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The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05

So we have got to move, We can't talh
cow talk.
DR.. Glass has concluded to locate
in Durant. We welcome him back.
John McBee's name looks mighty lone
some in the announcement column.
John Killingstad has been elected
superintendent of the Presbyterian
Sunday School.
Rev. E. T. Thornton former pastor
of the Baptist church of this place
was in the city few days ago.
Rev. Berryhill visited Winona one
day this week.
Allan Tate is the last addition to
our new citizens. REA,
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05
BROZVTLLE.

Brozville, March 3rd--Mr and Mrs
J. B, Byrd visited Mr.. Jeff Shanks
near Richland last Saturday.
DR.. ]. H. Byrd's family is spending
a few days here visiting relatives.
Mr.. E. D. Weems and Mrs. Joe
Covington are visiting relatives here
this week.
q. B. Byrd and Ira Shanks are now
working for Roach Bros.
Mrs. Thad Byrd spent Saturday
night with Mrs. Cole Byrd.
Miss Sallie Beall Byrd spent few
days with Mrs. Ford Byrd.
JASPER.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05
TCHULA.

Joe Marks, Eddie Wilmington ant
Mr.. Woods have returned from New
Orleans.
Mr.. Henry Warfeld, of Canton
spent Sunday with US. We wisl
Henry good luck.
High grade note paper at Foster
Drug Co., best assortment in town
Mrs. R. E. Warfeld has moved
from the New:Wilson House to her
beautiful home on the lake front.
Mrs. L. Hammond succeeds War
aeld & Wyatt as lessee of the New
Wilson Hotel.
PLANTERS ATTENTION! Get our
wholesale price list for drugs, patent
medicines, mailed upon application.
Foster Drug Co.
Mrs. A. Marks is in New Orleans
under treatment, we hope for her a
speedy recovery.
We are glad to be able to see our
efficient post mistress, Mrs. Perry,
able to resume her duties again al
ter q short illness.
All the leading brands of cigars and
tobacco at ] M. Foster Drug Co.
Mr.. 7. J. Wyatt has returned home
again after trip to Biloxi and Louis
lana.
W W. Perry was business visitor
to our town Monday.
Mr.. Ira Jones, DR.. Henry Christ
mas, R. D. Marks and A. Marks .ll
went TO Yazoo City as witnesses in
the Rabb R. R. case. Mr.. Rabb lost
the case.
Tchula Lake is little high now.
The munger gin at this place has
closed down.
B. 3, Madden, manager Of the
w. W. Perry store, who has been
quite sick is now able to resume his
duties,
Mrs. Walter Gwin and baby left
Tuesday for Lexington to visit the
family Of Mr.. S D. Gwin.
One Of the best farmers in the
state. John D. Gwin. was in our town
Monday, buying feed for his places.
EThe boys are beginning to play ball
on our streets. The mayor ought to
aiys them a touch Of high ball.
]. G. Hubert visited Lexington
Tuesday.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05
To Eastern Markets.

Mrs. B. Fisher, of the iirm of R.
B. Sontheimer of this ,.upo, is at
present in the Eastern markets where
she will purchase one of the largest
and best assorted stocks of summer
goods ever bought for Lexington
market. This enterprising firm will
alwav be found in the lead, and they
carry such a mamoth stock of goods
that you can always find what yon
want to buy, no matter what it is.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05
OREGON.

Our school is progressing nicely
under the | management Of Miss Efie
Moore Of Lexington. She goes home
ever 7 Friday night and returns Mon
day morning.
Thsse people, hardly know how to
appreciate the presence Of the two
Nr Baileys, indeed we feel highly hon
ored BY having them with us, they are
such eloquent and mighty men in the
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05
Hon. W. P, Tackett.

This distinguished gentleman, whe
has recently been appointed District
Attorney of this District to fill ont
the unexpired term of Hon. W. s.
Hill, is a candidate for rs-elsctiea
and his name will be-found in the Est
of candidates in today's paper. Mr..
Tackett is agentleman of fine address,
sound lawyer, an eloquent and force
full speaker and is we'll qualified to
make the people model prosecuting
attorney. For the benefit of our
readers who may not be personally
acquainted with him we will say that
he was born and reared in Holmes
County and is 40 years Of age. He
graduated in the literary department
or the University of Mississippi in
1884 and in Law in 1885, and subss.
quently took a post graduate course
Of law at the University of Virginia.
He represented Holmes county in the
Legislature in 1888, and served on the
Judiciary Committee; was President
ial Elector for the 5th Congressional
District in 1892; was elected a dele
gate to the National Democratic Con-
vention that met in Chicago in 1896,
and again at Kansas City in 1900.
He is now Trustee of the Industrial
Institute & College at Columbus.
He has been chairman of the Demo-
cratic Executive Committee of Hell
mes county for many years, and still
holds that position. He has actively
co-operated with the Democrat party
in every election, national. state and
local, since arriving at his majority
and has always held himself in rsadi-
ness to serve his party whenever
there was duty to be done within ito
ranks. We commend him to our pee
pie as gentleman worthy OF their
support and one who will make them
an able, faithful and courageous Dis
trict Attorney. -Ackerman Plain
1palar
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05
VETERANS MEET.

Holmes county camp No. 1893 u. [
V. held a regular meeting March 2nt
1903, Camp was called to order b
Commander R. H. Baker, and opene
with prayer by Comrade T. c. Weil
Minutes of last meeting was read an
roll called.
b. M. Sheehy was reported as hav
ing died since last meeting.
F. A. Howell, J. W. Swinney anC
c. Oltenbnrg were appointed to pre-
pare a memoir of our deceased com,
rade.
The camp sent, in addition to dues,
$3.50 to general headquarters to help
pay salary of adjutant general.
Comrade H. J. Reed read the re-
port of the committee appointed at
the last meeting and it was discussed,
adopted and the committee discharg-
ed. The report is as follows: Your
committee appointed to draft reso-
luton expressive of the sentiments
of this camp, regarding the placing
of a portrait of a late president of
the United States in the Hall of
Fame in the capitol, in the city of
Jackson. beg leave to report, that
Camp No. 1913 U. c. V. disapproved
of the act of the state archivest, Dun
bar Rowland in attempting to have a
portrait other than that of a Miss
placed in the hall of the
capitol set apart for Mississippians."
{ H. ], Reed.
Signed: Y. C. Weir, Com.
&c. Oltenburg.
A communication of Brigadier Cen
eral John A. Webb in regard to send
ing funds for the final payment Of
3eauvoir was read and the following
committee was appointed: F. W.
1akin, F. Horton, W. NJ. Broadway,
7. G. Hamilton, J. B. Smith, F. A.
Howell, C. NJ. Toombs, N. D. Hearn,
/. B. Doty, J. F. Wallace, G. e.
J. C. Pierce, ]. M. johnson,
}. N. Foose and J. B. Streater, to COL
ect funds for same.
J.R. Watson C. Oltenburg, G. G.
'hillips and r. H. Baker were ap-
ointed for the same purpose to act
! conjunction with the U. D. c. The
are to forward the amount
objected to R. H. Baker not later
nan March 18th, 1903.
D. N. Foose of company A, 38th
ississippi, Inf, and J. B. Hamrick
: company A lst Miss. CAL, were :
ected members of the camp.
Minutes were read and adopted n
I'd camp adjourned with benedic- .
on by DR.. T. G. Weir. b
R. H. Baker, Com.
F. A. Howell, Adgt.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case Of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls CatarrA
Cure.
F. ]. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known
F. ]. Cheney for the last Is years.
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and tinan-
ciallv able to carry out any sbliga-
tions made by their firm.
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggist,
Toledo, 0. Walding. Kinnan & Marvin
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the bleO1
and mucous surface Of the syssen.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials freq.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05
NEW ORDER
ORGANIZED
With Forty Charter Members Officers
Elected and Installed.

A meeting was called in the Mason
ic hall last night for the purpose Of
organizing lodge of the order Of
The Star of Bethlehem.
DR.. j. l.. HARRISON, Eminent Grand
Director of Organizers, of Detroit,
Mich, gave a talk on the order Ak
planning its aims, ojects and beneftz,
at the close of his talk 40 members
signed the application for charter.
And the following officers were elects
ed and installed.
Commander, John L. Dyson.
Vice Commander, Mrs. Wylie.
Treasurer, Eric Norquist.
Marshal R. E. Mccormick.
Secretary, A. @. Taggart.
Chaplain, ]. A. Brown.
Inside Sentinel, Sharkey Swinnsy
Outside Sentinel, Paul Stein.
Trustees, Mrs. Paul Stein. Mrs.
}. A. Brown and J. F. Grist.
DR.. B. A. Shepherd was appoint
ed Past Commander.
This is a fraternal organization
chartered from England and admit
ting men and women on equal terms.
the principal feature of the order is
the cheap insurance that it offers its
members.
The lodge here will be known ss
Lodge No. %.
]. S. Kealhoffer, one of tho otficsrs
Of Lodge No. % was present and as-
sisted DR.. Harrison in his work.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05

Lexington, Miss, Feb. 27, '03.
T. W. Smith & Sons Co:
Ihave used commercial fertilizers
kept by you for two years and had
the very best results from it, and
expect to use it this year.
VIM. Egglss ton.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05
Lexington, Miss, Feb. 27, e

Lexington, Miss, Feb. 27, '03.
T. W. Smith e. Sons Co:
have used commercial fertilizers
kept by you for two years and had
the very best results from it, and
expect to use it this year.
Wrl Eggleston.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05

Lexington, Miss, Feb. 27, '03
T. w. Smith & Sons Co:
have used commercial fertilizers
kept by you for two years and had
the very best results from it, and
expect to use it this year.
VIM. Eggleston.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05

intended for this department Progress
ser should reach the Office later than noon preceding a
Of publication to insure printing in that weeks ISSUE
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05
For Sale.

Improved King Cotton Seed Soc. per
bushel apply to B. M. Watson agent.
Zeiglerville Miss.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05

Seed corn-white and yellow New
Meadow and other kinds. T. W. Smith
& Sons Co.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05

Fertilize and increase your crop
We take cash or good notes payable
in the fall. T. W. Smith & Sons Co.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05

Seed corn-white and yellow New
Meadow and other kinds. T W. Smith
& Sons Go.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05

Blanks candy, the best in town at
Howard Dyer's.
The progress-advertiser. (Lexington, Miss.) 1902-1903, 1903-03-05
OVER THE COUNTY

Summary of Weeks Happenings Migbontoods adjacent
to Lenston Cfroniled by Progresso4dberer Cores
pOndents.
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Holbrook argus., 1903-10-24
Ringtail Monkeys.

The ringtail monkey, one of the most valuable and expensive of the smaller animals, Is caught in an interesting way. A cocoanut is split in two and a banana with q piece of wood running through 1t placed lengthwise through the nut, the two halves of which are drawn together by wires. Then hols is cut large enough for the monkey. paw to enter. The monkey spies the tempting nut from his tree. He hops down, looks 1t over, sees the hole and smells the banana inside. He is fond of bananas. Putting his paw in, he grasps 1t, but the wood prevents it from coming out. Then the catchers appear, and the monkey runs for a tree. But he cannot climb because of the COCOA nut on his paw, and he will not let go of that, so he is captured, paving wild ly at the tree trunk.
Holbrook argus., 1903-10-24
Sound Without Air.
swers.

Sound can be obtained without air if some elastic medium be interposed be- tween the ear and the body that emits the sound, but sound cannot be trans mitted through perfect vacuum. Hawkesby proved that if the space be- tween the sounding body and the ear be exhausted of air no sound will be audible.
 Any medium, however-gaseous, liq- uid or solid--will if elastic transmit sound waves. Franklin, for instance. having plunged his head under water, caused two stones to be struck togeth- CT beneath the surface and at dis tance of half mile heard the blows distinctly. Colladon, another investi- gator, heard the sound of bell struck under water in the lake of Geneva at a distance of nine miles.
 It is well known that wood trans mits sound in n remarkable manner. A person at ore end of wooden beam will hear a pin scratch made at the other entl, though the person making ii may hear no sound at all. This fact is sometimes employed as test of the soundncSs of the beam, for the expert. ment will fai! if the intervening wood be rottp;).
Holbrook argus., 1903-10-24
A Valuable BOOK.

Oliver Wendell Holmes once entered the private office of Mr. James T. Fields, the publisher, on an errand. He had book done up in paper under his arm. As he was going out he suddenly turned and said:
 q have here most wonderful book. It is worth in money value any other book in Boston. In fact, 1t is worth a whole library. If it could be properly edited and illustrated, as would do it, 1t would be worth the whole public library put together"
 Nodding authoritatively, he shut the door, leaving those in the office looking at one another, too bewildered for con- lecture. Presently the door opened again quietly, and Dr. Holmes put in his head, his face bubbling over with amusement, and said:
 "Oh, I forgot to tell you what book this is. It is Nat Thayer's checkbook."
 Then he shut the door. Mir. Thayer was understood at that time to be the richest man in Boston.
Holbrook argus., 1903-10-24
Size of the Oceans.

Most men seem to be as ignorant about the size of the sea as they are of the distance between the heavenly planets. Invention gives few inter- esting facts: The Pacific covers 68,000- GOO miles, the Atlantic 30,000,000 and the Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans 42,000,000. To stow away the contents of the Pacific it would be necessary to fill tank q mile long, mile wide and a mile deep every day for 40 years. Put in figures the Pacific holds in weight 100000, ,000,0 0,00OO00,O0O tons. The Atlantic averages depth of not quite three miles. Its water weighs 25,000,00 100000, 100000 tons, and a tank to contain 1t would have each of its sides 430 miles long and deep.
Holbrook argus., 1903-10-24

OW " 6H 196 L1Ne ehdFdt de e0fHu7TSu 6t eHH WIue
 Shosa V mail, 25 cs4ts extra. nlassrsted Catalog free. W. L. DOUGLAS. BreckteR. Mass.
Holbrook argus., 1903-10-24
rrcsD AIT ana sound Health.

There are many persons who seem afraid of the fresh air. A little rain, a little wind, little fog, little chill in the air will keep them within doors. Going out, they bundle up in clothes so thickly that one would think they were tender shrubs transplanted from some more genial cline. The healthy people, however, are not the health cranks, not the people who run to the doctor every time they feel an ache. They are the people who walk great deal in the fresh air, who live in the open as much as they can and who take vacation In the country every year.-San Francisco Rullntin
Holbrook argus., 1903-10-24
s,.e REWARD s,eo

The readers of this paper will be pleased ts learn that there is at least ono dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all it's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halfs Catarrh Curo Is tho only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being Q constitutional disease, requires . constitutional treatment. Halls Ca- tarrh Cure b taken internally, acting directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de. stroying the foundation of the disease, and swing the patient strength by building up the constitution and as- sisting nature in doing It's work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer ono hundred dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list of testi- monials.
 Address. F. J. CHENEY & O.. To. ledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggist, 75 cents. Halls Family Pills are the best.
Holbrook argus., 1903-10-24
A MAN OF MYSTERY.
Peculiar Life of Metastasio, the Gel
 ebrated Italian Poet.


 Metastasio (169S-1TS2), the celebrate dramatic and operatic poet, spent fifty. five years in Vienna with the Marines family without ever learning German or wishing to learn it.
 Besides his utter indifference to all speech but Italian, Metastaslo possess ed many peculiarities of character. None might mention death in his pres ence. Those who alluded to smallpox before him he made 1t point not to See again. In all his fifty-five years in Vienna he never gave away more than the equivalent of $25 to the poor. He always occupied the same seat at church, but never paid for it. He took all his meals In the most mys- terious privacy; his greatest friends biscuit with some lemonade. Nothing would induce him to dine away from home. He never changed his wig or the cut or color of his coat.
 Metastasio was to have been present. ed to the pope the day he died and raved about the intended interview in the delirium of his last moments. Mrs. Piozzi (familiar tN readers of Boswells Life of pr. Johnson" as Mrs. Thralel collected these particulars from the la dies of the Marines family, with whom Metastasio was so long domesti- cated without speaking or understand ing word of their language from first to last.
Holbrook argus., 1903-10-24
Murdering Shakespearc.

'T never hesitate to cut and slash and change any play until it suits me" !" said Stuart Robson to his legal ad- wiser on one occasion.
 "I suppose you edit Shakespeare with blue pencil?" replied the lawyer.
 You can just bet do."
 "Then, imagine, you would plead guilty to an indictment for murdering the Bard of Avon."
 "No; would not. but I would admit dissecting his corpse"
Holbrook argus., 1903-10-24
The Ruling Passion.

The prospective heirs of the dying miser come silently into his sick room. The physician is seated by the side of the patient, finger on his pulse.
 "How is our dear uncle today, doc tori" ask the prospective heirs.
 "There is small change in his condi. tion," whispers the doctor.
 The dying miser rouses himself |. q supreme effort. Small change" he gasps. "Put--it-in-ny-p pocket!"- Judge.
Holbrook argus., 1903-10-24

Strabo and Josephus both affirm that the Egyptian glass workers were so well skilled in their art that they imi tated the amethyst and other precious stones to perfection. Malleable glass was one of the secret arts of the an cients, the formula for making 1t being now reckoned as lost Strabo mentions cup of glass which could be ham, mered into any desired shape, the, ma terial of which it was composed being as ductile as lead.
Holbrook argus., 1903-10-24
DANGER IN THE HIGH DIVE.
Deafness Frequent Injury to
 Those Not Initiated.

Deafness Frequent Injury to Those Not Initiated.
 Except for those who have an espe- cial aptitude for it-and they are few high diving is dangerous pastime to indulge in,' said diving expert the other day. "A good diver may occa- sionally lose his balance, but, being generally cool headed, he can regain 1t, or at any rate sufficiently so as to pre- vent injury to himself.
 "In the majority of cases deafness is the most frequent injury inflicted by diving. The cause of this is that few find 1t easy to drop the head sufficiently to get 1t well between the arms. The result is they receive some tremendous struck bit sideways the ear gets most of the concussion, and the result will frequently be rupture of the mem- brane of the tympanum. A good pre- ventive for such an accident Is to place in the ears a little medicated wool or cotton dipped in oil.
 Another injury to health caused fre- quently by diving arises from getting large quantities of water into the lungs The extent of the harm done in cases of this sort depends on the condition of the water as to its cleanliness. have often seen boys, for instance, dive into water at places where it was absolute ly filthy from the evacuation of drain age into 1t. The danger to health, es- pecially to those with not overstrong constitutions, can readily be seen. "The higher the dive the longer, of course, vii be the duration under wa ter, Now. an inexperienced diver Is rarely ablr to hold his breath under water for more than a second or two at time and t the dive is an unusu- ally high one he will in nine cases out of ten give up the struggle in trying to retain his breath and invariably, too, just before his head reaches the sur face. The result not infrequently Is that the water that has escaped into his lungs and stomach is far more than is good for him, and to many it is posi- lively injurious.
 'The best thing l know of to bring one quickly to the surface in high div ing is to have piece of cork fastened under each armplt. Corks weighing four ounces each are sufficiently strong in buoyancy for a man of 150 pounds in weight. There are many devices by which the corks can be kept secured under the armpits. Perhaps the sim plest is to sew each cork into a tight fitting canvas or cotton bag and then again sew each bag on to the bathing suit by couple of strands, allowing the strands to run over the shoulders.
 "Those with weak hearts" the expert added, "cannot be too strongly advised against high diving. The spring, the rush through space, the break and the entering and cleaving of the water are altogether too exciting for weak hearts, and especially so in cold weather."- Philadelphia Ledger.
Holbrook argus., 1903-10-24
Fathers Shortcoming z.

"The trouble with father" said the gilded youth, is that he has no idea of the value of money"
 "You don't mean to imply that he Is a spendthrift?"
 Mot at all. But he puts his money away and doesn't appear to have any appreciation of all the things he might buy with t."-ExchanRe.