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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-01

Mrs. A. y. IIughey. Hughey, Tenn.-I was much
interested in Mrs. idtton's letter from Peters's
Island. Ark. / think she will have To do a little
missionary work III her town there; such
field should be worked. Would tine people care
for a minister, and would they welcome one?
can see when close my eyes her fiat, level home
IN contrast to the hills that meet my vision on all
sides when my eyes are open. No pines are here,
hut wooded hills and long high ones covered with
corn are To Ice SEN, rocks m abundance and good
clear water. A half bale OF cotton to the acre is
very good, hut W. do not raise much cotton.
Corn IS the main crop; wheat and rye, seed
milct and almost anything viii do very well here,
but our hIlls and low ands VIII not produce
anything like her delta. But every year some
crop a. mad. ana churches are found everywhere.
Sometimes | think there Is too much religion IN
ihrm and not enough ot Christianity IN practice.
school y stem - not TO be Dragged on like IL in
most al the southern states.
Sisters, wa> fortunate enough to he the win
al the hird prize in the cotton contest offered
10y our dear Constitution. and having won fear
/ snail Dee guessing at everything that comes
along although cannot use the prize won my
self. afa "a very buSy woman with five little
children, farm wlcr there Is lots of work all
the while. VS. m4ngge to read good deal and to
" trn my cnIluTen studies, ana take an interest
IA tAcu. Try 60 le neat and comfortable, yet
wage no war on dirt, believing other things are
mere important.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-01

Miss Lula McAdams. Little Creek, Ga,
has rooted snowballs and cinnamon bulbs
to exchange for silk velvet scraps, for
crazy quilt, or one yard of calico.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-01

Mrs. +. May Parker, Enterprise, LAWN some
of the sisters tell me where | get pure
blood I.ang>han aud brown leghOrn fowls? am
very anxious 10 get them by December LIST.
ann great admrer OF The Constitution.
have one five and one fifty dollar confederate bills
to exchange for best offer. Write what you will
give III exchange.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-01

"For out of Thoughts interior sphere
These wonders rose to upper air,
could well have been written of the worlds
fair. There DIR. Prices Cream Baking
Powder got the highest award.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-01

Miss Salle Bass, Elma, Tex, has a good
collection of Peoples Home Journal.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-01
EICHANGE LIST.

s. II. Witherspoon, Pulpit Harbor. Me,
viii exchange nice sea shells for confeder-
ate stamps, bills and bonds.
VI. l.. Herwig Herwig, Tex, has fifteen
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-01

e. l.. Cochran, Parker's Store, Ga, has
pair of roller skates to exchange for good
book or best offer.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-01

patterns and material for making paper
flowers to exchange for calico, bleaching,
canton flannel and other things. Write
for particulars.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-01
THE KINGDOMS CORRESPONDENTS.

A Cosby Exchange OF Views Among the
Ladies' for Themselves.
sufferer" Box 81 Elkin, y. C.-Will some Of
the sisters give cure for asthma, and greatly
Obiige one who suffers with it.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-01


4S Court Atlanta
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-04-21
When?

The very best time in the history
of this town to submit proposition
for a sewerage system, is right now.
The campaign of education was
waged a short time ago and its
fruits remain, but will not abide for
ever.
The last vote showed that the
sentiment of the people is prouounc-
ed in favor of it, There are very few
propositions that could poll larger
favorable vote than was cast for sew
erage
AS we have heretofore maintained,
it was the particular proposition
that defeated the enterprise and not
opposition to sewerage.
Here are dozens of buildings 60
ing up this Summer; nearly all of
them large; one hotel is being re
modelled; and all, or nearly all these
buildings, are being fitted up with
reference to a sewerage system. Ev-
cry year the demand will be more
imperative. 1t is already a necessi
ty. But five years more of delay
will render the town filthy and I'M
healthy-it is largely so now on ac-
count of the make shift character of
sewers that are being used.
What is the profit of postponing
thing that must be done, and that
can be done as we'll and cheaply
now as at any future timer 1t is all
right for payment to be postponed,
and give those who will share the
benefits in the future an opportunity
to help pay the bill, but there is no
valid reason in sight, why sewerage
should not be put down this Sum
mnr
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-04-21
Republican SOphistry.

One of the arguments frequently
used by Republican papers to de,
Jude their readers, is that the low
price of all manufactured products
as compared with their cost under
the revenue tariff policy, which OBJ
tanned from 1916 to 1862, is due to
the protected tariff
This kind of argument hurts the
cause of protection" more than the
fiercest assaults of its opponents.
Men do not like to have their INTEL
igence insulted. They resent heing
classed among the fools who can not
reason. Manufactured goods are
cheaper now in Great Britain than
during the period between 1916 and
1861. Has the protective tariff in
the United States made the goods
cheaper in Great Britain?
The wonderful mechanical devel-
opment, which has been the distin-
gushing feature of this century, is
constantly decreasing the cost of la
boris products by increasing its eff
ficiency.
The protective tariff is simply an
artificial barrier erected to obstruct
the natural channels of trade, and to
enable few people to wax fat at the
expense of the many Washinqton
TELEGRAM.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-04-21
DASTARDLY MURDER.
A SuitOr Shoots His Sweetheart Because
She Heeds Her Parents Counsel
and Refuses to see Him,

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, April 49,
The most dastardly deed IN the his
tory of Logan county, was commit
ted to-day near Wharnclffe.
For months Miss Carrie Hatfield,
pretty girl Of 16 years. the only
daughter of Robert Hatfield. prom
inent merchant. has had for her sui
tor clerk in a logging camp near
here, Thos. Holbrook. On account
of his dissipated ways her parents
objected to her receiving his atten
tions. She took their advice, and
to day, when she told him of her par
ents' objections, and refused to see
him again, he pulled revolver and
shot Der in the abdomen. The wound
is mortal one Holbrook has made
his escape.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-04-21
A Pointer for Farmers.

The recent severe cold snap has
played havoc With many crops in the
vest and north west where we have
frequently bought supplies of grain
aud forage.
This is suggestion to our farm
ers Before it is too late let All ar
range to plant large amounts If corn
and whatever else they can raise
with profit, and not only feed our
selves but have to sell to our neigh
bors.
We should never buy. There is nc
reason why we should. Cereals are
more certain here than in the west
but the yield is not so great per acre
The amount Of money sent from
this county alone to the west fol
grain and forage within the past
eighteen months would make bust
ness perfectly easy.
Fifty thousand dollars scattered
through this county now would
make very perceptible difference
Let US never send that amount
again nor any other amount for those
necessaries We have a very pool
excuse for having done so in the pas,
and our experience should teach US
lesson that we will never forget.
We ought to live at home this
year and have great amount o.
stuff to sell. The shortage in many
places will make prices good
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-04-21
sKSaToR CAMDEN.
he viii Do All He Can to Expedite tie
Passage Of the Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON, April, Ii Senator
Camden, WIS speaking to your cor
respondent so day about 5ne recent
proclamation of the Minpes.as de-
mocracy He said that while il was
an anonymous production and there
fore not entitled to as much e1nsid
GRAFTON IS if reputable signatures
we're sffixed to it. be thought it
might be due TO himself Ia take some
notice of il. So far as its structures
applied to him they were absolutely
without any foundation or warrant.
He had never in the slightest degree
undertaken to dictate TO the finance
committee with respect to It's action
on the Wilson tariff bill He had
made no demands. requested no stip-
ulations, exacted no conditions as
the price OF his support. To the
contrary, be had by every means in
his power endeavored to tighten the
difficulties and embarrassmtnts
which beset the committee; be had
aided the members as far as he could
in facilitating the report of she bill
to the Senate. He expected. and had
always expected, to vote for the bill
in whatever shape it was agreed up
on as q party measure, and had not
the most remote ides of separating
himself from the body Of his party
friends. He would leave nothing
undone, so far as he was concerned,
to expedite the passage of the bill.
This very full aud frank statement
of Mr.. Camden, without any doubt,
removes him from the list af .con-
servatives."
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-04-21
A Good Law To Repeal.

The farcical sivil service law which
is now being operated to keep thous-
ands of Republicans in positions
which should be filled by Democrats,
is earnestly recommended to Con-
gross for repeal. Some good, effec-
tive law to prevent incompetent per-
sons from holding official positions
would meet with general approval,
but the provisions of the existing
law are senseless and absurd, and
its enforcement defeats the very OBJ
ject for which it is alleged to have
been enacted.
Under the Harrison administration
thousands of letter carriers were ap-
pointed who stood no examination,
and who were not required to give
any evidence of competency. The
last official act of President Harrison
was to extend the provisions of this
absurd civil service law to these and
other minor office holders. as a result
of which, under the Interpretation of
the law by the civil service commits
sion, none of these carriers may be
displaced. even to be succeeded by
those who have successfully passed
an examination and proven them
selves in every way qualified to hold
the place. Thus the effect of the
law is to keep out of office men who
are proven to be qualified and to
keep in those who have never given
any evidence, such as is required by
this law, as to whether they are
qualified or not.
A private clerk of Democratic
postmaster, some six or eight years
ago proved so efficient at the gener-
al delivery and stamp window of a
West Virginia postoffice that upon
the petition of citizens she was re-
tanned by the Republican postmaster
who followed Through the two ad-
minstrations she maintained her
efficiency and was considered the
best person who was ever in charge
of that department at the office in
question. When the new Democrat
ic postmaster took charge the lady
clerk was asked to take the civil SER
vice examination SC that she might
be paid by the government instead
of out of the postmaster's private
pocket. She took the examination
and failed. She was the best clerk
the Office had ever had but the law
says she is not competent to hold
her job. She still presides at the
stamp window and never makes a
mistake in giving change.
The whole thing is farce. 1t in
no way improves the public service.
1t is simply political job, and the
sooner the measure is repealed the
better it will be for the country as
whole and the cause of Democracy. |
The proper examination of appli-
cants for offlce-a genuine civil SER
vice Reform, with big R-would |
be all right, but the country is sick
of the present law and it can not be
repealed too SOON Wheeling Regis
ter.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-04-21
We Are I'm Good shane

We don't know much about .hard
times IN Morgantown. Money has
been little tight for some months
and some people have thus been
cramped and injured in their bust
ness interests, but the business
outlook this spring is as bright
and CHEEKY as ever in the history of
the town.
We think the indications point to
greater business activity and a
larger volume of business than in
any previous year. There will be
more money invested in building.
There will be more money handled
in business; and there will be larg.
er population directly engaged in
business than ever before.
just what the new railroad con.
nections will bring US, we cant def
initely measure either in value or
kind, but it will be different in re-
suits from any other railroad ever
built 1t it does not bring us more
money, more population, and more
business. The results may come
gradually, but they are sure to come,
and in ways we are not anticipating
and to an extent we do not now con
ceive, and will not, until in "a few
years we begin to sum it up.
The general reaction from business
depression has already set in. Be-
fore another winter the country will
have rallied, and readjusted itself,
season of prosperity, solid and sub
stantial is almost sure to follow. A
little courage and enterprise will en-
able us to catch the boom as it
comes, and share the general pros
perity and activity which is promis-
cd
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-04-21

There are in the United States
over one million wool growers, who
are selling their crop in cut-throat
competition with one another. They
are at the mercy of the pool of wool
buyers agents of the wooden mill
pool, and competition among them
selves drives the price down abso-
lutely to the lowest point. No adj
ditional competition that could be
brought in could by any possibility
drive the price any lower. What
more do the American wool growers
want than the object lessons they
have had for forty years? Has not
every increase in the duty of wool
been followed by decline in it's
price? Is there any wool grower
living to-day who has ever sold his
wool so low as he has been compelled
to sell it under the additional pro-
lection of the Mckinley bill? To buy
the votes of the Republican sheep
raisers who voted in Vermont and
other Republican States, they were
promised boost in the prices of
wool if they would vote for boost
in the prices of products of certain
mills. They took the bride. They
voted for an increase, and they get
their additional protection on wool.
Did it help them? Could they pass
the counterfeits after they got them J?
Did they get good counterfeits? Was
it not all green goods and sawdust?
Here is the profit from page 1856 of
the latest statistical abstract issued
by the Treasury of the price of the
three grades of wool in the Eastern
markets since the changes in the
tariff:
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-04-21
THE oLD GAME.
A Georgia Banker Bites at the Geld
Brick SwindIe.

CHATTANOOGA. TENN, April l6.-
The same old gold brick racket tnEn.
Cd Up here to-day. but The sensation
ass spoiled by the schemers being
scared Off A gold brick swindler
got in With W II. Howard, President
of the First National Bank of Car
tersville. Ga. a next door neighbor
of Sam Jones. aud worked him with
two gold bricks and genuine Indian
one day last week. and Howard came
here TO -dav with $4,000 in cold cash
To purchase an interest in the bricks.
and also in the mine from which the
precious meta was taken. Somehow
the swindlers got scared, and did not
show up to consummate the trade.
Mr.. Howard invoked the aid of the
police to locate his man. and, taking
the Chief of Police to the spot where
the. two bricks were hid, the Chief
tried to explain the swindle, where
upon Howard got very mad and de-
elared that he knew his business,
and would not believe he had almost
been q victim of gigantic swindle
until the bricks were taken to police
headquarters and their true value
exposed. Then Mr. Howard return.
ed home. decidedly crestfallen, and
begging that the matter be kept a
profound secret.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-04-21


The people Of West Virginia evi-
IDENTIFY do not intend % depend alone
on the development of the magnifi-
cent mineral resources OF that State
for its prosperity. They are progres
sive, and intend TO place the little
mountain State in the front rank by
developing it all along the line. A
proof of this purpose was given last
week, when three societies, promising
much good. were organized at Nor
gantown. These were the State Dali
rymen's Association. the West Vir-
ginia Horticultural Society and the
West Virginia Wool Growers and
Sheep Breeders Association. Mr. ID.
G. Hoffman, Of Morgantown, who was
elected president of the Dairy Asso-
citation, read well written paper on
will Dairying Pay in West Virgin
ia?" He showed eonelusively that
IN climate and on a soil which
would produce such excellent grass.
clover, corn and other foods as docs
the State of West Virginia the DAT
rying business might be conducted
with fair profit. Cheese making. a
profitable line of dairying which is
not conducted in the State at all ex-
cept on very small scale in one
place in Wetzel county, was sugges-
ted by Mr.. Hoffman as an industry
which should be built up ia the State
TIE nearness of West Virginia to
markets was cited as another reason
why dairying should prove profitable.
Before the newly formed horticulture.
al association a number of papers
were read by men of experience show
ing that a number of small fruits
can he successfully raised in West
Virginia, with the prospect of profit
in their culture. The object of the
organization of the Wool Growers
and Sheep Breeders Association, as
stated by those taking the leading
part in its organization, is to encour-
age the breeding of improved sheep,
assist breeders in the sale of sheep,
encourage wool growers to improve
their wool and sheep. as well as to
encourage more extensive raising
Of both wool and mutton and to Sc
cure protection against dogs and to
cooperate with other similar State
and national organizations. An in
teresting paper was read by Profes-
sor Brown dealing with the effect of
soil and geological formation in sheep
raising. The soil in the northern
part of West Virginia is said to be
peculiarly adapted to the raising of
fine wool. is the same as that on
which the fine Saxony wool of Prus.
STA is grown and is the largest area
of this soil in the United States east
of the Mississippi.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-04-21
Furniture,
". B. ( ]. H. Smvth,
Merchants and Steamboat Agents
Vaudeville Landing.

During the months of Feb
ruary and March we will sell
ALL GOODS AT REDUCED PRICES.
We have a lot of boots and
shoes that we will sell at 20
and IS percent less than their
value for cash.
We have enlarged our store
room and must get a new
stock and must have room to
show our spring goods.
We still sell salt at sI.oo
per barrel.
We are glad to take good
produce at market prices and
deal with you the same as if
you were paying cash.
Call and see us; we can
save you money.
We want your trade and
will do our best to please you.
Very truly,
W. B. & ]. H. SMYTH,
Vaudeville Landing, West Va.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-04-21
A JUROR GOES CRAZY
And A Wheeling Criminal Case Ends in
Mistrial.
Wheeling Intelligencer


Saturday forenoon the case of Jas.
Bachmann, on trial for abortion on
Ethel Cooper, ended suddenly 10 a
mistrial, the jury being dismissed
without having come to an agree
ment. This was necessitated by the
fact that Joseph Foose, of Twenty
seventh street, a member of the Jury,
had suddenly become insane while in
the jury room. When this was re-
ported to the court and the jury was
brought in, Foose was supported by
two other jurors and was weeping
and muttering incoherently. The
case was adjourned to the May term
and Bachmann released under So. 600
bond. 1t was said the Jury stood
eight for conviction to fonr for &C
quittal.
A juryman told an Intelligencer
reporter yesterday that Foose show
ed strange symptoms soon after re-
firing to the room. He suddenly re-
marked, after period of morose 81
lence:
"There is no use wasting time; l
am guilty. / would like to see my
family before / die"
All efforts to clear his mind of this
insane delusion were in vain. He
would Cry for an hour at time, and
insisted that he was to be killed
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-04-21

TneTTihune Processes 10 fad in tue
recent elections '-the answer Of the
people to the Democratic tariff.
The voters, it adds, want the Tar
if bill killed and tariff agitation
stopped" Perhaps the Tribune
really believes this, and perhaps it
is only beating the party tomtom.
Either way it prevents perfectly
plain lesson.
The voters are disguised not be-
cause tariff bill is proposed but be
cause it has not been passed They
never rendered clearer or more en-
phatic verdict than they rendered
in 1890 and 1892 in favor of tariff
reform. This verdict was rendered
after ample discussion, and was
reiterated after second campaign
in which it was practically the sole
issue. 1t was transient sentiment
due to temporary causes. 1t was rem
dered during a business calm after
long period of unusual prosperity.
The -~tional Judgment of the people
was appealed To. and they decided
in favor of tariff reform.
Had their decision been made op.
eratiye at once-had Mr. Cleveland,
called Congress together early in
1898 in order To make it operative
the .revulsion of feeling" of which
the Tribune speaks would never
have occurred. The disgust that
manifested Itself in the elections is
with the delay aud with the shiftv
and dishonest politicians who are
trihipg with the peoples mandate
for reform. A fortnight of honest,
vigorous and straightforw action
by Congress, of kind that would
make tariff reform vital. would
change the whole situation
The Tribune shorld not deceive
itself or its readers. The Tariff
bill will be passed. That accom-
plished, the disgust of Democrats
with their Congressional represen-
tatiyes will wear off Business will
adjusts itself to the new conditions.
A period Of trade activity and great
prosperity is sure TO follow. The
conservative sentiment of the cnun
try will align itself with the exist
ing order. In 1896, if the Repubi
cans are fatuous enough to make an
issue of the revival of McKinleyism,
the verdict of 1892 will be repeated
and emphasized World.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-04-21
BURIED ALIVE.
A Y0nng Girl Meets Death In It's Mos,
Horrible Form.

Sioux CITY, Ia. April IA few
days ago the fifteen yearo old daugb
ter of j. Luckish, of Cresco, had "A
tooth pulled while under the infiu-
ence of an an3sthetic The next
morning she was found dead in bed.
The following day she was buried.
Two or three days later some oil
the friends of the family, who feared
that she mad been buried too soon.
secured the permission of the parents
to have the grave opened, and then
it was found that the girl had been
buried alive.
The glass of the coffin was broken
to fragments. The body was fear
fully contorted, the hands cut and
blood stained and the hair torn out
The girl had turned over and the
body lay face downward.