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The Greeley tribune., 1907-08-29

races was disappointment to many !;
with artistic possibilities galore
there was nothing to 1t but a few
bales of straw and canvas cover.
The exhibits inside, however, were
varied and interesting. Ault's agri.
cultural exhibit took first prize and
had IL been possible to display it in
the parade would have probably
made good there.
Not single accident marred the
dav, barring a slight one to small
son of Deck Woods who attempted to
cross the race track and was struck
by horse, escaping, however, with
slight bruises. No arrests were
made during the festival, the crowds
being particularly we'll behaved and
quiet.
The Parade.
The parade was ali hour late in
starting, having formed on Seventh
avenue south of Ninth street. facing
north, starting west on Ninth street
to Ninth avenue, thence south to
Thirteenth street; thence west to
Eleventh avenue and north to Main
street; thence east to Seventh ave-
nue., keeping on south side till it
passed the park. AT Seventh avenue
it turned north to Seventh street and
went up to Eighth avenue; thence
north to Fifth street and west to
Thirteenth avenue: there it turned
south to Sixth street and went down
Sixth to Eleventh avenue; thence
south to Seventh street and east to
Ninth avenue; thence south to Main
street when it turned west, keeping
the north side of Main street till 1t
passed the park. and on up to Eiev-
enth avenue, where it turned south
and dispersed.
This gave the unprecedented crowd
q fine chance to view it without
massing In any particular place to
the extent of being uncomfortable.
Those taking part In the parade
and the order Of march:
City police department.
Greeley band.
Auto, containing county treasurer
and employees.
Auto carrying county assessor and
e.
Auto with county clerk and his
force
Auto j. P. Klug.
Auto, ID. E. Bliss.
Auto, F. H. Sears.
Auto, F. Fl. Badger.
Loveland band.
Floats as follows:
Greeley sugar factory.
Little Marjory Snyder.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-08-29

Charles Simonson. tenant on the
j. L. Ewing ranch at Kelsey, shot
and Instantly killed G. r. Lewis,
editor of the Kersey Enterprise, In
front of the Kersey postottice last
Saturday night at O'Clock.
The men had been quarreling
earlier in the evening, bad blood
having existed between them for
The Greeley tribune., 1907-08-29

The "Unlucky Thirteen" girls
accepted an invitation to spend last
Tuesday in Eaton with Mrs. Homer
Cushman. Nine of the original
thirteen members were present.
They we're Mesdames r. B. Rugh,
Ralph Drury, Chicago; Robert Nor
cross. Cheyenne Wells. Misses Flor
ence Haynes, May Woodbury.. Ada
Brush, Nellie Rankin and Olive
West.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-08-29

son about town during the evening,
abusing him and his family. Simon
son finally went to Fl. P. Hill. local
justice CT The peace, and asked for
warrant for Lewis arrest. Mr.. Hill
I referred him to the prosecuting at
torney at Greeley and Simonson then
procured big revolver and vent
back down town. met Lewis in front
of the postotfce and shot him through
the heart. Lewis struggled to the
office of DR.. Spaulding few doors
away and expired inside Of three
minutes.
After the shooting Simonson
walked Into Rissman's pool room,
drank glass of cider, told what he
had done and was taken in charge by
Constable James Loustalet and held
pending the arrival of Undersheriff
Fred Williams and Deputy Sheriff
Hobart Frazier from Greeley, who
made . record run in an automobile.
The prisoner was placed in the Gree
icy 1ais gait trial. The body Of
the dead man was taken In charge by
Coroner Macy, brought to Greeley
and an inquest held Monday.
The tragedy marks the culmina-
tion of a neighborhood row that has
existed in our neighboring town for
the past year. MIR. Lewis had been
anything but tactful in his news
paper utterances and had persisted in
publication of articles SO scurrilous
in subject and language that he had
been warned to desist or his paper
would be refused admission in the
mails, The Simonsons, by inuendo,
at least, had figured in some Of the
articles referred to. Some months
ago, it is said, Mrs. Simonson had
her husband hailed into court for
beating her. In the trial Lewis
testified against Simonson Then
few weeks ago Lewis published an
article rejecting ON Deck Woods,
merchant whose store had just been
burned down. Deck didn't like 1t
and went after the editor with a
gun More arrests. When this case
cane to trial Simonson testified
against Lewis and 1T is said this
particular sore spot was the subject
of the fatal quarrel of Saturday
night
While no one condones the killing,
sentiment at l<ersey seems largely
with the killer, some persons who
were witnesses to the quarrel saying
that no sane man could stand up
under the abuse which Lewis is said
to have dealt Simonson, without re-
taliating.
The inquest was held Monday
morning in the court room, Coroner
Macy empaneling the following jury
Louis miller, W. Fl. Delbridse,
Charles Cole, VIM. Patterson, Daniel
Stroll and L. B. willard.
Tie coroner's jury returned the
following verdict Monday afternoon
State Of Colorado,
County VI Vclu
An inQuisition holden at Greeley,
Colo, in Weld county, on the 18th
day of august, A. D.. 1907, before
7. G.. Macy, coroner OF said county,
upon the body Of G. r. Lewis, or
person unknown, lying there dead'
by the jurors, whose names are here
unto subscribed:
The said jurors upon their oaths
do say: That G. R. Lewis came 70
his death by gunshot wound from
a pistol in the hands of one charles @
Simousen on the oath day OF August,
1907. at the town of Kersey ana thao
said killing was felonlous.
". X. Patterson, d, Strohl, Chas.
J. Cole. L. B. Willard, l.. G. Mlller'
W. II. Delbridge, jurors.
DR.. \. G. Davis and family, VINO
The Greeley tribune., 1907-08-29

DR.. y. C. Davis and family, VINO
have spent the last few months III
Greeley, left last Monday for the'r
former home in indianapolis, Ind.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-08-29
|ARADE

lARADE
HARVEST FES-
history
Of Music and
visitors Last
keeley Was
Town.
ird Harvest Il es-
nto history ana
standpoint will
Of the three. In
not up to last
,l,,re il was
The railroads
rates and good
with the result
people from out
plsy 5 immediate
|tIain while last
a thousand came
eing pretty we'll
people inside the
IS of the stores
several notable
brations were OF
letter, compared
/ same tendency
(ssening of labor
bticeable in the
parade. The
own completely
curations, there
bted car in the
m exhibits were
wing principally
ple spring, The
pNe were up 10
immense crowds
icely handled by
better handled,
be crowd at any
on the northern
e cheapest bet.
be made another
biclous distribu-
barrels Of ice
u different and
its around town.
ls hard TO get In
ia palace at the
The Greeley tribune., 1907-08-29

The second days races we're good,
although the 2:2O stake Of $500
should have brought out larger
bunch. Nellie d was an easy win
ner with Little Major fairly good
The Greeley tribune., 1907-08-29
FATAL SHOOTING
DONE AT KERSEY
EDITOR LEWIS OF KERSEY ENTERPRISE
KILLED BY CHARLES SlMONSON

The Tragedy Occurred Saturday Evening, and
Was the elimination of Neighborhood
Quarrel. Simonson in Jail at Greeley
Inquest Over the Body of Lewis
Held Monday Afternoon.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10
Mt. ZION Dots.

Everybody is hustling to get
their great CD crop housed be :
fore bad weather begins. Seve-
raj of.our farmer,friends have al
ready picked and ginned a good
ly share of their cotton.
Our community was saddened
by the death OF Nc. jeff Green
last week. Mr.. Green was true
friend and Eeighbor and we shall
miss him. Sweet be his rest.
The numerous friends ri Mr..
and Mrs. c c. Stephens sympa-
thize deeply with them in their
son Pats misfortune in getting
his leg broken in the betting of
their gin last week. Ii seems
that fate is agains. them, as their
youngest son lost his arm in the
same gin only one year ago. Mr..
Stephens IS resting nicely at this
writing.
Mr.. J. S. Galloway and son
Floyd spent 4 few days this week
with relatives in Memphis.
The Sunday school here was
.reorganized Sunday and prepare
tons made for 4 successful ses-
sion during the winter. y
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10
Altui Ne vs..

We had a nice little rain Mon :
day. which has been q help to the
turnip crop and has settled a good
deal Of the dust on all the public
roads and made it more pleasant
10 travel.
Mr.. Ben Hyde, of lafayette
Springs, passed through this vic :
unity Monday en- route to Oxford
on business.
Misses Lottie and Lizzie Woot-
en- spent Saturday with their
grand mother, Mrs. g. W. Hill,
on yellow Leaf.
Misses Leila and Mary Kinney
were the guests of Miss Lizzie
Wooten Sunday.
Mr. James Anderson and family
are spending a few days with his
mother and other relatives north
of Cambridge this week.
Miss lone WEIGH, OF Midway,
spent a few days with her cousin,
Mrs. Ellen Hyde this week.
With best wishes to the dear
old EAGLE and its many readers.
Dixie.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10
ITCH ~ TIE SKIN. NOT IL III q
BLOOD.


People with Eesem.. etc. Make Griev-
Gus Error by Taking, Medicine Into
the stomach.
When your hand IS scalded with hot
water until il blisters and burns, yoU
d1n't drink msdlciue to cure il. You
apply healing loEion to the injured
Sal.
Eczema, psoriasis, salt rheum, BAR
ber's itch and other such diseases 81
the skin cannot De cured by filling the
stomach with medicine any more than
you can cure burn by drinking medi
cins. To cure these diseases you
mast apply the remedy on the part at
fected. Inc diseases named are caus
ed by germs in the skin. Kill the
germs and tle disease goes away and
the skin Is lett pure ana white as ma
ture intended Il to be-
That mild, simple liquid, oil of via
tergreen, properly compounded N ID.
-. ID. Prescription routs the germs
and heals the skin SO perfectly that
YOU can never tell where the disease
was.
No tongue can tell nor pen portray
what | suffered for ten yeats from e
zem,n writes Mrs. Z. K. Latta, OF Gar
risOn, Mo. II was treated by the best
doctors in the west, but received No
benefit. Three bottles OF ID. ID. ID.
cured me sound and well. Six or
eight months have passed and there
IS no sign of return. My advice to
all i. don't delay. Begin the use of d
ID. ID. at once and be cured.''
We have carried ID. ID. ID. for a long
time because we know it tax IS away
the itch and we believe it to be an in
tallible remedy in the treatment OF
Eczema and other skin diseases.
K, II. CHIL TON & co.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10
ALettcr from Teas.

EDITOR EtGLE: - | have
fIi-e number - friends in old
Lafayette County, viii attempt
g tell thea through the columns
Il the dear I'D EAGLE something
q This part IT the Lone star State
Carbon Is 4 thriving town OF 500
inhabitants lpcased near the cen
ser It Eastlaad County, and situa
e. On the Texas Central Railroad
about half way between Waco
and R0tan. the terminals OF The
Texas Central. Carbon has m
abuadac, supply Of good mineral
water which has recently been
discovered and It i also surround
81 by rich agricultural lands,
which bids fair 10 make il n thirty
.ng little city in the near future.
The soil varies from a black
sandy TO whitish sandy loan
with clay subsoil which makes
It a splendid preserver Of mois-
ture, the surface is undUlating
with draws and creek that furnish
sufficient drainage. The sandy
lands have an immense growth
Of post oak and black jack shin
cry and the tighter lands have a
scattering growth OF mesquite
and live oak.
Now | come 70 the paramount
question of the present time, that
is elbow is your cotton?" Well
comparatively speaking, cotton
is only about 90 per cent of what
it was last year. Cotton averag-
ed thirds of 4 bale per acre
here last year. This year it will
average Cnly about one-third.
Corn has made from 20 to 30 bush
els per acre, small grain was al
most total failure, but the for
age crop is very good. Wages
are good, a farm laborer gets
from S1.50 per day or from $50 to
$50 per month and board and can
get employment the year through
The price of land is reasonable
and much easier paid for than
land is in the hills of Mississippi.
Giving all my old Mississippi
friends my best wishes and wish
ing the dear old EAGLE much sue
cess, | will desist.
ID. n. TAYLOR.
Carbon, Tex. Oct. 9TH.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10
PETITION FOR PARDON.

To Hon. James X. variama an, COVER
nor OF Mississippi.
Sir:-Ne, the citizens, tax PAYERS
and representative people OF the
county ard vicinity IN which Whit
Owens lived, knowing him personally
and having followed with interest
each step la every case against him.
AID being satisfied that he TODAY il
being unInstly punished for the crime
OF another. ask his unconditional
pardon.
We represent that he was never
charged with any violation OF any law
in his life until the Mathis killing case
came up. of which he was acquitted
and in the present case of which lie
was COW icted, he was neither present
nor guilty, nor had motive to com
NIT the crime, and we believe that he
has been unfairly convicted and
should be pardoned as he has suffered
Tor the crimes of Others, not his own.
in our Judgment.
W. ". Walker, W. ]. Edpar
and many othsra
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10
College Hill Notes.

Mr.. Bruce Toney made a BUSH
ness trip to Sardis and other
points OF interest this week.
Mr.. Rufus Shaw is having quite
an addition made to his home.
Our school has opened under
the direction of Miss Maude
Payne with a good attendance.
Mr.. Freeman Dunlap has been
engaged to paint the blackboards
at the academy.
Misses Florence Wilson. Of
Woodviile, Tenn, and Willie
Shaw, OF Oxford, spent Sunday
here with relatives.
Mr.. Plummer Smith has accept
ed a position in a school in Lou
isiana.
Mrs. John Shaw has been real
sick this week, but is better now d.
Miss Donna Buford has return
ed from an extended trip TO the
jamestown Exposition and other
points OF interest.
Mr.. Robert Buford left n few
days ago to visit the jamestown
Exposition.
The new covering for the
church has arrived and the work
of placing it on will soon begin.
Mr.. Sid johnson is the happy
father of a new boy.
Miss Ada Stewart is visiting
her sister. Mrs. Lawrence Young
Mr.. viii Johnson left last weeS
for Abbott, Texas.
Mr.. Bruce Bunch will remove
to Burgess in the near future.
Rally Day was observed at the
Hill Sunday. Quite nice pro-
gram was rendered. +.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10
ORDINANCE NO

An ordinance against all offenses
amounting to misdemeanor under
the penal laws, as provided for in
Section SIl0 of the mississippi Code
of 1906,
lie 1t ordained by tue sfa-or and
Board OF Aldermen of the Town of
Oxford, Miss, that each and all Of
lenses under the penal laws of the
state OF Mississippi. amounting to a
mlsdemeanor shall each be an offense
against said Town of Oxford, and
upon conviction thereof, the same
punishment shall be imposed as is
provided for by the laws of the State
with regard to such offenses against
the state. not in excess of the maxi
mum penalty which may be imposed
Dy said Town of Oxford, and that for
cause said ordinance take effee. from
and after the date OF its passage.
The above ordinance was read and
passed by Sections Oct. l, 1907, by the
following yea and nav vote. u. II.
carter, yea; II. Y. SomervilIe, yea: j
a. Lawshee, yea; f. NJ Showers, YEA:
u. III. Knight, yea. Nay, none.
X. ). ADAMS, Mayor.
j. H. LAwsHEE, Town Clerk.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10
". A. Roane Arpointed Iut,s.

Gov. Nardarau has appointed
Hon. ". \. Roaue a. the Judge
snip Of the Third Circuit Court
District 20 succeed Judge J. r..
BoOthe whose term expired Tues
day, ami Hon. II. ID. Stephens.
ii New Albany, was appointed o.
succeed Judge Roaae as district
attorney.
For twelve years Judge E1arc
was district attorney Of this dis
trIct and IN this hong period Of
service he was reeoeu 5zed rs one
Of the ablest prosecutors the state
had.
He goes upon the bench with
these years Of hard practice anu
experience against = cOterie OF
able and experienced lawyers
and hence should give the district
the best service II has had for
years. Judge Roare mas always
stood for u rigid enforcement OF
the law and has been heard TO
say that he believes in the speedy
enforcement of the same. He
has exemplified this in his work
Is district attorney.
There is a splendid field open
for the new judge and We believe
he will I'LL all the re Iuirements OF
Ine judgeship in an able and sat
lsfactory manner. Heretofore
there has been considerable dis
content among the people because
Of the law s delay" this mas bur
dened the county with no small
expense and while the iudgeship
mas been, as a rule, filled by able
men, still there has been a well
known laxness of method in get
ting the docket disposed of. It
is in this field that the most can
be done in this district and we
feel that this long felt need has
at last been filled in the selection
of Judge Roane.
The new appointment not only
gladdened the hearts Ct Judge
Roane's friends here at home.
but throughout the district the
prevailing sentiment il that this
appointment was i well meriIed
honor.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10
.rNErMnNI,.s nrAnL.MoRk

Had so seriously affected my right
lung" writes Mrs. Fannie Common, of
Rural Route No /. Georgetown, Tenn
that l coughed continuously night
ana day and the neighb RS prediction
consumption seened inevitable
until my husband brought home a bot
tie of DIR. Kings New Discovery.
which in my case proved to be the
only real cough cure and restorer o.
weak, sore lungs" When all other
remedies utterly fail. you may still
win in the battle agaius. lung and
throat troubles with New Discovery,
the real remedy. Guaranteed by \.
II. Kendel, druggist. Soc and s1.00.
Trial bottles free.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10
PETITION FOR PARDON.
To the Honorable James X. varda,

10 the honorable James X. Varda-
man, governor of Mississippi:
We, the undersigned citizens of La
Fayette County, respet fully petition
you to pardon Louis Robinson now
confined IN the penitentiary. In
March, 1905. ltobinson pleaded guilty.
to charge Of burglary and larceay
aud was sentenced to three wears in
tne penltentiary. We ask his pardon
Tor the following reasons:
tlrst-iie has been sufficiently pun-
lshed, his sentence was excessive,
Seeond-He il a minor and has
made model prisoner, and il pardon
ca we believe he viii! become a law
abiding citizen.
ihlrd-IIis father and mother are
gooa citizens and ara unable to sup
port the prisoners wife who is an in
valid. " ~ -
Fourth-For other good and suffici-
ent Reasons TO be presented on the
nearing OF this petition.
Z. II. Keys, j. VT. Falkner
and many others.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10

Showed, at the battle OF AusterIitz.
he was the greatest leader IN the
world. Billiards. Snow Liniment has
shown the public it is the best hni-
ment in the world. A quick cure for
rheumatism, spraius, burns, cuts, tic 81,
A. e. Pettis, of Rodessa, La saws: ii
used Ballaa@s Snow Eminent in my
family and find it unexcelIed for sore
chest, headache, eorns in fact for any
thing that can be reached by lini-
ment." Sold by all druggists.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10
OXFORD IS a COTTON
MARKET.

With the building of the new
Farmers Union Warehouse, OK
ford should get busy" to see
that he best prices Of the coun-
try are paid for cotton.
What does i: mean to the town
to have a market that pays the
highest price for cotton? 1t
means that we get almost every
bale of cotton raised in the coun-
ty; it means that the man who
markets his cotton here will buy
all his dry goods and groceries
here, il there is any surplus it
goes to buying improved farm
machinery, wagons, and the like,
and any surplus still goes on de-
post in our banks. oxford has
always had 4 pretty hard name
rs q market, and. while we feel
that prices our buyers pay are
about As good as elsewhere, yet
there is prevalent an idea that
other towns pay more for cotton.
Now, this is a serious question.
Ii there be any truth at all in the
statement that this is a poor mar
kct this fault should be remedied
at once, and if this Is but idle
talk and We are losing cotton and
as 4 result, business, then it cer-
iainly behuovcs our enterprising
citizens To dispel this false rumOr.
There are several hus,ling
towns on the railroads all around
Oxford: these towns are bidding
for our trade, nothing but as good
prices to say the least, will hold
this trade.
What does il mean for Oxford
to lose one thousand bales Of cot
! ton? Why, simply that our aer-
chants lose the biggest part Of
the profit on the fifty or sixty
thousand dollars that this cotton,
at present prices viii bring.
II We lose 1900 bales double
the amount, or over 100000.
When you think Of tia, it begins
to look Ike something.
Is a business proposition il
would pay the town a big per
cent % employ 4 frst-class ept-
.on buyer and pay him say SlO0
per month to simply buy cotton
and have him to pay the highcs.
market price, Is good or a little
better than any market can pay,
IN order to &c: this increased
business. Do you see the point:
\ few careless buyers can alb
s7luteIy Kill u town and all the
merchants must suffer IN proper
ton.
Let'> get things going Tor the
best cotton and produce market
m the country; let's make a bid
f for every bale Of cotton LaFay-
e.,e county raises AMI lend en-
enlargement 70 the raising Il AL
sorts Of farm produce. To pro-
gress We must do this; anything
else means drag along in the
same old rut- We must have 4
real up-to-date cotton market.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10
CoMvissloSEp,s SAFE
r B. Humphreys, ct al.

X. 3. humphreys, ct al.
VS.. No
Mrs Ina Humphreys, ct al. ss.ri.
Iiy virtue of the authority and direc
Ton 20 me given b. n decree of the
CESneery Court Of Lafayette County
\ ISIS, rendered en- the 2sth day OF
May, 1907, will on
MONDAY, THE 4TH DAY OF
NOVEMBER, \. D., 1851,
between the hours of II O'Clock Am
and O'Clock pm at the South door
OF tue court house in the towu of Ok
tord, Miss, sell to the highest bidder
Tor Cash, the land situated in LaEav-
ette County, Mississippi, to-wit:
All OF the Southeast quarter of
Section II, Township 10, Range 4.
west, except about q. acres owned
oy I. L. Ship in the South west cor
ner OF said quarter and also except
the school house lot containing about
two acres.
This Sept. 2sth. 1907.
J. o. RAMEY, Commissioner.
hiHMoNs u kIMMoNs, Solicitors for
Petitioners.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10
\ MOST WORTHY AKTrcLr-

When an article has been on the
market for years and gains friends
every year, II is safe to call this medi
cine L worthy one, such is Billiards.
Horehcund Syrup. 1t positively cures
coughs and all pulmonary diseases.
One OF the best known merchants in
Mobile, Ala, says: "for five years
my family has not been troubled with
the winter coughs we owe this to Bal
lard's HOrehound Syrup. / know I
has saved my children from many
sick spells" Sold by all druggists.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-10-10
A LETTER TO

T. W. Avent,
oxford, Miss.
Dear Sir: They're glad they found
our levor.
Torog+ Christi, Ttxts. II right on
the gulf aud one Of the har lest CT D.
mates tor PAL It, hol s1a, sit air ani
strong winds.
The Sidblry building, painted Devoe
ia Iega, j. a shining example Oh per-
feet paint white after years as
If painted it-. week
We should ike every property
owner from Maine t. Mexico u see
that white white white
Experience teaches wlo wants 70
learn Is well IS who waits 10 be kicked
Yours truly,
r. ". DEvoE 4 %.
p. Relbue Price sells our paint.