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Milford chronicle., 1908-10-16
Notice To Poultry Raisers.

Nantall the young Guneas, Spring Chickens
Fowls Ducks. and Eggs eau buy for cash.
will pay highest prices for To. Guinness Also
want all the old Gobblers and Hen Turkeys for
which will pay 10 cents ID. live delivered to
my place or at Harrington on Tuesday morning
Of eacn week. within cents Of the Records
highest quotations for Spring Fowls and Dueksi
quotation for Eggs. Buy at home every other
DAY Second door below Town Hall.
s.as.tf =. J. MINNER. Frederick, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-16

watkins. -, ,.,,h tvnbeid
tower but is improving quite rapidly.
The carpenters are very busy "orEios On sr
a., ~ ma nd sEvler Kirbys new homeA They arc
A,ss sim 10 nave them completed by the hrS'
Of the year. ,A.
Miss Bessie NJ. Scott 81 Rising 4u"
guest Of Miss sallie Walls and friends.
Oak Grove school commenced last Aonp Sa.
with Miss Name Taylor as teacher we "iso H''
much success.
Allie Webb Jr., was FredeFios visitor lu's
] day evening. -,,-,. 18th tba
Rev, Jones is assisting Rev Dashield Witn lno '
Revival services at this place. Come one CONS
-, ,,or are invited Our Pastor Is trying tosho"
the people the right road.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-16
Public Sales.

Dewitt g. Davis will sell his "a acre
farm at public sale in front of the Wind
sor Hotel on Saturday afternoon, OctO-
Der 18th. He will sell his personal prop.
erty on the Tuesday following, October
10th, at his home near Cedar Creek, on
the "Stephen McColley Farm" For
particulars see advertisement in this
paper and also posters.
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-16
Courage Wanted.

We've wounded runs old gri2zley
O see him gnash ami foam
Who dares TO rush upOn him,
And drive a dagger home?
Ne know his claws are sharpeEedi
We see his eye balls glare
He clutches toward us tiereely'.
And roars,-"Ceme, who dare
We fought for local option,
And won the fight at last.
but more han human courage
Must clinch it sure and fast
The law to hinder selling
Is very little use
TJnless man has the courage
To save Il from abuse. ,.-,
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-16
MILFORD NECK.

The revival services going on at Milford Neck
Church are quite a success.
One OF our Milford Neck ladies is going 70 DC
married in the near future. This being leap
year. you should look before you ieep'
Miss Mable Maloney is the guest OF Miss May
Milford chronicle., 1908-10-16

There are several new buildings to be eomplet
ed and ready for occupancy BY the first OF the
year. ..,. -. nat,
Vim. Fisher will commence building his ne"
home next week.
VIM. T. CalheOn, will be ready to begin the
manufacture of sorgum, next week
Mrs Clement Masten Is spending this week
IN her son. George Masten, at Washington D
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
BRAVE SCHOOL TEACHER.
Saved the Lives Of the Children in
Her Charge.

A dispatch from Alpena, Mich.
says among the most thrilling expe-
riences of the survivors of the Pres
que Isle county forest fires was that
Of Miss Grace Barber, school teache:,
10 years old, whose school was In
session when the flames swept down
upon the school house.
She took all of the school children
10 a plowed field nearby where they
we're kept crowded close together,
each burning emher being extin'
guished as it fell upon their cloth
ing. Soon animals began to appear
on the edge of the field, and during
the night two bears made their al
pearance.
Among other animals appearing
vas a fox and a wild cat. but non :,
including the bears. made any hos
tile demonstration. Miss Barber kept
her charges in the field until morn
ing, when they were emf to thei:
homes. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
WARNING TO MILLINERS.
Columbia Merchant Fined for VIC
lating Came Law.

Mr.. A. G. Douglass, president u
the A. G. Douglas Company, which
conducts a fashionable dry colds and
uSllinery establishment in Column
bia, was fined 81 Thursday by Mag
istrate Fowles on a charge OF violaf-
ing the game laws OF the state
The warrant was sworn out by Secre-
tary Rice, of the Audubon Society
under the Act of 1905. n states
that Mr.. Douglas has in his posses
sion and offers for sale the feathers
of a non-game bird, which is a vic
lation Of the statue.
The feathers In question are that
of q heron on a stylish hat In the
Douglas window, and there are lois
of others Of the same kind IN tht
stock. which Mr.. Douglas will have
to dispose OF in some legal way
When the case was called IN tns
Magistrates Court he entered a plei
of guilty and paid his fine.
It the Audubon Society undertakes
to enforce the law throughout tn
state 10 is likely that q good man!
stocks Of millinery in other Town
than Columbia will be depleted o
gome OF their choicest fall offerings.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
DON'T WANT BRYAN.
Railway Magnates Will Do All They
Can to Beat Him.

Alarmed by the growing sentiment
AMONG railroad employees for Bryan
the managers of the Big Four divis-
ion of the New York Central railroad
are sending a special train across
Ohio with General Manager van
Wrinkle and other officials on board
urging the men to vote for TAFT
The first stop was made at Spring
field, that being headquarters 10.
four divisions of the road.
I'VE have heard, men, said MI
vanWipkle, that you think that We
want you to vote for Bryan. Thai
is a mistake. We hope as many a.
possible will vote for Mr.. TAFT 1o'
we are convinced that Bryan's elec
ton would mean four years OF d.
pression. On the other hand, W:
think Taft's election will mean pros
perity.
Don't think anybody IS going u
be discharged If he votes Tor Bryan
We simply want to impress upon yo'
that work will be more plentiful l
Taft is elected"
Men holding executive positions o.
the road are being asked to tall
Taft to the men under them. j.
many instances the action of the OF
fetal was resented.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
FOUND HIM GUILTY
or Attempting to Burn His Store
at Bennettsville.

A dispatch from Bennettsville to
The State says Zephry P. Wright
che cred with burning his store. was
sentenced by Judge Gray Monday to
serve a period of ten years at hard
labor in the State penitentiary.
The grand jury returned a true
bill. The solicitor empaneled a trial
Jury, put in the evidence for the
State and then announced that tn
State would be satisfied with a ver-
dict of guilty with recommendation
for mercy. Attorneys announced
that such a verdict was acceptable.
The foreman was instructed to
write such a verdict. When the de-
PENDANT was arraigned for sentence
his counsel read the proceedings had
before the probate court and made
an an eloquent and touching appeal
for mercy on the ground of the men
tai unsoundness OF the defendant,
basing his plea upon personal knowl-
edge of the defendants mental con-
dition and the proceedings In the
probate court, ~whereupon the presid-
ing Judge imposed the minimum SEN
tence of ten years.
The entire community synpathizes
deeply with the defendants family.
but the general opinion IS that his
counsel acted wisely.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
BUNCOED.
An Old Flim.FIam Game Being
Worked Again.

The Columbia State says it has
been reported that there are a couple
of Smooth crooks" in town who
work their game on u~nsuspecting
negroes. The two artists are Of the
colored race also and they go about
their work in a hackneyed manne
which, like other time-honored gags,
lands a sucker" occasionally.
The two walk in among a crowd OF
negroes, and drop an old, worn
pocketbooR in the crowd. Then one
of them stoops and picks up the
p%ocketbook, which contains a $40
bill. The negroes who are in the
immediate vicinity of the pocket
book have their attention then called
to the find" The artists then pro-
coed to tel 1.-The two or three negroes
| that they will "divvy" the money IT.
there Is nothing said about the find
ing of the pocketbook. The unsus-
pecting negroes agree to this, of
| course, and then comes the DIVISION
of the spoils.
After some figuring the exact
amount due each is obtained. The
| $500 bill, which, of course is fake
money, is handed over 10 n Of the
| victims. He has to give back SIS
change and this is where the crook:
finish their work. They pretend
that they are going to a store to
get the rest Of the money changed
| The victims never see the men again.
It is said that several negroes who
have come to town and sold cotton
| have lost much money IN this way.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
BRYAN WILL WIN
At Least That Is the Way It
Looks Now.
VICTORY IN THE AIR

All Signs Point to a Democratic Land.
slide on Tuesday, November 3,
When the People will Win Not
Only the Presidency, but the
House as Well.
All the forecasts of the election
indicate a sweeping victory for the
Democracy by the election of Bryan
and Kern. The New York Herald
and The New York World have been
conspicuous agencies of a serious a.
tempt to arrive at some reliable
judgment of the conditions. and their
reports and conclusions are very III
teresting, and, to the Democrats,
more than important.
In last Sundays issue these great
newspapers each presented the re-
suits of a careful and extended can
vas of popular disposition toward
the candidates, made in conjunction
with other newspapers in various sec
lions Of the country, and they both
reach the conclusion that the last
few days Of the campaign may de-
termine the issue, while they agree
that there are strong evidences of
an ~undercurrent that may develop
into a Democratic landslide.
The Herald. which Is supporting
the Republicans, thinks that Taft Is
within SO votes of his goal, while
Bryan needs 81 more electoral votes
to assure him of victory. "Ther,
are political conditions in the West
says The Herald, indicating a Dem
ocratic landslide. There are signs
In New York, presaging political
chaos" Obviously that means un-
rest and uprising of the people ami
dissatisfaction with the party in
power that must promise brilliantly
for the Democrats.
The World thinks the result de-
ponds upon the vote Of New York
State, and n that State it figures
out a plurality of less than ten thous-
and for Taft, while it estimates that
the Democrats will elect their State
ticket by $4,000 majority. A tre-
mendous majority such as that for
the State ticket could not be r.
corded withiut material effect upon
the national ticket, and if Chanler
is elected Governor of New York by
anything approaching the indicated
figures, Bryan will surely carry the
State and win.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
COMMITS SUICIDE.
Stole Money From Father and Re.
Morse Overlook Him.

Stole Money From Father and Re-
Morse Overlook Him.
A special to the Augusta Chronicle
from Atlanta says remorse over hay
ing taken $25 of his fathers mon
ey to satisfy a longing for a bicycl :,
led John Arthur Hiburn, a 12-yea:-
old boy, ii commit suicide Tuesday.
The lad lived with his paretns OF
2S6 VALDEZ street. He left home
Sunday afternoon and went to the
house of a neighbor, where he spent
the evening. He left at 9 p. m. He
was seer no more until when found
early Tuesday suffering terrible agony
from the effects of his Gose of car"
bolic acid.
The discovery was made bv
John w. Henley, assistant United
States district attorney. AS MIR,
Henley was going II wirk he heard
the cries of two boys, and on investi'
CATION found them carrying a thirc,
who was in the clutches Of convul-
sions.
Young Hilburn was carried into
the home of Alderman frank Pitt
man on Park street, in front Of whic'
the acid had been drunk, but died
twenty minutes later without speak
ing.
half emptied bottle told thu
story.
The parents we're Frustrated b.
news of their child's death and cal
not account for the anne except or
the theory that such was brough'
about by remose over having tsker
s25 the elder Hilburn had left lylns
around carelessly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
DARING ESCAPE
SAW NIGHT RIDERS KILL HIS
FRIEND.
Judge Taylor Broke Away and Ran
Into the Woods, Suffering Great

Hearships.
Judge Taylor, who was suppose
to have been killed by fishermen
night riders with Quentin Rankin,
turned up nea Tiptonyille, TENN.
80 miles from the scene of where
he was abducted, at 8 o'clock
Wednesday morning. Judge Taylo:,
telling his story of the affairs, says:
1.-THE night riders forced in ou.
door at the hotel and at the point
of revolvers, compelled US to dress.
They then took us on horseback to
the edge of Reelfoot Lake. Here I
watched them hang poor Captain
Rankin and the fire into his body.
After they were satisfied that he was
dead, they discussed my fate land /
had TO stand by while they debated
whether to hang me or keep me cap
tive, hoping to force the Reelfoot
fishing company stockholders to con-
cede free fishing on the lake. But
those who favored hanging seemed
to be winning the day when they
pointed out that they could not
keep me prisoner without my know
ing my prison, and that this would
lead to their being taken captive
when l was freed. When I saw the
day was going against me, I deter
mined to try for liberty. broke
from the two men who were holding
me and ran. They followed slowly
for they thought they could easily
catch me. 1t was growing daylight
and l knew that I made a fairly
good target. So I surprised them by
p%lunging into the bayou that runs
from the lake.
II used to be a good swimmer ami
I stayed under water as long as i
could. When / came up they shot
at me. l could not stay in the wa
ter longer, and jumped on the bank.
There came a volley Of shots. God
was with me, and I was not hit, but
I Strengthened, threw up both dands,
reeled and fell face-downward. [
thought my ruse had failed when
they fired at my PROSTATE body, but
they missed me. Thinking they had
ljlled me, they departed without
crossing the bayou.
After an hour l cautiously moved
and then got up and walked through
the forest. Tuesday night in the
woods and Wednesday morning 7
ventured on a public road. l vas
afraid to go into a farm house, for
fear of meeting enemies, but l had
not eaten since Monday night, AMI
the ravages of hunger became too
strong, and l went into a farm house
at s o'clock Wednesday morning and
was fed. The occupants telephonel
to Tiptonville that l was safe. Then
I was driven here and here 1 am"
Governor Patterson has ordere |
soldiers to the neighborhood where
the outrage took place, and the re-
ward for the guilty one has been
increased from $4,000 to sl2,-
900. I"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
KDNAP YOUNG WIFE
TWICE CARRIED OFF BY TWO
STRANGERS.

hept fTlSOnef LII u SHdup CuuuruiS
Maltreatment and Finally Return
ing to Her Home.
After spending a night of terror,
hiding in a barn from friends, who
were searching the woods for her,
Mrs. Abbie Meeriongola, who was
twice kidnapped by two men and
kept a prisoner in the woods, ~.
turned to her sisters home, in
Huntington, L. l., Monday . She was
so frightened and dazed by her eX-
perience at the hands of the kidnan.
pers that she could tell no connected
story of her Ill treatment.
Mrs. Meeriongola is II years old,
the daughter of a well-to-do farmer
and the wife of a contractor, to whom
she was married six months ago.
She was first dragged from her home
on October 10. A neighbor saw her
being led to the woods between two
armed men.
Three days later, after her father
and husband had sought for her in
vain, she staggered into her fathers
home and said that she could re-
member little that had happened
during her absence except that she
had been kept a prisoner in a swamp
by W. men
A few days later another attempt
to kidnap her from her fathers house
was made, but was frustrated by tae
appearance of her husband.
Again last Saturday afternoon the
two kidnappers raided her fathers
home, and, frightening her mother
with a revolver shot, again dragged
the young wife away. The help Of
the police again was summoned, AMI
Sunday afternoon two officers
found her in the custody of two mel
in the woods near Huntington.
The girl was lying on a pile Of
brush, while her captors were playing
a game of cards. The kidnappers
gave battle to the police, but were
overcome and arrested. Alarmed
and apparently half crazed the girl
fled into the swamps. The police
pursued her for a short distance, but
soon lost trace of her.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
TOO MUCH GRAFT.
Caused Monnett to Become a DEM
ocrat for Good.

At Salt Lake City Wednesday ~
making a speech at a Democratic
rally Frank S. Monnett, former at.
torney general Of Ohio, said:
"The reason I left the Republican
party and advocate the election OF
Bryan Is due to the fact that While
was prosecuting the Standard Oil
Trust in Ohio, and with every rea-
son to expect a successful issue. The
Republican campaign fund of Ohio
was swelled by contributions from
the Standard OIL Company and u
return that the company was allowed
to name the personnel of supreme
| court of Ohio. w%hereupon all of the
Standard Oil cases were promptly
| dismissed.
''Then," said Monnett, ~ became
a Democrat"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
Dies In Circus.

Waddy BramIett, a rural carrier
on one of the R. F. D. roLtes out Of
Ireenville. dropped Head in the tent
of Ringland Brothers circus Tuesday
He was entering the tent
to witness the performance. and
It is supposed that be became over
heated while waiting for the gates
to open. He fell, just as he entered
the tent and died before medica, aid
; &C uld reach him.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
FATALLY BURNED.
CoIored Woman on Anderson FARM
Meets Awful Death.

Esther Brown, a young cloreI
woman of Anderson, who had been
working on the plantation OF Mr.
Charlie Jones, about two miles below
Starr, was so severely burned that
she died in great agency. She had
been working in the field, near
where she lived, and went to ths
house to start a FIRE in the stove T.
prepare supper. 1t Is believed thai
the woman used kerosene oil In start
ing the fire and that 1t blazed up or
| her when the match was applied
she was horribly burned all ove'
the body and face.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
PREFERRED DEATH TO TRIAL.

<eW 1Otk DOCIOr hSSuaSu VI -
inal Practice Suicides.
Rather than face trial for man.
slaughter, growing out of a case Of
aneged criminal practice, DR.. Irving
J. Cook, a young doctor Of New YORK.
drank a dose Of a powerful poison
aud shot himself at the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel Friday. His body was
found by hotel attendants. The man
left a sealed letter addressed to his
wife. but accompanying it was a terse
note in which he asked her not
to take this affair hard" DR.. Cook
was arrested last Tuesday night and
the following day he was released
In $4,000 bail. He was to have
been prosecuted for the death OF a
Young woman at Summit, \. j., last
summer.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
cotton Mills Resume Operations.

A dispatch from Eatonton, Ca
saws that the Floyd Cotton Mills OF
that place resumed operation this
week, after being closed about five
months.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28
Estimate Democratic plural

ity in Ohio for 1908..... 6S.Ssl
Similar or larger Democratic gains
are shown all through the Midd,s
West. Every indication Is that they
will be repeated In New York. This
extraordinary testimony to Bryan's
strength is the unwilling evidence OF
a hostile witness. John r. Mclean.
proprietor Of the Cincinnati Enquir-
er, who is making the canvass, has
always been bitterly antagonistic to
Mr.. Bryan. His papers. the En-
quirer and the Washington Post, are
both fighting him. But he Is com
PEELED, by the stern logic Of facts, tn
make these remarkable concessions.
And they agree with the admissions
Of Republican National Chairman
Hitchcock, who Is forced to admi:
immense Democratic gains all
through the West.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-28

Estimated Democratic vote
in Ohio for 1908 ......o0l,S07
Estimate Republican vote In
Ohio for 1908. after de-
Quoting net loss OF 167,-
2 ............442,s2s
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
1 Ental Nrrua
~ 3trnta y \

Floyd Goodrich was home from Black
mar over Sunday.
Miss Edith Shaltry spent Sunday and
Monday in Saginaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allie Struble, of Flint,
are visiting Clio friends.
John Hughes is spending his vacation
at the northern resorts.
Il Charles Daniels and Sidney Whaley
have gone to North Dakota.
Mrs. Robert Frizzle of Turner, is
visiting Mrs. Hugh Mccormick.
Mrs. Charles E. Taylor is visiting
Mrs. William Brooks at Corunna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Haas are spend
ing the week in Atlas and Detroit.
Miss Laura Eggleston, of Saginaw is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Van Vleet.
Farmers are pleased with the great
growing weather we have had the past
few days.
Charles Huyck returned Wednesday
from a short vacation at Saginaw and
Detroit.
N. J. Dunn, OF Saginaw. visited Mr..
and Mrs. M. F. Dunn Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Merl Shaw and Francis Frost
of Birch Run, called on Miss Belle
Moody Sunday.
: Sfreef commissioner G. Z. 5att erson
is making some needed improve r
on east Vienna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Fisher of Monroe,
are spending the week at the home of
his parents here.
Miss Maude Winters, of Canada is
visiting at the home of Hugh Finn in
Southwest Vienna.
Mr.. ana Mrs. w. H. Stout and Mr..
and Mrs. c. N. Parker spent Sunday
at Wenona Beach.
Mrs. Arthur Parker attended the
funeral of her cousin Ada Gilbert at
Flint Saturday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Gillett have re-
turned from an extended trip to Niaga-
ra Falls and other eastern points.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hackney, who
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Palthorpe have returned to their home
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Quincy of Caro-,
visited at the horre of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Lemhach, of Pine Run last
week.
Nr. and Mrs. Thomas Rorner Of
Chesaning and Yrs Eta Gilbert, and
daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
Parker Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A T Noshier Of Evans
Vile. H.. hsvc rcturned homo after
short visit with thor parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Moshier
Mrs. Henrietta Gilbert ard daughter
May, Of Flint. and Torn ITancr and
wife Of Chesannc ore visiting at the
home Of A Parker this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Covert returned
to Saginaw yesterday after visit
with Clio friends. They were accom-
panied home by Mrs. ROLAND Covert.
A business trip lasting over three
days was taken by Mcssrs. Roy Lem
bach. John Boyer and Oliver Beckwith
at Fairwell, last week. They had a
good time, it is reported.
Charles H. May & Co., haye sold the.
A. E. Kelsey property to B. T. Yerden
of Grand Rapids who expects to move
here with his family soon Mr.. Yerden
is an uncle of Mrs. Charles Taylor.
Mrs. Laura Gale, of Standish; Miss
Hammell, Of New Jersey; Miss Cora
Carter, of Flint; and Miss Owen of
Millington were guests at the home of
Mr., and Mrs. John Carter last week.
X Miss Ella Reynolds of Medina, New
York who has been guest of Mrs. H.
D. Griswold for the past few days left
Wednesday for East Troy, Wis. accom-.
p9nied by NJ. and Mrs. L. B. Fuller
I'D son NdHsil.
: Miss Lillia1 pHff has returned home
from Chica6p where she took q six
weeks couj in Advanced Expression
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21
She Likes Good Things.

Mrs. Chas. E. Smith, of West Frank
lin, Maine, says: II like good things
and have adopted DR.. Kings New Life
Pills as our family laxative medicine,
because they are good and do their
work without making fuss about it. =
These painless purifiers sold at H. F.
Bodine's drug store Clio and John Lay
man, Mt. Morris. 25c.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1908-08-21

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