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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-10-25
LITTLE DORRIT'S LAND.
Tabard Street, Historic London Street,
to be Demolished.
London Chronicle.

London Chronicle.
Though there are few folk living
except perhaps its actual denizens-
who are not glad that Iabard street
should be wiped off the face Of the
earth as a disgrace to modern civili-
zation, it is to be confessed that hard
ly street in London is so famously
connected with history, poetry and
every circumstance of greatness.
In the old, old days, before the new
Dover road wheeled round from the
borough into the Kentish highway,
Tabard street was called Kent street
and was the main approach to London
for every one who arrived from any
where in Kent, from Canterbury, from
the Cinque Ports, and so one might
almost say from Europe.
Up Tabard street nearly 900 years
ago rode the Black Prince, conqueror
at Polctiers, bringing with him in
triumph the captive French king, a
pageant compared with which these
twentieth century shows are but half
hearted pieces of make believe. Up
Tabard street swarmed the peasants
of Kent under Wat Tyler and later
on Jack Cade and his Kentsh men.
pouring in from the heart of Eng
lands industry, the "Lai1cashire
lads" of that day.
Down Tabard street some time be-
fore either of these events the Can
terbury Pilgrims clattered over the
stones on their way to Beckat's
shrine, jostling jingling in the May
morning a bevy of jollity and color.
Yet even in those far off times Tab
ard street seemed to have made up
it's mind to prove unworthy of this
honor of welcoming the coming and
speeding the parting guest, AS long
ago as the thirteenth century it was
a haunt of depravity and poverty. In
Shakespeare's time it was Stunned
by all respectable folk. For centuries
it was deplored that distinguished for
eigners coming from the Continent
should get their first impression of
London from Tabard street, and some
times they used to be hurried through
by night so that they should see as
little of it as possible.
So on to our own times. The re-
cent resource of changing it's ol6
name to something pretty and poetic
has had absolutely no effect. Vioe
and dirt seem to be in its very air
and since the creation of Dover road
turned the stream of traffic elsewhere
it has just quietly degenerated into
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-10-25
RURAL TELEPHONES.

Greenville Piedmont.
A proposition on which we will all
agree no doubt is that the farmers
are the backbone Of the country. A
second proposition over which there
will be little debate is one important
problem which faces the people today
is that of turning the tide from the
city and back to the farm-in other
words, stopping the farmers from
moving from their farms into the ci-
ties and leaving their farms in the
hands of incompetent tenants or SELL
ing outright to companies or men
who are not familiar with the work,
and are going into it simply as a
money making scheme.
Now there are many methods sug-
gested for keeping the farmers at
their work. There is one thing GER
tain we can OF keep them there by
legislation, even if we wanted to. The
fact is equally as we'll established
that We can not keep them On the
farms by claiming that the city is not
attractive, because it is, and if it were
not we would not be in the city will
ing to give advice to the farmer. That
brings it down to the proposition of
making the farm equally as attractive,
or at least as near so as possible,
as the city, thus removing the tempta-
ton which is now before the farmer
enticing him to the city. X
Now the average farmer cares most
for the comforts of life, such as am
pie means of transportation, good
roads for driving as we'll as hauling,
schools for the children, churches,
and means of communication. It is
with the last that the people are just
now beginning to take interest in.
Every farmer has declared for good
methods Of transportation, good
schools and additional churches, bur
only recently have they taken an in
terest in additional methods for COM
munication.
To be sure the establishment Of the
r,A'al free delivery ihto the very
heart Of the country has done much
for the farmers in the way of putting
them in touch with the outside world
but there is another agency which
in time is going to do as much as the
rural free delivery. That is the rura!
telephone.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-10-25
Indefinite.

A nurse had been called as. a wit
ness to prove the correctness. of the
bill of a physician.
LET US get at the facts in the case,"
said the lawyer who was doing a
croSs-examination stunt. ''Didn't the
doctor make several visits after the
patient was out of danger?"
"No, sir" answered the nurse. "I
considered the patient in danger so
long as the doctor continued his vis-
its."-Chicago News.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-10-25

would have headed this way and this
section in common with the Piedmont
would have been reaping the benefits
so largely possible from the use OF
unlimited ever-ready power.
Modesty compels us to say that
Winnsboro of itself is not big enough
drawing card to cause this company to
build trunk line to this point, when
the possibility Of not going further
southwark is practically shut OH
True, there is hope for the line from
Greenwood to be extended on through
Newberry and Winnsboro, but even
the probability of this would be great
" increased, if there we're a possibll-
ity Of building into Columbia, for 1t
must be admitted that by virtue OF
her geographical situation our capital
city is the psychological business CEN
tire of the State, with the advantage
of having some things come to her
without her having to go after them.
But for her taking such immense ad-
vantage of this strategic position
there would be some probability of
Columbia getting busy and doing
something worth while. If Columbia
could only get above this shutting
out-competition spirit, there is pos
sibility for her to get in the Charlotte
class. However, it is most gratifying
to learn that Columbia will do its
part in getting interurban connection
was born, and with Winnsboro, where
he now resides Without claiming to
be prophet or the son of a prophet,
We venture the assertion that if Co.
lumbia will only let the Southern
Power company in and will show her
appreciation of the opportunity thus
offered through this interurban con-
nection by putting up some s3OO,OOc
in bonds, which would be in the pro-
bable ratio Of what Greenwood has
done, that it would only be few years
till the editor of The State could en-
Joy the privilege Of forgetting the
strenuosity of his office work in Co.
lunbia by resting in his suburban
home at Winnsboro. Such a thing,
though it be only an editorial dream,
is we'll worth chasing after, at least
to the extent Of some passing COM
ment from Columbia's only morning
paper on what Columbia might be, if
she would only form connection
with a great concern that is doing so
much for the development Of Other
Carolina cities.
With all due regard for Columbia,
Winnsboro's big baby, We can not
refrain from stating the facts as they
are; in the matter of securing the
Southern Power company it has been
this towns misfortune to be on the
line to our capital city.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-10-25

back slum, from the associations of
which one fancies the very earth will
need to be cleansed.
Yet with it all, the very dingi EST
though not the worst-featuras of
Tabard street still have romance for
us of today. For their last distinction
was that of being touched by the
genius Of Charles Dickens. Not hun
dred yards from Tabard street Little
Dorrit was born. At St. Georges
church hard by she was married and
there too, is the vestry porch where
the kindly beadle laid her to Sleep
with the burial register for a pillow.
Even the old Marshalsea, the debt
ors' prison where Mr.. Dorrit was so
distinguished resident, where Dick
ens's own father was not unknown;
and to which Dickens himself paid:
many e visit as boy-is still to be-
traced to far greater extent than
can be imagined. One has only to-
dive into Angle place the little court
on the left just before one comes to
st. Georges from London 5rlige-to
find the grim old walls of the Mar
shalsea standing as they stood a CEN
tury ago, with here and there an old
grated window that still recalls those
times of tears.
Following the old walls round by
warehouses; and Offices fanked by
gloomy little paved alleys that are
probably themselves Dickens survi-
walls, one reaches the Southwark NOR
tuary-a blithe resort by comparison,
surrounded by little garden of old
fashioned owners. Close by is a bat
tered old door-once an actual door of
the old Marshalsea. If one peeps over
the wall here from across the alley
close by the entrance to the mortuarv
one may catch a glimpse Of the old
Marshalsea belfrey, still practically
just as it was when it rang out lock-
ing up time for Little Dorrit and he:
old father. Coming round into St.
Georges church yard one has COM
pletely encircled the famous old pris-
on that was the world of little Dor
rft's girlhood..
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-10-25

n many of the farming sections Of
he South the rural phone has been
established and in all Instances it
enjoys the liberal patronage Of the
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
l75 PAROLED MEN FREED
turning to Prison Owing 10 Court Decision Now Reversed.

Chicago Ill-One hundred and seventy five paroled prisoners from the Joliet penitentiary. who since last February had lived in dread of being forced 10 return to their prison cells, are free. Since the ruling of the SUI preme court that the parole law was unconstitutional they had feared their paroles would be declared void. but, under the courts reversal of it's deci- sion, the pardon men recommended their final discharge.
 Within two weeks the majority of 'ne 324 prisoners serving indeter. inmate sentences who have been con- med eleven months or more, will be told that they have won paroles; but, Instead of being sent out to freedom, they vii be kept with forty-three other paroled conyicts in their cells, because no employment has been ob- tained for them
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
MAN HUNT ON IN COUNTY
Motorcycle Policemen Follow Trail Towards St. Louis-Citizens
 Aid in Search.

St. Louis, Mo.-County officials, mounted police. motorcycle and foot patrolmen of St. Louis are engaged in a general man-hunt for a soap ped dler who is alleged to have attacked and almost killed a nine-year-old girl living at 6014 Arthur avenue.
 The information was given the St Louis police by a man who said his name was J Ashbrook The peddler, he said. driving a clay-bank horse at taehed to storm buggy, had driven east on Arthur avenue after the as sault and was believed to be making for St. Louis.
 The informant said the citizens were aroused and conducting a general search. and asked the aid of the po- lice in capturing the peddler.
 Motorcycle Policemen Shaw and Loughman followed the trail of the peddler toward St. Louis, while de tail of mounted police. headed by Of ficer William Walton, scattered over the country between Webster Groves. Shrewsbury Park and Underwood The Magnolia avenue police station also threw a cordon of police around Tower Grove park
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
Donaehey Against Leasing convicts.

Rosers.-In an address delivered here Gov. Donaghey said in part:
 The convict. though a poor. for saken outcast from his home. his friends and his family, has some claims on society and humanity. A great state, representing. as It should, the highest ideals of justice and mercy, should never consent to the practice of the barbarous lease system, under which human beings In the image of ourselves and of the God of our worship. may be SO much abused that a greater crime is com mitted by the state in the murder Of the convict than was committed by the convict against the peace and dignity of the state. But the lease system will always produce such re- suits. It makes no difference what the state is nor who the officers are. The greed for money flnshes the blood Of the contractor untl his en. ergv forces him over the lines of pa tience and mercy"
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
ROBBED WHILE ON A TRAIN.
Bold thleves Seize Purse Containing $50 in Cash and Other VaIuabIes

Bold Thieves Seize Purse Containing
 $50 in Cash and Other VaIuabIes.
 Berqon-Efforts are being made to eaptute two young men who robbed Miss Matte Holliman of Dallas. Tex. ot a handbag containing $3O in curren- ey, a gold watch. chain and locket and her railroad ticket Miss Holli. man had just boarded the train for Dallas and was putting her hat in the rack when two young men grabbed her handbag. which she had placed on the seat, and jumped from the train Miss Hoffman was taken on to Dallas A number of the passen- gers on the train made up purse for her in order that she should not make the journey without funds. A good description of the men has been furnished the officers. who are work ing on, the case.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
FINDS LONG LOST SON IN JAIL.
Felix DeJarnett kidnaped at Roe In
 1900, Found in Jail at Rison.

Rison, Ark.-Felix DeJarnett, 13 years old, kidnapped 10 years ago from h's mothers home at Roe, has been found. He is in jail here charged with burglary and he was positively Identified by his mother and grand mother, who picked him out from among dozen lads of his own age.
 The remarkable memory for faces Of Mrs. N. J. Stanfield of Rison is responsible for the reunion of mother and son after so many years of sep aration. Mrs. Stanfield is an old friend of Mrs Nina DeJarnett, who is employed as a stenographer at Mem phis. The remarkable resemblance said 10 exist between the lad and Mrs. DeJarnett's brother led to an in. vestigation by Mrs Stanfield and the subsequent identification of the boy as the long-missing son of Mrs De Jarnett.
 Little is known of the lads life since his separation from his mother The little chap was captured after a burglary in New Ednburg several weeks ago and has evidently passed through hard school of experience Although apparently pleased at the reunion with his mother he refused pointblank to tell anything of his life since their separation.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
WHOLESALE POISONING.
Eleven Men Affected by Liquor Re,
 eeiVed From Anonymous Source.

Winthrop, - Eleven persons. after drinking some whiskey which is sup. posed to have contained poison, were taken violently ill, three of them be- ing reported in critical condition
 The men took two or three drinks each of the whiskey and in less than half hour each was seized with conyulsions. Three doctors were called to assist the sufferers, and each of them stated that the symp- toms of the patients indicated that the whiskey contained strychnine
 The whiskey had been shipped to one of the men poisoned from Fort Smith. but it is not known who the shipper is, as the notice received of the forwarding of the whiskey bore no signature.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
s4,560 FOUND IN HOUSE
 IF MURDERED WOMAN
CASH AND BANK CERTIFICATES
 TAKEN FROM WALL.
Carpenters Find Money Hidden in Par tition of LeavenWorth
 Residence.

Leavenworth, Kas.-New interest In the murder of Mrs Katherine Schultz, who was killed in her home and an attempt made to burn her body June 9, was awakened by the finding of S1,9G0 in cash and bank certificates of deposit for s 600 in her house.
 Carpenters who were tearing down the old house found the money wrapped up in an old black skirt and hid in a partition behind a piano. In the many times that the house had been searched the old piano was never removed to disclose the hole in the partition.
 The money was first given to the police. and later to Albert Feyurly, a nephew of Mrs Schultz, who is the ad- ministrator of the estate. It is now known that Mrs Schultz's estate is worth more than $25,000. Relatives are still searching for a will
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
BLACKS ACCUSED OF KILLING FARMER STRUNG TO POLES
 IN CHARLESTON, MO.
BOTH RIDDLED WITH SHOT
One Is Hanged Near Jail and Second in Negro Portion of Town-GoV- ernor Requests Grand Jury to
 Be Called to Investigate.

Charleston, Mo.-Two unknown ne gr5es suspected of the murder of William Fox. a farmer. were Iynched late Sunday afternoon, one in the shadow of the jail and the second in the negro portion of Charleston. by a mob of about 300 men.
 The negroes were arrested and placed in the Charleston jail shortly before o'clock Sunday morning In the afternoon the mob stormed the jail oyerpowering a deputy sheriff and securing the negroes took the law into their own hands and hanged them to telephone poles Both bodies were riddled with bullets.
 One of the negroes is said to have confessed.
 Judge Riely of the Mississippi coun. ty circuit court received a message from Governor Hadley, instructing him to call special session of the grand jury to investigate the lynch ing
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
FORREST CITY, ARK, FRIDAY AFTERNOON JULY s. 1glo
CRIME WAVE SWEEPS ARKANSAS.
An Unusually Large Number Of
 Crimes Occur in This State.


 Little Rock=A remarkable crime wave, resulting in the loss of several lives and the wounding of many per sons. has just swept the state.
 At Georgetown white man was slain by negro and q posse. pur suing fugitives through the bottom lands of White river. shot and killed one negro, is supposed 10 have wounded another fatally and a third slightly.
 Al Brinkiey d white youth was found in Big creek and coroners jury declared upon the expert advice Of physicians that he had been mur- dered with a hatpin thrust into his temple. presumably by a woman. Al Lonoke the body of a young man, his skull crushed and his neck broken, was found floating in Bayou Meto. He is believed 10 have been murdered.
 At Conway husband returned to his home and cut to death young man he found there.
 Near Brinkley a white farmer shot down and fatally wounded a neigh bor
 In Texarkana there were many fights and brawls between negroes and whites. the outgrowth of the Jeffr.es-Johnson fight result.
 An unidentified negro fired upon and wounded a deputy sheriff at Helena
 Near Conway 3-year-old child was kidnapped from her father.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
NEW RAILROAD PROPOSED.
LittIel Rock Man Makes Proposition to


 Hot Springs Business Men.
 Hott Springs railroad II miles west df this city to a dam to be con structsd to furnish water power on the 0uaehta river was assured here when pTenry Dalhoff Of Little Rock submNed proposition to the Busi- ness liens League whereby S35,000 in subscriptions of stock was asked. The stiort line 10 the proposed dam is in the mature of a first step toward d Westt # outlet to Mena
 Theipromoters agreed to spend S2,- 700.oQa in building a dam that would furni9I water power for electric light and plwer for Hot Springs and Little Rock. fhe league accepted the prop osition. and the enterprise is consid- cred assured, under terms by which the railroad Is 70 be finished by Jan nary T. The deal also includes the building of a railroad line northeast ef the city II miles 10 Mountain Val ley Sb iHgs
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
BARS BIBLE FROM
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ILLINOIS SUPREME BENCH SAYS RELIGIOUS EXERCISES CAN
 NOT BE INTRODUCED.
VICTORY FOR CATHOLICS
Wrong Arises Out of CompuIsion to Join in Any Form of Worship, Court Holds-Justice Cart
 wright and Hand Dissent.

Springfield, lIl.-The supreme court of Illinois has decided that religious exercises, consisting ot the reading of the Bible, singing and prayer, cannot be held in the public schools of this state, during the time pupils are re- quired to be in attendance.
 The decision was handed down in Winchester, Scott county, who had protested against religious exercises held in the school of that district.
 Their application for writ of man. damus to require the board of educa- tion to discontinue the religious serv- ice had been denied in the lower court, but the supreme court upholds their contention and directs the writ to issue.
 The opinion In tEe case is written by Justice Dunn Justices Cartwright and Hand dissent, but have not filed their opinion.
 The majority opinion reeited at length the history of the separation of church and state.
 The petition in the case set up that the pupils in the school were required each day to hear portions read from the King James version of the Bible; that they recited the King James yer sion of the Lords prayer, and that they sang in concert sacred hymns one of which was mentioned, Grace  Enough for Me.
 No Doubt of Religious Character.
 "If these exercises of reading the Bible poining in prayer and the sing ing of hymns were performed in church." the court says. there would be no doubt of their religious charac- ter, and that character is not changed by the place of their performance. If the petitioners children are required to join in the acts of worship, as al legged in the petition, against their consent, and against the wishes of their parents. they are deprived of the freedom of religious worship guar anteed to them by the constitution.
 "The wrong arises, not out of the particular version of the Bible or form of prayer used, whether that found in the Douay or the King James version or the particular songs sung, but out of the compulsion to join in any form of worship The free enjoyment of religious worship includes freedom not to worship
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
MAKING THE DIRT FLY.
Dredgq Boats Are Making Things Hum
 Near Harrisburg.

Harfsburg AiDrainage Engineer J. Y. Smith reports that he took up l2075D cubic yards of work done by the four dredge boats that are now digging canals in this county last month, and he thinks their work VIII reach l25,0o0 cubic yards this month. These fonr dredge boats are now sup piled with double crews and are working day and night, having small electric light plant on each boat. There are now little more than 36 miles of canals in the county that have been dug by these four boats. The fifth dredge boat, which is con- sideralily larger than the others, is now daily expected to arrive here to be put into L'Anguille river a few miles west of Harrisburg.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
Osceola Is Building Up.

Osceola.-Much building is being done in this little city. and all the local contractors have their hands full. One firm. the Young Commission Company, has under contract and con. struction nine houses, two of which are modern dwellings that would not look out of place in a much larger town, The s40.000 public school building is receiving the slate roofing and will soon be ready for inspection.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
Work on School Is Bequn.

onticello-About 200 men will be a work within a few days on the new agricultural school to be erected here Already 200 men are at work clearing the ground IL is announced that 500 free scholarships are now in the hands of the county judges of this district and ready for distribution prior to August 1.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
Mars to Try Great Lakes.

Chicago, llI.-J. c. Mars, an avi- ator billed for the Aero Auto meet at the Hawthorne track Saturday. Sunday and Monday, accepted the S. 900 challenge of w. L. Darlington for a flight across Lake Michigan.
 Mars will bring several Curtiss type aeroplanes to Chicago for his flights al the Hawthorne meet. but il is like ly he will choose the Skylark for the attempted flight to the Michigan shore.
The Forrest City times., 1910-07-08
GEN. MATUTY IS EXECUTED
oneonfirmed Rumor that Nicaragua General was Shot by Estrada Is
 Not Generally Credited.

New Orleans, La.-Unverified re ports reaching here from Nica- fa8aa say General Matuty, a former commander in the Estrada army. who was convicted of treGcnery and later went over to the Madriz forces, has been executed by the provisional gov eminent troops.
 The report is wholly unverified and doubted by local Nicaraguans in View of the endeayor of Estrada to pace himself within the good graces oi the state department at Washing lon.