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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-12
CAPERS MAY BE OUSTED.
1t is Stated that Taft May Call on
Him for His Resignation, Owing
to His Alleged Influence in
the Crum Affair.
News and Courier.


Washington, March 9.-Rumors
have been flying thick and fast here
for the past few days that John u.
Capers, commissioner Of internal re-
venue, might be called upon by Presl-
dent Taft shortly to hand in his reslg-
nation, because 1T had come to the
notice of the chief executive that MIR.
Capers had recently been instrumental
in having DR.. Crum prolong his fight
to be retained as collector Of the port
Of Charleston, and had otherwise
made himself obnoxious to many per-
sons in South Carolina and elsewhere.
Mr.. Capers denies that he ever put
Crum up to holding on or that he was
instrumental in any way in further
ing his interest beyond perhaps the
interest that he naturally took in his
case, because of the fact that they
both belong to the same party and
have so far gotten along together ex-
eeptionally we'll in the same political
(harness.
! There are a number of candidates,
It is understood, who are eager to
succeed Mr.. Capers in the commits
sioner's Office, and there is no way
of predicting what may develop IN
the immediate future.
Frank H. Hitchcock, one of Capers'
firm friends, and a stauneh supporter
since the latter was ousted from the
district attorneys Office in South
Carolina about two and half years
ago, was an early caller at the White
House today, and while he would not
discuss the matter in any way, it
was generally rutmored that he had
gone there to intereede In Capers' be-
half.
i President Taft, it is said, recently
learned that strong influence was
back Of Crum to make him hold on as
collector until finally the pressure be-
came so great that in spite Of this
force he had to give in. Among those
influences it is understood that MIR.
Capers was a strong hacker. In this
connection it is said also that whoever
was Crum's real manager showed
poor Judgment during the latter's last
days in the collectors Office, and that
his stubbornness and obduracy III
bolding on has caused what in a lit
tie time will be shown to be an entire
Encouragement Of the future political
status in South Carolina from what
it was scheduled to be by President
Taft.
Whether or not Capers had any
thing to do with Crum holding on it IS
nevertheless a fact that there are
number of persons who would be glad
to see him out. If reports that are
current are true, despite the fact
that his record as commissioner has
been satisfactory to the secretary OF
the treasury and other officials, de-
finite steps may be taken in the near
future just as soon as the new secre-.
tary of the treasury gives his new
broom a good swing.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-12

very low round trip rates have been
authorized, tickets to be sold Febru-
ary 18th and 18th, good to leave Bir-
mingham returning not later than
midnight Of February 10th, 1909.
For rate, schedules and detailed in
formation, apply to Southern Railway
ticket agents or address,
J. C. Lusk,
Division Passenger Agent,
J. L. Meek, Charleston, S. c.
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.,
Atlanta, Ga.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-12
VERY Low RATES.
To New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola
and Birmingham, Via. South
ern Railway.

ern Railway.
Account Mardi Gras Celebrations
the Southern Railway announces very
low round trip excursion rates to New
Orleans, La, Mobile, Ala, and Pen
sacola, Fla. Tickets will be sold
February 18th to 22nd, limited for re-
turn up to and including, but not lat
er than midnight, March lst, 1909.
By depositing ticket at New Or
leans, Mobile or Pensacola and pay
ing fee Of S1.OO, ticket will be extend
ed until March 18th, 1909.
To Birmingham, Ala.
Account Laymen's Missionary
Movement. Presbyterian Church IN
the United States, Birmingham, Ala,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-12
An Exporter.

stT7llo is your Chicago friend?'
HE is a prominent exporter.
"What does he export?'
"I didn't say he exported anything
he used to be porter at the hotel
where I stopped. .''-Cleveland Plain
DeBer.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-12
A-stYp-to-dyn.

The best known remedy for burns
cuts, bruises or sores Of any kind on
man or beast. For sale at
+ Mayes' Drug Store.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-12
Inflated Currency.

Johnny-Pa, what is an inflated
currency9
Father-The money YOU blow in.--
Bohemian.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-12

ing lines of soldiers, with shining hel-
NETS and waving plumes, march to
the public square and are deployed as
if to render honor to some victorious
general; the notables arrive and take
their places, high functionaries from
Paris, judges, senators, ministers, the
square, the streets, trees, windows
and housetops are crowded with spec
tatorS. A door opens; man appears
It is the murderer, the murderer III
whose honor the army has been mob
ilized, the administration called out,
and the affairs of an entire province
interrupted for a day, the murderer,
whose name is upon all lips, whose
pale face is the cynost1re of all eyes,
the murderer, for whom the govern
ment has prepared this apotheosis.
AS he mounts the scaffold, mighty
mrpmm ARISES from fifty thousand
throats, a mrlrmur, in which hatred,
admiration, lusts for blood, pity and
voluptuous satisfaction are mingled;
the head falls, the blood spouts from
the neck in a crimson torrent, and,
the nervous tension once broken, the
immense crowd, intoxicated with ex-
citement, shouts and sings and laughs.
It is in truth a monstrous carnival.
The Present Program.
It is generally conceded that the
revival of the guillotine was neces-
saly. France has learned the futility
Of applying to murderers, speeches
and professional assassins the mild
penalties of an Imprisonment less rig
orous than that Of a juvenile refor-
matory is America; "the quality of
bercy' has been "strained' and
strained to the breaking point during
the past few years in this country;
no wthe nation has awakened to the
frightful revelations of the criminal
statistics, and the reaction mas SET
in.
No more pity! No more clemency !
No more false pity! This is the pres
en- program. If executions are neces-
sary for the defence of the hearth
and the salvation Of the provinces
from a reign Of terror, then BY all
means proceed to the execution. Such
is the principle in froce in America,
in England, in Germany, in every
peaceful and well-governed common
wealth. In our imperfect human So
ciety, severe examples are necessary,
and severe measures of protection are
justified by the sociological law of
"the greatest good to the greatest
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-12
'CHkRLESTON& B WESTERN CAR
oIINA RY.

Schedule in effect May 81, 1908.
Lv. Newberry(C N & ~ 1856 pm.
Ar. Laurens 2:02 pm.
Lv. Laurens. &c & W @ 2:35 pm.
Ar. Greenville 400 pm.
L7 Laurens 2:32 pm.
Ar. Spartanburg 4:05 pm.
Lv. Spartanburg (So. Ry.) 500 pm.
Ar. Hendersonville 7:45 pm.
Ar. Asheville $50 pm.
Lv. Laurens &C & W c. 2:32 pm.
Ar. Greenwood 3:32 pm
Ar. Mccormick 4:33 pm.
Ar. Augusta 6:15 pm.
Tri-Weekly Par'ar Car Line be-
tween Augusta and Asheville. Trains
Nos. l and 2, leave Augusta Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, leave
Asheville Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays.
Note: The above arrivals and de-
partures, as well as connections with
other companies, are given as infor-
nation, and are not guaranteed.
Ernest Williams,
Gen. Pass. Agt,
Augusta, Ga.
Geo. T. Bryan,
Greenvi;'e, 5. c.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-12
1.-THE Poor Cattle.'

Examples are necessary indeed, but
what kind of an example was this
quadruple execution at Bethune, for
which invitations were issued as tor
a marriage feast, and whioh took
place in the presence Of a crowd,
which applauded and clapped its
hands as at circus, and which, in
truth, had every reason to believe it.
self as a circus, for the government
had spared no pains to carry out the
illusion.
Those who executed the sentence
were scarcely more proud than the
four criminals who were executed, and
everything semed arranged to lend
the sembance Of truht to the words
pronounced by the convict Abel Pol
let, as he mounted the scaffold with a
steady step and head held proudly
erect. As he stood there glorified by
his penitence, by his remorse, and by
his courage in the lace OF death, ne
g,azed around him, and without anger,
without irony, exclaimed:
"The poor eattle!'
In the presence of an execution IN
such a manner, all social and moral
prestige disappears; the prestige OF
the criminal alone remains.
When the State assemblies its citlz-
ems for a public spectacle, it should
be to inspire the mwith the sentiments
of admiration, of resect, Of confidence.
It is well for the State, from time to
item to "exhibit" its heroes. its ar
my, it's splendor of its commerce; but
when the State deems it necessary to
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-04-22

plies, and as there are no mails out in
winter, and a letter could not reach
here before July, he decided, against
the advice of the miners, to strike out
alone and make his way overland to
Seward, 600 miles distant.
Fielder took two dogs and sleigh
provisioned for 80 days. Travelling on
snowshoes, he set out November Is,
about six weeks before the beginning
of the Alaska winter He made his
own trail, and built his own bridges,
sometimes making but three miles a
day. His best days work was 80
miles. He reached Seward January
"A, having been Sc days on the way.
His provisions had given out some
days before and he had to kill his dogs
for food. Near Seward Fielder ran
across three grizzled miners who had
plenty of moose meat along, and he
lost no time in changing to better
diet.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-04-22
BRAVES GUNS Or
RIVALS FOR GIRL
CHAMPION ARIZONA BRONCO
BUSTER TAKES BRIDE DESPITE
THREATS OF SHOOTING.
LATTER HAS MANY sUITORS
Announcements Of the Approaching
Marriage Brings Warnings That Re-
venge Will Be Taken--Knot 10
Tied in Haste.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Miss Guadalupe
Middleton, called the prettiest girl in
Arizona, became the wife of Harry G.
Willingham, former champion
bronco buster, few days ago in this
city. The wedding ceremony was per-
formed in haste, because disap-
pointed sutton was speeding westward
bent on revenge.
The marriage was the elimination
of a romance that has kept families in
Texas, New Mexico and Arizona at
gun point for the last year or more.
Now Willingham has to face irate
suitors and angry relatives, and is not
only willing to do so, but contemplates
having rather pleasant time of it.
Miss Middleton, the toast of every
cattle man in the southwest, occupied
a peculiar and unusual position in the
affairs of the great territory of Ari-
zona Cowboys fell desperately in love
with her at first sight. They drank
her health, and then glared over the
rims of their glasses at one another,
the spirit of jealousy stirring strong
WlJDln JEem.
One man tried to marry the young
woman and then another but some
how the suitors always decided in the
end that it would be more healthy to
be lust friend"
And so it happened that although
the finest men of the desert sought to
wed the girl, all of them failed, and
Miss Middleton seemed doomed to be-
come an old maid, because of the fact
that she had too many suitors. Most
girls do not have enough, but this lit
tie maid could not speak in friendly
way to one without causing another to
finger a revolver and mutter low
threats.
Then she met Harry Willingham. He
is son of the famous cattle king, C.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-04-22
FUR TRADER FORCED
TO EAT HIS OWN DOGS
CALIFORNIA MAN SUFFERS GREAT
PRlvATloNs ON AN OVERLAND
TRIP IN ALASKA.

,Burlingame, Gala lonely overland
trip occupying Sc days through the
wilds of Alaska in winter, over trail
of his own making, during which time
his provisions gave out and he had To
kill his dogs for food, was the ex
perience of ]. w. Fielder of this city
who has just reached here from the
north
Fielder is a former local business
man and charter member of the San
Mateo lodge of Elks. He went to
Alaska last spring in the interests OF
a fur trading company controlled by
Burlingame capital. The headquarters
of the company are on the Kushokwin
river, near Mount Mckinley.
In November 1t was necessary for
Fielder to make requisition for sup
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-04-22

b. Willingham of Ell Paso, Tex. He
also has the fame that comes from
having taken the fight out Of the worst
horses of the country and the nerve
out of some of its bad men.
Willingham was working on ranch
in Pleasant Valley, the scene of the
terrible feud of the Tukesberry and
Graham outfits, and was with the j.
r. outfit when he met Miss Middleton,
whose brother owns a big ranch in
that neighborhood.
They fell in love Willingham sug-
gested that the other suitors take a
hike" for the benefit of their consti-
tutions. They refused and said the
suggestion was unpopular Whereupon
Mr.. Willingham gFinned and whistled
little love songs and fouted his rivals
in way that caused hard feelings.
When he learned that his love was
going to Los Angeles he made his
plans. She came here and then wrote
back to one of her friends about "a
nice young city man" she intended to
marry. Arizona arose on its hind legs.
figuratively speaking, and 'hollered.."
One sutton wrote to Miss Middleton
stating that he would kill on sight any
man she married 1t was this same
man that rode with party Of COW.
boys who tried to round up Willing
ham. They set the sheriff, Henry
Thompson, and his chief deputy, Bill
Voris of ella county, on his trail. and
the young sweetheart, intent on
reaching Los Angeles to attend his
wedding, rode out into the night with
his partner alongside and the sheriff
and posse laundering behind.
Willingham rode into Payson an
hour ahead Of his pursuers, and there
proved that he had rustled no cattle
as was charged and then again took
the trail, with his thoughts on Los An
gelesr
He met Capt II. F. Gerry, soldier
of fortune and one of his old friends.
Gerry was about to be married to Miss
Macdonald Willingham and Miss Mid
dleton acted as assistants. Afterward
the role was reversed, and the captain
and his wife saw that the knot was
properly tied which made the little
Arizona girl and the cowboy kxsbaDS
Lid Wife.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-04-22

fores. Miss Margarette's little sister.
She remembers quite we'll the delight
of that oceasion-the gathering OF
young people, at her fathers big plan
tation ON the old Franklin dirt road
the arrival and noisy greeting of
buggy loads and wagon-loads and cart
loads of youngsters-the cantering up
of young men and maddens mounted
on thoroughbreds-thes barking OF tn
dogs, and the excitement of the ne
gro slaves hustling and bustling and
stumbling over each other IN their
frantic efforts to care for the equip
pages and waiting ON the guests-the
bountiful dinner and the laughter and
merriment which accompanied it'll
clearing out OF the tables after the
meal and the bringing in of the old
Jordan and his band-the seating of
the musicians upon chairs set for
them on an improved dais in a cor
ner of a big rOom-the scraping and
the believing of he '.tundn' up''-the
first dance and then the chatter and
rustic of the intermission preceding
the next one Can any little girl
ever forget her first dance?
"One of the bellies of the occasion, =
says Mrs. Hicks, was Miss Sallie
Goodwin. / reccllect her very well,
although was only a small girl then.
She had sparkling eyes and a flash
ing laugh and was great favorite OF
everybody, old and young. She was
one of the kiniest-hearte5 girls eve
knew.
During the evening old Jordan play
ed the air, sSallie Goo1'n, and some
CT the boys asked him what it was.
Wy, dat's jess one O. my iii
pieces what l made mahse'f, he. said.
Yes, but what Go you call t?'
he was asked.
:. Amt call it nothing Wit, he ans
werad. Reckon Use gwine call it.
Miss Sallie Good'E, and he relied
his head on his fiddle so that he
could laugh over at Miss Sallie.
'.She heard him and shook her fan
at him. The old negro chuckled and
went ON with his music.
THAT settled i. The air was call
ed Sallie Good'n from that day to
this"
Sable Goodwin died during the six
ties, following the close of the war,
She never married.
During the war her brother enlisted
in a Confederate regiment, and fell
at the front, bravely fighting for the
Cause. About the same time her
father died. Shortly after this old
Jordan MCGOWAN, at Mrs. Goodwin's
request, moved up into the big house
and assisted her in managing the
slaves on the plantation until the
Emancipation Proclamation set them
free. Miss Sallie assisted with her
avn hands in spinning and weaving
the flax and wool grown on the big
plantation, and shaping them into
garments for the bcJs IN the ranks.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-04-22
SHOOTING WHALES.
Modern WhaIers Use a Cannon ar
an Explosive Harpoon.

Whaling with modern methods
Alaskan waters is an exciting gam
for those who are new
the business.
The modern whaling steamer is
little vessel almost round on the DO
tom. which enables it to be turne
and managed with the greatest cas-
Mounted at the bow is a small ca
non that shoots a harpoon weight
more than 100 pounds and having a
explosive head, called the bomb.
If the shot is good and the haTpoo
is planted squarely, behind the fig
says the London Worlds Work,
bomb crashes into the lungs, kill14
instantly; if not, the struggle IL
last for hours.
After a whale has been killed IL
carcass is brought alongside the bOl
and inflated so that it viii float.
Icing coil of rubber hose, one end
which is attached to the pump az
the other to a hollow spear pOinte
tube of steel, with perforations aloII
its entire length, is used for tn
purpose.
The spear is thrust well down int
the whales side, the air pump stan
ed and the body slowly filled WI
air. When Inflated enough to fkt
the tube is withdrawn, the incisia
plugged with oakum and the carca
cast off. A buoy with a flag
attached to the body, and it is tia
set adrift to be picked up after Z
days hunting.
The whaling station is group
buildings situated IN bay or
near enough to the feeding gr0ult
to allow the steamer to come in eel
nfghH-- with the days catching. IT.
whales are anchored at buoy )
front of a long, inclined platform, q
on which they are drawn, tail frs
by means of a steam winch.
The saying that every part of I
pig but the sQueal is now of ma
het value is also a fact with u
whale. Not a particle of the anlmi
is wasted. After the skeleton
stripped of flesh, It is disarticuls
and the bones chopped in pieces.
The blubber is tried out of oil
the meat and bones are boiled
the same purpose. Later the fI
is artificiaIly dried and sifted, max
a fine guano, and the bones
ground up for fertilizer. Even
blood is boiled and dried with
flesh, and the water in which [
bhIbber has been tried out makes
excellent glue. The fins and tail,
ter being sliced into thin strips,
sailed and baTTelled and shipped
Japan as an article of food.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-04-22
Elephant Terrofizes Town.

San Bernardino, GAIA big circus
elephant that escaped and wandered
over section of the city. doing dam
age, was captured by the showmen the
other day in the open country: He
was chained UP and led to his car. The
elephant had been at large seven
hours, and during that time broke
down fences, tore up sidewalks and
thoroughly scared : large number Of
persons.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-04-22
Former Rival Clips Off Brides Hair

Former Rival Clips Off Brides Hair.
New Brunswick, N. IA bride of
but two days, Mrs. Louis Kalla is re-
covering from collapse following. the
strangest revenge on record Of jeal-
Gus lover.
When she was pretty Julie Szaly she
had many beaus in the Hungarian col.
ony Her marriage to Kalla the other
day left many broken hearts. While
in the yard of her home she was set
upon by two men, who, with shears,
denuded Mrs. Kalla's head of the ra-
ven tresses of which she was so proud.
When she was revived in her home
a note was found pinned to her dress.
in which a rival" gloated over his
revenge. Mrs. Kalla caused the arrest
of two suspects, who she believes were
hired to cut off her hair, to her own
grief and the embarrassment of the
lucky groom.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-04-22
ONLY ONE BATH IN HIS LIFE.
Statement of Michigan Man Shocks
and Startles His Fellow Church
Members.

Lansing, Mich.-William Peterson,
a miller of this city, shocked and
startled the cultured members of a
class in applied Christianity in meet
ing in the First Universalist church by
interrupting speaker on "home SAM
tation" to remark that it was balder-
dash, that he had never taken but
one bath in his life, and that was when
he had the itch. Peterson is about
55 years old.
A representative of the state board
of health was reading a paper when
Peterson nearly broke up the session
by his remark.
my folks lived in three rooms in
the old country" said Peterson, and
lived on rye bread and beer. A friend
of mine asked me to take bath not
long ago in 'rigamole they had put
in church, but / told him that had
never taken but one bath in my life
and that was when / had the itch.
He said it would put the blood in cir
culation and make me feel fine Well,
| have a better scheme than that for
putting the blood in circulation. Z
Here Peterson gave his audience q
practical demonstration in his gymnas-
tics. The next speaker changed the
subject to the ventilation of school
rooms
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-08-15
$1,000 is RAISED FOR
BUILDING A THEATRE
Movement in This Direction
Started.
Americus in Need of
Modern Theatre, and
Plan is Popular.

With eleven thousand dollars al
ready subscribed to that end and the
work but scarcely begun as yet, anoth-
er movement is under way to secure
a more modern opera house for Amer
icus than the present barn-like struc-
ture that has done service for thirty
years, and was no especial credit to
the city at its birth.
A year ago there was a movement in
this direction, two leading business
men planning to utilize a piece of land
owned by one of them on Cotton ave
nue. by placing an up-to-date opera
house there with stores on the ground
floor. One of the business men turned
his investment in another direction,
and the project was allowed to die.
The absolute need of a better the
atre is recognized by the entire COM
munity. The present one is entirely
inadequate in every way, poorly equip
ped, and the pleasure of attending 2
performance is considerably marred
by the surroundings.
The present movement, it is hoped,
will result in something tangible.
1t is understood that a piece of
ground, centrally located, may be
placed in the plan as the subscription
of we'll known citizen and that sew
eral who have been seen about the
matter have displayed considerable
interest.
1t is estimated that outside of the
value Of the land it will require an
expenditure of about $4,000 to give a
theatre that will meet the city's re-
Quirements. There would be stores
beneath that would help to make the
investment a profitable one to those
whose money went into it.
A theatre proportioned to the size
and Importance of the city is about
the only public building now needed
to complete the equipment of Ameri-
Gus.
1t has a magnificent library, a Y. Nj.
c. A. that cannot be equaled by any
city of it's size, a fine postoffice build
ing, churches equal to those in any
other city of it's size, homes that are
beautiful and a credit to a city of
much greater population.
A new opera house that would COM
pare at all favorably to these features
of the city is all that is needed to COM
plete its makeup as the leading and
most progressive city in southern
Georgia