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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-24
STORE ROOM FOR RENT.
Good Ice Business for Rent.

The store room which ] purchased
and moved to new foundation
near the depot is now reftted and
ready for occupancy. A few minor
details are left to be arranged to
suit the wishes of the renter. Rooms
above the store may be utilized for
residence purposes and the build
ing complete is a desirable and com
modious structure for any business.
Will make satisfactory terms
with the right party for lease at
any time.
Just word about my ice business:
I will dispose of the crop, lease the
ice houses and tools to anyone who
desires to take hold of the business
for the coming season.
It's paying venture, has proved
so every year, but my health will
not permit my giving it the person
al supervision required to attain the
proper returns.
Will make good terms to any
responsible party who wishes to
take hold OF 1T. Yours resp,
ANTON SCHMITT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-24

Inside facts soon become evident in outside
symptoms.-DR. G. c. GREEN.
qThe aid of scientific inventions is not
needed to determine whether your lungs
are affected. The first symptoms can be
readily noted by anyone Of average In
telligence.
QThere is no disease known that gives %
many plain warnings of its approach az
consumption, and no serious disease that
can be so quickly reached and checked,
If the medicine used is DR.. Boschee's
German Syrup, which is made to cure
consumption.
GIT is in the early stages that German
Syrup should be taken, when warnings
are given in the cough that won't quit,
the congestion of the bronchial tubes and
the gradual weakening of the lungs, ac-
companied by frequent expectoration.
QBut no matter how deep-seated your
cough, even if dread consumption has
already attacked your lungs, German
Syrup will surely effect cure-as it has
done before in thousands of apparently
hopeless cases of lung trouble.
QNew trial bottles, 25c. Regular size,
75c. At all druggists.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-24

Two hundred prominent mer-
chants of Reading, Pennsylvania,
have declared advertising in the
newspapers good enough for them
and that henceforth they will use
only the newspapers for such adj
vertisements as they may publish.
They will have nothing to do here
after with schemes for advertise
ments in hotel registers, desks, bill
boards, clocks, keyboards, charts,
programmes, tickets, cookbooks,
moving spictures, enunciators, cur
tain advertisements, oil paintings
and pamphlets. Merchants and
business. men everywhere are reach
ing this sensible conclusion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-24
H. SANTA CLAUS HAS BEEN HERE
Fruit Culture i'm Ireland.

Sir Horace Plunkett, presiding at a
conference of fruit growers held at
Ballsbridge, Dublin, said that the
farmers of the north of Ireland, where
the soil was not the most suitable, had
built up fruit industry which was
an object lesson I to the rest of the
country. From the one station at
Annamore, County Armag h, the straw
berries dispatched by rail rose from
100 tons to 700 tons in few years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-24
Chauffeurs and Engineers.

AS in the hands of an inexperienced
and unqualified person an automobile
is very little less dangerous than a
locomotive engine, there would seem
to be wisdom and justice in an enact
ment compelling every one propelling
an automobile to pass AN examination
in character similar to that which is
a prerequisite for the steam engineer
to exercise his calling Philadelphia
Public Ledger
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-24
Hear We!
The Great News!
"Sanfa Claus"

ILL make this his Headquarters for everything in the
wv Meat and Grocery line Everything suitable for SHERRY
Xmas found We have the largest and finest
selected stock of Turkeys, Geese Ducks and Chickens the city
early The Fancy Beef which exhibited
last Saturday will be the block this week This animal
fed especially has had the produce tenderness
superior which lacking other Don't fail
leave your this Fancy Also have full
line of Christmas candies figs dates fruits fresh vegetables
oysters Get prices before ordering elsewhere.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.


The Government has made ar
rangements to send the noon time
signals from the observatory at the
Capital to ships at sea by means of
the wireless telegraph. This will
enable sea captains to correct their
chronometers if they happen to be
too slow or fast. 1t is daily grow
ing more evident that the wireless
telegraph can be put to practical
uses. A message has been sent
from Kansas city to Cleveland
Ohio, a distance 725 miles; while in
Europe one has been sent from
Cornwall, England to Ancona, Italy
a distance of 1000 miles. Not even
the Alps lnterfered. One advantage
of the wireless is that it doesn't re
quire poles or the right of way.
Every man may have station on
his own farm if he wishes.
There is an earnest movement in
many cities notably Chicago, New
York and Philadelphia, to provide
recreation grounds for the common
people small parks with baths,
swimming, pools, picnic stands
100 MS for dancing, and play grounds
f ,r the children. Chicago alone has
1000 liquor shops and in one year
had 1900 boy prisoners. If public
parks for amusement will attract
the boys and Keep them out of
crime, the money invested will
have been well spent. When Prince
Albert went to live in England, as
the consort Of the Queen, he noticed
the lack of amusement for the peo-
pie. ''There is nothing to do but to
turn rogue or marry" he said to
Bishop Wherefore. And he added:
II never have heard real shout
in England"
In view of the fact that another
wooden steamship plying on the
waters of Long Island Sound
has been burned to the waters
edge with loss of life, it would
seem as if the steamboat men
might cease their opposition to the
measures proposed by Congress
for safeguarding boats against
fire. The president has the recon-
mendations of the board of in
spectors under consideration, and
both houses of Congress have de-
cided that the laws governing pas
senger steamships must be more
stringent. 1t is better for the steam
boat owners to make a ''hot fight"
in Congress than it is for innocent
women and children to be burned
to death by the thousand? The
public demands steel steamships
and better service, and President
Roosevelt can be trusted to see that
safety is guaranteed.
The pure food question is one of
national Importance, and strong
pressure is being brought upon
Congress to pass pure food law.
1t appears that three millions of
dollars worth of fraudulent goods
are sold annually in the United
States, and that 95 per cent of this
is sent from one state to another.
State laws are not uniform. If
New Jersey manufacturer wishes
to send food stuffs out OF, that state
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-24
GRIMES AT CHRISTMAS TIME.

Christmas has it's darker side. It
leads all other days of the year in
its list of crimes. Joy ruhs elbows
with tragedy. The merry laugh
mingles with the shrek of terror
and the wall of despair. For the
native savagery that first gave us
this festival as a pagan orgy still
remains.
1t is the day that brings out the
best and the worst that is in us.
And the list of Christmas day
crimes shows the strange tumble of
human passions. 80
The week approaching Christmas
is always an extraordinary one of
tragedies. In every city detectives
swarm the stores, postoffice and ex,
press offices, watching for those
whose desire to give leads them to
steal.
Men and women kill loved ones
and commit suicide because they
cannot give. The, thought. Of a
dreary Christmas is intolerable.
Most of the crimes of Christmas
day may be due to idleness and
drink. But 1.-The tragedies that pre-
cede Christmas and yet are part
Of it must be attributed to the cold
mercenary spirit which has grown
into the day.
Merriness has been made synony-
nous with material gifts. Christ
mas giving has grown in spirit and
in volume until to millions of peo-
pie it has ceased to be pleasure
and has become a burden.
The man with whom times are
hard has his misfortunes brought
close to his heart bv the fact that
his children must feel them and
their Christmas be marred.
The Christmas season has be-
come the time when we take an
nual inventory of our fortunes and
determine what luxuries we can
afford. Under very thin cloak of
charity we seek to cover up a
world of selfish vanity.
We spend money we cannot af-
ford for things that people do not
want. Aud we give with expecta-
tion of getting gifts equally costly
and useless III return. We have
made Christmas giving mere sordid
barter and exchange.
We brand Santa Claus as fraud
and au impostor these days, be-
cause the spirit of lmpersonal and
secret giving for the sake of pure
delight, and without hope of gift
in return, has almost gone from
us.
We have narrowed our thought
down to material things, and when
these are wanting we turn to crime
to secure them or to suicide to find
relief.
What we are suffering from is
barrenness of heart. We still bring
the gold to the Christmas festival,
but forget the frankincense and
myrrh. And the gold we bring
only as to market place-to ex-
change it,
what waste" we cry with
Judas, when the alabaster box of
ointment is broken over the head
of Christ. We forget that charity
is the sweetest thing that Christmas
means.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-24

We expected to see handful
issued yesterday giving details of
the county printing committees
doings.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-24
n vt ).

All knowing themselves indebted
to the estate OF Tobias Fezer, de-
ceased, late of the city of Lancaster,
are requested to call at the store
or upon George Muesse, admins
traitor of the estate of said deceased
and settle their accounts. 102t4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-24
Notice to Taxpayers.

The tax-roll for the collection of
city taxes will be ready Dec. 80.
I will be in my Office in the city
hall to receive taxes after Dec. goth.
Office hours to IL and 1 to 4.
GEO. A. DYER,
1922 City Treasurer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-24

Ii you need money, just go out
and get it. Consider the Chadwick;
she toiled not, neither did she spin,
but she got the coin just the same.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-24

Christmas shopping is harder
work than buying a ton of coal or
tending the baby by good deal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-24

President Harper gets Christmas
gift from Rockefeller and the COM
mon people pay for it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-24

THE Best Lot o
Duroc Jersey Bears
and Gifts Ever in
Grant County. Prices
Right.
w. A. JOHNSON,
Lancaster, Wis.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-04
SCOTS
/: MULSION

SCOTS Emulsion is the
means of life and of the en-.
ioyment of life of thousands of
men, women and children.
To the men SCOTS Emul-
sion gives the flesh and
strength SO necessary for the
cure of consumption and the
repairing of body losses from
any wasting disease.
For women SCOTS Emul-
sion does this and more. 1t is
most sustaining food and
tonic for the special trials that
women have to bear.
To children SCOTS Emul
sion gives food and strength
for growth Of flesh and bone
and blood. For pale girls,
FOR thin and sickly boys SCOTS
Emulsion is a great help.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT s. BOVINE, Chemists.
@O0-416 Pearl Street, New Yort4
500. and $l.oU; all druBBtot1A ~
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-04

the Captain that Howell wac in
Jail. Monday evening Mr.. John A.
Gayden Of Brandon, son-in-law
and business partner Of Capt.
Pickett, came to Hazlehurst ac-
complained by OH. Jackson who
was an employee at the Rankin
farm during the time Howell was
there. They identified the saddle
Howell had as the one stolen with
the horse. Mr.. Jackson then call
ed on Howell at the Jail and spent
two hours with him before he could
make him tell where he could find
Capt. Puckett's horse.
Howell denied stealing the horse
and said he had a partner who stole
the horse and snapped it to Mr..
Lewis. He said he bought the
dun mare from his partner. He
did not tell who his partner was,
however. Tuesday night Messrs.
Gayden and Jackson went to
Terry and yesterday morning
they went out to Mr.. Lewis and
found the long sought for horse
in splendid condition. Mr.. Lewis
readily gave up the horse and came
to Hazlehurst yesterday afternoon
and identified his mare and carried
her home.
Howell is natural thief and
seems to steal just to keep in
practice, very often stealing
articles of no earthly benefit to
him.
In his trunk was found a new
Oxford bible, property said to be the
states, new Websters unabridged
dictionary, the ninth volume of
encyclopedia Of law, a checker
board made bya convict. twenty
or more pairs of new socks, a
large quantity Of underwear, three
new suits of clothes, three pairs of
shoes and several new hats.
While in prison he told several of
his fellow prisoners that he owed
a certain state eighteen years of
labor, but would not tell the state
he had escaped from.
When the different courts get
through with him and should he
live to serve out all of his sem
fences, he will be too old to en-
bark in his horse stealing profess
sion again. He will get five years
from Copiah, fifteen from Lawrence
and five from Rankin - twenty
five years in ala term he will
hardly live to complete. Halle
hurst Courier.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-04
TROUBLES OF
A FOREIGNER
Star Does Not Propose to Have
any Roosevelt Capers.

an uncomfortable angle. What
Pallota replied to the white stars
we do not know, but there is evil
dence that he didn't heed the warn
ming, and continued to feed any
who would pay. The warning
became a little more direct, and
Pallota while Star was in the
dark, left for Jackson. He went
to the capitol this morning and was
very intent on seeing the chief
executive in order that protection
might be furnished. He didn't say
whether one company of soldiers or
a regiment would be necessary to
afford ample protection, but in
view of the fact that Governor
Vardaman has said a few things
about Teddy Rooevelt's color blind
ness when it came to select his
company for meals, it is hardly
probable that he will get a whole
regiment Of soldiers to guard him
while he runs his restaurant.
ltaIy's son has a few other troubles.
1t seems that he is color blind when
it comes to joining fraternal organi
zation. He claims that he was invi-
ted to join the Masons and accepted,
thinking that he was going in, SO
he says, with the white Masons,
but when the blind fold was taken
off his eyes, and he was allowed to
see the glorious light of the lodge
room, the wall was lined with black
heads, the brothers were all color
ed and the color was black. Pallata
is naturalized American, so there
is no danger of Italy sending suips
over to demand damages for wound
ed feelings to one Of her sons. If
Pallota is wise he will not try to
Rooseveltize his restaurant, but
confine himself to one race. Either
do that OF move his restaurant to
Oyster Bay.-Jackson News.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-04

Perhaps the most notorious horse
thief in the South is now occupy
ing a cell in Copiah county Jail.
His correct name is believed to be
Jeff Howell, though he has many
aliases.
1t is positively known that he has
served terms in the penitentiaries
OF Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana
and Arkansas.
Four years ago he was convicted
at Brookhaven and sentenced to the
penitentiary four years tor stealing
a horse from Mr. Tryone of Schley.
After being in prison two years he
escaped and stole horse from a
Mr.sDampeer in Lawrence county,
and was captured on the horse at
Magnolia. He was discarged from
the pen about the middle of march
and about the first of April farmer
near Oakley lost a fine mule and
Howell is believed to be the thief.
On the night of April 18th he stole
a fine registered horse from Capt
Dave Puckett, sergeant of the Ran
kin state farm. He was tracked to
Pearl river swamp near Terry and
the dogs lost the trail on account
OF rain. He rode the horse the
next day to Mr.. Henry Lewis
place seven miles west of Terry
and traded the horse for dun
mare and $40 to boot. On the 18th
of April he appeared at J.B. Mayes'
place near Browns Wells and hired
to Mr.. Mayes as a hand. He re-
NAMED with Mr.. Mayes until dis
charged month ago. He left that
neighborhood and went to Joe
Chadwick's near Wesson. Two
weeks ago he went back to Mr.
Mayes' and stole his best horse and
rode it to Silver Creek and sold
horse, saddle and bride to Mr..
Downer, the livery man for $50. 50.
The next night he stole two fine
mules from Mr.. Mikell, a good Sa-
marian, who had given Howell
shelter the night before. He car
ried the mules to Mr.. Reynolds and
put them in his charge, saying they
were his and he would call for them
in day or two. Mr.. Mayes sus-
pected Howell and got on. his trail
and followed him to Silver Greek
and found his horse and brought it
home. Howell was captured near
Wesson and lodged in Jail ten days
ago. Capt. B. F. Brown, county
treasurer, knew Howell and had
heard that he had stolen horse
from Capt. Pickett. He notified
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-04

There came shambling into the
governors office this morning a son
from sunny Italy. He had his pack
on his back, and was very evil
IDENTIFY prepared for travelling. The
Italian mustered his best English,
which was very bad, and wanted
to know if the governor was in.
The private secretary, Mr.. Ed
wards, informed him that Governor
Vardaman was in Starksville attend
ing a meeting Of the board OF
trustees. But the governors abb
sence did not prevent the Italian,
whose name was Charlie Pallota,
from telling his troubles. He said
that he had come from Star, Miss,
to appeal to the governor for pro.
lection against the white people Of
Star. Charlie did not exactly
understand the difference between
Mississippi and Massachusetts or
the negro question, and he was
rather color blind when it came tc
feeding people in his restaurant. Ac.
cording to his own statement he is
the proprietor Of a lunch counter al
Star. He has been tWinkling al
Star in his capacity for some time
and had become to think himself one
of the lights Of the city. The stars
of different magnitude would come
to Charlie to appease their hunger
Things went we'll until the Italian
could not tell the difference between
white and black, when they hac
the price of a dinner in their pocket.
The people Of Star could, and they
called on the Italian and told him
that he must not feed negroes in
his restaurant; that he could moi
feed the hungry Of both, races, and
that if he persisted in his efforts to
do so, he might himself be tied to
e telegraph pole, with his neck al
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-04

The Clarion Ledger failed to add to
the list of ''notables, that once lived
in Brandon, which we take the liber-
ty to add: r. Fl. Henry, the Missis-
sippi commissioner to the worlds fair
and editor in chief and owner of the
Clarion Ledger and Edward Everett
Frantz, who is on thu staff Of that
admirable wpaper. Brandon is about
sixty miles from the city 'Clip" was
born in.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-04

The catalogue of the Mississippi
State Library, by Miss Plunkett, is
a valuable book, we'll bound and of
good size. 1t is we'll arranged and
you can tell at a glance whether or
not the book you want is there. 1t
took hard work to make it and Miss
Plunkett deserves great credit for get
ting it up. Long may she be the
Librarian of Mississippi State Lii
braIy.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-04

The circuit court and the chancery
court of Smith county, will be held
at the same times-on the second
Mondays of March and September.
If business requires it. the chancery
court can hold six days, and the cir
cult court twelve days.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-04
ANNOUNCEMENT.

We are authorized to announce Hon.
John Sharp Williams as a candidate for
Representative in the 5Sth Congress from
the Eighth District of Mississippi, subject
to the action of the democratic party.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-08-04
SUPERVISORS PROCEEDINGS.

Board met Monday, August 1st, in
regular session. =
Request of trustees of township 7,
range 5, for $50 to pay teacher. grant
ed
Prince King was ordered relieved
of$100 tax on personal assessment
enormously made.
Clerk ordered to issue warrant to
G. III. Lee for $25, for teaching Sand
hill colored school, fifth month.
Estray report of B. A. CLARK, j. P.
ordered adopted.
Petition of A. FL. Walters ct al for
new public road ordered granted,
provided no damages ensue. A. Pat
rick and E. Ross were appointed COM
missioners to lay out said road.
Ordered that Walter Mobiles, FJohn
Case, Walter Sorrel and Joe Gray be
transferred from Road No. 80, beat 4,
to Road No. 10, beat 4.
TUESDAY.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Ordered that petition of A. A.
Burnhm ct al for new public road be
granted provided no damages accrue.
Gus Bott and Asbury Wallace were
appointed commissioners to lay out
said road.
Petition of W. J. Morris ct al for
new road, continued.
Following land Transfers were order
ed: Certain lands assessed to W. R.
Polk, transferred to Ben McClenahan
Jno. r. Steven to Julia S. Hamilton:
Dorcas Odom to E. M. Odom; b.
Berry to j. W. Taylor; J. q. Atkins
to Mary Selman; Albert Berry to Mrs.
A. K. Simmons; M. @. Stubblefeld
to J. f. Afford.
Back tax assessments ordered charg-
ed and collected.
Transfers of lands continued: AS
sessed to B. E. Vincent and F. J.
Barnes transferred to J. and B. Hart:
IL. A. Busick to James Hurst; James
Hurst tosJames Cook; Pearl River
Lumber 90. to VIM. J. Joyce; Pearl
River Lumber Go. to Finkbine Lum
Der Co.
Contract for county prisoners order
ed let to W. B. Collier to January /,
1906.
Account of DR.. E. K. White for
medical attention to pauper ordered
dismissed.
Following accounts were allowed;
Brandon Mercantile Co., merchan-
disc for county farm S. 60.
W. G. Runge, freight on road ma
chine, $s5 81.
W. G. Runge, coal for court house,
$1o9 %.
Sol Dobson, drayage on books, SOC.
Sol Dobson, days adjusting back
taxes, $15
Adams Bros, lumber for road, beat
A, $40 "a.
j. L. Buchanan, sheriff, making
back tax assessments, So 90.
j. L. Buchanan, victualing priso-
ners July, $14 60.
L. A. Comfort, wages as manager,
$22 80.
l.. A. Comfort, cleaning we'll at
poor house, 81 80
Jim Currie, wages county farm,
$40 so.
George d. Barnard, tax receipts
and books for sheriff, $40 90.
O. FL. Bethune, lumber and repairs
on bridge, beat 2, $40 "a.
W. B. Easterling, services as cleo.
tion commissioner, $50.
w. s. May, services as election
commissioner, $50.
Brandon News, circulars for su
perintendent, SO 90.
J. D. Robbins. making and putting
up mile boards, $3 90.
7. B. Howard, repairs to bridge,
beat 4, eS6