The Leaf-Chronicle from Clarksville, Tennessee • 1

CLAUKS VILLE, THURSDAY- AFTERNOON, DECE3IBER 13, 190C. 12 CENTS PER WEES. EXECUTIVE fe; COOOIITEF NINETY-SIX IUDICTMEI1TS RETURNED BY THE GRAND JURY, WHICH ADJOURNED "WEDNES DAY-AFTER NOON. GROWER HAS FARMERS HEED 1USE AGAINST COURTS AFTER ROBBER TRUSTS FINES AGGREGATING AS. ESSED ON" ACCOUNT OF RE- BATES.

RIGHT TO SELL READY CASH SPELLING REFORM 0 CHRISTIAN COUNTY ASSOCIATION HEARTILY COMMENDED OUTSIDE A. 8, OF, WHEN HE HAS POOLED CROP, SAY8 JUDGE "BIRKHEAD, SEVERAL NOMfNATIONS FOR JU- DICiAL AND CABINET POSITIONS CONFIRMED BY SENATE. BANKS IN CALDWELL COUNTY OF THE OUTRAGES. 4, ITS ACTION 'vSTII YEAR. I.

United States Attorney Asks.That the Standard Oil Company Be Fined More Than Million Dollars. in Offering Reward for' Conviction of Princeton Rlotere Will Other 'Counties Follow? Dec 13. The House of Representatives went en record In i.r opposition to the new spelling, as recommended by the President, by a vote of 142 to 25. -v For hours the debate on simplified spelling held the attention of the House, 8 nd a score or more members took part in the The grand jury completed its labors and adjourned Wednesday afternoon, after the busiest session In years, was convened the first Monday in November and waa in 'session twelve days. Ninety-six Indictments were returned and many other cases were carefully Investigated.

A large, number of the indictments are fof misdemeanors--pistol 7 cases, tippling, selling to public drunkenness, gaming, violations of election and game laws, etc. The most serious felony case is one of assault and battery with intent to "kill. The officers have been busy all along in making arrests as the Indictments were returned. Paducah, Dec. 13.

Farmers of Caldwel county are experiencing a treason of financial squeezing, that bids, fair to rnln some -of them, as the direct result of the burning of the two wareh6use at Princeton by the mob. The Imperial and Gallagher companies did million dollars' of business annually through the Princeton banks, and those Institutions were the most flourishing1 in Western When the warehouses burned the tobacco companies began shipping away the weed as fast as it arrived, and. they- gave Princeton the financial cold shoulder. Just at this season it 'h capacity "of ffie'toanks in the dark tobacco district under the best circumstances" to, provide ready The OWensboro (Ky.) Inquirer says: "The planters' Protective Association of Christian, county goes after the Princeton mob In a commendable man ner. It offers a reward of $200 for tire' apprehension and convlctioit of the 4 gouty parties, and calls upon the er county organizations In the dark to- bacco district to Join It in Its effort to, aid In the suppression of crime, and requests the Executive Committee of tbe Dark Tobacco Protective Associa tlon to' also a reward.

the Executive jPjommlttee of the Dark Tobacco Protective Associa- tlon offer a reward? "Which will be he next county to follow the example of the county com mittee of Christian and offer a re- if ward for the capture and conviction of the persons guilty of the Princeton outrages?" i 1 The Franklin (Ky.) Favorite says: "The Christian -county members of the Association, proceeding upon the correct idea that no friend of theirs would engage in such criminal and nefarious work, have offered a reward -of $200 for the conviction of the guilty yrtiesj i. 'extreme, KyDec. 13. la a decision Judge Birkhead holds that a tobacco grower who pools his crop with the American Society of Equity has io right to sell his tobacco except with the consent of society." He granted the Injunction asked to restrain the sale In question. A letter was received here from J.

A. Everett, of Indianapolis; president of the Society of Equity, offering pn his own account a reward of for the conviction of person or persons who set fire to the Princeton warehouses. OPTION VOTE IN TODD COUNTY The vote by precincts In the local option election in Todd county last Friday was as Allegree Allensville Precincts Clifty Daysville :.123 A Dry' 36 J23 Wet 22 .48 106 68 42 57 ,191 50 45 86 144 Elkton No Elkton No. 2 Elkton No. 3 Elkton No 4..

Fairview No. Fairvlw Ko. 2 OuthrieV; t. Hadensvllle Sharon. Grove.

..156 ..103 ..157 87 79 '8 6 '70 ..104 ..13 ft: 123 3 ITT Trenton No. 2.. 101 Chamber of Commerce-Smoker To-Morrow Everything points to a fine meeting of the Cliamber of Commerce tomor- row nigat in the Knights of Pythias 1' hall. It is desiredjhat alLoLthr mem bers shall attend, also those to whom special invitations have been issued. The coffee maker and chef that the" menu -will-be tempting, and that there will be plenty of it.

I Maters of grave importance to all Clarksville and the surrounding country will fcome up for discussion. anvtning out rr Ih ifi plainly 1 IV Lawlessness Is no part of nor has it a place in- the Planters' Protective Association. 'If the recent criminal acts were committed by "Association members the sooner they are -discovered, expelled and" convicted the better." A Bargain The attention of bargain hunters Is caned to Gossett Rollow's' advertisement on the fourth page, offering a Chase leather upholstered, oak and mahogany Roman seat for 9fr cents. New York Dec. Fines aggW gating were Imposed today, by "Judge Holt in the United States Circuit Court, upon" the American5 gar Refining Company aid the' Brook" lyn Cooperage Company, after the defendants, through counsel, had pleaded guilty to.

Indictments charging the acceptance iot debates 'on "sugar ments, in violation of the Elklns a'ntl-rebatlng act The sugar refining company was fined 180,000 and the cooper- age company- Found Guilty, Omaha, Dec. 13.. S. E. Howell yesterday was found guilty of violating the anti-trust laws restraining the coal trade.

Flfty-slx others are under Indictments. The Jury was out 36 Jnt Standard. Fined. Chicago, Dec. 13.

United States District Attorney Sims, in his argu-ment before Federal Judge Landls yes-terday, demanded Uiat fine? aggregat-ing $1,128,000 be imposed on the Standard Oil Company of Illinois ao-ceptmgf rebates. You want to give Metcalfe your ot- der for holly and Xmas. owers, If you. 1 ii uui- is waiiuuics ana go to tfre and 'see what he" has grown for Clarksville people, why you jwllL leave your'orders. It Baarel House Whiskey Xoulsvllle, Dec.

-13. Before the Commission on Purity of Food yester day, Mr. J. A. Wathen described- how -barrel-house whisky is made.

He says the neutral spirits are placed In charred barrels for ten days jr two weeks, and then sold as whisky. It has been said tKat "nothing aston ishes men so much as common sense and plain dealings;" and it Is true that these; two the one In the ad; vertlsing and the other, in the store make the surest success. 1 Misses and children's Felt Slippers, real leather soles, at Cross Penned d6t LOOK I LOOK! Have you seen our Christmas Cam dies, Nuts? Cooking FigsDates, Fruit' and Fire Works? If not call and see us before you buy, as we have the most complete line of this kind In the city. VINCENT NIGRO BROS. Christmas Presents An Xmas present from our store It ure to be appreciated by the recipient.

1 Our name on box Is -ouarante of quality. Buy your preaenta now with Comfort- later cornea the rush. Goods laid aside until wanted. R. Mann, Uadlng Jawelar and.

II IN WASHINGTON AS RESULT QF WOUNDS INFLICTED BY MRS. BRADLEY. 1 Washington, Dec. 13. Former United tates Senator Arthur Brown, of Utah, who was shot in his apartments Saturday afternoon by Mrs.

Anna M. Bradley, of Salt Lake City; died at midnight last night at the Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Bradley ,1 -1 'twill be aJraigned'ln the police court today on the charge, of murder. Her attorneys will set up.

the defense that she was justifled'under the "unwritten law" in 6hooting Mr. Brown. 'Max Brown and Miss Alice Brown, of Columbus, the former Senator's son and daughter, were at the bedside when he expired. He had been union-' sclous of several TioursTTSEter the autopsy the body will be taken to Salt Lake City for burial. Mrs.

Bradley Is on the verge of collapse, and her physicians say that It may several days before she will be able to appear in court. ME SENATOR 1 PASSED AWAY a til 1 The Senate today confirmed the nominations of Wm. H. Moody, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Charles Bonaparte, of Maryland, to be -At-torney General; Victor H. Metcalf, of California, to be Secretarjr of the Navy, and Oscar S.

Straus, of New York, to be Secretary of Commerce. One-Fourth off all Ladies' Suits Frt day. McGehee 1 ll For children, Chinchilla Legging white and red, at 75c pair. Cross Pennebaker. dll.6t&w OFFICERS OF HOI LODGE OF ODD FELLOWS CHOSEN- AT RECENT MEET1NGR A.

GARD NER, NOBLE-GRAND. The following corp3 of officers was chosen aflne last mieeflhf: at Home Lodge, I. O. O. to serve during the ensuing term of six months: Blnkley, Vice Grand; Marshal Binkley, Vice F.

E. Marshal Secretary, D. M. Quarles, Treasurer, One-Fourth off all Ladies' Suits Fri day. McGehee Brothers.

It Blackburn May Get on Commission Dec.i 13. Owing, to the condition of his health, it Is be- lieved that1 former Senator Cockrell will resign his place In the Interstate Commerce Commission before Jan. .1, and among those who have been men tioned to succeed him Is Senator Blaokburn, of Kentucky. The Kentucky Senator's term will expire next March, and it is' stated that he has an excellent chance land -the place on the, commission. Real Estate Transfers Deeds filed for record today1 with County Register, W.

J. Crotzer: J. E. Cage to C. W.

Ogg, 20-acre tract of land in the Tenth District, J. A. Morefield and wife to H. Y. Yarbrough, tract in District Eighteen, Mrs.

S. E. Davis and Mrs. Ada Smith to Jack Morefield and wife, 30. acres in District Eighteen, $133.32.

If there is' anything useful that you ch TEACH, a want ad will find you some private pupils to add to your First National Bank of Clarksville, Tennessee The annual meeting of the stock holders of this bank for The election of directors will be held at bank ing house on the 8th day of January, 1307, between the' hours of. 10 a. m. and 2 p. ml WESLET DRANEL Cashier.

Decenber 8, 1906. tllM cash for deliveries. Having their mainstays suddenly taken away from them so unseason ably thebanks were forced td look sharply to their debtors for assistance, and is reported on good authority that fully $100,000 In' loans have been called In by the banks in a week Every section of that county and some adjoining is affected by ihe tightening of the, financial situation, and no one may borrow-HJn tobacco" cause of the fear of a repetition of the outrage. The Princeton banks will weathet the crista aU -fight, but some 01 me growers may not. One-Fourth off all Ladies' Suits Fri day.

McGehee B-others. It Why suffer -with cold feet? Foot Warmers, two pair for 25c. Cross Pennebaker. OF THE STATE WILL BE PUSHED BY EDUCATIONAL AND CO OPER ATIVE UNION. Jackson, Dec.

13." Plans for further organizing farmers through out the State were discussed by the Farmer's' Educational and Co-operative Union, in executive session herer It is said strong action was taken re garding, holding cotton for better 1 prices'. President Montgomery, of Gleason, was in the chair. More definite action with reference to the sale of fruits and all crops will be considered. Ev- erj effort will be made to put into operation' some system whereby the selling of all crops will be on a thorough business basis, "Unions throughout the State are weir represented. The last session ilj probably be held Thursday even ing.

Bride's Ushers. Her Pallbearers Henderson, Dec. 13. At the funeral here yesterday of Mrs. Abe Kaufman, formerly Miss Celia Ober-dorfer, her i)pdy was borne to the grave by the young men who acted as ushers her wedding, eight weeks ago, in this city.

Mrs. Kaufman died a few days' illness at her home, Rosedale, Ia. Ladles' Felt Slippers, turn sole, tiack; red and green, Sc pair. Cross ii Pennebaker. Toys, Toys A.

O. Wolf. t23 ORGAIIIHTIOL- '-Nt'7'r WMn tit PI I A wmt I 1 he onlv excuse tor buvim? to save a few cents in price. you a or Pho Powder is ROYAL costs phatc ot Lime ijto keep your Continued Avoid powders," but it is tarsmore tnan tnc.amercncc biscuits, cakes and pastrylfircc. from1 thcinjurioui use of AJum means permalieliiUnjury Aluin Ailments Say ROYAL RAKING pnwnFR ft Ml,.