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G.. HI. BiCkham
vs.. No. 1245
Sam j Warren

Dt t4Etu0 VI oil OEucE VI SclZuFc 6uu SAT-
issued out of the above named court, in
the above entitled cause and to me
directed, I proceeded to seize and die
offer for sale, on Saturday, February
Is, 1911, the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
.F1RST-l51.29 acres of land descrlb'
ed as follows:
Beginning at N. w. corner of Sec q
Up. s. r. 10 E thence run N. SO IL
degrees E. 1884 chs. thence N. SO 80
degrees E. on old line 50 10 chs. to Sc,
stob in field thence 8. "a l-2 degrees
W. 1850 chs thence s. ~ ID degrees
W. 1.31 chs, thence n. 81 degrees
W. s.2S chs. to Bayou, thence down E.
side Of Bayou - degrees W. $50 chs,
thence s. Is degrees W. 3 chs, thence
along an old marked conditional line
on n. side Of fence N. 70 10 degrees
W. 4 chs, thence N. 81 1-2 degrees w
$50 chs, thence N. 81 degrees w. 4.3o
chs, thence 8. SO degrees w SIG chs,
thence s IS 1-2 degrees w 4 chains,
thence 8. 1894 degrees W. $50 chs,
thence s. 43 l'2 degrees W. $50 chs,
thence s Is degrees W 4.26 chains,
thence N. % l-2 degrees w. $50 chs,
to E. side Of Lake drain, thence down
E. side of Lake drain % IL degrees
W. 2.73 chs, thence s. 81 1-2 degrees
W. 3.lS chs. to E. end of Lake, thence
N. 48 1.2 degrees w. Z chs. cross Lake
drain, thence traverse down W. side
Of Lake drain s. q Sd degrees W. 8
chs, thence s. IS degrees W. 4.5o chs.
thence 8. 60 81 degrees ". 9 chs. to
where Lake empties into Bogue Chitto
River, thence by traverse up east
bank Of River N. 10 1-2 degrees ". $50
Chs, thence N. a degrees E. $50 chs,
thence N. "a degrees E. 8. so chs, |
thence N. "a lie degrees E. 3 chs,
thence N. s l!Adegrees E. ESQ chs,
hence N. 1 .9Metrees E. $50 chs,
hence N. 5 IA Aegrees W. 3 chs,
hence N. 10 degrees W. Csc chs,
hence N. "a degrees W. 4.5o chs,
henceN. II Sd degrees W. 3 chs,
hence N. 81 10 degrees W. 1923 chs.
hence N. 10 3.4 degrees ". 5.75 chs,
o point Of begidning.
SECOND -l00.05 acres of land Sit
Iated in Washington Parish, La. and
described more fully as follows:
N. E. Ia Of S. w. IA Sec. % Tp. I
J. r. ZOE. and containing 40.48 acres
lso 1857 described as follows:
Beginning at the intersectionof old
me conner of Sections q, 26, p, and
in tn. l s. r. 10 E. thence run S.
degrees W. on old line SOB chs. to
lob on E. line Of r. of w. of N. O.
n. r. h. Co., thence N. II de.
reessE. on E. line.of said r. of w.
10 chs. to stob in Franklinton road,
renee by traverse up said road N. ~
1 degrees E. 1870 chs, thence N. 50
4 degrees E. 1853 Chs thence nj sol
2 degrees + $50 chs, thence N % II
'grees E. chs, thence N. 40 degrees
3 chs, thence N. % 81 degrees F..
30 chs, thence N. 9 IL degrees w.
Ii chs. to set stob. thence E. 248
IS. to SET ssob. Thence S. 1l-4 de-
ees E. 1000 chs. to set stob old line
fence E. @.A chs. to point of begin.
ng.
There being no bids amounting to
'o-thirds Of the appraised value, .:as
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Triumps, Early Rose. and
White Star Genuine Seed Irish
Potatoes at Babingtons.
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26th. judicial District Court, State OF
Louisiana, Parish of Washington.
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No hunting or trespassing on
the lands of the undersigned.
(Slgned)
SOUTHLAND REALTY CO.,
B. O. BICKHAM.
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Appiylas ssr Pardon.

Frsnklinton, La. Jan. 81, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that /,
Lee Brumfeld, am applying for
. pardon. LEE BRuaF1EID.
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Sheriff Sales.

18th. Judicial District Court, State OF
Louisiana, Parish Of Washington.
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Tresspass Notices.

We the undersigned positively
allow no tresspassing or hunting
with guns and dogs on the lands
Of the undersigned:
R. NJ McElveen,
7. H. Brumfit|d.
D }. McEiveen,
&. W. Foil,
L. l.. Brumfeld,
". H. Bickham,
". w. Jenkins,
Lou E. Tailey,
Jesse Sailing,
A. Amacke,
NJ. B. Brumfield,
West Burris,
Willie James.
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MRS. BROOKS GOES FREE
Defense Plea of the Unwritten Law
Disregarded.

Fort Worth, Textile jury in the
case of Mrs. Elizabeth Brooks, who shot
and killed Mrs. Mary Binford, the af-
finity of her husband, former Judge I.
M. Brooks, returned a verdict of ac-
~quittal on the ground that the defend
ant was insane when she committed the
deed. Mrs. Brooks attorney asked the
jury to disregard the unwritten law,
which had been used as a defense, and
to base it's consideration of the case on
the question of insanity.
In her elation at the verdict Mrs.
Brooks was high in praise of the con-
duct of her husband throughout the
trial and ever since the shooting. I'm
mediately after the shooting Judge
Brooks decided to her all of his property,
provided her attorneys with money with
which to gather evidence favorable to
his wife at the sacrifice of his own
standing in the community. The judge
lived in an clubhouse back of his resi-
dence for a time, and when his wife's
case was thoroughly completed he left
town. His character was so completely
blackened at the trial, chiefly by rea-
son of the evidence he supplied himself,
that it will be impossible for him ever
to return to Fort Worth.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-14
WATER POWER SITE MEN MEET
Conference of Transmission Section Of
National Electric Light Association.

New York.-Delegates from every
state east of the Mississippi river and
from several far-western states are here
attending the special conference OF the
power transmission section Of the Ma
tional Electric Light Association, which
grappled with the problems of eonserva-
ton as regards the electrical phases OF
the subject. The finding of the confer
ence will be transmitted to the associa-
ton at its-annual convention in May to
be formulated into hints for congressional
action in the line of legislation affecting
the water-power sites. As the assocla-
ton embraces ninety per cent of the cap
ital invested in electrical companies IN
the United States, its point of view can
not we'll be disregarded.
The purpose of the conference was
thus outlined in the statement OF the
associations president, w. W. Freeman.
sThe political conservation propaganda
tends to tie up all natural resources, in
Guiding water supply. We assert that
such a policy is one of waste. There will
be no attempt, however, to make this
view prevail at this conference Papers
covering every angle of the water-power
problem are being read and discussed.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-14
WORKERS HONOR FIRE VICTIMS
With Creped Flags and Banners March
Through Street.

New York.-Rain reduced to less than
$4,000 the army of zoe, 900 workers who
had planned to march in memory of the
victims Of the Washington place factory
fire.
The downtown section was headed by
500 men and women employees of the
Triangle Waist Company, survivors of
the fire, and when they turned into
Washington Square, where SO many Of
their comrades met death, n woman
broke forth into a wall of mournful-
ness that swept the entire throng, even
to the ~onlookers.
Meantime the uptown division had
been trudging south and the two Sec
tions poured into the square and met,
hundreds if not thousands burst into
tears, many knelt in the wet streets in
prayer and women and men embraced
and wept.
The uptown marchers, fianked by
spectators, spread back for twenty
blocks and the downtown line was fully
as long. Each person carried a small
american flag draped in crepe. Now and
then the line was broken by a bedrag-
gled banner lettered "We Mourn Our
Loss
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How Sea Birds Drink.

Under the headline, Where Do They
Get Water? a writer in the Young
Folks Catholic Weekly says: when
I was a cabin boy / often used to
wonder, seeing birds thousands OF
miles out to sea, what they did for
fresh water when they were thirsty.
One day a squat answered that ques-
ton for me 1t was a hot and glitter
ing day in the tropics, and In the clear
sky overhead a black rain cloud ap-
peared all of a sudden. Then out Of
empty space i've a hundred sea birds
came darling from every direction.
They got under the rain cloud, and
waited there for about ten minutes,
circling round and round, and when
the rain began to fall they drank their
fill. In the tropics. where the great
sea birds sail thousands of miles away
from shore, they get their drinking
water in that way. They smell out a
storm a long way off; they travel q
hundred miles maybe to get under 1t,
and they swallow enough raindrops TO
keep them going."-New York Trib'
une.
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Unreliable Physiognomy.

I am a profound disbeliever in phys
fognomy. Features are false wit
nesses. Stupidity frequently ear a
mask of intelligence. / know bust
ness lei who look like poets and
poets who look like business men.
Men of genius Invariably look like
idiots, and II you pick out the man
who looks most eminent in a party
you are sure to find he Is a nobody.
! always distrust men who look mag
nificent. Nature is a stingy creature.
She seldom gives a man the double
gift of being great and looking great.
She took care to lame Byron and de-
form Pope and disfgure Johnson. But
the browning example Of her Jealous
parsimony is Shakespeare. I have al
ways been disappointed with Shakes
pease's face. 1t does not live up to
his poetry. 1t is dull, heavy and com
monplace.-Adventures In London.
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100000 SLUSH
FUND FOR L0R|MER
MANAGER OF HARVESTER COM
PANY ON THE WITNESS STAND.
SAYS Edward Hines Wanted Help to
Reimburse Those Who Had Spent
100000.
sCopyrixhI ISL

Springfield, Ill.-"Weli, we put Lori
mer over down at Springfield, but it
cost us about 100000 to do it"
Clarence Funk, general manager OF
the International Harvester Company,
on the witness stand before the Helm
committee placed these words in the
mouth OF Edward Hines, millionaire
president of the Hines Lumber Com
pany.
The most startling moment of the
days session came when Mr.. Funk
swore hat Hines had told him to con-
slider the proposition of paying $4,000
of the money spent to elect Lorimer and
that if he decided to make the payment
the money should be sent to Edward
Tilden, president of the National Pack
ing Company.
The naIne of Cyrus Mccormick, presi-
dent of the International Harvester
Company, vas brought into the case
when Mr.. Funk told of having discussed
with him the story of the conversation
with Hines. Funk denied that the
Harvester Company had paid any money
or taken the Hines proposition serious
ly. He said that Mr.. Mccormick had
sanctioned his refusal to assume a part
of the slush fund debt.
Funk told of meeting Hines in the
Union League Club five or ten days after
Lorimer's election. Then he said:
"Mr. Hines said: You are just the
mar | have been wanting to see. Well,
we put Lorimer over at Springfield, but
it cost us about $1,000 0 to do it. We
had to act quickly When the time came,
SO we put up the money. We are now
seeing some Of our friends SO as to fix
it up. Ii about ten of us put up $4,000
apiece that will clean it up. You people
are just as interested as any of us in
having the right men at Washington"
Funk was then asked who was desig.
mated as the collector of the Lorimer
fund. He, begged not to be forced to
divulge the name and asked to give it
in confidence to the commission. But
the ruling was that the name should go
into the record.
well / will answer under protest"
he finally said. HE told me to send the
money to Ed Tilden."
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-14
MAY CUT PRICES Of
PATENT MEDICINES
SUPREME COURT RULES ON PARK
"CUT RATE CASE.
Justice Holmes Believes There is a Ten,
dency to Overvalue Benefits Of
Competition

Washington.-The attempt to put the
ban on "cut rates. in proprietary medi-
cines received the disapproval of the
supreme court of the United States.
That tribunal declined in an opinion by
Justice Hughes to give it aid to such
an attempt on the ground that it would
afford the manufacturers of medicine an
unlawful monopoly.
The question of the right of a manu-
facturer to control the price of his arti
Gle to the consumer arose in a suit begun
by the DR.. Miles Medical Company OF
Flkhart, Ind, against a wholesale dealer
in medicines in Cincinnati, John d. Park
& Sons Company.
The manufacturer sought to enjoin
the Cincinnati firm from inducing deal
ers who had procured medicines from
the manufacturer to sell in violation. OF
u contract with the manufacturer and
from selling medicines procured in this
way at "cut rates."
Justice Lurton, then a judge In the
circuit court, announced the opinion OF
the ciruit court of appeals of the Sixth
circuit denying the injunction sought.
He said that while the manufacturer OF
medicines under a secret formula had a
right to a monopoly of manufacture
until the formula was discovered by fait
means, yet courts could not insure him
the unnecessary monopoly" OF con
trolling the price to the
Justice Holmes, in a dissenting
opinion, said that he believed in the
policy of letting people manage their
own business in their own way as much
IS possible. furthermore, he stated that
he believed there was a tendency to over
value the benefit of competition to the
public. None of the other justices con
CURED in the dissenting opinion az
stated from the bench.
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II "a: sss,s s1s. s s.ss ~Thompsen's Eye Water
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so MINERS PERISH
IN BLAZING NINE
PATHETIC SCENES UPON RECOVERY
OF DEAD BODIES.
Flames, Smoke and Cases Coming in
Blind Tunnel Completely Elk
terminated Men.

Scranton, Pa.-One of the most serious
mine disasters of this section Of the
mining country occurred Friday at the
little village of Throop, a short dis
lance from this city, when the lives OF
between fifty and sixty men and boys
were snuifed out.
Up to midnight nearly two scores OF
bodies had been piled at the bottom OF
the shaft, but it was thought advisable
not to bring them to the surface until
the crowd had dwindled. A temporary
morgue had been erected at the opening
to the mine, and here were congregated
hundreds of women and children, rela-
tives of the men and boys who had
been SO suddenly snatched from them.
Their grief was pitiful. Children OF
tender years clinging to the skirts OF
their mothers, while older male mem
bers of the family sought to soften the
anguish of the distracted mothers and
sisters.
None of the bodies recovered were
mutilated, death doubtless having been
caused by inhaling flames and gases.
The rescuers are pushing into the mine,
and it is thought all of the bodies will
be recovered.
The fire started in an engine house
at the opening of a slope $50 feet from
the surface. There were 500 men III the
mine when the fire started, about sixty
of them in the workings into which the
slope led. These sixty were at work in
a 'blind" tunnel at the end OF the
slope.
Escape was blocked by fire, smoke
and the generated gases, possibly before
these men and boys realized their dan
ger. The other men, scattered in diff
ferent workings, got out by various
oyifS
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-14
CONGRESS MEETS
IN EXTRA SESSION
CHAMP CLARK OF MISSOURI NAMED
AS SPEAKER.
Progressives Maintenance Own Organiza
tion-Harmon and Bryant Present
at Opening of House.

Washington.-The Sixty-second con-
gress met in extraordinary session to-
day. What the session will bring forth
i'll the way OF legislation, or when it will
adjourn were matters on which no one
cared to venture an opinion.
The Democrats took full possession OF
the house and put Champ Clark of Mis-
souri, in the speakers chair. In his
speech accepting the honor, Mr.. Clark
warned the Democrats that the eyes of
the country were upon them; that the
party was ON trial, aad that it had an
opportunity for the first time in sixteen
years to prove its worthiness for a still
higher expression of confidence on the
part of the American people.
Throughout the day the shadows OF
the coming presidential fight lowered
about the capitol, and there is 40 ques-
tion that maneuvers for political advan'
tage will play an important part in the
affairs of each house during the mex.
few months.
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska
and Gov. Harmon of Ohio were promi-
nent figures on the floor of the house
during the opening ceremonies and both
shared in the Democratic demonstrations
that marked the day.
The senate's opening vas sedate as
usual. And while the leadership of the
upper branch of the new congress re-
mains in Republican hands, the change
in the personnel of those assuming
command was almost as marked as in
the house.
Republican leaders Of the senate have
announced that there shall be no tariff
legislation at the extra session. Tariff
revision is included in plans of the
Democrats.
This difference of opinion promises
sooE to bring the two branches into
sharp conflict. A legislative deadlock
is freely predicted, and the length OF
the session seems now to depend upon
how long the Democratic house will con-
tinue to lombard the Republican senate
with general legislation bills.
The Republican insurgents in the
house indicated their purpose of con
tinuing to act Independently by de-
clining to vote for Mr.. Mann for speaker
and by Civ heir support to Repre-
sentative Gu of Wisconsin.
The political complexion of the Sixty
second congress is as follows:
Senate-Republicans, so; Democrats,
Al; vacancy, l.
House-Democrats, 22s; Republicans,
100; Socialist, /; vacancies, 2.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-14
Vegetable Fancy Work.

Little Mrs. Bride had almost every
thing to learn about housekeeping, but
she was SO enthusiastic in her interest
that every n was glad to help her.
4 have some particularly fine as-
paragus,' the marketman told her one
day. and he displayed q bunch for her
admiration. Picked not three hourd
ago" he added.
Mrs. Bride looked at it with una
fected amazement. IL
Does it grow like that?" she as1 3D..
Il always supposed the cook brj ded
the ends OF it"-Youth's Compax bn.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-14
NEW ORLEANS CUT OFF.

New Orleans.-The Gulf coasts of
Louisiana and Mississippi were swept
Tuesday afternoon by a storm of the
tornado velocity. In the city of New
Orleans no great amount of damage was
done, but in the outlying districts con-
siderable destruction of property oc-
CURED. Lake ~Pontchatrain was churned
into a fury by the wind and several
boats were wrecked.
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REASONED IT OUT
And Found a Change in Food Pun
Him Right.

A man does not count as wasted the
time he spends in thinking over his
business, but he seems 10th to give
the same sort of careful attention to
himself and to his health. And yet
his business would be worth little
without good health to care for 1t. A
business man tells how he did him
self good by carefully thinking over
his physical condition, investigating to
find out what was needed, and then
changing to the right food.
For some years l had been bother
ed a great deal after meals. My food
seemed to lay like lead in my stomach,
producing heayiness and dizziness and
sometimes positive pain. OF course
this rendered me more or less unfit
for business, and | made up my mind
that something would have to be done
Reflection led me to the conclusion
that o~ver-eating, filing the stomach
with indi estible food, was responsible
for many OF the ills that human flesh
endures, and that I was Furnishing
myself In that way-that was what
was making me so dull, heavy and I'M
comfortable, and unfit for business
after meals. I concluded to try Grape
Nuts food to see what it could do for
me.
Il have been using it for some
months now, and am glad to say that
/ do not suffer any longer after meals;
my food seems to assimilate easily
and perfectly. and to do the work Tor
which 1t was intended.
Il have regained my normal weight,
and find that business is q pleasure
once more-can take more interest In
1t, and my mind is clearer and more
alert"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek. Mich.
Read sThe Road to MELVILLE" In
pkgs. There's q Reason"
Ever read the above 1etters a new
one appearn from time to time. They
are xcnuine, true, an1 full - hunan
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Sell School Lands.

Guthrie, Okla.-Announcement is
made by the state school land depart
ment that 1,535,s62 acres of school land
would be sold in this state beginning
June 23. Purchasers may buy as many
sections as they car pay for. Hereto
fore not more than q quarter section
has been sold to n man. The pur-
chasers must pay 5 per cent. of the
purchase price in cash at the time Of
the sale. The balance may be paid in
forty yearly payments. Five per cent
interest will be charged on all notes.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-14
New York Libel Decision.

New York.-Officers of a newspaper
corporation can not be held personally
Responsible for the newspapers publica-
ttion Of libelous matter. Such was the
decision of the appellate division Of the
supreme court today in the case brought
by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., against S. S.
Carvalho, president; Bradford Merrill,
treasurer, and Erward H. Clark, secre-
taTy Of the Star Company, publishers OF
the New York American. The court or
ders all proceedings against them dis.
missed.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-14
Cut Husbands Throat.

Thornton, Ark.-News has Just
reached here of one of the most das-
tardly crimes that has ever occurred
in the history of this county. Lee
Bethea, son of a prominent farmer OF
Woodbury., was shot and killed by his
wife, to whom he was married less than
a year 60. She was not satisfied with
shooting him once, but took three at
him, and then cut his throat. The
tragedy occurred in Bradley county, near
the Saline river.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-14
MUST ENFORCE OWN LAWS
Supreme Court Refuses to Enjoin
Railroads.

Washington.-Oklahoma must enforce
its own liquor laws, said Justice Harlan
of the federal supreme court, in sub
stance, when he handed down an opinion
in which the court declined to enjoin all
the railroads entering the portion of the
state which formerly was Indian Ter
ritory from introducing or conveying in
toxicating liquors in any form into that
section.
The state had asked the injunction on
the ground that congress had required
that an anti-liquor provision affecting
the old Indian Territory be incorporated
i'll the Oklahoma constitution, which was
done.
Justice Harlan held that relief under
the provision must be produced in the
state courts.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-14
Questions Income Tax.

New York.-If the proposed federal
income tax amendment is ratified by a
sufficient number of states, Mayor
Gaynor believes that the doubtful mean
ing Of the clause providing for taxation
of incomes "from whatever source de-
rived will seriously affect the market
for state and municipal bonds, perhaps
necessitating an increased interest rate
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-14
Dentists Condemn Sweets.

Atlanta, Ga.-Candy, syrup and, in
fact, most sweets, We're condemned by
speakers at the convention of the
Southern Branch, National Dental Asso-
citation. According to most of the speak
ers, nearly all decay to teeth was due
to acid in the mouth, and this condition
was generally caused by the presence
OF sweets.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-14
EMULATES RAFFLES
Officers Arrest Recruiting Offcer-Bring
Serious Charge.

Louisville, Ky.-Lying in wait for a
gentleman burglar seen on several oc-
casions when operating in st~ylishly cut
clothes, officers early today arrested
Corporal Parker Hall of the local United
States army recruiting station, alleged
to have been caught in the act of open
ing a safe in a Main street cigar store.
Hall is a veteran of the Spanish-Ameri.
can war. He is a native of New York.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-04-14
WOMAN KILLS BEAR CAT
Woman Finds the Animal in Barn
Slays Him With Feet.

Albuquerque, N. M.-The man who
lights wildcats with his bare hands took
q back seat when Mrs. Samuel Edwards
of Mountain Aire killed a big bear cat
with her feet. She discovered the ami
nal in her barn, where her little baby
was at play. Unarmed, she took a run
ming jump at the bear, landing squarely
on it's back, breaking its spine.