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The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

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 Sold throughout the world. Brih,h Depot; F NEw. RERY SoSs, 27-2s Charerhouee Sq., London. RoTTKR OBUs AID CHSM. CoEP., Sole ProPs,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
The Salvation Army.

Staff Captain Bonnell. Divisional Of- ficer of the South. will arrive in this city Thursday night, August 2s. and will conduct a special meeting in the Protestant Methodist Church, corner Bibb and Moulton. at p. m. Friday. Aug. 30.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
NEWS OF THE COURTS.
Several Cases Disposed of Tester
 day.

In the Recorders Court yesterday af- ternoon, the charge against Jim John. son, charged with keeping a gaming room. was changed to gaming. He pleaded guilty and was fined $10 and costs.
 J. c. HumphrIes paid $2 and costs fo! indulging in plain drunk.
 Charles McHenry, charged with as sault and battery on Joe Walker, was fined $20 and costs.
 Agnes Maberry cut Young Marshall just to pass away the time. She Is one of the most notorious women in the city. She was fined $25 and costs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

BIobta-What profession is your son go- ing to follow? Slobbs-He Is anxious to be an aeronaut Blobbs-Well. that's one of the professions in which there ought to be plenty of room at the top
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

The case against Richard Jackson and Bill Thomas, charged with robbery, was set for trial yesterday afternoon before Justice w. C. Fulle-. but was continued until September End
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
NEWS AArHE CAPITOL.
Several Superintendents of Educa-
 ton Reappointed.

S@S&A &S~~
 Hon. John W. Abercrombie, Super intendent of Education. yesterday an nounced the rc-appointment of the fol- lowing County Superintendets of Edu- cation for the term beginning Octo- Der 1st:
 Barbour County, c. S. Mcdowell, Jr. Chambers County, W. c. farrell. Choctaw County. O. L. Gray.
 Greene County, John c. Apsey.
 Hale County, J. A. Ellerbe. = Madison County, J. D. Humphrey. Perry County, A. M. Spessard..
 Pickcns County. L. V. Rosser.
 Talledega County. J. B. Graham. The appointments for Chambers, Perry and Pickens Counties are for one year only, the office having been made elective in those counties thereafter. Appointments were announced at the Executive Department yesterday as follows:
 Notaries Public-Paul W. Smith, Selma: T. c. Reynolds. Livingston; Paul Pressly, Birmingham: W. l.. Fleming, Enterprise; T. D. L. Edwards, Enterprise; J. J. Moore. Keener.
 Constable-Charlie Broadway, Beat F. Montgomery County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

A bill for a divorce was filed yester day in the Chancery Court by T. H Arlington against Margaret Arlington The complainant alleges abandonment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

The case against Lula Perry, charged with keeping a young negro girl for immoral purposes. was st for trial yes terday before Justice J. B. Fuller, but the case was continued until Tuesday at 10 o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

There wouldn't be much fun in sin. hing if it were not forbidden.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

A bill was filed in the City Court in Equity yesterday by Charles Teasly against John Coxe ct as. The bill is to quiet titles to land.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28
Escaped Convict Captured.

Jake Mack. a negro convict who was sent up from this county for grand lar. ceny and who escaped from Dogwood mines nearly a year ago, was captured yesterday on Peacock Tract by Depu- ty Sheriffs Young and McLemore. Mack was taken to the county jail and will be sent back to work out his sentence.
 Sam Duprey. a n9;ro, has been sent to jail by Justice R. H. Jones on charge of assault to murder.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

DO YOU WANT THE BEsTP
 Ross's Barber Shop is the place to go. Exchange Hotel.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-28

The hand that rocks the cradle is seldom the hand that wins the jackpot.
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16
CENTER CHUTES,

Luke Yates made 265 bushels Of
fine wheat on 20 acres Of land.
Luke is now teaching school at
the Belts school house, three
miles east of here.
The great event Of the season
is past-Fowler's show. 1t was
very poorly attended here, on ac-
count of the drouth and the scar
city Of money.
Mules and horses are faring
but middling on lower Hurricane
Creek. The reports that 4 or .
horse been shot. One belonging
to Capt. Sloan is said to be bad
ly shot up. Good fences make
good neighbors and bad fences
the reverse.
The drouth in this part was
partially broken Sunday night by
a thirty or forty minutes rain.
This is the first rain to lay
the dust or settle the plowed
ground that has fallen here since
May II, and at that date there
was barely a season fell.
The school is progressing very
well. Prof. W. S. Campbell is in
fine spirits since Prof. Barger of
Imboden, who is canvassing
Sharp county in the interest of
the Sloan Hendrix Academy,
gave our school a lecture last
week. He said he found our
school one the best IN the county
No blue back spoilers or old
fashioned books in our school,
but everything is up-to- date, ex-
cept desks.
CENTER EAGLE,
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16

camped at the mouth of the bay
we were crowned with all the
laurels of success, in fact it was
Just all the angler and sportsman
could wish. We feasted on
croppie, rock bass, squirrels and
ducks. One beautiful morning
while we were there everything
seemed lovely and the goose was
hanging high. One Of the party
cast the festive minnow, that
tempting morsel, to the finny
tribe, and when his float was
seen to take a downward shoot in
the limpid waters, he was heard
to soliloQuize: "Hold my prec-
ious dear; stay thy mad career,
seek not the muddy bottom there
to sulk but yield to the bending
rod," and the judge landed a five
pound bass. Did we retire to the
camp just after the "aIch, did
you say? o.o we IN viii all ptH
full OF life. Shall tuose good old
days ever be again; to drop the
squirrel when on the jump from
limb to twig, and see the quail
and the wild duck fall before the
Winchester and Parker. Alas !!
| am fearful that the drouth has
blasted our expectations and we
feel like one of the banished sons
of Erin! Sad is my fate, but it
is said that disappointment sinks
the heart of man but the renewal
of hope gives consolation.
NIMROD.
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16
WISE OR OTHER WISE.

Ambition never has time
to take a day off.
A friend to everybody is a
friend only to himself,
Wise men make mistakes,
but only fools repeat them.
The surest way not to pre-
vent Il marriage is to oppose
it.
It's easy for the man who
suffers no pain to talk OF
patience.
The prettiest thing in
feminine headgear is q good,
humored face.
The most difficult thing for
some people to remember is
the poor.
1t isn't what a man says
that counts; it is his ability
to make others believe him,
The imprudent man re-
fleets on what he has said
and the prudent man on what
he is going to say.
Before marriage a tlmld
man doesn't know what to
say and after marriage he is
afraid to say it.
The man who boasts Of
being able to spell every
word correctly may not be
much good at anything else.
Many a man has discovered
after mixing politics with his
business that he has no Ousl-
ness to mix with his politics.
Grit. d ''.
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16
pOuGHKeEPSlE POINTS.

a. J. Tompkins lost q fine mare
last week, supposed to have died
from collie.
Ben Norris came in from Texas
Saturday. Ben stayed away
about 9 months,
There is a new girl at the home
Of Esq. Allen Gay, also a girl at
the residence Of Mr. and Mrs.
John Abee.
Reys. Ford, Bellamy and Hill
held a protracted meeting at Leb-
anon church last week, and Rev.
Ford baptized 9 new converts.
Elder Douglass is conducting a
series of meetings at Caldonie,
south OF here, with splendid sue
cess. Up to last account he had
baptized eleven persons.
J. r. Kirkland has returned
from a four-weeks trip IN the
western counties. He says he
finds everything burned up where
he has been and the people be-
coming reconciled to their fate.
Fowler's show mas been here
and all join in saying it was a
tame afiairin the way of show.
There was about the regular
amount of rioting on the day of
the show. James Graham got his
nose mashed by a bottle thrown
at one of the showmen. Graham
was not in the rioting.
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16
CRIME ON THE INCREASE.

The history Of the times dem
the fact that crime is On
the increase. There seems to be
a pad streak, a sort Of blood
curdling savagery running
through human nature, and it
crops out in wonderfully large
number of persons under provo
cations altogether too slight, and
the question naturally arises, is
human nature changing? Are
men becoming more british? Is
our boasted civilization a failure?
Are we drifting backward into a
state Of savagery? Only a few
days ago a murderer was tried
right here IN Randolph county for
the murder of man quite near
this place murdered in cold
blood and his soul sentunprepar-
ed into eternity-and that mur-
derer was allowed to slip through
the meshes of the law on pen
atty similar to that imposed upon
the poor devil who may steal a
hog upon which to keep a poor
wife and helpless offspring from
starvation. This is why crime is
on the increase, This is why the
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16
CENTER EAGLE.
BILL NYE ON LIFE INSURANCE.

The late Bill Nye's indorse-
ment OF life insurance is probably
the most characteristic paragraph
to be quoted from his writings:
SIN these days Of dynamite and
swift changing presidential ad-
ministrations and dark tunnels
through which an engineer goes
cropping his way at % miles per
hour, these days of tumbling
signs of the times and tipsy tele-
graph poles, live wires and dead
repairers; these days when the
politician and the deadly bridge
policeman with his pull lie down
together under the influence of
the same stimulant; these days
when death turks in the air we
breathe, the earth we tread, the
food we eat, the water-the water
We battle in-I say it behooves US
to look well to our insurance and
our future state, and | take
pleasure in certifying and saying
to whom these presents may come
that since | became fully insured
my health has improved so much
that it is a subject for profound
congratulation on my own part
and the deepest disgust on the
part of those who would naturally
inherit my vast wealth"
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16
WHAT is "NOTHINGY"

An old Scottish farmer,
being elected a member of
the local school board, visited
the school, and tested the in
telligence of the class by his
questions. The first inquiry
was:
moo, boys, can ony O you
tell me what naething ls?'
After a moments silence a
small boy in a back seat
arose and replied:
Its what ye gle me
t'other day for haudin' yer
horseM
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16
SEND FoR CATALOGUE AND BROCHURE.

"Now, boys" said the
Sunday school teacher,
surely some one of You can
tell me who carried off the
gates of GAIA. Speak up,
William. Il never touched
'em." said the indignant
William, with a suspicion Of
tears in his youthful voice.
Il don't see why folks al
ways blame it on me when
things get carried off. y"
Exchange.
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16

AS Mr. J. B. Gray of Gray
Bros. remembers the droutE Of
1874, the greatest damage done
to crops then resulted from the
hot winds, blew for thirteen days.
The temperture during the
prevalence of these winds was
not less than 105, and the crops
were literally dried up. These
winds came in the latter part OF
July, and there was no rain until
September, except a few local
showers. That year Mr.. Gray
made seven and a half bushels OF
corn on the upland farm and
thirty in the bottom. Early corn
generally made something. But
this year, with between 300 and
400 acres IN corn, he does not ex-
pect to gather more than 700
bushels, or about two bushels to
the acre. In 4874 cotton made
about one-forth of bale an acre,
while this year the crop is even
lighter than that. Good rains
after the date would make a fair
crop of cotton, howeyer.-Bates-
Vile Guard.
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16
MARK TWAIN ON THE BOER WAR.

MARK TWAIN ON THE BOER WAR
Mark Twain has the record for
saving what he thinks in a way
that makes it unanswerable'
A short time ago, it is related,
he was dining at the house of a
friend in London, and seated next
to him was an American who had
only that day reached England
They were, Of course, talking
war, and the newcomer, wishing
to know the feeling Of England in
the matter of the future Of the
Transvaal, asked Mark Twain
how he found public sentiment IN
England regarding the Independ-
ence of the repnblics.
"Well," said the genial humor-
ist. 81 find the English are para
phraising part Of the burial SER
vice. They are quietly repeating
Mr.. Gladstone giveth, and the
Lord Salisbury hath taken away
Blessed be the name Of the
lord. ledger Monthly.
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16
TO save EEer Child

From frghtful Disagreement Mrs.
Mamie Galegcr, Of LaGrange, Ga.
applied Bucklpn's Arnlca Salve to
great sores on her head and face,
and writes Its quick cure exceeded
all her hopes, 1t works wonders in
sores, bruises, skin eruptlons, cuts,
burns, scslds and piles, 25c. Cure
guaranteed by Snow, the druggist,
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16
Old Church Roll,
First Presbyterian Church
J. " Ever Organized in
Sharp County

The RECORD is in receipt ol a
letter from J. II Mcmillan, at
,orney at law, Comanche, Texas,
IN which he sends an old church
rolI, said to be the roll OF mem
bership OF the first Cumberland
Presbyterian church ever organ
;zed in this county. The roll is
written on a common sheet ot
paper, is old and torn ard faded,
Vet the names are easily dis
tinguished. Following is Mr.
McMillan's letter, which gives
the history of this old document;
& 81 enclose you a church roll,
which my father says is the
original roll Of the first Cumber-
land Presbyterian church ever
organized in Sharp county. He
does not know just when 1t was
organized, but he says he was
very small at the time, or when
he can first remember hearing
his parents talk about the church,
he is now IS years old and says
he thinks the church was organ
lied from 10 to rs years ago, or
about the time Arkansas was ad-
mitted into the union as a state
/ found the roll in my grand
fathers old bible and thinking it
might be of interest to some of
the old settlers Of your county !
send it to you for publication II
YOU desire to publish it. 1t is
probably the only record OF the
original organization and If the
church and its off-shoo5 is in ex-
istenc6 there now and the session
wants tie roll let them have it for
they are entitled to it. Ii not,
after publishing it, if you care TO-
please return it, as | would like
to keep it as relic of my grand"
fathers early days. Malcom
Mcmillan and Joanna Mcmillan
whose names you will see on the
roll, were my grandfather and
grandmother. Yours truly,
j. H. Mcmillan" :"
CHURCH ROLL FOR THE STRAW
BERRY CoIJGREGATIoN.
Washington Cooper, Lambert
Richardson, Dewey Richardson,
James Rainey, John Beasly,
Lewis Beasly, VIM. Brown, Hen
ry Wayland, James Fortenberry,
Absalom Fortenberry, Jacob
Fortenberry, James Cochran,
Jared Brickey, James Lindley,
Benjamin Purkins, VIM, Rainey,
John Trimble, Malcom Mcmillan,
VIM. Mcmillan, Alfred Leoan,
Jacob Tomlinson, Sarah Beasly,
Nancy Richardson, Patsy Rich
ardson, Pheraby Hooper, Polly
McCarroll, Mrs. Lindley, Susan
Beasley, Lovelle Rainey, Eliza
beth Richardson, Mrs. Wayland,
Nancy Fortenberry, Polly Coch-
ran, Lemma Jeffrey, Eady MILL
gan, Cynthia Bickey, Joanna Nc
MILAN, Azubah Trimble, Pennah
Tomlinson, Jane Sloan, Mrs
Sloan.
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16

courts and trials by jury are
looked upon with distrust, and
that lynch law by mobs is super
ceding the courts. "It's time to
call halt. "-Randolph Herald.
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16
Warning OFltl'

sharp circuit court S0"'n'''
term, 1901 ro,, plaintiff,
VS.
Lee Barnett, Defendant l.nctt /, rIn..
The defendant, Lee L.,I1" b"TIiy T,IhIyiy day, !,
pear in this court M'.",JI W. ,mJISjntif, I,lg
ihc complaint oi 'hep p +, Hi g,Ian',
nett Nv l., H'e"
July 3, 1901.
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16
QUICK RELIEF POP !,

:, Miss Maude Dicl,,' W
Kan, writes: ~ ' Ef
year; years wit" asthma in \.
year and was not o,' S''
through them, | beai..' i,'r
ey's Honey aud Ia, ~ ~
failed ia e.. to give lmnsS,a sss
Williams & Edwards '''''
A happy temper, El.,
Ian harp, sings to sv.n
Edward Hus,, a v,llh11
ne ness man of Salisbury, n ~
lL VI wish to say for i !he !
others, that l was a -.
lambago and kidney lrorS
the remedies / took vsv'
Hti; 1t; | was Induced 10 =
Kidney Cure, and afte, a
bottles | am cured" nv
Edwards. ~
A laying hen is beta n
standing mill. &
A, o, Blanchard, wu
n. Y, says: II have bs.' =
with kidney disease for A,
years, Have doctored vsT
physicians and | got no M
| used Two bottles Of p5~
ney Cure. " Williams Al
He hears but half Vi,
but one side only.
William Woodard, Of \
la. writes; 81 was tr,pE
kidney disease for several =
four one dollar size bvlGs
Iey's Kidney Cure eursj
would recommend 1t to sp,,'
has kidney trouble" MI
Edwards.
A white glove often COZ,
dirty hand.
Don't be satisfied With 4
rary relief from indigests
dol Dyspepsia Cure pernl
and completely remoys
complaint. 1t relieves 4
nently because it alloyst@
stomach perfect rest. |.
won't rest the stomach.
receives supplies from d.
we eat The sensible va y
the stomach is to use Kot Z
pepsia Cure, which digsl
you eat and can't help
you good. Williams { b
He that banquets eyg
never relishes his meal.
lIerbine is well adapted 4
cure of fevers Of all kinds,
1t thoroughly cleanses The
and bowels OF all bilious
and expels all impure secsa
ho body. Price 50 cts,
by Snow, the druggist.
They only are wise Vn /
that they know nothing, /
Ballarl's Snow linlma !
instant relief IN cases Of
burns, bruises, scaIds, ei'
Price rs and 81 cts, Sold w
the druggist. I
The lazy man goes to hi |
like a thief to the gallOW .
Ira D. Reckard, Dunc0lI
writes; "My little boy saf
leg from the knee to The u,
used Banner Salve lmmedniI
IN three weeks time 1t Wi
entirely healed. | want %
mend 1t to every family an,
them to keep Banner SaIvaI
as it IS a sure remedy for y
any sores" Williams q h1
Most men find their h0Si
looking in the mirrov'
Mrs. S. A. Airport, J0fi]
Pa, says: "Our little 5,l \
most strangled to dela "
Group. The doctors j.. " \
couldn't live but she tn vs7 w
ly relieved by One Mlna.1 n1l,D.',,
Cure. Williams & EdS'''
Man Furnishes the a'''
God the intention
Foley's Honey S. %
so.cbjJ<ssa1 safe, Sura NVT
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16
"REMINISCENCES.

Last fall when we made our
trip to Black river and
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16
Notice for PHblCllJl',,

Land ONCE ~ July Sps
Notice is hereby, y,,gg gISSlII BIZ y, v y
%n%c' make @a sS,ii5 rgos si s = ! s9SSa35 SlSa5 ss
that said proof WIZ Willy, oI Arsall%,e b
shade, Arkansas, on ,nw "J9 ] stoH's, ogr' y
Al AhlleGb I'll, Ibe soutneA'ilyr " q
H, e. No, sl.Gi1dO 2lt3p ,Ot y sc township !
6 west. c,l,oying Wl1n,i1 cuIp''
cont inuous residence w w.G'
said land, "iz' 1orn Hoaneyid ~,
X, p. Stoi es MI " u "
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16
6 MNr,~,>

This signature is on every box Of the genuine
Laxative BrOmO.Q Quinine Tablets
Che remedy that cures cold In one o"'
Sharp County record., 1901-08-16

William Woodard NJ
la. writes; 81 was ,sopl
kidney disease for severn, :
four one dollar size bolE.".
ley's Kidney Cure ru,J |
would recommend 1t to ,,,.
has kidney trouble" NIL
Ed wards.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-04-24
First Appearance of Wire Nails.

When wire nails first made their ap-
pearance they we're bought only by
furniture manufacturers and makers
of cigar boxes They were put in
packages of from one to five pounds,
and when an order for rs pounds for
any one size came in. it was consid-
cred a big one. At first. from 10 to
90 cents per pound was paid for wire
nails, and 29 cents per pound for wire
cigar box nails. The makers did not
clear as much profit. even at these
figures, as might be supposed. as they
were compelled to buy their iron wire
at so percent off list-at that time
10 cents per pound for No. nine etc.,
AID while the production was of ne.
cessity small and limited, the expenses
of introducing the new article were
quite large.-Hardware Dealers Maga-
zine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-04-24
Concerning the results of the CAM

Concerning the results Of the CAM
paign Professor Hilprecht has been
able to report that the most sanguine
expectations have been realized.
PRE-SEMITIC PALACE.-In trac-
ing the southern limits Of the city a
large palace of the pre-Semitic period
(prior to 1000 8. c. was discovered.
No mound marked its site. 1t was
clearly below the present level Of the
plain. Only one facade Of the build
ing was cleared. 1t is nearly six hun
dred feet long, built with two stories,
having small windows near the cell
ings. A large open terra-cotta vase,
several tablets of the earliest known
period, substantially constructed
we'll, and many other antiquities were
discovered.
TEMPLE OF BEL.-One Of the
highest points of Nippur is the conical
mound, called Bint-el-Amir Cdaugh-
ter of the prince'') by the Arabs who
live in the neighborhood. 1t rises
about ninety-fve feet above the plain
and covers the ruins Of the ziggurat
,Imkharsag, the stage-tower of the
temple Ekur. About the tower on
oil sides are the buried rooms and
collapsed walls of the temple proper.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-04-24

cemetery, where in the period from
about 200 A. D., the residents Of Nip
pu" - their dead over the place
where their ancestors worshiped their
gods. Beneath this stratum were
found the operations Of those who
built during the Parthian period, when
complete change in the form and
character of the structure was made.
Beneath this structure was found
the temple that had been built by
Ashurbanapal (GGS-G2G 8. c.. Wheth-
er out of his great regard for the Tenn
ple of Bel, or for some political reason
we do not know, but this Assyrian
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-04-24

were used in the temple service for.
centuries until the time the Elamites
went through the land under Kudur-
Nakhundi (about 22S5 B. CO., who
sacked the temples, carried off to
Elan what appeared favorable In
their eyes. broke up and scattered
what they did not desire. At that
time the Temple library and other
buildings were destroyed. Some cities
were never rebuilt after this inya-
sion. Nippur never fully recovered
after this vandalism of. the Elamitic
hordes.
TEMPLE LIBRARY.-On his first