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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
FEARING ROBBERY
GIRL KILLS MOTHER
TRAGEDY OCCURS on SPEEDING
PENNSYLVANIA TRAIN.
FIRED WHILE HALF ASLEEP
Girl Who Was in Berth, Killed Mother
a. She Entered-Was ON Way to
New York to Purchase
Trousseau.

Philadelphia Mrs. J. Rape Myers,
was shot by her daughter, Gladys Elis-
abeth Myers, in mistake for q robber,
in q sleeping car On q Pennsylvania rail-
road train bound for New York. She
died q short time later in . Trenton, N.
j, hospital.
Miss Myers was IN the way to New
York to purchase . ~trousseau for her
coming wedding to ]. Blair billiard Of
Salem, Va. She had a casket of jewels
which she was taking to New York to
have repaired and matched and when
she heard her mother re-entering their
section after Mrs. Myers had gone for .
few minutes to the dressing room, she
took her revolver from under her pillow
and fired, thinking a burglar was after
the gems. She was half awake at the
time.
Miss Myers made the following state.
ment:
Il was awakened Wy my mother, who
Informed me that she was going to the
wash room and while she was absent 1
dozed of asleep. l was suddenly awak.
ened from my sleep by seeing the cur
tain parted and some one crawling into
the berth. I always sleep with q revolv-
er under my pillow and knowing that
the porter had seen my jewelry, l pulled
the revolver from under the pillow and
fired and was Mortified to hear my moth
er scream and see her stagger into ths
smoker, where l found her."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
American Negroes Attacked.

Vancouver, B. CA cable from Mel
bourne, Australia, says the police were
called out to protect ar American negro
minstrel tronpe on the streets. A crowd
had assembled because the negroes were
seen walking with a white woman, and
only the prompt arrival of the police pre-
vented an attack. It is reported that
the government may take steps to have
the Ministries deported, as the feeling
against negroes here is intense because
Of the Jack johnson episode in Chicago.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
EGGS BRINGING " CENTS
New Fall Brands Establish High Record.
MAY Go Still Higher,

~" 0A0 ASoS&bAAoA AAA6A AASSVA0s
May Go Still Higher.
New York.-Fancy brands of fresh
eggs made a new high fall record when
they sold for ~ cents a dozen. They will
go still higher before the month is over,
dealers said.
As against 60 cents a dozen wholesale
for nearly fresh eggs, Western fresh eggs
are selling here wholesale at 3s to Al
cents q dozen and irstclass storage eggs
are literally going a~-begging at "a cents
a dozen. Under the new law the dealers
are obliged to label storage eggs, and
housewives who can afford to pay the
higher prices usually refuse to purchase
the storage variety.
Unless customers change their minds
the egg speculators of New York stand
to lose from $5OO,OOO to s 1,ooo,o 900 In
prospective profits between now and next
spring on storage eggs.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
RETURN TO OLD FAv0RITE
Brought Into Use to Display
Small Collections.

The black walnut wall bracket long
ago banished as old fashioned, insight
ly, even useless, is r~eappearing among
house furnishings. 1t is found to
be just the thing to display a modest
little collection Of trinkets or small
curios.
One carved bracket picked up in a
second hand shop is being used by its
new owner to hold dozens of tiny for
eign silver NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF musical instruments, boxes, furni-
ture and animals. In another home.
where cloisonne is a hobby, little box
es, teapots, vases and traps Of this
ware are displayed on a three shelf
bracket. hung low, so the trinkets can
be handled and enjoyed. The owner
did not want to put her collection in
a glass cabinet, and the long discard
ed parlor bracket fills the need TT
tingly. On the shelves she has laid
strips Of rich blue and gold Oriental
embroidery, a perfect setting for the
little ebony stands on which the choice
pieces of Chinese bric-a-brac Ire
placed.
Still another woman has a little gal
lery of her family photographs, a
dozen or more, in heavy silver frames.
arranged together on one Of these old
brackets, which hangs in a conspicu-
GUS place in her morning room.
A pair of old brackets Of generous
dimensions have been covered with a
coat of white enamel paint n y
doing service in a blue and white nur-
sery, where they hold an interesting
collection of curious dolls from many
countries.
The small single brackets with
carved tapering u~nderpieces are pref
ty in bedrooms, hung near old-time
dressing tables, In one room on such
a bracket the owner has her grand
fathers snuff box standing in front of
q miniature of her grandmother. Just
a single brass candle stick is quite
enough decoration for one OF the
brackets.
A young couple inherited along with
an old walnut dining room set two
odd little brackets which they are
now using on either side of the buffet
Into which the gigantic sideboard was
Immediately converted. An odd wood
en- clock stands on one n a piece
of pewter picked up in Normandy on
The other
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
Kills Brother,

Mount Vernon, Ind.-Parental admoni.
ton resulted in the death of Ralph Con.
ner, aged II. The boy and his brother,
Mckinley, aged IA, were going nutting.
The father urged the older boy to take
a gun with them to be used in case they
should meet a mad dog hat had been
terrorizing the neighborhood. The boys
had filled their sacks and Mckinley had
picked up the gun to start home, when
it was discharged, the contents striking
the younger brother in the neck. He
died in thirty minutes.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
Quarrels, Jumps in River.

New York.-After a quarrel with her
fance, Charlotte F. Westland, a young
widow, committed suicide by ~plunging
$50 feet into the East river from the
Manhattan bridge. According to Thomas
d. Jackemo, whose report the police
credit, he had prevented the young wo-
man from jumping in front of a subway
train a few hours earlier. They were
walking across the big bridge when she
ran to the roadway, clambered over the
guard rail and dived to the river.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22

Neutrality-suspicious. cabinet place al
least, it is confidently asserted oy know
in Ones" has been prospectively filed
They say it Is safe to predict that the
next secretary Of agriculture will be
Obediah Gardner, of Maine, senator from
that state, who was appointed by the
governor to succeed the late Senstor
Frye. Mr.. Gardner is one OF the lead.
ing farmers of New England and a great
~favorite in agricultural circles, having
been for ten years master of the Maine
state grange.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
WANTS uNCoLN'S PICTURE
Texas Governor Demands That It Be
Put in Text Books.

Austin, Text would rather resign
the governors office of Texas" said Gov
ernor o. B. Colquitt, in a statement is
sued, than to have my children study
ing a text book in our schools without
Abe Lincoln's picture in it, and I am the
son of a Confederate soldier, too"
The state text book board has been
charged with a move to eliminate lin
coins picture from a history. Q)v-
ernor Colquitt denied absolutely that
any member of the board had made any
such suggestion.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
Heroes Must Hurry

Pittsburgh, Pa.@The Carnegie hero
fund commission, it was announced, has
placed restrictions on the time followine
an act of heroism when the hero may bs
rewarded for his deed. Heretofore the
only restriction was that the act be
performed since the commission was ca.
tablished in 1904. Effective Jan. 1 next.
no act Of heroism will be considered by
the commission unless It has been Der.
formed within three years Of the date
on which application for recognition ID
made.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
Disorder in Commons.

LOndon.-As the house of commons
was being peremptorily adjourned after
scenes Of wild confusion following the
attempt OF Premier Asquith to rescind
the vote taken last Monday on an amend
ment to the home rule bill by which the
government sustained a defeat, a book
thrown by one of the opposition men,
bers struck Winston Churchill, first lord
OF the admiralty, full in the face. Mr..
Churchill was slightly stunned, but 9th
erwise unhurt, although the force Of
the book left a spot on his cheek.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
scoFFERS
Often Make the staunchsst Convert

The man who SCOTS at an idea d
doctrine which he does not fully I'd
derstand has 1t least the courage d
show where be stands.
The gospel Of Health has many COD
verts who formerly laughed at th|
Idea that coffee and tea, for example
ever hurt anyone. Upon looking ind
the matter seriously, often at the SUI
gestion Of = friend. such person
have found that Postum and a friend
advice have been their salvation.
my sister was employed in an east
ern city whore she had to do c~alculal
Ing" writes an Okla. girl. "She SUI
fered with headache until she was q
most unified for duty.
Her landlady persuaded her to qui
coffee and ID Postum and in a FEY
days she was entirely free from head
ache" (Tea ID jsst as injurious q
coffee because 1t contains caffeine, thu
same drug found in c%offee.) "She toll
her employer about it. and on tryin@
It, he had the same experience.
my father and l have both suffered
much from nervsus headache since
can remember, but W. scoifed at tn
idea advanced by my sister, that col
Tee was the cause of our trouble.
However, we finally quit coffee an1
began using Postum. Father has hal
but one headache now In four year1
due to q severe cold. and / have losl
my headaches and sour stomach
which am now convinced came from
coffee.
"A cup Of good. hot Postum ia sat
isfying to me when ! do not care ID
eat . meal. Circumstances caused
to locate In . new country and
feared I would not be able to get my
favorits drink. Postum, but I wal
relieved to md that . full supply ID
kept hers with Z heavy demand fol
Il" Name given BY Postum Co.
Battle Creek, Mich.
Read ~rhe Road to MELVILLE" IA
pkg. There's . reason"
DvsR ssal SAs aDsvs lsttsrs A new
80 opDoqR. feoo t1ne y tomes They
- oooui.o tFaes an9 1u11 1t hunan
htososE An
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
Cannot Control Rates.

Atlanta, Ga.-The state of Georgia
cannot control freight rates to be charged
by the Western 4 Atlantic railroad,
which is owned by the state, on traffic
between Georgia points and Chattanooga,
according to a decision by the state SUI
preme court here.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
1abIeau.

They sat beneath the apple bios.
SONS The moo shone softly.
Suddenly he broke the silence:
What's to prevent my kissing
5on?"
why, my goodness" she exclaim
ID. But II didn't.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
Bryan in the Runnins.

Pittsburg. William Jennings Bryan,
the Democratic "Comnoner," has been
put forward by his church brethren Of
Nebraska as candidate for moderator
of the general Presbyterian assembly ip
1913
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
Foley Succeed. p.rr

Chicags.-Announcement is made ~
the appointment of Thomas j. Foley A.
general manager of the Illinois Central
railroad. Mr.. Foley has been assistant
general manager Of the company for sev.
eral years and succeeds W. L. PARK =.
general manager.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
Col. Gibson Does.

Montgomery, Ala.-Lieut. Col. Joseph
G. Gibson, in charge of the troops which
hanged John Brown for treason at Harp
er's Ferry. is dead at his plantation at
Verbena, Ala.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
After New York Central.

Chicago.-The federal grand jury has
started an investigation with the object
of seeking indictments against the New
York Central Railroad Company and an
Illinois mining corporation on charges Of
extensive Relating.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
After Dinner Joke.

In the great Pecos valley am
country Of New Mexico the latest
rival IL always asked:
What is worse than biting into
apple and finding a worm?"
He 10 stumped. They tel, h,
Finding half q worm"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
Bachelors Prey ia insanity

ENTHUSIASTICALLY seizes upon the
bachelor with greater ease. than upon
the benedict, despite the worry the lat.
ter is supposed to undergo, according tc
the report of the government hospital TO
the insane.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
Keen Kid,

Mother, didn't you say that some
one would get spanked II my new dol
got broke?"
Yes, / did"
Then would you mind spanking
dolly most severely, mamma? The
naughty thing has just broken her
arm!"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
His suspIcIons Arous.d

Lscturer-All statistics prove tn
the blonde woman is more difficult
get along with than the brunette.
Astonished Man in the Audien,
(starting up)-Are you certain of u
factf
Lecturer-It IL a fact.
Astonished Man-Then I believe \
wife's black hair IL dyed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
Buy experience If you want . !.
manept Investment ~
We have noticed that the men vI
aie o women nearly always do 80
the hands Of an injured husband

Regular practicing physicians rccouu.
and prescribe OXTDfNE for MoIIeomme1
eause Il IL q proven remedy bv wear =
perience.. Keep q bottle in The III q
chest and administer at first sign of ms9 TSiI
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
Of Course.

Women always succeed in civic |
fairs when they organize a brool
brigade" o
Naturally, they make a c,o!
sweep"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
RIVERS AND HARB0RS MEET
Three Days Conveition Opens in Wash
ington December 4.

Washington.-The ninth annual con-
v~ention of the national rivers and har-
bors cogress, which meets in this city on
Dec. 4, to continue in session three
days, gives abundant promise of being
the most largely attended convention
this association has had since it's reor-
ganization at the old Arlington a decade
ago.
President Taft will deliver the open
ing address, and he is expected to still
further emphasize his position looking
to a broad and statesmanlike policy by
the national government in the treat
ment of the waterways of the country
to the end that all streams susceptible
of navigation may be made ~navigable.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22

ocala. Fla.|. I. Bergesk an aged
living near here, and his 15-year-
eid adopted daughter were murdered near
Aheir home by 4 Negro.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
Bath Tub Trust Invalid.

Washington.-In an epoch-making de,
cision in the so-called "bath tub trust'
case, the supreme court laid down the
broad principle that there can be no
monopoly in the. unpatcnted product of
a patented machine without violating
the Sherman antitrust law. Justice
McKenna delivered the unanimous PIN
ion of the court. In accordance with this
doctrine, the court struck down as IL.
legal the license agreements" by which
manufacturers of the sanitary enameled
iron in the United States were bound
together in combination.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-11-22
Specialist

Mrs. Hoyle-My husband is a pessi.
mist.
Mrs. DOYLE don't know much
about the different schools Of medt
zine
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-21
Astontshed Husband.

De Wolfe Hopper tells a good story
about the domestic unhappiness of an
other actor. The hero Of the joke was
q man who had married because the
woman had much money, although no
Beauty. Naturally. after the wedding
Ceremony and the acquisition of the
brides financial resources, the hus.
band was never very attentive to her.
Another member Of the company In
which the couple were appearing was.
however. far more appreciative of the
lady's charms, and proceeded to make
love to her in an ardent but stealthy
manner. The grand finale came one
evening when the actor discovered
the other man kissing his wife. The
fond lover stood petrified with fear,
and expected to be shot down the
next moment
No such thing happened. The out
ragged husband only lifted his hands
toward the ceiling with a gesture of
Intense surprise, and exclaimed:
"Mercffui heavens! And he didn't
even have to-"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-21
PHYSICIAN SAID ECZEMA
CAME FROM TEETHlNG

when my little girl was about
eight months old, she was taken with
a very irritating breaking out, which
came on her face, neck and back.
When she first came down with 1t, it
came in little w~atery-like testers under
her eyes, and on her chin, then after
q few days 1t would dry down in scaly,
white scabs. In the daytime she was
quite worrysome and would dig and
scratch her face nearly all the time.
II consulted our physician and found
she was suffering from eczema, which
he said came from her teething. |
used the ointment he gave me and
without any relief at all. Then l
wrote for a book on C%uticura and pur.
chased ono Cuticura Soap and Oint.
ment at the drug store. I did as I
found directions In the Cuticura Book.
let, and when she was one year old,
she was entirely cured. Now she is
three years and four months, and she
has never been troubled with eczema
since she was cured by the Cuticura
Soap and C%uticura Ointment" (Signed
Mrs. Freeman Craver, 81 Lewis St.,
Syracuse. N. Y, May 6. 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint.
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book. will be
mailed free on application to "Cuti-
cura," Dept. L, Boston.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-21
His Only COMPLAINT.

Senator Beverage, at a luncheon in
New York, was talking about the child
labor problem.
Children are 30 plucky and so
cheerful" he said, I'VE don't realize
how horribly overworked they are till
it's too late--till their bodies and
minds are stunted irretrievably.
Il was once talking to a tiny errand
boy at the height of the Christmas
shopping season. He was working,
knew, IL hours a day. AS he walked
sturdily along with a mountain Of par
cells piled on his thin, narrow Shout
ders, | said, to him:
do you like your job?
Ives, SIR he said; I like 1t fine.
Only
Here he grinned up at me gayly
from beneath his load.
"'Only Pm afraid I'm doing an au-
tomobile truck out of a job"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-21
JEW SCORED ON ARISTOcRA7
W-sred Remark Brought Discontinue
on Duke Of Westminster and
His Companion.

A friend Of mine who is in Cairo
Just now told me a good story in a
recent letter Of an old Jew of that
city who scored OF the young duke OF
Westminster and his inseparable com.
panion. Lord Ricksavage, when they
were there a few weeks ago. They
were buying some jewelry in the ba-
ear there, and the duke remarked aud
ibIy to his friend:
THE fool doesn't speak English Of
course" But the fool understood we'll
enough.
do you spik Italian" he asked
them. to which they replied in the
Negative.
DO you spik GrikT"
mo"
DO you spik Turk"
mo"
mDo YOU spik Russian"
no"
me n time fool" said the old
mar after . short but eloquent pause:
you i've times fool" And the duke
and his friend retired discounted
Exchange.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-21
HARD TO DROP
But Many Drop It.

A young Calf. wife talks about
coffee:
1T was hard to drop Mocha and
Java and give Postum a trial, but my
nerves were 90 shattered that l was
q nervous wreck and of course that
means all kinds of ills.
AT first / thought bicycle riding
caused 1t and I gave 1t up, but my con-
dition remained unchanged. l did not
want to acknowledge coffee caused the
trouble for I was very fond of it.
About that time q friend came to
live with us, and ! noticed that after
he had been with us q week he would
not drink his coffee any more. / asked
him the reason. He replied, 4 have
not had Q headache since l left OF
drinking coffee, some months ago., till
last week. when ! began again, here at
your table. I don't see how anyone
can like coffes. anyway. after drink
Ing Postum!
II said nothing. but at once ordered
. package Of Postum. That was FIVE
months ago. and We have drank no
coffee since. except on two occasions
when We had company, and the result
each time was that my husband could
not sleep. but lay awake and tossed
and talked half the night. We were
convinced that coffee caused his suf-
fering. 30 We returned to Postum, con.
vinced that the coffee was an enemy,
instead Of . friend, and he is troubled
no by insomnia. =
Il, myself, have gained 8 pounds in
weight, and my nerves have ceaEed to
culver. 1t seems so easy now to quit
the old coffee that caused y aches
and Ills and take up Postum" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek.
Mich.
Read the little book, '"The Road to
Wellville." In pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever reaA the aboye letter. A ncs,
n apPear from time to time. They
interest
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-21
Not That Kind.

ut would save a lot of trouble" said
a newspaper man the other day TO
Representative Slayden of Texas, aft.
err the Democratic caucus on the
Henry resolution to investigate the
money trust" 'if you would allow us
to attend the caucus"
"On the contrary" replied Mr.. Stay.
den, with a twinkle in his eye. Il
thought it would make a lot OF
trouble"
We'll, can't you give me an in
terview on it. now that the fight is
over?"
NO" answered Mr.. Slaylen, ut
would be against my principles. ]
never kiss and tell"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-21
What Is In q Name?

A Chicago nan who hardly knew
one tune from another made the mis-.
take of taking a knowing woman to a
concert at Orchestra hall. The Sc
lections were apparently familiar to
him, but when the Wedding March
Of Mendelssohn vas being played he
began to evince some interest.
That sounds familiar" he said. "I
am not strong on these classical
things, but that's a good one. What
is it,"
That" gravely replied the woman,
us the Maiden's Prayer"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-21
Naturally.

Robert, at the age Of twelve, was
much puzzled over one question in
his examination paper on civics. 1t
ran. IF the president, vice-president,
and all the members of the cabinet
should die, who would o%ficiate?" Rack
Ing his brain in vain to remember the
order of succession, a happy thought
came to him, and he wrote:
THE undertake "-Woman's Home
Companion.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-21
Curative Agent.

do you think an ice cold plunge is
good for people?"
Well" replied the indolent person,
81 fell in while skating and l must ad-
nit that the fright cured me of hic-
coughs"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-21
Clever Youth.

DO you know" he said. that every
time ! look at you I have thoughts
Of revense?"
"Why?" she gasped.
because" he answered, revenge is
sweet"
Then she told him she thought to-
morrow would be q good time to see
papa.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-21
A Quarter Century

Before the public. Over Five Million Free
Samples given away each year. The con-
slant and increasing sales from samples
proves the genuine merit of Aliens Foot.
Ease, the antiseptic powder to be shaken
into the shoes for Tired, Aching, Swollen
Tender feet. Sample free. Address, Allen
B. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-03-21
SUMMING II In.

was the charity ball a success?"
"Oh, yes, indeed. They say the
gowns must have cost a half million
at least"
And how much was raised for
charity"
why, nearly $500. Wasn't that
fine?"