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The Newtown bee., 1908-10-30
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NFWSY NOTES.

The Harvest Home sociable and supper, held Saturday evening, October "A, was well. attended; S25 dollars was cleared.
 Miss Flora Jones entertained her friend, Miss Grace Osborne, over Sun- day.
 Miss Rachel Wilcoxson was the guest of Miss Dorothy Mallett, over Sunday.
 Miss Evelyn Seeley, who had an op- eration for throat trouble, last week, is recovering.
 Mrs M. Burr of Weston has visited at Mrs ]. A. Treadwell.s.
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-30

pairs for all kinds of machines on hand
 E. R. Roswell spent several days in
 Newtown, last week, the guest of Mi and MT George R. Wilson.
 W. W. Golfer and family of Ansonia were guests, Sunday, of Lucis c. Mich. ols.
 Rev and Mrs E. II. Millineaux, who has been with Mrs D. J. Walters, left, last week, for Huntington.
 Mrs Frederick Schaffer and two daughters, Misses Ida and Edith Schaff- CT, and Miss Bertha Hit. all of New York, were guests, last week, of Mir and Mrs B. L. Hit.
 Sidney Nichols is quite poorly and under the care of Dr Roberts of Bridge port.
 Charles W. Fairchild attended the auto races on Long Island for the Van derbilt cup, last Saturday.
 Work on the new house of Mir and Mrs Frank Beers of Bridgeport is now being rapidly pushed by Contractor Stewart of Bridgeport and is now ready for the plasterers. They hope to occupy it by December l.
 Morris Brothers have bought tract of land just north of Harry B. Mau- rer's and it is reported are to build a bungalow on it, this fall.
 HDavid N. Plumb, who has been criti- cally ill at the Bridgeport hospital for several weeks, is now gaining nicely.
 Harry B. Maurer is to erect new stock barn, 76 X 36, with 16-foot posts, at his place and will also erect large silo at his new barn. When the barn is all completed he will have one of the best up-to-date stock barns in this To- cality.
 Frank Couch has taken govern ment position in Washington, D. C., and will move his family there about November 1. MT and Mrs Couch have made many friends here who regret very much they are to locate else- where.
 c. E. Bilton has purchased the late William Pierson place and will move there as soon as it is vacated by Frank sJOuCu anu 1oHlly.
 Friends of Sidney w. Nichols are pleased to hear that he is improving in health.
 Mrs A. E. Platt and son have re- gently visited her parents, MT and Mrs c. J. Thorp.
 Mrs LeGrand Olmstead and children spent last Thursday with Mrs o. B. Plumb.
 A pleasant musical was given recent ly by the Ladies' Guild of the Trinity church at the home of Mrs Hope. Nearly all who took part in the enter tainment were Mehodists. Cake and cream were afterwards served.
 MT Morris and MT Tanning of the East End, Bridgeport, were guests in town on Thursday.
 Miss Flora Smith is having delight full time in Lee, Mass, nd other towns in Massachusetts. Mrs Clarence Goodyear, Mrs Lester Shelton and Mrs James Durwood were shopping in Bridgeport, Friday. Mir and Mrs Dibble were week end guests of Charles Thorp. l! Stanley Macdonald was a guest of his parents on Sunday. Arthur J. s. Silliman and family . came up in their new auto and were guests in town on Saturday. .. :. The Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist church are to give Hol- lowe'en social on the 3lst. All are re- quesed to bring sheet.
 Rufus Owens and family of Lime Rock have been spending week here as the guests of MT and Mrs P. Owens.
 Miss Emma Wilson of Newtown has been the guest, the past week of Mir and Mrs E. Roswell.
 Oscar B. Plumb has improved his house by having it newly painted.
 The Bee representative was kindly entertained at dinner, last Friday, at Lucius Nichols.
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-30
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LOCAL JOTTINGS.

Mrs Mary Clark is guest of Mrs Frank Carlson, this week.
 A number from here attended the funeral of John Ford in New Milford, last week Saturday. .
 The people of this place were great ly shocked, Thursday evening of last week, to hear of the death of John Ford, formerly of this place. He mov- ed to New Milford about two years ago.
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-30
A REAL ESTATE SALE.

Robert Morris, a lawyer from Phil adelphia, Pa, has bought 10 acres of land of H. c. Udall and work has been started for the foundation fora house. Plans are being perfected for a Broom house, which will be built as soon as possible.
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-30
M. L. CURTIS INJURED.

While Maurice L. Curtis was riding his motor cycle, Saturday morning, a part of the machine broke and threw him to the ground. He was picked up unconscious and taken into the res- idence of Mrs Burr Curtis until doc tor arrived and dressed his injuries. He is resting comfortably at home and will be able to go to the store in a few days.
The Newtown bee., 1908-10-30
NEWS AS THE BEES SCRIBE
 EINnC TIT

s. B. Fairchild & Son unloaded a car of cottonseed meal at the Trumbull station, last Friday.
 The Nichols Auto Company have the new garage nearly completed and are now ready to repair autos for all who
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-07-10
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION
SOCIALIST PARTY.

For Governor representing the Socialisi
PARTY,
WA T.. CARVER
u' CHIT. ,hn.
ru IIrutruuur-Goyrruor representing
tn" Su.IlIst PARTY.
T.. f. SARGENT.
ui Springfield
For Secretary of state representing the
Socialist Party.
FRANK BAKER.
of Poplar E'vn
For State Auditor r"ur"-"utng the So
cillist Party.
FRANK FOSTER,
of Hannibal.
For State Treasurer rpNrcScuting the So
cinlist Party.
CITY l.. ETnERTON,
of Kansas City.
For Attorney General representing the
Socialist Party:
JOHN +. WILLIAMS.
Of West Plains.
For Railroad aud Warehouse Commits
sioncr representing the Socialist Party:
4. S. HARNSLEN.
ut Monet
For Judg" Of the supreme Court repre-
s"uting tn" Socialist Party:
l., G. Pope,
OF St Louis
For Judge ~ St Louis Court Of Appeals
representing the Socialist Party:
OTTO vIERLING.
~ St Louis.
For Representative In the Legislature
representing the Socialist Party:
q. ". O'DAM,
uf Flat River
For Judge County Court representing the
Socialist Party: First District.
OF DrlHssus.
For Prosecuting Attorney representing
the Socialist Party.
l.. FELTH.
~ Flat River
For Sheriff representing the Socialist
Party.
e. BEENECKE,
nf Doe Run
For Assessor representing the Socialist
T.. A. Hl'FFER
~ beslUgc
For Treasurer representing the Socialist
Party.
WA CRAMP.
NJ Bonnie Trrro.
For Surveyor representing the Socialist
Party.
EDWARD RANDOLPH.
"f Dcslugc.
For Public Administrator representing
th" Socialist Party
WILLIAM y DAVIDSON.
OF EIyIus
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-07-10

An automobile club OF st. Louis
has been taking runs to DeSoto, n
distance of "a miles, and 1t is made
in three hours.
The ladies of the Baptist church
at Jackson made 500 at their sweet
pea festival last week.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-07-10
STATE of MISSOURI.
col NTI OF 81. FRANCOIS,

STATE OF MISSOURI.
COUNTY or 81. Francois
|. J. A. Lawrence. Clerk Of the County
Court within and for the County OF St
Francois, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is true and cor
rect list containing the name and post
Office address OF each candidate. togeth.
er with a designation OF the office for
which he is n candidate, the party or
principle he represents. and the hours
during which the polls will be open.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, / here
unto set my hand and af,ix the seal OF
the County Court. Done at Office in
Pennington, this 18th day of June,
tSEAI) 1905.
J. a. LAWRENCE,
County Clerk.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-07-10

Dunklin county melons will he
ready for shipment about the 18th
or 10th, but the acreage Is smaller
than usual.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-07-10

Du Bart League Of DeSoto was
playing hide and seek with some
pluymates last week and concluded
to hide in tree When - feet up
the limb broke and he fell. He
struck limb in his descent and
then "A paling % the fence and fell
on his head No bones were broken
but his head is badly swollen from
the hard fall
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-07-10
Bogus Reform.

ON" of the chief clauses of the
railroad rat" law passed by the
tifty-ninth Congress was the "com-
modify clause" which went into
effect on May ! Of this year
There has evidently been collision
between President Roosevelt, his
attorney general and the Interstate
commerce commission to nullify the
clause by refusing to prosecute
those railroads which are openly
.diSnb"ying the law.
The provision that railroads after
May ! could not, without being law
breakers, own or sell commodities
which they controlled, was intended
especially to cover the mining and
selling of coal by the so-called coal
roads. That provision was added to
the law in Difference to the united
public opinion that for the railroads
to own and also transport coal was
"A monopoly that was undesirable
and added greatly to the cost Of coal
to the people.
When the law was under cOnsid-
Grafton by Congress, President
Roosevelt and majority Of the
Republicans in Congress were in
Sistent that the commodity clause
should be added to the law. But the
law is Il dead letter, and has been null
flied by the executive officers of the
government refusing To enforce it,
Vet the Republicans claim to be re-
formers. Kansas city Post.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-07-10

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DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

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pf columbia.
WALTER \ NELLY.
of 81 Louis
WILLIAM II I.EAIENBY,
Of LriIauN.
WILLIAM j. FAINTER,
~ tNrruilt0n.
II J. SIMMONS
of clarence
kRTUIrR ] TI'BBS
Of st Louis
Foi Secretary ~ stat" representing the
Democratic Party
MICHAEL Is MrGRATH.
Of St Louis.
CORNELIUS ROACH,
Of Carthage.
J. OF Sh''' N"'''"' rep l'0'h'ihk the l'i""-
ri"u" f"rty
JOHN T.. BRADLEY,
~ I'"sl"rc.
BERNARD pIERKES.
~ St Louis.
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~ Lexington
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ui Clinton
RICHARD l. HALL.
uf Springfield.
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uf Hannibal
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OF kirkwn"d
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~ Milan
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-28

wife and four children to mourn his loss. Mrs. H. l.. McWhorter, W. c. Taylor, Jr., and Cleve Taylor of Bessemer, and will Taylor of Kansas. The Rev. Mr. Morris will conduct the services at the resi- dence tomorrow at 1 o'clock after which the Masons will take charge 1nterment will take place at Cedar Hill. with Ja- cobs X Son in charge. The prayer service for young men in schools, colleges and seminaries. under the direction of the general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church, was observed at the First Presbyterian church last night, the pastor. Rev. R. C. Gilmore, giving an interesting talk on young men and their work in the schools of the church.
 Mir. H. G. Brown and family have taken the Forest cottage on Fifth avenue.
 Miss Annie Belle Sikes of Philadelphia, Miss, who has been visiting her cousin, J. s. Sikes, on Seventeenth street, has been quite i'll for the past week of an attack of grip. Mrs. J. s. Sikes has been i'll of the same malady, but both are improving.
 number of Bessemer citizens at tended the Jefferson theatre last night to enjoy the Ham Tree" All were delight ed with the performance.
 G. M Loveioy is at home after a trip to Montgomery in the interest of his school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-28
IN THE BIRMINGHAM
 REAL ESTATE MARKET

Deeds of conveyance were filed in the office of the probate court yesterday in the following transactions In real estate in which amounts of 5000 or more were involved:
 s3100- Robert w. Newman and wife to Raymond B. Davis, lot in block 2, as shown on the map of the survey of Wares addition to Birmingham, the said property being situated near the northeast corner of Fifteenth street and OBrien avenue, measuring S5x125 feet.
 SIS 250-William M. Martin to A. L. Ty- son, an undivided half interest in the west half of lot Is in block 99, Birmng ham, al shown on the map of the survey of the Elyton Land company.
 s1100-Princeton Land company to Will liam Moore and wife, lots Il to B, inclu- sive, in block 50, as shown on tne map of the Princeton Land company's sur- vey
 s32O0-Lillian A. Jones and Sid B. Jones to A. G. Smith, lot 10 in block 720 Bir- mingham. shown on the map of the survey of the Elyton Land company, tue said property being situated near the northeast corner of Hickory and Cypress streets, measuring 50x165 feet
 s15O0-J. w. Miller to James shannon. lot 40 in block 260, as shown on the map of the survey of the Bessemer Land and Improvement company.
 $2250-Bessie P. Slater and husband 10 Sarah M. Day, part of lots and in block 643, Birmingham, as shown on the map of the survey of the Elyton Land company. the said property being situated near the northeast corner of Eleventh all ley and Thirty-first street, north, front ing 60 feet on the east line of Thirty-fr street and extending back 190 feet to an alley,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-28
CITY'S DEMAND TO
 THE SUPREME COURT
BOARD OF REVENUE ALLOWS ClTYS CLAIM OF $15,0oo, BUT TREASURER MILLER REFUSES TO PAY.

The Board of Revenue yesterday passed the claim of the city of Birmingham for it's share in the road and bridge tax over the head of, Auditor Morris, and again allowed a draft of s15,OOO to the credit of the city of Birmingham.
 However. when Mayor Ward presented 1t to Treasurer Miller he refused to honor it. Hence the city of Birmingham is pre- pairing to mandamus the treasurer and hopes in this way to get possession of the money. If Birmingham wins out. all the municipalities in the county will get their share of the tax.
 When asked about the matter yesterday Mayor Ward said:
 There is no friction between the city and the Board of Revenue. The board recognizes that the law compels the city of Birmingham to make a demand for the money. and it recognizes that while the members of tffe-.Board of Revenue have various views personally as to the consti- nationality of the law, they were advised by their attorney that on the face of the act it was their duty to make payment.
 Treasurer Miller in refusing to pay is not deciding the case on its merits, but it requires legal procedure as protection against a law that Is more or less in dis pute.
 "The attorney for the city and the at torney for MT. Miller will agree on plans for mandamus, and expedite tue case to the supreme court in time for an Apru decision"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-28
DENTISTS. COMING
 IN FULL FORGE
SOUTHERN coNvENTIoN WILL AS SEMBLE IN BIRMINGHAM MAY 1o-WILL BRING HUNDREDS OF PROFESSIONAL MEN TO CITY.

Probably the largest meeting of profes- sional men ever beld in Birmingham will be called to. ordeI at the city hall on May 10. The southern branch of the National Denfal association will meet in Birmingham on that date Never before has national organization of any branch of the medical profession met in this city.
 The attendance will come from every state south of the Mason and Dixon line. The local association, one of the strong est in the south, is preparing for an elaborate entertainment. Dr. J. B. Luckie has been appointed chairman of the ar- rangement committee, and the whole as- sociation will act as the reception com 'mittee.
 Dr. A. R. Melandy of Knoxville, presl- dent of the association, was in Bir- mingham last week, and conferred with the dentists here. Dr. Hall of North Bir- mingham Is the only local officer of the association, he being a member of the board of directors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-28
Refuses To Pay.

E A. Little of this city has been called upon by Tax Collector Houston to come up and pay s3 for street tax or else work notice reads as follows: You are hereby summoned to meet at the city hall on March 7 at o'clock a. m, with pick, shovel or ax to work the streets of the city for the year 1908. If you desire you may pay sS into the city treasury within 10 days from date in lieu of five days work required by law. If not paid you will be arrested. J. B. Houston, street tax collector"
 Everyone knows that Uncle Alex knows he has the goods with which to dig up and he has never been known to turn down good bill, still he admits that this is one too much and while he is not very busy just at present, he is too busy try ing to sell furniture to give much of his time to the city.
 He is great on charity work and can always be depended upon to hold up his end of the line when any charitable work Is to be done. When he starts he works hard and always gets results. He stated that he could not figure 1t out why he should be compelled to contribute to the city just at the present time inasmuch as they had just sold some bonds and were in pretty good fix.
 The fact that MT. Little Is just AT years of age possibly escaped the notice of the valient tax collector. According to the state law, after a man has passed the age of 45 he is not subject to a street tax.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-28
Arrested Second Time.

Charles Baranco, an Italian fruit-stand man, was arrested yesterday, charged with violating the prohibition law. This is the second time that this man has been arrested within a week The first time he was taken into custody he was fined $S7.5O and costs and sentenced to serve 1S0 days in jail by Mayor Rush. An appeal was taken and he made bond and was released. Right on top of that he got in bad again, and this time it is believed that he will be strictly up against it.
 It appears that when he was first brought up for trial he was very innperti- nent and made some remark about not paying the fine. This was after the mayor had given him the 1SO days and told him that he supposed that might help some. Baranco was caught with the goods, or at least he was caught red-handed in the act of selling whisky. The second case will come up tomorrow morning and it is sup posed that when Mayor Rush, gets through with Charles he will have enough to hold him for awhile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-28
Personal and General.

The musical extravaganza given at the new Imperial theatre this evening, un- der the direction of Mrs. Annie Glen Grove. was one of the events of the sea- son in amateur circles. Most of those who took part are pupils of Mrs. Grove, and they proved, by the way in which they handled the parts assigned to them. that they had been well trained. The musical numbers by Miss Genie Gilbert and Miss Jenkins were especially good, and there were a number of others who contributed much to the success of the entertainment. The show was presented to standing room.
 Smith Eidge and Ed Haines will leave this evening for Mobile. and will be there for Mardi Gras. MT Eidge will be joined by Mrs. Eidge and Miss Genie Gilbert Sunday.
 w, c. Taylor, aged 57, died this morn ing lat his home on Thirteenth avenue an{ Nineteenth street. after an illness la fling for over a year. He leaves a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-28
ENGINEER ROCKETT
 COMMITS SUICIDE
We'll Known Man Ends Life At
 EeSSemer
BLIND TIGER PERSISTENT
Italian Arrested for Second Offense While Out on Bond for First. Personal and General News
 of Bessemer.

Bessemer February 27.-(speciaI )-H. B. Rockett. a locomotive engineer, well known in this city, committed suicide about o'clock this morning by shooting himself with a pistol At the time of his death Mir Roekett was staying at tie house of his sister, Mrs. Buleah Lacy on Dartmouth avenue and Twentieth street
 Mr Rockett had been in Mobile for some time, btu came to this city on Mon day evening and went to the home of his sister The different members of the family have noticed for the past few days that he seemed to be horribly depressed, but they did not dream that he contem- plated any such step as he took.
 That the dead man had fully made up his mind to end all of his troubles at once was testified to by the fact that he stated in one of his notes that he had tried the laudanum route, but finding that that method would not do tho work he had decided to use a pistol. That he used the weapon to good effect was shown by the fact that blood and brains were scattered all over the room in which he slept
 He left several notes to members of his family and in addition he left some money to several of his children. One envelope contained s10O and another con tained a like amount, each .one addressed to one of his children. Something over slOO was also found in one of his pockets. MT. Rockett wrote several telegrams, among them being one to his son in New Orleans, in which it was stated that II. B. Rocket was dead, and for him to come to the funeral. MT. Rocket had been married twice He was divorced from his first wife several years ago and married again shortly after.
 He had two children by his first mar riage and two by his second.
 MT. Rockets death is a very sad one, and that he elected to end his life in that manner was a great surprise and shock to his many friends. Those who have been associated with him during the past year state that in the last year or two ne has not been the same man that he used to be- He appeared to be breeding over some trouble, and some people attribute this to the fact that his domestic life had not always been happy one
 Coroner Paris came down this morning from Birmingham and he decided that death was self-infiicted. Permission was given for the removal of the body, and 1t was taken to the undertaking establish ment of Moore Bros, where it has been prepared for burial. The funeral services will be held at the house of his sister, Mrs. Buleah Lacy, at 1.50 o'clock, and the interment will takep lace at Union cemetery at 2:30 o'clock