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Smyrna times., 1903-01-07
A Duel.

A well known banker of Paris met
man of about his own age, who,
shaking him cordially by the hand,
said:
lis it possible. my dear sir, that you
do not remember me? We met at
pretty close quarters once twenty-five
years ago. l am So-and-sO, with whom
you fought a duel with pistols. You
remember me nowY'
80 l do. So l do said the banker.
But l had completely forgotten the
incident until you reminded me of it."
Indeed! AS for me, couldn't for
get it easily was so badly scared.
Why, heard your bullet whistle with
in an inch of my ear"
MY bullet?
Certainly"
"The pistols were loaded, thenY'
"Of course"
'Ah, those rascally seconds! They
vowed to me that the pistols weren't
loaded. Oh. dear. To think that
might have been killed like a dOg!'
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Swelling the Unsuccessful Ranks.

Swelling the Unsuccessful Ranks.
A great many men have been left be-
hind because Of their listlessness, their
easy going ways. They were too slow.
Opportunities would not wait for them.
They would have taken advantage Of
them, would have succeeded, if the
chance had not hurried by so fast If
the opportunities had tarried awhile,
had given them a chance to look them
over and consult their friends or if
they had only come back, these gentle
people would now be on the heights in
stead of looking wistfully up from the
foot of the mountain. But, alas, OppOr
tunities never return. and he who is
not ready to seize them as they fit
onward will have only regrets for his
portion.
Smyrna times., 1903-01-07
The ROYAL "We."

There has been a tendency of late
years on the part of royal persOnages
to discontinue the use of we and sub
stitute l. Before the reign of Richard
|. 81" Egol was always used, Richard
being the first sovereign in Europe to
use the royal I'VE" (Nos). What gave
rise to the change is a moot point.
Richard |. was the first king to seal
with a seal of arms which bore two
lions, and it has been suggested that
the lions were typical of the royal Eve"
and occasioned its use.-London Chron-
fclp
Smyrna times., 1903-01-07
onestinneh Too Closely.

Tess-You and Miss Sere don't seem
to be good friends. What's the mat
ter?
Jess-Why, she remarked that she
was twenty-four years old. and
Tess-And you doubted it?
Jess-NOt at all | merely said, "Of
course. but whenY - Philadelphia
Press.
Smyrna times., 1903-01-07
His simpIe Plan.

"And you say he got rich selling meal
tickets ten for a dollar? How was such
u thing possibleY
ooh. very simple Nobody ever went
back after the second meal" - Balti-
more American.
Smyrna times., 1903-01-07

Sick women are invited to consult DR..
Pierce by letter free. All correspondence
held as strictly private and sacredly
confidential. Address DIR " Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
81 have taken six bottles of Dr. Pierces Favor
ite Prescription" f." writes Miss NJ Fyfe of Orilla,
Pleasant Pellets as you advised for congestion
of uterus ovaries, and weakness and can safely
say that your medicine has been the means Of
restoring me to good health again, which had
not had for over three years, until taking your
medicine. thank YOU very much for your kind
and prompt attention to my letter asking advice" 2"
oFavorite Prescription has the testi-
mony of thousands of women to its COM
plete cure of womanly diseases. Do not
accept an unknown and improved substi-
tute in its place.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets clear the
complexion and sweeten the breath.
Smyrna times., 1903-01-07
Fortune TelIInQ

does not take into consideration the one
essential to woman's happiness - wom-
anly health. There is many a woman
whose future seems absolutely unclouded
who is marked by her own condition for
future disappointment and distress.
Smyrna times., 1903-01-07

A mans good work lives after him,
but it isn't always IDENTIFIED Satur-
day Evening Post.
Smyrna times., 1903-01-07

/ he woman who
neglects herhealth
is neglecting the
very foundation of
all good fortune.
For without health
love loses its lustre
and gold is but
drOss.
WOmanly health
may be retained or
regaineI by tn e
use of DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescrip-
ton. It establishes
regularity, drie S
the drains which
weaken won e n,
h e a Is inhamma-
ton and ulcera-
ton and cures fe-
male weakness. 1t
makes weak wom-
en- strong, sick
women well.
Sharp County record., 1903-09-04

reaching at the MethodlSt
in second and third Sundays
IA month. Rev. j. D. Kel-
pastor
,bday School every Sunday
ning at 10 o'clock. c.. j.
Ion, superintendent.
,eaching at the Christian
.eh the fourth Sunday in each
M bv W. H. Hulett of Center.
Sharp County record., 1903-09-04
ElOW's This!

We offer One londred Dollars
Reward for any case OF Calarrh that
cannot be cured 10y HalPS Catarrh
Cure.
f. j. CHENEY & co. Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. j. Cheney for the last 10 years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and jnanH
cialIy able to carry ont any oOIIga'
llons made by their firm.
WEST 81 TGUAx Wholesale Drug
gis,s, Toledo, o.
WALpNG, KlNMAN q MAnvlN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halle CataYrh Cure Is taken in
Sharp County record., 1903-09-04
GENERAL NEWS.

The pCpulist5 of Iowa have
placed a full state ticket in the
field.
The democrats Of Nebraska
have reaffirmed the Kansas City
platform.
Tom L. Johnson, mayor of
Cleveland, has been nominated
by the democrats for governor Of
Ohio.
A cloudburst in Kansas one
day last week caused a loss Of
S500,000 to the farmers of two
counties.
The section Of country in North
Carolina Of which New5ern is the
center, has recently endured
forty days Of rain.
North Carolina tobacco grow
ers have completed their plans
for a fight with the tobacco trust,
and the contest will begin soon.
Stomach trouble and the in
tense heat caused Senator Mark
Hanna to collapse in his office az
Cleveland, Ohio, one day last
week.
There is a famine in cod liver
Sharp County record., 1903-09-04

oil and the price is 800 per cent
higher than it was this time last
year, says a dispatch from Phil
adelphia.
Statistics show that the number
Of suicides in the United States
increases each year. In fifty
cities last year, 2500 persons took
their own lives.
Caleb Powers, who was upon
trial at Georgetown, Kentucky,
last week for completely in the
Goebel murder, made a lengthy
speech before the jury in his own
behalf.
Secretary Of War Elihu Root
has rendered his resignation and
1t has been accepted by the pres
ident to take effect January 1,
Governor Taft of the Philippines
will succeed secretary Root.
A United States senatoria!
committee which went recently
to investigate Alaska, has COM
pleted its work. The committee
reports against a territorial form
of government for Alaska at
present, but thinks that country
should have delegate in Cong
ress.
Sharp County record., 1903-09-04
IN NEIGHg0R COUNTIES.
A new Ouchita Academy build

A new OuCnlla Acaueuly Dullu-
ing is being erected at Maynard.
Susanna Chestnut of Salem
celebrated her 98th birthday last
week.
j. L. Penn is erecting a store
building 10 feet long at Straw
berry.
A Portia farmer shipped eight
carloads of melons from % acres
of ground.
Finley McLemore died at Alton
from the effects Of sticking a nail
in his foot.
A new brick school building
will be erected at Pocahontas at
a cost of $4,000.
The well at the ice plant is now
200 feet deep, and no water yet,
says a Pocahontas exchange.
Hon. George 7. Black of Ran
dolph county is a probable can
date for prosecuting attorney.
Judge Rector of Melbourne is
a candidate for the state senate
in his district to succeed Senator
Short.
Mountain Home citizens are
raising a $4,000 bonus to secure
the proposed White River & Mt.
Home railway.
John R. Kizer's barn was des-
troyed by fire at Pocahontas one
night last week, thought to have
been of incendiary origin.
There were ..26 cases on the
criminal docket at the recent
term of court at PoWhatan, and
81 cases on the civil docket.
John Rogers cf independence
county is exhibiting an ear of
corn which weighs a pound and
seven ounces and contains $50
grains.
The people Of Imboden propose
to give $4,000 in cash towards
building a good road from that
place to Smithville, so the Mining
Microcosm says.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church at Ravenden Springs
cleared S25 one night last week
hy means Of an ice cream supper.
They are buying an organ for
the church.
At Gassville, Baxter county,
John Mobley committed suicide
by shooting himself through the
head with a pistol. He left let
ter giving as reason for the act
that he was falsely accused of
numbering his wife.
The 3atesville Guard last week
issued an edition Of six thousand
copies, containing much valuable
information about Batesville and
Independence county. This spec
ial edition was ordered by the
Business Mems League OF Bates
Vile.
Sharp County record., 1903-09-04
Young p |antS

Every farmer knows that
some plants grow better than
others. Soil may be the same
and seed may seem the same
but some plants are weak and
others strong.
And that's the way with
children. They are like young
plants. Same food, same home,
same care but some grow big
and strong while others stay
small and weak.
SCOTS Emulsion offers an
easy way out of the difficulty
Child weakness often means
starvation, not because of lack
Of food, but because the food
does not feed.
SCOTS Emulsion reallyfeeds
and gives the child growing
strength.
Whatever the cause of weak
ness and failure to grow
SCOTS Emulsion seems to find
it and set the matter right.
Send for free sample.
Scott A. BOVINE Chemists, 400 Pearl St, New YORK
SOC. and SI,oo; all druggists. -.-----,
Sharp County record., 1903-09-04
THE OURTS

Circuit Court, Northern DIS
rict-First Monday in January
Ia July. Southern District
|econd Monday in February and
ngustt.
&Codnty Court--Third Monday
3January, April, July and Oc-
bber. No County Court in the
|orthern District.
Probate Court--Northern Dis
ict-Third Monday in March,
pne, September and December.
|Duthern District-SecOnd Mon
by in March, June, September
nd December.
Sharp County record., 1903-09-04

Financial s. Statement
Sharp County,

FROM AUGUST 8, 1902, TO AUGUST 8, 1908.
Sharp County record., 1903-09-04
EXPENDITURES.

To circuit court expenses
To county court expenses
To probate court expenses
To general county expenses
To j. P. court expenses
70 jail expenses
To assessment and tax books expenses
To records and stationery expenses
To paper expenses
To repairing public buildings and bridges
To conveying insane persons to asylum
To lights for court Of record
TO treasurAr's commission
Sharp County record., 1903-09-04

The trouble with money is that
it goes SO much faster than it
comes.
An old maids reason for re-
naming single is invariably that
she knows too much about men.
Nice clothes that show cover q
multitude Of clothes not so nice
that don't show,
Sharp County record., 1903-09-04
S12667.43
S395.28
S12272.15

Financial Statement 0 d Sharp County
No. debt $685. 2 129 05 in debt H. 90; 1885, s. 0
ST. 53 T. 4245 s. 7808 1870 a. 0 25517; II, 31786 2
1902 49, 594 A. 8575 49, 364 49, 1499; H. g. 81 49, 49,
49, 90 $685. 81 in debt 25S 22 1926 55 49, in debt
O28 POI 90 &C. 4429 2 SO 80; 49, in debt 513 49,
debt 18 34 &c. in debt 2O34 3 461 49, 1885, 49, in debt
1885, 35 in debt 2082 So 25 81 1850; 49, 1885, 49,
7564 no. 1921 A. 11545 A. 3d. 43, 1915; A. 557; 45,
1884, 49, 946; A. 4811 49, lilo; 49, 3O89 So 1463 d. 48O
52 $780, 848 54 l3479 55 862 56 60G9; 81 1253 58
1914; 59 124O4 Co. IA 81; 61 1885, g. 8479 g. 265 g. in
So 6061 66 4501 g. 1910; 6S $685. 3d. 14 81 TO-
26 H. in debt "a 03 2 in debt 1851 73, 4492; "A, 232O 49,
1885, 76. 42.44
Financial Condition o Districts Sharp County
No. s113 68; 26e 1877 49, A. 9443 s. 1915; g. 1O115
T. % 8O s, 1885, g. 1851 10, 1853; II, 1703; 12 595 49,
21 A. 1885, 49, 1S755; 16 1095O; H. 126O8 Is, 21823: 49,
382.73
Respectfully Submitted,
c.. u. Ritchie, Clerk,
August 20 1903 Sharp County, Ark.
Sharp County record., 1903-09-04

ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Testimonials sent free,
Price sc per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
lIalPs family Pills are the best.
Sharp County record., 1903-09-04
.OFFICIRL

overnor.-JEFF DAVIS.
|cretary of State. ". CRoc-
TT.
nditor.-T. G. MONROE.
ttv General.-G. W. MURPHY.
easurer.-H. c.. Upton.
!omrlissioner State Lands-F. E..
;0NWAY.
,ommissioner of Agriculture.-
m. BRADFORD.
Public Instruction
j. H. HINEMoN.
M Congressional.
[enber of Congress 2nd District.
s.. BRUNDIDGE .JR.
Judicial.
udge of the 18th Judicial Cir
uitr j. W. MEEKS.
ros. Atty.-P. H. CRENsHAW.
County.
,epresentative-H. B. HILL.
ounty Judge-CALvIN MoBLEY'
D. RITCHIE.
HUTCHINSON.
reasurer-E. L. DICKERSoN.
.ssessor-W. T. HORN.
,,rvevOr-G. N. SIMPSON.
Sharp County record., 1903-09-04
RECEIPTS.

From circuit court fines S6o3Il
From j. P. court fines S2llo5
From whiskey license SlUOOOO
From H. B. Hill, clerk county tax deeds etc. $4,000
From D Richie clerk county tax on deeds etc. S14S40
From H. B. Hill, salary S8o4Io
From Jasper HutchiSon, salary S2l569
From redemption of lands $500
From general county revenue, 1902 S'ZOIOd
From nomination fees SG0Oo
From penalty on delinquent lands 24ol
Total Receipts SlO415.2l
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1903-11-28
SunfIower Philosophy.


We all aim high enough; it is easy to
aim higher than we can get.
Anything really practical in the way OF
dress il never out of fashion.
Criticism isn't much better than
gossip, having the same family blood in
its veins.
Abuse the rich, but it is well to re.
mencer that you never made dollar
off a man who didn't have one.
A church usher is man who takes to
the front seats those who would like to
sneak into scat i'll its rear
Hardwood floors are not tho only
Objectionable incident of wealth; it is
possible to be so rich that man has to
walk through five rooms and the hall
after lighting the gas to find place to
drop the match.-Atchison Globe.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1903-11-28

REN0IT NEWS.
BENoIT, Miss, Nov. 25.


DRAR Mr. EDITOR -
The Rev. Mr.. McKeown is absent this
week at Conference, and his many friends
sincerely wish that he may be returned
here at least for one more year. He is q
good preacher and good neighbor.
Mrs. Piercefeld. of Natcliez, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. l.. B. Pierce.
Miss Osmentz, our new school teacher,
has arrived and opened her school. She
comes highly recommended, and learn
she has n fine school.
The ladies were delightfully."- entertained
last week by Mrs. Tom Barry at her
home. The occasion was the first meet
ing of the Finch Club. just organized,
and was a pronounced success. Miss
Sussic Brown carried off the first prize. a
beautiful book. The lunch was elegant
and artistically arranged and served.
The Finch Club meets this week with
Mrs. Laurence BASS, at Grapeland.
The young folks gave dance last
week at the town hall which was greatly
enjoyed. Mrs. Phil Happel acted as
chaperone and snperintended the serving
OF delightful refreshments. The ladies,
including a great many out OF town
visitors, were all beautifully gowncd, but
space prevents me from going into de-
tails. However, will mention a few: /:
Miss Kate Eason was charming i'll white
organdic over taffeta, and her guest, Miss
Agnes Taylor of Memphis, a beautiful
brunette, was becomingly attired in yel-
low Louisine with garniture of rcd lace.
Miss Nan Elise Wnson looked as sweet
as ever i'll Il girlsh gown of pink silk
null. Miss Elizabeth Cooke OF Memphis,
Misses frankie and Emma Lee Storm,
Miss Myrtle Jones, Miss Gussie Brown
and Miss Mary Katherine Sears, along
with many others, looked charming in
their various handsome costumes.
Mrs. w. A. Spcakes, Mrs. l.. Is. Pierce,
Mr.. and Mrs. John X. Parkinson are at
present in the Bluff City on n shopping
expedition and before this goes to press
the writer will be on her way TO ST.
Louis TO buy i'll her winter wardrobe.
Ever since Mother Eve constructed for
herselltha taior-made suit of fig leaves,
the feminine portion of this world have
devoted n good deal of their time to
adorning themselves i'll frills, furbelows
and fine linen in order to make Them
selves both comfortable and attractive
lust as well be honest and own up-to
look sweet and pretty is right i'll line
with every woman's ambition, old or
Young When return from the Mound
City may have something to say about
the Worlds Fair and its progress.
Mv~aim in writing from this place is to
give the local news, which is very scarce
at times, so l may have to be little
personal occasionally in order to fill up,
but Fwould not hurt any ones feelings
for the world.
Yours truly,
LIZZIE LuMPKIN.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1903-11-28

increase her production, but to also inn
prove its quality.
1t mast therefore. lie admitted that
Our British friends are really in earnest,
but their earnestness must not be mis-
taken for Il ostility to American cottor.
They will buy that article as long as
it can be obtained, as it is not denied
that cotton can he grown more cheaplv
in this country than elsewhere, bnt they
desire to be in position TO make good
the shrinkage in supplies of American
cotton ly cotton grown elsewhere. and
preferable i'll British colonies.
While there is no near prospect that
we will manufacture into cloths and
other goods all the raw cotton we pro-
duce, there is no denying that the steady
and rapid growth Of cotton manufacture
ing is the South holds out thepronixe
that in time we vii lexport manufactured
cotton cloths and yarns rather than the
bukier row article, and the profit Of
manufacturing the cloth will be left at
home instead of going to enrich British
or other foreign manufacturers. The
saving in carriage and other charges, by
cotton close TO the fields,
is so great as to give the Southern mills
an immense advantage over NIL competi-
tors, while their presence everywhere III
the South enables the thrifty farmer,
who invests his surplus i'll the shares of
the neighborlood mill, to reap a profit
from the manufacture of his cotton as
we'll as from it's production.-New
Orleans Picavune.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1903-11-28

R. W. MEEK
KILLED SUNDAY.
"A DepIoTabIe Accident at
GunnIson.
MARSHAL CLUBBED A NEGRO
With His Pistol for Resisting Arrest, and
aCaflrlcge txploced, killing MI.
Meek Instantly.
Last Sunday afternoon City Marshal
E. M. Allen attempted to arrest negro
for carrying concealed weapons. The
negro resisted the officer and the latter
used his pistol as club to s,,btlue his
antagonist, and by some means cart
ridge was exploded, the bullet striking
Mr. r. w. Meek, druggist and good
citizen, killing him almost instantly.
The accident is very much regretted by
the people Of the community. Mr.. Allen
was prostrated by grief at killing his
friend.
Mr.. W. H. Ramsey, undertaken, of this
city, took charge of the remains and
smade an overland trip to Shelby to catch
The soutll-bound train We understand
that inter:ncnt was made in Rolling
Fork. the home OF one of his brothers.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1903-11-28

WE read i'll daily paper recently that
one young lady had gone crazy over the
Mary and Ann problem, and that thou
sands of other people were from half to
two-thirds crazy about it. Up to that
time we took very little interest in the
conundrsni as to the age of Ann; but,
knowing the crowded condition of our
asylums, and disliling to see new ones
built, we put away for the time being all
the other cares of country editor and
solved the problem. We state now,
and officially, that Ann
was just sweet eighteen years old. Now,
don't worry over it any more-and don't
ask any questions. Just take our word
for it. When you see it i'll THE DEMO-
GRAFT it's so.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1903-11-28

We do not think it at all unreasonable
that the people of the protected district
should demand that the state pay its
proportion Of lcvee taxes upon its great
convict farms i'll that region. 1t is
among the largest properties, makes the
biggest crops and it gathers the heaviest
profits and there is neither logic or jus
tice in the demand that the neishboring
planters shall pay from their pockets
and earnings for the protection of the
farms without calling on the common
wealth to contribute the safety fund and
brar its share of the burdens. To be
sure the entire state shares in the gains
from these convict farms, but at present
only the heavily taxed levce district pays
for their protection. ."-Aberdeen Exam
incr.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1903-11-28
THE SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION
or COTTON.

When it WAS announced some years
ago that the spinners ofLancaslire were
determined to aid i'll every possible way
the de velopment of cotton growing
within the British Empire with a view
to becoming ultimately i'll large measure.
independent of American cotton, people
even in England were disposed to be
very skcptical as to the practical results
of such efforts. The hardships that the
spinners of Great Britain have beer
forced to endure during the past four or
five months owing to scarcity ofcotton,
comparable, it is said, to nothing which
has occurred since the times of our Civil
War, have created a more serious con-
sideration of these efforts to develop
cotton production in British possessions.
1t is of course, generally recognized,
notwithstanding the mouthings OF a
few dsgruntled people, that the scarcity
of cotton at the close ollast season was
not due to manipulation, but to the
obvious fact that consumption has over
run production. 1t was, and is also
recognized that the American crop isrot
increasing in proportion to the growth
ei consumptivc requirements, although
efforts have actually been made to III
crease it. Hence foreign sp,nners foresce
that from now on as American con-
sumption of raw cotton in home mills
increases the proportion available for
export must diminish. Lancashire
spinners even forecast the tine when this
country will spin all of its own cottor,
leaving none for export.
Such being the views entertained it is
not surprising that Lancashire spliners
should feel anxiety as to their future
supply of raw material, and should aid
in every manner possible the production
of cotton in the British possessions. In
various parts, of Africa experimental
planting is resorted to, and even i'll the
West Indies the revival of cotton grow
ing is being encouraged. In the Egyp-
tian Soudan, where there are said to be
large areas, adapted to cotton cnltiva-
ton, encouragement is being given to
cotton growing, while the Egyptian
crop proper will be greatly increased by
the damming Of the Nile at Assonan.
India is also being urged not merely to
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1903-11-28

to
tands Collections
paid time certificates OF deposit
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1903-11-28

A APENNsYLvANlA Judge has decided that t
an matrimonial engagement made on
Sunday is illegal and not binding How
ever, tile girls need not be afraid of their
sweethearts taking advantage of this
ruling-barring United States Senators
for they are glad to have tile girls say
YES" on any old dav.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1903-11-28

SOME one has suggested that the pic
ture of Adelbert Amcs, Missisppi's Re-
construction Governor, be hung in the
Mississippi Hall of Fame. Judging from
the expressions of the State press, the
c litors would Ike perfectly willing to go
back and hang Ames anywhere; but his
picture i'll the Hall of Fame-ncverl
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1903-11-28
Wants a New County.

Bczonia wants new county created
from portions OF Yazoo, Washington,
Holmes and Sunflower, counties-Bel-
zonia to be the county site. This is
vigorously opposed hy the people of the
counties from. which it is proposed to
make the new counties-Greenwood
Enterprise.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1903-11-28
Two Of a Kind.

We lost 497 pounds, of pork Yesterday
morning by not having any hogs to kill.
Plaindcaler.
Yes, Seawright, and we failed to get a
divorce at the last term of Chancery
court, by not having wiie.-Cl,arleston
Democratic Herald