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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-12
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY ~, 1904.
THE BROWNLOW BILL.

The Nashville Banner has the
following comment on the Brown
low road bill, now pending before
Congress:
"Under the provisions of the
Brownlow bill to appropriate $24,-
100000 from the national treasury
for the construction and improve
ments of roads in the States, Ten
nessee would receive about $780,
600. The bill provides that the
amount appropriated shall be
available. at the rate of $8,000,00
year, and this would make Ten
nassee's quota about $4,000 a
year for the three years.
"The bill also provides that to
make the federal appropriation
available in any State the State
shall appropriate and expend a
like sum to that received. This
would make the total amount ex-
pended for public roads in Ten
nessee, If the bill be enacted into a
law and the State takes advantage
of it, about $1,300,000 in, three
years, or over 100000 year.
"Such an expenditure judicious-
~ made would certainly make a
good improvement in our public
road system. Some of the States
have had policy of State aid for
roads that has proved very bene-
fetal.
"Since the adoption of such
policy New Jersey has expended
81, 545,404 in building 1000 miles
of road; Connecticut, $2,4S2, APO
in constructing 454 miles; Massa-
Chusetts, S5, l5U,JZ0 In Dulldlng
480 miles. and New York, 81, 1885,
600 in building 484 miles.
"The striking difference in the
cost Of constructing per mile in
Dictated by some of the foregoing
fig ures is due to the advantage one
State has over another in. ready
and cheaper material for making
good roads.
SIN the greater portion of Ten
nessee there is an abundance of
stone for road building. Should
the BrowAlow bill become law
and its provisions met by Tennes-
see, the distribution of the fund
would doubtless be made with due
regard to the difficulties and differ
en- ces in the cost of construction"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-12

Wanted-0ne energetic young or mid
die age man TO sell Singer Sewing Ma
chimes and to collect on accounts in this
section. Good contract to right man,
Apply to the Singer Manufacturing Co.,
Union City, Tenn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-12

THE CHRONICLE has concluded
arrangements whereby it can furn-
ish the Nashville Daily News and
THE CHRONICLE both, one year for
$3.50. The News is published ev-
cry day except Sunday and The
CHRONICLE every week. This is a
sple ndid offer, and is limited.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-12

Wanted-To sell 200 acres good
farming land 81 miles southwest of
Big: Sandy. 120 acres in cultiva-
ton. Apply to G. ii GARNER,
Big Sandy, Tenn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-12

Wanted Owner for stray bay
mare mule, about Is years of age,
which came to my place about four
weeks ago. FELT FARMER,
Way, Tenn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-12

No political party in Tennessee
can hope to make capital out of
opposition to the Adams law. The
people irrespective of party are
against Unrestricted liquor traffic.
Nashville Banner.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-12

It's dull Congressman who can
not think of some new,plan, to make
raid upon the national treasury.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-12

Every dog has his day, and some
of them insist on bowling at night.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-12

Monday, Chillday, Winday and
Thawday.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-02-12

MAGISTRATES WARRANTS, Executions,
WI and State Warrants for sale at THE CHRo1Ia-
ICLE Office. Other blanks printedto osdars
Newport weekly independent., 1904-10-07
RUNAWAYS HAVE
 ELUDED OFFICERS.
Constable Lawrence in Pursuit of Youthful Elopers, Who Are Reported to Have Left Hoxie, Going
 East.

Joe Spragg and Miss Fannie Roberts, both living near Hick- ory Grove, slipped away Sunday night from parental roof and have thus far eluded officers and kinsfolk in their desire to get away from home and plight their troth, where unsuspecting offic- ials may not refuse the necessary license.
 Both are under the age limit, being each sixteen, but would hardly be taken for this young, and the clerks of several nearby counties have been notified to turn down their application for a marriage license.
 The young man stole the girl Sunday night, says the latter's mother, Mrs. Frank Roberts, who discovered the theft early next morning and drove to Tucker man to intercept them.
 They had taken the train at Newport however and gone to Hoxie. Sheriff Randy traced them there and found that they left that town at 5:30 Monday morning on an east bound Frisco train. Constable Alb Lawrence of Tuckerman has gone in pur- suit, hoping to add further lau- rels to his reputation as a sleuth.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-10-07
Feel Bad ]?

Nothing in particular the matt ter, but just feel bad all over. It's certain to be either poor digestion, a sluggish liver or disordered kidneys that cause it. Johnston's Tonic Capsules will set things going right inside you and make you look good and feel good all over.
 They do it by stimulating the kidneys, liver and digestive organs renewed activity, thus rsbbinx the blood of the poisons and impurities which. be- ing denied their natural exit, have been forced out through the skin.
 Eczema is loathsome disease, distressing to its victims and disgusting to beholders.
 Johnston's Tonic Capsules arc the very best veg. etable blood medicines condensedinto small easily taken tasteless capsules. You can carry them in tiny box in the pocket and take them anywhere without attracting notice. In them you get the condensed curatives of true medicinal plants, roots, barks. blossoms, leaves and fruits tho health-giving qualities nature has stored in the products of field, swamp and wildwood.
 Johnston's Tonic Capsules are the sursss, safest, most reliable, convenient and satisfactory medicine that can be taken to purify and enrich the blood They unload 1t of every impurity and at the same time so promote the nutritive func- tions as to abundantly supply 1t with new rich and life-sustaining qualities. They make the blood pure and rich, and through pure blood tho bodily structures come right because they depend on the blood for nourishmcnt and renewal.
 For over 70 years Johnston's Tonic Capsulee have been held in high esteem as most reliable and satisfactory remedy for scrofula, rheuma- tsm, eczema, old sores painful swellings, kernels and enlarged glands, catarrh, scurvy. boils liver complaint dyspepsia, jaundice. constipation. kidney troubles and long list of common ails and ills.
 We have great confidence in this medicine; . confidence born of many years experience with 1t, and we make the following extraordinary offer: Send us dollar for large box of John- ston's Tonic Capsules, or buy the same of dealer whose name appears below use half of them, and if you not satisfied, mail the balance to us and we will return your money. Test them at our risk and be your own judge Michigan Drug Co., Detroit Mich.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-10-07
Kennedy has resipr

J. L. Kennedy has resigned his position with the Crescent Commission Co.,, and will be as- sociated with H. Alfrey's inter ests at Brinkley. He will leave in a day or two for that place. Joe has been a popular proposi- tion since he lit here and he will be missed. -Jonesuoro Sun.
 A message received Tuesday morning by J. w. Grubbs from St. Louis, states that the re- mains of the late T. E. Allen will arrive in Newport tonight at 10:45 o'clock on No. 1. The burial will be at Walnut Grove Wednesday morning and the funeral services will be held. at the grave at 10a. m. Mrs. Allen and brotbor, John Grubbs will arrive here tonight from St. Louis.
 The Batesville Bee says 1t has lost some subscribers and gained others on account of the part it took in the recent whiskey fight in Independence county. It was ever thus with newspapers. Very few newspaper men are rolling in wealth, but, happily, most ev- cry darn one of them can man. age to get along without the sup port of the impudently arrogant who are up in arms against the paper when they cannot control it's columns. Sharp County Rec ord.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-10-07
MoccAsINs FOR SOLDIERS.
Inquiries Made by Representatives of Powers at War for "Bangor's
 Golden Slippers"


 Inquiries have been received in Bangor, Me, from persons sup posed to represent either the Rus sian or the Japanese government concerning prices for moccasins in large quantities and the earli- est date of delivery at Atlantic or Pacific ports. It Is supposed that the moceasins are wanted for sol diers campaigning in Manchuria. For that purpose they would be eminently suitable, says the New York Sun.
 The moccasin is the favorite footwear of the lumbermen of Maine, and was first made in Ban. gor in 1851. At first only one or two styles were made, but now moccasins are manufactured in great variety, ranging from slip pers for women and children soft as kid and embroidered with beads-to the stout boots and lar. rigans of the Penobscot lumber. men.
 Much of the sewing is still done by hand, being let out by the piece to French Canadian families in the neighborhood of Bangor. All moccasins are made of a specially prepared leather, rendered a gold en yellow by peculiar process of tanning.
 The common moccasin Is not proof against water, but it has room for several pairs of stock. ings, and that is a strong point in it's favor. For keeping the feet warm and dry in cold weather the moccasin has no equal.
 The greater part of the mocca. sin leather still comes from the place of it's origin, Pawtucket, R l., although a considerable quantity is tanned in Bangor, Some years ago Bangor men es tablished factories at Red Wing, Minn., and Racine, Wis.
 The dainty bath slippers, which are not really moccasins, bat are made from soft elk skin, are in great demand at home and abroad, aid are especially favored by the ladies of Japan, to which country Bangor sends large quantities. It now seems likely that "Bangor's golden slippers" as moccasins are called, may be worn by the con tending armies in Manchuria.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-10-07
QUORUM COURTS
 WORK COMPLETED.
Appropriations for Year as Au- thorized by that Body Tax
 Levy Made.

The actual work of the quorum court for the year 1904 was com pleted Monday afternoon, but as the records of that body must be signed by it's members, a short session was held Tuesday morn ing, and final adjournment taken.
 The appropriations made were as follows:
 Build county jail, $l2,000. Only one dissenting vote was cast, that of Justice Guy Smith, who favored increasing the appropria- tion $3, 900.
 Build poor-house, 1000.
 Circuit court, $5,000. County court, $4, 300. X Assessmentand tax books, $500.
 Records and stationery, $350.
 Justices of the peace court, $500.
 Roads and bridges, $500.
 Keeping up jail, $4,O00.
 Keeping up poor-house, 1000.
 Bridge across Village, east of Swifton, $900.
 Bridge across Glaize creek, |
 Barren township, $250. Overcup slough bridge, $200.
 Repairs on court house prop erty, recommended by the grand jury $400.
 Repairs on Running Water creek bridge, $100. James w. Howard, who has proven himself an efficient road commissioner, was unanimously reelected.
 The following tax levy was authorized: Poll tax, $1.00. State Tax State general, 21; state school, 2; sinking fund, I; pensions E; crpitol, }. County tax, 5 mills; road tax, 3 mills; Newport corporation tax, 5 mills; Jacksonport, 5 mills. All of the school districts in the county voted levy of 5 mills with the following excep- tions; Nos. 19 and 31, no levy;- ] No. 28, 2 mills; No. 35, 2 mills; 1 No. 36, 3 mills.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-10-07

ed by Hon. P. R. Andrews of Augusta. Hon. s. D. Campbell of Newport conducted the defense.
 w. H. Mize was a fireman on the Iron Mountain. In March, 1900, his engine ran on to a burn- ing trestle between Malvern and Ttraskwood, which gave way under the weight, and Mize was killed.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-10-07
POPE A GREAT FAvoRITE.
Has Been Pulpit Orator of Repown from Very Outset of His
 Priestly Career.

One recalls, writes William J. D. Croke, in Century, those nov. ing speeches which, as car. dipal, he delivered weeping in the conclave, setting forth all his i'm. perfections (his sins, even), and the disadvantages of his career from barefooted boyhood up, but which really secured him the throne, and the stories of him which every one knows in Lom- bardy and Venetia. For no eccle siastic can have been more widely known than he. A pulpit orator of renown from the very outset of his priestly career, the sought after panegyrist of great occa sions when bishop and patriarch, no wonder that he was hailed by 2 voice in Rome when he took pos session of his title as cardinal
 "No one has spoken so well as this cardinalp' As country assistant, then parish priest, then professor in the seminary of Treviso, canon chancellor of the diocese, great hierarch of Mantua, the successor of St. Mark, everyone seems to know him, and no one has any memory that is not pleasant.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-10-07
JURY AWARDS
 WIDOW DAMAGES.
Mrs. Melia Mize Given $6,500 Damages in Suit Against Iron Mountain at
 Marianna.

Marianna, Oct. 3.-In the Lee county circuit court Mrs. Melia Mize, administrator. was today given a judgment for $6, 800 against the Iron Mountain Rail- road Company, damages for the death of her husband, w. H. Mize. The case was stubbornly contested. This is the second trial of the case. Suit was brought originally for $15,00O damages, and at the first trial, two or three years, ago, a jury gave verdict for the plaintiff, awarding her $6,000 damages. The railroad company took an appeal to the supreme court. Be- cause of an error by the trial judge in one instruction given the jury the case was reversed by the supreme court and re manded for retrial, which ended in the plaintiff being awarded $500 more than on the first trial Hon. J. H. Harrod of Little Rocl
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Newport weekly independent., 1904-10-07
WHO GETS MOCHA COFFEE !
xsat of It Taken by sheiks and Gov. ernors of Arabia-Little h
 Ever Exported.

0Oh OCACsC tuCIC AO . pound of genuine Mocha coffee on this continent" MT. 0. T. Hilli. Elas, coffee merchant, informs me, says writer in the St. Louis Globe Democrat, "or that 200 peo. |ple in this country have ever tast. led 1t, unless they have at some time visited Arabia and drunk it At the table of some sheik or gov. ernor.
 @The true Mocha is the finest Poffee grown; it las a delicious fla. TOT that makes it as superior to
 he very best of other brands as
 ilk is superior to cotton, but the
 Top is extremely limited, and hardly ever more than satisnea purely local demands. Some Arabian coffee may find it's way to this country; 1t may even be called Mocha, but 1t is not the real arti. cle, am sure, and none of us has ever had it here, though we get the best of other brands that are grown in Ceylon and Java, and that means some mighty fine cof- fee. It is not Mocha, however, for Pthe whole of the true Mocha crop each year wouldn't supply the cof. fee demands of one ward in St. Louis alone for period of six months. The best and plumpest berries of the Mocha growth, those with the most exquisite flavor, are eagerly taken by the governors and sheiks in the vicinity, and they have to get their orders in in advance, so that they may be sure of their annual sup ply. The second-grade berries go to the wealthier citizens, not of the governing class, and the third, or poorest, grade of berries, which 1nre not much superior to the best Java coffee, are sold to the people, and the demand invariably ex. ceeds the supply.
 Sometimes a few pounds ef this cheapest grade of Mocha finds its way to Constantinople, but it is very, very seldom, and I don't believe an ounce of it has ever got any further west than that. Ipre- sume that if, by some hook CT crook, a pound of the real plump berried Mocha were landed in this country it would sell for a price that even a Rockefeller might hes itate to pay. We get the best cof fee grown, apart from the Mocha, but the local conditions which pre-. vail where that coffee is raised prevent us from obtaining any, and I hardly think the real thing will ever be found in our markets" :"
Newport weekly independent., 1904-10-07
JAPAN's FIRST IRoNcLAD.
HBr Crew Made Brave Start, But Couldn't Stop Her Till Fires
 Went Out,

That the role of Japan as a mar, itime power is a new one is) brought strongly to our notice bS recalling the quite well autheh- ticated story of the first adven. ture of the first Japanese iron clad, says Country Life.
 She was built in England. While she was building her crew were also in England practicing, in other ironclads how to drive her. When she was finished the Japanese seamen took possession of her, bravely maintaining that they were fully equal to the task of starting her.
 And that, to be sure, they were, for she steamed out finely. The trouble only began when she came back to port again. Then, when they wanted to slow her down and stop her, they were unable to dc so.
 They had to put her out to sea again and go on steaming her about till her fires went out, her engines stopped for want oi steam, and she could be lowed in
 From thisito having the best mentally-equipped crews, perhaps of any nation seems a long step but it has been very rapid one.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-10-07
Developed by Nature.

When the petals of the great laurel magnolia are touched. however lightly, the result is q brown spot, which develops in a flew hours. The fact is taken ad vantage of by the South Ameri can lover, who pulls a magnolil flower, and on one of it's pu( t motta
Newport weekly independent., 1904-10-07
RNN,NN~yN<NN<NN<NNUNT > HERE AND THERE.

w. II. Dunn spent DuIludy WlIii friends in Searcy.
 G. l.. Grant made a business visit to Little Rock Tuesday.
 E. Less returned home to Jonesboro Wednesday afternoon.
 J. o. Thomas was in the city from Cotter Tuesday night going to Pine Bluff.
 Elza Lippmann left Wednes- day noon for Chicago and St.. Louis on business.
 Mrs. Ike Stephens went up St. Louis Sunday for a Wee K visit to the worlds fair.
 Col. V. Y. Cook was over lror Elmo Wednesday, mingling witt his many Newport friendsk
 Miss Florence Bentley /of oly- phant was here Wednesday oI her way to Batesville on a visit. ]
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Sboffnd :. and two children left on No. Wednesday for a visit toskE4e fair.
 Mrs. A. J. Stevens return ed Tuesday night from Ia five weeks visit to her sister, in St. Louis.
 Jno. w. Terrell and little son of Batesville were in /the city Wednesday night, goifg to St. Louis.
 E. Less of Jonesbibro was a business visitor in Newport We'd nesday, the gues9 of Jos. M. Berger, Jr.
 Fred Berger's/ company in ''The Sign of th(e Cross," left Tuesday night )after their en- gagement here for Little Rock.
 Mrs. w. R. Martin, from near Brownsville, Tenn, came We'd nesday for a Several weeks visit to her son and his wife, MT. and Mrs. J. w. Martin, on Laurel street.
 Mrs. Gds Graham of St. Louis and Mrsf Hathcage of Kennett, Mo-, a| sister of the late T. E. Allen, / accompanied Mrs. Allen from St. Louis with the remains Tuesday night.
 w. L. and R. H. Landers, WiN Hardy, Wade Luckett and c. )B. Roseborough, all of Bates vylle, were in the city a few hours Tuesday night going to the worlds fair.
 Mrs. Joe Harlin of Mountain Home, Mrs. H. l.. Menekin and Miss Hannah Walker of Bates vile were registered at the Creighton Tuesday night going to St. Louis.
 . Nathan Adler of Batesville was in the city Tuesday going to St. Louis, where he had been called by the serious illness of his father, Simon Adler, who died during the night Tuesday.
 Mrs. Martin of Little Rock stopped off here a few hours Wednesday with her son, T. J. Martin. being on her return home from the fair. She went to Batesville on the local for a visit.
 L. M. Sedgwick, the well known railroad and timber man of Kansas City was here We'd nesday on business but had no news to give out in regard to the extension of the Bonneville branch.
 Misses Belle Phillips and Irma Webber of Barren Fork, Miss Mary Johnson and brother, Ru- fus, of Eight Mile, Dr. A. A, Evans and Miss Maude Luster o1 Bethesda were guests of the Creighton Tuesday night return l ;por boyoa from tho yu0rld'c fair
Newport weekly independent., 1904-10-07

| Eal SCdrDOTOugl lidS cil-
 medical department of oo ,Nns university at Bal n' I,lllo nHe is a graduate of
 and one of Newport's = young men, being ad- lA KJohn Hopkins without eN solon, owing to his ad- at 1t in those studies, a
 ery Thorough knowledge of
 Nhiclis required for entrance.
 Nmeeting of the council was 4 helMonday evening. 10 Ctton was selling around 9s s cegs on the streets of Newport ! lssday.
 I Miss Etta Rector of Melbourne vas in the city Monday, going to lSt. Louis.
 Capt. w. A. Jov~~ inaue 1sp, d business trip by t1ae up "hi'e river Tuesda,T w Lacey of Arkansas ro ,ege at Batesville spent Mon- day in Newport.
 Miss Jessie Sain has accepted a position as saleslady with the Bailey Mercantile Co.
 Mrs. J. L. Mathews returned Monday night from a visit to relatives in Little Rock.
 Chas. F. Cole, J. B. Fitzhugh of Batesville were business visi- tors in Newport Tuesday.
 w. H. Barnes came up from Little Rock Tuesday, looking aft CT his business interests here.
 J. B. James and wife, of West Plains, Mo-, passed through Newport Tuesday, going to Bates vile.
 Dr. and Mrs. Joe Graham and Miss Grace Dowell of Tuckerman are enjoying the worlds fair this week.
 Mrs. A. B. Smith will leave shortly for a visit to her daugh- ter, Mrs. L. Bevans at Gaines vile, Tex.
 Mrs. D. Turpin and daughter Miss Bettie Denton, of Tucker man was in the city shopping Tuesday.
 Mrs. Mollie Wickersham and Miss Marille billiard left early Sunday morning for visit to the worlds fair.
 F. H. Kennedy and wife of Cotton Plant were guests in the city Tuesday, returning from the worlds fair,
 | Mrs. Andy Stevens, who has had delightful visit to her sister in St. Louis, is expect ed home tonight.
 Jno. w. Scally of Tuckerman, one of the Independents good subscribers, was a visitor in Newport Tuesday.
 J. s. Arnett, state manager ot the Singer Sewing Machine Com pany, was checking up at the Newport office Tuesday.
 Mrs. J. w. Phillips and daugh. ters, Misses Hester and Jose phine, left Tuesday for severa days visit to the worlds fair.
 Mesdames o. w. Scarborough s. M. Beattie and T. B. Stewart left on No. 2 Tuesday for weeks visit to the worlds fair
 Mrs. w. E. Shaver of Evening Shade came Tuesday for a visl to her son, Tom Shaver, and wife and granddaughter, little Mis- Catherine Shaver.
 Miss Clara Pate and llttl' brother, Lester, of Jamestown who have been visiting thel brother, CIV. Pate, in this city fo three weeks, returned Tuesda. morning.
 MT Railey. who has been witt
Newport weekly independent., 1904-10-07
Insect Senses.

Naturalists have decided that many insects have senses which human beings lack. That of loca- tion, shown by the wasp, for in. stance, is remarkable. One spe. cies builds it's nest in a sandbank that is only part of several acres of such soil, and when it leaves in search of food it covers the nest so cbrefully that no ordinag- eye ould discover it's location. That to say it is just like all the sur ounding location, and yet the tasp flies back to it without hes Iation and finds it without mak- Ing a mistake. There is another Easp flat unerringly locates the W \Qason bee under a
 Hp- baked clay, and
 ss imber used
 from Cuba.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-10-07
TO THE FAIR.

Tickets on sale to St. Louis daily via the Iron Mountain route. $9. 5 for the round trip; return limit fifteen days from date of
 T. H. REAMEY, Agt.