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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-12-13
Henry w. Wildt,
lO6 N. Royal st.
CHRISTMAS

IS COMING AND WE ARE Really FOB
1T. COME AND SEE
what we have in Books, Pibo', Episcopal ami
Catholic Prayer Book, II mi ais OF all de-
nominations, Pocket Books. Portfolios AM
zap Tablets and other Gather Goods, Box
Papers Of the Beat Quality and Latest De-
sigrs and Shsdes. Christmas Cards. Gslen-
dars and Tree Ornaments. We hsye tho
Celebrated Writ and Waterman Fount lin
Pens. Also SIX oth.r makes Of good, but
cheap pens. You will save money If you
buy Of
S. F. DYSON g. BRO.
aug28 SOB KING STREET.
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DRY GOODS.
DRY GOODS.
D. bendheim&
Terrific Sacrifice of
PriCeSin Our Cloaks,
Blankets, and Dress
Goods.

Chidrens R,efsrs, sises to IA, reduced
from 81 so TO CSC.
Chldrens Refers, oil sizes, reduced from
1925 to $1.49.
Misses Automobile Coaif, reduced from 50
to 39s.
Ladies' Black ana Tan Jackets, redcc 4
from 90 to $a99.
Ladies' Tan jackets, satin lined, reduced
from $40 TO $6.9S.
Ladies' Black and Tan jackets, reduced
from $12 10 $S.9S.
Ladies' Cspes, made OF heavy beaver re.
ducsd FRI III $3.50 to $1.9S.
Ladies' seel Plush Cspes reduced from
$3.50 TO 81 As.
ladies' Seal Plush Cspes, reduced from 50
to $399.
A large Double blanket al Ace.
A Heavy Bed Comfort for SOC.
Douo Die White Blankets, reduced from 99c
to 69c.
11.4 White Blankets, extra heavy. reduced
from Sl9S to $1.25.
IL Heayy White Blankets reduced from
| 1925 10 S1.50.
ALA Strictly All-wcol B anko' reduced
from So so to So.
10.4 Strictly AlI.wool Blanket, reduced
from So 10 $39S
Crib Blar kets reduced TO soc.
Plsii b ok Cloths. redu,od from IL so
to ST..
Extra Heavy Cloths for skirts, reduced
| from 39c to 25c
Dress Cash mere, in all eoloIs, reduced from
12sc TO 9Ac.
Atwood French Flsnuels, reduced from
69c to 49c.
Atwood 54.nch HomespuDs, reduced fem
| 69c to Acc
| All.wool serges, reduced from SOC 10 29c.
| Atwood 44-inch Black Cheviot, reduced
from Toe to soc.
| Black Figured Dress Goods, reduced fIom
39c to 29c.
| Ladies' Atwood II bit Cloths 39c.
Black Silk Crepons 69r.
Chins silks for roll.' Dresses, reduced
to 23c.
| Lace Curtains, reducsd from csc to 69c.
| Isce Curtains, reiuced from 81 % 10 $50
| Lace Curtains. fsiu ed frc m 81 to 81 40.
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Table DanaSk.

Fripged Table Cloth and Napkin Sets.
Napkins both plain and friDged at all prices.
Lace Curtains, 81, 81 70 to $3.50.
Worsted Hood, Fsseinstors, Gloves, Nit
tens, &c.
plsnkets and Comforts.
Dress and apron Bingham, g., g..
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DRY GOODS.

L'IIE AND Wiz
DRY GOODS.
MISUNDERSTANDING
10th, lith and F SIS. N. ".
Gss- d ginning this Thur.ds-, ore will be
kept opeD tvsuinrs until Christmas.
Christmas Cards, Booklets Diaries
Calendars First floor. Tenth st.
Helpful Holiday Hints.
We show the fnet Rric-a-brac choice
pieces OF sculpurcd Ma BIC from Italy hand.
som Rronzss from Fra CO and Austria bits
Of Ceramic beiutJ from al! countries Iot ID
for china AMI porcj lain mixing aud cecorat-
| Jog, and there bits of Cd lily and eegancs
were personally selected By u in Europe last
summer especially for the holidays
And there are ample stocks o. things FOR
,mo uss and per onal sdoinment.
Practical Xmas Gifts on The
Fifth Floor.
No lace In the house i, iul,er of Christmas
opportunities than our great hili.acre House.
fu -nishing Store on fifth h)cr.
Here are displayed DaiHty Chin, Bich Cut
Glass, Foreign aud Domestic Crcctery, Ar
tistic Lamps, Fancy Baskets, and Ornamental
and Useful Articles OF Housefurnishing,
Here are also displayed vast array Of
Fancy Pieces, which We personally SO ectcd
at the leading potteries OF Frsnce, German,
an Austria r ch, cns-)l.rkind thnls which
a little latter cannot DO seturd.
Also MI titudes Of practical, useful arti'
cles in Housofurnishings-exactly those
things uniting economy aud attrsctivsness,
aud very appropriate for b lid,y presents.
Fine and Beautiful Lamps.
| Apretty Lamp is an ideal Xmas gift. We
s,l ONLY the most reliable gools with sll the
new improvements, which make them safe
and easily operated.
81 o. to $4,000 Each.
JardiniereS.
We call especial attention to the lot Of large
Jsrdinioros, which measure ten inches ACROSS
top and come in the new motlled effects,
which We are offering at
$I.25 Each.
Other Jardinierss from Toe up.
Fire Goods.
We offer a Lew lot of Brass And rons, with
, twisted uprights aud ball top, at the special
price. .,- nj.
Black Andiron5 from $3.50 up.
Also one lot of Black Wrought Iron Fine
Sets, comprising stand, tougs, shovel, and
poker, st
$500 per Set.
@GOODs DELIVERED IN ALEYAN-
DRTA.
Woodward & LOthrOp,
10th, 18th & F SITS, n. W.,
WASHINGTON, D. G.
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aIssandria @azstfs.
LOCAL MATTERS.

,rrpsDA} EVENING, DEC. 10. 1909.
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Handsome line. Sl.25, $3.50, 81 70, 81,
to SO, so and So each. BOX ami Fir Handles
and Best Materials 10 Covers.
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NeCktieS.
Umbrellas

Bsrgs'Us, Finest Handles, SILVER Mounted
to run at,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06

ors are offering good wages but
cannot supply their needs, and
right here it is almost AS hard to
gel cord Of wood sawed as it
would be in the Sahara. One con
Germ in Greenville offered last
week twenty-five cents an hour for
ordinary labor, and could not get
half enough. Yet every boarding
house and ''hot cat" JOINT in town
Is Awarming With idle negroes,
and man may count from twenty
to forty loungers, at almost any
hour, between Lakes corner and
the Southern depot. 1t IS from
the ranks OF the idle, shiftless ones
that the criminal and the profess
slonaI crap-shooter are recruited,
not from the steadily employed.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06

Some time ago we heard a great
deal of talk about a cotton factory
for GreenvilIe, but it seems to
have gone the way Of all such pre-
vious discussions. 1t is all well
enough to blow about what we are
doing and are gong to do, aud idle
talk about factories of one sort or
another does no real harm, and
probably affords to some mild
form of amusement. But when all
is said and done on the factory
question: conclusion is easily
reached as to the real status OF
the matter. The people of Green
vile, who have the money, do not
want any factories here. They
simply do not care to invesk their
money in that way If they did,
the building of a cotton factory
would be merely a matter of plans,
specifications and contract.
What business have we with n
cotton factory, anywava Haven t
we four oil,mills and two compress
es, and don't these enterprises
make US all we need? Why's hould
aman withdraw money from useful
service at ten per cent, and invest
1t in something else, of which he
is not to have full control9 Be-
sides all this, suppose we h2d
cotton factory. whom could we get
% operate ltg We have an album
lance of competent managers,
iowever, and it every man who
you'd put in $500 could be guar
nteed a job at 81 700 per annum,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06
A DELTA EXPERIMENT STATION.

lime was when it was considered
the proper thing to sheer at
shook raised farmers" To do so
now, would be a betrayal of ig-
norant prejudice. To no one factor
does this country SO much owe its
agricultural supremacy among the
nations of the earth, as to the
experiment stations scattered
throughout its length and breadth.
Through the private maintenance
OF model farms and experiment
stations, free to the farmers along
the lines of his roads, James j.
Hill has done more for the north
west than any dozen men in 1t.
The lack of system and extrava-
CANT methods too common in the
Delta, bespeak the need of such q
center of practical experiment and
information as one of these sta
tons would prove. We call at
tention to what Mr.. Wilson, of
the Picayune, says on the subject,
printed in another column. Orr
legislators should see to the estab-
lIshment of such a station in the
Delta, and should secure its loca-
ton in Washington county.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06
MIR. LEWIS, OF WASHINGTON.

When it comes to asininity OF
a violently picturesque type,
among the cohorts of s'the unterri-
fed Jim Ham Lewis is facile
prlnceps. For spectacular elo-
quence, witness the following out
burst at Indianapolis on the 3rd:
"No servile supplicants for official ia
vors are we. No dictator sways his de-
testable rule over us. No corporate in
fiuence commands a domination OF
wealth direct. We worship no king
but God.
mo bloated gorgon swollen with par
ty dictatorship sits in sacred place,
blinking his splenic eyes at us as sig
nails for our every movement. Our
ideas are our property; our manhood is
our honor. All the people are our
children and the free nation our sacred
care. We abandon these to no man
and we defy the insolence of masters
or the arrogance of Office to take one
iot OF our independence from US.
SIN nation dedicated to the ways
of peace the tramp of marching ar
mics are to echo through every byway.
The constitution, SO long our palladium
of liberty, is now Knocked at by new
raised tyrants and pledged as an asset
to the money barons of the world. For
the hope of more millionaires and the
multiplication of dollars, war is to be
our occupation.
SIN this pitiless hour who shall an
swer? Upon whose heads rests the
colossal crime of time; on whose hands
the blood of the country? Not Dem
ocracy. To the hoary accuser of after
years our spirit can answer to every
charge thou canst not say did it, we
came to save, not to destroy: we came
bringing peace, not the sword"
This is only sample, and scarcely
does justice to the entire Grafton.
1t conveys an inadequate idea of
the luridness of the ''plece," as a
whole, but it will do. Who is
trying to persuade Mr.. Lewis to
abandon ''the people, our child
rem" and who dares to attempt to
wrest from its safe repose upon his
manly breast ''the tree nation"
which is his sacred eare?" In all
we believe Mr.. Lewis to
be needlessIy alarmed about these
things.
That little remark about the die.
tator and his detestable rule is first
rate, but is it the proper way Tor
Mr.. Lewis to talk! The rule
may not be detestable, but it
seems to us that a great deal was
said, not so long ago, and by pref
ty good Democrats, too,--certainly
as COOL as Mr.. Lewis,-about long
distance dlctatIon. Just try and
catch the terrible import of his
words, as he defes "the insolence
of masters or the arrogance OF of
fee to take one jot Of our indie
pendence from u.s." One shud-
ders at the bare contemplation of
the awful consequences of such a
rash attempt. So vivid is his de-
scription of what the future has in
store for us, that we already hear
in fancy ''the tramp OF marching
armies" through every city alley
and country byway,-while we
can readily imagine every business
abandoned by men painting to
adopt war as their occupation.
We have read few of the eff
orts of Erskine. Burke, Chatham
nd Webster, but for eloquence,
ure and indebted, henceforth
i've us only Lewis.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06

One of the most distinctly val
liable contributions to the hlstor
ical and political literature OF the
country, recently made, is the
"Jefersonian Cyclopedia, pub
lished by Funk & Wagnalls. With
in its thousand pages one may find
Jefferson's opinions upon practi-
cally every subject ever discussed
by him, and so arranged as to be
readily accessible.
Life is too short to attempt the
reading of all of Jefferson's writ
ings. and as this work Is based
upon the government and Ford edi-
lions of his works, we are saved
that trouble; at the same time
beng assured of the absolute &C.
curacy of the text.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06

The publication of the proceed
ings of the first annual conference of
the Southern Society for the Study
of Race Conditions, to some
what abbrevlate its title, has been
completed. The result is volume
of some 240 pages, containing an
expression of almost every shade
of opinion touching the negro.
Few gatherings have been more
discussed than was the Montgom-
cry meeting, and, we venture to
to say, few have been more gener-
ally misunderstood.
There was never q freer forum
than was offered by that meeting.
The purpose OF the organization is
to promote such a discussion of
the various features of Southern
race problems, black and white,
as is believed will be of an educa-
tional value, in the shaping or
influencing of public opinion.
These discussions will be confined
to white men, but will be partiei-
pated in by men from all sections
of the country, and of all beliefs.
Such gatherings, and such frank
exchanges of opinion, will make
for better understanding be-
tween men holding antagonistic
views, and thus justify the socie-
TVS existence; if no other good be
accomplished. This much was
demonstrated at the first confer
ence.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06

When we see the operation of
some railroads in this state, and
then recall the fact that we really
have i railroad commission in Mis-
sisSlpin, we are pretty well forced
to he conclusion that the benefits
nceruing to the public of the state,
through the existence of the latter
institution. are largely matter of
nloonshine. But we know the com
mission is Il fearfully overworked
b1.ly. We are sometimes in favor
OF relieving the strain, either by
increasing the number TO nine, and
and pro rating the work and sal
aries, now borne and drawn by
three msn, among that pun
per Or by aboIisbing the concern
ensisely =
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06
TO THE MEMORY OF


FRANCIS MARION ALDRIDGE,
WHO FELL, AT THE BATTLE OF SHILOH
THIS WORK IS DEDICATED;
A profound lawyer. pure and an honest
man. a firm and upright patriot; he onerea
his life. and its rich and varied gifts, TO tne
cause of his native land That cause was 70
him a faith, and its followers brothers; anu No
one was more devoted to its fortunes than ne.
Orr brethren Of the Bar, in this as IN III
times past. were the stern advocates OF iree-
dom. and thew staked all upon the issue OF
that cause. in the bloody arbitrament Oh
battle. Our heroes were vanquished ana tne
victor is now the judge.
AS misfortune endears the sufferer, so ne
who falls in battle in the defense OF his con-
victions, bears theneforth charmed name
To that cause, which bound up my own
most cherished sympsthies, and to my pro-
fessional brethren, who bore SO large snare
of its burthens, desire to place the express
sion of nv attachment and admiration upon
this record, frail though it may be.
SIT is cause. and not the fate OF cause
which is glory.
All those who, like Aldridge, whether they
fell or survived, gave their best EFFORTS 10
their country, are enshrined in my recollec-
ton; but here select his name, not because
it is the highest or the brightest amongst
them all, but because it was to me the
best beloved.
w GEORGE.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06

provided the work we're not too
hard-we believe that a cotton
factory could be built here. But
we have serious doubts about It,
under any other conditions. But
we do need another compress or
two. and we hope TO see at least
one more in operation BY next
season.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06

The state Is pretty quiet, politi-
cally. There is not enough ex-
cltement about it to make it half
way interesting. We have never
tried It, but we imagine that at
tempting to inject enthusiasm INTO
the situation in Mississippi would
be about as dull a proceeding as is,
according to Mark Twain, sat
tending funeral when you are
not interested in the corpse.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06

Tropical Colonization" which
its author modestly calls San in
PRODUCTION to the study of the sub
ject, is the title of a book of 226
pages by Alleyne Ireland. Few
men are more thoroughly quail
fed to discuss intelIigently such a
subject than Mr.. Ireland. Having
devoted more than twelve wears to
personal study of tropical colonies.
he has written much that is valua-
BILE on the subject. Any one In
terested in an honest study of the
grave questions growing out of
the Spanish war. would do we'll to
read this book. An excellent bin
biography is appended.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06
ExTRANEOUs POLITICAL IN
FLUENCES.

FAG ENOE4Ds
There IS something amusing, yet
occasionally serious, in the pro-
found utterances of European
papers, when they attempt to deal
with American politics. In dis
cussing Mr.. Whites letter to the
Gerlnan-A Americans of New York,
one Berlin paper this week sa-
plenty observes: 1--WE undertake
to advise President Mckinley that
he cannot have the German Amer
ican vote unless he charges his
Chinese policy"
In the first place, Mr.. White is
the representative to the German
government. not of the Republican
party, but of the United States;
and us such, he exhibits neither
good taste, good sense nor proper
appreciation of mis- official charac-
term attempting to influence to
his party, voters whose ancestral
home is the country to which he
is accredited from the entire
American people. His action,
however. is merely Illustrative of
the extreme methods to which
modern partisan politics resort.
But even it is mild in comparison
with other tactics of both parties.
1t is, however, with the con&i-
tions calling forth this piece of
partisan expedlency, and the status
Of affairs indicated by the COM
ment consequently evoked, that we
find fault.
Jefferson once gravely expressed
his fear of foreign interference in
the election of our president, say
ing: 1T will be of great conse
quence to France and England to
have America governed by a Gal
loman or an Angloman." Jeffer-
son was probably a tritle nervous
on this score, hut the growing i'm
portance of the European vote in
American affairs is too apparent
to escape the attention of cam
paign managers, and should be
considered too serious to be disre-
garded by less partisan though
more patriotic Americans.
There can be possible only one
healthy division of political sentl-
nent, and that is based, in theory
1t least, upon individual convic-
lions. A division on racial orr
sectional lines, in the future us in |
he past, must prove an unmiti-
gated evil.
Foreigners coming to our shores
hould become, first Of all, Ameri-
ans; then let the political alIiance]
ollow. But when the balance Of |
,ower in American politics comes
o be held by men designated by
he name of foreign country, |
nen whose ballot is unquestion-
bly, affected by foreign sympa-
HES on the one hand or foreign
or the other; when. IN
rider to secure the election OF an |
american president, an appeal
1ust be made to the German
american vote, or the Irish-Amer-
IAN, or even the Afro-Amerlcan,
hen we have state of affairs most
ecidedly anomalous, and certainly
OF contemplated or provided for
nder our system of government.
UGH foreign utterances as this we
uote, may amuse us By their pre-
righteousness, but may not their
lcreasing frequency and weight
i've US ground to think that pos
bly, Mr.. Jefferson's fears were
OF altogether without foundation
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06
THE SOUTH in the CENSUS.

ALREADY we are being hooded
with attempted deductions and so
called lessons from the figures o.
the twelfth census. Until the full
compilation of the returns IS com
pleted, these possess but little real
value. However, the population
of all places Of as much as 5000
inhabitants having been an
nounced, one feature is taken t.
have been proven; the urban pop
ulation of the South has grown
but little faster, during the clos
ing decade. than the rural.
This showing differs widely from
that made by the East and other
sections, and id it we see cause for
congratulation, almost, if not
equally, as great as we expect to
find when the increase of this sec
ton in material resources and
manufacturing enterprises shall be
announced.
Most Southern papers are at
tempting to demonstrate the fall
lacy of the conclusion, but we
sincerely trust that it may be
proven to be correct. Viewed
from any point, it argues we'll the
heaithfulncss of Southern growth,
and betokens d condition which by
economists and sociologists is uni
versally deemed desirable. The
serious crime and pauperism Of
the country are largely confined
to the congested districts Of our
large cities; it is to them that we
must repair il we would know
show the other half lives"
With one or two exceptions
every southern state is dependent
for its agricultural labor on the
very people who furnish most of
it's criminals; hence the migration
of negroes to cities and large
towns accomplisbes the double
purpose OF decreasing the supply of
the one and,increaslng the number
Of the other. As every general
census must, with us, be an index
to conditions among our negro ell |
ement, the south should find addi-
tional cause for satisfaction In the
ratio between its urban and rural
Take another phase of the mat
ter. Of the south, more truly
than of any other section of
America, may ii be said that the
memory Of her past and greatest
is lnseparably associated
with the names of those of her
sons whose chief pleasures were
who looked forward as to
i restful haven, to the peace and
Iulet Of country homes, when pub
lie cares we're laid aside. Under
Lhc altered status of affairs IN the
south, our public men are now
argelv recruited from our cities
md towns, though many of the
lblest amongst them still come
rom the country and its villages.
Iii- impossible TO expect re-
fivai of The ante bellum import
lncc Of the country in public af-
airs, hut such little rural leaven-
ng rs remains is assuredly more
than hurtful, and is
rot e. be despised.
Fol our part, we hope that many
snumerations shall yet be made
before is announced such a setting
Df The tide as shall people the
southern city at the expense of
he country, and deprive the lat
-rr, for the benefit of the former,
If an unhealthy proportion OF
,ither its brain or Drawn.
NYhen we see the operation of
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06
Books and Magazines.

One should not look for gems
Of literature within the dull pages
of u law book, yet there is con-
tanned in Georges Digest a piece
Of composition as pure and beau
tiful of its kind as we have ever
seen. 1t is the dedication OF that
great work, and, as we do not re-
member ever to have seen 1T re-
produced, we give it here, as writ
ten in 1872:
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06

FOR RENT-Dwelling bnse e.,
nished or unfinished. For partic,
lars apply st 1913 Main or 4O2 Ponlarst
L. A. WmHELal.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06

Labor Is about as scarce as us
nal. Railroad and levee contract
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06

. The books having the heaviest
American sale, during August, ac-
cording to the Bookman, are as
follows:
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06

To Have and to Hold.
Voice of the People.
5. The Cardinals Snuff Box
6. Gentleman from Indiana.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06

The Applause Of tho Vi
the man deserves whose \
has enabled him to tranlilI
ruins Of his ipcineratedid "a
a new and modern onshl
his property insured. AZ
is wise will not lay hishS
to sleep in the home thali|
sured, when | will plassl'
In the best companies N
sum.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-10-06

l. The Reign of Law.
2. Unleavened Bread.
3. The Redemption of David