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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19
AHEAD IN BRAINS, HEELS AND
HANDS.

The record of the University boys for
the year now closing has added addition
al lustre to the reputation of the Uni
versity in all lines. The record is UMPIRE
cedented and greatly g%ratifes the alumni
and all friends of that venerable institu-
ton.
It's best athletic record was made in
base ball. Out of a total of seventeen
games the University team lost only two
games, and then the score was close.
That team justly deserves the honor OF
the championship of the South.
In foot ball the University made a good
record, winning victory in most contests,
and tielng the University of Virginia.
During the session two intercollegiate
debates were held-one with Vanderbilt
and the other with Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. In both of these debates North
Carolina won.
And SO it is that North Carolina is
ahead IN brains, in heels and in hands.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

Commencements are here and all yoa.a
people-young in heart, We mean. ..
er seven or seventy, VIII rejoice m '.
evidences of progress that the ch.l.r..
are making. Frank L. stanton yo.
the feeling when he sings:
20, boy, upon the burning deck,
You make US young again
The same old soldier in Algiers
Once more for US is slain,
Right heartily we give you thanh
While orators speak vapldly,
We march in Hohenlinden's ranks
Where Iser's rolling rapidly
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

This is an age Of personal iaFe
ton" DR.. John Bancroft D%eyin-, et'..
OF the New York Observer, and his #..
have started on a our around the "o.
to divine just what progress Pre-o.
rlanlsm is making in the world. l.
result of this investigation will be OF ta'
highest value.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

The Lexington Dispatch is twenty-one
years OF age-just old enough to vote
Under the progressive management of
-aitor Warner it has come to be tho most
prosperous weekly in Piedmont North
Carolina.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

The month of April did not give
promise of great increase in Raleigh's
population. There were twenty deaths
and thirteen births. This makes a total
loss OF seven in population. Raleigh ought
to make q better showing. or folks will
say that it is in line with those sections
that threaten race suicide.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

The late jump of --e Ugh price of cot
ton does the farmers of the South no
good, for they nave sold out all the cron
1t Injuries the cotton mill owners and
tors.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

When is the Ohio man, who says the
war will not be over until the South ac-
cepts the fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments, going to begin the invasion?
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

A special from Chicago to the Atl-A-.
Constitution says that most of the corn
now Is being shipped to the South. mas
Is not good news. The South ought ~
raise every bushel Of corn it needs.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19
NOPE TESTIMONY PROVING THAI THE SOUTH
ERN RAILWAY ESCAPES TAXATION ON
TWO THIRDS OF ITS REAL VALUE.

reieht Agent of the Central Of
Georgia Railway Company, testif-
ed that the Southern Railway is
worth mot less than $4,000 a
mile"
Mr.. Y. Vanden Berg. long con-
nected with the b. e. o. Railroad,
testified that the Southern Railway
is worth mot less than $4,000
per mile" and it earns II per cent.
on a valuation OF $4,000 per
mile"
MI. Edward A.. Neil. General
Freight Agent of the Southern
Railway Company. North Alabama
Railway, and the Augusta Southern
Railway Company, testified that
the Southern Railway is worth mot
less than $4,000 a mile" and that
for the year ending December 31st,
1899, it earned Al per cent on the
outstanding preferred stock.
Mr.. J. M. Culp, Fourth Vice
President of the Southern Railway,
III III " " SAS
value OF the Southern Railway per
mile of road made oar-A to this
statement: well, I should say not
less than $4,000 per mile" Asked
pared with the of ali the
railroads in the United States, Mr..
Cu1p said: well, as compared
with the roads Of the South and
Southwestern territory, Ii South
ern Railway, as a whole, 1 think,
exceeds the value per mile OF the
averages; as to the roads in the
United States, I should say that it
is certainly equal in value per mile
to the
Mr.. L. A. Graham, Washington,
D. c., testified that the value of the
Southern Railway is $4,000 per
mile, though he said he did not
Iihave the data upon which such es-
innate is made.
ager of the Atlantic Coast Line,
who has had thirty years expert
ence in the traffic department Of
the G. Sc O. and the A. c.. testified
that the Southern Railway is
worth mot less than $4,000 a
mile," and earns "a per cent. upon a
valuation of $4,000 per mile"
Mr.. James Menzies, G.aeral
Freight Agent of the Plant System,
testified that the value of the
value of the Southern Railway is
mot less than $4,000 per mile Of
road
In the face of this testimony, has
the Corporation Commission any
right to make a lower assessment
than $4,000 per mile? Would
not any lower assessment be equiv
alent to saying that in the Dam
Vile hearing, Vice-President Cu1p,
ed experts of other great railroad
systems, had sworn falsely at DAN
vile when they swore that this
property was worth mot less than
$4,000 per miller" Is the North
Carolina Corporation Commission
ready to say that these railroad Of
ficers and experts are so ignorant
they do not know the true value of
the property of the Southern Rail-
way, or that they have sworn false
ly in putting it at mot less than
$4,000 per mile
It SENS that the Danvil1e case has
given the Corporation Commission
expert testimony upon which they
will be wise to act next month when
they come to assess this property
for taxation.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

Crum is far from satisfied. He cares
httlo for the honors when he is refused
even a crumb of salary.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

Samson might have escaped with A@
hair had not that female barber talA''
him to sleep.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

A football match is an imitation OF Two
baseball teams taking a hard fall out "+
the umpire.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24
Little 2.ock Gefeats Memphis.

O.
Nearly 5000 people @aw Little Rock
defeat Memphis in the latter city
Sunday afternoon by g. score af s to
The Travellers played rings around the
Frankfurters and partially redeemed
the sthgina defeat Of tie day before
tenae2ar, tie eX-PiEe BIuffian WAS
the bright particular star Of the game
He got three safeties out of four times
at the bat, participated in two fast
double plays and his catch Of liner
off Werden's nat was the fielding fea-
ture Of he game Werden bit low
liner oyer pitchers head that was
easily 2GoI for a single. but the pre-
mier second basenan made q jump.
dive, and scooped the lined IN with
the tips Of his fingers. AppIeeate. the
recent acquisition from New Orleans.
pitched the game for Memphis, but
inning and French finished the game
BolM was in the box for Little Rock
and had the heavy sluseers complete
ly at his mercy " erden struck out
twice The winning of yesterdays
came puts the leaders closer together,
Little Rock being but 26 points away
from the top Had Memphis Won the
\, mt
race would have been hard to over
come. Both teams 60 on the road to-
day and the coming series will decide
the pennant prospects.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24
oUANTRELL's SURVIVORS.
Twenty.Six Veterans Meet in Reunion
at independence, no.

1wenty.sx Veterans Meet in Reunion
at independence, Mo.
Kansas City, Mo-, Aug 24-Many
extConfederate soldiers and a few
of those who fought on the other side
were in independence Saturday frat
ernizing and swapping war stories.
The occasion was the sixth annual
reunion of the survivors OF QuantrelPs 3
band OF guerrillas. Twenty,six reg
istered at the Office OF Capt. A. ]. Lid
dill.
The morning was given over to a
social greeting, with no formal meet
ing. The Quantrell men met on the
streets and the courthouse lawn and
talked. At noon they were called
to an old.fa shioned basket dinner at
the courthouse The dinner was serv'
ed by the independence men present
and those who live near by IN the
country, and each brought a weil.hiled
basket.
At o'clock the business meeting
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24

Was held fer the purpose Of e'ectiag
officers and maintaining the organiza.
tiOn.
No program Of speaking was ar
eanged. but Dolland Hughes. prose-
eu,lHg attorney of the county, whose
.ataer was killed AT the battle Of
Independence made a brief speech
Those present Saturday morning
We're: DR.. l.. G. Miller, kno5ster.
NO; Sam Whitsett Harrison, Tex:
ayi Petts. Oak Grove, Mo; Wash
6allie, Joplin Nc; Harrison TroW
Hereford, Tex: Henry HOckensmith.
Dover. No Talyor Burnes. Indepen1-
ence; John Crock, Wellington, Kan;
R. b. Ellington hearney, No; ]. ".
Workman, ependence; Duncan G,
Higne5. Hugo. Ar,l.; Reuben Harris,
Blue Springs: j. c. Creek, kearney,
Mo: VIM. H. Patterson. Smithvil}e
Mo-: j. r Vaughn, Fulkerson. Mo,
A. j. Liddil, Independence; Warren
Weleh, independence; j. R. Cum
minis, Excelsior Springs; George No
Ian, Kansas City; VIM. Hudspelth, In
dependence; George Wigginton, Inde-
pendence; Thomas Webb, Independ-
ence; Ben Morrow, Lake City; Ga.
briel Pease. Lake City; VIM. H. Gregg,
Kansas City; George Shull, High
Ridge; John Barnhill, Maygood.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24
Dezonfa at Vicksburu.

Dezonia Is no stranger to ticksburg
having formerly been clerk at the Pi
azza, so he says, He used to pitch
for the Chickasaws and has been play.
ing with some Pine Bluff amateurs
this season II is hhely the little Eel
low will be given a whole game 10
pitch this atTernoon,-Vicksburg Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24

likes him and the way he conducts
himself, and the fact that ne befriend-
ed the Vicksburg players during the
recent trouble in Pine Bluff added to
the big fellow S popularity here
VicksbuGg Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24
USED WRONG STAMPS.

Internal Revenue OF GERS After Cud.
ahy Packing Company.
Kansas City, Aug. 24.-The United
States commissioner of internal rev.
euue is after the Cudahy Packing COM
pany of Kansas City, Mo-, claiming
that company has been placing "uncol.
ored" revenue stamps costing three
fourths Of cent each, on colored oleo.
margarine, whereas a ten-cent stamp
should have been used, and if the com
missioner proves his contention the
Cudahy company will be compelled to
pay the additional revenue tax,
amounting to $4,000. The Cudahy
people claim that the oleomargarine
they make is not colored.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24

Bodily pain loses it's terror if you've
bottle of DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil
in the house Instant relief in cases
of burns, cuts, sprains, accidents OF
any sort.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24
Glad Somebody is Realizing.

Thus far tie Cotton States league
teams have not been payipe dividends.
but the balItossers have ben making
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24

Favoring the Plan.
Senator P. G. Matlock
Senator W. H. Collins
Senator J. A. Hinkle
Senator a. j. Gray
Senator c. T. Gotham
Senator ". P. Fletcher
Representative " c. Whitfho7he
Representatire Z. NJ Merriam
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24
|...+++++*+* + 80
BASEBALL NEWS =
..++++++++** + + + +
..7vRDAy GAMES

!, ;. q game at vieksburg Sat
! :. .s;ch Pine Bluff and Vicks-
.-sd u for fifteen long innings
',.,J1 '',,s1v go down in history as
'0yaY' .ssd for extra innings. The
'.V,~ r.s unable to get the box
=. y ,imo fer Sundays issue so
= u tolar that the readers at
- ,ee Just hoW tie game was
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24

|nary-Stolen bases, Banmert.
base hits, Manuel, Paulig. Two
bits, Yeager. Struck out by
!. 10. by Shaffer 4 Hit by
!, hail. Blackburn, Yeager. Time.
Umpire, Kane.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24
FOR AND AGAINST
Senator natlocks Proposition for Extra
Legislature Session.

of Legislature
with
be opened
Of
asked from them The GRAPHIC
keep and those against the pan
Tbos who have follows:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24

SVueHern League.
phis 10, Little Rock 2.
|somery SIS, Nashville 81
pa 80, Birmingham 2.1.
0rleans-Shreyeport, rain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24
GraenviIIe 6, Monroe

Gfaenvllle 8, Monroe q.
|roe, La. Aug. 24-Walters
h a good game for the locals
Jay, but it was impossible for
! win with nine errors behind
|The team has never given him
|pper support. He allowed only
pits Saturday, while the locals
even, and still lost. Score by
!:
.........0 0 2 o 0 0 2 Q 0-4
pile :. 20 / 0 5 0 0 0 0 0-6
mary-two-base hits-Burns 2,
Three.base hit-TarletOn. Base
s-Of Walters 2. Struck out
|lters I, Fritz 8. Hit by pitched
Farleton. Passed ball-Burns.
Re hits-Noblett, Wright. Dou.
|ays-Burns to Tarleton to
Relf to Lipe to Reisingar.
Fl:55. Umpire-Ketth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24

Repres entative j. E. Martineau
Representative w. B. Brooks
Representative r. D. Campbell
Representative H. X. Toney
Rev. E. J. Keawln
REPRESENTATIVE A. G. Apple
Opposed 10 the Plan.
Senator A. S. KilgOre
Senator Creed Caldwell.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24

as'ern Arkansas League.
"a 5, Mariana L..
p Z, Augusta /.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24
% 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0-4
Southern League.

Southern League.
phis 10, Little Rock 2.
somery SIS, Nashville 2.1
Pta 80, Birmingham 2.1.
orleans-shreveport, rain.
as'ern Arkansas League.
pa 5, Mariana |.
y I, Augusta /.
American League.
land II, Philadelphia 8.
Ut 3, Washington o.
ouis 2, Boston |.
York 8, Chicago s.
National League.
n s, St. Louis /.
purs 81, Philadelphia A.
lsn II, Cincinnati a..
american Association.
IS city 1874, Toledo rs.
spolis 2, Louisville 5.
[aal g. Louisville 7.
ukee 6, Columbus /.
sns Il Have Been Different.
Vlcksburg got its first two
s'erday Pine Bluff acknowIedg.
A. They gave the game up
"uen a rally might have
a'nefent termination.-Vicks-
e0ns'ey an optimist.
was in a happy frame OF
;. uay and cut up antics all
'ue game. He even infused
sp'flt into phlegmatic Paulig.
WV, 1ao played monkeyshines to
Vlcksburg Post.
Blue a Favorite.
lavorite here. Everybody
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24

--Head the back OF your street car
ranSferS
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24
e0"s'ey an optimist.

Blue a Favorite.
laV0rite here Everybody
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24
NOW Is THE TIME E!

IT contemplating having your rome
re-decorated, the time to do it is
when you are taking your summer
vacation. Our decorators are all first
class workmen, and orders given US
will be guaranteed. New designs al.
ways in stock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-24

American League.
''and IL, Philadelphia 8.
a 3, Washington 0.
ouls 2, Boston /.
York 8, Chicago s.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-01-20
BRIGHT'S DISEASE

The largest sum ever paid for a pre-
scription, changed hands IN San Fran
cisco, Aug 20, 1902. The transfer in.
yolved, in coin ann stock SIP, 800, and
was paid by party of business men for
a specific for Bright's disease.
They conuen ed the serious investi
cation of the specific Nov. 10, 1901
They interyieyvcsi cores of the secured
and tried it Out un its merits by putting
over the three dozen cases on the treat
ment and Watching them. They also
got physicians 10 name chronic, incur
able cases, and administered it with the
physicians for judges. Up to Aug %,
eighty-seven per cent of the test cases
were either well or progressing favor
ably.
There being but thirteen per cent of
failures, the parties We're satisfied and
closed the transaction The proceed
inss OF the investigating committee and
the clinical reports of the test eases
were published and will be mailed free
on application. Address John J. Full
ton Company, 420 Nor tgomery St San
Francisco. Cal.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-01-20
$1,000 \ MONTH.
Salaries Paid to Members of 18th
milan Canal Commission.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 1G.-fhe
Secretary of State has supplied Sen
ator Morgan, chairman OF the SEN
ate committee on interoceanic ca
mails, statement of the eXpendi-
lures made on account of the 18th
milan canal commission. 1t shows
that each member of the committee
has been allowed compensation at
the rate of $1,000 a month, with
travelling and incidental expenses
added. These salaries were fixed in
1899, when the commission was
created at the suggestion OF the
President.
In the cases of Col. Peter C..
Haines and Lieut.. Col o. H. Ernst,
of the army, the allowances was
equal to the difference between their
regular salaries and $1,000 Under
this arrangement the aggregate
amount paid to the nine commits
sionrr> as salaries up to Feb. IS,
1902. amounted to $225,2S The
travelling expenses of the commits
sinnerS at that time had averaged
about $500 each.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-01-20
NOT MUCH.
metal.

China declares she has no gold,
and will have TO pay the second
installment of the indemnity fund
in silver. But the European powers
apparent, suspect that Dowager
Empress Isl IN has enough gold
put away in some snug place to pay
their claims. The question Is, can
the old lady be made to cough up
the eold?-BROwNsvIILE HERALD.
While were, not personally ac-
quainted with the old lady we think
she would dig just about as soon
and literally A. Unc Russell would.
Houston Post.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-01-20
FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS.

Mrs. WINsLow's Soothing syrup has
been used for over sixty years by mil
liz Ms of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect sue
cess. 1t soothes the child, s0ftens the
gums, allays all pain; cures wind collie
and it is the best remedy for Diarrnoea.
1t will relieve the moor little sufferer
Immediately Sold by druggists in
every part of the world. Twenty-Five
cents bottle. Be sure and ask for
Mrs WinSlow's soothing Syrup" and
take no other kind
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-01-20

THE Corpus Christi correspond
cnt Of the san Antonio Express
has been telllAg fairy tales to that
Psper about 4 railroad project by
Uriah Lott. Colonel Lott will no
doubt see that it Is promptly de-
uied. These newspaper CORES
pondents keep capitalists on the
Temp denying the correspondents
stories about them.-BROwNsvILLE
HERALD.
The Express correspondent has
not sent one word to that paper
relative to Col. Lofts road that
vas not based on a public state
naent made by Mr.. Lott before the
Corpus Christi Board of Trade
And THE HERALD, in its efforts to
Zee funny, is the only source that
has questioned Col. Lofts veracity.
Sut that paper has existed so long
an wind-pudding and 'expecta-
tions" of a railroad. its skepticism
of any road ever reaching Browns
viile occasions nosurprise.-COrpus
Christi Sun.
The Sun is way off. Probably
Il did not observe that an interview
With Col. Lott by the Express cor
respondent ia Brownsville some
time ago, to the effect that the
colonel was visiting Brownsville in
the interest of a projected railroad
% this point, was afterwards fatty
denied by Col. Lott when he was
IN San Antonio. Since he convict
81 the Brownsville correspondent
Of drawing the long bow, it might
be expected that he would not have
any more consideration for the
Corpus man. As to the Suns
charge that THE HERALD exists on
Wind pudding, it need only be said
thar Since THE HERALD manages to
keep alive on the diet, it has no
cause to complain.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-01-20
TS55AlITYHERALD.

Correspondence solicited on all mat.
gers Of local interest. or OF Interest 70
sde people of Southwest Texas Each
communication must be accompanied
~ the name Of its author. not for pub
dcation CunlesS SO directed), but as
guarantee Of good faith, and When by
zecaest anonymous signatures appear
% such communications the right is re-
served 10 disclose the name OF the
szriter should a necessity arise for
ssuch disc; sure.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-01-20
FLASKS IN MUFFS.
New York Press.

New York Press.
A woman of fashion, leader in
society, dropped something from
her muff the other day on leaving
a surface car. A man picked it up
and handed it to her. at is not
mine, sir" she cried sharply, has
tening away in company of a
younger woman. 1t was small
flask of whisky. She carries liquor
in her muf wherever she goes. Her
daughter does the same. But she
would not acknowledge proprietor
ship of the flask she dropped. At Il
reception in her home 4 little while
ago both she and her daughter were
drunk. Gods If men would only
do all the drinking!
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-01-20
1902 4 YEAR OF DISASTERS.

The year 1902is likely to 60 down
in history as an "annus mirahillis, .
by which term the years of special
disaster have been known through
the ages. So far in the year that
has just closed, more than one hun
dred thousand human beings have
persisted by misadventure, the con-
tributing causes being eruptions,
earthquakes, floods and mining dis
asters. =
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-01-20

The New York Herald has been
carrying at It's masthead the name
af Theodore Roosevelt as its candi-
date for president, coupled with
that of George Dewey for vice pres
Ident IN 1904, bat has lately dropped
che ticket. This act was coupled
with Il demand that President
Roosevelt withdraw the appoint
x1ent Of DR.. Crum, the negro who
has been named as collector of
customs at Charleston, South Caro-
IIna, and that he also reopen the
Bostoffice at Indianola, Mississippi,
which the President closed because
31rs. Minnie Cox, the colored post
zzlaster, had resigned upon being
requested to do SO by the people of
che town. The same paper explains
aditorially that it condemns the
course Of President Roosevelt, not
an account of the personality of
either DR.. Crum or Mrs. Cox, but
because in attempting to force upon
. community a public servant who
Is Objectionable to the majority of
the people, Roosevelt has violated
the fundamental law of the republic
that the majority shall rule, and
shat the people shall select their
servants. Even the President has
no right to ride rough shod over the
preferences of the majority, because
that majority happens to differ from
him politically.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-01-20
WONDERFUL NERVE.

Is displayed by many man en-
during pains of accidental Cuts,
Wounds. Bruises, Burns, Scalds,
Sore fee. or stiff joints. But there's
no need for it. Bucklen's Arnica
Salve will kill the pain and cure
the trouble. It's the best Salve on
earth for Piles, too. 25c. at J. L.
Putegnat d Bro, Druggist.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-01-20
AN APPRECIATED EDITOR.

The editor of the Falcon, of
Lynchburg, Tenn, was given Il
beautiful purse filled with money
as a token of the appreciation in
which he is held by the business
men of his city. This is certainly a
matter for record. Are the people
actually beginning TO realize the
fact that Il good newspaper is of some
value to "a city? Hats off to the
business men of neutrality-suspicious.
paperdom.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-01-20

Uncle Sans biggest army, is the
fourth-claSs postmasters, who num-
Der more than seventy thousand,
exceeding by twelve thousand the
officers and men of the regular arr
my of the U. S. The extension of
the rural free lead delivery has oc-
casioned the discontinuance of
nearly 1000 fourth class postofiicers
during the last year, and the new
offices created do not offset the
losses.