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The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
GENuINE ANAKcMY I.E.L.Ns.
Governor Conner Orders More Troop
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TO strike Regi0n.
Birmingham Ala -Tbe firing into
train of deputies, soldiers and
strike-bieakers near Blocton shortly
after midnight Saturday In which
thee me nwere killed and elevn
wounded, has brought the authorities
to realization of the fact that a
desperate condition of anarchy ex-
lists throughout the district on ac-
count Of the. coal miners strike. Gov
ernor Conner was aroused when he
heard the news of the new outrage,
and Immediately ordered another
company of troops to the Blocton dis
trict. In doing so he declared he
would maintain order if he had to put
every available soldier in the state
in the strike district.
Citizens here expressed their indig-
nation at the new occurrences and
the fact that the majority of the
strikers are negroes adds but fuel to
Their anger. Many there are who de-
clare that unless the repeated dyn-
amiting of houses and firing into
trains is not stopped they will .4Ke
the law into their own hands and
deal with the offenders in a summar-
ry manner.
AS the engineer of the train, which
was loaded with strike-breakers
bound for the mines and under guard
of deputies and soldiers neared the
cut he saw logs piled on the track
and Immediately slowed down the
train. A fusilade of shots rang out
The attack was so unexpected that
the soldiers and deputies had little
time 20 respond to the fire and under
cover of darkness the attacking par
ty withdrew. A search of the train re-
vealed three dead bodies.
BIoodhounds were sent to the scene
of the crime, and they followed the
trails of eight nelSoes who have been
arrested.
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$4,000 REWARD OFFERED.
Ira Cody Wanted for Brutal Murder
At Aberdeen.

AZ ADCIuCths
Aberdeen, Miss.-After saving her
husbands life by wrenching a ham
mer with which he had been beaten
into Inconsistencies from the hands
of her brother-in-laW, Ira Cody, and
knocking him to the ground, Mrs.
Wade Riggan was shot and killed by
Cody at Coxs Store, Miss. When
neighbors responded to call for
help from Mrs. Riggan, Cody held
them off with a pistol and made good
his escape. 1t is supposed that rob-
berry was his motive in attacking Rig
gan, as the latter had $500 con-
cealed in the house. Cody was
guest in his sister-in-1aw's home at
the time Riggan is getting along
nicely. He has offered reward of
$500 for the capture of his wife's
murderer. Cody is described as being
a tall, slender man, with sandy mus
tache and hair, and brown eyes;
height, feet; weight about 165
pounds.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
John D. Opens Heart for S1.OO.

Cleveland, O.-"Please take this
money madam. Now don'tl Don't be
embarrassed. 1t will help you to pay
the mortgage on the old farm. John
D. Rockefeller stood in the door of
a little old cottage on farm near
Berea. 1t was the home of his boy
hood. Memories oft he money-free
days when he was not millionaire
filled his mind. He had come back
after all these years to find strangers
living there. They are William Kraus
and Tife, thrifty German couple,
with al 4-year old daughter, strug-
glingtopayadebtofgn daainga. ID
Cling to pay a debt of 1900.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
WESTERN union EARNINGS
Quarterly Report Shows a
Fair Dividend
TO RECEIVE 2,573 ACRES OF LAND
Winston County Strip Alleged to Be
Fraudulently Patented. Sheriff
and Tax Collectors Making
July Settlements.

The quarterly report of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, as to
its operations in Mississippi, shows
that at the end Of June, 1908, there
were 1,955.46 miles of poles in opera
tion in the State, and 15,46S miles
of wires.
of wires, Tool rate in the state iss25
cents for each ten words and 2 cents
for each addition after ten, exclusive
of date, address and signature. The
company earned after the quarter
SS9,S23.96, and incurred expenses
amounting TO s3S,S14.02 leaving net
baanre OF $5O9.s4. The taxes paid in
Mississippi during the quarter were
were $91.S5.
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Negro Preacher Arrested.

j. A. S. Crossgrove, the negro
preacher who is charged with EN-
bezzling $40, 90 and who gave bond
at Fayette, was arrested again at
Harrison. Ee went to Washington
in a buggy, boarded the Mississippi
Central and transferred to Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley north0oLnd pas
senger train. An officer from Natchez
awaited him and took him INTO Gus
tody. The present CT arge against
him is the embezzlement Of YO4.50.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
A Night Riders Oath.

Paducah, Ky.-In his testimony
in the trial of Jake Ellis, alleged
night rider at Murray, Wiley
Stewart said the following is the
night riders oath he heard ad-
ministered:
''I, in the presence of the AL
mighty God and these witnesses,
do solemnly promise and swear
TO become member of this order.
= / do solemnly promise and swear
that l will not reveal or cause to
be revealed the secrets of this
: order by signs, acts or writing.
= 1 do solemnly promise and swear
= that will obey all orders that
are given me by the captain,
and l will go at any time that
= they may call upon me, unless
: l or my family are sick. If
3 should betray this order in any
9 way, l shall have to submit to
. the penalty which may be put
. upon me, which is death. To all
& Of this do most solemnly prom
: ise and swear, so help me God"
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The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
CoNTRoL oF GouLD sYsTEM.

Salt Lake City. Utah.-A special
from Ogden says Z. H. Hartman,
was asked if there was any truth IL
the current report that he had or in
tended to obtain control of the Gould
railroad property, Mr.. Hartman
said: "I have, of course, heard the
rumors, but there is nothing to them.
1t is is true, that recently the system
which 1 now control obligated it
self to meet certain Indebtedness OF
the Gould property, but personally I
was only an incident to the transsc-
ton" -
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
Lands FrauouIently Patented.

Attorney General Fletcher has
filed suit to recover for the State O.
57S acres of land alleged to have
been fraudulently patented in Win
ston county and now held by the
Sumpter Lumber Company, an Ala
bama corporation. This suit is in
practically all respects like that filed
few days ago against another for
eign concern which had obtain 5,400
acres which the records show had
been patented by numerous parties
on one day and decided to the corpor-
alton on the next in violation Of the
spirit of Ine State law, which pro-
vides that no one person may patent
more than 160 acres in any one year.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
Hinds County DelInnuents.

State Revenue Agent Writ Adams
is sending out the second and final
notices TO all alleged delinquents for
back taxes in Kinds county and the
city Of Jackson, with a view to reach
ing a final adjustment of them all
within the next two or three months.
There are many of them, and good
deal of time has been devoted to the
gathering of the necessary data by
Mr. Adams and his deputies.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
Wants TO return to Pen.

That the Mississippi penitentiary
is not a Elace of horrors is strikingiy
shown by the case of Neal Gibson, a
negro convict from Warren county,
who was recently pardoned by Cover
nor Noel. after serving eight years
of a lie term for murder. The
only difficult thing 20 understand in
Gibson's case is why he permitted
his friends to present a petition for
pardon. He was gwen has liberty less
than a week ago, and appeared at the
penitentiary Office and informed the
Board of Trustees that he wanted to
go back to the Sunflower farm and
take his old job in Sergeant Dents
camp.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
MiIltarx for Baton rouge.

A movement Is on foot Tor the
organization of a military company
in Baton Rouge. and it may possibly
be put through within the next sew
eral weeks. Baton Rouge is the only
large town in Louisiana that has no
military company. Shreveport. Mon
roe, Lake Charles and quite num-
ber Of towns much smaller all have
military companies, but Baton Rouge
El5ain which the Headquarters of the
Ns1Ional Guard are located and
where resides the Commander IN
C@ist. las DO company.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
TO INCREASE FREIGHT RATES.

Chicago, Hl.-While shippers Or-
ganizations in all part of the United
States arc fighting the railroads to Sc
cure reductions in freight rates or to
prevent the putting into effect of pro-
posed increases, thousands of rail-
way employees, fearing that their
wages may be reduced unless the
companies are permitted to increase
their revenues, are planning a vast
campaign in the interest of their eu1s
ployers.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
The Delta Fair.

At Greenville the plans for the Del
ia fair are making good headway.
Altno gh t, Q enterprise was 'aunbed
but a short time since, over $4,000
Of the S15. .00v capital stock has boen
subscribed, and the remainder will be
floated within a short time. The peo-
pie throughout the Delta are mani
Testing much interest, and the ex~
hibits promised will be in every way
creditable. This will be the first year
of the Delta fair.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
H0NnuRAS as FIknI.

ngton.-Honduras has de-
elined to comply with the wishes OF
the American government by revok-
ing the decree issued by President
Davila, cancelling the exequators OF
American Consul Drew Linard and
Vice Consul Virgil c. Reynolds at
Ceiba on the ground that they had
interfered in the internal politics Of
Honduras and that with the vice
sonsuls of Franco and Norway, they
advised the surrender of ceiba to the
revoiutionists
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
she Couldn't Tame Him.

Hattie Battles has broght suit for
divorce against her husband, Felix
Battles in Vicksburg. The woman
claims that she realized that her hus-
band was beneath her station when
she married him, but hoped to refine
him. She declares she has been un-
able to tame him. and this is one OF
the reasons she gives for the divorce.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
Nan Threatens TO Commit Suicide.

Chicago, u.-A man whose name
is suppressed has advertised in the
Chicago papers for loan Of $500. to
be paid back in weekly installments
Of IS. The loan is the only thing THAI
can save him from suioidea the adTer-
tisement says, and investigation
shows him to be a father OF eight
children. He was collector and
took money from his employers. Un-
less he can repay. he says, he can nos
tell of the shortage. but must die.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
Tax Collectors SettIing.

The sherifis and tax collectors
throughout the State are sending in
their settlements for the month Of
July, together with remittances to
cover their collections for the month.
More than S3,vvO was received in
the State Treasury during one day,
Notwithstanding the collections Cor
1907 practically closed on February
1st.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
Special Election.

Owing to a defect in the ordinance
in reference to the $25, 0OO bond issue
for street Improvements in Oxford,
an increase of the 2-mill tax for the
school fund, from to mills, the
board of mayor and aldermen nave
set August % as the date for the
specitl election.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
ROCKEFELLER TURNED DOWN.
Subscription to ''UncIe Remus''
Memorial Had String to 1t.

Atlanta, Ga.-The $1,000 subscrip-
tion of John D. Rockefeller to fund
to establish a memorial for Uncle
Remus" (Joel Chandler Harris) has
good stout string attached to it.
President Joyner, of the Uncle Re-
mus" Memorial Association, received
a letter from Rockefeller stating that
he would give $1,000 provided that
the az eiation raise $4,000 in one
year.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
AN ORDINARY BET GOES.

Justice Gaynor Tells What Consti-
tutes Gambling.
New York.-The making of an or
binary bet, as distinguished from the
practice of betting ali corners, was
declared by Justice Gaynor OK the
Supreme Court to be not crime. The
case was that against st. George
Sterling, who was accused OF yiolat-
ing the anti gambling laws by betting
a basket ball on the result of golf
game in Nassau county, Long Island.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
State Eepository Commission.

August Is, the state Depository
Commission will hold their last meet
ing prior to undertak king the fistribu-
ton of State funds to the qualified
banks. This will be the last oppor-
tunity, as Treasurer Edwards states,
for the repositories to make good
with the collateral.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
RAILROAD SHOPS REOPEN.

st. Louis, Sedalia, Fort Scott, Atch-
and More Men.
st. Louis.-The Missouri Pacific
Railroad has issued orders for the
Missouri Pacific to Employ Thous-
reopening of its Locomotive shops in
ison, Ossawatomie, De Soto and Bar
ing Cross, and in addition has placed
1000 cars with the American Car and
Foundry Company for repair. The re-
opening of the shops will afford en-
ployment for more than 1000 men.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
Government to Sell Lands.

September 22th the government will
sell ut the land Office in Jackson
parts of Petit Bois, Horn and Round
islands, including the old hospital at
Round Island. All of the islands are
in the Mississippi Sound to the south
of the port of Pascagoula.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
Train speed ordlnance RepeaIed.

At a meeting Of the Magnolia
Mavor end B ,qrd of Aldermen the
ordinance passed at a former meet
ing requiring trains to run through
the corporate limits at slow rate OF
speed, not to exceed six miles an hour
was repealed.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
Women ON the Rock Pile.

Fort Worth, Texas. Women pris-
oners were put to work on the rock
pile here by Police Commissioner
Mulkey. Several of them are white
women. Mulkey says the rock pile is
the only thing that will keep the
Jail from being filed with women.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
H. X. THAW IS BANKRUPT.
Files Petition in United States Court
in Pittsburg.

rlleS IeuIIOn III OHlOeu OlateS OOuFJ
in Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, PA voluntary petit
tion in bankruptcy was filed in the
United States Court by Harry X.
Thaw who is now confined in the
Duchess county IN. " JAIL In the
petition Thaw states that his assets
are $12S,O12.3S and his liabilities
$453, ,14O.30. The most interesting in
formation given regarding the pro-
ceedings is to he found in the petition
asking for a receiver, in which it is
alleged that the action is taken for
the purpose of preventing his prop
erty being dissipated in litigation
over claims, many of which are un-
just. The figures in the bankruptcy
show that this refers to lawyers and
doctors.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
COLLEGE HEAD RESIGNS.
Echo of Charges Against President
of Texas A. & NJ.

VA AN7Ntto ~ = ~'As
Corpus Christi, TeX.-At a meet
ing of the Board of Directors of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
H. H. Harrington resigned as presi-
dent saying he did so to relieve the
board of embarrassment. Mr. Har-
rington was recently investigated on
a long series Of charges and was ex-
onerated, but there was strong pro-
test against him retaining the presi-
dency of the body, coming from mem
bers of the alumni and from the pa
irons of the school, as he was not
in harmony with the student body.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
Cotton Mill Operatives Salaries.

The employees of the Mississippi
Cotton and Woolen Mills, or the Tex
tile Mills Corporation, have under
consideration 20 per cent reduction
of wages and a full weeks run. Presi-
dert Odenheimer so directed.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
Comnress COMPANY Case.

Widespread interest is attached
to the special sitting of the federal
court to be held here this week, when
Judge Niles will hear arguments in
the Gulf Compress Company case.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
OHIO LINE INsOLVENT.
Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packets in
Hands of q Receiver.

HANDS OF HecelYer.
Scranton, Pa.-Unable to profita-
bly, run its steamboats, because of
low water in the Ohio river, the Pitts
burg and Cincinnati Packet Compa-
ny, one of the largest transportation
lines plying that river, has become
insolvent and gone into a receivers
hands.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
GUILTY OF REBATING.
Santa Fe Railroad Fined $1,000 in
United States Court.

Chicago. The Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad Company by
it's counsel pleaded guilty to rebating
and was assessed a fine of $1,000 by
Judge Beathea in the United States
District Court. The government prov
ed that bonus paid by the railroad
to the Garden City Sugar and Land
Company of Garden City, Kan, was
In effect a rebate.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
Uneasiness Among Delta Planter&

CneaSlHeSS hnOJlS DSlla itHteIo'
Considerable uneasiness is felt
among the planters and apprehen-
sivensss as to the eftect o! the gener-
al rains in the Delta on the cotton,
which was making such rapid head
way, and while there are chan es
that the crop will recover condition
to some extent, much damage is ex-
pecEed, aud q shorter crop is ineviJa'
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
LARGE RAILROAD TERMINAL.
@. & N. w. Complete Plans for $780,
100000 Station.

Chicago.-The Chicago & North
western railway has completed the
plans for its New Madison street pas
senger terminal, which will cost when
completed in the neighborhood of
$20,000, 900, and which will include
facilities for handling over a quarter
of a million passengers every TWEEN
ty-four hours. This station will sur
pass every railroad terminal in the
United States, it is said, except the
South Station in Boston
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
Suit for Life Insurance of Brame.

Judge Lex BraLle, of Jackson, un-
Gle of Lex Brame, Jr., who mysteri-
ously disappeared in Vicksburg last
August from the ilUtel Carroll, makes
the announcement that he will at
once take legal steps to secure the
life insurance of Lex Brame. Jr This
step is taken upon the firm conviction
that the young lawyer was murdered,
and his body has been successfully
disposed of, the assumption being
placed upon the material circum-
stances which have developed during
the intervening period since the dis
appearance.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
$40 DEAD IN SIX MONTHS.
Russia Condemns Average of Five
Each Day.

st. Petersburg. g.-The Reich has
published statistics of the number of
persons who have been condemned
to death between January 1 and July
l of the Russian calendar. The total
of condemnatlons is SIS, an average
of FIVE day. 1t is not known for
what crimes these sentences. were
passed. but the majority probably
were for murder or robbery
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
Two National Banks Consolidated.

In HattiesbLrg the First National
Bank and the National Bank of Com
merce, two of the strongest banking
institutions in South Mississippi, were
consolidated b ypermission of the
Comptroller OF the Currency. The
consolidated bank will be known as
the First National Bank of Com
merce and will have a paid up capital
of S425,000, with surplus and other
resources aggregating more than
half a million.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13
After Unlicensed Physicians.

DR.. S. H. Mclean, Secretary of the
State Board of Health, is getting
ready to go after unlicensed medi-
cal practitioners, of which clss he
has reliable information there are
numbers who have made and are still
making it practice to do wild cat
business in the state. In order to
call public as well as official atten-
tion to the subject, the Secretary has
prepared and sent out circular let
ter to each county health officer.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1908-08-13

DR.. ]. S. Buckley, Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, who has spent
the past week in Calcasieu studying
the oharbon epidemic and giving the
farmers advice as to the best meth
ods of combating it, left to visit
Alexandria, another point in the dis
trict from which losses from char
bon have been reported. DR.. Buck
ley was sent at the instance of Con-
gresham A. - Pujo, who learned
the State Board of Agriculture WAS
not in a position to aid the farress
in wardfng of this dangerous cpl
demic
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