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Sharp County record., 1907-04-26
LOCAL NEWS.

j. G. Whitten, the old painter
of Ash Flat, was here day or
two this week.
A tussle with the chills has put
M. A. Coger very much on the
puny list the past few days.
John Carver, a good friend of
this paper at Center, was in town
Saturday doing some trading.
Park Taylor, a young man of
Calamine who has many friends
here, was in the city Monday.
Chas. Stokes and family spent
Saturday and Sunday at Cave
City with relatives and friends.
C. B. Snow of Maxville was in
town Tuesday looking after some
business around the court house.
George Brickle of Sullivan
township was here Saturday at
tending to some business matters.
In county court last week
petition for the incorporation of
the town of Cave City was gran
ted.
Paul Wainwright, who lives
( near here, sold his fine team of
mules at Sidney Saturday for
$500.
Prof. C. M. Grisham of Sidney
was visitor in Evening Shade
one day the latter part of last
week.
s. L, Guthrie, for long time
prominent business man of
Franklin, will shortly locate in
Hardy.
James Monroe Street was up
from Calamine one day this week
attending to some matters of
business.
W. F. Stanfill, a good citizen
OF Strawberry township, was
transacting business here a few
days ago.
2 Marion Thomas, one Of the
Records good friends at Center,
was doing business in town
Saturday.
Mrs. Chas. Wilson Of Ash Flat
was here Monday, returning
home from visit with relatives
at Calamine.
For Rent:--An elegant store
house in the town Of Evening
Shade. Good location. Call on
j, P Cochran.
Mrs. Jasper Justus returned
Monday from Smithville, where
she spent few days visiting her
n son, DR.. Shelby Justus.
= A marriage license was issued
Tuesday to Hillyard Gibson, aged
70, and Miss Vida Muncey, aged
1S, both of lizard county.
Prosecuting Attorney Thos. |.
Herrn left the first part of the
week for Pocahontas on business
connected with his office.
:, Very few men are working
harder these days than Esq. T. j.
Davidson, who is abstracting O
lot Of land for different citizens.
j. c. Derryborry, formerly a
citizen OF this county, sends US q
dollar from Crowley, Texas, for
another years reading of this
paper.
1t is said by many that there is
moro tillablc land not in cultiva.
tlon this year than has been
known in this section for MANY
years past.
James o. Wasson of Scott
township spent Wednesday in
this metropolis looking after
business. We acknowledge n
~ pleasant visit
Rev. W, II, Stewart, formerly
OF Cave City, who Is now located
at Wild Cherry. bultan aaunt,t
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
Sheridan's Double MARRIAGE.

1t was in 1857 that the Gretna Green
marriages were made illegal A glance
at It's registers may yet inspire the
novelist of the future. One entry will
be sure to puzzle. Twice within a few
days occurs the record of the marriage
of Richard Brinsley Sheridan to Miss
Grant. There was only one r. B. S.,
only one bride for the same gentleman.
The double entries are not the result Of
any blunder on the part of the Rev.
Mr.. Vulcan. The parties were really
twice married at GIeUla Green. Arriv-
ing on Sunday the. were duly we'd
ded, and sped away to Edinburgh.
There, however, Sheridan CHANGED to
glance at newspaper in which APP
peared the lucubrations of lawyer.
In these plainly stated was the fact
that no contract executed on a Sunday
is binding. Clearly, then, their we'd
ding was not legal. Back to Gretna
Green they scurried, to be remarked
on a week day and leave the dual rec
ord to perpleX later generations Of
sympathetic searchers of the records
st. James Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
The Buzzard In Flight.

There can be no doubt that the buz-
zard is the living aeroplane in perfec.
ton. 1t cannot sail against the wind
except as other birds do-by sheer pow
er of moving wings-but it can sail at
amazing speed before the wind, at
right angles to the wind and can sail
within a few points of the wind.
When there is no wind it's fight is
clumsy-not much of an improvement
on the flying of hen. Authors are
wont to describe the buzzard as sail
ing in the sky on days when the
earth perspires beneath sultry, still
atmosphere. But it WHY also be re-
membered that these authors invari-
ably describe the buzZard as being
ga speck in the brassy heavens" AS a
matter of fact, that is just the point
of the buzzard's aerial knowledge.
When there is no breeze close to the
earth it is always to be observed roost-
ing in a tree or flying laboriously into
the zenith until it finds an upper cur
rent, where it can navigate without Ia
bor-New York Times.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
The Pulled Out Chest.

''The pulled out chest is delusion
which has succumbed to scientific
knowledge Of the human body" said a
drill officer cit came into existence
purely for show reasons or from false
analogy. 1t was seen that men deep
in the chest were strong men, and the
old drill sergeants probably imagined
that by making men throw out their
chests they would make them strong,
as we'll as make them look strong,
which is a complete mistake. Instead
of strengthening a man, putting his
chest tends to weaken him, as it
throws a strain upon the heart. We
now tell men to be sure and not puff
out their chests. If you puff out your
chest and do dumbbell exercise you
are to hold the breath. That strains
the heart. Any exercise that prevents
breathing freely is bad Knotted mus
cles are also wrong. You see a man
with immense chest muscles and per-
haps you think he is really an ideally
trained man, but such muscles simply
bind the chest and tie the heart down."
Reader Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
A Thing of Many Names.

The Thames has been the cause Of
much controversy. Its name has been
variously stated as Tameses, Tamese,
Tamises (at the juncture of the Isis
and Tame, near Dorchester), Tamisa,
Tamesa, Thamisia, Thamesis and final
~ Isis (where it flows between the Ok
fordshire and the Buckinghamshire
shores). Thus at Oxford it is still Of
ten called the Isis until it receives the
shallow river Tame just below Doches-
ter, from which point it is called
Thames. Historians trace this error
to an early attempted division Of the
Latin word Tamesis into two words,
Tame esis or Tame isis, suggested per-
haps by the existence Of the Tame in
Buckinghamshire. The SaXons called
it the Thames, ancient maps and docu-
ments designating it Thamesis Fluvius
From Tin Thamesland"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
Bones and Their Places.

1t was colloquy at a north side
butchers shop. "Oh," said the little
woman, chats an awful big bone in
that small steak. I don't like to have
to pay for all bone.'
"Yesm,'' said the butcher politely,
but with a touch of irony in his an
swer, "that do seem to be a good deal
Of bone, but the animals what's COM
in to this market now seems to have
more or less bone in 'em. And really
as animals is built now I don't see how
they can get along without bones"
"That may all be true" said the lit
tie woman, and there was a wicked
twinkle in her eye, ''but this morning I
found a good sized bone in the sau-
sage, and I leave it to you, honest now,
don't you think that is going little too
far?"
And the butcher could not say a
word in reply.-Indianapolis News.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
Incidental Music.

One afternoon a couple from an adj
joining town presented themselves to a
Boston divine and asked to be mar
ried just as he was about to enter the
pulpit to conduct an afternoon service.
The minister replied that he regretted
that he could not at that moment COM
ply with their wish, but that immedi-
ately upon the conclusion of the serv-
ice he would take pleasure in perform
ing the ceremony. The lovers after
demurring seated themselves in the
rear of the church. When the minister
had finished the service he made the
following announcement: ''The parties
who are to be joined in matrimony
will present themselves at the chancel
Immediately after the singing of hymn
415, Mistaken Souls That Dream of
Heaven "-Exchange.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
A Eioht In the Air.

w. e. Webb, the author of Buffalo
Land tells this cat story:
The chicken hawk of the west is a
savage and dangerous enemy, but once
one of these air pirates got worsted.
was sitting in front of the doctors Of
fee when a hawk shot down with Won
derful rapidity of wing-so fast that
it's shadow seemed hardly to reach the
earth before it's body. 1t pounced upon
the doctors favOrite kitten, which lay
asleep on the grass, and made off with
it. At an elevation of about fifty feet
puss recovered from it's surprise and
went to work for liberty It's feline
mind was exercised to establishment
and wrath. Twisting like a weasel,
lis claws came uppermost, and to my
Straining gaze a sight presented itself
much like a feather bed being ripped
open in midair The amazed hawk
received new light on the subject of
prey, let go and made off like a badly
plucked goose, but the cat came safely
to earth-On its feet.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
Bio Jumps by Rabbits.

How fast do hares and rabbits run e?
Perhaps you have wondered while out
cunning and watched the elusive ami
mails speeding away. According to j.
G. Millais, the length of hare's stride
is about four feet, while that of a rab-
bit Is about two feet. Under condi-
tons Of fear the hare is said to leap
ten to twelve feet, some authorities
claiming that it can jump bitches ten
to twenty-five feet in width A hare
can jump upward perpendicularly five
feet. Rabbits can make leaps of six or
seven feet horizontally, but cannot
jump higher than three feet. When
compelled to do so, it is said, rabbits
can swim as we'll as dogs.-Philadel-
phia North American.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
A BRIGHT Bird.

The cuckoo is as likely to steal its
nest as to make it, but this fact does
not take from the point Of the follow
ing pun, quoted from Short Stories:
A young Englishman being asked at
dinner whether he would have some
birds nest pudding, said, turning to
his hostess: ''Ah, yes. Birds nest pud-
ding, and what kind of bird may
have made it?''
ooh, it was the cook who made it,
was her prompt reply.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
1.-THE ALMIGHTY Dollar"

A recent headline, 'Rule of the Dol
lar" has suggested the inquiry, Who
originated the familiar phrase "the
almighty dollar?" 1t was Washington
Irving in 'The Creole Village" which
he published in 1887. The phrase be-
came SO popular and excited SO much
controversy in consequence of doubt
whether the adjective was irreverent
that it's author had to explain eighteen
years later that he had intended mo
irreverence, even to the dollar, which
he is we'll aware is becoming daily
more and more an object Of worship"
Dollar is certainly one of the worlds
great words now, and it is difficult to
realize that it only means "valleyer,"
the "thaler" having been named after
the Joachimsthal, in Bohemia, in whose
valley it was first coined in the six
teenth censury.-London Chronicle.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
The Oriain of a Great invention.

On one of the daily trips Of young
Westinghouse from Schenectady to the
foundry at Troy his train was held up
by a bad wreck. Two freights had
come together in head-On collision on
piece of straight track. The engi-
neers had seen the danger plainly, but
by the time the hand brakes were
brought into play it was too late: The
young man allowed these facts to sink
into his mind. Then he said to one of
the train hands:
eff the engineers had been able to
control their trains from the cabs, the
wreck could have been prevented
couldn't it?'
Control 'em how?'
Brake them
Eyes. They had lots of time"
That was enough. The air brake was
conceived. Amid the piled up wreck
age the thing that was to make the
name of Westinghouse familiar to ev-
cry schOOlboy the world over was call
ed into being. 1t did not come in its
perfected form, but the idea itself had
germinated-Paul LatZke in Every
bOdV'S
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
Not Always.

Remember, my boy" said Uncle
James as he gave Bobby a coin, that
if you take care of the pennies the
shillings will take care of themselves"
Bobby looked a trifie dubious.
II do take care of the pennies" he
replied, 'but as soon as they get to be
shill:ngs pa takes care of m."-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
TonsoriaI Artistry.

Customer facetiously)-Do you sup
pose you can cut my hair without max
ing me look like an idiot? Barber (dif-
fdently)-It will be a pretty difficult
thing to do. but I will try.-Lippincott's
Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is sold
undar positive guarantee to cure con-
stipation, sick headache, stomach trouble
or any form of Indigestion. If it fails,
the manufacturers refund your money.
What more can any one DOH. j.
Stangl
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
Health Recipe.

One time man asked the poet Long
fellow how to be healthy, and this is
the answer he received:
JOY, temperance and repose
Slam the door on the doctors nose.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30

Learning will give culture. but it will
not give common sense.
Cyncism is intellectual dandyism
without the coxcomb's feathers.-Mere-
dith.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
Certain cure for Aching Feet

Aliens Foot-Ease, powder; cures
Tired, Aching, Sweating, Swollen feet.
Sample sent Free, also Sample of FooT-
EASE SANITARY CoRN-PAD, new inven-
ton. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy
Ny.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30
Warning

If you have kidney and bladder trouble
and do not use Foley's Kidney Cure, you
will have only yourself to blame for re-
suits, as it positively cures all forms of
kidney and bladder diseases. : Fl. J.
Stangl.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30

England and Australia are the only.
islands which exceed Cuba in their
natural resources.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-08-30

Saying well causes a laugh. Doing
well causes silence.-French Proverb.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-12
TO BAR "FEMALE" SOLDIERS.
Vets Issue Edict Against Women Wearing
Confederate Uniform.

Vets Issue Edict Against Women Wearing
Confederate Uniform.
At a meeting held in Nashville, Tenn,
Friday night, Frank Cheatham biyouac,
United Confederate Veterans, the sec
ond largest confederate organization
in the south, adopted resolutions
against women wearing confederate
uniforms, and demanding that all "fe-
male soldiers" now attached to Con-
federate organizations withdraw at
once.
These resolutions will be sent to all
Confederate organizations in the south
The story behind the resolutions had
its beginning at the recent reunion at
Richmond, when there appeared on the
staff of General Stephen D. Lee Geor-
gia woman clad in the full regalia Of a
general. sword and all. Her appearance
created a great deal Of antagonism
among the old soldiers.
The resolutions were drawn up by
Colonel John P. Hickman of Nash
Vile. It recites that some of the gen
erals Of the south have adopted the
modern woman. which is repugnant to
the men and women of the south"
The lady, it is stated, had nursed
General Lee through recent spell
of illness, and for her services was
adopted on the staff with the rank Of
surgeon general
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-12
DOLLIVER A COWARD.
Iowa Senator Anglers Ben Tillman and is
Promptly Challenged to Fight
a Dlal

Angered because Senator Deliver
took exceptions to his views on the
race question, Senator Benjamin Ryan
Tillman Of South Carolina, VINO deliv-
cred an address in Jackson, Mich. on
the fourth Of July, has issued chal.
lenge to Dolliver to fight duel.
Tillman asserted that only by this
method could his honor be vindicated.
Tillman made his usual speech before
large and enthusiastic audience, and
at the close he requested all who coin
cided with his views to stand up. Ey-
erybody in the audience stood.
Dolliver got into town Friday and
Immediately began to abuse Tillman.
He ridiculed every statement the
southern senator made. Tillman, who
is the guest of acQuain:ances in near
by lake resort, hurried into town
inserted notice in the evening pa
pers Of Jackson, in which he stated
he had been grossly insulted, that In
the south the way those things are ad-
justed is by the duel route Dolliyer
read the story in the newspaper and
met Tillman in the lobby Of the Ostego
hotel. A stormy interview was the re-
suit, and it was only through the eff
forts of bystanders that serious trou-
BILE was averted. Dolliyer said ne was
not fighting duels, and Tillman brand
ed him as a coward for not being able
to back up his statement, and he de-
clared that the time would come when
he would square things with the gen,
tIeman from Iowa.
Dolliyer left Jackson Friday even
ing. He was followed to the station
by an angry mob Of several hundred,
and the police had difficulty in getting
him through the mob in the train
sheds. Tillman remained in the MOTEL,
walking backward and forward in an
excited mood. Tillman's speech caught
the town, while Delivers efforts at
answering the South Cardinals sena-
tors argument met with a fat fail
ure.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-12
LUKE WRIGHT DINED BY JAPs.

Toxic Officials Express Cordially Toward
America and Americans
General Baron Kuroki, the japanese
imperial envoy to the jamestown ex-
position, who has returned home, gave
a luncheon in Toxic Friday in honor
Of Luke e. Wright, the American am
bassador Field Marshal Oyama, repre-
senting the army, expressed himself
in the most appreciative terms of the
magnificent and enthusiastic reception
accorded General Kuroki and his par
ty everywhere in the United States.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-12

paid out about 100000 in semi-annual
interest on state bonds due July 1.
Notwithstanding this, the legislative
expenses, amounting to $4,000 will
have to be paid, besides the salaries
OF statehouse officers and the monthly
amounts due to the state house officers.
Then, too, the teachers of the state are
anxious to get more of their money
as soon as possible.
It may be found necessary for the
state to make a temporary loan, as
is authorized under the constitution.
to the extent of 100000 to supply cas-,
ual deficiencies, until the taxes begin
to come in later in the fall.
The states present source Of in.
come is rather limited, amounting to
$4,000 a month as renal for the
Western and Atlantic railroad, small
amounts in specific taxes and the like.
A similar condition occurred two
years age, when Governor Terrell
found it necessary to borrow part Of
the amount permitted under the con-
stitution, to meet the emergency.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-12
ENRAGED MOB
GOT WHITE MAN
Was Taken From Jailer and Lynch
ed for AstrociouS Crime.
sTEP-DAUGHTER VICTIM
POsey Made Full Confession of Deed and
Asked for Prayers-Mob Was
Orderly But Determined.

Dock Posey, a white man, who had
confessed to outraging his nine-year.
old s,epdaughter, was lynched at Dal-
ton, Ga, between 1 and 2 o'clock Mon
day morning.
Shortly after 1 o'clock, quiet but
determined crowd Of twenty-five men
marched in an orderly manner to the
county Jail and demanded Posey.
Covered by guns in the hands OF
every member of the crowd Tailor Brit
ton was compelled to surrender the
keys. Entering the jail, the crowd
went to the cell occupied by Posey, Sc
cured him, placed him in buggy
and drove to the Gordon street yiaduct
and hung him to a crossbeam.
There was absolutely no confusion
in the crowd. Marching in double file,
they collected several policemen and
forced them to accompany them. Not
a single shot was fired, and Posey was
left hanging for the citizens to find
Monday morning at $3.50. The body
was cut down.
Before the hanging, the prisoner
was asked if he committed the crime
and why he did it. He answered that
he was guilty, but that he did not in
tend to harm the girl. At this the
crowd hooted and with the words,
die with a lie in your mouth, the
buggy was driven from under him and
he was left swaying to and fro to
slowly choke to death.
On the way to the viaduct, Posey
asked the crowd to pray for him, and
he met his fate without a single out.
cry.
The crime struck the entire city
with horror. Never before had there
been such an outrage in the county
as that committed by Posey. After out
raging the young girl, he himself car
ried her to Dalton and accused an
other man of the outrage.
The wife of Posey asserts that just
the week before an attempt was made
to outrage her older daughter by Pc
sey, but nothing was done at the time.
The young victim is in very crid-
cal condition, but hopes are held out
for her ultimate recovery.
Posey had been living in the county
only one week, having moved from
Walker county. He lived in one Of
the section houses at Rocky Face.
At II o'clock Saturday morning, Pc
sey arrived in Dalton with his young
victim and went to the Office Of DR..
Wood. The physician was out of his
Office so the two Immediately went to
the office of DR.. J. S. Rollins, who, on
making an examination and seeing the
critical condition Of his patient, quick
ly summoned Drs. McAfee ard Erwin.
Officers were notified, and Posey
was taken to the Whitfield county Jail,
where he was locked in the murderer's
cell. At first he denied his guilt, but
Sunday morning, just before being
lynched he made a complete confess
sion, telling exactly how the deed was
accomplished.
AS soon as the young girl was able
to talk, she said that her stepfather
had abused her.