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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1909-03-12

A rain in Texas, sunday, caused
cotton to decline few points in
the market. Everything is figured
as an influence to depress the price
Of cotton.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1909-03-12

DELINQUENT Land SaIG-SaIG OF LANDS U6JIu-
Quent for Taxes for Fiscal Year 1908.
ate OF
will o
MONDAY THE 5TH DAY OF APRIL, 1000,
public to the
egal
Aberdeen Mississippi the following described lots tracts or
of
due thereon for the fiscal year
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1909-03-12

Management Of municipal utili-
ties by a commission Is the popular
demand i'm almost every city hay
ing those properties
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1909-03-12

The water man has been busy
this week watering the earth.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1909-03-12

Several interesting neighborhood
notes were not published this week
for want OF space.
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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1909-03-12

A law liver leads to chronic dys-
pepsia and ipation-weakens the
whole system. Doan's Regulets-( >
cents per box correct the liver, tone
the stomach, cure constipation,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-01
BARRIERS SETTLE
FOR THREE YEARS
They Get Shorter Hours and an In
crease in Wages in
Barre.

The new agreement between the mem
bers Of the iourneymen BARRIERS, union
of the city aud the propretors Of the
shops was signed last night BY both
parties, and the shops are doing bust
ness today under the new schedule.
The last agreement between the To-
cal and the proprietors was for only
one wear while the present schedule
is for three years.
The present bill agrees chat the shops
shall be opened at seven o'clock in the
morning during the six months Of April
May, June, July, August and Septem.
Der and at eight o'clock during Oeto-
Der, November, December, january, Feb
ruary and March
The shops will be closed Mondays
at noon During the other days Of the
week they will be open until eight
o'clock except Saturday night when they
will be open until 1915.
The only changes in the time are that
the shops win be opened one hour later
during six months and instead OF re.
naming open until II o'clock Saturday
night closing at 1915. The iourneymer
viii receive under the new schedule
$500 per week during the entire year
while under the former schedule they
received $500 during nine months anc
Sl400 during three months in the win
for
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-01
KETcHAMs Sell DIVORCE.
vergennes Undertaken and Wife Thus
Observe Silver Wedding.

Middlebury, April lin Addisonroun-
tn court yesterday double divorce case
was started. that of Helen b. Ketcham
Us. Harvey Kateham, and the latter has
filed cross bill. Both cases are being
heard eoncurrently. These parties live
III Vergennes and were married in 1854,
each having been previously married,
The husband is 65 years old and the
wife 81. Mrs. Ketcham left her husband
IN August last year and she alleges in
her petition intolcrable severity and re-
fusal to support. The husband claims
in his petition willful desertion and in
tolerable severity.
These cases have aroused great deal
of interest In Nergennes, where the par
ties are well known and where Mr. Keteh-
am has been manufacturer and retail
dealer in furniture as well as an under
talSer for more than 40 years. j. H.
Cushman Of Burlington is Mrs. Ketch-
ans counsel and Mr.. Ketoham is repre-
sented by r L Fish and f. w. Tuttle
Of Nergennes.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-01
PANT0N FARMER
TAKES OWN LIFE
Charles Tuli, Aged 70, Ends Life Be
cause Of Poor Health, With Bor-
rowed Shotgun.

Vergennes, April 1--Iu his horse
barn about noon yesterday. Charles Tun
d prominent farmer oil Panton, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself with a
shotgun which be had borrowed from a
neighbor. The nluzzle Of the gun had
evidently been placed close to his right
cheek as that portion ot his face was
blown completely of BY the discharge
of the weapon.
Mr. Tull went to the barn to attend
to his horses as uslmi, his wife not
noticing any change II his actions or
dcneanor Shortly after she heard the
report of the gep ard fsagag scnsthins
had happened TO her husband ana not
during to investigate for herself, tele-
pfoued to neighb0r who found her hus
band dead in the barn.
Mr.. Tull had been in poor health for
d year and it IS thought that in q sud-
den tit Of dependency h was led to
take his life He was well.to-do and
successful farmer and as far as Is
known without any financial enbarrass-
ment. He was 7s years Of age and
leaves wife and two daughters, Ethel
and Helen. Df. g. r.. b. Willard Of this
city was called and with Lyman J..
Kent, selectman, viewed the body.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-01
DEATH OF A. A. cADY.
Former Granite Manufacturer Of Barre
Died Of tuberculosis.

Aldaee Adelbert Cady, son of 6. L and
Emma lClappl Cady, died at the home
of his sister, AIRS. George e. Allen, in
Barre Town yesterday, March 81. Mr..
Csdy was born in Royalton, August Is,
1868. AT the age Of IL he entered the
employ Of Marr q Gordon, where he
learned the granite cutters trade and
where he was employed for ten years.
When the Eelat Granite Co, was formed,
he became a member Of the firm and so
continued for nearly ten years, or until
his health caused him to retire about
three years ago Mr. Cady was victim
Of tuberculosis.
He was twice married, first to Lillian
Grant Rutter Of Lawrence, Mass, Dec.
rs, 1888. She died in this city, May 9,
1901. On May 8, 1906, he married Miss
lucille Aurelia, daughter Of 0ughtney
Jangraw Of Montpelier, who survives
him. lie is also survived by two chill
dren BY the first wife, Florence Edna,
10 years old, OF Salem, Mass, and Stan
/ ley Aldace, s years old Of Lawrence,
Mass, a sister, Jessie a., and two broth
ers, Ernest O. Of Woodlands, Wash, and
Leon c. Of Pennsylvania
Mr. Cady was q member of the Ancient
Order Of Foresters Of America and Of
the Modern Woodmen.
The funeral win be held from the home
of his sister, Mrs. George E. Allen, Sat
lurday at ? p. M, the Rev. J. Edward
| Wright Of Montpelier officiating. The
interment Will be in Elmwood cemetery,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-01
CLERKS GET
NEW BILL
Gain a Half Holiday for Two
Months Of Year
STORES CLOSE AT $50
During July, August and September,
and All Day on All Legal Holidays.
The Agreement Runs for
Three Years.

A settlement between the Clerks union
and the Merchants association was
reached last evening, when the union at
special meeting voted to accept an
agreement which had been drawn up by
the clerks and merchants committees.
Since March first, when the clerks asked
for new agreement to take the place
of the one which expired to-day, the two
committees representing the two bodies
have been struggling with an agreement
which would be accepted by both parties.
After several failures the two commit
tees got together Tuesday night and
drew the agreement which was accepted
BY the union last evening The import
ant changes in the agreement from the
old one are that during three months in
the summer the stores viii close at $3.50
p. M, except Monday and Saturday
nights, and during july and August they
will close at noon on each Wednesday.
The clerks also get a holiday on the
second Wednesday in August and all le-
gal holidays Of the year. The agreement
in full is as follows
Section i. All stores to close at 8
O'clock .. M, except Monday and Satnr-
day nights, and the nights before Deeora-
ton day, July 4th. Thanksgiving day,
and the nights before Christmas The
stores to close Monday nights at .
io'clock, and Saturday nights at 10
o'clock, except the nights before Christ
mas.
Sec. 2. All stores to close At $3.50
O'Clock p m. Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday nights during July,
! August and September. All stores ex-
ccpt the hardware stores to close at II
o'clock noon each Wednesday during July
and August The hardware stores agree
20 give their clerks a half holiday each
week during July and August, paying
clerks for said half holidays TO be left
I optional with each merchant
See. 3, All stores TO close the follow
4 ing holidays and pay clerks for same:
/ New Years dag. Decoration day. July
Ath Labor day, Thanksgiving day, clerks
holiday on second Wednesday in August,
+ ana saistmas dsg When any of these
holidays comes IN Sunday all stores to
observe the following Monday ANY
merchant may open the siS working
nights before Christmas.
Sec. 4 The merchants agree to give
/ their clerks two weeks notice when they
wish them to leave their employ, and
4 the clerks agree 10 give the merchants
4 two weeks notice when they wish TO
leave their employer, unless there are
some specific charges.
/ See. s. This agreement to run for
three years, beginning April LIST, 1909,
See. 6. If either party wishes to
change the above agreement at its ex-
piration, three months notice shall be
given otherwise this agreement shall
continue ia fofee
4 tSigned) r. II. Rogers. w. G. Rey.
nolds, Fred King J W. Vaughan, Geo.
\ n. Tilden, b. A. Eastman, and T. ID.
Iadd, merchants committee
0reste Bofino. r. T. Ford, A. f. Camp
bell, Harley J Houghton, w. II. Eager,
clerks committee.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-01
TESTIFY KENT
CONFESSED
Witnesses Say He Told Why
He Killed Mrs. COngdOn
DIR. TOWNSEND ON STAND
Confirms Testimony Of Sheriff Leonard
and H. D. Savery-The Curious
Are Not Allowed in
Court.

Rutland, April The state, in the
trial Of Elroy Kent for the murder of
Della Congdon, introduced another
witness today, Or. w. w. Townsend, a
physician of the house of correction, who
testified that Elroy Kent had admitted
.assaulting Della Congdon. When he
asked Kent if the woman might not
have met her death in scufie they had
in the kitchen, Kent replied; 1t wasn't
Ia the kitchen but in the milk room.
This room was where the body was
found. The balance of the morning was
taken up with the evidence OF Afassa.
chusetts officers who had to do with
Kent's capture at Pittsfeld in October
Elroy Kent admitted that he killed
Miss Congdon, according to the testi-
mony given in court yesterday by Allen
A. Leorard, deputy sheriff, in the trial
Of Kent on the charge Of murder. He
said Kent's admission was made after
he had been taken to the house Of cor.
rection in Rutland from PittsfeId, Mass,
where he was arrested. Herbert D. Say.
cry Of Wallingford corroborated the tes-
timony.
According to these witnesses Kent
when asked why he killed Miss Congdon
said she made noise, and he was afraid
other people would hear her
The court room was cleared Of all wo-
men and children and all others not har.
Ing particular business there during the
testimony as to the alleged confession
and also during the testimony Of DR.. b
Il. Stone Of Burlington, director Of the
state laboratory Of hygiene
During clash between counsel, At
torney General Sargent brought from At.
torney John D. spellman the statement
that the defense expects to connect a
Wallingford man with the crime. This
man is a witness for the prosecution,
In telling Of the alleged confession By
Kent. Deputy Sheriff Leonard said Kent
told him he wanted to come to court
and plead guilty.
I asked him, said the witness. eii
Miss Congdon saw him before he reached
her. lie said she did,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-01
LISTERS WOULD
ABOLISH OFFSETS
Adopt Resolution Unanimously in Fav-
OF Of Doing Away With Offsets
Outside State.

Thirty wise listers Of Washington
county gathered yesterday in the city
court room at Montpelier to discuss
uniformity in making out lists and to
get better idea Of the tax laws. John
II. Senter, member Of the special tax
commission appointed by Governor
Proctor, addressed the meeting, after
which the discussion was informal and
general.
r. w. Clark Of Northfield was chair
man of the meeting and Fl. e. Dwinell
of Cabot secretary, All but two of The
towns in the county were represented.
That the listers are strongly in favor Of
aholishing offsets was shown by the
resolutions adopted. Dr. Barber Of
Barre Town, made a rousing speech. He
said there was man in his town who
swore OF his personal property for
debts in Massachusetts, One Of their
listers was commissioner on his estate
when he died. He couldn't find he ever
owed cent to Massachusetts men, yet
he had lied about his list and secured
Offset. He believed the allowing of off,
set for debts owing outside the state
was unconstitutional.
These resolutions were adopted:
eThat a fat rate tax on wood per
cord and lumber per thousand cut and
marked, and a low appraisal on all
forest lands would tend TO benefit the
welfare AZ the state7
This resolution was unanimously
adopted az was also the following re-
lating to offsets outside the state. @That
all Offsets for debts outside the state
be abolished
A resolution favoring the abolishment
Of all offsets was adopted by vote Of
lI9 to D. Ii was as follows; "That all
offsets he abolished"
In Mr.. Senter's talk, he told the lis
ters It was not part of their duty to
assist the tax payer in making out his
list. The meeting extended q vote Of
thanks to Mr.. Senter for his address.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-01
Defence in the Fred Strong
Case
ONCE PROMINENT MAN
But the Habit Caused His Downfall.
ard Now He Is on Trial, Charged
With Assault with Intent
to Rob.

Evidence from witnesses tending 10
show the insanity Of the respondent in
the case Of State vs.. Fred E. Strong,
charged with assault with intent to rob
Coin b. Evans Of Waterbury on October
10, 1908, took up the attention Of county
court yesterday and to-day. Mrs. Strong,
wife Of the respondent, was on the stand
yesterday afternoon and told complete
story Of the life and actions Of her hus-
band since their marriage in 1885. DR..
G. A. Shaw Of Mortified and druggist
who had sold Strong morphine in North
field were the witnesses heard this morn
ing. She said that while they were living
in Northfeld Strong acted queerly at
times and once he disappeared and was
found the next day In the basement of
the store which he was conducting with
his brother-in-law and when questioned
said that there was someone attempting
to rob the store. He had barricaded him
self in the cellar After their marriage
she said that he taught school for several
years in this state and then they went
to Eagle Brook. Ia, where he taught
school and became well known in liter
airy circles His health finally broke
down and he was sent to hospital there
for treatment for an abscess on his thigh.
Hypodermic injections of morphine were
given him there by the physician in
charge to ease him from pain caused BY
the abscess and the attending physician
left town for while leaving the hypo-
dermic syringe with the patient to use.
On the return of the doctor the hypo-
dermic was taken away, but Strong inn
mediately purchased another and con-
tinued to use it for a long time before
his wife learned OF it. He was sent to
Chicago and later to Des Moines for
treatment for the cure of the morphine
habit She told of another instance while
in Northtield of his suddenly leaving
home and being gone week, While
away he wrote her that he could not
give up morphine.
Mr. Evans told on the stand Of his
having sold a hotel for considerable
sum 81 money and that the sale was
known to Strong John Beals and Maur-
ice David, both Of Waterbury, told Of
having assisted in the capture Of Strong
after his assault on Evans. Willis B.
Clark Of Waterbury also told Of seeing
the stocking with stone in the toe Of
/ it and that the stocking was streaked
with blood; and that he saw blood on
the carpet Of the room where the assault
took place.
Strong, the respondent, is native of
Sharon, and is 81 years. old. He ia a
graduate Of the Randolph normal school
and for Is years was principal Of a high
school at Eagle Grove, Ia While living
there he was prominent in Masonic cir
Giles and in the Congregational church.
The morphine habit caused hiss
fall
At the opening Of court this afternoon
a divorce was granted to Eva Bryan
from her husband, Willis Bryan, drug
gst in Waterbury. The divorce was
granted on the grounds Of intolerable
severity and she is to receive alimony
according to the stipulatioHs named She.
is allowed to resume her maiden name.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-01
SPEEDY JUSTICE.
Burlington Housebreakers Sent to House
of Correction.

Burlington, April speedy justice
was meted out to William McRae, who
was arrested Tuesday night, charged
With breaking into Joseph Martins house
on North WinoosEi avenue. McRae was
arraigned in city court yesterday after
noon, waived examination and after
wards pleaded guilty to an information
filed against him. He was sentenced to
serve not less than seven nor more than
eight months in the house Of correction
at Rutland,s without costs. McRae Sc
cured a pocket book, violin, razor
and some gloves from the Martin home,
all Of which were returned
Walter Miller, recently arrested upon
the completion Of sentence in Benning-
ton county Jail for intoxication, was also
afraigned IN city court yesterday after
noon He waived examination and plead
ed guilty to stealing $33 IN money and
S35 gold watch from Daniel Haley of
this city. Miller was given not less
than eight nor more than 10 months III
the house Of correction at Rutland, with
out costs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-01
MONTPELIER.

Intelligence was received yesterday Of
the death at Providence, r. l., Of Burmah
e, Perkins, former resident Of this city
and Of East Montpelier. Mr. Perkins
was 60 years old and was a son of the
late Elkins Perkins. He had resided in
Providence for more than 30 years.
Fl G. Lamberton Of Cabot filed yester-
day with Referee w. NJ Theriault d petit
tion in bankruptcy His liabilities are
given as sa,G6I and his assets about
$4,000 Harry Daniels Of East Mont
palier is the largest creditor named in
the schedule. Mr.. Lamberton claims an
unsettled and disputed account with Mr..
Daniels amounting to T,400,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-01
CHELSEA.

Miss Zoe E. Hill went to Tunbridge
Wednesday for brief visit to friends.
Arthur Corwin returned to his home
III Somerville, Mass, Tuesday after
spending few days with relatives here
Aisy. S. G. Wilson left Monday morn.
ing on business trip to Boston, Mass,
as the objective point
The South Royalton stage made its
first appearance on wheels this spring
Tuesday evening.
The personal property belonging to
Mrs. Edith Dumont which was sold at
auction Tuesday afternoon brought
very good prices. This was the first
auction held in the vicinity for several
months.
Mrs. o. ID. Medcalf returned last week
from Newbury. N FL, where she was
called the week before by the serious
illness of an aunt.
Mrs. Edith Dunont with her eight
small children. the oldest being under
twelve, left for Pawtueket, r. T., where
she expects 60 make her future home.
Her husband preceded the family a few
weeks ago,
Everett B. jackson Of BroolSfeld was
III ttHU 4Aou0dy dHu = utHudg w Fislb
his mother, Mrs W. II. Sprague, and
was accompanied by school friend,
Harold Lane Of Fairfax
Fred E Goodwin commenced Monday
saving the unusually large stock of
logs Rhich have been delivered at his
Mill during the winter, the greater por-
ton of the stock are custom logs AL
though Mr.. Goodwin has bought quite q
large amount of soft wood lumber this
winter He is Icing assisted in the mill
my Milo M. Sanborn.
George M. Medcalf, who has rented
the Chelsea mills since last summer and
has done the custom grinding for the
farmers throughout this section has de-
cided TO return to the duties Of his farm
work, and the mill win be opened for
an indefinite time by Frank J. Titus,
who contemplates to do custom grinding
and will keep full stock OF feed on
sale.
The Chelsea Dramatic club went 70
Wilhamstown Monday night and pre-
sented their play, Down East to full
house and an enthusiastic audience, and
returned with the satisfaction that the
play was both well presented and well
received.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-01
NEwFANE pRIsoNERs EscApE.
Pry Off Steel Straps and Iron Bare and
Get Away.

Brattlehoro April Word was re-
eeiyed here yesterday Of the escape of
two prisoners from Windham county
jail al Newfane last night. They we're
Archie St Peters, awaiting trial on the
charge Of horse stealing at South Lon
dondeTy and George H. Streeter Of
Greenfield, Mass, held for trial charged
with burglary at the Central Vermont
railway station here last fall.
This was Streeter's second break as
he escaped the week after he was com
mitted and was not captured until he
had reached pittsburg, Pa. whence he
was brought back here. The men last
night managed to pry off two steel
straps at the back Of the cell and an
iron bar from the outside window, max
ing an opening big enough TO crawl
through. The authorities Of all the sur.
rounding towns were notified but there
is nothing to indicate in what direction
the men had gone.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-01
a Seainr.the-Town Party.

IA successful guessing game for a
chIIdren'a party played out Of doors was
called Seeing the Town Trip" says
writer in Woman's Home Companion
for April. "a large collection Of local
post cards was pinned about the lawn
on the tree trunks and other places.
The cards were numbered. and Of course
the names OF the views cut of. The
children were furnished with pencils and
paper ana told % travel around town
ana write down what they saw II was
comieal TO sec how some Of the most
familiar scenes pazzled them The
prizes were q postcard album for the
most auccessful guesser and a collection
OF cards for tbe one who recognized the
ftwest number" ~. =. Il.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-01
HONESTY WON APPOINTMENT.
H B. chambelain Put Back as Tax Lister
in Brattleboro.

Brattleboro, April 1.-The honesty of
Herbert B. Chamberlain has been recog-
nized by the seleetmen Of this town in
appointing Mr.. Chamberlain member
of the board Of listers, and thereby hangs
an interesting story. Mr.. Chamberlain
was turned down as lister at the an
nual town meeting this month, after
having served Ia years. The value of
his services was recognized by the other
members Of the board, and they were
disappointed when he was refused re-
election.
A few days ago Ernest S. Hall, who
was elected in place Of Mr.. Chamberlain,
resigned and the question arose as to
who should I'LL the vacancy. There was
opposition to Mr. Chamberlain, princi-
pally on account of his connection with
the estate Of the late Col. William Aus
tine, but the selectmen of the town in
yestigated the matter and became salts
fled that his conduct in relation to that
estate was entirely honorable. In view
Of the various rumors concerning Mr.
Chamberlain and the estate, the publics-
tion OF the facts in the case is authorized
in justice to Mr.. Chamberlain
Col. Austine was veteran of three
wars and lived alone in the Brooks house
many years. For some years Mr.. Cham
herlain was his private secretary, and
in his viii Col Austine left Mr.. Cham
berlain $4,000 Col. Austine's tax inven.
tory, made out by Mr. Chamberlain, gave
a list Of property before his death val.
ued at $1,000. After his death the
estate amounted to considerably more
than 100000, and Mr.. Chamberlain was
criticised for not having put more Of ii
into the tax list.
The fact is that when Col. Austine's
executor set to work on the estate he
found in Col. Austine's safe deposit box
a package addressed to the executor and
marked: Not to be opened until after
my death" The package contained sev.
eral bank books showing deposits Of
$4,000 in banks outside the state and
deposited in fictitious names.
Mr.. Chamberlain Immediately added
the $4,000 to the sl7 900 in the tax list
The rest Of the estate was in government
bonds, which were nontaxable The list.
ers have known the facts IN the case for
some time, but the public has not.