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DESSMAKING.
WARNING RECEIVED.
Circular from Treasury Department
Regarding Political Activity.

There has been received In this city
from Beekman Winthrop, acting sec
rotary Of the treasury, circulars sent
out containing the requirements Of
the United States civil service COM
mission of June, 1908, concerning po-
litlcal assessments Of the employees in
and under the jurisdiction of the
treasury department. In the circulars
the officers concerned are instructed
to use every appropriate and available
means to direct the attention of their
subordinates to the provisions.
The provisions OF the circular abso-
lutely forbit any political activity such
as service on committees or delegates
to political conventions or any other
violation of the civil service rules.
Persons connected with the United
States in any capacity that So
licits or receives political assessments
from other officials or employees, or
threatens to change the official rank
or compensation of any employe neg
lecting to contribute any money for
political purposes, shall, on conviction
thereof be punished by a fine not ex-
ceeding $4,000 or by Imprisonment for
term not exceeding three years, or
both.
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McNICHOU AND HIS WARD.

McNichol is the car Of the Tenth
ward. He is no debaucher. His
ersonal habits are clean Yet, I'M
der his domination, that quarter Is the
blacklist spot in the city's Tenderloin.
Vice Of the most squalid and depraved
varieties Is fostered ard fourishes
there.
The miserable creatures who swarm
in that section of the city by night
and prey upon the weaknesses Of hui
mainly are. McNichols acqualntances
He is Jim" to them. He knows their
names. He walks through the dis
trict and gives to them the glad hand
Of comradeship. Their praise Is
sweet in his ears. They are his kind
mot in conduct, but In mentality.
He likes them.
A magistrates office, located under
McNichols overlordship, has become
the clearing house for these classes
Of the ctys underworld Through
that office the city's criminals are
governed, punished or rewarded, when
MsNichols ends are to be served,
There, at certain times each year. the
birds of prey are reminded where lles
the power to hurt or help. --Philadef
phia North American.
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A MANS MERRY WIDOW HAT.

The La Crosse Hat works has just
turned out the largest sized soft hat
ever manufactured for human being
and 1t will be worn by a La Crosse
county farmer whose name Is with
held upon request of the hat works.
The hat is a Fedora in shape and "a
in size. 1t was made to order, and Is
an exact fit for the man who will wear
It, This Is two sizes bigger than the
largest hat / ever heard of in thirty
years. experience in this business"
said Mr.. Wenzel. while employed
in hat factory at Danbury, Conn,
which town boasts of thirty-four fac
tories Of this kind, | saw an s IA hat
made for an eastern man. This was
a record breaker, but La Crosse coun-
ty has a man whose head Is lust two
sizes larger. Our scale Of measure
ment shows that this mans head is
81 IL inches in circumference. The
normal head measures 23 inches. A
peculiar coincidence in connection
with the filing of this record breaking
order is that at the. same time we
were making the smallest mans hat
we ever heard of, the size being Ia
This mans head has circumference
Of only 10 IL inches. LA Crosse
Correspondence Milwaukee Sentinel.
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woMAN,s NEWEST TINE KILLER.
In Every stnge Of Life Exchange Of
Cards Has Mounted to a Passion.

People spoke OF the post card crazo
more than year ago as IL 1t had run
its length In truth, It has not yet
reached its height, though 1t is grow@
ing at a. rate to make 1t q serious probe
lem to the postofflce department. Wom-I
en- and girls principally are responsible
for It. Men send post cards only when
they are away from home, and boys
take merely a desultory interest III
them. But to the eternal feminine IN
every stage of life the exchange OF
post cards has mounted to a passion.
The correspondence columns OF homo
magazines TEEN with offers to exchange
cards with anybody and everybody.
One young woman writes she has q
collection of 1,6O0, but wants more.
Another confides to prospective corre-
spondents she has set out to gather
5000. Demands for extra pocket money
doubtless have been made on thousands
Of parents and husbands, for. though
the fad is inexpensive when Kept with
ing reasonable bounds, it Is easy to
see its cost can become an item when
uIlDlllOuS Wdh hui ulss IHc 6Il WIN
wants a collection Of 5000, for exam
pie, will pay close to 500 for 1t In
cards and stamps She of course. must
send a card for each one she receives,
and her postage account may exceed
that of many woman Of fashion And
It's said there are collectors who ac-
cumulate more than 10000 cards apiece,
one girl having carried her total to
$4,000
Engaging frankness is shown by
many Of those who forward their names
for the exchange list Los Angeles
girl writes that she can send views
Of Catalina island and Mounts Lowe
and Wilson, which cost % cents q doz-
en-, and that she does not wish to ex-
change them for cheaper cards, Sever
al write they have all the paper cards
they want and wish TO exchange only
leather ones Philadelphia prefers
scenery, and a RoXbury maid would
love to exchange post cards with any
young girls from 70 10 20 years old"
A girl who signs Sweet Sixteen" and
lives in Elsinere, CAL wants not only
foreign and domestic cards, but hotel
monographs one young woman has
the capitols Of thlrty-siX states, and
years for those Of the others. hos
pltal patient adds the touch Of pathos,
for she wants amy kind of pretty
cards" OF course, a large part of tho
fun consists in letting every card go
through the mall under its own address
I and stamp, over practical young per.
sons who exchange cards in patches
! spoil the ldear--New York Press.
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SHOPPING IN JAPAN.
Blemishes Add to Value and Beauty of
an Object.

Shopping expeditions were always
amusing. A Japanese woman who
spoke English, the wife Of Mr.. Trench's
valet, took me with her and I invested
in some fascinating obs, Mrs. Tetsu
helping me with her excellent taste.
Next we went to curio dealer.
There seemed to be no shop, but we
walked into tiny garden where, seat
ed on the floor Of a small house, was
q smiling old man, who received us
with many bows, placing cushions for
US
Tea and shiny brown cakes were
brought in; he then produced a few
little boxes and with much undolng OF
pale blue and green tapes and unfold
ing of silk handkerchief, showed us
lovely old bits of lacquer, china and
bronze.
The more I admired the more he
smiled and brought forth treasures.
handling the things tenderly, as though
he loved them, which was altogether
enticlng
! could not help comparing this curlo
dealer with those Of Yokohama, where
they try to please foreign taste by fore
ing themselves to forget all that is best
in Japanese art, producing vulgar
atrocities to catch the eye, such as
old-lacquered vases overladen with
cloisonne PLAQUES,
There is a form Of Japanese art
which seems to consist In the beauty
Of blemish; vase to which no his.
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District OF New Haven, S. Probate
Court, August 49, 1908
ESTATE OF ANNA e. BOWERS, late OF
New Haven, In said District, deceas-
ed
The Court Of Probate for the District
of New Haven hath limited and APP
pointed six months from the date here
Of for the creditors of said deceased
to bring in their claims against said
estate Those who neglect to exhibit
their claims within said time will be
debarred.
All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate pay.
ment 10
ALBERT McC. MATHEWSON.
a29 st Administrator
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A remarkable machine made by a
lately deceased member of the Royal
Mcroscopcal society for writing with
diamond seems to have been broken
up by its inventor, A specimen Of its
works is the Lords Prayer of 227 let
ters, written in the 1927 900 of a square
inch, which Is at the rate of 53SS0,00o
letters or fifteen complete Bibles. to a
single square inch, TO deeipher the
writing it Is necessary to use a 1-12-
inch objective, which is the high power
lens physicians employ for studying the
most minute bacteria.
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LICoRICE.
Information About an Interesting In
dustry.


Licorice root grows wild In the fields
OF Asia Minor. and few attempts have
been made thus far towards It's cultiva-
ton. 1t grows chiefly in the Meander
and Hermanus valleys. and until fifty
years ago was practically unused. The
root grown in the Meander plains Is
the best in the world, being superior
to that found in Syria, Mesopotamia,
Caucasla, Siberia, or China. The ex-
porters of the root lease licorice-bear
ing lands for a period Of from three to
five years. Digging usually begins IN
October, and is done by peasants, who
at the end of each day deliver the
root to the various depots and receive
payments according to the quantity
they bring. The wages earned depend
entirely upon the industry of the indi
vldual laborer.
The root Is piled Up and exposed to to
then weighs only half as much as or
iginally, owing to the thorough drying
process to which Il has been subjected.
The root Is sorted TO obtain the quail
ties known as debris and "bagette."
both Of which are highly valued. The
quantity and consumption of these two
quantities is but small compared with
the unsorted root exported for the
manufacture of sugar and powder of
llcorice.
Licorice root is shipped In bales
weighing about 900 pounds each. press
ed by hydraulic machinery and strap
ped with iron bands. PThe United States
is the principal consumer OF this class
~ ton uFht oh To oh In
Its natural state as raw material. be-
ing admitted free OF duty II is con-
verted into llcorice paste for medical
purposes, and II is especially used for
tlavoring plug tobacco. Licorlce root In
It's original state can also be found in
any drug store In America. Annual ex-
ports to the United States amount 10
about l4,2OO tons, valued at $3.50, 900.
The debris and bagette qualities are
purchased almost exclusively by
France. Germany also purchases q
small quantity. This class OF licorice
is shipped In sacks weighing from 800
to 33) pounds each. Prices vary from
kinds of root unsorted, sell (. o. b.
Smyrna at 81 per 220 pounds. The
price OF sorted debris and bagette va
ries from $500 to $500 per 220 pounds.
Licorice Intended for Europe markets
is first converted into paste In fac
tories near Smyrna. 1t Is shipped In
cnses which weigh about $50 pounds
each Recently small loaves have been
prepared for export which weigh from
s to II pounds each, "a of which nro
packed In single case. England ia
the chief purchaser OF licorice In the
paste, only small quantities being ex-
ported to European countries. This
paste sells at $3.50 in cases of $40
pounds and the loaves AZ 1885 In
cases OF 220 pounds.
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CITY NOTICES..

The Committee on Railroad and
Bridges of the Board Of Aldermen will
hold public hearing Monday, August
&c. 1908, In Room 10 and II, City
Hall. at p. M. for the consideration
OF the following petitions:
Petition Of the Consolidated Co. to
connect tracks on Meadow street with
it's land at s. w. corner of Meadow
Water and across Water street.
All persons interested in the forego
ing are hereby notified to be present
and be heard thereon without further
notice.
Per order,
RICHARD b. HEALY,
Chairman.
Attest--JAMES ]. DEVINE,
City Clerk. au2S ct
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FOURTH ANNUAL FIELD DAY.

The fourth annual Christian Citizen
ship field day of the Allied Church and
Temperance organizations of Connec-
ticut will be held at Lake Compounce
on Friday, September IT, Dinner will
be served at y o'clock in Pierce and
Norton's Casino.
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sired by quiet, retiring student, in
private family, preferably among per-
sons of refinement. Give some details
as well as price. Student, Courier Of
fee. au26 At
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AUTOMOBILES bought and sold.
Have now on hand in fine condi-l
ton, touring and runabout cars. Come
and make your wife and children hap
DIV while you can. #. M. Fowler, 1860
Whalley. Telephone. m2 e
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AUTOMOBILES.

one cent word for each insertion,
or Ave cents word for seven times.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.
FOR SALE.

One cent word for each insertion,
or five cents a word for seven times.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

District of New Haven, S.. Probate
Court, August 9th, 1908
ESTATE OF ISAAC w. STILES, late Of
Orange, in said District, deceased
Mabel S. Warner, one of the execu-
tors, having made written application
for an extension OF the time heretofore
limited in which to pay the succession
tax, If any due the state of Connecticut
and In which settle said estate as by
said application on file in this court
more fully appears, It is
ORDERED, That said application be
heard and determined at a Court of
Probate to be held at New Haven, In
said District. on tho 1st day of Septem.
Der, 1908, OF 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
and that public notice of the tendency
of said application and of the time and
place OF the hearing thereon, be given
by publishing this order three times in
some newspaper having a circulation In
said District.
BY the Court,
JOHN l.. gibson, Clerk.
au2S 81
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DOGS.

torical interest is attached, to our eyes
without beauty or form or color, is of
the highest value to the Japanese for
the sake of certain blotches or imper-
fections.
/ believe they will give any price
for what they consider such curiosi-
ty, and no one has ever been able TO
explain to the most inquisltive mind
the reason why.-The Century
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

SPLENDID opportunity for live man to
secure well established and profita-
BILE home bakery business; one wagon.
For particulars address Home Bakery,
Journal Courier office. aul9 lat
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WANTED TO LEASE,
BOARD WANTED.
BoARDERs WANTED.

One cent a word for each insertion
or five cents word for seven times
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CABINET WORK, WOOD CARVING.

THE YALE Art WOODWORK co.
Restores Antique and Modern Furni-
ture to Its Natural Beauty Mantels,
Show Cases and High Grade Furniture
Made to Order. Phone 1905; 1873 Park
street.
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CHARLES Q. DUNN-Repairing and
Carpenter Jobbing a Speciality. Esti-
mates furnished. Fair prices. SO Au-
burn street
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y. w. BARRoWS--2S Admiral St. Con-
tract Carpenter and Builder. Special
attention to Jobbing. Estimates fur
nished
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FLORIST.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
HOTEL JEFFERSON, EUROPEAN.

LIGHT, Airy Rooms. Comfortable Beds
Free Baths. Transient rooms, soc,
75c. g. |. Weekly, 81 10 So. w. C. Augur
Mgr, iiO State st. Open all night
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FOR sALE-Furnished room house ISL
Meadow street Rooms always filed.
Place can be inspected any time. Par
ties leaving town. jy23 tt
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CONTRACTING MAsoNS.
CARRIAGE REPAIRS.

J. It. BREEN--s7 Greene ST., Carriage
and Automobile Painting aud Repair.
Ing. Carriage work speciality. All
work guaranteed. Telephone 1862.
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Il. IL. BARRY--Carpenter and builder
Estimates furnished Jobbing PROMPT
ly attended to, and work OF the best. 20
hudson avenue. Telephone.
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AWNING MAKERS, DECORATORS.

J. CUNNINGHAM 4 sON--S7t chapel
st. Awnings, Tents, Flags, Truck GOV
ers, Horse Covers. Tents ana Cahopies
10 rent Decorations for Halls etc.
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HOUSE MOVING.
HORSE COLLARS.
HORSES.

Il. +. CANNON--1S2-1s4 George ST., Blue
Front Auction Sale and Commission
Stables. Auction every Friday at 1880
p. m. Phone 3073-2.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOLDING MATTRESS.

One cent word for each Insertion,
or Ave cents word for seven times.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-28

sig left debts amounting to 1888,
and the. property left TO II. T. Hessig
Is to be sold and the proceeds used to-
ward paying the Indebtedness of the
estate, the remainder to be divided as
provided in the will of Mrs. Hessig.
The claim OF the Fidelity and Casualty
company against Hessig for $1.100, 1t
was forced to pay to the state OF Ten
nessee as inheritance tax on property
Mrs. Hessig inherited from her son,
Fred iessig's estate. Of which Dr
Hessig was administrator. was re-
fused, on the grounds that the state
OF Tennessee had no right to recover
the tax and the bonding company
should not have paid II.
The case has been the most import
ant one tried out at this term Of
court and has been bitterly fought.
Attorney ID. G. Park represented
the plaintiffs.
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RAILROAD NOTES

No order came closing the locomo-
tive department of the shops tomor-
row and they will work full time.
Considerable overtime has been put
in by the machinists and boilermak-
ers during the week on account of
the pressing work needed on engines
that are in demand to carry specials to
and from the Mardi Gras at New Or
leans.
Whether the order, closing the car
department for two days. will be re-
peated again next week is not and
will not be known until the time ar
rlyes, the officials always giving the
employees "a hours notice when the
shops are to close down.
Among other changes that are ex-
pected in the schedule of trains and
the runs of the trainmen is the under
standing, that a new time table will
soon be issued for the passenger run
between Cairo and Paducah, the
change being made in the passenger
train that has been leaving Paducah
at 6: us, which will probably be made
to leave at $3.50. The change is de-
sired on account of the failure to
make connections with other trains in
Illinois. The change, If made. will
be of benefit to the Paducah travel
ing public.
Fireman Roscoe Penn, who was in
jured by falling from his engine sew
eral weeks ago, has about recovered
and will soon resume his run between
Paducah and Cairo. He went to
Princeton today to visit a friend.
Claim Agent Charles Payne, of Full
ton, was here yesterday.
Engineer Mercer. of the Illinois Cen
tial, who is well. known in Paducah,
has purchased a handsome home at
Fulton.
Leslie Johnson, of Paducah, has ac-
cepted sthe place as telegraph opera
tor for the Illinois Central at Kutta-
wa, making the third operator at that
place.
Mrs. T. L. Roeder, wife Of the wei
known car repairer, and Mrs. Sullivan
wife of the general yardmaster of the
Illinois Central at Paducah, left yes
terday for New Orleans to attend thu
Mardi Gras. They will visit at Jack
son, Miss, and Memphis before re
turning.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-28
ANONYMOUS ATTACK
on INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE
MOVEMENT DENOUNCED.
Local Company Makes Statement
With Regard to One in Circu-
latiOn Here.

Our attention has Just been called
to an unsigned pamphlet entitled
THE Independent Telephone Move
ment," which has been energetcally
circulated during the last few days in
this city.
We wish to announce merely TO our
friends and patrons that Independent
telephone companies throughout this
broad land do not stoop to such false
hoods and Misrepresentation about
their competitor, and we do not deem
the pamphlet worthy Of any reply.
We leave to the people of this city
the decision as to the merits OF this
anonymous attack upon a movement
that was brought into life twelve
years ago by the oppressive actions of
the same body of men who are now
Issuing such articles and taking the
action that is being so generally con-
demned by our citizens at the present
time.
PADUCAH HOME TELEPHONE
COMPANY.
II. j. Jehery. Vice President.
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THE PADUCAH EVENING SUN
Sensational Career of Model, Whose Al
legged Murdered Brother Was Husband.

In white spotted tulNe and carried
white flowers.
Later in the evening one of the
men guests, linking arms with Miss
Gala, and holding loving cup in his
hands, swung around the horse shoe
table, kissing Miss Gala and all the
women guests, in spite of protests.
Just before the guests went away the
young hostess gave an exhibition
cake-walk.
The dinner was the end of her So
cial career, but she continued to
drive fine horses and to receive
marked attention from a host of adj
mirers.
Among her acquaintances at thi.
period was the late shah of Persia,
who was then on his last visit to
Paris. The grand vizier gave her
splendid diamonds and pearls.
1t was while in Paris also tina,
she met Roy. Their acquaintance was
renewed when they met again IN
America. and the marriage at Boston
followed.
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UNRESTRICTED
FROM DELAWARE To THE CHI
CAGO CONVENTION.
Desire of senator Du Pont, Machine
Leader, May I,e Carried Out.

Washington. Feb, Ex-senator
DUPONT. OF Delaware. when LEAVING
the white house after a visit to the
president. said that the Republican
state committee will meet next week
To arrange for the holding OF the
state convention TO elect delegates to
Chicago lie thought II probable that
the committee would have the con-
vention in April AS to the COM
plexion OF the delegates. Senator du-
Pont said he felt sure they would go
to the national convention unln-
instructed.
THAT has been the custom OF ou
state for many years" he said. "and
there Is no reason that | know Of
why II should be changed now"
Senator dupont is supposed 10 con
troll the Republican machinery OF his
state. and IL he can have his way the
delegation will be without announced
preference. He is likely to have a
fight. however, as former Senator
Alice has threatened TO attempt TO
secure a Roosevelt delegation, either
TO vote for Roosevelt or Taft. When
he was struggling 20 put Gas" Ad-
dicks out OF the political field OF Deia.
ware. the president gave him consid-
cradle assistance in the way OF patron
age. and he is under obligations to
the white house
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reformed" said Mr.. Hennessy. "A
frind iy mine was wanst on a train
that was held up by Jesse near Han
nibal or"
81 refer to tn Massachusetts not
tn Missoury Jameses," says Mr..
Dooley.
Following is "Dooley's" definition
of philosopher:
What is a philosopher, says ye?
A philosopher, Hinnissy, is man tina,
is thryin' to make Twin be thinkin
about things that no man can think
about without tn top Nv his head
BLOWN off. It's a good thing they
cudden't talk they'd surely explode
with great damage to surroundin'
thought. But thank tn Lord whin
they get to a point whin they can
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Strictly Medical.

(Seyeral eastern surgeons have de-
clared that IT is now possible to trans
fer the organs of animals to the hu
man body.-News Item)
A cannes lung is in Bill Brown,
His friends are all agog;
Though once the LATEST in. town,
He's working like dog.
Miss Sally Pry is often seen
To give her skirts a swish
One eye is hers. and ones a cats,
Which makes her kittenish.
The stomach OF steer is sewn
Inside OF William Knox;
And so It's not surprising he
Is eating like an OK.
Though he is always butting in
Don't put the blame on Sidney;
II was a goat that saved his life,
They're OF the selfsame kidney.
Detroit Free Press.
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Tennessee Republicans for Taft.

Knoxville, Tenn, Feb. 2S.1Repub-
licans of the First congressional dis
trict, in convention at Greeneville
this afternoon. declared for w. II.
Taft for president, w. p. Brownlow
for reelection to congress, w. ]. Oil
yer for national Republican commit
teeman from Tennessee, and Daniel
Cooper Swab for delegate-at-large to
the national convention. Judge G. NJ.
Henderson and E. Butler were elected
district delegates. ID. A. Vines was
Endorsed for district elector.