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e. r. COLLINS.

E. T. Collins came to Fordyce in the
year 1891 as agent for the Cotton Belt
railway, and remained in such capacity
until 1897, when he merged his inter-
ests with the Hampton Brothers in the
merchandise business until his health
failed him in 1902. During this time
Mr.. Collins branched cut into the com
mission business, and is now devoting
his time to operating the Merchants
Warehouse commission business. Mr.
Collins is one of the pushers for this
city. knows all the possibilities OF the
town and the ajacent lands, and has
lone much for Fcrdyce.
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apace with the times. The firm name
is now Amis and Harris. Mr.. Harris is
a young man and is thorough busi-
ness man. The firm Is to be incorpor
ated January l., with a capital stock Of
$50 900. Mr.. Amis has never sold any
tobacco, and tor years has nct had a
clerk that has used It. He employs
from seven to ten people, and has the
pleasure of one OF the largest busi-
nesses in the city
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Mr.. Fox's oIIet

On one trip through the A
mountains performed by '0u|
Jr., in pursuit Ct local colof' !
ped over night at a caDh'
slept up next to the clapooa1
went down a ladder to bres1
washed his face in a creek
house, and dried it on Q ~
coffee sack hung against ne
family use, and combed bis y
his own comb before a piece
glass stuck between the cD''
daubing. -,
AS he was making his to'ls h
closely observed by the sn,
of the family, who was clos
pair of cottonade pants n''s
hickory shirt, with one
tened by a nail. Shoes suu
lacking, and his hair nsa, ~.
combed for six weeks. ne '"
visitor So closely that MI ~
he was making an excellen' ~ =.
on the young barbarian 49, ~.
the last touch, the boy, un's y,
tain himself longer, broke % q.
"Say, Mister he inquire. ~
a good deal of trouble "
The Reader Magazine.
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B. PAYNTER, LUMBER H'FR

The subject Of this ss-=oh Nj,
Paynter is one Of the bes- Enov1 ,
in kingsland. Ark. havt1g rakq,
his abode there ab0uJ IL 4ear
AT that time he was W. }Ir. n
Vance in the gensyaf raarcba,I
business, but the Confinement p1
to much for him. and he and
Daniel bought the HoFson saw
plant. located in kingsian6. TheS
at that time was not in operation \
after the starting OF the MIL Mr. II
iel and Mr. Pavnter dissolved pa5s
ship, Mr.. Paynter taking he lmyy
business, while Mr.. Dane 8 stHq
gagged in buying and selling nerd
die.
Mr.. Paynter now has about s.N
invested in the plant. handling th:N
of several small mills and hal.a I
about six million feet per year d
finished product, the principal mai !!
being in the north and west. Oh II
uary l his plans are to increaa
mill to double its capacity to d|s
mill to double its calM
in order to keep apace u
the demand for the product n
Paynter is man Of fine business NJ
ifications. fine personal appearalGM M
striking figure.
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LEALl BRICK COMPANY

The Leali Fire and Pressed 4
company, incorporated in 1901
resents a 100000 investment. and
officers are at present: G. NJ. Ham
of Fordyce. president; Dr.. Wm
thWitt Of Draughon, vice president
Buster, treasurer; DR.. Ghas. LeaI |
retary. The very finest grade o. |
has been found t., be at this comp
command. running exceedingly n
silica, and enabling the fire bF
stand $500 degrees of heat witho1
signs of being over burned. II
pacity OF this enormous plant
600 common brick and 20,Q0p
brick per day. The plant is thon
equipped with the latest improve
chinery, having both the up anu
draft burning kilns. The marx
the product is found in ArkanSa'
isiana and Texas. B. H. WOOD
dyce is general manager, and
Rodgers is the sales agent anu
Of affairs at the plant. Mr.. Roas
a competent brick man, and v"
assistance Of ]. T. Earhart as W
tendent, he has been able TO w
plant running at its full capael'
plant produces a fine presseu
which takes an iron spotted app'
which has become exceedingly y
for facing brick mantles, etc.
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MRS, JENNIE HOWELL.

Mrs. Jennie Howell is the proprie-
tress Of the Howell House, a hotel that
is we'll and favorably known. The city
is we'll provided to care for the strang-
er within its gates.
TIE Commercial Hotel is also first
class dollar day inn.
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It takes a political ola ~
things that sound wen "n
ing.
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the commission has done for the ship
per.. Mr. Hampton is now ffJy-nine
years Of &c, is active and in the prime
CT his business career.
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BANK OF FORDYCE,

The Bank OF Fordyce is the principal
banking house for Fordyce, and the
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Continued on Page Six.
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Professor Bailey,s study of Suicides.

Professor Bailey's Study Of Suicides.
Perhaps something more than NOR
bid interest attaches to the suicide sta
tistics lately prepared after thorough
investigation by Professor Bailey Of
Yale university, as they possibly point
to some general conditions to which so
biologists may address corrective at
tention. Working on basis of 10000
suicide cases, covering the period Of
1897 to 1901, Professor Bailey finds
that 1871 of these were men and 2,219-
women. Nearly half Of the total, or
1907, were married. OF the remain
der 4,054 were single, 679 widowed and
1913 divorced, the marital condition Of
262 being unknown. Professor Bailey
found that more single, widowed and
divorced women commit suicide than
men in like condition, while married
men are more prone to take their lives
than married women. The largest per-
centage of suicides occur between the
ages Of thirty and forty years, followed
closely by the preceding decade of life,
tWo-thirds of the suicides being found
between twenty and fifty years. OF
the total 80 per cent found death by
means of shooting and 27 per cent by
poison, much smaller percentages
choosing drowning, cutting. gas, jump
ing. hanging, etc. He points out that
dependency is the leading motive
claiming about 20 per cent Of the vic
tins, while business loss, III health and
insanity account for about Is per cent
each, followed in order Of frequency
by disappointment in love. It is noted
that suicide on account Of alcoholism
Is seventeen times as common among
men as women.
While it may be impossible for any
human agency ever to combat success
fully the suicide evil save by persua-
sion Of individuals, the deductions to
be drawn from such Investigations as
that Of Professor Bailey may develop
lines Of inquiry and corrective inf1u-
ences which viii possibly lessen the
now alarming number OF cases Of self
destruction.
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AGAIN it seems necessary 20 put in
a gentle reminder that anonymous
communications are never published
ia any newspaper. No matter how
good they are they invariably ind their
way TO the waste basket. The writer's
name must be signed to the article in
order to insure publication, not nee
essarily for publication in the paper,
out as a guarantee to the publishers Of
the good faith of the man who wrote
it. We have been obliged to reject
some good articles recently of the kind
that Horace Greedy used to say made
mighty interestin' readin',' because
they were not signed, and as far as
we could judge from 2 perusal of the
articles, there is no earthly reason
why the writer's should not have been
willing to sign them, or even have his
name published in connection with
them
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W. W. Cooper is Elected President Of
the Kenosha County Building and
Loan Association.
FIRST YEAR A SUCCESSFUL ONE.
Association is Shown to be In Splendid Con-
dition by the Report of the
Different Oficials.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Kenosha County Build
ing Loan & Investment Association,
was held at the Office of the Associa-
ton on Tuesday evening.
The roll call showed two.thirds of
the stock present. with the noticeable
feature of the large number present
owning only small number of shares,
which indicated the interest taken in
the Association by the workingmen of
the city. The proposed amendments
to the BYLAWS were taken up in their
order and such as were considered an
Improvement and for the best interests
of the Association were adopted by a
unanimous vote. A committee con-
sisting of Messrs. James Pennefeather,
5. G. Newman, r. ]. Lewis, John Hal
lett and DR.. VIM. M. Pugh was
appointed to nominate candidates for
directors to serve for the coming three
years. After consultation the COM
mittee presented the names of Messrs.
Herman Brockhaus, Michael Iserman,
F.. c. Aileman, w. ]. Evans, Joseph
A. Pitts and DIR. VIM. M. Pugh.
President Cooper gave the meeting
an interesting talk on the benefits of
the Association to every one DESTROYS
of having saving fund, and the safe
and sure means of getting home by
small monthly payments to the As
ISOLATION, congratulated the mem bers
upon the good showing of the Associa-
ton at the end of the first year, being
the best of any Association with which
he had been connected for a number
of years.
Remarks were made by other men,
bers calling attention to the fact that
the Kenosha County Building, Loan
& Investment Association was home
institution controlled and managed by
Kenosha citizens. A vote of thanks
was extended to the officers, directors
and committee Eof managers for the
time given to the business of the As
ISOLATION.
President Cooper on the part of him
self and brother officers, expressed the
pleasure he experienced by this vote
of appreciation on the part of the
members.
Immediately after the adjournment
of the meeting of the stockholders, the
directors met and elected the following
officers: President, w. w. Cooper;
Vice-Pres., James Pennefeather; Sec
rotary, John H. Corcoran; Treasurer,
Charles c. Brown; Attorney, James
Cavanagh, and a committee of man
ayers, consisting of the president,
vice president, secretary and Directors
Brockhaus and Werve.
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MARATHON ECoUNrY LANDS.

The recent opening up of thousands
of acres of fine farming and timber
lands in Marathon county, has created
quite rush of settlers and investors
to thats section of the State. Mara
thon county, situated almost exactly
in the center of the State, is noted for
it's fertility and its natural resources.
Nearly every acre of land is tillable.
Government reports show that there
is smallers percentage of waste aud
swamp lands than in almost any other
county in the State. Marathon is one
of the leading counties at the State
Fair in agricultural and dairy pro-
ducts. The unimproved lands within
a short distance from railroad stations
are covered with hardwood timber in
quantities sufficient to pay for the
price of the land andsthe cost of clear
ing. Thelsett1er can find a handsome
profit in the sale of timber products,
besides making a valuable farm and
home in this fertile region by clearing
the land. E These lands.can be had at
from six to sixteen dollars per acre,
and somel partly improved farms at
correspondingly low figure.
FREE excursions for purchasers run
weekly to Wausau, the center of this
region. For further information APP
ply to A. E. BUcKMAsTER,
dj17-20 il 1-3 w9 Kenosha, Wis.
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THE new child labor law will relieve
Judge Slosson to considerable extent
of one of his most onerous and dis
agreeable duties. He has been at all
times very careful about issuing per-
nits for children to work in the fac
tories but it has been sometimes very
difficult for him to decide just where to
draw the line. The new law gives
no option in the matter of issuing GER
tidcates to children under age and he
will be spared the necessity of deciding
difficult cases on his own responsible
ity. Under the new law children be-
low fourteen years of age will not be
permitted to work in the factories un-
der any circumstances and applica-
lions for permits from parents of
children over fourteen must be accom-.
panied by birth or baptisnal certi6-
Gates or other satisfactory evidence
that the children have attained the
legal age. The afidavits of the parents
will no longer be taken as final. The
court is simply to decide on the evil
deuce presented whether or not the
applicant is of legal age and if the
evidence is not forthcoming no per.
snit will be issued.
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A New South American Alliance

A New South American Alliance.
The report comes from Buenos Ayres
that the Argentine Republic, Chile, Bra
al and Uruguay have formed an alli-
ance to help each other in case any Eu-
ropean power should threaten their
sovereignty, to advance diplomatic In
tervention in case of conflicts between
European nations and any South Amer
lean republic not included in the alli-
ance, and to observe, with other South
American republics, policy calculated
to prevent conflicts.
While there is very little likelihood
that any European power will ever
threaten the sovereignty Of any South
American republic, the alleged alliance
would undoubtedly serve useful pur-
pose by Its second and third provi-
Gons. It at least indicates that the
South American republics are rather
more inclined than formerly to settle
their disputes without resort to arms.
A long step was taken in this direc-
ton when Argentina and Chile lately
agreed to bury the Ratchet and reduce
their ornaments. During the past few
months several disputes between other
South American republics have been
settled by arbitration, and the recent
tendency has been all in the direction
Of peace and good will.
The recent Venezuelan incident has
somewhat intensified the previously
existing Spanish resentment
against Europe and naturally served to
draw the South American republics
closer together and convince them Of
the identity of their interests.
South American history does not fur
nish precedents for enduring alliances
even in the face of common danger,
and it is possible that the contracting
parties to the proposed compact are
overestimating their own strength Of
purpose as well as exaggerating their
peril. Certain it is that they need
have no fear Of European sovereignty,
as the Monroe doctrine will amply pre-
tect them against any such emer-
gency. If, however, they choose to get
together for better understanding in
their relations with each other, such
an alliance as the one suggested will
prove of value. 1t certainly could not
be inimical to the United States, whose
only desire in the premises is that they
live in peace and prosper.
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EITHER the Council should enforce
theEordinance against throwing refuse
an the streets or increase the street
cleaning force. The posting of the or
dinance seems to have had little effect
and more energetic measures will have
to be taken to keep the streets decentlY
clean. The appearance of Main street
especially is disgraceful and it must
give strangers coming into the city
for the first time very bad impression
to see the principal business street 50
Uttered up and unkept. The street
commissioner is doing his best with
the means at his disposal to keep Main
street fairly clean but his best efforts
can have little effect unless the mer-
chants come to his assistance.
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KENoSHA BOY IN THE FLOOD.
d. Ryan Writes Home of the Experiences
In the Great Flood at st. Louie.

ID. Ryan Writes Home of the Experiences
In the Great Flood at st. Louie.
D. Ryan a well known Kenosha boy
has been in the midst of the great
flood of the Mississippi river during
the past week at Granite City, ILL.,,
and he has written home an interest
ing letter in regard to the flood. He
says 81 got through the flood all right
but 1t was one Of the worst sights any
one ever saw. stood on the bridge
and watched houses floating down the
main street which a moment before
had been filled with wagons. When
the flood came it came fast and in a
moment there was from six to eight
feet of water in the houses. AS far as
one could see it was nothing to note
houses floating in the water and to
hear people imploring the rescuing
parties to save them.
II built scow on the roof of the
house in which was staying and it
came in handy. In order to keep the
scow was forced to sleep in it. /
helped to save good many of the peo-
pie in the flooded districts. The houses
are all being robbed and the robberies
are being blamed on to the water rats
who have been assisting the people to
escape"
The letter from the former Keno
shan shows that there is great de.
mand for assistance in the stricken
neighborhood.
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THE town is full of telephone agents
Investigating complaints. In the
opinion of the majority of the sub
scribers what is needed in Kenosha is
a little less investigating sand a little
more correcting of existing evils. And
speaking about investigations and
things of that kind, if'Gsome of the
rumors. anent the new owners of the
independent line have APPROXIMATION
in fact the city may have to do little
work along the investigating line on
ats own account before long.
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CROP OUTLOOK GOOD.
Farmers Well Satisfied With Conditions of
Crops in Kenosha County This Year.

Crops in Kenosha County This Year.
The farmers of Kenosha county
seem to be entirely satisfied with the
crop outlook for the county for this
season and reports from all parts of
the county indicate that the crops are
in splendid condition. The hay and
oats crop promises to be a record
breaker and the crop of small fruit is
well up to the average. Some Of the
corn has not as yet been planted and
the corn that is up seems to have
"sickish" appearance. II is probable
that the summer season will bring out
the late corn 1rop and make an average
crop of it.
The strawberries which are now be-
ing brought into market are as fine as
any ever raised in the county and they
are far superior to any berries received
from other states during the year.
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DANES BIG DAY.
Kenosha Dania Society Entertains Thous-
ands at Central Park Sunday.

Kenosha Dania Society Entertains Thous-
ands at Central Park Sunday.
All records for attendance at Central
Park were broken Sunday afternoon
when the DANA Society of Kenosha
entertained their friends at a picnic at
the Park and it is estimated that dur.
ing the day more than Eve thousand
people passed into the park and par
took OF the hospitality of the hosts of
the day. Every car leaving both Ra-
cine and Kenosha was packed gto the
limit and more would have gone to the
Park II transportation could have been
provided. It was an all day picnic and
from early morning until late at NIGHT
the day was contiuousround of pleas
ure. All sorts of amusement was pro.
vided for the visitors and the Danes
showed that they knew how to enter
tain in ROY al manner. While dane
ing was the feature of the day the
bowling alleys and other amusements
did thriving business.
Financially the picnic was one of
the most successful ever given by any
Kenosha society
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The city's grocery store experiment
will be watched with interest all over
the state as novel departure in the
line of municipal ownership. 1t would
certainly be an ideal state of affairs if
the city could raise enough by utiliz-
ing pauper labor on its poor farm to
take care of its other dependents who
are absolutely unable to do anything
for themselves. The present expert
ment is made under exceptionally fav-
orable conditions, the city securing
the services of an experienced store
keeper and place to keep its store
without charge. In the opinion of the
x11en who know most about the way the
paupers have been taken care of bv
the city for the past few years it has
cost US altogether too much money TO
care for our dependent poor and the
list of those receiving help from the
city has been altogether too long. The
present pauper committee seems to be
determined to change the old order Of
things if possible and has already cut
down the COST: of keeping the depend
ent poor, and it goes without saying
that any further reductions they can
make will meet with the approval Of
the taxpayers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-06-18

THE Fourth of July committee, after
spending one entireRday in the attempt
to collect enough money to insure the
success of the plans made for cele-
bration, has given up in disgust. It is
evident thatathe people who would be
most benefited by getting the crowd
TO stay home and celebrate instead of
going out of town to spend their
money do not care to have any cele-
bration this year.
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If any one is laboring under the
delusion that Kenosha is not a good
town to do business in, he ought to
take little look around some Satur-
day night. The crowd was SO dense
on Main street Saturday night that a
person in hurry had to take the
street to make any progress, and the
merchants all did rushing business,
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THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1908.

AS AN example of low down mean
ness the man who tried to induce the
Missouri Pacific freight handlers who
were working overtime to get food to
the food sufferers to strike is pretty
nearly the limit.
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Fourth of July Excursion Rates

Via the Northwestern Line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold at low rates to
points on the North Western system
within zoo miles of selling station,
July and 4, good returning until july
9, inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago
& North Western R'y. d-W8
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Fourth of July

Rates via the Nickel Plate Road. One
fare for the round trip, July 3rd and
4th, within 200 miles of starting point.
Return limit July 9th. Chicago City
Ticket Office, III Adams ST, and
Auditorium Annex. w8
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At the recent meeting IF the Upton
company, limited, the shareholders
gave three rousing cheers for the
Shamrock III. This would seem to In
dicate that they have changed their
minds in regard to the advertising val
ue of the cup races and are now agree
Ing with the gallant Sir Thomas.
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ADVERTISED MAIL MATTER.

The following is a list of the mail
matter remaining uncalled for iii the
Kenosha postoh6ce, kenosha county,
Wis, for week ending June 18th,
1908, and which will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office at the expiration OF
two weeks, unless called for:
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City Clerk.
STATE OF WISCONSIN. lss


Notice is hereby given that the above and
foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regu-
lar meeting of the Common Council of the
mon Council room, in the City of Kenosha
Wis., on the fifteenth day of June A. d. 1908
and Will be considered by the Common Council
meeting Of said Common l11 Council to be held at
the Common Council room, In the City of Ke-
nosha. Kenosha County, Wisconsin, on the
twentieth day Of July, A. D. 1903, at eight
BY order of the Common Council of the City
of KenOSha, Wisconsin.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF we have hereunto
set our hands and affixed the seal of the said
City of Kenosha. Wisconsin, this fifteenth day
of June A. D.. 1908.
CHAS. H. PFENNIG,
Attest: GUS. JACOB, -
VS. CIV Clerk.
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MARKET REPORT

Closing prices for New York stocks yester-
day and today rs furnished by s'The Hadden-
Rodeo Co.. 1871 Park street: