The Dillon Herald
* ESTABLISHED IN 1805. DILLON, SOl'TII CAROLINA. THURSDAY, MAY 5, HMO- VOL. 16. NO. U.
D. BOONE MEMORIAL 1
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Dedicated Near Spencer, N. G,
With Impressive Ceremonies
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ADDRESS BY JUDGE PRITCHARD ?
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Six or Eight Thousand People Came in
From Many Sections of the Country f*1
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to Honor Memory of Daniel Boone, y,
"the Great Backwoodsman." P1
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Spencer. Special.?The first meiu- nf
o-rial in honor of Daniel Boone. the <?;,
noted pioneer, was lield at Boone's ri*
Cave, Davidson county, near Spencer
Saturday. The crowd, which was es- ut
timuted at front six thousand to eight ][
thousand people, came fripn Winston- ot
Saleuj. Greensboro, liigh Point, Hex- in
ington, Salisbury. Charlotte. Ashe- pi
ville, and from counties adjoining ia
Rowan and Diviilsuti and some from ru
other States.
, Under the uspices of the Daniel
Boone Memoriaj Association, charter- ^
| oil !,y the (ieneral Assembly of North f|,
Carolina in l!IO!?. .Judge Prilchard j,j
I spoke in splendid style, captivating jtl
the immense crowd of listeners, lie j,
I was introduced by ex-Congressman t.tl
-John S. Henderson, id' Salisbury, who p
| also made a brief speech. Judge !o
Prili-hard's address which was dc- j,j
I eidedly scholarly was an elaborate discourse
upon the life of Boone, his
^ work as a pioneer in North Carolina.
and the northwest, making special
i mention of his connection with the
lo
State of Franklin at one time a part
(, sit' Tennessee as opposed to the fed- j
oral government. Representative f
| Robert N. Page, of tli" sixtli district.
-delivered a historical address of much
| interest giving many facts in connection
with the work of Boone, his exI
perieuce in Nortli Carolina and what J11
lie ?Ii<I. Col. A. II. Boydeii. of S;?Ii ? !(l
| bury, spoke in behalf of Rowan eonn1y.
tliankin-r the ladies of llie D. A. R.,
i many of wliom were presenl. for llieir
interest in the celebration. Mr. .1. R.
I MeCrarv. of l.exinuton. -one of the .
leading workers in liie memorial asso- 111
I rial ion. acted a< master of ceremonies.
The monument is a Inure marble 81
k shaft, erected to the memory of l'oune I''
as a donation I'rout Rowan eitizeus. cc
I The memorial i- a otie-Mory. double ni
roomed, loy ! r.'.et are. wiiii clay cliim- a
I ney. and shelter, an exact replica of
? the homestead built b\ Bonne about "!
^ 17.V>. Housed within it are luitneroiis
^ precious relics, smlt as "tuts, hnntinjr dt
f knives, powder Imrns. and articles of c;i
a clothing worn by the pioneer, as well ot
"v . a.- cookinji ntensiU used by his family. I'i
aj The sitrnilicauce <d" the selection of ft
the dale for the dedication lies in the hi
fact that April .10 is the IftOtli anui- pi
versarv of the depart tire of the Boone
.a family from Bucks county. I'eunsyl- f|,
vuuiu. for their new home oil the
^ banks of the Yadkin river and the tp
3^ 141st anniversary of the departure ot w
*1 Daniel Boone from North Carolina for hi
Keutueky. a
.ail It is a little known fact that not Sl
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m . ,?aiii iniiT-n ?nu\. " OKI tloppO eeilieJjau
tery, near Moeksville. Davit* county, .?
V*| repose (lie remains of Daniel Boone's la
father and mother. The grave of a
Squire Boone is marked by a simple r?
! headstone, wliieli has been enclosed ?p
! in a steel cage, to save it from relic (p
hunters, which hears this literal in3ej
-script ion:
jjB "Squire Boone departed this life in,
thay sixty-ninth year of life.
jSR in thay year of our Lord J7ti">.
p* Oeneary thay 2d."
Charley,ton Girl Mysteriously Shot. 111
Charleston. S. Special.?Miss pv
Margaret Musgrave. 22 years old. is w
-dead and Clarence K. (iriinshawe. a ^
-conductor on the Southern Railway. 4;
rjB is seriously wounded as the result of (.(1
a mysterious shooting on a lonely j(,
gjft causeway Thursday night. The young a|
jM man and the girl were out walking gt
together.
fjn* Savannah Jury Indicts Packers. ^
Savannah, <Special.?As a re- (l
pML suit of the i-i, iion which has rJ
^ "been carried on h\ the federal jury ..
BWt liere for several days into the prices
of meat*^' ?~?<VvHiinnh and the cause n.'
fi? for th*7 "idincut was returned ,..!
against t .he big packing coiiWn
-oems and * men. local managers '
of three of the p.a-..ing houses, as in-' I,"
HIV <ltviduals. 1'
Hv Fortifications for Panama Canal.
a Washington, Special.? In a nies- P1
PW, 9Bge uceompn ii< ti In a detailed re- r<1
fc~ h port from Hie bcpcrlment, I'res- ?*
aden! Tail N.r:m!.i\ - lit to eon- ri<
gre** in I unreal i<"i r.'_.irilii._r ! lie nrc- 111
T ?es.sity i'cr immediately beginning tlie n,_
Fortification of t':e Panama canal in M
frlr order to iiave i? npleled by 1015.
the Alnte spI lor liiiir-!.iinr the ionat
ruction of Hie r..,.al. T!. reports Ul
[ljM& accompanying the message do not give
exact b.cafior* t.f tlie proposed! (|,
1 JB fortifications, I ut it i-i < xpected Hint (
this en n not !? I..i t j -' I until in{onnatior
has been obtained rcgurdin? Mt
r" Ik 4l?e "atalns and availability of ccr- al
[I Jl lain parcels of iamb" (.|,
U1E NEWS MINUTELY TOLD
"hs Heart of Happenings CarveJ
From the Whole Country.
Invest ipit ion of lue fast in? fad,
bicli lias won innnv advocates reintly
at Lake Forest university,
liicago. revealed tlie* fact that one
the ?irl students lias been cxist?
without food for live days and
at four of the men students have
en starving: themselves for a week,
null? women students adopted the
active of starving; in the belief ihat
would improve their health,
in order to settle the moot question
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?iiiMiier jews. Armenians and
mans may successfully apply for
lizensl.ip in the Cuitcd States tlie
>mn>ittee on Immigration and Natalization
favorably reported to the
ouse a bill by Representative llaves
California, providing that nothing
the statutes shall be eonstrned to
event ' Asiatics who are Arinontis.
Syrians and .lews from becoming
itnralized citizens.''
The lone prisoner in the .Jay conn.
Lnd., jail. Ira \V. Porter, possibly
ill be set free in a few days, allough
he is charged with murdering
s wife, for the reason that opinion
the neighboring county of llan>lph.
where the alleged murder was
unmitted, is divided as to whether
is worth while for the county to go
the expense of a second trial of
s case.
With the determination of breaking
) the e\il of sending obsence matr
through the I'nited States mails
?st masler-t Jeneral Hitchcock is serusly
considering tin* advisability of
iggesting that hereafter all treaties j
ade with foreign powers shall con- i
in provisions for the extradition of i
iose found guilty of the otTense.
Three youths, each less than lib
ars old, were taken to the Federal
ison at Atlanta. (Ja.. from Covingn,
Ky.. to s?rve sentence of a year
iposed by the I'nited States l)isiet
Court for a fraudulent hanking
heme which they conducted in the
llle mountain town id' (Jit. Ky. A
iiirlli was sentenced to four months
jail.
After tliev bad danced 19 hours j
id :M minutes, breaking all known j
rosicbiilcan I'lulm*. I.U..1....I.- ..
m(est in which four Sail Jose. Cal.,
en were 1 lit* only survivors out of
lisi of 12 entrants, was stopped
the poliee. Women relayed with
le contestants.
Although the plan had heen un r
ooiisiderution for some time, it
line as a surprise when about Jfj
the 1.21 K) eonviets at the Western
puitentiary. at Pittsburg, appeared
>r the Sunday dinner dressed in neat
ark suits instead of the regulation
risen stripes.
Thirty-six divorees were granted in
le Itihb eounty. (ieorgia, Superior
?urt in two hoijrs. Only four of
ir suits were filed by negroes. One
il'e was sued for drinking her liusuul's
whiskey. One man who sued
woman for a divoree, was himself
led by another woman.
William Kendall, near Williams>rt.
Md.. has a eat that, besides
iking eare of five kittens, is raising
rat. She seems as fond id' the young
it as she is of her own olfspring.
lie rat suekles at the eat just as
le kittens do.
An epitome of the relation hot ween
an ami his animal eompanion, the
?g. is found in the following want <
t. which appeared in a Ney York i
per the other day: "I want a ,
aekorjaek bulldog, qualified to be)
y pal."
One of the most daring burglaries1
HI' iuipi%nt ouliu^l ??? XT-.?. 1- '
? jm i|'v!nuai in i otk * 11 y i
as committed in the office of I lie 1
altimorc and Ohio Railroad al No. ]
>4 liroadway. The big safe in llio
liter of the main room was drilled,
s combination lock was opened, and
1 the money tind ticqcts were
olen. i
Fleas and ticks which carry the 1
oeky Mountain spotted fever, tnhcr- i
ilosi* v'ciims, the hookworm and lep- I
ns organisms may thrive wi.thont '
ie further light of Government pub- J
it v if Secretary MaeYeagb's recoui- *
endation for a $.">0.0(10 appropriate
fails of approval by Congress. '
lie trodhle springs from the ex- (
instion of the printing arid binding *
md for the Marine Hospital and 1
iblic Health Service.
1). II. R. Green. of Terrell. Tex.,
'osidcnt of the Texas Midland Railad.
and son of Mi?. Hetty Green,
Nrt\v York, and who recently anmitced
in St. I amis !Imt he had not
......:...i i.. ( iic .
.!?..< i.i ?-i? i in- < (Mini 11::<i 110 \voan
who v.? .111i accept him except for
s ironcj, admitted I hi* receipt of
>0 litters from women asking his
tti'l in tr.airin-'o during the last two
ceks.
A judgment of ftl.ToO was sriven in
v litidfcepoil. Coii'i., Supt iior Court
Mi's. f?ia i{o? lev. who sued Mrs.
. Holland Foroes, wife of the acrolut,
for alleged alienation of the
feet ion of her husband. Fro eat, a
lauflYur for Mrs. Forbes.
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Af Pany. I.u.. Krnest Maxie, a
wealthy cotton planter. killed his second
iiuiii within n month, an overseer
named James '"lannairan. Maxie's
youn?; and extremely attractive wife
was the cause in each ease. Karly
in March youiiir John IViton. a neighbor.
was killed.
John Hall. aire.I fifty, and A Ida
TTorsman. aired fourteen, who eloped
from Sanford. I tel.. were arrested
near the find's home. They were on
their way back to ask fonriveness
from the jrirl's parents.
San Autonia. Tex., secret service
agents have in their possession a considerable
number of counterfeit I'nited
Stales $."? gold pieces, believed
iii nave been made in .Mexico.
Kightci n of a class of girl freshincii
of tin* California Normal school
arc suffering from ptomaine poisoning
caused by eating: baked beans at
a midnight barbecue.
Without l be aid of classes. Mrs.
Amelia Ann Fulton, aged M4 years,
of Oak wood. Mil., lias liuisncd piecing
and quilting her forty-fourth bed
comfort, all done within the past few
*ears.
Government Pursues Gamblers.
New York. Special. Follow iug the
raiding Saturday of two alleged bucket
shops. to the accompaniment of
arrests and the cut line of wires, a
new 11<lit has been given to the
government crusade by the statement
of federal inspectors that oilier
arrets are to follow and that several
prominent brokers not yet named
are the real object of attack.
G3orgia Convicts Strike.
Reidsville. Special. This county
faces one of the nio>i peculiar strikes
it has ever known. Thirty convicts,
most of them serving life terms for
murder, and all of them serving sentences
of *J0 years each, have agreed
that they will not work and their
leaders state they will die before they
will do any kind of work for the
county or State. Several of the
prisoners are while men.
Date Cold Storage Meat.
Washington. Special.?Senator lleyburn,
chairman ol' the Senate Committee
011 Manufactures, which is
conducting hearings on the Lodge bill
to regulate cold storage, suggested
that the hill he amended so as to
require all stored meats to be stamped
with the date the animal was killed.
the dale stored and the date removed
from storage.
Inadiana Mare Like Women.
Roanoke. Ya., Special.?George
liver, a horse dealer, and for years
a driver of horses on the harness
eiretiits all over the country, received
a genuine shock Thursday, when
a handsome mare, which he purchased
several days ago in Indianapolis, arrived
here, and was found to be wearing
a false tail. When the groom
took down the mare's tail a big wad
of blonde hair dropped to the ground.
Twenty-one other horses came in the
same lot, but nunc of them wore a
' rat."
Encouraging Crop Ncwb.
Wilmington. X. ('.. Special.?T.oeal
wholesale merchants and cotton seed
nil mill interests are advised from
this section of the North Carolina
and upper South Carolina cotton district
that very little, if any, damage
resulted to the crop by reason of the
?old wave. Mueh of the acreage iu
this district is either planted or the
plants are not yet above ground.
Danville Wet by Ten Votes.
Danville. Ya.. Special.?Danville
voted wet by a majority of ten
votes in a total of l.l.Vt cast, after
i vigorously fot:;rhl contest. Seven
^eara ago Danville voted against the
3f?en saloon, and since that time three
Additional (lootions have been held,
iie result alternating each time.
While within one hundred votes of
the total registration were polled, the
lection passed oil' without disorder
if any kind. The women and children
irerc not in < videnec at the polls.
Negro Highwaymen in New Orleans.
New Orleans. Special.?After successfully
holding up and rohhiug the
crews and passengers of street ears
on several occasions a gang of negroes
disguised as white men were
rounded up by the New Orleans police
on the outskirts of the city early
T.....I... i_ : I .">
juc3?i?\. in it running iiiiinc wihi
the officers one of tli?> noirrocs was
fatally wounded.
To throw oft' all suspieion as to
their color the netrro highwaymen
wore white kid gloves and masks thai
completely covered their faces.
You never gel any higher, moralizes
the Chicago Tribune, than the
thing* you put on top tu your lite.
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POSTAL TELEGRAPH |1
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Will Increase Pay of Operators ;
on June 1, 1910
SOME LARGE AND SOME SMALL J
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Length of Service, Ability of the Op- ^
i
erator. and Importance of the Oihce ^
Will Determine the Per Cent In- 11
chease?From 5 to 25 Per Cent. n
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New York. Special.?Tl?e Postal a
Telegraph ( able Compauv aimuiinees
tliat 0:1 June 1 ii will make subst&n- ii
tial inerease^ in tin* wages of its tel- f
egraph operators in all (lie important I
olliees of its system. These otliees are ti
to be elassilieil aeeordiug to their com- (I
parative impot tanee. The inereaso p
will lie selective ami will run from 0 s
and in some eases as high as 2"? per
rent. Careful examination ami full o
inquiry win lie insult' sis in tin merit a n
of each individual operator, ability to n
be the lirsi requisite, year?, of ex per- d
ience, and other special lituess will d
count in each man's fsworatid all sill |j
be graded accordingly. I
Mighty Elephants Run Away. e
Danville. III.. Special.?Several per- n
sons were injured and much pro- a
perty was damaged Thursday liy nine q
elephants tliut stampeded just after
they had been unloaded from si ear 3
alter si vera I hours' ride from Chicago.
A large bull elephant made a 1
break for liberty, bowling over the t
keeper and escaping. The animal c
was followed by seven other bulls, (]
which ran bellowing through the t
streets and across ticlds. Later, while a
the entire fo'.ve ol' trainers and keep- l
ers were engaged in the unusual i
sport of hunting elephants in auto- i
mobiles, si female elepluinl escaped, t
More than DM) homes were damaged
to some extent by the elephants, but a
the total loss will probably not ex- u
ceeil *1U,U00. ' a
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Indiana Nominates Kern For Senate. >
Indianapolis. I ml.. Special.?The 3
Indiana Democratic convention Thurs- t
day adopted ("Inventor Marshall's pro- /
position that it should endorse to next li
year's Legislature a eamlidate for the |.
United Slates Senate and named John
\V. Kern, who was the party's eandidate
for Vice I'resident in IH08.
The opposition to the plan of en- y
dorsing a candidate wanted a State a
primary to select a senatorial nomi- ii
nee. They made a grim light, under y
the leadership of 'fhontas Taggart, |formerly
chairman of the Democratic t
national committee and himself a )|
candidate lor liit* nomination for Sen- '|
ator, lint defeated. il joined heartily /
in a shouted acclamation of Kern as ;
the party's eaiulidale. .1
Will Be a Grand Welcome. s
New York. Special. ?'The reception li
eonniiittee in charge of the welcome
home of Theodore Roosevelt in dime v
is swamped with applications from ii
organizations in many parts of the o
country which want to take part in ^
the parades and other feature# of the o
celebrat ion.
Lawyer Lands in Federal Job.
Washington. Special. ? President o
Taft has sent to the Senate the nomi- \
nation of Carl Rtiscli. of Montana, to o
be United Stales district judge in d
that State. Mr. Rtiseh has been act- o
iag as assistant counsel for Secre- a
tary of the#lnterior Halliuger before o
the Balliiiger-Pinchot invesigating
commit tee.
Ashley Not Guilty of Peonage. /
Greenville. S. ('., Special.?In the f
United Slates court Thursday after- a
noon Joshua W. Ashley was acquitted
of the charge of peonage. The *
jnrv returned the verdict after thirty *
minutes deliberation. This is the see- 0
end trial of the ease, the first result- a
ing in a mistrial one year ago. I1
Mississippi Baby a Murderer. I
Magnolia. Miss., Special.? Manuel
Bates, seven years old. showed absolutely
no sign of emotion when the
police made him confess that he had t
shot and killed his little cousin, 'n
Haunu Bales, and had hidden her ?
body in I lie hushes.
Manuel and his little cousin had *
quarreled over their shares of a piece c
of pie. j'
Another Capitol Grafter Guilty.
Harrishur'.;. I'a., Special.?Capitol
architect Joseph M. Huston was Fri- |
day convicted of conspiracy in falsely
certifying to a padded bill for
desks for the Slate cnpi.ol after a
mat oi almost lour weeks, and by a
jury which deliberated almost twenty- (
six hours.
The trial is the third of a series (
resulting front lite exposure of frauds ,
in furnishing the new State enpitol, ;
and Huston is the fifth of seventeen [
met*, indicted oil eh urges of conspiracy ,
to chcut and defraud the State to he t
lO^vieted. I
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JNCLE SAM PAYS INDiANS
light hundred "Braves" Dra>*
$76,000?More Coming.
Ashexillc. N. Spi?iaJ.?Kiirh
U (id red "braves" of tin- I'hernkei
eserx alien near Whiitiei. I In- -Mate
incd up in a 11*i\ siinwo'*m ?>r
londav in reerixe tnun >-i<eeia
igent Frank Kx-iiku. nt * i:?- (hero
re Itniian seimnl, ilie seiind iuMaJl
lent nt the -Ileal led "Umbel
lonev." same In in:: a par! ol flu
roeeeds of tin* -ale of laud ktiwst
s tlie l.ove Traet.
'I'llis payment is a |.?ailiu! -e?.le*
tent of Imi!; pe idiiis: elaiins dm
rntn t lie "?tx riiieent t* I lie < lieruket
udians. The di-l rilmi it n ainouniec
11 $70,Ob'- and I here remains $400,'
(JO I o lie di-l ibiited I I Is week. Thost
resent Monday reeoived .v per ?apiti
IIil IT ??l T4+,#.
Tin' I'laiiiis now l???iiiir s?*;iled grov
lit of tin- site of tin- I mil.ui landi
iii.lr by ilio government about tin
li-bllc of tbc last century when it un
crlook to nio\o tin- Chcrokees to In
iaii territory. Among those who ile
ivered a<l<lresse- wa> Mrs. Bolvi
oi'kwnoil of Washington. If tli<
anions woman lawyer. Sin* c am ion
d tlm Indians about sending tlii'i
iioney away for "tiro wat or. * * Sli
id vised therr. to bank their money am
lualify as votor> ot' the community.
Valuable Cargo Tossed From Shif
11 n? li Town. St. Marys. Sicily Is
amis. .By ('aide. I lie ialiabitants n
ho rooky Sieilly islands will tor
'\*er remember this a> tin? greates
lay in their hitsory. The Allanti
rnnsporl liner M intielialia. which ra
ishori? here. disgorged part of he
7.(KJO tons of valuable cargo. east
ng it upon the waters all clay Ion
o lie mlbored up bv those win* care
0 take the trouble.
Huge rases containing aittonudiile
mil pianolas followed one anotlie
iver the side, striking the water wit
1 great splash. Sewing iiiaeliines am
lucks went with them, while Miclii
an furniture floated everywhert
.1 any hales of cigarettes covered th
ace of the water ami ton- of cliea|
American novels drilled to the near
iy shore of Brylior, where they wen
tiled like seaweed.
Big Fraud in Alabama.
Mobile. Ala.. Special. Itctails o
I'ililt is alleged to lie one of the big
'est frauds uncart lied in the Soull
n years were made public Moiulav
tith the siiiniltaneoiis arrest, on war
ants charging -onspiiac v to defraur
lie government, of Jesse II. am
aniel II. Sin eve. at San Antonio
'ex.: A C. Shrove at Tn^kaloosa
lla.; if. T. Siireve. James K ^'rcve,
lilliavd Slirevc. (Jeorge II. Shreve
olin Joliuson and William Franklin
t Montgomery ami Sam fopclaml al
lootlshorn. Ala. Johnson and Frank'
in are negroes.
The men arrested an- charged wit!
ithhohling from the Federal referee*
ii bankruptcy for this district assets
I* the City Jewelry Company ol
lontgoinery. Ala., w ilfully knowini
t their whereabouts at t lie time.
"Nothing Doing"?Not a Thing.
Liverpool. Ik ('able. ?The creditor1'
tlie Alabama cotton linn of Kni-jln
'anccy & Co.. are enlisting tlie ait
f Liverpool hanks in obtaining re
ress from American hanl.s. because
f losses snsla ned lliroiejh v. Iiat are
lleged to hate heen unsatisfied hilli
f lading.
Treasure in Old Stove.
Newark. New Jersey. Special.?
liter she had sold an old stove
or .'10 eenls. Miss Norah Sullixan
sjed 70 years, of Newark. N. J.
earned that it was really wort I
000. A package whieh droppec
rom the stove iinnotieed by the pur
haser. was pieked up by two boyi
nd found to contain t">0 $10 golc
lieees.
nvestigate Notorious "3d Degree.'
Washington. Speeial. -The Senate
'ommittee on Judiciary voted Monday
o conduct a thorough exainioatior
nto what is known as "third de
tpp'' mot ImhIs of extort ill'; oonfes
ions from persons charged will
rime; also the practice of employing
tersons in the espionage of jurors.
Railroads Awful Record.
Washing! ?i!i. H. Special.?A
nri*'' increase in I lie nnmher of eas
laities on Anierieaii railroads ii
hown hv the report for the tpiartei
nded Deceniher .'?1, as com
turctl with the corresponding tpiartei
ii tin- |iri;v ?iti> wur. nmuiin la
nod l>_> tin* Interstate ('omnicrri
'oimmasioii shows mi inereii<? in Itv
lumber of persons hilled of :*01. ant
11 the number injured of o.tMo. ai
o:r.pn red with 1 be eorrespondinj
juarler of 190H. The total nunihei
if person* hilled was 1,099 and tin
ota1 uumher injuVed 22,491.
. ,1 11 f'tiTiiiii lilHOPlMI mill
! I HELPS THE EDITOR.
Messages Froirf Kings and
Presidents to Publishers.
J PRESS' "TREMENDOUS POWER."
1 The A. deviated Press and the Aineri1
can Newspaper Publishers' Associatiou
Banquet Together- A dft, the
Humorist, Makes Notable Address.
Nov ik. Speeia. \*i interesting
feature >' 1 ix joint listii<|lift 'J* New
1 York I'iiurMiax i*\of The Assoeiuted
l're? and I he American
New >pa|.'f* 1 1 ?' Assnenitiori
was the ? < ceipt in the hau'|iiel "iitm
' at tin- VV:j.!d"t-i' A?lonn diii'iav "lie
^ proirres- >' tic dinner nf "?an*
twenty-live ?>r liiirtv eaiiicu rains ot*
? congratulation trout all parts of llie
i \ world. The-e ine->a>re?- were sent", by
I crowned heads, presidents of re'
publics. {' line ministers and promi5
I neni st.iie-nteii from the four corners
?| of tin- '.'I'iIh1 urn) expressed tin- s<"|
ers' \ iew> ni' the Amerienn pres>
Follow iny: i- from Mr. Woosevelt :
" "'The Ainerieu.ri l'res>:
4 " Itrnssel-. Aprl '28.
R "I send \o?it m\ In-art \ regard*.
If is uirM'ri'->ar\ to sa\ anything
r about i In- enormous power of tin*
e pres... Tin- v\ -.->< t-xi-ri-i-CN whereof
is not only an essential for tin- nation
hut an es-a-nt iarl to the perpetuity of
the press i'M-lr. With host wishes
' to those upon whom rr-is the heavy
responsihilit\ of that Iremetif
dons power arejht. I am. .-iiieerely
J vours.
t ' I I111'tlxHiK UOOSKVKI.T.**
0 j Georue Ade ?h-|i?-\eril a brief a-.lH
| dress on "lle|pne_r tin- Kditor." Mr.
1 Ade said:
"Tin- A. I*. i> a -treat in-t it at ion.
~ My out-of-town assignment was usu l
ally fiiven to me in the followim*
words: Semi in a vrood story, tin- A.
it Iwill eov < r tlie I net
f * Kverv man who ha> not tried, it
n thinks that lie ran ?- Iii a newspaper,
d writ< a eonhe opera ami inamure a
hotel. I still heliex e that I know a
' lot a lint it the hotel business.
e '' K\<-r\buoy wants !< help the ediA
tor. Not as re-_-ar.js elu*aper woodpnlp
or ktepiuu down the pay-roll hut
u witli sm-irestions lor lillitnr up the paper.
Most people still Imlieve that
every newspaper must hustle to iref
enough eopv to seperale tin- ndver
r I I ISOIIienl S.
"The I'l'st newspaper Willi wlii?-Ii I
i was ? ;?!>:? < 'i i-vi n Thurs,
dii v t'r< lit ;i room over ;i hardware
si<ill*. "I*li?- tin-.- ' ! <>\il war won*
I slili ii??>l?|fi*i ;iu. I mlinna *> 1" <>< I
?-u|i:i> i"H w;i- i> -1 il :< ?. Nearly every
, man was ^ ?fi?ir^ as In- shot. ami some
, ?. T l Inn: a i il-.-ai "lit-lit' r. < hir
, dllii'i' ci| ;i) *!.r-1 I ? ?ni ? i-1 "il "I a Wasli,
itiirloM lurid ia I not -power job
i press. a pi'ivii: -I towel ami a few
t font- < ?' type- mostly it a lies. All,
IiiiI we 11;i11 an editor!
"The old-time Cililor. the one we*
i all read about who stumped his in?
?li\iiluali l\ en very issue of his
, paper ami I'liiln't liotlier ahout the
? press-v.oi k. ilo \m remember what"
5 lie railed a man if he didr. *1 rare
Hincli for him? lie didn't enll him
a niollyeoddle or an insnruent or a
malefaelor or an undesirable. He
, said thai tin man was a |??dfii>on. a
t hell-hound. a pusilaiiiiiioiis liar, an unj
militated horse-thie.. a jaekal. a marplot.
a rail ill", a ivpiile. a viper, a
s ear and a v. help. Here are a lot of
j. valuable expressive words that ar?
g yraduallx beiuj: eliminated from our
vocabulary because die editors of today.
steeped in eommorcialism. have
abandoned the methods of William
F. Storey and aceepted the leadcr,
ship of Kdward W. Bok.
"Also (lie newspapers of today are
criticized because they are kind to
j the hicr advertiser. I think tiewsI
papers are somewhat tinder the domination
of the hijr advertiser. In faet
, the hi? advertiser has syot them so
j worked tip that many of thetn want
to run him for a third term.
"I read not lent* ai;o that down in
Brown county. Indiana, the front
room of the eounty poor-house, a
larpe. cheerful apartment with southern
exposure and plants in the win'
dows is occupied by a man who for
i many years conducted a newspaper
that pleased every hotly. On the other
hand, it's hard to he successful without
disappoititiuir some of your best
1 friends. So if you can't please all
I your critics do tin- next best thins*
and please your subscribers."
Millionaire Killed in Folding Bed.
^ Now York. Special.? Henry Wellington
Smitli. millionaire paper tnauufaeturer.
of l.ee. Mass.. ami dolegat*
to tlie Republican National t'onvoaiion
>f 1SSO. was crushed to deatli
Wednesday night in a folding bed.
With him in the hoarding house at
,, the time was an elderly woman, who
was slightly injured, and who baa
j snhseonently disappeared, leaving l>o)
hind a ease of mystery. She vu ?
i known at the boarding house as his
* ! wife, hut investigation showed thai
[ I Mra. Smith had not left her home ia
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