The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 02, 1907, Image 2

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u DOCTOR MOTHER. A tittle wound, a little ache. A little blistered thumb to take With touch of love and make it we!!? These things requive ;; mother's spell. Ah. sweet the progress ot' the skill That science brings unto the ill! Vast range of methods new and line, But when car little ones repine, The mother is the very best Of doctors into service pressed! Sunshine anil air and mother's spell Of helping little lads get well, And helping little lasses, too? Here are three remedies that do So much more, often than the grave, Skilled bands that tried so hard to save. For Dr. Mother, don't yon know, Oives something more than skill?gives so Much of herself; gives, ch. so mucn. Of love's sweet alchemy of touch! Upon a little wardroom bed A little curl encircled head. A little slender hand and pale. A little lonesome, homesick wail, Roved nursing, best of skill and care; But, oh. behold the wonder there, When Dr. Mother, bearing sun From where the wilding roses run. Leans down,with hungering love and kissThere is 110 medicine like this! . \ In little child heart's hour of woe. Pain, ache, or life wound's throb and throe. The Dr. Mother knows so well The weaving of love's wonder spell? Just what tne little heart requires, Just how to cool the fever fires: Just how much tenderness and cheer Will calm the little doubt and fear. How much of tenderness will ease? Alone she knows such arts as these! ?Baltimore .Sun. I SEARCHING FOR 1 . CASTAWAYS. I * BY FREDERICK SEARS. || S Late of the New Zealand Government Surrey. ^ ^ (An interesting account of a nautical errand ^ T of mercy. Far out in the lonely Southern x 2 Ocean lie the desolate isles of the Antipodes? -j35 a deadly menace to ships. So terrible have SJ x been the experiences of sailors wrecked upon x these islands that the New Zealand Govern* ment decided to form depots of provisions for J* *S> the use of castaways. In this article Mr. Sears w w describes the voyage of the Government w W steamer, and how she rescued a party of ship- <il> A wrecked men from one of the islands. ns g;.V J Far away over the trackless ocean, on the verge of the Great Southern Ice Belt, some seven hundred miles south of New Zealand, and swept by the furies of perpetual blizzards, lie the desolate Antipodes ? Bounty, 'Auckland, Enderby and Campbell Islands, belonging to New Zealand, and the Macquaries, belonging to Tasmania. Ail these islands are totally uninhabited, and many a fine vessel has laid her bones at the foot of their cruel crags, while the luckless souls who have escaped a watery grave have met a far more dreadful fate?a slow and miserable death from starvation. Many records are still to be found on the island^, tell? ing their own tales of shipwreck, despair, starvation and death. So dreadful are some of these records that the New Zealand Government, tinder the leadership of that grand old empire builder, the late Prime Minister, Mr. R. J. Seddon, P. C., have erected depots for castaways on each island. This humane step has already been the means of saving many lives. The Government relief depots are galvanized iron sheds about fifteen feet by* twenty, and contain tinned meat, biscuits, cocoa, tea, flour, matches-; candles, lamps, kerosene, axes, fishing tackle, blankets, cloth- i ing, ^loth, needles, cotton, etc., together with a good, seaworthy, < , decked boat fitted with sails, oars, compass, and a chart giving the course to the Bluff Lighthouse, the nearest point of New Zealand. The islands are visited once a year by the Government steamer Hinemoa. She goes to search for castaways who may have been wrecked since her last visit, to repair any damages done to the depots by the frequent storms, and to overhaul the stocks of provisions. This very wise undertaking, as already stated, has been the means of saving many lives. My official duties as an officer of the New Zealand Government Survey necessitated my accompanying the vessel to the islands, and thfs article is the result of my trip. Previous to the erection of the depots the Derry Castle was lost on Enderby Island, and the ship's logslate still hangs in the depot there. It is the half of a folding slate, tied together at the corners with pieces of sinnet, or rope yard. The wording has been cut on the slate?probably with a sharp nail? and reads: "Sacred to the memory of captain, first and second officers, and twelve of the crew who lost their lives by wreck of the Derry Castle on the north side of Enderby Island, March 20, 18S7. The survivors were taken from the island by the schooner Awarana, July 21, IS87. Wm. Rennie, A. B.; Dan Sullivan, A. B.; Nick Wallace, A. B.; F. Fernace, A. B.; John Husband, A. B.; Alex. Nyberg, A. B.; Hugh Logan, A. B.; James McGhie, passenger. Xames of the lost: James Goffe, captain; F. F. Robins, first officer; Rassmussen, second officer; C. Reynolds, C. Williams, P. Olsen, Johnson, Peterson, Karlson, Gill, Reid; four names not known. Tctal, fifteen." The wording on the graves is very much .weatherworn, but one slab contains the following: "Sacred to the memory of C. H. Mafcony, master mariner, and the second officer of the ship Inverauld, wrecked on this island 15th May, 1864. Died of starvation." The small grave to the left is that of the captain's little daughter, and the centre of the tablet is formed by the ship's grindstone. The lettering on the other headboards is too much obliterated to be legible, but the terrible words, "Died of starvation,5- are on each. 01 all the isl2Edr, the most desc' \ late are the Bounties, lying in fortyeight degrees south, 179 degrees west. Not a vestige of vegetation or blade of grass is to be found from one end of these barren penguin rookeries to the other, so that, but for the Government depots, the lot of any unfortunates wrecked upon them would be hapless indeed. We arrived at the Bounties after a stormy passage, but could not make a landing owing to the heavy surf beating on the iron-bound coast. It was just about the breeding season for the penguins, but there wan no sign of one to be seen or heard. Being unable to land, we put to sea to dodge about till calmer weather came. Two days later we made the islands wgain. The penguins had arrirpri and thp rnrks were literally swarming with them. Whence had they come, and where had they got into such fat, fine condition? Had they come from some unknown lands beyond the Great Ice Belt? Nature holds the secret. But as suddenly as they came, so, when the breeding season is over, in a day they are all gone ?whither no man knows. The Macquarie Islands, which are Tasmanian territory, lie in fifty-eight degrees south, 161 degrees west? j roughly, 700 miles south of New Zea- I land. On arriving at the remote | group we had the satisfaction of res- j cuing the shipwrecked crew of the schooner Gratitude, of New Zealand. During a succession of adverse gales the Gratitude was carried down to the Macquarie Islands and stranded j on its inhospitable shore, where she j now lies. It was indeed a lucky thing ( for the crew of six men that the ves- | sel did not go ashore about 200 yards ' farther south?on the three pinnacles j of rocks known as the "Needles"?as I should they by any chance have ! there would in all likelihood have j been no one left to tell the tale; and j scrambled ashore there, they would ; certainly have died of starvation long ! before our arrival, as there were no ! store depots on the Macquarie Islands j at that time. The poor fellows had been on the j ifliri/1 iKnn f povfln mirntVic and T Iioiauu auv/ub ovivu uavuvuwi mmm * shall never forget their wild excitement as our whaleboat neared the shore and they realized that after , the weary months of heart-breaking anxiety and suspense their dreary imprisonment was at last at an end. I was the first to speak to them, but for some time they could not find their tongues, they were so overjoyed. I made an inspection of the mouldy, decayed provisions saved from the wreck?on which they had been eking out existence?and also the huts they had built with timbers from their ship, and I shuddered to think what their fate would have been if we had not visited the islands. The loneliness of this inaccessible group has a depressing effect upon one, and I was as thankful as the castaways were to see the Macquaries sink below the horizon and feel our gallant little ship riding over the mountainous waves with a hurricane roaring behind us. After three months' tossing about on our errand of mercy we were homeward bound again, having had the good fortune to rescue some of our fellow-creatures from starvation and a lingering death on the j lonely isles of the Southern Ocean.? j The Wide World Magazine. Wn^cnti Rflv Tt/>nfp tn "Enronp. The Canadian Government and people are greatly interested by the possibility of a short haul of Canadian grain to Hudson Bay, whence it could be taken to Europe by ship. The alternative routes all involve either long railroad hauls or a combined railway haul and a long steamboat carriage down the lakes. The Dominion Government has just published a description of the cruise of the Neptune to gain information a^. to the possibilities of a northern route as an outlet for the grain crop. The conclusion is that Hudson Strait is navigable for ordinary iron steamships from July 20 to November 1, and this period may be increased, without much risk, by a week in the beginning of the season and by perhaps two weeks at the close. The same dates apply to the navigation of Hudson Bay from the strait to Fort Churchill. Fort Churchill is practically the only available harbor as a terminus for railways from the Northwest or from Ontario, if the proposal to extend the Government railways to tidewater is carried out. The Hudson Bay route would save 1000 miles in transportation, writes ^ * /> * uonsui aeyierc, irum v/uuiugwuuu, resides a considerable amount of delay and handling which now take place in the transportation of grain from Fort William to the seaboard. The report points out that the j question of grain storage presents no i real difference, because not twenty per cent, of the grain at present reaches the seaboard before the navigation of the year following that in which it is harvested.?New York World. "I'm Going to Sleep." In making public tributes to the late Thomas Bailey Aldrich from well known writers, Talbot B. Aldrich, son of the poet, told how the famous author approached death, with his mind filled with poetical thoughts. Mr. Aldrich said: "My father died a poet. Only a j little while before the end he said: 'I i regard death as nothing but the passing of the shadow of the flower.' "His last words as he passed away, holding our hands,/were: " 'In spite -of apl I am going to sleep; put out the lights."?Boston j Dispatch to the New York American. >i 4<* A o1i <r. Jfti m ? > ...?? i ini jpalmetioSJafE News? v y f t v^1 y h Newberry to Vote on Dispensary. Petitions are being circulated in Newberry county, calling for an election on the Question of dispensary or no dispensary. * fc $ Wcfford Wins in Contest. The result of the state oratorical contest at Greenwood has just been announced. Wofford won first and Carolina second. W. W. Carson spoke for Wofford and Brooks Wingard for Carolina. * T * Big Auction Sale of Lots. The biggest auction sale of suburban property in the history of Anderson took place a few days ago. The sale was conducted by the Anderson Real Estate and Investment Company, with Col. Steve R. Johnston, of Atlanta. as auctioneer. Fully one thousand people were on the grounds. Sixty-two lots just west of Belton were sold, aggregating a price of $15,000. * * ? Wilmer to Preach at Converse. Rev. C. B. Wilmer pastor of St I.uke's Episcopal Church, of Atlanta. I Ga., will ' preach the commencement | sc-rmon at Converse College, Sunday, June 3. Dr. Wilmer has never been heard by a Spartanburg audience and j a large congregation will fill the au1 ditorium. President Pell, of Converse. i ' [considers the college most fortunate ! in securing Dr. Wilmer to deliver the ' baccalaureate sermon. j * * * Eucket Shop Man Involved. j Percy G. Ponville, who operated a bucket shop business at Fort Mill, this state, and a former resident of Charlotte, X. C.. was arrested at Luverne. Ala., a few days ago, cnargea witn j conspiracy in connection with the defalcation at the Charlotte Bank on March 16. when Frank H. Jones skipped out with a shortage of $72,000 in his accounts at the bank. It is claimed that Fonville handled Jones' stock operations, in which the latter is now supposed to have lost much of the bank's money. * * * New Troops at Fort Moultrie. The army transport Kilpatrick arrived at Charleston last Monday with about 500 members of the artillery corps, and made an exchange with Fort Moultrie, leaving two companies of coast artillery and taking away one. The Seventy-fifth from Fort Preble. Maine, and the Seventy-eighth from Fort Warren, Mass., were left at Fort Moultrie, and the Eighth company was taken on boat to go to Fort Preble. The transport sailed Monday for Southport,- N. C. * * ? Operator Used His Pistol. In a quarrel at Greenville Ben Colbert, a block operator on the Southern railway, shot Turner Stokes, another operator. Colbert covers the night trick and Stokes the day job. It appears that the men became involved in a difficulty as to whose duty it was to go on duty at a certain hour. Stokes was shot in the arm and was not seriously injured. Colbert says he shot Stokes because Stokes was advancing on him with a piece of timber. * a * Mrs. Simonds to Wed. An engagement of much interest in society circles in Charleston and a number of other cities is that of Mrs. Daisy Simonds, of Charleston, and Barker Gummere, of Trenton, N. J. The marriage wiil probably take place next June. The engagement is said to be very romantic, Mrs. Simonds having met Gummere some time ago on a cruise to Panama and the West Indies on the steamer Bluecher, on which Speaker Cannon and party also traveled. Wagers were laid at intervals on the steamer as to the appearance of Gummere with Mrs. Simonds, or with his friend, William Hancock, ana 11 is saia uiai no illosl ouen snowed up with the Charleston society woman. v ? Woman Won First Honor. Miss Eieanora B. Saunders, of McConneilsville, York county, graduated in Charleston from the Medical College with first honors. She is the first woman to graduate from the college. The twenty young men graduates were much chagrined that a woman should win the first honor cup. The young lady also won a prize for the best report on clinical work at a bedside. It. Cj. IjCWIs, l)i X'JUivCUS. WUI1 ill SI prize in the pharmacy class. * * * Professor Gaines Honored. Prof. John William Gaines, at pres: ent head of the Welsh Neck High School of Hartsville. will succeed Rev. A. J." Moncrief as president of Cox College, Atlanta, Ga. Professor Gaines has just accepted the presidency of the Georgia institution and will assume charge when the resignation of Dr. Moncrief goes into effect in June. Than Professor Gaines few educators are better known in this part of the country. As head of the Welsh Neck High School he has made that institution of learning one of the best in the south and has brought it from comparative obscurity into prominence. Professor Gaines is a graduate of Furman University and has done graduate work at the University of North Carolina and at the University of Virginia. * * Convict Leaps to Death. Will Strickland, a white convict in the state penitentiary at Columbia, committed suicide by jumping from the second-story piazza of the prison hospital. Strickland was sent up for life a year or two ago for the murder of his wife in Anderson county. At the trial his attorneys put up a plea of insanity, but the jury held that he was sane and sent him to prison for life. Lately he has -shown signs of mental aberration and was in the prison hospital under treatment. While being allowed some freedom and exercise, he jumped over the railing of the piazza and his head struck the end of the steps below, inflicting an injury from which he died two hours later. * ? * ? Drowned in Filter Plant. Clinton J. Holroyd, an engineer employed at the new water works plant, at Columbia, was accidentally drowned in the filter plant. Holroyd, then on duty at the plant, started to walk to the filter house along the narrow ledge, which, though not intended for a walkway, has been used as such. This ledge is only a few inches wide and it is presumed that Holroyd missed his balance or had an attack of vertigo. He fell in without any outcry, and made scarcely any struggle after going under the water, coming to the surface only once. A carpenter at work nearby went to his assistance, but could do nothing. and help was summoned, but too late. FRONT SEAT AT HANGING Promised Jury By Sheriff to Secure a Conviction. The supreme court of the United Etates Monday affirmed the dec.sion of the supreme court of Missouri in the appeal of William Spaught, Jr., under sentence of death in Reynolds county, Missouri, on the charge of murdering Sheriff Polk, of Iron county, that state, wnile. resisting airesr. It was alleged in Spaugh s interest that the sheriff of Reynolds county had sought to influence the jury that tried Spaugh by promising them fror.t scats a: Spaugh's execution in case -jf conviction, bur bcth the Missouri and the federal ootr.s refused to consider the charges as mat lie! ar.d bo:n ::>re!d the vcriict of the trial csu?\. which' found Spyiiah gu Ity of murder in tb- - ' SCHEDULE OF SALARIES For Free Rural Delivery Carriers Issued by Postmaster General. Postmaster General Meyer has issued a new schedule of salaries for ! rural fres delivery carriers, and apI proved' a detailed adjustment. The schedule is as follows: 24 or more miles $900 22 to 24 miles .. 864 20 to 22 miles .. 810 18 to 20 rfiiles 720 .16 to 18 miles 630 14 to 16 miles .' 540 j 12 to 14 miles .. .. .. 504 j 10 to 12 miles .. .. . .468 j 8 to 12 miles 432 | 6 to ' 8 miles 396 The schedule will go into effect j July 1st next. GARNER DODGES D. ECTIVES. Loyal Wife Warns Him of Coming of Sleuths. Shadowed for two months, and cn her trip to Rome, Ga., from New Orleans, Mrs. A. L. Garner learned, just before she reached- Rome from Cartersville Monday, that defectives trailed her, and she managed to warn her I husband, whom she was to meet in Rome, by telegraphing to his apartments. A. L. Garner, wanted by the Southern Pacific, at New Orleans, for an alleged $40,000 swindle, passed under the nose of two Pinkertons," vanished, and, without seeing his. wife, continued his trans-continental dodging. GIRL GETS BIG HUBBY. Heavy-Weight Brinson, Tipping Beam at 5S5, Weds Again. W. T. Brinson of Waycross, Ga., who weighs 5S5 pounds and is claimed to be the largest member of the order of Elks in the world, was married Sunday afternoon to Miss Lucios Allen of Sophortcn. The wedding occurred at the Methodist parsonage. Brinson is a wealthy turpentine operator and is a widower of about a year. 'Miss Allen, it is said, weighs only 105 pounds. v v W ?Cartoon by Berr ftRBOR MY PROCLAMATION. ! The President Appeals to the School Children to Obserce It Thoughtfully. Washington, D. C. ? President Roosevelt issued a kind of personal proclamation to "The school children of the United States." It contains an appeal to them to observe Arbor Day in a thoughtful spirit, with the purpose of preserving the forests for future generations. This is the President's appeal: To the School Children of the United States: Arbor Day (which means simply "tree day") is now observed in every State-in our Union and mainly in the schools. At various times from January to December, but chiefly in this month of April, you give a day or part of a day to special exercises and perhaps to actual tree planting in recognition of the importance of trees to us as a nation and of what they yield in adornment, comfort and useful products to the communities in wnicn you live. It is well that you should celebrate your Arbor Day thoughtfully, for within your lifetime the nation's need of trees will become serious. We of an older generation can get along with what we have, though with growing hardship; but in your full manhood and womanhood you will want what nature once so bountifully supplied and man so thoughtlessly destroyed; and because of thrt want you will reproach us not for what we have used but for what we have wasted. .1 For the nation, as for'the man or woman and the boy or girl, the road to success is the right use of what we have and the improvement of present opportunity. If you neglect to prepare yourselves now for the duties and responsibilities which will fall upon you later, if you do not learn the things which you will need to know when your school days are over, you will suffer the consequences. So any nation which in its youth lives only for the day reaps without sowing and consumes without husbanding, must expect the penalty of the prodigal whose labor could with difficulty find him the bare means of life. A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as hopeless; forests which are so used that they cannot renew themselves will soon vanish and with them all their benefits. A true forest is not merely a storehouse full of wood, but, as it were, a factory of wood, and at the same time a reservoir of water. When you help to preserve our for ests or to plant new ones you are acting the part of good citizens. The value of forestry deserves, therefore, to he taught in the schools, which aim to make good citizens of you. If your Arbor Day exercises help you to realize what benefits each one of you receives from the forests and how by your assistance these benefits may continue, they will serve a good end. ! THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Some Object in Nature Should Be Given Pupils to Study Ithica, N. Y.?Several weeks before Arbor Day some object in nature should be given to . each pupil to study, so that the results of personal observations may be contributed to the celebration of the day. The older girls and boys may make a profitable study of trees of the neighborhood. Have each pupil select a tree, measure its height and girth, examine its bark and manner of branching, and its leaves and their arrangement, i Drawings of the trees before and after the leaves appear may be made and the grain of the wood, the commercial value of the tree, its beauty and strength described. Children of T?r?imorv trradps mav sow seeds in WUV V*. iUiUi ^ o- ? - little pots or botes in time to exhibit | the plants on Arbor Day. Affords an Opportunity For Improving School Grounds Washington, D. C.?Arbor Day affords an opportunity for improving the* school grounds, and teachers must be constant in their efforts to carry out the suggestions in last year's annual if the desired results I are to be accomplished. Ice Trust Must Open Books. Justice Greenbaum ordered the American Ice Company to open all its books for the inspection of AttorneyGeneral Jackson, of New York, who has brought suit against the concern, alleging violation of the Anti-Trust > law. Taft Congratulates Pcrto Ricans.. Secretary Taft urged Porto Ricans to consider that they were.free, from many of the troubles of Cuba and the Philippines, and not to press the plea for citizenship. ; KB OK DAY ADVICE. .4 >? ^ * | y&s moapof ^ man, in the Washington Evening Starr ' ^ ARBOR DAY AlffiDAl ISSUED. : '':W Advice Regarding Tree-Planting Sent to tie ; > Schools. New York City.?The Arbor Day, annual for Friday, May 3, has been; l sent out to the schools of the State! by the Education Department at Al-^ bany. The pamphlet is illustrated,, some of the cuts showing how ttiej V3 happy natural location of a country! :J schoolhouse may be improved by sys-' . -'m| tematic planting. A letter from A. S. Draper, Com-j\r/%| missioner of Education, to the schools is contained in the annual, and there i are chapters on trees and shrubs for j ':'M school grounds, the forests of New! Z$gk York, and a description of the Fair-, view Garden School at Yonkers. ? In ] ^ discussing tree-planting, the annual; says: v : "During the past eleven years thefrer have been planted on' the school. : >*?? grounds of the State of New Yofkr 1 TO ivAoo fVio ootoXHoK 1 I UjU I / II tco. X* lUiU WJLAV UiDyavUOU?1 ment of Arbor .Day ,in 1889 until, ' 1896 there were planted 14^41' trees, making a total in the past j. eighteen years of 318,920. There are! over 10,000 school commission dis-(./JS tricts in the State. This would give: more than thirty trees to every diis-! ^ trict if they were proportionately dls-f ^ tributed. "Since the establishment of Arborj - , Day practically every district has at} tone time or another reported the! planting of some trees. An inquiry,! recently addressed to the school commissioners revealed the fact that; there are over 2000 districts in the,: ; State with absolutely no trees oc-: , ; shrubs on their school grounds, and! many others with only a few strag-: \ gling trees. Further than that, >ai very small per cent, of the whole:; number of districts give any sort of; ?; attention to the care of their grounds.) "Apparently, there is more need. -."tm for the care of trees and shrubs than! ^ there is for actual.planting. It is: easy enough for an enthusiastic; > teacher to work up appropriate cere- j monies for Arbor Day, but too often i the teacher finds no- practical ie-j. -,;sponse from the patrons of the school. " ^ "It ought to be understood by! school officers everywhere that me'rej Sentiment will not arouse the patrons! ?: of a school district to beautlf/ their: ?jrp| school grounds. The whole - matterr;?J?? must in some way be put before theatrical on a plain business basis: They must; see that it pays, as in the end it most; certainly does, to paint the school! ; house whenevet it needs it, to plant! a niKfl . Of?Atlf I ' CIUU CttJl C XVJl U CCD auu Qiu uvp3 wywv: the grounds, and give the whole place. an inviting air of cleanliness and re-! spectability that commands the re-: spect and admiration of the stranger' fC' and teaches an invaluable lesson -to the home community." - Yatoe ol Irbor Day?Ore: 200,000 Trees Placed ?JS Albany, N. Y.?Arbor Day has a| two-sided value. It teaches to chil-! . '? $ dren a love of nature and of nature's |. handiwork, the tree, and in the ac-! J companying feature of the observance, of the day?the planting of trees?Itj replenishes the stock of trees, which! for man's use or misuse, has been;. sadly depleted. It has added to. the i > State over 200,000 trees. While t&i*j1 - ^ is scarcely a corporal's guard to the v grand army of trees which has ruth-; lessly been cut down, still it is sbrae-i thing?an accomplishment that has a' v;<3? distinct value. 'li Regard Avoidable MotilatiOB ![ ^ el a Tree as a unoe Atlanta, Ga.?It will be well oh^ Arbor Day to teach children to pl&nti Vj?| trees, and equally it will be .well to! " teach them?and adults, toq-^-to! 'M care for them, to stop abusing them,! ^ to regard avoidable mutilation oJ?~.a tree as a crime and to exercise a cfer- 'M tain vigilance in guarding them from ".% harm and in promoting their symmetrical and sturdy growth. In the ' /* most favorable circumstances, life in. . city streets is a struggle for trees. If their life there is to be prolonged; and is to be made profitable ,?? a source of beauty, health and comfort, ;J?! they will need all the aid and proteclion we can give them. ;s3pj| $15 is Murder Price of Terrorists. ; Tt was announced that in the course of police investigations into the recent murder of a physician- at . ^ Warsaw, Russian Poland, by a hired } % terrorist it was established that $15, each is the price paid by the terrorist* ^ of Warsaw for murder.. 9 *> 1 ' ^ * .1 WpmanLived 109 Years. \ 'r\ % Mr*. _ Hannah- Armsworthy, aged 109 year3, is dead at the homeof.her son near Queenport, Guyshoro "County, N. S. She was the oldest person in Nova Scotia. - '