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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-07-04
First Brides to Cross the RockI....

Marcus Whitman, M. D., who saved
Oregon to the United States, was
born September 2, 1902, at Rushville,
N. Y. He married Miss Narcissa
Prentis, Of Angelica, N. Y, in Febru-
airy, 1886, and their wedding trip was
to cross the continent that year In
company with Rev. H. H. Spaulding
and his young wife. The brides were
the first women to cross the Rocky
mountains. They made the journey
of $500 miles In seven months.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-07-04
His Nationality.

Two old cronies had been sitting in
a cafe on Cortland street one Satur-
day afternoon for several hours and
were pretty much the worse for their
lengthy tete-a-tete.
What is your nationality, any way,
JIM" asked one.
We'll, I'll tell You, Bob. My father
came from Glasgow, so I'm half
Scotch"
And the other half settler, guess"
put in his companion.-Syracu
Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-07-04
Missed Opportunity.

'If the imperial German wedding
had been a play, it would have made
money"
I'm what way?"
why, look what big royalties II
drew"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-07-04
Elementary Principles.

What are the principal element.
of financial SUGGEST"
Water In the stocks, air in the
mortgages, and the earth for those
who know how to take it"
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-22
THEY CONTINUE TO WRANGLE
TILL CLOSING DAY

The patched up plans of paciflca-
ton between Gov Colquitt and the
legislature didn't last long. Right a.
long the closing days OF the session
the Governor turned In more work
than could be done even II, there had
been nothing to wrangle over. The
fight was still on over ponltentiary
management.
The House got busy and passed the
interstate liquor shipment bill and
remedled the defect In the $3.50 clos
ing bill and few other bills, but
when Workman and others tried to
put through the warehouse bill there
came trouble and the chances were
piled up against II. This measure was
esked for by the Farmers Union and
would be worth vastly more to the
people than some OF the other meas
ures. but because Workman favor
ed Il, the advocates OF the Allison
bill thought II was scheme to side
track them and they chopped the
head off OF the bill.
McNealus and others have worked
long and hard to get things started
for new constitution. They even
agree that II will not be turned for
prohibition, but II that question
should fail to loom up, It will be the
first time in many moons that II has
failed to be the paramount issue.
There has been an unhealthy hur-
ry In the closing days and we are apt
to hear soon OF lot OF faulty meas
ures passed.
The lawmakers have done but lit
lie and instead Of having made secure
their political fences It is believed !
that all OF them from the Governor
down. have really lost standing In
the eyes OF the people OF Texas.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-22
Costly Treatment.

Il was troubled with constipation
and Indigestion and spent hundreds
OF dollars for medicine and treat
ment." writes c. II. Hines. c, Whit
low. Ark. Il went to a 81. Louis hos
pital. also to a hospital In New Or
leans but no cure was effected. On
returning home began taking
Chamberlaln's Tablets. and worked
right along. used them for some
time and am now all right" Sold By
all dealers. IKE
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-22

T h Q entire
world feels the
effect OF agricul-
ture.
The wise farm
er profits by the
mistakes OF his
neighbor.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-22

SsDscrlbed ana sworn 30 before me
by c. r. buchanan. County Judge,
and Geo. w. Brown. and j. d. Letch-
er and T c. stinson and Smith Brock
county Commissioners OF said scurry
county. each respectively. on this
18th day Of August. a D.. 1913.
w. T. SKINNER.
Clerk. County Court. Scurry County.
Texas.
O.. 81
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-22

One noble action Is worthy com.
pensation for many failures.
The press and commercial club
are the masters OF the city's fate.
\ Dreams OF development will oft
times bring the means to the ears of
capital.
Boosting the city we live In
should be the most natural thing we
do.
Those who strive for wealth alone
seldom occupy space in the annals
OF great achievements.
To conquer local conditions and
help build a prosperous municipality
should be the ambition OF every man.
Enthusiasm has been known to
draw the sluggish blood from the
veins OF the demagogue and trans
fuse in It's stead corpuscles that will
eventually bring vigorous action in
behalf of progress and development.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-22

Harry X. Thaw who killed Sanford
White in a ut OF jealousy and was
sent to the New York insane asylum
has made his escape and the officers
Of the state and Of the prison are
very much excited. The rest Of us
will take the matter easy and proceed
to read up on all tho scandal that can
be worked into the case.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-22

of opportunity is turning his efforts
toward scientific marketing OF farm
products.
II takes leadership and persistent,
long-contlnued and dllligent effort to
get the farmers to unite for any com
mon purpose.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-22
How the Trouble starts.

Constipation is the cause OF many
ailments and disorders that make life
miserable. Take Chamberlain's Tab
lets, keep your bowels regular and
you will avoid these diseases. For
sale by all dealers. 7-5t
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-22

The City dads are having a con-
crete walk built across the street
from the First State Bank to the old
Snyder Mercantile corner.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-22
COMMISSIONERS COURT.

A. d., 1918.
We the undersigned. Commission
ers OF Scurry County, Texas, and c
II. Buchanan, County Judge of sait
Scurry county, constituting the Com.
missioners court of said county, and
eoch one OF us, and we hereby certify
upon our oaths. that on this, the 18th
day of August, A. d., 1913, at a reg.
ular term of our said court, we have
compared and examined the quarter
ly report of c. X. Lockhart, Treas
urer of Scurry County, Texas, for the
quarter beginning on the LIST day OF
May. A d., 1913, and ending on the
31st day OF July, A. d., 1913, and,
upon finding same correct, have caus-
ed an order to be entered upon the
minutes OF the Commissioners Court
OF Scurry county, stating the APPROX
al OF said Treasures Report by said
court, which said order recites sepa-
rately the amount received and paid
out OF each fund by said County
Treasurer since his last report to this
Court. and during the time covered
by this report, and the balance re-
naming In each fund on the said 1 9th
day of August. A. d., 1913, and have
ordered the proper credits to be made
in the accounts of said Treasurer, in
accordance with said order, as requlr-
ed by Article S67, Chapter 2. Title
XIV, OF the Revised Statutes OF Tex
as. as amended by an act OF the Tween
ty-Fifth Legislature OF Texas at It's
regular session.
And we, and each ofus. further
certify, upon our oaths. that we have
actually and fully inspected and
counted the amount OF money. In
cash and other assets, in the hands OF
said Treasurer. belonging to Scurry
county on this day and date, and
found the same TO be as follows, to-:
wit Total cash on hand belonging to
Scurry county in the hands of said
Treasurer, on deposit In First Nation
al Bank Of Snyder. Texas. $26OS. 66.
Astets, In addition 10 .ha tbovo n
mount OF money. as actually and full
ily counted by us in possession Of said
County Treasurer
$500 Ira Ind School DIG
tr,rt bones. held by c. II.
Sinking fund $500 90 |
$1,000 Canyon Co.lmo-,
so.ool District. No 6.
bonds lid by c. II.
sinking fnud .........S4OOO 90
$1,000 c. II. and ]. bonds
held by c. II. Sinking
fund ... $1,000 90
$500 c. H. and J. Bonds
held by Jail Sinking fund $500 90
Total. $500 90
Grand total money and as
HNNe etNUo % |
Witness our hands this 18th day OF
august A. d., 1918.
c. r. Buchanan.
County Judge.
Geo. w. Brown.
Commissioners Precinct No. l.
j. d. Letcher.
Commissioner Precinct No. 2.
T. G. Stinson.
Commissioner Precinct No. 3.
Smith Brock.
Commissioner Precinct No. 4.
Subscribed ana sworn 30 before me
y c. r. buchanan. County Judge.
nd Geo w. Brown. and ]. d. Letch- e
r and 7. c. Stlnson and Smith Brock +,
ounty Commissioners OF said scurry .
ounty. each respectively. on this
9th day OF August. a D.. 1913. II
W. T. SKINNER.
Jerk. County Court. scurry County.
TeNae
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-22

Blu, simmons Liver Purifier is de-
ligh'frlly pleasant and It's action IS
thorough. Constipation yielos; bill.
business goes. A trial convlncej. TN
Yellow Tin Boxes only.) Tried once
used always. att
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-22

Opportunity to the farmer is en-
closed by a barbed wire fence.
The mud hole is often the bull
wark between the city and the farm.
The farmer is themost independ-
ent man on earth e. III he but knew
II.
Love OF occupation the same as
love OF profit should be considered by
the farmer.
The man with his hand upon the
pillow should be the teacher and
preacher OF agriculture.
The county fair affords the farmer
a chance to learn the great lesson OF
agriculture.
Heretofore justice has counted for
little in the price the farmer receiv-
ed for his products.
II is important that the channels
OF traffic be kept open and block
AIDES prevented at the crossroads OF
every transaction.
There can never be a lowering OF
the high cost OF living to the non
producer until farming becomes
systematic business.
The greatness OF agriculture calls
for some assistance from all the peo-
pie on earth.
The city man in hearing the knock
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-22
In the Matter Of the Quarterly Report
@. II. LOCKHART

County Treasurer OF Scurry County
Texas. and the affidavits OF the Com
missloners OF said County.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-22

Only dollar a year The Signal.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-08-22

The greatest
regrets C , m o
from the things
we overlook
Labor is the
principal ingred-
lent in the wine
OF happiness.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-12-10
12,Os1, 100 BALES ARE GINNEB.
2GI $50 Bales More Than Ginncd to,
December list, 1912.

Washington, Dec. S.-The sixth
cotton ginning report of the CensuR
Bureau for the season, issued at 10
o'clock this morning, announced
that 12,081,100 bales Of CO ton
counting round as half bales, of the
growth of 1913, had been ginned
prior to December /, to which date
during the past seven years the gin
ming averaged 1872 per cent Of the,
entire crop.
Last year to December there had
been ginned 1854 ,541 bales. OK
S7.9 per cent Of the entire crop in
1911 to that date, 12,S16,807 bales
or S2.4 per cent, and in 1908 to that
date 11,008,661 bales, or 84.1 per
cent.
Included in the ginnings were S5,-
760 round bales, compared with T3s-
030 round bales last year. 1896 In
1911, 1O1,71S in 1910, and 134,39S
in 1909.
The number Of sea island cotton
bales included were 61,516, COM
pared with 51,275 bales last year,
81 s.64, g bales in 10 90 pals,s in
1903, and 68,3S6 bales in f908.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-12-10
New Series No s1G.--Volmmo LXIV-No &C.
MEXICAN FUGiTIvEs ON MARCH
One of the Most Tragic Incidents of
Present Revolution.

Presidio, Texas, Dec. S.-The com
plete route of Huerta's Federal army
in Northern Mexico, with the frantic
flight Of his generals for safety to the
border and the decentralization OF the
unpaid troops, was established with
the arrival to-day at Ojinaga, Mexico,
opposite Preside, of the civilians and
soldiers who deserted chihuahua
City.
In the remarkable hegira which
struggled for eight days over an 1856
mile trail through the desert and en-
dured great heardShips for want of
food and water were Gen. Salvador
Mercado, Huerta's deposed military
Governor and commander Of the Fed
eral troops in the north, Gen. Pas
cual Orozco, Gen. Antonio Rajas.
Gen. CarvO, Gen. Inez Salazar, and a
host of subordinate officers. They
had deserted their post in fear Of
Gen, Francisco Villas rebel army and
virtually had surrendered to the
rebels at Chihuahua, the State capi-
tai, and the largest Of the far North
ern cities.
Desolate Procession.
Along with them came, burdened
with what property they could carry,
men, women and children, represent
ing some of the richest families in
the republic. Their fight with the
army was in the face Of reports that
they might expect no mercy should
they fall into the hands of the rebels.
Luis TerraZas, wealthy land owner,
reputed to own half of the State of
Chihuahua, was said to have brought
with him vast fortune in cash, fear
ing 1T might be looted by the rebels
If he remained in the evacuated city.
Witnesses viewing the oncoming
throng from the hills Of Ojinaga re-
ported the refugees were scattered in
thin line for several miles into the
interior, and that the dusty confu-
sion of broken down wagons, dis
abled artillery and mingling of dis
heartened soldiers and famished civ
ilians as they slowly moved ovor the
desert presented spectacle Of uni
versal despair.
The fear OF being unable to keep
pace with the escorting army, OF be-
ing lost on the desert or caught by
the rebels, added to the miseries OF
Issnst preci tate & q ight and kept the
refugees in almost continuous
frenzy. Their arrival in a panic, but
unmolested by the rebels, formed one
of the most tragic incidents Of the
present revolution.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-12-10
Sisters Elope With Brothers.

Lavonia, Ga, Dec. 5.-A double
elopement, in which two brothers
stole two sisters from their home in
the dead hours of night and were
married at o'clock in the morning
to overcome parental objections, took
place here this week.
Miss Annie Blanche Smith became
the bride of Charles Sheriff and Miss
Roca May Smith was married to Mat
theM Sheriff. The brides are daught-
ers Of d. B. Smith, prominent mer-
chant of LavOnia
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-12-10
Z TEXAS FLOOD GROWS WORSE.
REPORTS Now Indicate About 1000
Lives Have Been Lost.

Bryan, Texas, Dec. S.-Planters
here estimate that 1000 persons
have been drowned in the 30-mile
levee disaster. The reports are nased
on an estimate made by land owners
in the district of the number of .heir
tenants and the total number of
known rescued or those still ma
roo1ed.
Many others are reported maroon
ed at points where they cannot be
reached and are in danger of starv-
ing unless the floods recede soon.
Several members of rescue parties
were among to-day's victims. The
majority of the tenants reported
drowned are negroes and Italians.
The last census gave 5000 ten
ants in the levee section of whom
708per cent were negroes, 5 per cent
Americans and 25 per cent Italians.
Thesrescued since the food on this,
the 8east side Of the river, have been
estimated at only 1,100, with an
equal number, believed to be rescued
onfthe other side.
SBoatmen to-day reported there
We're still 1900 persons, mostly ne
groes, in fourteen cotton gin houses
in the overflow where they are in no
immediate danger, though very hun
gry.S The boatmen also said there
remained very few places where there
could st'll be marooned refugees. The
unknown quantity in this estimate
was the number who needed the
warning and ran out of the district
ahead of the rise. A great many are
known to have done this.
Water Falls Slowly.
eThe water has fallen but three feet
altogether from the crest of the
food, the slow falling being due to
the Snarrow outlet at the lower end
of the lake formed by the breaking
of the 30-mile levee.
unless bodies are found, the plant
ers don't; expect to be able to verify
death lists until the water recedes
and d6each of them gathers up and
takes census of his now scattered or
missing tenants.
Tbs bright spot in the situation is
the zee tainty that in three days in
vestigatlon in specific localities
Where ,lrownings have been reported
Isr> az lesale, Eboatme have found no
esque'l5e. What worried them, now
eyei, was fear that in some Of these
places the water had removed all the
evidence.
Rescuers are Drowned.
Two more white men (rescuers)
were drowned to-day in this section
at Pitts Bridge. They were Albert
Worley and Henry Berger, the latter
one of the heroes of the flood. Ber-
ger, in a flimsy homemade boat,
saved % persons before he lost his
life.
The frightful conditions in the le-
wee district were indicated this after
noon in news Of the deaths of three
prominent Bryan men, who left here
in a motorboat last night with relief
provisions. They are Howard Cavitt,
Lea j. Robbins and Clifton Ellie.
Their boat capsiZed and the bodies of
Cavitt and one of the others were
found in tree into which they had
climbed. They died of exposure.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-12-10
Killed i'm Buggy; Friend Accused.

'Valdosta, Ca, Dec. News was
received here tonight of the tragic
death Of Mills B. Lane, Jr., Of Sa-
vannah. Reports are meager as to
details Of the tragedy, but Sheriff
Gornlo has been notified to catch
Mason Williams, Of Mineola.
Young Lane and young Williams
were the best of friends, and were
out riding this afternoon near Nor
ven, in Brooks county.
1t Is reported that they became in
volved in a quarrel in the buggy, and
began scuffiing, when Williams drew
his gun and shot Lane, who fell from
the buggy. Young Williams is said
to have got out of the bugg-, exam
ined the body, and finding life ex-
tinct, is said to have exclaimed, my
GOD, l have killed him!" He then
got back in the buggy, it is said, and
drove off, leaving the dead man by
the roadside.
1t is not known what the young
men quarreled about. They were
about 20 years of age each, and were
bosom friends.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-12-10
Important Association Formed.

Richland, Dec. 8.-Special: We
are having some nice hog-killing wea-
ther now. 1t came just in time to get
the meat ready for Christmas. There
are plenty OF hogs in the community
and most Of them are ready for this
cold snap.
Miss Annie McMahan, Supervisors
OF Rural Schools, visited our school,
Friday evening and helped to organ,
iZe a rural school Improvement aSso~
ciation. Miss Belle Striblng was
elected president; David McMahan,
vice president; Miss Carrie McMa-
han, secretary; Miss Grace Werner,
corresponding secretary, and Jack
Davis, treasurer. The object of the
association Is to improve and beau
tify the grounds and school house
and to compete for the prizes offered.
Miss Pauline Davis is teaching
school at Reedy Fork. This Is her
second year, and we feel sure she
will be a good teacher She spent
the weekend with homefolks.
Mrs. Lucy Burris, Of Walhatla,
spent Saturday and Sunday at the
home of Mrs. w. G. Foster.
Mrs. E. E. Werner returned home
Thursday after an extended visit to-
her daughter, Mrs. Furman Burns,
at Fountain Inn.
Miss Margaret Stokes and Charlie
wells, or Greenville, spent the week.
end at the home of the formers
aunt, Mrs. s. N. Hughs.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-12-10
Avenge Pankhurst's Arrest.

Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. 5.-Mili-
tant suffragettes to-day began taking
their revenge for the arrest of Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst. Kelly House,
an untenanted mansion, at Memyss
Bay, on the Firth-of-Clyde, was fred
with 100000 loss.
Upon the lawn a number of cards,
bearing suffrage inscriptions, were
scattered. One of them said: "No
peace or truce until Mrs. Pankhurst
IS free
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-12-10

ernor, remained in possession, but
was ready to greet Villa.
Aiming to restore normal condi-
tions in Northern Mexico, Gen. Fran
cisco Villa to-day issued an order
that all foodstuffs should be sold at
prices usually obtained in time Of
peace.
Stores in Chihuahua and other
rebel cities are required to sell
goods at prices named by Villa. The
rebel leader said that If merchants
attempted to ask higher prices he
would confiscate their property.
Train loads of provisions are to be
shipped from Juarez to the almost
famished citizens of chihuahua.
Unless the Federal troops who de-
serted Chihuahua unexpectedly re-
appear and resort to guerilla war
fare, the northern part of Mexico will
assume a semblance of peace through
the opening Of the railroads.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-12-10
OCONEE COTTON MARKET.
Seneca and NewIy Lead in Cotton
Prices this Week.

Quotations below were secured
over phone at 1890 o'clock this,
Westminster:
(By J. G.. Breazeale)
Cotton, 13 5-16 Seed, SIS per ton,
Seneca:
(By Barron-Byrd Coz
Cotton, "A to 1875 Seed. $2S.
per ton.
Newry:
(By Courtenay Mfg. co..
Cotton, l3 3s. Seed, $27 per tor.
West Union:
(By Strother & PhinneyD
Cotton, 13 "a. Seed, $27 per tou,
Walhalla:
(By G.. w. Pitchford)
Cotton, 1871. Seed, $27 per ton
AndcTsOn-Decembc %.
Cotton, 13 u 4; seed, SIS per ton.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-12-10
DAVID ID. GAILLARD DEAD.
Dug Culebra Cut and Conquered
Panama SlidcS-A CaroIinian.

Baltimore, Md, Dec. 5.-Lieut
Col. David Dubose Gaillard, United
States Army, who directed the engi-
neering work in the Culebra Cut, a
division Of the Panama Canal, died
at Johns Hopkins Hospital here to-
day.
Lieut.. Gaillard had been a patient
at the hospital since August II last,
suffering from growth in the head
the result of seven years arduous
labor in the tropical climate Of the
Canal Zone. He failed gradually but
steadily, and for the last two
months had been in a state Of coma,
due to the pressure of the cranial
growth upon the brain cells. The
physicians decided some time ago
that an operation was useless and
might hasten his death.
He is survived by his widow and a
son, Lieut.. David p. Gaillard, Uni
ted States Army. Both were at the
bedside when the end came.
Native of South Carolina.
Lieut.. Col Gaillard was born at
Winnsboro, S. c., in 1854. He grad
uated from West Point Military
Academy in 1884, and since that
time had won many honors in the
engineering service. A bill was in
troduced in Congress last month pro-
noting him to the rank Of colonel in
recognition of his distinguished SER
vices which eliminated in the great
engineering feat in the Gu ebra sec
ton of the Panama Canal.
When Culebra Cut was flooded by
the blasting of Gamboa dixie on Oc-
tober 0 last Col. Gaillard lay un-
conscious in his bed at the hospital.
Col. Gaillard's death is the culmi-
nation of a breakdown incurred by
long hours OF work and exposure in
the Canal Zone, where he pitted his
skill as an engineer against the shift
ing soil Of Culebra Cut. To him had
been given the most difficult task in
connection with the canals construc-
ton, to master the landslides and
quickSands which extended for eight
miles along the line of Culebra Cut.
During the early years OF his con-
test with the landslides Col. Gaillard
never knew what morning was to
bring forth. Over night the noun
tains moved and covered with their
deposit the tracks, and even the cars
which were used to remove material.
Culebra Cut runs through the back
bone OF the American continent. Gail
lard dug indomitably until hill after
hill found its angle Of repose and he
checked the landslides save at Cucu-
racha and points nearby. There the
sliding was persistent, but had visi-
bly, weakened, when the engineer
was compelled to stop his work and
seek rest.
Flags at Half Mast.
Panama, Dec. 6.--Flags in the
Canal Zone are flying at half-mast in
memory Of the late Lieut.. Col. Gall
lard. Col. Goethals to-day issued
general order setting forth the great
service rendered by Col. Gaillard,