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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09
THE EMIGRATION QUESTION

Final Settlement Delayed by Minor
Differences Over Statistics.
TOXIC. Feb. s.-The delay in reaching
final settlement of the emigration ques-
ton between Japan and the United States
is due to difference between the two
governments concerning statistics and
minor details, This investigation has
caused ten days delay in the negotiations.
The foreign office has pointed out, how
ever. that while It doubtless would be
gratifying to be able to write tinis to the
veNatious problem. 1t believes best to
clear up the statistics. In the meanwhile
no passports will be issued to laborers.
The fact that emigration is completely
stopped removes an element of danger.
The foreign office is confident of satls-
factory outcome of the question:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09

and Won Will greatly OblfEe both my
friends aud myself. Thanking you for
this courtesy"
Mrs, Lakes Statement.
When seen last night by a represen-
.tative of The Times-Dispat tch, Mrs.
Lake vehemently asserted that the first
account of the affair was true.
..What you printed was absolutely
correct,' she said. ".Babe' Nuckols
came here aud forced my niece to go
with him. He threatened her life antl
he threatened mine. Miss Mantle tells
me that lie showed II revolver into her
face. When they We're inside getting
together my niece's wraps Miss Mnntl0,
who was standing on my porch. warned
me not to come In, and Corrie called
from Inside, 'Oh, Aunt Mnry, be careful,
please don't come iu. And l didn't gu
iu,' she added, with rather amusing
cnrncstness. "Nhen on Thursday night
Corrie ram UP to my room ana told me
Tint Babe had threatened her life, and
that he had forcihly made her swear
that she would marry him, she was
wrinsing her hands aud trembling In
every limb. She was perfectly pale,
and very much frightened. i told her
~ 50
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09
AMERICANS ON "GoLD ROLL
Foreigners Now In to Remain, But No
| 3Es i New Ones,

Foreigners Now In to Remain, But No
New Ones.
WASHINGTON, d. G., February s.
Secretary Taft to-day ordered that
hereafter none but Americans shall he
put on the gold rolls of the lsthnian
Canal Commission, The effect Of this
order will be that skilled labor on the
isthmus hereafter will be American
citizens.
Such foreigners as may be among
those now so employed. and whose
tionalities, will not be disturbed. but
as fast as any vacancies accrue these
viii be filled by Americans. The order
is the outcome of representations made
to the Secretary by American machin-
lists who objected to the employment
at good salaries as machinsts of for
eigners.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09
SON OF GENERAL, FORREST
DIES FROM PARAIYTIC STROKE

MEMPHIS. TENN, February s.--Cap-
tain Wllliam ~ Forrest, son oftGeneral
Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Confed :
crate cavalry leader, who WAS recently
stricken with PARALYSIS White Witness
ing IA play, died to-day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09
WIRELESS AROUND WORLD

HesbuSc E1ther Went AcrOss Continent
or All Way Around.
WASHINGTON. Feb. s.-A remarkable
instance OF wireless telegraphc com
munication has been verified at the bu-
reau of equipment, navy department. "A
wireless station at Point Iona, near San
Diego. picked up the Connecticut, then
talking off the coast OF Cuba. took down
the message and also picked up mes
sage being sent from the wireless station
at Pensacola, Fla.
Experts are wondering whether the
message went across the continent or
in the other direction around the world.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09
Abram Brown, Of Halifax.
[speelal 10 Tna rines.plspatch. j
TO HONOR EsTEs's MEMORY
Monument to be Erected on AnnIyer.
sary OF Day He Wns Killed.
Special tn The Times-Dispatch.i
u 4 I.,cl


Especial tn The Times-Dispatch..
AMHERST, VA, February s.-April
20. 1908, is the day set by the Estes
memorial committee, of Lovingston, in
Nelson county, upon which to erect a
monument to Theodore Estes. 1t is the
first anniversary of the day upon
which this young man was shot by
Judge Loving. at Oak Ridge Station.
for alleged improper treatment of his
daughter Several hundred dollars
have been raised by this association
for the purpose of paying for the mon
ument. Miss Laura Dawson of LoYings-
ton. is the treasurer Of the Memorial
Association. and she publishes this
week an announcement of the date at
which the monument will be erected,
and announces that contributions will
be closed after March 22d.
The movement to erect this monu-
ment was started last year soon after
the acquittal of Judge Loving.
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From three witnesses, who declared,
moreover, that like statements could
be secured from others, If necessary.
comes complete verifcation of the
story printed in The Times-D!spatcn
yesterday morning in regard to the
abduction of Miss Cornelia Gertrude
Elue by Edgar Nuckols from the resi-
dence of Mrs. M. C. Lake, No. 22lS East
Grace Street, where the young lady,
now the wife of Nuckols. had made
her home for many months. In every
particular Mrs. Lake bears out The
ispatch account of the affair.
and her statement OF what occurred
Friday night is strengthened and sup
plemented by statements from Miss
Annie Mantle and Mr.. B. ii. Graves
both Of whom said: .'What was printed
in The Times Dispatch is exactly
right
BRIDES Statement.
The Times Dispatch has no desire
to exploit the affair further, and cheer
fully gives space to the following
delivered at this office
yesterday by Mr.. A. Fl. Nnckols. father
of Edgar Nuckols and signed by Miss
Elue. However, In view of the oracu
lar announcement of an afternoon
paper, Wild story has NO Founda-
ton" reporters of this paper made
a further and exhaustive inyestlgu-
ton yesterday, and secured perfectly
clear statements from several persons,
who were equally accessible to the re-
porters of the afternoon paper arore-
said, had they desired to verify instead
OF simply to discredit an article pub-
lislled in this paper The statement
signed by Miss Blue follows:
ut lN very humiliatinR to he com
peIlcd to see ones private affairs mn
radetl in the public press. ana espectnl-
lyso when the facts have not heen cor
recty reported. In view OF the state-
meats nli,de In the morning paper, l
feel called upOn to present To the pui,-
lie the facts ms they really were. i
have wanted TO marry Mr.. Nuckols fur
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09
Fire Mt staunton

Tspecial to The Times -Dispa,chJ
STAUNTON, VA. February S.-Ear,y
this morning the residence of Mrs. VIM.
r. Knowles was burned to the ground;
loss about $4,000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09
Cnpc Fear Lumber rlunt Burn.d.

WILMINGTON, N. O. February S.
The pant@nf the Cape Fear Lumber
Company was destroyed by fire to-
DAY, causing o. loss Of about 500, 900
gully covered by insurance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09

In response to an inquiry from The
Times Dispatch, Captain j. 3. Baylor
who maue the original survey now
commonly described by. his name. heart
ily indorses the legislation witch has
been proposed in the General Assembly
oil the oyster question, and which Is
being bitterly opposed by seyerai mem.
bers OF that body, including the repre-
sentatives of the tcngers who earn a
livelihood by gathering oysters within
the territory protected by the State.
This legislation proposes tnat land
within the survey p-oouces less than
S. a day for fifteen working days in
a total of thirty days pe ieased to
planters for the purpose of aiding
them to replenish their own "bottoma'
end thus build up again an industry
that is gradually but surely disap-
pearing. but that II effective action is
taken in time, can be Developed ,ptp
one of the most important in the entire
state.
What 1t All Mems.
The interest In the cyster question
now hefore the LesislS. IRE has efo-
yoked numerous ina0iriss as TO the
condition OF the oyster industry III this
State. and particularly as to the real
purpose of the Baylor survey, which
was made about fifteen years ago.
These magic words really describe
100000 acres OF bottoms under thu
Chesapeake Bay, It's tributaries and the
seashore of Virginia, which We're sur
,eyed by Captain J. B. Baylor. in order
to determine what public bottoms could
be leased out for oyster planting. and
what should be reserved for the-u use OF
those individuals who chose to take
out licenses for taking oysters by
means of tongs. This latter class Is
generally designated by the teri
"tonger. while the former class arc
called planters"
The planters are those who cultl-
vate oysters artificially by dropping
seed. or young oysters, on protected
bottoms, where they may grow until
they reach a merchantable size. Tn
order for the planter to succeed in
his business he must have either river.
bay or sea bottom upon which oysters
will thrive. and he must also have seed.
or young oysters, to plant. The oyster
business really in this respect Is much
like planting corn or wheat. The diff
ficulty has been that, unlike wheat
or corn, the supply of seed is limited.
and is growing less every year. A
few years ago. for example. Virginia
fT,o,,i,uad an Siyth Pare
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09
KILLED BY FALLING TREE
Carolinisn and yirgipinn Killed in tn.
same Manner.
Especial 70 The rlmes-plspa.ch ]


Especial 10 The Tim es-pispatch
DURHAM, n. c.. February S.-Mr.
Thomas r. Blalock. one of the fore
most citizens of Rougemont a small
village, twenty miles west of Durham
met instant death yesterday late in
the afternoon, when he was assisting
several OF his neighbors to cut down a
tree, which suddenly fell and crushed
him with its weight. 1t was very
distressing and shocking incident, and
caused unmitigated sadness among his
relatives and friends. The tree struck
him on the head and death was in
staneous.
Mr.. Blalock was forty-six years o,
age. and surviving is a wife and six
children, besides a host OF relatives.
Abram Brown, Of Halifax.
Especial to the Ti,nes-Dispatch,I
SOUTH BOSTON, VA, February S.
Mr.. Abram Brown. age lwenty-one,
who lived near Peytonsburg, Halifax
county. was accidentally killed this
morning by the falling of a tree which
he was cutting down near his home. He
was the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Carson
Brown. and grandson of the late DIR. A.
B. Brown. a former professor of Rich
mond College. and one OF the most
noted and able ministers of his day In
Virginia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09
MRS. MORGAN is ROBBED

Has Several Thousand Dollars. Worth
OF Jeweiry and Money Stolen,
CHICAGO, Feb. S,-A Record Herald
special from Galveston, Tex, SAYS: Mrs,
u. F. Morgan. of New York, who is en-
route to Los Angeles, was robbed some
where IN Texas before reaching El Paso
She is travelling In her private car with
Mrs j. N. Nappen, OF Providence. r. l..
and Mrs, j. Meredith. of New York, as
her guests. The car was entered and
robbed of several thousand dollars worth
of jewelry and II large sum of money.
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II may be objected that the matter
should not be taken out of the hands
of the Committee for Courts of Justice,
Nobody doubts the ability of the mem
bers of that committee to deal with
any question fairly within their PROV
ince That province is admlhistratiye
and not inqnisltorial. They say what
laws should he made and how enforced
but they have no more Inherent right
to say whether a Judge shall be Inn
peachcd than they have to say whether
1Contlnued on Fage.)
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SAY NUCKOLS BRANDLSHED PISTOL
Notwithstanding Statement Bride Contrary and Dcrm Of At
ternoon Paper Wild Story Has No Foundation Wimesses
Insist on Accuracy Of Original Publication
Mrs, Lakes Statement.

and YOU will greatly obIigc both my
friends aud myself. Thanking you for
this cOurtesy.o
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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-02-06
Sayre, Ala.
Sbeadi b the Ne7DS.

Sbea0i 10 the Ne7OS.
This place is working half time.
The little girl of Mr.. and Mrs. Hart
line died Tuesday with pneumonia
fever.
Mrs. c. W. Jones has returned home
after a few days in Birmingham where
she has been to attend the funeral of
her sister little boy, Thomas O'Neal.
There was a negress here who killed
herself, but the coroner's inquest de-
cided that an unknown party did the
shooting
Johnny Grantbam says he is going
to leave this place today.
Brady Jones has returned from the
army and his comrade with him.
Carl Jones has moved his boarding
place from his fathers to his brother S.
Arthur Jones, Mr.. Keiff and son,
Jesse, leave this place today for Etna.
where they will make their home on
the old Keiff place.
J. S. Jones has returned home after
a flying trip to Etna ami Durham,
Ga.
There are plenty of empty houses
here. Everything looks gloomy.
Chat Shelton occupies the Jess Keifi
| house.
Five families have left this place in.
side of two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. P j. Manning called
ON Mr. and Mrs. c. w. Jones yester.
day to hear the news from Adgar rela
tives Cherry Blossom
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-02-06
CHRISTOPHER, ILL.

Special 10 lie NezoS.
Going to shows and dances is the or
der of the night here. Three shows
were here this week and three dances,
so | think that is going some.
There is always something going on
here.
The leap year party at Mr. and Mrs,
Will Cullys was enjoyed by all the
young people of this place.
Mr.. Gully moved to Duquoin Thurs
day. He will be missed by his friends
here.
Harvey Turner and Pete Carter at
tended church Sunday.
Harry Williams and Robert Jere-
mich made flying trip to Duquoin
Sunday afternoon.
Charlie Watts made flying trip to
Benton Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs John Arledge spent
Saturday and Sunday in Duquoin Wis
iting friends.
Sidney Ballard and his best girl were
out walking Sunday evening.
Miss May Harrison spent Sunday
with her parents at Mulpeytown.
Rosie and Hattie Hargard spent Sun
day at Duquoin.
Tom Ballard is spending this week
with his sister Mrs. John Ariedge.
He will soon return to St. Louis.
Come again, We writer from East
land, | have some friends there
would be glad to hear from.
Write again, -. G. of Mt. Olive,
Ill. l know you | think but you don
know me. Old Black Joe.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-02-06
Pine Bluff. Tenn.

Sbecial 10 The N70S.
Harris Knight came home Saturday
to see his family. He has been at
Montlake at work.
Estelle johnson has been very SICK
for several days. Hope she will get
better soon.
Mrs. Laura johnson went to Dun
lap Tuesday shopping.
Tom Kilgore, Henry Hamilton ana
Ed Grimes went hunting Thursday
but didn't kill any game. They had
a cold day.
You ought to have seen Henry Ham
ilton pulling the truck wagon the oth-
er day with a load of wood.
viii johnson came home today to
see his family. He has been at work
at the stave mills for the past week.
Swofford Hatfield moved last Satur-
day to the stave mill near Soddy where
he will make his home. =,
Esther Hamilton went to Whitwell
to visit her brother.
Esther Hamilton wants to know II
Daisy Jones is dead or married.
Jane Layne would like to hear from
her daughter, Lizzie Ramsay, through
the News.
Charlie johnson went to the post
office but failed to get letter.
Jim Key is building a new house.
He will soon have it completed and
then he will move.
Mr. Harden is stepping high. 1t is
girl.
Mrs. Fosters baby has been very
sick, but is better now.
Henry Hamilton and Jim Key are
going to West Virginia.
Mrs. Laura johnson visited Mrs
Robertson Sunday to hear the graphic
| phone.
Mrs Foster was visiting Mrs John
son the other day.
Dunlap is not at work yet but it il
thought that they will be at work b,
the seventh. We hope they will as thu
people have rested long enough
High Spy wants to know abou
Dunlap. 1t is dead now but will soor
revive Rambling Boy.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-02-06
REIINlIlE. Ill.

9Pfttdffo me NeI0S
| will give the price of mining in
Illinois around Bellevile in st. Clair
county. For solid shooting $50 per
ton; for loading after chain machine,
4Oc; for loading after punchers, 36iac;
for drivers, 81. jG for common labor
ers through and around the mines,
81, 30; track layers, 81. 10 The trap
per is the only ono who comes under
So 30, and his pay per day is 81. l5le.
All daily and monthly laborers that
| have not mentioned get 81. 36 All
work eight hours. Strictly union
There is only one nonunion mine III
the state and they pay the price, but
have no union. That is Zeigler's mine.
And all coal is weighed in the car.
That is the run of mine. The present
contract will run out the LIST of April
but we expect a settlement. The coal
is seven feet high where | work and
solid rock top.
For non-experi enced man it costs
him $50 TO join the union and work
outside two years. Then two years
labor inside before he can go to dig
ging, but an experienced man, who has
been union man and has dropped out
of it, can join for $40 if he has some
one to prove it by.
This is the best state for mining in
the United States, but they work
slack in the summer Some places
work steady the year around. If there
is anyone who wishes to know more of
these mines just ask it through the
News and l will try to answer it cor
rectly. | write this for the interest of
the miners in the south for | know
something Of mining down there
Warbler
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-02-06
MEET MOTHER IN THE SKIES.
rpnhlished by request. J

published Dy request
In lonely graveyard, many miles
away, A..
Lies your dear old mother meath the
cold, cold clay:
Mem ri IS oft returning OF her Years
and signs,
If you love your mother, boys NEE.
her in the skies. =
Listen to her pleadings,
Wandering boys, come home
Lovingly entreating,
Do no longer roam
Let your manhood waken,
Heavenward lift your eyes,
If you love your mother, boys,
Meet her in the skies.
Now the old home, vacant, has no
charms for you; ia
One dear form is absent, mother, KIM
and true,
Evermore she dwells where pleasure
never dies
If you love your mother, boys lheeU
her in the skies.
Now, in true repentance to the savior
flee,
He who pardoned mother, mercy has
for thee;
Nov He waits to comfort, He will not
despise, o4
If you love your mother, boys, meet
her in the skies zo
LETTIE KILGORE,
Monteagle, Tenn, Jan. %, 1908.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-02-06
ROOpe.

Special 10 Tie Ne7os.
Cold weather is the order of the day.
Will Dyer is hanging his hat on W.
l. Davis hat rack. :
Geo. O'Bar wants to hang his hat
on Mrs. Smiths hat rack.
Mrs. l.. B. Janney called at S. E.
Brumley's store one day last week.
Bro Maddox preached at the Chris
tian Church Sunday evening and also
Sunday morning.
Yves Hicks, of Whitwell, is visiting
his parents at Roope this week
Miss Eva Adkins, of Whiteside, is
visiting Mrs. w. l. Davis this week
Mrs. F. P. Exum is preparing to
leave Etna and go to st. Elmo. We
will all regret to see them leave
Miss Mary O'Neal went to Etna
Sunday to spend few days with her
sister, Mrs Yates
Ellen Bailey, Fay and Mintie Myers
and Mary Bailey called ON Mrs. E. W.
O'Neal Sunday evening
Mrs. E. w. Neal and Mrs. Geo.
Woods are fixing to trade horses.
Miss Mary ONeal and Bill Weddle,
and Eula Davis and Tom Keef were
out walking Sunday afternoon.
Red Bird.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-02-06
DUNLAP.
Special 10 the Nf7VS.

Special TO tie Nf70S.
As times are dull | will try to give
a few dots from this part of the moral
vineyard.
Pitching horseshoes is the order of
the evening.
There is no work going on at Dunlap
except at the Cordel MINES which are
run on cheap scale, there being
three companies in operation and their
coal being run down 2-horse incline.
There seems TO be plenty of visiting
going on at this place among the young
folks
Hunting is in full blast now six
days week.
Jno. Myers, Jr., and Jno. Dykes, of
Guild, Tenn, visited relatives in
Dunlap the past week and took great
interest in hunting and, as they are
good at cunning, killed quite lot of
game, Come again, boys, and we will
go back among larger game and have a
camp hunt as we are idle here.
Flint.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-02-06
lTASKA, TEXAS.

SbettGI 10 me Meas.
Will send the News few lines.
was surprised to read Uncle Gid's"
piece he had written about "shingle
ticks. :" I know nothing about them.
Never heard of them and l know moth
ing about those boogars. l am glad
that we didn't locate in ticky place.
Our cattle are of the best. You know
ticks stay where sorry cattle are.
Those ticks that fellow saw must have
come across the sea. | think ticks
must be plentiful in Tennessee as tick
law is all that can read. People down
here say they never heard If 'shingle
ticks.
Middle Texas is broad, rolling
prairie Soil is black ana very fertile.
Roads run almost due north and SOUTH
east and west. Land is in large tracks,
from 100 to 1900 acres, sometimes
more. All is in cultivation except a
few acres for pasture. 1t is pretty
place to live.
| will close for this time. All are
well except my aunt. | still like Tex
as Come on all you writers. | like
to real your letters for they are inter
esting. Dora.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-02-06
MOnteagle, Tenn.

Sbeciai 10 HE We70S.
We have been having some very
pretty weather for the last few days
up here on the mountain.
Several are suffering with la grippe.
Miss Della Tucker is on the sick
list this week.
Henry Custer is very i'll.
The death angel visited the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Parker and took
from them their little son. jesse, last
Saturday night The funeral took
place at O'Clock Sunday afternoon,
and was conducted by S. NJ Tucker.
viii Lavan, of WhitwelI, is visiting
relatives in Mont!agle. Cousins.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-02-06
BellevilIe, III.
.Sbeci0k 10 lie Mo7pS.

Special tOMe No70S.
l know that some people at Sayre,
Ala, would like to hear how the work
is here. | said before that we worked
half time. They have run the three
last days and the people in authority
say they will run steady until the last
of March, and if they make a settle
ment will run on all summer We be-
lieve this statement is true for the
mines are all starting up today.
| would like to see some of the Sayre
people come up here. One said it was
too cold here for him. 1t is not very
cold here. 1 go around without an
overcoat in the coolest weather we
have had.
tried to explain the prices of min
ing in Illinois and sent it to the News.
but saw nothing of it when | got the
paper.
| am still waiting for the party OF
parties from Georgia to arrive. Hone
they will come soon. Warbler.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-02-06

Consumption hal me in its grasp,
and I had almost reached the jumping
off place when | was advised to try
DR.. Kings New Discovery ;and | want
to say right now, it saved my life.
Improvement began with the first bot
tie and after taking one dozen bottles
| was well and happy man again,
says George Moore, of Grimesland, n.
&. AS a remedy for coughs and colds
and healer of weak, sore lungs and for
preventing pneumonia New Discovery
is supreme. SOC and 81. 60 at Whit
well Drug Co. Trial bottle free.