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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-06
RICH On PAPER
UNABLE TO
RAISE BAIL
SAD PREDICAMENT OF NEW
YORKER IN FOR FORGERY
Apology to Queen of England
for Declaration of Independ-
ence Among Curious Papers
Seized From Prisoner


IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wirel
New York, Dec. 5.--With a paper
fortune of no less than $500, 1000, 900
Samuel L. Biddison, the broker who
was arrested yesterday afternoon on q
charge of forgery, today was still q
prisoner in the Tombs unable to raise
$4,000 bail. In looking over the
prisoners papers today. representa-
tives of the district attorneys office
brought to light bonds stocks, cou-
pons and prospectuses. running in
value from SO to $30,000,000, and
one statement was found which gave
an estimate of Biddisons total wealth
at about $2OO. 100000 Much of this
was represented by claims on large
tracts of land in various sections of
the country. one blue print was Of
Cumberland county. Tennessee, and
tended to show that Biddison controll-
ed 22,000 acres of land there which
was said TO be rich in coal and oil
properties.
Another paper, an abstract of a title,
gave Biddison as the owner of the
Robert Morris tract Of 100000 acres
centering in Mcdowell county, West
Virginia.
The smallest piece of property men
toned was 100 acres in Lake county.
Indiana. but other prospectuses named
him as the owner of numerous other
large tracts in the same section of the
country, in fact running all around the
southern end Of Michigan, and run
ming up into the state Of Michigan as
far as Muskegon county
Biddison's arrest was an outerowth
of the arrest recently in Pittsburg of
j. Montefoire Meyers on a charge of
larceny of four bonds of the Contra
Coal. Lumber and Construction COM
pany.
One curious paper found among
Biddison's effects, and which does not
seem to have an- financial aspect. pur-
ported - be n petition to the then
Queen of England, Victoria. To IT
were attached the names of John
sherman, Grover Cleveland, John d.
Rockefeller and seven other promi-
nent men of the last decade 1t read
in fun as follows
ITO Her Majesty the Queen of Eng
land. and His Royal Highness, the
Prince OF Wales
we, the undersigned, do earnestly
beg your majesty, the most gracious
and beloved Queen of England and
his royal highness, the Prince of
Wales, pardon FOR the ungracious act
of our forefathers of over one hun
dred years ago in declaring the indie
pendence of the United States.
And now. after one hundred years
of independence, we come before you
with this petition from humble peo-
pie and ask your forgiveness. We
also acknowledge our inability to run
this government alone, and beg of you
that We may have the great and gle.
rious privilege of being annexed to
your great and glorious domain, in or
der that we may thereby enjoy all the
blessings of a monarchal government,
and we here and now promise you we
will never advocate measure without
international agreement"
The other names attached to the
agreement were those of Marcus Han
ma, John Palmer George NJ. Pull
man. simon b. Buckner, John r. Tan
ner. Lyman J. Gage and John G. car
Isle
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-06

eorroborated by members of his fam
ily, he had a son in the Miller coun-
ty chain gang who recently escaped.
1t is alleged that party of night rid
ers led by Adams and Rodney, the
latter deputy sheriff, went to the old
negro's house in Baker and charged
him and his family with hiding the
escaped convict They denied this,
whereupon the night riders, 1t is
charged, took them into the woods
and severely whipped the old man, his
wife and son. and his sons Wife. This
bringing forth no confession, it is
charged q rope was put around the
old mans neck and thrown over II
limb Of tree, and he was being
slowly choked to death when the rope
broke and he managed to escape, fol
lowed 10y a volley of shots.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-06

horscmen on the structure PrivateA
Bryant Dnd Maxwell of Battery G.,
First Field artillery. were Killed out
right and Private Hicks OF the same
battery can not recover Twenty-Five
were making a run 90 u
prairie fire northeast of the post Some
had crossed, eight were crossing and
some had not reached Il when the
structure which tor weeks had been
considered unsafe aud which had been
further weakened lately ly hiRh wat
er, went down II was necessary Go
destroy several horses
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-06
rhomnson Wins Decision.

Seattle. Wash, Dec 5.-Maurice
Thompson, of Montana, was given the
decision over Gene Sullivan, of Butte,
in the fifteenth round at Aberdeen
last night The men fought at catch
weights, Thompson weighing l45
pounds and Sullivan 135 pounds.
Thompson had the better of the fight
from the start and the referee award
ed him the decision at the end of the
fifteenth rOnnd.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-06
SEEK PARDON FOR
CONVICT LABOR MAN

Carson CITY. New. Dee. Charles
Meyer. president of the Western Fed
Grafton OF Miners, is spending several
DAYS here in the interests OF Preston
and Smith the men convicted Of the
murder of John silva. the restaurans
Keeper OF Goldncld. during the labor
troubles there. Meyer viii be Joined
in this city by Jim Burns. also prom
inent Western Federation official. and
the two viii work together m behalf
of the convicted men.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-06
FlRMlN CLAIMANT FOR
HAYDEN PRESIDENCY

san Juan. Porto Rico. Dec 81
General Firmin arrived here today
on the Hamburg American steamer
Virginia from St Thomas. He has
with him sixty followers. and is hound
for Port au Prince. lie declared that
he viii succeed Nord Alexis as prcsi-
dent The Virginia sails for Kingston,
Jamaica. tomorrow
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-06
Denver Retains Mining Temple.

Plttsburg, Dec 5.--The national
headquarters of the American Mining
congress will be retained IN Denver as
no other action was taken on this
question today
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-06
GRAVE CRIME ALLEGED
AGAINST NIGHT RIDERS
Aged Negro and Famiiy hruiaily
Whipped by Iawless Whiics.

Camilla. Ga. Dec. 5.--Judgc W. ~
Spence. Of the Albany superior court,
has issued warrants for the arrest q
Frank Adams and John Rooney
prominent white men ot Miller coun-
ty, charging them with "a serioua of-
fense. Accord ing TO the story OF An
drew Nooren. an aged negro. and
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-06
ARTILLERYMEN KILLED
BY COLLAPSE OF BRIDGE

Lawton. Okla. Dec. Two Gni-
ted states artillery men from Fort sin
were killed and another fatally iu-
iured today when bridge across
Cache creei, collapsed with eight
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-05
"a Had It All Planned That It Should
Come Out as It Did,"

timber lands, with his aged Indian
companion and his dogs, in the
completion Of his enlightenment, he
rested upon his bed and awaited my
coming. His strength was far spent
and he could speak but brokenly.
'My boy" he said, 81 could not
quit the fight until | made you feel
all right about it all. Don't censure
yourselves. l was a wise old fox.
l had it all planned that it should
turn out like it did. 1t was mean
to try to make a nice little girl try
to learn to like an old codger. Ii
wasn't nature. But it has not
turned out so bad, has it? It's nice
for her to have a good man like You
and lots of money. And l got both
for her, didn't /? So it was not
so bad after all. And bless my little
grandson. 1t was tricky of his old
grand-pop not to die when he said
he did. But by knocking about
awhile longer kind of quiet-like, his
old grand-dad has scraped up a lit
tie something in the way Of a will
and testament for him, too. Hey,
boy?@
And the grand old man began his
last long silence.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-05

Five years later in the security
and comforts of our Boston home
the horrors of the desert country
were remembered only as the faint
est outlines of a vague, weird
dream. With the return Of civiliza-
ton came saneness. My wife re-
gained her native beauty and grace
and charm. Her old time buoyancy
of spirit was again asserted, and the
heat waves were forgotten. Though
in the enjoyment of the luxuries
of wealth we failed not to honor
the memory of the mar with the
strange ways who had showered our
blessings upon us. Cnconsciously
az time went by, it became our hab-
it to allude to my wife's first hus-
band as father" She had never
known her own father, and the APP
pellation seemed to please her. Also
our boy was taught to speak Of the
picture that hung upon the library
wall as that Of grandfather"
| have yet one more secret to i'm
part. | again had dealings with
lawyers and a will. / was called to
the far parts Of northwestern Cana
da TO attend at the death-bed Of an
unknown friend. Then it was that
| learned that J.. Q. A. Stigman
was not truly dead but dying. In
a log hut far back amid the thicker
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-05

Ihave a bunch Of letters from adve
me to c~riticise their advertisements;
wherein the copy is bad or good.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-05

ness Of eternal silence. Then again
he weat away.
Suddenly, upon a day wholly as
all the other days, the miracle be-
fell. In the far away among the
heat waves there appeared the horse
and buggy of a stranger. Nearer
and nearer, nearer and nearer, and
the stranger is among us and he
brings strange ldings. His mes
sage is a message of gloom.
The Hon. John Quincy Adams
Stigman isdead. So saith themessen-
ger who is a lawyer. The execution
of the will contains a proviso. The
decree is that the young widow and
shall marry; when we will then
Jointly become owners of vast es-
tates. The blessings Of the deceased
being upon rs.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-05
MarrIage licenses have been issue.


The following letters remained un.
called for at the Lexington postofice
Saturday, Sept, 8, 1908.
Miss Bette Bell, Miss Marie w.
Ford, j. Z. z. Gibson, Sadie Hawkins,
John Hogan, w, G. Rile. Mrs. L. E.
Levin, Gable Lewis, Mrs. Lizzie Nor,
tin, VIM. Mooney, Mrs. Carrie Moore.
9. r. Mccormick, Sam McCauglin,
Dick Mclaughlin, Miss L. Plant.
Charles Salyers, Nola Storkey, Mrs.
John w. Thomas, Fred Veins, Mrs
Ed White, J. Fl. Williams, (clerk.)
When calling for these letters
please say they were advertised.
DELLA CRoWDER,
Postmaster.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-05
NOT OFTEN.

.sPapa, you have travelled a great
deal on the water, haven't you?'
9Yes, pet why DO you ask n
"Well, papa, did you ever see an
ocean greyhound chase a sea puss2'
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-05
MIS- Bet4le Hay. went 70 WeIlInl

ton thursday TO visit relatives.
Miss Josephine Shelton went to
Kansas City Thursday to visit
friends, for a few days,
Miss Lillian Moorhead returned
Tuesday evening from a visit Of
several days in Kansas City.
Miss Pearl Riley returned to her
home in Grand Pass Wednesday af-
ter a visit with her uncle, Mat Riley.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-05
The A B C and XYzo of

AsERIEs OF TEN TALKS ON ADVERTISING No 4
written by Seymour Eaton Of Philadelphia lNO. ~

~ N|" A" " mF"N
have a bunch of letters from advertisers asking
me to ~criticise their advertisements; to tell them
wherein the copy is bad or good.
1t is nearly all bad but most bad advertise
ments pay. The better the copy, as a general rule,
the better the results. Good copy for one class of
trade might be very poor copy for another. But there
are a few broad general principles which are always
true.
Your advertisement should be attractive enough
to catch the eye. Size doesn't do this. A two inch
single column card may be made to attract more
notice than an announcement as big as a sheet of note
paper. If your advertisement isn't seen it isn't read.
and if it isn't read no matter if it has ten million
circulation it isn't worth a postage stamp. You are
not investing in circulation but in readers of adver-
tisements.
The next point is to make your advertisement
readable. AS a rule the most readable copy is printed
in fairly large book type; one kind of type with a
display heading or two and the reading matter divided
into easy paragraphs. Most advertisers think that by
crowding the space to its utmost they are getting
bigger value for their money. Within reasonable
limits the very opposite is true. Ten words read are
worth more than ten thousand words looked at.
If I were advertising a retail shop and ! found
that my advertising appropriation would allow me to
take a two inch card daily in four newspapers l should
multiply the two by four and take an eight inch card
in one newspaper.
But the scret Of copy is personality; red hot
h%ustling life. Like breeds like. If your shop is a
hustling ~go-ahead concern and this spirit is reflected
in your advertising, the c~ontagion will soon spread.
The first hundred customers are the hardest to get;
the second hundred come in about half the time; the
third hundred are attracted by the crowd.
The full page announcements of the department
stores overshadow the small dealer; but there is
opening up a great field in every big city for the at
tractve advertising of the smaller shop. This adj
vertsing must be done in a new way; it must be
pleasing, refined, convincing it must appeal to the
individual who loves quiet rather than noise; the very
~antthesis of the broadside bargain advertising SO
common in every newspaper.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-09-05
DISCRETION.

80 you are independently rich r.
"No, sir" answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax. Il am rich. But in this era
of popular criticism the richer a
man is the more careful he has to.
be not to act in the least independ-
ent.n
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-05
John Wanamaker on Advertising.

John Wanamaker, the big re-
tail as we'll as wholesale merchant
of Philadelphia, Pa., is quoted as
follows:
If there is one enterprise on
earth that "quitt er" should
leave severely alone, it is adver-
tising. 10 make a success of ad
vertising one must be prepared
to stick like q barnacle on a
boats bottom. He should know
before he begins it that he must
spend money-lots OF it. Some
body must tell him also that he
can not hope to reap results com
mensurate with his expenditures
early in the game. Advertising
doesn't jerk; it pulls. 1t begins
very gently at first, but the pull
is steady. 1t increases day by
day and year by year, until it ex-
erts an irresistible power.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-05

Paragraph 3 OF the new rrling
of the Post Office Department rel
alive to newspapers reads as fol
lows:
A reasonable time will be al
lowed publishers to secure re-
newals of subscriptions, but un,
less subscriptions are expressly
renewed alter the term tor which
they are paid, within the follow
ing periods:
Dailies, within 3 months,
Tri weeklies, within 6 months
!Semi weeklies, within 9 mos,
Weeklies, within l year,
Semi monthlies, within 3 mos,
Monthlies, within 4,months,
Bi-moIthlies, within smonths,
,lauartarlics, within 6 months,
they shall not be, counted ia the
legitimate list OF subscribers, and
copies mailed on account thereof
shall not be,accepted t6 mailing
at the second class postage rate
OF one cent pound, but may be
mailed at the transient second.
class postage rate OF one cent for
each tour ounces or fraction
thereof, prepaid by stamps at
fixed. The right OF u publisher
to extend credit for subscriptions
to his publication is not denied
or questioned, but his compliance
or non compliance with this reg
ulation will be taken into con i'd
Grafton in determining whether
t he publication is entitled to
transmission at the second class
postage rates,
Elsewhere the ruling prescribes
fines for publishers who do not
comply with the regulations.
The date of enforcement OF the
provisions OF the ruling has been
postponed from January 1st to
April 1st, 1908, and as there are
quite a number whose subscrip-
tions to the KEMPER HERALD are
affected by this ruling, we must
insist Oh their settling up.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-05
The Disseminated Man.


From Memphis CommercinlAppeal.
There can be little doubt that
contentment is the greatest thing
in the world.
When we are young, we are
dissatisfied with conditions. We
think that nobody is as good as
we are. There are no virtuous
men but those who agree with
Ius. But as we grow older, we
come to the conclusion that 9th
ers may legitimately differ with
us. Lite is long, aud art is fleet
ing We are here today and
there tomorrow. We can't solve
| the riddle. We can only guess.
live want to dc well, we must
cultivatesthe beauties OF philoso-
ply. We must accept what is
coming to US. We must'be brave
and we nmss be contented. as
The dis,oMented mas howey-
er, is entirely outside the limits
Of philosophy. Nothing ever
pleases him. Good government
andibaG government are one and
the same to him. He hates a
good man just as much as he
hates a bad man; tor he is a bad
man himself.
Nothing indeed satisfies him.
Whenever anything is done, it is
wrong. He is an Ishmael with
his hand lifted against the world.
Yet on the whole this is q toler
ably fair world and it is getting
better all the time.
Those who will take pains to
read the history OF the various
nations will get a good idea OF
how we are advancing. In the
Middle Ages there was no such
thing as personal liberty; but
since the Renaissance and the
Reformation there has been a
steady growth all alorg- the line!
In our time we have committed
ourselves to free speech, free as
sembly, freedom Ut conscience,
and representative gov~nment.
The discoltented man, Asowever,
is not satisfied with liberty. He
wants to make other people think
and act as he does, or rather as
he would have them think and
act. lie does not believe in the
rule of the people. lie commits
himself to minority rule.
There is at present a certain
trend in popular opinion. And
this trend is in some respects.
against individual liberty. For
a time it is sure to be successful,
Tor the cohorts of discomfort are
with it. There is an idea abroad
that the world is going to the
dogs, and the discontented man
takes advantage OF it. lie goes
to the legislature or to Congress
on this platform.
But in the long run the discon
tented man is apt to get the worst
of it. The majority is optimistic
and not tor long will it be pa
tient with the pessimist. No
doubt discomfort has its value in
correcting abuses, but the laws
that we are willing to live and
advance by must be the laws that
the tar seeing optimist has pro
mu!gated.
We naturally prefer the simple.
life. We want to live at peace
with our neighbors. We don't
like to fight; for fighting means
the loss of temper. Therefore we
fight shy OF the discontented
man, the fellow who is always,
trying to make a burning issue
out OF an inessential question
When war is necessary We are
ready to'fght, bat after all peace
is the best thing in the world,
and the tractious, discontented
man is the worst thing in the
.,osll
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-05
Good For Everybody.

Norman r.. Coulter, premi-
nent architect, III the 'Delbert
Building, San Francisco, says: 81
fully endorse all that has been
said OF Electric Bitters as d tonic
medicine. 1t is good TOR every>
body. 1t corrects stomach, liver
and kidney disorders in a prompt
and efficient manner and builds
up the system" Electric Bitters
is the best spring medicine ever
sold over druggists counter;
as a blood purifier it is uneq ualed.
soc. at j. X. Sharp's and the
Scooba Drug Co.'s drug stores.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-05
The Laacky Quarter

Is the one you pay for a box OF
DR.. Kings New Lite Pills. They
bring you the health that's more
precious than Jewels. Try them
for headache, biliousness, consti
patton and malaria. II they dis
appoint you, the price will be
cheeriully refunded at j. K.
Sharp's or the Scooba Drug Co. s
drug store.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-05
Peden Paragraphs.

Miss Mary Gay is on the sick
list again this week.
Chester McNeill is at home, at
ter an absence OF several months
in the Lone Star State.
Baxter Dranning, who has been
attending the +. Q. A.. at French
Camp, is also at home again.
Miss Kate Jarvis spent several
days of last week with her sister,
Mrs. John Gully, near DeKalb.
John Little and family, OF De
Kalb, visited j. ID. McNeill and
family Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Mabel Warren. came home
Friday night, ther school at Lib
erty closing that day.
The young folks enjoyed an
entertainment at the home OF Mr.
j. X. Peden one night last week
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Peden
spent Sunday with Mrs. peden's
parents, MIR. and Mrs..J G. Myatt.
A little negro girl, 3 years old.
living on y. d. AcNcills place.
was burned ITO death one day last
week.
Mrs. Sam Warren has been
suffering with neuralgia for sew
eral days past.
Miss Loavenia Henderson. oi
Preston, passed through Peden
ore day last week, 'en ronte t.
DaKalh Xxx
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-05
Jury List--March Term, 1908.
FIRST WEEK.

FIRST WEEK.
John jackson, j. K. Rawls,
j. F. Alexander, e. L. Beazley,
E.W. Wimberly, g. z. Adams,
W. T. Barnes, w. Ii. Lavender,
S. A. Twilley, s. Ridg%sR,
J. A. Hatcher, i. Parm4rr,
NJ. 4. Edwards, J.W. .Wa;ght, Jr,
j. II. HudnalI, L. G. Keeton,
sid MeKelvain, M. Jonas,
D. a. Grace, w. g. Carnathan
A. II. Spinks, }. r. Bounds, jr.
w. II. Wilkerson, w. f. Vance,
G. X. Kynard, P. X. Mattox,
G. G. Jones, A. S. SOLVER,
j. B. Warren, j. j. Whitten,
NJ. II. Warren, Il. L. Grubbs,
j. G.. Anderson, ii. g. Floore,
J.L. Mcfarland, J. A. Young,
J. L. Jackson, A. w. Stokes,
B. G. Palmer, Il. j. Moore,
g. j. Little, S. 0. Mosley,
r. IL. Creekmore, J. NJ. Clark,
s. E. Nc Williams, IL. II. Stennis,
E. Nj. McAllum, Luther Haskins
J. A. Overstreet. Bent Atkinson.
SECOND WEEK.
II L. Mcconnell, J.. D. Owen,
1T. Lamier, Will Thomas,
OIL. Pool, j. B. McCrory,
Il. d. Walker, sr. P. A. Ross,
L. II. Briggs, w. w. Key,
8. Davis, G. P. Jones,
j. j. Flanagan, j. 7. Parker,
Allan Clark, w. j. Ross,
j. Nj. Burton, A. j. Pollock,
B. F. McBroyer, g. W. Jarvis,
8. B. Hasty, A. I. Blackwell,
E. W. Clark, w. Ii. Burrage,
K. D. Shots, w. A. Little,
j. j. Gully, F. NJ. Rush,
B. X. Legette, j. W. Bethany.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-05
THE REV. lRl R. HICKS
Almanac and Magazine

Should be In
every home In
the land. His
weather predic-
tipnscanb behad
only in his own
Oublica ii on s.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-05
MAleDI.GRAS.
MoBILE-NEw ORLEANS,

February 9th March 3rd, 1908.
Low round trip tickets on sale
February 26th to March End in.
elusive; final limit returning G
March 10th. Stop-overs. For
further information apply to Mo-
bile & Ohio Railroad Tick g
Agents or write Jno. M. Beall
q. +. A., st. Louis.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-05

That combination of The KEN
PER HERALD, the Weekly Com
cial-Appcal, and Home and
Farm, all three for one year for
$3.50, is as good thing as a man
could wish. Subscribe now.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-05
ANNOUNCEMENT.
e authorized TO ANNOUNCE
j. III. CURRIE,

OF Lauderdale County. rs n candidate for
Congress from this 1.-THE 5thl Congressional
District, subject to the action OF the Demo-
cratic party.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-05

No other publisher is permitted TO
print them in any form, either with OF
without credit. His 1908 Almanac ex-
cells all former editions in beauty and
'alue, and sells for. .35cents, postpaid.
His monthly magazine, WORD AND
WORKS, contains his weather fore
casts for each month, ttosa*her with
vast amount Of the best family reading
and costs 81. q year, one almanac with
each subscription. Every earthquake
and serious storm for 20 years has
been predicted by Prof. Hicks. You
cannot afford to be without these pub
ications. Address oil orders to
The KEMPER HERA
ScOoba Miss.