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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-26

the ladder and catastrophe beneath,
with the nondescript baggage Of the
bride-to-be and the apprehension OF
the groom and the stern pursuit,
through the attic window, Of the
irate parents, has been preserved
with all the picturesque features that
made it. the sensation of the year.
This season the company which IS
producing. "Knight For A Day. is
more representative, better balanced,
ana unusual than ever. It includes
such we'll known entertainers .as
Frank Deshon, Ellen Tate, William
Stowell, Lea Remonde, Jack Saun-
ders, Connie Mack, Grace Witheraa,
S. E. Lewis, Phil Fein Ed Leighton
and some forty others. PopnasT ap-
probation is already serving to gave
this years "Knight For A Day"
the record season of its career.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-26
THANKSGIVING and the Orphans.

In view Of the fact that Thanks
giving day or the Sunday following,
is the only church collection, recon-
mended by the synods Of South Car
olina, Georgia and Florida to be ia
ken up for their orphans. The fol-
lowing items in regard to the Thorn
well Orphanages which is owned by
the threeF synods aforesaid, may be
Of interest to the readers Of this pa
per.
The Thornwe1l Home and School
for orphans was founded in 1875.
opening its doors to eight .fatherless
children. 1t had one small cottage.
This one building has increased to
sixteen 1.-TWO shortly to be completely
and each cottage will give a; home TO
twenty pupils, more or less. s:In 1885,
the school was so graded as to cover
fourteen years, and in 1892 a Technl-
cal department was added, so that
the boys might be taught some use
full trade. Up 20 that date, farming
was. the only business taught. This
education is given entirely free to
deserving orphans Of any denomina-
ton and from amy part Of our coun-
try. Near thousand youths have
been under its influence and enjoyed
its training. The provision for the
support, education and other expen-
ses of these children, (265 now with
us). is derived from personal dona-
tions of interested persons, or from
church and Sunday school collections.
The Thornwell Orphanage is loca-
led in Clinton, South Carolina, at the
crossing Of the Seaboard Air. Line
and Atlantic Coast Line Railways. 1t
is under Presbyterian influence and
control but does not refuse aid to
any on account of religious differ
ences. No surrender Of children to its
guardianship is required Of relatives.
Pupils may leave at their own choice
if they do not wish to remain. Chill
dren are not given out to service.
The only business of the Institution
is to teach and train them. The or
phans' interest is the first consider
ation. The presiding head Of the
Orphanage is Rev. VIM. P. Jacobs,
who receives gifts for the support
and applications for the admission
Of pupils.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-26
"Knight For A Day.

Resplendent in new scenery, new
costumes, new songs, new absurdities
and new charms throughout, Knight
For Day" is already resuming its
list and mission of conquests and
bringing fresh laughs and musical
memories into the field Of musical
entertainment. The tinkling airs OF
"Whistle When You Walk Out' and
"Little Girl in Blue' are still worm
ing their way into memory OF the
theater-going public and ''I'd Like
Another Situation" is again convuls-
ing audiences with its spontaneous
humor This composite of Color
music and fun has issued forth from
.hc B. G. Whitney offices this year.
virtually. 4 brand new production.
OF course. the uproarious 'elope-
Iment" scene, with love high upon
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-26
MIR. ASHLEY DEAD.
Dets;ls of Killing Of MIR. G. Black
Ashley, Brother Of Mrs. M. L.
Spearman-

In the last issue of The Herald
and News it was stated that Mrs. NJ.
L. Spearman Of this city, had been
called to Madison, Fla, on account
Of the death Of her brother, Mr.. &.
Black Ashley, who was shot to death
at that place. The following article,
giving the details Of the horrible
affair is taken from the Augusta,
Chronicle:
"Family connections who have
lust returned from Madison, Fla,
where they attended the funeral Of
Mr.. C. Black Ashley, a former Au-
GUSTAV, who was shot and killed
there Thursday afternoon, tell very
sad story Of the tragic affair.
"Mr. Ashley was a, prominent
lawyer, and, according to the account,
had papers to foreclose on a man
named J. A. Beatty, who lives just
out from Madison, at Lee. Mr.Ashley
went out to see Beatty and it was
thought that the matter had been
| amicably settled. But on Thursday
| afternoon Beatty drove up to Mr.. Ash
lev's office about 5 'clock and asked
for the papers. Mr.. Ashley told him
that they we're locked up in the court
house, but that he would get them in
the morning.
"Beaty, who was angry, it is said
without further words, put his hand
in his right, coat pocket and shot
twice with pistol concealed there
The first shot was Ineffective, but the
second entered Mr.. Ashley's left side
and cut the large artery leading from
the heart. He died in about twenty
minutes. -.
s'The funeral took place Saturday
at 2 O'Clock in the afternoon, the
Methodist minister officiating, a11o
the interment was at Madison.
"Mr. Ashley leaves his wife, ano
his father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs
| L. A. Ashley, and two sisters, Mrs
Duncan Jones and Mr.. Ernest Nc
Gee, of this city. Mrs. Spearman
another sister who lives in Newberry
also went to Madison, but arrived too
late to attend he funeral.
"Beaty is in jail at Madison"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-26

and receive their own dividends from
those companies. A proxy system
among our 5000 shareholders would
certainly be no more unmanageable
than the same system as now used
bv railroad and industrial companies
with $4,000 shareholders.
Sin brief, there is no>,eause tor
the market to fear a forced llqulda-
ton Of the securities the Standard
Oil company now holds. I disageree
with the gentlemen who thinksa ree
distribution is necessary other RhaR
of the sort 1 outlined if my NRt
statement.
Mr.. Elliott in that statement said
he understood the court to order that
the Standard Oil holdings in subsi-
diary companies be apportioned
among Standard Oil share owners iii
ratio to their holdings in the parent
company.
An executive officer Of the compa-
nv said to-day that no alarm was
felt over the possibility Of a erlml-
nal prosecution under section OF
the Sherman act, should the present
decree in equity be upheld in the SILL
preme, court.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-26

We publish in this issue of The
Herald and News the article spoken
Of some time ago, a sketch Of the
life Of Bishop Henry Turner, by Col.
D. A. Dickert.
Such an article, written by an ex-
. Confederate soldier, life long Dem
oerat, and published in a Democratic
newspaper, demonstrates several
facts. It shows that the whites can
rise above prejudice, and accord
Justice and honor, when due, to the
black race, that it is possible for a
man to rise to great eminence and
njefulness, Notwithstanding the
handicap of color and race, and
demonstrates conclusively the Wis
dom of that for which the South has
always contended-let US and our
race problems alone and they Will
adjust themselves without the aid or
influence Of the North. twenty-five
or thirty years ago such an article
written by an. ex-Confederate IN
praise of negro Republican, a chap
lain in the United States army, a
politician and a partizan, would not
have been thought of. But times and
sentiments have changed.
We can't say that we endorse all
that Cvi. 0ickert writes, neither are
we prepared to deny much that ne
says. :. ..~4 -.
For some time he has been writing
of Newberry's most prominent and
useful citizens, and as Bishop Turner
is a Newberrian, born and bred, he
simply accords him justice.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-26
STANDARD HOPES
Expects' to, Escape Consequences of
Decision.-Counsel Outlines
Scheme.

New York, Nov. Reports, ru-
mors and legal prophecies to the con-
trary, the Standard Oil company an
nouneed authoritatively today that
it had no intention Of seeking to pro-
cure an amendment to the Sherman
antitrust law, but will proceed with
the appeal to the United States su-
preme court, which, as already an
nounced through Mortimore F. Eli
oft, it's general solicitor, is to be Ia
ken from the decree Of the United
States circuit court at St. Paul. Un-
til the supreme court has rendered
a decision, the company will consider
no other plan of doing business than
the method now in use.
Mr.. Elliott is authority for the fore
going. He discussed the case with a
representative Of the Associated
Press at the Standard Oil building at
26 Broadway this afternoon, after a
conference with William G. Rookie
feller and John D. Archbold.
Satisfied With Law.
"There is to be no effort on the
part of the company to porcure an
amendment Of the Sherman anti
trust law" said Mr.. Elliott.
cit seems highly improbable to
me that there Will ever be foreign
holding company organized, as you
tell me has been suggested. The com
plexity of control exel eised by sew
eral States sets too many diffcultle;
in the way.
"Such comment on the case as
have seen misses the fact that thf
Standard Oil company is not a hold
ing company pure and simple, as wa:
the Northern Securities company
For instance, it owns outright, al
Bavonne, n. j., the largest refinery II
the world. There is nothing IN th'
decree to prevent the company iron
continuing to do business, although
admit that it makes doing bushes
more cumbersome.
A Workable Scheme.
Although the decree enjolns tn
Standard Oil company from votln
its share holdings in subsidiary com
NAMES or receiving dividends from
rhe,o, there is no reason why the III
dividual holders. among whom sue
shares would \" divided bv the d
rectors, should not e.ect their: "ow
officers in the subsidiary companle
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-26
Friday, November 26, 1903.

We are glad to note that our friend
ID. L. Smith has been successful in
his race for the legislature from
Colleton county. He is a most ex-
eellent gentleman and will make a
fine representative. He was in the
legislature for one or two terms here
&ofore, and served his people faith
fully. We congratulate the people
of Colleton county on returning him
to the legislature.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-26

Sale of Personal Property.
T will sell, on Tuesday, November
80, beginning at 10 "A. NJ, at the late
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29

1t is expected that Arthur B. Howe,
president; former Congressman L. D.
Apsley, Bishop John w. Hamilton,
Warren B.. Ellis. W. E. Litchfield and
Adjutant General William H. Brigham
and twenty Massachusetts Freemasons
who organized a corporation to receive
the project of building a replica Of the
ancient temple of solomon at Jerusa
lem, the birthplace of F~reemansonry,
will begin the work within a year,
writes a Boston correspondent. The
project, which originated with Mr..
Howe, after a pilgrimage to the great
eastern mecca of all MaSons, is in
tended to embrace subscriptions of S.
from each of the 5000 Blue lodges
throughout the United States. The
original temple is to be duplicated in
this costly model.
The restoration Of Solomon's temple
itself would necessitate first the
wTecking Of all the buildings compris-
ing the Haramesh-Sherif, but the cost
OF this labor need hardly be reckoned,
since the salvage would be worth an
enormous fortune to the vender of
curios, to say nothing of the valuable
building material that could be used
in the new structures or converted
into cash. Whether it would be posi-
bic to rebuild the actual temple as
Solomon built it is a mooted question.
Description in the Bible.
The sixth chapter of first Kings
says:
And the house, when it was in
building. was built of stone made
ready before it was brought thither;
SO that there was neither hammer nor
AK nor any tool of iron heard in the
house while it was in building. And
ne built the walls Of the house within
with boards of cedar, both the fioor of
the house and the walls of the ceiling.
and the cedar of the house was carved
with KNOBS and open flowers. All was
cedar; there was no stone seen" A
little farther it reads: Sc Solomon
overlaid the house within with pure
gold, and he made a partition by the
chains of gold before the oracle"
In the next paragraph is the state
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
SLEUTH BUSY
Detective for the Big Lines Is
Forced to Deal With Many
Kinds Of Robbers.
HIS OFFICE is AN ARSENAL.
Thieves Not Particular About What
They Steal-John J.. Risdon
Keeps Track of Criminals.

He was a big, .tlorid man, glorying
In a girth OF Taftlike proportions and
when he hustled into the room. show
ing a sea-roll stride, he was blowing
like a porpoise. Also perspiring, as
becomes a ponderOus person on Il warm
day. Stretching across a section OF
his broad vest was a heavy watch
chain, made of leather links. Diving
q chunky fist into a hip pocket he
drew forth a holstered revolver which
he carefully tossed into the desk be-
fore him.
At the right OF his desk was a com
plete ARSENAL cabinet in which stood
a row OF menacing Winchesters. In
a corner of the room rested another
case and it contained an assortment
of handouts and some balls and
chains, the whole reminiscent of a
chamber in a penitentiary.
This man, the up-to-date chief Of de-
t~ectives of a big railroad with Chicago
terminals, says the Chicago News, is
the nan who directs Il continuous
campaign against thieves who invade
the yards Of the system and break
open freight and passenger cars, sta
tons and freight sheds, carrying away
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29

nlent: And the whole house he over
laid with gold, until he had finished
all the house" There is a lengthy de-
s%criDtion Of the elaborate carving in
olive wood that adorned every conceiv-
able part OF the building, and then the
assertion, following the description of
cherubim and palm trees and flowers,
And covered them with gold fitted
upon the carved work"
Had CEDAR of
On some points the biblical account
is wonderfully direct and explicit. 1t
is known exactly how many common
laborers were employed in the hewing
of timbers, how many foremen direct
ed their work, and what price was
paid for the materials that could not
be obtained in the forests and quarries
near Jerusalem. Solomon had one adj
vantage that would not in all proba-
bility be enjoyed by the masons who
attempt a reproduction of the stu
pendous work, especially if they en-
counter the bitter opposition from the
present incumbents of Mount Moriah
hat the world anticipates. Solomon
was on terms of intimacy with Hiram,
King of Tyre, whose mountains were
covered with such cedar and fir trees
as are not to be found there to-day.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
SPLINTERS.
Skin game-The leather Business.

Skin game-The leather business.
Board walk--the march to the din
ing room.
You never hear a man howl when
his conscience hurts him.
The man who grows, vegetables II
not necessarily a vegetarian.
Those who fight their conscience wt1
never have to fight their friends.
You cannot always Judge a. mans
speed by the way he walks to work
The mountain that looks the easiest
is sometimes the hardest to Climb.
When a man pats you on. the back
you wan to watch his other hand,
Might may be right. but good judg'
ment is better thar a bunch of muscle.
just as soon as a man can't have hia
own way he thinks the world 10
against him.
Bils-Did | understand you to say
that Smith was highly commendedf
Wills-Yes. they sang his praises from
the housetops.
Boyce-Smith says he has the dear
est wife on hearth. ,Joyce-He VA
probably referring to her ,d~reYsmakina
and millinery bills.
Bills-Do you concur in the axiom
that beauty Is only skin deeps wills
Yes. ! have seen many . lemon utfb
. peach complexion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
TRY TO BURN
COMPANION AT STAKE.

Cruelty tortured by a band Of boys
playing Indians, 13-year-old Paul KEEP
ner, according to a dispatch, is a ner-
vouS wreck at the home of his parents
in Millersburg, Pa. Kepner say a
dozen boys captured him, and, bind
ing his feet and hands, dragged him to
a telegraph pole. There they laced
him to the upright. One of the lads
then packed newspapers around KEEP
ner's feet and another applied a light
ed match. Their victims screams so
frightened the tormentors thai they
stamped out the flames and released
Kepner, only to lock him up in a coal
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
S0L0hQMST TEMPLE
--TzASOnIC OpDp CREDITED
WITH PLAN TO RESTOpE THE
SPLENDID EDIFlcE BUILT BY
THE FIRST GRAND MAJoTER
FACTS AND FIGUPEP MICH SHOW
THAT THE COST OF OUCH An UNDER
TAXING WOULD ISAGGEp HUMANITY"

Until competent architects take the
matter in hand any estimate OF the
cost of rebuilding Solomon's temple
must be little better than a mere
guess, but certain calculations based
on the biblical account will show, at
least, that an incredible sum would
be required. Take, for the rpo
Of illustration, the single item of the
primary material for the temple, the
stone and wood, cutting. dressing and
transporting to the site in Jerusalem.
Solomon made a deal with King Hi
ram to supply the timber and to fur
nish a number of his own subjects to
help cut down the trees, "for the ST.
domains are more skillful than our
people in cutting of wood" For the
services OF these expert woodcutters
and for the cedar and cypress timber
they felled Solomon paid Hiram 10000
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29

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g. A reproduction. of the Half Moon, the vessel in which Henry Hudson
crossed the Atlantic from Holland and saned up the Hudson river 700 years
arrived in New York O the deck of a big freghter and sailed up the
Holland as it's contribution. to the celebration. # 81 "@As@"
4f 1t is huitto Of heavy ok timbcr with the high cor and 1ong-nosed prov
now seer only in prints" of Dutch and Spanish galeons" She is of eighty
ton displacement, sixtythree feet long eighteen feet beam and draws seven
and onehalf feet of water Her crew consists of twenty men. The vessel
Is rugged with hand-woven saHs carries handworked flags and is antique
enough in her fittings to confuse the best seamen afoat
Two cannon are mounted amdship o. the tween decks. whose ceiling
is so wv that n mas to bend nearly double to get along and port holes or
either side allow these weapons to be used.
A library, or rather, a book SHELF has been fitted vi. 1t contains the
books which Hudson took with him-a Bible, a prayer book and books of
voyages A chart is spread u on the cabin tables, and near at hand are
compass and measuring instruments san ghss and the rough nautical In.
struments of the time. A u or two in a rack and a pile If shot and bags
of powder are shown. together with a copy of thu supposed contract which
Hudson had with the Dutch East India Company, h original being lost j.
Lieutenant Lam, who played the part of Hendrix Hudson OF the Half
Moon in the celebration, a clad in the style Of captains of such vessels
in the beginning IF the seventeenth century, and the men under him were
in the fashion in vogue in Holland at that period.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29

anything liftable. 1t is the duty of
this railroad police constable. whose
official title is chief special agent to
put up his shields, so to speak, at
every point on a great system and
keep an eye at long range on a small
army of assistants. who run down OBJ
Der bands which infest the road. Thus.
from Chicago to Texas and California,
the chief special agent Of one OF the
through western lines is kept busy
catching thieves and sending them to
prison.
A few years ago the business of the
special agents became so important
that it was found necessary to organ
iZe an association, with a regularly
paid secretary. Chicago was made the
headquarters because this city Is the
most important railroad center on the
continent. To this official are reported
details of the work accomplished by
the special agents of the various rail
roads. When Il freight car has been
nIundered the fact is reported and so
also if n brass knob has hcen stolen
from a passenger coach. a. ,.& e
John j. Risdon, the secretary of the
association. probably is better inform
ed concerning the crimes against rail-
roads and shippers than any'Gther per-
son. fer it is through him. rs q sort ot
a human clearing house" that special
agents east and west and north ana
south. report cases of thieverv. He
has figures covering the extent OF dep
relations, but they are not made pub
lie.
One of the methods in favor with
professional railroad thieves is to
spot" q box car loaded with a guam
tity Of silk, enter it through the end
door at Buffalo or some other point
and accompany it OIL its journey until
it arrives at a quiet place out in the
country many miles away where the
grade is heavy, necessitating slow go
ing. When a place agreed upon has
been reached the plumber is tossed out
to co~nfederates in waiting with a team
of horses and wagon.
In Chicago and other cities the
lar about what they steal. They will
go after anything. according to Mr..
Risdon. Some loot the cars for. mer-
chandise of all sorts. with a preference
for provisions and liquors. Others seek
out clothing.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
WEDDING CUSTOMS.

1t is the custom for the bride tt
give her maids some souvenir OF the
occasion, a pin usually.
Wreaths OF flowers in the hair are
worn by the bridesmaids at home wed.
dings and big flower covered hats for
church. The bride should wear a veil
and orange blossoms.
The bridesmaids should give the
bride a lunch during the week proceed.
ing the wedding. and to this no men
are invited.
When a marries a second
time she Toes not, as d rule, dress in
white. A great many widows are mar
ried in their going away gowns. which
should be in some delicate shade.
= The church or drawing room should
be decorated With flowers. This can
be done quite simply and inexpensive
" with ferns or rnses. and ~clennatis
can be used by those Wishing to spend
more money. -