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Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-06

The Annual Year Book of the Navy has been published. It shows the United States still second in the list. with Germany pushing hard to dis place 1t.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
TROLLEY CARS MT ~ HURT
Interurban Switch Does Not work
at Cavanaueh. Ind.

Hammond, Ind.-ln head-on collision
between two limited cars on the Chicago,
Lake Shore aud South BEND intcrurban
line at Cayanaugh, three miles east OF
Gary. Ind, % passengers from Gary.
Hammond, Indian Harbor and many in
termcliatc points were injured and per
haps five will die. At Cavanaugh the
Chicago. Lake Shore and South Bend
tracks pass over an elevation over the
Elgin, Joliet and East railroad tracks.
and II was az The foot Of the elevation
that the accident occurred.
The collision occurred when west.
bound car. which had the right OF way,
collidcd with an eastbound ear, which
was trying TO make switch. For some
reason or another the castbound car
failed to negotiate the switch and be
fore the motormcn on the cars could
slackcn speed the collision occurred and
the rapidly approaching cars telescoPed
each other.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
UNIFORMITY IN EDUCATION.
All States Urged to Adopt System
That Is Uniform.

Atlanta, GA movement to build
up an educational scheme which shall
embrace the entire South was launched
at a prolonged session Of the campaign
managers of the conference for education
in the. South, now in annual session
here. II was proposed that all States OF
the South be induced TO take action to
ward a strong educational system which
shall be as uniform as possible. The idea
10 be worked out was thus expressed by
President p. p Claxton, of the Univer-
sity of Tennessee:
we should have" h. said, IAN archi-
tectural plan built up from all styles of
education now in vogue in the South.
I'VE have been strengthening here and
there for years with good results, until
now it Is time to construct a system
more or less permanent for develop
ment"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
LUMBER MILLS TO BE CLOSED
1, 900 Plants in Texas, Louisiana and
Mississippi Affected.

Kansas City.--Following a conference
by prominent mmbermen in Kansas City
Monday, it was stated that nearly a
thousand lumber mills in Texas, Louis
lana, Mississippi and Florida will be shut
down for an indefinite period. The eff
fort 10 shut down one of the biggest in
dustries in the South is the direct result
Of business depression, according TO the
men engineering the deal. The combine
members say they win force up the
prices, and will remain closed for twelve
months If necessary.
Business has become so slow that we
will make the dealers hump II We have
TO stay closed a year said y. +. Pat
terson of kirbyyille, Texas, one of the
Kirby coterie which controls more than
eight hundred mills.
ut is simply case of no prices for
lumber. We hold our lumber thinking
we shall get dollar more ON the car
next day. The dealers hold off ON buy
ing thinking they can get a dollar less
ON the ear. There is no business, aud
rather than sell at any price we can get
We will force the dealers 10 pay our
prices by cutting out the supply as long
as Il is necessary"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22

This church. like many ano,hs, On.
had had trouble about pumping o. O.
gan. and the plan Of using yr,r
power was gladly adopted Coanec.
ton was made with the pines II he
rectory. which stood on the aAonlas
lot. All the preliminary tests were
satisfactory. On the Sunday non.
ing whom the apparatus vas 70 y
used for the first time a, a regular
service the organist arrived eHly iu
a final trial. There was not hi.ch.
The congregation generally khev d
the innovation. and awaited The 01es.
ing strains OF the professional VIII
uncommon interest Not a sound cane
from the organ. however. and the
choir had 10 march In singing he
hymn as best II could. unacc,mpanid
OF course the disappointment Si
keen.
The rector's wife was resourceiul
A clergyman's wife usually has n BE-
she slipped out by a side door AL r.
turned In i've minutes with a ncte
This she forwarded 10 her husband
II read: ITS all right nov. Coos
was taking a bath"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
- zatHa -
sectional view Of the Brick Road.

ment already laid. thus giving y
long stretch OF the paving instead OF
scattered patches over the country.
The paving Il OF yitrihed paving brick.
and Is retained In place by rectangular
concrete curbing ave inches wide by
i6 inches deep. set with It's top flush
with the brick In this state. the max.
imum width OF brick highway allowed
by state law Is l6 feet. with a mini
mum width OF ten feet. This county
applied for the maximum width. and
two roads have been constructed In
accordance with this i6-foot width.
Outside Of each curling II an earth
en- bernie three feet wide. also flush
with the curb, 80 that vehicle may
drive from the brick pavement out
over the curbing 10 the earth n occa.
sion requires. rs Il seldom does Drain.
age Is provided by means Of a ditch ON
either side Of the road. with a mini
mum depth OF IS inches below the
crown Of the pavement The paving
between curling has a crown OF Ave
inches. and Is constructed ON an arc
OF circle or on a parabola as coca
sion requires.
The accurate cross section here.
given shows these figures in plan The
excavation for the subgrade OF the paw
ing IL first made with n true crown
parallel 10 the finished surface OF the
road. this Is then thoroughly rolled
and compacted with a not less than
six.ton steam roller. On this sub
grade a bed or foundation OF gravel Is
placed to a depth OF seven inches. and
the surface Of this Is constructed TO
a true crown and thoroughly rolled.
On this Is placed an inch OF sand for
a cushion on which the brick are laid.
The brick are then rolled AMI sanded.
after which the pavement Is ready for
use. The specifications for this class
OF work are very rigid and the work
when completed Is not only durable
but pleasing to the eye. On the work
done in this county. all horizontal an
giles are turned with regular degree
curves and all vertical angles are re-
placed by vertical curves.
The cost OF this work varies. but on
the first piece OF road paving. a stretch
OF $3.50 feet. known as the South river
road, the total cost was $10,334. while
the FraEeyburg road improvement. a
stretch Of $3.50 feet. was completed at
a cost OF sl2.923.
This work has not been completed
long enough for a severe trial. but
after over a year Of heavy service tho
South river road is In as good a condi.
ton as on the day II was finished.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
ROADS LOST $3.50, 900, 900.
Two-cent Fares Cost s2b, ZOO, 900
Loss in One Year.

Chicago.-An advance abstract Of sta
tistics OF American railways Tor the year
ending June 30, 1905. as complied by
the bureau Of railways, news and sta
tistics, was made public here by Slason
Thompson, manager Of the bureau The
report SAYS
Instead Of decrease Of only siGi,.
464.04i in gross earnings, a. the result
Of the temporary financial depression
of i9O5-s, as set forth in the preliminary
income report of the interstate commerce
commission for the year ending june 30,
1905, the panic of 1901 resulted in a loss
Of over S33O,OOO,OOO. This statement is
based on a table giving the earnings for
the twelve months ending Nov. 80. 1908.
when the full effect Of the business de-
preston became evident, compared with
the preceding twelve.
''In the same way the loss in net
earnings Is shown 20 have been Si2o.-
$40, $50, instead Of Sill ,O5i ,oO6, as Civ
en- in the commissions statement. The
2-cent passenger fare litigation caused a
loss Of S25,OOO,OO0 in gross earnings,
although more passengers were carried.
This il accounted for by reduction in
average receipts per passenger mile on
"a per cent of the mileage from 2.Ol4
cents in 1907 TO 1882 in 1905"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
ALL AROUND THE FARM.

Look TO the drain outlets.
Do not let this month go by without
rolling your meadows. The grass roots
need to be pressed down irto the earth
now II you hope TO save them.
Use a piece OF an old grain sack 10
wipe the earth on the pillow when leav.
Ing the field. Then n you follow this
by a rubbing with paper. you will have
a share that will shine like glass
bottle.
Go over your new seeding this
spring, and. II Il has wlnter.killed, sow
on II liberal amount OF timothy and
clover. We have sometimes thus
saved field, so that Il did not have TO
be plowed up again.
Two hundred pounds To the acre Of
nitrate Of soda will help you TO cut
two tons OF hay 10 the acre where you
have been getting only one, providing
there is any grass left TO feel tho
strength OF the fertilizer. Try a little
piece 20 see.
One of my nelghbors has a small
saving outfit-a buzz-saw and a gaso-
line engine 10 propel Il. For putting a
lot of wood In shape TO burn In the
kitchen stove and doing II In a few
hours. II is the smoothest combination
| ever saw.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
WHEAT PIT HIT BY wHlRLwND
Fortunes Shift Like Sand King Pat
ten Again Feature of FURRY.

Chirago--It was day Of tumult and
sharply shifting fortunes in the wheat
pit OF the hoard of trade Thursday. July
wheat following docilc advance to a
high level. suddenly dropped an extreme
a-S cents. The pyramid fortunes Of
small Spectators vanished in trice and
the day was saved from rout only by the
vigorous cNertions Of the bull leader,
James \. Patten.
Within the last fifteen minutes Of trad
ing Mr. Pat,en bought 100000 bushels
Of wheat for July delivery. The while
he chcwed the stub of cigar and ran his
fingers rcflcctiyely over the unshaven
gray stubble which there has been no
time for him to remove from his face.
II was Patten against the field and the
final gong showed that the former ap-
parcufiy as mighty as over. His pur
chascs and those Of his followers, togeth-
err with the proft-taking of shorts, who
lost no time in securing the fruits of
their bearish daring, caused a reaction Of
over a cent all along the line. But be-
fore this occurred the hoard of many a
small speculator had gone.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
SORSBY GETS LIFE Term
SIX JURORS VOTED FOR DEATH
SENTENCE.
Verdict Was Compromise Wife Of
the Defendant Crushed by
the Result.

Jackson, Miss.-"Wc. the jury. end
the defendant guilty as charged aud fix
the punishment at imprisonment for
life" was the tersc. formal expression Of
the finding Of the Sorsby Jury. as writ
ten on the back of the indictment and
handed to Judge Potter shortly after
the opening of court Tuesday morning.
This ended the long. hard-fought trial.
which from the time that the task Of
selecting a jury was begun, had held the
center Of interest on the stage Of events
in Kinds county for twelve days, and il
was verdict that carried with il sur
prise. There was no surprise at the CON
viction Of Sorsby on the charge or the
imposition of the life sentence, as some
thing of the kind was generally expected.
but the element Of surprise lay in the
prompt return Of the verdict. II had
been believed by many that owing 10
the conflict or doubt created by the tcsti-
mony as to the sanity of Sorsby that
the twelve would have been tied up in
definitely and that even mistrial would
be the final outcome, and 1t is probable
that none was more surprised than the
court and counsel when it was announced
that the jury had agreed on verdict.
Sorsby sat with his wife, who was the
only member of his family present with
him, and near the couple was Mr.. Wat
kins of their counsel, while District At.
torney Mcneil was ON hand TO represent
the state. The twelve men filed in, look.
ing solemn and their very tread seeming
ly subdued and softencd under the
weight of the responsibility which they
were about 10 transfer 60 Others.
The prisoner looked ON with about the
same air Of stolid Indifference which has
characterized his demcauor since the
trial began. lie heard, but whatever
his thoughts were, they were not dis
closed TO anyone except perhaps TO the
partner Of his bosom, who sat with her
arm about him, or to Mr.. Watkins.
With the fair-faced young wife il was
different, for, for the first time since
the court proceedings were begun, she
gave way TO the long pent up feeling.
that had been hers. and a heart-broken
sob escaped her lips and the tears sprang
without let or checking from the we'll
controlled ducts.
Later in the day Judge Potter direct
ed that Sorsby he brought into court in
order TO receive sentence, a mere formal
ity OF the law. as the jury had already
fixed that at life imprisonment.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
WOULD PROMOTE WATERWAYS
Congressman Want Big Ships to En-
ter the Mississippi

wsshington.-To urge upon the navy
department the importance Of allowing
the larger ships Of the navy to pass up
the Mississippi river 40 as TO demon
strate 20 the nations Of the world the
Feasibility Of using the great waterway
as an avenue OF commerce. a delegation
of the members Of the United States
senate and the house OF representatives
from the States OF Mississippi. Louis
lana, Arkansas and Tennessee called to
see Secretary Mycr Tuesday Owing to
the secretary's absence at the scmi.week.
~ cabinet meeting, the delegation did
not confer with him. but will do 30 later.
They are especially anxious that the hat.
tleship Mississippi shall be sent 10
hatcher to receive the silver service TO
h. presented TO that vessel by the state
Of Mississippi. and believe the OCCASION
offers an exceptional opportunity for
what they seek.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
WERE GAMBLING. THEN SHOT
One is Dead and the other Dying
the Result

Knoxville. Tenn--Theodore Rose and
Dick Thomas were the principals in a
bloody tragedy enacted near Mentor. a
small station on the Louisville and Nash
vile. mcagcr details Of which have been
received here. Rose was Killed aud
Thomas lies at the point Of death u
Is stated that the two men were gam
bling when a dispute arose aud pistols
were pulled. Rose was shot four times
and Thomas in three places.
A coincidence of the tragedy Is that
each man had previously Killed man.
Rose killed Harvey Birch6eld some II
years ago and escaped arrest for morr
than eight years, although once during
that period be was arrested hut rescued
by friends. who took him away from the
officers by force. When tried for mur-
der he was acquitted, n the principal
witness against him could not be- found.
Thomas killed a man six years ago, near
Townsend, hut was acquitted on the
ground that he was shooting at another
party
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
Her Answer.


An Atchlson girl had a proyOsal Of
marriage Sunday night and asi9d
week 20 think Il over. She went TO al
OF her married sisters one, who used
20 be a belle, had three children, ad an
her own work and hadn't been 70 ne
thcater or out riding since sAe Sa'
married. Another. whose husband v"
n promising young man al ne uias
she was married was supPoIuas
him. A third didn't dare say
her life was her own when Der hls
band was around. and a fourth vas o.
yorced. After visiting them and heh'
ing their woes. the heroine OF 'as y,
tie tale went home, got pen. INK aau
paper and wrote an answer 70 '-'
young man. You may think Il VIZ ~
fusing him. but II wasn't sAe s~,l
she could be ready In a monIh'-ANT
ison Globe.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
SEVEN CENTS BREAD LIKELY
Ghetto Already Facing Bread at Six
Cents a Loaf.

New York.-With flour up forty cents
n barrel in the local market and the pros
poets apparently good for a further rise,
New York City is now facing the posi-
bility of bread at seven cents loaf.
What will appear TO hundreds of thou
sands of the poor like famine prices for
all family larders bids fair to be forced
rs the result of the recent rise in wheat
The Ghetto of New York has already
in some degree felt the effect of the
buoyaney of the Chicago wheat pit. Six
cents a loaf is the price now charged
by some bakeries, while the proprietors
of hundreds of Others declare that they
cannot continue selling at five cents
much longer, with bread and flour of the
better grades costing from 81 to S7.2O a
barrel, against 5000 to $3.50 few days
ago. They add, moreover, that with
-four permanently up to the rates re-
Gently quoted, even six cents would not
give them any sort of profit.
Seven-cent bread, either through an out
and out advance in price or an equiva-
lent shrinkage in the loaf seems inevita-
BILE.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
aaRI99AAPP MhsSsA
,lNpR0!YElRfS
BUILDING GOOD ROADS.
i,ow :, Ia Being WORKED GU, In Ohio,
Especially IN muskinauni County.

There sas been considerable agIta.
ton throughout Ohio over the good
roads question for number OF yearA
writes d. Y. Geddes 60 Country Gentle.
man. The result was that few years
ago the state legislature authorized the
organization OF state highway depart.
ment principally for educational pur.
poses. but the work soon became 30
great and the demands so insistent
that the educational view has largely
been lost sight OF In the practical side
" the question. This department IL
still In It's infancy and Is composed OF
state highway commissioner and two
assistants. together with resident en-.
gineers In various sections OF the
state. Tn, state legislature. at It's
last session. authorized an appropria.
tion OF $4,000 rer county. or n total OF
$4,000 for the IS counties of tho
state. This amount Is distributed pro
rata 10 the counties. the state paying
for 80 per cent. OF the work done. the
county for 20 per cent. the township
for Is per cent. and the property own.
ers along the line Of the improved high.
way for ten per cent OF the cost OF
the work In the given township.
These conditions have been taken
advantage OF In Muskingum county for
the past two years toward obtaining a
mile OF brick road each year. the
writer having had charge OF all such
work as resident engineer. one Of
the primary conditions In the applics-
ton for brick road Il that the road
must at one end Join on a brick pave
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
LYNCHERS RODE IN AUTO.
sohn Smith, Negro, Hanged for At
tempted Assault.

Arcadia, Fla, April-John Smith, the
negro who late Saturday afternoon at
tempted criminal assault ON Miss Mary
Ewing, two miles from this city, by drag
ging her from a buggy, was captured
here early this morning and lynched.
The negro was taken from the sheriff
and his deputies at an early hour this
morning and hanged to tree.
Miss Ewing, who had been TO the city
on shopping tour, was returning to
her home, four miles from the city, when
the negro attacked her. The young
woman begged, fought and prayed TO the
black fend to let her go. and offered to
give him 500 in cash II he would ac-
company her home, but this did not stop
the brute. VIII Knowles aud his broth
err, walking some distance from the
scene, heard the screams of the woman
and rushed to her assistance. The brute
made his escape. After taking Miss Ew-
ing TO her home, the men rushed TO the
city, spread the news, and bloodhounds,
followed by a posse of 800 men, were
soon on the trail. The negro was found
at a turPentiue camp and taken before
his victim, who positively identified him.
Sheriff Freeman and his deputies sue
ceeded h placing Smith in Jail, but being
afraid of an attack, attempted to spirit
him out of Arcadia, when they were met
by an automobile party, held up and
forced to give up the prisoner.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
Rehear Alabama Rae Case.

New Orleans, La.-Application for a
rehearing in the so-called Alabama rate
case was filed with the clerk Of the
United States circuit court of appeals
here Monday. The application was filed
by attorneys representing the various
railroads The appeal was ON the recent
decision which dissolved The injunction
issued by Judge Thomas G.. Jones at
Montgomery, Aha. restraining the Stat,
railroad commission from putting into
effect rates provided for in Alabams
laws.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
INCOME TAX BILL PUT IN.
Senator Bailey Would Have Tariff
Bill Amended.

Washington.-Immediately after the
senate convened Thursday Senator Bailey
introduced an income tax amendment TO
the tariff bill II provides for a straight
tax of 3 per cent ON all incomes about
5000 year II eXempts all incomes
from federal, state, county and munich
pal securities, salaries Of all state off,
GERS and incomes of corporations below
$1,000. The former Law ON the subject
provided for tax of per cent ON in
comes of $4,000 and upward.
Mr.. Bailey does not attempt to avoid
the constitutional questions and in effect
challenges them. lie estimates that il
his amendment becomes law il will
raise about 100000, 900 annually.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
USES DYNAMITE AND KNIFE
Indinanian Wounds Wife and Four
Members Of Family.

South Bend, Iad-Lewis Thrun. a
Berien county lMichiganl farmer, while
crazed with liquor Monday night created
reign of terror at his horac by dyna.
hitting a building and wouhding his ia
ther-in-law and four Other members. of
his family by stabbing them with a
knife and also placing ia peril the lives
of six children near the building which
he dynanited. Thrum, after creating
this havoc, barricaded himself in his
home, where he had stored dynamite
and gun, and defed the posse from which
he had escaped earlier in the evening.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
NO REDUCTION IN WAGES.
Coal Operators Name Committee to
Formulate Plans.

New Nork.-After meeting Of the
coal operators in this city Monday it was
announced that no action had been taken
looking toward reduction in the wages
Of the miners.
A committee of eleven men was APP
pointed To formulate a policy of dealing
with the miners and report at a meet
ing of coal operators to be held on April
22.
One Of the questions which was said
to have been ander discussion at the
meeting was that of a suspension OF
operations, but ii was stated later that
It was not decided TO do so at present. !
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
Kidnapers Are Indicted.

Cleveland, O.-Mr. and Mrs. James H.
Boyle, under arrest at Mercer, Pa, on
the charge of kidnapping win c. Whitla
Of Sharon, Pa, were again indicted by
the Cuyahoga grand jury Tuesday on
the charge of child stealing and harbor
ing a stolen child. Following the arrest
of the Boyles here on March 22, the day
after the Whitla boy was returned to
his father, the grand jury indicted the
couple on the charge OF blackmail
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-04-22
SICK DOCTOR
Proper Food Put Him Right


The food experience OF a physc.s
In his own case when worn ana we.
from sickness and when ncedihb o0N
ishment the worst way Is 'aiuao'e.
"An attack OF grip. so severe II u cav, ,
near making an end OF me- lei. u,
stomach In such condition ! oouie ~. Y,
petalu any ordinary food. ! Anes -. y
course that must have food nOA'''-
ment or l could never recover All,
Il began 10 take four tablespo 'Al'ss
OF Grape-Nuts and cream three L. -,
day and for 2 weeks this was -, -.
my only food; II tasted so deA1V s,v
that l enjoyed II immensely a.s me
stomach handled II perfectly lI ''Sirs I
FIRST mouthful. Il was so noI''s'. ..a,l
was quickly built back 10
health and strength. ia. a.
"Grape-Nuts IS OF great VIZ ,a.,s Al.
food 70 sustain life curing SV''' A.
tacks I'm which the stomach u ,a,s
ranged II cannot digest ana a'''-
other foods. Crane.
II am convinced that we're G ,aIap'
Nuts more widely used by physl.'. IN.
it would save many lives tina, s,o NJ y
erwlse lost from lack OF nouIl'I saob n
Absolutely the most perleo' 20 doys
the world. Trial OF Grape'Na's " Vs.
proves. "Theres a Reason aThs
Look in pkg. for the little ooOA'
Road TO MELVILLE" -, sew
Ever read the above ls,' ,,rs.. Tbs,
an. ...e.r. from time 60 as mass
are ssauine, true. ana ~"
Interest.