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The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

ed in anticipation. But the blow never
fell. Doctor Hills tore the hickory
from the ruffian's hands, and dashed il
twice across his masked face. Dave
Ford fell back into the brush, then
turned, terror stricken, and plunged
headlong into the swamp. Hills swung
round at the click of a pistol, and
leaped at Wallace like a wildcat. He
felt a streak of fire tearing through
his shoulder, but minded it no more
than a drop of rain. He tore the re-
volver from his opponent and. shift
ing it to his hand, beat him fiercely
with it acros the head, until he fell
to the ground.
Rober@Hillis felt a curious lightness
of head combined with an intense
heaviness of limb. as he dragged him
self across to the negro. 1t was as
If he We're divorced from his body and
all things tangible. But he knew he
must get out of that before Dave
Ford returned with help. He cut the
pawpaw strips with his knife and
dragged the trembling old man to the
road. He was consumed with a desire
to lie down and have done with it. but
he set his teeth and fought it desper-
ately Somehow, he reached the sad
die, and the negro mounted behind
him.
When next Robert Hills took ac-
count of time he found himself at his
office door. Voices and the indistinct
forms of men defined themselves to
his consciousness. He recognized the
men as Brad Henderson and Lem
Fisher. The old negro was explain
ing to them TREMENDOUSLY what had
happened.
Jumped right in an taken a hand.
Walloped Emmett Wallace till he We're
dead" you all said? An him toting
round bullet in his shoulder? Dad
burn, but 1 like tibet. Looks like he
got spunk. Brad
Toby shore he has. But they 'uns
will light on him yet, lessen we'uns
al right smart. Dave Ford an his
Cache crowd will be deown mighty
shortly. Reckon weall can stand them
Off"
Lem shook his head
"Then you must ride fer Col. Das-
comb on you mewl. They dassent
counter him oncet he gifts hyer. Take
the swamp road an burn the wind"
But Lem only shifted awkwardly
from one foot to the other.
Reckon yeou better take the mewl,
Brad. l low tew stay"
Nav, doggon't, yeou don't, Lem.
taken a notion tew camp right hyer
myself. Take the niger along with
yeou; then we 'uns will be shet of
him.
1t may have been an hour later that
Emmett Wallace and his crowd of
hangers on rode into Richmond. They
passed down the single, long street,
bathed in moonlight, till they came to
the building in which the Office of
Doctor Hills was located. For all the
lights that showed, it appeared as de-
serted as the silent street had been
before this eruption of angry men.
Dave Ford moved forward from the
little group and knocked upon the door.
A window in the office upstairs was
flung open so quickly that Ford STUN
bled back in alarm.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03
A Kansas Farmer on Sweet Corn.
From the Ell Dorado Weekly Repub-
lican

From the Ell Dorado Weekly Repub-
lican.
Did you ever see an Agricultural De-
partment agriculturalist? And did
you ever see an Agricultural Depart
ment garden seed? Well, they both
look alike, A bag or two of Agricul-
tural Department garden seeds struck
this town last spring; and the pack
ages were given to unsuspecting far
mers round about; and the returns are
just coming in. Speaking of Agricul-
tural Department sweet corn'-a mix
ture of yellow and white Indian corn,
crossed with calico squaw, broom flint,
pop, kaffir, 9o-day dent early white
Kentucky, and every known and I'M
known variety grown on the continent
these old clabber-faced barnacles
buy it by the ton and ship it West as
sweet corn.
Lord help US. We have sampled six
teen varieties this spring, with the
loss of held our teeth, the destruction
of our stomachs, while being hourly
threatened with lockjaw. And yet this
land of the free and home of the brave
goes right on employing these old
clabbed-faced barnacles to pay sweet
corn prices for this hermaphrodite
stuff be given to the honest farmers,
while trying to make them believe that
it is good to eat. If Congress will
pass an act compelling the old cod
gers in the Agricultural Department to
eat some of this hybrid abortion, the
graveyard at Washington will soon
be filled with a lot of fellows who
ought to have been planted there years
ago.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

her in the room. He learned what an
officacious remedy the sight of a fair
young girl in a white dress with blue
trimmings, may sometimes be in the
case OF a shoulder wound. and he re-
solved to prescribe it to be taken six
hours a day in all cases of the kind
which might come under his care in
the future.
He contrived one day when Julia
was making her usual visit to get
the nurse out of the room for a time
Would Miss Dascomb hand him that
fan from the table? Miss Dascomb
would and did. But. instead of the
fan, Hills laid hold of the little hand
that held the fan. The girl colored
before his steady eyes, and tried gent
~ to take her hand away.
Didn't Doctor Stafford say I was
to be humored. and that YOU were to
give me whatever l asked for?" de-
manded Hills.
The girl nodded, laughing and blush
ing at the same time.
''Well, then, you let your hand stay
where it is. I want it right there"
dogmatized the young fellow.
But you didn't ask for it, she
cried; then famed scarlet at her gau-
cherie.
Very we'll, ask now. o, Julia, it's
tOI your manu- OILY L NdHls Dul every
bit of you. You splendid girl, you'll
never know what 1 thought when
saw you flying through the bullets to
save me-" he cried, impetuously.
Don't you love me a little bit. Ju-
Iiao"
II reckon" she answered, shyly, bur-
lesquing the unlettered natives.
When Col. Dascomb tiptoed in, with
Guy Mannering' in one hand and
his boots in the other, so as not to
waken Hills if he should prove to be
asleep, affairs had progressed so far
that there was nothing for it but the
paternal blessing. And it is not yet
recorded that either the Colonel or his
daughter have been disappointed in
''theyall's Yank."
*Dead means stunned in Arkansas
phraseology.
*+A grayback is a guerrilla.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03
Great Things Not Done I'm a Hurry
From the Atlantic Monthly for Au-
gust.


gust.
Any one can hold out dumbbell LOT
few seconds, but in few more SEE
onds the arm Says. 1t is only tle
trained athlete who can endure even
10 the minutes end. For Hawthorne
to hold the people of THE Scarlet Lev
ter" steadily in focus from NovemoeI
to February, to say nothing OF SIN
years preliminary brooding, is surrey
more of an artistic feat than to wrlts
a short story between Tuesday anu
Friday. The three years and nlhe
months of unremitting labor devotees
to "Middlemarch" does not in ltseIs
afford any criterion of the value %
the book. but gives George Eiiot
brain power and artistic instinct
begin with, and then concentrate them
for that period upon single theme,
and 1t Is no wonder that the result -
a masterpiece. Jan van Eyck was
never in a hurry" says Charles heaoe
OF the great Flemish painter In Ine
Cloister and the Hearth" ian van
Eyck was never in a hurry and there
fore the world Will not forget him ID
a hurry"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03
BY WILLIAM MCLEOD RAINE.

COPYRIGHT. 1902. by william MeLeoa Ra.ns.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-02-14

been strewn with the wrecks Of its COM
petitors. Sometimes these have been
crushed and then bought up, sometimes
they have been crushed and allowed 10
remain where they were ruined. The
same man who has guided the policy of
the American Sugar Refining Company
from its inception 10 the present, still
retains control His power is as abso.
lutte as ever. His policy is plainly de-
clared. The beet sugar industry of the
United States, his only rival, can expect
no mercy at his hands. If he has the
power he will crush it and coolly state,
as he replied TO the Industrial Commits
sion, that such a result is not his affair.
If the American Sugar Refining Com
pany can crush out its competitors, will
it then bc able TO control the sugar bust
ness Of this country?
ON page lO7, Mr. Havemeyer's testi-
mony reads as follows:
@. What proportion does your ont
put form OF the total output Of the
country now?
\. | have never been able 70 get at
those figures, but | should say about 30
per cent
@. You think abont 90 per cent. of
America!
\. That is not of the capacity, but of
the output. The fact is, that these re-
tineries are not working full.
g. Does the American Sugar Rein
ing Company itself have capacity
enough To supply the total demand at
the present capacity:
A. The demand, and 20 per cent. in
excess.
ON page so the Industrial Commission
quotes from Mr.. Hayemeyer's testimony
before the Lexow Committee as follows
Ii goes without saying that man who
produces 80 per cent. of an article can
control the price by not producing.
This evidence shows that in 1899 Mr..
Hayemeyer was not only ab4 to supply
the entire consumption of sugar in the
United States, from refneries owned
by him, but without increasing their
capacity could supply 90 per cent more
that the people of the United States
could use.
If the Sugar Trust secures the abso-
lutte control of the American market
what will be its policy toward the con-
sumner:
ON page 1l2 Mr.. Havemeyer states
Continual ia N,lt Is0e.)
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-02-14
DIR. SPTNNEY

RUED CRY sANfrAnrM,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-02-14
Farmers and Beet Sugar.

A member of the house ways and
means committee is credited with this
remark:
THE committee is fairly we'll con.
WINGED that the beet sugar industry
would not be seriously injured by cut
ting off fully half the duties on Cuban
sugar. The committee has never yet
heard from the beet farmer All Of
the evidence has come from men like
Mr.. Oxnard, who are refners and not
growers of beet sugar"
While this undoubtedly comes from
a member who is determined 20 favor
reduction of the Cuban sugar tariff, and
who would not take any other stand
If every farmer who ever raised sugar
beet were 10 argue with him, his state
ment contains large element Of truth.
No one better than the politicians
know what power the farmers of the
country possess, and no one knows
better how strangely careless they are,
and how slow 10 move when their IN
terests are in jeopardy. II is true that
no organized movement OF the farmers
has been seen in connection with the
violent assault on the beet sugar in
dustry at Washington this winter,
and the little band of manufacturers
who have stood against the onslaught
have been called Ia little coterie of
beet sugar retiners, who do not include
a single beet sugar farmer, standing
in the way of reciprocity" and were it
not that Hon. Aaron Jones, master OF
the National Grange, appeared on their
behalf before the ways and means
committee, the growers would have
gone unrepresented AS il is, the fact
that they have not made themselves as
thoroughly felt as they might, is being
used with considerable effect by the
lobby of the selfish Havemeyer sugar
trust. Every farmer in the country,
even il he hasn't the slightest individual
interest in sugar beet growing, ought
TO stand by his fellow farmers who are
experimenting with new crop that,
if afforded proper protection, will grow
into a great industry, just as tin.plate
making has grown, and be Of ultimate
benefit to them all. There Is no reason
why this country should not supply it.
self with all the sugar it can consume,
and the farmers who will buy cheaper
sugar, as we'll as those whose lands are
adapted to beet culture, reap the
benefit.
It is not necessary for the farmers
to send delegations to Washington.
Al they need go do is 10 lombard the
congressman tsrough the mails The
friends of Cuban free sugar have the
powerful and vocifcrous eastern press
behind them. The western farmers
can couuteract this sleepIes- uAuancs
only if they wake up in time TO "a
realization of their power.-Saginaw
Courier Herald.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-02-14

wishing to have the responsibility of his
death resting upon their consciences,
they refused him, aud ElwooG still
lives
IL is almost impossible Co reproduce
Mr.. Dixon in print. His manner as
well as matter is unique. The lecture
was peculiarly bright and sparkling.
It was full of anecdotes inimitably told,
and excited continual bursts Of laughter
and applause. The audience left the
opera house enthusiastic and delighted
Atlanta Constitution. Last number on
the lecture course, at opera house. next
/ Tuesday night. Reserved seats at
Sharrar 81 III nlholland's.
The Lyoeum Comedy Co. which holds
the boards at the opera house all next
week, needs no introduction to the
theatre going public, as the same com
pany appeared here last July and holds
the house record for repertoire. The
methods this company use is by sup.
plying certain number of merchants
with free tickets. which the merchants
present 90 any person making pur-
chase. The company will open Mon
day night with the great five act comedy
drama, 1.-The Fatal Check " Reserved
seats at Sharrar IL Mulholland's.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-02-14
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

Mrs. f. r. Heron and Mrs. Eliza.
beth Mckay spent Tuesday with friends
in Riverdale
G p Adams was called TO Howell
Thu -sday as a witness in a civil suit
against that city
Mrs T W Teeven returned TO Grand
Rapids Thursday, accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Julia Smith.
Mrs A. O. Buckley and daughter
Flora. of ST Louis visited at the home
OF Mr. and Mas j. II. Bailey over Sun.
day.
Roscoe Munson, who has been as.
sisting at Tom Pringle's tailor snop Of
late, is spending few days with his
parents IL Ithaca.
II. G.. Pulfrey was in St Johns the
latter part of last week aud returned
home by the way Of Saginaw where he
remained over Sunday.
Mr. aud Mrs. Henry Seaman returned
to their nome ia Iouia Thursday Mr.
Seaman has been employed a. engineer
az the sugar factory during the past
season.
Harold Jarvis of Detroit, ac-
companied 10y a lady harpist, twill sing at
the opera house on February 2s, under
the auspices Of the Ladies' Aid OF the
Presbyterian church
About forty Maccabees and members
of the l.. O. T. NJ drove out TO the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs Frank Keefer on
Saturday night Of last week A very
enjoyable time is reported.
Mr. aud Mrs. Il. L Bascom Of White.
hall, n. y, who have been visiting
their daughter, Mrs. r. II Wilcox,
since the holidays, returned to their
home on Wednesday of this week.
Mrs NJ. g. Boughton, mother of Mrs.
Clinton Nelson, died at the home OF her
daughter on Tuesday Of this week at the
age OF o3 The funeral was held az the
VI. f church on Thursday and the re-
mains wee taken TO Clinton county for
interment.
The Children's Carnival at the opera
house last Tuesday night vas decided
success and reflected much credit ON
those 8ho had TIE matter in charge
The entertainment proved such sue.
cess that IL was repeated on Wednesday
night 20 fair sized audience
@. W Ainsley has been redtting the
interior Of his billiard parlor so that he
can have lunch room in the front
part The work has now been COM
pleted and the lunch room will be ready
10 open on Saturday. Mr.. Ainsley's
brother. Louis Ainsley, Of Detroit will
assist him
There is considerable pneumonia
prevalent at this time Of the year, and
one of our subscribers handed US the
following recipe for a remedy which is
guaranteed to be a sure cure: Take six
onions, mash and cook in vinegar,
thicken with rye flour. Make into two
poultices so as TO change.
IL looked very much At one time last
Tuesday as though Alma would be fav.
ored with a sensational suicide. Elwood
Pangborn became respondent over some
trivial matter and attempted to secure
poison at each of the drug stores. Not
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-02-14
Went AII3T The Suglr trust.
Mr.. Hathaway Quoted from Mr..
Havemeyer's Own Words in
the Hearing Before the
Ways and Means
Committee.

While the representatives of the beet
sugar manufacturers were i'm Washing
tom fighting the reduction of the tariff
ON Cuban sugar. "a hearing was had bee
fore the ways and means committee.
Each representative was assigned some
subject bearing upon the question and
at the hearing made their reports. Mr..
f r. Hathaway Of this place, represent
ing the Alma Sugar Co made the follow
ing report, which we publish in part
this week, TO be continued in our next
issue
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-02-14

The Chairman. What is your bust.
ness:
Mr.. Hathaway. ann general mana
ger and treasurer of the Alma sugar
Company; just "a plain. ordinary BUSH
ness man, that is All.
Part OF the duty which falls 20 me i'm
our company is marketing the sugar,
and / wanted to say something hero
this afternoon that would bring TO your
attention. some of the peculiar difficult
ties which the beet SUGAR industry of
MICHIGAN has 20 confront when 10 goes
into the markets with TINS finished pro-
duct-a product which is just as pure
as any sugar that ], put upon the market
anywhere. I'm fact the chemical auGly
sis shows il to Doe from one-half of ! per
cent to three.fourths of per cent.
higher grade than the sugar which is
refined on the saaboard.
cannot discuss thi. question without
speaking plainly and frankly concerning
TIE way in which the sugar trust treats
US. That is good, plain English, and in
order that / shall not speak at random,
in order that / shall be able to prove
that which say, ! have reduced that
portion Of my remarks 10 typewritteu
form, and would like the privilege Of
reading this portion, which will not take
over ten or twelve minutes.
The references made by me this day
are TO the Industrial Commissions pre-.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-02-14

TO CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative HAomo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money If il
fails 70 cure. T.. W. Groves signature
is on each box 25c. ll9f.1yr.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-02-14

Old Spanish port and sherry, Burk's
Tom gin-imported goods-and "Old
Rosebud whiskey are the finest in the
land Sold boy Paul Murray. llS5-tf
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-02-14

will be at Ithaca, Davis House, Thurs.
day, March - from 7 a. IN. to II m. and
at Wright House, Thursday, March 10
from TO 9 p. m.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-02-14

No l-G0 ucrcs bethany townships miles from
So. Louis .f acrc- improved now house.
new buruI aero orchard, flowing well:
clay aud QraNrl} JOAN; 70 bargain.
No > GO acres Dr.. sos. B.. Lafayette township.
acres timber. ualalec Improved: urV
house; U.W barn. excellent soil. we'll
drained 1i miles FROM breckenridge.
Price. t',uI
NO. , 60 acrC,.5 miles from Wheeler village.
Sd acres cleared; iog house f~tme ad
diu1U; neN frame barn. 3D. N o.. HeI
urtHt1, iHlrI5 Ar.. IDuouiI ,puuu OrrH.rt.
800 trees. soil. black loan. Price. S15.0.
N o. = I'D ncrc-t -3 acres Improved small
frame house Hut barn. splendid soil, 8
mII"~t1 wheeler VILLAGE. Price. $500
No 5-l-I acres. all cleared; utN house.
frimc barn, orchard. wen Wutered;
splendid SOL. miles from 81. Louis.
No. 6-i2J acres. 900 acres Improved: 2O acre,
Of timber; large now house. new barn
flowing we'll: good orchard. splendid
SOL; miles from n. Louis. Price.
No. 7-s0acrc.. 35 improved.sma frame house
and stable. % miles from Whcclcr,A 80.
] soil Price. 1isbu.
No. S-llO acres; 100 acres Improved. good
buiI diuRs well fenced; excellent coil in
high state Of cultivation. @ miles from
W heeler. Price sisu0
No. 90 acr. s.tm.'rs from Forest Hi.l Is miles
from Shepherd good house new barn:
all ciclrc .tAcellcut soil Price. 5000
No lO-HOu-e aud lot iu Alma; wei located:
lO rooms; eud house north OF engine
house Puce. $50 half cash, balance
on time.
No live have some excellent unlmprovcd
lands located from = to iO miles from 81.
Louis, and from o 90 miles from >hep-
herd, easily improved. which we viii
sell atfiO.uO per acre. Small payments
down, balance on long time az six per
cent interest. These lands will Doe
double 200 price within three years Cal
on or address,
ALDRlCH g. SMITH,
ST. Louis, Mich.
C. g AIDRICH q 4 GMITL
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-03
INVITED WHOLE TOWN
George Fry Took the Direc-
tory for His We'd
ding List.

SYRACUSE. N. Y, October 2.-George
J. Fry, a grocer, took a novel way OF
securing a big crowd to attend his we'd
ding tonight. He bought a City D &c
tory and sent the following invitation
to every one who lived within the city
limits:
''You are invited to attend the wedding
Of George ]. Fry and Emma Hanna on
the site of the new courthouse next
Thursday evening, October I'd, at 8
clock"
Preparations were made for roaring
time at the home of the groom over the
grocery store. Six cooks prepared the
wedding feast and every one of the 400
who attended had all they wanted to eat
and drink. There were many presents
Not only all in the neighborhood as
given in the directory were invited, but
Mr.. Fry sent invitations to the Mayor,
Common Council Board of Supervisors,
and all city and county officials. Fry
admitted that he did not know these
gentlemen, but thought it good chance
to get acquainted. He also invited all
his customers.
Three years ago Frys first wife died,
and he secured Miss Hanna for house
keeper He was broke at that time and
she helped him to start in business AS
a reward, he made her his wife. The
couple won't take a wedding tour, as
they believe in staying at home and
attending to business.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-03
Three Colonel. Made Brigadiers.

WASHINGTON. October Elm recog-
milton of their long and honorable ser
vice in the army. the President has di-
rected the advancement to the grade OF
gadier-general of Colonel Amos S.
Kinaball of the quartermasters depart
ment, stationed at New York: Colonel
Chambers McKibbin. Twenty-fourth In
fantry. stationed in Montana, and Colonel
Charles c. Hood Sixteenth Infantry. sta
toned at Fort Mcpherson, Ca This ac-
ton is made possible by the retirement
of Brigadier-General William II. Bfsbee.
who is now on his way home from the
Philippines. and who was retired yester-
day Colonel Kimball will retire at once,
and permit the advancement Of Colonel
McIsibbin. who will also retire immedi-
ately, and leave a vacancy for the ap-
pointment OF Hood. That officer will
similarly retire as soon as he receives
his commission in the higher grade.
All the officers thus spoken for advance.
ment are near the retiring age of "a
years. and but for the action of the
President would have been retired in
their present rank of colonel All of them
saw service in the civil war, as well as
during the recent war with Spain.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-03

the Shepherd who carefully leads His
sheep besides the still waters and causes
them to lie down in pastures of tender
grass. Gratefully and reverently does the
Jew think Of these holy truths. He re-
calls to his own weakness and short
coTnings. He contrasts his finite impo-
tence with the infinite ominpotence, his
Impotence and unwisdom with the ex-
haustless love and the divine omniscience
that moves uncountable worlds in indie
fectible harmony. his shortsighted igno-
rance with the limitlesS providence, and
then rises from his prisons an humber
and more grateful man. resolved to live
the coming year of his life in such man
ner as shall be more deserving Of the
blessings accorded him. truer to the light
that has been shown to him in this hour
of his soul-a;wakening; resolved too, that
it shall be that in this year his hour of
passing shall be sounded that he may be
prepared to meet it without fear and lie
down to his eternal sleep as one who
wraps the drapery of his couch about him
and lies down to pleasant Dreams
This Is the New Year observance of
the Jew. and the homage of the ages will
be again accorded him. in that men shah
recognize and adopt it's spirit; its nobler
and truer method
The speaker closed with appeal to his
people to remain faithful to their SUBJ
lime ideals.