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The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
COTTON CROP IS 974
CONDITIONS BEST IN EASTERN
PARTS OF THE BELT.
Crop Is to 30 Days Late in Texas.
Acreage Planted in Corn to
- 10 Per Cent. Increased.

Memphis, Tenn.-Reports from CORE
spondcnts of the Commercial Appeal
throughout the South set out the fol-
lowing facts concerning the cotton crop:
That the acreage is GA per cent. OF
that of last year.
That outside of Texas where the crop
is Is to 20 days earlier, there Is less
than weeks loss in the advancement
on this date as compared with last year.
That crop conditions are best i'll the
eastern parts OF the belt and worse in
the west, where dry weather has made
the cotton small and planting late.
That prior to May /, the spring was
dry and cold one. Since May / rains
have been abundant except in Texas,
but withal temperatures have been low
and the cotton plant has grown very
slowly. In the immediate Mississippi
valley considerable replanting was neces'
sary, but has been completed.
That the land was prepared in an I'M
usually thorough manner, and is now
in excellent condition.
That very little cultivation has been
DONE
That the rains of May II and Is af-
forded material relief in all sections OF
Texas save the western cotton produc-
ing area.
That the acreage planted to corn or
other grain is quite generally 5 to III
per cent. greater than that OF last year,
and that in boil weevil sections OF
Louisiana and Mississippi there has been
a considerable reduction in the amount
of land under cultivation and marked
increase in the paintings of other crops
than cotton.
The acreage and days early or late
as compared with last year, In the sew
eral States, is shown:
North Carolina, acreage 100, five days
early.
South Carolina, acreage 80, as early
as last year.
Georgia, acreage 90, as early as lat
year.
Alabama, acreage 9S, five days late.
Mississippi, acreage 96.5, crop t'e
days late.
Louisiana, acreage 84.5, crop ten days
late.
Texas, acreage 1o4.8, crop fifteen t"
twenty days late.
Arkansas, acreage 90, crop five days
late.
Tennessee, acreage 100, crop ten days
early.
Missouri, acreage 1o1, crop same as
last year.
Oklahoma, acreage IS, crop fifteen
days early.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
KILLED WHILE ON HIS KNEES
Shot to Death While Praying in
Church.

Leachville, Ark.-Charles Champ, aged
10 years, was arrested here for the muir
der of Henry Culp across the Missouri
line. Culp was down on his knees, lead
ing the prayer service at the Missionary
Bap ptist Church, when young Champ en-
tered the crowded church and fired two
shots into the back of Culp, killing him
instantly. In the midst of the confu
sion that Immediately ensued, the boy
made his escape.
An old grudge is behind this killing
Last August Culp shot and killed a
brother OF young Champ because of vio
lating the unwritten law. 1t was a very
sensational affair, and owing to the
prominence of the parties in social and
church circles, stirred the community
greatly. Culp was tried the other day
and acquitted, pleading the unwritten
law
This verdict, it is said, incensed young
Champ, and he resolved to avenge his
brothers death.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
FREE LUMBER DEFEATED
Democratic Division Gives Aldrich
Some Hope.

Washingt lumber met its
waterloo in the senate Monday. Senator
McCumbers' amendment putting rough
lumber on the free list was defeated by
vote of Sc to 25. Senator ,Johnston's
amendment making all building mate
rials free was lost by the more decisive
vote of "a to II.
This vote on lumber was the second
test OF the Adrich protective policy
strength in the senate. The first test
came on the vote putting duty of 25
cents a ton on iron ore. The votes on
the lumber and iron ore schedules were
the same practically. 1t is this vote
that will enable Senator Aldrich to see
his bill through the senate--a coalition
of the protection demands of the South
and of the Republicans of the East and
West against the Republicans of the
Middle West
Senator Bailey supported the duty of
81 thousand feet on rough lumber, and
defended his protection colleagues by a
general attack on all free raw material
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
SHIP is IN CONTEMPT
SHERIFF HELD BY FEDERAL
SUPREME COURT.
Five Others in Same Boat Grows
Out of Lynching of Negro
Prisoner.

Washington.-For the first time in so
serious case, the supreme court of the
United States will undertake to mete
out punishment for the crime of con-
tempt of the court itself, and the i'm
portance of the occasion will be en-
hanced by the number of defendants.
The proceeding will take place in con-
nection with the cases of Sheriff Shpp
and Deputy Sheriff Gibson, of Hamilton
county, Tenn, and of four other resi-
dents of that county, named, respective
ly, Williams, Nolan, Padgett and May.
These men were declared to be guilty
of an act of contempt in combining, in
1905, in conspiracy to lynch a negro
named Johnson, who had been sentenced
to death by the local court on the charge
of criminal assault, and in whose case
the supreme court had interfered to the
extent of granting an appeal, which had
the effect of a supersedeas. On the
night following the announcement of the
courts action, johnson was taken out
of the Jail in Chattanooga by a mob and
lynchcd. There was no resistance on
the part of Jail authorities, and Shipp
and a number of his deputies, as we'll
as about twenty citizens, were proceeded
against on the charge of contempt of the
federal court. a
The sentence may be either fine or
imprisonment, or both.
The case is regarded as of exceptional
interest because it is practically the first
undertaken to assert its dignity or to
resent acts or words refleeting upon it.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
FiqhtinQ tuberculosis,

Three large fraternal orders are at
present conducting sanatoria for their
tuberculouS members. The Royal
League, the first order to take up this
form of work in the United States.
has a sanatorium at Black Mountain,
North Carolina. The Modern Wood.
men have recently opened a sanator
ium at Colorado Springs, and the
knights of Pythias, one at the East
Las Vegas, New Mexico. The Royal
American Yeomen will consider prop
ositions at their coming grand coun
cils for the erection of similar insti
tutionS
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28

PinkhamS Vegetable Compound mace
me well woman and I have no more
backache. I hope I can help others by
telling them what Lydia E. Pinkham.
Vegetable Compound has done fol
me-" MRS. EMMA IMsE, 833 stSt.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The above is only one Of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by tbs
Pinkham Medicine Company OF Lynn
Mass, which prove beyond a doubt thai
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable, Com
pound, made from roots and herbs
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases of women after all other mean:
have failed, and that every such sui
ering woman owes it to herself to al
least give Lydia E, Pinkham's Vegeta
BILE Compound a TRIAL before submit
ting to an operation, or giving VI
hope of recovery.
Mrs. Pinkham, of\Lynn, Mass
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She haS guided
thousands to health and hei
advice is free.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
1t Pays to Think About Food.

The unthinking life some people lead
often causes trouble and sickness, IL
lustrated in the experience of lady
in Fond Du Lac, Wis.
about four years ago I suffered
dreadfully from indigestion, always
having eaten whatever 1 liked, not
thinking of the digestible qualities,
This indigestion caused palpitation OF
the heart so badly could not walk up
a fight of stairs without sitting down
once or twice to regain breath and
strength.
81 became alarmed and tried dieting,
wore my clothes very loose, and many
other remedies, but found no relief
Hearing of the virtues of Grape.
Nuts and Postum, commenced using
them in place of my usual breakfast of
coffee, cakes, or hot biscuit, and in
one weeks time was relieved of sour
stomach and other ills attending indi-
gestion. In months time my heart
was performing it's functions naturally
| and I could climb stairs and hills and
| walk long distances. Dos
'T gained ten pounds in this short
time, and my skin became clear and l
completely regained my health and
strength. continue to use Grape
| Nuts and Postum for feel that | owe
my good health entirely to their use.
There's Reason"
| ct like the delicious favour of Grape
Nuts and by making Postum accord.
| ing to directions, it tastes similar to
mild high grade coffee.
Read "The Road to Wellville." ." in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. new
one appears from time to time. They
are Eenufnes true, and fun Of humax
interest
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
Lincoln Cabin Moved.

Louisville, Ky.-The Lincoln cabin,
which was to have remained on the
memorial farm in Hodgenville the rest
of its enduring days, has been brought
to Louisville and locked up. 1t was
the center of attention of February IL,
the centenary of the war president, when
then President Roosevelt made the chief
oration. The plan was to keep it there,
but when the memorial temple which
President Taft is to dedicate in Sep
tember was being built, it was found
that the cabin would be exposed to the
elements and souvenir hunters.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
TWO MORE DREADNAUGHTS
Secretary Meyer Announces Nava
Program.

Washington-The building program
of the United States navy for the fiscal
wear 1911 will call for two battleships
of the most advanced dreadnaught type,
also five torpedo boat destroyers and
one modern repair ship for the fleet,
Notwithstanding the s10,00O,o0O de-
crease which is to be made in the naval
estimates by order of President TAFT.
Secretary Meyer, in announcing his
program, said the battleship approprla-
tion would not be affected by the re-
duced estimates. The reduction will
come from the appropriation for the
different bureaus, and from the navy
yards, but he had made these reductions
in such way as to not affect the ELL
cheney of the yards or the fleet.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
BEER IN CHIEF DEMAND.
Record of Semi-Temperance Saloon
Shows Tastes.

Des Moines, Iowa.-One hundred and
twenty-five cups of coffee and 25o
glasses of beer were sold i'll Des MONIES
semi-temperance saloon during the first
two hours after it was opened, and IN
addition the bartenders had to listen to
more than that number of protests from
customers who desired to pay for their
companions drinks. The signs inform
ing patrons that no treating would be
allowed in the new saloon had not ar
rived when the doors were thrown open,
and patrons who are ignorant OF the
,,nlift idea under which the place Is con-
Quoted were inclined to be indignant
when money was showed back across
tbe bar with the information that each
man must settle for his own. Besides
the 125 cups of coffee and $50 glasses
of beer, the owner of the saloon reported
that during the first two hours he sold
40 glasses of milk and 70 glasses OF but
termilk
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
Not a Petrified Leo.

In one of the leading cities of the
middle west a high church dignitary
is obsessed with the monomania that
one of his legs is gradually becoming
petrified To test its condition he
pinches it at frequent intervals. Al
a dinner party of men and women he
made the usual test after the soup and
became greatly excited to find that he
felt no sensation from a most vigor
GUS pinch. 1T has come, it has
come!" he cried in alarm; at last
my leg is completely petrified." This
matron sitting next to him whispered
hoarsely: Excuse me; it is not pet
rified and it is not yours! New York
Press.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
Death and Destruction.

Guthrie, Okla.-At least four lives
have been lost and thousands of dollars
damage has been done to railway and
farm property by flood that prevailed
in the northeastern part of Oklahoma,
the result of four days continuous fall
of rain, which Monday in places cul-
minated in a cloudburst. Near Fora
ker several other persons were forced
to seek safety on top of their houses.
All streams are bank full and still ris-
ing rapidly. Several bridges on the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas Railway have
been damaged.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
No Blacks for Breathitt..

Lexington, Ky.-Negro miners who
we're brought to Breathitt county to sue
eeed white miners in the coal mines
there are preparing to leave. This de-
cision follows an attack on their board
ing house, in which the house was rid
died with bullets and one building par
TALLY destroyed by dynamite. The sit
uation is critical, although no violent
act has been committed since Saturday
night. The negroes are terrorized. Ii
any more violence is done before the ne
groes leave, troops will probably be
asked for.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
Americans Acquitted.

Washington.-Word reached the state
department from Honduras of the ac-
ouittaal of Eugene o. Griffith and Mrs.
Caroline Beauchamp, who had been sen.
fenced to twenty-five years imprison-
ment en- charge of arson. According
to unofficial information, Griffith and
Mrs. Beauchamp were partners in sew
eral business Ventures in Honduras, and
their success had aroused the ennlity
of the natives. Griffith asserts that
their arrest was made because they had
decided to come home With their earn
ings.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
Liquor Shipments Valid.

Washington.-The supreme court of
the United States decided the case of
the Adams Express Company VS.. the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, involving
the right to ship liquor into a local OPP
tion county, in favor of the company.
The case involved the shipment from
Indiana and Tennessee to Bonneville,
in Hart county, for which the company
was fined $50 for each otfense.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
Our Wonderful lanuuaue.

"Out of sight in that gown, ISM
she?" observed a gentleman in the
balcony, pointing to Mrs. de Koltay.
who occupied front seat in one OF
the lower tier of boxes.
"Out OF sight? Well, hardly. II
strikes me 1t is the other way about" "
responded his companion dryly.
Which goes to show the elasticity
Of the American language, which says
one thing and means another. 1t also
shows-but, upon second thought, We
must respectfully but firmly decline
going into any further details.-Bohe
milan
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
Fire of Fifty Years Spreads.

Tamaqua, Pa.-Despite the fact that
hundreds of thousands of dollars nave
been spent in an endeavor to extinguish
the fire burning for fifty years III the
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Companys 5
mine at Summit Hill, the fire Is now
spreading toward the Spring Tunnel
workings, and carpenters and masons
ora at work erecting concrete walls to
check the spread of the flames.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
AFTER
SUFFERING
ONE YEAR
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
ham, sVegetable Compound
Milwaukee, Wis. -"Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has mad,

u16 d We'll WOuldu
and [ would like tt
tell the whole worlt
of it. / suffered
fromfemale trouble
and fearful painsir
my back. Ihad th'
best doctors anc
they all decided
that I had a tumo,
in addition to m,
female trouble, ant
advised an opera
tion. Lydia Z
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
Knew His End at Hand.

Anderson, Ind.-After actively carry
ing on small boot-making and repair.
ing business for fifty-nine years, William
Mustard, eighty years old, decided his
end was near. He folded his apron, took
his sign down from ever his door and
locked up the shop. Monday he died.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
Baptists Are Sentenced. !,

Odessa-The 1872 Baptists charged
with conducting an Illegal meeting were
sentenced to terms of Imprisonment va.
rying from one week to two months.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
SHE DID 1T.

Mrs. Fat-So your husband ha
stopped smoking? 1t must have taker
considerable will power?
Mrs Thinne-All l had.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28

The Ferguson & Palmer Company, lum-
Der manufacturers of Paducah, KY,
closed a deal for 5000 acres of timber
land in North Mississippi. The purchase
price is said to have been $11S,000. The
tract contains 100000 feet of oak and
hickory, besides a large amount of other
valuable hardwoods.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28

President G.. r. Hightower and Hon. V.
Otis Robertson, of Jackson, addressed a
large and representative meeting of the
Farmers Union at Oxford. Both adj
dresses were listened to with marked at
tention and were along the line of the
warehouse plan being advocated by the
Farmers Union throughout the state.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28

Dyke Edwards was convicted at Stark.
vile of the murder of Dr. Alvin Rich.
ardson at Sturgis on Christmas Eve last.
The jury was unable to agree upon the
penalty, which means that the sentence
will be life Imprisonment. Edwards re-
ceived the report of the jury with the
same cold Indifference that has marked
his conduct since the trial began. His
brother, Al Edwards, also under indict-
ment for the same murder, broke down
and wept bitterly, his young wife ming
ling her tears and walls of grief with his.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28

The mystery of twenty-one newly dug
graves, discovered on a plot of ground
adjacent to the negro cemetery near
Laurel has been solved by the arrest of
an aged negro, obviously demented. He
declares God ordered him to dig twenty
one graves and to work only at night.
He has been engaged i'll the occupation
every night for a number of weeks.
The discovery of the graves caused in
tense excitement in the community.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
Mississippi
News

A. w. Mclaughlin, Il well-known farm
er. was shot and killed by his son, ID. T..
Mclaughlin, near Buckatunna. McLaugi-
lin was an industrial man and good
citizen, whose one fault was drinking.
For a considerable time he had abstained
from drink, but recently has been on a
spree, and, erazed with liquor, he had ter.
rified his family so that they had to
leave the place. His son was sent for to
try to control the father, but the old
man became incensed at this interfer-
encc. "nd attempted to kill his son. who,
to protect his own life, shot his father.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28

A huge boulder, to be placed by the
Daughters of the American Revolution
upon the old Natchez trace, the road
leading from Natchez to Nashville, has
been received at Natchez. The stone
bears an inscription that the same was
placed to mark this historic old high
way, which is known to have been used
for traffic between NatcheZ and Nash
vile as far back as 1896, and further
known to have been an Indian trail for
many years previous to that date.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28

President Finley, of the Southern
Railway, and E. l.. Russell, of the Mo
bile & Ohio Railroad, addressed the citi-
zens of Uunion county at Tupelo, after
which all attended an old-fashioned bar
becue as the guests of Private John NJ.
Allen.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28

Officers captured G. 7. Bishop at Rue
vile, and he confessed to the crime OF
murder committed at Moorhead, saying
that he went there for the purpose of
killing the whole Joe Hutchinson lay
out, and gave as his reasons that they
had treated him badly. Bishop was di-
vorced from his wife by the Chancery
Court last week, on the grounds of mis-
conduct on her part; and his wife was
living with Hutchinson.
Judge Denton will hold a special term
of Chancery Court at Indianola, begin
ming on the first Monday in July.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28

The contempt proceedings against the
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad
for failure to comply with the decree or
dering the construction of the main line
through the town of Pontotec, was heard
by Chancellor Robins. Chancellor Robins
declined to fine the road for contempt,
but ordered it to proceed within thirty
days to obey the decree of the court and
construct its main line through Pontotoc
Death claimed two members of Wal.
The Starkville news., 1909-05-28
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~ the World. Including Our Neigh
Dor States.

Captain Haias was taken to Sing
The Newtown bee., 1909-05-14

FOR SALE-7O fine Chester White pigs, ready to go about May 10 to 15. Also thoroughbred boar for service. Terms $1 cash. Newton M. Curtis, Sandy Hook, Conn. Tel. 41-3.
The Newtown bee., 1909-05-14
Auction!

The undersigned will sell at Public Auc- .tion At the residence of the late John Hall. ln Merryall, on Wednesday, May l9 at 10 O'CLOCK sharp: 36 head of cattle consisting of 22 cows, part fresh, part due in fall, Ayrshire pull 7 wears old, 32-year-old heifers due in fail, 3 yearling Heifers. Pair matched yearllng Steers, pair matched Durham 4-year-olds, well broken. three horses. farming tools Sulky Flow nearly new, ? Moving Machines, Smoothing and Cutaway HarrowS, Horse Rake, ? Farm Wagons. Log Truck, Platform Spring Wagon, Milk Wagon. ? Buggies; Set 0f Bob Sleds. Steel Shod and Wood Shod Sleds; Flows, Cultivators. Several Lots Of Hard Wood Lumber, Seed Sower, Stone Boat and Cx Cart. OK Yokes, ? Sets Double Sets Single Harness, 5 Rolls Page Wire and Gates, 2.h0rse mower Circular Saw and table. Land Roller, Blacksmith Forge and Anvil. Iron Vice, Blacksmith and Carpenters Tools, Chains. Crowbars Grain Cradles Log Hooks, Shovels, Forks and other things too numerous to men tion. Household Goods consisting of Parlor Snite. } Bedroom Suites, Old Fashioned Writ ing Desk, Safe, Mattresses and Springs, Feather Beds and Pillows, Tables, Chairs. Carpets and Mating, Organ, Cot Bed; h1tch- ,en Range, Lamps, Sewing Machine. Hanging G,amp. Oil Stove, Ice Box and lot of other Useful Articles. Terms made known on day of sale. o,,r,ox, ,s.,,.....or
 o.W. Marcy, Auciioneer.
The Newtown bee., 1909-05-14
The D. M. READ Co.

SPECTACLES and eye glasses fitted Lenses matched and allliinds If repairs
 Reod & Todd, Opticians, 1854 Main St., 1 Bridgeport, Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1909-05-14

HIGHEST MARKET PRICES Paid for Il calves and poultry at Roxbury Station every Monday and Washington every We'd !nesday. Martin Greenblatt, Dealer in Cattle Calves and Poultry 39 North Vine St. Wa terbury. Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1909-05-14

RESTRICT OF ROXBURY.ss .ss, Probate Court. D May 6, 1909.
 Estate of Antoinett Nichols, late of Rox- bury in said district. deceased
 The Court of Probate for the District of RoXbury, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the Creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims for set clement. Those who neglect to present their accounts. properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recovery. All per sons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 Reuben Pierce, Administrator.
 Southbury, Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1909-05-14

STRAYED-To my house brown water Dspaniel dog with name of Johnson on col lar. Owner can have the same by proving property and paying cost. Charles Tanning. Roxbury, Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1909-05-14
For Sale.

Nice matched pair mares, chunks" weight about 400. safe for lady to drive. Can be seen at c. N. Hatch's Store. Bridgewater.
 c. B. WEED, Bridgewater, Ct.
The Newtown bee., 1909-05-14

RESTRICT OF ROXBuRY. ss, Probate U Court, May s, A. Dl lle0e, .. Estate of Andrew Puchala, late Of Rox- bury, in said District. deceased. The couit of Probate for the District of RoXbury hath limited and al' lowed six months from date hereof, for the creditors of said Estate to exhibit their lnn, claims 10 adainlstratof ts dn9se properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recovery. All persons in' debted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 her
 Ellen K Puchala. Admlnlstratriy.
 mark
 Witnessed by James w. Botsford,
 Edward w. Preston.
The Newtown bee., 1909-05-14

roRENT-The east half of the double house
 ] on West street. Pleasant tenement ana .but short walk from the churches, stores, etc. Inquire of Robert H. Beers, NeWtoWn'
The Newtown bee., 1909-05-14

FOR sALE-Jersey Bull Rodin SS,5S9; sire Rosebay's Golden of Biltmore No. S4,233, dam Golden Master of Biltmore No. 1JO,S1S. Dropped July 1S, 1908; Solid color, neat head, d shad r. cee, small incurvins tolns, straight back low set body, elastic hide, has true dairy type. H. W. Burrett, Derby, Conn.