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The Washington times., 1907-05-23
UNI ROCKED PASTOR
WEEDS soul WIFE "

SEATTLE. Wash. May 23-Henry
Austin Adams, the unfrocked minister.
whose wife, Flora Adams, OF New
York. obtained Il divorce in the Wash
ington courts last November. has dis
appeared Mrs. Adams was granted
ahmOny and under the laws OF this
state Adams is not entitled to remarry
until six months after the granting Of
the decree.
Adams told none OF his friends that
ne WAS going and since he left but
one word has come back regarding his
movements and that Is that he had mar
ried Gertrude Desch. his mystic soul
wife, in Portland, Ore. without waiting
Tor the six months demanded By the
divorce laws TO elapse.
Adams was a violent socialist agita-
tor. He WAS known here AS Vincent
Harper. author and lecturer.
certain weekly papers and periodicals
espouSed his cause and opened their
columns 90 him. and he availed himself
OF the opportunity 10 lash the police.
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ROBBED OF SIGHT
BY THUNDERBOLT

LEXINGTON. KY, May 3.-Aithough
be was struck by lightning. during a
thunder storm. Claude Williams. the
nine-yesr-old son OF Deputy Sheriff j. NJ.
Williams. Of Powell county, survives
and may recover.
His peculiar accident may cost him the
sight Of both eyes. however. The boy is
now at St JOseph's Hospital in this
city. where he was brought yesterday
Claude, with his stepmOther and sis
ter. were standing near n wire fence
near their home when there came a
binding flash Of lightning. Young VIII
Hams clapped his hands TO his eyes and
staggered backward. crying that he was
blinded The two women carried the
child 10 the house and by the next train
brought him 10 the hospital here
The boy does not seem 10 be suffering
great pain, but his face is iE a terrible
condition. His eyes are swollen 10 twice
their natural size This is the first case
OF the kind on record in this section.
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RUNORS Of FEUD
ATTRACT HATFIELD

LEXINGTON. Ky, May 23.-JOhn
James Hatfield, formerly a leader in
the famous Hatfeld-McCOy feud. in
Pike county. who left that county when
the two factions signed a peace agree
ment. has returned 20 his old home To
live. This action was taken because OF
increasing disturbances in that section.
In which certain members Of both sides
in the old clans took part. and which
may result In a reopening OF that feud.
Hatfield had been living in Mason
county. but on receiving news Of i'm
pending trouble in Pike county, took
his three children, deserted his cabin.
and set out on foot for the mountains.
He SAYS he is not afraid of all the
McCOys that ever lived in Pike county
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OFFERED DOPE" FOR LIFE
FOR A DIVORCE FROM WIFE:
JUDGE ENDS THEIR STRIFE

NEW HAVEN, May 23.-Despite the
husbands amazing admission that he
had sought TO bride his wife to let him
get a decree by Offering 70 supply her
with drugs for the remainder OF her
life. Judge Robinson. without leaving
the bench. granted to DR. John NJ. Shep-
ard divorce from Bessie Shepard, for
merly Miss Mitchell. OF Brooklyn.
The judgment was based wholly on
the ground of cruelty, though Shepard
set up habitual intemperance on the
wOman's part as another cause OF ac-
ton. II was alleged b. the doctor that
MS wife horsewhipped him, and that she
hurled knives, scissors, and billets of
wood AT him.
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Dupe of WOn1an'S WiLeS
Foster Goes to Jail

the "cote" that she was the one who
had 'COtched" FredOnius.
He done Civ me some o. dat booze. 10
she explained. ian den All done tol' d
police. And she looked at the court
Tor commentator.
Then Fredonius. once lover now hater
Of the unfair sex. arose TO tell his tale
~ onner,' he said. not anErily. but
in a tone of gentle reproach, Abs
been done by a woman.
All done got dat ticker. ne con-
tinued, an taken il tub Hattie an
given her a drink, an den she took
sum mo- and den sum mo. an aftah
while she got SO soaked she wuz
yellin' foah a blOtter tub dry her
tongue wifi
The Washington times., 1907-05-23
BURNHAM RESIGNS
FROM MUTUAL RESERVE

NEW YORK. May 28-Frederick A.
Bunham. indicted for grand larceny
and forgery rendered his resignation
from the presidency Of the Mutual Re
servie Life Insurance Society at a meet
ing Of the board OF directors. The resig-
nation was accepted. and Archibald c.
Haynes. formerly general agent for the
Equitable Life Insurance Society. was
elected TO succeed Mr.. Burnham.
At the same meeting George d. Ed
ridge rendered his resignation as vice
president, actuary, and member Of the
board Of directors.
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"SALOhE" DANCERS
FINED 81 APIECE

WILMINGTON. Del. MAY Z3.-For ap-
pearing as Salome in the Dance OF the
Seven Wells Miss Helen Yeamons and
Miss Amy Gordon, members of the Lon
don Bellies Burlesque company, who did
'Salome' dance, were taken into city
court and each fined 81 and costs.
manager Joseph I. Gamer, Of the
Grand Opera House. and Assistant
Manager J. Leonard Johnson, who were
arrested on the charge Of violating a
city ordinance by permitting a public
eNhloluon considered immoral, were
granted a continuance until Friday
mere was prOfusiOn Of peroxide
blondes, more or less brunettes. and a
considerable aggregation of giddv Young
men present when court opened
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"Oh. the inhdelity Of woman
This is the wild cry that comes from
agOniZed Fredonius Foster. colOred.
Fredonius has been sent 10 jail by a
woman. He IS to be insulted By iu-
generation in the District Jail for FIVE
long months, all because OF his modern
Delilah.
And again from the agonized Ere
donius arises the walls, "Oh, the in
fidelity OF woman
FredOnius was arraigned before Judge
MullOwny on the charge or having
stolen from the barroom Of Mike Raft
cry a quart bottle Of whisky Evidence
showed plainly that he had taken il.
Mike (whO. by the way. is Irish all the
way through was especially sure Ere
donius was the culprit and much per
suasion was required TO keep him from
leaving his point Of vantage on the
stand and punching the defendants
head.
Hattie Got Her Share.
'Yurre honnur." he said savageIv.
that nagUr comes in ter moi place nv
business when OF wuz busiest and crooks
a bottle"
Hattie jackson rose up next TO tell
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DISMISS PRICES SUIT
AGAINST COTTON EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. May 2S.-The complaint
OF Theodore II. Price. OF this city,
against the New York Cotton Exchange.
in which he asked the courts to enioin
the exchange from making alleged i'm
proper classification Of the various
grades OF cotton, was dismissed by {
r. RushmOre, the referee appointed nv
the court TO hear the evidence.
counsel FOR Mr. Price at once asked
permission To file an amended com
plant. A hearing on that question will
be given on Friday.
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Mrs. Shepard admitted the horsewhip-
ping. but asserted she piled the lash
only on one occasion. and that she did
so then because he.- husband was hold
ing under faucet their son. three years
old. Water was pouring on the child g
mead, she swOre. and the sight enra ged
her- She urged that any mother would
have been moved to equal violence.
Dear Bessie" ran the letter in which
Dr Shepard made his remarkable offer.
II you will go away quietly and let me
get divorce without any trouble
VIII furnish you with dope for the rest
Of your life. / can get a divorce from
you anyway. because or your actions g."
Dr. Shepard was placed on the stand
and accused by his wife's lawyer OF
trying 10 br'be her 10 let him get a
divorce. lie admitted making the Offer.
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MAN PUNCHED IN COURT
BY LITTLE GIRLS FATHER

PHILADELPHIA. May %. - When
Walter Hunter, a young stock broker
was arraigned on charges preferred by
ffteen-year- Mamie JaEc-s and her
sister. the father OF the girls sprang at
Hunter. dealt him terrific blow in the
face. and knocked him down. Mr.. James
svyore that he would Kill Hunter.
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Caught in Woman's Tolls.

Den she kinder come aroun' an she
says ter me, Abs Ewine ter tell d
police An An asks her not ter tell
an she tells me ter g'wan.
An y'Onuer,' said FredOnius. and
his voice was choked from the rapidly
rising lump IN the vicinity Of his pal
ate. she done toll EN- an got me ar
rested. I'onner, Use d. victim OF d
wiles O. women"
Sad said the court mildly. sad,
sad"
Then to the grossly deceived Fro
donlus, his honor said in a gentle voice:
rive months. I'll do my best to
keep you away from women"
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Exercises of the Day.

confederate Memorial Day falls on
sunday. The exercises viii take place
AT 4 o'clock In the afternoon. The Thir-
teenth Cavalry Band will furnish the
music. The graves of the Confederate
dead. buried in the Confederate section.
Will be decorated with flowers. and each
grave marked with a miniature Con-
federate flag. The Confederate Vet
Grams Association will be out I'm ranks.
but there viii be no parade
Camp No IL. United Confederate Vet
Grams. has appointed this general COM
mlttee for Memorial Day. John NJ
hickey, Chairman, MagnUs Thompson,
Captain Thornton. of the War Debarf :
ment; w. T Buckley. John n. Nessmith
and Captain LawtOn, OF the Southern
railway.
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Preacher Win Too Vices
Holds on TO His Pulpit

The Rev. Mr.. Dr0mgOOle. when cor
Hered, admitted. the ministers say.
having two wives. but declare: that ne
only recently ascertained that his sec
ond wife had husband living. and she
at once left him and returned to Wash
ington.
The Rev. Mr.. DrOmgOole has con-
Quoted services regularly since his ar
rest. and says he Will continue as pas
tor. not recognizing the action OF the
ministerial conference.
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GEN. STEPHEN LEE
PROBABLE ORATOR
Invited to Speak at Con-
federate Memorial Cere-
monies.
President General Hender-
son, D. of c., to Be
Present.

( At q meeting of Robert f. Lee Chap
ter, No. GA, Daughters Of the Confed-
: eracy, held last night in Confederate
T Veterans Hall. 14iO II street northwest
arrangements were completed for the
/ observance of Confederate Memorial
: Day at Arlington, June 9.
An invitation has been forwarded to
Gen stephen d. Lee. commander-in-
chief of the United Confederate Vet
Grams. to come to Washington after the
reunion Of the Confederate Veterans at
Richmond. May 9O-June 3. and deliver
: the grafton al Arlington.
Mrs. Lizzie George Henderson, presi-
dent general Of the Daughters Of the
Confederacy, OF Greenwood, Miss. Will
come here after the close of the re-
union ceremonies at Richmond, as the
guest Of Mrs. Butler, wife Of former
Senator Marion Butler Of North Caro-
Ina. and will remain over and par
ticipate in the Arlington memorial cere-
monies. probably delivering an address
on the occasion. While in the city she
will be shown many social and official
hcnOrs. Robert r. Lee Chapter will
give her a reception, probably at The
Shoreham, to which will be invited
f''"taafNa0 VI tlif DbhAnFIu tkiNNg III
Washington, together with well-known
social leaders from other sections OF
the country, as well as those in official
life. Mrs. Henderson will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Benhan, president gen
eral OF the Confederate Memorial As
ISOLATION, who will be shown like honors
Memorial Day Committees.
For the Memorial Day ceremonies
Robert r. Lee Chapter appointed these
delegates. Mrs John w. Wrenn, chair
man; Mrs. George Covington. Mrs.
Archibald Young, Mrs. John Callaghan.
Mrs Mulcaire. Mrs Hare Mrs. Riley.
and Mrs. John NJ. Hickey
StonewaH Jackson Chapter. No %. an
nounced this committee for Memorial
Day: Mrs. J. W. Pitcher. Mrs 5. B.
McDurey. Mrs. William Fry, Miss Mat
tie {. Thornton. Miss Bolden. Mrs.
Webb. and Miss Lily s Waters
Washington Camp. No 300. United
Sons Of Confederate Veterans. has ap-
pointed this Memorial Day committee:
Wallace Streator. F. r. Fravel. J. F..
Pennybocker, and Cecil X. Jones.
southern Cross Chapter. Daughters of
the COnfederacy. and Albert Sidney
Johnston lll. Chapter. Mrs. Lillian Pike
Roome being president of the first and
MISS Mary DE Shs, president Of the lat
yer, nave not appointed their Memorial
Jay committees. but will announce them
IN few days.
va ~Tr n 4 y
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AsBURY PARK, n. J.. May 23.-The
hand Of fellowship has been withdrawn
from the Rev. +. d. Dromgoole. pastor
or the Mt. Plsgah Baptist Church. under
bail TO answer for alleged bigamy, by
the Baptist Ministerial Conference.
When first arrested. Mr.. Dromgoole
denied having two wives The minis
terial committee says Il has an affidavit
from Princeton woman showing she
Is DromgOOle's first wife. who, Il Is as
serted, he left after inhdelity.
The southern sentinel., 1907-03-15
Saved Her Sons Life.

The happiest mother in tbe
little town of Ava, Mo-, is Mrs
S. Rupee. She writes: '.One|
year ago my son was down WI
such serious lung trouble that our
physician was unable to help him.;
when, by our druggists advice |
began giving him DIR. Kings New
Discovery, and / soon noticed
improvement. / kept this treat
ment up for a few weeks when ne
was perfectly we II. lie hes
worked steadily since at carpenfcf
work. DIR. Kings New Discovery
saved his life" Guaranteed best
cough and cold cure by all drug
gists. SOC and $1.00. Trial hot
tie free.
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of months Winn was turned into
a howllng Popullst territory. The
willy managers of the Popullst
movement spared no pains to keep
Winn then where they had placed
her. Populist orators came regu-
larly to the parish to spread the
Third party propaganda. Popu-
list literature was sent into the
parish by the carload, rampant
Popullst paper. the Comrade, was
established, and designing politi-
cans attached themselves to the
movement in a wild scramble for
office. Since then Democrats
have been as hard to find as
needle in haystacks in Winn.
Unfortunately at the time writ
ten of the Democratic managers
in the State withdrew their forces
from the parish. For several
wears the Democratic candidate
for Congress did not even enter
the parish. No orator for the
State ticket put bis foot in Winn-
field. The old guard in the par
lsh that renamed faithful to the
party of jefferson and Jackson
found themselves handicapped,
deserted and discouraged, and the
result has been that the Pops
have had free swing In WInn.
But it is a long lane that has no
turning. Wlnn will not be car
RED for the State ticket in April,
but the biggest Democratic vote
in many years will be polled.
From now on the fight will be
two-sided affair. Dem acrats will
again preach the doctrine of white
supremacy, low taxation and
economical government from the
hustings. The battle will no
longer 60 by default; and IN the
present frame of mind of the
Populists it is not too much to
believe that in the campaign that
follows this in Louisiana there
will be great sloughing off of
the Populist vote. One of the
causes responsible for the chang
ed prospects is the fact that the
Pops in the country. the farmers
who work at the plows and who
furnish the strength of the part,
in the State. have grown resent
ful at the manner in which uh-
scrupulous leaders undid the
work accomplished at Alexandria.
The Winn Populist is having his
eyes opened. He isn't satisfied
with the way in which Populist
politicians have treated him. He
doesn't think it entirely fair that
a sugar teat, grown fat on bounty,
should be rammed down his un-
willing throat. He wants fair
play. Mr.. Blanchard proved to
him on Thursday that he hasn't
gotten fair play; that Mr.. Blan-
chard's bright, simple. interest
ing, instructive and entertaining
talk of yesterday doesn't help the
Winn farmer to pull the wool
from his eyes it will be because
the farmer wants to remain blind.
Mr.. Blanchard made the first inn
portant Democratic speech that
has been made in WINFIELD for
years on Thursday and he had for
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way up IN VIM PARISH
A BIT OF POLITICAL HISTORY

fThe following report OF q political meeting
held st WINFIELD March II, 1885, appeared in
the New Orleans Daily States Of Saturday,
March a, lSes.l
WINFIELD, La, March 1.-THE
opening country campaign of the
Democrats in North Louisiana is
now rapidly drawing to a close
and the meeting tomorrow at
Ola, on the Iron Mountain road
In the northwestern end of Cata-
houla parish, will be the last one
before the grand rally In New
Orleans on Saturday night. 1t
has been an interesting campaign,
opening at Shreveport and taking
in many Of the parishes, in which
good work was necessary to stem
the tide of Populism; and the
party in North Louisiana may
now be said to have gotten into
shape to deal blow for blow with
the enemies of the party. Many
q vote has been made by this old
style campaign in the bailiwicks
of those who once were as uncom-
promising white supremacists and
Democrats as they have recently
been discontented Populists. The
only drawback to the complete
success of the trip has been the
absence of Gov. Foster since the
meeting at Winnsboro.
The meeting at Winfield was
in many respects one of the most
remarkable on the trip. Winn
for Eve or six years has been a
hot bed of Thirdpartyism. 1t
was one of the first of the North
Louisiana parishes to cut loose
from Democratic moorings and
Join the ranks of the enemy.
In easy riding distance of Colfax
and Coushatta, where some of the
bravest fighting for white suprem-
acy was done during the days of
reconstruction and in
cluding among its population
some of the staunchest Democrats
-old line party men who would
have stoned ten years ago any
orator who might have come into
the parish to preach the pernici-
GUS doctrine of Republicanism-
1T suddenly developed remarka-
ble mania for Populism and It's
people went in droves from the
camp Of the Democracy to join
the hosts of dissatisfied spirits
who we're lured from the party of
white supremacy by the ignisfatus
Of Populism. I asked some
old-time Democrats here like Mr..
Abel, and some younger Demo
Gratis like Mr.. Bernstein to explain
why Winn had so suddenly turned
its back on its sister Democratic
parishes. They said 1t was due
to the fact that the Popuiist
organization in other States had
sent ii here some Of its. most ac-
complished advocates like Nugent
Of Kansas and Ashby of Texas.
These men came TO Winn, stump
ed the parish and fairly poisoned
the minds Of the unthinking farm
en- here and led them away from
their ancient moorings. Once
started, there was nothing to stop
the farmers from focking to the
camp Of the enemy and IN q couple
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were both given the most cour-
teous and respectful attention
while they spoke. and the only
interruption was when the fopn-
list sheriff. Crawford. sought 20
interrupt the speaking. Mr..
Blanchard was showing how the
farmers had been tricked ana
fooled and how their candidate
had been jerked down by Hardy
Brian's committee after Mr..
Brian had gone to new orleans
and "seen" Mr.. Pharr.
..The parish of Winn was for
Pharr," said Mr.. Crawford. ut
went down to the convention at
Alexandria against Mr.. Booth.
Every well,' said Mr.. Blan-
chard. "You went down to Alex
andria instructed against Mr..
Pharr, but the convention gath
cred there, representing all the
Populists of the State. the honest
farmers, who constitute the Pop
ullst party, disregarded the parish
of Winn, repudiated Mr.. Pharr.
and nominated Mr.. Booth. No
committee thereafter bad the
right or the power to betray the
farmers, remove Mr.. Booth from
the ticket against his will and
place sugar planter or anyone
else in his stead"
Mr.. Crawford was SO neatly
called down that Mr.. Blanchard s
reparte was genuinely and en-
Enthusiastically applauded.
Senator Blanchard made one of
the best speeches of the campaign,
and his remarks went home to
these benighted people, who have
for so many years gone without
the warmth of Democratic sun
shine.
The meeting at Winfield will
have q fine effect. The Pharr
people are billed to appear here
on the 26th. It is not believed
that the iDsidious logic of the
Pharr orators will be effective in
undoing the good work that has
been accomplished by the DEM
ocracy here. l talked to num-
Der of Populists after the meeting
was over, and | found that they
were greatly impressed with what
they had heard, and some of
them said they had half u mind
to go back to the old party.
Sheriff Crawford, of Winn, is
a populist. He rode into Office
on the Third party wave four
years ago, and he wants to get
back into Office. As Col. Jones
said in his address, he is like the
calf that got up to the trough and
couldn't be pulled away. .Craw-
ford was q leading light at the
Alexandria meeting of the Popu
lists, and he is not at all pleased
with the fact that Senator
Blanchard waded into Winn and
talked good Democratic doctrine
to the Pops.
S. A. Crawford is a young but,
staunch Democrat in Winnfield,
who says that the Democrats will
do better in Winn this year than
they have in many years. Mr..
Continued on page -
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Rheumatic Pains Relieveds1E

B. f.. Crocker, Esq, now 81
years of age, and for twenty
years Justice Of the Peace IL
Martinsburg. Iowa, says: lien
terribly afflicted with sciatic|
rheumatism in my left arm and
right hip. | have used three
bottles of Chamberlain's Pain
Balm and it did me lots Of good. y
For sale by the Phoenix Drug
Store.
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his audience crowd of 900 peo-
pie, three-fourths of whom at
least were Populists when the
seance began but not few of
whom will, after they have
thought over what they heard
yesterday, either not 60 to the
polls. or, doing so. cast their
votes against the mongrel Pharr
ticket. For many of those in the
audience il was unpalatable medi-
cine that the senator was giving
them. In some instances the
crowd squlrmed and gagged like
a two-year-old child taking its
first dose of casteroil. But effica-
cious medicines are usually bitter
to the taste; and it may happen
indeed it is likely to happen
that the pill that tasted SO sharply
in Populist mouths yesterday may
prove to be of incalculable benefit
to the patient and of unestimable
advantage and pleasure to the
Democracy.
The meeting at Winfield was
perhaps the most remarkable of
the "trip. The campaign party
had been warned away from
Winn on the ground that all the
Democrats had either moved out
of the parish or been converted
to Populism. But Mr.. Milling.
the energetic and courteous
district attorney of Wlnn. who is
As round as roll of butter and
a perfect bundle of Leryes, went
down to Columbia and sad that
under no circumstances must the
meeting be abandoned. Mr.. Mil
ling promised the biggest meeting
that had ever greeted Demo-
cratic orator in Winn. And it
came to pass that the campaign
party journeyed from Columbia
over to Sills, putting up at the
home of Mr.. Holmes during the
night, aud on Thursday morning
set out TO cover the distance of
over twenty miles across the hills
and through the swamps of
Winn. 1t was an eventful jour-
ney. Som e times the teams
plonghed laboriousIy through
bogs and underbrush and at other
times they sunk in water above
their hubs until the banks of the
Dugdemonia were reached.
Through the waters of the swamp
the party was padded to the
outskirts of Winfield, and be-
spattered with mud it finally
reached the hospitable home of
Mr.. Milling, where the host and
his .hospitable wife dispensed a
warm hospitality. The meeting
was held in the afternoon, and
farmers and their families had
travelled for many miles to be
present to hear the speaking and
to enjoy the Democratic barbecue.
which it was announced would be
held after the speaking was over.
Winfield is the happy possessor
of one of the largest and hand
soonest eourthouses in North
Louisiana and within its spacious
precincts there was crowded the
largest aud most representative
gathering of citizens Winn has
had in a half dozen years. Every
available bit of seating and
standing space was taken and
there were throngs in the cor
rldors and side rooms opening on
the main hall. Mr.. Milling pre-
sided, and IS | said before. the
audience was largely composed of
farmers and Popnlists. but SEN
at0r Blanchard and Col JONES
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Mrs.. Huffman will open, March
Is. the finest line of millinery
that ever camo to WINFIELD
Wait and see her line. fs