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Vol. 8. No. 2.
% Jomes K. Vardaman,
Former Governor of Mississippi
' Mentioned For the Senate.
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James T, Vardaman, one of the nu
merous candidates for the senate seat
left vacant by the death of A. J. Me-
Laurin of Mississippi, was' formerly
governor of the state. Colonel James
Gordon has been appointed temporarily
by Governor Nocel.
25 YEARS IN PRISON.
Young Texas Woman Given Sentence
for Death of Hushand.
Waco, Texas.—Mrs, Pearl Goode, a
Thandsome young wceman, 30 years old,
in accordance with a decision of the
criminal court of appeals, affirming
the action of the lower court, will be
sent to the penitentiary to serve a
sentence of 25 years on charge of
complicity in the murder cf her hus
band, a young farmer of Limestone
county, about a year ago.
Goode was murdered in higs home
while asleep. A white man and a ne
gro were given a life sentence respect
jvely for the crime,
DISTILLERIES CLOSED.
New Law Nails Down Tight Lid In
State of Tennessee,
Nashville, Tenn.—The law passed
by the last legislature prohibiting the
manufacture of intcxicating liquor, in
Tennessee, has zone into effect. For
ty-one whiskey distillers and five big
breweries are affected and all an
nounced, it is said, a suspension of
operaticns with the close cf the busi
ness the first of the year,
It is coaceded, hewever, that some
of them will commit a deliberate
over-ac: for the purpose of testing the
statute.
FORTUNE TO EMPLOYCES.
Millionaire Remembers Persons Who
Worked for Him.
€ Chicago.—The will cf the late Clar
ence . Marks, head of the C. W.
Marks Shce company, which has hbeen
probated, bequeaths to a host of for
mer employees and friends a portion
of his million-dollar fcrtune,
The petition shows that disposal is
" made of personal property valued at
» $777,000 and real estate worth about
$150,000,
Every person who has ever heen in
the employ of the shoe company re
ceives S2OO, and the amounts run up
to SIO,OOO.
Reunited After Twenty Years.
Waltham, Mass.—For twenty-years
Charles E. Benner, of Waltham, be
lieved his brother and sister to be
dead. Recently he learned his sis
ter, Mrs, Clara E. Jarvis, was living
in Ashmont, less than ten miles away,
and that his brother, Andrew M. Ben
ner, is a resident of Beverly. The
family has just been reunited.
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War Museum Burned.
Danville, Ill.—The old war museum,
where President Lincoln had his office
when he was riding the circuit as an
attorney, has been burned, The mu
seum contained many valuable relics,
among them a number of cannon
¥ balls, which exploded during the fire.
'Frisco Will Own Street Railways.
San Francisco.—After declaring
against municipaily-owned and opera
sed street railways three times in
BrAve vears, the voters of this city, at
*a special bond election, registered
their will decisively in favor of the
project,
Louisiana Town Burned,
Shreveport, lLa—The town ot
Simsboro, La., 50 miles east of here,
has been practically wiped out by fire
®or unknown origin, The postoffice
_and elght s ores, Birged. Only the
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HAZLEHURST NEWS.
TAFT’S OPEN HOUSE
President Greeted Thousands on
New Year’s Day.
GAVE THE GLAD HAND
Despits Sharp Winds and Vrosty Air,
A Long Line of Visitors Waited
Outside the Cates of the White
Housc to be Received,
Washington,—President Taft wished
a “Happy New Year” to thcusands of
his fellow countrymen New Year's
day, Despite the sharp winds, a long
line of citizens was outside the white
house gates waiting for the privilege
of entering the mansion and extend
ing the greeting of the day to the
chief executive.
Vice President Sherman, members
of the cabinet and the diplomatic
corps were r~~»ived at 11 o’clock. Di
rectly fcllow..g came Chief Justice
Fuller and the associate justices of
the supreme court, then the senators
representatives, delegates in congress
and finally officers of the arway and
navy,
Among the societies which were re
ceived wers the Society of the Cin
cinrati, the Aztcc club of 1847, the
Associated Veterans of the Mcxican
War, the military order of the Loyal
Legicn, Grand Army of the Republic,
Union Veterans union, Society of the
Army of Santiago, Spanish War Vet
erans, Army and Navy TUn®n, the
Minute Men, the Sons of the Ameri
can Revolution, members of the Old
est Inhabitants association c¢f the
District of Columbia,
The citizens cf Washington were
received at 1 o’clock. After the white
house recepnticn, Vice President Sher
man, Speaker Cannon and all of the
cabinet members, with the exception
of Secretary of State Knox and Sec
refary of War Dickinson, held "open
house” for their friends and dcpart
mient associates,
WILKES KILLED IN DUECL,
Tragedy Is Said to Have Been the Re
sult of a Family Fued,
Moultrie, Ga.—John ILott has been
placed in jail here charged with the
killing of Charles Wilkes up in the
northern portion of the county last,
week. Both parties are of prominent
families. It seems from the hest in
formation that can be learned, the
killing was the result of a long stand
ing family sued. On Christmas eve,
Mr. Lott, it is said, was going by the
home of Mr. Wilkes, and finding him
out at his gate, invited him to walk
down the road to talk cver alleged
past troubles. Mr., Lott offered to
malke friends with Mr. Wilkes, which,
it is claimed, was refused. Words
are said to have followed, and both
parties began shooting with Dpistols,
emptying the weapons, Wilkes being
killed instantly, and Mr. Lott receiv
ing a slight wound on the arm. Both
men have families.
Mr, Lott surrendercd to the sheriif
of Berrian county, and was brought
here and placed in jail.
FASTED 24 DAYC.
Religious Freak of Rome, Ga.,, Man
Ends in Death,
Rome, Ga.—A fast of 24 days, which
he claimed was predestined by Pro
vidence, has resulted in the death of
J. Will Tippin, a prominent business
man and well known citizen,
Not long ago Tippin was convinced
that he had catarrh of the stomach.
For 24 days he did not touch a drop
of food. His family begged and plead
ed with him, and he listened to them
with kindness, but was determined
that he was pursuing the right course.
Entombed Hours—Rescued Alive.
M’Alester, Okla.—After having
been entombed 28 hours in a smoke
filled cut of the Bolen-Darnell com
pany’s coal mine near here, Super
intendent John Brown was rescued
alive, but unconscious. His condi
tion 1s serious, but the physiciansg be
lieve he will pull through., Brown
risked his life in a heroic attempt to
rescue Angelo Amicar, a shot-firer,
who was entombed following an ex
plosion on one of the lower levels of
the mines. The shot-firer’'s fate still
remains unknown.,
Hurt at Rugby Football.
Vancouver, B, C.—Basil Sawers, a
Vancouver football player, injured in
a Rugby game with the University of
California team, was found to be suf
fering from a fractured skull, His
, gerious, ...
Hazlehurst. Jeff Davis County, Georgia, Thursday, January 6, 1910,
| Timothy D. Sullivan, 'Msi
Co-sin’s Death a Severe Shock to
Tammany Politician,
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The recent denth of Timothy P, Sul-
Hvan, the Tammany llall politician of
New York, known os “Little Tim”
was a severe blow to his cousin, State
Senator Zimothy D. Sullivan, *“Biz
Tim.” Timothy D. Sullivan is one of
the most powerful of the men in the
New York Democratic organization,
$20,£00,000,020 IN FARMS,
Fabulous Wealth of the Farmers of
the United States.
Chicago.—The United States has
$30,000,000,000 invested in farm lands,
farm buildings, machinery and live
stock, according to a census, the re
sults of which have just been maidle
public in The Orange Judd Farmer.
From 1,000,000 in 1250, the number of
farms has increcased to nearly 7,000,
000 in 1909, and the report adds:
“No such increase in agricultural
land values was ever known before
in the history of the world in any
country. The value of faims in the
United States has incrcased 44 per
cent, more than in 1900, the figures
of that year showing an increase of
25 per cent, over the previous de
cade.”
ADANMSCN NAMED,
Fermer Atlanta Newspaper Man Oo
cures Fine Appointment,
New York.—Mayor-elect Gaynor has
announced that he will appoint Rob
ert Adamson, a newspaper man, to
the place of mayor’s secrctary, with
a salary of $06,000 a year. This is the
first appointment announced taus far
by the incoming mayor,
" “Mr. Adamson is 37 years old and
wasg born in Ceorgia. He has been
city editor of the Atlanta Consatitu
tion and in this city has worked on
The Evening Sun, The Brooklyn Ea
gle and The New York Morning
Werld.
BOY KILLS HIS SISTER.
Nine-Year-Old Girl’s Head Is Almest
Blown Off by Little Brother,
Pensacola, Fla.—Minnie Hurd, the
9-year-old daughter of Charles Hurd,
residing eight miles east of Pensaco
la, was instantly killed when a gun in
the hands of her little brother, James.
was accidentally discharged, almost
blowing her head off. The boy had
unbreeched the gun to load it with
large shot with which to shcot a
hawk, and as he closed the breech the
gun was discharged.
Will Return Girl for Ransom,
Louisville, Ky.—lt is understood
that the parents of little Alma lell
ner, who disappeared from her home
three weeks ago, have received a let
ter from a person in an Ohio town,
promising to return the little girl if
the family will pay §5,000 ransom.
The Kellner family is now consider
ing the matter and refuse all informa
tion, even the name of the place in
Ohie,
JUSTICE BYNUM DIES,
Former Member of the Supreme Court
of North Carolina.
Charlotte, N. C.—William Preston
Bynum, associate justice of the su
preme court from 1875 to 18S1, and
one of the state’s most prominent cit
izens, died at his home in this city
at the age of 90,
Since his retirement from the bench
Judge Bynum has lived quietly here,
He amassed a fortune at his law prac
tice, and |fi 8 liT' 11‘ * _his
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PROPOSED BOYCOT 1
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League Formed To Reduce Cost
of Living,
TO PULL PRICES DOWN
Plans Are Mace for Natiorai Boycott
on Combinations That Increace the
Cost of Living—Members of Con
aresz Are Interested.
Washingten —Plans for a national
boyectt against combinations that in
crease the cost of living were laid
here when the National Anti-Trust
League was launched,
Members of congress are interaest
ed in the new movement and imme
diate steps will be taken towards per
fecting state organizations. Then,
when prices soa" the league members,
by stopping the uze of articles or
commodities that have gone above a
ceirtain level, will try to put them
back by refusing to furnish a market.
It Smashed the Combine,
The plan was tried in Germany a
few years ago, and it is said bxrcie un
a combine that had raised the price
of ccifee to almost a prohibitive
point.
The meecting was informal and no
final organization was effectoed. It
was agrecd, however, that the cru
sade just beginnuing should go undoer
the name cf the Naticnal Anti-Trust
League, and that the organization
should be nonpnlitical,
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SOLD.
Syndicate Which Bought It for $3,0C0,-
000 Is to Erect Office Building.
New York.—Madison square garden,
designed by the late Stanford White,
and erected at o cost cf $3,000,000,
has been sold to a real estate syndi
cate and will be torn down and re
placed by a modern office building,
according to a report in realty circles.
The property has been on the market
for some time at $3,000,000,
Demolition of the garden will mean
a serious loss to the national horse
show, where the event is held annu
ally. It is owned by the Madison
Suqare Garden Company, of which
Frank K. Sturgis is president and J.
P. Morgan a member, As an invest
ment, the garden has not proved
profitable.
AN UNUSUAL TRIP.
Long Journey Macle in Fachion of
Old Frontier Days,
Brookhaven, Miss.—One of the most
unusual journeys omn reccrd will have
been accomplishad on the arrival here
of T. J and Jesse Gatts.
In a covercd wagon they travcled
from Brookhaven to Seattle to attend
the Alaska-Yulkon Pacific exposition.
Returning in the same manner, they
have crossed the border line of Mis
sizsippi at Natchez,
Lover Shoots Girl and Her Parents.
Toledo, Ohio.—Carol Hunt, aged 18,
was instantly killed and her parents,
Mr, and Mrs, Stephen Hunt, were
wounded, not seriously. Joseph
Mackey, who is charged with having
shot them, is scught by the police.
According to the police, Mackey, a
railroad man, who is said to have a
wife and child in Mansfield, Ohio, at
tempted to pay attentions to the girl,
and was enraged when repulsed.
Drops Decad Over Dying Patient.
Willow Springs, Mo.—Miss Johnny
Preston, 17 years of age, shot herself
through the head because she had in
curred some small debts at a store.
Dr. Abram Mullinox, 72 years old, was
called to attend her. Just after he
told her parents she was latally
wounded he said: “I’'m going, too,”
and fell dead across the bed from
apoplexy.
$50,000 for Police Rides,
Chicago.—Chicago pays, in round
figures, $50,000 a year for street car
fares for policemen who do not wear
uniforms. Fifty thousand dollars
means 1,000,000 rides, and there are
practically 1,200 “plain clothes men.”
On the basis of 300 working days a
year, each man gets three rides a day
at the expense of the city,
Diplomat Wounded in Duel.
Havana.—Senor Soler y Guardiola,
the Spanish minister, is confined to
his house with a gerious wound in the
hand which, according to rumor, he
received in a duel several days ago
with a Cuban, who, it is alleged, in
sulted Senor - Soler. The Cuban,
SIOO Per Year,
Former Banker Morse Goes 1o
Federal Prison at Atlanta.
AYFECTING FAREWELL
Farmer Now York Banker Leaves the
Tombs to Begin His Fifteen-Year
Sentence Imposed for Violating Na
tional Banking Laws.
New York~—With a supreme eort
to be cheerful, but with emotion oz
casicnally getting the better of him,
Charles W, Morse has left New York
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CHARLES W. MORSX.
to begin serving a fifteen-year sen
tence in the federal priscn at Atlanta,
Ga., imposed upon him for violation
of the national banking laws.
Before leaving the Tombs, vwhere he
has been ccnfined for the greater part
of last year, Morse rececived his wife
and twe sons, and then newspaper
men. He was too affected to say any
thing, but he handed out a carefully
prepared statement cf comment on
his case.
Mrs. Morse did not accompany her
husband to Atlanta. Seen at her
home Mrs. Morse said:
“I am going to Atlanta and I shall
probably live there until my husband
is released. I will devote all c¢f my
time in getting up a petition to that
end. In the last two weeks I have
received thousands of letters, the
writers expressing sympathy with my
husband and their readiness to sign
a petition in his behalf.”
LYNCHINGS IN 19C9.
Texas Led With Georgia Second In
Number of Summary Executions,
Washington.—Seventy-eight lynch
ings took place in the United States
in the year of 1909, a greater num
ber than in any other year since 1904,
except 1908, when there were 100 sum
mary exccutions. In 1907 there were
63 and in 1906 there were 72.
The victims for 1909 lynchings
were 05 negroes and 13 whites. All
but five cases were in southern states.
Illinois and Oregon were the only
northern states to furnish instances
of mob law.
Texas led with thirteen lynchings.
Georgia came second, with twelve.
Other states were A]uban%n, 8: Louisi
aha., T 7: Florida, 8; Oklahoma, &
West Virginia, 1; Arkansas, 3; Ken
tucky, 4; South Carolina, 3 and Mis
sissippi, 4.
GAYNOR INSTALLED.
Tammany Has Turned Over New York
City to Control of Reformers,
New York.—William J., Gaynor has
been instalied as mayor of New York
City. The former judge had previous
ly taken the oath of office and the
ceremony of inztallation was of the
simplest character. Nevertheless
theve was a throng as big as the may
or’'s office cozld hold to witness the
brief ceremonial,
Joha Mitchell, the new president ot
the board of :\.ldermen,. and George
McAneny, the new president of the
borough of Manbattan, have also been
installed in office
The ceremonies in all the inaugura
tions were quiet and within an hour
or two the control of New York had
passed almost completely from the
hands of Tammany to those of the
reformers that swept the polls two
months ago,
Musk Rats Destroy Ice Crop.
Manchester, N. H.—An artificia)
pond of fourteen acres in Bedford
will yield no ice crop this winter be
cause musk rats gnawed a hole