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Republican County Convention.

Notice is hereby given. that Re-
publican County Convention for Clat-
sop, county. State OF oregon, win be
held at the City OF Astoria, on Satur-
day. April Q. 1904. at the court house
at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day. for the
purpose OF nominating the following
county officers to be voted for at the
state election to be held on Monday,
June 0, 1904, and electing 10 delegates
to attend the Republican state con-
vention to be held at the city OF Port
land. on Tuesday, April IL. 1904. and
10 delegates to the congressional con-
vention;
Two representatives.
One county clerk.
One sheriff.
One treasurer.
One county commissioner.
One coroner.
One assessor.
One surveyor.
Justices of the peace and constab-
les in the. various precincts.
The various precincts of the county
are entitled to one delegate at large
and one delegate for every rs votes
or fraction over OF the votes cast for
T. !. Dunbar for secretary OF state, the
apportionment being as follows:
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-03-03

erendum vote. viii be brought before
it.
Numbers of the members of the 9TH
er local branches Of the party voted
upon the amendment at their espective
meetings yesterday evening.
Smyrna times., 1904-10-05
Welded FOR FlPrY.FlvR YEARS.
Fohy.fOur Relatives Attend the Celebration of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert RaughIey.

Forty.fOur Relatives Attend the Celebration of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Raughley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Raughley, two
of the best known residents of Dover,
celebrated their fifty-fifth wedding an
niversary Wednesday, in the presence
OF fOrty-four of their relatives. Mr..
Raughley, who has held many posi-
tions of trust in this county, among
them that of clerk of the peace, and
who, though 81 years old, is as active
a citizen of the State capital as there
is, is ''forty- Miner" He was married
to Miss Letta Smith at Whiteleysburg
in September q, 1S49, and the very
looks of the couple to-day, delighted
as they were in each other, and sur
rounded by twenty-five of their off.
spring, together with the wives or
husbands of their children, was sug-
gested by Mr.. Raughley as a testi-
monial that marriage is not by any
means a failure. In all there were
eight children, sixteen grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren present
at the anniversary, only three grand
children being absent. The happy
family has been broken but once by
death in all the half century, the ex.
ception being the death of the ninth
child of the couple, who died after
reaching the age of "a years.
The children present were Mr.. an6
Mrs. Hooper Ross of Harrington anC
their children, Miss Emma Ross anC
Robert Ross, (the latter was presen
with his wife and two children); Mr.
and Mrs. r. j. Raughley of Greens
boro, Md, and their daughter Mis-
Bessie Raughley; Mr.. and Mrs. N.
Raughley Of Wilmington, and thre
chlldren-Ralph, Robert and Louise
DIR. R. @. Raughley of Berlin, N. j
Mrs. Charles B. Wilson of Philade
phia; Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Raughle
Of Philadelphia, and two children
Eugene and Anna; Mr.. and Mrs. Gee
baughley of Dover, and six children
Talbot, Eugenia, Wilson, Franci
Laura and Robert; DIR. and Mr.
shadrack Raughley of Philadelphi
Ihe two great-grandchildre presel
were Leland and Pauline, the chiIdr,
OF Robert Ross.
Smyrna times., 1904-10-05
CAPITAL CASE IN KENT COUNTY.
Special Session of the Oyer and Termluer to
Try William Brown Of Clayton.

A special session of the Court of
Oyer and Terminer for Kent county
has been called to try the capital case
of William Brown, the negro who muir.
dered a white man at Clayton early in
the summer, and who will be put on
trial for his life at Dover this month.
The special jurors were drawn for this
court as follows:
First district, Joseph H. Garner,
George D. Wright, G. H. Baynard;
secoud, H. @. Taylor, Oliver Lafferty;
third, w. S. Colpitts, Joshua A. Short;
fourth, Horace Caldwell, William Mar
vel; fifth, Daniel Farrow, Jr., George
F. Jones, Fl. G. Forkum; sixth, Char
les Wyatt, John G. Meredith; seventh,
Frank Lodge, Daniel Bellman; eighth,
William Davis, John II. Carrow,
William J. Maxen; ninth, William
Carroll, William B.. Peters, Charles v.
Cannon; tenth, James G. McCaffrey,
John Ward.
Acting Prothonotary Hammond and
Clerk of the Peace McCommons also
drew the following jury for the Court
of General Sessions:
First district, Francis E. Postles,
Charles B. Archer, Llewellyn T.
Davis; second, George Raughley
John W. Tarbutton, Merritt F. Lynch
third, George Wright, Mason W
Bailey, Samuel Boyd; fourth, Mari
Nichols, Warner .Cowdright, John G
Thompson; fifth, Stephen Martindale
james Lane, Frank s. Rowan; sixth,
George Sylvester, John L. Moore
Lewis Sewans; seventh, Martin L
Wagner, James Abbott, Charles Fl
Wagner; eighth, Albert W. Thomas
William Scanlon, Isaac R. Jester
. ninth, Frank Newman, George r
t Spence, John B. Mileham; tenth, Ns
a thaniel French, Adrian O. Woodruff
John r. Hammond. u.
Smyrna times., 1904-10-05
.PROHIBITIONISTS OF KENT
COUNTY HOLD CONVENTION
NAME FULL TICKET WITH EXCEPTION OF
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.
Jefferson Cooper of CheswOId For Sheriff aud
Benjamin F. MattifOrd of Smyrna Levy
COurtman For Duck Greek Hundred.


The Prohibition convention We'd
nesday yielded to the local option
movement and decided to put no legis-
lative ticket in the field IN this state,
thus throwing the local optiOnists the
votes of the entire Prohibition move
ment to aid in securing ante-electlon
pledges from the legislative candidates
of the Republican and Democratic par
ties. The prohibitiOnists, however, IN
q resolution offered by DR.. Alfred
Smith, the temperance evangelist of
Dover, took a crack in passing at
corruption and the political corrup-
ZIONIST" whom they declare they did
not desire to aid. The resolutions as
finally passed are as follows:
"Whereas, The Prohibition party
through all its history has stood not
only for the destruction of the saloon
but also for clean politics and right
eous government, therefore,
'Resolved, That we, the represen-
tatives of the Prohibition party in
Kent county, Delaware, in county
convention assembled, reiterate our
adherence of all forms of political
corruption and our contempt for the
political corruptionist, and solemnly
and positively refuse as a party to en-
ter into any alliance with any party
that is guilty of corrupt methods to
secure its ends. We will follow the
scriptural injunction "have no fellow
ship with the unfrultful works of dark
ness"
Resolved II, That in view oi
what seems to be m awakened public
sentiment IN this state and county
along the lines of local option as 6
method for dealing with the saloor
evil, certain candidates for the Legis
lature on other party tickets having
indicated their intention to vote fol
the submission of the question of Ii
cense or no license to the people i
elected to the Legislature, we will
agree for this time not to run opposi
ton or stand in their way so far al
this matter is concerned and will nom
mate no candidate for the legisativ,
branch of the ticket"
The Kent county Prohibiitlonist
nominated this county ticket, leavin:
the legislative branch blank:
Sheriff, Jefferson B Cooper, Ches
void; Coroner, John Outten, Harring
,; County Treasurer, John Hutton
Dover; Register of Wills, DIR. J. W
West, Harrington; Prothonotary. Johl
Heyd, FELTON,.
Levy Court CdmmissioneIs-Firs
district, Benjamin F. Mattiford, Smyr
ma; third, William T. Sapp, Cheswold
fifth, William F. Christopher, Dover
sixth, James G.. Jester, Sandtown
seventh, John B. Nickerson, Wood
side; ninth, William Il. Knox, Hai
rington.
The county committee elected Jei
ferson B. Cooper of Cheswold as il
chairman for the campaign.
Smyrna times., 1904-10-05
REPUBLICANS UNABLE TO HARMONIZe.

REPUBLICANS UNABLE TO HARMONIZE.
Met at Wilmington Thursday and After Dicker.
Ing for Seven Hours, Give Up and Return.
After seven and one-half hours of
deliberation and the exchange of nu-
merous. overtures, the Republicans
and Union Republicans state commit
tees Thursday failed to agree upon a
single state and Congressional ticket.
At $50 o'clock Senator J. Frank Alice
and Secretary of State Caleb Il. Lay
ton, who were dickering in behalf of
the Union Republican organization,
received the last statement from the
Republican committee. Placing the
communication into his pocket, Sena-
tor Alice remarked to the Republican
subcommittee that had presented it to
him: Your communication will be
fled in the archives of our committee. "
Thus came to naught the efforts of
the organizations to get together.
First the Unionists submitted names
of seven men from which they desired
the Regulars select compromise for
governor.
Rejecting these names, the Regulars
submitted the names of eight promi-
nent Republicans, from which they
desired the Unionists to select the
governor.
Thrusting aside these names, the
Unionists hurled back a proposal that
the two organizations enter into COM
mon primaries throughout the state
at this late day to elect delegates to a
state convention that would name a
single Republican state and Congress
sional ticket.
To this the Regulars replied that
there is no legal authority under which
common primaries can now be held in
New Castle county, as such primaries
would be contrary to the provisions of
the primary election law.
The Union Republicans answered
that they were aware that the common
primaries could not be held legally un-
der the primary election law, but they
made the proposition to ascertain the
will of the majority of the Republican
voters of the state.
In their reply to this the Regular;
set forth in detail reasons why such &
primary could not legally be held, anG
why the Union Republicans was not
practicable especially after both par
ties have held their primaries. Wher
this reply was handed to Senator AL
lee, he remarked: ''Your communica
tions will be filed in the archives o
our committee"
That terminated negotiations for tn,
day. No further meetings of the TIVE
state committee have been arranged
and harmony is as far distant as 1t was
before the two organizations ex
changed overtures.
The names from which the Republi
cans desired the Unionists to selectI
compromise governor, but which wer
rejected, we're: DIR. Joseph H. Chand
Ter, of Centreville; Preston Lea, O
Wilmington; Ohio Nowland, of vii
mlngton; William W. Lobdell, of Viii
mingtou; Henry Cleaver, of Delawar,
City; Theodore F. Clark, of Delawar
City; Merritt N. Willis, of Middle
town; Daniel W. Corbett, of Odessa.
The names from which the Unio
Republicans desired the Republican
to select a compromise for Governor
but which were not acceptable were
Henry G. Conrad, of Wilmington; D.
Abram E. Frantz, of Wilmington
General 1. Thomas Parker, of Wi
mington; DIR. George W. Marshall ,
Milford; George H. Murray of Viol
Daniel J. Layton of Georgetown.
Smyrna times., 1904-10-05
I'LL Stuffed Up

That's the condition of many sufferers
from catarrh, especially in the morning.
Great difficulty is experienced in clear
ing the head and throat.
No wonder catarrh causes headache,
impairs the taste, smell and hearing,
pollutes the breath, deranges the stom-
ach and affects the appetite.
To cure catarrh, treatment must be
constitutional-alter and tonic.
Il was afflicted with catarrh. 1 took
medicines of different kinds, giving each
a fair trial; but gradually grew worse until
could hardly hear, taste or smell. l then
concluded to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, and
after taking five bottles 1 was cured and
have not had any return OF the disease
SINCE" EUGENE FORBES, Lebanon, Kan.
Hoods JarSdpdriLLG
Cures catarrh-it soothes and strength
ems the mucous membrane and builds
up the whole system.
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u.s. Then l attempted to pass the
lines, was arrested and carried before
the duke. He read the manuscript and
found no plot, no play. will show
you more plot than Is to be found in
all the plays Of Christendom."
Stepping to fire, he seized brand
and, selecting certain page Of his
manuscript, held it to the heat. Brown
letters appeared, giving plainly the
message:
We are with you heart and soul and will
accept the throne that rightfully belongs
to US. THEEBOLD, x. R.
This was not all. Every tenth word
of the manuscript, read together, gave
minute details of plan for overturn-
ing the existing government.
A few weeks later, when the rising
bad been successful, the duke was led
before the young man who had posed
as an author.
"Your grace" he said. you were
pleased to consider my production all
work and no play. You were correct.
In acknowledgment OF your critical
discernment you will not be molested.
Indeed the prince will offer you an i'm
portant post in the new government"
F. A. Mitchell.
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Notice

OF the introduction OF an act in the next
General Assembly, providing for the
removal of the Parish seat from Benton
to Bossier City, La.
Notice is hereby given in pursuance to
IN Article SO of the Constitution of
1898, of the State Of Louisiana, that it is
the intention to apply to the next General
Assembly of this State which convenes
at Baton Rouge, La, in May, 1904, for
the passage of a special law authorizing
the removal of the parish seat from
Benton, in the Parish OF Bossier, to
Bossier City, said parish. Which act
shall provide for the ordering of an cleo
ton by the Police Jury of said parish,
for the purpose of obtaining an express
sion of the qualified voters of said parish,
as to the adoption or rejection Of the
said act pursuant to Article 278 Of the
State Constitution; to provide also for
the form of the ballot to be used at said
election; for the appointment of Com
missioners and Managers to hold the
said election; for making the returns OF
the same and the PRONUNCIATION thereof;
for the cost of holding said election, and
such other provisions as may be neces-
sary under the Constitution and laws OF
the State.
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In Apple-Bloom Time.

/ am drunk with the breath of blossoms,
am mad with the hum of bees.
Yon robin is trilling lullaby
Learned at my mothers knees.
And the present, with all its problems,
And the future, with all it's fears,
Fade out of sight like dream of night,
And live in the by-gone years.
For the song and the perfume mingle
In potion that thrills like wine,
And the cup that was drunken in Paradise
Is proffered thee, heart of mine!
And the leafy locks of the forests
That beckon and laugh and rhyme
Are the same sweet green that they were,
Tween,
And will be till the end of Time.
For the world may change in its passing,
And the hearts of men grow cold,
But the dear old earth, and whom she
loves,
Shall never wax wise or old.
JOHN LEIsK TAFT.
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The Expression $50 Long"

With reference to the origin Of the
familiar expression $50 long" CORE
spondent of the London Academy sug.
gests that it is derived from the Nor.
wegian ''Saa Laenge," common form
of farewell, equivalent in meaning to
Eau revoir" and pronounced like 80
long," with the "g'' softened. There
was a fair number of Norwegians
among the settlers in America, to
judge by names, and it is quite likely
the phrase was picked up from them
1t is in general use among the Dutch
in South Africa.
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The Man In Love.

The ordinary man in love is sorry
makes his love conventionally and con
stinually disappoints the woman, who
wishes to see new lights gleam in his
eyes. He is in poignant fear of dis
covery; he has horror of ridicule; his
one dread is lest he make fool OF
himself. But a woman is cheap chit
indeed if she spends thought on such
nonsense her abandon is superb
London Queen.
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For Sale or Rent,

ON best terms, my plantation, known
~ as the Huckabay place, described
as follows: VIZ of NW14 of section 9,
EH Of section s, VIZ of VIZ of section
10, NEA and NJ of NW4 of section
Is, SWA Of NWL4 of section Is, town
ship Is, range IL, containing $40 acres,
situated two miles from Koran and five
miles from Taylortown. The place has
five or six good houses on it. Possession
given January 1, 1905, when the present
lease expires, or will rent to responsible
parties on that date. Address
MARX BLUEsTElN, Shreveport, La.
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Tax Ordinances

As adopted By the Booster Levee Board,
in regular session, April z, 1904, for
the Year 1904.
An ordinance levying 10 mill tax on
all property in the Bossier Levee Dis
trict subject to taxation for levee pur-
poses for the year 1904.
Be it Ordained by the Board of Com
missioners of the Bossier Levee District
in regular session convened, That dis
trict levee tax of 10 mills on the dollar of
its assessed valuation be and is hereby
levied on all property situated in the
Bossier Levee District, subject to taxa
ton for levee purposes, for the year 1904.
An ordinance levying local assessment
OF 5 cents per acre on every acre of
alluvial land within the Bossier Levee
District for the year 1904.
Be it Ordained by the Board of Com
missioners of the Bossier Levee District
in regular session convened, That a
local assessment of 5 cents per acre on
each and every acre of alluvial land
within the Bossier Levee District, for
the year 1904, be and is hereby levied.
An ordinance levying local assessment
of $50 per mile on railroads within the
Bossier Levee District for the year
1903.
Be it Ordained by the Board of Com
missioners or the Bossier Levee District
in regular session convened, That a
local assessment OF $50 per mile be and
is hereby levied, for the year 1904, on
every mile Of railroad situated within
the Bossier Levee District.
An ordinance levying special assess
ment OF 80 cents per bale on each bale
of cotton raised within the Bossier
Levee District for the year 1904.
Whereas, the funds to raise from the
10 mill district levee tax, 5 cents acreage
tax and $50 per mile railroad tax are not
sufficient to locate, construct and repair
the levees so as to prevent disastrous
floods,
Be it Resolved and Ordained by the
Board Of Commissioners of the Bossier
Levee District in regular session con-
vened, That a special assessment of Sc
cents per bale be and is hereby levied on
every bale of cotton produced in the
Bossier Levee District, on land subject
to taxation in said district, during the
year 1904.
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Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given OF the inten-
IN ton of the city OF Shreveport to
apply to the General Assembly, by
amendment, or otherwise, for authority
to build, construct and operate bridge
across Red River in front of the city,
and to use the entire tolls, less mainten-
ance, on the present Vicksburg, Shreve-
port and Pacific railroad bridge, or the
new bridge, to pay for the construction
OF the new bridge; tolls beyond actual
maintenance to cease when the cost of
the new structure has been paid.
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Homestead Entry No. 62s4.

department OF the Interior,
Land Once at Natchitoches, La,
April II, 1904.
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol-
IN lowing named settler has filed no.
tici OF his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the Clerk OF
the District Court, at Benton, La, on
June 1, 1904, viz:
Homestead Entry No. 1884 Richard
Swiney, OF Taylortown, La.-for the east
half OF southeast quarter, section s,
township Ii North, range II West, Lou
isiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz:
Spencer Miries, Joe Lister, Pollard
Harris and Brock Tut, all Of Taylor
town, La.
J. ERNEST BRHDA, Register.
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His Sfarf.

"Your son is going in for literature, I
understand"
Eyes, and he's made an excellent
start already. He went to auction this
morning and bought secondhand
writing desk very p."-Exchange
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Savings Deposits.

Merchants and Farmers Bank, corner
Spring and Texas streets, Shreveport.
The savings deposits of this bank is
one Of its deservedly popular features.
Interest at the rate of three per cent per
annum is allowed on all sums of one dol
lar and upwards remaining on deposit
three or more calendar months.
When made during the first three days
OF any month, interest is allowed on
these deposits as if made on the first day
in the month. Interest on all sums not
drawn will be payable on the first days
OF February and August, and interest
not then withdrawn is added to the prin-
ciple, thereby giving depositors COM
pound interest.
Deposits may be made by married
women or minors in their own names.
Facilities are given depositors to draw
money.
Deposits made for a longer period than
six months draw higher rate than or
binary savings deposits,
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The Happy Future.

Mrs. Waggles-Everythin we have
here in the house is SO old it is shabby.
Waggl"s = Have little patience, my
dear. When they get little older they
will be antique.-Judge.
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EGGS for Matching from thoroughbred
Il Plymouth Rock Chickens of the
Belmont strain, Belmont, Ca, which
yards are famous for having won more
premiums than any other in the South.
Every chicken is beauty. Price, ST so
per setting OF IS eggs; pay the express
charges. Address
Mrs. c. .SANDIDGE. Hauphton. La.
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Homestead Entry No. 1923.

Department of the Interior, !
Land Once at Natchitoches, La, :
April 8, 1904. J
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol-
~ lowing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before Register and Re-
ceiver, at Natchitoches, La, on May II,
1904, viz: Homestead Entry No. 1923
Benjamin J. Lockwood, of Florien, La
for the southwest quarter of southwest
quarter section %, township 6 North,
range 10 West, Louisiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz: Eugene
Phares, John Davis and John Skinner,
of Florien, La, and Marcus Addison, OF
Corleyville, La.
]. ERNEST BREDA, Register.
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Notice


OF the introduction of an act in the next
General Assembly, providing for the
issuance of One Hundred Thousand
Dollars Worth of Bonds by the Bos-
sier Levee District of Bossier Parish,
Louisiana.
win be nGa ntrodagee edn in 'nas sn aee
of law that it is the intention of the
Bossier Levee District to apply to the
next General Assembly of this State,
which convenes at Baton Rouge, La, in
May, 1904, for the passage of a special
law authorizing and providing for the
issuance of One Hundred Thousand
Dollars Worth OF Bonds to relieve the
Bossier Levee District of its present
financial embarrassment.
w. B. MCCORMICK, President.
T. N. BRADEN, JR., Secretary.
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homestead Entry NO. 1903.
Department of the Interior, \
Land Office at Natchitoches, La. :
April 8, 1904. J
NOTICE is hereby given that the fol-
IN lowing named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof in
support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before Clerk District Court
at Benton, La, on May 16, 1904, viz:
Homestead Entry No. 7353-James M.
Collie, of Emma, La.-for the southwest
quarter OF southwest quarter, section 81,
township % North, range II West, Lou
isiana Meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said land, viz: E. D. Fos-
ter, w. F. McClelland, Charley Floyd
and Frank Wander, all of Emma, La.
J. ERNEST BREDA, Register.