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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-01-23

We have examined I34 wit
nesses from different sections of
the county, found 20 true bills
ignored II, referred one to the
next Grand Jury and one to the
Justice of the Peace. We have
carefully examined the books of
all the county officers (by commit
tees) and, to the best Of our abili-
ty, pronounce them correct.
We inspected the county con-
vict farm and are pleased to report
that the convicts are we'll cared for
and humanely treated. We ex-
amined the county jail and found
the conditions satisfactory. In
our examination of the county
poor house we regret to report an
insuficiency OF bedding and FIRE
wood. The inmates seem to have
plenty of substantial food.
Having no further business be-
fore us, we wish to extend our
thanks to our distinguished Judge
and efficient District Attorney, and
also to the other officers of the
court for their many courtesies,
and now ask to be finally dis
charged.
Respectfully submitted
T. B. MAGRUDER, Foreman.
The Reveille was requested to
publish the following
We the Grand Jury enpannelled
at January term, extend our thanks
to our foreman, Mr.. T. B. Magru-
der, and all county officers, for
their many kindnesses and cour-
tesies to us during our session.
LEE HAMILTON,
R. R. BEARDEN,
M. GILSTON
]. R. BUTLER,
M. HUTCHINS,
G. D.CHUNN,
F. P. MILLSAPS.
Committee.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-01-23
Cures ChiIIs.

The par-excellence of all Chill Cures
the veritable leader Of alt remedies for the
cure of chills, fevers, ague and all malarial
troubles, is DR.. Motifs Delta Chill Cure. II
is scientifically compounded from the form
ula of an eminent physician who was sue
cessful with his choice remedy in curing the
above diseases. If you need irstclass, re-
liable and thoroughly endorsed chill cure,
the kind that is harmless and cures after all
else fails, try DR.. Motifs Delta Chill Cure.
Druggists sell it at so cents per bottle.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-01-23
WHY

should your baby suffer? When he is fret
full and restless, don't experiment on him
and use any old thing your neighbor rec
ommends. Buy bottle of Whites Cream
Yermifuge, greatest known worm medicine
and cure for all childrens diseases. 1t is
mild in its action, builds up the system,
makes thin puny babies fat.
Mrs, 7. c. Smith, Tampa Fla, writes
my baby was thin and sickly, could not
retain its food and cried all night. used
one bottle of White Scream Vermifuge and
in few days baby was laughing, happy and
we'll Sold by Pope Drug Co.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-01-23
THE BOIL WEEVIL.
Suggestions Given by the Govern
ment on the Subject.

A few words relative&to the Dol
weevil, its invasion of Mississippi
and the most practical method o.
combating if may be of interest tC
the readers of the county. 1t may
be argued that the weevil is mo-
here yet. put it is surely coming
and in time of peace it is we'll tC
prepare for war. This pest is ma
tive to Mexico and first crossed ii
to Texas at Brownsville about II
years ago. Since that time it ha:
gradually but surely advanced east
ward until last fall it was for first
time discovered deast of the Mis-
sissippi river. Within three or four
years it is puite probable that the
whole State will be infested, and
within ten or twelve years the Ell
tire South.
1t is not our purpose to exagger-
ate nor to minimize the seriousness
of this invasion. We only hope that
our farmers and business men will
see clearly the situation as it really
exists, and neither become pauic.
stricken on the one hand nor over
optimistic on the other.
The situation is certainly one oi
the most serious that has ever con.
fronted the Southern cotton grow
er. Almost without exception the
advance of the pest through Texas
and Louisiana has been accompani-
ed by greatly curtailed yields, a
temporary depreciation of land val
ues, and a period of business de-
preston; and I see no reason to
doubt that Mississippi will for a
time suffer the same effects.
But it may be urged that Texas is
today making as much cotton as
she ever did, and last year even
made the biggest crop i'll her his
tory. This is all quite true, and
FIVE years after the weevil has COW
cred the State, Mississippi will
be doing the same thing.
But this is no reason why every
farmer in the State should not
study the problem and be prepared
for 1t when the time comes. The
whole problem resolves itself into
the seemingly simple one of grow
ling cotton despite the presence of
the weevil in every field in the
State. This is the problem we
must meet. However, thanks tc
the work of the experts Of the De-
partment of Agriculture in Texas
1.-THE problem is already solved, aud
we have only to apply the remedy.
This remedy, as worked out ir
Texas, is known as the cultural
method, and has been universally
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-01-23
FOR SALE
Fruit Trees and Rose Plants

l am prepared to supply your
wants with frst-class fruit trees
and rose plants true to name.
Prices as low as good stock can be
grown.
It is well known fscEIthat ali
varieties of fruit trees do not grow
and succeed o. eur sill. Their, :
fore buy your trees that have bet !
Il. roughly accliinl;ed aad tested.
Do cot send your money to other
states when you can get better
stock at home. Place your orders
for this fall with
r. w BRUCE,
Nurst ryman and Beel; ser,
Port Gibson, Miss.
Ph,.uc 1854
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-01-23

Rain or. shine. the great two
weeks Cash Money Saving Sale
will begin Saturday, January 25th,
at 9 M. Heidenreich Bros.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1908-01-23
CIRCUIT COURT.
Twenty Years for T1anny Scott.
Other Penitentiary Sentences.

twenty years IOr nanny SCOLt
Other Penitentiary Sentences.
State VS. Rowland Smith: Con
tinued.
State VS. Grif. Donohue, unlaw
lawful retailing: Verdict of no
guilty.
State VS. J. P. Sherrod, forgery
Jury failed to agree, and mistria
entered.
State VS. Richard Sims, carrying
concealed weapons: Plea of no
guilty, and case continued.
State VS. Will Haywood: Con
tinued.
State VS. Arch Bobo: Continued.
State VS. Geo. Bennett: Nolle
pros.
State VS. Frank Washington, FIVE
cases: Continued.
State VS. Geo. limerick, unlawful
cohabitation: Plea of guilty and
fined $Ioo and sentenced to three
months on the county farm.
State VS. Josh Patterson: Con-
tinued.
State VS. R. A. Thompson, two
cases: Continued.
State VS. R. A. Thompson, un-
lawful retailing: Verdict of not
guilty.
State VS. Ray Hilbern, robbery:
Verdict of guilty.
State VS. George Royal: Con-
tinued. ~s
State VS. Robert Washington,
unlawful retailing Plea of not
guilty and case continued.
State VS. Alfred Frazier: Con-
tinued.
State VS. Rosa Henderson: Mole
pros.
State VS. Ben Hines: Continued.
State VS. Tim Shanks: Motion
for new trial overruled.
State VS. Robert Moseley: Mo
ton for new trial overruled, and
defendant granted bond in sum of
$500.
State VS. John Scott, Jr.; Motion
for new trial overruled.
State VS. VIM. Douglass; Motion
for new trial overruled.
Stephen Shields VS. JOS. Eddin-
berg: Dismissed at cost of plaintiff.
State VS. T. D. Willis; Dismiss
ed.
State VS. w. H. Benton: Dis
missed.
State VS. M. F. Mitchell: Dis
missed.
State vs-C NJ Whitaker: For
feiture of bond set aside and new
bond fixed at $3.50.
State VS. Ray Kilbern: Motion
for new trials overruled.
State VS. Henry Truitt; Continu-
ed.
Town of Port Gibson VS. Joe
Breckenridge: Vagrancy, sentenc-
ed to 80 days on county farm.
Town of Port Gibson VS. Robert
Moseley: Unlawful retailing, sent.
enced to 90 days on county farm
and to pay fine of $50.
State VS. VIM Douglass, assault
to kill Sentenced to serve two
years in the penitentiary.
State VS. John Scott, Jr., man
slaughter: Sentenced to serve
term of 20 years in penitentiary.
State VS. Tim Shanks, larceny
Sentenced to serve a term of two
years in the penitentiary.
State VS. Wyatt Davis, forgery :;
Sentenced to serve a term of two
years in the penitentiary.
State VS. Ray Hilbern, robbery :;
Sentenced to serve term of two
years in the penitentiary.
Ordered that A. K. Brashear,
late circuit clerk, be allowed $Io9|
for services during past six months.
Ordered that T. M. DeLoache be.
allowed 500 for services as court
stenographer.
Ordered that S. H. Bagnell, late.
sheriff, be allowed $Ioo for services.
Ordered that S. H. Bagnell,
clerk be allowed S72, for self and
deputies.
Ordered that B. H. Morehead be
allowed S270, this term of court.
The grandy jury's report was as
follows:
Port Gibson, Miss, Jan. IA, 1908.
Tso the Hon Toln M. Bush, Judge
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23
QUARANTINE.
Regulations Under the New Law.

Under the new quarantine law
now in effect in Pennsylvania, red
cards will be put up at houses
where diphtheria. scarlet fever and
measles exist, and the period of
quarantine will be longer than for
merly. For chicken pox, mumps
and whooping cough white cards
are to be put up by the health au-
thorities. Typhoid fever will also
be placarded with a white card.
The time of quarantine in cases of
diphtheria is now twenty-one days
and thirty days exclusion from
school after illness or a total of fif-
ty-one days. Heretofore the period
of quarantine was Two weeks where
anti-toXin was used and three
weeks where it was not applied,
with ten days out of school after
recovery. The time of quarantine
i'll cases of scarlet fever is forty-two
days and thirty-two days absence
from school after recovery, total
of seventy-two days. Under the
old rules the quarantine remained
effective thirty days. When chill
dren of family where contagiou
breaks out are taken to the homes
of near relatives so as not to be ex-
posed to the disease of the person
i'll the places where they remain
must be placarded for fourteen days
and the children kept out of school
fourteen days. Formerly no cards
were put up aud the children were
permitted to go to school in about
ten days if they presented a certii
cate from the family physician that
the time for the development of the
contagion had expired.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23
Nearly 1900 Died With Measles.

Measles killed I,463 persons in
Pennsylvania during the year 1907.
according to the records kept by
the bureau of vital statistics of the
State department of health. Of
these I,24o were under five years
of age.
During the month of December
alone in this past year there were
reported to the State department of
health 2,3o7 cases of this disease
which annually kills about two and
one-half times more children than
scarlet fever and yet continues to
be regarded by so many people
with comparatively little concern.
How to make the public apprs-
ciate the really serious danger OF
measles and get them to observe
precautions to prevent the spread
of the disease is about the hardest
problem in educational sanitary
work that l have encountered, "
said State Health Commissioner
Dixon recently.
IA scarlet fever case in neigh
borhood seems to strike terror to
every mothers heart. If quaran-
tine regulations are broken by the
members of the infected household
our health officers receive immedt-
ate complaints from other parents
in the vicinity who are fearful that
the disease may be transmitted to
their own little ones. This is nat
ural and right, for scarlet fever is
dangerous disease. But if we could
get mothers to be equally concern
ed in keeping their children from
the infection of measles we might
save many a home from the sorrow
of an infant grave.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23
BROTHERS DIE SAME DAY.

Orange S. Brown. proprietor OF
the Williamsport Gazette and BsI-
letin, and postmaster of that city,
died there in a hospital on Tuesday
morning. He had been in i'll health
for several years. He was one of
the most prominent and substantial
citizens of Williamsport and will be
greatly missed.
The deceased was a brother of
Mrs. II. II. Grotz of this town,
and was unmarried Mr.. and Mrs.
Grotz went to Williamsport on
Tuesday.
By strange coincidence another
brother, Alfred S. Brown, whose
home was in Wellsville, N. Y. died
on the same day, at nearly the same
time. Mrs Grotz was preparing to
leave for Wellsville on Tuesday,
when she heard of the death of her
ether brother at Williamsport.
Truly Affections never come singly.
Mrs. Grotz has the sympathy OF
her many friends in this double
visitation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23
LICENSE COURT.

The license court sat on Monday,
and all old licenses where no change
was made in the proprietor. were
granted, except that of Mrs. Sue
Gruver at Espy, which was held
under consideration. On motion of
William Chrisman, Esq, a hearing
was fixed for February 3rd.
The first case called was that of
William Derr asking for a hotel Ii
cense at Forks. Several witnesses
were called who testified to the
good character OF the applicant, and
the necessity for the house, and a
half dozen others said there was no
necessity for it.
The next cases heard were those
of A. M. Harvey for hotel at Jer-
seytown, Andrew Sedusky for
wholesale license at Aristes, Free
man Yeager for restaurant in Cen
tralia, new men for old houses.
The new cases were then heard,
and included the applications of o.
A. Bishop for hotel in Berwick; ;
Bloomsbury Brewing Co., whole
sale, in Bloomsbury; Berwick Brew
ing Co., wholesale, Berwick; Geo,
L. Clemens, restaurant. West Ber-
wick; Patrick Delaney, hotel, West
Berwick; Martin Gi.tosky, hotel,
West Berwick Jacob d. KEEPER,
hotel, West Berwick ; John J. Lee,
hotel, Bloomsbury, Main street at
B. & S. Railroad ; John Pavavsky,
hotel, Briarcreek township; Bartel
Brewing Co., wholesale, Blooms
burg H. B. Williams, hotel,
Briarcreek; Henry Schlonger,
hotel, West Berwick Henry
Schonberger, hotel, Briarcreek.
On Tuesday the following cases
were heard Joseph Samley, hotel,
West Berwick ; N. Saracino, hotel,
West Berwick ; w. D. Mausteller,
hotel, Pine township, an old stand.
The case of Geo. w. Wright, an
applicant for restaurant license in
the Bloomsbury Opera House
block, was next heard. NJ. Flaherty,
c. w. Brink, James Heddens, and
Geo. Hutchison testified as to the
necessity of the place and character
Of the applicant.
On Wednesday afternoon the
court disposed of all of these cases.
Seven new applications were
granted IS follows Henry
Schoenbelger, for hotel in Briar
Creek; George E. Clemens, for
restaurant in West Berwick; A. o.
Bishop, for hotel in Berwick; Nick
Caracino, for hotel in West Ber-
wick Bartel Brewing Company,
storage in Bloomsbury William
DeT, for hotel at Forks; John J.
Lee, for hotel in Bloomsbury, cor
ner Main street and B. and ).
All other applications for new
licenses were refused including the
Grand restaurant in the opera
house block.
All new applications for old
stands were granted.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23

Charles Battaglia, former hotel
proprietor, labor contractor and
perhaps the best known parsonage
in the foreign section of West Ber-
wick, spent Thursday night in the
West Berwick lookup after his
arrest on a charge brought by his
daughter Angelina Battaglia, who
claimed her father was abusing his
entire family and her in particular.
On Friday morning he gave bail
for his appearance at court.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23

Lafayette Greasy, an old and well
known resident of this county,
died at the home of his daughter in
Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday morn
ing, aged nearly 79 years. His
entire life was spent in this Icounty
mostly in Center township. Since
1So3 he had lived in Bloomsbury,
His wife and three children sur
vive him. The funeral will be held
on Friday, with burial at Willow
Grove. 4.-----
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23
A RETROSPECT.

Col. J. G.. Freeze, President of
the Columbia County Bar Associa-
ton, had been selected by the COM
mittee to act as toastmaster at the
first annual banquet of the bar,
held at the Central Hotel on De-
cember 3rst. Owing to the death
of Mrs. Freeze he was not present.
Before her illness he had prepared
some remarks for the occasion, and
the following extract is of such
historical interest that we have re-
quested it for publication:
1T is now nearly one hundred
years since the County of Columbia
was organized, having been cut off
from Northumberland county March
~, 1913. We were made a part of
the Middle district of the Suprem-
Court and part of the eighth Ju-
dicial District of the Common Pleas.
Hon. Seth Chapman was at that
time President Judge of the Dis
trict, and presided over our cour,s.
He was appointed from Bucks coun-
ty in 1911 and remained on the
bench until October 10, 1888. 1t
used to be said of the Judges in
those days, that few died, and none
resigned-but Judge Chapman did
resign. He remained in Northum-
berland and died there in 1888.
1t is needless to remark that none
of ~s ever saw Judge Chapman.
He was followed by Ellis Lewis,
who was later transferred to Ian
caster, was elected to the Supreme
Court and in regular order succeed
ed to the position of Chief Justice.
He was ten years on the bench of
Columbia county; and in my school
boy days at the Danville Academy,
saw him on the bench frequently;
and, with the exception of Judge
Donnel who died in 1874, saw and
knew and pr cticed before every
Judge from that time to the pres
en-. 1t is a list of distinguished
men, among whom were two who
reached the Supreme Bench, two
were in Congress, and one, Cover.
nor of the Commonwealth.
Dauville was made the county
seat at the organization of the
co.nty, and after a long struggle it
was changed to Bloomsbury in No
vember Io47, and the first court
was held here in January Is4s.
The old lawyers of Columbia
county residing at Danville were
Alem Marr, Robert c. Grier, Eb-
enezer Greenough, (for a short
time George A. Frick, Legrand
Bancroft, John Cooper, Joshua w.
Comfy and John G. Montgomery.
The first Associate Judges l ever
saw on the bench were William
Donaldson of Danville, and George
Mack of the upper end; they were
appointed in 1890, and were sue
ceeded by Samuel Oakes and Ste
phen Badly, and long list which
l need not enumerate nor name.
Jacob Eyerly was the first Pro-
thonotary l ever saw at the desk.
He served from January. 1880 to
January, 1896 by appointment, and
then by election from 1889 to 1868
consecutively, twenty-four years.
The first real live sheriff ] ever
saw, was John Fruit of Jerseytown,
commissioned October 80, 1870.
When l add to these few, but I
hope, interesting "reminiscences, the
fact, that on tine I9th of April,
1908, I will have been sixty years
at the bar, and that all except about
half q dozen of the gentlemen be-
fore me, were born since my ad-
mission; l need not add anything
further to the ancient history OF
the Bar of Columbia County"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23

At a meeting of the vestry of ST.
Pauls Church on Tuesday even
ing, the resignation of J. G. Wells
as secretary was accepted, and A.
w. Duy was elected in his stead
Mr.. Wells frequent absence from
town and inability to attend the
meetings was the reason for his de-
clining to serve longer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-01-23

The Car shops have an order for
so mine cars.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-11
BOGUS DOLLARS
IN CIRCULATION
CITY FLOODED WITH SPURIOUS
COIN AND MANY MERCHANTS
ARE "STUNG."
Look out for bugus dollars.

Look out for bugus dollars.
The city is being flooded with them
from some unknown source, and both
the police and the federal authorities
are on sharp lookout for any clue
that will throw light on the identity
OF the persons responsible for their
circulation. Several business men
have been caught on them and have
given their cashiers instruction to
scrutinize carefully every coin that
comes into their hands.
The town is full Of them" said a
Woodward-ave. business man, Tues
day. They are poor imitation. too.
and easy to distinguish in the light,
but in the dark they would readily
pass for dollar. / got stuck for
two OF them. that is, the cashier did,
but 1t won't happen again"
It was reported to the police. Tues
day morning, that a young man at
tempted to pass a spurious dollar on
the conductor of a Woodward-ave car.
He passed over the coin carelessly
and professed to be greatly surprised
when the conductor showed ii back at
him II was all the money he had
with him, he said, and he had Dor
rowed 1t from his roommate at that.
The conductor refused TO carry him
further without fare and the fellow
left the car.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-11
EDISON CD. To
DOUBLE PLANT

Twice its present capacity will be
had by the Detroit Edison Co. as soon
as 1t can complete the new electric
power plant which Is to be constructed
west Of Fort Wayne and adjoining the
present plant. The new plant Is to be
a duplicate OF the present one, with
every device and means of saving
labor and cost that invention has yet
produced, and its construction will be
started In less than month.
Foundations are already In for the
new buildings, but the building con-
tracts have been delayed on account
Of the falling market in structural
steel, the management wishing to take
advantage OF the lowest price. Two
million dollars will be the cost OF the
Detroit Improvement and 1t Is expect
ed that the North American Co., which
is the parent corporation Of the Edison
Co, will also spend a large sum In
developing the water power OF the
river between Ypsilanu and Ann Ar
Dor.
The present Edison Co. plant Is
barely adequate to the demands upon
1t through Detroit's rapid growth. With
the new 100000 addition, 1t Will be
adequate for years to come, however.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-11
LII Ck|NG MAY Be
CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR
WILLIAM c. MAYBURY PAYS FINE
TRIBUTE TO FORMER CON-
GRESHAM AND SAYS HE BE.
LiEvES HE COULD WIN.

There is a possibility that Alfred
Lucking may be persuaded by his
friends TO run as candidate for the
Democratic nomination for governor.
While less than three weeks remain
In which 10 get out nomination papers,
1t is believed that his great popularity
would insure prompt. signing Of suf-
ficient voters to put him in the field.
Nomination petitions are now out for
Lawton 7. Hemans so that is seems
certainty that the Mason man will
be u candidate In the primary
William c. Maybury, who has been
urged to run for governor again but
has steadily refused, regards Lucking
as the best man to select.
II relieve that the Democracy of
Michigan have an excellent opportu-
bury. I'm spite of the fact that it is
a presidential year. believe the com.
mon sense of our people will show
itself In an independence in voting
that will serve as a rebuke to the
present administration of state af-
fairs.
THE ideal man for the place would
be Alfred Lucking. Wayne county Is
the place from which the Democracy
might well pick its candidate. and
IL could choose no man better equip.
ped by nature and training for that
high position than the former con.
gresham from the First district
"Mr. Lucking made a wonderful
record in congress. When / was in
Washington, John Sharp Williams,
the minority leader, told me that he
considered Lucking one of the five
leading men of the house. That he
could show his worth so soon speaks
loudly for him. II is the custom in
congress for first termers to be silent
and remain in the rear. They are not
even heard. usually.
But Lucking had the power and
ability to break away from that rule,
to make himself felt as a factor In
legislation In spite OF his having but
newly come into the halls OF congress.
He is a man OF fairness and of exec
utive ability.
"A term as governor would round
out his career as public man in
just the proper way"
+. F. Ingram is also considered as
a possibility for governor. He made
good record in the constitutional
convention and his stand in favor of
the initiative and referendum won
him friends all through the state. He
Is taking An active part just now IN
opposing the proposed increase in
freight rates and striving to force a
cut in the excess baggage tariff.