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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-08-01
QUITE TO THE POINT.

Municipal Ownership Failures Predict
ed and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS State
ments Of Opinion Sustained by Fact.
The following letters were received
by an investigator of the results of mu-
nicipal ownership Of electric light
plants, who thought they might be of
interest to our readers:
Dear Sir-Some yearS ago the city OF
Winfield embarked in the enterprise of
and built an electric light plant and wa
terworks. The electric light plant has
been losing the city about $4,000 year.
and the end Is not yet. and the water
project is In worse shape still. We have
voted bonds twice to keep the electric
light alive and are now about to vote the
second time for additional bonds of the
waterworks. The whole scheme Is a hor-
rible failure and can end only in disaster
to the people. / never have believed in
municipal ownership, and the experiment
here has only confirmed my suspicious OF
what the end would be. Yours truly.
w. P. HACKNEY.
Winfield. Kan. March 3d. 1908.
Dear Sir-In reply to your letter of
March rs, In reference to the village of
Mohawk negotiating the sale of its munic-
ipal lighting plant to private parties,
would say the village has no intention at
the present time OF selling its plant
though it is conceded that a private COM
pany can operate more successfully and
economically than municipal plant can
be operated. We have. however, discon-
tinued the operation of the generating
station and are purchasing current from
a power company that maintains the
street lights and operates the pumping
station and delivers commercial current,
to our switchboard, but the village con-
tinues to own the entire system, though
1t has been a very expensive one. Very
truly. F. d. DUBOIS,
Superintendent Mohawk Municipal Com
mission.
Mohawk. N. Y. March 81. 1908.
Dear sir-Your favor of the 2sth relative
to our municipal lighting plant received
and noted.
Our lighting plant is about the same as
all other municipal plants which to my
mind is never great success to the city
on account of so many contingencies arts
ing in the management of the same. The
manager is subjected at all times to
change Of administration and political In
fiuences which are not always for the
best of the service.
The city bought this plant something
like eleven years ago. and during these
eleven years It has not always given the
best Of service. 1t has not begun to pay
for ITSELF and now we are confrCnted
with the reconstruction Of moro modern
machinery. with the hope that from now
on II will do better.
have failed to see any great RESULT OF
municipal ownership of public utilities for
reasons above stated-viz that you win
never be able to get as efficient and con-
sentative managers as corporations or
private individuals When they sustain q
Ioau thew will have to hear IL: the mtf-
nicipal plant sustains q loss IL 10 MP to
the taxpayers to make It good!
This Is about all l can say concerning
the matter and II Of any assistance to
YOU you are welcome to II. Very truly
yours. OLE ERICkSON.
Member of Board OF Public Works
Escanaba, Mich, March 90 1908.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
SIMPLE cru.. ECZEMA.

Great inventors often have been
praised for surreniering the secrets
of their discoveries. Practically the
same thing happened in the medical
world in tle case OF DIR. Decatur ID.
Dennis, the eminent skin specialist
OF Oh cage.
DR.. Dennis in his own Office prac-
tice, discovered that pure vegetable
oil of wintergreen, properly mixed
with other simple remedies was prac-
tically a sure specific for Eczema,
psoriasis, BARRIERS itch, salt rheum,
and other itching skin diseases. But
the oil of wintergreen alone was found
ineffective. IL required other mild
ingredients such as glycsrine and
thymol compound with the winter
green to produce the real eczema cure
This compounded D. ID. ID. Pres
cription positively takes away the
itch Al once-the instant il il applied
to the skin. This vegetable lixuid
does away with deleterious drugs SO
long used in an attempt to doctor the
blood, whereas modern science has
determined that eczema is first ana
all the time a skin disease.
II you want to know more about
the merits of d. ID. ID. Prescription,
call at our store. Ne vouch for this
remedy.
r. r. CHILTOS & CO.,
oxford, Miss
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, /

cIA r Or hlS,l--lftI,
Lafayette County
By virtue of the power vested in me
under and by the terms of a certain
deed made by j. p. and NJ. P. Tomlin-
son, on the sih day of February, 1907,
and which is of record in Deed Book
"YY." on pages 80 and 10, of the re-
cords of deeds OF Lafayette County.
Mississippi. at Oxford. n ississippi, to
secure an indebtedness therein men,
toned to Wilkinson & Carroll Cotton
Company, a corporation organized
under the laws of the State OF Ten
nessee, default having been made in
the indebtedness occurred, and all of
said debt beng past due and payable
Will, as trustee in said deed of trust,
sell at the South court house door. of
Lafayette County, Mississippi, ct
Oxford. Miss, within legal hours, O n
Friday, February, 2sth, A. d., 1905,
the following described lanos, lying
and being situated in said LAFAYETTE
County, Aiississippi:
The undivided one third interest
inherited by J. U romliason from his
deceased father. ]. X Tomlinson, in
and to the North half of Section %,
Township s, Range 4, West, and the
North east quarter of Section 70,
Township s, l;ange 4, West, and ali
that part of Section "a, Township =,
Range 4, West, lying South of the
Oxford and Pamela road, ABOUT I45
acres. All of said land was hereto
tore known as the c. NJ. Pnipps place
and Is now known as the Tomlinsou
place. l will sell and convey as trus-
tee in said deed of trust only.
illness my signature, this the 18th
day OF February, A. d., 1905.
JIG. WILSON, Trustee.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
Altos News.

Mr.. L. d. Kinney is suffering
with severe attack of grippe.
Hope he will soon be up again.
Mrs. Goolsby is improving very
slowly after a severe attack Of
grippe and pneumonia.
Mr.. pilkinton filled his appoint
ment at Bethel last Sunday and
preached an excellent sermon.
He will be with us again the first
Sunday in March. Every one
that was present Sunday was well
pleased with him. We would be
glad to see everyone that can
come out on his next appointment
as he is a man worth listening to
Mr.. Pitcher and son, wAo live
on Mud Creek, spent a few days
last week with Mr.. W. B. Free
man and family.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
ECZEMA now CuR,BIr
MI Itching skin Diseases which mr., W.,
Hereditary Instantly ReIiev.db by
oil of wintrrere.n-

-" 't'hihg skin Diseases Which mr., Nh,
Hereditary Instantly Relieved by
OIL of wintrrgreen,,
Can Eczema be cured?
Some physicians say Yes
Some say MOI
The real question is, "W hat is mean,
by Eezema?'' II you mean those scaIv
eruptlons, those diseases which make
their nrst appearance, not at birth
out years atterward, and perhaps NOT
until MIDDLE age-then there can no
longer De any question that ,hess
forms OF Eczema are durable.
simple vegetable oil of winterpreen
mixed with other vegetable ingredi-
ems, VIII Kill the germs that infest
tne SKIN. apply this prescription to
the SKIN, and instantly that itch 10
gone. The very moment the houid
y applied. that agonizing, tantaliziug
itch disappears, and continued apnIi,
cations OF this external remedy soon
cure the disease.
We carry in stock this oil of winter
green properly compounded into ID
ID. ID. Prescription. While we are NOT
sure that it will cure all those cases of
Skin trouble which are inherited, we
positiVely know that this ID. ID. ID.
prescription, whenever rightly used
Wili cure every last case OF genuine
Eczema or other skin trouble. which
did not exist at birth,
we know this. Anyway you, YOUR
self, will know that ID. d. n Prsscr;n
ton instantly takes away the itch the
moment it is applied to the skin. r.
Chllton & Co. Stop that itch to-
day-instantly, Jus: call at our store
and try this refreshing and soothing
hquld; also ask about ID. ID. ID. Soan
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
MRS. MATTE Is. FOWLER, OF
sHUfORD, MISS.


Tells of Remarkable Eczema Cure Eject.
dby simple External Wash.
Oct. 2s, 1906.
81 received your medicine and IN a
few days afterward your letter and
Information. Would have replied
sooner but waited to see the effect of
the medicine and have tried II ac-
cording TO directions and do find it
just as it is represented. 1t certainly
- the best and quickest medicine for
Eczema or any skin disease l ever
saw or used. l expect to use it and
keep it on hand in the future and
preise and advise i. to all who NAV
be thus diseased. 1t is no use to write
too great a REPETITION of words for
medicine that is exactly for what n ia
recommended, SO accept my compii-
ments to the ID ID. ID. COMPANY.
MRS. MATTE E. FOWLER.
Shoford, Miss.
p, S.-Much thanks to you and your
publication, etc.
Isn't this a remarkable proof of the
value of ID. ID. ID Prescription
You can secure just such a cure
yourself by securing this simple safe
wash which takes right hold on your
diseased skin. 1t isn't it worth While
TO be cured of those horrible insight
iy irritating blotches and sores-from
Eczema will cost you less by using ID.
ID. ID. Prescription than even one Visit
to doctor for advice.
You take absolutely no chance, ID.
ID. ID. Prescription is an external sooth
ing wash. No drugs to go into your
stomach. We rrge and recommend
our friends to try ID. ID. ID. Prescrjp-
ton, also u. ID. Soap.
X. r. CHILiON & co.
II won't cost you mucn to try this
remedy. It will cure your skin dis
ease. Call at our store for free book
let on the care and nutrition of the
skin with directions as to exercise.
diet, etc. a
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
The Legislative Committee.

The Committee on UNIVERSE
ties and Colleges sent by the
Legislature to inspect the State
educational institutions were here
last Tuesday. These gentlemen
made a careful inspection OF the
University and we feel sure that
the very poor accommodations
afforded students will have their
support in the report they will
make on their return to jackson.
Upon this committee were seve-
raj of the college men whom all
of our people know, these being
Hons. Herbert Holmes, Lee II.
Bird, Geo. III. Hill, Jr., and our
fellow townsmen, c. +. Slough
and Lee NJ. Russell, and Senator
X. A. Dean.
Mr.. Russell is chairman oil the
House committee, an honor that
is much coveted by every MEM
Der of the Legislature. LaFay-
cite county has reason to feel
proud that TO her distinguished
young son this high honor has
been bestowed, and also. that our
esteemed representative, Mr.. c.
+. Slough, one of the most active
members OF that body. was given
a place on this committee, for
they feel the deepest interest in
the welfare of the University.
This committee goes from here
to Columbus where a careful in
spection of the |. |. & e. will be
had and from there to the A. & NJ
College thence to Jackson. While
the State schools are doing q
great work, we are sure that this
committee will say in its report
that the University is in tbs
greatest urgent need of them all
The University. by some means
has not Jared as well as the 9TH
er state schools. Mississippi il
too wealthy to have her gres
University to become delapida
ted for lack of funds. Give tn
University a fair chance.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
FEEL EVERY CHAN Gil
OF THE WEATHER
A RAD RACK II ALWAYS w"H>f
DURING WET or CHANGEABLE
wEATHII.

n hAb hAtN - NJ w - W
DURING WET or CHANGEABLE
wEATHLf:
Is your back ike a barometer?
Does it toretell every change of the
weather.
Does every cold settle on your lid
neys?
Bring aching. thr bbing pains?
Does II disorder the ur.nef
The kidney. are calling for help.
Use iiosnis Kidney Iil.s.
\. ,cssette, of Sill Grand avenue,
Meridian. Miss. says: "My wife had
suffered considerably with kidney dis
ease aud pains in her back and loins.
cold winch settled III her kidneys was
the starting point of the trouble, at
first she tn Iugnt it would pass away
bu: instead IL grew worse. l had
heard great deal about Doaa's Md
ney Pills and when she became so bad
| got her a box and she commenced
taking them. They acted quickly shd
thoroughly. for by the tine she had
taken three boxes she war as well ss
ever. never teard her complain of
headache, pains In the back and kid
neys any more. Her health is good
and can say truthfully that Doar's
kinney Pulls helped her wien OH r.
remedies had no effect. Ny vile add
| have both recommended them to
friends of ours and all speak very
highly of them"
For sale by all dealers lrice SO
cents. Foster Milburn Co., liufalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
I;-Dien Der the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
unclaimed Letters.

List of unclaimed mail matter let
In the Oxford, Miss, Post Office TO
the week ending Saturday. Feb. list;
! Avant, Mrs. Virginia.
2 Buford, Armster.
3 Clark, A. W,
4 Davis. Mrs. Ida.
Davis, Lucher.
Edmunds, w, A.
Z Fleming Miss Mary.
s Griffin, Ben.
y Hagin. j. W.
10 Hoilowell. Miss Lille May.
IL Harris, Miss Patty.
1c Hill, G. NJ.
Is Hill, Miss Reose.;
II Ivy, l..
15 Johnson, Johnnie.
is Jones, A. X.
II Kirkwood, Miss Luallie.
is Mason, Mrs. alice.
10 Patton, Miss Bertha.l
20 Pickans, Miss Ethel.
Fl Pegues, Ceasear.
% shaw. Miss Lille.
u Smith, Benz. F.
"A Thompson, Sallie.
- Thompson, Miss Alice.
ri Williamson, Somoie.
"a Williams, Ida Mzy.
IS Weeks, Mrs. F. A.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06

Until tomorrow what you can do
today. II you are suffering from a
torpid liver, or constipation. don't
wait until tomorrow II get help.
Buy bottle OF lierbine and & t that
liver working right. Promptnsss
about health saves many sick spells
Mrs. Ida Gresham, of Point, Texas
writes: used H-rbine in my family
for six years. and find it does all II
Gains To do" sold by all druggists
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
A BABY

Should be sunshine in the bo,sa
will be if you give it Whites Crsam,
ssrniiuge tns best worm medicine
onerea 10 suffering humanity. This
Iemedy Is becoming the permanent
nxture OF all households. a mother
WIFE cniidren, cvn't get along without
pottie OF Whites Cream Vermifuys
IN the house. sold by all druggists
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
MEDICINE THAT'S MEDICINE.

81 have suffered good deal with
malaria and stomach complaints, but
l have now found remedy that keeps
me well, and that remedy is Electric
Bitters; a medicine that is medicine
for stomach and liver troubles. and
for run down conditions" says w. c.
kiestler. of HALLIDAY, Ark. Electric
Filters purify and enrich the blood.
tone up the nerves, and impart vigor
and energy to the weak. Your money
will be refunded il it fails to help you
soc at all drug stores.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
MAIskED EOR DEAIH.

'Three years ago | Wa marked for
de ath. q graveyard cough Was tear
i Z INV lungs to pieces. Doctors fall
go tn help me ami hope had fed when
my husband got DR.. Kings New Dis
cOvery." says Mr.. A. e. Williams. of
Bac, Ky. "rOe first ,dose helped me
and improvement kept on until had
gaiaed IS pounds in weight and my
health was fully restored This
medicins holds the worli's healing
rscord Tor coughs and colds aud lung
and throat diseases. 1t prevents pneu
monia. Sold under guarantee by all
druggists. soc aad 81. Trial bottles
free.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
AHis is wORrm READING

Leo F. Zelinski, of cS Gibson street
Buffalo, N. Y, says: 81 curei the
most annoying cold sor. ever had
with Suekien's Arnica Salve. I ap,
piled this salye once a day for two
days, when every trace OF the sore
was gone" Heals all sores. Sold
under guarantee at A. II. Kendel,s
drug store. % cents.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
University Notes.


Quite a number of the Univer-
sity students went up to Holly
Springs Friday to hear Sousa's
Band.
DR.. W. s. feathers spent a few
days last week in Jackson.
Chancellor a. 4. kincannon
has returned from jackson.
Some of the Legislature made
talks in the chapel Tuesday. All
the exercises were suspended in
morning.
Messrs. ID. X. Gum and j. w.
Griggs spent few days at their
home in Okolona last week.
Messrs. Liddelle and Ray are
still in bed with the measles.
Mr.. Red" Yates was one Of
the visitors Tuesday and made a
very interesting talk in the chapel
Mr.. Carothers, an old Varsity
man, was on the campus last
Thursday.
DR.. d. IL. Bishop addressed the
Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday night. His
subject was Friendship and
was enjoyed very much by all.
Miss Ka.hrine Byrnes has with
drawn from school.
Nj Ala Miller spent a few
days at home las. week.
Miss Lynette kimmons visited
Miss Marguerite Maxwell last
week.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06

ELoQUENcE and oratory are
both pent up so far as Congress
is concerned, which is good in
dication that the presidential cam
paign will precipitate floods of it.
Prepare now for the spellbinding
to come.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06

"BE not drunken with prosper
ity,'' says The Wall Street Jour-
nal. Which, being interpreted,
means take your wits with you
when attempting to work Wall
street.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06

THE battleship fleet is steaming
slswly through the Straits of Ma
gellen Not afraid of wind or
seas, of course. but there are
those three French anarchists to
be reckoned with. you know.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
rvr> rEoa rHr MOUNTAIN.

Bollard's snow Liniment Is praised
for the good il does. \ sure cure for
rheumatism and al pains. wrignt "
Loving. of Grand Junction, Colo.
writes: IL used Billiards. Snow Lint
ment, last winter, for rheumatism aad
can recommed i: "a the liaiment on
the market thought at the time |
was taken down with this trouble that
il would be a week before I could get
about, but on applying YOUR IMMINENT
several times during IL might, | was
about in three days" Sold by al
druggists.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
THE LEGISLATURE.

THE LEGISLATURE.
There are SO many things OF
interest going on in the Legisla-
ture that it is difficult to give a
complete report, report upon
which the public can rely, unless
one takes the pains to make the
investigation for himself. Up to
the present, almost all the work
has been done in the committee
rooms, only a very few bills
have been un der discussion. The
committee reports show a decided
tendency to kill" the majority
of the bills; this is a very COCO
idea, there are very few new laws
needed, it would be better to cut
out and simplify what we have.
The legislature of this year has
double work; they have to re-
model the botch work Of the last
Legislature and look after present
needs too. The State Normal
bill has been killed and it now
looks as if it will stay dead.
The bill which last week passed
the senate exempting money loan
cd at six per cent from taxation
will get a "black eye" in the
house. Conservative men say
this bill will never get through
the house alive. While South
Mississippi is bowling for a Con-
stitutional Convention, it seems
that they will never get their de-
mands. tits a very grave mat
ter to turn over the constitution
to be dragged around in just
anyway, it is most dangerous
thing to think of and this matter
should have the greatest care
Ii is better to submit the amend
ments to the !people rather thar
turn the entire fundamental law
over to be handled carelessly
There is much to lose and littl,
to- gain by such procedure.
For awhile the two cent rail
road rate was popular but
seems the lawmakers are yet un
decided about this question, the,
are now figuring to. ascertain
the railroads can live at this rate
the prevalent idea now is. that
revolution in freight rates is NOR
needed than a lowering of tn
passenger rate.
While the appropriations wi
be large in order to meet tn
growing demands Of the state We
there Is every evidence Of con
servatism and economy. Stat
prohibition has won, the saloon
vii be given only short time i
which to wind up business an,
get out. Woman's suffrage me
no encouragement whatever fror
the present legislature. Tn
bucket shops are dying hard bu
tt seems the Boddie bill whic
passed the House unanimousl
will pass the Senate in the mex
few days. The bill is far-reach
ing and will prove of great valu
to the state.
The appropriation for publ
schools will be the same as FL
the past four years; 81. 250. OOC
The old soldisrs will get rails
of $50, 900, making $500, 900 TO
each of the next two years.
Many errors in the Code vii
be corrected whether the Code i
reprinted or not.
1t seems now that the office O
County Treasurer will go: tn
idea is dominant that the Boar
OF Supervisors should deposit tn
money with some solvent ban
taking proper securities and thu
save the state many thousands O
dollars; the change will not aztec
the present treasurers, however
/ The Legislature will begin har
work in the next ten days and W
shall try to keep our reader
I nOStad
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
ASK YOURSELF THE QUESTION

Why not use hamberlainis Pain
Balm when you have rheumatism?
We feel sure that the Result will be
prompt and satisfactory. One appli-
cation relieves the pain, and many
nave been permanently cured by its
use. % and so cent sizes. For sale
by all druggists.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06

WITH two Bills, two Charleys
and a Joe in the presidential race
it looks as though the country will
have a good old-fashioned name
in the White House at any rate.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
.sTHE Japanese are not a swea

1.-THE japanese are not swear
ing people," says an exchange.
But as we are shipping pianos
and telephones and automobiles
to them, there is yet hope that
they will invent adjectives enough
to pull through.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06

A YANKEE-MADE violin has been
presented to King Edward. 1t
comes late in life. The king has
already paid the fiddler for his
dancing.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06

LET the fire of genius burn"
says The Literary World. Well,
coal has not been very high of
late. Perhaps We'll be able to
pull through without it.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06

L would be interesting to know
how many of New York's I91 in
sane for 1907 got that way
through reading expert evid en- e
in the Thaw case.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06

THE Massachusetts gentleman
who found a 81 800 coin while
digging bait can afford to spend
the rest, of his life fishing.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06

WONDER which party changed
his opinion of the other during
that Pullman car ride-Tillman
or Rockefeller?
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06

Mr.. BRYAN says he ''feels it
coming on" Some of the others
only stand where they think it is
going to light, and cry, as it
coming?"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06

THE czar of Russia doesn't fire
guns on his birthday, but spends
his time in keeping out of the way
of them.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06
DANGEROUS opER.r,oS

Is the removal of thu appendix bv
a surgeon. No one who takes NJ
Kings New Life Pills is ever subiact.
ed to this frightfuI ordeal. Thav
work so quietly you don't feel them
Iney cure constipation, headache
Dihousuess and malaria. 25c at A VI
kendels drug store. "a H.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1908-02-06

WHAT if the money stringency
still felt in some sections of the
country; aren't the spell binders
Just few weeks in the future?