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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-05-20

BY a ripping rivulet's shore,
Dwelt u family, poor but pious,
And the family name was Moore.
Father, mother, son and daughter
Worked from early morn till night;
Toiled and laDored in thai cottage
To improve their woefu! plight.
For the dread gray wolf of hunger
Prowled about that cabin door,
Till at last the father and mother
Both lay down to rise no more.
But the bravo son and the daughter
Struggled still, left in the lurch;
She began to take in washings,
He became ~janitor In the church.
Day by day she rubs and rinses,
While he sweeps and dusts with care
Then within those pews he fingers,
Thinking of his parents dear.
Mrs. Bascom was in tears as she
finished. ITS the most beautiful and
touching poem l ever wrote" she
sobbed; chow moved Jane Moore will
be! 1t will be an inspiration to her
all her life" And she carefully gath.
cred up her manuscript and carried
it to the News office with her own
hands.
Thursday the News was published
and Thursday afternoon Jane Moore
was accustomed to bring home Mrs.
Bascom's weeks wash" Mrs. Bas.
com arranged a delightful plan for
observing that worthy spinster's sur.
prise and delight when she should
first read "The Beauty of Piety." AS
a result, when Jane knocked at the
kitchen door on this eventful Thurs.
day If vas opened by one of Mrs. Bias
CONS admirlng friends. (Mrs. Bias
com was in the adjoining pantry, with
the door half open.)
"Ain't Mis- Bascom to hum" in.
quired Jane, somewhat surprised.
She'll be here pretty soon. Won't
you sit DOWN." said the neighbor, hos.
pitably. you must be tired CARRYING
that heavy basket"
oval, yes" admitted Jane, "T am
plum beat out. If | could only git
that good-fer-nothin' Jim to-"
But the neighbor cid not seem to
be listening. She was n%ervously fin.
gering a paper she held in her hand,
and interrupted with:
Have you seer this weeks News?
II has just come, and there's q poem
in 1t by Mrs. Bascom that | think is
better than anything she ever wrote ?
"Huh!" calculated Jane, Il sh'd
hope so! I'm sure that's not sayin'
much!" But she sat down and,
taking the proffered paper, began to
read.
Whats this?" she exclaimed, jump
ing up excitedly-" name was Moorei'
Id like to know what right she's got
to drag me into her po'try. Worked
from early morn TIL night Stuff an
nonsense! That lazybones of d Jim
never done d lick Hi bis life that Ia
didn't jest haftp. Both lay down Il
H+A NWlHHETTNNEMNW" N"T
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-05-20

lewis Single Binder straight Sc cigar.
Made of extra quality tobacco. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-05-20
ONE AGREEME EMIT.

Mr.. Henpeck-Its no use. We can't
agree on a single subject.
Mrs. Henpeck-You're wrong, dear.
l always agree with you on the
weather.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-05-20

All boys imagine they will do 1ust
as they please as soon as they are
81: but some of them get married.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-05-20
a Can Prove It's a Lie"

brated in verse;" And Mrs. Bascom's
heart glowed with the consciousness
of virtuous genius.
An afternoons labor produced the
following:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-05-20
THE BEATTY OLE p1ErY

In q lowly moss-grown cottage,
By a ripping rivulet's shore.
Dwelt u family, poor but pious,
And the family name was Moore.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-05-20

Day by day she rubs and rinses,
While he sweeps and dusts with care;
Then within those pews he fingers,
Thinking of his parents dear.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-05-20

Father, mother, son and daughter
Worked from early morn till night;
Toiled and laDored in hat cottage
To improve their woefu! plight.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-18
How System Succeeds.

Every man who has ever sat up
on the editorial tripod is familiar
with the excuse, Il would have
paid this (subscription) account
long ago, but it is such a little
thing it escaped my attention.
This is the song of the delinquent
subscriber when his attention is
called to subscription that ought
to have heen settled long ago. We
don't know how nor when it orig
mated. but no doubt its birth dates
back 70 that age when the first
newspaper was published.
&. AS to how long it will live we
will not hazard a prediction, but
It is, not its origin nor its end
that we want to discuss. It fur
nishes such good tevt for SER
mon on the little things" of life
that we can't pass it by unnoticed.
The man who lets the little
things" escape him is living with
ont system and the lack Of system
in ones life invites failure in any
thing one undertakes.
There is in Dillon a man who
lives by system. Something over
half a century ago he began life
apoor boy and at one time in his
career his monthly earnings did
not exceed 81 a month. Today
ne is worth probably half a mil.
Hon dollars and the secret IF his
.snccess is told in the systematic
methods he has always applied tc
bis business affairs. The volume
Of business that passes through
bis hands every year exceeds a
quarter of a million dollars, bu,
none of the little details of that bust.
ness ever escape his attention. He
has a day, an hour, a week for
everything; his life is system it.
self.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-18

il is quite natural that the juror of
tender sensibilities should turn to
the recommendation to mercy"
privilege as an avenue of escape
from such an unpleasant task.
These deductions lead us to the
conclusion that South Carolina
needs change in the jury system
and there is no better solution of
the problem than the measure now
pending in the general assembly
which has for its aim the selection
of jurors to try capital offences
from some other county in which
the crime was committed or in
which the defendant has lived.
"A lite for life" is mans Sc
verest law. but for that very rea-
son it should be the least unyield-
ing, the most inhexible. And ev-
cry time sympathy or friendship
or kinship c.It-Is lhr jury room
and cheats the gallows by forcing
a compromise verdict society suf-
fers a SIT back and human life is
placed in greater jeopardy.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-18

A. witness: The last day Of the
year this man of system sets apart
as the day for paying his subscrip-
tion to the several magazines and
newspapers he subscribes for
Year in and year out as regularly
as the day comes round he sends
one of his employees to The Her
aid Office and pays for his town
paper. He never fails. His sub
.scription comes as regularly as the
sun rises and sets. Although
thousands of dollars are passing
through his hands daily he never
forgets the paltry 81 so he owes
for his local newspaper.
And herein is told the secret of
his success. 1t is system. He
works and lives by system.
Like the cog wheel that fits into
other cog wheels and unerringly
performs its part in moving a huge
machine SO does this man fill his
sphere in the mechanism of hu-
man affairs. He lives in harmony
with both mans a n d nature S
laws.
What a contrast is he to the
man who forget" or who paws
no attention to the little things"
Of life! He succeeds naturally
while his unsystematic and less
fortunate contemporary looks on
and wonders why it is.
System spells success and with
out it no man can succeed. 1t
keeps check n those little
thirgs" which, if neglected, gnaw
at the vitals of business like a
canker-worm.
And, we are led to reflect, if al!
human affairs were conducted up
on perfect system life would be
one sweet dream from beginning
to end.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-18

largest cotton market in this gee
ton of the state ard will contribute
more to the commercial develop
ment of the town than any other
enterprise that Gould be establish
ed here. The compress itself is
not a paying enterprise, but it
pays big dividends indirectly in
that it builds up the cotton mar
ket and brings new business to
the local merchant. 1t is WE'LL
known that the southern town
must draw its trade from the
country surrounding it and the
more of this trade the town
draws away from it's competitors
the greater will be the volume of
business passing through h
stores and banks of that town.
Cotton is recognized as the money
crop of the south-the only crop
in fact that puts money into cir
culation and stimulates business
and the only way to get big
share of that business is to get
big share of the cotton. Where
the farmer sells his cotton there
will he transact his business and
do his trading. He may live
nearer another town where goods
are just as cheap or where bank
ing facilities are just as good but
his banking and trading will be
done at the best cotton market.
A compress will save Dillon ship
pers IS cents per bale in freight
to the nearest seaport. We do
not know what the saving would
be to New York, but no doubt it
would be still more. The saving
in freight plus the market value
of cotton would make Dillon the
best market in this section of the
state. The town without COM
press would have to lose Is cents
per bale on cotton to enter the
market as competitor on an
even basis The farmer sells his
cotton where he can get the most
for it and as time seems to be a.
bout the cheapest thing in this
country there would be economy
in hauling five bales of cotton five
or ten miles further to save z
cents on the bale. a compress:
would increase Dillon's cotton re
ceipts to $4,000 bales a year anc
that would mean three times tn,
volume of business the town i
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-18

first degree, each Of the defend
ants was recommended to
the mercy Of the court. In Union
county one Jones was convicted
of poisoning his wife, but the ver-
dict rendered against him carried
with it a recommendation to mer-
cy. Closely following the Jones
case W a another wife-murder
trial over in Aiken county in which
a man named Lowe was convicted
of strangling his wife to death.
The evidence showed that it was
a most brutal murder, but Lowe
was recommended to the mercy of
the court. The day after loves
conviction a man FAMED Driggers
was convicted in Clarendon coun-
ty of numbering his sister, but the
sympathies of the jury were with
him and in lieu of the death SEN
tence he received a life term in
the peniten,iary. When a man
is arraigned for poisoning or
strangling his wife or shooting
his sister h e is either guilty
o t murder in the first de-
gree or not guilty at all. There
can be no middle ground. Gull
ty" in either instance shows that
he has done murder and the stat
utes of this state say that muir
der" S punishable by death.
The juries that tried Jones and
Lowe and Driggers should have
returned a verdict of mot guilty"
or they should have returned a
verdict carrying with it the death
penalty. But now the question
arises, why were they derelict in
duty? Hanging is something hor
rible. but the deliberate taking OF
human life is more horrible. Each
of the defendants in the above
noted cases had spent the major
portion >f their lives in the coun-
ties in which they were convicted.
No doubt they had mingled with
and in one way or another hadbeen
intimate with some of the mem.
bers of the jury that tried them fol
their lives and few men are strong
enough. or courageous enough
in the discharge of duty to fiz
the death penalty upon a man they
have known from their boyhood
1t is a stern duty that cause:
the stoutest hearts to recoil anc
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-18

Guilty, with recommendation
to mercy" is becoming quite as
common a verdict with the aver
age South Carolina jury as the
old verdict of Not Guilty"
During the past week three men
have been tried upon three of the
m ost beinous crimes in the history
of the commonwealth and although
in each instance the evidence tend
ed strongly 70 prove murder of the
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-18

The young ladies of western
town have organized a league to
promote refinement among young
men, and among other things
have resolved to marry no man
who drinks, smokes, chews or does
not take his home paper. The
young ladies assert that when a
man does not take his home paper
It is evidence of a want of in
telligence and that he will prove
too stingy to provide for family
educate his children and encour-
age institutions of learning in his
community. We agree with the
ladies'. The man who refuses to
take his home paper will never
make useful citizen. There are
some young men in Dillon who
take The Herald and there are
others who don't. And right
here we want to give notice to the
young ladies and gentlemen, the
old maids and bachelors, the young
widows and old widowers of Dill
lon that our subscription books
are open for inspection all the
time.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-18
Noti

All persons indebth had t" do. 1
Martha jackson, deJhere YOU say
notified to make payt 10 resist. A"
signed; and all persi brs;,ees tn
against said estate al p;,. -,
his attornevs I,;vin,f the stock
Dillon, S. g., within Sum. Believ-
by law or this noticel fused TO pay
bar of their recovery seems Hood
s-4-4t Willis probably
emicide.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-18

We are still of the opinion that
a compress will make Dillon the
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-18

The public " hot;no Hood W.,
tice that hereaf tended FORWARD
will be sold on shoot him. thi
been so muchth was gather
counts where til that took place
been made by sRistol in his lef
authority of thepuare at Hood
deem it only bud Jflv going wild
ter TO sell school bus. The sec
on1v This r,1P have been tn
body and we trY Y"il en'siihk ot
our friends will 49, ;Is,a " % LIZ ~
our refusal to exI
after the publicat reocbed n
HER ROOT Biggers wa
with his pis
ST. rning to til
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-18
now gettil
country.
worth wor
in CHARLOTTE
EGGS Shoots Down !. O.
Of Central Hotel
Rose ool hess Relations the
per Settinp

Of Central Hotel
nose Co\ pess Relations the
per setting
Al c., Special.-Mr.
for many years
- ID with the business
bite, was shot down
gers in front Of the
The follol ew m;nutes after @
for sale at Il morning, and died
c.S butes after the firsE
regained conscious
Planters cot
1;. ecident Biggers had
d, but welded his
Mortgages.
r:., ok place at close
i'ies u lea ng within three o.
Bills of Sale when he openel
the third shot, an
ATTEST Warra the sidewalk We
Commitment bile a part of the
was mingled witt
appearance n streaming from
tead.
sgers' pistol pass
The Designd b of the Central
Review of Rev 49,; 80 an9 e. =.
Gator at The rs head. The same
IS Tryon street
late glass in the
NJ of the Southern
ANO Ind Tr1St Com
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-18
Thomasville.

,Thomasville.
Ne Southern
4 was misled
bred in the
nbstance Of
fleet that
/ completed
} to have q
accepted it
hith in the \
II in our eS-
I'd had We
fhomasNille
nd already
meeting
ready at
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Ger Dead.
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pewriter,
Seart dis
Fife Mt q
fne Bluff.
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declared
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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-18

The Designd
Review of Re,
Gator at The +
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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-17
IRONSHIRE.

Children's Day services will be held
here Sunday evening, at 7.30 o'clock.
Miss Lille Wootten, who has been
visiting her sister. Mrs. William Powell.
came home Saturday.
Mr.. Paul Peters is spending his
vacation at home.
Mrs. Mary Ellis. of Berlin, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. c. w. Kelley.
Mrs. John Smack and son, Lawrence,
spent Saturday and Sunday with her
daughter, Mrs. Riley Dennis. at Sails
bury.
Mr.. Reece Scott. who has been very
i'll with typhoid fever. is better.
Mr.. Charles Henderson. of Chinco-
league, visited his sister, Mrs. Sewell
Warren, this week.
Miss Viola Bassett spent Sunday with
Miss Lillian Wootten.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-17
STRANGE DISEASE
KILLS TWO GIRLS
Six More Victims Under Care
Of BaffIed Doctors.

Baltimore. July 15.-Miss Otilla Wei
gand fifteen years old. Is the second
of number of girls employed In the
sealing department Of the Continental
Canning company. to die from q pecu-
liar disease which has bafiied the
Johns Hopkins hospital physicians.
The disease is described as q peculiar
wasting of the blood. which leads to
hemorrhage Of the lungs. causing
death.
The other victim was Miss Frances
Charrat. who died a week ago under
similar circumstances. -Four other girls
and two boys are affiicted. but their
cases do not seem to be serious.
The disease 10 attributed to q chem
ical introduced about eight months ago
to take the place OF the metal solder
with which the cans are usually seal
ed. The sealing department has been
closed down pending investigation.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-17
ONE STEP NEARER
TO JAIL DOORS
Decree Against Pennsylvania
Capitol TrImmers Confirmed
TWO DEFENDANTS ARE DEAD

Only Action by the Supreme Court
Can Save Snyder and shumaksr
From Serving Two Years In Prison
and Paying $500 Fine.
Philadelphia. July 15.-The convic.
tion In the Dauphin county court Of
the men charged with conspiracy to
defraud the state In the matter Of the
furnishing Of the new state capitol at
Harrisburg was affirmed by the su-
perlor court. and unless an appeal to
the supreme court prevails. former
Auditor General William p. Snyder
and former Superintendent Of Public
Buildings and Grounds ]. NJ. Shumaker
will have 10 serve their sentence OF
two years in the penitentiary. The
court was unanimous In its decision.
which applies also to John II. Sander
son. contractor, and to former State
Treasurer William L. Mathues, but
both have died since their conviction.
Sanderson. Mathues. Snyder and
Shumaker were convicted on March
Is. 1908. Jointly charged with couspir-
acy to cheat and defraud the common
wealth and with having dofrauded the
commonwealth OF $19.80S.40. The trial
was the result Of sensational charges
which were made during the last GU
bernatorial campaign. William H.
Berry. then candidate for state treas
urer. in speech at Bloomsburg, de-
clared the furnishings had exceeded
In cost by $6.OOO.O0O the amount appro-
priated for the purpose.
Judge Kunkle sentenced the four
convicted men to the limit allowed by
the act of 1860 for the crime Of con-
spiracy. sentencing each man to two
years In prison and fine of $500. The
convicted men were liberated ON $685.
900 bail shortly after the sentence had
been imposed. pending the decision OF
their appeal to the superior court.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-07-17
Order Nisi.

T. Spence Smith. Collector of State and
County Taxes for the Second Collec-
tion District of Worcester County,
Maryland, for the years 1906 and 1907.
ex parte.
In the Circuit Court for Worcester
County.
WHEREAS, a certain T. Spence Smith,
Collector of State and County taxes for
the Second Collection District of Wor-
cester County for the years 1906 and
1907. has reported to the Circuit Court
for Worcester County a sale made by
him of all that parcel of land situate in
the Sixth Election District of said
county, near Pine Grove assessed to
Joshua Cottingham as containing fifty
acres of land more or less, which said
property was assessed for State and
County taxes. for the years 1906, 1907
and 1908, to Joshua Cottingham heirs,
and was sold TO satisfy and pay said
State and County taxes for said years
due, and in arrears and unpaid.
AND WHEREAS, said collector has re-
ported all the proceedings had in re-
lation thereto.
AND WHEREAS. upon examination it
appears to the Court that said proceed
ings are regular and that the provisions
of the law in relation thereto have been
complied with.
Now THEREFORE,, it is ordered by
the Circuit Court for Worcester County
that notice be given by the publication
of this order once week for four sue
cessive weeks before the lst day of
August next, in some newspaper pub
lished in Worcester County. warning
all persons interested in the said real
estate to be and appear in this Court
on or before the 1st day of September
next, to show cause, If any they have,
why said sale should not be ratified and
confirmed.
The report states the amount of sale
to be $4,000.
ROBLEY d. JONES.
True Copy, Test:
OLIVER ID. COLLINS, Clerk.