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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-11-16
Negro Census igure

The forthcoming census prom
ises to be very instructive in the
matter of accumulation of pro-
perty by negroes in the country,
and particularly in the accumu-
lation of farm property in the
South. At present such informa-
ton is largely confined to re-
ports from tax officials in the
various States; but Director
Merriam proposes to make care
full inquiry concerning negro
ownership, and give the findings
a place in the census returns.
1t is known from tax returns
that the negroes of Virginia
owned in 1892 farm property to
the extent of 2.74 per cent; in
1898 their holdings had been in
creased to 1862 per cent. In the
cities of Virginia they are not
doing as well. They are not hold
ing their own, having fallen
from 3.14 per cent. in 1892 to
3.04 per cent. in 1898. The CEN
sus of 1900 is expected to show
that the negro is making pro-
gress in the ownership Of farm
lands, but that in the cities he is
making very little progress, if
any.
Taking all forms of real estate,
in Virginia, it is seen that the
negroes in 1892 possessed 3.13
per cent. while in 1898 they
possessed $40 per cent. This
rate of gain is slow, but in the
course of the twentieth century
it might place one-half of the
farm lands of the South in the
hands of negroes. The new CEN
u returns will be apt to deter
mine what the draft 10 this q
spect is. eff the race makes its
home among farms" said a CEN
u official recently, I'VE may ex-
pect something of this continued
progress. The deterioration of the
race in the cities seems to be
well established by the assess
ment figures for realty from Vir-
Rlnia.-Richmond Times.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-11-16
MISS KITTY PARKER DEAD.
Daily Argus of Tuesday.

Daily Argus of Tuesday.
The death OF Miss Kitty Parker
occurredthis morning near Faro,
where she went yesterday . week
ago to commence a session of the
H1blic school. She was taken Ill
the day after her arrival at Faro
and continued to grow worse IN
til her death this morning, Her
home was in the Woodland church
section of this county, from where
the funeral will be held tormor-
row morning..
She was an unusually bright
young lady with charming man.
ners and winsome disposition. Her
many christian and social virtues
had won for her at her home as
we'll as at Faro, where she had
taught the public schools before,
many warm, admiring friends who
will be deeply panied to learn OF
her untimely death. Among her
acquaintances she was universally
loved and admired.
She was a sister of Messrs.
George, Richard, Ezekiel and Will
Parker, all of whom together with
other family connections have the
sincere sympathy of a host OF
friends in their deep af1iction.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-11-16

Chronic Nasal Catarrh poisons every
breath that is drawn into the lungs.
There is ~procurahle from any drug
gist the remedy for the cure of this
trouble. A small quantity of Ely's
Cream Balm placed into the nostrils
spreads over an infamed and angry
surface, relieving Immediately the
painful Inflammation; cleanses, heals
and cures. A cold in the head van
ishes immediately, Sold by druggists
Dr. will be mailed for so cents by Ely
Brothers, Sc Warren street. New York.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-11-16

GOOD 8 inch Shingles at 1925 per
~ thousand. w. III. Griffin
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-11-16
AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENcE.

To make it apparent to thousands,
who think themselves i'll, that they are
not afflicted with any disease, but the
system simply needs cleansing, is to
bring comfort home to their hearts, as
q costlve condition is easily cured by
using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Go, only
and sold by all druggists.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-11-16

ITOH on human s,cured in 80 min
utes by We3lford's Sanity Lotion
This Leverfails. Sold by M. Robin
son 4 BRO :. DRUGGISTS. Gnldsboro. NC
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25
NEW ADVERTISING RATES.
Novel Schedule Just Issued By the
Petersburg Ind.) News.

For calling a man a progressive
citizen, when everybody knows he is
lazier than Government mule, 81. Is.
Referring to deceased citizen as
one who is sincerely mourned by the
entire community, when we know he
will be only missed in poker circles,
S1.08.
Speaking of a candidate as pleasant,
amirable gentleman who is spoken well
of by large circle of friends who have
pushed his claim to Office rather against
the gentleman's will, when we know
he has always wanted some Office from
Pound Master up since he was q years
of age, SLOT per speak.
Calling and ordinary pulpit FOUNDER
an eminent divine" 60 cents.
Travelling quack doctor as the
eminent physician and surgeon or illus
trious disciple OF Esculapius, 5000.
Pettyfogger, as legal luminary or ex
FOUNDER of Blackstone, $2.13.
Bride as charming, young, talented
and wealthy, when she has yellow hair
green eyes, wart on her nose, hump
backed, can't read large primer with
out glasses and has wooden leg, S1.26
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
For Furnishing Maps and PIats
for Use of Real Estate
Assessors.

Notice is hereby given that the Board of
County Commissioners OF Logan county, O.,
will receive sealed bids for making maps and
plats to facilitate and make more accurate
the work of reappraising the real estate of
said county, up TO one O'CLOCK p. M,
FRIDAY, AUGUST IS, 1899.
Each map or plat of each village or town in
said county shall show the corporation lines
OF such as are Incorporated, giving the num-
bers of lots and subdivisions, and frontage in
feet, and the streets and alleys with names of
streets.
A map or plat of each section and survey in
the county, shall be made on a separate sheet
16x20 inches in size, on a scale OF 10 chains per
inch. Each plat shall show the boundary
lines of said section or survey, the land lines,
numbers of subdivisions and lots and the
number of acres in each tract.
All the maps and plats shall show the loca-
tion of all roads and railroads, meanderings
of the principal streams, the State county
and township lines to be shown by two paral-
lei lines, and the railroads by two parallel
lines and cross marks. All maps and plats
are to be made and executed in good work.
manlike manner accurate, plain and neat,
under supervision of the Auditor and to the
| acceptance and approval of the Board of
County Commissioners. All books, drawing
paper, &C., will be furnished by the county.
All Of said plats and maps that are to be
| ed to the Auditor on or before February 1st,
| 1900. The maps and plats may be made
| from the maps and plats on file In the Audi
| tors Office, as far as they are now complete
| and correct, but the contractor will be re-
quired to complete the same up to date, and
| when necessary all surveys and measure
ments shall be made on the ground. The
| contractor will also be required, when the
assessors have made returns of their work,
| to compare the plats returned by the Asses
sors with the original maps and plats on
file in the Auditors office, and correct such
| inaccuracies or discrepancies Gf any that
the assessor may find, and to locate on said
maps and plats, all buildings and structures
| as marked on the plats used by said Asses
sors Particular care must be exercised in
plating the o, s., Il. & o. G. and d. & l.. N.
r. Rs. that have never been on the plats.
The successful bidder must enter into a
bond In the sum Of $1,000 within five days Of
the awarding of the bid for the faithful COM
pletion of the work, and must deposit $500
| forfeit with his bid, to guarantee the giving
of bond for performance of his bid.
The Board of Commissioners reserve the
right to reject any and all bids
On the completion Of any town or township
plat, the proportiOnate part of the work may
be paid for, on acceptance and approval OF
the Board of County Commissioners, but the
Board reserves the right to retain 25 per cent.
on all bills until the final completion of the
whole contract.
BY the order of the Board of County Com
missioners. G. d. CAMPBELL Auditor.
July 21. 1899-4t.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

A bright-eyed little girl sat in an up.
town car the other evening. She was
accompanied by young woman, evil
IDENTIFY her mother, and by an extremely
attentive young man.
The car was crowded, and the young
man held the child on his devoted
knee. She waved her arms about aim
lessly, and as the car stopped with a
jerk she knocked the young mans hat
into the lap of a woman in the seat be-
hind. The woman handed it back.
"Take care, little one," she said
playfully. "You'll spoil papa's hat"
The child looked up and answered in
a shrill, piercing voice that nobody in
the car could pretend not to hear:
HE amt my papa" she said, ''but
he's going to be-"
And only one thing in all the car wa:
redder than the mothers cheeks, an6
that one thing was the back of the
young mans neck.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25
Probate Court Notice.

Probate Court OF Logan County, Chic:
The following Administrators, Executors
Guardians, Trustees and AsSigneeS have filed
their accounts in this Court for settlement,
tO-wit:
July, 1s99-
Ii. James Kennedy, executor OF John Ken
nedy, deceased, first account.
13. l.. III. Cretcher, guardian OF Thomas p.
Huston, first account.
II. John z. Bower, administrator of John
X. Collum, deceased, first and final acct.
10. John Bimel, administrator Of Mary A.
Linson, deceased, first and final account.
22. John Taylor, executor of Lewis Kramer,
deceased, third and final account.
~. John Warren, guardian OF John O. and
Julia NJ. Warren, fourth and final acct.
u. Mack Dickinson, trustee of Mary p.
Brandon, under the will of John j. Pal
mer, deceased, fifth account.
q. Mack Dickinson, trustee Of Mary ?.
Palmer, deceased, fifth account.
"a. Lewis Q. Bell, guardian of jeremiah
Hamilton, second account.
27. Sarah M Arbegast executor of Jacob
Arbegast, deceased, second account.
20. J. ID. Emerson, guardian of Hector A. FL
lott, first and final account.
l. Mary e. Mccormick, administratrix OF
Sarah J. Nelson, deceased, first and final
2. Elizabeth Skidmore, administrators OF
John Skidmore, deceased, first and final
account.
3. John L. Longfellow. administrator OF
William A. Neer, first account.
3. John ii. Newell, administrator of Daniel
Q. Lakin: deceased, first and final acct
5. Howard Z. Bell, assignee Of William @
Porter, first and final account.
0. Noah Miller, guardian of Nellie f. Miller
third and final account.
The above mentioned accounts will be fol
hearing on Monday, the 4th day of September
1899, at IL o'clock noon.
Exceptions to any Of said accounts may b'
filed on or before that time and the same will
be heard and continued from day to da,
until all are disposed Of.
J. ID. MCLAUGHLIN, Probate Judge
Aug II, 1899-3t. Logan County, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25
A Great Hen Story,

The meanest man on earth lives in
the town Of Chazy. He put large
porcelain egg in the nest of an ambi-
tions hen and found that the eggs she
laid were increased in size. Then
he put goose egg in the nest, and the
asoresaid hen laid an egg just as large.
He was so pleased with the scheme
that he put a whitewashed football in
went the nest and waited results. When
he the next time to search for eggs he
found one as big as the football, but no
hen in sight. Securing the egg, he
saw engraved on it these words:
''I'm no ostrich, but 1 have done my
best" Later he found the hen inside
of the egg.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

A bed of rhubarb needs frequent re-
newal. The roots, in a few years, grow
into large clumps with many crowns,
and will send up SO many stalks that
they must remain small simply from
want of room and material. To have
large stalks we must renew the bed
every third or fourth year, To have
succulent stalks there must be high
feeding, and one can not well use toe
much manure on the rhubarb patch.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

An exchange tells this-"A Kansas
printer recently tried his hand at
farming, but couldn't make things
work right, and is now back at the
case. He had ''wrong font'
team mule and a horse = and
this would not justify. He said the
farmer fired him after he had ''pied"
two or three columns" of potatoes.
He showed his limited experience
by asking the farmers wife if she
wanted the hens set ''leaded' or
''solid.n
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

''Oh you're not the only stalk in the
row, if you do wear Silks" said one
stalk to another. "Oh you needn't get
fossy, you're no show horse if you do
wear tassels," was the husky rejoinder.
Further down the row a stalk laughed
and said, that they were all jackasses,
and had no reason to get gay. A gen.
eral protest went up down the whole
line, until the joker explained that he
made the remark on account of
their enormous ears.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25
in DESSERT LAND.

Once, when I was in Dessert Land,
A-many miles away,
went to take sailing trip
Upon the Ice-Cream Bay.
The boat it was an apple-pie
With ginger-snaps for sails;
But oh, there came a current storm,
And cream puffs blew the gales!
The sea ran high in jelly-rolls,
The breakers dashed whipped cream
Upon the stern, rock-candy coast.
l thought I'd have to scream!
I found life-preserver then,-
A doughnut fat and round,-
And stuck my head right through the
hole;
Iknew I'd not be drowned.
And then swan, and swan and swan
Upon the Custard Sea
Until floating island came,
Convenient as could be.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

There is an individuality which at
taches to butter making which does
not attach to most farm products. The
reputation of the maker of butter and
cheese goes with, and, in a certain
sense, is part of, the product. This
certainly adds an interest to this branch
of agriculture. Let the article be first
class and put on the market in such a
manner that it will show for all it is
worth. Too often butter maker does
herself an injustice in this regard.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25
NOTICE.
In the District Court of the United
States for the Southern Dis
trict of Ohio. Eastern
Division.

In the Matter Of IT, pon,,r,n..v
Joseph Parrett, Bankrupt. LII Di 'p'~'
To the creditors of Joseph Parrett, Of Hunts
Vile, In the county OF Logan, and district
aforesaid, a bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 31st day
of July, A. ID. 1899, the said Joseph Parrett was
duly adjudged bankrupt; and that the first
meeting of his creditors will be held at the
law Office of West & West, In the city of Belle
fontaine, Logan county, Ohio, on Saturday,
In the forenoon, at which time the said cred
itors may attend, prove their claims, appoint
a trustee, examine the bankrupt. and transact
such other business as may properly come be-
fore said meeting. In his petition he reports
debts exceeding S2,261.36, and assets $1,000
claimed as exempt. W. ii. WEST,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
August II, 1899.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

sort of lovliness that all agree upon is the
beauty of health No matter what her
features, no sickly woman can be attrac-
tive. Sallow skin, sunken cheeks, pirnply
face, hollow eyes, lifeless ips-these are
repellant. And they can nearly always
be traced to the one cause-womanly
weakness or disease. Almost all the ills
of womankind are cured if you put the
feminine organism into healthy, vigorous
condition. All sickness of women seems
to involve these delicate organs and so no
matter what the symptoms may be it is
best to look there for the real trouble.
All such disorders are completely and
permanently cured by DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription. 1t is designed for
Just this one thing and is the only prep
aration of the sort produced by regu-
larly graduated physician "a skilled
specialist in the diseases of women.
Miss Maud Kenyon, of 1888 Orange ST., Los
Angeles, CAL writes II had been afflicted with
my eyes for over year with such dreadful
itching and Inflammation that could not use
them for anything. Physicians had given me
many different remedies which were like using
so much water; they measured my eyes for
glasses the glasses did not benefit me in the
least My mother desired me to write to DR..
condition of my eyes. I did SO, and after follow
ing his advice, and using eight bottles of the
'Favorite Prescription and eight of the Golden
Medical Discovery can say my trouble is en-
tirely removed. My health was never SO good
as it is now"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25
By Absorption.

Catarrhal sufferers should remember that
Ely's Cream Balm is the only catarrh remedy
which is quickly and thoroughly absorbed by
the diseased membrane. 1t does not dry up
the secretions, but changes them to a limpid
and odorless condition, and finally to natu-
raj and healthy character.
The Balm can be found at any drug store,
or by sending so cents to Ely Brothers, Sc
Warren St. New York, it will be mailed.
Full directions with each package.
Cream Balm opens and cleanses the nasal
passages, allays inflammation, thereby stop
ping pain In the head heals and protects the
membrane and restores the senses of taste
and smell. The Balm is applied directly into
the nostrils.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

The farmer may have plenty of hired
help to do his work while he joins the
grand army-of sitters at the grocery
store,-but sure as fate the Sheriff will
visit him some day with writ of fore
closure. There are those who eXpend
their energy on hundreds of acres, and
rent from their neighbors; they do
nothing well, and their toll profits them
nothing. There are those always in a
hurry, but they do all things in slip
shod manner, and the result is poor
crops, dissatisfaction, debt, failure.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25
The Successful Remedy for
NASAL CATARRH

must be non-irritating, easy of application,
and one that by its own action, reaches the in
famed and diseased surfaces.
ELY'S CREAM BALM combines the i'm
portant requisites of quick action and specific
curatic powers with perfect safety to the pa
tient. This agreeable remedy has mastered
catarrh as nothing else has, and both physi-
clans and patients freely concede the fact.
All druggists cheerfully acknowledge that in
it the acme of Pharmaceutical skill has been
reached. The most distressing symptoms
quickly yield to it. In accute cases the Balm
imparts almost Immediate relief
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

If the corn makes slow growth be-
cause of drouth it should be cultivat-
ed every week until it becomes too large
to plow; stirring the soil will cause it
to re tain the moisture. If we have a
good, deep seed bed, the better titled the
better the crop always.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

Many soils contain all the essential
elements of plant growth, and fuller
mechanical manipulation is the one
thing needful. BY fertilizing, the
farmer changes the chemical constitu-
ents of the soil, but in plowing, drain
ing and subsoiling he alters chiefly the
physical characteristics; the two opera
tions are distinctly different.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

81 am convinced, the lecturer ex-
claimed, ''that the woman who does her
own cooking is more likely to find
place among the angels than the wo-
man who does not!''
eff she cooks with gasoline" said
q voice in the audince.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

Keep the breed at its best. Autumn
usually finds ones stock of poultry too
large for their accommodations. We
will find many not quite up to the stand
ard; these should by all means go, how
ever promising they may seem.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

A liberal application of fresh horse
manure at the Indiana station was not
wholly exhausted in dozen years, and
it produced an aggregate increase OF
the corn crop in that time, over adjoin,
ing unmanured plots, of 120 bushels.
That was good pay. We are apt to
measure the value of stable manures,
as compared with commercial fertil.
izers. for too short time.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

There is no economy in thin sowing
of oats; the extra bushel will not cost
much, and the return will be satisfac-
tory. If your habit has been to sow one
5ushel an acre, next time try half
bushel more, and watch the result.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

The early breaking up of clods and
killing young weeds is alwas profitable
work. A good harrow in the corn field
is the right thing in the right place. Il
got into the field before the corn plants
begin to show above the ground, SC
much the better. The plank drag in
listed fields is sometimes to be prefer.
red, and each man can be his own judge
in this matter
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25
BAD GRAMMAR.

Miss Hen was sitting on her nest,
AS DR.. Drake came by.
"You are Quack," :" said she in jest;
Said DIR. Drake, "You lie."
"Dear me, such grammar, laughed
Miss Hen,
"Quite fills me with dismay;
You should have raised your hat, ant
then
Said, All, Miss Hen, you lay"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

The old must gradually give way to
the new in agriculture as in other
things. We are but just getting ready
to farm scientifically and systematical-
ly in this country.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25
Alfred Butler, Age MT.
BELLEFoNTAINE, OH,

Taxes grow while you sleep; so will
fruit trees-if you have planted them
and properly cared for them. We
should always try to outwit taxes and
int
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25
THE MERRY.GO.ROUND.

She-How do you suppose the armless
man makes love?
He-Oh, he says things in an offhand
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

WALKING TOILETTE OF
FRENCH-BLUE CLOTH.

natty jacket and skirt are combined
to form this jaunty toilette. The coat is
close-ftting at the back but the fronts are
loose and closed in fly fashion; above the
closing they are reversed in small lapels. At
the lower edge the jacket may be flushed
plainly or in scolloped outline. The sleeves
are in two-seam style and are finished at the
wrists with rows of Misunderstanding, which
also outlines all the free edges of the jacket.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

HneSS. Love
and jealousy
c a u S d by
Helen of Troy
made historic
trouble for
two nations.
Nobody ever
conceived an
u gly Juliet:
Heroines of
romance are
always beau
tiful.
l d e a s of
beauty differ
hut the one
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-08-25

In all times and among all people
beauty and 1--we are associated. We all
believe that Eve was beautiful.
Esther found favor because of her COM