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DAUGHTERS OF TIE coNFEDgRAcY

The David o. Dodd thapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy will meet at Merrill Institute next Thurs day at l o'clock ?. m. The meeting is called To make arrangements for the State GoHvention of the order which meets here October Il to 14, and a full attendance Of members is desired, BIS business of importance is te be transacted.
 MRs. B. E. BENTON, Prest. 30I Miss EMMA T. WRITE, Sec.
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We regret very much to elironcle the serious illness of Mrs. R. R Adams, the noble Wiie oi Capt, Bob Adams. the well known planter. Mrs. Adams is an invalid and has been for the nest forty years. It is thought she will not live another twenty-four hours longer.
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DARK DEMOS THENE5.I

There will be q flow of aratory on the night of September 10th. at St. Paul's colored church South. N
 It is for the colored Championship. The first prize ,s $500 second $a.50. The subject is The close of the 18th Century"
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Goodloe says he is dong land office business, as many of the boys have borrowed from him. He said when he returned from the Phillip pines, be will donate enough money to Pine Bluff to build a calabeose. get the Graphic once in awhile and it is jast like George Darby says, its ike getting money from home, and hope it will reach me oftener in the future.
 Yours after "Aggie9
 s. LEARN WHITE.
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The teachers In the public schools will be al their respective places on Tuesday morning, September l9, for the purpose 0f giving Il list of books necessary to be used by tn. students who were promoted during the past year.
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FOR THE BOYS IN THE BIRD OCCURRED ON LAST
 MONDAY.
ARE BREAKING UP CAMP
The Boys Go to San Francisco and Are Enthusiastic Over
 Their Transfer

SAN ANTONIO, TEx,, Sept. II, Editor Gaapble:
 The Thirty third Is breaking up camp today and will Ldepart tomor. row for San Francesca. We % into camp at the Preside and await orders to go to Manila. 1 There was no drilling iudulg gea in today. as all are busy packing up their belongings. All of tbe mem bers 0. this regiment are very en- 1husiastic over their transfer and seem very anxious to get gain- aldo's traa.
 Monday was pay day with as. tbe first since We enlisted, and naturally the boys are having a gay old time. They are 65ying everything fn sight, especially a good supply of tobacco. Mexican vendors, handling efery- thiag imaginable, were much evi. dence along the edge of our 1.se sell ing 10 the soldiers who could oot get leave of absence to go to town. There were a good many dr9nks out eYerftting passed of fa an orderly way.
 Frank AcC.ain, of Hot Springs, is the best shot in the regiment fn the recent practice shoots aF Fort Clark be made 74 out of a possible ID. Tbis practice shoot WAS mad from distances of 100, 200 a1a 300 yards. McClain is tent mate Of mine. H. was made. and promoted 10 chief sharpshooter of our feei mens.
 One q the attractions % II street Js 1his sign
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Gov. 1oues hasoffer-d reward of $50 for the arrest ui Warren Web- ster, the negro who es"aDed rom the officers at star City recently. Web- ster had been sentenced to the pen for grand larceny. and was being prepared for transportation at the time he made his break for liberty.
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UNPRECEDENTED.
Is the Record Among Jewish Circles
 in This City.

From time immemoriAl It has 5ean the custom ia the Jewish syna gogaes throughout this and other countries to offer on the Day of Atonement prayers for those have died aaring the past yea nafnes Of the person are read have passed to that land from Wnose bourne 10 traveller rst6fns, aen :
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Mir. E. Hall, of Stuttgart, was 8 visitor to our city yesterday He reports railroad business rushing right along the road to success.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-17

lotion at Texarkana on Friday was sold for seven cents Keep your cotton at home and the price will go to cents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-17

Have yonr shoes Btsed at our store. They wear better and are n,ore comfortable. katzenstein's shoes fit the feet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-17

It is just as easy to have the good kind as the poorer sort of shoes. We have the. best.-Katzenstein, shoe dealers.
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fine quality of whisky is like q fine quail ity of anything else. It costs a little more, but nothing is too good for us Americans. insist on having Jesse Moore Whisky.
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Mrs. J W. Meeks left yesterday via the Cotton Belt for Chicago. where she goes 10 visit relatives and friends for several weeks.
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Don't drnR poor, colored. doctored whisky Insist on having "yoilmere-.a fine pure arti- cie which has made Kentucky famous. All frst-eiass dealers handle it 2
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There will be no services at the First Baptist church today, owing to the abseEce of Rev. c. w. Daniel, who is at Star City.
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Mfr, Will Levy will say ..au reyoir' r'' but not good bye. we hope, to his legion of friends in this city next Tuesday evening. Here is 10 you, Count.
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drs. J. W, Murphy Eas returned from Il month's visit to relatives at Monticello.
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The ding-dong of the school bell will soon be heard. Shoe yonr boys and girls at Katzenstein shoe store.
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Mir. ]. 5. White. our competent city engineer, is stopping with friends at .sherrlll for few dave.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-17

Capt. c. T. Robinson has returned from a visit to south Bend, Ark. and other points. He reports a very short cotton crop,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-17

We handle only tie best of shoes, hy which we gain your condolences .- Kaf2enstein' $ shoe ef8re.
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The Board Of Equalization ad j0urned until next Monday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-17

Mr. J. ". Farley. formerly loca- freight agent for the Cotton Belt, is now freight agent for the Pee Gee with headquarters at Te1arkana.
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 Mfr, Will Levy will say 'au revoir" 5ut not good bye. we hope, to his legion of friends in this city next Tuesday evening. Here is to you, Count.
 Mir. E. Hall, of Stuttgart, was a visitor to our city yesterday. He reports railroad business rushing right along the road to success. It is just as easy to have the good kind as the p oorer sort of shoes. We have the. best.-Katzenstein, shoe dealers.
 There will be no services at the First Baptist church today. owing to the abseEce of Rev. c. w. Daniel, who is at Star City.
 Mrs. J. w. Meeks left yesterday via the Cotton Belt for Chicago, where she goes 10 visit relatives and friends for several weeks.
 Cotton at Texarkana on Friday was sold for seven cents. Keep your cotton at home and the price will go to cents.
 The ding-dong of the school he'll will soon be heard. Shoe yonr boys and girls at Katzenstein's shoe store.
 Mir. J 5. White. our competent city engineer. is stopping with friends at sherrlll for few laye. Capt. c. T. Robinson has returned from a visit to south Bend, Ark, and other points. He reports a very short cotton crop.
 The Board Of Equalization ad- journed until next Monday.
 We handle only the best of shoes, hy which we gain your confidence .- Katzenstein's $ shoe sfore.
 Mr. J. " Farley. formerly loea- freight agent for the Cotton Belt, Is now freight agent for. the Pee Gee. with headquarters at Te1arkana. |
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We do not want the blaekest
The evening times., 1899-09-04

to work. But the general course of events
does not indicate such an outcome. 1t Is
true that the entrance of women into the
industrial world has been by force Of cir
cumstances rather than by choice; but nev-
ertheless, there is a very large proportion
of those who are self supporting who would
not be dependent if they could. When a
woman marries, she is not really dependent.
since if she does her duty, she will probably
work harder than she ever did in an office.
But there is a large interval in woman s
life when she is not engaged in family
acres, and as the laws of heredity have de-
creed that girls as well as boys should in
herit executive ability. will power, pluck,
energy, and the tendency 10 initiative,
there will probably always be as many wo-
men as men who find inactivity intolerabie
and the management of some business de-
lightful. As time goes on, those branches
of industry fitted TO women will probably
fall more and more into their hands; but
the process of adjustment is likely to be
a long one.
The evening times., 1899-09-04
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 1899.
An Alaskan Modus Siyendi.

If the report be true that the basis OF
q modus yivendi on the Alaskan boundary
dispute, has been reached between the
British Foreign Office, acting for Canada,
and our State Department, everybody in
this country viii be glad, always presum-
ing that none of our national rights in the
premises are injuriously affected.
According TO present information, the
temporary agreement will not accord Can
ada a free port on the Lynn Canal, nor
independent access to that American water.
Both OF these points are to be left for
future negotiation. So far we see no OBJ
lection to the arrangement as reported.
But it is said there is a probability that
the Administration may lease a port on
the Lynn Canal TO Great Britain for a
term Of ninety-nine years, which would
be tantamount to a full cession. Such ac-
tion on the part of our authorities would
be highly obnoxious to the sentiment oi
the country Our right to the territory de-
fined in the treaty of 1867 with Russia is
indubitable, and there must be no talk OF
surrendering the smallest fraction of an
finch OF il.
The free port is a totally unnecessary
concession. If England does not purpose
complete and perpetual possession. lease
would be an unimportant asset. History
is paved with ninety -nine-year leases
which, at their expiration, have remained
quite as good in the pockets OF John Bull
as If they had been originally deeds of
warranty. As a matter of accommodation
there could be, perhaps, no objection 10
giving Canada right Of free entry for all
goods and merchandise destined for points
across the line. and port exceptionally al
lowed to extend that privilege might be
designated on the Lynn Canal. But that
inlet belongs to the American people, and
no foreign power should be allowed to
officially occupy a foot of its shores.
The evening times., 1899-09-04
An Honorable oppor.unity.

CFrom the Philadelphia Recerd.)
There is one most beftting thing which the
Grand Army might do during its coming gatfl-
eTing in this city. 1t might speak authorita-
lively and with the greatest propriety in vim
dication of the thoroughly efficient and incorrupt
administration of the affairs of the Pension Of
fee at Washington.
The lberality of the people of the United
States in dealing with their veteran soldiers is
unexampled deserving have not been left
to shift for themselves The undesarving in
thousands of instances have avaed themselves
of what has been practically an discriminating
solicitude for rhe welfare of the survivors of
the civil war and those dependent upon them
The effort 20 protect the Government against an
abuse of its bounty and to administer the pea
sion laws with stnCt lesard to justice ought at
all times have the sturdy support of the Grand
Army. The veterans wlo fought III the country
ca2nct aiIcrd to rest IL der the imputatiun of
indirectly asserting te spoliation, and least of
all through tic Prostitution of the pension laws
to the purposes OF sharks and sch .uiers, "! :,
stand between Ike soldier and the Go.eI,.mcn.
and rob both.
The evening times., 1899-09-04
The Battle of the Danes.

(From the New York Commercial Advertiser)
Judge Bookstaver of the Supreme Court has
decided that Colonial Danes are too valuable for
patriotic purposes to be exclusive, and has re-
fused to enioin State and national society
from using the coveted title for which there has
been persistent contest for eight years. No sug-
gestion was made, of course, that the Colonial
Danes of America were trying to corner the
patriotism of the country; but it looked that
way to other Colonial Danes, and they declared
against monopoly. Malicious persons need
not speculate unduly en- the discontinue of the
one society that thought it owned the name ex-
clusively, for there really was no precedent ap-
plicable to it, and that its undoing. 1t
is fortunate, therefore, that the decision places
the different societies concerned practically in
the same situation as in old days, when a name
or a title could be taken and fought for until
the strongest held it. There cannot be too many
competitive points in patriotism, and now there
is nothing for it but contest, and may the
best one win.
The evening times., 1899-09-04
Women i'm the Departments

Considerable discussion has b1en aroused
by the fact that the heads of departments
in the Government service are practically
barring out women from their depart
ments. When there is a vacancy they
make requisition for a man, and though
there is a long list of women stenogra-
pliers and typewriters at the Office of the
Civil Service Commission, none of these
can get places while the boycott holds.
The argument of the women workers is
that This sort of thing is unjust and IN
called-for Like many other things in this
world, it is. There is a great deal Of Gov
eTnment work which can be done as well
by women as by men, if not better, and
there are women enough to do this work
well. waiting and eager to do il. But the
argument of the appointing officers is that
there are good and sufficient reasons why
they do not want women in their offices,
and that they have the right to choose
their subordinates.
One Of the reasons which they give is
that a woman should not do a mans work
This is rather an ancient and worm-eaten
argument, and may be met by the plea,
equally old, that whether she should or
not, she sometimes has to do it. She is
frequently obliged to support herself, if
not some one else. and a large proportion
OF the women who do Government work
are taking care of parents, children, or in
valid husbands. What should woman dc
in a case like this, when there is no public
fund which will buy her bread and butter:
Another reason is that the chiefs feel
reluctant to ask women to work overtime;
also they object to the restraint of q
woman's presence in an Office. This looks
a little like making the woman pay price
for a chivalry she has not demanded. /; is
safe TO say that any reasonably sensible
woman would prefer that a man should
smoke or sit in his shirt sleeves, when
she is in the room, rather than that he
should refrain from smoking, keep his coat
on, and deduct a dollar or two per week
from her salary. Yet this is one of the
reasons alleged for the low pay of women
as compared with that of men who do the
same work. 1t is not a brilliant example
OF consistency.
sun aAolher rSaSoh-and good one-iS
that in certain branches OF work women
have not the broad knowledge possessed by
men. This is a real objection, and it will
continue to initiate against women work.
ers, in all probability, for several genera.
tions. Ii should not be so much disadyan.
tage in the clerical work of the depart
ments, however, as in newspaper work, and
there are more successful women in jour-
nalism than in most other professions.
Some of the newspapers which comment
on this controversy have said that in the
ideal society, women will not be required
The evening times., 1899-09-04
GRosvENoR ON EXPANSION.
Intelligent Europeans Laugh n
INSTRUMENTATION.

NEW YORK. Sept 3.-There was a large
number of homecoming Americans on the
American Line steamship ST. Paul. from
Southampton, which reached her dock yes
terday morning The voyage. with the ex-
ception of one day. was made with favor
able weather. The passengers were treated
TO the sight of several icebergs, and OIL
Thursday the steamship sighted and passed
within thirteen miles of one of the largest
icebergs TIE officers Of the ship say they
ever saw. The passengers could talk Of
nothing else for the next day.
According TO the officers, the berg was
$50 feet out of the water. In formation it
much resembled a large cathedral with a
towering steepie. 1t was sighted during
the morning and the day was clear. Most
OF TIE cabin passengers were enjoying them
selves on deck, and they crowded to the
rail TO catch a glimpse of the floating ice.
As the vessel approached the iceberg it
presented a magnificent sight, rejecting
back the rays of the sun.
''Ovsr in Europe the most intelligent peo-
pie laugh and scott at the idea OF our aban-
doning the Philippines, and for US to let
them go would mean that we would lose all
the prestige we have gained abroad during
the last few years.
This is the vigorous language of Gen
C. H. Grosvenor. member OF Congress from
the Eleventh district of Ohio, VINO re-
turned on the st. Paul. General Grosyenol
was accompanied by his wife and daughter
They have been making two months toul
through Europe They visited Paris, Co
losne. Geneva. and Zurich Most of the
time however. was spent in Paris, whers
they studied the existing state OF aHair:
lin that CITY,
The evening times., 1899-09-04
Street Car Manners.

Many indignant remonstrances, in print
and out, have been directed against the
..end-seat hog" of the street car, but, as
be frequently belongs to the non-readlns
class, these protests have thus far avalied
little. 1t is a question of good breeding,
and unfortunately, the people without
proper understanding of the laws OF coir-
tesy are too numerous to be easily or
quickly reformed.
But there is another abuse which is be-
coming altogether too common on Wash
ington street cars, and it is quite as un-
comfortable as the end-seat nuisance
Most of the street car lines in this
city have at least half their cars built
with an isle down the middle. for the con-
yenience of persons entering or leav-
ing the car There are many thoughtless
and iiscourteous persons who utterly ig-
more this fact, and persist in climbing into
Sthe car at the side, over the feet OF two
persons, if necessary, rather than enter
at the proper place and go up the aisle
They also insist on getting out in the
same way When person carrying va
out of car across the feet of another per-
son, it is uncomfortable for all the people
in the vicinity. and one would think it
would be unpleasant for the transgressor.
When there is a pathway especially pro-
yided for the convenience of the public
why should the public persistentiy leave
that path clear and trample on the feet and
skirts OF others in the effort to get thu ough
/ a space which was never intended as a
passageway?
The whole thing is caused by i'll man
( ners, Of course The person who has been
trained from childhood to consider thf
I comfort and convenience of others at th5
expense of his own will instinctively take
the least comfortable seat in a car, and get
on or off the car in a way which will cause
others the least inconvenience. The person
who has not been trained in this way vii
make himself obnoxious, and cause muci
inward swearing among his neighbors- lie
children be trained to be polite.
The evening times., 1899-09-04
The pre.ident'- Responsibility.


The responsibility for the final disposition OF
the case of Capt. oberiin NJ Carter, convicted
by n court-martiaI of his fellow officers for the
embezzlement of 81, 800, 900 from the Government
rests with President Mckinley, The action OF
the President in this case has been extraordinary
from the first It has been the customary rule
in the past for the Judge Advocate General to
review the findings of all courts-martial and to
pass upon them. In the case OF Captain Carter
there were 5000 pages of testimony and 800 ex-
hibits. Instead of turning it over to the Judge
Advocate General and allowing the case TO follow
the usual channel President Mckinley employed
former Senator Edgnunds at the peoples expense
to ascertain if there were any flaws in the evi-
denxe The shrewd legal mind of Edmunds could
find nothing adverse to the verdict. 1t was then
turned over to Attorney General Griggs, who is
still pottering over it in the effort to find some
thing tangible upon which to base retrial and
consequent acquittaI of Captain Carter. Who
is President Mckinley shielding? What pow
erful secret influence induced him to defect the
case from its usual channels? Does he sincerely
believe Captain Carter innocent?
The evening times., 1899-09-04
The Carrots of Romance.

Grom the New Orleans Times-DemocTat)
cone of the favorite properties of story writer's
is the garrett grumblCd artist the ether even
ing 1.-The starving genius always writes his
great poem in garret, the poor little sick child
never fails to die in a garrtt, usually pallet
OF straw and when future great men come 70 i
strange city they invariably live in gaFrets Is
prelude to gory-n short, the garnet IL the thea
tire OF all manner of romance, patkos, and adven-
ture-in fiction. In real life it is different. When
I went to New York TO study art / had the great
rarret myth firmly fixed in my mind. and the
first thing ! did was te look for habitation of
that kind 1 was not especially hard ap, but a
parret seemed eminently the fitting thing for a
struggling artist. To MY great disappointment /
discovered that there were no garrets in town.
There were a few lofts used as storeroems. and
top-door apartments with slant roofs, rented at
enormous prices to photographers and fashion
able painters but the legendary garret was en-
tireIy unknown. I was finally obliged to COM
promise on a hall bedroom with a livery stable
exposure 1t was cruel shock to my imagina-
ton When run across the old garret gag in q
story nowadays ii makes me mad"
The evening times., 1899-09-04
.an.ah The Imitation.

From the New York Commercial Adver'lser-)
Two men entered a well-known cafe IN upptE
R-oad,xay. They were dressed in the style Pc
cr,Iiqr n the vicinity wore their hair long ana
T,ars smooth shaven. As they stepped up 20
the bar another man who had been slttlhg ~ an
CI-e,,r corner OF the arose and Jolnet theih-
They were evidently glad 10 see hlm ceSpite 'ne
i,c+ that his clothes though weii-ntt'ns were
shiny and faded soon they we're IatiShihs
nevertheless rnerrly He locked lean and gannt-
Ms long. black hair curled over hls dirty coz
Iar S,.rlps Of conversation saIch as on me
- ., ..Ioiu.. the circuit" two weeks stand.
etc. proclaimed to the ether patrons OF the
mace who and what they were.
pm ~ me said the one with his eyeglasses
timed forward on his thin. hooked nose, "ex-
c,1se me. nav fears. but what did yau say YOU
would drink?''
.sWbT. make mine a rickey. old fellow. slii
he yr;th red necktie and white hat
And yours. dear boy?'' turning to the Siiahhy
one :,
ooh. I'm not drinking, really, but II YOU III
sist, | will take piece OF pie with YOU