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Woodruff County news., 1902-10-02

Mr. Chas. Sturdivant made a business trip to Memphis Mon day.
 Maj. Dent, of Riverside, was over visiting his friend Col, John Shearer Tuesday.
 On Monday night, Mrs. J. w. Wilder received a telegram from her son. Will Wilder. who is at Heber for his health. to come on first train. BoJ Smith accompa- nied her to Higginson and made the proper arrangements for her journey to Heber and returned Tuesday morning. We hope w. E. will soon be up again.
 Quite number of people were in town Tuesday as witnesses in 8 case brouget to Squire Best s court by a change of venue from Squire Henri's. It was the ex- amining trial of Mr. Wood on charge of unlawfully appropriat- ing the COW of another. The state was represented by E. M. Carl Lee and the defendant by F. R. Andrews. The defendant was bound over and permitted to give $500. bond.
Woodruff County news., 1902-10-02
Letter From Bro. Johns.

Mir. E ditor, thought I would write you few things that have happened lately at OeView.
 have been trying to live an upright, peaceful life as l knew how: but MT. Editor, you never saw a poor fellow get such a pounding as was put upon me last Thursday evening at 5 clock by my good neighbors. They began to pour into my humble little home until it seemed nearly full of the best people our coun- try affords. They all came load ed with good things, such as make life a pleasure. Flour, SUI gar, coffee, soda, meat, lard, sor- ghum. This is not all by half, but several other things good to eat and wear. Also some small pieces of money. My dear niece. Mrs. S.A. Gilmore, of Gilmore, Ark, gave us mating for onr floor. I want to say 1 was over come with love and gratitude and was compelled to ask the good people to bow with me in prayer and thanksgiving to God; that in making, He made so many good people. It was not the material things given, moved us so much as the expression of love and ap- preciation for me and my dear wife among them as neighbors.
 I want to say that my home IS not for sale. When I am at home, you will find me at DeView, Ark. 1 will say to friends in any state, that if they want to make their homes in the best county i'll Ark ansas state, they had better look at Woodruff county first. We have good towns, good schools, good churches, good doctors, good lawyers, good preachers, (except one) good lands. good water, good mills, gins, etc. and as good society of good people as you can find between the seas.
 SD. JOHNS.
Woodruff County news., 1902-10-02
school.

school.
 Further on, he says Davis was reinstated father, elder and his brothers deacons. Having known the family since 1883, we will say Jeff has neither brother nor sister at Rnssellville and if he has elsewhere, we never have heard of them. "Oh! Consisten- cy thou art a jewel" even at the hands of the Soloman of Wynne.
 You did not know that Jeff Da- wis defeated Jones. If there were a boy ip McCrory 5 years old, knowing the his tory of the last campaign, that could not tell me the handspring of the land slide that defeated Jones, I would check him for the insane asylum with instruction, incura- ble.
 In regard to how long it is un- til Berry's successor is elected. we don t know, but as the last legislature did not put Berry in, we believe it is only a little over two years. It is impossi- ble to be 5 years away.
 In conclusion, we will say, we did not select the foregoing mis- takes with any idea of our per lection. We don't believe per- lection is the handiwork of man. Allnewspapers contain mistakes. ITO err is human to forgive di vine" We forgive you Mir. Wood
Woodruff County news., 1902-10-02
CURES RHEUMATISM and cATARRE

CURES RHEUMATISM and CATARRH
 send no money, simply write and try Botanic Blood Balm at our expense. Botanic Blood Balm (B. E. B. kills or destroys the poison in the blood which cause the awful aches in back and shoul- der blades. shifting pains, diff culty ill moving fingers, toes or legs, bone pains. swollen muscles and joints of rheumatism, or the foul breath, hawking, splitting, droppings in throat, bad hearing spects before the eyes, all played out feeling of catarrh. Botanic Blood Balm has cured hundreds of cases of 30or 40 years stand ing after doctors, hot springs. & patent medicines had all failed. Most of these patients had taken Blood Balm as the last resort. It is especially advised for chronic, deep, seated cases. Impossible for any one to suffer the agonies or symtoms of rheumatism or ca tarrh while or after taking Blood Balm. It makes the blood pure and rich. thereby giving a health y blood supply. cures are perma- nent and not a patching up. Drug stores $1 .O0 per large bottle. sam pie Blood Balm sent free and pre- paid, also special medical advice by describing your trouble and writing Blood Balm CO.,, Atlanta. Ga.
Woodruff County news., 1902-10-02
Prizes
OFFERED BY THE WOOD
 RUFF COUNTY NEWS.

OFFERED BY THE WOOD
 RUFF COUNTY NEWS. To the boy or girl, no matter how old or young, that obtains s the greatest number of Cash Yearly Subscribers to the Wood ruff County News by the first of January 1903, will receive:
 $500 in money and the News
 free for one year.
 The one getting the next larg- est number of Cash. Yearly Sub scribers to the News by the first of Jan. 1903, will receive:
 $2.O0 in money and the News
 free for one year.
Woodruff County news., 1902-10-02
Dr. L. A. JELKS
 PHYSICIAN AND .slJrG ao:l.

McCRORY. ARE.
 Onice next door west of E. L. Aamiltou's furniture store. will Oe found at my ofsee day night.
Woodruff County news., 1902-10-02

but never will I believe That to defeat Berry is the biggest job Jeff ever undertook. and the distant echoes, breaking the news on the spicy isles of eternity, re peat NEVER.
Woodruff County news., 1902-10-02
Woods Reply.

We were taught in our infan- cy never to jump on a cripple or barley with an idiot, consequent ly we will touch Highly upon the hopeless case of our deluded Bro. whose attempted witticism fell flat on account of his inability to spell the word "Alphonse."
 This man is evidently one of the the squrrel-heads" of whom Jeff sad: There are only two or three papers in the state for me, and I wish they were not. 1 could walk outside their circula- ton in thirty minutes and read all their papers contained while walking" /" This from your lord aud master, Jeff. Doesn't it sound familiaa?
 No, Bro., we have not so far, forgotten our self-respect as to be Davis trucker. Appears to us we would rather be a babe drunk with innocence', than to be a governor drunk with igno- rance and "rot-gut. Even if Davis was reinstated in a church up at his home, where his fath- CT is elder and his brothers dea- cons, that doesn' t efface the dis grace of being kicked out of the church at Little Rock.
 We are truly thankful for the information that it was Jeff who defeated James K. Jones. We were under the impression that it was J. F. Clark.
 In the meantime, there will be five long years before the cleo tion, so our Bro. need not pull all his hair out at once. Gross County Democrat.
 The ball bearing, backaction, hammerlesS. muzzle-loading, of Wynne. has discuss ed the subject, ITO defeat Berry is the biggest job Jeff ever un- dertook. " The Woodruff County News hereby offers any man, woman or child 5000 if he, she or it will find one thought in his entire treatise relevant to the subject.
 AS Bro. Wood has dodged the keynote, we must follow him. We are cripple and an idiot and our attempt falls fat because we misspelled Alphonse. In this very issue of his sanctified per lection, lie spells squirrel heads squrrei heads. In the local of W. ". Shaver of V. he spell ed Vanndale Vanneale. In his editorial, describing the hanging of the ? negros, he says They were hung etc. when he should have said, they were hanged and many other such 'inabilities. If because, we misspelled Al phonse, we are cripple or an idiot and our piece falls flat, what iii the name of high heaven, would you name yourself after the fore going typographical & gramma tical errors? Will you answer? If 1t were not so far, nothing could afford us more pleasure than to attend your spelling
Woodruff County news., 1902-10-02
A cat in a clock.

If you laughed at Peck's Bad Boys, you will have the wrestle of your life when you see the Willie and his grandpa comics now running in the Post Dis patch.
Woodruff County news., 1902-10-02

HUNTER. By Our Regular Correspondent,
 I. L. Kieth made a business trip to Memphis last week.
 Ex- Section Foreman McDer- init was married Thursday.
 Sherman Halsey has sold saw mill and purchaser has moved it.
 Mir. Hanley, the blacksmith, is running the I. c. Mitchell Cotton Gin thls season.
 Mrs. Lee Scott returned home after an extended visit to rela- tives in Mississippi.
 Mrs. Criswell sold her farm and bought property in town in order to start her daughter in the millinery business.
 The Baptists will begin a se- ries of meetings next Thurs day. They also organized their first Sunday School at this place last Sunday with I. H. Freeman as superintendent and Miss Lula Ward as Secretary.
Woodruff County news., 1902-10-02
DR. M. J. BARLOW, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
 Riverside, Ark.

Graduate of tue Peabody Normal College. the University Of Nashville: and three years study completed at Vanderbilt Medical Col eKe
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23
Resisted the Officers.

Augusta, Ca, July l7.-South Caro-
lima deputy sherifs passed through the
city yesterday, enroute to Saluda,
with a prisoner by the name of Willis
Daniel, wanted as an accessory to the
alleged crime of murder.
Daniel had a gun-shot wound in
the neck, inflicted by one of The Off
GERS. 1t seems that Daniel was located
down in South West Georgia and the
officers notified, although no arrest was
made. Daniel resisted arrest. He first
ran from the two officers. When closely
pursued he turned on the officers and
began to fire at them with a pistol.
The fire was returned. Al the fifth or
sixth shot, Daniel fell to the ground
and the officers rushed him. AS the
officers were upon him the negro raised
up and again endeavored to use the
pistol, but was promptly knocked
down with the butt end Of a pistol.
The last lick took all of the fight out
of him and he was handcuGed.
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TilImail GOT a Frost.

the reports of the different
camuaign meetings thaG have
taken place over the State are as mis-
leading as the reports sent out to the
different papers concerning the cam
pasgn meeting at this place IN some
respects then they are not to be relied
On. What was said about Ar. Ansei
was correct, but there seems TO have
been an effort to make 1t appear that
T;lIman and Talbert were about equal
fagorites with the crowd and one pa
Der. the Augusta Chronicle, gave the
crowd to Tillman and The GTeenyille
News did almost the same thing. This
is entirely erroneous and misleading.
vas subject of general remark
here after the meeting thas Illlman
oct tie marble heart efectnally, and
50 the wordy encounter between him
and Col Talbert it vas plainly mani
fest to every observer that Col TaI-
bert had the crowd with him, and yet
5hss contrary is made to appear. In all
or experience at campaign meetings
ne have never seen a speech, or q pre-
tended speech fall datter taan Till
nan did on the crowd. There was
10 enthusiasm from first to last during
his speech.. He was ratified from the
very outset by the demand for the
proof OF his statement that the whites
we're robbing the negroes of their
school money, and he did not recover
from It created indignation that
he should make such serious charge
against white men. He may not have
meant Il, but that was what he said.
- Anderson Mail.
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DR.. WQ0DWARD's SUCCESSOR.
Trustees are Going sloW---Many
Suggestions Made.

Great interest is being manifested
in the filing Of the vacancy in the
presidency of the South Carolina cel-
Isge, and speculation is rife as to who
Will be the new head of the State col
elege. The trustees have provided for
the operation of the college by compe-
tent authority and are in no hurry to
fll the position. They propose to look
about carefully and select the right
man for the place. In the meantime
no end Of applications have been pre-
sented from well-known educators IN
all paris of the country, and the
friends of others have been writing to
the different members of the board,
making proper suggestions and giving
information. All Of these applications
and suggestions are being given due
consideration by the individual mem
bers of the board and when the meet
ing is held the board viii find plenty
of good timber from which to select.
Several of those suggested are former
South Carolinians resident in other
States. The State.
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Georgstown's New Enterprise.

The Atlantic Coast Lumber Com
pany WILSON begin the construction
of a large number Of kilns for the
making Of charcoal. This new branch
of their work will doubtless prove
and important one. It is yet IN in
fancy, as it we're, but gives promise,
OF. assuming almost gigantic pro-
portions later.
For experimenting purposes four
brick kilns were erected several weeks
ago and gave most encouraging results.
These kilns, have the appearance of
ordinary furnaces, except that there:
is only small outlet for the smoke to.
escape. The process issone Of smother
ing. Once the wood is stored In and
the fires lighted, the pile is left en-
closed to burn slowly for several days
before it is thoroughly charred. But
such a method is a crude one, for
much valuable matter escapes with the
gases. It is proposed now to expand
the business to the utmost. Nh. j.
A. Mathieu, of Detroit, an expert,
has been engaged and will arrive this
week to take charge of the new works.
Already the ground is being cleared
up and the trolley line extended pre-
paratory to getting an early start.
SeYenty-five brick kilns viii be built,
thirty-six feet in diameter.
With the process improved, not only
charcoal will be Ithe output, but all
the volatile matter will be retained
from which wood alcohol, turpentine
and other less important fusibles are
derived.
Briefly outlined the methodof manu-
facture is this: The wood slabs are
piled into the almost air tight oval
furnaces and allowed to smother for
six or eight days. The smoke and
gases given off are allowed tto pass into
a cast-iron retort, out Of which the
9 bg-prod1cts'' are extracted by distil
lation. The non-volatite matter, char
coal, remains, Of course, at the bot
tom of the kiln.
To what uses these burnt wood pro-
ducts may be put are almost too
numerous and extensive to be men
toned. All the gaseous articles viii
most likely be exported, bit the char
coal will be consumed for fuel at the
large lumber plant here, With such
an abundant supply Of raw material
there seems almost no limit to the out
put of the kilns. Instead of burning
the pine slabs for fuel, as is done
now, hereafter they will be converted
into charcoal. The charcoal process
renders the wood exceedingly light in
weight and proof against decay. An
other month will see the buildings
completed and the process begun
Georgetown Outlook.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23

The Columbia Record says: Every
rain that comes shows that the next
legislature will have to put an entire
" new roof on the state house, as a
result of the gross negligence of the
state house committee in not seeing to
1t that this defect, which was pointed
out several times, was properly at
tended to before the contractor was
paid. 1t will cost quite large sum
to do it, but there is no other way
to do about it,
Lord Lister, the eminent physician,
who is in attendance on King Ed
ward, comes of long line of distin-
guished medical men. Edward Lister
was physician to Elizabeth and James
l. and his younger brother, Sir Mat
thew, filed the same Office to Anne Of
Denmark, Jan Is l, Charles I. Martin
Lister, son OF Sir Martin and nephew
of Sir Matthew, was famous zoolog-
ist and also second physician to Queen
Anne. Lord Lister is now IS. His
discovery, in 1867, known as the anti
septic treatment, rendered possible the
operation on the King. Lord Lister
has the distinction of being the first
medical peer.
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a BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE.
Monument TO Confederates Rear
ed on West Virginia Mountain.

Elkins, ". Va, July Ia Confed-
crate Veterans monument was dedi-
Gated today on top of Valley mountain
near here in memory Of southern sol
diers who fell at the lonely spot. There
was an immense parade, several thou
sand persons being present. The
money was raised for the monument
chiefly by number of wealthy Eng
lish residents of Mingo Flats, W. Va,
Bishop Peterkin of the Episcopal do
cese Of West Virginia was orator of the
day.
or SO of Confederates we're killed in
the skirmishes there and were buried
in lonely spot on top of the noun
tain far away from any human habita
tion. The monument is not an i'm
posing marble shaft. but is a plain
Slab of native West Virginia stone,
nicely engraved and finished by an old
Confederate veteran of Randolph
county,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23

Mineola, Texas, July 1.-THE Texas
bound, today went through bridge
over the Sabine River, five miles
from here. The baggage cars and two
coaches we're wrecked Baggage
Master II. NJ. Peck, of Marshall, was
killed outright. About thirty passen-
gers were injured, but none seriously.
Portsmouth, N. H., July IA
l9-foot whale boat, containing sixteen
waters and mattresses employed at the
Oceanic House, Star Island, Isle of
Shoals, who had gone out in the bay
this afternoon on pleasure trip In
charge of Skipper Fred Miles, was
capsized during a sudden squall and
fourteen of the occupants were drown
ed. The other three were rescued by
fishermen, who put out from the shore
in their boats. :.
Charlotte, N. c.. July F.-United
States District Attorney A. E. Hol-
ton was attacked on the streets Of
Winston today by Mr.. n. Glenn Will
liams, a prominent Democrat of Yad-
kin County. The attack was the re-
sult of trial held fourteen years ago,
in which Holton offended Williams.
Since this occurrence the two men had
not spoken until today, when Williams
denounced Holton before large num-
Der of people and struck the district
attorney with cowhide and a cane.
Holton declares that after Williams
attacked him he struck Williams with
a monkey wrench which he held IL his
hand. Bystanders separated the men
before either was seriously hurt.
Chicago, July 17.-Damage esti-
mated at thousands of dollars was
wrought to property in various parts Of
Chicago tonight by the terrific wind
and electrical storm, which swept In
from the southwest and out over the
lake. Several persons were injured.
Store fronts were blown in, elevators
unrooged, chimneys, sign boards and
trolley wires tumbled down, down
town business houses flooded by the
downpour of rain and along the'harbor
front a score of small bathing houses
and outhuildings we're torn loose from
ther fastenings. TIE :wino attained
a velocity of sixty-eight miles an hour.
Swainshoro, Ga, July 17.-While
attempting to arrest Charles johnson,
an alleged outlaw, wanted upon the
charge of murder, J. T. Flanders, a
deputy sheriff, was shot and instantly
killed today by johnson, whom he had
overtaken upon public road. A posse
is in pursuit of Johnson.
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Refused 10 Fight an American.

Stockholm. Sweden, July IA
great sensation has been caused IN
military circles here by the conduct of
Capt. Aryid Wester, who after chal-
lenging an American, Vim. Casper, to
tight duel, failed to appear at the
scot selected for the encounter. Last
night in the grand arena palace Wes--
ter, In the full uniform Of captain
on the general staff and wearing his
decorations, disturbed the seance of a
mind reader Casper, the manager of
the establishment, demonstrated and
demanded an apology. This Wester re-
fused and Casper said the officers con-
duct was ungentlemanly and disgrace
fuI. The captain then challenged the
American who accepted and repaired
to the meeting place at 5 O'Clock this
morning, with his seconds, including
The secretary Of the United States
legation, Joseph Muir. Wester, who
was q war correspondent in Cuba and
South Africa, failed to appear and, as
q consequence, will undoubtedly be
forced to retire from the army.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23

Florence, July l7.-The tobacco
market was formally opened today
with the largest " break' that has oc-
Cured in the history of the market.
Over hundred thousands pounds
were sold at prices ranging from 3 to
80 cents pound.
New York, July lit is announc-
ed that the stockholders of the Vir-
ginia-Carolina Chemical company have
approved the issue of 81, 600, 600 collat-
eral trust bonds for the purpose Of
funding its existing Indebtedness and
returning part of the working cash
capital. This was made necessary by
the recent acquisition of some valua-
BILE properties at an outlay OF about
the amount of the bond issue just
approved.
London, July 17.-Details of an i'm
portant move by Russia which has
evidently been suppressed hitherto by
the censor, have transpired in London;
This move is no less than proposal
by the imperial government for an in
ternational conference to deal with
trusts.
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The Barn Did Not Dodge.

'sThe first job I got at my profes-
sion after leaving the university sew
eral years ago, >" said a gradIaet OF
Ann Arbor, according to the Detroit
Free Press, was up In New Lamp
shire, and it was no job at all. In
other words, I was fishing along a
creek when farmer warned me off
and wasn't bit gentle about it,
either. He wanted stone for the
foundation of new barn and he was
going to get it by blasting big rock
on the steep hillside back of the spot.
I took a look at the route it would
have to travel and made up my mind
that the old barn would suffer. I de-
cided to have my revenge on him by
not saying a word, but by and by my
conscience got the better of my ptque
and I said to him:
q If you set that rock to rolling
down hill you'd better figure on where
it's going to bring up
g Z have he replied.
SO Do you want the old barn made
kindling wood OFFS
9. No, OF course not.
g We'll, then, you'd better go Slow ,
6 Who are your asked the farmer,
as he turned on me.
' A civil engineer, sir.
What's them?'
q Fellows who can see an inch OF
two beyond their noses.
'sHe asked no more questions, but
got blast under the rock and let her
20. She went. She took a beeline
for that barn and knocked the struc-
ture into the middle of the next week,
and as the pieces ceased to rain down,
the old farmer spat on his hand and
held it out to me and said:
Z" sDurn my cats if you didn't know
as much as lightning rod man! Why
didn't you tell me that the old barn
oonIdn't 6o1oe2' -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-07-23

It has remained for the Italian
woman to break all maternity records.
Madeline Granatta, in the course OF
nineteen years of wedlock became the
mother of siyty-two children. This
extraordinary statement is youched Tor
by two or three thousand witnesses,
who testify to its truth in a petition
now before the Italian Government,
asking for the woman yearly pension
Of l,Soo lire $780, OF Madeline's
children 6fty-nine are boys and three
girls. Eleven times in succession IN
nine years she gave birth to triplets,
three times four boys arrived at one
birth and once five boys and girl.
The other twelve were born singly,
but very close together. The woman
is native of Nocera, a little village
near Naples, and at 81 is incapable OF
gaining her livelihood, hence the petit
tjo0