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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-10

Mr.. John A. McKinnie, OF
Jackson, is visiting in Bolivar. We
regret to learn that he has been
confined to his room for several
days.
Mr.. w. w. Scott, of Salisbury,
one of the best citizens in the Coun-
ty, was in town Monday on business.
While here he paid our Office a
pleasant visit.
DIR. S. Dickson will visit
Grand Junction Thursday and
Friday, August 10th and nth.
Those in need of dental work are
invited to meet him.
Landreth's fresh Turnip
Seed at Hudson's.
Mr.. L. B. Reynolds has bought
from Judge Fentress the place now
occupied by Mr.. VIM. Taylor, on
North Main St. We understand he
intends to erect handsome new re-
sidence on the lot.
p. N. Stuart, the popular book
keeper for J. A. Barrett, is taking
a few weeks rest and recreation.
This is Mr.. Stuart's second absence
from the desk In nine years, and he
will no doubt enjoy his vacation.
Go to Cox's for fresh Turn
lip Seeds.
Mr.. w. F. Cliff and family, of
Huntingdon, Ark, are visiting
friends and relatives in Hardeman
County, and will remain several
weeks. Mr.. Cliff is an old resident
of this county. He left here %
years ago.
MIR. G. p. Smith, of Memphis,
candidate for Pictorial Representa-.
tive from the district of which
Hardeman is a component part, is
here looking after his interests.
Mr.. Smith has many friends in
this his native county.
School Supplies cheap at
Hudson's.
Rev. G. S. Ware and mother,
Mrs. S. B. Ware, returned yester'
day from a visit of several weeks to
the mountains of East Tennessee.
The trip was made for the benefit of
Mrs. Wares health, and we are
glad to state that she has entirely
recovered.
At the August term of County
Court, G. III. Taylor was appointed
guardian of Floyd Taylor; ]. B.
Terrell was appointed TO set aside a
years allowance for Mrs. R. j.
Gibson; George w. Richards ap.
pointed guardian of Charley r.
Richards.
On Friday last, twenty members
of The Mission Band enjoyed a
picnic at Dunlap Springs, chaperoned
by Mrs. J. d. Swinebroad and Miss
Katharine Lambert. The children
were charmingly entertained with
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-10

Mr.. Austin Miller, of Memphis, is
in the city.
Miss Mary Belle CaIquohOun,
of Canton, Miss, is the guest of
Bolivar relatives.
Mr.. (. M. Jones, wife and
children, Of Memphis, are guests of
Bolivar relatives.
Services next Sunday morning
and evening at st. James Church at
the usual hours.
Miss Abilene Allen, of Nash
vile, spent last week with her
friend, Miss Mary Miller.
Miss Elizabeth W ettling, of
Mississippi, returned this week and
will reenter st. Katharine's.
Mr.. John Atkins, of Vildo,
spent Sunday here with his family,
who is visiting Bolivar relatives.
-Messrs. D. w. McAnultY and
r. E. Rose, of Hickory Valley,
were. in town Tuesday afternoon on
business.
Mr.. Henry Brint, newly elect
ed democratic committeeman from
the 18th district, visited Bolivar
Wednesday.
Mr.. S. G. Cottongim, of
league, called on the BULLETIN
Saturday and took advantage of our
com bination offer.
-Messrs. George I. Webb, of
Whiteville, James Hundley and
John I. Moore, of Wilde, visited
Bolivar last week.
MIR. J. w. Pirtle Of the 5th dis
trict, owns Cotswold sheep, two
years and four months old, that
weighs $50 pounds.
We are glad to state that Mr..
John Ammons, son of Mr.. r. A.
Ammons, who has been sick with
fever, is improving.
Mrs. w. L. Gilchrist and chill
den, of Gainesville, who have been
visiting in Haywood County, re-
turned Monday morning.
Mrs. Wellons has been elected
one of the teachers of the Bolivar
Graded High School for the next
term. A most excellent selection.
We learn that a negro by the
name of William Douglas, who
lived near Middleburg, accidentally
shot and killed himself Tuesday.
Miss Jennie Tate, of the Hos
Pital, is attending the bed side of
her mother, Mrs. r. A. Tate, who
has been quite sick for several days.
Mr.. G. w. Sheets, who has
been living in Shelby County for
several years, has returned and will
make his home in the sth district,
with Mr.. James Peck.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-10
New Seed Rye at C.
T. Ingram & Cos. xxx

Mr.. G.. B. Jester, Of CRANES
vile, was in town Monday on bus
mess and while here called on the
BULLETIN. Mr.. Jester was elected
one of the magistrates from 18th
district last week. He has resided
in the district about three years,
having moved to Hardeman from
Chester. He is an intelligent, well
posted and popular gentleman,
and will no doubt make a valuable
member of the court.
The President has appointed
Mr.. John Redd postmaster at Boil
ivar, to succeed the late John Kenny.
Mr.. Redd has forwarded his bond
and expects to receive his commits
sion and assume control of the Office
in a few days. Competent, cour.
teous, panistaking and even-temper-
ed, he possesses the necessary quail.
ifications to make first-class post.
master. That he will discharge his
duties to the satisfaction of the
public, his friends confidently pre-
dict.
Mason Fruit Jars at w. J.
Cox's.
"A Cuban Lecture Entertain.
ment, with stereoptican views, in
terspersed with music, under the
auspices of the Forest Hill Musical
and Literary Society was given in
the courthouse Tuesday evening.
The different scenes were laid in
Cuba and were explained by Elder
G. G. Mcdaniel. The '1anding of
the First Tennessee Regiment in
Philippines" was explained by Mr..
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-10
Rogers Springs.

EDITOR BULLETIN--Quite a num-
Der of visitors are here from Mem
phis, Jackson, Somerville, White.
vile, CollieryiIle, Bolivar, foone,
and other places of note. People
do not visit the springs especially
to view the beautiful, romantic and
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-10

Extreme hot weather is a great
tax upon the digestive power of
babies; when pumy and feeble they
should be given a dose of WHIT E'S
CREAM VERMIFUGE. Price, 25
cents. For sale by w. ]. Cox.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-10

"a Magistrates Blanks for sale
at the BULLETIN OFFICE.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14
MASSACHUSETTS NOTES.

Suit has been brought for $4,000
damages for Carl Phelps, the boy who
was shot by Theodore Ramage, son of
James Ramage, the wealthy manufac-
turer, at Monroe Bridge, last summer.
The superior court decided at Green
field recently that the shooting was ac-
cidental.
Bruno Hosl, a German laborer, in
Colrain, swallowed his false teeth
while asleep one night last week. He
was taken to the Franklin county hos
pital at Greenfield where it was found
that the teeth had gotten down into
the oesophagus and were lodged be-
hind the larynX. The teeth were re-
moved by instrument which was
thrust down his throat. and Hosl is
now recovering.
Two of the oldest people in Massa-
chusetts died Tuesday-Capt. Jona-
than Norton. 104, of Lee. and Mrs.
Angelique Galipeau, nearly 106, of
Northampton. Capt. Norton had al
ways lived in Berkshire county. Mrs.
Galipeau was born in Montreal. She
was married four times, and her old
est child now living is "a and the
youngest 65. She was remarkably
vigorous until recently, and was able
to knit and read without the aid Of
glasses. At her birthday celebra-
ton in 1898 she sang and took part in
the dancing. Several months ago
she made a trip to Montreal. She
had been a resident of Northampton
for forty years.
A new scheme for raising money
for the endowment fund of the Moody
schools is now under consideration,
and will probably be adopted. 1t is
proposed to ask for a general contri-
button of churches all over the country
! that are interested in the Mortified
movement, and to have this take
place on some single Sunday. Contri-
buttons for the endowment fund, for
which 100000 has been the amount
which it was said should be raised,
continue to come in small amounts.
The Mt. Hermon school and the North
field seminary each pledged them
selves to raise $4,000 and each school
has succeeded in getting pledges for
about $1,000 to $4,000. This comes
largely Of former members of these
| schools.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14
Bidding for Bic RattIeshlps.

Bids were opened Friday for the con-
struction of eleven armor clads of the
first class, five battleships, and six
cruisers, representing a cost to the
government of about $35,000,O 900.
These ships will amount to more in
tonnage than the entire navy of the
United States ten years ago, and the
number of vessels concerned is larger
than the number of battleships and
American cruisers now in the Ameri-
can service. All the big ship building
firms competed and representatives of
these concerns attended the opening
of the bids. Prominent naval officers
were present also. The bids are not
tabulated and the awards have not
been made. Bids were put in by sew
eral firms which have never construct
ed warships.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14

The early New Englanders had been
people of exceptionally strong characters
and of lofty morals; strictly sabbatarian I:
rigidly orthodox; averse to all question
able amusements and indulgences; hard,
stubborn and self sacrificing. In what
ever way we may judge them, we must
admit that they possessed the character
istics of a conQuering race Though
sometimes frightfully mistaken, the Puri-
tan probably possessed more humane in
stincts than other people of his age.
Even in that portion of New England
where the Blue Laws were tabled to have
existed, the servant. the slave, and the
dumb beast were better protected than
in other sec lions of the colonies. A
score Of witches were probably executed
in England to one in Massachusetts, yet
Salem witchcraft and the terribly stern
measures taken to stamp out its sup
posed existence are noted the world over
as peculiar blot upon the history of
The blame of the evil reputa ton that
New Englapders so long enjoyed rests
principally with one man, the Reverend
Samuel Peters, who published in London
in 1881 his General History of Connecti-
cut. In this remarkable work Peters
(who, by the way had been driven from
the colony because of his Tory proclivi-
ties) introduced to the world his "Blue
or Bloody Laws" which, although ema-
mating largely from the fertility of his
own vivid Imagination, he alleged TO have
actually existed and to have been en-
forced down to his own day. No re-
venge was ever more successful than that
which this outcast took upon the colony
which had repudated him and his poll
tics; for even today people cite the Blue
Laws with seriousness, always calling to
mind and enlarging upon those that seem
especially absurd. Even the would-be
poet has paraphrased the sabbataIian
customs of these stern oldtime New
Enelanders into an imperative state
ment Of the law:
And let it be enacted further still
That all the people strict observe our VIII:
Five days and half shall men, and wo-
men too,
Attend their business and their mlrth
pursue;
But after that no man without a fine
Shall walk the streets or at tavern
dine.
One day and half tits requisite to rest
From toilsome labor and a tempting feast
Henceforth let none, at peril of their
lives,
Attempt a journey or embrace their
No barber, foreign or domestic bred,
Shall eer presume TO dress a lady's head
No shop shall spare, half the preceding
day,
A yard of ribbon or an ounce of tea"
-[SELF CULTURE MAGAZINE.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14
ShiaWasee,

Is. e. ISiser in Chicago Times Herald. ;,
Mckinley carried every county in Mich.
igan save one, Shiawasee, which gave
Bryan plurality of S9.l
Should you ask me why this singing.
Why these cadences and rhythm,
With their windings and their turnings
Round the name of Shiawasee,
l should answer, / should tell YOU
That where Michigan is darkest
Mhere the stubborn stumps are thickest
Where the whiskers grow the longest,
Where the scented soap is scarcest,
Where the boot owl boots the loudest,
Where the winding Shiawasee
Murmurs sadly past Owosso,
They have stood four-square for Bryan
Stood for Bryan and for silver,
Knowing not and little caring
What the world at large was doing
They have written on the tablets:
"Shiawasee goes for Bryant"
From the woods of Shiawasee,
From the little old log shanties,
From behind the sheds and haystacks,
Strobe the voters with their trousers
In their boot-tops and their whlskers
WIZ fbs T1t3lh their yellow jumpers
Have despoiled of gloss and color
Tucked away inside their jumpers,
Came the sons of Shiawasee,
Came the men of Bancroft Byron,
And Judd's Corners and Corunna,
Came the men of Garland, Kerby,
And of Morris and Westhaven,
And of Burton and of Vernon,
And Of Shaftsburg and of Pittsburg,
With their whiskers in their jumpers
And the moss of many seasons
Clinging to their spinal columns.
There was Ovid to the westward,
Looking sorrowfully at them
And Chensaning to the northward,
Full of. wonder sadly murmured;
And Cohoctoh and Okemos,
70 the southwark spoke In whispers,
Spoke in doubling whispers of It!
''Shiawaseel Shiawaseel"
Murmured beautiful Cohoctoh,
DO you wake or are you sleeping?
Have you got somnambuism2
Wake Oh wake oh Shiawaseel
| Come from out the gloom the darkness,
Come from midnight into daylight,
Come from last week into this week,
Come from sadness into gladnessl"
And Okemos answered, saying:
"Hushl Oh leave her with her sorrow,
Leave her with her sorrow signing,
Leave her with the worlds forehnger
Pointing full at Shiawasee,
Shtawasee and Owosso,
Asking as it will, 'Owosso
Matter with old Shiawasee?' "
But the sons of shlawasee
Needed not nor stopped to listen,
Needed not nor thought or reasoned
Neither pondered nor considered!
All they did was chew tobacco
And throw votes away in clusters
And eXpectorate in space and
Throw their ballots on the West Wind
And the North Wind and the East Wind
| And they threw some on the South Wind
| II II blew from that direction,
| Giving all the world to know that
| Shiawasee stood for Bryan
| Stood out lonely in the dampness
| With her idol in her satchel.
! With her garments all bedraggled
| And her moccasins run over
| And her stockings hanging loosely
Like concertina's windworks
| Round the groundwork of her ankles.
| Round the angles of her ankles!
4 And the West Wind hurled onward,
| Hurried on to meet the East Wind,
| Toying with the faded whiskers,
| That her sons pulled from their jumpers
| Toying lightly with their whiskers,
| And. in whispers. saying. signing:
| "Shi-oh-shi-oh Shiawaseer"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES.
Republicans Won In Keene.


One of the hottest election contests
in years, and ono which had many
peculiar features, resulted in the
election of former mayor, Francis A.
Perry. Republican, as mayor of
Keene Tuesday, by over 175 votes
ever former mayor, George H. Eames,
Democrat. The mayor-elect re-
ceived large majorities in wards 1
and 5, the latter a Democratic ward,
and Il small majority in ward 4, los
ing wards and 8, both normally Re
publican. The cutting on both sides
was phenomenal, Republicans voting
for Mr.. Eames and vice versa. All
of the is councilmen, except the
three from ward 5, are Republicans.
The aldermen-elect are: Ward 1,
James f. Marsh, Rep; ward 2, Fred
erick Hamilton. Rep; ward 8, Daniel
G. Cahalane, DEM; ward 4, ]. G.
Estabrook, Rep; ward 5, John J. Don.
ovan, Dem. Donovan is only 23
years old, and is the youngest man
ever elected to Office in Keene. He
is a graduate of st. Bernard's paro-
chial school and the Keene High
school.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14
The Chinese Invasion.

Four thousand Chinese coolie i'm
migrants are annually dumped into
this country over the Canadian Dor
der and elsewhere, in direct violation
of the exclusion act. This is a state
ment founded upon government au-
thority. The annual appropriation of
$4,000 year is entirely inadequate
to cope with the problem. The gov
eminent is embarrassed, and finds that
new amendments to the law must be
speedily enacted. If this is not done
there is threatened a wholesale Mon
golian immigration.
1t has even gone so far the gov
eminent officials affirm, that placards
are posted in Chinese cities Offering
transportation and assured entrance
into the United States upon payment
of certain sums and the fulfilment of
certain conditions. The sums range
from 800 to S1O0O-anything in fact,
that the prospective emigrant will
Standardization Herald.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14
To Contest Hoxt,s viii.

Active steps have been taken by
paternal and maternal relatives of the
late Charles H. Hoyt, the noted play
wright, to contest his will, on the
ground that Mr.. Hoyt was unfit men,
tally to draw an instrument of that
nature at the time the will was writ
ten. 1t was witnessed by only two
persons, while the New Hampshire
law requires three witnesses. Mary
B. Green of Concord and Joseph N
Hoyt of Nashua, first cousins of Mr..
Hoyt on his fathers side. have re-
tanned o. e. Branch of Manchester as
counsel. Mrs. M. II. Barstow of Lee
banon, Mrs. Harriet b. Bralnerd of
Chicago, Louise j. B. Burnham of Nor
wich, VT. and Mrs. Anna B. Tarlton
of Brooklyn, N. Y, who were first
cousins of Mr.. Hoyt's mother, are rep
resented by Herman Holt of Clare
mont.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14
NEWS IN BRIEF
CIRCUIT oLEo BILL.

House passed 1t by Vote Of 1856 to 90
Discussion by Gen. orout and
others.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14

Canaries in the mating season. seem to
vie with each other in the production of
brilliant melody, and IL is admitted that
the female birds always select the best
singers for their mates.
The cowardliness of sharks is we'll
known among men who have been much
to sea in Southern waters infested by
man eaters. The fiercesI shark will get
out of the seaway in a very great hurry
If the swimmer, noticing its approach,
sets up a noisy splashing A shark is
in deadly fear of any sort of living thing
that splashes in the water.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14

Forty men convicted ~ murder and
sentenced to die are in nte peni-
Tertiary at Leavenworth, ,ansas.
There has been no hanging In the
state for years, because no governor
has been willing to sign the death
warrants prescribed by law.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14
New Telephone Company with $5o,ooo,-
600 Capital.

Opposition to the American Bell
Telephone company will eliminate
within a few days in the merging, I'M
der the name of the National Tele-
phone and Telegraph company, of all
the leading Independent telephone
companies in the East. According to
advices from Baltimore, negotiations
have been secretely conducted in New
York during the last two weeks, and
city during the last two weeks, and
the details of the new $4,000, 900 Ma
tional company may be expected
shortly. 1t will start out with more
than 200,0 subscribers, and this num-
Der will be greatly increased by the
establishment of working relations
with smaller concerns.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14
PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY. DECEMBER H. 1000
Elections In Massaohusetts cItles.

GlSShOHS VI MaSSaCnusettS CltleSs
Municipal elections were held in II
Massachusetts cities Tuesday. Sa-
lem and Woburn, which have been IL
cense cities this year, vote no, and
Worcester was carried by the liquor
men by only LOG votes. The large
Republican majority in Worcester
was cut down to Al. The Democrats
made sweeping victory in Lowell
Arthur B. Chaplin. Republican, was re-
elected mayor of Holyoke by a plu-
rality of LAG. Holyoke is usually
strong Democratic city. The first
year Mr.. Chaplin was elected by 1855
and last year this lead was increased
to 629. His administration of the
city's affairs has been very satisfac-
tory. James H. LOOMS, Republican,
was elected mayor in the Democratic
stronghold of Chicopee, leading
Murphy, the Democratic nominee, by
$50 votes. In Boston interest cen
tired in the election of a street COM
missioner, James A. Gallivan, Demo
crat, winning by a plurality of 762
over John p. Dore, the present COM
missioner. The Democrats elected
seven of the 13 aldermen and "A of
the rs councilmen. The license ma
jority was cut down 5000 in Boston.
as compared with last year.
The President has nominated
George Won L. Meyer of Boston, ex-
speaker of the Massachusetts legisla-
ture, to be ambassador to Italy.
Six masked burglars seized, bound
and gagged the town marshal at Sc
vile, Ohio, Monday night and then
blew the vault off the Highs bank.
They secured $1,000 and escaped from
big crowd of citizens on hand car
at the point of revolvers. The rob-
bers overlooked $1,000 in cash in the
vault
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-14
MORRIS & GREGG.
BELLE q. EMERSON
Millinery
Sale

Owing to the late season we shall offer our
large stock Of trimmed hats and bonnets at
one-half their original prices.
This lot includes large number Of velvet
hats in black and colors, fancy braid and felt
hats as well plain felt shapes. AsLwe wish
to close out the entire lot we shall make the
prices low. We have the Henderson corsets with
the new straight point in both long and short
styles from S1.OO to $3.50; also a cheaper corset
at 80 cents.
New fancy work for the holidays Gibson,
cameo, poster and fancy stamped pillow covers,
scrap baskets, brush holiers, work bags, etc
Also some of the latest things in dress trim
mings and ornaments just arrived.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-07
interesting for callers.

The Lone Jack Recorder of last week
had several personal attacks on us as
editor of The Kicker, and among them
was a paragraph to the effect that a
man named Thorp had driven us out of
Grass Valley once upon a time in front
of a horsewhip. We distinctly remem-
Der the occasion. 1t was a balmy day
in spring time. The birds sang, the in
sects buzzed and all nature smiled clear
back to her ears as we rode into the
town of Grass Valley to drum up sub
scribers. Mr.. Thorp was waiting for
us. We. don't remember the cause of
his animosity, but he had a cas- against
us and he was heeled with two guns.
There were ten other citizens behind
Mr.. Thorp, and all equally we'll heeled.
AS the eleven men and twenty-five
guns and eleven bronchos moved out
on us we ~retreated. 1t was our BUSH
ness to retreat. We struck a gait of
ten miles an hour, but that wasn't fast
enough. We increased it to fifteen and
then to twenty, but even when we were
beating the pace Of a wild locomotive
we wanted more speed. For about
three miles the bullets sang all around
us, but after that our mule began to
gain and got us home half a mile ahead
of the gang. Yes, we were driven out
of Grass Valley, and Mr.. Thorp raj one
of the drivers, and we have always
thought we did a pretty smart thing
to come out of it with a whole skin.
We have a fair amount of sand and
self-esteem, but we know when to get
out of a strange town.
Copyright, 1899, by C. B. Lewis)