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should say would be among our
| selves" or, as distinguished Ken
tuckian probably would have express
] ed It. 'among US girls" the president
acknowledged the influence Of the
press or rather the influence OF the
workers who report the happenings of
the day and show In their correspon-
dence the drift Of public opinion. The
Washington correspondents enjoyed
his Pickwickian reference to the edi-
tors when he said, with a smile fairly
beaming with good humor, that the
public servant might be able to "live
| 1t down." the same being what the
editors say. 9l lfitti5
Upon this point a noted man among
the correspondents, whose gift Of Sol
has delighted on many occasions all
lovers Of watermelons. agreed with
the Boss" the usefulness Of the editor
In the journalism Of the day, In his
opinion, having ceased to be q factor
In the forming Of public sentiment on
great public questions Such is the
popular fallacy upon this point; but it
Is fallacy, else some conspicuous
leaders Of public thought in this coun-
try have been wasting their lives.
It has become quite the habit for
men engaged In the public service to
discredit the editorial page of the
newspapers, and the newspapers are
largely to blame because they have
discounted themselves this most valu-
able asset Of true Journalism. Why
| should not an editor who holds no Of
fee, represents no particular fad, Is
not candidate for anything, and who
Is well informed upon questions OF
government and political economy and
history be as safe guide for public
opinion as the politician who is seeking
place or who has won position, or who
represents view the general adoption
of which would be destructive Of the
public interests?
The president was joking, of course,
In his little pleasantly about living
down the editors, and 1t would be ito
laugh" II there were not 30 many who
would take him seriously. He knows
better; he has written for the news
papers and magazines himself, and
always with point and effect. What he
has written In his books and essays
would have been equally true and
equally forceful had he written them
for the columns Of q newspaper of
which he was editor. E ifs sfd.
It Is in what an editor says and In
how he says II whether or not II Ia
better or worse that what the corre-
spondents write for the news column.
or course, what an editor says ought
to be well said and written with accu-.
rate knowledge of the facts and prin-
ciples discussed by him, and 1t hap
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-01
Ar E;obt. eooed Eish,-An Ell,

An Eisht-Lsgsed Fish.-An eight
legged fish, with a bark like a dog
and a ravenous appetite, was caught
in a net on the lower California coast
by Steve Chic. The strange captive,
in an improvised tank, was brought
to San Diego. and, with rope around
its neck, was led along the custom
house wharf while q hundred curious
persons looked on.
The creature has teeth like a dog
and gills and dorsal fms as we'll as
scales like a fish. It is two feet in
length and the feet are without nails
and covered with soft fur. It will not
eat meat, but eagerly devours raw
potatoes whole and seemed fond Of
seaweed. 1t ate out Of Ghio's hand,
but could not remain out Of water
long. Scientists will attempt to clas-
sify the fish.-San Diego, CAL, corre-
spondenct New York World.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-01

tactics, refusing as before to meet
with the mayor or to confirm her ap.
pointments. Thereupon Mrs. Wilson
made a further showing before the
court, which promptly ordered the at
torney general to investigate. On the
day on which his report was filed, the
court not only issued a premonitory
order Of custer to the councilmen, but
ordered them to settle for their fun
by paying costs Of about $400 each.
AS an argument for the superior in
telligence of man the Hunnewell case
is not a shining success.-Springfeld
Republican.
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Mistellauepus &eaaing.
ALIENS PAY THE PENALTY
Notorious Virginia Outlaws Executed
last Friday.

last Friday. "
Richmond, Va, March 2S.-Mum-
bling a prayer and crying half audi
bly, that he was ready to go, Floyd
Allen, whose refusal to accept q
short prison term for a minor offense
led to the wholesale court murder
in Hillsyille one year ago, limped to
the death chair in the state peniten-
tiary today, IL minutes ahead OF
Claud Swanson Allen, his son.
The sentence Of the court, held up
for six hours while desperate and
dramatic efforts were being made to
save the condemned men by eleventh
hour appeals to the lieutenant COVER
nor, was speedily ordered to proceed
when Governor Mann fastened back
to Virginia soil to take charge Of q
situation which was sensational and
exciting to degree. The prison su-
perintendent, acting entirely within
the law, agreed at o'clock to post
pone the execution, giving Attorney
General Williams an opportunity to
pass upon the constitutional right OF
Lieutenant Governor Ellyson to inter-
fere.
Governor Hastsns Back.
But the young SON Of Governor
Mann reacneQ mis- IaInSr In fnilduel-
phia by telephone less than an hour
after the delay had been ordered and
by o'clock today the governor was
again on Virginia SOIL Incensed, as
1t afterward developed, by the unex-
pected effort to take advantage Of his
temporary absence when he had re-
peatedly refused clemency, the gov
ernor boarded an early morning train,
arriving In Richmond at 11.30 o'clock.
On the way he telegraphed the sec
retary Of the commonwealth that he
would be in Virginia by o'clock, this
information suddenly checked the plan
of Allen sympathizers in further urg-
ing the lieutenant governor to inter-
fere. .a ..
While every proceeding had halted,
pending the governors arrival, word
reached police headquarters that a
crowd had assembled at the station.
patrolmen, detectives and plainclothes
men being hurried there to prevent
any demonstration. When the COVER
nor stepped on the platform he was
quickly surrounded by officers who
escorted him to q taxicab which took
him quickly to the capitol.
In his Office at the. state prison,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-01
WOMAN MAYOR TRIUMPHANT
Mrs. Ella Wilson of Hunnewell, Kan
sas, Has Won Her Way.

The little city Of Hunnewell. Kan,
achieved fame not quite two years ago
by electing a woman, Mrs. Ella Will
son, as mayor. Soon after, the report
was mischievously spread that having
found herself unable to cope with the
politicians she was ready to throw UP
her hands and quit So much was
made Of this in the east that Mrs.
Wilson was finally forced to write to
one or more eastern newspapers that
sho was still on her job and proposed
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-01
er but q happier woman.


The last scene in this long drama
occurred one spring day not many
weeks after Mercy's marriage.
On the hearth-rug Of Mrs. Jack Sc
verne's boudoir, Lawrence Harding
stood, looking down upon that small
brunette lady, who occupied a low
chair by his side. and was pulling her
lap-dogs ears with an air Of ill-hu-
NOR.
II can't think why you neglect us
so," she pouted. "You actually have
not entered these doors, Lawrence, q
half dozen times since Ethel Sardis
came here as governess. Alice Brad
ford thinks 1t most extraordinary; SC
do I. Can 1t be that you are afraid OF
meeting Ethel?"
my dear Evelyn" answered Law
renee, carelessly, remember that am
not a man of leisure. I have no time
to make visits. And, as for meeting
Miss Sardis. that's a little absurd, is 1t
not? You treat her so entirely like a
menial, that should never expect to
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-01
WILSON AND THE PAPERS


President Has Frank Talk With the
Newspaper Men.
(J. C. Hemphill's Washington Letter
to the Philadelphia Ledger.
President Wilson has taken the
newspaper men at Washington into
his confidence. In his charming talk
to them at the White House yesterday
afternoon he told them frankly that
they could be Of the largest help to
him in the work before him by in
forming the country accurately of the
sentiment Of the country touching
public questions and their true rela-
ton not to any particular person or
political party-persons and parties
are nothing worth-but to the welfare
of the United States, which Is every
thing.
Declaring with smile that what he
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superintendent Wood was pacing the
floor peryously as he awaited devel-
opmepts, The situation there had be-
come more tense. Precisely at
noon the superintendent was called to
the telephone ~
"The governor of Virginia Is at
his DESK" was the message he re-
ceived from the capitol and instantly
preparations were made to obey the
mandate of the court. The witnesses
who had assembled at o'clock, the
hour announced for the execution, had
left the prison with instructions TO
return at l o'clock.
Just after sunrise the Aliens prac-
tically collapsed when informed that
a halliday respite had been granted
by a combination Of legal and tech
nical circumstances as strange as any
that had ever been presented to a
court of Justice. Claude Allen, who
had retained his nerve throughout the
trying ordeal in his behalf, gasped
and trembled, but he regained his
composure as he noted the hopeless
and detected appearance Of his aged
father in the cell across the corridor.
AS the morning hours passed they
sat with their spiritual advisers, but
they nerved themselves again for the
end when they heard that Governor
Mann had returned to Virginia. Men
prominent in official circles OF the
state, who waited In the capltol 1or
turned away, as his secretary handed
out his statement from the executives:
Mann's Final Order.
Hearing at minutes to o'clock
this morning Of the action taken In
the Allen case after I left the city,
l considered 1t my duty to hurry back.
I simply desire to repeat that after
the most careful examination of the
evidence in this case, I have not the
slightest doubt Of the guilt Of Floyd
and Claude Allen. and I will not In
terfere. The law must take Its
course"
What brought forth the greatest
indignation from the governor was
the reported fact that the plan to ap-
peal to the lieutenant governor was
agreed upon a week ago. While there
was no intimation from Lieutenant
Governor Ellyson that he would in
terfere, his willingness last night to
await a written opinion from the at
torney general, who had already ruled
verbally that he was without author
ity, was accepted outside to mean that
the life Of Claude Allen might De
spared. Governor Mann, however,
cut through the maze Of uncertainty
and doubt by Fastening home.
The jury which, under the law, Is
required to witness all executions, as
sembled outside the penitentiary gates
shortly before / o'clock, mingling
there with the crowds. The program
as originally announced was carried
out without change. While two min
listers, who have been unfaltering In
their loyalty to the condemned men.
were telling them good bye, the pris-
on superintendent stepped into the
corridor which separated the cells OF
father and son, and read the death
warrant.
FarewelIs Said.
Floyd Allen. still limping from the
wounds he received In the Hillsville
court battle, said the last fearful
farewell tn his how and went with the
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Of course.--"There is much warmth
in that singers voice."
Then 1t must come from the regis
ter in her voice."-Baltimore Ameri-
| can.
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of her husbands eyes

Oh ner nuSDands eyes.
To her, as to Ethel, the past Is now
but a shadow and a name. Through
much tribulation she has come to hon.
or and JOY, through darkness and tenn
pest to the calm beauty Of cloudless
and perfect day.
(The End)
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-01

31r The average girl of 16 always
thinks she Is competent to write a
book called advice to Parents"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-04-01

m There are many different kinds Of
fools, but don't try to be all Of them at
once.
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Farewells Said.

Floyd Allen. still limping from the
wounds he received In the Hillsville
court battle. said the last fearful
farewell to his boy and went with the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-07
FIGHT LIQUOR LAW.
Senator Paynter Attacks Constitution
atty of Sheppard Bill.

Washington, Feb. 7.-''When a member
of this body is charged with the duty of
constituting the constitution, the question
OF the effect his decision may have on his
personal fortunes should not for one mo-
ment be considered When such a thought
enters his mind he should with due has .e
excl2im:
- Get thee behind me, Satan. -
Senator Paynter of Kentucky thus be-
gan a speech in the senate today in OPP
position to the acknowledgement liquor BILL
which would prohibit shipments of liquor
into dry states. Senator Paynter said
he would like to have the respect and
approval of the people urging passage OF
the law.
But if one must violate the const1tu-
ton he has sworn to support and maintain,
and thus suffer the prostitution and self
abasement consequent upon violation #
tht oath the price which he pays to OBJ
tain their approval is too great cried he.
He condemned the bill on the ground
that it violated the constitution in that t
surrendered to each dry state the en-
tire control over interstate commerce in
that state.
'ongress had no right, he said, to pro-
hibit direct personal shipments of liquor
or any other merchandise to citizens
within anV state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-07
FIRE BRINGS RESCUE.
Negro Locked in Car Three Days
Starts Blaze.

Roanoke, Va, Feb. apparently
none the worse for his trying expert
ence. James Sparks, negro, told the
notice today how he had spent three
DAVIS and nights in a locked freight
car without food or water and then
SET fire to his prison in desperation
in the hope that the blaze would at
tract attention and that he would be
rescued. Sparks entered the car at
NontyaIe. Thursday, and almost i'm
mediately after he had slipped into
the car which was loaded with 1um-
her it was locked and sealed. Starv-
night set his travelling prison in flames
here and the fire department was call
ed. When the car door was broken down
the captive fell out He was too weak
to stand unaided.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-07
A WIRELESS STATION.
Will Be Installed at High School in
Near Future.

Topeka will have a wireless tele-
graphy system. 1t is now being in
stalled at the high school by C.. H.
Wilmington an instructor in the school,
Joe Slaughter and Floyd Hart
Area lines have been placed on the
domes of both the main building and
manual training building, and within
a few days it will be possible to send
MESA ges from one building to another.
The system is being installed for the
benefit of the class in physics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-07
Apples at Bargain Prices.

Chicago, Feb. 7.-Early sales of ap-
pies under the direction of the Chi
cago Clean Food club, which recently
successfully conducted a cheap egg
SALE were large according to reports
received today. There is a huge ac-
cur1ulation of apples in storage here
and the women of the club arranged
for bargain sales through various re-
tailers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-07
Is New Styles in
ailored Suits at $500

If your limit is $500 prepared to give the
best value at that price that have in
suits Several Wooltex models shown at this priceand
all made variety of beautiful materials in
the latest and coorngs for spring The designs
that offered this price Such styles
these
Cord-T
trimmed
and have
in $250o-stricty plain
Bedfor
dith
Slot skrt-$25OO
pockets
lain -pleated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-07
The New Toegerv.

A new men furnishing store at so
Kansas avenue will be known as tl,c
New Toggery. l. s. GaIftzky. a yo,,s,<
man who has been furnishing goods
salesman for several years, is the pro-
prletor- he starts with a clean new stock
Of mems furnishings. hats and caps a ~
ms merchandise is well selected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-21
Indiana Women,s Clubs.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 21-A
new constitution for Indiana and wo-
men suffrage probably will be en-
dorsed by the Indiana Federation OF
Women's Clubs which opeued It's sew.
enth annual convention in this city
today. Votes for women was evadsd
at the last convention but the club
women are now eaid to favor the
step. The womefss Franchise Lee.
que OF Indiana will present both reso
lutions for suffrage end a new censti
tuition. The league already is planning
a wide appeal to the men for votes In
favor of a constitutional convention
when the referendum on this questioa
is submitted in the 1914 election.
Every manner Of subject will be
treated in papers to be read before the
convention beginning today and clos,
ing Friday.
Among the subjects are: Country
Life" Parent Teachers Clubs,
Fly Campaigns" "standar ization OF
Household Oper alton and Equipment,
Heath Of the State" Merit System.
Physical Exercise for Women For
estry." "Sex Hygiene in the Schools
and Training for Motherhood"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-21
Catholic Missionaries.

BOSTON, Oct. 21.-Under the AZ
rection of the Very Rev. Francis G..
Kelly, D. D., director of the Home
Mission section, the second days
meetings Of the sec nd CONGRESS- of
the Catholic Missionaries Assertion
of America opened today in Symphony
hall The immigration problems w,lc'i
confront this government was the
topic OF an address this afternoon by
Rev. P. j. Muldoon D. D., Bishop OF
Rockford, Ill The immigration ques-
tion Is looked upon by the association
as one OF the most import ant problems
OF the day from the church point OF
view. Following the address, many
members OF the association, inform
ally discussing the topic, declared in
favor OF more stringent laws which
would prohibit the wholesale immigra-
ton of foreigners, which layity of the
rresent laws permit. They urved
laws similar to those Of Canada. sn1
declared that the law should contain
n section which would send the ma
1oritv of the immigrants westward as
colonizers and developers OF the soil
rather than let them remain in the
overcrowded cities as is now the case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-21
MEXICAN ELECTION
ON NEXT SUNDAY
Natives Do Not Appear at all Eseited
ever the Coming
E"cnt.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 21.-As Sun
days election draws near, apprehen-
sion grows in Mexico. Today few ma
tives were congr gated about the
streets as they were once Sc daily.
Last night the capita looked like a
deserted city. Gen. Felix Diiz was
expected to arrive during the day at
Vera Cruz and his friends pre- fcte
that he would come at once to M xico
City. Huerta adherents We're openly
disappointed that Diaz refused the
services of the gunboat sent 10 Ha-
vana to bring him home. 1t IS said
that General Huerta and General Blan-
quet will announce their can idacy
for president and vice president as
soon as Diaz sets foot on his native
soil.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-21
CAN GAZE ON PANKHURST
If HE BEGS HARD ENOUGH

hundreds Of women called to honor
her. Tonight Mrs. Pankhurst Will be
given great public welcome at a
mass meeting in Madison Square Gar
den She will be the chief speaker at
the meeting. This will be her only ap-
pearance in New York as she will start
on her tour Friday.
Mrs. Pankhurst was asked IL sne
would call on President Wilson when
she reached washington. She repied
that she would go to the white house
only In case she was invited.
~ shall call to see the president
only If the president expresses a de-
sire to see me- she declared. He Is a
very busy man. l shall be in Wash
,ngton only a short time and shouid
esteem II an honor otherwise to see
him. | shall not go to the white house
for such a purpose, however, unless he
asks that do so.''
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-21
SAID ADMIRAL
WAS DRUG USER
Mrs. Eaton Told Neighbors
That Her Husband Had
the Habit of Taking
Dope.
STATE NEARING THE END
Daughter Who Was Expected to Prove
Important Witness WIN
Likely Not Ap-
pear.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
PLYMOUTH, Mass. Oct. 21.-A
vast crowd Of women appeared at the
court house here today where Mrs.
Jennie May Eaton Is on trial for the
murder OF her husband, Rear Admiral
Joseph G. Eaton. One Of the sensa-
tions Of the trial impended. Mrs.
June Keys, the daughter, who is said
70 have welded such great influence
over Mrs. Eaton will likely take the
stand. From her. was expected a
story in line with the allegations OF
her mother, that the admiral was ad.
dicted to the use Of drugs.
Mrs. Charlotte Hill testified today
that Mrs. Eaton had told her the ad-
miral was drug fiend She saw
Eaton just before his last Illness and
said ne was in the best Of spirits.
Mrs. Katherine Magoun, Of AS.
sinfppi, said on one occasion, Mrs.
Eaton asked her to take June into
her home because the admiral had
mixed up some stuff'' for her to take
which made her Ill.
Clarence Rice, merchant and under
tal,er of Rockland. swore that Mrs.
Eaton told him her marriage with
Admiral Eaton was mistake and that
Eaton flirted continually.
| When Judge Aiken ordered a two
hour recess in the trial, after many
Iof the accused woman's neighbors
'thad testified against her, 1t appeared
that the government was nearing the
end of It's case. Mrs. June Keys
whose influence over her mother, the
prisoner, had been emphasized by the
prosecution, was absent from Ply
mouth and caused conjecture that
she will never be called by the prose
oution. Through neighbors today II
Twas established that the admiral was
apparently happy and had no indica
tions Of taking his life.
!. District Attorney Barker later an
nounced that he will not call Mrs
June Keys. "1f you want any infor
nation about Mrs. Keys" he said
"you will have to go to the defens'
for 1t. I'm through with her.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-21
BOX OF WIGGI, ING GERMS
is NEW BLACK HAND SCHEME

the writer of tne letter" said Inspec-
tor General Stuart today But he es-
caped the trap we set fof him and
may not be arrested"
The letter was delivered to Mrs.
Steele by speeial delivery It contain
ed small card board box The first
sentence warned her the box contain
ed deadly germs, that she became in-
fected when she opened the envelope.
but that If she deposited $4,000 at
the foot Of the Logan monument in
Grant park the writer would prescribe
a treatment by mail.
Steele who Is former railroad
president and now head Of the Stan
d7rd Forgings company at first
thought the letter joke and threw
the box containing me supp sed germs
into . garbage can.