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John G. GARRETTsoN.

Perth Amboy. Jan. (speciab-John g. iarre,- .L
con for three terms Mayor of the city OF Perth
Ar1bov is dead at his home in this city
He was born in New Brunswick eisntS E%s go
80 car,e to Perth Amboy in 1852. -Four
,sar- later he became member OF the city Coun-
on and for fifty years he continued in public lie
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THE rRUEsT DEMOCRAT"
,rinrfieId Republican

Fforn The SprInS1Ieiu 4Nef'uk'3FN141'
~, who has confidence in the people the
,o1arrsrp force in a modern state will not hesi-
fete to make the people directly responsible for
.ood government: and the man who VIII do that
p a democrat in the truest sense: Governor
II,,gbes according the best standard is unques-
.io1sbiv the truest democrat in New York State to-
dav for he proves his faith and confidence In the
,1.,n,e bv again urging direct nominating primaries
IN bis annual message 10 the Legislature.
prs,opINc; REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
From The Buffalo Commercial
when tho champion of the boss system, Mr.. Will
lam BARNES, jr.. begins his thesis against direct
.,, tione with the assertion that ft is blow
al the representative form of government. he Is
;nS,antl,, refuted by the Governors quiet remark
.ht the present delegate and convention system is
a nerversfon Of representative government The del
aIstas renresent the Bosses the organization, not
ts peo;,le To establish direct noE1nations Is, in
a usasure, TO restore TepgesentaSYe government
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AIoNzo ERAsTus HORTON.

San Diego Cal Jan. 7.-Alonzo Erastus Hor
<ounder and oldest inhabitant Of San Diego d!eu
TO-DAY. aged eighty-fve years. as result 0, III II
6rn1ities incident to old age IN lSo' atnel
Horton as he generally called. ass,,
',s - auction for 2s cents an acre the $50
- ., land around the bay on which San Diego
,oyr stands Mr. Horton was the second Oldest
MI
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MRS LESLIE CARTER IN NEW PLAY.

Washington Jan. Mrs. Leslie Carter's new play
..t1asss had its premiere at the New National
Theatr. in this city tonight before large audi
enc. In the title role of John Luther Long
dramatizatlon Of the story OF The Broken butter
-, a., -, -a-cIlnt Funnish book OF the Dragon of
-. Mrs Carter won applause She Ia sup
Oortsd bv a company OF eighty-fve players, IN.
RT0UtSinv Charles A Millward. Robert Cummings ana
New-York tribune., 1909-01-08
C7E6ERKRANz OBSERVES ANNIVERSARY.

Joseph G Ridder. president of the Bachelor Cir
Gle Of the German Idederkranz, escorting Miss
Hedwig Schneider led the march last night at the
ball in the Liederkranz. at which eleven hundred
guests assembled to celebrate the twenty-hfth an
niversary that organization.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-08
MISS NELSON RETURNS TO STAGE.

London. Jan AFTER absence Of year. be-
cause OF illness Julia Nelson returned 10 the stage
tonight at the New Theatre She greeted en-
Enthusiastically. appearing as Marguerite de Nalois
in the new romantic play Henry of Navarro" by
William Devereaux. Fred Terry appeared as Henry
of
New-York tribune., 1909-01-08

The appointment OF Samuel Richard Thayer as
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plsipotentiary
TO the Netherlands was made by President HaT-
Tison in 1889. While Mr.. Thsyer had never De-
fore held any important public office. he had won
distinction in law and business in Minnesota ana
had acquired a considerable fortune He had re-
tired from the practice Of his profession some years
before and as a member of the Minnesota state
Board Of Education had wide reputation as q
OF culture and progressive ideas
Mr.. Thayer succeeded at The Hague Robert B
Roosevelt and his discharge OF the duties OF MS
Office conspicuously approved by the state De
partment on several occasions. HIS courtesy 10
fellow countrymen- who visited The Netherlands
earned Sor him a wide popularity
In 1893 Mr.. Thayer resigned, to be succeeded oy
William z. Quinby. OF Michigan. Making his resi-
dence at the Union League Club. in this city, ne
resumed the practice Of law, and also had ofnces
in Minnesota. He had led quiet life since leaving
The Hague.
Mr.. Thayer born in Richmond Mills, ontario
County. y. Y. in 1887 the of George and Phoeoe
Thayer. He educated az the old Alfred Acad-
emy and at Union College. and taught school TWO
years before beginning the study OF law with r. n
E. Cornell in Minnesota. Union College gave MN
the degree OF Doctor Of Laws in 1882 and Alfred
University conferred the same honor in lS'i- ne
was a member OF the Union League, the Society OF
Mayfower Descendants OF New York, the HuSuenoI
Society Of Minnesota and the Minnesota stare his
torical Society. He was unmarried
New-York tribune., 1909-01-08
DR. HENRY c. CHAPMAN RESIGNS.

lBy Telegraph - The Tribunel
Philadelphia Jan. 7.-Dr. Henry Cadwalader Chap
man. the we'll known scientist. physiologist and
medical writer. announced his resignation to-day
from the faculty OF Jefferson Medical College.
where he has been professor for rore than thirty
wears He will devote his time 10 personal work.
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Died.


Death notices appearing IN TIE TRIBUNE vm ~
republshec the Tr-weekIy Trfsans xtshsus sxses
charge.
A6aa; s9s.a Mar Mr. T.4,.T H,s:T %ss5.r Nam ?
GssLTsTs Nai,asw me- PoOS IhsI@s
Everitt. Sarah A. Thompson. F1Orspes n
Haydsn. Mary l. c Wiicos j. Dean.
ADAMs-on "Wednesday, January s 1909; & gzry ma Ss
$40 WashinSFen are BT6okyu on Friday,
at II a
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s5Ss. Eday evening J1TuAr n{er.t q. ys At
CHALMERs-on January s. 1909. Matthew CnsirasTs.
N D. Of the late Dr Th9Has :. aPS "a, Ma.
garet MeGOwau Chalmers IN the 55d year e H. s-s
G Chalmers. No. % west sth s. on Friday. at :
O'Clock ? m
sT44E Eorn3aS6sry oKRET staIs Of New Y6r-eomgs
ions Informed Of the death Of Asst sssseSn a III
be held Friday January sth. at No. 20 West orr
Ss5sss sas:.,:d to . s'5sad s15g at osid:s
!aHgar = At sts t' Sse Tsfd;nes m -
Lain Of srnnit y. J.. daughter Of the iase VI ~ N-t
Funeral at Charlottesville Boston papers please copy
EMMINs-on Wednesday. January s. saEtss j. EmTaIns
at esD GGp M at her late resdence 1911
EVERITT-Passed January .. 1893. afteT nn-
sering Illness, Sarah A. wife OF william EvetSt
vices Friday evening al eioSkS -. Ie. ,,s-i
tsnee No. $50 9th st. Brooklyn EuneFal ~ eOn''"'
OF family
FTNNIGAN-on January . 1909 az Houston Lexas JoSn
F1nnigan No - West 59th St. View herN m '"s
74th year Of his age
HAYDEN-At Atlantic City January 5 1902 MarS
LenIta Cairns. widow OF the late Henry = alyyue-.
aged % years Services and intsrment al Naos10ls'
Conn
HILGER-on January 6. 1909. Boston. Mass. Joas
Peter son Of the late Maurice and Della A Hils-r
Sistars) Of this city
LARTER-At Newark n J. Tuesday January 5.
1909. Martha PassnOre wife OF Frederick H Lsrtsr
Funeral will held late honns. No 4S
Hillside Newark. n J.. on Friday JannarS = :
D m.
summer ave Newark Funeral on Saturday, January
9. at convenience OF family
sEELET-At Pzsase=s--CaI. OF Saturday. January
stevens widow Of the late George H Seeles. os
this city Funeral at SUNDAY January H'' IrOn
No 45 West 4sth 81. -.-
sKIDMORE-At her late residence No. - clinton ave-
jamaica y T.. Alice Reeve widow o1rtleofge SAlc-
daughter OF the LATE -Laurens EecVe. as7o
IS years. Notice Of funeral services hsrsssser
8 1909 FIorencs NJ. daughter of Joseph W ana MAJ
Cooper Thompson. IN the 23d year CT ner aSe
Relatives friends invited to attend the rune
her parents home. MlLingtoh y =. -
Friday January S. at 80 m Carriages vii e IN N
Mliugton station on the arrIvdi OF t7
u clock train from New York ID. l. & W.
wATsoN-Henry Chapman. husband OF GTsndolen Reid
watson. suddenly. at EngIewood. " J.. yenoa.y .
1909 thirty-eight years Of age Funera p1Fa'7
Friends will kindly omit flowers
wilcox s7th year. Clinton County papers pease
!
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o. o. MILLS ARRIVES IN CALIFORNIA.

San Francisco. Jan I'D. o. Mills and his daugh-
ter Mrs Whitelaw Reid arrived in this city yester
day from New York. They Will spend the winter
at the Mills country home, N1i'l Brae, near this
New-York tribune., 1909-01-08
ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS

RRESLJN-W T. Connell Baltimore. BUCK
INSiH1MIG E B. Priestly. London. IMPERIAL
" 4. Aspinwall Pawtucket MANHATTAH-L \ ELaI \
Chander Cleveland. VICTORIA-Dr. Jacinto Ped
roso Havana. WALDORF-ASTORIA-J w. Muir
nhNy Rufa
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WHERE HIS STRENGTH LIES
From TIE Utica Herald Dispatch

The attitude Of the Legislature in regard 70 the
chief proposition of the message-prlmary REFORM
Nos not developed but II IS said that the elements
ths. sre naturally opposed It will every eff
fnrt 70 defeat it. But, Governor Hughes has been
through similar battles before and knows where the
strength lies that will compel such action as the
demand
New-York tribune., 1909-01-08
GOVERNOR HUGHEs's MESSAGE.
THE BATTLE.

From The Hartford Courant
II is around these recommendations primary and
ballot reforrnl that the battle will rage this win
ter They mean the deposition OF the political boss
and the dsestabIshment of the party nachlne-
New-York tribune., 1909-01-08

Highest temperature yesterday. 3 degrees; lowest 10;
corresponding date last year.
so average for corresponding date last thrty-three
Local forecast To-day. snow; Saturday. 7rty Y 9uay:
fresh 10 strong nuxthAaSs viE6A.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-08

Death notices appearing IN TIE TRIBUNE vm ~
republishec IN the TrweekIy Trisans vtshsus sxsss
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USDERTAKERs.

FRANZ = CAMPBELL PALS west 2sd st. chapsls-
prtva1e and pubic a1nbulances Tel 1924 cheises
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traI station Webster and jerome ave1us oI.sJs -
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0OOA " Once % East ga St. New YORK City
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OBITUARY
SAMUEL r. THAYER.

Rochester Jan. samuel R Thayer. United
States Minister the Netherlands in 1889 sS and
member OF the Union League Club OF New fork
City. died here to-day while on a visit 10 ms
brother. He lived in New York City. Tnere ne
practsed Law. and also had offices n Minneapolis
New-York tribune., 1909-01-08
THE WEATHER REPORT.

OfaciaI Record and Forecast-Washington. Jan. T.
Light local have occurred in the middle and north
Atlantic Coast states, except rain North Carolina
few scattered nurres have also In the
middle states general IN the Far Northwest.
IN connection with storm which is centred the
ar+h Pacific Coast The cold lost much Of
lis force in moving eastward and is centred TO night In
caused decidedly colder weather
49,, entire Coast. The temperature has
oerated considerably in the middle states but second
nnid wave has already overspread Montana The ndca
lions sre for the Atlantic Coast states from
Friday. possibly heavy far se tho
southern England coast. win continued low tenn
Partly cloudy weather will prevail IN the
pg'tt hit extensive probable IN the North
.aIn states with temperatures falling again by Friday
;~ht .rf saturday The temperatures in the interior
vii not change materially. Storm warnings are dis
VIZ ~, the Atlantic Wilmington Fort
Mo12roe and the Pacific Coast from Port Hartford
warnings displayed in the
region Southern and Eastern
Ieeon Northern and the northern end
s.esmers departing Friday European ports will
northeast Who's WIN sho" ana continued
rod 10 the Grand Banks.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-08
Canadian Rates.

Mail subscriptions IN New York CITY 70 the DAILY an
TRI-WEEKLY Will be charged one cent copy eNJrs,
postage IN addition to the rates named above.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-08

,on,,nued cold with to-day. possibly becoming
heavy along south coast; partly cloudy Saturday:
strong winds the coast.
For Eastern New York. snow to-day. possibly hecom-
in portion partly cloudy Satur
.as sas,. fresh TO strong northeast winds.
oA New Jersey to-day possibly becoming heavy
ii cioudy Saturday fresh strong northeast winds
nT Eastern Pennsylvania snow to-day, possibly be-
southeastern portion; partly cloudy Sat-
,Trdsv: fresh northeast winds.
For Delaware Maryland and the District Of Columbia
.,oy ,o-da possibly heavy; partly cloudy Saturday
Sre.b TO strong northeast winds
Hg Tve.tsrn Western New
,aTy cloudy to-day and Saturday with snow near the
lakes.
toc,t Official Reeord.-The following official record
from the Weather shows the changes in the tenn
nerature for twentyfour hours in comparison
r,air,n dafa last
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Local Official Keeord.-Tl

peraIure Tor me Ias0 V'eI' I0'' III
with the C0iieseO Ioncss 1000 1ans te19
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-07

He Was Generous.-Some time ago
a crowd Of Bowery sports went over
to Philadelphia to see prize nght'
One wise guy" who, among other
things, is something Of a pickpocket'
was so sure of the result that he was
willing to bet on 1t.
THE Kids goin' t win. It's
pipe" he told a friend.
The friend expressed doubts.
Sure he'll win,' the pickpocket
persisted. "I'll bet you a gold watch
he wins"
Still the friend doubted.
why" exclaimed the pickpocket'
I'm willin' to bet you a good gold
watch he wins! Y know what I'll
do? Come through the train with
me now, an y can pick out any old
watch you like."-Everybody's Maga-
zine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-07

Not Yet.-A Missouri clergyman had
in his pastoral flock a member who was
reluctant about meeting the contribu-
tion basket. The pastor had thrown
out many broad hints, but all to nc
avail.
one day the member fell i'll and wa;
taken to the Ellsworth hospital. Wher
the clergyman arrived the man was de-
lirious While the pastor was sitting
beside his bed a wild yell Of Fire!
Fire." came from across the street
The sick man drew himelf upon hi!
elbows. "Where-where am T." he
asked excitedly.
Calm yourself brother" soothed the
pastor, with just the faintest twinkle
in his eye. You are still at the Ems
worth hospital!"-Lippincott
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-07

The Folly of the Mean.-John d
Rockefeller never wearies Of impress
ing on the young the folly Of NEAR
and parsimonious habits. In one Of
his most recent interviews he said:
These miserly people reap nothing
but discomfort from their false econ
omies. Take, for example, the case OF
Mrs. Silas Long Of Sussex.
Martha said old Silas one fal
day, 4 think I'll go and get a few ap.
Piles from the orchard
He looked at her timidly. She said
"Well, be careful now 81, oni,
to pick the bad ones
Suppose there amt no bad ones
Martha?'
Then, yell have to wait till some
goes bad, Of course the old lady snap
ped. We can't afford to eat good
sound fruit wuth cents a bushel'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-07
NOTICE TO SHOW CAUSE.

State Of South carolina-County OF
York.
In the Court of Common Pleas
Jane E. Templeton ct al, Plaintiffs, vs.
VIM A. Templeton ct al, Defend
ants.
m HE petition Of Sarah A. Dickey,
: l. Eliza L. Pennington and Katie Eta
P. Echols, defendants, having been filed
in above-entitled action by leave OF the
court, the petitioners claiming to be the
heirs of Ezekiel E. Templeton, decd,
late Of the county Of Bee in the State
of Texas, 1t Is, on motion OF Geo. w.
s. Hart, Esq, attorney for petitioners,
ordered that all and singular the cred
itors of the said deceased, and all oth-
er persons claiming to be heirs Of Eze-
kiel E. Templeton, decd, do show cause,
IL any they can, before this court at It's
next term, on the first day Of the term,
why the said petitioners should not be
adjudged, for all purposes in this &C.
ton, to be the heirs Of the said EZeBel
E. Templeton, deceased, and the FUNDS
in court for his estate be paid to them
as such heirs.
For the purpose Of service. let this
order be forthwith published IN the
Yorkville Enquirer Of Yorkville, 5. C.,
once a week for six successive weeks,
and in the Beeville Bee Of Beeville,
Texas. once a week for five successive
weeks.
Special Presiding Judge.
November 9th, 1909.
q6 OF
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-07
Mr.. PLAZAZUS' RECORD.
One of the Reasons Why He Couldn't
| Get Extension of Credit.

One of the Reasons Why He Couldn't
Get Extension of Credit.
We're pretty nearly sting proof, "
said a banker the other day. ANY
time any one puts one over on us he'll
have to operate with a mace. Nova
days no bit of information about a cli-
ent's personal character is considered
too pennyroyal for us to notice it."
The statement was called out by the
presence on the bankers desk of a
ned together The unfortunate who
had been made a subject Of an ante
mortem had always thought. himself a
pretty fair sort of citizen. He hadn't
done anything very Objectionable, be-
yond getting stewed now and then, rid
ing a bit too fast in autos and acting
as a chronic host for Broadway s
chorus girls, the New York correspon-
dent Of the Cincinnati Times-Star says.
1t so happened that he wanted an ex-
tension of credit and had applied to his
bank for it. And the credit man did
the rest.
I'VE have here" said the banker,
the usual Dun and Bradstreet reports
on Mr.. Plazazuz. We have a highly
entertaining series of clippings, in
which our late client appears as the
leading man in lot of funny doings
by electric light. We also have state
ments from every man he has ever
worked for and so far as possible every
man has ever done business with. And
still we haven't enough. 1 have ask
ed for a special report upon certain
phases Of his activity that are not
| shown here. Every bank in New
York has been victimized at various
| times by men who offer us an ap-
parently clean bill of health. We
| don't find out until 1t Is everlastingly
too late that they are sufferers from
q moral pip. Nowadays a man to get
credit standing at a New York bank
must pass an examination that would
send the average deacon bowling to
| the woods
In Mr.. Plazazus' case his request for
loan was refused and he was asked
to take his account out. Not that it
wasn't sound financially, but two
years ago he had been jobbed by a
bunch of shell workers. "A man.
said the bank president, "who tries to
get money in that way expects to
profit by dishonest game. He's apt
to try to hand us a queer check next
time he gets hard up. That expert
ence Of his proves him to be not
merely fool, but a dishonest fool
| We can't afford to waste time on
either class"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-07
Humorous department.

A Brave Man.-Former Gov. William
Sprague Of Rhode Island celebrated last
month his seventy ninth birthday. He
is the only surviving war governor.
A reporter questioned Gov. Sprasue
cne day at Narragansett about bravery
There is finer bravery shown in
civil than in military life" the veteran
statesman said. II remember one OF
our Providence fire chiefs.
"A green fireman resigned from the
Providence service because his chief, he
said, was cruel and inhuman.
"'How cruel and inhuman?' they
asked him.
why the fireman whined, at last
weeks tenement fire he ordered me to
carry a section Of hose right in be-
tween two walls that were just on the
point Of tumbling.'
"'And what did you do?'
81 refused, of course. I told the
chief it was as much as mans life
was worth to go in there, and
wouldn't do it.
"'Well what did the chief do then"
"'Ha, ha, ha! The crazy fool car
ried the hose in himself"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-12-07

A Kneelins Proposition.-"Pony
Moore, the once famous minstrel, is
dead at the age Of 80. He was one
of the last of his kind.
Moore" said veteran Chicago
manager, used to make up his own
Jokes. Once, when he played here, he
had his toes run over, and limped on
that night with a foot that resembled
a white pillow.
"Ah's ez tendah-hoofed as Liza
Johnsing," he said to the audience,
with a chuckle. 'Yo' know bout Liza
Young Calhoun White, he sez to her,
proposin':
".Whaffo yo' make face like
dat when L propose, Miss Johnsing"
well, Cal,' says Liza, 'Ah KANT
give yo' offah propah consideration
lessn yo' takes yo' knee offn man
CON-"