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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-26
MYSTERY SHROUDS
CAREER OF HERMIT

cradle man lived alone with his music
| and his dreams of other days.
Then the villagers learned that he
was expecting someone; that he was
writing letters to a woman in Brook
lyn. And last December she came to
! Kipps Island and took up her residence
| there as nurse to Mr.. Mitchell She
was Christina MacGregor, about thirty
! two years old.
She came often to the village, and
! became acquainted with Solomon Neil.
| Somewhat to the surprise of his
friends, they were married in January.
| And in April the aged recluse came to
| live in their home. He died there on
June II last
A few days later the Meils produced
will which read as follows:
Il Francis x. Mitchell, give to Chris
tina MacGregor Neil a power of attor-
ney to attend to all of my affairs, sign
checks. etc, and at my death inherit al
| my worldly possessions
There was only cross mark for sig
nature. But Walie W. Neef and A. L.
Delelys had signed the will as Wit
nesses 1t purported to have beer
drawn just two days before he died.
When the document was offered for
probate certain residents of Monte
yuma went to District Attorney Burritt
and made statements that caused him
to begin a search for blood heirs of
the deceased. and Frank S Mitchell
and Laura Doe Mitchell, who claim to
be children of the eccentric musician.
! We're found in San Francisco. They
Immediately made arrangements for a
contest.
1t was also learned that Mr.. Mitchell
had been married and divorced by
three wives-another strange sidelight
, on his peculiar personality. He mar
! ried one woman in Maine. one in Oak
land. Cal, and another. it is believed
In Br0oklyn>
The District Attorney became inter
ested in another phase of the, case.
Last month. before the hitch in the
probating of the willdeveloped.S Solo
mon Neil died suddenly. 1t was rum
ored that he had taken too much anti
fat medicine. In order to silence Cos
sip among her neighbors. Mrs. Neil
ordered two physicians to perform an
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-26
Biographical
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October &c.
GEORGE GORDON BATTLE.

George Gordon Battle, one of New
Tammany candidate for district attor-
ney of New York county, was born in
North Carolina forty one years ago to-
day.
His greats great grandfather, Elisha
Battle, was a member of the famous
convention which refused. on behalf
of the state. to accept the federal con-
stitution, and his maternal grandfath-
er Joseph John Daniel, was for time
a judge of the supreme court of North
Carolina.
AS a youngster he was a sort Of Il
boy wonder. He attended so many
corn fed universities that the lis.
sounds like the muster roll of the Con-
federate states. He was admitted to
the University of North Carolina at
the age of thirteen by special dis
pensation. He rollicked through two
or three others, and came to New York
in 1890. to begin Immediately practic-
ing at the law. His target work was
excellent, too for little later on he
managed to get on the counsel list of
half d dozen of the sensational crimi-
nal trials which have startled New
York.
10 Il t1.iC of
under Delaney Nicholl and his first
work in the district attorneys office
was in the bureau of appeals, where he
assisted in the preparation of the
briefs in the cases against Carlyle
Harris and Robert w. Buchanan. Later
he was placed in charge of the bureau
of indictments. In 1897 he withdrew
from the district attorneys Office to
take up the practice of law.
The prominent law cases with
which Mr.. Battle has been connected
are the MolineuX trial, the Patrick
trial and the Carl Fischer Hansen
trial. He also was associated with
James w. Osborn in the special
prosecution of the so-called Ice Trust
by Attorney General Jackson Mr.
Battle is member of the Bar asso-
citation, the Southern society, the
North Carolina society of New York
and the Seneca, Calumet and Manhat-
tan clubs.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-26
TO WATER PLANTS.
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Place the flower pots on the floor
around high box or chair, and put
on the chair a rge-Sized pail of water.
From piece of unbleached muslin
cut several strips long enough to reach
from the pail into the pots. Sew the
strips together at one end and fasten
this end with a weight in order that 1t
will remain at the bottom of the water
pail. Lead the other ends to the flower
pots and the strips will act similar to
water pires, feeding the flowers, drop
by drop.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-26
MIRRORS NECESSARY FOR !
NEW HATS. :.
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The day OF the blessed mushroom
which could be clapped on any old
way and still be becoming. is past. The
new hats. turned up at one side. must
finite care or the lines will be all aWry
and the result painful if not positively
rakish and dissipated. Unless more
friendly mirrors are PLACED in the the
alter lObbies there is going to be an
rooms after every performance, for no
woman will dare venture out with her
hat adjusted in ht-or- miss fashion in
her seat
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-26
Good Roads Congress.

COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 26.-Delega-
tions appointed by the governors OF
many states are in attendance at the
in the Ohio capital today. Governor
Harmon has manifested great interest
in the aSsemblage and will use his in
fuence to give impetus to the high
way Improvement movement in Ohio
and throughout the country.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-26
Taft Enjoying Trip.

Apparently enjoying to the utmost the
novelty of his trip down the father
of waters" President Taft arrived
here early this morning, and after
stop of an hour proceeded down the
stream with his great fleet of vessels
Cairo, H., is the next stop, and HEX
man, KY, will be reached late this at.
ternoOn.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-26

New York state assembly of mothers
leading to the presumption that the
babies are at home with their fathers
The mothers held preliminary DOW
vows today and the opening session
will be entitled THE Fathers Respon-
sibility for the Child" There will a..
so be addresses and papers on the pre-
servation of trees, co-education. fores-
try, hats and gowns, birds and insects
and other topics of interest to moth.
ers
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-26
. FANCY HAIRPlNS ONCE MORE I
. IN VOGUE. !


Hairpins and combs have been very
quiet in style for the past few years,
the elaboration of the cOiffure, being
confined entirely to the tresses them
selves New, however the hairdress-
ings are growing smaller and closer to
the head more ornamental pins are
coming into vogue. At Troutville, where
many authoritative evening costumes
are seen, many of the women wear
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-26
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s
a PRETTY BABY AFGHAN.


Warm and coy for wintry wealth
er-as we'll as charmingly dainty--is a
double afghan, pink on one side and
white on the other. The white section
pattern. the pink section. closely knir
from heavier wool, showing through.
The two afghans are fastened together
all the way around, with a shell stitch
scallop. or rather double row of seal
lops, pink on the white side and white
on the pink side of the afghan. The
same idea might be carried out in
white and blue. gray and blue or any
other desired color combination
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-26

better condition prior to the race this
year than it had ever been before. "he
promoters announced more than a
week before that it would draw the
largest crowd in its history this year.
The accompanying group contains a
portrait of Chevrolet Il snapshot of
Mr.. Vanderbilt, donor of the cup, and
some exciting scenes on the course.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-26

Nearly all of these men were on the
course at practice spins ten days be-
fore the date set for the contest. In
the early practice Knipper made the
fastest time, covering the 1854 miles
of the course at an average speed of
60 miles an hour. Merz and Aiken, he
roes of the indianapolis meeting, also
made fast time The course was in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-26

their hair banded close to the head
with horn pins in fancy designs thrust
in. Some of these pins had tops like
butterflies and bugs in rather gro
tesque effect Others showed lacy, deli
cate patterns, which were really very
effective.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-26

When all is ready for the start of
the Vanderbilt cup race, the automo-
bile Derby of America, at the Long
Stand Motor parkway on October 80,
about 80 Of the most famous drivers
n the world will dash away in the
great contest. The distance for the
race is 235 miles, and the Vanderbilt
cup is the most coveted automobile
prize in this country. 1t was won last
year by George Rob 5rtson in a Loco
mobile. Each entrant pays a fee of
$500, and large prizes are paid to the
successful drivers. That is why the
race attracts such daring speeders as
Louis Chevrolet Robertson, Lescault.
De Palmer, Lyle, Dingley, Knipper
Harding, Matson, Metz and Aiken.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-26

autopsy. They reported that Neil had
died of heart trouble. '"They did not
examine the stomach" said District
Attorney Burritt.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-22
SENDS OUT MAPS
State Geologist /. c. White
Issues Geographical Map
of West Virginia.

An interesting. geographical map
showing the distribution of the coal,
oil. gus and limestone areas through
out West Virginia has been issued by
State Geoiogist /. c, White, and a
number Of copies distributed. All coal
mines of Importance. as well as oil
and natural gas deposits are located
while the map is shaded 10 show the
extent of the various seams.
Other information is given, includ-
ing list Of all the coal mines in the
State, arranged by counties. Togeth.
er with the map, a copy of the ad.
dress delivered by Geologist White al
the conference on the conservation 81
natural resources at the White House
is also sent out. This address was
delivered on the afternoon Of May 12
1908, and attracted great deal OF
attention at the time,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-22
One Of the Directors Shows
the Injustice of Com
Hittee S Report

q AZ sWaarinsen ono of the al
records 81 the Weston asylum for the
Insane has given out the following
signed statement:
It appears 70, be in order for me
as one OF the directors Of the Weston
asylum to make somekind OF state
ment regarding the charges contain
Eed In the report of the special COM
mlttee appointed by the legisIatr.e
two years ago, which has iust made
SIS report.
This report, in my opinion. Is
Certainly one Of the very best Dem
ocratic campaign doucuments thai
was ever issued. and am not sure
but what It was largely gotten up for
that purpose,
But to come back to my insitu.
etion. The ordinary person reading
1.-THE newspaper comments would sup
pose that the bed-bugs ware actually
Walking away with the Institution.
Now have no doubt that there are
some there; the very nature of the
institution would make it praetically
impossible to be otherwise. That In.
stitution iss the Oldest in the state.
Ia part Of It being built long before
the Civil war. We are getting pa
tents every week from all oYar the
state. the most OF them from filthy
jails in the different counties and
some ofsthem from the poor houses.
say again that Il have no doubt
that there are some there, but VIII
say this, and swear TO same ii nee
essary, that / have been around and
through the Institution "a great deal
during the last eight years and have
never yet seen bed-bug on the
premises. 1t Is true that / have
never gone systematically over the
one thousand beds to. find them, but
have looked some, There are 9TH
ers who will willingly swear this
same thing.
Another great thing that this
committee has found is the cost, OF
our meat in comparison with that
used at the cpenitentiary. They show
THAT ours costs twice as much as
theirs; but If they knew, they are
not fair enought to explain. that we
buy only young steers and heifers
OF certain weight, dressed, cut up
and delivered at hospital; we buy
land pay for 1t that way. The peni-
Atentiagy buys. theirs on foot, where
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-22
DEFENSE rs MADE
or WESTON AS YL UNI

about SO per cent = lost IN the
dressing. We haxe never butchered.
or had butchered. Eor the use Of pa
tients any cows and tie report OF
the special eonmitis does not act
llaliy 50 state. but ii gives that I'M
Another thing that they claim 5
that We have too many attendant 20
do the work, as compared with the
Huntington institution. IL the read
ers win think ne can easily see the
difference: At Huntington Is the
home for incnrables that means al
most exclusively epIleptlcs and
idiots-n not crazy people not mar
derers taken from the penitentary
under plea o. insanity one attend
elt either male or female. can easily
with perfect safety take care Of at
least twice as many patients as we
can, Our books win plainly show
every dollar, that has been approp.i-
ated and will also account for every
cent of it that has been spent and
defy any man or set of men to spec
ify where any money has been sto-
len. misused or recklessly spent, OF
if there has been any improvement
made in the Institution in the last
eight years that has not been sue
cess and wen worth the money.
&C. A. sWEARINGEN."
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-22
MR.. DOMAIN DIES
Venerable Resident of Hardy Count,
Answers the Last Taps.

Robert ], DOMAIN is dead in HARDY
county IN the 18th year of his age.
He was a prominent and successful
farmer in that section. The surviving
sons and daughters are Robert T. and
Asaby DOMAIN. Of DOMAIN; j. E. Do
man, of clarksburg; Thomas B. Do
man. and Mrs. Sadie Fertlg, OF
Hedgesville; and Mrs. Edgar Bean. OF
Washington. He was a Confederate
veteran and saw service under Stone
wall Jackson and others. He was a
member of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-22
EXPERT INsTRUcTs.

Frank E. Wilson, expert account,
ant engaged for the state on the
uniform accounting system, is home
from Charleston, where he held a
school of instruction. The counties
represented at the school were Min.
go, Wayne, Lincoln. Kanawha, Nc.
Dowell and others. He went over
the new system thoroughly with the
officials present.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-22
PARKERsBURG
BOYS WHIPPED
Local High School Basketball
Team Wins a Notable

x T. u
nj fast an q exciting game thu
clarksbIfg high school basketball
team defeated lthe Parkersburg high
scl5eol team IN THE local high school
gymnasium On seeoha street Saturday
night The score was IS TO 81.
Flushed with their vIetory over the
Fairmont high school team the eve
ming before and confident from aslons
line OF Victories. the visitors came up
ON the floor IN fine shape aud IN the
first half they defeated the locals by u
score OF II to 8.
They weakened In the second half.
however, and when the time was out
the score was tied, both teams .hayins
score Of q. II was decided to pay
the tie out and clarksburg soon shot
the winning basket.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-22

$f.25 PERCALE WRAPPERS
These wrappers are cut full with
large Aounce at bottom 20
Clearance Price. &c
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-02-22

s.. 90 DAINTY WAISTS
Made from fine quality lingerie
Fronts embroidered in beautiful
designs o.
Clearance Price. 0ON
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-01

the Alabama laboring man possesses
a thirst and that he win migrate al
the very mention Of prohibition Pro
Tossing to be better representatives
of the laboring classes than the scent
ed darlings who draw big salaries
from the mining companies for doing
the thinking for their employees, such
men as Ed Flynn, state mine inspec-
tor and former president Of the United
Mine Workers, Tom Pounds, head Of
the railway locomotive engineers. and
others equally as prominent have
thrown down the guage to the corpo-
ration heads. The labor vote will be
cast almost solidly for the amendment.
The fight will be interesting. 1t will
be bitter-but when the smoke clears
and the votes are counted Alabama
will be found holding aloft the white
banner Of temp erance and blazing the
way for the triumphant procession OF
states that prefer bread to booze,
homes to novels, law to license and
men to maniacs.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-01
IN TENNESSEE.

THE statewide Prohibition Demo
Gratis of Tennessee met in Nashville
on the 21st, some two thousand strong,
To condemn the INSTRUMENTATION OF
public affairs by Tennessee's degener-
ate governor, and to Organize against
the lawlessness he condones. Those
men in that convention are the old
guard of Tennessee Democracy. Not
only that, but they are the old guard
of the highest type of Christian man
hood in Tennessee, than which there
is none higher, and they have met,
"tall men, sun crowned" to reclaim
their state and take it out of the hands
of the money-changers and pardon
brokers; to clean out the Augean sta
bles and bring the people back again
into their own. And they will do it;
they are the Kind and the crowd who
do things. They are the bulwark OF
church and state in Tennessee. They
nav its taxes and support its institu-
lions. God made tennessee rlcn IN
resources. These men have plowed
its fertile soil, tunneled its mountains,
felled its forests, built its houses and
its homes, and made it to burgeon
and to blossom as rose. They SUM
lbered for awhile on the post of duty
and while they slept mongrels crept
in and stole the reins of government.
But mans necessity is Gods oppor-
tunity," and the very outrages that
have been perpetrated in Tennessee
have awakened the public conscience,
until now one who runs may read the
handwriting ON the wall which dooms
the Patterson horde of political pill
ferers to political rout and ignomin-
| .ous death.-F D. Lander in Hatties-
burg News.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-01

Nashville has had as her guest this
week General Fred Grant, son of the
commander-in-chief Of the Federal
forces at the close of the Civil war,
and himself member of the Regular
army. Forgetting the small preju-
dices of small men, the Capital City
has extended to Gen. Grant an old
fashioned Southern welcome, as If to
atone in part for the more vigorous
reception accorded his father by the
Southland in the sixties. Gen. Fred
Grant, at the Memphis reunion, en-
deared himself to the Southern people
by the manly shake which he gave the
hand of General Clement A. Evans,
commander-in-chief of the remnant OF
the Confederate forces. This deed
stirred the nation, symboliging the
North clasping hands with the South,
and in no small degree helped to re-
move the friction which has existed
between the sections for nearly half
a century.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-01
GOOD ROADS.

The subject of good roads has been
agitated more during the past twelve
months than at any time in the recent
history of The South. The Good Roads
convention held in Nashville this week
was in a measure an expression of the
popular demand for better highways.
It is needless to say that there are
few opponents of road building, and
that the only difference of opinion Is
as to whether they should be con-
structed by the county, state or ma
tional government.
Not alone are the farmers vitality In
terested in the subject of road build
ing, but the whole population as well.
To cheaper the cost of transportation
is to cheaper the cost of the necessi-
ties Of life, the larger part of which
are grown upon the farm and trans
ported to some shipping point. BY
enabling the farmer to haul larger
load the urbanite is removing one OF
the taxes from the breakfast table.
At the same time he is enhancing the
value of farm lands and increasing
the pleasures of farm life.
1t will be long time before Ten
nessee will be intersected by Appian
Ways over which the automobile and
other pleasure craft can move with
rapidity and ease. And it will be a
long time before the festive mule is
relieved of the necessity of stretching
his sinews in pulling load that goat
should move But with constant agi-
tation and education system of cor
rect road building will be worked out,
and the highways Of Tennessee will
be converted from muddy lanes into
beautiful boulevards.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-01
IF YOU SEE TIN AD, IT'S SO
MckennOn, Anderson 4 FOSte

Atlanta has announced -
bate between Bailey ana - a
as well extend The lL""''
SO as to include all the year
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-01

A Rutherford caunty farmer shot
his father-in-law under. the impression
that he was squirrel. Probably used
a single barrelled gun.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-01

From the fact that a negro was in
the Peary dash we should think that
the pole belong the Southern
League.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-01

Red noses as rule turn up at the
thought of eSquaw" Democrats. 10
them an unfumigated Ethiopian smells
good.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-01

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3 TO CANDIDATES.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-01
Ladies Misses And Children S Knit UnderwSl

Fifty Light Weight Cotton Union Suits without the Fee
ing just weight the climate. $1.OO garment
separate White and Cream SOC garment
Union Suits SOC garment.
Ladies Shirts 25c garment.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-01
Wool And Silk Dress Goods

showing everything that in these two departments
Silk in shades Tafeta, Bengaine ETC.
de Cashmere, $1.0 yard
Wool Dress Mixture and Green
10 be a this
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-01

= Rates and Terms Of Announce 3
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= County Offices-Daily ..... 200 =
4 Judicial oflces Weekly. :. 1900
: Jdd!e.a C.nces-Daily -. 1000
= Attorney General-Weekly. 1900
= Attornev Generai-Daily... 1000
= COngre. sional-Weekly -. 1000
y Congr Daily ..... 1000 =
The terms are CASH with or
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: include for every day issue OF
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Il in the week. For further infor- =
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-10-01
Formal Millinery Opening

Formal NIIneFy opening
and handsome
ePachBa
AiontoW smaller
Felt Gold and Silver Braid Ostrich
The daily tribune., 1909-01-26
dreaded Chicken.

Out chicken into pie ces for serv-
ing and dip each into An egg beaten
with tablespoon of cold water. Roll
in a fine bread crumbs and dust with
salt and pepper. Sprinkle little
minced parsley over and spread the
pieces on buttered baking dish.
Put bit Of butter on each piece
pour half a cup Of water into the pan
and bake slowly. Baste often and
when cooked through take up the
chicken on to hot dish and pour n
cup Of milk into the baking dish.
Thioken with n half . CUP Of Hne
sifted bread crumbs and pour round
the the chicken.