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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-08
4 Narrow Escape,

Edgar n. Bayliss, merchant of
Robinsonville, Del, wrote: about
two years ago | was thin and sick
and coughed all the time and If |
did not have consumption, it was
near to 1t. | commenced using Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar. and it stopped
my cough, and l am now entirely
well, and have gained twenty-eight
pounds, all due to the good results
from taking Foley's Honey and Tar"
J. w. Bell. Walhalla; Stonecypher
Drug Co., Westminster.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-08
5000 Lives Lost i'm Mexico Flood.

Monterey, Mexico, Sept. 3.-Thrae
thousand is now the official estimate
OF those in Monterey who los! their
lives in the recent overflow If the
Santa Catarina river, and to this
total will probably be added 500
when complete reports arc re ceived
from along the valley stream and it's
tributary, the San Juan.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-08
Warning!

Do not be persuaded into taking
anything but Foley's Honey and Tar
for chronic coughs, bronchitis, hay
fever, asthma, and lung trouble, as
it stops the cough and heals the
lungs. j. w. Bell, Walhalla; Stone.
CIPHER Drug Co., estminster.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-08
SiN Hundred Juyans Perish.

Batavia, Java, Sept. Sit is esti-
mated that six hundred natives have
periShed in the floods in Southeast
crn Java. The damage to property
and crops has been enormous.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-08

from nervousness
and other annoying
symptoms, and |
can truly say that
Lydia +. E.Pinkham's s
We ge ia bic Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
of gold to me, as it
restored my hea lth
and strength. |
never forget to tell
my friends what
| ,ydia f. Pinkhapn'a
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-08

Baby won't suffer five minutes
with Group If you apply DR.. Thomas
Eclectric Oil at once. 1t acts like
magic.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-08
WORTH
MOUNTAINS
OF GOLD
During Change of Life,
says Mrs. ChaS. Barclay

Granitcvillc, VT. 81 was passing
thrOmgh The ChaMpe Of Life and suffered
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-09-08
WOFFORD COLLEGE,

Henry Nelson Snyder, A. NJ, Lift. D.,
LII. D., President.
Ten Departments; Library and LII
bfarian; Gymnasium under Compe-
tent Director; Athletic Grounds.
Next Session begins September is.
For Catalogue address
J. A. GAMEWELL, Secretary.
5hE Spartanburg, S. C.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02

circuit is at Cherokee, and the dis
patcher there always wears his head
gear. Any other operator needs only
to take down the receiver and an
nounce himself in the prescribed form,
Operator, LIE Mars" or Operator yard
office, Sioux City," to get into mmedi-
ate touch with the dispatcher.
c. b. Fletcher, superintendent of
the Cherokee division. which includes
the Sioux City-Fort Dodge line, has
explained fully the method of operat-
ing by telephone.
ut has passed the experimental stage
and has ONE to stay" says MIR.
Fletcher 1T is doubtful if the tele-
graph will ever be used on this line ex-
cept in emergencies. The line from
Council Bluffs to Waterloo is equipped
with telephone and only waits the in
stallation of solicitors before it, too, will
be in condition to operate by this
method.
Mr.. Fletcher says that none of the
operators employed on the line pre-
vious to installing the new service had
been or would be let out, and wages
for operators will not be reduced He
was asked if when operators dropped
out for any reason their places will not
be filled by men who are not telegraph
operators, he said he supposed this
would be the natural result
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
Question Of Pardon of the Rains
barger Brothers Comes Up
Jan. 4
STRONG PROOF OF INNOCENCE
This Will Be offered in the Form of
Statements Made BY mag" HamiI-
ton, Who Was Wife Of Enoch john
son When the Latter Was Murdered
Further Details.
Special to Times-Republlcan.

Special to Times-Republican.
Eldora, Jan. 2.-The question of the
pardon of the Rainsbarger brothers,
comes up before the state board Of
pardons Monday, Jan. 4, and their
friends are very active in their behalf.
An additional lot of affidavits will be
filed with the board next Monday,
some of which contain some very
startling statements.
1t will be shown that Mag Hamil-
ton, who was the wife of Enoch john
son, at the time he was murdered.
made many statements tending to
prove the innocence of the Rainsbarg-
ers, and that the last words she ut
tered while on her death bed, were.
'They didn't do it; they didn't do it."
and that she repeatedly called to her
daughter to Bring the book" and that
she called for minister, and wanted to
called for minister, and wanted to
StASS1AoS1OuS WIN LIZ iAAlAASlGl olAANSds
1t will be shown that the book" re-
ferred to, was diary kept by her.
and that the record in that book
charged man by the name of "Biggs"
with the murder for which the Rains
bargers are now serving life sentence.
1t is also said:
Those opposed to the pardon have
filed a letter from Rev. w. E. Stanley,
the Baptist minister at Eldora, and the
friends of the Rainsbargers have a
letter from Rev. Mr.. Stanley, which
they intend to offer. in evidence.
Secret meetings are being held, and
a greater interest is being taken in
the case than ever before. The few
who are opposed to the pardon, are
making bitter fight, and those who
favor the pardon, are just as determ-
ined.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
GUESTS N CLOSE GALL
Fairfield Hotel Destroyed By
Fire and Employees Have
Narrow Escape
CAUSED eY DEFECTIVE FLuE
Broadway Hotel Reduced to Ruins =
Roof Ready to Fall When Fire Was
Discovered Employees on Top
Floor Escape in Night CIothss-Lost
All Possessions.
CAUSED eY DEFECTIVE FLuE
Special 10 Times-Repub!ican.

Special 10 Times Republican.
Fairfield Jan. 2.-Where the Broad
way Hotel stood alive with the hustle of
many guests. empty and blackened
ruins are seen today, as evidence of
the fire fiend which Quilted the building
at an early hour in the morning.
About $50 o'clock a. m. Fairfield
citizens were aroused from the deep
slumbers of the night by the persist
ent ringing of fire bells. The roof of
the building was ready to fall in before
the fire was discovered, and as the
hosiery was accommodating number
of guests an alarm was first given thru
the halls and at the doors of the rooms
where the guests were, almost without
exception sleeping soundly. All es-
capped with little inconvenience to
themselves. The employees of the hotel
lost practically everything they pos
sessed, being barely able to escape in
their night robes. Their rooms were
on the upper floor.
The firemen fought the flames with
zeal and probably saved the house to
the west of the hotel from being cons
sumed. The roof of the hotel was
doomed before the hose companies got
action on it and their efforts were di-
rected largely to saving the contents
The contents of most of the rooms on
the lower floor were saved.
1t is thought the fire was started
from defective kitchen hue, as fire;
mad been started about o'clock in the
kitchen range.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
CASE LONG DRAWN OUT.
Garner Drainage Ditch Dispute De-
Iavinu Openinu Of Term in Waveriy.

Sp, c'al {, Times Republican.
Mason City, Jan. 1.-The hearing of
the case involving a drainage ditch dis
pute in Garner is holding court in that
city far beyond the allotted time, and
deferring for week at least, the open
ing of the January term of court in
Waverly. Judge Clark was to. have
opened court in Waverly next Monday,
but he has been compelled to postpone
the opening there until the following
Monday, because of that fact that this
d~rinage ditch case, which has already
IN up fortnight of the time of the
court, will still consume at least one
week more. The case is hard fought on
both sides, and every bit of evidence Is
challenged. 1t is a petition for an in
junction to restrain the board of super
visors of Hancock county from making
final payment to the International
Drainage & Investment company, on
a drainage ditch recently built by that
company in the vicinity of Klemme.
The plaintiffs are sixteen farmers OF
that neighborhood Judge Clark, Of
this city, is presiding at this hearing
in the Hancock county courts,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
SOME HOPE OF RECOVERY.
Young George Longs Injury Inflicted
in Most Unusual Way.

in Most Unusual Way.
Special to Times Republican.
Mason City, Jan. Physicians car
ing for George Long, Jr., of Grimes
township, who was terribly injured by
the accidental discharge of shotgun,
Thursday noon, say that now there is
at least some hope for his recovery.
The accident in which young Long
received perhaps fatal injury, was one
Of the oldest on record. He was car
rying his gun across his shoulder, when
one barrel was discharged in myste-
ious way, the shot passing harmlessiy
into the air. But the recoil of the gun
forced it into such position that the
muzzle touched the young mans abdo-
men, and when the stock of the gun
struck post, the second barrel was
discharged. The shot tore great
piece out of the young mans body.
The strip torn away is about ten inches
long, three inches wide, and as deep
as the ribs, part of one rib being
torn away. One lung was penetrated.
as well as the abdominal cavity. The
young man has been attending school
at Ames. His father is a wealthy
farmer living three miles northwest Of
Thornton
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02

Dubuque.
A petition in involuntary bank
ruptcy was filed in the federal court
Wednesday morning against Earl Con-
ner, whose residence is in Rudd but
, who has been conducting a general
store and implement business in Floyd
RiceviIle.
The Congregational church at Rice
vile is to have new bell, the gift
from the family of one of the early
their church was destroyed by fire and
since the new church was erected they
have been without bell.
Rockford.
Bert Esser lost valuable hog last
Sunday i'm peculiar way Bert Went
out to call his hogs to feed and they
started to run for the pen when one
stopped suddenly and began to wheeze,
1t died and on examination 1t was
found it had broken its windpipe.
Marengo.
Monday Robert Van Boskirk re-
ceived a letter telling Of the death Of
David Alverson at his home in Bell
ingham, Wash He died from apoplexy,
having had the second attack Deceased
was an honored resident of Marengo
for many years.
Madrid.
The stock I'm the Farmer Savings
bank of Madrid, held by Lewis School,
err of Des Moines, Dean Schooler OF
Madrid and G. D. Ellyson of Des
Moines, amounting to considerable
above a controlling margin, was Mon
day purchased by S. L. Moore, William
Crooks and j. H. Roberts, Of Boone.
Dubuque.
Richard Ehleych, aged 80, a fireman
on the push" engine on the Great
Western. near Aiken, ILL.,, lies in hos
pital here with his skull fractured. He
cannot live. The injured man was
picked up along a sidetrack near
Aiken early Wednesday morning. How
the accident happened is unknown.
EddyviIIe.
M. w. Barnes disposed of his 205
acre farm about two miles east Of town
Monday for the neat sum of $102.50 per
acre, or a total consideration Of $21,-
900. The purchaser was John Bdgren.
at present living a few miles from
Kirlsville Mr.. Barnes surrenders pos
session of the farm next March and
will move elsewhere.
McGresor.
Burdette Bailey, aged years, ran
at high speed into barb wire fence
while sliding down hill. He was found
by his father half hour afterwards
in a semi-conscious condition from
wounds and cold. His face and neck
were fearfully gashed and his head was
living in q pool OF blood. Twenty-four
stitches were required to close up the
wounds.
Dumont.
In Pfaltzgraff Brothers hardware
store at Dumont, gasoline pressure
lamps are used for lighting purposes.
There are two especially largo lamps.
and on the evening of Dec. %. shortly
after they were lit, one of them ex-
poded. throwing oil over the front of
the store and onto F. Pfaltzgraff. his
wife and others standing near BY mere
chance, the explosion blew out the
flame. else those over which the oil
was scattered would have been fright
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02

was standing close by, with big blue
eyes wide open in horror.
Jenkins tottered a moment, started
to walk away. then whirled half way
round and fell dead. Two boys who
We're standing by ran up, then turned
in terror at the look of anguish on the
face of the corpse.
Little Edith was the first to give the
alarm. Kenneth was placed under ar
rest and had a hearing in Juvenile
court. He Was released But the grand
jury summoned witnesses at the re-
quest of the mother of the dead boy.
The indictment charging manslaughter
was the result. The case will be, tried
at the January term of criminal court.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

will at all times have his brothers aid
and counsel. There is ample capital
back of the new company, and the
management is young and of excellent
character.
Sioux City.
Dan Cupid is many furlongs ahead Of
the divorce courts in Woodbury. county,
according to the official records as
compiled at the office of Clerk of
Courts John A. Johnson. During the
year 1908, 121 divorces were granted.
Exclusive of the last day of the year,
692 marriage licenses have been re-
corded. All this talk about the di-
vorce courts breaking up that great
American institution known as the
home is joke when the figures loom
up.
Manson.
The fact that he was guest at the
Burrell hotel on Christmas night caused
man township to be suspected Of theft
by Miss Jones, a domestic employed in
the hosiery, and he was placed under
arrest on Monday afternoon by Con-
stable Richmond. The warrant sworn
out for his arrest by the young wom-
an charged him with having stolen a
toilet set, which she had received from
young gentleman admirer for a
Christmas present, from her room. In
Justice Freeburger's court the young
man strenuously denied any knowl-
edge of the affair and offered to prove
his innocence. The young woman
stoutly maintained that he was the
guilty man. but the evidence was not
conclusive. Then they struck a compro-
mise. Both agreed to pay part of the
costs, the young man bought her du-
plicate of the toilet set and the mat
ter was dropped.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
WOMAN CHARGED WITH ARSON
Mrs. Verne Smith Has Brother in Law
Arrested After Beino Accused.


Arrested After Being Accused.
Mason City, Jan. "A warrant
charging Will Smith with assault with
intent to commit great bodily injury
was sworn out in this city by Mrs.
Verne Smith, his sister-in-law Verne
Smith lives three miles southeast of
Swaledale and his brother, Will, OF
South Dakota, is visiting him. A few
nights ago the barn on the Smith
place was mysteriously burned. The
fire was thought to be of incendiary
origin and Mrs. Smith was accused of
setting fire to the structure. She of
course resented this insinuation and in
the family quarrel which followed her
brother in-law seized her by the wrists
and held her until an officer could ar
rive. Sheriff Holdren was sent for from
this city and arrived there that night.
He did not deem the woman insane and
did not take her into custody
Thereupon Mrs. Smith came to Ma
son Ctyfand swore out the information
against her brother n-law. Sheriff
Holdren went to Swaledale and placed
the accused man under arrest He gave
bonds for his appearance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
Illinois Central Finds New
Method OF Di: p itching Trains
is q Success
IN USE ON ONE DIVISION
Former Operators and Dspatchcrs Re-
tanned in Service Without Reduction
in Pay = Will Be supplanted in
Time by Others Not Experienced in
TeIearaphy.
;pecial to Times-Republican.

Spec1aI TO IlmcS-HePuDLCdu.
Fort Dodge, Jan. 2.-The innovation
of controlling the movement of its
trains by telephone instead of tele-
graph is proving successful on the Illi-
nois Central. The system has been
adopted on the division between this
city and Sioux City, and the Illinois
Central is the first single track sys-
tenn in the west to adopt the plan.
The work of installing the in
struments and stringing the wires
was done without publicity, and but
few railroad men knew the change
was being made. II the experiment
proves successful the telephone sys-
tenn will supplant the telegraph on all
the other divisions
In the operating office at Chero-
kee sits train dispatcher, wearing
the headgear commonly associated with
telephone girls East and west from
him along the line to Ft. Dodge and
to Sioux City are two separate metallic
telephone circuits, which at his will
can be thrown together into one. BY
means Of selector invented by G. H.
Groce, Of Chicago, superintendent Of
telegraph and signals. the dispatcher
can call up any operator on the line
without disturbing any other operator,
and transmit Train orders or other in
structions. The device is called a Sc
lector, because the dispatcher can Sc
lect any station he wants and get no
other station. 1t is manufactured in
N. Y, and is triumph for
Mr.. Groce.
If the dispatcher at Cherokee wants
the yard office in Sioux City, he
presses the A button once, then B
button twice, then the A button once
again. This makes the connection.
But if an operator at LIE Mars or
Manson or Sioux City wants instruc-
tons or orders from his chief, it is only
necessary for him to take down the
receiver and listen. If the dispatcher
is talking to another operator the LIE
Mars man can hear the conversation
and will use his judgment as to
whether the information he desires is
more important than what he hears
the man at Merrill is talking about. If
he decides that it is he says, Operator.
LIE Mars" and the dispatcher stops
talking to the Merrill man and listens
to him. The only ringing device on the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
ELDoN SALOONS CLOSED.
Three Drink Palaces Put Out Of Bus.
inesa.

Eldon, Jan. mayor D. A. Jay
clamped the lid down tight on Eldon
when he closed up three saloons that
have been running in the town for the
past year. The places closed are the
Sunnybrook, George Shields place, and
the Holienbeck saloon. The saloons
have not been operating under the
mulct law but under a disorderly house
ordinance passed by the city council.
There was much sentiment against
their operation in Eldon and this week
when a party of men and women from
Ottumwa came down and started a
fight in the Sunnybrook saloon. the
movement was set on foot that resulted
in the closing Of the places last night.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
fully IL not fatally burned, and the
building. in all probability. burned

fully IL not fatally burned, and the
building, in all probability, burned.
This store is situated in handsome
business block, and the possible loss
for Dumont has no fire protection
would have been great. The force of the
explosion blew the bottom out of the
lamp.
Denison.
The most important business change
which the New Year brings is in the
ownership of the well known Corner
Book store, store which has been one
of Denison's trading centers since the
town was in its infancy. Only last year
the firm of Allard & Smith purchased
this old established business from U.
G. johnson and now Mr. Allard retires,
the sole ownership passing to Mr..
George B. Smith.
Sac City.
The Free Methodist organization in
of Charles e. Bark his residence on
West Audubon street for a parsonage.
The consideration is $500 cash. The
Free Methodists have no pastor at the
present time, but the requirement of
a parsonage will add somewhat to the
advantages Of a pastorate on the Sac
City circuit and doubtless pastor will
be obtained before many months
elapse.
clarksviIIe.
Invoicing is now being done for the
transfer of the Kephart Wagon factory
to Strock Bros. & Co. All of the mem
bers of the new concern are we'll known
in this vicinity. The company portion
Of the firm is Mr.. and Mrs. A. T..
Strock of jackson township, and the
'iStrock Bros" are their sons, Ernest
and Linfie4d The business will be TN
der the direct charge of Ernest, who
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr.. and Mrs. Solomon Heller, Sac
County, Well Known Couple.

Special to Times Republican,.
Sac City. Jan. 2.-Mr. and Mrs. Sol
ONION Heller. of Douglas township. cell
ebrated their tiftieth wedding annivers-
airy at the pleasant home of their
grandson, Guy Bechler. The worthy
couple received nice presents as tolt-
ems Of esteem. Mr.. and Mrs. Heller are
% and 66 years of age, respectively
They have two children, Mrs. Robert
Bechler, of Douglas township and
George Heller. of Storm Lake
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
New Iowa Falls Store.

0pSCldI IV I IIIIGS-lNeVUOIlCs1It.
Iowa Falls, Jan. Pit was announced
this morning that plans had been COM
pleted for opening a new grocery store
in this city, by parties from Esther
Vile and Owasa. The name Of the
new enterprise is to be the Scenic City
grocery, and the proprietors are to be
Walter A. schofield. Of Baskerville, and
Arthur Sanders, of Owasa-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
Residence Burned at Montezuma.

Montezuma, Jan. Fire was dis
covered in the large house of L. E..
Thorn of this city, and before help
could be obtained the roof and nearly
all the second story was in flames.
When the fire was finally checked and
extinguished little more than the walls
remained standing. The loss will ag-
gregate $4,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
How's This?

We Offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any ease of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
b. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo o.
We. the undersigned. have known F. J..
Oh ney for the hist Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business trans
actions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by his firm.
WALDING. K1NNAN s MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O.
Halls CAtarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Prices IS cents per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
Hampton Firm Sells Out.

Special to mes-ReptlbIican.
Hampton. Jan. 2.-The firm of George
F. Smith & Co. has soldfits lumber and
coal business to a Cedar Rapids firm.
that operates a number of yards in
this part of the state. The new firm
will take possession of the lumber
yard on Feb. i, but Mr. Smith will re-
tain the coal business until the close of
the present winter.
George +. Smith has been identified
with the business life Of this city for
many years. and it is hoped that he
may engage in some business here thu :
will mean his continued residence in
HAMPTON.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
shetIand,s Broken Leg is Meended.

Vinton, Jan. about eight weeks
ago Shetland pony owned by Henry
Bird, of this place, was kicked by an
other horse and one Of it's legs broken.
Instead of shooting the animal, as is
the usual practice in such cases, the
pony was put in swing, the fracture
reduced and put in splints, after the
practice in human affairs, and now
that the time has arrived for the re-
moval Of the splints it is found that
the fracture is nearly healed, and the
pony will soon be as sound as before
the accident