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stated that he would like to hear from members on any subject regard ing the League, or any suggestions that could be made.
 Mir. k. H. Nj. Mills. the highly re- speeted insurance man and one Of our most progressive and enter prising citizens, expre ssed few words of praise of the league. He saidi 1t was very gratifying to ses. what had been accomplished during the first year of the Leagues ex- istanee. He felt that it was the duty of all our people 10 "baek up's such beneficial and live organiza~. tion, His talk Was timely and full of we'll spoken sentiments.
 Mir. simon bloom asked what tba League was doing ill regard to the chemical engine. I ask" said he, "beeause am told that the mer~ chants of our city are not respond ing with donations as literally as they should, and 1 have heard 1t ex- presse that it would be best to drop the idea Of purchasing an engine.
 ltaHufiuIieH fin natFn 4
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-13
HE'S A NEWCOMER.
n Fitzgerald Fakes Then Goes pn Police Avenue for Escape.

Ee is no doubt in the minds of i9 Pine Bluff police that John M gerald, a white maa, is a new her to our city.
 Monday night, Judge J. ", Zen, one of our highly esteemt d aty Dads," catered Reeves Rros.. $ zstaurant to enjoy 8 lunch. When Nhad finished his meal, he aros e a found his over. coat and ums Ella gone. They had been stolen Dn the rack near his table, but Zen, and by whom, was mystery 4he loser. He immediately tele- lpned his loss to the Police office d DO sooner had Night Chief 4fesson heard the last stralns of dge Owens little tale of woe, then Burned and hung up the phone eelver. As he did so he saw a man IS the door of the office with an |breIla and oyercoat on his aru. q Chief hailed the gentleman and 3n had him under arr est.
 rhe man gave his name to be hn Fitzgerald and said he was en ate to the restaurant to return the at to it's owner. Mir. Peterson re- ved him of his trouble and now Egerald is playing Peep with tsiders in the county jail.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-13
Held Its Annual Meeting at the Bluff City Club Monday---EIeven Commit
 teenen Elected. PRESIDENT FRED FOX'S ABLE REPORT READ.
Treasurer Langford Presents Carefully Kept Record--Fox Advocates Good,
 Sound and Sensible Legislators.

and has made weekly reports to New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges.
 The League has, through the en- terprise of our business men, raised enough money, bought and has now running in the Arkansas river in the interest of Pine Bluff the steamer Hallette, which puts our city in di- rect touch with the planters and merchants along the Arkansas river, and if this movement is followed up by our wholesale houses, working as they should for this business, there is no reason why many thousands of dollars of trade that we have not been getting, should not be brought to Pine Bluff. Up to Saturday there had been brought to Pine Bluff by all boats l104 bales of cotton. The Hallette on it's present trip brought 1908 bales, and this is only the be- ginning. About COG sacks of seed were among the large cargo.
 Please permit me to say here that 1 believe there is no more important matter that this League could do than to unite our efforts in getting out good strong man as senator aud three of as good men as can be induced to accept the place as rep resentatiyes and use all honorable means to elect thcm-men who are broad-gauged enough to work for the promotion of the development of our state and not set on some im- aginary party principle to see what it will hatch. I say this without re- f1ection on our representative who gave us support. believe the or ganization is power for good and that it's past years work is a suffi- cient guarantee of it's future useful ness. That we, your executive com mittee, return to you the trust com treasury is ill good condition and we bespeak for our successor the same kind consideration and for bearance that has ever character ized your trea tment of Us.
 As our readers will see, Mir. Fox prepared most complete and satis- factory report. He views the past and future work of the young or gan;zation from q business and in- terested citizens standpoint. His words are words of praise and en- couragement and it will be bere- ficial move for Pine Bluffians to con- sider the advice therein and there is no doubt but what success will fol- low.
 H 1n. " H Lansiosl. ta4 ble and efficient treasurer of the league. presented the following report. It is true account of the Leagues fi- nancial conditions and it alone shows that much care was mani tested on the part of the officials in not pushing the treasury for funds. The amount still on hand speaks most commercially for the first years work Of the organization. Mir. Langford's s report is as follows:
 Statement of the financial condition of the Commercial League of Pine Bluff, Feb. F 1900.
 Total amount collected for initiation fees and dues since organfza tion ....-... 9i7e175
 DISBURSEMENTS
 Furniture and fixtures .......-..---s...- 1925
 Postal and revenue stamps ...-.-. o4.10
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-13

"The constitu- tion of the Com
 nereial League imposes o1 the
 President the du- ty of rendering an account of the stew ardship of your Execu- tive Committee at the c.ose of each year, and l
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-13
ON THURSDAY NIGHT
the First Bomb Be Fired in Jef- ferson's Campaign.

Ihe Jefferson county political |n paign, with all its oratory, will Politically opened in this city mrsday night at 8 o'clock at the 'urt house.
 Hon. W. B. Sorrells, tbe preser Executing attorney, and Nr. X.
 Pindall, his opponent, will meet sjoint debate for the first time in ls county. They have met on veral different occcasions in Lin. 'ln and Desha counties and, we etold, had warm discussions.
 her aspirants for office will |1ak, including candidates for Hh houses of the legislature Sev- al well known city politicians will Epresent and address the meeting.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-13

Ihe public will be pleased to learn hht on tonight at Merrill nstitute, R. D. $. Robertson and {. Il. Ringeler. of Memphis and |ashyilie espectively, will appear "a recital of music and elocution.
 seisted by local talent. This will esthe only attraction at the 1nsti- afe during February. Admission >e Under auspices of EpwoIth eRgue. Seats now on sale at Ros- 1berg's. l1s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-13

Mr. Ike W. Miller and bride tnee 1lks Phehe Miers) will arrive here VedEesday. after a weeks bridal f1p. They were recently elaborate g*entertained by the Y. M. H. A nembers at Memphis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-13

NoTE.-Avoidba baking powders made from alum. They look like pure powders, and may raise the cakes, but alum is a poison and no one can eat food mixed with it without injury to health
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-13
DIR:
 ? (|(F F;5 CREAM BAKING PONDER

Used in Millions of Homes-4O Years the standard. A Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. Superior to every other known. Makes delicious cake and pastry, light, flaky biscuit, griddle cakes - pa1atab1e and wholesome.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-13

PRICE BAKING POWDER CO.,,
 CHICAGO.
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-02-07
THE WHISKEY QUESTION.
A DECISION OF THE SUPREME
COURT PUTS TIN A MIDDLE.
Many Counties of the State in
Doubt Whether They Have a
Law Prohibiting the Sale
of IntoxicantS.

A good many of the prohibition
counties of the state are in doubt
whether or not they have law pros
hibiting the sale of spurious, malt and
Intoxicating liquors within Their lin
its. They were sure they had such a
law until the decision of the su,
premec 0Urt in the case of O'Brien
against the state was rendered last
Wednesday. In that decision, al.
though it applied only to Warren coun-
ty, it was practically held that the pros
hibltion law was imperative in all
couoties which had gone to the legIs-
lature for special prohibitive act
since the enactment of the general
law, passed in 1877, which permits the
manufacture and sale in any county of
domestic wines. Wine is admitted to
be an Intoxicating liquor, and special
act cannot set aside general act.
1t is the understanding that the
counties which have adopted prohibit
ton under the local option law are not
affected by the decision. Only the
counties which have preferred spe
cial act to the local option law are
likely to find that they are open to the
liquor traffic. How many there are of
these counties it is not clearly known.
In order to find which of the counties
are affected by the decision it VIII be
necessary to look up all the special
prohibition acts which have been pass
ed since 1877. 1t is believed, however,
that the numbe is quite large. Most
of he counties which are prohibition
counties because of special act of the
legislature, were unable probably to
muster a ma jOrity of their citizens in
favor of prohibition, and so they Gp
piled to the legislature for assistance
in tier effort to shut out the liquor
traffic,
Under the O Brien decision 1T is
probable that a good many counties
will be thrown open to the liquor traf
fiC The thing to do is to begin at
once the work of capturing these
counties for prohibition by means of
the local option law, and when prohibit
ton under that law is adopted the
liquor traffic will be pretty etfectuaNy
CHECKED.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-02-07
FARMING CONDITIONS
In South Georgia as Viewed by
Commissioner Stevens.

Commissioner OF Agriculture Stevens
returned to the capitol this morning from
his extended visit to points in south
Georgia, where he made thorough ex-
animation of agricultural conditions and
canvassed the desires and needs of the
farmers.
The mmissioner's observations were
primarily directed TO cotton seed oil and
meal. fertilizers and sugar cane.
To Journal reporter, speaking of his
trip, Commissioner SteYens said:
IL found general Conditions IN south
ern Georgia good. The farmers are
adopting improved methods and their re
turns are increasing from year to year.
There can be no doubt but that the in,
ture of that section is largely bound up
in the culture f sugar cane. The indus
try is 10 its infancy as yet, the mills in
operation being of the small country
type, mostly operated by horse power,
but some notable improvements are con-
templaten in this respect. The soil down
there is finely adapted TO cane. Thai
product there grows luxurantIy and con
tains moIe and finer quality of saccha-
rine matter than the Louisiana or Cuba
cane The farmers have begun to cult
vate it quite extensively.
1--WE are devoting much attention to
the ms pectlon of fertilizers and are de-
termined tn the Georgia planter shall
get the quality be pays for. To what
extent the ruinous advance on all grades
of fertile in some instances 100 and
$50 per cent. will affect production this
year is problematIcal. 1t is hard for the
planter to get along with less fertilizer"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-02-07
THE MONEY QUESTION.
Bryan Tells People in Baltimore
Why He Doesn't Drop 1t.

In his speech in Baltimore the other
day Mr.. Bryan told why he was unwilI-
ing to drop the money question. He said
in part:
People ask Why don't drop the
money question. In answer | will tell
YOU that am not willing that a handful
of English bankers shall control 10000
coo of American people. But you will
hear the people say that new conditions
have arisen that now make the gold
stand I'd pil table. Isn't it strange that
n ca who have labOred to faSten the gold
standard on this country for 30 years
should now be defending their position
| by arguments that have arisen since the
election?
"Nhen we join ourselves TO the gold
standard, when we nuke gold alone the
legal tender for the payment Of debts, " e
connect ourselves with every disturbance
II Europe and make ourselves depend
cot upon their condition tor our press
peIity.
1.-THE republican party seeks to fAsten
upon this country a perpetual and ever
increasing debt IN order that tue banks
| may control the volume OF the peoples
money. When man Tells You now that
more gold means more money and that
more money means better times, you tell
ni.n that he has admitted the quantita-
tive theory OF money, and that is what
We contendeJ for in 1896. We wanted
more gold, and we wanted more silver,
too. If we had had bimetallism we
should have had all the advantage that
has come from an increased production
of gold. And, in addition thereto, we
would have had the advantage of silver
being used as standard money along
with gold.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-02-07
HUNTING FOR NEW WRITERS.
A Magazine Finds But 80 Worthy Manu-
scripts Out of s 900 Read in a Year.

Eight thousand manuscripts were
received by The Ladies Home Journal
during the year just closed. Each was
given careful reading, but OUT of the
entire number only eighty were found
worthy of publication. The manu-
script bureau of the Ladies' Home
Journal is operated at a large expense,
but the hope of discovering new wri-
tiers or some aspIrants with undevelop
ed talent warrants the outlay. 1t can
be seen that the articles secured by
such a careful winnowing process
brings the cost of each up to aud above
the remuneration paid our best wri-
tiers.
These facts bring refutation to the
oft reprepeated but none the less errO-
neous assertion that only well-knOwn
writer's of established literary reputa-
ton are able to find place for their
work in the magazines. Exactly the
contrary is trne. The Ladies Home
Journal, through the manuscripts con-
sidered, has discovered three or four
new writers of excellent merit and
great prOniSe, and this "find" its edi-
tor regards as fully warrantipg the
large outlay of maintaining an expen-
sIve bureau for reading all the manu-
scripts submitted.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-02-07
A FARMERS VIEWS.

The Dog Tax an Imposition on the Rights
Of the People.
The other day the Leader questioned
farmer in the southern portion of the
county in regard to the dog law and 9TH
er matters, and this is the way be talked:
"This dog tax business is nothing but
an imposition on the rights of the PEG.
pie. We need dogs on our places, but we
can't afford to pay tax on them. And |
reckon if We do away with them wild
vaTmints will multiply so that we can't
raise hogs, cattle and sheep to any ad-
vantage. The legislature is getting worse
about taking away the rights of the peo-
pie. First thing you know they will be
wanting to put special tax on chickens,
double taxing every one with spurs. The
legislature costs nearly $4,000 a year,
and it's that much money wasted. If
would be good thing for the country it
no more laws were made in ten years.
We've got too many laws now, and this
dog law is one of them. "-Cuthbert
Leader.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-02-07
GRIGGS SCORES A POINT,
Member from the Second Heads Off Move
ment to Spend More Money,


A Washington dispatch te the Savan.
nah News says:
Judge Griggs of the Second district
came to the front in the house this evenS
ing, and was the chief instrument in kin.
ing what was regarded the ENTERING
wedge for civil pension list This was
one OF the features of the bill for the 70.
organic ltion Of the weather bureau. and
1t came from the agricultural committee
the weather bureau being part of the
agricultural department.
The consideration of the bill had adj
vanced to stage where it looked as if
there would be little opposition when
Judge Griggs got into the fight He
pointed out that it was but an effort 10
commit the government to the civil men
sion idea and that this would be follow
ed by similar bills from other depart-
ments. lie showed t. republican, that
while they were crying that the govern
ment should get out of the banking hns
mess they were here trying u put the
government into the insurance business
His expose of the real purpose of this
feature OF the bill led TO so many mem.
bers on both sides of the house comm .
to bis assistance that the consideration
of tie bill had to be postponed, and the
indications are that it is certain of defeat
ia its present shape.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-02-07
Questions Answered.

Yes, August Flower still has the larg-
est sale of any medicine In the civilized
world. Your mothers and grandmoth-
ers' never thought of using anything else
for indigestion or biliousness Doctors.
were scarce, and they seldom heard OF
appendicitis, nervous prostratiOn or
heart failure, etc. They used August
Flower to clean cut the system and stop
fermentation of undIgested food, regr~
late the action of the liver, stimulate the
nervous and organic action of the sys-
tenn, and that is all they took when feel
ing dull and bad with headaches and
other aches. You only need few doses
of Green's August Flower in liquid form
to make you satisfied there 10 nothing
seEi0us With you. Sample bottles AH
Eazsas q Harris
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-02-07
Ale WHOLE SHIPS CREW,
I'g0' Men Victims of Admiralty Island
HopnGLzI

-'g"' wen Victims Of Admiralty Island
CannibaIs.
ne cruise of the schooner Nakamarra
0u"0' at one of the Admiralty islands
"DV'0 ,He captain and crew were attack.
:" oy the cannibal natives and eaten
il ne Hakamarra left New Britian eor,,
a. Uotooer 70 trade with other islsnd:
G 6is Bahe was doing bus ness sv whan
killed i' Sim tEn customers set upon and
Thew woro me , mate and SIX sailors.
kniyso wei" " all cut and hacked viii
nv ana tomahawks. WIZ"
wb me + tate Of the vessel was ,a.,ooa
s "aSa T. E. Forsyth, the o "HS learned nee
otber Uh her. went to the island later in e en~
lock and DiH nn Wlsn two COMPANIONS, Bui.
ashore and GC "y, who started to 90
The nar ~nu were set upon by the native sV
O0a' and get away. 70 fe"cn their
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-02-07
GREAT PENSION BURDEN.
ENORMOUS SUM OF SI45, OOO.-
600 APPROPRIATED.
Yet Commissioner Evans Is Under
Fire for Not Being More Lib
eral in Constituting PEN
sion Laws.
sion Laws.

Mr.. Evans, the commissioner OF peu>
sions, does not give satisfaction IN tbo
grand army of the republic. 1t is almost
thirty-fve years since the close Of the
civil wal, and yet there was appIoprlated
tue other day for pensions the enormous
sum OF l45, 100000. There is hot Eu>
ropean country that is not amazed AT the
amount which is distributed in This
country in pensions. 1t looks as if one
party were about as much to blame az
the other for this great pension burden.
burden which threatens to increase
rather than diminish.
A committee of the senate has been
exam nirg Commissioner Evans during
the last few days for the purpose of find
ing out why it is he is not more liberal
IN constituting the pension laws. Pension
ers and pension attorneys complain that
they do not get as much money as they
ought to have. What they mean is that
they do not get as much as they would
like to have. If everything in the treas
ury were turned over to them they w ould
not be satisfied. They would insi It upon
additional taxes being levied for pension
purposes.
Commissioner Evans explained that as
liberal an Interpretation Was given to the
pension laws now as in the past, but that
there Was a demand for a more liberal
rpreation. He pointed out that the
pension attorneys were insisting upon
giving the laws a meaning that they
would not bear. Assistant Commissioner
Davenport called attention to some of
The pension abuses. For instance. he said
that if pensiOner, afflicted with rheu-
matsm, who was getting $50 per month
became beGIidden So that be had to have
tue attention OF y nurse the law permit,
ted an increase in his p( nsion Ot SIP per
month. If he got about again, however.
til S increase must be stopped. But how
Is the pension office to Know that the
pensioner is not still practically lelpIessY
AS matter Of fact it does not know and
1t seems that many of these pensioners
who have bad their pensions increased
from $50 to $72 per month 90 OH drawing
the larger amount, Notwithstanding the
tact that they no longer have an attend
ant, and congress refuses to amend the
law 30 that the commissioner wOu. d be
IN position to know when the govern
menI was being defrauded.
If the truth could be obtained If
would appear probably that hun dreds of
millions of dollars In pensions have been
paid out by The government to persons
not entitled to anything from the govern
ment. Doubtless many of the examiners
are Indifferent about their work, much
prefering that the applicants shall get
pensions even though not justly entitled
TO them. There are 4,500 of these ex-
aminers and it is hardly reasonable to
suppose that all of them are careful of
the interests of the government.-Savan-
nah News. ~
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-02-07
millions Given Awav.

to kpoG certainly ut gratifying to the public
are not a ~ one concern 10 the land who
needy an octald TO be generous to ~.
Dr. Kim pI - SNGllerig. The proprietors M ~
ton Gas New Discovery for cmnsrr Vi
over ten y Gus, us and colds, have given awar
m3dicina million trial bottles Of this ava" way
Known, and have the satisf tctio Sfoa az
|hopsIassS mat it has cu,ed thousanSa OF
hosrs ,SSs cases. Asthma. bronch,,; Of
tbe SSonesS, and ali dis OaoncniuF,
Cured If k chest aud lungs diseases sra s,5 OF
dr" Va oy it. Cali on Dawson are surely
Regular size 5oe ses free trial bott:e
edo or p1 p1io and 81. Every bottle
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-02-07
Editor and Preacher Exchange.

Topeka, Kan, preacher is going to
edit newspaper for a week to show how
it ought to be done. A Kansas editor
proposes, in exchange, 70 take the
preachers pulpit for week,or month,
and show how church ought to be run
The editor says there is not enough
ability and common sense in the average
sermon. and that if he fails to show the
truth of this assertion be Will publicly
acknowledge his error, purchase Bible
and join the church.