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The evening world., 1908-03-10
C0LLlNW0OD SCHOOL
HORROR INEXCUSABlE

CLEVELAND, Marc. 1o.-"The loss OF
the lives of the little children In the
CoH nwool fire was absolutely mex
euSabIe Coroner Burke eClared to-
day. after making Il thorough invest!-
CATION into the causes of the hre and
the reasons why the children We're
caught in the hallway and burned with
out being able To- escape.
The poor l;tt" children were caugh:
N a veritao,e trap and held and crushed
one one IS ~: rssp6a . s.5ie for Ills ana Should
be held. ! am not prepared Yet 20 say
upon whom the blame should hc placed
1t IS a matter 50 serious that | mus
can charge any on- w.th this horr ole
responsibility I must review the ey!-
derce carefully ana deliberately"
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BIG SCHOOI BC RN ;
! UPILS IN ARD.

TOLEDO. o., March 1o-The Union
School 81 Napoleon, the largest building
of the kind in the State, which was
completely remodelled only last April
and had cost the county $4,000 alto
geth," was destroyed by fire to-day. y
repetition of the Collinwood horror was
possibly averted by only quarter of an
hour in the time Of the starting Of the
fire, as the children We're on their way
to school, and some were playing in the
yard when ii was discovered. tt 8
o'clock, when the school pupils Should
have been in their seats. the main 1Irt
of the building was mass of flames.
Supt Bemer and Principal White were
the only persons in the building when
the fire broke out, the other tea-ners
not having arrived. The two men ran
to the stairway leading to the attic and
We're driven Sack by shower Of sparks
ana a great volume OF smoke. EIe fire
had evidently caught from de- ctive
fue OF the furnace Chimney where II
ran up through the attic.
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Is laid out. but they have hopes ;hat
the management will at least station a
point.
The Bergen Tunnel is the cause of
the d, l.. and W. spring walk. At this
time Of the year something goes wrong
in the tunnel at aoout the time the s.+5
train is due from orange. The train
stops on the edge Of the meadows and
waits. Another train comes UP behind
and also waits. Stil another train
comes along and waits. until there Is
line OF trains stretching along from
the westerly end Of the Bergen Tunne
almost 20 Newark.
men travelling on a margin OF time 10
The evening world., 1908-03-10
HERBERT P. AUERBACH
ANSWERS A SUBPOENA.
Acknowledgement JackSon'S Special
Investigator Told to Testify
in Nidaver Case.

Herbert T.. AuCrbach. OF Buffalo y.
Y. special investigator employed by
Attornev-Gtncrtl tac.son. to-day APP
Neared at the Criminal Courts Building
OF District Attorney jerome. calling him
before the March Grand Jury. Auer-
hach's name was dragged into the
charges Of cX'crtiun made by FORMER
President Wiliam r. Muni somery, OF
the Hamilton Bank. against Nathan
Nidaycr. Il former Special Deputy At
Assistant District-At
torucV kres"l said he was not ready 10
question him, and notified him TO APP
pear in the police court al the Nidaver
hearing to-mprr W afternoon.
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SLAYER OF WOMAN
DIES IN THE CHAIR

TRENTON, March lo.-Mchael To-
,nassi was eicctrocuted at the Sta,
Prison at midnight Tor the murder {
mis- Iand,ady. Delta Cougelio Toma s-i
VINO Was IN a state o. cplnp.c,r COL
!alsc, was accompanied ~ tNo pg.-a -
one of whom was Father llsn the
Catholic Chaplain OF ;he State Prison
An effort had been made to save .ii
from the chair. and hi, lather cara
rom italy TO ioln in an appeal 10 Gov
Fort but the Governor refused to IN
n,Fp
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ALDERMEN DEMAND
EVENING WORLD FIRE
GUARD FOR PUPILS
Order Firemen to Be Placed in Every
School Building Under Control
of Educational Officials
in the City.

The Board Aldermen aroused to action by The Evening Word
exposure of the danger children attending old and nadeqatey pro-
tected public schools this city passed resolution this afternoon re-
o,estng the Fire Commissioner station fireman every Scoohou
where in the Judgment the Commissioner the presence of fireman
might be of use aayng panic III of fire. In case the Board
of Estimate does not take prompt action in the matter OF placing fire
esanes on some of the aged outofdate buildings the Aldermen will
act further.
Full credit was given The Evening World by the Aldermen
smoke IN the measure passed to-day meeting admitted that
thew had been in utter ignorance of the dangerous condition schools in
their own districts until they the photographs this paper
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1.-THE Evening Worlds activity. said
Alderman Dowling. OF Manhattan "no
offered the resolution, "is commend
able. II is public spirited, for 1t wonIo'
be criminal to hide the true conditions
The pictures and articles The Evening
World has published on this important
question have been of great enlight-
enment to this Board. Now, do not let
us wait for a fire and possibly tra-
gedy. before taking action"
Board of Estimate Delinquent.
Alderman Downing. of Brooklyn,
wanted to know why the Board Of Edu-
cation has not appropriated $4,000
needed for outside fire escapes on
school buildings that are not safe. A.
derrnan Coughlan called attention to
the fact that as long ago as Jan. "a
he called attention to the dangerous
condition of certain schools.
I'VE hear a great deal" said Alder
man Coughlan, about discipline in the
school fire drills Discipline may be
maintained in big light buildings with
wide halls and stairways, but there is
likely to be stampede despite disci-
pline is a school building where the
halls and stairways are narrow and
vain anu wa '"t Jus we 'i"u "et'ei
spehu hi!''ioh uoiiars' II necessary
'hah run 'he rIsk Oh sacFlicIhs the Nte
u ID sihs1e cniiu'
iIrie was io uisse'''lns voice 10 the
proposition TO station hremen at dan
gerous school buildings.
'hIr'y-ohe fire traps.
Through deadlock between the Fire
Department Bureau of Buildings and
the Board OF Education thirty-one puO-
lie schools in Manhattan, seven of
which are more than sixty years old
have been allowed to house thousands
OF children whose lives are in peril be-
cause of this red tape and stubborn
ness Of high officials.
C. 3. j. Snyder, Superintendent OF
the Public School buildings, returned
last night from Collinwood o., where
he was sent by the LEGAL school author
itles TO investigate the fire horror which
cost nearly 200 young lives, When
asked by an Evening World reporter
to-day why the th!rty-one schools We're
not adequately SafeSuaFded III lNe
3 matter oil nre-eScapeS ana ool''S
he said:
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D., |. & WIS FIRST
ANNUAL SPRING WALK
Something Wrong in Bergen
Tunnel, Commuters Tramp
Across the Meadows.

The n. l.. and w Railroad inaugu-
rated its annual spring walks for
passengers on suburban trains on the
Hackensack Meadows to-day. 1t was
probably too much for the commuters
to expect a brass band TO head their
parade across the marshy waste upon
which the D., l.. and w. exercise course
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their stores anl Offices in New York.
They know from bitter experience that.
IL taev stick TO tn trains tlev may not
see Broadway before lunch time.
AS one man, thew rise up troDp 10
the platform and drop ~. On a nice,
crisp DAY like this II is not so bad. Tn"
salt air Of the meadows ~ refresh ns
and the bright sunshine brings out IN
nate beauties o. the scenery that are
In the aostnCe OF mus.r to-aay N"
commuters kept time TO their own re-
marks which were quite suif cent TO
The first train was da'.v.l e~.-,'.
twenty-five minutes. The later trains
were halted half an nor y- q. l.
the mean time hundreds of passengers
mad walked II the heights OF Hoboken
and taken trolley cars.
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New York Physicians Find
Nothing Marvellous in Case
Reported From Paris.
DOUBT ABOUT VISIONS.
DR.. Knapp Says the French
Doctors Rarely Give De-
tails in Their Reports.

Eminent medical men in this city who
read the story from Paris in which
Comte de Lamandie described the res
toration to lite OF young girl who was
apparently daal and who subsequently
recounted the visions she had while in
a mortuatv state. declared to-day that
tacre was nothing remarkable in restor-
Ing the seemingly dead 10 life.
pr. Martin ]. Knapp. Of No. SIC Madi-
son avenue one Of the lea ling phvsi-
clans in the country. said that every
doctor ot anv cxoerieuce had met with
.,,,,a S1,.', prSp
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Stairs Nat Fireproof.

Public schoo. No. Il, at No. 33j Yves
For,y-seyentA street is another old
stasrr laching adequate safeguards from
mr.. II was erected In 1910, and the
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Special Prosecutor Holds That
One of Panel Has
Contracts.
MEMBERS INDIGNANT.
Acknowledgement Says Jury
Was Recommended by
Jerome's Assistant.

Attoimev General Jackson suddenly
discontinued the Ice rust investigation
before the special Grand Jury today
and his action Is taken as signal for
fireworks in the feud between his Off 20
and that Of the District ATTORNEY. Jus
tlce Downing Will hear the whole matte.
discussed iT putllc o-morrow afternoon
az o'clock
james w. Osborne. who has had
charge of the investigation. told justice
bowling this afternoon that while sew
enteen or more Grand iurors-a legal
Quorum would be on hand at the OPEN
ing of the daily investigation. the FORE
man would excuse one or more, and the
quorum would drop below the legal re-
aurement Of sixteen men.
Why didn't you report this TO me
before" asked Justice Downing.
II didn't know 1t. Officially" ROLLED
Mr.. Osborne.
There is another thing" he con-
tinred. One of those Grand Jurors is
disqualified. He holds ice contracts. as
have discovered. and any action tina,
night be taken by Grand Jury of
which he is a member would be opcn
attack"
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Not Unusual. He Says.

There is not a practitioner" he said,
"who does no, some time find a patient
who is TO all appearances dead. 1t IS
well known ,ha; +: Is possible to arrest
the decomposition of chemical elements
in the body so as to restore life when
Ii is apparently extinct
There are So few definite facts given
in this case reported from Paris how
ever. that do not feel able TO com
ment on them. The story of the visions
while in a state of apparent death is
rSvcholoCically absurd
They can be accounted FOR in this
manner When the nerves that We're
dormant were reused to lie again they
Immediately set up an overstimulous of
the brain. causing it to record strange
and uncommon impressions. Such cases
are comp paratively common.
We read AMI hear OF many such So
allied parvels from Paris. but they are
ilways laid in some remote section Of
rance and the name Of the patient not
s,yen. Rarely is It that we get any
alta on tNese cases that is of any tan
ole value"
The evening world., 1908-03-10
In phI\lSr the GRIP,

LANNrIN i BROMO lLtNISE removes IN.
-auss. There 10 only ona 'BROMO OF INfSE
Look for signature Of Z. W GROVE. Sc sss
The evening world., 1908-03-10
Drills or Fire-Escapes?

Supt. Snyder wants the Building Code
amended so that fire-escapcs will not
be required on school buildings which
can be vacated by the children In three
minutes at fire drill in normal con-
ditions. To this end he has the sup
port of the Board of Education. and
a communication from the board is be-
fore the Building Code Revision Com
mittee.
\ meeting was held last June consist
ing Of representatives, OF the Bureaus Of
Buildings of each borough represen-
tative of the Fire Department and
Representatives of the Department Of Ed
ucation. which reported against outside
fire escapes.
Representatives of some of the build
ing bureaus OF the Greater City, agreed
with Mr.. Snyder but Chief Croker and
Inspector Nicholas ]. Revelle. OF the
Manhattan Bureau of Buifings took
fism stand against tht proposed
amendment 10 the Building Code.
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Always a Quorum.


District-Attorney Jerome says the
records show that theree were always
seventeen or more Grand Jurors pres
ent at each hearing Mr. Osborne SAYS
the records are misleading because
members of the jury We're allowed to
depart after answering TO their names
1t is reported that there is something
sensational behind the whole affair and
that II will all come out tomorrow af-
ternoon.
When the news was conveyed to the
Special Grand Jury, which has been ir
session since Jan. /, there was a grea
deal OF excitement In tho Grand Jury
room. Persons in the nall outside heard
one juror shout:
The Acknowledgement in taking this
matter away from US discredts this
Grand Jury. l want these charges in
vestigated.'
lnasmuch as the tally OF the Grand
Jurors is a matter entirely In the hands
OF the Grand Jurors and is looked after
by the foreman and the secretary, the
Ice Trust investigators did not bother
with It. They never counted noses when
the Grand Jury assembled. Their dis
eOvery that the quorum was generally
one short was quite acc!dentAD -lm.,
ne Ice Trust matter was taken away
from the District-Attorney by Gov
ghes and turned over TO Attorney
General jackson the Attorney. General
IS anxious that there shall! DC no flasco.
Ine follow ng correspondence explains
what happened after air. Osborne made
ais discovery, The first letter having
been sent by Nessrs. Osborne, battle
and De FORD 10 Attorney General Jack
son:
Acting in accordance with your
Instructions, We nave presented
considerable portion ot the evidence
in the above proceeding, o-t We have
disco. cred lo-ua5 .nat no sixteen
Jurors nL!cn nu..Ser constitutes
4uor.m v. tne G.an4 IuE!J nave
uesu present uuE4ne lAe l",rou.Cl Oh
Vi a.. lae les...uoAJ.
I'VE are VI L.4e Vp.n.Uu taat the
validity ot All ind!cI4he!It tvA!!d IN
Der l.osS C.EcuIi.s .4-iiGva HU-.-
oman 10 a serious aIlaSk. The i'm
portanGe ut luls case ~ t.Ie pdo.lc
IS 50 great tnat We deem IL mad
yisable ~ proceed former. and We
think tnat tne case ought 10 be with
drawn from furtnor cohsiueIdt Axiom or
inns Grand Jury.
III the course OF this action which
Wa suggest meets with your approval
we will be glad 10 nave you al
wise us. so that we may inform the
Grand Jury OF our determination at
its session tomorrow
Recommended by Jerome.
The Attorney General Immediately
answered the foregoing letter as
follows: .,..
his assistant. MIR Smytn, strongly
recommended the present Grand
| Jury to me as havinb peculiar quail
| tications for making the !nves,iga-
ton which you have been conduct
ing. However, ! concur in your
oplnion that an Indictment returned
under the circumstances you state.
| would be open TO serious attack as
| to ns validity. and that the case
| ought to he Withdrawn from the
! further consideration of the present
Grand Jury. instruct you to follow
this course, although even the short
consequential delay is much to be
regretted"
soon as another Grand Jury is chosen.
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Make Them Safe First.

MdSbt lllt StIlOOI lIllilh
thai Jhe beauty of the schools VIII be
narred by the tire-escapes. Wouldn't
that be perfectly AogriI. What do the
people want-pretty schools or safe
Buildings?
Il intend to stick TO my recommen-
cation for outside fire-escapes.
The Boss Fire-hghter rldiculed the
contention shat fire drills will empty
school buildings in three minutes lie
is not certain that smoke and fire would
not make the children panicky.
II Is Interesting to note that the Collin
wood school held fire drills, but when
the blaze came the drills awaited for
naught, More than 400 children rushed
panic-strcken from a burning school in
Lee 5 summit Mo. yesterday, and here
too, the fire drill was expected to work
effectively.
The schools for which the $4,000 appro-
priation was asked by the Board Of
Education are as follows:
Grammar School No IL, at No. lst
Wooster street, requires fire escapes
doors, stairs and exits. 1t was built in
ISIS and the daily average attendance
is ! 335. The Old Wooster Street School,
as It is known, is a ramshackle Of the
worst type and the city has spent thou
sands of dollars in repairing and re-
building. II has zen condemned by the
fire and building inspectors time and
time again. Now in its eighly-tftA year
tAe preparation for making it safe for
the school children is sandbasged in the
Board Of Estimate
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Board OF Estimate Is asked to give NOW
to build frcproot stairs.
one additional nre-escape is scheduled
FOR school No, is. at No l2l East FIFTY
FIRST street The Evening World pointed
out last week that this buildings main
staircase is wooden and the structure
is a fire trap.
Then 5000 is requested to build fire
proof stairs at Grammar School No
90 stanton and Sheriff rtreets. This
school is one of the biggest in the city
located in the heart of the east side
and was erected in lA3. Here Is an
other example OF the grave danger in
the red tape delay.
Veterans OF the civil war as boys at
tended No 2s, at No. 227 West Fortieth
street 1t looks like an old jail buili-
ing. and the request OF the Board OF
Education for funds to build fire
escape is neglected. There are more
than cOOo children at 20. Is. and AT
present there is one fire-escape.
Built in 1865 Grammar School No.
40 is also on the list OF non-hreproot
schools liCh require immediate atttn-
ton. 1t Is on East Thirty seventh
street. near Second avenue. and needs
fireproof statrsS
Fire-escapes are recommended by the
Fire Department for School No. 80. at
No. IiS Baxter street. This Is one OF
the very oldest school buildings in the
city. The requested appropriation is
on the list now before the Board OF
Estimate.
There are twenty-five other school
buildings more modern than those de-
scrihed above which are listed for Are
proofing and additional fire-escapes.
Tho Board OF Educat!on's request for
siO.5OO was placed in the hands OF Pat
rick y cCiowan, Presiden; OF the Board
of Aldermen. for investigation, TO be
reported on at the next session OF the
Board OF Estimate and Apportionment.
which meets Friday. Its fate will then
be determined.
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swinging door being bolted II was one
OF pair of doors leading to the lobby
exit The outlet of the stairs to these
swinging doors was about six feet wide
ana the children had to fight their way
out OF the two-foot-six-inch swinging
door space. Had the other door been
unho!ted there would have been double
the room, and then perhaps the loss
would have been much less. The con-
fusion and panic at the side of the
oo.ted door cost heavily.
1t bears out the theory OF the New
York school authorities that all doors,
gates and exits should be unlocked and
free from obstruction during class
hours The Collinwood schoo. doors
swung out as they do in all New York
schoohouses."
Chief Croker is very much disguised
at the way he alleges the Board OF
Education is delaying the uniform plan
of making the school buildings safe.
He said to-day:
~ maintain thnt no school-hOuse,
or any other public building, IL
safe in ttc event of fire unlcss
they are rOvided with outside
rirc-escapes. l do not wish to he
IN nlarmist. but that is my belief.
"The inside escapes are ireprOOf,
hut they are not smoke proof, and
smoke is almost as fatal as fire.
Millions of dollars, the Super!n-
tendent of Public School Buildings sSys
1t VII! be necessary 10 eXpend on these
outside escapes on school buildings. !
believe this Is an eNaggeTation.
The evening world., 1908-03-10
The Case in Paris.

The case renorte1 from Paris That
,nsat 9, .,,,,, .c,o,t,a, ,,,or,s, ya.
AT of Young yrrI or Versailles uar
.narkah,c axner,arc. was COW, ,,entaa
d, bv tho C,o,,,a do 1amo,do d,rsc-
W os ,bo s,,Jat. des CO., et,ras
follows
"a von,p ui-, a,,sra,,rv a,e, ,-o,,
,,-,rol canses AVID tho ,bvsi,i,,s "a.
cured .ba hodv ,,,, ,bo conso,, -, ;, =.
rar,i,y s.,. bo,,-s ,o,o-
..rha ro,,. ,,a -, l.,
u,ate. s,,hio,,on - ,.,,,.,,,,,,,H ,,",,,,soa
,io, s,,,,,,,,i, a,,, ,it., f,o,,
,i,,,. 20 .t,,,, r.r,tr. o,a -,,.',t.,.s a,a
.,..,,-a,,, SO. y, 49,
'ff""''' P"sSeS' IN t"fes hpnrs the
sirl opened her eyes After she was
.fla a. speak, she said:
".yvbe, ,ou o.,aao ..
'e'' ae'eep mere was
period OF compete prostration, and
The Starkville news., 1908-10-30
II you really desire to be en-
tertained and instructed drop in
at the Musu.
Hymeneal.

SMITH CR1Tz.-Mr. Benz. L.
Smith, Jr.. and Miss Marie
Critz were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony, last even
ing at $50 o'clock at the home
of the brides mother. Mrs.
Adele Critz, the beautiful and
impressive ceremony being per-
formed the Rev. r. II. B. Glad
ney, pastor here of the First !,
M. e. Church, South.
Mr.. Smith is a prominent bus
mess young man of West Point;
and the bride, one of the most
charming and accomplished
young ladies of Starkville.
The News unites with the
many friends of the popular
young couple in the best wishes
down the path of life, and in ex-
tending cordial congratulations.
After receiving congratula-
tions of those present, Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith repaired to the I. @.
depot und took the east bound
train for West Point, where they
will be at home to their friends
in the future.
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Visitors.

Some of the out-of town peo-
pie who attended the Smith
Critz nuptials:
Mr.. and Mrs. B. T.. Smith, Sr.,
and Julian Smith, parents and
brother of the groom; Hon. and
Mrs. F. A. Critz, Miss Bessie
Critz. Mrs. Harry Watkins, Brls-
tol, Tenn; and Mr.. F. A. Critz,
Jr. uncle, aunt and cousins of the
bride; Mr.. and Mrs. B. Chand-
Ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry ROBIN
son, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. La
grone, Mrs. P. White, Misses
Bessie and Carrie Ellis and Flor.
ence Leslie; Messrs. Glenn
Morrow, E. P. Burrows, Lloyd
Brewing. West Point and others
whose names our reporter failed
to obtain.
The Starkville news., 1908-10-30

Mr.. G, Tom Mason of Colum.
bia, and Mr.. and Mrs. John Ma.
son of Water Valley, visited ir
the home of their mother. Mrs.
Mamie Mason. awaiting the time
to meet their venerable uncle.
Rev. VIM. Mason. Tney de.
parted for their respective homes
Monday.
The Starkville news., 1908-10-30

Washington was elected a
member of the board of super.
visors of his county after he re.
tired from the presidency. Now,
il Rooseveit returns from his
'big game" hunt in Africa,
Washington's wind up may be
suggested as pointer.-Ex.
The Starkville news., 1908-10-30

DIR. A. F. Richardson and Mr..
w. H. Durham Of Sturgis re.
turned home yesterday morning
from here enroute from Col
umbus, They visited Mrs.
Durham at the Columbus Hos.
pital, where she has been q pa.
tient for the last two weeks.
The Starkville news., 1908-10-30

Mr.. Jasper Smith, of Noxubee
ountv, near the Pike IN this
ounty. a prosperous farmer and
successful merchant. spent part
9of yesterday here purchasing
goods.
Starkvllle is a good iobbing
town and many of our country
merchants trade here.
The Starkville news., 1908-10-30

Miss Lillian andLucile Mason,
~ Inmberton, visited the +
,rand mother, several days last
uoak. Mrs. Mamie, Mason and
ava,led themselves of the great
,,loasnre of visiting their great
,,rl.le. Rev. DR.. VIM. P. Mason
They returned home last Mon
1av
The Starkville news., 1908-10-30

Col. Simon Fried is happy in
the realization that he and his
beloved wife have walked down
the path of life for forty years
together, married forty years
ago the 28th Inst, a path strewn
with flowers the most of it.
The Starkville news., 1908-10-30

From indications, it appears
that the entire western portion
of the county is afire We have
heard of some fences having
been injured and some totally
destroyed A rain would be
beneficial in extinguishing these
fires.
The Starkville news., 1908-10-30
FOR SALE.

A desirable residence with 6
rooms, outhouses, stables, / acres
of land and within five minutes
walk of the Court House. Price
$22OO.OO. If you mean busines
inquire at the
NEWS OFFICE,
The Starkville news., 1908-10-30

Rev. William Mason, accom-
snanied by Mrs. Jane Harvey,
departed for Camden, Ark,
1onday, where they will visit in
Fthe home of Mr.. Archie Rey-
nolds, brother of Mrs. Harvey.
The Starkville news., 1908-10-30

Miss Abbie Storment, who was
called home last week to attend
the funeral and burial of her
e;ster. Mrs. Oracle French, de-
narted for Carbonda.e, Ills. Mon
dav to resume her studies where
che is attending college.
The Starkville news., 1908-10-30

One mans opinion is about as
good as another's as to who will
be elected president of the
United States. About this time
next week it will be we'll settled.