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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-05-15
THE GREAT BELCHER
 MINE VISITED.

showing and of the favorable condi tions generally existing.
 As a result of this examination, Mir. Wood stated that it is safe to say that a large amount of eastern capital will be invested in this county. The Great Belcher will only be a sort of entering wedge. If it is demonstrated that an undevelOped claim can be converted into a paying mine, as it Is believed the Great Belcher can from present indications, it will be the means of in- ducing investment in other properties, and within the next year Yavapai county may expect to see the greatest progress in its mineral industry ever experienced.
 If Mir. Knox reports favorably on the Great Belcher that property will be developed as rapidly as men and money can do the work and, as stated, will be followed by other investments and Arizona will be advertised throughout the east as. never before
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-05-15
Prescott LodgeNO. |, KNIGHTSOFPYTHjAS

Regular meeting of this lodge every Monday ats D m at of hnll. SoiOurning Knights in good standing are cordially invited to attend
 GEO. HENRY, C. c. FIRED B. PHILPOT. K of R. and s.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-05-15
SECRET SOCIETIES
AztLan Lodge No. 1. E.& 4. N.

Regular meetings of this lodge at Masonic Hall, D. m. on the last Saturday of eacl month. Sojourning brethern are fraternally invited to attend.
 A. D. BARNHART, W. NJ. R. N. FREDERICKS, Secretary. Examining Committee,-R. \. Fredericks A. A. Johns. Morris Goldwater.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-05-15
''The Scenic Line of Arizona SANTA F. PRESCOTT s pHO[nII
 RAILWAY. PRESCOTT & EASTERN RAILWAY.
WITH THE SANTA FEE sYsTEr

Is the shortest and quickest route between Phoenix. Kansas City, St. Louis. Chicago and all Eastern points.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-05-15
Prescott Chapter No. 2, R. A. N.

Stated communications the first Saturdays of eacu month at o'clock p. m. Visiting com panions cordially invited to attend.
 MORRIS GOLDWATER, H. P. R. FREDERICKS. Secretary. Examining Committee.-R. N. Fredericks, R H. Hetherirgton, F. c. Brecht.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-05-15
IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN

ZUNI TRIBE No. C, Prescott, Arizona. Reg ular councils of this tribe at Masonic Hall on the Third Sleep of Each Seven Suns. 7th Run, 30th Breath. Visiting Chiefs in good standing frsteFnally invited to attend.
 H. D. WILSON Sachem. P.J FARLEY. Chief of Records.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-05-15
4. 0. |. ".

A. 0. |. ". Prescott Lodge No. IA, ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN, meets every Satur- day evening at o'clock in Knights of Pythias Hall. Visiting brethren in good rtauding are fraternally invited to attend
 C. W. BENNETT. ". NJ. P J. FARLEY. Recorder. wS. GOLDSWORTHY. Financier
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-05-15

Edward NJ. Clark, the New Haven capitali $, left this morning for Groom creek. ,companied by Judge J. J. Hawkins, to look over the Chicago group of mines, which is owned by Mr. Clark. The mines were among
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-18

time to repent and reform. OF course
III marriage was an epoch-a big
milestone. My wife was only sixteen
and as doclle as a pet lamb. L took
her young, believing l could train her
if she needed training. For a year or
two l could make her do just as 1
pleased, but later on l could make her
do just as she pleased and now she
makes me do just as she p~leases, too.
But it is all right, and l have got used
to it,. Yesterday L received a letter
from afriend asking me to help HIM
about choosing a wife. He is a widow
er with n child, and wanted a NO.
ma over 30 and under 40--a settled
woman and he said he would make
her a good, loving husband, etc. Well,
L talked it over in the family and
named several good old settled gills,
and my wife stopped sewing and SAID:
"I DENT think you are a very good
judge of manageable girls. You had
better let this matter alone" L didn't
like that remark, and replied: "Well
when l was a young man maybe / was
a poor Judge, but l think | could dc
better now" l am sorry L said 1T, fol
a woman can't take such jokes and
keep calm and serene. III be more
careful In the future.
But l must reserve some epochs fol-
another letter. The birth of our first
child was an epoch, but afterwards that
business ceased to he a monopoly and
became montonOus. BILL ARP.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-18

Capt. w. M. Francis, the popular
conductor on the Southern Railway,
has been temporarily relieved of Ills
duties as conductor and assigned TO
manage the eating house recently
opened by the Southern at Branchville.
Capt. Francis has been in continuous
service for twenty-six years and his
friends are legion.
William Presley, of Jackson County
Alabama, as the alleged result of a
pro'racted spree, fled in terror to the
mountains, possessed of the hallucina-
ton That Masons were bent on lynch
ing him for betraying their secrets.
The chamber of Inc of Hunts
vile, Ala, has received information
that New York capitalists are forming
a S1,OOO,O 900 company TO build from
Alabama one of the largest trunk lines
in the South.
II is said that it will pay to keep
some sheep for service in the orchard
acne. They eat the fallen fruit and
so put an end to many depredatlng in
sects.
The shipments of pig iron, cast iron
pipe and steel from Alabama and
Tennessee during November aggregate
161 ,089 tons.
Fruit trees require TO be cultivated
and pruned, but they will y all
care and attention.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-18

GREAT TURKEY YEAR.-The past
season, though SO trying on crops in
most places, has been a very prosperous
one for turkey raisers. We hear of
big iocks in all directions, where the
drouth prevailed. People in many
places write in about the some Ian
guage as the following from a farmer
in Southern Illinois:
There never has been, SO far as |
know, n better year than 1901 for tur-
key raising. Dry weather is ideally
adapted to the business.
We let our young turkeys 90 with
their mothers throughoutkthe summer
and the other day they came up to the
barn lot in their original number. The
roll call found none absent, strayed on
stolen, and they arc as fat as butter
balls. They have been feeding on
grasshoppers, bugs and other insects.
OF the 210 which started out with
their mothers in the spring only five
are runts. They would be all RICH,
but for the fact that they were injured
at the time they were taken from the
chicken heus that Matched them out.
We expect to make a handsome sun
from u turkeys. We shall sell them
to our local grocer if he is willing tc
give O fair price. We don't owe him
anything, 80 he can't get the turkeys
to adjust bills.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-18
A FIGHT AGAINST KoEsrER.

The Negro Deas Is Trying to
Defeat Confirmation by the SEN
ate.
The Washington correspondent OF
the News and Courier writes as fc1.
lows:
An ugly fight against one of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's recent Southern ap,
pointments is going on in the Senate.
The contest is oycr the confirmation
of George Koester, a young Gold De-
mocrat and personal friend of Senator
McLaurin, as collector of internal re-
venue for the district of South Caro-
lima.
AT the time of Collector Koester's
appointment it was charged that he
was an active participant in q s'lyncll-
ing bee" in South Carolina, and Col
lector Rooster not only admitted taking
part In the affair, but acknowledged
writing a long account of the occur
renee for the newspaper he then rep
resented. All the circumstances were
fully explained to President Roosevelt
and The latter, after hearing both sides
of the story, selected Mr.. Rooster for
the office which he is now filling.
The Republican organization IN
South Carolina, under the leadership
of former Deputy Collector Deas, the
negro chairman of the Republican
State committee, has arrived in Wash
ington, armed with formal charges
against Collector Rooster, and also
numerous copies of the newspapers
containing Koester's account of the
affair. These papers have been freely
distributed among the Republican
Senators and especially among The
members of the Senate finance COM
mittee, who will pass upon the nomi.
nation of Collector Rooster.
The opponents of the new collector
are counting upon Senator Tillman to
lend a hand in the fight, because Kocs-
ter is q personal appointment Of Sena
tor McLaurin, in addition to having on
various occasions attacked the politi-
cal policies advanced by Senator Till
man In his newspaper. There are
precedents in the Senate
showing that editors have been defeat
ed for confirmation by reason of severe
editorial criticism passed upon Sena,
tors.
Collector Koester's appointment,
when made, was the political sensation
OF the hour, and all of the narrowing
details Of his connection with the
lynching and his personal explanations
President Roosevelt were published
throughout the land. The Republican
in South Carolina having
been practically ignored by President
Roosevelt for reasons he can Justify,
,he whole Rooster matter is to be re-
giyed aud then passed over ia the
senate If State Chairman Deas and his
followers realize their expectations.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-18

THOMAS JEFFERsoN's NoTE.-.Little
Rock Democrat: Carrlngton g. Bacon,
OF Imboden, Lawrence County, Ar
kansas, is the possessor Of a promissor,
note for 1870, which was given by
Thomas jefferson, April 7, 1873, t.
Edmund Bacon, great-grandfathcr OF
the present holder of the paper. Tho
note has long since bean paid, but on
account of the customs and institutions
of the period when it was executed, re.
NAMED in the possession of the drawee
and descended through three genera.
tons to the present owner. AT the
time the note was drawn Edmund
Bacon owned a farm adjoining Mr.
Jefferson's Monticello place in Vir.
ginia. Before the motto was paid Mr.
Bacon moved West and made his home
in Kentucky. With him he brough,
the note, which was duly paid. The
mails at the time were slow and c
tain, and for this reason the note was
not returned to Mr.. Jefferson. This
old bit of yellow, widowed paper is
priced by its owner as much for it's con,
nection with the history of his famil,
as for being an autograph of a famous
man and written by the same hand
that executed the Declaration of indie
rendence.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-18

The other day in Minnesota a man
died and left in his will instructions TO
his executors to burn all his one
lie did not want his heirs to have the
money and no doubt because he loved
it so, he did not have the nerve to burn
it himself. 1t will be charitable to
think the man was crazy. He was
either that or the most unparalleled
fool we ever heard of. A pleasant
frame OF mind truly, for a man to be
shufhing OIL this mortal coil in. He
must have been worse than the tabled
dog in the Manager. He could no
longer use the money himself, so he
wanted 1T destroyed, and yet no doubt
at his very door lived people, worthy
people, who needed the very means of
living. Fortunately his executors
were level-headed; they gave the
money TO his heirs.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-18
THE MAN WIru BnAcr wu,svrn.

IHE MAN WITH BLACK WHISPERS.
The New England Farmer SAYS that
Georgia has a stringent law forbidding
Its citizens to carry pistols on pain OF
forfeiting the. weapons and paving a
fine of $50 or being Imprisoned for
tnirty days. Shortly after the passage
OIL this enactment Judge Lester was
holding court In a little town, when
suddenly he suspended the trial of q
case by ordering the sheriff to lock the
doors of the court room.
L" Gentlemen" said the Judge, when
the doors wore closed, "I have lust
seen a pistol on a man in this room,
and cannot reconcile it TO my sense
OF duty to let such a violation of the
aW pass unnoticed. fought, perhaps,
to go before the grand jury and indict
him, but il that man will walk up ia
this stand and lay his pistol and a fine
OF Sl down here, L will let him off this
time"
The judge paused, and a lawye,
sitting just before him, got up, slipped
his hand INTO a hip pocket, drew out 8
neat iyory-handled 6-shooter, and laid
it with 81 down upon the stand.
"This is all right" said the Judge
Z" but you are not the man 1 saw witt
the pistol"
Upon this, another lawyer arose
and laid down o Colts revolver and {
dollar bill before the Judge, who re
peated his former observation. TIL,
process went on until nineteen pistol,
Of all kinds and sizes and shapes, Ia,
upon the stand, together with $19 by
their side. The judge laughed as h,
complimented the nineteen delinquent
upon being men of business, but addet
that the a whom he had seen will
the pistol had not yet come up, and
glancing at the far side of the court, b,
continued:
"I'll give him one minute to accep
my proposition, and if he feils, L viii
hand him over to the sheriff."
Immediately two men from the bac]
os the court arose and began 10 NOV
toward the judges stand. Once the,
stopped TO look at each other, an,
then, coming slowly forward, lai
down their pistols and their dollars
AS they turned their backs the iudg
said:
"This mar with the black whisker
is the one that 1 originally saw"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-18
CHERRY TREE CO. A FRAUD
Endless Chain Concern Is Using
Mails for Fraudulent Pur-

poses
A special to the Atlanta Journal
from Charlotte, N. c., dated Dec. 13,
says:
The Amos Owens Cherry Tree COM
pany, of Henrietta, N. c., which has
been doing an extensive business
throughout a number of States by
means of a chain letter scheme, has
been pronounced Il fraud by State
Entomologist Sherman, who examined
into the concern al the instance of the
State crop pest commission and the
company's affairs were brought up in
the Federal court here yesterday after
noon, when an indictment against the
promoters for using the mails for frau
dulent purposes was presented.
The concern has attracted much at.
tention recently and whenever it's in
tegrity was impeached there was al.
ways some n to defend il as a trust.
worthy concern. Thousands of wo.
men were employed as its agents, and
1T is said that while some of them were
paid for the work they did, the great
majority received nothing. The plan
carried out is something like this:
Twelve dollars is sen the company for
cherry trees and the sender has the
privilege of becoming an agent of the
nursery at $50 per month, the duty of
The agent being to write five or six
letters per day to friends, soliciting
them as agents, each buyer of S12
worth of trees having the privilege of
becoming an agent. AS a result there
are said to be thousands of letters writ
ten each day, and the mail received by
the head office of the concern some
times amounts to a wagon load in a
single day. The proprietors of the
company have often changed within
the past few months, and the end of
the scheme is probably approaching, as
the State authorities will likely ask the
postoflice authorities to issue a fraud
order for the p~Ostofices used by the
company, and even if the Indictment
in the Federal court does not hold the
company will probably be forced to
quit themselves Or change its tactics.
The State entomologist declares that
the trees shipped by the company are
practically worthless and are dug or
pulled up anywhere they may be
found.
Speaking of the Amos Owens Cherry
Tree company this week, Sol. Gallert.
Esq, a we'll known lawyer of Ruther-
fordton, N. O., the section in which
the company does business, said:
"The Amos Owens Cherry Tree
people are still doing a big business.
Iney, shipped over 100 900 trees last
month. On the LIST of December thew
had 5000 agents, and they naturally
expect that each agent will bring in
four new agents, which means that
there will be $4,000 agents by January
LIST. TO each of these agents GO trees,
at $l2 will be shipped, or a total of
100000 trees will BIO sent out. The
total of $4,000 agents will be increased
10000, which means that 3 600 900
cherry trees will be shipped shortly
after January. Soon the sc, 900 agents
will be Increased to 24O 900, and there
fore nearly 15, 100000 cherry trees Will
required for the March shipment.n
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-18

To GUARD AGAINST ANOTHER
CHART ScANDAL.-The following cir
cular from State SUPERINTENDENT of
education McMahan explains itself:
Office OF State Superintendent of Ed
ucation.
Columbia, S. c., Dec. 10, 1901
County Superintendent of Education.
Dear Sir:-The State Board of Edu.
Gallon authorized Rand McNally 81
Company to sell maps and globes, at
the prices agreed upon, 10 the public
schools with the proviso: "That no
sale shall be made except TO trustees
assembled in board meeting"
L have just received a letter from
superintendent Bright, of Pickens,
stating that two men representing
themselves as agents of Rand McNally
u Company having come to this coun.
ty, and that he fears thew nav be
t" fakes" and in any event fears that
II they are permitted to canvass the
country, there may be a repetition of
the char swindle business of a few
years ago. Hence, his board has for
hidden a canvass under its authority
in Section % Of the regulations Of the
State Board (page 81, school law, and
a adopted the following resolutions:
The county board after consider
ing the Rand McNally map question
decides that if tho said Rand McNally
" Company desires TO sell in this
county, that samples be furnished the
County Superintendent, and that the
trustees make selections therefrom-
the County Superintendent to order
the same with other supplies.
"Or that they send samples to be
paid for when sold"
recommend that your board take
similar action and notify Rand Nc
Nally u Company that no personal
canvass of school boards will be per-
mitted; and also notify trustees that
they shall not buy from agents, but
may examine the samples in the Office
of the county superintendent, and
upon their judgment order what they
see fit. Very truly yours,
JOHN j. MCMAHAN,
State Supt. of Education.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-18
SURVIVOR OF THE GOLD GuAnn

SURVIVOR OF THE GOLD GUARD,
The sole surviving officer of the Ole
Guard of the First Napoleon is said tc
be living at Warsaw in poverty. HI
is a Pole named Markiewicz, and il
now 10Y years old. He receives 6
small pension from the Russian govern
ment, but it is contended that as he
has the military cross of the Legion OF
Honor, he is entitled to an allowance
from the third republic. Markiewicz
was decorated for distinguished con.
'uct on the battle field eighty-eisht
years since, when he was only q lad OF
10. The decree is dated November
%, 1913. Marklewicz is thus not only
the sole survivor of the officers of the
Old Guard, but he is doyen, or senior
member, of the Legion of Honor. He
has, however, been enabled to live in
three centuries, and according to all
accounts, is still alert, in spite OF age
and poverty.-The Tablet.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-18
ne, and see how lovely it all 1872"

me, and see how lovely it all 1872"
eel don't believe / can, Eva.
don't like crowds and vegetables, and
all that. AT Marie's church they have
smllax and evergreen and holly and
roses. The church is just a bower OF
beauty" said Lucille, with her best
French air. "And it is 80 still and
solemn,-more like Christmas, you
know, than a noisy crowd with basket;
and bundles, and all that. And then,
[ never could get enough French bon.
bons."
Eva looked drzed for a moment, and
then SAID helplessly:
81 don't think you exactly under
stand, dear"
emo, perhaps L don't. Good-by
Eva. Come over to morrow"
Columbus, Ohio.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-18

The UNREADY SEEKER.-A Geor
gia darkey went out to an old field tc
" seek and pray"
1t was dusk and he knelt down and
put up q long petition that the angels
might come and minister to him.
Presently he heard a Tapping, as OF
wings behind him, and in a second he
was making race-horse time on The
homo road, where he jumped into the
ped and covered his head from sight.
Suddenly there was a loud knock.
ing at the door, and his started wife
cried:
"John, git up dar, fer de Lords
sakel De angels you been seekin' Is
come fer you"
Lem stacy dar," was tho trem.
bling answer. "1'ell 'em thoo' de kew
hole dat l amt got no wing ter fly wild,
en- L too heavy to tote |"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-18

How A PHILIPPINE WOMAN Cross.
ED A RTvER.-Just beyond San Pedro
we came to the Sibalom river, the bed
OF which is a mile wide, covered with
little and big powders, with here and
there q swift running stream. Tho
main river is probably two hundred
yards wide and is easily forded, except
after a heavy rain, when 1t rises rapid
ly and becomes a raging torrent. IL
usually subsidies in a few hours after
the rain has ceased to fall. When the
river IS up many people gather on
either bank to await an opportunity to
cross.
Our treasurer was once sitting Oh
the banks with a lot of natives waiting
for the river to subside, and had been
there, wet, hungry and tired, for hours
praying to get across. The river was
boiling and toaming and no one dared
make ar attempt to cross. Presently
an old woman came along, took a look
at the river, gave n contemptuous
glance on the manly sex there gather
ed and then walked up the bank about
@ hundred yards, where she stripped
Off her clothing. She made q careful
bundle OF all her belongings, Iaisdd'
them above her head and entered the
stream. The water was over her head,
but she msde no attempt to swim.
She would sink beneath the water until
her toes touched II bowlder aud would
then give a lump. The current would
give hor lift and send her diagonally
down the stream a few yards. She
kept repeating the oporati IN until at
last she had reached the other bank,
Tar below where she had started. She
waded out with her bundle perfectly
dry, donned her clothes and vanished
through tho thicket-Mobile Register.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-18

From Leicester, N. c., comes the
report that s. G. Dover, recently ar.
rested for clipping with a young lady
OF Wilcox County, leaving behind q
woman who passed as his wife, has g
wife and four children In the Old
North State.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-12-18

~ khOlO WAC nO tDOClI
no episode. Every day was alike
until I began to notice the girls with a
peculiar longing emotion and brushed
Amy hair more carefully and carried a
cleaner handkerchief and wore tighter
pots well polished. In fact, got to
a dandy in my dress. Shakespeare
kes fun of the lover and dismisses
a with a line. Says he sighed and
pte poetry about his sweetheart's
$Agows. We beat that in our day.
sigh. a bit for my sweetheart
lad off about me as / was about
we were too happy to sigh.
became, engaged, and she
she day away on In June,
judged 1t backwards to
and then TO April and AT
March, to all of which she
ingly assented. / wrote poetry,
mot TO her eyebrows--but TO her
head to foot. Here is the last
which is only a sample of what
uld do in those halcyon days:
ON incense on the sacred affairs
irned
dors seemed In fragrant clouds
rise,
81 my wishes all to heaven turned,
cure rich blessings for thee from
9 skies"
Is pretty good, 1 think. In
home Yankee soldier came along
stole tho album and carried IL OF
trophy and gave IL to his sweet.
She kept II twenty years, and
ed another fellow and sent the
back to him, ard he mailed it
q with q nice apology. He is
though IL took him a long