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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-31
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BEATRIZ tNICHELENA IN
.TRE LILY OF POVERTY FLAT

The fye-part photoplay, "The Lily
of Poverty Flat" based on theme
by Bret Harte, and featuring the beau
tiful and gifted Beatriz Michelena,
will be presented here on Tuesday,
august 81.
Miss Michelena sprung into inter
national renown by her ability and
beauty n the film play "Mignon," J"
which has won the favor of motion pic
ture exhibitors and the public through
out the United States.
In choosing for this artist Bret
.Harte theme, tie California Motion
Picture corporation show great wis
dom, as Miss Michelena is the physical
type and embodiment of many of the
authors heroines.
"The Lily of Poverty Flat" of
course is Beatriz Michelena, and the
/ scenario provides a characteristic
story of Western mining life, with a
| wealth of incident, and variety OF
picturesque characters, amidst beauti-
full settings, in Europe and America.
4 Beatriz Michelena has part that
d brings out her delicate art to perfec-
ton; she has splendid acting chances,
comedy as we'll as dramatic. She is
naturally beautiful to look at; in this
photoplay sic becomes positively radi-
ant with loveliness.
The scenes of the drama change
from California to Paris; then they
return to this country. The story en-
braces a powerful love element which
q never flags. Lily's lover, Joe, passes
through variety of exciting adven-
aures and vicissitudes and does not
i get his girl until he has suffered innu-
merable privations, and dared many
perils for her sweet sake.
And w3en Beatriz Michelena is seen
as .erhe Lily" you will assuredly lhy
that she was worth fighting and wait
Ting for.
"The Lily of Poverty Flat" without
any doubt. will establish Miss Michel
ena with greater frmness than ever in
popular favor.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-31

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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-31
A GOLD NINE ON YOUR FARM.
Read How These Girls Found Theirs
and Then Look For Yours.

Progressive Farmer.
In a newspaper that had come wrap
ped around something-and l remem-
her now that that Ting was canned
corn. which we should have grown and
put up ourselves-we saw an adver-
tisement for girls to work in fac
tory that made fruit boxes and crates
When we decided to go mother cried
some. and father said we'd soon come
home when We found Ne lad to work
We had to walk two miles to the
factory, which was in ---, town
of about 300 people. We we're to get
So week each.
That first week was very hard fol
us, and night time found us almost toe
tired to walk home. But that SO COM
ing to us Saturday night would have
made US, who had never owned as
much as a 50-cent piece in our lives,
walk through fire and water, l think.
The first Saturday night we walked
home on air, !2appy and rich. Some
thing in mothers look when we got
there made me offer her half my earn
ings. The other two did the same.
Mother held then in her hand more
money than she had ever called her
own at one time before or after her
marriage, and she broke down and
cried. That does not sound kind to my
father, who is good man, and always
wants to do his best, but he had old
fashioned notions about his providing
for the women, and their not needing
any money of their own. I know now
that a great deal of woman's self
respect and industry comes from hav-
ing a little money of her own.
Now this is how we turned from our
foolish way. 1t had rained all week
and one day the bridge was gone and
we could not get home. We went back
up to white painted house and the
woman said we could stay there all
night.
We could not cross the river for a
week, but We did not care, for we
were having fine things to eat-smok-
ed ham and corned beef and all kinds
of preserves and canned fruit and veg
tables. One day one of my sisters said
Ii ey must be pretty rich to have all
those things. The woman smiled and
said she was rich, and would show US
how rich she was after breakfast
She took US later to a room in the
back of the house. 1t had shelves all
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-31
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

Notice is hereby given that meet
ing of the stocb3 olders of the Little
Mountain Oil Mill and Fertilizer Com
psny will be held at the Offices of the
company, Little Mountain, S. c., Sep
tember 1, 1915, at o'clock p. m, to
consider the following resolutions,
adopted by the board of directors July
80, 1915, proposing that preferred stock
be issued: ..r@s e,
Resolved, That the Little Mountain
| Oil Mill and Fertilizer Company issue,
1850 shares of preferred stock, of the,
aggregate amount of s13,5OO; that the
stockholders and directors WHO are
now liable for the debts of the COM
pany, either as makers or endorsers
Of its notes, shall have the preference
of taking such preferred stock in pro-
portion to the amount of their respect
i've liability; tfat such preferred stock !
shall be lien upon the net profits of
the corporation and, if the property of
the corporation should be sold under
foreclosure, or in liquidation, such
preferred stock shall be q, lien. upon
the proceeds of sale, after paying ex-
penses and the debts of the corpora
ton; that no dividend shall be paid
upon any other stock in any year until
the preferred stock authorized by these
resolutions shall have received a div
idend of eight per cent; that such pre-
ferred stock is to be regarded as col
lateral to secure the payment of notes
and obligations of the company on
which the holders of such are liable,
and any payment made on this pre-
ferred stock out of the earnings of the
or out of any sale of its
property, is to be regarded as a pay
ment on the obligations assumed by
tie respective holders of said stock,
and the payment'in full of such OBJ
legations cut Of the earnings or prop
erty OF the company shall retire such
preferred stock in full.
By order of the Board of Directors.
W. P. Derrick,
President and Secretary.
8-2-4taw
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-31

around it, and was filled with hun
dreds of glass jars and tin cans OF
everything from corn to raspberrles.
There we're stone jars Of things and
all kinds of meats, dried herbs and
bottles of fruit juices. She said, Il am
rlcn in the energy to grow these and
put ITEM up. You girls are just as
rich, but you don't know it.
believe that the seeds of ambition
are in every one, and they were in u.s.
Our ambition started to grow right
there. Before the end of the week 1t
was arranged that I was to stay and
help her for 50 week and she was to
teach me.
1 learned just everything that fall.
For Christmas she gave me "The Pro
gressive Farmer" and starting of
hens and a lot of garden seeds. That
was five years ago.
1 expect 1 am pretty proud to tell
you about it, but 1 see so many girls
just like we were that l just must do
it, and maybe they will try to do what
we are doing.
We have three COWS and five pigs,
and two calves and almost 300 hens.
We have fine garden and canning
outfit with supply of tin cans and
two gross of glass jars in which we
put the things we show at the fair
and eat at home.
And what is best, We can sell all the
butter and meat and eggs and other
things we have for the highest price.
Of course, we could not have done
this without the help of what we
read and what the State officials have
done to help US. One man came and
stayed three days to show US how to
make butter, and another one spent a
whole day showing father how to plant
and spray trees. Our neighbors have
wormy fruit every second year. We
have had perfect apples, peaches and
plums every year so far, and are set
ting out pecans this fall.
We take four magazines and two |
papers, and have a good many books.
Our couse is painted and so are the
barns. We have a driving horse and /
two-seated carriage and are saving !
now for water and plumbing in the |
house. Also we have insured our lives.
Don't think we have not worked
hard, for we have. But We are happy |
and have good times, too, and I think
we have more and better friends than
we once did.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-31
New Armored Car Shaped Like Turtle


So evidently efficient for war pur-
poses is an armored car recently in
vented by a naturalized American that
the military authorities Of several OF
the warning countries are said to be
negotiating with the inventor for its
nse in the European conflict. TIE
body of the car is made of armor plate
and is elliptical in shape, so that from
a distance the car looks like an enor-
nous turtle. Every part is so curved
that a projectile fired from any direc-
ton and striking the car at any point
will have a tendency to glance up or
down or horizontally Even the wheels
are protected by curved armor tlat
hangs to a point within few inches
of the ground. At the top of the body
IS a large portfolio for the 4-inch gun
that the car is designed to carry, the
arrangement being suc1 that the gun
can be fired at any angle At the sides
are smaller portfolios for rifles, and
inside the body is space for four me1
to stand erect. The driver, who OBJ
series the road and the movements OF
he enemy through a periscope, is en-
tirely concealed and protected from
the fire of the enemy. A picture OF
this armored car is a feature of the
September Popular Mechanics Maya
zine.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-31

little dash OF blue to show their an
cestry. If this was a disappointment
to the fond mother, she kept the Sc
cret sorrow to herself, but SIC was
pleased beyond measure, one day, when
a neighbor blue bird exclaimed: why!
the babies are the living image Of t-eir
father. They don't look a thing like
you, Mrs. Blue Bird" About a week
later, one beautiful morning after the
children had been fed and the nest
tidied up, the mother left for little
outdoor exercise. While s. was away
a newly mated pair of English spar
rows-a ',ery aggressive, ill-bred ap-
pearing pair they were, too, spied the
crevice in the old apply tree. They
at once proceeded to investigate with
a view of building. The long slanting
passage, and the roomy hollow within
looked good to them, and, wit an ut
ter disregard of others fights, they
began carrying in all manner Of straw,
rags, chicken feathers and strings, and
began at once the building of their
own nest The blue birds babies did
not understand all this hub-bub and
commotion, neither did they fancy be-
ing stepped on and prodded by s-arp
ends Of straws and twigs as the spar
rows worked over them-so they set
UP a commotion of their own-their
five yellow throats wide open and cry
ing for all they were Wortl
The mother bird hurrying home, and
caring their frightened yells, rushed
in and made one dive for the bold,
brazen female who had invaded her
home. She was getting the best of the
feather pulling tournament when her
husband appeared on the scene, drop
ping a fat cutworm, he didn't take
time to remove his blue coat, but
rushed to the assistance of his brave
little wife. The fight sooS changed
into complete rout for the sparrows.
They were hustled and scratched,
pecked and pushed until they were
glad to escape. With many heated re-
marks about English sparroWs in gen.
eral, the excited blue birds returned
to their nest, quieted the babies and
Strengthened up in the disheVelled
apartment. The damage they found to
be but slight, most that needed to be
done was to carry out the trash the
intruders had brought in, and to un-
tangle string that ad become twist
ed around the legs of one of the chill
dren.
In another week, the young birds
were gradually coming into their
splendid heritage of color, and the
blue of the sky was showing on many
of the largest and oldest feat ers-
and not many days would they have
to wait before they would don the
bright blue top coats, and the scarfs
of connamon-red that are the accepted
dress of all blue-birddom.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-31

The Albert medal of the Royal So
ciety of Arts, England, which is award
ed annually for distinguished merit
for promoting arts, manufactures and
commerce, was presented to Gugliel-
mo Marconi this year. The medal was
instituted in 1863 when the prince con-
sort was president of the society.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-31
gRRANZA ASKS FOR MORE
LIGHT ON JOINT APPEAL

Washington, Aug. 26-Consul Sill
Anan at Vera Cruz cabled the state
'department today a communication
from Jesus Acuna, Gen. Carranza's S
foreign minister, asking whether Sec
retary Lansing and the Latin-Ameri-
ran diplomats acted in their official Or
Mivate capacities in addressing the re
t appeal to Mexican leaders for a
10TH, y SPP
Re conference. This was TIE first
from the Carranza government
lerning the Pan-American appeal,
it was accepted as an indication
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-31
No. 666

This 10 a prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS g. FEVER.
FiVe or six doses will break any case, and
If taken then as tonic the Fever will not
return. 1t acts on the liver better &an
Cslomel and does not gripe or sicken. Se
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-31
THE BLUE-BIRD.

9 By C. A. Din Greenville News.
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''Beauteous bit of earth and sky,
with a hint of ocean,
Was it at creations dawn
Thou vast set in motion?"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-22

ened, could only gasp: "Er-is there
any news about the will, Mr.. Doremus
Here, have cigari"
Doremus looked up and nodded
gravely. Eyes, the will has been found
Mr.. Bonistelle, at last!" He tapped
the paper in his hand. ct was discov
cred this morning at eight twenty
seven o'clock. You see l have been
prompt, sir"
Hall restrained an Overwhelming
curiosity. Where did you find it," he
asked family.
"Ah, curious. Most curious. An &c
centric man, your uncle, Mr.. Boni
STEELE. 1t was found in his library. In
fact, if you will believe me, between
the leaves of his own book mean, OF
course, the one he wrote himself
Race Suicide and How to Prevent 1t,
l believe it is called. / have not yet
had the pleasure Of reading it."
Mr.. Doremus stopped, and gave the
young man a steady inspection. 90
understand that you will be twenty
eight upon the fourth of May, Mr.
Bonistelle. Am / correct?"
eyes. Tomorrow. Why?"
Mr. Doremus solemnly held up his
hand. ''Wait!" he commanded LET
me, before l go through the whole
document, read this one clause"
Flodie, peeping through the door
was breathlessly listening. Hall was
growing white.
'Er-here it is" Mr.. Doremus pro
ceeded to read soberly. "'The residue
Of my estate l leave to my beloved
nephew, Hall Cutler Bonistelle, on con
dition that he is married before he
reaches the age of twenty-eight
years."
"Oh, knew it! Well, it's all VI
then-just my luck!"
IF, however, at the beginning Of
his twenty-eighth birthday he is still
unmarried, this residue shall be the
property of my beloved cousin, Jonas
Hassingbury, as a testimony to oul
youthful friendship" Mr.. Doremus
looked up.
Hall was scowling Lets see it!'
he demanded, and he took the instru
ment, and read the clause over to him
self, while Mr.. Doremus' eyes drifted
slowly about the apartment. "HoN
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CHAPTER II.

Hall laughed and then stood thought
full for few moments, smoking airily,
blowing rings. Then he took off his
dressing gown, put on his coat, and
had turned to his camera when Flodie
came back
There's desperate old firt out
there to see you, Mr.. Bonistelle-Mr.
Doremus."
"Doremus?" Hall searched his mem
DRY. What does he look like-a bill
collector
mo, he's just a nice old man with
a side-whisker effect, trimmed with a
gold chain in scallops, and he stares
at you over the top of his glasses"
Hall sighed. We'll, have him in.
III settle him!"
Mr. Doremus, grave and precise.
looked about for a chair, and sat down
deliberately. He searched in the in
side pocket of his frock coat as he
said pompously: "H'm. l took the
first opportunity to communicate with
you, Mr.. Bonistelle. Unluckily, how
ever, 1 could not get you on the tele-
phone this morning" Still his hand
CROPPED in his pocket, like dog at a
woodchuck's hole.
MOP" Hall remarked impatiently.
Il suppose I wasn't up
Doremus brought forth a long en-
velope. Solemnly he spoke, looking
over the tops of the rubber bows:
MIR. Bonistelle, have the honor of
being the attorney for the estate of
your uncle, the late John Beasley
Bonistelle."
A mental thunderbolt struck the
room, and Hall. shocked and fright
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Hall laughed jeeringly Cant he!
You don't know Uncle John, He was
the most unmitigated bore that ever
breathed Talk about cranksi He
never dj1 approve of me-too 'artis-
tic AID l was fool enough to try to
be Independent. Result, have to take
photographs for living Why, Flodie
he's just as likely to have left me a
dime with hole in it, and let it go at
that"
Fiodie sighed in sympathy, and 1se.
We'll, those bills must be paid in any
easel And there's just seventy-seven
cents in the cash box!"
Good Lord, is It as bad as that?
Well, well have to collect few bills
in a hurry" Hall appeared to dismiss
the subject
But Flodie was not to be dismissed.
Well she knew his procrastination.
They're all collected, Mr.. Bonistelle!"
she protested; every last one! You
can trust me to attend TO that! And
I've had to sit up and beg like a
French poodle, tool"
Hall, walking back and forth,
seemed not to be listening, but sudden
ly he turned to his assistant with a
queer expression. He walked up to
her and put his hand on her shoulder.
'See here, Flodie, have you taken
out your salary regularly every week?
Now, don't you try to fib!"
Flodie tried to pull away but it was
Zoo delicious. ooh, don't know" she
mumbled. mot for two or three weeks
perhaps. That's all right" Now it
was she who caught hold Of his arm
'But / wanted to tell you something
Mr.. Bonistelle-if you wouldn't mind
If you just let me-
"What?" he demanded suspiciously
"Oh, only-if you'd be willing-real.
ay I'd like to, you know-you know
I've saved up little money, Mr. Boni-
stelle-and, well, it might help you
temporarily-till you could"
Hall threatened her with savage
playfulness. "F'lodie Fisher" he said
determinedly, "if you ever dare to
mention such thing to me again,
Ill-I'll discharge you!" He took a
turn up and down the room as she
waited, watching him. "By iove, it
does look as if I'd have to go to work.
Then he turned to her gloomily. well,
anything else for this afternoon"
NO" said Flodie, "but you have to
develop and print, you know. There's
lots Of work for you in the dark room.
And then, we've got to get ready for
that expensive old party"
Hall scratched his head. Heavens,
I'd forgotten all about it,
''Of course you have, but I haven't;
I've attended to everything: Music
caterer-and COMMUNICATIONS old
nonsense it was too / don't see how
you can afford it, Mr.. Bonistelle. Real
ly [ don't!" FIodie was very stern.
It's business, Flodie-keeps the
women curious. Makes 'em talk! Oh,
we'll" Hall tossed it off his mind
We'll get along somehow. Well, run
along, Flo, now; l suppose I've got to
get ready to preside at this altar of
vanity. Good Lord! How l dread it!
Flo. l honestly believe photographer
knows more of the actual truth about
women than doctor or a priest!"
Flodie gave him an indulgent smile.
''Mr. Bonistelle, l want to tell you
something. All three of them put to-
gether know mighty little!" So say
ing. she gave him prim curtsy and
retired to the Office.
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ing the place of the return wire.
''The practice" says the Scientiflc
American, "of placing the two con-
ductors of circuits within a metallic
tube or conduit was necessarily fol-
lowed by a rule of the National Elec-
trio Code requiring that this conduit
be continuous from outlet to outlet,
and permanently grounded, lest the
insulation become abraded and there
be a leakage from the conductors to
the conduit But in central stations
with grounded neutral wire, there is
practically no difference Of potential
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much will the residuary legatee re-
ceive?" Hall asked weakly.
ooh, upward of four millions, I ex-
pect," said Mr.. Doremus with JUNCTION.
and lose all that, just because I'm
single mani" Hall dropped, limp
and gloomy, into chair.
Mr.. Doremus bowed soberly. "Your
uncle held strong views, Mr.. Boni-
STEELE. He firmly believed in marriage.
He thought it duty. He maintained
high ideals for the future of the race"
"Oh, for heavens sake!" cried Hall,
II know all about that. Didn't Uncle
John talk me to death on the subject ?
Why didn't he get married himself?"
can unfortunate love-affair, I un-
derstand, prevented his putting his
own theories into practice" said Dore-
mus. 81 think-mind, do not say so
positively-5ut it is possible that, had
you-knowing, you understand, his pc
culiar theories"
acted accordingly" said Hall.
Married on the chance of becoming
his heir? Bright ideal But it's too late
now. Lord!"
cit is, as you say, too late, practical
ly, presume" Mr.. Doremus remarked,
"but, legally, | must remind you that
the time has not yet expired. You
have until midnight, you understand,
in which to qualify for the Inheritance.
Much has been done in fourteen hours,
Mr.. Bonistelle."
Fourteen hours!" Hall repeated.
why, fourteen days would be little
enough time. You can't put a thing
like marriage through on a time SEIZED
ule, you know, can your"
Il confess 1 do not know" said Mr..
Doremus, rising.
Hall sat in brown study, regarding
his boots, as Mr.. Doremus prepared to
leave. Flodie, her eyes bright with
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-22
LiuhtinQ Turin.

The city of Turin is occupied with
the task of reorganizing the public
lighting on a modern basis, and not
less than 100000 will be employed
for this purpose, the work to be car
ried out from 1914 to 1916 According
to the plans, arc lamps will be used
in all the main streets and avenues,
also the public squares, while smaller
streets are to be lighted by incandes-
cent lamps. Flaming arcs in closed
globes will be used. About 5000 lamps
of 1000 candle power each will be
installed. In some places incandescent
lamps are used, some being of the
5000 candle power type, and the rest
of 100 or 200 candle power. These are
much better than the present gas
lamps, which give only so candle pow
er. Current for the whole system
comes from the municipal electric sta
News.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-22
MAY ADOPT EUROPEAN WAY
ing the Merits of Concentric
Wiring, Used There.

Electricians in the United States
are discussing the question of adopt
ing the European system of wiring
houses, which uses conductors con-
sisting of an inner core surrounded
by insulating material and covered
with an outer conductor that is bare
end is thoroughly grounded, thus TAX
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-22

Have you good story for today?"
What will 1 get If 1 give you a
good story?"
"If it is a good one, you will get
your name in print"
Huh" she again eloquently re-
marked.
''Talking?" asked central, breaking
In.
''Of course / am talking" said the
coed" and then she continued to
the reporter: "The story is about
young man who took me to a picture
show. When we returned he stayed
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-22

so late that my mother had to call
from the top of the stairs and tell
him it was nearly twelve o'clock"
'That is interesting" said the re-
porter, "but 1t is hardly worth giving
to the public. 1t seems to lack
point"
'out 1 haven't come to the point,
and I can't come to 1t unless you
ask me for the reason for his late
staying"
We'll, what was the reason?" the
reporter asked.
81 am" she replied.