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The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
GIVES MILLIONS TO CHARITY
J. 8. Kennedy Leaves Thirty Million
To Religion and Education.

New York.-Starting as an errand boy
in Glasgow, Scotland, John Stuart Ken
nedy died in New York, October 81,
worth 100000, 900. His will, filed for
probate Friday by Robert w. DeFord-
est, one of his executors and who drew
the Scotchman's last testament, be-
queathed S3O,OOo,O00 to public chari-
ties.
Mr. Kennedy had risen from errand
boy to shipping clerk when he came to
New York nearly sixty years ago as the
representative of Scotch shipping firm.
He made his fortune mainly through
shrewd and far-sighted railroad invest
ments.
He leaves little more than quar-
ter of his entire estate to his wife, EN-
ma B. Kennedy, who survives him, a
little more than quarter to relatives
and friends, and gives something less
than one-half to various charitable, re-
ligious, benevolent and educational in
stitutions.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

Plan of the farm in 1905; a, new farm
buildings; b, tenant houses.
inches by yellow sandy subsoil. The
forest growth is pine and scrub oak.
There are 1917 acres in the farm, of
which 66 acres are under system Of
rotation and 80 are occupied by ten
ant houses and their surrounding lots.
The remainder is woodland. The farm
has been under cultivation some 80
years, and for the eight or 10 years
previous to the present ownership had
been rented
Several tenant houses were scat
tered promiscueusly over it, number
of bad gullies had been allowed to de-
velop, swamp hole occupied part of
one field and clumps of scrubby trees,
bushes and broom sedge had grown
up, making the fields irregular in
shape and giving the farm a rough
and unthrifty appearance. The fertil-
ity of the soil had been reduced to the
low ebb of producing 800 pounds of
seed cotton and five to eight bushels
of corn to the acre.
Now this is all changed; the bor-
ders of the fields have been straight
ened, the tenant houses moved from
the tillable lands, gullies filled up and
the swamp hole drained. The tillable
land has been divided into three
fields of 20 acres each; the farm has
been fenced and new house, barn
and other buildings have been erected.
The farm to-day presents an appear
ance of neatness, thrift and pros
perity
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
waterways Meeting Ends.

New Orleans. Whether or not there
will ever be another convention of the
Gulf Deep Waterways Asso.
ciation depends upon what action Con
eress takes at the next session. The
committee of 500, it is hoped, will in
duce the national assembly to provide
funds for the project. But if it does not,
then the executive committee Of the asso-
citation is authorized to select the place
of meeting of the next convention and
8x The day. This was decided upon at
the last session Of the association
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
SUES HER BEAUTY DOCTOR
Mrs. Houghton, Half Rejuvenated,
Wants Job Completed.

New York-Like' the heroine in last
wears novel who found herself only half
rejuvenated when her beauty doctor
suddenly died, Mrs. Ella Houghton, a
wealthy widow, appeared in court as
complainant against her face beautifer,
who refused to finish the job
Mrs. Houghton was two faced-on one
side was the pink of youth on plump,
rosy cheek, on the other side the sal
lowness of forty on a fieshless, loose
skin. Mrs Houghton wanted both cheeks
evened up.
Mrs. Ella Harris of California eff
fected the astonishing change in Mrs.
Houghton's physiognomy. She balked
in the middle because her subject re-
fused to exhibit herself as living "dem-
onstration of the success of her art in
banishing crows feet and obtrusive
wrinkles" She wanted Mrs. Houghton
to live up to her agreement and make
customers for her by making living
exhibition of herself.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

The Spanish press has rebelled
against the strict censorship of news
by the authorities and announce thew
will publish new true news of the war
in Morocco. The policy of withhold
ing information from the public is on
a par with that of the ostrich who
hides its head when seeking to con-
ceal its whereabouts from its enemies.
The eventual truth cannot be sup
pressed in this age of information, and
the nations can no longer be treated
as children to have only what their
rulers think is good for them.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
|GAYN0R THE WINNER
rAMMANY LOSES CONTROL OF
BOARD OF ESTIMATE.
Tom johnson Defeated
DISTINGUISHING Negroes Seems to
Have Lost in Maryland.

New York. rk.-Tammanyi elects Gaynor
mayor by at least 10000 majority, but
1t loses control Of the board Of estimate
through the defeat of its candidates for
comptroller, president of the board OF
aldermen and president of the borough
of Manhattan. Tammany also loses its
candidate for district attorney.
Upstate. Republicans elect mayors
of Albany, Rochester and Syracuse, while
Democrats elect mayors of Buffalo, Ell
mira, Schnectady and a number Of the
smaller towns.
Observation-Disclosures, governor, and
entire state Republican ticket elected by
majorities less than 10000.
California. District Attorney Heney
defeated and union labor candidate
elected mayor of San Francisco. The
"grafters" again in the saddle.
Ohio.--Tom Johnson defeated for
mayor of Cleveland. Brand Whitlock
elected mayor of Toledo. Cox Repub
lican machine elects mayor of Cincin-
natl.
Maryland. Constitutional amendment
disfranchising negroes has probably been
defeated.
Kentucky.-The Democrats recapture
Louisville, electing Head over Mayor
Grinstead. Democrats will control next
Legislature, against Wilson, the Re
publican governor.
Pennsylvania. Reform candidate IN
Philadelphia showed nnder-whole Re-
publican state ticket elected.
Illinois. s.-Four counties vote dry, as
did fourteen towns. Five towns voted
wet.
neutrality-suspicious. capture Indian
apolis. Man who sat on lid in Evans
vile defeated.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

Glenn II. Curtiss appears to be the
reigning aeroplane favorite. His vic
tory at Brescia, Italy, supplements
that at France, where he won the in
ternational championship. Curtiss also
receives $4,000 of the prize money,
and this, in addition to the sums given
in other contests, makes total of
$4,000 from these sources alone. And
it is added that the Curtiss aeroplane
cost only $1,000. That invention ap-
pears to have been one of the best
investments on record.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

The dull silence that hung over that
New England dinner table has been
lifted OF late, says the Delineator. 1t
is gone like the dew in the sunlight
of the new social influences. The iso.
lation of the farm was the chilling
cause that drove men into the cities.
Now, by telephone and free mail de-
livery, all the warm world currents
are being carried to the country and
are vitalizing the rural community
into a life that is rich and abundant
in the variety of it's interests. A real
heart hunger has been answered.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
SEND WIRELESS 4,so5 MILES.

San Francisco.-All wireless records
were broken last night when the steamer
Korea flashed message which was re-
ceived by the operators at both the Far
rellone station and the Russell Hill sta
ton, this city, from distance of 4,a05
miles. The operator at Russell Hill
sent an acknowledgment, which was also
received by the Korea. The message
from the steamer read:
November 2, p.m., 2,2O5 miles west
Of Honolulu. In touch with Japan to-
night.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
New Asparagus Bed.

The way to succeed in raising as
paragus is to cultivate well, keeping
the soil mellow and all weeds out for
two years. But be careful not to in.
jure the roots or sprouts, for you
need to encourage as good and strong
a growth as possible. 1t is thus that
the plants get strength for future USE
fulness.
The third year the shoots may be
cut a little for use, but not until the
fourth year will you get good crop.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
Prison Scandal in Texas.

Ausk, Tex.-Testifying before the pen
itentiary investigating committee, con-
victs implicated guards and men high
in the penitentiary system in deeds Of
great cruelty. A guard shot an insane
convict as he was escaping, remarking
that "the State has plenty of ammuni-
ton" The convicts showed scars on
their bodies, which they claimed to have
been inflicted with notched strap. They
testified that convicts had died from the
effects of whippings.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
Hermit Found Dead.

Savannah, Ga. Peter G. Lesit, who
claimed dozen trades and professions,
but who was hermit, was found dead
at his home near Savannah Wednesday.
Two hungry bulldogs were guarding tho
dead man, and threatened the police with
their fangs. A year ago Lesit's wife
killed herself. He shortly afterward
married again, after an acquaintance Of
eight hours, and was at the time Of his
death seeking divorce. Since ne sep
arated from his second wife, he became
an absolute hermit.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
NotionaI Fruit.

The raspberry is very particular
about its place and treatment. 1t
must be humored in its likes and its
dislikes. for IL not it gets sulky and
refuses to work.
It is for more dificult to manage
successfully than the strawberry
Hence it follows that except in re-
stricted sections. its culture is less
profitable. But if you can humor all
its notions, as to soil, culture and
weather conditions. the raspberry re-
wards you handsomely.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
Courts Exclude Lodge Signals.

Philadelphia.-For giving to his jur-
ors '.the distress signal of secret so
ciety to which he belonged, Adolph Mos
koyitz, plaintiff in litigation involving
d small amount of money, was sent to
prison for contempt of court. The jury
found in his favor, and the judge inn
mediately ordered him locked up.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
Would Serregate Races.

Canton, O.-The segregation of negro
and white children in orphan asylums,
and in State and municipal institutions,
was recommended in q resolution adopt
ed at the State conference Of charities
and correction here. Mr.. Longman said
he believed the intermingling Of the ne
groes with the whites in childhood tended
to encourage intermarriage. A special
committee was appointed to take the
resolution before the Ohio State Lsgie
lature at It's coming session.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

Earthquakes, fires, floods and tidal
waves have been especially numerous
and destructive in Mexico this year.
The latest of the visitations is tidal
wave along the coast of Lower Cali
tornia, causing the loss of several
lives and the demolition of many
buildings. AS the wave swept inland
for two miles something of the force
and extent of the flood may .be con-
ceiyed. Mexico will have reason to
remember 1909 because of the fire.
quency of calamities during that Pc
riod.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
Clean Up Orchard.

Too much cannot be said upon the
importance of cleaning up under the
apple trees. The imperfect, rotten
and wormy fruit must not be left to
carry over to another year the seeds
Of loss and disappointment.
II the cows or pigs. or both, can
have the range Of the orchard for q
few weeks the scavenger work will be
done. But care must be used to pro-
portion the amount of stock to the
size of the orchard.
But where hand labor must be en-
ployed, it will pay, and pay well, to
clean up the orchard.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
whitla Reward Allotted.

Harrisburg, PAN statement is
sued Friday, Attorney-General Todd
makes these allotments of the reward
of $4,000 offered by the State for the
apprehension and conviction of the per-
son or persons who abducted Willie
Whitla: Patrick OfReilly, Cleveland,
5000; William II. Hunley, Cleveland,
So, 900; T. C. Cochran, Mercer, Pa, $500;
@. A. Gordon, Mercer, Pa, $500; Mar
tin Grain, Sharon, Pa, $1oo; pension
fund of Cleveland police department, &c..
900.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

A New York judicial authority has
been called on to decide whether a
mans grave can be seized and sold
for his debts. Whatever the abstract
justice Of the proposition, there is
something SO revolving to human ma
ture's most sacred instincts in busi-
ness which carries its claims beyond
the grave that no one was surprised
to find the court forbade the desecra-
ton of the dead There was some
thing too ghoulish in the mere pro-
posal
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
HARDY WHITE COCHIN HEN
Boom In That Breed Swept the coun-
try Thirty Years Ago-Now Not
Thought Much OF.

Many fanciers and breeders will
recall the boom in Cochin fowl that
swept the country eome 80 years ago.
the predominating varieties being
the bluffs and partridges, with Il
sprinkling of ths whites and blacks.
At one time-abc1t 1890 to 1900-they
were indeed provincial feature of
our landscape and certainly an attrac.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
"NEAR BEER" LOSES.
Man Is Guilty Whether o, Not He Knows
Liquor Intoxicating.

Topeka, nan.-The State supreme
Court decided in case appealed from
Kansas City that when man sells
liquor he is presumed to know whether
or not it is intoxicating. II. Lingner &
Company was convicted of selling liquor,
and set up the defense that they did not
know it was intoxicating. The conyic-
ton was affirmed.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
Floor for Chickens.

It is mistake to confine chicks on
a hard, smooth floor. 1t Is better to
have It well Uttered or covered with
burlap. Certain diseases OF feet and
legs come where chicks are confined
to hard, smooth surface floora
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

Halley's comet has been seen again
and is getting brighter, which is evi-
dence that the visitor is drawing
nearer the earth. If it had come
little sooner the comet might have
been pleasing addition to the Hud-
son-Fulton illuminations.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
curtailing Cotton Goods.

New Bedford, Mass.-More than IT.
600 cotton mill operatives in this city
were Saturday notified the production of
cotton cloth in their respective mills
will be curtailed by two hours per week
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
BIG MAIL ROBBERY.
Mail Pouch Containing $4,000 to $50,
600 Stolen.

Chicago.-Theft of mail pouch be-
lieved to have contained between $685.
900 and $4,000 in express and postof-
fee money orders was revealed Friday
through the cashing of several OF the
stolen orders in Chicago. The riaed bag
was discovered by farmer boy in a
corn field near Tolona, III. Secret serv-
ice operatives and postoffce inspectors
ere searching for the robbers.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

The Moor: are less belligerent, and
the fighting tribesmen are getting dis
rouraged. It looks as though Spain
may get matters settled without much
more trouble, and Sultan Mulai Hafid
apparently is good deal of buffer.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

The superintendent of an Illinois
high school has Cancelled the games
arranged for by the school football
team because he found out that stu
dents were betting. not only candy.
but money on the games. But this is
not an argument against school ath-
letics.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
WE MUST ALL STRUGGLE.

Rockefeller Says If We Do Not We viii
Be Weaklings.
Cleveland, O.-"Often meet nothing
but struggle" John D. Rockefeller told
the Euclid Avenue Baptist Sunday
school. "But / think it is great bless
ing. I remember when I first learned
to swim in New York, sixty years ago.
had to kick, splash and struggle.
have been struggling ever since. II we
do not have to struggle we will be
weaklings; to be strong We must strug-
gle"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

An official of the national geograph-
ical survey asserts that there is
enough unmined coal in this country
to last for 1859 years. We are glad
he was particular about those odd
years, for it makes his assertion so
much more convincing.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
BIG BOAT LINE PLANNED.
Capt. Leyhe Contemplates Revival OF
st. Louis-New Orleans Trade.

St. Louis, Mo.-Capt. w. Leyhe, the
packet company's agent, announces that
a number of large shippers of New Or
leans and st. Louis are urging him to
put a steamboat into the long abandoned
regular packet trade between these two
points, and will make his decision when
the steamboat Grey Eagle reaches here
from her trip to New Orleans with the
Taft deep waterways feet.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

The latest triumph of surgical
science is successfully to remove a
mans stomach. Some cynics say,
however, that to the vast majority of
masculinity death is preferable.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

Another man has been mistaken TOT
a deer in the AdirondackS. He is
dead now This is the open season
for deer, but it should be the closed
season for humans.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

A Chicago man shot motorman
because he laughed at him. vi
course, motormen should be taught
manners, but there may be metnods
less drastic
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

While it is true that the poor we
have always with us, it is also GER
tainty that some of the rich hardly
ever allow us respite from their dl'
Yorce troubles.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

The amateur hunters are already
getting in their crop of human game
And it is part of the irony of fate that
no matter what bad shots they are,
they can always hit man.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

The Moors have caught another
Spanish force unawares. That war
seems to be conducted by the hostiie
tribesmen on the surprise-party plan.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

This country is not captious ano
carries no chip on it's shoulder, but II
dares any foreign navy to sail up 70
the north pole and take it.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

Western crop and trade reports con-
tinue highly favorable. And big mar
vests and good business in the west
mean general prosperity for the coun-
fry
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

Servia seems bent on looking for
trouble. The little kingdom will dis
cover trouble is a thing much easier
to find than to lose
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

Gold worth s11, ,OOO,O is coming out
of the Tanana valley, Alaska. this sea
son. 1t should suffice to fill quite
number of teeth
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

1t is going to be hard winter for
the poor. The price of automobile
tires has gone up.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
FEARS MOB OF NEGROES.
Said to Be Organizing to Release ALI.
Hunter From JAIL

Enid, okla.-sheriff Campbell has
placed extra guards around the county
iail to forestall the work Of mob of
negroes that is said to be organizing to
release from the jail ALI. Hunter,
negro, under death sentence for the muir
der Of Sheriff Garrison Of Oklahoma
county. The sheriff has heard rumors
that : mob is being planned by the
blacks.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

If woman is to have buttonless
dress, why don't man have button
less collar?
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

Plenty of succulent feed puts the
system in good condition for calying.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
JAPANESE GET MEDAL.

Struck at Philadelphia Mint as Gift to
Mikado.
Washington.-The mint officers at
Philadelphia- struck off as present for
the mikado a gold medal about the size
Of the Fulton-Hudson medal. 1t was
presented to the chairman of the jap
anese visiting commercial delegation by
an official Of the State Department, who
made It Clear that the presentation was
not official in any way. The medal bears
inscriptions Of peace and good will.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

Spain is trying very hard to be up
to date. 1t now has bullfight trust
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HQzeiton Items.

E. ]. Keefe Of Fredonia. Kansas. was
here last week looking after his hotel
property here.
AT the Jersey cow sale last week
about 80 head were sold at an average
Of about 500.
c. L. Schuyler has rented his farm
and he and his family have gone to Cal
ifornia tor an extended visit.
]. w. Miller has traded his Barber
county real estate for an Oklahoma farm
and expects to leave February lst.
Mrs. H. H. Brown left last Monday
for Versailles, Mo-, to be at the bedside
Of sick aunt, who died before she az
rived.
Luther Fullerton was here one day
last week to see his uncles, R. w. Full
lerton and Rev. Baxter, before they re-
turned home.
Talk about bootleggers violating the
laws: they are not in it with the fellows
that go hunting, many Of them with.
out even having license.
E. H. Kelley Of Fisher, Illinois, the
party who bought the Drake farm, is try,
ing to rent house in town for tempo
rary quarters until he can build on hi
farm.
r. w. Fullerton a former old-time
here but now Of Neosho, Mo-. was her,
part Of last week renewing cid acquaint
ances. We take it from one or two re
marks made that his democracy is SIT
pure and indebted.
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STATE EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS
investigate So-called Stock Foods
and Cattle-FattenerS
WISCONSIN IN THE LEAD

Wisconsin and Iowa have taken the lead
in exposing the impositions upon the far
mer in the matter of prepared 'Foods"
and "CattIe-fatteners'' and in many cases
have announced that they were not of &
character to produce the results claimed
for them, were exorbitant in price and bad
in quality. The Iowa Experimental Sta
ton gave the farmer formula in bulletin
81 by which he can prepare his own stock
tonic and this may also be found in Wis
consin bulletin Isl. From this formula
Roc. Compound has been prepared. II
contains all the chemical properties OF
that formula but does not contain bran ~
oil meal.
1t must be reduced by adding two and
one-hali pounds % I'll meal and ter
pounds q icr-l.l 10 the dollar package oil
Roc. Compound, making an excellent
and not expensive tonic for all stock
Put up in sealed packages by the Roc,
Chemical Concern, Chicago, Ill. Ash
-FOUR local dealer.
Chase Hardware Company.
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LdssWeH Items

The mail carrier has had hard pull
since the snow.
Miss Z. Stewart spent Saturday and
Sunday with her parents at Deerhead.
The school at Lockard has not been
crowded during the past week.
James Kenney is quite trapper. He
has made shipment Of furs this win
ter.
Work is not progressing as rapidly on
the foundation at the Eagle school house
as was anticipated, on account Of the
weather.
There will be christmas tree at the
Eagle school house on Christmas eve.
A good program is being arranged. Ev-
eryone come.
Allen Lasswell returned from Texas
last week. He and his brother pur-
chased more land. He said the wealth
er there was like June.
M. F. Casio has separated his cows
and steers and will feed fodder for a
change. The grass was not very good
forage during the recent snow.
The hunters from the Lodge returned
home last week. They enjoyed the
hunt immensely. Andrew and Leonard
OF spent two or three days hunting
with them.
MIR. Wilson entertained Messrs
Payne and SeIleck Of Wichita and Mr.
Andrews Of Corwin during the quail sea
son. They found plenty Of birds bu
the weather little unpleasant.
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Sharon VQhey Items

Christmas is almost here. Are you
ready?
Mr.. Solomon has moved on the farm
recently vacated by Elder Brown.
Corn husking is still the order Of the
day among many Of the farmers Of Shar-
on Valley.
D. w. Brown and wife visited and
transacted business at Cherokee, Okla
homa, last week.
The past week afforded fine hunting
in this vicinity. and our sportsmer took
advantage Of it.
Mrs. A. S. Huff Of Wichita is visit
ing her daughter. Mrs. Brown, Of this
place, at this writing.
Bert Clark is contemplating taking
collegiate course, but his friend. MIR.
Wolf, demurs. He says he can secure
better education at Mr.. Grigsby's.
Ernest Grigsby recently returned from
Wichita with fine new automobile
He completed his garage last week
Ernest is the envy Of the entire neighbor.
hood.
Aaron Rogers represented the peda.
gogical fraternity Of this vicinity at the
Southern Kansas Teachers Association
meeting which was recently held IL
Wichita.
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Piano for Sale

Having purchased self-playing
piano, l am offering my other pi-
ano for sale at bargain. 1t IS a
good piano and in fine shape.
Y. S. Cook.
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w. H. Robinson of Hazelton
was in the city last Thursday pay
ing taxes and calling on friends.