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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1903-12-04
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No scandal ever appears in the

No scandal ever appears in the
TIMES, it CONES to your homes
as pure as unsunned snow.
We,are Lot responsible for the
views of correspond ents.
Obituaries and Tributes of Re-
spncts are charged for.
Short, pithy. pertinent cores
poudpnce is acceptable, but we
reserve the right to publish only
such as we approve.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1903-12-04

When you spend your money
with home people you stand a
good chance to get your "hooks'
on it again, but when you "order
off, after anything, that money
is the same as taken out of circu-
lation so far as your chance of
ever lingering" it again is con-
cerned.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1903-12-04

The penitentiary officials paid
to the State Treasurer a few days
ago the sum of S13, 243.13; the
proceedsFof the sale of two lots of
cotton and seed.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1903-12-04

The fellow who bellows the
loudest about patronizing home
industries is generally the first
guy to send his orders to some
foreign concern.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1903-12-04
A conwAution of all the cotton

a cOnWApFlOn OF all the COTTON
gro@ing.s4,4rlshes of Louisiana
met this week IN New Orleans 10
consult sou . avs and meai- to
fight the boil Mevil. AS a result
of This, a special session Of the
Legislature will be called. and
asked to pass laws author zing a
State Commission to conduct a
progressive campaign against the
wevil. in
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1903-12-04

Teddy Roosevelt has lessened
his chances of being the next
presidential nominee of his party
considerably ia the past : few
months by his strenuous policies.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1903-12-04

The Soldiers.Home at Beauvoir
was opened on Dec. Ist. Prepa-
rations have been made to take
care of 80 old soldiers.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1903-12-04

Every Nation has flag except
Carrie.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1903-12-04
THE CANTON TIMES

E.L.PAssMoRE, Editor and Publisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

He was called on the carpet He
was surprised when the various pur-
| chases he supposed he had. made
without the knowledge of any enc
around the hotel were enumerated by
The proprietor. 1T came so suddenly
that he was not prepared to offer an
explanation, and broke down and con-
fessed, stating that he did not know
ut the time 10 whom the money be
longed and could not resist the temp
tation TO pocket it. He said he would
make the amount good if he were per-
mitted to retain his position. lie was
reminded how narrowly he had es-
capped criminal prosecution. and On his
promise to pay back every cent he
had stolen. and in the future to peck
ct only what belonged to him per
sOnally he was sent back to his work.
So. if the delegate has patience, he
will be returned his money in time to
buy Christmas presents for his family.
There is Il man i'm Rock Island who
resembles Grover Cleveland. Until a
few years ago he was employed as
booklleeper in an office in he business
section. y small boy addressed him
as Mr. Cleveland one day. 1t tickled
his pride and he handed the little fell
low a penny. The lad made il a point
To meet the citizen of distinguished
appearance several times during the
week. On each occasion he saluted
him as Mr.. Cleveland and the compli-
ment was returned in the form of a
penny. 1t was an easy thing for the
small boy. but he happened to give
the snap away one day to compan-
ion. The latter saw no reason why he
should not have candy funds as well
rs his playmate. So he stationed
himself in the block below where the
other boy used to stand in wait for
Mr.. Cleveland. It worked like 4
charm. but when number two was
reached his greeting failed to bring
the accustomed monetary response.
The next day the man who looks
like the eN-president found himself
running the gauntlet Of six boys. each
che Ct whom addressed him as Mr..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14
SCHOOL TEACHERS MAKE
THE BEST POSTAL CLERKS

school teachers and young men
from the farm compose the majority
of those who have taken the examina-
items for railway postal clerks in this
state during the past year" remarked
a member of the fraternity.
LAS a rule the school teachers make
the best postal clerks. For several
years young men who have been pur-
suing the vocation of school teaching
in the country have appeared in good
htImberS to take the examinations
for railway mail clerk. and there are
few of them that fail. The sons of
farmers who take fancy that that
they would like to be railway mail
clerks. make special preparation for
the examination before they take it.
usually and they as well as the school
teachers make excellent mail clerks.
The reason why there are not so
many city young men in the service is
probably due to the fact that they
realize the dangers that attach to
railroad service of almost any kind.
Most of the country school teachers
are young men who have been reared
in the raral districts and like the
young men from the farms they pos
sess strong constitutions, and the best
Of physical health. While they are a
class of men who never court dam
ger. it is not in their nature to fear it,.
They are the most reliable employees
in this branch of the mail service. and
during the years they are in it the
records show that they usually adj
vance 1t is branch of the govern
ment service that wears out its men
if they remain long enough. but most
of them retire before they reach the
age of 80 and engage in other bust
ness. though there many even at that
age. on different roads. who are as
capable clerks as they have been at
any time since they entered the SER
vice"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14
is A RADICAL DEPARTURE
Proposed Doing Away With Black ROusta-
bouts on River.

bouts on River.
1t will be little less than a reVolu-
ton # the purpose of the Diamond
10 line Of steamboats, which plies the
upper Mississippi to supplant black
roustabOuts is put into execution.
1t will close another era in the
traditions of the river. The black
roustabouts themselves have discarded
nearly all that enhanced their pic
turesque aspect. They no longer join
in those plantation melodies, those
swelling and rhythmic cCncOrds that
almost seemed to make bales and box
es rise Of themselves in consonance
with the music and move in an UNI
dulating procession to their appoint
ed places. The banjo and fiddle are
gone" truly enough. There are no
hOedOwnS on the boiler deck and the
mates swearing has deteriorated to
the common amenities familiar among
the hurrying teamsters Of the city.
And now the ebony faces are to be
displaced by white ones.
The darkey rOustabout can throw
himself down at any moment and fall
blissfully aseep. He can sleep be-
tween landings; he gathers up few
moments Cf reposeful unconscious
ness here and there; many nickles
make a muckle. and through the "a
hours he accumulates quite large
store of bodily restoration. Can eau
caSians. who are the insomnious race
piece together their slumbers like a
patchwork quilt? Few have the happy
endowment. Mississippi navigation
and black roustabouts originated
simultaneously. They are co-genetic.
One sprang into existence TO supple
ment the other. No others than blacks
could or would have unloaded steam
boats on all the river from St. Louis
to New Orleans. And should the inno-
walton to be adopted by the Diamond
10 line become universal, the last
shred of the old fashioned boating
would be gone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14
Costly BattIeshIp.

The battIeships and cruisers now
building in the government yards in
England are all costing more than
the original estimates, except in one
case where large saving was effect
ed. y large saving. both in time and
money, will also be effected if you
will only give up your old methods of
trying to cure stomach, liver and kid
ney disorders and use Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. 1t acts quickly.
without gripping the system and will
always cure, if such a thing is posi-
BILE. Thousands of persons have vol
unfairly testified to its value in cases
of dizziness, nausea, belching, indiges-
ticn, dyspepsia, constipated bowels,
impure blood or malaria. BE sure to
try it. The genuine. with our private
stamp over the neck of the bottle, is
for sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14
EGGS ARE SCARCE AND HIGH
Few Fresh Ones in Market and Little Pros.
poet of Any.

Grocerymen are complaining of a
great deal of difficulty in getting
enough eggs to supply the local de-
mand 1t is not unusual for eggs to
be scarce at this season, but ii is not
common for them to be as scarce as
they are now. Fresh eggs are almost
ont of the question, and even packed
ones are not on the market in large
numbers. The result is that the hen
fruit is wholesaling at % cents and
bearing upward in price. The hen has
been off duty more or less since the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14
NEW BANK AT HlLLsDALE
Opens for Business I'm Upper End TOwr
First of December.

Opens for Business I'm Upper End Town
First of December.
The Farmers d Merchants bank of
Hillsdale, in this county, will open for
business under the state banking law
soon after Dec. l. The president will
be Edwin L. Hanson. formerly Il resi-
dent of Newton. in Whiteside county
who for the past 10 years has been a
clerk in the First National bank, of
Lyons, Iowa, and the advisory board
will consist of John Butter. II. S.
Woodburn. c. H. Nundle, c. w. Wake,
f. c. Donahoo. q. w. McMurphy, L.
II. Kempster, Hiram Cain and J. W.
Martin.
The bank will occupy temporary
quarters in the building of II. S.
WOODBURY.. and will conduct general
banking business and also have a
savings department.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14
Sunday Services

ner of Second avenue and Fourteenth
street; Rev. Thomas Mackin, dean and
pastor. Mass at a. m. and 10: 80 a.
m. Vespers at 3 p. m. Sunday school
at ? p. m.
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic,
Twenty-eighth street and Fifth ave
nue.; Rev. J. F. Lockney, pastor. Mass
at and 1O:3O a. m. Sunday school
at p. IN. Nespers at 1880 p. IN.
ST. Mary's German Catholic, corner
of Fourth avenue and Twenty-second
street; Rev. F. J. Poettkin, pastor.
Mass at s and 1890 a. m. Vespers at
3 p. m. Sunday school at 2:3O p. m.
Mass and sermon at a. IN. for the
Belgian parishioners.
Salvation Army barracks, 1909 Sec
ond avenue. Services as follows:
Knee drill at a. m; holiness meeting
at 1890 a. m; christians meeting al
3 p. M; salvation meeting at p. m.
Y. NJ. c. A. building, corner of Third
avenue and Nineteenth street. Boys
meeting at $3.50 p. M; mems meeting
at $3.50; bible classes at 4:45, and
luncheon at $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

middle of the summer. and there is
no prospect of a general resumption
of operations now until spring There
fore it seems only reasonable to con-
clude that sky high prices will pre-
vail throughout the winter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

Cleveland He realized he was being
worked for an easy thing, and after
wards took another route TO and from
his work.
Moral: 1t pays to advertise.
The other day Il letter came TO po-
lice headquarters from town in ! he
state that reads after this fashion: Il
wish You would help me get my buds
that l left behind when | blew the
town. You see. it was this way: 1
was working in Il boose garden and
rooming with a gazaboo that l
thought was on the level. l leaves
the city ON hurry call. don't have
any mazum. so | takes the box car
route. When / arrives here and gets
settled / writes to the guy what /
thought was my friend and asks him
TO send the clothes. but he refuses to
waste IL stamp on me. | know he is
still in your burg, and if he isn't
wearing my clothes | suppose he's
put them up. | had a small satchel,
too, containing pictures of some of
my buddies. If you will get these
things for me and ship them to me
at my expense l will show you good
turn some day. SO long"
Four well-known citizens of Moline
recently spent night in the guard
house on Rock Island arsenal. having
been arrested by two soldiers of the
post for hunting coons without Il
permit from the commandant.
The fact that the required permits
sion had been obtained was what
made the indionitY all the more hard
to endure. On the afternoon of the
day in question the leader of the
cccn-hunting expedition, who had
formerly served i'm the regular army.
visited the commanding officer at the
arsenal. 1t is only rarely that hunt
ing is tolerated on the government
grounds. but i'm the case of the form
er army officer the commandant felt
that he could not very well refuse.
Anyway the cODns are a nuisance,
proving ON the fowl and other inhabi-
tants of the island, and it has always
been desired to rid the place of them.
The party came to his city. tarried
here an hour. and presented them
selves at the main entrance to the
arsenal at $ o'clock. Hailed by the
guard. they produced the document
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

bearing the sigma ture of the COM
mandiHg cffcer OF the post. and
started to walk ON. The guard or
dered them to pause for moment
until he made plain his position. He
said he had no doubt of the genuine
ness Of the permit. but if anything
HAPPENED through his passing the
party into the island he would like TO
be prepared TO fash the authority for
allowing them 10 get by his gate So
the permit was handed over 10 him.
At o'clock the coon hunters were
discovered proving around in the
woods by two of the soldiers who pa
troll the outskirts of the arsenal at
night. They were asked where they
got the right To prowI about the gov
eminent grounds at such an unseasou-
able hour. and laughingly assured the
soldiers that they were all right; and
had permission from their superior
officer. of whom the spokesman of the
party said he was Il personal friend.
The soldiers intimated that they
were from Missouri. The hunters
were stumped. They surrendered the
document to the guard The soldiers
were 50 informed. But that did not
go. and despite their protestations the
Moline gentlemen were escorted to
the guard house and locked up.
Efforts were made to reach Moline
friends by telephone and have them
communicate with the arsenal com
mandant and explain the plight OF the
hunters, but they were uDavailing.
Finally one of the soldiers was given
81 to visit the guard at the main en-
trance and satisfy himself that
permit had been secured. The Moline
gentlemen were released at o'clock
in the morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

ular as FOley's Honey and Tar. 1t
contains no opiates or poisons and
never fails to cure. Sold by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

After dark one evening this week
woman and little girl perhaps ;
years of age we're seen approaching a
well known liquor dispensary just
outside the business district of the
city. When within half a block of the
place the woman paused and gave a
formidable looking quart bottle to the
little girl, who went On alone ac-
companied by this Injunction: Tell
him to fill It and get the kind papa
gets. I'll wait for you here" The
little girl went in at the front door
and it is presumed that she got what
she was sent for.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14
Tales Of the Totem.

Considerable Of stir was caused in
South Rock Island one day this week
| by the disappearance of one of the
well-known ladies Of that locality
She was at home when the family re-
tired for the night, but when morn
ing dawned was missing, leaving not
word in explanation Of her mysteri-
Gus conduct. The neighborhood was
searched and inquiry for her was
made in the surrounding territory,
but no trace was had Of her
The next day the husband, driven al
most frantic. sought consolation AT
the hands If fortune teller, who
told him his wife WIS in Davenport.
That city was searched, but she could
not be located
The night of the same day she re-
turned as mysteriously as she van
ished. Where she had been or why
she went away no one seems to
know but herself
During the recent meeting here of
Knights of Pythias grand lodge one
of the delegates lost purse contain
ing something over 500 in cash. rail
IOdQ anu NdihdiJIt pa
pers. lie had placed the purse ON the
counter at one of the hotels while
transacting business with the clerk
The delegate hurriedly left, but when
he reached the door he missed his wal
let, and returned for it. But il was
gone.
The matter was reported to the POI
lice, but they were unable to restore
the delegates lost money. Time went
on. In the interim the hotel proprie-
tor was doing a little detective work
on his own account.
Shortly after the Disappearance of
the money hoy employed at the
hosiery in question was noticed
spending money with a lavish hand.
buying presents for. his sweetheart
and throwing on some stylish cloth
ing thar one of his salary could not
very well afford to purchase. He was
allowed all the rope he wanted. and it
was only a few days until he hung
himself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

Memorial Christian. corner of Third
avenue and Fifteenth street, Rev. o.
W. Lawrence, pastor. Services at
1O:45 a. m. and 1880 p. m. Sunday
school at 9:45 a. m. Y, p. S. G. T. at
GAS p. M Morning subject, THE
King" Evening. THE Conqueror."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic, cor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-14

Cleveland He realized he was being
worked for an easy thing, and after
wards took another route TO and from
his work.
Moral: 1t pays to advertise.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-19
WENT OVER,
Prosecution in Tiiiman Case Not Served
With Cow Of Affidavits.

=
With Copy of Attidavits.
Newberry, S. c.. Feb. Blowing 20
the failure of the defending attorneys
of former Lieutenant Governor James
H. Tillman to serve the prosecution
with copies of the 7fidavits TO be pre-
sented at the hearing for an appllca,
tioa for bail Chief Justice Y. G. Pope
ordered the Application postponed IN
til Feb. - she hearing villa be had
in Columbia
After the affidavit had heeA submte
ted by the defense, Che attorneys for
the commonwealth cOntendnA chat
copies of the aHdaviss should have
been presented 20 hem so that they
might have had the proper time ~
which TO make reply. Judge SoDo
ruled their contention legal ans order.
ed the hearing postponed.
IN his AFFIDAVIT, Tjllman claimet ehae
he had been abused and taligned by
the editor Of The State. Ne hoard
rumors shat Mr.. Gonzales had @hrea'-
ened him and friends advised him
I'd De on his Sudlu. t1S - 10 ttlt'' III ~
that Nr. Gonzale5 inquired for him
at the state house saying ne would
make him show .he white feather. Cn
the day of the shooting he happened
to be moving some Of his effects. IN
Guiding two pistols. from she STATE
house to his rooms He saw Mr. Con
zales coming, glazing At him: saw him
eun his hand deep in his oVerc02>
pocket and .urn toward him, and no.
sjeving his life in danger he huTriediy
said:
II received your MESSAGE and fir
ed Or affidavit by Richard Holtzeen-
bach of Edgefeld was that he heard
Editor Gonzales inquire Of Doorkeep-
er J. A White, where his "1oss" was
that he had made TiIlman show the
white feather several times and Would
do it again. He subsequently saw the
meeting between Tillman and Con
zales and his version and -nat OF M
man as this meeting is Identical. }
A White e"bstantlated what Holtzeen'
bach stasa3 as to the conversation ex'
cent that he did not know It was Con
zales who was talking to him.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-19
POWERS PASSED. AWAy:
Motea sousherner aHd RailroaA Maa Dies
at &ew Orleans.

Motea Southerner and Railroa0 NaD Dies
at @ew Orleans.
New Orleans, Feb. 13.-Seriously In"
iured while assisting in che &emovai OF
the body his intimate friend President
Jefferson Davis, to Che funeral car
which bore it to Richmond, and an in
valid ever since, Colonel NJ. R. Powers,
long local representative of the South
ern railway, is dead, For the past ten
or eleven years he has been a familiar
figure on the streets of New Orleans,
being rolled about in an inValid's chair
by a faithful colored servant. He was
native of Ireland and sixty-five
years old. He enlisted in the Eighth
Alabama when the war broke out and
served until captured at Gettysburg.
He came to live in New Orleans when
peace was declared. His first railroad
experience was with the Piedmont Air
line When the Southern assumed
control of that system he was appoint.
ed local agent. He was one of the bes&
known Of older railroad men in the
south.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-19
BASKET WORK.

as the balance wheel or as the wind
mill pattern is best worked out in two
colors.
Beginners should be content to ac-
quire the stitch Of raftia basket making
in one color before they plunge into
patterns. When one has learned to
make a respectable basket in natural
colored raffia, then something simple
in two colors can be taken up. This
mode of practice leads one up to the
intricacies of the joyful art of raffia
basketry with few regrets and with
far more expedition than the mode of
beginning with the thing at the wrong
end and having to come all the way
back again.
But whether one is an expert or an
d lila ttevr she will find her greatest joy
in designing her own patterns, and by
resorting to the little device here point
ed out it will be found that a knowt-
edge of drawing is not at all necessary
in arranging serS respectable pat
tern design.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-19
JAMES q, TILLMAN.

General Gunter and Solicitor Thur
mond
Since the day of the shooting, Thurs
day, Jan. IS. quiet and persistent eff
legal advisers in outlining their plans
of defense. Public opinion has specu-
lated upon the tactics to be pursued, it
having been rumored that they would
depend upon the plea that Tillman
fired in defense, claiming that Con
zales was advancing upon him. 1t is
reported that it has been given out by
attorneys for the defense that United
States Senator Tillman would aid his
nephew in his defense. Chief Justice
Pope presidess