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The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-08-21
Mr.. GAMBLER REELECTED.

The congressional primary yes
terday was one of the quietest
ever held in the district and in all
the counties comparative light
vote was polled. The facilities
for getting the returns were such
that very soon after the polls
were closed it was known that
Mr.. Gambler cad been successful,
and was again the noinee of the
party in his district. In some of
the connties the vote was very
close.
Mr.. Mitchell takes the result
philosophically and is not the
least disgruntled because he was
not nominated. He made a
fair, manlyfight and lost, and
accepts the result as the will of
the people. He is duly appreci.
ataive of the vote he received
and realizes that during the can
vass he has made many new
friends who would have been de-
lighted to have seen him the NOM
inee. Mr.. Gambler and his friends
are of course pleased with the
result and he is receiving con-
ordinations upon his success.
we'll to-do father who can supply
with as much money for clothes
and pin money as the capable
working girl earns for herself.
Above all, she is not placed in
the humiliating position of seek
ing a husband. She can afford
to wait until the right man
comes.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-08-21
NEGRO DIVINE
GIVES BAD ADVICE
Race Conflict May Follow
Leading Negro Preach.
er's Injunction.

Chicago, Aug. II. Five hun
dred negro mewh"ri Of the con-
gregation of NIiAn chapel, one
of the leading negro churches in
this city, were told by their pas
tor, Rev. D P. Rober.c yester-
day, to arm themselves and be
prepared to defend their homes
in the ever of an outbreak here
similar to tat at Springfield.
"Arm yourselves and be men,"
he ID, ''if a raging mob sur
re; 5 your home, protect your
no ,hold; and when the man
WIN would ruin your family and
destroy your property steps
across your threshold, let him
step across the body of a dead
man.
He declared that America is a
cowardly nation, which, with
power to defy the world, refuses
to grant protection to innocent
and defenseless people, 40 years
removed from slavery, because
of their color. Talk with men,
bers of the congregation showed
that the negroes feared an out
break in Chicago, and that many
of them were making prepara-
tions for it.
The chances for a race war
here are declared by Chief of
Police Shippy, however, to be
remote, since any mob effort
could be effectually crushed out
by the mounted police and drill
squad. Unofficial orders were
issued by the police head during
tle day to inspectors of police to
take quick action in case Of quar-
rels between negroes and whites
and promptly to quell all disturb
ances that might grow into a
clash of races. He declared that
it was not to be inferred that
his order meant that danger of
trouble existed, but it was pure
ly a precautionary measure.
The police department." he
said, by the addition of the
drill squad of 62 men and the
mounted squad of So men, all
available at five minutes notice,
is prepared to meet all emergen-
cies and the aid of the MALTA is
something we. never expect to
have to apply for
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-08-21
No. Fl
HUMBLING A PRINCESS.

One night John Sharp Williams
while a student at Heidelberg
Germany, was in attendance at
a swell function at which the
guest of honor was a dark-skin-
ned princess alleged to hail from
one of the South Sea Islands.
The princess was magnifcently
bedecked and bejeweled, and her
warm olive complexion set off by
a mass of black, kinky hair,spark-
ling eyes, made her the center of
attraction and the reigning belle
of the function. The masculine
like Germans swarmed about her
like bees around a honeysuckle
vine. and even Dutch femininity
could not discount the charm of
her manner or the beauty of her
person.
John Sharpe was introduced,
of course, and Immediately upon
obtaining a near view of the prin-
cess (?) says the Biloxi Herald,
his Southern blood began to boil.
Watching his opportunity, he
managed to get to the beauty's,
elbow. Then reducing his voice
to a low, but perfectly audible
key, he sent into her startled ears
this alarming query:
Look here, niger, where did
you come from. 2"
Panic-stricken and with all her
self possession scattered, the al
legged princess turned upon her
interrogation, as she heard the ia
miliar intonation of the South
erner, and looked into his unre-
lenting face. Then she stam-
mered;
Fun Souf Coroliny, boss; but
foh de Lawd sake don't tell it,"
Whether John Sharp respect
ed the pitiful plea of a Southern
negress in faraway land and
permitted her to continue her
bold imposition upon the cred
ulous Germans the story does not
tell, But the fact remains that
the princess" realized .tnat she
was in the presence of one who,
from intimate knowledge of her
race, had OWNED her African Or
igin, and she could only throw
herself on his mercy.
FOR SALE. "A good Combination
Saddle and Harness Horse
F. C. StCT,AJR
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-08-21

happiness. Like a good many
other problems of life, this one
is being worked out by the people
whose incomes do not run as
high as $1,000 per year.
They frankly send their daugh-
ters work as saleswomen, factory
employees or office girls. They
do not bother much about what
others may say or think and the
girls themselves find happinss in
their work and in the companion
ship that brings them. They
find themselves respected and
comfortable. 1t must be a very
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-08-21
Those dull
pains about
the eyes

S Are plain signs that
/ there is some t h in g
/ wrong with your vision
! 1t may be nothing at all
. serious probably is not
, But Wouldn'tit be worth
, something to you to
! have these unpleasant
!, sensations removed?
We can do it for you ac-
curately and at small
cost, too.
Step in some day and
let us find out for you
exactly what the trou-
BILE is with your eyes.
This will cost you moth
ing and is a service that
may be of great value
To you.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-08-21
To the Taxpayers of Lee County

Notice is hereby given that in obe-
dence to Section 4303 Code 1906, that
| have completed and filed in the office
of the Chancery Clerk of Lee county
the personal assessment roll for 1908.
You will therefore examine your as
sessments therein if yon see proper to
do so on or before the first Monday in
September, 1908, at which time the
Board of Supervisors of said county
will meet at the courthouse thereof and
hear any and all objections complained
of in said assessment and finally pass
on said roll for 1908.
Witness my signature this 3rd day of
August, 1908.
W. r. GARDNER, Tax Assessor
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-08-21
Lega! Notice
Internal Revenue Service,
Dist. of Alabama,
Collectors Office

Internal Revenue Service,
Dist. of Alabama,
Collectors Office
Birmingham, Ala, July 80, 1908.
Mr.. 0. t. Trapp.
Sheriff Lee County, Tupelo, Miss.
Sir: Below Igive you the list asked
for in yours of recent date:
C. II. Clifton, RID. II mos. ending
June 80, 1908; Pound K incannon & Ell
kin, Tupelo, r. l.. d. II mos. ending
June 80, 1908; e. c. St Clair, Tupelo, R.
l.. D. II mos. ending June 80, 1908.
This is to certify that the above list
is correct copy of the names of all
parties in Lee county, Miss. to whom
Government License have been issued
for the sale of liquors during the fiscal
year beginning July L 1907 and ending
June 30, 1908, as shown by the records
of this office.
Respectfully,
JNO. o THOMPSON, Col.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-08-21
LAND FOR SALE

14la acres 9miles east of Tnpelo,
settlements, plenty of good water, 80
acres in cultivation, all in good repair.
Will sell on reasonable terms. For fur
ther information address
j. II. WHEELER.
Plantersville, Miss, +. l
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-08-21

Round trip rates to Chicago, Ill.,, ac-
count National Independence Party,
tickets on sale July oath and 25th.,
good until July 3ist., via Frisc, $l7. so.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-08-21

There is right Paint or finish for
everything. We have it. See us about
every job of painting.
POUND KINCANNoN. ELKN Co.
The Lending Druggists
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10

Dover. Del, April s.-The Repubii-
ran state convention, held here under
the control of the leaders Of the state
organization. who had set their faces
against any kind Of instructions TO
the national convention delegates, per-
formed its work with unusual CELEBRITY.
The conventions work was prac-
tically performed by the county
caucuses, it being the irreVocable
custom in this state, by both parties
to divide the six national delegates
equally between the three counties
and to permit the county delegates TO
make their selections in caucus. The
same plan is followed in relation to
the state central committee, eaeh
county selecting it's quota in caucus.
The state con, entiOn simply ratites
the action taken by the county eau
cuses.
The delegates to national convention
will be Governor Lea, Senator Henry
A. Du Pont, Senator Harry A. Richard
son. Walter o. Hoffecker, Congress
man Hiram R. Burton and John G.
Townsend. They are not instructed,
but not one of them is considered
favorable to Secretary Taft.
The platform which was adopted IN
dorses the administration of President
Roosevelt and the state administration
and also commends the presidents
recent course in the enforcement OF
his policies. It also favors revision
of tariff duties as applied to trade
with the Philippines. The rest Of the
platform is devoted to local questions.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
steers In the Eaet RIver.

A feet of tugboats pursuing q droIt
of wild Texas steers swimming in
the East river was the exciting and
unusual spectacle witnessed by hun
dreds of persons at New York. A Le'
high Valley railroad float, carrying a
carload Of thirty steers and several
cars loaded with coal, sprung a leak in
the East river near the foot of North
Ninth street, Brooklyn, and sank. Be
fore it went down the deck hands
opened the doors and the steers made
a dash for safety. About fifteen of the
steers got clear of the float before 1t
went down, but the others were drown
ed. A lively chase ensued. Passing
tugs Joined in the pursuit and several
unsuccessful attempts were made to
Iasso the swimming steers. Those that
we're captured were tOwed ashore,
where great difficulty was experienced
in getting them onto the docks. Sew
eral of the steers swan long dis
lance up the river before they were
captured and others were drowned.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
Cops AS Burglars.

The sensation caused in the city
Of Philadelphia by the arrest of four
policemen, charged with being in a
conspiracy to rob properties on the
beats which they patrolled, was fol
lowed by the surrender to the city Off
Gals Of William A. Frost, who is said
to be one OF the principals in conspir-
Rcy. Frost is a plumber, who has a
place of business in the wholesale
district where the accused policemen
were on duty at night. In his comics.
sion Plumber Frost says that the pO-
licemen and Harry Rothenberger,
nineteen years old, through whose ar.
rest the conspiracy was discovered,
used his place as a rendezvous. 1t
was there the stolen goods were taken
and divided by all hands. Such as the
policemen did not want or could not
use were left in his hands to be dis.
posed of. Frost admits that he ac-
lively assisted in some of the robber-
les, according to the officials, who say
that the goods recovered from the
homes of some of the accused, to-
gether with articles which they have
traced, are valued at upwards Of $751;
900.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
T.E Watson For President.

For president of the United States
Thomas E. Watson. of Georgia.
For vice president of the United
States-Samuel Williams, of Indiana.
The foregoing ticket was nominal
ed at st. Louis by the Peoples Party,
in convention in that city, after two
stormy sessions. during which the
Nebraska and the Minnesota delega-
tions bolted because they could not
procure a postponement of the conven-
ton until after nominations had been
made by the Democratic national con
vention. so that the Peoples Party
might nominate William J. Bryan for
president. if he were defeated at the
Democratic convention.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
Crushed Rv Trolley Car.

Henry Shepherd was killed by troll
lev car on the Willow Grove line Of the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company in
one of the most peculiar accidents
ever reported. Shepherd was superin-
tending the construction Of building
operation on Old York road along the
trolley line. In a moment of leisure he
was picking dandelions along a rustic
wall in front of one OF the big country
estates. when a trolley car came along
and Jumped the track. The car ran
fairly into him. pinning him against
the stone wall. His body was terribly
mutilated and death was instanta-
neous. The motorman Of the car was
slightly injured, but the passengers
escaped by jumping when the car left
the rails.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10

James H. Young, a prominent
citizen of Shamokin, Pa, died at the
home of J. Q. Adams, a prominent
Northumberland county attorney, af
ter a short illness from pneumonia
Adams, who had assisted in nursing
Young, took sick from the same dis
ease and also died. His wife, a daugh
ter Of Young. was so shocked by the
two deaths that she is in dying con
dition.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
,rodded child with Scissors

Chillicothe. o.. April S.-Mrs. Laura
Burst, of Harpers station, was arrest
ed on complaint of her neighbors and
charged with inhuman treatment OF
the seven-year-old daughter of her
sister. Mrs. Godfrey. Mrs. Burst had
taken the child to raise. The affidavit
charges that she prodded the child
with scissors and scars are on the
child's body which. the neighbors say.
were made by teeth.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
Letter Carrier Murdered and Robbed.

Letter Carrier Murdered and ROBBED.
The mutilated body of James Flynn,
a letter carrier. who is believed to
have been murdered and robbed, was
found along the tracks Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad company at Moores-
town. N. J. The pockets Of the
mans clothing were turned inside out,
and about $50 which the man is known
to have had was missing. 1t is be-
lieved that Flynn was murdered and
his body afterwards placed on the rail
road tracks so that a train would run
over it and obliterate any evidences of
crime. The body was found by two
colored men and was so mutilated that
a satisfactory Identification was only
made by means of the watch which
was found in one of the vest pickets.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
churoh Makes strIke In on.

No services could be held in the
Reformed church at Petersville, Pa,
because the congregation had struck
an oil gusher on Saturday night on
the church lot about fifty feet from
the building. The strike is a godsend
to the struggling congregation, which
is in debt and owes its pastor back
salary.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10

Two and one-Half Cent Rate In Tenn.
The Southern railway and its allied
lines put on the two and one-half cent
rate in Tennessee, to continue in Oper-
alton one year. to test whether it will
prove profitable. ,s,s ..,-.--ss.taI
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
Woman AsIeep sixty.one Days.

After a sleep of sixty-one days, Mrs.
Beulah Hawkins gives no indications
of awakening, and Los Angeles, Cal,
physicians admit that they are COM
pletely baffled in their attempts to
arouse her. They have come to the
conclusion that she is a victim Of
cataleptic incurable insanity.
OA9ToEEAs
Baa,stBs ,Ihe Kind YGu Have Always BO9ga
Signature ct &Nzzzzx
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10

ness district, when Two large s%es
were blown open in the Boston dry
goods store of Fowler, Dick & Water
whether the thieves secured $4,000
from a chest within one Of the safes
cannot be learned. The work was so
cleyerly done that It is believed to be
that Of professionals.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
womsn,s Neck Broken BY Fall.

Isabelle Neeland, fifty years of age,
the wife of Frank Neeland, Of the
Park theatre. fell down stairs at her
home in Westmont. near Camden, N.
J.. and broke her neck Death was
instantaneous. Mrs. Neeland had risen
to get a drink and stumbled in the
dark
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
snnthinn svrup KlIIs Twln Rables.

Twin babies, a boy and a girl, chill
dren of Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Acker-
knecht. of st. Paul, Mimi, died victims
Of soothing syrup poisoning. The par
ents told a doctor who was called that
thew had given the babies only five
drops of the medicine. The coroner
is making an investigation.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
Bow KIIIs stepmOther and Himself.

A fourteen-year-old boy, Francisco
Limonta. killed his stepmother at
Guantanamo, Cuba He then turn
ed the pistol on himself and fired
a bullet into his head, dying instantly.
Before shooting his stepmother he said
that she had been very cruel to him.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
RESUMED
Undertaking.
OSCAR BELTS,

SOUTH MILFORD, DELAWARE.
r,,a,.e re-aroaoed in the Undertaking buiness,
and NV shon and place of business is on Wash
ineton Sire ct South Milford. m
given 10 all Jan.llth, 1905. emo.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
nled After EatIna % PIates Of oystera

Died ATteF EaLI0g 20 FIaISs OF ~JstV'N
William Steelman, of Chester, Pa.
ate fifteen plates of raw oysters one
day and thirteen plates the next. After
the second instalment he started out
to take a walk and dropped dead IL
the street.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
Olives $4,000, 600 More For Pensions.


Announcement was made in New
York that Andrew Carnegie would
add S5.OOO,OO0 to the fund of the
Carnegie Foundation, or whatever sum
might be necessary to include as pen
sion beneficiaries eligible professors
Of state universities. No provision
was made for this class Of educators
in the original gift, for the reason,
stated by Mr. Carnegie at the time,
that the doner thought it possible
that such institutions might prefer
that their relations should continue
exclusively with the state from which
their chief support was derived. This
view was not taken by the National
Association of State Universities,
which, in the year following the es-
Establishment of the foundation, petit
toned the trustees for admittance to
the benefits of the retiring allowance
system. It was then found that the
earnings of the original fund of S10,-
100000 were exhausted through the
outlet already planned and that if the
faculties Of all state universities were
TO be benefited, an additional $4,000
600 would be required. The additional
donation will be in 5 per cent bonds,
providing an added annual income of
t250OO0, and a total for yearly dis
bursement of S750,000.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
BOYS KILLED WOMAN
RWo Trenton Lads Involved IN
Murder of Mrs. Kade.
TELL CONFLICTING STORIES
carnegie Gives 100000 More to Pen
sIOn Observation-Disclosures Arrested
For Rurglary-Lettsr Carrier Muir
sered-steers In the East River.

alon TeacherS-Policemen AFTesteu
For Rurglary-Letter Carrier Muir
dered-steers In the East River.
Herman Haupt, seventeen years OF
age and Joseph BANNER sixteen
years of age, who have been locked
IN at Trenton, N j., for the past
two OF three days on charge OF
chicken stealing. made statements to
the 'police officials which involved
them in the death Of Mrs. Frances
Kade. who was found dead at her
home at Fallsington, Pa, last Satur'
day morning.
The boys tell conflicting stories,
BANNER says that he and Haupt went
10 Mrs. Kade's house with purpose
Of stealing chickens and Haupt climb
ed in a window at the Kade home.
BANNER further says that he stayed
outside and after hearing a crash in
side ran away. Haupt says that he
and BANNER went to the Kade home
TO steal money which BANNER had
told him Mrs. Kade kept in her bed.
Haupt says BANNER went in window
and let him in through a door. Banz-
ner according to Haupt hit Mrs. Kade
over the head with q club. This
frightened Haupt and he ran away.
It is understood that the boys do
not know that the woman is dead.
The boys do not enjoy a good rep
utation. BANNER about three years
ago struck small boy on the head
with a stick in which there was a
nail. The injured boy subsequently
died from lockjaw, but nothing was
done to BANNER at the time owing
to his youth.
1t is said that the BANNER boy was
acquainted with Mrs Kade and had
been to her house on former occa-
siOns.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10

Robbed of the funds which he had
secured to pay the teachers of New
Castle township, AlonzO Fox, the son
of William Fox, treasurer of the school
district. was beaten into insensibility
and lies in a critical condition at
Pottsville, Pa. It was on a lonely
footpath between st. Clair and Wade
that he was held up by three masked
men and sandbagged. Several work
men found him unconscious on the
road. with the teachers pay and a
number of checks gone.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10
Willard F. Deputy,
MILFORD, DELAWARE.


FUNERAL DIRECTORS and EMBALMERs
We are the best equipped and carry the lar
.gest stock of funeral goods south Of Wilmington
Call Phone, p Office, % Residence.
Large and Complete Assortment of
Furniture. Durable and lasting
MILTON, DELAWARE.
No charge for distance or wifes services.
Milford chronicle., 1908-04-10

A Daring Daylight Robbery.
A most daring robbery was per
petrated in broad daylight at Wilkes
Barre. Pa. in the heart Of the bust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-10

| Miss Permelia Curtis will be one o.
the graduates.
Mr.. Chauncy Dewey will arrive
Tuesday from Chicago to stay unit
the goth when the Milispaugh- Dewey
wedding takes place.
Mr.. Paul Sweet has gone to Robin
son to attend the marriage of Miss
Lydia Stoffer and DR.. Harry Lukens
which takes place tomorrow and al
which he will be best man.
Mrs. E. B. Wisner, of Bozeman
Montana, who has been visiting Mrs
H. l.. King in ST. Louis, has returned
to Topeka and is the guest again OF
Mrs. H. L. Shirer.
Mr.. Archie williams has gone to Me-
braska on a business trip. Mr.. Dick
Hayden, who was in ST. Joseph on a
business trip Wednesday, has return
ed and is at the Topeka club. Mr..
George Hayden, who has had an at
tack of smallpox, will be out of quar-
antine Sunday.
Mrs. w. E. Davis and her son Will
liam are visiting her relatives In
Fowler.
Miss Grace Proudfit is in Kansas City
this week t-.szs
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Hankla are at
Hot Springs, Arkansas, for a month or
SO, taking their second honeymoon for
they were married at Hot Springs.
Miss Myra Van Houten Is danger
Miss Lola Gwinn of MERGED, Cali
fornia, is the guest of Mrs. Charles E.
Jordan of 1922 North Jackson street.
Miss Gwinn will be remembered as a
daughter of Mr.. John F. Gwinn, for
many years station agent of the Union
Pacific in North Topeka, but Of late
years a resident of California.
Mr.. Harry w. Williamson of Will
hanson & Haffner, engravers and
printers. Denver. was in town today on
his way to New York.
DR.. Chester B. Reid will return to-
night from Fort Scott where he attend
ed the Scottish Rite reunion this week.
Mrs. e. A. Smith of Muskegon. Mich
Carlton Whipple, will leave tomor-
row for her home. Mr. Whipple will
accompany her as far as Chicago where
he goes on a business trip.
Leavenworth Post: Mr.. Brock God
dard is expected home in May from
Denver to spend the summer with his
parents DR.. and Mrs. G. c. Goddard.
Mr.. E. NJ. Cockrell has gone to the
northern part of the state on bust
ness trip.
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j.. D. Mcfarland,
returned to her home in Morganville
today. :
Miss Mary Dallas Gage, Miss Emma
Smith and Miss Julia Wellhouse went
to Manhattan today to attend a dance
given by some of the Agricultural col
lege students.
Mr.. Henry Allen of Wichita is in To-
peka.
Mrs A. B. Jetmore and Miss Mar
garet Jetmore have gone to New York
| to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Garden