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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-07-13
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DIMES SUNNY LAND.

Dear friends snd fellow soldiers brave,
Come listen to our song
About the rebel prison and
Our sojnurn there so long
Our wretched state and hardships great,
No one can understand,
But those who have endured the fate
In Dixie sunny land.
When captured by the chiyslry,
They stripped US TO the skin,
But failed to give us back again
The value Of PIN
Except some lousy rags of gray,
Discarded bv their hand
And thus commenced our prison-life
InDixie's sunny land.
With n host of guards surrounding us.
Each with 81 loaded run,
We were stationed in an open place,
Exposed to rain and sun,
No tent, or tree, to shelter us
We lay upon the sand
Thus side by side, great numbers died
In Dixies sunny land.
This was the daily bill of fare,
In that secesh salonn.
No sugars, tea, or coffee there,
Al morning, night or noon
But a pint Of meal. ground cob and all,
Was served to every man,
And for want Of fire we ate it raw
In Dixie's sunny land.
We were by these poor rations soon
Reduced TO skin and bone
A lingering starvation worse
Than death, yOH can but own
There hundreds lay, both night and dav.
BY FIR too weak to stand
TIL death relieved our sutferings
In Dixie's sunny land.
We poor survivors oft were tried,
By many threat and bribe
To desert our glorious union cause,
And join the rebel tribe;
Though tain were we to leave the place
We let them understand
We had rather die than thus disgrace
Our flg in Dixie's land
Thus dreary days and nights rolled on,
Yes. weeks and months untold
Until that happy time arrived
When we were all paroled:
We landed at Annapolis
wretched looking band
But glad 10 ue alive and free
From Dixie's sunny land.
How like dream those days now seem,
Ia retrospective view,
As we regain our wasted strength,
All dressed in Union blue
The debt we owe our bitter foe
Shall not have long 20 stand
WelI pay them with vengeance soon,
In Dixie's sunny land x
Now all the vengeance we desire,
Is the Union of the States
For which went through blood and fire
And dared the blacklist fates
We want no Negro government,
No Freedmeu's 5 Bureau grand.
Bul Peace and love and harmony
With DiXie's sunny land.
*Writteu before the close of the war The Ia;
srse shows the feelings of the true soldiers, no
at the war is over JAMES PEPPEL.
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how weary Of the frolic, you lay upon
the hay, and counted the dust sun
beams, as they streampd through the
crevices Of the loose siding, and won
dered how they got out again, and how
many it took to make day, and pass
ed your fingers through them to and
fro, and marvelled that you felt moth
ing.
Many time, yon know. you crept
through that same NOW with Mary
Grey-don't you remember Mary? She
lived in the house just over the hill
Have you forgotten how you went
strawberrying together? You picked
in her basket-don't deny it-you al
ways felt happier than when you filled
your own, though you never knew
why. You had queer feeling some
times about the heart, though you new
er knew what You have found it out
all since, 10 doubt And Mary-what
has become Of her? Why, "there is a
reaper whose name is DEATH" that
goes forth TO the harvest in sweetest
Spring and latest Autumn and deepest
Winter as well, and Mary and Ellen
and Jane were long ago bound up in
the same sure bundle of life
Seven O'Clock, and a clearnight. The
shadows and the mist are rising in the
valleys-the frogs have set up their
chorus in the swamp-the fre-nies are
showing a light OF the marsh-the
whip-poor-wills begin their melancho-
ly song-a star bIaZes beautifully over
the top Of the woods, and the fair be-
ings atpeople our childhood come a.
bout Us in the twilight-the fair
beings,
"Who set as sets the morning star, that goes
Not down behiud the darkeued west, nor hides
Obscured amid the tempest Of the sky,
But melts away into the lIghtof heaven"
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OLD MONTGOMERY ALL R1GH

OLD MONTGOMERY ALL RIGHT
''Tde BQys IN Bh,o''-ThcY Dis0lr2l The
DiamioR Cmdidate a9d D5cdJe Them
seires for He "EHiOa and Cjymcr. At
large and enthusiastic meeting Of the
Soldiers Union and Clymer Club of
NorristoWn," held on Tuesday even
ing, June p, the following preamble
and resolutions We're offered by A. VI,
Derr, of the GSth regiment, p. V. V,
and unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, At thecaiI Of Gen. Hart
ranft, a body ofmen met at Pittsburg
who styled themselves "Thc Soldiers
State Convention,n and professed to
speak the sentiments of the soldiers Of
Pennsylvania, yet disregarded the true
interests Of the country and the sol
der, and endorsed the radical measures
Of the Disunionists in Congress, and the
nomination Of John w. Geary for Gov
ernor:
ind iCheTeaS, We deem 1t expedicnt
to declare more plainly and explicitly
our sentiments in regard to these i'm
portant matters therefore.
ReSolred, That the Pittsburg Con-
VentIon has no authority to speak in
the name OF the soldiers Of Pennsylva-
MIA, and we believe they grossly mis-
represented the sentiments Of 4 MAORI
ty.
ReSoirad, That said convention was
a ashaI!0W device Of demag0gueS, which
could only deceive the most unwary-a
knaVish trick-and shows the Iamenta-
bic TACT thatsome soldiers have become
like those whose company they kept,
thus proving the truth Of the prOverb:
Evil communications corrupt good
manners"
Resolred, That the country baviDono
longer any need Of our services. and
having been honorably discharged, we
have returned to civil life and resumed
4|,., ,.:,.i+. - ,,.-
,..,.;.l, III Wy
"''i'il VIC i'"''' 1"' 'iIt Li'lle DelhG, Iof
our country sake, voluntarily laid a.
side, and we cannot be eaioIed, or Griv-
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TERMS OF PUBLICATION.

The BEDFoRD GAZETTE is published every Fri
day morning by MEYERS & MExGgL, at 81 90 per
annum, II paid strtetig IN aapance s2. so if pnid
within six months; $500 if not paia within six
months. an subscription acceuats MUST be
settled annually. No paper will he sent out of
the State unless paid for IN ADVANCE. and al such
subscriptions win invariably be discontinued at
the expiration of the time for which they are
paid
All ADVERTISEMENTS for a less term than
three months TEN CENTS per line for each IN
sertion. Special notices one-half additional All
reso'uti rs of Associations; communica tions Of
limited or individual interest and notices Of mar
riages and deaths exceeding FIVE line. ten cents
per line. Editorial notices fifteen cents Der line.
AH tcgaf Notices Of ereyy kipd, and Orphans
Co,lrt ami JudieiaI .Sales, are required bg lar
to be p"5lishef IN both papers pubiished in this
place.
Lg- All advertising due after first insertion.
liberal discount is made to persons ADVERTISING
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NV 1t'''iN 4" oNCupl Que lAcD OF space.
JoB PRINTING, Of every kind, done with
Heatness and dispatch The GAZETTE OFFICE has
gust been reftted with Power Press and new type
and everything in the Printing line can be execu-
ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest
fates,-TERMS CASH
k5S- All letters should be addressd to
MEYERS 4 MENGEL.
Publishers
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TO LOVE and to labor is the sum of
living; and yet how many think they
live who neither labor nor love.
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BantCr5.
; ". RUrr......o. z. saANYoS.......F. Br
4s,is(ellaneouS.
ElANIEL BORDER,

DANIEL BORDER,
~ PIrF STREET. rwO DooEs WEST OF THE Bed
''tD HOTEL, BEDFORD. Pa.
MATCHMAKER AND DEALER IN JEWEL
RY. SPECfACLES, &C.
III Keeps on hand stock of fine Gold and Sill
ssF Watches, Spectacles of Brilliant Double Re
1ts1 Glasses, also Scotch Pebble Glasses. Gold
@1Jeh Chains, Breast Pins, Finger Rings. bes,
s-z'ly OF Gold Pen.. He will supply to order
lhiug in bis line not on hand
D:t 2H IS6S
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The Yankees Of Milford, Mass,
have introduced politicalsongS into the
schools.
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TIE citizens Of Trenton, n. j., have
subscribed $4,000 to Il race course.
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ID ICHARD LEO,

ID ICHARD LEO,
MaRntacturer Of
CABINET-WARE. CHAIRS. &c,
BEDFORD. PA,
The undersigned being engaged in the Cabinet
makng business will make to order and keep on
hand everything in his line ofmanufac
BUREAUS, DRESSING STANDS, PARLoR AND ExrES-
sion TABLES, CHAIRS, BEDsTEADs, WASH
STANDS, &c, &C,
viii be furnished at all prices, and to suit every
taste. C0FFINS will also be made to order.
{ a7-Prompt attention paid to all orders for work.
= Shop on West Pitt Street, nearly opposite
the residence Of George Shuck
July 10, lS63.-tf RICHARD LEO
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YOUNG men who idolize young wo-
men always long to be joined to their
idols.
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~ II. SPANG. ATTORNEY At
& LAW. BEDFORD. PA Win promptly at
tend to collections and aIl business entrusted to
his care in Bedford and adjoining counties.
Office on JuIiaua Street, three doors south of the
.'Aengsl House, " opposite the residence of Mrs
Tate.
May i3, 1864
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R. ANDERSON,

licensed Scriceneadad C0nueyancer,
Eg1 eESTREvILLE, BEDFORD COUNTY, Ps.,
L-,.@s ead to the writing of Deeds, Mortgages,
's r.a'1 Articles of Agreement. and all business
Ger Transacted by S,rivener and Csnveynn-
as.tad aae patronage of the public is respectfully
Apdla, 'ss-a
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DRINTERS' INK has made many a
business man rich We ask you to try it ia
he 'olunus of THE GAZETTE
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V'ERMS for every description of Job
PRINTING CASH for the reason that for
every article IRE use, must pay cash; and the
cash system viii enable to do our work as low
rs il cnn be done in fht. CITIES
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TSPY NJ. ALSIP. ATTORNEY AT
T. LAW. BEDFORD. PA. VIII faithfully and
promptly attend to all business entrusted to his
care in Bedford and adjoining counties Military
claims, eek pay, bounty, &c., speedily collected.
Office with Mann & Spang, on Ju,iuna street,
two duors South Of the MengeI House.
Jan. p, 1854,
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F. b. RIHMELL. :. W - l,' Z - IN
Il IuAIELL Il LINGENFELTER,
N ATTonlTsE-s -ar I---vy-, ra1z1srolaD RI,
Hive formed partnership in the practice Of
tae Law. Office on Jujiana street, two doors South
Of the Meugel House
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FNERY VARIETY AND STYLE
4 4 OF JOB PRINTING neatly executed at low
rates at THE BEDFORD GAZETTE office. Call and
leave your orders
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UHHE Local circulation of the BED
A FORD GAZETTE is larger than that of any other
paper in this section OF country, and therefore Of
The greatest inducements to business men to
fIveriise in its columns
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M AMMOTH SALE BILLS, print
WI ed at short notice. Large Bills make large
sales. We know it to be so. TRY IT! 1t will
much more than pay the extra erpenss Of print
ing. Call at The GAZETTE JOE OFFICE
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*Wdtten before the close of the war The last
verse shows the feelings of the true soldiers now
that the war is over JAMES PEPPEL.
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COO a MONTH! Agents wanted
- JO for sir entireiy nerr articles, just out.
Address Q. I CAREY, City Building, Btdiclord.
Maine dec r. '65-Iy
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C.I EOO PER YEAR! We want
ID se)OO agents every where to sell our

IMPROVED $50 Sewing Machines Three new kinds.
Uider and upper feed. Warranted five years
Above salary or large commissions paid. TheoNLy
machines sid in the United States for less than
$40, which are fuiiy kfceused bV H01cc. HHeelerd 4
ifttyoa. Gr0rer 4 Baker. Singer 4. Co.. aUd
B0rhekacr. fH other cheap machines are in
triHgemeots, and the setter or user are haJIe 10
arrrst, f"e, uRd tmpris0umeUt Circulars free.
Address, call upon Shaw & CLARK. Biddef.rd
Maine. Chicago, Ills. Dee u '65-ly
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Attorneys at gaW.

TOSEPH w. TATE. ATTORNEY
- AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA. will promptly
attend to collections of bounty, back pay. Re,
and all business entrusted to his care in Bedford
and adjoining counties.
Cish advanced on judgments, notes, military
and other claims
II Is for sale Town lots in Tatesvlle where
good Church is erected. and where q large School
House shall be built. Farms. Land and Timber
Lave from one acre to 500 acres TO suit pur-
chasers
Office nearly opposite the "Mengel Hotel" and
Bank Of Reed & Schel
April 6. IS66-lv
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They are, also regularly licensed Claim Agents
and will give special attention to the prosecution
Of claims against the Government for Pensions
sck Pay, Bounty, Bounty Lands, &c.
Office on Julana street one door South Of the
"MengeI House, and uearly opposite the Inquirer
office
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-27
Still in Their Place.

We commend to the careful consideration
Of the Dsunion Radicals in Congress the
following passage from the Grafton of
BANCEoFr, which they so warmly applaudcd
during its delivery:
The States which would have left us are
not brought back rs conquered States, for
then we should hold them only so long as
that conquest could be maintained; they
come to their rightful place under the Con-
stitution as original, necessary and insepa-
rable members of the State.
Let them ponder well the vitality impor-
tant truth thus announced by the historian,
and cease their revolutionary efforts to an
nul it practically with respect to those
States. Let the rreprcssible journals of
the country, who are cXhausting the vo-
cabulary of vile epithets in denouncing the
President for his efforts to have the repre-
sentatives of those States admitted to their
Congressional seats, also ponder well where
they stand in this great issue for peace and
fraternity.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-27
ITO Whom it May Concern

We claim to possess, in no small degree,
the philosophy of patience and endurance.
The former virtue Is now worn out, the
latter is being sorely tried. We are en-
deavoring 10 pursue a Legitimate business
the publication of daily and weekly
newspaper TO circulate it, we avail our
selves of tho public mails and the duties of
post-masters and mail agents. We have u
yfght. Yet. since the present editor aud
proprietor Of the DAYTON EMPIRE" issued
his first number, scarcely does there come
day that does not bring complaint often
a half-dozen. that single subscriber or
whole ''packn of subscribers, can not get
their papers regularly, or do not get them
at all. Sometimes, packages of the weeklies,
dispatched rs regularly from our Office ms
comes publication day, do not reach their
points, ten, fifteen, twenty miles OIL for two
and three weeks, and often, Mt this inter-
val, all will come, In a pile.
Again, packages, sent to one section of
this valley, are often mysteriously brought
up in another extreme, and returned to the
original destination. On more than one
occasion, packages, for awhole neighbor-
hood have been picked mp by the roadside
and on the margin of the river, This is
not the result of accident nor is it careless
ness; it is criminal mdliciousneSs, or it would
not be so constant and persistent.
Now, word ito whom it may concern"
in these acts of outrage upon our legih
mate and personal rights. Fair warning
is given. Weare collecting the incidents
of the dcreictions of duty, on the part of
certain Officials. We already have five, so
marked, that hey can not escape public dis
grace, when we elc yate them upon the
pillory, which we have prepared for such
culprits 70 lohom IL may concern" may
be a significant warning. 1t had better
bel
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-27
Another Democratic Pnpcr.

We have received the first number OF the
Marion Democrdt," new democratic pa
per started at Marion, Ohio, under the edi-
torial management of WILLIAM HUBBARD,
Esq, formerly one of the editors of the
Logan County Gazette, and more recently
connected with the editorial department
of this paper.
Mr. HUBBARD is widely known rs a high
toned, honorable gentleman, an accom-
plished writer and u thorough Democrat
He has learned his politics in the JefTerso-
nian School Of Democracy. The Constitu-
tion is his political text book. His name
is u sufficient guarantee'for the ability and
sorndness of the paper with which it stands
connected. Ills many warm friends among
the Democracy of Montgomery. and
throughout this section of the State, will
be rcioiccd Ia learn that he has again taken
up his pea.
Mechanically. the paper is in the hest
style of the a9t. We shall look to it rs a
valuable aid To the cause of genuine Demo-
cracy.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-27
Tremendous ExplOsiOn-Great Loss GLE
of Political hNeSl

The Cleveland Heraid, one of the mos
loyal Of Union papers, seems to be looking
at matters out Of aphilosophically political
eye. It asks, possibly with some little
trepidation:
What Is the political situation? That Is
easier asked than answered. You might as
well inquire how are you? to crew on a
steamboat whose boilers had just collapsed
Politicians, justno are good deal like the
confused Indian who could not see his wig
wan, and the question was whether he or
the wigwan was lost Finally he con
cluded che wigwam was lost ne Injun was
here. What the situation really is, no man
can tell the smoke has not lifted and you
can not see mems faces ms yet 10 looks,
however, as u the grand, unsclhsh Union
party, that carried the country through an
unparalleled war, had come to an end at
least come TO AN end for all practical. bcne-
iicial purposes. lt looks as if il were
blown 10 pieces and the same explosion
that rent that party bids fair 10 cement the
Democratic party, which, under its leaders
for the last six yeaas. has fostcred rebel
lion, and given aid and comfort to treason.
The fling at the leaders of the Democratic
party, for fostering treason, for the last six
years, can readily so for what 1t is WORTH
simply to allow the Herald to be heard in
another complaint against its own party:
"Thc Union party was not content to ''lct
well alone" it pushed matters to an ex-
trcme, and by so doing it may lose much of
the advantage the country gained by the
successful result of the war The Union
party was unjust toward Tennessee 1t is
more than probable n recognition of Ton
ncssce would have saved the veto. Con-
gress had shown no disposition to be just
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A Couple of Republican Leader.

A Philadelphia journal has made II photo
graphic picture of a couple of radicals,
who assume to be leaders of the Republi-
can phalanxcs, which possesses one of the
highest features of genuine truthful
ness. We give this as a specimen of its
Style
"And who is Mr.. Stcvens2 Not aPcnmsyl-
vanian, thank God but a Yankee intruder
into this State, whose reputcd wife IL a
negro, and whose children are muldttOes.
And who is Carl ShurZP A wretchcd ad-
venturer, who, traitor to his native land,
fled hither for refuge, kept lager-beer
saloon in this city, and failing in that, has
lived ever since on the Government that
has rescued him from the penalty of trea-
son, and the obscurity of a sculliOn."
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Tho Veto of the Radicals.

The New York Times, journal which
has been quite radical in its policy; ex-
trcme, in fact, down TO the close OF the war,
is now manifesting decidedly rational
spirit. 1t goes no halfway in commencing
the President for his veto of the negro
feed-store, but uses in the defense of the
measure this mequiyOcal language:
by his veto message he has elevated
himself toa yet more commanding position.
lie stands to-'lay In the attitude Of pa
triOtlc President. eXerting himself to stem
the torrent of rldicalism which threatens
to sweep over and ruin the best interests of
the country. And the people, as people,
appreciate his efforts, and are rallying TO
his assistance. Petty party cries and tricks
are for the time forgotten. The choice is
between the President and whole Union
and the radicals and broken Union-be-
tween the President struggling 10 uphold
the. Constitution, and the radicals who
would oycrtIrn the Constitution--and ii Is
not difficult 70 prOgnOsticate where will
rest the victory"
"Ihe President and iohOle Union, and
the Radicals and broken Unlonl' Omi-
nous words, and truthful.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-27
All Right.

The Journal evidently feels jubilant over
the fact that its radical partisan friends
have been prevented from joining the De-
mocracy in publicly indorsing the princi-
pies set forth in the Presidents message
accompanying the veto of the nigger
clearinghouse bill. We don't wonder at
this. Yet it is notorious that three -fourths
Of this entire community sustain President
JOHNSON in his patriotic devotion to the
principles on which our Government was
founded. 1t is very well understood at
Washington, as it is here, that the Journal
has hitherto been the organ through which
the Federal oflice-hoders at this point ex-
press their sentiments, and it is but fair to
conclude that it maintains the same posi-
ton
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-27
GLEANINGs FROM THE MAILS.

An ingenious little machine has been nut
on some of the Partisan hacks IL indicates
TO the passengers. who engage it, at once
The time he is riding. the distance he has
made, and the price he is to pay, according
TO official regulations.
The celebrated pacing horse Kinney, jr.,
died nt New Orleans few days ago. lie
was valued at S20,OO0 and his owners once
offered to bet that amount that he could
pace his mile ia 2:l0 Kinney was large
roam, and one of the most remarkable
horses Of the age.
On Saturday lastth locomotive Minerva,
neiOnging TO the Toledo, Wabash and Great
western Railroad company. arrived at the
CerrO Gordo station on time. having lost n
IRVING wheel on the trip. The loss was
not discovered until the arrival of the train
NJ the station. 4 search was made for the
missing wheel, When IL was found about
twenty miles from the above named sta
tion.
The "boss" stone-cutters of Cincinnati.
have all bound themselves In bonds OF
$1,000 each to hold out for a year against
the strike of the Stonc-cutters' Union. who
demand that no reduction shall be made In
their wages.
AyOung German girl going 10 California
TO join and be married to lover. from
WHOM she hilu long been parted. became so
nervous Us the voyage neared its end that
she could neither eat nor sleep, and she was
landed at San Francisco raving maniac.
The Belfontainc Republican mentions the
freezing, during the cold snap of last week,
OF a slcigh-load of persons, near Rushsyl-
Vania, IN Logan County, all of whom had
to be Immersed in cold water to save their
lives.
There will be total eclipse of the moon
on the evening of March 80. 1t begins at
live minutes past nine O'clock Is at its to-
TAI at ten minutes past ten, and begins to
disappear at iifty-one minutes past eleven.
1t is visible throughout the United States.
In the last five months 597 cases of small
poN were admitted to the pest-honse at
Selma, Georgia. or these $50 proved fatal.
II Is estimated that during the same time
700 cases have occurred which were not re-
ported. This. for a city the size of Selma,
Is appalling, yet the disease in many other
cities and villages of the South is nearly as
prevalent and quite as fatal