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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-07-11
FARMERS OWN THE RAILROAD.
Line In North Dakota Built by The m
selves \. Paying In
Vcstment.

Ramsey county is one ~ the few
communities I'm the country that
boast railroad built by the farmer,
themselves for the purpose u trans
porting their produce 10 market
successful venture. says the BIS
marck Tribune. The stockholders Of
the Farmers road net at Garske re-
Gently aud IL was decided 20 issue
bonds enough so cover the Indebted
ness Of the road. Up TO this time the
indebtedness Of the road had been
secured only by mortgage and by
few Of the principal stockholders
who have been liable for the debt.
A report OF the financial condition
Of the road showed il very prosper
Gus. The gross earnings Of the ROAD
since last October amount 10 some
thing Ike $4,000. while the net earn
inga amount 20 about $4,000. The
total indebtedness Of the road is now
about Slo3 900. i can be seen that
the total indebtedness can be paid
In about four years Al the present
rate Of earnings. The earnings, how
ever, will be much greater in the fu-
ture than they have been in the past.
| This report ought 10 put a complete
| cuietus on the rursor that the road
has been sold 90 the 500 or any other
party. The Farmers railroad still
lives and viii no doubt be on earth
for years 60 come.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-07-11

Captivity changes animals natures.
A lion captured when il waE full
grown will always be treacherous, but
uoEA. tigers. leoPards and other ear
nivorous animals that have been born
IN captivity can be tanned till they are
IS gentle and affsctioDate and safe az
poodle dogs.
The new king of Servss beesms
greatly excited when ne was inform &C
Of his election. We can't blame him,
Gays the Chicago RseordHeraid. Be
snS stsotsA sl4s % aerviass NO iAzgA-
M zaestss. sms.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-07-11

New York. with I. AT .1o2 Inhabitants
has only one public bath. but hss thro
others under way. Iondoh. With
pcpuistiOn Of Asa. oss, has -.
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19
A Remarkable Claim.

The most remarkable claim ever
submitted to railroad corporation
is on file with one Of the claim
agents of the Yazoo & Mississippi
Valley road, whose territory covers
the southern part of the State.
According to the statement made
in the claim, an old lady living at
Hamburg, in Franklin county, owns
a flock of geese, which strayed out
on the track recently, and when a
freight train came along they flew
into a large briar patch near the
track. The old lady claims that the
geese lost twelve pounds of feathers
before they got out Of the briar
patch, and she wants recompense
therefor at the rate of so cents per
pound.
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19
Mississippi State News
Deed for a Child.

A very unusual deed was filed in
Kinds county in the chancery clerks
office last week. The property con-
veyed in the instrument is a child
from divorced woman to her hus-
band, and the instrument is drawn
up with all the formality of a con-
veyance of realty or chattel proper
ty. The deputy clerk was at loss
for some time to determine in what
book to record the instrument, but
it was finally decided to place it in
the chattel book. The acknowl-
edgment Of the divorced woman was
made before the chancery clerk of
Lefore county, and the Introductory
is as follows:
Having separated and been di-
vorced from my husband, E. NJ.
Harris, and believing that the best
interests of my minor son by the
said E. M. Harris would be greatly
promoted by committing him dur
ing his minority to the custody, care,
support and maintenance of his
father, who is amply able and desir-
Gus of having the care, custody and
support of said child, and is a suit
able and proper person to raise and
provide for him, I hereby voluntar-
lily give over and surrender said
child, Walter Ellis Harris, to the
custody, care, maintenance and
support of his said father, E. M.
Harris, and hereby relinquish unto
him during the minority of the
child all right or claim to the care,
custody, support and' maintenance
of said child, which I now or may
hereafter have. The said E. M.
Harris promises that on proper oc-
casions | may visit said child, but
I do not make this condition in
this gift" ~.
In the opening clause of the
above the words, "and desiring to
soon marry another man." have
been struck out. The instrument
is headed, 'Deed of Gift"
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19

been for the past four years. Some
recently compiled by Secretary OF
State Power from the corporation
records of his department. The fig
ures are comparative. For example,
the amount of capital stock incorpo-
rated In four years prior to October
l., 1899, aggregated only $25,644,0 900,
while for the two years from that
date to October /, 1901, the aggregate
amount of capital was $26,430,000.
Thus these two years more than doub-
led the four previous years.
Since the first day Of October, 1901.
the figures are still more startling.
From that date up to the 18th of May.
1903, period of less than twenty
months, the aggregate of capital Ia
corporated reached the enormous fig
ure of $46,612,450.
Under the Mississippi statute 1t
costs from $50 to $500 to obtain a
charter and the cost depends upon
the amount of capital stock author
ized
Mississippi is but just entering upon
her period of development. All Of
her industries have long since passed
the experimental stage and are In
the market to compete with the best
and to demand recognition.
The State has no debt, or an in.
significant one, She has just paid
out in cash over million dollars to
build a new capitol and not bond
was issued to secure a dollar of this
fund.
Her people everywhere are pros
pering and are contented, a1d she in
vites investors and homeseekers to
come and help in her upbuilding.
Factory Exemptions.
For the encouragement of factories
the State offers liberal tax exemp-
tions. The statutory provisions Gre
ating factory exemptions are as fol-
lows:
"All permanent factories or plants
of the kind hereinafter named which
shall hereinafter be established In this
State before the first day OF Janu-
ary, 1906, shall be exempt from all
State, county and municipal taxation
for period of ten years, towit: All
permanent factories for working of
cotton, jute, ramie, wool, silk, furs or
metals; all permanent pork-packing
and cold storage factories or plants,
where the amount of capital invested
shall not be less than $4,000; all per-
manent factories for manufacturing
machinery, implements, or articles of
use in a finished state and ready for
consumers use without additional pro-
cess of labor; all permanent factories
for making wagons, carriages, buggies,
clothing or shoes, complete; all per-
manent factories for making barrels
or boxes complete, whether coopered
or loose, ready for transportation;
all permanent additions or extensions,
costing not less than $4,000, here
matter made before the first day of
January, 1906, to any permanent fac
tory or plant hereinafter established
under the provisions of this act"
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19
Pushing to the Front.

Even the president of the United
States cannot check Southern prog
ress and advancement. Though he
undertook to put crimp in the on
ward march of Indianola by depriv-
ing her citizens of postal facilities,
he has failed. The Sunfower town
is rapidly pushing to the front in an
industrial way. A cotton compress,
new oil mill and number of lesser
enterprises are being built, and the
new railroad-the construction of
which through the county is contem-
plated-will undoubtedly be given q
liberal support.
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19
Claiborne County Leads.

Claiborne is the only county in
the State having a thorough high
school system in its country schools,
and a term covering period of
eight and one-half months. The
system is conducted on a plan in all
respects similar to that of a separate
school district.
'1 hope to see the day when every
county in Mississippi will have a
school system equal to that of Clai-
borne county," said Prof. Hardy of
the A. and M. College, last week.
"The plan is doing more for the ad-
vancement of the county than any
single factor in its development,
and its effects are plainly discern
ible among the masses. It means
an educated citizenship of the high
est class, and the expense is small
as compared with the magnificent
results achieved"
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19
Two College Boys.

Two college boys left home with
| just money enough to take them
through college, after which they
must depend entirely upon their own
efforts. They attacked the collegiate
problem successfully, passed the
graduation, received their diplomas
from the faculty, also commendatory
letters to large ship-building firm
with which they desired employment.
Ushered into the waiting room of the
head of the firm, the first was given
an audience. He presented his let
ters.
What can you do?" asked the man
of millions.
Il should like some sort of clerk
ship"
well, sir, I will take your name
and address, and should we have any
thing of the kind open, will CORE
spond with you"
AS he passed out he remarked to
his waiting companion, you can go
IN and leave your address,"
The other presented himself and his
papers.
What can you do?" was the reply.
can uO anything tndL green
hand can do, SIR" was the reply.
The mandate touched the bell,
which called superintendent
Z Have you anything to put man
to work at?"
1--WE want man to sort scrap
iron," replied the superintendent.
And the college graduate went to
sorting scrap-iron.
One week passed and the president,
meeting the superintendent, asked:
How is the new man getting on?"
"Oh," said the boss, "he did his
work so well, and never watched the
clock, that | put him over the gang"
n one year this man had reached
the head of department and an ad-
visory position with the management
at salary represented by four, fig
ures, while his whilom companion
was clerk in a livery stable, wash
ing harness and carriages.-Normal
Instructor
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19
Bible Truths.

That the truths of the Bible have
the power of awakening an intense
moral feeling In man under every
variety of character. learned or ig-
norant, civilized or savage; that they
make bad men good, and se1d pulse
of healthful feeling through all the
domestic, civil and social relations;
that they teach men to love right, to
hate wrong, and to seek each others
welfare, as the children of one com.
mon Parent; that they control the
baleful passions of the human heart,
and thus make men proficient In the
science of self-government; and, fin.
ally, that they teach him to aspire
after conformity to Being of in
finite holiness, and fill him with hopes
infinitely more purifying, more ex-
alted, more suited to his nature than
any other which this world has ever
known, are facts as incontrovertible
as the laws, of philosophy, or the dem.
onstratio1s Of mathematics.-Way.
land.
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19
School Fund Distribution

State Superintendent Whitfield
last week gave out the figures for
the regular June distribution of the
common school fund. The figures
are made up by counties and by
separate school districts, showing
the exact amount Of the school
money apportioned to each. The
figures are as follows:
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19
Boosting of Candidates.

Calhoun and Leake counties are
contesting the honor of having the
greatest number of county candi-
dates. The former has 81. and
the latter SO. Although these
are in the lead, SO far as can be as
certained, yet there are a number Of
other inland counties where the de-
sire for office is nearly 81 fully de.
veloped.
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19
If

Copious showers have visited sew
eral sections of the State during the
past week, and prospects continue
good for a normal yield of cot
ton in the hill counties. Corn is
also doing well, and if Mississippi
escapes a summer drouth the yield
will be better than for several years.
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19
Grading Begun.

From Ellisville comes the report
that the contractors have begun
work on the grade of the Mobile,
Jackson & Kansas City, which is to
go into that town. 1t is stated that
trains on this line will probably
be running to both Ellisville' and
Laurel by December l.
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19
Switchman Lost an Arm.

Sam Miley, a Mobile & Ohio
switchman, had his left arm cut off
at Meridian last week while making
a coupling. Mr.. Miley is young
married man with a wife and two
children.
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19
Bond Election at GrcenvilIe.

On the oath of this month there
will be an election held to vote $780,
900 Of bonds for street paving pur-
poses. From the outlook there is
little doubt but the bonds will carry
and the streets be paved before bad
weather sets in.
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19
Free Delivery Routes.

Much regret is felt in Mississippi
over the fact that the postal scandal
in Washington will cause an aban-
donment Of the establishment Of
rural free delivery routes.
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19
Working Roads by Contract.

Lcfore county has adopted the
new road law and will henceforth
work her roads by contract.
Times-promoter., 1903-06-19

The annual appropriation for the
common schools is 1,250,O00, two
thirds of which is distributed in
January and the remainder in June.
The amount of the June distribu-
ton is $416,666.66.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-10
FOREST HILL.

There was large crowd at election.
Lee Raycraft is moving TO ST. Johns
this week.
The Easter exercises have been post
poned until April 10.
Jesse Wood, Of Gilmore, is visiting
friends here this week.
James Katenhus came from Ron
naby, Minnesota, last week.
Mesdames Moody and Udell, Of
Alma, were in Forest Hill Monday.
Geo Lanshaw made a business trip
TO Sumner and Riverdale last week.
Mrs. Mary Keisel, OF Bay City, is
the guest of her mother, Mrs. Wilks.
Mrs. NJ. +. Hull and daughter, Liz
zie, of ST. Louis, were in town SatLr-
day.
Quite number from here attended
the funeral Of A. y. Rockwell near
Summerton Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlando Fookes, Of
TompkinsYille, who have been visiting
relatives here the past week, returned
TO their home Wednesday.
Sir Knight Cage Wood was very
pleasantly surprised Saturday evening
at the review by his brother Sir
Knights presenting him with a fine
gold watch and chain.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-10
N. E. Lac AYETTE.

Tim Bolts is building a new barn.
Mr.. Sommuscale is on the sick list.
Miss Ada Coleman is visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. Derry, of Edge
wood.
Easter services at the L. b. church
next Sunday evening
5. Benjamin and family visited at
Mrs. Glinkey's Sunday.
Bert Smith has rented Mr.. Cusic s
farm and will move there soon.
n. e. Saad and wife visited at J
Hills in Midland county Sunday.
Mrs. Will Glinkey returned home
Saturday from Oakland county
Chas. Noah, Of Oakland county, is
working for his uncle, j L. Benjamin.
Joe Whitick is putting a wall under
his house and building an addition to
the part he has
Chas HoTmyer has the lumber on
the ground for new house. That
looks rather suspicious Charley.
ID. II. Boroughf wife ana son at
tended the wedding OF Miss Lena Ney,
OF ST. Louis, and Mr.. VIII Meyers, OF
Sdranac, at the home Of the brides
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs Depue, Of
1t, Louis, March 81.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-10
DIST. NO. S. ARCADIA.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carey have
moved to Alma.
Wyman Stanton has finished deiv-
erine the years supply OF wood at tue
Ely school house.
Busy times now at the gravel pit.
Strings OF teams are drawing material
for the Cold Storage and Alma manu-
featuring company's buildings.
Word was received from Dick Bird
and family, who recently moved TO
Missouri, announcing that they had
reached their destination and were
all we'll.
Mrs. Demoray and son, John, will
do their own farming this summer.
Mr.. McMullen who has been with
them the past two years, has decided
not TO remain longer.
We are sorry 10 learn that our mail
carrier, Mr. Becker, is in quite poor
health and has been obliged TO take a
vacation from his work. Dick Ander-
son now has charge OF his route
AS Mr.. and Mrs. John Murphy were
returning home from Alma Thursday,
when near the Ely school house some
thing about the buggy gave way, let
ting the box drop to the ground.
Luckily no one was hurt but the
buggy was badly demolished.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-10
Consumption

The only kind of consump-
ton to fear is neglected
consumption"
People are learning that CON
sumption is a durable disease.
1t is neglected consumption
that is so often incurable.
At the faintest suspicion Of
consumption get a bottle Of
SCOTS Emulsion and begin
regular doses.
The use Of SCOTS Emulsion
1t once, has, in thousands OF
asses, turned the balance in
avor of health.
Neglected consumption does
not exist where SCOTS Emul-
son is.
Prompt use of SCOTS Emul-
sion checks the disease while it
can be checked.
Send for free sample
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists,
.oo-4Is Pearl Street, New York.
soc. and sroO; all druggists
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-10
HAMILTON CENTER LINE.

Gene Lambright is working in La
fayette for Frank Reeves.
Reuben Ringle and daughter, Adah,
were in Ithaca Friday.
j L. Ringle and wife and Miss Vera
Fleagle spent Saturday in Ithaca.
VIII Rose is working for George
Kesling getting timber ready for a
barn.
Miss Fern Waggoner spent last week
in Ithaca with her cousin, Mrs. Her
bert Ringle.
The Scutt boys, sons-in-law OF An
thony Street, started Thursday for
Midland county, where they will make
their home.
Will Barton returned Co Muir last
week after spending few days with
his parents.
Oscar Plowman has commenced his
cellar wall, Robert Bartlett, OF North
Star, doing the work.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-10
NJ. WHEELER.

Born, TO Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bou-
gard, April 3, boy.
Mrs Tom Coad is suffering from a
felon on her finger.
G.. w. Sibley and granddaughter, of
Wheeler, called on friends here Thurs
day.
Mrs. L. j. Hoyt and daughter, Mrs.
Annie White, visited at Mrs Gidley's
Wednesday.
Fred WoodcOck had the misfortune
TO have one of his horses drop dead
while blowing.
A number OF Cal MIXERS friends re-
minded him OF his birthday Monday
evening. All report good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. +. Sibley went to
Emerson one day last week to visit
their daughter, Mrs. Robert Clark.
Mrs. VIII White, of Midland, who
has been visiting friends here, has re-
turned home. She was accompanied
by her brother, Orla.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-10
NORTH PINE RIVER.

Mr.. w. Allen is building an addition
to his barn.
j, A. WIKI sold a fine horse to Thos.
Cotter for $50.
Those who had the western fever
are conyalescent.
Lee Raycraft has moved 70 ST. Johns
TO work for his uncle.
VIM. Murray and son, Pat, drove
TO ST. Louis last Monday.
Miss Mabel Demory is home from
Mt. Pleasant for few weeks.
J. A. WIKI bought two head OF
young cattle from Wesley Switzer,
Mr. WIKI made trip near Dushvile
last week TO help Mr.. Belmaster move.
Chas. PlOwmsn and wife were the
guests Of Mr.. w, A. Small last sunday.
The Brady school began last Monday
with Miss Fanny Sweetny as teacher.
Mrs. VIM. Smith, OF st. Louis, was
the guest OF Mr. George Switzet the
first OF the week.
Mr.. VIM Michael and wife called
on Rev Raycraft Of North Lincoln,
one day last week.
Married at the Presbyterian parSOn-
age by Rev Nj. Grigsby, on Tuesday,
March 81, Hormer +. Harpst, OF Sum
merton, and Miss Dorothy Day, OF
SHEPPARD
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-10
DIST. NO. 3, NORTH SHADE

Mrs. JesSup is visiting her mother
near Crystal this week.
School will commence Monday,
April l3, with Miss Katie Wright as
teacher
Mr.. and Mrs. Downey have moved
cato Mrs. Paynes farm, which he has
rented this year.
Mrs. A. b. Guernsey is making an
extensive visit TO her son and other
relatives in Battle Creek.
Freddie, little son Of Leslie Passen-
ger and wife, who has been quite sick
with pneumonia, is some better.
There will be Easter exercises at the
DObson school house next Sunday
evening at 1870 given by the Christian
Endeavor Society.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-10
Saves Two From Death.

"Our little daughter had an almost
fatal attack OF whooping cough and
bronchitis" writes Mrs w. X. Havi.
land, of Armonk, n. y, but when all
the remedies failed, we saved her life
with DR.. Kings New Discovery. Our
niece, who had Consumption in an adj
vanced stage, also used this wonderful
medicine and to day she is perfectly
well. Desperate throat and lung dis.
eases yield to DR.. Kings New Discovery
as TO no other medicine on earth. In.
fallible for coughs and colds. soc and
: 90 bottles guaranteed by Sharrar &
Mulholland. Trial bottle free.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-10
Due Notice is Served.

Due notice is served on the public
gueelally that DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve is the only salve on the market
that is made from the pure unadul-
terated witch hazel. DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve has cured thousands Of
piles that would not yield to any other
treatment, and this fact has brought out
many worthless counterfeits. Those
persons who get the genuine Dewitt s
Witch Hazel Salve are never dissap.
pointed, because 1t cures. For sale
bv Bivius & Rhodes
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-10
WEST PINE RIVER.

April >, 1908.
Mr.. DALEY is remodeling his house.
Mrs. Phronia Weeks is reported
Ed Hoyt is in Mt. Pleasant this
week
quite sick.
d. Hoyt and c. Ellis buzzed wood
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Sullivan spent
Sunday with Mrs. ID. Sullivan.
A surprise party was given at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Downs,
Friday evening. All report fine time.
Misses Maude and Belle Sullivan,
Edith Lanshaw, Eleanor Fleming and
Maude Veeder were entertained by
Miss Erma Baker Saturday.
Melt Colburn has another new horse.
George Taylor is putting up new
barn.
Fred Jones is putting down a new
well.
Geo Taylor has bought new ten
acre farm.
Nick Whitecraft and Miss Lula FL
lis are no better.
Q. Wiley and family expect TO start
to Washington tbs week.
Harry Schivers, Of Alma, visited
friends near Elwell Sunday.
The warm sugar social at Elwell
Saturday night was a success.
Mrs. Borton, Of NeStaburg, was In
this vicinity few days last week.
L. w. Humphrey was through this
vicinity delivering Page fences last
week
Mr.. ana Mrs Leslie Hoyt, of Mt.
Pleasant, visited friends here last
week.
Oral FookeS and wife, from north
ern Michigan, are visiting friends
here.
Fred Dalrymple and two cousins eX-
pect to start for North Dakota this
week.
Mrs. n. Colburn returned home
after spending a week with friends in
in Stanton.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Hail. have
moved into the house recently occu-
pied by Fred Dalrymple.
a few OF our young people attended
the surprise party on Miss Susie Ed
wards Friday night. All report
fine time.
Fred Wood is working for Tom
Courier.
\ family has moved into s. White
crafts tenant house
Lee Baycraft purchased Mr. Oar
ling team last week.
Clair Nelson purchased a wagon and
"a disc harrow Saturday,
Mrs. Nat Johnson Is seriously sick
with little hopes Of recovery.
VIM Prtchard is laying the founoa-
tion for Mrs. f. Fleming's new barn.
Bert Kyes and family, OF Summer
ton, spent sunday with +. NJ Kyes
and family.
Walter Daily, Of Mt. Pleasant, spent
two days OF last week with his parents
in this place.
Mrs. Archie Johnson was called to
the hospital at Alma Monday by the
serious illness OF her sister, Mrs. Cliff.
ton OF Shepherd
Mesdames j. Wilson and f. Creech
spent Wednesday with Mrs. +. Wiley.
Robert McNutt and family, OF Ed
more, visited at Mr.. KiugsleyS last
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-04-10
Broke Into HIS House.

S. LeQuinn OF Cavendish, VT, was
robbed OF his customary health by in
vasion of chronic constipation. When
DR.. Kings New Life Pills broke into
his house his trouble was arrested and
now he's entirely cured. They're guar
anteed to cure. 25c at Sharrsr & Null.
hollands drug store.