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The Greenville times., 1909-07-31
DEATH OF MRS. ]. 7. TUCKER
Passed Away At The Home Of
Her Sister In This City
On Monday,

At six o'clock on Monday even
ing occurred the sad death of Mrs.
Laura Tucker, wife OF J. T.
Tucker. at the home OF her sister.
Miss Julia O'Bannon on Poplar
street
Mrs Tucker was i'll but a few
hours. her death being due to an
attack OF congestion on the even
ing OF the day previous. which at
first not considered serious. but tax
ing turn for the worse on Monday
she failed to rally. and passed quies-
ly away
Laura K o'Rannon was born
thirty years ago on tie old home
plaatatian near Leland. and WAS tlae
eldest daughter oi Aif and Mrs. =.
r. 0'Bannon. She hal spent all
her lie i'll and around GreenvflIe.
where she grew 10 beautiful woman
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31
SMITH DONS PRISON STRIPES
Was Taken To Rankin County Farm
Sunday To Begin Serv-
ing Life Term.

c. r. Smith, the wealthy Lown-
des county planter, sentenced to
serve a life term in the penitentiary
for the murder of E. A. Laurent, a
Nashville travelling man, is now
wearing the stripes OF a felon at the
Rankin convict farm.
Smith reached the Rankin farm
from Columbus Sunday, in custody
of Travelling Sergeant Marshall. and
was turned over to the sergeant, who
had him carefully measured and de
scribed, and then provided with a
ready-made suit of prison stripes.
He has not yet been assigned to any
kind OF labor. but will be placed at
work on the farm alongside with
other convicts engaged in tilling the
seasons corn and cotton crops.
Smith is practical farmer, hav-
ing made practically all OF his for
tune at agricultural pursuits. and
therefore. ought to be prisoner OF
exceptional value to the State, ii
his talents are properly employed
Thus far no steps have been taken
BY counsel for the prisoner TO carry
the case 10 the United States Su-
preme Court. and il is very doubtful
whether an action OF this kind will
be attempted. Attorneys for Smith
have no assurance that Chief Ins-
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31
Picked Team Wins.
comp paily

The Red Men baseball team was
defeated on last Sunday by picked
nine from the other teams OF the
city league. The game was hotly
contested throughout, and abound
ed with brilliant playing. The two
teams were. about evenly matched as
will be shown by the score, to 3.
The Red Men were considerably
weakened by the absence OF Jerry
Massey at short and Lester Kellncr
in right. Wineman and Scott for
the Red Men. and Collins and VII
kerson for the picked team were the
batteries.
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31
GREENvIILE MISS, SATURDAY JULY 81 1909

hood. loved and esteemed by all who
knew her.
On July Q, 1908 she was united III
marriage to Mr.. J. T. Tucker OF Le-
land, then in the employ Of the Le-
land Oil company About a year
ago Mr.. Tucker changed his bust
ness location to Shaw, Miss, and
since that time Mrs. Tucker had
made her home with her sister ii
this city Two little children, one
months old were the fruits OF this
union
The life OF Mrs. Tucker was most
beautifully lived Her most esti-
mable character and sweet disposi-
ton with an intense devotion TO her
home and loved ones won for her
the love and esteem OF all who met
her, and her sudden death brought
sorrow to many hearts
Besides her devoted husband and
the two motherless babes, she leaves
two brothers and d sister. Judge il.
H. O'Bannon, Mr. Bennett 3. O
Bannon and Miss Julia O'Bannon,
who have the heartfelt sympathy ot
host of friends who mourn with
them.
The funeral services was held
from St Joseph's Catholic church at
five o'clock on Tuesday afternoor.
Rev. Father Korstenbrock perform
ing the last sad rites, and the re
mains were laid tcnderly away III
Grcenvi1Ic cemetery
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31
THE STATE u. c, '. REUNION
Will Be Held At Vicksburg Nov
ember 10 and II-State Monu-
rnent Unwilling.

Capt John a Webb, was in Vicks-
burg this week where he went TO ar
range with the Nicksburg Camp
United Confederate Veterans for the
dates on which the state reuiion
will be held The dates selected
are November 10th and nth, and
Capt. Webb will now begin to shape
up the affairs of the state organiza-
ton for one of the most successful
reunions IN the history of the asso-
citation There are many details
yet to be arranged. and frequent
conferences will be held with Major
General Robt Lowry. who com
mands the Mississippi division aud
who IS still with relatives in Bran
don for the benent OF his health,
which is slowly, but surely improv-
ing While the leading veterans
have lad some discussion OF the
program for the dedication OF the
Confederate monument being erect
ed by the state in the national park
BY the state It cost OF S5o.-
eoe. none oi the features have been
settled upon definitely The tact
that tais dedication is 10 be held on
November llt.l. the second and last
day ef lie .sesn,ion. - = guarantee
that both events Will BE well attend
All
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31
ROUSEBOAT BURNED
Mr.. P. A. FULLER LOSES EN-
TIRE PIP -soERTY NEAR
VICKSBURG.

Mr. F. A. Fuller and family. who
had been residents Of Grcenvil1e for
the past fifteen years. sustained
quite serious accident Tuesday
while on their way to Vicksburg on
board houseboat The story as
told by the Vicksburg Herald is as
follows:
The throwing Of d lighted match
in a pile of oakum on d houseboat.
by three-ycar-old child Tuesday
afternoon, caused the boat to be de
stroycd by fire and the dozen people
on board, mostly women and chill
dren, to have narrow escape for
their lives. The boat belonged 10
z. A. Fuller, who has been employ
ed on government work at Green
vile for the past nine or ten years.
Mr. Fuller had built a shop on a
barge and intended to use it for re
pairing gasoline launches and do
ing other work in his line of bust
ness, which is that OF a ship car
penter. The boat was started on
her float to Vicksburg from Green
vile last Sunday morning, having on
board Mr. Fuller, his wife, eight
children. their son and daughter-in-
law There were also two COWS
and the household effects of the two
families. The boat was discovered
to be on FIRE when just about Duck
port, La. The women and children
of the party were hurriedly placed
in skiffs, when it was noticed that a
FIVE year old girl was missing. The
child was asleep back in the shop.
Mr. Fuller rushed through the flames
and brought his child out safely and
turned her over to the care of her
nearly distracted mother. The lit
tie girls hand was slightly burned
and Mr.. Fuller had his hands, face
and ears burned, but not seriously
Two of the party remained on the
boat until the heat became SO grea.
they had to jump in the river for
safety. Mr. Fuller managed to pull
them out and put them in the skiffs
and they rowed the women and
children to the levee camp above
Duckport. The hull of the boat was
steered into the bank on the Louis
lana side and sunk One Of the cows
jumped overheard and was lost, as
was all the furniture and wearing
apparel of the passengers on the
boat.
Edmund Fuller had his tongue
and lips blistered. and William Sui
Ivan and Roy Fuller had their hands
burned They were treated by the
physician at the levee camp and al
terwards came 10 this city. where
they were cared Tor by friends Yes
terday Mr. Fuller bought new furns-
! ture and started to housekeeping 4.
ret Jackson street Mr Fuller an
/ his Oldest sons have gone to wora
at the government fleet. Mr. Ful
| Ter estimates the loss at over $1,000
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31
IMPROVEMENTS BY
THE CUMBERLAND
KEEPING PACE WITH GREAT
Err GREENVILLE.
TO EXTEND TELEPHONE LINES
Improvements Will Cost $1,000
Work To Begin In Few Weeks
viii Give Greenville Service Equal
To Any City In The South.

The Cumberland Telephone &
Telegraph Company is keeping pace
with the many other Improvements
and enterprises being made and 10
Gated III our city. On account OF
their increased business the company
has for some time been contemplate
ing the improving and extending of
its system, and this has at last be
come imperative owing to the re-
markable advance Greenville is max
ing
The Company expects to rebuild
its system in the north part of the
city, and work will begin in a few
weeks on these lines. New cables
will be strung to open the way for
the many new phones that will be
placed in the residences in that
section OF the city. The present
capacity OF these lines will soon be
too small TO accommodate their
subscribers and give them good SER
vice, as they are now taxed to their
utmost
The changes to be inauguratcd in
clude the enlargement of the pres
ent switchboard, which is one of the
most improved in the state. besides
many other details that will place
the local exchange i'll a position far
superior to those OF many OF larger
cities,
At present workmen are running
lines to connect GreenwaY
Park with the local exchange The
Country Club will install a phone,
and number of others will be
placed il the park and fair grounds
as soon as the buildings are com
pleted
The expense of these improve
ments Is estimated at about 10000
The materials for the improvements
have already been ordered and the
work will be rushed to an early
completion.
The local manager OF the Cum
berland, Mr. l. L. Billups is due no
little credit for the manner in which
he has conducted the business of his
company in this city, and the ex-
cellent service which is now being
rendered our citizens. The Times
is assured that our people are most
apprcciative of his efforts to give
them the best that can be had.
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31
FUNERAL OF MR.. R. F. WILSON
Man Burned To Death In Mon
days Fir Buried
Yesterday.

The funeral OF Mr. Richard F
Wilson. who met a horrible death in
the Washington avenue fire an Tues
day morning, was held at the resi-
dence Of his brother. Mr.. S. D.
Wilson at 5II Main street on Thurs
day evening at FIVE o'clock
Mr.. Wilson came to Greenville a
number OF years ago, where his
brothers. w. w. and s D. Wilson
were in business. The latter was
the only relative living in this city.
the other brother having died about
four years ago.
Mr. Wilson had been engaged in
the loan business FOR several years,
and was considered young man OF
exceptional business ability. His
sudden and terrible death was a
shock to the coIz1unity.
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31
No Typhoid at Greenwood.

On account of a report being cur
rently reported that typhoid fever
was raging III Greenwood. the Bust
ness League Of that city this week
sent out notices to the newspapers
of the state for publication, which
includes a statement from the city
health officer that the reports cir
culated are untrue, declaring that at
this time there IS but one case OF the
disease in the city, and that well on
the road to recovery
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31

IS; Georgia 20; Louisiana 62; Mis-
sissippi o.; Missouri 81: North Car
olina y; South Carolina II; Okla
homa 70; Tennessee II; Texas 90.
The report says:
This is the lowest condition ever
known at this season of the year,
and indicates crop of around H.
100000 bales, and unless good rains
fall in the next week throughout al
most the entire belt, but more es-
pecially in Texas, Southern and
Western Oklahoma and Mississippi,
the crop viii be under that figure.
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31

tice Whitfield, who rendered the dis
senting opinion. would grant a writ
OF error. and even if it were possible
TO take an appeal the chances are
decidedly against any possibility that
a combination of personal and poll
teal influence could induce Gov
Noel to grant a pardon to the eel
ebrated prisoner.
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31
New Manage

Mr. ] W. McRaven will arrive
with his family next week to max,
his home in this city Mr. NcRav-
Ell has accepted the position OF
manager OF the DeSoto Oil Com
pany's business, and comes splenj-
idly recommended as d most compc-
tent man in this line Of business.
He formerly managed oil mills AT
Newton and Jackson
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31
WILL HE, OR WILL HE NOT
SIGN TARIFF BILL.
COULD WIN NAME FOR HIMSELF
By Vetoing The Measure. But He
Cannot Ignore The Trusts, Whose
Money Placed Him In The
White House.


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to the tariff trusts. every one OF
which, will suffer through revision
d..-,tx-ard Nr. Tar made his
campaign ON funds largely supplied
bv the benehciaries OF high protec-
ton. and these big industrial con-
Germs naturally expect that he will
not now turn around and act against
their Interest,"
President TAFT could win name
for himself in history by double
crossing" The corporations that place
creed above patriotism. The whole
nation would applaud such course
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31
Victory For The Elysian Club.

The E1ysian Club ball team de
feated the Red Men in a close game
at the new park on Wednesday, the
score being toI. The game was
for the benefit Of Kings Daughters
Circle No. 3. Although only sin
innings were played Collins filled
the box for the Club team and WIN
Wall did the twirling for the Red
Men.
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROP
FRTY DESTROYED.
R.F. WILSON BURNED TO DEATH
Buildings Occupied By S. w. Har-
bison & Co., and Keady's Handy
Kitchen Go Up In Flames-Loss
Estimated at $4,000.

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searching the Mace uSen thav we're
driven from the hri1dino NV the a~-
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low.
Several theories have been advan-
ced as to the origin Of the fire. but
the matter is for the most part mere
conjecture. some who saw the
fire shortly after If started claim
that it was in the rear OF the Kandv
Kitchen while others think it was in
the HARRISON building When the
department arrived the flames seem
cd TO be burning TO a greater extent
in the latter place.
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FIRE departments saved the buildings
on either side At one t;rnc :,
seemed as though = number of the
iremen would perish in the flames
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31
In a Flourishing Condition.

Col. Sam Montgomery Grand
Chancellor of the Knights OF Py-
thias of the State attended district
meeting Of the order At Tupclo last
Tuesday. He reports the order i'm
that district in fourishing condi-
ton.
The Greenville times., 1909-07-31
Funeral of Miss McCarty.

Miss Odessa McCarty, age I8 was
buried this morning at eleven o clock
from the home OF her parents on
Percy street.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-11

grand stock reduction sale and bona fide bargain
itivey outstrips and outclasses all similar efforts in
to this store Monday, any day of this sale and you
han you have ever seen or we possibly depict or
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-10
Story of n Bell.

Few persons suspect that in tho
cathedral church of Notre Dame is a
bell contemporaneous with Joan of
Archie blessed bell" which sound
ed the tocsin when the maid of Lor-
raine appeared in August. 1929, and
Paris was besieged by the English.
This historic bell, referred to by Vic
tor Hugo in his "Notre Dame do
Paris" was given to the cathedral in
400 by Jean de Montaign. 1t was
refounded in 1856, and then rebap-
tized under the name of Emmanuel
Louise Therese, in honor of Louis
XIV. and Marie Therese of Austria.
So if this bell is not the same bell
which the heroine of Domremy heard
nevertheless the same metal vibrates
to-day at the great religious cere-
monies of the metropolitan church.
In view of later events it seems rather
more than coincidence that when
all the other bells were destroyed by
the Revolutionists JOan's bell should
have been spared. Globe.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-10
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
Market Reports.

r. c. Dun & Co.'S weekly review
of trade says:
Every state by which trade con.
ditions are determined records i'm
provement. In the iron and steel
trade the progress made is. indeed.
extraordinary ana again does this
branch of industry give a signal
proof of it's power to rise out OF
the depths of depression with won
derful rapidity. Increased orders,
expanding production. higher prices
and wages, and in some lines records
approaching even the high figures
before the panic-Such are the re-
ports that now come from the trade
every week. Thus the recent prog.
ress making toward full business
recovery in the United States is most
notable and ii is facilitated by favor
ing financial conditions. The effects
OF the late crisis are still to be seen
in the large volume of commercial
defaults, although this seems a pass
ing condition, as the aggregate OF
these in May was the smallest of any
month OF this year. The tariff de.
bate is still on in the Congress, with
the final vote apparently still
month distant, but the business
world, impatient of fruther restraint
shows a disposition to move ahead
regardless of it's action and the crop
uncertainties
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-10
-NnaN GRANDPA PLAYS.

1 Cont know what makes Grandpa tired:
he's hardly done thing
Except 10 put some hammacxS up and
help US children swing:
He only came an hour ago. and we've
been here all day.
and thinks he'll hardly stay:
He just played drop the handkerchief
Saw. and md. blind mans bur. but he -,
and tired as he can be.
He says It's most too much for him TO
-, play leap-frog and ball.
But we have been here all day long. and
were not tired ct ALL
He started to play hide and seek. and
first he had TO blind.
And then he ran with all his might to
see who he could find.
And Tommy. Watkins beat him in from
there behind n tree,
TIL Grandpa had TO give IL up and say,
"AllS outs in freei"
And then he sat down on n stump and
said he's tired to death.
He had to hold his sides a while till he
could catch his breath
lie said he'd like to shake tree and
mako some apples fall.
but mes too tired, and we boys here are
hardly tired at all,
He only ran in under once when we were
In the swing.
And then, he had to rest because he's
. tired as everything:
Ana once ne showed how to climb
great. tall tree, but when
lie only got few feet up he slid right
down again.
He said he used 20 climb n tree oh verv
very tall
And sit across a branch way up and new
er tire at all
But now he's out of practice, and his
legs won't stay around
mo trunk, and he feels safer when he
stays down on the ground.
AUD sometimes when he goes back home
= and holds us by the hand,
All wringing wet and out of breath, our
Ma says: Goodness, Land
think you are the youngest boy Of all
the boys in sight"
But Grandpa rubs his legs and arms and
hmps and says, mot quite!"
ana sometimes in the parlor why, he
says he was so strong
When ne was Just a boy they used to
take him right along
To lift the heavy things and do the ha rd-
est work, you know
But now us bOys'n tire him out in just
an hour or SOL
j. w. Foley. in New York Times
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-10
MEMOIRS OF DAN RICE" THE
CLOWN OF OUR DADDIES.
at Last, There Is on Sale n Book
Brimful OF American Humor.

at Last, There Is on Sale a Book
Brimful OF American Humor.
Any bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest OF his customers
Is for "a book which will make me
laugh The bockman Is compelled
to reply that the race OF American
humorists has run out and comic lit
erature is scarcer than funny plays.
A wide sale Is therefore predicted for
the Memoirs OF Dan Rice" the
Clown OF Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, q book guar
snteed to make you roar with laugh
ter. The author presents to the pub
TIC volume OF the great testers
most pungent jokes, comic harangues.
caustic hits upon men and manners.
lectures, anecdotes, sketches of adj
venture, original songs and poetical
enusions; wise and witty. serious
satirical, and sentimental savings of
the sawdust arena of othor davs
These Memoirs" also contain q series
or adventures and incidents alternat-
Ing from grave to gay; descriptive
scenes and thrilling events; the rec
ord of half century OF a remarkable
life, In the course OF which the sub
Ject was brought into contact with
most Of the national celebrities Of the
day. The book abounds In anecdotes,
humorous and otherwise: and It af-
fords a clearer view Of the inside
mysteries OF show life than any ac-
count heretofore published Old Dan
Rice, as the proprietor of the famous
~One Horse Show" was more of a
national character than Artemus
Ward, and this volume contains the
humor whic', made the nation laugh
even whit the great Civil War ragged.
This lasci. ing book OF 500 pages,
beautifully illustrated, will be sent
postpaid to you for $3.50. Address
Book Publishing House, 134 Leonard
street, New York City.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-06-10
NORTH CAROLINA WILD DOGS
Great Pack of Them on State Lands
Will Attack People and Cattle.

Great Pack of Them on State Lands
Will Attack People and Cattle.
For thirty years there have been
wild dogs in a great tract of woods
known as the Grimes lands. west OF
Raleigh, part of which recently bought
by the state embraces some 800 acres.
These dogs twenty years ago attacked
a heard of milk cattle and the latter
had to be killed, some of the dogs
having the rabies.
From time to time the wild dogs
have been shot, but they cannot be
exterminated. On two occasions they
have attacked people passing through
the woods and had to be beaten off
On the last day of February, which
marked the close of the hunting sea-
son, with a number of boys | was
rabbit hunting in these woods. A
rabbit was jumped and made wide
sweep in his run.
Most of us stood on the watch for
him to return to his bed" as the
darlIies say, and presently the music
of The dogs bringing him back was
heard in the distance. The rabbit
was seen coming down hill where
the trees stood rather wide apart
and suddenly two very large dogs
notified in color and looking remark
ably like hyenas, dashed at him and
rabbit and dogs went over.
At this instant a colored man came
up with his gun and rushed at the
dogs, which fed, leaving the rabbit
kicking but bearing on the rump the
deep marks of the dogs fangs. The
dogs had appeared like ghosts and
they disappeared in the same manner
1t was a remarkable incident When
the pack arrived the owner was hold
ing up the rabbit. The dogs appeared
to take no notice CT the tracks Of the
wild dogs.-Raleigh correspondence
Forest and Stream.