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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-29
dad, LET co"
Cries Lad, Whom Father
Is Trying to Sas'
Boy Then Sinks and Father Also
Soon Goes 10 Bottom.
Sydney Jones and Son, New York,
Drowned In Yoke Pond.

katahdin Iron Works. Me. Aug. 2S.-
Sydney Jones. a real estate broker of
New York and his 14-yearold son. Sgd
ney. Jr.. We're drowned yesterday at
Yoke pond. a few miles from here, ac-
cording to information received here
today.
Father and son were fishing from a
canoe when their craft capsized Mr..
Jones took hold of his son in an effort
to save him. but the lad cried: Dad,
let 60
The father released his hold and the
boy sank, Soon after his parent also
went down. The bodies were recovered.
Mrs. Jones, who had been in camp
with her husband and son, is nowsty-
ing at local hotel.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-29
Expected at the Inland
Waterways Convention,
Providence, R. l., Has Prepared
An Elaborate Program
To Entertain Guests and Further
Objects Of Movement.

Providence. r. l., Aug 28.-The pro-
motion of movement, conceived more
than century ago. to build a chain of
inland waterways stretching along the
Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida,
is the subject which will draw more
than 1000 delegates to the convention
of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways As
ISOLATION in this city, Wednesday.
Tuesday night. from the crest of
many hills along the Atlantic seaboard
from Kittery, Me-, to Pensacola. Fla,
bon fires will be lighted. In emulation
of the cd Indian custom, as beacons, to
guide the way to the pow wow.
More than $4,000. of which the state
and city each appropriated $4,000, will
be spent by the people Of Rhode Island
to show hospitality to the visitors.
Three years ago the idea of banding
the cities of the Atlantic together for
the purpose of furthering the inland wa
terways plan. was put into execution in
Philadelphia. The first convention was
held in that city, and last year the meet
ing place was at Norfolk, Va, There Is
especial interest in the convention this
year because of the fact that within the
year the United States engineers will. in
all probabili report to Congress their
recommendations regarding the proposed
inland water course from Boston to
Beaufort, N c.. for the survey of which
the government appropriated 100000.
1t is expected that every city along tho
Atlantic seaboard will send delegations.
The official program shows formid-
able list of speakers, including Com
mander Robert r. Peary. Congressman
Richmond Pearson Hobson of Alabama.
Willis L. Moore. chief Of the weather bu-
reau. Washington: Rear Admiral c. S.
SperIy. y. S. N; Governors F. M. Ansel
of South Carolina, J. Franklin Fort Of
New Jersey, Frank b. Weeks of Connec-
ticut. Aram j. Pothier of Rhode Island
and many others.
The convention will be formally open
ed Wednesday morning in the Providence
Opera house. The convention will ad-
journ Friday morning. after an address
by Commander r. E. Peary. Governor
Pothier of Rhode Island will preside. r
The city has been deliberately decorated
for the reception Of the visitors.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-29
1oOAys JOURNAL CONTENTS,
Page Ono.

Page Ono.
-TELEGRAPH-Pres. Taft's Convincing
Reasons Why One Should Vote tor tne
Republican Candidates for Congress,
Fife Drives Guests from Summer nu.ei
At Cape Porpoise: Other BuildingSo Bull T,'a
New York Man and Son Drowned in
Yoke Pond-Vermont Will Start the Ma
tonal Election Sept. 6: Maine WIN fo,.
9w on Sept II; Republicans Everywhere
Confident
Page Two.
,LoCAL-Pittsfeld. winthrop and Car
oiner Local News.
Page Three.
LocAL-waterville. Fairfield and Oak
ahd Local News.
Page Four.
,SPORTING-S Saturday and SUNDAY
baseball Results-Other Sporting News.
Page Five.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
Page Six.
Page Seven.
paLSO,cAL-state House News-News of
'ooKs and Authors
Page Eight.
paLOGAL-Rines Hill Cut Will Probably
~ FINISHED by Nov. 1-Cushnoc Grange
m noMs Enjoyable Entertainment-Amu
'eh's-Local Briefs.
Page Nine.
ssaoSAL-Last Motor Boat Races of the
asoh at bbosseecontee-Local Briefs.
Page Ten.
TEL ED mr.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-29
FIRE DRIVES GUESTS
FROM SUMMER HOTEL.
Goose Rock House at Cape Porpoise
and Other Buildings Burned loss
$4,000, Insurance $4,000
Auburn Has $4,000 Blaze,

loss on the buildings and furnishings
the guests loss will also reach a con-
siderable figure.
There had been fire in the fireplace
all day and it is supposed that the fire
caught around the chimney as result
Mrs. Cynthia Emmons. the aged
mother of the proprietor, was overcome
by the excitement incident to the fire
ard had to be treated by physician.
who was summoned from Biddeford.
some miles away.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-29
ROLLED OVERHEARD.
Body of Jos. legasse, New Auburn,
Found In the River.

Auburn. Me, Aug. 2S,-The body of
Joseph Legasse Of Dunn street. New
Auburn, who had been missing from his
Sunday morning floating in the Little
Androscoggin river mere than a mile
from tine city. His coat and fishing
tackle We're found nearby and it is
supposed that he fell asleep and rolled
off the bank into the river. A widow
survives.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-29
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Leaving his bunk and walking over
board in his sleep. William Dudley.
aged %. seaman on the schooner Jes-
sic Hart. was drowned some time Sat
urday night near Calais. His clothing
and personal effects were found in the
forecastle where he left them on retir-
ing The boat was at anchor six miles
below the city. widow and three
children survive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-29
Ice Skater Mccormick Dead,

ST John. N. B., Aug. 2S,-Hugh ].
Mccormick. ex-champion skater of the
world, died here today after long
illness following critical opera ions for
internal trouble performed here and in
New York. For weeks he had been
confined to his bed and knew that he
could not recover.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-29
THE WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY.

Washington, Aug. 28.-Forecast for
New England Partly cloudy in north ;
showers in south portion Monday
Tuesday partly cloudy: light to mod
crate light to moderate variable winds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-29
A $4,000 Fire
Sunday in Auburn.

Auburn. Me. Aug. 2S--Fire carly to-
day destroyed the plant of the Stevens
Tank * Tower Co.. on Turner street.
and Smith & Aliens livery stable. a
loss Of 10000 Several horses We're
burned to dealt. in the stable of the
Tank 60. The cause Of the FIRE is IN
known.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-29

Boston. Aug. 2S.-F'orecast: Monday
partly cloudy, possibly occasional
showers in the morning; light variable
winds; Tuesday fair.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-29
2 2o.4

Factory's output now upwards OF Half
Million weekly. Largest selling brand Of
1oc cigars in the world. Tactory. Man
chester. N. Fl.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-29

A Few $5.UU SUITS now .
Boys pants marked down.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-01
CAPITAL PENALTY.
Some Curious Methods Of Executing
Criminals.

There are many curious methods Of
:nhicting capital punishment in The
various countries Of the old world,
some of them tinged with the cruelty
of the dark ages.
Morocco is perhaps the most me-
diaeval country in existence Flog-
ging to dea is still in vogue. It is
rot so very long ago hat Mulai Hafid
had the Shereef Eittain executed in
this horrible fashion.
The ameer of Afghanistan has Pc
ou'iar methods of making the punish
ment fit the crme. A baker, for sell
ing short weight, was roasted in his
own oven, and a man who had started
q scare hat the Russians were ad-
varc;ng on Kabul was placed On a
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-01

stool fastened on top Of a tall pole
and kept there on sentry 90 till he
died of sleeplessness and exhaustion.
Political crimes are not uncommon
i'll Persia and the revolutionists, when
caught, are dealt with summarily.
Four conspirators who were recently
caught in the act Of throwing bomb
in the crowded bazar at Teheran were
hanged and quartered in the same
fashion that prevailed in England VI
to the seventeenth century. The re-
mains of the wretched men were hung
a: the city gates as a horrible warn
ing.
An Austrian officer convicted of poi
so1ing his superior officers in tie at
tempt to win promotion was sentenc-
Cd to be strangled.
Austria is the only country which
employs this particular method of ex-
ecution, but Spain's garrote IS very
similar The original method of gar
-ot;ng was, in fact, nothing but
strangling. The criminal was seated
on a chair fixed to post, a loop Of
rope was placed encircling his neck
and the post, and by means of stick
or cudgel (Spanish "garrote"> insert
ed between the post and he condemn
ed mans neck the cord was tightened
until strangulation ensued.
The modern garrote consists Of a
brass collar containing a sharp point
ed screw. The executioner turns the
screw and it's point penetrates the
spinal marrow, causing instant death.
Every civilized country does its best
nowadays to make the dreadful task
Of execution as rapid and PAINLESS as
possible. Hanging as at present per-
formed is a very dierent matter from
what it used to be in England.
Till nearly the end of the eighteenth
century the condemned man was
made to stand in a cart with rope
around his neck and the cart was
then driven away from under him.
In 1888 parliament abolished this
practice as being 100 barbarous, and
platform was substituted for the cart.
In 1874 this method was improved by
proportioning the length of the drop
to the weight Of the body.
The Safe of New York inaugurated
the electric chair many years ago,
hut its only advantage over hanging
IS that the man who switches on the
current is out Of sight Of the death
chamber and so escapes the grew
some tile of public execUtionar.
Formerly all criminals in ENGLAND
died by the axe. and undoubtedly the
ove in the hands of a ski7lful heads
man was as merciful all instrument
Of death as any which exists today.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-01
CLEMSON EXTENSION WORK.
Article q.

In an address upon the occasion OF
the meeting Of the Farmers congress
held at Clemson college during the
first two days of September of this
year the Hon. E. J. Watson gave some
figures on corn that are well worth
the study of the farmers Of the South.
The average yield Of corn per acre
has increased in South Carolina from
z bushels in 1900 to 1877 bushels in
1909, as against 81 bushels in 1900
and 35.9 bushels in 1909 in Illinois.
In farm value per acre South Caro-
lima corn has increased from 4.4S to
1903 in like period as against 11.S4
and 1857 for a like period in Illi-
nois. In farm value per bushel the
Carolina has increased from 81 cents
in 1900 to 81 cents in 1909 as against
80 and 50 cents in Illinois. If the
Illinois farmer can raise corn and
grow rich at these values how much
better opportunity have the farmers
of the South to do even better.
In addition to the corn We raised
last year we spent six million dol
lars for corn and corn products, a
great deal of which was Of very ques-
tionable feed value. The man who
sold us this corn and the railroads to-
gether cleared SO cents a bushel or
nearly three and a half million dol
lars. We can produce corn as cheap
or cheaper per bushel than this same
corn cost to produce; so we not only
paid out this profit, but lost the ad-
ditional profit from the growing.
Then too had this corn been grown
mere all of that six million dollars
would have remained here as a per
manent asset.
That these facts are being realized
bv the farmers of the South is evi
denced by the steady increased aver
age planted to corn and the increased
yield per acre. We are learning that
it not only pays to plant more corn,
but also to give that crop better cul-
tivation and attention than we have
heretofore done. We are also begin
ming to realize that while cultivation
and fertilization are imnortant fac
tors in determining our yield, vet the
factor of blood and inheritance also
nav no small part With this knoWl-
e9ge has come closer attention 10
tha detail of corn raising and hree7-
ing. But while in the South a number
Of men have been giving these noinTs
Shought and work, yet to a large ex-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-01
Re Was Losing Money.

One of Walter st. Denis stories is
of a pair OF preliminary fighters, says
the Cincinnati Times Star. Marty
Allen is of Hebrew extraction. Mr..
Morrissey's family tree may be iden-
titled by his name They met at one
of the clubs not long ago. Mr.. Nor
rissey had hardly swung at Mr.. Alien
before he landed flush on the jaw. A
pivot tooth that Mr.. Allen had just
paid s12 to have set in place was
knocked loose. Mr.. Allen swallowed
it.
"Go easy on that side, GULL" said
Mr.. Allen, hoarsely. "I just paid $55"
for bridgework on ny Jaw
Mr.. Morrissey grinned viciously and
came in swinging like gate. His
mits found Mr.. Aliens valuable jaw
and loosened that SIS bridge. Mr.. Al
len slipped to the floor and began to-
take the count.
"Git up, you pup" shrieked his
manager. "Youse amt holt"
II know I amt hoit," said Mr.. Allen,
beginning to unite his gloves. "But l
stand to lose s55 wort of teet' and I
only get s12 for going on dis bout. Is
dat business?''
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-01

other States. The best ten ears of
corn that is on exhibit from these
three States-those that win the
grand champion sweep stakes, will
take off about four hundred dollars.
This certainly ought to bring out ten
good ears. The other premiums are
proportionately liberal. The commits
sion asks every farmer in the three
States to help it make this first at
tempt at a corn exposition the sue
cess it so richly deserves. There is
probably nothing that will have a
greater effect or give the corn indus
try greater impetus nor is there any
thing that is Of greater educational
value.
The object Of the exposition after
al is purely educational. It's object
is to learn what good corn is and how
to grow it. There will be assembled
the best corn of the three States a
study Of which can not fail to be Of
Immense value to all who are raising
this staple. In addition to this means
Of instruction there will be held daily,
under the supervision Of the extern
sion division of Clemson college, a
corn school. The personnel of this
school will consist not only of Clem-
son professors, but will be reinforc-
ed by the services Of number Of the
greatest corn experts Of the United
States. This instruction will be free
to all who attend the exposition. Let
us all unite in making this the first
corn exposition of the South the
greatest success. For information
and premium list apply to A. D. Hud-
son, Newberry, S. G.
Prof. D. N. Barrow,
Superintendent Extension Work and
Farmers Institutes
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-01
Carnegie and the Cop.
Popular Magazine.

Popular magazine.
There's a watchman on duty in the
War, State and Navy building in
Washington who resembles very
closely Andrew Carnegie, and every
morning Sergeant Curtis, of the White
House police force. has something to
say to the watchman about Carnegie
and Carnegie's money.
One morning just before the presi-
dent left Washington for his summer
vacation, Curtis saw the watchman
going on his way to his post across
the street and sang out:
"You blasted bondholderL Why don't
you come across with some Of the
money you are boarding up? There
are plenty of people who need it, and
7 am one of then."
whats that% asked the watch
man. turning to Curtis very suddenly.
It was then that Curtis much abash-
e6 saw he had been talking to the
real Carnegie
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-01

In Prussia decapitation by the axe is
still the recognized method of execu-
ton, but the rest of Germany follows
the example of France and uses the
guillotine.
Execution had almost become OBJ
solete in France until public senti-
ment was so aroused by the ever in
creasing number Of brutal murders
that in January, 1909, ''the widow" "
as the French term the instrument,
was dragged out of it's retirement and
four miscreants were publicly exc
cuted at Bethune, in the north of
France.
The guillotine was invented by a
doctor named Guillotin more than a
century ago, but it is not true that
the inventor fell victim to his own
device. He died quietly in his bed.
The guillotine consists of two upright
posts grooved on the inside. An i'm
mensely heavy and sharp steel blade
is fixed to slide in these grooves, and
the executioner has nothing to do but
pull rope, when the blade drops
and decapitates the victim instantly.
There are few countries where
capital punishment has been abolish
ed, notably Switzerland. In Italy also
there have been no executions for
civil offenses for many years past.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-01

tent each has worked along independ-
ent lines. Each man has tried to heW
an independent road to success for
himself, forgetting that much more
rapid progress could be made if be
joined with his neighbors' and all
pulled together. The worst fault with
the average farmer is this very thing
of going it alone He breaks his land
with a single horse, does all of his
cultivation with the single horse and
one furrow and pulls his crop to mar
ket with his one horse. He has be-
come so accustomed to the one horse
idea that he himself has never learn
ed to work in double harness. AS it
will pay him in breaking his land to
combine with his neighbor and plow
double, so it will pay to combine with
some neighbor in this effort to in
crease his corn production. It was
with the idea of affording an oppor-
tunity Of this doubling-uD process
that the South Atlantic Corn exposi-
tion, to be held in Columbia, S. c.,
December 6 to inclusive, has been
planned. Steps we're taken to this
end last spring at the time of the
meeting {. The t'rr1 Breeders asso-
citation, when the State legislature
was asked to assist such an enter
prise and responded literally by an
appropriation Of one thousand dol
lars.
In making this appropriation there
was but one string tied to it and that
was that four thousand more should
he raised by other means. This same
act placed this fund under the control
of a board, consisting of the State
commissioner of agriculture, the
president Of the Corn Breeders asso-
citation, the director Of the agricultur-
al department of and the superin-
tenden of the extension division of
Clemson college, This board, organ
lied by the election Of Mr.. A. D. Hud-
son. president of the Corn Breeders
association, as president. Public
snirited men both at home and abroad
we're appealed to for help and nobly
have they responded. The one thou
sand dollars with which the exposi-
ticn was started has grown until now
there is the magnificent sum Of ten
thousand dollars offered in prizes.
Not content with !1e1ning South Caro-
lima alone the expocition he's hoon nV-
~andnI nn+iI i now Includes the two
neigh ho~ine States Of Georgia and
North Co"o'ina. ,Tiharal premiums
are offered for the best corn Of differ
ont varieties both in dicnlay. in lots
0f ten ears and in3ividna7 ears fret
for eoch county. then each district
IN each State. and fioal1v these are
brought into competition with the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-01
Witty TOaStS.

A publisher once gave the follow
Ing: woman, the fairest work in all
creation. The edition is large, and nc
man should be without a copy"
This is fairly seconded by a youth
who, giving his distant sweetheart
said, "Delectable dear, SO sweet that
honey would blush in her presence
and treacle stand appalled,"
Further, in regard to the fair sex,
we have: "Woman-she needs no eu-
logy. She speaks for herself" "Wo-
man, the bitter half of man."
In regard to matrimony some bach
elor once gave, Marriage, the gate
through which the happy lover leaves
his enchanted ground and returns to
earth"
At the marriage of a deaf and dumb
couple some wit wished them "un-
speakable bliss"
At a supper given to a writer OF
comedies vag said: "The writer's
very good health. May he live to be
as old as his jokes"
From a law critic: "The bench and
the bar. If it we're not for the bar
there would be little use for the
bench"
A celebrated statesman while din
ing with duchess on her eightieth
birthday in proposing her health said:
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-01

May you live, my lady duchess, un-
til you begin to grow ugly.'
81 thank you, sir" she said, "and
may you long continue your taste for
ANTIQUITIES. es."-London Tit-Bits.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-11-01

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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-05-19
TEACHER NOW A MILLIONAIRE.
Rises fFom $40 a Month to Income OF
$l40,0 900 a Year.

From country school teacher at
$40 month to an annual income of
9l4O, GOO a year seems long step.
True, it took twenty-seven1 years to
accomplish it, but that is the record
Of "Bill" Brown, Central Oregon's s
eccentric sheep king.
"Bill' controls loo miles square of
Central Oregon. He owns $500
acres, so located that this land in
cludes the water holes and springs,
making territory 100 miles east
and west and the same distance
north and south, where he.is monarch
of all he surveys. The land covers
portions of Harvey, Lake, and Crook
counties, each Of which is larger
than many Eastern States.
Brown started at the grass roots.
and after teaching school while he,
with two brothers, got a small band
of sheep and herded them them
selves, They located on the eastern
slope of Wagon Tire Mountain. In
1889 "Bill' bought out his brothers
and has since gone it alone. With Q
bunch of raisins and a loaf of "sour
dough" bread in his pockets he
would start from his cabin and Craze
his sheep across the Central Oregon
plains, sleeping on the ground, some
times with sheepskin for cover.
oftener with nothing. He would
kill sheep when ever necessary to
give his dogs meat and would roast
a haunch of mutton for himself over
a fire.
He was as much alone as Robinson
Crusoe for months at a time. Only
the coyotes bowling at the moon,
his dogs, and the sheep kept him COM
pany. Even now, when herders
leave "Bill' takes their places till
others can be found. He has often
herded bands of 5000 and 1000
sheep for weeks under these circum-
stances. He owns as nearly as he can
tell himself about 5000 horses and
l,O00 head of cattle. He has $4,000
sheep, and he branded $500 lambs
last spring. His income last year
was about as follows: Six hundred
norses, sold at $40 per head, $4z 200;
1000 weathers at $3.50, S14, 900;
1000 at 1925, $4,000; $4,000 feeces
Of wool at 50, $4,000; cattle and
other items make the total up to a.
bout S15O,OOO for one years work.
''Bill' Brown is bachelor and re-
jigious. Many churches and schools
are indebted to him for donations.
He is Methodist, and abhors tobac-
90. Recently he was in an Eastern
Oregon town where the Methodist
wanted to build a church. He deci-
led to give them 81 900. Soon after
a man with a cigar in his mouth
came up to "Bill' and introduced
himself as the pastor of the flock
Did he get the money? Nary cent.
That cigar was an expensive one, for
it cost the congregation cool thou
sand. Washington Herald.