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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-11-08
Nn JuRYs REPORT IN FULL

line Honorable A. 5. Grace, Judge
 |tbe Circuit Court, Eleventh Jul
 liaI district:
 te the grand jury for the ia'l
 If he Jefferson circuit court beg
 to report as follows:
 Ee convened on September l6 aEd
 hpen in session altogether sev-
 ben days. We have found forty
 true bills of indictment. and
 y.two cases. regularly lnvestigat-
 Mere duly dismissed. and three
 referred to the next grand the examination of several
 before us We have found our es very much at a loss how tO {eed with regularity and dispatch, {eason of the transcrlpts from the
 ral magistrates being indefinite 1.-the maJorlty'of the witnesses cited the magistrates to appear before Egrand jury being totally lgnor |pt facts in the ease.
 Ne nave examined in all 2So Wit
 les, a large number Of which
 served pr0miscuously by the cir l clerk. by order 0t the prosecuting fney, to appear before the grand on the first day of the court. eh annoyance and confusion. as as heavy expense to the county, (lted for tine want of careful ab- lcts of cases referred to the grand X Many of the important Wit Pes, unnecessarily summoned. e overlooked and finally discover Py the grand ury waiting from day [aV to be called
 F'he county farm or poorhouse I examined by a special committee 2se report Is hereto attached. fked exhibit A.
 The report of the committees aD- pted to Investigate the condition
 status of the country prisoners IS eto attached and marked eXhlb!t ne grand jury visited tho jall III pdy on Monday. the 1th Of October. edile lhnannOunced and found no pS #eicome. The iailer. a deputy fhafse, desired to know If 0u PHa ant To see t.fe .fall reckon - Phing him that We did he prompt Phiockea the barriers. admitting Fo tAe stronghold containing DTS \ We found i'll the lower part oi il1e colorod prisoners sweeping per herfiadH and he vas arderea peslst fer the time being. There |e in saatody twenty.th1ee= prison
 oi which five were white. in the 'ale ward oo the upper floor w. r'a one uHfortanata afflicted wlta acy. The pflsenors eynre.4so l lnselEes satisfied wlh thelr physical nfort and food.
 -As to the sanitary condition of the w Faa that il is not all that If uio be fae dirt is thleh and
 'N' ol the iron grating; the prs I are permitted to expecorate Y sHe cells into the corridors, and
 loofs looks as though they had
 9ss" secured OF properly cleans
 e0"P' Water, line and dislnfect-
 .'o''io be more freely used. We ,u r'e'sed to note that the court 's presenting a fine appearance,
 is only necessary that the or
 the court against promlscuous , s'o'aeon in and about the court ,se oe strictly enforced and a
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-11-08
I'M: MARKET OFF This Week On Cotton and the Receipts are
 Lighter. PRICES ONE CENT UNDER THE SEASONS OPENING
 PRICES.
Prices Are Also Considerably Lower Than They Were One Week
 Ago.
SECRETARY BUSHELS REPORT

The cotton receipts at Pine Blun were lighter for the week ending t'ri- day, November s, than usual for the present season. Until the past week the cotton receipts this year have run ahead Of the same period for 1900 and 1899, but they now run 2S bales behind 1909, though has greater lead oyer 1899 than a week ago.
 The receipts for the present sea son are 29,3l2 bales, for the same period in BOO they were 9,530 bales. and 2G,300 bales Tor ISyJ.
 Ae local market is at least ono cent under the prices at which It open ed, and this has no doubt had the ef- feet to check the receipts to some ex- tent. The prices paid by the local dealers are t7l1& cents for benders, cents for rivers and 6A cents for up- lands. Those prices are a decline from the prices pad last week, which were 7# to cents for benders, 7H. cents for riyers, and cents for up lands.
 The comparative report of Secretary Russell of the Commercial league, on the local cotton movement is as tol- LOWS:
 For 1901.
 Stock on hand Sept. lz........ 3.l42 Received by rait ......-..-.......l4,ol Il ,ol3 Received by wagon ..........I4749
 Total .32, ,4SA Shipments .. .....-...........lS ,y5J  Balance on hand. ...@.....-... 13,329 For 1900. Stock on hand Sept l......... lGy Received by rail ...=...=...z.= ..15,S39 Received by wagon ..=.#.-.#@..I ,39z Received by river ...=.. ........ 499
 Total .=.....=.#...#. =. .499 Shipments =. -...=.=..., 22,}31 Balance on hand =. .,-....=.. , ID
 For 1899.
 Stock on hand Sept l......... t,o4pl Rceelved by rall ......#....... l:;.Sf Received by wagon ..#..... .... I2,tt;
 I0tal .-.-.tio, ,3al Shipments :. / ,5,., Balance on Daad .......... 9.loy
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-11-08

.be Honorable A. 5. Grace, Judge the Circuit Court, Eleventh Jul lial district.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-05
SALT RHEUM CURED BY
JohnstOn'S Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
JUST SEEN IN TIME.

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heartily all
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For Sale by Davenport Drug Company, Amercus, Ga.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-05

We face at this moment most i'm
portant question-that of the future re-
lations of the United States with Cuba.
With our near neighbors we must re-
main close friends The declaration of
the purposes of this government in the
resolution of April 90, 1898, must be
made good. Ever since the evacuation
of the island by the army of Spain, the
executive, with all practicable speed,
has been assisting its people in the sue.
cessive steps necessary to the establish
ment of free and independent govern.
ment, prepared to assume and perform
the obligations of international law
which now rest upon the United States
under the treaty of Paris. The conven-
tion elected by the people to frame a
constitution is approaching the compile.
ton of it's labors.
The transfer of American control to
the new government is of such great
importance, involving an obligation re-
sulting from our intervention and the
treaty of peace, that / am glad to be ad.
vised by tine recent act of congress of
the policy which the legislative branch
of the government deems essential to
the best interests of Cuba and the
United States, The PRINCIPLES which
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-05

The above are only a few brands OF the
many we carry in stock. Send for catalogue.
All other goods by the gallon, such as Corn
Whiskey, Peach and Apple Brandies, etcu
sold equally as low, from s1,25 gallon ups
wards.
We make speciality of the jug trade and
all orders by mail or telegraph will have our
prompt attention. Special Inducements Of
forAd
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-05
On the Retired List.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-Two promi-
nent naval officers were placed on the
retired list today by operation of the
laws on account of age. They are ReGr
Admiral Philip @. Hichborn, who has
been chief of the bureau of construction
and repair for the past eight years, and
H. G. Colby, pay inspector, one of the
ranking officers of the pay corps
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-05
Young Boy shoots Himself.

COLUMBUS, Ga, March 4.-Walter
Wylie, the l1-year-old son of DR.. S. J.
Wylie, accidentally shot and killed him
self at Gum pond. He and five other
boys had gone there for days hunt.
Young Wylie was in a thlcket hunting
a squirrel, and it is supposed while step.
ping backwards the gun went off. The
load entered the right breast, severing
an artery, death being instantaneous.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-05
DAILY MARKET REPORTS.
COTTON FUTURES
CO1 ION y hES.
NEW YORK March 4 Cotton utul
0nanad STEADY

Spot cotton dull and easy; middliug up
lands. 8 lie: mtddling gulf. e6-18a
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-05
TRIED TO WRECK FAST TRAIN
Track Obstructed In Two Places In
SOnth CarOIiDa

Track Obstructed In Two Places In
South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, S. O., March 1.-Two at
tempts were made to wreck the north
bound Florida New York fast mail near
Rldgeway Saturday night. The st
tempts were made 2 miles apart. 1t is
supposed to have been done for the pur-
pose of robbery and by a number OF
men, the second being arranged in case
the first failed.
In the first instance an iron rail was
fastened across the track. The engine
stopped as the obstruction was reached.
Two miles further big rock was run
into, but only knocked off the pilot.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-05
TO DYNAMITE THE QUIRINAL.
Plot to Assassinate King of Italy
Frustrated.

Plot to Assassinate King of Italy
Frustrated.
Rio DE JANEIRo, March 2.-The po-
lice have arrested here two Italians,
Cecirra and Donati, who sent letter to
the king of Italy announcing that con.
spiracy had been formed to take his life.
Both prisoners denied at first that
they knew anything about the letter,
but the chief of police pressed them un-
til they confessed. They said that a
man named Lavecchia, who has sailed
for Montevideo with the object of EN-.
barking there for Genoa, had planned
to put dynamite beneath the Quirinal
and explode the palace.
The Brazilian authorities Immediately
cabIed to Rome and Genoa. The chief
of police of Genoa replied that Laveo.
oh ho1
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-05

He Enters Upon His Second
Term as President of the
United States.
MAGNIFICENT CEREMONY


Wonderful Development of the Great
Republic Strikingly and Impressive
ly illustrated - Glorious Weather
Lends Enchantment to the Occasion.
Inspiring Scenes and Incidents.
WASHINGTON, March William Nc
Kinley of Ohio today was inducted into
the presidential Office, being the eighth
in the illustrious line of presidents of
the United States thus honored by the
American people with the second term.
simultaneously Theodore Roosevelt of
New York became vice president of the
United States. The ceremony that
marked this second assumption by Pres.
ident Mckinley of the cares of state was
impressive and full of suggestion of the
development of the republic during the
past four years.
The weather is always a source of ap-
prehensiOn on inauguration day, and it
has become almost truism that never
can president expect on two consecu-
tive inaugurations to have even fair
weather. A long spell of remarkably
fine weather added to the probabilities
that a change must soon be expected.
But the weather bureau, beginning Sat
urday last, insisted on declaring for fine
weather, and the special bulletin issued
last night expressed absolute confidence
on that point.
At 3 o'clock a. m. a drizZing rain was
falling, and at sunrise the clouds hung
SO thickly that the orb of day was
scarcely visible. But about o'clock
the clouds began to break, and in the
course of an hour broad beams of sun
light swept the avenue, the variations
from light to shadow, as the clouds
scudded rapidly over the sky under the
influence of a northwest wind, adding
variety to the pictures. On the whole,
the weather promised to redeem the
pledge of the weather bureau that the
weather would be glorious, the tempera'
ture being mild and broad stretches of
blue sky appearing as the sun forced it's
way through the clouds.
Magnificent Parade.
The parade that followed President
Mckinley today on his return from the
capitol to the White House and passed
in review there before him was different
from all its predecessors in the majestic
predominance of the military feature.
The civil contingent was quite up to the
average in numbers, yet by actual count
made by the marshals the soldiers out
numbered the civilians in line by more
than three to one. In blue were many
soldiers who had carried the country 8
flag far out into the world and had
waged war which was all in the fu-
ture when the last inaugural procession
marched along Pennsylvania avenue.
With these young veterans, and in the
place of honor, as the presidents escort,
marched another contingent, made up
entirely of soldiers of the civil war; AT
their head marched the Rough Rider
bond
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-05
THE MAN WITH A COLD

is O nuisance to others as well as suffer
er himself. hS ID inexcusable when he
can find so many excellent remedies
at Hudson's drugstore. True, if he
has asthma, it's doubtful if he can OBJ
tain perfect cure. But it's rather late
for asthma, and there is relief for even
that annoying ailment. Stop sneezing
and coughing. Stop at Hudson's and
get something to help you out.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-05
4LASCOW s LEWIS, Tailors.
over sCHUMPERr SHOE co..

over SCHUMPERT
TO
o,s. thousand of the latest designs. selectnom
'.'otnes cleaned, pressed and almost made new
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-05
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGs, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co, illustrate
the value of obtaining the LIQUID laxa-
tive principles OF plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
themln the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and it's acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get it's beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14

The Sunday school teacher was telling
Tommy Tuffun about Santa Claus and
his big department store up at the north
pole and about the great free distribu-
ton of presents to good little boys and
girls.
'An' does de Sandy Claws guy give 'em
away free gratis fer nuttin'?" asked
Tommy.
Certainly" said the teacher.
"Geei He mus be easyr' cried Tom
my. ''What puddin'i But. say, teach
er, has ye. gotter be good boys to be let
in on de ground floor NV de graft?'
Yes, you must be good" was the re-
ply.
"Geei Den dat lets me out! I'm good
nit. Sandy Claws'll trun me down
hard. sure. an me wantiR' a jackknife
de woist kind!'
But you're a good boy, Tommy" re-
monstrated the teacher. "All the boys
in the class are going to write letter TO
Santa Claus telling him what they want
for Christmas, and you must write too"
Tommy agreed to do so, and after half
an hour of hard work with n pencil he
handed the teacher the following letter:
Deer Sandy Claws-I want a iackknife fer
Crissmuss. see? / amt good boy, seer But IL
youse don't gimme de jackknife fer Crissmuss de
mex time me an de kids ketches yer in Cherry
Hill we won't do ting to yeri See?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
ChrIstmns super,tition.

To be born on Christmas day is. accord
ing to an old superstition, to be lucky all
ones life.
The great event of the Christmas din
ner 400 or 500 years ago was the entry
of the chief cook bearing the boar's head,
garnished with rosemary.
In Cornwall Christmas eve is a special
holiday with children, who are allowed to
sit up till midnight and drink to the
''Mock"-as the Yule log is called there
The Twelfth cake was formerly made
full of plums and with a bean and pea.
Whoever got the former was king and
whoever found the latter was queen of
the ceremonies.-New York Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14

- RISTLETOE, associated with
NAf both comedy and tragedy,
IVA owes it's elevation to the
glory OF a prominent Christ
mas decoration to the relics of Druid
icaI superstition and again, even fur
Their back, to traditions of Morse my
thology, in which it played an impor-
tant part.
Long before kissing was invented or
ballads were made and sung the mis-
tletoe was a sort of fetch and is as
capricious as most heather deities, in
asmuch as 1t has marked preference
In the choice of n tree to grow upon,
the oak, the Iarch and the pear being
the least favored, while ii loves the
poplar, hawthorn, lime. maple. noun
tain ash and, first and foremost of all.
the apple tree. 1t roots firmly. grows
slowly, gradually stiles the tree it en-
braces and then dies ITSELF In ancient
lore 1t had rare medicinal virtues. but
these have found oblivion with the
lapse of time.
Morse fables tell us that Baldur, the
bright and the beautiful, the god Of
light, was regarded with jealousy by
some of the other deities, and FriSa, to
protect him, made everything in heav-
en- and earth swear to do him no
harm. But disregarding the mistletOe
as beng so slight and weak she omit
ted her precaution I'm its case. Loki.
the malevolent fire god. selling this
chance, bewitched twig of mistletoe
till it sweIled TO the size of spear
and, slyly giving it TO blind Hodur,
told him to throw it among the gods
when they were ut play.
1t struck Baldur and killed him. but
Friga miraculously restored him to life
and thereafter guarded the mistletoe.
which the gods ut her pleading decided
should be unable to do any mischief
again unless it touched the earth. For
this reason IT always hung on high. and
the vigilant goddess was propitiated by
a sign of amity and good will.
Many of the most important rites OF
the Druids were performed in connec-
ton with ii, and today men and maid
ems hold that it constitutes sanction
for salutes that might otherwise be
too daring. Yet the old mysterious
glamour of it's power to harm still
clings to it and imparts touch of SUI
perstItious witchery TO the tragic fate
of the gay young bride who, mad with
merriment, hid in the oak chest that
proved her tomb.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
A Christmas Lnr

with asides.1
Ills now the joyous Christmas time:
The panes are etched with pens OF rime.
(Alas. that one so young as
Should lend myself TO such liel
Alas. that truth should be defied
When both the windows at my side,
Though screened by wire, are open wide.)
The air Is rent by sleet and hail;
The snow is deep on hill and dale.
cts hard to think that this is true
When grass is green and skies are blue.
But think IL true poet must.
Though every wanton, wayward gust
Increase his tables coat Of dust.)
The yauning CRATE with flames aglowi
The walls are green with mistletoe. "a
(And yet upon the street without p
i hear the melon huekster's shout,
And as toll to earn a check
Ny collar stiff becomes a wreck,
And beads OF sweat run down my neck-)
The singing wires are harped, i veen, =
By frosty fingers all unseen. IS
(Another hb for which I'm paid ~
In fact, it's ninety in the shade;
But art demands the early bird.
And Christmas lays can't be deferred;
Pu laying this on August thirdly
-AAehAs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
The Dinner Table.

The Christmas dinner table should be
appropriately and prettily decorated with
eyergreens. holly. bunch of mistletoe
hanging below the chandelier and sprays
of wintergreen everywhere they can be
tucked. Roses and chrysanthemums
seem TO be the favorite flowers. Wher-
ever ribbons are used let them be of a
rich, bright red. for that is warm and
glowing color, and especially fashionable
this season Branches of holly placed
tastefully among the draperies Of an
apartment add much to its cheerful feast
day appearance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
The Carols.

Christmas carols were another inven-
ton of the early church to Offset the joy
Gus license of paganism. Song was an
expression Of rejoicing among the Ro-
mans.
Hence the making of pious canticies,
simple in form, so that they might be
sung by learned and ignorant. Such is
the origin of the custom, which still lin
gers in certain parts of England, of
waits going from house to house on
Christmas eve and singing carols.-New
York World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
The Christmas Tree.

OF all the Christmas greens the tree
IS the aristocratic monarch. Used not
so much as an actual decoration itself
as a background for decoration, it
figures as the central ornament in the
Christmas festivities. Its trimming is
a matter of mystery, its burden of
lights. tinseI and finery the rarest
spectacle that juvenile eyes ever look
upon, and its brief but triumphant
career an epoch in home life to be long
remembered.-Phila Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
The NIi.tIctoe Dough.

To the mistletoe bough our heather an
cestOrs attached the greatest Importance.
The forest yielded no more sacred en-
blem. The very oaks on which it grew
were hallowed.
No significance belonged to mistletoe
from any other tree than the oakland it
may be found on the FIR, the lime and
even the apple tree. The graceful para
site creeper with its pale berries SYM
bolized the choicest blessings of the gods
and was n defense against evil.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
CHRISTMAS FEATURES.
Continued from Page Seventeen.

log, wnIcn mas almost become obsolete In
these days Of steam heat and gas logs"
1t belonged to the Saxon feast of Jul
pronounced Yule).
The custom passed into Christian OBJ
servance when the god Jul was forgotten
and the barons made their henrths big
enough to accommodate the Yule log.
Lighted on Christmas eve it was n sign
of good luck il it continued to burn after
dawn of Christmas day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
KindIe. Holy Fires.

Ny sentiment is that the Christmas is,
of all our festivities, the one most thor
oughly interviewer with the home and
family. 1t is the day which kindles in
midwinter the holy fires of love and graft
tude-Robert Collyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
Replaced Them.

MIstress-Why, Bridget. what on
earth are you doing with all the broken
dishes on the shelf?
Bridget-Sure, mum, yeZ towld me
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
Artistic.

"An artistic girl" said the painting
teacher, lis one who will pin blush
roses upon n sky blue frock. An in
artistic girl is one who will wear blue
ribbon with pink frock. Some eyes
might not see any difference between
the two combinations. but there's all
the difference in the world. One girl
has no warrant for what she does. The
other has all nature for her authority"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
One Chance Left.

81 know why you always sit up so late
On Christmas eve. Miss Oldgal."
"And why do l. Freddy
''You think mebbe you'll see Santa
Claus and he'll ask you to marry him."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
A RnnntifnI Gix.r.

as Pooreman's rich wife liberal wit
him on ChristmasT
"She was last year"
what did she present him within
s"rriplets."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
One BOTTLE

of Remick's Pepsin Blood Tonic will
make you fairly sparkle with new life
and vigor. For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14

On Christmas day we shall shut out
from our fireside nothing.-Charles Dick
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
This Man

is member of the New Panitorium
club. All people admire the appear
ance of our members clothes Are
you n member? Costs but 81 a
month. Your clothes called for and
delivered, and your shoes shined
every day. Open Sunday from o a.
IN. 10 2:3O p. IN.
Steam cleaning and dyeing a spec
ialty.
Ed. Dubinsky, Prop,
1909 Second Avenue OPP. Spencer Square
Telephone Green 80.