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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-30
WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON
 THE GAS PLANT.
N0 LIGHTING D15TRICT
Better Quality of Gas Furnished Work Has Just Been
 Completed.

k The work Of laying new gas mains T Pn this ciry, " hieh has been in pro-
 gEess Tor the past five months, has fylast oten completed. The ork of f erecting the new gas plant on East D Ih'rd avenue was finished several
 weeks ago.
 ' During hat tIme over five miles of
 pew pipe was put under ground and Ia large portion of the old pipe was irepl lced with new mains. The new Jpipe was used exclusi ely to extend Y tine gas mains to various portions of
 the city where they have never been
 laid &efore. They embrace all the { lpadlng streets including Fifth aye Z nue and we are reliably informed
 that the city government :s figuring
 with the light company to illuminate
 the suburbs of the city where the
 pipes have been extended and
 especially Filth avenue, the most
 fashionable and the only poo4' 5 ly lighted thoroughfare in Pine
 Bluff. A large number of gas posts
 were recently removed from the husi-
 ness section ang will ba set up in. the
 suburbs. The business portion will be lighted by arc lights alone. This | Iaoye on the part of the city officials
 willdoubtess receive the hearty ap- proval of all our people. The new gas plant is new through out. It's machinery, the different coal which is to be used in future, K and the many other improvements &made, will enable the company to Esnrnish it's patrons with a better xqua'ity of gas (which is already
 noticabIe), and the plant is capable
 pf supplying town three times the
 sl2a of Pine Bluff
 Our people have small idea of the amount of work that has been
 Ae9 9jmpished by the light company.
 During the entire five months in zwhch the work was being carried k|on, over 125 local laborers were given
 The cost of the new improve *ments in round figures is $50 000, #8lmost every cent of which was Espent in Pine Bluff.
 A new fad which is proving quite fpopuiar ill this city is the gas ranae, EsaDd the gas heaters are also being Bout in several homes and business 5shouses just al present.
 Nr J Gibbons. j"., man who is ssnn to" his job t.nd acivi q ginepr Snf many years exaerence. N IS in E'charse of the work. Hr sHperii Blended the work frsin b 2inDing to Tend and finished iD jnst half he time nriiyal here rhe gas company has
 |ppr ciAted good, u,etni man
 ud has, through his push and
 hergy, largely increased it's busi,
 2he territory in which the new
 aims were extended are given be-
 Dw
 On Third avenue. from Georgia street east to Missouri. 1000 feet. a On Barraque. from Oak west to M.inden, l 400 feet.
 On Second, from Cherry west to Locust. LOGO feet.
 X On Third, from Walnut west to Ent,prrv 2 100 feet
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-30

On Georgia, from Third south to Filth, s00 feet.
 On Fifth, from Georgia west to Ash. ,. TOO feer.
 On Sixth, from Laurel west to Ash 3 200 feet.
 On Walnut, from Second south to
 th. ? 900 feet.
 s,a Cherry, from Barraque south
 Sixth. ? 200 feet.
 Ca Pioe. from second soGth to Third. 400 feet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-30

horrible sights of which you have all had such vivid accounts, and early Thursday morning we took the tug boat Charlotte NJ. Allen to Houston. Then followed the tedious journey home, and the meeting of relatives and friends. who had never expected to see us again.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-30
THE BUSINESS MEN DO NOT FAVOR A DOUBLE DAILY
 TRAIN SERVICE.
LITTLE ROCK OUR RIVAL.
Buyers May Give Us the aGo-By" Secretary Russell of the
 League Interviewed.

It is rumored here that the Iron Mountain railroad will soon inaugu- rate double daily passenger service between Little Rock and Monroe, La
 The Commercial League of tbe latter city has been working for the establishment of that service, as well as the board of trade of Little Rock, and, from present indications we judge that they have been sue eessful.
 The incoming service will, without doubt, kill the present accommo dation service, which nov exists between this city aud Little Rock, and which is great convenience to our people. The present occommo dation train leaves Pine Bluff each morning at 6:55 o'clock Sunday in cluded) and returning leaves Little Rock at 3:30 D. m As it is, cur peo- pie can go to the capital oity, trans. act their business and return the same afternoon. Notwithstanding this fact, the new service will proba- ply furnish us the same accommodate tion. We have been told that the new time card will put trains through here (north bound) from Alexandria or Monroe, wherever the terminus may be, at 6.55 a m. and pass (South boundl at the same time the accommodation nov arrives from Little Rock 5.30 D. m.
 The question arises here whether the buyers from towns south of Pire Blaff will pass us by and 20 to Little Rock, or will they stop here and do their buying
 That is left entirely with our busi. business men, They will have an opportunity to advertise thair busi. nesses and build up a larger trade than that which they epjoy at the present time.
 ltlooks natural to suppose that the buyers from Southern towns will stop at Pine Bluff trar sact their business and go back to their homes on the 10:45 passenger. Pue Bluff has as large if not larger stores than Little Rock tnls we sell the goods just as cheap. This matter will bring out many opinions. It should be thoroughly investigated by our merchants, the Commercial League especially
 A Graphic reporter had cOnver- sation wf.h Mr E D Russell, secre- tary cf the Commercial Laague. Saturday.
 He stated that ke had read the item in Little Rock paper and that the statement was iocorrecr when it mentioned that the Pine Bluff Commercial League was a petitioner to the Irol Mountain officials asking hem to establish a double daily servlce between Little R 'ck and Alexandria.
 Several tbs sinee.' said the genial secretary, .'certain members of the executive committee and myself were of the opinion that such service would 5e of great benefit to Pine Bluff and we put on foot | movement having that end in view.
 After canyassing the matter aud conferring with tbe business men of the city, we reached the conclus. ion hat the service would aot result II any U.Le6e 10. our city and we therefore dropped the matter. No petltloo requesting such service was ever forwarded to the Iron Meantaio etfsials from this city
 : '
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-30

Miss Ruth Welsh has been promot- ed from toll operotor at the local Southwestern telephone office to chief operator at the Camden office of the same eompady. She will leave in few days to aesume her new duties. Her many friends are glad to learn of her success.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-30

Mr Joe Cook has resigned his posi- tion us salesman at J. < $ Katzen- stein's and left last night for girm- inghem. Ala, where he will accept a similar position with a substantial house. Mrs. Cook did not accom- pany him but will leave in a few days to join Mir. Cook. and make that place their future home. We wish them health and suecess i'll their pew home.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-30
COTTON COMING IN FAST.
Receipts at City SclIys Much Larger
 Than Pr vi0us Year.

Pine Rlaff cotton men are paying the highest maraet pgl;'e ftr cotton and many Wagot i0a is f he staple are being Lrousht into town by the farmers frnm far and near. They seem ta Ee of the opinion that the present good price will decrease shortly and they are selling when they can get good pay for their pao- duct.
 Saturday thecotton market cl osed 3 points higher than Fridays closing while New York spots were unchanged and New Orleans spOt' went up one sixteen th. Io Pins Bluff nil cotton IS bringing from9 9% to 9A cents. ive,s from 9A to99 and Denders from 10 to I0A The local market wls up < Saturday.
 The cotton receipts at both the city scales are larger than those of the same date in. 1899 Tte following is the correct humber of bales that have been rec.lved since September lst i'll Pine Bluff and that of the previ Jus year:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-30

New Milchner herring. Herring in wine sauce, Hamburg rolled herrii1 Russian sardines and other delicac. {. ies just arrived Strauss z Mlller Y
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-30

Mir. Fay VII Ian, who for long time has been connected with Strauss and Mill. r, has resigne1 .ud will succeed Mir. Joe Cook nt Kalz. enstein 5 shoe store. Fay is a hustler and he will be glad to see his many frieLds at his new place of business
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-30
ARMOUR PACKING COMPANY.
Will Establish Cold Storage Here
 Property Purchased.

"gempetltion is the life of trade .'
 When Nelson Morris S5 Co.,, estab. lished their cold storage plant in this city several weeks ago many Of our people remarked that it would not belong thereafter that the Ar mour Packing Company would soon be here in the same business.
 The expected has come, for Satur- day Nr. $. s, Jerome, of Kansas City, as representative of the ia nous Kansas City concern, closed deal with Capt. s. Geisreiter, of this city, whereby he purchased 84 x114 feet of ground lying in lot l, block 64, Woodruff's addition south. The consideration was $3, 900.
 The purchased property is the State street and Third avenue cor ner just ia the rear of J. T. Lloyd's grocery on Main street.
 The Armour Packing company will or October 1, begir. the erection of large cold storage plant at that point and will be ready for business two months after the wcrk is be- gun.
 The building will be a one story and a half brick structure and will cost<in the neighborhood of SS, 900. Armour's salaried builder will do the wood work but a Pine Bluff brick mason will be awarded the contract Monday to do the brick work.
 MT. Jerome In conversation with Graphic reporter Saturday, said: We will do a wholesale business exclusively. Our material for the ereetion of the building will be pur chased from Pine Bluff firms and we will employ as many local hands, after our plant is completed, as we can use. All local workmen, with the exception of our searied buid- CT, will be used n the work of cree tion of the building and we wish to be recognized as citiz ns of Pine Bluff. The building itself will be ready for occupancy two months after work is begun on it. The plant will be modern in every respect"
 The city council met Saturday night and unanimously granted the Iron Mountain railroad right of way for a switch across State street. The tracks will be constructed into the Armour building
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-30

Prem tse above it will be observed that cotton is coming in faster this year than last, notwithstanding the fact that Ii very large crop vas made last Year. Cotton men edict a failing off in the receipts from now on, as tie sield is shorter this seascn
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-30

For Rent,'' For Saie' and Boarding and Lodging" signs f | sale at this ffi ;e. Ivy
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27
Woes OF Kentucky.

Tho Martin (Tcxas) Democrat
don't like kentucky, nohow. 1t thus
depicts tho troubles that besct tho
donizens OF the Bluo Grass State:
"Mun born in the mountains Of
kentucky is of fued days and full Of
virus. He 1ishoth, fddloth, cusscth
all tyhteth all tho days Of his mis-
ornbio life.
"Ae shunno.h water rs Il mad dog
and drinlleih mnch moan whiskcy.
"Whcn he dcsiscth to raise hell
he plantcth Il ncighbor anl 10! ho
roapcth twenty fold. Ilo raiscth oven
from tho cradle to seek tho scalp Of
his grandsiro's enemy, and bringcth
home in his carcass tho ammunition
Of his neighbor's wile's Cousins un-
cle's fathcr.in law, who uvengcth his
decd.
"Yoa, verify, his life is uncertain,
and he knows not tho hour whom no
may bo jorked hence.
'lIo gooth forth on Journey half
si.ot, and cometh back to shutter
81 i.
"iIo riscth in the night to lot tho
cas- out, and it taketh nino doctors
three days TO pick tho buclishot out
Of him.
"llo gocth forth in JOY and glad
ness, and comcth back in scraps and
Fragments.
"A cyclone blowcth him into tho
bosom of his neighbours wife, and his
neighbours wlfe's husband blowoth
him into Abrahum's bosom before he
hath timo to explain.
Gle cmptieth dcm1john into him
self and Il shot gun into his enemy,
and his cncmy's son lieth in wait for
him on election day and 10! the coro-
ncr ploweth up forty aero field tc
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27
Facts for Voters.

Registration certificates will not
bo necessary in the primary election,
but voters aro required to have their
names on tho Democratic club roll at
least five days before tho election.
Each and every candidate shall file
with the county chairman pledge
in writing and pay his assessment to
til @ secretary and treasurer or to the
county chairman not later than the
day of tho first campaign meeting in
tho county. Any candidate failing
to comply with tho above rules will
not bo in the race.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27
FIRE IN ENpEH.O:YILI.E. y. G..
The iarhOrn House Destroy ed Escape Of
the Inmate, Unhurt-Nust 0t III" Trunks
nud Dth"r Properly SNYrd.

Columbia, July 23.--Tho Marlboro
House at i[onGcrSouvi!lr, y. c., was
destroyed by fro at o'clc>k this
morning. Tho house was full Of
tourists who had gono 10 enjoy tho
delightful weather at i ,ndcrsonvillo.
Tho house WAS managed by Mrs. NJ.
T.. Cook and Mrs. l.. j.. Russ, both
Of Nowburrv, who wcro tho heaviest
losors L. >nc hou%n were Mrs. ID.
Cardwcll, Drvaut CnrGwclI, Janio
Murray and Ni:s.iHia Caldwell, Of
Coluinbiu; Mss Luck Lorcucr, of
Aiken; Mrs. Smith ana family, of
Montgomery; Mrs. Co,k, Mrs. Russ,
y. j. Coo,; and I'D Russ, of New
berry; Miss CulIan, Of Georgia; Mss
Burnett, and Mr.. and Mrs Cornaut-
zcr, Of Montgomery.
All Of tie occupants escaped wiih-
out injury or harm. All trul.La
wcro saved except tnoso Of Mr.
Cook, Mrs Russ and D>vant Gals
we'll. The women folks Joined t;.>
mon in hovr)c worl, uuG saved prop.
oty. All the occupants have found
places in other boarding houses.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27
N'IiINLEY'S DEMANDS,
Some Hope Held ont for Settling the D;s.
turbancC Over in China.

Washington, July a. High nd-
minlstration officials hero express The
belief that tho Presidents reply will
DO acceptable to China, and tho irl
mediate steps will be taken to com
ply with tho condition.
Minister Wa holds to the sumc
views.
President McKinley's dom:nh., on
China were given out this afterno IN.
They arc as follows:
l. China must give public as.
surance as to whether the foreign
ministers are alive, and il SO, in what
condition.
2. To put diplomatic representa-
tives Of the Powers in Immediate and
free communication with their GOV
ernments and TO remove all danger
to their lives and their liberty.
3. To place tho imperial authori-
ties Of China in communication with
expedition SO that thero can bo co
operation Of the legations, the pro
lection of foreigners and restoration
Of order.
If these objects arc accomplished
this government will use lis good Of
ficos 10 settle. tho trouble over in
China.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27
Uncl@ Sam Helps an Editor,

Tho United States Government
has placed at tho disposal of the ed
ltor Of the Ladies' Home Journal all
tho illustrative and statistical infor-
nation in its private archives relat-
ing to the White House, which will
be ono hundred years old next No.
vcmber The magazine will use tho
material in connection with two arti-
clos on tho subject it will publish
shortly. Thet somo of tho views are
exceedingly raro is shown by the
fact that it was only recently that
tho St"to Department learned that
thoy existed.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27
"Evcrybody's MaEaH'nn" for August.

In tho August issuo Of Evcryhody's
Magazine tho delightful autobiogra-
ply Of Stuart Robson grows in fas-
cinatlon. Tho lights aud shades Of
Il great actors career stand out viv.
idly. 1t is Il human documrnt,-a
confidence, and tho render shakes
hands as it wore, with many famous
figures Of that day. Tho title for
tho month, in tho series Of Great
American Industries, is "Whcro we
get our Salt and how' and tho "Sim-
plo Explanation" is Of "Tides, Trade
Winds and Tornaloca'--thc theory
OF tho tides, for instance. The short
stories arc all complete md pocu-
liarly we'll chooan. Thoy 'Hra we'll
worth roadtns, in fact there is ontrr-
t"lnment on ov"fy page Of this ISSUE
and something moro Intense inter
est.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27

died from wounds or d,scnso. Tho
losses Of the South aggregated 2OO,-
o00 'non, OF ono.third of tho entire
forco engaged.
General Gordon SAID at Atlanta,
that only God could decide the right
or wrong, and ho and General Shaw,
representing South and North, might
leave the decision to tho jligher
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27
LIQUOR IN LhUIsENS.
1t "as An Up-to Date PIant-In Full Oh
Grafton and Three aIen Caught

Laursns, July 24.-Stato Consta-
bio Copeland and party ran a foul Of
a full fledged distillery today in this
county. 1t was Il complete plant for
tho manufacture Of unofficial "blue
stoel." They caught three men
working with tho mandatory and
lot of whiskey besides q quantity
Of beer. Tho indications point to
tho conclusion that tho still had been
operated for at least a year.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27
Moving u iInnN";ite.

The work OF moving tho big
printing press plant ot tho Ladies'
Homo Journal has began, and with
in q month tho manufacturing part
Of tho magazine will 10 in its now
homo. There will lc forty. five
printing presses in tho now seven
story build|@:;, Hnd 1900 square
foot Of foe space. no executive
Offices will z rawAio in tho present
largo buildi"% which cvvers four city
lots. Tho entire lrrE is now tho
largest Of any publishing house in
America.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27
\ Ecmhrknblu Cusr.
Greonvillo Daily Nows. |


LancH%tcr, Pa, July 2l.~-NJss
Susan H. Lundis, Of Ephratn, who
recovered hcr speech week ago,
after q silcncc Of nearly six years, is
dead.
Miss I.andis' case was ono Of tho
most remarkahlc in medical annals.
About eight years ago sho was taken
Ill with an affection Of tho spine. In
January, 1894, she lost hor power of
speech, and tho efforts Of physicians
failed to restore it, She startled hcr
family about ten days ago by calling
for her sister, the first words she had
uttcrod in six years.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27
The Meadow Lark.

fcatl,crcd sprite
AT lrawning light
Flew to n Towering limb;--
FraIn linpid pool
or waters cool,
y bath at the rccdv rim
y hidden nest,
Near dcwy crest,
-Four eggs is the grassy glim;-
a liquid note
In air a!loat,
Joys thrilled in morning hymn.
liark, hark, to the lark,
lligh high, i'll the sky,
'Tis the sweetest note
III the air alloat;
Sweet, sweet as the honey-bce, >.
The bags Of the bee, to nc.
We bird" with song from heaven caught,
We sing the glad refrain;
We brooks with song by nature taught,
Ne sing the minor strain.
Alice b. Waite, i'll Springfield Republi-
can.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27
ONE HUNDRED ANDSIXrY
nI3SSACRiGD IY BOX IGKs
Latcst story or CuiDesc Balb barity Sent
Gu; From Shanghai by Way
of London.

London, July 20.--A dispatch from
Shanghai received here this morning
report that go missifnaries and1OO ma.
tive converts have bcen massacrod by
Boxers at Tai Yuan.
Tail Yuan is a fortified and populor q
city in the province of Shan Soc, on
the Fuen Ho, an aflluont Of the
Hoang Ho, 250 miles southwest of
Pekin.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27

bury the rrmains Of that man.
"Woe, woo, is Kentucky, for her
cyos arc rcd with bad'whlskcy, and her
soil is stained with tho blood of limo
cont moonshincrs"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27

The grand difficulty is to feel The
reality of both worlds, so rs to give
each its duo place in our thoughts
and feelings, to keep our minds eye
and our hearts eye fixed on the land
of promise without looking away
from the road we aro 10 travel toward
it.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27
AS TT Sic I'D BE.
(The State--Editoriul.)

Mr.. e. Fl. Luc"s telegraphs us
from Florence: "Tho great majority
of law abiding citizens approve
course pursued by Governor and
Sheriff and do not sanction and did
not take part in meeting held last
night" This is as il should be. In
taking all possible precautions to
protect the prisoners in his charge
the Sheriff did his duty as an officer,
and in cooperating with him and as
'sisting him with all tho means mt his
disposal Gov. McSNeeney did his
duty as chief magistrate. There
should be no backward step, no
yielding in this2matior. The people
of Florence seeking to lyEch thoso
negroes should be thankful that they
were baked and that tho law was
uphold. If thoy are not now, they
will be whom their blood gets cooler.
No officer Of tho law worthy of the
name would yield his prisoner to the
mob. No good citizon will hold an
officer to blame for performing his
sworn duty.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27
FLORENCE WANTS
NEGROES SENT BACK
TO iilGR JAIL, "WIitfRE TINY PRO.
PERLY HELONG.
Governor McSwcency Dcclines-Jhc Result
in just Such II CaseftHt Occurred Eleven
Years Agn-Waa ~ Lynchiug
Tho State, 25th |

l.
Gov. McSweoney yesterday re-
cciv@d by wiro demand from Il
mas meeting hello in Florence for
tho sending Of the iorcncc alleged
rapists, who were brought hero with
50 much trouble, and lodged in tho
peni;cntiary for sai"keepirg. This
reqr ost has been declined and tho
pris rners will doubtless be kept here
for the timo being e any rate. Had
tho request been granted it would
hnyo been little shor% Of inhuman to
attompt the removal Of the principal
Of tho two ncgrooa IN his pr, sent
condition.
The request to TIA Governor came
in this shape bolnE dated yesterday
from Florence:
TO NJ. B. McSwcenev, Governor:
Meeting Of citizens held last night;
following uuaninonsly adopted:
"Resolved, That tho Governor be
requested to return the prisoners to
tho Florence county Jail where they
properly belong" PloGse advise us
Of your action.
Horny IL. Husbands,
Secretary.
Gov. McSwoency's reply to this
Telegram was rs follows:
TO II. II. Husbands, SecrotAry, Flor
once, S. c.:
Tho prisoners are now safe in pen
itentiary, wherol thiuk it advisable
for them to remain at present. VIII
communicate with tolicitor Wilson.
NJ. B. -lcSwccnoy,
Governor.
1t is interesting to recall in this
connection that tho last time mass
meeting was hold and such de-
mand was made upon tho Governor
for the return Of a prisoner, was
about 1 1 years ago, when tho people
of Lexington 80 acted in the case Of
Wade Leaphart, . negro. Every
assurance was given tho late Gov.
Richardson that the prisoner would
be perfectly safe il Lexington jail
and that no lynchinS would be per-
mittcd to occur 4 committee Of
cilizsns camo hero and took tho
prisoner over, pied ing bis safety.
The man was SOFT back and the
lynching, which none could have
prevented, took place.
Tho physician at tho pcnitontiary
is giving tho woundod prisoner most
careful attention. Tho mans leg
was not amputatot1 yesterday as was
expected, the mans condition being
such as to mako tho operation very
risky It is doubted if he will re-
cover from his wounds.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-07-27

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