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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29
ELK MOUNTAIN PILOT
q. c. Robinson, Editor and Prop.
CRESTED BUTTE, COLORADO
Optimist Day,

Folly will give place to a better kind
Of joyousness II the optimist can in.
duce the American people to steal
from the calendar the day that has Its
roots In English tradition as All Fools
Day, says the Baltimore American.
There is really no reason for the per
petuation OF this purely English insti-
tuition in this country. 1t has degen-
Grated into a day for questionable wit
ticisms aud has no Specification that
endears 1t to the minds of the intelli-
gent people. The proposition to con-
vert it into day for sunshine. for
CHEEKY salutation. for the sweeping OF
life's way with the beams OF gladness
comes from the Optimist club. This Is
one OF the finest organizations in the
country, whose tenets are tonic, whose
prescriptions are invigorating, whose
pass words are brotberly greetings. Its
ends are admirable. 1t points up to the
blue.
Such men as Andrew Carnegie and
Rev DR.. Slicer are leaders in the un-
the whimsicality of the English essay
list to extract sunshine from cucum-
bers All Fools Day should De taken
from clownish pranks and be made TO
bear tribute to the spirit OF the season.
The beginning of April. even when in
tears. is radiated with sunshine and
well pictures forth life itself. So that
the first day OF April would be fine
day to dedicate TO the spirit of optim'
ism that is so strong in the breasts of
Americans. II would be purely
American holiday and should serve
fne purpose and give national emphas-
is to the brighter views OF life. OPP
timist Day would spread the gospel of
4 smile.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29
Sultan May Be Deposed.

Constantinople.-It may be said that
the death agony OF the Sultan's reign
has Legun. The congress In secret
session adopted in principle the depo-
sition OF the Sultan by 1856 votes to 30.
The formality of the Sheikh vi Is
lam's decision is. however. indispensa-
BILE.
1t is reported from Yildiz Kiosk
that recent events have made pp-
found impression on the Sultan, who
was seized with cerebral troubles
Thursday morning.
His favorite son, Burnhar-Ed-Din,
who is accused Of being the principal
instigator of the last revolution. has
been threatened by the Sultan that he
would be handed over to the Young
Turk committee, and has fled from
Yildiz Kiosk.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29
Eighteen hundred and nine ha.

Eighteen hundred and nine has
been called the year of genius" be-
cause so many famous men were born
in that year. Abraham Lincoln un-
doubtedly leads the list OF statesmen.
Charles Darwin heads the list in SCI
ence. Tennyson and Holmes in litera-
ture and Mendelssohn in music. OF
these Darwin and Lincoln were born
on the same day. In many respects
the century just closed has seen more
done for humanity than any other in
our era.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29
Storm Endanoers Big Herd.

Laramie. Wyo.-William Marr OF
Walden, Colo. is marooned on the
road to the Laramie valley with about
1900 cattle, in an effort to get the
stock to grass, and as consequence
the animals are dying by hundreds.
Feed had given out in the park. and as
snow ranging from four to eight feet
deep prevented Mari from getting feed
in. he started out with the cattle. Cows
are calving, and in many instances
both mother and calf die without get
ting TO their feet. Marr is fearful Of
losing the whole herd.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29
Albanian. Fight Young Turks.

Berlin.-A dispatch from Saloniki
gives a report from Monastir that l 500
Alban,ans have revolted. terrorizing
the district and killing their colonel,
a large number of Young Turk Off
Gers and the mayor. Advices from
Uskup, 100 miles from Saloniki. says
the rising has spread throughout the
whole Of northern Macedonia. Eight
thousand armed Albanians have over
awed the small bodies OF troops, and
Christian families are fleeing. Crowds
are taking refuge in the Greek and Ser
Wan consulates.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29
"coFFEE DOESN'T HURT ME"
Tales That Are Told.

II was one Of the kind who wouldn't
believe that coffee was hurting me-"
says N. Y. woman. You Just couldn't
convince me its use was connected
with the heart and stomach trouble l
suffered from most of the time.
MY trouble finally got SO bad 1
had to live on milk and toast almost
entirely for three or four years. Still
/ loved the coffee and wouldn't believe
1t could do such damage.
What l needed was to quit cofee
and take nourishment in such form as
my stomach could digest.
II had read much about Postum,
but never thought it would fit my case
until one day l decided to quit coffee
and give 1t trial and make sure about
1t. So 1 got a package and carefully
followed the directions.
"Soon I began to get better and was
able to eat carefully selected foods
without the aid Of pepsin or other d.
gestants and it was not long before I
was really a new woman physically.
Now l am healthy and sound, can
eat anything and everything that
comes along and l know this wonder
full change is all due to my having
quit coffee and got the nourishment l
needed through this delicious Postum.
my wonder is why everyone don't
give up the old coffee and the troubles
that 60 with 1t and build themselves up
as 1 have done, with Postum
Easy to prove by 10 days trial Of
Postum in place of coffee. The reward
10 big.
There's q Reason"
Ever read the above letteFS A new
ene appeaFs frsa time to tine. They
are genuine, true and fall Of human
lAtefsots
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29
In spite of revolutions. mosquitoes

In spite OF revolutions. mosquitoes
and freight rates. Central America
manages to trade its banana crop for
prosperity. The banana plant is as In
dustrious as 1t is picturesque. work
ing all the year round. nights. Sun
days and legal holidays and while the
owner sleeps. When a self-pickins
banana plant is developed and the hy-
ing machine allows the owner to fit
north with his crop under his own
wings life in that locality will be in.
deed endurable.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29

Melvin Rhodes. a prominent Pueblo
banker, died at his home in P.:eblo on
the 18th inst at the age OF 55 years.
F.. NJ. Marshall, a farmer at Sloan.
near Florence, has encountered one Of
the greatest artesian water flows that
has been struck in southern Colorado.
At a depth OF $40 feet well was
opened thot flows 600 gallons min
ute. sufficient to irrigate 800 acres d.
rect and over 900 acres through stor-
age.
Mrs. Curfman, wife of DR.. G. w.
Curfman. past department commander
of the Grand Army Of the Republic,
died at their home in Denver Easter
morning. after an illness Of three
years.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29
Letting Him Down Easy.

A young man of very limited means.
after the marriage ceremony. present
ed to the minister 81 large copper
cents. all spread out on the palm Of
his right hand. This is all I've got.
parson." he said. Seeing disappoint-
ed look in the minister's face. he add
ed: III we have any children we will
send them to your Sunday school
Success Magazine.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29
Tn. mi..ionary Mule.

THAT mule, said the old farmer, ~
what call missionary mule, an III
tell you why: 1t throwed one man on
his. head, an when the man wuz aois
to be up an about ag'in. he went 70
preachin': an the last time the sherin
come to levy on that mule the critter
kicked him cross the county line. wnaf
they wuz holdin' campmeetin an
I'm blest ef the sheriff didn't git rehe'
ion an quit runnin' fer ofhce-Tich
wuz uncommon hard to do. seein that
the office habit run In his blood. l tell
you, nuthin in this here worr Is to be
despised, wen as humble a critter A.
a mule kin be a missionary"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29
Jess Said Her Prayers.

One day three-year-old Baby Jess
was visiting her grandmother. who
was very devout. She asked Baby
less II her mother had taught her
10 say her prayers.
Jess answered: Yes. ma'am.'
Whom do you pray to. dear. and
ask to forgive your naughty ways?"
Sometimes l pray to mothers
knees and sometimes to the bed
Delineator.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29

Soon after / began taking Doan's Kid
ney Pills l passed several gravel
stones. got well and the trouble has
not returned. My back is good and
strong, and my general health is bet
ter"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a boz.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29

Assurances that walking is a. hard
10 learn as asroplanins may content
the mind of the awaiting enthusiast.
But the loss Of equilibrium in walking
Aoss not invite such serious conse
Qusaces.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29

In order to prevent elder children
being kept at home Ito look after
baby" the London county council IL
trying the experiment of appointing
''baby-minders," who will take care OF
the babies in the school buildings dur
ing school hours.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29

and how 70 euro
them. Mrs. w. g.
Davis. OF Groesbeck.
Texas, says: Back
aches hurt me SO /
could hardly stand.
Spells OF dizziness
and sick headaches
were frequent and
the action of the kid
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29
Table Talk,

story in which Webster IL said
to have figured: The statesman was
once asked by a woman at . dinner
given In his honor. how he varied in
his eating and what he generally ate.
Madam" the answer ran. II vary In
eating in this respect; sometimes !
eat more. but never less"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29
HIS LUCK.

why didn't you come around ear.
lier? The snow is all melted away"
Oats just my luck. lady. Every
time l feels like workin' de sun comes
out and does me out OF a job!'
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29
AiliNG WOMEN.
Keep the Kidneys Well and the Kid
neys viii Keep You Well.

Sick. suffering. languid women arc
learning the true cause OF bad backs
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-04-29
When Courage Failed.

When Courage Failed.
Duke" said the heiress. eagerly.
did you see father?"
Yes"
"Well?"
I'VE talked about the weather"
What! Lose your nerve again!
Why don't you brace up and talk like
a mana subject OF a king on whose
domain the sun never sets!"
Cant" moaned the duke. "All the
time was In your fathers once he
kept grinning at a big painting"
What painting"
"The battle Of Bunker Hill."-LAr
pincotts.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-05-27
IN. MERORIAM.

Died, at Rosemary, S G, on
Thursday, April 80, 1909. little
Norman VIM Cooke, only child
of Mr. and Mrs n W:Cook, aged
y months.
To The PARENTS.
Oh, how sad it is to think,
Of your darling little boy,
Who has gone from you forever
A home in heaven to enjoy.
Oh, may your lives be so submissive,
As not to murmur or complain,
And may you live throughout HE 5
journey
That in heaven you may meet again.
The little form you loved so dearly
Sleeps beneath mound OF clay;
The soul was borne on wings to heaven
To meet you at the Judgment day:
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-05-27
H0W'S This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured BY Halls Catarrh
Cure.
FL CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
FL Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and finan-
cially able to carry out any obllga.
tions made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sen. free. Price
75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-05-27
Winthrop College Scholarship and
Entrance Examination.

The examination for the award Of
vacant Scholarships in Winthrop Col
lege and for the admission of new stu
dents will be held at the County Court
House on Friday, July \, at 9 m.
Applicants must not be less than fifteen
years of age. When scholarships are
vacant after July 2 they will be
awarded to those making the highest
average at this examination, provided
they meet the conditions governing the
award. Applicants for scholarships
should write to President johnson be
fore the examination for scholarship ex-
animation blanks.
Scholarships are worth 500 and free
tuition. The next session will open
September u, 1909. For further in
formation and catalogue address Pres
D B Johnson, Rock Hill, S c.
4-13-St
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-05-27
Children Who Are SiCkly.

Mothers who value their own
comfort and the welfare of their
children, should never be without a
boz of Mother Gray's Sweet Pow
ders for Children, for use through
out the season. They break up
Colds, Cnre Feverishness, Constipa-
ton, Teethipg Disorders, Headache
ana Stomach Troubles. These pow
ders never fail. Sold by all Drug
Stores. 25c. Don't accept any snb-
stitute. A trial package will be
sent free to any mother who will ad'
dress Allen S Olmsted, LIE Roy,
N Y. l
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-05-27
DOING THEIR DUTY.
Scores of Kipgstree Readers Are
Learning the Duty OF the Kidneys,

To filter the blood is the kidneys
duty.
When they fail to do this the kid
neys are sick.
Backache and many'kidney ills fol-
low;
Urinary troubles, diabetes.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure them all.
Kingstree people endorse our
claim.
Mrs R B Smith, Logan St, Kings
tree, S G, says: "Doan's Kidne, Pills
have proven of great benefit to lie
and | therefore heartily recommend
them. l had kidney trouble for some
time and suffered a great deal from
dull, nagging backaches Headaches
and pain in my kidneys were fire.
quent and l always had tired, worn
out feeling. Recently I procured a
box of Doan's Kidney Pills at
Scott's drug store and taking them
as directed, was quickly relieved,
My strength and energy returned
and my health was improved in every
way"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name - Doan's-
and take no other.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-05-27
alright" All Wrong.

Editor County Record: -
Is there such a word as "alright"?
l can't hnd it in my dictionary, al.
though 1 see it frequently written
and printed. PUPIL.
while the form "alright" is often
used by people who ought to know
better, we know of no authority for
combining the phrase into one word.
One might as we'll write "alwrong''
for all wrong,-Editor County Rec
ord.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-05-27
The PLAGUE OF FLIES.
Now Is The Time to Declare War Oh
the Filthy Pest.

The common house fly is carrier
of disease. Typhoid fever, diar.
rhoea, dysentery and tuberculosis
ale carried by files.
The house fly is particularly filthy,
because it has its birthplace and lays
its eggs almost exclusively il horse
manure.
Flies feed on food and also on the
worst kind of filth. They 60 from
one to the other.
Our domestic animals, the dog and
cat, though far from clean in all
their habits, we like to have about
us, but We keep them in their proper
place. The house fly, on the other
hand, is tolerated crawls
over our hands gets into
our milk, walk: food
often soiIsg<
eHss<ing
its nlthv
, troL ~
II Ill lran
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-05-27

Many weak, nervous women have
been restored to health by Foley's
Kidney Remedy as it stimulates the
kidneys so they will eliminate the
waste matter from the blood. I'M
purities depress the nerves, causing
nervous exhaustion and other all.
ments. Commence today and you
will soon be we'll. Pleasant to take.
DC Scott.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-05-27

Old papers for sale cheap by
the hundred at The RECORD
Office.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-05-27
To Georgetown by Canoe.
Editor County Record

, CQllOl Souuly lsSSoi"'
Please let lie have a small
space in your columns this week
for a short letter Of my trip to
Georgetown.
Mr. Adams and myself left
Kingstree in a canoe at $50
o clock Friday morning. We
had lunch with US and had our
dinner while moving. We ar
rived at Potato Bed ferry about
6 D m, and it being but three
miles to Rosemary, we walked
out there and spent the night
and then We came back to the
river and resumed our journey,
We hadn't gone more than
eight or ten miles before we
overlook some gator hunters
and We pulled along with them
for a short time until they said
that they were trying to kill a
gator and asked US to slow
down few minutes and we
did so. They went around the
bend of the river and we heard
them shoot and we pulled
around and went to them. They
had their game, a big ten.toot
gator. Mr. Editor, l had to feel
his tail, it being the first one l
had seen dead for years.
We left the gator hunters and
journeyed on outwards seeing
lots of people fishing. Farther
on we saw another gator but he
was lying on his back. Some
body had already fixed him.
We went on and the tide soon
struck us and that is where the
work came in, fighting those
waves, and the wind too was
something l will always remem-
ber. About four o'clock we
spied Mr. Adams gasoline
launch. 1t was the prettlest
thing of the kind | had ever
seen. When we got aboard the
men pulled anchor and we went
up Black Mingo creek as far as
Hemlngway's and came down
to Rheims where we spent the
night. Sunday morning we
started for Georgetown, arriv-
ing there about noon. | wish
you could see how Mr. Adams
boat is equipped for comfort.
1t reminded me Of a Pullman
sleeper. 1t has a cook.room and
dining.room and Capt Adams
room and berths for his crew,
besides a small shop in the er
CINE room. l think l would Ii
to spend the rest of my tim
with Mr. Adams. The boat is
80 feet long, is painted white
and trimmed in brown. 1t car
ries a big Us flag on the rear
and Mr. Adams flag on the
front.
K II FLOWERS.
Kingstree, May "a.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-05-27

If YOU desire y clear complexion
take Foleys Orino Laxative, for
constipation and liver trouble as 1t 1t
vill stimulate these organs and
thoroughly cleanse your system,
which everyone needs in the spring
in order to feel well. D c Scott.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-05-27
JohnSonVille High School.

JohusonyjIe, May 24:-The
commencement, exercises will
be held in the school auditorium
frou May 29.3l. You are invited
to be present. Following is the
programme in general:
SATURDAY, MAY 90, AT $50 p NJ
Burglars" a comedy, will be
presented.
CAST OF CHARACTERS.
Josiah Green, brave when dan
gers not in sight,
DE Mcknight
Maria Green, his wife and afraid
of burglars Miss Edna Davis.
Kitty, the housemaid, afraid OF
no one Miss Roberta Bradley
Toby, a negro hired to catch
burglars ...,..,,...-.~..,C u oihloi'
School drills, etc.
SUNDAY, MAY 80, AT HOO A NJ.
Annual commencement sermon
bv Rev G w Davis, p C Orange
burg circuit.
MONDAY, MAY 81, $50 Pm.
Annual debate. Query: Re-
solved, That Lady Macbeth was
the cause OF Macbeth's fall.
Affirmative, Ola Spring, Eltlng
Chapman, Lessie Cannon. Neg
ative, Alma Chapman, G D Can
non, Nell Davis.
Music, instrumental and vocal.
Awarding of medals.
Following is the list OF stu
dents that made distinction tor
the entire year:
10TH GRADE.
Alma Chapman
9TH GRADE.
Ella Cannon
E.. Lessie Cannon,
Juanita HaSelden
Ola Spring.
STH GRADE.
Ottes Huggins.
1TH GRADE.
Alberta Flowers
Nell Davis
9Th GRADE.
Ma-ena Spring
Willie Davis
Watts Nenters.
9TH GRADE.
Cornelia Cocktield
Maud Boxley
Thora Davis
Leah Eaddy
Elizabeth Cannon
Sallie Haselden
4TH GRADE.
Marie Flowers
Lucille Rollins
Averette Rollins
3RD GRADE.
Blondelle Cocktield
Irene Mullinix
Allene Cannon
CORRESPONDENT.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-05-27

Ind young .Dlldren b.
with, particularly a N.
sils and things that ii are
likely to put in their mouths.
The essential thing is to do away
with the breeding places of these
dirty pests.
Screen all food and keep flies
away from it.
Keep stable manure - breeding
place for hies-in a vault or PIT or
screened inclosure and sprinkle with
chloride of lime.
Quickly cover up food after a
meal and bury or burn table refuse.
Keep damp cloths near meat
dishes, milk jugs and other food re.
ceptacles.
Burn pyrethrum powder in all the
house. 1t will kill most of the flies
and those it does not Will fall Stun
ned, when they may be swept up
and burned. Sticky fy-papers are
good traps, provided they are burned
every day.
Remember that the exposure of
any kind of refuse near dwelling
furnishes a breeding place for flies,
and if food is exposed the flies will
deposit germs upon it.
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
WOMAN BlCYCLlST Is
AVERSE TO SOCIETY
IS COUSIN OF LATE PRESIDENT
M'KINLEY
Girl Wins Fame as Thespian Without
Resort to Her Connection with
Former Chief Executive OF
United States

To have declined season IN inc
White House. with all the social ao-
vantages and eclat that go with such
an experience when ones near relative
is president, for the hard work ana
struggle for glory that the stage az
fords-thls was the experience lllae
Edyth La Velle had. And she uoesh
regret It. either, for, as she says
IT would rather win such tame as
can by my own efforts than to shine IN
the glory of even such president as
was William Mckinley, my COUSIN
Edvth La Vale, who is doing a pi-
cycle act with the Baader-La Nells
trio at the Orpheum this week-and
doing it excellently well. too, urgently
was asked to become the guest OF inc
White House during the Mckinley ad-
ministration. Her mother, Clara NC
Kinley, and the president We're nrst
cousins. and William Mckinley Ielt
most kindly toward the little girl VINO
was left motherless at her birth. Dur
ing his incumbency both he and the
gentle Mrs. Mckinley asked MISS La
Velle to accept the White House nos
pitaIity, to make it her home and TO oe
the companion and conhdante or its
mistress. But she declined. Ana sne
never has regretted it.
1T wasn't a bicycle rider at that
time" said Miss La Velle yesterday
when she could be prevailed on to dis