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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-14
VACATION KODAK

views OF the scenes you visit viii prove
a never-ending pleasure to yo, self ana
friends Jno. L. Moore q Sons have
kodaks and all accessories. Fine fin
ishing speciality. ~ North Broad s.,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-14
VETERAN RAILRoADER Dl .

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug 14.-Josern
NJ. Ryan, Jr., division freight agent of
the B. & o. 6 w. and a veteran rail-
road man, died here of heart disease.
heart disease.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-14
LAUNCH WITH rs ABOARD
MISSING FOR TWO DAYS

SANTA BARBARA. CAL, Aug. II
Boats are searching the Santa Barbara
channel and Santa Cruz island waters
Tor launch which left here Monday
with an excursion party of % men and
women and has not been heard of
since. She carried only one DAVIS pro-
yisiOns
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-14

vast amount or ill health is due to
impaired digestion. When the stom-
ach fails to perform its functions prom
erly, the whole system becomes de-
ranged. A few doses of Chamberlain's
Tablets is all you need. They viii
strengthen your digestion, tnvigorate
entirely doing away with that miser-
able feeling due to faulty digestion
Try it. Many others have been per-
manenIy cured-why not you? For
sale by all dealers 49,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-10
GUNNER'S MATE WAS A HERO.
Dived After Live Torpedo and Faced
Almost Certain Death.

There is hardly month goes by
that we do not read of some heroic
deed having been performed by some
one or more of our brave bluejackets.
and of his being rewarded by a let
ter of commentator from the secre-
tary of the navy, or if the deed was
of such heroic qualities as to merit
special attention, by receiving the
American medal of honor from the
hands of the president of the United
States. The. American medal of honor
ranks with the Victoria Cross of Eng
land, or the Iron Cross Of Germany.
and il is hard. if not harder, to win.
This metal always carries with 1t a
gratuity of 500. but to either man
or officer it means good deal more.
The pathway for a medal off, honor man
is made easier to advancement, and an
enlisted man who is a holder of one
of these medals may take eXamina-
ton for warrant officer, no matter
what his present rating. There are
cases. however, where heroic deeds
have been performed that have not
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-10
Lewis illness.

1t was unmistakably a spring day
The air was warm and languid and
the sun was beginning to shine with
the heat of summer. Mrs. frost. from
the kitchen stoop, cried, woods
wanted!" in the direction Of the barn
and in a few minutes the sound Of the
axe was heard from within that struc.
ure. When the chopping was over
Levi frost brought the wood into the
kitchen. He threw it into the box
pulled off his straw hat and wiped his
bald head languidly.
II let Sam take the team" he said
II was feeling sort Of sick"
Mrs. frost set her pan of potatoes
down on the table and stared. "Sick?'
she said. What kind O. sick?"
II dunno exactly" replied Levi
"All overish. 1 feel as if I was sick
enin' for a sickness"
It's this spring weather." decided
his wife. What you need Is some
boneset tea, or maybe some sas'fras
You'd better go pull off your boots
and lay down."
NO" said Levi, Il guess not.
guess I'll go along to the barn and dc
a little fxin' there"
He got up and went out, and his
wife. peering after him, saw him en-
ter the barn.
Il wonder what he's carryin' that
tomater can for?" she speculated.
At noon Levi and the hired mar
came in to dinner.
You haven't seen anything of bie
cigar box round here the last day OF
two?" asked Levi. It's been setting
on the grain bin all winter"
THE box with fishin' tackle in it?'
asked the hired man.
There was rivets in it," said Levi
Il don't know but there was some
fishin' tackle i'm it. too"
Il saw a box on the work bench,
said the hired man.
feeling quite right, slouched off, ant
subsequently disappeared for the res
of the afternoon. Toward supper time
Mrs. frost began to make inquiries
and as the minutes passed. began tc
get really anxious.
Here he is" announced the hired
man finally, from his stool out on the
stoop.
Levi shambled up to the door and
dropped something that shudderet
and then tapped briskly on the
boards.
TEN" he announced. "Six fa
pumpkin seeds an four trout. They
was just beginning to bite good wher
| come away.'-Chicago News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-10

causing it to. bounce up and down on
the bottom. felt the motion in the
water and remained away from the
torpedo.
What next happened occurred so
suddenly and quickly that I have not
clear recollection Of It,, except that
instinctively I knew the torpedo had
started off at full speed and threw out
my hands to save myself, that is, to
push the torpedo away from my body
as it's tail swung toward me. My
hands encountered the afterbody and
the propellers chopped them up. The
torpedo rapidly gained speed and shot
to the surface with tremendous force,
passing within a short distance Of the
man tending the lines and air hose,
and rushing twenty feet into the air,
then curving down into the water
ran off down the course, diving In
and out of the water. The men In
the launch were so excited that for
the moment they forgot themselves
and fell away from the pump, leav-
ing 1t stoppd for a moment.
"As soon as failed to hear the old
familiar chug, chug Of the pump l
thought that the air hose had been
cut by the propellerS Of the torpedo
and closed the relief valve to save
what air had in the suit, and was
going to try to remove my shoes. The
water was so muddy that I could not
see whether the hose had fallen to
the bottom or not. AS I was closing
the relief valve I noticed that my
hands were mangled and I was soon
much relieved to feel them hauling
me to the surface. Going up kick
ed my legs to see IL could tell If
they were also cut. It happened that
came up under the wrong side Of
the ladder and had to work myself
around it with my elbows. AS soon
as I had got clear I held my hands
up so that the men in the launch
could see that I could not help my
self
when the torpedo had shot out of
the water there was great COM
motion on board the Montgomery.
One calm and collected officer cried
out: For Gods sake. pull the diver
up! He then ran to the gun deck
Of the ship and, meeting the doctor,
began dragging him without further
ceremony toward the gangway. The
doctor did not know what the matter
was, but the other persisted in drag
ging him on, telling him as rapidly as
possible"
BY the time the doctor arrived at
the launch the men had the diver into
the boat and were cutting the suit from
him. The doctor quickly applied
to Scott's arms and he
was taken to the ship in the steam
launch. AS soon as possible Scott
was placed on the operating table
and put under chloroform, while one
finger was removed and the others
sewed up.
Scott was born in Charlestown, but
later lived in Woburn, and was the son
of ]. F. Ccott of that city. Both his
parents are dead and he Is at pres
ent still in the service.-Boston Globe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-10

Spanish trade that by 1920 a regular
trade route was established-the ia
nous Santa Fe trail.
In 1922 the independence of Mexico
from the Spanish crown was accom-
plished, and New Mexico became a
part Of the southern republic. Its
people had not participated in the
revolution, but they were, neverthe-
less, ready to welcome the change.
And thus came to an end the last
Spanish dominion in what Is now the
United States, Florida having been
sold three years before.
The growing trade with the Missis-
/, sippi and Missouri valleys caused
Santa Fe and other New Mexican
towns to prosper, until in 1S43, on ac-
count Of complications arising from
the Texas revolution, the trade vas
absolutely interdicted by the Mexican
authorities.
Three years later, in 1S46, Mexico
and the United States being at war,
Gen. Stephen W. Kearney. at the head
Of "the army Of the west" marched
into New Mexico and seized the ter
ritory. He raised his flag at Santa
Fe, and since that day 1t has flown
there. In 1s4S the sovereign title
was formally transferred to the United
States by treaty, an additional piece
Of territory being secured few years
later by purchase.
AS early as 1S4S the people of New
Mexico petitioned congress to be ad-
mitted to the Union as state. Their
prayer was destined to be longer de-
MED than that of any other territory
in the history of the country. In
1850, the country still being a military
despotism, convention met at Santa
Fe and formed a constitution and
elected state officers. This constitu-
tion prohibited slavery.
The slavery question was just then
the touchstone by which every public
question was tested and New Mexico
was bound to lose. The famous COM
promise of 1850, which admitted Call
fornia and overthrew the balance Of
the slave and free states in the senate,
provided a territorial government for
New Mexico. Under that form of gov
ernment its people have continued ever
since, until this year, although not
a year has passed that they have not
begged for statehood. A dozen states
have been admitted since 1850 that did
not have the population or develop
ment of New Mexico, but party poll
tics and prejudice on account Of the
large proportion Of Spanish speaking
population, combined to close the door.
According to the last census New
Mexico had 327.396 inhabitants, gain
of more than two-thirds in ten years,
and thus, when 1t came into the Union
1t was the largest state in population
at the time Of admission, with the
single exception of Oklahoma In area
1t is larger than all Of the six New
England states and its population now
is greater than that of Nevada, Idaho
and of Wyoming in the west and Of
Delaware among the thirteen original
states.
1t is the only state in the Union that
has three distinct classes Of citizens
the Pueblos who are citizens Of
the United States by the treaty Of
1S4S, the Spanish speaking people
known as "Mexicans" and the English
speaking people known as "Ameri-
cans."-Frederick T. Haskin in Atlanta
Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-10
wbv He Loved the Rat.

Any man who tries to teach Mrs.
Champ Clark anything about law or
politics will have to get up early In
the morning and keep busy all day.
The speaker Of the national house Of
Representatives says she Is responsible
for his political advancement and hon.
ors. She helps him to write his speech
es. and together they decide where to
put in touches of humor and the fun
ny. stories. Consequently, she speaks
with authority when she describes
this story as being Mr.. Clark's best,
because 1t is both funny and surpris-
ing:
There was a minister who believed
AS I do-that there is something
good in all men and women, no matter
to what depths Of degradation they
may have sunk. The minister began
to collect and to jot down In his note
book specific instances which proved
his theory. One day he was paying
visit to a condemned prisoner, and
while the two were engaged in ear
nest conversation a rat stole out from
his hiding place in the corner Of the
cell, and crept toward the prisoner.
The unhappy man fondled the rat
with every show of affection.
"'Do you love that rat, and have
you been so kind to him as to tame
him completely asked the minister
III Or. h
notebook.
"Love that rat?' repeated the pris-
oner. Why, I'd share my last crust
with him any minute
land can you tell me, my poor
fellow, what has put into your heart
this unselfish love for rat?'
Sure answered the prisoner.
This rat-he bit the jailer, sir. -
Woman's World.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-10

A Record Hailstorm.-One of the
worst hailstorms ever known In the
United States occurred Sept. 8. 1898.
in Nodaway county. Missouri. The
path of the storm was about three
miles wide and eighteen miles long. Its
greatest violence being felt over re-
gion of four square miles east Of Clar-
mont. At one point In this region the
fall OF hail was 80 heavy that Il drift
unprotected by artificial means re-
manned lying on the ground for four
weeks after the storm. At the end of
that time people In the nelghborhood
were found gathering the hail for
the purpose of making Ice cream, Dur
ing the storm cylindrical pieces vt lee
were picked up four lnches lnng m
about two and half IN diameler, The
growing corn was practically aM Aez
stroyed. In field of eighty acres anil
one stalk was lrfl standing GhiGasa
News,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-10

Proud Editor Rebuked.-The fol-
lowing letter, with no signature at
tached, was found in the Clipper box
this morning. The writer Is evidently
laboring under the impression that he
has been Disseminated against in the
Clippers columns. We offer this par
ty our sincerest apology and assure
him that the omission of news items
is not intentional and that we will
publish any and all news that is fit.
provided it is sent in to the office, as
the Clipper has no favorites:
Mister etiter: / want to noe why hit
is that you use so Internal much par
shality i'm your little ole paper. Me
an my folks have bin vistin half
dusin time lately an you never sed one
word about hit. You run after the
big bugs an let the little one goe.
have bin thinkin of subscribin fer the
Clipper but wont do hit now. You
no no this is.
"One Who Has Been Ronged."
-Hennessy (Okla..) Clipper.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-10

What Beat Sandy.-A native OF T
on the coast Of Scotland, when the
contract for lighting the first three
steamers fitted with electric light at
the t shipyard was completed.
formed one OF social party gathered
to entertain the electricians. In
burst Of candor and comradsship, he
was overheard saying to one Of the
wiremen:
Mon Peter, efter workin' VII You
on their boats. believe l could put ia
the electric lieht maseP, but there's
only one thing that-thatc-hatss
me-"
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his Interested coHPanio'i,, %iliing t2'
help him Il Il hay IN his 9aSNer,.
"wseL pao,,T' said Sa.AasSs, 'astss jNSStl
this; ! dipnpa ken hRo, Se sstt tase isse etas,
rim aAaps ths WiEsSN '-1aea%
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-10

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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-10

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she Ia fully eempeteHt " aHbpaft A
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-05-10

~ The small boy by any other name
would be just as strenuous.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-01-18
FIVE MEN KILLED
Baltimore and Ohio Train
Runs Headon into a Lake
Erie Train on Switch.
PASSENGERS ARE HURT
BY Broken Glass But Not
Seriously AS a Result of
the Come Together.

NEW CASTLE, Pa, Jan. l5.-Five
persons were killed here today, when
a Baltimore and Ohio through train
ran through an open switch and col
lided head-on with a Pittsburg and
Lake Erie train. No passengers were
killed.
The dead men are Engineer James
Cannon, OF Pittsburg; Fireman W.
E. Cunningham. OF Mahoningtown
Baggage Master ]. L. Craft, of Pitts
burg; Engineer R. NJ. Clark, of Nc
KEGS Rocks; and Fireman j. R.
Smith, of New Castle.
Among the injured are Mail Clerk
w. j. Carnahan, of Sandy Lake
Pa. and Conductor ]. NJ. Ellis, OF
Chicago Junction. o. The glass
was broken out of the cars but-none
of the passengers was seriously in,
jured.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-01-18
PETRIFIED
Head of Indian Warrior is Elk.
hibited at then.Elkins
Poultry Show.

ELKINs. Jam 15.1one of the most
interesting features of the Elkins
Poultry Show, which has Just closed
was a petrlfied human head loaned
by DIR. j. r. Arbuckle.
This head is evidently that of a
young Indian warrior. There is a
cash over the right temple extending
to the back of the skull, almost four
inches in length. The Indian, evil
IDENTIFY, was killed in battle, with
some sharp edged weapon, because
the nature and location of the cash
are such that right handed man
could have inflicted it from the front
only.
The head was found in a car Of
coal at Thomas, W. Va, and was
doubtless blasted from coal vein.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-01-18
SURGICAL WORK rs
QUITE WONDERFUL
At the Miners Hospital, a
State Institution at
Fairnont.

FAIRMoNT, Jan 1.-THE appear
ance on the streets OF Fairmont this
week OF a railroad man, recently the
victim ola wreck. and who was re-
Torted in the local papers as losing
both legs in the accident, was one
of the reminders often given in Fair
mont of the efficiency of the State
Miners hospital located in this city.
The case of the railroad man is inter-
esting. Following the accident
which practically severed both his
limbs just above the ankle, he was
rushed to the institution and turned
over to DR.. j. w. Mcdonald, the su-
perintendent there. Railroad official
reports of the accident stated that the
victim had lost both legs. DR.. Nc
Donald thought differently. Employ
ing his exceptional skill as a sur
geon, he patched up the shattered
fragments OF bone, muscle and skin
and three months later the victim
walked from the hospital 1t is
stated, that by the exercising of usual
care, his limbs will return to their
normal condition within a few weeks.
Despite the fact that the institu-
ton is in this city, little is known 10
the residents here OF the great work
that IL is doing. The gruesome sight
of bloody figure, on a cot, being
taken from car or train TO the hos
ptal, may be Witnessed almost every
day Of the week. Nine-tenths OF the
patients are from out Of the city, as
the hospital caters to practically the
northern part OF the state. OF
course many fall TO recover from their
wounds after they reach the hospi-
tai. Fatal accidents are prevalent
in the mining and Industrial region.
Not all that live fully recover but
the number who are snatched from
the jaws of death by the splendid
corps OF the local institution is re-
markable.
Cases of illness are not treated at
the Institution, hence DR.. Mcdonald
has had little opportunity since he
came to Fairmont to display his abll-
lty as a physician. His work has
been along surgical lines entirely and
the records that he has established
for himself and his institution are
claimed by the medical fraternity
here to be remarkable. No local re-
port of the superintendent made to
tailed accounts of It's cases and re-
suits are included in the annual re-
port fthe superintendent made to
the state and they seldom fall into the
hands of the public. Despite this
however, Fairmonters are beginning
to realize the great humane impor-
tance OF the Institution that West
Virginia has established here.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-01-18
VISITORS
In the City of Washington
from the State of West
Virginia.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 10
Former Congressman c. p. Dorr, OF
Webster county. is in Washington
for several days on business. He
says there is more snow in wash
ington now than there was in Web
ster county when he left there a few
days ago,
w. B. Ice. of Fairmont, a member
of the House of Delegates from
Marion county. is a guest for a few
days of Senator Chiffon at his resi-
dence on Rhode Island avenue.
Glen Shaver, OF Fairmont, is in
Washington on a business trip.
Judge A. d. MacCorkle and wife
spent yesterday in washington or
their way home from Baltimore.
! Former State Auditor Arnold
scherr has been in Washington fol
few days looking at the sessions o.
Congress.
George D. Moore, prosecuting at
torney OF Jefferson county, is her,
for a few days.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-01-18
TO GET PENSION
AS a Veteran Who Lost Sight
in the Spanish Amer
lean War.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-Jim
Green, blind negro, from Charles
ton, who answers the telephone at
little hack standing back of the.
Capitol, is to be given a pension by
the United states. Jim was a soldier
in the Spaulsh-American war and
was in the charge on San Juan Hill
under Col Roosevelt His record is
good and he received an honorable
discharge after the accident which
caused the entire loss of his sight.
During the war he was seated around
a camp fire one night with some Of
his fellow soldiers when some one
threw a number OF cartridges into
the fire. An explosion followed and
both of his eyes were blown out,
Ever since then Green has been en-
deavoring to obtain a pension. being
almost incapacititated for work on
account OF the accident The case
has been presented to the committee
on pensions and the committee has
passed favorably upon the case and
has incorporated a provision for $25
a month for Green in the general pen
sion bill, which probably will pass.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-01-18
.RE-HEARING
Is Refused by the State SUI
preme Court in the Stout
Clifford Cas-.

The state supreme court has re-
fused a re-hearing in the Stout
Clifford case The court December 10
handed down an opinion confirming
the decision of the circuit court,
which gave Clarence p. Stout one
seventh interest in the estate of the
late James P. Clifford. This week,
the defendants asked for re-hearins,
which was refused by the court as
already stated. This ends the con
troversy.
Winning the case for Mr.. Stout was
quite a legal triumph for Attorney
E. G. Smith, who alone was counsel
for the plaintiff, while the defendants
had such able legal talent as John
Basel, sperry and sperry, George NJ.
Hoffheimer and Davis and Davis.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-01-18
.ROOSEV T TELLS
WHY HE ACCEPTED

sketch OF Senator Platts life and
particularly that portion OF the add
enda relating TO the appointment OF
Colonel Roosevelt TO the assistant
secretary of the navy. None of the
spouse to your specific inquiry i have
to say that the story as you have told
it affords with the facts. Colonel
Aston did accompany Colonel Roose-
welt to Senator Platt's parlor for the
purpose Of soliciting the latter's in
dorsement of Colonel Roosevelt for
that position. The circumstances are
most clearly impressed upon my
mind"
Later Mr.. Lang asked the privilege
of publishing Colonel Roosevelts
letter, TO which Colonel Roosevelt re-
piled. under date Of December q,
1910;
Il desire that my letter should not
be published at present simply be-
cause 1t Is not worth while to get
into public controversy. AS have
told you, have letter from Colonel
Aston stating that he never saw Sen
ator Plat about my being assistant
secretar yof the navy. None of the
incidents to which l referred in my
first letter. are related accurately or
truthfully by Senator Plat, but /
think his mind was falling and do not
accuse him of Intentional untruth.'
The Campaign contribution" story,
to which Mr.. Roosevelt took excep-
ton was not that reciting how f. H.
Hartman at his solicitation raised
$4,000 in 1904 to save his election
as president and that of Higgins as
governor Mr.. Roosevelt referred 10
Senator Platt's story of how he had
saved Roosevelt's election for COVER
nor in 1898 by securing from j..
Pierpont Morgan, Thomas F. Ryan.
William C. Whitney and three others
at the eleventh hour 100000.