Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1909 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 5 [ADVERTISEMENT]

SPEAKS FROM GALLOWS X Said He Expected to Meet Victim In Place Where Sinful Go. Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 29.—Dave Edwards was executed for the murder of J. E. Davis. On the scaffold he said: “If Davis is In that part of eternity where the sinful go I have no doubt but that I will be with him In a few minutes. Davis went out of this life much as I am going. He had little time to prepare for the future world,” $3,000,000 Land Deal. Big Springs, Tex., Jan. 29—R. L. Slaughter, representing C. C. Slaughted, cattleman, sold the “Long S” ranch, Comprising 200,000 acres, to lowa capitalists. It is stated the consideration was approximately $3,000,600. Algernon Parr Passes Away. Springfield, 111., Jan. 29'—Algernon Farr, aged eighty-nine years, president of the Illinois National bank, is dead.