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The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20
The Michigan Headquarters.

Michigan has the finest headquar-
ters OF any state delegation TO the ma
tional Republican convention-the
sumptuous English room of the Con-
gress hotel, meZzanine floor, bay win
dows overlooking Michigan boulevard
and the lake beyond, with the lake
front parkway in the middle distance
The new Republican national COM
mitteeman for Michigan is Charles b.
Warren, of Detroit, lately q member
on behalf of the United States to
The Hague tribunal on the fisheries
dispute. This was settled in the eau
Gus of the Michigan delegation Mon
day morning.
John ID. MacKay, of Detroit. was
made chairman of the delegation. This
office carries with it the honor Of
being spokesman for the delegation
during the convention, announcing
Michigan's vote on all occasions.
The Michigan delegation of 80 dele
gates go for Taft, 10 for Roosevelt)
to the Republican national convention
has decided in caucus to support the
following:
VIM. Judson, Grand Rapids, chair
man OF delegation: Theron w. At.
wood, of Caro-. member resolutions
committee John ID. MacKay. Detroit.
member credentials committee; State
Senator Freeman, of Genesee county,
member committee on permanent or
ganization and order of business:
Charles X. Warren, Detroit, national
committeeman
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20
Sporting

Ed. w. Smith. a Chicago sporting
writer, has been selected as referee
for the Johnson-Flynn championship
battle in Las Vegas, N. W., July 4.
This decision was reached at a con-
ference between Jack johnson and
Jack Curley, the latter representing
Jim Flynn.
Frank Gotch defeated Gus Schoen-
lein (Americus) in Baltimore in
straight falls, taking the first in 62
minutes and 10 seconds. and the Sec
ond IN "a seconds, both with the toe
hold
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY MAN
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK. TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD

Complete Review Of Happenings Of
Greatest Interest From All Parts of
the Globe-Latest Homo and For.
eiQn Items.
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

Running at the rate of sixty miles
an hour the fast mail train, bound
from New York to Chicago, on the
many delegates to the Republican
convention, crashed into a wrecked
freight train three miles west of Fon-
da. N. Y, but all passengers escaped
serious injury.
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

The American Flag association held
Its annual meeting in New York on
the one hundred end thirty.fifth ami.
verSary ~e the adoption of the stars
md stripes.
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20
Domestic

Another poison plot, which promises
TO rival in sensational features that
of Mrs. Louise Vermilya now awaiting
trial in the county Jail at Chicago,
Inay be unraveled as a result of the ar
rest in that city of Mrs. Louisa Lind
Ion. spiritualist. Mrs. Lindloff is
suspected OF having poisoned her two
husbands and three grown children.
all OF whom carried insurance amount
ing In the aggregate TO sl0,650.
The militant crusade being made by
New York tenement housewives
against kosher shops in an attempt
70 lower the price of meat, has spread
from Brooklyn to the east side. Har.
leT0 and the Bronx.
The Associated Harvard clubs con.
Tened in New York and paraded to
rbe Hotel Astor for a banquet. the
grand marshal being Joseph H.
rhoate. class of so and eighty years
D1a.
Three linemen were electrocuted on
a pole OF which they were working in
Elizabeth. n. J. William Woodbridge
grabbed short circuit wire. His com.
saskoHs Albert Burbank and Frank
3oanson. went TO his aid. They. too
sere electrocuted.
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20
!. RS BIG ELEPHANT
Mr.. Heller Could Not Find Any
Bullet Hole in 1t.
SAYS 1T DIED OF APOPLEXY

Colonel Roosevelt Keeping Track Of
the African Specimens He OBJ
tained for the Smithsonian In
stitution-BrllIiant Plum
age of the Birds.
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

Testifying before the Pu1o congress.
sional committee at New York in
vestigating the money trust. George
p. Cortelyou. who was secretary OF
the treasury at the time of the 1907
panic, told how the government lent
j. Pierpont Morgan the s25,000,0O0
which Morgan in turn lent 10 banks
and thus broke the backbone of the
panic on October "a, 1907.
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20
Freedom Shrieked Again.

Some time ago a statue Of Koscius-
kc was erected in Lafayette square.
The fault-iinders have had time for a
campaign, and those who seem to
know something about art maintain
that the fault-finders have plenty of
justification for all that they choose
to say.
We have the word of Thomas
Campbell that Freedom shrieked as
Kosciusko fell" Now the humorous
ly inclined say that freedom shrieked
again as Kosciusko rose in bronze
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

Mt. Clemens.-Judge James G..
Tucker has granted divorce to
Louise Lindsay from her husband.
Lorne Lindsay, who is now serving H..
time sentence of between 1919 to 255
years at Marquette. Lindsay was con-
victed of a statutory offense.
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

Charlottesville workmen were
excavating on Montgomery street
they unearthed the entire skele-
ton of a woman. Quite large amount
of hair was found fastened to the
side of the skull. held in q bunch by
an old fashioned tin curler. How
long the skeleton has remained there
is unknown. The street has existed
nearly seventy years.
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

Escanaba.-Sheriff Frank Greens
chauffeur for Isaac n. Bushong, the
Gladstone lumberman, has been
arrested charged with manslaughter
I'm connection with the killing of Fred
Farley, the ten-year-old boy who re-
Gently lost his life by being run down
by an automobile driven by Green.
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

The Associated Harvard clubs con-
vened in New York and paraded to
the Hotel Aston for a banquet, the
grand marshal being Joseph Fl.
Choate, class of '52 and eighty years
old.
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

Three Rivers.-The report of the
fire suffered by the Sheffield Car
company OF this city sent out from
here, estimating the damage at $780,
GOO. was grossly exaggerated. accord
ing to Edward b. Linsley, manager OF
the company. The buildings destroy
ed, he says. while of some size, were
one-story frame structures used prin-
cipally for storage, and the loss throws
none of the employees out of work.
The productive end of the works was
untouched. the buildings burned be
Ing detached and not OF very great
Importance
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

misunderstanding to cross the
street in front of a rapidly APP
preaching automobile, owned by
Paul Bushong, son Of wealthy log
ging contractor OF Gladstone, Frank
Farley, aged eight years, was struck
by the car at Wells and instantly
killed.
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

Holland-Gerrin J. Vanduren, one
of Hollands leading citizens, died
here from the effects of stroke
of paralysis. He had served the
city as supervisor, school trustee
and member of various boards and
was postmaster under President Har-
rison. He was fifty-eight years old and
resident of Holland since birth.
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

Inlay City.-Howard Perkins. sew
enteen-year-old son of Fl. L. Per-
liins, farmer near town, shot
himself with 4 revolver in the yard
of his home, dying almost instantly.
Young Perkins brooded over the pill
fering of store till here some time
ago. in which he was alleged to have
had a hand
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

Jackson-Attacked by two men,
Charles II. Rector. aged thirty
three, was terribly beaten and left
lying unconscious on the sidewalk
near his home. The thugs robbed him
of five dollars and a watch and made
their escape.
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

South Haven.-Mrs. Helen Thomp-
son, widow of a prominent resi-
dent of Gauges township. was carried
from her sick bed by neighbors when
the farm house caught fire. They bare
ly escaped with the sick woman from
the flames. Mrs. Thompson was alone.
in an upper chamber and must have
been burned but for aid.
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

Holland.-J o. Fletcher and g.
party of four narrowly escaped
death when an auto which he was driv-
ing skidded, turned turtle in a ditch
near Olive Center The occupants fell
clear Of the car which was a total
wreck Mr.. Fletcher and the others
were badly bruised. The car was go
ing less than 10 miles an hour.
The Yale expositor., 1912-06-20

Following the receipt Of official dis
patches from Consul Holiday at San
tiago, Cuba, telling of a threat by Gen.
Julio Antomenchi, the rebel leader. to
hang all foreigners and reduce
houses and coffee plantations to
ashes" in the Santiago district, the
navy department ordered an addition
al battleship. the Nebraska, from Key
West to Guantanamo.
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Elan Harnish. known all through Alas
Goth birthday with a crowd OF miners at
the Circle City Tivo!i. The dance leads
10 heavy gambling. In which over $lVo.Ooo
Is staked Harnish loses his money ana
his mine but wins the mail contract. he
starts on his mail trip with dogs ana
siedge, telling his rends that he Will be
In the big Yukon gold strike at the start.
Burning Daylight makes a sensationaiiy
rapid run across country with the mai.
appears at the Tivoli and Is now ready
to join his friends In n dash to the new
gold fields. Deciding that gold Will be
found in the up-river district Harnish
buys two tons Of -four. which he declares
will be worth its weight in gold. but
the big fiat desolate. A comrade discov-
ers gold and Daylight reaps a rich har-
vest. He goes to Dawson. becomes the
most prominent figure in the klondike
and defeats a combination of capitalists
I'm a vast mining deal. He returns to
civilization. and. amid the bewildertng
complications OF high finance. Daylight
inds that he has been led to invest his
eleven millions In g manipulated scheme.
He goes to New York. and confronting
his disloyal partners with a revolver. he
threatens to kill them II his money Is not
returned. They are cowed. return their
stealiugs and Harnish goes back to san
Francisco where he meets his fate IN
Dede Mason. a pretty stenographer. He
makes large investments and gets into the
political ring. For a rest he goes to the
country. Daylight gets deeper into hlgh
finance in San Francisco. but often the
longing for the simple life nearly over
comes him.
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II Was Dede.

est. He told her about Bob's tricks.
and Of the whirl and his scheme to
overcome it; and she agreed that
| horses had TO be handled with a GER
tain rational severity. no matter how
much one loved them. There was
Nab, which she had had for eight
years. and which she had had to break
Of stali-kicking. The process had been
painful for NAB. but It had cured her.
You've ridden a lot" Daylight
said. ..a.
Il really can't remember the first
time ] was on a horse" she told him.
Il was born on a ranch, you know. and
they couldn't keep me away from the
horses"
And thereat she told him more OF
her ranch life in the days before her
father died. And Daylight was hugely
pleased with himself. They were get
ting acquainted. The conversation
had not Jagged IN the full half hour
they had been together. When she
talked. he listened and followed her.
anu yet oil Tic Willie nc Woo ~
ing hts own thoughts and Impressions
as we'll. It was a ne-vy thing
for he to do. this riding astride;
and he didn't know. after adj
whether he liked 1t or not. lib
ideas OF women were prone to be
eld-fashioned: they we're the ones he
had imbibed in the. early day, frontier
life Of hts youth. when no woman was.
seen on anything but a ~side-saddle.
He had grown up to the tacit fiction;
that women on horseback we're nj b.
peds. IT came to him with a shock
this sight of her SO manlfRe In her
saddle. But he had to confess that the
sight looked good to him just the
same.
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would rap Bob on the nose. The horse
didn't live. after it, once learned the
lesson, that would whirl in the face
of the doubled quirt-
More keenly than ever. during that
week in the office. did Daylight realize
that he had no social. nor even human
contacts with Dede. The situation was
such that he could not ask her the
simple question whether or not she
was going riding next Sunday. Thus
he found another card in the hand
the mad god had dealt him. How I'M
p~ortant that card was to become he
did not dream. yet he decided that II
was a pretty good card. 30, IT,
Sunday came. and Bob. out IN the
Piedmont hills. behaved like an angel.
His goodness at times was OF the
spirited. prancing order. but other
wise he was a lamb. But no Dede did
Daylight encounter. He vainly circled
about among the hill roads. and Tn
the afternoon took the steep grade
over the divide of the second range
and dropped into Maraga Valley. Just
after passing the foot OF the descent,
he heard the hoof beats OF a canterfng
horse. It was from ahead and coming
toward him. What n 1T were Dede?
He turned Bob around and started to
return at a walk. The canter came
nearer, but he faced straight ahead
until he heard the horse behind check
to a walk. Then he glanced over his
shoulder. 1t was Dede. The recogni-
ton was quick, and. with her. accom-
panied by surprise. What more
natural thing than that. partly turn
ing his horse, he should wait till she
caught up with him; and that, when
abreast. they should continue abreast
on up the grade? He could have
sighed with relief. The thing
was accomplished. and so easily.
Greetings had been exchanged: here
they were side by side and going In
the same direction with miles and
miles ahead OF them.
He noted that her eye. was first for
the horse and next for him.
"Oh, what a beauty" she had cried
at sight of Bob. From the shining
light in her eyes. and the face filled
with delight, he would scarcely have
believed that it belonged to the young
woman he had known in the office.
the young woman with the controlled,
subdued office face.
81 didn't know you rode" was n
OF her first remarks. 81 imagined
you were welded t get-there-quick
machines"
Thus. and to his great relief. they
launched on a topic OF mutual inter
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CHAPTER XIV.

Another Sunday man and horse and
dog roved the Piedmont hills. And
again Daylight and Dede rode togeth'
er. But this time her surprise at
meeting him a. tinetured with SUE
picion; or rather. her surprise was OF
another order. The previous Sunday
had been quite accidental, but his
appearing the second time among e
favorite haunts limited OF more than
the fortuitous. Daylight was made to
feel that she suspected him. and be.
remembering that he had seen a
big rock quarry near Blair Park.
stated offhand that he was think
ing OF buying 1t. His one-time
investment in a brickyard had
put the idea into his head-an idea
that he decided was a good one. for 1t
enabled him to suggest that she ride
along with him to inspect the quarry.
So several hours he spent In her
company, in which she was much the
same girl as before, natural, unaffeSt-
ed, light-hearted. smiling and laugh
ing. a good fellow. talking horses with
unfagging enthusiasm. making friends
with the crusty-tempered Wolf. and
expressing a desire to ride Bob. whom
she declared she was more in love with
than ever. Against his better 1udg-
ment. Daylight gave In. and. on an
unfrequented stretch Of road. changed
saddles and brides.
Remember, he's creased lightning
he warned. as he helped her to mount.
She nodded, while Bob pricked up
his ears to the knowledge that he had
a strange rider on his back. The
fun came quickly enough-too quickly
for Dede, who found herself against
Bob's neck as he pivoted around and
bolted the other way. Daylight followed
on her horse and watched. He saw
her check the animal quickly to a
standstill, and Immediately. with rein
across neck and a decisive prod OF
the left spur. whirl him back the way
he had come and almost as swiftly.
Get ready to give him the quirt on
the nose" Daylight called.
| (TO BE CONTINUED.)
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New York Hard on Trousers

pockets 30 d. frequent for money
since I've been In New York that I've
wore the edges OF till they don't look
as If | had a cent to my name Every
where ] go. everything | do. every
body ! meet calls for the stuff. and
I've got to answer. I've got 1t all
right, but it's mighty hard on pants
And the wear and tear is just the
same whether l 60 after a dime or a
dollar. I've been wearing pants TOR
40 years and this is the first time any
thing like that yer happened to 'em.
"Have you ever been in New York
before?" inquired the clerk kindly.
Never till two weeks ago, and I'm
getting out Of 1t day after tomorrow"
I'm sorry" said the clerk. I'D like
to sell you another pair OF trousers
soon"
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Western Visitor Wears Out His Pock
ct Edges Digging Down After
the Money.

The man from the west was In a
clothing emporium in Broadway Be
lecting a pair Of trousers.
by heck" he said as he paved
over the pile before him. this here
town Of New York is the beatin'e est
place OF pants | ever got up against
Out in my town any hand-me-down
pants / buy are good for a year. start
ing in with Sundays for the first three
months and week days for the rest OF
the time. These I've got on were my
best and not quite three months old
Now look at EN-" and he showed the
clerk the left hand pockets. hip and
side. The cloth was entirely worn OF
the edges and the white showed like
a line Of surf.
How did that happen?" inquired
the clerk. surprised. but sympathetic
This town did it. that's what !
carry my change and small bills In
the left side pocket and my bank roll
In a book In the hip. and. by heck.
I've been going down into them
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COFFEE HURTS
One In Three.

It IL difficult to make people belieys
that coffee Is q poison to at least one
person out of every three! but people
are slowly finding 1t out, although
thousands Of them suffer terribly be-
fore they discover the fact.
A New York hotel man says: Each
time after drinking coffee / became
restless, nervous and excited, 80 that
was unable to sit Ave minutes IN one
place, was also inclined to vomit and
suffer from loss Of sleep. which got
worse and worse.
"A lady said that perhaps coffee was
the cause of my trouble, and suggested
that 1 try Postum. I laughed at the
thought that coffee hurt me, but she
insisted so hard that I finally had
some Postum made. have been us.
ing it in place Of coffee ever since, for
| noticed that all my former nervous
ness and irritation disappeared. be.
gan to sleep perfectly, and the Postum
tasted as good or better than the old
coffee, so what was the use OF stick.
ing to q beverage that was injuring
me? 1-.,.
"One day on an excursion up the
country / remarked to a young lady
friend on her greatly improved appear.
ance. She explained that some time
before she had quit using coffee and
taken to Postum. She had gained a,
number of pounds and her former pal.
pitation of the heart, humming In the
ears, trembling Of the hands and legs
and other disagreeable feelings had
disappeared. She recommended me to
quit coffee and take Postum and was
very much surprised to find that had
already made the change.
"She said her brother had also re.
ceived great benefits from leaving of
coffee and taking on Postum" There's
4 reason"
Ever read the above letter.! A lew
pne appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and f&i OF humaa
interest.
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THE DOCTORS MEET
THE SOUTH CAROLINA MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION WELCOMED TO
~ THE CITY.
SIMS MEMORIAL MATTER
Action Was Taken Several Days Ago
President Jervey Delivers An Ad.
dress-The Vital Statistics Were
notwithstanding interesting.

Columbia.-The first scientific ses-
sion of the South Carolina Medical as
ISOLATION was enthusiastic, and mark
ed by moments OF brilliant discourse.
The convention closed with an address
by DR.. E. A. Alderman, president of
the University OF Virginia. Despite
unavoidable irregularities in the orig
inal programme, the proceedings we're
interesting in many respects. Ad-
dresses by President y. W. Jervey Of
the association and George w CrieI,
surgeon to the Lakeside hospital,
Cleveland, Ohio, brought the enthu-
siasm to its greatest height. Rev.
Thornton Whaling, D. D, president Of
the Columbia Theological seminary,
opened the meeting with prayer: DR..
Whaling was followed by Mayor Gibbes
and DR.: H. W. Rice, president Of the
Columbia Medical society, the former.
welcoming the sconyention,i in the name
Of the city and the latter In the name
OF his fellow physicians. The Sims
memorial committee DID hot report,
owing to the absence Of a member.
The names nominated the day before
for state medical examiners wers AT
frmed by the general session
President Jervey In Lis speech took
up the question Of vital statistics, and
discussed at length on the large nurp-
Der Of deaths resulting In this state
from diseases that could be prevented,
and would be, II the proper means
were used. He stated that not to
prevent this unprecedented loss Of life
was a sin resting ON the shoulders OF
the state and Of her; officials In par
ticular. He mentioned the governor,
and said that 1t was a regrettabfe fact
that the executive would approve the
expenditure Of $1,OOo,0o0 70 Improve
ments on the state house. and yet had
vetoed a bin providing for $4,000 for
the purchase OF diptheria an~ti-toxin!.r
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Fix Dates For ~Encampment.

Columbia. - Adjt. Gen. Moore has
been notified from headquarters as to
the dates at which the three South
Carolina regiments of the National
Guard will attend the encamppment at
Admission, Ala, this summer. The
dates and the order in which the regi-
ments will attend the e~ncampment are
are follows: Third regiment of infan'
try, n. G. S. c., July 6 to Is. First
regiment Of infantry. y. G. S. G., July
Is to 25. Second regiment Of In
fantry, n. G. S. c., July 26 to August 1
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candfdate E.orrLower House...

Chester-The following candidates
have announced their candidates. for
the lower house ofithe general assemb-
,ry: A. q. Brice, Col. IT, Cunningham
and G. s. Ford. Others that will prob
ably announce themselves for this Of:
fee within the next few days are: w.
E. T. Wade, s. AZ. Rodman and Daniel
s.. Hollis. The former group + city
candidates, while the latter trio are
farmers. Only two. can't s elected at
this time. The recent census marrow.
ed down Chester's9 representatives
from three to two owing 10 the
countyis failure to make the proper in.
crease in population. ,aG
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Rexised Map Of South Carolina.

CoIumbia.-A revised may Of the
state has been issued from the state
department Of agriculture. The map
contains Jasper county, which was
formed out Of parts of, Beaufort and
Hampton counties, and the Dutch Fork
section, which was recently. annexed
from Lexington. to- Richland county.
The map will be sent out to all public
and private schools and individuals
who make request upon the depart
ment.
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Benson is Road Engineer For Aiken.

5thsoH Is nUdu EhBIHeeF TOT "'NeH'
Aiken.-The Aiken county highway
commission has employed Charles G.
Benson, who was for a number Of
years in the employ Of the government
in the Philippines, and who has had
considerable experience as a road
builder, as, engineer for the commits
sion. John Yaun will be placed in
charge of the two c%haingangs, which
now have about 80 convicts, 18 mules
and all machinery necessary to do
good work onithe roads of the county.
The commission will hold monthly
meetings in the future.