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The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
Thr Dull Season.

"It's kinder dull around the old
home place. remarked the sleepy
looking native.
'Why, you have a swarm of children
and at least a dozen dogs" said the
tourist.
yep, but I guess tn warm weather
has sorter taken all tn pep out of tn
young varmints They amt had fight
in nigh onto a week an there amt been
a tramp in these parts in so long tn
dawgs amt gittin' tn exercise they
need.-Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
Reoroanize Federal judiciary.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
no federal judiciary system was dis
nsspd at a conference attended by
lHOrDey General Daugherty, Chief
nsce Taft and the special committee
fiudges and district attorneys headed
M Judge John E. Safer of Columbus,
ohio. Mr.. Daugherty said that plan
VAS being worked out for a scientific
aly organized judicial system which
would be framed as a bill for presenta-
fn to the President.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29

to do all OF my own
work. / had severe
pains in my left side
every month and had
fever and sick dizzy
spells and such pains
during my periods,
which lasted two
weeks. / heard of
Lydia E. Pinkham's s
We g e t a bic Com
pound doing others
so much good and
thouCht / would give
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
Bio Sum to Indians.

MuskOgee, Okla. = Distribution Of
l35O0O0 by the government to mem
tgB of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
hdian tribes will commence Aug. 10,
twas announced at the United States
Indian office here. The 20,700 Choc-
laws will each receive $50, and the
$500 Chickasaws will each receive a
IEe sum. The payment is exclusive
i freed men.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
Reducing Enlisted Army.

Observation-Disclosures of the
~ nS'ed strength of the army to 15O,-
- Will be accomplished without
1auglng the basic organization, and in
i, manner which will provide for
i Ipu expansion in time of emergency,
n,u. "aS announced at the war depart
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
Ask Reduction in Livestock Rate.

WASHINGTON. Rates on livestock
we're held to be unreasonable from an
economic standpoint, and a recon-
nendatiOn was made to the Interstate
Commerce Commission that the car
feS make substantial reductions for
ne benefit of business in general, in a
report made Thursday by Examiner
DSQue.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
Bandits Hold up Mali Car.

Houston, Texas. = Three masked
@hdlts held up four railway mail
uefkS in mail car on the Houston &
l4aS Central "Owl" train as it was
eng loaded in the Grand Central sta
.uOA here and escaped with a regis
cred bank package, a registered
pueh and an ordinary mail pouch.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
Death for Many Cats.

Boston. Mass.-During the fiscal
year Just closed 42,5O4 homeless and
suffering cats have bee2 @humanely
disposed Of by the Animal Rescue
League. Also disposed Of in like man.
ner were 4,942 dogs. 700 horses. 272
birds and 5S small animals.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
Ships Send Wireless 5000 Miles

Vancouver, B. C.--What is said to
h record for long distance wire
less on the Pacific was established
Ehen the Merchants Exchange here
nceyed a radio message giving the
POSITION of the Canadian Australian
liner Makura, which was one day out
Of Auckland, n. T., a distance of g.
900 miles.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
Attempt to ChIorOform
Pet Cat Fatal to Man

Frank Souders, a railroad en-
gineer, of Paoli, Pa, lost his
life attempting to chloroform
an aged pet cat while his fam
ily was away. The cat
scratched and struggled as Sou
ders tried to hold a chEoroform
rag to its nose. SOuders fell
unconscious and died from the
fumes. The cat ran away.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29

Sues Doctor Who Cut Up Sons Body.
Denver.-Declaring that the physi-
clan had no right to perform the au-
topsy. Mrs. Florence B. Loomis, moth.
er of William G. Baker, has brought
suit for $4,000 against DR.. Matt r.
Root, who used the knife to determine
the cause of the boys death so he
could report to the city authorities.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
Old Stuff.

as that magazine story worth read
ing?'
"It's the usual automobile romance"
"Yes?''
''In the first paragraph is heard the
purr of an expensive motor"
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
1ov Has Committed Nine BuruIaries

Boy Has Committed Nine BurgIaries
New York.-Fourteen years old, with
nine burgIaries already to his credit
was the record of which Howard Ward
boasted when arrested. Howard and
q chum, Oscar Anderson, were arrest.
ed after pedestrians said they had
seen the boys at work on a safe In Q
shoe store.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
sleeprs in Wreck Safest.

According to one medical authority,
the passengers who are asleep when a
train collision occurs escape most of
the bad effects of shaking and con-
cuSSiOn.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
BOY LIVES WITH
SHOT IN HEART
Life in Balance for Several Days;
He Leaves Hospital Two
Weeks Later.
SHOT WHILE AT PLAY
Doctors Say 1t Is the Most Remarkable
Case in History Of Hospital
Seven Buckshot Pellets Lodged
in Heart Muscles.

Paterson, N. J.-Alive with seven
pellets of buckshot In the muscles Of
his heart, and apparently suffering
slight, If any, i'll effects, is the remark
able case of twelve-year-old Law
renee Setterfeld, Of Bloomingdale, N
J., according to doctors Of the Pater-
son General hospital.
The boy was accidentally shot on
May /. He left the hospital two weeks
later, having prevailed on his parents
and the staff doctors to let him do so,
declaring he was all right, and did
not want to stay indoors any longer.
His pleading won the consent Of the
attending surgeons, but not before
further X-ray examination was made.
The result showed the pellets all re-
naming in the muscles of the heart.
They could be seen moving around
when the boy was taking long breaths,
according to the statement made by
DR.. Samuel Thompson, of the hospital
staff.
Remarkable Case.
WHICH ILLS IIlll0 4GlIOW was uISl
brought in," DR.. Thompson said, she
hovered between life and death for
several days. When he left here he
was apparently none the worse for
his accident. I find his case one of
the most remarkable ever entered In
this hospital, or that has occurred in
Passaic county during my memory.
1t is almost beyond belief"
On Sunday, May /, the boy, with
his two cousins, Thompson Yatman,
six years old, and William Yaturn,
fourteen years old, were playing
around the grounds Of the Yatman
home in Bloomingdale. Thompson
went into the Yatman barn and
brought out an old shotgun belonging
to his father. It was the old story,
1--WE did not know it was loaded"
The children began the usual boy
ish game Of bandits" The old shot
gun in the hands of Thompson, young
est of the three, was discharged. Part
Of the load of shot struck William
Yatman in the left leg and a scattering
Of the shot penetrated Lawrence Set
terfield's left side, lodging in the heart
muscle.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
Fire Loss Heavy.

,,,'. ,,UNLAH0MA CITY.-Fire loss re-
mns nom the Tulsa race riot. May
NJ tpu ~ June |, was placed at $1,500,0O0
= ule state fire marshal.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29

Most men appreciate the nonsense
Of pretty woman far more than they
do the sense of homely one.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
Lie Huna .ln Balance.

Hearing the report, the father Of
Thompson and William ran out Of his
house and found his eldest son and
his nephew lying on the ground partly
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
SYMPTOMS
WOMEN DREAD
Mrs. Wilson's Letter Should
Be Read by All Women

Clearfield, Pa" After my last child
was born last September was unable
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29
RFST YnIIR TIRED FEET

ALIENS FOOT=EASE. the antiseptic
powder to be shaken into the shoes, stops
the pain of corns and bunions. and gives
quick relief to sweating. callous tired ach-
ing, tender feet, blisters and sore spots. II
rests the feet. keeps them cool and com1ort-
able. Shoes and stockings wear twice az
long when you walk in comfort.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-07-29

1t Reautv shop, 1540 WeItOn st.
aain%' aODSings made into switches and ear
yoiD'" osfs SpeciaI prices on hair goods.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25

OF enterprises designed to keep It's non-union
employees. That seemed to be their chief con-
Germ, to keep their miners.
would they stay here if we blackjacked
them?" l was asked. 'Do you think we are
going to do anything that would drive them
away when our principal problem is to keep
the other fields from stealing them? The mine
fields are all competing with one another for
labor. They steal our men and we steal theirs.
"We have many former union men here.
Would they stay if they could get better treat
ment elsewhere? Or even if they thought
they could make money? Here they
don't spend two-thirds of their time striking
and they don't have to split their wages with
union leaders,"
"Wel, what happens when a union organ
izer or some one suspected of being union
organizer shows up?'
1--WE run 'eln out quick What would you
do if this property belonged to you and these
messengers of trouble showed up intending to
infect your men with dissatisfaction and Red
lies? What would happen to the East At
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
Being a Couo Is Risky
isas the Mountain Wi(ds

The Logan County defenders were not ioao
IN discovering there was a connection be-
tween the movements of the overaIed fighters
ana the cianxlng OF cow bells. Several bossies'
careers were ended by high-powered bullets
when their search for better grazing caused
them to wander close to the defenders line
lhe nerve-wracking phase of this, from the
point OF view of the men holding the line
against the invaders, was that several times
these COW bells sounded in their rear and led
them to believe the Mingo marchers had found
an opening in their line.
heard many stories about Devil Anse.
was shown one photograph of the old maj,
tending what described as ''his favorite
still" If any mountain boys got into trouble
with the authorities they knew where to find
friend. Devil Anse's sympathies were in
variably on the side Of the hunted. He earned
that title of Devil during the feud. Before
that he had been called Big Cap to distin-
guish him from his son.
A force of the McCoys, it is said, succeeded
in cutting Anderson, for that is what he was
christened, off from the rest of his fellows.
He streaked it for the top Of one Of the
mountains, and when he got there he settled
down to fight. Mountain tradition has it that
there were thirty of the McCoys, all of them
mounted and armed.
When their agile enemy began to shoot,
however, they climbed down off their horses
and set about the business Of killing him in
what might be called common sense fashion.
They encircled the mountain and then started
TO worm their way to the top Whenever one
exposed himself Andersen Hatfelds rifle crack
ed. He was shooting lead, too, none of your
modern fancy bullets that make clean, round,
painless holes. These missiles just simply
splashed their way right into man and wers
part of his funeral
Seven Of the McCoys had ceased to take
any interest in the proceedings before
the invaders decided that it would be
just as well if they got Anderson on another
excursion into Hatfield territory. So they
withdrew and left those Of their dead who
had fallen in the open. That is how Big Cap
Hatfield became Devil Anse, if the mountain
tale is correct. The Hatfield leader stayed
there with his hot rife cutched in his hands
until darkness fell and some of his own men
by cautious maneuvers as not to draw his
FIRE, approached and let him know that he
could leave his cover
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25

yard and scaly apple orchard surrounding a
weather-beaten old frame house
The people who lived there were friends Of
the Hatheds," he continued II have heard
my father tell how this man got up time
and time again in the middle Of the night
and rode into the hills to tell our people Of
some danger threatening them, something
suspicious that he had seen, or the ringing Of
a COW bell in an unnatural way, a raidng
party's signal, perhaps"
Cow bells played their part in the mine war
IN Boone and Logan. Perhaps it was the idea
of a Hatfield or maybe a Mccoy, but never.
theless the red necks" employed them for
signaling. Cows that are turned out to
Craze on the steep hillsides are difficult to To-
cate without bells, and so most Of them havs
one Of these brass, dull toned instruments sus-
pended from their necks.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
A Mountain Preacher Who
Took No Chances

That's right she agreed, and subsided
with hands folded in her ample lap.
She expressed more interest when another
picture was brought cut showing Devil Anss
lying in his coffin in the yard of their fortified
farm in the hills, his beard projecting gro
tesquely above the open face Of the coffin and
all the close blood kin grouped behind.
1t was an event Of tremendous importance
in the mountains when the leader of the Hat
field clan died, following an attack of pneu-
nlonia. There were not many automobiles at
the funeral, though many Of those who at
tended possess them. Mostly the mourners
came on horseback, or in springless country
wagons, where they did not walk, and there
were hundreds and hundreds Of them.
The preacher talked for hours. If he had
stopped sooner some Of the dead leaders sor-
rowful followers might have believed that he
had sighted the old mans memory Every
one agrees that the preacher took no chances
on that score. He just talked and talked
Then Little Cap, a big man, came rushing
from the house with upraised hands, and
shouted that he forgave all his enemies and
that if any didn't want to forgive him
they could shoot him where he stood. But
none did. His features were working con-
vulsively. That preacher was considerable OF
an exhorter.
Coleman told me that his father had been
called Little Cap from the time he was a
youngster during the Civil War when Devil
Anse was a Confederate captain. A tiny Con-
federate uniform was the pride of this son
of Devil Anse
"The Hatield-McCoy feud," said Coleman
"broke out in the sos. The McCoys lived
on the Kentucky side of Tug Fork. The Hat
fields were on the West Virginia side The
McCoys would come raiding our people, and
then the Hatfelds in turn would ride over
into Kentucky. The peoples of the two states
were mighty near being drawn into the busi-
ness. The Governor Of Kentucky wouldn't
surrender any of his people who were charged
with murder in West Virginia, and the Cover
nor Of West Virginia said he would be dag
goned if Kentucky could have any Hatfield
Finally some sort of peace was arranged
and our people moved back from Tug Fork
and settled in Logan County.
"But they continued to carry their rifles,
and sometimes they had to hide OUT
The machine we were in rounded a bend n
the rutted apology of road that followewd,
do most mountain highways, the bed of a
stream. At the roadside was weed-grown
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25

Deputy Sheriff Murphy, native of the noun
tains. past middle life and the proud father
OF sons who fought overseas
I watched Murphy. He was quiet, genial
and interesting. The miners all seemed to
have friendly word for him. AS far as
could learn, he was the only individual who
might have been described as a mine guard
Murphy was seemingly just as inoffensive as
the Tribunes nightwatchman. But-and this
appears to be the crux of the situation-he
represents the coal company rather than the
people of Logan County
If Murphy came upon Bill Jones, the gen
eral superintendent, engaged in a rough and
tumble battle with miner there is no doubt
in my mind that the miner would 90 to Jail
and Bill Jones merely go on about his bust
ness. AS far as the deputy sheriffs are con-
cerned the company officials can do no wrong
Admitting that they do lead pure, decent lives,
if only to keep from being fired, is the system
right?
Governor Morgan of West Virginia, whose
failure to deal with the situation with sufi-
cient force and promptness has brought down
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
The Extent and Standing
of the Hatfield Clan

Two Of Devil Anse's thirteen children are
dead. The rest live in West Virginia. and
most of them have children. His nephew. Dr.
Henry D. Hatfield, former Republican Gov
ernor of West Virginia, came from Hunting
ton to Logan during the fighting. He is sec
ond vlce-presldent of the Maine Island Creek
Coal Company. There Hatfelds who are
doctors, there are lawyer Hatfelds and mining
engineer Hatfelds and if they were polled on
the question of who was the greatest man Of
this country I think George Washington would
run bad second. Most of them would vote
for Devil Anse.
| guess the old man believed in freedom Of
speech, with this modification that if you ex-
ercised it you needn't be surprised when the
bullets began to fly from ambush. It may be
that old Devil Anse would have agreed with
n official Of the Maine Island Greek Coal Com
pany who wrote to The New York Tribune a
few days ago But doubt it, for Devil Anse
was good sport. l believe Devil Anse would
have been glad at any time to listen to the
Mccoy side Of the feud
This Maine Island Creek Coal Company off,
cial is the purchasing agent. His name is J.
S. Shepherd. Using the company stationery.
he wrote:
Il am a lifelong reader of The Tribune.
from Saratoga Springs, originally and want
to see The Tribune give the best reports and
stories on our situation and not distorted
one. Colonel Gaujot was more or less right
IN the points he censored, as the miners had
been warned and directed TO disband and go to
their homes, and the state police were only
doing their duty when they started over on
the Blair side Of the mountains to arrest tbs
naen who had disarmed four police the week
before the armed minars' insurrection started,
and the police were fired on first"
Colonel Caujot is mine guard from Mingo
who rushed TO the defense of Logan County.
He censored press copy, deleting all references
to miners families and all other references to
the other side of what is most certainly two
sided dispute. But it is the open expression
Of approval for lawless acts like those Of
Gaujot that makes me wonder if the Boone
County miners were solely to blame for. the
uprising.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
nat the trouble there? rue
Joke? Why
"es' "9"o 1n questions answered. through
runs th story OF mountain feuds zate
By BOYDEN r. SPARKES

might constitute the basis of a charge Of re-
dundancy), from mountain forebears who
habitually settled their differences with lead
and black powder--when it was not conven-
lent to employ bowie knives.
Both miners and coal operators have en-
listed the ready-made gunmen of the West
Virginia hills in their causes. Sid Hatfield,
shot and killed recently by Baldwin-Felts
detective in the Mingo field, was a "sy1npa-
thizer' with the union miners, but most Of the
clan of Hatfield seem to be arrayed with the
coal operators opposed to unionism. Inciden-
tally this seems an excellent place to clear up
one general nlisconception of the West Vir-
ginia mine war. The Badwin-Felts detectives
are not engaged in Logan or Boone Counties
the scene Of the recent strife. There were
only seven of these men on the Logan defen-
sive firing line and they came as volunteers
from Mingo after the fighting had begun.
For the miners Baldwin Felts' is generic
term, embracing all forms of gun toters on
the pay rolls of the mine operators. The
deputies and state police referred to resent
this with an unfattering Ito real Baldwin
Felts operative) and irritable vigor However
it is about the kindest expression the union
miners, the so-called rednecks, apply to them,
and personally l can't see any real distinc-
ton between Baldwn-Felts gunguard paid
by mine operators and gun-toting deputy
sheriff paid by mine operators. Their in
structlons apt to be identic.
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25

where Tennyson Hatfield, youngest son of
Devil Anse, runs a poolroom), Stirrat, Chaun-
cey and Micco. Omar, however, is the model
for these other places. In Omar the non-union
mine field puts its best foot forward. Bill
Jones told me that it was intended that the
other towns be given the facilities for amuse-
ment' spiritual and mental development and
trading that now obtain in Omar.
Coleman Hatfield took me to dine in the
Y. M. c. A. of Omar. The "C' stands for
CIVIC, no1 Christian. 1t is conducted by the
Maine Island Company as one Of number
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25

on him the wrath Of most Of his state, declares
that the system is wrong and that he proposes
to correct it.
Coleman Hatfield took me to see his grand
mother, the widow of Devil Anse She was
paying visit to Tennyson, youngest of her
brood Of thirteen. Tennyson was behind his
soft drink bar at the rear of his poolroom
when we arrived
''I'm proud to meet you" he said, and ex-
tended big hand He is a six-footer
broad Of shoulder, pleasant-eyed and quiet
He opened gate beneath the bar so that we
could crawl through and visit his living apart
ments in the rear.
His wife, in a pink house dress, was busy
with some sewing. II the white stones that
gilttered on her fingers were genuine, Tenny-
son must be rich man, but I am a suspicious
cuss. Her mother was holding the newest
baby, boy, and showed him to me proudly
Another youngster a boy of about six,
came and leaned on her knee and prodded his
little brother in the stomach.
"Get away from me- she exclaimed ''I
do declare he's the worst boy in these noun
tains''
Another bright-eyed old woman came into
the room. She was plump and untroubled by
stays. Her grey hair was twisted into hard
knot on the back of her head. This was the
widow Of Devil Anse. What hair-raising
stories Of mountain fighting she could tell if
one had the time to draw her out. She heard
her son say something about his fathers age
"No, Tennys," she corrected, she were
eighty-one when he died, in January I'm
seventy three"
eyes, nanny, l was telling how old he
were when he sat for this picture eight years
ago."
New-York tribune., 1921-09-25
illustrations by ROY WILLIAMS

lantic seaboard when the union miners strike
If the Guyan fields didn't keep on digging
coal? We put out 40,OO0,00o tons a year
ordinarily, and when there is strike on we
can dig 6o,ooO,0oO tons. That is why the
union leaders SO anxious to organize this
field. AS long as we continue to dig coal
their strike cannot paralyze industry. If they
ever do organize this field they are going to
try to freeze the United States into sub
mission"
They took me to meet an individual they
referred to lightly as their gunman He was