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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-07
RIFLE PRACTICE FOR 1903.
Special Course &C" VIII Be Adopted toI
the Rhode Island Militia.

In accordance with the new firing regu-
lations OF the United States army. which
will be adopted by most or all OF the
states. following the provisions Of the
Dick bill, course &C" will be adopted as
the standard for rifle practice for the
Rhode Island militia.
This is the most advanced course pre-
scribed in the regulations, and while in
some respects is more difficult in qualih-
cation requirements than those in vogue
at the state range in past seasons, in 9TH
er ways Is easier.
Classes will be determined at the close
OF the season from the aggregate OF the
total of the best two full scores OF five
shots each, not necessarily consecutive,
made during the season.
Seven classes are provided for as fol
lows:
Fourth class all who have not hred.
Third class all who have scored less than
10 on five shots at 200 yards, or have made
less than 81 on 10 shots ach at 200, 300 and
800 yards In the aggregate.
Second class all who have accomplished
the above conditions. First class all who
have made a total of SO In 10 shots each
at the three distances.
Marksmen all who have made an ag-
gregate of 9S under the above conditions
Sharpshooters all who have fired two OF
more full scores AT ~, anu op
yards and made on aggregate total OF 81
in n total OF l60. on two best scores; and
made two or more full scores, timed fire
at 200 yards, In 30 seconds. each score. the
best two 20 total 25 in a possible 80; and
have made one skirmish run OF ~ shots
advancing from 600 to 200 yards; the TO.
tai OF all scores must not be less thar
235. A deficiency at one distance may bt
made up by a high score at another dis
| tance.
Experts all who have qualified as .
| sharpshooter and fired two or more full
scores at 500 and 1000 yards and made
total OF 40 at 800 yards and % at 100
yards.
In the skirmish fire. two shots must HI
| hred at 600 and two at 800 yards I'm 30 sec
| onds: three shots at 400 and $50 yards II
| 30 seconds, 10 shots at 300 yards I'm 30 sec
| onds, and 10 at 200 yards I'm ~ seconds.
| In these skirmish runs, the soldier ma
| shoot either from the prone. kneeling, o.
| sitting position as he elects.
Soldiers armed with the carbine are re
| quired TO make but IS at 500 yards and 3
| at 1000 yards
The figure OF merit will be found b!
| multiplying the number OF experts by 2cC
| sharpshooters by $50, marksmen by 10
| first class by 70. second class by 60 thirt
| class by 10 and fourth class by and dl
! yiding the total thus obtained by tn
| number OF officers and men I'm the com
mand.
state teams will be entered in the ma
tional competition and will receive pay
subsistence and transportation.
The shooting on the state range will b
with Krag rifles I'm tho future.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-07
lockwood YACHT CLUB.

The Edgewood Yacht club held it's an
nual meeting last night I'm the Edgewood
casino on Shaw avenue, Edgewood. The
meeting was a most enthusiastic afair
and the various reports submitted by the
officers showed that last year had been
the most prosperous In the history of the
club
The report OF the secretary showed the
membership 10 be growing rapidly, and
90 more names were acted on at this
meeting
President Charles r. Brown presided.
and after the usual prelminaries the 80
members present elected again the pres
ent board OF officers as follows: Presi-
dent, Charles I. Brown; commodore. Her
man O. Possner; vice commodore, VIII
liam Gibbs; rear commodore. Henry T..
Smith; fleet surgeon, DR.. j. X. Prior;
measurcr. Albert G. Davis: treasurer G..
Fred Nennerbeck; secretary. Harry Full
ford; directors. the officers and George
H. Flint and William r. Stowe; regatta
committee. Henry r. Smith. G. Fred Ven
nerbeck. Fred Snellgrove, George w. Do
YER and Charles II. Mason.
The matter OF joining the NarraRansett
Bay Yacht Racing association was dis
cussed quite fully in the meeting, but no
decision was reached.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-07
LAID At REST.
Funeral Of Fred C. Allen, a Member Of
Aerle, SO, Order Of Eagles.

The funeral Of Fred G. Allen was held
from his former home, 6s Pearl street. at
? O'Clock Sunday afternoon. The atten-
dance WAS large including n strong dele
gation from Aerie 2. order Of Eagles. The
lodge escorted the remains 20 Woon-
socket, where they were Inferred with the
burial rites of the order.
The honorary bearers were John Doyle.
Michael Duffy. y. J. Dolan, Frederick r.
Morgan. James NJ. Peters and James -.
Calvin.
william r. Dooley. chaplain Of the or
de r,conducted the services
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-07
Rhode Island Auto Club Makes Run
Next Saturday to Bristol.
Will Witness Launching Of the Re-
lance at $50 P.

Hicks. '03. who played substitute on last
years Yale team. Both the new players
have had the advantage OF valuable
coaching at the hands OF DIR. NJ. B.
Gomberg. state champion. and Hermann
Rosenberg. the veteran Providence ex-
pert. The older members. Hin and Eas-
ton. are both well known and have rep
resented Brown number of times. II.
Il. Hill has been elected captain OF the
team.
Thematch should prove close and In
teresting, as the contesting teams repre-
sent the best players obtainable In either
Yale or Brown.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-07
A Doctor Of Divinity
Repews His Life and Prepares
Himself for Contin ued Active
Work as a Christian
Minister.
Paine'S Celery
Compound
The Worlds Ideal Health Build
er Does the Blessed Work.

Thousands OF prominent Christian min
listers through the use Of Paine's Celery
Compound are happily pursuing their pas
toral duties and ministering with success
to their congregations. Heart troubles.
sleepessness. nervousness. sluggish and
impure blood. weak digestion and vari-
able appetite. resulting from overwork,
overstudy, worry and anxiety are the
troubles that drag clergymen down 70
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-07
BOWLING.

The Elmwood rollers defeated the visit
iting Brown rollers in the series OF the
Inter-Club Duck Pin league last evening.
winning two OF the games rolled. Kelle-
her made the largest total. securing 2Si.
which included a single Of i02 Hatha-
way also secured good results. obtaining
a total of 276. The summary:
EI.NIWOOn
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-07
ELMWOOD.
ELMWoOD CLUB BIG PINS.

No. team won two of its three games
with the No. team last evening In tie
large pin sories al the Elmwood club. the
No. team securing the second game by
means OF its allowance. Pierce and Hath
away were tied for the highest total. each
player securing 526. The summary:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-07
NO. 1 TEAM
G Gfrif1 Os
MUSIC HALL TOURNAMENT.

Swifts rollers met with defeat last
night on the Music Hall alleys. Cahills s
team taking the second and third games.
The team total of 479. secured by Cahill
rollers I'm the last game, is only two
pins below the record for the present Sc
ries. The summary:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-07
o. T. CADETS.
STRINGS

BUD OF HOPE .. CRESCENT 1.
The Crescent team was defeated upon
the Olneyville alleys last night, the Bud
OF Hope players securing two of the three
-Ssmcs rolled. Devolve made the largest
total. securing go. which included
single OF ln5. The summary:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-07
CAIIILL'S.
OLNEYVILLE CLUBs.

The Olneyville Temperance Cadets TOOK
two of their three games with the Co
lumbia Athletic club team last night on
the OlneyVille alleys. Harold made tho
highest total. securing 272. The summary:
q. T. CADETS.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-07
FOR RENT
90 WESTMINSTER STREET.

Room suitable for two-chair barber
shop or cigar store. about 20x12 feet. on
Washington street. a few doors from
Mathewson; splendid stand. Apply al
News once.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-07
BUD OF HOPE.
INTER-olTY BAsEBAll

An Important meeting Of the Inter-
city Baseball league was held last even
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1903-10-09
the intesest on the bonds, and
nothing was received by the stock
holders
A Remarkable Township.

"Up in Arkansas there is one
of the most remarkable town
ships to be found in any State in
the American Union and it is in
the important county of Pulaski.
too" said a man who once lived
in the state Of large apples. /
may be wrong in saying that the
township is the most remarkable
in the country, but | will be safe
in the statement that it is politi-
cally the most remarkable town
ship | know anything about. The
wnship | have in mind is official
ly known as Pyeatt, not a bad
Eame as a beginner. The regis
tration records of Pulaski county
show that in the township of
Pyeatt, there are only two regis
teIed voters, which means that
there are only two white men in
that section, | suppose, as it is a
negro stronghold. Did you ever,
hear of democratic candidate in
Pulaski county who couldn't
carry every ward in the county?
Ithink not. | haven't. Now it
takes several men to hold an cleo
tion, three judges, two clerks, two
registrars, and a few officers to
represent the sheriff and some.
times in some sections of some
states the coroner is not without
representation on the scene Of
activity. The dominant party, of |
course, generally has majority !
OF the election officers. Yes, in |
deed, Pyeatt always goes demo. !
cratic. How do you manage it? !
That's none of my business. You
go up there and ask them. IN. |
0. Times Democrat.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1903-10-09
Commissioners Sale OF Land.

No 27sl. H. L. Johnston ct al. ex parte
Under authority of decree of the chan.
Gerry court of beSoto county. Mississippi, rem
dered in the above styled cause on the 3rd
day of September 1908. will on Monday. No
vember 2, 1908, at the court house door in the
town of fernando. in said county, within
legal hours. expose for sale by public auction
to the highest bidder for cash on confirmation
the land in said county described as follows,
towit: 50 acres off of the west side Of the
northeast quarter of section 21. township 2,
range west. and being all Of said quarter
section except 65 acres known as the NJ. ]
Johnston Dover. The purchasero OF said land
must pay 10 per cent of his bid upon the
day of sale.
I. r. MAXWELL, Commissioner.
F. @. Holmes, Solicitor.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1903-10-09
PRISONERS ESCAPE
George Anderson and Martin Johnson
Break Jail Lock and Flee.

Early last Saturday night Geo.
Anderson and Martin johnson.
two negroes confined in the Jail
here, succeeded in escaping from
confinement by breaking the lock
to the door of their room. An
derson, who was held for steal
ing COW, had escaped once be-
fore. This time he voluntarily
returned to the Jail Sunday
morning.
johnson is the negro who stole
a horse from Mr.. Arthur Earn
hart at Eudora about two weeks
ago, and he has not yet been re-
captured.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1903-10-09
Consumption Of Cotton by Southern
Mills.

1t is very remarkable and
gratifying that southern cotton
mills last year consumed more
cotton than northern mills. The
latter took or acquired 1867, 1926
bales in 1902, while the southern
mills actually consumed 2,O)O,-
729 bales. The cotton manufac-
turing industry is thus shown to
be drifting southwark. Ia the
year ending Aug. 81, 1894, the
south consumed but 800 per cent
of the cotton used by all the cot
ton mills in the Union, whereas
now the per centage is 5o.42 per
cent. The growth of cotton
consumption in the south shows
how fast the south is going ahead.
Ocean Springs Progress.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1903-10-09
SOME FACTS
showing the Relation Of the Y. & M. v.
Railroad to Mississippi.

The annual report of President
Stuyvesant Fish to the board
OF directors of the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Railroad Co., of
September Is, 1908, shows the
total mileage of that road now to
be 1,162.34 miles, or 66.72 miles
more than last year, the increas
ed length representing the branch
from Lake Cormorant to Tutwil.
er, put into service this year.
Lines are also being constructed
from Belzonia to Yazoo City, from
Mattson to Convict Camp, and
from Yarbrough to Swan Lake.
The report shows that since
June 30, 1900, the company has
issued bonds to the. amount of
"a, 1888, ,S14.01, and spent that sum
III the improvement and extension
OF the railroad, and that within
the same time the company has
paid out Of ITS earnings for back
taxes in Mississippi the sum of
S1,583,11634. This payment was
the result of the litigation as to
whether or not the exemptions
from taxes granted to the origi-
nal companies consolidating into
the present Y. & M. V. Railroad
Co., were lost by the consolidation.
This back tax money has enabled
the state of Mississippi to build
its new capitol without issuing
bonds.
The current taxes of the com.
pany paid the state, counties and
towns, without reference to back
taxes, have increased 1928 per
cent since June 30, 1900, or from
S177,917'26 to 1902, 952. 66. Since
that date the railroad company
has reduced its average passen-
ger fares from 254 cents per mile
in 1900 to 2. As cents per mile in
1903, and its average freight
charges for. freights carried per
ton one mile from 9.35 mills to
8.73 mills. The service rendered
passengers and shippers has in
creased during this period more
than onehalf (5553 per cent
while its earnings have been
s24S, S,25O.56, or 1908 per cent less
than they were three years ago.
The losses due to high water, in
creased cost of material aud fuel,
increased wages, increased taxes,
and increased service to the pub
llc, together with maintenance of !
way and equipment, made the t
earnings last year Only $1,656.-
925. 49 which is less than any of $
The three years proceeding. All :
If the earnings, after paying fixed Z
charges and taxes, went to pay
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1903-10-09

When you take GROVE s TASTE.
LESS CHILL TONIC because the
formula is plainly printed on
every bottle showing that it is
simply Iron and Quinine in a
tasteless form. No cure, No Pay.
SOC.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1903-10-09

Who would keep their children
in good health, should watch for
the first symptoms of worms,
and remove them with Whites
Cream Vermifuge. 1t is the
children's best tonic. 1t gets
digestion at work so that their
food does them good, and they
grow up healthy and strong. Csc
at E. D. Laudardale's.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1903-10-09
BOARD PROCEEDINGS
Business Disposed Of During
Two Days Session.
Superintendent FILES REPORT

!, OUTEnlN IENULNI TIlL0 HLrUn
County Treasurer Submits Quarterly Re-
! port...Many Warrants Drawn
on County Fund.
Board met in regular session
Monday Oct. 5. All mem bers
present.
The annual report OF the super
'intendent Of education, for the
year ending Sept 30, was receiv,
cd and approved. The report
shows the following amount Of
pay certificates issued to teachers
! for the year: White teachers,
| $11, 1868. 25; to colored teachers,
I$5, $4,000.
| The report of the county sup
crintendent for September was
approved and shows pay, certiti.
Gates issued to white teachers to
the amount of $102. so; to colored
teachers, 1920.
J. M. Weissinger,- county treas
urer, submitted bis third quarter
ly report, which was approved.
Report shows none of road fund
on hand. Amountof school fund,
81, 1855. so; county fund, $l3, 1884 "a.
| j. w. Hudson and E. P. Davis,
commissioners appointed to sur
vey proposed change in State Line
road near DR.. Jarratt's place in
second district, reported in favor
of change.
Warrants were issued on sur.
plus school fund in favor of the
following parties, to be used in
buildingor repairing school houses
in their districts: j. w. Woolsey,
$214 40; R. L, Alexander, $500;
A. l.. Emerson, $500; R. G.. Nor
gan, $100; Geo. w. Wilson, S1OO;
6. +. Sanders, $50.
The report of B. f. Ross, road
commissioner, for third quarter,
was received, approved and filed.
The clerk was order red to adver-
tise for bids to build the follow.
ing bridges, contracts for same
to be let at the November term:
Over Indian creek on Stewart
road No. 96 Over Cold water
river on Cockrum road No. 46
Over Calf Pen creek on Alden
road
Petition of J. ]. Gartrell ct al
for change in road was receiv-
ed and j. w. Barbee and G. G..
Scott were appointed to survey
change and report at
next meeting.
First link Of Goodm road No
q in Second district, from Horn
Lake depot to r. B. Bosye's cross
roads was let to Heck and Steve
Davis at $50 per mile, with under
standing that said roaa may be
worked less than 16 feet, but not
less than IL feet wide.
Two miles Of second class road
n south end of Horn Lake road ,
No. 8 was let to M. G.. Dixon at !
500 per mile .s,s,ssseaSr.
Petition of j. G. Treai ssI
300 from surplus So I'll
or Shady Nook school y
ID, provided a valid dd s.|.sE
county Of said school "
lied with the clerk forreGN 80 (
by the county asS v IS
'efore the first Mondsy a s
mber. - !
Petition Of R. +. B. 10 u for !
OK ont of c,,,.,,1,1c nah ~ n f,,nd r. "
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1903-10-09

Duty grows everywhere, like
children, like grass. Emerson.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1903-10-09

granted.
The clerk il ordered to readyer-
tise for three weeks in the Times.
Promotes for bids to build fence
around court house.
Petition of w. B. Bridgforlh ct
al for change in Chulahoma road
was approved.
Petition of D. 7. Dockery ct al,
counter petition to that of w. M
Smith ct al, ,ywas granted.
Petition of A. M. Cartwright to
have Forest Hill road made a pub.
lie highway was ordered filed.
Petition Of w. M. Smith ct al
for road was dismissed.
Petition of j. Y. Oliver for
change in land assessment was
rejected.
Petition of J. ]. Miller to change
Kirby road, was continued.
Account Of W. B. Gray & Co.
was withdrawn.
Members were allowed mileage
and per diem.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1903-10-09

The amounts allowed road con-
tractors and accounts continued
and rejected will be published
next week.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-12
Their Elephant.

We ave IL on the word OF Walter
Wellmap, one OF the most reliable
newspaper correspondents at Wash
tingtoD, that the administration con-
siders the merger decision an elephant
on It's hands. The decision Of the cir
cult courtIf sustained opens the way
for the prosecution Of any number OF
combinations that are openly defying
the Sherman Law. But to prosecute
the trusts iS lust what the administra-
tion does not want to do and will net
DO. 1t might endanger Roosevelts
chances Of succeeding himself. The
president and attorney general were
forced into the merger suit by the &C
tivity OF the governors Of the north
weststates through which the merged
lines passed. An early and favorable
decision was not what was wanted.
It Will now have to dilly-dally for q
year or two, hanging down both sides
OF the fence to bamboozle the people
on ono side and appease the trusts on
the other. But the man who is fond
y hoping that the trusts are now to
be .sbusteds forthwith will be 9 sadly
disappointed individual. It is too
near time TO begin frying fat for the
campaign Of 1904 Seneca Courier.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-12
WESTERN MEN INFERIOR.
President Eliot, Of Haryard sUnivee.
sity. Declares That Easterners
Accomplish More.

President Eliot, of Harvard, in the
course of an address at Boston the
other day made the surprising declar-
alton: Eastern men seem to get
things done and accomplish their pur-
poses quicker than western men.
The difference between eastern and
western men, / notice, is that cast
sern men bottle up their enthusiasm,
while western men let 1t pop out.
Enthusiasm is natural steam. 1t
doesn't become effective unless ii Il
confined. It must be confined In the
cylinder and not let out except to do
work. !" .ls
President Eliot advocates eliminat-
Ing the small and including the Arst
two years OF the college course In
the curriculum Of the high school.
He also advocates six years. high
school course in order to take IN part
Of the college curriculum with the
remaining two years taken into the
university, which should stand for
higher education. He also recon-
mends that two years be taken from
the grammar school course to admit
Of the six years high school course,
The B. a, degree you'd be abolished
Or made an entrance degree for the
ppiversity. The system would also
put the technical school on = nniveE
sity instead Of college bRsie.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-12
ANOTHER BAR TO MARRIAGE.
The Cecil Rhodes scholarships VIII
ne Awarded Only to singfe
AZ students.

Another bar to marriage in higher
educational circles has been raised in
the conferences of presidents Of vest,
ern universities over the award OF the
Cecil Rhodes scholarships. According
to the decision reached by the confer
ence, a married student is Ineligible for
scholarships. Inasmuch as there will
be about 200 students selected each:
year to study in English universities.
these students must postpone the mat
rimonial day at least three years.
Some Of the qualifications decided
uponwere: The student must have had
at least two years Of college work in
the United States; must be not more
than "a years Of age; unmarried; legal
resident OF the state from which he is
appointed; he must not have had his
bachelors degree longer than two
years at the time Of appointment.
Each state will have o committee Of
its own to look altar the awarding Of
the scholarships.
DR.. Parkin, the English representa-.
tive, has left Chicago for Minneapolis.
From there he will 60 to Canada for s.
conference with the Canadian educa-
tors, thence westward to the Pacific
coast states, and then to Australia.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-12
D1pHTHRR1As ANTIToxIN.
Effort to Adopt : National standard
for the seFum Delng Made by
HhnrmacOpoeia Society.

Through the Efforts Of the COM
mittee on santitoxins Of the United
States pharmacopoeia, it seems prob
able that national standard for
anti-toxin diphtheria serum viii be
adopted. Two. meetings were held
in Philadelphia at the residence
Of Prof. Joseph r. Remington,
the dean OF the College of Pharmacy
and chairman of the general com-
mittee on revision of the pharmaco.
poeia.
This committee is appointed at the
United States Pharmacopoeia conven-
ton, which meets in Washington
everySten years. Three years have
been spent upon the new edition Of
the. National Pharmacopoeia, which
is to be published next winter With
the exception Of Germany, no other
country has adopted astandard for
eantitoxin diphtheria serum, although
since the improvements made by q
distinguished French bacteriologist,
/ Or. Ronx, in improving and preserv-
ing it, the fluid has come into gem
erals use throughout the civilized
+ world.
+ By the use Of this serum the death
rate in diphtheria has fallen from 80
and IS to five, and in some places
from GO to five since its adoption a
few years ago. Thus the value OF
this serum has been abundantly
proved. Almost all of the antitoxin
used in this country is prepared at
Detroit and at Glenolden, Pa.