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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Murdered His Brother

Horace Clark, a farmer residing
near Castalian Springs, is alleged to
have been murdered by his brother,
John Bell Clark, the motive being
robbery. Clark, it is said, knew that
his brother had just come into
possession of about 500 which he car
ried on his person, and that he enticed
him on hunting trip. They were
accompanied by a nephew. John is
reported to have told his plans to the
boy, who said that he must not kill
his brother, whereupon John threaten
ed to kill the boy also. secure the
money and escape. He then, accord
ing to report, secured a club and
struck his brother a terrible blow on
the head, tracturing his skull, then
pulled wire from his pocket and
bound it tightly around his brothers
neck to prevent his from coming to
life" He then, it is said, rifled the
murdered mans pockets, secured SIS,
tied weights to the body and sunk it in
the Cumberland. The people are ex-
cited and securing the country for the
accused.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

Secretary Gage, on the Sth, received
from a soldier in the Philippines
conscience contribution of $270. The
money was sent to Father Conaty,
rector of the Catholic university, for
transmission to the secretary.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

Under the will of the late James
Toleman, of London, the sum of 25O,-
600 is bequeathed to charity, and the
executors are given an absolutely free
hand in its distribution.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

Several Mexican states propose pc
titioning congress to enact a nation
al divorce law, that country having no
such law. The church party will bit
terly antagonize the movement.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Rural Free DeIixerx.

Rural free delivery service will be
established October 1 next, at Frank
lin, Williamson county, Teen, with
five carriers: T. H. Johnson, A. D.
Page, w. w. Bass, j. P. Cotton and
r. II. Jennings. Length of route.
120 miles, covering an area of S91b
square miles, containing a population
of $3.50.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

On the 10th r. @. Dun g. Co. re-
ported: Failures for the week were
173 in the United States, against III
last year, and 81 in Canada, against %
last year"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Charged with Murdar

Armstrong Hensley Is in the Erwin
Jail on the charge of numbering his s.
year-old stepdaughter.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Must Be Discharged.

Senior Partner-Jim Smith, our
head bookkeeper, will have to be dis
charged, mucn as l regret it.
Junior Partner-Why? Is he neglect
ing his duties.
Senior Partner-No. Worse than
that. He has commenced spelling his
name, lyme Smythe,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

The military government of Manila
ceased, on the 18th, and municipal af-
fairs were taken up by three commits
sioners, similar to the government of
the District of Columbia. The pres
ident is Filipino, Col. Herrera; the
others are Messrs. Baldwin and Tuth-
erly. The chief of police is George
Curry, a former officer of the Elev-
enth cavalry. Mr.. HOusermann is the
CITY attorney
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

The annual report of the auditor
for the navy department shows that
during the fiscal year ending June 80,
1901, there were settled 6,695 accounts
and claims. During the same period
there were examined 159,65S vouchers,
as against 147,436 the previous year,
while the amounts allowed were S74,-
649, JIG, as against SCI, 971 900 for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1900.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

Secretary Roots order cutting off
the use of cOmmissary supplies by
civilian employees is causing conster-
nation among the minor clerks in the
Philippines, whose expenses are thus
doubled. Many of theme claim they
had an absolute understanding before
leaving the United States that they
would be entitled to use commissary
stores
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

Nashville has voted to subscribe
100000 stock in the Nashville &
GAINESVILLE railroad. GAINESVILLE voted
to take 100000. while Cheatham
county subscribed $4,000.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

District Judge Dixon, at Pueblo, on
the 5th, decided at that the new Colo
having never been legally enacted by
the senate. The state will appeal the
case to the supreme court. The deci-
sion, if sustained, may necessitate
calling the Legislature in special ses-
sion.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

The United States training ship
Hartford, Commander j. NJ. HawIey,
Joined with the German war ships at
kiel in saluting and half-masting
flags when the announcement of the
death of the dowager empress was re-
ceiveG there.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

On the 9th President Shaffer of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron.
Steel and Tin Workers issued "a call
upon all Amalgamated and other
union men in name and heart" to join
the movement against the United
States Steel and Iron corporation, and
quit at the close of work on the even
ing of the 10th.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Won't Care q BIam me.

I'll jist be bound
That thar's a BAN for every wound
If we'uns jist could find
The healin' kind;
But then 1 'spose it's list the same,
Fer when a hundred years
Have crossed this vale of tears-
Then we'uns jist won't care a blame.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

At Medicine Lodge, Kas., on the 9th,
David Nation, through his attorney
brought suit for divorce from his
wife. Mrs. Carrie Nation, the temper
ance crusader. In his petition Mr..
Nation, who is now visiting in Iberia,
o., alleges that his wife held him up
to public ridicule, neglected her fam
ily duties and abandoned his home.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Gen. Ohio F. StrahI.

Gen. Ohio F. StrahI.
Amid the war-clouds of the doomful years
That tried the bravest of the brave;
The grandest play of hopes and fears
That ever Time to Glory gave;
The great deluge of blood and tears
Where death shots dug the hero's grave
As holocausts of battle rolled
Across the land, the proudest band
OF heroes Fame shall ever hold;
Her own died for this glorious land
Our South. But that immortal roll
OF deathless dead who fell, but all
In vain, to reach the Victor's goal
Doth hold no grander name than Strahl.
tHS
Joe Knew Him.
1 have been spending a few weeks
in a sleepy old village in Tennessee.
The place is an isolated one,
among the hills, and has only one
store, which is in a dilapidated frame
building in front of the blacksmith
shop. The store is kept by Joe Sprag-
gins, who has a miscellaneous stock
of household necessaries for occasion
al customers who usually bring eggs.
gingseng, coon hides, etc., to exchange
for calico, jeans, etc. Joe is a little
tow-headed, plainly clad fellow, who
spends most of his time sitting On a
goods box gossiping with street loaf
ers, or playing marbles in front of
his place of business.
AS the little hotel is not desirable
loafing place, 1 spent much of my
time at the little store, and one day
Joe asked me to keep store for him
while he went to see if he could learn
who had won the crossroads foot
race.
Soon after Joe departed a gawky
young fellow came sauutering along,
and peeping in at the door, asked:
''Whar's Joe Spraggins?"
told him, and then he said, Wont
yo'uns tell him, when he comes, to go
over at dinner time an feed my boss?
I'm gwine squ'rI huntin' an won't be
back till Mite
yes" l answered. "Will you give
me your name?"
'Tain't necessary" he answered,
Joe knows me-"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Cattle Owners wrourht In

roll county are considerably wrought
up on account of some one killing
cattle there lately. Two fine young
steers have been slaughtered and skin
ned and hind quarters taken, and the
balance left in the woods.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Pardon for Plemminp

Gov. McMillin has pardoned Mack
Plemming of Roane county, sentenced
to two years for larceny. Plemming
escaped in 1896, and while at liberty
married and settled down to hard
work. He has two chilren and was
recaptured in December, 1900.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
Spinning Yarns.


The loungers in front of store in
a certain Tennessee village were spin
ming yarns. Smith told a story of a
catfish which would come to a certain
hole Of water every day to be fed by
him, and which finally got so tame
that 1t would crawl out of the water
and flop up the path to meet him.
Brown told a story of cat which
adopted a young rabbit and raised it,
and how the rabbit, the cat and the
dog would eat in peace together from
the same vessel. Jones then told the
familiar chestnut about the old farm
er who was very mean and misery,
and who, when dying, begged his son
never to spend a single cent of money
for anything except fertilizers. This
story a number of the byStanderS
were thoughtless enough to say that
they had heard before. Then Squire
Jenkins told a story of the pilot of a
Mississippi steamboat who "got on a
big Spree lost his all in a poker game
was fired and put off in the wilderness,
and who went West, struck luck and
is now a millionaire"
wall, Squire" said Jim Akers, a
meek-looking, red headed fellow in
brown jeans" 1 ken beat that. 1
knowed a Teller that went ter Western
Texas twenty-five years ago. He tried
ter git work an failed. He was about
ter starve fer he had no money or
friends. So he bought a basket on a
credit an went out ter a sheep ranch
an commenced pickin' wool from the
thorns an cactus where the sheep had
passed, an what yer s'pose that man
is with ter day?'
By this time the Squire had be-
come very much interested, but in
answer to the question he said that he
had no idea what the man was worth
"Jist make a ruff guess said
Akers.
Well" said the Squire, about
half a million"
Eye are badly off," said Akers, "he
amt worth a darn an still owes fer
the basket"
The laugh was "on the Squire"
who had to set up the cider to the
crowd.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16
From the CROSSROADS BugIe.


Miss Jerusha Sales has sent us a
new song, which she recently wrote.
1t is sung to the tune of Hail Column
bia," and the first verse is as fol-
lows:
Don't talk to me OF Hades
II such place there be,
The old hot of this world
Is hot enough for me-"
A sociable will be given by Miss
Susie Box at her home this evening.
Everybody invited,
Sam Biles died of rheumatism yes
terday in the infdel faith.
1t is hot enough to make us forgive
our delinquents who failed to bring
the wood they promised on subscrip-
ton last winter.
Sugar Pie" our Post Oak CORE
spondent, writes, Jim Jigson, our most
prominent citizen, died last Saturday
and his remains were inferred with
peaceful ashes"
When your vegetables and fruit be-
come stale oon't throw them to the
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-08-16

President Samuel Gompers, on the
9th. pledged the American Federation
CT La Dor to the support of the Anal
gamated association. After a confer
ence with President Shaffer lasting
TOR the greater part of two days, he
issued statement specifically uphold
ing the position of the Amalgamated
association and pledging the moral
and financial support of the fedora
ton in the strike in progress against
the United States Steel corporation.
Congressman Richard Bartholdt and
J. Brucker have begun work in Ber-
lin in the interest of the ST. Louis
exposition of 1908. They will see the
officials and leading editors and ex-
plain the plans and scope OF the I'M
Certaking. 1t is believed that the Ger
mans Will take greater interest i'll
this exposition than they took in the
one held in Chicago, owing to the
immense development of trade be-
tween Germany and the United States
since 1898.
The Interna tional Association of
Botanists at Geneva, Switzerland,
completed its work on the Sth. The
articles of associa ton were agreed
upon in principle and were handed
over to a committee to be drafted
The next congress will meet in Wen
ma during the year 1905. Americans
present were Prof. VIM. Gibson Far
low, of Harvard university; Prof.
Thomas Duncan, of Baltimore; Mr.
Scmenk, of ST. Louis, and Mr.. Muir
Gill, of New York.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-12-21

ment entered into by the mills 10 re-
straint Of trade and for the phrpose o.
limiting, increasing and reducing tne
price Of cotton seed Is in the main, II
not exclusive, In the possession.0l we
MAJ, ayers and owners Of the mills; ana
when we have propounded searching
and embarrassing questions to them %
to said contracts, understanding auu
,agr. ement,, and ss 70 the objects ana |.
nnrposes Nh Of various associations OF
which they iare nembss, answers was
declined on the ground that such ans
wers would incriminate the Witness
and We are thus prevented from get-
ting the evidence from the only per
sons who can give it. We wouid
strongly urge and recommend such ieg-
islation in reference to witnesses sum.
moned aud examined as to trusts ana
combines as is now in effect In relation
to gambling lsection l432 code Of 1892
such legislation as win compel every
d =
witness when summoned to appear ano tl
Give evidence of all offenses against
the ANTITRUST law Chapter u, AcCs
1901 Of which he shall have knowedge
and exempting witness from criminal
prosecution for such offense in relation
n which he shall haveso testify.
We beg to thank your honor and tne
officers Of the court for courtesies ex-
tended the grand jurors, and now nav
ing completed our labors, we ask to pt
discharged. Respectfully submitted,
9. J. S. WALKER,
| Foreman GraEd Jury.
Next week the criminal docket VII
run over and the innocent and guilt!
will be judged before the bar, an'
some can look for an unwelcom'
Christmas present from Santa Clau
Baird.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-12-21

~
A committee Of the grand jury, COM
posed of bank accountants has maoe
al examination Of the books OF sne
county anditor, the sheriff and tax col
iector. and the secretary and treasurer
OF the levee board, and SO FAR as salo
committee have been able TO oe'
termine from such examination %
could be made by them WIZ
| IA the limited time 81 their disposel, p
M said books Of said officers appear g
Ebe properly and .accurately kept .a,,s
rThe said committee also examined
the dockets Of the various magistrates
of the county, and checked said docke.e
| with the reports OF fines collected made
~ them to the chancery clerk, ana SO
| far as said dockets show all fines COL
lected by said magistrates have neer
reported by them and covered into tne
county treasury.
The grand jurors have examined 'n'
county jail, and find that said jan up
| pears to be kept in good condltlon' aue
the prisoners confined therein proper
" treated and cared for
The grand jurors note with much re
0ret the lage number of homicides anc
assaults with intent to kill and muroe'
recently committed within the county
hut congratulate the citizens OF tns
county upon the apparent decrease =
netty crimes ano misdemeanors wienii
1 its borders. ..oc;a
/ The grand Jurors have given specla
attention to the charge Of your mono
- relation to trusts and combines ar'
have examined number OF wltnesSe
tonchiuo the criminal consplrac
which we are satisfied has been forme' e
hv the various oil mills in this ana o0n
~ counties Of the state, to limit an
reduce the price Of cotton seea, anu !; :
nrevent and suppress competition :, !
the purchase and sale thereof j, /
war,ous var oil mills in this land as we q q
,nformed in other) counties are nov N
and have all this season been, IN ~
habit If sending out notices 70 plal
.s,s and others having cotton seeo y
, sale. that on and after . certain u@s
saentsoned Sen in said notices the price
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-12-21
AT THE GRAND.
.ENNIGANs BALL. ;"

Hfs
The extreme cold yeat hex kept maay nom
ykiSnsnsin9 I MI rfodnction iaas Thursday night
and oniy I Nil houss greeted iss sppeasanee.
Last year Murray and Mack produced shis
cozsedy at the Grand, but this season Msasrs.
gKssSney and RYAN are using y n which y
ssex themselves. and thay ere asnccess 10 me
roles Of Finnigan and Casey. The pAAK, saken
a. ! wholes makes breezy, iaughApls comeay'
ana tig,up-to-date incyeEy respees sFqm snc
drst Ia the last curtain It is fiiled with anRng
positions, funny Jokes and funny 1nake-upsil
The company carries only high clARssand hlgh
priced artists and goodprogramnaesi siaithe Fe-
sult. The chorus 10 finely balanced, their
thSir songs are the latest and their rendihons
sweet and harmonious, every member being
unueually good soloists. The single and con-
| cert dancing was expert and elected WarM
| applause, Miss sDahl. classical sonGstress'
| possesees clear, rich soprano voice and reacn-
| "a away above the star with apparent ease. In
one Of hsr recalls she sang. The Last Rose q
summer, I, and to hear her sing this oldume
| eavorlta selection sawakens, memories sof the
| long ago. Miss Dahl besides being q good xor
| calist. is very charming. She was Compelled
"a sing and sing again before the audience
| were n any degree sati6ed. Mr.. John Keiner's
| tenor voice ID Aery much superior TO any tenor
heart at the Grand in some time. a voice of
his quality should be heard In grand opera
work. In sentimental, ragtime and parody
he sang to the people until nearly exhausted
and responded to continued and prolonged apr
| plause with ugracefal bows. The Carleton
| Sisters in ragtime song and dances were ex-
ceptionally good Some claim that ragtime y
not popular, that il 10 dying out, but as long
4 a. II is sung as the Carleton girls sing Il the
peopIe will clarilor for more as they did Thurs
day night, Every member Of the company Is
a clever artist and each number on the pro-
gram received deserved approval.
4 Rose Coghlan's splendid per-
formance of Stephanie De Mohri-
var in s'Forget Me Not" is at
tracing widespread attention oil
over the country. The part itself
gives every onportuuityllofa Miss
Il ECoghlin,i Nowada,ss whenst the
4 leading actresses Of America are
social lions and socials equals OF
the 4.est grade af society folk, re-
pose and n great deal of tact arg =
necessary whsl tic doors ofS tht
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-12-21

great are opened wide To them.
No prominent actress OF America
has been more widely received or
sseughtafGer thansa Misss l'Qg hlaiass
.When- q society actor ssudd denlY
finds himself III the company ri,
peers, peeresses and milli0naifes,
It is apt to disturb his mental eqnir
librium. On both sides OF the
|xAtlanti9 Miss Ooghlan has teen'
accorded social c0iirtesies NJ ati
uniseuall n graclD4s nature AZ belts
mar position and ability 10 talk
intimately withRMiss CoghlAn istoi
discover q lady WITHOUT illusions I
whose view of life Is optimistic
and ironically good natured, sure
of herself and her powers 70
please. A talented and charming
society actress, whose taste inI
/ everything Is Of the best, in liter
ature, art and dress. To- talk
longer wlthther ID to find q lady OF
experience and tolerance, whose
distinguished career as an actress
has endowed her with knowledge
and wit. Her acting in Forget
| Me Not is the perfection Of artis-
tic work, but there is nothing ag-
gressiyely artistic about her per
sonality. The role Of Stephanie
enables Miss Coghlan to prove
/ that her power Of dramatic express
sion is rs great as her purely COM
ledy gifts, and as q comedienns,
since the retirement Of Miss Ada
Regan, her peer has not been
found. This seasons performs
ance Of Forget Me Not estabs
fishes the tact that Miss Coghlan
is an emotional role in the most
accomplished actress on the Amer
lean stage. With her pale flowing
cashmere hemmed with black fox,
her charming stage presence, her
j great, height and her powerful
4 7oice, she succeeds in rousing her
ilaudiences to q q pitch Of enthusl-
asm which lsascrlbable only to her
magnificent portrayal Of a heart
less and desperate woman. The
cast chosen to support Miss Coghl
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-12-21

cotton seed at their station, +. y. ..
cars, would be SO much per ton; ana
these prices are the same at any ana
all stations, regardless Of the distance, =,
!, said stations tfom the mills fixing
such lpDriiceJs, 81 the difference In the
cost Of transportation, and no MILL
even though it only be five miles from
! station at which seed are for SAFE.
however much 1t may need seed, VIII VII
nav more than another mill 100 miles
away which does not need the SEED 90
badly; the price paid BY each ana ev-
ery min being the price liked II ~
vance BY all the mills, and which is
fixed, and which can only be fxed' oy
at unlawful combination, CONTRACT, IN
derstanding or agreement the mills ~
restraint Of trade, to suppress ana pre-
vent competition. and to limit, Increase
and reduce the price Of cotton seeo a.
their pleasure. ~.
when the fact is considered ina.
this unlawful combination on tne pal'
q the oil mills has this season taken 1,' y
from the pockets Of the planters OF THIS
county according to figures belived oy
the grand jurors to be conservative
ara reliable, not less than the sum O
., On ooo m n will be readily seen tnat
tbe grand jurors, in addition to their
desire to see the law enforced ana Wy,
lations thereof punished, particularly
anxious to suppress trust 50 rulnous
IN eject upon the people OF this coun'
j. and 10 that end to endeavor TO oo-
tain evidence necessary to enable them
n invite the managers and owners y,
those mills: but after exhaustlng al
the means at our command we nave
heen unable to secure such evidence
as to the formation Of the trust anu
combine on the part Of the oil mills a.
would warrant us in finding lnuioe
ments against the managers ana own ~
~ 4 said mills. While every plantel !.
can testify as to the effect OF tne trus.
M vital difficulty in the way OF secur
mo mo evidence as to the formation OF sn' =
tsnst and combine lies In w
fact that the knowledge as =
the contract understanding ana asr0o
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-12-21
WRITING u santa Clads

.f. I'd "
with infinite care and many pause
She writing d letter TO Santa Claus.
Her pink cheeks are dimpled. her brown eyes
shine,
Her fingers are guiding the pen arfght;
And d wish rue write- III every llhe
Z That must 70 by post in the flra tonight,
Y For the note chat is signed with baby name
VIII haste away on the danciMg lame
Postage ia free
To glils and boys
Who Send their notes
To Land o. Toys.
she's making curve for wAxen doll,
And big, black blot for q parasos.
Each mark she Is making upon the eb9eti
While over her cheek chase the dimples
sweet.
writing TO Santa--God grant be gives
An answes to every sweet tot that lives.
Over the snow
without pause
The sweet note go
10 Santa Clans.
And Santa awaits In his north retreat
For the postman's knock ard the misAiyes
sweet.
And he smiles and chuckles the while he reads
The marvellous writing Of boys aud giria-
Quaint and curious are the hiottad acreeds
OF dashes and dots, and u quitlls aud crFlss
10 Santa who resds with the utmost ehae,
For baby marks
\ Il ID polarRiint
k F9 y 10 Santa Claus
Arc plain aA pint.