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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-03-15
THE FIRST SINGER.

We heard a bluebird singing, the song
was magic-sweet;
He swung upon the lilac, the snow
was round his feet;
The wind blew roughly o'er him, the
sky was steely-gray,
But yet he perched there, singing the
chilling gloom away.
Brave traveller from the southland,
perhaps you came too soon;
For ice still binds the streamlets, TIE
sun is wan at noon:
The violets are sleeping close in their
earthly bed,
And not gleening blade of grass has
dared to show its head.
But, oh, we're glad to greet yea, sweet
harblnger of spring;
No sound was e'er so welcome as your
gay caroling;
Courageous little songster upon the
leafless spray,
A-singing aud a-singipg our weariness
away!
From March Farm Journal.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-03-15
NOTICE OF TOWN ELECTION
To Make Contract for Street
Lighting.

On account of the condition of our
present lights and seeing the need of
more street lighting the Town Council
begs to submit to the voters of the
Town of Lexington on Wednesday,
March the 29th, the following propo-
sition:
To authorize the Town Council to
make contract with the Lexington
Electric Light and Power Company to
furnish 60 electric lights, ranging from
40 to 50 candle power, for term Of
20 years, with the privilege Of increas-
ing the number of lights at any time
Council sees fit, at the same price per
light per year.
The said 60 lights to be located as
follows:
% on Main street, between the resi-
dence of R,v. W. D. Quick and the
Lexington Cotton Mill.
lights On Church street between
Main street and P H. Corley's resi-
dence. lights ON Depot St. between
Main st. and Negro church. One light
on Maiden Lane. lights on Hen
dirk street between K. F. Oswald's
residence. 10 lights on street from
Caughman & Harman's stables to S.
J. Leaphart's residence. 1 light on
Cedar street. lights on street be-
tween Harry Roberts and J. J. Fox's.
10 lighvs in the section Of town
lying behind G. M. Efrd's and the J.
E. Kaufman place, known as East
Lexington.
The price to be paid for said 60
lights to be 81, ,2o0 per year, or about
equal to 5 mill levy.
Should this proposition carry in the
coming election the Town Council
proposes to make 10 mill levy. as
levied this year, which with street
dues, licenses, fines, etc., will pay all
town expenses including lights.
Respectfully submitted.
B. H. BARRE, Acting Mayor.
II. n. HAMMER, Clerk.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-03-15
Keep Your Grit.

Hang on! Cling on! No matter what
they say.
Push on! Sing on! Things will come
your way.
Sitting down and whining never helps
bit.
Best way to get there is by keeping
up your grit.
Don't give up hoping when the ship
goes down.
Grab spar or something-just refuse
to drown.
Don't think you're dying just because
you're hit.
Smile in face of danger and hang on
to your grit.
Folks die too easy-they sort of fade
away.
Make q little error and give up in
dismay.
Kind of man that's needed is the man
with ready wit.
To laugh at pain and troubla and keep
his grit.-Selected
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-03-15
The Voyage.
Pm sailing on, I'm sailing on,

I'm sailing on, I'm sailing on,
For better or for worse,
The whirling world is my good ship,
The seas the universe,
The track behind is yesterday,
Tomorrow lies before,
Fierce tempests lie along the way,
But golden ia the shore!
Pm sailing on, I'm sailing on,
From infancy to age,
And tolls the cargo that I bring
TO win my heritage,
The waves of trouble buffet me,
The seas of sorrow roll,
Yet no dishearteument shall be
To keep me from The goal.
I'm sailing on, I'm sailing on,
Through mist, and storm, and rain,
Fair skies and cloudy alternate
In days of JOY and pin.
Where lies the port toward which
know not, near or far,
Yet of it's winning I'll not fail,
For loves my guiding start
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-03-15
Killed By a Mob.

] A dispatch from GLASGOW, KY, says
Wood Ayres, under $4,000 bond for
the alleged killing of his mother-in-
law, Mrs. Lou Walthal, last October,
was shot and killed from ambush near
Mount Union church, in Allen county.
More than seventy five shots were
fred at Ayres, it is said. and his body,
found in the road where he fell, was
terribly riddled.
Mrs. Walthal was Mrs. Ayres' moth
er and lived with the Ayres. Last Oc.
tober she was found dead in the cellar
of the Ayres home. Ayres had been
tried but the jury failed to agree.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-03-15
Notice. OVerSeerS.

All road overseers who have col
lected communication road tax from
hands on their respective sections
must turn the same over to the county
treasurer at once. Overseers are re-
ouested not to collect this tax in the
future, as it is clearly in violation OF
the law. L. J. LANGFORD,
2w County Supervisor.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-03-15
MOIaSSeS Cookies.

Two cups molasses, l cup shorten
ing, 1-2 cup sour milk, even teaspoon
fuls soda, 1 teaspoonful ginger. Stir
in as much flour as possible, stand in
a cool place 20 minutes, roll dough out
quite thin and bake in hot oven.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-03-15
Ninety Burn to Death.

At st. Petersburg, Russia, ninety
persons, many of whom were children,
were burned to death and forty 9th
ers injured in fire that destroyed a
moving picture theatre at Bologie.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1911-03-15
Notice to Trustees.

The school trustees of the several
districts of the county are requested
to have all teaehers in their respec,,
tive districts toNsend in their annual
reports with their last pay warrants.
A. D. MARTIN,
County Supt. Education.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-01-12
CHIEF MAC GREGOR'S
PRESENCE OF MIND.
Tricky Highland Man Used His
Wits to Save His Head.

Dr. William O. Stillman, the presi-
dent Of the international humane con-
ference, said during the recent session
in Washington, apropos of child labor:
''I'd like to see the employers Of
such labor punished every time they
break the law, but these men/are like
the Chief MacGregor. tricky, and they
usually get off.
"MacGregor, head of the great high
land clan, was once sentenced to be
hanged He had been found guilty Of
stealing. Cattle reiving they called it
Economically. There is always a ro-
mantle name for stealing when it is
done by big man.
"But MacGregor had been caught
stealing, and he was sentenced to be
hanged. AS he was, however, dis
tinguished chieftain, they allowed him
to select his own tree. MacGregor,
with great presence of mind, then
chose a gooseberry bush.
"The judges objected that the goose
berry bush was not big enough, but
MacGregor replied with dignity:
Let it grow I'm in no hurry"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-01-12
Wireless Station for CoIville

Deputy County Clerk Willard J.
Shelton, associated with Willet
Brothers, William spedden and F.
c. Rumsey, are planning to build a
wireless station on the top of the
Colville mountain north of town.
The tower will have an elevation
of 1900 feet above the city. From
the tower wires will be run to a
receiving station in the center of
town. It is proposed to organize
auxiliary clubs and erect stations
at Northport, Marcus, Kettle Falls,
Rice and Hunters, and also in the
towns in the southern and eastern
part of the county, SO that the news
may be quickly gathered and dis
siminated. The instruments to be
used by the auxiliaries are to be
approved by the central organiza-
ton. Work on the new central
sttaion will begin Immediately with
the opening of spring.-Examiner.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-01-12


happiness, perfect love and immeasur-
able content are all attained by drink
Ing the fourth essence, and that is
"What?" he demanded fiercely.
Death"
He bowed his head sullenly. "Yet
you must drink or die-die anyway,
that may live and have my share of
happiness" he said doggedly.
Slowly unbuttoned my coat and
drew forth from hidden pocket a
leather case. In the front of the case
was miniature Of my wife, Eleanor.
slipped in the back Of the case was a
newspaper clipping Of her death.
Without word gave the paper into
his unwilling hand. He held 1t to the
light, devoured it with lightning glance,
and a look Of poignant suffering came
into his face for brief moment.
Then, tossing it back to me, he
broke into joyful laugh. sAh, Phil,
win at last" He snatched at one
OF the cups, drained it, and, while I
struggled to detain him, he drank the
others one at q time.
Wnen the first hot red rays of the
morning sun broke through the slit
OF window they fell ON his dead face.
All the anger and bitterness had fed.
he looked young and beautiful, as If
ne mad attained to supreme happiness,
perfect love and Unreasonable con-
tent-theSe the Gift OF the fourfh g.
sence. the key to the spirit world.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-01-12
Notice Of Forfeiture

Stevens County, State of Washington, January
Z, 1911.
To James NJ. Culberson: You are hereby
notified that have expended two hundred
dollars in labor and Improvements upon the
Montana" and "Idaho'' quartz mining clai1us,
situate on Turtle Mountain. Newport mining
district, as will appear by certificate filed on
the 2lst day of December, 1910. in the Office of
the auditor of Stevens county in order to hold
said premises under the provision of Section
1924, Revised Statutes of the United States. be-
ing the amount required to hold the same for
the year ending December 81 1910 And if
within ninety days after this notice by publi-
cation you fail or refuse to contribute your pro-
portion of such expenditure as a co owner YOUR
Interest in said claim will become the property
of the subscriber under said Section 1924.
liz 4-6 E. ALGER.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-01-12

ter were finally drawn. 1t resulted in
Moore having to hunt another sleep
ing place and ending in an upper,
while the young man kept the lower
berth.
The next morning the two met in
the dining car. Moore wanted to dis
cuss the episode Of the night before.
"Oh, shouldn't get sore about that"
suggested the victor, still cool and pat
ronlzing.
"Look here" said Moore, with somo
heat, ''who are your
II don't mind in the least telling you
that" was the calm reply 'sI'm in
charge Of the weather station at Mount
Weather, Va"
"Indeedv' queried Moore. We'll, my
name is Willis Moore, and I'm chief
Of the weather bureau and. might
add, boss Of the station you mention"
The young man was not fired.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-01-12
Why He Hired a Lawyer.

Assistant City Attorney Mortimer
Levy heard conversation recently be-
tween two negroes in the holdover Of
st. Louis police station that ex-
plains their conception Of a lawyer.
"Ah'm gwine to hire me lawyer dis
heah trip" remarked one.
"Whut good Is dey?" asked the 9th
err disdainfully.
"Well, sub, hits dis way" explained
the one who had the faith. up in
front OBJ de jedge is passed. OBJ big
books with milyuns oh pages in dem.
Ebery blame page in dem books hit
says Dis niggah am guilty. excep'
one, and Ah'm hirin' a lawyer fob to
find dat page an show hit to de
jedge.' st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-01-12
A "reminiscences Lecture.

Booker T. Washington at a dinner
In New York praised temperance.
HBut can't praise temperance more
effectively" he said, than In the
words Of old Uncle Calhoun Webster
Of Nola Chucky.
"'When I sees a man. said Uncle
Calhoun-swhen sees man a-goin'
home wild gallon o. whisky an half
pound o. meat Aat's temperance lee.
ture enough for mean I sees It etery
day. An knows dat eberyt'ing In
dat mans house am on de same scale
a gallon o. misery to cherry half pound
q comfort"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-01-12
new TALES
that ARE TOLD
Weather Man Kept His Job.

Chief Moore Of the weather bureau
took a train in New Orleans for Wash
ington. At bedtime he went. TO the
berth for which he held the coupon,
but found that another man had pre-.
ceded him. Moore walked him up.
''See here!w he said testify. You're
in my berth"
'Oh, no." replied the intruder sleepi.
". 'I'm in my own BERTH"
''But l have the ticket for this
BERTH" protested Moore. incensed by
the GOODNESS of the young man.
'Well, you've got nothing on me"
answered the stranger. 81 have an
other ticket for this berth myself"
There followed wordy war, into
which the Pullman conductor and por-
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-01-12

Some dry cord wood for sale. Inquire
at First National Bank.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-09

bankers that moves the crops, not
Now York money.
\ comparison of the report of Sep
tember lst last with the report of
September lst last year. shows that the
National banks gained in the twelve
months Sl96. $50 900 in loans. and over
S3ii 100000 in deposits. There was a
net increase for the year Of nearly
S41 100000 in cash, in spite of the $Jo,'
100000 falling off between June 9TH
and September lst of the present year.
With these enormous gains, and with
the undoubtedly strong position Of the
National banks, he demonstration rs
complete that there is ample money III
the country, and if VIC could have a
period of peace and relief from harry
ing. resumption Of prosperity would
come upon us like cyclone.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-09

stolen; il is wonder that it was not
stolen long ago; and an additional won
der that anything worth while is left
in the Louvre gallery. The account re-
fcrred 10 is as follows:
The loss OF "Mona Lisa" has at lcas,
had the good result of awakening the
French people and government To a
realization Of the really deplorsb)c con-
ditions In the Louvre. The attendants,
guards and cns;odans-all tho lower or
der OF employees in the vast building
have secured their appointments through
political influence. The higher officials.
up tn NJ. Hamclo tho head OF the
Louvre. arc sChola rs, archacoloeists ana
art experts. But it is stated that these
learned men have no authority whatever
whom the actual care Of the building is
given.
While searching the forgotten hooks
and cellars OF tho Louvre for possible
trace Of the stolen picture. discovery was
made of boxes and great unopened cases
containing paners aud no ono knows
what. n would require months even In
20 over them snperhcislly. Carclessncss
was everywhere evident. The French
people OF all classes arc proud OF their
Louvre, and IL Is certain that A change
Of administrative policy will he de-
manded.
The head of the institution will in all
prohah hility bc made To suffer because of
The theft of Mona Lisa" But the blame
Is not rightly placed on his shoulders.
II Is tho fault Of a system that has made
the great Louvre a nesting place for
petty politicians
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-09
NATIONAL BANK REPORTS.

We sec by summary Of the reports
of the condition of the 1901 National
banks on September lst that these
banks are in very strong position,
Comparing the September statement
with the one before it made on June
7th. it would appear that there is an
increase Of S52,j00,0O0 in loans and dis
counts. close to sl2 100000 in deposits.
but that there is an aggregate decline
of $4,000 900 in cash reserves. More
than half Of this reduction was in New
York; and the financial papers Of that
city are anxiously inquiring what be-
came of the money. This, however, is
not a problem OF any great difficulty.
Undoubtedly the National and State
banks throughout all the interior coun-
try Withdrew largely from their depos-
its in New York in order to have the
money for home use In buying the grain
and shipping il 70 market That Is,
the usual thing Of moving the crops, -
which the New York bankers are in
the habit Of saying they supply money
for every year. the fact being, how
ever. that il j. not New York money
al all. but money that tho bankers or
tho interior call IN for their own use,
aud il is the money of these country
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-09
THE LOUVRE LOOTED.

When the story was printed that the
stolen from the Louvre Art Gallery in
Paris. the world was shocked at the idea
that such a theft could he committed,
such a dcsecration carried out success
fully. Blu, presently whispers began to
be heard that there had always been
great laxity Of administration and
control in the caretaking of that great
center Of art. Repeatedly stories were
told of artists who had stolen one
thing or another from the Louvre, and
had realized upon IL to relieve their
necessities and get out from the pinch
Of want And now an editor in Paris
SAYS that thrty.two pictures have been
stolen from that gallery. So that in fact
the Louvre has been a sort of pawn.
shop in reverse for needy artists for
many years. supplying them with arti-
ces Of more or less value that they
could pawn and raise the wind on at
need.
We printed story the other day
which told of novel that had been
printed in Denmark two or three years
ago, the subject of which was the steal.
ing Of this very picture Mona Lisa -
IL was assumed that the stealing could
be done without much trouble, and in
fact, whether the theft was suggested
by that novel or not, il appears true
that the theft was made without any
particular trouble. Suggestion being
psychologically well known as effec-
tive. and of wide prevalence. il is not
AT all out of the way 10 imagine that
the novel suggested the theft, but the
laxity OF the mana agemcDt of the gal.
lery undoubtedly was counted upon
both in the novel aud in tho actual
theft, and the wonder of il all Is. that
such an art treasury as that should be
80 loosely guarded. il seems incredible
but ia true: and if the French govern
ment. as reported, ousted the old man,
sgement and installed a more rigid one
that is no more than the logical out
come Of the circumstances involved.
But it appears tina, the lax manage
mcnt of the Louvre is quite natural un.
! der the system through which its Gus
todisns have been appointed. We find
that system described in the Cleveland
| Plain Dealer. whose account Of il reads
as natural As possible 10 those who are
familiar with the waste, the neglect,
the laxity. and the public inefficiency
~ boss and machine methods in the
! political affairs of the public IN this
country. No wonder Mona Lisa was
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-09
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS.

New YORK. Sept. s. 1911,
To the Stockholders OF the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad company:
Notice IS hereby given that a special
meeting ui the stockholders OF the Uvn-
ver & Rio Grande Railroad company viii
be held at the principal office OF the
company in Denver, Colo. at 10 O'Clock
a. IN on Monday. October IS. 1911. for
tho purpose of considering. acting and
voting upon the question OF incres sing
The number OF directors OF the company
from nine to eleven and OF amending the
Companys certificate of incorpora tlon
and agreement OF consolidation as 10 the
first sentence OF article VII. thereof so
that the same shall read as follows:
The government of the COMPANY and
the management OF its affairs shall be
vested in q board Of eleven ND direc-
tors. each OF whom shall be d stock
holder
The books FOR the transfer OF the stock
OF the company. Soth common and pre-
ieTcd Will be closed for the PURPOSES
of the special meeting above mentioned
al O'Clock q. IN. on TUESDAY. October 3.
1911. and Will be reopcned at 10 o'clock
a. m. on Wednesday. October Is. 1911,
BY order of the board OF directors:
THE DENVER & RIO GR.tNDE RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.
Stephen Little. Secretary m26f0
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-09

The Conference addresses on Satur-
day were largely devoted to exhorta.
tions To the Saints TO obey counsel. pay
full tthes. and submit with meek
ness TO the inquisitorial visits of the
teachers. counsclors. and bishops.
All of which reveals condition
which is growing among the brethren.
to Judge for themselves in place of
taking somebody else 9 word for it. TO
consult their own interests AS 10 the
tithes they will pay, and TO resent the
prying intrusivcncss of church under
ings who probe so closely into their
affairs Surely this is excellent. and il
= decidedly encouraging 10 see The ac-
knowlcdgemcnt by the general authorl-
ties Of the church Of this growing con
ditlon. that acknowledgement cOnlirm-
ing the grateful fact
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-09

The challenge Of BRYAN TO the Presi-
dent 10 make public the recommends
tious upon which he nominated Justice
White rather than Justice Harlan for
the Chief Justiceship. is absurd. II as
~umes that President Taft needed and
received guidance in this nomination.
when the fact is that no ono IN this
country is quite so competent TO form
an independent, well-balauced an opinion
ss to the respective merits of the JUS
ices Of the United States Supreme
Court as President Taft himself.