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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-24
Bill Arp's Letter !.
(Atlanta Constitution.)

The bantam hen has Matched and three
little grand children are happy They
can't talk fast enough to tell me about
them. There are little things in our do
mestlc life and there are big things. but |
believe the little things are the biggest.
For month or more these children have
been watching and waiting for the bantam
hen to lay her litter and hatch her little
brood and this morning the telephone bell
rang furiously and it said: Our bantam
hen has Matched" and soon they came
running to tell US about them. but they
didn't stay five minutes. They had to
go back and look after the bantams. Well,
there is nothing prettier in all nature than
a little brood of bantam chickens and
my faith is they were created specially to
make little children happy. 1t seems that
they originated III lie town OF that
name on the island of Java and have been
transplanted to other countries. They are
a game bird and a bantam rooster will
attack and whip an ordinary game cock
of five times its weight. These little chill
dren come to see me every day and to
comfort me while l am sick and their
presence is the best medicine 1 have found
The happiness of our children is the big
gest thing in life and my desire to live
is mainly for their sake. The papers are
full of big things, but they won't compare
with the little ones.
Clark Howell went thousand miles to
make a big speech about Grant That was
all right. l have more respect for General
Grants memory than for any big man
who was on that side, but / still fail to
understand how Lincoln came to appoint
slave holder general of the army.
But time keeps rolling on and Grants at
titude on the race problem seems to be
the popular one now among our Northern
brethren. The census and the result OF
negro education has at last convinced the
negro lovers of their mistake.
l couldn't ina CINE what Booker Wash
ington was to do with that 100000 OF
Carnegie's last gift, but l see by Booker's
late card he is going to expend 1t in
manufacturing tooth brushes and he says
he can reform the whole race by supply
ing them with tooth brushes. That is all
rlght-anything to get rid of the money
that keeps on piling up. He might add a
side factory for toothpicks.
But, speaking about General Grant, re-
minds me OF his magnificent tomb at
Grant park, and that reminds me of a
good thing on one of my boys, who, when
IN New York, not long ago, was invited
by some congenial friends to take a ride
with them and see the tomb They
stopped in front and my boy heaved a
sigh and said. Eyes, that's old Bob Lee
the greatest soldier who ever lived. and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-24

there's what he said at Appomattox when
he gave Grant back his sword. Let US
have peace When informed of his
mistake he said: well. / wasn't there,
of course. but my father was, and that's
what happened-so he told me General
Grant surrendered his sword to General
Lee and old Bob gave it back to him and
said: Let us have peace.
But we want no mistake made about
the negroes down here in Dixie. We want
10 more slaves. We wouldn't have one
as free gift. We are ready to give
them away to anybody who wants them.
The last census report says the negro la
much the most criminal OF our popula-
ton and is increasing in crime with fear
ful rapidity. The negroes who can read
and write are far more criminal than those
who cannot. The negro is four and one
half times as criminal in New England,
where he is educated, as he is in the
South, where he has not been educated
What is to be done about this. Tooth
brushes" says Booker Washington. Sure.
ly the man was joking, but that's the way
it read over his own signature. Reform
the race with tooth brushes. If there is
not want it is a tooth brush. There is
Sam Henderson working in my garden
now and / envy him his mouth full of
big, sound teeth Never had one pulled
or plugged or to ache. l love to see him
mounting watermelon.
No, it seems to be now admitted by
Northern philanthropsts that the South
ern negro has been pretty well ruined by
their blunder of forty years ago, when
there was not criminal negro in Georgia,
and now ..-ere are near 5000 IN ourchain-
gangs. Bring on the tooth brushes! DR.
Scale Harris, of Alabama, published not
long ago IN The Constitution the unani-
nous opinion of the medical profession
that the negro was rapidly degenerating
is race, both morally and physically, and
was destined to extinction as sure as the
North American Indians Old Or. Cal
houn, of our town. a man of large and
long experience, told me that before the
war he had an extensive practice on the
negro plantations and never had case of
tuberculosis or consumption, but now they
We're common and as for other diseases,
not to be mentioned. they were found in
most families and III both sexes
| am constrained to mention this as a
warning to those who have 10 hire nurses
and chambermaids The time is near at
hand when every one will have to go be
fore an examining board and get CERT
ficate.
But | see my little children coming up
the winding way and the race problem
must take a back seat.
BILL ARP.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-24

Agents who wish to offer to their Gle
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-24

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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-24
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-24

A little life may be sacrificed to sud
den attack OF Group If you don't have DR..
Thomas Electric Oil on hand for the
emergency.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-24
Mems Summcr
. Shoes
We maintain strictly first class Shoe
Department. We may well call it Shoe
Store, and we say we maintain a strictly
first class Shoe store. When you buy a
pair Of Shoes from us you may feel sure
that the Style is correctly up to date, the
workmanship perfect, and the leather
used in the manufacture the best.
Our Shoes Look Well and
Wear Well
At $500
We are showing Boyden's Handmade
Oxfords at $500.
Boucher Ties, Laced Oxfords and But
ton Oxfords, in Patent Vici and Wei Kid.
At $500
Royal Worcester 0xfOrdS
Hand Welt, at $500.
At $3.50
Hand Welt, at $500.

Bleucher Ties, Laced and Button OK
fords, in patent Wei and Wei Kid.
Royal Worcester" is the best of all the
SPECIAL PRICE Magazine advertised
Shoes.
A SPECIAL HALF PRICE OFFER
in Ia nShoes-made by Boyden-carried
over from last year. These Shoes are $500
grades-in varied lot of Styles. few
pairs in one style, four or five in another.
and so on. We can fit and please most
every one Tan Shoes make a most com
Portable Hot eWather Shoe and at $3.50
pair should interest most every man.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-24
Summer Furnishings
...FOR MEN,.

Mems Negligee Shirts
White NegligeeS
Nothing is more dainty more COM
Portable a hot summer day than one
of these cool White Negligees
WHITE MADRAS. go. :. ...... $1.00
WHITE NAINSOOK :. . $1.OO and $3.50
WHITE DIMITIES :. :. :. -. $3.50
FANCY MADRAS, WHITE
GROUNDS, WITH DAINTY
PRINTED DESIGNS. s1O0 to $3.50
PRINTED COLORS, WHITE
GROUNDS, IN STRIPES AND
DOTS -. $l.OO
-:o:-
PRINTED FANCY DIMITIES.
WHITE GROUNDS IN NEAT
PATTERNS :. :. :. =. -. soc.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-24

The GERMANIA offers the most approx
plans Of insurance, whether the object desir
he IN investment. protection TO the family
dependents i'll case OF the death of the insure
or special provision for an individual beneficial
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-24
Mems
Summer Underwear

WHITE Isle. LONG AND
HALF SLEEVES-UNDER
SHIRTS THE SURE
ENOUGH Isle :. ). :. :. $1.0O
WHITE COTTON Isle UN-
DERSHIRTS, LONG AND
HALF SLEEVES !. .... soc.
BROWN BALBRIGGAN SHIRTS
AND DRAWERS :. :. :. :. :. soc.
BROWN BALBRIGGAN SHIRTS 25c
SCRIVEN'S UNBLEACHED LIN
EN- DRAWERS, PATENT ELIAS
TIC SEAMS :. :. $3.50. $1.50
SCRIVEN'S JEAN DRAWERS,
PATENT ELASTIC SEAM
DOUBLE :. :. :. :. :. :. -. 75c.
GARLAND sTRETCHER SEAM
JEAN DRAWERS. :. :. :. :. soc.
PEPPERER JEAN DRAWERS. soc.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-24

Terrible plaques. those itching, poster
ing diseases OF the skin Put an end to
misery. Doans Ointment cures. At any
drug store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-24
New Straw
Hats

The styles are the smartest and hand
soonest brought out by American hat
makers this season.
FINE MANILA. CRUSH
CROWN. :. $500
FINE MILAN. PANAMA
SHAPE. J. >. :. =. =. :. !. !. $500
MILAN BRAID. PANAMA
SHAPES :. :. :. :. .$2.25 TO $3.50
sENNIT STRAW YACHTS. $3.50. $3.50
SPLIT STRAW YACHTS. $3.50.
$500, $15O and I. !. J. !. !. ). $1.0O
MACKINAW sTRAWs IN FULL.
SHAPES :. !. 80. :. /. $500 and $50
sTETsoN's FEATHERwEIGHT
FELT HATS IN SOFT AND
STIFF HATs-AND THE
CHAMPAGNE :. !. $500. $3.50
MEMS SUMMER HALF HOSE,
WHITE Isles WITH EN-
BRoIDERED DOTS. :. -. soc.
BLACK LIsLEs AND BLACK
LACE LIsLEs, 25c. AND soc. A PAIR.
SUMMER NECK TIEs-25c,
AND soc. COLLARS AND CUFFS.
HANDKERcHIEFs-5c., 1Oc,
4 lie, 25e., S5e. and ). =. :. -. soc.
GUY1Ts SUBSCRIBERS ....... SOC.
AND FANCY SUMMER sUs-
PENDERs !. :. :. :. !. 25c and zoe
BELTS :. :. :. ..25c. and SOC
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-24

Neglected colds make fat grave
Yards" DR.. Woods Norway Pine Syrup
helps men and women to happy. vigor
Gus old age.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-13
A USE FOR EVERYTHING.
Nothing Ever Created
Without a Purpose.
A THEORY DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE
In Some Instances-Many Think
Nature Might Have cen Inn
proved Upon in Many
WAYS.
A THEORY DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE

We all wonder why certain things
were ever made. why certain animals
or insects were allowed 70 live. And
yet there is no doubt but that every
thing was intended Tor some purpose,
and as civilization advances, such
purposes are discovered.
Cod liver oil is something that
everybody KNOWS t. have been wise
provision of Providence, to- bs used as
"A medicine in all wasting diseases.
Why Nature should have appended 10
this valuable remedy its horrible
odor and most terrible taste Is also
something that may have wondered
at. But that was Natures w y. Sc
gave to man the crude material, and
has left it 10 his Intelligence 10 over
come many of its Objectionable
features
This IS exactly what has happened
In regard to cod liver oil Everybody
knows its value. Everybody knows
how necessary it is for physicians TO
prescribe it IN many Instances.
Every body also knows that it is one
OF the most terrible medicines to
take that can be imagined. There Is
no longer need of taking ii; that is,
in the form in which we have been
accustomed 10 kuOW H.
Mr.. w A. Dozier, of this city, has
associated himself with a Boston
house which is producing prepare
tion known as VinOl. This ia not
patent medicine. Any one may see,
on the label of each bottle. or Mr..
Dozier will tell any one VII calls on
him, exactly what Vinol contains.
As he explained yesterday: I'VE
have simply found OUT how t. eXtrac'
the active medicinal principles from
the Gods liver that has made cod liver
OIL valuable his We may obtain IN
the form of a concentrated extract.
The grease, with all its vile odor, is
left behind. That, too, has its pur-
poses. 1t is valuable for dressing
leather, but a. for its being i'll any
way good tor man as a medicine, 1t Is
absolutely worthless.
''Now we take the medicine that
we have obtained, or the concentrated
medicinal y Upr:tIes uf the coa's liver
and place just the right quantity OF
this extract in delicious, mild table
wine, and where you have the whole
story. ANYBODY cen learn in min
ute that Ninol is tasteless Any one
who is compelled to AXE cod liver ell
can find out in few days how much
more benefit eat be derived from
Vinol than could ever have been OBJ
tanned from cod liver oil in its crude
foi m
Mr. Dozier's enthusiasm in regald
to Vinol X indeed we'll founded. The
preparation which he il handling will
be In short time one of the best
known in the world.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-13
DISASTROUS WRECKS.

Carelessness is responsible for many
n railway wreck aud the same caase,
ARE making human wrecks IT >uif-rer>
fir. IN Throat and Lang trlnsieS tn
since the advent Of DR. K'sg
New niscuv' ~ for onsu.t p:Iop.
l. uehs AID Colds, even the WIS, 4 81
can b. cured. and hopeless Resignation
is ne longer necessary Mrs. Lul.
Cragg. of Dorchester Mass is one OF
many whose life WAS saved by Or
Kings New Discovery. This great
remedy is guaranteed for all rhroa'
and Lung diseases by Bufkin Il Caaen-
head. Druggist. Price soc, and 500
Trial bottle free.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-13
Save money buy bnylng from manu-

Save money buy buying from manu-
faeturers. Holman & Co., of Mobile,
own the only distillery in South Ala
bama, Their special brands are Col.
den Feathers" "Murdock Hill,
,Marcehal Neil" RED Coon, lis
Spring Hill Corn" Spring Hills
Best" Send anywhere from 81 90 zip to
them for gallon, and your moneys
worth, according to grade called 70!
by size IF remittance VIII be sent
VOC. no 81
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-13
Connection for Texas.

The Texas g. Pacific Railway chang
ed the time of the train passing Shreve-
port at night, on Sunday October 18TH.
so that connection is now made with
Queen & Crescent Route train No. Z
which arrives at Shreveport at 1890 p.
IN, Tins giving two connections daily
to all soinss reached by the T.. q r.
hallway.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-13
A RUNA WAY BICYCLE

Terminated with an ugly cut OH the
lag of J. b. Orner, Franklin Grove. III.
1T developed stubborn ulcer unyield
ing to doctors and remedies for four
years. Then Bucklen's Arniea Salve
cured. Its just as good for Burns.
Scalds, Skin Eruptions am Piles. 25r,
at Butkin & Cadenhead's Drug Store.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-13
FOR SALE OR RENT

II YOU have property for sab or for rerl
or ant To rent or buy property OF any
kind. advertise ii under this he aiding ia the
Progress.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-13
T. B. J0hsOn,
Geo. fairfield. ID. G.. McLaurin
fairfield 6 MCLaurin
Office in Court House.

Attorneys for City of Hattiesburg.
Attorneys for Board of Supervisors.
Do general practice in all of the
courts. We have in our office alb
stracts of all deeds to property in the
city which were recorded in Augusta
prior to the building of The court
house at Hattlesburg, and can furnish
abstracts on short notice.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-13
HUGE DAMAGE SUIT.
V;cksburg jury Renders Big Vereict
for Damages Against
Railroad.
Special to the Daily Progress.

Vicksburg, Nov. 13.--In the ca
of Mrs. Frank Schmidt VS.. Waco and
Mississippi Valley railroad Tor the
killing of her husband in 1901, he
having met his death while engaged
at work for the company, cioss-tie
falling on him. verdict was brought
in for $32, 200.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-13
FOUND
MISCELLANEOUS

NEW Electric ploceSs, re roves poisons
ana i'm pedinien to nealth. Hurry and get
welt Vita pathy cures when al! else afis.
Come and see Mrs. DR.. 81. W. Chenny, M
v ID. Hotel Burnett. Hattie-burg. MISS.
NOAH st
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-11-13
ROOTS AND BOAkD

THOSE WI>HING BOARDERS or hav
inc room, Tor rent would find that il would
pay them TO let it h2 known urd"r this
heading.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-09
The NeWc of Mobile.

Society and a number of invited friends, he having rendered the society a banquet in return for a similar honor extended him some time ago. The menu con sisted of Italian dishes and was much enjoyed by the participants. Dr. Augslo Festorazzt acted as toastmaster and pre- sided with dignity. Among the guests were Major Lomia, commander in charge of Fort Morgan. Captain Adrion B. Dure and Captain Frank Hoffer.
 Jake Davis, a negro watchman at the Hardwood Mills, South Water, near FL mira Street, was attacked at the plant at an early hour yesterday morning by three tramps and during the mix-up, was shot through the hand. There were no ar- rests.
 Mrs. Fannie Files Perkins, at 115 Old Shell Road, took 1audanum at o'clock tonight and died one hour later. She was S7 years old and leaves a husband and one son. No cause is known for the rash act.
 gold watch and chain were stolen from H. M. Price. a local hardware mer- chant, this afternoon. The articles were stolen from Mir Prices vest pocket which it was hanging in his office. y Prof. l.. F. Stock and wife left yes- terday for Washington. D. C., for the summer season. Professor Stock is a member of the faculty of McGin Insti- ute.
 The Hamilton Whist Club held its regular weekly meeting this afternoon. Mrs. Frank Davis was the hostess. at her | lovely home on Spring Hill Avenue. News was received here yesterdaya of the sudden death in Meridian, Miss, of Max Lowenstein, a brother of Louis Low enstein of this city. The Non-sectarian Inf1rmary Associa- tion held its regular monthly meeting this mornig at the residence of the president, Mrs. Robert Gage.
 MT. Walter Fowlkes left yesterday for his home In Birmingham after a visit of several weeks here combining business and pleasure
 | Mary Belle Duck, infant daughter of | George A. and Lorena Duck died yester- day at the family home, Bay Avenue and | Shell Road
 In the Recorders Court this morning the docket showed thirty eight violators of the city ordinances and one State law | violator.
 | Mrs. Matt Sloan. who has been confined to her home with fever the past three weeks, bids fair to recover.
 Miss Zoe Ulrich of Chicago Is In the city. a guest of her sister, Mrs. J. Bester | Robinson.
 Capt. Joseph Cady. Sr.. who has beer quite i'll for some time, is able to be out again.
 The closing exercises of Spring Hill Col lege took place this morning.
 Miss Addie Mann is visiting her mother
 Mrs. John G. Mann.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-09
Wise Very Comfortable.

William Wise, one of the defendants charged with the killing of Elias M. Latham in the Morris Hotel a little over month ago, and who will be tried next week, today said: T have no fears about the result of the trial. The time for me has passed as pleasantly as possible un- der the circumstances in the jail. In fact, except that l am restrained from my liberty, have all the comforts of home You see, when a man has a clear con- science and is not worried about the out come, there is no reason why he cannot forget his surroundings in reading. I am anxious for trial, but am not worried in the least over the result" Havis has nothing to say. The case will be inter- esting from start to finish. A large ar- ray of lawyers has been retained on both sides.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-09

over Alabama to get negro laborers to work in the mines of phosphate there. Only recently one of these agents brought two car loads of negroes through here from Mobile and other points in South Alabama.
 Labor in this part of Alabama is get ting very scarce on account of so many negroes having been taken out of the State by labor agents from other parts is a likelihood of farm labor becoming a serious question in Alabama within the next few years.
 Many other negroes have recently been taken from North Alabama by labor agents to the cotton and sugar planta- tions of Mississippi. Louisiana. Texas and other points South. Some of these Le- groes have returned dissatisfied.
 A construction company is being formed by the officers of the Helena, Tupelo and Decatur Railroad to build the road on the survey made by E. c. Finley, now chief engineer of the Engineering De- partment of the Worlds Exposition at St. Louis, through Morgan, Lawrence and Marion counties of Alabama. going through Moulton, Ala, and along what is known as the old Backbone Ridge of hills to the Mississippi State line. The company are now making arrangements to renew the right of way which was granted some years ago by the people along the route.
 The President of the company, w. D. Anderson, of Tupelo, Miss, Is expected here next week for the purpose of look ing after the terminual facilities, etc. The prospects are brighter now than ever before for the early construction of this road; in fact 1t has been learned from a reliable source that the construction work will probably be commenced within six months from this time. The road will be financed by New York parties, it is said.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-09
The News of Birmingham

Aid and Southern Education Society of the Methodist Church, North, in the vi- cinity of Decatur, was in Birmingham today, and he stated that the committee would meet in Cincinnati about the mid de of the month for the purpose of de- ciding definitely as to where the big col lege would go. Birmingham is being fought because of the large number of arrests made by the police department here and for other reasons The local committe of whites and negroes feel en- couraged. however, and believe that they will be able to land the $20O, 900 college.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-09
Meeting of Miners.

The temporary roll call for the conven- tion of the United Mine Workers of America in Alabama, which commences next Monday, has been made up and shows that between 135 and 150 delegates will be here. The scale committee will be named by President Ed Flynn. No in- timation whatsoever is yet given as to what the miners are going to ask of the operators There is some uneasiness as to the probable result of the convention The joint conference between the miners and the operators will take place Monday. June 22. and will continue until there is an agreement or a disagreement
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-09
NEW CHURCH AT ROANOKE.
Rev. J. P. shaffer Breaches the De-
 dicatoyr Sermon.
' ATARRH is very frequent cause 7 of that class of diseases popularly

Roanoke June S.-(Special.)-At Il o'clock yesterday morning Rev. J. F, Shaffer preached the dedicatory sermon of the new Baptist Church recently built in the factory portion of Roanoke. It is a neat frame building and was largely built through the Hberality of the members of the First Baptist Church of this place. At in the afternoon a church was organized in the new build ing with twenty-two members The Pres bytery that officiated in the organiza- tion was composed of Revs. J. P. Shaf- fer, H. C. Risner. w. II. Wright and c. T. Culpepper. The name given the or @anization was The First Avenue Bap- tist Church."