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f HUH 1 I I VOL. XXXVI No. 44. WILMINGTON X. C. JUNE 2, 1908. $1.00 PER YEAR ' O W ) 4 I ) HAYWOOD The Hearing for Bail in Raleigh Again Went On Yesterday THE STATES' SIDE "Witnesses Examined With n View to Showing that Haywood Should ot he Admitted to Bail The Slain Mini's Father a Witness He Said lie Had Sent Him Son to the Post olliee With n better Haywood Had lliw Pistol Repaired. (Special to Trie Me.nger.) Iialeigh, X. C, May 20. It is now said that the Haywood habeas corpus case will not end before Wednesday. This will make four and one-half days of the hearing. There will be no hearing Tuesday afternoon, as Justices Douglas and Walker have to devote that part of the day to supreme court matters. Public opinion is widely divided as to whether Haywood will be admitted to bail. At the hearing in the habeas corpus case today, the testimony of the liev. Dr. Skinner, father of the slain. Lud low Skinner, attracted more attention than that of any other witness. Mr. Skinner said the reason his son was at the postoffice was because he had asked him to mail a letter. The day was given, up to the exami nation of the state's witnesses. Logan Terrell swore he saw Ludlow Skinner with his hat oft. after Haywood's sec ond shot. His right hand was over his heart and his left hand behind him, and in a moment he fell. F. It. Austin, of Richmond, testified that he saw Skinner running off the sidewalk after the first shot. The sec ond shot was fired after Skinner left the sidewalk and his hand was raised to his heart. Haywood was fifteen or twenty feet south of Skinner. The lat ter, as the second shot was fired, had his left side toward the postoffice when the second shot was fired. A. W. Mattehws swore Skinner was leaving the sidewalk rapidly after the first shot, and at the second shot was nearly in the middle of the street. At the second shot his gait weakened, and he turned and fell. He had his left hand on his hip as he was leaving the sidewalk. Representative W. M. Thompson, of Onslow, testified that he saw Skinner with his left hand on his hip and his right hand on his breast nearly in the middle of the street, evidently trying to steady himself. The time between the shots was nearly as quick as one could fire both barrels of a shot gun. Dr. A. W. Knox was a witness. He said it was not in his opinion possible for Skinner to have stepped down from the sidewalk and then to have walked within ten feet of the street car track after having received the wound he did. He said anemia of the brain caused death. Skinner could possibly retain volition three seconds. Willis Briggs. a newspaper reporter, swore he was talking with R. X. Simms, the principal witness for Haywood, and that he (Briggs) was looking away from the scene of the shooting. He beard the first shot and aw Skinner leaving the sidewalk, his back being to wards the witness Briggs). Skinner turned to the left and glanced over his ehaulder. At that moment the second shot was tired. Skinner fell near the street car track. Haywood nut up his pistol before Skinner fell, took a step or two toward the court house, then turned toward Briggs. Briggs said he twle asked Simms what he saw. and Simms would not tell, but answered he didn't know or didn't notice, or some thing like that John Stevens swore he saw Skinner walk out of the mam entrance of the postoflice. some one being with him. and in a few moments witness saw Haywood with a pistol in his hand. Skinner was somewhat on the sidewalk when the first shot was fired. At the second shot he was the sidewalk, with his left hand to his side and was staggering. Skinner when first seen by witness, was not more than ten feet from Haywood. J. O. Murry swore he saw Skinner leave the postoflice steps and walk across the sidewalk, saw him all the way. He said he saw no altercation and that the first shot "was tired when Skinner was in the street, and that at the second shot he raised his right hand to his side. Ohas. McDonald swore Xed Barnes, colored, a prominent witness for Hay wood, had told him after the shooting he saw only the second shot. T. F. Bnx-k well swore that a week before the shooting he repaired Hay wood's pistol, and that Haywood said be wanted it to work. Geo. Williams swore he saw the two men walk out of the postoflice. one go ing north and the other across the street southeast: that he saw Haywood on the sidewalk near the southern steps of the postoffice with a pistol; that when Skinner got nearly to the mid dle of the street Haywood fired, then fired again. Skinner threw up his hand and his legs twisted like a drunken man's. He circled about and fell. At this point a recess was taken un til Monday morning. The defence wilk .probably consume Monday morniru? with evidence in re buttal and the argument will probably begin Monday afternoon and continue throughout Tuesday. Haywood keens in close touch with his lawyers and frequently leans over and whispers to them. This afternoon he was for the first time nervous. At -the beginning of the session he read with a great deal of interest a newspa per account of vesterday's evidence. (By the Associated Press.) Raleigh. X. C, May CO. In the Hay-wood-Skinner habeas corpus case the third day's hearing brought little new evidence. The state rested after a short afternoon session. The defen dant's counsel were granted an ad journment till Monday, and r.o argu ment will be made. Xot a word has been brought out showing any cause leading up to the encounter between Haywood and Skin ner, though sensational domestic mat ters are understood to have been the real cause. The line taken shows clearly that Haywood will not be put on the stand. The case will probably end Monday and both sides express confidence. Twenty witnesses were examined for the state today. Willie Briggs. the newspaper man .who was with Simms, the defense's ?tar witness, said he ask ed what he saw and Simms said that he was not noticing. An expert physician declared that a man shot as Skinner had been could not have gone the distance ho did after the first shot. Xone of the witnesses introduced tes tified to any altercation before the shooting, the first pistol shot attract ing their attention. The last witness for the state, a negro, when cross-examined, provoked much laughter. Hay wood smiling broadly. The negro testi fied that Haywood was standing wait ing with a pistol and shot at Skinner. THE JKWS IX ItlSSIA. Story from Ilerlin That the Russian Government Knennraffed the Anti Semite Prejudice to Distract the Attention of the People from tiie Government. Berlin, May SO. The part which the Russian interior minister, M. von Plehwe took in the Kishineff massacre described by a person behind the scenes in Russian court life, in a communica tion to Dr. Bath, leader of the Radical Liberals and editor of the Xation. The writer says: Von Plehwe, who was the assistant of General Ignatieff (when the latter was chief minister) in 1SS1, at the time the. Jewish persecution took place, de sired to impress the czar with the ua fitness of the common people to have any share in local self-government by a tpectaular outbreak in the provinces In which the primeval character of the loyal people could be shown. Parallel with this object was a desire to di vert the attention of the people from the government by giving their pas sions an outlet against the Jews. Von Plehwe chose as his agent his political friead, Kroushevan, who is known as the most extreme anti-Semite in- Rus sia, proprietor of The Bessarabyetz a newspaper of Kisheneff." Tn Kroushevans interest he suppress ed The Bessarabyetz Westinik. the rev olutionary paper in Kisheneff, giving Kroushevan the exclusive field. - As showing the close relation between the two. Von Plehwe obtained for Kroushevan a government subvention of 25,000 roubles, with which he found ed the anti-Jewish paper Snam Ja at St. Petersburg. Von Plehwe. at a coun cil of the ministers, asked for a further subsidy, but, M. Witte, (the finance minister) objected, on the ground that the state did not get sufficient return. Kroushevan then got the amount he asked at the state bank, on his unse cured personal note. Kroushevan prepared the minds of the people of Kisheneff by publishing anti-Jewish articles. A rumr was started that a 'Golden Ukase' of the czar had arrived, commanding the death of the Jews at Easter. Governor von Raaben refused to deny the rumor. and the vice governor, Ustrugoff, was the censor and a contributor to The Bessarabyetz go even the intelligent people of the town credited the report that the government was willing to ex terminate the Jews. After the massa cre von Plehwe informed Governor von Raaben that he had permitted the out break to go too far and that the bar barites of the drunken robbers was in excusable. The czar was deeply displeased with Governor Von Raaben and directed Von Plehwe to remove all the officials of the city and province. Von Plehwe urged that an inquiry first be made, ad the czar agreed to this. He said he would send one of his own adjutants but Von Plehwe suggested that Lopuchin one of his assistants, be selected to inquire into the matter. Lopuchin returned with a mild report which was too 4ark. Von Plehwe revised it before its sub mission to the czar. Von Plehwe still retains possession of the czar's mind. His position is completely unshaken, and it will continue unshaken so long as Von Plehwe has daily persomal ac cess to his majesty. Von Plehwe's ambitions were ex pressed to a small party of his friends on one occasion when he pantomimical ly held up a baton, as if leading an orchestra."' Fatal Railroad Accident. Starke, Fla., May 30. The Southern passenger train on the Seaboard Air Line railway ran into an open switch here last night at 10:30 and was wreck ed. The colored fireman was killed and Engineer Weeks seriously injured. The locomotive was demolished. Xo passen gers were hurt Died Away from Home. Tuskegee, Ala., May 3,0. Max Bennett Thrasher, a journalist and author whose home was in Boston, is dead here. Mr. Thrasher was in attendance upon the commencement exercises of the Tuske gee Institute. His body will be shipped to Coventry, Vt., for burial. APPALLING Awful Devastation and Death in Many West ern Cities. MANY DROWNED t'nprecedented Floods at Topcka and in a Wide Scope of Country North Topeka Cut OfT and on Fire Hun dred. of People Drowning? or Beinff Iltirned in Their Houses Ileart reiidinu Scene! Victims Vainly Ap pealing for Help. Topeka. Kans., May 30. People who did not leave North Topeka last night when they had a chance are now in the greatest danger of losing their lives. As far as can be estimated at this time, over 50 people are beyond the reach of rescue. The Kansas river is rising at the rate of three inches an hour. Thirty are known to be dead and the list will be larger. Hundreds are missing. People are drowning and oth ers are burning death. If any por tion of Xorth Toreka shall escape de struction by the Mood it seems tonight as though fire would finish the work. The large lumber yards of Jonathan & Thomas caught fire and two whole blocks of houses were burned. Burning houses are lloating through the streets and setting fire to others. It is reported that the Union Pacific depot and a htel have burned. There Is no possible way of quenching the flames. The loss of life will be appall ing, the property loss in the millions. Xobody can tell just what has been de stroyed. The water extends around Shorey and other suburbs. Every foot of Xorth Topeka, inhabit ed bv ten thousand people. Is under wa ter. The current is so swift that no boat can live In It. Seven thousand people have escaped to the south side and are being cared for as well as pos sible. The remaining hundreds have not yet been accounted for. They have been forced to the top floor, or the roofs, of buildings and are waiting for the water to subside or carry them down stream. Below the town scores of men are in tree tops, yelling for help. Thousands of revolver shots and screams have been heard on the northside, sigaals for aid. Women and children in the west part of Xorth Topeka are stand ing on the highest points m reach and yet in water up to their necks. In the B. street colored Baptist church on the north side more than 100 victims of the flod are gathered. The water flooded the building and the peo ple are standing on pews to keep their heads above water. The work of res cuing and caring for the flood survivors le being carried forward systematical ly. Contributions are being rushed toi the committee on relief Citizens are opening their homes to survivors and every indication is that the city will be well able to care for those who have left their homes. Every public build ing in the city is sheltering scores of homeless people. The Rock Island has received a re port that the river is falling at Man hattan. Oisetting this comes a report that a water spout has started a foot rise down the Blue river. The flood conditions are getting worse at Lawrence. More than 500 people in the north part of town are home les?. The large flour mill belonging to Congressman J. D. Bowersock, was de stroyed with a loss of $150,000. Several miles of railroad track are washed out. Communication with Salina was es tablished for a short time today by way of Denver. A dispatch from there says the flood conditions have Improv ed. A big rise in the Smokey Hill river last night caused m more to leave their homes, and hundreds are now encamped on the hills east of town. Most of the business houses are closed. Hill City has been on an Island since Tesdav. Xo trains have been running there this week The town is small .md the stock of provisions is getting very low. People .ire suffering greatly. The outlook m Council Grove is ap mllinir. On a smaller scale the situa tion there is much the same as that of Xorth Topeka. XIne or more people liHve been burned to death In a fire started by slacking lime. Reports re ceived today say there are small pros pects of the water falling within the next twenty-four hours. Chief of Police Goff and .Thomas Page, a Prominent miller, with their famriies are among the many who can not escape from the flood. The current is rapidly getting stronger and is sweeping across the city from the north. People are dropping from tops of houses and there having become ex hausted by their eighteen hours im prisonment and are being swept away. Several ar known to have been burn ed to death. It is reported by men who have been In sight of the district, that hundreds there are suffering and sick. The cur rent is so Btrong that cars are useless and early in the afternoon a gang was organized to row as far as possible, and swim the rest of the distance. Sev eral houses were overturned and wo men have been seen struggling in the water. The river reached the Rock Is land depot on First street today. The water on Crane street is eight feet deep and the current is like a mill race. Per haps a hundred people have been thrown into the water at that point. The river is 25 feet above low water mark and is still rising. The weather Is cold and the people who have not (Continued on Fifth Page.) DECORATION Fitting Memorial of the Federal Dead Ob served Yesterday PRETTY CUSTOM Flower Strewn on the Grave of Thousand of Soldier Who Lie in the Federal Cemeteries Through out the Hepublie The Custom Jlore Elaborately Observed in Washing ton Than Ever Before Confederate Graves Decorated. "Washington, May 30. With solemn and impressive ceremonies memorial day was observed in the national capi tal on a more eleborate scale than ever before. Business was suspended, not only in the departments of the gov ernment, but also throughout the city. People of all classes united in per petuating the memory of the heroic dead who in countless thousands sleep peacefully in the eight national ceme teries of the District of Columbia. Notwithstanding the absence from this city of the president, who usually is a conspicuous figure in the memorial day exercises at Arlington, the ar rangements were elaborate and beauti ful. They were under the direction of the department of the Potomac G. A. R., and included a parade of G. A. R. posts, the old paard. other patriotic organizations and the militia of the District of Columbia headed by the Marine Band, the decorations of the monument and graves, and addresses by men proenmint in public life. After a short march through the city, the organizations in the parade board ed the electric trains for Arlington, the most beautiful of national cemeteries, overlooking the historic Potomac, where the principal exercises of the day occurred. Already the 13,000 graves in the cemetery had been strewn with flowers and each marked by a tiny American flag. A touching feature of the ceremony a feature typifying a country thoroughly re-united was the decoration of the graves in that section of the cemetery where lie the Confed erate dead. At the conclusion of the ceremony of the decoration of the graves, a great crowd gathered in the amphitheatre. Hon. Charles Emory Smith, editor of the Philadelphia Press, delivered the oration of the day. He spoke in part as follows: "The issues which bred the strife of sections have been settled. The reun ion of the sections has been sealed in common sacrifice. In the crucible of a common struggle the lines of sections should be melted and In the new des tiny the map of the union should no longer be divided into north and south. "The old issues have passed away. There are new questions of deep im port questions which come in part as legacies of the old. and which may tend in some measure to excite the old feel ing. There is the problem of dealing with a race which has been emanci pated from slavery and yet not admit ted to the privileges of freedom. The educational, the industrial and, in some degree, the political aspects of this sub ject demand the most serious consid eration. The burdens and the respon sibilities do not belong alone to either of the riirl sections. We may not all agree on the elements of the problem or on the true solution, but may we not apnroach the nuestlon in the spirit of mutual forebearance? May we not discuss it in a temperate and rational fram- mind? May we not seek to understand each other's point of view and each other's relation to the subject with fair and reasonable consideration of the various aspects which are en titled to weight. Wo have outgrown the old narrowness and the old one sidedness? Reunion does not mean the suspension of individual conviction or the stifling of frank expression: but why should it not mean larger liberal ity of snirit. greater breadth of under standing and higher effort for just, en lightened and patriotic action." Richmond. Va., May 30. Ho.ly wood Confederate Memorial day and Fedral Decoration day exercises werv held here this afternoon. They formed un der the auspices of the Hollywood Cemetery Memorial Association which is comsosed of ladies, and the latter under the direction of the two local posts of th G. A. R. one white, ihe other colored. There is anoth-r con federate memorial day here which comes earlier and is known as Oak wood" Memorial day, from the name of the cemetery in which many confederates lie buried and where the exert'ses on that day are held, as today's ceremonies were held at Hollywood. There was a parade of the local military- organizations, and of confederate veterans in honor of the confederate occasion, and the detachments of the G. A. R. posts visited the battle field of Seven Pines, the site of Fort Harri son and the federal cemetery near the city. General "White of Wheeling, W. Va.. wac the orator of the day in honor of the confederate dead. All federal, state and city offices , tne bank and the stock exchange were closed. Vicksburg. Miss., May 30. Federal decoration day was observed here to day, hundreds of negroes being nresnt. in the national cemetery. Late this if ternon a small body of union veterans accompanied by confederate argania tions united in paying tribute to the federal dead, 16,000 of whom are buried here. Marietta, Ga., May 30. The graves of the federal dead in the national I tcuictci j iieie vveie uecorateu i-itai ! with appropriate ceremonies. Many members of the G .A .R. from Atlaata and other points attended. The deco ration of the graves was in charge of the Atlanta Woman's Relief Corps. Charleston, S. C. May 30. The blue and gray memorial association at Florence, the site of the former prison and the national cemetery, celebrated decoration day by placing flowers on both confederate and federal graves. At the confederate cemetery the Rev, J. B. Shoup, a union veteran, of Fitz gerald, Ga.. offered the prayer. At the national cemetery, where most of the exercises were held. Captain J. O. Ladd. former United States army, road the G. A. R. orders. A national air was sung and Colonel John P. Thon:a a confederate veteran, delivered the ora tion. The Rev. Mr. Shoup also made an address Asheville, X. C. May bO. Decoration day was fittingly observed in Asheville. The graves of both federal and confed erate dead was covered with flags and flowers. General Julian S. Carr, of Durham, delivered the principal ad dress and Professor J. J. Britt, also de livered an eloquent oration. Nashville. Tenn.. May 30. All the banks and the departments of the mu nicipal, state and national government, were closed today in recognition of me morial day. The graves of the federal dead in the cemeteries at Stone's river, and Elkin were decorated by the local posts of the G. A. R. A large delegation left Xashville this morning for Stone's river, where they were met by a similar delegation from Murfressboro. and the exercises, took place at noon. The decoration at Elkin was held this afternoon and the oration was delivered by Congressman Richard Bartholdt. of Missouri. Memphis, Tenn., May 30. Memorial services were held today over the graves of the dead in the federal ceme tery here. The graves were decorated by local G. A. R, posts. Grant Mat thews delivered the oration. New Orleans Mm- 30. A multitude of grand army men went to Chalmett cemetery today to decorate the graves of Union soldiers who sleep there. There are thirten thousand graves. The attendance of colored members of the grand army was unusuallfiy large. The address of the day was delivered by Rev. W. R. Chase. Mobile. Ala.. May 30. Decoration day here was observed by John C. Fremont post G. A. R. The services were con ducted in the national cemetery, where the graves of the federal dead were strewn with flowers. The principal ad dress was delivered by United States District Attorney Wickersham. Chattanooga. Tenn., Mae so. Decora tion day was fittingly observed in Chat tanooga today. Governor Van Sant. of Minnesota, being the orator of the day. The seventh cavalry band and a de tachment from the regiment participat ed In the programme. The graves of the 13.500 soldiers buried here were strewn with flowers. Knoxville. Tenn., May 30. The mom ory of th naval and army federal dead was honored in this city today. This morning on the Tennessee river bridge an address was delivered b"- Captain A. .T Albers and flowers were strewn upon the waters in memory of the naval dead. This afternoon at the na tional cemetery the graves of the armt dead were decorated after an address by Captain William Rule. FAMOI S ;5TVClilST KILLED. While -.akins a Xew World's Reo ori Yesterday His Tire Hurst and an Automobile Ran Over Him. Cambridge, Mass, May 30. Harry D, Elkes, of Glens Falls, N. T., the premier motor pace follower of the U. S., was killed and Will Stinson, almost as well known a bicyclist as Elkes, and E. A. Gatelly, a motor steersman, were seriously injured in an accident at the Initial bicycle meeting on the new Charles river track this afternoon. The accident occurred In the first lap of the sixteenth mile of a motor-paced race and was due to the bursting of the rear tire on Elkes' wheel at a point where the track bank is at an angle of about 33 degrees. Elkes tried to stop his ma chine and In doing so, was thrown over the handle bars, turning a complete 6omersault and with his wheel rolled down the steep embankment directly in front of Stinson's motor, which was manned by Gatelly. The heavy motor struck Elkes throw ing Gatelly and the machine completely over him, while Stinson who was fol lowing crashed into the wreck. At the time of the accident Elkes was well in the lead, having made a new world's record' for the five, ten and fifteen miles. The injured men were picked up and sent to the hospital, Elkes dying on the way. Stinson was cut severely about the head and face, while Gatelly's foot was split open by the motor, the big toe of the right foot being nearly amputated. The men were in a twenty mile pace in the race. The race was continued by Walthour and Moran, the former win ning and completing the twenty miles in 20:20 2-5 seconds. Sixteen Nesrroes Drowned. Memphis, Tenn., May SO. Sixteen ne groes, two families of cotton plan tation cotton hands, were drowned in the river near Pecan Point, forty miles north of this city. They left the plantation after dark in two skiffs. Waves from a passing ves sel capsized the frail boats and all hands save one went down. A iad. Will Bell escaped clinging to an oar. He was washed ashort and reported the tragedy to Dr. F. Chiles, who brought the news to Memphis. Another Georgia synching. Americus, Ga., May 30. Information reached Americus today of the capture and lynching yesterdaj- evening of Benjamin Gorman, colored, for the mur der of Shelly Kent, a young farmer residing near Church Hill, in Webster county. The murder occurred Thurs day when Kent and Gorman were in the field at work and was without provocation. ROBBERY The Brooklyn Eagle Ex poses Great Swindle in New York VENAL PRACTICE The Government 3Iade to Ray Mil lions More Rental for Postofliees in fw York than the Offices Can he Had h- Private Parties The Excess $3,000,000 in Ten Years An Example of Your Government Ownership and How It "Works. New York, May 30. The Brooklyn Eagle says today that an investigation made by it shows that $3)0,000 per an num is paid in New York state in excess of the normal commercial rentals for postofliees. The Eagle adds that as the leases run for ten years the total excess amounts to $5,000,000. The Eagle says: "Confining the investigation to New York state, in which nearly every sec tion has been covered, it is difficult to find an instance where the federal gov ernment is not paying from 23 to 50 per cent, more than it should for rentals. Indeed so universal is the gravely ex cessive rate paid that a belief would be justified that an organized conspiracy to advance and maintain the high fig ures of these rentals exists or has exist ed for some time. All the traffic would bear seems to be the ruT "Instances of fifty per cent, above the rentals paid by private interests for like property similarly situated are many. 75 per cent, not infrequent, while in some cases 100, and even 200 per cent, have been reached. "Instances have been found where the leases have been execu ted by the post- office department for the occupation of floors in buildings which were not in existence, but which were yet to ha built, and were so built and occupied at grossly excessive rates. "The most notable and flagrant In stance of the abuse is shown in Dun kirk, in Chautauqua county. It is a city of 11,616 population by th la?t census. For a single floor for the ac commodation of the postoffice the gov ernment is paying $2,000 annually. In the same block a few doors nearer the street is a floor which is occupied by a business concern, which, apart from this postofiie building, commands the highet rent ii. :he city of Dunkirk. The merchants occupying it pays $500 per annum." The Eagle presents a table of recent Increase of rentals at towns throughout the state. Jeffords Discharged. Savannah, Cia., May 30. The coroner's Inquest tonight exonerated Jim Jeffords of criminality in connection with the death of George Feely, who was knock ed out by Jeffords In a boxing contest Thursday night. The verdict of the Jury was that the death of Feely was accidental. Jeffords was Immediately discharged from custody. The matter, however, may be brought to the atten tion of the grand Jury. An autopsy held prior to the inquest showed that Feely was suffering from a chronic ail ment which made him susceptible to sudden shock. Feely had a wife in St. Louis who has been wired. His real name was George Ester. Jeffords will remain to nee what ac tion if any the grand jury will take. Children's Blouse Shirt of all Wool Blue Serge Embroidered and trimmed with White Silk Cord; value $5.00, now at Rehder's- $4.25. " Convicts in the Penitentiary. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh. N. C, May 30. Fred Vick, the Goldsboro negro whose death sen tence was lately commuted by Gov Aycock. arrived at the penitentiary to day from Goldsboro and brought the number of convicts in the penitentiary, up to 19. All of these who can be spared will be sent to the state farms next week. Thirty-seven men are in the hospital. There are 43 female con victs, all these being in the peniten tiary and more on the farms. Of these, five are white. Southern Hell Telepuones for Wriich t ville Beach and Sound. We expect to be ready to open the Beach Exchange by the middle of this week. All parties wanting a telephone on the Beach or Sounds, will be re quired to sign a contract befiore the telephone is installed. Therefore if you want a Be21 Tele phone call at our new office on Princess street next to Messenger office and sign a contract, or let us known where we could call and get your application. No telephone will be installed until the contract is signed. Respectfully, T. McMANTJS, 2t Manager Sou. Bell Tel. and Tel. Co. i