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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-18
Whistler's White Lock.

As long as the name Of James Nc
NELL Whistler lives among those who
saw him It will recall the famous white
lock which stood out so conspicuously
from the mass Of his black hair. It
was. as he used to say himself, well
placed" and was always treated from
the harmonious point of view to de-
velop its greatest effect in his appear
ance. One day when Dorothy Menpes,
daughter Of the well known English
artist Mortimer Menpes. was a baby
and was asleep on her pillow Whistler
went to see her. A white feather had
by chance settled on her head and lay
In a spot exactly corresponding with
the white lock on his own head.
THAT child IL going to develop into
something great" he exclaimed, 'for,
zee. she begins with a feather, just like
mel'
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-18
MICROSCOPIC MESSAGES.
new = Single Pigeon Miaht Carry ,
Whole 1ihearv

now . Single Pigeon Miaht Carry +.
Whole Library.
For more than 1000 years cor-,.-
pigeons have been used to carry mes.
eages when no other means sufficed
ana during the siege of Paris. when
oo5 birds were sent out from the doom.
ca city. one Of the birds performed the
almost incredible feat of carrvin., tn
the outside world on one trip no less
tian 4O.OOO messages averaging twenty
words each. This was SOO.OOO words
or the equivalent of five or six aver. 20
novels.
Ihis marvel was accomplished by
means OF microscopic photography. the
messages being first printed with or.li.
nary type and then photographed AMI
Photographed until they had been
reduced several hundred diameters
me hnal photographs were taken on
nuns or pellicles Of collodion. each Of
winch. about two inches square. con-
tA1ned $4,000 words. A dozen of these
aims. rolled up In a quill. weighed but
one twenty-eighth of an ounce. The
messages could. of course. be read
with a microscope without the neces-
my OF rephotographing and charging.
Under favorable conditions and for
comparatively short distances pigeons
nave carried as much as three quar-
ters Ut an ounce. Using the photo re-
auction method, 1t would therefore lie
possible for a single bird to carry
messages equal In words to no fewer
than 40 ordinary volumes.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-18

- N. 6, Settles lts Own Billie
Fer Advertising.
vSja. N. g.. claims to be the
y Y N the country authorised by
oad money to advertise itself.
~ to be common thing for
NY space In newspapers and
- to call the attention Of man.
= and the public generally to
santageY for industrial and
purposes.
No this has always been
~ public spirited private citi.
Asheville pays the money
= city till. Perhaps the day
, when the city press agent
- Of the essentials Of ev-
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-18
Careful About His vete.

O1ten . mans reasons for giving OF
Withholding his vote are subtle. Once
Z country squire solicited the support
Of q notorious poacher whom be had
previously sent to Jail. The man de.
cltned to give It.
But" urged the magistrate candf.
date. that little poaching affair was
years ago. You should let bygones be
bygones."
1T wasn't for locking me up re-
phed the man. Its the reason why
you did 1t that puts me against you"
What was the reason?"
why. you said had stolen a rab-
OF, and 1t was a hare. and the man
VINO don't know the difference amt
MT Tor a member O. pafliament."-Lon.
don Chronicle.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-18
Helping Her Out.

OstsUO WUOV VOXs
A"e SmStnes attempted the unwfse
experiment Of trying to give a fash
ionaole dinner party with an inexpe
T1enced maid. whose mistress had
coached and coached her until. as poor
Ellen said afterward. her mind was
AL In a tangle." During the middle
OF the dinner Ellen appeared in the
dining room with a look Of perplexity
on her face and said:
Say. ma'am. can't remember
whether you want them crouuetty
tnlngs next or that salad. and I'm shy
one salad plate. and l don't think
tnere-s goin' to be enough salad to 20
round anyway. SO hadn't we better
cut that out Observation-Disclosures
Star.
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hiring which he has rested under
-
- Mr.. Burdette was q registry
l11rty years ago In the postof1ice
ooeia. III. . number Of registered
- Containing $500 disappeared.
o1GA no formal charge was made
1T he clerk. only the faith OF the
astee. General D. W. Magee. q
var veteran. prevented his leav.
- service with q oti9ms On his
~ to i've down the suspicion. he
I'D The ministry and devoted him.
- missionary work In the far
Deontly IN old and battered mail
w. taken from the San Francisco
1D0ee for repairs. When the WORK.
1o ct ope0 the bag % the work Of
01nO between the heavy leather
- - found IN old manila en-.
49, eootalning the $500 that dis
oasod - mystssiously from Peoria
~ ysass ago.
ossw W IN the Tevsn.
IL. Bur0ette = . brother Of the Rev.
Co9t ]. Burdette. now Of PASADENA.
y Who - chief Of the Burlington
WtavG . decade or % ago won Q
~ Tor himself among humorists.
DeAee brother. John w. Burdette, II
- known lawyer Of Chicago.
- b was boy In the early sew
~ Charles Burdette was employed
goCle6y clerk In the Peoria post.
~ His family lived In the little
ard the brothers, including the
Ward famous humorist. grew up
- General Magee. who had won
g1lD - q commander Of Illinois vol
10 10 the civil war. was postmas.
II Peoria. He had known Burdette
- boyh0od and was q friend Of the
Fly.
- late John COmstock. a wealthy
estate man, known to almost ev-
Ao6y IN that section Of Illinois, ap-
- one day at young Burdette's
Now IN the postoflce. He said he
~ 70 send $500 In twelve regis
~ letters to clients in Nebraska and
IA.
1ow." b said to Burdette, II want
- 80 me put the money in the
1oepes."
oon't want to zee you put your
~ n the envelopes" answered
lite. II am not supposed to know
i your letters contain"
= want you to know" said Com
Co0stock counted out the money
- young Burdette and placed 1t In
~ envelopes and passed the en-
- through the window to the
Burdette registered them In the
nary way aud gave Comstock q
Put Them In Mail Bag.
- be placed all twelve envelopes
= large envelope Of heavy paper.
- carefully placed at the bottom
nall bag In which the mornings
was % b sent OF by the next
On top Of the envelope he
the unregistered mail. On top
unregistered mail he placed his
n book. Then be locked and
ohe sack.
> the railway mail clerk pre-
- distribute the mail among the
49, Of the mail car he nrst 70.
The registry book and then
the contents Of the bag upon
bloution table. Thus the regis.
packages 1T the bottom Of the
Would fall out on top Of the pile
~ - the table. The mail clerks
hep was to compare the regis
nail With the entries In the reg
BOX. sign his name In the book
~ b had received the registered
49, and send the book back to
stry clerk.
Souto agent found the entries In
slss registry book. but when he
> the mail bag he found no reg
- envelope.
amer thirty years, the old mail
ech has travelled hundreds Of
- Of miles carrying Uncle
1atls. has given up its secret,
1ootto'o name u cleared.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06
HELM.

Sept. AIR. and Mrs. Sylvester
Shown, of --, spent Sunday
with their daughter, Mrs. Robert
Renfrow. near here.
Mr.. Malcolm Pirtle, of Owens
boro, is visiting his sisters, Mrs.
LATHE and Kate Hefiin, at this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Johnson, OF
Nocreek, attended church at the
Valley Sunday and dined with
Mrs. Martha Rowan and Mrs. Hol-
brook.
School will begin at this place
this morning. Prof. L. C. Taylor,
teacher.
Mr.. Ed. Bennett, of greensboro,
is visiting his daughter. Mrs. Jane
Peach, here.
Miss Clara Ellis left for Carrier
Mills, ILL.,, Friday, where she will
start to work soon.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben
Leisure, a girl.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06

as a spendthrift and his clothes
plainly showed his delight in dress.
The jewelry and wearing apparel
will all be auctioned off publicly at
Washington.
Lee is the young Kentuckian who
embezzled $4,000 from the pay
masters safe aboard the battleship
Georgia, while she was in Havana
harbor last February. After COM
hitting the theft he got away from
the ship and came to New York,
whence he went to Atlanta, Ga.
There he posed as a rich mine
broker and startled the inhabitants
of that city with his money-spend-
ing. Then he came to New York,
heralded beforehand as another
"money-spending Scotty," and while
stopping here, made a great impress
sion upon the hotel district by his
utter disregard for money. Soon
after he was captured by detectives
in Buffalo and later sentenced to
five years Imprisonment in the
Federal prison at Atlanta. Before
leaving Washington, where he was
convicted. he married a telephone
operator there.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06
Says He Will Prove Peary
a Fraud Sure.
WILL ALSO CINCH OWN CASE
He Declares His Narrative in
HamptOn'S Magazine
Was "DOctOred."
HAS MOST CONCLUSIVE PROOF

New York, Sept. 2.-Ten addi-
tional charges against Rear Admiral
Peary On a reiteration that Cook
and not Peary discovered the North
Pole, were made to-day by Cook to
the International Congress of the
Geographical Society.
When that body meets in Rome
in the middle of October, it will be
asked to name a committee to con-
slider the entire matter.
Cook declares that he can now
prove his case without all his mis-
sing proofs which ne left in the Arc
tic region with Harry Whitney, and
claims that he is prepared to dem
onstrate absolutely the way he says
he travelled in his exploration of the
North pole.
81 have purposely waited so that
could prepare in proper order all
my material" he said, in his de-
mand for an inquiry.
He added. Now l have all my
proofs, and, in addition. evidence of
the fraud and bribery in a conspir-
acy to discredit me-"
Cook insists that he did not send
all his material to Copenhagen. be-
cause il has not been scientifically
compiled, and that he now realizes
that this was a most serious blum
der, which he is. at present, rectify-
ing in the proofs he is to send to
President William Smith. of the
Scottish Geographical Society.
His day-by-day record book, he
says, shows his daily observations,
and checks up his speed records,
most conclusively" proving his
claims.
He assailed Peary's speed record
as bordering on the impossible"
and said that 1t should be analyz-
ed by the scientists of the world"
Cook declared that his narrative
in Hampton's was emasculated and
"editorially doctored" for advertis-
ing purposes and that material
changes were made without his con-
sent.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06
A SPLENDID TRIBUTE TO
EDITOR HENRY WATTERSON

Editors Herald: While I'm in
the fullest sympathy with Mr. Wat
terson and religiously believe his
fortress is simply impregnable, the
circumstances OF his brilliant and
mastery battle for the true faith
before the State Convention reminds
me-since the passing of more Sc
rious moods-of Arisostas' hero,
who, mot perceiving he had been
killed outright, continued to fight
valiantly."
MODEST ROMAN OF THEM
ALL" The future will say:
There we're giants in those days. +"
His life so gentle and the elements
So mixed in him, that Nature may
stand up
And say to all the world, This is a
man.
May he live long and enjoy the
full fruitage of his eventful life and
lofty purposes, and, when he cross
es over the river to the inviting
shades on the other side, there'll
ever be a beaten and tear-stained
pathway to mis- graYe-the noblest
monument ambition ever craved, or
was ever reared to the good and
great. xxx
Rockport, KY, Sept. /, 1911.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06

Who has been appointed chairman
of the Ohio County Democratic
Campaign Committee by Chairman
R. H. Vansant, of the State Com
mittee. The appointment came a
few days ago. Mr.. Likens, besides
being one of the most popular men
of this section with all parties, is
admirably fitted for this place, both
by experience and ability. For the
past two years he has occupied this
place and It was mainly through his
tireless energy and splendid zeal
that Ohio county was switched
from the Republican to the Demo
cratic column last fall.
Mr.. Likens has already started
out to perfect a fine organization
in this county, and he should re-
ceive the loyal support and assist
ance of every Democrat in 1t. His
thorough knowledge OF affairs and
men has won him prestige as a
party leader and he needs only the
support of his party men to win a
victory creditable alike to all. He
Is a square but earnest worker for
his party and his opponents always
give him credit for clean cam
paign.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06
METAL HATS NEWEST
WONDERS IN MILLINERY

New York, Sept. 2.-The newest
wonders In the windows of the
Fifth avenue milliners is the metal
hat, which the public is assured
will be the proper thing for the
modish young woman this fall.
Some of the hats are reminiscent of
the helmet, some are fiat and broad,
but they are all different from hats
of other years. They are not sim
pie and they are not cheap. Flow
ers and feathers, lace and fur, gold
and silver are employed lavishly.
The metallic effect is obtained in a
variety of ways, including such nov
elites as metal fringe, silver flow
ers, bronzed flowers and gold and
silver meshes and laces.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06
The Jenries-Johnson Prize Fight

The Jeffries-Johnson Prize Fight.
One of the biggest attractions
that has come to Hartford in recent
years will be the celebrated Jeffries-
Johnson. prize-f1ght, which will be
exhibited in moving pictures at DR..
Beans Opera House tonight. II
will show every movement of each
round of the famous fight until
the final Knockout blow is given
and also all the preliminaries.
Those who attend will get to see
this world-famous event just as it
occurred, and it will be worth go
ing miles to see. 1t will be the first
exhibition of this noted event that
has appeared in this section. There
will be six reels-6,000 feet of film
and the entertainment will last
about three hours. Ladies espec-
tally invited.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06
WYSOX.

Sept. 4.-Rev. Barbee filled his
regular appointment at the Christ
ian church here Sunday.
Mrs. Rachel Davenport and
daughter Pearl visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Williams at Paradise Sat-
urday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Cox have re-
turned from Illinois and aim to
make their home in Kentucky.
Miss Rhoda Williams, Of Para
disc, is visiting friends and rela-
tives in this community.
Rev. Shields will begin series
of meetings at Cool Springs to-
might.
Misses Marian and Margaret Will
lliamson will leave to-day for st.
Johns to enter school again.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06
CENTERTOWN.

Sept. 4.-Farmers are very busy
breaking wheat ground after the
good rains.
Mr.. Alva Galloway is preparing
to remodel his dwelling on Main
street.
Messrs. o. o. Williams, Esq. Jack
son and Mrs. o. B. Boskett attend
ed the Ohio County Teachers In
stitute at Hartford last week.
Work has at last been started on
the Graded School building here.
We are planning on having a
new Touring min in operation here
by October the LIST.
School begun here Tuesday with
Prof. Hoagland as principal.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06
LEES BELONGINGS TO
DE AUCTIONED OFF

New York, Sept. 2.-Secret serv-
ice detectives who arrested Edward
Valentine Leg. in Buffalo, N. y,
last June, have forwarded to the
Marshal OF the District of Columbia
about $4,000 worth OF jewels and
clothes taken from Lee at the time
of his arrest. Among the lot were
several pieces OF valuable jewelry
a couple of rings worth several hun
dred dollars and clothes valued ur
into the hundreds. Lee was noted
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06
Woman to be Tried.

Mt. Sterling, KY, Sept. s.-The
first trial of a white woman for
murder which has occurred in Mont
gomery county in years will. be held
next week. when the case against
Anse White and his wife. Ducilla
White. for the killing of James Dea-
ton. in Breathitt county several
months ago. will be called. The
case was transferred here. and over
hundred witnesses will appear.
Much interest In the trial is being
manifested.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06
May be Floated to Save
the Salvage.
PROJECT RECALLS THE STORY
Of Junkmen'S Raids, When
Vessels We're Stripped in
Search for Gold.
WHERE sUNKEN VESSELS LIE

Santiago De Cuba, Sept. A.
President Taft's recent message to
Congress, asking that 1t be deter
mined whether the Spani shmen-of-
war sunk in the battle of Santiago,
thirteen years ago, should be given
away, and Secretary Knox's opinion
that the wrecks belong to the Unit
ed States, have revived speculation
here as to the possibility of refoat-
ing the ships.
Engineers who have studied the
location of the three battleships
and two torpedo boats. are OF the
opinion that their salvage is prac-
ticable. and would warrant the ex-
pense of saving the hulks.
Seven miles west of the narrow
mouth to Santiago Harbor lies the
first of Cevera's battleships, the
Almirante Oquendo. She Is beached
in the breakers of Juan Gonzales,
with about one-third of her hulk
visible above the white tops.
Long ago she was stripped OF
every portable article by wreckers
who braved a watery grave for the
prizes she was reputed to have held.
They took everything they could
pry loose, including, report has 1t.
many thousands of golden coins
from the ships safe. Recent in
spection has shown that the Almi-
rante Oquendo was sacked even of
the rfvets which held her fixtures in
place.
Admiral Cervera's flagship, the
vizcaya. lies eight miles farther
down the rocky coast, as much
victim to the depredations Of ocean
junkmen as the OQuendo. A third
OF her form breaks the land line,
and it is believed there would be
comparatively little difficulty in re-
covering her, with other ships of
the Spanish fleet. although she
would be entirely worthless. it is
thought. as a vessel of war.
Nearly two hours sail from the
vizcaya, at Rio Torquino. forty
eight miles from this city, is the
third OF the four Spanish ships, the
Christobal Colon. The Colon has
been preserved from the hand of the
vandal by four fathoms Of water
above her. Locked in her safe there
is said to be a large amount Of
money; aboard her nothing has
been disturbed since she was ST.
fenced by American guns and run
ashore to prevent capture.
The water is comparatively deep
at the point where she lies submerg-
ed, and the land rises abruptly from
the sea, a sheerprecipic of con-
siderable proportions. Her salvage
would probably be the most difficult
of the three. engineers assert.
The history of the fourth vessel
of the fleet, the Infanta Marie Tere-
sa, is well known. She was floated
by Lieutenant Richmond p. Hobson,
of Merrimac fame. and lost in tow
of an American war vessel on her
way to an American port during a
squat off Cat Island in the West
Indies. Engineers have decreed her
unworthy of a second attempt at
salvage.
The two secondary vessels of Ad-
miral Cervera's fleet, the torpedo
boats Furor and Pluton, lie sub
merged not far from the harbor en-
trance. The safe of the Pluton and
easily portable articles from her
deck and cabins have been recover
ed. The Furor is practically undis-
turhed. Both lie in comparatively
shallow water.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06
SNIALLHOUS.

Sept. AIR. John Day, near
Greenville, was the guest of Mr..
w. T. Lawrence and attended
church here, Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Charlie Overton and wife,
Centertown. attended church here
Sunday and were guests of Mr.. Alva
Galloway and family.
Mr.. Lewis Fulkerson has joined
the U. S. Army.
Mrs. Matte Reid will leave
Thursday for a visit to her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Dr. Ellis Miller, Monette.
Mo. She will be accompanied as
far as st. Louis by Mrs. Garfield
Barnard, who will visit relatives
there.
Miss Ethel Hunter spent last
week with relatives at Ceralvo.
Mr.. S. T. Hunter and wife are
guests of Mr.. C. o. Hunter, at Hart
ford, this week.
Mrs. Oppie Kittinger visited
friends at Island the latter part of
last week.
Among those who celebrated
Rob Morris Day" at Island, from
this place, last Thursday, were:
Mesdames VIM. Arlington, Bob Full
kerson, Chester Ross, Mr.. Jesse
Kirtley and Miss Oma Maddox.
Miss Nan Addington is visiting
friends at Island.
Mrs. Herman Addington and
children have returned from a Wis
IL to Bevier.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06
Notice.

A mass meeting of the tobacco
growers of Ohio county is called to
meet at the court house in Hart
ford, September 10th, at 1 o'clock
for the purpose of considering price
making of the 1911 crop of tobac-
co. All pooling pledges are urged
to be turned in by that date. All
members OF the Finance Commit
tee are requested to be present.
go HENRY NJ. PIRTLE. Sec'y.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-09-06
CENTER OF POPULATION
IN BLOOMINGTON, IND.

Washington, Sept, 2.-The CEN
ter of population OF the United
States was announced by Director
of the Census Durand to-day to be
in the western part of the city of
Bloomington, Monroe county, Ind.
This is eight miles further west
than the location announced July
II, when Director Durand placed
1t four and one-quarter miles south
OF KNOXVILLE, in the same county.