davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-13
HOLLAND HOUSE.
One Of Ensland's Picturesque and His
torie Mansions.

torie Mansions.
Few mansions In or near London
are more picturesque In their sur
roundlngs or more interesting from
their associations with the past than
Holland House. The domain In which
It stands is a perfect rus In urbe-a
green oasis In wilderness Of bricks
and mortar. When you pass from the
noisy traffic of KensingAn road and
enter the great gates there is a trans
forma ton scene. In q few PAGES Lon
don has disappeared. and you Hnd
yourself all at once In the heart of the
country. You might be In the forest
Of Arden, hundred miles from Pic
cadilly-lawns shaded by noble cedar
trees. woodland glades. a green lane
with over arching boughs. and farther
on terraced walks. the stone balus-
trades and the formal parterre OF the
Dutch garden. The house itself has a
long, irregular frontage. n fantastic
medley Of turrets. gables. arcades and
oriel windows. The series Of sitting
rooms on the FIRST floor are warm.
comfortable and homelike and filed
with q priceless collection Of family
portraits and heirlooms. No wonder
that Charles Fox was devoted to the
place where he had passed careless
and happy boyhood and in his last H.
ness drove over from Chiswick TO
view once more the familiar scenes,
which he regarded with a special ten
derness and affection. Naturally his
memory is cherished here, and he Is
still to some extent the tutelary genius
Of the place. There Is a statue Of him
at the end of the avenue In the park (:
there Is bust Of him by Nollekens
In the entrance hall: there Is charac-
teristic note In his handwriting on the
back of miniature of Robesplerre--un
scelerat. IN lache. ct un fou Ia rascal.
q coward and fool-and there IS a
picture of him by Sir Joshua as a
youth with two charming damsels.
one Of whom made a romantic mar
riage with an actor, while the other
refused the hand of king and lived
to become the mother Of the heroic
Napiers. Almost every .oom has Its
tradition. In fact. wherever you tread
"a history IL beneath your feet
Blackwood's.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-13
President Sends Congratulations.


Washington. Feb. 1.-THE follow
ing kilograms were given out at the
White House without comment:
Sacramento. Cal. Feb. 10. 1909.
1.-THE President. Washington:
School segregation bill killed in the
assembly today by vote of II to 36.
-. N. GILLETT."
Washington. Feb 10. 1909.
Governor j. N. Gillett. Sacramento.
Cal:
Accept my heartiest congratula-
lions. All good Americans appreciate
what you have done Pray extend my
congratulations individually to all who
have aided YOU. feel that the way in
which California has done what was
right for the nation makes II more
than ever obligatory on the nation in
every way to safeguard the interests
OF California. All that | personally can
do towards this and. whether In public
or In private life. shall most certainly
be done.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-13
ANTl-JAP BILL
| VOTED DOWN
School Segregation Measure
Defeated In California.
WILL WORK FOR EXCLUSION

Governor olllett Says q Census Of
Japanese In California VIII Be
Taken, and u Necessary Congress
Will BE Urged to Enact an Asiatic
Exclusion Msasure-The President
Sends Congratulations.
Sacramento. Cal, Feb. 11.-Yielding
to the pressure brought to bear by
President Roosevelt and Governor J.
N. Gillett, the California assembly re-
versed Its previous position by recon
sidering the former vote on the segre-
cation OF Japanese students In the pub
lie schools and finally rejecting the
measure by a vote OF Al to 81. An ef-
fort by the supporters OF the bill fur.
Their 10 reconsider was lost by vote
Of 3S to IS. and the assembly Is now
clear OF any Japanese measure object.
ed to by the national administration.
The fight for the suppression OF the
bill was won only after many hours
OF heated debate on the floor
The school bill is still to be consld.
cred in the senate, having been pre-
scented there by Senator Caminetti. but
there is little chance that the meas
ure will be approved when brought
up.
Governor Gillett said that the next
matter to be taken up by the assem-
bly, would be the proposed appropria-
tion OF $4,000 for the compiling OF q
census OF Japanese In California. He
said that, II from the data so gath
cred II were found necessary. congress
would be urged to enact an Asiatic
exclusion measure.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-13
BEEF FOR BRITISH

Army Officers viii Supervise Canning
Process.
London. Feb. 1.-THE war ONCE has
contracted with Armour & Co. for
large supplies Of canned corned beef.
which will be put UP under the super
vision Of British army officers. The
contract is for three years. The first
delivery. consisting Of between 500. 900
and 100000 pounds. 10 to be made
during the coming summer
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-13
Live stock Markets.

PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)-
CATTLE steady: choice. s6.25G6.%0:
prime. Sgr6.2O.
SHEEP strong; prime wethers, $5.26
65.5O: culls and common, $243.50:
lambs, s597.75: veal calves. .$909.50.
HOGS higher: prime heavies. s7.O5
Workers.. ye.sO06.s0: light Workers.
t6.40Q6.5o; pigs. ss.2s66.ss; roughs,
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-13
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
and Live Stock.

PHILADELPHIA FLOUR firm
winter extras, new. $3.50; winter
clear. $4.26@4.5o; city mills. fancy
RYE FLOUR steady. at s4.10G4I5
per barrel.
WHEAT firm: No. 2 red. western
e1.12Q1.12h.
CORN steady: No. 2 yellow. local
701aG Tic.
OATS steady; No. 2 white. clipped,
57057hc.; lower grades. Sc.
HAY steady: Timothy. large bales
SIS per ton.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 15c. /;
old ROSTERS. i0c. Dressed firm choice
fowls. l5hc.: old ROSTERS. 11tac.
BUTTER steady: extra creamery.
sac. per Id.
EGGS steady: selected. So q 40c. /;
nearby, Sac: western. SAC.
POTATOES steady. at so q SIC. per
bushel. Sweet Potatoes steady. at 80
G60c per basket.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-13

One Sunday morning minister's
wife saw her son chasing the hens
with a stick. She went TO the door TO
investigate and heard him say. I'm
teach you to lay eggs in minister's
family on Sunday morningw-Deline.
ator
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-13
BRIGHT Pupils.

"You have two very bright pupils.
Miss winsome." remarked Mr.. Sweet
~ to the schoolma'am.
(which ones do you mean. Mr..
Sweetly"
"why, those In your eyes. to be
sure."-Pathhnder
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-13
Shot Self While CLEANING RIfIe.

Wilmington. Del, Feb. l1.-While
Sergeant William Blackburn. thirty
years old. OF the Forty-fifth Coast ar
tillery. was cleaning his rife at Fort
Dupont. he shot himself through the
head. An investigation is being made
TO discover whether the shooting was
accidental or with suicidal intent.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-13
Four Miners Fatally Burned.

Wheeling. W. Va. Feb. 11.-Four
miners were fatally burned by an OK.
plosion OF q keg OF powder In tho Gay.
lord mine. near here.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-13
The crowIers.

Stage Manager-I wish we could work
IN few more realistic touches In
this woodland scene. Now. how would
Il be to have some ore growl like II
bear? Author-The very thing. Wen
call In the critics. Kansas city lnde
pendent.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-13
PLUNGED Into scaIdIna Water to pI.

Pittsburg. Feb. 11.-Diving headlong
into a vat OF scalding water. Philip
Otto. cooper. ended his life. Being a
widower with six children. he became
respondent over financial matters and
for three days has been bidding his
friends goodby.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-02-13
TOOK JUDGE GRAY'S SUIT
Delaware Jurist Had to Go to Recep.
ton Minus Dress Clothes.

Baltimore. Feb. 1l.--Judge George
Gray. of Delaware, attended a dinner
In Washington minus his usual even.
ing garments. While he was thus EN-.
barrasssd Newton Tucker. OF vicks.
burg. Miss. was disposing OF them al
secondhand dealers here. securing
$3.50 for the clothes that cost probably
$3.50. Tucker said he picked up Judge
Gray's suit case In the Wilmington
Del. station by mistake.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-06-16
Your Moneys
Worth!
Just a Little Talk with You,
YOU
The One Now Reading this Article.

We wonder If you felt that YOU
were buying some splendid goods for
the money; that you were getting
good Values-a little more than you
could get anywhere else-if you
would not buy a nice Buggy or
Wagon this spring?
We believe We have just what YOU
want. We believe you know good
value wnen YOU see it; We believe
you are sufficiently good Judge 10
know whether or not you are get
ting good value for your money.
We know you appreciate a good
value when .ou see it, and for these
reasons. We invite you to call and
examine our line Of Buggies, Wagons
and Harness before you buy. Our
large store rooms are now filled with
nice new goods.
We know people are kicking all
over the county about The Poor Grade
Of Buggies they have been buying.
Now, talking about Buggies: We
wish TO call Your special attention to
our Wheels. Everybody knows that
the lie OF any vehicle depends large
IT, on the kind Of wheels used The
timber used in the construction of
our High Point Wheels is of the Best
Carolina Upland Second-Growth
Hick0ry-the kind that all wheel
builders say is superior to that found
anywhere else. Besides. only skilled
|orEmen are employed in the con-
struct!on OF these Buggies through
OUT.
NOw. just word about WAGONS:
Why pay $50 to $75 for n Two-Horse
Wagon when YOU can buy lust as
good for $50. and One-Norse Wagons
from $40 to $3.50. and whole
house full to select from?
You Will Cpen Your eyes when YOU
find how much We can save you on
Harness, Saddles, Brides. etc.
In addition to the values we are
giving in the above lines. I am going
TO give away, absolutely free OF
charge. one $75 High Point Buggy.
You get chance with each $40 pur-
chase. either for cash or on time.
This is chance of lifetime to get
a good Buggy FREE.
Anything In tho Buggy, Wagon or
Harness ltne--BROWN has It, or
BROWN gets II.
Prices and terms to suit all.
Remember, YOU run no risk when
YOU buy from me. We guarantee the
goods.
You will find us In the largo con.
crete block building, WRlhalla, s. G,
Yours truly,
w. NJ. BRoW
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-06-16
THREE KILLED IN STREET DUEL
Governor Orders Militia to the Scene
of the Shooting.

Brookhaven, Miss, June IA
Fearing a serious riot in Meadville.
the county seat of Franklin county,
Mississippi, as a result of a bloody
street duel there late this afternoon.
in which three men were killed. and
others reported injured, the Brook
haven company Of militia has gone
to the scene by order OF Governor
Noel.
The killed are DR.. A. NJ. Newman.
chancery clerk of Franklin county:
Herbert Applewhite. lawyer, and ST.
las Reynolds.
The tragedy is thought to be the
direct result Of the killing of Corne-
Illus Pritchard by DR.. Newman some
weeks ago. and OF Newman's acQuit-
tai.
The feeling between Applewhite,
who was wounded in the PritChard-
Newman encounter. and Newman is
said to have been very bitter.
On several occasions, 1t is report
ed. Newman ordered Applewhite
from the chancery's office.
Details of the duel are lacking. but
from meagre facts received here, the
encounter was fierce. and the lives of
numerous by-standers was leopard
lied.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-06-16
Fought Over Wifc's Coffee.

birmingham. Ala. June l4.-Re-
senting the imputation OF c. II. Car
per that Mrs. Kelley could not make
good coffee. w. T. Kelley, and his
brother-inlaw. Will Sparks. this
morning met Carper at Boyle. a
suburb OF Birmingham. and proceed
ed 10 settle the matter. AS re-
suit Of the affair, Caper is dead.
Sparks is fatally injured and Kelley
is wounded in the arm and leg. 1t
is said that Kelley attacked Carpcr
with club. whereupon Carper drew
a pistol. two other pistols being i'm
mediately produced by the brothers
in-law. and general fusilade of
shots followed with the above result
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-06-16
How to Raise
More Cotton
and Corn
per Acre.

This can easily and protitabIy
De done by using Fertilizers as
a side application.
For corn use 800 pounds OF
Piedmont Guano per acre when
the corn is %pee high, and when
you wish 10 Csc nitrate Of soda,
make an Application Of 100
pounds Per ac-e at laying by
time.
For cotton use a side appG-
cation OF 300 ponds of Pied
mont Guano Per acre. Just about
the time It starts to blooming,
ana when nitrate Of soda is
wanted use as in the corn.
L you decide to try this Be
sure tQtry our Piedmont Guano.
Il vii 30 the work.
We viii continue 10 buy COT
:oa seed through this month at
the highest market price. Be
sure to bring them in by the
first Of June.
Westminster Oil
g Fertilizer
Company.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-06-16

At the bottom the Olds is shown
in the ditch, with its frame buried in
the mud, on the road from Westmin-
ster to Seneca, S. c.
And these roads are in Oconee?
Think of it--stranded in 2 public
road in Oconee in an automobile and
'its frame buried in the mud" 1t
is no justification to Oconee for her
bad roads that the following appear
ed in the same connection:
The middle picture Is OF the mud
pond that the Olds tore its way
through, on the road just north of
Reidsvllle, y. c. Here was drop
of one foot from solid road into two
feet or more of liquid mud.
The fact that others have as bad
or even worse roads than We have
does not Justify our bad roads. These
descriptions of Oconee and North
Carolina roads ought to spur us up
TO higher standard of road making.
And 1t takes money to build roads.
Our road makers are not all to
blame. HuT can they make roads
without money? The entire body Of
citizens must be interested and edu-
Gated on the question of good roads
before We will see any material ad-
vancement in that line. The auto
mobile highways from New York to
Atlanta and from Atlanta to New
Orleans will eventually prove of vast
good to the entire country in practi-
cal demonstration of the great benc-
fits to be derived from Il system Of
roads ready to accommodate all
kinds Of vehicles.
These three descriptions Of the
roads as they now are constitute an
eloquent appeal Tor better grades and
better rOais.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-06-16
=. f.. Callahan Killed i'm Runaway

Honea Path, June l4.-AS S. f..
Callahan was driving into town late
Saturday afternoon his horse took
fright at an oil tank standing on the
railroad track. The lines broke af-
ter the horse had run for some dist
ance. and Mr.. Callahan attempted
to jump from the buggy. He was
thrown to the ground with such
force that his whole body was para
lyzed at once, and he died about an
hour afterwards. Mr.. Callahan was
prosperous young farmer. livin .
two miles from Honea Path. He
leaves wife and several children
who have the sympathy OF many rel
atives and friends.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-06-16
Deputy Kills Preacher.

Roanoke. Va. June l4-A special
from PocahonIA>. Va. to-day says at
Roj>>eya.n yesterday Rev. John Phil
lips was shot and killed BY Deputy
Shevin II. y. Morris. Phillips had a
difficulty wiki man named Prolft
saturday night. Profit went to Po-
cahoMIas and got warrant Tor the
preacher. When Morris want 10
>ery- The papers sunday Phillips -
sisted and drew 3 revolver. and il is
said vas in the act o: shooting Nor
rs when the latter fired on Phillips
E..':-- him instantly.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-06-16
Rich Mems Gifts are Poor

beside this: Il want to go on record
as saying tina, | regard Electric Bit
terS as one OF the greatest gifts that
God has made 10 woman" writes
Mrs. 0. Rhinevault. OF VeStal Center.
y. y. Il can never forget what ii
has done for me" This glorious
medicine gives woman buoyant Spir-
its, vigor OF body and jubilant health.
1t quickly cures nervousness sleep
lessneSS, Il, .lancholy. headache back
ache. faintng and dizzy spells; soon
builds up the weak, ailing and sick
". Try them. soc. at all dru ggiSts.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-06-16
Alone in n Saw Mill at Midnight.

Alone In n Saw Mill at Midnight,
unmindful of dampness, storms,
drafts or cold. w. J. Atkins worked
as night .watchman, at Banner
Springs, Tenn. Such exposure gave
him a severe cold that settled on his
lungs. At last he had to give up
work. He tried many remedies, but
all failed till he used Dr.. Kings New
Discovery. After using one bottle"
he writes, Il went back to work as
we'll as ever" Severe colds, stub
born coughs, infamed throats and
sore lungs, hemorrhages, Group and
whooping cough get quick relief and
prompt cure from this glorious medi-
cine. soc. and 81. Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by a" druggists.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-06-16

The county Of Aiken has establish
ed a new criminal record. Within Sc
hours from early last Monday three
negroes were killed and one mortally
wounded. Each of the difficulties
occurred in different section and
neither had any connection with the
others.
The dispensary winding up ,Om-
mission has discovered, by an exam
ination Of the Lanahan books that
the whiskey sold to the South Caro-
lima dispensary contained large
per cent Of impure spirits" which
,.NuOtless accounts for so much devil
n"nt on the part OF the purchasing
board as well as the consumer.
We have received Nos. 3 and of
Volume | OF "Piedmont Industries. 4"
an industrial paper published at
Charlotte, y. c. 1t is an ideal repre-
sentative publiCation--neat. newsy
and iull Of valuable industrial infpr-
matiOn. The States OF North Caro-
lima, South Carolina and Georgia are
fully represented in its pages in all
industrial lines.
The reports come from Washing
ton that there is "muCh lodging by
opponents OF the income tax" in Con-
greS>. Peculiar situation. The LAM
makers lodging the law in national
circles; local officers dodge the en-
fOrcement of the law where they
can; and those subject 20 the tax
dodge the local officers as rule.
"They're all dodging-dodGing their
way through the world
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-06-16
wALHAILA, s. c.:
WEDNESDAY,, JUNE 10. 1909.
FOR CIVIC IMPROVEMENT.


ladies are to take up civic improve
ment work in earnest. Ther- is a
wide field here for a live organiza-
ton, and we are going to have an
organization Of that kind. It will
be organized next Saturday after
noon at Pitchford's Hall, the hour set
for the meeting Of ladies being
O'Clock. We urge every lady inter
ested In the welfare of the town to
attend this first meeting. join the
association and assist in the work
that the organization will undertake.
All that Is needed is workers. Wal
h1lla is so situated aS 70 be peculiar
ly susceptible to Improvement at the
hand OF man. by nature beauti-
fully situated and full OF natural
advantages. the town needs but the
live. active interest of her citizens
to make it one of the prettieSt towns
in South Carolina; and this move
ment started by our ladies is just
what Is needed and has been needed
for years. There * work for the
women to do, and there is work
for the men to do. Let these women
plan, devise and suggest things beau
tiful and things bcautifying. and let
the men stand by them and aid then
financially and otherwise in carrying
out these plans. II we work to-
gether we will be surprised how
INDph pNnD I'm br ran, in Of
this summer and fall, can be accom-
pliShvd for Walhalla's good.
There is no better place to live
than right here in Walhalla We
have i healthful and a health giving
climate; we have business going on
all about us. and room for more; We
have about $500 citizens. and we
ought 10 have $500 more; We have
q splendid town for health resort,
and We can have people here summer
and winter for health and pleasure if
we want them and let them know
that We want them But We have
got 10 get to work ii We expect TO
do things. We have tried long
enough the plan Of waiting for
something to turn ul" Ii we con-
tirue to do this We will each be
doomed 70 disappointment in the
end. We have got to do something
and luit waiting"
Walhalla has grown and prosvered
in spite OF the Indifference Of our
l1op!~. Occasionally We get out and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-29

Mrs William S. Horton. since last May the bride of a supposedly veal thy plumbing contractor of New York city. and for several years well known about this city because of her striking type of brunette beauty. has been sued for divorce on the ground that she is negress. and that she deceived her husband at the time of their marriage into the belief that she was white. The suit was begun before Justice Bowling in the New York Supreme court yesterday and a genuine sensa- ton was created when the grounds for the divorce were made known
 Equally sensational today came the confirmation of the husbands allega- ton, from Mrs. Gladys DeVal. sister in telling the whole t-uth,'' said she at her home here today "If I am called to the witness stand will swear le Is a negroes. So will my mother negro blood comes from her father. a man Of mystery None of us has heard from him for ten years or more. We believe he fled on sailing vessel from New York to escape arrest for bigamy."
 From the story of Mrs. Deval the matrimonial entangiements of the dead mother and missing father were little less remarkable than the present sit nation of the beautiful young woman
 Mrs. Horton. a girl of 19. disappear ed from Bridgeport about two years ago. and even her closest relatives heard nothing from her until last May when she reappea- here and told them of her mari .. to the wealthy plumber. The girls good fortune was hailed with surprise among those who knew her best for she had develooed wayward tendencies when in this city. and her disappearance was looked up on as an indica ton that she had gone the way of many young girl reared without a mothers care
 Mrs. DeVal not only disclosed the family skeleton haunting the Horton home, but also declared that her fam fly had formed the belief that the girls mulatto father was like the prov erbial sailor, with a wife in every port. The formal taking of testimony will take place within a few days before Attorney John J. Phelan. appointed by Justice Bowling of the New York Su- prer1e court as a commissioner to take the sworn testimony of both Mrs. Ella Williams and Mrs. DeVaL
 Coupled with the sensational mis- feature of the divorce case comes the plaint of the respondent wife that she fears her child who was represented to her to have died. is kePt in hiding from her. And Mrs. DeVal, who is anxious that the whole truth shall come out. is equally in doubt as ed because it Is a reversion to the ne-