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PERSONAL POINTS.

II. Z. Helm, of Faith, is in the city.
Mr.. G. w. Davis was in the city to-
day.
Eugene S. Hart, of Arkadelphia, is
in the city.
Miss Mamie Mann is expected home
today from Webb City, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Jarvis, of Noble
Lake, were in the city yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Russell, of For
dyce, were in the city yesterday.
Mr. M. P. Russell's family will soon
go to Toledo, Ark, to spend the sum-
mer
Eugene Altheimer is here visiting
Mr. and Mrs. F. c. Furth. He lives
in ST. Louis, but has been in Hot
Springs for few weeks.
Mr.. S. F. Lipsmeyer, of st. Louis,
with the Nelson Morris Packing COM
pany will be here Saturday. Mr. NJ.
Lewis, the can goods man, is in the
city today from Chicago.
Mrs. d. A. Mohler returned from Lit
tie Rock last night, where she has
been visiting. DR.. Mohler is now in
Chicago taking a special course in sur
gerry, but will join Mrs. Mohler here
in q few weeks and they will make
Pine Bluff their future home.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-03

For bargains in furniture, see
Simpson and Webb.
A good assortment of lace curtains
at Simpson and Webb's.
Before buying furniture, get our
mices Simpson and Webb.
Miss Mamie Chestnut and Miss
Eoline Smith are home ill today.
MIR. Ernest Reed is now employed
by the Pine City Electric company.
Carl Phipps, mandolinist, violinist;
tomorrow matinee, 10 and 25 cents.
--First-class sewing machines to
rent. See w. F. Brewer, at Simpson
and Webb's.
"A new bookkeeper is slated for
the office of the Citizens Light and
Transit company.
The Hub has just received an ele-
CANT line of spring clothing and fancy
furnishings.
Before buying carpets, get our
prices, as we have a good line. Simp-
son and Webb
j. Walter Gains, who has been i'll
az the Arlington for a week, is better
zoday He is travelling salesman
from St. Louis.
Carl Phipps, palm whistler, musl-
cal humorist EAks theater tomorrow
matinee, 10 and 25 cents.
Needles and supplies for all makes
of sewing machines. See w. F. Brew
er, at Simpson and Webbs.
Call on Hicks fee and Coal COM
gaAy for all kinds of coal. Prompt SER
vice. Old phone 80: new phone 123.
All makes sewing machines re
paired and adjusted Work guaran-
iced. See w. T. Brewer at Simpson
aud Webb's.
-Supt. Schlosser of the street rail
way, leaves here Monday, his connec,
sion with the company as superinten.
dent having been severed.
-Forfeman Kimbrough will again
be On car and his position will
be abandoned for time at the street
railway power plant.
Tomato plants 5 cents per doz-
sn. Roses and Towering plants. Spe-
riai sale on palms this week. Har-
per's green house, 1924 East Sixth
avenue
DIR. S. c. Alexander will preach
xg the Second Presbyterian church
Sunday at II a. m. and $50 p. m
Subject for the morning discourse:
Shall We Know Each Other Beyond
the Grave?"
The retail clerks had a meeting
last night, rode the goat and four or
ave more applications We're in this
morning The boys are sure of pros
porous organization. The growth has
been quick and healthy.
M. T. McGee is able to be up and
vas down town yesterday, but he abs
ksi the use of his left hand, and his
doctor says that it will be several
months before strength returns suffi-
gient to be of use to him.
There will be no preaching at
Lakeside Methodist church Sunday
ar Sunday night, and the congrega-
tion is invited to worship with the
First Methodist congregation. Sun
lay school at the usual hour.
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Trust Company Incorporates.

The Pine Bluff Trust company has
Sled articles of incorporation to trans
act business at III South Pine street.
There are 1000 shares OF stock, val
ued at s25 each, making a capital stock
of 100000 The directors are: John
Z Rutherford, F. L. Dilloy, J. S. In
gram, Jeff Hicks, Chas. K. Seabrook,
D. C. Bell.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-03
The fire department was called

The fire department was called to
the home of Rev. T. W. Vaughan No
b5 Walnut street, last night at $50.
\ fiue burned out.
Mr.. E. G.. Laine is now in the en-
ploy of the Citizens Light and Transit
company as bookkeeper.
Flower pots three to twelve inches
at the Ryland queensware store, 10S
West Second avenue.
New shipment of flower vases re.
ceived by the Ryland Queensware COM
pany, 10S West Second avenue.
RYAN'S CATARRHLlNE
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. w. Groves sigma
ture is on each box. 25c.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-03
Widely Used Slanu Phrases.

Somerset, England, has given to the
United States some OF its most actlVe
phrases. Here right" they say in
somerset when they mean ION the
pot" America inverts the order and
jhe method. But "peart!" Is not that
thoroughly American? No; it is Som
arsel for ''lively.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-03

Mrs. G. A. Davis, at her home on
Poplar and Thirteenth avenue, has all
kinds of cut flowers and plants for
SALE 1853
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-03

s Gods gift to man. 1t is a positive
cure for catarrh of the head and nose.
lay fever, asthma, headach, and will
cure cold in one nights time. For
sale at all drug stores.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-03
oIR ADVENT INTO TIE REAL
ESTATE FIELD

mas been fraught with success. We
have given real estate owners such
aood returns on their property, that
ehe result has been a flocking to US
Of property-owners who desire to
nave our services. Is your property
EARNING good dividends, and do you
receive the dividends promptly? If
act call and see us. We also make
Soans on real estate and commercial
paper.
LEITNER AND We'll
s2s West Barraque Street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-03
Sixth and Chestnut
School

3O2 w. SIXTH AVENUE.
kindergarten and Grades I, 2, 3, q,
5, 6 and 7.
PRINCIPALS-Miss Callie Jones,
Mrs. M. C. Jones and Miss Mcbride.
ASSISTANTS-Miss Marion Larche
Miss Nellie Sallee and Miss Joe
Angel.
MUSICAL DIRECTOR-Mr. M. D.
McNeill.
Children from four to six years of
age do excellent kindergarten work.
Elocution and German are taught in
the higher grades.
Old phone sos.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-03
His Parabolic Path.

Anxious Wife-When you saw John,
which way was he going?
Boy don't know, mum; he was
drunk.
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BOAT.CLuB
Preparing for Interesting Season o
Sport.

Preparing for Interesting Season Of
Sport.
The Boat club held its first meeting
for this season last night and the plans
and preparations for the season were
discussed. There is disposition on the
part Of the members of the club to en-
the number of boats to five or six
The present club will use all member
ship fees to purchase more boats. The
membership fee is $40, and for every
five or six members a new boat can
be had. The club now owns two sheet
metal boats that will be launched in a
few days if the weather continues
good. The club will make arrange
ments to have boat house at the
foot of Pine Or Main streets and get
some reliable man to care for the
boats. This plan suggests another
idea. Many of the boys want a racer.
Ii the club could induct the Y. M.
G. A. boys to set racer and have
team the seasons boating could be
made an interesting feature of the
summer sports. All those who wish
to become members can make applica-
ton to any of the present members,
who are as follows:
r. J. Altheimer. G. w. Pettigrew,
". L. Matthews Geo. II. Adams, Tom
Cromwell, Simon Bloom, Percy Meyer,
w. c. Hudson, F. G. Van Valkenburg,
Tracy Mills.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-03
Parker E: C'Keif to Manage Arlin

J. NJ. Parker and Jack O'Keif are tc
have the new eating house at the Ar
lington and Mr.. Parker will have
charge Of the Arlington. Mr.. Parker
and O'Keif We're together in the same
business in the same place before the
present structure was built, in what
was then known as the Lindell hotel.
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LOCAL AND OTHERWISE

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-01
IN LYNCHBURG
The Virginia. Carolina 90 mpany's New
100000 Plant.
(speclal to Tho Times. Dispatch !,

sLYNCHBuRG. VA. February 2s'--
Ground will be broken Monday for the
bis plant which the notwithstanding
Chemical Company will erect here at
cost Of 100000, AT the outset the COM
pany will employ about $50 men. and their
output will be about 5000 tons per an
nun.
X a petition was circulated here to-day
for subscriptions to stock for the Lynch
burg Baseball Association. which Is 70
form part of a league that will include
Danyille and Winston-Salem. Signatures
to the petition are not numerous, ana II
does not look MS If Lynchburg Will be-
come q part of the league,
4 Mrs. Edmund shafer returned yesterday
afternoon from Baltimore, accompanied
by. her sister Miss Kate Martin, Fifteen
minutes after they had reached Mrs,
shaefer's homo they received telegram
stating that their brother, Mr. Charles
a, Martin, had been killed in Baltimore
ny falling through all elevator shaft. Mrs.
shnefer andc Miss Martin returned at
once to Baltimore, leaving here early this
morning.
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church. II Is one OF the most ornate
structures IN the city. and .attracss ne at
tention and comment OF strangers. ne ,
new church occupies the site OF me old
church. IN which the Baptists OF Ports
mouth worshpped for generl.io1s. ne
old house was torn away 70 MAKE IS Y ! ~
80 the new. M Kill
4 Since the beginning OF the wor< Of de-
molehing the former church. and through
all the months that have Int sr.'sned
while the beautiful structure has oren
IN process Of erection, the cong-ns I'll IN
has worshipped In the rday-schnrl
room. In the rear of the chllr,h. The
new church Is SO nearly com ted now,
that the workmen have torn away Il ne
scaffoldng about It, which concealed NJ Is
beautiful outlines, and the sacrifice OF
the large trees that stood In front OF tho
church, reveals the harmonious architec-
ture OF the house that has taken It's place
perfectly. "a. $, s.
It is believed that the new church vii.
be ready for occupancy by the middle ~
April, the dedicatory services VIII be held
on the last Sunday In the month. whlch
falls on the 26th 3j
The Rev, DR.. a. c. Olson. OF Boston,
has been invited to deliver the first III
mon in the now church. He will, In all
proba bility, accept and ccme here to
dedicate the handsomest Baptist ChnraN
in the State.
4 The members OF the congregation md
tho officers OF the church are gratitled at
the way their work has been done. It
was a great undertaking. and they work
ed at 1t undefatlgably. The church Is
an ornament to the city and a monument
to the zeal OF the faithful congregation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-01
A CANNING COMPANY
Organized In; AlbemarIe and Soonto Be
Chartered.
(special to Tho Times -plspatcll.l

(specia to Tho Times pspatch)
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, February
2s.-A stock company, to DO known as
The Ncchlims River Canning Company.
has been organized In the county and
application will soon be made TO Judge
Daniel a. Grlmsley, of the Circuit Court,
for a charter,
The purpose Of the company Is to en-
gage in and conduct general canning
business for the canning preservation
and marketing Of fruits and vegetables
and other articles of food
The capital stock Of the new company
Il not to be less than 5000 nor more
than $4,000 and the amount Of real es-
ia to to be held is not to exceed 2ooo
acres.
b. g. Garth, OF Ivy, president; William
Fl. Thayer. of Ivy, secretary and treasu-
DIrectors-M, r, Hall and 9, T. San
dridgo, OF Meohum's River; i, f. Pow
ers, of Moorman's Rlver; W, 9, Moran
OF the Miller School; William II, Thayer
and ]. G. Thayer, OF IVY.
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is RulvC
LAST TINE.
New Phone No Longer In Use
Here.
MERGER GoEsll,N'To EFFECT
..------- $780, ~ u
Only the Bell Phone Nov to Be In Ser
vico II Richmond Manchester
Exchange Soon to 30
Abandoned.
Observation-Disclosures

With a communication between Super
intondent Ovens. Of tho Richmond Tele-
phone Company, and q reporter for The
Times Dispatch at The Times building,
yesterday afternoon at 8 o clock the last
conversation and connection over what
Is commonly known as the now phone
took place, and when, finally the recelv-
ers were hung UP, the death rattle Of the
old system was recorded By tho slightest
Jingle Of the instrument on the wall. No
other connections were made during the
long weary hours of&the night, although
"a few belated subscribers tried persist
entity to ring up" this or that person
AS has before been stated the Rich
mond company, has been absorbed BY the
Southern Bell Company, the deal having
been closed some weeks ago. Last night,
according to the advertised intention OF
the company, the physical consolidation
z Of the two properties took place. Nj
TALK OVER BOTH.
It Is announced that although the mer-
ger went into effect at o'clock all sub
scrlbers In the city equipped with the
Richmond phone could be communicated
with by holders of Bell telephones. This
was strictly correct, and no small num-
Der of converse lions were carried on by
this means. the person at one end hold
Ing q Bell receiver and the person at the
holders supporting receiver OF the de-
funct company. Y s.
company has been working on the change
for several days It was completed yes
terday, and It will only be matter Of
time before all Of the details will have
been arranged.
No definite decision has been made as
to the Manchester change OF the Rich
mond company. but last night this could
be had over an cold phone. 1t is pro-
bable that this exchange will be main
tainad until all Of the subscribers In
Manchester have taken the Bell tele-
phone and then connections may be had
nv communication with the central office
on Grace Street
a WITH THE BELL.
It is announced that Mr.. Addison Maui
min. formerly president Of the Richmond
com pany, will In the future be connected
with the local business department OF
the Bell company. Superintendent Owens.
az the Richmond company, will likewise
20 with the Bell. He will be connected
with. the construction department In a
responsible position. Mr.. Owens was con-
nected with the Bell company for fifteen
years prior to Joining forces with the
Richmond. MIG
In large number Of homes the retire
ment of the Richmond Telephone Com.
spany will be received With sorrow or put
generally the consol ida ton IS taken as
an a Improvement in this general telephone
a number OF girls from the Richmond
Exchange have gone to the Il Bel! EN-
change, and only a few people Will De
left out Of employment BY the consoltda-
ton.
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Ac !: ept My Help
And Get Well Without the
Risk of d Penny.

utinost that medicine will do BY simply
i writing postal card or sending me tho coupon below
All Is your address and to know the book
need will then mall you an order druss 1o'
six bottles r shoors sorative take It month
trial II succeeds the cost Is $3.50 II It fa n pay mo
druggist myself And the sick ones mere word shal
woud be Impossible " oiu
know that Restorative will cure man doesft AAs
risk Involving SEQ with hundreds OF thousands OF peope
without osing what a remedy will do.
spent lifetime perfecting Restorative before snch
an offer was possible tested It thousands times in hospitals
& homes In difficult plyscans eyer meet M
the world know IT. For twelve years - nave
It fair that reasonable sick one coula
It About $4,000 people have accepted that oner ana ~
each 20 have paid for It gladly because they got we'll
from Strengthening the inside ~!
brings this which alone operates the Vital
M is to doctor the weak organ Itself ann
many you temporary the Sresuta give tho
do Its the results are not only
3 but enduring.
little troubles Restorative .ts the quickest help IN
dIaacut troubles usually only way to cure. =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-01
DEATH SUICIDAL
OR ACCIDENTAL
(Br Associated Press.)

PHILADELPHIA, PA, February s.
n. 70. Yates, forty-two years old, or sa-
yannah, was asphyxiated in his room at
a hotel here. The coroner will Determine
whether the case was accidental or SUI
cldal. Yates was a travelling horse dealer.
He registered at the hotel last Wednes-
day, Thursday night he retired early
and was not seen again until the odor
OF escaping gas attracted the porter's
attention to his ROOM He had been
dead some lime when discovered, and tho
aas was turned on full force
A letter OF recommendation from q. p,
Emerson, OF Savannah, was found among
his possessions
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-01
A NEW CHURCH
Court Street Baptist Church in Ports
mouth Soon to Be Dedicated.

(speclal TO The Times plspatch.)
PORTSMOUTH. VA, February ?y,--The
beautiful new houe OF Wors7lp that has
been erected at great expense ~ tho
members OF the congregation OF the
organization of that denomination In
Portsmouth, is almost ready to be dcdi-
Gated, The event will DO marked by
exercise. OF unusual interest, 1t "lrs.g-
nalize the GROWING achievement OF the
church that has been mother to nil the
other Baptist churches OF this city and
OF this section,
The new church is situated Mt the cor-
ner OF Court and Queen strssts, rear
the ancient courthouse. tna VIII N
block 81 historic old Trfnlty Episcopal
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Summary: Atmospheric pressure. 3o.e9;
4 - I1ilt /: lowest ~ As: date. 18th. Temper.

Summary: Atmospheric pressure. 2o.e9;
date, 18th; lowest. 29.4s; date. 18th. Temper.
gature. Highest Il; dato. 2sth: lowest. ii;
date, 10Th greatest dali range. 50; date. 18th;
least daily range, 4; date. 10Th. Mran LOT
this month in 1895, 49, 1899, 90; 1900. 49,;
1901. IS: 1909, IS: 1900, 49, Mean tor this
month for 6 years, 81, Average daily OK
cess or deficiency of this month as COM
pared with mean of six years, 49, Preclpi-
tation: Total this month In 1898, .o6; 1922
III: 1900, q. AZ; 1901, s7o 1902, 4si; 1908, 5os
Average this month for 6 years, 3.97. l1S-
cess or deficiency of this month as COM
pared with average of years. loo, Accu'
m,,la ted excess or deficiency since jan
nary 1st, 1.a3. sunshine and cloudiness:
Number Of clear days Il partly cloudy,
5; cloudy, 14;,on which OF inch or more
OF rain fell, 8.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-01

"a & ~ i y . @Flli
month after his Inauguration Tyler was
IN williamsburg at#the time and pre-
ceeded at once to Washington to take
the oath Of office.
HoT6A GOOD WHO.
tyler was not a. good Whig. He was
put on the ticket because he was the
most available Southern man. Tho coun-
try vas trying to struggle out OF the
results OF the financial panic OF 1887
and two OF the tariff bills Of the Whig
congress which he believed unsound were
vetoed. The result was that the entire
Cabinet, save Webster, resigned. The
course OF Mr.. Tyler which many termed
the desertion OF his party made him an
unpopular president. but did lessen him
In the esteem OF the people OF the State
or their faith in his honesty and great
ability.
After he had spent many years fol-
lowing his presidency at Sherwood For
est, In Charles City county, and the
clouds Of war hung heavily over tho
country, Virginia anxious to preserve
that union which she had done SO much
to establish sent him as one Of her best
and wisest as member Of the Peace
5Commission.''EH He went to Washingt ;
the north failed to send delegates and
the movement was n failure. W
SAW NOTHING BUT WAR.
Mr.. Tyler spoke for three days upon his
return. telling virEnians that they had
better prepare for war rs all hopes Of
peace were now scattered to tho winds.
He was elected member OF the seces-
sion convention and also later OF the
Confederate Congress. He did not Slive
to take his seat In the later body. His
funeral took place from ST. Paul's
Church and the city and State were in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-01
had to give the negro another. later bring
Ing aclion against Matthews, who won
the case Both persons are respectable.
POPULAR OFFICERS
Capt. Carter Braxton and George G.
Fretwell Win at Stanton.

Especial to The Times. Dlspalch0
sTAUNTON, VA, February 2S-The
Daily News voting contest for the most
popular commissioned and lon-comnlis-
stoned officers In the two military COM
panles, which has boen going on for a
month, and In which much interest has
been taken, WAS closed at noon to-day,
Captain Carter Braxton won the sword
as prize for commissioned officer. and
George g, Fretwell the gold watch as
the nom commits sloned prize. Both officers
belong to the West Augusta Guards"
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deepest mourning. Bearing fresh In.
mind his great service to the nation and
his State the Virginia Legislature, then
In session, passed the Law that his grave
should be marked fttingly as an en-
ample to all coming generations that the
State honored her able sons.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-01

yeventen years before his death, no con-
tinued to be an active and useful pub
Nc benefactor and servant. Like George
Washington, his State never reached a
point where she felt she could well
10 without him. He was born In
Charles City county, thirty miles he-
low Richmond on James river nearly
len years before the death OF Washing
ton. He was admitted to the bar and
when q young man served IN tho Nir-
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Five Dollars Missing.
(special to The r,mes.n,xnat =,

s Especial to The Times ,Disputch.)
H SUFFOLK, VA. February 2s.-Two
engaged at Whaleyyllle, va, In an ali
legged case Of short changing, In which