The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 11, 1907, Image 1
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QAFFNEY. 9. C# TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1907.
91.00 A YEAJL
THROUGHOUT THE
PALMETTO STATE.
ITEMS OF INTERST OF PASSING
EVENTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
A DAY IN YORK.
Happnings aH Over the State Taken
from Our Exchanges and Tersely
..Told to Ledger Readers.
What is doubtless the largest sale
of paint made by a local concern in
upper Carolina was that made Fri
day by the Gambrel and Hardware
Company of Greenwood to Mr. A. F.
McKissick, president of the Grendel
and Ninety-Six cotton mills. The
amount sold was two solid carloads,
the paint to be used for the houses
of the two above mentioned mills.
Special Officer Broome, of Columbia,
'■went to Charleston Saturday to bring
back W. S. Hall, a white man wanted
for breaking into and robbing his
own store which he kept op Pendle
ton street. It is alleged tha*. after
Hall was closed out under mortgage
he broke into the store at night and
took |300 from the cash drawer and
skipped. After much telegraphing
the officers located Hall in Charles
ton.
The Fourth of July/will be a big
day at Greer. An interesting pro
gram has been arranged and all are
looking forward to that date with
great expectations. Horse races and
a general show of the live stock in
that part of the country, and a base
ball game will be the main features.
'A program of prizes and events of
the races will be published in a short
while. Several favorite speakers will
also be present.
Mr. George C. Sherman, of Apple-
ton, Wis., was in Columbia Saturday
consulting with Commissioner Wat
son and others as to colonization i®
the South, and particularly in South
Carolina. H** brought with him
several families from Sweeden to
form the nucleus of his initial colony.
Mr. Sherman has sold some 500 acres
of land to pioneer colonists. He goes
back to Europe this month to vigor
ously push the work in the interest
of agricultural colonization in South
Carolina.
Dr. William G. Neville, president
of the Presbyterian College of South
Carolina died suddenly of heart fail
ure at his home at Clinton Saturday
morning. His death came as a shock
to the entire community. He had
been feeling a little unusual since
last week, but his family and friends
felt no concern as to his condition.
Dr. Neville was one of the most dis
tinguished and prominent men of the
Presbyterian church in the State,
being interested in all its institutions
and undertakings.
At the recent meeting of the South
Carolina Branch of the Red Cross in
Colombia, Dr. A. J. S. Thomas, of
Greenville, was elected to fill one of
the vacancies on the executive com-
mittee. Two others, Messrs. Henry
P. Archer and Julius d. Kosterwere
also elected to this committee, the
first# named being elected chairman.
In taking up the regular business of
the meeting, it was seen that the
aggregate amount forwarded by the
South Carolina branch to the famine
sufferers In the Orient, was $3,820.53.
Mr. J. D. Humphreys, of Spartan
burg, has sold the Cherokee Springs
near that city, to a party of gentle
men of the neighborhood of the
springs, who have organized them
selves under the name of the Chero
kee Springs company. The deal waS^
made Wlednesday through the firm
of Bp ton & Harris. Following are
the gentleme n who compose the com
pany; j. M. Wofford, M. W. Turner,
B. O. Turner, A. Crocker, J. R. Eas
ier, J. M. and J. R. Foster, John and
A. G. Paris, Mr. Teal and Dr. J. L.
Wofford.
Claud Beecham, a white man
about twenty-five years of age, said
to be an employe of the Spartan
mills, Spartanburg, and who had
been drinking tor the last three days,
attempted to end it all Saturday
night by drinking two ounces of
laudanum. Shortly after drinking
the laudanum Beecham fell uncon
scious on the street, and but for the
prompt arrival of a physician he
would have been a goner in short
order. It took hard and vigorous
work of several hours to pun him
through. The young man admitted
the drug was taken with suicidal in
tent.
at a fifth-
‘boots” up
A traveler, putting „p
class hotel, brought vhe
with his angry storming.
"Want your room changed, sir?”
inquired the "boots.’’
"No,” replied the guest, scorch-
ingly. “It’s the fleas I object to,
that’s all."
"Mrs. Blobbs!” bawled the “boots”
in an uninterested sort of voice, “the
gent in No. 8 is satisfied with his
Exercise s a t Unveiling ©f Monument
to Confederate Heroes.
Yorkville, June 7.—This has been
a great day for Yorville and York
county. Hallowed memories cluster
around the scenes we witnessed and
many fond recollections were revived.
At the train this a. m. we were me':
by our friends and by that whole-
souled gentleman. W. Brown Wylie,
Esq., and wehe driven in a splendid
ly decorated turnout to the center of
the town where a vast assemblage of
old soldiers with the yeomenry and
beauty of the town and county were
gathering and preparing for the fes
tivities of the day. Along the streets
on both sides from the residences
hung the Confederate colors tastefully
arranged and giving the town a fine
holiday appearance.
As we dismounted from our car
riage we were met by scores of men
we handn't seen since the cessation
of hostilities in 1805. Many of them
were tottering under the weight of
years yet their eyes were filled with
the patriotic fire of former days.
Conspicuous among them were
their children—sons and daughters
and grandchildren who had come In
great numbers fiom every section to
witness the proceedings and pay
homage to the men who wore the
gray. *
The streets stretching toward the
four points of the compass, as far
as the eye could see, were filled with
people of every age and profusely
yet tastefully decorated with the
Confederate colors.
When the hour arrived flhe vet
erans were formed in line on Liberty
street In front of the court house and
preceded by the military and band
were marched to the monument where
the exercises were to be held. Capt.
Moore called the meeting to order
and Dr J. H. Thomwell opened the
exercises with prayer. . Governor
Martin F. Ansel delivered an able
speech which was enthusiastically
cheered. He was followed by Col.
Asbury Coward who held the au
dience for about an hour while he
recounted the scenes of the early
sixties. During both of the speeches
it was no uncommon thing to see
the tears dropping from the eyes of
the veterans and older women who
so well remember the times and
scenes to which their attention was
called.
At the conclusion of the speeches
the monument was unveiled. This
was the crowning event of the day.
Twenty-four little gills dressed In
white with red sashes marched
round the monument and wrapped a
wreath on its base as high up as they
could reach. On this was placed a
lot of boquets from various chapters
there represented.
The monument, made of South
Carolina granite, stands on East
Liberty street, and between it and
the cemetery and also in plain view
of the Southern Railway. It is a
beautiful piece of architecture and
is well calculated to fulfill the object
for which it was erected—to com
memorate the lives and deeds of
York county’s soldiers. When the
exercises proper were closed at the
stand the bugle sounded "the call to
rest.” First on one side then the
other and finally in the cemetery—
a forceful reminder that this would
soon be the last resting place of
thos e whose memory the occasion
was designed to perpetuate, r was
both solemn and grand, as well as
were the exercises throughout.
The veterans were then marched to
table, 6’5 feet square, which was load
ed with the most delightful and sub
stantial victuals and they were asked
to held themselves, which they did
adundantly. The best ladies of
Yorkville and county were pre
sent In person to see that
every one of them was properly wait
ed upon. At the conclusion of the
meal thre e cheers were given for the
ladies; and the table with its contents
which were still abundant, was turned
over to the public and all who wg^d
do s 0 went in and helped themselves.
The following is a description of
the inscriptions on the monument,
which is twenty-five feet high and
built of South Carolina granite:
South side die, crossed swords;
and on dip. "L^st we forget.”
On third base:—“1851-1865.”
On second base:—“Our Confeder
ate dead.”
East side:—‘‘Those for whom they
died, have erected this monument to
recall to their children and fellow
countrymen how worthily they lived,
how nobly they died, and in what
tender reverence their memory sur
vives.”
North side:—"Brected by Winnie
Davis Chapter U. D. C., 1906.”
West side; —
“In eternal remembrance of the sol
diers tried end true,
W]ho loved the flag of a nation’s trust
And died in a cause, though lost,
still Just,
And died for me and you.”
In our next letter we will give
other notes which we can’t well give
Just now for want of time.
J. L. 8.
A NEWSY LETTER
FROM WILKINSVILLE.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF
LOWER CHEROKEE.
Argo Red Salmon Is an Ideal f<xMl
Thompson's Dietetics, one of the
standard works on foods, gives Scam-
— mell’s tables as follows: The per
room, but he wants the fleas chang- cent of muscle building material in
«d. Illustrated Bites. j beef is 19 per cent, eggs 13 per cent,
; Salmon 20 per cent. As a brain food
The cost of firing a singl shot from i beef 2 per cent, eggs (white) 2 1-8
one of Uncle Sam’s 16-Inch guns pe r cent, (yoke> 2 per cent, Salmon
equals the pay of a private soldier' 6 and 7 per cent.
for five years.
tubscrlbs for Tho Lodgor, $1 a yoar.
June 1M4.
Subscribe for Tho Lodgor. 91 a yoar.
Personal Paragraphs Concerning Pop
ular People and Short Items of
that Section.
Wilkinsville, June 6.—Mr. . Han
cock. the picture man, formerly of
this county bu; now of North Caro
lina. was in this neighborhood last
Wednesday delivering work and tak
ing orders for more which he will
deliver sometime this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Strain went
over into York, county last Wednes
day on business.
Several cow buyers from this side
of the river have been making pur
chases in York county lately and
some of them are good bargains.
The Wilkinsville oil mill has been
running regularly of late and people
are hauling off hulls and seed about
as fast as the mill can produce them.
This is a large business for a coun
try mill to do. Mr. C. W. Whisonant
is president and general manager
and he knows all about it too.
Las- year Mr. Whisonant sa *d he
was thinking of making the second
Saturday of July in each year (the
time for the annual meeting of the
stockholders) a day for a general
picnic and a good social time at Wil
kinsville. We hope he is of the same'
opinion still and we will be authoriz
ed to make that announcement be
fore long.
As this Is an off year in politics it
would he a splendid time to begin
and let the people have a day off
and come together and enjoy them-
?*elves. Some good speaker might
be secured who would take pleasure
in attending and discussing the cur
rent and leading questions of the day.
We want a railroad through this
section and must have one if the way
be clear. We don’t know a more
suitable place in the country to build
up a thriving business than Wilkins
ville. it is nearly equally distant
from Gaffney, Blacksburg, Hickory
Grove. Lockhart, Jonesville and Paco-
let and crosses one of the best sections
in the up country for farming or any
other business. The section is healthy,
well watered and abounds in minerals
making it unusually valuable to
those who will develop it.
If we mistake not Hon. D. E. Fin
ley, M. C., in speaking of the vast
wealth of this section, said at Wil
kinsville last summer that forty per
cent of the gold East of the Miss
issippi came from or was in (or con
tiguous to) the Fifth Congressional
District of South Carolina. This as
sertion coming from such a source
as Congressman Finley is enough to
induce capitalists to invest their
money in real estate here.
Taking the U. S. gelogical survey
as a basis of calculation we find the
average surface of Gowdeysville
township from 150 to 200 feet lower
than that of Gaffney, and yet our
wells ar e from forty to ninety feet
deep and the water first class. Ma
laria is produced by mechanical or
artificial rather than natural causes.
To Mesdames Ben McCulloch, T.
J. Estes, h. B. McDaniel, j. L. Black-
well and j. N. Strain we are Indebted
for a supply of their garden products
with which to reinforce our table
comforts.
Surely the Civil war Is over when
the survivors of Gen. John H. Mor
gan’s command (five of whom were
officers) waited on President Roose
velt the other day and told him if
the time ever came ’when he needed
rough riders to call on them—they
were ready for service.
Messrs. Henry McDaniel and John
Wilkerson, of Hickory Grove, have
adopted a new method of swapping
buggies which is known as the
lightning exchange.
It was coducted in this way;
As Henry drove into John’s lot at
Hickory Grove the other day he
found two buggies belonging to John
nnd said to him: "John, I’ll give my
buggy for yours—that one with the
red weels.” Without looking at it
John said "All right, you can have
It”
After the exchange was made
John told Henry if he would pay
him thre.. dollars he might have all
three of the buggies.
Sa m Strain says Henry made a
-rood trade.
We have been requested to state
‘hat there will be a picnic at Howell’s
ferry next Saturday to which the
public is Invited.
Mrs. Jessie Blackwell, one of our
best gardeners, has beets that beat
aar bMti wm know at
Bar. ir. W. Boomt to axpwM to
vmdt H Batam ac XI rttott a. n.
on <Ha »rd Babbatt of HUB mootK.
Ananfamartg bar* bmm mate Abe
blm to Mmplj; tba dmrefi oaoa ■
month nu a ratolac paitoff or Mg-
ply can be obtained.
Mr. Rufus Estes, who has been
sick for some time, is better.
We lear n tha t a sister of Mr. W. J.
Vaughn whose name we hlaven’t
'earned, died last Sabbath and was
burled at Mesopotamia last Monday.
. J. L. S.
WOMAN’S WORK.
Meetin q of Missionary Union of
Broad River Association.
Tho first meeting of the Woman's
Missionary Union of the Broad River
Association, separate from the asso
ciation, was held in the First Baptist
church in Gaffney June 5th and 6th.
Mrs. Edna Harris, as acting super
intendent in the association, presid
ed over the meeting. Miss Mattie
Simms was appointed as secretary
protem.
The following program was car
ried out:
Wednesday Morning,
Devotional exercises led by Mrs. J.
C. Otts.
Address of welcome delivered by
Mrs. Simms.
Response by Miss Addie Brown,
of Goucher.
Report of the Woman’s Missionary
Union of the Southern Bcptis- Con
vention by Mrs. G. P. Hamrick.
Report on State missions by Miss
Katharine Ellis.
Adjournment for dinner which was
served in the church.
Wednesday Afternoon.
Sunbeam drill conducted by Miss
Ellis.
Report on home missions by Mrs.
F. E. Shuford.
Address on the progress of missions
and the missionary outlook by Mrs.
A. L. Crutchfield, corresponding sec
retary of the Woman's Works of
South Carolina.
Consecration service led by Miss
Mary Taylor, of Greenville.
Wednesday night Rev. W. K
Crocker talked to the union o n Christ
as a missionary.
An offering amounting to $6.51 was
received for the Woman’s Training
School l n Louisville, Ky.
Thursday Morning,
Devotional exercises led by Mrs.
Crutchfield.
Reports of committees.
Elecrion of officers for the coming
year.
Miss Katharine Ellis was appoint
ed to visit the churches in the asso
ciation during the summer and organ
ize societies.
Nine churches were represented by
delegates a- this meeting.
It. was decided to divide the church
es in the association and the follow
ing offilcers were elected for work
in th e two divisions:
Presidents, Miss Katharine Ellis,
Gaffney; Mrs. John Cline, Blacks
burg.
Secretaries, Mrs. B. D. Bates, Clif
ton; Miss’ Mattie Simms, Gaffney.
Cowpens was chosen as the place
of meeting next year.
The convention was a delightful
one and the sisters who missed it
have deprived themselves of much
helpful information and inspiration.
THROUGHOUT THE
TARHEEL STATE.
RECENT EVENTS OF NOTE
NORTH CAROLINA.
IN
ltem s of Interest Concerning Our
Neighbors 'n th« Old North State
Clipped from Our Exchanges.
W. R. Mller, who has been i n the
grocery business at Durham, has
skipped out from that town, leaving
a number of unpaid claims. His bus
iness has been closed and is now
awaiting some adjustment of the mat
ter. The total amout of his indebt
edness is not known.
Carl Maynard, white, of Spencer,
a Southern Railway brakeman, is
held at Lexington on a charge of at
tempted criminal assault upon a
white girl named Molly Everhart.
The mayor of Lexington held him
without bail, but later agreed, to al
low him $1,000 bail, which has not
yet been raised by him.
The LaFayette Auditorium Com
pany, of Fayetteville has bought from
the Southern Real Estate Company
at that place three McKethan lots
as a site for the new theatre. Archi
tects are there, and as soon as the
plans are adopted the contrac; will
be given out, and work on the build
ing is expected to begin in 30 days
A HORRIBLE CRIME.
An Aged and Respected Citlizent
Killed *t His Home.
A dispatch from Winston-Salem
says; Dispatches were sent out from
Mt. Airy a few days ago telling of a
horrible crime committed in Carroll
county, Va., how Rev. Joseph Easter,
an aged and respected citizen of that
county, was shot down after dark
at his home. A white man named
George Peters is accused of the
crime and he has been identified
by the wife of the murdered man as
the one who killed her husband.
Mrs. Easter was carried to Hillsville,
Va., last week to see if she could
identify the guilty party. She had
said that there was something pe
culiar about his voice, and that she
would know’ the man who did the
killing.
Peters was placed in a room with
several other men, and without know
ing what wag going on, he w’as en
gaged in conversation. At the same
time Mrs. Easter was taken to an
adjoining room and told to listen
and see if she could recognize any
of the men who were talking in the
other room. No sooner than Peters
began to speak, she exclaimed:
“There is the voice of the man chat
killed my husband.” Then she was
taken to the room where Peters was
with several other men, all strang
ers to her. and without hesitation
she pointed out Peters as the man
who killed her husband.
Peters, it is said, came to Carroll
county from South Carolina several
years ago, and has the reputation of
being a blockader. His plea was
that he was dodging the revenue of-.
fleers at the time of his arrest for
the murder. He lives a fejsv miles L-
just west of where the killing was
done. On the night of the'm">teRf*
he was seen, so reporters say, gotaf
in the direction of the Easter house
carrying a double-barrel shotgun.
After the killing he was not to be
found in the county, and all these
A special from Middletown, Conn.,
says; “Among the students who will
receive the bachelor of arts degree
with honors at Wessleyan Universi
ty commencement June 26th is Wal
ter Patten Calypso, of Calypso, N. C.
He and a student from Maryland are .„ uuu 1U LIJt , WUIIl/> auu ail tuw ,
the only Southerners in the gradual- ( circumstances led to an effort to sp*
ing class They rank among the high- res; him. The people of * Carroll
est scholarships standing.” : county are deeply interested in tire
Miss Mary Duke, daughter of B. N.'f 1 '"®’ b !,“ T ,lip0Bed ^ a,low tbe .
Duke, muUi-millionair e tobacco man-i‘ a "' l k ls ‘-' ollre< '-
ufacturer, one of the founders of the
American Tobacco Company, is ex-
THE CONFEDERATE DEAD
tremely ill at her home a; Durham, " “ . .. 1
and the physicians who are attend- M ^ * Monument to
ing the bedside of the young lady
say that she has catarrhal appendi-
Their Memory.
The unveiling of the monument to
the Confederate dead at Yorkville
E SCOTT DOUGLAS IS DEAD.
Argo Creamed Salmon, Scalloped
Jalmon, Cutlets, or Croquettes, are
among the most tempting of dishes.
Argo at all grocers.
Prominent South Carolina Lawyer
Dies in Washington, D. C.
The following from The Washing
ton Herald, of June -the 7th, was sent
by our former townsman, Mr.
Larry D. Snead;
“Funeral services over the remains
of the late E. Scott Douglas, who
died at noon yesterday, will be held
at thie family residence, 2120 Con
necticut avenue, at 4 o’clock this af
ternoon. Dr. W. T. D. Morse, of
Washington Heights Presbyterian
church, and Rev. Herbert S. Smith,
of St. Miargaret’s Episcopal church,
will officiate. The obsequies will be
private, and immediately upon their
conclusion the body will be shipped
to Columbia, S. C., where interment
will be made torffbrrow.
“Mr. Douglas was ill about three
weeks. Wednesday the doctors pro
nounced his condition as greatly Im
proved. Death was very sudden. He
leaves a wife and two sons, aged six
and eight years.
"The body will be accompanied to
Columbia, s. C., where -the interment
will occur, by Mr. A. E. L. Leckie,
of the Wlashington Bar Association,
and Mr. James M. Baker, assistant
librarian of the United States Sen
ate, The body will leave Washing
ton at 6 o’clock this evening.
“The death of Mr. Douglas will
prove a blow to the entire Bar Asso
ciation of the District, as well a s the
business men and government of
ficials with whom he came in con
tact during his short but brilliant
legal career.
“Mr. Douglas was born in Winns-
boro, S. C.. where he received his
early education. i n 1891 he was
graduated from the University of
South Carolina, receiving the degree
of B. A. In 1892 he was granted the
degree 0 f bachelor of law by the same
college, and commenced practice in
S ’ C * remai ning there un
til 1898, when he moved to Washing
ton.
‘•Mr. Douglas was one of the few
young men 0 f the present day who
retained all the characteristics and
courtly maners of the Southern
gentleman of the ante-bellum days.
“He was a member of the Century
Club, of Washington.
During the comparatively short
time he was engaged | n the practice
of law he (wished rapidly to the top
of his profession and participated in
some of 'the mos- famous cases in
the history of the District courts.
Together with his brother, Charles
A. Douglas, h** aided in the defense
of Machen and the Goff brothers in
the famous postal-fraud hearings.”
You can’t tell a woman’s ag? af
ter she takes Hollister’s Rocky Moun
tain Tea. Her complexion is Jlne.
She is round, plump, and handsome;
in fact she is young again. 35 cents,
Tea or Tablets. Gaffney Drug Co.
cities. They, however, hold out every L n i„ . —•V /
hi>p« for a apeedy recovery. | Tery ' nu ^“ J »
The little 3-year-old child, Lavada, I was a P^asure and at the same time
of Mr. and Mrs. b. L. Barkley, of' ^
Charlotte, died Friday afternoon in
a very unusual manner. The child
had eaten a quantity of meat several
days since, and this, falling to digest,
had caused ptomaine poisoning. The
physicians called In, worked with the
case to the best of their ability, but
were unable to save the child.
J. M. Bowles, foreman at the
Southern Railway coal chute at Spen
cer, was severely injured Saturday
night by the overthrowing of a der
rick on which he was working. The
derrick fell from a high track and Bow
leg was caught ia the machinery and
badly scalded, besides sustaining
severe bruises. Other workmen on
the derrick had a narrow escape
from death and were saved by jump
ing.
The Stony Point Manufacturing
Company, which will build a cotton
mill at Stony Point, and i n which Mr.
M. K. Steele and sons, cotton mlli
men of Turnersburg, Iredell county,
are interested, has been chartered
with an authorized capital of $125,-
000 with $60,000 subscribed. Messrs.
L. C. and n. F. Steele, Mrs. N. D.
Tomlin, j. W. Wtatts, Al Watts, W.
D. McLellan, B. F. Hines and others
are among the incorporators.
Judge Fred Mloore at Asheville
Friday afternoon signed an order re
leasing Charles a Kluttz as tempo
rary receiver and appointing j. Roby
Thomas and P. S. Carlton as perma
nent receivers of the Spencer House
Furnishing Company, of Spencer,
which closed it doors June 5th. The
receivers are making a thorough in
vestigation of the affairs of the con
cern which had assets amounting to
about $30,000, with liabilities placed
at $20,000.
The First National Bank of Hick
ory, at a recent meeting, decided to
increase its capital from $75,000 to
$200,000, which resulted Saturday In
a subscription of $125,000 additional
capital, which will make the bank
on e of the strongest financial Insltu-
tions in that part of the State, as
well as affording It ample funds to
take care of the business require
ments. Among its active officers are
A. A. Shuford. president, and K. C.
Menzies, cashier.
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction J. Y. Joyner of Raleigh,
received news Saturday of the horri
ble death of his 14-year-old niece,
M3ss Lula I^ee Joyner, which occur
red at LaGrange Friday night A
lamp exploded and she was go terri
bly burned before the flames could
hfi extinguished that she died next
morning. Three sisters, Misses Geor
gia, Lois and Sarah, and an aunt
Mlsg Lula Whi- field were painfully
hut not dangerously burned in try
ing to extinguish the flames. .
it was tinged with sadness to see mo
battle-scarred veterans greet each
other after long separation. Of
course the feature of the occasion
was the address of Col. Asbury Cow
ard, superintendent of the South
Carolina Military Academy. CoL
Coward is very dear to the people
of York, he having lived there as
principal of the King’s Mountain
Military Academy for a number of
years, and during the war he com
manded the Palmetto Sharpshooters,
an organization largely made up
form York county.
His appearance was the signal for
the wildest applause. The Colonel
is always a most happy speaker and
was at his best on this occasion,
and it must have done bis heart
good to receive such a spontaneous
and genuine welcome from the peo
ple where he formerly lived. Gov.
Ansel also received an ovation, and
numbers of people expressed them
selves to the effect that he has eo
far, made South Carolina the best
governor which she has had since
the war. Yorkville treated the old
veterans royally and they will no*
soon forget the 7th of June. It
strikes us that It would be a good
idea for each county seat to invite
all the old veterans within each
county once a year to meet with
them and spend a day in the town as
the guests of the municipality. These
grand old heroes are rapidly passing
away, and soon, very soon, the sig
nal, “Lights out,” will be sounded
for the last one of them and we, the
younger generation, should honor
these men who so bravely fought in
the most stupendous strrugle of
modern times.
The Argo Red Salmon of Alaska
has the deepest fed color, and the
finest flavor of any Salmon packed.
It is packed entirely by machine, and
not touched by the human hand.
One trial makes a cifstomer.
June 1M4.
Ye Editor's Dream.
Last evening I was talking
With a n editor, aged and gray,
Who told me of a dream he had—
I think ’twas New Year's *Day
While snoozing in his offlo-
The vision came to view,
For he saw an angel enter.
Dressed in garments white and new.
Said the angel, “I’m from heaven,
The Lord Jus- sent me down
To bring you up to glory,
AJid put on your golden crown.
You’ve been a friend to every one.
And worked hard night and day.
You have enlightened thousands,
And from few received your pay.
So we want you up in glory.
For you have labored hard,
And the good Lord is preparing
Your eternal just reward '•
Then the angel and the editor
Started up towards glory’s gatj
But when passing cktse to Had$
The angel murmured, “vrait!
1 have got a place to show you
R’s the hottest place i n belli
Where the oneg who n, ver paf
In torment always dwell.”
An,] behold* the editor saw _
His old subscribers by the
And grabbing up a chair and
He wished for nothing a
He wag bound to sit and wat
As they’d sizzle, singe and
Said the angel, “Come on, edl
There’s the pearly gates, I i|
But the editor only muttered,
“This is heaven enough for