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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
ECKERT &
WALKER.
6I2 Kansas Ave.
WILLNAME BOARD TONIGHT
Mayor
7or Bergundthal to Appoint
Plum bers' Officers.

At the city council meeting this even
ing, Mayor Bergundthal will appoint
the members of the newly constituted
plumbers board of the city, ana the
inspector of plumbing. The appoint
ments will be as the State Journal an
nounced ten days ago they would be,
as follows:
Ed CLANCY, inspector of plumbing.
c. F. Menninger, chairman; G.. Suth-
erin and Pat Ryder, members board of
plumbing.
The appointments will take effect on
October 1. and beginning with that
date the plumbing inspector will be in
charge of all plumbing and excavation
work. J. M. Miller at present the ex-
cavation inspector. will retire and the
position will be abolished
1t is the business of the plumbing
board to examine the plumbers of the
city. and find out whether they under
stand their business. Those who are
competent plumbers are entitled to
certificate to that effect A plumber
will not be allowed to work without
certificate.
The inspector of plumbing must see
to it that the plumbing of all new
buildings is done in a sanitary manner.
He will receive fees for this work
which all go into the city treasury.
The salary of the plumbing Inspector
is $1,000 and that of the members of the
board is $50 a year, each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
HIS son ABE.

About three miles outside of one of
the mountain towns I met hardy old
man who was also on foot, and after
passing the time he quiered:
"Gwine into town, reckon?"
Yes, Sir.P
'.Gwine to, stay there long?"
'tOnly over night"
stranger" continued the old man,
after looking me over, 1--WE got a son
Abe livin' in town, and if things should
turn out all right he would take you
right to his house and make you feel
to home.'
What things do you refer to9'' I
asked.
take it?''
No
And you hain't much on the wras-
sle?'
mo, I'm not
Then. mebbe you'd better skip the
town altogether and pass on to the
next
wrestling got to do with your son
"A heap stranger. My son Abe
sorter runs the town, you see,
But he won't run me-
Won't he? That's what I'm
afeard of-that he will. AS soon as
Abe gifts sight of you he'll spit on his
hands. Jump two feet high, and dare
you to lay him on his back. I'M
afeared you hain't hefty huff to do it"
.sWell?'' 1 queried.
wall, if you was, Abe would cot
ton to you at once and give you the
best in the house
But suppose I can't?'
ABE is a curious cuss stranger-a
curious kuss If a man can flop him
| he's like peaches, but if he kin flop the
I other man he'll make him git right
down and eat dirt in the most emery
way. So you can't wrassle2 ~
| No
And you don't look like man who
kin rough-and-tumble?'
| NO
Then you turn back and stay witt
| Abner johnson tonight Abner is deai
lin both ears, blind in one eye and ha:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
LUCK WAS AGIN HIM.

Were you an officer during The strug=
gle?' was asked of the man who had been
having much 20 say about the battles Of
the civil war.
Il ought to have been, but wasn't was
his reply.
There was a clique against you, per.
baps."
Circumstances were against me- sir
At the battle of Fair Oaks I only killed
seven of the enemy, while Teller named
Bill Scott killed 'leven. OF course he got
the promotion. At Malvern Hill I cap
tured q confederates and was feeling Ger
tain of promotion, when they told me that
Reub Davis had surrounded 81. Soon af-
ter that 1 saved 10 army wagons from
capture, but the very next day Hank
Johnson went out and saved 80
You certainly had bad luck
Il should say so, 1 had big chance
at Fredericksburg. but Tom Scammon
took it away from me. In the Wilderness
fights I was right under the eye of Grant
himself and he saw how 1 slaughtered
the enemy, but before he could promote
me along came George Brown with a rec
ord to beat mine by seven. / was the
one who drove a whole regiment of the
enemy at Petersburg. but while they were
praising for it, Tip Smith went at it
and drove a whole brigade
And did your bad luck follow you to
the end?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
ANOTHER TYPHOID VICTIM.
Walter Howe, Son of Councilman
Howe, Is Dead.

Walter Howe, the 15-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel T. Howe, died last
night of typhoid fever.
When Mr.. Howe returned from Col
OradO a week ago, the boy had been sick
for several days, but it was not known
then that he had typhoid. He gradually
became worse. and the end came last
night. He was Mr.. Howe's third son.
Waited Howe was unusually am
bilious and enterprising boy, and when
his father went to Colorado the early
part of the summer. he hunted around
and got job as driver for one of the
Baughman wagons. 1t is believed that
he drank some impure water while traV-
cling around town in the wagon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
SHE FELL A DITCH.
Now Mrs. Wiens Wants $4,000
Damages.

Elizabeth Wiens has appealed to the
supreme court a suit for $4,000 which
she brought against B. S. Ebel of Hills
boro, Kan, and which went against her
in the lower court.
Mr.. Ebel is a property owner at Hills
boro, Marion county. Mrs Wiens says
a cinder sidewalk runs past his property
and in April, 1901, he dug a ditch a foot
wide and eighteen inches deep across
this walk leaving it uncovered. In the
night time she stepped into it, and as
she is 81 years old and weighs 200
pounds, she was severely injured by the
fall She sued him for $40, 900 damages,
but the Marion county district court de-
cided against her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
QUEEN ESTHER GIVEN.
First A. M. E. Church Benefit a
Success.

Success.
At the Crawford theater last night
the cantata Queen Esther" was rem
dered by the st. John A. NJ E. church
choir. assisted by the Imperial choir of
Shiloh church. under the management
of Rev. DIR. Snelson, pastor of st. John,
for the benefit of the jubilee fund The
ccstuming was excellent. The star
parts were unusually well taken. and
Queen Esther was the idol of the even
ing. 1t is somewhat difficult TO deter
mine in which role the queen showed TO
best advantage. In the second act she
was araryed in the superb emblem of
mourning, and her solo renditionS were
well supported by appropriate postures-
The prophecies. Mordecai, the king,
Hannah, Mordecai's sister and maid of
honor came in for their full share of
musical praise The audience was re-
sponsive and large. and the event was
worthy Of the cause. The cast of char
acters was as follows:
Juen Esther--Mrs. F. G. Snelson.
King Ahashuerus-Capt. VIM. Reyn-
olds.
Haman-BIr Chas. McNary.
Mordecai the Jew-Mr. P. c. Thomas.
Zeresh-Mrs. NJ. Holman.
Mordecais sister-MissC yrenia Smith.
Prophetess-Miss Lizzie Brown.
Maid of HonOr-Miss Bessie Hawkins.
Persian Princess-Mrs. L. Slaughter.
Scribe-Mr. Jas. Martin.
Eegia-Mr. c. c. Solomon.
High Priest-Mr. D. F. Mallory.
Herald--Mr Fred Ware.
Jews-Grace Atkinson, Mary Jordan,
J. Coleman, n. Peake, Electro Perry, L.
Carson. a. Simpson.
Persians-Gertrude SoIoman, Grace
Fulton, Sadie Mccain. S. Jones, Mrsh
Reed. Gertrude Carson. Annie Fsrris,
Ada Tass.
Jueen's Maids-Georgia Watkins, Ada
Bass, Mabel Bryant. Alberta Guy. Ar
nicholas Ghiles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
FREE CONCERT TONIGHT.
Will Play as Usual in
Open Air.
Tried and Convicted.

Manila, Sept. II, $50 p. m-Customs
Inspector Thomas P. Coats and Lieut.
Osborne. constabulary supply officer,
both stationed at San Ferdino, Who
were arrested recently on the charge
of MISUNDERSTANDING government funds,
have been tried and convicted of the
crime Lieut.. Osborne has been sem
fenced to ten years, and inspector
Coats to eight years imprisonment
Dean Tompkins, treasurer of the prov
ince of Louisiana Union, has also been
convicted of forgery, but sentence has
been reserved. The minimum penalty
for the crime is imprisonment for
twelve wears.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
PHOTO MEN TO RETURN.
State Association Decides to Come
Back to Topeka.

The Kansas Photographers associa-
ton will hold the annual convention in
Topeka next year.
1t was decided at the meeting this
morning that Topeka can be reached
by railroads from all cities and towns
easier than any other city in the state.
The photographers We're also especially
pleased with the Auditorium as a place
for holding the convention and exhibit
ing the photographs in competition
The session ends tonight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
YOU DON'T
Always Get
Good Butter

but you will get good butter
if you order Sweet Clover
Creamery Butter each time.
It is made entirely from pure
pasteurized cream in the most
sanitary creamery in the
country. We guarantee that
no renovated butter is put in
Sweet Clover Butter. We
want you to try it. It only
costs you 25c.
Our Meat Department will
be loaded tomorrow with all
the good things which belong
in a first class market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
Shoot at Sea Girt.

Sea Girt, N j.. Sept 11.-At the con-
clusion of the firing at the 200 stage for
the Dryden trophy match which began
here today, New Jersey was in the lead
with a total of $50 out of a possible 400
The competitors then began at the 500
yard range. The Dryden trophy match
was the principal event of the day, and
1t is considered the only national trophy
of importance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
Private Sale Household Goods.

Parties leaving city will sell house
hold goods consisting of carpets, stoves,
folding bed. dresser. washstand chairs
street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11

because I knew that you would feel the
same When shall two such lunatics
meet each others like again. Why, we
shall always know each others mind; we
can not possibly disagree. Shall we let
the vagaries of our dispositions do
out of such a chance? Was there ever
a clearer case of affinities PA. De AL
hertz in Madame.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
Olive Oil

Is rapidly becoming one of the principal
compodities of every well regulated
household. A good cook wants it within
easy reach at all times. In cooking one
gallon of olive oil is equivalent to ~
POUNDS OF butter. As a medicine it
strengthens the body, quiets the nerves,
and puts the stomach in the best condi-
tfoF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11

''Town Talk" tells all about the new
towns on the Omaha extension of the
Chicago Great Western railway. For
free copy write Edwin B. MagiI. man
ager townsite department. Fort Dodge.
Iowa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
10000 Gallons

are produced in California annually. and
many times that quantity is imported
every year. Are you using it? We
carry both domestic and imported. nut
up IN tin cans or glass bottles Our Cal
ifOrnia oil Is the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
For sale-Household Goods.

Furniture complete for rooms, con-
sisting of carpets, folding bed, chairs,
cook stove. etc. Private sale. Call Sat
urday morning, 1925 Polk street. House
of rooms for rent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11

a wooden leg, and I reckon he won't
haul you outer bed at midnight to see
who's the better MANN. Quad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11

Electrical mechanical course at 7. M.
C. A. opens Monday evening. Sept. Il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
Purity Brand

unexceiled in purity flavor and bril-
Aancy-as truly a golden article. of food
and medicine as was ever produced in
the Golden State. Our imported is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11

Best New York Cheese --..... zoe
Jar Imperial Cheese. 15c and SOC
Fine Swiss Cheese CSC
TObascO Ketchup, something new. 15c
Home High Grade Catsup Tic
Extra Select Fresh Oysters, per can 4Oc
New Crop Monarch Maple Syrup,
4Oc Use S1.25
HeiHz's Picking Vinegar .4Oc
Heinz's Pure Cider Vinegar 3Oc
and a lot of other good things
we can show you if you will
call at the store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11
Rae's Finest Sublime

which was awarded the prize at the
Columbian exposition "for purity and
fine nutty flavor. for excellence of prod
uct and size of manufacture -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-11

About three miles outside of one of
the mountain towns 1 met a hardy old
man who was also on foot, and after
passing the time he quiered:
Lowing into town I reckon2',
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04

chose to work it out, thinking they
would otherwise be jailed. He says
that eighteen negroes, n a woman,
were thus held and locked up at
night in what he terms a "stockade,"
and hat sometimes there were
guards. When he was asked if this
had gone on long, he said he thought
for four or five years, but did not
believe the system now existed, and
that he was sure it did not now ex-
list on farms where he was last year,
because the new manager of the
farm had said he would not permit
such a thing. He says that last year
a Halifax County lawyer of high
character and ability spoke of this
system and declared he would ex-
pose and end it, if he never did any
thing else. %
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04

boro and it literally burned him up.
The most popular stocks in Green's
boro and Winston-Sa Salem, since cot
ton got out of reach, have been
American Tobacco. .Virginia-C Caro-
lima Chemical, Brooklyn Rapid
Transit and United States Steel.
The decline in all of these has been
something surprising to their hold
ers, especially the great drop In
Brooklyn Transit, Steel and Chemi-
cal. One dealer In the latter at
Winston is reported to be clinging
on like grim death, $4,000 in the
hole, and others there are terribly
broke up over the turn of affairs.
The biggest casualty reported here
is the probable loss of $4,000 by
one man, but as prices are better to-
day, he may have pluck and money
enough to weather the storm. But
the hosts of little fish, clerks, Office
men, salaried employees, etc., who
take $40 to 800 nibbles at the temp
ting cake, hoping to win a fortune,
have all turned loose and let go, not
being able to put up the margins
or not caring to.
Out of this army of little specula-
tors, somebody has reaped hundreds
of thousands of dollars in the past
ten days, in North Carolina alone,
most of the money going North
Greensboro Special to Charlotte OBJ
server. AS
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04
North CarOlinians Badly Hurt Trying to
Get Something for Nothing.

The recent slump in the stock
market has caused Greensboro to lose
a white-haired visitor, who spent
three months and $4,000 here last
year bucking against the stock tick
er. A few weeks ago the sporty but
erst-while busted" gentleman turn
ed up again. He told the "boys" he
had been hard at work since he drop
ped his pile and had accumulated
Just $1,653, and was going to try his
luck again. He tried at the wrong
time again, for he left yesterday
with $50, saying he wanted to get
back home on it. When he left last
year he said that he had be-
fore speculated in stocks but had
caught the fever while in Green's
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04
Farmers Rally at HillsbOrO, August II.

Farmers Rally at HillsbOrO, August II.
Editor of The Progressive Farmers:
The State Farmers Alliance meets
at Alliance Headquarters near Hills
boro, August II, - and -.
Wednesday, August -, there will
be a general Farmers Rally, to
which everybody is invited.
Addresses will be made by DR.. @.
W. Burkett, professor of Agricul-
ture, North Carolina A. & M. Col
lege; DR.. B. W. Kilgore, Director
North Carolina Agricultural Expert
ment Station; DR.. F. L. Stevens,
professor of Biology, North Caro-
lima A. & M. College; Hon. E. L.
Daughtridge, one of the most sue
cessful farmers in Eastern Carolina;
and Rev. Chas. E. Maddry, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction for
Orange County.
Addresses are also expected from
Messrs. III. M. Gates, of Alamance
County; John Graham, of Warren
County, and others. Every speaker
will discuss some subject of interest
and Importance to our farming in
terests.
All farmers are invited to come
and bring their families. Bring your
baskets with you, and let us have an
old-fashioned farmers picnic, and a
good time generally.
Speaking will begin at 1870 a. m.
Come! You cannot afford to miss
these valuable addresses, and you
will be welcome whether or not you
have ever been a member of the AL
lance.
T. B. PARKER, Sec.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04
Last Weeks North Carolina Crop Bulletin

Cotton has continued to do well,
and improvement has extended into
the northeast section, where the crop
has heretofore been most backward;
laying by cotton is nearing compile
ton in the south portion, but fur
Their north the plants are still too
small to receive the last blowing;
cotton is blooming freely and ap-
pears to be boiling well; on light,
sandy land in the section where
moisture is most deficient the plants
are small and are blooming to the
top. Corn continues in fairly good
condition, but generally needs rain,
especially on uplands where old corn
is beginning to fire and turn yell
low. Good rains are needed to ma
ture the early crop. Tobacco is
ripening fast, and cutting and cur
ing continue under favorable condi-
tions, the crop is curing well, but a
short and light crop is indicated.
Tobacco is also suffering for want
of moisture, and in some counties
the lower portion of plants are firing.
Gardens are suffering from drought.
Minor crops need rain, but continue
in good condition, and have largely
received last cultivation. The amount
of cowpeas seeded both for hay and
for the improvement of lands was
very large. Wheat threshing is
nearly over, and practically all the
oats have now been harvested. Rice
is excellent. Some Irish potatoes
have been planted for the fall crop.
Melons are late and poor. Apples
and peaches are ripening, also Con-
cord grapes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04
T. B. PARKER, Sec.

Winston-Salem dispatch, 31st: In
the Superior Court to-day Judge Nc
Neil imposed a fine of $500 and costs
upon Mr.. N. Glenn Williams for cow
hiding District Attorney A. E. Hol-
ton in this city a few months ago.
The costs in the case aggregate $130.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04
STATE NEWS
FROM CURRITUcK TO CHEROKEE.
Items of Interest Cleaned From Our Cor
respondents and Exchanges.

thai Uu6T0 are dDOUG u1GSSu cases
of smallpox in and around East
Bend, this county.
The candidates for the Governor
ship, active and receptive, that have
been spoken of by friends are
Turner, Davidson, Cunningham,
Graham, Doughton, Stedman, Craig,
Glenn, Carr and State Auditor
Dixon. The thirteenth name has not
vet been mentioned.
During the present month fifteen
new rural free delivery routes have
been established in this State, bring
ing the total number up to 337. Only
one route has been dropped, this one
being at Elizabeth City. Its length
was only about a mile and the pay
only $50 a year.
Washington dispatch, Doth: All
day long and extending into the
night a medium-sized crowd of ne
groes, led by an elder, have been
in the county courthouse praying
and singing and formulating a petit
ton to Congress to pass the Hanna
Bill introduced into the last Con-
gress for the purpose of pensioning
the ex-slaves.
Of the new comet the Raleigh cor
respondent of the Charlotte Obser-
yer says: "The comet could be quite
plainly seen here during the past
three nights. 1t is near the great
Dipper' and is in a line with the
two westward stars of the body of
the 'Dipper.' 1t is quite luminous
and large when seen through an
opera glass or field glass, but only
one tail is visible with a glass of
that power. The comet can easily
be seen with the naked eye"
The State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction is more than graft
fed at the news which comes of the
greatest educational canvass now
in progress in the State. Congress-
man John II. Small writes that the
campaign in Gates has resulted in
great good, better schools, new ones,
consolidation of school districts
and the raising of money by sub
scription ($425 in n district) as
we'll as assurances of the voting of
special tax in various parts of the
county. It was promised some
months ago that this educational
movement in 1903 would exceed
that of last year, and it is doing so.
Col. Olds: Your correspondent
interviewed a gentleman, now re-
siding here, regarding the state
ment that peonage existed in Hal
flax county. The gentleman said
he did not wish his name given,
but last year there was what he
termed "peonage" in that county;
that about a dozen managers of
farms lying about the Roanoke
River induced negroes to get in
debt to them and then had them be-
fore a magistrate, who would ask
the negroes whether thew would
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-08-04
North Carolina Farming Notes.

Gastonia Gazette: The apple crop
is better than usual this year. In
the Cherryville section it is said to
be abundant.
Fayetteville dispatch: The in
crease In the value of pine timber
Nlands is so great as to be unexplain-
ed in North Carolina. Such lands
in the vicinity of Fayetteville, which
five or six years ago were held at
So an acre, cannot now be bought.for
$50.
Laurinburg Exchange, July 29th:
Between 5000 and 1000 crates of
canteloupes will be shipped from
Laurinburg this week. Several cars
of watermelons have already been
shipped and the season will open up
in good shape by the first of next
week.
Elkin Cor. Post: The apple crop
in the mountains and along the foot
hills is very fine. I passed a number
of orchards on the steep mountain
side, and am told that in the gather
ing season help is stationed at the
foot to catch and stop the fruit as
it rolls down the almost perpendicu-
Tar heights.
Sanford Express: Some of the
cotton buyers and mill men are of
fering the farmers as high as ten
cents a pound for their cotton to be
delivered in the fall. We have heard.
of no "takers" at these figures. Cot
ton will no doubt be a good price in
the fall and the farmers may get
more than ten cents for it.
Charlotte dispatch: Charlotte is
enjoying the distinction just now of
being the highest cotton market in
the world. In Charlotte for the past
few days, the market price of the
staple has been 1874 cents, while the
highest price elsewhere is 1872. It
is true that very little cotton is
coming into the Charlotte market,
but every bale that reaches here is
swooped down upon quickly and the
merchants are glad to get it at the
present fabulous price.
Col. Olds: In an interview to-
day with State Entomologist Frank
lin Sherman, regarding the San Jose
scale, he said: ct is now in thirty
two counties. Durin~ the past fort
night Iredell has been added to the
counties in which it exists. It is
widely scattered over the State and
is about as prevalent in one section
as in another. Southern Pines is
the most infected locality and the
pest must have begun it's work
there about as soon as at any place
in the State"
New Bern Journal: Ordinary
farm labor is higher in this section
now than it. has ever been before.
The reporter was present at the pay
ing off of a lot of cotton choppers
yesterday, and noticed that girls,