CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published ISvory Thursday. TEHMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. (*. r year <2 Ol It paid in udvu.net' l ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published ai the rate of one d' >1 ar per square for one insertion and lift J rents i er square for each subsequent insertion. Rates by the year, or for six or three months, nrc low and uniform, unit will be furnished on lip; licat on. 1.et,',:l and Official Advertising per square three times or less,each subsequent insoi tie i : (I cents per • quare. Local notices In cents per line for one inser terlion; ft cents pi r line lor each subsequent consecutive Insertion. Obituary notices over five lines 10 cents i er line. Simple announcements of births, mar riages and deaths w ill bo inserted free. llUf iness curds, live lit.es or less. »5 per year; over live lines, at the regular rates of adver tising. No local inserted for less than 7j cents per issue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the PRESS is complete »nl affords facilities for doing the best class of W. rii. pAKIK't I.AK All K.N IION PAIL)TO I,AW Piu.vriNi;. No paper will b? discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid (er 111 advance. Farms of the South. While it is true that the industrial de velopment of the south is going forward with amazing rapidity, it is nevertheless? true that, by virtue of the extent of the agricultural interests of the south, ag riculture is yet the foundation of the business of that section. A change from poverty to prosperity of the farm er. and a change from land without a selling value to land in demand at an advance of from 50 to 150 per cent, over the nominal price of one or two years ago. is the most far-reaching develop ment in southern advancement of th 3 last quarter of a century. It is far reaching in many ways, says the Manu facturers' Record. It means that within the last year or two southern farm prop erties have increased not less than $1,000,000,000 in value, probably at least $1,500,000,000. But more than that, it means that under the improved finan cial condition the southern fanner has gained new courage, new backbone, that he has learned how to market his cot ton crop; that he has fought to a finish the great battle as to whether the pro ducer or the speculator is to control the price of his staple. Having won this fight, the entire handling of cotton from the field to the factory, whether the fac tory be in this country or in Europe, has entered upon an entirely new stage in its history. It also means that land will be more thoroughly cultivated, for the successful man, whether he be a farmer, a merchant, or a manufactur er, is always better able to work to good advantage than the one who is fighting a losing battle. During the last six years the total value of the cotton crop, in cluding seed, has been $:i,000,000,000, against $2,190,000,000 for the pre ceding six years, showing a gain in the last six years over the preceding six of over $1,400,000,000. It is not, however, due to this great increase in cotton aione that the southern farmer is in better shape. More and more has the diversification of agriculture gone on; more and more have fruit growing and truck raising, "hog and hominy," with the meathouse at home rather than in the west, been developed throughout th« Bouth. A Kansas woman, Mrs. A. J. Stan ley. of Lincoln, has been awarded a prize of $250 by a Boston firm for the best answer to the question; "What constitutes success?" She wrote: "He has achieved success wno has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelli gent men and the love of little chil dren; who has filled his niche and ac complished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has al ways looked for the best in others and given the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a bene diction." A federal law providing that all package goods made articles of inter state commerce should be marked With the real weight of their contents might be useful and proper, asserts the New York Tribune. Bottles should indicate their actual capacity, and. as in Germany and France, they should be marked by lines in the glass, £o that a customer at a glance can tell just how much fluid one of them -contains. A full package la\\\" we~be lieve, would have the support not only of the public, but also of the great majority of packers and dealers. Business is crippled, not strengthened, by deceit and trickery. The average American wants a square deal, both iu business and in politics. A New York publishing house pot out a holiday edition of lilt-kens' Christmas stories received the follow ing remarkable letter a day or two ago: "diaries Dickens, city. Hear Blr: W'e should very much like to book your order for all press clippings about you and your book, which ap pear in the various publications in the world. Of ail the clippings bureaus ours Is the one which can give you j the promptest and must intelllg< ut ; service. Yours faithfully, -—." EIGHTDEAD. Awful Tragedy in a New Hampshire Nome. FAMILY MURDERED Charles Ayer, a Farmer, Killed Seven Persons and Then Com mitted Suicide. Pembroke, N. H., Jan. IS. —Seven persons, all members of the family of Charles Ayer, are supposed to have perished in a Are which yesterday de stroyed Ayer's farmhouse, near here. The bodies of .a child and of Ayer's mother-in-law have been found in the ruins. Mrs. Ayer and four children are missing and it is feared that they, too, are victims of the fire. The theory of the county authorities is that Ayer was the murderer, Lmt up to a late hour they had been unable to find any evidence to indicate the methods employed to wipe out the family. Whether the victims were shot, or killed by other means, cannot be told at present. Up to a late hour only charred fragments of two of the victims had been recovered, although persons who visited the scene of the fire thought that they observed two other trunks in the blazing ruins. The victims of the tragedy were: Charles F. Ayer, aged 43, killed himself by shooting. Mrs. Addie Ayer, his wife. Mrs. Isaac I-akeman, Ayer's mother in-law. Flossie Ayer, aged 12. Alfred Ayer, aged 10. Bernice Ayer, aged C. Andrew Ayer, aged 4, and a girl baby, all children of the Ayers. The fire occurred about 9 o'clock in the morning and Ayer drove up to the home of his sister, Airs. George Bailey, in the town of Chichester, about six miles from his home, just after 10 o'clock. He remained at Mrs. Bailey's place during the afternoon and when informed that his buildings had been burned manifested some agitation. A moment later lie drew a revolver and, pointing it at his right temple, fired and fell unconscious. He died last night. ONE SURVIVOR IS FOUND. Twelve Persons are Believed to Have Perished Because of the Wreck of a Schooner. Savannah, Ga., Jan. IS. —Adrift on a gang plank from 0 o'clock last Satur day morning until 5 o'clock Monday afternoon without food or water, Earl Sumner, the only known surviving member of a party of 13 people aboard the four-masted schooner Robert H. Stevenson, was picked up by the Ger man steamer Europa. bound from Philadelphia for Savannah, Monday afternoon and brought to Savannah yesterday. Besides the ship's crew there were four women board, all go ing to Havana on a pleasure trip. The Stevenson, loaded with coal, sailed from Philadelphia January 8. Sumner says the schooner grounded on Diamond Shoals. All save four seamen, himself, included, took to the boats, one boat being smashed and the first mate and two men being drown ed. This fate he witnessed. He thinks the others capsized. Two of the men who remained with the schooner left on a raft, he left on the gang plank and the fourth re mained. Several ships passed Stunner at. a distance before he was picked up by a boat from (he Europa. He thinks he was the sole survivor. ON THE FiRST BALLOT. Clement Fallieres Is Elected President of France. Paris, Jan. IS. —The national assem bly met yesterday in the palace at Versailles for the election of a presi dent. of the republic. The assembly consists nominally of 591 deputies and 300 senators, but owing to deaths, ill ness and the passage of some of the deputies to the senate, leaving their seats vacant, the number present was decrease of about 850, making 425 votes necessary to elect a new presi dent. M. Clement Armand Fallieres, pres ident of the senate, was elected, re ceiving 419 votes to 371 for M. Dott mer, president of the chamber of deputies. In all 849 voters were present. The final figures were: M. Fallieres 449, M. Doumer 371. Scattered 2S. One voter .abstained from depositing his ballot. M. Fallieres returned to Paris from Versailles escorted by a military guard of honor. He will take over his new duties February IS. He is 04 years of age and is noted as an orator. Ship Foundered at Sea. Funchal, Madeira, Jan. IS. —The Norwegian ship Servia foundered at sea January 11. Capt. Sorensen and his crew were rescued from the Servia by the German ship Kaliiope. The Kalliope putin at this port yesterday ami landed the shipwrecked seamen. Bondsmen Paid $425,000. Harrlsburg, Pa., Jan. IS.- State Treasurer Mathues received notice yesterday that a check for $425,000, to his order, ha 1 been deposited with the Pittsburg Trust Co. by the personal bondsmen of the defunct Ent< rpriso national hank of Allegheny. This mak< $801,755.37 paid to the state out of the of state funds nn do poslt. A Germrn Statesman Dies. Berlin, Jan. 18.—Baron Von Kicht hofen. »ecr« ary of foreign affairs died last nbht. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1906. Lift ISENDH) Marshall Field, Merchant Prince, Is Dead. WAS 70 YEARS OLD He was the Most Successful Mer chant of Modem Times-A Biographical Sketch. Now York, Jan. 17. —Marshall Field, tho millionaire Chicago merchant, died at the Holland house at 4 o'clock- Tuesday afternoon after an eight days' illness of pneumonia. Death came peacefully while members of the fam ily who had been in almost constant attendance for several days were gathered around the death bed. They as well as the dying merchant were prepared for the end. Marshall Field was without question the greatest and most successful moi. chant of his generation and he was one of thf* world's richest men, his wealth being estimated at anywhere from $100,000,000 to $200,000,000. He ■was a native of Conway, Mass., where he was born in 1835. At the age of 17 he became a clerk in a store in Pitts fleld, Mass., where he remained four years. He went to Chicago in ISSG and began his career in that city as a clerk in the wholesale dry goods es tablishment of Cooley, Wadsworth & Co. During the four years that he remained with this house he show ed marked commercial ability and in 18C0 he was given a partnership. The late Levi Z. I.eiter was also connected with the firm, and in 1805 the two young men withdrew and in company with Potter Palmer they organized the firm of Field, Palmer & Loiter, which continued until 1807, when Mr, Palmer withdrew and the firm became Field, I.eiter & Co. This continued until 1881, when Mr. I.eiter retired and the firm became known as Marshall Field & Co., as it is to-day. The house forged to tho front, very rapidly, and it is now the largest en terprise of its kind in the world, hav ing numerous branches throughout Europe and Asia. Its remarkable suc cess is attributed almost entirely to Mr. Field and his methods. He made it a rule never to borrow money and never to issue a note. He paid cash for everything he bought, not only in connection with his dry goods enter prise, but for all of his dealings in real estate and in other investments. The great fire of 1871 was the only re verse ever experienced by the house of Marshall Field & Co. Its losses at that time aggregated over $1,000,000. At the close of the world's fair, in 1893, Mr. Field endowed with $1,000,- 000 the museum known as the Field Columbian Museum, for which a home valued at $8,000,000 Is shortly to bo erected in the heart of Chicago. He later gave to the University of Chi cago land valued at $150,000 to be used for athletic purposes. He was prominently mentioned as a vice presidential candidate on the democratic ticket in 1904. He was several times offered second place on the ticket, but refused to accept it. Mr. Field was twice married, his first wife having died several years ago. Mrs. Field left two children, Ethel, now married ?"d residing at. Leamington. England, and Marshall Field, jr., who arcidentally shot him self at his home in Chicago November 22, 1905, and died five days later. Sep tember 5, 1905, Mr. Field was married in London, England, to Mrs. Caton, widow of Arthur Caton, of Chicago. A $78,000" SHORTAGE. It Has Been Discovered in the State Treasury of Kansas. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 17.—A total shortage in tho Kansas state treasury of about $78,000 is shown by the re port of Accountant Morris in the ex amination just closed, according to a summary of the report prepared by Gov. Hoch and made public Tuesday afternoon. The report covers all the transactions made by the state treas urers from January 1, 1898, to June 30, 1905, including the two full terms of ex-State Treasurer Frank Grimes and one term and six months of the administration of Thomas T. Kelley, the present state treasurer. The larger part of the shortage ap pears in the accounts of the office dur. ing the Grimes administration. Of the total of $78,000, $60,000 is due to missing coupons from bonds owned by tho state school fund and SIB,OOO is due to loss of interest on warrants is sued by the territory of Oklahoma to the state of Kansas. Four Men Killed. New York, Jan. 17. —Two negro tun nel workers were killed by suffocation and caisson disease, two were drown ed, two others wore seriously over come, and the white foreman and as sistant suffered severely in rescuing those who survived, when a com pressed air pipe burst In the East river tunnel on Man o'War reef, oppo site Forty-second street, Tuesday. Grand Jury Indicted County Officials. Owosso, Mich., Jan. 17.—Forty-four Indictments were brought in Tuesday by the grand jury which has been in vestigating Shiawa < e county af fairs and the construction of tli • new ■ courthouse, AH but five of ';he indlet. ! tnents are against members of tho I board of supervisors, A $300,0C0 Fire. Hussellvllle, Art.. Jan. 17.—Fire that broke out h< ro Monday night wiped out the entire business district and entailed ai aggregate loss of $300,000. WEE MAID'S MORAL VICTORY One Time That the Arch Tempter Failed to Accomplish His Purpose. Miss Clara Logan, ami Quren Titanm, of -.he Asbury Park baby parade, sat by a log fire toiling stories of children, re lates the Washington Post. "A lady," she said, "reclined on a couch in her library one night, with tha light low, trying in vain togo to sleep. "Beside her, on a table, tvus a dish of fine fruit. "As she lay there she saw her little daughter tiptoe into the room in her long, ■white nightgown. The child, thinking her mother asleep, advanced cautiously to tha table, took a bunch of grapes, and stolo out again. "The mother was grieved at such mis. conduct on the part of her good little daughter, but she said nothing. "Five minutes passed. Then back into the room again crept the child, the grapes in her hand and untouched. She re* placed thoin on the dish, and as she de part -d her mother heard her mutter: " 'That's the time you got left, Air. Devil." Don't Wait. Ilanna, Wyo., Jan. 15th (Special).—De lays are dangerous. Don't wait until all the awful symptoms of Kidney Disease de velop in your system, and your physician shakes his head gravely as he diagnoses your case. If you suspect your Kidneys, turn at once to the great Kidney Specific —Dodd's Kidney I'ills. You can do so with every confidence. A few of Dodd's Kidney Pills taken in time have saved many a life. The early symptoms of Kid ney Disorder may be the forerunners of Dright's Disease, Diabetes and Dropsy. Mr. \v. 11. Jeffries, a resident here, tells below how he treated an attack of Kidney Trouble, lie says:— "Before I commenced taking Dodd's Kidney Pills, I had always a tired feel ing every morning when 1 got out of iny bed, and my Kidneys were in very bad shape. There was always a dull heavy pain across my loins, and I had hard work to stoop. I took two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills, the tired feeling and back pai.is have entirely gone, and I am now cured." Longing for Fame. "I suppose you are glad to have es caped all notoriety in connection with these financial exposures?" 1 dunno," answered Mr. Cumrox, "sometimes 1 think mother and the girls Would rather see my name in the paper thai way than not at all."—Washington fctac. FOUR YEARS OF AGONY. Whole Foot Nothing But Proud Flesh —Had to Use Crutches—"Cuticura Remedies tho Best on Earth." " In the year 1899 the side of my right foot was cut off from the little toe down to the heel, and the physician who had charge of me was trying to sew up the side of my foot, but with no success. At last my whole foot and way up above my calf was nothing but proud flesh. I suffered untold agonies for four years, and tried different physicians and all kinds of ointments. 1 could walk only with crutches. In two weeks afterwards I saw a change in my limb. Then 1 began using Cuticura Soap and Ointment often during the day and kept it up for seven months, when my limb was healed up just the same as if I never had trouble. It is eight months now since I stopped using Cuticura Remedies, the best on God's earth. lam working at the present day, after five years of suffering. The cost of Cuticura Ointnjent and Soap was only $6: out the doctors' bills were more like £0' ! 0. John M. Lloyd, 718 S. Arch Ave., Alliance, Ohio, June 27. 1905." New Office. Orville Neniiss —llow do you know we arc j;oing to have a storm? C.ijit. Salter —We have a man in the forecastle forecasting it.—Pittsburg Chron icle-Telegraph. «.—___ To Cure a Cold in One Day Tnlte Laxative Bkomq Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure, E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 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