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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-04-14
State Snnnrinfendant

State Superintendent j. 4. Pow
ers has gone to Atlanta, where he
will spend several days at the con-
ference Of Southern Educators, and
incidentally the conference Of
Southern States Superntendents, Of
which organization he is Secretary.
He will be absent the greater part
of this week.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-04-14
Hieh School Alumni.

There will be meeting of the
Alumni of the Brookhaven High
School on next Friday, the 10Th, at
3:15 p. m. The meeting will be
held in the Superintendent's office.
All are urged to be present as mat
tiers of Importance will De discussed.
Yours respectfully,
j. M. WOOD, Pres
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-04-14
Truck Growers Meetine.

A meeting of Lincoln County
Truck Growers Association is called
to meet at Court House at 8 O'Clock
Saturday evening, the 18th inst.
Important matters should come
before the association and be acted
upon. A full attendance is desir-
ed. Let every truck grower come.
R. E. FLEMING.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-04-14

All indications point to a very
impressive an interesting occasion
at the Agricultural and Mechanical
College, Starkville, next Friday,
where the laying of the corner
stone Of the new Administration
building and chapel will be held
with appropriate Masonic exercises.
The faculty, headed by President
d. G. Hardy. have made extensive
preparations for the event.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-04-14
MI IL

At McLaurin, Colon Carter.
charged with assault and battery on
Miss Katie Churchwell last We'd
nesday. was convicted today by q
jury before Justice fairfield and
fined $3.50 and sentenced to three
months in jail. Jeff d. McLendon.
of McHenry, conducted the prosecu-
tiOn.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-04-14
Concert al M. Pleasant.

There will be concert at Mt
Pleasant school Saturday night,
April "a, at 8 o'clock. Admission,
Is and rs cents. Refreshments
will be served the same night for
the benefit of school improvement.
FLEET C. RATLIFF.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-04-14
Death Of Dr.. John v. chambers.

Rev. DR.. John W. Chambers, a
former president of Whitworth Col
lege, who was held in loving es-
TEEN by many friends in Brookhav
en- and all over Mississippi. died at
EllisviIle Monday.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-04-14
Pleasant Hill.

Graduation exercise Of the Pleas
ant Hill High Scnool will be held
on Wednesday night, April 81 All
are cordially invited to attend.
Begins promptly at 5 o'clock.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-04-14
SORSBY IS CONVICTED.
THE INSANITY DODGE WOULD NOT
WORK WITH SENSIBLE JURY.
Who Found Him Guilty and Fixed Pen.
atty at Life Imprisonment.

jackson. Miss, April 13. w. A.
Sorsby was today found guilty Of
the murder of Postoffice Inspector
Fitzgerald at Clinton, Miss, Sept
20 last, and given a life sentence
in the penitentiary.
Before adjournment of court this
afternoon Judge Potter passed SEN
tence upon Sorsby, condemning
him to penal servitude for life, in
accordance with the verdict of the
jury. Sorsby's attorneys will APP
peal to the Supreme Court, but
pending the final decision of the
higher court he will have to remain
ip confinement since his conviction
of murder takes from him the right
to bail.
When court convened today, the
jury, which was given the case last
night, promptly presented its YER
dict. The twelve men entered the
courtroom amid breathless silence
and when the verdict was announc-
ed every man and woman In the
room was leaning forward to catch
the words of the foreman, with Hhe
exception of Sorsby himself. With
his eyes fixed on the witness box
Sorsby paid absolutely no attention
to the jury or its verdict, and it
was not until he was touched on
the shoulder by one of the court
officers that he raised his head.
Even then his face was expression
less.
Mrs. Sorsby, with her arms
around the prisoner, burst into
tears, and continued so as the
jurymen hurried quickly out of the
courtroom. One of the jurymen
walked up to the prisoner and his
wife, shook their hands and spoke
encouragingly to them. Then he,
too, lett and rejoined the others
outside of the court house. His
act appeared to brighten up both
the prisoner and his wife.
When the jury retired shortly
before II o'clock last night it was
agreed that inasmuch as court had
adjourned until today, no efforts
would be made to arrive at YER
dict before retiring. In order to
sound each other, however, it was
agreed to take one ballot. This is
said to have resulted in six voting
for a death sentence, four for
life sentence and two for acquittal.
Then the jury went to their cots
and turned In for the night.
1t was shortly after daylight
this morning when deputy sheriff
awoke the members of the jury,
and they hurriedly dressed and con-
tinued their deliberations before
breakfast. Those who had voted
for the death sentence agreed 81 to
sentence for life, and the two men
who had first voted for acquittal
were finally won over to the views
of the now ten jurors in favor Of
life term.
Sorsby was assistant postmaster
at Clinton, Miss. On Sept last,
Fitzgerald checked up the accounts
at the Clinton postoffice and found
shortage, which was attributed
to Sorsby. Sorsby followed the in
spector to the railroad station and
shot him down. The wounded man
was placed on q train for Jackson,
where he was taken for treatment.
He diefi here the same night.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-04-14

The beans look a little sick from
the cold, but they'll rally when 4
few warm days come.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-04-14

The Meridian Medical College
will send out so graduates April
S0th.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12

voted for through the preceding bal
lots which were interspersed by what
seemed a futile intermission of fifteen
minutes.
Mr.. Anderson entertained the mem.
bers of the college at banquet at the
Slavery hotel last night after the cleo
ton. After the college adjourned yes
terday evening at the state house the
members, all of whom We're standpat-
tiers, visited the auditor of state and
congratulated Mr.. Bleakly on his cleo
ton and induction into office.
Mr. Anderson, who secured the Gov
eted honor of messenger, is the veter.
en- editor of the InGianola Herald,
which he and his brother, former Rep
resentative j. M. Anderson, have pub
lished for many years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12
Ely's Cream Balm has been tried

Ely's Cream Balm has been tried
and not found wanting in thousands
of homes. 1t has won place IL the
family medicine closet, where it is
kept at hand for use in treating cold
i'll the head Just as soon as some mem
Der of the household begins sneezilg
or snuffing. 1t gives immediate relief
and day or two's treatment stoys a
cold which might become chronic and
run into bad case of catarrh. Price
so cts.
If you prefer to use an atomizer,
ask for Liquid Cream Balm 1t has all
the good qualities of the solid form OF
this remedy and will rid you of
catarrh or hay fever. No cocaine to
breed a dreadful habit No mercury
to dry out the secretion. Urice 75c,
with spraying tube. All druggists, or
mailed by Ely Bros, Sc Warren Street,
New York.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12
Liver Trouble
Remedy Free

Any intelligent person can be his
own doctor in the ordinary case of
liver trouble, for the symptoms cam
not be mistaken. If the white of the
eye becomes yellowish, if the skin be-
comes sallow, if pimples and blotches
appear, if the bowels do not move, if
you have sick headache, if you are
bilious, you may be sure that your
liver is torpid or inactive.
The quickest and surest remedy yet
found for the cure Of liver trouble or any
of its symptoms is DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
This wonderful remedy is not only laxa-
tive, but tonic as we'll. 1t will start
the flow of gastric juice, thereby soon
enabling the liver to do it's work natur-
ally. A bottle of this great liver remedy
can be bought of any druggist for SO
cents or 81, and in many cases a single
bottle has cured a chronic case.
For example, John w. Lee, 619 s. Penn
sylvania ave-, Indianapolis. Ind, had a
stubborn and very long standing. case Of
Jaundice. etc. and it cured him. Mrs. b.
Flinchum, Jackson, KY, says the same
of 1t. Thousands of families keep it in
the house against just such an emer-
gency, as you can never tell when some
member Of the family will need good
In order to have you or any other suf-
ferer from the liver make. test of DR..
Caldwells Syrup Pepsin without personal
expense. DR.. Caldwell will send you free
and address. The sample will show YOU
how pleasant 1t is to take, how gently it
works. 1t will start you on the cure Of
your trouble and convince you that you
have found cure. That is the object Of
the sample, and the doctor urges you to
send for II t0dav
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12
Rank FooIishness.

when attacked by cough or a
cold, or when your throat is sore, It
is rank foolishness to take any other
medicine than DR.. Kings New Dis
covery," says c. o. Eldridge, of EN-
pire, Ga. Il have used New Discov-
cry seven years and know 1t is the
best remedy on earth for coughs and
colds, Group and all throat and lung
troubles. children are subject to
Group, but New Discovery quickly
cures every attack" Known the world
over as the King of throat and lung
remedies. Sold under guarantee at
Wilkinson & Co., and ]. F. Kiedaisch
& Son drug store. SOC and s1.00.
Trial bottle free
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12
TREAT YOUR HORSES RIGHT.
The Best Time to Water Them 10 Be
fore Feeding.

horse should be watered before
feeding, and never given a large guam.
tity of water after meal, for the sim.
pie reason that the water will wash
the food out of the stomach before
stomach digestion has taken place and
the food will not be we'll prepared for
absorption; and besides it is some
times the cause of colo.
There is peculiar idea that warm
horse should not be allowed to drink
and, unlike great many other popular
ideas, there Is a little truth in it. X
you water warm horse in the or
binary way, letting him drink all that
he will. you are likely to have .
foundered horse ON your hands. This
is especially SO il, g. the time, the
horse is fatigued. Nevertheless, it is
always safe to allow him from six to
ten swallows, no matter how warm he
is. II this be given ON going into the
stable and he be allowed to stand and
eat hay for an hour and is then offered
water, he will not drink nearly so
much as he would had none been
given before
The danger Is not in the first swal-
low, as we often hear it asserted, but
in the excessive quantities he will
drink if not restrained. The most
dangerous time to give horse full
draft is when he has cooled down
from fatiguinS work and has partaken
Of a meal
John Splan, the great trainer.
writes: AS to water,.I think that a
horse should have all that he wants
at all times. A man says: Why; will
you give your horse water before a
racer Yes; before the race, in the
i race, and after the race, and any
other time that he wants to drink"
| When l say give your horse all the
water he wants before the race.
do not mean that you shall tie him
/ In warm stall where he cannot get
1 drink for five or six hours on hot
4 day, and then take him to the pump
| and give him all that he wants What
I mean is to give him water Often
and, in that way, he will take only o
small quantity at time
After long, continuous exertion the
system is greatly depleted of fluid.
Nature calls for it's replenishment.
and this is the cause of thirst which
is so intense that, If the animal is not
restrained at this time, he may drink
much more than he needs.
The general custom, almost unive1~
sally followed, of giving the morning
meal before water, is not very OBJ
jectionable, either theoretically or
practically. At this time there is no
depletion of huid, consequently the
horse is not very thirsty and, does
not drink rapidly or excessively, and
apparently very little evil results from
this method. However, the writer
much prefers that the horse should
have an opportunity to drink before
the morning meal.
Personally, much prefer keeping
/ horses both summer and winter, in an
open shed, with large water tank In
! the yard, to tying them by the head
in a barn. This brings us to the ar
! rangement Of farm buildings, which I
| hope to discuss In some subsequent
paper :
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12
INTERNAL Parasites Of she.s,,

Internal parasites such as the sfom-
ach, tape and other worms, according
to George H. McKerrow of Wisconsin.
are the greatest enemies the sheep
men have in raising mutton. He sayv
the trouble is to be prevented rather
than cured. Relating his experience
Mr.. Mckerrow says: We use this
hurdles. system carried on almos
exclusively in Great Britain, with ex
cellsnt results. By using this method
you have your lambs on fresh feed
every day. They do not follow the
ewes and become infested If you do
not use hurdles, keep your lambs on
fresh pasture-clover if possible-anl
be prepared for sse dry season.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12
STUBS SENDS
IN HIS MESSAGE
To the Kansas Legislator, in Which
He Makes Suggestions For
Radical Legislation.

TOPEKA, Jan Ex-Governor stubbs
in his annual message to the legisla-
ture today urges radical progressive"
legislation in Kansas. He asks for a
bank guaranty law like the one on
which the campaign was made. He
asks the salaries of judges be With
held if unnecessarily delay causes,
He asks heavy penalty for violating
the liquor laws. He asks the public
ity of contributions of campaign funds.
State Chairman ]. e. Dolley was elect
ed speaker of the house.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12
Iowa Supreme Court Decisions.
[Gate City Special Servlce.1


DIES MONIES, Ia, Jan State
of Iowa against Rohn, appellant;
Jones, affirmed.
State Bank against Brown, appel
Ian, Hardin: affirmed.
Wait against Mystic Workers Of
World, appellant, Jones; affirmed.
Corie against Wright, appellant,
Wayne, affirmed
Hastings against Bankers Accident
ms. Co., appellant; Wright. modified
and affirmed.
Jamison and Smith against Ranck,
appellant; Linn, reversed.
Weaver against Lamb, appellant,
Tams; reversed.
Ryan agaisnt Farley and Lochester
Mfg Co., appellant; reversed.
Olson against Rice, appellant, Cedar;
reversed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12
At Miss Huahes.

After the investigation of the suit
case at the court house and the read
ing of the letters left by Carmichael,
the party went to the boarding
house of Miss Hughes where the
grounds of the suicide were gone over
thoroughly and the boarding house
keeper was questioned as to the full
details of tae coming of the dead man
to the house and the suicide as far as
her knowledge of the affair would per-
nit. sr1
Several of the papers had stories
in about Miss Hughes being a sister
to the Rev. Carmichael but the lady
denied tails statement this morning to
representative of The Gate City
and said that she had never seen the
mau before last Friday when he first
came to her house and introduced him
self as John Elder.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12
Method 81 Placing Pole Between .hr
Stalls.

A plan for securely fastening pols
between two kicking horses in stall
is shown in the accompanying illustra-'
ton. A is horseshoe which is spiked
to the center Of the manager, through
which the top end of the pole is
slipped. p, rod four inches long, is
driven into the other end Of the pole.
Into the hook long link of chain,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12
Stomach
is AN ALMOST CERTAIN SIGN OF
ACUTE INDIGESTION.


ACUTE INDIGESTION.
Ii you occasionally have taste of
sour food in your mouth, it surely
shows that the food you are taking
into your stomach is not being digest
ed, but instead, is fermenting and CIV
ing out poisonous gases.
Belching of gas is a common symp-
tom at such times, and also that lump
OF lead feeling as If your stomach was
carrying much greater load tnan 1t
could stand.
These are sure symptoms of indiges-
ton, and should be attended to at
once.
Ii you want prompt relief and per-
manent cure, go to Wilkinson & Co.
and get large tin box of Mona tab
lets for so cents.
Wilkinson & Co. know that Mi-o-na
is a highly recommended scientific
remedy and that is why they are
ready at all times to return your money
Il it fails to cure acid stomach, belch-
ing OF gas, dizziness, billiousness, sick
headache, foul breath, and all stomach
troubles, including the worst kind of
Indigestion.
Mi-o-na cures by removing the
cause. 1t builds up the stomach SO
fast that in a few days the blood,
nerves, muscles, and the entire body
receive increased nourishment, which
results in clearer complexion,
bright eyes, more energy. and hopeful
ness.
Mi-o-na is sold in every town in
America.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12

G. should be placed and the hook
pounded close to prevent the link from
slipping out. d is small clevis and
pin which is hooked through the link
and placed over the end of the hard
wood stake E. A hole is drilled In e
an inch from the top through which
the clevis pin is inserted. pole of
this description, says Prairie Farmer,
can be easily removed when desired
and 10 lerable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12

kuk paper to publish the letter last
evening and the only newspaper
which gave the correct facts in the
case, telling the correct time of the
attempt at suicide.
Numerous congratulations have
been received by The Gate City on it's
big scoop, including a congratulatocy
telegram this morning from the
United Press headquarters, TO whom
The Gate City furnished the letter last
evening in time for its evenign pat
rons.
But there is hardly any use in re-
peating what everyone in this vicinity
knows-that The Gate City is the
newspaper of this vicinity when it
comes to real news, correct and COM
plete.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12

You would not delay taking Foley's
Kidney Remedy at the first sign of
kidney or bladder trouble if you real
lied that neglect might result in
Bright's disease or diabetes. Foley's
Kidney Remedy corrects Irregularities
and cures Eli kidney and bladder dis.
orders. Wilkinson & Co., and ]. f.
Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12

If there is anything about
your atlment that you don't
understand, or If you want
any medical advice, write
to the doctor, and he will
answer you fully. There IL
no charge for this service.
The address is DR.. w. B.
Caldwell, sos Caldwell bldg,
Monticello, III.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12

soon as he was dead.
alone was coward and it has
robbed me of my judgment. / thought
j could get away and hide and then
be helpful to you in some way, when
tne excitement should be over.
Goodbye to you and each of the
children, Cola, Joe and Kirtha.
Your loving husband,
j. H. CARMICHEL.
On the back of the letter was writ
ten the following:
This is my share of the Axtell
property. | shall never need it. en-
close herewith the sum of one hundred
eighty-five dollars (S1S5).
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12
In keokuk Friday.

John Carmichael, the Methodist
minister, who ended his life in a
tragic manner yesterday at Carthage.
was in Keokuk Friday morning and
was shaved at the Hotel Keokuk
barber shop. All evidence that can
be obtained seems to carry out the
theory that he spent the morning
here and went to Carthage in the
afternoon OF the Wabash.
In the middle of the morning when
business at the barber shop was not
rushing stranger stepped in through
the door leading from the street and
after removing his coat and collar
took the end chair to get shaved. !
the time one of the BARRIERS was read
ing Chicago paper containing a pic
ture of Rev Carmichael SO great was
the resemblance between the picture
in the paper and the stranger
In the end chair that attention was
called to it by the barber to one OF
the patrons of the shop.
The stranger carried rather a oueer
suit case and appeared very nervous.
His fingers twitched and he found it
difficult to remain quiet even while
being shaved. After being in the
chair for but a few minutes he open
ed a conversation with the barber
shaving him. and made the state
ment that he was from Houston,
Texas, and had not been shaved since
leaving that place. 1t was right at
this point where there was some
doubt as to the resemblance of the
picture in the paper and the man in
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12

COFFEE knocked Dorando out twice. once
in London at the Marathon race and again
in New York. Read the Doctors report:
From the New York World, Dec 16 1905
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12

the barber chair. In the picture of
Rev. Carmichael he was presented with
beard, but the stranger had only a
mustache. This somewhat disproved
the BARRIERS discovery, but the barber
shaving the man was certain that the
beard had lately been removed. The
barber also said that the strangers
beard had been under a BARRIERS razor
not more than twenty-four hours be-
fore, for it had scarcely broken
through the skin.
Although the resemblance was great
the barber had not the courage to
notify the police and have the iden-
tity of the mysterious stranger inves-
tigated and he was allowed to depart
peacefully.
1t is thought that the man went to
Carthage on the Wabash, and Conduc-
tor Hough says that he remembers a
man answering to the description on
that day. but that he could not say
positively whether it was the same
one or not.
IL Is dlluOSI CSIIdiu IlldI ne dS III
Keokuk on Friday morning and that
he came here from Burlington.
Scooping the News.
The United Press, the news gath
ering association upon which The
Gate City and other live papers de-
pend upon for their Geographic news
of the world, scored big scoop over
all others yesterday evening by secur-
ing the written confession of Rev.
Carmichael
Other news reporting agencies
furnished the letter for this morn
ing's papers, but the United Press pa
pers had it all last evening. 1t was
the one thing in the sensation, which
was valuable as a news item and as
usual the United Press and The Gate
City had it.
BY giving the confession the Unit
ed Press papers were able to give the
story complete and accurate.
The Gate City was the only Keo-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-12

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