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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
CHINA'S APPEAL FUTILE.
Ask. Uncle sam to interfere in Her
Troubles With Russia-Time,
However, Not Yet Come.

A Washington special says: Sir
Chen Tung Liang Cheng, the Chinese
minister, called On Secretary Hay
Monday and asked that the United
States check Russia in ManchurIa,
and in her evident purpose 70 dlsmea1-
Der the Chinese empire.
Secretary Hay replied that the Uni
ted States, while sympathizing with
China, could do nothing at present
Immediately after his visit to the
state department, Sir Lang cabled TO
Pekin the answer Of Secretary Hay 10
China's appeal for assistance in check
ing Russia in Manchuria.
The Pekin authorities are aware by
this time that until the ratification OF
the American Chinese treaty, which
vas signed on October, 8, pledging
to the world the opening Of Mukden
and Antung, it will be impossible tor
this government, in view of its tradi
tional policy of steering clear Of for
eign alliances, to protest against Rus.
sia's continued occupation OF Man
churia. 1t has been pointed out to
China that, although the sympathy OF
the United States Is hers, the time for
American interference has not come.
It is expected that the commercial
treaty, which should arrive at Wash
| inSton this week, will be ratified at
| the extra session of congress, when:
the United States will be in a position
! to insist on strict regard for her.
treaty rights throughout China. The
Pekin government has been told that
infringement by Russia OF American
! treaty rights in Manchuria will fur
nish the washington government the
opportunity for, at least, reiteration.
Of it's desire for the preservation of
the integrity OF China. Is
Japan, it has been learned, has
instituted a vigorous. Investigation re.
garding the extent and character OF
Russia's occupation of Mukden. Mr..
Takahiria, the Japanese minister.
| W uSu dSh0u do " "hC(ASt 4Sdo6S
and Japan contemplated an under
standing, by which the one would OBJ
tain a free hand in Manchuria, and
the other important concessions in Ko-
rea, replied by calling attention to a.
recent official announcement from To-
kio, that the negotiations at the jap
anese capital between Russia and Jap
anese officials were, as far as Japan
is concerned, strictly in accord with
the Anglo-Japanese alliance, Mr.. Ia,
kahiria has not been advised Of any
appeal from Russia to Japan, and said
that his conference with Sec
retary Hay concerned another matter.
matter
Conference at Pekin.
A cable dispatch from Pekin says
A conference of high officials with the
dowager empress concerning the reoc-
cupation Of Mukden by Russian troops
was held at the summer palace Mon
day.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
TWENTY-FIVE VICTIMS.
Twenty-One Men, Three Women ana
Babe Lose Life in Tenement House
Holocaust at New York.

TweEty-ona men. three women and
a 10-months,old babe, nearly all 1tal
ians. were burned to death or sufIO'
Gated in a fire that started early Sun
day morning in the House Of all Ma
tions,'' five-story tenement house at
1926 Eleventh avenue, New York, and
which the police and coroner believe
to be of incendiary origin.
Some of the peculiar features of The
disaster. in addition to the startling
loss of life, are that the FIRE was rrdc'
tically extinguished in twenty min
utes; that the police could learn of
but one person being injured. other
than those who lost their lives. and
that the. property loss was only
$1,000.
Were Celebrating Halloween.
The only person injured. so far as
can be learned. is Larry Janequinn, A
years old, who was burned about the
face and hands by leapins from the
second floor fire escape to the ground.
In several apartments Halloween par
ties were in progress and the guests
at these added greatly to the number
of persons in the house and made tnc
crush and jam to escape more than II
ordinarily would have been. Al
though plentifully provided with fire
escapes, front and rear, escape Hy
that means was cut off & few minutes
after the fire started by the bodies OF
the dead SSecomlng wedsed in the
openings leading to the ladders. The
fire had been burning for some min
utes before it was discovered. 1t had
started in the basement and. rushing
upward, had attacked the stairway
leading to the apartments. In short
space of time the flames had so en-
veloped the stairway that egress from
the building by it was impossible. The
house from the third to the fifth floor
was entirely destroyed.
All Exits Entirely Blocked.
At the windows, front and rear,
bodies of men and women were jam
med, showing that desperate strug-
gle to get free had resulted in the
complete choking of these exits to the
fire escapes. and had been the cause
OF a number of inmates being suffo-
Gated.
Lying on a bed alongside window
at the rear Of the fourth floor, the fire
men found the bodies OF five men.
Each had ciutched the one next to him
in an eAdeavor to push him away in
order to get to the fire escape outside.
The features of the men were distort-
Ell, some with. rage, others with
agony, and, ip two instancesI<the men
had gripped bach other soShard that
blood rfad been drawn and had run
over their hands.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
The Curtai|ed Cotton Crop
Will Soon be Gathered.
FURTHER DETERIORATION
New York Journal of Commerce Issues
Final Report for the Sea.
son-Some Interesting
Deductions.

The journal of Commerce. New
York, issued its October cotton report
Friday-the final one OF the season.
The points of inquiry were:
l. Increase or decrease in condition
compared with last month.
2. Increase or decrease In yield COM
pared with last year.
3. The proportion Of crop picked.
No attempt is made at estimating
the yield; that amusement is left TO
readers. The remarks OF correspond
ents are so much better than percent
age reports that We have refrained
from averaging the latter. The con-
census of 1875 reports made by cor
respondents indicate a decrease of 8
points in condition during the month.
a decrease in yield and Of 81 per cent
on the crop picked. the average date
of replies being October q. These re-
ports antedato the recent frost wave,
which seems to have done little DAM
age except to top crops and conse-
quently affects the above returns but
slightly.
Reports from the whole cotton belt
show weather conditions to be more
favorable for picking. Even had the
crop not been from two to four weeks
late, picking would have been delayed
by a scarcity of labor. Last year at
this time our reports show the crop
to have been about three-quarters
picked. compared with 81 per cent
now. The remaining As per cent has
been subjected in many localities to
frosts, in numerous instances Killing
ones. Correspondents opinions regar1-
ing the effects of frost are conflicting.
but it is very often regarded as bene'
ficial
What damage frost has dona is
chiefly confined to the top crop, the
prospects for this portion of the yield
being universally poor, principally on
account Of the, lateness OF the sea-
son. There is quite general tenden-
cy to market cotton as fast as glnned.
Correspondents remarks, as oistin-
guished from their percentage re-
ports, are not gloomy if the COM
plants of top crop prospects are elm
mated. Arkansas and the territories
may be excepted, however. There tho
season has been so far backward that
the crop has been very late in open
ing, picking having just commenced
in some localities, and the per cent
already picked being less, than in any
other states.
Adyices from Texas are conflicting
to such an extent as to leave rea-
sonable doubt whether that state will
not yield as much as last year.
The average decrease in condition
since last month is 6 points and all
states, with the exception of Mis-
souri,, have participated, North Caro-
! lima being 7 points lower; South Caro-
lima, 6; Georgia, 8; Florida, II; Ala
bama, s; Mississippi, 8; Louisiana,
9; Texas, 9; Arkansas, 3; Tennessee.
8; Oklahoma, 1; Indian Territory, l,
while Missouri increased 4.
The percentage Of cotton picked g
55 in North Carolina; 6S in South
Carolina; in Georgia it is 65; Flori1a
II; Alabama 64; Mississippi 81; LOU
isiana 55; Texas 62; Arkansas go;
Tennessee At; Missouri &c; Oklahoma
10, and the Indian, Territory %.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
NEGROES LYNCH MURDERER.

Mob, Composed Chiefly Of colored'
Men, Act Part of Judge Lynch.
Joseph Craddock, "a ncero, was
lynched by an infuriated mob, COM
posed chiefly Of members of his own
race, at Taylortown, in Bossier par
ish, about seventeen miles from,
Shreveport, La. Sunday.
Craddock had brutally murdered
another negro by cleaving his skull
with an ak and afterward mutilating.
the body.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
COLOMBlANS ARE DULL.

Difficult to Convince Them that Canal
Treaty is Defunct.
Adyices received at the state depart
ment from unofficial sources indicate
that there again has been change n
the sentiment Of the Colombian sen.
ate respecting the Panama canal.
The agents Of the state department
have found it difficult to make plain
the fact, even to the Colombians, that
the Hay-Herran canal treaty is abso-
lutely and finally dead. and that no &C.
ton OF the Colombian senate can res
urrect it. Entirely new negotiations
are necessary and none such hare
been Instituted.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
CHATTANOOGA GETS UNIVERSITY
Literary Department Now Located at
Athens, Tenn, to be Removed.

President ]. H. Race, of Grant uni
versity, announces that plans are we'll
under way for moving the literary de-
partment of the college, now located
at Athens, Tenn, to Chattanooga. The
university will receive $4,000 from
the Freemen's Aid Society, and other
large gifts are expected. Grant uni
versity is under the Jurisdiction Of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
JUDGE CLARK ARBITRATOR.
Officials Of United Mine Workers ane
Operators Fall to Agree.

Operators Fall to Agree.
National Organizer Rice, Of the
United Mine Workers of America, to.
gether with District Organizer Brown,
J. T. Hill and Arch Mcdonald, the last
two On behalf of the mine operators
and the four composing board of ar
bitration to settle the differences be-
tween operatives and operators of
mines in Kentucky, adjourned at
Chattanooga Thursday, after a con-
ference lasting several days.
They were unable to agree snd
agreed to leave the question at issue
to United States udge C. D. Clark.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
FOR POSTAL DEPARTMENT.

Payne Asks for Sum OF One Hundred
an! Sixty-Eight Millions.
Postmaster General Payne, in his
estimates forwarded to the treasury
for transmission to congress for ap-3
propria sions neeGal for the fiscal
year up to June 80, 1905, calls for
an aggregate OF S1sS,Os5,S70 for the.
postal service and s1,511,050 for the
postofice department proper at Wash
ington, including salaries of clerks,
rents of buildings, etc., in the city.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
NATIVES ATTACK PRINCE.

Governor General Of Russian Trans
Caucasia Stabbed Three Times.
News comes from Tiflis, Russian
Trans-Caucasia, that Prince Galitzln,
governor general of that province, had
q narrow escape from assassination
Wednesday On the outskirts OF the
town. Three natives stabbed the gov
ernor general thrice. They fed, but
were subsequently shot down BY Co.'S
sacks.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
COFFIN OPENED FOR BROTHER.

Two Little Ones Die from DRINKING
Water that Ran of Painted Roof.
At Wilmington, N. c., the second
child Of Charles McMillen, who was
poisoned by drinking water which
ran off freshly-painted roof into the.
cistern, died Sunday night after four
days intense suffering. -
The little daughter died Saturday,
and the year old son lasted a day.
longer. 1s
The newly-made grave was. reopen.
ed Monday morning, and the baby was
placed in the same .casket with his
sister. ...>'... ;
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
BRYAN ORDERED TO vAcATE.
Watchman Refused to Let Him Speak.
from Toledo Postoffice Steps.

William J. Bryan was ordered OF
the steps OF the Toledo, Ohio post
Office Thursday night by the watch
man in charge OF the building. Colo
mel Bryan. who was on his way from
the east. stopped over for the night
and late in the afternoon meeting
was arranged and he was to speak
from the steps of the postoffice. Two
thousand people had gathered, and ne
was about TO open the meeting
when the watchman interfered. The
meeting was then held On the street
corner.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
BANK ROBBERS IN VIENNA.
Big Roll Of Cash Reported Missing

BID ROT OF Cash Reported WIsslh9
and Bloodhounds in Demand.
Telegrams were received at police
headquarters; in Macon. Ca, Friday
night from Vienna asking for blood
hounds.
The hounds were wanted, the mes
sage said, to trace band of bank rob-
bers who had just broken into the
bank at that place and had gotten
away with big roll Of currency.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05

Three Killed; Four Injured.
Three men were killed and four in.
jured at Pennington, ILL.,, Saturday by
falling slate in the Newsam mine.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
FORTY-FCUR GO DOWN.
Russian Steamers Collide Off Japan
With FriahtfuI Loss of Life.

Dispatches for Yokohama state that
a collision occurred in a fog off Hako
date, Japan. between the Russian Iu
shen Kaisha Co.'S steamers, Progress
and Tokai Maru. The latter sank.
OF the 100 passengers and crew on
board the Tokai Maru only fifty-siy
were saved. Scenes OF indescribable
horror and confusion followed the
crash OF the shipwreck. The closeness
and depseness CT the fog, which sur
rounded the i!l-fated vessels made
systematic rescue almost futile.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
FIVE STRIKERS SHOT DOWN.

Troops Guard the Banks.
During the fighting which took place
in the streets of Bilboa, Spain, Wed
nesday afternoon, five strikers were
killed and a large number were
wounded. The troops are guarding
the banks and public buildings and
are using strategic positions through
the city in order to prevent the mass
ing of strikers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
BEST ALL-RoUND TELEGRAPHER.
Former Associated Press Man Wins
Medal and Characteristic.

William NJ. Gibson, of New York,
formerly Of the Associated Press, and
now with a broker firm. won the Car
negie medal and the worlds champion
ship as the "best all around telegraph
operator" at the tournament of the
American Telegraphers' Association
in Philadelphia FriIay night.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
WAS FOUNDER OF ADMISSION.

Citizen, Passes from Earth.
William Noble died in Admission,
Ala. Thursday night. He had been
in failing health for the last three
years. He had only recently returned
from Mobiles infrmary in Atlanta. and
was thought to be much improved.
He was one of the founders of An
niston, and was known ali over the
south.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-05
MORE DEATHS AT SAN ANTONIO
Yellow Fever Continues to Claim Vic
Tins in Texas Town.

There were two deaths from yellow
fever in San Antonio, Texas. Thurs
day, one being Mrs. Anthony, from
Austin, and the other NJ. NJ. Davis, a
druggist. Both had been sick just six
days.
A case, that of Ed. Davies, was dis
covered during the day and pronounc'
ed yellow fever
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-04-23

Wetterbef6 dItntNM Elm auberorbtnts
It'd f4tpterises GabrnaHer au pdfs
jtren. Ct mar fi9 Der @4pieristeit
btefer felbfseftellten Mufsabe bon Be-
tpubt. beriu4te fie aber bod burdauz
fabren. tpobl in benz @ebanten, bab
man i'm Rriese bur4 bic Gage senDs
tbtgt fein tonne, etn foldes Wasnib
gu unternebmen. Gs miBlans, unb
bas S9iff lief auf. Wallmann, Der
cine Iutoritdt auf benz 9ebiete Der
S4tffston ftruftion 1T, purbe na9 Der
@erbiibuns ieiner Strafe in bas Maz
rineamt in Berlin berufen. DAB es
audi Sdqe sibt, fir pelde Niemanb
perantpprtli9 9ema9t iperben tann,
aeigte Der untergang Der ,Da9t"
tpdbrenb Der Slotteniibunsen; Elm UNI
sliidli9es 3ufammentreffen perf9ie'
bener duberer umftdnbe bilbete bic l1r=
fade bes lInfals.
Sn Der enslii9en Marine, mo fee
mdnnti9e Grfabrung unb Srabition
am meiiten porbanben finb, pirb NIT
8efrafungen BON Sffiaieren na9 Saz
barien febr fparfam umsegangen. Sat
Der Sal ii9ere S4life auf bic 1nz
fdbtsteit bes 8etreffenben seitattet, 10
tpirb er t~altseitent, unb i'm 8orberz
grunb itebt INNER bic grpdsung, Of
CT pfli9tsemdb gebanbelt bat. SIM
nebrtsen gilt Der 8runbiab bur4z
aus, bab, mo 9ol5 9ebauen pirb, eben
@pdne fallen miifen, unb 9ol5 in bic
lem Gimme muB gebauen perben, um
ben Gnb5ped Der Sriebensausbtlbuns
at errei9en.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-04-23
Gf9en Die griefkdften!

SIN Sabre 1910 entbielt bas r9onz
noper'ide @oltsblatt" einsn Nrtitel, in
benz &lase bariiber erboben tpurbe, bob
ft9 am 9auptpotamt in 9annobsr
fein 9~rieftaiten beftnbe. 9iefe sepEb
gere9te 8ei9perbe fanb jebo9 @iberz
fpru6. Sin apeiter Qrtttel ri9tete ii9
iiberbaupt eesen 8r%ieftditen. SIS bieb
barin: r0er nur irsenb cine Malice
gesen jemanb i'm Ginne bat, per biefen
perbd9tigen min, jenem einen Slub
in's DIR feBen, Elm perlobtes Paar
ausetnanoer bringen, gltern unb Silt
Der, Mann uno Srau, 9erren unD 9iez
ner u. |. IN. gegeneinanber beben, iiberz
baupt CANT unb Mrgtpp6n iden niq,
BON S6abenfreube unb Slide setriez
ben-ber ieBt ii9 bin, i9reibt ein.n
8rief poa 9erleumbungen obne Inter
f9rift unb itedt i'm in ben 8~rieffaItsn.
Mnbereri etts gibt iol9 Elm &aiten a;l9
cine bortreffli9e 9elegenbeit ab gu
adrtlt9en Mittbetlunsen, %2ie6esbriefz
den u. +. h., bic man fonit Miibe fat,
an ben Mann gu bringen. DAB ba,nit
ber Nntnipfung bon 2iebesbdnbeln
elm GROCER 8orf9ub ge~leiitet perbe, lit
r1t9t gu p%ertennen, unb ielhi ansenomz
men, baB man ni9ts beferes tEun
tonne, als bic 2iebe auf jebe Weiie gu
beginitigen, 10 tdme es nur barauf IN,
gu unteriu9en, ob. mir .ni4t o n e
8~rieffaiten bisber f9on Der 2iebe gez
mug in unierea Mauern gebabt bitten.
Siele bic Mnttport aber bisrauf perlleiz
nenb aus, 70 mibte bann leBtbin entz
f9ieben tperben, ob Die Gortbetle zines
bur9 8rieffaften berbeisefibrten 9rOz
beren 2tebesbertebrs 10 febr bic No9z
tbeile befel6en iiberrasen, bab man
einitimmig rufen miibte: 8rieffaiten!
8rieftaiten! fem boutommen Slid
'pbne 8rieffaten!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-04-23
4lafAem=8attea.

Babies, nit Ser Glai4e auf9es
sose1, laafen 10 febr @efabr; abs
sumasern. @as tbun? @e9r
@ild, cpn6eniirte Mild, pertpai>
ferte Mild, Sausbaltz @irturen =
beriudt's NIT aaen. Damn berz
iudt's NIT ein tpeni9 SCOTS
Gmuliipn in ser Slaide. Sic be-
pirft fir Babies, mas fie fit alte
Seute betpirft - sibt t1el,es, feites
Sleii4 un6 Sebensfrdft. SIT
tper6et bonn &eiultat erfrellt fem.
Man bral6t rllr Elm tpenig in
gfil9, ,lm 8abb felt su MAIDEN.
GBir fbiden eud elm ipenis sur grobe, tpenn seipanTdt.
Scptt s Vp,uue, 400 qearI Street, 9ietp Yort.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-04-23
Gin gebanienooQer Wann.

W. SO. Nuittn pom Man9eiter,
Snb., wuBte, mas In ter Stunbe BE-
Notb gu tbun bate. Seine Srau
batte einen iol6 unsem6bnli6en San
uon WaSenz unb 9eberletben, baB bic
Ierste ibr ni6t gu belfen muBteu. 6,
ba@te an Or. Sings Neue 9ebens.
PiIen unb periu@te ite; iie batte 70:
fort 0tnberunS unb wurbe l9lteBlid
gebetlt. Sour 25 Cts In 50. g.
6ubn'S Npotbefe.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-04-23
Guer Sanbler sarantirt jebe Tlai9e,

8enn nit &beumatismuS seplast.
ueriudt. gbamberlain's Sdmer5en:
8aliam. @s foitet gu9 feinen Gent,
wenn es nt@t gut tbut. @tne Npplt'
tatton mirb ben S@mers linbern,
Mud BELT es 9errenfunsen II. Auet:
i9unser In einem Drtttel Der 3ett,
bie cine anbere 8ebanbluu9 bean:
lpru@t. S9nitt:, 8ranbwunben.
S~roitbeulen u. anbere Mni9weuunser
merben raid sebeilt bnr@ Inrpen:
bunS beslelben. Sebe Slai9e saran:
ttrt. 9reis Is unb 50 gtS. Bet al:
len Mpotbefen Ste YatentzM ebiainer
perfaufen.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-04-23

Ser &Dnts BON 8elgien
foa. pie aus fetner umgebung perfauz
tet, niemals 9anbi9ube trasen. Cine
fetner 2tebbabereien 1T bic @artenz
arbeit, unb er 1T auf feline f40nen
Gdrten unb Sreibbdufer in 2aeten
itoloer, als auf fonit cine feiner Be-
fikunden.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-04-23
Wiebfrfrbrn
l1"a Fran, alfreN }lutb.

@enu man iih trift na6 lalgeu Sabrsn,
0as lit eiu eigen &ieoeriebn;
60 lallge burd) Die &elt 9efabren,
0tag ma iid tief iu'S Irge ieb'n.
&as ntalt getrdumt III jungen Saget,
gas man eritrebt nit fiibnem Slug,
@er mag ba iagen, iper mag fragenl
0as Saar lift gran, bas iugt genllg.
llnb bod bon rellem bliibt's I'M Serseu,
8ie Sriiblingsbllmen nad Dem Sdnet
Na6 Wolfen gliibts nie Sterlenfer;en,
Sin lift Der Shuee, bin lit bas @eb.
&ie mand' Mal bait bus i6on erfabren
llno mo6teit troftpou meiter gehE.
Weltn nlall iid trifft nah lauget Sabren,
0as 1T eiu eigen @ieOerleb'n.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-04-23
Don Der Rrtth

2eutnant gum Solbaten, Der
9eu trdgt): r9e, &nuti4te. ba lduft
Sbnen bod pieber bas Waher i'm
Munbe sufammen!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-04-23

On 81 rbeiter Il nionen
5dAlt Gbicago CUR 3eit 525 NIT einem
Mitglieberbe Itanbe BON iber 100000.
Tnonn NJ a:nfLgan.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-26
Bio Deal at EIIisvlIIe.

Hon. Hugh McManus has trans
ferred to the EIlisyiIle Home In
proyement Company a tract of
forty-two acres Of desirable land in
South Ellisyille, several thousand
dollars changing hands on the deal.
The new owners will at once pro-
coed to develop the holding and open
the necessary streets through it. II
is understood that certain portion
of the land fronting the railroad ha,
been reserved for factory sites, and
it is reported that a cotton mill is
one of the possibilities of the com
ing year for EllisyiIle. A company
is now being organized for the man
ufacturc of log wagons and other
similar products, and the site ha.
already been fixed upon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-26

Great interest all over the State
is being aroused in the Mississippi
exhibit at the Worlds Fair. The
various county commissioners are
taking hold of the matter with a
vim and each county is wing with
the other in regard to its exhibit.
All sorts of curious and interesting
things are being collected from va
rious parts of the State. The State
commissioner has been advised that
the Franklin county commissioners
have learned of tree in that county
which is thirty-seyen feet in circum-
ference and very tall, 1t is a pine
tree and will become~a part Of the
exhibit Of Franklin county.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1903-12-26
Mississippi State News
len MIssissIppI POstoftiees.

The report of the auditor of the
postofiice department, just pub
iished, gives Jackson the second
place in the rank of Mississippi
cities Vicksbmg leads the list in
the amount of gross postal receipts,
with the handsome showing Of $780,
Ol5.16. Jackson comes next. with
Meridian close third, and Natchez
way below in the fourth position,
All Of the leading towns show
marked increase in receipts and
Jackson shows the largest of all.
jackson and Meridian have reversed
positions since the last report, as
have Corjnth and Biloxi also.
The figures showing the gross re-
ccpits Of the ten largest towns in
Mississippi for the past two years
are rs follows,