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The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-05-22
NO MORE CARTRIDGES
Many Small Dealers Knocked
Out By the Raise in the Priv
ilege License.

One of the interesting facts
noted in connection with privil-
ege licenses this year is the dis
continuance Of the sale of pistol
and rifle cartridges by small deal
ers who have heretofore sold i'm
mense quantities Of these goods.
The late legislature raised the
tax from ten to fifty dollars a
year for the privilege of hand
ling cartridges, and this has had
the effect of putting many of the
small dealers on the retired list
with respect to this line.
The intent of the law was to
prevent the promiscuous sale of
cartridges to negroes, and it
seems to be working as anticipa-
ted.
A number of dealers upon MAX
ing application for the renewal Of
their privilege licenses, when in
formed that it now costs $50 a
year to sell cartridges quietly an
nounced that there was not
enough profit in the business to
warrant the tax.
The leading hardware stores of
Natchez will continue to carry
complete stocks, and their trade
will be materially increased by
the retirement of the little deal
ers. Weekly Democrat
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-05-22
SPLENDID GIFT BY
N. @. NEWSPAPER
Three Thousand Portraits of the
COnfederacy's only President
to Be Distributed.

jackson, May 19.-Director
Dunbar Rowland of the depart
ment of archives and history
was in receipt today of a letter
from Mrs. W. J.!Behan,,, president
of the jefferson Davis Monamen-
tai Association notifying him Of
fcially Of the donation by the
Daily P,cayune of New Orleans
of the 5000 portraits of Jeffer-
son Davis which are to be given
to as many schools in the state of
Mississippi, and inquiring as to
the best means of disposing and
distribution of the portraits.
DR.. Rowland says the distri-
button will be made through the
and city superintendent
and the trustees of the seperate
school districts, and it is hoped
that each school will supplied
by June 8 or thereabouts.
DR.. Rowland leaves for Lake
Minnetonka on Thursday to meet
an engagement for the % inst,
but will return in time to attend
to the distribution of the Davis
pictures, in which he will take
keen pleasure.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-05-22
Program Fifth Sunday Meeting.

The following is the program of the
Fifth Sunday Meeting of the West Jud-
son Baptist Association to be held with
Beech Springs Church beginning Fri
day, May 20. at 10 O'Clock a. M.
l. Devotional exercises. j. Pan
nell.
2. Object of the meeting. J. V. Gull
lett.
3. Introductory Sermon-R. P. Kel-
ly. Alternate W. A. Hancock.
. AFTERNOON.
l. Devotional.-B. Y. Smith.
2. The Importance of Studying the
Bible. w. Price, J, H. Jenkins.
g.. Duties of Church to Pastor. j.
l, Wade.
SATURDAY, $50 A. M.
l. Devotional.-S B. Alexander.
2. The Laymen's Movement G.
Lowery and D. C. Langston.
3. Sermon.-J. j. Pannell.
AFTERNOON.
/. Devotional L. Wages.
2. The Sunday School.-D. C. Lang
Ston.
3. The Lords SUPPER. ]. Lam
ders, R. p Kelly.
A. Security of the Christian. J. P.
Randolph, w. A. Hancock.
5. Associa tional Missions. C. E.
Darling, E. c. Shirley.
SUNDAY 9 A. NJ.
/. Sunday School Mass Meeting =
D. C. Langston.
2. Evangelism. j. ]. Landers. S.
V. Gullett.
3. Sermon. i. P. Randolph
After which the ordination of four
deacons will take place. Everybody
cordially invited to attend
J. A. LANDERS.
Committee A. j. PRESTON.
S. V. GULLETT.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-05-22
Notice of Privilege Taxes

Parties operating any business re.
quiring privilege license will take no.
tice that the law requires that all such
license shall be secured in May. After
May 81, all parties who have not paid
their privilege license will have to paw
double the amount. / haye no discre-
tion in the matter and hope no one will
force me to the duty Of collecting 3
double tax as required by law. Cali at
once and get your license.
0 T TRAPP, Tax Collector
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-05-22
Ten N yhts in 4 Barro ON.

Kritchfeld's Ten Nights in Barroom
whose coming announcement appears
in another column of this issue comes
to our city highly endorsed both by
press and public alike. Mr. Kritchfield
has spared no power..or expense in max
ing this one the strongest Ten Nights
In Barroom on the road. The exhibit
is given under a mammoth waterproof
tent with seats for over a thousand
people, including 200 folding chairs so
all who attend are assured of ample ac-
commodations. The company carries
special scenery for each and every
scene. Que of the principal features is
Kritchfield's Famous Military Band and
Concert Ochestra, which gives free
MONDAY concert each dav and none
should miss attending this moral lpro-
duction, Friday night May 29th.
LOST!
Silk Elastic Knee Sox addressed Bon
ner & Elhin. Finder return to Drs.
Bonner & Elkin's Office or to under
signed. L. D. SHERWOOD.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-05-22
Notice Unyeii;na.

Tupelo Camp No. 13O w. O. w. will
unvell the monument erected to the
memory of the late Sovereign Geo. w.
Baldwin at Auburn cemetery Nav 30th
at 3 O'Clock p. m. All neighboring
Camps and visiting Woodmen are invi-
ted to take part in the ceremonies.
o TUPELo CAMP $50 WOW.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-05-22
Money Maker for Agents
THE OLD WORLD
AND ITS WAYS"
BY
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

SIG Imperial Octave Pages. 251 Sup
erb Engravings from photographs ta-
ken by Col. Bryan.
Recounting his trip around the world
and his visits to all nations. Greatest
book of travel ever written Most sue
cessful seller OF this generation. -Four
Editions in Four Morti1s. The agents s
harvest. Write 1T once for "Territo-
ly' and "Agent Outfit
Agents Outfit Free. -Sendfi fifty cents
to cover cost of mailing and handling.
Address,
The Thompson PubIishi7t Co St Louis. Mo-.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-05-22
Mott ce Privilege License.

Don't orget that all Privilege Lii
cense mu st be paid for the year begin
ming May |, 1908, during the month of
May, 1908. Failure to pay on or nv
the last day of this month subjects you
to double amount of your taxes by way
OF damages. This is merely to help you
not forget it.
This May l. 1903.
R.D. PORTER, City Clerk.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-05-22
Notice to Travelling Public.

The West Bound Accommodation due
at $40 a. m. will reach Tupelo in the
future between and 6:10 a. M, max
ing connection with M. & 0. North
bound
L. w. MCLEAN,
Ticket AGENT
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-15
Former Instruments of Torture.

Instead of gymnastics or games, In struments of torture were used foY modelling the figure of the young lady of 1881. An English writer of that year says that "could the modern schoolroom be preserved it would pass for a refined inqulsition. There would be found stocks for the fingers (the cheiroplast and pulleys for the neck with weights attached" Fanny Rem
 ble, to whom nature had been by nc means unkindly. was found wanting n department, and she writes that she wore "back board made of steel GOV, cred with red morocco. which consiS.
 ed of flat piece placed on my bacl and strapped down to my waist witl a belt and secured at the top by tw. epaulets strapped over my shoulders
 From the middle of this there rose | steel rod or spine with steel collar, which encircled my throat, fastened behind" The machine proved fail
 ure, and she was put under the tuition of drill sergeant, who did for her al! that was required.-"Social England"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-15
Wa,.e All Leather Eatere,

#"And tlen," said the arctic explore
 n ate my leather belt"
 "Pooh, what of that? Every mother non of us eats pair of shoes year :"
 IThe explorer frowned. This" he b, An. lis no laughing" But the scientist interrupted him. " Sm not testing, sir. speak the solem: truth. What is leather? Is 1t not albu .nen and tannin? We'll. when you adt nilk to your tea or coffee, the tanni' - the one and the albumen of tln nther unite. and leather results. TT, loather is in minute particles Never '1Aeless 1t Is there. And down 1t goes 1ll who drink tea or coffee daily" 'l,s sI sIcientist concluded, consume th i; SAar enough leather to make a pair o
 hoes."
 The explorer sneered. TT" resume,
 e said, 'I then ote the lining of, et> 'Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-15
Ahead. Yet Behind.

I8The nervous foreigner got up "o'
 lent back to the conductor of /.
 Erect car. S"Pardong, m'sieur." said he, "but z Rar, he run so slow, and why. if y" Hleeze? Ees 1t not SOP" #"Yep," replied the conductor. "" Int help 1t, though. You see. the ca fhead is behind" &The foreigners eyes opened wi,i ! SWould you mind saying him again
 asked apologetically. F tn say" replied the conductor, 2oude (h4n before "that the car ahea,i Is l. Sind. Scc?" The foreigner returned to his Sc = Fee car-r-r ahead, he ees behin;;. hid he to himself. Most wouderf,;, Host astonishing Is zIs country!' tudge.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-15
Her First Birth,

\ Black Sarah was busily employ. Sbout our northern kitchen, remark ', ' prominent housekeeper, when l hat Sccasion 10 go out there and by wa'
 f being pleasant said: "You are from the south, are ye. lot, Sarah?" \ Claw, yes, miss!" was the answer "Born in the south?'' continued. "Originally bawn In Nichmon;. niss," was the astonishing reply, Reader Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-15

Don't let your child suffer with croup when Pneumo will relieve it; 50c and S1.00 at all druggists. 9 II I'm
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-15
Four Bad Snakes.

Snakes are much maligned creatures although they are, for the most part of considerable value to man. as they live almost entirely on insects and the small rodents that are injurious tc crops. Of all the snakes that inhabit North America there are really only four that are dangerous. These a:c the copperhead, the moccasin. the rat tlesnake and a little snake of southerH Georgia and Florida known as the coral snake. Of course there are . number of different species of the rat tier (about thirty). but they inhabii different parts of the country and az all to be known from the fact .hat the, "rattle" when approached All the rest of our snakes are absolutely harmless, and their bite is to be less feared than that of a mosquito -Scran Book.
 TT. 8. As poen,."
 Thomas Bailey AlGricL was fond of retelling that anecdote of his own boy. lsh daring which appears in his "Ponk- apog Papers," to the effect that upon first entering James T. Fields office in the Old Corner Bookstore his eyes fell upon that kindly editor and publishers memorandum book. open upon the ta- ble. Mir. Fields was absent for the moment and the youthful poet could not help noticing the impressive list of agenda: Don't forget to mail R. w. F. his contract" Don't forget O. ". HIS prnofs," etc, whereupon the young Mil.on." who certainly deserved to succeed in his profession. wrote upon tie memorandum book, Don't forget to accept r. R. As poem." and disappeared. The poem WAS acrcNtetl. paid for and. ti"est kindness of all. as Mir Alaricb asserted, Was never print ed. But the resoureeful youth never lost his deforential attitude toward the bearers { [ those famous initi;ile,! names that had ance p-ace,!eil his owu.- At lantlc.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-15
BEAUTIFYING WALKS.
Easy Way to Make Garden Path At

[o8y way So "ake a Garcen fatF At
 tractive.
 In my little garden on city street the straight walk that led from the gate to the front stoop looked hope lessly unattractive-just a straight ce ment path with the grass on each Sdc writes correspondent of the Cleve land Plain Dealer. Ten cents worth of nasturtium seeds changed it so much that 1t changed the appearance of the whole garden
 used the many colorcd dwarf vnri sty. It grows literally of itself Plant the seeds in shallow holes. water well and the plant does the rest It is prae tcally free from insect enemies. and few plants will produce blossoms enough to supply the house daily for the season. A pretty way to use them for table decoration Is to cut them of short and float them on shallow glass dish or even a saucer. Th,s way they make q dainty little bed of yellows e1nnamons, maroons ard orange in the o1nter of the table.
 A Mystery Here.
 "1 can't understand my wife said the man with the worried eyes "Shc VOWS she will break me of smoking" "Lots of women are that way" ob. served the other man.
 "But she keeps on buying cigars by the box for me- Judges Library.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-15

For she cannot help it. Women are often cross, irritable, hysteric, and declare they are driven to distrac- tion at the slightest provocation.
 Men cannot understand why this should be so. To them it is a mys- tery because in nine times out of ten this condition is caused by 8 serious feminine Arrangement.
 A remedy is necessary which acts directly upon the organs afflicted, re. storing a healthy normal condition to the feminine system, which will quickly dispel all hysterical, nervous and irritable conditions. Such is
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
On Northern Montana Ranches.

"A large pillow arrived in town this
week for G. w. Vennum, which he
intends to use in making dykes, says
the Harlem News. The pillow has a
large wing dirt. board which enables a
man to make a dyke two feet high
without the use of q scraper.
The Chinook Opinion states that
James Griffin has started his steam
pumping plant going and will flood a
plowed tract Of his farm this fall from
Milk river. He is trying the expert.
ment with a view of having sufficient
moisture stored up in the soil in the
spring to give the seed a good start
1t there should be q deficiency of snow.
He thinks that the plan may be an i'm.
provement over the spring flooding
plan that has been advocated by
some OF the ranchers. AS soon as the
frost begins to leave the ground he
will cultivate the top soil to hold the
moisture in the seed bed and hopes
to get an earlier start on his grain
than he has before.
The latest step in agricultural pro.
gress for this community, says the
Choteau Achanta, is the introduction
OF gasoline traction engines. Jos
Baart, Henry Radcliffe and Guy
Jameson are the most recent purchas,
ers OF this sort of an outfit, having
brought up from Collins the first o
the week a 22-horse power Hart-Pa arr
engine with pillow attachment. Twelve
to fourteen disc plows can be drawn,
and the rate of the outfit is q mile.
per hour. The trip from Collins took
IL hours. The owners expect to dc
all the blowing they q while tn.
weather permits and may possibly
do some freighting later in the season
when the roads are frozen. Some
weeks ago q similar outfit was pur
chased by N. p. Truchot and j,
J Jameson. 1t is now in operation or
the Muddy.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Routed by Beggars.

Miss Anna Morgan. heiress to $780,
100000, says a Vienna paper. was driv.
en- out of Berlin. where she hoped to
study po%litico-social conditions, by the
beggars, high and low. Of nobility and
otherwise, who no sooner heard Of the
arrival of the rich American girl than
they set siege to her dollars. Individ-
uals, societies. churches. charitable in.
situations and promoters Of business
schemes wrote. telegraphed and sent
messengers. 1t all looked funny to the
young woman ut first, but it became
a nuisance. from which she escaped
by means of her automobile, in which
she fastened to a nearby summer re.
sort,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Important Land Ruling

a ruling of Importance TO mining
men has recently been made by j ames
II. Garfield, secretary of the interior.
1t was decided that where a tract of
land was one held to be mineral in
character it cannos be taken under
homestead, timber or desert entry,
unless shown that the ruling was OBJ.
tanned through fraud and misrepre-
eentatiOn.
This matter was called to the atten.
ton of the department through a
homestead entry recently made in
Idaho, to which z protest was filed on
the ground that the entry cont.icted
with a placer mining location. In the
course of the investigation the secre.
tary held that when ian2e have once
been adjudged mineral lands they
cannot be entered under any of the
public laws eXcep. as mineral lands.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25

The civil suit of Ed. Fogarty against
John Crowley was dismissed in the
district court today, the parties hav-
ing effected a settlement.
Among the list of recent births at the
D~eaconess hospital in Great Falls, is
tn at OF a daughter to the wife of C. B.
Van Alstine, of Big Sandy.
1t is reported from aavre that w.
F. Murphy has purchased the Oak
land hotel from Mrs. A. X. Gilboe.
and will take personal charge of the
establishment.
a rush of tax payments is keeping
the county t~reasurer's office busy these
days, the collections already mount
ing TO about SO. 900. Taxes become
Delinquent after Monday, November
80.
A deed and bill of sale filed IN the
County clerks office records a deal in
ranch property and livestock, in which
John G. Griffin disposes of his home
ranch of about 800 acres aud his cat
tie and horses to Simon Pepin, of
Havre. The consideration vas Sl5,-
800.
Ed. Reichelt, the we'll known sheep.
man, who shipped his l05, 900 pound
wool clip last August, is in receipt of
word thatithas been sold at a price that
will net him from IL! to II cents per
pound. Mr.. Reichelt received an offer
OF 10 cents in the local wool market,
out declined to sell at that figure.
\ new departure in diversified
farming was made the past season by
W. D. Smotherman, of Chinook, one
OF the most progressive ranchers Of
that vicinity. Mr.. Smotherman raised
a big crop of white navy beans
which gave him cash returus of about
$50 per acre and uetted him u liberal
profit.
n more OF less palatable Thanks.
giving dinner got away from two OF
our county official, today. "A large
owl ai;ghted on one OF the trees ia the
court house grounds, aud Messrs.
Carmel and Hudson attempted to bring
him down with a % rifle, bu, they did
not rutfle a feather. After exposing
himself to several shots, the biz d
bllnked his eyes at the sports and left
IL search Of better marksmen.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
HONEST AMERICANS.
Incidents That Greatly Surprised .
Visitor From Germany.


On his first visit to the United
States Il German manufacturer was
the guest Of Il kinsman in New York
He expressed surprise when, a few
days after his arrival, he saw a nun
Der of men help themselves to paper.
az an unattended newsstand. where
ON men laid down the exact price
of their purchase. others made chang,
for themselves and still others walked
away without paying. He was tolC
that the last named group were custom
ers who pait! only once a week, bu'
that no n ever failed to pay.
To demonstrate his contention tina,
most people are honest in this coun
try the Am%ericanized German tool
his visitor that day to a restaurant
where both were unknown, ana wher
they had finished their luncheon the
host went to the cashiers desk Will
his check and said he had no moncy
with him. but would pay the next
day.
The cashier gave the couple a hast,
glance and said, GAN right; I'll take O
chance" ami the men started for the
street. At the door n right about face
movement vas executed, the check was
paid, a good cigar was handed to the
cashier. to whom the plot was re
vealed, and the German exclaimed
~"Grossartig!r (magnificent). - Chicago
News,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
A Story About "Eiqhtinu Bob"

The other day at Lake Mohonk a
friend of Admiral Evans asked him:
Admiral. is there any truth that
after the battle Of Santiago you called
out from the bridge of the Iowa to a
captain of another battleship. Those
Spaniards can't fight Il thing except
water:'"
Admiral Evans laughed and replied:
Il will tell you what l really said and
what the incident really was. One
drizzly day during the blockade we
stood in toward the harbor and shelled
the shore batteries. 1t wasn't as ex
citing rs it might have been. for,
whether We lit anything or not, l
know the Sparia"!s did not quite come
near us. After the Smelling was over
a press boat lay alongside my ship
and a newspaper II asked II we hat
been hit. | shouted back: They didn't
touch us. The Spaniards didn't hit
anything except water, and they
couldn't have hit that if there wasn't
so much of it."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25

through and in the future OUTPUT of
the state the Ruby will be found an
important factor.
Glasgow News: The ferry has been
out OF the Missouri river at
L'smas and there is a heavy run OF
slush and ice. making it impossible to
cross the stream at all. We under
stand that John Willis and some more
south side ranchers are on this side
and Jack Mullins and E. l.. White are
out OF harms way on the south side,
all anxious for navigation to either
close or open. AT intervals they shout
the news to each other as to the pros
poets OF a good ice crop and a high
price for wool next year, back and
forth across the raging stream.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
WHITECAPPERS CONFESS.
Defendants In Valley County Riot
Case Admit Guilt.

The fourteen Valley county citizens
who were to be tried on a charge of
participation in the midnight raid on
a ranch north of Culbertson, in which
John Hayes and his daughter yer
killed, have pleaded guilty in the dis.
trict court at Glasgow.
The raid took place last July, a
party Of men going to the Hayes ranch
at midnight, and attempting to evict
the raucher and his family, who had
filed upon land that vas claimed by
another settler. Hayes resisted the
attack, and in the shooting that fol.
lowed, the rancher and his daughter
we're killed.
Sixteen men were arrested In con-
nection with the affair, and two of
them, Milo Long and Walter Long,
who are believed to have been the
leaders of the mob, were recently tried
and convicted. In returning a verdict
of guilty against Milo Long, the jury
fixed his sentence at thirteen years.
Walter Long was sentenced by the
court to a term of IS years.
A dispatch from Glasgow says
Chas. B. Gamble, George D. Isbell,
John Kennedy, Theodore Isbell,
Tucker Moore, Thomas McDeavit,
and John McDeavitt. we're allowed to
withdraw their pleas Of not guilty to
murder and to plead guilty to man.
slaughter. Gamble and George D.
Isbell received a sentence of one year
and nine months each. John Ken.
nedy, Theodore Isbell, Tucker Moore,
Thomas McDeavitt and John Nc.
Deavitt received sentences of one year
each.
Ed. Kennedy, Thos. Kennedy, Geo,
Isbell, Chris Paulson and Paul Wag'
ner pleaded guilty % riot, and were
given until May l, 1909, in the county
all.
Walter Booi and John II. johnson,
ceived sentence of four months and
ten days commencing with the day OF
their confinement on this charge.
Judge Tattan in granting leave oil
defendants to withdraw their pleas
and enter pleas to a lesser offense,
said that he had given the matte,
careful attention and thoroughly ap
proved of County Attorney Slattery'l
motives in conceding to defenda ants
request. taking into consideration th,
probable difficulty in securing juror.
to try such a large number Of defend
| ants.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-11-25
Sheep fattenino Sheds,

At Aurora. Ill.,. there are frequently to
be seer as many as $4,000 sheep ut one
time housed in fattening sheds. where
they are put in prime condition for the
market. Herds numbering $4,000 are
to be encountered on the ranches Of
the far west, but at Aurora so many
sheep in n bunch right In the midst
OF a popular farming district is a novel
sight. The sheds at this point have
but there has yet been no occasion to
tax the establishment to its fun capac.
itv.-BaItimore American