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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-21
TO CLOSE MY LIQUOR BUSINESS
AT coat

As am going out Of the liquor bust
ness on May /. 1908, | will sell out nv
entire stock at cost. TIE stock consists
OF brandies, WHISTLES. gin, rum and wine.
and embraces the best brands on the
market at prices from 800 TO 81 80.
Give me call II you want to buy choice
goods at aud below cost.
l also desire to rent out my store, No.
BIB Commerce street, which has an es-
taolished trade and Is one Of the best
locations in the city.
app I'm Mrs. ]. f. Monroe
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MARRIAGES

L.C- Balderson and Miss Ella A. Connolly.
daughter OF Rev. @. NJ. Connolly, OF Rich,
mond county were married by the brides
father, assisted by Rev. W. c. Wade.
Tuesday.
Charles II. Sanford, Jr., and Miss Cora
b. Trew3 both OF Westmoreland county.
we're married April 9Th at the home O!
The bride by Rev. Joseph F. Billingsley.
Mr.: and Mrs. Sanford will reside near
Chfiton's-
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DEATHS

Mrs. BE. Atkins died at her home. near
Gordonsville, Friday, after short ill.,
ness OF erysipelas.
Eddie Hamm died at the residence OF
Ills uncle, j. d. Hamm, at Barboursville.
orange county, n lew days ago. aged %
Years. He IL survived by two sisters and
three brothers.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Having qualified as administrator OF
Reuben NJ. johnson, deceased, request
all parties owing the estate to please
settle promptly, and all having claims
against the estate please present them
properly authenticated to the undersiQn-
ed for settlement.
VIM. ". Bu'zner.
ap7-nW4w Adninist,ator
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WANTED

A man OF intelligence and industry.
with small family, to hancle nv little
iarm pear Fredericksburg. j. Wilmore
Cox, SOS Main 81.
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NOTICE.

Nice s>ec oats snd best grades Of ferti-
hsers and corn planters. Also full line OF
coet bouiwars A Sen.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-04-21
GASOLINE ENGINES SAVE LABOR

On account OF the scarcity o. laborers
you are perhaps going to buy a Gasoline
Engine, the greatest OF all labor savers.
But don't experiment. Buy q FAIR
BANKS-MORSE" Agents Wanted.
Write for Catalogue.
A. J. Hun, Richmond, Va.
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w. 8. EMBREY

nss successor to Embrey & Bergman
pes.s 10 Raiiroad Cross Ties, Cedar
so o, sPokes and Hoops. Keepe
RaIsS ~ on hand large supply OF
haiiroad Depot, Fredericksbnro ~.
Aiso Agent for Page Wire Tsnss cs
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SEED POrAT0Es

lt VIII pay all farmers and planters to
zee W. l.. Brannan's stock OF genuine
seed potatoes before bnying elseW here
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EXECUTOR'S NOTICE

Having qualified az executor of John
7. Willis, deceased. all persons Indebted
TO his estate are requested to come for
ward and settle, and all having elaine or
demands against bic estate are requested
TO present same, duly authenticated for
payment, to
Mason II. Willis.
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ROUT TROOPS, HANG NEGRO
Military Company of Thirty Over
come by Mississippi Farmers.
At Brook Haven 1000 Citizens
Clubbed Of With Guns Make
Second Charge.

Brook Haven, Miss.-Eli Plgot, a
negro, who criminally assaulted Miss
Williams, young white woman, was
taken from a military company and a
posse of deputies and hanged from a
telegraph pole. ..
Pigot was brought here from Jack
son during the morning by Sheriff
Frank Greer and the Capital Light
Guards, thirty strong; who were or
dered out by Governor Noel to pro-
tect the negro during trial. The mob
had begun to assemble before day.
light in wagons, on horseback and
walking. 1t included some Of the
most prominent farmers in Lincoln
County: When the train arrived
there were more than 1000 men at
the station. No attempt at conceal
ment was made and not man wore
Z mask. .
A rush was made at the soldiers.
the mob using fists. The troops beat
them back with the butts of their
rifles and took up the march to the
Court House, but the mob, now much
larger. surrounded the soldiers and
swept down upon them. The COM
mand was given to fire by Captain A.
L.. Sairley, of the military, and two
men dropped slightly wounded, but
the soldiers were swept from their
feet and the negro dragged away.
The hanging took place close to the
Court House, where the negro was
about to be tried, and was seen by
Judge Wilkinson, VINO had come to
hear the case.
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STARCH EXPLODEs, k|ELSF|yE
Four Workmen and q Merchant
Are Victims at Providence.
Mysterious Accident Wrecks Fac
tory and Makes an Odd Spec
tacIe-Probable Cause.

Providence, r. I. - Five persons
were killed by the explosion OF a
mixer in the starch factory Of c. 5.
Tanner here. The building was bad
ly wrecked by the explosion and fire
following completed the work OF de-
struction. The dead are: A. l..
Chase, Richard Comes, John Dautt
and two worhmen known only as
Mike and Tony.
The starch factory was an old
brick structure Of three stories. Ihe
exact cause of the explosion remains
to be determined. MIR. TANNER lntl-
mated that it may have been due to
spark from defective electric wiring,
igniting the starch mixture prema-
turely.
The explosion tore away q great
hole in the centre of the building and
carried away the larger part OF the
roof. There was an upward rush OF
smoke, flames and fine powder,
which looked like white cloud, and
through this could be seen portions
of timbers and bricks falling within
the building, and outside its walls as
we'll.
The house of Hose Company No. 2,
in the rear of the starch factory, was
slightly damaged, and so much debris
was piled about the door that it was
fifteen minutes before the firemen
could get out to fight the fire.
The property loss due to the eXplo-
sion and fire will probably not exceed
$4,000.
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SUICIDE FEARED INSANITY
Doctor, in Dread of HomicidaI
Mania, Killed Himself.
Physician, Told That He Was Going
Mad, Took Poison-Left Letters
to Wife and Children.

Utica, N. Y.-The "details of the
suicide in Malone a few days ago of
DR.. Stacy Dwight Williamson, lead
ing physician of that community, re-
veal that, prompted by expert medi-
cal opinion that he was rapidly de-
veloping homicidal insanity and that
in an unguarded moment he might
attack his two small children or his
beautiful young wife. the doctor
made his will, dressed himself for
the grave and swallowed a quantity
of morphine, which caused his death.
DR.. Williamson had a very lucra-
tive practice, was leader in golf and
automobile circles in Malone and
with his wife moved in exclusive So
cial circles. He was Of jovial dispo-
sition until year ago, when he was
seized with fit of melancholy and
confided to his wife that his mother
and another relative had died of hon.
1cidal insanity and expressed the fear
that he, too, would meet such fate.
! Last summer he appeared to shake
off his melancholy spell, golf, auto
ing and outdoor sports and tour Of
camp service with a National Guard
company accomplishing great deal
toward this end.
This winter, however, he devel-
oped another moody spell, and two
weeks ago informed his wife that he
was going to consult two of the ply
sicians at the Ogdensburg State Hos
pital with a view to ascertaining
! whether or not he was doomed to in
sanity. Leaving his practice in the
care of another Malone physician DR..
Williamson took morning train over
to Ogdensburg, and in the evening
he returned with message that
shattered hope in his household. His
medical friends at the Ogdensburg
State Hospital had informed him af-
ter a careful examination that his
worst fears would eventually be real
lied and that he was liable to become
violently insane without moments
warning.
DR.. Williamson's s mind was quickly
made up as to his course of proceed
ure. One morning several days later
he arose in apparently better spirits
than usual, summoned his coachman
and made calls on such of his patients
as needed his immediate attention.
Then he drove home, wrote letters to
his wife and each of his children,
telling them he was doomed to insan-
ity and preferred death to existence
in a madhouse, also mentioning their
peril as long as he. remained unre-
strained.
DR.. Williamson then went to his
sleeping apartments, took a bath,
shaved himself, attired himself in his
best clothing, swallowed dose of
morphine and lay on bed. His wife
found him there few moments af-
terward, and despite his assurance
that he was. not i'll she, summoned
three physicians. They came prompt
ly, but DR.. Williamson informed them
that their services were useless, that
he had taken poison and would be
dead in half an hour. Then he kissed
his wife and children goodbye, as
suring them he had done the proper
thing, lapsed into unconsciousness
and died in just half an hour, as he
had said he would.
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BANK ROBBERS GET $4,000
And Escape, After Wrecking Buildin:
and Rousing Whole Town.

Rich Hill, Mo.-Stealing $4,000
in cash after dynamiting and wreck
ing the $4,000 building of the Farm.
ers and Mechanics Bank in this city.
five robbers, all heavily armed, ter
rorized the citizens and after ex-
changing shots with the Sheriff s
posse escaped to the. rough country
south of here.
No one was injured by either the
shots or the explosion.
A terrific roar caused by the dyna-
hitting of the vault of the bank awoke
the town half an hour after midnight.
The population hurried to the two
story brick bank building in the cen
tre of the city. Many persons arrived
in time to see the robbers ride away.
Cashier J. w. Jamison said that
all the cash in the bank had been
stolen by the robbers. The bank
building was completely wrecked and
many neighboring buildings were
damaged by the explosion.
The Sheriff of the county organized
a posse, but as the robbers got good
start there Is little prospect Of their
being overtaken soon, The rough
country to the south Of the city af-
fords a good refuge for the robbers.
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FAMOUS FEUD|S7 KILLED
Judge James HaTgis, of Kentucky
Shot by Son.
Wife Of Victim Telegraphs From
Jackson to Louisville For an
Expensive Coffin H. Bought.

Jackson. ky.-Judge James Har.
| gis, for years one of the central fig.
ures in the Hargis-Cockrill feud, was
murdered in his own store by his own
son, Beacher.
Judge Hargis was shot five times.
The son, who was crazy drunk, is
only twenty-one years old. He is the
only son, the other child of Judge
Hargis being daughter, Evelyn, who
was married only a month ago to DR..
HogG, prosperous physician Of this
| town.
Beacher Hargis has been unruly
! for several years and has frequently
run away from home. He was re-
Gently arrested for vagrancy in Gin
cinnati and his mother brought him
! back to Jackson.
Several nights before Beacher Har-
gis and his father had a dispute, and
Judge Hargis restrained the boy from
doing him violence by superior
strength. About o'clock in the af-
ternoon he walked into his fathers
store and when the father upbraided
him for drinking he ran behind a
counter and getting a revolver began
firing at his father. The first shot
struck Judge Hargis in the breast
just under the left nipple and he fell.
The boy then ran toward him, firing
! as he approached until he had fired
five shots.
In the store were James Brophy
and two women. Brophy grappled
viii ha hnI hn hoI G
revolver, and in few minutes Off
GERS arrived and he was taken to Jail,
where he is raving maniac.
Besides the bullet in the breast
which made the death wound, three
bullets entered his abdomen and one
his left leg. The boy when he began
shooting threw his overcoat over his
fathers face.
Judge Hargis was County Judge
for many years, had made many
friends and was political power.
The Cockrills, Cardwells and Mar
cuses stood in his way. Marcus,
young attorney, headed contest to
the election of Hargis and Ed. Gala
/ han, which started the Hargis-Cock-
rill feud, which almost bankrupted
Hargis, and was blamed for many
killings.
Judge Hargis inspected the stock!
of the National Casket Company at
Louisville, recently, and asked to be
shown the most elaborate collins the
company had in stock. Nothing
suited him, and he finally ordered
one along his own ideas, costing
$500.
The following telegram was sent to
the company:
Express to-day coffin selected by
James Hargis, as he is dead.
MRS. JUDGE JAMES HARGIS."
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BRAIN POWER
Increased by Proper Feeding.

A lady writer who not only has
done good literary work, but reared
a family, found in Grape-Nuts the
ideal food for brain work and 10 de-
velop healthy children. She writes:
81 am an enthusiastic proclaimer OF
Grape-Nuts as a regular diet. l for
merly had no appetite in the morning
and for years while nursing my four
children, had insufficient nourishment
for them.
unable to eat breakfast I felt faint
later, and would go to the pantry and
eat cold chops, sausage, cookies,
doughnuts or anything; happened to
find. Being a writer, at times my
head felt heavy and my brain asleep.
when l read Of Grape-Nuts I be-
gan eating it every morning, also
gave it to the children, including my
10 months old baby, who soon grew
as fat as a little pig, good natured
and contented.
II wrote evenings and feeling the
need of sustained brain power, began
eating a small saucer of Grape-Nuts
with milk, instead of my usual ind!-
gestible hot pudding, pie, or cake for
dessert at night.
II grew plump, nerves strong, and
when | wrote my brain was active
and clear; indeed, the dull head pain
never returned"
POSTUM CEREAL CO., Ltd,
Battle Creek, Mich.
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TOWN IS BANKRUPT.
Receiver Appointed For Historical
Cahokia, Ill.

Bel1evilte, Ill.-The village OF Ca'
hokia. the oldest settlement In I'LL.
nois, has been placed in the hands OF
a receiver. This is the first time IN
the history of the State that such
action has been taken against a town
or city.
Judge B. r. Burroughs, presiding
in the Circuit Court, appointed F: b.
Morrills, of Belleville, as receiver
upon the petition of the Federal
Union Security Company, OF Indian
apolis.
The court order results from an
effort to readjust the affairs or tne
village, which were entangled as
result of the alleged failure OF super,
visor Anthony Bordeaux, who served
the village from 1882 to 1892, &c
turn over to Camilla Droit, his sue
cessor, 100000 collected in rentals.
Cahokia, the first white settlement
in Illinois, was built up around tne
mission established by the jesuit
Fathers in 1900. The village was
taken under the wings Of the Virginia
Government in 1871 as the result o,
an expedition OF Old Dominion sol.
diers under the leadership OF Colone'
Clark ani Captain Bowman.
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WOULD USEJAlL INSTEAD or FINES
Spending Day Common Prisoner
.-Deermnate Senten Favored

sentence Is not harsh punishment.
Time is the only thing we have in
common, and I have the conviction
that the equitable punishment for
crime would be the abolition of lines
and the imposing of Imprisonment
under the indeterminate sentence.
Let the time for liberty depend upon
the reformation Of the prisoner.
Desire For Freedom Helps.
"The strong natural desire for free
dom will give the incentive and fur.
nish the hope for the desired refor-
nation. 1t is rank folly to throw
into a common prison the first often.
der, the vagrant, the drunkard and
the hardened and confirmed criminal
and expect reformati Your rot
ten apples will tafnt your whole BAR
rel.
I'm the workhouse I saw many men
who were warmer, better fed anu
freer from care; in brief, better or
than many an honest, poor man OF
family outside out of work and de-
pendent upon a niggardly public char.
ity for his support. Z would not be
less humane to the prisoner, but |
would be more generous to the man
who is willing to suffer and remain
honest.
"The workhouse should have sep
arate departments, the inmates clss-
sifed and the different grades kept
apart from one another. All should
have to work. Promotion from low
er to a better grade should be made
for good conduct, satisfactory work
and proven betterment. Increase the
privileges as the prisoner ascends IN
grade and at the end have your work
farm and manual training depart
ment. Turn your prisoner out into
the world able to do some honest
work, get him a place to work or see
that he has the means to live an hon
est life till he obtains employment
and the great problem and danger OF
society, the recidivist, the constantly
recurring criminal, will be in pre- ess
of a rational solution"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
SAYS 175,ooo ARE OUT OF WORK
Chairman of New York Union Meet
ing Gives Surprising Figures.

New York City.-In response to a
call issued week ago by a commit
tee of men in various trades a meet
ing of representatives from more than
200 unions was held at the Labor
Temple, Eighty-fourth street between
Second and Third avenues, to hear re-
ports as to the number of unem-
ployed workers in New York.
After each delegate had reported
the chairman figured out.that about
175,0O0 were idle in this city. The
figures were considered extravagant
by some of the delegates, but the
chairman insisted that he was right.
The reports were then made in an
other form and the meeting decided
that from fifty to sixty per cent. of
the mechanics were idle.
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About Noted People.

The latest form of sport to which
King Alfonso of Spain has devoted
himself is polo.
The Archbishop Of Canterbury.
England. is one of the most remark
able of chess players.
Henry Clews is in demand as q
SPEAKER on the financial situation and
the lessons of the panic.
.\ndrew Carnegie has pledged
5000 900 to Berea. the mountain col.
leee in Eastern Kentucky. With the
execution of the 100000 given to
Tuskegec, this is Mr. Carnegie's larg-
est single gift to Southern education.
leped uine-hour agreement
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rhe Barber and Emancipation.

"Well, you see," said Lincoln once,
1--WE have got to be mighty cautious
how we manage the negro question.
If we're not we shall be like the bar
Der out in Illinois who was shaving q
fellow with a hatchet face and Ian
tern jaws like mine.
"The barber put his finger In his
customers mouth to make his cheeks
stick out, but while shaving away he
cut through the fellows face and cut
off his own finger. If VIC don't play
smart about the negro we shall do az
the barber did"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-03-04
SeO,OO5.s1 FOR FALSE HINT.
PeaIe, Peacock & Kerr Win Their
Suit Aaginst Boston Financier.

Boston.-A verdict of s20,005.S1
against John M. Graham, president
of the International Trust Company,
was returned by jury in the United
States Circuit Court in an action
brought by Peale, Peacock C Kerr, a
New York coal company, to recover
$4,000 from President Graham for
alleged false and fraudulent repre-
sentations regarding the financial
condition Of the Thomas & Pike Coal
Company, of Boston, which went into
bankruptcy in May, 1906.
The New York firm alleged that, as
a result of representation by Presi-
dent Graham, it delayed to press its
claim for $35,5O5.S1 against the Tho
mas & Pike Coal Company. 1t also
declared that the International Trust
Company was enabled by said delay
to recover full payment Of claims
against the Thomas & Pike Coal Com
pany amounting to $6S,500.
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Toledo, Ohio.-James Austin, Jr.,
a police judge, Of Toledo, has Just
finished a sentence of one day In the
city workhouse, imposed by himself
while on the bench this week. Judge
Austin has been anxious to learn
from experience the exact meaning or
a workhouse sentence, and arraigned
himself on a technical charge of Gu
riosity," going to the workhouse in
the patrol wagon the same as COM
mon prisoner.
"As I stood handcufred ready to
get into the patrol wagon with the
crowd of Market Square loafers max
ng fun of me and Of my situation" "
he said, after his experience, II was
simply enduring what had seen
many a poor victim have to suffer IN
days gone by. The time I spent in
my own society in the cell has recti-
fed my former views Of time, for l
know there are more than sixty min
utes in an hour when you spend that
hour in a cell, with nothing to smoke,
chew, drink, read or write, and only
the slant of the shadows in the cell to
let you know what time it is. l
found our workhouse well warmed
and scrupulously clean, the food
wholesome and the discipline firm but
kind.
All Cheerful.
"I was impressed with the uniform
cheerfulness of the inmates; it re-
minded me of the happiness of ire
sponsible children" he continued. /.
"When we went out to cut ice the
chosen men obeyed, but did not seem
to 60 with alacrity. The thoughts OF
the prisoners seemed centred on get
ting out. They did not appear to be
anxious for work. In fact, in the
winter time our workhouse Is a mis-
homer, through no fault of the Off
cials. 1t Is our loafing place, our har-
Dor and haven of rest for the derellct
of society.
IF all the workhouses are con-
Quoted on the humane principles OF
the Toledo workhouse a workhouse
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JEROME SUPERSEDED.

Hughes Designates Attorney-General
y Jackson to Present Evidence.
= Albany, N. Y.-Governor Hughes
has designated Attorney General
Jackson to appear in person or by
deputy before tie Supreme Court of
New York to present the so-called
"Ice Trust" cases to the Grand Jury.
The point which the jury must de-
eide is whether or not certain con-
tracts made by the officials and agents
of the American Ice Company constl-
tute criminal action.
The Governors action is taken in
response to the request of the Attor-
ney-General, who informed the Gov
ernor that in his opinion crime had
been committed, and that District At
torney Jerome had failed to present
the documentary evidence to the
Grand Jury.
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Women i'm the Days News.

Mrs. George B. Mcclellan. mot r
of the Mayor Of New York City, is a
great favorite at Nice, Italy.
Many messages of sympathy were
sent to Queen Amelie of Portuga!
from all the capitals of Europe.
More than 5000 women are en-
ployed in the Russian Secret Service.
Some draw a salary Of $4,000 year.
Lady Rosemary Cairns is declared
to be the handsomest girl in London's
Younger set She is but eighteen
years old and is the only daughter of
Arthur William, the second Earl CO
Cairns. who died in 1890: