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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-10
Thirty minutes after the official announce

Thirty minutes after the official announce
ment of Harriman's death was flashed to the
Times office over the United Press leased wire
an extra edition of this paper was on the street.
containing the most complete and accuratet
account of the whole affair yet printed in Ta-s
coma.
The Times extra contained full biogra7s
picture of Hartman and his family.
Another afternoon paper issued an extra
containing less than 100 words about Har-
mans death.
The Times extra contained, besides the
pictures, total of over 1000 words about Har-
riman's life and death. making it the most COM
plete extra ever issued in Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-10
WIZARD LAID
PLANS FOR HIS
OWN FUNERAL
Simple Service Will Be
Held Sunday-Cause of
Death Is Still
Unknown

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
TURNER, N. Y, Sept. 10.-The
cause of the death of e. H. Harri-
man seems likely to remain mys-
terry as the members of the family
and the physicians decline to give
any definite information. Dr..
Lyle refused to add anything to
his previous statement that death
was caused by heart exhaustion,
superinduced by other physical
complications" No autopsy will
be held.
1t is certain that Hartman
knew the end was near, for he had
completed all his plans for his
death. At his direction certain
papers were prepared in New
York and brought here for him
to sign yesterday morning.
Funeral Sunday.
Without a suggestion OF the
pomp and ceremony that usually
marks the interment of a mon
arch, Hartman, king of no tenn
poral realm, but TRULY monarch
of the rails, will be laid to rest at
3 O'Clock Sunday afternon in the
little country church yard at Al
den, beside the body of his first
son, the one who bore his name,
News of Death Kept Secret.
This announcement was made
from the Hartman chateau at Ar
den, where he died yesterday al
1880 O'Clock, though the news was
CONTINUED on Page Eight.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-10
Cook Coming Home.

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 1O.-Dr.
Frederick A. Cook, the Brooklyn
explorer, who claims to have
reached the north pole consider
ably in advance of Commander
Robert e. Peary, and also to have
discovered thirty thousand square
miles of land in the vicinity of the
pole, left this afternoon for Chris
tiania. where he sails for New
York.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-10
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wlre.1
ALBANY, Ca, Sept. 10
Fleming Brooks and Josie Willis.
elopers of Ashbur, Ca, today are
man and wife. Their marriage
was made possible by party of
200 residents OF. this city last
night. who held up a carriage
containing the young lady's angry
parents and gave the couple ann
pie time to find the Rev. T.
Thompson, a Methodist minister.
Brooks and Miss Willis slipped
away from the girls home late
last night, and started for this
city. Their flight was soon dis
covered by the young lady's fa-
|ther. however. and . pursuit was
|skartee
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-10
sLID ON TRACK HITTING.

OGDEN. Utah, Sept. 1O.-The
lid was put on racetrack betting
here today and nailed down tight.
The management announced Off
cially that no results would be
permitted sent from the grounds
until after the last race is run,
because 1t was understood that
California pool rooms were receiy-
Ing the information and that
|handhooks on the races were be-
ing operated IN California.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-10
Peary DELAYED.

SYDNEY, ". s., Sept. 10.--A
wireless message just received
from Battle harbor via Cape
Bay and North Sydney says that
the Roosevelt, Peary's ship, is still
there coaling and making minor
repairs. The Roosevelt is a slow
vessel, and 1t is practically impos-
sible for 1t to reach Sydney be-
fore next week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-10
MILLIONS PUT
UP To PREVENT
WALL ST. CRASH
Stocks Soar as Result of
Scheme of Railway
King to Prevent
a Crisis.
(sy United Press Leased Wire.

Usy United Press Leased Wire. }
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.--After
conferences that lasted all night,
in which the master financiers de-
vised ways and means of meeting
the situation caused by the death
of e. II. Hartman, millions OF
dollars were thrown into the
stock market at the opening to-
day, and the tremendous support
not only prevented a crash, but
the market rose.
The Hartman interests, under
the powerful support that seemed
to come from all quarters, SO well
had the plans been laid, rose In
some instances as high as two and
a half points.
Final Mark of Genius.
The successful turning of the
expected crisis was a final mark
of the genius of the master hand
of finance, for on his very death
bed Hartman had ordered that
his death be kept secret yester-
day until after the market closed
and he had even advised his lieu
tenants as to the best method OF
meeting the situation over night
Thus, even after his death, Wall
street today felt the hand of Har-
riman, and with Standard Oil
Morgan and other big interests
behind the bolstering movement
advancement was recorded where
La serious crash was feared.
Market Active and Strong.
The market opened active ant
strong, with prices general,
higher. Southern Pacific was vi
IN; Union Pacific, TX, ant
Reading ss. The opening wal
strong and orderly. with inter
est centered around the post,
where Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific are dealt in.
Hartman Stocks Advance.
On transaction of 5000 shares
Union Pacific opened at quota
tions of 1877 and 1861, as com
pared with 194H at the clos,
yesterday. Southern Pacific, OF
transactions of 5000, gained from
2 to 2% points. Union Pacific
preferred showed an advance O.
tx over last night. Other stocks
in which Mr.. Hartman held larg'
interests, notably Baltimore &
Ohio, Atchison and New Yorl
central, showed gains rangin,
from large fractions to ". Unit
ed States steel was strong, on I
moderate volume of trading.
Loved Home Best.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. TO-
BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler, presiden
of the University of California
said today in speaking of Edwa.'
H. Hartman, the dead ra"roa,
liking:
"Mr. Hartman, everybody rec
lognizes as a very great man, bu
II know him and recognize hin
first as a good man. He was
IgOOu IdlueT anu uuSDduus I'll
home, than which there never wa
"a purer and brighter one, was h.
refuge, his comfort, his delight
Once when opposition WAS vexin
him hard he said to me: We'll
they never can get Arden ava
from me anyway, and l don't car
much for the rest.
Decentralization Most Improbablt
| Los ANGELES, CAL, Sept. II
l-''Mr. Harriman's death shoul
have no unfavorable effect upo
the vast railroad systems he cor
trolled," was the opinion given to
day by Henry E.. Huntington
president of the Pacific Electri
sinetrurban lines, which are closel
related to the Southern Pacific.
With his perfect organization
decentralization, or anything ap
preaching 1t, is most improbable,
he said.
:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-10

w. Coiner; Skamania, G. F. Bris-
lin; Thurston. G. G. Wristlin;
Wahkiakum county, not repre-
sented.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-10
Morgan Offers Purse.

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 10. -
That ]. Pierpont Morgan, the
American financier. has placed his
purse at the disposal of DR.. Fred
erick A. Cook was rumored here
today. DR.. Cook is said to have
declined the offer which was made
for the purpose of financing an ex-
pedition to the Arctic to bring tc
civilization the two Eskimos who
were companions of the explorer
in his dash to the pole.
DR.. Cook declared he would de E.
fray the cost of Quitting a ship -
bring back the Eskimos. The ex-
plorer will leave for New YORK
Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-10
Cook Planned to
Beat Peary At
His Own Game
Explorer Baldwin, Friend of Peary Says Cook Out
lined His Program Three Years Ago-Morgan
Reported to Have Placed His Purse at the Dis
posal of Noted Explorer.
(By United Press Leased Wire }

(by Unite0 IresS Leased W1fe.l
SYDNEY, N. s., Sept. 10.-An-
other link In DIR. Frederick Cooks
chain of evidence that he succeed
ed in reaching the North Pole was
revealed today when DIR. Evelyn
Briggs Baldwin, the famous ex-
plorer, announced that he has In
his possession a letter proving
that as early as three years ago
DR.. Cook matured a plan to beat
Peary at his own game.
While DR.. Baldwin, who came
here to greet Commander Peary,
is working on the theory that this
evidence will be valuable in win
ming sympathy for Peary, other of
his friends are not so enthusiastic.
They hope to show that Peary
actually reached the pole first and
are not content to allow Cook that
honor. even If 1t is proved that he
did SO by using Peary's plans.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-10
Run Same As Ever.

hUH 5HIHt zhS EFCT'
CHICAGO, Sept. 10.-Traffic
Director Stubbs of the Union Pa
cific railroad today issued the fol-
lowing statement:
mo arrangements. have been
made for administering the Har-
riman properties in other than the
accustomed manner. The organi-
zation will carry on the operation
of the roads just as 1t has in the
past and while Mr.. Hartman was
in Europe"
He declined to discuss the
probable successor of Hartman,
although Stubbs himself has been
mentioned for the place.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-10

Kruttschnitt and r. D. Under
wood. The latter is president of
the Erie railroad.
Hartman did not own all OF
the railroads with which HIS name
was connected. However, he was
at the head of the pool owning
and controlling them. And his
word was law.
The question that is agitating
railroad men today Is whether
there is another man in the coun
try that can successfully hold tn S
pool together.
Vast Fortune.
Many reports concerning Har-
riman's wealth are being circu-
lated. Close friends of the late
fin ancier today are estimating bis
fortune at from $100.000,000 Il
$150,000,000.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-06-01

hope that we may keep from making
mistakes that will damage our work,
until we become as farmers, power
that Yields an influence to mold our
laws into such form that will insure
"a square DEAF to all, farmer and mil
lionaire, laborer and capitalist alike.
All we ask is this same Square DEAF
that has been referred to so often
during the past few years.
In Washington we hope to get
way of cooperative dealing that will
allow us to get our needed supplies at
a less cost, and give us a fair return
for our labors in better price for our
produce. There are too many people
between the consumer and the pro-
Queer to make it beneficial all
around, and some of them can be got
rid of without damaging the trade
structure in the least. We hope to
be able, during the coming year, to
accomplish something along this line,
and we are getting strong enough now
so that we can hope OF gain this end
if we persevere. Fraternally,
FRED w. LEWIS,
Secy. Wash. State Grange,
TumWater, Wash.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
Wins a Prize.

The publishers Of Hampton's Mag
zine offered series of prizes to the
newsdealers making the biggest in
crease in their sales of the June num-
Der. We note that the Henderson
Book Company bore off one of these
prizes, upon which the GOLD LEAF
extends congratulations. They GER
tainly deserve success. They have
been doing splendid work in their ef-
forts to increase their sales of Hamp-
tons and have secured q great many
new readers to this excellent period
ical.
The publishers are Offering six high
grade automobiles and $1,000 in
cash prizes to the newsdealers who
make the biggest average increase in
their sales in Hampton's Magazine
for the six months ending with No
vember, and monthly prizes to the
dealers whose sales show the best
gains each month.
| By winning June prize the Hen.
derson Book Company are placed
among the leaders in the contest fol
the automobile, and have a splendid
chance to come out the winners anG
secure the automobile prize at the
close of the contest this fall.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
Big Cut in Prices on Clothing, Shoes,
Hats, Etc.

Samuel Watkins announces a big
cut in prices on clothing, shoes, hats,
shirts, etc, to close out all remaining
summer stock. In the line of cloth
ing there are offered 81 mems suits,
beautiful new shades, 1909 models.
made up in the very best style, at
prices that will makeit to your inter
est to buy whether you need a new
suit right now Or not. $11.5O values
now $3.50. $14OO suits at $1,000.
$3.50 reduced to $3.50. $4,000
cut to $500. $22.5O now $500.
$500 suits at $4,000. Just like
getting money from home when you
can effect a saving of from $500 to
$500 on suit of clothes. And the
garments are right, standard made
goods, new and up-to-date. The only
reason for price cutting is that they
are summer weights and their room is
wanted for fall stock. Shoes share
the same fate Oxfords in patents,
wines, tans and blacks at reduced
prices. Boyden, Hanan, Tilt makes,
all new and stylish shoes bought this
season. Table of broken lots of low
cut shoes, regular $500, $500, 81
90, $3.50 and $500 shoes. your
choice for $500. Think of it; 70 pairs
of button, blucher and balls, in Doug
lass, Just Right and Excelsior
shoes, high cut, reduced from $3.50
to $3.50. And in straw and Panama
hats, Stetson, Balch-Price and other
makes, the price cutting has been car
ried on also. Soft bosom, negligee
shirts, the popular Monarch brand,
regular $1.OO shirts now 50 cents.
Not many in this lot and at the price
there will be none very long. Better
take advantage of the opportunity
while it is offered to pick up some of
these bargains.
The best pills made are DeWitt's Little
Early Risers. the famous little liver pills
They are small gentle, pleasant, easy to
take and act promptly. They are sold by
all dru pUiStS
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
A SINGER FREE ON TRIAL.
The Singer Sewing Machine Com
pany is Willing to Let Any Wo.
man Try a Singer Machine Free.

The Singer Sewing Machine Company offers
to let any woman have a Singer on trial in
her own home. absolutely without cost or
obligation to buy.
This is one of the most remarkable offers
ever made by an old established firm selling
an article the name of which is a household
synonym for value all over the world.
The reason for the offer is that the Singer
people believe that one of their machines
should be in every home in the country, and
are willing oplace one free on trial anywhere
the Singer is unknown, confident its good
qualities will make permant friends of all
who use it.
All you have to do take advantage of this
offer is to notify the Singer Company as to
the machine you desire. They will deliver it
at your door absolute ly without charge, and
if you are not satisfied with it after trial,
they will come and remove it at their own
expense.
The Singer has many points OF superiority
over all other machines. The greatest of
these is its famous elastic stitch. Inferior
machines sew with constant tight thread
tension Seams made by such machines have
no give nor elasticity, and when a strain is
putu them, they will either draw, pucker
or cut clear through, often running much val
liable material The Singer sews with a
| thread tension always the same as the ma
terial sewed. Singer seams stretch like part
of the material sewed and always maintain
their original smOOthness and strength. The
Singer runs easier than any other sewing
machine. For particulars of this remarkable
offer call or address the Singer Sewing Ma
| chine Company. Room 1915, Singer Building
New York. the local Singer agency, 127
South Garrett street, Henderson, N. T..
The date on your address label In
dicates the time to which your SUBJ
scription is paid.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS.
Don't rlistake the Cause of Your
Troubles. A Henderson Citizen
Shows How to Cure Them.

Many people never suspect their kid
neys. If suffering from n lame. weak or
aching back they think that it is only a
muscular weakness; when urinary
trouble sets in they think it will soon
correct itself And so it is with all the
other symptoms of kidney disorders.
That is lust where the danger lies. You
must cure these troubles or they may
lead to diabetes or Bright's disease. The
best remedy to use is Doan's Kidney
Pills. 1t cures all ills which are caused
by weak or diseased kidneys. Hender-
son people testify to permanent cures.
A. T. Barnes, Rowland St, Henderson,
n. c., says: "Doan's Kidney Pills proved
so satisfactory in my case that | do not
| hesitate to speak in their favor. As a
result of my kidneys not performing
their functions properly, [ am annoyed
a great deal by dull pains through my
back and loins The kidney secretions
were an added source of annoyance on
| account of their irregularity in passage
and plainly showed that my trouble
orose from weak kidneys. Seeing Doan's
Kidney Pills advertised, obtained box
from the kerner- McNair Co.'S drug store
and after using them short time | was
entirely relieved"
For sale by all dealers. Price 90 cents.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, New York,
| sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan' sand
take no other.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
The Boys Had a Time.

Messrs. K. S. McCoin, X. ". Ed
wards, Bennett Perry and Capt W
X. Sturges returned home Saturday
from a weeks stay at Morehead City
-tenting it on the new camp ground.
They had great time fishing, boat
ing, bathing etc. The boys were
guests of Gen. Macon, Col. Gary,
Capt. Curtin and Sergeant Jones
whom they swear by as the finest
entertainers and greatest feeders
ever. This was Kenneth Edwards
first experience at tent life and he
says all the mutations he has gone
through in secret societies were not
a circumstance to his experience in a
military camp. The boys gave him a
breezy" time, in fact one night they
had a regular storm when the tent
he was sleeping in was blown down(or
pulled DOWN on him. McCOin, law
yer like, declared it was more brain
storm" than windstorm with Ed
wards and the joke was not discover
ed until half the camp was aroused,
the officer of the guard called and
Gen. Armfield was about to dispatch
a detail to quell ''riOt.'
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
"A Small Boy Runs 1t.

An automobile that can be opera
ted by a small boy who knows moth
ing about machinery, and taken on
IL long run without going "bad, "
must be good" machine, simple in
construction, perfect in action-built
right and all right. Sunday Master
Arthur ArOnson notified his father
that he was going to ride down town
inlthe automobile Ga Brush.) He did
so but he went somewhere else-which
he didn't say anything about at the
time. Taking up little friend he
decided to take a spin out in the
country. Well on the way why not
keep on to Oxford? This they did
and came back in a few hours with
out having q mishap or delay of any
kind. A pretty good testimonial for
the Brush machine, that is. Asked as
to it's ease of operation and the GER.
tainty of making the trip all right,
Mr.. Aronson simply answers: ga
small boy can run it"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
Help These Ladies.

AT Bona Vista High School, Bear
pond, Friday evening, July Both,
there will be an ice cream supper,
under the auspices of the Ladies'
Retirement Association. The object
of the entertainment is to raise funds
to pay for a piano for the school. A
most laudable object and one that
deserves to beliberally supported and
encouraged. The ladies of the social
committee, Mrs. Samuel Brummitt,
Miss Elite Stewart, Miss Minnie Per-
and Miss Eunice Coghill, promise to
serve well made cream and nothing
will be left undone by the good peo-
pie of the Bearpond section to make
the occasion pleasant to all. A very
cordial invitation is extended the
publicto attend and help these ladies
out in their worthy undertaking.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
In Honor Of Miss Belle Hicks.

The following item which is taken
from the Albemarle Enterprise OF last
week, concerninga Henderson young
lady will be read with interest:
Miss Mary E. Brown on Monday even
ing gave one of the most delightful social
events Albemarle has yet enjoyed, in
honor OF her charming young friend and
guest, Miss Belle Hicks, OF Henderson.
japanese lanterns Illuminated the
spacious portico OF the beautiful Brown
home, and Mrs. j n. Anderson greeted
each guest in her ever gracious manner
as she invited to the punch bowl
The guests entered at once into spirit
OF the joyful opportunity afforded, and
Miss Brown proved herself a hostess
truly worthy of the tributes paid her by
the guests when they took their depart
ure after several hours of unalloyed en-
ioyment, in which games, conversation
and the serving OF elegant refreshments
formed a distinct part
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
Method to Eradicate Wild Onions.

The GOLD LEAF is asked to an
nOunce that the Office Of Farm Man
agement, United States Department
of Agriculture, has now ready for dis
distribution n circular giving "a discus
sion of the wild onion problem and
outlining a plan whereby the pest can
be exterminated. This circular will
be sent to any person requesting it by
addressing as above.
1t does not need to be said that
the wild onion is one of the most
troublesome pests the farmer has to
contend with, and any method for
getting rid OF it will be hailed with
pleasure
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
Death of a Little Child.

Friends OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas T..
Rushton sympathize with them in
the death of their little boy, Giles
Wier, which occurred at their home
in this county, July Dist. The little
fellow was seven months and seven
teen days old but during the brief
period that he was spared to bless
and brighten the home he had en-
twined himself strongly yet tenderly
about hearts and lives ofparents and
neighbors who are deeply grieved at
his death
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29

and all nations marshaled under the
white banner of the Cross as they shall
march the golden streets of the New
Jerusalem not to music of the fife
ami drum. but to the hosannas of
the hosts OF the redeemed who have
fought good fight and come out
eonquerors under the leadership of
the blessed Savior Ii was u gem of
It's kind and worthy of being pre-
served in print.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
Notice of Sale.

TNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AN OR
~ der of the Superior Court of Vance
County made in the special proceedings en-
titled G. F. Moss, Administrator VS.. W. f.
Moss, j. T. Moss, Louisa Whitley ct oil, the
same being No 1,O21 upon the special pro-
ceeding docket of said court, the undersigned
commissioner WILL on
Monday, August BIRD, 1909,
at II O'Clock at the Court House door in
Vance County, n. c., offer for sale to the
highest bidder for cash, that certain tract OF
land lying and being in Kittrell township,
Vance county, adjoining the lands OF j. W.
johnson. and others, and more particularly
described as follows:--A tract of acers sit
uate in Kittrell Township near Bobbitt and
bounded on the East by the lands OF j. ".
johnson; on the South by the lands of Tom
Smith; on the West by the lands OF Chas:
Plummer; on the Northwest by the lands oil
Eliza Reavis, and on the North by the Kit.
trell and Bobbitt public road; same being the
home place of the late G. T. Moss
Date of sale, Monday, August 23rd, II
O'Clock.
Place Henderson, at Court House door.
Terms cash.
This the 21st day of July, 1909.
J. c. KITTRELL.
Commissioner.