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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-29

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, TER
RITORY OF HAWAII.-AT CHAM
BEERS. IN PROBATE.
In the Matter of the Estate of Ward
S. Bartlett, Deceased, Late of Ka-
laupapa. Molokai.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed admin
lstrator of the estate of Ward S.
Bartlett, late of Kalaupapa, Molokai.
All creditors are hereby notified to
present their claims, duly authenti-
Gated and with the proper vouchers, If
any exist, even though said claims
may be secured by mortgage upon real
estate, to the undersigned, at the Of
fee of the Attorney General, Homo
lulu, Territory of Hawaii, within six
months from the first publication of
this notice, or they will be forever
barred.
J. D. McVEIGH,
Administrator Of the Estate of Ward
S. Bartlett.
Alexander D. Larnach, Deputy At
torney General, attorney for admins
traitor
Dated, Honolulu, December %, 1908.
S233-Dec. 90; Jan. 5, u, 10, &c.
The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1908-08-21

The sale of lots at Connolly, Dunn
County, was held on Monday, August
3rd and - lots were sold at prices
ranging from $500 to 5000. Com
nelly is a beautiful location for a
town and the people in the eastern
part of Dunn County are trying hard
to make it the county seat town Of
that county The. location of the
county seat at Manning and the means
by which that location was secured
has been unsatisfactory to the people
in eastern Dunn County and they are
out for fight to the finish for a
change of location to Connolly
Richardton News.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
DEATH OF III. c. BENNING
IN SOUTH DAKOTA.

Upon the night of Saturday. Jan.
rs, at. Battle Montsin Sanitarium,
Hot Springs. S. D., all that was NOR
tai Of Howell c. Benning, passed
away A telegram announcing this
fact was received by Mrs Glenn. w.
Clark. his sister, on Sunday.
For a number of years Mr. Ben
ming was an engineer upon the
Southern railroad, running in and out
of this city and was held in high es-
TEEN for his capacity and faithful
ness to duty After leaving the rail-
road service he cast his lot with the
river men and there esidenced the
same aptitude and knowledge and
rendered an excellent account in the
U 5. government service upon the
fleet. then stationed IL this point.
III the year 1908, when the torsin
OF war was sounded between Spair
and The limited Safes he enlisted ii
slie <osppany dom Greenvilie, whief
was .t<zrhe4 Is the mississippi GAO.
IL. Wililst Reysr hssiue me pleas.
|Aifesof ens43ing 81 ae1u.l contlie,
with tie sAssny:. he easesea kiti
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
THE SOUTHERN
RAILWAY

The lateness of trains arriving in
delayed, and we are more than will
.ng to correct any errors we have
er matter
1t has frequently happened that
the passenger train due to arrive here
at s m, is from IS to 80 minutes
late This is not the fault of the
road According to the ruling of the
railroad commission or Mississipp.
two trains. going north and south on
the Yellow Dog branch of the Y. &
NJ. v. railroad, and two on the South
ern, going east and west, are ci2rl-
PEELED to meet at Moorehead As
conductor on the Southern train
said few days ago, I'VE may burr
the wind getting to Moorehead on
time, but we are more than likel.
to have to wait there for one or the
OttiCl VI Inc 1 SlloW DoS u diio anu.
of course, that delays us in arriving
in Greenville on schedule time" and
this is exactly what happened. One
day last week the 8 o'clock train was
| a few minutes late getting into
Greenwood, which time was made
up before arriving at Moorehead,
but the train might just as we'll not
tried to make up the tnoe, for 1t had
to wait at Moorehead for the south
bound yellow Dog, and the South
ern arrived is Greenville thirty min
utes late
What delays other trains, we are
not informed, but we were offered Z
bet of 10 to I the other day by :
/ Southern official that his trains wer,
| not as late as the Y. & NJ. V. train:
in number or time. We do know o
Eour own knowledge, however, VIII,
the night train is, delayed, and cheer
fully give the information, gained b,
experience, to our readers. So don
joke the Southern SO much on, ae
count of its delayed trains. w,
think that the railroad commission
should put kink in the yellow
Dogs tail and make it get huns
on itself for the benefit OF the suf
fering travelling public
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
MISSISSIPPI
LEGISLATURE
IN SESSION BUT A SHORT
WHILE.
SENATE BILL IS PASSED
On Third Reading in the House by
vote of 1903 to o-Secretary and
Treasurer Levee Board to Furnish
Personal Bond.

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 2o.-The house
o. representatives. of the Mississp-
pi legislature convened this afte--
moo. No important business was
transacted. Van b. Boddie, OF Wash
lnston connty called UP the senate
bin to abolish the office OF cotton
tax collector Of the Mississippi levte
board. which bill on its third read
ing, was passed by vote OF IoS TO
o. This bill also changes the law TO
permit the secretary and treasurer OF
the board to furnish his own person
al bond
In tho morning the house will vote
ior bonn sharp Williams for sena-
tor from Mississippi, and will then
adjourn for the inauguration.
The senate held morning session
only kH-Lieut Gov. James Carter
delivered a iarewIl address, and the
incoming officer, Hon. Luther Mon
ship, made d speech. An ovation was
accorded l. H. Moore, when he ap-
peared OH the floor.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
THE BOYERTOWN
THEATRE DISASTER.

Probably no great disaster, or ap-
palling loss of life, ever combined
any more circumstances of horror
than the burning of the crowded pub
lie hall III the little PENNSYLVANIA
town of Boyertown. A bare reading
of it is sickening, and the most re-
voting feature OF it all is that In the
death list sof 40. only one-tenth were
males, -tenths were women and
children. 1t was a terrible illustration
OF the love of life in times OF panic
and danger, rising above and crush
ing under cruel feet every sentiment
of humanity, every principle of pride
and honor. I'm such trial even good
and brave men give way to the brute
sinstin1ct of saure qui peut.-Vicks-
burg Herald
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
OUR BUSINESS
LEAGUE

Not few of our citizens would like
to know what the Greenyille Business
Mems League is doing, whether it is
still in existence, and if it il, what
is it accomplishing for the good oi
Greenville The first month of the
new year mas nearly passed and our
people would like to- know what il
proposes to do for Greater Green
VILE ere the year has closed
In the last issues Of the Green
wood weekly newspapers we see that
the business league of that city is
very much alive and active Ii has
q business Office IN the business dis
trict of the city. which has been ftt-
ed up. complete ii the most approved
style with Office furnifure, one ofae
Ger Of de organisation donating tw<
roll ~ 6esls z1l dedk chairs. III
Ie.1ne IS sod IS ! very nj,
.wake ~ the titizeIls q cha
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26

zeal and patriotism into all the pre-
liminaries. During this time he COM
stracted severe cold, which finally
developed into lung trouble. After
returning to- Greenviile he once
again renewed his steamboat work,
and then accepted position with his
been matter Of quite little joking
by our people and The. Times con-
feses to its share, but we have learn
ed recently that it is not always the
fault of the road that its trains are
cousin, Mr. ]. B. Williams at Trail
Lake plantation, this county. In De-
cember. 1905, upon the advice of
his physician, he left Greenville for
a more congenial climate, and went
to the state of Texas; from there TO
New Mexico, then TO the soldiers
home at Santelle, California
In the month of November he was
transferred to the government hos
pital in South Dakota, at which place
he died He was born in the state OF
Alabama, and was 48 years of age.
His relatives in this vicinity are
Mrs. Glenn w. Clark and Mrs. J. r.
Atterbury, sisters, and Mn ]. B.
Williams, cousin
Amongst his close and congenial
friends he was known as Colonel,
a sobriquet that was given him by
the river boys. Howell c. Benning
was brave as a lion, when the occa-
sion called for the same; tender as a
woman, when sympathy called out;
and true as steel to his friends
Scintillations of brilliant intellect,
were at no time put forth, but he
possessed attributes equally com
1nensurate to the satisfaction of all
that knew him.
Many of the rough and ready"
but true river boys will read of his
demise with sincere regret and the
writer only adds
Il love the dead!
And we'll forget their little i'll,
Eager to bask my memory still
In all their best of words and
deeds and ways and will
DOCK.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26

town seem 10 take the keenest in
terest in its welfare and work.
Greenville is > larger and more inn
portant city than Greenwood, and its
business league should take just as
much Interest, or more, in the city's.
advancement as the Greenwood or
ganszation. We do not know where
the fault hes IN our local league, but
there isi one thing certain, if our cIti-
zens take no interest in the work OF
advancing, the city. the officers can
not do all the work by themselves.
It's a case of either non-interest on
the part of our citizens, or on the
part of the officers of the league,
either one of which is disgraeeful TO
town the size OF Greenville.
Let's get. together, citizens, and
support our business league. Get to-
gether, officers, and do something
A city of this size should have its
Of the business district, where a re-
preventative could be found at any
time to. transact any business. Some
stranger, an investor, slikely to Wis
it the city at any time unheralded.
and when he asks for the business
league presi dent, or secretary, he
could at once be conducted to the of
fee where his wants could be made
known at once and actionn taken in
very short time. As it is now, if
he arrived, it would probably take an
hour or SO to find an officer who
could give him the desired informa-
ton
OF course, if our citizens do not
want the affairs OF the league con-
Quoted along metropolitan lines, and
do not care to take an interest in the
work, nothing can be expected of the
officers, and it is really up TO our citi
zens as to what shall be accom-
plished for Greenville in 1908.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
COMES BACK TO LIFE
AFTER BEING LYNCHED AND
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS
DOES THIS NEGRO.

Dothan. Alabama, Jan. 2o.-A great
sensation has been sprung here and
great amount OF excitement III
what the leaders OF All infursated mob
thought was first class lynching
A mob gathered last night at C1eve-
land, Franklin county and
a negro charged with heinous crime
was taken from the Jail and strung
mp. The crowd then proceeded t.
riddle the body with bullets and af+
ter the mob had dispersed and evr
erything was quiet the body OF the
supposed dead negro was lett hang
ing to the pole as a warning Tor 9th
or negroes to be good.
The sheriff. was notified this morn
ing OF the negro.s body hanging to
a pole and he and his deputies ilnmc-
diately went to the scene. cut the
body down aud placcd. in Wagon
and nauled back TO the jail.
When looking at the body the
sheriff discovered signs OF life after
the body had been hanging all
night and seemingly riddled with
bullets and hastily summoned ply
stefan. The doctor administered Il
the wounded man and alter shor.
whiIe be began 70 ae<ethe effscss o.
mis- treatmeuk j. that ths aexfo psr'
TALLY teeainfd consciousness Il j,
Enksw believed the rssro viii esssve,
from the orsle2l..
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
Dickinson and his friends were in

Dickinson and his friends were in
the advance. and when they halted
for any purpose Dickinson would do
some hair-line work with his pistol
and leave the gaping ruralists TO
point it to Jackson and Overton.
This was intended to break Jockson's
nerve. 1t might have provoked a
gloomy though or two to travel all
day along a road which every mile
or two produced some tack head
proofs of the skill OF the gentleman
who was 10 fire at you the next
morning, but if it affected Jackson
he never showed it.
In most duels, after the principals
were given the weapons the was
asked: Gentlemen, are you ready
ard when they answered they were,
the command was given, "Aim, FIRE.
one, two three, halt y You could
not fire after the word "halt" for il
ou did your opponents second had
the right to shoot you down Maj
Overturn, knowing his friends had but
one chance and that was to be given
MS time. had it understood that they
could fire at will To this the Sc
cond's OF Dickinson agreed.
ton NJ
The ground was measured and the
pegs driven The men were to toe
these pegs. Dickinson laughed and
chatted with his friends and told
them which OF Jackson's buttons he
would hit. He thought it was over
Jacksons indomitable heart He
felt certain OF killing him, but he was
mistaken The general had still &c
whip Packenham at New Orleans,
and battle for two presidencies with
Henry Clay.
Overton won the word. The men
toed the pegs, Jackson grim, Dickin-
son, confident The word was given,
Fire - With the quickness on
lightning Dickinson raised MS pis-
tol and fired His bullet struck the
button he had selected, breaking two
Cf the generals ribs and glanced Oft
He stood like tree; not, a muscle o.
his face moved. MY God, | have
missed him exclaimed Dickinson
and the horror OF the fs>t caused him
to step back from his peg.
Stand back to your place, sir.
| ordered Overton as he covered him
with his own prompt pistol. Dick
inson obeyed. The generals pisto
was caught at the hall cock. He re
| cooked it with his thumb without
lowering or loosing his aim. He fire,
and Dickinson fell. dying that day
Jackson said Il would have killet
| him if he had snot me through thu
| heart"
Jackson was noticed 70 put some
thing in his mouth when he stepped
up TO fight They thought it was to
| bacco. but il was bullet Sam Hou
| ton had told him to- put bullet II
his mouth before firing and bite int'
! it nard with his back teeth and
would steady his nerves like a rock
Returning the general and hi
friends stopped at tavern house t
get breakfast The general aske
Overton to pull off his boots an
after doing SO found it was yer.
very bloody With much anxiety h
asked the general why he had no
told him that he was wounded. Hi
answer was that ne did not wan
Dickinson to- carry the news to he,
that he had struck him.
w. J. Smith.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
FAMOUS DUEL
Between Gen Jackson and Charles
Dickenscn

This duel with young Dickinson
was no more or less than the least
chapter IN conspiracy 10 kill jack
son and only failed because he killed
Dickinson. Al his boarding house
Jackson became acquainted with a
besustul young woman, mis- land
lady's daughter. She was married to
q drunken husband, whose habits was
to hll up on corn whisEey and beat
his wife. His name was Roberts.
AT last he went 10 Kentucky and af
ter quite long time had passed
came the news he had gotten q di
vorcc from his wife.
Being satisfied such was the case,
the general and Mrs. Roberts were
married, and after living most hap
PLY Tor over four months, the news
came from the land OF the blue grass
that Roberts had only gotten his di-
vorce then SO the general and hi,
The world readily said and admitted
this was all right But Jackson, fear
ing trouble might come, spent his
last dollar III purchasing a brace OF
splendid pistols, and openly stated
they would be used on the first man
who cast any reflections on the stain
less reputation OF his wife.
These pistols he had when he
died The only ono he ever used wa.
the one he killed Dickinson with
Dickinson was young lawyer al
Nashville and was as handsome a
any man IN the state, and was regarl
ed as the best pistol shot in America
Jaekson's popularity caused him tc
be hated IN certain quarters and hi,
political enemies resolved he slsouIe
die The question was how could ~,
get hfn to hight One would not sup
pose that was not at all difficult
They decided to do this by stabbins
the honor OF his wife
Dickinson was willing for his fon
part TO kill Jackson. To man of nj
stripe it appeared romantic and
honorable adventure. SO he put hin
self forward at the Nashville rae,
meeting Jackson owned hors
at that race and il beat its opponen
badly Mrs Jackson was there an,
being delighted. exclaimed to som
friends: Our horse is running ava
from them Dickinson. being nea,
said "Yos, and about as the owne
OF the horse ran away with anothe
mans wife.
Nashville's whole race cours
heard the insult The public openc
but stwo gates TO the situation On
WAS, Jackson had to fight and fac
certain death. the other opened &c
cowardiee. contempt and ostracisn
He did not fight, Dickinson for neal
~ one year-and looked into I'll
grave for that length of time II
was bound to fight and fully expec
ed to be killed. His two purpose
were to SO arrange his matters as |
give his wife a competence, and
kill Dickinson wi1ile he died himsel
He called to him Maj. overton. !
old friend and Indian fighter. Fac
locked II the insult Is i pfot ri
duel MAS to comc OF IN Kentuck
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26
FEW ARE RETIRED TO PRI-
VATE LIFE
ALL HAVE MADE THEIR BONDS
Less Moving Around at the State
House Owing TO the Fact That
Nearly All of the Officials Were
Re-Elected-List of Officials.

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 2o-All of
Mississippi's new state officials, ex-
cepting the governor, took the oath
Of office this morning and have enter
ed upon the discharge of their re-
spective duties.
The change OF administration will
be completed at the hour OF noon
Tuesday, when Gov Vardaman sur
renders the reins OF government to
Gov.-elect Edmon +. Noel
There were no formalities of any
sort connected with the administra-
tive changes today.
The new state offices are those
who were reelected for four year
terms, went separately before the
clerk of the supreme court or mem
bers of the supreme bench, took the
oath OF office, and Immediately tnerc
after entered upon the discharge of
their respective duties
There was less moving around at
the statehouse incidentally to the
change OF administration than ever
before in the states history, owing
to the large number of officials who
were elected TO succeed themselves
in office.
The complete LIST of officers VINO
took the oath today is as follows:
Lieutenant Governor = Luthe r
Manship.
Attorney " Fletcher
Sec. OF State-Joseph w Power
Sup. OF Education Joseph N Pow.
ers.
Treasurer-Geo. F. Edwards, IT,
Clerk Supreme Court-Geo. c. Mey
eTS.
Land CONF. H. Nall.
Revenue Agent-Wirt Adams.
Commissioner of Agriculture-H
E. Blakeslee-
Commissioner of Insurance-T. Nj
Henry.
Auditor-Elias J. Smith
Railroad Commissioners, Middle
District-Jno. A. Webb.
| Northern District-W r. Scott
Southern District-F. NJ Lee
Prison Trustees-Middle district
| w. A. Montgomery.
Northen District-LeRoy T. Tay-
Tor.
Southern District-C, c. Smith.
Owing to the small number o.
changes, the machinery OF state ha,
not even been Jared by the passage
/ of one administration and the com
ing of another There will be ever
smaller number of changes thar
usual in clerical stats.
All Of the new officers have mad,
their bonds as required byS statute
and approval of same has been givef
by the governor.
| State Treasurer Edwards, WHO'S,
bond was reduced from $25o,o
to 100000 by the legislature, fur
nishsd personal sureties.
A majority of the new officers wer
sworn in by the clerk OF the su
preme court, but several took tn
trouble to climb the extra flight Q
) stairs and had their oath administer
ed by Chief Justice Whitfield o
Associate Justices Calhoon an
Mayes.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26

The Savannah, Ga, man who shot
at himself five times and missed, evil
IDENTIFY wanted to be hit in the back
and aimed it around the back.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26

Rev Jere Knode Cook might as
we'll come in and surrender Ella
Wheeler Wilcox is on his trail
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26

No, it was not Greenville young
lady who asked the Vacksburg gen
tleman if they used cat boats to chase
water rats.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26

1t is possible Augusta authorities
do not know what to do with whis
ky they receive-and nobody look
ing?
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26

The Natchez young lady who mar
ried the forecaster cannot say she
never had any warning beforehand
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26

It is to- be hoped the contest for
state senator can be carried on by
Colonel Bum and Colonel Head with
out any knocking.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26

1t is to be hoped the members of
the Virginia society when Adam
Bede comes, will not string him
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26

One half of the tobacco raised in
the United States is consumed in
pipes. The other half it is presumed,
goes into the more deadly stogic.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-01-26

Cleanliness is next to Goodness.
Then why isn't the waiting room at
the Y. & NJ V. depo given its an
nua1 cleaning?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-31
Program for Today.

The following contests will take placS
today:
Her. School. .Dennison School, Cur
rs School. Jefferson School, Arthur
school. at Henry School. ,
Ketcham School, Edmonds Scnool'
I,udlow school. Garfield School, at Tow
-ers school -.ro,1
Garrison School, Stevens ScnooI,
pbiIIins school. Bell School, Blrney
School. Al Magruder School.
DIR. Hudson viii have charge or IIle
tournament at the Henry, Mt Willanls
of the one at the I .S. I1:ag aud
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-31
HOLY LAND OF TODAY

Writing 10 a Frankfort paper, August
Emerich says Here IN the Holy Land
one can see the old and new fraternize
as nowhere else on earth. For the ac-
cOmmOdation OF the Mahometan Pill
grims q railroad is being built from
Mecca 10 Medina. Can anything be
more unreal than a NahOmetan pilgrim
age to the sacred sepulcher by raiI2
That IS not all The mosque which In
closes the tomb OF the prophet is 70 be
lighted by electric lights, and when you
visit Medina next year and remove your
shoes before you enter the holy place
YOU viii see the prophets coffin IlumI-
mated. TIE dim religious light will
have vanished before the electric
glow"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-31
THIRTY-YEAR FIGHT
ENDS IN THE COURTS
Suit Filed Against Estate of A. 7
Stewart, the Noted Merchant,
Settled by Discharge.

NEW YORK, July s1.-Thirty years
ago John W. SIT. a wooden mill own
CT, OF New JerEey, brought suit against
Mrs. Cornelia Stewart, widow Of A. T.
stewart; Henry Hilton. executor OF the
Stewart estate, and William Libby, a
partner in the Setwart business. Recent
ly the suit was ended by Vice Chancel-
Tor Howell, in Newark. discharging a
slit filed at the time against a large
tract or land IN NUtIey which had COM
prised part OF the Stitt holdings.
The mills owned by Slit in that sec
ton were operated for the Stewart
store Stitt became involved, and the
mills and the property on which thcJ
stood were transferred 10 Stewart 70
satisfy claims OF over a million doll an
he had against Stitt- After Stewards
death. Stitt tn 10 have the tn sfer
set aside. but fail,d. and filed a IFS zen
dens against the property IL as hung
fire until recently. when a neyy owner,
20 make his title clear, moved TO have
Il discharged.