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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Decision Against whisky Men.

The Supreme Court has decided the
Warren county whisky-selling cases in
which was involved the validity of
temperance legislation under which a
number of towns have voted out the
saloon. The last Legislature provided
| means by which towns under 1000
inhabitants might by vote abolish
their charter and reincorporate so as
to come under the provisions of the
fourmile law to towns under 1000 in.
habitants hereafter incorporated. Me
Minnville voted to abolish it's charter
and then reincorporated, and a num-
Der of saloon men continued to do bust.
ness. They were indicted for and con-
victed of violating the provisions of
the four-mile law, and the Supreme
Court affirmed the decision of the low.
er court
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
A Clerical Candidate.

Rev. W.-R. Farrow of Covington has
announced his candidacy for the Dem.
ocratic nomination for representative
in the Legislature from Upton coun-
ty. He is a wellknown and popular
Baptist minister, being pastor of the
churches at Liberty and Oak Grove,
together with several other charges
Mr.. Farrow assures his friends that
although there IS provision of the
constitution of Tennessee declaring
that mo minister of the gospel or
priest of any denomination whatever
shall be eligible to a seat in either
house of the Legislature, he will, if
elected, resign his pastorates and rem,
der himself eligible to a seat in the
House of Representatives.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Women Whipped by whitecaps.

Whitecaps in Warren county admin
istered a severe thrashing to Mrs. IT
D. Cummings and her daughter and
warned them that the dose would be
repeated if they did not leave the
county within ten days. Mrs. Cum
mings is suing her husband for di
vorce, alleging cruelty and an attempt
to poison her, and the husband has
filed a cross-bill charging infidelity
These things are cited as the cause
for the whippings and warnings.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
A Noted Knight TempIar
Owes His Health to Peruna

Colonel t. P. Mood prominent
Knight Tenplar, is we sain every
city in the United ST. st of Buff
faIo, n. Y, as a Jewe dctioneer
In the city of Chicago prominent
lodge man, being a memL of the K
It's and also of the Masons. The cut
shows Colonel Moody in the costume
of the Oriental Consistory Masons,
32nd degree.
In a recent letter from 5000 Mich
igan avenue, Chicago, Ill, Mr.. Moody
says the following:
"FOr over twenty-five years !
suffered from Cafarrh, and for
over ten years suffered from
Catarrh ffhe stomach terribly.
"IhaVe taken aHkinds of medi-
cIneS and have been treated by
all kinds of doctors, as thousands
of my aCquafntanceS are aware
in different parts of the United
States, where have Travelled, but
my relief was only temporary,
until a LITTLE over a year ago
started to take Peruna, and at the
present time I am better than 4
have been for twenty years.
"The soreness has left my Sfon-
ach entirely and am free from
Indigestion nddyspepsia and viii
say to all who are troubled with
catarrh or stomach trouble of any
kind, don't put it off and suffer,
but begin to take Peruna right
away, and keep it up until YOU
are cured, as you surely will be if
you PerSeVere.
"My wife, as many in the southwest
can say, was troubled with a bad
cough and bronchial trouble, and doc
tors all over the country gave her up
to die, as they could do nothing more
for her. She began taking Peruna with
the result that she is better now than
she has been in years, and her cough
has almost left her entirely. The sore
ness has left her lungs and she is as
well as she ever was in her life, with
thanks, as she says, to Peruna. Yours
very truly, T. P. Moody.
Catarrh in it's various forms is rapid
ly becoming a general curse. An I'M
doubted remedy has been discovered
by DR.. Hartman. This remedy has
been thoroughly tested during the
past forty years. Prominent men have
COne 10 Know Oh us virtues, anu are
making public utterances on the sub
ject. To save the country we must
save the people. To save the people we
must protect them from disease The
disease that is at once the most preva-
lent and stubborn of cure is catarrh.
If one were to make list of the diff
ferent names that have been applied
to catarrh in different locations and
organs, the result would be astonish-
ing. We have often published partial
list of these names, and the surprise
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS
Jim Chiidress Captured.

Last May a number Of men met at a
log-rolling on Poplar ridge, in the
southern part of Obion county. There
was jug of whisky. One of the men.
named Lutz, probably thinking the
whisky would lead to mischief. threw
an ak at the jug. The missile missed
the jug, but struck dog belonging to
George Childers, whereupon Lutz and
the owner of the dog got into a row.
Jim Childers, a brother Of George,
picked up a hand stick and struck
Lutz on the head, the blow or blows
killing him. Childers made his es-
cape, going to Colorado and other
Western States. Sheriff Finch has
been on the lookout for him, and had
an idea that he might return to his
old home. In this he was not mis-
taken, for he came back to Columbia
several days ago and the City Mar
shall Of that place, knowing he was
wanted, arrested him and notified the
Sheriff, who went after the prisoner
and placed him in Jail at Union City.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Cabinet Mini.ter. Come High.

A cabinet officer who not very long age
retired to private life started to build up
was sent to him by brother lawyer. Meet
ing that lawyer later, the ex-cabinet minis
Ter asked what he ought to charge.
hat did you think Of charging" asked
his friend.
''Wen," the reply was, 'I thought a thou
sand dollars would be about right"
my dear fellow" the other lawyer re-
sponded, eff you do that you will never get
another case. Ex-cabinet ministers are a
luxury, if they are worth anything. Send a
bill for $1,000 retaining fee and you will got
check tomorrow Then adjust your regu-
lar charges at your leisure"
The thing was done, with the result pre-
dicted. 1t is said that the gentleman in
question made in month as much as the
sum of his salary during his entire official
term.-N Y Post
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Ordinance Accepted.

Vile & GAINESVILLE Railroad Company,
has filed with Recorder Byrne his &C.
ceptance of the ordinance which au-
.norizes the Mayor of Nashville to sub
scribe for 100000 of the capital
stock of that corporation. He agrees
to all the conditions of the same and
guarantees to carry out all stipulations
IN good faith.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Alleged whitecapper Arrested.

The Sheriff of Lake county arrested
a white man named Jim Landrum
charged with whitecapping. He has
not yet been given a hearing. 1t Is
learned that several who are suspected
of engaging in the whitecapping esca
pades in the neighborhood of Upton
vile are seeking new locations. Judge
Stuttgart delivered a strong charge to
the grand jury regarding the attempts
of some parties in Lake to make the
negroes leave the county.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

caused by the first publication of it to
all people, both professional and non
professional, was amusing. And yet
we have never enumerated all of the
diseases which are classed as ca
tarrh. 1t must be confessed, however,
to see even this partial list drawn up
in battle array is rather appalling. If
the reader desires to see this list, to-
gether with a short exposition of each
one, send for our free catarrh book.
Address The Peruna Medicine Co., Co.
lumbus Ohio
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Kick on Insurance Rates.

The lumbermen of Nashville have
determined to organize a mutual in
surance association, in order to es-
cape the excessive rates of the foreign
fire companies. There are about
twenty-five different plants, represent
ing an investment of million and a
quarter dollars, and it is claimed all
he plants will join hands. This move
ment is a result of the recent raise of
risks on special hazards.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Har.a Than She Expsoted.

Hyde Park has a Mrs. Malaprop.
who, when told the other day that an
old gentleman to whom she had just
been introduced was an epicure. said:
well, he looks like he had one foot
In the grave, but I'd never took him
for a poem on tombstone"
Record Herald.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Preparing to Plant Peas.

The high price paid for stock peas
last fall and winter has induced farm.
ers in the Humboldt section to take up
the raising of peas on a much larger
scale. Seed peas are selling at 81 per
5ushel, and the farmers have no fear
but that they will get from 81 to s1.5e
per bushel this fall. Some farmers are
preparing to have large fields this sea-
son, and if it proves a good year big
crop is expected.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Cuba's First President.

Although it has been stated that the Gu
bans are Incapable of governing themselves,
yet they have selected their first president,
who is a great favorite with the people. A
favorite medicine with the American people
is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, because it is
an ideal remedy toi headache, indigest' IN,
dyspepsia, constipation and biliousness. Ii
is also an excellent medicine for spring fever,
la grippe and malaria. Don't fail to try it,
but be sure to get the genuine.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
PronorIY PInced.

The head of a well-known shipping firm
in this country received letter from mil
lionaire Swiss banker asking him to try to
help his son get job in some mercantile or
shipping house, to learn the business. The
shipping firm head shortly wrote back to the
doting parent:
Dear Sir: Your son has arrived. have
given him employment at my offices at FIVE
dollars week with others of his class One
of these young men has just bought sec, 900
yacht and another comes to the Office in an
$4,000 automobile. 1 think your son will
find his surroundings congenial."-N. Y.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Sold to ST. Louis Capitalists.

A deal has been closed with st.
Louis capitalists by which they will
purchase the electric street car system,
electric light and gas plants of Jack
son. The deal involves an outlay OF
about 100000. The new company vii:
extend the car system and%make other
improvements.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Survey begun.

Surveyors have commenced work on
The connecting route between the
nashville & GAINESVILLE Railroad from
Jlarksville to the Illinois Central
Railway. The course that will be fol
lowed is not yet determined upon.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Meeting Of U. ID. &.

Tennessee Division, United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, will meet in
Nashville, May 9. Elaborate prepare
ions for the entertainment of the Wis
itors are already under way.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Reward for Rumans.

Gov. McMillin has offered a reward
Of 500 for each of the unknown par
lies who broke into the home of Wash
Miller, in McNairy county, and
whipped him and maltreated the mem
lers of his family.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

Feminine Alphabetically Spinster-
"Ah, dear Julia, you can't imagine how I
dread to think of my fortieth birthday"
Julia-"Why, dear? Did something very
unpleasant happen then Punch.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Speakinr of Goata

Johnny-When does a nanny's voice
changer"
Ma-There's no change in a goat"
Pa-Not even a scent?-Cnicago Daily
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Kicks and Flats.

Herr Meyer Lutz tells the following story:
Conducting once in Bradford, noticed that
the clarinet player, young but clever and
steady lad, jumped up good deal during
t. e progress of the opera. found that his
father, who played the trombone, sat just
behind him, and every now and then he
gave his son kick, with the remark: Look
out, Sammy! there be fat a-cummin.' -
Mainly About People.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

Hoax-'I thought at one time he was get.
ting the gubernatorial bee in his bonnet. !"
Joax-@So did he" "And didn't he get
it" Not in his bonnet; in the necl.."-
Phils atipnIa Ee2cci.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
A Failure.

Mrs. Finnigan-An' did yer husband inioy
the CELEBRATION?
Mrs Hogan-Nivir bit. T'ink av all
thin whistles a-blowia', an no wurruk to
sthop:-Judge.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Rather Personal.

''This bread is stale and the eggs are old
enough to vote" said the youth in the red
vest. Haven't you anything fresh in this
>tore?"
"Yes-fre,h cuv.omers," responded the
Srocer's daughter.-Chiclgo Daily News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Earliest Russian NIiIIet.

Will you be short of hay? If so plant 6
plenty of this prodigally prolific milel
3 TO TONS OF RICH HAY PER ACRE.
Price % lbs. 9O;lJOlbs. O,lpw freghts
John A. Salzer Seed Co, La Crosse, WIS.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

Ny, what lot of books!" exclaimed
Miss Gossype. Does your husband read
much?" NO" answered Mrs. Cad "He
buys expensive books, and he's SO busy
working to pay for them that he doesn't
have time to read. Record
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

Dropsy treated free by DR.. II. H. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, GA. The greatest DIR psy
SPECIALISTS in the world. Read their adver-
usement in another column of this paper.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

Check Cold and Bronchitis with Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

Easterner--Did the cyclone do much dam
age to your farm?
KanSan-How can tell till l find it?-
Columbus (O) Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

Invention of "a theater hat for ladies that
will shut up when the curtain rises" "If
he'd only invent box party that would do
that he'd deserve a medal" -Philadelphia
Press.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

Many a man who thinks he is a martyr
Is only a chump. Chicago Daily News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

The Poet-"No, the editors never burn
my poems" The Friend-"How is that?'
The Poet--"I write them on sheets of as.
bestos. London Answers
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

Its very seldom" said Uncle Eben, "dat
gittin' de best of an Argument will pay foh
de time you has to put in doin' it."-Wash-
ington Star
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

An agreeable man is one who consents to
being taught things which he already knows.
Chicago Daily News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

The man who sprawls all over the street
car would shrink like a 20-cent shirt if he
had to pay two fares.-Baltimore News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Ask To-Day for Aliens Foot-Ea..
Looking for 1t.

1t cures swollen, aching, tired feet AT all
Druggists and Shoe stores 2ac. Sample sent
FREE. Address a. 5 Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever
1sed for all affections of the throat and
lungs.-Wm. o. Endsley, Van buren, Ind,
Feb 10, 1900.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

Woman's love is like an ill-spent fortune
we never know its value till we lose it,
London Answers
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

Rasnness is the faithful but unhappy par.
emit of misfortuns.-Fuller.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

Sweat or fruit acids will not discolor
goods dyed with PUTNAM FADELESS
DYES. Sold by druggists, 10c. package.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

Most things are easier to learn than to
Horn.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04

stops the Cough and Works on
the Cold.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25c.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-04
Mark Twain on Autographs.

Mark Twain on Autographs.
To ask doctor or builder or sculptor for
his autograph would be in no way rude. To
ask one of these for specimen of his work,
however, is quite another thing, and the re-
quest might be just ifiably refused. 1t would
never be fair to ask a doctor for one of his
corpses to remember him by. - Chicago
Chronicle.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
DYING CHILD AT MANY DOORS
FATHER SEEKS AID IN VAIN AT EAST
SIDE pISPENSARIES-SHE En-
PIRES IN HIS ARMS

slowly dying from diphtheria Annie Shapiro
three-year-old child. carried in the arms of
her father, Louis Shapiro for the last two weeks
TO dispensaries on the East Side for treatment
At every place the child was treated for some
other ailment and IT wes not until yesterday
that the nature of the disease from which the
child was dying discovered. Then il was
too late to render any aid. and the little girl
died in her fathers arms in the EIdridge-st
police station while waiting for an ambulance.
The father had been out of work. and found II
hard to support his wife and four children.
When Annie first became ill physicians were
called in TO attend her. and the little money
which Shapiro had saved soon spent for
medicines and doctors fees The Shapiros live
in a tenement house at No. 50 Attorney-st
When all their money had been spent there was
nothing for them to do but to have the child re-
moved 10 hospital and she was sent six weeks
ago TO the Willard Parker. the contagious dis
ease hospital in East Sixteenth-st. The child
was discharged cured two weeks ago.
Two days after Annie left the hospital she
became i'll again. The father took her to a dis
pensary on the East Side. but the physicians
there could not diagnose her case The father
then carried the child from one dispensary to
another and al each different diagnosis
given. The child's condition became critical but
sttu the dispensary physicians did nothing TO
aid her. Every physician who examined her
pronounced her as suffering from a different dis
ease, and, accordingly. they prescribed different
medicines. For the last week there not
cent in the Shapiro household. and every day
the father carried the child in his and
walked 10 every dispensary the East Side.
yesterday Shapiro went to a dispensary at
No. 90 Essex-st. The physician there could not
diagnose the child's case and suggested that
the father so to the POSTGRADUATE Hospital, at
Twentieth-st. and Second-ave. Shapiro walked
there with his girl in his arms When the ply
sielans examined the child there they said she
II father
was then sent away with his child. He walked
from the hospital to the Eldridge-st. station
and asked the sergeant to call an ambulance
A call was sent to Gouverneur Hospital but
when DR. Williams arrived the child was dead.
The family being too poor 10 bury the child.
the body was sent to the morgue.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
CHRISTMAS GIFT CAUSED HER DEATH.

CHILD OF DR. J. s ENNIS DIES FROM Burns Re-
CEIvED WHILE PLAYING WITH TOY ENGINE
While playing with a Christmas present Eliza
beth Seferen Ennis. the three-and-s half -year-od
daughter of Dr. James Seferen Ennis. received
burns which resulted in her death early yesterday
DR.. Ennis, with his wife and children, three boys
and the girl live in a four story private dwelling
house No. 10S West Sixty -third-st The top floor
is given up 10 the children as a piayroon- In the
front this floor DR.. Ennis and his wife had
the Christmas tree placed
Last Monday the four children. the three boys
being older than the girl, the top floor
play At about u:S0 o'clock their mother called
them downstairs. The boys went. but Eliza beth
mained behind to play with a toy locomotive and
trains Of cars. In her efforts to have the engine
initiate real locomotive the child obtained a small
candle, which she placed in the funnel OF the
engine.
She then got a match and lighted the candle.
The flame ignited her dress and she cried for help.
Her mother hurried to her. and in few moments
had the fre extinguished. but not before the child
had been burned about the chest. and face.
She attended by her father. who at the time
believed the injuries serious. and that his
daughter would in Few DAYS be well. The little
girl continued TO improve until Wednesday morn
ing. Then she became very nervous. and continued
in that condition until yesterday. when she died.
DIR. Ennis did not believe that death due tn
the burns. but that shock the cause.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
CONTRIBUTIONS.

The following articles OF sunshine to he passed
on have been received: Two fine suits OF boys
clothing and stockings from Greenwich. Conn; a
handsome coat. from Miss Arms. OF Manhattan;
another express box full Of excellent sunshine
gifts-new flannel skirts. a shoulder shawl. lovely
warm wrapper for invalid and illustrated books.
Miss p r. Walker, of Massachusetts, clothing and
toys from II. W. Ingrahan. OF Manhattan; copies
of Forest and Country" from Mrs. Mansfield
Davis OF Vermont; some pretty muslin. scrapbooks
and a large package of booklets made from
childs paper and fastened with different colored
ribbons. from the Junior Mission Band OF the
Greenport G>ong Island Baptist Church. These
be passed on TO junior sunshineTs, who Will
be greatly pleased with this voluntary gift OF these
friends, whom the president sends cordial
thanks. Illustrated papers. scrap pictures, etc
from Mrs. Charles +. Grant Of Plalnheld
y J.; unfinished sofa cushion in holland, with
silks for completing. from l. NJ. s: scrapbooks
from {. /. TaVboX, Of Vermont; booklet and card
from S. c. d: stamped fancy work, from Mrs
Gilbert -Bloas. Of Pennsylvania: cooking maga-
zine, from Burlington, VT. and some magazines
hnLt 2 n
New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
A NEW BANK IN WALL-sT. DISTRICT
CONSOLIDATED NATIONAL PROJECTED BIZ
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE MEMBERS

CONSOLIDATED NATIONAL PROJECTED BH
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE MEMBERS.
Plans are being perfected. il was learned yes
terday. for the establishment in the Wall Street
district OF new national bank. in which Con-
sohdated Exchange members are TO be largely
interested President wagar OF the Consolidated
Exchange said yesterday afternoon:
The name of the projected institution is tho
Consolidated National Bank We desire to se-
cure Sl,tOeOOo. OF which more than $500 600 has
already been pledged by the icor unerube OF
the Exchange The rapid increase of active
members has rendered Institution OF this
kind necessity. and sufficient business is al
ready in sight TO insure a large return on the
investment II is not designed that the bank
shall be in any way part of the Consolidated
Stock Exchange. but IL will simply work in
harmony with the Exchange. and be devoted
10 It's interests When the capital Is subscribed
IL is proposed TO secure the services OF the most
capable and experienced bank officer who can be
found TO manage its affairs. This will insure
10 the stockholders that the mana cement will
De conservative and undue risks taken The
policy OF the bank will be 10 cater TO small but
safe accounts. which not desired by the
larger institutions. but which in the aggregate
VIII run into the hundreds of thousands II not
of the bank, the benefit II will render the Con-
solIdated Exchange can hardly be estimated.
ana seats which are now selling at $1,000 will
20 DOUBT advance 10 their real value Of $4,000
TO $4,000.
seat the Consolidated Stock and Pc
troleum Exchange was sold yesterday for 50 OOO
This is an advance of $500 in the last week and
with the initiation fee brings the total value OF
a seat to $500