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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-16
Cloak Sale

J. w. Beachy will be at Worden's
Department Store next Monday and
Tuesday, Sept. 20 and 21, with a large
and complete line of Ladies and Misses
Fall and Winter Suits, Cloaks, Furs,
Dresses, Petticoats, Silk Gowns. etc.
Don't forget the dates-two days
only. al
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-16

G. l.. Spear and family will leave
tomorrow for Petersburg, Va, where
they will spend the winter while Miss
Ethel takes course in music at a col
lege there. Mr.. Spear bought land
near Petersburg. but says he has no
intention of leaving Ladysmith per-
m anently.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-16

A team made up of county officers,
under the management of Register of
Deeds E. w. Hill. have challenged the
winners to a game, which will be
played probably some time next week.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-16

Ben C. Lee & Co. announces that
they will hold big Cloak & Suit Sale
soon. Dates later. 24-1
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-16
Real Estate Transfers
WARRANTY DEED

WARRANTY DEED
N. A. Sydnes to Ira B. Chase, lot
blk A vii of Glen Flora $3.50
Eugene LeDuc to Fred l.. Munroe, lots
7 and 8 blk 6 vii of Ingram. ...$400
Arthur Collins to Cathern Taylor, lot 9
blk 10 vii of Ingram. $500
Central Town Lot Co. to Mildred
Dowse, lots Z and 8 blk 13 Sheldon
Peter H. Nelson to G. S. Manley, lots
5 and 6 blk 6 Corbett's second add
..................... So5O
w. II. Cleveland and wife to George
Manley, part of sw NV of 3-34-6,.....
w. S. Sergeant and wife to j. R.
Meyers, Sc Sc 27-33-5...... ........ $1,000
John S. Owen Lbr. Co. to Ben F.
Faast Land Co., a piece of land in s.
33-5
Lulu Hartful to Julia Strand, a piece
of land in 3-34-6..... .$2l00
James A. Michaelsan and wife to Jacob
Steager, lot GA blk East Park ad
to Ladysmith. mith...................... 49,. $3.50
Herman E. Rasch and wf to Ferdinand
Fink, piece of land in 35 35-6.. $500
John P. Peterson and wife to Joseph
Schmidt, lot 9 blk New Flambeau
ad to Ladysmith .......... ....... :. $55
Ben F. Faast Land Co. to John Hen
derson, WI of sw of Sc of ne of sec
31-34-5 ........... .......................$125
Adolph Kinschinski to Charles Sepulski,
piece of land in sw Sc 1886, also
known as lot 6 blk Maple Hill. ..$675
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-16
civ;, Service Examination

The State Civil Service Commission
will hold general competitive exam
ination throughout the state at 9 a. m.
Saturday, Oct 2, at the usual examin-
alton center or centers in each county
for the position of Deputy Fish and
Game Warden.
Several senatorial and state-at-large
vacancies must be filled at once.
Under the law as amended in 1909,
deputy game wardens when appointed
shall hold office during good behavior
and shall in all respects be subject to
the provisions of the civil service law.
Age limits q to so years. Compen-
sation So. SO to $500 per day and actual
and necessary travelling expenses.
Persons interested should write to
the State Civil Service Commission at
Madison, Wis, for application blanks.
These blanks should be filled out and
forwarded so as to reach the office of
the Commission not later than 10 a. m,
Monday, Sept. 27. Permits naming
the date, city and building in which to
take the examination will be mailed to
candidates who forward within the
time limit application blanks properly
filled out.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-16

Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Thomas autoed
to Island Lake Saturday and spent Sun
day at the hospitable hone of ID. E.
Getchel on the west side of the lake
amidst the most picturesque surround
ings to be found in Rusk county. The
fishing there is good now and Mr..
Thomas saw boy catch a 31-pound
muskallonge.
Motion Pictures at the opera house
Saturday night-two shows, 7:3O and
$3.50. Admission and 10 cents. N1
We are here at Ladysmith prepared
to buy all ripe potatoes you may bring.
Come and see us at the Manley Hotel.
Francois & Tabor. 24-2*
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-09-16

The State Civil Service Commission
announces that a general competitive
examination will be held throughout
the state on Saturday, Oct. 2, for the
positions of Woman Physician and
Head Nurse at the Home for the
Feeble-Minded in Chippewa Falls.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
WILL HAVE TO WATT.
No Money to be Had for the Man
ayers of State Election.

No Money to be Had for the Man.
ayers of State Election.
The Florence Times says those who
hold claims against the State for
the last election are doomed to dis.
appointment. 1t was thought that
being a special election, the managers
would be paid out of the small ap-
preparation made by the last legisla'
ture, but there were too many cleo
lions a head of Florence county. and
the appropriation was only $500, sc
that the creditors of the State In
this county will have to line up witt
those in the other counties and wait
the appropriation of the next legisr
lature to collect their claims. The
editor of the Times went over tc
Columbia to try and get this none!
for the managers in Florence coun'
ty, but was obliged to return empt!
handed. Bond issue elections ant
other sUedial elections have beer
held in a number of counties and tina
exhausted the funds. No county ii
which special elections were held a
the same time as the dispensary cleo
ton was held can draw money, since
some had to be put out, all dispen
sary counties were put on the sam
footing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
DANGERS OF WESTERN CORN.
Its Use May be the Cause Of Pella'
era In the South.

The Augusta Herald very wisely
sums up the matter of Western corn
and its results as a food for man
and beast. The Herald says 1t is
not in corn that donger turks, but
In Western corn. The reason for
this Is clear. Western corr does
not fully mature before the season
ends. Frost falls upon it before
the kernels are hardened and the
cob is dry.
In this condition it is gathered
and housed or stacked. 1t then goes
through a process of fermentation
which produces the chemical chang
es that convert a healthy food for
man or beast into a subtle poison.
Fed to horses it gives them blind
staggers and thousands of horses
and mules are killed by it every
year. Eaten by men 1t produces
pellagra.
Fortunately a simple preventative
will avoid all risks in this matter.
That is to use only Southern grown
corn either for making corn bread
or to feed to the horses. And an
Atlanta case may show that grits
ground in the North should also 5e
excluded. Let our farmers ponder
this matter, and raise corn enough
for all our needs. Pellagra is be.
coming entirely too frequent in the
South.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
WANTS EGROE TO VOTE.
Taft Criticises Law DECLARING Them
From Voting.

President Taft has squarely and
unequivically placed himself on rec
ord, in a letter to a Washington
newspaper as being opposed to suf-
frage restriction as being manifestly
intended to discriminate against the
negro race. In answer to a letter
asking his opinion concerning the
franchise amendment to the Mary
land constitution which Is proposed
by the Democratic party in Maryland!
the president says: ut is deliberate
ly drawn to impose educational and
other qualifications for the suffrage
upon negroes and to exempt every
body else from such qualifications.
This Is gross injustice and is a vio-
lation of the spirit of the 18th amend
ment. 1t ought to be voted down by
every one, whether Democrat or Re
publican, who is in favor of a square
deal"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
20 LIVES LOST AT SEA.
Graphic Story Of Marine Disaster
Reaches Mobile.

A graphic story of a marine dis
aster, which cost the lives of 20
persons, when the steamer Nicholas
C~astania, en- route from Havana to
C%ienfuegos, foundered off the coast
Of the Isle of Pines on the night of
August %, last, reached Mobile a
few days ago. Meagre news of the
disaster was given by the Associated
Press August 81.
The crew numbered twenty-seven
officers and sailors. Eighteen human
bodies have been recovered. The
missing eleven are believed to have
become the victims of sharks. All
the bodies recovered we're In a ter
rible decomposed state and identif-
cation was impossible.
A government commission, after
examination, reported that the i'm
mediate u of the wreck was the
simultaneous explosion of the steam
er's battery Of boilers, combined with
a violent conclusion of the steamer
on the rocks. whittier she had been
thrown by the gale and tidal wave.
The rev and passenger list of
the Nicholas Castania shows no
names of women, but among the per-
sonal effects which showed the wear
and tear of use were a number of
feminine articles of wearing apparel
and children's shoes. =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
Awful Condition in the State Penaentiary
at Allegheny, Pa.
VERMIN INVESTS CELLS
More Than Three Hundred Prisoners
Are Suffering From tuberculosis
and More Than Seventy-nine Cells
Are Now Occupied by Prisoners
Showing Advanced Statges.

Conditions at the western peniten-
tiary of Pennsylvania at Allegheny
have been found so distressing and
| so intolerable as to require the i'm
mediate removal of all Federal pris-
oners whose transfer is practicable
and to demand the most serious con-
sideration of the proper public
authorities. This Is disclosed in
the report Of C. H.. McGlasson, of
the department of prison and prison
ers, to the attorney general.
At the direction of the attorney
general, Wade Ellis, acting head of
the Department Of Justice, made
known the result Of the ~investiga-
ton which Mr.. McGlasson conduct
ed following the reports published
by THE newspapers Aeveral weeks
ago, criticising the condition at the
p%enitentiary.
"The population on the 1st Of this
month was 1901" says Mr.. Ellis in
his statement. "Of this number more
than half r at all times idle, and
more than half are confined two in
a cell. The cells are unusually small
and the cots take almost the entire
length Of each, the room for NOV
ing about being a space eight feet
long and eighteen inches wide.
There are more than three hundred
prisoners suffering from tuberculosis,
and seventy-nine cells are now oc-
cupied by those showing advanced
stages Of this disease. The prison
Is filled with vermin Of all kinds,
although the officials are making
an effort to eradicate them. An un-
usually large number of the prison.
ers are Of the lowest possible char
acter, mentally and morally, and
there is but one general mess pro-
vided for all. Almost universal COM
plant is made about the quality of
the food served, especially the
meats"
THE attorney general does not, of
course, assume that these unfortu-
nate conditions are known either
to the Governor Of Pennsylvania, or
to other authorities having immedi-
ate control of penal institutions in
that State" continued Mr.. Ellis.
There are twenty-one Federal pris-
oners confined at the western peni-
Tertiary Of Pennsylvania. All of
these who can be Immediately trans
ferred, except those whose terms
will shortly expire, will be removed
at once to Atlanta or Leavenworth. I.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15

needs it, and our country will be
prosperous.
The deterioration of the crop in
all of the States is of such a ma
ture that it is now too late for it
to r%ecuperate and make anything like
a full crop, no matter how favorable
the seasons may be from now on. So
realize you have the situation in
your own hands. I want to urge
every farmer to sow largely Of wheat
and oats; for corn, -four and bacon
are now very high. They can be
raised for much less than half the
cost at which farmers are buying
today. and we have every reason to
believe they will be higher another
year.
Let us begin now to diversity our
crops for 1910. Make home self
supporting and self-sustaining. and
our country will grow rich. l want
| to urge upon every farmer to study
the conditions of the cotton crop in
| all the cotton belt States. and I am
sure he will not dump his cotton on
the market as he has done in the
past.
Just a word about cotton seed,
Remember the supply this year will
be short and the demand great fol
cotton seed products. When you
sell your seed. be sure to make ar.
rangements for the price of mea'
and bulls, or you will be caught in
a trap. You probably have used
good judgment in growing your
crop, and it behooves you now tt
use better judgment in selling.
B. Harris.
Ex-President State Farmers Union
Pendleton, S. C.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
SHOT HER AUNT.
In Alabama Woman Arrested on
Charge Of Murder.

A dispatch. from Brewton, Ala,
says Sheriff G.. A. Fountain returend
from Pollard late Wednesday night
with Mrs. Will Nowling. who had shot
70 death her aunt by marriage, Mrs.
Henry Nowling, two and a half miles
from Pollard. The latter was a sis
ter Of Martin Lindsey, a millionaire
Of Mobile. Mrs. Will Nowling claims
s%elf-defence. The trouble arose over
the efforts Of Mrs. Henry Nowling
to put into the house of Mrs. Will
Nowling household effects of a mar
ried daughter. Ignoring the warning
she is alleged to have advanced on
Mrs. Will Nowling with a bed Stat,
at which juncture the latter fired,
the load of shot taking effect in the
heart Of Mrs. Henry Nowling. Mrs
Nowling's father and brother reside
at Jay, Fla.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
PERISH IN WRECK
Eight Trainmen Killed and Fifteen Passen-
gers Are Injured
BY COLLISION OF TRAINS
A Freight and Passenger Train
Come Together Near Nashville and
Fire Sweeps the Debris, Consum-
ing Two of the Bodies of Those
Who Had Been Killed.

Eight trainmen killed and Is pas
sengers injured, two fatally per
haps, is the result of a collision be
tween a passenger and a freigh'
train Wednesday morning on The
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Loui,
railroad at Pegram Station, 20 miles
west of Nashville, Tenn. In the fire
| that followed at least two Of the
mangled bodies were completely con
sumed.
The dead: William Mogan, trav.
cling engineer, Nashville; Joe Cow
er, engineer on passenger train
Nashville; Jess Harrington, engineer
on freight train, Nashville; Walter
Roach, messenger, Nashville; Sam
Whited, fireman on freight train
Nashville; s. B. Welp, brakeman; w
S. Stalcup, mail clerk, Martin,
Tenn; l.. G. Bailey, mail clerk
Martin.
Seriously injured: Bob Bailey
fireman, Nashville, two ribs broken
and left side injured; Ellis Martin,
conductor on freight, Nashville, in.
jured on head and internally, may
die.
Slightly injured: Capt. T. lobe,
Burton, N. c.; William Lunsford,
Peachtree, N. c.; W. L. Thomson,
Peachtree, N. c.; R. w. Boyd, AL
mond, N. c.; Mrs. L. M. Lee. Tul-
lahoma, Tenn; Mrs. Temple Luns-
ford, Murphy, N. c.; Mrs. A. C.
Thompson, Murphy, N. c.; May
Thomson, Murphy, N. c.: Mrs. Mary
J. Jackson, Mcclellan; Mrs. John
Lively, McFimmville. Tenn; Mrs.
John Dunn, Cumberland Furnace,
Tenn; Mr.. John Dun, Cumberland
Furnace, Tenn.
The collision occurred about 8
o'clock and was between passenger
train No. 4, westbound, and fast
freight No. 81, en- route to Nash
Vile. The wreckage at once caught
fire. The baggage, mail, express
and smoking cars Of the passenger
train and several of the freight cars
were burned. But one bag of mail
was saved. Through the almost su-
perhuman strength exerted by the
passengers the three day coaches
and the Pullman we're pushed from
the fire and saved.
1t Is the general impression
among passengers and the trainmen
that the fault was with the passeng-
er crew, as an order to meet at Peg
ram had been issued, and the wreck
occurred west of that station.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
GRAFTERS WILL BE CONVICTED.
Evidence Against Them Said to Be
Very Strong.

The Florence Times says the gen.
eral opinion in Columbia is that
something is going to happen right
hard to the men charged with graft
ing in the State dispensary matters.
The evidence given before the grand
Jury is direct, positive and apparent
ly i~ndisputable. 1t is said that the
men on trial are worried. The prose-
cution feels sure that they will Sc
cure convictions if they have a jury
that anything like recognizes their
responsibility.
The members of the grand jury
have let out few of the things that
were brought out in the evidence be-
fore them. and they are shocking, so
shocking that the men could not keep
the stories to themselves. The TAX
ing of money and money in big slic-
IS, is not even attempted to be de-
MED, the accused content themselves
with insisting that 1t was not bribery.
The cumberous verbage of the in
iictment charging that with force
the defendants conspired to cheat
md defraud the State, has caused
good deal of merriment. the liquor
men say that they used force or com
,ulsion, but found the local parties
lutte in a receptive mood.
The cases may not be brought up
It the present term of court, but
hey will come up If there is time
rhe Jail Is full of prisoners and
hose out on bond are let alone un-
ii the Jail Is cleared. This may
AXE the graft cases over to another
| ERIN, or to a special term.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
TRAITORS IN CONGRESS
BRYAN SCORES sOCALLED DEMO.
Gratis WHO VOTED
With the Republicans in Congress
Against the Platform Adopted By
Their Own Party.

Bryan, the Great Commoner, made
a great speech Tuesday at Dallas
Texas. Denouncins him who would
| violate a party pledge ratified by the
voters Of his party as an embezzler
of power, Bryan outlined his views as
to the tariff before a large audience,
Mr.. Bryan's subject was "Democ-
racy and the Tariff" He emphasized
necessity of Senators and Congress-
men being bound by platforms, say
ing he would later suggest a form
for such a plank.
"If all of the Democrats in the
Senate and House had voted against
every proposed increase in the tariff,
and for every proposed decrease, we
might have made u fight next year
upon the party's record without max
ing a specific declaration on items
Of schedules" said MI. Bryan.
But in view Of the fact that Dem
ocrats in both the Senate and the
House differed as to the interpreta-
ton of the Democratic platform, and
as to the rates that should be i'm
posed under the various schedules,
I believe that 1t Is necessary for our
platform to be specific and emphatic.
eff we expect to secure control Of
Congress, We must convince the pub
lie that We will, if entrusted with
the power, favor material reductions.
Unless our candidates for Congress
can agree before the election they
are not likely to agree after the
election. If each Democratic can
iidate will state his position, the
voters can select a representative
who will give expression to their
views, and I am much more anx-
ious that the representatives shall
reflect the wishes of his constituents
than I am that he shall agree with
my opinion"
Mr.. Bryan concluded his address
with an extended argument in favor
Of free raw material. When asked
II he would attend the reception to
be given Samuel Gompers, president
IF the American Federation of La
Dor. on his return from abroad, Mr..
Bryan said:
THAT depends upon the date"
When told that 1t was October l.,
he said:
Impossible. That is our twenty
fifth wedding anniversary"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
SEIZED A BIG STILL
LARGE TUssAC PLANT CAPTUR-
ED IN SOUTH EDIsTO SWAMP.
This is the Eighth Still That Has
Been Captured in a Year by the
Aiken Officers.

A dispatch says another Of the
"big stills" Of the South Edisto river
swamp is in the Aiken Jail yard
having been carried there by OF.
icers Samuels, Cato and Holley
Wednesday night.
The still was a large one, the
capacity being about 120 gallons Of
mash"
Mr.. Samuels received information
a few days ago that Kinney Mon.
day, a white man, was in the bust
ness. The information was based, II
Is said, on Monday carrying molas,
ses from the Windsor depot. Sub.
%sequently Constables Samuels, Cato
and Holley left Wednesday armed
with search warrants for Mondays
house, which was searched.
Nothing but empty jugs and bot
ties were found. These had the ia.
miliar smell, but the "tussac" was
nowhere to be found. A search OF
the premises not revealing any whis.
key, It was continued into the ad.
jacent swamp
A path from the house was fol.
lowed into the swamp, and a short
distance from the house the still
was found, still steaming after a big
shilling bee" had taken place.
The big basin and the worm was
loaded on the buggy, while six fer
mentors and a "1eeck" stand were
demolished. 1t is said that this still
Is one Of the most famous Of the
Edisto swamp, having, 1t is alleged,
been in operation for 20 years.
The distilled goods could not be
located, but all appurtenances were
destroyed. This still was found at
a point that has not been raided with.
in a year, 16 miles from Aiken, near
Pine Log bridge. Monday raised
quite a fuss about the officers
searching his house, but made no
resistance.
This Is the eighth still that has
been captured within a years time
by the Aiken county officers. Aiken
is to be congratulated upon having
the diligent dispensary officers that
she has, al they are a terror to the
blind tiger element, and by their
good works the violations Of the law
are kept within a small sphere.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
Bengal Tiger a Suicide.

The hunt along the water front
of Marseilles, France, for the Royal
Bengal tigress that escaped from a
steamer in the harbor On Tuesday
came to a dramatic end when the
animal, MORALLY wounded and with
blood streaming from her head and
tanks, fled from her mob of pur-
suers and with enormous bounds
gained the water front. Then she
sprang into the sea and was drowned.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
PLACED IN PRISON.
Preacher Accused of Abducting .
Young Woman.

Rev. Wallace M. Stuckey, pastor
of the Christian Church of Williams
burg, Kansas , and editor Of The
Williamsburg Star, is confined in the
county Jail on the charge of having
abducted Lorena Sutherland, sixteen
years of age, daughter Of a wealthy
farmer of Williamsburg from her
home. The girl, originally a bru-
nette, but now a blonde, also is in
custody. She will be returned to her
parents and be used as witness
against the accused preacher. In
every principal feature the case Is
like that Of Rev. Jere Knode Cooke,
pastor of St. George Episcopal
church, of Long Island, N. Y, who
deserted his wife and children and
fed to San Francisco with Miss Lo-
retta Whaley a few years ago.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
Players Were Poisoned.

Johnny Dobbs. manager of the
Chattanooga team, says that the
members of his team were poisoned
Wednesday while playing in Augusta,
All the men who drank from a bucket
of water are i'll. Two, who did not
drink of the water, escaped. Meek,
the star catcher, is confined to his
bed with a doctor in attendance. II
is not known how the poison got
into the water or what was the ma
ture of it.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-09-15
;Judpe in Shooting Scrape

At Huntsville, Ala, Judge Belts
and J. II. Ballentine engaged in a
pistol duel on Saturday in the
streets, each receiving a minor
wound. The two men passed heated
words Saturday morning and were
separated by %bystanders before blows
we're passed. Each armed himself
later and when they met on the
street both drew r%evolvers and be.
gan firing emptying their revolvers
at each other at close range.