TO the driving wheels
and normally charging the battery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

The Indianapolis Automobile Trade
Association has decided to hold two
days reliability run. The route will
probably be to French Lick and return,
involving some of the toughest roads in
the state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

For the six months ended June. 1905
'ome 800 motorcycles and parts. valued at
'119. 156. We're exported by Britain in com
>arison with $50 motorcycles and parts
'alued al S127.17 for similar period in
AD1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

A gold watch will be awarded to the
driver making the most consistent show
ing in the Bay State Automobile Asso-
cations endurance run to the Breton
Woods and return. September % and "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

All the rocks have been removed from
the Wibraham mountain hill road for
the Springfield Automobile Clubs climb
next Friday september ID. and the hill
is in excellent shape for contest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

TWO steam taXicabs. the first in Amer
lea. are now running in Boston. Ten
more are to be in commission before Sep
TENDER Ii. The machines are of twenty
horsepower and each carries four pas
SengerS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

Sometimes some distressing noises
which seem quite unaccountable proceed
from the footboards of the driving seat.
They generally take the form of an coca
Sional sharp bang, though at other times
they consist of a continual rattle.
Keep all the connections of the mixture
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

The Motor Club of Harrisburg. Pa
has appointed a committee to signboard
all important highways entering the city
to mark the short routes to Gettysburg
battlefield and has appropriated $50 to
carry out the work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

During the twenty-four hour endurance
run of the Bay State Automobile Asso-
citation, September 23. from Boston to the
White mountains. the pilot will scatter
confetti in the daytime and carry red
Searchlight at night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

Important results are expected from
the mechanical efficiency. dust. exhaust
and brake tests arranged by the New
York Automobile Trade Association for
September 1t and II In conjunction
with brake tests will be comparative
trials of trotting horses. hitched To sui
keys. light road wagons and heavier
vehicles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06

Permits issued for touring in Mount
Rainier Park. Washington, are good for
one year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-06
ALesSOn in Language.

A T a dinner in Denver John Mitchell
praised the work of a noted corpora
ton lawyer
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-07
Suspected Safe-Cracker il
Greenwood Iail.

Greenwood special in the
News and Courier: Sheriff Nc
MILAN has man in Jail whom
lie believes to be a safe cracker, :,
and whose partner is either max
ing his way to Spartanburg or is
already in that vicinity. Last
Friday night the store of Smith
~ Graham was entered and two
safes inside, one belonging to the
firm and the other to the post
master, we're ritled of their con-
tents, both safes being unlocked.
Only a few dollars were secured.
Two men were seen in the
woods near Coronaca on Satur-
day. Sheriff Mcmillan was tele-
phoned for and when he got
there one man was captured as
he was crossing the Saluda River
bridge Hell no safe cracking
implements about him. The
other man is supposed to have
these.
A smallI steel runch, used for
making a place to start the drill,
was found where the men had
been camping.
The man who got away is
about 10 years old, IS very bald,
with a fringe of red hair. His
height is about FIVE feet ten
inches. The man who was caught
had a book with distances set
down from Augusta to Green
wood and from Greenwood to
SpartanburS.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-07
Legislature Balloting Daily
for Senator. 49, No Elect
ion Up to Close of Thurs
day Nights Session.

Colum bia special III yester
days Charlotte Observer: The
General Assembly today and to-
night took II ballots In the effort
TO elect a successor TO Senator
a. Q. Latimeg aud adjourned TO-
night without having accomplish
ed this. Ex-Speaker of the House
Gary led all throughout and at
one time, on the fourth ballot,
lacked but eight votes for a
choice. He vent back to 90 on
the eighth ballot, but on the final
ballot had 66.
Walker, who was next to him,
had very varying experience,
reaching high water mark on the
second ballot with 40, but drop
ping down to 260u the fifth, but
receiving "a on the final count.
Mauldin's vote varies from 16
to 20, he having IL on the last
ballot.
An effort made to run in
Senator Graydon, Of Abbevllle.
as well as others, was fruitless, as
Graydon got only eight votes,
this on the ninth count.
President of the Senate L. O..
Mcleod made a little squirt. but
had himself withdrawn, but later
he was put in the race again, his
highest vote being "a in the
tenth, with 10 in the eleventh.
Tonight squirt was also made
for Mr.. j. Wright Nash, of Spar
tanburg, his vote being S on the
fifth. II on the sixth, Is seventh,
10 eighth, Is ninth, II tenth and
II final.
Coker, who was a leader yes
terday, lost throughout the day
and dropped out after the tenth
ballot.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-07
Attempt at Jail Delivery in
Chester.

The bewitching balminess Of
the outside ether, or the desire
for liberty, was too much fol
Frank Green and VIII Davis,
two colored prisoners in the
county jail, and with exercise of
ingenuity and dint of labor they
almost succeeded in making
their way out through the east
wall OF the building Tuesday eve
ming. A big hole in the build =
ing, almost large enough for q
man to pass through, told in
language more vivid than words
how nearly euccessfuI was the
attempt at jail delivery. Fortu-
nately Mr.. David Peden just be
fore retiring heard the two
would.be escapes walking across
the floor overhead, and the plot
was quickly nippei in the bad.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-07
Notice of Discharge.

Notice is hereby given that on
Friday. March 27th, 1908, at 10 O'clock
a m, the undersigned as \ Administra-
tor Of the estate OF John Lee rillman,
Sr., deceased, will fiie his final return
ard settlement OF said estate and make
application to the PROBATE Court for
the County Of Lancaster, South Caro-
Hna, for final discharge "a such Ad-
ministrator
NJ vi Tillmau
administrator OF the estate OF John
Lee Iillman, Sr decd
February 2lst, 1908. 4l-19
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-07

Mr. John Eiha of Vning, Ia. says II
have been selling DeWitts Kidne y end
Bladder ilis for about year and they
give bottor satisfaction than any pill ever
sold, There me dozen people here who
have used them and they give perfect sat
lsiacuoh ia every case. have used them
myself with fine results Sold by all drug
glsts.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-07
Resolutions of Respect.

Whereas, the Angel of Death
has recently invaded the Douglas
school and CLAIMED as His own
and taken TO her eternal rewar,;
one OF our brightest and most
beloved pupils, Miss Eonule
Mathis, ana wi.hlng TO- give
utterauce of the hi-h esteem and
love IN which size was held by
teacher and pupils fox her supe-
rior qualities of heart .and m,uo
as was beautifully demonstr ted
in h daily life; therefore Ue lt
resolved
1st. That in her sudden and uu-
expected death we forCIaly rea
hze our school has sastai0ed =
loss which is keeniy felt by u ALL
2nd. While we can only bow in
humble submission to the viii -
our Heavenly Father in re NOV
ing from our midst and daily as
ISOLATION this beloved clasSmate.
friend and pupil, vet We feel un-
utterably saddened and pecu-
liarly grIeved.
3rd. That we tender to her de-
voted father, mother, brothers
and sisters our heartfelt sympa
thies in their sore bereavement
and point them to Him who
alone can give comfort and con
ISOLATION.
4th. That copy of these reso.
lutions be sent to The Lancaster
News for publication and also a
copy to the afflicted family.
Teacher and Pupils
Douglas Sch ool
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-07

Messrs. jacobson and Meyers,
having closed out thc.r business
here, left this week, accompan-
led by their respective families,
for Kershaw, and from there
they will 20 to New York to
live. They were good citizens
and Lancaster parts with them
with regret.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-07
Good for Everybody

Mr Norman i Couitcr. IL prominent ar
cA.tvct ~ the Ds.bcrt tDiltlng San Fran
cisco, Says fully oLlor-e uli that has been
SAID OF Electric Bircrs as tonic medicine
II gooi Tor oyoTyhpdy T. ,orrects stom-
"ch ilv"r and kidney disorders in prom 1T
ana Efficient manner aud builds up the
system. Electric Bi,tsrs ia the best spring
"a cdIclne over sold over "a Grugsist's count
cri as "a blood purihor IL is unsqualol. JOc-
at + Mnckoys aud FuudcrburR Pharmacy
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-07
No Use To Die

II have found ont tlat there is no usc to
die Of lung trouble as long as you can get
Or. Kings New Discovery" says Mrs. j.
/. White, of Eu:heboro, Pa. II would
not be alive to-day only for that wonderful
medicine. IT loosens up a cough quicker
than any thing, and cures lung diseases
even after the case Is pronounced hopeless
This most reliable remedy Tor coughs
colds, lagrippe, asthma, bronchitis and
hoarsoness is sold under guarantee at j. +.
Mackey's and Fundorburk Pharmacy 5oc
and 81 90 Trial bottle free.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-07
Honora Roll for TaxahaW
School.
School.

The following is the Honor
Roll of Taxahaw school for the
4th month ending February 81
1908.
Grade S-Lula Massey, Mar
tha Ingram, Ola Lowry, Pett
Belk and Bleeka Lowry.
Grade belle Baker, John
Massey, Lewis Cook, Lester In
gram.
Grade 5-Estelle Blakeney,
Hazel Gregory.
Grade 4-Hoyt Bird.
Grade 3-May Hilton.
Grade 2-Idolene McManus,
Nellie McManus, Walter Bird,
Christine Hilton.
Grade Henry Cook, Clay
ton BeIk, Everett Hilton.
Department 80 to 100 per cent
Belle Baker, Martha Ingram,
Pett BeIk, Ola Lowry, Bleeka
Lowry, Lula Massey, Hazel Gre
CORY, Hoyt Bird, Kermit Gregory,
Jack Massey, Henry Cook, Clay
ton Belk, Everett Hilton, Idolene
McManus, Christine Hilton.
The school is now doing good
work and we hope the last months
may be the best.
a. g. Rowel.
Prin.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-07
Best Healer In the World

Rev. f. Starbrd. of East Raymond.
Maine. says: Il have used Bucklen's Arnica
salve for several years, on my old army
wound, and other obstinate sores. and find
it the best healer in the world. use it too
with great success in my veterinary bust
ness Price 25c at J + MacIey & Co and
Funderburk Pharmacy
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-07
Notice of Discharge

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned as guardian of w. j. sims
will on the 2d day OF April, 10 $, make
his final return and settlement as such
guardian and apply to the Probate
Court for Lancaster county for his
final discharge. IL. +. SIMS,
March 3, l90S.--i3-5l Guardian.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-07
MCneV to Loan.

can, "a usual, negotiate loans,
from $500 and upward, on improved
cotton farms, at so interest. repay
able in annual iDstallments. No COM
missions charged. Only reasonable
fee for making abstract OF title.
II. Il. Wylie,
Atty. at Law
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-07
Governor Takes a Hand in
Dispensary Fight--Speci-
al Message to the Legisla-
turc.

State, 9Th: Governor Ansel
has taken hand Ia the coutro-
versy between the State author
ities and Judge Pritchard of the
federal court. Last night lie sent
a special message to tie general
assembly urging that action be
taken to protect S'a.e sover.
eighty.
Following is his special mes
sage:
To the Honorable the Senate
and House of Representatives Of
South Carolina:
Owing to the fact that the
funds of the State Of South Oar
DINA which are now in the bands
of the commission to wind up
the State dlspensary are sought
to be taken from their hands and
to be administered byAhe United
States court. without the consent
Of your honorable bodies, the
only department of the State
government which has the right
to give consent that the State be
sued:
And as the autonomy of the
State must be maintained and
the rights to administer her
funds by her own agents preserv
ed; and feeling that you realize
the great principle OF State SOW
ereignty and the rights Of a State
under The constitution Of the
United States, respectfully re-
commend such legislation, at
this session of the legislature as
will protect the interests of the
State and Obviate the necessity
for further action on your part.
Respectfully,
M. T. Ansel,
Governor.
Executive Chamber.
Colum bia, S. g. Mar. 5, 1908.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-07
The Lucky Quarter

Is the one YOU pay ont FOR "a box of DIR.
Kings New Life Pills. They bring you
the health that's more precious than jewels.
Try them for headache, bihouSnoss, con-
stipation and malaria If they diSappoint
you the price viii be cheerfully refunded
at f MacKeys and Fundcrburk Pharmacy