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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-03-14
FALLING ELEVATOR
CLAIMS 8 VICTIMS
QUICK DEATH FOR OCCUPANTS
OF AUTOMATIC LIFT IN eW
WHOLESALE HOUSE 1

st. Paul, Mimi, March 14.-The ele-
vator in the wholesale furniture house
of Gordon G. Ferguson fell several
floors this morning and was further
wrecked by the counterbalance weight
falling on it. Two girls and a man
were killed and several others in
the elevator at the time were more
or less badly injured.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-03-14

Washington, March 14.-The Il ~
now concentrating at San AntQ "
Tex, are to, be kept in that vicil. F
for some time. So are those conc
trating at San Diego and Galvesto
This statement was made today oil
the highest authority OF the war de
partment, Notwithstanding constant
humors to the contrary. The patrol
work Of the troops on the border will
be arduous and for this reason the
war department is making plans to
relieve those now there after a short
time. But there is no present inten.
tion Of increasing the patrol.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-03-14
LIVESTOCK BURNED
in Fl. WORTH fire
TWO ACRES OF SHEDS ARE
DESTROYED CAUSING LOSS
OF $2500oo

Fort Worth, Tex, March 14-Near-
ly two acres of stock sheds were
burned here today, killing between
five hundred and a thousand horses.
sheep and hogs and seriously burn
ing four men. The value of the
animals burned Is estimated at $780,
900. and the property loss $4,000.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-03-14

= T Z T = : = ~
4 Washington, March Ia
4 state department today de
4 ed that the Mexican cover NJ
\ release Immediately Blatt
\ Converse, the two Amerf
\ held prisoners at Juarez, ~
4 The government of Mexico
4 told that the state departmel
\ information showed the m
4 were arrested on American
4 4 4 4 4 4 y
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
COOPERATION Of PEOPLE
DESIRED BY SOUTHERN
viii Freely Give Assistance In Work
for Advancement Of Its Terri.
tory-.lnformation Gladly
Received.

The Southern Railway System IN
vites the cooperation Of all the peo-
pie along it's line in work for the
advancement of its territory. 1t WILL
freely give every assistance possible
and will be glad to have individuals
and business organizations call upon
it for aid in solving the development
problems which come up, and contrib
ute information which will help oulld
up the communities Of the Southeast
Communications relating to loca'
tons or Development work along inc
Southern Railway, Mobile and Onlo
Railroad, Georgia, Southern and Flor-
ida Railway and Virginia and Soutn.
western Railway should be addressed
to M. V. Richards, Land and Industrial
Agent, Washington, D. c.
For locations or for Information Oh
matters regarding the country along
the Queen and Crescent Route, ao'
dress T. O. Plunkett, Agricultural anu
Industrial Agent, Chattanooga, Tenn
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
RESOURCES OF SOUTHEAST
GIVEN WIDE PUBLICITY
Exhibits at Fairs, Advertisements II
Newspapers, and Circulation OF
Attractive Literature All
Boost the Southern
Territory.

The Southern Railway has long de-
voted much attention to fair and e1-
position exhibits, showing the re-
sources and products Of the South
eastern States. This years exhibit
work is almost entirely within its own
territory. At state and other large
fairs and exposition it's is making
comprehensive exhibits, largely agrl-
cultural, which are mostly OF an edu-
cational character, and which sho"
what the people of the Southeast and
of special communities may do. A
large exhibit will be made in NoVem-
Der at New York City.
In the line of publicity for calling
attention to the opportunities OF the
Southeast, liberal amounts are appro-
priated. The Southern Field, giving
information about all the Systems
territory, is widely and regularly cir
culated. Booklets descriptive of the
different states, publications relating
to the various lines of farming, pam
phlets giving general or special IN
formation or lists of lands or business
opportunities are published for the
benefit of homeseekers and manufac-
turers.
In advertising opportunities In the
Southeast agricultural, trade and gen.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29

The management Of the company
with a broad conception Of its reia-
tons to the public, is making the rail-
way not merely a carrier of the peo'
pie and products Of the South put
also a helpful factor in Southern DE-
velopment. The report sets out the
efforts being put forward to increase
the prosperity Of the people alreaoy
ia the Southeast, and, to attract IN
vestors and desirable settlers to the
territory served by the lines OF the
Southern railway. A review is gwen
of the work being done by the cotton
culture department, which is teach
ing farmers, in localities where 1t IS
possible the boil weevil may spread
to successfully combat the insect
should it ever appear in their helds'
and thus maintain their production
instead of having to learn how to
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
WAR ON THE BOIL WfEYIL;;
CAMPAIGN FOR GOOD ROADS
Interesting Methods for Helping the
Farmers Fight Cotton Foe
for Arousing Interest in
Road improvement

The advent of the boil weevil into
the territory of the Southern HALL
way System caused it to take up
work to combat it's ravages. 10 tnls
end q cotton culture department was
organized, with a chief and 1orce
of field agents, each one Of Wnom nds
had practical experience IN growing
cotton under boil weevil conditions,
to cover the districts of Alabama anu
Mississippi where the weeVll mas d.
ready appeared or threatens. More re-
Gently the work of this department
was extended to Southern Georgia
along the lines Of the Southern hali.
way and the Georgia, Southern anu
Florida. The agents of this depart
ment work in harmony with those OF
the United States farm demons1ra'
ton bureau and with the state au-
thorities, doing special work with the
individual farmer in instructlng n1n
in the best ways to raise COTTON un-
der weevil conditions and in showing
him how he can diversity his crops
to the best purpose.
The management OF the Soutnern
Railway System has. long held tnat
the improvement of the country road
meant prosperity and adVancemens
alike to the railroad and the resident
of it's territor-', and especial benefit TO
the farmer. Ten years ago, in 1Sol'
It started out its first Good Roads
train, which spent six months build
ing demonstration roads, holding road
conventions and agitating for better
highways. There is just ending the
tour Of another good roads train, also
out six months, operated by the South
ern Railway System in Cooperation
with the United States Office Of Pub
lie Roads. In the years between, con-
slant attention has been paid to WORK
along this line.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
His Saving, Perhaps.

The late Bill Barlow, editor of the
Laramie Boomerang, believed no less
in accurate than in humorous journal
ism
"You can't achieve your effect" "
Barlow once said in an address in
Douglas, Wyo., unless you're accu-
rate. Uncertainty and inaccuracy will
spoil the finest effect, whether it be
comic or whether it be pathetic.
'FI remember a funeral in Tin Can
The Widow Ways had lost her third
in q poker dive. George Jones, D. T
delivered the funeral address, and an
eloquent and moving address it was,
but George, in his inaccurate way,
hadn't made sure whether it was her
third or her fourth that the widow
Wagg was burying.
Hence spoiled a grand oration
with these concluding words:
"tAnd now We commend to the di-
vine mercy this widowed handmade
who hath been bereaved again, and
again, and AGAIN.
George hesitated, frowned, and
added:
"t-and perhaps again. "-Human
Life.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29

deal with it after it appears. Inc
work of this department Will be e1-
tended to cover all territory along
the company's lines to which tnero
ia even a remote danger that the
weevil may spread. The importance
to the South of maintaining It's mon
opoly of cotton production Is pointed
out in connection with the vigorous
efforts being made to raise cotton
in other parts Of the world. The re-
port shows that the company Is also
encouraging live stock raising and
dairying in it's territory. Recognition
is given the newspapers Of the South
east for their valuable assistance and
also to commercial organizations, to
hanks and individuals who have aid"
ed the company in all Its efforts to
advance the agricultural prosperity OF
the Southeast. =.
The more important additions and
betterments completed and undertak'
en- during the year are shown, among
them the double track lines through
1ynchburg, Va, arG into Chattanooga,
Tenn, 80 miles Of double track be-
tween Atlanta and Gainesville, Ga,
modern lap-sidings on the line. be-
tween Atlanta and Macon, Ga, Knox
vile and Chattanooga, Tenn, and
Morristown, Tenn, and Asheville. N.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
es from all parts OF the territory sarv'
ed by it's lines.

es from all parts OF the territory ssrv.
ed by it's lines.
The Southern railways booth is six
ty feet long and the arrangements OF
tae exhibit is most tasteful and at
tractice. There are exhibits Of cot
ton, tobacco, the grains, grasses and
forage, crops, sugar cane, and all
kinds of garden truck and an unusual
" fine fruit display. The walls are
covered by large map Of the South,
sheaves Of grain and grasses, a score
Of large colored photographs OF typi-
cal Southern farm, field and orchard
views. There are a half dozen t.
bles Of the Southern apples, which
will convince all who see them IT,
the Southern apple-growing distric.s
are surpassed by none. Special liter
ature has been prepared for circula'
tion at the exposition telling OF the
Southeastern states and especially OF
their farmlands and products.
Each day an illustrated lecture on
the Southeast is delivered by N. A.
Hays Of the Land and Industrial De-
nartment of the. Southern Railway.
For this lecture $50 new colored slides
have been made. The lecture covers
the industries, the agricultural re-
sources and developments, the scenic
attractions, the resort centers Of the
Southeastern states, gives character:
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
Wife Killed, Husband i'm Jail.

Greenville, December 27.-In one of
the mill villages Of GresnTille tonight
the coroner is holding an inquest into
the death of woman who was found
in her bed at daybreak with her head
split open with an axe and her two
year-old baby immersed in a pool of
blood by her side. The woman's hus-
band is locked in cell at the county
jail, and finger nails bearing blood
stains, uncleansed by water used in
erasing other alleged traces Of the
foul crime, are regarded by the au-
thorities as pointing to him as the
guilty man.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
CONDITIONS ENCOURAGING
Management Of southe7" Railway is
Making 1t Helpful Factor IN
Southern Development.

Washington.-A most encouraging
view of conditions in the Southeast
is presented in the annual report OF
the Southern Railway company, which
states that one of the most import
ant factors in the strength Of the COM
pany's position is the Industrial ana
agricultural development of the ter
ritery traversed by it's lines. Inc
marked agricultural progress due 10
the general adoption Of approved
methods by the farmers OF the soutn'
east, particularly the increase OF d.
versifed farming, and the dlVerslnca'
ton Of industries are noted.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
Sing Ho! Ohio.

Jesse Conway, the correspondent of
the Cleveland Leader, tells this one:
The noble battleship Ohio steamed
into Quito harbor one day and an
chored alongside a British ship. Pres
emily the tramp's dingy was lowered
and sailor men roWed out to the bat
tleship. They arrived under the name
plate and painfully spelled out the
warriors handle. All looked puzzled.
Finally one Britisher tried it aloud.
"a 'ho' and hatch and a '10,"N he
said softly. "Wot ell of a name for
a ship!"- Times.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29

of the Christmas clerks with the C..
H. Cooper company.
Miss Carrie Watson, Of Greenwood,
is spending the week with relatives
here.
Mrs. Bette Halfacre and children,
Sarah and William, are on a short visit
to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Maybin. Mia.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
eraI publications in the North are
used and special advertising is done
in Europe.
SOUTHERN RY.'S EXHIBITS
interesting Display Of Southern Farm
Products at Land and Irrigation
ConqreSS.

New York.-At the American Land
md Irrigation exposition, which re-
Gently opened at Madison Square Gar
den. there are displays Of farm and
orchard products from every portion
of the United States and from Can
ada, but none excels the exhibit from
the Southern states made by the
Southern Railway system, which has
expended several thousand dollars in
collecting material for exhibit Durpos'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
EXECUTORS NOTICE OF FINAL
SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given that on Mon
day, January Is, 1912, ct II o'clock a.
NJ. we will make a settlement OF the
estate of the late Mrs. M. A. e. Werts'
in Office of Probate Judge at NeWberry'
S. C. All and singular the creditors
are hereby notified to present their
claims duly attested to Clarence f.
Werts. executor, and all parties IN
debted are required t., make payment
to the undersigned on or before SAID
date q
:, Susan NJ. Werts, Executrlx.
Clarence F. Werts, Executor.
OF Mrs. M. A. E. Werts, Deceased.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
Prosperity Circuit.

There will be preaching at New
Hope NJ. E. church next Sunday morn
ing at II O'Clock, and Pomaria at $50
p. m. This is a special fifth Sunday
service. All are cordially urged to
attend. S. c. Morris,
Pastor.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29

Death of Mrs. Lucy Abrams Martin.
Mrs. Lucy Abrams Martin, widow
Of J. G. Martin, of Houston, Texas,
died December I, 1911. She leaves six
children, three boys and three girls.
LET me die the death of the right
eous."
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
ShaW.Hipp.

The many friends of Mr.. Holley H.
Hipp will be glad to know of his mar
riage to Miss Belle Shaw, of Saluda,
Mr. Hipp is the son of Mr.. J. H. Hipp,
who removed from Little Mountain to
the Zoar section of Saluda county a
few years ago, and is well known in
this county.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29

C. new freight station and Office
b,,i,dins at Atlanta, additional freight
station and yard facil4des at Macon,
ord additional wharf facilities at Mo-
hile. Ala ..,. i
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOB FIN
AL SETTLEMENT.

The undersigned will apply to the
Judge of Probate for Newberry county
IN Monday, January Is, 1912, at noon,
for letters dismissory as administrator
Of the personal estate Of Owen McRae
Holmes, deceased.
Robert mclaughlin Holmes,
Admlhlstratof.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
(To BE CONTINUED
FOR Sale.

316 acres improves ,arm. six miles
from the railroad. Price. $1,5oo.
160 acres, one mile Of Arkadelpha,
improved farm, all cleared, $4,000. i,
IS acres improved farm. two miles
of Arkadelphia, $1,5oo.
$50 acres cut over hardwoodland'
unimproved, four miles OF Arkaoel-
phia, $4,000. This is all fine agricui-
tural land, on easy terms
Arkansas Land Company,
ARKANSAS LAND COMPANY,
Arkadelphia. Ark. T. N. Wilson:
,1.e.1m President.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
AT THE THEATEE.

\ i ! ! < ! < ! ! / : : + =
Coming Attractions.
January 12-Dr. Cook.
February 8-Madame Sherry.
February 16-Paid in Full.
February 22-The Lyman Twins.
March ga Woman of the Hour.
April 6-Christy Bros. MlnStrels.
April 24-The Travelling Salesman.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29

Now is the time to cubscribe 20 Inc
Herald and News, s1.50 year.
Special-The Herald and News, $3.50
a year.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
Pulaski Lodge, No. 20, T. O. 0. F.

Pulaski lodge, No. 20, I. o. o. F.,
will meet in Klettner's hall Friday
evening, December 20, at o'clock.
All members are urged to be present,
as the election of officers will be held
at this meeting. J. Y. Jones,
w. G. Peterson, Noble Grand.
Secretary.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29

isticg of Southern life and tells about
the wide variety OF opportunities
found in this section.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-29
NEWS FROM WHITMlRE.
Holidays Marked by Reunions OF
Friends and Relatives-Many So
cial Affairs.

Whitmire, Dec. 28.-Compliments OF
the season to all.
MAY your Christmas freside be
Glad with happy faces;
Nav the dear ones all be there
In their usual places"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-02-16
HON. W. J. BRYAN
DELIVERS LECTURE

Hon. VIM. Jennings Bryan, Amer
ica's greatest orator and most profound
thinker, delivered his lecture, 1.-THE
Price of SOUL" yesterday morning in
this city at the Hippodrome for the
benefit of the Brownlow Monument
Fund. The morning hour kept great
many people away, but there was
about one thousand persons present
and they were more than repaid
for their attendance The distins
guished citizen arrived in Johnson
City at 8: 90 and after breakfast held Q
public reception at Hotel Pardue and
made a short talk to the assembled
multitude. He was driven to tho Hip.
podrome in a carriage with George l..
Garter, Col John 2. Smith and Prof.
s. G. Gailbreath. He was introduced
by r. Q. Hunter and for more than an
hour he entertained his hearers with
the greatest of his recent lectures. At
II o'clock he was taken to Bristol on
special train accompanied by several
citizens.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-02-16
NEGROES GUARD JAIL
TO PROTECTBLACKS

Stanford, KY, Feb. 16.-A mob of
negroes, heavily armed, stood ON guard
outside the Jail here last night prepared
to resist any attempt of white mob
to lynch the blacks, Louis Gregory
and Curley Johnson, held for the al
legged robbery of three white tobacco
farmers on the Danville pike last Mon
day night.
lis believed the action of the negro
mob had the effect of warding off an
attempt to lynch the prisoners. At
midnight posse of armed white men,
who are neighbors of the alleged high
waymen's victims, drove into town
and secuted about the Jail. They ad
Vised against an attempt to storm the
Jail, it is believed, but the slightest
movement against the negro prisoners
would have resulted in a fierce clash
between the races.
Sheriff Mccarthy and a squad of
deputies stood guard in front of the Jail
during the night. They paid no atten-
ton to the negroes demonstration, al
though several shots were fired in the
blacks camp.
Feeling is bitter against negroes in
this vicinity. Whites are going armed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-02-16

Under the present law all the State
Normal schools-three for white and
one for negroes-receive only Ii per
cent of the general education fund.
This yields about $50, 200 annually to
each of the white Normals, and SIS, 900
to the colored school. The Normal
Schools were established to train teach
ers for work in the elementary public
schools of the state. The need for
more efficient teachers is imperative.
A large per cent. of the salaries paid
teachers is lost because of incompetent
service, The Normal schools will help
cure this evil, and by doing so will
contribute to the success of the pri-
mary schools. No other part of the
public school fund will give greater re.
turns to the children of the state than
the amount appropriated for the train
ing of teachers. For some years yet,
at least until the Normal schools are
properly equipped, and until they have
sent out many efficient teachers to
take the places now filled by those
whose qualifications are poor, the Nor
NAL schools should receiveeven a larger
share of the school fund than they are
now given. The people will not give
their approval to any measure that in
ereases the general school fund without
giving to the schools for the training Of
teachers their proportion Of the in
crease, |
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-02-16
DESTROYS SLEEP.
Many Johnson City People TeS-
tify to This.

You can't sleep at night,
With aches and pains of a bad back,
When you have to get up from urIna-
ry troubles,
All on account of the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills bring peaceful
slumber;
They are for kidney ills.
William Ii. Hodges, 108 f. Willard St.,
johnson City, Tenn, says: q still rec
ommend Doan's Kidney Pills and / am
pleased to confirm all | said about them
some years ago when | publicly told of
my experience with them. The cure I
received at that time has been perma-
Rent. believe that excessive standing
was the cause Of my kidney trouble.
suffered from dull pain across the
small of my back and / could not rest
well at night, as no position seem COM
Portable. | saw Doan's Kidney Pills
advertised and thinking they might help
me, got supply from the Whitehouse
Drug Co. They proved to be just what
needed and it took them only short
time to drive kidney complaint from my
SYSTEM"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents,
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the me-Doan's-and
take no other.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-02-16
GEORGE R. PICKELL
DIED YESTERDAY

Mr. George r. Piclell, aged twenty
years, passed away at his home, on the
corner Of Unaka avenue and Baxter
street, at 11.45 o'clock yesterday with
tuberculosis. Mr.. Pickell came TO this
city from Knoxville a few years ago
and conducted for some time the cigar
stand in the lobby of Hotel Pardue, he
selling the business during the summer
owing to his declining health. He is
survived by his wife, father and three
brothers. The funeral services will be
held Friday morning by Rev. o. r.
Tarwater, of the M. E. church, South.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-02-16
Saved Her Own Life.

Tecumseh, Okla.-"I believe" says
Mrs. Eliza Epperson, of this place, THAT
If it hadn't been for Cardui would have
been dead today. Before I began using
Cardui Isuffered from pains in the head
shoulders, back, side, limbs and the low
er part of my body. Cardui helped me
more than anything and am now in bet
ter health since taking it than for four
years" Nobody can deny that the best
tonic for woman to take, is II tonic for
women-Cardui. Please try it. VS.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-02-16
JONES IS BOUND
To CIRCUIT COURT

Charles Jones, the man arrested
for breaking into the Office of DR..
]. H. Preas, Tuesday night and later
captured by Officers Wilson, Meth
erly, Smalling and Fogleman was
given a preliminary hearing We'd
nesday morning before Squire Pierce
and was bound over to the circuit
court in three cases. He will be
taken to Jonesboro this morning to
await the next term of the circuit
court.
Jones claims that he is from Chat
tanooga and has been in Johnson
City only a few days.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-02-16
ANNEXATION Of CANADA
IS SUGGESTED IN HOUSE

Washington, Feb. t6.-Rep-
resentative Bennett, of New
York, one of the republicans
who voted against Canadian
reciprocity, today introduced in
the house a resolution request
ing the president to enter into
negotiations with the British
looking to the annexation of
Canada by the United States.
The resolution was referred to
the committee on foreign af-
fairs.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1911-02-16
Is Who
Contest

On the opposite page will
be seen a number of adver-
tisements representing John
son City business men with
the name of the firm omit
ted. Guess the names of
these firms, number them as
they are numbered on the
page and send to the Comet
office. The ten persons
guessing the highest num-
Der of the will be given a
years subscription each to
the Daily Comet.