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CHURCHES.

0lSL GDuTCn WuS lOuiOeu III 1OjU, anu its present membership is 125. Rev k. l.. Wozencraft is now serving his third year as pastor. The Baptist church was founded in 1S98 and now has a membership of sixty, with w. V. Walls as pastor. Each of tkese churches has Q nice frame church. building and parsonage, and each supports q live Sunday School and other attendant societies.
 ENGLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL.
 England public school is keeping pace with the rapid growth of the town and the development of the surrounding country. A fige-mill tax is voted every year, and this supplemented by private enterprise, enables the school board to employ three teachers and maintain an eight month s school each year.
 The school is fairly well graded, there being nine grades; three in the primary room; two in the intermedi- ate and four in the principal's room.
 The principal, w. r. Condray, was born in Ripley, I4auderdale county, Tennessee, December 28, 1866, and is now 3l years old. In 1871 he moved with his father to Faulkner county, Arkansas, where he alternately worked on a farm and attended a district school and Quitman College, thus preparing himself for the fresh man class of the Arkansas Industrial University, which he entered in lS87s Here he graduated in the normal de- partment and took scientific studies in addition. After cOmplet- ing the course in the Arkansas Uni versity, he attended the University of Tennessee one year and spent the summer of 1887 in the University oi Chicago. Besides h is present posi- tion Mir. Condray has been principal of Heber High School, Imboden Pub lie School and Judsonia High Schoo In 1895 he conducted the Cleburl county normal under an appoint ment by Superintendent Junius Jor dan.
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MORRIS X SWAMI.

Morris & Swain are general mer- chants, doing a general furnishing business. They have been in business in England since 1891. They are also among the large planters of this sec- ton, and buy cotton. They were born and reared In Lonoke county, and their interests, of course, are more or less identified with that of the county; and especially, at pres- ent, with tho interest of England and surrounding country. Mir. Morris was engaged for while in the livery business at Lonoke, and also at this place before embarking Tn the mer- cantie business. Mir. Swain, before coming to England, was engaged in a general mercantile business at Lo- noke. He is at present agent for the Arkansas Oil Co.,, and buys the greater part of the cotton seed of this section. The business of this firm is among the leading businesses of the town.
 Mir. Morris Is a member of the school board here and justice of the peace, and MrSwalm is an alderman of the town They both own town property and are among ths enter prising citizens of the place, taking l. liberal part in every thing looking to the advancement of their town anu country.
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HOsTLERIEs.

The town has two first-class hos tleries. the Brodie Hotel and the Turnbeau House. At each of these the travelling public is served i'll a manner acceptably.
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MT. E. F. Young, express agent at sonesboro, visited his brotheer, Lawyer ". T. Young, in this city sunday
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T. J. rYGART.

Mir. Tygart has been in the drug business in England since March 1895. He carries a full line of drugs, stationery, toilet articles, etc.
 He is native of Lonoke county. For anumber of years he was deputy sheriff under w. r. Fletcher, doing the office work. He is also engaged in a general mercantile business.
 His business now is on the east side of town but he has In course of construction on the west side, a new store building, into which when completed, he will move.
 MT. Tygart also owns considerable town property and is ever wide awake in the interest of his town and country, sparing neither labor nor expense in anything tending tC the upbuildlng of either. Socially he is as pleasant a gentleman as on will meet anywhere.
 s. B. CANON.
 Mir. Canon was among the first t enter into business in England, be ginning in 1889. He carries gener al line and does a general furnishing business. His business amounts t about $40. GOO year.
 1 Mir. Canon is native of Tonnes see, and removed with his father t Prairie county, this State, in 1855 From 1872 to 1889 he resided a
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FOUNDING AND GROWTH.


 England is situated thirty-one miles, by rail, north of Pine Bluff. and twenty-five miles south of Little Rock. on the Altheimer branch of the Cotton Belt railroad. The town was founded in 1889, the railroad having been completed from Altheimer to Little Rock in the winter of 'S8 and 'S9. For several years the town as- sumed merely the proportions of small station, but as the innumera- ble wealth-princfpally in the way of farming nterests-began to gather and center here, the attention of en- terprising business men was attract ed, large mercantile houses which were to do q general furnishing busi- ness were established, and the town received such an impetus as soon placed it in line with the most pro- gressiYe of the small towns of the State. It continued to grow in pop ulatiOn and enterprise, untilnO town of it's size in South Arkansas today has Q brighter and more prosperous future. Its present population num- bers nearly one thousand people, and it can be safely asserted that within the next eighteen mouths this number will be augmented to two thousand. There are now thirteen business houses In the town, which do an aggregated business of nearly two hundred thousand dollars. There is not vacant house-either business or residpnce-in the town, and new buildings are constantly in course of erection. The demand foI homes is so great that In some in, stances two and three families arc compelled to occupy one house, and a number of families occupy the real part of store buildings.
 ENGLAND DISTRICT.
 What is known as the England district, or Rich Woods, comprises one of the finest farming sections 1T the State. This district, from whict the town draws it's trade, extends il some directions twenty miles iron town, embracing a part of wha was once the Lonoke district. Her, it is, in this district, the Yuaith o soil rivals that of the Nil Here on can stand and view al Is the ey can reach q continuou y offarm the average yield of W when tn seasons are favorable, fom twely to fifteen hundred pd Ids of see, cotton, and from fortyto fifty bush els of corn. per acre. bottom, though is the principal prouYct. And t furnish an idea Of he immens vfald of the feee2 stan,a 1,
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Mothers Praise Hoods Sarsa amilla, because, by it's great biood Eching qualities, it gives rosy y, eks and vigorous appet,ses lo ny children.
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Alexander Bros. have rented and afe now occupying the Ingram build .Rg on the corner of Pine and Fourth gently vacated by the Smith Co.
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H. Gray and T. J. Ridge were Hrested today on charge of tres sasslng, having tried to take stock .ney claimed as theirs from farm. 1Rey will be tried by W. D. Vance, pdag.
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The party who posted on Sixth ecently a vulgur and slanderous 'aper is placing himself liable to i'm lrisonment for violation of the law.
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England Pounded in )889--Its Population Nearly One Thousand, and Its Aggre- gated Yearly Business About Two
 Hundred Thousand Dollars,

Resume of the Town as It Is Today--ts Probabilities and Possibilities Growing Out of the Great Farm ing District by which It Is Surrounded
 The Garden-Spot of Arkansas,
 Its Only Need Capital.
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MT. ". H. Langford leaves this af- ernoon for St. Louis and points in Ipe East to purchase new rails for !pe Pine Bluff & Arkansas River rail- 'Oad
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M. H. Roane & Co. are today re- HYing goods for their dry goods de- Rrtment' @ Mr. Alex Turney says he VI his first pair of pants Saturday.
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HeQd's Pill's are the fEssin,,o'
 6ilxIHathprtic and liver me-...-..
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qt 7::30 o'clock. Inn will be discussed . urged to attend.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-29
The first department OF the State

The first department OF the State
Teachers association now in session at
Redtield to hold it's annual convention,
WAS the county superintendent. The
president, Prof. Kerr OF Bookings, read
his annual address which Was full OF Wit
and practical suggestion, bearing rather
severely upon fsds and fadists in educa-
ton and making q strong plea for the
retention OF the good in the old system
and denying that q system SO utterly
deficient in good points as some contend
the old is, could have produced the men
and women OF the past. State Superin-
tendent Crane gave a short account OF
the growth OF U public schools during
the last decade and closed by rendering
his thanks to the superintendents and
teachers OF the state and speaking a
good word for his successor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-29

Pioneer Press, q: P%ennsylvan,s ad.
vices indicate that Senator Quay will
fail OF reelection as senator. His in.
dictment for an illegal use OF public
funds, his demand for . cl snge Of venue
involving y postponement OF the trial
until after the senatorial cancus. have
added fuel to the flames OF public wrath
which are pursuing him like q prairie
fire. Many OF his followers are DESERVING
HIM. They appear to be rallying around
Senator Chris Magee under the cry that
II there is TO be no trial there will be no
caucus. Quay is trying to force a eau.
cus on January 3, on the theory that he
is losing 80 much ground daily that his
only chance is in having the caucus a.
o as possible.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-29

Fo-ty-four years continuous service
10 congress, thirty-one OF them, nearly,
in the senate, is the record Of the late
Justin S. Morrill,, senator from Vermont.
who died at Washington Tuesday morn
ing OF pneumonia. in his SSth year. His
is the greatest official record in point OF
time, and in point OF usefulness will
compare favorsbly with the beet aud far
surpass the most.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-29

Chicago Record: A Mr.. Bicknell has
obtained q patent for a boot blackiug
machine. The model shows q suitable
framework, a rest for the foot, aud res
ervoir to contain liquid b~lacking, brushes
that automatically apply it to the boot
and then give way to polishing brushes
and 90 back to their places. The ma
chine can be worked by electric power,
or by a spring. and q be used with a
nickel in the slot arrangement.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-29

During the last twenty-iy years the
government has granted twenty five in
ventors more than 100 patents each, the
whole number being 1894, the average
19. Thomas A. Edison stands at the
head OF the list. He has received III
patents, Elihu Thomson 1914, Francis II.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-29

A recount Of the vote in Yankton
county az q result Of suits by three re-
publican candidates for county Offices
against three populiste, respectively,
who were declared elected, shows q gain
OF four votes for one Of the popul,sts, six
for another, and q loss OF only ono on q
third. Further prosecution Of the suits
On this line have been abandoned.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-29

Mise Mercedes Garcia, daughter Of the
late noted Cuban, Gen. Calixto Garcia
who died recently at Washington, died
Of consumption at q hotel in Thomas
vile, Georgia, on the 9th. Her remsins
will be embalmed and taken back to
Cuoa on the same warship provided by
the United States which oonveys to his
native soil the remains of her deceased
father.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-29

Sioux Falls Press, %: Six cases in
bankruptcy were yesterday disposed Of
IN The federal court in this city before
Judge John f. Garland. They we're all
voluntary cases with liabilities ranging
from $1,000 70 $4,000 and assets from
$500 to nothing. The case OF Emerson
& Bear was held up for ten days on the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-29

They are having q hot time in
the old town" Of Havana these days
and nights, too. But the agony will
5000 be over. The Spanisrd is gradually
drawing near to the pler-the Jumping
OIL place. CCbans ought to restrain
themselves until January l. 1889.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-29

objection OF one OF their creditors. but
the following parties were discharged
and thus given Al opportunity to again
become active pushers in the business
activity ct the city: w. F.. Wiley, r.
G. Chaphe, Roy Williams, W. II. Booth
and William II. Ingalls,.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-29

State Superintendent.elect Collins Of
Vermillion expects to move to either
Mitchell or Huron during his official in
cumbency, and has selected Prof. g. J..
ShellenRer OF Bowdle as his deputy.
The latter is said to be al experienced
and progressive educator.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-29

The reported contests OF the election
OF the three popullst legislators 10 Cod
inRton county have all fallen through.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-29

THURSDAY. DECEMBER %. 1898.
rRkNA Up 81 B~RCRIPTION
To

Tbs DAnY LBADBs makes . special feature Of
f1.nishir z Information conceBnina the advantsRes
aud resources Of the city Of Madison and Of She
state stlalgs e~usitling IL to the patronage ofad-
%7esti.srs OF every classi
j. F. STAHI.. Proprietor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-29

Richards 3i3. Edward Weston "a, Chas.
E. Scrivener 24S, Chss. j. Vardepoele,
2ii. and Geo. Westinghouse 2l1.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-09-30
COL. COX AN
EASY WINNER.
Whitthorne and Grigsby
Close for Second,
AND EWING AND MONTAGUE
Fourth and Fifth, Respectively-Result
of the Democratic Congressional Phi
mary Held Last Saturday.

Col. n. n. Cox "won out" in the
Democratic primaries last Saturday.
Not much more than half a vote
was polled, and he got considerably
less Than half of that half. But be
received several hundred more than
anybody else, and unless the COM
mittee in canvassing the returns
find something radically wrong, he
will be declared the Democratic
nominee, and as the nominee will
be elected.
The official vote has not yet been
canvassed, and will not be until
next Monday, when the Democratic
chairmen of the several counties in
the district will meet in Columbia
for that purpose; but the unofficial
returns show that Col. Cox has an
unmistak plurality of the votes
cast. Whitthorne and Grigsby
made a close finish for second place,
and Ewing and Montague finished
fourth and fifth in the order named.
The election passed off quietly
and in good order, in most places a
light vote being polled, The vote
cast for Bryan in the November
election, 1896, was 1858, while the
total number of ballots cast in the
primary last Saturday will fall
short Of 10000. In Maury County
about 900 votes were cast in the
primary, while two years ago Bryan
received twice that number.
Col. Cox carried Williamson
Wayne and Lewis countess; Whit
thorne carried Maury and Law
renee; Grigsby carried Dickson and
Hickman, and Ewing carried Giles
In all the ounties-eXcept Marry
where Col. Cox was not the frs
choice he was the second.
The returns of Maury County
Official and unofficiaD will be foun
below.
Ohcial and Unofficial Returns of Maur,
County.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-09-30
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
First Sitting Saturday-Believed That
Inquiry viii Prove a Whitewash.i

First Sitting Saturday-Believed That
Inquiry viii Prove Whitewash.4
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-The com
mittee to investigate the methods of
the War Department held it's first
meeting to-day. The session was
behind closed doors, and Chairman
Dodge at its end said that all SEES
sions, for the present at least, would
be secret.
So surprised was everyone at the
action of the committee in deciding
on secret sessions that the fear
which has been expressed for the
last few days that "whitewash''
was to be the outcome was con-
firmed.
In addition to this, Richard
Weightman, the editorial writer of
the Government organ in this city
was appointed secretary by the
President. The organ on which Mr.
Weightman is employed has de-
Tended Secretary Alger, Surgeon
General Sternberg and COmmissary
General Egan from the charges
made against them. The office is
supposed to be worth about $1,000 tC
Mr.. Weightman. These two facts
have caused doubtings.
The meeting to-day was for the
purpose of permitting the members
to become acquainted with one an
other, to perfect their organization
and to exchange views on the WORK
to be accomplished. Those presen
were General Grenville M. Dodge Of
Iowa, Colonel James A. Sexton o.
Illinois, the commander of the 6. A
r.; Captain Evan P. Howell o
Georgia, General John M. Wilson
Chief of Engineers of the United
States Army; Major General Alex
ander Mcdowell McCook of thu
United States Army, retired; Chas
DENLY of Indiana, late Minister t.
China; former Governor Urban A
Woodbury. of Vermont, and forme
Governor James A. Beaver of Penn
sylvania.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-09-30
THE REMAINS
OF COLUMBUS.
Great DISCOVERIES Ashes
Exumed at Havana,
TO BE CARRIED BACK TO SPAIN.
Had Lain in Their Last Resting Place
Since Jan. 10, I596-Remains Watched
Over by Strong Guard.

HAVANA, Sept. 26.-At 8 o'clock
this morning the official eXhuma-
ton of the remains of Columbus
took place in the presence of Gen.
BlancO, Secretary GOWN, the civil
governor, the bishop, the dean of
the Cathedral and other authorities
preparatory to returning them to
Spain. The general public were or
dered out of the Cathedral at 8
o'clock and no one was allowed in
side after that hour. The entrance
to the Cathedral was guarded by a
force of Otden publico, which kept
back the crowds which assembled in
front of the edifice.
The remains of Columbus had lain
in their late resting place since Jan.
10, 1896, when they were brought
from Santo Domingo, that island
having been ceded to France by
Spain.
Since the date mentioned the re-
mains had lain in an open niche IN
the wall of the Presbytery of the
Cathedral, yard and half above
the ground between pillar support
ing The main arch and the choir.
In 1892 there was placed in front
of the niche slab, of doubtful arts
tic taste, representing in relief bust
of the great Admiral and bearing
this inscription in Spanish:
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-09-30
81 YEARS OLD.
The City of Columbia viii Reach That
Age November II.

The City of Columbia VIII Reach That
Age November II.
1t will be news to many of the
citizens of Columbia to know that
their town will be 81 years of age on
the 18th Of November next.
In 1907 the General Assembly OF
Tennessee passed an act erecting
Maury County, and naming a COM
mission whose duty it was to select
a site for the town of Columbia.
Section 3 of the act says;
BE it enacted, That Joshua Will
Jams, VIM. Frierson, Isaac Roberts,
John Lindsey and Joseph Brown be
appointed commissioners who, or a
majority of them shall, as soon as
may be, fix on the most convenient
place on or near Duck River, as the
nature of the case will admit of, fol
court. house, prison and stocks fol
the use of said county of Maury
which place shall not exceed three
miles from the center east or west
and after agreeing on the place,
they shall proceed to purchase oil
otherwise procure not less than one
hundred acres of land, for which
they shall cause a deed or deeds tC
be made to themselves and theil
successors in Office by general war
rants, on which they shall cause q
town to be laid off, with necessary
streets and alleys, neither of which
street shall be less than one hundred
feet wide, reserving two acres al
near the center as may be, on which
the court. house, prison and stock
shall be erected, which town shall
be known by the name of Colum
bia."
The town was laid off in 1903. ant
on November II, 1917, an act incor
porating Columbia was passed b.
the General Assembly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-09-30
ELI PERKINS ON TEMPERANCE.
How the "SenatOr" Surprised His I'm
suspeciing Audience.

How the "SenatOr" Surprised His I'm
suspecIing Audience.
at was in the beautiful bar.room of
the Tabor Grand in Denver" said Eli
Perkins. "A group of handsome young
men were laug hing and drinking, when
poor lettering tramp pushed open the
swinging door, and with sad eyes, look
ed at them appealingly."
"COme in Senator and drown your
cares in the lowing bowiv they said,
jeeringly.
al Will come in, thank YOU" he said,
"for am cold and hungry
cake this brandy, Senator" they
said, mockingly, and drink our
health"
Alter swallowing the liquor the
tramp gazed at them for an instant, and
then, with a dignity and coIuence that
showed how far he had fallen IN the So
cial scale, he began ito speak:
"Gentlemen," he said, sadly, 81 wish
YOU well. You stand where | stood a
few years ago. You and / complete the
picture of my life. / was, alas, a Sena-
tor My bloated face was once as young
and handsome as yours This shamO1
ling figure once walked as proud as
yours. |, too, once had home, and
friends and position. had wife as
, DtduLllul a. an al llSL Wv ANU
| dropped the priceless pearl of her
honor and respect in the wine cup, and,
Cleopatra-nke, saw it dissolve, and
uuAffed it down. ! had children as
sweet and lovely as the flowers OF
spring, and saw them fade ana die
under the curse of drunken father. |
! had home where love lit the flame
upon the altar and ministered before
it, and put out the holy ire, and dark
ness aud desolation relgued IN It's stead.
/ | had aspirations and ambitions that
scared a. high as the morning star, and
| broke and bruised their beautiful
wings, and at last strangled them, that
| might be tortured with their cries no
more. To-day / am husband without
a wife, father without n child, tramp
without home to call his own, man
in whom every good impulse is dead.
All, all swallowed up in the naelstrom
of drink.
"Young gentlemen" he said, as he
passed out INTO The darkness, (which
ever way You go-whether you follow
your mo,ners,' wives aud children's
prayers, and enjoy their love on earth
and dwell with them in Heaven, or
whether you become saddened soul
forever lost like me, II wish you
wellw
81 shall never forget that sad pic
ture," continued the humOr-t. ut was
wit and humor ending in pdthos. Tears
dimmed the eyes of youth as they
watched despairing soul disappear
in the darkness"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-09-30
Reorganization.

A special to the Nashville Ameri-
can from Franklin gives the follow
ing report of the vote as cast through
ont the district: ABOUT 300 votes
were cast throughout the eight coun-
ties in the district. Cox received
about 3,4OO votes. Interest is now
centered in the race between Whit
thorne and Grigsby for second place,
with the result still in doubt. The
vote of Whitthorne and Grigsby is
about 2,20O each. Ewing about "
l75. and Montague about 700"
Complete returns from the cOun-
ties OF Wayne, Hickman, Dickson
and Lewis are not obtainable, but
the returns from the other counties
with the exception of Maury, which
will be found above) give thefollow-
ing results:
thorne 1888, Grigsby 470, Ewing l2O,
| Montague Q.
Giles: Cox 626. Whitthorne SO,
Grigsby ~, Ewing 7l3, Montague
Lawrence: Cox 265, WhitthOrne
267, Grigsby rs, Ewing 6, Montague
20.
The official vote IF the district
will be made to the Committee next
Tuesday, when the returns will be
canvassed and the result declared
a full report of which will appear in
our next issue.