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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-23

LITTLE THINGS IN FALL DRESS.
The Shoe to Wear the Hat to Buy and the Kind of Neck
wear that viii Be in Style

Of red and gold Vests and yokes and col
larettes there must also DO In abundance.
Besides these come the lace sleeves which
accompany every gown these days. So It
is, that in buying her trousseau the Z RI
must think as much Of these minor items
as she does Of her gowns. Roman blue and
Russian blue are the blues Of the mo-
meut; even navy IS popular and there are
periwinkle and tendre and turquoise aud
the other blues, all now in vogue.
49,
There are new pocketbooks, and they
are odd.
The animal fad seems to have been car
ried out in the pockotbook as well as the
umbrella handle and the hat pin.
Very handsome books of leather mounted
in silver are to be found, and the silver
mounting Is the head OF some animal.
A very odd piece Of work is that of the
head OF bear. 1t Is OF very dark brown
leather, and on first glsncng at it one Il
rather startled. until his better sense
argues with him.
The mouth OF the bear closes and opens
with little spring and this ever hungry
animal receives the money in his mouth.
The pocketbook is made easy to carry by
small strap fastened to the base OF the
head, which is caught by the fingers.
49,
But these are only tiny accessories Of
the toilette. Let US consider just now ar
ticles Of greater size and Importance
hats:
We have had the golf, the sailor hat ana
the felt mob, but for autumn and winter
we must wear the sombrero and auto
mobile
The automobile is almost the same hat
known as the golf, except that 1t is a
little wider In front aud back than 1t Ia
on the sides. The crown is pc nted hut
not very high The trimming on tho hat
is the quill, or pom pom, and II not the
same color of the hat Is a decided contrast
A hat the shade OF the dress is worn,
and the trimming must be like the trim
ming OF the dress
The shades Of the hats have changed
very little Gray, brown, tan, red and blue
are all to be popular, and with them quilts
/ or pom -pons OF any shade may be worn.
| The Mexican sombrero IS somewhat diff
ferent. It is gray, a little darker than the
French gray. The crown is low and round
ing, and the only trimming on it Is a gold
cord, with tassel which fastens on one
side
/ These hats may he worn In many shapes
bne may De Ulted signify on the de,
and pinned there with long fancy pin.
Another hat may be dropping on one side.
and tilted on the other. Still another may
he slightly raised in front or in back,
with the same good effect
! One can not write OF hats without an
inc dental mention Of neckwear Never
was there such a variety as this year.
The high stock with the small stir bow
is still worn and there Is tie Of SOFT
China silk which has small dots IN n.
This is ted, not in a fourln- hand but In
a loose bow. The dots, n possible, should
match the trimming OF the dress and the
ground work should he the shade OF the
material OF the gown.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-23
TIGHT-FITTING ENGLISH COAT.
A Closely Buttoned Design Reaching
below the HipS.

Straight from London these comes a new
tailormade design that promises revolu-
ton in this department of dress 1t is
very close Atting and-what Is really the
distinguishing features so long that 1t
fully covers the hips. The Jacket clings
so religiously to the figure, however, that
It's contour Is plainly defined, and not an
inch Is added to the size of the hip meas
urement.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-23
Renewing nInck Lnne

Black lace should be rinsed in coffee
or strong vinegar II one desires to make
It look like new Do not hang out te
ury' out pull out the pattern nicely and
spread smoothly on a board that is COW
cred with a clean cloth, then another
board, and weight the whole with several
natirons and when dry lay away until you
desire 10 use them. They do not need TO
De ironed. for they will look like new IL
the foregoing directions are carried out
carefully.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-23

in any OF the empire modes without sur
ferlng torturcs OF artistic misglvinss,
An American woman who will soon go
70 Europe TO spend the winter on the HI.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-23
FRENCH GOWN FOR DINNER WEAR
A Wonderful Design i'm Crepe de
Chene and Lace.

The tall slender woman is having things
rather her own way this season. in many
respects. She wears the long coats with
grace and can drape her shapely figure
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-23
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bit OF mud. stepped in hot water, pro
pared by previous charms. is stuck on its
forahaad
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Very full fluffy ties are mnde to wear
with plain waists. They are very dressy
and the whole effect Of the costume may
be changed by replacing the business like
tie with the lacey affair.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-23

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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13

Now and then incidents occur
which are calculated to shake the
faith of the frmest believer in the
efficacy of the schoolhouse for the
regeneration of the negro. The
action of the North Ohio African
Methodist Episcopal church con-
ference would seem to indicate
that this disturbance of theories
was not entirely confined to the
shocks occasionally received by
Northern philanthropists. This
body. on the 9TH, adopted a res
oIution declaring its belief to be
that, as means of solving" the
so-called negro problem, "the
church and the schoolhouse seem,
from present facts and indications,
to give ultimate promise of disap-
pOlntment anu utter failure" We
commend the utterances of Bishop
Grant, prominent negro of In
dianapolis, to the prayerful con-
sideration of the theoretical friends
of this downtrodden people. In
discussing the resolution quoted
above, he said; II am an Ameri-
can citizen and this is my country.
/ am not going around to- ask the
white people what they are going
to do with us. We have reached
the place where we can say we are
considering whether we will let
the white man stay in this country
mr. NOT
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13

We have yet to see the man, re-
CARELESS of his political views, who
will not be glal when the whole
thing is over. The country, gen
orally, is getting tired of reading
the same old speeches from day to
day; listening to the same. Ole
prophecies of future death and de-
struction to the governmental this
or that man be not elected; hear
ing over and over the same Ole
charges of fraud and corruption
and force. Americans frequently
take all these things too seriously
The country has before this passec
through presidential elections and
other dlsagreeabIe things, anc
managed to survive; and we hon
estly believe that it will emerge,
alive from the present struggle
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13

1t is common saying, IN the
South, that a darkey cannot stand
prosperity. This is going to be a
good year in which to test It's &C
curacy; for the plantation negro
Will probably handle more cash
this winter than at any time In his
history. Judging from the diff
Guilty people in Greenville are hav-
ing, trying to get work done,
something already has struck
them. They are either so we'll off
as to be independent Of work, or
are simply responding to racial
antipathy to labor.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13

! Astriko Of mild proportions j.
threatened by the teamsters anc
leaders of New Orleans. These
men are engaged in handling cot
ton, and have organized the only
negro labor union of which we
have any knowledge. They are in
position to cause some trouble, but
it is hardly possible that they
could stay together long enough
to seriously cripple New Orleans
cotton men.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13

equality and brotherhood OF man, -"
and seeking meantime by mellitlu-
Gus word and covert promise to
lure the coy, colored vote from
its lair; with a Southern senator
in Chicago congratulating his
party upon the powerful effect
of an address to the ''colored vot-
ers" by men of the Garrison kid
ney. we think a plain, every-day
Southern man, might be excused
Tor owning to beng a bit confused
over the situation. A man who
would rather see the Philippine
Islands swallowed up by an earth
quake, than have the party OF bis
old-time faith commit itself to q
single doubtful policy upon o
question which is vastly more I'M
portant to him than Imperialism,
or any other of the new Democ-
racy's numerous isms, h-s good
cause to ask himself: What docs il
all mean Is this a new part j, that
puts forth these strange doctrines;
or is 1T indeed the old, merely
drlfted for season from It's an.
Gent mornings, and in the hands
of charlatans apparelled for pur-
pose in buffoon attire?
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13

That ardent Bryanite, Bishop
Turner, colorcd, who bases his
espousal of Democracy's cause up.
on the fact that he regards its
present leader as the best friend
of the negro, now before the pub
lie, does not seem to be meeting
with unqualified success as a Dem.
ocratic vote getter. 1t has been
but few days since this leader
proclaimed his faith in Bryan, as
the worthy successor of Lincoln,
in the star role Of "the black
mans FRIEND" and strenuously
urged his people to vote for him.
A few days since, at a big meet
ing of negroes from several states,
held at Texarkana, Arkansas,
his advice was repudiated. Turner
has never been satisfied with the
condition of his people in the
South, and for many years has adj
vocated a deportation scheme.
This he is also urging, along with
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13


In a recent speech Mr.. Bryan
suggests that articles manufactured
by a trust be put on the free list
There is but one way in which the
real trust may be successfully dealt
with, and that is through the
medium of tariff reform. HeGce
the utter folly of Illuminating
about state licenses and other
local means of preventing them,
while standing on a platform
which ignores, by the very scantl'
ness of its notice, the only practl'
cal method of handling them. But
this platform was made by men
with too many fish to fry, to waste
valuable time on such an old fash
toned Democratic doctrine as tariff
reform.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13

AS time passes, the super-re6ned
North and East learn that not all
the rufianism in the country i.
confined to the Southern states
AS educational factors, New York
Akron, Chicago and the West are
invaluable to the sections named :
as New York dignifed governor
is doubtless prepared to testify.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

Owing to delays incident to tb,
working of our new machinery
several subscribers have not re-
celved the Times promptly for til,
past few weeks; but we tee
now that we can safely say thi,
annoyance will not occur in the
future. ) ~ 4
! Hereafter, we will deenit,a ia.
-vor of all in and out.of-town sub.
scrlbers. who do not receive the
paper regularly each week, to no.
tify us, SO that we can remedy the
trouble. asss.ss ,ss.es. 80
Thanking our patrons for their
liberal support, we remain,
IS Respectfully,
The lines.
H. T. Crosby,
Business Manager.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13

1t looks as though the president
of the Order Of Railway Tele-
graphers, Mr.. Powell, was not al.
together dislnterested in ordering
the strike on the Southern last
spring. He has been suspended,
under an accusation of having MIS-
appropriated funds during the
strike.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13

China is determined to regain
her lost prestige among the ma.
lions, if the decapitation of a few
score officials will restore it. HUI,
man life is the cheapest commodity
on the Chinese market
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13
RAILROADS AND THE COM
MISSION.

I
MISSION.
The Times, last week, INDUCED
| in few remarks, containing some
seriousness and a little pleasantly,
touching railroads and the
commission. We learn that
we have been misunderstood,
to the extent of having
our words misconstrued into an at
tack upon the commission, and a
serious suggestion of drastic meas
ures toward it. The relations be-
tween the Times and the members
of the commission are entirely
cordial, extending, in the instance
of one of the gentlemen compos-
ing it, through long acquaintance,
to terms of intimate personal
friendship. We would not Sun-
Justly say Or do aught to wound
the feelings of its members, and,
it we have offended in this regard.
we now freely and gladly dlsclaim
any such intention, and ten
der here the proper amende.
Speaking seriously, however,
and specifically, we beg to respect.
fully call official attention to some
matters which, in justice to the
public, we believe should be recti-
fed.
One of the most important lines
of road in the state is the South
ern. Its western terminus is Green
vile, and in its conduct and SER
vice the business men and planters
of this section are peculiarly in
terested.
In many ways, the service rem
dered It's patrons here, by this
road, is inadequate, injurious to
their business interests, and far
from being such as they are enti-
tied to. Doing an immense bust
ness in the transportation of coal,
by failing to provide sufficient roll
ing stock for its proper handling;
and compelling trains which should
be devoted exclusively to the
handling of regular freight to take
care of this special coal traffic also,
it delays and neglects other freight,
to the serious inconvenience of its
regular patrons.
By eXactlng such additional
duties, as indicated, of it's regular
freight trains, their crews are
worked over time, are unable to
properly and expeditlously handle
the business devolving upon them,
and unable to make such time as
the public has reasonable right
to ask.
A crew leaving Winona in the
morning for Greenville is fire.
quently SO overworked that it is
impossible for it to reach its desti-
nation, only some eighty miles
distant, within eight to twelve
hours of its schedule. This results,
in numerous instances, in cotton
and seed being left for two or
three days, and sometimes longer,
standing untouched on sidings
within twenty or thirty miles of
GreenviIle. Often freight to be
shipped from Greenville meets
with delays almost as great. AS a
natural consequence of this, pas
senger trains, during the winter
season, are delayed, as often as
a half dozen times a week, from
two to five hours.
The accommodations for get
ting on and aIighting from. passen-
ger trains at GreenviIle are motor
iously poor, and In wet weather,
for ladies and children, miserable
to an extreme degree.
We have seen freight trains on
he Southernderailed twice within.
even days on the same siding,
Indon account of ties so rotten as
o refuse to bold a spike.
We have known a freight train
stall on q switch, through ina
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13

his political advice. The meeting
referred to, however, also de,
clined to endorse MIN In this, ana
declared themselves to be pretty
we'll satisfied to remain where
thew are.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13

1t is interesting to note the att
.tt.dc of the leaders of the Demo
cratic party, as at present consti-
tuted, upon this question.-of su-
nreme moment, as it must always
he. TO the people of the South.
Their position and public utter
unces today are too plain to be Of
doubtful meaning, and are suscep-
tible Of bat one logical cOnstruc-
ton. They mean the abandon
ment Of the traditional attitude Of
the party upon this. as a national
question, or they indicate nothing
but political trickery and lnsin-
Certify. just as the soundness of
the Democratic contention of
thirty years is about to be at
last admitted by the Republican
marty, we renounce our ancient
position.
From consistently maintaining
that certain expressions Of the
Declaraiicn Of Independence were
rractions. entitled to no
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13
THE CHANGES OFF TIME.

The student Of American poll
tics, who follows the trend of af-
fairs through the reconstruction
era and some succeeding years,
sees, during that period, all mat
ters of national interest to q great
extent dwarfed before one para
mount objective of the discussion
and legislation Of the time. He
sees the two great parties arrayed
against each other, on the then
supreme question, on lines SO ut
terly antagonistic as to be for all
time impossible of reconcilement.
The bone of contention was the
negro, and the broadcast line of de-
marcation between Democracy
and Republicanism, was that diff
ferentiating their respective poll
cies toward him. The attitude OF
the one was even then historic: that
of the other the logical sequence
OF humanitarian theorizings and
profound ignorance, coupled with
pseudo-p philanthropy and. the vim
dictiveness Of hell
Touching the exercise of politi-
cal privileges fg the negro, and
his status as a freedman, the pc
sition of the Democrats was SO
logical and so reasonable, in such
thorough accord with the idea OF
safe ard intelligent suffrage,
that it required the stress Of par
tisanship.s and the tanatical hatred
of the hohr to produce men bold
enough to attack it.
It was attacked, and success
fully: the result has passed into
the political history of the world.
Rising superior to material and
political disaster, with the restora-
ton OF her place in the national
Legislature, the South inaugurated
q crusade of education, and for
quarter of century has preached
the gospel of white supremacy.
During all these years of trial, her
leaders have kept this the para
mount issue, and have patiently
and unfallingly, consistently and
without ceasing, sought to con-
vince the national conscience that
the Acknowledgement of the negro
was d diabollcal blunder, alike in
defensible and lnexpedient. With
what success these efforts have
been attended is known of all
men. Yet one thing was lacking to
complete the lesson. 1t was need
full that Northern Republicans
should themselves be called upon
to answer to the world for the
conduct of u government in the
population Of which there was a
preponderating mass Of ignorance
and incapaclty.
In the providence Of God, if you
please, or through the fortunes of
war, if you prefer, this necessity
at last arose. In the discharge of
the duties eventuating upon the ac-
QUESTION of certain territory, con-
tanning large element of popula
ton as unfit for the responsibilities
of American citizenship as the
mass of negroes, the Republican
party was to reach the necessity
Of regulating its own professions,
and accepting the teachings of the
South.
1t is interesting to note the att
tude of the leaders of the Demo.
-. - ~1wnoa,,k <,o.,cks
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-13

bility to pull over rails made slip
perry by the weeds that covered
them. We have known engines
to be so overloaded as to have TO
make three runs ut a light grade,
before getting over it We have
seen train crews come into Green
Vile 'dead on their feet" through
working over time, and then
doubled back within two hours
We have known wreck after
wreck to occur, for weeks in sue
cession, through rotten Ties and
worn out rails.
We have seen platforms erected
for cotton, SO overcrowded through
failure to move 1t, that a score OF
bales would have to be thrown
upon the ground, and into the
mud. We could point out plat
forms so high, that three men
would be required to load one bale
of cotton upon them from a wag-
on; and know of others so rotten
as to be almost unfit for use.
In how many of these things the
Y. & M. V. R. r. is also at fault,
if IN any, we cannot say,-for we
are speaking now through person
al knowledge.
These shortcomings are motor
ious, and we believe that if mem
Der OF the commission will make
a trip or two from Winona to
Greenville, and cover the entire
distance in a freight caboose-
which, in our judgment, is the
only way to inspect the service
and condition of a railroad-and
talk to business men along the
route, the people of this section
will have less cause of complaint
hereafter.
LATER:--The freight train which
should have reached Greenville
about 5 y. M, Friday, did not gel
in till after eight this Saturday
morning; being nearly fifteen hours
late. AS there was no engine in
Greenville to take out the East
bound freight this morning, it has
not left town yet $3.50 p. n.y. In
consequence of which, planters and
country merchants, who depend
upon it for Saturdays supplies,
are now trying to feed cotton pick
ers and customers on promises
and explanations.
The passenger wreck which oc-
Cured this morning at Holly
Ridge is too commonplace to
merit special notice here. We
allude to the delayed incom-
ing and outgoing freights mere
ly as cases in point; we could
have referred to yesterdays per-
formances with equal truth,