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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-08-13
The Crime Of Idleness.

Idleness means trouble for any one.
Its the same with a lazy liver. 1t
causes constipation, headache, jaun-
dice, sallow complexion, pimples and
blotches, loss of appetite, nausea, but
DIR. Kings New Life Pills soon Danish
liver troubles and build up your health.
25c., at b. f. Hughes, Staunton, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-08-13
Fence Out tho Chickens.

A great many farmers and others do
not keep fowls because they claim
they destroy so much garden truck
and grain. That 1t is far better for
hens to run at large most of the time
is generally conceded, and of course
no one can have garden with hens
in it. The matter can be easily ar.
ranged by having the garden fenced
in and the hens fenced out, contrary
to the usual method. fence four feet
high will answer and the fence can
be removable and of temporary char.
acter
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-08-13

During the short time since the Pc
king-Hankow Railroad has reverted to
Chinese control it is stated by Shang-
hal paper that the receipts have been
increased by over 100000 taels about
$4,000 gold, compared with cores
ponding period last year.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-08-13

Roughly speaking, it might be said
that the annual importation into the
United States of coffee, tea and cocoa
amount to S100,000,00O a year; three
fourths coffee, and the remainder about
equally divided between cocoa and tea.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-08-13

1t is stated on good authority that
the Mexican planters get more rubber
per tapping than the Para people and
that the tapping cost is lower per pound
of rubber produced, but they can tap
only once year, while the Para plan
ter can tap many times in a year.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-08-13
INDUSTRIAL NEWS
Items That Will Interest Many Of
Our Readers.

f. H. Randall of Stafford, Va, is
reported surveying for railroad from
Coal Landing to the Austin Run mines,
three miles.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-08-13

The Browns Creek Land & Coal Co.
OF Welch, WA, has been incorporat-
ed with capital stock of 100000, and
the Consolidated West Virginia Ohio
Coal Co. with $500, 1000 capital.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-08-13

The River Indus in width during the
year may vary by miles. Traffic for
long distances cannot be guaranteed
because the ever-shifting channel
throws up mud flats and sandbanks
here and overwhelms good land there
in a manner which defeats the wisdom
of the ancient boatman.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-08-13
Scared With a Hot Iron,

or scalded by overturned kettle-cut
with a knife-bruised by slammed
door-injured by gun or in any other
way-the thing needed at once is
Bucklen's Arnica Salve to subdue in
fiammation and kill the pain. It's
earth's supreme healer, infallible for
bolls, ulcers, fever sores, eczema and
piles. ,25c., at Fl. F. Hughes, Staun-
ton, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-08-13

James NJ. Payne of Charleston, w.
Va, is reported as saying that Charles
ton & Northeastern Railroad will be
built as soon as rights of way can be
secured. Line will run from Charles
ton to Walton, W. Va, about 70 miles.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-08-13

One Amsterdam factory alone cuts
a, ,OOO, 900 diamonds every year.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-08-13

James NJ. Payne of Charleston, w.
Va, is reported as saying that Charles
ton & Northeastern Railroad will be
built as soon as rights of way can be
secured. Line will run from Charles
ton to Walton, W. Va, about 70 miles.
The Deer Creek Lumber Co. of Cass,
w. Va, which recently incorporated
with a capital stock of $4,000, says
that it will erect a mill construction
building at cost of S15, 900 for sawmill
purposes and equip it for daily ca
pacity of $4,000 feet of lumber.
to have completed II miles of line on
the Potts Greek extension, which will
be 80 miles long, from a point near
Ripplemend to Paint Bank, and also
three miles of its extension of the Tug
Fork branch from Pageton to Anawalt,
w. Va
Current reports from Bluefield, w.
Va, state that r. H. Angel & Co. of
Roanoke, Va, have secured 1000 acres
of timber land on Laurel Creek, in
Bland county, Va, and will erect a
large band mill for development pur-
poses. Regarding the enterprise the
Hardwood Lumber & Mining Co.,
Roanoke, of which R. H. Angel is
president, says that that it is now ne
gotiating for the sale of its 5000 acres of
timber land, but if it does not sell the
the company will erect two mills of
1000 feet daily capacity each to de-
velop the timber.
According to authentic information
the development of coal properties in
Kentucky will probably soon be under
taken by a new company to be organ
lied tor this purpose. The Sterling
Company of Louisville, it is stated, act
ing for local and Eastern capitalists,
has purchased portion Of the holdings
of the Brasher Coal Co. of Madison
vile, including the Oak Hill mine near
Nortonville, and about 5000 acres of
other coal lands belonging to it and
John B. Brasher, for S250,000. In a
few days, it is stated, the purchasers
will ORGANIZE the HOnkiuS COllntv ,oaI
Co., with capital stack of S25O,OOO, to
take over and operate the property.
The Oak Hill mine is located ON the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and
is within one mile of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad. 1t is said 10 be the pur-
pose of the new company to construct
railroad switch connecting the two
lines, and also to purchase other coal
lands for development in the near fu-
ture.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-08-13

Buttons, piano keys and similar OBJ
jects are now made of milk.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-08-13

The officials confessed that of rob-
bers, burglars, thieves, and swindlers,
60 per cent. came back to the prison.
Of those who had been twice imprison
ed 60 per cent returned; of the first
offenders, 40 per cent. found their way
| back.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23
PROHIBITION FIGHT N TEXAS
Drys and Vets Arrayed at the
State Capital.
MUST SUBMIT 10 VOTE OF PEOPLE
submission 1'roPc>'tson In Icgtsls-
TURF and Ritter Warfare - Waxcd
~ Each Slide In lone Star
state.

Austin. Tex -- Respective commit
the Texas legislature have both
brought In majority and minority
report on the prohibition submission
proposition snd the nsht over the Is
sue VIII likely be taken up this week
Immediately following the inauku-
ration OF Governor Campbell
Both sides announce that they are
eager for the fray The pros have
q strong lobby here headed by a
.unher of Methodist preachers. and
thcy are going into the scrap In
dead earnest The antis are work
INK not so much 10 the open. hut
apparently are equally as effective
They held caucus OF the house
membership aud 4, develops that they
have enough votes to defeat the
proposition in the house and have
something over = propor,ionatc third
In the senate. having twelve votes In
the senate and forty-sov~n in the
house crt 81 n senate membership of
'sf''f |'h' 'Hi u I'hNf utVmtVTSf
OF l-S when II requires t~o-thirds
soi" OF both houses 10 submit tho
proposition 60 vote OF the people
Tho pros are In the hopes OF
whipping the membership into line
on the ground that submission In a
Democratic platform demand, was
ordered by the people In Democratic
primaries and must be given 20 the
pcopl. 10 vote on. Tho nEht prom
iscs to be the bistsrcst ever pulled
of In Texas legislature and cs-
pocinlly MS the pros arc Introducing
all kinds CT bills into both hourcs to
use as clubs on the antis to force
them into line for submission. prom
islng them that n they win submit
the prosition that they Will let tho
rest OF the legislation alone. Tho nntis
figure. however. that II they can
defeat submission they VII. gain somc
support from the pro crowd for 4
defeat OF Fomc OF tho measures. ruch
an statutory prohibition. which nomc
OF those now supporting submirr!on
are opposed to. In short, tho antis
figure out that thcy must fight every
thing and they are going In with
their sleeves rolled we'll up.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23
OMMklsC1AL CONGRESS-.


Atlanta. Ga To sivify the bust
ness OF the south by an oreani ~ ton
embracing fifteen states, and hack I'd
by AN almost sncShaustibic fund. con-
tributed by the leading business mon
OF those states. was the proposition
laid before the executive committee
OF the Southern Commercial Con
grcss In session here. State orSAni-
zatlons were mapped out aud the mil
lion dollar o'llcc building In Wash
ington approved A call was issued
to one thousand men OF the south to
contribute ~ ,oo0 each To fund for
the permanent Investment to carry
on the work.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

Clcnwocd Springs. Col.--Twen,y
persour were Killed aud thirty in.
1urod. many OF ,hcm seriously Ia q
head-on collision between ives, bound
passenger train Ne. and an east
bound freight train on the Denver
and Rio Grande railroad between Do,
sero and Spruce Greek twenty-five
miles from Glen~ood Springs. While
nothing official has been given ont
~ the cacs. OF the wreck. IL is said
To have bccu due 10 \ misundsrstani-
Ing OF orders on the part OF the cuSi-
neer. Gustav Olson. Of the passenger
train. Olson. however, claims he un.
dcrstood his instructions perfectly.
but that he misrcad his watch. thus
encroaching on the time OF the freight
train. which WAS being drawn by two
locomotives. the first OF which MAS In
charge 81 his brother. Sig Oison. The
work OF the rescue was Immediately
begun. Body after body WAS taken
from the wrecksgo and for time
Il appeared as though the heart rsni-
:ns task would not be completed. As
the bodies were taken from the ruins
they were laid siic BY side on n bier
OF snow. many OF them mangled be-
Nond recognition.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

Fiushufg' ia - H. Rinehart.
former cashier and vice president
of the Farmers and Droycrs National
uanN Of Ns>ncstoro. Pa. which In
stltuticn failed over two years ago
for 2.ooo.ene. was found guilty
OF wrcctlns the bank and was imme-
diatols sentenced q serve nfteen
years In the pcniirnslary ny United
States Judge jam.s s Young. Thu
jur, found kin.hart guilty OF all OF
the eleven counts. charging him
With making false reports TO tho
comptroller of the treasury and up
on all OF IN. nineteen counts charx-
inS him with making false entries
and with distractions in transactions
connected with the Green county ro-
htlcai campaign OF 1905.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23
- -..'--.-'-..--
CuNA WILL NAVE \ SrAkE.


Havana AT a banquet; GOV. Ma
soon. who has been attacked BY the
Conservative newspapers because OF
his large expenditures OF the public
funds. said ahnt when the period OF
Intervention began. thorc was about
ss.ooo.ooo In Cuban treasury Tho
Am.rcans undertook vast improve
mcnts which wcr. badly needed and
essential to the progress aud dcvei-
opmcnt OF the island. These i'm
prosomenss, he declared. were prac-
tieshy completed there stiil remain
cd about s2.t- 1000 IN the treas
ury and the revenues were showing =
gratifying Increase
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

Spring Orders Placed In Fairly Lab.
cral Quantities.

New York Changes In the gen.
eral business situation are largely
favorable. Spring orders are being
pInccd In fairly liberal quantities nj
the large. eastern centers, and trnv-
cling saIcsmon are sending in conser-
ysfively optimistic reports In va
rlous lines the prospect of tariff re-
vision tends to develop certain de-
gree OF hesitancy In making large
future commitments Exceptions 10
qui.e general rules OF slow but steady
Improvement are furnished by cities
In the cotton belt whore trade II stu
backward and whore confidence as
regards the future IL not so marked
but In the Industrial ccnters things
are certainly improving.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

Cor. Neae. b. proclamation offered
= reward ~ elee for L. Charles
Harding Who broke Jail At Aber-
eeea on The hight Of Dec. 81. letting
ont several prisoaers. Other rewards
o4essd make total Of several hun
ared. Harding ID wanted In a dozen
dtnercat places ON ~ many aliases.
AID fs known 10 the police OF the
sountry ~ being about the smoothes,
Of confidence men and all-round
crooks. He Was convicted of OBJ
eaining money under false pretenses
snd sentenced to three years In the
Mississippi Penitcntiary. having sew
srAl other similar indictments pend
Ing against him Ia Monroe county.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

New York--It is understood IN
Federal circles in this city that Unit
cd States Attorney Stlmson is 10 take
up soon an o1ical investigation into
the Panama canal affair referred TO
by president Roosevelt In his message
to Congress. II II probable that the
Federal grand jury will take the mat
ter up and It Is known that witness
living In Boston. who was In the
canal zone a year ago. has been sum-
moned to testify before the grand
jury 1t that time.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

WashiDgton.-- No change In the
form OF government Of tho Itshmus
of Panama Canal Zone r TO be rocom-
nHndcd 70 congress Ut this scssion of
the house committee on intcr-stats
commerce. Fourteen members Of
that committee. which has been In
spscting the canal construction of the
zone returned to Washington and
Col. Hepburn. OF Iowa. chairman Of
the committee stated that the cos
census Of opinion OF the members Of
tho committee seemed 10 be- that
there should be no other government
on the ir'hmua than ihaat already q,
isting there.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23
NENEZt FLA WILLING.


Washington years OF pa
ticnt waiting on the part OF thu
United States, there In u prospect for
the settlement. by a method satisfar-
ton to this country Of the disputed
claims with Venezuela, the refusal OF
which government 20 arbitrate them
resulted last sprins In the breaking
on OF friendly relations between the
two countries. II In understood that
Mr.. Buchanan's negotiations will re-
suit also In reaching an understand
Ing with Venezuela for n general ar
bitration treaty between the two
countries for tho settlement OF dis
putes arising In he future.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23
OREWsOME RECORD.


st. Pctersburg. Statistics are
published by the newspapers showing
that during the Russian year lust
ended 1857 persons were sentenced
To death In the empire and 7s7 sx-
cuted. The largest number OF exc
cutions were In Warsaw and hiev.
being moro than - In each place.
and In Yekatorinosiay 100 were put
TO death. Sixty-thrcc newspapers
were suppressed and ines xsxessed
amounting TO $4,000.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

New York -~An tnventlon expected
TO bring Joy 10 the hearts Of those
who ars forced 70 use psrty tsIs-
phone lines witt shortly be placed on
the market by = Brooklyn company
Just formed. The apparatus h 4 sIrn-
pIo device that may - attached to
asy teiepheas or switch board. and
~ effect y 70 CIT ~ ~ eavesdrop-
l(ne. - that only tbe intere<tsd par
~ eaa haAr ~ ceassssation that
~ b. eeeED oD.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

The case which consisted OF pct
ition to remove the newly qualified
Mayor and some members Of the
Cry Council of Biloxi. which Is an
Did one reversed and remarded for a
hearing was brought before Judge
Hardy again in quo warranto pro-
eeedfngs. The petition was demurr-
I'd for the defense. and the Court sus-
lained the demurrer on the ground
that at the newly selected members
Of the Board were not unbeatable fro
an offence committed during a prev
l0us administration. The State gave
notice of appeal to the Supreme
Court.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

Mr.. Blakeslee was assured At Way
nesb0ro that his circulars and work
in organizing corn clubs have in
spired the young farming element
With eagerness to organize. and =
meeting will b held March for the
purpose Of organizing = corn club
In that county. Mr.. Blskesjee was
asked to be present and has prom
iued to do 20 II possible.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23
WONDERS NEVER CEASE


spokane. Rather than back
out on proposition made TO his fell
low-workers. Ellsworth iiolcnbcck of
Wenathec, the metropolis of the ap
ple-growing district OF Washington.
crossed the Columbia river on the ice
jams clad only in a pair OF socks.
while the thcmomcthcr registered ten
below zero. The river Is 400 yards
wide.
While discussing tho weather with
his friends hollenbeck> laughed. say
Ing he could cross clad In a ncck,ic
for s.. TO prove himself accustomed
to the Manitoba climate"
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

San Francisco, Emma Goldman.
the anarchist and Ben Rcitman. who
was widely known as the King OF
Hoboes." were arrested as they were
about TO hold one Of the eight meet
ings they had previously announced.
and were lodged In the city prison
on oight charges OF conspiracy TO
rout. "Rout' is defined by the State
statutes as the assembling OF two or
more persons ut meeting where
measures are advocated which II ac-
tual'y carried out. would lead to
riot
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

New York. rk.--Anaro.iists aid their
methods and the possibility of a gi-
gantIc bomb plot In this city were
address delivered by Police Commits
sioner Bingham. He said; There was
an attempt OF the blackhanders in
this town to make an alliance with
anarchists Of Paterson. N. j.. one OF
them to make the bombs. the others
to throw them. and both to divide
the spoils. Nothing has happened. but
there may be trouble yet from that
source
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

Dewitt Youny. young white man
hardly twenty-one years OF age. while
out hunting In the vicinity of Pine
Bur Pearl River county, and while
crossing Lower Little river on log
fell to the ground below and his gun
was discharged. the whole load enter
ing the shoulder and back. He died
after a few hours.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23
TO PROSECUTE NEWSPAPERS.


Atlanta. Ga.--The Georgia Anti
Saloon League announced that the
league VII prosecute The ncwspa pers
Of the statn for printing whisky ad-
sert'semenis on the ground that
there papers are hired agents and
soI't:.ors for whisky houses. In vio-
'ation Of tie state prohibition law.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23
Roy Killed While Hunting

Cal Prince l2-year-old boy, was
accidentlly killed while hunting on
De Soto Island at Vicksburg. lie was
holding the gun in an upright posi-
ton and put his foot on the trigger
when the gun was discharged. The
entire load went through the boys
mouth and came out at the back Of
his head.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

Among the applications for chart
er now on file In theGovernor's once
Is that for The Southern Industrial
College and Home for the Homeless
which certain negro citizens are pro-
jecting to locate at or near the town
OF Pass Christian. There is on cap
ital stock stated. and the objects. as
stated are to promote the education
al. moral and industrial training of
the youths of the negro race.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

crop OF engineers are in the Vi
c'nity OF NcNair securing right Of
way for the Mississippi River and
western Railroad. This road is to
run from Meridian TO hatcher. and
II 10 currently rumored here that IL
VIII b. completed In twelve months.
II Is stated on good authority that
construction will begin NJ soon as all
'ne right OF way is secured by the
party that is now In the 6eid.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

After undergoing repairs, improve
ments and additions costing So 90
the New Mexican Gulf Hotel threw
Its doors opea In Pass Christian Tor
the winter season. Gage Clarke, the
les*se and manager. entertained In
elegant styis Z large numsr Of per-
sonal friends Including many proIni-
nent hotel. rails3si and newspaper
Een.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

State Treasurer Edwards refused
to pay certain interest coupons on
state bonds aggregating about $1,000
The Treasurer was advised against
payment by Attorney General Stirl-
ing. who holds that there Is no ap-
preparation for the purpose. The
coupons should have been presentc
TOR payment prior to July 1. 1908,
At which time the appropriation re-
verted 20 the treasury. The holders
of the coupons and ell similar ones
must wait until another appropria-
ton IL made.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23
JURY ACQuITs THORNTON HAMS


Flushing. n. Y.--Affer reviewing
the evidence for twenty-five hours
and taking fifteen ballots before all
were AGREED. the Jury In tho trial Of
Thornton Jenkins Hams. found tho
prisoner not guilty as a partIcipant
with his brother. Capt Peter G..
hains. Jr.. IN the killing OF VIM. r..
Annis. For the second time in his
life. Thornton Hains hss been found
not guilty OF the <harye OF murder.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

Little Rock. Ark A bill appro-
priating $4,000 20 be used by tho
Arkansas railroad commission and
the governor. In fighting the rail-
roads In the railroad rate contro-
versy which has been Ia progress Ia
Arkansas for several months. was
introduced In the house. Tho bill
provides for a new banking system,
Identical 10 the one In effect In Ok
lahoma
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

Indianapolis. Ind Six Indianapo-
lis men were served with subpoe-
mas to apear before the federal grand
jury District. at Washington. and give
testimony. presumably In regard TO
matter printed In the indianapolis
News bearing on the Panama canal
purchase. Fonr Of the men summoned
are connected with the News. II II
presumed they arc called to establish
the ownerShip OF the paper. in other
words that Mr. Smith appears as such
on public records.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

In the hrst prohibitions ease tried
In Mississippi uadsr the new Law.
Judge ". A. Nurch declared that
Do eoto letand. near vicksburg was
Mississippi tsrritosy. and nnsd ths
men Who had besa operating = ~
loon there.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

Town lGarshal. =. H. Chapman.
frrested Tsrrsl Dudley. Z negro hotel
porter. for sei1jng biind tiger whis-
key IN Utaea- He vas given $500
ene and ninty days in the Raymond
Ian. Mr. Chapnan took him to jail
On the Ara truan-
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

The truck growers two miles
south of Collinston. who are exper-
imenting with cabbage and onions.
say the freeze has not injured their
cabbage. and they feel elated over
their prospects. About thirty acres
In cabbage and the same In onions
have been planted. and other acres
will be planted until about 200
acres have been put In different
truck crops. The farmers are de-
termined to cor,bat the boil wecvil
and will devote almost their entire
farms to something other than cot
ton.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

Ruleville. Miss.--ln what IL be-
I"-cd to have been an attempt TO
burn their way to liberty. John XII
Ian. Luke Porter and Will Jones.
negroes. set Are to the lookup in
Ruleville and were burned TO death
before they could be removed. Two
OF the negroes had been tried and
fined for stealing whiskey and the
other was awaiting trial on a charge
OF cutting negro woman.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23
School Teachers Associatton.

The Natchez Chamber OF Com
merce met and appointed y COM
mittee to arrange for the entertain
ment Of the State School Teachers'
Association. which meets in April
Boat rides on the river. carriage
drives to historical places about the
city and county will be arranged.
The new South-news., 1909-01-23

The Mississippi Valley Railroad
company has notified the Railroad
Commission that II win restore the
sunday train from Lexington 20 Tch-
ufa. which was Abandoned some
time ago. The people on the route
protested against the discontinu-
ance OF the train and address
ei the commission on the sub
Ject- The company states thaat the
train will be put on temporarily at
least. and that II I proves rcmuner-
atively II will be continued.