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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-07-21
Suit Department Offering.

Suit Department Offering.
SUITS of all wool Cheviot, Per-
sian trimming, regular price,
$3.50.
Sale price, $3.50
SUITS of prebble and plain Chew
lots in several styles and colors,
some of the best this season.
Sold for $500 and 1850.
Sale price, $9.75
SUITS of Etamine trimmed with
taffeta silk and silk ornaments,
very stylish. Sold for $500.
Sale price, $40
SUITS of Broadcloth sold all the
season for $1,000.
Sale price, $I7.So
SUITS of all wool Cheviot, several
styles and colors. Sold for. $40.
Sale price, $6.9S
WALKING SUITS in good quality
and color. Sold for $1,000.
| Sale price, $500
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-07-21
All Kinds.

and Waists and
Skirts, of good quality Percale,
one dollar quality, slightly
damaged.
Sale price, 49c.
DRESS MUSLINS in new, beauti.
full colors, II lac. quality,
7I.sc. ISc. quality for IL r.sc.
CRASH of PURE LINEN, I6
inches wide.
Sale price, &c.
CRASH of pure linen and heavy,
70 inches wide.
Only &C.
IN CLOSING, if you want Dress
Goods, Ginghams, Hosiery,
Underwear, Gloves, Corsets,
Ribbons, Laces or any of the
many things needed and found
in a first-class store, Come,
for you will find Right Goods,
Right Prices and Right Sales
people.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-07-21

The Kelley Institute in Portland,
Maine, on Munjoy Hill, is successfully
curing drunkards and drug users.
jun031y ;
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both white and black. Sold for
$s.9S.
Sale price, $I.98
WAISTS of white Oxford, trimmed
with Cluny lace. Sold for ST.. 9S.
Sale price, $I.75
WAISTS of white Basket-weave,
trimmed with silk grapes. Sold
for $2.49.
Sale price, $I.so
WAISTS of white corded vesting.
Sold for $I.49.
Sale price, 9Sc.
WAISTS of mercerized cheviot
with large pearl buttons. Sold
for $I.9S.
Sale price, $I.75
WAISTS of silk Bingham and fine
Vestings, soiled.
Your choice, oSc.
WAISTS of Jap. silk, val. lace set
in front. Sold for $s.9S.
Sale price, $I.oS
WAISTS of Jap. silk, trimmed with
val. lace. Sold for $I.9S.
Sale price, $I.4o
WAISTS of P. K. Sold for $I.5o.
Sale price, 75c.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-07-21
Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge.

bankrupts PETITION TOR uiscnarge'
In the matter of
SOLOMON c. BUCK In bankruptcy.
Bankrupt
To the HON. CLARENCE HALE, Judge Of the Dis.
trict Court of the United States for the District
SOLOMON C. BUCK, of Paris, in the
IN said District, respectfully represents
that on the a5th day of April, last past he
was duly adjudged bankrupt, under the Acts
of Congress relating ~ Bankruptcy; that ne mas
nroperty and has fully complied with all
The requirements of said Acts and of the orders
of Court touching his bankruptcy.
wherefore he prays, that ne may DC decreen
Inv the Court to have full discharge from all
debts provable against his estate under said
bankrupt Acts, except such debts as are ex
ccpted by law from such discharge:
Dated this 18th day OF July, A. D. lSS; ,,,v
Bankrupt.
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The 0xfurd Democrat.
SOUTH PARIS.

SOUTH PARIS POST oFFIcE.
ONCE Hours s 90 to 100 A. n; 500 A. n. to
s:OOP.
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1904. Hebron Academy. 1908.

The Fall Term of Hebron Academy
will open
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1903.
The expenses of term are now as low
as before the present splendid equipment
was completed. $4,000 to $55.0O Will
pay all bills for term of twelve weeks.
BY self boarding, students are able to
reduce expenses to a rate within the
means of any ambitious boy or girl.
Write the principal for catalogue or
further information.
w. E. SARGENT, Prin., Hebron, Me.
July, 1908.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-07-21

DRESS Skirts OF hne Broad
cloth and stylish cut. Sold for
$3.50.
Sale price, $4.o8
WALKING SKIRTS, triple stitch.
ed seams and stitched neatly
around the bottom assorted
styles. Sold for $3.75..
Sale price, $I.9S
WALKING SKIRTS, corded and
strapped, sold for &.9S.
Sale price, $7.oS
WASH SKIRTS of black and dark
blue duck with white polka dot.
Sold for CSC.
Sale price, 6oc.
WASH SKIRTS of heavy duck in
Navy and Black ground with
White polka dot and rings, trim
med with braid; also skirts of
cotton covert in shades of Ok
ford, neatly trimmed with black
braid. All have sold for $r.4o.
Sale price, oSc.
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finally throwing Mr.. Nottags out, near
l.. b. Abbott's on the Stony Brook road.
In some way Mr. Nottage was tangled in
the reins, and the horse dragged him
through the fields and road a consider
able distance. Finally the reins let go,
and the horse ran to Mountain View
Farm, where he was stopped. In addi-
ton to the general shaking up and bruis-
ing, two gasheS, one about two inches
long, and the other four inches, were cut
in Mr.. Nottage's head. He was uncon-
scious when picked up, and did not re-
cover consciousness fully for some hours.
There were at first some indications OF
serious injury, but he is now doing well,
and expects to come out all right.
A feature which would seem to add
much to the practical value of the record
has recently been adopted in the record
ing of deaths in the town clerks ONCE:
In the book provided for such record
there is a peculiar omission. Although
it has columns for showing the names OF
the parents OF the deceased, as well as
their occupation and birthplace, and
many other details, also for showing
whether the deceased was single, mar
ried or widowed, there is no blank left
for showing, in case of woman who Is
or has been married, the name of her
husband. For instance, the death OF
Mary ]. Smith is recorded. The record
shows who her parents were, where they
were born, their occupation, etc. II
also shows that Mary j. Smith was
married woman, but it does not show
whether the bereft husband is Johr
Smith, Hezekiah Smith, or some othel
one of the large family. On the blani
death certificate is place for this IN
formation, but it is said that the certify
ing physicians are inclined to be negli
gent about filling this out. The new
departure consists in using another lin
of the book for the information Suggest
ed, so that below the death record
Mary ]. Smith appears the entr
"(Wife of John Smitn.)" A slight matte
in itself, it must add considerably :
the value of the record for one who Is en-
deavoring to trace his family history.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
venezueIa's Higher Tariff.

Washington. Februry 1S.-The fol-
lowing cablegram was received at the
State department today from Mr..
Russell, who is in charge of the Uni
ted States legation at Caracas during
the absence of Minister Bowen:
''The minister of foreign affairs Of
Venezuela has decreed 80 per cent in
crease duties On all imports as war
measure. -
Just why this decree was issued by
the minister of foreign affairs, instead
of President Castro in the ordinary
course, puzzles the officials here. The
action recorded in the cablegram,
however, is regarded as a keen stroke
of political fnesse, for practically it
amounts to placing the indemnity
which Venezuela is to pay the Powers
wholly upon the shoulders of the for
eign merchants, who conduct all Of
Venezuela's import trade. The in
crease mentioned, 80 per cent. is the
same figure as the percentage of Gus
tom duties at La Guaya and Puerto
Cabello to be assigned to the claim
ant nations.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
IMMIGRATION ASSOCIATION.

Atlanta, Ca, February 17.-For
the purpose of formulating plans
that will result in an influx of desir-
able settlers from the North, number
of land and industrial agents of the
Southwest railroads met here today
and formed an association. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: Presi-
dent, NJ. V. Richards, of Washing
ton, land and industrial agent Of the
Southern Railway; first vice presi-
dent G. A. Park, of Louisville, agent
of the Louisville and Nashville !;
second vice president, j. E. Ingra-
ham. OF st. Augustine, Fla, vice
president of the Florida East Coast
Railroad; secretary, W. L. Glessner,
of Macon, Ga, commissioner of i'm
migration Of the Georgia, Southern and
Florida Railway.
Two meetings of the association will
be held each year. The next confer
ence will be held at Miami, Fla,
March 6.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
CENTRAL AMERICAN WAR.

Panama, Colombia, February 49,
A cablegram received here last night
from San Salvadoruannounced that the
relations between Salvador and
Guatemala, which nearly ended in war,
have now completely changed-Presi-
dents Regalado and Cabrera having
peacefully arranged their differences.
President Zelaya, of Nicarauga, is
again reported to be sending assistance
to President Sierra. of Honduras, and
President Regalado is said to have
agreed to help President-elect Bonilla,
Of Honduras.
The Congress of Honduras, on
February l6, appointed Juan Angel
Arias to be President and Maxine
Rosales to be Vice President, on the
departure of Gen. Sierra from the
capital, Tegucigalpa, in command OF
the army which is to attack the re-
volutionists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
THE GONZALES MEMORIAL.

The Gastonia correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer tells the following
A lecture entitled Thoughts Upon
Music, with Prelude, Interlude and
Postlude,' is to be delivered in the Y.
NJ. G. a. hall by Pros. D. S. L.
johnson. After the lecture, a collec-
tion will be taken for the benefit OF
the Gonzales monument fund now be-
ing collected in Columbia. A very in
teresting story is connected with this
lecture, showing why this collection
is to be made. It seems that the last
year of Mr.. Gonzales school life was
spent in Fairfax county, Va, and
his teacher was this same Prof. John
son. Young Gonzales was ambitious to
prepare himself for newspaper work,
and the teacher did not classify him,
so that he might have an opportunity
to make all the progress possible.
From that time until his unfortunate
death he did not forget his Mr.. Davy'
as he afectionately called his old
teacher. On last Christmas Mr.. Con
zales wrote him as follows: "My
dear Mr.. Davy: Please let me share
with you, this Christmas, my divi-
dend from The State. Accompanying
this letter was very liberal check.
His old teacher has met with reverses,
but wishes to do what he can to pay
a tribute to his old pupil, the lament
ed Gonzale -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
The VENEZUELAN ARBITRATION.
Making Up the Protocol Which is
to Set in Motion the Machinery
of the Hague Tribunal.

Washington, February 1S.-Mr.
Bowen this afternoon called upon the
representatives OF the peace Powers
here, the Mexican and French ambas-
sadors, the ministers from Sweden and
Norway. Denmark, the Netherlands,
Belgium and Spain, to inform them
formally Of the signing of the Ameri-
can Venezuelan protocol. With each
envoy copy of the American protocol
was left. Mr.. Bowen stating that
Venezuela desired that the remaining
protocols should in all essential details
conform to it.
In diplomatic circles and among
State department officials considerable
attention is being paid to the pro
visions of The Hague protocol, which
will have to do with the setting in
motion of the tribunals cumbersome
machinery. It is expected that the
rough draft OF The Hague protocol
will be decided upon at joint con-
ference between Mr.. Bowen and the
representatives here of the Powers.
Secretary Hay will represent the
United States at this conference, and
it is the wish of the other representa-
tives that he shall preside.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
NAVAL STATIONS TN CUBA.

While the permanent treaty with
Cuba has been meeting the
fate of the reciprocity treaty, steps
have been taken informally to reach
basis of agreement with reference TO
it, particularly as to naval assati ons
on the island, for RMeh the oiatt
amendment makes pr9VSsion.
A Havana paper skates that since
last October the GeFTament OF 3the
United States, thSagh Minister
Squiers, has been Disclosing the ma t.
ter with the Cuban Naushes5sia 1t
was at first intimated that
this country would be s with
the ports of Nipe and Bsha Honda
on the north and Cienfeuges nd Guat-
anna on the south coast Of The island.
There was desire in this eoantry for
a coaling station near Ha7ana, but
the repugnance of the CuEans to a
foreign flag near their capital induced
the abandonment of this proposal.
Later intelligence is to the effect
that this demand for naval stations is
cut in halt, and that we are to get
Guantanamo and Bahia Honda. The
latter is forty-fve miles west of
Havana and commands the Yucatan
channel. A part of the agreement
is that Cuba shall keep the Isle of
Pines.
The reduction of the number Of coal
ing stations to two is, Of course, a
compromise, but authorities at Wash
ington say they will suffice. They are
substantially at opposite ends of the
island and give control of the neigh
boring straits.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
Effect of Cold Wave on Fruit.

Atlanta, February 1s.-Reports ire
ceived here from the fruit belts Of
Georgia and Florida state that the
crop for this season has escaped injury
from the effect of the recent cold wave.
Information from the peachcentres
Of South Georgia is to the effect that
all danger to peaches in that section
has passed.
The freeze has badly damaged the
peach prospects throughout the section
of Tennessee near Chattanooga, indica-
tions seeming that the fruit on the
ridges and the bottom lands has been
almost completely destroyed.
Higher temperatures we're generally
reported athroughout the South today,
the indications prophesying warmer
weather tonight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
CANAL OFFER ACCEPTED.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE govern
ment has formally accepted the offer
of the Panama Canal company to sell
to the United States the canal pro-
perty and all of the company's rights
therein for.s40, 000,0O0 subject only to
the ratification of the pending treaty
with the republic of Colombia. The
effect of this acceptance will be to ex
tend the life of the option held by the
government beyond March next and
until the treaty before the senate has
been ratified by both countries in in
terest.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
BIG AWARD TO AMERICANS.

Caracas, February 18.-The Su-
preme Court today rendered its de-
cision in the suit brought by the heirs
of Henry Rudolf, an American
citizen, against the Venezuelan Gov
ernment for damages for the annul-
ment of a concession given in 1892 to
build market in Caracas. Judgment
was given in favor of Rudloff's heirs.
Their claim for the large amount OF
S7C0, 600 to be paid by the Venezuelan
Government was admitted. The United
States legation watched the case very
closely. Secretary Russell and Naval
Attache Johnston attended the ses-
sions of the Court and followed the
arguments. Today's decision is inter
esting, inasmuch as the German and
British legations have maintained that
justice for foreigners does not exist
in Venezuela.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
Spread of The Plague.

Mazatlan, Mexico, February IT,
There were three deaths from the
plague yesterday. Two hundred and
two patients with the plague have
been admitted to the lazaretto since it
was established and one hundred and
twenty-one have died. These figures
do not include the deaths in the city.
The family attacked with the plague
at the town of Oso have now all died.
Other cases are now reported from
that town, where the inhabitants
have been defying the sanitary regu-
lations. a detachment of cavalry has
been sent there to compel strict OBJ
SerYance of the rules.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
Us. SETTLEMENT WITH VENEZUELA
Protocol Signed For The Arbi-
tration Of Claims of Former
Against Latter.

Washington, February 17.-s,ecre-
tary Hay, for the United States, and
Mr.. Bowen, for Venezuela, today
signed protocol providing for the
adjustment of United States claims
against Venezuela by commission to
meet at Caracas.
This commission will consist of
two members, a Venezuelan and an
American, to be appointed respective
II by President Castro and President
Roosevelt, and in the event Of dis
agreement an umpire to be appointed
by the Queen Of the Netherlands. 1t
is expected that the minister for
foreign affairs will be appointed as
Venezuela's representative and that
either Mr.. Bowen or Mr. Russell,
the United States charge, will be
named to represent the United States.
Baron Gevers, the minister of the
Netherlands called at the State de-
partment today to give notice Of the
acceptance by Queen Wilhelmina of
the task imposed upoon her, her con-
sent having been previously sought by
the parties to the arbitration.
The protocol signed today is ex-
pected to serve as model for similar
instruments to be arranged with the
other claimant Powers. It provides
for the reservation Of 80 per cent OF
the customs receipts Of La Guayra
and Puerto Cabeilo for the purpose of
meeting the claims, and that in case Of
failure to carry out this agreement
Belgian officials shall be placed in
charge of the customs of the two ports
until the Venezuelan liabilities shall
have been discharged.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
The Easy Pill.

DeWitt's Little Early Risers do not grippe
nor weaken the system. They cure bilious
ness, jaundice, constipation and inactive
livers, by arousing the secretions, moving
the bowels gently, yet efectually, and Civ
ing such tone and strength to the glands
of the stomach, liver and bowels that the
cause of tie trouble is removed entirely.
These famous little pills exert a decided
tonic effect upon the organs involved, and
if their use is continued for few days
there will be no return Of the trouble. j S
Hughson & Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
DECIDES AGAINST BEEF TRUST

Chicago, Feb. l8.-The so-called
"beef trust case was disposed of
today by Judge Grosscup, in the
United States circuit court, the de-
murrer Of the packers being overruled
and temporary Injunction granted.
The attorneys for the packers made no
announcement of their intentions.
They have until March 4 to discuss
the matter with their principal If
they deny the facts upon which Judge
Grosscup based his decision, the mat
ter will go before a master in chan
Gerry, who will hear the evidence, and
the case will again be argued before
Judge Grosscup. An appeal may be
taken, in order to hasten the final ad-
Indication of this case 1t is not be-
Eieved likely that the packers will let
the matter go by default.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
Bible Nearly 1900 Years Old

The extraordinary biblical relic dis
covered here few days ago proves to
be a manuscript Of the five books of
Moses written on parchment. It con-
tains 255 folios, all in an excellent
state of preservation, except the first
page.
i The folios are thirty-eight cent?
meters long, and contain twenty-four
lines to the page. The page containing
the date, 1l6 Moslem Era, which is
equivalent to 735 A. D., is we'll pre-
served.
This manuscript is the Oldest of any
Hebrew manuscript Bible, yet dis.
covered.
The Chicago Museum is already
negotiating for it. Immediately after
the Ten Commandments there is a
passage Of fifteen or twenty lines not
found in the current version.-Cairo,
Telegram to the Philadelphia Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
AsIA's COTTON CROP IS SHORT

Washington, Feb. l7.-Reporting to
the State department from St. Peters
burg on the cotton yield in central
Asia during 1902 Consul General Hollo
way says that the figures Just publish
ed by the Russian statistical bureau
for 1902 show decrease Of Is per cent;
from the year previous, especially in
cotton from American seed. A decrease
of 80 per cent in the cultivated dis
trict also is reported. According to.
the report it is expected that the total
yield of cotton in central Asia will ag
gregate about 176, 94S, SEQ pounds; that
grown from American seed is estimated
at 81, 500, 400 pounds, against 40, $685.,
800 pounds in 1901.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
Escaped an Awful Fate.

Mr.. H. Haggins, of Melbourne, Fla,
writes My doctor told me l had con-
sumption and nothing could be done for
me. was given up to die. The offer of
a free trial bottle of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for consumption, induced me to
try it. Results were startling. l am now
on the road to recovery and owe all to DIR.
Kings New Discovery. 1t surely saved
my life." This great cure is guaranteed
for ali throat and lung diseases by j F w
DeLorme, Druggist. Price SOC and 81.
Trial bottles free.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
Better Than Gold.

81 was troubled for several years with
chronic indigestion and nervous debility" :"
writes F. J. Green, of Lancaster, N. H.
mo remedy helped me until began using
Electric Bitters, which did me more good
than all the medicines ever used. They
have also kept my wife in excellent health
for years. She says Electric Bitters are
lust splendid for female troubles that
they are grand tonic and invigorator for
weak, run down women. No other medi-
cine can take its place in our family"
Try them. Only Soc. Satisfaction guar
anteed by F W DeLorme.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
KILLING A GUIDE.

Manila, February 1S.-Gen. Davis
has approved the finding Of the Court
martial in the case of Major Edwin +.
Glenn, of the 5th infantry. who was
acquitted January % of the charge of
unlawfully killing prisoners OF war,
with the qualification that he disap-
proves of the orders issued by Major
Glenn.
The General says he recognizes the
principle that guides may be impressed
and that treacherous guides may be
executed, but he adds that Major
Glenn's orders show reckless dis
regard for human life, which the Gen
eral condemns and reprobates.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.

The only positive cure for blind, bleed
ing, itching and protruding piles, cuts,
burns, bruises, eczema and all abrasions
of the skin. DeWitt's is the only Witch
Hazel Salve that is made from the pure,
unadulterated witch hazel-all others are
counterfeits. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye
is made to cure-counterfeits are made to
sell. ] s Hughson & Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25

a Branchville, Feb. 1S.-Mr. Luther
Thompson, a farmer living near here,
was shot and painfully wounded Mon
day morning by Angus Bars. It ap-
pears that Thompson and the Bars
were fishing together and it seems that
a dispute arose as to whom the fishing
tackle belonged, and as a result Mr..
Thompson is shot. 1t is said he is
not seriously wounded.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25

Now that spider has been discov-
cred in Mexico which is the deadly
enemy of the cotton boil weevil, the
farmers of Texas and of the South
generally may take heart for the future
of their favorite crop. Whether the
spider prove friend or an enemy of
them, however, is matter of some
doubt. News and Courier.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
Nearly Forfeits his Life.

A runaway almost ending fatally, start
ed horrible ulcer on the leg Of Orner,
Franklin Grove, III. For four years it de-
fed all doctors and all remedies. But
Bucklen's Arnica Salve had no trouble TO
cure him. Equally good for burns,
bruises, skin eruptions and piles. 25c at
F W DeLorme's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-02-25
MYSTERIOUS Circumstance.

One was pale and sallow and the other
fresh and rosy. Whence the difference =
She who is blushing with health uses DR..
Kings New Life Pills to maintain it. By
gently arousing the lazy organs they COM
pei good digestion and hesd OF constipa
ton. Try them. Only Csc, at J w
DeLorme. Druggist.