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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-26

SALT is now on the free list. 1t is
a prime necessary Of life. The natural
facilities for making it are so great in
this country that even with no duty Cd
it. it is sold here cheaper than that made
abroad. The proposed new tariff bill
imposes tax of twelve cents hun
dred pounds on salt, that is, twenty
eight cents sack. OF course such tax
will prohibit the importation of any salt,
but the twenty-eight cents on every sack
will be added by the American manufac-
turers to the price of their product, and
will come out of the pockets of the
American consumers and 60 into their
own Such is one of the effects of the
defeat of the democratic ticket last fall
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-26

Three workmen were blown to atoms
and several others were injured shortly
after noon to-day by an explosion at
the Repauno nitroglycerine works on
Delaware river front, below Lincoln
Park, n. ]. The cause of the explo-
sion is not known. The force of the
explosion was felt distance of ten
miles from the scene of the disaster.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-26

The President and Mrs. Mckinley attended
the last indoor cavalry drill at Fort Myer,
Va, this afternoon. They drove over to Fort
Myer with Colonel and Mrs. Myron I. Her
rics of Cleveland, who are stopping at the
White House. Secretary Porter and Mrs.
Porter were also of tho party.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-26
DIED..

The funeral of Mrs ATHAL1NDA JOYCE
will take place from her late residence, pug .
Cameron street, on Saturday afternoon AZ
o'clock. Interment private washington
and Hagerstown, Nd, papers please copy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-26

John Patton, chief engineer and supervisor
of the Monongahels railroad, was instantly
killed at Clarksburg, W. Va, yesterday. He
stepped from train on his own road in front
of Baltimore and Ohio flyer. His head was
crushed and leg cut of.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-26

ARNoLD's BRoMo-CELERY. Try this
unrivaled remedy for Headaches, Neuralgia
Sleeplessness 10 cent?.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-26
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tables. All
Druggists refund the money if it fails 10
cure 25 cents. Sold by CHARLES G. LENNON
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-26

Mr.. ScovEL, the American newspa
per correspondent recently released
from a prison in Cuba, speaks in the
highest praise of the treatment he re-
ceived at the hands of all the Spanish
officials with whom he came in contact
Mr.. Lawrence, the English correspond
ent of the London Post, who was con-
fined in the Old Capitol prison in
Washington during the war between
the States, did not speak in similar
terms of the U. S. officials with whom
he was brought in contact, nor did
he have the slightest reason to do so.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-26

WHILE all the other interests of the
country are depressed, that OF the
trusts is aourishing. Under free insti-
buttons it is impossible to prevent tt 9
formation of trusts and combines, al d
their existence secures their success,
If two men have the right to form q
partnership and fix the price of what
they have to sell, why shouldn't they
take in dozen or more partners, and
do the same? Republican government
and the general good of ali the people
seem to be incompatible.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-26

The HIP. Nail Company's works
at Cleveland, o., were closed to day,
four hundred men, including all the
nail makers and their helpers, having
struck. The men demand an increase
Of fifteen per cent. and the company
offers to grant ten per cent. raise.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-26
To Investigate Rate Cutting.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, March 26.-The Chi
cago Board of Trade will, ON the first
of next month, begin an investigation
of alleged extensive railroad rate cut
ting on grain going east from this city
aud it is reported that the board will
have the assistance of the Interstate
Commerce Commission and United
States GRAND illrV
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-03-26

inc responsibility lOT ltSlSlhtlOH luey
must be given the machinery of the
Senate. This, it was said, the demo-
Gratis, however, refused to agree to. If,
on the other hand, the different ele.
ments opposed to the republicans
would unite and take the committees,
the republicans said they would will
ingly relinquish control.
1t is understood that while Mr..
Speaker Reed is doing all he can to
expedite the passage of the Dingley
bill, he is wise enough not to believe
that its passage will result in any speedy
Improvement in the present depressed
condition of the country.
Rear Admiral Henry Erben, U. S.
N, called on President Mckinley to-.
day in the interest of Herbert J. Bowen,
of Connecticut, United States consul at
Barcelona, whose friends want him ap-
pointed Minister to Spain. Admiral
Erben presented letters of commenda-
ton from Senator Platt, of Connecticut,
Gen. Horace Porter, Col. John Hay,
Ex-Secretary Tracy, DR.. G. NJ. Depew,
Lispenard Stewart, Senator Pettigrew,
of South Dakota, and others. Mr..
Bowen is republican who was con.
tinued in Office by President Cleveland,
and who is so Objectionable in Spain
that his house in Barcelona was stoned
by mob. He would certainly be non
grats there.
Ex-senator Edmunds, who prepared
the anti trust law, says the recent de-
cree of the U. S. Supreme Court making
that law applicable to railway traffic
associations, as they affect the freedom
of trade, must also apply to railway
and all other labor unions. If this be
the case, the railways can we'll afford
to abandon the systemOf pooling.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-29
THE WRONG STROKE.


EIE,
With YOU TO cheer AID urge me on
] could win In the race of life
No task would be too great for me
II YOU were nv little wife.
SHE
90 to- You're not the one for me.
] know how such things go
want no man who must have a coach
In order 10 stand a show!
Cleveland Leader.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-29
Conla stand a pig Fnmily.

hi PaSo GraphLc,
A Houston BABY brought 100000 worth
OF properly 20 Its parents None of us
would mind tafies under similar circlisr-
stances.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-29
SHE.

In the Hands of n Receiver.
jacksonville Meteor.
The world owes us a living but we've
| come to the conclusion that it's in the
hands OF a receiver.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-29
The S0u|l Texas NQ|iOl0| Bunk
OF HOUSTON. TEXAS.
DESIGNATED depository Of the United states

CAPITAL. s5oo.Og0. SURPLUS .S,.vo
NJ I. JONES. President
EthaS. DiLLlNGHAM. First Vice Pres't.
= .EitAiShEAk. stcond Wee President.
:: r, McASlI.\N. Cashier.
ENNIS cAisGilL. Assistant Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
~. 4. Jones. Cfas. Dillingham;, J. E. Nc
1nsnan. y i: Holt. II. j.. MacGregor, II
r. Hrashear. W. NJ. Rice. +. A. Heitinann
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-29

Such Ia part of the history OF Senator
Harris exile which has never been told
in print before. After he left Mexico.
where he remained nearly two years, Har-
lis went to Europe and spent 8 year or
two there. He then went straight back to
cid Tennessee homo and straight back 10
The hearts OF her people, as was evidenced
by his election to the senate cot long Of
ter, and his continuance In that high office
until his death. Robert Adamson.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-12-04
1Hh GREENVILLE HARDWARE
COMPANY.

Messrs. John and A, X. Burnett
the proprietors of this popular and
Hourishing Hardware Company, are
gentlemen of exceptionally fine bust.
ness qualification, and are prominent
among the leading citizens. of Green
Vllle. by close attention to business
aud methods which have gained the
approval of every patron, as well as
by their personal qualities as citizens
and in private life, they have, in a few
years, made an enviable place for
themselves i'll the business and public
lie OF the community. Few institu-
tlons have enjoyed rs continuous sue.
cess and popular favor from the com.
mencementas the GreenviIle Hardware
Company, or so rapidly extended
their patronage over the territory
tributary to Greenville, The brothers
burnett are now well and favorablv
known throughout the Delta; aud no |
dealers in plantation hardware eouip-
ments enjoy a more flourishng trade |
than that which comes to them from
all the vide extent Of country which |
draws its supply from Greenville.
Inc stock kept on hand by these
gentlemen is selected especially with
view to supplying their large and
increasing country trade; and it is
tnelr study 10 maintain at all times its
nigh quality and grea; variety.
ln addition TO their complete line
OF heavy hardware, stoves, and farm
they have large aud inc
assortment of paints, oils, varnisbes
ana 3iazers materials; aud a fnll stock
d all builders supplies which come
within their province. Sp )rtiug goods
,lso are speclrty with them anI IN.
leed every article which Is usually
sept III hrst-class hardware n,fa5.
'sn hieht eau Be found hese al . rice.
!. = reasonable as those OF Memphi, or
View Orleans houses.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-12-04

sesses three for white pupils to wit
The St. Rose de Lima Academy. con
| Quoted by the Sisters of Mercy
the Metcalfe. Collins Seminary, and
the Kindergarten school conducted by
Mrs. Greenley, All are schools
of superior character, and or.
nament TO the city. The teachers
are of the best, and the education OF
the pupils is a thorough one. There
are also two private schools for me-
groes in the city while in the county
there is one private school for white
pupils, and two for negroes. All
private schools in the city and county
show an enrolment of about 12O
pupils.
Thus are Greenville and Washing.
ton county blessed with excellent edu-
cational institutions, and no complaint
can be made about lack OF facilities
for mental training. An Oriental
sage once refused an offer of many
thousands, made to him on the condi-
ton that he should live III certain
city. When be asked about the
school facilities in that community
and found that there were none, he
refused the splendid offer, saying: "If
you give me all the gold and The pre-
cious stones in the world, would not
live among you, because a city with
out schools is au unfit place of habita-
ton for any mau." If that man had
lived III our days, he would un
doubleday have pitched his tent in
Greenville.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-12-04

! Doctor is also one of the oldest mem
bers of the community, having liveC
IN the Delta slime whereof of The
memory of man runncth not to The
contrary" The Skinner drug etore il
Que OF The few institutions which have
withstood all the reverses of the city
since 1887 which is a sufficient evi.
dence of its popularity and the bust.
ness acumeI of Its owner.
Mr. L. @. Clark, the proprietor of
tho large and well appointed establish.
ment on Washington Avenue, is a
successful and popular druggist, and
his house has been for years one of the
best known institutions of the CITY.
la addition to the excellent business
principles which have made him sue.
cessful, Mr.. Clark enjoys a high de.
gree OF personal popularity, being
worthy representative of the blue
grass region of Kentucky, from which
SO many OF our best citizens come.
The new establishment of Messrs.
Lord " Taylor is metropolitan in its
artistic and up to date appointments.
and would be credit to any city,
The object of these gentlemen is 10
keep III the van of Improvement, and
the elegant appearance of the, estab.
lishment is an index TO the character
OF the firm aud the business transact
cd by taem. The large patronage
which was almost Immediately ex-
ended to Lord and Taylor is a proof
't the public verdict in their favor
'hd successful and prosperous future |
,an be safely predicted for them.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-12-04

by them was completed. 1t is built of
brick, aud measures IS feet in width
by ESQ feet in length, covering great.
er extent Of GROUND, and beng much
more expensive than any other store
building ever put up in Greenvile. II
was built by Mr.. J. j. Harry, 10 whose
skill the city owes SO many of Its most
creditable buildings
The extent of the Goyer Company's
establishment is he best indication of
the great patronage it enjoys. 1t is
the central supply depot for retail
merchants in every town in The Delta.
as well as the chief dependence of the
city of Greenvlle tor its food supply.
During the overflow and quarantine
periods, when railway connection with
the outer world was shut off for
weeks, there was never any scarcity OF
provisions in GreeuvilIe, nor any rise
OF prices of either necessaries or
luXuries. The enormous supply laid
in by the Goyer Company, first for
the expected Spring and afterwards
for the expected Fall trade, was suffi.
Gent, with tho abundant retail stocks
i'll the city's stores, to tide over the
two long periods of paralysis and save
the people from feeling condition
which might otherwise have proved a
most serious one.
Not only does the Goyer supply re-
tail merchants but planters who were
formerly in the habit of obtaining
their supplies in bulk from distant |
cities now fluid it far more to their
Interest 10 make their purchases here. !
dealing personally with the intelligent
ana accommodating gentlemen in
charge of the business, aud obtaining
their goods at lower prices alpd on
more satisfactory terms THAI they
could do in Memphis, st. LOUIS or
New Orleans. GreenVille has no IN.
stilutiou which Is more largely instru-
mental in npbnilding the city and sur
rounding country than ihe Cover
Company aud no concern which IS
more highly appreciated and generally
patronizod. Mr. Edmund Taylor. TO
whose Judgment aud skill the business
IS chiefly indebted for It's remarkable
success aud prosperity, is at IFS head
lnd is ably seconded by d corps Of as
ilstants who have beeu specially Sc
ected for their high business qualIf.
'ations and personal character.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-12-04

allotment for a town of 10000 in.
babitants; yet Greenvile and the
country tributary to it fluid plenty Of
werk for all ofthem, aud the DeSoo
Company, in choosing Greenvile as
It's centre of operations, displayed a
wisdom which has not been mistaken.
Day aud night, during the season, the
great establishment of the DeSoto
mill is busy hive of labor. The
whole plant is brilliantly lighted with
It's own private electric apparatus.
and the hour of midnight or dawn
is The same TO it, as far as activity is
concerned, as midday
The owners OF the mill live princi-
pally III Memphis, but the plant is
under The management OF Mr.. J. c.
Couley, whose popularity in Green
Vile is a proof of the estimation in
which he is held by its people, OF all
the institutions which contribute ia
GreenvilIe's prosperity it's oil mills arc
The most important aud distinctive.
They give the city a preeminence in
the manufacture of all the almost in
Vulnerable products of cotton seed
and make it a center of this industry,
now recognized as one of the most i'm
portant and remuuerative the South
possesses. If Greenville possessed the
DcSoto mill alone II would assure +
he city sn important standing among
manufacturing communities in the
State; but three such mills, each run
ing upon full time and handling all
he business they can conveniently
transact, is an evidence that the city
nd surrounding country possess al
most unequalled advantages for the
stab ishment and successful conduct
t all enterprises which have the co.,
Oh industry for their basis and de-
end upon the great staple crop for
heir successful operation.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-12-04
DRUGGISTS

The old Finlay drug store, still the
leading establishment of the Delta in
its line, aud whIcl has been conducted
continuously by Mr. John p. Finlay
for more than thirty years, is so much
a par. Of Greenvlile's history that il
comes naturally to mud Whenever
the name Of the city IS mentioned
Almost before Grocuyiile existed as
an Incorporated town aud when aIlIts
present site except tho grounds about
he Blantonia Mansion house were
cotton fields, Finlay's drug store cx-
is'ed; and the venerable lady by whom
il was founded and in whose name il
was so loug,conducted, is still revered
and beloved member of the commun-
lily.
DR.. N. &. SINNERS Is tho next drug
Store In point of seniority. The
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-12-04
DESOTO OIL MILL

Backed by powerful capital eoun.
pea win the fiuest machinery known
70 modern invention, and managed ON
wise business principles by men Of
nne judgment and capacity, it is not
remarkable that the DeSoto OIL Mil
WI wnlie comparatively new conner in
tne llst OF Greenville's most important
has already taken a hioh
STAND IN the estimation of the public
lntee great oil mills, each with
Z l!sli capacity of 100 tons in "a
houfs, serm to be rather a generous
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-12-04

D tutions throughout. the State. Unseltib
ness is Que of the characteristics o
j the Southern people, and with liher
: al hand the Legislators of Mississippi
have provided for the education OF tb,
r. negroes Schools for colored people
are found almost in every hamlet il
Mississippi w Washington county hay
ing rs, where IO5 teachers are EN-
ployed, to give instruction TO 6,I54
pupils Of both sexes. The total saIa
ries amount 10 S1I,90l.O0. The value
oil the school property, exclusively
used for the education Of negroes in
he county is over $21,00000. The
standing OF the negro teachers average
very tair some of them are especially
hlted for the work in the schools, and
nearly all of them possess a very good
education, Thus very liberal pro.
--s,9 s made for the education of the
! negro IN Washington county, the white
taxpayers bearing ungrudgingly the
heavy burden, The number of white
schools ia the county amounts to 20,
with an enrolment of 1876 pupils of
both sexes Twenty-one white teach
| ers with salaries amounting to $5,514,
-faFc employed in the instruction . the
rising generation The educators are
ladies OF the highest excellence, poss-
e5sed OF an unexceptional fine chara3.
Ter and successful In their chosen voca.
LOB. Teachers and pupils are gener-
ally ID accord, and the work perform
ed rebounds TO the honor of both.
The schools in Greenville however,
are The pride of the city They are
models of educational Institutions.
Tue system is graded one, consisting
OF II classes, the last two of which form
what is designated as the High School.
The old jail having been converted ill.,
to school-house, said school consists
Of toar grades, corresponding with the
four lowest grades in the Archer
school Fifteen white teachers alto
gether are employed in the service,
and their success as educators has
been most remarkable In the High
school latin aud the most advanced
modern branchs are taught, and a
graduate from Lhis institution finds
Teauy ADMISSION III many colleges OF
The state. The total enrolment in
both white schools amounts 10 355 |
pupils Of both sexea while the salaries
d The teachers fcoC up the neat sum
II 58,195 %.
The value of the school buildings.
'wned by tbb city, is estimated to be
bout 81 900 %. A competent
cbool boa,W watches over the educa-
I0nal inst dGslons of abe city, aud EN-.
Toys only The very best aud most
ompelens teachers, and this is the
2asoh iJF the excellent standing of
or schools The negroes are by no
lcaus legleched. Nine negro teachers
re employed 10 instruct 500 pupils of {
9th sexes, ant TWO school buildings
'e get apart Tor the purpose. The
iarles foe hes teachers amount to y
I $4,000. Only the most competent a
srsobs are employed by the school c
)Srd 10 perform the work entrusted Il
them aud as a consequence the ne
% schools are well conducted, and I
dound to the honor of the commu- 9
" privihc sofa rols Greenviilc pcs- a
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-12-04
THE COVER GROCERY co.

GreenVille claims the distinction OF
being the home of the largest whole.
sale grocery establishment in Missis.
sippi. This is the widely known
Goyer concern, whose huge brick
| building is one of the first aud most
striking and notable objects that meet
the eye Of the traveller on arriving In
| GreenviIle. The city of Meridian
/ possesses very large wholesale gro
Gerry, which is the onIy one in the
State which claims 10 rival The i'm
mensc Ureenyille establishment but
with this possible exception ii is un-
rivalled III quantity of stock carried,
importance of business transacted,
amount of money represented aud ex-
tent Of territory Its operations cover.
The business was established in Green
vile, rather tentatively, less than ten
years ago and the small warehouse
which occupied tbe site of The present
building was used chiefly for cold
storage for meats, first making il nos.
sible for the Greenville market to be
supplied with the superior quaity of
fresh beef, pOrL, mutton, &c, brought
from Kansas and the nor b-west
Large quantities of bay. feed stuffs /
aud the coarser grocer's supplies were
kept on hand. Merchants of Green
vile aud the neighboring towns. as
well as large planters, soon learned
aud appreciated the Advantages afford
I'd by a wholesale establishment SO
near home, aud the business of the
company began TO grow so rapidly
That the necessity of extending its
operations and accommodations quick
ly became evident. Little more than
\ year ago me building row 6rcupfed
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-12-04

and the fact that 1t has been from its
inception under the exclusive manage
ment of Messrs. j. Wilziu and C. E.
Livingstone Is a sufficient evidence
that the company has been wise in its
choice OF officers. Tho capacity of
the plant it over so tons-a large
amount, but not more than is required
to meet the needs of the territory
supplied aud the requirements of the
patrons OF the institution. The Ice.
factory has beeu in operation for
twelve years, aud has always been
considered one of the best paying in
vestments and strongest business con-
Cerus in the city.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-12-04
THE SCHOOLS OF GREEyTlETF EyB
WASHINGTON COUNTY.

The moral ana intellectual staudar,
OF commuuityis best gagged bv tb,
system of public schools she possesses
The higher such standard. the wealth
Ter the city In the school the foup
dation is land to the future citizenship
OF the pupils therefore,, the more
thorough the education, the better fit.
ted become the pupils for the dune.
they are to assume in due course OF
time. During the dark days of the
medIGYal era, when mobiles aud priests
were The only recognized governors of
eommonWealths citizenship in the
modern sense of The term was barely
dream, which tho philosopher may
have permitted himself to indulge in
the most secret recess OF bis chamber
Ie speak Of the participation al tba
people IN The government OF the conn.
Try was treason, less majestic, aud as
severely punished as Russia of to-day
treats ner malconteut citizens whom
sue desIgnates as Nihilists. C0use.
1uently, education was not necessary
anu as a matter of fact only few mon.
ashes schools existed up tOthe time OIL
the ulher-retOrmaliou The Univer-
stiles were mostly frequeuted by the
ho0ililtys or such young men as wished
TO study Theology or medicine. With
the beginning of the 18th century mat
lers changed and few schools Werecs.
taDIlslhed the larger cities, while the ru-.
RAJ com nuuties remained in iguorau ID