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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-04-08
No CrlU.S te KespTskirts Dry.

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Joplin, Mo-, March 26.-Hoidina
the skirts above the ankles as far al
the weather conditions. nacessitate, in
the opinion OF Us wearer Of the skirts
does not render 4 woman liable Go er.
rest and punishment is Eshis oity 40.
cording to ) ruling made to-day By
Judge Potter, III tho First Poiioe
Court, il the case against Miss Flo
Russell, . girl ARE tied for holding
hsr akirts high and dry on 4 rainy
day.
The young lady, who wore q very
handsome silk petticoas and attractive
5hosiegy, Attracted considerable asten-
5tions on che street and 8 Sopseientious
policeman arrested, her.
Mics RUSSELL denied that che had
held her skirts too high, and 10 prove
her cana gave . demonstration ID She
Court room FOR the benefit OF she
Judge blowing him how she heldhe
salsirtpand that, Without 90 doing. her
olethiag wonld have been ruined by
the mud g'hhue Court discharged h5E
sWishSan apology for her humiliation
sby the police department.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-04-08
Would Take Care or Himself.

At an East Side kindergarten q
few days ago o visitor gave a silver
dollar to q bright little boy.
Now" she said, "what are you co.
ing to do with it?"
"I'll have it changed into halves"
said the boy without a moment hest
tation.
"And then2" asked the questioner.
It'll get quarters"
Sand them"
"I'll get dimes, and then niokels,
and then pennies"
what will you do then?" asked
the visitor smiling.
"I'll get niokels." said the hey
"But why will you get nickels when
you already have them?"
"Huh," answered the bright youth,
somebody may make q mistake in
change. And it won't be me."-Ex-
change.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-04-08
Bparrous Started q Fire.

tSesin' them Gre engines reminds
nae OF the time my house burned sew.
oral years go, "'.aaid q oountryman che
| other evening as he ssocd on Msnros
fllsstelraet watching che Gre apparatus
olatter by. "For Q long time there
vas considerable mystery about the
blaze, and I was about to accuse o
neighbor Of mine &c sse.s;:a' tie place
aa7e, because I had kind O. swindlad
thim in q horse trade. But he was
as innocent as q baby, I found out
later.
II woke up one night and the smoke
was pourin' through the house. It
seemed to be oomin' from up.stairs--
We had one of chem big fayra houses,
you know-and I tumbled ont O. bed,
and in about two jumps landed at the
top Of the stairs. The flames was q.
ragin' all along one side Of the house
just under the caves and farm up
under the rafters. We had no way Of
fighting the Ere, and all We could do
was to save a few things.
1.-THE insurance company gave me a
pile o trouble. but finally paid me.
~ declared the house wal set a6re,
and kind o. thought so, too, but 1
wasn't a-goin' to say SO. Well, sir,
that thing set so on my mind that 1
resolved TO play Sherlock holmes and
find out what started the blaze.
What do you suppose did it?
English sparrows. Yes, sir, English
sparrows was the. cause Of me losin'
my home and nearly everything in it.
There was q big shed near the house,
and on the side that burned. first. I
was studying, how the fire could have
been started under the caves, when I
remembered the sparrows had built
Q lot Of nests there. I began tearin'
the nests ont Of the shed, and among
the sticks and straws Z Found a lot Of
matches. | remembered then about
dsoppin' o box Of the matches in the
yard, and when I fond it raost Of the
matohes was gone. Gao birds had
carried them away and used them in
building the nests. Ofcourse I didn't
know jest how the matches got fred.
Ous l am certain the sparrows we're to
blame for burning the house down.
When | built o new house I fixed it
80 che only place q sparrow could
light on it wal or top Of the roof
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-04-08
Me-:::s:SS a river.

Until about the beginning Of the
last decade all the geography CLASSES
10 U schools were taught. and cor.
reotly, that the city Of vickehn.g.
Miss. made historic during the Civil
War, was situated on the bank Of tho
Mississippi River. This statement.
however, ceased to be a fact seme .sa
or more years ago, when the Father OF
Waters, In n of his cratic moods.
forced a new channel for himself and
left Vicksburg perched on o high
bluff several miles inland. The town,
whioh had been n Of the most i'm
portant steamboat ports on the big
stream, was thus suddenly deprived
OF raueh ct the traffic that had caused
10 to prosper. Strangely enough the
misfortune wac an echo Of the famous
siege Of vicksburg, and Gen. u. S.
0Fant was primarily responsiblefor it.
In order that the Union gunboats
might run past the shoe batteries IN.
harmed Grant sought. to divert the
watsrs of the Mississippi away from
tie city BY digging q new channel.
The great river refused at the time to
take the new course marked gut for it,
but it eventually did so, more. than
thirty years after such action could be
OF any use to the Union army.
Naturally the people Of Vicks5ure
did not accept with good grace the
MisSissippi's belated performance, so
damaging to their material interests.
They clamored for a restoration OF the
old days when they dwelt near navi-
gable water and when stately floating
palaces touched at their wharves and
trade aourished. They appealed TO
Congress for cid and the national law.
makers made an appropriation for con-
structing o canal rorthward to the
Yazoo River. This canal was recent
~ completed and the water was let in
to the channel deserted by the Missis-
eippi. The fow was abundant aud
filed the space from bank to bank.
making Vioksburg once more q river
town.
The event caused general rejoicing
=. he S:.7 "hiioih mas already begun
tc feel the good effects OF renewed
traffic .-Lcslie's Weekly.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-04-08
BILL ARPS TER ER
Biiiis gS'iiclxTsutisAb lie Is Tell.
Atlanta Constitution1

marble, ell lettered nicely, from the
| northern men who own the works az
Msrietta-bongbt them ct one dollar
sach. which MAS leas than The cost,
for The company said they helped 10
put our boys there and they ought te
help mark eheis graves. The railroads
shipped them free. Thsre, was no
endless chain ia that business. Three
thousand neglected Confederate graves
OF Mariettal Our boys, our dead,
buried on our soil, died. ia defense OF
their homes, their State, their people.
On the ether side Of the railroad are
about as many who were trespassers
ION q soil--vandals who eane as in
yaders With arms and torches, and
their graves are marked With costly.
marble and adorned with gravel walks
and y flowers and sgergreein1s, and there
i :aigrsnd entrance to their city Of.
tho deaf, ell done By the national
government, and q keeper employed.
And yet il lie now settled; We were
right and they were wong. On,
liberty and unionl what c,imes have.
But seoratarv Root aas,ns S - .
good man and Is ro;ny 81 Nal -
make up the roster, the muster roll of
our living and. mn. dasd Ma,ha -
win eet ( 1ittia eYoaar - - al hsis
iGhe Mariatta voman 4 s,.L IA. 90
eedarata s-gravava,d i,at :. s,ar.n 49,
ornamental &C ia ona on1tha a.Sa.
aide. WIN notStrv h;m2 Nj S.a.
Sdiara are s ma sns5.;ss 900 80.
and ift ba;-s ,oonl. sna.n as ss. .vy 10
Wonld Az sifI;ve 1 800 ,ssa.sN
ler.V lat mi ss..s t:na Sos sns =
man "a maka 81 anr.sls e 81 $3.50
nan. &C ia s. sSso
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VIII be Reunited.

New Bedford, Mass, March 2b.-
After an absence Of forty years edwin
Dow, Of Newark, N. j., who acoumula,
ted a fortune out West, is to remarry
his wife.
Dow some time after his marriage
disappeared, leaving word that he
would not return until he had made
his fortune and could give his family
. better home. A few years later
Mrs. Dow secured q divorce and was
married to Captain w. j. Norton.
Dow made his fortune and returning
found his wife was happily married.
he m:da himself known to HE daugh-
ter, and pledging her to secrecy, told
her his story. She was only to reveal
the secret upon Capt. Norton's death.
Captain Norton diedtuo ysears ago and
Dow came on from the West, and
meeting his former wife, asked her to
remarry him. She consented, and the
marriage will take place Sunday.
WHn4 AL e..
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-04-08
Carss Biesa PeIa6n, Cancer, Ulocfs
Ensenla, Carhnnelss, EEta.

Medioine Sent Fses. Robert Ward,
Maxss Ca, says Z Ssuaersd
from blood poison, my head, face and
shoulders we're one mass; OF corrup.
lion, aoheB In bones and joints, burn-
Ing itohing, scnbby skin. was all run
ssdown and discouraged, but Botanic
Blood BS sslcased me perfectly, heal
ed oh the hoFes and gave my ekinsShe
rieh de health. Blood Balm put
neville inso my blood and new ambi-
sion into my brain. Geo. "a. Will,
sliatns, Roxbnry, sace covered with
pimpla5, chronic epfa on hack OF head
auppsTAting swelling on aeck, eating
ulcer on ssg, bone pains, sitching skin
euSed perfectly by Botanic Blood
R~asfl--sofes ali healed. Botanic
Blood Belm cnEea all malignant blnnd
|4R6phiss, aunh SIS eczema, sckbE and
scales. pinaR rnnning sores, CAR
bunoieB, eof5fnla, et0. Espeoially
sdviesdf FOR iii obstinate cases that
have feaehed She second Or third
stage. OrueeiaEa. 81 DeF large bottle.
Sample nf Rntanic Rlo1d BALM greo
and prepaid BY writing Blood Balr,
Co. atlanta, Gle. Describe trouble
Ard special medical adyiee sens ia
sealed letter Soldsin Anderson by
OrrtG fay Drug CO., Wiihite g. Will
h3ta and Evans R~hatmacy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-04-08
Queer Superstition.

~
negro superatition 10 diaaeyered hsSe;
Two policemen were carrying 8 Esgrs
man to che station house. and whan
asked what was his effanca nEasnl
them remarked that he was chioken
thief and had been found with che
chickens in his possession, IN oshez
words. was caught at night with the
chickens in Q bag. A negro standing
near, who heard the policeman D state
ment. said with . emile: "Das niger
didn't have his bono with him"
When asked what he meant by this no
said: ST mean he didn't have his cat
bone in his pocket round his neck ia
q bag"
The negroes believe. certainly o
great many Of the older ones, that the
possession Of what they call q Scat
bone" gives che owner i~nvisibility, .
quality Of prime necessity to q chick
en- thief. The bone in question is the
tail bone OF cat, and must be none
other than Q black cat, and must be
further procured ia no osher way than
by putting the cat while alive into d
pot and boiling it away until the skele-
ton can be lifted out and the tail bone
obtained.
John Z: Ross, a white man, who was
several years o guard. Of State con-
yiets, says that one Of these during
the noon hour one day obtained per-
mission to build . fire and do some
cooking. he produced from g bag o
black cat and dropped it into the pot
wherein the water was boiling. Sew
eral other eonvicts gathered around in
the proceedings, particularly whom
later il the afternoon the convict got
out the desired bone. he explained
his desire for this ownership by say.
ing that after he had served his term
he might want togo into the ''ohioken
businesB.'
The matter came up again as 30 The
cat bone in rather en- am1nsing wsy.
While walking 10 9 part ofst.ae city in.
habited entirely BY negroes, several
large chicken ooops In . ard were
noticed, all empty. a short passage
led e=c= .as ssTs05 70 IL inc gvoops, which
waB narrow and. Immediately at one
side of the honse.. Under The house
was Q vefy savage bulldog who had
plenty Of chain to enable him to roach
the passage way. When the darby
owner OF the house was asked what
had become Of all his chickens, he re-
piled, with an air Of marked sadness:
Zone night las week dey cum er'long
and stole eyry one nn'em."' When
asked why the dog didnot get the dar-
ing thief the owner Of the dog said,
with q very apologetic manner: "De.
dog couldn't see the thief nohow, for
the rascal had de bone wild him. or
courJe nobody and no ,beasts either
can seq EN- when dey have de bone y
A number Of negroes believe in this
bone business who are ashamedto own
It. There is q growing sentiment
among tho negroes Of nnnnaaling anne-e
atition, because they hear it ridiculed,
and not afeH Of them believe in it
just the same.--Charlotte Observer.
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The fun Of Being q fool over q
woman is the enjoyment you get out
Of the fun she gets out OF it.
You must never tell a girl when
ycp are going to kiss her-nor any
body else after you have gone and
done it.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-04-08
Csime a BIgamy.

4 O the Editor OF The State: In q
recent editorial paragraph you Gale d
attention TO the fact that i. IS getting
to be deplorably common for the news
papers in South Caroline to publish
accounts Of bigamy oasos, and you also
remark that the nomadic life led by
The mill operatives renders the family
relations uncertain.
We fear that as factories are multi
piled, and the factory population in-
o~reaseB, 'bigamy will also increase, and
ia many instances the Law will be
powerleas. Suppose that o man in
one factory town leaves his, wife and
ohildren, tskes. an assumed name and
ssnns of with another woman 10 8 fac
tory town where they are both S,tal
strangers, who in that town 10 20 app
ply the law 60 them2 Whoi is to even
know chat they are not legally hus-
band and Wife2
Ills said an ounce Of prevention is
worth 8 pound OF cure, and We honest
iy believe that marriage licenses, TO
nome extent, would be- preventive Of
bigsnv. Let the Law require that lii
be stated whore asch Of, the contract
ing parties are froa and let che license
berecorded. Such Law, we think,
would cause the marriage tic to seem
more binding. The contracting par
ties would feel that 90 the marriage
was recorded, it would be q more risky
business recorded. At least it seems
SO TO DIS:
Iitaea change and new things are
aasasd, and among the laws which
Sonth Gaasnlina neaaa;s oEs r-ayiding.
fOr marriage licenses. Anything
which is conducive TO morality, 10 o
public benefit, and IL marriage liconses
aili check che growing spirit Of biga-
my (aad ae believe they WHY then it
is the duty of the general assembly 20
give Us auch aslaW.
MOI onaid EurHian.
Privateer, Sumter CO., March %,
19O3.
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IL eYansnaa
mate his own wosth We would have no
nss FOR sma' 6noney.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
The Senate.
follow:

Monday January 12.
 The session was called to order by Lieut.-Gov. M. r. Huddleston. all the members answering to their names. A committee escorted Associate Jus tice Battle to the chamber. and he ad- minlstered the oath of office to the members.
 After prayer by Rev. W. T. Thurman, Mir. Huddleston announced the appoint, ment of Col Adam Clark, Sr., of Arka- delphla as temporary sergeant ut arms, J. F. Hurley of Bradley tempor- afy secretary and Masters Guy Bax- ter and Ike Cline temporary pages.
 Nominations for permanent officers being declared in order. Hon. Gibson Witt of Montgomery presented the name of Hon. Joseph l.. Short of Full ton.
 No other names were presented and Mr. Short received the votes of all his colleagues.
 He was escorted to the chair and in appropriate remarks thanked the body for the honor conferred
 The caucus nominees for the several elective positions were then ratified, as follows:
 Secretary, J. Fletcher Hurley of Bradley
 First assistant secretary, Jack Lewis of Randolph.
 Engrossins clerk, Miss Craig of Un- ion.
 Enrolling clerk, Miss Ida Wright of Pulaski.
 Journal clerk. c. c. Price of Artan- sas.
 Sergeant at arms, J. NJ Raines Of Craishead.
 Chaplain, Rev. R. l.. Carson of Pope Chief Janitor, Julian Smith; assist ant janitOr, C. r. Wiley
 Pages. Ross Morgan. W. Calder and Joseph Dean.
 It took four ballots to decide the contest for sergeant at arms Mr. Raines being chosen, receiving IS votes to 17 cast for Col. Wm. Childer5 of Lawrence county
 After appointing a committee to as- certain the governors pleasure in re- gard to hearing his message, the senate adjourned to 9:30 Tuesday,
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16

Two convicts escaped from the camp at England. They are E. N. Sherman, white, Indepence county, three years, embezzlement, commit ted May 5, 1909, jeweler and book keeper, $25 reward. Wright Broom, white, Lonoke county, two years, grand larceny, committed March 3, 1902, $25 reward. Broom was ar rested in the Indian Territory, af- ter being at large for some time, and the case attracted much local attention. He was convicted of COW stealing. Sherman was arrested in Memphis and taken back to Bates vile, where he was convicted of em. beZzlement.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
Aged Man to Return to Germany.

pr. H. l.. Anthony, a citizen of Hamburg, who is 102 years of age, has decided to return to Germany, his native land. In 1926 Dr. An tbony, then young physician, came to America and begun the practice of his profession. He finally moved to California, but soon gave up his practice to go into the business of raising goats. See ing an opportunity to enlarge his field of action, he later moved to Mexico, where he was when the war with the United States began. He cast his fortunes with the Mexicans and led company during the en- tire war. He afterwards engaged in stock raising and amassed for tune. He came to this state about twenty years ago.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
THE BAND CUT ICE.
Too Cold to Make Music, and They Wnn<ed to He Set to Work
 at Once.

One winter when the First United States cavalry was stationed in Montana the bandmaster went to the commander of the post. Gen. Cuvier Grover, and reported that the members of the band had been or dered to help cut ice, relates the Detroit Free Press. He said: "Sheneral, they did not enlist us to cut ice, but to make moosic." The commanding officer called the adjutant and on his approach said: MT. Adjutant, MT. Schmidt wishes the band excused from ice fatigue; he says they enlisted to make music" MT. Schmidt, lowing to the com mannding officer, said "Yes, sheneral, to make moosic" The commanding officer then said: MT. Adjutant, the band will be excused from ice fatigue" MT. Schmidt bowed himself out, saying: Thank you, shenerai; thank you, sheneral." But" continued the commanding officer, as the door closed, "Mr Adjutant, the band will take post on the bluff overlooking the river and will make music while the rest of the command cut ice" The weather was in- tensey cold, and as matter of course it was impossible for the players to make a sound, their breathing freezing on their instruments. The bandmaster again hur. rled to the commanding officer and said: "Sheneral, 1t is impossible to make moosic; the band would rather cut ice" Very, well, MT. Schmidt, just as you wish" replied the commanding officer, and, call ing the adjutant, he said: MT. Adiutant. the band will cut ice"
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY

J. F. Stevens, Canadian railroad official, is most enthusiast tic regarding
 the possibilities of the Canadian north
 west. He is profoundly convinced and
 backs his opinion with g great array
 of statistics that the section named will soon be able to produce a billion bushels of wheat per year.
 Thomas A. Cleage, the St. Louis broker, who cleaned up about S30e, ,0O0 in the recent corn corner, is a musi- clan and composer of considerable ability. His wife is also musical. as
 are his three children, two girls and n boy. The five have organized them selves into little family orchestra, but contine their performances to their own home and invited friends.
 Jay Gould had no use for a man who drank, and this aversion has been inherited by all his children, espe- cially Anna Countess De Castellane. A rather bibulously inclined young man about town recently said to the young countess: Would you call man a drunkard who only gets drunk now and then?' Would you call man a thief who only picks pockets now and then?' was the reply.
 Some of the greatest men in the American world of finance never be- come members of stock exchange.
 J. Pierpont Morgan, John D. Rocke- feller, James R. Keene, John w. Gates nnd' others are concerned in vast Wall street operations, but not one of those named is member of the stock exchange there. Probab ply no-
 body in the country scrutinizes appii-
 sants for membership more closely than does the institution named, though doubtless all of the men men
 toned would pass muster should they
 make tine attempt.
 Georgey !. Baer, president of the
 Reading, was successful lawyer be-
 fore he became railroad magnate,
 and was regarded as a practitioner
 who, as rule, won his cases i'll the
 lower courts. even if he was at times
 reversed by the higher tribunals. On
 one occasion while journeying to
 cars engaged in reading a thick law
 book. What is the matter?' he in-
 quired joking. Cant you read enough
 law in the office, without lugging your
 books around the country?" Il am
 not reading law responded Mir. Baer,
 T am reading the decisions of the su-
 preme court of Pennsylvania"
Newport weekly independent., 1903-01-16
Land Office Business.

Following is the quarterly report of the state land commissioner ending December 31, 1909:
 Fees, $2,79O.5O.
 Swamp land sold, 2,24774 acres $2,s09.6S.
 Internal improvement land sold 16o acres, $200.
 Saline land sold, 443.1 acres $553.S9.
 R. E. bank land, 40 acres, $20 Forfeited land sold, 12,905.84 acres, $16,132.34.
 Forfeited land redeemed, 13,, 73S.40 acres, $4,S47.21.
 Forfeited town lots sold, $221,- 92.
 Forfeited land donated, 17,24O.1a acres.
 Forfeited land deeded to actual settlers, 9,S37.6 acres.
 Total, 56,612.9 acres, $27,575.53. Currency, $20,392.59.
 Scrip, $7,1s2.94. Total, $27,575.53.