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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-11-14
FIND ACCIDENTAL DEATH
Blocked Crossing Was the Cause of the
Killing of John e. Hal

The coroner's jury, called to exam
inc into the death of John E. Hall,
who was run down by train at the
Collins street crossing on Monday
evening, returned a verdict of acct
dental death Tuesday afternoon. The
evidence brought to the jury showed
that Hall was walking east on Collins
street and freight train had all but
blocked the crossing of the west track
at this point. Hall had gone round
the freight train and just as he
stepped on the right of way of the
company he was struck by the engine.
It is probable that the man did not
hear the approac ching passenger train
or else had mistaken the noise made
by it for the noise made by the en-
CINE pulling the freight train.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-11-14
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

On and after Nov. Ii all fat ork
will be at list price. Rough dry CSC
per dozen.
KENOSHA LAUNDRY.
By Bul1amore & Fink,
REMER'S LAUNDRY.
By Fl. E. Re1ner.
UNION LAUNDRY Co..
MS BY Bleicher & Werner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-11-14

Post Office Officials Find Tobacco
Tags Sent Without Proper
Postage on Them
PUT BLAME ON BIG COMPANY

Two thousand cases of'violation of
the postal laws, the majority Of them
traced to patrons of the American To-
bacco company of st. Louis, are on
file in the office Of Postofice Inspector
James E. Stuart of Chicago.
Mr.. Stuart protested yesterday
against the methods of this company
the country, by which ignorant per-
sons are led into breaking the laws
and making themselves liable to $40
fines when a few cents postage would
evade all trouble.
The law violated is section 484 of
the postal regulations, reading as fol.
lows:
Any person who shall knowingly
conceal or inclose any matter of a
higher class ia that of a lower class
and deposit the same In the mail at a
less rate than would be charged fer
both such higher and lower class mat
ter, shall be liable to the penalty of a
a$1O fine.
Patrons of the American Toba Geo
com pany in Chicago and other cities
break this law by sending tags back
to the company as fourth class mat
ter, with a written request in the
same package for the kind of premi-
ums desired The tobacco company
10 the past has asked the tag senders
to designate the premiums wanted.
The writing in the package places
the matter in the first class.
"Hundreds of thousands of dollars
are collected every year by the gov
eminent in fines of this Sort said
Mr.. Stuart. "The people usually
don't know any better, but that
does not excuse them. The greatest
trouble at present is with the tobacco
company. Ia the ST. Louis postoffice
where this mail all goes, we have
several clerks at work all the time
opening these unsealed packages and
finding writing inside. That is the
rule in every postofice. The cases
are then investigated"
eve find that many of the guilty
ones are poor people, makingf$1O or so
week, and it is hard to fine them.
A report on each case is sent to Wash
ington and the fine imposed. We
have got to keep these classes OF mail
separate or Uncle Sam would have to
go out of business"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-11-14
r. r. Bates, of Madison, was ir
KenoSha Tuesday

r. r. Bates, of Madison, was in
Kenosha Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sackett and Mr..
and Mrs. William Baker, of Milwau-
kee, spent Tuesday afternoon with
friends in Kenosha.
Two hundred dog licenses have
been issued to date and the police are
hard at work to have every dog in the
city taxed. A general slaughter of
untaxed CANNES will be ordered with
in the next few days.
The marriage of Miss Alice Miller
and w. c. Hansen, both of Bassetts
Station in this county, was cele-
brated in Chicago on Tuesday after
noon. Mr.. and Mrs. Hansen will re-
side at B5ssetts Station.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04
!, M " HAIR IL EY 8 SON

her engagement to Mr.. Charles Frank.
lin Wilson of Washington, b. q! the
wedding to take place early All Nd
veinber. U H
Covers We're laid Tor fourteen and
the decorations were yellow and
white; the color scheme, being carried
out al oYertheS home.
Handsome place cards were used il,
yellow ana white, bearing the Initials
IN. W. e honor the ssetning nuptlala
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04
Left For Boston.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Purinton left last
night on No. 4 for Lynn, Mass, where
they Will reside in the future. Their.
children Misses Ruth and Helen,
Ralph and Master Robert left the
tirst Of the week for Lynn and have
entered school. Mr. Purinton and FAM
lily have made many friends during
their residence here who greatly re.
gret their departure from the city,,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04
PEnaaeement Announced.

" Tho Wheeling Intelligencer gives
the following account OF d luncheon
announcing the engagement OF Miss
Margaret iMcc CLAIM. OF that city, Mr.:
Charles Wilson |. Of Washington, ID
G. Miss Nc lain IS well known III
this city, having been an annual plsi.
torito Mt. Lake PARK. n J, the lpopuilrl
summer resort for Fairmont people
The SIntelligencef says
Miss pelphia {. Young proved aI
charming hostess on Thursday after
moor, when she entertained With an
elaborate luncheon onipl.mentary 10
MIS- Margaret Nd Jains to announce
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04
Pre:.t!1t!y sHoslmie 5w,sddIna.

A pretty home Wedding was e6lr.
brated last evening at the home Il
Mr. and Mrs: {. y. ON on Mereliar.
street When their laughter Miss ,siinl
ME ME q Belle, and & Mr.. Charles Gordon Z
Gould were united In marriage The
\ wedding was; aSqulet event and was at.
tended 81 de- SSonly By the members oi the
family and q few Intimate frienda.
Promptly Mt nine oci6ck HE oiil.p
Ieiating minister, Re- Truman B AN
IEller s 4 Of 81 the Palatiae Baptist ehaselI
took his place IN heparlor and 1await.i
ed The The priae and groom, who si,serss 6
together.
l, we bride wore a handsome coat
suit Of blue chiffon board clotii VIM
gloves and hat to match and cssrried
q bouquet OF brides roses. Folio Inr;
the ceremony "a elieious luncheois vi
served ser When the bride threw her DOR !
qaet to- the guests II was caugbs il 3
Miss Frances chesney:
Mr. and Mrs Could left onsths y i
train Z all for Feaswoed where tis: IN
SPEND two weeks With Nh. ts;,aiJ'a
mo, N her Mss orr, now Mis-. GSsili.s
y the youngest daughter OF slT. All
AIRS Mrs; u: p. Orr and IS an ascorSi:s
So Young woman with q wide tt-:ss /,
friends: n Could has BEEN /. fssl.
dent q Faifnont Tor d nuinber ri
years though his home Is at Rsss;is.
!, WOO: Both are excellent yosins pSo
pie and hare The best wishes oil 4 i.Sst
of friends:
On their return to Fairmons N
VIM reside on Diamond Stree, in ~
property being built by Dir vi,liaiE
Grey. II e "
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04
Approaching Weddlns.

"a wedding which viii be celebrated
in November at Homecoming, NIL
which will be Of interest to Fairmont
is that Of Miss Nan Dobble and Mr.
John someryille, both Of that city.
Miss Dobbie As d daughter Of Mr., AMI
Mrs. lames pobble and has visited.
here frequently ut the home Of her.
art ut :sifs; John q, q Clark. Mr.. somers
vile is q son Of Col, r. Ii someryille.
Of Homecoming, and Is superintendent
Of the Georges Creek Mines near Lon.
acontng.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04
Receptions to .Wornan,s club.

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas W. Fleming
withhold a reception this evening at
their home on First street and Yfr;
sinia avenue, to the Women's Clubsof
Fairniont, invitations haying been is.
sued only to club members and es:
corts: This afternoon at Willard Hall
the first meeting of, the club for the
coming year will be held. sis
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04

lpOtllen's
I !: nShoe's..

Yons conld go d long ways and
not find prettier styles than these
NE show. x Z; ;33sss5,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04
The Panama Canal.

I|fg
There is great national project al
ready under way which renders the
Improvement Of the Mississippi river
and its tributaries specially sneedful. l
mean the Panama Canal. The, digging
Of that canal will be of benefit to this,
whole country, but most of all to the
States Of theS Pacific slope and the
Gulf; and II the Mississippi Is proper.
ly improved, to the States through
which It flows. The digging Of the
Panama Canals the greatest engineer:
fngsfeat which has, yet been attempted
on this globe. The work has been
going on most successfully and with,
fewer drawbacks and difficulties than
1shad dared hope. When under our;
treaty with Panama We took posses:
sion Of the Canal Zone Il was confident
that we should be able to build the
canal, but Z took II for grant that,
We should meet many nnexpeete sdifs
;ieulties, not only In the actual work.
but thropsh and because of the dis.
eases which had mad tie Isthm 8 u
Scontlnlso on Page Eiaht.,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04
INFANTS. SOFT soLEs.

Button or Lace, wide soft CON-
ortRble. toes Csc and 5ncl
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04
+. M. HARTLEY & SON

us. Shall we continue. the waste and
destruction OF our natural resources,
Tor shall we: conserve them? There
is no other question OF equal gravity
now before the nation.
1t is the plain duty OF those Of us
who for the moment are responsible
to make inventory of the natural re-
sources which have been handed down
to us, to forecast as well as we may
the needs Of the future, and so to han
die the great sources Of our prosperity
as not to destroy in advance all hope
for the prosperity OF our descendants.
AS / have said elsewhere, the con
servation of natural resources is lus
fundamental problem. Unless we solve
that problem 1t will avail us little to
solve. all others. To solve 1t, the
whole nation must undertake the task
through their organizations and asso-
Citations, through the men whom they
have made specially responsible for
the welfare of the several States. and
finally through Congress and the exec.
utiye. AS a preliminary step, the In.
land Waterways Commission has de.
cided, with my full approval, to call a
conference on the conservation OF nat,
ural resources, including, of course,
the streams, to meet in Washington
during the coming winter. This con.
ference ought to be among the most
important gatherings in our history.
for none have had more vital cues;
ton to consider.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04
TAN CALF BLUCHERa

Medium broad toe and low heel.
especially for street wsas style
and comfort, and the correct
shade. Your size is here $3.50
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-04
TAN CALF BUTTON.

A One Of the famous Burt
Shoes, and as trim a looking foot
as you could find and $500
IS Styles in
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-30
SUSSEX FRUIT GROWER
HAS PLEASANT EXPERIENCE.

A fruit grower near Lincoln City, four
miles below Milford, last week had a
pleasant experience with his peach
trees. The groweris Charles H. Sackett,
well known to every agricultuTist Of
prominence in Delaware, and we in
eidentally learned oft through another
party, so the facts are published with
out any desire of Mr.. Sackett so far as
we know but, knowing that the facts
will be OF help to others and fruit grow
ing generally, they should be given
wide publicity.
In five days last week five hundred
and thirty.tw baskets Of peaches were
gathered from his orchard, and he re-
ceived S844. 90 for them at the Lincoln
railroad depot. More than three-fOurths
Of the fruit came from two hundred
peach trees, and this shows the possi'
bilities Of fruit growing in this section
under favorable conditions. First, the
land must be adapted to peach ripeniug
as well as growth Of the trees. Second,
the varieties must be chosen with re-
gard to robust bearing. Third, the
grower must spray and cultivate each
and every year By observing these
three general principles, growers will
receive successful returns for their ef-
forts to produce peaches. The days OF
haphszzard peachgrowing have passed,
and the systematic grower will get the
results.
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-30
CONSTABLE STEEN SHOT
DOWN BY TWO NEGROES.

Curtis Steen, while making his first
arrest after being appointed Constable
last Tuesday, was shot down and dan
gerously wounded Saturday morning
by two negroes at Seaford. Steen had
rounded up a gang Of negro crap
shooters near the Standard Oil Com.
pany's oil tanks and ia attempting to
arrest them was shot by Henry Petit
and Arch Miles.
Two bullets entered his thigh and
one pierced his abdomen. The negroes
escaped down the Cambridge aud Sea
ford railroad toward Maryland line
A posse Of hundred men armed with
shOtguns pistols and knives were soon
on trial. The State Detectives took
charge Of the hunt, but up to date the
negroes who fired the shots have not
been captured. A negro who saw the
shots fired is in Jail Stems recovery
is extremely doubtful. Steen recently
moved there from Greenwood and is
about fifty years old.
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-30
church News.

Presbyterian Church-The pastor Will
preach at II o'clock. Subject, "lustant
y cision. Sabbath School at lOo'clock.
-vening meeting at O'Clock. Topic,
II Can and I Can't"
Christ Church.-Sept. l, fourteenth
Sunday after Trinity, mathis, sermon
and celebration, 1880 a. M; Sunday
School, 2 p. M; st. Stephens Chapel,
Harrington, 4.30 p. m.
Regular services in the First Baptist
Church every Sabbath morning and
evening. Bible School at 80 a. m.
Preaching at 1890 a. m. next Sunday
on the Lords Calling from the text
1.-THE Lord Called Samuel" Evening
service at 7.30. All welcome.
The evening preaching service will
be resumed in the Avenue NJ. E. Church
next Sunday, September lst, to con-
tinue every Sunday evening at 40
O'Clock. The Sabbath School will the
same day resume afternoon sessions at
2 O'Clock. Divine service at 1880 a. m.
Sermon by the pastor. Subject, IA
Human Hunger for a Divine Right
eousness." Subject for the evening ser.
mon, 1.-The Evangelism Of Others Ne
cessity for True Christian Life" This
is Epworth Leegue Rally Day in all
Methodist Churches throughout the
world. The League will meet at 6. 45 in |
the main audience room Of the church. |
The special program of this meeting is
very interesting. All welcome.
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-30
DELAWARE HAS NOW A
NEW SOURCE OF INCOME.

Delaware has found a new State rev.
enue and has already received the sum
o: SIS 349.47 which she did not get last
year, and which will be increased from
year to year. The fund is the revenue
from the new State tax on banks and
banking institutions, in accordance
with the statute passed at Dover last
March after the difficulty that grew
out Of the failure of all but two banks
of the State to pay any State taxes.
Insurance Commissioner George w.
Marshall, to whose department was
committed the collection Of the taxes
under the new State law, has made this
statement:
Under the new law, we have col
lected from banks and banking institu-
tons:
Estate banks and trust companies,
50, 1850
National banks. So, 4O2.57.
Total revenue. SIS, $40 A."
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-30
SHORT LOCAL BREYlTIES.
Items Of Interest in Paragraphs About
Milford and Vicinity.

he st. Paul NJ. E. Sunday School
picnieed at Cedar Beach Wednesday.
You know Glove" When? Why.
Friday night, September 18th, in Arm.
DRY Hall.
Local gunners are preparing for the
reed bird season, which opens on Sep
tember list.
HOwe's Pictures abound with pathe.
tic numerous, and thrilling incidents.
Don't miss them.
Howe's Moving Pictures in Armory
Hall, Friday evening, September 18th.
Tell your fiiends.
The third annual convention OF the
Patriotic Sons of Delaware WAS held In
Dover on Tuesday.
The annual State Convention of the
w. G. T. Z. will be held at Laurel, Oc-
tober 10Th, 18th and 18Th.
The w. c. 7. U. meets with Mrs. NJ.
L. Davis, on South Walnut street, next
Tuesday evening at $50 o'clock. A full
attendance is requested.
Mrs. Maizie Townsend, the contrslto
singer formerly of Camden Delaware,
has gone to Europe where she will take
a course in voice culture.
The largest excursion ever at Reho-
both was that of last Thursday, when
81 car loads Of people on the two rail
roads were there, and thousands Of
people drove there FROM the surround
ing country.
The route for canal from Lewes to
Rehoboth Bay is being surveyed by the
government. If it is ever built, it will
be a great convenience to a large part
Of Sussex county now dependent upon
the railroad orits transportation facili-
ties.
After a vacation OF several months
Captain J. R. Connsrd will reopen this
week the meat market formerly con-
Quoted by his son, at the Walnut street
bridge. He has Tefitted the store with
large refrigerators and will have the
same experienced man as cutter of the
choice rOasts.
Here is an idea worth considering by
all persons. The Board of Education
at Lewes has decided to buy ten tons
Of soft coal, and run the fires in their
schools with it. The argument is, that
a fire can be made quickly with soft
coal, and then banked and kept over,
much easyer than can be done with
lard coal. In the early part of the fall
he need for a fire is only in the morn
ngs generally speaking, and the soft
coal fire would save fuel.
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-30
Late Arrivals.

D. c. Warren and wife are visiting
/ friends here.
DR.. and Mrs. J. Lynn Pratt have
another son he arrived yesterd ay.
Mr.. Seybert and wife, of New York,
are visiting Mrs. Paragraph, neartown.
Mrs. Hannah Postles and daughter
were guests of Mrs. Lena Jones this
week.
Miss Laura Watkins, OF Philadel-
phia, is visiting James H. Harrington
and wife
Miss Beatrice Davis, who has been at
Bowers for the past two weeks, has re-
turned home.
Mrs. G. N. Carroll and children, of
Camden, N. J., are visiting her mother,
Mrs. E NJ. Ross.
Mrs. Charles Barrett and daughter,
Miss Letha, Of Philadelphia, are the
guests Of Miss Letha Joseph.
Captain ]. NJ. C. Reville, Of Philadel-
phia, has been spending this week at
Milford and Slaughter Beach. -
Mrs. John w. Duncan and daughter
Marye, of OnancOck, Va, are visiting
Mrs. B. B. Topping this week.
H. e. Bennett and family Of Bling.
hampton, N. Y, are guests Of Rev. w.
H. Savage and H. Al. Bennett.
Misses Anna and Therzs McGarvey,
Of Philadelphia, are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. R. D. Davis, near town.
Miss Nellie Prettymsn and Oscar
M. Prettyman, Of New York, are visit
ing Joseph E. Holland and family.
Mrs. William Bennett, Of New York
City, and Mrs. Robbins, Of Milton, have
been guests Of Mrs. Lydia G. Jump.
VIM. Roach has returned from his
trip to Denton, and he is prepared to
have a great rabbit hunt at the open
ing Of the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. A Haney and daugh-
ter Bertha, and Mrs. Harley Datesman,
Of Philadelphia, are visiting Captain
and Mrs. w. E. Lank.
After q weeks sojOurn at Rehoboth,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Kelly, OF COlwyn,
Pa, and Miss Helen Barnes Boone, Of
Philadelphia, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
w. G. Summons on South Front street.
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-30
HOwe's Moving Pictures.

Last spring HOwe's Lifeorama drew
the largest attendance Of many seasons.
Every seat in the hall was sold. This
company, with an entirely new pro-
gram of life-like and thrilling and
laughable pictures, will be in Armory
Hall, Friday evening, September 18th.
No man, woman or child should miss
this rare The pictures will prove
to be the mDs. listic ever thrown on
soreness. You remember how difficult
it was to get seats last time. Buy now
at the drug store Of B. H. Matthews.
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-30
JUNIORS PENNY SOCIAL
I'm PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

A penny SOciap' will be held in the
Presbyterian Sunday School room on
Friday afternoon and evening, August
SOth, from 4 to O'Clock. Everybody
is invited to attend l cent admission
payable at the door.
The Junior Society Of the Christian
Endeavor is giving this social, and the
children have made many pretty and
useful articles, which will be on sale
some for one penny and some for more
pennies but all will be be reasonable,
and must be sold.
homemade cake in l cent slices
home made candy in cent squares ;
sandwiches l cent each, and lemonade
! cent glass Will be for sale. Ice cream
will be sold by the penny worth, but
everybody is requested to order five
pennies worth at one time.
Among the attractions will be "The
Old Carriage Shop" 1 cent admission ;
baby Show, " 1 cent admission THOR
ticultural Hall" cent admission. and
several other points of interest-all at
the popular price, cent.
All the Juniors are interested in this
social, and have worked faithfully. so
everybody is requested to attend and
help the little folks make their social
the success Of the season.
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-30
Spilled the Peaches.

When Wesley Bennett drove up to
the depot last Tuesday morning with
a load of fifty baskets of beautiful Ell
berta peaches, he was good for anyway
from seventy-five to one hundred dol
lars; but the connecting pole of the
wagon broke and the mules runaway,
causing the peaches to be spilled and
rolled in the dirt. 1t was a shame to
see the havoc, and the only way to dis
pose of the soiled fruit was to the can
ners, who paid sixty cents for them,
and had them pesled and canned. MI.
Benefits loss was fully forty dollars
besides the damage to his wagon.
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-30
As a Mark of Respect.

Mrs. Mary Carpenter at her residence
on North Walnut street last Sunday
received a large part of the elder resi-
dents Of this town, who called to pay
their respects to this good woman on
her SOth birthday anniversary. She
received them where she has been for
the past dozen years, resting in her bed !,
and the occasion was one Of great COM
fort to her. Some Of the white roses OF
good opinion were strewn before her on
this mundane sphere, giving pleasure
to the object of ther regard, and not
kept to display for the curiosity Of
others. The writer regrets that he was
not able to be present, for the reason
that other matters had taken him out
Of the State.
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-30
The Free Music School.

More than hundred persons were
present at the music school Of Prof.
Davidson last Tuesday night. A special
rehearsal will be given this Friday even
ing to boys between s and IA years Of
age, between the hours at 7 and s
o'clock. All boys are welcome to come.
AT O'Clock rehearsal will be held on
the celebrated cantata Of Caleb Demper,
1.-THE Rolling Seasons" The adult
chorus solo tried part OF this cOntata on
Tuesday evening and became greatly
interested. All are welcome. This can
tsta was given by H. G. Lincoln, in
Willow Grove Park in Philadel phia,
and was considered the finest ofall the
music feasts ever given there.
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-30
Many Lima Beans Grown Now.

Since the steamboat City OF Milford
started TO make regular trips between
Milford and Philadelphia, farmers
have found by experience, that grow
ing lima beans is a profitable enterprise
and as a consequence many farmers
are planting larger acerages each year
of them and shipping to the city mar
ket. The returns have been satisfactory
CantelOpes and water melons is another
source for profit, aud more growers
should try their hands at watermelOns
especially. The freight by boat is small
and the returns quick. Cabbage has
been another source of profit to our ship
pers, on the boat.
Milford chronicle., 1907-08-30
Bought Ont a Store Business

William S. Wroten has bought the
grocery business on North Walnut
street opposite to the post Office, from
Joseph J. Handy, and will continue
the business at that point. Mr.. WrOten
has no need to be introduced to the
people of Milford, as he was formerly ia
business a few doors above the present
location. His advertisement appears
in another part Of this paper.