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THE EDLINE HOTEL

Strictly first classs in all it's APP
pointments is the well known Ed
line House, which for the past twelve
years has been a land mark of Al
theimer. The table is equal to any
hotel throughout the country and
is provided with the best the market
can afford. 1t is popularity styled
the home of the drummer. A nice
patronage is enjoyed. For a good
meal and d comfortable room stop
at the Edline House.
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F. w. WESCHE.
South Main Street.

1t is especially pleasant to refer in
this edition to men who Thoroughly
understand and appreciate the de-
mands of increasing business, such
men reflect honor upon the manu-
featuring interest of a community.
The above gentleman stands con-
spicuously among these, who is a
thorough mechanic and conducts
one OF the leading wagon manufac
tories and blacksmith repair eetab-
of the city.
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SAM FOWLER, (COL)

Altheimer can successfully boast
of one of the best barber shops In
the county. presided over by a
skilled Knight of the Razor" Sam
Fowler. The shop is neat; two
chairs are run, and for an easy shave
and a fashionable hair cut. Sam can
not be beaten, much less excelled.
The shop has been running since 1893
and enjoys quite g patronage.
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COMMERCIAL HOTEL.
Thomas Green, Proprietor.

Thomas Green, Proprietor.
This establishment is modern in
all its appointments and presents to
the way-farer an attractive ard
pleasant appearance. The hotel is
located opposite the st. L. & S. W.
depot. Just one block from the Iron
Mountain Depot. Rates are 81 per
diem, special rates being given by
week or month. You will find Mr..
Green genial host and the Com
mercialn inst the place to stop when
you come to Pine Bluff.
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Z. M. BARNES.

This well known and popular gen
tleman founded his business here
three years ago. He does strictly
first class blacksmithing and guar
antees all work that leaves his shop.
MIR. Barnes is a native OF Indiana.
He has been n resident OF Arkansas
since 1881 and stands high in the
community in which he now re-
sides. He is a preatical and indus
trious mechanic.
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]. T. MILLER,
IoI E. Barraque Street.

Prominent among the wagon and
carriage builders, and blacksmith
repair shops is the one conducted by
Mr.. Miller, who has been identified
with the branch of work for several
years. He is a skilled mechanic. hav-
ing been for three years a black
smith for the Cotton Belt. A gen.
eral blacksmithing and wagon and
carriage building business is carried
on under the personal supervision of
Mr.. Miller, who has in his employe
skilled mechanics and all work turn
ed out by this firm is guaranteed.
He also conducts a paint depart
ment. Your patronage is solicited.
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f. w. WIZ.
Staple and Fancy Groceries.

WY 11VVVE To
Pine Bluff may boast of a large
number of grocery establishments in
her midst, and these bespeak the
Tact that our citizens are large con
snmers in this particular line.
Among those worthy of mention is
that conducted by Mr.. +. w. Wiz. at
2l2 Walnut street. He carries a fine
line of staple and fancy groceries,
shelf goods, corn, hay, oats, bran
and country produce. New teie-
phone number, 227. All orders
promptly filled.
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THE BANK OF PINE BLUFF.
Corner Main Street and Second
Avenue.

AS the thermometer indicates the
rise and fall in the temperature of
the day and the season, SO the banks
Indicate the depression or bouyancy
OF place. The banking and CON-
mercial interests of acity are mutual
The Bank OF Pine Bluff Is Justly re-.
garded as one OF the most conserva.
tive, solid and reliable financial in.
situations OF this section. 1t has ex.
listed IN our mi list since October 1880
and has steadily increased its busi-
ness and extended it's sphere of use.
lulness until it is known throughout
THIS entire section as one of the safest
banking houses in thecountry. Thee
following gentlemen comprise the,
officiate, Thomas S. James. Press
ldent; J. M. Oracle, Vice President
and W. ID. Hcarn, Cashier. TIE
consists of the above
gentlemen and Messrs. j. s. Nc
Donnell, j. w. Sanders and w. II.
Parker. These gentlemen are well
and favorably known throughout
this section. With capital oiSlOO.-
100 and surplus of $35, 900 general
banking business is done. This hank
las right to the front rank OF the
banks OF this section and Pine Bluff
nay well be congratulated upon
having 40 safe and conservative.
financial Institution.
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REV. N. ]. Hollis lColoredl

A prominent minister Cf the gospel
and merchant of the town of Althei-
mer was born in Mississippi and
came to Arkansas in 1888. In 1880
he entered the ministry and was or
dained in 1888. His first pastorate
was in Grenada, Miss, where he
served six years. From there he
weat to Clarksdale and served three
years. Since May ii, 1895, he has
been pastor A. NJ. f, Church of
Altheimer. He built this church as
well as those of Wabbaseka and
Rob Roy. He is a great temperance
man and was instrumental in driv-
ing whisky out of Altheimer. He
also runs large staple aud fancy
grocery business, with confec-
tionery and restaurant in connec-
ton. This business he founded In
the sping OF 1899, and by his untir.
ing efforts has built up to large pro-
portions.
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R. HANCOCK
III East Second Street.

AT the above address is conducted
the only pawn broking house in the
city. Money is loaned upon collat-
erals OF every description. A fine
assortment of iewelry, watches,
clothing, musical Instruments, guns,
pistols; in fact, articles from the com
bined stores of a city can always be
found here, and on account of the
number of articles daily accumulat-
ing, goods are sold very much Cheap
er than at ordinary business places.
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NJ. L. CLAYTON.

One of the successful business men
of Altheimer is native Of Tennes-
see, who came to Arkansas in the
fall of 1885. In 1889 he made his adj
vent here and founded the large,
general mercantile business over
which he now presides. The stock
embraces, dry goods, groceries, etc.
The trade extends within a radius of
ten miles and is constantly increas-
ing. MIR. Clayton has a fine gin
which has been running two seasons.
He has purchased a new outfit and
will have one OF the finest in the
county. A mile east of Altheimer
he has farming interests, and raises
cotton aud corn. He Is u man of
abilities, shrewd mer-
chant and an honorable upright
citizen. IL politics he is n firm be-
lever in Democracy.
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THE COLORED CIT
IZENS OF ALTHEIMER.

There are a number OF colored citi-
zens OF Altheimer, progressive and
ever ready to aid in the upbuilding
of the town. Below will be found a
list of the most prominent ones.
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T. H. COLLIER.

One of the largest and most pro-
gressive planters in Jefferson county
and a gentleman known throughout
this entire section, was born in Mad
ison county, Alabama. near Hunts
vile. He received a liberal educa-
ton under the tuition of Professor
Carlos q. Smith. Completing his
education he engaged i'll the mercan-
rifle business for two years. October
1860. he came TO Arkansas, locating
at the place he now resides, near
Altheimer During the late war he
enlisted. March 1862. in the 18th Ar
kansas Infantry, having previously
been a member of the State guards.
He gallently served the Coniederacy
In all the western battles, east of the
Mississippi river. Returning from
the army he found that he owed
more than he was worth, but with
characteristic industry he faced the
situation and is today one of the
largest land owners in this section,
In 1868 he married the daughter of
Doctor Sam j. Jones and has six
Children. He has 1850 acres in cult
walton besides large tracts of land
in their primitive state. Cotton and
corn are the principal products. He
has a complete eommissary depart
ment and furnishes his own labor. A
self made man, is MIR. I. II. Collier.
d. c. WALT, NJ. d.
A well known resident OF the grow
Ing town of Altheimer is a Tennes-
sean by birth, and firstsaw the light
of day in Shelby county, that State
December Goth 1858. He was educa-
ted at the schools of Memphis. He
began the study of medicine under
DR.. Matthews, OF Memphis, and sub
sequently attended lectures at the
at the Memphis Medical Hospital
College during the seasons of 1898
and 4. graduating the latter year.
The Doctor began to practice at
Cuba, Shelby county, where he re-
NAMED few months, and then
came to Arkansas. in May 1884, set
Ting at Wabbaseka, where he resided
until 1892 when he made his advent
into Altheimer. DR.. Walt has since
residing here taken an tiveinterest
In the upbuilding of the community.
He is a member of the State Medical
Association, also the county Medical
Society, being President OF the latter
organization. He is examiner for
several eastern insurance companies,
is Democrat in politics and a mem
Der of the Masonic Order.
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D. B. IIARSTON COLI

Pastor OF the colored Methodist
Episcopal Church, of Altheimer, first
saw the light of day at Crawford,
Lowndes county, Mississippi, Janu-
airy /, 1863, the day OF emancipation,
day that is looked upon with rev.
efenee by millions of eolored people
From the year 1884 to 1888 he at
tended the Rush University. Leav-
ing that institution the latter year,
he turned his attention to- teaching.
Realizing that West of the Alissis-
sippi river was to be the Mecca for
young maa, he came to Arkansas in
1883 and settled ut wfoTdville,
where he taught school. While here
he Joined the Little Rock conference
OF the NJ. E. Church, and in Febru-
airy, 1895. was ordained. Previous
to this incident in the life nf Rev
HarstOn he was sent to Brinkly.
Ark, where he remained for period
of four years; and from there he was
sent TO FeXarkaHa, Ark. where he
remained two years. From TeXar-
kama he was given the pastorate at
Altheimer, and has successfully con-
Quoted the church since then. Under
his administration the membership
of the church. now numbering $50,
has increased nearly 50 per cent.
When it is stated that the Rev.
Harston has only resided here some
six months it may readiiy.be seen that
this is quite triumph. He devoteS
his entire time and attention. to the
building up OF his church; is an elo-
quent speaker and thoroughly inn
bued with the great teachings of the
Master. In the near future he pro-
poses to become an evangelist. and
owing to the earnestness of his
efforts, will no doubt make quite a
success in this field of labor. His
church is a comfortable and com
modious structure and reflects great
credit, alike upon pastor and con-
gregation. OF retiring disposition.
studious by nature and cultivation,
the Rev. ID. Is. HarstOn pursues the
even tenor of his way, labOring for
the great NJ aster.
G, WAGNER, COLI
Thrifty, honorable and progressive
has been the lifelong career of this
man He was born near Desare,
Prairie county. this State. SepteD-
Der %, 1858 He received his educa-
tion at the common schools of Pine
Bluff From 1881 to 1887 he was en-
ployed in the dry goods emporium
of Mr.. Blum. AT the expiration of
that time he engaged in the mercan-
tile business ut Pine Bluff In 1891
he moved to Altheimer, engaged in
business here and has since become
one of the best known coiored men
in this section. He now manages
for his wife large mercantile house
containing a superb stock of drugs,
dry goods, notions, groceries, shelf
goods and sundries. A large trade
is enjoyed. Ice is handled and sold
in any quantities. Our subject built
the first Nj. e. colored church in AL
theimer, that is he collected the
money for the same and superintend-
ed the erection OF Newman's Capel.
He is school director for the twenty
second district and has always taken
an active part in she upbuilding of
Altheimer. He is member of the
knights of Pythias (colored) Pine
Bluff Lodge. superintendent of the
Newman Chapel Sunday school and
an honorable upright man.
REV N I Hollis fColoradA
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MASONIC LODGE.

MASONIC LODGE.
The Masons have fine lodge here
with membership of thirty-fve.
SURROUNDING COUNTRY.
The garden spot of Jefferson
county, where the fieecy cotton and
the many golden hued ears of corn
are raised, needs no touches from
our zen TO commend it to the man
seeking a home. The farms sur
rounding Altheimer are many and
fine. Cotton will yield a bale per
acs,ee, corn afty bushels. Oats, po-
tatoes, fruits, garden vegetables
and in fact most everything that
can be Wreste1 from Mother Earth,
grows here in abundance. Hence it
Is no wonder that the Inhabitants of
this section are peaceful, happy and
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-08

AS in everything else, the matter
of water supply in Altheimer has
long ago been solved, and when we
state that the water obtained here
vii. bear favorable comparison with
that obtained anywhere else in the
county, we but state plain, unyar
nished fact.
Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-08

In school facilities Altheimer is
fully abreast with the times. She
has first-class graded school. The
building is fine, commodious one,
being two stories, 30x60 feet in d.
mansions. The upper floor is de-
voted to the Masonic Lodge head
nuarfprS
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-22
Governor McKinley's Prophecy.

Considering the verdict of the people
in 1898, 1894 and 1896, the following
extract from speech made by Hon.
William Mckinley, at the annual din.
ner of the Republican League of Ohio
in honor of Lincon's birthday, deliv-
cred on February IA, 1898, seems al
most prophetic: 1t was in this year,
1892 while in the enjoyment of unex-
amped prosperity, that the republican
legislation which made this condition
was, as the democratic leaders would
have us believe, repudiated by the peo
pie, and the democratic policy OF British
free-trade and wildcat money indor sed
l do not believe it. If they act upon
that belief they will be promptly repu
dated by the people. Not only has the
year 1892 registered an era of conspic-
uous progress and unexampled prosper
ity, but il wtnes national admins
tration under President Harrison unex.
celled in honesty, power and patriotism
by any of its predecessors. OF this rich
inheritance the democratic party be
comes the trustee for the people. 1t is
my hope that it may suffer no loss or
waste in their hands. l wish the coun-
try could be assured it would not. If it
does, the trust will come back to us
and it will come back to us-with the
doubly confidence of the peo-
nla ;,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-22
Self-GOvernment.

~ was once, when small boy" said
Charles K. Tuckerman, "packed in
dense crowd at political meeting in
Faneuil Hall when Webster held forth,
and l came near being crushed to death
"a pigmy among giants-as the stand
ing multitude within the hall, pressed
by those who were endeavoring to enter
from without, began to sway to and fro,
a solid mass OF human bodies-as help
less to counterfeit the movement as if
Faneuil Hall, the Cradle of Liberty
was being rocked by an earthquake.
The orator was in the midst of STIR
ring appeal urging the necessity of in
dividual exertion and unflinchipg pa
triotism TO avert the dangers that
threatened the political party whose
principles he espoused, when he per
ceived the terrible swaying of the
packed assembly and the imminent
danger that might ensue. Webster
stopped short in the middle of a SEN
tence, advanced to the edge of the
platform, extended his arm in an au.
thoritative attitude, and, in a stentorian
voice of command cried out: Let each
man stand frm' The effect was in
Simultaneous. Each man stood firm; the
great heaving mass of humanity re-
gained its equilibrium, and, save the
long breath of relief that filled the air,
perfect stiffness ensued. THAT ex
claimed the great orator, is what we
call elf-government.-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-22
The Monroe Doctrine.

The senate committee on foreign re-
latiOns has almost unanimously decided
that resolution affirming the Monroe
doctrine shall be reported, and sub
committee was appointed to draw up
the resolution, which will be along the
lines of the one offered by Senator
Lodge early in the session. The one
dissenting voice in the committee came
from democrat, Senator Gray of Del
aware. The committee also appointed
subcommittee to consider the Cuban
and Armenian questions. The friends
of Cuba ought to be well satisfied with
the committee put in charge of the
INSTRUMENTATION Sherman, Lodge
and Morgan. The house committee on
foreign affairs has entrusted the Cuban
question to a sub committee composed
of Representatives Hit of Illinois,
Adams of Pennsylvania and Draper of
Massachusetts.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-22
A Pretty POrtiere.

The girl or woman with clever fin
gers may make very pretty portiere
for her sleeping room at comparatively
small cost, and of materials that may
be found at almost every dry-goods
store, even in the small towns. The
material used is the old-fashioned blue
and white bed-ticking. Every fifth
stripe of the curtain is covered with
narrow gold braid sewed in place with
white silk in cross-stitch. In the GEN.
ter stripe, between these gold-colored
lines, work feather-stitch in scarlet
silk. Continue this through the entire
portiere. 1t will take time and pa.
tience, but the result will be very lovely.
Hang the portiere with rings on a
white or gilt pole. Very narrow black
velvet ribbon may be substituted for
the gold braid if esired.-Golden Rule.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-22
A Fresh Egg With Tenant.

DIR. John Knapp of Mount Vernon,
N. z, has in his possession tape
worm two inches long that was found
in hens egg by Mrs. Benjamin Sedg-
wick. DR.. Knapp insists that it is a
genuine tapeworm. He says the find
ing of such an organism in an egg is
unprecedented, and that it will suggest
to bacteriologists new field for inves-
tigation. Mrs. Sedgwick was breaking
eggs into dish, when she noticed in
the albumen something that moved.
She was at first too much startled to
look into the dish second time, but
finally determined to have the phenom-
enon Investigated, and carried the
broken eggs 10 Dr. Knapp, who at once
said that the live object was beyond
doubt tapeworm. This will suggest
new danger in eating eggs. But
nothing injurious can long remain in
the human system, if it is kept active
and clean without and within.-Every
Where,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-22
Tom Reed on Protection.

We are the only rival that England
fears, for we alone have in our borders
the population and the wages, the raw
material, and within ourselves the great
market which insures to US the most
improved machinery, Our constant
power to increase our wages insures us
also continuous progress. If you wish
us 10 follow the example of England, 1
say Yes, with all my heart-but her
real example and nothing less. Let US
keep protection, as she did, until no
rival da res to invade our territory, and
then we may take our chances for a
future which by that time will not be
unknown.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-22
NEW YORK " " " "
WEEKLY TRIBUNE "
OF
November 4, 1896.

Public interest will steadily increase,
and the disappointment of the men
whose votes turned the scale at the last
election, with the results under the
administration they elected, will make
the campaign the most intensely ex-
citing in the history of the country.
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-22
Deadlock on the Tariff Bill.

Republicans outside of the senate
find it difficult to comprehend the
deadlock in the senate finance com
mittee over the house tariff bill. A
caucus of republican senators decided
that the bill should be reported to the
senate without amendment, just as it
was passed by the house; but instead
of the bill, being reported it has been
hung up in the committee and nobody
knows when it will be reported or
whether it will be reported at all. Is it
any wonder that republicans are asking
what was the use of recognizing the
senate committees if a bill ordered re-
ported by republican caucus can be
deadlocked in committee which has
majority of republican members. The
alleged cause of the deadlock is the
action of Senator Teller of Colorado, a
republican member of the finance COM
mittee, in declining to allow the tariff
bill to be reported to the senate unless
it be amended to provide for the free
coinage of silver. What makes the
action of Senator Teller inexplicable is
that the finance committee has already
reported bill for the free coinage of
silver. as substitute for the house bond
bill, which is now before the senate
and will almost certainly be passed by
that body. That being the situation,
what can Senator Teller, or any other
silver man, hope to gain by putting a
free coinage amendment on the tariff
bill. The tariff bill was passed by the
house as an emergency measure in
tended solely to furnish the revenue
needed by the government, and if it is
passed by the senate in that shape
it would at least have chance to be-
come law. With free coinage
amendment it will not have even a
ghost of chance. 1t might get through
the senate, but it could not get through
the house, and even if it could it would
! be met by the presidents veto to dead