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>OLUHE MI, NUMBER 7',. NEWBERRY, S. C? TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1911. ^ TWICE A WIKi, $UI A YKAJh.
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PAYING TEN CtNTS |;
FOR WHITE COTTON
HAVE BUILT WAREHOUSE, WILLI
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Purcfll and Scott Taking: ( arc of ('us- |
tomers?Col. Purccll Optimistic.
Purcell and Scott since the opening i
the cotton season have b^en paying |
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)t ten cents tne puuuu iu an men vuo- j
tomers for cotton when it is placed to j
the credit of the account or any matter
that is due them, which of course j
is the same as the cash to the farmer !
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and is a great help to him in meeting
his obligations. They did this when :
the price was only seven cents.
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A reporter for The Herald and News I
dropped in this store the other morn- j
ing and asked Col. Purcell about eon- i
aitions generally. The colonel is very ;
^ optimistic and was feeling good and '
? said that he" was going to t?ake care of j
their customers as they had always j"
done. Said he:
"Yes, we have always looked out for
the best interests of our customers
and as the price of cotton went be
low ten cents we decided to give our j
customers that pTice for it on what
they owed us, for I know that the
| present crop was made on the basis
of ten cents and if the farmer is
forced to take less he will oe unable
to meet his obligations and I am sure
that all the farmers who deal with us j
want to pay their honest debts. We j
paid that price when the buyer was j
only offering seven cents. JOnly last
Saturday when the price was only
nirio sprite T rmt it nr* to nine* and a
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quarter regardless of whether it was
on account or not. In other words
I went out on the market and paid
nine and a quarter straight for the
cotton. I feel sure that the war cannot
last much' longer and. in aijy
event the price of cotton is bound
to go to ten cents and over if it is
not forced on the market. I believe
ttat the proper thing for all the merchants
and the banks f at have abligations
from the farmer is to take
their cotton on account at ten cents 1
and if rhpv would the -Drice would be '
.above that in a little while. At any 1
rate it would save the country and the 1
merchants and bankers would be sav- '
ed also, because if the farmer does not j
prosrper the rest of us are bound to i
suffer."
"We are preparing to hold our cot- ,
ton," said Col. Purcell, "and to that !
end we are building a warehouse !
which will be standard and bonded ;
J 11 n tt'I 11 Vv?* crr\ rvH !
anu a receive nuiu us ^ auw .
and we will arrange to lend money on !
it at a low rate of interest and on !
long tine so that the cotton we place
in the warehouse may be kept off the
market indefinitely. A number of the
farmers from all sections of the conn- !
ty have been to see me during the '
past several days and liave compli- !
mented our iirm on the stand we have !
ocMt.Kn.(r tHa fQrmor tn 0'p.f I
cctrvc in aoomuig mv J."-* mv.? w
a living price for his cotton. It has |
always been our rule since I huvebeen !
in business in Newberry to take care of i
those who entrusted their business j
to me and this crisis only emphasizes ;
what I nave been doing for many !
years. Our warehouse will be com-1
pleted in a few days and we now have ;
our platform up and Mr. S. B. Aull j
is weighing cotton and will be glad to
have a-11 the farmers bring him their
cotton. The warehouse is in Nance
street and runs through to Caldwell.
It is near the power house and easy
of access and I cope to see the far
i ? x u ^c ? t Pr\ r> '"\Tr Ait":] i
xziers uiKt; men wtwn iui .m. . ,
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to weigh, and we will continue to pay
ten cents the pound to all our customers."
The capacity of the warehouse will
be three thousand bales but if that
capacity is exhausted the capacity will
be increased. . It all the merchants
who have made advances to the farmers
and the banks who have loaned
-m rvr-. of fj-v tVicw fimnor "wrvirM Hn t h-C
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same thing the situation in Newberry
would be immediately relieved. In
fact it is not so awfully bad any
way. And if there is cooperation and
the man who has loaned money will
give the creditor a chance all will
come out right and vve will be happy.
Col. Parcel! keeps in tou^h wirh ';,e j
cotton market. and the cotton siiuai
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tion at all times and will be pleased
to con.er with the farmers at any
time and give them the advantage
of any information he may i:ave.
LAD DIES IX COTTON
Jinimie Dodds Smothers While at
Play in Chester.
The State.
.Chester, Sept. IT.?While playing in
some cotton today, .Jimmie Dodds, son
of W. 0. Dodds, a tenant on the farm
of Turner E. Lucas, in tiie Liberty
Baptist church community a ;ew miles
from taie city, somthered.
The accident occurred ai i- ocicxjk
today. The little boy, as he 'h&d done
many times before, was playing in
the staple. It is thought that he had
dug a T.ole in it and piled a bank of
cotton up. and in getting a'bout in the
hole the other fell down upon him,
taking his breath away bv means of
cutting oft' his source of air.
It was some time after the boy had
+ Vinnco that ariv fnnoprn was
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entertained for his whereabouts. Arter
a careful search he was found in
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the cotton.
A physician of this city was hurried
to the scene, but all efforts at restoring
life were futile.
CROUCH BUYS COTTOX
Starts "Buy-a-Bale"* Movement at
Saluda. .
Toe State.
Saluda, Sept. 17.?The "foily-a-bale''
movement was today launched in Saluda
by B. W. Crouch, president of
the Bank of Saluda. In a posted notice
Mr. Crouch states that in order
to initiate the "buy-a-bale" movement
in Saluda he .will take one bale on behalf
of his bank and another on 'lij
own account at 10 cents per pound.
It is known that this initial purchase
on the 10 cent basis will be followed
by others.
PRAYER 0> THE WAR j
AUTHORIZED BY BISHOP
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Kf. Key. miuam a. i*uerry tmers
Prayer For the Use of Clergy
and Laity Alike.
In face of ti:e war between the
nations of Europe, the Rt. Rev. William
A. Guerry, D. D., at Charleston,
bishop of the South Carolina Diocese,
has authorized the following prayer
and expresses the hope that clergy
and laitv alike may find frequent oc
casions to use it both in private as
well as in public devotions:
0, Almighty God, Father of Our
Lord Jesus Christ of whom the whole
family in heaven and earth is named,
look down with pity, we beseech Thee
upon those members o:' Tiiy family
who are now at war. Restrain them
{from hatred, pride and hardness of
heart. Sustain in them the love of
justice and mercy. Keep, 0 Lord,
under Thy protection t'lose who are
in peril by land and sea. Kememoer
the prisoners, relieve the sick and
wounded, support the dying. Give
strength to those who minister in
hospital and camp, and hope to those
who ane in anxiety and sorrow. Hasten
the dav when all nations shall
dwell together in righteousness and
in peace. Continue, we pray Thee, 0
God, to this our beloved country the
blessing of peace and so lead us in
the paths of righteousness and truth ;
for Ttv name sake that the boundar- '
ies of Thy kingdom may be enlarged J
and Thy reign established over the
earth. All which we ask in the name ,
of Him who is the Prince of Peace, ,
Thy Son Jesus Christ, our Lord. I
Amen.
>IR. McDAMS HAS
LOST POSITION
Removed by tlie Government From
Job as .>fuil Carrier of It a on
Route No. One.
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Anderson Intelligencer.
Sam M. McAdams, well Known in
Anderson and all parts of Anderson
county lias been removed from his ;
nosition as rural free delivery carrier 1
out of Iva on route No. One, aci
cording to a letter received yesterday
from the department at Washington, j
Some weeks ago charges here filed
against Mr. McAdams and Inspectors
Jernigan and Morgan roth were sent
to Anderson to make investigations
and to ri-i-oTt. x'o-.ownig il?i,? i I
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turn they wrote a letter to Mr. Mc- ! <
Adams in which they set forta the <
following: I<
That rh^ carrier has acter as a <
participant in a newspaper contest. J"
That he has been negligent in the ,<
handling of mail by throwing it 011 j
the ground and similar acts.
T.at he has solicited business for (
firms handling grain, merchandise,
machinery, etc., while on duty as a .
carrier.
T'.iai he manifested pernicious political
activity. |;
That he has :ailed to pay his just
d^bts.
Mr. McAdams is liked /n? various
sections of the county and the charges
will come as a surprise to many
of his friends.
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He Was >'ot Employed.
In justice 10 S. M. McAdams, this
paper wishes to say that he was not
emplbyed to solicit subscriptions, or
to do any work for The Intelligencer.
Whatever work he may or may not
have done, was to assist a member of
!:.is lamily to get a prize. He was accused
of trying to get persons to stop
~ no r?A*?o (\Vo rtOT7D 1") fiO r*/"l
Idivilig uuin papci o. ixu?v uv-uiu
that this was not proved.
'UcAdams' work for this paper was
infinitesimal compared with the work
done iby some public officials for the
newspaper that started the fight on
Adam? An p-.m/nlovp of the United
States government and one official of
this city have for months done a large
part of the retportorial and editorial
work for the only other paper in the
city. The Intelligencer pays taxes
and its stockholders pay taxes and yet
we have not made complaint that we
are contributing in part to the employment
of help for our local contemporary,
an advantage which we do not
enjoy. I
(Mr. McAdams, we understand, voted
for Biease and Dominick and that
may account for his "pernicious activity."
It some times all denends.?
Ed. H & N.) j
A Home For the Hole.
Everett P. Dahlgren, the .millionaire
opponent of woman suffrage, said at
a suffrage debate in Boston:
"I always declare that woman
should not enter politics till she's fulfilled
all her prior duties.
" 'Prior duties! Prior,duties!' So a.
young lady mocked me one day, 'Wuiat
do you mean by these prior duties
that you're always talking about, Mr.
Dahlgren?'
"So then I told t'r.e young lady this'
story:
"Once upon*a time, I began, a little
hole was 'born; and it looked around
to see where it should ta'ke up its
a'bode.
' It first decided on a window, but,
a man came straightway an$ put in '
a new pane. It next chose a chair
seat, but the housewife sent for a caner,
and in a jiffy a new seat was put
in the chair. The hole now selected
a baiby's rattle, and the baby was so
pleased that it began to tear the rat
lie to pieces, ana me poor noie, nan
crazed with- fright, had just time to escape.
It threw itseL:', >more dead than ;
alive." into the first thing that came
to hand, which happened to be the
sock of a suffragist's husband. ' !
'There, at least, the hple seems to
havp found a r^al home. Its oeace
has not been troubled from the be- j
ginning six months ago."
Rumors.
Two women met on a street car
and began to discuss a third acquain- ,
fnnAA n'Vi/A i o o fTACoin rolotDQ
caxiv^ ? Liu *o a, uui^u A j
the Kansas City Star.
"I just passed Mrs. Blank down ,
town," said the first. "She looks rath- j
er jaded. I didn't know until you told
me the other day the t sue took in
roomers."
The other woman's eye twinkled.
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iuu uiu iiul iu: t..cvu\, i cpiied.
"I told you she took in ru-,
mors."
There was a pause for this ;o be
grasped, then she concluded: "And
those w'r.o spend 'he..* time in taking-;
in rumors genera1 !v delight ir letting
them out again."
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1 Marghertone reports that he is tryi
ing to unravel a sentence lately
sprung on him by his favorite, Mrs. '
: Ramsbottom. She said: I
"I was really puzzled what to do.1
I was on the corns of a duenna, r>s'
the saying is.' }
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GREAT COl'XCIL 1" S. I. 0. H. 31. >
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S> By E. H. A nil. <$>
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Through the courtesy of the Great ,
Council of South Carolina, I. 0. R. M., j
I had the pleasure and the profit of i
attending the Great Council of the j
I'nited States I. 0. R. M., held the past !
week in the city of Portland. Maine, 1
i fooi ti-int r will hp nardonpd for
niiu i buuv ^ t?
?i' ing the readers of The Herald and |
Xews some impressions of the meeting
and an account of some o:' toe things
done and some of the things seen in.
this far east city. Ti'.ose who are not ;
interested, and who do not care to '
read what is here written, may just ;
skip over to something else. I feel
that it is true that a great many people
in South Carolina ;have an erroneous
impression oi' the standing and
importance and personnel of the mem- ,
bers of the great order of Improved i
Order of Red Men. I say this "with a j
full appreciation of the worth of those j
who rrvmnnse the order in t'f.is Great i
Reservation. ^
South'Carolina had four representa-j
tives in the Great Council, Co'e. L.
Blease, Otto Klettner, J. P. Carlisle, !
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and J. G. Long, Jr. In addition to
these (J. fcJ. I'oiley was a meiiroer ui i
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the committee on Indian Memorial and '
B. C. Wallace attended as Great Chief
of Records of South Carolina, and 1
t:he Great Council sent Past Great i
Sachems E. H. Aull and S. M. Clarkson.
So that South Carolina had eight
representatives present, more man
any other Great Reservation in proportion
to membership.
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(Trie order is purely of American
origin and '':as a membership in the
United States of more than half mil
"ion. and among these are some or
'che most prominent men in ;the country.
The Great Council is composed of men
of aJbility in all lines of activity.
Carl Foster, the ou^o'ng Great fnconee,
is a judge in Bridgeport, Conn.,
and is a man of striking appearance
ana above ire orawaiy m <tuiuiy.
His successor, Fred Downes, ot Boston,
is a lawyer of large practice and
a man of great executive ability. He
is plain and unassuming but you have
only to watch his ?'.vm:s and listen
to his talks to realise that he is a
man of great brain force. There are
other men of ability in !ne order, ;;nd
the Grea: Council is one of the strongest
deliberative bodi2s ;:i this country.
Past Great Incohoaee Jnggs, of Texas,
is a man far ab0"3 tlK- ordinary in
ability. He is alsV liroi'iiiicM :i; me
Knishts of Pythias.
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iMy traveling coinparJc.i and guardian
on tne trip was O.to KleUner,
of Newberry, and every one who
knows Olto knows that I was in good
hands and well cared :or. He stands
.1- - /I TTrtttori
Wltll cue ^TieiiL ^uu;icn ui. tut uuibw.
States just like he does witii the Great
Council of ?outli Carolina. Every one
knows him and loves him. He is- a
true Red Man and a true man in every
other calling and walk of life. We
left Newberry at 6:zu on oaiuruaj,
September 12, and reached Portland
on Monday morning about 6 o'clock.
We had a stop of a few hours in New
York but most of the time we were
on the train. At New York we were
joined by the others of the South Carolina
delegation. The journey was
made without special incident and
without accident, though our train go
ing was some two hours late in reaching
Washington.
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|\Ve had just gotten out of one or
two elections down in South Carolina.
and the first thing we neara waen
we reached Portland was that an election
was on that day for State officers. j
We were all somewhat interested in
tne election from the fact that the J
mayor of Portland who delivered one
o:' the addresses of welcome to the
c.r>c*r ^ruinr-ii wasi r.he Democratic
candidate for governor. They have
elections a little different irom our :
system down here. It is not the Aus
tralian ballot but all the tickets are
printed on the some sheet and the
voter goes into a booth ana marks his !
own ticket. There were five tickets
on the same sheet. You were not
obliged to vote a straight ticket, however.
but you could make one to sine
ycuracil', i tried to get a! ticket, but
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the best I could do was to get a sample
ticket. No tickets are permitted !
to be taken away. Tlie laws are
very strict. 1 noticed in the papers
that one man was arrested for voting
twice or attempting to do so, and he 1
was tri^d and sentenced to serve a .
term, and all in less than Uree days, j
Oakland C. Curtis, the Democratic
nominee, was elected by a small plur- j
ality. He may owe nis election to
the presence of so many Red Men in j
his home town, the/most of whom are j
'Democrats, but tile split in the Repub- 1
lican ranks, no doubt, accounts for his
success. He is a plain business man. !
Uiaine is a prohibition State and has !
been so tor a half century or mire, !
and if there was any "iolation of the
law in Portland you couldn't prove it !
'by me. The lid was down tight, (
t:ough on the day of election there j
lwas some evidence that some persons, j
at least, had been able to find where 1
there was something that would intoxicate.
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Portland is a beautiful city of son:?
0,000 people practically all white as I
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saw only one or two negroes during
the four days that I was there. Gov. '
Blease said that a negro hailed him
on the street and said he was from
Newberry, a son of Dennis Motes, the
old shoe maker. He is the pastor of!
some church in the city and he told |
the governor that he was going that
afterno jn down to tfosion to deliver a
lecture. I do not know whether his
'congregation is composed of negroes
or not, but if it is they must have been
very close during our stay or the congregation
is small. At any rate g.
policeman told Gov. Blease that Motes
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was UOlUg wen ciuu v>aa ticn iuv/uqui
of in Portland.
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j^lII thir New England country
through which we went is almost one
^continuous town from New York. And
j it has the appearance of prosperity.
,^vV!!:at is in the rural district, if there is
i any, I do not know. Portland is lo
j cated on Casco bay and has one of the
! finest har'bors .on the Atlantic coast.
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i In this bay there are 365 islands and
it looks that all of thesm are dotted
with summer homes. It is a delightful
; place in which to Sipend the summer,
I but most too far away for the peo|
pie down South, except t':ose who
j have plenty of leisure. Yet every isj
land that I saw seemed to be a sum
mer resort. The Great Council of
1 Sew Hampshire gave the Great Coun|
cil a sail through the bay on Wednesday
afternoon and wound up with a
| clam bake at Long Island. We were
I out about lour hours and passed tr.e
: home of Commodore Peary who oc|
cupies an entire island. There seemi
ed to be nothing on it but^lais magj
nificent home. The clam bake was a
! great even^ tor t':.e land-lubber. To
j look down the tables at which were
j seated some four hundred guests and
see there in front of each a big rpd
! lobster was a sight to behold. And
, this was not all that was on the table,
i We all enjoyed it. My guardian, Otto,
I and Sam Clarkson, could not stand the
! music and the night following were
| two very sick men, but by morning
j they were all right again. It takes a
man like Dr. 'Carlisle to stand such a
feast. After the return he went tte
'same night to another feast at the
i Elks home and did not turn in until
j the we sma hours of the morning, but
' when breakfast came rne was Mcuregor
on his native health.
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There was no legislation by the
Great Council of special moment.. A
number of changes were proposed bu^;
it wound up with very few changes in
(the law. An effort was made to
change the time of meeting but that
i was finally killed. It was decided
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I LU UU1U LilV MVkV vv*.
: fornia. Representatives we'} present
i from neany every State in .'V union,
j The session cost about $22,000 and it
1 is estimated that the next meeting will
| cost about $40,000. The So-th Carolina
delegation did very Kile talking.
Gov. Blease made a snort speech and
wnc mrmlv rp^.vved given 'he
very best o: attention. He was appointed
for three years on the judioiary
committee, the most impcrtant o:
the standing committees.
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I The meetings were held in tne audi- \
i
torium of the city hall. This is one
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of the finest auditoriums in this country.
They have in it wha: very few
city halls have, one of the finest or- j
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gaiis in cue world. This organ is the
gift of Cyrus H. K. Curtis, of Philadelphia.
The main air chest of the organ
is 53 feet long. 15 feet wide and
S feet high. A 30-horse power motor
nonnested to manv centrifugal b'as::
wheels, furnishes the air at the various
pressures required, and also drives
the special low voltage generator
which supplies the current for the
electric action. The console at which
the performer sits is movable, with!
To :eet of flexible cable attached and
can be placed anywhere upon the
stage or upon the floor of the auditorium.
The action is electric which insures
instantaneous response from
every pipe. The echo organ contains
over 600 pipes and the harp. The
man instrument is 60 fefct wide, 15 feet
deep and 40 feet high. Nearly 100
miles of eleotric wire are used in its
electric action and the complete instrument
weighs approximately 45
tons. There are nearly 6,000 pipes. ^
Ti:ese are either of wood or metal
and vary in length from one -half inch
to 32 feet, and in diameter from onequarter
inch to 21 inches. Some of
the large wooden pipes are capable
of admitting a man's body. It is some
musical instrument. It varies from
the safest sweetest melody to the
largest loudest sound and an in perfect
harmony. Regular concerts are I
given and it is stated that during the
season of 1912-13 the attendance upon
these concerts was about 225,000.
One of the greatest events of the
week, however, was the parade on
Wednesday night. The Red Men came
from all t'he nearby towns and the.
visitors were T>ut in automobiles. The
parade was probably a mile or more in
length and some six or seven thousond
persons made it up. It was a
sight worth beholding.
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In order that those who, may desire
to do so may read the programme as
.published, and it was carried out to
the letter, I am going to print thf entire
programme and tie poetry whichi
- ** tnlr/in fVinm AnO /-wf tfia rVAOlTl J nf mi ft
is lancii nyui uuv vi vm. yvv-. 3 w*.
of Portland own sons, H. W. Longfellow.
This is the birthplace of Long- /
tellow and the home in which he afterwards
lived and wrote many of his
of the things to be seen and visited
pnems still sim <13 and is in tl-e iinnds
of a histor.c t1 commission st?l is one
while in the city. I had the pleasure
j or going Uirougu i-.it; nu-mc. i Oiiij
wish I could have spent more time in
there. This is also the home and
'birthplace of Thomas B. Reid Wi:o
was a national figure. The birthplace
of both Reid and Longfellow is
close together and is now not a de/
Arable residence section. Tbe Reid
mansion where Reid died is one of the
handsomest homes in the city. This
is also the home of Xeal Dow and his
home still stands and is occupied by
his widow. And only a s ort distance
Ifram Portland is the birthplace of our
own beloved fellow townsman, Geo.
IS. Mower, but he left there too soqn
after birth to kno-w much about it.
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I We left Portland at 8:35 on Thursday
night and reached Newberry at
3 o'clock on Saturday. Thi3 gave us
about four hours in New York. Brother
Klettner and I made the trip to
gether and I want to mate tnis acknowledgment
of the many kindnesses
and courtesies whicii he extended.
i He took, exceedingly good care of his
I ward and the only fault I could find:
' Is that he is too unselfish. A rare
} virtue "but a true one in this man.
;The following is the programme:
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Programme of4 Entertainment
for the
67th Great Sun Session
of the
j Great Council of the United States
| Improved Order of Red Men
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Un Llie -VlOUIlid.ilib vl tiic riauiCy
I On the great red Pipe-stone Quarry,
I Gitche Manito, the mighty,
He the master of life, descending,
| On the red crags of the quarry
j Stood erect, and called the nations, '
Called the tribes of men together.
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l^jth Sun, Corn Moon G. S. D. 423 ^
Portland. Maine
PROGRiAME
Sandiiy, Sept. 13th.
! -**:30 a. m.?Special church service
a .'ree St. Baptist church sermon for
f a M'.-n by Rev. ^rank Otis Erbe
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