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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-20

skilful physician to count Its pulsa-
tions; for o. Henry has laid down his
pen for the last time and passed from
those scenes which he could so wildly
portray, and with him has passed the
most effective of short story writer's
of the day.
His ready and understanding app
preciation of the various types OF
American character, his ability TO en-
ter in their very thoughts and actions.
their struggles and their pleasures.
whether they moved on the wide plains
of the open west. or were cooped IN
the furnished room in the crowded me-
tropolis, were alike remarkable and
varied Whether he took his read
ers with a rapid swing over the ranch.
or guided them among the glittering
tables of the Broadway restaurant,
was alike at home and at his ease
"A master OF the short story In its
conception and in its every detail, he
was particularly happy in his climax,
SO sklful, in fact, that the reader
however wary he might be, was often
thrown off his guard and could not
foresee the finale, or If he did, there
was vulsse neAsly always something else
which he did not foresee before the
curtain went down. Ready and 1aclie
OF expression, keen in his sense OF
humor and moving In his pathos, he
| appealed to the reader no matter what
| his frame of mind might be.
while in The Gentle Crater anc
stories Of that class Q. Henry pictures
| the skilful swindler in humorous
way, and gives taste of the barroou
and sporting slang with some neces
sary attendant coarseness, he never
| stoops to the mere vulgar. and IN In
-Four Million and The Trimmed
Lamp we have as clean, humorous
i wholesome and cheering short tales
as can be found from the pen OF an.
writer.
Lost. unknown and uncared.for II
i the great city. 1t has remained Tor y
! Henry. a Southerner to discover ans
learn the ways and life of the shol
girl the young artist or young actress
4 struggling for a career and TO hnt
4 in this a new field for literary effor
| and make 1t his own, while the native
New Yorker has allowed 1t to pass un
noticed before his eye.
/ when Sidney Porter, North Caro-
linian BY birth, but better known {,
the reader as o. Henry passed ava,
4 last week. in the forty-third year o
his age, the short story lost its hes
exponent and the reading public 4
4 friend that 1t will sadly miss.
ROBERT x. BROCK.
"Hampden- Sidney, June .. 1910"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-20

.'Simon, the Jester"
BY William j. Locke. Illustrations
by James Montgomery Flagg john
Lane Co., of New York. $780,
Imagine an Englishman. of unusual
talents, ambition and class standing,
a member of Parliament, leader OF
his party, with the sweets of office
dangling at his lips and clever and
beautiful English girl as his fiancee.
And then, Just when the promised hap
piness of his life and the success OF
his career seemed about to be assured,
imagine this man being told by his
London physicians that he was dying
of an incurable disease. one that might
be relieved by an operation, II an op-
GRAFTON were not sure to prove fatal
A blow like this, suddenly leaplng
from out of unexpected darkness and
striking one full in the face. was apt
to sweep a. man from off his feet and
overturn all his theories and beliefs
The man that Mr. Locke writes about,
Simon, the Jester" otherwise Simon
de GeX, NJ. p, received his verdict OF
doom, went away to an obscure sea.
side village, had his bad hour alone
and came hack to resign from political
parties, seek a release from his en-
sagement, and then get through with
the short span Of existence remaining
to him as speedily and as decently as
possible
When he informed his secretary at
his Intentions he did SO with wlim-
steal humor. calling his vital mischance
zone Of the little ironies that please
the high gods so immensely. Until
this crisis In his mundane affairs Simon
Ide GeX might have been estimated az
a typical English gentleman, scholar
and statesman doing the things that
others Of his kind had done, inspirin
genuine affection and respect In the
flew that were most nearly associated
i with him.. and arousina,., less crit lc1sm
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-20
"a Life for a Life.D

"a Life for Life.D
By Robert Herrick. The Macmillan
Co.. of New York. $3.50
America at the present time offers
background for a new novel by the
author of Together" and present
phases of American life serve as a
basis for questions which are dis
cussed in 1t. The scenes of the book
transpire in a great American city, to
which comes young man from the
country who is the hero of the novel. |
AT the very outset of his Introduction
to city life he is brought face to face
with the struggle between labor and
capital, a struggle which continues
throughout the book.
The heroine of the novel is the
daughter ofaleading city financier. She
becomes controlling influence In the
life of the hero. Hugh Grant. and an
inspiration for him to work up to her
level financially and socially. These
two people are the principal characters
in the story and types of. the two
| classes which stand In opposition
Life in all It's sordid wretchedness,
| stripped Of its gaudy pretenses, is ex-
plotted by Mr., Herrick in "a Life for
a Life" The book canvas is crowded
with figures of different classes, con-
ditions and occupations. Greed and
|
analysis of modern business methods,
and socialistic arguments are present.
ed with great force and cleverness.
The book Is in no sense OF the word at
tractive. The sweat shop and the
| toilers therein have come to be recog-
nlzed and acknowledged evils. But
whether realistic pictures of them
the medium of fiction will prove in the
least available to lessen the evil which
they depict must remain in the ma
ture of "a doubtful, not an advisable ex-
| pertinent
The men who control matters In the
| financial world on the other hand will
not have their ability to pursue their
INSCRIPTIONS methods reduced by the
writing of thousands of hooks like Mr.
Herricks recent effort, 1t would seem
that his pen and purpose might be en-
| ployed to give more pleasure and pro-
! At by novel that does not concern
Itself with grave social and labor
| questions.
The discomfort existing among Ia
boring classes needs no flip such as IA
Life for Life" is calculated to supply.
to bring about an open expression
I that would he anything bit cure for
matters. which otherwise might work
out their own improvement, by the
l progress OF civiligation and increase
OF humanitarianism.
q. Henry. An Appreciation.
II The following "appreclation" has
been sent to the literary page Of The
Times-Dispatch by a Yirginian, who
q desires to express his admiration for
an author whose death is felt as a
personal loss In every section OF the
country:
mo more storiesi Of THE -Four NIL
Voice Of the City, as transmitted with
4 such accuracy and SO pleasingly by
one who knew Its every cadence The
d Hear, of tha Heat' no longer has q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-20

world, they say, was at my feet. 50
1t was. But what the plying critics
lack the grace to understand is that
better than to have 1t under ones feet,
is to have 1t, or that OF 1t which mat
tiers. at ones heart"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-20
"Roa.I. Of pestiny..

Is TO nave IL, or that OF IL winch mat
ters. at ones heart"
"Ronds OF Destiny
BY O. Henry. Doubleday. Page &
Co.. of New York. s1.5o.
With the realization In mind that
the most genially humorous and tho
most intensely pathetic of short story
writer's has finished his work in the
American world of letters. it seems
somewhat difficult to pass anything
that he has done in critical review.
But If the book in question con-
tanned none other than the name
story, which is SO truly an example of
10. Henrys best work in beauty of i'm
agination, in delicate provocativeness
as to its mysteries, in wonderful sug-
gestion as to its knowledge of the
world of men and women. it would
still be read with tears in the eye;s
by the many to whom its authors
name has long been one to conjure
with in the world of letters.
1t is much for q. man who drops early
out of the ranks in which he has
worked so we'll. to leave behind hin,
in the heart of humanity the feeling
that for humanity that man did his
best; that he had the power of chas-
ling away gloom, OF inspiring courage.
of putting tangled things straight and
of telling the truth in the most coll
vincing and attractive way. The read
er of THE Roads of Destiny" will put
the volume down with the realization
that every word in 1t is not only a
tribute to the powers of a master
magician in the beguilement of fancy,
but a tribute to writer who was,
through what he wrote, an ethical
teacher of a high order as well as the
merriest, maddest romancer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-20

campaign he calls attention to the fact
that there could scarcely be strong
err contrast than that between Lees
generous refusal to have any OF his
lteutenants held responsible for the re-
suits Of a battle which he had author
ity to direct, and Rockers endeavor to
shift to the shoulders OF his subordi-
mates the responsibility for his phe-
nomenal failure at Charlottesville.
Lee was a great man: Hooker fell far
short. of that measure"
In describing the plan OF the cam
paign after Grant was made command
er-in.chief of the Union armies, Mr..
Eggleston thinks: IF there was any
error or miscalculation in General
Grants plan for the destruction of the
Confederacy and the ending of the
war. that error was in underestimate
ing the tremendous fighting force OF
the Army of Northern Virginia under
command of Robert E. Lee Grant had
never met Lee in battle. and had learn
ed of his capacity and of the resisting
power OF the army under his command
only by hearsay. These We're so much
greater than anything else of the kind
that had been known in the war, that
Grants mistake, il he made any mis-
take. was surely pardonable"
In regard to the battle of Cold FIar-
Dor he says: This was the most stag
gering blow that Grant had ever re-
ceived in battle, and the news of 1t
appalled, the authorities at Washing
ton, and greatly depressed the people
throughout the North. That little
army like Lees, reduced by this time
to less than $4,000 men, seemed to
those persons who do not understand
the conditions of battle to Indicate a
lack either of commanding capacity
on the part of General Grant, or of
fighting capacity on the part of the
army under his command
On the affair of the Crater AT Pc
| tersburg the following sentence is
| passed by Mr.. Eggleston: This bad
| ~ managed attack we'll nigh rivaled
the hlunder at Cold Harbor in its
costliness TO the Army of the Potomac.
| Grants loss was moye than 1000 men;
! Lees less than LOOP" On page s34
| of Volume II. the ahthor says: THE
hideousness of war was never better
| illustrated than Sherman's march to the
sea from Atlanta to Savannah. An
| army of more than $4,000 men and
sixty-five guns. perfectly equipped and
| utterly uuopposed by any force that
1 could even pretend to give battle to
| il, moved over a, space of nearly 300
miles, making war only upon non
combatants and leaving blackened
| path of desolation behind"
The two volumes close with state
ment that 'In these pages a conscten
tious effort has been made to tell tn
story of the Confederate War with TIL
utmost impartality and the mos
scrupulous regard for truth 1T j:
/ now forty-five years since the wa
I ended in the restoration of the Ameri
can Union. The two great commall
| ders Lee and Grant, have alike beel
/ assigned to honored places in our Hall
of Fame. The time has come when al
i Americans may fifty rejoce together !
the story of the great deeds done o.
the one side and on the other, In tina
/ Confederate War which did so niue
to give to the republic Its foremos
i place among the nations Of the earth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-20

The order of Secretary OF War Judah
p. Benjamin. which led TO General Lor-
ing falling back from Romney 10 Win
chester in 1862. and to General Stone
wall jackson rendering his resignation.
prompts this drastic criticism of Ben
jamin on the part OF Mr.. Eggleston.
BENJAMIN was SO far ignorant or neg
ligsnt of those forms and courtesies of
military life uopn which success so
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-08-16
President. HELPS Orphans.
Hundreds Of orphans have b

Hundreds or orphans nave Deeh
helped by the President Of the Indus
trial and Orphans Home at Macon,
Ca, who writes: eve have used Elec-
trio Bitters in this Institution for
nine years. It has proved a most ex-
cellent medicine for Stomach, Liver
and Kidney troubles. We regard it
as one of the best family medicines
on earth" 1t invigorates all vital Or
gans, purifes the blood, aids diges-
tion, creates appetite. To strengthen
and build up pale, thin, weak chill
dren or rundown people it has no
equal. Best for female complaints.
Only SOC. at W. E. Pelham & Sons.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-08-16
Got 'Em All.

1t is told that a certain lady of a
western Kansas town desired to
show kindness to the captain of the
local State militia company and
wrote the following invitation: Mrs.
requests the pleasure of Capt.
IS company at reception on
Friday evening""
A prompt reply came: with the
exception of three men who are sick
with measles, Capt. IS company
accepts your kind invitation and will
come with pleasure to your recep-
ton Friday evening" kansas City
Journal.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-08-16

cH:;on il re News a':,i Courier oi NY
opinion oI the sketches OF pugiiisn
which had appeared in the Sunday
News. Being in a mood for what
Artenlus Ward calls ''sarcassum," 1
sent to that paper the following
communication (omitting address,
date and signature): so the black
beast beat the white beast The lat
ter may now conclude his autobiog-
raphy in the Sunday News with a
chapter under the heading, "How I
Got Knocked Out by a Nigger," or
How I Made Ny Last Money by Get
ting a Nauling." A still more choice
piece of reading would be an article
by the victorious Jack, entitled, How
All Knocked the Stuffin' Out'n Jim
Jeffries." We subscribers to the Sun
day News await with anxiety the
publication of some such refined and
pious literature for our religious edi-
icatiOn on the Lords day"
As might have been expected. that
newspaper has not published the let
ter; its publication might be con-
strued to imply the concession that
the News and Courier is amenable to
censure for its sins. and possibly,
even for its heedlessness CT duty.
We have laws which operate to con-
fine pa1pably obscene literature by
excluding it from the mail, and some
which tend to limit its sale. We have
no laws, nor can expect any, to pre-
vent the circulation of the contamin-
ating literature I am here. condemn
ing. Any crusade against it must be
conducted by the pulpit, the press and
individuals interested in the young.
The two former have much the best
opportunities and much the largest
field for operation. But laymen and
laywomen (if there is such a word
as the latter may effect a great deal,
especially if heartily encouraged and
stimulated by the clergy and the edi-
tors. It is evidently the duty Of every
mature person to do what he or she
can to extirpate the poison that is de-
basing and defling the taste and the
sentiment Of the immature. Every
individual may do some good; and
concert of action among consider
able number is sure to prove very ef-
fective. The work will be slow and
difficult; and so, mainly because so
few of the people of our illiterate
South appreciate the influence OF
what one reads-most of them fancy
ing that the character of ones read
ing matter is of even less importance
than the kind of dessert that one eats
at dinner, or the flavor of the syrup
he uses with his cakes at breakfast.
But many parents and others in
charge of the young may be enlight-
ened, and almost every person really
enlightened is pretty sure to become
more or less a helper, BY his protests
and his influence, in the effort to
guard the young against the perni-
cious diet on which most of them are
now feeding.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-08-16

When the digestion is all right, the
action of the bowels regular, there is
a natural craving and relish for food.
When this is lacking you may know
that you need a dose of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
They strengthen the digestive organs
improve the appetite and regulate the
bowels. Sold by W. E. Pelham & Son.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-08-16
Took All His MOney.

Often all man earns goes to doc
tors or for medicines, to cure stom-
ach, Liver or Kidney trouble that DR..
Kings New. Life Pills would quickly
cure at slight cost. Best for Dyspep-
sia, Indigestion, Billiousness, Consti-
patton, Jaundice, Malaria and Debil-
ity. Csc at W. E. Pelham & Sons.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-08-16
University Of South Carolina.

Varied courses Of study in Sci
ence, Liberal Arts. Education, Civil
andElectrical Engineering and Law.
College fees, rooms, lights, etc.,
$50; Board S12 per mouth. For
those paying tuition, $40 additional.
The health and morals of the
students are the first consideration
of the faculty.
43 Teachers schola ships, worth
S158. For catalogue, write to
sc. MITCHELL, Pres,
Columbia, S. G.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-08-16
NEWBERRY UNION STATION,
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains-EfectiTe 1901 A. n.
Sunday, July II, 1910.
Southern Railway.

Southern Railway. <.
No. Is for Greenville.. :. 8.51 a. m.
No. 18 for Columbia. ...11.57 a. m.
No. II for Greenville.. :. 2.48 p. m.
No. 16 for Columbia :. .. ..8.55 p. m.
C., n. & l.. Railway.
*No.. % for Columbia. =. 8.47 a. m.
No. 50 for Greenville.. 1885 p. m.
No. So for Columbia. .. 800 p. N.
mo. 81 for Laurens.. .. 7.25 p. m.
Does not run on Sunday.
This time table shows the times at
which trains may be expected to de-
part from this station, but their de-
parture is not guaranteed and the
time shown is subject to change with
out notice.
G. L. Robinson,
Station Master.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-08-11
Ground Cherries.

Merry. HAWTHORN had in the mar
ket yesterday fruit that took us
back to the time when we lived on
a Kansas homestead in the early
7Os. They were ground cherries and
were raised from seed on Mr.. Han
thorn's bench farm. We have not
seen any of these cherries for pro-
badly 20 years. The year the
grasshoppers came, filling the air
like snowflakes and eating every
thing from corn in the shock to
barb wire fences, ground cherries
were the only fruit obtainable and
the kid who was so lucky as to take
to school in his dinner bucket a slice
of ground cherry pie. or have his
bread spread with groud cherry jam
was the envy of his school mates
and looked upon as a plutocrat. We
used to think ground cherry preser-
yes was about as fine eating as could
be found anywhere.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-08-11
TALKS STORE

Sunday, the 7th, the south half
Of the Falks' Store bridge gave way
and went splash into the Payette
river as a result Mr.. Steward of
had several head of cattle
Injured, some of them fatally.
Mrs. S. E. Hoagland went to
Caldwell yesterday and will bring
back with her her daughter Sadie
of Hagerman, who is com
ing home to see her parents. Child
rem will come home once in while,
although they have changed their
name. That is as 1t ought to be.
Andy Rasmussen is hauling lum-
Der for a new residence to be built
at this place. Good for Andy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-08-11
BRAMWELL

The funeral services over the re-
mains of Dorothy Nelson were held
in the L. D. S. church at Bramwell'
Thursday August 4. The services
were presided over by Jesse l.. Hob
son. The opening prayer and bene-
diction were offered by Elders w.
F. Mayhem and VIM. A. H. Saint
Clair. The music was furnished
by Sarah Madsen, Samantha Mel
son, Media Lake, Heber c. Nelson
and ]. l. Robson, who rendered the
following songs: Nearer, Dear
Saviour. to Thee" 20, My Father
Thou. That Dwellest" and Want
ed on The Other Side" The duet,
Some Sweet Day Bye and Bye"
VI as beautifully rendered by Saman-
tina Nelson and Sarah Madsen. The
speakers were Elders VIM. Thomp-
son of New Plymouth, VIM. Orchard
and W. F. Mayhem of Emmett and
Jesse L. Hobson of Bramwell. In
torment was made at Hillside ceme-
terry at Bramwell The grave was
dedicated by Jesse L. Hobson. The
popularity of the deceased and the
esteem in which she and her family
ore held, was shown by the large
crowd which gathered, the church
at Bramwell not being large enough
t.: 2ccomadata those who gathered
to show a last tribute of respect to
one who by her cheerful dispost-
ton and beautiful character had
endeared so many hearts to her.
many coming from Boise, New Ply
mouth and Emmett.
Harry and Emma Taylor and Min.
ME Jones are over from Boise, hav-
ing been summoned to the death
bed of their friend, Miss Nelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Alfred of
Alton, Wyo., are visiting Nels c..
Nelson and family.
The many friends of Mrs. Merit
Jackson will be pleased to learn thai
she is rapidly recovering and expects
to be out again soon after having
been confined to her bed for some
time.
The farmers of Bramwell are just
finishing the second cutting of al
falfa, which is considered the heavi-
est second cutting of hay ever cut
in this section, and that is saying
a great deal, as Bramwell is noted
for its heavy hay crops. 1t is es-
timated that there will be $500 tons
of hay cut this year along the
slope between Wilson's Point
and Pattons Point.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-08-11
They Can't Hold johnson

New York, Aug. Never in re-
cent years has a pitcher showed up
his catchers as Walter Johnson did
Beckendorf and Henry in the game
with Philadelphia Saturday. This
marvellous pitcher put Becken-
dorf out of commission on about six
pitched balls,and he never would
have lasted out the game had john
son not stopped hurting over smoke
balls. Street, who is one of the
best mask men in the country, is
the only backstop on the Washing
ton team who can hold Johnson, and
he himself is disabled as a result
of handling Johnson's terrific shoots
It is pretty tough when a manager
has one of the greatest pitchers of
modern times, but cannot use him
Off fear of Gripping all his catchers.
johnson probably is leading the A
merican League today with strike
outs. In one game against st. Louis
this season the Idaho wonder Whit
fed seven of the first nine batsman
who faced him. Davy Jones, Owen
Bush and Tyrus Cobb were retired
on strikes by Johnson in the first
inning of a game played two weeks
ago in Detro:I