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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
NeDheWs in Fatal DueI. I

. Moultrie, Ca, Special At the old
homestead of the late Nathan Flow
ers in the lower part Of the county,
Bert Williams is dead, Wright Flow
ers is dying and it is believed Will
liam Flowers is fatally hurt as the re-
suit of terrific six-handed battle
with rifles and pistols, news of which
reached here Sunday. Sheriff Boyd
and big posse of deputies is on the
track Of John Hart and his two sons
who are charged with the shooting
and who are at large, fully armed.
The trouble occurred, over a dispute
about the division of the estate of
Nathan Flowers. He died, leaving no
children and since his death John
Hart, who married a niece, has been
living on the home place with Mrs.
Flowers. The Flowers boys are neph-
ews while Williams married niece.
Since Nathan Flowers death there
has been a wrangle over the estate, it
is alleged, and trouble has been
feared.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
Fatal Mine Explosion.

iRoslyn, Wash, .Special.-At least
eight men were Killed and three per-
haps fatally injured in gas explosion
in cole mine No. of the Northwest
ern Improvement Company here Sun
day. When the explosion occurred 8
column of fire was thrown hundreds
of feet into tfe air, lighting the shaft
plant and adjoining buildings. Under
the intense heat the shaft crumbled
and fell. Cinders were blown in all
directions, several buildings in parts
of the mining town taking fire. The
citizens were unable to extinguish The
fires and the Roslyn fire department.
was called out. The mine in the neigh
borhood of the shaft was burning
fiercely Saturday night, flames shoot
ing up from the shaft nearly 100 feet
into the air. The electric pumps
which supply the town of Roslyn with
water were cut off and the water in
the city was very nearly exhausted.
1t was reported that the shaft was
caving in and other explosions might
occur at any moment. s} !.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
House of the Seven Gables.

Mechanics who have been making
changes in the historic House Of the
Seven Gables, at the foot of Turner
street. Salem, have found indisputa.
BILE proof that the building was orig
inally q house of seven gables and
the additional four gables are to be
restored in the remodelling. The ole
mortices have been found in the tim.
bers.
1t has been found that the house
originally had an overhanging second
story, which at some time was walled
up, leaving the old wall with Its mar.
row clapboarding still in place. This
will also be restored. A large addi
ton will be built on the northerly
side to fit the house for settlement
work. Mrs. Emmerton, who is pro
noting this undertaking, has also
purchased the estate adjoining on thf
north. Altogether about $4,000 i:
being expended on the remodelling.-
Boston Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
Second Week of Celebration.

New York, Special.-The Hudson
Fulton celebration, after a week Of
pomp and pageantry in. New York,
has moved up, the Hudson and for
another week the cities lying to the
north will vie with each other in do
ing honor to the memory of Hudson
and Fulton. The Half Moon and the
CIermont with the naval escort, now
at anchor at Poughkeepsie, will con-
tinue their voyage northward, stop
ping at Kingston, Catskill, Hudson,
Albany and Troy, where elaborate
local celebrations have been planned.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
Monument te, Wayne.

Stony Point, N. Y, Special.-A
monument to the madness of "Mad
Anthony" Wayne. the revolutionary
general who led successful attacl;
against apparently hopeless odds on
Great Britain's Stony Point Gibraltar
1870 years ago: was dedicated here
Saturday as one OF the opening events
of the upstate Hddson-F Fulton cele,
bration. The monument, great me-.
mortal arch built of the rough stones
over which Wayne led his troops
stands on the scenes of the battle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
Will the Dollar Come Back?

= "A dollar sent out of town for
printing brings-what returns?.
Does it benefit the merchant of this
village in the least?
Does the printer in Rutland or
Burlington help pay the taxes in
Bristol?
On the other hand a dollar spent
at home for printing is liable to bring
several to your pocketbook.
The local printer helps pay the
taxes that are used for public i'm
proyements.
Does that help to injure you. Mr..
Merchant? g
Think it over and see If you can
afford to send your printing out OF
town.
By sending your prin Ing out OF
town are you helping to build up one
Of the best industries of the town?
Stop for a few moments and con-
slider the question: Is the local news
paper of any value to the town?
There is but one answer, and only
one. -.
The local newspaper is one Of the
greatest factors in advertising g
town, and the Herald is no exception
to the rule.
The united and hearty support o1
the local paper by the community
enables the publisher to do more and
better work in advertising the towr
and its advantages. thus in many
cases attracting the attention of peo
Pile and inducing them to locate II
the town.
The local newspaper never throw,
stones at any legitimate enterprise
Instead, it encourages even the small
est, because encouraging words are
far better than those of the opposite
kind. All editors can testify to th'
truth Of this statenept Bristol Her
| aid.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
|H0W TO OVERCOME
THE WHITE PERIL.
(. Milk is a Menace to Health un.
less IL is Pasteurlzea, a Simple,
: Cheap, Process.

{. r. ~
of all the menaces to humanity
the Black Peril of the plague, the
Red Peril of communism, the Yellow
Peril of the fever Of the tropics
there is none more grave, more
fraught with the possibilities OF death
than the White Peril of infected
milk, says Nathan strsussin the De-
lineator: But thereEis no. danger to
life more easily overcome. Pasteur-
Ization renders the milk supplies safe.
The White Peril.;is as closely re-
lated as cause and effect to the White
Plague that annually exacts the for
feiture of nearly 'one hundred and
sixty thousand lives in this country
alone. This fact iss.recognized and
declared by all impartial scientific
men. Carefully compiled vital, stats
tics from a portion of the United
States containing. in 1906, 1885,
317 inhabitants, showed that;in that
year, in those parts OF the country,
75,512 people died from tuberculo-
sis, 1850 from typhoid feYerI 10;-
793 from diphtheriaS 3227 from scar
let fever and 42,5SI babies under
two years were victims of diarrhea.
These five causes were responsible
for 145, ,273 out of a total of 658,105
deaths from all diseases. and acct-
dents. To>say that all Of these 49,
273 deaths were caused by milk,
would be going beyond the evidence.
But am quite within the thoroughly
proved facts of the case in asserting
that in ected milk is a common cause
of these diseases, and that it is fair
to attribute large proportion Of
these deaths to the use Of milk that
contained the microscopic. germs
which produce these diseases.
But the remedy for this frightful
slaughter is not to taboo milk. Pas
teurization is simple, inexpensive,
non-patented process by which all
milk that is produced under fairly
decent conditions may be made safe
for human food. The process con-
sists in bringing, the milk to a tenn
perature of 157 degrees and main
tanning that degree Of heat for twen-
ty minutes, so as to kill all the germs
of disease. Then the milk is quickly
cooled, and it may be used without
peril. 1t should be bottled, which: is
the only safe method for distribu-
ton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
Wright Breaks Record.

Potsdam, By Cable-orville Wright
the American aviator, Saturday broke
his own and all other records for high
flying. He reached the unprecedented
height of more than l,G0O feet, al
though an official measurement was
not taken. He had red letter day III
a double sense in his experience as an
aviator, taking up Crown Prince
Frederick William as a passenger
and more than doubling the altitude
record which he made recently.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
Texas Land Values.

1.-TWO years ago 1 bought sector
of Texas land in Deaf Smith Count!
for $3.50 an acre." T. w. Hogan,
wholesale druggist of Lafayette, Ind.
said at the Union Depot this morn
ing. II have just returned from
Texas, and was offered $50 an acre
for my farm. AS 1 borrowed the
money to make the purchase, l fig
ured that 1 had cleaned up something
like $4,000. The man who is work
ing my farm sent me check fol
$3.50, third of the profit in whea
tnis year. That is about six per cent
on $40, ,0ee. kansas City Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
PEARY OUTLINES ASSAULT.
Fourteen Counts Embodying His Coming State
s< ment, TO Prove That Cook Did Mot =
Reach the North Pole.

! being broken, but could be heated
when the mercury froze. This is
necessary sometimes, M. Peary con-
tends, as mercury freezes at minus
|t35 So. Dr. Cook reports finding it as
cold as minus S3 degrees.
Sixth-That Professor Marvin
brought back from sc degrees 3S
minutes duplicate records Of MIR.
Peary,s march and of his own to
prove absolutely that Mr.. Peary
reached that latitude.
J Seventh-That Captain Bartlett
brought back from 81 degrees 4S
minutes duplicate records Of Mr..
Peary's march and of his own to
prove absolutely that Mr.. Peary
reached that latitude.
Eighth--That the sledge of DR..
Cooks was Of such a type, not built
On the lines of. any Artic explorers
sledge, that it could not possibly have
lasted for a march Of a day with 8
standard load of 500 or. 600 pounds.
Ninth-That DR.. Cooks snow shoes
were Of q iimpracticable type for use
in the Artic and were, ,nos of the kind
that would conduce to speed.
Tenth-That DIR. Cooks leaving Of
his records at Etah was a scheme on
his part by which he could claim they
were lost or destroyed, and so"could
escape being forced to produce them.
Eleventh-That no man who had
carried the American flag to the Pole
would leave such a slight and easily
transported article in charge of a
perfect stranger.
,Twelfth-That DR.. Cook did have
fresh dog teams from Etah and could
have carried his burdens to Uner-
navik.
iThirteenth-That when Harry
Whitney went on board the Jeanie
he did not take time to go back to
Etah and get the articles tnat he must
have known were valuable to Dr..
Cook.
Fourteenth-That if DR.. Cook did
leave such priceless articles at the
Eskimo village Mr.. Whitney would
nave been anxious to have rushed
them to the United States:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
No Duty on Raw Pulp Wood.

Montreal, Specialize report tha:
that Quebec. provincial government
had decided to impose an export duty
on all raw pulp wood exported to the
United States is denied by Premier
Gouin. Mr.. Gouin said to The Asso-
ciated Press Monday that he wished
it to be specifically stated that his an
nouncement as St. Johns recently did
not mention any export duty and that
it was not the intention Of the govern
ment to impose any such duty.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06

Bar Harbor, Special From Rob
ert E. Pear,, was obtained this infor-
nation, a forecast of the Indictment
he and Gen. Thomas hubbard, presi-
dent Of. the Peary Artic Club, will
draw against the contentious of DR..
! Frederick A. Cook. that he has reach
ed the North Pole.
There are II counts in the indict-
ment and they may be summarized
as follows:
First-That Mr.. Peary and Matt
Henson, either individually or to-
gether, talked with every member of
the Smith Sound tribe of Eskinos
and obtained. testimony that eorro-
rates that of E-treck-a-shoo and
A-pel-lah, the boys who ACCOMPANIED
Dr.. Cook, that DR.. Cook had not been
out Of. sight of land.
Second-That in violation 81 the
recognized, custom of Artic explora-
ton Dr. Cook has not brought. back
records leftssin cairns at points he
asserts he had reached, notably the
one left at Cape Thomas Hubbard in
1906 by Mr.. Peary.
Third-That DR.. Cooks story that
he travelled from Annotok to the Pole
and then back to Jones Sound, a
distance Of more than 25 1-2 degrees.
or about 1 700 miles, in one sledging
season is impossible. He points out
that this,is more than twice the best
previous record of IL degrees, and
MIR. Peary's best record this year of
ID degrees.
Fonrth-That his general equip
nent was such that it would be a
physical impossibility to have accom-
plished the remarkable feat.
FifthtThat DR.. Cook maintains he
carried, a glass mercurial horizon on
his trip Of 100 miles, whereas Mr..
Peary used cast iron horizon, so
that it would not only be saved from
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
a .pAR1sIAN sEANcE.
The Decentralization ,of. Man Graph
ically Described. 49,

lcduy DeSCribCuA..y {s' ~ * : No.
Vance Thompson, in writing SER !
les of articles on psychic research
based upon his experiences and inter-
views among the savants OF Europe
"a series which in vivid portrayal
and authentic detail far surpasses
anything of, the sort yet printed in
popular periodical. In Hampton's
Magazine he thus describes seance,
men and women seated alternately in
a circle: ~. =; {.
Suddenly one of my neighbors'
grinds her body against mine and
gives little cry. >
"There!'' she exclaims.
I, too, see vague light Pickering
against the curtain, far up near the
top, and to the right, OF the opening
into the cabinet, 1t is a luminous
nebulosity. At the end of a minute
within this light, which is wavering
and luctuant, there comes q globe OF
radiance which is clearly outlined
against the black curtain. AT .f1rst
this globe is no bigger than golf
ball. It augments rapidly until It lis.
the size of an infants head. There
seems to be gray spots on it and lit:
tie points of brighter radiance. (Dr.
de Vesme says one might have been
watching the genesis of a child, all
the slow growth crowded into patl-ss
oramic moment.) The ball is now
the size of mans head, and the ex-.
treme brilliancy has faded from It.
There is blush tonality in the neb-
ulous mass.
For a while it hangs against the
curtain; then, as though 1t had
| shaken itself loose, it descends tn
zigzag lines to the floor and hovers
there. 1t is ball of olue-stained
light; blush as Sheffield steel. It
rises and falls, floats this way and
that, now toward the curtain, again
|ftwo or three feet away. There is a
time when it has drifted within five
feet of my knees. Then It becomes
l.stationary. It grows taller; it is as
though the head rose while below it
the shadowy light took on eonsistence
and form. 4,
1T grows until 1t has attained the
height of a man. The human form,
uncertain at first, is clearly accentu-
hated. You see the head (Which was
the ball), the arms, the. hands; but
all this you see behind nebulous
l,drapery. The figure is now very near
ly. six feet high. 1t wavers there.
Abruptly circle of light, like gilt
crown, forms on the head. The eyes
are visible.
Silence now; only you feel the
lurching of those magnetic waves as
the women press themselves harder
against you, clutching with hands.
grinding with knees. (Thts is not
rhetoric. I am leading YOU to for
midable fact. 1 iterate 1t 50 that you
may have clearly in mind the physical
basis of the chain.") Then in the
profound silence, voice, strong and
rather formal
"I am Dr.. Benton" H.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
EVIDENCE AGAINST LITTLE
Damaging Testimony of His Wits
Will Convict Him of His Wholesal&
Murder.

Damaging Testimony of His Wits
Will Convict Him of His Wholesal<
Murder.
Bluefeld, W. Va, Specialize
guilt of Howard Little, who was ar.
rested about week ago charged
with the murder of "Aunty Betsy
Justice, George A. Meadows and wife
and their three children, seems now to
be established beyond a reasonable
doubt. Little's wife confessed Satur-
day to having washed his bloody
clothing after the murder and in her
affidavit she says also that he left
their home about dark on the night of
the murder and returned the next
morning with his clothes all otoody
and torn and said that he would kill
her if she todd anything about his
condition. He borrowed 32-caliber
revolver few days before the crime
was committed and returned:'it on the
following Wednesday with two cham
bers empty. The body of George
Meadows was exhumed and two bull
lets taken from it by Doctors Richard
son and White, were almost identical
in weight with the balls taken from
shells belonging to the weapon Little
hadi.borrowed. y
Little's wife also turned over the
lantern that he had brought home
with him that night when showed file
marks as if some one had tried to re-
move stains. He was seen in the barn
next morning folding papers across
his knee apparently counting money
and he gave $40 to a woman with
whom he had planned to start for the
west few days after the murder was
committed with which to buy clothing
and prepare for the train. Having
done this she returned $1.80 to Little
at which time she swears he threaten
ed her life if she revealed any part of
their secret. Requisition papers have
been applid for and as soon as they
can be secured Little will be taken to
Lebanon to await his trial. Threats
Of lynching are freely made.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06

New York, Special.-Wilbur Wright
ei1.cled the great statue of liberty at
the entrance of New York harbor In
his aeroplane Wednesday, while in
the upper part of the city two huge
fddi1igible balloons failed; ingloriously
in their task. This, the first day of
flight of the Hndson-Fulton celebra-
ton. was victory for the heavier
than air machines.
Both Wright and eileen H. Curtiss
SCARED successfully from the aero
drome of Governors island in their
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06

certain belongings to bring home on
the vessel, that was coming up for
Whitney, but as this ship had not
arrived Whitney was at q loss what
to do with this property.
Peary declined to permit DR.. Cook s
belongings to be brought aboard the
Roosevelt, and he put Whitney on his
honor not to include anything. be-
longing to Dr.. Cook in his own lug
gage. Whitney thereupon went
ashore from the Roosevelt, separated
DR.. Cooks property from his OVID
baggage and repacked Cooks proper
ty in boxes. After this had been done
Whitney and BARTLETT cached all
Cooks property In cave in the
rocks, They built up the cave Sc.
curely with stones and turf and left
it and the property in charge Of one
of DR.. Cooks Eskimos.
It may be rema arled in passing,
Mr.. Whitney went on, that ten years
ago Peary did with the explorer
SNerdrup, who was cruising in S c:th
sound, what he has done with Cook;
he refused to- bring back any of
Sverdrup's letters or records.
In conclusion Mr.. Whitney declared
he regretted icing dragged into this
controversy. He said he had found
both DR.. Cook and Commander Peary
courteous and considerate and that
he had never met any men whose
conduct generally was more COM
mendable or whose dealing with him
had been more fair.
DR.. Cook Satisfied With. Statement.
New York, Specialize. Cook
when shown Mr.. Whitney's statement
said that he approved Of all that
Mr.. Whitney has said.
Everything in the interview is
substantially correct, - said DR.. Cook.
sit confirms all my declarations. /"
Concerning the papers left with Me-
Whitney DR.. Cook. said:
"Mr. Whitney was in all probable
ity unaware Of the written records
being left, with him. They are not
of much consequence, as I have
dupes."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06

motor-propelled biplanes, while both
Of the great dirigibles, manned re-
spectively by Capt. Thomas Baldwin
and. George L. Tomlinson and entered
in The New York Worlds $4,000
New York to Albany race, were fore
ed to descend because of4mechanical
difficulties before they were well un-
der way.
Wilbur Wright made three sensa.
tional flights and Curtiss made ono
brief though successful test spin o.
80 seconds duration.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
TIE ROOSEVELT in THE BIG HUDsoN-FULTON PARADE

triumphant screams of her siren and
ran up the Peary Arctic flag at her
masthead, then the flag of the New
York Yacht Club, at her fore, and the
American ensign at her mizzen. Com
mander Peary'ss ship arrived in the
nick Of time to participate in the
closing ceremonies Of the Hudson
Futon celebration. Size took part of
the naval parade which Friday went
up the Hudson as far as Newburg
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06

New York, SpeeiaL---Loeking in
outward appearance little like ves-
sci that has brayed the ice and storms
Of the Arctic zone, the little steamer
Roosevelt, which bore Commander
Peary on his quest of the North Pole,
entered New York harbor Thursday.
1t was barely daylight wien the1look-
outs discovered the vessel off Sandy
Hook, coming slowly. OFF the point
of the Hook, the Roosevelt gave three
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
Professor Harris Guilty.

Warrenton, Va" {" Special Follow
ing closely the verdict Saturday Of
the jury sentencing Prof. j. D. Harris
to four years in the penitentiary for
voluntary mansiaughter in connection
with the ki.li.::; of w. A. Thonpsnr:,
associate editor CT The Wasrcnton
Virginian on April "a last, the. COURT
denied the motion of the defense for
new trial.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
A Safer Job.

$50 you don't guide hunting par.
ties any more?" asked the stranger.
Nope" said the guide. Got tired
of being mistook for deer"
"How do you earn living now?"
Guide fisnin' parties. So far no.
body amt mistook me fer fish. -
Kansas, City Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06

were the ones used Oh his polar trip.
In. one Of the eases was a sextant, in
another an artificial horizon, while
in the third, I believe, there was a
chronometer. DR.. Cook also left me
several boxes Of other personal eff
fects, clothing and specimens. It is,
of couse possible that Cooks records
may be among these, as the doctor
packed them himself, but ne said
nothing to me of any records.
CT promised DR.. Cook that ! would
take those things south with me on
my vessel, but when the ship did not
come I was forced to go on board the
Roosevelt.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
Human Nature.

"The vain man worries for fear the
boss may not be able to ELL his place
while he's, away on vacation. The
modest man worries for fear the boss
may fill 1t permanently.
What's the morale"
"Oh,, the moral is that we all wor-
ry."-Louisville Courler-Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-10-06
sHARRY= WHITNEY MAKES A STARTLING STATEMENT

st. Johns special says Whit
ney makes one startling state
ment. He declares that he under.
stands Commander Peary and his men
went among the Eskimos and tried
to have them declare Cook did not
exceed Peary's 'tfarthest north" but
he insists that he understands the
Eskimos did not do so. He also
denies that he quarreled with Peary
on the Roosevelt.
DIR. Cook did leave me three cases
of scientific instruments" declared
the New Haven sportsman. "They