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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-02-22
THE SNOW.

Saturday night and all day
Sunday the snow came in its
glory and its terror.
Never was its beauty more
gorgeously displayed, and, per-
haps, never did its soft but cruel
touch carry woe and suffering to
more human hearts.
II fell over n vast stretch of
territory in regions where snow
is a phenomenon, and in regions
where its coming at this season
is as regular as the growing
length Of the days. Never be-
fore, perhaps, has SO large a
part of this continent been COW
cred with the Snow Kings 8 man
tie, warm and gracious TO the
frozen earth, but cold and merci-
less to man and beast. IL smooth-
ed out many n furrow in the
wrinkled face OF the old earth,
made common landscapes won-
drous for beauty apd upon mill
lions OF windows wrought mira
cles Of delicate and matchless
tracery.
From the shelter Of comforta-
BILE homes eyes looked out gladly
upon the immaculate majesty OF
the snow. Children laughed to
see the flakes fall and thicken
men and women upon whom for
tune has smiled found a richer
comfort beside ruddy hearth
stones because Of the contrast oI
bleakness and bluster which they
could see and hear 80 plainly
and from which they were 90
sweetly secure.
II was a rare time for a glow
ing CRATE, for the embrace Of an
easy chair, for a good book, an
afternoon doze before tho fire
lulled by the music Of the wild
wind, for a fat and steamine
dinner and for converse and con-
fidence with loving and prosper
friends. Upon many a scene
where all these fine conditions
combined to make life pleasant
the falling flakes peeped in pass.
ing. A home which holds happy
hearts and is hedged about by
the walls Of plenty never seems
quite 80 satisfactory as when it il
beat upon by storms which can.
not penetrate it. To many o
the inmates Of such homes yester-
day will be a memorable day
but alasl by how many Others
will the day be remembered foI
far different reasons.
To the father who looked ou
upon the storm and saw in it the
death Of his hope for work; 10 thu
mother who cuddled her shiver
ling little ones close to her aching
heart before a cold hearth orin !
thin and tattered bed; to tn
| great host of Gods children 70
whom the daily battle is only 70
| bread, the snow could have m
| beauty, and in the voice Of tn
wind could be heard naught bu
the notes Of terror and the wal
of despair.
How many OF US who sat b.
favored firesides Sunday though
| of these?
How many Of US left the for
tress Of our peace and went fort
to help them?
II what we have been taugf
to believe is true, this questio
will one time be asked with
! fearful import. Atlanta, Ga.
Journal.
a. 49,,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-02-22
THE MAGNOLIA M

tue llhb ROuHb} fsRffSN "
Benefit Association, Notwit
standing very uniayorable weath1~A
or, probably 100 farmers were
present and a good meeting was
had. The farmers Of Pike are
progressive and believe in organ
ization as a means OF dissemina-
ting knowledge among the people.
They are intensely interested in
any move that will enable them
to enrich their lands without so
much purchased fertilizers. They
are also earnestly seeking some
means that will enable them TO
profitably reduce the cotton
acreage, by substituting other
crops.
According to the combined ex-
perience of the farmers present,
an acre of cotton producing one
third OF a bale the average in that
county, 4 costs Sl0.S5 including
everything from preparation Of
land to marketing the crop. The
cotton at 5 cents n pound and the
seed at 10 cents bushel will be
worth 80 .35, leaving a net loss Of
the average farmer Of ST.. 80 an
acre, or 81 so bale.
According to these same figures
a bale per acre will cost Sl6.35,
all told, and be worth lint and
seed S28, leaving a net profit Of
Sfl .65 per acre and per bale.
So, while average farming sinks
money, intensive farming yet
pays even at low prices. While
corn at 12 bushels per acre loses
money, Board 40 bushels becomes
very profitable.
IL was argued that by rotating
crops following cotton with corn
and peas, and this by oats and
peas, and then back TO cotton,
using only acid phosphate as fer
tilizer, that fertilizer bills could
| be cut in half and crops more than
| doubled. In support OF this II
was cited that at Calhoun, La,
very poor pine.woods land, yields
were brought up in this way 10 a
bale and over, corn was mado to
n yield 81 bushels, oats az high as
60 bushels and pea vine hay after
oats as high as two tons per acre.
In explanation Of how this could
be accomplished, it was further
cited that at Calhoun, La. en-
acre Of peas was found TO have
| gathered 10S pounds OF nitrogen
per acre from the air or S12.00
worth; an acre Of Spanish pea
nuts 192 pounds or more than $40
worth, and an acre Of velvet
beans 19i pounds Of this nitrogen,
which is the richest Of feFtilizing
materials. II was further shown
that in feeding pea vine hay,
| Spanish peanut, etc, and saving
the manure there was no serious
loss Of fertilizing matter, and this
course was advised wherever
practicable. These and many
questions were discussed in a
running discussion lasting some
two hours.
The Magnolia Gazette, paper
that is great power for good in
! south Mississippi, published the
written part OF the address in full,
/ for which we are most thankful.
We are also under lasting obliga-
, tions to DR.. w. NJ. Wroten and
family for rescuing US from hotel
life and affording US the pleasure
/ OF one Of the most delightful
, homes in the state, and To all The
r good citizens for most kindly at
r tentions that added much to our
} enjoyment.-W. 9. w. in South :
. ern Farm Gazette.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-02-22

A successful advertiser never
allows his name to get out of sight
OF newspaper readers. The dull
months are the ones in which he
should make special inducements
for his patrons and the public. -
Brandon News.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-02-22

We take pleasure in announe-
ing the name Of w. w. Leggett
as a candidate for the office Of
sheriff. Mr.. Leggett is native
Of Pike county and is member
Of one Of the first and most fa-
vorably known families in the
county. His father, Hon. j. 9
Leggett, has served acceptably
in the State legislature, and is
highly honored by all. Wright is
a "chip Of the Ole block end If
ell scted to the office Of sheriff he
will undoubtedly do honor to
himself and to the people Of his
county .-McComb City Enter
price.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-02-22

appointment. General Lee COM
manded one force at Chickasaw
Bayou, when Sherman got badly
whipped, and he was division
commander in the seige, and
think is the only surviving gen.
eral officer Of the garrison.
The democracy of Winona is
arranging for a big time there on
March 10, when the candidates
for United States Senate, for Cow
ernor and all State offices are
invited and expected to address
the people. This will doubtless
be followed by other meetings at
functional and central points.
The State executive committee
might suggest q schedule, and
the candidates would be certain
to govern themselves accordingly.
Since my last letter, Lieut..
Governor j. II. Jones has an
nounced for Governor. This
makes seven Richmonds in the
field. Mr.. 7. r. Maxwell, chan
cery clerk OF DeSoto, who has
been SO favorably mentioned for
Auditor, has concluded that a
bird in the hand is worth two in
the bush. He can be chancery
clerk for life, and as Auditor, il
he got there for one term he could
not succeed himself.
Some of the newspapers have
been trying very hard to convince
Capt. James II. Duke that he is a
dead man But he was q very
lively corpse during the session.o
the Grand Lodge, and bids fair
10 live for many years to come;
some gentleman of the same name
recently handed in his checks,
but the good natured, whole
souled generous Captain is still
doing business at the same old
stand in Scooba.
Col. H. A. Barr died at Oxford
on Saturday last. He was eigh-
ty- three years of age. He was q
trustee Of the University of Mis-
sissippi for many years and ono
OF the leading lawyers OF the
State.
am sorry to report that Rev.
DR.. John Hunters condition is
such that his most useful life is
rapidly reaching its close. II
was my sad privilege to spend an
hour with him yesterday after
Ino.a, and az ! looked upon his
wasting form and saw evidence
Of his failing mind, | thanked
| God that / had been permitted t
live under his ministry for thirty.
seven Years.
"Servant Of God, well done,
Rest from thy loved employ,
The bGttle fought, the victory won
Enter thy Masters joy:"
There is stili some hitch as to who
compose tho State Executive
| Committe. By request Of chair
man Miller, ! have been making
some investigation in the unofii
cial reports Of the conventions o.
August, 1895, and April, 1896,
and find mistakes in all the listI
that have been published. an(
am not sure that / have discoy-
cred the correct one. The chair.
man and Secretary Roane vii
have to straighten it out.
A letter from Messrs. Bramt
& Alexander informs me tha
their digest will be completed il
about ten days. The first vol
ume has been delivered to sub
scribers, but the complete worl
cannot be supplied by Secretar!
of State until it is approved ant
!, accepted. The index, appendix
and statement Of cases are in thr
second volume.
Gov. McLaurin continues l.
convalesce, and has been able t,
attend to some official busines
for several days.
Yours, J. l.. P
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-02-22

A pious Scotch farmer once re-
marked with regard to the potato
disease, that at first he Thought
it dispensation of Almighty
God, but now he believes it was
an insect.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-02-22
STATE CAPITAL NOTES.
THE BONDED STATE DEBT
PAYABLE AND NON. PAY
ABLE---RAILR0AD
EARNINGS.

A Prosperous rlasonic Year Inter
State Farmers Convention-the
vicksburg Military Park Wi
mona to Open the Campaign--
Rev. DR.. Hunter Steadily Fail
ing--State Executive Commit
tee --Brame and AIexander's
Digest, etc.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-02-22

For SALE. One Jersey Cow.
Cheap. w. G. Anderson, Fern
wood, Miss.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-02-22
Special Correspondence ]

jackson, Feb. 90, 1899.
While in attendance on Masonic
Grand Bodies, at Vicksburg, II
read in one OF the news letters
from the state capital the state
ment that the bonded debt of Mis-
sissippi is one million and three
thousand dollars. And now comes
the request of newspaper friend
in North Mississippi for special
information as to this debt-how
created, when payable, interest,
etc.
The report of State Treasurer
May, showing the payable debt of
state on October 1st, 1897, shows:
6 per cent. bonds Act March
18, 1886, due Jan. 1, 1907 $500, 10000
per cent. bonds Act March
7, 1888, 20 yrs yet to run. 103,000.00
per cent. bonds Act March
is, 1896, due Jan. /, 1906, 400,00000
st,O03, 10000
Series B. having s yrs yet to
run, the interest will be-. 240,00000
4 per cent. bonds, 20 yrs yet
to run, int. to accrue will be 90,400.00
5 per cent. bonds Z yrs yet to
run, int. to accrue win be-. 100000
Total prin. and interest II ,473, 10000
Included in the payable debt"
are other items amounting to
SIT, 780.41, as follows:
Interest past due .....................S 2,230.f7
Certificates Of Indebtedness. 2, ,463. 90
Outstanding warrants-.----..... t2,6S7.24
The non payable debt on which
interest alone is paid, consists OF
Chickasaw school fund.-. 1856 ,300.Si
Seminary fund, University. 5i4,061 .23
Agricultural land scrip bonds 2i2, 10000
sl,el2,5i2.o4
The appropriation to pay inter-
est on these funds, each hearing
6 per cent, for 1898 and 1899,
were, for each year:
Chickasaw school fund -......... S5t ,522. 81
Seminary fund 32,643.6l
Agricultural College land scrip II, ,T29.0C
Total annual Interest,". 96,S94.9e
Here are some figures about the
railroads in Mississippi their
business for the last quarter OF
1898:
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
Receipts Az, ,996. .3s
Operating expenses .....-.... S19,S26.5t
Net receipts ...-.. ........... 654, ,f69. rs
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-02-22
HON. ]. B. WEBB WRITES.
coNTRADlcTS A REPORT BY
THE RECORD.

lie Wrote the Minority Report Of
the Judiciary Committee and
Made a Speech in Favor OF each
County Retaining its School
Fund.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-02-22

Total annual interest--....... Sy6, ,Sy4.y5
Here are some figures about the
railroads in Mississippi their
business for the last quarter Of
1898:
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-09-28

the spoiled dinner, the smoky chimney
the dread of art, the penciled eyebrow,
the painted cheek, the blopded hair,
peroxide, the stuffed corset, the padded
sleeves, the awry bustle, the dentists
plate, and the thousand arts that go to
make up modern womanhood, the mid
night march, the infantry drill, the
crying baby, collie, measles, whooping
cough, the dread of diphtheria, scarlet
fever, Group and the many natural ills
that babies are heir to, the milliner's
bill and various others that we know
mot Of Thus cold calculation make
bachelors of us all. and the hue of our
matrimonial resolutions is sicklied Ger
with the pale cast of thought and we
take chance in the Louisiana drawing,
where we may receive nothing rather
than invest in the Lottery of Matri-
mony, where all are prizes, good or
very bad, and where blanks, unfortu-
nately, are unknown.
Lou LEUBRIR
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-09-28
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to know of
one concern in the land which is not
afraid to be generous to the needy and
suffering. The proprietors of Doctor
Kings New Discovery for consump-
ton, cough and colds, have given away
over ten million trial bottles of this
great medicine, and have the satisfac-
ton of knowing it has absolutely cured
thousands Of hopeless cases. Asthma,
bronchitis, hoarseness and all diseases
of the throat, chest and lungs are sure
ly cured by it. Call at drug store
and get a free trial bottle. Regular size
SOC. and 81. Every bottle guaranteed,
or price refunded.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-09-28
500 Reward, 800.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all it's stages and that is
catarrah. Halls Catarrah Cure is the
only positive curenow known known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrah being
a constitutional disease, requires con-
stftutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally. acting direct
ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the systea, thereby destroying the
foundation on of the disease, and Civ
ing the patient Strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers, that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list Of of testimonials.
Address, f. J. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-09-28
EXCITEMENT BILL"
Sees Great Opening For an Earnest Man at
the Chug.

! jess hev letter from young gal
STUDENT at Mount Hollyhock beggin'
me hortegraft. She wants fur to keep
it in album of CRATE men what hev
made their mark summers along the
avenoo of faim by rittin' fur The Times.
] want that young lady an others to
understan' that / kin rite. l don't
need to make my mark.
l can't get no hortegraft took jess
now at the Chug; but I got "Billin'
Jimmy" the cook down to the Wan
taneggnog ranch, fur to drore me-
Tain't much for puty-like reel horto-
grafter cud make. 1t don't fatter me
enuh, nohow.
A reel hortografGer wot understans
his trade knows how TO fatter a puson.
Nobody's picker amt ment to lux like
him, only enuff to see whuz ment. The
hortograffer makes it look putty.
Thar's Sam Garrison's gal, what cum
back from Paris last year. She's car
roty-headed and freckly, but her pick
ter makes her look like a angle jess
woke from its slumbers. Ye wouldn't
believe fur to look at her pickter that
she kin eat more corn beef an cabbage
than any cowpuncher on the Chug.
On the counterairy, she hez sort of
spirituell look like she saw wission in
the distans.
Her eyelids is q droopin' an she
seems fur to be languishin' away. To
hum, when she grabsi a four-year-ole
hickory club an bats her ole dad over
knob fur bein' full in the presens Of
her stiddy company she luks different.
I've seen her mock. a yearlin' down
with her fist Els fur the fellers on the
ranch, she's got them so skaired they
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-09-28
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
"Tho Old Farm House on the Hill. y


We have just received copy Of this
beautiful home song, one Of the great
est ever written, and it can be played
either on the piano or organ. The
words and music are by j. W, Lerman,
the composer of the now famous "Cou-
chee-C -Couchee Dance" The song is be-
ing sung in oil the large theatres in the
cities of New York, Chicago, Boston,
Philadelphia, ETC., and it is, received
with great applause and making de-
cided hit. The regular price of this
song is so cents, but if our readers will
be sure to mention the name Of this
paper, they will receive copy by send
ing Is cents to the Union Mutual Mu-
sic Co., No. 30 East 14th ST. New York.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-09-28
A Bachelors Soliloquy.

To marry or not to marry; that is the
question. Whether it is better to bear
and suffer the discomforts, sorrows and
loneliness of single life, or, by propos-
ing, end them. TO sleep, perchance to
dream. Aye! there's the nudge, for in
that nudge, what thought of paregoric
may come gives us pause, for who would
forego the transports of love, the ro-
nance of courtship, the first kiss, the
bridal tour, the honeymoon, the love of
children, the comforts of home, the
kiss of welcome, the fireside, the wait
ing slippers and all the thousands en-
dearments that make welded bliss and
life elysian, the true counsellor, the de-
voted wife, the love of a true woman,
the darned stockings, the buttonful
shirt, the mother-in-law and the host of
poor relations, and sneak to his cheer
less room, put away his own clothes,
count his own washing, darn his stock
ings in an original manner, live alone,
occupy the neglected sick bed, stand
the sneers and witticisms of the reign
ing bellies, the innuendoes, hints and
attentions of old maids, the maneuYers
of calculating mammas, the invitations
of convenience and the tender of un-
wanted offices at weddings and christen-
ings, be the old beau, when he could
secure happiness by single question,
to groan and drag along an aimless ex-
istence, But the dread of something
after marriage, that bourne from which
no bachelor returns, puzzles the will
and makes us rather bear the ills of
single blessedness than fly to others,
the uncertainty of being matched but
not mated, henpecked, made miserable,
the poor housekeeper, the sloven wife,
the faded wrapper, the busybody, the
neglected home, the washing day, the
spoiled child, the quarreling neighbor,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-09-28
FAR-REAcHING DECISION RENDERED
Millions Of Dollars in Land Involved in an
Ejectment Suit Decided at Abingdon.

Ejectment Suit Decided at Abingdon.
Bristol, Sept, 20.-An ejectment
suit, involving millions of dollars and
far-reaching in its consequences, was
decided in the Federal Court at Abing-
don, Va, last night, the jury finding in
favor of the plaintiff The suit was
that of Henry King, ofBoston, trustee,
against Justice and others. and involv-
ed the title to 500, 900 acres of valuable
mineral and timber lands lying in sew
eral counties in Virginia and West
Virginia, and embracing the thriving
town of Williamson, w. Va.
BY the decision, hundreds of indus
trious citizens, who have lived on and
possessed the territory in question un-
disturbed from generation to genera
tion, will be compelled to surrender
what they have all along believed to be
their bona fide possessions.
The land involved is a portion of an
immense grant made to Robert Morris
on June 29, 1895. Morris afterwards
conveyed the grant to Gen. JAS Swami
of the Revolutionary war. Gen. Swami
held the property in his own name un-
til 1881, when he died bankrupt in
Paris, France. Prior to his death the
land had been forfeited for non-pay-
ment OF taxes, but by special act of
the legislature in 1898 the taxes were
remitted and the land re-granted to
Sohn P. Dumas to be held in trust for
the creditors of Gen. Swami, deceased.
Dumas died later, but was followed by
succession of trustees, the last APP
pointment being that of Henry King,
the present trustee. He was appointed
in 1898, and one year later brought suit
which has just been decided.
The suit involved directly only a
portion of the land in dispute, but the
decision, it is understood, virtually
means that the entire tract will have to
be surrendered, since the grounds of
the decision are sufficiently compre-
hensive to affect all the territory alike.
The instructions read to the jury by
Judge Paul, who presided, are said to
have been such that there was only one
way for the jury to decide the matter.
The defendants will appeal to the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-09-28
UNCLE SANS HOT BATHS.
The Hot Springs of Arkansas via. Southern
Railway.

Will eradicate from your system the
lingering effects of grip and other all
ments caused by the severe winter, and
malaria, rheumatism, neuralgia ca
tarrh, stomach, kidney, liver and ner-
vous disorders, paralysis, blood and
skin diseases, and chronic and fnne-
tional arrangements. The mountain
climate of Hot Springsis cool and de.
lightful in summer. 100 hotels open
the year round, For illustrated litera-
ture, containing all information, adj
dress O. F. Cooley, Manager Business
Mems League, Hot Springs, Ark. 4
For reduced excursion tickets and
particulars of the trip, see local agent
or address W. A. Turk. Gen'l Pass.
Agt., So. Ry., Washington, d. O.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-09-28


One of the most picturesque and de-
lightful sections of North Carolina, is
what's known as the Sapphire Country.
This section is located near Brevard,
N. c., at an average altitude of 5000
feet, and abounds in many beautiful
streams and grand waterfalls.
OF the many attractive features, per-
haps one of the most interesting and
picturesque points are Fairfield and
Sapphioe Lakes. No where else in
the south at this altitude are there
such bodies of water. There are tow
ering cliffs, rising abruptly for thou
sand foot from their shores and cas-
dades of rare beauty falling directly
into the lakes from the lofty table land
surrounding.
On account of the elevation Of this
section, it is very healthy, and particu-
larly adapted to those troubled with
hay fever, being also free from all ma
laria or other diseases. A record of
the temperature kept at Sapphire for
four years, shows an average Of 90 de-
grees for the entire summer.
Sapphire Inn, Fairfield Inn, and the
Lodge, afford excellent accommoda-
tions for guests.
For further information regarding
the Sapphire country, call on any agent
of the Southern railway, or write @. A.
Benscoter, A. G. P. A., Chattanooga,
Tenn, for descriptive pamphlet.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-09-28
Reduced Rates via Southern Railway

On account of the reception of Ad-
miral Dewey at New York City, Sept.
99th-SOth, 1899, the Southern Railway
will sell tickets from points on its lines
to New York and return at rate of one
and one-third fare for the round trip.
Tickets will be sold September Goth
and s7th with final limit to return Oct
9th. The Southern offers excellent
schedules, and through sleeping cars
to those taking advantage Of this re-
duced rate.
For further information call on any
Southern Railway ticket agent.