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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-12-09

Sewer Commissioner Appointed
]. E. Smith was appointed Sewer
Commissioner and Street Commission
err, at compensation of 80 cents an
hour for the time spent at the work.
Building Permits
w. L. Young to make repairs on
residence.
Marcus Webster, a frame building,
"a 60 in the Danilson addition.
A. B. Stephens, a brick building,
"a SO, for workshop.
Permits to Connect With Sewer
JOS. Cutler, Neil F. Boyle, A. YOU
ME, w. F. Bergman, c. V. Fisher,
Jas Duckworth, j. T.. .Danilson, Mrs.
w. c. Johnson, L. Afgood.
Report of Police Judge
Total number of arrests 6
Total number of convictions. 6
Fines assessed ..... ALP. 90
Fines paid ............. -. 800
Fines served in Jail. ....... 25. 90
Report of Police-Chief of Police
Licenses collected from all
sources for three months. s. 7S. 90
The clerks report showed to-
tai receipts from all sources 554 .65
The council will meet hereafter on
the first and third Tuesday of each
month at 1870.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-12-09
THE CITY BUSINESS

All members of the council were
present except Mayor West, and chair
man Younie presided.
The Bills
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-12-09
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED

Dec. 5.-May J. Lowell, Horald
Freeman.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
MARY HARRIS HELD CONNECTION TO SELECT SITE FOR THE COURT HOUSE MI
WITH lANGFORD KILLING AND JAIL
SEVERAL SITES ARE IN VIEW,
The Court House Commission Will'
Meet to Definitely Drcid" Upon
Site for Public Buildings.

The regular monthly meetin" of
me Court House Commissioners was
SGM uOnnIOS5J pup NRpUOV pl9';
passed agreeing To meet again on
the following Monday for the pur-
pnes of deciding upon Il location for
til" court house and Jail. The mat
ter was To have been disposed of at
Mondays meeting, but it was de-
cided To postpone definite action un-
til the following Monday. 1t will be
recalled that some weeks ago Il
committee was appointed AT Il meet
ing of the Board of Trade to meet
with the Court House Commission
aud discuss with them the matter OF
a location for the buildings. AT
Mondays meeting the commission
appointed a commission to meet with
the directors of the board of trade
a"d put before them the proposition
to purchase the Methodist church
site for $4,000, the commissioners
IL pay ono-half and the remaining
ono-half TO be paid by the citizens
of DillCn. The directors of the
beard of Trade. while favoring the
Methodist church site. felt that the
citizens of Dillon had spent enough
money in securing the new county
and that to call upon them for addi-
- tn" public buildings would he I'M
posing upon them hardship. and
lrU proposition was rejected. How.
'N"r. u resolution was passed by tho
lOHrd urging tn" commissioners tC
secure the Methodist church site
ard il this site was not available tC
accept the block of land on Main
street between the two railroads Sc
generously contributed by tho
VI, ssrS Dillon prior to the fOrma'
tiCm of Dillon county. y committee
was appointed to present this resO.
lItion before the Commissioners at
the meeting next Monday.
The commissioners have three
sites in view: The Methodist church
site. the block OF land on the north
side of Alatn street between the two
dCpots and four blocks of land just
outside the town limits on the low
or end Of Main street. The price
asked for the Methodist church
site is $4,000. The sites offered
by Mr.. Dillon are TO be contributed
tree Of cost. One Of the three sites
viii he selected Monday.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
THE PROPOSED ISSUE IS DEFEATED TWO
TO ONE
WHAT WILL Be OUTCOME?
NJ Tuesdays Election Bond Issue
to Aid y. Il =. &. Railroad is
Defeated by Vote of - to
81

At the election held Tuesday up-
Oh the question of issuing bonds
10 the amount of $4,000 to aid
the North d South Carolina rail
road the proposed bond issue was
defeated by a vote of "a to G1.
Just what the outcome of the
matter will be remains to be seen.
When the \. & S. c. proposed to
extend its lines to Dillon the town
was asked to give a right-of-way to
Dillon from a point two miles this
side Of Clio, right-of-way through
the town and two miles out of town
and depot site $50 by 800 feet
Messrs. j. w. Dillon &Son CON
tributed the depot free of cost and
Il committee was appointed to Sc
secure the right-of-way. The rail
road was built and President Bons-
al says he spent $4,000 in secur-
ing the right-of-way that was to be
secured by the town. Now he de-
h;ands his money and the election
reid Tuesday was for the purpose
on providing funds TO reimburse
Mr.. Bonsall. AS the bond issue
mas been rejected there is no avail
able fund with which to pay the
claim of the railroad people and
Just how the matter will he settled
IS Il problem.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
@y0HRMR INFANT MM MNMA AMaH
GUN DISCHARGED; LOAD ENTERS ABDO-
MEN.
LORENz BETHEA THE VICTIM
While Chasing Rabbit fS-SeaI-OId
Negro Boy Meets Death in
Tragic and Peculiar
Manner.

Lorenz Bethea, a colored boy IS
years old, was the victim of hunt
ing accident on Mr.. ID. McLaurin's s
place above Little Rock Tuesday af-
tsrnoon about o'clock.
The boy and some companions
were out hunting and while chas-
ing a rabbit Bethea stumbled and
fell. His gun was discharged and
the entire load of No. shot en-
tered his abdomen inflicting wounds
that caused his death in few min
utes. DR.. w. B. Smith was immed-
lately called to the scene of the ac-
cident, but when he arrived the boy
Was dead.
AS all the facts pointed to a
clear case of accidental killing the
coroner did not hold an inquest.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
John BROWNS son IN POVERTY
Jason. Eldest of Aholiti rntSt'S Chit
dicn, Has Seen Family Wiped
Out by TruSrtiicS

Toledo, Nov. lJ.--In Il little
snack on Put-ln-Bay, Jason Brown,
only ilvlng son OF John Brown. OF
OSawatomie, is passing his last days
IN poverty with the widow of his
brother John.
In many respects Jason Brown
mas had the most remarkable career
OF any one OF John Browns children
-th"r" wcr" twenty of them. ia
sou was tue eldest. and he has liv-
4e9 TO see every one OF them buried.
s"" were murdered IN Kansas,
t!f"G W''' "ho' "t halF'"' Ferry.
Nv. Va ana SIN others me, violent
Nea alhS.
Jason br"wn was norm near Hud-
son. ono nearly ninety years ago
\, 'WCn'%-S'l'h j." moved to Kan
ShS win MS inih"r. tntii the out
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
AGED PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN HELD FOR
THIS CRIME
BABY PACKED IN TELESCOPE
H"artlcSs Grandmother ChoIofoImS
Baby While En- Route to Rail-
road Station and is Ar
rested

Johnstown. Pa, Dec. 5.--Mrs.
Adelaide Robinson, aged 66, we'll
Known resident of Hollidaysburg,
Blair county, is under arrest here
charged with the murder of her
daughters infant uy choLoroform.
and following is a story which she
related to the police Her hus-
band. Samuel Robinson, and DIR. f.
NJ. Duff, also of Hollidaysburg.
lave been detained as witnesses.
The circumstances OF the case
arc unusual. Mrs. Robinson was
arrested just as she tespped from a
cab at the Pennsylvania station
saturday evening when the cab
driver, John Shultz, called an of
ticer and declared he had seen the
woman administer choloroform to
the child while riding in his car
rage and then place the infant in
Il telescopic travelling bag. The po-
lice allege that Mrs. Robinson con-
Tess TO this when brought to head
Grarters and the dead child was
taken from the the bag The wo-
man collapsed
Born "Wednesday Last.
Fannie Robinson, 81 years old
TIE mother of the child. was board
IL" with n private family here aa a
vas born last Wednesday evening
So had said her husband had left
E"r. The RohinSonS at HOLIDAYS
'urG wcr" notified and the mother
81 the young woman here to see
her daughter.
The Drivers Story.
Schultz, the cab driver, told the
police that he was called to the
boarding house where the young
Robinson woman was stopping Sat
urday afternoon and the elder Mrs.
Robinson told him to drive hurried
ly to the railroad station. He
noted baby in her arms particu-
ldrly because the infant cried all
the way and he said as he Glanced
u glance around and through a
glass shade in the cab he noticed
tEe woman holding wad OF cotton
20 the nose of the baby.
Worried about the unusual occur
ance. Schultz soon afterwards again
l"t ked into the cab and this time
lac claims he saw the woman place
IT," baby into the telescope and
close the case
ID ad Woman Arrested.
iurrylng his team. schultz drove
10 the station ana a,tcI opening the
door for the woman 10 alight, no.
ilced that she carried nothing bui
tn" suit case
rs the woman walked up the
steps into the station the driver
searched the cab and finding no
baby was convinced that il was in
the suit case. He rushed to an of
llcSF and had the woman arrested
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
MRS. DEFOREST ALGOOD ATTEMPTS 10
DEFEAT CUSTOMS
IS PROMINENT IN SOCIETY
Two Trunks Full of Fine Paris
Garments Seized ny Customs
Officials al New York
Pier.

savannah. Ga. Dec. I.-W. II.
ltowe, United States custom agent
l.! charge Of the Savannah district,
h&S been advised by NJ q. Mark
liam. surveyor of customs in Allan
Ia. of the seizure there of two
trunks belonging to Mrs. DcForerst
AlEood. OF Atlanta. filled with
Paris gowns and hats. for failure
To pay the required amount of duty.
Mis- Algood, who is well-knowR
Georgia woman, reached New York
from Paris in September and sent,
tw" of her trunks through the
New York customs house in bond
to Atlanta. She declared the con-
tents OF the two trunks valued at
; | 463. The governments experts
appraised them at S2,35O with n
duty of about 80 per cent. OF their
value due. Tho merchandise WIS
seized and is now in tn. custody
OF Uncle Sans officers.
United States District Attorney
Carter Tate at Atlanta has had the
npcrS in the case referred TO him
t0' action. The thorough cNamina-
tion of Mrs Algood's baggage Is
I'D Ia have resulted from u mns-
sage from the government agent IN
l'ariS that she was sailing after
making extensive purchases. The
government has recently advised
is collectors and surveyors of Gus
IONS TO he very careful AT all purts
|" Inspecting personal baggage 6f
lncomin% passengers.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
MURDERER WANTS TO DIE.
North Carolina Mountaineer pleads
That He May Leave the World
Soon

The triple murderer Allison now
la the penitentiary at Raleigh. n.
{. is a peculiar prisoner. He is
Under sentence to die in February
but he has petitioned Gov. Kitchin
to hasten the day of his death as
le is eager TO leave this world. He
is now under constant guard and
n one is allowed to see him. ex-
cepting a clergyman.
Allison, who was perhaps the
gTeatestdesperado in the mountain
section. killed three men and re-
ceived the death sentence. He
swore that he would never leave
Bmcombe county and also that he
would never die in the electric
chair. He cut his throat in Jail the
day after his sentence and almost
carried out his threat.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
The Dillon Herald. 1.5O n Yenr
MUST STOP DOWNPOUR.
Rainmaker Hartfieid's Contrsc,
With Farmers Has n Check
ing Clause.

stockton, Nov 26.-It has lust
pecome known that when Charles
VI. Hatfield signed q contract with
Tie farmers in the vicinity of New
man he had to include clause in
inc official document to the effect
tAat he would stop producing rain
at any time the ranchers had an
abundance to meet all requirements
lor crop. Last season he had to
remain idle for about six weeks
owing to the heavy rainfall. and
some OF the farmers who had enter
ca into a contract with the rain
producer came near beginning suit
against Hatfield because their crops
were damaged
When the question of making a
new contract was taken uD this
year the farmers wanted to know If
he could check the rainfall. He eX-
PIE anned that when there was m6Ss-
ture in the air he could condensa n
In semi-arid sections by means NJ
chemicals he uses on towers set
at intervals throughout the section
to be affected by the rain, and on
ceaslng operations there would not
be any rain.
Hatfield has been operating all
along the coast. He started in at
San Diego with one tower, but now
uses four. He has produced rain in
Sherman county, Oregon; Dominion
creek in the Klondike; Nevada City.
Los Angeles and in other sections.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
University Notes.

Columbia, :. c.. Nov. 29.-Tnc
| nivCrsity of South Carolina open
ed on September "!S, with 393 stu
cents. This is the largest enroll
neIt in the histOr, of the UniIcr-
Sity. The number las, year was
oily a5H.
The Cniversity'a old Science Nall
is now being rcmod"Icd for :. large
gymnasium. which. when completed.
VIII be one OF the best gymnaSi-
inns in the South
\ magnificent Science Hall has
been occupied this year for the
FIRST time. II will bC dedicated on
January 10th. 1911. Founders :>y.
the llO anniversary Of III" fC, nd
iia oi the University OF SCu.h ,,r-
olina.
The speakers for that day will be
H". Seaman A. Knapp, OF Wash
ington, ID. c., who will speak about
the relation OF scientific knowledge
to agriculture, and DR. Walter II.
Page, OF New York, from whom "a
message OF great import is expected
One Of the best incidents OF the
occasion will be the presentation of
the McMaster medal to Aluminus
Of the University to DR.. w. Gill
" vile, of New York. The medal
"'s bi''NhNCu W lIle IllINtlSlNN DN
Fritz Hugh McMaster, to be award
cd by them from time to time. To
the former students of the InivCr-
SAY who hav" rendered notable scr
ice To mankind. 1t was presented
last year TO Mciver Williamson. of
Darlington county
The University OF South Carolina
offers to the public this year a
free extension course in the form of
lectures, which covers broad iel3
OF literature and science.
On November the 10th Prcsi-
dent Mitchell delivered the first ad-
dress Of the sessions series. His
subject was, "Mcrabcau" tho for
most figure OF the French Reyolu-
ton. DR.. Geo. y. WanehOpc made
the second address OF the series
or November the l7th on Shakes
Lear illustrated by stercscopic
views of the poets native town.
Mr.. w. II. Mills will give the next
lecture on December LIST, an illus
tratcd lecture on Oxford.
y. Brooks Afford.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
AN INVITATION.
10 the Citizens of the County to
Come Here Monday and APP
pear Before the Court
House Commissioners.


Editor Herald:
The Court House Commission will
meet next Monday to select a site
for the public buildings. This is Il
matter in which every citizen of
Dillon county is vitally Interested
The Methodist church site is the
most logical site for the court
house, and 90 per cent. OF the peo-
Fle favor that site. The wishes of
the people should be consulted in
such an important matter and if
necessary the Commissioners should
not hesitate to pay the $4,000
asked for this property What
does $40, 900 mean to 1900 peo-
PIE who will be using the public
buildings for the next 10 years?
by locating the buildings near the
business district where they are
easily reached during sessions of
court the county will save. in time.
three times the amount asked for
the Methodist church site to say
Iothlng OF the convenicnceS grant
ca the public. A committee will
apear before the Commissioners
Monday to urge the Methodist
church site and that committee
Nnould be supported by every maa of
thC county interested in the Ioca-
uon of the public buildings. There
!"re an invitation is extended 10
citizens all over the county to come
here Monday and join the com
iIittee already selected to so before
the Commissioners 1t is a matter
which will not permit of delay.
once the buildings are located the
ublic will have to put up with
them for the next IS years. Every
iuan in the county is urged to be
here Monday. The Commissioners
want the views of the people and
Ihe only way they can get. an eX-
preston OF public sentiment is for
the citizens to come before them
ard express their views. trust
every citizen will keep this matter
III mind and be here Monday.
Wade Stackhouse.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
THE FUEL PItOBLF (.
W oEd-'is Hard 20. Obtain .gld -
High Price is Forcing ConsuIS
cIS to- Burn Coal.

On" OF the most puZzling laws of
supply and demand is that which
forces local consumers to transport
iucl from points in Virginia, more
than 300 miles away. However, Ii
las come to the point that unless
you burn coal you are pretty ant
no, only to be without the comforts
o. a fire more than half the time
during the winter months but also
TO be named as defendant in bank
ruptcy proceedings before the cold
season is gone Wood has become
a problem in Dillon. Farmers saw
they cannot get enough cut to sup
piE their own places and there has
been much complaint among ginners
Ifls season over the scarcity Of
1uel. Provide yourself with a
search warrant and spend a day m
looking and finally you will 10
cate a wagon load of wood, but If is
Of a very poor quality and the price
YOU nave to pay makes you think
'he coal trusts are the greatest
pRilanthropists on the face of TIM
earth. To meet the emergency 10
ca consumers are putting in CRATES
and If the scarcity and high prtcr,
continue much longer wood ae. y
luel will be a back number. IL 20
a strange law of supply ard 3ema nSS
mat makes 1t cheaper to- haul FusI
200 miles when thous anda 49,,
thousands OF cords aTje rotting N
the fields right at your doors hut
nevertheless it is a fact
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
SHE AWOKE FROM COFFIN AZ
TER BURIAL.
Ohio Woman in Dca;h-Iikc SIccp
Was Watched, aS She Mas
Subc let to frances.

Cleveland, Dec. 3.--Was Mrs
Anna Hubbell, of Aurora. Ohio. not
lar from Cleveland, buried for dead
and resurrected? a daughter of
Mrs Hubbell, who lives in Cleve-
land, says she was A granddaugh-
ter, who lives in Aurora. saws she
was not.
Mrs. Hubbell. who is siXty-fiye
years old, and seemingly in good
years old and seemingly in good
health, to-day won't discuss the
matter further than to admit that
she was very i'll several weeks ago
put recovered suddenly Mrs. Eta
winfield. of this city. the daughter
o. Mrs. Anna Hubbell. of Aurora
says that her mother was taken sud
denly i'll about three weeks ago
ana was thought to have died
she was summoned hastily from
cleveland, and arriving at Aurora
Iouhd her mother apparently dead.
She says she knew that former
members of the family on her
mothers side had been subject 10
frances, and told the undertaken of
h@r suspicious that Mrs. Hubbell
was merely in trance. She ad-
Ilsed him TO refrain from embalm-
ing the body and asked that her
mother be placed in Il vault with
the casket lid open. 4
This, according to Mrs. Winfield.
was done. The woman was ptRceH
IN a vault at the Aurora cemetery
Ut O'Clock. Late that night the
sexton of the cemetery, who had
heen told of the daughter'ss sus-
flclon, went to the vault and dis
covered that the body had moved in
TIE casket. He summoned aid. had
TIE woman taken to n physician.
who worked over the woman for
several hours, finally bringing her
pack to life again, or out of her
trance. for such it was pronounced
Though the story has created
great excitement in the little vii
IaSe OF Aurora, the persons concern
ed decline to discuss it. There are
many who insist Mrs Winfield's ac-
count of the unusual affair is cor
rect. Others say there is nothing
to il.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
SENATOR TILLMAN BETTER.

Senator Tillman will attend the
sessions of congress in Washington
curing the present winter. This an
nouncement was made by Or. j. w.
Bh Dcock, superintendent of the
state Hospital for the Insane, who
Ielurned to Columbia from Trenton,
whero he spent Thanksgiving day
with Senator Tillman. DR.. Rab-
COCK said that he found Mr.. Tillman
very much improved in health and
that he would very shortly GO ia
Washington.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
COTTON GINNED NOV. IlTH.
Nearly Nipc Million Bales. Accord
ing To Census RPpOr.-Thc
Figures

Washington, Nov 21.-Cotton of
the growth of 1910 ginned to No
Nember IA, according to the census
bureau report issued at 10 O'Clock
inns morning. amounts to S,764, ,153
Dales. counting rounG as half bales
Last year TO November II there
was ginned S.112,199 bales or SO.5
per cent. of the total crop of 10
Ol%731 bales, and in 1908 the gin
ping was 9,595,SO9 bales, or 1873
per cent. of the total crop of 49,
uS6,005 bales.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08
DISASTROUS WRECK NEAR Sell
LERS.
Three Men Killed and Several 9th
ers Wounded by Derailment of
Logging Train.

Tuesday at daylight three men
were killed and several others were
badly wounded by the wreck of a.
logging trail on the Marion County
Lumber Company's road near Sell
lers. The wreck was caused by a
tree which had blown across the
track the night before. The train
WIS backing down the track at a
lively rate when it ran into the
fallen tree, derailing several cars
and crushing the life out of the
men. All OF the killed and wound
ed were negro laborers.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08

1t will pay you to read page 4.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08

Page 4 will interest You.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-12-08

See page 4.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-07-30
Biz Indian Meeting.

D.. B. Henderson, of Washington, D.
c., addressed large number of Indi-
ans of the L'Anse reservation at the
Town Hall yesterday afternoon, rela-
tive to securing of payment of back
taxes from the government of amounts
due the Indians, and also touched upon
the school and swamp lands located in
tbs reservation which the government
had turned over to the state, it being
sold by the state to private individuals.
He had maps showing the amount of
lands which had been turned over to
the government by treaties since 1875,
comprising all Of the present states of
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, part of ILL
nois Minnesota and the Dakotas, by
the various tribes Of the Chippewas.
Joseph Varette, postmaster at ASSN
ins and Rev. T. C. Thomas of L'Anse
acted as interpreters for Mr.. Hender-
son.
n A number of Indians from Lake
Vieux de Sart reservation who are
camping near here, were in attendance
at the meeting.
c. d. Armstrong, an Indian attorney
Of Odanah, also addressed the body in
their native language.
A committee, consisting of Messrs,
Joseph Varette, T. C. Thomas, Davic
Bedell, William Owen, John Hugo,
John Scott and Peter Marksman was
appointed to confer with the attorneys
The committee then reported that they
would first correspond with the Com.
missioner of Indian Affairs at Wash
ington, d. c.. before making any con.
tract with the attorneys.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-07-30
M. E. Church Notes.

The Indian Camp meeting will be held
at the M. E. Mission, August goth to
9th, instead of at Pequaming. The
change of location is made to better
accommodate the people of the Mission
and those people who come from Odan-
ah and other points outside. The pro-
gram will be announced later. Rev. A.
E. Healv of Osceola, will be the speak
er for the first Sunday, Rev. James
Pascoe for the second Sunday. Others
who will speak are Revs. w. E. Marvin.
M. H. Eldred, J. j. Strike, Lightsky, F.
Pequette and T. c. Thomas. There
will be several tents on the ground and
plenty of room for any who wish to
pitch their own tents.
The Pequaming Sunday school had a
day in the woods Thursday and a very
enjoyable time.
The topic for the sermon tomorrow
will be, "The will of God, mans high
est good" o
The pastor and family attended the
Chatauqua at Electric Park last week
and report splendid program and
large attendance. %