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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-08-10

\ we'll known Des MoincS woman
after suffering miSerably for two
davS from bowel complaint, was
curd by one dose Of Chamberlain :
Colic. Cholera ard Diarrhoea Rene
dv. For sale by all dealers.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1911-08-10

81 ti.r Governor.
T.. VI. NcioWN.
: crrt:Er - State.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-08-31
THE MURDERoUs HATPIN.

In nearly every state and in most
large cities efforts have been made to
pass laws against the use of long
hat-pins. They have put out eyes,
scratched faces, made dangerous
wounds, and added new terror to
life. The inclination has been to rid
icule any effort to regulate them. be-
cause fair woman is supposed to be
allowed to do anything that fashion
may impose upon her, But this is a
real terror, and it is to be regretted
that solemn reformers have not been
able to handle it with better results.
In Prussia they do things more sue
cessfully The managers of the rail-
ways have ordered their officials to-
request women wearing these weap-
ons to remove, them and II they re-
fuse they shall not be permittd to
ride on trains. and shall be compelled
to leave station. Moreover, the hat
pin wearers will be liable to fines.
Those who have travelled in Prussia
have no desire to see all their laws
transferred to the United States, but
it might be well to have a few Prus-
sian officials handle the hat-pin prob
lem for US. The World About
U.s." in the Ladies' World for Sep
TENDER
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-08-31

Der of confederate general officers
still in public life is now exceed
ingly small. General Gordon entered
the confederate army as private in
June, 1861, and. he ended his mill
tary career in the spring Of 1855 as
a federal prisoner in Fort Warren.
He was in large number of engage
ments and was captured three Tins.
After the war, he became a lawyer
and held an office in the interior de-
partment during the first Cleveland
administration. From 1892 to 1907
he was superintendent of schools OF
Memphis. Gen. Gordon was elected
to the Goth and 61st Congresses;
and he was chosen COMMANDMENT
chief of the united confederate vete-
rams at the last encampment of that
organization
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-08-31
Subscription $1.OO Per Year in Adyanc'
THE SECRET CAUCUS MUST GO.

One of the things indicated by the
Vardaman election in Mississippi is
that the secret caucus is objection
able to the people of that state.
When "a secret caucus was held to
nominate Senator McLaurin's sue
cessor it was Loudly objected to but
it was deemed expedient to hold one
by the party leaders and though it
was fought by many, a small ma
jority favored it with the result that
it was held and nomination made
The caucus was so roundly con-
demned that it's nominee, Senator
Percy, made proposition to run it
out before the people, stating that
he did not want to hold an Office un-
less the people wanted him to have
it. However, no such test was ever
made and the first time the people of
Mississippi have had chance to
strike at the secret saucus was in the
Senatorial primary when Mr.. Varda-
man received more votes than both
Mr.. Percy and Alexander combined
When we consider the fact that
both enator Percy and Mr.. Alex
ander are high-claHs men, worthy of
the confidence and respect of the peo-
pie, we are impelli to look for a pub
lie rather than an Individual or per-
sonal evil that tended to influence
the election.
1t is clear that the people will no
longer submit to pubic representa-
tives covering up their public acts
in any kind of secret combination or
compact 1t is all very well and
proper for an individual voter to
cast secret ballot. This is his
right and it is expedient to do so,
but for legislator to cast secret
vote ON a question that affects his
service as public representative Is
an unwarranted practice that will no
longer be tolerated. The individual
voter Is 'answerable alone to his own
conscience as to how he votes, while
the legislator is answerable to his
constituents as well as to his con-
science in all his pubic acts, ami they
will not excuse him when he makes
a secret Of any part of his service.
The people must know what Is gO-
ing on. They no longer trust the
public servant who does things be-
hind closed doors The public bust
mes must be transacted In the open.
Editorial In the Nashville Tennes-
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-08-31
LA TOILETTE AND CANNON.

Senator La Toilette has face full
of lines and shadow brow; he is
full of ginger all the time, even when
his enemy, the rheumatism, is shoot
ing lightning pains through him. Tn
Gle Joe Cannon, patriarchal as to the
Wilderness of his beard and hair, is
coltish to this day. Governor Dix
looks like a farmers lad dressed up.
New York Press
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-08-31

The appeal in Texas in behalf of
Coy. Wilson'S presidential candi lacy
suits the atmosphere and the eli
mate. The Woodrow Wilson demo-
cratic league AZ texas issues long
a5dres which concludes with this
hurst Of MISREPRESENTATION eloouence:
If has haen ", wears since 4 south
arm democrat was president 81 the
nn,ted State n has been more
than 20 years since fhe South has
offered ona III her sons AZ candidate
Of that marty for this high ONCE
,lurinp these vearss we have fur-
nfshed more than three-fourths 81
the damocratic electorate votes AMI
the democratic congrssmen and sena-
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-08-31
ELIMINATING THE EXPRESS
EVIL

One of the trunk lines operating
between Cleveland and the East has
announced plans for taking over a
branch of the business now carried
on by express companies
ayers say that they have figured out a
way they can do THE work more eff
GENTLY and at a lower cost to the
public. This is distinct step toward
the solution of the express problem
and will be watched with extraordi-
nary interest throughout the country.
As the Cleveland Plain Dealer
says, there is a growing conviction
that the express companies by long
continued eXactions have for
feited their right to public sympathy;
that they performs a service which
might De better performed by the
railroads and could be performed by
them more cheaply !.
Several plans have been suggested
to cuItail the expires evil, but the
railroads themselves could accom-
Plush a great deal if they would heed
che popular demand and solve the
problem from their viewpoint.
That the express evil is inexcusa
Bile lis shown by the fact that no sub
stantial justification of the existence
of an express company has ever. been
made. The press is practically united
against the express business as at
present constituted the people are
against it, because of years of long
suffering and exaction, and in due
time it will either be reformed or
abolished.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-08-31

OF the late Gen. George w. Cor
don, the democratic congressman
from the Memphis (Tenn district,
it is said that he was the last gen
eral of the confederacy' to serve in
the House of Representatives Yet he
was only a brigadier-general in the
confederate service when the war
closed, a fact showing that the num-
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-08-31
WANTED: LEADERSHIP.
Woodrow Wilson Points Out the
Crying Need of the Time.

The great question is one of al
justment We have the economic
problems of the day. We have pub
lie opinion We have our systems of
legislation. The problem is to adjust
these three factors. We have to first
to instruct public opinion ON the
great economic problems Then we
have to bring ON legislative action.
At present there are too many bar
Tiers between. Public opinion is
checked and thwarted and cannot
make itself Immediately effective.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-08-31

When was in Oregan on my Wes-
tern trip and was studying the initia-
tive, referendum and recall, they told
me that if wished to study them all
at once, / should look under Mr..
U'Ren's hat. / replied that / had
much RATHER find responsibility
under mans hat than under no
mans.
Woodrow Wilson.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-08-31

We fancy that when we have cleo
ted whole series of officials, each
one of whom is answerable, each. one
of whom may be rejected when he
stands for reelection, We have a
government machine which is an
swerable and under our control. But
it is not so; we are mistaken For no
one really knows who all the differ
ent officials are who are responsible
for the running of the parts of the
governmental machine; nor can we
bring them all to books at once since
their terms are not concurrent So
we cannot even control them ali at
the same time when they stand for
reelection.
We need the single lever to con-
troll the several parts of the complica-
ted machine 1t is for that reason
that the country is demanding the
leader in the eye of all, chosen by all
ansWerable to all, as it does in the
case of the President. The call of the
day is for leaderhip.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-08-31
AND WHY :?

Because they have learned where for
the home every day when they entirely we'll
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-08-31
'Distressingly Healthy
III Is HUMOROUS remark made sometimes by


when they sick and in need OF medicine but don't get the idea
"distressngly
watch would find that exceed
healthy happy
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-02-22
hoods. The board has already de-
cidnd TINT :,

hoods. The board has already de-
cided that"
While at Parker Bottom, the com,
and the engineer decided
on the location of the bridge to be
built across the canal near the school
house. They decided to locate at the
point where the west line of section
So crosses the canal, mile and a
half north Of Zllah. the new bridge
across the Sunnyside canal asked for
by residents of that district and bids
will be called for ut once.
Two Canal Bridges
The board decided to give further
next Monday to the pc
titlon for two new bridges across the
Sunnyside canal, a proposition made
to the petitioners having been turned
down.
Ten acres at the point OF Snipes
mountain will probably be selected
by the board. says Engineer Marble
to be used as a gravel pit. Gravel |:
needed in the Sunnyside district, hi
explained, to be used as a founda'
ton for roads because of the swampl
condition of the land. Rock from thu
state quarry will be used for top dres
sing. Gravel from the pit could b.
had for rs cents per yard and rocl
from the state quarry will cost 81 pc
yard
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-02-22
CONCDON DITCH
IN A BAD WAY
Canal Has Been Torn to Pieces
and There Is No Money Avail
able Now for Repair

There will be no water In the
Congdon ditch this year, at least not
until the stockholders get together
and authorize bond issue for re-
pair work on the canal. The ditch is
now torn to pieces and there are no
funds. 1t is necessary to obtain more
money before a blow can be struck
or a foot of concrete laid. Stock
holders were expected to meet Satur-
day and vote the bond issue but the
proposal failed because sufficient
number of qualified voters were not
present. The canal has 1900 stock
holders and the vote of $3.50 was
necessary to authorize the bond issue.
This total was not reached by 275
votes as but 2875 shares were voted.
There were many people present pre-
pared to vote but they were not quail
ified the stock not being of record
as in their possession. This was be-
cause of the failure Of people who
have purchased to have the transfer
of stock recorded, 1t being In the
name of the original owner.
Because of the condition of the ditch
and the lack of funds there will be
no water until the bond issue Is voted
and If the issue Is delayed water will
be delayed. A month later will make
a vital difference with scores of
ranchers. The meeting called for
Saturday, being unable to accomplish
its purpose, has been adjourned until
F. Law xt at 2 o'clock at the court
house when 1t is hoped all the stock
vii. be represented in person or by
proxy.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-02-22
CONTROL RIVER
THEN BRIDGE 1T
Commissioners and Engineer De-
eide on Radical Action Re-
garding Turbulent Stream

Rather than try to follow the
wanderings of the Yakima river, it
has been decided by the county COM
missioners to try to control the
stream rather tran first build the
bridge. This was
announced Friday by County En-
gineer Marble. who had returned
from the trip into the lower end Of
the county with the county commits
sioners. OF this he said:
I'VE have nearly new bridge at
the upper crossing. 23O feet long. and
not a drop of water running beneath
It. Instead of building another span
to replace that taken out. 1t has been
decided to spend money in controlling
the river FOR less than $4,000 We
can put the river back in its channel
and insure that 1t will stay there 50
that we won't have any more trouble
Better put the river under the bridge
that we have now than to keep fol
lowing the river around with expe1-
sive bridges.
Same at ZiIIah
"At Zilah we Will do the same
thing. Money spent In controlling
the river at that point will save the
county lots of money in the end. Tor
every time the river rises 1t runs all
over the bottom. The old bridge Will
have to be replaced anyway. We can
probably save the steel and Just put
In new timbers, but the most import
ant thing is to control the river Final
plans will be made. contracts let and
the material got on the ground early
so that the work on those two bridges
can commence right after the spring
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-02-22

ture; for the extension of the water
service intake eight miles to the Wapa-
tox canal; for the removal of all dead
ends in the city water service or the
installation of a modern flushing sys-
tenn and for the rebuilding of the pres
ent sub-station so that the offices
will become a customers room for
demonstrations, etc, and the sub-sta-
ton section to become the account
ants department.
1.-THE gas plant will be an entire
lew building throughout and with a
new equipment. Practically none of
the present equipment will be used
though there is one piece of apparatus
now in use but not in the present gas
house which will be utilized,
Work on Naches Plant
During the past winter 5000
nave been expended in the steam plant
in the Naches, which is a duplicate of
the water power plant in capacity.
This gives a double transmission sys-
tenn for that valley and there will be
three separate double transmission
| lines leading into this town. These
| lines will connect with four water
power plants and three heavy steam
plants. BY this there will be no lilkeli-
hood of a failure of the service at any
time. There are to be installed volt
tage regulators to maintain a steady
service and to avoid the fluctuations
which are now a drawback in some
measure. There will be automatic
regulation. also of the water service
maintaining at all times steady
pressure for domestic service and per-
hitting of a special pressure for fire
| service.
Power i'm tho Mckee
"Our power line through the Mckee
and into the Priest Rapids plant is
being constructed to carry 1900
horsepower and that gives some idea
of what we think of the future of the
country. We carry lines down the
valley to Kennewick and below Ken
newick to Hood River. 1t is but 6
matter of time when power manufac'
tured at Hood River will be available
here. I do not know whittier thai
will be labeled with a big red apple
or not.
| always at your service Is thu
motto of the company and is one
which is really aimed at. The com
lpany desires to be known as de
veloper and wants it's presence in
community to be for the benefit o
that community. In this respect 1t il
anxious to obtain suggestions for thu
benefit of its customers and the i'm
provement of the service it seeks t.
render. Such suggestions may b.
made by telephone or mail to the of
flee here. We are anxious to ge
them
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-02-22

and regarded as an apple Klondike.
There are orchards in these sections
for which four thousand dollars an
acre have been refused, and we'll
authenticated cases where they have
given an annual crop yield of thou
sand dollars an acre. OF course
there are instances of exceptional
richness, but where crops fail 1t is
the fault of the owner or manager.
Soil, climate and conditions of mois-
ture just suit the needs of the fruit
No wonder that the products of these
orchards are popular. In size, color
and shape they are worth while
simply as decorations, to say nothing
of more intimate acquaintance.
They are not simply beautiful-they
are even spectacular
Evolutionary processes have
brought this fruit to a point of per-
lection not dreamed of a quarter of
a century ago. But gratifying as is
the achievement of the west, 1t should
not discourage but stimulate the east.
Not everybody can go to the state OF
Washington or oregon. There would
not be room for them. Not every
body wants to. with like care the
profits from apples can be made very
large from New England orchards.
They can be because they have been.
We are having ocular proof of this
at the present time. There is just
now not a spot in Boston that arrests
the attention and awakens the inter-
est of the passing pedestrian more
than the Transcript corner of Wash
ington and Milk streets, where there
! is respondent display of the apple
products of New England, and the
| legends that explain it show what
can be accomplished in this industry
| by those who know how. There are
brush grown expenses and soil-bound
pastures by the million acres in this
section that could be made to produce
profit of two hundred dollars an
acre with expert handling, And the
welcome for New England apples Is
still strong Notwithstanding their
tempting western rivals. Since Sep
TENDER of the present year over thirty
thousand barrels of New Hampshire
apples have been shipped west of
Ohio. western orchard can be
brought into bearing condition in less
than half the time required to make
England orchard will last twice as
long with always sure market. or
course the earlier income Is handl-
cap against u.s. but even ten years
wait for a steady, dependable return
thereafter ought not discourage men
of enterprise.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-02-22
RE-D|SCOvERY
OF THE APPLE
BOSTON PAPER GIVES INTER-
ESTING ARTICLE ON THIS MUCH
FAVORED FRUIT WHICH is OF
INTEREST TO ALL IN VALLEY
North Yakima and Wenatchee Arc
Mentioned and Northwest Is
Generally Praised

From Boston, the home of culture
and discernment, comes the latest
word of praise for the northwest
apple and for the North Yakima
apple in particular Writing to A.
S. Congdon of this city, friend en-
closes an editorial from the Boston
Transcript of February, perhaps the
most carefully edited paper in the
United States. That editorial, which
is we'll worth the perusal of all Yak
ina people, is as follows:
RediscOvery of the Apple
The apple is the fruit that receives
about the earliest mention in either
sacred or profane history, yet 1t has
waited almost to the present century
before it's potential development has
been approached or even realized.
The apple of today that receives
hospitality in the best markets is a
very different kind of fruit from that
with which the public was familiar
a half century ago. The splendid
specimens that are sent us from the
northwest are things of beauty and a
Joy as long as they last. In fact the
whole country is indebted in pomo-
logy. The demonstration there 'of
what can be accomplished has had its
influence upon the whole country
and though a little slow in reaching
the east, New England Is now feel
ing the stimulus.
| The younger generation that feels
an impulse to embark in fruit culture
and apple-growing in particular
looks longingly to the orchards ant
the orchard land of the far west anc
1t is no will-o'-the-wisp that lures
them. In the soil of certain parts o.
that section apples grow as If b,
magic, especially in that in which
the volcanic ash predominates. Prob
ably the State of Washington pro
duces the finest apples in the world
Even the boasted Hood River vale,
of Oregon cannot rival them in al
desirable qualities, though it may d.
so in color and size, but lacks thu
sustaining and vital elements which
are necessary in a good winter appl'
from which the largest profits ar
realized. Not the whole state 4
suited to apples though marketable
fruit Of some kind will grow in pro
fusion in almost every part of it.
The recent apple exhibits. contrib
uted by the Inland Empire, hav
brought into particular prominenc
the districts of Wenatchee, Nortl
Yakima and Okanogan, the last
named being the latest development
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-02-22
LOST HEIRESS FOUND
IN IDAHO
Dorothy Arnold Is Discovered at
Standpoint and Held by
Police

SPOKANE. Wash. Feb. 1S.-A
young woman is now in custody at
Standpoint on suspicion as Dorothy
Arnold the missing New York heiress.
She arrived there Wednesday and
gave her name as Dorothy Wilcox at
hotel where she registered and ask
ed for work. She said she had never
done any work, and that when at
home in New York she had her own
maids. She was extremely nervous.
She was assigned to kitchen work
but could not even wash dishes. She
was given a room and slept little that
night. The next day she told the
proprietor she was going to Spokane,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-02-22
She did not go. however, but applied

She did not go, however. but applied
to w. j. Davis, laundryman, for work.
Davis thought he recognized in the
young woman the missing heiress
from the newspaper pictures. lie sent
her to his homo for room. She
remained there until the police located
her. When taken to the station she
denied all knowledge of Dorothy Ar
mold but in her effects was found a
toilet piece bearing the initials ID.
RI. A." the initials of the missing
young woman. She remained in
cell all night brooding and was taken
to a hospital today. She appears ra-
tional She is a young woman or re-
finement and the police are certain
they have the long sought for young
woman New York authorities nave
been communicated with.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-02-22
Backache, rheumatism, Slceplessness

Result from d sOrdered Kidneys.
Foley Kidney Pills nave helped 9TH
ers, they will help you. Mrs. j. b.
Miller. Syracuse. N. Y, says, For a
long time / suffe red with kidney
trouble and rheumatism. I had Sc
we're backache and felt all played
out. After taking two bottles of Fo-
ley Kidney Pills my backache Is gon
and where l used to lie awake with
rheumatic pains I now sleep In COM
fort" Foley Kidney Pills are re-
liable remedy for backache. rheu'
matism and urinary Irregularities
They are tonic In action, quick In
results and afford a prompt relief
from all kidney disorders. For sale
by North Yakima Drug Store
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-02-22

growth of this community Incident
ally he made it apparent that his peo-
pie have a splendid faith in the
future of the Yakima and Columbia
river valleys, a faith which they are
backing up by the expenditure here,
at this time, of about 1856, 1000 all of
which money is either now being spent
or will be before the fall of this year.
AS to the costs of the service Mr..
Grenier made it clear that the pres
ent time, with investment in progress
and the cost unknown, is an inoppor-
tune one for requests by the local
officials for reductions in the rates.