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The Detroit times., 1908-02-15
MR.J0SEPH TENANT.
Loss of Appetite,
Backache.
Mrs. Joseph Dishaw,
Sailing, Mich, writes:
My experience with Pc
runa has been such that l


runa has been such that
am able to recommend it.
About two years ago my health De.
gan to fail. / lost my appetite mao
backache most OF the time, pain In my
stomach and left side. was nervous anu
could rot sleep.
Last November / wrote you for al
vice and commenced taking Peruna.
have taken several bottles or Perund
and two OF Manalin. and now 1 fesl
like a new woman. / am as well as 1
ever was in my life. and i am giad 10
praise Peruna for the blessed RELIEF 1
found through It's use. would ADVISE
the sick to take Peruna.
Il Suffered With My Eyes"
Mrs. Louise NJ. Crane. X. ID. s, Box
"a, Owosso. Mich, writes:
Il suffered with my eyes so That l
could not see print. / went to various
places aud tried various things. and
finally / had an operation performed
on my eyelids However. when i came
home, my condition became worse ana
l was respondent.
II heard Peruna praised so much that
I began TO take II. Now, after taking
eight bottles OF Il can see every one.
My eyes were so bad ] could not tell
who my friends were. Now / can read.
write, sew and do my Homework. our
oculist, who wanted me 10 write TO you
about my case, thinks IL Is wonderful
1t liz about nine months now since my
eyesight came to me-
Peruna is composed OF the most ef-
hcacious and universally used herbal
remedies for cataarh. Every ingredient
OF Peruna has a reputation OF it's own
in the cure OF some phase OF catarrh.
The Detroit times., 1908-02-15
Chronic catarrh Is a Disease
Which Is Very Prevalent.
Many thousand People Know
They Have Chronic Catarrh.
1t May Be of the Nose, Throat,
Lungs, Stomach or Some Other
Internal Organ.
Pe-ru-na Is a Remedy for Chronic
Catarrh and Is an Immense
Saving to the People.
Already Thousands of People
Have Been Cured by Pe-ru-na.

Mr.. VIM. NJ Pierce. r.. X. 2. Athens.
Mich. writes TO DR.. Hartman concern
ing his wife's case as follows:
My wife IL strong and hearty. get
ting fieshier all the time We feel more
than thankful
The Detroit times., 1908-02-15
Head. Bowels and Stomach.

Mrs. Mary A. Marcy. Portland. Mich.
writes:
II can truly say that Peruna has
saved my life i suffered six months
with catarrh of the head. bowels and
stomach.
Il have taken six bottles. and now I
am stronger than I have been In six
years. 1 thank God for Peruna, I Will
never be without II again. know IL
will cure all catarrh IL taken right. The
only medicine have found that weaid
do that. l cannot say enough for II"
Hearing Affected.
Mrs Sophia Youell. 1873 s. Prospect
ST., Grand Rapids, Mich. writes:
Il was a great sufferer from catarrh
and tried a great many different REM
dies but received no relief. Through
the influence OF friend tried Pc
runa. At that time l was so dear that
IL required a great EFFORT on the part
or strong-voiced people to make me
hear.
After using but four bottles OF Pe-
runa my hearing returned and today
my hearing IL perfect
Peruna Is no longer mysterious
word used to designate an unknown
compound. but IL Is the trade mark
title OF a legitimate pharmaceutical
COMPOUND which no physician or set OF
physicians will undertake to beiittie
The Detroit times., 1908-02-15
Suffered With Gastritis.

..She was taken with typhomalafia. 4
had three different doctors. but they
could only relieve her for time. Then
gastritis set I'm and for long time 4
Thought she never would be any better.
But thanks To ynu and your Huv0r-
tisements--through them we learned or
you-and feeling that 1 must write you
for information. I did so.
"She commenced following your In
structions and taking Peruna, and con-
tinued with same for some time. Now
she can eat anything other people can
eat, and does all her homework with
out any help. We both feel so thankful
that we sing the praises of Peruna to
every one. sick or vel"
The Detroit times., 1908-02-15

Catarrh OF the Stomach.
Mrs. Rebecca Town, Box e., Barryton
Mich. writes:
II desire TO express to you my thanks
for the interest you have shown in my
sickness. ] suffered with catarrh OF
the stomach which Is now cured. and
/ feel Ike a new person.
Since l have taken your Peruna and
Manalin, people are surprised to see
how have improved in health"
Troubled With Catarrh.
Mr.. ELI Lefeyre. Jr., Milford. Mich.
writes
Il had been troubled with catarrh for
a number OF years. and had been talk
Ing medicine for IL, but ii did me no
good.
''In reading one OF DR.. Hartman S
books entitled Winter Cartarrh,' l DIS
covered that Peruna was good for ca
tarrh.
After had taken only three bottles
of Peruna ! was cured of the catarrh.
now advise everybody troubled with
catarrh to take DIR. Hartman's Peruna,
as IL Is sure cure for that disease
The Detroit times., 1908-02-15
learn secret Of Great Force.

"But one OF the number was killed,
and through his passing out. they
learned the great secret, learned to
control this force. They determined
that a secret which would give its
possessers power over the whole hui
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-15
Needs FIasty Investigation

II the report from Leland, Miss,
published in recent Number of the
New Orleans World regarding the
treatment OF the county convicts by
the county contractor Is true that CON
tractor ought to be indicted, convict
ed and punished. tt is horrible to
contemplate and reads more like the
accounts Of the atrocities perpetrated
upon the unfortunate convicts OF
Russia. Another reason why the
Hebron bill should become law-The
Issue
Expecting, or hoping that the
Washington county papers would
have some explicit denial of the New
Orleans World story, which has been
reproduced in a number of state
papers. The Herald has withheld
comment upon it. Silence in that
quarter leads us to say that the pub
licity of the brutal treatment alleged
against the county prison contractor,
and the shameful reflection it casts
upon the county, calls for investiga-
tion and action from the board of
supervisors that took bond for
faithful performance of the contract
Under the circumstances that body
should not wait for the grand jury
10 act Mere contradiction of the
abuses alleged by one of the convicts
will not be sufficient-there will BE-
denial of course hat is needed is a
thorough investigation The Issue is
right in saying that this reported hor-
rir is another reason why the II e
bron bill should become law Wash
iuQton county is one OF the best
governed in the state, and if such
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-15
Aldermen Should Act

1t has been suggested by promi-
nent citizen that the board of alder
men would take some steps to rid the
city of the vagrant negroes, who step
around in lordly manner, without
any semblance OF an occupation. The
work of these fellows is sadly needed
on the farms. 1slt they do not seem
disposed to work. BY stealth or
pelf, or some other unknown means
is at somebody's expense is a sure
fact, hence the necessity of putting
move on them. Let the city get
too warm for these perambulating
sons OF Ham-West Point Leader.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-15
The Lobbyist Must Go

No doubt fearing the amiable
weakness OF our eminent legislators
might not withstand the personal
persuasion" methods and blandish-
ments fof the engaging and not faint
hearted lobbyists. the governor has
submitted his views on the subject
III the form of message, as follows:
Legislative lobbying should be
prohibited and its evil uses prohibit
ed Corporations and individuals
should have the right of appearing
before Legislative committees, having
bills in charge materially affecting
their interests, and, if the legislature
SO desires, be heard in a committee
of the whole. In principles, it is just
as wrong, considering its far-reaeh-
ing results, even more wrong, for
thmose having interests of their own
or of their employers, to promlte,
its personal persuasion on legisla-
tors, as it would be TO use. it on
jurors. arbitrator or courts then
trying their cases. With courts, Jur-
ors and arhitrators, the evil stops
with one case, except as to evil pre-
cedents; but with legislation the evil
accomplished covers thousands of
cases and an indefinite period. That
lobbying is vastly profitable to cor
porations and others having special
interests to serve, at the expense OF
the general public, is clearly proven
in the expenditure of millions of dol
lars annually in the United States
for such purposes
The views are in line with those
recently expressed by Mr.. Bryan,
while visiting Jackson, and withai
quite sound and worthy of adoption
by the legislatnre.-Gulfport Daily
Journal.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-15
convict treatment is practiced there,
stize ci1anrss z0f ainsss ofs The county


prison leasing system is unlimited
In the belief that it may arouse
| a local sentiment for the right sort
Of an investigation, the following re-
voting passage from the publication
that has gone abroad, and without any
| denial SO far we have seen, is repro
duced:
Nelson alleged that white men werS
| huddled with negroes and compelled
to sleep with them, tire in a bunk
One big black negro, so the story
runs, was called Capt Ben and he
had absolute charge over the pris-
oners, treating them just as suited
his own good will and pleasure Mel
son alleges that he and others were
logged by negro guards without
provocation; that they were given
scarcely nothing TO eat and were al
lowed to have very little water TO
drink which came from creek that
was used as a hog Wallow and where
stock were watered They were put
to picking cotton and, sick or well.
they were required TO work from day
light until dark with FIVE minutes in
PERMISSION for a sorry dinner. If
from WEAKNESS or sickness they fall
tered, they were beaten with a heavy
leather strap by negro guards. They
were not allowed TO battle and the
filth they had to endure was indie
scribable
Finally Nelson says that he gave
a discharged prisoner a postal card
that he had written to some of his
folks asking for help; that one of the
negro guards saw him give the postal
to, the man and that the guards Sc
cured it and gave it to capt. Ben
who destroyed it, and proceeded to
use his trusty leather strap. Nelson
saws three negroes threw him down
and onesat on his head, another on
his fet and the third logged him in
the most brutal manner.
1t is claimed by Nelson that gen
tle1uan IN Leland, learning lof his
unfortunate surroundings, succeeded
fine and thus secured his release. He
in raising a subscription to pay his
then went to New Orleans.
The last paragraph supplies the
starting point for an official inquiry.
myth can throw light on the ques
ton If such subscription was
raised it is to be presumed that there
IS some truth in the story.-Vicks-
burg Herald.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-15

should go uninst1 acted, free TO act
and take advantage of the situation
when it reaches the national demo
cratic convention.
This is in line with the idea ad-
vanced by men in the North who de-
sire to defeat Bryan's nomination.
To the persons who are trying 20
engineer that movement in Mississ-
ippi, the Clarion-Ledger has a word
of advice: Quit your foolishness, for
the Mississippi state convention will
not only send true and loyal demo-
Gratis to Denver, who desire the nom
ination of Bryan, but will also in
struct rirem to vote for the nomina-
ton of the great leader
Bryan is the choice of the democ-
raey OF Mississippi, of perhaps nine
ty-five per cent. of the voters, and
there would be no sense in declining
to instruct for him, and that will be
done.
The New York World and other
Hessian sheets of the East would be
happy if the Southern states declined
to instruct their delegates to vote for
Bryan, bnt no democrat cares thrip
for what the Wall street papers want
say or demand, for they do not rep
resent the whole of the country in
the slightest way.-ClarionLed ger.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-15

fai affairs that has ever happened
in the state OF Mississippi.
+ The story relates to the conduct
OF county convict farm near Le-
land IN Washington county and the
brutal conduct that IS alleged to have
prevailed, would disgrace a savage.
The story told by one Tony Nell
son, who deposes that he had been
up North and being olt of work
and destitute, he started to go to
New Orleans. where he thought he
thought he might find employment
Having no funds with which to
pay his fare, he attempted TO bum
his way on the train. and when he
reached Leland he was taken from
the train and fined $40 and costs.
! Not having cent with which to pay
the fine, the poor devil was sent to
the county convict farm and the
treatment he claims to have received
there was SO outrageous and so ut
terly inhunan as to be almost un-
believable
Nelson alleges shat white men
were hudled with negroes and com
PEELED to sleep with them, three in a
bunk. One big black negro, SO the
story runs, was called Capt. Ben
and he had absolute charge over the
prisoners, treating them just as
suited his own good will and pleas
ure Nelson alleges that he and
others were logged by negro guards
without provocation; that they were
given scarcely nothing to- eat and
were allowed to have very little water
to drink, which came from a creek
that was used as a hog wallow and
where stock were watched. They
were put to picking cotton and, sick
or well. they were -equired to work
from daylight until darw with FIVE
minutes intermission for sorry
dinner II from NCdllHNSS vi SIM
ness they faltered. they were beaten
with a heavy strap by negro guards.
They were not allowed to battle and
the filth they had to endure was in
describable.
The above is a portion of an edi-
torial clipped from the Hattiesburg
Daily News, and we reproduce it
merely for the interest it conveys,
and not because we are prone to be-
-lieve any of the statements contained
therein On the other hand we are
sure that there has been but one side
Of this affair revealed to the public,
and If such a condition of affairs
really exists we are at loss to I'M
derstand why it has not come to
light ere this. There have undoubt-
edly been Southern men on this
farm who know what negro 1nsolence
is. and we do not believe they would
come from off this farm and never
mention a state of affairs that is al
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-15
State Printing

Unless section 10Y of the state
constitution is changed 1T will be
hard for the legislature to pass
a bill conining the state printing
to offices within the state. What
the officials should do, is give pref
erence to the home offices, where
there is anything like an equality OF
bids But what most of them actual
~ do, is to give the preference TO out
of the state printing establishments.
1t is a reflection on Mississippi that
every sheet of paper and envelope
used by the state departments and
the legislator itself is printed outside
the state.-Yazoo City Herald.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-15
CLIPPINGS FROM THE Z
MISSISSIPPI PRESS 4
Favcrs Reduction

The people want a reduction in the
charges for railroad passenger trans
portation in Mississippi, and they
will be disappointed If the legislature
adjourns without giving It to them.
This was an issue in the campaign
last year, and the sentiment express
ed was clearly IN favor OF the pro-
posed ACKNOWLEDGMENT Com
monweaIth.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-15
Needs of Mississippi

mississippi needs today 100000
heads Of families, either of native or
foreign born, hit they must be men
with red biod from the Nortlern
climes Of Europe or the frozen lands
Of the Canadian north. To such peo-
pie we would hold forth the hand Of
welcome.-Meridian Star.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-15
Hard Lucki

The circus trust has decided that
hereafter the sidesfows filed with
freaks will be cut out. This is un-
fortunate. We were just preparing to
offer. some extraordinary bargains
from the lower house OF our legisla-
tre-Jackson Daily News.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-15
An Absurd Proposition

The Clarion-Ledger has heard of
an effort, or rather a suggestion, that
structed delegation to Denver, the
argument being that the delegation
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-15

legged to be IN existence by this
Northern chap.
1t is the duty of the newspapers
of Mississippi to shield the state
from shame and we should rake the
bottom Of an affair like this before
we give it too much publicity
Greenwood Commonwealth.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1908-03-15
Outrageous Affair If Story Is True

There comes by way of New Or
leans, through the Morning World,
of that city, story, which if painted
correctly, is one OF the most shame
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1908-02-11
SPEAKS ABOUT
THE FARM HOME
Miss Farrell Describes House
hold Improvements at
Farmers Institute

The afternoon session Of the Farmers
Institute in Diamond State Grange
Hall. Stanton. Yesterday was marked
by a decidedly novel address by Miss
Mary Roberts Farrell. formerly an in
structor in DreXel Institute, Philadel-
phia. Miss Farrell's subject was 1.-THE
Farm Home" and was especially in
tended for the women OF the grange.
Nearly 200 farmers and their wives re-
manned over from the morning session
to enjoy a luncheon served at noon by
the women of Diamond State Grange,
The luncheon committee comprised
Mrs. William Chambers. Of Stanton;
Mrs. Frederick Snyder, Of Newport;
Mrs. Edward T. Weer. Of New Castle.
Mrs. Lorison Othoson, of near VIII
mington. and Mrs. r. p. Robinson. Of
near Wilmington.
At the afternoon session, in addition
to Miss Farrell. II. W. Jackson, a sue
cessful poultry breeder of Ohio, spoke
on Feeding Hens for Winter Eggs"
Miss Farrell's address was OF especial
interest because Of its practicability
and OF her realization Of many OF the
difficulties encountered by the farm
housewife. The farmers wife in
modern times. she said. had the al
vantage Of her sister % the cities in
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1908-02-11
NEEDLESS ALARM

TO READ some large New York newspapers
i one might imagine that the whole city is
hysterical They are filled with fears and counter
fears. This scare and fear had considerable to do
with bringing the depressed industrial conli
tons. Now the question is asked, how long will
il last People who have property are fearful
according to these reports, that it will be taken
from them, and they profess to believe that the
country is going to smash. OF course the object
OF gossip of this kind is 10 discredit the admins
tration at Washington and to make people believe
that Roosevelt has brought calamity upon the
country No doubt the anxiety of mind of the
frightened business men and hnanciers is in
creased by the bread lines" and the large num-
Der of unemployed about the streets.
The frightened ones should not become too
timid. They seem to forget the great resources
of this country and the character OF our people
The American people are not to be crushed by a
lew reverses Property is not to be conhscated
and people are not to be robbed by legal or bv
other means, The American people are sound to
the core. The great mass OF them are as honest
as ever. They are as hopeful as ever. They are
as anxious to-work as ever. They want only an
opportunity to labor and reap a fair reward For
their labor They do not want to despon their
neighbors or to ruin business. And what is more
they do not propose that business shall be ruined
The movement against so-called high finance
has involved some people that the country be-
lieves have overstepped the bounds OF legitimate
industry. War has been declared upon these in
dividuals and not upon all business men or upon
corporations generally OF upon modern methods
OF business generally. Those who have been held
up as maletactors have sought to hide behind
the skirts OF the general term of business and to
make believe that the attack upon them has been
an attack upon all business But everything will
turn out right The persons who are SO fearful
are both foolish and unpatriotic.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1908-02-11
rHE F1oHr ON BRYAN.

II HE New York World which is conducting
Il vigorous campaign in opposition to the
nomination of William Bryan for President,
and in favor of Governor Johnson, of Minnesota,
for the nomination. has issued pamphlet con-
tanning striking arguments why MI bryah
should not be again nominated. lie IS placed III
the light of an apostle of defeat. The World
shows how the Democratic party held firm grip
on the country in 1892 how it went to over
whelming defeat in 1896 and how it was defeated
in the last two national elections. By this record
it Judges that defeat would again be the lot OF the
party should Mr. Bryan be nominated
To be perfectly fair, the World should have
shown the returns of the election of 1894, when
the country passed upon the second administra-
ton Of Mr.. CLEVELAND and his policies, which
were so heartily supported by the World. 1t
must be remembered that when Bryan rode into
the nomination of the party in 1896 the party was
well nigh disrupted and had any candidate other
than Bryan been nominated at that time his de-
feat would probably have been of larger proper
tons than was Bryan's Again, the opponents OF
Bryan were given full swing in the last presiden-
tial campaign when Judge Parker was the candi'
date. But Judge Parker went down to defeat.
Although boom has been started for Cover
nor Johnson, particularly in the Fast, it is by no
means certain that the governor in the Denver
convention will have the support from his own
region that he is believed by his Eastern friends
to possess. In fact, a lawyer from Minnesota
while in New York the other day went so far as
to declare that the delegates from Minnesota
would probably be in favor of the nomination of
Mr.. Bryan. He stated that the fact that Cover
nor Johnson was being doomed so strongly in
certain parts of the East was operating against
the governor throughout the West, where the
Democrats looked with suspicion upon any sent
ment created or advanced in the East for any par
ticular candidate. These Democrats, according
to this Minnesota attorney desired the Demo.
cratic presidential nominee to be free from what
he termed Wall Street influences. While the
World does propose a case against Bryan it does
not clearly disclose how the party would be bet
ter off if it should nominate some other person
for President. In fact, for the Democrats, there
appears to be no way out of their troubles.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1908-02-11
TOWNSEND

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
TOWNSEND, Feb. 11.-Jeremiah
Martz and Mary j. McClain, both of
Townsend, were married in Whining
ton. on Wednesday. February s, by the
Rev. S. n. Pilchard at the Mon NJ. e.
parsonage. Mr.. and Mrs Martz will
live near Smyrna.
John Weldon. of wilmington. spent
Sunday with his brother, Ernest Wei
down
Harry Stradely has returned to Phil
adelphia after visiting his family on
Sunday.
Howard Hutchinson. Of Philadelphia.
is visiting several weeks with friends
in town.
Miss Lillian Hart has had as her
guest Miss Mildred Tarbutton, Of VIII
mington.
Wa ter Finley. Of Philadelphia. spent
Sunday with his sister. Mrs. Amanda
CULLEN.
G.. Al. Outten. Of Wilmington. spent
Sunday home with his family.
Harry Isaacs, wife and daughter OF
Mt Pleasant spent Sunday in Town
send with their parents. Mr.. and Mrs
William Wright
John Townsend, ST.. is spending the
week in Wilmington.
Miss Edna Thorpe spent Sunday with
friends at West Chester.