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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

craftsmanship q: not. ~ DR.. Wis.
Brown says: discuss it diSpasslonatelv
and don use bad words.
They say that the big cotton mills
who pay so much taxes are represent
cd on the commission? WHO put them
there? Did the mills do it? Did
the operatives do it? Why were they
put there? Will they accomplish the
purpose? 7 say, No.
Has President Wright life job9 |
hope so. Has President Summer a
life job? I hope so. If both or either
should some day be defeated for
president, who would then represent
the big mills on this board Of COM
missioners?
Is the Glenn-Lowry, the Bell Tele-
phone, the oil mills, the telegraph
and the rail roads represented on the
commission? No, they have not got
so many people working for them who
can vote; hence they are not needed.
Well. we will see if all who work in
the mills vote for bonds. They have
always voted as they pleased, and
have up to this time not allowed any
man or set of men to dictate whom
they should vote for; and on the 3lst
day Of this month they will again vote
as they please-as free men, regard
less Of what any other man says or
does. They have always voted for the
best interest of the town and county,
and for the best men when candidates
are in the field.
In conclusion, I beg all Of those
who are opposed to bonds to go to the
polls and vote. If you say, we'll I
don't feel very we'll today and there
will be enough without me, and an
other says, we'll, the weather is kind
er bad, and I don't think I will 60,
besides. we will win anyhow, and an
other says, well, I have got to do so
and so and don't believe I will go to
vote-there will be just enough Of
You stay at home to let the other fel-
low win So I beg you to make no
excuse. Every one counts; so 60 and
vote, and Your majority Will be so
pronounced that it will be long
time before another effort is made to
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06
Words Of Wisdom.

What is not necessary is dear at a
penny.-Cato.
No man becomes villain all at
once-Juvenal.
IT'S the mind that makes the body
rich.-Shakespeare.
There is. no grace in benefit that
sticks to the fngers.-Seneca.
The beginning Of excellence is tc
be free from error.-Quintillan.
'Tis not the whole Of life to live,no1
all Of death to die.-Montgomery.
Mans chief wisdom consists in
knowing his follies.-Roehefoucauld
Many 60 out for wool and come
home shorn themselves.-Cervantes.
Vulgarity in manners defles fine
garments more than mud.-Plautus.
You cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must hammer and
forge yourself one.-Carlyle.
Power and liberty are Like heat and
moisture; where they are we'll mixed,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06
Mr.. Blease on the Bond Issue.

-N1. O4OcsSC C-1 t4tC OOAAA A"'0oN'
We are asked: # the rich people
and those who own the property are
willing to pay taxes to give the poor
man roads, why don't the poor man
accept them and vote for them?
| answer, Who is the rich man?
From whom does he Get his support?
To whom does he sell his goods?
Who buys the cloth made by our cot
ton mills? Who pays the interest
that makes the bank dividends? Who
buys the meal. hullS. ETC, that makes
dividends for our oil mills? Who
buys the goods that make the profits
for the merchant? Who is it that
makes the rich man who is so gener-
Gus to the poor? Who pays for the
telephones that make the company
rich? It all may pass from the rich
man to the treasurer in payment for
taxes to pay bonds, etc, but who puts
it in the rich mans hand and pocket
that he may have it to pay? The
producer. Who is he? That poor man
that the big rich folks are so willing
to build roads for.
Yes: the fellow that buys the goods
and borrows tie money is the man
at last who pays the entire amount.
You poor farmers that the town folks
want to pay so much taxes to build
roads for to travel on, stay at home
one year and don't patronize these
rich folks; don't buy goods; don t
pay interest; don't buy cotton goods,
etc.; and then see who gets hurt the
worst. All, that is all bosh, we are
all one people, and should work to-
gether, pull together and help each
other in every way possible; know no
sectionalism, no country, no town, no
poor and no rich, but be one people,
doing whatever is best for the whole
and not for any one section or party.
Get together. and all put their shout
aers to the wheel of progress, and
push it to the winning post or smash
every spoke in it. Stop this holler-
inc the rich town folks want to pay
for bonds to help the poor country
folks, because it was the country folks
that made you rich. and if you did
give them part Of it back YOU would
possibly be only following out the
divine injunction, for the country
folks have been giving you for 10
these many years.
The bond act is very defective, in
that it makes no provision to keep
up these good roads after we get
them. When the 100000 is all spent
to get them and the people are paying
that tax, who is then going to keep
these good roads in repair and in
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

>Hc:l condition a. they must be kept
in order 70 prevent them from get
ting back in the same fix that they
are in now?
They say these good roads will in
crease the value Of the lands out in
the country and make them bring
more money; YES. and therefore make
taxes still ilighe" on the landlord when
the productiveneSs Of the soil will
not be increased one particle and his
land will not WELD him one stalk Of
cotton or corn more than il did be-
fore The value increased so much. You
say. yes but he can sell it for more.
Well. if he sells it where is he going
to live? What is he and his family
to do? Oh, forgot he can move in
to town, buy an automobile and ride
around on the good roads that his tax
built.
A home is worth so much to a man
as his home, and its increase in value
makes it no more valuable to him as
a home, except possibly that he gets
the credit Of becoming larger tax
payer.
If taxes 60 up, who pays more rail-
road fare? Who pays more for the
telephone?
If cotton goes up, whose goods in
crease in price?
If store rent increases, who pays
the increase?
If clerk hire advances. who pays
the advance?
If goods get higher who pays the
higher price?
If money gets scarce and the rate
Of interest goes up, who pays it?
Who feeds the whole blank business
bosses, employees and all?
Does not the merchant and banker
make their profit just the same?
Does not the fellow who borrows
the money buy the goods, pay the ad-
vance price and the higher rate Of i'll
terest?
Who feeds and clothes the mer-
chant and the banker and their fami-
lies?
How many banks in this county,
and how many people work in them !;
what size families have those people
who pay their salaries and keep
the entire crowd going? The man who
transacts business with them, and if
they make the dividends ind give part
of it to good roads they are only
giving it back to those from whom it
came; so it's no use to get mad and
use words about the bonds that you
cannot or would not use in the pres
ence of your Sunday school class.
Let's all keep cool, bonds or no bonds;
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Proverbs and Phrases.

One can't shoe a running horse
Dutch.
Two are the masters Of one
Danish.
Tyranny is far the worst Of trea-
sons.-Byron.
It is truth that makes man an
gry.-ltalian.
Easy to look at, difficult to initiate.
Chinese.
Vengeance should be left to wo-
men.-Petrarch.
The more noble the tree the more
plant the twig.-Dutch.
To persecute the unfortunate Is
like throwing stones on one fallen in
to a well.-Chinese
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

where they will be undiSturbed for Il
day or 50, and then shake them out.
1t is very good plan to apply the
magnesia in this way when putting
away party dresses that have become
slightly Soiled. The ma@neSia absorbs
the dust, and when you take the
dresses out 10 wear the next time they
will be fresh and dainty.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06
What He Meant.

"Your novels will not endure, -
said the critic.
II know it," said the author.
"They are not literature" said the
critic.
"Correct,'' said the author.
"Well, then, what do you mean by
them?"
'eMoney,' said the author. "Wait-
er, fetch me a porterhouse steak."-
Atlanta Constitution.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06

create forty year jobs. fat salaries,
pretty maps, big fat interest on your
money, and automobile roads for
courting parties in this county, no
matter who is your senator. Go and
vote no on August 3l>t, 1909. If you
don't vote and lose. keep it to your
self. for you will get no sympathy
for failing to DO your duty as a citi-
zen Of your county.
| bid You good luck, good health
and success
As ever,
Cole L. Blease.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06
In Perfect Innocence.

From Punch.
The Beauty turning from long gaze
in the inirror)-I do envy you!
The Friend (pleaSed, but incredu-
lous)-You envy me, my dear! I Won
der why?
The Beauty-Because you can see
the real me. I can never see anything
but the reflection.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06
/ V r:

ever. ...::!!:- t,::.: l-..; "..t.c ".t! are
single. they are ,e>tructive.-Saville.
If a man does not make new ac-
quaintance as he advances through
life. he will soon find himself left
alone. A man, sir, should keep his
friendship in constant repair.-John-
son.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-06
Magnesia Cleanser

Magnesia, which may be obtained
either in powder or square cakes, is
very effective in cleaning laees and
delicate fabrics. says Woman's Home
COMPANION. Sift or rub it on the
parts to be cleaned and lay them away
The Washington times., 1909-01-07
RESIDENT ROOSEVELT ASKS CONGRESS FOR A LAW
THAT WILL PROTECT WASHINGTON FROM GAS PERIL

Gas Light Company under the same
circumstances.
Remedy in Legislation.
THE remedy lies jim legislation AS
water gas is of such a dangerous nature,
and as this has been demonstrated i'm
the case of the recent deaths, where
the carbon monOXide escaping from the
local gas supply was a COncomitant, IF
not a partial causaIity of the deaths,
Congress should amend the laws cover
ing the Washington Gas Light Company
in its manufacture of gas, by either for
bidding entirely the use of water gas or
restricting the quantity used to suCh d
minimum that its presence in the com
position of the city gas would be insig-
nihcant and harmless.
similar measures Of protection have
been taken by the Legislatures of other
jurisdictions. In 1855 the Massachusetts
Legislature enacted a law prohibiting
the distribution of gas containing more
than I'd per cent of carbon mOnOxide
wide thiTty-fOuTth report MassaC husetts
State Board of Health, 1902 It would
seem that the protection OF the COM
munitV from the recurrence or similar
disaster would bee accomplished by the
enactment of a law prohibiting the
Washington Gas Light Company from
manufacturing or distributing gas which
contained more than such q minimum of
carbon mOnOEides a the Department OF
Agriculture or other competent source
may determine, ana which would be
harmless TO the consuming public.
II am Of the opinion that nothing can
be done m the way Of criminal prosecu-
tiOn, but that recommendations for
remedial legislation should be made.
DANIEL W. BAKER.'
The Washington times., 1909-01-07

Qualities regularly tomorrow for
The Washington times., 1909-01-07

Dentfuc. or other material, and TO be
used for the purpose of Lighting the city
of Washington, or the streets thereof
ald any buildings suauuIactoTes' on
houses, therein contained and situate
euC tu lay pipes Ion the purpose OF con
Quoting gas IN amy of the streets, ave
Eucss and alleys of the sand city, and
also, that the said company viii so con-
duct the manufactures of gas as not
10 inJure private property or create
nuisance
Under this authority there is no pro-
hlbitiOn against the use OF water Sas
in the manufacture OF the gas Of the
Washington Gas Idsnt Company. me
only limitation or requirement. with re
Spect TO the gas supplied. seems 10 ne
that Its Illuminating pOWeT shall be OF
q certain caUdlopOWer, and that ITS
purity shall be of the standard pre-
scribed in the following act.
CandlepOwer act
'The act OF June 9, 1876, See. 8 70 Stat
L. 25Ds provides.
That section 1 of an act entitled.
An act regulating gas works ap-
proved june D. 1874 Is amended so as
20 read as follows. That from and at
ter June 80. 1886, the Illuminating power
Of the gas furnished by any gasIight
company person or persons in the Dis
tTict of Columbia, Sb,. be equal to
twenty-five candles by the BunSen pho
tOmeteT, using the BRAY slit union burn
er numbered seven. consuming FIVE cubic
feet Of gas per hour, and such gas
shall not contain more than twenty
grains Of sulphur in any form in one
hundred cubic feet, nor more than five
grains of ammonia in any form I'm one
hundred cubic feet. and shall be free
OF the lmpuTltE known as 'Sulphuretec
hydrogen, said impuTity TO be deter
mined by passing the gas through d
glass vessel containing strips of bibulOus
paper mOisteued with a solution of the
acetate Of lead. ana If any dlsCOlOratiOn
of the test paper is found to have taken
place, this is 20 be held conclusive as
to the presence Of sulphureted hydrogen
in the gas.
When the Illumination gas supplied
bv anv company. persou. or persons i'm
the District Of Columbia shall at any
one time be of less Illuminating power
or Of less purity than according "a the
standard just heretofore given, II shall
be so reported by the inspector OF gas
The Washington times., 1909-01-07

and meters to the company, person, or
persons supplying the same, who shall
be subject to penalty or 500 10 ne
recovered before the proper tTlbuuai
and paid into the trea =Ury OF the Dis
rUiCt of Columbia aforesaid for each
and every day during which such vio-
latIOns shalt continue. Provided, how
ever, that Of ii shall appear that such
deviatiOns from the abOye-named stand
ards could not have been prevented BY
ordinary care and prudence, but was
OcCasiOued Ey some unavoidable causes,
then the said penalty shall not be en-
forced.
This last act was amended by the
act approved March 8, 1906 (33 Stat, p.
1861. as follows.
And hereafter. the illumination
power of gas furnished by any gas
light company. persons, or persons, IL
the District of Columbia, shall be equal
20 twenty-five candles power
Violations Alleged.
con November 4. 1907. the District Of
Columbia fled a suit against the Wash
ington Gas Light Company. under the
authority OF these acts, seeking to re-
cover $500 fin penalties, for d failure
TO supply gas of the standard prescribed
by the act. This suit is pending, and
is known as District of Columbia VS..
Washington Gas Light Company, no,
1895 al Law. Supreme Court OF the
District Of Columbia
THE District of Columbia has an in
spectOr who examines the gas supplied
from time To time, to see that il does
not fan below the standard of the act
From his examination, 1t was advisa BILE
TO file this suit If the Department Of
Agriculture should be able to determine
that the present gas supply, with its
contents of water gas, or carbon mon
oxide, is deficient in purity or IL can
die power, IN violation of the provisions
Of this statute, there would be a liza
billty of ii civil character in favor o.
the District to collect the penalty, and
possibly in favor of the administrator
of the deceased to sue for damages for
wrongful deaf
But / am unable 90 see any grounds
upon which the criminal law might be
invoked to prosecute the Washington
The Washington times., 1909-01-07

threc persons i'm the city or Washington
was due to the escape of this carbon
monoNide gas. thereby supporting in
proof. the claim of the department I'm
the above theory.
Admittedly this carbon monoNide es-
Capes from gas supplied by the Wash
ngton Gas Light Company. But the
question present is whether any crim!-
nal liability is suggested by the facts
thus appearing. II does not appear from
the report that the deaths are directly
resultant from the mere presence of this
carbon m0nOXidC in the city gas, or
from The use boy the Washington Gas
Light Company of a CaTbuTetted water
gas. but it appears that in the case of
the unfortunate victims, inferior appara-
tins for heating or lighting purposes
was used. and that the gas escaped
owing to defects in those services and
appliances.
THE report shows that the stove
which was used by the family, when
brought into the laboratory OF the De
IaTtment of Agriculture, was elaborate
iy Experimental with the result being
to show that the production OF the pOIs-
onOus gas was traced directly to the
heater employed But apart from the
fact that sufficient criminal liability for
these deaths under these circumstances
could not be thus fastened upon the
mere manufacture OF the gas, IL is i'm
pOrtant to observe that the Washington
Gas Light Company has the sanction
OF Congress for the manufacture OF
water gas, or the gas which contains
This quantity Of carbon monoxlde-
Company Not Restricted.
NO restriction is imposed upon Inc
gas light company as 20 the quality
rF frg oy7fv7rf or as to the materials
used. The charter Of the washington
Gas Light Company embodied in the act
Of Congress. approved July S, 1915, g
Stat l., 5-), provides in section Z as
follows
That the president and directors
shall have fuII power and authority 10
manufacture, make, and sell gas, TO be
made of coal, oil. tar, peat, pitch, or tur-
The Washington times., 1909-01-07

ed with a door through which the gas
burner and all the heating surface snail
be exposed for the purpose of lighting
and cleaning, AID said heaters shall
be provided with a f1Ue pipe to carry off
the noNious OdOrs emauatiug theTefr0m
To the outer air.
The use # pilot lights on water
heaters are absolutely prohibited, except
Tor large water heaters automatically
operated by a thermOstat
The shuttle on the mixing valve shall
De so constructed as 10 prevent the
possibility OF disarrangement due ia
carelessness, expansion or contraction
yet be accessible and easily controlled
The heater shall not be - closer
to the floor than feet s inches, measuT-
ing from the 30 Of the burner
when complaint is made of existing
gas water heaters, they shall be made
TO CONFORM TO the above requirements
or be replaced with-heaters OF approved
tVDa.
The Washington times., 1909-01-07

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.ots NOT att,-'tt.- ~. I5-'- 80 t--T-rt
Hanger meuagl!E ...' "'0' N- ilii''l
Iauts OF the DISTINCT
".Ihe report SHOWS '-"t 1'1 SOS SUPP
ply Cf the CITY contains " large pei
gentaEe OF car Don .'t.noNlos' WtLl '-
the Secretary. anu a. l.-g s'Lgl2 oA oul
s 5,1E,a TspF ir general. the report is re-
ferred to you for such action as YOU
MY ugs--l .,-, If -l ,,,t+.. Is ..-.,
more f6reibIv emphasized bv Or TT. ".
Wiley, chief of the Bureau Of Chemistry,
n ms lelteL lEal5ulIIl5iiE the T ii, -
- T,r ~ yy-iraTss Liter. "''7''' '''9
,vr.,,
"a ""0y Ae''N''
Oillce OF tae '.ttl-
inc honorable,
The Secretary OF Agriculture
Sin Al fHa time off IHa. tragedy I'm
tina. prs7,arr,,, rsr,iI,- ~ sboT- fir,a
80.
75o' III "-il1L t"' ooo''7 anu '..0 i-i-',-'l
lost their lives from lnualnE ar
eor0Uer requested this bureau to make
am examination of the circumstances
attending this unfortunate matter 2c'
-or1lnElE, DT j. h Haywood ana w
w. Skinner were directed 10 make
thorough study of the premises and the
stove which was supposed To- have been
,-,,5,.+..7 fIlerav-ifT 10 This
end the stove was brought into the
.apoIalofy anu an Sla $500 .l,,,si9e-
.,lf ~. .,rl.iII,.ffon 5f the poisonous
.as was traced directly TO the heater
employed. A fun report of TINS ma tle -
mas 9etn mace il 10 t"' 1o-'''''
4eSt0N CiIy O"''
- .ss---s,-5 rJa,-,,.-,,7 r., 1oog-
! also HlieCteu ~ 10y " 'oN ~
tAt' tlig t1iLil i'lll-o'- vi --- s
This he has done. with the remarkable
-.-r. .r,,,,-f,,.- -ba+ the CITY Gas con-
-0@-'i' 1'i0 ms - ~ -
Iaius from 20 10 so per cent OF this very
The Washington times., 1909-01-07
PRISONER DIES

WILMINGTON, Del, Jan. T.-WaIter
J. DlckersOn, aged tWenty-three years,
who was serving a life sentence at the
WOTkhOuse for murder, is dead of con
sumption. He was brought there in 1857
from Sussex county and spent the great
er part Of the time in the prison hos
pital-
The Washington times., 1909-01-07
GcS Heater Regulations
Meet Thomas Approval

Corporation Counsel Thomas said TO-
day that he will approve the following
regulation governing the use of gas
heaters as suggested by Plumbing In
spectOr Davis.
"An gas water heaters shall be provid-
The Washington times., 1909-01-07
Attorney Bakers Report

fstDref tl--
Attorney Bakers Report.
The report Of United States -fs-
tTict Attorney Baker follows
''The Attorney General Department Of
Justice, Washington. D. a..
Sir have your reference OF certain
papers received from the White House,
relative IL a chemical examination Dos
ths Department o. Agriculture OF the
gas supplied En- this city. and am inquiry
into the Circumstance of the recent
Cestls Ga this city, caused bg the iuhala-
ton Of air charged with carbon mon
oxide gas.
ct have read the reports Of Professors
Hayward and skinner, the letter of DR..
Wiley and OF the Secretary OF Agrieul-
lure. based thereon and from these u
would appear that the recent deaths
were due TO the Inhalation uf air charged
with carbon mouoEide- that carbon
mouoxide is a very poisonous gaseous
product that the gas supplied t0 the
city 5y the Washington Gasllgst Com
8aUy contains large percentage of
carbon mouozIde. to- w.t. from 90 Co 30
per cent. that gas manufactured Fr5m
coal does not contain more than per
cent OF carbon mouoEloe. that gas
containing SO large percentage of
.sr1on m0u0EHde very nearly approaches
earburertrl water gas H.fn. contains
approximately six times the amount of
carbon mou3N5de found u coal gas.
shat accordingly the ANALYSIS 0f the
character and composition OF tHe WASH
ugtoH gas supply di-al9ses that ia IT'S
content of carbon mouoE.do il very
nearly approaches the car6uerted water
gas type. &c being property mixture
sf small amount or coal gas. varying
rum ls .u ~ per cent and oar1uTetled
aarar gas. varying from g. 90 So per
cent.
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Mir. and Mrs. w. R. Hmery, Mir. and Mrs. D. J. Doherty, Miss Laura Doerer and Mir. Clyde B. GuptIl were dinner guests of Mir. and Mrs, E. h.. Miller Wednesday.
 Mir. and Mrs. F. B. Wurzbacher en- tertained at dinner on Thanksgiving day for Mir. and Mrs. V. l. Hahn, Carl and Catherine Hahn, Mir. T. J. standIsh and Mir. oscar Gard.
 J. II. Richardson, an old pioneer resident of Atlin was in town We'd nesday, a passenger on the Humboldt, and left for Vancouver on the Cottage City Mir. Richardson was a Fifth Av, enue guest
 ! On Thursday Mir. and Mrs. Martin ! Conway entertained at dinner for Mrs. W. p. RenwiclS, Miss Margaret ] Whalen, Miss GeneyIeve Whalen, Mr. R. Kennedy and Mir. W. B. Bunham.
 The women's team that will go to ] Whitehorse Monday is made up of |Mesdames Stluebaugh, Pltman, Ganty Miller and Miss Springsted. The mems team will be E. F. Putnam, A.. 1 c. Blanchard, Tuck Flahery, George Blanchard and Will Seymour.
 The annual "barn dance" of the l W. p. A. Club was a marked success. l All those who danced were clad In garments befitting the occasion and the dances were a goodly number. The balcony was well filled with on- 1 lockers. The large hall was suitably arranged and decorated for the oc- casion, the floor was in fine cOndi- ton the music was excellent and the refreshments of the best and the com mlttee in charge spared no pains to make the occasion one of general re- iOicing.
 pnt
 Last Saturday afternoon, Orville Kingsbury invited his classmates to help him celebrate his eighth birth day Mrs. Kingsbury was assisted by Miss Laura Doerrer in amusing the small people and the afternoon was spent in merry games In the hidden contest Carl Hahn took first prize