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The loss to the building and con-
tents was estimated at $4,000, and
neighboring buildings suffered dam
ages of approximately s25,OO. Thomas
Upton, well known commission man,
with his wife, sought TO go down the
fire escape from their rooms on the
third floor, but the two were so be-
numbed with the cold that they were
carried down ladders by the firemen.
The Transit house was built forty
years ago. Before and after the
great fire it was well known con-
vention headquarters, and has since
been the Chicago headquarters for
practically every live stock man who
visited the city.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
Wiley Urges People to
Eat Common Sugar
Western Press.

Western Press.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. TO-
DR.. H. W. Wiley, the government food
guardian, is getting thin skirned. He
admitted it at noon today to the house
committee which is trying to fix the
responsibility for last summers nigh
prices for sugar. Chairman Hardwick
was trying to lead DIR. Wiley from the
path of protective tariff into tariff
for revenue only channel.
~ have been lambasted so much for
my opinion that am getting in
skinned" said DIR. Wiley. He showed
the committee how sugar is tested by
the polariscope and urged people to
eat more common yellow sugar.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
ViCe-PfeSident Sherman
Tangled in Divorce Suil
Western Press.

Western Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.--Vice Presi-
dent James Sherman's name figures
prominently in ardent love letters as a
witness to be called in a suit pending
in the supreme court brought by Lou
is P. Rouquette, a wealthy merchant,
to recover $4,000 from Mrs. Sarah M.
Boyd, the divorced wife of Charles M.
Boyd, civil engineer and member
Of the Lawyers club. Filing Of the
papers in the suit became known when
Justice Hendrick denied Mr.. Rou-
quette's request that it be put on
special calendar for an carly trial.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
MRS. DECKER
CANDIDATE
Prominent Club Woman
Officially Launches Sen
atoriaI Boom
Western Press.

Western Press.
DENVER, Jan. 10.-Mrs. Sarah
Platt Decker is the logical candidate
for United States senator from Colo
RADIO. Her boom was officially launch
ed in Denver today.
Already newspapers throughout the
length and breadth of the land are
recognizing that in the Colorado wom-
an there is senatorial possibility and
have devoted columns to the likelihood
of this state sending a woman into
the nations council. But, officially
and formally, there has been no or
ganized movemeiit at home until new.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
Transit House at Chicago Destroyed.

CHICAGO, Jan. 10.-The Transit
house at the Union stock yards. for
forty years one of the most widely
known hotels in the west, has been
reduced to ruins in fire which cost
one life, for time trapped manv
persons and for hours threatened the
stock yards with general conflagra-
tion.
So rapidly did the flames sweep
through the building, five-story
structure of brick and wood, that
guests were forced to flee down ire
escapes and, in many instances, were
dragged from the burning building by
fremen. An unidentified negro porter
was the sole victim.
Scarcity Of water and the intense
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
Engineman Falls From Engine.

MOUNT CARMEL, H., Jan. 9.-B
W. Adair, engineer of Big -Four
freight train, fell from the cab of his
engine today as it was crossing a
fifty-foot trestle over the Little Wa
bash river south of Mount Carmel
After struggle in the icy current,
Adair was able to drag himself to
the bank. He apparently was not IN
iured. The man was taken to a near
by station and then brought to Mount
Carmel on passenger train. He
lives in Mount Carmel.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
China Refuses Russian
Demands in Mongolia
Western Press.

Western Press
LONDON, Jan. 10.-It is semi-ofti-
cially stated that China will not con-
sent to the Russian demands concern
ing Mongolia. The Pekin correspond
ent of the Daily Mail says: "China in
view of the alleged Russo Japanese
secret agreement fears this is the
first step in partition of the empire.
Mongolia's revolt against Chinese mis-
rule, the dispatch says, is especially
interesting because many leading
princes have intermarried with the
Manchu imperial family and they have
taken this step confident that the Man
chu dynasty is ended
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
IN THE COUNTY COURT.

His honor, Judge Hechtman, is
swamped with probate business.
Wedding bells, that once rang so
merrily, are jingling out Of tune. The
first three cases filed in this court in
the year 1912 were divorce cases. To-
day Elizabeth Wommer Park was
granted divorce from Oscar Park
and Maud v. Dobbs from Theo. Dobbs.
The boast about the fires Of domestic
happiness burning cheerily was evi-
IDENTIFY more poetic than truthful.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
Highwayman Loses to Girl.

CHICAGO, Jan. "a robber at
tempted to seize the handbag Of Miss
May O'Rourke, 10 years old, near her
home on North Racine avenue last
night. When he escaped from her,
he went minus his hat, coat, neck
scarf, shirt and one shoe.
He struggled with her for posses
sion of the bag for some time. She
is athletic and between them they
broke the bag handle. The robber
slipped and fell to the icy walk and
Miss O'Rourke jumped on him, shout
ing for aid.
When he finally wriggled from her
grasp, she was clinging to his sack
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
Kansas Police Judge Dies.

CLAY CENTER, Kas., Jan. 10.-R.
D. McCord, police judge of Clay Cen
ter, is dead here of paralysis after an
illness of twenty-four hours. He was
an old soldier, one of the earliest set
tiers of the county, had been probate
Judge of the county and had other i'm
portant positions. He was widely
known throughout this section.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
To Try Physician for Wife Murder

OREGON, H., Jan. 1O.-Intense in
terest is manifested in this section In
the approaching trial Of DR.. Harry FL
gin Webster, the young Chicago ply
sician who Is charged with having
r,urdcred his wife and t'.rcwn her
hody into lonely ravine in the south
western part of this county on Sept.
ls. lnct- 1t is expected the case will
come to trial In the Ogle county court
next week, though. the defease will
make Z har4s Aeh4s for = continuance
Webster's case Is one of the most in
tcresting in the criminal annals of
MOI thern Illinois. The young man
WIS reared in this section and his
youth held forth every prom,e of a
bright future. His ambition IN secure
medical education was fulfilled
through the assistance Of his parents
ard sisters, who denied themselves in
order that he might have the money
necessary to go through a Chicago
medical college.
The victim of the murder, Mrs. Res
sic Kent Webster, is said to have been
the third wife Of the young physician.
In 1904, at Racine, Wis, he is said to
have married Miss May b. Graft, n
young Chicago woman who letter di-
vorced him for desertion and cruelty.
A year ago this month DR.. Webster
married Miss Zoe Varney of Cedar
Rapids, la. The same week, accord
ing to the facts brought to light by
the police investigation, he secretly
married Miss Bessie Kent, a young
nurse whom he met in the Chicago
hospital in which he was serving as
an inferno.
His love for his second wife, Mrs.
Zoe Varney Webster, is believed to
have furnished the motive for his de-
sire to rid himself Of the third wife.
His term of service as an interne was
about finished and It was his intention
10 join his second wife and establish
himself in the practice of his profes-
sion.
On the morning of Sept. 16 he Is
alleged to have lured Mrs. Bessie Kent
Webster away from Chicago on the
pretext that he wished her to meet his
parents who resided near the town Of
Dixon. Arriving at Dixon the couple
drove away in an automobile and that
was the last time the young woman
was seen alive. Some days later her
body was found concealed in ra-
vine. The victim had met death
through knife wound in the back Of
the neck which the medical examiners
declared could have been inflicted only
by a person having knowledge OF
surgery. There was evidence that the
young woman was drugged before she
was killed.
The discovery Of the body led 10
the arrest few days later Of the hus-
band of the victim. Following his ar
rest DR.. Webster is said to have ad-
mitted the murder, but later he denied
that he had made any confession. In
view Of the strong evidence against
him It is generally believed that the
defense will make plea Of insanity
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
American Society Of Equity.

OWENSBORO, KY, Jan. 10.-Near-
ly every county Of Kentucky was rep
resented at the opening here today of
the state convention of the American
Society Of Equity. The discussion Of
the cooperative movement and other
matters Of great Importance to the
farmers promises to make the meeting
one of unusual interest.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
Kick by Horse Is Fatal.

MT. VERNON, H., Jan. 9.-Pat-
rick Manion, aged 92, died last night
as the result of injuries from kick
by a horse. He was born in Ireland
and came to America in 1912. In his
early work as contractor he helped
construct the New York and Erie rail
road, Louisville and Nashville railroad
and the Delaware caanl.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11

Mike Murphy will be some busy this
year. Besides his duties as athletic
trainer at the University of Pennsyl-
vania he will train the Philadelphia
Nationals apd also the American team
which will compete in the Olympic
games in Sweden next June.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS
HOLD UP FINERY
Western Press.

Western Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10.-Stat-
ing that they had not been declared
the customs officers are holding the
silks and satins and other articles of
women's finery of Mrs. Cornman, wife
of Colonel Daniel Cornman, command
er of the Seventh infantry, who ar
rived on the transport Sherman with
Mrs. Cornman.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
TheIr Maiestie. s.il fer Home.

BOMBAY, India, Jan. 10.--King
Emperor George and Queen Emprsss
Mary embarked on the Peninsula and
Oriental liner Medina today en- route
for England. As on the outward trip
the steamship will be under the con-
voy Of two battlsships Of the British
navy.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
Tons of SCOT FAN on London.

LONDON, Jan. 9.-The Lancet, a
leading medical Journal, this week
says that 76,060 tons Of SCOT are de-
posted annually in London, or an
average Of IL tons an acre. This
comes chiefly from ilI-consumed coal
and domestic open CRATES.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11

coat, and within it neck scarf and
the loose, collarless, soft shirt, which
she had pulled over his head. His
hat lay on the walk and as he started
to run away one of his low shoes fell
off.
He escaped the crowd that came to
Miss O'Rourke's aid.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11
BOY, II YEARS OLD,
FULL-FLEDGED AVIATOR
Western Press.

Western Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-Farnum
Fish, the 17-year-old Los Angeles boy
who recently was graduated from the
Wright school as full-fledged avia-
tor, yesterday purchased his machine
in New York.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11

Jean Gregg, the Nap southpaw, has
gone back to his trade Of clustering 1t
Gulssae, Idaho, fer the winter.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11

Western Press.
KIAKHTA, Sibefsaa, Var. 10.---A de
tachment of the Russian troops is ap-
preaching the frontier for the pur-
pose, it is stated, Of clearing Mon
golia of wandering bands of Chinese.
The Russian troops will move in the
direction of Manchuria through the
transit -Baikal territory. An attack has
been made by the Chinese on the Mon
golian markets at Maimatshim and
the Mongolian police have been dis
armed. The town officials have ap-
piled for Russian aid as the mob
threatens serious disorders if expell-
ed.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 10.-Offi
cial denial is given today by the for
eign office regarding the reports tina
the government had addressed de
mands to the Chinese government re
garding Mongolia, or was planning thu
occupation Of Mongolia.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-11

MANILA, Jan. 10.-Orders for the
first battalion of Fifteenth infantry
regiment to leave for China reached
here yesterday and the expedition pre-
pared Immediately. Major James M.
Arrasmith will be in command Of the
500 enlisted men and fifteen officers
with whom will be sent detachment
hospital corps and machine gun pla-
toon, besides field service wagon train.
They will aid in keeping open the rail-
road from Pekin to the sea. Other
troops are being held in readiness
here. Brigadier General Frederick
Funston, commander Of the depart
ment of Luzon, tok charge Of the ar
rangements for the expedition.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18
CHARGES.

There are so many charges and
counter-charges in this State that i
is a hard matter to keep up with them.
The charges by Mayor Grace, of Char
lesion, have occupied promlnent
place in the newspapers during the
past couple weeks, and it has been
stated that Mayor Grace will be sum-
moned to Columbia to testify before
the dispensary Investigating commit
tee.
We did not preserve the copy OF
Common Sense" containing the edl-
torial which caused so much COM
ment, but we see it reprinted in the
Augusta Chronicle, the editorial being
attributed to Mayor Grace, and con-
tanning this statement: eve have trac-
ed this graft speaking OF graft
which the editorial charges the Char
lesion constables with practically up
to the governor himself"
Governor Blease in an interview in
Columbia Friday said this was lie.
Now comes Common Sense" in its
issue of Saturday, June Is, in an edi-
torial which says itself that Jno. P.
Grace is responsible for it, and says:
eff we had competent proof to show
that the governor did himself, in
proper person, receive" this graft,
our readers may rest assured that we
would say it. But we have made no
such claim. What we have said, and
can abundantly prove, is that the con-
stables here in Charleston have ere
ceived" it"
So it would seem, under this last
editorial which claims Mayor Grace as
its sponsor, that the so-called charges
of Mayor Grace, so far as the COVER
nor is concerned, amount to nothing.
There are too many charges in
South Carolina without any proof.
There ought to be some way to put a
stop to them unless the proof is given
along with them.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

Whereas, one-third of the resident
electors and like proportion of the
resident freeholders of the age OF
twenty-one years, of st. Lukes School
District No. 13, of Newberry County,
State of South Carolina, have filed a
petition with the County Board OF
Education of Newberry County, South
Carolina, petitioning and requesting
that an election be held in said School
District on the question Of levying a
four mill tax, to be collected on the
property located in the said School
District.
Now, therefore, the undersigned,
composing the County Board of Edu-
cation of Newberry County, South
Carolina, do hereby order the Board
of Trustees of the said School Dis
trict No. 13 (St. Luke's School Dis
trict) to hold an election On the said
question of levying a four mill tax to
be collected on the property located
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18

We notice the death of our good
old friend, Mrs. Christine Chalmers, of
Abbeville, which took place last week
at the ripe old age of eighty years.
She was one of the best and most
kind-hearted women we ever knew.
We lived in her home thirty-two years
ago and she was as kind as mother
to us then, and we have always cher
ished her kindness and will hold in
fond remembrance her memory. AS
the years come and go we have to
part with the dear ones, but we have
the hope of a happy reunion in the
by. and by.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18
The One Year Agricultural Course at
Clemson.

Beginning next session, Clemson
college will give an intensive one
year agricultural course to young far
mers who desire to learn the import
ant, yet simple, fundamental princi-
pies which underlie successful agri-
culture.
This course will begin October 1st
and close June 1st, and will be open
to young men eighteen years old and
over. The course includes none of the
usual academic branches such as
mathematics, English, history, etc.,
but is confined to a study of the prin-
ciples of crop production, horiticul-
ture, animal husbandry, dairying, etc.
Agricultural arithmetic and simple
farm bookkeeping will be taught, and
instead of the usual English branches,
a simple course in parliamentary
practice and public speaking will be
given, sufficient to enable the student
when he returns to his community to
preside at a public meeting or to hold
farmers institute.
The purpose of the course is to take
young men who know the practical
side of farming and make of them bet
ter and more scientific farmers, and
community leaders and builders as
we'll.
Clemson college has been unjustly
criticised because many Of its agri-
cultural graduates do not return to
the farm. The college has no power
to coerce it's graduates. There are no
obligations imposed by the State laws
even on the holders of scholarships.
Four years of scientific college work
tend to prepare not only for farming
but for lucrative positions in teaching
and in scientific lines of work as well.
In fact, the demand along these lines
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18

Court House on Friday, July 5, at 3
a. M. Applicants must be not less than
Is years Of age. When scholarships
are vacant after July 5 they will be
awarded to those making the highest
average at this examination, provided
they meet the conditions governing the
award. Applicants for scholarships
should write to President Johnson be-
fore the examination for Scholarship
examination blanks.
Scholarships are worth $100 and
free tuition. The next session will
open September 1S, 1912. For further
information and catalogue, address
President D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill,
S. C.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18

sent by w. F. Caldwell from Spartan
burg Monday night:
state Chairman John Gary Evans
left this afternoon for Columbia, to
be present at the meeting OF the ex-
executive committee tomorrow. Asked
as to the outlook for Judge Jones,s
success in his race for governor, the
former governor said: Everything
looks good. I think everything will
be all right"
"Now if that had been said by Mr..
Thurmond, manager for Judge Jones,
there would be nothing in it to occa-
sion a second thought. 1t would mere
ly be taken as talk characteristic of a
campaign manager; but coming from
the chairman of the Democratic party,
it has other significance. AS the En-
ouirer understands it, and it can not
possibly get rid of the idea, it is the
business of the chairman of the Demo-
cratic party, no matter what may be
his personal preferences to hold the
balances with even and impartial JUS
tice. But from this it is to be assum-
ed that Mr.. Evans is an open and
vowed partisan of one candidate as
against the other
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18

We were always under the impress
sion that the spirit of our law, if not
the written law itself, was that every
man is presumed innocent until prov
en- guilty. Even if he was charged
with crime the burden of proof rested
upon the person bringing the charge.
1t seems that proceeding has been
changed. At least that is what we
would judge from the newspapers
For instance, if we were to charge the
editor of the Columbia State with
treason or theft or graft or any old
thing the burden of proving that the
charge is untrue would be upon the
editor of the aforesaid State, and not
upon the party making the charge,
even though the party himself making
the charge were utterly Irresponsible
These are truly strange times and
strange things do happen. We should
be fair and just and honest in politics
as in other things, and if we were,
there would be less strife and less
pickering and the people would
come nearer making wise selections
of public officers. The people will
resent unfair and unjust treatment.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18

We commend Solicitor Bonham for
not asking a special term of the court
to try Vaughn. A little delay will do
no harm. If Vaughn is proven guilty
he will be convicted and suffer the
penalty of the law for his crime and
a little delay can do no possible harm.
Most of these special courts are but
the expression of the mob given the
formality of legal proceeding.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18
ample and practice

We would like to know what rela-
tion the fact that L. NJ. Green OF the
Anderson Intelligencer, having once
been a detective, bears to the read
ableness of the editorial paragraphs
of the Columbia Record. We admit it
is simply an idle curiosity that
prompts the question and no one is
under obligation to satisfy it.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18

That was splendid paper before
the Press association on the ethics
of journalism, but we are palned 10
observe that it was without influence
nnon the editor of the Spartanburg
Herald Precept and theory are good
in their place, but what we need is ex-
ample and practice.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18

Wonderful what difference a coat
of paint can make. Charlotte is a
handsomer town since its old street
cars began undergoing the brush
Charlotte Observer.
A little paint will help most any
town whether applied to the street
cars or to the buildings and fences
A good application of paint and white
wash would help the appearance.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18
NOTICE OF SALE OF Personal
PROPERTY.

Notice is hereby given that will
sell for cash, to the highest bidder, at
public outcry, in the town of Whit
mire, S. c., on the 5th day of June,
1912, the personal property seized by
me as Sheriff on the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1912, ins Claim and Delivery
Action of the American Type Found
ers Company against A. A. Young,
trading and doing business as the
Whitmire News, and q. H. Suber,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18
ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Prosperity Cotton Oil
Mill Company will be, held in the Town
Hall at Prosperity, S. c., On Tuesday,
June 25, 1912, at 10 o'clock a. m. All
interested will please attend in person
or by proxy.
The Prosperity Cotton Oil Mill Co., !.
H, J.. Rawl,
6-1S-2t. Secretary. G
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18

The State campaign starts today al
Sumter. The candidates for governor
have never met in joint debate. we
hope their discussions will be OF pup
lie ouestions and that they will not In
dnlse in mud-slinging and personall'
ties. These are not edifying.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18
Tuesday, June IS, 1912.

The papers say that Col. Tom Field
er is to appear before the legislative
investigating committee in Columbia
this week. We shall believe it when
we see it.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18
WINTHROP COLLEGE
SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION.

The examination for the award Of
vacant scholarships in Winthrop COL
lege and for the admission Of new
students will be held at the County
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18

The following from the Yorkville
Enquirer is timely and well put:
''The following appears in the News
and Courier CT Tuesday, having been
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-18

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six months, SOC. four months.
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