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The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11
MARCHING TRIUMPHANTLY ON.
Prohibition Making Encouraging Prog
resS in Northwest

Chicago, April 7.-As a result
of the local option election in
Illinois today sixty four counties
out of eighty -four we're voted
either entirely or partly dry.
Out Of the sixty -four, twenty five
will be without salnons entirely,
while in thirty-nine the saloons
will occupy their vantage ground
in the cities, while the country
precincts will do without them.
Only in twenty counties did the
cities and country precincts unite
in voting in favor of retaining the
saloons.
Today's vote aboIishes $40 sa-
looms. There will remain, how
ever, 3075 saloons in the wet"
territory.
OF the twenty five entirely pro-
hibition counties only six we're
"dry" before election.
The prohibitionists, therefore,
have made a clean gain of nineteen
counties. They have made big
gains in the thirty nine counties
voted partly dry"
The prohibition gains were
largely in the counties having no
large cities or manufacturing CEN
tiers. The high license advocates
won in most of the large cities.
Springfield, the State capital,
voted to retain its saloons in spite
of the active campaign made by
the prohibitionists. DanvilIe, the
home of Speaker Cannon, went
wet" by fair majority, the ex-
citing campaign calling out a
larger vote than was cast there in
the last election.
In the manufacturing towns Of
Aurora and Elgin, where the pro-
hibitionists centered their CAM
paign, the saloon advocates won
handsomely. The saloons carried
such important cities as Joliet,
Rock Island, Bloomington, Alton,
Freeport and Sterling.
The only notable cities carried
by the prohibitionists were Gales
burg, Rockford and Decatur.
Practically every city in the
State where the saloon vas in the
issue the vote today exceeded
largely the vote cast at the last
election. Not in decades had the
citizens of the State been wrought
up to so high a pitch of excite
ment as over the liquor question.
So bitter was the fight that bust
ness and personal friendships of
years standing we're ruptured,
churches became embittered
against their pastors, bankers lost
their customers, merchants were
boycotted and even families en-
broiled.
The most extraordinary means
were taken today to induce voters
to decide for or against the sa-
looms. In many of the towns the
church bells we're tolled all day
to remind voters of the duty the
church believed was due the peo-
pie. In nearly every town the
temperance women opened booths
and dispensed coffee and sand
wiches free to all. In many cities
there we're parades of women and
children.
In Michigan, of IA counties
holding local option elections, ten
went dry.
The Prohibitionists made heavy
gains in Nebraska. Lincoln, W.
j. Bryan's town, lacked only 800
of going dry in a total vote of
$500.
Only in Wisconsin did the Pro-
hibition cause fail to show i'm
portant gains.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11
Privilege Tax Notice.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3s99 of
the Annotated Code of 1906, hereby notify all
persons liable for the payment of privilege taxes
that the same will be due in the month of May,
next, and all persons liable for the payment of
same and failing to do so during said month will
be charged double the regular amount, as re-
quired by law.
J. F. GREER, Sheriff and Tax Collector.
BrOOkhaYen. Miss. April lst. 1908
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11
Keeping Onen Honse.

Every body IS welcome when We feel
good; and we feel that way only when
our digestive organs are working prop
Ierly. DR.. Kings New Life Pills regu-
late the action OF stomach, liver and
bowels so perfectly one can't help feel
ing good when be uses these pills. 25c
at Price Drug Co.'s drug store.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11
Knight TempIar Service.

The annual Easter devotional
service of ST. Elmo Commandery,
of Knights Templar, will be held
at Heuck's Opera House on Sun
day morning, April 10Th at II a.
10. The public is most cordially
invited.
j. Z. SEA Y EY. u. e.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11

Brookhaven friends will regret
to learn of the death of Mrs. OIL
sen, of Aurora, I'll. Mr.. and
Mrs. Olsen were once residents
here and built the handsome resi-
dence now owned and occupied
by Mr.. and Mrs. w. g. Maxwell
in the eastern suburbs.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11
To the Public.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has purchased the interest of all other persons
in the Nola Mercantile Co., at Nola, Miss, and
assumed all the liabilities of said firm. Any
person having any claim against this firm is re-
quested to file same at once. After May lst the
old firm name will be discontinued and all busi-
ness conducted in my name.
N0IlA WHITE.
Nola, Miss, April 10, 1908. ats
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11
OLIVER B. BROWN

Sells small tracts Of land At Old
Brook on instaIlrnent plan without
interest until paid Call on him
TO learn bis easy method Of bHy-
ing i home.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11
YOURS VERY TRULY
J.M..WOOD
The Grocer.
Phones | and 2.
Trustees Notice.

By virtue of authority vested in me as trustee
in certain deed of trust, made, executed and
delivered by John Rollins and Charlotte Rollins
on the 26th day of Feb, 1907, wherein the land
and personal property hereinafter described.
was conveyed to me, j. M. Willoughby, as truS-
tee, to secure the payment of an Indebtedness
due the Bank of Summit. all Of which may fully
appear by reference to Book 10. on page i45, in
the Record of Trust Deeds of Lincoln county,
state of Mississippi; and
Whereas, the said John Rollins and Charlotte
Rollins have failed and neglected to pay said
indebtedness, l will therefore, as trustee afore-
said, at the front door of the court house. in the
town of Brookhaven, Lincoln county, state of
Mississippi, on
Monday, May nth, 1908,
between legal hours, offer for sale aud sell to
the highest bidder for cash, at public auction,
the following described property, tO-wt:
So of neA and ne of sek of Sec. 3G, T. 3, r. 6,
and sA of nw14 of Sec. 81. T.5 r. z, and So of
neA Of nWh and neA of sell of nw14, Sec 36, T.
5, II. 6, in Lincoln county, state of Mississippi.
And also one black mare mule, eight years
old, named Mollie, and one gray horse mule,
ten years old, named Mike,
And will convey to the purchaser thereof such
title as is vested in me-
Witness my signature this the 7th day of
April A. ID. 1908.
j. NJ WILL0UGHBY,
TFuStPP
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11
sulrerlng and pollars saved.

E. S. Loper, Of MariIla, N. Y, says:
Il am a carpenter, and have had many
severe cuts healed by Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. It has saved me suffering and
dollars. It is by far the best healing
salve | have ever found" Heals burns,
sores, ulcers, fever sores, eczema and
piles. 25c at Price Drug Co.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11

Editor Hobbs left yesterday for
Hattiesburg in the interest of the
coming annual meeting of the
Mississippi Press Association, of
which he is president.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11

enthal. Misses Rose and Annie
Nalty.
Delicious cake and cream were
served with punch as an accessory
during the pleasant hours.
The next meeting will be held
with Mrs. Tom McNair, on Tues
day, the 21st inst.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11
The Jumping Off Place,

Consumption had me in its grasp;
and had almost reached the jumping
off place, when I was advised to try DR..
Kings New Discovery; and | want to
say right now, it saved my life. I'm
provement began with the first bottle.
and after taking one dozen bottles
was we'll and happy man again. says
George Moore, of Grimesland, N. G,
AS remedy for coughs and colds and
healer of weak, sore lungs and for pre-
venting pneumonia, New Discovery is
supreme. SOC and $1.00 at Price Drug
Co. Trial bottle free,
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11
THIRD DAY.

Wednesday morning, April s,
1908, the Board met pursuant to
adjournment; present same as yes
terday.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11
The Lea 'er is authorized to announce
f, H, HOFFMAN

as a candidate for mayor of the City of Brook
haven; subject to the action Of the white Demo-
cratic primary election when held.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Congress
We are au horized to announce
HON. T. M. SHELTON.

of Lincoln County, as a candidate for Repre-
sentative in the sixty-iirSt Congress from the
Seventh Congressional district Of Mississippi;
subject to the action of the Democratic Con-
greSsional primary.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11
Veterinary Nnfica

take this method Of notifying the public that
VIII be found hereafter for the practice Of my
profession, veterinary surgery, at ]. i. Rey-
n0ldss stable. have just completed course
at the Chicago Veterinary College and use the
most approved methods.
RN4 BUIE.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1908-04-11

MIR. j. M. Williams has pur.
chased the corner lot from Hon.
W. f. Parsons, on Sessions
Street, y and lumber is being
hauled for pretty new cottage.
Other lots are being disposed of
and soon the old "eye-sores'
along that thoroughfare will be
supplanted by modern homes and
occupied by white citizens.
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Cox and Cook Before Grand Jury.

Two of the bestknown men in the alleged boodling scandal in Arkansas were before the Pulaski county Grand Jury Saturday. They were T. l.. Cox and NJ. D. l.. Cook. There has not been trial in Pulaski county. rela- tive 10 the boodling in the Senate of 1905. in which these men have not appeared as witnesses In the trial of Butt and Coyington they gave dam aging testimony. which was as much against themselves as it was against the defendants
 Senator l. II. Holland was also be. fore the Grand Jury Saturday. Sena. tor Holland was a witness in the Gov irgton trial. At that time he was asked to explain his vote on the bill that provided for an appropriation for the new state capitol. He explained that he voted for the bill because he thought the capitol should be com pleted speedily and beause he had learned the needs of the building from one of the commissioners, who was a personal friend of his.
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24

Wanted On Murder Charae.

Sheriff C. NJ. Philpot. of Pine blur. has returned from Tulsa, Okla. where he was called several days ago by the chief of police. who stated that he had Noah Owens. a negro. under arrest there. and that the negro stated that he was wanted in Jefferson eoun. ty for the murder of his wife Owens went under the game of William An. derson and he is said to have con. fessed to killing his wife in Chieot county in March, 1909 Sheriff Phil. pot, after his arrival al Tulsa. learned that the negro was not wanted in Jefferson county. but in Chieot coun- ty. He wired Sheriff C. \. Matthews at Lake Village and he wired Sheriff Philpot to bring the negro home with him, which he did.
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Steam Shovel Breaks; | Dead.

The sudden and unexpected collapse of steam shovel at Camp Hunt. three miles above Pangburn. on the new Missouri and North Arkansas railroad line. caused the death of one Greek and injured another man of the same nationality. Monday. IL was rumor- ed that blast of powder had blown up four laborers, but this report has been emphatieally denied, whereas the report to the effect that one foreigner was killed by a falling derrick has been largely substantiated
 The shovel had been used in exca- vating a cut for new railroad. Some part of the apparatus broke and the shovel completely collapsed. falling on the two men
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Arrest Negro For Assault.

Joe Mullen, negro stealing a ride. was arrested at Fort Smith on the ar. rival of the Frisco passenger Monday morning. Officers had been notified to be on the lookout for the man. A later message came from Hugo 10 hold the man, as he was wanted for assault.
 The negro explained his presence on the top of the train by saying he had been at work at tie camp and the foreman lost his pass book. so gave him half dollar and told him to tell the conductor to bring him to Fort Smith. The negro says he gave the message and the coin to the con ductor, who replied: T can't carry you inside for this; get on top"
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
SHOCK.
Sermons in Ships.

T think it's shame that wine should be used at launchings. We temperance women are going to try to stop it.
 After all, instead of kicking about 1t. why not use the custom to point moral?"
 'How do you mean?"
 Why simply by drawing attention to the fact that after her first taste of wine the ship Immediately takes to water and sticks to 1t ever after."- Boston Transeript.
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
A Gardeninu Nation,

In Sweden a gift is made once a year to each school pupil of trees or shrubs to be planted about the home. By law each parish must grant a cer- tain amount of land to be devoted to the purpose of school gardens. There are scores of horticultural societies which employ gardeners to give the public free instruction and advice on fruit and vegetable culture The nat. ural resources of the country are be- ing increased in this way to a won- derful extent.
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Sons Death May Kill Her.

II. C. Collins. 45 years old. resident Of Van Buren. dropped dead from his chair at the breakfast table Friday morning just after eating a hearty meal He was apparently in good health just prior to his death. Col lins was unmarried and made his home with his aged mother. A month ago she was stricken with paralysis. and was just beginning to recover slowly The shock caused by the death of her son caused her to have second at tack, and she Is now in critical con dition. and her death is expected al any hour
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
COFFEE EYES.
1t Acts Slowly But Frequently Pro
 ouces Blindness

The curious effect of slow daily pol soning and the gradual building in of disease as a result, is shown in mum. bers of cases where the eyes are af. fected by coffee.
 A case In point will illustrate:
 A lady in Oswego, Mont, expert enced slow but sure disease settling upon her eyes in the form of increas- ing weakness and shooting pains with wayy. dancing lines of light, so vivid that nothing else could be seen for minutes at a time.
 She says:
 This gradual failure of sight alarmed me and I naturally began a very earnest quest for the cause. About this time was told that cof- fee poisoning sometimes took that form. and while I didn't believe that coffee was the cause of my trouble, I concluded to quit it and see.
 T took up Postum Food Coffee in spite of the jokes of Husband whose experience with one cup at neigh. bor's was unsatisfactory. We'll, I made Postum strictly according to di- rections. boiling it little longer, be- cause of our high altitude. The result was charming. I have now used Pos tum in place of coffee for about 3 months and my eyes are we'll. never paining me or showing any weakness. l know to a certainty that the cause of the trouble was coffee and the cure was in quitting it and building up the nervous system on Postum. for that was absolutely the only change I made in diet and took no medicine
 My nursing baby has been kept in a perfectly healthy state since have used Postum.
 MT. -. friend. discarded cof fee and took on Postum to see If he could be rid of his dyspepsia and ire quent headaches. The change pro daeed a most remarkable improve ment quickly"
 There's a Reason" Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek. Mich
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Jail For D. E. Jackson.

D. F. Jackson, who shot and killed
 Dick Richardson on a street at Hardy. April B, has had his preliminary ex. animation before Justice of the Peace Davis, and has been committed to jail without bail. His attorney wired
 for Judge Meeks who went there and heard their petition for a writ of ha- beas corpus and an order for bail. Fri. day afternoon was spent by him hear. ing the testimony and arguments of counsel when the defendant was by him again ordered to jail without bail.
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
MERIT IN CHICORY.
U. s. Government Interested In the
 Use of the Root

Ii long ago was discovered that the aa . oiiloh or small proportion of chicory to eonee gave tho combination the same taste and flavor as are found in the most expensive Arabian mixtures selling up to seNeFai dollars per pound. This fact has been recognized for many years in Eu- rope but only recently has this fact been recognized by American consumers .oH the government Is interested and ms conducted searching inquiry into the merits and uses of Chicory Recently in Bulletin ig. [. $. Department of Agri- culture. page F. the government says: :. With the exception of only one case ehlcery added to good coffee improved the flavor and reduced the peculiar nervous eueet Of the coffee. It is supposed in the single exception referred to, an inferior grade of coffee was sold for the high grade. In all these trials the purity of the ehicory was undoubted. it having been sent s,, ey a prominent ehieory firm for an- al5siS and experiment.
 AnaIysls of both the raw and the pre- pared product nave so far failed to reveal the presence Of any positively harmful U. S. pispensatares condemn its use. Chicory. says the former, is thought to Increased the appetite, promote the diges- ton and stimulate the liver.
 Tn France and Germany use is made or chlcory as an aperient for infants and young children. mothers preferring 1t to ordinary medicine on account of It's be- Ing agreeable in flavor and harmless in effect Since no evil effects are apparent when q mixture of ehieory and coffee is used and since remarkable symptoms fol- low the excessive use of straight coffee. It appears that the use of Chicory in mod eratlon Is not fraught with greater evil than the use of coffee. Either beverage affects different temperaments in differ ent ways and it should be left to the indi- vldual himself to choose chicory. coffee or mixture. The very general use of chic ory for the last one hundred and fifty years. and the proportions which its cul- ,iNatlon have assumed. indicates that 1t Is beneficial and agreeable to at least some constitutions ''
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Neqro Killed By a Car.

William Glover. negro. aged s0 years, who lived al Fourteenth and Jackson streets, was instantly killed about 7:S0 o'clock Saturday morning at the corner of Twelfth and Lewis streets, Little Rock. by a Highland Park car in charge Of Motorman k W. Rowland and Conductor J A Ed wards His body was almost mashed and cut into a pulp. The trunk was cut almost in two. one leg was cur of 1. nearly all of his limbs were either broken or mashed. and his head was badly mashed and bruised
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Kills Large Wolf.

Ace Markham. who lives In the Fancy I'm settlement near Slatington shot and killed a large wolf near his home Thursday He was sitting on a fence when he happened to sec the wolf. a large and vicious animal which stood two and onehalf feet high al least. Ms. Markham happened 10 be carrying his gun with him al the time and he killed the animal. which i4 one of the largest and finest speci mems Of its kind that has been killed in the country in some time
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Minister Given a Clean Bill.

The Presbytery of Ouachita spent the greater part of the morning ses- sion Thursday in hearing the reports from the various churches At II a. m, sermon was preached by Rev. J. F. Mckenzie of Fl Dorado.
 The first order of the day after dinner was considering the case of Rev. C. P. Bridewell. Mir Bridewell' s case was transferred to this presby- tery from Atlanta. Ga, last fall He moved within the bounds of this pres bytery after being temporarily sus- pended from the ministry by Atlanta presbytery. Mr. Bridewell, having full iy satisfied this presbytery as to his reputation and sincerity, was fully re- stored to the work of the ministry, and a call from the Presbyterian church of Philadelphia was placed in his hands and accepted by him.
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
lasd TrIal Carried Over.

Tho case of F ladd Of the Ladd Automobile Company of Little Rock. charged aah murder In the first de gree for tbe killing of John Scott al E4dd over fwo years ago. was con fiHued .n fhe Circuit Court al Pine Blun Thursday until the next term of courf The case was set for trial on AprA e7 but The defense asked for more time To gel its case ready. and stated lhat f had witnesses in Louisiana and distant places in Ar. kansas Who could mol attend the trial on April =.
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Dies From Burns.

Austin Baker. who was severely burned in a powder explosion al Mountain Home March 2S. died from tho burns inflicted by the explosion His death occurred about o'clock Wednesday morning He had been un conscious for d number of days and there was but little hope for his re COYcry.
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Heavy Damage From Rain.

A very heavy rain fell at Leslie, Friday night. The bridges of the NJ and x. E. railroad and of the Will Hams road across Bagley creek were washed out. Miles of fences were washed away and much of the crop must be replanted
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Held For Pension Fraud.

William White, an old white man who has been taking orders for the enlarging of pictures, was arrested at Fort Smith Friday afternoon for making false pension affidavit on May '. 1907. White. it is charged, made affidavit before a notary public that he was Jacob H. Klugh, a pen sioner, and was identified by two men we'll known to the notary. Klugh is negro
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Negro Convict Stays Another.

Frank Walker of Jefferson county negro convict working at the Hot Springs junction convict camp. Sat. ufday morning struck John Washing ton of Chico county. another negro convict over the head wlth a shovel infieting injuries that caused Wash. iugtou's death about seven hours afterWard The trouble occurred at the junction camp The two conviets are said to have quarreled while al work. and Walker ended the quarrel by clubbing the other over the head with his shovel
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Union Holds Much Cotton.

O. E. Collum, county secretary of the Crawford County Farmers Union says there are more than 1,500 bales of cotton in the warehouses at Van Bu- ren Mulberry and Alma.
 The cotton acreage will be greatly reduced this year.
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Principal Is Elected.

At the last meeting of the School Board. the principal of the public schools of Philadelphia was selected. but the board declined to divulge the name of the man selected until the final contract is made.
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Revival stirs Town.

One Of the greatest reYivals held al Lonoke in many years has been in progress for nearly two weeks, con ducted by Rev Mcintosh of Missis- sippi. and Rev Tatum of Jonesboro There have been nearly 100 conyer. sions. including some prominent busi ness men.
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
No Liquor Men Are Indicted.

Court adjourned at Russellville Thursday, and the Grand Jury was discharged, but no indictments were returned against any person for opera ting blind tiger or selling liquor H. legally A special investigation along these lines had been conducted as a result of the charge made by Rev. E. B. Reed in a sermon Sunday night that during the past 25 years there has never been time but that the lowest drunkard could get whiskey in RussellFille. Judge Basham stated after the adjournment of court that the minister had been before the Grand Jury. and that he did not give sufficient evidence upon which to base an indictment or tell the names of parties implicated in the illegal sale of liquor
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Butchers Will Pay License.

Helfna butchers who some days ago declared they would fight the new ordinance compelling them to pay a monthly license. have decided 10 sub init and Thursday so announced their intention before the Police Court.
The Forrest City times., 1908-04-24
Runaway Accident.

Willie Williams. son of Dr. H. F.. Williams, well-known physician of Pine Bluff. was thrown from his bug gy in runaway at Twelfth and Main streets Saturday afternoon al 3 o'clock and was badly iniursed