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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-06-14

Mrs.. A. E. Face left Tuesday for a
weeks visit in Ionia.
Lots of sxcitsmsnt at Ellis Park Sat-
urday. Don't miss II.
Mrs. A. M. Eavss was the guest Of
Ionia friends yesterday.
w. J. Wilson transacted business in
Grand Rapids yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Cole went to
Ionia for visit with their son.
]. D. Aslick Of McBrides was the guest
of Miss Lena Cook over Sunday. .
Mrs. Roy Luce OF Grssnvils was the
guest OF Bslding friends Monday.
Miss Jennie Weed left yesterday for a
short visit with Greenyille friends.
D. C. Sheldon made trip on legal
business to Cleveland, Ohio. this week.
Don't miss the balloon ascension from
Ellis Park after the ball game Satur-
day.
DR.. E. w. Little was called to Grand
Rapids Wednesday on professional bust
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Crout Of Hudson
were guests Of Bedding friends the first Of
the week.
Carol Brown and wife Of Charlotte are
guests Of his brother. Byron F. Brown.
this week.
Miss Myrtle Goyt left Monday for a
months visit with relatives and friends
at Millbrook.
Mrs. E. A Cook returned Tuesday
from two weeks visit with her sister at
Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. j. Lavsry Of Ionia was the guest
Of Mrs. A. Eckert and other friends in
this city Tuesday,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Torrance entertained
D. w. Nichols and wife of Eaton Rapids
the first Of the week.
Mesdames Abbie Richmond and j. H.
Porter are guests Of Ira Richmond Of
Smyrna for few days.
Mrs. C. C. Wilson Of Greenville, was a
guest at the home Of Mr. and Mrs. w. c.
Spioer the last OF the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E VanHorn were
guests Of the latter's parents at Forest
Hill from Saturday till Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. j. Godfrey of Chicago,
have moved to Bedding and expect to
make this their home in the future.
Mrs. M. B. Rich and Mrs Effie Elkins
Of Grand Rapids were guests at the Spi-
GER Hutchison wedding last Friday.
Be on hand early for the all day excur-
sion to Grand Rapids Saturday Leave
Bedding at o'clock. Round trip z5c.
w. c. Sheldon, sr.. went to Chicago
Saturday to meet his wife who is return
ing from an extended visit in California.
Don't fail to call and look at Mrs.
Rogers millinery stock before buying
elsewhere. Over Peoples Savings Bank.
Miss Lydia Buttolph Of Spencer has
been the guest of Mrs. Jennie Noble and
her brother. who is attending school here.
Mrs. G. w French returned to her
home in lonia Friday after few days
visit with her mother, Mrs. Chas. Hop
kins.
Miss Nina Stanwood, who has been
working here for some time, left Monday
to spend the summer with relatives at
Ovid.
Or. and Mrs. G. M. Dutt OF Hudson ar
rived here Yesterday for few days visit
with his brother. DR.. w. A. Dutt and
family.
The Misses Esther Whiteman, Margaret
Dexoy. and Vera Ambrose were guests of
Miss Della James at her home in Lowell
over Sunday.
Max Gals, James Granger, Reuben Bra
dish and Geo. Brown left this morning to
attend the annual encampment Of the G.
A. r at Saginaw.
| Lost-Sunday June between Beldng
and Muskrat Lake on the Grattan road, a
minnow bucket. Finder please return
to this office and be rewarded.
!
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-06-14
Local ~
Brevities.

Excursion to Grand Rapids Saturday.
Mrs. c. Lynch went to Bay City Sat
urday.
o. J. Foster transacted business in Ionis
Monday.
Miss Bessie Fisk is visiting Mrs. Charles
Locke in Ionia.
Miss Leone Stanton left for her home
in Hart Friday.
Mrs. Orla Hammond was in Grand
Rapids Tuesday.
Special low prices on umbrellas and
parasols at Bricksr's.
Something new at Foster, Ritter & Eos.
tsr's Saturday special.
L. J. Crankshaw and wife were Green
vile visitors. Saturday.
r. M. McKessy Of Alma spent Sunday
with his wife in this city.
4 teachers examination will be held in
Ionia on June 2l-22-25.
You can buy lot at the park on the
contract plan OF Bricksr.
Mrs. A. j. Torrance was a caller on
Grssnvills friends Friday.
Mrs. Orsn Purdy is entertaining Mrs.
M. A. Coleman this week.
Gems from Bryant. Lowell Emerson,
SIS cents, at Connell Bros.
Have you seen Foster. Ritter g. Foster
sectional bookcase display
E. j. Knapp made a business trip to
Grand Rapids last Tuesday.
Mrs. Alvin Jack is guest of relatives
In Grand Rapids for week.
Margaret futile left Tuesday for Grand
Rapids for an extended visit.
Or. Drake Of GraAd Rapids was a guest
Of Clyde Knapp over Sunday.
Mrs. C. D. Ellis was guest at P. G
Wright's the first Of the week.
Pictures framed. satisfaction guaran-
tssd. Foster. Ritter & Foster,
chas Harroun Of Gresnvills was guest
Of @. B. Bradford over Sunday.
Sewing machines rented. so cents per
week at Foster. Ritter & Foster.
Mrs. Dora Steele of St. Johns is the
guest Of M. A. Filkins this week.
Miss Isle Cline left Saturday for a six
weeks visit at her home in Homer.
Miss Emma Johnson has gone to Ed
more to remain during the summer.
The Misses Ethel and Lena Sandy we're
Sunday guests Of friends at Orleans.
Miss Julia Halliday left Tuesday for a
months visit with friends in Petoskey.
Commencement next week. We have
= big line Of gift books. Connell Bros.
D. c. Sheldon went to Ashtabula. Ohio,
Friday as attorney in case in that city
: Something exceptionally good at Foster
Ritter q Foster Saturday Special sale.
D. E. Youngs left Saturday for a few
weeks visit with friends in southern Mich.
igan.
Miss Rhoda Northway left for Allegar
Tuesday for a short visit with relatives
there.
Chas. Denslow OF Rsmus was a guest
Of his nephew, Grant Dsnslow, the pas,
week.
Mrs. Lydia Moore was called to How
ard City Saturday by the death Of hel
father.
Mrs. II. Prayer returned to Lansing las
Tuesday after a short visit with Georg,
Prayer.
Mrs. Lee Cusser was called to Carson
City Monday on account of the ssriou,
illness Of her father
Padded ooze calf, limp walrus. limp cir
cult, full limp ooze calf, are among som,
Of our gift books. Cornell Bros.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-08-15
Trayesty on Law Enforcement.

That is chapter of shameful
Official delinquency and commun,
ity federation of wrong recited by
a correspondent in another col
umn of today's Leader. And,
more's the shame, Bogue Chltto
is not the only place in Lincoln
county where white vagrants, TIM
horn gamblers and blind tigers
of the Hunsucker stripe and affil-
iatlon are enjoying the same Off
ciaI immunity. The same kind
of characters and the same dis
eliminating enforcement of law
exist right here. in Brook
haven. Officers who are paid
salaries by the taxpayers to
make it their business to enforce
the law, and who can catch negro
vagrants and crap shooters in
back lots and far-away black jack
thickets day or night. know moth
ing about the white yagrants,
gamblers and blind tigers operat-
ing under their very noses.
The editor of The Leader
doesn't profess to know all Of the
ropes, but if be were a police
officer or the sheriff in Brook
haven and couldn't secure evi-
dence enough IN a week to con-
vict lot Of white gamblers, va
grants and blind tigers who are
operating within $50 yards of the
/. G. depot, he would resign his
Job and leave town.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-08-15
THE FIRST BALE.
IT Was BROUGHT IN FRIDAY EVENING
BY JOHN SMITH OF RED STAR.
MI. Smith Was a First Bales Man Last
Year and Got McCratks $40 In Gold.


The first bale of new cotton was
brought to Brookhayen market
late last Friday evening, Aug.
10th, by Farmer John Smith, OF
Red Star. 1t weighed 465 pounds,
classed as strict middling, and was
bought Saturday morning. by John
MoGrath & Sons for 10c per
pound. Mr.. Smith also received
the Mc(irath prize of 500 in gold,
offered for the first new bale, and
II is the same man who captured
this prize last year.
The first bale was marketed in
Brookhaven last year on August
18th, just seven days later than
the first bale arrived this season.
Il is also worthy of mention that
while Mr.. Smith was the first man
TO get to town last year with the
first bale, on the same day he
brought his, new bales we're
also brought III by Messrs. j. r.
MaGeehee, of Montgomery, w.
F.. Entrican, of Brookhaven, and
Ben Huff, of Perch, arriving in
the order named.
Up to the time this report closes
Tuesday evening, Mr.. Suith's is
the only bale received this season.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-08-15
An Old First Bale Farmer In Town.

Mr.. Geo. w. Magee, of BIount-
vile (now Prentiss), the Lawrence
county farmer who carried the
banner for so many years for
marketing the first bale of cotton
in Brookhaven, was in town Mon
day. He came over the Mississip-
pi Central, bis first trip to Brook
haven by rail. MIR. Magee paid
The Leader a much appreciated
call to renew his subscription
and was complimentary enough to
say he gets more home news out
of The Leader and likes it better
than any paper he has ever taken.
Speaking of first bales, Mr..
Magee informed us that after
quitting cotton for few years,
he has gone back to raising it
again and stated that the only
reason he didn't swipe McGrath's S
$4,000 gold prize again this year
was because he could not get pick
Iers enough after his cotton open
led. He said but for this def
cheney he would have landed new
bale in Brookhayen last Thurs
day, as be had a good deal more
than a bale open the middle of
last week. He also promised to
send The Leader an ear Of corn
that would make Carroll BardwelI
Ienyious and want some of the
seed.
Mr.. Magee, mentioning the fer
tility and peculiar adaptabillty of
the soil around BIountville for
he production of cotton, says one
Iof his sons, year before last, raised
on a patch of barely three acres,
five bales, which averaged 500
pounds each, and last year, on the
same ground, when the crop was
badly injured by a heavy wind
and rain, he gathered four 500
pound bales.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-08-15
MURDERER ]. B. SLADE ESCAPES.
While Acting as . "Trusty" He Walks
Away from the Rankin Farm.

Jackson, Miss, Aug. 13.
Word was received at the Office of
the board Of control this morning
that j. B. SIade. one of Missis.
lsippi's most noted convicts, es-
capped from the Rankin farm yes
terday and is still at large.
! Sergeant Rainey sent word to
the prison office that Slade failed
to put in his appearance at roll
call last night, and he probably
escaped several hours prior to
| that time. None Of the guards
Iare able to give an accurate idea
as to the hour of his depa rture.
He was seen about 8 O'Clock and
disappeared some time between
that hour and night fail. Blood
hounds were unleashed and an
effort made to strike his trail, but
without success.
Slade is a white man, about so
years of age, and was sent up
from Pike county for the murder
of man named Miller. Prior to
that time he was one of the most
and a man of considerable
means. The killing grew out of
illicit relations with a woman who
had been Slade's para.nour since
early girlhood, and who after
wards married Miller, the victim
of the tragedy. The ablest law
yers in the state defended Slade,
and were fortunate in securing
for him a life sentence, as the
evidence showed the killing to be
a case Of cold -blooded assassina-
tion.
On account Of his exceptional
ability, as a farmer Slade was.
made a tfusty at the Rankin farm,
and the prison authorities did not
remotely suspect him of being
the sort of prisoner who would
make dash for liberty. He was
a faithful worker, and had
been Of valuable assistance to Ser
geant Rainey in making the
splendid crop on the Rankin farm.
Slade has wife and children
in Pike county. Prior to going
to the penltentiary he divided
his property among them. He
will doubtless try to get out of
the state. if possible, and the
prison authorities believe that he
will try to get in touch with his
relatives and get money to leave
this country for good.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-08-15
THE SHAM BATTLE.
Company III" Leaves for Chicka-
Inauga for q Ten Days Camp.

Previous to their leaving for the
Chickamauga National Military
Park Saturday, Company II,
Third Regiment, Mississippi Ma
tional Guard, gave sham battle
on Railroad Avenue Friday night,
much to the edification OF a large
crowd who had gathered to see
the event. The boys presented a
fine appearance, the company as a
whole being composed Of large,
weil-proportioaed men, who ex-
ecute the commands of their car
tain with skill and uniformity.
With all the shooting, strange
to say, no one was hurt BY the
enemy" with the exception Of
Lieut.. Scott, who was bruised on
the shoulder by someone clubbing
.hiiA with gun when their am
munition gave out.
Saturday morning the company
left on special car attached to
No. "a for Chickamauga, via
Meridian. Capt. j. L. Storm
carried his foil company Of 55
men and two officers, and had SO
turn down d number Of applicants
from other companies who wish
ed to 90 with them.
Brookhaven was one of the four
lucky companies in the State se-
lected to 60 to the Chickamaugs
Eencampment, where they will re-
main ten Gays and be under Id
struction from q. $. military
officers.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-08-15
A Merchants Carnival in Brookhayen in
October.

Plans are being considered and
perfected by the Brookhaven Pro-
gressiye Union for d Merchants
Carnival and County Far in this
city early in October. It is meet
ing with the hearty cooperation
of our business men and citizens
generally and its success is prac-
ticalIy assu,ed. The exhibition
will be varied and the premiums
numerous and attractive. Full
details will be published in due
season
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-08-15

T for Constitutional Convention
and bases his appeal for support
on that issue, will, figuratiyeIg
speaking, get the very hlnds
beat off Of him, no matter who
he may be.
II a Constitutional Convention
be made an issue in the coming
campaign at all, itcannot be other-
wise than the paramount issue.
Beside question of such stupen-
|dous magnitude and importance
as this every other political ques-
tion or issue will pale into utter
insignificance. If such an issue is
forced, all those who oppose the
unwise, unnecessary and dam
gerous proposition, should I'M
sheathe their political swords,
fling away the scabbards, ask no
quarter and give none until the is
sue is decided.
The vast corporate interests and
trusts of this country have never
liked the restrictions on. their
power and greed which are en-
bodied in our present Constitu-.
ton, and The Leader believes this
influence is secretly back of Civ
ing all the aid and encouragement
it dlscreetly can to this new con-
vention agitation. Be this as
it may, the last session of the
Mississippi Legislature, when the
law-making body was tied up
for weeks and months by efforts
on the part of large moneyed in
terests to obtain extraordinary
faVors at the expense of the
people, and which were only de-
feated at last by the veto and the
impending veto of the Governor,
should be a sufficient warning
against turning over at this time
our whole organic law to the will
and caprice of a body Of delegates.
with no veto power lodged any
where, and no limitations to their
acts save the Constitution and laws
of the National Government.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-08-15
SPLENDID DISPLAY GOES NORTH.
Farmers Of Lincoln County Responded
to Call, Generously, Sending a
Fine Lot Of Home Grown
Products.

That good farm products can be
grown in Lincoln county as any
place on earth, was demonstrated
Monday when a variety was
brought into the Offices of the
Brookhaven Progressive Union to
be sent to the State fairs in Hi
nois, Indiana and Ohio.
J. NJ. Meyer brought in two
stalks of corn fifteen feet high on
which were two ears of corn to
each stalk and the best bundle of
oats that thus far been seen in the
county. Eugene Friene brought
splendid stalk of cotton, sweet
potatoes and pears. From the
Milzas and Menelas plantations
came tea plant, egg plant, pears,
Irish potatoes, japanese persim-
mons, peas, beans, onions, and a
number of other splendid pro-
ducts grown and cultivated on this
plantation.
w. G. Maxwell, also sent a
splendid display consisting of
field peas, johnson grass. sor-
ghum top, broom corn, beans,
popcorn and several ears of we'll
developed corn. His display was
a fine variety and much appreciat-
ed.
It is indeed gratifying to know
that the farmers of this county
have taken such keen interest in
this matter and it will be much
satisfaction to them to learn that
Lincoln county was the only
county between jackson and New
Orleans that sent an exhibit.
g. a., KerI brought to town
one of the best stalks of cotton
seen in many a day. II was full
Iy FIVE feet high and had three
hundred boIls on it. It was
placed aboard the car and receiy-
led much favorable comment from
Mr.. H. j. ScIlweitert, chief clerk
to Capt j. f. Merry. It was
Capt. MerTy's intention to ac-
company the car, but at the last
moment be found it impossible
and sent bis chief clerk.
The exhibition car was attach
Led to train 81 between McComb
and Jackson. Leaving the lat
tier city IL was given to fast
train and ran direct to Indianapo-
Ills where it will be exhibited at the
Indiana State fair next week
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-08-15
10 Cents

And we have hoped for this price TO prevail,
but the present market allows us only about
. 1-2 cents 1t is very evident fact that
it is not always just what we want for our
products that controls the price, but the law
of SUPPLY AND DEMAND. 1t is, there
fore, necessary that we should help create
good demand for COTTON GOODS of all
grades The more demand for cotton goods
creates better demand for the raw material,
hence the price goes up, and you are bene-
fitted thereby.
When supplying your needs in this line,
remember that our very large stock enables
us to name you very close prices. We lead
the market on standard and high grade
goods. WE BUY NOTHING. BUT THE
BEST. which we can sell you at the same
prices others ask for the cheapest.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-08-15
The Birdspne Case.

When the Birdsong case was
called in the Lawrence Circuit
Court Monday, the attorneys for
the defense filed a plea in abate-
ment. This was overruled BY
tie court on demurrer, and then
an application was made for d
change of venue. After exanlin-
ing number Of witnesses on the
question as to whether the Bird
songs could get fair trial in
Lawrence, the court finally decid
Jed to grant q change Of venue to
Copiah county.
On Monday the grand jury re-
|tufned an Indictment against Dr.
James Birdsong, charging him
with being an accessory To bis
wife ID the murder 81 Or. E. 1T.
Butler. Senator a. j.. McLaurin
has been added 10 counsel for the
defense.
Two life term murderers made
desperate attempts I'd escape from
prison at LeakesvllIe. They ran
out over the 3ailoF; but were
caught by citizens.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-08-15
Miss Kate Markham Powel

Miss Kate Markham Power
is writing "reminiscences of
Jackson over half d century ago.,
for the Jackson Sunday Clarion
Ledger. She is telling the tale
as 1t is told to her from her
fathers diary, manuscripts, etc.
Il is q valuable contribution to
the CIarion- Ledger's columns.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-08-15
Moneybak Black Silks.

The celebrated production of one of the best and
most progressive manufacturers in this great country
The time once was when Lyons well known silk
producing centre and the French Silk Fabrics, sklully
made and adroty finished, sold freely in this country
But the fact that America produces some OF the
best-wearing silks in the world You all know 90 per
cent duty and the renowned enterprise Of countmen
hard to equal and be surpassed the face OF
the earth The logical result is that we now produce
BLACK SILK FABRICS. renowned for their beauty,
unequalled for durability and more reasonable by
good deal than any makers of Continental Europe can
send here and pay the tariff charges of to-day and sell at
as reasonable prices.
One Other Fact known to most ladies IS the loss dis
appointment and annoyance they have experienced IN the
wear Of foreign silks PARTICULARLY TAFFE las.
That has been overcome In the famous MOneybak Brand
No deleteriou dyes are used give them weight heir
BEAUTY, LUSTRE and WEIGHT are solely and
naturally caused 1s BY superiority Of the pure silk
used 3D. by the absence Of loading with injurious dyes
and filling 3d. by skill and excellence in manufacture,
using only the latest and best machinery produced Still
further to show the faith and confidence, in the dura
biIy, the Moneybak Silks are guaranteed BY Us not to-
CRACK or wear badly for the space Of Six Months
Think what that means that any time imperfectons
show that can possibly Be attributed the material
at once without argument, give the Money-back What
more can be done2 The Silk itself is beautiful and
unequaIled for the wardrobe of the first lady the land
the Price Reasonable and the Guarantee Absolute.
For frstelass, reliable merchandise il all lines, patron
za f4n balnfz
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-08-15
HoW ABOUT
The Price Of Cotton !?
The great question that now
concerns us all
DAYS AGO THE CONDITIONS

~ were very favorable, and the outlook
for large yield of the staple in this vicinity
was most promising. The Governments
estimate of the condition of cotton in July
was 90 per cent, but the opening days of
August have marked great deterioration
in the plant, and no doubt the next report
will show a condition of about IS per cent.
Most of our farmers have planted with an
expectancy of
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-09
NEW CORPORATIONS.
Several Formed In the State Within
the Last Week.

Citizens State Bank, Washburn, N.
D.; capital $4,000. Incorporators,
Andrew Sinclair, Courtenay; j. E.
Miller. Underwood; j.. Sinclair. Coop
erstown.
The First State Bank of Merricourt,
Merricourt, N. d.; capital 100000. In
corporators, John w. Crabtree. Mer-
ricourt; G. A. Morrisan, R. Crabtree,
r. R. Crabtree, G. E. Lane, Glendale,
N. d.
Farmers & Merchants State Bank,
Palermo, N. D.; capital $4,000. In
corporators, John McCarty, Minneapo-
lis. Mimi; Martin D. Johnson, A. N.
Johnson, Hatton, N. d.
The st. John Improvement Co., st.
John, N. D.; capital 100000. Incor-
porators. G. M. Coghlan, A. ]. Bolstad,
F. Martineau. ]! X. Rudrud, Geo. w.
Hooker, st. John, N. D.
Northwestern Irrigation Co., Valley
City, N. D.; capital 100000. Incor-
porators. George B. Thomas, R. H.
Johnston, Valley City; r. M. Hamil-
ton. Fargo.
Rutland Hardware Company, Rut-
land. N. D.; capital, $4,000. Incor-
porators. Martin G. Flados, Andrew
Miller. Otto Miller. Rutland, N. D.
Springdale Cattle Co., Dickinson, N.
D.; capital $4,000. Incorporators, ].
E. Phelan. Charles ]. Phelan, Ruth L.
Phelan. Dickinson, N. D.
Citizens State aBnk, Langdon, in
crease of capital stock from $4,000
to $4,000.
st. Patrick Church, Crystal, N. D.
Western Realty & Loan Co., Glen
ullin. N. D.; capital $4,000. Incor-
porators. L. A. Tavis, Michael Tschida,
Mary Tschida, M. A. Tavis, Glenullin,
N. D.
Pingree Telephone Co., Pingree, N.
D.; capital $4,000. Incorporators,
James Price, Thomas Price, Oscar
Boyd, o. H. Dahl. H. M. Dahl, Pin
gree, N. d.
New Rockford, sheyenne & Eastern
Telephone Co.. New Rockford, N. D.;
capital $4,000. Incorporators. ]. w.
RACER. E. B. Thomson, B. w. Hersey,
Q. w. Hall, New Rockford, N. D.
The Hoffnung Gememde, German
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ashley,
N. d. Incorporators, Ludwig MARI,
Gottlieb G. schaffer; Christian Nitsch-
Ike. Ashley, N. D.
First Presbyterian Church, Egeland,
N. D. Incorporators, William N. NC
Aneney, Charles A. Besseie, Henry A.
Diehl, Egeland, N. d.
The st. Jakobus German Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Parochial Association of
Ashley, N. D. Incorporators. Michael
Omaschnick, Christian Krobel, Cold
water; Johannes Muna, Hellwig: Lud-
wig Maerz, Ashley.