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That Man Brewer.

Brewer has thrown CONSERVATION
into the camps of his enemies. He
has gone ahead of the sanguine expec-
tationS Of friends. He has command
ed respect Of the entire State, and he
is the man of the hour. 1t was talk
ed before the primary that the man
from Coahoma was only in the race to
get acquainted with the people, that he
would be candidate four years hence.
His magnificent race has shown this
up as political hot air, and the voter
will feel that there is no chance of
throwing his vote away when he casts
ie for Brewer in the econd.-MadiSOn
County Herald.
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E. F. NOEL.

He is the author of the present
primary election law.
He drafted and procured the pas
sage Of an act that put an end to the
G. 0. ID. liquor traffic.
He has participated actively in leg
iSlatiOn against bucket shops.
He secured the passage Of bill
which broke up the oil mill trust
when it had reduced the price of seed
four dollars.
He was author Of q constitution
al amendment for the election of
Judges, which received three-fourths
of the vote cast.
A quarter of century ago, because
of his determined stand for the taxa
tion and supervision of railroads, his
firm had an attorneyship for railroads
which had been given it, cancelled.
During his last term in the Senate
he secured the passage of an act to
enforce the antitrust law.
A legislator can only assist in the
enactment of good laws, there his du-
ty ends.
Are you not of the opinion that our
laws are full enough and good enough?
Is not the trouble with their enforce
ment? The governor is charged with
the enforcement of the laws. If you
believe that e. T. Noel would be as
Jealous and as successful IN having
them enforced as he has been in pro-
curing their enactment, will you
give him your vote for governor?
Grenada County Noel Club.
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BREWER Is OUR CHOICE.

The Enterprise was supporter OF
Judge Jeff Truley for governor in, the
First Primary. and while he was de-
feated, we have no apologies to make,
as be run clean hightoned race and
bad the support of some Of the fore
most StatSmen in Mississippi. His
honor is still above par and we are yet
proud OF him as a MiSsissippiln.
Believing that'neXt to Judge Truly S
great ability and high qualification
for the Office Of governor is Hon. Earl
Brewer, The Enterprise theref, re
announces that its banner has been
again unfurled for the governors race,
and this time it floats over the head
of Earl Brewer. .-McCOmbS City En-
terpriSe.
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Saws Il Is A Falsehood.

A few days ago the writer was in.
formed that one Mr.. p. L. Davis OF
Vicksbrug had told some parties in
Grenada that Hen. Earl Brewer had
made a written agreement with
Judge Truly to withdraw from the
race for governor six weeks before the
first primary. We felt that we kenw
such statement to be false but we
thought it proper to notify Mr.. Brew
er, which we did, whereupon we re-
cieved telegram Of denial and later
the letter which appears below.
Like all other slanderous statements
started on Mr.. Brewer in this cam
paign it recoils on it's promoters and
will not hurt Mr.. brewer:
Bay ST. Louis, Miss.
Aug. 9, 1907.
Mr.. .. f. Lawrence,
Grenada, Miss.
Dear Lawrence
/ am Just in receipt Of your letter
of yesterday and hasten to reply. L
wired you denying the statement of
one p. L. Davis and now beg to con-
firm my wire and say that it is posi-
lively a falsehood out Of the whole
cloth; that no such agreement-in
fact. no agreement-was entered into
by Judge Truly or myself, and any in
slnuation or intimation Of any kind
pertaining to the gubernatCrial fight
between us, and the statement is an
absolute falsehood circulated for the
purpose Of injuring me.
] thank you very much for calling
my attention to the matter and hope
that you will do me the favor to cor
receIhe report wherever you hear IT..
Everything is coming up right
down in this country and feel that |
am going to win the race for cavern
or in the second primary with an over
wheiming majority.
| am, sincerely and cordially,
Your friend,
EARL BREWER
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TO SISSON MEN.

Our gallant young chieftaln
and Montgomery's noble scion,
Upton Sisson, having gone down
in honorable defeat, it behooves
us to stand en- masse for Earl
Brewer for governor, believing
him to be more nearly the mould
and make of our young champion
of Democracy; and, again, realiz'
ing Brewers tenacity of purpose,
no doubt he would again be a
candidate for gubernatorial hon
ors four years hence. and his al
ready strong hold on the people
would entail npon our Sisson
hard struggle. We want to see
Upton Sisson governor of Missis-
sippi four years from now, so lets
get Brewer out OF the way and
thereby aid in giving Upton a
clean field.
We stood by Mr.. Sisson because
we had faith in his principles, un-
swerving confidence in his integ-
rity and feeling of love for his
engaging personality; but since
Upton has lost, let's marshall our
forces under the ensign of Ear
Brewer and help the barefoot, one
gallus boy'win his spurs. At this
particular juncture in the political
history of Mississippi we need fol
governor a young mana man
fresh from the mint of nature,
man whose sympathies are for the
great toiling, struggling masses
of the people. This combination
it seems to me, is found in Earl
Brewer. Sisson men, let's gel
busy for Brewer. Cordially,
A Sisson Man
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STRIKE AMONG OPERATORS
Which Ties Up Almost All
Telegraph Lines.
HAD ITS BEGINNING At Los ANGELES.
Ten Thousaud Operators Walk Out
Affects Business to q Serious
Extent. President R0Ose.
welt Appealed To.
The Causes.

The telegraph lines of almost the
entire country are tied up because OF
the operator s strike. The operators
for the Western Union and the Pos
tai Companies have joined in the
strike and the total aggregates about
10, 900 operators who have walked out
Of their offices. The situation affects
the whole country and almost every
business and is causing no inconSider-
able loss and inconvenience to busi-
ness. The newspapers are also being
affected as the associated press opper-
atOrs are going in the strike. The
Chicago Board OF Trade has appealed
to President Roosevelt to take hand
in bringing about an adjustment. 1t
is not yet known just what move the
President will make. The Jackson
Evening News says editionally, of the
cause of the strike: Like all large
affairs, it had a small beginning.
The Postal Telee raph Company dis
charged an operator at Los Angeles.
The local branch of the Commercial
TelegrapherS' Union demanded his re-
inStatement, claiming that the dis
charge was prompted by prejudice,
The company refused, and the mem
bers Of the local union went on a
strike. The trouble then commenced
to spread. San Francisco took a hand,
the operators walking out through
sympathy with their brethren at Los
Angeles. Chicago operators who be-
long to the union refused to work on
wires with non-union operators in San
Francisco, and quit also. Then the
local union, one after anOthec. by the
dozens and scores, struck in sympa-
thy, until d tie-up of telegraphic SER
vice that is almost complete has re-
suited"
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Observation-Disclosures,

Never in the history of our country,
in any age, has there been such a
mighty work before the youth of our
land as there is today: and we might
say never were young men as ignorant
OF it and uufitted for their work.
Each one wants the other to row
while he catches the fish. All seem
to believe in luck. Wishing is the
easiest way of getting roor living.
Looking for fortunate star to rise is
like standing on the oceans strand
waiting and watching for wealth-lad-
en- ships to come over the sea that
never put out" Wishing brings a
small income, and the taxes on it are
enormous. Don't say the world owes
you living until you nave earned one.
Idleness in boys and girls is the black.
est curse OF any land. There is just
as great work and just as noble fol
the young woman as for the young
man. When the girls of ealnestness,
cast aside the loose cloak of vain
fickleness, and donning the beautiful
of laboring purity, come forth from
the sickly chamber of the accom-
plished" asking What shall we do:
and bearing the motto "Womans abil
Nity shall see the light" ",then the boys
will become more earnest, more tenn
perate, more like men. Dear young
people be not ashamed of labor. HarC
hands, strong arms, and sun-burned
faces are honorable. Take ., ,Excelci.
or" for your motto, and if you are
patient, in a few years you can surely
write under it that other good word,
Eureka.
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success was due to the mahipuIa-
tions of shrewd politicians, when
it is well-known fact that the
returns of the election demon
Istrate that Brewer received his
largest support in the country
districts, where no politician
has power to manipulate.
Mr.. Noel claims to be the au-
thor of the c. 0. D. liquor statute
when it is fact that our distln-
guished, Chief Executive,
Gov. Vardaman, looking for
the welfare of the state, recon-
mended this legislation in
a special message to the
Legislature, and the legislation
that followed was and is not
the product of the mind and
heart of Mr.. Noel.
Thus speaks the public record.
See laws of 1906, page 4Io.
just here we will state
Earl Brewer collected and
paid into the State Treas
ury Five Hundred Dollars
forced from the c. O. d. liquor
dealers and which, We are in
formed at the Capitol, is the only
money ever paid in from that
source.
Mr. Noel claims to be the author
of the measure for the election OF
Judges, when, as matter of fact.
the measure was defeated by
narrow margin only in the Consti-
tutional Convention of 1890, and
when a resolution was intro 1uced
to accomplish this result in the
Legislature of 1892, and each sue
ceeding session since.
When Mr.. Noel assumed te
take the lead 20 secure what ali
the people wanted, friends of the
elective judiciary in the legisla-
ture believed him when he told
them that he knew how to accom-
plish what they wanted to accom-
plish, and he set to work to pre-
pare the law.
His work was so faulty
that the Supreme Court had
to set the whole thing aside
and the whole work has
got to de done all over "a
gain.
That what we say is true,
see Volue ~ of Mississippi
Supreme Court Reports,
page 543.
The people do not want to
trust leadership to one VINO has
been judicially declared to be in
competent.
That he, Noel. was member OF
the Legislature of 1882 when
the Yazoo&Mississippi Valley
Railroad Company charter, the
Canton, MISUNDERSTANDING
Railroad charter. and the Mem
phis, VicksburgRailroad Company
charter were all granted, and the
fact that he was a member of that
body, did not prevent these cor
porations from securing special
privileges, to-wit, eXemp-
tions from all taxation for
from twenty to thirty yeers; and
this same fact did not prevent
the Gulf&Ship Island Railroad
Company, in the same session Of
the Legislature, from securing
charter which granted it furth-
er special privilege, to-wit,
eXenptedit eternally from
having it's passenger and
freight rates supervised by
the Mississippi Railroad
Commission. And yet, anH
vet! He was there!!
See Laws of 1892, pages S4Z
$40. 1901, IoIIand 1913
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Great SCOTT
But BREWER
TRULY made
SISSON- look
like a THOMAS
cat on a NOEL!
--Hattiesburg Pi
ice CT cam Supper.

The Ladies Of the First Ri =
Church willgiye an ice cream
in the court house Tuesday cv aiA,r
August 20. Everybody invites
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A lawn without a flower Is
home without a child.
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EARL BREWER.
Extracts from Brewer State Cam
paign Committee Special of Aug.
15th.)

A general primary election law
was introduced and championed
by Hon. Frank Burkitt in the
Legislature of 1892.
\ Governor Longino recommend
ed its adoption at the special
session of the Legislature in 1902,
without which recommendation
the Legislature could not have
considered or passed any law on
that subject.
See laws of 1902, page
24S.
SO that, strange as it may seem,
by looking at the record, the leg
islation on primary elections,
adopted in 1902, was upon the
initiative of Governor Longino,
and carried out9only the plan OF
Hon. Frank Burkitt.
These instances are .given to
show how magnananimous Mr..
Noel and friends are about claim
ing things to have been accom-
plished by him, and how far they
are from being supported by the
facts.
Mr.. Noel has had the ternerity
and recklessness to charge, over
his own signature, that Brewers
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Capt. w. S. Eskridge Of Charleston
a gentleman wikely known and gener-
ally beloved in Mississippi is in Gre
dada On business.
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T,,;s worth Remembering

When ever yeu have a cough or
cold jusu remember that Foley S Hon
ev and Tar will cure it. DO not rlsk
vonr health by taking any but the
genuine. 1t is yellow oackage.-
Hughes Drug Store,
The Washington times., 1907-01-30

A splendid variety OF desir-
able Laces, including Venice,
Allique, Oriental Bandings and
Point de Paris Laces. in scores
Of new and pleasing patterns.
The Washington times., 1907-01-30

No Man or Phone orders.
The Washington times., 1907-01-30

("It Pays to peal at aoidsnbsrg's.")
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weIl-known phenomenon Of st. Elmo's
fire.
John Wise, the noted American bal
loonist. gives an exciting description
OF his experiences in q storm during
an ascent made on June II, 1913. The
balloon, as Il came under a black
elopt began to rotate and TO ascend
rapidly. On entering the cloud Wise
experienced a sensation Of suffocating,
and had repeated attacks OF venting.
In consequence of the great cold the
ropes were covered with ice and snow
fell. The balloon was Whirled about
and rose rapidly. roaring noise like
those OF a cataract Fesounding in the
air. The balloon was sent alternately
up Snd down several times with great
rapidly. After about twenty minutes
1t was finally thrown out OF the cloud.
Captain Rildebrant, OF the German
army. had similar experience when
he made. an ascent on June T. 1902, with
the director Of the Photographic lab
oratory OF the Technical High School
OF ChaTlottesburg. Prof. Miethe At
go .. M, near Fslkenberg. the bal
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the burning material fell 10 the ground
Lieutenant Hitler IN the burning mass.
The men came TO his assistance so
quickly that he suffered no INJURY from
the FIRE, but HIS left leg and his right
ankle were broken and he suffered
heavy conclusion After a long siege in
the hospital he recovered. Three OF the
men standing below were also struck
and had marks on their breasts or the
soles OF their feet similar 20 the eff
fects OF small CALLER bnllets. They.
too. recovered.
These accidents have suggested the
necessity for protecting captive bal
looms with special lightning conductors.
connecting the iron parts with the
cable and leading TO earth from the
capstan.
1t has happened that even in fair
weather fash of lightning has been
discharged from a passing heavy
cloud. As a rule aseensions are not
made in threatening weather. and this
matter would have no general interest
II Il were not for the fact that captive
balloons nov often form part of near
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Lives by Motoring.

Crown Point Is a hustling place. The
principal industries are marriage
licenses. weddings. selling gasoline TO
the elopement automobiles, hauling
elopsTs to and from' trains, serving
meals to wedding PARTIES and selling
We Have Just Been Married" SOU
veniF postal cards to blushing brides,
Although Crown Point is an Indiana
town to its great shame and grief Il
had no poets, no Hoosier dialect writ
ers, no historical novelists. It looked
is If Fame had given the town the
go-by. Then fate begun working for
Crown Point.
The Illinois Legislature passed the
law that people divorced In Illinois
could not remsrry within one year.
II is sad, but true that divorced peo-
PIE generally wish to Femarry and
usually without waiting a day. iet
alone a year So naturally people in
Chicago and northern Illinois general
iy who are divorced ana wish 10 re-
marty within a year must 90 20 some
State that has more liberal laws On
the subject. OF ali these States In
diana Is the most agreeable.
AS the license must be given out. at
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Lake county, Indiana, has been the
mecca for clipping couples FOR several
years Lake county. Indiana, Is the
original place where marriage licenses
were once so common that they gave
one ali nicely framed with every pound
OF tea Everywhere else In the United
States Of America there is only one
place in each county. whether IN Maine
or Texas. where marriage licenses can
be procured-that is the county seat
But in Lake county marriage iiceases
could be secured not only In Crown
Point, the county seat. but at Ham
mond, which is the prosperous BALI
wick Astounding and abutting on the
Illinois line, and only a short spin
by automobile from SOUTH Chicago.
Licenses were so common IN Lake
county that clippers generally went
there with the impression that they
could buy them OF the candy butcher
on the cars when the train crossed the
county line.
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loon had the tewiine out. but to avoid
tnjuring the cultivated fields, landing
was not effected. The balloon soon
reached NiedeE-F inow, and then the
forest at Liepe, but no good landing
place was found.
Ballast vas thrown out. and the bal
loon rose 8 few hundred yards and en-
tered an apparently harmless, low
lying cloud. Suddenly the balloon be-
gaH to rise very rapidly and a peculiar
rushing noise became audible, as II
there were a waterfall down below in
the woods.
Hail fell into the basket from all
sides. Three times the balloon was
hurled rapidly from a height Of about
400 yards 70 2.400 yards and down
again. The towline stood out straight.
nearly on s level with the basket, and
the latter was thrown about 20 vio-
lently that the inmates had to hold on
with both hands The storm itself
forced the gas out Of the vensilateF at
a rapid rate. so thar opening the ven
tiistoF had no effect
Little lightning vas noticed, but the
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~ all expositiona or outdoor entertain
ments fer the public and opportunity is
generally given 10 make aseensions.
On these occasions. owing TO the lack
Of proper precautions. accidents often
occur The principal societies which
take an interest in and encourage this
form OF sport take precautions to
avoid accidents, but irresp onsible per
sons having balloons IN charge are very
apt 20 neglect them.
The question Of the danger from
lightning experienced by "a free bal
loon has become d very serious one,
owing TO the great number OF aseen-
sions made nowadays, a number which
is continually increasing year by year
The earliest record OF an aeronauts
experience ia a thunder storm is that
OF the French scientist, Testu Brissy.
On May II, 17s5. while studying the
electrical condition OF the atmosphere.
this experimenter made an eleven-hour
night journey and remained for three
hours in thunder clouds conducting his
observations. He noticed several times
on the iron points Of the basket the
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tain Of engineers, D'Amico. and a ser
geant. escaped with comparatively
slight injuries.
In the experimental trials OF the Ger
man balloon sections balloons have
often been struck BY electrical dis
charges. A very exciting case Of this
kind occurred On May %. 1902 at HUr-
Zach, south OF Kloster LedfeId, In the
Bavarian balloon troops.
First Lieutenant Hitler. In charge or
a balloon. found himself al about
p. N. az a height Of about 1000 feet,
when a heavy black cloud appeared
on the horizon, the approach of which
caused tho men at the telephone and
the capstan to experience electric
shocks. The officer in charge decided
10 bring the balloon down 20 the
ground as quickly as possible, but It
WAS too late.
In the midst OF the preparations TO
effect its descent a short. sharp thun-
der clap was heard, AMI one OF Ihs
horses Of the balloon wagon fell over.
The lightning had struck the balloon.
ard set the cover on Ere. In minute
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thunder Was continuous and LOUD.
After about thirty minutes, judging
from the Paragraph curves, the bal
loon left the region Of the thunder
cloud and fell az a rate OF about thir-
ty-four and a half feet a second to
tho earth- It anghted IN the top OF an
old beech tree and remained there.
Prof. Miethe was let down BY the rope
and brought people from Liepe in
wagon, and with their assistance the
balloon was lowered TO the ground.
Balloons have often been IL cumu
lous clouds heavily charged with cleo
tFicity, and sparks have been noticed
on the iron ring or he writing lever Of
the Paragraph. but no effect Ike
lightning stroke has ever been eX-
perienced IN free balloons.
II Is, therefore, a question whether q
balloon which may. suddenly find itself
IN a thunder cloud can be struck by
lightning. In general II may be as
snmed that this Is impossible. since the
outer surface OF the balloon always
takes toe electrical potential Of the
surrounding air, consequently a nas
OF lightning gthe equalizing OF the dig
ference OF potential between two
maHses) cannot occur.
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THE ELoPEMENT wsEs PAPA II PURSUIT.

marry you. Those clippers who Wish
20 get married, come II faut, as we
say in Crown Point, come Gown aes7
for the ceremony.
"Of course. II isn't everybody who
can afford to hire an automobile, Aut
for those who can It's the only way.
We have, Of course, a large number
who come down here on the trains,
but It is the automobile marriage
license trade which belongs 70 Us ex-
clusively that gives our beautiful lit
tie city its chief distinction"
Crown Point IN the natural capital
OF automobile elepement land. Il Is
the nearest Indiana town to Chicago,
where a license can be procured. and
Is the county seat OF Lake County
Il Is easy 10 rpn out to Crown Point,
eithe- by train or automobile, get a
license, be married and run back early
In the evening to Chicago.
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Runners spoIIed Industry.

Couples who had been married any
where from one 10 fifty years were
naturally not pleased to be hustled
around by the marriage runners. and
there was a great deal Of complaint.
Finally one staid old couple who were
only q few days from the celebration
Of their silver wedding became very
angry st being publicly mobbed one
day by four runners-thres men and a
woman--all acting for various preach
ers and justices. The woman runner
became 60 excited that she yanked a
handful OF hair out Of the head Of one
Of the he-runners, and IN the melee
the dignihsd silver wedding couple
were all mussed I'D.
Their indignation was go great that
they stirred up the public wrath OF
Hammond. County Clerk Wheeler
listened 10 the hue and cry ard then
came over 20 Hammond and sent
around word 10 the preachers and Jus
tees that they must be less strenuous
In soliciting marriage business. Never
theiess. they went on just the same,
and fnally there was so much scandal
over .he matter that Clerk Wheeler
packed up the records in the marriage
bureau department IN the superior
court building at Hammond and sent
them over 70 Crown Point. Since then
Grown Point had a monopoly OF the
marriage industry IN Lake county.