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The Holbrook news., 1913-07-25
AN ISLAND WE LOST.
England Has It, and This Is the Way
They Say She Got It.

neJ say Sne Coz IL
Yes, even in these days, years
since the Ashburton treaty was
signed to the dissatisfaction Of two
nations, the Maine Yankee walks
out to the peak of West Quoddy
-eatsternmost hubble of the
main of our land of the free
points his thin nose in the direc-
tion of the wind blown cliffs of
Grand Manan and allows that "the
island ought to belong to u.s.
If it did belong to US Yankee ac-
guisitiveness could stand on th9
cliffs of the main and gaze out over
several leagues of tossing sea at
bare, brown, towering precipices
and boast that the United States
had thrust its independent nose into
the waters of the king to the ex-
tent of an island twenty-one miles
long and six miles broad. That
boast, it is to be feared, would be
all the interest any Yankee would
take in Grand Manan. Ask the life
long citizens of Eastport or Lubec
Yankee communities less than
twenty miles from the island-if
they have ever been on Grand Ma
nan, and almost to man they con-
fess they have not.
Grand Manan turns toward the
main a broad and forbidding back
of lofty cliffs. The great shoulders
of North head are hunched in surly
fashion. The coves, the reaches
from the sea, the valleys, the
patches of arabic land, face the
ocean and invite the mariner-for
the Yankee on the main only the
bluff, brown back, like the shoulders
of a sullen old man under a sun
tanned coat.
That old story about the manner
in which the American commission
ers were fooled at the time of the
Ashburton treaty persists on the
eastern border. 1t has settled into
something like grave fact. You are
told that some limpid and well aged
stimulant was employed to mellow
the combinations between the
commissioners and insure the
amenities of international dis
course; that the Yankee commits
sioners were taken out in boats and
assured that the waters of the st.
Croix river were discharged to the
west and north of Campobello is
land and of Grand Manan. and the
racing tide in the narrows at Lubec
was exhibited as the rushing water
of the river. But that tide is mere
ly the discharge from the reaches
on the American side Not pint of
water comes that far to the west
from the admitted boundary. st.
Croix. Therefore New Brunswick
won the fair barony of Campobello
and the grim feudal fastness of
Grand Manan.-Holman Day in
Harper's Magazine
The Holbrook news., 1913-07-25
w. WARREN

General Blacksmith and Carriage
Maker. All work done in a
workmanlike manner.
HOLBBOOK, - ARIZONA
The Holbrook news., 1913-07-25
KILLED THE LAUGH.
The Story of the Prayer In Rossinis
"Mose In Egitto."

The Story of the Prayer In Rossinfs
"Mose In Esitto."
The sublime prayer of the He
brews when preparing to cross the
Red sea is perhaps one of the
most solemn and majestically grand
compositions that can be found in
the choral repertory, yet at the
same time simple to a degree. This
was an afterthought of the com
poser and was not introduced until
the second season of the production
of ''Mose In Egitto" at Naples.
The opera then, as now, termi-
mated with the passage of the Red
sea by the lsraelites; but, although
the audiences were entranced with
the music. they invariably saluted
the passage of the Red sea with
peals of laughter, owing to want of
skill of the machinist and scene
painter, who contriyed to render
this portion of the affair superbly
ridiculous and brought down the
curtain amid uproarious mirth.
Rossini exhibited his usual indif-
ference, but poor Tottola, the poet,
was driven nearly crazy by this I'M
welcome termination of his literary
labors and intensely chagrined at
the idea of so sacred a subject
exciting laughter. This lasted
throughout the first season. The
next it was reproduced with similar
brilliant success ION the first night
for the music and similar laughter
at the end of the opera. The next
day, while Rossini was indulging in
his usual habit of lying in bed and
gossiping with room full of
friends. in rushed Tottola in a most
excited state, crying out:
"Eviva. | have saved the third
act!"
"How?" asked Rossini lazily.
NWhy," replied Tottola, 81 have
written a prayer for the Hebrews
before crossing the dreadful Red
sea. and | did it all in one hour"
WELL" said Rossini. eff it has
taken you an hour to write this
PRAYER I will engage to make the
music for it in a quarter of the
time. Here: give me pen and ink,
saying which he jumped out of bed,
and in ten minutes he had composed
the music without the aid of a
piano and while his friends were
laughing and talking around him.
Thus. owing to the Numbering igno-
rance of IA stage carpenter and scene
painter. the world is indebted for
the most sublime preghiera ever
penned.
Night came. The audience pre-
pared to laugh as usual when the
Red sea scene came. but when the
new PRAYER commenced deathly 81
lence prevailed. every note was lis
tened to with rapt attention, and
on its conclusion the entire audi
ence rose en- masse and cheered for
several minutes, nor did it ever
again laugh at the passage of the
Red sea.
The Holbrook news., 1913-07-25
His DAUGHTER.

A gentleman who was once stop
ped by an old man begging replied,
''Don't you know, my man. that
fortune knocks once at every mans
door,
''Yes," said the old man; che
knocked at my door once, but |
was out, and ever since then he
has sent his daughter
ellis daughter ?" replied the gen
tleman. "What do you mean ?"
"Why, Miss Fortune"
The Holbrook news., 1913-07-25
Sure of One Thing.

Mark Lemon in one of his books
tells of fat little boy who passed
his instructor on the street without
bowling.
"What has become of YOUR mar
ners. SIR" cried the teacher, shock
cd and frowning. at seems to me
that von are better fed than taught"
"Yes. sir" replied the hoy solemn
". 81 feeds myself, SIR"
The Holbrook news., 1913-07-25
Denies Newspaper Reports

So. delicate is the Mexican sit
uation considered in official cir
cles that the White House is is
suing the following statement
to clear up Misrepresentation:
ION his attention being called
The Holbrook news., 1913-07-25

Love had just laughed at the
locksmith.
"Whv don't Won laugh at the mil
liner and the landlord and the gro
cer?" asked bystander.
because" replied Love, "they
always make me feel mighty seri-
Gus" Houston Post.
The Holbrook news., 1913-07-25

There is no happiness in mere
dollars. After they are acquired
one can use but a moderate
amount. 1t is given a man to
eat so much, to wear so much
and to have so much shelter, and
more he cannot use. When
money has supplied these. its
mission so far as the individual
is concerned, is fulfilled. and
man must look further and high
er. The greatest good a man
can do is to cultivate himself,
develop his powers, in order that
he may be of greater service to
humanity, Marshall Field.
The Holbrook news., 1913-07-25
Los Angeles Market Letter

What happened to cattle prices
this spring is now history. There
were many contributing causes,
including tariff conditions and
California drouth. Contracts
made before the break for the
fall cattle were as high as 6 cents
for big steers. No contracts
have been made after the break
as sellers expected the high
price and puyers would not pay
it.
There is now more beef than
demand in Los Angeles. This
ii caused by overcrowding feed
yards and necessary turning.
Prices have remained about Z
cents for fat steers with a lower
tendency, as many fat steers
sold and are still selling for 6
and $50. Feeders will contract
6 cents unless beef will bring
them 7.50.
There are now 10000 cattle in
Imperial valley, 100000 in the
Nevada ard Oregon grass and
feed districts. There are large
numbers on California alfalfa
and tops and a few IN Phoenix.
There is every prospect of Aus
tralian developments in the fall
in larger quantities.
Past history has shown cattle
to have been very high in price
and yet prices have dropped,
1t was stated there is such a
shortage that there could never
be a decline again, yet there was
a decline and thousands of spring
cattle were thown up or left OH
the ranges this spring. because
the money to handle them was
not forthcoming.
In the past many would be op-
orators in cattle have contracted
and paid a small advance and
then taken the cattle and howled
for more because there was an
advance. These p calibre oper-
ators could not stand the gaff
and either cut the cattle in half
or forfeited advance payments.
1t should be a lesson to the Ari-
IONA cattlemen to contract with
some man they know all about
and make a contract without for
feiture clause so the buyer must
take the cattle if in accord with
contract.
At the present time the cattle
situation is most uncertain, and
during this interval is the time
for the grower to get in touch
with buyers. Fall business will
probably develop late.
With fall California rains there
will be a demand in California
for stock cattle and yearlings
such as never been experienced
and there is a place for every
hoof Arizona would care to turn.
Lamb prices are showing
and from all indications
65 pound lambs are at present
worth So so per head.
Prices at Chicago have run to
It's to 8. 40 per cwt. and Omaha
is taking, quite a number being
shipped en- route to Chicago.
Jersey and eastern markets
are bringing still better prices.
The dictatlon of prices by the
eastern market enables Califor-
mia killers to merely bid against
eastern prices less freight on
lambs, whereas northern Arizo-
ma and Utah together with a mu-
tual association to exchange
prices on the $4,000 killed an
nually under government inspec-
fiO,, in California
There will be a great demand |
for fall feeder lambs and weth-
ers in many states owing to sur
plus hay and cattle scarcity, and
even Z cents per pound is pre-
dicted.
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Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-03-13
VETERANS WILL GATHER
AT AIKEN NEXT MONTH

April % and "a have been
definitely set by Gen. B. Fl.
league, commander of the South
Carolina division, United Con-
federate Veterans, as the dates
of the 1913 reunion to be held in
Aiken, says special to The
State. Gen. league has so
notified Mayor Gyles and the
city council. in communication
addressed by him to the mayor
In response to a formal invitation
signed by the mayor inviting
the South Carolina veterans.
through Gen. league, to hold
their annual reunion there this
year, and asking what dates
would best suit the veterans.
Gen. league states that he
chose April % and "a with the
end in view of suiting the con-
venience of as many veterans
throughout the State as possible.
and because he realized that
later in the month many people
would be deferred from attend
ing on account of the business
necessity of arranging for the
first of the month. April % and
"a fall this year on Wednesday
and Thursday, which as he
pointed out, will eliminate the
necessity of any of those who
may be opposed to doing travel
ing on Sunday either coming to
Aiken or returning home from
the reunion.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-03-13
Will Not Stop Retailing.

There are a great many people
who do not understand the Webb
anti-shipment law passed by
Congress Saturday over the Pres
ldent's veto. Some think that,
according to the provisions of
the Act, it is impossible for peo-
pie living in dry" territory to
order and obtain whiskey from
outside territory. This, howev-
er, is not the law.
The Webb law provides that
no liquor may be shipped from a
wet" State into dry" State
for the purpose of sale. Hereto
lore. the whiskey business has
been in the hands of the Inter
state Commerce commission, and
was ruled by that body. The
question now is governed by the
individual laws of the different
States. AS soon as the whiskey
enters the border of State, it is
ruled and governed by the laws
of that State, and not by laws of
the United States. This is done
to meet the individual laws of
the States in regards to the
amount of whiskey that makes a
case of prima facie evidence
against a person for retailing.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-03-13
Thousands Ask Treatment.

The widespread attention which
has been drawn to the tuberculo-
sis serum of DR.. Frederick Franz
friedman, the young German
bacteriologist, will be brought to
a climax next week. Announce
ment was made that on Monday
DR.. friedman would open Offices
near his hotel on Fifth avenue
in New York and for two weeks
conduct a public clinic, where
the poor as we'll as the rich
would be treated, the serum to
be administered free 70 those
who cannot pay for it. 1t is
declared that number of
American physicians will be in
vited to atted the clinic to assist
in diagnosing the cases and to
watch them afterward and to
learn DR.. Friedmann's method.
He has claimed that within a
week the beneficial effects of
the serum will be apparent. The
doctor says that more than five
thousand applications for treat
ment have been received.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-03-13
Yorkville Watchman Murdered

Yorkville was all agog Sunday
with the excitement of a murder
mystery at least it is supposed
to be a murder, said the Rock
Hill Herald of Monday.
James Ramsey, the Sunday
Waterman, at the York Cotton
mill, began the turmoil when he
found the body of the night
Waterman, Sam Smith, negro,
cold In death, on the boiler room
floor of the mill on coming on
duty Sunday morning.
Smiths lower Jaw was shot
away. 1t is supposed that the
assailant hid behind door in the
boiler room and, using a shot
gun loaded with No. 6 shot. fired
on the negro from the rear and
on his left side.
The watchman clock showed
that he had made his 8 o'clock
morning round and it is thought
he met death soon afterwards.
Coroner l.. w. Louthian en-
panelled a jury at once. They
sat Sunday and Monday but up
to the time of going to press The
Herald could get no reliable in
formation as to what was done
or would be done.
The dead negro was con
sldered dangerous and it is
thought that some person with
whom he had brawled, took this
way to get even."
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-03-13
Big Increase in Fertilizers.

Figures in the office of the
State Treasurer show that to
date the sales of fertilizer tax
tags show great increase over
the sales to March 6 last year.
though the sales were not nearly
so large as they were in the
record year of 1911.
To date since January /, the
sales of fertilizer tags have
totaled $140.608 as compared
with $110. 525. 90 between Janu-
airy l and March 6 of last year.
For the same period in 1911 the
sales amounted to $175, 447. SO.
1t was explained in the State
Treasurer's office that the reason
for the big increase in sale of
fertilizer this year was due to
the fact that the weather and
consequently the roads had been
much better this year than last
and that the farmers had ac-
cordingly been able to haul their
fertilizer earlier.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-03-13
Steel Creek News.
Fort Mill Times Correspondence.

tort MIL lines correspondence.
Mrs. j. D. Withers and daugh-
ter, Miss Winnie ,Withers, and
Miss Mamie Stroup, have been
to Matthews, N. G.. where they
attended the w. M. u.
Mrs. H. E. MilIwee died at her
home in lower Steel Creek Satur-
day and was buried at Steel
Creek Presbyterian church Sun
day afternoon. Mrs. Millwee
had been in failing health for
about a year and so her death
was not unexpected.
Mr.. R. G.. Kendrick died at
his home in Steel Creek Sunday
night at IL o'clock and was
buried at Flint Hill church Tues
day afternoon at 8 o'clock. Mr..
Kendrick was 80 years of age
and had been in very good health
until about 2 weeks before his
death. He is survived by his
wife and the following named
children: Mr.. z. V. Kendrick. of
Charlotte; Rev. R. G.. Kendrick,
Jr.. of Greensboro, and Rev.
James Kendrick, of Texas; Mrs.
M. A. Edwards and Mrs. S. M.
Garrison, of Steel Creek; Mrs.
J. M. Blankenship, of Atlanta,
Ga; Mrs. Alexander Garrison,
of Oklahoma City.
Miss Anabel Nicely, of Char
lotte, spent the week end with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. F..
Nicely.
Mr.. Walter Potts who has
been sick is improving some.
Mr.. Erwin Potts has been to
Matthews where he attended the
w. M. U. E. H. P.
Steel Creek, March 10.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-03-13
Important to Baptists.

An important measure passed
by the General Assembly this
session effecting the Baptist
denomination in this State was
the bill that will allow the in
corporation of the South Carolina
Baptist hospital. The committee
named will have the authority to
establish at some point or points
IN the State, a hospital and
sanltarium, either separately or
together, for the treatment of
all diseases of the human body:
to train nurses and to confer
diplomas upon them.
AT the next meeting of the
State convention of the Baptist
denomination in South Carolina.
that body is vested with the
authority to create board of
trustees to govern the proposed
hospital, whose number shall not
exceed 1S persons nor be less
than nine. The board of trustees
of the hospital may be given the
power delegated in the act to
the State Baptist convention. IN
that they may have full contro
of the hospital.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-03-13
c. @. D. for Parcel Post.

The postoffice department is
continuing to make Improvement
in the parcel post service. Eff
fective March 1st, the special
delivery feature was added to
the service and now comes in
formation from Washington that
on July 1 parcel post packages
may be sent c.. o. D. This
feature means further compe-
tition with the express COM
panies.
The fee for collections is the
same as that required to buy
a money order. with which to
make remittance. For instance,
the money order fee on one dol
lar is three cents. If you c. o. D.
a parcel post package to Colum-
bla the amount to be collected
being one dollar, the collection
fee is three cents, and the post
master at Columbia would collect
from your correspondent there
one dollar and three cents, send
ing you money order for one
dollar.
G. O. D. collections will be
made only on insured parcels,
and in amount not exceeding
500. Insurance fee is ten cents
in parcel post stamps. This does
not mean that all insured parcels
are G. 0. D., but that all G.. 0. D.
parcels must be insured.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-03-13
HcLaurin and the legislature.

The 1913 Legislature, in the
opinion of John L. McLaurin.
State Senator from Marlboro and
former United States Senator,
was the product of campaign
conducted upon a low plane of
thought, and he says is intent
solely upon the erection of DO
litical fences" Mr.. McLaurin
simply could not do a thing
except hope for better days to
GOMEZ" for says he, the Legisla-
ture as a whole is opposed to
constructive legislation. These
opinions of the lawmaking body.
of which he is a member, were
expressed in a letter to Harvie
Jordan in reference to South
Carolina sending representative
to Europe to study rural credits.
marketing societies, etc.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-03-13
The News of Gold Hill.

Gold Hill, March IL. This old
sinner has been heap sick of late,
as the Indian would say, but is
feeling better now, and will write
you a few lines.
Mr.. r. G.. Kendrick, who lived
just over the State line, died on
Sunday last, and our old chum,
Z. t. Bales, has been quite sick
for some time. | learn that j. H.
Sutton is repairing the buildings
on his Latham farm and that
James Porter will hold the fort
there this year. Superintendent
of Schools Carroll has been visit
ing the schools in this section of
late and it seems that he don't
have a very exalted opinion of
our school buildings. Well, of
course, they are not what they
should be. But poor folks will
have poor folks ways, and we
have noticed lot of good material
amongst the output of log cabin
houses.
We learn that Miss Winnie.
the little daughtec. of w. H.
Crook, just lays the Gold Hill
school on the shelf when it
comes to spelling. This is praise
worthy in one so young.
Last Sunday, the 9th inst.
marked the 58th anniversary of
the great wind storm that swept
over this country on Friday the
9th of March, 1855, when there
were thousands of panels of
fence burned on the plantation
where w. P. Epps now lives.
There was not a single rail left.
The dwelling of Robert Potts in
the Pleasant Valley section of
Lancaster county was burned
that day. Nearly a new genera
tlon has come into existence
since then. Some of our people
think that Uncle Sam should
interfere and stop that fuss out
in Mexico, but we would say
hands off. for we got into trouble
in '6l and got scared to death a
hundred times, and even at this
late day we never hear the report
of a gun but what we want to
run or steal something. So no
war In ours, for some one has
said that there never was a
good war nor bad peace.
Splinter.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-03-13
Won't Deliver Expressed Whiskey.

Acting on instructions from
the End vice-president at Chatta-
nooga, E. T. Whitesell, Fort Mill
agent of the Southern Express
company, Saturday refused to de-
liver liquor shipments to callers,
regardless of the purpose for
which they said they had ordered
the whiskey.
Itwas, generally supposed that
the embargo was due to the new
Webb law, prohibiting interstate
shipments of liquor, except for
private use, but Mr.. Whitesell
thinks the company's lawyers,
under whose advice the End vice
president acted, were consider
ing the question if it were not a
violation of the State law of
South Carolina for the company
to haul liquor into dry counties.
Mr.. Whitesell added that the
company evidently was not ac-
cepting whiskey for shipment in
to Fort Mill, as the amonnt hand
led in the local office has sudden
ly dwindled during the last few
days to almost nothing. He
thinks, however, that this falling
off may be partly due to the re-
fusal of the wholesale whiskey
dealers to ship their product,
through fear of violating the
Webb law.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-03-13
DR.. Clinkscales for Governor?

DR.. John G.. Clinkscales. pro-
fessor of mathematics at Wofford
College, has announced that un-
less one of the candidates for
governor should come out posi-
lively and aggressively in favor
of compulsory education, he, him
self, would be a candidate on
that platform and would preach
the doctrine of compulsory edu-
cation from the mountains to
the sea. Doctor Clinkscales is a
magnetic stump-speaker. and
has. perhaps, as wide acquaint-
ance in South Carolina as any
other man in the State. The
degree of doctor of laws was
conferred upon him last spring
by Erskine College.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-03-13
Sudden Death at Pineville.

Mr.. Robert A. Cunningham
dropped dead Thursday morning
at his home at Pineville, shortly
after he had arisen from the
nights slumber to go about the
duties of the day.
Mr.. Cunningham had been in
the best of health and the sup
position is that he suffered an
attack of apoplexy, death follow
ing instantly. When he was
found by members of the family,
he was beyond the aid of help
and although a physician was
summoned at once, nothing
could be done to restore the
unfortunate man.
Mr.. Cunningham was one of
the best known citizens of the
Pineville community. He was
about 65 years of age and was
born and reared in that par
ticular section of Mecklenburg
county.
Three brothers, Messrs. Ed
Cunningham, John Cunningham
and Walter Cunningham survive
in addition to one sister, Mrs.
t. 0. Ross, of Providence town
ship. Mr.. Cunningham was
unmarried.
The funeral services were con-
Quoted from the late residence
Friday morning and the inter-
ment was at Harrison chnrch
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1913-03-13
Entertainment Friday Evening.

The young people will give an
entertainment in the auditorium
Friday evening, the 14.h, at $50
o'clock. The proceeds will be
used to replace the communion
service which was burned in the
Methodist parsonage some time
ago. Some of the best talent in
the town will assist in the enter
tainment. Admission, 20 cents
and 10 cents.