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The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

The monthly report Of the statisti
clan of the Department of Agriculture
shows the average condition of corn
on October / to have been 1916, as
compared with 81 3 last month, so L
on October l, 1901, 1872 at the cor
responding date in 1900 and TIT the
mean of the October averages of the
last ten years. The average of wheat
per acre is given at LA bushels; oats,
35. 4 bushels, the largest ever report
ed; barley, 20 bushels; rye. II bush
els; buckwheat, 800; potatoes, o2.5.
As to the condition of sweet potatoes,
Tennessee reports l point, North Car
olina 2 and South Carolina and Vir-
ginia points above their respective
ten-year averages, while Georgia re-
ports points, Texas 4, New Jersey
6, Florida 7, Louisiana IL, Mississippi
Is and Alabama 10 points below such
average. All of the important sugar
cane producing States except Texas re-
port the condition below their respec-
tive ten-year averages. This reduc-
tion amounts to 2 points in Georgia, 5
in South Carolina. in Florida, s in
Louisiana, Is in Mississippi an ! % in
Alabama, while Texas is 2 points
above such average. As to the condi-
ton of rice, Texas reports II points
above and South G .rolina 1, Florida
5, North Carolina 8, Alabama 12,
Mississippi II and Louisiana %
points below their respective averages
for the last eight years, while the con-
dition in Georgia is the same as such
average.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

Commander-in-c n-chief S ewart of the
Grand Army of the Republic has an.
nounced the personnel of th, new
Council of Administration. 1t is made
up Of one member from each depart.
ment, and includes the following
Arizona, George Broughton; Arkan-
sas, Charles N Rix; California aud
Nevada, William r. Shaft; Idaho,
James L. Fuller; Indiana. William Fl.
Armstrong; Illinois, Thomas W. Scott;
Indian Territory, Alfred Griffith;
Iowa, ,.S. G. James; Kansas. J. K.
Hudson; Kentucky, G. G. ughn;
Louisiana and Mississippi, Andrew j.
Barrett; Missouri, f. M. Sterrett;
Montana, P. H. Manchester; Nebras-
ka, John Lott; New Mexico. J. R. Nc
Tie; North Dakota. J. Fl. johnson
Oklahoma, William Tomkins; Oregon,
Oreville Dodge; South Dakota, T. G.
Dean; Tennessee, Newton Hackerford; /;
Texas, P. B. Hunt; Washington and
Alaska, ]. T. Sharfey.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18
Greenville Humane Society.

Greenville, Miss, Oct. 11.-After
the regular monthly meeting of the
Kings Daughters on last Thursday
at The residence of Mrs. J. G. Green
ley, humane society was organic
ed to be known as the Greenville
Humane Society, with the Hon. Van
B. Boddie, President; Miss Ellen
Currell, Vice-President; Miss Ida
G. Ward, Secretary
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18
PRINCE AND PRESIDENT
Chawa rIaha Goes to Nations
Capital.

Washington, Oct. 11.-Prince Chawa
Maha Vajiravdh crown prince of
Siam, with his brother and suite,
arrived here today. The special train
arrived at New York too late last
night to receive the welcome planned
in his honor, so they left Immediate
ly for Washington. They were re-
ceived by the President today and
will be dined by Hay tonight.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18
New Railway In Northwest.

Tacoma, WASH, Got. 11.-Though
the terminal objective points of the
proposed Felt Electric Railway have
been kept something of a secret, it
has developed that one of its lines
from Tacoma, at least will be ex-
tended toSteilacom, ,viaAmerioanLake
From this terminal connection will
be made by boat with OLYMPIA, giving
a quick and direct service between
Tacoma and the capital oity.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18
ESCAPED CONVICTIN CUSTODY
Governor Will Be Asked to Honor
a RequisitiOn.

jackson. Miss Oct. l1.-Governor
Longino. will be asked to honor the
requisition of the Governor of Louis
lana for the return to that state of
Jacob Lex, an escaped convict who
is now in the custody of the Frank
lyn county authorities.
Lex escaped from the Louisiana
penitentiary several months ago,
being employed on one OF the convict
farms, and was serving a sentence
for murder. He was arrested in
Franklin county for vagranoy and
given short term on the county
farm. The prisoner was about to be
released, having completed his SEN
tence, when his identity was disoov.
cred.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

A Swedish writer declares unreser-
vedly that duels have been unknown
for many years in the realm of King
Oscar. This must be accounted as
creditable to the Swedes. France,
Germany and other European countries
cannot do better than to follow the ex-
cellent Scandinavian example,
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18
jackson, Miss, Oct. 11.-Mis

jackson, Miss, Oct. n.-Miss
Mollie Matthews, a prominent lady
Of this city was arrested by Post
Office Inspector Fitzgerald this morn
ing charged with sending indecent
and obscene matter through the
mails. The letters were provoked by
jealousy. The writer js alleged to
have attempted to ruin the character
Of a highly respected young lady.
Miss Matthews was placed under two
thousand dollars bond.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

Duke De Loubat, founder of the
Society of Americanists, is to arrive
in New York from Paris this week.
He is studying the early history,
races and distribution thereof, of this
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

In the ambitious west the contracts
have been signed. for new theatre
which will be a palace of luxury in
comparison with any playhouse now
ir existence in the east. The seats
will be so arranged that the view of
the stage will be free and unobstruct-
ed, and the dressing rooms will be
dreams. Westward the stars of dra-
matte empire will take their way.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

During the third quarter OF this
year over thirty cotton mills were es-
tablished in the South, with an ag-
gregate capitalization Of 81, ,447, 900.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

Charges of embezzlement, etc.,
against Warden Parchman, OF the
Mississippi penitentiary, were heard
by the State Board of Control Of jack
son. No decisive action was taken.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

"A factory where Indians made their
spears and war equipments was re-
Gently unearted near Kineo, Maine
1t revealed one of the most remark
able collections of Indian relics yet
found
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

Dec. 10. the date of Mississippi's
admission into the Union will here
after be celebrated in the public
schools OF that state.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

An Indiana man has invested $1eS
600 in eggs and intends to hatch q
000, 900 chickens by means of incuba-
tors. The omelette trust is evidently
at hand.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

The French steamship Neuistra
brought to New Orleans recently 544
Italian immigrants. OF whom 437 were
landed.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

A suit has been filed in the U. 8.
Circuit court of New York to test the
constitutionality OF the enactment Of
congress providing for the collection
of duties in Porto Rico.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

n. Morris, acting auditor Of the
Rock Island r. R. system has been
appointed superintendent of transpor-
tation of the st. Louis Worlds Fair
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

Union Veterans Convention in
Washington resulted in row over
the deposition OF General Dyrenforth,
which failed.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

A contract made between the Mexi-
can government and firm in Ger
many. calls for 42 900 Maussr rifles,
5000 carbines and 5000, 600 smoke
less cartridges.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

The Virginia grand division OF the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
will buy the home of General Stone
wall Jackson at Lexington, Va, for
use as a memorial hospital. The U.
d. G. organization as whole will be
appealed to for aid in the purchase.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

A negro woman died in Chicago re.
Gently who declared she remembered
the Boston tea party. Her age was
said to have been 132.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

Paul Reveres famous watch is said
to be in possession Of Massachu.
setts man and is still good time
keeper.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

Macon, Miss, Oct. 11-Gus Bush
paid the penalty of his crime on the
scaffold here yesterday in the pres
ence of about 1000 people The trap
was sprung by the proper officer,
and, after a few minutes time the
condemned man was pronounced dead
by the county physician. The large
crowd was orderly, nd here was
nothing to Indicate any feeling other
than that the law of the land was
being properly carried out, and that
it was the will OF all present that il
should be done.
Last November Gus Bush, who
was living near.t the village of Brooks.
Vile, came into possession of a point.
er dog belonging to Ernest Dismukes,
who lived in the county of Lowndes,
near Artesia. Dismukes sent the
negro word to return his dog, but
the negro said he would not do so.
Dismukes thereupon made .out q
warrant against the negro and being
an officer, went in the company Of
young Mr.. Cook, of Crawford, to ar.
rest him. The nergo, having beer
appprised Of the warrant, and thai
Dismukes was coming to arrest him,
armed himself, and when Dismukes
reached to his coat pocket to draw
the warrant to serve it the negro
shot him with double load of shot
at distance of not more than ten
feet, causing instant death. Young
Cook, who was with him, had ne
defensive weapons, was forced to flee
for his life, as the negro made fol
him Immediately after numbering
young Dismukes. Cook fled to the
village of Brooksville ana alarmed
the citizens. They organized scout
ing parties and chased the negro fol
three or four weeks, finally losing
him in Alabama, whittier he made
his escape. Later he was located in
the coal mines in that Estate, and
while he was being captured was
shot, and it was on that account he
was not brought to trial sooner. He
was held in Meridian during the Pc
riod of his convalescenoe, and it was
upon the promise of Judge Hall that,
if necessary, he would call special
term of court in order that the ao-
cused2might get speedy Justice by le
gal process, that he was not mobbed.
But not until last August was he
able to be tried, and it was at that
term of court that he was convicted
and sentenced to execution yesterday.
The last legal hanging that took
place III this county was in 1878.
Since that time dozens of negroes
have been executed, but always by q
mob. Some here think the last OF
mob law in this county has been
seen, but this case does not offer any
good reasons, as only combination
of circumstances has prevented his
being mobbed.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

The G.. A. r. selected San Fran
cisco for the next meeting and in
dorsed Torrance's Alabama Confsder.
ate aid
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

OF the many benefits for which
Egypt will owe gratitude to England
for generations and for centuries the
building of the great dam across the
Nile will rank as one of the most i'm
portant. OF the biggest and costliest
dams now in construction anywhere
on the globe one is in Africa and two
are in America. The new Croton Val
lay dam for New Yorks water supply
and the Nashua River dam for Boston S
water supply are now rising steadily.
Each of the two will cost millions OF
dollars and will be masterpiece or
engineering.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

Outside capital has made PROPOSE
tions looking to al electric railway be-
tween Waco and Dallas, T. xas.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18
METHODIST PREACHERS
National Association Holding An
nual rleeting.

Philadelphia. Oct. 1.-THE Nation
al Association OF Local Preachers of
the Episcopal Methodist Church
began its forty fifth annual meeting
in this oity today and will continue
in session until next Wednesday.
The association is composed of rep
resentatives from the local preachers
assoeiations throughout the country.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

The Federal supreme court will try
the case involving the right to collect
! countervailing duty on Russian
sugar.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

The effort to merge the cotton mill
interests Of the South into $50, ,0O0,-
900 combination has been abandoned.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

The supply of coal for heating the
Capitol building will be exhausted
after Nov. Is, when b beaumont oil will
be used in lighting and heating the
big building. Successful experiments
have been made with the fuel oil, it is
said, and boilers suitable for burning
the fluid are now completed and will
be IN readiness for installation by
Nov. 2. If the experiment should
prove successful, it is possible that all
of the big departments will be simi-
larly heated. There is absolutely no
hard coal in sight. Local dealers who
have just returned from the anthracite
region say that they can find no coal,
all the available product being hoard
ed by the railroads. Large quantities
of soft coal are coming into Washing
ton, aud despite the law to the oon-
trary it is being used by restaurants
and hotel keeper, as we'll as by apart
ment house managers.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

Bids have been opened at the navy
department for the construction Of
concrete and granite dry dock No. l
at the Charleston, s. c., navy ayrd'
The lowest straight bid was that Of
the Virginia Engineering and Con-
struction company of Richmond. Va,
which offerel to complete the dock
for 81, 1894
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

The next convention of the Brother
hood OF st. Andrew will be heid a.
Denver.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18
country.

The Tennessee factory inspector has
ordered the employment of children
in Chattanooga factories discontinued.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

Queen Wilhelmins and Prince
Henry are reported to have effected q
reconciliation
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

The number of lepers in the Phil
ippine Islands is estimated at about
10000.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

The Morgan steamship combine has
secured the Holland A nerican Line.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

The Amsrican-Asistic Steamship
eompany has absorbed the PHILIPPINES
line.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

The Austro- Hungarian people de.
mand that the issue Of Prince Ferdi-
nand's inorganic marriage shall be IN
line Of succession.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18
ANOTHER COTTON
PICKING MACHINE
COPIAH COUNTY INVENTOR IS
AT WOk.
NOT QUITE PERFECTED
Planned to Pull Up the Plant BY
the Roots and Then to Separ-
ate 1t from the Lint.

jackson, Miss, Oct. 11.-Mr. A.
B. Carter, a Copiah county inventor,
is now at work perfecting cotton
picking device with which he ex
poets to eclipse the work of machines
now being given practical test il
Washington county.
Mr.. Carter's plan is to bring fortL
a machine that will pull up the cot
ton plant by the roots, carry it te
the interior mechanism, and turn ou
the lint at the other end. He has 6
working model prepared which YET
needs few finishing touches, and
is now in Washington county to gel
few pointers from the device of the
Philadelphia inventor.
Some time since Mr.. Carter in
vented a machine which separate!
and hulls English peas from the
vines, and his cotton picker will be
somewhat after that design, the prin
oipal change being in the method oi
taking the cotton fibre from the boil.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

A change has recently been made
by the management of the London
Times which, slight as 1t seems, Ia
not without significance. Hitherto
when it was necessary to offer a sum
mary of the opinion of the civilized
world upon some striking public event
it has been the custom to give prece
dence to quotations from the leading
French newspapers; these were fol
lowed by extracts sent from Berlin
Brussels, st. Petersburg, and some
where down the line would come tele
grams from Washington and New
York. The relative Importance of ma
tions, however, is changing guam
tity. and in it's relations to the British
Empire France no longer holds its old
place. The Times now refuses to
Paris it's old pride of place, and right
ly supposing that for English readers
the most interesting expressions oi
opinion abroad must necessarily be
those from the United States, now
gives the first place to quotations
from the American newspapers. On
the occasion of Lord Salisbury's resig
nation the new order Of precedence
among the nations ran thus: New
York. Paris, Berlin, Vienna, st. Peters
burg, Brussels, Yokohama. What q
mighty change is here, when we find
Japan represented in list from which
Spain is absent. Empires have their
daY
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

1t has not been SO long ago but that
many of us remember when piece of
silk in the United States meant an
Importation. Silkworms, mulberry
leaves, cocoons and the product Of
the latter used to carry us in thought
over the Atlantic, or a still longer
journey over the Pacific; but there has
been a great change in all of this.
Our consumption of silk has been in
creased wonderfully, until now it re-
quires s133 900, 900 worth to supply the
demand for one year; but the strang-
est part of it is that we manufacture
four-fifths of all the silk that we use.
In other words, we import $28. 900
worth and make $1O7, 100000 worth at
home each year. This great industry,
which is still growing, now means the
employment of $4,000 men, $4,000 wom-
en- and 5000 children, in 483 mills,
with sS2,O00,00O capital.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

The London Lancet is doing splen-
did work in it's laboratory for the pub
lie health OF Great Britain, and it has
been considering that the postage
stamp is not too unimportant for Its
attention. Blood-poisoning has, with
out doubt, been traced to licking an
infectious postage stamp as a cause,
and the chances of postage stamp be-
coming infectious are obviously abun-
dant. This year it was decided to re-
vert to red as the distinguishing color
of the penny stamp. On examination
it is found that one of the innoeuous
aniline reos was used, which is pecu-
liarly resistant to atmospheric action
or to the action of moisture. Strong
acids disturb it but little. The adhe-
sive material is dextrine or British
gum in all cases.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1902-10-18

According to the last census the
total school population of the United
States is 22 ,253 ,O5O. of which 1884, ,22O
are in the common school grades. or
the total about 100000 are enrolled
in rural schools. The average daily
attendance throughout the country is
only one-half the enrolment. the
average length of the school term va
ries in different parts of the country,
being longest in the north and short
est in the south. In 1900 the attend
ance of each pupil was about 80 days
per term. In Massachusetts it was
145 days, and 36 in North Carolina.
Out of the total school revenue only
AZ percent is derived from the income
of permanent funds.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-01-15
Some Pcculiari-
ties Noted i'm the
American System


iul trademark rightfully used before
the passage Of the former act. There
fore. from almost the beginning OF the
registration of trademarks up to the
middle of 1898 the Patent ONCE at
Washington allowed the registration
act, go that they had become associat-
ed with the goods of a certain. person
As late as the first half Of 1898 sew
enteen surnames were registered as
trademarks by applicants OF the same
name. Then the policy OF the patent
Office suddenly changed; the letter OF
the main act of congress was stuck to
like grim death but the spirit OF the
supplemental act was entirely crushed
out OF IL.
The reason at the base OF the prin-
ciple that surname must not be used
as trademark is that surname
cannot be the exclusive property Of
any one person as against all others
who own the name.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-01-15
A standard OF recundity.

SO far as my observation goes
there is to-day no greater complaint
among market breeders than the want
OF prolifcaey in the pure-bred hog.
] know that this is the case In our
part Of the country at least. What
number Of pigs, then. shall we take
as the ideal, toward which VIC aspire
In working to improve our pure
breeds Of swine along these lines? The
old English hog was perhaps the best
type OF hog. and the most profitable
of either of the now" recognized pure
breeds OF swine. She was large in sta
ture. had great constitution and energy
that has not since been equaled in any
OF the specific breeds that have been
produced since her day. She bore ten
to fourteen strong. healthy pigs, which
she was able TO raise with very little
help from her owner. ! well remem
Der the old "Grazer" SOW on my faith
er's farm fifty years ago. whose pro
geny furnished not only the meat for
the family, but aided very materially
TO the revenue OF the farm. She was
feeder and a great rustler and II
she failed to raise at least ten good,
healthy pigs TO n litter. we thought
she was not doing her fun duty. This.
then, we may take as our standard
OF fecundity in our hog; that we
have very materially retrograded from
their standard no one will deny.
assume this high standard because
believe il is possible TO produce a sow
that will return. this number Of good,
healthy pigs without breaking her
constitution, and that with a properly
balanced ratio we may succeed in
raising that number OF good pigs.
think 1t is advisable for the reason
that with the greater number we are
fortified against the inevitable per-
centage OF loss m farrowiny and in
the first weeks OF the pig life. II we
have too many, Il is easy TO reduce
the number, but II too few. 1t Is i'm
possible TO increase them. NJ. Nc
Neal.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-01-15
Q14ecr
P0fenf LdSeS

Ought man to have better right
TO the name Of some one else than
To his own name in his own business?
This is the question which. accord
ing to the Washington Times. a good
many manufacturers and solicitors are
trying to answer. The Patent once
now allows a man 10 register some
other mans name as a trademark.
hut not his own.
Trademarks are registered under
the acts of 1881 and 1882. The first act
had clause providing that the com
missioner OF patents should not regis
ter a trademark which was merely
the name Of an applicant"
Many surnames had become ire
vocably attached TO certain articles OF
manufacture. Therefore. to prevent
amy injustice. congress the following
year passed short act providing that
nothing In the preceding act should
prevent the registration OF any law