Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 142, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 9, 1909 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL VII NO 142
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Start The New Year
know you have talked it over for the past several
YOU but you havent done it yet bought that home
You can buy it though this time and you should for
the sake of your children and for the comfort of yourselves
I can show you the way It will not take much money to
swing the deal Let me tell you about it
P H HUGHES
Rents Real Estate and Fire Insurance
Robinson Bros Bank Bldg
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Car Load Wall Paper
Just Received at
THE ENTERPRISE
Wall Paper and Paint House
106 Main Street Rhone 2SO
The finest line ever shown in Palestine consisting of highgrade
imports and demostics No sample book line we have it in the
house and our prices are right We also carry a fine line of
pictures and picture moulding And we do framing Please re-
member We have no shelfworn stock everything new and upto
now in style Call on us and he convinced that we have the goods
The Enterprise Wall Paper and Paint House
Finest Candies
In addition to our own large assortment of
Candies we are sole agents here for Low
ney and the famous Quality and
Premiere Chocolates the best
Headquarters for All Kinds
Hot and Cold Drinks
BOOTH BROS
Confectioners
SATISFACTORY PHOTOGRAPHS
Made Any Time Day or
Night liain or Shine
WATKINS STUDIO
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T Thank You For Your Past
Favors and Now Wish You
A Merry Happy and Pros-
perous New Year j j
IV H Kingsbury
Furniture
Special to the Herald
Rome Jan 9 Serious charges are
being made against the government
to the effectthat the redtape meth
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situation are responsible for thou-
sands of deaths The question has
been raised in the chamber of depu-
ties and charges that Premier Gio
litti has involved the departments in
so much formality in handling the
situation that delays of fortyeight
hours are often experienced in getting
relief to sufferers The deputies de-
clare that the lives of ten thousand
people could have been saved by
prompt action Refugees at Messina
are being forced to leave and the
food supply is being cut off to drive
them away The gunboat Scorpian
has arrived at Messina but found very
little that it could do
TO FIGHT CORRUPTION
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Senator La Follettes Magazine Makes
Its Appearance and Announces
Its Policy
Special to the Herald
Madison Wis Jan 9 Senator La
Follettes magazine has made its ap-
pearance and is called La Follettes
Weekly Magazine and the leading edi-
torial of the initial number announces
the policy of the paper to be to help
in the fight against official corrup-
tion and to make the government rep-
resent the will of the people with
more fidelity The editorial says the
people know there is corruption in mu-
nicipal state and national govern-
ments and they also know that spec-
ial privileges are behind this corrup-
tion The battle to overcome this evil
has just begun and the magazine an-
nounces that it will hit as hard as
possible in the fight ahead
State Witnesses Testify
Special to the Herald
Flushing N Y Jan 9 The state
started injebuttal this morning Fred-
erick Leavitt and Merle Downs denied
seeing Tierney Hains best witness
on the float during the shooting
Chailes Roberts denied picking up
Peters revolver until after he had
cared for Annis Tierney testified
that Roberts seized Hains gun imme-
diately and threatened to shoot him
Story Is Contradicted
Le Mans France Jan 9 Au inves-
tigation by the United Press repre-
sentative shows that Wilbur Wright
has not been named as corespondent
in the Coujat divorce case The first
stories were based on Coujats state
ments but an examination of the rec
ord shows that no action has been
brought Friends here regard the
whole thing as a joke on Wright
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PALESTINE DAILY HERALD
PALESTINE TEXAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON JANUARY 9 1909
Court Overruled Appeal For Hew Trial and Fi
Punishment of Six at Death and
Says Others Should Hang
Special to the Herald
UNION CITY TENN
JAN 9
IUDGE JONES TODAY OVERRULED
THE APPEAL OF THE NIGHT RIDERSFOUND GUILTY OF MURDER-
ING CAPTAIN RANKIN AND DENIEdtHEM A NEW TRIAL HE FIXED
FRIDAY FEBRUARY19 AS THE DATE FOR THE EXECUTION OF
THE SIX DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER
THE JUDGE IN HIS STAEMENT SAIKHE FOUND NO MITIGATING CIR
CUMSTANCESIN FAVOR OF HUFFMAN
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER IN THEJSECOND
WERE GIVEN SENTENCES OF TWENTY YEARS BUT SAID HE HAD
NO POWER TO CHANGE THE VERDfcT OF THE JURY AND THE SEC-
OND DEGREE VERDICT MUST STAND
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In Dealing With the Earthquake Sit
uation Scored By the Chamber
of Deputies In Rome
AND MORRIS WHO WERE
DEGREE AND WHO
THE RED TAPE METKlPEtiS ARE MISSIiG
From Tillmans Desk In Capitol Of
fice Claims the Senator Ad
I niits Letters Published
Special to tne Herald
Washington D C Jan 9 Senator
ilTman has sent Senator Hale a let
saying that important documents
Relit IelatUls fothtfallcglvcqU
action of the Oregon lands are missing
fijbm his desk in his capitol office
The senator does not make any
charges as to who stole the papers
but says he wants it known that they
are gone Tillman is preparing to an-
swer the presidents charges and will
address the senate Monday He de-
clines to discuss the case now al
though he admits the authenticity of
the letters published He declares
that he has done nothing unlawful
and does not fear the outcome but he
intends to proceed in the premises
slowly
Wright Takes It as Joke
Special to the Herald
Paris Jan 9 Members of Madame
Coujats family confirm the report that
Wilbur Wright is mentioned in the
divorce proceedings filed by the hus-
band of Madame Coujat They assert
also that theie is no reason for in-
volving the American and declare
that Coujat has confused him with a
Frenchman who stopped at the same
hotel Wright regards the whole mat-
ter as a joke His indifference to wo
men is well known and he believes
Coujat will be convinced of his error
and amend the suit before it comes to
trial
Fighting Gambling
Special to the Herald
Sacramento Cal Jan 9 A vigor-
ous fight to end race track gambling
in California is shaping up in the leg-
islature Two bills have been intro-
duced looking to this end and both of
them are drastic and cover every
phase of gambling On the other
hand the opponents of such legislation
are thoioughly organized and will
fight the issue through to a finish
Thaw Busy Again
Special to the Herald
4 Poughkeepsie N Y Jan 9 Harry
Thaw has been taken to Nyack where
ajnew writ of habeas corpus obtained
by his mother will be heard Attor
ney Morschauser expresses confidence
that an insanity commission will be
appointed and that Thaw will be found
sane Jerome is opposing the writ
More Investigations
Special to the Herald
Washington D C Jan 9 The
house adopted a resolution introduced
today by Representative Tawney ap-
pointing a select committee to inves-
tigate the appropriations for govern-
ment detective work
Quarantine Raised
State Health Officer Brumby
raised the quarantine against
gustlne county
has
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ACHINERY
Should you need Cotton Ginning Cane Grinding Saw Mill or other
Machinery or repairs for same it matters not by whom made Dilleys
can save you time trouble or money perhaps all if you will consult
them You are desirious of building tip Anderson County giveproof of
it by first giving home factories employing home labor an opportunity
to serve you and then all things being equal give them the preference
Call on or Addrati
Geo M Dilley
Palestine Texas
We have in stock a few Hirsh
Wick Wise Co long black cra
venetted over coats and M Blom
top coats which we are offering
at special prices
2500 Coats for 2000
2250 Top Coats for 750
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Hamilton, W. M. & Hamilton, H. V., Jr. Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 142, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 9, 1909, newspaper, January 9, 1909; Palestine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth83679/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .