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Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1902-03-07
A Few Good Bargains In
+ ARMS.
something You lisar About and Rarely Eyer See

Something You Hear About and Rarely Ever See
Afirst class blue grass farm in the
best part of the valley of Va. on the
Valley pike near thriving town, $40
acres all black limestone land, well
set in grass, 40 acres in wheat and
timothy, abundance of fine spring
water, bordering on large creek
300 acres cleared" timber land well
fenced, affording hne pasture. fine
dwelling, large barn, 2 tenant housee
every other necessary buildings
Everything in good repair, social
educational and market advantages
unsurpassed. Can be sold for S25 90
per acre, which is much less thaa its
real value. We have farms of al
kinds and prices. See US if you arr
looking for bargains ,sza's'4
400 Acros. ..~.sssss.ss'sss-'s''
oOo 90. - stock farm in the best blre
SSs section of Southwest Virginia,
ION the railroad one mile from STATEN;
good improvements, very large or,
chard of best improved fruit, fine
neighboIhood. Price $4,000. Easy
terms.
At Acre fruit farm all rich land, beauti-
full orchard, comfortable cottage.
Price 800.
Beautiful grain, grass and fruit farm,
$50 acres, level land, on railroad, half
mile from station, 1900 bearing apple
trees, best varieties. Rare bargain
$4,000.
As Acre truck and fruit farm close to
Roanoke, large rawberry beds, 2
acres red raspberrles, 1000 fruit trees;
nice Sroom residence. For quick sale
$3.50.
$50 Acres of first class land in high
state of cultivation, in site of Roa.
noke city, at $40 per acre. Nothing
on the market better than this. Do
not delay is you want it.
275 Acres blue grass farm, TO acres river
bottom, rs acres timber, balance in
blue grass; fruit of all kinds; good
improvements; on N. 6 w, railroad,
great bargain at s4,5oO Payments
to suit you.
116 Acres with lovely improvements,
location in the best section of Roanoke
county, $3.50 per acre. A great deal
Of fine creek bottom and No. / truck
ing land.
62114 Acres in good state OF cultivation,
we'll fenced and good water and fruit,
Plenty of timber. Six miles from the
city. 50 800.
A beautiful farm of 10 acres on Roa-
noke river 100 acres bottom land; u D.
land all good IN room residence nicely
painted and papered, line spring water
and plenty of timber; near the city
Price $1,000 in easy payments.
A beautiful farm Of 507 acres of the
finest land in Roanoke county, fine
brick dwelling, which cost over 5000
to build, tenant houses. all neces-
sary outbuildings' s. acres finest bot
tom land, 1900 fruit trees, some good
timber. Price $4,000.
Splendid bluegrass farm of 300 acres d
miles from railroad, first class i'm.
provement; everything in good condi.
ton. This is beauty. S25 per acre.
Montgomery bluegrass farm of 1856 acres
good improvements, we'll fenced. fine
water, plenty of fruit, all good lana,
we'll grassed, and in good neigh borhood
F rice 81 ECO
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Notice T. w. Spindle &
Cos. ad this week. II you
want a good farm it will pay
you to see them before
buying.
Josiah's courtship at Nef's
Hall Friday night March 18th,
Every body come out to see
the play. Proceeds for the
benefit of the churches.
BARGAINS. One new all
steel, horse power hay baler,
six good second hand steam
engins, and two saw-mills.
Terms easy.
R. P. Johnson,
Wytheville, Va.
Misses. Virginia md Berna
Stone, Of Mt. Carmel, spent
several days here visiting rela-
'tives, and left Monday for
Wytheyille, where Mr.. Stone
will make his home.
Some two weeks ago the
Drug Store had their store
room painted and hard oiled
which added SO much to its ap
pearence, that Messrs Jen-
nings NeH & Co., caught the
idea and last week had their
store-room very stylishly paint
ed stained etc, their Office
plasticoed pink. This with
their new stock of goods is
one of the handsomest store
rooms in the city. Frank vii
son did the work at both
places.
Our old friend and patron,
A. F. Stone, Esq, left his old
home at Mt. Carmel, on Mon
day Of this week, for Wythe-
vile, where he and his family
will reside III the future Mr..
Stone was one of our most
enterprising citizens and
Smythe County can i'll afford
to loose such men. He has
purchased large property
in Wythe Co., and
will engage extensively in the
and manufacturing
business there. It is useless
for us to commend Mr.. Stone
to the people OF his new home.
as his practical methods and
social and business standing
will commend him to any
community. We wish him
every success-Marion Domo-
crat.
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CAMP LETTER.


CAMP LETTER.
Thomas Benning is no bet
ter at this writing.
E. w. Wampler went to
Glryson county last week.
Doll Sage has been on the
sick list for a few days.
Mrs. G. S. Bennington, is
visiting her sister Mrs. ]. E.
Dutton this week.
]. H. DeBord, says that the
recent rain, of last Thursday
night, washed about twenty
FIVE wagon loads OF rock into
his yard, and came very near
taking his smokehouse.
B. B. Roberts, of Flat Ridge
was in town last Sunday and
Monday, he was making old
Daisy burn the wind, through
the mud. DAISY is his horse)
when we last seen him
Jno. D. Horn and mother,
went to Tennessee last Satur-
day, to attend the funeral OF
Rufus Horn. Mr.. Horn was
the son of Henry H. Horn,
deceased, of this place.
The recent rains have made
the roads almost impossible.
Horace Bennington was work
ing the road last Saturday.
He is making a new road near
Bridge Hill school house.
Rev. E. L. Addington, was
around last week looking after
the interest of the Parsonage,
taking subscriptions, and all
the money he could get.
Joseph H. Cregges is i'm
proving very rapidly, he has
been tor a long time, a suffer
-er Of Indigestion.
The new post-ofice, Hub
ble' on Cripple Creek, near
Henry Umbarger, sent their
first mail to Camp last Satur-
day.
A. A. Sutherland is wearing
the broadcast grin that he ever
wore. No wonder, tits a big
boy Presume he will GO in
to the sheep business very ex-
tensively this year.
Fountain Ring and wife, Of
Grayson Co., passed through
this vicinity today, enroute to
Russell Co, where they will
reside for the future.
Price Wampler sent his little
dog to Grayson Co, for its
health.
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When you wake up with bad taste in
your mouth you may know that you
need a desc of Cham berlains Stomach
& Liver Tablets. They will clanse your
your stomach, improve your appetite
and make you feel like new man.
They are easy to take, being sugar
coated, and pleasant in effect. For sale
by Pepper & Hufford.
R0aaoa dyspepsia Cure
DEgssts what you eass
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BaD on FACTS
And Told in Words That
One who Runs
Nay Read

Dr.. PIlipps was in Wythe-
vile Monday.
U1ill Kinder has been visit
ing home folks.
c. p. Baughman is at home
on a visit.
NJ. 3. Yonce and family
lett Tuesday for California.
Miller Copenhaver left
Wednesday for Nebraska.
Miss Gladise Prickett has
returned home from Marion.
Linseedoai' Soc. a gallon at
/ the Drug Store.
Juo. p Sharitz spent last
Saturday ia town on business.
Mr.Lindamood, tax assessor,
paid THE TINES a call on
Thursday.
Tom Hammer spent Sunday
and Monday in Bristolvisiting
home folks.
Tazewell Blue Grass to
rent. Address, S. ]. Brown,
il Top, Va.
Miss Eugene Baumgardner
peiS. Saturday and Sunday in
Pulaski.
Mrs. Ben Eller and children
Of Atkins, spent Sunday with
Mrs. w. C. Lawson.
+. Niekels, who has been
in tie produce business in w.
Va, has has returned home.
Miss Annie Dobyn 5, Of
Start Va, is wishing Mrs
~ G. Lawson.
Prot. Robert Snavely and
Walter Hafforsl, Of Wyth--
vile, were in town last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Flana-
. gan Of Roanake, are visiting
a'srleada il to~n ibis week.
Reserveei seaf tickets for
josiah's Courtship, will be on
sale at the Drug Store Mon
day.
Capt. and Mrs. Chas. Baum
gardner are visiting their
daughter, Mrs. Robinson in
Roanoke,
Dr.. Hill will be at Rural
Retreat Hotel Alamo) next
Wednesday aud Thursday, all
work guaranteed.
W R. 1. Germany and
family will leave to day for
Roanoke, where they will
make their future home.
Don't fail to see Josiah 5
esourtship at Nea's Hall Fri
day night March 18th. Adj
sslon, 70, 20, 80.
Miss Dora Failing, OF M.
G. Abingdon Va, attended
Kthe marriage of Miss Berda
lffounshell on Wednesday.
Davis Phillippi, Milton Cat
ron, and w. w Mercer, made
rHr TINES a pleasant call a
1 few days ago.
Capt. B. r. Stanley, Road
Ilnaster on the Radford divis-
iop, has resigned. He has been
the N. & w. about forty
s, aud was relieved by|
H. G. Kerr, his head
eers VIII be at Pulaski.
Read The TIMES closely.
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7. W. SPIN DIE &CO,
No. 3. Campbell Ave.
Roanoke, Va.

REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF The Augsburg Bank at Rural Re-
treat, in the State of Virginia, at the
close of business, Feb 25, 1902.
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llRuIny IIDR(IIT|LI u.

COME IN, old man, take scat and
let's talk over the matter that has given
you so much worry-let's reason to-
gether. You say they have caused you
to suffer untold pain in the daytime and
that an evening can't be spent without
every moment bringing you little shoot
ing pains that tells YOU of the unfit
ness" of things. Now, listen. You
should have gotten shoes that were
large enough in the first placs and made
on last nearer the shape of your foot;
you got $3.50 workmanship in 5000
shoe and that ought not to be. No Won
der YOUR feet have been hurting Here's
nv advice to you as friend throw
those pain promoters in the trash pile.
put on my slippers here apdEo down
to see DAVIS. Anderson cc right away
You needn't fell them the shape IF shoe
you want nor the size thes know the
shoe business like a book ana they " I,
FIT YOUR FOOT Ifsthey teG YOU y
shoe will wear 900 ran ronnt OF
too -
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STATE OF VIRGINIA,
N1w,x,mv ~ yITvr,trr

COUNTY OF WYTHE. J
I, John w. Eilfert, cashier of the above
named bank, do solemniy swear that the above
stat ement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. JOHN w. EIFFERT, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Bird
day OF March, 1902.
CORRECT Attest:
JNo. w. EIFFERT. !
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Passenger Train scheduls

Passenger Train Schedule
The trains that carry passenge GERS oA
the Norfolk s. Western will leave RtlraI|
Retreat station DIS follows 81.
No. 3ss Westbound. SIG d,
Eas9bound 1o:Qa .. nj.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-31

go to work Gentleman Ed rode over
the ranges and endeavored to find some
cleW to the thieves. He questioned
this man and that. He talked with
the half-breed Indians, and he stuffed
the trail, but he returned to Blue Duck
no wiser than when he left.
II tell YOU, Halvorson," he said,
whoever is going away with that
stock is mighty wise. The boys haven't
seen any one, and there isn't a sign to
show where the animals go to. It
looks as,if the earth simply swallowed
them mp"
Halvorson grunted. AS the descend
ant Of vikings he was entitled to grunt
and to be suspicious. That night he
called a meeting of the vigilance COM
mittee in the rear room Of the No. /
Hard bar.
Gentlemen" said Ed, we've got to
turn Indian. That's the only way that
we will ever run down the thieves. I
don't believe that we need many men
for this kind of work. I am going to
pick out ten of you, and we are going
away, and we won't come back until
we have scalps to bring in"
= p p
THAI night Gentleman Ed and ten
other men rode out Of Blue Duck into
the long grasses, and to where the cat
tie stamped and moved restlessly I'M
der the stars.
Each member Of the vigilance COM
nittee selected for trailing as the In
dians follow their prey had with him
his horse. rifle, six-shooter and a Ave
days supply Of provisions. Gentleman
&c selected for his " work the
gu; riding Of the Circle herd. 1t was
grazing near Cub Greek, and con-
tanned about 400 head Of cattle.
He kept always to the windward of
Their. gave them no occasion for
alarm and did not even disturb the
eowbtYs on duty. All that Grst night
he worked his way up and down the
feeding grounds. but without finding
any suspicious evidence. re slept the
next day. and the second night re.
sllIasa bin Vigil. Again be srsWled
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-31

tered over the range: 1t seemed fool
hardy for him to attempt to capture
the thieves single-handed. He could
| distinguish the outlines Of the ranch
house, but there was no light to be
seen from within, nor any indication
as to how many men there might be
inside. He spent an hour taking the
geographical bearings of the place and
then rode away. BY 8 o'clock in the
morning he had gathered Up his ten
men and had them en- the way to the
retreat.
When the place was again located
he placed his men so that each n
commanded a vantage point from
which to fight if there was going to be
a fight. He himself intended to adj
vance on the place, announce who he
was and his MISSION and demand the
surrender Of the inmates. He was per-
haps half way to the house when a
light flashed up and he dropped to the
ground and lay still. BY the light he
could see. that one of the windows of
the Ad1Su nO0SG was 1dASCu III A4d
it was covered only by a cotton cur
tain which l1ew back and forth in the
morning breeze. Ed crawled IN to this
window until he was directly under
meath it, and then he heard voices.
A woman was talking. She was
moving about the room and evidently
preparing food for some one. AS the
curtain moved Ed got a glimpse Of the
interior. He saw a man In bed and
could judge by the appearance of his
face that be was sick. He noted a
thin, gaunt looking woman. who was
preparing a broth. He observed that
by the bed there slept a handsome
Scotch collie. the best kind of a COW
dog ever created. Thus spoke the
woman to the man:
THE Blue Duck people are out with
their guns, Jim, and I've got to quit
this stealing business. The dog works
all right, but they'll get me sure, and
what win become of you If I'm hauled
ups ! know it isn't right, Jim, but
you'd have died long ago IL the doc
aud me hadn't known bow 10 got the
EESZ7
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-31
Fire Signals.

AT g meeting Of Hope Hook and
Ladder Co. No. /, held on July 9,
1901, the town rvas divided into Fire
Districts and O Code of Signals was
| adopted In order to facilitate the loca-
ton of fires In the future. The town
was divided as follows:
District No. ALL that portion Of
tewn bounded north by Bellevue
street, west by Urion street, south
and east by corporation line.
District No. 2-All that portion Of
town bounded by Bellevue street on
the south; Union street on the west,
and corporation line on the north and
eat
District No. s-Theportion of town
lying west of Union street, and south
of Bellevue street, with the corpora
ton line as the south and west boun-
Diary. e.,
District No. 4-ILe portion OF town
bounded on the south by Bellevue,
east by Union, nor'h and west by COY
poration line.
The Signals adopted were short taps
to indicate tho district in which the
fire is loca'el, followed by q rapid
alarm. same to be repeated until gen.
erai alarm is given.
To illustrate, should an alarm be
sounded for District No. 8, first three
taps, one, two, three, followed by rap
id alarm, and repeat.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-31

IL seems that the movement against
The smoke nuisance in London begar,
more than 600 years ago, and was CO.
incident with the discovery 81 coal in
the north Of England. It appears that
tie coal smoke caused no immediate
annoyance To the inhabitants Of Lon
don. but d smoke act" was passed
aboSt the time Of Edward I. in order
that KNIGHTS q the shire might suf-
fer no Injury 70 their health while at.
tending g. their duties during the sit
tings Of Parliament. Since the first
smoke act the London Council has
adopted many laws and regulations
fos apatlng tie smoke eyil. Under the
iaas smoke oct 81 Parliament. passed
ID 1881, it Is made an offense to use 4
sntnace, o. premises devoted to trade
purposes, % constructed as not to pre-.
vent smoke. The public health author.
titles are empowered to enforce this
act, but as 1t does not apply to private
houses the sources Of a good portion of
the smoke that beclouds London are
not reached.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-31

Certain Gamers who "tin" tomatoes
are talking of a new trust with mill
ions Of capital. Where is Sergeant
Buzfuz? Where are Dodson s. Fogg?
Are Mr.. Pickwick and Mr.. Perker,
Wrinkle, Tupman and the other men,
bars of the Piekwick Club in court?
s'Chops and tomato saucer And Mrs.
Bardell? Have the Wellers vanished2
"A tomato trust at last! The world has
been waiting for a combination of that
sort ever slice Charles Dickens wrote
the "Pickwick. Papers"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-31
In the official announcement OF til,

In the official announcement OF the
purposes q the magnidcently endowed
Carnegie institution it is stated that
one among It's aims win be ito discoT.
er the exceptional man in every de-
partnent Of study, whenever and
wherever found, and enable him BY
financial aid to make the work for
which he seems specially designed his
life work" II win be a dialcult tassk
to find this exceptional man In every
department Of study, far more difficult
thar. to provide him with financial aid,
sps TIE ambition Il noble and common
dabis, ana fhe world win hope 1t may
Is splendidg successful.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-31

through the grasses and until midnight
was not rewarded for his labor. Then
of a sudden, even in the darkness, and
almost under his nose, two choice
cows detached themselves from the
herd and slowly moved away toward
the north. The sight was an extraor,
binary one. Cattle In herds do not
leave in such manner unless there is
some powerful reason for their doing
so:
The two cows kept steadily on their
way, and finally disappeared ii the
darkness. Then Ed took up the trail.
AS fresh as it was there was little
difficulty in keeping within close dis
lance OF the animals. He saw no hui
mar being guiding them. He could
not fathom the reason for their strange
behavior. Once he thought he saw
something that resembled a dog or coy
ote leap up Id front of them, but he
could not be certain as to this. Mile
after mile the COWS went on and mile
after mile Ed kept their trail, until
they came to a tiny ranch house on
Upper Cub Greek and voluntarily
walked within a corral. Some one
whom Ed could not distinguish shut a
gate on them and then the gentleman
gambler Of Blue Duck knew that he
had found the home of the cattle
thieves.
i q . Il
Ed was alone: His companions of
the vigilance committee were scat
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-31
Pedierea Foolisbness.

This is a great democratic country.
but a man in London has made q
small fortune in tracing the pedigrees
of American millionaires back to the
ancient Saxon and Norman nobility
of Great Britain. Familiarity will
works Of heraldry makes the manu-
facture of coats of arms as easy as Il
is profitable. It is an interesting fact
that there is little of this foolish gen
ealogy hunting among the numerous
American descendants Of the German
immigrants. London appears to be
the only market for the supply OF
American pedigrees. - Philadelphia
Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-31

From sources that arc ordinarily
trustworthy 1t is learned that land agi-
,tation in Ireland has lately assumed a
more serious appearance than at any
time since the agrarian troubles Of the
eighties. The centre of the present un-
rest is Connaught. wnere The tenants
Of several large estates are making de-
mands which their landlords reject al
altogether unreasonable. They demand
that the lands be sold to them, and thai
pending the sale the rents should be
reduced 6s. Sd. in the pound, which is
practically a third. The refusal of the
landlords to- accede to this demand
has led to the refusal Of the tenants to
pay any rent whatever. The Govern.
ment Is already at work suppressing
meetings of ~disaffected tenants, and
the latter on their side have once more
yet the boycott ut work. The landlords
say that the present terms under which
land sales 10 tenants arc negotiated
ara ruinoass fo the vendors, and unless
ID Government makes some changes
n Ne laws England may expect "a
hays l revival Of tie old agrarian trOu
Rass tAe very near future,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-31
MY SHIP.

[ stood marooned on q desert isle,
With my gaze Ger the uninterrupted
sea,
And hope leaped up in my heart the
willie
My ship-would it come to mes }
Ny beautiful ship with its sails of snow,
Swanlike on the oceans blue;
While ever I gazed where the sky hung
low,
And ever my longing grew.
Long, long I watched in the burning
sun
And just at the close Of day,
A CLINT of white where the fog banks run,
Flashed up like a .whiteeap spray
Flashed into my sight on the low sky line;
Then cut Of the sea upreared
The black storm-cloud; and this ship of
mine
Was lost in the blackness weird.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-31
Nc CORONATION FOR ALFONSO XIII
VIII Acquire Sovereign Power by the Bril-.
liant Ceremony of the Oath.

W 80 - W. W hAS 1890
liant Ceremony of the Oath.
Alfonso XIII. will not be crowned.
None Of his predecessors has been
crowned, for the ceremony Of the
coronation Of kings does not exist il
Spain. The only essential act OF an
Official character to precede the TAX
ing possession of the sovereign
power by the young monarch will be
the oath of fidelity, according to the
Constitution, and this will be sworn
to before the President of the
Chamber of Deputies and the assem-
bled Cortes.
The ceremony of the oath will be
celebrated with great pemp in the
Hall of Assembly Of the Chamber.
All of the Senators and Deputies will
be gathered there, dressed in uniforms
or evening clothes. The King, accom-
panied by all the royal family and
followed by his Court, will go to the
Parliament in the historic coaches
which are one Of the curiosities of
the palace, and one Of the external
signs tie most priced of the tradition
al m~agnifcence of the Kings of Spain.
Soc of these coaches with the pan
els painted by masters, covered in tor
toise-shell or constructed of fine wood
Of the Indies and ornamented with
bronze engraved like jewels, Cate
from the time of Philip ", and are
copied from those belonging to Louis
XIV. There is one in particular in
ebony, held up by leather straps that
is called 1.-THE Foolish Jane"
Those of the coaches at the head
of the cortege conduct the officers of
the Crown. They are harnessed to
four herses. The carriages destined
for the Infantas and for the great dig.
nitaries of the palace are drawn by
six horses. The one in which viii
ride their Majesties will be drawn
by eight horses wearing the Isabella
robe. It is surmounted by the royal
crown. The harness is extremely rich.
The coach will be accompanied by
DoWCered footrlcn.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-31

All night I lay on the damp seaweed,
With the spray on my ,sodden head;
The mad waves hewled, but I took no
Nor rocked Of theiFr ravinge dread.
All night in the storm with q chilling
breast,
When 10! at the break of day,
There, dancing at anchor with sails at rest,
My ship in the harbor lay!
My beautiful ship: When the night was
.Wissn llsss sty was tie hue 81 lead,
Ger rock and reef, through the thunder
ing rack,
She JAILED with a steady head!
Oh, faltering one! when the dark hour
falls,
Deem not that all hope is past,
But bark for the sound of the Pilots calls
For your ship will come in at last.
o. Reese, in San Francisco Bulletin.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-31

The value Of . Newspaper as On
advertising medium consists in
Its circulation.
When you can secure the coma
kined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, 1t Is money
gavedl
"TThe st. Landry Democrat
was consolidated on the Sd of.
March, 1894, with /" The Opelou-
sas Courier" The adyertisines
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to o. q year.
TIE COURIER being by odds
the best paper In the empire Par.
fgh OF ST. Landry ID tkarafore TIE
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