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The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24
Coming to Monticello.
Three Months Service Free.
K NJ Baxter.

II. " tiitdIf Lee, OlStiIB BulSneu
 Throat and Lung Surgeon and
 Eye and Ear Expert,
 Who has enjoyed such wonder full success in Boston, New York and the west, will be at the Hall House, Monticello, Ark, on Tues day Sept. 22nd, one day only and every four weeks thereafter. All invalids who consult these eminent specialists on this date will receive three months service free.
 Their long experience in the lar gest hospitals of the world enable them to successfully treat all chron- ic diseases such as bronchitis, asth- ma and consumption. rheumatism, slee plessness, brain and nervous ex- haustion, paralysis, neuralgia, headache, fits, St. Vitus dance, cancer, tumors, skin diseases, in- cluding freckles, pimples, ulcers, salt rheum, etc. also heart, liver, stomach and kidney diseases ner- vous debility, confusion of ideas, aversion to society, loss of memory and energy, etc. Diseases of the eye and ear are quickly and perma- nently cured by an original and never failing treatment. Cures guaranteed when others have fail ed, but they will not accept incur able cases. They will examine you thoroughly free of charge and if incurable will frankly and kindly tell you.
 Take one candid thought before 1t is too late \ week or a month may place your case beyond reach of hope.
 Remember it costs nothing to consult these eminent specialists, and therefore the most humble in circumstances can avail themselves of their vast experience. Catarrh and catarrhal deafness is positively and permanently cured by their new method.
 The doctors give special atten- ton to the disease of ladies. Their cures are unequaled in the history of science.
 These eminent Specialists, Phy- sicians and Surgeons cure all chron- ic diseases, rectal ulcers, piles, tu mors. Haemtocele Fissure without pain or use of knife. A lady in attendance.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24
THE COLLINS PARDON.

One of Gov Davis pardons that is attracting a good deal of attentionis that of D. $. Collins
 When at the request of the as sembly the Coy. made a report of the pardons he had issued. he made the following statement:
 No. 25o-on January 31st I pardoned D. s. Collins, convict ed in the August term circuit court, 1901, in Little River Co.. of carnal abuse of a child, and given one year in the peniten- tiary. h this case there was di- rect conflict as to the age, and I have read carefully the evidence, and after so doing am led to the beliet that prosecuting witness was over the age of consent. be- sides there are many extenuating circumstances disclosed in the evidence sufficient for me to be- Iieye that defendant, who had
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24
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special arrangement has been made by the St. Louis Republic to furnish old or new subscribers with the only official and author ized life of Pope Leo XIII. This IS one great volumne, bound in elegant cardinal cloth, gilt and ink stamping, with pages of text and illustrations. The work was prepared and written by Monsignor O'Reilly, D. D.. L. D., D. Lit, official biographer of the Pope.
 The regular cash price of this book Is S2 50. Any one remit ting S. 50 will be entitled to IS months subscription to the Twice-a week Republic and d copy of the book, postage pre- paid. This offer is open to new and old subscribers. The book IS printed in English, French and German and is now ready for de- livery. Address all orders to the Republic, St. Louis. Mo.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24
Wilmar Leaflets.

The thermometer last week took d course downward toward zero, and is slow in getting started up ward again.
 Farmers are busy gathering the heecy staple
 The yield of cotton is distress ingIy light.
 Sorghum is now being made up. That crop is fairly good but the dry weather has cut off the sugar cane crop. It will be so short that much of it will not be worth mak- ing up.
 Rev F. C. Cannon. pastor of the Methodist Church, of Wilmar, has now in progress successful revival meeting. Several persons have been added to the Church up to this time.
 Rev. ]. w. Mccain returned last Saturday evening from Ida vile, Tenn. where he had been called to visit the death bed of his brother, T. $. Mccain.
 Mir. ". Wright and family have returned 10 their home near Barkada, where they expect to remain in in the future. Their friends are glad to welcome them back in the old neighborhood.
 Several persons in and around Wilmpr have been in attendance of this term of court
 Sheriff Wilson was in Wilmar Saturday night looking after some of the transgressors of the law.
 Alr. ]. W. Koonce, ST., who has been crippled from being thrown out of wagon, we are glad to say Is able to be out again at his shop.
 The opening of Beauvoir Col. lege has been postponed from the 25rd to the goth inst, to make room for the increased boarding attendance.
 Our community was very much shocked by the unexpected death of Mrs. Maggie Murry, which took
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24
C. T. HARRIS, Secretary and Treasurer.
Strayed, ;,

Or stolen from my place 7 miles South-East of Monticello, one dark bay mare mule, about IA hands high holds high head; had sore on left shoulder; has no curls on side or flank. Any informa- ton will be thankfully received and literally rewarded.
 H. P. Riggs,
 Monticello, Ark.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24
End of Bitter Fight.

"Two physicians had a long and stubborn fight with an abscess on my right lung" writes J. F. Hughes of Dupont, Ga. "and gave mo up. Everybody thought my time had come. As last resort I tried pr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption The benefit I received was striking and I was on my feet In few days Now Pve entirely regained my health" ," It eonquers all coughs, colds and throat and lung troubles. Gnaran- teod by Our Drug Store. Price Soc and s1,00. Trlal bottles free.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24
4 FINE WALL ATLAS FREE.
4 2oX24 Wall Atlas Free With Every Years Subscription to the
 Weekly Arkansas Gazette.

In order to increase its subscrip- ton lists, the Little Rock Weekly Gazette makes the following liber- al offer, which will be withdrawn shortly: They will send you free with a years subscription to the Weekly Gazette one of their wall atlases, containing maps, 2ox24 in. in size of Arkansas, Oklahoma and the Indian Territory and the East ern and Western hemispheres. This map is one of the best maps ever published and should be hanging in the office or home of every one. The price of the map alone is $I, and the subscription price of the Weekly Gazette is ST, but they will give you the two for q short while only for only ST. The Gazette is Arkansas leading news paper, and publishes all the state news furnished by experienced correspondents from all over the state all the important news of the day, furnished by the Associat ed Press. Che Gazette is the on ly paper in Arkansas getting the full Associated Press service, re- ceiving from 3o,ooo to 10000 words of news each night over their own wire.) The Gazette Is the only Arkansas paper publish ing full accurate report of the cot ton, grain, stock and other mar kets; all the news of the state house; the proceedings of the state supreme and other courts all the railroad news. and if you want to keep posted and get all the impor- tant news of Arkansas and the world you will have to subscribe for the Weekly Gazette, the sub scription price of which is only ST per year, or 50 cents for six months. Send your subscriptions in at once to the Gazette Publishing Go. Lit tie Rock, Ark.
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Eudora. Ark

Eudora, Ark Q IT. 'oS.
 ED MoNr1cELLoNGAN :-I have concluded 10 write you few lines and give you d few dots about this part of the world. As you see. I am at Eudora, Chicot county. This is station on the R. R. leading from Lake Village down South, about I5 miles South of the Xil- lage, in the hill country. There is fine prospects for business here. and from appearances there will be large town here in the near flu. ture. There are four new store houses already built and three more very large ones started and some more in contemplation; and from the amount of brick that Is being hauled there will be several brick houses soon.
 Your old friend, Dr. Hams son. is one of the most successful mer- chants here Prospects are good for a powerful Fall trade here. There are two gins, here, with a capacity to cut 50 bales of cotton. each. per day, and in all probability
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24
Strayed or Stolen.

One yellow mare mule medium size; 10 years old; dimly branded figure , on shoulder. Left Touch stone Prairie May 18th, 1903. Any information of the above animal will be thankfully received, or a reward of $Io.oo will be paid for her delivery at the Tull Mullis place, miles from Florence, Ark.
 Aleck Rogers,
 Florence, Ark.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24

there will be 4,ooo or 5000 bales of cotton ginned here this season. There are about 15o white people here. and probably more colored We have one church and fixing to build another. There are several very fine, new dwellings going up now. As for politics, l can say what l please for the candidates for Governor. l am for Wood, and think every one down here is.
 As Ever.
 R. NJ Baxter.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24

People who advocate Jeff Da- wis for Governor should, in order to be entirely consistent, favor blind tigers. gambling and other violations of the criminal laws of the State. For they certainly ought to know that the Govern or has proved to be the fast ftiend of this class on numerous occasions, and they are almost to q man, for Davis.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24

The boil weevil Is comparative
 k new menace to the cotton auop ct this country Up to this ttnse there IS nothing known that will destroy 1t, while 1t has tilly demonstrated it's ability to totally destroy dhe cotton where ever 1t comes in contact with the plant In many places, in Tex, the present year, whole fields of cotton have been utterly de stroyed by this pest; and 1t is re- ported to have made it's appear ance in certain portions of this State, and in some parts of La. The boll-weevil is a product of Mexico, and owing to its fearful ravages in that country the growing of cotton has been abandoned. entirely. in many places. lift should infest the cotton section of the United States generally. such condi- tion will confront the world as was never known before. Every preeaution should be taken to keep the boil weevil out of the country, and since it is likely to be imported in seed. planters should be careful to avoid seed from any place where there has been the least likelihood of in- fiction. It might, also, be ad- visable to burn the dry stalks. in the spring of the year, instead of ploughing them under since it may be possible that the eggs are deposited in the stalks.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24

Mir. Eek, the Photographer, has his Monticello gallery in first class working order and is prepared to make any size and kind of work you may wish by the latest up-to- date methods. If you wish any thing in his line, be sure to call while he is here. You will find his prices on all work very reason able. Mir. Eek will return to his Pine Bluff gallery about the first of October.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24

The public records disclose the hct that Davis pardoned more than twice as many criminals. in two years, than did Eagle in four years; and Coy. Eagle never refused to grant a pardon where 1t ought to have been given. And oe it said to the credit of Gov. Eagler he was never mixed up in such questionable measures as tale Dr. Lee Johnson pardon
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24
STATE OF ARKANSAS,
 County of Drew

I, J. w. Kmbro, County Clerk within and for the County of Drew and State oi Arkansas, dc hereby certify that the annex ed and foregoing is true and correct state ment of the Financial Condition of Drew County and of the several School District. of the County for the year ending July 9th 1903.
 Witness my hand and official seal this 9th day of August, 1903.
 J. w. KIMBRO,
 County Clerk.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24

Does Little Rock propose to be eclipsed by Hot Springs in every thinge Hot Springs captured the encampment of the State Guard. will have the next Demo- cratic State Convention, and is now reaching out for the Repub- lican Convention. Hot Springs is an enterprising city.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24

place in her hone in AlIis last Sabbath night. She was the old est daughter of Mr. w. C. Dick son and the wife of Mir. E. E.. Murry and was noble young woman. Her early death is much lamented by her many friends. She leaves a devoted husband and in fant son, besides host of relatives and friends to mourn her death, Her remains were inferred yester- day evening in the Saline Grave Yard. Services were conducted by Rev. ]. ". Mccain.
 x. Y. z. Wilmar. Sent 9 1oo1
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24

Atsorney-General Murphy is vesy anxious to meet Governor Dsavis, on the stump; but the Governor is just as anxious to avoid meeting the Attorney Gen sral, and so here the chances are made doubtful of a meeting If lhe Governor had the back bone of a sick kitten he would meet Murphy and have it out with him.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24
NOTICE i!

The regular meeting of the Stockholders of the Monticello Cotton Mills will be held at the Court House in Monticello, Ar kansas, on Tuesday, September, z2nd at o'clock P. M., for the purpose of electing a Board of Di- rectors for the ensuing year, and for any other purpose that may le- gally be brought before said meet ing.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24

List of Letters Remaining in the P. O. at Monticello, Ark,
 Unclaimed for 30 days. ] W Belser Mollie Dixon Annie Forster E NJ Harris Birdie Howard W l. Johns on Beulah Lewis Raleigh Meys Jeff Newton Joahna Palmer Pilot Publishing Co. Rannie Smith Road Master Ed Simpson Leila Scott Mrs Yates Van Walk en burg T Watts J Watts II N Wells Prot T D Wilson The above unless called for in the next two weeks wIll be sent to the dead letter office.
 N. H. SAVAGE, r. M
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24

Danger from droughth is over for this season and the worm danger is almost a thing of the past; but the farmer is now con fronted with a serious danger, m the shape of labor famine. Cotton pickers are very scarce.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24
THAT JOHNSON PARDON.

HAL lOIi hhDO3s
 The recent pardon of Dr. Lee Johnson by Gov. Davis has caus- ed more discussion than any of the several hundred pardons the executive has made during his terms of office. In addition to Johnson's being the most con- temptible type of criminals, whose offenseS against his own child are most revolting, there was shameful piece of pardon brokerage mixed up i'll it.
 Desiring to know what the court record said in Johnson's case, Messrs. Thomas and Lee of this city wrote the circuit clerk of Sebastian county. where Johnson was convicted, asking him for the facts. The clerk s letter follows:
 Ft Smith. Ark, Aug. 20, '03. Messrs. Thomas and Lee, Clar- endon, Ark.,-Gentlemen: At the September, 1901, term of the Sebastian circuit court, four in dictments were returned against Dr. Lee Johnson, on charges of assault with intent to rape, in cest, carnally knowing a female under sixteen years of age. and rape He first pleaded not gull tv to each charge and had jury trial tor the first indictment (as- sault with intent to .rape1 was found guilty and sentenced to three years in the penitentiarv on Sept Is. 1901. He then withdrew his plea of not guilty in the next two indictments Gin cest and carnally knowing fe- male) and pleaded guilty and was sentenced September IS, 1901, to three years for incest and one year for carnallv know ing q female under sixteen years of age. A nole prosequi was en- i tered in the other case frape.) The name Of the female was Nir- gie Johnson.
 ours very truly,
 John E. Tatum, Clerk.
 These facts were all known to Gov. Davis when he granted the pardon, which was prosecuted by firm of lawyers at Eureka i Springs, one of whom IS an ap- pointee of the Governor on some of the state boards and a close political friend. The Governor did not forward the pardon to Dr. lohnson at the penltentiarY, but sent it to this law firm. The lawyers then notified Dr. John son that he must deed to them certain property, consisting of town lots in Eureka Springs and valued at about $40o, before they would turn the pardon over to him. Dr. Johnson executed the deed as re quired and was then given his freedom.
 This IS probably the lowest and dirtiest pieeee of work ever done in Arkansas politics.-Clar- endon Sun.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24
Notice.

The following named Executors. Admins trators and guardians have filed their Annual Accounts Current at the July Term, i9a5, Of the Drew Probate Court to come up for apar0g- al at the Oct Term. 1903. of the Drew Probate Court as follows. to=wit
 J G Williamson. guar. Enoeh C Lee, minor NJ Trotter. admr. est T Trotter. deed. J II Harrison, admr. est. John Taylor oeef F Tilar guardian Carol " Chester, minor
 Huetta Duncan. J B Dishongh, :. Archie Prewitt.
 Henry Prewitt, '' Hart, Clara Hurt, :"
 7" Ebert Hart, " J Bailey, Ayie Jordan, '' Mrs F J Yates, Henry W Yates .: And uoticeis hereby given that any:persons interested in any of the above named settle ments arc warned to file their exceptions there to- if any they have on or before the second day of the Oct. term, 1903, of this court or they will be forever deharrcd from excepting there to or any item thereof.
 Witness my hand and official seal this 23rd day of Aug. 1908. ], W. KIMBR0,
 County Clerk.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24

To amt. indebtedness of Coun-
 ty to date, .................. Sl7668.92 The following is the balance to the credit of the several School Districts of the County, including the District Tax for the year l9- 03. The Poll-Tax and State Fund has not been apportionea.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24
K. Y. z.

There Is an old allegorical pie ture of girl scared at grass hopper, but in the act of needless ly treading on a snake. This is paralleled by the man who spends q large sum of money building a cyclone cellar, but neglects to pro- vide his family with a bottle of Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and
 Diarrh@a Remedy as a safeguard
 against bowel complaints, whose victims outnumber those of the cy- clone a hundred to one This rem edy is everywhere recognized as the most prompt and reliable med icine in use for these diseases. For sale by Brown, McQuiston < Go.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24
E5itcr7aI.

There are 146 fewer teachers in Arkansas this year than last.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24
N ot 0ver-Wise.

Wilmar, Sept. 22, 1903.
The Monticellonian., 1903-09-24

Gazette Publishing Co.,,
 Little Rock, Ark
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-11
CORN IN TRANSIT is
RUINED IN Big LOTS
The Merchants In Quandary
Thereabout.
SHIPMENTS ARE LONG OVERDUE
Corn is Spelling in Carload Lots and
VIII Probably be Refused Upon
Arrival, Loss is From Delay With
Railroads.

Americus produce merchants are
practically ont of corn-the western
artlcle-and despite the fact that many
carloads of the Missouri product are en-
route here the truth remains that
Americas, at present, is fcornless and
no one car tell when the situation will
be relieved.
And even when the carloads ordered
begin to arrive it is matter of grave
doubt whether, in their condition, the
shipments will be received by con-
signees.
For it is feared that great deal of
corn will be rotten.
Many of these shipments have been
on the road from st. Louis to Americas
for from three to six weeks. Western
shippers advise that ten days in transit
is the extreme limit for corn, as, after
that time it will begin cheating" pro-
cess and is liable to spoil.
This is the situation confronting
many here who have corn in transit.
1t may be almost worthless when 1t
arrives here.
Americus merchants, in years past, had
all the experience they desired in hand
ling damaged corn, and the chances
are that these delayed shipm ms Will
be refused.
The trouble, it is said, is with the
railroads at some point or other. Ship
ments from st. Louis should reach
Americas IN six days. In this instance
they have been in transit six weeks in
stead, after corn has been loaded in
cars at western points and bills lading
issued therefor.
It is not unlikely that litigation will
result if shipments are refused. Some
body will have to pocket considera-
BILE loss.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-11
Cures Cancer and Blood Poison

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-11
A Remarkable Case.

One of the most remar kable cases OF
a cold, deep-seated on the lungs, eaus-
ing pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude
E. Fenner, Marion, Ind. who was en-
tirely cured by the use of One Minute
Cough Cure. She says: The coughing
and straining 80 weakened me that I
run down in weight from 148 to %
pounds. I tried number of remedies
to no avail until I used One Minute
Cough Cure. Four bottles of this Won
derful remedy cured me entirely of the
cough, strengthened my lungs and re-
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and strength" w. A. Rembert.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-11
READ IT THROUGH,
'Twould Spoil This Story to Tell 1t In
The Headlines.

To use an eighteenth century phrase,
this is an 'o'er true tale." Having
happened in small Virginia town in
the winter of 1902, it is a story very
much of the present. Up to short
time ago Mrs, John E. Harmon, of
Melfa Station, Va. had no personal
knowledge of the rare curative proper
ties of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
''Last January" she says, "my baby
took dreadful cold and at one time I
feared she would have pneumonia, but
one of my neighbors told me how this
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began giving it to my baby at once and
it soon cured her. I heartily thank the
manufacturers of Chamberlain's Cough
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I hope all who read this will try 1t and
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