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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
A MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY
Luck Hicks shoots and Hills Mrs
Thomas Johnson.
(Bv the Associated Pres

Bristol, Tenn, Jan. IA special
from Shell Creek. Carter county
Tenn, this evening states that Luck
Hicks shot and instantly killed Mrs.
Thomas Johnson in her own home at
that place. Hicks, who is a young
man, is said to haVc beer intoxicated.
When he and Columbus PrltcIlard
a companion, netered the Johnson
home, Mrs. Johnson ordered them TO
leave. Hicks drew 4 revolver and
fired the fatal shot. Both men es-
capped, and are in hiding in the near
by mountains.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
$4,000 IYNCHBTRG FIRE.
McWanc Pipe Works Destroyed
Wires Are Destroyed and Trestlc
Badly Damaged.
(By the Associated Pres

(By the Associated Press.)
Lynchburg, Va, Jan. 1.-The office
and storage depot Of the McWane
Pipe Works was burned out today, Ell
failing a loss of $4,000, fully insured
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany lost all of it's wires along tt
Southern and Chesapeake and OH
railways, and those lines were tied 4,
for three hours. A long trestle alOn
the Chesapeake and Ohio was badly
damaged by the bIlZe. The Standard
Oil plant was menaced for an hour.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
REC|TE FURTHER
PRISON HORRORS
Former 0verseer Appears
as a Witness
A MOST REVOLVING STATE

FOOd Served the Prisoners OF Atlanta
City Prison Or StOckade Unfit for
the Lowest Kind of -Aninlals-FIace
OVerrun With Verlmin of All Kinds
Whipping Were Of Every Day Oc-
c~urrence and Attended With the
Grossest Brutalitics-Prisoners Tes-
tify.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
(By, the Associated PreSs.)

NAAC Z ~"
Atlanta, Ca, Jan. John W.
Dodd, former overseer at the city
prison or stockade, was the principal
witness heard by the counc commit
tee investigating conditions at the
stockade, when that body resumed its
session today. In addition to cOrrobo-
rating h stories Of cruelty to priS-
oners and filthy and u~nsanitary condi-
ions as told by other witnesses.
produced a diary covering events
which t~ranspired while he was en-
ployed at the s~tockade.
Dodd testified that the food served
the prisoners was unfit even for the
lowest kind of animals. Prisoners fire.
quently showed him bread containing
flies, he said, and one man brought
him q piece Of bread containing a
spider. He declared the place was
oVerrun with Vermin Of all kinds. He
produced a bottle of lice which he said
a prisoner had captured and brought
to him. The bread with the spider in
it also was offered rs evidence.
Asked what proportion of thu pris-
oners were whipped, Dodd replied:
I heard them whipped nearly every
morning. Some times there were
tow or three whipped and again there
would be as many as half a dozen
beaten"
Te witness stated that he kept a
u q o@S In tiiobSIS tAN II~SlhS
Of Atlanta were ignorant OF condi-
tions at the city prison and he intend
ed to make it public at a later date.
Pearl Bryan, one Of the three white
women who was hung up by the
rings While at the stockade, also was
a witness She said she was strung
up nearly 5 minutes and was only
taken ddWn when they saw blood
running down her arms.
DR.. w. w. McAfee, who VS. sem
fenced to the stockade for violation Of
the prohibition laws, also testified be-
fore the committee at today's ses-
sion. Among other things he testi-
fed to seeing a 1~3-year-Old negro
girl whipped in the bucking chair,
After the first beating they took her
out in an hysterical condition, and
when she made some remark to the
uard, superintendent Nining ordered
or back again for another whipping.
He said the child was SO small hat
,2e slipped her arms down through
ne machine and tried to take some
i the blows on her hands. When
Gnally she was taken out her hands
were raw and blood was oozing
through her clothes The doctor
stated that she was sent to the field
to work in this condition.
The witness said he could not eat
the food served at the stockade. and
went two days without a mouthful of
food. He declared the punishment
inflicted by ~suspending prisoners from
the rings in the walls was the most
cruel, brutal and inhuman punish
ment' he could conceive of.
After adjourning shortly after /
o'clock to meet again next Tuesday
morning, h committed paid a visit
of inspection to the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04

The fines friendships have been
formed in mutual adversity.-Latin.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
NEW YEAR LEvEE At
THE WHITE HOUSE
First Affair of the Kind
of the Tafts
PASSED WITHOUT INCIDENT

Though Mrs. Taft Has Not Regalned
He Full Strength n Was in the
Receiving Line for Twenty Minutes
President Shakes Hands With
SIS PeopIe-Diplomatic Display
Rivals That of Any in h Past
The Decorations We're labOratc
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
EPIDEMIC OF ITCH IN WELSH
VILLAGE

In Dowlais, South Wales, about fif.
aen years ago, families were strick.
On Wholesale by a disease known as
be itch. Believe me, it Is the most
terrible disease of its kind that I
know Of, as it itches all through your
body and makes your life an inferno.
Sleep is out of the question and Won
feel as II million mosquitoes were
attacking you at the same time. I
knew a dozen families that were so
Effected.
The doctors did their best, but
heir remedies were of no avail what
|sYer Then the families tried drug.
DIST who was noted far and wide for
Ibis remarkable cures. People came
Ito him from all parts of the country
|Ior treatment, but his medicine made
matters still worse, as a last resort
They we're advised by friend to use
|he Cuticura Remedies. l am glad tn
He'll you that after a few days treat.
|nent with Cuticura Soap, Ointment
|lnd Resolvent, the effect was wonder.
hl and the result was a perfect cure
III all cases.
7 may add that my three brothers.
|hree sisters, myself and all our fam.
|@es have been users of the Cuticura
Remedies for fifteen years. Thomas
Hugh, 1850 West Huron St, Chicago,
Ill., June 20, 1909"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
Exhibition of Maine HeirIooms.

The Maine town fairs are great
places to see family heirlooms which
have been handed down from genera.
tion to generation without suffering
wear or change.
Among the curious old pieces shown
at Green fair were a blue spread $50
years old, done by an ancestor of Mrs.
Mehitable Mower; a towel woven by
one of Burgoyne's soldiers while a
captive in the revolution, a curious
pitchpipe OF wood used by Solomon
Jackson while chorister in a Winthrop
church in 1900, and old iron dishes
shown by Mrs Ann l.. Fogg. Then
there were Mrs. Fred B. Parker's
pumpkin hood" old-fashioned straw
bonnet and homewoyen articles and
much pewter ware belonging to Aunt
Polly Sawyer A bedspread 125 years
old, made by Mrs. Dorcas Dearborn,
was shown by Augusta Daggett, who
also had a hand carved Ratchet for
combing tlax.-Kennebec (Me.) Jour.
nal.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
lives SAVED AT SMALL COST
r,.u,.s Showing Expenditures For
=" The Maintenance OF Tubercu-
Iosls Sanatoriums.

IN a comparative study OF the cost
,alntenance in thirty tuberculosis
.,oriums the National Association
an ,be Study and Prevention of tn.
S,O',oulosis found that the food cost in
~, NJ the institutions represented
Dotbird of the annual expenditures.
U average daily food cost per pa.
,,"r, was s0.544. The expenditures for
.",orIes and wages represented nearly
s snother third. being so.4s1 per day per
a.,,ent out of total of $1.6G9. The
r r oil and light cost was s0.2O6 per
..n,ta per diem, or about one.eigbtb
:, the total cost. The daily cost IN
~ several institutions ranged all the
r.v from $0.946 per patient to S2.555.
:. ,be far west and southwest, as in
ro,orado and New Mexico and Cali.
,ornia. the cost was higher than in the
..st in New York and New England
AeIng s2.O25 per patient as against
u7iS. The total expenditures of the
,hirty institutions were $l,3G3, 953. 2S
vhile the total receipts from all
.ources we're s1,54S,525.74. More than
N per cent. of the receipts were re.
oeived from public funds and private
honefactions, only 2S.S per cent being
from patients. Stated in another way
only IS per cent. of the total expendi
tures we're received from patients, the
remainder being made up from other
sources.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
A KNOWING Girl.

When young Lord Stanleigh came
to visit an American family, the mis-.
tress told the servants that in ad-
dressing him they should always say
Your Grace" When the young gen
tleman one morning met one of the
pretty house servants in the hallway
and told her that she was SO attrac-
tive looking he thought he would kiss
her. she demurely replied, clasping
her hands on her bosom and looking
up into his face with beatific ex.
preston, 20 Lord, for this blessing
we are about to receive, we thank
;hee. "-Lippincott's.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
Sllenced the Critic

Charles Sumner. when in London.
gave a ready reply. At a dinner given
in his honor, he spoke of "the ashes"
OF some dead hero. Ashes! What
American English" rudely broke In
an Englishman; dust you mean, Mr..
Sumner. We don't burn our dead in
this country" yet" instantly re.
Piled Mr., Sumner. with courteous
smile. your poet Gray tells us that
Even in our ashes live their wonted
fires" The American was not criti-
cized again that evening.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28

given me, and 1 am recommending it
to all my friends. Mrs. w. S. FORD,
220l w. Franklin St., Baltimore, Md.
The most successful remedy In this
country for the cure of all forms of
female complaints is Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t has
stood the test Of years and to-day is
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. It has cured
thousands Of women who have been
troubled win displacements, inflam-
nation, ulre ion, fibroid tumors, ir-
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing-down feeling, flatulency,
indigestion, and nervous prostration,
after all other means had failed.
If you are suffering from any of these
ailments, don't give up hope until you
have given Lydia +. pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial.
If you would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn.
Mass, for 1T. She has guided
thousands to health, free OF
charge.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28

!
NY last in their partings. nm,
80 ioilowed usually by telegram,
aoou' the most preposterous things
suggestions for romantic aaven
lules, oil some new hypothesis touch
'"s capt Kidd and his b,,ried traas
Wv Ardmore never wrote letters
ne Always telegraphed, and he en-
5 n ming long, mysterious and ex
80 t"o''e messages with telegraph oper
a'oIs IN obscure places where 8
limit ""S 'he irusa
Griswold lighted cigar and opened
..e AFTERNOON Atlanta papers in the
smoking compartment. His eve was
v"usht at once by imperative head.
'iies' IL is not too much TO saw that
'iie eye OF the continent was arrested
' ,na' evening by the amazing disclos.
. ure, now tardily reaching the public.
tn"V something unusual had occurred
d. 'ne annual meeting of the Cotton
Idhlers association at New Orleans
oh the previous day. Every conv.
reader and editor, every paragranber
very newspaper in the land had
Sillled and reached for a fresh pencil
aS preliminary bulletin announced
'ne passing of harsh words between
.he governor of North Carolina and
'ne governor of South Carolina II
may as well be acknowledged here
1 qua. Just what really happened at the
lotion Planters convention will
never be known. for this particular
meeting was held behind closed doors
ana as the two governors were
nolored guests of the association M
member has ever breathed n word
.ouching an incident that all most
sincerely deplored Indeed. no hint
VI II would ever have reached the rub.
nc mad 1t not been that both gentle
men hurriedly left the convention hall
refused to keep their appointments TO
speak at the banquet that followed
tne business meetings, and were re-
ported to have taken the first trains
ior thelr respective capitals. II was
whispered by a few persons that the
governor of South Carolina had
q.
taken a fling at the authenticity of
'he Mecklenburg Declaration of indie.
pehdehce; 1t was rumored in other
quarters that the governor of North
carolina was the aggressor, he having
1t was said-declared that people
Imeaning the freemen of the common
wealth of South Carolina) who were
NOT intelligent enough to raise their
own hay. and who, moreover. bought
mat article in Ohio, were not worth
the ground necessary for their decent
nterment. 1t is not the purpose of
mis- chronicle either to seek the truth
81 what passed between the two gov.
ernors at New Orleans, or to discuss
he points of history and agriculture
'aised In the statements lust indi. |
lated. AS every one knows, the goth
If May Tor was it the 31stD. 1775. is
'olemnly observed in North Carolina
Is the day on which the patriots of |
lecklenburg county severed the re-
atoms heretofore existing between
hem and his majesty, King George
he Third. Equally well known is the
act that in South Carolina it is an
'rticle Of religious faith that on that
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
How He Kept the Law.

nouced,' said the friend-who
sa'oe-trusted, after trip through
factory where preserves are made
white powder is first put In
cans and that the preserves are
put In the white powder"
Us, explained the proprietor to
Observation-Disclosures, that
y powder is preservative. You
We are compelled to put the pre-
NJ IN preservative because an
~ requirement of the government
u u unlawful for us to put q
'''aliVe In the preserves"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
Her Gaming Table

While men are accorded the gaming
table, the horse race, and similar d.
versions. women must resort to the
bargain counter to satisfy their in.
herent desire TO get all they can with.
out fair return.-Miss Sophronisba
Breckenridge.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
The peaeon,s Parable.

A self-consoious and egotistical
young clergyman was supplying tho
pulpit OF country church. After tho
service he asked one of the deacons
grizzled. plain-spoken man, what he
thought Of his morning effort
WAL" answered the old man,
slowly I'm tell ye In kind of para.
BILE remember Tunk Meatherbee's
fust deer hunt, when he was green.
He follered the deer's tracks all right,
but he follered EN- all day In tho
wrong direction. "-Housekeeper.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28

Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes.
Relieved BY Murine Eye Remedy Trv
Murine For Your Eye Troubles You VIII
Like Murine; II Soothes. 50c at Your
Druggists. Write For Eye Books, Free.
Murine Eye Remedy Co, Chicago
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28

Preachers have been telling the peo-
pie that they are mean and selfish SO
often that they all believe it and prac-
tise 1t.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
Where He Came In.

Have you ever figured in a divorce
suit?"
No; the lawyers did the figuring.
just paid the bills"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28

twentieth day of May, 1775, the citi-
zens of Mecklenburg county, North
Carolina, cheered the English flag and
adopted resolutions reaffirming their
ancient allegiance to the British
crown. This controversy and the in
adequacy of the South Carolina hay
crop must be passed on to the pamph-
letters, with such other vexed ques-
lions as Andrew Jackson's birth.
place-more debated than Homers
and not to be carelessly conceded to
the strutting sons of WaXhaw
Griswold read of the New Orleans
incident with a smile, while several
fellow-passenger discussed it in
tone of banter. One of them, gen
tleman from Mississippi, presently
produced a flask, which he offered to
the others, remarking: las the gov
ernor of North Carolina said to the
governor of South Carolina" which
was, to be sure, pertinent to the hour
and the discussion, and bristling with
fresh significance.
- iVs
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28

Dr. Pferee's Pleasant Pellets regulate and inviq
prate stomach, liver md bowels. Sugar coated
tiny, granuics, easy TO take DO not grippe
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28

A friends worth Is at its best when
an enemy tests the strength.--Roy
ston.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
n You Are a Trim. serst,iv.

a. ~ rou arc ITlfle sensitive
About the size of your shoes, many people
wear smaller shoes by using Aliens Foot. Ease
the Antiseptic Powder to shake into the shoes
1t cures Tired, Swollen Aching Feet ma
gives rest and comfort. Just the thing for
breaking in new shoes. Sold everywhere Die
sample sent FREE. Address, Allen s. Olmsted,
lie Roy, N Y.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
SYNOPSIS.
oopytlsht lsOS BY The Bobbs.No,,,,la

and owner OWN Hr of Ne, New York millionaire
nr artV,lna, reaches Atlanta in I'm IN North
trains s sri who winked at him AS e t Il
bis old friend dne H depot platform he meets Ei
In the University ' of vGiriswold, professor
north. VI virginia, on his way
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28

from lrregulari-
ties, terrible drag
cling sensations,
extreme nervous,
ness, and that all
gone feeling in my
stomach. j had
given up hope OF
ever being well
when l began to
take Lydia E.Pink-
hams Vegetable
Compound. Then
1 felt as though
new life had hppn
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
Forchlldren teething softcns the gums reduces In
Examination allays palm cures wind collie, 25c bottle
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28

Knock and the world will join in
the anvil chorus
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28

We acknowledge RECEIPT of an Invita-
ion to attend the 18th annual Camp-fir'
of the Indian War Veterans to be helt
at Springville August 16-l7-1s-l9inclus
i've. An excellent program has beer
anrfect," observed an Alabama man.
Fl wonder when they'll get home"
They'll probably both walk to be
sure they don't take the same train"
suggested a commercial traveller from
Cincinnati, who had just come from
New Orleans. Their friends are do
ing their best to keep them apart.
They both have a reputation for being
quick on the trigger"
''Bosh" exclaimed Griswold. Il
dare say it's all newspaper story
There's no knife.andpistol nonsense
in the south any more. They'll both
20 home and attend to their business,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
AFTER
FOURYEARS
OF MISERY
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md. -" For four years
my life was misery to me. suffered
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-07-28
Important TO Mothers

sb'pottciit 10 NlOtIlefS
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA. safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that 1t
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-03
OPEN 40 HOURS kDORATI0N
WITH SOLEMN HIGH MASS
Holy Cross Parishioners Take
Part in Annual Service

The annual forty hours adoratlon
opened yesterday morning at the
Church of the Holy Cross with q
solemn high mass, at which the Rev
T. F. Fahey, the pastor, was celebrant'
assisted by the Rev. Father O'Gorman
as deacon, and Father Junge as sub
deacon. Father FAhey preached the
sermon. dwelling or the meaning OF
the devotion and speaking particularly
of the new parish school as blessing
to the parish.
The church was elaborately decorat--
ed with white cosmos and ferns massed
on the altar. Gorgio Corto's military
mass was sung by the choir, Miss
Della Fahey singing Gounod's AYE
Maria" as offertory. The solos were
rendered by Miss McLain and William
Flannery
Last evening the Rev. Frances j.
Conaty preached an eloquent sermon,
which was followed by solemn benedic-
ton, Father Conlty being celebrant.
The Rev. Father Schiaparelli, deacon,
and the Rev. Father Junge deacon.
This morning mass will be celeprat-
ed at 6:30 and $3.50 o'clock with a holy
hour conducted by the pastor for the
children from to p. m. This even.
ing the Rev. Joseph McManus VIII
preach and Tuesday evening the Rev.
Edward Kirk will preach the closing
sermon.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-03

viii keep the lawns green is to be In
stalled at once and there will be plenty
of ornamental iron benches Fifty
four ornamental IRON electroliers VIII
be placed at convenient points and at
night the park will be one of the most
brilliantly lighted spots In the city.
superintendent Sherer said yesterday
that the park is to be purely formal
promenade and breathing spot. There
will be no circles and stars and other
devices surrounded by ugly white
washed cobblestones, but there will be
grass everywhere. The old lawn that
was full of Bermuda grass, has been
torn up and the soil chemically treat
ed. New lawn will be sown this week.
and with the automatic sprinkling sys-
tenn the floor of the park will soon
be covered with verdure.
The commission considers Central
park one of the most valuable assets
of the city. 1t contains about Az acres
and Is conservatively estimated to be
worth $5,000,00O. It was a keen disap-
pointment to the commission when the
appropriation requested for the beau
tification of this park was reduced to
about one-third of the amount asked.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-03
ACCIDENTAL SHOT
ENDS MANS LIFE
While Explaining Mechanism of a
Rifle Brother Kills Brother.
ManSIaughter Charged
UNAWARE GUN WAS LOADED
Husband, in Presence of Wife and
Family, Wounds Self While
Cleaning Gun -

without the knowledge that the
weapon he was handling was loaded,
Julian Martinez, living at Fifty-third
and Alameda streets, accidentally shot
and killed his brother, Crucenta Mar
tinez, in front of their home early
yesterday. He was placed under ar
rest and after an explanation of the
shooting to the police was lodged in
the city Jail. charged with man
slaughter.
According to Francisco PARA, who
witnessed the killing, Martinez was
showing a new patented rifle to his
brother and seemed to have some diff
ficulty in opening its breech. PARA
took the weapon from Martinez hands
and after vain attempt to remedy a
seeming defect handed it back to
Julian. An instant later the weapon
was discharged while in his hands
and Crucenta fell dead with a bullet
through his heart.
The body was removed to Bresee
Bros morgue, where an inquest will
be held.
Surrounded by his wife and five chill
dren in the parlor of their little home
at 7541a Kohler street, Thomas ].
Carly in cleaning a 22-caliber rifle
yesterday accidentally discharged the
weapon and was shot in the left breast,
the bullet coming out of his breast
just above the left lung. Carty did
not know the weapon was loaded.
He was hurried to the receiving hos
pital and was later removed to his
home. The police surgeons believe he
will recover.