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Smyrna times., 1909-05-19
He READ HIS MAN.
Lineoln's Rebuke to a Visitor Who
Would Not Meet His Gaze.

Lineoln's Rebuke to a Visitor Who
Would Not Meet His Gaze.
As l came up to the railing in front
Of the president he was reading a pa.
per that had just been presented to
him by a man who sat in the chair
opposite him and who seemed by his
restlessness and unsteady eyes to be
Of nervous disposition or under great
excitement.
Mr.. Lincoln, still holding the paper
up and without movement of any kind.
paused and. raising his eyes, looked
for a long time at this mans face and
seemed to be looking down. into his
very soul. Then, resuming his reading
for a few moments, he again paused
and cast the same piercing look upon
his visitor.
Suddenly, without warning, he drop
ped the paper, and, stretching out his
long arm, he pointed his finger directly
in the face of his vis-a-vis and said.
whats the matter with your"
The man stammered and finally re.
piled. Nothing"
Yes, there is,' said Lincoln. "You
can't look me in the facet You have
not looked me in the face since you
sat there! Even now you are looking
out that window and cannot look me
in the eyer
Then, fiinging the paper in the mans
lap, he cried: Take 1t backl There Is
something wrong about thisl / will
have nothing to do with itp' And the
discounted individual retired.-T. B
Bancroft in McClure's Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1909-05-19

Public sentiment is a powerful
leverage as was seen by the strong
petition which went before Smyrna
Town Council last Friday night. The
people after all are supreme and our
Town Council is nothing more than
the servant of the people. Those
who inaugurated the paving movement
did good work and saw the success
of their efforts.
Smyrna times., 1909-05-19

Foregoing the divisive issue of
suffrage, the New York State Feder-
alton of Women's Clubs has adopted
a practicable working prog am for the
coming year. It's plans include a
concerted fight against billboard ad-
vertising, establishment of comfort
stations in all cities, investigation
of the treatment and care of delin-
quent girls, crusade for saner way
of celebrating the Fourth of July
procuring women physicians for all
institutions which have women in
mates; reservation of the pine woods
of certain county as a State forest
preserve, and a campaign to secure
forest reserves in the Appalachian
and the White Mountains. How SEN
sible, yet up to date and legitimate.
This is a typical program of an aver
age State, indicating what a vast
number Of women enrolled in the
National Federation of Women S
Clubs are interested in beyond and
above society" 1t is a dull Legis-
lator and Executive today who is not
alive the fact that his action on
issues of State is keenly watched by
the American woman.
Smyrna times., 1909-05-19

decide to take this matter up for re-
consideration. Now let's get busy
and get started as early as possible
on this permanent work and when this
is done, see that other streets receive
attention. Good streets will be a
valuable asset to the town of Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1909-05-19

All credit to our town commiss-
toner's. In acceding to the wishes
of public opinion in the matter of
brieking Main street, they have done
their duty. We regret that they did
not decide to extend the paving to
Hamilton's Lane but maybe when the
work is well under way they may yet
Smyrna times., 1909-05-19
RoBT. D. HoFFECKER,
Editor and Business Manager.


AOVERTISEMENTS-TH SMYRNA TIMES is the
business medium not only for the town it rep
rseseats, but for the outlying district ofwhich It
IS. the centre embracing the towns of Clayton,
&enton, Cheswold, LeipSic, sc. A rate of so
cents an inch for lrst insertion and % cents
fIor each subsequent insertion will be charged
,or transient advertising. Locals and Reading
'Eotices, 10 cents per lineIper issue. speeia
discount on all semi-annual and yearly adver
tsements
T TERMS-SUBscRIPTION-S per annum. II
psid strictly in advance $780, No paper is
discontinued until all arrears are paid up
except at the option of the publishers.
Smyrna times., 1909-05-19
.ShSV1'HSU, Del.

BE SMYRNA TIMES is published at Smyrna
Del, every Wednesday afternoon.
TIE TIMES is an independent paper devoted to
she welfare of the town it represents and the
state of which it is a part. 1t also gives the
items of importance of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland.
Smyrna times., 1909-05-19
A Certain Cure for Aching Feet.

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease, a
powder. It Cures Tired, Aching, Callous, Sweat
Stores 25c. Sample Free. Address, Allen s.
Omsted.Le Roy, n. Y.
Smyrna times., 1909-05-19
PUBLIC SALE
OF
Household Goods
At the residence of Thos. @. Moore. M.
D., on Main Street, Smyrna, Del,
Saturday, May 22, 'O9
at l o'clock P. NJ, the following Per-
sonal Property. to wit:

1 five-piece Parlor Suit, Couch, Hall Rack
6 Dining Room Chairs, Rattan Rockers.
Rattan Arm Chair. Spring Rocker, Leath-
er Cushion Chairs, Cane Rocker, Brass
Stand, Marble Top; Center Table, Fancy
Stand, Mirror, SIdeboard, Refrigerator, 5
Kitchen Tables, COmOde, Lots of Dishes,
all kinds; Dining Room Table, Book Case,
6 Kitchen Chairs, Cook Stove. Gas Stove,
Child's High Chair, Carpet Sweeper, Parlor
Carpet, Sitting Room Carpets. Bed Room
Carpet, Hall Carpet, Step Carpet, Lot of
Mating some new; Lot of Cooking Uten-
sils, Bed Room Suits, Marble Top Center
Table, Clothes Rack, Mahogany Table, s9v-
eral stands, 2 Old-time Bureaus, Ennamel
Bed Stead, Lot of Beds and Beddings, Lot
Bed Spreads, Spring Cot, Wash Bowl and
Picher, Lot of Window Blinds, Lot of Chair
Cushions, Lot of Lace Curtains, Feed Cut
ter sets Carriage Harness, Top Buggy,
Speed Sulky, and sundry other goods and
Chattles.
TERMS CASH.
HENRY S. ANTHONY, Attorney.
u GOldsbOrOuOb Auotionaar
The Washington times., 1909-08-18
BAD DREAMS
Caused by Ooaes.

IT have been a coffee drin}er. more OF
less ever since / can remember until a
few months ago ] became more and
more nervous and irritable and finally
] could not sleep at night for / was hor-
riblv disturbed by dreams Of all sorts
and a species of distressing nightmare
Finally. after hearing the experience
of numbers of friends who had quit cot
fee and were drinking Postum, and
learning of the great BENEFITS they had
derived ] concluded coffee must be the
cause Of my trouble. so ] got some Pos
tum and had IL made strictly according
10 directions.
taste. II entirely took the place OF COZ
fee. and TO my very great satisfaction. ]
began TO sleep peacefully and sweetly
NV nerves improved. and I wish / could
Wean every man. woman and child
from the unwholesome drug-Ordinary
coffee.
People really do not appreciate OF
realize what powerful drug IT is and
what terrible effect IL has on the human
system. If they did. hardly a pound of
IL would be sold ! would never think
of going back TO coffee again. 1 would
almost as soon think OF putting nav
hand in fire after ! had once been
burned.
"A young lady friend OF ours had
stomach trouble for a long time, and
could not get well as long as she used
gan the use OF Postum and is now per
fectly well. Yours for health
Read The Road TO MELVILLE" In
pkRs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time 20 time. They
are genuine true. and fun OF human
interest.
The Washington times., 1909-08-18

sat down. and we began 10 talk and
had two or three more. II was getting
late. l told him 1 wanted TO go TO
Rockville and asked him for a half gall
Ion He wanted to put water in It, and
We quaTFeled over that. [ did not
want him TO put water in the liquor
He commenced cursIng and raising
the devil, and ! CURSED back, of course.
tie came toward me, and l knocked him
down When he got up he grabbed for
the rife. | then grabbed the rife and
shot him, and hit him with the ham
mar. I did not. want him to maze any
noise and draw any crowd. / shot him
twice more while he was on the mat
tress / then dragged him 10 the closet
and smut the door. The door haC a lock
in IL like a regular house. After filling
quart bottle and two pint bottles out
Of the jug l went home. I also took
what money ne had with him. which
amounted 10 So. l also took his keys.
Il then vent to Charles Corners
home and called him OiIt and gave him
a drink, telling him I had plenty of
money to buy more
The above confession was made OF
my own vOiitiOn without any promise
whatever made to me"
OLIVER HERMAN HARRIS"
About the first thing after signing
the confession Harris asked for a Gig
arctic Not once did he inquire about
his aunt: tut said that she did not
Know OK MS haVlnS Killed Poole.
Leads to Another.
Harris said that If he had not killed
Poole that he would never have at
tempted to murder his aunt When he
had killed Poole, firing the two addi-
tional shots tn the mans head ~ make
a good Job of t., Harris added that he
found a box Of cartridges in room in
the hut, which were used for the rife
with which Poole was murdered. These
cartridges, Harris said, he emptied into
his pocket and took TO his home, intend
ing to use them for his rife which WIS
of a similar bore to Pooles weapon
Later he fitted the cartridges into -
caliber pistol which ne sed in shooting
his aunt.
Harris was taken to the record room
IN the Baltimore Police headquarters
and his Bertillon meas Irements taken.
Tt is possible that thu bloody finger
prints on the cupboard in Pooles hut
viii be brought TO Baltimore and com
pared to Harris measurements.
The Washington times., 1909-08-18
FOUR SMALL FIRES
KEEP FIREMEN BUSY
Three Alarms Are Sounded in Space of Twenty Min
utes-Blaze in c Street Store Results 500
Damage-Matches on Sofa Start Flames.

Three fires within the space Of TWEEN
ty minutes kept the District iremcn
hustling this morning. The first alarm
was sounded at o'clock for a blaze
i'm a store at 1901 c street northwest
The cause Of this fire is unknown.
but the flames were extinguished be-
fore the damage amounted to more
than 500. The store is occupied by b.
Geisenberg, and the building is owned
by J. r. Walsh.
The second alarm came in ten min
utes later for a blaze i'm a chimney
at the home Of John Myers. 235S Geor-
gia avenue northwest. No damF sc
resulted from this fire, the flames hay
ing died out after the SCOT and TGb-
bish in the chimney burned out.
At 7:30 the third alarm was sounded
for q blaze in a sofa at the home IF
Louis Cronice, 5035 Georgia avenue
northwest. The fire IS believed to have
The Washington times., 1909-08-18
BELIEVE HARRIS
"DOCTORED" STORY
Confession Net Given Full
Credence, and Sweating"
Goes On.
Continued from First Pase.)

will help the Baltimore officials when
they sweat him today 10 find out why
he attacked Mrs. Harris.
Believes Part.
As 20 the time and manner Of com
hitting the crime. the officials believe
Harris story. but they thought he
attacked Poole in a sudden Mt Of rage.
They hold the theory that Poole was
murdered for his money. It is aImos-
certain, they point out. that more than
So, the amount Harris says he took,
was stolen. Witnesses in TraviIlah.
they say, can be produced TO prove that
Poole haG more than that on his per
son on the night before he was killed
He also is known TO have had Al least
500 concealed somewhere in his cabin.
1T is not very probable said one
% the officials working on the case, this
morning. that a man would murder
another in a drunken brswl. or in self
defense. as Harris says he did, and then
stop 10 rife his clothes. I have known
the Harris boy for many years. and I
DO not think he would have been cold
bloo1ed enough 20 DO that. II seems
more probable that he keyed himself
NJ 70 commit the crime before he went
e. the cabin.
sNcitHEr NteS IL seem TO me that he
would get up ar clock iu the morning
end go over 10 Poole's cabin Just for
the sake OF laying In supply OF
whisky, or for any legitimate purpose
j ear but believe the assault was pre-
meditated, though hardly think Harris
meant 10 XIII Poole"
Rounds Up Witnesses.
States Attorney Waters is in Ira
vilah today He visited the little cabin.
where the dead body OF Poole was found
tErcp weeks after he had Deen killed.
He went 10 see Mrs Clara Harris and
the Harris boys mother. He rounded
up other Witnesses.
AIr. Waters is believed 20 have evil
derce already in hand that Harris
spent much more thon So. nearly S40
n fact. within few days after PoOie's
death lie is kHsWn to have hired a
livery team twice: TO lave made at
least two trips To Washington in COM
pany with friends, where ne hired
tsSicab, and according 20 his own state
ment, had a sporty time"
liz paid a lOnE-Ftanding bin OF $40 at
lduthieun store, and is believed TO
have given MIS-. Thomas Pearson. OF
Washington $50 10 keep for him. IL the
authorities prove that he also intrusted
money 20 Mrs Harris tie amount must
have been even larger.
states Attorney Waters has not yet
decided whether 70 call a special ses-
SIGN OF the grand jury in September.
bis investigation IN Travilah today
The Washington times., 1909-08-18

been caused by dropping matches
through a hole in the sofa cover, which
were ignited when some one sat upon
the sofa. The damage done before the
aremen arrived will not exceed s., Mr..
Cronice stated, and the flames were
exunguished when the hremen reached
the place
Another fire occurred during the
early morning hours at 1922 D street
northwest, which was extinguished
without calling in the IRE department.
A couch in a bedroom on the second
floor Of this place was destroyed. and
the damage is estimated at $40 No
cause for the fire can be determined.
A slight fire in the rear of 251 Third
street southwest about noon today
turned out almost the entire neigh
borhood, as well as a large section of
the fire department The blaze was
caused by an overheated coal stove
in the house Of Edward Reeves.
The Washington times., 1909-08-18
Died.

LOUGHRAS-Sud suddenly, on Tuesday. August
II. 1909. JOHN c. LOUGHRAN age thirty
three years, a his residence, IS Ninth
street southeast, late Of U. S. Army
Burial service private. Interment Ar
liugton. It.
INVERSION Monday August IS. at Chill
dren's Hospital, LAURA E. MYERS. in
FAINT daughter u oscar J. and Minnie F.
Myers. aged FIVE months and nine days. II
AHERN-On Tuesday. August H. 1909 AZ
her residence 6z6 Second street northeast.
ISABELLA NJ AHERN. nee Malone. be-
loved wife OF James 81. Ahern.
pUCKETT-At his reddence. 2i4s Pennsyl-
vania avenue nortnweg;. WALTER G
DUCKETT.
LOCKWOOD-On Tuesday August II. 1909
at Providence Hospital. Major GEORGE
MERRITT LOCKWOOD
sMTTH-On Tuesday. August II. 1903. at 8
a m. JOHN SMITH. the beloved husband
OF Mary Smith nee Cusick)-
The Washington times., 1909-08-18
CENSUS STAFF NOW
ALMOST COMPLETE
All Important Appointments
Made-More Coming
In Fall.

Practically every appointment Of i'm
Portance in connection with assembling
a staff for the collection OF the census
of 1910 has now been made. 1t was said
at the office of Secretary Nagel today
that there would be other appointments
from time to time. but none of them
viii be important Civil Service exami-
nations for temporary clerkships and
operators Of punctUTing and tabulaung
machines viii be- held next October, the
appointments to be for two years.
The staff which Director Durand is
authorized TO assemble IS now practi-
eally complete. J. A. Hill has been
appointed expert chief statistieian, divi-
sion Of revision and results, at a. salary
of 5000 Mr.. TIiu formerly was clerk
to the immigration commission.
V. V. Viles will be expert chief Of the
bureau of publication at a salary of
5000 He formerly was assistant chief
of the division of estimates at the Gov
eminent Printing Office. Alexander
Seymour, who will be expert chief of
the division Of supervisors correspond
ence at a salary Of 5000, has been in
the Census Bureau for a number of
years and is familiar with the CORES
pondence work William II. Jarvis has
been appointed expert chief in the divi-
sion of population at salary Of S2O0J
T. H. Mailing has been appointed ex-
pert chief in the division of agricul-
ture at a salary Of $4,000. H NJ
Pruden has been Transferred from
elerkship in the T. easury Department
10 act as private secretary to the as
sistant director Of the census at a sal
airy of $1,000. Eugene H McDermott
has been appointed a stenographer in
the bureau at a salary of $500.
Promotions in the bureau have been
announced as follows:
Population division Agnes f.
Barnes, $1,000 to $1,000; John NJ Brin-
ton, $1,000 TO 71.4O0: Horace Cole.
$1,000 10 s1,400; ~ B. Craig. 1000 to
$3.50; Carolyn X. Ditto. 81, 200 10
81, 400; Adolph J. Doeing, 1900 to
S1,400; Mabel r. Guild. 81 600 to
$1,000; Ethel Hodgbins, 1000 20
$1,000 Henrietta Herman, SI.40O TO
$1,000. William Mcclure. $1,000 TO
81 400; George w McMorris, $1,000 to
S1,400; John p. Mitchell. $1,000 to
S1,400; Mary c. Oursler 5000 TO
$1,000. Mrs. Enarua G. Parker. $1,000
to $1,000: Samuel ID. Rhoads, $1,000 to
S1,400; Olive NJ Riddleberger, 81. 400 to
$1,000; James Swinburn, $1,000 to
81 400 Bertha Waite. Sl,200 30 g,ie9;
George b. WetzeI. 200 to s., 400; Fred
erick j. Wildman, 81 200 TO Sl,4o0.
Agricultural INSTRUMENTATION ], Bar
rows. 81 .600 70 81 500; Lemuol a Carruth-
ers. $1,000 to S. 40: Starke NJ. GroEan.
$3.50 10 SLIGO; Arthur J Hirsch, 1920
90 S1,4o0
The Washington times., 1909-08-18
TOMMY LOWE MATCHED.

BALTIMORE, August 18.-It vas an
Eounced by Manager Al Herford, of the
Eureka Athletic Club. this morning that
Al Schumacher, of New York. had been
matched for a fifteen-round bout with
Tommy Lowe, Of washington, in this
city tomorrow night week The agree
ments were signed by sammy Harris.
the manager of Schumacher. and Jerry
Mccarthy. the Washington sporting
man, who looks after i re.
The Washington times., 1909-08-18

will help the Baltimore officials when
they sweat him today 10 find out why
he attacked Mrs. Harris.
The Washington times., 1909-08-18
Full Confession.

His full confession reaCs as follows:
MY name is Oliver Herman Harris
I am twenty-three years Of age. I re-
side in Montgomery county, Md Or
July . I went to the shanty of Henson
Poole about o'clock in the morning ]
knocked AT the door. and Henson Poole
let me in. He was dressed in his under.
clothing. ! went inside and told hin
that I came down TO get some booze
He asked me to have drink with him
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
.ROOSEVELTS CHANGE
THEIR HUNTING GROUND

Naivasha, British East Africa, July
] 4-The Roosevelt expedition, which
has been hunting for the last five
weeks in the Sotik district, arrived this
morning at the farm of Captain Rich
ard Attenborough on the south shore
of Lake Naiyasha.
E. j.. C~uninghame, the general man
lager of the expedition, came to Captain
Attenborough's place last night in ad-
vance of the others and left at day
break this morning to meet Mr.. Roose-
Welt and guide him to the farm. Mr..
rCuninghame had a lard trip. On the
last day of his journey his porters
were without God or water.
Mr.. Roosevelt and his son, Kermit,
will remain at Captain Attenborough's
only long enough to bag three hippo
potami-a bull, a COW and a calf-a
specimen of the rare digdit antelope, a
bush buck and a baboon. They will
then move on to the ranch of Lord Del
.amere, n Of the game wardens of
British East Africa, to hunt with him
for 10 days at Moro. The other mem
bers of the party will stay at camp at
Captain Attenborough's. The captain
is at present In Naivasha engaged in
securing and shipping out supplies for
the expedition.
Major e. A. Mearns, a member of the
Roosevelt party, rode 40 miles recently
to give medical attention to three ma
tives belonging to an expedition I'M
der O.. G. Chapman. who had been Sc
verely mauled by a lion. In spite of
his efforts, two of the men died.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
OFFICIALS OF ROADS
OWN coal PROPERTIES

Chicago, July LIT was brought out
here before Interstate commerce Com
missioners Harlan and Clark. who are
conducting an inquiry Into the owner
ship of coal lands by railroad officials
In Illinois, that several high officials OF
railroads are heavily interested In coal
properties.
Theodore P. Shonts, president OF the
Chicago & Alton railroad, ia the owner
Of $4,000 har of the Cardiff
Coal company. Mr.. Shonts also has
bonds Of $56. 900 in the same
Paul Morton. president Of the Equitable
Assurance society, and a former rail-
o man, is the owner of 312 shares OF
the Cardiff Coal company and also SAL
900 worth Of bonds. Others intereste,s
both in railroads and coal companies
are: A. E.. Banks, president Of the
Elgin, Joliet &c Eastern railroad; Rob-
ert Mather. general counsel for the Chit
cago g. Alton road; Fl. J. Miller, presi-
dent of the Chicago e Eastern Illinois
Railway company; Carl Sholz. Of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pactac: I Fl
Spoor, president of the Chicago juno
ton railway: A. l.. Winehell, president
of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railroad: r. A. Jackson, first vice presi-
dent of the Chicago, R6ck Island & pa
cific; Frank Nay. general auditor of
that road; w. e. Corey, president Of
the United States Steel company. and
e. H. Gary. chairman OF the board az
directors, own 200 shares each in tha
cOa
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
GIRL SMUGGLER TO
PAY FINE OF $4,000

Trenton, N. j., July 13.-Miss Ca
mile Lonstrof, Of Milwaukee, who was
try furs valued at $500, pleaded guilty
In the United States district court here
and was fined $1,000 by Judge Cross.
Miss Lonstrof until recently had been
travelling abroad with her sister, Miss
Elwina, and her mother, Mrs. M. Lon
ore lands thar any other woman and
aggregating about SIS, 200, 900 In value
The party arrived in Hoboken June
II on the America. The three failed to
declare a number of dutiable articles
which subsequently were seized by Gus
toms officials, but as Miss Lonstorf
was the only one who signed the dec
.larations she alone was indicted.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-15
CYCLONE WRECKS
FARM STRUCTURES

Washta, Ia, July 4.-Carried six
DDS and dashed to pieces by striking
on its roof, the farm house Of Ell
Crum. a mile west OF Washta, was
wrecked by a cyclone last evening
about 6 o'clock. The house was occu-
pied by the family Of Jim Williams,
but they took refuge In q cave and
thus escaped. The barn. occupied by
seven horses, was also destroyed. One
OF the animals vas slightly scratched,
blu h others escaped injury. Hog
houses and other outbuildings were
blown down.
Starting from neal the same locality
an incipient cyclone plowed y path
about IL feet wide through a corn field,
struck the river and went into the air,
coming down again about three miles
east Of Washta, where it overturned a
buggy being driven by Ernest Keck.
His mother, Mrs. John Keck. and her
mother, Mrs. Baker, were thrown from
the vehicle and only slightly injured.
Barns on the Carey Wise farm, the
/. E. Knapp place and at Henry ASH
tons, We're blown down. and at the
latter place a row of big cottonwood
trees was uprooted and laid flat with
the ground. Another large cottonwood
grove in the path Of the tornado suf-
fered a like fate. The tornado ap-
pears to ave practically spent its force
near the Ashton farm.