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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-01
DROVE TO DEATH In
JAMES CREEK CANAL
Joseph Garrison, a HuCkSter,
Found Drowned.
His Horse PeIished With Him-Supposed
to Have Made a Mistake in the
Street-BOdy Recovered.

The old James Greek Canal added an
ether victim 10 is long list this morning.
when the police OF the Fourth precinct
dragged from the MILDLY waters the dead
b0dy Of Joseph Garrison. sixty years Of
age. who lived with his wife at O. N
street southwest.
There was lying in the water with him
the wagon which he had driven into the
creek. overturned, AID beneath the dead
horse.
Garrison. who was a huckster. was on
his way home about II O'Clock last Isht
and when II Street southwest was. reached
started TO cut across the canal. iJ Is suI-
posed. believing IL was x Street at which
place there is located q bridge The an
hual the unfortunate man was driving
w@s blind, DO is szid, and owing 20 Jhe
darkness IL was Impossible for Garrison
to see where he was going. lie is thought
10 have driven down TO the banks of the
canal and into the water before he
realized his danger.
No One Heard Cry for Help.
Despite the fact that several persons
passed the SPOT. no one was found this
morning by the police who hsa heard any
cry fer help
1t was NOT until O'Clock this morning
that O telegraph operator in the yards Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, located
short distance from the scene. was in
formed that the BODY Of a man was lying
in the creek. He telephoned at once TO
the Fourth precinct Station and police
hurried TO the scene.
Upon their arrival they found the
waters had reCeded. leaving the light COW
cred wagon standing nigh ont OF the
water. The horse lay on its side near the
wagon with its harness intact. while a
short distance on with his head resting
in a bunch of grass, hoated the body of
Garrison, his arms folded upon his
breast
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-01

Fair and continued cool tonight
and Wednesday. Diminishing
northwesterly winds.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
To Oar Subscribers.

W this week send out state
nsAts Of accounts for subscription
y those Of our friends who have
ast paid for the paper for some
WmA and we trust TO hear from
Asm promptly. We have taken
fAto consideration the condition of
many OF them during the short
crop years and have continued to
send them the paper without pay.
Xow, that they have made a good
crop and have ready money we
would like to be remembered.
These receiving these statements
will please settle without further
Delay. W. have made an arrange
Ment with a young gentleman to
call on all of our delinquents With
their subscription account and any
Who do not settle Mt the Office will
nlesse settle with him when he
sails.
Respectfully, Your friend,
The JOURNAL.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
Lamar Fontaine Claim.

The director Of the departm EN-
of history has discovered a very
interesting DAIRY among the wal
records of the State, kept by Viii.
liam Fl. Hill, clerk in the quarter,
masters department of the ThiJ
teenth Mississippi regiment.
Under date of fredericksburg,
Va, March z, 1868" occurs this
entry:
"The following lines were com
posed by Lamar Fontaine of Pon-
totoc county, Miss, when n private
in the Eighteenth Miss regiment,
Barksdale's brigade, while on
picket duty on the Potomac river
near Leesburg, Va, in the fall of
1861. He was several times
wounded In the valley of Virginia
in the year 1862 under Gen.
Stonewall Jackson, and has been
discharged from the service"
Then follows the lines, which
proved to be the Well-known "AIl's
Quiet Along the Potomac To-
night"
This little entry in the military
diary shows that If Maj. Fontaine
laid claim to the production of
some one else in the shape of this
as it generally received
among literary folk, he did it very
early in action. He has maintain
Cd his title to tie authorship up to
The present time, and his claim has
numerous controversies as
o its neutrality-suspicious., Cor.
Commercial Appeal.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

Superintendent Dobyns OF the
Deaf and Dumb Institnre is com
PEELED to turn away applicants for
admission to the institution as all
available room has been filed.
The buildings, it will be remem-
bered were destroyed by fire last
spring and the trustees Of the in
stitution had only means with
which to erect cottages. The first
work Of the Legislature should be
to provide ample accommodations
for this class of unfortunate chill
dren who are entitled to every con-
sheraton at the hands of the peo-
pie Of the state.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

The Synod Of the Presbyterian
6hurch in session at Columbus de-
6ded to locate the new college for
young ladies to be supported by
~ church at Holly Springs. That
city donated buildings and
grounds valued at 500 900 and a
bsnus OF SIS, 900. Holly Springs
i vel located and sustains the
ronsntion of being an admirable
Aclooi town. The new school
will prove to be a great factor in
tse education Of the young wom-
en- of the state and will receive
4 liberal support.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
The C0caln Habit.

The recommendation of the
grand jury that the Legislature
enact a law regulating the sale
of cocaine and kindred drugs is
worthy of approval. The glowth
of the cocaine hvbit is startling.
The daleterious effects Of the
habit upon the mind and charac-
ter are Of such q nature as to call
for the Intervention Of the law.
The vice is largely an urban
one. 1t fourishes most in the
closely crowded tenements and
the alleys Of a large city. A large
number of the municipalities have
deemed it advisable to regulate by
ordinance the traffic in cocaine,
and reports from Nashville and
Atlanta, near neighbors of Birm-
ingham, which have taken this
action, Indicate that the ordi-
nances have operated to decrease
the use Of the drug.
While a State law upon the
subject is desirable, it is not neces-
sary to wait upon the action of
the Legislature for steps to be
taken to regulate the sale of CO.
caine, Under the police power
the mayor and board of alderman
have the authority to enact reason
able provisions governing the
matter. The Legislature may or
may not make it "A subject OF State
legislation. A bill upon the sub
Jet WAS introduced in the last
Legislature, bat failed of p sage.
Such a bill might fail again lore
fore, the most practical M nod
of dealing with the unquestioned
evil is for the city to enact an APP
propriate ordinance.
The News has upon several
occasions called attention to the
prevalence and growth Of the CO.
cain hahH> a@d the necessity of
Observation-Disclosures the abuse.
~f& augmentation of the
Tk~ 'aunded upon sub
I nd comes none
awaiting for
Awever, let the
correction.
News.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

While in Memphis the same
precaution was taken to save Presi-
dent Roosevelt from the hand OF
the assassin that is required while
the president travels il some other
section of the country. AT no
place IN the South is the presi-
dent of the United States in dan.
ger of being assaulted or insulted
by anyone of the south. That
class who would harm the chief
executive does not find a congeni-
al home down here. He can travel
as the private citizen travels, and
without molestation unless it be
by some redhanded william who
had travelled south in search of an
opportunity to do the president
harm. The South does not har-
Dor such characters.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

Mrs. Fannie Croker, wife OF
~ proprietor of Landerdale
Springs Lauderdale, Miss, shot
herself through the breast with q
- calibre revolver Monday after
aeon in the presence of her hns.
band and other members of the
kmily. She died within forty
4inutes. Mrs. Croker was well
Known to a number of our citizens
Who haye been the guests of the
prings and who regret her un-
6mely death.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

With Congressman Cannon IN
the speakers chair the next SEES
sion Of congress will doubtless be
a stormy one. Mr. Cannon is
among the best men Of his party,
and but for the fact that he is a
republican, he is a very good man.
He sustains the reputation Of be-
ing honest and conservative aud is
we'll equipped by experience to
fight of. the jobs that are annual
~ worked through the house OF
representatives.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
-.,ai.
-.,n is made elsewhere

on is made elsewhere of
tine acquittal, in the 54th district
court, of j. e. Garman, charged
with murder. Mr.. Garman is a
young Mississippian, who has
been ont here a few years and | as
borne a good name. He was de-
Tended ably by Hon. 0. i. strib-
ling of this city-by the way an
ex- Mississippian himself, he and
.Private" John Allen ha1ling from
the same town, Tupelo, Miss.
Mr.. Stribling had a hard fight in
this case, for both County Attor-
ney Thomas aud Assistant County
Attorney O. H. Cross took charge
Of the prosecution, conducting it
with marked ability and vigor.
Mr.. Stribling's management of
the case is characterized by attor-
neys who listened to the trial as
exceptionally capable, his closing
address to the jury being one of
the notable episodes of that nature
of the year, indeed Of several
years, in the above named court.
.
was congratulated on all hands
when the verdict came in and it
need hardly be said that Garman
was a proud man.-Waco (Texas)
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

The best state in the union fol
the housekeeper is Mississippi
The best county in the state is
Lee. The situation at this time
we feel bears us out in the above
assertion. We have just gone
through two Of the shortest crop
years in the history of the county
but one good crop has set things
to right and we r out of deb1
and have plenty to carry us
through another year. Our peo-
Pile never grow dissatisfied on ac-
count Of reverses; they have an
abiding faith in the soil of Lee
county and it is truly a bad year
when failure overtakes them.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

The question of whether legal
execution shall take place publicly
or privately has been discussed be-
fore the boards Of supervisors in
the several counties in which the
death sentence has been imposed
upon parties convicted of murder,
aud in nearly every instance the
boards have ordered private execu
tons. The action Of these officials
meet with the approval of the
public generally who have grown
tired of the demoralizing effect
of public executions. There is
always on hand a crowd who are
governed by morbid curiosity and
find food to satisfy 1tin the scenes
incident to such occasions. Pub
lie morals cannot be improved by
the spectacle of a human being
going to his death at the end of a
rope, but rather the effect is bane-
full and calculated to bring about
bad results. A law making all
legal executions private would re-
ceive the sanction of the public
generally.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
Courteous. Bat Cold-..and WIN


has come and gone and Memphis
is no longer under the restraints Of
hospitality, it is IN order to say
that the greeting gwen him here
was that slangy persons would call
a "frost." Except at the reception
rendered by the negroes We sterday
afternoon and at the banquet last
night, there was a lack of cordial
ity manifest such as has never
been in evidence before when a
President of the United States has
visited Memphis.
The two exceptional episods re-
ferred to need no explanation. Mr..
Roosevelt has sought the approba-
ton of his brethren in black, both
in social and in political ways, and
it would be strange if they did not
regard him with special favor. AT
the banquet the compliments ex-
changed and the generous wines
that flowed had their usual effect.
They created a fractions enthusi-
asm which could pass only by
courtesy for the real thing.
But at the railroad station, at
the hotel and on the streets, where
the people were gathered who
were free to do as they listed, there
was a chilly silence when the Pres
ident appeared. He was treated
respectfully, in that nothing un-
pleasant was said or done by any
body in the crowd, bat hat was
all. Nobody cheered, and only
here and there was a hat
raised or a handkerchief waved as
the Chief Magistrate of the nation
passed. 1t was more like a funer-
al than a public reception.
Now, the people of Memphis
and those who had come in from
the adjacent country are not
phlegmatic. They can and dc
warm up as readily as any other
Americans. There must have
been, therefore, a compelling rea.
son for their stolid demeanor or
this occasion. 1t is not far t(
seek.
Mr.. Roosevelt had seen 1t tt
violate deliberately a social law
laid down by nature and confirmed
by undertaking observance in thi'
part of the country. He ha(
sought in the most ostentious way
TO show his contempt for. the
barrier which the righteous pride
of the Caucasian has set up be
tween him and persons of thu
African race. This line of de.
narration in the South represent
the dead line of civilization, an(
when Mr.. Roosevelt crossed it h'
separated himself in sympath.
and in principle from his white
countrymen Of the South. II
their estimation his rightful place
is with those to whom he has de
scended.
1t is also due to Memphis to say
that the invitation sent to the
President to participate in the re
ception given to Vice Gov. Wright
was not originally authorized by
any responsible body of citizens
acting tor the whole city. 1t was
only after 1T was found that sucl
an invitation had been extended
by a single citizen on his own re
sponsibilily, and had been accept
ed, that Memphis became a party
to it.
Taking all the circumstances O
the case into consideration, the
people of Memphis deserve credi'
for carrying off an unpleasant
situation without an inhospitable
acknowledgements Scimitar.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

The Presidents bear hunt in
Hississippi has not proven of
such overshadowing interest, as to
0use all the people to forget the
White House Coon episode at
nsst time a few months ago.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
For City Treasurer.

We are authorized to o W, A.
ueCANLESS as candidate for City
Treasurer OF the City of Tupelo for the
nsxt December election.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
Alderman

Wsare authorized to o g.
HENDERSON as candidate for Alder
nan from 18th Ward of the CITY OF Tupe-
h for the next December election.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
For Marshal.

We are authorized to r. f.
ROBERTSON az candidate for Marshal
81 tie City of Tupelo, at the next
nsssnher election.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

W are authorized to u F. H.
uITTS ~ candidate for City Treasurer
Il the City of Tupelo for the next Deem
kst slsction.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

We are authorized to o j. K.
DICKSON ~ candidate for City Treas
vrsr OF the City of Tupelo for the next
Rssember election.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
For Congress.
4. S. GAMBLER, JR.
For Mayor.

ysare authorized to w. ID.
ANDERSON az candidate for Mayor OF
- City OF Tupelo for the next Decem-
~ election.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
RATES OF ~ERTlS

DISPLAY advertisements at rate OF
l.ee per square inch per month OF four
voks. Liberal discounts made on yearly
Uatracts.
Istee Of meetings OF strictly chart
tASlA organizations will be inserted one
SAs frve; all other notices must be paid
An local notices will be charged at the
Ats Of s cents per line each insertion.
Ge LEGAL taken for less than % cents.
fhsre will be no deviation from this rule.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

VI are authorized to announce
=. ". BALDWIN as Il candidate for
Marshal of the City of Tupelo for the
Asxt December election.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

Va are authorized to announce }. a..
LONG n candidate for Marshal of the
CITY Of Tupelo for the mex December cleo
NsA.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28
NOTICE.

ls CON munication will appear in the
twts Of the Journal of the week it is
haAed in IL it is received later than
Yt0lay at noon of that week.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-28

The decline in cotton which has
been goin. on for several weeks
has caused a loss of from two to
five dollars per bale to the producer.
1t seems that the Quotations which
have taken place recently, and
which are not new to the cotton
market, m the result of the
manipulation Of the future market
by spectators. In our opinion
the sudden changes Of the price
of cotton is due almost entirely
to the fact that there is a future
market being operated parallel
with the spot market, and as il
is based on fiction it is easily
handled to suit the purpose OF
those who deal in it's imaginary
articles. The producer should be
protected from such traffic and il
cotton was a product Of the north
a law would be passed to protect
those who are engaged in its pro-
duction. 1t lies within the power
of congress to destroy the future
market but as long as it proves a
means of livelihood to SO many OF
the citizens of the great cities OF
the north congress will not inter
fere. The cotton producer lives
without protection of any kind and
is made to pay tribute to every
class that seeks to prey upon him.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28
BRANCHvILLE.
RAID AND SEIZURE OF LIQUORS..

RAID AND SEIZURE OF LIQUORS.
For more than week past detec-
tive has been working to accumulate
evidence whereby some of the unlaw-
full liquor selling in this vicinity might
be stopped. Very clever work was
done and the evidence gained so unsus
pectingly that it came like bolt out
of clear sky when Sheriff Peter Doo-
Ian and Justice John Pullman from
Bridgeport, together with Mr. Shaw,
prosecuting liquor agent for Fairfield
county, and the detective visited
the Benedict house in Branch
Vile. They arrived on the 2 O'Clock
train on Saturday afternoon. The
house was surrounded and searched
and three sugar barrels filed with bot
ties of beer, five cases of beer and five
demijohns of whiskey were seized. A
session of court was called for O CLOCK.
A large two-horse sleigh was brought
into use and witnesses we're quickly
summoned. Four counts were charg-
ed against Mr. Benedict. Three for
specific cases of liquor selling and one
for reputation. He pleaded guilty to
all four and was fined 500 for reputa
tion and $40 and costs each on two OF
the counts for selling. The THIRD
count was not pressed but hangs ove1
him for year and if he is again fount
guilty of breaking the law, it can be
| hrOupht i'm and he can then he giVer
Jail sentence. Altogetherhisf fines ant
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28
PLUMB HARDWARE COMPANY, 30 M %s S%x Bridgeport

to some good club to which she can 60,
and leaving domestic cares behind, get
into an entirely different atmosphere
and secure mental stimulus or physical
refreshment from the change, it is
beneficial. The question for her to
honestly decide is: Does she come away
from that club refreshed or bettered?
If she cannot honestly say that such
a result comes to her, then she should
be honest with herself and, resigning
from that club, join some other from
which she will derive some distinct
benefit, or devote the time now given
to that club to some other recreation
which will do her, or some one else
through her, some distinct good"
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28

costs amounted to S1s6.5O and were
promptly paid. The liquor was ship
ped to Bridgeport where it will be des-
troyed according to law. Mrs Lent
was also arrested and charges of liquor
selling proven against her, and she
was fined 500 and costs, the whole
amounting to $40.
George A. Bailey is suffering with an
attack of grip.
Frederick Lent is seriously i'll.
Walter russo has moved his family
from Branchville to Wilton where he
is employed.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Bouton are visit
ing her mother in Georgetown.
The B. w. F. Co. are making extern
sive Improvements in their plant here
enlarging their factory and installing
electric lights. A part of the plant
will be.operated by electricity.
Mr. and Mrs Ira Mead visited thei
folks at Bull Punk, Sunday last.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28
STEPNEY.

The Bon-Mot Pinochle club of Step
ney gave another one of their social
sessions at the home of G. H. Lyon on
Saturday evening, February q. After
a short session at their favorite pas
time, pinochle, they proceeded to the
election of officers for the ensuing
year with the following result: Presi-
dent, G. H. Lyon; vice president, Fred
Provost; secretary, William e. Mich
OILS; treasurer, Harvey b. Lyon; board
of governors, L. V. Slade, Perry B.
Hubbell and Arthur Tyrrell. Edward
Corning was also elected unanimously
club referee. After listening to
speeches of acceptance from the vice
president and club referee vote of
thanks was extended to President Ly-
on.for.the hospitable manner in which
he has entertained the club in the
past and each Bon-Mot returned to
his home with the feeling that the
success of the club in the future was
we'll assured.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28

roads, made but'two entire trips, which
was doing we'll.
The report in this vicinity concern
ing Joseph Jacobs having been taken
to the hospital, is that he was taken
there and brought Immediately back
to his home on account of the building
being filled to it's utmost capacity with
patients.
Scarlet fever is reported near the
Center, one house where there are a
a number of children being quarantin-
ed.
At this writing sleighs are passing
and people are for various reasons
wishing that the weather might be
colder in order that as the snow is here
it might remain for a while. Pleasure
seekers, small as we'll as large, boys
and girls and farmers, who have not
drawn out their wood are the people
most interested.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28
GREENFIELD HILL.
CHURCH TOPICS.

Rev DR. Canes subjects for next Sun
day, March 2, will be, in the morning,
"They Made Ready the Passover" and
in the evening, popular Excuses fol
not being a Christian" Sacrament OF
the Lords Supper administered in the
morning.
The Ladies' Union will meet next
week Thursday, March 6, with Mrs
Simeon Pease.
The Ladies Union met, last weel
Wednesday, February 49, with Mrs W
N. Bronson. Notwithstanding thu
bad condition of the roads there was :
fine attendance. Everybody enjoyed
themselves thoroughly.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28

church, Sunday, owing to the bad con-
ditiOn of the roads.
Mrs John Kellogg spent week with
her daughter, recently.
Mrs Isaac Thrope of Bradleyville,
who has been very ill for a few days,
is improving.
William Wakeman, wife and daugh-
ter of Aspetuck, Mrs Amelia Sherman
of Mount Vernon and Mrs Simon Brad
ley of Greenfield spent Monday with
Charles johnson and family.
Mrs Charles Perry of Valley Forge
have returned home from visit
! with relatives in NOrwalk.
Mrs Maria Banks is again on trip
out of town.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28

People who suffer with boils, an I'M
natural itching sensation, skin erup-
tions and the like should realize at
once that there is something radically
wrong with the blood, the very first
essential element of life and vigor, and
that the sole purpose of Ramon's Iron
Tonic is to place the blood in healthy,
pure state, which it has yet never
failed to accomplish in a single known
instance. 81. For sale by H. E. Mott,
Newtown; S. c. Bull & Co., Sandy
Hook; S. J. Park, Trumbull; w. B.
Hawley, Sherman; E. A. Honan, Gay.
| lOrdsville.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-28
PLATTsvILLE.
HOYDEN's HILL.

HOYDEN's HILL.
Miss McLevy and Willis Hutching-
ton of Bridgeport spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs Fred Jennings.
The ice storm in this section did a
considerable damage to 'trees, especial
ly pine, breaking off large limbs.
William Relyea has been somewhat
indisposed, also E. B. Sherwood.
The road across the Hill had to be
dug out last week. The faithful rural
delivery carrier of Route 50, experience
ed great difficulty in making his daily
run.
L. A. Jennings and E. B. Sherwood
took trip to Redding, Monday, for
the purpose of buying cows.