Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 23, 1911, Image 6
THE LAST OF HER >
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The T>xas 3ui H ?odoo Battleship, Will 1
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S >on Be shut to Pit crs x
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TO IMPROVE THE NAVY
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Site Will I'cfore lie llnml>ar?N j
od l>y Our Own Friendly Shot and
Nliell to Test I'p-to-dato Projeo- r
tilt's nod Armor unci Will ( <> to |
tIk* .Innit Heap.
Of! Hampton Roads In April next H
a battleship of the famous White *
Squadron of twenty years ago will 'v
meet a friendly fate at the hands t
of the men behind the guns of ourjl
modern Atlantic fit - t. The Texas, j c
always a steel-sided hoodoo and long ^
a tar.pt for naval criticism, Is to c
become it last a target for Atneri- 1
iv n gunners. She will he towed '
like a culprit lo a point off the Cues- s
aj ea: ?-'s protecting capes, anchored t
and s'.iot to pieces. When her bat- y
tered funnel sliall liave disappeared
beneath the great sea the final roe- I
ord villi lu* made in the naval rec- '
ortis of the first battleship luiiit for *
th" American navy, a vessel tliat 1
eosl the Government $2,500,000 in i
1802. !'
It will lie the first time In the (
history of our navy that a real ves- 1
sel is used as a target for the big '
guns Heretofore targets made or '
canvas have been used, but as the 1
Te.v.us '"'s outlived her usefullness, !
high explosive projectiles will lie fired
ngai.ist iter in order that the of- !
fleers inav study their action against '
the hull and superstructure at hat- '
tie ran s. Surely a fitting end for
the unluekiest ship in tlie Ameri- 1
can Navy' For although she rov- '
ered herself with glory at the hit- 1
tie of Santia o, she was so unfortunate
in tin e of peace as to earn the
title of "The Hoodoo."
Foreign navies for many years
have used their obsolete battleships
as targets, and the results have bo.'ii
of great benefit in determining the
relative value of high explosive projectiles.
The old query, What would
11.ii>iii i an irresisiiiiie inrep came
In contact with an immovable object?
has almost been answered by
these tests. At a recent test in the
French Navy it was discovered that
when a twelve or thirteen inch projectile
hi's a turret such a terrific
heat is developed that for twelve
hours no human being could torn li
the point of contact. Whether men
could live in a turret pounded by 12inch
pnjpct'les is doubtful, although
experiments have shown that cats
and chi'Uens have been able to withstand
this terrific heat.
For tiie past four or five years the
Texas h s hern little more than a
boating barracks.for enli-ted naval,
men, stationed most of the time at
Charle ton, S. C. Fver since the
Spanish war she has done nothing
hut era'*'* up and down the Atlantic
coast, taking the midshipmen on
their annuaV practice jaufits. to the
N< w Fng'md regions, and steaming
aronnd 11 a* terns J in all kinds of
weather to lite fall and winter nianoeuvers
in the tropics.
She has not been considered good
enough for a station ship. In fad,
like tenr< th y fifty other men of
war th't have.become obsolete, she
is nothing more titan a pile of junk.
She c >s' $2,500,000 less than twenty
years ago, hut today site would
hardly br'ng $50,000. The cruiser
P"iroit, which cost the <I?>v? rnniont
$1.2.tfl.o:i9 twenty yenrs ato, brought
only Jl'O.OOO the other day. In
short, the men-of-war of even 1 ."?*
years n;o are little more than junk
today. And 1'ncle Sam has a jnnk
pile which cost between $140,000,000
and $1 r.0.000,000. The cruisers
of the famous White Squadron
that saib 1 the seas before the organization
of the more famous fleet
of the present time are all obsolete.
They are worthless as fighters, useless
as cruisers.
The neassitv for more nowerfn!
ships in the I'nlted St'tes Navy was
demons!rated by the battle between
the French and Chinese fleets in |
A nrnis t, 1S^4. at the Pago.la Anchorage,
Min River, where the Cliitiese
shies v ere sunk in half an honr.
It wa< decided that this country
should have a modern defence force
as scon as possible. In 1 8X(> President
Cleveland approved a naval appropri
'ion bill which directed the
building; of the Te\as, a hat Mesh, ip;
the Maine, a sister ship, and sever .1
cruisers.
A price was offered by the Secretary
of the Navy for the best designs
for a battleship to cost $2,500,000
Many naval architects competed, and
the prize was awarded to an Ktmlishman.
a Mr. John. With the exception
of the protected cruisers Charleston
and Baltimore, built later,
the Texas was the only vessel built
on designs purchased abroad.
The Texas was constructed at the
Norfolk Navy Yard, being: the first
and only battleship ever built there.
Work on her was so slow that although
the keel was laid down in
January. 1889. she was not launched
until June, 1892, and hy that tlrr.e
the plans had been altered so much
that she was practically of .\merlcan
design.
From the start she showed up
badly. In fact, she had such a
cries of mishaps that she became t
;nown as the greatest landgoing hat- r
ieship in the world. Not only did
he sink twice, once right in her
lock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
>ut she used to try the patience of
he authorities at Washington by
iolating the navy regulations and
unning ashore four or five times
l year. Her weakness for explorng
shoals and mud flats made it
ook as if she should have be-^n
ransferred to the Coast and Geod tic
Survey.
However, she redeemed herself t
>efore Santiago. She was really out 5
f date then, but her nose was (
hoved into the fight and she acHiitted
herself nobly, nut so many t
iccidents kept recurring that the tit- :
e of the lloodoo of the Navy still j
lung to her. <
In fart, her ill luck beeon while '
lie was be'ng built. A dozen men
vere fatally hurt on her while she (
vas in course of construction and
wo men wen plunged to death from *
ler deck. Her engines were scorch- :
si in a fire at the Richmond Iron ,
. orks and her propeller was broken 1
>n the first trip to the yard. In i
icr dock trial she swamjied a turn>er
schootier with the wash from her f
icrew. Heeled over by the wind and ?
lie unequal weight of the patrially 1
et up turret, she nearly sank in her I
lock at Norfolk before she was com- I
deted. She was put in dry dock, i
ind it was found that she was not
drong enough to bear lier own ,
velght. i
She proved herself a poor steamr,
and burned great quantities of j
"oril. On Nov. 9. 1S96. while she
ivas lying at the Cob Dock at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard one of her sea
ocks became unfastened and she
sank. Had the accident occurred at
~en the ship would have been lost.
On every one of her trial trips
minething happened in the nature
of a breakdown in some part of !
her machinery. Kitlier the eccentric
str ip got hot or her condensers failed
to work or the steering gear got
out of order. The loss of four anchors
was among the little thin s
b it emphasized her reputation for
ill luek.
In February, 1S97, she went
ashore on the Dry Tortungas, and i
in the winter of the same year she
mil nil III \ \ .1 I I .1 I X MI | v IlillllM'l. Ill
Boston Harbor the same winter an
engine in one of her launches exploded.
injuring six men. Again
while being drydocked at the BrookIvii
Navy Yard an accident oreurred
which showed alleged structural
weaknes which cost $12a,000 to
remedy. She scraped her liilge on
th? sill of the dock and settled
down like ,a hag of wheat in the
basin. This was in November, lS'.tT.
It was only chance that saved tae
Texas from being rammed and sent
to the bottom by the Brooklyn in
the battle with Admiral Cervera s
tleet off Santiago on .Inly 3, lS'.IS.
Two weeks bef ?re that she had her
first tight in Cuban waters and a
narrow escape from a submarine
none off the (Inantanamo batteries.
When the Texas joined Admiral
Sampson's squadron oT Santiago orders
were issued that if the enemy
tries to escape the ships were to j
clo?e in and vi'gago as soon as pos- j
sible and to sink the Spanish v.?s-j
l is t-r s' n 1 tlu-nt a bie-e On the
d v of the battle tb<> \merlean vessels
moved toward the mouth of the
li a rhor.
When the Mario Teresa started to
run for it. the Iowa gave the order
"Knemv's ships escaping." then sieM
itl. it rt.ei*. r.??- o^.i i
gave a third order. "Close up." all 1
In ex.-eutlon of Admiral Sampson's 1
standing ordor. As tho Brooklyn
steamed in toward the mouth of the
harbor. Commodore Schley, who was
ahoa'd h t, c plained to her commander,
Oapt. Cook, that the "Close
up" meant he was to keep somewhere
within 1.000 yards from the
enemy, so as to he outside of her
broadside torpedo range
Capl. Cook save ord rs to port
the helm, ami the BrookIvn began
to turn away from the battle line
and presented her stern to the hostile
cruisers. The Brooklyn ran.
about 2.000 yards south and all hut
came into collision with the Texas, '
which saved herself by reversing her
engines. A hole was thus left in the!
blockading line through which the,
enemy promptly steamed.
The late Capt. Philip of the Texas
In describing this incident, wrote:
"Suddenly a whiff of breeze and {
a lull in the firing lifted the pall,
and there hearing toward us and 1
across our bows, turning on her port
helm, with big waves curling over
her bows and great clouds of hla> k
stnoitk pouring from her funnels,
was the Brooklyn. She looked as
big as half a dozen Great Easterns
'Back both engines hard!' went down
the tube to the astonished engineers
and in a twinkling the old ship was
1 racing against herself. Had the
himmikivii airui'K us (lion lr would
probably have been the end of the
Texas and her half thousand men. '
Aside from this Incident the shate
of the Texas In the fighting off Santiago
was consplcioiiH. On June 22
ja shell from Santiago's Mooro pierced
a six-inch hole in her bow under
the anchor and killed Frank Itlakely.
a first class apprentice. In the
fighting on July 3 a shell from the
Almtrante Oquendo pierced the starboard
bulkhead under tho bridge,
entered the smokestack and ex;
ploded.
For two years after the war the
Texas had a peaceful and uneventual
career. On Nov. 3.0. 1 902, however,
when at target practice along
he New England coast the discharge
>f one of the big guns broke the re oils,
with the result that the gun- :
foundations were shattered, water
ind steam pipes were crushed and !
in mage was done that was thought!
it first to be impossible to repair. '
towever, she was repaired and as
;he left the drydock she came into
ollislon with the collier Sterling,
>endin? many of her forward plates,
ind putting her out of commission
'or another six weeks.
During the next two years she
an aground no less than six times,
'.he was hard aground at Dry Tor-!
ngas twice inside of three months.
1'his trick was varied slightly a litle
later in the same port when she
an on a coral reef, suffering considerably
from the scraping she re elved.
On another occasion she be anie
so firmly wedged in the mud at
Newport that six tugs were required
to pull her out.
The hark dm ugh from one of her
welve-lnch guns eauseil another bad
iceld?*nt on April IS. 1905. And in
\irll of the following year she was
?adly damaged by running into a
iereliet off South Carolina Her
elates were so badly twisted that .
die had to be dry-docked for several
weeks. In addition, a collision
with the floating crane Hercules at
he Brooklyn Navy Yard, loosened
!ier how and kept her out of commission
for some time.
In luly, 1900. the cruising day
:>f the in fated battleship ended, and
die was tied up at the Charleston
Saw Yard, where she became a
floating house for enli.-ted men. The
last active service of the warship
was fl?? duty with the starred pennant
of Rear-Admiral F. \V. DickIns,
U. S. N.. afloat. That was in the
spring of 1900. When the fleet returned
from the nianeonvres off
Charleston in .June, Roar-Admiral
Dlckin's eoinniand was disbanded.
The Texas was then docked at Rosfinil
stripping of Its-hefor $eekRfltt
ton and came to Charleston for final
stripping of its six-inch guns.
Rut the hoodoo followed her there
oven after she was out of commissi
.hi. She narrowly escaped being
blown up by a careless visitor, who
was found smoking a cigarette in
int? powucr magazine.
Now it has boon decided to shoot
her to pieces. Early in April she
will he towed from her moorings In
the Navy Yard to the shoal water
of the Chesapeake, where twelve and
thirteen inch projectiles will soon
finish her. The hoodoo of the navy
will then he a hoodoo no longer.
I'AUIHIX >111.1, STI I.I. < 111 N" I> 1 \<;.
Coventor lllease Pardons Two I.ife
Term Prisoners.
Two prisoners serving life sentences
at the State penitentiary were
pardoned Thursday by Coventor
Mease.
A pardon was granted to Duncan
O. Crant, a white man, formerly of
the State of Florida, who was convicted
in 1906 on the charge of killing
Walker Swett, in Marlboro
county. 'I'ln re were several petitions
presented to Coventor Ansel for the
pardon of Crant. Governor Ansel
refused all petitions, and C lverncePh
ci netln on the oi l petitions and
1 tiers granted a pardon.
.Mary Fair, it Laurens county negress.
was given her freedom by Coventor
Mease. She was convicted itt
! ^"7 0j, the charge of killing llen.;
;ta Sullivan, and upon recomnten littiaii
of the mercy of the Court,
was sentenced to life imprisonment.
^ii v as r< mi. id a pardon i?y tio\ernor
Ansel.
shot whom; o\i: i ikst.
\ Man Murders a (iirl and Then lie
Commits Suicide.
Driven 'o desperation, .1. \V. Powell.
of Pnehanan, Va., Monday killed
his sweetheart. Miss Maude West,
is years old. and then turned the
shotgun on himself and ende I ills
life.
The double tragedy was thought
;o have heen caused by jei'.ot.sv.
"owell, l'S years of ago. called tn >n
Miss West Sunday night and while
at tit-- home met another young
man. lie was heard to make tlii eats
| as he was leavin t.
While the young woman was on
her way to a mail hox to pos :i let[ter
Powell, who was in hi'lin.; on
the side of the road, jumped from
a (dump of hushes and open?.! fire
on her with a shotgun. He empt'fcd
two loads In her body and th >n pinei#-d
tbo weapon to bis bead and bred.
When found both of them were
dead. .
Flour Sent to China.
Ten thousand sacks of Hour w*?re
purchased in Chicago Thursday by
Otto Koeni-'. of New York, to be sent
j for the relief of the famine sufferers
in China. The Hour is the contribution
of the subscribers of The
j Christian Herald. The Hour will bo
j sent to Seattle, whence it will tie
carried frtw? of charge on the l'nited
States transport Muford to Chinklang.
Finds t\ Mate.
Oscar Kraus, of Pomona, Kan., the
"Kansas giant," has decided that he
does not want a job on any police
I force, as was his ambition. Mr.
Kraus. who is seven feet, four inches
tall, has found a mate, a young lady
of I.onvton, Kan., who is six feet,
Ave inches tall herself.
CLASSIFIED CaiUiVH
For Sale?Pure King Cotton Seed a
Poultry Yard, Darlington, S. S.
For Sale?Pure King Cotton Seed a
$1.00 per bushel. Address, J. J
Llttlejohn, Jonesville. S. C.
Cnl>t? .go Plants F. O. P. Young's Is
land, S. C. 7 5 cents per thou
sand. VV. J. Nunnery. Wedirefleld
s. c.
I wKiit ?H?ys in every town to sol
Key Checks. Rubber Stamps. Ston
cils Williams, Back Ray, P. O
Box 122. Boston, Mass.
For Sale?Rums from pure bret
White Plymouth Rocks. Fishe
strain. Price $1.50 per setting o
15. K. H. Patrick. White Oak
S. C.
You Can Make ltin Money sellin*.
portable fence right. Every far
mer needs it. Write B. T. Stain
baugh. Woodsboro, Md., for par
ticulars.
Eleven Kentucky Jacks, twenty-oni
Jennets for sale. All of my owi
raisins, with guarantee as stroi.j
as can be made. J. W. Riley
Gracey, Ky.
For Sale?Utility Rhode Island Ue<
Cockerels, $1.50 to $2.00. Flm
Cock, $5.00. One excellent lrisl
Pointer Dor. $50.00. W. 11. Pear
son. Strother. S. C.
For Sale?S. U. R. 1. Reds, Whit
and Brown Leghorns, Black Ran?
sbang, Plymouth Rocks. Errs to
seltinR, 15 for $1. M. B. Gran
DnrllnRton, S. C.
Full sti>?k Barred Plymouth Rocks
Whito Sherwoods and Rhode Is
land Red chickens and eRRs fo
sale. Address Mrs. Mary E. Li!
tlejohn, Jonesville, S. C.
For Sale?At a bargain and on term
a piani or woodworkinu inaclilr.
erv, complete and niMiing, wit
all the business it can handle. W
K. Almun, Spartanburg. S. C.
S. ('. Rhode Island Red anil Whit
Leghorn eggs for hatching. Xon
better, few as good. Sat isf actio
guaranteed. Writo for price
liayslde Poultry Farm, Guytoi
Ga.
The Little Tell Tale which tells ill
Truth. A complete egg record (
the day. the week, the month, an
the year. Price 10c. Addres
Mrs. M. 11. Roberts, Dade Clt;
Fla.
For Sale?Fggs for hatching Sing
Comb PutT Leghorn. From tim
well-mated, heavy-laying stocl
$1.00 for 1 r.; $ 1.7for HO; *r..?i
for 100. T. Ii. Simpson, Societ
Hill. S. C.
Girl or Woman?ea h locality, goo
pay made acting as represent.
ti\e, addr? ss envelopes, told, me
eircuhirs, material, stamps, fin
nished free. Rex Mailing A en.-;
London, Ontario.
For Sale?\\ hippoorwill Peas, $J J
per bushel; Clay Mixed Peas,
per bushel; Ripper Mixed Pea
SLLJo per bushel. Write for prici
in large quantities. F. A. Bus
Co., Preston, Ga.
,lopsv Cured?Shortness of breat
relieved ir. :i ; to -IS hours. Hi
duces swelling in 15 to Jo day
Cull or write Colluni Dropsy Flen
edv Company. Dept.. O 512 A^ste
Rldg., Atlanta (la.
Single < 'omli Rhode Islan
Reds and "Crystal" White Orpinj
tons win and lay when othei
fail, stock and e.gs for sale. Sen
for mating list. ft. A. Dohhs, lh
H. 24, nainesville, (la.
Wanted?Men and ladies to tali
three months practical course. K
pert management. High snlarit
positions guaranteed. Write ft
catalogue now. Charlotte Tel
graph School. Charlotte. N. C.
Wantetl?Men tt? take thirty daj
practical course in our machli
shops and learn automobile lun
ness. Positions secured gratl
ates, $25 per week and up. Cha
lotte Auto School, Charlotte, N.
Wanted?Rook keepers, stenogr
pliers, clerks, write us if <i"sirii
employment. We place compete
business help and are not able
supply demand. Carolina Aud
i. Ceei ai? - - 1 ?
?v Ill v " . ">!* ? ?l I V OliII
bin. S. C.
For Sale?Milch cows, registered ,it
sey colors, Golden Lad, Klyiite K<
and st i.o:nhert strain. I'.ron
Turkeys and eggs. Also eggs,
I. Hods, \\ hite Leghorn, Harri
Plymouth Rocks and Pit Cam
one dollar ;>er do/,. White call
puppies, registered. M. R. Sam
Jonesville, S. C.
(irnti Wanted?Make nig money ?In*
photo pillow tops. if>c. h'
mides, 25r; portraits, 35c; ollett*
SOc. We produce works of ai
guaranteed, lowest prices, larg^
studio, prompt service, credit gi
en; samples; portrait and frac
catalogue free. Ritter's Art 8t
dio, 1218 Madison. Chicago, 111.
11 LEE'S HEADACHE &
j | SAfELY. SURE
! Cures Headache and Neu
cause. Numerous testimonia
us out in this statement.
Read the following:
I have been j constant su!
years and could not get an\
course or take morphine. 1 tri
\$ ralgia Remedy and found pen
0 1 heartilv endorse it as the
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Sold Everywhere. Price 2;
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|j BIRWELL &
' > Chadottc
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I <iou(l Dive Agent* wanted tn ever}
(1 town to sell n meritorious ltue o:
medicines extensively advert is*,
and used by every family atul li
the stable. An cxconMonal m u
tun it y for the right pr.rties t'
make good money. Write at on",
for proposition to L. B. Mart.iir
Box 110. Richmond Va
t
In order to introduce my high gr\?J*
- Succession Flat Dutch and W.iv?
' field Cabbago Plants to .hose w'have
not used them before 1 W
t' rive wttw each And order for
-* thousand plants at a It.26. a <1*
lar'n worth of veretsbl so?i <!."?*
- seed absolutely free. W. R. Iu:^
1S Plant (Imwdr Voter nrtae P. t
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Il
licvi'l l-'arnis for Suit*?In Cordon
County, Northwest Ceorgta. Write
? for free list. I have sold severa'
e from the northern part of South
e Carolina, farms over here, where
" lands lie better, and are more pros'
ductive. and ran he bought for
half, and less the money your
lands are selling for. Health and
? climate tie- best. T. M. Hoaz, Ro\
le MS, Calhoun, (la.
)f
d Wanted?hi Very tuna. worn**
s> child in South Carolina to tsi".
that the "Alco" hraud ?f
Doors atul Dllndp are tb* k< ?
? irp made only h> Hip (>ig\t.'
'e I.umber Company, who mannf*
B> tur? everything In I,umber tu
* Millwork tind wh'>?? w<tchw?r?l (
0 "Quality." Write Augusta l.um
> ' bcr Company, Augusta, (leorg^
for prleec riu tnr order, tarr
? ! . 11
a ;
v ' line* Marred IMymontb lin ks, Duff
;l Plymouth Rocks, Rose Comb i; i
Di'ds. Acknowledged to be tlm
1 three best general pnrpo e fowl-,
yet developed. Our pens are com
posed of the cream of last year's
' Mock, all selected with the \;< v\
" ef V >ei jut' up our won 1 r al o g
s* ylelrl of the past. Oar hinl < ir"s
ried off a long string of prizes dur''
ing the past show so-im n an I we
can giV" the h-st anility to he
~ found. l'lg-js for hatching.
per 1 Send in orders now for
future delivery. West Raleigh
3 Poultry Farms, It. M. Darker, Mgr.
West Raleigh, N. C.
1
Ibirgaiiis in Sooth t; ????r ; i :i farm
lands; 5,(100 acres of fine, level
land, s miles from rnilroul; land
productive and no waste; 'J" or
s I more houses; flowing well, I 1
miles of fine fencing land, adapted
,x to general farming and stork raising.
I'ric" $10 per acre. 3,100
? acres lor-ted on railroad; 2,000
acres open, balance In woods;
.land lies well and very producM'
tive; dwelling, good barns. ."> ?
,r tenant houses, artesian wells.
e~ ginnery, etc. Cheap at the price
c?f $L'o per acre. 807 acres, 1
? mile from railroad station; fiOo
s' | acres in cultlv ition, balance in saw
le timber; land productive, li s well
d- i and no waste; dwellin . b irns. 1 I
u- tenant houses, deep well with tank
r- and gasoline engine. For c|itick
C. sale*, can sell fur $12.50 jier .acre.
If >f?11 a"0 in the marked for a
<l. fine farm and mean business. ill
, . to see us. I>o not delay, as the
nt prices we have now are sure to
to go higher. Address Allen .v CrockHI
j ett. Am ricus. (ia.
ntjuits
tin* IOicc.
? John Keith, a white farmer living
ir four miles west of Marlon, oomox
miffed suicide Wednesday afternoon
;:e by shooting himself through th ? bee"
K. i with a pistol. Mr. Keith was about
ed ! 40 years of aire and no cause can
e. he assigned for his rash deed, as
ie t>oth his health and finances wee
is, in cood shape. Tie is survived by
three sisters and one brother.
Death Separates Them.
At Florence, Colo., Mrs. Francis
Ksper, Ids years of a rc, said to be
r the oldest woman in Colorado, died
* in the arms of h<-r 1 1 1-vear-old husi*
band Thursday nisrht from burns ren
eelved wlicn her elothinz caught flrr
? from an open gra'e Mr. and Mrs.
Ksper has been married 91 years.
NFURAIGA REMEDY | \
LY. SI EEDILY f
ralgia no matter what the $
Is 011 tile in our office hear v
s
A m
ITerer from headache for 12
relief until it had run its v
ed 1 .< : s Headache and Ncu- $
natient relief.
best thing 1 have ever tried. %
(Sgd.) II. A. (iandv, T
Hartsville, S. C. i
and 50c.
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DliNN CO, |j
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Manager Frank -T. Shaugh- *
nessy, of the Virginia League
Championa, found Noah's
I Liniment best for
A mm
sore Muscles
bruises, scratches, stillness.
One trial will convince you.
Noah's Liniment penetrates.
Requires but little rubbing.
Here's the Proof
"T have hud occasion to use Nnah'?
Unlment on two of nty players' arms,
and the result was most gratifying,
linth were Immediately relieveil of soreness
and aide to resume throwing: with
their former speed. Have also used It
myself, and consider It the best liniment
I ever tried. It Is line for bruises,
scratches, stiffness, etc. Frank J. ..
Shaimhnessv, Manager, ltoanoke Chain- rr
plons, ltoanoke, Va."
Xonh'a I.tnlnienf Is the host remedy
for Itheumutlsm, Sciatica, I-a me Itack.
SUIT Joints and Muscles, Sore Throat.
Colds, Strains, Sprains, Cnt.s, Bruises.
Colic. Cramps, ... rorsw '
Neuralgia. Tooth- fO^.^ ache
a n d all fiv.
Nerve, Hone and u / ~"1^1
Musclo Aches and l.\\
Pains. The gen- it*
nine has Noahs
Ark on every ? - c. V <
^ rflT.^jP^P
medicine. s a m - L I W J * ? n
plo by mull tree. W^V^/lAv^
Noah Itemed y Co., J J
Klchmond. Vu. jL . I? h a
(d'tlllc .f.t'l-.
Mvcn a short man may have his
lo'.a sail.
t! t 1 s a ao' 1 judxe (?l w hi key
to lot ii alone.
It's hotter to lie correct than it is
to ho corn cted.
The phonograph heads the list of
chat tor l>o\- s.
Among others, the county recorder
is a man of <1 eds.
Not all politicians who study harmony
arc musically inclined.
It is hotter to forgive than it is to
spend a week in the hospital.
lint you can't ho sued for nonpayment
of a debt of gratitude.
In delivering i --pooch he careful
no' to get the wron: address.
<?j11 \ a fool h-'s peopl ?:?k?' him
in after lie lias found them out.
Ilovs far can yon net from homo
before you hecom a stranger?
y ? .r ,\tv ?*i ?kov hjs homo
run after he reaches the plate.
? ?|. Is such a
small sum that lie is sent to Jail.
Want a Square Ileal.
('arryinr forward In. campaign
for Cano'iin reciprici.y. President
Taft is in iking a dir. i appeal to
the Am r! in fanner oil that issue.
' II. declared thrt the impression
which h t<l hro.nl that reciprocity
with the Dominion would injuro
' the fanner was on ir- 1 \ without
foundation, and by statistics and ar'
Riiinent lie seeks to lend actual proof
to his assertions.
Mr. Taft in a reeent speech In
Columbus, Ohio, asserted the reciprocal
agreement with Canada would
tie a benefit rather than a detriment
i to the agricultural interest of this
' country. He said he stated this in %
answer to the criticism which had \
been directed against the measure
presumably 011 the part of the
farmer.
t We believe what President Taft
says above is true, but still the
farmer is entitle to and should have
a square deal. If he is forced to
sell his produce In a free market he
should he given tile right to buy
his clothes, his shoes, his hat, and
1 other thin .-a in a free market.