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The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-05-17
State EpwOrth League Confer
ence.

The youngest child of Method
ism is the Epworth League, the
object of which is the promotion
of piety and loyalty to the church
among the young people, their ed
ucation in the Bible and christian
literature and their encouragement
in works of grace and charity.
The first general meeting Of
these societies of the two Confer
ences in Mississippi was held in
Grenada, May 9-12. There was
large atteudence Of delegates and
visitors from various portions of
the State and much interest and
enthusiasm was manifested
throughout the exercises. Bishop
Galloway, Rev. 5 A Steel, general
secretary and editor Of the Epworth
Era and Judge l.. H. Estes, of
Memphis, We're present and deliv-
cred inspiring addresses.
A State organization was effected
with the election Of the following
Offices President, Prof. Il. W.
Jones, State University; 1st Vice
Pres. Rev. J. A. Randolph,
Greenvil.e; 2nd Vice Pres, DR.. !.
G. Ballard, Natchez; 3rd Vice
Pres, Miss Matte Darlington,
Crystal Springs; Secretary, Rev.
7. B. Clifford, CourtIanl; Cores
pondtng secretary and treasurer,
Rev. II. ". Bailey, Hazelhurst.
&. w. BACHMAN.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-05-17

the furore over these books to that
excited by the appearance of "Un-
Gle Toms Cabin" in the stirring
days of the fight over slavery; yet,
famous as this latter hook was and
is, it reached q total of only 49,
600 copies. and the "Coin" books
are now confidently expected to
turn the l 100000 mark long be-
fore November, 1896.
Arrangements have just been
concluded for the translation of
these books into German, Scandi-
navian and Bohemian, to still fur
ther broaden their avenues of ac-
cess to the masses.
The orders ON which shipments
are now being made come, practi-
cally, from every State in the Un
ion; only last week shipments were
made on orders from Paris end
London respectively; from farmers
and country storekeepers the de.
mand has spread to the cities and
to men in public life--Senator
Vest, of Missouri, for instance,
having had 500 copies forwarded
to him at Washington and the
Western News Company of Chica-
60 has its hands full attending to
the daily shipments; every copy
that the printer runs of the presses
is sold in advance; the only day
for weeks IN which the presses had
Continued on page g.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-05-17

The st. Louis Post-DiSpatch
states the following facts about Mr.
Harvey and his books:
Harvey. author of the Coin"
books, was educated in a country
loghouse school and a rustic
academy in West Virginia
Raised on q farm and did all kinds
of work from planting corn to rak-
ing chaff behind the threshing ma
chine He looks it.
At the age of sixteen he taught
school in the same stretch OF coun-
trv. You can look at him now
and place him before the old-fash-
ioned blackboard. with an arith-
metic in one hand and piece of
chalk in the other, without the
slightest suggestion of incongruity
with his surroundings.
He afterward made a moderate
success and a moderate CT m )etency
as a lawyer, having studied law in
an office, lacking the more preten-
tious training of law school.
You would take him for just such
a man.
Then he made more money by
going out West and investing in
Denver real estate, upon which he
realized in cash at the right time,
so that at about the age Of forty
he is now forty-thre he was
"well off :" He has never lost
any OF the little competency thus
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-05-17

but did not fire becals Anderson
was holding McKechney. TIE
matter was then dropped.
The recent prominence acquired
by w. H. Harvey, author Of
Coin" the similarity of the ini-
tails and other circumstances re.
Gently set Messrs. Anderson and
McCool to thinking that he and
the Harvey who was in KoSciusko
were one and the same. His his
tory corresponds in every particu-
lar with that of the other. The
one who was in Kosciusko either
came here or wrote here from Gal.
lipolis, Ohio, and the record shows
that the author of Coin" was mar
ried there Both were West Vir.
ginians, both were lawyers, both
went West, and both went to live
in Chicago. On the whole there
is no reason to doubt that the ia.
nous author Of "Coin," and the
other Harvey Were identical.
The published picture of w. H.
Harvey, of Coin fame, is recog-
nized as bearing resemblance to
the lawyer who was here by those
who remember the latter, among
them, c L Anderson, J F McCool,
J A Davis, B F Beauchamp, G W
Crowder. All of them say that
the face in the picture is broader
than it ought to be; but the accom-
panying verbal description says
that Harvey is thin-faced. Other
points of description, the color of
his hair and mustache, his habit of
biting cigars, etc, are recognized
by all. Mr.. Harvey, while here,
seems to have made "a good I'M
preston on those who met him.
Mr.. Anderson now possesses sew
eral autograph letters from him on
business meters.
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-05-17

In one large, plain room on the
second floor of the big Office build
ing at No. 1l5 Monroe street, Chi
cagO, force of three men, three
young women and , boy were hard
at work when the Sunday Post
Dispatch correspondent entered.
The visitor noted the scene with
more than usual interest, because :,
under existing circumstances, it
forms link in series Of pictures
from real life likely to become fa-
nous in the history Of this coun-
try.
The plain. unassuming and bus
iness-llke office was that of Will
liam Hope Harvey, author of
COINS Financial School" and "A
Tale of Two Nations" and "Co.n's
Financial School Up to Date"
three books to which are now Civ
en- the credit by friends and enc
mics alike of having revolutionized
the sentiment of hundreds of
thousands of Americans on the
question of free silver coinage and
the reconciliation OF silver.
On tie day preceding the Post
Dispatch correspondents visit the
shipments of these remarkable
book; on order, from the country
had amounted to that. day alone to
a total of something over II, 400
copies.
The total sale of the series to
date had reached the grand aggre-
gate Of 100000 copies, and Of this
COINS Financial School'sr circu.
lation was 350,000. OF late it has
been a common thing to compare
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-05-17
FROM ARKANSAS.
A kOSciHSkOan Tells Of
What he Secs.
THE ACREAGE OF COTTON.
The Man Who Has Planted Little
Corn and Much Cotton
Should Beware.
THE ACREAGE OF COTTON.
Newport, Ark, May II, 1895.

D' BN''' -A''N'' -'"y - 'C'''
EDITOR starr left home at
$50 o'clock y m on the Sth, inst,
and reached tins place at $50 on
the 9th. The schedule of railroad
arrivals and departures have great
ly improved of late. You reach
Durant about 4 o'clock and remain
not more than five minutes, when
you board train from New Or
leans directly through without
change to Memphis. which place
you reach at $40 p m.
1t was raining at Kosciusko
when | left, and continued to rain
North as far as Batesvllle. 1t did
not continue 10 rain until | got
there, but that was about the point
that the rain ceased.
After | had moved out from
home a short distance, the thought
occurred to me that as there had
been said so much about the neces-
sity of a reduction in the acreage
of cotton and increase of corn, ETC.,
that | would, as well as it was
possible on running train, see
how we'll the planters had observ.
ed the advice given through the
various means employed to educate
them and intended to promote the
general prosperity Of the South.
| take it for granted that what
saw along the line Of railway from
my starting point to the end of my
journey is an average OF the cotton
growing section Of this country. |
it is | would say to the man o.
men who have planted their crops
with the idea on their brain tha
others have made the instruction.
given the basis of their actions an,
have planted the larger portion o
there crop in corn, so that there vii
be a large surplus more than tn,
producers can consume, and OF
account of the large surplus of corr
and small crop of cotton planted
that cotton will bring q high pric
next season and that corn can b
bought at "a very low price; tha
they had better change that ide
by going down in their bottom
fields and plow up enough cottoI
and plant in corn to assure suill
Gle ccy of bread to feed the dea
wife and children.
| am fully satisfied that cotton i
king and yet controls the acts {
men who engage in planting
expected to see tar proportion c
oats, but did not. That may b
attributed to the hardness of tn
winter and lateness before tn
thaw. What | did see locke
more looked like March than Ma
oats.
| do not think | ever saw til
corn crop SO universally small a
this season o: the year. 1t Is look
ing we'll, and if the ground piante
makes an average yield, there wi
be plenty to supply the wants c
the country.
| have never seen finer stands 0
; cotton. With but few exceptions, i
was sown with planters, and stand
densely thick in the drills. Tn
acreage of cotton is greater tha
the corn, and is generally on TIL
best lands. Had the rainnot falle
SO propitiously as to melt the cart
lifted by the cotton as it came u
and settled it around the tende
roots of the plants it would hav
died considerably, as it is it stand
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-05-17
Registration Notice.

l, !. H. Sullivant, Circuit Clerk
and Registrar for Attala country.
will visit the several voting pre-
cinct and places herein named in
said county for the purpose OF reg
tering all persons who are qualihed
to register, that have not register
ed since the first day of May, 1892,
and to register all other voters who
have changed their voting pre-
cincts since their registration and
who are qualified to register under
the law. There will be no regis
tration of voters in the Circuit
Clerks office, during the time lam
absent from June I to June 20,
1906:
BEAT I.
Ethel, Tuesday, June (. 1896
BEAT 2.
McCool, Wednesday, June 5.
1895.
Liberty Chapel. Thursday, June
6, 1895,
Pecler's Mil, Friday, June 7
1906.
BEAT 5.
Rochester Saturday June S,
1895.
Briscoe's rStore, for New Provi-
dence Monday, June 10, 1895.
John Kelly's Store-Tuesday,
June II, 1905.
Rocky Point-Wcdnesday. {une
II, 1895.
BEAT ].
Sails Thursday, June IS, 1895
Newport Friday, June H. 1895
Shrock--- Saturday, IS. 1895.
BEAT 5.
Monday, June II.
1895,
Ebenezer Tuesday, June is,
1895,
Providence Wednesday, June
10, 1895.
Thompson's School House
Thursday, June 20, 1895.
]. H. SULLlVANT,
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-05-17
|ID AUTHOR OF COIN.
4 Harvey Once a Visitor to
KoSciuskO.
rxCITING ENCOUNTER
IAN harvey and John Nc
y s..huey--A Biographical
sketch.

these days when w. H. Har-
snthor OF "Coin's Financial
ow and other free silver
- is SO much discussed, it
MT be without interest to our
I,,s to know that he was once
iosciusko and that VIII lie here
,as the center of a most exclt-
scene.
hs first that our citizens ever
N Of Mr.. Harvey was in 1884,
\ he came down to Jackson to
psent so ne Illinois ..railroad
Droceeding against John Nc
buey. a well known contractor.
,sm that echney had had
ntract to bull6 certain bridges
uestles for the Illinois road.
the settlement the railroad
med that McKechney swindled
n out of something like S1OO,-
Before any action was taken,
lever. McKechney came Oft
IN to Mississippi.
he Governor of Illinois issued
nsition papers for, him,
ch Governor Lowry, of this
Z, honoreu, and McKechney
arrested. The latter employ
Hon j. F. McCool, of this
s, and Judge S. 5. Calhoon to
resent him. Mr.. Harvey came
|n from Illinois as attorney for
railroad.
be object of Messrs. Calhoon
McCool was to obtain the re-
eof their client, while Mr..
yey wanted to take him back
Illinois for trial.
was necessary to get Gov.
ry to revoke his warrant for
Rechney's arrest. and the lat
lawyers resolved to procure
vi d e n C e in
eae by trying it before Judge
alton. The contention of the
nse was that the Illinois rail-
was endeavoring to collect a
\ by criminal process. The
ring occupied nearly a week, at
close of which Judge Wharton
d that he had no jurisdiction
he case.
ust here McKechney came very
losing his case by his alleged
mpt to bribe some official with
I'm greenbacks.
be evidence secured in the
before Judge Wharton was
before Gov. Lowry, who re-
|ed his warrant and McKechney
released. Mr.. Harvey left
kson feeling very sore over his
Eat.
he following year (1SS5) Me.
rhney was in Kosciusks furnish.
timber and building bridges
The railroad that was then be.
oullt troln Kosciusko to Aber
D. While here ne began a civ
ut MA against W. H. Harvey fol
'M damages for malicious
secution.
ialVty come to Kosciusko t(
sha The suit, and employed An
y "n !, y Davis to represent him
y v " Scarborough represented
A.echney. The case never cam,
MAI; but was dragged along anc
Ay dropped. ."
Dns aav. however, while depo
'us were being taken in the of
VI butt Il Scarborough befor,
u,re James H. Wallace, wht
@en Justice of the Peace, Nc
'aaey and Harvey passed som,
!, aOrds between them and a per
encounter ensued. McKech
was much larger than Harvey
!. M athlete; heclinched with tn,
~ ,hfe" him to the floor an(
W s,,ued TO pommel his face. Th'
W., W., anticipating some shooting
IoS ,sa promiscuously. Col. G
eS""s S"usfson stepped up to Nc
una Iey y and, locking his arml
,,.s wv 'ae , latter, pulled him off
"' ofew his pistol as he rose
The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-05-17
Highest of all in Leavening Power-Latest u Report
R3H!aa!!! g! RRskiHS Rs&asSz
ABSOLUTELY PURE

ready for the plow and hoe.
trusting this may find YOU well
and that all things in which you
have an interest may prosper.
! remain as ever your friend,
|. w. SCARBOROUGH
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acquired, being practical and
cool headed man. This he looks
from top to toe.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-27

The New General Atlas, which has
been running In parts with the lntelli-
Ecncer, Is now completed. 1t can be
had In the original ten parts for ONE
DOLLAR, or bound In one volume for
ONE DOLLAR AND TWENTY-FIVE
CENTS. AZ these prices the atlas Will
be sent, expressaEe paid, TO any point
In the country We believe that no at
las OF equal value has ever been offered
in this country ut anything like as low
a price. The geoEraph OF the world
was never OF greater interest than now.
The national disturbances In the Orient
and in Europe make reliable atlas
almost q necessity In every reading
family, The publishers, Mcssrs. Rand,
McNally & Company, claim for this
ono that II is complied from the very
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country through which II passed n
bowling wilderness, and the fact that
there IL not dozen prosperous cities
ranging IN population from 10000 TO
so, 900 people between the Ohio river ana
Baltimore Is due alone TO the freight
rates established by this road II de-
voted all It's energies 10 capture the
through freight, aud TO do II In the face
OF all competition II had to reduce the
rate below paying basis, and II en-
deavored to make up this loss from the
local business, Mr. Mayer changed THIS
as much as II was possible to do, but no
has held down by that sentiment whlch
still dominated the board OF directors,
and could not do enough 10 show much
increase In the revenues, But what was
done has borne fruit and II shows clear
ly that the road should encourage local
enterprises and not bind every energy
to the carrying OF through freight which
1t has 10 do either at a loss or at u very
low rate.
The people along the line of the road
would welcome any change that would
give us equal rates with the outside
world. We care not who the new presi-
dent Is so he is u man broad enough to
see the advantage Of encouraging local
business 30 as In u short time TO bring u
up to the carrying capacity OF the road
We want man who will say to the
latent enterprise along the road to 80 10
work, start new enterprises, develop the
country. open up your mines, start the
fires in your furnaces, and l VIII take
your products TO the markets In compe-
tltion with the world Such policy
would give new life to the country hong
the line OF the road New enterprises
would spring up. old ones would be re-
vived and It would not be long before
the road would be taxed to It's utmost
capacity Nowhere In the country are
there such advantages for manutac-
tories or for mining as are offered by
the country through which the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad passes, and moth
INK has prevented II from being great
manufacturing center but the rates OF
freight Imposed. Let this policy be
changed and new life would be Infused
into all OF our people and the business OF
the road both In passengers and freight
would soon be increased one hundred
fold. The business OF this section could
receive no Gift that they would prize
more highly than the inauguration OF
more liberal policy on the part OF the
Baltimore q Ohio railroad.
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A BOLD DESERTER,
BYJOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
Copyright, 1879
SYNOpSIS.

At the beginning Of the civil war
there resided IN Hillsborough, Ca, u
poor widow, known for miles around as
Aunt Sally. Her son, a lad OF twenty,
whom everybody called Billy Cochran,
was a great favorite, especially With
Major GOolshy, n wealthy planter,
whose dead wife had been nursed
by Aunt Sally. When, therefore the
boy was taken as recruit to the con-
federnte army, tho major threatened
and delled the conscript officer; but IL
was OF no avail. and little Billy was
forced to so, When no arrived at the
confederate camp, Private Chadwick,
the drillmaster, who at once liked the
the boy, took him 10 his tent; and there,
subsequently they read the letter which
Miss Mary Goolsby, the majors daugh'
ter, wrote to Billy for his mother, One
night, about Christmas time, the boy
received news that his mother was very
M, and asked his friend II he could get
a furluugh.
"There amt but one way for con-
script to leave this camp, and that Is TO
desert" said Chadwick,
Next day little Billy was missing.
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JOS. HORNE &GO.,


Get a BroldSlds Cut that will
find this BrOadolOth Dept, with
buyers, and empty shelves of
iirst,class goods in such a way
as no store ever experienced,
Every pieceof these handsome
goods imported from best for
eignmanufactu s,all choicest
shades-delicate tan, nile and
other evening tints-and all
staple colors on the tashiona,
blelist- beautifulquality, firm,
close weaye-$2, 81 80 and $S
goods, so and "a inches wide,
without exception, every piece
in shelves reduced to
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THE B, 4 0. CHANGE.
what the People Along the LINE In West
virginia want-A Mere Liberal Policy


what the People Along the LINE In West
virginia Want-.A More Liberal Policy
Demanded.
Fairinont Index: The resignation of
President Mayer ,ot the Baltimore &
Ohio rallroad, shows that there will be n
change In the management OF the rond.
who win be the new president Is ns yet
u matter Of conjecture but he VIII be
selected 10 please some New York bank
res who are willing to loan the company
quite sum Of money should they he
pleased with the new president.
For come time the management OF tho
road has not been pleasing TO n large
part OF the stockholders II has not
been making money. AZ a recent meet
Ing of the stockholders four now dlrcc-
tors were put on the board OF directors,
which was tho nrEt public intimntlon
that there was trouble In the company
Wa do not prctenc to be railroad men,
but II seems To III that the policy OF tho
Baltimore 4 Ohio has been wrong for
many ycnrs. Up TO tho time Mr. Mayer
assumed control OF affairs the policy
pursued towards the country through
which II passed. was simply ruinoils
Tho road IN 10 that time appeared to be
against any enterprise that started
nlong liz line and ly every means posi- +.
bio II discouraged the Establishment OF
enterprises and the development OF tho
country. ny Ia unjust freight rates II
seemed 10 bo determined 10 make the
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n YOU have amy intention Of going 10
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NOTICE.

NoTlcE'
The regular annual meeting Of tho
stogkholdsrs o. Re Riverside lror, Works
Jsntsr ~ y, iSSS. at i:3o .. m. Tor ikc
siectioii of board Of directors and the
trnnaaciiOn OF any other business that
may H. presented, ~ this meeting, IN
Accordance with tho resolution passed by
th6 hoard OF Directors Of tho RlyctHlde
Iron Works, on the 18th day OF December
iipI, thNfe will be submitted 70 tho hald
annual meeting of the stockholders II the
EivgrIlle iron Works 10 DO held on tho
fourth "Wednesday the said 7d day Of
January, 400. resolution 10 extend the
Time on the continuance OF the charter OF
ihe NlyHfalde Iron Works from tn date
nYed for lie expiration IN said charter
10 tho 18th day OF October, a, d. 1871 a
infther resolution will BE- offered NJ said
mfotlnE Ia incrcnHe from tho surplus
flind vi said company tho capital stock
on the Riverside Iron Works from iltlqln
10 twenty thousand shares and TO divide
Tho number Of shares 70 Increased or
added 10 the original capital stock atnonB
the stockholders IN lrOpOitOln 20 Their
holdings Of stock In tho HlverHlde Iron
Works. NJ the tImg Of said meeting,
JOHN u. crbbEHTAON. 3
Secretary
December %, 1906. des0.t
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