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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13
NOT STRICKEN.
INatchez Domocratl

y hAAAlNN AfAlANNNl N''I
some time since tie Manufacturers
Record sent outa circular addressed to
the governors OF oil the Southern stales
requesting communications from them
showing the growth and Advancement
made 10y the Commonwealth over
which they respectively presided in re-
cont years one OF these circulars was
placed into the hands Of Governor Me-
LgurIn, aud he made haste to reply TO
II. His communication speaks IN very
glowing terms of the recent growth
and progress either overdrawn or
exaggerated, IL will certainly have the
effect of drawing the most favorable
attention to our State, its latent re.
sources and possibilities, ana tho nd
vantagcs II offers to those who are
seeking new homes IN the genial and
kindly climate of the cotton belt The
governors letter, though brief, covered
the ground very well, and Will no
doubt be widely read 10y hose who are
seeking information about the South
crn States with the view Of settling in
one or another of them.
Amongst other things in his com
munication Governor McLaurin wrote;
zone of the hopeful evidences OF
larger Industrial prosperity in our
State is the increasing number OF email
farmers. The average size Of farms
has decreased from $50 acres in 1860 to
lO3 in 1870 to 1856 in 1880, and to 1872
in 1890. So i is seen they are now less
than one-third the size of thirty years
ago. The old tenant system and i'm
mcnse plantations are giving way to
the advancing number Of industrious,
economical frecholdors Aud another
gratifying fact is that Mississippi
farmers have Jess mortgage indebted
ness than those of any other part OF
the whole country" The Democrat las
always advocated the division OF the
large plantations into small holdings
aud their cultivation upon the intcn-
sive system Of farming, and as the
movement in this direction ispfogtess-
ing, IN precisely the same ratio is the
prosperity OF the State advancing
With smaller farms the necessity for
mortgage Indebtedness decreases, and
the greater becomes the happiness,
contentment aud advancement OF the
agricultural classes.
During the late presidential CAM
palgn, when the calamity howlers were
getting III their work upon that line
aud telling their "little tales of woe
from every platform aud stump in the
State, we coutended that Mississippi
was not so deeply in the slough Of
despond' as they asserted, but that on
tho other hand her people were in as
good condition as those Of any other
State of the Union, and indeed more
happily fixed than most of them. We
are now pleased TO observe that our
contention is confirmed by no less al
authority than the governor of the
State, whose recent letter places Mis-
sissipp well up to the front of the pros
porous, advancing SIetes of the great
aud glorious Southern sistarhood. We
are not overwhelmed with calamity,
and never have been let US quit try
ing TO make ourselves believe that we
are, and everybody 90 TO work to keep
our splendid old State moving along
steadily IN the high road of progress,
prosperity and wealth.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13

A very interesting installation ser
vice was held on Tuesday night, Jan
usry 18th, by the Moorhead Lodge,
No. ia, X. of p, which was attended
by several officers and members OF
The order from Grecnvile. e q.
Bell, Grand Chancellor, conducted the
installation ceremonies, aud Mr. w.
II. Stevens was elected &. c., his sec
oud term of office. AT the conclusion
of The interesting ceremony hand
some banquet was served by Mr.
Stevens at the MoOrhead hotel, which
was thoroughly enjoyed by the mem.
bers OF tho order in Moorhead aud
their guests, aud many aud hearty
congratulations we're offered to the
popular host on account of the honor
done him IN his election to second
term of office.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13
The Yerger German.

Away and beyond the many pleas-
ant social functions of the present
winter stands the elegant german
given by Miss Jennie Yorger com
plimeuOury to her accomplished guest,
Miss Lillian Smith, Of Jackson.
Society had tip-toed in anticipation
OF a good time. Tho social memo
RIGS have been rausacked aud cDmpRr-
isons have been had with the scores OF
brilliant entertainments put down 10
the credit of Tins most elegant of
homes, and yet the guests ON the
night Of January 9Th agree that Capt
and Mrs. Yerger had reserved for
. that occasion the card invincible,
with which To win the merited Gu
comum, tho latest and the best.
Nothing had been omitted to make
of the dancing the ideal poetry of
movement and grace. The psrlore
and dining rooms were thrown into
one grand dancing hall, which was
brilliantly illuminated by the wax
tapers from many caudclabra ana cleo
trio Jets The mAntes were banked
with maiden hair and pteris trcmula
ferns, on which stood stately bouquets
of Miss Yorger's tavontes, pink aud
white carnations, adding beauty and
fragrance to the scene. The dancers
were grouped in lines forming a
double horse shoe. In the front row
of this emblem of COED omen sat
rare and radiant msldens, the boosted
beauties Of Mississippi and the bellies
Of old kentucky and California; and
Dy them were gallants as chivalrous
as ever wooed woman, or trod
measure. What shall | say of that
second phalanx, the stag reservesf
What can | say but praise, since 1t
represented The very flower of youth,
with an occasional veteran wearing
the laurels, yea, and scars won on
many Of socicty's battle fields
Mr. Henry I. Ireys, Jr, opened the
german with Il grand military figure,
which soon established his right to
tho title ofleader sans pareil, while BIO
formed and reformed those varied
and charming studies in beautiful
faces and handsome costumes,
Dancing was continued until am.
with an intermission at midnight,
during which a most recherche sup
per was served. Never were good
byes and congratulations moro thor
oughly fclt or more heartily expressed
chan were those given by the guests
on that fair night. Those present
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13
ENGLAND AND AMERICA

The five yaar treaty, by the terms
OF which England aud the uhlIeu
States agree TO maintain pence ana 10
submit all international questions to
court OF arbitration, was formally
signed on behalf OF the two nations
by Secretary Oluey aud Sir JuIiah
Paunccfote, on January the lllh'
The treaty contains clause that any
question affecting The honor aud avg
uity OF either nation is eXcepied from
Judgment by arbitration Tue tlual
arbitrator named is King Oscar OF
Sweden. The treaty will be ratified
by Queen Victoria aud President
Cleveland, and is provisions are be-
leved to cover every ground for dis
pute which may arise between the Two
ua ions. This treaty, SO quietly aud
unosleulatiously entered into, is iull
of significance for the future, and Is
one of the most important diplomatic
events ot recent wears. 1t means far
mara thsn formal agreement be.
,,y,en two nations to refrain from
cn,tipo each others throats from a
torn, of wears. It is al acknowledge
mani and public ratification of q tie
which binds the two greatest nations
If ,he earfb in bonds far stronger
than mere friendly feeling, or com
nnpitv Of interests. War between
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13

What eau we believe about Cuba?
Colonel Money says General Lee
asked him to tell Secretary Olncy
tuat there was no hope of Spain sub
DUNG the rebellion. y later special
FROM Havana says General Lee is
highly indignant, aud authorized the
sending of a cable message fatty de-
nying Colonel Moneys assertion.
Verify, The situation grows interest,"
ing. Colonel Money is not the man
to make false statement, aud Gen.
Lee comes from a breed who are not
to de tritied with. Meanwhile what
are we 10 think about Cuba.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13
Pay a Tax or Marry.
| New York 1rlbune

NSW lOIk flUune.
a queer law has been introduced by
the legislators Of Argentine Republic.
It went into effect January /, aud
reads in part Rs follows:
"Noung cel'bales of either sex who
shall. without legitimate motive, re.
iect tbs addresses Of him or her who
may aspire 10 bis or her hand, and
who continue coniumaciously unmar-
ried, shall pay the SUN OF 500 piastres
for the benefit of the young person,
mau or woman, who has been re-
fused
Another clause reads: That every
male from the age Of twenty 10 eighty
shall pay tax till be msrries, and
shall pay It once in every month"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13
THE LAW AMI THE LADY.

Goldsmith, poor Old fossil, said
that when lovely womun stopped TO
folly, the 0uly art her guilt to cover
and hidc her shame from every eye
was TO die. We have changed all
that In certain potable casos-Patn,
Geo. Eliot, Bernhardt, and others, tie
werld has tacilly admitted that SUI
preme intellectual or artistic gifts ab-
solved the possessor from allegiance
to prescribed rules of morality. But
it was reserved for the Princess de
Chimay to assert that each woman is
law unto herself; to formally DEFY
public opinion, and inform the world
that It's ideas are Of no consequence
to her. Princess dc Chimay was one
Cara Ward, Detroit lumbcrman's
daughter, who went to Europe with
several millions and the deliberate in'
tcnDion Of buying a title. She pur-
chased he Prince dc CsramNn- Chimay
of Ilaiuault, in Flanders, whose only
Clam to value was bis possession OF a
title aud an old ruined Chateau which
smelt of Froi3sart. The Prince him
self was as rotten as they make 'em.
After few years of private lhealri-
Gals, IN which the King of Belgium
aud the Detroit Princess played II
star engagement, she brought down
the house by running away with q
gypsy musician. This was little
too much for The naughty Prince Of
HsinauIr and, as all her American
millions had been squsndercd, and ne
had no furlhlr use for her, he inStitu-
tec ceilings for divorce. 1t
will be- observed that the Prince Of
Hainau, had the good judgment to
defer any rssH steps until the millions
were all gone, for which due credit
must be given him. Now comes The
festive Clara, in letter to her cOun-
trywomcn, forsooth, in which she
calmly says public opinion does not
in the least influence her doings, That
she docs not wish to influence others
to follow her example, but that she
could not stand the fetid atmosphere
of European society, and therefore
ran away from her husband and child
rem with II good looking gypsy fiddler
There il meat for three volumes OF
satire in this letter. II almost places
Clara Chimay on that intellectual
plane which is superior TO moral OBJ
legations. 1t is the most oVerwbelm-
Ing indictment yet brought against
European society, and it will be inter-
ssting TO watch the contest between
PrisCess Clara aud the public opinion
abe so contemptuously tbrusts aside.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13
Anchor Zine.

=-s[---,k Boats pass GreenYille, two
: --1''1a-@s1A%@ each way, twice a week
sunday and Wednesday. Boats going
up the river connecting at Memphis,
Cairo and St, Louis with all railroad 8
ana steamboat lines diverging. Careful
attention to way and plantation bust
ness. The right is reserved to pass anv
landing deemed unsafe.
Excursion rates now on sale to Mem
phis, Cairo and st. Louis, with priyil, pre
OF returning by rail. Rooms engaged for
any boat or date. Further Information
furnished on application.
j. HAYS, General Agent
Vicksburg. Miss.
LYME STARTLING, Agent, (;reenville
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13
Vicksburg and Gresnvilla Packet
CARRYING u. S. MAIL.

Steamer Annie Laurie leaves 49, .
Greenville every Tuesday and $500
Friday at p. m. Leaves
Nlcksburg every Monday ana Thursday
at p, N.
Steamer Ruth leaves Green In,
vile every Thursday and Sun g: sz,sz 8
day at 5p, N. Leaves Vicksburg every
wednesday and Saturday at .. m.
First-class passenger and freight ac-
commodations,
The right is reserved pass any land
ng deemed unsafe by the Captain com
handing.
WHARRBoAT, Greenville, Miss.
LYME STARTLING. Agent.
j. j. POWERS, Supt., VickgbGrS, Miss
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13

The world is not so small after all
Iu the single district Of Jabbalpur,
India, no less than 10000 people have
died from starvation in the past few
months, and it is said that many thou
sand. arc so far gone that it will be
impossible to save them. In Bombay
and the adjoining country the bubonlc
plague has already carried Of 100000
people, and they are still dying at the
rate of 200 per 1000 each week. This
awful state of affairs has caused
scarcely a comment in the whIrI and
tumult of the worlds affairs The
question Of a national relief fund
Will be raised III Parliament, apd, as
far as possible, the English govern
ment will attempt TO relieve the fam
Inc and stop the plague. The condi.
ton is Infinitely more terrible than
anything in Cuba.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13
NOTICE OF SALE.

BY virtue Of the power and authority
conferred on me by the Board of Di-
rectors of the Interstate Building and
Loan Association, of Columbus, Ca,
whereby | was appointed trustee, in
certain deed OF trust executed by Dru-
silla b. Green and w. NJ. Green on the
18th day of December, 1889, for the
benefit of the Interstate Building and
Loan Association. of Columbus. Ca, in
the place and stead of X. b. Gunby, the
trustee named in said deed of trust &,
and who is now deceased: Which trust
deed is recorded in Book A No. 3, at
page liz ct seq of the records of deeds
of Washington county, Mississippi, 10
which reference is here made and the
said Drusilla b. Green and w. NJ. Green
having made default in the payment of
the sums OF money secured to be paid
by the terms of said trust deed, and at
the request of the president, manager
and directors OF said association, will
on
Monday, the 18th day Of January, 1897,
between the hours of IL a. m. and 3
p. m, offer for sale at the front door of
the Court House of Washington county,
Mississippi, at public cutlery, to the
highest bidder for cash, that certain lot
or parcel of land, situated in the city of
Greenville, county of Washington, and
State of Mississippi, described as fol-
lows: All that tract or parcel of land,
known as lot number seven "a, in block
twenty (20), OF the Skinner Addition to
said city OF Greenville, county and
State aforesaid, except ten Q0) feet off
the east end of said lot number seven
"a, which is to be reserved as an alley
WaV. according to a man and nlan IF
said Skinner addition, now on file in the
Office of the Clerk of the Chancery Court
OF Washington county.
Witness my signature this the 18th
day of December, A. ID. 1896.
WILLIAM GRIFFIN,
Decl6-n44W Trustee.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13
MULES FOR SALE.

We are again in The Mule Market
for the season, and have on hand sew
eral car loads of extra Cotton Mules.
Our prices will be as low as the low
est. Our facilities for buying and
handling enable us 10 compete with
any market We only ask you to sec
our Mules aud get our prices TO be
convinced.
ATTERBTTRY 81 ALDRIDGE,
dec9w-s Estill, Miss
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13

Dispositions in the contest case be-
tween Gen. Z. c. CatchIngs and his
opponent q. J. Jones have been COM
pleted as far as Washington county is
concerned. Witnesses from other
counties in the district will be exam
ined hereafter, commencing on the
25th. The only claIm advanced is
that the right of suffrage and rcglstra-
ton was denied TO certain negroes
The contest is very trivial and even
farcical in its character, the claim that
the right TO vote or register was arbi'
trarlly denied to qualified negro voters
bang absurd and unfounded. Moth
lug has occurred 10 make it appear
that the contest has any legitimate
cause for prosecution, or any object
other than the securing of expenses
and the premium so unwisely offered
for the encouragement Of such enter
priscs.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13
MONEYS REPORT.

Congressman Moneys trip to Cuba
has been tue subject of good deal
of newspaper chaft' in Mississippi,
his action seeming to SAVIOR of Qui-
xolism to many of his critics, though
it is hard to understand why be
should not have gone to Cuba if he
chose to do so, or whose business his
private actions concerned. AT all
events, the report he brought back
has been awaited vita 10 little inter-
e,t from the fact that it might be re-
lied on, which is more than eau be
said for any other Information re-
ceived from the island,
Mr.. Money has made his opinions
on The subject public, and they may
be- summarized as follows Spain is
unable to cope with the instruction,
aud can never put it down. This is
The opinion of both Mr. Money aud
General Fitzhugh Lee, who requested
Mr. Money to inform Mr. Olney that
such was his conviction.
General Weyler claims that the in.
surreclionists, discouraged by the
death of Maceo, have abandoned the
struggle and gone back 10 their usual
avocations, aud in very short time
general business will be resumed in
the disturbed districts and the insur-
rsction be at an end. This same
promise has been made already so
often that people are growing weary
o hearing it.
General WeyIer in an interview,
Informed Mr., Money that Spain was
perfectly satisfied with the course
pursued by the American govern
manr. but said that the American
people we're regarded with the ut
most bitterness and hostility by the
Spanish, everything American, with
the exception of President Cleveland,
being invariably pictured by them in
the guise of hog.
The most important result Of Mr.
Moneys mission is the proof that he
has obtained that the insurrcction Cau-
not be queIled aud since he is borne
out IN This claim by General Lee, who
is probably better informed on the
subject than any other American, it
is probable that some active steps will
spOu be taken by this government for
he pacitication of the island.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13

P9s-Job Printing OF every description
neatly and promptly executed at this
office. Send us your orders.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13
RAILROAD TINE TABLE.
YagoO and Nississippi Valley R, :
T1alns arrive and pass areenylllo as

Connections maze at Memphis WITH
all lines for the North and East aha
West at New Orleans for the Gun
coast resorts and Southern Texas ana
California.
Through tickets to all points now
on sale at the Y. 4 M. V. X. IL. de-
pot Office baggage checked through
For Information AS to rates, routes &c
write or Upply to
w. II STEGER, Agt.
JOHN SCOTT, Div, Pass. Agt..
Memphis. Tenn.
W. A. KnLLoND, A. G r, Agt, New Orleans .
A, II. HAEBoH G p. Agt. Chicago
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13

Messrs. Jim Anderson, E. p. Pea
coo, w. 4, Priestloy, Jack Conley, L.,
Conlcy, P Archer, Dick Beden, Ar
chic Bell, E. E. Bass, Fl, 7, Rucks, j. A..
Shall, A, p. McCutchen, H. G. Watson,
G. Dudley Robert Fort, John Thomp-
son, W. II. Reed, DIR. Stewart, Major
Starting, Major Helm. SYPHAX'
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-01-13


The papers are repeating remarks
made before Fall River, Mass Cot
ton Spinners' Union concerning South
eru women, especially the class who
work in factories, aud the treatment
accorded them as compared with that
received by the same class in the north.
aoCrsisry Howard, in bis southern
tour observed will 5urpllsl that
women we're much more respected
luan Ia the north, aud that working
women, especially, obtain and deserve
p degree or confederation got accorded
.lem 10 The CIV England mills. Ibis
en- offset to She oft-repeated slurs
about southern civilization 90 common
20 New England newspapers. The
treatment of its women Is fair critic
rion OF 4 nations civilization. Tusl
So much as we surpass New England
il this respect is our civilization bet.
ter aud higher than theirs.
The times., 1897-11-29
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

tScne,I1Ile in effect November q, loSt. ,
An trains arrive and leave Penns YlFahiA
PSSS1e5pgeF 331,lGDsilv, local for Danville.
f-torI-tfe aud way stations, cOnueCtS at
Manassas for StTaSburg- hifriSoh"iFS inu
SfaUuton, daily, except SuhUdt duu az
Ss-',',,,s,,rtr t.tTu TnF N0rIOlS and " eSteFns
d3iiC and with the Chesapeake and ONO,
JSiiy' for the Natural Bridge ana LeNinS-
Ton ii15am--DaiIy.th STATES
FAST MAIL, carries Pullman Buiiet
SieeDers New York ana Na>!iihEtolI 20
p9,iieH9n Sieener for AShevllle and Hot
Spriugs, y. c.. hnOXVH!c anu SHa5, n,
ta10ofsa Tenn; and at Charlotte WITH uil-
man Sleeper for Augusta. 1 ullnah blIIe
sienner TeNv YORK tONew Orleans, &C IN eCt-
ing ut Atlanta Tor blTlnln Ehdth anu Sxeia- S-
uhis Solid tralnt Washington 70 NtW
rfeanS without change sunset personally
= - -1,,.,t e,t touriSt eNCu rSlGn through sleeper
Cf tbis train every wednesday 70 san
FTancisco, without change
4.ut ~ Iu-LOCai for Front Royal, StraS-
burg and HarrisOnbUrg, daily except sun
4iSI uS' D. m.-Dany, Local for CharlOttes-
fi,ie4 t'.43 n. m.-Dailv. WAS HINGTON AND
SGITT THWESTERN. VESTiBULED, LINZ
TIED composed OF Pullman FesIlblied
sleepers. dining cars anit ia So'iCliis- iSIs
Tenn via 2sheVille Knoxville anG Chat-
tanooga. New York To TAMPA VIA thar-
lotte, Columbia, "a wanna n, aHd JackS9iiEui
from Richmond to Augusta. via Columbia.
with connection for Aiken, ;. G., New
York TO Memphis via Birmingham; New
yorE 10 New orleans, via Atlanta and
Mont goInery. Vesubuletl day coach Wash
inqf,,n To Atlanta. Southern railway dining
car, Greensboro 10 Montgomery.
TRAINS on WASHINGTON AND OHIO
DIVISION leave Washington 9-0i m-
daily and f. 45 p m daily, except sunday,
aud SIS y. IN sunday only Tor Round Hill.
4 SO D. m. daily, except Sunday, for Lees
burg, and 0.25 p. IN. dailg for HerndOn-
Returning, arrive at Washington S.26 n
IL and 800 p. m. daily, from Round Hill.
and Z .O6 a III. daily, except Sunday, from
HerndOn, and S:34 a. M daily, except sun
ThToHgh trains from the South arrive at
Washington s AZ a. m, 2.2O D. n. aud
9.25 D. m daily. Harrisonburg, I2-40 p
m. and 9.25 D. m daily, except sunday.
and $50 a. M daily from Charlottesville.
Tickets, sleeping car reservation, and in
formation furnished at offices, 700 18th
st. NV, oil Penns ylvania a avenue, and as
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Passenger station.
w. III. GREEN, Gen. Supf.
j. NJ. CUIP, Traffic Manager.
W. A TU Hk, Gen Pass Agent:
L. =. BROWN Gen Ast. Pass. Dept,