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The advocate., 1897-09-15
BOtkin in the Field.

Congressman BOtkin is in the field
campaigning with the same enthusiasm
and energy as Of old and is doing effec-
tive work. He has dates fixed as fol-
lows: Larned, September IS; Lacrosse,
September 16; Dighton, September II;
Council Grove, September 1S; Usage City,
September 20; EmpOria, September q;
Eureka, September %; Burlington, Sep
tember %; Cottonwood Falls, September
"a; Mankato, September q; Beloit, Sep
tember 2S; Osborne, September 30; Stock
ton, September 80; Phillipsburg, October
2. He will give week each to the fol-
lowing districts after that: Fifth, First,
Second, Third. On Saturday previous
to election he speaks at Winfield and on
Monday at Wellington. Mr.. Botkin Is
receiving a cordial reception everywhere
and is making a speech which is the best
he ever made. That good results will
come of his work no one will doubt.
The advocate., 1897-09-15
Oriental HOnOrs for Little.

Private Secretary E. G. Little was Con-
sui at Cairo, Egypt, during President
Harrison's administration. Egypt's Khe-
dive is Abbes Hilma and he is subOrdi-
nate to the Sultan of Turkey. Upon the
recommendation Of the Khedive, the Sui
tan has conferred on Mr.. Little the title
of the Grand Gordon of the Imperial
Order Of the Medjidieh. This carries
with it in the way of decorations hand
some silk sash and two pendant stars
Ornamented with smaller stars and cres-
cents of gold and silver. A "berat,"
which Is an untranslatable document, is
the certificate of appointment to the
honorable position, which, on account
of the peculiar customs of the country,
is Of an indescribable nature. It is O
position of honor solely, but 1t is one Of
Importance within the dOminions of the
Sultan.
The advocate., 1897-09-15
He Earned All That He Gets.

It is a source Of satisfaction to POpu-
lists who have energetically pushed the
principles of the party in season and
out, without regard to personal expense
or comfort, to see others who have done
similar service receive a substantial re-
ward for their efforts. This Is why the
appointment OF J. w. Tanner as steward
of the Topeka Asylum Is giving such
good satisfaction. No more faithful or
persistent worker lives in the State and
his work has shown good results in Pot
tawatomie county. While victory has
not often come to the party over there,
it has not come to the opposition except
In the face of a fight in which John Tan
ner put forth vigorous efforts. II he
gives the same energy and ability in his
new position the State will receive good
service.
The advocate., 1897-09-15

Of the professors seemed to be to do
nothing but breathe and eat. The head
of the institution was doing little more
than to let the institution drift along,
and il a professor had suddenly become
possessed of energy enough to do his
duty his work would have given him
so much more prominence than the
President was securing that he would
doubtless have been given an Opportun-
ity to find another place, as the Presi-
dent under the Republican regime was
the whole thing, the Board OF Regents
being a sort of an advisory committee.
The new management gives every in
dicatiOn of live, up-to-date, active pol
icy, determination to make this insti-
tuition worth to Kansas what it costs. II
that is not what Kansas people want,
they make a mistake in electing Popu-
list State tickets.
The advocate., 1897-09-15
Leland Evades the Civil Service Law.

1t has long been kown that Leland in
tended to get rid Of the Democrat en-
ployes in the pension Office at the earli-
est date possible, Notwithstanding the
fact that they are under civil service
rules His plan is to reduce their sala-
ries until they will be forced to resign.
Then Republicans will get their jobs.
Another scheme Is to discover that eX-
ira help is needed and put ON lot Of
Republican clerks, and then after a few
months reduce the force to it's former
number by discharglng Democrats. All
this is contrary to the provisions Of law,
hut Leland is not concerned in the least
about that. He Is ward politician Of
the worst sort who is unfortunately
operating in large sphere.
The advocate., 1897-09-15
Bond Agents Get q Vacation.

Municipalities desiring to sell bonds
to the State school fund must have their
regular city officers deal direct with the
School Fund Commissioners after this"
said State Superintendent Stryker. "The
Commissioners will not negotiate with
bond agents. There is no excuse for
municipalities or counties having bonds
for sale to give some agent a good COM
mission to work the people. The nego-
tiations can be made by the officer di-
rect. In that way the city or county
will save the commission, and the State
School Fund Commissioners will not be
charged with standing in with the bond
agent"
The advocate., 1897-09-15

decisions bearing on the case. Judge
Martin submitted his argument in writ
ing. A decision will be given this week.
The advocate., 1897-09-15

III you have any Breidenthal scrip send
it In for the Advocate. 1t is still good at
this Office.
The Greenville times., 1897-03-27

1t is the fashion to laugh stlhe pro
position Of the pOpu!ists tc establish
government banks whore farmers can
borrow money at a low rate of inter.
est by giving their produce a. secur-
ily. In this connection il ia interest
ing to observe that the British resi-
dent in Egypt has Just reporlsd TO he
British parliament that The experiment
Of advancing money to Egyptians on
their crops has met with success, 20
that now the Egyptian farmer, eau &c,
money al 8 per cent, instead ofpayInr
as high AZ 40 per ecu, TO the Hebrew
Greek, and syrian money lenders. or
course the United States is not Egypt
and the plan would appear as if the
populisls bad Edglish authority for
heir money lending scheme.-Ex.
The Greenville times., 1897-03-27
THE ARKANSAS BREAK.

The telegram auuounciHI. a crevas'
Al Amos Bayou, n short y lstauce south
Of Arkansas City, wSs received at
GrccnylIe on Friday, was read with a
feeling Of rclicf WI .ich could not be
suppressed, though in the next mo-
ment came regrets for the misfortune
to our neighbors and compunclion for
the seldshness which could find salts
faction III their calamity The whole
volume Of the river at this point is
coniiued between the levccs of Arkan-
SAB and Mississippi, and the strain Oh
both is tremendous, In a case of
mere struggle for the survival Of the
iltlcst, 1t would be more than human
not to feel sentiment of satisfaction
at an advantage gained Hard ms 1t
may be on the people of Arkansas, it
would be harder on us should break
occur on this side. We have more
people, our ialorests are greater aud
the destruction Of property would be
more important.
The break of the Arkansas levee
has brought us no relief being
very shallow. The levees of this
district are undergoing an experience
very similar to that Of the upper
which were probably saved from
breaking ouly by the relief gained by
the crevasse7 in Arkansas. It is ths
old story, and as 1t has been often
told in former years. THIS year the
has paid particular at
tention TO the levees in Arkansas, and
It WAS supposed that they were even
better than those of Mississippi, but |
facts have proved that we still main
tain our superiority.
The Greenville times., 1897-03-27


The lines has repeatedly been
urged, since spring commenced, to
express Its own sentiments aud those
OF many OF the people of Greenville
on The subject of the stock law Nu-
merous cases have occurred IN which
gardens have been almost entirely de-
slroyed III night by cows, and the
fruits OF liberal expenditure and pa.
lent work entirely ruined by al aui.
maj WSith perhaps half as much 1s
me plants she tears to pieces aud DE-.
yours. Now the subject is some
"hs' delcatc one. Neatly every body
mas al least one c9w, aud nearly every
one allows his cows 10 roam al will,
Ihefe Is stock law, aud very sriug-
ehl one, III force Or II has been re-
Peaied we DO not know II, aud il ought
Ho' 10 nave Oeeh doDeh bu, that law
Is dead letter, For two Years or
The Greenville times., 1897-03-27
Notice to Teachers.

Spring examinations will occur as
follows: For white teachers, at School
No. /, Friday and Saturday, April I'd
and Sd. For colored teachers, at
School No, 2, Friday ana Saturday.
April 9th and 10th Examination be.
gins at a. m. PERCY BELL,
supt Education.
The Greenville times., 1897-03-27

The experience of the Memphis re-
lief associations with the refugees IN
that city shows very plainly the evil
Of furnishing rauous aud PupportIpe
negro food sufferers IL idIeness. The
negroes now 10 Memphis are perfectly
content with their lot, aud fatty re.
fuse to turn s hand to any kind Of
work. They have been offered tbsir
expenses aud oae dollar DAY 10 helm
rescue others, and With The exc-piion
OF very few, they positively decline
1t is hard 10 discriminate IN susb q
clse. or course there age many Oh. |
jects Of charity among them who nust
be provided for, or they would sfarve
but there ace many. Others perfectly
capable Of making = living for them.
selves, but who prefer 10 be a burden
on The hands of their reeeuers I'm
fortunately this seems 10 be a race
characteristic. I! is well known TO
the planters here that III overflow il
actually locked forward 10 with satis.
faction by such as know the land.
owners will be compelled to provide
ioi them until the food ia over
There should be a. much discretion
exercised as possible m the distribu- !
llon OF supplies, for there is no doubt
nai ID many cases the effect Is demor- !
aiizing and the charity uudeserved. T
The Greenville times., 1897-03-27
A Valuable Prescription.

Editor Morrison, of the Worthlpgton
lInd.) sun. writes: You have -al-
uaDle prescription in Electric Bitters
ana can cheerfully recommend il foT
constipation and sick headache and ,-
general system tonic 1t has no equal. &"
Mrs' annie Stehie, 202j Cottage firoy
avenue chicago, was all un down
Gould nor ear nor digest food, had
D.acEache winch never left her and ra1
!.l tlIe1 ,si anu weary. but six bottles of Elec-
newed her strength. Prices b0 cont
store. may uiuS
The Greenville times., 1897-03-27

The present high water is giving
the opponents Of the lev5e system an
opportunity which they have not been
slow TO seize. The New Orleans States
is q prominent advocate OF establish.
Ing a system Of natural and artificial
outlets, aud advances very good arpu-
ments on the subject Whatever may
be said IN opposition 10 the levces. il
Cal not be deuied that thoy have re-
suited in making the Yazoo delta as
populons and valuable as 1t Is, and
that continued immunity from over.
dow will make it in a few years more
valuable Than any section Of country
Of equal area 10 the United States.
The Greenville times., 1897-03-27
Anchor Zine.

Boats pass GreenyiIle, two
'7si<z7ssS each way, twice a week
Sunday and Wednesday. Boats going
up the river connecting at Memphis,
cairo and ST, Louis with all railroad S
ana steamboat lines diveTging. Careful
attention to way and plantation busi-
ness The right is reserved to pass any
landing deemed unsafe.
Excursion rates now on sale to Mem
pbis, Cairo and ST. Louis, with privilt ge
by rail Rooms engaged for
any boat or date. Further Information
eheG~fully furnished on application.
j. =. HAYS, General Agent,
Yicksburg, Miss,
LYME STARTLING, Agent, GreGnville
The Greenville times., 1897-03-27
A DARING CAPTURE,

Twas night, hushel stiffness per.
vadcd tho entiro vicinity IN and adia
cent 20 the quiet village of LELAND
Tho only sounds audible were the
hurried whispered conversation of a
few Of the bolder citizens of this small
place. To those In position to know
were aware that there was being dis
played in the council Of war plans for
attack aud caplure-paus which Wei
hngton or Grant would never have
undertaken, if such plans had ever en-
cred their fertile minds Thoy were
of such magnitude that only tho greal
miud that conceived them was fully
able TO grasp them. Yet thoy, to %
man, were willing TO follow, tecing
that such gigantic mind must be
supported 10y equally rs brave limbs
Listen the order of march is given
Firm paced aud slow, a holrii front
they form" "Maintaiu the peace aud
dignity of Leland" is the war-cry.
The sullen, feroclous enemy lie dream
ing dreams of cnnuublal felicity aud
coningsl bliss, with no lhoaght of i'm
pending danger. AT word from
Con. Jones, Brighton Clark leaves
The main army Of "true aud tried men
aud makes detour to the rear of The
nemy, while Gea. Jon approach
with as much caution as his fiery auU
naturally aggressive nature will per-
nit, TO the very trent Of the fortress,
wherein is located the sumbtrng
though fierce aud w8r-like enemy
Preparations for an attack are in or
der. Each warrior tries his weapons,
feels OF his hesrt and breathes a pray
er for abseLt loved ones, also enyies |
the absent warriors. Then in thun-
dering tones Gen. Jones demands an
immediate and unconditional surren-
der of all within,
Hark Who comes there? 'Tis q
courier from withia, who approaches,
aud with humiliation botitting an OK.
communicated expounder Of Holy |
Writ and exponent of the Cause,
pleads for mercy; also bedes the Gen
oral to enter. But be viii not. Up |
goes the flag of truce, and taking ad-
vantage OF this, the attack Is with
held, A courier is dispatched to head.
quarters :Or more men and a few
trops Of Wholesome advice During |
his time The now irale General is suf
ocsting With suppressed rage. Be
loId the enemy, what feelings must
1e theirs Enemy to the rear aud
'uemy to The trout of them. led by =
general more War-liEe Than ere wa,
uri0us Frank or merry Huu. They
ome they come, the relief and al
ice have come The relief in the
'erson Of Private r. B. Best, with
ti-"ntv Of nerve aud determination to
ope with tSSe fearful euemy. He i'm
lediately assnmcs temporary com
lsnd, and finally porsuadc> me pP'd
ud fearless General to enter and make y
lem all prisoners The General, now
| command again, orders the return
IsrCh, his brow wrcathcd with lau- |
bis, banners unfurIed to the midnight
rerze, commences a mar lch uuprecc-
ented only by that one from the
eoatombs of slain on the CORY field Of
u.erlitz.
Dear reader, remember thts capture
ON It's conception to flush only last
lorty-oRc minutes, and succeeded
bringing to justice poor female,
arged with violating village ordl
Ince.
Motto TO the voters: Degustibus 4
IN est disputandum. TYRo b
The Greenville times., 1897-03-27

Bring your job Work 10 The TIMES
The Greenville times., 1897-03-27
GREECE ANB THE POWERS.

The nefarious compact known al
the concert Of tho Powers has been
lnterfercd With by the action Of the
! British Government in refusing to
Join the blockade of Greek ports.
| England has been compelled to this
step by the pressure of public opinion
| the voice Of the people having made
! itaelf empbaticaIly heard by means Of
the mass meetings which have slmott
daily been held IN London and else
where in the United hingdom'
Francs aud Italy have also weakened
in tIeir support of the concert, aud
it is probable that they will follow the
| lead of England and withdraw from
the agreement. The Two nations
which have been most determined in
the coercion of Greece and The sup
port of Turkey are Germany and
Austria, though what Germsuy's spec.
ial Incentive is it hard to understand.
II has been suggested that the motive
was simply the egotstical spirit
OF intGrmeddling which is character.
islic Of The young emperor, and bis 1
determination to have a finger in /
every PIE. Austria, on tho contrary |
has very good cause for anxiety. Il
there Is any fighting done in which /
she has a share, Aus ria is pretty Ger
tain TO get a whipping. She does not
wish to run the risk of losing any Of
her eastern provinces, and thinks, if
she continues to enjoy the favor of
Russia and Germany, that perhaps a
bone of Turkey may be thrown to
her when the final act arrives, The
two powers in which the worlds IN
terest in centred IN the matter are Of
course England and Russia. TO them
the lions share of the spois will fall,
The others are comparatively the
ackals that wait for crumbs from the
least Of the lion and the bear Russia
3ia has long to possess CoHs.AHtiuople
.or almost century, aud England
alone has prevented her from selling
t. England, owning already the
IONS share of the eaith's surface, and
layiDg taken possession of Egypt, the ,
most desirable part of Ihe Turkish en-
ire, cannot want any more, but even e
hough full to repletion, she cannot /,
ear TO see her rivals take what she
caves +
The retirement of England, Frsuce =
nd Italy breaks up the concert, and II
ow If Russia, Austria aud Germany !,
ress The coercion Of Greece to ex- q
eme5 the logical result will be that d
le three first named powers must v
,ne to her aid, and the grand strug- ..
e will shortly follow. The action a.
Greece has looked like desperation cs
She has defed such a sc
slition as the world never saw, and "a
begins TO look rs If her pluck aud ~
rive would win, after all There is
doubt that the sympathy Of the
opIe Of Europe, aside from the di. pc
Dmats, is with Greece, aud her heroic go
termination should be properly re- o1s, 1
Irded when the inevitable dlsmem- Hy
rment Of the Turkish empire takes ms
cs de-
The Greenville times., 1897-03-27
Southern Railway.
Vioksburg and graanville Packet Co
CARRYING U. $. NAIL.
Steamers Ruth and Annie Laurie

Steamers Ruth ana Annie Laurie
R5H = Leave Greenville for Vicks-
burg every Tuesday, Friday
and Sunday ut ?, IN.
Returning, leave Yicksburg every
Monday, Thursday ana Saturday at
?. m.
Boat leaving Vlcksburg on Saturday
and GreenvilIe on Sunday offers the
special inducement of one fare of $3.50
tor the round trip.
sS@First-class passenger and freight ac-
cOmmod2tions,
Cuisine unsurpassed,
The right is reserved topass any land
ng deemed unsafe by the Captain COM
LYME STARTLING. Agent
WHARFBoAT. C-2oIy1I0, Mss.
J. j, POW ERS, Supt., VicksbgrU, Miss
The Greenville times., 1897-03-27
RAILROAD TINE TABLE.
Yagoo nj Nisslsaippi Valley R. R

Connections made at Memphis with
all lines for the North and East and
West; ut New Orleans for the Guil
coast resorts and Southern Texas and
California.
Through tickets to all points now
on sale at the Y g NJ. v r. e. de-
pot office baggage checked through
For Information rs to rates, routes &c, d,
write or Upply to
Il. NJ. MIDDLETON, Agt.
JOIN SCoTT, Div, Pass. Agt,,
Memphis, Tenn.
W. A kELLoSD, 4. q. p, Agt, New orleans
A II HAEsON q 10 =. ACT Chicago
The Greenville times., 1897-03-27

LYME STARTLING, Agent, Greenville
The Greenville times., 1897-03-27

Try Gen. II. SCOTS 1880
Private Stock Whiskey, a su-
perior article. Beware of
fraudulent limitations.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-17
STATE NEWS.

| Mr.. Merritt, who lives near here, says
the Black Mountain correspondent of
! the Waynesville Courier, had the sad
misfortune to lose n three year old girl
on Friday might, the 18th inst. 1t is sup
posed that IL had eaten too much dried
fruit, and about the same time it had
| found n box of pills and had helped IL
self to as many as it wanted.
A gentleman from Vance township,
was in our office n few days ago, says
the Monroe Enquirer, and related the
following remarkable bit of news: \
little grandchild Of Mr.. Hugh Helms,
who lives in Mecklenburg county, not
far from the Union line, pulled up an
onion n few days ago, and hit off the
head and a small portion of the stem.
The chtld's grandmother, discovering
blood in It's mouth made examination,
and to her horror found that the child
had bitten off small snakes head and
was chewing it with the onion. The
stem of the onion was very large and
hollow and had been broken off some
distance from the top and the snake
had crawled inc the hollow Of the stem.
Chas. +. Dunn, II highly respected
colorcd citizen of our town, has opened
the Dime Bank" of Kinston, nm adver-
tisement of which apears elsewhere. lie
pays six per cent interest on deposits or
over - remaining i'm the bank mt least
30 days, not subject to draft. lie ~
having "a neat brick building erected in
the Tuckahoe part of town for ms
bank-Kinston Free Press.
Rev G. W. Blanchard arrived Satur-
day to begin his work us pastor of the
Knston Baptist church. His sermon
Sunday morning was short, following a
talk of fifteen minutes about church
matters. etc. His sermon Sunday night
was an excellent one, and has been
highly complimented. Some of our peo-
pie recognize in Mr.. Blanchard a re-
semblance to Hon. w. ]. Bryan.-Kin-
ston Free Press.
The Tarboro Dispatch thinks Snow
Hill can have a railroad, Notwithstanding
the defeat of the bonds by Greene c0un-
ty. 1t says Il gentleman of Greene
county said he would give 81 900 for the
road and thought he could get nineteen
others to give the same. All this, with
$4,000 or $4,000 subscribed already,
making $4,000 or $4,000 in all if
turned over to Tarboro. the Dispatch
says. the road will be built without a
raise that much money for railroad we
feel sure they can get one to KinstOn.-I
Kinston Free Press.
The annual picnic at Riverside Park,
Troy, \. c., will be given on Friday,
June 25th At night What's Next
will be rendered by local company, af
ter which there will be a reception till
twelve These annual pic-nics, follow
ed by the rendition of a play by home
talent, gives yearly pleasure and en-
tertainment to the Trojans and their
guests that is unlike anything else in the
State. Those who take part in the play
this year are Misses Blanche Capel, Ina
Smitherman, Ada Saunders, Jessie
Smitherman. and Messrs. J. r. Blair,
r. O. Fry, W. A. Cochran, W. G. Capel,
G. T. Luther, ]. 7. Cooper, r. L. At
kins.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-17
DEAL GENTLY WITH THE STOM-
ACII

If It proves refractory, mild discipline is
the thing to set it right. Not all the
nauseous draughts and boluses ever in
vented can do half as much to remedy its
disorders as n few wineglassfuls-say
three a day--of Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters, which will afford it speedy relief, and
eventually Danish every dyspeptic and
bilious symptom. Sick headache, nerv-
BUSINESS, sallowness Of the complexion,
fur upon the tongue, vertigo, and those
many indescribable and disagreeable SEN
sations caused by Indigestion, are TOO
often perpemated by injudicious dosing.
An immediate abandonment Of such ran
dom and i'll advised experiments should
be the first step in the direction OF n
cure; the next step the use of this stand
ard tonic Alternative, which has received
the highest medical sanction and won
Unprecedented popularity.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-17
MIR. GRANGBRS SUCCESS WITH
TRUCK.
Ckinston Free Press.)

There was not near so much truck
planted around Kinston this season as
usual. but good prices were received for
most of the shipments and the truck
planters made a profit ON their crops.
Our largest trucker, Mr.. J. w. Granger.
has done nicely. He still has thirty or
forty acres of potatoes to dig, the most
of which he will get off this week. He
dug seven acres recently that made 4G
barrels per acre, but this was in a place
partially protected from the cold. The
prices for good potatoes hold up fairly
well. the quotations on primes being
50 80 to 81 Il barrel.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-17
WHAT 1T MEANS.

When we arvertise that we will guar
antee DIR. Kings New Discovery, Eiec-
trio Bitters, Bucklen's Arnica Save, or
DIR. Kings New Life Pills, it means that
we are authorized by the proprietors to
sell these remedies ON positive guaran-
tee, that if purchaser is not satisfied
with results, we will refund the pur-
chase price. These medicines have been
sold on this guarantee for many years
and there could be no more conclusive
evidence of their great merit. Ask about
them and give them a trial. Sold at
any drug store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-06-17
OA1ENS.

Julia, you did not accept Mr.. Fitz-
JonesY'
Il was afraid to; he proposed to me
on bargain day"