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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18
IN LOVING MEMORY.
OF Camille Boprges, Wife of Capt.
Ernest Bourges.

Another sweet sanity woman has
passed to the Great Beyond, and the
whole community is saddened by
what is almost u common sorrow, for
to know her was to love her.
Beautiful, sweet, pure and good, she
bore the pain of sickness bravely, rs
she had borne every trial in life.
Her faith was childlike. her faith
fulness was womanly and without
variation, her love for her church
was part of her life. A good wife, a
fond mother and faithful friend,
she was true, in all the relations of
life-one of the best of Gods make.
Over the grief of the bereaved
husband and children we draw the
veil of sympathy and love. 1t must
comfort them to know that for her,
death had no terror, nor at the last,
pain. Her candle went out and
she has passed from the light Of
earths skies into the day of Gods Para
disc, and the sweet hope is ours that
she is renuited with the dear grand
child she loved so we'll, the beautiful
gifted boy, whose unsullied life ended
in darkest tragedy, and who just
eight months ago finished the voyage
of his brave bright youth and entered
the harbor of eternity while the fu-
ture was rosy with hope and promise.
"Ah WE'LL ,'fcr us all some sweet hope lies,
Deeply hidden from human eyes,
And in the hereafter angels may
Roll the stone from its grave away"
May the peace Of God and the light
of eternal sun shine upon them-may
the death of the righteous be ours,
and our last end be'like theirs.
BIC A.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18
D. A. LOVE.

The death of Mr.. d. A. Love,
which occurred at Biloxi, Miss. last
Sunday morning. removed from our
citizenship one of our Oldest and
most highly esteemed citizens. Mr..
Love had been under the doctors care
for some time and he was advised a
few weeks ago that trip to the
coast would benefit him in health, so
with his wife and daughter, Mrs. M.
p. Sturdevant, he left for Biloxi.
He had been there but short time
before he realized that his case was
hopeless and on Easter Sunday morn
ing he peacefully passed into the
great unknown. . ai sl'' S..--.- s,..~.,.
Mr.. Love was native Of Virginia,
coming to this county about 1850.
During the war of secession he en-
listed with Capt. W. E. Hunt, Go. D.
2Sth Mississippi Cavalry, and made a
brave and fearless soldier. After the
war he resumed planting and by hard
work and successful business princi-
pies soon acquired fine farming land
on Deer Greek, which plantation he
owned at the time of his death.
His remains were placed in vault
at Biloxi and at later day will be
removed to this city, his home and
final resting place. He leaves true
and devoted wife, daughter and son
and large circle of friends to mourn
his loss. By his death the family
loses true father and husband, the
South true frisnd, the county a
noble >eitiken.C p pace to his ashes:~
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18
] For Sale:
} Desirable Frontage on 7 q
!, NJ. v, R. R. Close to depot
! EVERMAN & STONE.

In this issue Of The Times will be
found the statement of the Merchants
and planters Bank. There is no
hantipg institution in the state III
better financial condition than the M
and p and it is continually growing
IN favor with the business men OF the
town and county. Its officers ana
directors are time-tried and success
fnI business men, and their methods
y - .ondno,ipo the affairs of the bank
o-e honorable and above board
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
Or This Section For The Week
Ending April "A. 1905

Generally fair weather prevailed
during the week. No rainfall 0f CON-,
sequence was reported, except ID tho
northern counties, where good show.
ers occurred on The 7th. The mean
temperature ranged from to 9 above
normal
On the whole the week was quite
favorable for farm work, and gonor-
ally good progress was made in plow-
ing and planting. although Id thB
middle and southern counties che
ground is becoming dry and hard,
rendering plowing somewhat difIlcult.
A good rain is needed to soften the
hardened soil and to accelerate aeed
termination. Corn planting Is ID full
progress in the central and northern
portions Of the state and Is well ad.
vanced in the southern portion. The
first planting Of corn is generally
coming up to good stands. Prepare.
tions for cotton planting will soon be.
come general, except in the flooded
districts whore there will be some
delay in beginning farm work. Oats
are commencing to need rain. but a.
rule, continue to do we'll, In many
localities the growth Of vegetable
crops has been considerably retarded
by the cool weather the first Or The
month and by the dry weather Of the
past week however, in the extreme
southern counties irish potatoes and
truck gardens are we'll advanced and
generally 4, " ~. doing 81 nicely. s,.,'
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18

Contractor J. j. Harty has begur
tbe construction Of the warehouse
and offices of the Crawford Grocery
Co., recently organized for the pur-
nose of Fconducting wholesale gro
cerv business. This adds one more
large concern to Greenville's business
enterprises and there is no question as
70 its outcome for Greenville is a
growing city and is feeding more ter
ritory as each year passes.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18

Mr.. Thomas requests the Times to
thank the signers Of this petition
him for their confidence manifested
in him. Mr.. Thomas has already
announced his Willingness to become
a candidate and it was certainly very
gratifying to him to know that the
people Of Washington county endorse
his record as a legislator.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18

OWing to the river rise above u.s.
ne levee board has employed MI
|Sohn Atkins to build levee around
'ne break, SO as to protect the bust
ness and planting interests. The WORK
mas already been started and 800 men
~ a dollar a day are advertised for TO
work at the break.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18

The Greenville baseball team will
arrive home from Memphis tomorrow,
Sunday. and on Monday and Tues
day they will cross bats with the
Memphis Southern League team at
tie park in this city. Let a good
rowd attend, and let the same num-
Der attend each and every game.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18
MONEYS GREAT SPEECH.

Senator Money has gained M e
friends and admirers through his
senatorial address, anent the Indian
ola affair, than by any other one act
of his life, and to suppose that the en-
lightened people Of this grand old
state will not rally to his support
against Longino borders on h I
ridiculous. = woodville Republican.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18

The meats for the big barb IL TO
be given here on May 9TH by tIle
ladies Of the Kings Daughters. will
be prepared by Messrs. W. D. Love
and Geo. Cook, of Arcola. These gem
tlemen are both skilled in the art cf
roasting meats and something unusn.
ally fine for the palate can be looked
for.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18

An excursion party of real estate
pen from Illinios. Indiana and Iowa
Fill arrive in this city on the 2lst
pay of May. Capt. Merry, the clever
I'D courteous representative OF the
Illinois Central railroad, will have
'harge of the party. They will re-
nain in the city only a few hours
'ut while here will be served meals
y the ladies of the Kings Daughter
|ircle.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18
FOR SALE.

A well made, nicely painted bust
ness delivery wagon with harness,
suitable for dry goods or grocery
store. Will be sold at b bargain. Ap-
ply at the Bankrupt Store.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18

Reid, Bell & Co., box of lemons.
Delta Manufacturing Co., enough
Pfee for the day and serve same
Rosenfeld Bakery, 40 loaves OF
tead.
Delta Bakery, 90 loaves of bread
Ice Factory, all the ice needed on
lat day.
George & Nelms, 4 pou unds OF
pffee.
HARRISON Bros, % pounds of sugar
pd 10 pounds of coffee.
Steger, Holmes g. Co. box of cigars.
Crouch, Meisner & Co., 10 pounds
butter.
Nelms & Blum. all white cloth for
'bles.
!. Schwartz, 2 boxes of cigars.
Il. B. Robinson, crate Of Straw
erries.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18
INrRIBUTIoNs RECEIVED
he Kings Daughters for the
May Event,

following contributions, cash
Itborwise, have been received by
pa;os of the Kings Daughters
our people to aid them in the
|pov entertainment. The list as
|nears only contains the amounts
Prod mn to Friday, and since that
ne list has largely increased.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18

Owing to the irregular train ser
vice many subscribers failed to re
c,ive The Times, but this Will Dc
over after this week as we learn all
trains will be rum ng by neA'
Saturday
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18
PROTRAC TED MEETING.

Mr.. Joe NJ. Ramsey, the famous
Hind preacher of Middle Tennessee
Fill begin a Meeting at the Metho-
|ist church, Wednesday night, April
gth
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18
FOR E. N. THOMAS.
Bellzoni, Miss, April 8. 1908.

BellZoni, Miss, April 8, 1908.
To Hon. E. N. Thomas,
Greenville, Miss,
Dear Sir We, the undersigned citi-
zens of the 9Th supervisors District
of Washington county, residing at
Belzoni, recognizing your ability, en-
inent fitness, great zeal and useful and
valuable services as Representative
in the Legislature Of our state in the
past, respectfully petition you to stand
for reelection at the ensuing primary
in August next, and hereby pledge you
our hearty support should You find it
consistent to adhere to this request;
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18
STATEMENT.

Showing the Condition Of the Mer-
chants & Planters Bank OF Green
vile, Mississippi. on April
4th, 1903.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18

Take The Times and have
chance ttits weekly prize.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18

Latest Spring and Summer shapes
Just received. SOL BRILL.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18

Gpat Oil at Geise Hoods.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1903-04-18
RESOU RCES.

RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts on per-
sonal endorsements, real
ESTATE or collateral Securi-
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-06-05
An Appalling Situation.
DEATH LIST AT GAINESVILLE,
One Hundred Killed and Many Of
the Wounded Are Not Expect
ed to Recover.

Gainesville. Ga. June 4.-The 6.0oO
inhabitants of this city have Just be-
gun to realize the extent of the ap-
palling disaster of Monday 1T now
seems certain that the death list will
not be much short of one hundred.
perhaps somewhat more than hun
dred, considering the number of dam
gerously wounded whose chances for
recovery can not now be calculated.
The following is a summary of the
effects of the tornado in Gainesville
and its environs: Killed, 100: in niured.
$50. OF whom probably 20 will die;
500 homeless, their residences hav-
ing been wiped out of existence: prop
erty loss of about half million dol
lars, none of which was covered by
storm Insurance.
The death list so far compiled in
cludes 81 at the Pacolet cotton mills
at New Holland, all of whom were
killed in the demolition of the com
pany's cottage and SO at the Gaines
vile cotton mills, near the Southern
railway station, where the tornado
first struck
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-06-05
Value Of Taxable Property.

Deputy Auditor of State Avery E.
Moore has completed the abstract of
the tax books of the state of Arkan-
sas, showing the kinds and amount
of real and personal property taxed,
with the rates and amounts and poll
tax for the year 1902. The total value
of the real estate is S142,774.533 and
the total value of personal property,
including poll taxes, sS1 ,626 $50, a
total valuation on real and personal
property of 1924, ,401 Alb. This is a
decrease of sSG6,56S under the taxes
of 1901, when the personal property
tax was $S1 ,S9S,052 and the real tax
S143.2Sl .629, total of 1925, ,6S1
There are in the state 2S5.643 persons
liable to pay poll tax.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-06-05

Change in Rules.

The railroad commission or Arkan.
sas has issued the following circular
amending the present ear service. or
demurrage rules of the commission:
1t Is ordered by the railroad com.
mission Of Arkansas that the rail.
road companies of Arkansas shall OBJ.
serve the following rules and regula-
tons to govern in the matter of car
service. or demurrage, to take effect
on or before June Is. 1903:
See demurrage rules adopted by
this commission September 23. 1899.
as amended and amend to read as fol.
lows:
Page II, rule 2. after the last line
add: Provided. that when cars have
been placed on shippers private
track, 1t shall be notice that the free
time for unloading same shall begin
at I o'clock a. m. the following day.
Page Il. after rule II, add: Rule
IL. When any consignee shall re-
ceive four (4 or more loaded cars
In one day, such cars in excess of
three CD shall be allowed twenty
1our t24) hours additional time for
each three (3) cars until all are un-
loaded; provided, that if the shipper
should order four or more cars to be
delivered in one day, this rule will
not apply
Rule IA. When cars are placed for
loading lumber and other articles
mixed in same car, which enter into
the building of house, as provided
for In standard freight distance tar
IN, as amended, shall have seventy
two C72) hours (not including Sun
days or legal holidays), time, begin
ming at o'clock a. N. the following
day.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-06-05
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
Old Confederate Veteran and Once
Prominent Business Man
Hanged.
EVENTS OF AWEeK BRIEFLY CHRONIClED
Total Value Of Real and Personal
Property in the State-Slot Ma
chimes Seized and Burned at Hot
Springs Destroys His Own
Still and Surrenders to Officers.
Old Man HANGED.

Ed Shut. pioneer citizen of Tex
arkana and an ex-Confederate soldier,
was hanged May 20 for the murder
OF J. c. Whitener one year ago. Shut
and Whitener were at one time part
ners in business. Shut had some
imaginary grievance against White
ner and without a word of warning
stepped up to him and shot him down
On account of the prominence of
both parties the case attracted un-
usual interest. AS last resort the
wife of the condemned man, accom-
panied by Col. F. NJ. Henry, one of
the Oldest attorneys of Texarkana
went to Austin and presented a petit
ton signed by the best citizens of the
county, praying that the life of the
old man be spared. The governor,
however. refused to interfere, and the
sentence of the court was carried out.
Twenty-Five years ago Ed Shut was
one of the most prominent business
men of Texarkana, and for years
thereafter prospered in the hardware
and undertaking business. A man of
a jovial disposition, he made friends
of all classes, but as years rolled by
he grew careless in business affairs
AS his money slipped away. SO it was
with his friends of prosperous days,
and the too free indulgence in the cup
soon wiped out all his means. While
under the influence of liquor, and
brooding over his financial reverses
he killed the man with whom he was
in business for years. Doubtless the
deed was prompted from a diseased
brain. leading him to the belief that
the man he murdered had wronged
him. At the trial no justification was
shown by the defendant, and despite
the efforts of influential citizens, a
once useful and highly respected citi-
zen passed away at the hands Of the
hangman
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-06-05
BURLINGTON TRAIN MISSING
superintendent Receives Orders TO
Find and Remove Passengers
at All Hazard Cost.

Kansas City, Mo-, June 4.-The
journal to-day says: Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy passenger train No.
3, from Chicago to Kansas City. due
here at four o'clock Sunday afternoon,
has been lost track of. 1t is not
deemed possible nor is the thought en-
tertained by the railroad officials that
the train ran into the flood. Never
theless General Agent Harmon was
notified Tuesday from the Chicago
general Office of the extraordinary oc-
currence. and superintendent Mulhern
was requested to exert every possible
effort to locate the missing train and
remove its passengers at al cost or
hazard. The tug John Lentz was
chartered, and a voyage made down
the Missouri river TO Birmingham.
Nothing was to be seen from there.
The men have been started on horses
TO Liberty, with orders to keep as
close as possible to the track and to
carefully investigate what is known
to he a great washout two miles east
Of birmingham.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-06-05
kansas WILL ACCEPT AID:
The Commercial Club of Topeka Has
Pocketed Its Pride In the
Face of Necessity.
GOV. BAILEY HAS ISSUED AN APPEAL.
The situation mt Topeka Materially
Better So Far as the Water IL
Concerned. Hut Relief and Re-
hnbilitatiOn of the Homeless L.
the Problem Now Presented.

Topeka. Kas., June 3.-The Com
mercial club at noon, Tuesday. voted
to ask for outside aid for the
hood sufferers. Monday the club
voted that no aid from outside
would be accepted. but the distress of
the people is so great that the COM
munity can not provide for all. and so
the charity of the country is appealed
to.
This action was taken after an adj
dress by Gov. Bailey, who has just re-
turned to the city from Mound City,
where he has been waterbound since
last Thursday. The governor point
ed out to the club the necessities of
the suffering people and the inability
of the community to provide proper
ly for them and relieve their wants,
and said that while he wanted to
work in harmony with the townspeo-
pie and its charitable organizations,
he saw his duty clearly nd he would
soon issue a proclamation calling on
the charitable people OF the country
to send aid in the focm of money.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-06-05
Connecting Line May Be Built.

A special from Newport says The
acquisition of the Frisco by the Rock
Island would seem to favor rather
than retard the construction of the
fifty miles surveyed railroad between
Pocahontas and Newport, from the
fact that the filling in of this gap
would furnish the Leeds system con-
nections, ST. Louis-Little Rock line,
by way of the st. Louis and South
eastern, to Pocahontas, and from
Newport to Little Rock over the
Choctaw. The Frisco surveying
corps, under the charge of Engineer
Robert Burgess, reached Pocahontas
last week after completing from
Newport one of the most careful and
precise surveys the corps had ever
been instructed to make, covering
over six weeks and covering over so
miles. Two surveys were made out
OF Newport, one leaving Jacksonport
to the left and crossing Black river at
Elgin, a route shorter by five miles
than the other through Jacksonport.
which will bridge the Black river at
Point Ferry.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-06-05
Big Increase in Assessment.

The railroad assessment board.
composed of Gov Davis, Secretary of
State Crockett and Auditor Monroe,
has completed it's labors. The as
sessment of the Iron Mountain stood
at $4,000 per mile. The Cotton Belt
was raised from $500 per mile to
the same as the Iron Mountain; the
c.. o. & G, from $500 to the same
figure; the Frisco from $4,000 to the
same figure. and the Kansas City
Southern from $500 per mile to the
same figure, which was $4,000 per
mile for all these lines After this
there was general raise of 20
per cent on these railroads The
Memphis bridge was raised from
$750.000 to S1.O00,000. On some of
the roads the increase amounts to
over 100 per cent. The assessment
rate per mile on short line roads was
also increased in proportion. 1t is
more than probable the railroads will
resist the increase in the courts.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-06-05
GUARDS ON THE shy LEvEE.
An Embnnkment Thirty-Five Miles
Long Is In Danger.

Hannibal, Mo-, June 3.-This city
and adjacent country is suffering
from one of the worst floods in its
history. The Mississippi which has
been coming up fast for the past
several days, rose, Tuesday, at the
rate of IA inches an hour. and Tues
day night the guage registered 10
feet and l inch, a rise of 2H and a
half in "a hours. This is six feet
above the danger line, and conditions
were never worse in this locality.
Thousands CT acres of fertile farm
lands in this vicinity are devastated,
causing loss estimated at not less
than 100000.
The Burlington railroad suspended
traffic over its Missouri tracks, be-
tween here and Quincy, H., as the wa
ter now stands over the roadbed to a
depth of six feet. Trains are running
over the Illinois lines. Across the
river from Hannibal. the town of
Shepherd. H., is without a resident,
as all have been driven away by the
flood
The Sny levee. which protects 100,-
900 acres of Illinois farm lands, is in
danger This levee is 35 miles long,
and guard is being kept over it night
and day, and the leyee commissioners
are making every effort to prevent 1t
from breakng.
In Hannibal the yards of the Bur
lington, Wabash, Missouri, Kansas d
Texas railroads are inundated, and
traffic is only carried on with diff
guilty. All trains are running far be-
hind time. The railroads will be the
heaviest losers by the floods.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-06-05
POSTAL CLERK DISMISSED.
Charge Against Him Was Leading a
Movement to secure Travelling
Expenses from Governments.

Washington, June 4.-Second As
sistant ostmaster-General Shallen-
berger. Tuesday, removed Svend
schibsby, of Kansas City, railway
postal clerk, on the charge of violat-
ing the postal laws. Schibsby is
charged with leading a movement of
railway postal clerks TO secure pay
ment for travelling expenses, a claim
that never has been recognized by the
government and which would involve
payment of about Sl,500,000 annually
for the eight hundred odd clerks in
the country. The case has been in
vestigated by Alexander Grant, the
assistant general superintendent Of
the railway mail service