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The free press., 1895-01-17

to land immigration matters in the
South, furnished by W. G. Rinear-
son, general passenger agent of the
@. g.. c. Route:
Olive Nelson, Minocqua, Wis.
Chas. Howe, Midland, Mich.
H. Denny, Gordon, Neb.
Henry Denny, Albany, Neb,
j. NJ. Wilson, Richmond, Ind.
Timothy Wilson, ::
Web. Parry, -"
i. B. Arnold, Yubee, Mich.
G. A. Hanson, Howell, ="
Robt. Stone, wyanott, 3"
G. O. A. Anderson, Euclid, Mlnn.
0. s. Bush, wyland, Mich.
VIM. II. Hess, Elliottstown, III.
A. g. Mendell, Superior, Neb.
G. S. Stalker, Summit City, Mich.
John Wildnau, Montour, Iowa.
Fred G. Brehm, Addison, N. Y.
VIM. Sturgis, Sturgis, Mich.
John Harsch, Elkhart, Ind.
John Landes, Halstead, Kansas.
Nils. Knese, Devereaux, N. Y.
Mr.. Fred Zinkgraf, Of Meridian,
and Miss Vic Dobson, Of Poplar
vile, we're married at the residence
of the BRIDES parents at 1l:3O a. H.,
Sunday, January, 13, 1895, J. A.
Moody, J. F.. officiating.
Mr.. Zinkgraf is a prosperous
merchant tailor of Meridian, and
the bride is ylYacious and at~
tractive young lady, who will prove
loving helpmate. The FREE
PRESS wishes them success and
happiness. Mr.. Zinkgraf and bride
left on the Sunday evenings train
tor Meridian, their future home.
We commenced, last week, the
mailing of statements to our subs
scriberS and other debtors, and
will continue the work until all the
readers of the FREE PRESS are
similarly favored. Our duties have
been promptly and faithfully per~
formed for the past four years, and
a prompt remittance of the small
amounts due by each subscriber is
hopefully and confidently expected.
Be Just and punctual in this respect
and we will be able to serve you
with neater and better paper in
the near future.
On Saturday last Ed. Sbivers
thoughtlessly rested the muzzle of
his % callbre rifle, which was
cooked, upon his right foot The
rife was in some manner dlscharg-
ed, the ball entering his foot be-
tween the instep and great toe.
Dentist Bilbo extracted the ball,
and Ed. now walks with a graceful
limp. Ed. has also been carrying
a broken arm in a sling for ten
weeks. Wonder what will next
happen to our young friend !
Harris Rawls, who is logging on
Pearl River, spent several days
of the week with his home folks
here. On Christmas day Mr.. Rawls
and several friends caught $50 fish
fine white perch and Dream.
The recently elected officers of
Sherrard Byrd Masonic Lodge were
installed on Saturday. All the old
officers were reelected, a list of
same haylng already been publish"
ed.
The Picayune has our thanks for
several beautiful 1895 calendars-
Just the article we wanted. The
little frog calendar is unique and
particularly attractive. We are
also under obligations to the same
paper for "Notable events OF the
year 1894"
The free press., 1895-01-17
uc"ITHE THE GEORGIA. ALA
puSINESS COLLEGE,,

/. Ca. conceded 10 be the
foa' y, and most practical IN the
~ !. civ Giving a Business, Short
W. Sosrmal. Telegraph or Pen
p ..,se tor s25 90 and board at
4 s''I also giving to one wor6hy
;. a;rl IN each county a full
E,'.a at once enclosing stamps
psnlculars.
The free press., 1895-01-17

Ripans Tabules cure fatulence.
Ripans Tabules cure bad breath.
The free press., 1895-01-17

Poplarville, Miss.
WHY YOU SHOULD LOCATE
IN MISSISSIPPI.
1t is a country of rich and pros
ductlve soil.
You will live longer aud haYe
better health.
Fuel costs nothing but the labor
Of cutting it.
Lumber only costs 81 to $40 per
thousand feet.
You can make a living easier
and get rich faster.
Taxes are less than half as much
as in the North.
1t costs so little to obtain a home
where land is so cheap.
LIVE stock requires but little
shelter in this mild climate.
The winters do not get cold
enough to spoil your garden.
The seasons are regular and there
is meyer q crop failure.
There is more pleasure in living
every month in the year.
The winter does not consume
what the summer produces.
You can cultivate crop with
less work than in the north,
1t is the best country known for
man of moderate means.
The climate ia more uniform; no
extremes Of heat and cold.
There Is market throughout the
year for all farm products.
You have every day in the year
for profitable out~door work.
You can plant and harvest some.
thing every month in the year,
There are more and better oppor-
tunities for profitable farming.
The climate will cure lung trou-
bles, dyspepsia and rheumatism.
You will be better satisfied with
your lot here than in the north.
Everything grown elsewhere can
be grown here more abundantly.
The summers are cooler than IN
the north; sunstrokes are unknown.
Manufacturing can bs done cheap
er, owing to cheap raw material.
All general farm crops sell for
more money in the south than in
the north.
The country is not secured by
cyclones, devastating storms and
blizzards.
Public schools and all kinds of
churches will be found IN every
community.
You can get two field crops or
three vegetable crops every year
from the same land.
The soil is easier worked, and
there is, everywhere. clay subs oil
to retain moisture.
The south produces greater va.
riety OF grasses and clover, either
for pasture or hay, than the north.
You can build houses and barns,
and otherwise improve your prop"
erty for less than half the cost in
the north.-Southern Facts.
The newspapers of this State do
entirely too much free advertising
for politicians and office seekers
and too much cheap advertising
for others. These are two of the
reasons, not to mention others Of
like character, which have forced
so many country editors to wear
their summer suits during thela
freezing weather.
H. P. Weiss (ClipA the ubiqui~
tous and popular correspondent of
the Picayune, was in town Tuesday
representing the interests of his
magnificent journal. "Olip' favor.
cd us with a pleasant social call.
Some person not having the
fear of the law In his mind, cut
and carried off the courthouse well
rope and threw the bucket into the
we'll.
Carlton Cornwell, foreman OF the
Gazette, Middleton, N. j., believes
that Ohamb erlain's Cough Remedy
should be in every home. lie used
it for a cold and it effected a speedy
cure. He says: "It is indeed a
grand remedy, l can recommend to
all. l have also seen it used for
whooping cough, with the best re-
Suits" % and so cent bottles for
sale by Poplarville Drug Co.
DIR. j. B. PLEAsANTs, a dentist
The free press., 1895-01-17

/ INFRINGEMENT FEES.
.nist. and State Candidates, S15
fO'o" O,.y candidates. $5
/. Y Rs,t e and Town Candidates, $3.50
|, 'D.nonocements D cash in advance.
The free press., 1895-01-17

TtacherS' Training Glass
Of the PoPLARvILLE HIGH
SCHOOL, March 4 to April IL,
1896.
Just the place to prepare for a
better certificate. A feast of good
things for The ambitious, progress.
i've teacher.
I-Review Of all the public school
branches.
II-Six written examinations.
uI--Theory and Practice OF
Teaching.
IV-Roupd Table conferences.
Send for circulars.
w. I. THAMES,
Poplarville, Miss.
The free press., 1895-01-17
TO HORSE OWNERS.

For putting horse in fine healthy con-
dition try DIR. Cady's Condition Powders.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss OF appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving
new life to an old or over worked horse. 25
cents per package. For sale by druggists,
Poplarviile Drug Company,
The free press., 1895-01-17

ohamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment
Is certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes,
Granulated Eye Lids, Sore Nipples Piles.
Eczema, letter, Salt Rheum and Scald Head,
% cents per box. For sale by druggists.
The free press., 1895-01-17
j. K. DONOVAN'S DEATH.

In referring to the dealh of Mr..
Kelly Donovan, which sad event
occurred early on the morning of
the Sth inst, the New Orleans Pic.
ayune says:
Many friends are called upon to
mourn the untimely death J. Kelly
Donovan, which occurred at Pop
larville, Miss, on Tuesday morning.
MIR. Donovan was one Of the valued
staff which Mr.. Q. w. Rich had
gathered about him at his extensive
mill, and there we're mono more
popular with employers and the
men wh 20 labor for their success.
Genial and generous, stanch, brave
and true, all who knew him were
devoted to him. Few among them
dreamed that death had marked
him for it's own. Only short
time ago his strength suddenly be-
gan to leave him and confined him
to his bed. Then it was that the
physicians discovered that CON-
sumption had developed, and that
the malady was making such rapid
lnroads that there was no chance
to saye his life. and closed his eyes
upon the sunlight with the smile of
resignation, regretting only that he
was compelled to leave so much
sorrow behind him. Mr.. Dono-
vans memory is cherished by fa-
ther, mother, sister and brothers,
besides large circle of friends who
delighted in his fellowship"
The following is the 18th list of
people making inquiries in regard
to land immigration matters in the
South, furnished by W. Q. Rinear-
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30
What it Would DO.

Private monopoly of and private
speculation in the ownership Of land
have produced such an artificial scare
ity of land in the United States that
wherever good lew land is opened free
for settlement the landless people
fairly fight for its possession. By tax
ing the full rental value of land into
the public treasury both private mo
nopoly and private speculation in land
would be abolished, and there would
be found to be from ten to twenty
times as much land in the United
States as the people now here reall!
to support them in comfort 1nG
comparative luxury, for then nCons
would or could proitably hold land
which he did not wish to use himself.
And every one would be compelled tc
live by his own work, instead Of a,
now living off the labor of some other,
who pays him part of his earnings fo'
the privilege of using land that is hell
for speculation.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30
"HiXh Flyfn Rslagion.s


1t stands to reason with me that a
mar born OF woman never could git
any too much religion-providin of
course that he went and got the right
sort But nevertheless and notwith-
standin at the same time, in the run of
my day and generation I have struck
up with some men that had too tremen-
dnis much religion such as it was.
Wfensomever you see q man runnir
his religion too deep and too steep-on
the high and holy plan, you under
stand-it will pay to keep your off eye
on him continually all the time. The
man which wants everybody to under
stand that he is a-hole tremendous big
sight better than the man that hewed
the logs and split the puncheons and
built the first church-he ha. got more
religion OF a sorry and pecurious sort
than the law allows. Cause Why I?
Well, l have zen the thing tried, and
1t is q mighty poor go no matter how
you turn the water on. Old Deacon
Joiner is n Of our high-headed and
holy sort in regards to religion. He
has went and took up a fool notion that
il it want for him the world, the flesh
and the devil would bust up the plan
of salvation right now presently. and
turn the earth into a waste howIin will
derness inside of three weeks, you I'M
derstand. The Deacon has got SO ever
much Of this skin-deep. milk-and-
cider, high-fyin religion till by gra.
cious It does q sight more harm than
good for him, as we'll a. other people.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30
Why? Why7 Whys
Tax Reform:

cultOF lax heLO.I!:
One of the statements made in thu
supreme court decision declar ing in.
come tax unconstitutional is: "Ths
power to tax is the power to Destroy
This is true of everything that is taxa
BILE except land values. Tax housea
and there will be fewer houses built
Tax factories and there will be fewe,
factories. A tax on bicycles would dc.
crease their use. Tax any industry
and your discourage it. But tax land
values aud it will not decrease them
but only increase the supply OF land
for use.-H. H. Law.
Will our friend please explain VIII.
his proposed tax or land values will
operate entirely different from the
way that all other taxes operate. VIVA.
peculiar power does this tax on rent
possess that does not apply to othe,
taxes? Let us have a brief. succinot
answer.-(ED.)
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is a
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Go. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30
How to Get Good Roads.

The practical advantages of good
roads are strikingly set forth by p
writer in L~ippincott's Magazine, thu
vicinity of Moorestown, in New Jer.
sey. being selected as an illustration.
This is in Burlington county, ZEN milea
from Philadelphia. Radiating from
Moorestown are twenty-fcur miles OF
good macadamized roads, built by an
issue Of town bonds and by means Of
the state aid law of 1891. Before these
roads were constructed real estate in
the neighborhood of Moorestown was
absolutely dead. Since they were built
it is much in request, and near the
town almost city prices have been paid
for land. The contrast in this respect
between Moorestown and other towps
possessing equal natural advantages is
great. Furthermore, instead Of four
horse wagons built to carry fifty
tive-eighths bushel baskets, farm-
ers t~hereabout now use two.
horse wagons carrying 1s5 baskets OF
the same size. Arguments of this kind
"a not fail to make an Impression on
the minds of people in all farming
communities. just the same results as
at Moorestown might not follow every
where, but something approximating
to them surely would if good roads
were provided. The long md short OF
the matter is that good roads pay.-N.
Y. Tribune. '--
(As the benefit of good roads seems
to be mainly to the land owner, it
would not be unreasonable to tax the
increased land value to pay for them.
-ED.)
How Unequal Assessments Work.
To the Editor of the World:
Illustrative of the operation of une
quail assessments take this typical case:
Smith has a lot worth $40, 900 with 500
900 worth Of improvements on it. Jones
has Il vacant lot alongside worth SEQ.
0oo. Smith is taxed . per cent. on a IS
per cent. valuation-s6o0 per annum
Jones' tax is . per cent. on a "5 per
cent. valuation-$1Oo. The difference
$500 is de facto a tax against Smiths
improvements, and, assuming he can
get a rental of 81. 5OOas h~ouse-owner, is
equivalent to an income a of 33k per
cent.
This explains why rents are exorbi.
tant and over sevei{teen thousand lota
are vacant in the Pity. A property
owner can seldom ret more than 6 or Z
per cent. on improved property. TN.
improved lots will net at least 5 per
cent. without any trouble whatever on
the part of the owner. Strict enforce
ment of the tax laws would stimulate
improvement, employ idle capital, give
employment to the ninety-two-odd
trades concerned in house-buildiny.
bring down rents to a normal figure
and increase population.
GEO. SULLIVAN.
New York, July 8.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30
RICH MEMS PERSONAL TAX.

Only SO New Workers Pay on 1 or
Nor. Of Personally. Nineteen Estates
that Fay on $500 or More. Jay
Gouid's Name Heads that List. The
Astors Head the Other.
There are only about IS 1900 tax
payers in the city who pay personal
tax. So far as real estate assessments
are concerned it is difficult to deter
mine the amour OF property on which
certain persons are assessed, for the
assessment is made on the property
and not in the name of the n In
the case of personal assessments, how
ever, there can be no mistake. for the
books show just how much personally
the Tax Commissioners have deter
mined certain individuals shall pay
tax ON. The list obtained yesterday
from the tax rolls for 1895, will give a
new idea to the general public of the
character of the wealth of the city's
representative wealthy men.
They may be surprised when they
read that Mayor Strong, who is classed
among the m~illionaires, pays tax on
only sos, 900 of personal property; that
nov. DlOIUOu anu hIIlICslI " NAieiISS,
two other millionaires, are assessed on
but $50, 600 each; that the Vanderbilts
and the Goulds are assessed only on
hundreds of thousands Of dollars.
while the Astors pay on millions In
the list they will read anne which
they never before had heard of and
wonder why it is that these persons
are assessed for so much more than
Carnegie.
Here is a list of some of the principal
payers of personal tax in this city. 1t
includes all those MISUNDERSTANDING
six in number-assessed for 500, 600 or
more. liable to personal tax:
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

NJ tellin anybody whether Katy did
or didn't when the fruit and water
melons, and the roastingears and chick
ems are all ripe unto the harvest.
now that's the time for meetins-.for
THESE big p%rotracted mectins in these
plain old country churches. where there
amt SO everlastln many frills and fancy
trlmmins-where they seek old-time re-
iigion whilst they sing old-fa shion mu-
sic.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30
TAX REFORM STUDIES
EDITED BY BOLTON RAIL-.
An Omen Field.

If any one has an impression that
communications to these "Studies"
will not be published unless they echo
the editors ideas he is mistaken.
Articles on any aspect of taxation
will always be welcome, if they are
decent, well written, within reason
able limits and to the point, except
that we do not discuss the tariff.
Land owners especially should be
interested, as the principal benefit Of
any Improvement or social advance
goes to them in the increase of value
given to land. Address this office, or
10 Lock street, Buffalo, N. Y
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

One OF the p~eculiarlties OF this list
which will be noted is that some wom-
en- are assessed for more thar many we'll
known business men who are million
aires of national reputation. There
are two or three reasons for this. In
the first place. the actual wealth in
personal property of a a is difficult
to ascertain absolutely until the man
dies. The settlement of the estate dis
covers this wealth. and the widow or
children r the first to pay on any
large amount of personally.
Another reason is that men are en-
gagged in businesR transactions, and by
the constant use of their personal
property have at no time much that
can be taxed, as it is tied up with obli-
cations. The widow of this man very
seldom continues in business, and her
personal property is assessed and can
not be sworn off.
The greatest amounts assessed on
personal property are in the matter of
estates. chief among these are the
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

weather 10 SO
scandlous 9 r.
vid, hot and dry
and dusty till
you couldn't say
or c e r t a i n
whether Y o IL
will melt and
run off, or dry
up and turn to
nothin-w h e n
Ire
s!ngin regl a
every night and
constant with
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

One Of our monopoly papers notes
the increase of suicides and asks if il
means a growing disbelief in future
punishment? No sir. it means a grow
ing belief IN present punishment in.
aicted on MONOPOLY Exchangs.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30
Widespread E6ect.

The universal abolition of the per
sonal property tax would abolish the
silver mania, the greenback erase. aud
every other form of financial delusion.
THOMAS g. SHEARMAN.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30
An Eve to Business.

Pixter-Is that the heiress who mar
ried the count last week?
Onson-Yes.
Pixter-Wait till l hand her my card.
I'm the most successful divorce lawyer
In the city.-N. Y. World.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

He-And I'll bet I steal a kiss from
you.
.I1l bet you two kisses you can't
Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30
Jack and iii

Jack and Jill went up the hill.
To fetch a pail OF water
But the things they said when they fell down.
Tesy really bads't ousater.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30
rho Intiuitc GUNNER Girl.

He-So you have broken of your en-.
Qagement with Jack?
She-Oh no; only suspended it until
return to town in the autumn.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30
Heaftless.

elm going now; yes, I'm going, 60
ing" murmured Steigher.
"What an excellent auctioneer you'd
make" said the heartless but tired Miss
NyceRirl.-Boston Courier.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

The excessive pleasure we feel in talking
of ourselves ought to make us apprehen-
sive that we afford little to our auditors
-Rochefoucauld.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

MANHOOD has Il contempt for cowardice.
That is why you gel angrier when you see
tho other fellow isn't going to 1ight.-Plain
Dealer.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-11-30

John Jacob Aston. SO. 600, 600
William Waldorf Astor....... 1000, 900
Marie Marshall. ....... ..... $40, 600
Russell 500. 900
Cornelius Vanderbilt. ....... AGO. @
William *. Vanderbilt...... 400, 600
George J. Gould. ........ .. 400, 900
Adrian Iselin. 400, 900
Charles Ii. Contoit. .......... $50, 900
Mary Lewis. 300, 900
Henry A.. c. Taylor.......... 500, 600
John D. Rockefeller. 3oo,o 900
Albertina S. Pyne............ 800, 900
Martha NJ. Wysong..... ..... 500, 900
johnson Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Ogden Goelet.. $50, 900
Robert Goelet ......... . 100000
Maria L.. Vanderbilt. ........ 22O, 900
Percy K. Pyne. 900. 900
James NJ. Constable. 21O. coo
William c. Schermerhorn.... oOd 900
Cornelia S. Martin.......... 200, 900
Kinsley ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1000 0
Eliza S. 200. 900
James Humphrey..."....... GEO. 600
Eugene Higgins. 200, 600
Mary Il. Stewart. ........... 200. OGO
Emily Thorne Sloane....... 200, 600
J. Pierpont Morgan. n. go. 200. 600
Kate W. Winthrop......... 200. 600
Frederick w. Vanderbilt.... 200, 900
George W.. Vanderbilt....... 200. 900
Florence A. Twombly. ........ 200, 0oO
Sarah l.. Bennett. .......... 100, 600
Seth Low 167, 800
Charles s Reynolds......... 16O,O 600
Fannie Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Rosie Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Leopold Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Andrew Carnegie............ $50, 600
Melissa 2. Dodge............. $780, GO
Coils P. Huntington......... 10000
Florence b. Walter. .......... 10000
James NJ. Stewart. 10000
Robert Bonner. ........... 125, 600
Miguel Garcia. ........ ..... 125,0OO
Margaret lnglis. ............ $4,000
Elizabeth Osgood..........,.. 115, 900
Alme Renault.. ITO. 900
George Matthews ............ los, 900
John E. Alexander. ........ 100. 900
Mary L. Barley. 100000
James Gordon Bennett ...... 100, 600
Ellen w. Brown.............. 100, 600
Catherine Wolfe Bruce...... 100. 600
David Wolfe Bruce 100, 600
Matilda Wolfe Bruce........ 100. 900
Clara .Bryce.................. 100, 600
Addison Cammack........... 100. 900
Emma l.. Chadwick.......... 100, 900
Martha E. Crawford. ......... 100. 600
Robert L. Crawford. ........ 100, 600
VIM. E. Dodge............... 1oO.0 900
Amos R. Eno................. 10O,O 900
Katharine L. d. r. de ia Espe-
r1llar IO0, 900
George z. Gilman. ........ 1O0,O 600
Edwin Gould. 100, 600
Helen NJ. Gould.............. 100, 900
Howard Gould las broker).... 10O,O 900
Howard Gould (matches)... 1O0,O 900 |
George B. Green............. 1907 900
Henry Hilton. -. 100, 900
John d. Jones 100, 600 |
Solomon Loeb ....... ....... 1ON,O 600 |
Darius o. Mills............... 100. 600
Oswald Ottendorfer ......... 100, 900 |
j. Pulitzer. ............ 100. 600
John Patton 100, 600
Frederick A. Shermerhorn... 100, coo
Eliza Sherman..... ......... 1OO,O 600
Margaret Louise Shepard. 1OO,O 600
Edward Uhl. 100, 900
H. S. Wilson. ............. 100, 900
Anna Observation-Disclosures. 100, 900 |
Levi P. Morton so, 900
VIM. L. Strong.............. 25,O 600
One of the peculiarities of this list