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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-24

1t you are poor make your mind up
to stay poor no longer.
II you are rich make up your mind
not to Cypress the poor.
II you are honest remain soft YOU
are not, get 30, IL pays in the end.
IL ysu get drunk. quit tit is not
esly seastly. but it dsat pay.
Ifyoulie stop it fer liar will steal.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-24

Flora, T B Bridges and " III
appointed : committee to ia. n.,s were
lay out said road, If practic. r,.' and
rspors a. next meeting. Aoc., = .n q
= Jones. retiring Treasurer, w.. "'i .
amined and found correct, s "'f' 'S
hand counted and turned o,.s o.
Howard present Treasurer nv w. n
Jones paid soc amount Gu. ' y
nm. Ordered that the bond =, ! y '
Kemp chancery. Clerk elec, CIV ,n ', = 3
AZ Dec. meeting .o5 of Board Of Nv
Visors be ordered recorded ,ns s'p :.
posed of as the law directs. Board U.S. u
lourned till tomorrow mcrni,g At , ~ :,
clock.-The Board convened
day morning with same ot,ic.r. 'ues.
members present. Alex Rndo,.. aua
erroneous assessment $500. ! ~" ny
tley paid five days special inspec,io. J,
bridges in dist. 3 $50. 90 wR IN
net was elected keeper of the noo.
house for the year of '96 at md q. ' ~
sum OF s4.s5 for each paupper Der mos Z.
according to the agreement to b. GU
with this board. The said wRIp
nett is hereby required to give bond !.
the sum of 81 10000 for faithful -.
formance OF contract. Dr's. Colsm.
d Crisler were appointed physic,n, !,
the county Jail for the sum Of sIoo ~
per annum the same paid quar,erlv \.
VIM Clanton was elected physician \
the poor house for the year of '0e At
salary OF $l40.50 to be paid MONTH,
Il A Walker paid for building br;da.
on road 142 S95. 90. D. A. Gull, Nh
for lnnber for roads in dist. 8, SOY G
). ). Hart paid as keeper OF poor house
to Jan 18th the sum of $l39 SO, (iuclud.
ing Mrs. Bono and &. +. Walker n n
W ID Luckett ordered paid bridge road
IA $4,000. lobe johnson paid for two
mile boards dist 3s1.o0 W johnson
paid for lumber for roads l42 aud IA,
S27lT Alex Rudolph paid rsl e ms
poll tax $500 J w Fletcher pull for
building two bridges road lsu and 10
s35 90. The official bond of f M How.
ard, treasurer is fixed at the sum Of 50.
1000 and said bond is hereby approved
by the president Of b. Of s. and Chan.
cery clerk as required by law. JH Nc
MURRAY paid for building bridge dist s
1880. 1t Is ordered BY the Board
hat Walter Stokes, sheriff OF Madison
county be charged with list of taxes
.urned over to him by G R Kemp, e-
firing sheriff as personally to amount
If IS, 292. rs. Valuation OF personally
If VIM. Mosal reduced $1,000, yalua.
ion of realty of Eugene Karpe reduced
1900 DR. w. 5 Kent paid balance due
IN salary as poor house physician Slo,-
9. d A Culley paid for building 3
ridges roads dist. 3, $4,000. Lindsey
Neck paid work done in circuit clerks
'ffice $1.OO. James Mcmillan paid for
in work on Jail So 90. J. NJ. Grafton
aid expressage on stationery for chan
cry clerks Office Is cents Canton PHI
.et paid publishing Dec. minutes Of B
+ S So. 90 w B Jones paid Office rent
or Supt Ed. $500 w Z Chambers ,pd
or building bridge dist No y SOV
Continued ON Fifth Page)
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-24

A fine lot of fall raised Triumph Pc.
tatoes for seed, at 40 cents per peck.
Also Old Yam (Tennessee) sweet pota.
toes at 80 cents per .bushel. Leave or
ders at TINES Office or address,
MRS. L. q. CoRDTs.
Passonia, Miss.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-24

Miserable by Indigestion, Constip-
ation,. Dizziness, Loss Of Appetite, Vel
low Skin! Shlloh's Vitalizer is posi-
tive cure. For Sale by b. e. Jones.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-24

January Term.

J. At n regular election held in Madi
son county, Mississippi on the 5th o
4 Nov. 1895 in Pursuance to the Constitu
tion aud laws of the State OF Mississip
pi the following persons were elect
ed Supervisors from their Dist's. to wit
| VIM. Reid, district 1; s. R. Collier, dis
trict 2; r. B. Bridges, district 3; Wn
H.. Bole, district a; j. Il. Dendy, dis
trict 5, WHO having met in the Court
house in the city Of Canton on the 9Th
day of Jan. 1906. it being the first Mon.
day of said month and each having pre-
scented his bond properly approved and
having subscribed TO the following oath
The State of Mississippi,
Madison County.
solemnly swear that l will faith
fully support the Constitution of the
US. and the constitution Of the State
of Miss; that am not disqualified from
holding the office of supervisor of Mad
ison county; that will faithfully dis
charge the duti. P of the office upon
which am about to enter. VIM. Nj.
Reid. President; S. r. Collier, P. b.
Bridges, VIM. II. Bole, J. B. Dendy.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
9th day of January, 1896, G. II. Kemp,
Chancery clerk. Nh.
The Board proceeded to elect pres
dent, which resulted in the election of
w. M, Reid. G.. X. Kemp. Chancery
clerk, by virtue Of his Office and Wal.
ter Stokes, Sheriff we're present. The
official bonds of the following county
and beat officers having been approved
were ordered placed on record in official
bond book, to wit:
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Waller Stokes, Sheriff and tax col
lcotor; M. Allen, Circuit clerk; f. n.
Howard, Treasurer; P. George As
SCISSOR; W. B. Stinson. Supt. of Educa-
ton; u. F. Cotton, Surveyor.
DIST. oFEICERs.
VIM. III. Reid, Supervisor; J X. Ker-
ney, Justice Of the Peace; Geo. r. Reid,
Justice of the Peace; E. Gilmer, Con
stable.
DIST. 2. OFFICERS.
S. R. Collier, Supervisor; r. l.. Elk
ms, Justice of the Peace; o w. Phillips
Justice of the Peace; A. b. Vile. Con-
stable.
DIST. OFFICERS.
P. B. Bridges. Supervisor; R. L
smith. Justicss the Peace; w. G. Der
rah. Justice Of the Peace; j. Il. San
didga, Constable.
DIST. 4. OFFICERS.
w. H. Bole, Supervisor; J. c. Pitch
ford. Justice of the Peace; l.. p Dona-
hoe, Justice OF Peace: Joe Ii. Brown,
Constable.
DIST. OFFICERS.
j. B. Denly, Supervisor; Sam Milton
Justice OF the Peace, q. W. Adams, JUS
lice OF the Peace, ]. l.. Hargon, Con-
stable.
j. L. Stewart paid as road contract
'r for roads in dist. /, $4,000. Primus
Moore ordered to be refunded errone
,us poll tax $2.U0 Official bonds of all
7. of P's of Madison county are order.
ID to be reduced to 81 100000. Ordered
hat trustees Of r l r 3 E'for tho year
If 1896 shall he. August Anderson, j.
\. Cook and J. T. Sharp. L. E. Thorn
on paid erroneous poll tax So. 90 Mrs.
\. r. Simpson paid erroneous poll tex
200. J. C. Whitehead paid erroneous
'oll tax $500 Peter King paid erro-
leous tax 81 90. F. d. Coleman paid
days special inspection of roads beat
for the. month of Dec. '95 $1,000. In
he matter of petition of W. e. Har-
is. ct al for new road in Dist near
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-24

is Shiloh's cure.- A neglected. cough is
dangerous, Sop n ct once with shiloh s
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-01-24

to said John Livelar and Angelo Gar
barino partners as aforesaid.
Spencer Armer Smith
William Henry Redmond
Horace Handy
William Ross Chambers
Robert Powell
Claude Cameron Dinkins
Green berry Ridgley Kemp
Emile Levy
Louis Lindemann
Willie Mosal
Jacob Loeb
Charles Brill
Julius Gross Loeb
Lonis Keiffer Levy
David Levy
Henry Bradford Luekett
Abraham luteur
Nicholas Cromwell Orrick
Theodore Clements Seide
Harry Battley Greaves
Nathan Hitler
,Anchel Karpe
Ben Edward Jones
John Harter
William Melville
Tilghman Tucker Neville
Eugene Hesdorffer
Angelo Garbarino
Leopold Stein
Charles Edward Martz
Louis Lehman
Alonza Newton
Isidore Hesdorffer
Moses Benjamin Hesdorffcr
Leon Frey [hersonl
Charles Coatsworth Pinkney Hen
Aron Henry Lehman
Marquis De Lafayette Shelby
Charles Louis Gross
Albert Henry Gross
William Lee Dinkins
James Arthur Andrus
Benjamin Moses Hesdorffer
Mack Fulton Rucker
Joseph Perlinsky
manuel Kohn
: David Fulton
Henry Purviance
William X. Baldwin
Kirby Preston WeatherSby
George Morgan Martz
Frank Cham bers MeAllister
Victor Alexander Troiio
Pietro Trolio
John Ernest Tr0lio
James Sidney Wolfe
George Handy
John Wohner
William Wohner r"
Michael Wohner
William West Rucker
Michael Augustus HarkiRs
Emile Aloysas Leone
Martin Gross
Albert Hesdorffer
Beauregard Francis Gslyani
Charles st. John
John Leone
Joseph Aaron ....
Jefferson Davis McCollum
James Robinson JigRitts
George William Covingtoa
Robert Nc. Caldwell l
Archibald Junis Sneed
William Preston Horn.
John william Owen
William Wxugh Cunninghs.
Alexander Weber
William Hamilton Powell
Francis brigham Pratt
Ollie Samuel Williams Fields
Michael o'msra
John Joseph Molony
Robert Gahey
Joseph Karl Almon
Huron Wilkinson virden
John Terrell Rush
John Minniek
Robert G. Smith
Peter Heiser =
William Clark Walker
Jnhnson
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-02-25
BIG TOM, CONVICT.
He Was Tempted, BUd n Little
Child Saved Him

There were those who said that con-
vict 1,2S0 was innocent of the crime
which sent him to prison for such
long term of years that there was
scarce hope of his ever being free
man again. They meant that he was
technically guilty. He had sought to
save q woman from q beating at the
hands of her husband, and in the
struggle and excitement he had struck
a blow which caused the death of the
man. 1t was accident, in sense, but
it was also manslaughter. No man
who is a man will stand by and see Il
woman beaten, and yet if he interferes
ne must take his chances with the law.
"Big Tom" as the convict was some
times referred to, was like most big
men-a child in his gentleness and
good nature. He went to prison weep
ing. He did not complain, but he
grieyed. He thought of the years and
years which must drag away before
the prison doors would open to him,
and he moved about like Il weak, old
man. The prison officials felt to pity
the man, but q convict is a convict and
all must be treated alike--all who show
obedience to the rules. They sized
him up as child-like and good-natured,
and yet they said to each other as they
talked of him:
Look out for Big Tom. He will
break loose some day and do some des-
perdte thing
They thought it would come during
the first six months-then they almost
became afraid of him. Men who are
slow to anger-who go on grieving,
brooding and bearing a mental burden
for weeks and months are devils when
the climax comes. Big Tom had the
management of the trip-hammer in the
machine shop. Had they put him in
the shoe shop or tailor shop he would
have rebelled at once. His place was
beside the biggest piece of machinery
in the shops. Two pieces of ma
chinery, at it were-"TOm and the
Trip" Day by day, and week by week,
and month by month, as the ponder
Gus hammer rose and fell and its
blows shook the very earth for yards
around, making the convict smile and
look proud, the guards had an eye on
him and kept saying to each other:
ut will come! 1t is only delayed.
When he breaks loose he will kill
some one and have to be killed in
turn
Nearly half Of the second year had
passed and the giant convict had never
even sulked. when one day there came
into the shop as sightseers husband.
wife and little girl four or five years
old. Children are seldom seen in pris-
ons, and ii is a rare thing that they are
taken into the shops in the yards. II
any one in the prison knew that con-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-02-25
An Angel In Disguise.

The proprietor of large store on
High street went to his place of busi-
ness at an unusually early hour re-
Gently; in fact the sun had not yet
risen when he turned the key in the
door. On entering he was surprised to
find a man trying to open the door
of his safe.
He stood and watched him for some
time, apparently deeply interested in
the proceedings, when finally the bur-
glar swung open the door of the safe
with a delighted chuckle, but happen
ing to turn he saw that he was dis
covered and became very much alarmed.
He jumped up and was about to make
his escape through back window,
when the merchant called to him:
Don't be in a hurry, my friend;
come back and sit down awhile and
smoke cigar, while l straighten up
things little bit, and then come home
to breakfast with me. You have done
ne a great favor
why, how's that?" asked the burglar
In great surprise.
We'll, you see, had the combina-
ton of the safe on bit Of paper and
last night l accidentally locked 1T in
the safe and forgot how to work it;
| spent most of the night trying to
get the thing open and came in early
this morning to have another try at
it."-West Medford (Mass) Windmill.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-02-25
Climb for widows and SpInsters

Not little heartburning in fair bos-
oms has been caused among society
circles" at Warsaw, Poland, owing to
an exclusive rule adopted by the newly
established Ladies' Club in that city.
This aristocratic social association of
Polish ladies has had the temerity, 1t
seems, to cut out its married sisters.
only spinsters and widows being eiigi-
BILE for membership. There are noble
matrons with manageable daughters
who are content to believe that the
attractions of the club will serve the
excellent purpose of keeping pretty and
designing young widows out of mis-
chief. The new club premises are COM
modious and elegantly arranged, and In
addition to their other attractions and
comforts public readings, lectures, and
music will form conspicuous features OF
the ordinary entertainments.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-02-25

lily, be thinking of it and
its details constantly, and as
constantly striving to make the
best possible product at the least pos
sible cost. To this end he must never
regard his herd as quite good enough
to satisfy his ideal. He must study it's
breeding with determination to make
the next generation of heifers as much
better than their dams as possible; he
must study the feeding and manage
ment of the calves and their develop
ment as heifers as they come into young
heiferhood; the feeding of the cows in
milk must be made matter of individ-
ual study, for each has a feeding point
of highest profit, beyond which or be-
low which the COW is less profitable
than she may be made; feeds and their
market price must receive his attention,
so that the best ration at the lowest
cost may at all times be given; he must
know what each cow in the herd is
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-02-25

which worked it. The answer to the
question could be read in his eyes
Men had wronged him under cover OF
the law. He had been deprived of lib
erty, degraded and disgraced. DEATH
were more merciful than such a sen.
tence as his, and in dying he would
secure revenge. a piece of iron had
been left under the hammer. There
was heard the sound of crash! crash.
crash! as the mass of iron rose and fell
at regular intervals-that sound above
the mOnOtOnOuS hum of the machinery.
He will thrust her under the ham
merr'
SO thought each guard and each con-
vict-sO thought the father whose feet
seemed chained to the floor and whose
face was whittier than the dead. One
of the guards could have touched the
button and signalled the engineer TO
shut off steam, but he did not move a
hand. Either guard had fair mark to
shoot at, but their pistols were not
lifted. Up and down-up and down
went the hammer, but suddenly the
belt was thrown over on the loose
pulley and the mass rested on the
anvil. 1t seemed to those who looked
as if they had been looking through a
mist-such mist as rises from earth
Of summer morning. 1t seemed to
them that this mist thinned out
cleared away before the influence of n
rising sun, and by and by they saw
the child nesting on Big Toms hairy
breast, one hand smoothing his cheek,
and seeming to come from a long dis
tance off they heard her childish voice
saying:
mo, you wouldn't hurt Nellie-you
wouldn't hurt Nellie. What makes
You cry? Have you got II little girl,
too? Won't they let you go home to
see your little girl:"
And the conyicts advanced step by
step-and the guards crept forward,
and 10! Big Toms tears were falling as
he Rugged the child more tightly and
kissed her fair hair and rosy cheek.
There was silence yet-silence as he
walked to and fro and wept and sob
bed and lifted the child till she could
clasp her tiny arms about his neck
and rest her cheek against his. Not a
whisper among the cOnvicts-not a
move from father or mother or the
guards. By and by Big Tom placed
the child in it's fathers arms, wiped
the tears from his eyes on the sleeve
of his striped jacket, and with a God
bless the little darling" and Thank
We, Sir!" he returned to his work and
the hammer was lifted and held in
waiting for the hot iron to be placed
on the anvil beneath. The guards mo-
toned the other cOnvicts to go back to
their benches and FORCES, and a mo-
ment later the visitors had gone and
work was in full blast. The long-eX-
pected outbreak had come and gone.
For thirty seconds Big Tom had felt
such raging hate in his soul that he
was transformed into human devil.
The child had smiled into his burning
eyes-her soft touch had lulled him
her words had brought back his rea-
son. Was he punished? No! A year
later he was pardoned, and to-day an
other fair-haired, blue-eyed smiling
child puts her arms about his neck and
says:
You are such a great, big papa, but
you wouldn't never hurt nobody, would
you:"-Detroit Free Press.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-02-25
Winter Protection of Stock.

The Indiana experiment station says:
A common winter sight is herd OF
cattle exposed to the severest kind OF
weather, browsing in cornfields or
standing bumped up in chilling winds.
Food is fuel to the animal body. Ii
requires more fuel to keep up steam in
boiler when the weather is intensely
cold than it does when it is mild. In the
same manner, other things being equal
it requires more food to sustain an AMI
NAL freely exposed to the chilling olasIs
of winter than it does for one given pro-
lection.
In experiments conducted at the IN
diana agricultural experiment station
mich cows exposed to all sorts Oh
weather in winter, but provided with
night shelter, made very favorable
showing as compared with those given
the shelter of the stable, excepting Tor
a brief airing when the weather was
suitable. The exposed cows ate the most
food, lost slightly in weight and also
in milk yield. The sheltered ones
gained in weight, and otherwise made
better showing than the exposed lot.
At the Kansas experiment station
hogs kept in conditions of winter ex-
posture did not produce pork so econom-
ically as those given reasonable shell
ter, although the same kind OF 1000
was fed to each lot. In reporting the
same station, Prof. Georgeson says thal
steers, to give the best returns when be-
ing fed for beef, should be provided
with shelter. Warm, low, open sheds
in the feed lot give comfortable shelter
to steers.
While live stock should be protected
from the inclemency of the weather 1t
is important that the stable should be
we'll ventilated and not too warm. Dis
ease propagates easiest where the air is
stagnant and impure, hence special eff
forts should be made to keep the stable
air pure. Without doubt tuberculosis
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-02-25

is more prevalent among cattle closely
confined in stables where the ventila-
ton is bad than it is where the air is
good. Live stock should certainly be al
lowed outdoor exercise when the wea-
Their is mild and comfortable, but il it
SHOWS or rains and the air is chilling,
the animals should be given stable pro-
lection.
1t is also important that the stable
should not be too warm in winter. A
temperature of 40 degrees is a very
satisfactory one. When it is as high as
90 degrees in the barn, stock turned
from this into freezing atmosphere
to water is apt to be very severely
chilled and take cold. When the stable
is at 40 degrees animals are not so
easily chilled when turned from the
stable. Every stable should have a
thermometer to guide one in keeping
the temperature of the room as uni-
form as possible.-C. S. Plumb. Di-
rector.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-02-25

Wet No. 1,2S0 had daughter-a fair
haired, handsome child who could only
walk alone when the jury pronounced
his verdict Of guilty" they had for
gotten the fact. His wife had visited
him as often as visitors were allowed,
but the child had never been seen
within the grim walls. Knowing that
her husband had killed man by ac-
cident the wife could not beat to see
him wearing the horrible stripes Of a
convict, but to let the child look upon
him, to gaze in wonder at the iron
bars, to ask why all those men We're
there-a thousand times no! And so
this was the first child Big Tom had
seen since the heavy doors shut him
in. Father, mother and child came
close to him and gazed at the ponder
Gus hammer with wondering eyes.
You would have argued that the sight
of the child would have softened the
convict's heart and brought tears to
his eyes; bvt it did not. 1t brought
feeling of madness-of desperatiOn-Of
frenzy. To save woman from bru-
tai beating at the hands Of drunken.
worthless thing not fit to be classed
with men, he had struck a blow. A
jury had called it murder in the second
degree, and he was here i'm prison on a
sentence almost never-ending He had
been wronged, and the knowledge of 1t
fired his heart and brought the long
expected outbreak. With a sudden
cry which startled every one in the
noisy shop Big Tom made spring
forward, seized the child In his arms,
and there was shout Of defiance on
his lips as he held her at arms
length and glared about him. The
mother of the child gasped for breath
and staggered back to the wall and
sunk down. The father stood staring.
as IL struck dumb, but presently held
out his hands in silent supplication.
Big Tom glowered and muttered in
reply. He was cOnvict--a childless
father. He was dead to his child--she
was dead to him. He could not make
another fathers heart ache aud throb
and grieve as his did, but he would
secure revenge.
After mutterlng he was silent. No
one cried out. Guards and convicts
were seemingly stupefied. There was
the hum Of machinery, but not of
voices. COnvicts turned from forge
and anvil and bench and lathe and
held their breath. The two shop
guards leaned forward In their chairs
and looked and looked, but they did
not move nor cry out.
"What will he do with the child?'
The two men working at the trip
hammer with Biz Tom had fallen
back. He had control Of the machinery
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-02-25
A Future Convenience.

Diggles had been working hard for a
long time with a refractory heating
apparatus. He came out Of the base
ment with blue fingers and red nose
and an expression of repressed emo
ton on his face.
Maria" he said, there's one COM
fort about it,"
what is ity'
1--WE needn't worry about ice next
summer. l think l have struck plan
that's entirely reliable. If we want to
get anything good and cold Wen take
1t down and put it into that heating
apparatus. Only we must be careful
not to leave II too long, or it'll freeze"
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.