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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
BAD CUTTING AFFRAY
TONY KHOURY IS SERIOUSLY
INJURED BY A
NEGRO.

Tony Khoury an Assyrian, and
Richard Murphy, a negro. were the
participants in an altercation on
Poplar street Tuesday afternoon
which resulted in the serious cutting
OF Khoury by the negro.
Khoury operates small store al
the corner of Poplar and OHca
streets. and Murphy was one OF his
negro customers. The storekecpcr
had extended credit to the negro t.
the amount Of $50 which was
claimed TO be past due Upon see
ing Murphy passing the store,
Khoury requested settlement to
which the negro replied with Ian
guage that angercd the storekecper,
who struck him The negro then
drew d knife and attacked khoury,
almost scvering the flesh from his
LETT arm below the elbow and Slight
" wounding him in the back The
negro then made his escape but was
later arrested near Redwood park
and placed in jail
Khoury was taken to the Green
Vile sanitarium where his injuries
were dressed, it requiring sixty
stitches in his arm lie Is still al
the sanitarium. and is recovering as
fast as his injuries will permit
A preliminary hearing will be held
as soon as fhe injured man i ai,1c fo
attend
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
Believes N Greenwood's Prosperity.

Maj R W. Alillzaps. one of Jack
sons most prominent capitalists. and
who own a great deal Of property
and interests in Our progressive city.
has let the contract for the erection
Of four new large stores on his pro-
perty near the Y. & NJ. " r. r..
These viii be two story structares
and viii be ready for occupancy by
September. greatly improving tha.
growing part Of our city Green
wood CommOnw ealth
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
It's a Boy

Its boy. and he weighs ten and
d half pounds, and he arrived Mon
day afternoon at just 3.35 o'clock
This was the explanation Mr. Isadore
Itzig was handing out to his friends
the carly part OF the week in reply
to their earnest solicitations a. to
the cause Of his hilarious conduct.
YES, its boy, and he's cracker
jack, too"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
AT NEXT SESSION OF THE
STATE LEGISLATURE.
COVERS VARIETY OF SUBJECTS
Including Constitutional Amend
Constitutional Convention a Pos
sibil;ty-Will Be Busy Session.

The following IS summary of the
important subjects that have thus far
been suggested for consideration at
tile approaching session of the Iegis
lature: =
Authorization OF d constitutional
convention for complete revision
of the organic laws Of the comm ou-
wealth
Revision OF statutes relative t.
urisoludenc> and practice
New laws relative to civil iuris-
prudence, moro closely defining jurfs-
dict:cn Of chanccry and cire;'t
courts
AI.rc equitable method OF assess
racr:. and creation OF d state board
cf equalization
Reform OF the jury system. allow
ing majority of the members &c
return verdicts inn civil cases, juries
to be orally charged by trial Judge
AMI radical reforms in qualifications
for members.
Establishment Of state normal
ana training school for teachers to
cost not less than 100000.
Establishment OF state charity
hospital in Jackson.
More liberal support by the state
for agricultural high schools
Constitutional amendment increa>-
ing the Supreme Court bench to FIVE
members.
Abolition of the law permit Ing
public executions. and statute sub
shutting the electric chair for death
by hanging
More equitable legislative appor-
tionmcnt for South Mississippi.
Modification of the statute rela-
tive to holdings OF manufacturing
corporations.
Statute making pistol-toting fel-
ony, and to prohibit the shipment OF
firearms into the state
Establishment OF separate insti-
tuition for the negro insane. and Civ
ing patients Of this race moderate
employment on institution farms
To daor,vc the Governor of the
hardening power. and to create a
state board Of pardons
To abolish boards of trustees Of
the .ducatal institutions at Stark.
/ vile. Rodney and Columbus and
creation OF a state board of regents
/ to be elected bv the 1egis1aturc..
Statute fixing the liability of
/ stakeholder, in corporations at 100
Der cent more than the stock they
hold.
/ Creation Of Office of state bana,
/ oxan,iner and modern system al
! c>a,,ination for state banking insti-
/ +,t;ons
pro,,;d;no for = system of insDec.
to-, of netroIe,m and il nrodt1cts
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
IS RUMOR THAT IS BANNING
CIRCULATION.
FRIENDS WILL USE WEALTH
And Influence To Elect a Governor
Who VIII Grant Pardon-Smith Iz
Now Feeding Stock on Rankin
Farm


Travelling men 90 into I'm Lind.
Of places and meet all kinds Of neo-
pie They call ON the merchants
during the dav and NJ NIGHT after
having written un their orders fro
auentlv sit in hotel 1obhies and dis
cuss topics of the dav. Politics fre-
quently form Tie thcme of discuss
son. and the traveling men are often
the FIRST to make public schemes fhat
are being Matched in political -irrle.
The travelling men are e-ne,;arry I'M
teres,cd in the case ~ Cha. r
Smith. who is now ser,-ine- a rt.
sentence for tbc murder # n
Laurent. for AIr. Laurent was a tra-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
Congressman Humphreys Home.

Congressman Ben 6. Humphreys
arrived home from Washington last
Thursday night, and has been busy
meeting and shaking hands with his
friends. All OF our people are glad
TO see Congressman Ben back again
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
STATE sHERIFFs IN SESSION
Second Annual Convention Held at
Hatsiesbrrg On Monday
and Tuesday.

sheriiTo from I'll sections of tie
state met in llattie>bnrg Monday -
attend the second annual convention
OF the Mississippi Sheriff>. .Associa-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
FOR GOOD ROADS LEGISLATION
Biloxi Commercial Club Wants
the Governors Recon-
mendation.

Governor Noers daily maii IS be
ing il frequent communications rela
tive 10 legislative matters. and many
OF the letters contain suggestions or
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14

as chief clerk and Mr. Percy Long
as weigher- They report everything
in readiness to press the first bales
Of the season.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
GETTING READY
FOR FALL WORK
OIL MILLS ARE TAKING ON
NEW LIFE,
MANY IMPROVEMENTS MADE
At All Plants and the Compress
Superintendent Hawk of the Delta
Oil Mill Inventor of New Mach
inc for Cleaning Seed.

Inc tor Cleaning Seed
With the opening Of the cotton
season close at hand. the oil mills
and compress in this city begin talk
ing on life The four oil mills arc
among the largest and best equipped
in the state. and the Gulf compress
the most extensive During the
summer months changes OF con
siderable Importance have been
made al all OF these plants. New
machinery has been installed. needed
repairs have been made. equipment
has been Thoroughly overhauled. and
everything made ready for the adj
vent OF the fleecy staple
The Delta Oil Mill.
The Delta Cotton Oil Co. claim
to have the most up-to-date plant in
the state, being valued at over Sroo.-
900. Mcssrs. q. b. Alexander and
A. J. Mckee are the proprietors
Since purchasing this plant d few
yoa'9 oS' SiCdJ NtidiSt nave Dttl
made IN both the plant and the
equipment This season the boiler
capacity has been doubled giving the
plant over 500 horse power.
The Delta has installed machine
the invention OF Superintendent H..
/. Hawk. which. it is claimed will
DC productive OF great benefit for
the industry, This machine scpa-
ates the lint cotton from the seed,
and the work accomplished j. 50
49,
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In latter issrc the Tin,.. ,.,,1 DIV.
detailed account of the Dissertation
and ooeration Of this new Invention
Mug Ni'ii.
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G anu o'c' ''eo oy ,''s fNeIuee 90
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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
The Mississippi.
The DeSoto Oil Mill.

The DeSoto IS ono OF a system
of mills owned by Memphis capital.
II has undergone extensive repairs
and thorough overhauling and i
in irst-cla>s condition for the com
ing seasons business.
Mr.. J. W. McRaven is the new
manager Of the DcSoto. The office
force comprises Mr. \. d. John
ston. cashier and MIR ] H, Russo.
on the books.
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

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La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

the warrant. 10 which he agreed,
Now three or four others came
around me. and one struck match.
hrll the warrant aud The leader
read H. He kept his word, aud
turned TO the sh,r II and told him
h. was all right and doing his duty,
and the whole bunch yelled fr the
sheriff Everybody shook hands and
| shah always believe tragedy was
avcrted. not so much by mc. but by
a force | knew not OF and could not
control.
And this incident was not closed,
because two years thereafter com
blnation OF strenuous politics and lie
Ing campaign resulted In AN environ
mont, the climax OF which was a
desperate man, trying 10 take my
life was unconscious and obliylous
10 immediate danger There might
have been seen leaving COW camp,
twenty miles southeast Of La Junia,
at p. m, August 10, 1850. horse
man. At about p. N, he threw
himself from his dying horse at La
Junta and asked bystander where
the agent was. He just went into
the depot" was the answer The
next moment. as the would-be assas-
sin pulled the trigger TO take my
life. something struck the revolver
up. and the bullet went through the
ceiling OF the little depot And the
next moment the villain was crashed
10 the floor As | looked through
the smoke. there, standing over the
ruffian, extending his hand aud smll.
ing, was Charley Parsons, with the
remark. as cool and quiet as Of yorc.
Colonel, houors are now even be
tween us" And the two incidents
were closed
But Charley Parsons, Jim Jones,
G. NJ Dameron. T J. Hickman. John
Wood. Frank Nixon and several
other eN-coufcderaty soldiers. were
not satisfied. as witnesses They
chartered a coach and engine soon
afterwards. and some fifty OF the
confederate army came from Las An.
imas and absolutely surprised and
captured Fitzpatrick Post No. ~. @.
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

two stores. Biern1aum and Hollings
worth. new school house. the old Man
zanares warehouse turned into Har
yoy's eating house, and In 1881 We.
the good people. formed the city gov.
ernment and elected mayor and five
trustees. and became city OF the
fourth class or incorporated town |
was elected mayor, aud reelected
three times, The first act of the
council was TO adopt municipal seal.
which was AN antelope" leoause on
the day Of election 100 antelope ran
up Colorado ayenue-some through
the park The town grew rapidly
Many OF her men | have spoken Of
moved To La Junta from other towns
OF the valley. The third election.
the opposition TO the advancement
Of La Jun,a was summed up In their
slogan. that the town was run by
the four "D's" viz. Denny. Dooley
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

cattlemeu that the homestsader was
coming and that they had better get
from under The first ! heard from
this editorial was letters wilbIrawing
the cattle cuts. aud other Influences
were brought to bear that sfFucL at
the very life OF thc paper But what
few homcst"aders ther. W.T. rallied
to the support OF the la JuUts Tri d.
unc. and. through my old captain In
the army. John J Lambert. then ed.
itor and proprietor Of the Pueblo
Chieftain. the landofnce sent me all
the notices Tor publication ui home
steads. and that tldrd the la Iunia
Tribune through her dark.. days.
Long may she live
At one time in this controversy |
was assaulted. struck to The .rlund.
by leading cattlcman. Bur he In.
cldent was soon forgotten, aud my
assailant became my flrm,s and
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

Derrah and the Devil. Ny friends.
Mr. NJ. p. Dooley and Mr. $. V. Der
rah were certainly big D's and his
Satanic majesty only caucused with
us on occasions. But certain 1t IS.
the :.rst three city admlnistra ions
of young La Jun,a lad the f,unda-
tion of her pr sent greatness. and,
while the council and the mayor aid
not always agrce on miner de.ails,
in the main We We're to-grher as
one man for upbuiiding cf la Junla.
Now. IN 1850 bought aD army
printing press AID started the la
JuaJa Tribune ard shall always
consider this the creates, act Of my
life while at La Junta. aud could
consistently say with Horace Gree
Icy. Put on my Tombstone only
this, He founded the New York
Tribune. changing the words New
York 10 La JuHta Sometime one
has a right TO feel proud--wsak and
Incompetent though he may bc.-be-
cause perhaps, though inad yertently,
he builds Letter than he knows The
sustenanCe consisted Of three hun
dred subscribers and about one hun
dred cuts Of cattle and horsa brands
These cuts we're 81 per month. sl2
per year The paper flourlsbed. in
way. until the editor and proprie-
tor let sentiment get the better OF
him and published United States
District Judge Drummond's dec sion
at Cheyenne. concerning wirs noes
on public domain. and tha, The fences
must come down. In my remarks on
this decision. as editor. warned the
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

was alone Believe me when tell
you. every tree besan to quiyer,
every leaf was a tongue. and ga d
tre" bade me good morning. They
told me they had sheltered with
grateful shadow. many forlorn
wretch and sent him on his way re-
Joicing Then and there felt
was a king. So be II.
In 1853 or 1884 the city council ap.
pointed me a committee OF one on
water works. drew an ordinance
and formed company. and. deeply
As wished for the young city to own
her own utilities. at this time Il was
impossi- le Ordnance gave the city
fifteen years to purchase 4. \. Rob
inson signed for the water company.
aud myself for the city. Was also
entrusted TO purchase fire appa.
rstus aud hose. and at this lat. day |
am afraid I forgot to pocket tn. ten
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27
warmest friend.

In 1883 the county commissioners
appointed me county attorney for
Bent county. which position held
for two years. In 1854 | chartered
a horse and uggy. and went all over
the county collecting samples OF the
products CT the county In an agri-
cultural way-coilectin on the
furastoire. cats six feet tall. on the
Arkansas. corn. oats and other
products, paying the express on
same, So. AID displayed them in the
American House. Denver. T. G.
Henry formed company and gave
G. " Swink the contract for the
first ten miles Of the first ditch in
Bent county by corporate company
The headgate OF this ditch was taken
out on the Abe Armentrout ranch
Immediately across the river from La
Jlnta. The county commissioners
appointed myself as chairman and
George Spane and one other commis-
siOn'r To condemn land. and open
road just east OF the city for the
first bridge across the river The
lady who owned the land ran us off
with Winchester. but Pat Bradish
and Pat Coleman came to our rescue
and We soon had our first bridge
While all this was going on
chartered team and dug up cot
touwood sprouts and planted them
with my own hands in the park. the
city council paying for the fence
Five years ago | visited the park al
daylight. The trees were one to three
feet thick. All nature was still /
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

state, but TO no avsil. ! then con.
suited George A. Richmond, then
mayor OF Pueblo. which resulted h
my appointing six city marshals, arm.
Ing them with commissions and
adges. These men we're all gun"
men. from Pubelo. paid them so
per day each. At the end OF the
third day the city council. Jim Mar.
shal and Bat Masterson laid down,
and as Masterson handed me his
marshnis badge. he remarked, "col.
onel. I never could fight . man who
wears the grand army badge!" Let
me say that during these five weeks
OF controversy. when feeling ran
high. Bat Masterson gave Il out cold
to his cohorts tina, the first man Who
laid his hands on the mayor would
suffer. found Masterson Q gentle.
man. and one Of the bravest men I
ever met
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

During this time my railroad clerks
and employees. twenty-five strong,
stood by me like Stonewall Jackson's
men. absolutely true to death
speak now OF only two, George r.
Simmons. my chief clerk, now assist.
ant general manager of Mcffatt's
road. and William NJ. Fuller. my sec
ond clerk. now OF the Denver and Rio
Grande. They came to me in a pc
culiar bnt honest way. My night
watchman. Charley Barnes, saw these
two boys get off freight No. s in the
morning and arrested them. As
Charley was joker from Jokers-
vile. he had the boys scared TO
death. He told them the agent in
there was the worst man that ever
came over the trail. In my inter.
view with them | asked them where
they had dined. They replied AT
Lakin. Kan. the day before They
were both young and good looking
boys. and looked hungry. asked
them TO dine at my house. and gave
them positions in my office, taking
the places Of two clerks who wanted
leave Of absence. They stayed with
me two years. and one OF the hardest
things Of my life was TO let them
20 to the ID. & r. G.. but they went
with the highest endorsement could
write. always found them square,
straight and honest.
Now end as begun. with the
big ego" and my excuse is that the
great lawyer in holy writ always be
gun his wonderful epistlcs Il. Paul
the Apostle. say" (Mine enemies will
admit that the eight years Of my
life in La Junta were strenuous
ones
! was the first railroad agent.
first postmaster. first president Nct
school board. the first mayor. built
the first school house, bull, the first
bridge. built first water works, built
frs park, founded first newspaper,
helped organize first big ditch, and
therefore have the right TO con-
clude:
La Junta. beautiful queen | was
godfather at your birth; knew you
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

In your swaddlinE clothes: I led you
By the hand when you were a tod.
ding babe. You chatiered to me.
and clambered on my knees many
umes and Off. and pinned on my
breast many flowers And now
queen OF the Arkansas Valley. in
your regal robes. your head towering
In the ethereal blue. crowned with
Industry. peace and prosperity, ss you
glance TO the northwest you behold
Pike's Peak,
Monarch OF mountains.
They crowned him long ago.
With his robes Of ncccy clouds
And diadem Of snow"
AND A. your glance follows the
fountain quobou. you see tn. Pueb.
loa. ~ the head Of the grand valley
OF the Arkanssw. and as you follow
dswn the valley to the Granada.
you behold beautiful cities. all sstaI.
"ss revolving around you-cach city
~ emerald In your disdem.
.. BE- gracious. lest they become
Jealous and envious, and, queen of
Ne valley. beautiful Ia Jun,s. I klss
Sess hand sood night.
&c. DENNY.
s.eSss Greek. Colorado. November 4.
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

A. Il. As Charley Barnes the sen.
tinel. opened the door to their knock.
Ing. he reported To the commander
OF the post that the entire confoder.
mission. They were admitted. and
as they filed before the altar, fifty
strong. g. ~ Damcron. In splcn.
did Grafton. presented TO the post
iife-siza portrait Of General kllpat.
rick. painted by Colonel Woods
daughter. In reply the spokesman
for the post surrendered horse. foot
and dragons. and the yelling John.
nies marched Us over to the rail.
road eating house and forced Us 10
partako OF banquet. tn. like OF
which have never seen or INDUCED
In. before or since.
speak OF this episode simply TO
show that La Junia and the valley
was started and bull, up largely by
the veterans OF the ciyil war. on
both sides. as note: Colonel Holly.
OF Holly station. now city. !. Den.
mis-. OF Rocky Ford. n city. Charley
Barnes. two years my city marshal:
Charley Dickinson, Jimmy Reed. Dr.
Phillips. surgeon on Gen. Grants
stan. George spane and John Davis.
my police Judge. and my humble self
and many others who wore the blue:
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27

Jim Jones, The founder Of Las AMI
mas, r. J. Hickman. politician Of
Las Aulmas. q. VI Dameron. the
orator, Charley Parsons. the intrep-
Id sheriff: Frank Nixon, the steady
true and brave: John Wood, big heart
ed and true, and many Others who
wore the gray ! here and now. on
my siSty-third birthday. doff my hat
to them all, and say from my heart,
brayer set OF men never lived
Soon La Junta began to grow. and
from the little l2Hli depot and water
tank to quite a village new de.
po, was being erected. round house.
La Junta tribune., 1909-11-27
per cent discount for cash.

per cent discount for cash.
An inciden, happened In 1854 that
is only important because OF the
fact that many OF the actors have be-
come OF some notoriety. Jim Mar.
shal and fifteen others pitched their
tents in the park, and began gamb-
ling operations. The city marshal
stood in with them. discharged the
marshal. The city council. by . ma
jority Of one. reins,ated him. / again
deposed him. The council then
elected Bat Masterson. Of Dodge City,
Kan. objected on the ground that
Mssterson WAS not a citizen Of the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-06

settled, and you're going % help l1lI Z.
NO" answered Lady Maud quietly
Il won't help you to break on that e.
gagement- But II it should come to
nothing, without your Interfering
that is, by the girls own free will
and choice and change of mind, IA
help you to marry her If could
But you admit that she's going to
be miserable" said Van Torp stub
bornly.
I'm sorry for her, but it's none Of
my business. It's not honorable to
try and make trouble between en-
gagged people, no matter how ill
matched they may be-"
Funny idea of honor" observed
the American, that you're bound to
let friend of yours break her neck
at the very gravel pit where you were
! nearly smashed yourself! In the hunt
ing field you'd grab her bride il she
wouldn't listen to you, but in a mat
ter of marriage-oh no! It's dishon-
orable to interfere She's made her
choice and she must abide by it, and
all that kind of stuff"
Lady Maud's clear eyes met his
angry blue ones calmly.
Il don't like you when you say such
things she said, lowering her voice
little.
81 didn't mean to be rude" an
swered the millionaire, almost hum
bly,. you see don't always know. /
learnt things differently from what
you did. I suppose you'd think it an
insult if said I'd give large sum of
| money to your charity the day / mar
ried Nine. Cordova, if you'd help me
through"
please stop" Lady Maud's face
darkened visibly That's not like
you"
"Fll give million pounds sterling"
said Mr.. Van Torp slowly.
| Lady Maud leaned back in her cor
ner of the sofa, clasping her hands
rather tightly together in her lap. Her
white throat flushed as when the light
of dawn kisses Parian marble, and the
fresh tint in her cheeks deepened soft
ly: her lips were tightly shut, her
eyelids quivered a little, and she
looked straight before her across the
room.
You can do pretty good deal with
million pounds" said Mr. Van Torp,
after the silence had lasted nearly
half a minute.
DON'T" cried Lady Maud. in an
odd voice.
Forty thousand pounds a year." OBJ
served the millionaire thoughtfully.
you could do quite a great deal Of
good with that, couldn't yovT
Don't! Please don't."
She pressed her hands to her ears
and rose at the same instant. Per-
haps it was she, after all, and not her
friend who had been brought suddenly
to a great cross-road in life. She
stood still one moment by the sofa
without looking down at her COM
panion; then she left the room
abruptly, and shut the door behind
her
Van Torp got up from his seat slow
ly when she was gone, and went to
the window, softly blowing a queer
tune between his closed teeth and