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Tues, May 9Th, 1905.

at 80 O'Clock all of that valuable real
estate known as the Spencer Tract"
containing about Az acres situated near
Girdletree and Scarborough Switch. u
miles from Chincoteague bay. This
tract of land has about 100 acres in cul-
tivation and the balance is uncleared
land There are two farm houses and
out buildings on the tract. and the land
may be easily divided into two farms.
Immediate possession Of the property
will be given.
TERMS OF SALE
Ten per cent of purchase money will
be required on day Of sale and ,he bal
ance in two installments of one and two
years secured by notes with interest.
bearing approved security.
Further particulars Will made known
on day of sale or by applying to
Lawrence Hastings. Snow Hill. Md.
G. q l.. LUMBER co.
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UPSHUR q UPSHUR, Attorneys.
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the sub
scribers have obtained from the Or
phans' Court for Worcester County,
Maryland, letters testamentary on the
personal estate of
URIAH F. SHOCKLEY,
late of Worcester County, deceased
All persons having claims against the
deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same. with the vouchers thereof,
to the subscribers. on or before the
10th day of November 1905 They
may otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefits Of the said estate. All
persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th day Of
April, 1908
PETER $. SHOCKLEY,
JOSHUA j. ". SHOCKLEY.
Executors
Test EDWARD T. DAVIS.
May 2-3t Register of Wills.
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Household Goods & ChdttleS
OF the Estate of Uriah F. Shockley

BY order of the Orphans Court of
Worcester County. the undersigned.
executors. will sell at public auction at
Snow Hill. Md. on
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SATURDAY, MAY 10th, 1908,

at the respective hours and places men
toned below. the following personal
property, to wit
A-At . o'clock p. NJ. at the Court
House door:
10 shares of stock of the First Ma
tional Bank of Snow Hill;
Z shares of stock of the Pocomoke
City National Bank;
10 shares of stock of the Equitable
Bldg. & Loan Association of Snow Hill,
Md
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TERMS oF SALE.

The above stock to be sold, at the
option of the purchaser. for cash, or for
% per cent in cash. the balance payable
in months with interest at 6 per cent
from day of sale and to be secured by
the note or notes of the purchaser or
purchasers with approved surety or
sureties and to be further secured by q
deposit as collateral of the certificates
of shares of said stock with the under
signed executors, to be kept by them
in the vault Of the First National Bank
Of Snow Hill until paid for or until de-
fault made in the full payment of said
note or notes; and in case Of default as
aforesaid, then said shares to be sold
at public sale for cash by said executors
chasers after ten days notice of said
sale in newspaper published IN Snow
Hill
BAT 10 o'clock A. NJ, at the late
residence of the deceased in Snow Hill:
All the household and kitchen furni-
ture. garden and farming implements.
carriage, dearborn wagon, chest of
tools, graphophone with Y records.
double barrel gun. pistol. etc. etc.
TERMS OF SALE.
On sums Of $500 or less, cash: on
sums above $500 credit of months
will be given. to he secured by interest
bearing note of purchaser with surety
to be approved by the undersigned, or
all cash, at the option Of the purchaser
PETER :. SHOCKLEY.
JOSHUA j. w. SHOCKLEY,
May 2nd, 2t Executors.
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Trustees Sale
OF VALUABLE
Fee-Simple PROPERTY
In Snow Hill. Worcester County. Md.

BY virtue OF decree Of the Circuit
Court Number Two Of Baltimore City,
the undersigned Trustees will sell at
public auction. on the premises. on
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PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE

For the purpose of closing up part
nership account we will offer for sale
to the highest bidder at the Court House
door in the town of Snow Hill, Md. on
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UPSHUR & UPSHUR. Attorneys.
EXECUTORS SALE
Of
STOCK

OF First National Bank of Snow
Hill; Of First National Bank of
Pocomoke City; and Stock of
Equitable Building & Loan Assn
of Snow Hill. Also of
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CALVIN b. TAYLOR, A,,...,,..
JOHN W. STATION. A''o'''Ss'
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Order \iSi.

The Atlantic Coast and Improvement
Company of Baltimore City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-23
WANT JOHN d. TO HELP.
Cleveland Fans Will Ask the Oil King
to Give Team 1000 #.

Cleveland, Sept. 23.-If the Maps win
the American league pennant this year
cleveland baseball enthusiasts, headed
by Charles H Salem, county clerk, and
aided by John D. Rockefeller, expect to
hand Napoleon Lajoie $1,000 and pro-
vide $500 for each of the other eight
players who take part in the game that
makes the much-coveted rag Cleye-
lands.
A movement has been started to ask
John d to provide the 5000 for the
enterprise. Mr.. Rockefeller has always.
been interested in Cleveland and its
progress, and the fans believe that he
would be willing to provide the sum II
he thought it would spur the Maps on
to making a tenacious fight.
An effort to reach Mr.. Rockefeller
and obtain his views as to this project
failed. 1t is likely that Mr.: Salem will
make the request of him today. The
matter will be placed in the hands OF
the oil kings financial secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-23
Coach Cole Has Practically Selected
an Alnska Miner.

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 23.-After sew
eral days of preliminary skirmishing,
active football practice was installed
at Nebraska university this week with
nearly fifty candidates on the field.
The excessive heat and Coach Coles
uncertainty as to the number of vet
eran players who were to return for
gridiron service this year compelled
the coach to confine last weeks short
practice to rudimentary football. He
began graphing with one important
task. however. that of sorting out the
most promising candidates for parti-
cipation in a contest leading to the
choice of a. varsity KICKER. -
Just at present Coles choice as a
kicker seems likely to fall upon Hugo
Pirkner. a. sensational performer on
the Cornhuskers' second eleven in
1907. Birkner did not get into the
practice last week until Friday. He
had Just finished a tiresome three
weeks trip from Nome, Alaska, where
he was developing muscle while SHOW
cling goldbearing sands in the placer
mines of the far northwest. He strips
at $50 pounds and was superb spec
linen when he reported to Cole.
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HE DEPENDS ON HIS SPEED.
Ketchcl Thinks Work With AtteIl
Will Benefit Himself.

San Francisco, Sept. 23.-"It's going
to be a question of speed all the time
and not a matter Of the first punch,
this trip"
This was the way Stanley Ketchel
sized up his prospects in the pending
return match, with Billy Papke today
after Ketch had gone through pre-
liminary workout with Abe Attell, who
returned from Los Angeles.
Stanley and Attell are to work to-
gether for the battle of Thanksgiving
eve, and KetcheI thinks that by max
ing use of Attell's extreme quickness
at sparring he can easily prevent
Papke from taking him unawares III
the coming ARRAY.
Il don't think I will give Billy any
thing to be thankful for the day after
the co. continued Ketchel, fer
know 1 am a quicker man than he is.
think all those who saw the bout az
Milwaukee will agree with me on that
point. 1 can outspar him, and I know
by experience that 1 can counter and
get away on a lot of his leads. But all
my advantage in speed left me when
he got in that first wallop. 1t was a
surprise blow, all right, and I have no
excuses. But I don't think it is going
to result that way again"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-23
DRESSED AS GIRLS
But Players in the Webb City
Wichita Game We're Fast.
Went the Nine Innings at a 90
Minute Gait.
THE MISSOURIANS WON
Topeka Dropped Last Regular
Game to Hutchinson.
Oklahoma City and Enid Other
Association Winners.
THE MISSOURIANS WON

Wichita. Kan, Sept. 23-Wichita
dropped the last game of the season to
Webb City, score to 1. The game
was the fastest ever played on the To-
cal grounds, the nine innings taking
but SO minutes. Many of the players
were dressed as girls, but their gowns
did not seem to interfere with their
playing.
Wichita finished second in the
Western association pennant race. 1t
is freely predicted that the season just
closed will be the finish of the old
Western association, as it seems i'm
possible for the smaller towns to keep
up a team of the class of Topeka, Ok
lahoma City and Wichita.
1t is expected that existing condi-
lions will force some radical change
by the opening of next season.
Kansas City comes for three games
FRIDAY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-23
Left a Formula
Behind Him to
Restore Gray
Hairs.

Marshall Bros. has secured the agen-
cy of the DR.. Mott preparations for the
hair. DR.. Mott, who spent the most OF
his life as practicing physician In the
city of New York, gave all Of his spare
moments to the study of the hair and
scalp. In our opinion he probably knew
more about the hair and scalp. and the
pathology of badness than any man
before or since his time. The problems
of restoring color to gray hair, arrest
ing falling hair. the cure of dandruff.
diseases OF the scalp. the prevention of
premature badness, etc. were ones
that he attacked with all the FIRE and
fervor OF youth, equipped as we'll with
profound scientific knowledge of the
subject. He left to posterity an un-
falling means of restoring to gray hair
color, and the means of arresting alb
solutely premature badness, and in
many cases OF badness restoring the
hair. although he has left among his
papers statement that hereditary
badness is not a disease, therefore not
durable. but that contributory badness.
or badness that is the result of indis-
| erection or faulty living can be in most
| cases cured. or benefited greatly.
Hessig- Ellis. of Memphis, Tenn,
known throughout the United States,
| and especially throughout the SOUTH as
firm of wholesale and manufacturing
I Chemists, control the distribution of the
Mott Hair Restorer and the Mott Tonic
for the civilized world.
They say that they have arranged for
| a gratituous distribution Of one-han
| million bottles of the Hair Restorer,
and that a certain quantity has been
left for distribution with Marshall
| Bros. Topeka, and B. Wheldon Drug
| CO., Emporia. Kan. =. Any gray haired
| person can have a full sized package
by merely calling and asking for same.
| One trial Is deemed sufficient to show
beyond all cavil just what the results
will be. Marshall Bros. and B. WHEEL
/ don Drug Co. agrees that IL six bot
| ties do not restore the gray hair of
| anyone to a desirable color to refund
the money paid for them, the first bot
tie can be had for nothing so long as
the supply lasts.
1 Hessig-Ellis assert that when the
| work of Transforming the gray hair Is
| accomplished. that no specialist, barber
/ or physician can tell If it is the work
/ of art, nature or medication, and that
a stranger would never remotely guess
the truth. For dandruff, itching scalp,
| etc, 1t will be found invaluable; pro-
notes as well the growth of the hair,
and gives it a fine, silken, glossy. ap-
pearance. For sale by Marshall Bros,
Topeka, and B. Wheldon Drug Co.. En-
poria. Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-23
BAT TO BECOME AN AUTHOR.
Nelson Is Soon to Write a Thrilling
Story of His Life.


San Francisco, Sept. 23-Battling
Nelson is now an author in addition to
being an actor, lecturer and prize fight
er. He has decided to write the story
of his life. or rather to dictate it to
stenographer employed by a publishing
firm, which intends to print it along
with the lives of other great men. Mel
son will thus leave a. literary monu-
ment as tribute to Hegewisch.
The Battler starts, for Chicago this
week to take up some of his theatrical
engagements. He has been the attrac-
tion at a melodTama here in which he
soaks five or six buns in every act,
and has the curtain go down with the
heroine in his embrace. The leading
woman in this piece is always getting
into trouble over something or other
and she always strikes her difficulties
at time when some of the BoWery
element are around. But they can't
lose Bat He rushes in Cleft lower en-
trance) and fells them all. 1t doesn't
teach the girl a bit of caution, though.
and Bat has to enter once more bright
entrance) and do the knocking down
act again.
His Iecturing stunt will come in
when he joins the moving pictures. He
is going to describe the fight in detail
and point out just when the blows were
most effective. AS a result of his vari-
Gus lines of endeavor. it probably will
not be long until he will have to be ad-
dressed as Professor Nelson instead
Of plain Bat =.
Bat grew reminiscent today and esti-
mated that he had made, in battles and
investments. 100000 in five years.
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THE REDS SIGN GRIFFITH.
Ex-American League Player to Man.
age Cincinnati.

Chicago, Sept. 23.-Clarke Griffith,
recently manager of the New York
American league team. former man.
ager of the Chicago team of the same
league and one-time star pitcher of
the Chicago National league team, is
to return to his first love in baseball
and become a National Lacquer again.
He has signed contract to manage
the Cincinnati Reds next season and
will succeed John CAMEL as the leader
of the Queen City aggregation. Of
fetal announcement of the signing of
Griffith as head of the Reds has not
yet been made. but the information is
authentic. !
George Stallings is to be the mana
ger of the New York Highlanders
next year, to succeed Norman Elber-
field. the ''scrappy' little shortstop
who took Griffith's place when he re-
signed his charge last June The
signing of Stallings by Frank farrell
has been accepted as truth in the east
for several weeks and has caused
much comment among basebaH crit
les. Stal1ings was once before MEM
Der of the American league as mana
ger of the Detroit team.
CAMEL will finish, up ms SECOND
wear as manager of the Reos TINS 1alI:
He has been much more successrul
this season than he was last year ana
for a time the Reds were pushing the
leaders in the race, though they nave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-23
WANTS OLD BETTING.
Lexington Race Track Loses $1,1OO
First Day of Meeting.

Lexington. KY, Sept. 23.-When a
bill was passed by the state legislature
authorizing the appointment of, a state
racing commission with power to
conduct race meetings it was thought
the turf question had been solved.
The shrewdest turfmen commended
that by forcing the public to do away
with the bookmaker, the worst feature
of the sport would be eliminated. It
is now feared this legalized betting
will be the downfall of racing. Last
spring Latonia closed down because
the association was losing money. The
first day of the Lexington meeting, the
association lost $1,100. The associa-
ton already is in debt and can i'll af-
ford to continue the meeting at
loss, which is ascribed to the unpopu-
larity of the machine
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National Leaeur.
American League.

team. Thrice the locals fought their
way to the top on foreign soil and had
it not been for the reverses on the
trip, when the team was crippled ow-
ing to the long and tedious race, the
percentage of road games would have
been much higher.
And on the home series the Topeka
team did fully as we'll as any team in
the association. But 10 times out of ~
were the locals humbled before the
home populace. -
But two teams this season have won
majority of the games from the To-
peka team. the Webb City team and
Wichita. Webb City has been the hoo
doc team this season while the job
bers have been hard to beat.
The local record for the season:
:, Rnad pa meg of. the Tnnaka team.
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GOPHER MATERIAL POOR.
Prospects of Minneapolis Eleven Not
Encouraging.

Minneapolis. Mimi, Sept 23.-The
University of Minnesota football squad
will occupy Northrop field Monday af-
ternoon for its first practice of the
season. Only four regulars will be
among the men who will trot out on
the field as candidates for the 1908
eleven. OF the others who have sig
nified their intention of reporting and
who were today handed an outfit, two
thirds are of last years freshman
team and the others are men who
have had two years experience as
members of the varsity squad.
Prospects are considered to be the
most uncertain in years. All hope that
George Capron would be in the line
up are dispelled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-23
COOleysOx Handicapped by
Weak Pitching Staff.
WEBB CITY HOODOO.
Topeka Lost a Majority Of
Games to the Webfeet.
CoOley's CleVerness Largely Re-
spOnsible for the Victory.

The Western association pennant
race of 1908 is now history. The
games which were played Tuesday
marked the conclusion of the hardest
fought season in the annals of the
association. The Topeka team comes
home with the honors of first place
and the pennant. which will float from
the centerfield fagpolc next season.
The Topeka team after a hard fight
quit the season twenty points ahead
OF Wichita, her nearest rival having
q percentage of GAL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-23
Manager Cooley, Who Plotted the To-
pcI1a Ball Team to Victory.

This is the second time in the his
tory OF the Western association that
the Topeka team has won pennant
and both times It was won under the
leadership of Dick Cooley. In 1905
the local team won an exciting race
having 20 fight the Joplin team until
the very last. During the greater por-
tion of that season six clubs were
neck and neck in the race.
Many of the members of the 1906
team played with Topeka again this
season and helped bring home the
flag Among that number were
Cooley, Abbott, Andrews, Boles, e.
Olson, Cole and Davis. other mem
beFs OF that famous team were For
restcr, McInnis, Henry, Downs, Halla
Raglan and Hurlbuft@9f this number
many are playing in faster company.
Downs is regular on the Detroit in
field at the present time. Halla is a
member of the Louisville Colonies.
McInnis and Hurlburt have dropped
out Of baseball and Henry is with
Lincoln Neb. Forester is a free
agent while Ragan is with the Joplin
team.
The race just closed has been
hard one. From the start three clubs
looked fit to land the bunting, Okla
homa City, Wichita and Topeka. on
paper the Nets looked weaker than
any OF this trio, but with a strong
pitching staff and an aggressive team,
they caused trouble until within the
last five weeks. The team lacked
speed enough for the season, and
meeting with road reverses showed
the yellow and quit.
1t has been the Jobbers that To-
peka has feared all season. The Hol-
land tribe had a great class c bunch
Of players. They had a stronger
pitching staff than Topeka and the
team batted and helded almost as
we'll All that was needed to put the
Jobbers in the lead at the close was a
manager of the Dick Cooley stripe,
respected. Not so with Holland. He
was at outs with many of his players,
who consequently did not give the
Jobbers the best they had
The race of the Topeka team
against the many odds was a remark
able one. without pitching staff the
team worried along all season. Hager-
man, the tall lad who was picked up
ct the beginning of the season bore
the brunt. of the pitching, being the
only member Of the staff to work
through the entire season Selby
gave valuable assistance after he
Joined the team, while near the end
Roach gave good account of him
self and piloted the team over many
stormy paths. His performance at
Wichita last week virtually cinched
the pennant. And the work of Walter
BoleS was also a potent factor in the
winning of the pennant.
IT was a great race and the best
team won.
A glance at the following tables will
show the record OF the Cooleysox fol
the season. One secret of the local sue
cess. was the good record of the team
on the road. The Nets couldn't win or
the road and the Jobbers Just about
broke even. Not so with the Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-23
Ruth Dillon wins $4,000. sake.

Columbus. Sept. 23.-Ruth Dillon, a
four-year-old Sidney Dillon trotter,
owned by Sterling r. Holt of Indian
apolis and driven by Willard Sanders,
surprised fifteen thousand racegoers
Tuesday afternoon by winning all
lumbus stake, valued at $4,000. Ruth
was nowhere in the betting, being al
most overlooked entirely and selling
at $40 in pools of 1925. Spanish Queen
was the first choice while there was a
heavy play on Aquin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-23
oUAKERs AND CARLISLE.
Each of the College EleyEls Have a
Game for Saturday. g.

New York, Sept. 23.-AlI the big COL
llege elevens are now hard at work pre-
pairing for "a busy season with the pig
skin. Already there have been several
small games and next Saturday will
see two, of the big. teams out,
This will be the University of Penn
sylvania, which will tackle West Vir-
ginia. on Franklin field, Philadelphia
The Carlisle Indians will also play Sat
.urday on their home grounds with
Villa Nova.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-23
SCORE BY INNINGS.

Oklahoma City ..so0ooo 2Oo-s
JopIn ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 0 0 L o 90 o OIL
The summary: Earned runs-Jop-
I'm 1, Oklahoma City 1. Two base
Everhart Bases on
balls-Off' Pollard q Left on bases
Joplin 2, Oklahoma City 5. Double
plays-Murray to Harrington; Noyes to
Reed to Fillman; Fillman to Reed,
Everhart to Love to Rapps. Sacrifice
hits-Reed. Time-1:1O. Hit by
pitched ball--Emory. Umpire-Gard-.
nef.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-23
ORE BY INNINGS.

Webb City .................0 0 O-3
w ........-..--.-..-.- ~ v " " " w U -
Summary-Two base hits-Porkor-
ney. Lotion, Milton, Queisser. Pennell.
Three base hits-Burnam. Bases on
balls-Of Burnam /. Struck out-By
Dick s. Double plays-Cuthbert to
Burnam. Stolen bases-Pokorney,
Pencil, r. Middleton, Hettling 1. Hits
off Burnam-None in three innings.
Off Milton-9. Time So minutes. UNI
pire Settley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-23
Oklahoma city s, Joplin i.

Joplin, Mo-, Sept. 23.--PolIard was
pounded for four hits in the first inn
ing, which aided by three errors gave
Oklahoma City five scores and elimi-
mated all chance of the Miners taking
the closing game of the season. The
close. was s to /. Hoffer was in ex-
celleht form andopermited only four
Miners to reach first