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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04
NO CLUE UNCOVERED
Postmaster AShhurst'S DiSap-
pearance Still a Mystery.
LAST SEEN MONDAY NIGHT
Was Wheeled to Million Dollar Pier
at Atlantic City. Where He Had
Gone for His Health.

ATLANTIC CITY y j. February A.
There was nothing new to tell early to-
day regarding the disappearance of Rich
ard l.. Ashhurst. postmaster az l'hiladei-
phia. who disappeared on the strand last
Monday night. He dropped completely
out of sight that night and did not leave
behind the slightest clue by which lie
can he traced. Whether the family .
the postmaster know anything beyond
what has been published concert ming his
disappearance cannot be learned. they
refuse Ia be interviewed and are conduci-
ing their search for him through the
police.
Chief of Police Woodruff. ho says h
was notified of the disappe snce at MI.
Ashhurst the night he dropped ont of
sight, today expressed the bel:ef that the
man is dead
Last Seen Monday Night.
The last person 10 see him was the
air-pusher who wheeled him to the mil
lion-dollar pier at $40 O'Clock Monday
night. Mr.. Ashhurst. according TO tins
man. appeared cheerful and as he walk
ed on the pier he told the chairman that
he need not wait for him. After this in
formation had been impaired tn the polio
and every clue as To his whereabouts had
been run out Chief Woodruff came Ii
the CONCLUSION that Mr.. Ashhurst either
fell or jumped from the pier into the
ocean.
The portion Of the pier extending far
out into the ocean is unfreausntcd IN
winter and ii would not he difficult for
any one TO walk out to the end without
beng observed. especially ut night. when
the ocean end of the long structure is
not lighted in midwinter.
Went to Seashore for Rest.
1t is known that Mr.. Ashhurst. who
was seyenty-two years old, was not we'll
and came 10 the shore" for rest. He
had apartments at the Marlborough
Bleniieim Hotel with several members OF
his family.
Dragging of the ocean led about the
pier was continued today without an
hope of finding a body. as the constant
motion of the water probably would iave
carried a corpse up or down the coast.
The beach from the inlet To Ling port,
a distance of about ten miles, aiso Is
being searched and watched.
The stir about the disappearance OF
Mr. Ashhurst recalls the ms stel ious
death of Jane Adams, a sixteen-y, ar-oli
girl who fell from the same pier on a
dark night \ sensational trial Of her
male companion followed, the man beinS
| acquitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04
ASSOCIATES OF MACON
RESENT HIS ACCUSATION
Had Charged That Partially
influenced Committees in
Increasing Salaries.

1t has been long time since member
of the House of Representatives received
such scoring as did Robert Bruce Macon
of Arkansas today. And 1t did not come
from the republican side of the House
alone. for his own brethren of the de-
mocracy joined i'll and We're even more
vitriolic than the republicans. The asri-
cultural appropriation bill was before the
House and Mr.. Macon had begun to make
points of order against all proposed in
creases in salary to clerks ard bureau
chiefs and the like in the Department of
Agriculture Mr.. Macon invariably does
this on appropriations days. Under the
rules of the House an increase of this
kind-in fact, any new item not authorized
by existing law-may be eliminated on a
point OF order by any member.
Macon Initiates Scott.
Today Representative Scott Of Kansas.
chairman Of the agricultural committee,
became irritated and went for the Ar
kansas member. He remarked that a
certain increase. to which Mr. Macon had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04
CUSTOM HOUSE.
DENY A Selfish AIM
Plate Printers State Their Op-
position to Power Presses.

Power presses cannot perform or APP
proximate the grade of work possible on
hand press.
Power presses will destroy finely en-
sraved plates.
Engraved plates of design vastly infe-
rior to those now used for notes and 9TH
err engraved matter. necessary for the
class of work possible on power presses
Will impoverish the delicacy and auailty
Of the work.
The lower grade work that the power
press will turn out will offer opportunity
of counterfeiting.
Tles. are the arguments presented by
plate printers in support CT their OPPOSE
ton to the installation of power presses
in the bureau of engraving and printing
proposed in the bill introduced In the
Senate by Mr.. Smoot, providing Tor d
REORGANIZATION OF the methods of govern
ment printing, and resume OIL Whlch
u.as eisx..neie IN The star.
Charles Il. Smith, editor of the Pate
Printer, and r. J. Ryan, chairman OF the
legislative committee OF the Cehtrai La
Dor MON, and Il member OF the leglsia-
tive committee of the District of Column
bia and MARYLAND State Federation of
Labor stated today the position OF the
plate printers. Graver reasons than sell
ish interests, they declare. dictated OPP
position TO power presses 49,
'.Wiping by hand said Mr.. smith
permits of intelligent working up OF
defective plate. This cannot be accom-
plished by the power press. in TACT,
its wiper works in such a manner as u
damage exquisite lines OF portraits, the
best work of the enSraver and the great
est care Of the plate printer.
THE government pays from S4."b 10
S60no year to expert engravers and
faces the prospect of having their skilled
work destroyed by the ror- press. the
result, will be that plates 1 TIE r"wer
press can print will be made, and these
will be coarse in detail and all invitation
to the counterfeiterS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04
Brought to This City.

Supt Whitaker, when informed OIL inc
accident. had the men taken imineoiateis
to the hospital. DIR. Hornbaker' Oh do'y
at the Occoquan workhouse, dld every :
thing in his power to relieve the sullei-
in. of the two injured prisoners, ana IL
was necessary to perform a sight opera
ton on Angus Extron. lie died, now
ever at ) pm, and VIII pc burleu d.
Occoouan i'll all probability.
~ Horuhaker arranged by telephone
with supt. Zynkhan Of the Washington
ASYLUM Hospital in this city to receive
John Hill Accordingly, he was brought
TO Washington ON the i:3o pm. Tram
Yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04
Both Men Friendless.

Both men told Supt. Whitaker that they
had no friends to be told OF their IN
jurics. John Hill said his last wash
lngton address was 1I2S q street north
west, but that he had no .one to notify
of his hurt. He was sentenced to sixty
days December -
Angus ENtron was Swedc who said
he had been in America forty-two years.
He said his friends had deserted him
long ago, and that the only home he knew
about recently was the Central Union
Mission i'll Washington. lIc had been
sentenced for $50 days under Il charge OF
being repeatedly drunk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04
Experiment Once Condemned.

The power press was a failure Tor gov
ernmcnt work twenty-five years ago, Con-
gress decided. 1t has received no material
Improvement, except in the change OF inc
motive power from steam to electricity,
since that time.
1.-THE experiment has been tried, and
was condemned when Congress, alter an
inquiry, passed the present law requiring
that hereafter all notes, bonds and
checks shall be printed on hand roller
presses, Il provision of the sunory ciVli
bill.
For three years prior to lSSS the adj
lninistration had been printing backs OF
notes of small denominat. on on power
presses Complaints came from all parts
of the nation and were followed by an
congressional investigation and ban OF
the power press.
Ten years later there was further dis
cussion of the inStallat on of power
presses Designs for notes, which agents
of the power press said could be printed
upon il were submitted. But no power
press was installed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04
Lodge Amendment Favored.

The amendment requiring action by the
Senate on presidential nominees for the
board was presented by Senator Lodge of
Massa chusetts, and the transportation
provision by Senator McCumber of North
Dakota. The Lodge amendment met with
general favor. The McCumber sugges-
ton, however was allowed to go in only
with the understanding that any mem
Der of the committee would he at liberty
to oppose it OH the floor OF the Senate.
The McCumber amendment provides
that in estimating the cost of production
of American articles as basis for levy
ing tariff duties the board shall be re-
quired TO consider the cost cf carr ying
from place of production to the pm
c!pal area of consumption.
Divided Along Party Lines.
Generally the democratic members of
the committee opposed and the repub-
lican members favored this provision
The democrats also manifested a quite
general opposition to the bill as whole
Senator Money, the ranking no lily
member, in opposing the bill said that the
President was not warranted in under
taking tariff tinkering: that such action
was Il function Of Congress, and that
this coordinate branch of the govern
ment could secure it's informa ton through
its own committees.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-03-22
Death of j. j. Davis-LOcal News,

Richland, March 13.-Special: !.
P. Blackwell is visiting his mother,
who lives in North Carolina, and who
has been unwell for some time.
Miss Cora Hubbard, Of Spartan
burg, spent the weekend with home
folks here.
Charles Ballenger, of Greenville,
Is spending a few days with his par
ents at this place.
Grover Davis. Of Atlanta, Is visiting
at the home of w. II. Hughs.
Miss Ada WHY Is at home now,
having closed her school at Block.
The Richland school has been re-
ceived into the Piedmont Athletic
and Oratorical Association, and we
feel honored to be admitted into such
a large association and be classed
with the largest high schools II the
State.
President William II. Taft passed
through town early Friday morning
and seemed to be In a hurry from the
way the train went by.
j. p. Stribling was called from the
plow handles to Seneca Friday night
to act as II Of the three judges in
h public debate given by the Pal
metto Literary Society Of the Seneca
High School. pluck" was invited
to go with him. We were well re-
paid for going. The debate was han
died in a very mastery manner. The
disputants showed thorough training
IN composition and delivery, and the
whole arrangement and execution of
the program was Of an unusually
high class. 1t was a rare treat to We
country correspondent, thanks to our
large sister school. Let us come
next time?
One OF the most noble and high
toned gentlemen OF our community
passed from this world to receive
his reward in that "Bcttcr World Be-
You'd" when the soul Of J. j. Davis
took its flight about Il o'clock Fri
day. Hc had been suffering from
Brights disease about a week. Mr..
Davis will be greatly missed by the
large number Of his friends in and
around Richland. He had becn an
active elder in the Presbyterian
church for about thirty years and
was assistant superintendent OF the
Sunday school here. lie was a pros
porous farmer and a great favOrite
among children, as he always had a
word to speak to them. His wife
p~redeceascd him 10 years, and they
left the following children: Mrs. j.
b. Shanklin, Seneca; Grover Davis,
Atlanta; Arthur Davis, Greenville;
Misses Sallie, Myrtle and Julia and
Dean Davis, who still live at the
hOme-place in the Bounty Land sec
ton.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-03-22
From Bear Swamp.

Bear Swamp, March 14.--Special:
We i'll this section would like to ap-
pear on the scene once again. This
town Is still on the map, and the
bears are all alive and on the inside.
Finer weather than we have had
all winter for preparing our FARMS for
q crop-that is, for those who like
70 work-has I've been noted.
The health in the Swamp is very
good at this writing, with the excep-
ton of II lady, Mrs. Il. M. Gam
brell, who has been confined to her
bed for some days. She is, however,
improving. :
Charlie DuBose, of Pelzer, Is spend
ing a few days with his fathers FAM
lily and some of his friends south of
here, as you will likely see in the
Coneross locals this week. May his
visit be pleasant and profitable.
The school at this place is making
rapid progress under the skilful man.
agement Of Miss Gertrude Biemann
as teacher. The trustees are certainly
to be congratulated in making so
wise a selection. She has won the
love and admiration of pupil and pa
iron alike.
Well, | don't know of anybody who
is In need of anything, nor out of
trouble. AS for your scribe and his
wife, they never knew more nor had
less.
Don't old COWS look ugly and
Sound hollow when they low and try
fros trot this time Of the year? And
the barns look empty, too, to stand
off and look at them. And when YOU
go up and look in you will find that
they are empty.\
Say, did you know that the price
Of mules was sure to go down soonly /?
Sure thing. One little boy has gone
and raised fifty-six bushels (fodder
not being mentioned) of corr on one
acre Of poor land and plowed 1t with
a billy goat! Think Of paying a large
price for a mule when a goat can
make that much corn to the acre, be-
sides having to haul in the stove
wood and be driven mornings and
evenings to the baby carriage, with a
pair Of bucksome twin boys in the
carriage, and not mentioning the
big boy driver. So It's goodbye,
mule dealer; step aside and watch
the goat dealer swell. Think about
1t, boys; fifty-six bushels, and plowed
with a goat!
The writer believes somehow, If he
does not mistake the dictates Of his
heart, that he kinder admires the
hobble skirt, and l am told by good
authority that they v elastic, mas
much as the G. this kind Of
skirts just uses one garter-that Is to
say, she just puts both ~transporta-
ton agents through one large gar
ter to keep from taking too long a
stride or hobble. III bet you 1t Is
the truth, for the that told me
knows what she Is talking about.
Oconee caught Governor Blease
asleep, snaked in a judge and Is now
holding court this very day.
The most pitiful sight hanging
around the Court House Is the pres
ent board Of commissioners. Since
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-03-22
LOOK AFTER YOUR INTERESTS.
Be Reasonable--Don't BE Foolish BE.
cause Some One Else Is.

Editor Courier: l. want to talk
about making a living for yourself
an ten other persons. DO you be-
lieye 1t Is possible for one person to
make n living for ten or fifteen per-
sons? The average mar will q No,
1t Is not possible. I do not know Just
M the rate would be If it could be
figured out. There Is no accurate
way, but II We Will just think Cor one
moment W. will see how few there
are who make any effort whatever to
make a living.
When we think Of the banker, the
manufacturer, the Spectator, the
contractor, and business men as q
whole, the professional class, even
the ministers Of the Gospel-we will
say from the President Of the United
States down to the pauper-all get a
living out Of the farmer, the man
who tills the soil. Now the world is
going at a rapid rate, and the increase
in population Is wonderful, and the
extravagances of to-day are q curse
that we are forced to bear. Just
think Of the millions of dollars that
are spent for tobacco, chewing gum,
soft drinks, strong drinks, extrava-
gance in dress, extortions in profits
on everything we buy! How can a
great Government like this go on this
way? rho great God OF Heaven pro-
vides for 95 per cent Of us in divid-
Ing up what is made, or we would
suffer for bread and milk.
Now, in 1911, are we going to 80
manage our labor as to let the fc!-
low who does not work a single bit
get a better living out of the sweat
that falls from our brow than we do ?
Not If can help It,. No, sir, | am
not willing, and it will take some
thing more than talk to make me
willing.
To-day is the proper time to con-
slider what steps to take. One of
the first steps is to arrange for a
good garden, then a good pasture. If
we fail on these the fish will be
small. Then plenty Of pigs for fall
killing; then a good potato crop, then
corn, the corn again, and peas, for
age for green FEED and winter; some
cotton. Prepare to live; do not buy
too literally for your circumstances
now. If your n%eighbor Just will 20
beyond his ability. don't you do so.
Plant your corn in the early spring.
Do not think that it does not pay to
raise your home supplies, for it does.
The man who lives at home and
boards a the same place buys very
little; the man who has little buys
comparatively all. Plant less land,
prepare 1t better; make more and
W less; BIO free and enjoy life:
build up your country; cause the
dealer to be glad to see you and en-
able yourself to live.
M. G.. Holland.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-03-22
STRIPPING TO REMAIN IN JAIL.
A Hearing Set for April 9th Before
Prison Commission.
ATLANTA Constitution.)

#
Thomas Edgar Stripling's applica-
ton for pardon will he heard by the
Prison Commission on April G..
Pending the final disposition of his
case STRIPPING will be allowed to re-
main In the jail at Columbus, where
he was taken shortly after his arrest
in Danville. Va, as the man who
killed w. J. Cornett, In Harris coun-
ty, and escaped from the Jail four
teen years ago., after a life sentence
had been passed upon him by the
court.
AS was reported In The Constitu-
ton Thursday morning. Governor
Brown declined TO grant ii respite to
Stripping on the ground that he has
no legal authority for so doing. The
Governor took the position that
since STRIPPING has never begun the
service Of his sentence, and since an
application for pardon is pending,
which will come up to him for final
action, he felt that he should take
no action in the matter at this time.
Only An Opinion.
However, 1T Is stated, the Cover
nor expressed the opinion that in
view Of S%tripling's physical condition
and In view Of the fact that his case
Is an unusual n and has aroused
tremendous interest, not only in
Georgia, but In Virginia, where he
was known for many years as chief
Of police at Danville, 1t would be we'll
If the Prison Commission does not
assign STRIPPING to service in the pen
itentiary until his application for
pardon Is disposed Of.
The Prison Commission will not
be In session again until April 4th,
and Stripltng's case is set for hearing
two days later.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-03-22
RIVALS THE oRlppEN Capture.
German Detective Races After Fugi-
tive and Wins.

New York, March 16.-A cross
ocean race for two murder suspects,
In which the wireless telegraph
played as important q part as in the
case Of DR.. Crippen and Ethel Glare
lie Neve, was won to-day by Otto
Busdorf, a German detective, who
reached port on the liner st. Louis
several hours ahead Of the steamer
Iieten from Bremen, bearing his
quarry.
Busdorf not only beat the objects
OF his chase into port, but reported
That through the aid of the wireless
he had already secured the arrest on
the zieten Of a young Russian named
Iogolowski, who Is charged with the
murder Of four persons in Mislowitzl
Russia. Busdorf declared his belief
that an alleged pal" OF Zogolowski,
Bernard by name, accused of COM
plicity In the crime, also was on
board and that he would be able to
identify him on the arrival Of the
vessel.
The Zieten left Bremen four days
before the st. Louis sailed from
Southampton.
I~ogolowski is accused Of murder
ing a pawnbroker, the p~awnbroker's
wife and their typist, and Of after
wards killing a policeman who sought
to capture him.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-03-22
HOW TO CURE MATlSm
1t Ia An Internal Disease And Re-
quircs An Internal Remedy.

SAASo
The cause Of rheumatism and kindred
diseases Is an excess Of uric acid In the
blood. To cure this terrible disease this
acid must be expelled and the system SO
regulated that no more acid will be-
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an Internal remedy. RUBBING with
Oils and Liniments WILL NOT CURE,
affords only temporary relief at best,
causes O to delay the proper treat
ment, and allows tho malady to get q
frmer hold on you. Liniments may ease
tho pain, but they will no more cure
rheumatism than paint will change tho
fiber of rotten wood.
Science has at last discovered q per-
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the poisons out of tho system, tones up
the stomach, regulates the liver and
kidneys and makes you we'll all over.
RheumacIde strikes the root OF the dis
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In Tablet form at ESQ. and Zoe. o package.
Write to Bobbitt Chemical Co., Balti-
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-03-22
Made Gruesome Find.

Springfield, Mass, March 16.-
Workmen installing the heating sys-
TEN at Alvah S. Brainerd's house,
near Hazardville, found a key In an
old-fashioned chimney containing a
human skeleton. Remains were those
or a child. Nothing was left but the
bones and a few ashes. The Brain
erd family Is at a loss to explain the
mystery.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-03-22
Taft Fnvors Treaty with England.

Washington. March 16.-When
Congress assemblies IN regular session
next December 1t Is believed the Pres
ldeht may be able to redeem his
promise to submit a treaty with
Great Britain providing for general
and unlimited arbitration Of all
questions arising between America
and Great Britain.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-03-22

the Legislature met, the poor fell
lows don't know who they are. Now
the Legislature just ought to be tuck
out behind the meat-house and given
a good old-time mothers application
Of peachtree timber. They ought to
be ashamed Of themselves.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-03-22
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-03-22
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