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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25
Millions in the Future Gambling Skin
Games.

The stock exchange gamblers o
Wall street are just as active ii
antagonIzing bills pending in the
/ n e# York legislature to OUTLAW
i their rObber practices, as the cot
ton future gamblers Of New Or
leans were in seeking to stifie
cotton future gambling bills.
The following from an article il
lthe New York World explains the
motive of their activities:
Gambling in the unIisteds some,
times exceeds 5000. 100000 a
week, and it is so easy for the in.
siders to manipulate the market
and SO skin" the public going
and coming, they are ready to GO
to any length to hold the exchange
| in line. The present duIlness in
the stock market has stimulated
the wash sale''' industry on the
exchange. This is one of the
worst evils In the whole stock
gambling programme. By it the
brokers wash up or wash down,
by purely fictitious transaction,
the market value of securities,
and use the advantage thus gained,
not only to influence the general
market, but to perpetrate an act
ual robbery on their customers.
The secret service agents have
been for some weeks investigating
the methods Of speculation in Wall
street and said to be nearing the
close of their inquiry. They
have gathered evidence it is ru-
mured, bearing on the relation
between the banks and the specu-
lators, showing that practically all
the available funds Of some of the
Wall street banks are risked
day after day in loans to brokers
on speculative collateral.
Tie Cotton Exchange has loined
with the Stock Exchange to pre-
vent, if possible, a legislative in
vestigation of Wall Street specu-
lation. Most of the leading cot
ton brokerage houses have prepar-
ed circulars, which they are
spreading broadcast through the
country, predicting that business
will go completely to smash if
speculation is stopped. The ar
gument of the cotton gamblers is
that there is so little s'spot' cot
ton that it Ia necessary to specu-
late In order to provide any
market for cotton. y
A common practice of these
cotton brokerage houses" is to
rope in some cotton planter
sEasy Mark, "and dope him into
standing sponsor for their insld-
iuos "oircularo fabrications: with
a view to creating q popular re-
action against recent state legis-
lation. The scheme will not
work. The schemers will be in
luck if they can prevent the Louis
/ lana legislature from passing a
like wholesome law, to that which
will go into effect in this state,
June. 1st. Vicksburg Herald.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25
THE LOCAL COURTS.
"A Gist Of What They Have Been Doing
the Past Week.


Ella Champion was fined So
and costs for disturbing the
peace.
Rufus Davis paid over a like
amount for assault and battery.
John A. Williams was fined
some amount not stated on the
docket and given 80 days in jail
to boot.''
Jesse Willis and Haney McNeal
have charges of gaming docketed
against them.
Tom Luckett was unIucky
enough to be fined $25 and costs
for petit larceny which he was
lucky enough to have and prompt
iy paid over.
Willis Banks disturbed the
peace to the amount of S. and
costs. SO Mayor Lanier thought.
Hugh Applewhite was fined SIS
and costs for some offense mt
named on the docket.
Willis Banks was fined an
amount not stated on the docket
for assault and battery.
Lee Willis, Willard Cranberry
and Fes Ward have their names
written on the city docket, but no
Offense is recorded.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25
A Case Of Mixed Standards.

The following private letter.
written by the editor of The
Leader under date Of April 23rd
to Prof. principal OF
bone of the public schools in this
part of the State, explains itself
and is published only because it
treats of a matter of vital concern
to patrons and pupils of our pub
lie schools and the public at large
Dear Sir:I beg to acKnowl-
edge receipt of your letter of
18th, enclosing program of the
closing exercises of your school,
which you request to be published
in The Leader as an advertise
ment. / would be pleased to
comply with your request, but
for the fact that your program
contains two features which, if |
were to publish in The Leader
and send out through mails would
lay me liable to prosecution under
the postal laws of the Government
against lotteries and gambling
schemes, and at the same time
make me morally responsible for
helping to promote this kind of
evil. If you will eliminate these
two features tile program will be
published.
At the same time | hope you
will pardon me- for expressing my
great astonishment that a princi-
pal of one of our public schools
should be so lacking in moral
perception and a due sense of his
solemn obligation to set a right
standard before the pupils Of his
school and the young people of
his community, as to present a
bold gambling scheme on his
commencement program beneath
the name of the preacher who is
to furnish the annual sermon.
f.
II this is the pace and this the
conception of moral standards be-
ing set before the young by
teachers in our public schools
and God forbid that it is and ] am
loath to SO believe-it will not be
many years before we may expect
to see on the commencement pro-.
grams beneath the name of the
clergyman who is to furnish re-
ligious dignity and grace to the
occasion, advertised as one of the
greatest attractions of the exer-
cises, a public game of draw pok-
er by the senior class at SO much
per ante.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25

Hattiesburg has an alleged
Business Mems Athletic Club, =
which is built very much on the
plan of BrnukhaYan's old defunct
Owl Club. The Hattiesburg po-
lice raided the place a few days
ago and captured a considerable
quantity OF contraband wet goods.
Following this, j. II. Proctor. The
secretary. was arrested and tried
and fined $100 and sentenced to
Jail for 30 days.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25

Hon. L. B. Mosely, Republican
national committeeman FOR Mis-.
sissippi, has received notice from
the Southeastern Passenger Assn
citation that all roads in Mississip-
pi will grant rate Of one and
one-third fare for the round trip
on account of the Republican state
convention to be held in jackson
on Wednesday, April 2ath.
Delegates are expected to pur-
chase tickets on the certificate
plan,
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25

IN The local option contests ID
Louisiana on Tuesday the two
river parishes of Concordia and
West Feliciana, voted for license,
and on the other hand, the two big
interior parishes of Acadia and ST.
Landry voted the saloons out.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25
Killed by LIGHTNING.

Two negroes were killed by
lightning in cotton house in
which they had taken refuge dur
ing a thunder storm one day this
week, on the Dan Bule place in
West Lincoln. The Leader could
not learn their names.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25

The Sheriff of Forrest county
and police officers Of Hattiesburg
have been raiding Che blind tigers
this week at q lively rate. One
of the raids was made oil the Bust
ness Mems Athletic club, which
since last December has been es-
tablished Id the third story of the
Birch building on Mobile street.
Another of the raids was made on
Fabacher's Hotel. At both places
large quantities Of liquor were
obtained.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25

The supreme court Wednesday
finished up with the criminal dock
ct and adjourned until Monday.
when it will resume the hearing
Of the docket from the northern
district, which was laid aside
Monday for the criminal cases.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25

Louisiana went Democratic
Tuesday, of course. National
election year though 1t is, with
the pie counter brigade, the lily
whites and ebony blacks, out in
their full force, less than one out
of ten Of the voters we're Repub-
licans,
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25
Marriage Licenses Issued During the
Week.

Colored Ed Byrd and Clara
KEGS; Sylvester Hunt and Mary
Hunt; Essei Gains and Carrie
Dean; Tom Sanders and Mat5ie
Smith.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25

A proposition is being discuss
ed to merge the Chamberlain
Hunt and the French Camp Acad-
emies. The French Camp
Academy is Presbyterian insti-
tuition, supported chiefly by the
Central Mississippi Presbytery.
while the Chamberlain Hunt
Academy is supported by the
synod. The plan proposed con.
tenn plates the annexation of
French Camp Academy to the
Chamberlain Hunt Academy.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25
Very truly yours,
B. I. HOBBS,
! EI;An D,hI;nbn nnIn

Note. One of the Objectionable
features referred to was a drawing
scheme at 10 cents per ehance'an
the other guessing contest for
an expensive prize at so cents per
guess,
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25

Gov. Noel attended the Soufh-
ern Educational Conference IL
Memphis Thursday.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25

Illinois Democrats indorsed
Bryan and instructed their delega.
Ition for him.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1908-04-25

Wrinkle your face with ! smile.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
AN INTERESTING
CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT
Any Child Can Do it---The Result Is
Almost Like Ma9ic...Useful Too.

Anything in the nature of chem
ical experiment is always interesting
and usually educative. Here Is
simple experiment which any child
can perform and which is instructive
in very practical way: Get bit OF
White Lead about the size of a pea, a
piece of charcoal, common candle
in candlestick, and a bloW-pipe.
Scoop out little hollow in the char
coal to hold the White Lead, then
light the candle, take the charcoal
and lead in one hand and the blow
pipe in the other, with the large end
of the blow-pipe between the lips;
blow the fame of the candle steadily
against the bit Of White Lead on the
charcoal and If the White Lead is
pure it will presently resolve itself
into little shining globules of metallic
lead, under the intense heat OF the
blow-pipe, leaving no residue.
If, however, the White Lead is
adulterated in the slightest degree, 1t
will not wholly change into lead.
So, it will be seen, that this expert
ment is not only an entertaining
chemical demonstration, but also OF
practical use in the home. White
Lead is the most important ingre-
dent of paint. 1t should be bought
pure and unadulterated and mixed
with pure linseed oil. That Is the
best paint. The above easy expert
raent enables any one 10 know wheth-
CIR the paint is the kind which will
wear or not.
The National Lead Company guar
antee that white lead taken from a
package bearing Their Dutch Boy
| Painter" trademark will prove abso-
lutely pure under the blow-pipe test;
and to encourage people to make the
test and prove the purity Of paint be-
fore using it. they will send free a
blow-pipe and a valuable booklet on
paint to any one writing them asking
for Test Equipment. Address Ma
tional Lead Company, Woodbridge
Building. New York City.
A green winter makes fat church
| vord -01d SoVino
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
pape. Excluded Prom Mail.

Patterson, N. j., special.-Presi.
dent Roosevelt states in answer to
an appeal from Mayor Mcbride to
exclude "La QUESTION: sociale" "
from tho mails for the purpose Of
suppressing the publication, that, be-
sides directing that the newspaper
be denied the use Of the mails, he has
requested the Department Of Justice
to make every effort to prosecute
criminally those responsible for the
publication.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
Tragic Results Of Dog Bite.

Memphis, Tenn, Special. : Bitten
by a dog on Monday and developing
rabies despite tho Pasteur treatment,
Andy Thompson, a machinist, escap-
ed from his nurse and bit three wo-
men and two men before he was
overpowered. He later choked him
self to death in his agonies by tying
collar around his neck. All those
bitten have been taken to New Or
leans for the Pasteur treatment,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
The Evolution Of
Household Remedies,

The modern patent pedicine bust.
ness is the natural outgrowth of the
.ola-time household remedies.
In the early history of this country,
EVERY FAMILY had ITS HOME
MADE MEDICINEs. Herb teas
bitters, laxatives and tonics, we're to be
found in almost every house, compound
eddy The housewife, sometimes assisted
by the apothecary or the family doctor.
Such remedies as picra, which was
aloes and quassia, dissolved in apple
brandy. Sometimes hop tonic. made
of whiskey, hops and bitter barks, A
score or more of popular, homemade
remedies we're thus compounded, the
formnlae for which were passed along
from house to house, sometimes written,
sometimes verbally communicated.
The patent medicine business is .
natural outgrowth from this whole
some, old-time custom. In the begin
ming, some enterprising doctor, i'm
pressed by the usefulness Of one OF
these homemade remedies, would taEe
itup, improve it in many ways, manu-.
ft.cture it on large scale, advertise it
mainly through almanacs for the home,
and thus it would become used over q
large area. LATTERLY THEH0USE-
hold REMEDY BUSINESS TOOK
Z A MORE EXACT AND SCIENTIFIC
FORM.
Peruna was originally one of these
old-time remedies. It was used by the
Mennonites, of Pennsylvania, befors it
was offered to the public for sale. Dr..
Hartman, TIE ORIGINAL C0M-
FOUNDER OF PERUNA, is of Hen
MONTE origin, First, he prescribed it
for his neighbors and his patients,
The sale of it increased, and at lest he
established manufactary and fur-
nished it to the general drug trade.
Peruna is useful in a great many
climatic ailments, such as coughs, colds,
sore throat, bronchitis, and catarrhal
diseases generally. THOUSANDS OF
FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED THR
USE OF PERUNA and its value in the
treatment of these ailments. They
have learned to trust and believe II
DR.. Hartman's Judgment, and to rely
ON his remedy, Peruna.
Peruna is sold by your local drug
gist. Buy bottle to-day.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
Hair Catches In Loom,

Spartanburg, S. c, Special-While
picking up a hair ornament from un'
der loom in the Beaumont Cotton
Mill, Mrs. Wheeler, an operative, 90
cidentally caught her hair in the ma
ehinery and the scalp on the top Of
her head was torn off. The injured
woman was placed in an ambulance
and hurried to the Good samari.
tan Hospital, where she is in ee.
rious condition.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
DOCTOR PRESCRIBED CUTICURA
After Other Treatment Failcd-Raw
Eczema OH Baby's Face Had
Lasted Three Months.

sOur baby boy broke CIT wiLh eczema on
his face when enc month Old. Ono place
on the side of his face Tie size of pickel
was raw like beefsLeak FOR three months,
and he would cry out when bathed The
parts that were sore and broken ont. l
gave him three months treatment from
good doctor, hut at the end of that time
the child was no better. Then my doctor
recommended Cuticura. After using cake
of Cuticura Soap, third Of a box of Cuti-
cura Ointment and half hottie of Cuti-
cura Resolvent he was we'll and his face
was as smooth as any haby's. He is row
two years and a half old and no eczema
has reappeared. Mrs. NJ j.. Harris, Alton,
Kan, May IA ami juno l2, 1907"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
Bran Visits Pittsburg.

i'ittsburg, Special. = Democrats
from all over western Pennsylvania
are arriving in Pittsburg 10 partici
nate in demonstration in honor Of
William Jennings Bryan, who vii
speak in the Exposition building
President Jcre S. Black. of the Penn
sylvania Bryan League, will preside
over the meeIIug. The Ncbraskar
will proceed from l.erc to Parkers
burg. w. Va, whcrc lie will deliver
mn address. ~.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
NOW Mer Life Was saved when Sit

NOW Her Life Was saved when BIT
ten by Large Snake.
How few people there are who are
not afraid of snakes. Not long ago
Q harmless little garter snake fell on
the wheel of an automobile which
was being driven by woman. Inc
woman promptly tainted and the car,
left to its own resources. ran into a
stone wall and caused serious acci-
dent.
The bite of poisonous snake
needs prompt attention. Mrs. K. M.
Fishel, Route No. l, Box 40, Dllls'
burg. Pa, tells how she saved her life
when bitten by large snake.
zone August 29, 1906, was bitten
on the hand twice by large copper
head snake Being distance from any
medical aid, as last resort used
Sloan's Liniment, and to my astonish
ment found 1t killed all pain and was
the means of saving my life. an
the mother of four children and am
never without your Liniment."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
Cheshire Cheese for Paris.

The first Cheshire cheese ever tax.
In. by a winning French horse will
soon be or its way across the chaa-
mel.
BY the victory of Kuerido in the
Chester Cup recently M. Caillault
secures a cheese weighing 12S
pounds. A special "lad" from the
stable will accompany the cheese to
Paris to see that it does not run
away.
The point arises, is trophy" ex-
empt from duty and octroi, or II 1t
is not will the authorities make that
an excuse for keeping the cheese e
uuarantine.-London Express.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
One Killed in Tennessee Wreck.

Memphis, Tenn, special--one man
was instantly killed, another probab-
ly fatally injured and FIVE others
badly hurt in rcar-end collision be-
tween work train loaded with la
borers and freight train on the Hi
nois Central Railroad early Tuesday
The accident occurred at, New South
Memphis and was caused b. dense
fog.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
Cars Plow Into Store.

Detroit, Mich, Special.-over a
score of people were injured when an
interurban car on the Ann Arbor
branch of the Detroit United Rail-
way bound into the city from Jack
son, Mich, was derailed by defec-
tive rails near Thirty-frst street and
plowed across the brick pavement in
to a store building. The car was
wrecked and the front of the two
story building was demolished.
Twenty people were taken to the
hospitals for treatment and many
,thers sustained minor injuries.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
Beware of ointments For Catarrli
That Contain Mercury,

Beware of Ointments For Catarrll
That Contain Mercury, /.
us mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ph}y;;
eicians, as the damage they will DO is ten told
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by r. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, u, contains
70 mfTeu and md s bd 5afen and ny
Of tbesystem. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
he SUI sure YOU act the genuine, 1t is taken in
ternally and made in Toledo, OHIO, by L.
j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price. 75c. pei. bottle
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
Must Lt a focal Fight.

The tuberculosis fight must be
largely a local fight, declares the AL
bany Argus, every community fighting
It with local institutions, every citl-
zen with individual effort, now and
here. That is the sort of fight that IS
most effective, if We are to believe
the experts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
Fallen By the Wayside.

A millionaire is not necessarily a
hard-hearted creature, but as long as
somebody is bound to be poor he Is
equally determined it should be a
Captain Winslow and Commonder
Key testified in the Senate Naval
Committees inquiry.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01

Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot-Eas
A powder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Corns,
Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching
Sweating Feet and Ingruw,ng Nails Aliens
Foot-Ease ma kes new or light shoes easy. AT
all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Ac-
cept no substitute. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01

The Senate voted to repeal an act
by which it is alleged that large
tracks of Government land in Wash
:ington, hav been decided to Sidney
Bieber.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
Z. rzsfb asad
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informcd in ever
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and crcditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
snd Elixir of Sienna is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is The best Of personal and family
Iaxatives is the fact that it cleanscs,
swcctens and relieves the internal organs
on Which it acts without any debilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
aole substances. To get its beneficial
elilects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01

ago my back grew
weak and lame and
1 could not stoop
without a sharp
pain. 1t was just as
bad when / tried to
get up from a chair.
/ was languid and
listless and h had
much pain and trou-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01

Mrs. Winsfow's Soothing Syrupfo Children
teething, ,softens -hegums, reduceslnflamma-
Eon, allays pain, C. yes windcoic, 25ca bottle
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
Here and There.

A woman at Steubenville gave
birth to quintuplets.
How small a DOCTORS pills are
when compared with his bills.
Most liquor would improve with
age if men would let it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01

The less money a man makes tn
more he has-if he isn't married.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
nn.r1 no R1NG WORM.

"Everywhore so 1 speak for TETTEn1NE,
because 1t cured mo OF ringworm in its
worst form. My whole chest from neck to
waist was raw as beef; but TErTERlNE cured
me. 1t also cured bad case OF piles" So
saws Mrs. NJ. F. Jones OF % Tannehill ST.,
Plttsburg, Pa. TErTBRlaE, tho great skin
remedy, Is sold by druggists or sent by mail
for 50s. Write j. Il. SHUPTR1NE, Dept. a,
Savannah, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01

FITS, sDance: Nervous Diseases per.
manently cured by DIR. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free.
Or. H. r. Kline, Id, ,93l Arch ST.. Phila., Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01

Bile with the kidney secretions. This
was my state when I began with
Ioan's Kidney Pills. They helped ME
from the first and four boxes made a
complete, lasting cure"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01
Many Professional Men,

cIergymen, teachers and singers use
Browns Bronchial Troches for cur
ing hoarseness and coughs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01

Men enjoy doing anything they
don't have to do for living.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01

To insure the direct and quick cleansing
of the system take Garfield Tea, the Mild
Herb laxative. 1t purifes the blood,
eradicates disease and brings Good Health.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-01

From October to May, Colds are the most
FREQUENT cnuse of Beadache, Laxative
Bromo Cuinine removes cause E. w.
Grove on box. 25c.