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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
Girl Shot From Ambush.

While crossing the yard of her home
nea New Point, Miss Jessie Kunkel.
20 years old, was shot from ambush
and dangerously injured. She
crawled to the house after being
wounded and summoned neighbors by
telephone. ~Bloodhounds picked up the
trail OF the would-be assassin and ran
1t down, but became confused and led
the officers to the home Of q young
man who proved an alibi.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07

Predictions Of plain skirts and plaid
waists seen to be coming true, II one
can put faith in the advance fall dis.
plays. One importer includes among
his samples a frock with plain gray
cashmere skirt and blouse of coral
pink surah checked with fine lines of
black. Chemise and stock are white
valenciennes insertion and fagoting,
and the fiat collar and turned cuffs
are Of the gray material and fagoting.
A large bow of soft black satin ribbon
is placed at Joining of collar, with
ends prOtruding from beneath pointed
piece below bust line.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
CHILDREN SHOWED IT
Effect Of Their Warm Drink In tho
Morning.

A year ago I was q wreck from
coffee drinking and was on the point
Of giving up my position in the school
room because Of nervousness.
Il was telling a friend about 1t and
she said, We drink nothing at meal
time but Postum, and 1t is such a
comfort to have something we can
enjoy drinking with the children
Il was astonished that she would
allow The children to drink any kind of
coffee, but she said Postum was the
most healthful drink In the world for
children as we'll as for older ones. and
that the condition of both the children
and adults showed that to be a fact.
my first trial was a failure. The
cook boiled 1t four or I'VE minutes and
It tasted SO nat that l was in despair
but determined to give 1t one more
trial. This time We followed the direc.
tons and boiled 1t fifteen minutes aft.
er the boiling began. 1t was q decided
success and l was completely won by
it's rich delicious favour. In q short
time I noticed a decided improvement
in my condition and kept growing bet.
ter month after month, until nov l am
perfectly healthy. and do my work
In the school room with a and pleas
ure. l would not return to the nerve
destroying regular coffee for any
money"
Read the famous little Health Clas-
sic" THE Road to MELVILLE" In pkgs.
"There's q Reason"
Ever read the shove lettePS A new
= appears from time to time. they
are genuines trues asa full Of hu0aA
Interest.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
Club Women In Columbia.

The Federation Of Women's Clubs
of the Fourth District held its seventh
annual meeting at Columbia. Mrs.
Rosa Ingel delivered the address Of
welcome and Mrs. l. c. Dempsey, dis
trict president, responded. Mrs. 4.
M. Shepard OF Springfield, state presi.
dent, also spoke.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
The Minority Position.

Saw Peleg down to the public II.
brary yistiddy. He wuz reading all
the old newspapers he could find"
YES; he can't remember for sure
whether the Panama canal is to be
sea level or lock. and whichever 1t Is
he's agin It,"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
A sedaUa Stockman Dead.

Maj. John G. Ruckle, 70 years old. q
native of Virginia. who served In the
Confederate army. died at Sedalia. He
had lived there for more than 30 years
and was widely known as a stockman.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
Insurance Man q Suicide.

Edwin Fulton. Of the insurance firm
Of Baird, Eaton & Fulton, shot and
killed himself in his home, 200 Gar
field venue Kansas City. 1t is said
his mind was affected by heat on July
4 last.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07
Missouri Democrats to Meet.

A conference of Missouri Democrats
to be held In Kansas City November
10, was decided on by the Democratic
state committee. which met In execu-
tive session in st. Louis.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07

The envious are the most I'M.
happy Of men, as they are n only tor.
mented by their own misfortunes, but
by the good success Of others.-The-
ophrastus.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-10-07

An Ex.Mayer Of Springfield Dead.
William A. Hall, rs years old. a busi-
ness man, ex-mayor OF Springfield and
q widely known Mason, II dead.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-25
'VHMNI Ioo9 ey I'D c0aesan coeN0cAr N eaEA1 aRLzAM

All night long she stayed awake,
keeping the launch in her course.
When morning broke she was abso-
lutely alone upon the ocean. Standing
erect upon a seat, from her low van
tage point she could see nothing but
smoothly undulating sea. She break
tasted sparingly from her scanty store
and resumed her post at the wheel.
She was tired and sleepy, but while
the little engine was alive she could
not leave 1t to its own devices. She
must hold on her chosen course as
long as the motive power remained.
She could not lose a moment while
that motor throbbed and beat. She
must be alive with it. There would
be time to sleep when 1t was ex-
hausted. She must put as many
leagues between her and pursuit by
holding the direct course as long as
was possible.
And so she sat there grimly, hands
clutching the wheel through the long
day and through the longer night and
we'll into the following morning. 1t
must have been half past ten on the
morning of the second day before the
motor stopped. The silence, after the
ceaseless drumming of a night, long
day, longer night and still longer
morning, struck her with the same
strange sense Of shock. She calculated
that the motor had been running for
3S hours and that she had gone $50
miles at least on her course. She had
seen nothing whatever Of the yacht.
The chances that 1t would pick her
up, even II it came about and cruised
for her, a lonely speck In the ocean,
were millions to nothing. At any rate,
she had done all she could. Her phil
osophy for once stood her in good
stead. There was nothing more to be
done. She was dead for want Of
sleep. The sky had been slightly over
cast since she had left the yacht, but
there had been no storm and weather
conditions looked just as they had and
seemed to be permanent.
Taking the precaution to examine
the gasoline tanks and finding that in
deed they had been drained Of the last
drop, she carefully closed and locked
them, thereby assuring her salvation
and spreading the boat cloak In the
stern sheets with her bag for a pillow
and her straw hat tied over her face
to shield it from the sun, she instantly
dropped to sleep.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-25
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER IA young woman cast
.snore on lonely island, finds a eoii-
.oIy inhabitant. young white man.
dressed like savage. and not able to
speak In any known Language.
CHATTER H.-she decides to educate
nm She finds him in an attitude OF
prayer. babbling an incoherent iareon.
CHAPTER III.-She finds q human
skeleton and the skeleton of a dog. She
nnus Bible and a silver box bearing the
name or John Revell Charnock, with q
cate Is years before her landing.
CHAPTER IV.-She concludes that her
companion Is an American and that he
was cast ashore on the island when .
cniid' Near the skeletons she finds two
~oman's rings and a dog collar
CHAPTER V.-one of the rings bears
10. 1862" '''
CHAPTER V1.-Katharine Brenton was
a mighty specialized product of one Of
tne greatest universities. Her writings
on the sex problem had attracted wide at
.entioh' The son of a multi Millionaire
becomes Infatuated with her, and she ac-
ceues TO his proposition to put her the
ores IN practice. With no other cere-
mony than hand-clasp they go away to-
gether, A few days on his yacht reveals
10 her that the man only professed lofty
Ideals to possess her.
CHATTER VII.-Katharine discovers
that the man Is married. While drunk
he attempts to kiss her. She knocks him
down and leaves him unconscious on the
cabin floor. She escapes In the darkness,
In gasoline launch.
CHAPTER VIII.-The gasoline gives
out and the sixth day finds her without
provisions. She Is cast ashore on an
island during q storm.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-25
CHAPTER VIII.
Cast Up by the Sea.


Day was Just breaking again when
the woman awoke. Reference to her
watch which she had taken the pre-
caution to wind just before she re-
tired disclosed the fact that 1t was
four o'clock in the morning. She had
slept unbrokenly since IL o'clock the
morning before. Her sleep had been
ton. Added to the tremendous physi-
cal strain of keeping awake and at
tending to the duty to which she had
enforced herself had been the further
strain of the terrible events on the
night in which she left the yacht, and
the apprehension of pursuit which had
besA continually with her. Her first
motion. indeed. was to rise to her feet
and soAa the horizon. With relief in
describable her scrutiny Discovered
nothing. She was still alone. Neither
tho yacht nor any other vessel nor
any smallest speck Of land was Sill
houetted against the oircling sky line.
She sat in the boat musing a long
time and then woke to the fact that
she was hungry. Again she satisfied
her appetite sparingly from her scanty
and rapidly diminishing store Of food
and drink, and then putting the past
resolutely behind her, hoping and per-
haps fancying by some exercise of her
will power finally she could put 1t be-
hand her forever, she gave serious
thought to her condition.
She realized at last that she in
the hands--another would have said
of God. she said of chance. The fact
that she was so helpless; that all her
learning and all her training, and
all her skill and all her power were
of no avail, made the situation the
more CALLING. Was there nothing
that she could do? She reflected
deeply and as she did so the
breeze sprang up. She judged that
the period during which she had SLEPT
had been calm and still. Any violent
rocking Of the boat would have awak
ened her. Indeed, she felt bitterly
cramped and stiff from having lain 81
long on the hard floor, which only th'
boat cloak, thick and heavy. made |
tolerable bed.
The coming of the breeze stimu
lated her imagination. 1t was a gen
tie breeze. She noticed that 1t blew
from the direction whence she ha,
come by her compass course. If sh
only had sail of some kind the boa
would be driven along. She mus
move somewhere. She had heard Q
ocean currents and drift but sh
doubted whether the boat was moving
at least sufficiently fast or In an
definite direction to make any diffel
ence. Unless she got somewhere, sh
would Slowly starve and die Jus
where she was. She stepped forward
the boat and. examined the oars. Their
was a sort of deck forward owe
the gasoline tanks. She thought ths
abe might make shift with the remain
Of the painter, Of which she had
lyood length. to fasten one of the eal
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-25

which would be helpless, the sport Of
wind and waves, after perhaps 30
hours. That boat was alone in the
great expanse of the Pacific ocean.
Somewhere about there were islands
probably. Indeed. on the charts those
seas were dotted with points Of land.
but they were small. uncomfortable,
uninhabited, unknown. In that little
boat she might pass close BY many
OF them without seeing them. She had
provisions, such as they were, and
water SUFFICIENT perhaps for q week
>or ten days. After that unless she
handed somewhere she would drift on
until she starved and died. If storm
Acame, the launch probably would not
Survive it. Her chances of escape, in
any event, were worse than problem.
atical. The end was almost certain.
But she was happy. The first real
ray of happiness which had entered
her soul since the beginning of the
great awakening, which had culmin-
ated in the frightful scene of the
night, illumined her being. AS she sat
in the stern sheets, her hand on the
steering wheel, listening to the steady
drumming of the motor, seeing the
black water broken into foam by the
boats bows flash by her, keeping the
launch steady on her course by the
aid of the compass needle. her eyes
turned ever and anon to the fast d.
minishing point Of light which marked
the rapidly disappearing yacht, and
she realized that she was free. She
had hurled out of her path-and how
she exulted in her own prowess; II
was something of a salve to her soul
for the wretched humiliations which
had been heaped upon it-she had
= hurled out Of her path and stricken
[|wn as any other animal might have
bne him who had brought her to this
!gwful pass. She was away from him
Nee from him. She was once more
so Sfar as wind and wave allowed, the
master of her fate, the mistress of hel
destiny.
She was glad in her heart too, thai
there were to be no physical conse
quences from her brief alliance. Sh'
did not realize that there were to b
other consequences which not even al
the water of the seas over which sh'
floated could wash out. There was [
strange citation in her soul. She fel
as II in some way she had vindicats,
her right to be. There was something
yet in her philosophy and did oppol
tunity serve. could she get free fron
the dangers that encompassed her. Oh
vowed that she would prove II
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-25
sswars Of oIntmsnts Tor catarrh THAI
Contain Mercury.

So"eesu MeSCorys
~ mercury will surely destroy the
---se OF smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering II
through the mucous surfaces. Suct
articles should never be used excep'
on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians. as the damage they will do l.
ten fold to the good you can possibl,
derice from them. Halls Catarrt
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Chene,
G. Co., Toledo, O., contains no mer
curry, and is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. 1t is taken internally
and made in Toledo, Ohio. by r.
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-25

This child is the 5sth case that 1
have corrected in the past year Of
squirt (cross eye) without the use Of
knife or drugs. The treatment il
painless and bloodless.
1t has been clearly proved that to
leave squirt (cross eye) to be grown
out Of, or until the child is old enough
to be operated on is unjust and UNI
scientific, and the proper course is to
correct promptly as possible to stop
the tendency of the muscle to fur
Their deviation from parallelism.
Don't handicap your children in
their school work. Bring them to mo
IL they complain Of eye troubles.
F. W. QUEEN, Oph. D.
Optical Specialists
Polk Building. lie East Pine
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-25

Her condition was desperate; her
prospects gloomy beyond expression.
She was alone in a small power boat
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-25

grew any stronger her sail. service
able as 1t had proved and stout ~ 1t
was. would be torn to pieces. The
silk braid had done splendid service.
but she marked that 1t was now
strained to the breaking point. Again
the hslplessness Of her position came
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-25
SPECIAL NOTICE

During the absence of DR.. C. W. Buff
kin during the next thirty days, those
indebted to him and desiring to settle
their accounts may do SO by calling at
Bufkin's Drug Store, where they will
be properly receipted. 22-3t
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-25
Power In Speech.

Speech is power; speech is to per
suade, to convert. to compel.-Em-
erson.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-25
RAMSEY &C.,
UNDERTAKES
A HAPPY CONSERVATION
OF PRICE AND QUALITY

Is found in our children's shoe de-
partment We searched the markets
for the bestwsaring. best fitting kinds.
keeping always n mind the question
Of high value tor the price paid. Our
customers win reap the bene1t. Bring
the children hsre for their shoes.
oTERRALL BROS.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-10-15
IS CENTS FOR COTTON
FARMERS UNION MAN SAYS
MILLS WILL PAY 1T.
Declares That the Threatened Cur
tailment of Output Is Only
q ssHumorous Bluff"

-
Atlanta, Ga.--Declaring that the
threatened curtailment of the output by
cotton mills ON account of high-priced
cotton Is a humorous bluff" Cllas. s.
Barrett, president of the Farmers Union,
issued a statement calling on members
of that order to hold their product for
a higher figure than that now prevail
ing. 1T is probable we will, have the
shortest crop in proportion to demand
since we have been raising cotton" de-
clared Barrett, and l am convinced our
people are determined to get a fair re-
turn for their labor even if that neces-
states holding for months"
Barrett says in part: do not be
alarmed by the humorous bluff to the
effect that mills in this country and En-
rope are threatening to curtail produc'
ton because of the present prices. They
cannot afford to do so. About the most
expensive piece of machinery to lie idle
is a modern cotton mill. In past years
the mills have made enormous and swoll
en- dividends on low-priced cotton. They
may make less on cotton this year, but
they can buy all the cotton needed for
their purposes at Is cents a pound and
still declare reasonable profits"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-10-15
SENTENCE OF MORSE STANDS
Prisoner Given Stay of Execution
for Forty DAYS.

1Or EOrCy Lays.
New York.-Unless the supreme court
of the United States reverses the deci.
sion or the president of the United
States interferes, Chas. w. Morse, one
time "ice king" coastwise steamship
line organizer, banker and capitalist, vii!
serve Is years at hard labor in the Fed
eral prison at Atlanta, Ga. After hay
ing been at liberty under $125,000 bail
since June II last, he is back in the
Tombs prison, where he contemplates
the decision of the United States cir
cult court of appeals, sustaining the
Judgment of the lower Federal court,
which found him guilty in November
last of violating the national banking
laws.
His counsel, Martin W. Littleton, will
Immediately carry the case before the
United States supreme court on a wr t
OF certiorari. To this end the Unite
States court of appeals has granted a
40 days stay of execution, and pending
a decision by the supreme court appli-
cation will be made to have the prisoner
again admitted to bail.
Morse took the decision calmly, though
he vas plainly grief-stricken and per-
Aaps surprised.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-10-15
NEGROES ATTACK GEN. KING
Aged Confederate Badly Beaten at
WASHINGTON.

Observation-Disclosures by three ne
groes and forced, according to his dec
laration, to use a pocket knife to defend
his life, Gen. j. Ford King, 81 years of
age, for eight years during the eighties
representative N congress from Louis
lana, and a Confederate veteran, a ma
tive of Georgia, was badly beaten about
the head and body.
One of the negroes is in the hospital
SO badly cut that his recovery is said to
be doubtful. Gen. King himself, who
was arrested, has been released On bond.
Warrants have been issued by his
friends for the arrest of the negroes, al
though none of the warrants have been
served.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-10-15
CURTAIL COTTON GOODS.
South Carolina Manufacturers In
dorse the Plan.

Greenville, S. C.-Resolutlons were
adopted here by the executive commit
tee of the South Carolina Cotton Manu-
facturers' Association indorsing the &C
ton taken at Charlotte last week by
the National Association of Cotton Man
ufacturers pledging curtailment in pro-
duction. Committees were named to
communicate with all mills in the State
in regard to carrying oct the c~urtail-
ment agreement.
Resolutions Directing to the extra
amount of bagging placed OF bales over
the limited tare of 20 pounds were adopt
ed. The organization of a Southern mill
mutual insurance company was dis.
cussed, and cotton buyers were urged.
in a resolution adopted, to discontinue
buying cotton at gins.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-10-15
Parker After Capital.

Washington.-For the purpose of com
pleting arrangements for the erection OF
q million-dollar home in this city for
the Southern Commerce Congress, John
NJ. Parker, of New Orleans, president of
that organization, is here holding q con-
ference with business men interested in
this project and to raise the necessary
capital for its construction. The site
has been obtained. At the second an
nual meeting of the congress, to be hsad
here Dec. 6 and Z, extensive exhibits 1t
Southern products win be made.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-10-15
Joint COOK INVESTIGATION.
Geographic Society Will Join With Other
Organizations.

Washington.-The National Geograph-
ic Society, in response to a proposal
from the Peary Arctic Club, adopted a
resolution agreeing to join the American
Geographic Society and the American
Museum of Natural History in request
ing DR.. Ira Remsen, president of the
National Academy of Sciences, to ap-
point a commission to examine and re-
port on the records, observations and
data of Commander Peary and DR.. Cook.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-10-15

The board of Mississippi levee COM
missioners met to receive the report of
the secretary and treasurer for the fiscal
year ended Sept. 80, at Greenville. The
report shows that after deducting for
estimates of levee work done during the
month of September, amounting to $780,
600, the cash on hand mounts to $780,
1897. Contracts for levee work
amounting to 100000 are yet to be
completed, but the tax collecting session
is at hand and the board will be able
to meet the estimates for work as ON.
pleted without borrowing money.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-10-15
|MississipW
Nems

The ninth annual exhibition of the
Mississippi and West Alabama Fair As
ISOLATION, held at Columbus, was the
most successful fair ever .held. Special
features were a horse show, an automo-
bile parade and a tournament. The ex-
hibit of the Lowndes County Boys corn
club attracted much attention. The fair
association offered a prize of $50 for the
best yield and the board of supervisors
gave a like amount.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-10-15

Notice of another big lumber company
transaction just received in the office Of
the chancery clerk of Lincoln county for
record, is that of the Buttertield Lumber
Company, domiciled at Norfeld, Miss.
which has decided in trust its large mill
property, railroad rolling stock, etc, with
all its lumber lands in Lincoln, Law
renee and Marion counties to the Chicago
Title and Trust Company to underwrite
an issue of 5000, 900 in bonds to be
floated for tie development and opera
ton of the Butterfield Lumber Compa-
MES milling and railroad interests.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-10-15

At a conference of the leading bust
ness men and planters held at Faycttc,
&. H. Afford, government agent, made an
address, and sail IL substance that plant
cts must keep their labor, raise every
farm product necessary Tor man and
beast, and some to spare, and plant the
thinner up!ands: lands that will produce
an early crop in cotton. He said that
they must destroy their cotton stalks
before Nov. / and burn all rubbish in
and around the field which might serve
as alternating quarters for the weevil.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-10-15

Extensive preparations are being made
for the fair to be held October 26, 81
and %, and Grenada is all astir in plan
ming floats for the floral parade, which
will be one OF the attractive features of
the event..