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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-16

On motion by Mr.. Reynolds of Cumber.
land, the bill was read twice and pa ssed
to be engrossed under suspension of
rules.
Bill an act entitled IAN act to amend
chapter az of the Public Laws of 1899
This bill came from the House passed
to be engrossed under suspension of rules.
On motion by Mr. Stearns Of Aroostook.
the bill was read twice and passed to be
engrosSed under suspension of rules
Mr. Stearns. for the committee on Judi
ciary. reported ought to pass. bill an act
to regulate the admission to practice of
attorneys. solicitors and counsellors. to
provide for board of examiners and to
repeal conflicting acts.
The report was accepted and the bin
tabled for printing under rule.
Mr.. Stearns. chairman of the committee
on judiciary. submitted the final report
of that committee. that they had acted
on all matters referred to them.
The. report was accepted.
On motion by Mr.. Hurd of York. bill an
act to repea, chapter, 32S of the Public
Laws of 1897, was taken from the table
and indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Reynolds, chairman of the commit
tee on legal affairs. submitted the final
report of that committee that they had
acted on all matters referred to them.
The report was accepted.
On motion by Mr.. Drummond. the Sem
ate took recess of 30 minutes.
AFTER RECESS.
Papers from the House disnosed of in
concurrence.
ton So, chapter 3, OF the Revised Statutes,
relatin" to town, village and city by
laws and ordinances.
This bill came from the House passed
On motion by Mr.. Plummer of Penobsco.,
the bill was laid on the table.
On motion by Mr.. Shepherd of Knox
the Senate took recess until O'Clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-16
FINALLY PASSED.

Resolve in favor of Wiscasset Academy.
on motion by Mr.. Sawyer of Washing
ton.
Adjourned.
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TAKE THE GOOD, REJECT THE
 BAD.


There is one thing the commercial organizations have done for Pine Bluff that is evident to the casual observer, and that is our city seems to be before manufacturing indus tries as she has never been before. A feasible plan to build a railroad down the Bayou to Star City is be- fore the Commercial League. Some person wants to submit a proposi- ton to build an ice factory, some others a cotton fac Cory, aud again a paper factory. Now comes 8 firm
 that wants to bring to our city
 wind mill and a farming implement factory from Illinois. Now if we could laad all these enterprises the wheels Of industry would Eum as never before. We all know that this cannot be, and we are going to venture the advice 10 onr Leagues that they deliberate carefully, be- fore passing these propositions to our people, because when they are imposed upon once it will be harder to get them to take any stock in the worthy enterprises.
 Now, this lead us to say that the committees on the Sawyer < Austin Lumber Go. movement have worked faithfully to pass to th;s city an enterprise that will distribute tere SIP, ,000 to $14, ,000 per month, and will give our city an advance movement such as we have not had for years. This committee still lacks SIP, LOGO or $15,000 of having sufde- tent money to close with these peo- pie, and quite a number of our peo- pie, who are fully able, have not subscribed at all Now let our pep. pie subscribe the remaining fund necessary and lets add the industry with it's thrty-year ruo to our city.
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try, let me cite a few figures which l nave picked out of a railroad folder. The fare for berth in a Pullman Sleeping Car from Little Rock to St. Louis, distance of about $50 miles, is $2. 50, the fare for the same service in a Pullman sleeper between Fl Paso and Chihuahua, Mexico, about the same distance, is two dol- lars ($2 00) in Mexican silver. The fare from St. Louis to San Francis co, a distance of over 2 900 miles, is $l4 50; the fare for the same service from El Paso to the City of Mexico, a distance of 1871 kilometers, is $9.00 in Mexican silver. Now, the American dollar is worth doably as much as the Mexican dollar, yet it cosls less in Mexican money to ride ia Pullman sleeper than it does in American money, (7ith double the money) to ride the same distance in the Un tied States. If the Pull man Go. can carry a passenger from Fl Paso to Chihuahua for one dollar in American gold, why can't they carry a passenger from Little Rock to St. Louis. about the same dis tance, for the same amount? This looks very much ike discrimination against the American eagle lgold bird) in favor of the Mexican eagle (silver), and should be looked into by our Interstate Commerce Com mission.
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ID 4 LARGE AUDIENCE
Ex-GoY Bob Taylor Lectures at the
 Merrill Institute.

Ex GcY. Bob Taylor, of Tennes- see, the most popular lecturer upon the platform today, entertained packed houso at the Merrill Insti- tute Saturday night with his new gem of pathos and humor entitled Love, Lrugbter and Song"
 He was brou5ht here under the auspices of the Ladies Aid Society of the Main Street Methodist church.
 For an hour and a half the man. moth audience listened in rapture to the beautiful word painting, the sallies of humor, the dashes of pathos which fell from the lips of the stirring speaker.
 His visit was a most pleasant one, during the short while be was in our city.
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REMOVAL.


 On May Sth, Monday, ". R. Brim ingham will remove his large and select stock of buggies, carriages, < etc., to Main Street (next to Me Cain Grocery Co.) where everyone in Pine Bluff and vicinity is invised to call and inspect the celebrated new Iimken buggy, with rubber tires and roller bearing axle, which requires no oiling, of latest design and fnest finish, and the lightest draught buggy tyer made-just received.
 W. R. BIRMINGHAM, lS6 Main Street, Pine Bluff, Ark.
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Water is the great question in this section wherever there is water and irrigation is practiced, the crops are most luxuriant and aburdant. It is often queer sight to see green and luLuriant fields on one side of the railroad, and lands ap- parently as barren as the desert of Sahara on the other. ca one side irrigation is practiced; on the other it is not. In the Rio Grand valley, where irrigation is praeticed, some of the finest crops in the world are produced. At Ysleta, forty miles northeast of Lere ard the last sta- ton before reaching Fl Paso, I saw young orchards certainly not sur passed in the Eastern or Central States. This is the result of exten. sive irrigation. But all the while we are in the sight of bleak moun- tains which assume most interest ing and fantastic shapes. Even Ell Paso is surrounded by this same range, and between the mountains and the Rio Grande river, which separate it from Mexico, I don't see much room for the town to grow.
 J, W, ADAMS.
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mission

My route from Fort Worth to El Paso was over the Texas & Pacific railway. We left Fort Worth at $40 o'clock Sunday morning and ar rived here at 11.04 o'clock Monday morning, being oyer 26 hours in travelling a distance of GA miles, making an average speed of little over g miles an hour. That's just a little faster than Conductor Att woods accommodation train to Lit
 tie Rock, aud is mighty poor speed for a thorough train. The Texas Pacific needs tc improve its service between Fort Worth and El Paso, but it runs through a most interest ing country. From Fort Worth to where it crosses the Brazos river it passes through as fine a farming country as eyes ever witnessed ;from the Brazos the road is upon rising ground until within hundred m.I les of Ell Paso. From the Braz9s there there is a range of hills or mouu- tains on either side of the railroad to Fl Paso. These hills are said to afford vast cattle ranges. At Mid land, BOT miles southwest of Fort Worth, the end of the timber line is reached. From here to Fl Paso the mountain sides are bleak and bar ren, with a peculiat undergrowth at thfir base and in the valleys be- tween, But tlis, to2, is said to make good feed for cattle, and the lands are utilized, so 1 was informed, for cattle ranches. But I saw scarcely any evidences of life, of nad or beast, except when some small station with a dozen inhabi- tants or so vas reached. 1t rains here only at brief periods, and dur ing these periods the water is caught by dams at the foot of the mountain and stored away. From this the cattle drink in dry weather, out water is always a precious and care fully husbanded commodity.
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REV. CASOH RESIGNS.
Will in Future Act as Financial
 Agent for Galloway Collage.

Rev. J R. Cason has resigned his position as pastor of the Lake side Methodist church. His aesign- ation is caused by his appointment as State Financial Agent for Gallo way College, He will in future de. vote all his time to that work.
 The announcement of Rev. Ca- sons resignation will be received by our readers with many regrets, for he has most efficiently presided at the Lakeside church for the past two years. One consolation is that his residence will continue in Pine Bluff.
 Rev. Cason's successor has not as yet been appointed. Rev. Cason has made Pine Bluff a good citizen and a most able divine He has made many friends during his short stay in Pire Bluff aud the best wishes of the com nenity are with him.
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The traveIing public should hail with delight the aGvent of the Par Tor car. Itis also a good thing for the railroads. Prior to the first of last February the Cotton Belt paid 2 cents per mile for the privilege of pulling Pullman, and the Pullman Go. got all tie receipts from the car. It cost the Cotton Belb about $480 month for each Pullman. Now the Cotton Belt is relieved of this ex- pense and receives an average In. come of S450 a month from each ot it's Parlor Cars. That makes a diff ference of S930 a month in the Cot ton Belts fGarces. Mr. LeBeaume said to have worked two years on
 the scheme before he could get his company to adopt the new enter prise But the success of the Par l)r Cafe Car is now fully established. Others are to be built. The first tolr were built by the Pullman Car O.. An order has been tuned over to the Cotton Belt shops at Pine Bluff for a fifth one This will open up a new line of work. and of the very h ghest and most artistic char acter for the company's shops. The introduction of the Parlor Car for the Pullman for day runs will be hailed with delight by the travelling public, and other railroad managers should follow Mir. LeBeaume's exam pie, It's a great pity that sleeper at popular prices can't also be in vented to take the place ot robbing Pullman sleepers on the night runs.
 To show the extortion practiced
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SUCCESSFULLY PUNCTURED BY MIR. LABEAUME OF
 THE COTTON BELT.
THE PARLOR CAFE CARS.
Pullman Gar CO,Diseriminates Against American Eagle--Sights Between
 It. Worth and Fl PasO.

El Paso, Texas, May 2.-The Pull man Palace Car Go. is one of the most exacting monopolies in the United States. The Pullman and Wagner companies have divided the business of the country. Neither interferes in the others territory and neither IS there any cutting in rates. The monopolies are opp~es- sive and extortionate to the rail- road companies and the public alike. There is not a Pullman Pal ace car hauled in the United States that the railroad company hauling it does not pay from 9 to 3 cents per mile for the privilege of pulling it. The railroad company furnishes the power and the track, pays the Pullman Go. a stipulated sum per mile, as above stated, yet the Pull man Co. receives the fare of every passenger wLo r,des or sleeps in one of their palace cars. It is no won der that Geo. ". Pullman, the in- ventor, rapidly rose from railroad section boss to. a millionaire.
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Y. M, c. A. NOTES.

Prof MeNen's vocal recital crowd cd the hall Friday night and was highly enjoyed. The progaess of his pupils surprised everyone who lad not heard them sing recently. Prof. McNeil leaves Us next week to take charge of the department of mnsic, in q school in Dallas. He has done much for the musical interests of cur city, and will be greatly missed
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JUDGE THOMAS MIRRBI|
Weeds Miss Mable Pittman, ..oil|
 Rock. Saturday.

Pine Bluff will soon be kaaHi the"Nuptial City, if Cupid doa cease to bring his victims bea join in holy wedlock, as he ha8 doing for the past two nontts
 Saturday mornlrg Ez-ea Judge J. s. Thomas, of CIapi1 in pursuance of plans, met Mabel Pittman, at Sherrill, al tion north of thls city on the theimer branch road.
 They came to this city ai paired to the Trulock Hotel, B J. L, Caldwell, pastor of the ' Presbyterian church, was saaH ed. Judge Thomas informed that their object was imra matrimony. At exactly F oq m. the happy couple went into. handsome parIors. They , accompanied by Rev, Caldwell the following party, who Fei' turning from Little Rock. 2 they heard Ex Gov. Bob N speak Friday night Repr''. tive J. ". Crockett and vile. 2 Mamie and Messrs, l. c. andA Gibson, and Miss Iaez Gumn9s of Dewitt, md Miss Nora Sl8 and o, H. Rhodes, of Stuttgart a few well chosen words < Caldwell made the happy 01 man and wife.
 Judge and Mrs. J. s. Thomas on the 12::40 Cotton Belt tfalI Clarendon, where they will in ! reside. The remainder of the \ also departed for their rs'P1 homes on the same train !
 
 This marriage gives '1 Thomas his third wife. Hssl wife was Miss Bettie Price, of Capt. V. D. Wilkins, ot 'n11 her death occurred at Clarsp'I little over a year ago.
 Judge Thomas is one of 'l' k4own aud most able att0fna'| the State. He was twice
 date for Congress from 'u' Judicial District. ..,l
 The bride is one of the nos os, lar of Little Rock beIles. ?, very attrrotlve young V0r. ., Judge Thomas is to be e0lS S.t,I ed upon winning the naDu fair young maiden. s.,tI
 We extend them our a's congratulations and best R'' their future happiness E
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Mr. B. ". LaBeaume, general passenger agent of the Cotton Belt railway, las invented a plan to rid the public and tbe railroads of the exactions of the Pullman Palace Car Company. On February 1st the Cotton Belt installed tour Parlor Cafe Cars-two on the run between Memphis and Texarkana and two between Texarkana and Waco. These cars were built al an experse of $8, 900 each, to the Cotton Belt, and are as elegant throughout as Pullmans. But 1t is not near so ex- pensive to ride in one Of them, The fare on a Pullman for day ride be- tween Memphis and Pine Bluff be- fore these parlor cars were installed was 75 cents; now it costs on one of these parlor cars only % cents. It cost me only p cents to ride in one of these cars from Pine Bluff to Fexarkaua. Another admirable feature is the cafe attachment The price of a meal served on the Parlor car is 9 per cent cheaper than on a Pullman.
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The meeting of th e Women s Aux Hilary which was postponed from last Wednesday afternoon will be held at the building next Wednesday at o clock
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Dr. Caldwell will make the address at the men's meeting at the '. NJ. C. A. this afternoon at o'clock All men are welcome.
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Many of our young people will go to Little Rock next Faiday to be present at the oratorical contest in the afternoon.
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Renew your Insurance policy at once with Bel,-Vernon Co . IF Pine Street. You can't afford to wait until you burn out.
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MT. Clifton Howell. our young society leader. has recovered from a very severe Illness.
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Hanan's Shoes at Katzenstein 's in all lasts and toes.
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Ar. T. H. Osborne left Saturday for two weeks tour over the Cot ton Belt road,
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Miss Bettie Houston' ,,, ' been attending schooi .otarl months at New Orleans .r,isl her home in this city Sa' terneon.
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Entered at the Post-office at Pine Bluff. Ak. ..assecola-elass mail matter
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Mrs. Oliver Golbraith is .s sioii X proving from a recent se's'
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To show the extortion practiced by the Pullman people ID this coun-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-03-08
Frank Leslis's Popular Month
~ for March, 1899.

The timely topic CT Mormon polyg-
amy, and the opinions of the late
Brigham Young and various Mormon
wives regarding it, is tactfully dis
cussed by Mrs. Frank Leslie, in an
illustrated article which is one of
the principal features Of Flank Les
lies Popular Monthly for March.
The Nicaragua Canal prcjsct-past,
present and future-is ably discussed
by F. A. Fletcher, whose contribu-
ton has the advantage Of being
thoroughly we'll illustrated. "Queen
Wilhelmina and Women's Work in
Holland" by S. NJ. D'Engelbronner,
is full of personal and literary, as
we'll as pictorial interest, which is
equally true of ''Sketchipg from
Nature" by H. Villiers Barnett.
Thomas R. Dawley, Jr., famous for
his breadth 'scapes while cam
paigning with Gomez in Cuba, tells
some thrilling stories of that veteran
hero and the late Gen. Quintin
Bandera. "A Skein of Silk" is o
charming illustrated paper, by W.
G. Kitchip, describing silk-worm cul-
ture in Japan. The woman in
Action" article tells about the fair
sex in Wall Street. Bret Harte and
Egerton Castle head the fiction
writer's in Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly, and there are complete
short stories this month by Mary j..
Holmes illustrated by Wenzell), and
Eta W. Pierce ILLUSTRATED by Rosen-
meyer ''Marginalia" contains some
spicy contributions by R. X. Munkit-
trick and others. The fine art pro-
ductions in this number are profuse
and beautiful.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-03-08
Good Adviee.

The Washington Post, which
seems to understand conditions of the
South better than any other news
paper published north of the Poto-
mac, says:
The South does not and never
will pretend that it offers the negro
political domination, official control
or substantial ascendancy Of any
kind. The South is frank enough to
proclaim faith that the negro repre-
sents an inferior race and shall not
be permitted to rule. But The
colored people will be wise to con,
slider that the white Southerners are
their real friends and sympathizers.
The time has come fer the negro to
choose between the leader who
promises much and does nothing for
his welfare and the Southern white
who promises nothing aud does
much No truer statement Of the
position of the white men of the
South has been made; no better
counsel has been offered to the ne
groes in this section. The 'leaders
of the negro have gotten him into
most of his troubles and are respon-
sible for mistakes which have cost
him very dearly.
We are glad to believe that ma
jority Of the negroes in the South
have learned wisdom by experience
and chee1fully accept the position
which by laws and instincts beyond
! the control of man they now hold
and under existing conditions must
continue to occupy.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-03-08
ROxALsss$**'"*tS&
v ABSOLUTELY PURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome

! authority to search the premises.
! The Record will discuss the matter
calmly and without pre- iudice for or
against any of the persons involved.
In the first place, it is urfair to
charge those who voted for the dis
penssry law or against its repeal
! with even indirect responsibility for
the homicide. There is no reason in
that charge.
The point upon which the whole
affair turns is the right of search.
Legally the constables had that
right. As matter of fact, they
acted decently about the matter Of
its exercise, which they deferred un.
til Mr.. Stuart, the head of the house,
could come home. Whether Mr..
Stuart thought it right or wrong for
the constables to be authorized to
search his dwelling, they had the
necessary legal warrant for the
search and as aw-abiding citizen
he should have allowed them to make
it. If each and every citizen is to be
allowed to nulify law which he dis
approves, a state Of anarchy would
prevail in South Carolina.
Stuart having declined to permit
the search and threatened to resist
with force, while Crawford had the
right to go ahead and make the
search, regardless of consequences,
it would have been far better for him
to have retired and sworn out war
rant against Stuart for resisting an
officer in the discharge of his duty.
No language used by Stuart could
justify Crawford in slapping his face.
He should have restrained his tenn
per.
All accounts agree that Stuart
fred the first shot. If he was deter
mined to have battle with the con-
stables, he should have waited until
his wife was out Of the way before he
opened fire. 1t would have been
superhuman self-control for Craw-
ford, with pistol in his hand, TO
have lefrained from returning the
shots of man only few feet away
from him, especially as be was hit
by one OF the first shots. Under
such circumstances, net one man in
million would have remembered
that lady was present and would
have made no return to shots which
endangered his life.
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for the future. In consequence the
Southern States lag behind the North
because of the lack of thrift in its
laboring class. But don't think that
the negro does all the work. The
South produced II, 100000 bales OF
cotton last year and half OF it was
raised by white men. If any com
monwealth will give us one good, III,
dustrious white man for three mig
gers we'll stay as long as they will
keep up the exchange. We've got
the white mans burden down there.
Laughter and applause.
In closing the speaker said: eve
are educating them, but even if they
can learn we don't propose to have
them govern US. We'll use the shot
gun if necessary"
DR.. Bradford denied that eve
can't alter what God has made"
That's what we are doing all the
time" be said.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-03-08
Saturdays Tragedy.
Columbia Evening Record.

Columbia Eveu!n, Record.
Under ordinary circumstances The
Record would not discuss an occur
renee like Saturday evening tragedy
in advance Of the laws action, but
newspapers in opposition to the dis
pensary law have in advance denomi-
mated the homicide a murder and
have used it as q text for diatribes
against the law. To q certain extert
the case Of the constables has been
prejudiced. As matter of fact,
only one constable, Crawford, is re-
sponsible and can be brought to trial
The others did not draw their wea-
pons, Cooley was outside the prem
ise, and Dorm and Coleman did their
utmost to prevent a tragedy, ever
urging Cra~ ford to withdraw, though
he was armed with the proper
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-03-08

thing in it and keep it frozen for
three or four days, and thatice would
soon be made at 10 cents for athous-
and pounds, and all the ice factories
be closed forever, and he said that
this liquifed air had FIVE times the
destructive power CT dynamite. TIE
operator made lemonade and cock
tails for the party and froze them by
dropping a very small drop in each
glass.
How is thai? But-N. B. The
gentleman who solemnly told me
this is newspaper man, too.
Bill Arp.
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Adjt. Gen. Floyd intends to start

Adjt. Gen. Floyd intends to start
shortly upon the work Of reorganiz-
ing the State militia and for that
purpose he and his assistant, Col.
John Frost, will visit all the COM
panies in the State to ascertain which
of them shall be retained and to frd
out the status of affairs in regard to
the arms and uniforms of the ct m
panies. There are now 70 compar-
les, or alleged companies, on the rolls
but many of these are known to be
in a thoroughly disorgapized state
and not to be relied upon in case OF
need.