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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-10

BARABoo, WIS.-Owing to an cpl
demic Of smallpox at North Freedom, the
board of health ordered all schools closed
and prohibited public gatherings. The
disease is of mild form.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-10

county will hereafter receive a salary Of
$4,000 instead of $1,000, as under the old
"a !.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-10
Drunkards
Cured Secretly
A Home Cure Which Any Lady Can
Give Secretly That Will Posi-
lively Stop Drinking.
TRIAL PACKAGE MAILED FREE

An odorless and tasteless remedy when put in
the drunkard's coffee food will destroy all
desire for drink. This remedy is SO simple that
any one 1t and the drunkard need
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
FASTEST TIME ON RECORD.
A Flying Trip From Ocean to Ocean
Made by Father I'm Effort to
See His Dying Child.

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. Sat 1905
Friday afternoon the special train
bearing Henry P. Lowe, chief engineer
of the United States Steel corporation,
drew in at La Grande station, having
completed a run Eom the Atlantic to
the Pacific, a distance of more than
5000 miles, In the fastest time on rec
ord.
Mr.. Lowe left New York Tuesday,
August 4, at 2:35 p. m, and arrived in
this city 20 hours and 81 minutes later,
or an hour and SO minutes less than
three days. The run from Chicago was
made over the lines of the Santa Fe
railroad, a distance of 2,256 miles. The
time from Chicago to Los Angel, was
90 hours, an average speed of AZ miles
an hour, including all stops. The rec
ord breaking run just finished by Mr..
Lowe was undertaken with the object
of reaching the bedside of his 11-year-
old daughter who was lying seriously
i'll in this city. The child died early
Tuesday morning, but Mr.. Lowe was
not advised of her death until we'll on
his way.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
VICTIM OF TROLLEY CAR.
Death of Mrs. G. N. Walls, at ST.
Louis, From Injuries Received
by Contact With a Car.

st. Louis, Aug. S.-Mrs. G. N. Walls,
of this city, who was run down by an
electric car, Wednesday morning, died
as the result of her injuries early Fri
day morning. Mrs. Walls was the wife
of c. N. Walls, we'll known throughout
where he at various times during the
last 38 years owned and edited daily
and weekly newspapers. Mrs. Walls
enjoyed a wide circle of acquaintance
in the state named, and was beloved by
all for her sterling qualities of head
and heart The remains will be taken
to Paris, ILL.,, for interment.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
ONE OF FTHELEADERS CAUGHT
Admits His Participation i'm Prison
Break, But Refuses t1 Give In
formation of Companions.

Auburn, Cal, Aug. S.-Albert Seavis,
the colored convict, regarded as one OF
the most desperate of the men who es-
capped from the Folsom penitentiary,
spent Friday night in the Placer coun-
ty Jail and will be sent back to his
old quarters. He freely admitted that
he took a leading part in the prison
break, but would give no information
regarding the subsequent movements
of his companions in crime.
Five of the convicts are reported to
have been noticed near the Crystal
mine, headed toward Dogtown, and a
posse has started in that direction.
Pursuing officers are confident that
they are on the trail of Howard, Mil
ler and Fahey, three other conv1cts,
who are believed to be not far from
Sacramento.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
DECLINES APPOINTMENT.
Clement NJ. Smith Appointed Chief
Justice of New Mexico by Pres
ident Declines to Accept.

Denver Col, Aug. S.-A special from
Santa Fe, n. NJ, says: Clement M.
Smith sent a telegram to this city from
Hastings, Mich, Friday, saying that he
had declined to accept the appointment
as chief justice of New Mexico rendered
him recently by President Roosevelt.
Mr. Smith was appointed to succeed
former Chief Justice Daniel H. McMil-
Ian, who was removed by order of the
president Mr.. Smith gave no reason
for his action, but it is believed here
that he was Influenced by the senti-
ment existing in the territory against
the appointment of nonresident to
the chief justiceShip.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
THE "ENEMY" ATTACKED.
Sounds of Heavy Firing on Mount
Desert Rock Leads to the Be-
lief That the Fight Is On.

Bar Harbor, Me-, Aug. S.-Heavy fir
ing in the direction of Mount Desert
rock, and continuing for fully five min
utes was heard about quarter past ten
o'clock, Friday night, and it was be-
lieved here that the enemy" had been
sighted by the defending fleet. From
the shore path which commands view
of the ocean so ships were visible, al
though the weather at the time was
very clear, with a bright moon shin
ing. 1t is thought that the attack was
a feint on the part of Admiral Barker's
line and that the main portion of the
fleet might be expected either in the
vicinity of Cape Anna or Eastport.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Killed Four Men.

viii Daniels, of Knoxville, who
recently killed Chief of Police Jas.
King, of Stonega Va, in battle
with officers, and who was himself
fatally wounded, told on his dying
bed that he had killed four men.
When young man he went to the
Indian Territory, and there killed
his first man. Later in Texas he
was pursued for theft by sheriff's
posse, and in the chase he killed two
of the sheriff's deputies. For this
crime there was large reward for
his arrest, according to his story.
King was his fourth victim.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Liohtnina Kills Nearo.

Alice SherrolI, negro woman,
was instantly killed by lightning
last week near Covington. She was
standing under tree in the yard
of woman she was visiting in the
Mount Carmel neighborhood, and
was in the act of leaving for her
home when lightning struck the
tree, shivering it and killing the
woman. Another woman standing
by was stunned by the lightning but
not seriously hurt:
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Belle Meade May Be Sold.

Ed. A. Upton, of the Fasig-Tip-
ton Company of New York, arrived
in Nashville last week to confer
with the administrator of Vim. ii.
Jackson regarding the value of the
thoroughbred stock at Belle Meade.
The final disposition of the stock
has not been determined upon, but
Mr.. Upton has been at the farm
going over the inventory of stall
lions, brood mares and yearlings,
with a view to being in position
to advise the administrator whether
or not to sell the horses. 1t is not
unlikely that the heavy mortgage
on the farm will cause a sale of the
thoroughbreds at an early day.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Tobacco In WeakIey County.

The farmers in the vicinity of
Martin who grow tobacco land
nearly every farmer does) are hav-
ing a picnic cultivating the weed
this season. In previous years the
tobacco worm was so bad one hand
could hardly work two acres, but
this year it is quite different. One
farmer who has fifteen acres stated
that he had not caught twenty-five
worms on his entire crop this sea-
son. 1t is the case all over Weakley
county. The cause assigned by one
grower was that the cold weather in
the late spring and extremely hot
weather in early June prevented the
eggs from Matching.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Methodist Book AGENT.

August 10 has~been fixed upon as
the date for the election of a book
agent for the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, to succeed DR.. R. J.
Bigham, resigned. The election will
be held IN Nashville. There are nu-
merous rumors a1oat as to the
cause of DR.. Bigham's resignation,
but the most strenuous efforts to get
at the facts have so far proved un-
availiug.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
I ennessee State News
Corporation Assessments.

The report of the assessment of
railroad, telegraph and telephone
property for the years 1908 and
1904 recently issued by the Tennes-
see railroad commission acting ex-
officio as tax assessors for the State,
is an interesting document.
Insofar as it affects the COM
panies which are connected with the
progress of Memphis the report is as
follows:
The Illinois Central distributable
and localized property is respective
ly listed at $2,791, $50 and $75, $50
for its main line, and $192,0S0 and
$207, ,34S for the Memphis division.
The Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf is
put down at $37,5 and $4,000.
The assessment of the Iron Noun
tain is $195,550 and $35,100; that
of the Kansas City, Memphis &
Bridge Railway at 100000 and
$39,500; the Kansas City, Fort
Scott & Memphis at $254,52O and
$77, ,537, and the Kansas City, Mem
phis & Birmingham at $324,720 and
$2O,715.
The report for the Louisville &
Nashville shows S4,343,4OO and
$4,000 for the Memphis division.
The Paducah and Memphis divis-
ion of the Nashville, Chattanooga &
st. Louis is listed at 81 ,430,073 and
$3.50, $50, and the Memphis division
of the Southern is put down at ST.
431, 1875 and $81, ,305.
The total assessment of railroad
companies in the State is 1885,
1868 for the distributable proper
ty and $3,04O, O,393.75 for that which
is localized.
The assessed value of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company is
placed at $694, ,525.O5, and the Pos
tai is listed at $84,4O9.50.
The total assessed value of the tel
ephone companies of the State
reached the enormous figure Of ST.
473,121.30. Of this the Cumber-
land has assessed against it $685.
025, and the Memphis Telephone
Company is put down at $1S2,S75.
The following telephone compa-
MES are under $1,000 in value and
therefore not assessed: Richland
of Granger, Citizens of Henry,
Pittsburg of McNairy, Camden Ex-
change, and the Benton county.
The total value of railroad, tel
ephone and telegraph property in
the State, according to the assess
ment, is $6O,778, ,6O6.48.
The report indicates the high rel
atiye value of Memphis property
compared with that in other sections
of the State.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Lured From Her Home.

Miss Emma Gassell, a 15-year-old
girl, attempted suicide in East Hill
cemetery at Bristol last week by
drinking two ounces of laudanum.
A physician was summoned in time
to save her. The girl is believed to
have been lured from her home in
West Virginia by a young man, un-
der promise of marriage.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Negro Struck by Train.

William Allen, a negro hailing
from Nashville, was struck by fast
freight at Huntingdon last week
and dangerously hurt. Allen was
waiting for a train to go to Nash
vile and went to sleep sitting on
the platform with his feet hanging
over. The passing train hit him on
the side of the head, knocking a por-
ton of his jaw off.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Encouraging Crop Report.

The weekly crop report of the
United States weather bureau is
very encouraging. Weather condi-
tions have been most favorable in
most directions. Corn is in fine
condition except in parts of West
Tennessee. Cotton is growing rap
idly and is branching and fruiting
well. Tobacco is in good shape.
Much of the earlier planting has
been topped. Irish potatoes made a
fine yield, and a large area has been
planted in the second crop. Wheat
and oats have about been threshed,
with good yield of the latter. The
early hay crop is one of the best in
many years. Melons are not up to
expectations.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Knoxville Girl Suicides.

Miss Johnnie Rogers, aged 25, an
employe of Brookside Cotton Mills,
at Knoxville, was found dead in an
outbuilding at the home of her
brother-in-law, John Smith, last
week. Her throat was cut from
ear to ear, and in her right had she
clutched a keen-edged razor She
left the house at o'clock, telling
her sister she was going out to spend
the day. When Smith came for din
ner he went to the outbuilding and
made the horrible discovery. She
had been dead for hours. No rea-
son can be assigned for the rash act.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Meeting Disturbers Sentenced.

Boston, Aug. 8.-Granville Martin,
VIM. M. Trotter and VIM. Bernard
Charles who were found guilty of dis
turbing the Booker T. Washington
meeting at the Zion M. E. church a
week ago, were, Friday, sentenced,
Martin and Trotter to serve 80 days in
prison, the maximum penalty under the
law, and Charles was fined. He paid
the fine, and the others appealed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Killed His Half Brother.

Tolbert Welliver, a boy II years
of age, was shot and fatally wound
ed at Knoxville last week, while he
was asleep in bed. His half-broth-
er, Frank Gaylor, aged IS, was
cleaning pistol in the room, when
it accidentally went off and the bull
let entered the boys left side. He
died three hours later.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Over Eifty-one Millions.

The Knoxville Clearing House
Association held its annual meeting
and reelected old officers. Reports
for the year show that the clearings
had been in excess of fifty-one mil
lions, over two and one-half times as
large as in 1896, the year the clear
ing house was established.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Home For Veterans.

N. B. Forrest Camp, Confederate
Veterans, of Chattanooga, together
with the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, took steps at their meeting
to purchase a home. A committee
was appointed to select a building
or site upon which to erect a home.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Thomas Moss Injured.

Thomas Moss, while laboring at
the Shankle & Bonner hoop mill,
at Rives, fell last week, badly lac
Grating his chin, cutting his tongue
and otherwise injuring his head and
brain. His injuries, though not
considered serious, may nevertheless
prove to be so.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Injured in a Bailer.

Oscar Bentley, % years of age,
was painfully hurt last week, while
engaged in baling hay on the farm
of W. B. Campbell, near Ripley.
He received cash about four inch
es long on his left leg just above the
ankle,-whieh penetrated the bone,
and it was necessary to cary him to
Ripley for treatment He became
overbalanced and stepped into the
mouth of the baler.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Struck Fine Oil Well.

The Interstate Petroleum Com
pany has struck another fine oil
well at depth of about 900 feet on
the Abe Beatty farm, near James
town. This well is located on the
south side of the river from Bobs
Bar, about a half mile. The oil is
of very fine quality.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
No Truth In 1t.

ST. Clairsville, o., Aug. S-The re-
port that a posse was after a young
negro lawyer of this place named c.
l. Burns, to lynch him for assaulting
a prominent woman, Mrs M. E. Stowe.
Is pronounced untrue by Sheriff Ma1er,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
TWO Negroes Hnnged.

Birmingham, Ala. Aug. s.-Will
Hudson and Will Jones, negroes. con-
victed on charges of highway robbery,
were executed in the county jailyard
here Friday. Hudson denied that he
was guilty of the crime of which he
had ben convicted.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Wright Released ON Bail.

London, Aug. S.-Whitaker Wright,
the arrested promoter and director OF
the London & Globe Finance corpora
ton, was released, Friday, from Brix-
ton Jail. satisfactory sureties for his
s25o,oqQ bail having been furnished
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14

AZURE apparently
loses control Of
her fore S at
times, and the
rainfall becomes a
clOudburst, or the
days of glaring
sunshine and ex-
C e S i've h e a t
lengthen into the
blighting drought.
The flooded val
lev and the
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Runk1e surrender. and Gives Bail.

New York, Aug. s.-Naurice Runkle,
who was jointly indicted with Machen
and McGregor in the post Office inves-
tigation, surrendered himself before
United States Commissioner Shields,
Friday, and gave $1,000 bail for his ap-
pearance when wanted.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
The Divine Presence.

The Divine Presence.
find that His sweet presence eateth
out the bitterness of sorrow and SUI
feyipg.-Samuel Rutherford.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14

NNE other thing which is often IN
~ cluded in the Christians summer
time excess. That Is the eXtrav-
agance which is encouraged and
allowed during the vacation time.
Many debt is contracted in
the summer which brings worry
and trouble all the rest of the year. The
desire and ambition have been to go to
a certain place, to enjoy certain things,
and when the funds are not adequate to
cover the expenses, the temptation comes
to run into debt, and the pricking con-
science is quieted with the assertion that
change and rest must be had, and one is
justified in extravaganza when the
health demands 1t. Speaking generally,
it can be asserted safely that one never
ought to obtain rest and change on bor-
rowed capital. AS surely as you do, you
saddle yourself with burden which may
ride you into distress and trouble which
will more than offset the benefit you
gained by the expenditure. The body
cannot be genuinely refreshed while the
inner conscience is condemning you.
One of the alarming tendencies OF our
day is the reckless extravaganza OF peo-
pie generally. The Christian is becom-
ing more and more careless Of observing
the Divine command: lowe no man
anything, but to love one another"
1t is not possible to be Christian on
Sunday and plunge into the world and its
indulgences during the other days of
the week 1t is not possible to do good
and effective work nine months of the
year if the other three months are spent
in careless neglect of Gods claims upon
you. The Christian, if Christian he be,
is striving for the mastery, whether dur
ing summer heat or winters cold, and
there is no period of the year in which he
may slacken his vigil or cease to fight.
He must be temperate in all things if he
would win. He may not yield himself
to unrestricted indulgence in rest and
pleasure during the simmer time, any
more than during the winter time.
Every man that striveth for the mastery
is temperate in all things.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
The Summertime Excess
Copyright, 1908, by ]. M. Edson.)
Period Of the Year When the Spiritual Lif
Is a Low Ebb.

ing of the summer time comes the
letting down of the bars, and in the
fields of the worlds pleasures the
Christian roams in careless abandon.
The summer time is considered peri
cd of careless ease and license. The
vacation period is welcomed as a time
in which ali religious restraint may be
properly thrown off, and rest and rec
reatlon become synonyms for unre-
strained indulgence in every whim
and desire. The conscience may be
uneasy, but a nervous laugh and the
words: "Oh. it is my vacation, and l
can do as 1 please, now" puts the
conscience to sleep, while the Chris
tian continues on his free and easy
way. l know Christians who do things
in the summer time, and when away
on, their vacations, which they would
never think of doing during other
times of the year, and who try to make
themselves believe they are all right
because summer time and vacation
bring peculiar license l know Chris
tians who are thoughtful of the Lord s
day and deplore its desecration at all
times except when on their vacations.
no NOT misunderstood me. l am
II not defending the Pharisaical
Sabbath, in which the letter is OBJ
served and the spirit forgotten. Sun
day observance at home or away from
home is not constituted by so many
attendances upon church, the Sunday
school class taught, and SO many chap
ters in the Bible read. Man was not
made for the Sabbath, but the Sabbath
was made for man, in which he might,
by whatever he did, draw nearer to
God and rest in Him. One may do
nothing worse on the Sabbath day
than seek physical rest and ease, and
yet, bythat attitude, desecrate the day
and dishOnor God. unless in that seek
ing of the physical need there were
purpose and desire to profit and en-
ricn the spiritual life. Jesus Sabbath
days were filled with activity, but it
was to the blessing of man and the
clarifying of God. 1t is not so much
what you do on the Lords day, but
the motive which lies back of the con-
duct which determines whether you,
as Christian, have desecrated the
day or not. But not only Sunday, but
the other days of the week, are marred
by the summertime excess. Let us
see wheivin this excess lies Let us see
if the Christian life and conflict are to
be laid aside during the summer and
vacation time. Let us-see If it is need
full that they should be, to have a iol-
ly, good and refreshing time Every
man that striveth for the mastery is
temperate in all things" Temperate
in all things, whether it is while the
languor of summer heat is felt and
the voice of fair Nature is calling
away to change and rest, or while the
vigorous air of fall and winter is urging
to fresh activities
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14
Chicago, Sunday

Chicago, Sunday, 1903.
} Text:-"Every man that striveth for the
mastery is temperate in all things. II. Cor.
a.26
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14

| THE summertime excess OF the
1 Christian finds expression in his
| life in two directions: In the neglect
of the accustomed devotions and activi-
ties of the Christian life, and in the
indulgence in pleasures and associa-
| tions which are demoralizing and
questionable. Many promising Chris
tian life is wrecked upon the rocks of
| summertime excess. 1t begins with
the passive attitude of neglect and
ends with the active participation in
the questionable and hurtfuI. 1t be-
gins with the excessive indulgence in
summertime pleasures of a wholesome
sort, to the utter crowding out of the
Lord and intercourse with Him, and
prepares the feet later to tread in the
| by-paths of sin. Why is it that it
takes weeks and months after the
summer is passed to bring the church
back to a spiritual condition where it
is ready to do effective work? Why
is it that the summer time is not con-
tributive to the Christian work of the
fall, but is destructive of it? Why is
it so commonly charged, and justly
SO, that the Christian takes a vaca-
ton, but the devil never? Is there
not one answer to all these questions?
Is is not because of the summertime
excess? The Christian ought to enjoy
the summer timei He needs and is en-
titled to his vacation! But his enjoy
ment of the summer should be of such
a temperate character that as the gold
en- days of summer unfold into the
=,
ter spiritual condition than ever be-
fore. and more fitted for the new and
larger demands which the Lord is al
ways making Of His followers.
G UMMER-TIME attractions and dis
y fractions are multiplying so rapidly
in these days, and the vacation period
has taken such universal and promi-
nent place in the lives of the people
of this nation, that it is not surpris-
ing that their influence should be felt
in the life of the church and in the
life of the Christian. 1t is becoming
more and more apparent-in the
churches of the cities, more particu-
larly-that a new distracting ten
dency must be dealt with. The sum-
mer season and the vacation period
are being so emphasized that religious
obligations are lost sight Of. Every
thing is sacrificed that the summer
plans may be carried out. Excess
marks every step of the way from the
time in the late winter or early spring
when plans and thoughts for the sum-
mer arr allowed to monopolize the at
tention, down through the actual days
of the summer indulgences. And
somehow the Christian is coming to
believe that the summer time and va
cation to be real and beneficial must
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-14

THE summertime always en-
| phasizes one thing-the lapse of
Christian zeal and endeavor The
Christian of the summer time is a diff
ferent person from the Christian of
the fall and winter time. The latter
holds himself to his Christian duty
and among his home associates and
friends he walks in Christian livery.
He is known as a Christian. and he
sets as one should. But with the CON-