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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-23
Programme for Saturday Evening.

The programme for Saturday evening
at the Universalist church viii be as
follows
Selection, Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar
club
Song. Mrs. NJ. D. Lamb
Reading, Mr.. Heath.
Violin solo, Miss Gould.
Reading, Miss Tilden
Piano solo, Miss Averili.
Cake and lee cream viii be served
before and after the entertainment. The
ladies are requested TO come prepared To
pay thir dues. Entertainment begins at
o'clock. Admission, 10 cents.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-23
Ladies' Cloth and Fur Lined Goats

Suits, Skirts and Waists are all cut in
price during the Red Letter Sale.
Our styles, material and prices were
always right Now we do still bet-
ter. You cannot make mistake here.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-23
The BARRE DAILY TIMES
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER .. 1907.
Weather Prediction.

Fair In north. rain IN south portion
tonight. Sunday rain, except fair I'M
northwest portions colder tonighti light
20 fresh north winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-23
OUR CLOTHING STOCK

is what we are particularly proud Of. We
have what you want at lesser price now.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-23

Store Counters, also long ia
oIes, show cases, several styles,
platform scales weighing 500 or
800 lbs, with wheels. Low prices.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-23

Pumps, in good condition.
Have been but little used.
Douglas No. 2 and other styles
at very low prices.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-23

Alfred Benamns Clothing Youngs Hats Regent Shirts and
Aders Gloves all included the Red Letter Sale. The opportunity
IS yours tor weeks only remember after that regular prices You
will know the Arcade then shall always avail your
selves d our
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-23
RED LETTER PRICES ON YOUNG
MEMS SUITS
(Sizes up to 3G.l
SHIRTS
RED LETTER PRICES ON MEMS
PANTS

70 Pei Cent Discount tm pos Pair Shoes The house We haze correct line
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-03-30
See Wilson About It

have lands for exchange and good orange groves as well as city property and good town property near Los, An geles to exchange for Imperial lands. I have good parties wishing to lease lands. Now, Mir. Farmer, you want to-
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-03-30
The opinion outside seems to be that the Southern Pacific and the Spreckles road will yet lock horns over
 Imperial Valley

and Eastern right of way as a basis, run line Into the very heart of San Diego, The present depot site of the latter road Is on Tenth street. one of the most desirable locations In the city for terminals.
 That there Is more than rumor to the report Is certain from the recent mysterious visit to San Diego of Epes Randolph. Randolph In company with President Babcock of the Cuyamaca. San Diego and Eastern made a trip over the road and Its extended right of way at 4 o'clock In the morning last week. Mir. Babcock and Mir. Ran dolph refused to tell what the meaning of the trip was. They each refuse to tell anything in regard to the sale of the road. General Sherman and Mr. Clark also are non commital. This is to be expected if the Southern Pacific Is trying to gain entrance to San Diego by stealth.
 At the present time there Is prospect of legal controversy between the Spreckels interests and the Cuyamaca, San Diego and Eastern company over the right of way for the San Diego and Arizona railroad company. As sur veyed by the city engineer of San Die- go. the right of way of the Spreckels road will run directly through the ter minal site of the Cuyamaca road. Ar bltratlon proceedings are now In pro- cess for the property, but 1t has been given out by the Cuyamaca interests In an unofficial manner that they will not rellnquish their property without hard fight.
 Within the past ten days a large
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-03-30

Within sixty days railroad war un- precedented In the history of the West will be on.
 The Southern Pacific will be lined up on one side. John D. Spreckels, packer and builder of the proposed San Diego and Eastern railroad, running between San Diego and Yuma, ArIz.. will be on the other
 From a source which cannot be questioned. comes the information that General Moses Sherman and E. P' Clark president of the Los Angeles Pacific, Hartman property, have bought or have at this time under op ton all of the stock and bonds of the Cuyamaca, San Diego and Eastern railroad, a road of small mileage. but of great importance in the affairs of San Diego. This road runs east of San Diego in the direction of Foster.
 At the present time the Southern Pacific is the owner of grant of land from the Mexican government. thirty miles wide, extending from the south ern border of Ar zona to Ensenada. Mex. Part of the line of the Cuya- maca. San Dlegs and Eastern railroad runs In the direction of Ensenada. The connection between the two roads Is obvious.
 It Is the purpose of the Southern Pa cifIc 70 push Its line into San Diego and thus thwart, If rossible. the Spreck- els interests in getting the rich trade of the Imperial valley. It would be an easy matter for the Southern Pacific to build from Arizona to the Mexican border south of San Diego and from there, with the Cuyamaca, San Diego
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-03-30

party of Southern Pacific officials, among them Epes Randolph. visited San Diego and at that time all infor- nation as to the purpose of their visit was denied. It leaked out that they were there looking over the Cuyamaea road.
 The grant of the Southern Pacific railroad by the Mexican government runs within few miles of the border line. Surveyors have been at work for months past In this locality. It Is stated that line from the Arizona line to tae sea has been located by these parties.
 Large additions to the surveying parties of the San Diego and Arizona railroad have been put Into the field within the past Two weeks. The right of way for this road In the city of San Diego has been secured with three ex- captions. It Is believed that actual construction work In the city will be- gin In the next sixty days.
 Parties In the mountains are working under rush orders from headquarters to complete the surveys In the mountains and especially over the passes seventy miles east of San Diego. with all poss- lble dispatch. This Is taken to mean that Spreckels Is expecting war with the Southern Pacific.
 Recently It was announced by the Southern Pacific that millions of dollars would be spent In extensions and lm- provements In California and vicinity. It Is more than likely that some of these millions will be used In building a parallel road to the Spreckels line
 To extend the Southern Pacific line from Santa Ana south to San Diego Is looked upon as lmpractlcable. The Santa Fe now controls all the coast wise business and has the best route employed. Another reason-I and this perhaps Is the most probable one for the individuality of extending the Southern Pacific from Santa Ana South-is that the Southern Pacific l wishes to keep for Itself all the trade of the Imperial valley and will therefore build the Mexican road.
 With the Spreckels line built directly Into this valley. having a haul of not more than l75 miles to the sea, the Southern Pacific would be dstanced in 1 controlling the trade as the only means now of getting into the valley Is by a long. roundabout route through Los Angeles.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03
WILL REVIVE AN OLD STATUTE
Representative Gaines, of Tennessee Discovers Authority for Docking
 Derelict Congressmen.

Washington, Dec. 27.-Representa- tive John Wesley Gaines of Tennesse, who is in favor of enacting new stat ute providing that members of con Eress shall forfeit s1370 for every day they are absant. announces that as a result of a search through the old doc uments at the capitol, he has found that a statute, passed in 1856, which prohibits absent members from col lecting their salaries unless they are kept from their official duties by ill., ness, has never been repealed. An at- tempt was made to enforce this law he says, in the Fifty-second congress which resulted in the strenuous efforts to repeal the statute in 1894, when the democrats had control of the house Representative Gaines will call the at- tention of congress to the statute. he says, and insist that it be enforced.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03
AOOLUAS CAUSED RIOTS.
Mississippi Authorities Blame White Rowdies for Recent Bloodshcd
 in Kemper County.
STATEMENT BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Declares the Four Men Killed on Christ mas Were Not Connected With the Affair in Any Manner--Mesnbers of the Mob to be Prosecuted If Captured.

New Orleans, Dec. 2S.-That white men protected innocent negroes, and that every effort is made by tre whites to punish those 'hoodlums" of their own race who were responsible for the Christmas riots in Kemper county, Mississippi, was the informa' ton in detailed accounts arriving early Thursday from the little towns which were the scene of the blood shed.
 "A conference has been held" these dispatches say, between the civil and military authorities at which evil dence was produced that will estab- fish the identity of five white men of good families of the county who took part in the lynchings. District Attorney Currie has made public statement in which he says;
 q found upon investigation that the trouble was caused by lot of "hoodlums" and outlaws who openly violated all laws of God and man and decency. The four men killed Christ mas day were not connected with the affair in any manner and l am informed that the houses burned were occupied by negroes who were not even in sympathy with any of those who were connected with the out rages. These men will be captured, if it is in the power of the state of Mississippi to do so"
 The dispatches say that the total death list Is probably 12; that the mob element among tie whites has mostly fled toward the Alabama state line while negroes in terror have gathered at Scooba and Wahalaka to place themselves under the protection of troops or of citizens. The killing of negro named Calvin Nicholson is reported as "one of the most brutal which has occurred since the days of reconstruction. Nicholson was a negro of the best class. While a posse was searching for a negro named Simpson who had killed de- putty they entered Nieholson's house anu 5SNelai pSi oohs pVSon ShoO''hS . at him. Deputy Sheriff Alexander and two others rushed to the negro, shielding him with their bodies. They protected him until overpowered after which he was shot and his house burned District Attorney Currie says he has fixed the blame for this murder upon three men and will ar. rest them if they are still in the state.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03
RINGING, sTlNdINd WORDS

We have been inclined to think, with many others. that President Roosevelt had acted hastily and un wisely in ordering the discharge of the three companies of colorel troops, using what we now see to have been the fallacious idea that a man is supposed to be innocent until proveR to be guilty.
 Since reading the Presidents mes sage, however, we see that he is right in the course taken and '- produce the following ringing, sting ing words with which he concludes that masterly document:
 It is of the utmost importance to all our people that we shall deal with each man on his merits as man, and not deal with him merely as a member of a given race; that we shall judge each man by his conduct and not his color. This is important for the white man, and it is far more important for the colored man. More evil and sinister counsel never was given to any people than that
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03
CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK.
Thirty-Seven Thousand People Fed by the Various Charities of the
 Metropolis.

New York, Dec. 27.-New York eel ebrated Tuesday the most bounteous Christmas it has had in many years. Ideal winter weather, clear cold and sunshiny, marked the day.
 Thirty-seven thousand of the city s poor shared in the distribution or Christmas dinners by the Salvation Army, Timothy D. Sullivan and the Bowery Mission. Five thousand bas' kets and 1000 bags, each containing a fowl and "fixings'' sufficient for family of five persons or more. were distributed by Commander Eva Booth of the Salvation Army at the Grand Central Palace from Il to 1 o'clock.
 The people were admitted to the great hall in crowds of 200 and pre- sented with basket of food. The usual Christmas dinner at the Palace was abandoned as Commander Booth was convinced that the recipients or the gifts preferred to take them to their own homes and prepare their dinners after their own fashion. This made it possible to add 1000 bags to the amount usually distributed.
 In the afternoon occurred the an nual Christmas tree and distribution of more than 5000 toys to the chil- dren. Commander Booth said that the poor had suffered more this year than last as the price of food and rents had been advanced.
 More than 6.O00 of the homeless on the East Side partook of Christmas dinner at the Timothy D. Sullivan as- sociation rooms in the Bowery. No distinctions were made between ap- plicants except that the lame and the Elind were given preference in the line of those waiting for admission
 The majority of those who came for food were evidently In sad need of clothing, for many were without over coats and hundreds wore only the remnants of shoes. The day was bit terly cold. As each man departed from the hall a pouch full of tobacco, a pipe and a ticket for pair of shoes was given him and then the hall was cleared for the admission of another group of 800
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03
PRIVATE MANAGEMENT BEING
 HIT HARD.

In attempting to account for the shortage of coal in the northwest recently and the great amount of suffering caused thereby, railway officials state that it is all the fault of the dealers who made no effort to lay in a supply early in the season. The dealers, however, seek to lay the entire blame on the railroads and it is believed that an lnvestlga- tion will follow to try and place the responsibility for the lives of people being placed in jeopardy through the failure of those they depended on to supply the necessities of life.
 Whichever may have been found to have been at fault it IS evident the private management of quasi public utilities has received a serious jolt and the public given an expen- sive object lesson in favor of the people doing for themselves, through their government, what they now depend on private corporations doing.
 Does anyone imagine that if the government owned and operated the the coal mines and the railroads that any such condition of affairs as have been reported recently in the northwest. could or would have existed? !? When coal operators and dealers combine to create a shortage of supply so as to raise the price, and railway managers give more time to manipulating stocks than to running their roads trouble IS sure to follow.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03

WHAT THEY CURE. People often ask nWhat do Dr. Plerce's two leading med icines-'G Golden Medical Discovery and 'Favorlte Prescription cure ?"
 Briefly, the answer Is that wGQlden Medical DiscQyerY - is "a most potent al teratIye, or blnnd- purifier. And- -tnnlc. or inylsoraI0I. and acts Especially fayorably ll cnIallYe MAY-4pQM aIIIhe- -mnc0uS UnIng surfaces. as ot the nasal passages, throat, bronchial tubes. stomach. bowels ana bladder curing large percentage of catarrhal cases whether the disease af- fects the nasal passages, the throat, larynx, bronchia, stomach (as catarrhal dyspepsia), bowels (as mucous diarrhea), bladder, uterus or other pelvic organs Even in the chronic or ulcerative stages Of these affections, it is generally success tul Tn affecting cures. In fact the Golden Medical Discovery is without doubt, the most successful constitutional remedy for all forms of catarrhal diseases known to modern medical science. In chronic Nasal Catarrh Dr. Stages Catarrh Remedy fluid should be used for washing and cleansing out the nasal passages while taking the Discovery for It's blood cleansing and specific, healing effects upon the mucous lining membranes. This combined local and general treatment will cure very large percentage of the worst cases Of chronic nasal catarrh, no matter of how many years standing they may be-
 AslQ tue Eayoriie PreScrIp iinn.- IL Is adi1Sed- LOT Lhe- cure of one class of dis eaSeS QnlY.-thoSe weaknesses. derange- ments and irregularities peculiar to women. lt is powerful, yet gently act- ing, invigorating tonic and nervine. For weak. worn-out, over-worked women-no matter what has caused the breakdown. "FavorIte Prescription will be found most effective In building up tho strength, regulating the womanly functions, sub duing pain and bringing about healthy. strong, vigorous condition of the whole system.
 Dr. Pierce believes that our American forests abound in most valuable medi- clnal roots for the cure Of most of our obstinate and most fatal diseases. if VIC would properly investigate them: and, lh confirmation of this firm conviction he points with pride to the almost mar velous cures effected by his rGolden Med- ical Discovery which has proven itself Co be the most efficient stomach tonic, liver inyigorator. heart tonic and regtl- lator, and blood cleanser known to med ical science, Not less marvellous, In the unparalleled cures lt Is constantly mak. @s ol NQmans many peculiar etfec'
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03

tions, weaknesses and distressing derange- ments, is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip- tion, as is amply attested by thousands of unsolicited testimonials contributed by grateful patients who have been cured by It Of leucorrhea, painful periods irregular ities, prolapsus and other displacements, alteration of uterus and kindred afTee. tions, often after many other advertised medicines had failed.
 Both these world-famed medicines are wholly made up from the glyceric ex- tracts Of native, medicinal roots, found m our American forests. The processes employed in their manufacture were original with Dr. Pierce, and they are carried on by skilled chemists and phar- macistS with the aid of apparatus and appliances specially designed and built for this purpose. Both medicines are entirely free from alcohol and all other harmful, habit-forming drugs A full list oi their ingredients is printed on each ol their wrappers. They are both made of such native medicinal roots as have received the strongest endorsement and praise for their curative virtues from the most prominent writers on Mdteri0 Medtcd in this country. What is said of their power to cure the several diseases Tor which they are advised may be easily learned by sending your name and address to Dr. R. V. Pierce Buffaio N. f.,. for little booklet which he has compiled, containing copious extracts from numerous standard medical hookS which are consulted as authorities nv physicians of the several schools of prae- tice for their guidance in prescribing. If IS FREE TO ALL. A postal card request will bring it.
 You don't have to rely solely upon the manufacturers say-so as to the power of pr. Pierce's medicines to cure. as with other medicines sold through drurgists You have the dtsinteyested testimony of a host of the leading medical writers and teachers. Send for this copious testimony. It can be relied unon to pc truthful because tt Is entirely dts,
 Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure corr stipaton. Constipation Is the cause of many diseases. Cure tho cause and vo,, cure. the disease. One Pellet is gentle laxative, and two a mild eathar. tic. Druggists sell them. and notbino Is just as good.v They are the orJ0inai Little Liver Pills first put up nv old pr; Pierce over 70 years ago Mn&cb & initiated, but never equaled, Thay ara slny sI ySanss asnusgsar'eoa'ed gFenples-eesy 70 take
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03
Cured of Lung Trnnhle.

"It is now eleven years since l had a narrow escape from consumption, " writes C. o. Floyd, a leading busi- ness man of of Kershaw, s. c. HI had run down in weight to 135 pounds, and coughing was constant, both by day and by night. Finally began taking Dr. Kings New Dis covery, and continued this for about six months, when my cough and lung trouble were entirely gone and l was restored to my normal weight, l70 pounds. !" Thousands of persons are healed every year, Guaranteed at Jackson Drug Co 50c and Sl,00. Trial bottle free,
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03
THE RURAL DELIVERY ARr1Y

On every week day over 35,0oc rural delivery carriers mount thelr wagons for drive of eighteen to thirty miles, the average distance considerably exceeding twenty miles. These welcome messengers are so widely distributed that their large mission in the progress of the coun- try is overlooked or underated. Rural free delivery. in the rapidity of it's effective growth, is the most remarl able development in the re- cent business advance of tha United States. It is only nine years old. In 1897 the beginning was made with eighty-three carriers and an expen- diture of $14,S40. By the latest report the carriers numbered 35, ,666, and the expenditure for the service in the present year is placed at S24, ,785, ,256. In 546 counties rural delivery is now complete, or, in other words, reaches every family. That number of counties is equlva- lent to five states as large as Mis- souri. In this large body of men only twenty-five were removed last year for shortage in accounts and twenty-five for other irregularities. The number that died was ITO. ln- stalling so great a service with such immediate success is an achieve ment deserving general praise. Many millions of citizens have thus been placed in daily touch with the postal machinery of the country without effort or expendi- ture of time on their part. It IS just to say that the improvement introduced amounts to agreat trans formation. Globe Democrat.
 And yet the rural free delivery has only started. Polk county has only one route at present but IS en- titled to many more. What we need to get then are better roads, and especially bridges over the Washita ard Mountain Fork. One good routa worked up in the settlement northeast of Mena was turned down the other day by an inspector.
 The water in the Washita filled his buggy bed while crossing and that settled the matter.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03
Foul.

You curly-headed baby,
 They's nothin' you kin do But blink up at your daddy, An kick an. holler, "Goo v An straighten out an wriggle, An twist around an crow; 1 don't know if you'd ast me, Just why love you so. You're so derned pink and helpless An little, but, somehow, You think you're here to boss things An kick an raise a row When you don't git attention; Yes, mann, that's what you do An you keep up your rowin Until you git it, too You fer baby-walker?
 You fer a high-chair Nit Dad puts you down a minute "a You simply have fit An when I've run an grabbed you You kick an gurgle, "Goo !" I've got sort 70 s'picion
 Your mothers spollin' you Your strength is in your weakness, You pink and toothless mite But you don't know it's weakness, You'd up an pick a fight With Jeffries in minute
 If he was to cross you; Yes, mann an l am a-thinkin You'd have him goin' too. l wouldn't dast to strike you; Not cause you'd raise a howl, But if did I'd sort O
 Feel like I'd landed foul; An when sport does that way Tn papers git his pelt; There ain't no place to hit you But just below the belt.
 Houston Post.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-01-03
Wise Counsel From the South

"l want to give some valuable ad- vice to those who suffer with lame back add kidney trouble" says J. R. Blankenship of Beck, Tenn. 1 have proved to an absolute certainty that Electric Bitters will positively cure this distressing condition. The first bottle gave me great relief and after taking a few more bottles was com pletely cured: so completely that it becomes a pleasure to recommend this great remedy. Sold under guarantee at Jackson Drug Co. Price 50c.