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reserve their commentator, for protest.
ing righteousness their condemnation, and
for blighting Philistinism their eongratu-
lations State and church alike are not
uninfluenced by this new order of things.
Each Is befouled by 1t, each knows 1t Is
befouled by it, and both are aware that
If existing conditions continue the regime
that dlsgraced England in the days OF
the restoration may be duplicated in this
country. How pregnant with significance
to Americans of today is the picture
drawn by Macaulay of England under
Charles III. Then came those days, says
he, never to be recalled without a
blush. the days of servitude without 10y
atty and sensualty without love; of
dwarfish talents and gigantic vices; the
paradise of cold hearts and narrow minds;
the golden age of the coward, the bigot,
and the slave The government had just
ability enough to deceive and just religion
enough to persecute The principles of
liberty were the scott of every grinnins
ccurtier and the Anathema Maranatha
of every fawning DEAN"
In order to avert this peril, presidents Oh
colleges and universities need promptly to
set their faces like flint against the de-
voices of materialism, resolved to be un-
influenced alike by the Establishments and
the threats of Mammon They need to
understand that 1.-The wealth of nations
the value of higher ducation-consists
not in cotton or coal or iron or in some-
thing that men call capital, but rather in
men and women who think clearly and
feel deeply and whose purposes. plans and
emotions are ruled by the arbitrament of
an uncorruptibe verify. THE one thing
needful' in the university or today is
not money so much as it is a spirit that
will protest against the commerclalism,
the materialism. the Mammon-w worship of
the day. What is it that Lanier says in
his 1.-THE Symposium
20 Trade! o Trade! would thou vert
dead;
The Time needs heart-,tis tired of head.
OF what avail the rigorous tale
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Of bill by coin and box for bale,

OF bill by coin and box for bale,
When alls done what hast thou won
OF the only sweet that's under sun?
Yea what avail the endless tale
OF gain by cunning and plus by sale?
Look up the land look down the land,
The poor the poor, the poor they stand
Wedged by the pressing of Trades hand
Against an inward-opening door
That pressure tightens evermore.
They sigh a monstrous foul air sigh,
Forsthe outside leagues of liberty
Where Art, sweet lark. translates the sky
Into heavenly melody.
Each day all day dhese poor folks say
In the same old year-long, drear-long way,
We weave in the mills and heave in the
kins.
We sieve mine-wishes under the hills,
And thieve much gold from the Devil s
bank tills,
To relieve, God, what manner of ills?
The hearts they hunger and eat, and die;
And so do we and the worlds a sty
Hush, fellow swine; why muzzle and cry?
Swinehood hath no remedy
Say many men and hasten by,
Camping the nose and blinking the eye,
But who said once In lordly tone.
Man shall not live by bread alone
But all that cometh from the Throne?'
Hath God said SO?
But Trade saith, No.
And the kilns and the curt-tongued mills
say, Go;
There's plenty that can, If you cant. we
know.
Move out II you think you're underpaid.
The poor are prolific; we're not afraid;
Trade is trade
What shameful ways have women trod
At reckoning of Trades golden rod!
Alas! when signs are traders lies.
And hearts ease and violet eyes
Are merchandise
o purchased lips that kiss with pain!
o checks coin-spotted with smirch and
stainl
o trafficked hearts that break in twain!
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71a-inch Japanned straight
trimmer Shears. Hermitage
brand and guaranteed by Gray
& Dudley. Regular 75c
value. This week. $500. $50
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And yet what wonder at my sisters
crime?
So hath Trade withered up Loves sinewy
PRIME
Men love not women as in olden time.
Lifel Life! thou sea-fugue, writ from
east to west
Love, Love alone can pore
On thy dissolving score
OF harsh half phrasngs
Blotted ere writ
And double crossings
OF chords most fit.
Yea, Love. sole music-master blest
May read thy weltering palmpest.
To follow Times dying melodies through,
And never to lose the old in the new,
And ever to solve the discords true
Love alone can do
And ever Love hears the poor folks crying
And ever Love hears the womens' signing.
And ever sweet knighthood's death de-
flying,
And ever wise childhood's deep implying.
But never traders glozing and lying"
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cars in March than in any previous
month of the past twelve. The mer-
chants and business men have had a
splendid trade during the past month.
The coke ovens in the western part
/ OF the city have been relighted and
are turning out large quantities of
coke. The resumption of the coke
ovens gives employment to a number
of workmen, thereby helping in gen.
oral way the business condition of
the city.
While the real estate boom that IS
going the rounds in the Birmingham
district has not struck Pratt City, a
building activity is noted All things
considered, the business situation in
Pratt City is very gratifying.
Miss Culpeper Entertains.
Last night at her home on Third
street Miss Minnie Lou Culpeper en-
tertained a number of her friends In
most delightful manner The guests
present were: Miss Bessye Prince,
Miss Mae Prince, Miss Margaret Belle
Arnold, Mis- Eva Levy Miss Winfred
Nichols, Miss Anna and Miss Frances
Mcnamara, Miss Hattie and Miss
Leila Edwards, Mr. Ellis Burwell, Mr..
Emmett Philips, Mr.. Horace McFar-
land. Mr.. Mack Culpepper, Mr.. Stone
and Mr.. Lewis, Mr.. ]. Barnett, Mr..
Hugh Culverhous and Mr.. Jake AL
mon
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BUSINESS ACTIVE
IN PRATT CITY
RAILROADS BROKE RECORD DUR
ING MONTH OF MARCH AND
BUSINESS is GETTING BETTER.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Pratt City, April 1.-(Special)-The
month of March was by far one of the
most prosperous the city has had in
several months. The coal output of
this division has been steadily increas-
ing and the railroads handled more
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Salt RheuM

ltches, oozes, dries and
scales over and over again;
local applications do not
cure IL because they cannot
remove its cause. which is
an impure condition Of the
blood. The most obstinate
cases have been perfectly
and permanently cured by
a course Of
Hoods Sarsaparina
the best medicine for salt
rheuIn in all the world.
For testimonials Of remarkable cures
send for Book Of, Salt Rheum. No. 2.
c. !. Hood Co. Lowell. Mass,
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Miss Culpeper Entertains.
Personal and General.

Mr.. Sam Foley leaves on Monday to
attend the Alabama Funeral Directors
and Embalmers association, which
meets in that city on April 4.
Mr.. Robert H. Wells of Coosa was
in Pratt City yesterday.
Judge G. M. Taylor and J. S. Ire
land are out of the city today, looking
after business interests.
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NOTICE TO RED MEN!

Officers and members of
Chehoo Tribe No. SO and of
sister tribes are requested to
assemble at eur wigwam
Sunday, April 2, at / D. M,
to pay their last respects to
our deceased brother, J. II.
Sinnott.
S. A. Burkheim, Sachem
J. G. Arthur, G. of r.
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Open every night during
next week, on account ef
Word Contest. Call ana ex-
anime our stock Of pianos.
E. E. Forbes Piano Co.
1909 Third Ave.
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Insure against burglars
with Messer- Moore Co

Insure against burglars,
thieves and dishonest ser.
wants. Best home protec-
ton. Nominal rates. Phone
us at GOT. Louis ". Clark
& Co.
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vulcan" the man who painted him II
located at 219 N. 10th st. hermitage. o.
course.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

There are times when every
man needs a gun-and a good
one.
liver Johnson. 50 and 3s cali.
bre, double action, nickel or
blue steel, Q, 4, 5 and 6.inch
barrels. Prices. :. $3.50 to 1925
liver Johnson's 80 and So cal
ibre, nickel or blue, hammer.
less. 3. 4, 5 and 6-inch bar
rels.. -. -. -. SIS to 1913
Colts Reyolvers, 80, SO, Al
and 40 calibre, 21a to 71s-inch
barrels. =. -. $3.50 to $3.50
Smith & wesson, go and SO
calibre, nickel or blue, to g.
inch barrels. :. ..$12 to $3.50
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-02

You don't have to strop the Ever
Ready"
"a razor blades with the Ever Ready
Safety Razor.
A perpetual supply of keen, perfect
ly tempered blades that feel like vel
vet on the face.
30 shaves free at our expense-in
other words, 30 days trial and your
money returned if the razor does not
do the work.
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Insure against burglars
with Messer- M core Co.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-03
Best After Meals.

After dinner sit awhile" i a
time Aonored saving. 1t is also a
very true and phvsiologically cor.
rect one, for when our food Is un-
dergoing digestion our body is doing
a great deal Of important work. If,
therefore, We persist IN taking exer-
else after food we are really burn
ing the candle at both ends and
giving our body double work to do,
with the result that Indigestion
sooner or later attacks Us. We
should therefore rest after meals.
and before them a. we'll. and the
feeling Of restfulneSs and indisposi-
ton to work just after a meal Is a
natural warning and indication that
We should seek repose at that time
not necessarily sleep, but quietness
and rest.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-03

Lord Chancellor Eldon pro
nounced the word Ellen" as If writ
zen lion Sir Arthur Pigott. dis
tinruished chancerl LAWYER. main
tanned that "iieR" was to be pro-
nounced like lean. and one day each
made stand in court for his favor
tic pronunciation. whoreupon Jek-
yll. witty LAWYER. perpetrated til.
rhNming pun. which allulc- to ( he
Parsimonicu> arrangements of the
chancellor kitchen.
CIR Arthur SIC Artrrr. wh,. what do you
LlfNa
By sNinF the ~'si..f ls lsany
pte hi' Z lhal DOE l..rhens .o hri a. nth
Tia, nothing Aiisin q caa eyer 20 fat,
-Lo-lon News.
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Story Ct AdoIrh and ANN

Adoiph, All Austrian artisan,
adored Anna. an ari-tocrat. And
Anna adored Adolph. Another "a rs
tocrat. Alfred. an ambassador,
adored Anna. Anna abhorred Al
fred. Alfred addressed Anna. ad-
hitting admiration. Anna assumed
amazement. Alfred abjured Anna.
Anna admonished Alfred. Alfred
adopted aggressiveness. Alfred I,
audacitv alarmed Anna. Alfred al
tempted abducting Anna. Anna.
afraid and agitated, acquainted
Adolph. Adolph accused Alfred.
Alfred, angered, abused Adolph aw-
fully Adolph answered Alfred.
Alfred attacked Adolph. Anna.
aghast, aided Adolph. Adolph and
Anna almost annlhilated Alfred.
Alfred abdicated absolutely. Anna
accepted Adolph Ndolph and An
ma absolutely ahsconded and aban-
doncd Austria altogether, arriving
at Antwerp. and always abiding
abroad afterward.-E Exchange.
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other half 20 restless tiat wishc,
they. too. we're a.lcep. / ~at at m,
desk half asleep my self.
Lookin. out or tile window.
saw two Big lor. coming I'D III.
road. ] knew them. and / Lnew cy.
actly from previous experience
what they were ~ to. watched
them, determined that if either 81
them tried any ofthcir pranks there
woald be two bows getting a thrash
Ing that afternoon. 1t was a favor
lte trick 20 theirs 10 come 10 the
school and suddenly lean n through
the window. pull one Of the scholar.
by the hair until he screamed and
then r'n tvav and laugh.
The lo clme mp to the window
nrd .aa~rt in. and Is they d.d 80 j
iu- az Us i.-cm. o that they ran
array ih0 & svo hovs were named
gvlsr William Tccum. i
u. Dha II John sherman.
.ac n.Ai ine 1 saw Secretary
.- crml ALL judge Wat on. II
oA hiri ias. sior Of how near ne
ms ~ bang lhIAshed by James
u. L.ainc."
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addison township II,l~i-.
NalFt.

Noi'ee is gwen that hereafterthe In =
zee - As.us-n ownship will 5e in Iie-
AM lu the urst Saturday IF "a,
no1in, and ihe remaining Saturdays al
m si.'erte. one mile southwest a
lfeiFad. To- i,is POI ptss OF al. ndiny 20
70 r.hir nrslness mi al peTs, ~ nav.
n tusiners with the ownshiv a. *
1ac'e q rnnfine = 2, fhose days.
fhe township library is kep. a. Sam'il
ksans IA ireland shate al. ma,
y AIN tile iouks
he Indiana Sch vi "a. X. will b.
ON Al VIM. T. fOung's -tur. II a.,
tunes. >,NrFL 4 LEzEN,
Isu 5 lsH'5-y Irn-tse N..ilsc, TT
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uarbison Trustees Notice

NOu Is hereby given hat the under
sieued Trustee Of Harrison township.
sill Il md 10 township business on each
hon.iay u the wear. AZ my ofhce, and
.'ersnns hsving township 'nsines- 10
ians go are requires, to prevent il ID him
u Mrnleyr.
~ town ~ l'n-arv Ill 10 ISN'T AZ
~ h0Iuf near Dubois
jos l.. li.gpAR, rlu-ttt
I'm. =, ;
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HOW moROS MAKE FIRE.
Bamboo Stick. St % China and finder
The,r ~ zrat-s.

Tie m4i-h A.- uoCn said - be-
,he ereaty,, ,u.-.l ~ .Ae @olld.
but u ha- nvt ia ,.a stl s
work lh,re ait >t'l tribes u
barur.a. arl s nhat', rao.
ne v.a tur m rs ar l,.o-
du,m rc h, irDol aHi
a. w.Ao- arnantr- or ihc contact
of tao sLl...ADes ai p pioluee "a
spark. IA D4t Gnd ~tcyl
The A4oro- Use method distinc-
tive from U.hcr savage races and u
interest not only in- +, unigucncss,
but as showing lha elect 81 environ
mcnt on invention
Thu, apparatus cons sts of bam-
boo stick. bin oi china and finder.
Cylindrical cases are also part u
the device. one ht.ng case for To-
bacco and the o,her a ease for the
china and tirlcT The whole. CON
nected with cords. Is worn az the
belt TO use tA, apparatus the ma
''-NN
left hand ana in ~ right holds the
bit II china D. ilo finger and
thGmb and on the thumb side
Fli1Ne- z N' 81 '''i'i.i. he eute
q the emma d lheA 'lrA,h Sharply
down ah" aI"n- lhe hIiiin'o' pro
ducing Dri-hl ana long sp''rN'
wren oAicN'- ~ ln" 'i'll'r ani "
mites n very niue pf''l'ee }, ri
--'yu 'o 'a"'''e " i,,lee ~ N5-t'
Are ~ 'l'is means po'lo-siF' y men
'ne app1ia'-- @~' ir'l devised no
emma was "Nai'a'.e' "hd aouo, leg
some sharp 7loh- lo.A Us pace
\ on however uilS n pf"Nen emma
suoh a. are lo"ha ~ cheap e"lihs
houses are regarded q best ior me
purpose ana universally used.
Inc tAoughtLui reader viii al
once draw an analogy between TINS
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jefferson To. Notice.

Tie undersigned trustee III letters, n
TOW nship, nuhOis a. nnty hereby give :
notice that he nil attend la all lmsin.s :
pertaining % he flee OF Trustee at his
residence on mile nor u Of Birlseve on
the Tues sys % each week aud requests
al pers NJ having t1wush j. business 10
pr sent ID au ofiir. la,-.
JOHN W. kNLOW, Tmste,.
Jan 3 05-lyr
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The Drehc~- 81 WesminS;,rs baby
son Is heir 10 an income ~ 400 day.
OF f211-'-'N wear Ills tito during his
fathers l"i -ae j. Earl GroSvenor.
n ken f-o.l 2 - family name. and II De
survive 20 f1'hc- 20 vii inherit 3N-
tso ac~ss. 1r,nding SO acres ~ the
r- ast valuable land ? tie west end U
,udor
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Boone Township Trustees
Notice.

lie undersigned, Trustee OF Boone
to~nship, Dubois county, hereby giye-
motto, that he will attend to all business
PERTAINING to The litice OF Trustee, at his
Residence. tour-miles southwest OF Por-
tarsvliie, OH >atnrdaysof each week. and
"eqrests ali persons having township
'rs'ness 10 present ~ on saturday. CHI
en- 'esiring books from the Township
''srv arr notified that the Library i
kent ~ my residence.
school hooks al Mrs. Mary Gitsler's
a portersyille. PETER J. ScHNAER.
Trustee Boone Tp
ian. > lQO5-y
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-10-12

AS TO the division of proceeds
(no small item in the days. a
priest told us that the people who
play get one.third of the profits
for division among them and the
remaining two.thirds goes to the
church. In 1900 they cleared a
million marks, about two hundred
and fifty dollars.
The tableau from the Passion
Play are eight in number, viz, the
nativity, the boy Christ in the tenn
pie, the temptation, the baptism,
the trial, bearing the cross, the
resurrection. 1t is difliault to real
ize the figures as flesh and blood;
they seem much more like wax
figures or very beautiful pictures.
The artistic grouping of bright
colors in clothing heightens the eff
feet, while the presence of many
children lends naturalness to the
scene. Some Of these tableaux are
modelled after famous pictures
which are found in European gal
lcries.
AS to the play--the most dttrac-
tive scene to me was the triumphal
entry of David into Jerusalem. The
procession came thru the arches at
the left and disappeared thru those
at the right; the populace singing
and shouting, the priests be airing
the Ark of the Covenant and King
David in royal robes greeting his
people from a gorgeous chair
borne by his retainers.
AS one looks back upon the play
at Oberammergau beginning a
half past one and ending at six
the characteristic which seems t
save the performance from a spiri
of ridicule and the audience from
WEAKNESS, is the absolute revcr
ence which actuates the players
One feels the religious ferve
which pervades it all and can bu
be impressed and strengthened.
MARY BAIRD BRYAN.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-10-12
Roofing "old Groyer.p

Bloomington, Ill.,, Oct. c.
Three hundred women attending
the annual convention of the ILL
nois w G. T. U. rose to their feet
aud enthusiastically voiced their
approval of Miss Marie Brehm's
criticism of Grover Cleveland. In
her annual address this morning
the state president said;
We are not informed as to the
price of Mr.. Cleyeland's effort in
writing against woman's suffrage,
though we have q correct sense OF
its value. There is no doubt that
the statesman could have written
quite as good an argument in favor
of woman's suffrage as he did III
opposition, for he really said
nothing new or original. The
logic Of the whole effort is to
make his readers believe that unl-
versal suffrage is a failure for men
as well as for women, and this
proves that he is uu.American in
his views. 1t is manifestly unfair
to compare the limited school suf-
frage of women in Chicago with
the unlimited suffrage and power
of men. How many men would
vote for university trustees and
nothing else il they were obliged
to register at ladies' hair dressing
establishments or manicuring par.
lors in order to exercise the tiny
shred of suffrageY Yet Chicago
women are required to go to bar
Der shops or livery barns to regis
ter if they desire to vote. WOman's
suffrage is just, and because it is
Just it will win. The woman s
clubs which Mr.. Cleveland so ruth
lessly condemns are really tn,
training schools for the citizenship
of women"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-10-12
Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters Of
administration upon the estate Of Valen.
tine Hoffman, deceased, have been
granted 10 the undersigned by the Pro-
bate Court Of Audrain County, Missouri,
bearing date Of August %, 1905. All
persons having claims against said es-
tate are required to exhibit them TO me
for allowance within one year after the
date of said letters, or they may be pre-
cluded from any benefit Of such estate;
and II such claims be not exhibited with
in two years from the time of the pub
LEGATION OF this notice, they will be for
ever barred.
VIM. HOFFMAN,
Administrator.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-10-12

The State convention of the I'm
iversalist church, at Laddonia, this
county, last week elected the fol-
lowing officers G. E. Cunning
ham of LaPlata, secretary and
general superintendent C.R.JOnes,
of Nebleton, president, and Fred
McDavid, Of La Crosse, treasurer.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-10-12

The Centralia Guard contained
this item last week; j. V. FARES,
of Mexico, received the premium
for being the oldest man on the
fair grounds, His age being 80
years. Mr. FARES is healthy and
vigorous, has all his faculties and
gets around MS lively as young
man. Giles Adams is next Oldest.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-10-12
Is 1t Worth While .

Joaquin Miller, in a brand new
revised edition of his poetry, says
that they are only verses in the
early years that have come down
on the river of Time. And of his
same paragraph he says:" Anything
in literature that is worth preserv.
ing will preserve itself."I
Is it worth while that We jOstle
brother
Bearing his load on the rough
road of life?
Is it worth while tat We jeer at
each other
In blackness Of heartl-that we
war to the knifel
God pity us all in pitiful strife.
God pity us all as we jostle each
otheri
God pardon us all for the
triumphs we feel
When of elbow goes down; poor
heartbroken brother.
Pierced to the heart words are
keener than steel,
Aud mightier far for woe or
veal.
Were it not well in this brief little
journey,
On over the isthmus, down into
the tide,
That We give him fish instead of
II serpent
Ere folding the hands t. be
aud abide
For ever aud aye in dust at his
side!
Look at the roses saluting each
other;
Look at the herds all at pence on
the plain
Man and man only, makes war on
his brother,
And dotes in his heart on peril
and pain
Shamed by the brutes that go
down on the plain,
Why should we envy moment Of
pleasure
Some poor fellow mortal has
wrung from it ALI
Oh, would you look into his life'i
broken measure
Look at the dregs-at the worm
wood and gall
Look at the heart hung Will
crepe like a pail
Look at the skeletons down by hi
hearthstone-
Look at his cares in their merci
less sway
| know you would go and say ten
derby, lowly,
Brother-my brother, for aye ant
a day
Lo! Lethe is washing the black
ness away.
joaquin Miller.
For farm insurance see Lll n
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-10-12
Farm Insurance.
VIM. HOFFMAN,
Administrator.

All who want Fire and Light
ming and Tornado insurance should
come to see mel can write you in
the Phenix of Brooklyn, the great
farm insurance company, on most
reasonable terms.
JOHN w. HOWELL.
at Agent.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-10-12
GETS TWELVE YEARS.
Blue Is Black-Will Time Make
His Character whiteri

Blue Is Blac xviii Time Make
His Character whiterl
Claude B lue (cOlored) was
found guilty of murder in the sec.
oud degree in the Circuit Court by
the following jury last week:
Err Carter.
w o Donnell.
I NJ Hamilton.
II T Powell.
G. /. Blum.
Dan billiard.
G w. Morgan.
Il l. Spence.
VIM Underwood
Elmer Reed.
w w Miller.
Last spring Blue and Porter
Gibson (also cOlored) had a fight,
resulting in Gibson slashing Blue
in the face with a knife.
Blue had his wound dressed and
then went after Gibson again. He
met Gibson and as Gibson turned
to run Blue shot him in the back,
inhicting a wound from which he
died three days later.
The trial commenced last Thurs.
day and went to the jury Friday
afternoon. They wrestIed to de.
termine a verdict all Friday night,
finally coming to decision Sat
urday morning. AS we under
stand it they were at no time dis
agreed as to the guilt of the accus'
ed, the. only question being the
length of sentence in prison, which
as agreed upon, was twelve years.