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11; J ANNOUNCEMENTS.
„ FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
1 We are authorized to announce the candidacy of
, mW. A. Oldfield for re-election to the office of
' ( ''prosecuting attorney, subject to the Democratic
itV ‘ Pr'm»ry election.
" FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
)fOll We are authorized to announce T. T. Ward as a
. candidate for the office of representative of .lack
SU11 sou nullity, subject to the Democratic primary
ijte FOR SHERIFB'.
To the voters of Jackson county.
][ 1 am a candidate for re-election to the office of
* sheriff of Jackson county, subject, to a Demo
on cratic primary, if one is held. Feeling that 1
have discharged the duties of that office in such
QW a manner us to merit your confidence, and thank
ing you for your support in the past and asking
r> P1 your help in the future. If elected 1 will do my
duty. Your fellow citizen, R. W. BANDY.
C. We are authorized to announce Snell Simmons
as a candidate for election to the office ofSheriff
61 of Jackson county, subject to the action “of the
. Democratic party.
r FOR COUNTY AND PROBATE JUDGE.
' ' We are authorized to announce E. L. Boyce as a
gf — candidate for the office of county and probate
judge of Jackson county, subject to the Demo
cratic primary election.
m, We are authorized to announce Otis W. Scar
Uh borough ns a candidate for the office of county
and probate judge of Jackson count * subject to
* ‘ the Democratic primary election.
or
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK.
6* We are authorized to announce John D. Neal as
a candidate for the office of circuit cferk of Jack
ie son county, subject to the Democratic primary
election. — t
We are authorized to announce Jdmos S. Jones
nil*, nij a candidate fur re-election to ,tj>» office of cir
cuit clerk of Jackson county, subject to the Dern
;ke ocratic primary election.
"no* for TREASURER,
i r Wo are authorized to announce Dr. F. G. Smith
" ns a candidate for the office of treasurer of Jack
ing son county, subject to the Democaatic primary
election.
.m We are authorized to announce Capt. W. A.
Joyce as a candidate for re-election to the otfice
V\ of treasurer of Jackson county, subject to the
, Democratic primary elect ion.
ha. for COUNTY CLERK.
or We are authorized to announce E. C. Water
’ ‘ F' nmtl U8 a candidate for the office of County
Clerk, subject to the action of the Democratic
** primary election.
We are authorized to announce G. A. Lockard
„ as a candidate for the office of county clerk, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic primary
^ election.
FOR ASSESSOR.
We are authorized to announce Passmore
White as a candidate for re-election to the office
of assessor of Jackson county, subject to the
Democratic primary election.
FOR CITY MARSHAL.
t . We are authorized to announce Abe Ballew as a
j -indidate for Marshal of the city of Newport,
cllHl f the ensuing April election.
whe-— --
unci When the negro vote must be
3. Utilized in a Democratic primary
ng to hold Jackson county in line
ly frfor Jeff Davis, the desperate
h£ chances of that machine can no
^ longer be doubted.
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The black button, which dis
graced our last general election,
is to be made a feature of the
Democratic primary in a desper
ate attempt to retain in power
that arch demagogue Jell Davis.
\ What think ye, Democrats of
yackson county, of a primary in
Which the negro Republicans are
to be voted in order to nullify
the verdict of an honest majority
of qualified partisans.
Bird township two years ago
cast 216 votes for and only 45
against Davis in the primary, but
to any one who has talked to the
people of that section, it is ap
parent that the governor will
have a close shave this time if
he carries Bird at all.
There is a large purchasable
negro vote in Jackson county a id
when the Davis element struck
out the word “white” from the
resolution which defined the
% c Vilifications of voters in the
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next primary, it meant notrnnc'
v vv’O v> loco fWn'n \
Wv- ^'1''m j Li 1 llA Pfiof ci.ffl I P% Gif 11 .u c ..'pqfp
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Governor Davis carried Jack
son county over Reetor in the
“white” primary of two years
ago by a vote of 951 to 549, or by j
| a majority of 402. Yet his hench
men this year feel it necessary j
to vote all purchasable negroes
in order to carry the county.
Davis attacked Wood because
of the latter’s appointment of a
negro jury commissioner, though
the leading Democrats of that
section had asked his appoint
ment. Now the Davis crowd
propose to let the negroes vote
in the Democratic primary of j
Jackson county. There never
: has been any consistency in the j
record of Davis, and his hench
men feel no need of cultivating
a trait that is held in such ill re
J pute by the governor.
$390 FOR LETTERS TO
j ENCOURAGE EMIGRATION, j
The Rock Island system offers |
twenty prizes of the aggregate
value of $390 for letters relative j
to the territory along its lines in
Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kan
sas, Oklahoma, Texas and New
Mexico. Letters should deal
with the writers’ experiences
since he settled in the Southwest.
They should tell how much money
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liv i Jtv TT Itvtl * * I V
I measure of success has attended
; his efforts and what he thinks of
; that portion of the country in
which he is located. Letters
should not be less than 300 nor
more than 1500 words in length,
and will be used for the purpose
; of advertising the Southwest.
Letters are desired not only
; from farmers and farmers’ wives,
but also from merchants, school
| teachers, clergymen, from every
' one, in brief, who has a story to
tell and who knows how to tell it.
For circular giving details write
' to John Sebastian, Passenger
I Traffic Manager, Rock Island
I System, Chicago.
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The Crack Barber, keeps
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shop. Upper end of Front
street. Expert tonsorial
ists. Easy shaves and
the best haircuts. Our
work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.”
Surprise PflZGS
Given away to get the people to
talk about Bixler Physical Train
ing in Penmanship, the best
method of instruction in the
world—Saves 90 per cent of time,
etc. Merit Prizes, Surprise
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! for little folks and big folk. Send
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and full particulars. (1 Surprise
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; from 10c to a $1, and a $10 prize
j goes with each 100th 10c order—
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97 Ogden Ave.,
Chicago, 111.
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Plans and Specifications
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All Work is Guaranteed
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: For Granitoid and Stone Walks,1
: Curbing, all kinds of Brick Work.
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A VANISHED TOWN.
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Former Seat of Jackton County, 111*
Marked by a Pew Heaps
of Stones.
Down In “Egypt,” on the right hank
of Big Muddy river, about four miles
southwest of the flourishing city of
Murphysboro, are a few heaps of stones
—all that Is left of old Brownsville,
once the county seat of Jackson county,
Illinois, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
In the early part of last century, or, to
be exact. In 1816, this village was laid
out by the pioneers. Then they heard
the howl of wolves and on many occa
sions they stood by their own fires and
shot deer at night. They bartered, too,
with the Piunkshaw, or the Kinkaid,
or the Kaskaskia for a choice piece of
venison. For 27 years this place en
joyed the distinction of being the only j
village in the county.
There is scarcely one of the old set
tlers left to tell the story and, unfor- :
tunately, the ravages of fire destroyed
many of the most valuable records.
Much Interesting information has been
entirely lost, but the best records and
tradition tell a great deal. It is there
that once each month every man in the
county used to meet to “muster,” and
there, too, the men used to gather and
discuss matters which were of mutual
Interest and to vote viva voce on all
questions. Conrad Will used to make
salt for the settlers at Brownsville, and
they would, oh muster and election days, J
gather around his camp and “swap
yarns.” Lieut. Gov. Jenkins learned
the carpenter trade there and the later
distinguisher jurist, Sidney Breese, lost |
his first lawsuit in the village. The old
courthouse was a two-story frame, used
both as a temple of justice and as a
schoolhouse. Gov. Dougherty taught
in this building.
On the night of January 10, 1843, the
courthouse was burned. Everything
was destroyed except a few records
which D. H. Brush, later a colonel, saved
at the peril of his own life. Everybody
knew this was the funeral pyre of old
Brownsville. The people had long
wanted the county seat nearer the cen
ter of the county, and after a short, but
Ditter, contest it was locatea on a zu
acre tract donated by Dr. John Logan,
father of Gen. John A. Logan. This was
the beginning of Murphysboro, or, as
it was then called, Shieldsboro. The
stores were all soon moved and old
Brownsville soon became a deserted
village.
FOOTBALL MISHAPS.
They Are Fewer In Number Than tn
Several Other Spurt* of
the Bay.
The Boston Advertiser has been look
ing into the matter of football accidents
for ten years past and is inclined to
think that more fuss has been made
over the matter than the facts warrant,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In
that time 22,766 students have played
in regular matches. Of this number,
654 were so badly hurt as to cause them
to lose time from their work, eight were
permanently injured and three died
from their injuries, though it is pointed
out that of the latter two went into the
game after being warned by physicians
that they were physically unequal to it !
To further strengthen its case the
Boston paper quotes some statistics on
the subject collected by an a'ccident in
surance company. It gives the number
of claims paid as a result of football
injuries and compares them with claims
for injuries in other sports, some of
which cannot be mentioned in the same
breath with football for strenuousness.
Here is the story:
Horseback riding.261] Football .43
Baseball .216 Golf .25
Swimming .97 Tennis .19
Bowling .711 j
This is surprising, if not conclusive, j
If the new rules reduce the number of;
football accidents, so much the better,
but it would seem to be only fair to
withhold censure of football and its
devotees until other sports, which have
never been considered especially haz
ardous, shall have been made less dan
gerous. The insurance company quoted j
apparently considers a football player
a better "risk” than a bowler.
Sudden lVrailh Cost* Old Friend*.
In a general way the man who comes
into sudden wealth may count upon
iUOUig Hlvov Ul uic wut »»ukj om. * v i »jwwv
who are willing to come in as they can
to make “touches.” Some of these can
not be turned down because of the
claims which they hold upon the mil
lionaire, antedating any of his possible
ideas of ever being rich. Favors that
have been volunteered in this manner
and at such times appeal to the wealthy
man as having been unquestionably
without hope of reward, and when in
after years the opportunity comes for
him to do something in the nature of a
return of the kindness he has not the
heart to refuse. And these men will get
in. The real old friend discovers that
his friend’s newly acquired wealth
makes exactions upon the friend’s time.
He is "busy” beyond all recollections
of the time when they were eonrades.
Thus time comes between them and
weans them both from the friendship
that once was theirs. They are awk
ward when they meet and the first thing
they know they are estranged. The
old friend is the least Insistent of those
upon the time and money of the mil-;
Bonaire. It is the stranger with the ax
to grind who is never done.—Boston
Globe.
Toole the On!f Clew.
“And havo you no clew?” asked the
chief.
“No,” replied be rev/ detective. “I
• bought at first that I had, but it wasn’t
one at all.” •
“What v,as it?”
"A r ask that I picked up nt. the sceno
of the crime. But while I was exam
ining it a tsu h-Iooking i'eilow in the
crowd aid it was his and too'; it away ,
from me.”—Catholic Standard and
Time*.
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I They can better be
sold cheap than car
ried over to another I
season and during the 1
month of January 1
prices will be made |
such as to make the |
goods move*
usiness
Houses
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Having widely distributed
interests will find an able
assistant in the Long Dis
tance Telephone.
TRY IT.
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