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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-23

the correctness of this part of the
work. Thus the plans, blue prints
and estimates for the work on West
Main street, North Third street and
North Second street, were asked for
before the passage of the ordinance
creating the districts, and these were
passed on March 16, 1909, but no plans
were filed before July 26, when those
for West Main street were filed and
the others still later.
Much inconvenience was experience
ed by the contractors from this de-
lay and considerable loss resulted to
the property owners. Thus on North
Second street the grade followed by
the surveyors damaged most of the
property, but this fact could not be
and was not discovered until large
amount of the excavation had been
done, the dirt from which had to be
replaced, this entailing a double I'M
necessary expense on the property
owners and increasing the cost of the
work nearly So, 900. At the same time
two blocks of the street are so fiat
that there is no drainage. The same
thing was true in the macadam dis
tricts. On East Rose and Park streets
an inadequate system of drainage was
provided which must be endured or
additional expense incurred.
More Unnecessary Expense.
While the chairman of the street
committee was out of the city the
| surveyor declared that the Second
street bridge must be raised at once
and relying on his statements it was
| raised. Subsequently it was found
necessary to lower it to it's original
| position. This unnecessary work cost
| the city something like $500.
! On South Park street beyond Whit
man, in setting the stakes for the
grade, the grade was fixed about nine
| inches too low and this the commit
| tee could not and did not discover
until the dirt had been excavated and
| the curbing laid The city and prop
erty owners had to pay for the un-
| necessary excavating and the subse-
quent fill with the additional cost of
higher curbing not less than 5000.
Besides this the grade on Park street
near Alder street seems to be wrong
and the street committee do not yet
know what it will cost to remedy it..
In view of these facts the street
committee at a recent meeting of the
council introduced a resolution speci-
flying what was to be furnished by
the city surveyor when plans and
specifications were called for so that
in the future an opportunity would
be afforded to discover any mistakes
before it would be too late to remedy
them without considerable expense
Surveyor Made Plans.
y 1t might be proper at this point to
call attention to the fact that the
plans and specifications for the ma
cadam were the work of the surveyor
alone and that these specifications re-
quired that "a course of seven inches
of broken rock be laid before tho
course was rolled. Subsequent eXper-
fence and investigation convinced the
committee that it was almost impos-
sible to get solid base by this
method and they were compelled to
change the specifications so that
courses of three and four inches
would be rolled.
The city surveyor has raised the
question of the difference between the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-23

, 'es.s OF cement made by him
,Aose MADE by the engineers q, and
Kane and Seattle. The cemon. spO.
nished by the contractors bos iT.-
UNIFORM but as the season ad,. Oeea
Wnen frosts might be exnoo,o"e
quicker hardening cement w. a
siieo' he contractors gave snch
cement, which was said 10 no
good grade as that prev,ouslv
Inc cement the surveyor ohiectos eu
ana made tests and said il fail,
come up TO the standard roo,,s.
The committee felt that in ,.iau
the difficu. les that had arisa,
tween the surveyor and the contra
tors that test ought to be mad ~.
side the parties, and if such ~.
corresponded with those of Tho. . w
Veyor the contractors should ba
CURED to make good The sar,n,S-
for sending away were selected ~
the chairman of the street commit
tee and the mayor from about two 90.
loads CT cement and the reports !.
the engineers who made the tos..
showed high grade Of cement mroS
superior TO that shown bv the c;,"
surveyors tests.
Engineer Given the Lie.
Shortly after this sample had besn
sent away the surveyor learned q,
it and desired to make a test Of ~.
cement and did make a test which
correspondent with the tests made bv
the other engineers, but contrary n
his statement, his test was not mad
from the same sack as that from
which the samples were taken. tbio
being placed out of sight. Other tests
were made by the surveyor after IN.
samples were sent out and they all
showed a better grade of cement than.
his previous tests and the committee
is compelled to believe that the sack
from which the samples were taken
was an average sack and that the
cement was above the standard.
Controversy Is Regretted.
The street committee very much re-
grets the controversy which has
arisen and believes that it is not Of
it's causing, for at all times they
tried to work tremendously with the
city surveyor for the purpose Of
procuring the best pavements and
macadam possible, and have submit
ted to the public clamor arising from
complaints and charges in regard to
this work without protesting, hoping
thus to avoid any conflict, but. have
found it impossible to do so. Were
this the only trouble the committee
would still attempt to work with him.
but they have lost confidence in him
in every respect, and are thus left
without anyone on whom to depend
in matters of a technical nature.
Nearly all the matters referred to
in this statement are within the per-
sonal knowledge of the mayor and
other members of the council and we
believe they will bear out such state
ments.
The committee has always endeav-
ored to give the. property owners and
citizens of Walfa Walla the best pave
ment at the lowest possible cost, and
shall still continue to do so so far
as lies in their power.
Respectfully submitted,
c.. H. WHITMAN, Chairman,
ALBERT NEIBERGALL,
c. H. CUMMINGS.
Street Committee.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-23

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abroad. 1t is simple remedies that they
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tarrh, Lung, Stomach, Consumption,
Liver and Kidney troubles, also all pri-
vate diseases of men and women.
Consultation and pulse diagnosis free.
People who live out of town write for
symptom blank and circular.
YORK & YORK, CHINESE MEDICINE
COMPANY.
210 w. Main ST. Walla Walia, Wash.
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MANY TO GO
WITH SPECIAL
Continued From Page One.)

CONTINUED From Page One.)
the fare for the round trip has been re-
duced to 50. The Commercial club was
required to put up guarantee OF 132
fares, but is now certain this number
will be exceeded in a substantial man
ner Stops are TO be made at all way
points, including Eureka and Lamar,
and the itinerary Of the junket, which
is for the purpose of promoting a feel
ing of closer fellowship among Sec
tions Of southeastern Washington, con-
tains the following stOp-overs:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-23

York and York
the we'll known
Chinese doctors
have made a life
study of the GU
rative powers of
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10
FOCR-INCH MAINS.
Experience That a Property Holder
Has With the Insurance Compa.
mics in Regard Thereto.

Editor The Herald and News: T
have no desire to kick, but, being ask
ed to give my experience as to a four
inch water main, and thinking that to
kick you ought to kick before and not
after, l freely give my experience. I
have a six-inch water main to the Of
flee, and from there into the yard I
have a four-inch water main When
csc I try to get my insurance down
to the rate I think I am entitled to,
this; is what the insurance people tell
me: your water supply is nor san
dard, you have a four-inch Eai1 and
you ought to have a six-inch main"
This is the only reason they give ME
for not reducing my rate.
Respectfully,
J. II. Wicker.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10
Mr.. Peters0n's Letter.

My attention has just been called
to the letter of Mr.. W. G. Peterson
with regard to his efforts to get pos
session Of his company's flags, and
wish to say that the following para
graph in his letter is incorrect:
II then appealed to Mr.. G. B. Crom-
er, who was the administrator Of Mr.,
Speers, and he said that we were
clearly entitled to the flags and
thought there would be no trouble in
securing them, but after consulting
with Mrs. Speers, he informed me
that the family declined to give them
up"
His memory is at fault. I did not
say that the survivors were clearly
entitled to the flags, for I did not
know. When Mr.. Peterson mention
ed the matter to me I told him that
the flags were not in my hands as ad-
ministrator of the estate Of Mr..
Speers, and that I had nothing to do
with them. I made no effort to get
them from the family Of Mr.. Speers.
Before he mentioned the flags to me,
Mr.. Peterson had pressed the matter
in a n that was offensive to the
widow and daughter of Mr.. Speers,
and my recollection is that they said
he threatened to bring suit against
them. They spoke to me of Mr.. Pet
erson's conduct, and it is possible
that l did tell him that they refused
to surrender the flags, but he had
found this out before ne spoke to me.
I suggested to Mr.. Peterson that, in
stead Of pressing the matter in such
a way as to annoy and irritate Mrs.
Speers, it would be better for him to
have Col. Schumpert or some other
friend of the family to ask Mrs.
Speers to turn over the flags to one
of the camps; and I had dismissed
the matter from my mind until my at
tention was called to Mr.. Peterson's
letter today.
If Mr.. Peterson had used a little of
the tact that was due to the bereav-
ed wife and daughter Of his old
"comrade," he might have saved him
self from the reproach of now need
lessly wounding them afresh by par
aiding their names in the newspapers.
Geo. B. Cromer.
June 9, 1910.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10
The H0ge School.

The closing exercises of the Hoge
school took place at the Bethlehem
church on Wednesday and Thursday
nights, June l and 2, 1910. The con-
test of the ninth grade, which took
place on Wednesday night was un-
usually interesting, the declarations
being well rendered. The successful
contestants were Loula Mae Pratt
and Estelle Gallman, who were
awarded with first and second prize
respectively.
The program of Thursday night
was furnished by the members of the
tenth grade. There were seventeen
to complete that grade. 1t is very
generally agreed that this exercise
far surpassed those Of former years.
That the school is making substan-
tial progress year by year can not be
doubted. The attendance has reach
ed nearly 500 this year. When you
distribute these among five teachers,
the principal included, you will get
some idea Of the marvellous work
| these teachers are doing. The trus-
tees of our city schools have recog-
nized this fact, and they have added
one more teacher for another year.
This is great help to the school, and
it is hoped that, as early as pract1-
cable, they may see their way to help
more in the same direction.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10
d

On Wednesday morning, June 8, at
the home Of the brides father, Miss
Ethel Byrd Duncan and Rev. Marion
Claude Riser were joined in holy we'd
lock.
Promptly at the appointed time the
groom came in accompanied by the
best man, Prof. C. ". Riser, Of New
berry college. The bride was &C
companied by the charming and
graceful maid of honor, Miss Jessie
Duncan.
The house was beautifully decorat-
cd with ivy and daisies, the latter be-
ing the. class flower of 1904, of which
both Of these young people were
members.
The bride is the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. S. M. Duncan, Of the Jalapa
section. She has for years been or
ganist Of Bush river church and
teacher of the Jalapa scnoOI. she WILL
be missed far and wide, because she
is beloved by all who know her.
The groom is the son of Mr.. James
Riser, of Leesyille. He is now pas
tor Of the Lutheran church Of Mad
isonville, Tenn. Mr.. Riser is every
inch a man.
The happy couple spent Wednesday
night in Columbia. The next morning
they went to Leesville to visit the
groom's parents.
The ceremony was performed by
the groom's brother. Rev. Y. Won A.
Riser.
After June II Rev. and Mrs. Riser
will be at home at jacksonville. Tenn.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10
FARMERS MUTUAL.
Commissioner McMaster Examines the
Notwithstanding in Good
>COnditiOn-The Officers.

Mr.. F. H. McMaster, State insur-
ance commissioner, was in Newberry
on Tuesday and made an examination
of the Farmers Mutual Insurance as
ISOLATION of Newberry county. He
checked up the receipts and disburse-
ments OF the association for the past
year and found the company in good
condition.
Two levies Of 20 cents, or a total
cost of 40 cents per 800, covered los
ses and expenses during the past year
and left s294.63 in the treasury lat
the present. The total collections for
the past year were s1,SS1.0s: The in
surance in force at present is $685.
$3.50
This company insures only country
dwellings and tenant houses and the
dwellings in town which are three
hundred feet or more from any other
dwelling.
The officers of the company are:
President-R. t. C. Hunter.
Vice-president-Jos. L. Keitt.
Secretary and treasurer-L. I. Ept-
ing.
Directors-Capt. H. H. Folk, DR.. W.
G. Brown, Job H.. Ringer, J. c.
Abrams, J. W. Epting, W. o. Pitts.
W. F. Johnson, B. L. Dominick, R. T.
c. Hunter, A. A. Mates, Jos. L. Keitt.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10
THE FLAGS OF CO. 3D."
President DraytOn Rutherford Chap
ter Says all That Was Done Was
to Honor Veterans.

To the Editor of The Herald and
News: Will you please print the fol-
lowing statement:
At the request of the survivors Of
the Williams Guards, I secured the
flags without any trouble whatever,
from Mrs. L. NJ. Speers, not in time,
however, for May 10.
I Immediately informed Col. O. L.
Schumpert that I had the, flags in my
possession and asked him to request
one Of the survivors OF the company
to be prepared to present the flags Of
fcially to the chapter June 3. Capt.
J. Wistar Gary, who was a member
Of the Williams Guards when organ
lied, was expected to present these
flags to the chapter, but for some rea-
son was absent.
In the programs printed in both
The Herald and News and the Oh
server, it was stated that the presen-
tation of these flags would take place
June 8.
There was not a survivor OF the
Williams Guards present, a tact
which neither Col. Schumpert nor the
chapter should be held accountable
for. At my request, Col. Schumpert
| presented the flags and in doing so,
plainly stated that he was not a mem
Der of the Williams Guards. He also
stated that Capt. Gary vas a member
when organized, but was afterWard
a member of a cavalry company. One
would have supposed that the spirit
of comradeship was sufficiently
strong among the veterans Of New
berry county to warrant the steps
! taken in the presentation of the flags
! in question, as not only the surviv-
ors of the Williams Guards, but the
! survivors of all companies from
Newberry county are now members
of the James D. Nance camp, with
Capt. Gary as commander, and Col
! Schumpert as adjutant. .
If the Drayton Rutherford chapter
has stepped beyond the boundary line
prescribed by the survivors of the
Williams Guards, it was not so in
tended. All that has been said and
done was meant to honor the sur
7ivors and their sacred banners:
These flags are still in the hands
OF the chapter and perhaps it will be
we'll for the survivors Of the Williams
Guards to call a meeting at an early
day and decide when and how the
chapter shall place these flags in the
relic rooms in Columbia.
Awaiting further instructions and
in behalf of the Drayton Rutherford
chapter 1o2, U. D. C., Newberry, S. C.
Mrs. James A. Burton,
President.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10
Mrs. Thomas K. tombstone.

Mr.. John Henderson is announced
as a candidate to succeed himself as
magistrate for No. 3.
That prism light at the Newberry
Hardware store has a pleasing effect,
being soft and beautiful.
Mr.. James McKittrick will preach
at Bush River church next Sunday
morning at II o'clock.
Dr.. ]. S. Cook will preach at Clay
ton Memorial church Sunday morning
at II o'clock and at the opera house
Sunday night at $50 o'clock.
During the absence Of Mr.. E. c.
Sonnenburg, his patrons and others
can be supplied with bread at the
store of Miss Annie 0. Ruff, where
you can find a great many things
| needed in the household.
Mccullough and Boozer have sold a
! pair of beautiful twin horses, four
| and a half years old, of the Kentucky
dark bay variety, with white feet and
white streak in face. Mr.. B. c. Mat
thews owns one and Mr.. CLAYTON
Abrams the other. They are nne,
valuable and costly.
A cotton stalk a foot high and we'll
developed has been brought to The
! Herald and News office. This stalk
Of cotton was grown on Mrs. Jas. r..
Davidson's place, on Bush river. The
place is in charge Of Mr.. R. G. Boy
lesion, and he has a good many acres
with equally as good cotton on them.
While playing in a window at home
late Tuesday afternoon, Howard, the
little Observation-Disclosures son of
Mr.. H. H. Franklin, fell about five and
a half feet and broke both bones of
his left arm between the wrist and ell
bow. DR.. J. VI. KILLER was called
in and attended the little sufferer,
who is getting on all right.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10
Death of Mrs. Shelton Langford.

Mrs. Nora Goggans L%angford, be-
loved wife Of Mrs. S. S. Langford,
died at her home in east Main street
on Monday night at $50 o'clock, and
was buried at Rosemont cemetery
Wednesday afternoon at 6 o'clock,
service at the grave being conducted
by the Rev. Geo. A. Wright, Of the
First Baptist church of Newberry.
Mrs. Langford was 50 years old, and
for the past year and a half was an
invalid, the victim of that dread dis
tuberculosis. She bore her lin
gering illness with rare Christian
resignation and patience and was pre-
pared for the hour which brought to
her soul the eternal rest that awaits
the saints. Beautiful vas the devo-
ton Of the husband throughout the
long illness, and his tender. solicitude
for the dying wife during that period
was touching.
Mrs. Langford vas a c~onsecrated
member of the First Baptist church
OF Newberry and a woman of lofty
and noble impulses and purposes.
She was a daughter Of the late Joseph
and Eustacia Goggans, Of the Bush
river section of NeWberry county. Be-
sides the grief-stricken husband she
leaves three daughters and a son to
mourn the loss Of a fond wife and
mother. The children are: Mrs. 3. W.
Laney, of Cheraw; Mrs. H. O. Sher-
rill, of Georgetown; Miss Juanita and
Master Ralph Langford, of this city.
Her surviving brothers and sisters
are: Mr.. B. F. Goggans, of the city;
Mrs. T. B. Leitzsey, of the county;
Mrs. A. J. S. Langford, of the city;
Mrs. T. E. Epting, Of the city, and
Mr.. J. G. Goggans, of Live Oak, Fla.
Words Of consolation can not les
sen the sorrow that comes to aching
hearts when death robs the home and
leaves the awful gloom, but deep sym
patty is felt for those who are be-
reayed and distressed.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10
THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
Doing Things-NOt Great Things But
Cseful-A Great Deal More
Could be Done.

The Civic association in connection
with the trustees Of Rosemont ceme-
terry have let the contract for rebuild
ing the pavilion in the cemetery. The
association agrees to pay two-thirds
of the cost and the trustees o~ne-third.
This is a much needed improvement,
as the old pavilion had about rotted
down.
The Civic association is also at
work in connection with the city au-
thorities in beautifyng the vacant lot
on the side of the railroad and
near the water tank of the Southern
railway. There are other improve
ments that the association has under
advisement and which will be taken
up very soon.
Of course the association can not
accomplish a great deal without the
cooperation of the officials and the
citizens of the town. If every citizen
of the community would become a
member of the association and con-
tribute but a very small amount a
great deal of work could be accom-
plished in beautifying and keeping
clean the streets and the premises.
Great things can be done by co-oDera-
ton, but it is uphill business when
these things are undertaken by a
few while the great majority stand off
and criticise and kick and knock.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10
Church of the Redeemer.
(Rev. Edw. Fulenwider, Pastor.

(Rev. EdW. Fulenwider, Pastor).
Nothing preventing the following
program of divine services will be OBJ
served at the Lutheran Church of the
Reedeemer next Sunday.
II a. m.-The regular morning SER
vice with a sermon by the pastor on
the subject, -Four Diamonds" AS
usual there will be good music at this
service.
s S p. m. Sunday school meets. All
are requested to.be in their places at
the classes. Do not expect some one
else to fill your place. The Sunday
school picnic will probably be held
this month.
The public is cordially invited to
all services.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10
Will Wallop Clinton.

The fast West End ball team will
cross bats with the Clinton team Sat-
urday on the Clinton diamond.
The lineup of the NeWberrians
will be as follows: Mccall, c.; Wal
drop, p; Smith, h.; Jones, 3D.; Wes-
singer, S.; Boozer, 3d.; Havird, IT,;
Wicker, CT; Bouknight, RI.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10

W. q. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
Farrier, has moved to Newberry to
practice his profession, and may be
found at Bishops Stables. Long
experience and thorough prepare
ton. Dental work and operations
a specially.
5-27-8t.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10

MR.. r. II. McCRACKEN, the piano,
pipe and Reed organ tuner and re-
pairer, is in Newberry for a few
days. Orders left at the drug store
Of Glider & Weeks or at the Croft
well hotel will have prompt atten-
ton. J6-10-1t
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10
TEACHER WANTED-For

Lane school. Term Z months at,
s35 per month. Board reason16A
Applications must be sent in be.
June Is. DR.. M. A. Renwick, cha
man board. 6-31
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10

CUT OUT the Typhoid germs from
your drinking watel, get it from
the rock, pure and sparkling. By
having you a well drilled, you cut
of all surface water. I am
prepared for the business. See me
or phone PTS.
I. A. Mcdowell.
12-l4-09-tf.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-10
G. NOTICES.
One Cent a Word No adj
vertisement taken for less
than rs cents.

LADIES Pinch patent leather belts,
black, white and red, each 10c. An
derson 1Oc. Store .6-10-1t.