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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
How wan Street Started.

On the morning of March 31, 1644 a man of clerkly appearance might have been seen standing at the en- trance to the dilapidated fortress of New Amsterdam with sheaf of of ficial papers in his hand. It was not an inviting prospect which confronted the observer that raw spring morning. for the roughly built, wooden houses scattered about the fort looked sadly weatherbeaten, and the struggling, i'll made roads and paths which served as streets were filtered with refuse and rubbish of every sort and ankle deep in mud.
 ever, waste much time in gazing at these discouraging surroundings. They were familiar to him &n every dreary detail, for Cornelis Van Tien- hoven had been Secretary of the Coun- cil at New Amsterdam for many years. and if he had ever been disturbed
 by the prevailing wretchedness of the town, it had long since ceased to afford him the slightest concern. Slowly turning his back to the view. he tackled one of his official docu- ments to the wall of the fort, and then swinging about and picking his way across the miry ground to a con venient tree. affixed another paper.
 Van Tienhoven's handwriting was easily read. Indeed. good penman- ship was the only qualification he had eevr displayed for his office. and that virtue had wholly failed to endear him to the populace, who hated the very sight of his clerical fist. The par ticular notice he had transcribed that morning. however, was singularly free of offence. It merely recited a reso- lution of the Director and Council Of New Netherland that a barrier be erected at the north of the settlement, sufficiently strong to prevent the straying of cattle and to protect them from the Indians, and warned" all interested persons to appear on next Monday, the 4th of April, at o'clock" for the prosecution Of this work.
 It was not long, therefore, before the colonists were hard at work at the projected cattle guard and within a few days it stood completed. There is no authoritative information as to how 1t was constructed but there is evidence that it consisted mainly of untrimmed trees felled at the edge of the adjoining forest and piled together to form sort of barricade, and that it's northern line. running certainly from the present William Street, New York city. to what is now Broadway and possibly from shore to shore, marked the farthest limits of New Amsterdam. as 1t then existed, and practically determined the location of Wall Street.
 Such was the origin of the best known thoroughfare of the Western misphere.-Frederick Trevor Hill, in Harper's Magazine for April,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
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M York special.

New York Special.
 Crime is purchased in New York. The declaration made somewhat fiippantly by Police Commissioner Bingham at the recent dinner of the Police Benevolent Association in the Waldorf-Astoria, that within a half mile of that hotel there are two places where men can be hired to commit high and low crime was not an exag- Rhration. As a matter of fact, the Com missioner spoke more truthfully than he knew.
 An investigation shows that instead of thene being only two places within half . mile of that famous hostlery where crime. 1t was hinted. could be bought. there are at least one dozen.
 Combine Prices Charged.
 orr the perpetration of these deeds too. there appears to be schedule fixed apparently by common consent of criminals and to which they ad- here with the consistency of dealers in any regular commercial commodity.
 These prices apparently range from 35 for simple assault, where the risk is comparatively nil. to $100 and up for arson or murder.
 Simple assouit in the vocabulary of the criminal classes consists in ly- ing in walt for a prospective victim. felling him with a blackjack and ad- ministering . severe beating. Such deeds are committed usually at the be- hest of some man who has a personal grudge to satisfy. What Commissioners Bingham terms the higher crimes" such as murder and arson, are prompt cd by deeper feelings or a desire to obtain pecuniary profit.
 Are No Regular Marts.
 Although the price of crime Is ap- parently well established and can be ascertained at anyl of the notorious re- sorts where felonsl congregate, the idea conveyed by Commissioner Bingham's words. that there are regular marts. which persons can enter and pur- chase what they desire, in a manner similar to that of a woman in a dry goods store, is misleading. The meth cd of procedure reQuires--first, knowl- edge of the places where crime can be bought, and. secondly. ovortures therein to the man in charge.
 As these market places are usually dives and cheap saloons, the person through whom negotiations are open ed ia usually the keeper of tho dive. the leader of 6 particular gang which xrequents his place. and if everything is satisfactory the bargain is struck.
 About Twenty-Five Bands Ready.
 Among the most notorious gangs in existence in this city today. within the radius described by Commissioner Bingham, are the following: Paul Kel- 1y's, the Cherry Hill, or ''Monk" East man: Sweeney's, Fuckers. the Stable Gang, and the Bell Kitchen Gang.
 Tn addition to those there are at least twenty other well known bands in various sections of the city. whose
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22

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 THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,. ATLANTA GA.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
CRIME FOR SALE IN NEW
 YORK AT SLIDING PRICES
Scale of Prices Charged
 For f.wfw.~ e~ Na-

Scale of Prices Charged (
 For Crime fn New York. Following, so far as can be q
 gathered from inquiries in several < resorts. is the schedule of prices \
 for crimes in New York:
 Simple assault. with small risk of ( arrest.... =. ..........$5 Simple assault. with risk of ar rest.... .. .. .. ..$10 to $25 ( Robbery. with percentage of
 the spells .. .. .. ..$15 to $50 Burglary. q. .. .... .s25 to $100 Arson. .. .. .... s100 to s1.0o0 ( } Murder. .. .. ..$1o0 to s1,0oo } The variation fin the prices de- ( } bends upon the degree of arrest, } physical risk and the social and ( } financial position of the employer. (
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
LIVED IN THREE CENTURIES
 VIGOROUS AND STRONG AT IO8

Mrs. Mary Wilkins, of Remington, Ind, mother of Dr. John A.
 Wilkins of Delta, Ind, is
 one of the oldest residents
 of the state, having liv-
 ed in three centuries
 and being in her
 109th year.
 She was born in County Tyrone. Ire- land. September. 2oth, l7oo, and same to this country with her husband in lS4O. She is the mother of four children all lv- ing. At the present time she is visiting a daughter in Indiana and is in splendid health. She enjoyed an automobile ride a few days ago and was greatly pleased at the speed. Mrs. Wilkins remembers the crowning of Queen Victoria. and enjoys telling of the experiences and conditions of hundred years ago.
 On January 18th. Margaret Watson. daughter of Mrs. Wilkins sent the fol- lowing letter from her mother:
 DEAR MIR. DUFFY:-I want to tell you about your medicine, it is doing me so much good am now a very old woman. l have passed my I06th birth day. Since taking your Pure Malt Whis- key my appetite IS better. and am stronger. l rest better and my daughter who is 75 years old, says am getting younger every day. l feel that your Whiskey is food and that it will keep me alive for a great many years more. Your Malt Whiskey makes me think of the whiskey they make in Ireland. You may put this in the paper if you want to. |" m and women who cannot sav too mucb
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22

Rev. Thomas Sturgeon. the former pastor of the great Metropolitan Tab ernacle in London. is still at Meran. Austria. trying to regain his health, but with little, success.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-22
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The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
Pertinent Paragraphs.

Do you know how good a msn
feels when he pays his debts?
Love is like the wind-no one
knows whence it comes and
whittier it goes. !.
Women always look at a com
plant through a magnifying
glass. ,aI I'll ass .
s Wise is the man who knows
what to remember and what to
forget. Ia s1sa 99f rss.,
Never climb a mountain till
you get to it and maybei it won't
be there. F't }95 +
In a game of hearts a girl
should be willing to let a young
man hold her hand,
Man wants but little here be-
low, but woman wants a whole
lot when she can get it below
cost. 9.r a5. 5as
Perhaps more men would try
to get square with their enemies
if they were not afraid of them,
1t takes a woman to fall in
love with a man only after dis
covering that he isn't worthy Of
her love. lass
Yes. Cordelia, a bird in the
hand is worth a dozen in the bush
u especially if it is on the back
Of a twenty dollar gold piece.
A woman thinks it a disgrace
if her husband drinks and a man
thinks he is disgraced if his wife
won't let him drink. Chicago
News.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24

az SO. 3.
The legislature should provide
adequate pay for the tax assess
ors for the work required Of them
for the enumeration of farm pro-
ducts underline act passed by tn e
last legislature establishing. the
department of agriculture. The
conversational the assessor. AS
in the case Of all officers except
the county superintendent Isl en-
tlrefy On the lee system. Under
the act which added a depart
ment of agriculture Mr.. Blakes-
lee sent out the blanks for the
enumerationo of all farm products,
iaSS year Wliicn the assessor in
each county was required to make
and forward to his department.
The time and labor thus added
to the duties and responsibilities
Of the Office without ADEQUATE
compensation for this extra work.
In justice to the assessors this
duty should be taken off or they
should be paid for the work.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
Woman's Cares

It isn't the great big, %overwhelm-
ing disasters that crush the life
and spirit out of woman. AS a
rule, meets it nobly. She is the
one to comfort and sustain the
husband, to breathe of hope for
the future and to smilingly look
the difficulty in the face, un-
daunted by it's magnitude.
But when day in and day out,
she meets with petty disappoint-
ments, with worrying economies
and irritating events, then the
brave spirit succumbs, and the
gnats Of trouble can do what the
powerful giant failed to accom-
plish they can bite and sting,
can touch the sore points and
wound the heart until tears dim
the brave eyes and feminine ma
ture cries out in rebellion.
All, these little things, these
worrying trifies. How lovely life
would be if it were rid Of them
Greater than the bravery that
marches into battle to the sound
of inspiring music is the courage
that fights alone amid the shad.
ows, with no sympathy from 9
nation, no shoulder to- shouldel
encouragement. That is the kline
of fighting women have to do
Elk.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
IT is NOW GOV. NOEL.

On Tuesday the inauguration
Of Edmond Favor Noel as COVER
nor Of the state took place under
most favorable auspices Tuesday
at the capitol where many distin
guished Mississippians assembled
to witness the ceremony. Gov.
Vardaman introauced hissuccess
or who took the oath Of Office
which was administered by Chief
Justice Whitfield. The inaugu-
raj address of the incoming gov
ernor was shortrequiring but fif-
teen minutes for its delivery.
The experience in public affairs
of the new governor, his conser-
vatism and sound position on al
public matters assures to the
people a safe administration oil
its affair during his term. Z.
All the other state officers took
the oath of Office and assumed
their duties. The transfer of the
oficres where changes were made
was done without a hitch in the
| program. The new officers are
all men Of fine business training
and will render the best service
to those who have called them tt
their respective positions. g
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24


Mr.. Dees Of jackson county
has introduced resolutions in the
legislature seeking to call togeth-
er the governors and representa-
tives of the various states to dis
cuss the race question. With an
eastern man as chairman and a
committee Of his appointing to
draft resolutions we would find
out where we are at" with the
rest of the country on that ques-
ton is stirred the more discord
and strife between the sections.
Better let a sleeping dog lie. -
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24

The effort of anarchists to de-
stroy vessels ofthe United States
b%attleship fleet at Rio Janeiro
was frustrated by Brazilian police
on information received from
Paris and this country divulging
the plot. The instigators should
find watery graves with battle
ship anchors around their necks.
The lowest of all things human
is the demon who prides himself
on being an anarchist. ,.. ID.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
the N PROSPEROUS.

For the past two weeks state
ments of earnings and conditions
of the banks would Indicate that
they experienced one of the best
years in 1907. Good dividends
were declared and larger amounts
were passed to surplus account
than has been done for several
years. Deposit are larger than
ever before and cash in vault
items were never more in evil
dence than in the statements is.
sued at the close of last years
business. With this condition
existing there should have been
40 stringency in the money mar.
ket during the fall and and early
winter. Stock gambling in Wall
Street destroyed confidence; the
restoration of it will bring about
easy money and good times
again.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24

r
The chief Of the police
force of New Orleans went
in On the editor of the Morning
World and after blowing him UP
for what he had said about him ir
the columns of the paper, pro-
ceeded to empty his revolver at
him. If the police department is
for the purpose Of affording the
chief such fun; then the news
paper bus'nessin New Orleans is
more hazardous than using dyn-
amite. A few more experiences
of this kind with the editors will
find the Crescent City without
the news of the day. o9o1as19l1:'
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION.

CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION.
That the secret Of successful
farming lies in the production of
all needed necessaries of life is
too patent to be denied or eues-
toned in the least. In nearly
farming section one crop monop-
olizes The attention of those en-
gagged in agriculture. The right
ing Of the proportion of products
to a happy medium between ex-
tremes can only be done by the
co, operation Of all who are affec-
ted by the unhealthy condition.
W. are raising too little corn
to supply the needs Of the state.
We should have an association
to aid and direct in the work of
bringing the corn crop up fully
to the needs. With a plentiful
supply each year every other
product would be raised with
greater profit. lac Cotton Grow
ers Association should have as a
helper to solve the question of
the right price for cotton a Corn
-r-- IL. - a. III
Growers Association. With the
associations working hand in
hand the price of each would be
entirely satisfactory. 20.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24

The recent sharp advance in
cotton brings out the report that
the old friendof the cotton pro-
Queer, Daniel J., Sully had again
taken ahand in the market. Mr..
Sully is always on the right. side
of the cotton market. h.ae ~ aot
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24

A concurrent re 'lu-ion has
been introduced in boz branches
of the legislature which seeks to
order an election in October next
to give the people an opportunity
of voting on a change Of the con-
stitution so that the judges may
be elected. a.a7. 2 ae7a1 2 sa.9r
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
Non-R Resi- dent Notice.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
To Mrs. Mamie Burke Converse,
Defendant. ~ i1f a0.e
You are commanded to appear
before the Chancery Court OF
the county OF Lee, in said State,
on the 3rd Monday of March A,
D., 1908, to defend the suit in
said Court of Rosenthal Sloan
Millinery Co. No 2494 wherein
you are a defendant.
This 2lst day of January A.
d., 1908. sas
NORBIN JONES, Clerk.
Clayton & Clayton
& .Scl. for Complainants. 4
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24

Chas, Emory Smith, editor, Of
the Philadelphia Press and once
minister to Russia and postmas-
ter General under Mckinley died
at his home in Philadelphia the
10 inst Under his administra-
ton as postmaster general the
rural free delivery was establish
ed. 1s 90 '@
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
RATES OF E.

DISPLAY advertisements at rate OF
$1.W per running il cs per month Of
four weeks. Liberia discounts made on
yearly contracts. ~ t9ttJtf ~
Notice of meetings of strictly chart.
table organizations will be inserted one
time free; all other notices must be paid
for.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
1t now looks like the minimum
price of fifteen cents for cotton
may be reached before the end
of the season. az

Petitions from all over the state
are going to the members of the
legislature to pass a general pro-
hibition bill at an early date.
The bill will come. 9si
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24

Entered at the Tupelo post Office as
s~econd-class mail matter. .Y O.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-12-03
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
Paul Revere's Ride.
New York WORLDLY


America has regarded with languid
interest Sig. Ferrero's attacks upon the
Grafton Of Mark Antony and the tradi-
ton of Cleopatra's beauty. These arc
after all foreign issues disturbed by
an alien hand. When the home-raised
legend is asSailed under the higher crit
icsm the case is different. The time
to rise in popular revolt has arrived
with Walter Benjamin's most repre-
hcrsible thrust ut the story of Paul
Revere.
We have regarded the herald of Lex
in2tor ard Concord these many years
through the eyes Of a poet. Mr.. Ben
jamin expects Us, on the strength Of a
siXty-word note signed by John Han
cock. to relegate the hero and his mid
night ride to the shades of poetic Ii
cense. 1t is proposition not to be en-
tcrtaincd. Mr. Hancock was a gentle
man and patriot. but he was born TOO
early 70 read LGngfellow.
By in!plication the note asserts that
Hancock and the Committee of Safety
knew of the British marching as early
as 8 o'clock in the evening of the eiSh-
tccnth OF April in Scventy-five." Why
tllCIl, SliOulU JpStI'Il w ttl ltli iittNt btNii
asking Paul Revere to ride at mid
night Fuss and folly! Also folderol
and fiddlesticks. 1t is a very frailty Of
fault finding Nine O'clOckt forsoOth
II may be critics time, but who ever
heard of it as Il poets hour or an hour
of great deeds2 Mr. Benjamin is pre-
posterous and Intellectual. Listen:
Ii was twelve by the village clock
When he crossed the bridge into Med
ford town.
The psychologist moment the poets
''witching hour" as Mr.. Hancock would
have agreed in later note. There was
as Mr. LOngfclow believed and the
rest of us do not dispute
\ voice in the darkness. a knock at the
door,
and a word that shall echo forever
more.
Why confound the case With a qUos-
ton of what somebody knew at
O'Clock?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-12-03

settles all talk about Japan and the
Philippines. however unconvincing that
talk may have been. As for ourselves
we have never for a day had an eye
on a foot % japanese soil. having al
ways wished Japan the best Of luck
with all she possessed.
The mutual assurance that all diff
ferences, if any arise, between the two
countries shall he calmly discussed IN
the light Of al the facts testifies at
orcc to the fair mindedness Of both
peoples. and to the old friendship eX
istinG between them Old friends
should never fly each at the others
throat: and it might prove world
wide calamity were America and
ia pan t. forget themselves and 90 to
war over an adjustable matter.
Then--and that is the meat of the
egg-Goth countries pledge themselves
a fresh to the Orcn door in China, and
practically TO the preservation of the
integrity Of the Chinese empire. john
Hay is the author OF that policy, and
he brought all the leading powers OF
the world to agreement on the SUB
ieCt What JaIan consented to then
she consents to now, the only dlffer-
enco being that the result of her war
with Russia has made her influence
in that part of The far east much
greater than ever before. But she still
stands for the omen door; and tins
agreement with the other great power
in The Pacific ourselves assist IN
keeping it open should remove the
| question from doubt and further dis
c1SSion
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-12-03
GLEANiNGs AND GOSSIP.

Things are progressing in China. The
courters no longer have to knecl
when in the royal presence.
The courts Of Indiana appear to be a
BIZ puzzzlad A couple of men were
injured IN Q recent accident, and one
lost five toes. He is suing for $1,000
damages. while the other man wants
$1,000 for the loss of two toes.
The Syracuse Herald says that the
kaiser seems to have taken about as
sudden 4 drop in the affections Of his
subjects as he would have done had
he given away house they had pre-
scented to him.
A common sailor was arrested on
ship 1t Seattle the other day for
throwing hot beans at the cook. Tie
should have been. Any sailor who will
ignore a Delaying pin and the laws Of
romance should be Jailed.
Francis Gallon, who is now Sc,
studied surgery in the old days before
chlorOfCrm was used, and says of the
Birmingham hospital: THE cries Of
the poor fellows who We're operated on
We're very characteristics in fact each
class of operation seemed to evoke
some peculiar form of them. All this
was terrible, but only at first. It
seemed after a While as though the
cries Were somehow disconnected with
the operation. upon which the whole
attention became fixed"
At a luncheton given by the lord
mayor Of Manchester Dean Weldon
sat next to Beerbohm Tree We'll
Mr. Tree. what have YOU been doing
today?" he asked. Il went for q long
motor ride this morning and lost a
bet" replied the famous actor IN
deed" said the dean. land NAV | ask
what the bet VASE Il made Il bet
that we would pass through 400 diff
fnrcnt oeiors and we only encountered
399" "Ah." replied Or. Weldon
promptly, you missed the odor OF
sanctity"-M Mainly About People.
IAN interesting experiment has been
made by Mr.. simpson Of Port Eliza
beth cape Colony in order T. prove
that there is room for q new industry
in South Africa. Mr.. simpson has
become IMPRESSED With the fact that
paper might be cheaply manufactured
from the aloe. and to support his
theory he has made large sheet of
paper. He had no machinery. and
therefore the paper is somewhat loose
grained. But it is strong ana of suf-
nccntly good quality to suggest that
Mr.. simpson is right in his contcn-
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