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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-03-25

Tie Illinois Central Railroad People Planning
to Cover the Universe.
Their Industry and Enterprise Calls for More Railroad Bud-
ing by the Southern Railway.

nus Of the road to Tutwiler q distance
of twenty two miles, and the other win
20 south from Morehead, its southern
terminus, a distance Of fifteen miles.
This viii give the Yazoo Delta Railway
Company a total mileage Of fifty eight
miles The importance Of this extern
sion to Memphis IS in the fact that at
Tutwiler the Yazoo Delta's traclss con-
meet with the Philip branch Of the
Yazoo q Mississippi Valley and opens
Up new territory to Memphis Tie
new tracks win traverse some Of the
most fertile lands 81 Gle delta, and the
commerce from the little towns which
will line its tracks amounts 70 many
thousands 81 dollars annually
With the extensions bnilt Che road
win run south fr8m Tutwiler to Lake
Dawson. which is fifteen miles below
M0tehead, the junction of the Ta1oo
Railway and the Southern Railway s
Greanville line At present the routo
into Memphis b roundabout one and
Of little commercial advantage to this
city With the building of The new
road, OF rather the extensions Mem
phis win Be sin direct communication
with Morehead ana other towns on
the Yazoo line When The extensions
are c0mplsted. which WiIl by 81 July !,
according to The contracts t is pro-
posed 70 effect traffic Arrangement
with tie Yazoo 6 Mississippi road 81
Which q fast service viii De Hnt % to
Tutwiler ana Morehead q a to give
the planters along the line q quick
routs into Memphis. where they maeh
prefer to transact their business
The axfentiona ol Civ Naz0o Rail-
WaY lines means "a investment 81
ora i00e $50 AsnrraT q this extern
iba Wa made some tiMe ago and the
matter has been under consideration
f0F srefai months Theownen q tha
Yazoo Dslla Railway lliep decided u
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-03-25
| PLEI F0R FREEDOM or TH0IGHT lND ACTION.

mr. HIS Is rapidly becoming q govern
ment of the church, for The church
and5by thechurch. The Deist, the Athe-
.ist ana the Agnostie have no political
rightwhich thereligionists feel bound to
respect Though Robt q Ingersoll pos.
ses5ed Tire wisdom Of Solomon, the pa.
triotlsm Of Washington and the justice
III Aristides he could not Be elected
governor Of any state in the American
Union TIE pulpit and the religious
press would strike his trail, remorseless
as death persistent as taxes Not only
is Tie believer Bogcotted politically, but
the taboo not unfrequently extends to
business. An acknowledgment Of tile
orthodox God has become a sinc qua
non for success IN every walk Of life.
hence We seem men like Taber and Hitch
cock protesting Christianity during
their lifetime, even posing as church
officials Of exemplary piety and pro
mitigating their real sentiments nfler
death has deprived viHdietive bigotry
Of power to help Of harm Yet this Ii
supposed 70 BE- land where every in-
diyidaal enjoys tie broadest religious
liberty Only those who enjoy It who
care % pay the price aod that price is
persistent calumny and political ostra
cism No uni0n of church and state
IS The nations shibboleth yet the union
exist both AZ facto and II jare. and is
growing stronger every day Not only
does the political boycott extend 70 un
believers, but includes Catholics. Jews,
and Ell Others who dissent from tbe|
loose iointed Protestant dogma which
las this nation under its heel Is were
impo ibie 70 elect Catholic or Jew
70 tie presidency as to elevate ~ aYow
ed Atheist to that high Office And YET
this Il really q nation Of Liberals II
not 81 AghoBlics Df onr 10000, 900
people. la tbau 25 900 900 IRE church
communicates and 81 least 20 pei cent
og these are women aid children a
sfaa naiority Of the American voters
regard the church eith Indifference 4
u0t aversion yet ne religious iall cor
linue q wag The political dos This
is beeaua the dIsnter from religions
dogna % 3 rule are not aggre iYe
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-03-25

yiyed her GaItenng faith Ills pam.
phlets were read to Che ragged Cont.
nentals drawn UP III battle array and
again and again they set their broaats
against The bayonat until even the Brit
ish lion recoiled and the star d empire
rose in Che western world Yet were
Paine alive today ho couldn't be elected
dog catcher q Obs blessed county Of
McLenan We're Benjamin Franklin
Publishing a newspaper in Waco the
Baptists woald boycott st Were
Thomas Jefferson q resident Of this city
tic prarieutly pious would accuse him
Of reading the lc0noelast am neither
Atheist Catholic nor jew, but protest
against tho present status Of affairs as q
rank injustice Every man should be
privileged to exercise his brains With.
ont being placed undsra ban 70 speak
forth bis honest thought without pay
ing q penalty for only where there Is
freedom of sxJression is progress pos
sible. Those who regard revealed relig
ion as rank superstition should not
be taxed, directly Or indirectly for It's
support Fankly I regard Atheism as
4 rank folly tbe God of the Jews as q
savage, the claims Of the Pope as pre-
p0steroas but havn no more quarrel
with q man for dilsang with me III re.
ligion tban for taucying The blonde
type of bgauty while prefer the bru.
nette / would take God out Of poll
tics would agk only Of the candidate
for Office, ls hea patriot with a reason.
able stock of honesty and intelligence7
would base sd seealar law On haman
nece ity ! would accord to OIL the
fullest religious liberty Not only
wonld This De justice to the dissenter
bntit would rebound to The benefit of
tie church. It would win for it The
respect q ohoe who now regard It with
di4lfu aud render them more inclined
torecaive is doctrines It j. not ihe
lngsroiIs but the religious intoIerant
who make Atheists It is attempted
coercion that breeds rebellion when
ever Sc auetided ZAP who p short
% brains and long % gall standing up
fl the Texas legislature ana unwinding
q minute perfancloFg prayer for b
It'll which I must help pay fsel lass
kindly Y gig creed and all his class
When iHn leniel hath q shave or a
ela 81 ber ou sunday leeaua JOS en
i0gmcnt thereof would give 3 iOblot 81
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-03-25

while its devotees are engaged in o par
petual crusade The church people are
active while the dis5enters are passive
The latter, unorganized and ignorant of
their numerical strength follow ia the
wake Of tho religious bandwagon to
avoid the Inevitable boycott The re-
suit Is that the church dominates the
nation and coinpels even those who des
pise &c to contribute to its support
Millions are donated annually as q mat.
ter Of ezDediency a sop 10 ever hungry
Cerebus By men like Tabu, who re.
gard it as milestone slung about tho
neck Of the giant Of civilization Us
vast properties are exempted from tay
alton, thereby placing a heavier bur
then upon those who consider It the
nursing mother 81 ignorance and sup
erstition Atheists and Agnostics.
Jews and Catholicsare taxed to provide
Fat salaries for army and nayy, legi5la
tive and prison ehaplains Of the Protes
estant persuasion while every st0te has
law making It crime 10 do Oh SUN
day what iseongderel praisewortbg On
Monday Those whose religion requir
q them to respect the seventh day of
the week as The Sabbath are compelled
BY law to observe another. Such is the
condition today of 2 aation chat was
chri8tened by a Deist whose greatest
president was an Agnostic, whose wis
est philosopher was an Atheist and to
establish which men of ail faiths and
10 faith fought and suffered and died
side by side Such q The condition Of
nation y secular u its ineipiency That
Almighty Goa IS not mentioned 90 fis
constitution From The brain gf Thom
a. Paine Columbia apmpg fnll-pano
piled. like aincrgn from lid brow of
Olynpian Joye when TIE coIonisi
stood bedtating uncertain wbetbef lo
endure present ilis or ny to others tfey
knew not q be threw the gage of bat
tie full ana fair in BHmins naughty
faee It q univenally conceded tbat
his Crisis preeiplated The conflict
When defeat foli1ed defeat when the
now born nation Was bankrupt and heF
soldiers STRIVING at FaBey Forge it
was Painea burning words lhat =
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-03-25

| whining pietists q pain, ! conclude thal
/ II God interests himself IA such blgots
Ihes IN precious small business When
I ! hear IL urged against 4 candidate for
office chat hesa Catholic Or Atheist 4
lnstincdyoly reach for d stuffed club
And presume that anch things provoke
Iin like manner all men whose minds
arc not affected with Tho mlldow 0f tho
prevalent orthodoxy II proyokes "a
Iant,church prejudice. Thou shalt
and Thou shalt not are scorpion
whips that goad tho sons Of men to
mutiny Tie church has never gained
aught by persecution It may compel
| lipserYice, but cannot drige love and
respect into the hearts Of men, with q
maui A just and humane policy on
the part Of tho church; more charity
| and less dogmatismi q recognition Of
the rightof every sentlont Creature u
lts own opinion confession Of Tie
fact that the wise8t theologian q bus
groping toward the light and may mis-
interpret Gods message, the absolute
elimination Of religion from secular af
fairs less thundorous pulpiteering apd
more example Of Che true Christian
kind would eliminate Atheism from
this land, for the spirit of Christ when
made manifest appeals to an humanity
with irresistible power But just 30
long as the church appeals to the law
to enforce its edicts 20 long as It makes
70 crime 10 do that which works no
injustice 70 others % long as It com
pela an unwilling support 80 long AS it
boycotts those who dissent from rs
eyer-shiftiug dogma lt win broed hypo
critics and multiply humbugs The day
inevitably comes when men weary Of a
presamptuous and crnel master aud
rise Ia revolt And the stronger Tie Fe
preston the iiercer tie explosion It
was not altogether ihe fauIt IF tbe
French people that they once humiliat
"a the priesthood to The very dust ana
crowned 3 courtesan Goddess Of Reason
in Eortra Dame When al the pent-up
ahtagonism to American Professionalism
expIodes We may find the church De-
clared q nuisance and not only taxed
but compelled 70 pay q special license
Ike tha saloon and other supposed pests
q the body aoeial II i % trao that
pride goeah before Q fall then
american Professionalism preparing
lc0trfsUrD os rAgE SKI
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-03-25

can q meeting in Memphis to finally
dispose 81 The proposition to extend the
lines Accordingly President E A.
shedd Of Chicago, and Vice. President
and General Manager Pond, Of More
head Miss along with others inter.
ested ID the property came to this
city. They met at the Peabody Hotel
yesterday morning It did not take
them long to pass on the proposition to
extend Che road, and they let the con.
tract for clearing and grading the right
Of way The construction contracts
were not awarded yesterday but will Be
given next week The contracts stipu,
late that the extensions are to be com.
pletod By July1 Worl win start with
ID two weeks
Mr. Pond stated last night that the
twenty-five miles Of road from More
head to RuleyilIe was doing Big bust
ness, running two trains each way
daily and the prosperous conditions Of
this small amount Of property caused
them to decide on the extension. Mr.
Pond up 70 4 short time ago, owned
al the Yazoo Delta Railway Com
pany property He isa wealthy lum
Der man and some years ago Ga order
t0 facilitate bis business, bnilt some
tracks out from Morehead to bis
milling interests From time 70 time
hs extended these until they became 8
railroad though a small one Its bud-
ne increased year BY year and Il IS
now earning as much % some IF the
biz systems % Tie amount Invested
There Ire four towns ana altogether
eleven stations on the tweuty-one miles
of track between Morehsaa ana Ruie
vile Mr Pond says besides the large
humber interest some of tho largest
cotton plantations ID Che delta win Be-
trayersed and is estimated that At
least 10000 bales 81 cotton now divert
ed from this market on account Of tie
Inconvenience q reaching here win be
brought into Memphis M Pond said
last night that Z was ihe intention q
the Yazo0 Railroad q extend ihs lino
e Yazoo CitY Miss which 3 thirty
miles further outh than the row pro
posed extension WilI reach whsH eom
pIeted At Nazo0 city tie line VIII
aeaiu CONNECT ifh TIE Ya20o n Missile
sfHHi Valley tracks ara mis- extension
Wiil opaa AZ fna and fertile country
nof III present traye hB any lina %
niIr1ai
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-03-25


IN he extension ofthe Ponds roads as
shown from clipping from the
Commercials Appeal, given below, shows
the purpose Of the q railroad people
to cover and monopolize tho ntire delta
country
When The road from Morehead %
Yuzoo City shall be completed it viii
give the 4. g system absolute monopoly
of lhe business between the Yazoo and
Mississippi rivers It is magnif-
cont country ana we cannot believe
that the Southern Railway people viii
sit ialy aud permit It when It can be
defeated b. tie building Of 90 to 80
miles 81 road bel The extension of
tha 1ta Bena branch from Webb to
Belzona IL Yazoo City county Il aii
Fiat Is necessary % give 70 tlie Southern
Railway one 81 tie BEST feeders 81 the
stata from Itta Bena % Belaana the
saa sill traverse enc oa the most pro-
EtIes sections af ths south helana
S hieh tie larnsn living on & afe
prosperous and the growth q the
country Is simply remarkable This
rQa8 could BE- built at very little cost
e informed that tha right p way
Wdaia b eisen bg most e tna land
OWNERS ln addition 90 tile advantage
bieh the Southern Railway wouid
reap the building q ihis foad 4
weala Be splendid feeder fol Green
wo6d Lei our business men take hold
a and render such assistance to the
southsrn people they can The
hlan 9s the ! g Road is outlined as
Follows
The owners el the Kazoo Delta llails
Company hald q meeting at the
neaboay Hotel yesterday and deeiaea
aaan eisnsion of fhat road or flihaF
fH0 aSssn which Wiliadd thirty
afh miles 81 tricks e IS mlleaaa
0aulen VIII rin month from
R0IRille ihe present northern tefmi
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24
RECEPTION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that, be-
tween the hours of u. IN. and D. IN
a steamer Of the Inter-Island Steam
Navigation Company will leave the
wharf at the foot of Fort street one
half hour after the five whistles are
blown announcing the coming of the
United States Troops.
All members of the Reception Com
mittee, the General Committee, the
Geo. w. belong Post, G. A. r., and
Officers Of the n. G. II. are requested
to be on board promptly.
No steamer will leave during the
night.
This notice will hold good for each
of the Troop Ships as they may arrive.
J. II. FISHER,
Chairman Reception Committee.
go 3t
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24
BY AUTHORITY.
Sealed Tenders.

Will be received at the Office OF the
Minister Of the Interior, until Wednes
day, May 25, 1898, at IL o'clock noon
for painting the iron railing fence and
gates Of the Executive Building grounds.
Also at the same time and place,
tenders for painting the iron railing
fence and gates Of the Mausoleum
grounds, Nuuanu valley.
Separate bids must be made for each
work and must be endorsed blenders
for Painting Executive Building
Grounds Fence" and "Tender for
Painting Mausoleum Grounds Fence, -
respectively.
Specifications for the work can be
seen at the Office OF the Superintendent
OF Public Works.
The Minister Of the Interior does not
bind himself to accept the lowest or any
bid.
HENRY L. COOPER,
Minister Of the Interior, ad interim.
Interior Office, May Is, 1898. 9lS- 3t
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24

From the text of the Opium
bill as it has been passed by the
Senate, which was printed in the
BULLETIN yesterday, it will be
seen that it is not an opium
licensing measure. No places are
to be licensed to deal in opium,
but the traffic is to be conducted
solely by the Board of Health.
There is a difference, therefore,
between the traffic, as it is to be
carried on, and the licensed sale
of liquor, as we'll as the opium
traffic as formerly legitimized on
three or more occasions. Sales
of opium are to be made to every
person who chooses to enrol him
self as user or smoker
of the drug. Time alone
will tell whether this will
cause any general extension
of the opium habit among races
hitherto having only a few isol-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24
TUESDAY, MAY "a, 1898.

There is probably not civil
lied community on the face of the
earth today, in which there is not
remembrance with honor and res
pect of the birthday of the veneer
able Queen Victoria. She is hon.
ored for her public worth, real
lied in capitals outside of the vast
realms over which she reigns, and
for the domestic virtues which
she has ever displayed in the
fiercest and most prolonged light
that has ever beat upon any
human throne. Queen Victoria,
If she is happily spared TO this
day, enters upon the fourth
score year of her life,
and in less than a
month the sixty-first anniver-
sary of her accession to the throne
will be reached. Witnesses of
such years, such character and
such a record as the good Vic
torie's, we cannot help being
pious and exclaiming, with a slight
change from the words Of the
royal psalmist, This is the Lords
good favor, and it is wondrous in
our eyes"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24

Things are on big scale over
in "Californy." Lately the Italian
Swiss Agricultural Colony held a
celebration in Sonoma county
which wound up with a social
dance inside of a half million gal
Ion wine tank. Of course this is
the largest tank in the world. 1t
would be ridiculous if it wasn't.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24

In Colorado the Federation of
Labor proposes a constitutional
convention. The labor forces in
convention there have declared for
an eight-hour law, against child
labor, and in favor of the Fedora e.
ton entering politics to secure
needed Legislation. Labor is GER
tainly coming up, in spite of many
national and local setbacks, to be
a factor that must be reckoned
with in Federal and State politics
throughout the Union.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FIRST
Circuit OF the Hawaiian Islands. In
Bankruptcy. In the matter Of the
Bankruptcy OF r. Sawai Of Koloa, Kauai.
Creditors OF the said bankrupt are here
by notified to come in and prove their
debts before the Clerk OF the Circuit
Court Of the LIST Circuit, at Honolulu, on
FRIDAY, the 9th day of May, 1898,
between the hours OF 10 o'clock in the
forenoon and noon OF the said day, and
elect an Assignee Of the said Bank
rupt's Estate.
BY the Court:
GEORGE LUCAS,
9J7-td Clerk.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24
Notice.

The Annual Meeting of the Medi-
cal Association of Hawaii will be held
on the 18th and Goth instant at the
offices OF Drs; Andrews and Myers,
Masonic Temple, at s p, m.
All members of the Medical Pro-
feession are cordially invited to attend
the meetings.
l.. +. ALVAREZ, NJ. D.,
Secretary of the Medical Association
of Hawaii. 922-3t
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24

Klondike riches are not all on
the Coast. California is not done
yielding gold. The Keystone Con
solidated mine at Amsdor was
bought for 100000 twenty-five
years ago, and today Jasper Nc
Donald, It's purchaser, sets it's
value at Sl0,000,000.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24
Timely Topics
MAY 9, 1898.

Last week we drew your at
tention to the good qualities of
the Aermotor Steel Windmill
but did not mention the fact
that although the Aermotor will
pump more water than any
other mill, even with a poor
Pump, still even it will not do
its best work unless attached
to a good pump.
We keep in stock to go with
our loft. geared mills the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24

ated cases in their numbers ad-
dicted thereto. The law will
certainly cause more general
and greater consumption of
opium among the Chinese, many
of whom have heretofore been
restrained or altogether prevented
from the indulgence they would
desire, either through their fear
of the law or the cost and Difficult
ty of obtaining supplies under
prohibition. Employers of Chi
nese labor may therefore now have
n better opportunity than before
of testing the theory, not un-
disputed one, that a China
man can do more and
better work if he has opium.
On the whole, the measure
is a tentative one. If it fail in
greater part TO justify the argu-
ments for regulation as against
prohibition, which have been
dinged into the country's ears for
many years past, then it will only
have to be repealed when such re-
suit becomes patent after a full
and fair trial. 1t is about as care
fully drawn for regulation as
could be done within constitution
al lines.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24
Monuments and HeadstoneS

The undersigned is prepared to do
CEMETERY WORK OF ALL KINDS,
and supply MONUMENTS and HEAD
STONES OF which he has a great va
riety of the Latest and Most Artistic
Designs, and will also supply Stone Cop
ing separately for surrounding ceme-
terry lots.
nay" Estimates given in Marble, Ora
mite, Hawaiian Stone, etc.
800 II FRED. HARRISON.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24

Your photos will soon be spoil
ed If exposed without glass over
them. King Bros. have struck a
very neat and inexpensive way of
doing up photos which is giving
great satisfaction. 10 Hotel
street.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24
III E
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO.
OF - CANADA.
Summary Of the Annual Report for 1897,

New Life Applications re-
ceivcd during 1897. Sl6,2O2 ,754 81
Increase over lS06....... 5,lS2 ,l62 73
CashIncome for ycarend-
ing 3lst Dec, 1897. 2,23S,S94 a
Increase over lSO6....... 352, 1886 "A
Assets at 3lst December,
1897 ...................... 7,322,37l A
Increase over lSO6...... 93l ,220 IS
Reserve for Security Of
POlicyholders ........." 6,S56,152 rs
according to HIM. -Four
per cent. Table
Increase over lso6...... 02I,552 80
Surplus over all Liabili-
ties, except Capital. 3l4,22O IL
according to HIM. Four
per cent. Table,
Surplus over all Liabili-
ties and Capital Stock 5S3,2Il 9S
according to Canadian
Govt Standard, HIM. AZ
per cent?
Surplus over all Liabli-
ties, except Capital. 6ss, 1872 90
according to Canadian
Govt Standard, AZ per
cent?
Claims Paid During 1897 463,674 81
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24
Don t
Try to
Dodge!

The fact that clothes "cut a figure"
in the career OF man. People I'M
acquainted with you have no other
way Of Judging your financial stand
ing or responsibility. II you buy
from the average hand-me-down
tailor, nine chances out Of ten you II
get dressmaker's make. The well
dressed man-all other things being
equal--will make more money than
the man who is carelessly dressed.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24
MEDEIROS g. DECKER
The Hotel Street TailOrS.
Waverley Block.
DECORATION FOR VISITORS
To the Business Firms, Residents and
Others.

The Executive Committee of the
Committee of One Hundred to give
the Boys in Blue welcome to Homo
lulu request a full display of all AM
erican Flags and Bunting on the
Building and Streets of Honolulu, al
so the Shipping in Honolulu harbor
during the stay of the troops i'm our
Port. II. p. BALDWIN,
Chairman of Executive Committee.
JAS. A. KENNEDY,
Secretary.
Honolulu, May 10. 920-3t
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-24
HOP WO COMPANY.
King Street, Palace Square.
Merchant Tailor.

Crash Duck and Linen Suits made to
order. Fine assortment Of new and latest
designs just arrived. Perfect Fit Guar
anteed. Lowest Prices.