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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22
A CURE FOR FITS.

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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22

To be wise is good cheer.
Thrift is itself a good income.
The pen is mightier than the
sword.-Lytton.
The easiest way to save money is
to make more than you spend.
There is nothing that can burn
money faster than an old flame.
1t would require clever salesman
to sell dollars at ninety cents each.
Though you drive nature out with
q pitchfork, she will always come
baek.-German.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22

nervous and lame in the morning.
Doan's Kidney Pills helped me right
away. and the great relief that fol-
lowed has been permanent"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box,
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo. n Y.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22
Raqout Of Mutton.

For ragout of mutton, make a
sauce with tablespoonful of butter,
a tablespoonful of flour, a cupful Of
stock or water, half teaspoonful Of
minced parsley, quarter Of teaspoon,
full of mixed sweet herbs and salt and
pepper. Cook the onion in the butter
until 1t is golden brown. Then stir
in the flour, and after that is blended
the other ingredients. Cook until
sauce is thickened and then let 1t
cool. Add about a pound of cold
cooked mutton chopped fine or cut in
small pieces and let 1t heat thoroughly
and slowly, but do not let 1t boil.
Serve it in a mound with poached
eggs on the top and sippits Of toast
around. Or serve it with rice.-New
York Sun.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22

thousands tell of
cures made by Doan's
Kidney Pills. John
c. Coleman. a prom
inent merchant of
Swainsboro, Ca. ,
says: For several
years my kidneys
were affected and my
back ached day and
night. Twas languid.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22
DOCTOR
ADVISED
OPERATION
CuredbyLydiaE. .Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

- suffered terri
bly, from female ills,
including in1am-
nation and conges-
tion, for several
years. My doctor
said there was no
hope for me but an
operation. / began
taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Eegeta-
BILE Compound. and
l can now say / am
q well woman"
FNfMA I'm prp
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22
w ise Savings.

To err is human; to forgive. divine.
The finest flower will soonest fade.
The fool wanders: the wise travel.
The fowler spreadeth not his net
in sight Of the bird.-Bible.
The friends Of our friends are our
friends.-French.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22

What's the good of teaching say
ages to wear trousers unless you hav
trousers to sell
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22

out. My rule is to remove them as
soon as dry, If they pant; but if it is
cold, l remove only a Few at a time,
as they become too much crowded for
comfort"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22

1t is easy 10 get into bank if you
have money to deposit.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22

Every man should be given an op-
portunity of demonstrating his in
competency.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22

For GUILDS and GRIP.
Hicks CArUpINs Is the best renedy-
relieves the aching and ferertshness-cures
the Cold and restores normal conditions. It's
nQuid-enccts Immediately. lec. SC and
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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22
BACKACHE Is KIDNEYACHE.
Cure tho Kidneys and the Pain Win
Never Return.

Only one wey to cure an aching
back. Cure the cause, the kidneys.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22
Here and There.

itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolfords
Sanitary Lotion Never fails At dru9gists.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22

The worst thing about Jail is to be
found on the inside of it.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22

They say that women and music
should never be dated.-French.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22
SCLASSIFlED ADVERTISEMENTS

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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22

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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22

For more than four hours the Dem
ocratic members Of the Senate con-
ferred Wednesday in an effort to
agree upon a policy toward tariff leg
islation. At the end of that time Sem
ator Culberson, the minority leader,
announced the Democrats had agreed
to support an income tax amendment
and to stand for substantial reduc-
tions in schedules, and particularly
for decrease, in the rates on neces-
saries Of life.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22

1t was stated that the postponement
OF proceedings in the senate was due
to request from the Democrats, but
they take exception to this statement,
and say they will be prepared to pro-
ceed with he consideration of the bill
whenever the Republican senators de-
sire to take it up.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-04-22

Senator Taliaferro, of Florida, has
again introduced his bill to prevent
the manufacture and sale of adulter-
ated, misbranded or falsely graded
naval stores. Several hearings were
given on the bill by the committee on
interstate commerce lest session at
which arguments were heard for and
against the proposed legislation, but
the measure was not reported.
An important conference was held
Wednesday at the Department of
Justice, the parties to it being Attor-
ney General Wickersham, Solicitor
General Bowers, Secretary Nagel, Of
the Department Of Commerce and
Labor; Secretary Ballinger, of the
Interior Department; Chairman
Knapp and Commissioner Prouty, of
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
and Representative Townsend, Of
Michigan. The idea of the conferences
was to form among the Departments
Of Justice, Commerce and Labor and
Interstate Commerce Commission a
close coordination in the work of the
three.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
IRON NERVE AND
HORSE SENSE MADE
LUCKY" BALDWIN

the old directors forbidding them to
so on with the election.
The meeting was set for Monday at
nine a. m. AT the last moment Lloyd
rushed into Baldwin's office with the
news that 1t was impossible to get his
Injunction papers signed until ten
o'clock
Well" said Baldwin after a mo-
ment's pause, you go up to court and
as soon as you get the judges sigma
ture come down a-flying in hack.
I'll keep the directors from holding
that meeting"
Baldwin sauntered jauntily over to
the meeting and endured calmly the
guying of those who thought he had
been euchred. He was seated in the
room as a stakeholder when the pres
ident of the company arose and an
nounced the call for the annual cleo
ton. Baldwin then got up and entered
a formal protest, but the president
ruled him out of order.
Old Lucky made only two or three
strides to the presidents side, and
before the astonished official knew
what had happened he was lying UNI
der the table and Baldwin was presid-
ing in his place, with a six shooter in
his right hand. He swore he would
shoot any man who interfered or who
tried to leave the room, and for half
an hour he bulldoZed all hands until
Lloyd broke in with the injunction pa
pers and the day was saved.
His Breach of Promise Gases.
Horses, women and music all inter-
ested Baldwin. With horses he scored
a great success, but with women he
certainly didn't have the same luck.
He was regularly married three times.
but his irregular relations were
numerous. These relations, generally
with young women still in their teens.
brought him often into the courts and
twice subjected him to pistol fire.
One woman, who pretended to be
his niece. Verona Baldwin, tried pot
shot at the old man in the Baldwin
hotel one night and bullet hit him in
the wrist. She declared that he had
PioiiiScu uidiiia6e anu tHeu ISluSeu
to keep his word. The case was
hushed up and the woman got pen
sion.
In another case. brought by Lena
Ashley, also for breach of promise. her
sister shot at Baldwin in the court
room, but the bullets went wild and
the girl was overpowered. In the last
breach of promise case brought against
him Baldwin actually pleaded that the
girl should have known his general
reputation and not have trusted his
promises.
A Queer Funeral.
Baldwin was as original In his
funeral as in his life. He provided in
his will that no religious services
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should be held. but that an orchestra
pieces as well as two musical com
positions by his fayorite daughter.
This programme was carried out in
fun except that the numbers from La
Boheme" were omitted. perhaps as too
frivolous for funeral. But the
Miserere of "Trovatore" and the grand
march from Aida" were rendered. as
we'll as Handel's Largo" There were
no signs of grief at the funeral Most
of those present were old-time friends
of Baldwin who snapped reminis-
cences and told curious tales. Two of
these old friends as they came up TO
take look at the thin set face of the
dead gave the best summary OF his
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

Baldwin at the faro bank. "Foolest
bank | ever saw" the old man went
on. You jumpers from the east have
as much idea of playing the bank as
a mountain lion has of playing the
harp. They took YOU of courseg'
The salesman replied that they sure
had taken him. taken him bad
mot In any kind of Il mess over It,
are you. youngster?' inquired Baldwin.
Whereupon the New York salesman
opened up and told Baldwin just the
kind of mess he was in--fifteen hun
dred in bank markers to pay, nc
money to return to New York, nc
chance to ask the firm for more coin
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eral hundred dollars a share in a
single day Spectator of Baldwin's
nerve had great chance, and he
never missed an opportunity to add
to his fortune.
Presided with Six Shooter.
One of his most spectacular coups
was in Sierra Nevada. Baldwin had
secured the majority of the stock, but
the formal transfers of this stock had
not been made on the books, so the
old directors called meeting and
planned to elect on old proxies a
board of directors for year and thus
keep Baldwin out of the management.
Baldwin heard of the scheme and
promptly had his lawyer. Reuben H.
Lloyd, prepare an Injunction against
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

that Baldwin was q plunger on the
turf in the way that finally ended
Riley Grannan's career or specula-
tor in the sense of man who bucks
the market on his general observa-
ton of the trend of prices. Baldwin
nearly always carried on his big deals
on the basis of secret information.
Occasionally he was misled by his
enthusiasm over a horse that he fan
cied, but nine times out of ten his
most spectacular plays were made on
sure thing. What he did have was
an iron nerve and the horse sense to
know when to get out of a deal with
the maximum of profit.
How his lean form endured the ex-
element of his life for so years Is
one of the marvels which no doctor can
explain. He lived hard and during Is
years that he kept the Baldwin hotel
he seemed never to get any sleep.
Any one who wandered around to
the barroom or the card room of the
hotel in the early morning hours
would be sure to see the old man cir
culating about or taking hand in a
game of poker. And If you visited the
hotel at seven a. M, when the place
seemed as dead as mausoleum, the
chances are you would find him pacing
up and down the long vestibule, look
ing as fresh as though he had gone to
bed with the birds the night before.
Fortune from the Comstock.
The Comstock silver mines made
Baldwin millionaire. Like Flood and
O'Brien. he had no special education
in mining. He began life in San Fran
cisco as hotel keeper in humble
way, and it was from a chance guest
at his place that he secured his tip on
the great richness of the ore in the
Ophir and Sierra Nevada mines on the
Comstock.
Baldwin never trusted to second
hand information. He dispatched a
practical miner whom he could trust
to Virginia City and had this man Sc
cure work in both mines. The man
found that the ore was richer than
reported. Then Baldwin lost no time
in getting into action.
The first reports of rich ore had
sent Ophir stock up many points, but
insiders spread rumors that the ore
vein had pinched out. Then there was
slump as every one tried to get out
Baldwin went in then and bought right
and left, and before the insiders knew
what he was about he had received
enough stock to make him several
times a millionaire. On stock mar
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character Game and fighting to the
last said one.
Never asked anything. never gave
anything. Paid for everything he got.
but wouldn't be held up" That was
the eulogy of the other
Lucky Baldwin's Two Sides.
Lucky Baldwin's nature was a pc.
culiar mixture of parsimony and open
handedness; but these two traits did
not crop out in him Simultaneously
He was what might be called streaky
individual
For months at stretch he would
exhibit lavishness of personal ex.
penditure that dazzled even the top.
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notchers among the high rollers and
big spenders of the coast. He would
respond to every touch without MUIR
muir.
When these prodigal fits were upon
him he would gamble like Charles
James Fox. often winding up after
continued days and nights of play by
walloping San Francisco's leading
faro banks to standstill. Although
never a deep drinker he would while
thus in the spending mood stand at
the far end of his famous Baldwin
hotel bar and order basket after
basket of champagne to be served to
casual bar patrons men he had never
seen before.
From such money tossing orgies
Balwin would all of sudden and with
out notice or warning become tight
wad OF the first order, a closeroll from
whom a dollar couldn't be extracted
by any other method except the use
of dynamite. 1t wasn't that his bundle
was given out. 1t was simply that it
was Lucky's nature to curl up COM
pletely after high spending fiesta
and suddenly to turn into man with
the mucilaginous mitt and the SOL
dered fist
Penurious to an Extreme.
While in this state of mind he
would promptly turn his back even
upon his closest friend who in tenn
porary straits for money asked him
for small temporary lift He'd cut
out the gambling completely, let his
horses run for the purses and for
Sweeney, and hang on TO a two-bit
piece so long that the eagle on the
coin would begin to moult. Then,
after period of this sort of penurious.
ness, presto! Lucky Wuld get his
spending habits on again all of a sud
den and once more he'd proceed to
make Coal Oil Johnny and Death
Valley Scotty look like pikers.
A very sedate New York travelling
jewelry salesman who didn't use to be
so sedate tells a story to illustrate
Baldwin's varying moods as to the
spending end of it.
Nearly twenty years ago the jewelry
salesman, then travelling for a Maiden
Lane diamond house, went up against
a San Francisco faro bank and got
himself cleaned down beneath the
pelt. He WAS up against 1t. He had
his tens of thousands of dollars worth
of samples, but he was too honest a
man to think of hypothecating any of
his firms stuff in order to get himself
out of the mess.
In addition to the cash he dropped
the faro bank had his markers for
$500, The salesman was due to re-
turn to New York. He had overdrawn
on his expense account and didn't dare
to wire his firm for another dollar;
but he had TO go home. and he had
| to take up his $1,000 in faro bank
markers before leaving San Francisco
He didn't know Lucky Baldwin ex
| cept in a casual way He always
stopped at Baldwin's hotel, had been
introduced to the old man, was on
noddlng terms with him in the lobby
/ and that was all.
The salesman, pretty well worked
up over his troubles, strolled into the
bar before breakfast one morning tc
get a supporting snifter. Lucky sifted
in about half minute behind him
The two exchanged mods.
Called the Tenderfoot.
Saw you playing some pretty foo
bank couple of nights ago" Baldwin
remarked. The salesman hadn't seer
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without giving himself dead away, and
so on.
Baldwin listened with his wide sar-
donic grin, then dug for his roll and
skinned off six $500 bills and handed
the money to the salesman.
Take this and make good, and then
get back with your snow shovelers,"
he said to the salesman--the old-time
Slopers still call eastern folk snow
shovelers In contemptuous allusion to
the rigors of the casts winter climate.
Don't play any more bank until you
learn something about It. Banks a
grownup mans game. You stick to
mumbletypeg, son, and you won't get
trimmed"
The salesman would only take $4,000
of the money and had some trouble in
modifying the slightly offended Lucky
when he insisted upon returning two
of the $500 bills, which he didn't need
He quit San Francisco for New York
that evening, paid Baldwin the $4,000
back in instruments inside of six
months and was so grateful for get
ting out of the mess thus easily that
he hasn't made dime bet ever since.
Bluffed Charlie Fair.
There are men now living who re.
member how one afternoon at the In.
gleside track about sixteen years ago
Lucky Baldwin made so high flying a
gambler as the late Charlie Fair
killed in France in an automobile &C.
cident some years ago-draw in his
horns.
Baldwin and Fair both had horses
entered in stake race to be run off
at Ingleside that afternoon. There
was a sort of chatting rivalry as to
their horses between Baldwin and
Fair. Lucky liked the young man,
who at that time was the main high
roller of the sons of Senator Fair,
which is saying a good deal
Neither Baldwin nor Fair expected
his horse to win in the stage race be-
cause there was a horse entered for
the event that seemed to outclass the
field, but Baldwin was dead sure that
his horse would beat young Fairs
horse, while the latter was equally
confident that his nag would beat
Baldwin's.
Baldwin was mooching around on
the lawn half an hour before the race,
when Charlie Fair, grinning, walked
over to him.
I'm not going to win, think, but
sure am going to show that skate of
yours up" said young Fair to Lucky
Baldwin grinned in his saturnine
way and bit into his unlighted cigar
Not chance, young fellow" he
said to Fair. 'I'll tell you what I'll do
Charlie. I'll bet you 100000 my
horse beats yours"
lot of high notch betting folks
were standing around Young Fairs
jaw dropped and his smile faded.
Bet you half a million, son, that
my nag beats yours" repeated Bald
win. munching his smoke.
"Oh. behave that, pop" said young
Fair, and he walked away. Baldwin
had topped even his limit
Charlie Fair must have been the
sorest man from Juneau to Callao 9
few minutes after that He had swal
lowed bolus in front of folks. He
had quit for the first time In anybody.
knowledge. He had permitted the
old man to chase him to the chap
paral.
Young Fairs horse not only bea
Baldwin's but won the race by to,
Ter this. pulled to a trudge.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08

AN FRANCISCO.-The death
of old Lucky Baldwin has
revived many stories OF the
man who easily ranked as
the boldest speculator and
gambler OF California. Not
Arizona republican., 1909-05-30
THRILLING RUN
 OF F|NCH'S BUS
A Sudden Turn Upset the Vehicle and
 Put an End to the Flight.

Finch's bus was mixed up In another runaway episode late Friday afternoon, but, as usual, there was no more seri- ous results than few minor damages to the vehicle.
 Mir. Finch was driving a colt that day and was trying to get him used to the trains. The team was standing at the depot with a weight attached when a whirlwind came along and frightened the colt. The other horse, out of sympathy, also started to run, the weight being too light to much hinder their progress. They made splendid headway south but at the cor ner of Fifth street tried to turn. The team was going at such speed at that time that the turn was made only by overturning the bus. The top was dam aged, but that was about all that hap pened. Bert Finch, who was near by when the team started, caught on the back end of the rig and got the lines but was unable to control the animals. He stayed with them, however, until the conveyance overturned.