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The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-26
Mississippi Matters.

1t is announced that all of the
railroads in Mississippi on or
about the first of March viii is
sue new tariffs which viii clear
" set forth all the local rates in
the State. This decision results
from a suggestion of the Rail
road Com mission at a meeting
with the leading railroad officials
some time ago at which time a
reduction of about twenty per
cent. on all State rates was of
fered as a solution Of the com
plants coming from all sections
of the State.
Alex Smith at Poplarville, Tom
Swor at Raleigh, and Emanuel
Walker at Indianola were hanged
last Wednesday for murder.
Joe Campbell was taken off the
scaffold at Yazoo City to be used
as a witness against others inn
plicated in the crime in his con
fession Campbell had the black
cap on, the moose adjusted and
the doctors had pulled their
watches in anticipation of the
drop when the respite came. The
condemned man is respited for
ten days. The next execution
occurs at West Point next Fri
day when Nose Cousins will be
hanged.
The prohibition convention
was held in Jackson last Tues
day and the session was a most
successful one, about one-half Of
the State being represented and
the preponderance of the dele
cations being composed of min
listers. The committee on reso-
lutions was composed of a mum
Der of able men, Rev. J. 4.
Bowen, of Tupelo, beng the
chairman and among the mem
bers being Bishop Charles b.
Galloway. The committee was
divided and their report was IN
derstood to be a com promise
measure, which favored the next
Legislature submitting to the
people an amendment to the
Constitution of the State pro.
hibiting the sale of whiskey in
the State and should it pass a
statute prohibiting the sale is sug-
gested until the amendment can
be inserted ia the Constitution
All delegates to the convention
voted for the resolution except
TIE officers and delegates of the
w. G. T. q. who explained that an
imperfect understanding of its
provisions was responsible for
their refusal to vote.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-26
Who Killed Cock Robin -?

Well, most everyone has been
killing cock robin the past week.
The redbreast has met Water
loo of determination and it will
not be surprising if he returned
from whence he came at an early
date
The robin season lasts only a
few weeks every year 1t opens
as winter IS beginning TO break
and the severe weather in the
North a few weeks ago drove
them to this section by the mil
lions. In this section they have
swarmed and their presence has
given the man behind the gun
unlimited sport. Hunting par
ties have been in every direction
every day the past week and
have made large bags of these
birds. So general has been the
sport that Master Red Breast is
becoming wild and scary and it
is doubtful if he will be picked
up much longer with the aid Of a
gun.
= - L. -.:-4-.1 l.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-26
Chancery Notice

THE STATE on MISSISSIPPI.
Lowndes County,
To Robert L.. PaISOn. PostOuce Address Jack.
son. Tennessee.
You are commanded tu appear before che
Chnnccrv Court of the County off IOwuUee Iu
said State. Ou the hr~t Monday of April a. Id
1903 TO defend the suit of Annie j.. PEARSON IUT
divorce wherein SOU are defendant.
This 9th OF February, a. ~. 1908.
2f2-itw o. s., MOORE. lIcfH
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-26
A Danger Period Through Which
Every Woman Must Pass.
TWO COLUMNS OF PROOF.

DEAR Mrs PINKHAM - was sick
and nothing seemed to do me any good
until / began taking Mrs. Pinkham's
medicine.
g It was Change of Life with me
and falling of the womb. I had severe
pains all through my body. / had
a terrible cough and people thought
1 had consumption.
81 took six bottles of Lydia Il.
Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound
and two of Blood Purifier, and two
boxes Liver Pills, and / am now stouter
than have been for a long time. L
can do all my work now, thanks to
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Z" If any one wishes to write me, to
verify these statements, will gladly
answer their letters"
Mrs. CLARA CHEZEM, Jewett, Ill.
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM - For seven
years l had been suffering, was pass
ing through the Change of Life, and
my womb had fallen; menses were SO
profuse that at times was obliged to
lie on my back for six weeks at time,
could not raise my head from pillow.
/ had been treated by several ply
sicians, but got no relief.
g was advised by friends to try
Lydia z. Pinl<ham'S Vegetable
Compound, which l did, and after
taking it six weeks / was able to be
around all the time and do my house
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-26

The assessments made by the
State Revenue Agent for back
taxes in this county have been
placed IN my hands for collection
and all citizens are notified TO
pay the same within thirty days
from this date or they will be
assessed with ten per cent. dam
ages. j. IL. ARMSTRONG,
2-S-1m Tax Collector.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-26

THE STATE or MISSISSIPPI q ,. faoa
IOWndes County
To j. =. Hudson, Athens. Georgia.
You are comm lnlcd to appear before tne
Chaneerv Count Or the County OF LuWuUHa Iu
said State ON the first Al lnduy DE- April A u
1903 10 defend the suit OF Louie Hudson fnr
divorce wherein Won are defendant
This 18th day of February. A. y 1908
E s. MOORE Clerk
By JOS HARMS NJ. e..
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-26
chancery Notice

THE STATE on MnsIesIrrT.
LoWNpEs COUNTY,
q John Barham. BirmIugham Jefferson
County. Ala;
You are commanded TO appear before che
CnaneerE Court 90 the County 0f LnwuNcs Foo
said State. ora the urst Monday of April A U.
1903. 20 defend the suit Of Matilda Barhnm for
divorce wherein YOU are defendant
This 18th day OF February, a. ID 1908.
E. S. MOORE Clerk
f3N JOE HARRIS D. g..
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-26

work. I know your medicine saved
my life and l cannot praise it enough.
Mrs. LIZZIE RoECAP,
$40 Smith St., MillviIle, Nj.
+" DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM II have
worked hard all my life, and when the
Change of Life came [ flowed very
badly for weeks at a time. / would
stop for a day or two, then start
again. I went to see a doc ~ and
went through an examination, and
spent two hundred dollars for medi-
cine and doctors bills, but l did not
get the relief / expected
- At that time ] saw Lydia IL.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
advertised and began its use. l have
found it to be Just what / needed.
81 wish every woman suffering
from female trouble would try 1t.
recommend it to all my friends. "
Mrs. VIM. DAILY, Millbank, SD.
g DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM u feel IL
a duty I owe you and every suffering
woman in the land to tell OF the
wonderful results I have found IN
using Lydia L. Pinlxham's Nege-
table Compound and Liver Pills.
Passing through the Change of
Life, some of the physicians consulted
said nothing but an operation would
save me- But your medicine alone
cured me. MRS. MAGNOLIA DEAN,
1441 First Avenue, Evansville, Ind.
! produce the original letters and signatures OF
We their absolute genuineness.
L. PinkhaIn Medicine Co., lynn, Mass
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-26

Boards spring line of men 5
shoes is unexcelled. They're
snappy. they fit. they wear.
They re every pair guaranteed.
You should see them
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-26
A. w. Hawks Is Comma.

At the College Chapel next Fri
day night A. w. Hawks, the well
known lecturer, will appear.
Mr.. Hawks is a humorist with
out coarseness; wit without
waggishness, and a platform
speaker without a peer. He is
a gentleman of rare ability and
never fails to instruct and ele-
vate his hearers. He is master
of the emotions and can be grave
or gay, pathetic or humorous as
occasion demands. He has the
united and unqualified endorse
ment Of the clergy and press
wherever he appears. Mr.
Hawks comes to Columbus IN
der the auspices of the Lyceum
Association. Let everybody go
and hear him.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-26

The announcement of the en-
gagement of Miss Mabel Beckett,
of West Point to Prof. j. G. FAINT.
of Meridian, has been made pub
lie, the wedding to occur this
spring.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-26

We have secured the agency
for the famous LeMaire Eye
Glasses" and are now prepared
to serve our friends and patrons
with line of goods which we
know to be excelled by no other
make. If your eyes are at all
weak call at our store and let Is
fit you up. Satisfaction gu iran
teed. MAYO & WEAVER.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-26

Etomines, mozonetts, mistrals,
eolian crepes and violi for skirts
at Beard s.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-26


L
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-09-04
A LEADER OF WOMEN.
TO Promote Social Purity Mrs. Chant
Several Times Antagonixed
British AristOcracy

Mrs. Laura Ormiston Chant, who is
visiting the United States at the pres
ent time, is without doubt one of the
greatest women of our time. She was
highly esteemed by the late Frances E.
Willard and is fast friend of Lady
Henry Somerset, president of the Worlds
Christian Temperance union, as well as
of Susan B. Anthony, Julia Ward Howe
and other famous American women.
Mrs. Chants most commendable work
has been done in raising the social pur-
ity standard in England, and to bring
this about she did not hesitate to attack
vice in the highest places. In London
she breaches regularly in an undenomi-
national church, taking for her themes
temperance, social purity and woman
suffrage. She is native of England,
was educated for teacher, and did ac-
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-09-04

accommodations enough to make an, or
dtnary hotel envious. III * :
Perhaps the coming discussion Of the
Irish land bill in the house of lords may
give the earl of Dunraven his chance to
gain the prestige as statesman which
his admirers believe he deserves. The
earl has the advantage of being respected
on all sides. A stanch conservative, he
was described recently by prominent
liberal newspaper as essentially man
who has the courage of his convictions
and whose convictions are atsleast the
outcome of an Independent mind actu-
ated by a genuine desire to get at the
TRUTH" He was under secretary to the
colonies for two years-from 1885 to 1887,
and as chairman of the historic COM
mittee on sweating, which sat from 1883
to 1890, he did work that will not be for
gotten soon in this country. He also
made a plucky attempt to- infuse some
thing like efficiency into the house OF
lords, but it goes without saying that the
effort failed. =.
Lord Dunraven and Mr.. Chamberlain
are good friends, and the colonial Sec,
retary and his American wife have been
frequently the guests of Sir Thomas
Lipton's predecessor at Dunraven castle,
Wales Still a keen yachtsman, the earl
of Dunraven's greatest exploit remains
his effort to capture the cup which is
now the object of a similar contest to
those in which the nobleman took part.
His life, however, has been unusually.
full of adventures. .%.5... r :=8zS 6.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-09-04

(American Railroad Man Who Is Power
in Canadian Politics.
Canada proposes to cut loose from his
influence and ally itself with Charles M.
Hays, another American, and his Grand
Trunk railway following
Fromnow on Sir Thomas Shaughnessy
will support the conservative party with
all the resources of the Canadian Pacific
railway, while Mr.. Hays will hitch the
Grand Trunk railway to the government.
Sir Thomas intimated in an interview
that he believed the government in
tended to discriminate against his rail-
way, Incidentally, he declares that the
policy Of the government will saddle
Canada with tremendous debt that pos
terity must pay.
The situation as it has developed has
put new life into the conservative party,
which is elated to have chance to stand
united under the banner of Sir Thomas
Sir Thomas is the beau ideal of politi-
clan. Approachable, an attentive lis
tener, informed on every point of legis-
lative interest, ready and terse debater,
he knows every member of parliament
on sight and can call him by his first
name
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-09-04
WILL BE CHANCELLOR.
Important Government Posfeo BE Re-
<yiyed by Russian Gar for M.
tze74 ~SerGius de Witte. -~

The ferment of Russian life, with it's
many difficult problems of administra-
ton and government, has been too much
for the car, of late, and it is now re-
ported that he has decided to make M.
de Witte chancellor of the empire-a
position which has not existed for con-
siderable period. With Lamsdorff
dominating foreign relations. Plehwe
contr rolling in interior affairs with a
high hand and doubtful wisdom, and
the procurator of the Holy synod manag-
ing his great department with practical
independence; Witte in control of fian-
cial affairs, Kouropatkin at the head of
the great army system, and still other
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-09-04
THE BEE rs BIJZ ZZING.
OF Year II Politics 4 Busy Season
for the Insect. 8


The '.off year" in politics that precedes
q presidential election is almost as vel
come to the politicians as to- the business
men Of the e.cuuntry-bo both classes quietly
preparing for the stormier and more dis
tracing season that is to come. There
publicans have been talking rather Ian
guidly about the choice Of q so-called
running mate for President Roose-
velt. But great national convention
must be allowed to have some uncer-
ainty~ and excitement ahead of it, and
since it is agreed the, President Roose-
welt is to have the first place on the ticket
BY reclamation, the question Of the sec
pnd place must be left open. This, it is
said, is President Roosevelt's own opin-
ion. The question Of a national chair
man for campaign purposes has also
been derdiscussion among party lead
ers. II Senator Hanna should not con-
tinue as chairman of the national COM
mittee, it would not follow that Senator
Quay must succeed him. It is more likely
that younger man, less prominently
identified with old-time contests, would
assume direction of the campaign of
1904. This, like the candidate for the
vice presidency, is choice that might
we'll be deferred until next summer.
= The democrats continue their search
for presidential candidate, says the
Review of Reviews, with ex-President
Cleveland's name still heading the list.
Judge Parker, of New York, who ad-
dressed the Bar Association of Georgia
in July, continues to be much talked of,
particularly in the southern newspapers.
Ex-Gov. Francis, Of Missouri, head of the
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-09-04
Peanuts Cure Insomnia.

II you wish to be cured of insomnia
eat pint of freshly roasted peanuts Just
before retiring. Secretary Wilson as
sures his friends that this remedy is a.
sure thing and that a pint of peanuts
every night has relieved him from an
insomnia with which he has suffered
for years. A number of prominent men
who have tried the secretarys remedy
say that it works like charm. Ordi-
nary peanuts that are to be bought in
a store will not do the work. The goob-
ers must be freshly roasted and a full
pint of them consumed Washed down
with big drink of water they are sure
to induce sleep, but the slightest sip of
alcoholic beverage neutralizes the effect.
The cure is said to be the discovery of
one of the scientists in the department
of agriculture -
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-09-04
Fake Tricks Of Chinatown
That Appeal to Country Visitors
oev Clever Nezv York "Gutdes'' Fool Their Patrons
Bogus Suicide Ananged for the Benefit Of Slumnldng
Spectators. - r. ! zgz -%@ i

BY far the most interesting part of
New York city in the eyes of visitors
from out of town is Chinatown, which
is invaded by thousands of sightseers
every year. Ninety per cent. Of them
go at night and are bent on seeing all
thu dreadful things which Cinnamon
and their Caucasian associates are pop
ularly supposed to do. AS a result of
this curiosity, custom of working of
frauds on the visitors has grown up in
Chinatown, and it has proved to be a
highly profitable business all around.
Almost everything that visitors to
Chinatown see nowadays is more or less
fraudulent Whether the visitors come
by night or by day, the greater part of
the entertainment provided by their
guides is fraudulent, although they
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-09-04

E. s Sir Thomas shaughnessy is one Of the
most potent pol litical forces In Canada
to-day. His predecessor as presid lent Of
the Canadian Pacific railroad, also an
American, Sir William Van Horne. ex-
erted his influence without opposition
and hence did not come into the lime
light Of publicity. @-..... .S.s .
z The announcement of Sir. Wilfrid
Lauriers cabinet that it would build a
line from Moncton, N. B., to- Winnipeg
and lease it to the Grand Trunk railway
for SO years is an open notification to Sir
Thomas as the head of the Canadian Pa
cifc railway that the government of
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-09-04

never know it and go away satisfied
that they have seen the real thing.
The Cinnamon who live in China
town are not fools, neither are the
white women who associate with them
nor the white men who pick up living
in more or less questionable ways in
the quarter. None of the Cinnamon, and
certainly very few of the women, could
be induced to make public display of
their private lives for money, but they
are not at all averse to arranging little
exhibitions for the edification of visit
ors, who pay we'll, thinking they are
seeing the real thing
There are fully score of men of the
"Chuck" Connors type who call them
selves Chinatown guides. They have
lived in the quarter for years, know
every man and woman in it, know the
gambling dens, the joss houses, the
opium joints; in fact, are part of the
quarter and well qualified to show peo-
pie about.
The minute visiting party strikes
Chinatown it is taken in tow by one of
these guides. Sometimes the guide
meets the party by appointment, for
many of them have connections with
hotel clerks uptown who tout for them,
but oftener the party wanders about
until a guide picks 1t up and makes q
bargain to show 1t Chinatown.
OF course, the party wants to see OPT
um smoking, game of fantan in opera
tion, the quarters of white women who
live with Cinnamon, and all the other
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-09-04
The Piano Eve Ia S~f1t

A pianist in these days has to cultf-
vate the eye so as to see 1900 signs in
one minute, the fingers to make 1000
movements and the brain to understand
all these signs as we'll as direct all these
movements. In playing Weber's .Moto
Perpetuo'' a pianist has to read q Sal
notes in less than four minutes, or about
10 per second, but the eye can only re-
ceive about ten consecutive Impressions
per, second. So that in quick music it
seems that a player does not see everv
note singly but in groups, probably .
bar or more at one view; In the sec
ond set Of Chopin's '.Etude in e minor,
It is necessary to read as many.as 395o
signs in ~ minutes, or about rs notes
per second. .ssn4zs% -. 5. : ~. fFs rs
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-09-04
UNDERGROUND TOKEN.
Unique Coin Used by the Active Alo-
1itlonists In the Days Pre-
cedinx the War. -

One of the rarest of American copper
coins is the underground railway token.
Three years ago one was dug up in a
garden in Indiana, and it was supposed
to be the only one in existence, but two
others are owned by descendants of the
Quakers who were conductors" on the
underground railway. for runaway
slaves before the civil war. u +
The copper token, says the New York
Herald, is about the size Of two-cent
piece and of about the same thickness:
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-09-04

which a man seated on a stool on one
end of the box jerks back and forth until
only the bran is left. This primitive
method serves instead of the American
boiling machines used in our mills.
Although Chinese labor is so remark
ably cheap, yet the tediousness and la
boriousness of this method of making
flour, entirely by human labor, is so ex-
pensive that the wheat flour made in this
way costs them from three and half to
four cents per pound, and as such a sum
is about half days wage for the labor
ing man, it makes wheat flour entirely
beyond the reach Of the common people.
In order to supply the demand for a
cheap -four, the Chinese habitually mix
their wheat with peas, beans or millet
before grinding it, but even these cheap
ened flOurs cost more than the average
grade f1ours in America.
The Four Track News says that, With
out considering the difference in quality
and fineness, American flour can be ex-
ported from our Pacific coast and sold in
China cheaper than the cheapest grades
of native flour.
1t is easy to see what a great field will
ultimately be found in China for Ameri-
can mill machinery, and if American
millers would take pains to manufacture
grade of -four especially for the Chi
nese market, cheapening the wheat pro-
duct by large adulteration of corn, an
immense market would be found at once.
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-09-04

oANOC1t<1xkOOND 1OhEN.
Qn Ante-Bellum Days tt Meant Freedom
~. for Slaves.) zs rs.
the rim is unmilled, and circling inside
of it on the face are the words United
States of America" on the reverse side
is the figure of kneeling woman.
shackled. The figure is symbolical Of
the appeals the negroes were making to
that sentiment Of liberty in the north
which afterward led to their freedom.
Only 20 Of these pieces were made, and.
they had no special significance except
to those who understood; their meaning
and bound themselves by solemn oaths
to discharge every duty which their
presentation placed upon those to whom.
they were sent.
The runaway slaves made his escape.
to some house In Indiana, which was
station on the so-called Underground
railway" here conductor would take
him to another station. travelling at
night. One Of the tokens would be given
TO the next conductor by the one who
brought the slave as evidence OF his own.
good faith. The person to whom the
;talisman was presented was bound br
his oath to conduct the fugitive to an.
other station. ss=zss
The Virginia enterprise., 1903-09-04
WOMEN M AXE FL OUR
Primitive Milling Methods Still in
=. Vogue In China.
No Reason Why Americans Should Not
Control the Flour Market of the
= Celestial Emplre-Hints
: Worth Taking.

With such an enormous population
and so little'to do, it is not astonishing
that China's industrial system is the re-
suit Of q constant effort ITO make work :
instead Of to save]work, as we do. - 49,,
For example, in China the grain crops
are harvested with little hand sickles,
and the sheaves after being cured are
carried in bundles by women and chill
dren and spread out for threshing on the
great floors like those described in the
Bible. -. ........$ - n
The grain is threshed out of the straw
by treading on it, or by being rolled with
heavy stone rollers. The straw is then
forked of, and the grain is swept upinto
heaps with hand brushes, while it is win
moved by being thrown into the air by
shovelfuls and allowing the wind to
blow the chaff away
The mills for grinding are of two
kinds, those in which heavy stone roll
ers revolve over stone tables, and the
other where the upper and under mill
stones are used In the latter case the
lower stone is anchored to the table,
while the upper turns on it, sometimes
being pulled around by a blindfolded
donkey or OK, but more frequently by
human hands.
The primitive roller mills are usually
operated by human labor, the work fre-
quently being done by old women of the
family, whose failing strength or poor
eyesight make it impossible to do the
heavier or finer work of the household.
The wheat after being ground is
poured into an ordinary sieve, that is
made to slide in grooves over a box