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Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1904-05-07
New Privilege Tax Law.
Official Publication.

Section 112.-The Tax C0llecA
tor shall publish for four consec-
utlve weeks during April in each
year. In some newspaper publish
ed In the county, notice inform
ing all persons liable for a privil.
ege tax tnat the amount will be
due the following May.
Sec. 113. All persons or cor
pofations liable for privilege tex
who shall fail to procure the H.
cense during the mouth in which
1T is due shall be liable for dou>
BILE the amount of the tax, and it
is hereby made the duty of the
Tax Collector to collect the
amount, issue a separate license
/ therefor, and to endorse across
its face the words COLLECTED as
Damage.
Sec. 119. The Tax Collector
shall require every applicant for
license to carry on business on
which is imposed "a privilege tax
in proportion to the capital stock,
stock OF merchandise or other
vsris Bile circumstances, 10 make
affidavit on the basis on which he
seeks such license, giving the full
name and postoffice address of
all the members OF the firm, which
affidavit shall be carefully pre-
served by the Collector for the
use of the grand jury and other
courts, and the affidavit must
state the largest amount which
the party expects to have on
hand at any time during the per.
li0d for which the license is de-
sired. Any Sheriff who shall fail
or refuse to take or require the
affidavit herein required shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and up
on conviction, shall be fined not
less than 500 normore than $500.
A true copy from the privilege
Tax Laws, approved the 18th day
of March, 1904.
G.. w. PRICE. Sheriff
s. Tax Collector, Yalobusha
County, Mississippi.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1904-05-07

If its a bargain it is advertised
in the Progress.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-22
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Philadelphia Record Dem.) }
says: THE Massachusetts report of
labor statistics for 1903 in dealing with
the status of the negro population in
that state brings out the curious fact
that Massachusetts enacted the first
statute establishing slavery in Amer
lea, in 1641. This was twenty years
before slavery was legally established
In Virginia, though slaves had been
brought to that state in 1919. There
are now in Massachusetts, 1884 ne
groes, so per cent. of whom live in the
cities"
The Memphis Commercial-Appesl
saws: I'VE do not feel that the fall
of Sully calls for any animadversions
upon him. just as it calls for no ex-
pressions of sympathy. He is simply
a type of the aggressive speculator.
neither better nor worse. He staked
his head and lost. If he had won, he
would, perhaps have carried some
other fellows head upon his pike. And
so we can not think of his downfall
as that of a Caesar or a Woolsey, but
rather as we would contemplate the
fate of PizarTo, reeling and falling
down amid those whom he had slain -
The New Orleans Pieayune (Dem. }
says: III the administration Is per-
mitted TO carry out its service pension
grant by proclamation the public
treasury will be mulcted to the extent
Of many millions OF dollars annually
over and above the already enormous
pension payments. Veterans OF the
age OF more than 81 viii not be aatis-
fed with claiming their pensions from
date, but viii demand arrears dating
back 10 the time when they reached
81 years OF age, OF the ground that
they were as much entitled 10 pensions
from the time that they reached he
age limit 40 are younger veterans who
are just now approaching that age
No other government 30 the world
would dare ~ innict upon the people
fuCh burden as the pension nay
ulfnfa impose upon che American peo-
~, Although the war ended forty
yeart aRo. fhe number ~ civii War
pensioners De- greater Than ever. and
fhe amount pa6 0uf annually in pen
Hsrnr ia re- llfhHHfef marx inxfead ~
ifeiUF well below fhe higheaf point
fcachef. The whole pension bHFlncsr
ia = eifFfaoefai scandal. Which a. n0i
cfecliabie ~ or EogefnmenfF
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-22

Here is a fish story that is up to
the limit, and yet it is vouched for,
says the Hartford Times. 1t was told
by Capt. James Lewis of CentrevilIe,
Mass, grandfather of George E. Cros-
by of 109 Ashley street, this city, the
latter having a newspaper clipping of
the incident The relator died many
years ago at the age of "a years. Here
is the story of Capt Lewis:
In one of my fishing voyages to the
Grand Banks l lost overheard a pock-
etknife which had my initials cut in
the handle. 1t occurred while all were
busy hauling in and dressing Goldfish.
We returned home with good fare,
discharged our cargo, and sailed back
for another haul. One day while we
were pretty lively pulling in and Dress
ing our fish, one Of our men found
a pocketknife in a large cod. All hands
gathered around the finder to see the
curiosity, | among the rest. AS soon
as l laid hands and eyes on it / knew
II was mine. and said so.
Your knife! exclaimed one and an
other; that's a likely story.
" 'Tis my knife / repeated, and |
can prove 1t. Here are my initials on
the handle
There were others on board who
knew the knife to be mine, and who
remembered the circumstances OF my
losing II overheard the previous voy-
age. SO / was allowed to retain pos
session OF Il. and / kept II as a relic
many years after You may call this
fsh story. hut II is true one,
nevertheless"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-22
lADEG ~ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-StockhoIders Realty I'm
provement and Trust Company; An
cient Landmark Lodge No. 2S1, F. and
A. M; DeKalb Lodge No. 9, L o.
o. z.
Military Orders-Orders No. 9. Irish
Jasper Greens.
Special Notices-First Spring Chick
en-, VI. S. Gardner; Notice to Those
Who Use Fountains and SprinkIers. l.
L. Kinsey, superintendent; Ship No
tice, J. II. Lang & Co.
Business Notices-At Any Hour, SOM
mers' Cafe; Grape Juice, A. II. & c.
W. West.
Second Day Of White Goods Sale
Leopold Adler.
Amusements-sava Music Club,
Lawton Memorial. March "a.
Cleanses and Whitens the Teeth
CANDLES Tooth Powder.
Hotel-Buekingham Hotel, New York
City.
Whisky-Murray Hill Club.
Grand Opening To-day-At Foye e.
Eckstein's.
OH Cook stoves-Palmer Hardware
Company.
FOods-Grape-N Nuts.
Brokers-W & Leland.
Announcement-Le Adler.
Buehu Gin-Henry Solomon & Son.
Legal Sales-Desirable Broughton
Street Property, N. A. O'Byrne. Exec
utor.
Use It Now-The Solomons Co.
As the Days Grow Warmer-Savan-
Marlborough Laundry.
Are You Hard Up?-Lattimores'.
Best Of All Butter-The DeImonico
Co.
Savannah Theater-"The Girl from
the West" Matinee To-day; "Parson
JIM" Tonight.
Legal Notices-In the Matter p. B.
Finney and c. wilkins & Bro. of Chat
ham and j. s. shuptrine OF Liberty,
Bankrupts.
Medical Doan's Kidney Pills;
Swamp Root; Thatcher Medicine Co.;
Tonita; Herpicide; Pinkham Remedy
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-22
MARRING REPIRIIcAN FACTIoNs


The Republican leaders are having
all they can do to maintain peace in
their ranks In many states there are
warning factions in their party. Just
now the factions in the great states
OF New York and Ohio are attracting
attention. It Is said that the Presi-
dent is greatly. alarmed at the condi-
tion Of his party in New York, and he
has good reason 20 he. Tne followers
Of Senator Platt are at scwords' points,
as il were. with the followers of Gov.
OdeI- For months Gov. OdelI has
been planning 10 oust Senator Platt
from the leadership of the party in
that state. and at one time it seem
ed as If he had succeeded. The latest
report is that he has failed, and that
Of the machine. One report is to the
effect that the President has become
suspicious of Gov. Oden. He is afraid
that he isn't loyal to him. Perhaps
that is the reason Senator Platt has
been continued at the head of the ma
chine. But because he has been
turned down, as it were, Gov. Oden
may become suIky and refuse to put
forth all of his strength to carry the
state for the President next fall.
The best informed of the RepubIi-
can politicians of New York.
If reports are to be credited,
are in doubt about Mr.. Roose-
velt's ability to carry New York.
Indeed, they are of the opinion that
unless the factions of their party get
together the Democrats will get the
state.
In Ohio the Republican situation is
very similar to that in New York. The
party is divided into two factions, one
led by Senator Foraker and the other
by the newly elected Senator, Dick.
The latter thinks because he was
chosen to the place that was filled by
the late Senator Hanna he ought to be
the political boss of the state, that he
ought to control the patronage. On the
other hand Senator Foraker, being the
senior Senator, insists upon being rec
ognized as the leader of the party in
Ohio. A few days ago the President
appointed some postmasters at his re-
quest, and this was made the cause
of complaint by Senator Dick. And now
the war between the senators is on in
all of it's fury. The other day in the
congressional convention of the Twen-
tieth District the adherents of Dick
and Foraker fought ferociously. They
were finally separated by the police.
and then they held separate con-
Ventions.
1t is probable that the fight between
the two senators will go on until it is
shown which is the stronger. In the
meantime, however, the conservative
element of the party will become dis
gusted and percentage of it will vote
with the Democrats.
And that perhaps, will be the way
it will be in New York and other states
in which there are differences between
the leaders. 1t is becoming evident as
the campaign progresses, that Mr..
Roosevelt isn't anywhere near such a
clever politician as the late President
Mckinley was.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-22
Personal.

Secretaries Hitchcock and Wilson
are the chums of the cabinet, being
comrades and cronies in every way.
For years they have walked away from
cabinet meetings together. The two
are OF much the same temperament
and among those who know them 1t
is regarded as quite natural that they
should become intimate to chummi-
ness. President Roosevelt is fond of
calling them my official twins
The first lawyer in the country to
seek divorce from another lawyer is
Attorney Everett ]. Harding of Wilkes
barre, Pa, who charges his wife, At
torney Ora S. Harding, with deser-
ton, and asks for a divorce. They
were married a year ago last January
in Wyoming county, where Mrs. Hard
ing, then Miss Stark, the only woman
attorney in the county, was practicing
her profession She returned to her
home last September.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-22
A Fair Bargain.

j. P. Atkin, of Chicago, told this
story on himself at the Broadway Cen
trail the other evening, says the New
York Globe.
"a few weeks ago I bought an over
coat in a large store in Chicago owned
by a Jew. l was recommended to go
the the place by a friend who had but
a week or two before purchased coat
himself at the store. 1. discovered,
however, when it was too late, that he
had got stuck in his purchase and that
he had put his revenge on me. You
see, the coat l bought all shrunk up
in the first rainstorm L got caught
in, and of course, I promptly took
it back to my Jew friend, but he got
the best of me just the same.
" See this coat?' l said to him.
Yes, 1 see dat coat. Vas some
things wrong?'
We'll, 1 should say! See how it
has all shrunk up?'
I see. How did she Gomez
Got caught in shower, 1 said.
'Oxactly. Did 1 sell you dat coat
" No, but it oughtn't to shrink up
like this
g Dot may be, but suppose dot coat
swell out und vas so big dot she vas
worth two tollar more, would you pay
me some more%
Certainly not
'Oxactly. She vas even. If she
shrinks you doan' blame me; if she
swells you doan' pay some more.
Please doan' block der shop, my friendt
dis vas my busy day
"Of course 1 got out. What else
was there for for me to do? 1 have
not seen my friend since the day he
recommended me to that store, but
the next time he crosses my path
something's going to drop"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-22
Telling a story.

Il once saw the art of successful
storytelling exemplified in a very
prominent way" said Senator Foster
of Washington few days ago in a
company Of friends, says the Washing
ton Star. During one of our polit-
icaI campaigns a speaker had under
taken to tell a story that was intended
to bear upon Ignatius Donnelly, who
was opposing him. The story was told
laboriously, and it was received with
all the solemnity that would be ex-
pected during a funeral sermon. At
its conclusion the story teller smiled
and looked over his audience to see If
he could detect ripple of apprecia-
tion, but there they all sat with SOL
emn faces. 1t had fallen perfectly
fiat.
In a short time Mr.. Donnelly arose
to reply, and referred to the story that
had been told by his opponent.
That story he said, was intended
to reflect on me, but it didn't go. Now,
my friends he continued, I have a
little story 1 want to tell you
With that Donnelly retold the story
that had fallen fiat. 1t seemed to me
at the time that he repeated it word
for word, but from the time he be-
gan the story until it was ended the
nounced to be the best story that had
ever come out of the Northwest"
Tell US the story, Senator" one of
his friends suggested. becoming curious
to know more of that narrative, once
funereal in it's effect and then laden
with the spirit of wit.
oh, no." replied the Senator. Il
have not sufficient confidence in my
storytelling ability. Now that have
prepared you for the story as a re-
markable one it would be doubly haz-
arduous to attempt to repeat it,"
Senator Fosters friends are willing
to offer a reward for that story, either
dead with f1atness or alive with wit,
if any one can deliver it to them.
They are being consumed with Curl
Osity to know what it is, but the Sem
ator cannot be Induced to venture up
on its telling.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-22
THE ISSUE OF THE CAMPAIGN.

In an interview in ST. Louis on Sat-
urday Henry Watterson. editor Of the
Louisville COurier-Journal, in answer
to the question. what is 10 Be the issue
in the presidential campaign said.
Theodore Roosevelt. with all that he
implies. He is the only issue
No one doubts that Mr. Roosevelt
is going to make hard fight 70 b.
elected President. He has never been
charged with being 3 denagogue- but
who is TO say how far he will 20 IN
the use Of all the means al his COM
mand 10 be nominated ard elected
President? He wields extraordinary
power and if hard pressed he viii bz
strongly tempted 10 use i 20 the Ut
most 10 gain the object a. which he
aims. Only a day o. tive age he is
sued an order creating a service pen
sion. In doing this he undoubtedly
usurped legislative power. Congress
had been urged for years TO grant
a service pension. 1t hesitated TO do
so because Of the vast increase iC
would make IN the pension burden.
The President did not hesitate TO do
what Congress had not dared TO do
Without consulting that body he es-
tablished a service pension which. at
the start. will cost 81, ,O00. $50 a year.
and which, eventually, viii cost as
much as S50.0o0. 600 a year.
A week ago the Supreme Court rem
dered a decision which greatly in
creased his power. II gave him prac-
ticalIy control of all of the great cor
pOrations of the country. His Attor-
ney General says that ne viii use this
new power conservatfvely, that he will
not run amuck" But he has the
power to run amuck," and he is be-
ing urged TO do so by a certain ele-
ment. II is not believed ne will, but
what effect Will the fear that he will
have on the trusts? VIII il not tend
to make them liberal in contributing
to Mr.. Roosevelt's campaign fund? He
need not even intimate that they should
contribute, that is, his campaign man
ager need not intimate that contTibu-
etOAtS NOuiN NC dNNSpNdOie. IL thS
trusts believe that he will be particu-
larly Jealous in using his power where
they are concerned, il they show hos
tility to him. the chances are they
will not hesitate to show their friend
illness in every way they can.
BY the service pension therefore he
insures for himself the support of the
element that profits by that pension
and by the decision that gives him
control Of the corporations there is rea-
son for thinking that his campaign
committee will not be lacking in funds
for campaign purposes.
And then there are 200, 900 offfcehold-
ers who can be depended upon to work
for him from the beginning to the
end OF the campaign.
II can be seen from this statement
that it will require extraordinary ef-
forts to get rid of him. If he is the
issue, as Mr.. Watterson says, it would
not be surprising If he should do some
surprising things before the cam
paign is concluded. While he would
hardly use his power TO squeeze the
trusts for campaign contributions, it
Is doubtful IL his campaign commit
tee would refuse assistance from them,
particularly IL the impression should
get abroad that his success was doubt
full
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-22

Josh Hutchinson, who for thirty-five
years has been head bellboy at the
Calf House, is down and out from a
physical ailment, says the Louisville
Herald. He is the most original char
acter among the Louisville bellboys,
and was in the hotel on the day that
| Col. Throckmorton had his famous set
to with Charles Dickens. Dickens was
writing in his room and Col. Throck-
morton, a courtly Southern gentleman,
thought he would go to the room and
see if he could not assist in giving
Dickens all the comforts of the hotel.
The landlord went to the room of the
great writer and knocked at the door.
Come in" said Dickens, gruffly.
| Looking up, he saw Throckmorton.
well, what do you want?" he ask
ed, gruffiy, for he had his English ideas
about the standing of an innkeeper.
II thought 1 would ask if there was
anything 1 could do for YOU
mo! not a d-n thing!" Dickens an
swered, churlishly, not looking up from
his writing.
Col Throckmorton was growing heat
ed about the collar at this time. How
ever, he thought he had been misun-
| derstood, and again asked Dickens if
there was anything he could do for
him.
mo. Didn't you hear me?" answered
Dickens. growing excited and gazing
at the landlord as if he were bell
boy. "If there is anything 1 want I'll
ring for it. You can 60"
That was enough. Col Throckmor-
ton walked quickly over to Dickens.
grasped his coat collar and pulled him
out of the chair. Dickens manuscript
fell all over the floor and the ink
spattered on the carpet. He was game,
however, and the men fought all over
the room. >- .-~,., ,
Dat Mr.. Dickens were no gem man, J"
said Josh, recently, in telling about
the occurrence. And how de Cunnel
did black his eYei"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-22
sULLY,s RISE TO FORTUNE.

II stories told Of Sully's wealth are
to be believed he didn't lose all of his
fortune in his failure the other day.
A Boston dispatch credits him with
saying to Thomas A. Lawson Of that
city, less than two months ago, that
his winnings amounted to $4,000, 900. Mr..
Lawson told him it was good time
for him to get out of the market and
retire on his fortune. He said it was
his intention to do 80, after the COM
pletion of the deal in which he was
then engaged, deal by which he ex-
pected to make another $1,000, 900. He
felt absolutely certain that he would
succeed in it. Therein he made a mis-
take.
1t seems, according to a report that
is being circulated, that he was care
full to provide against financial mis-
fortune when he was fully able to do
so. He purchased and presented to his
wife a house for which he paid $685.
600. and doubtless 1t cost him fully $685.
900 to furnish it. Then he bought an
annuity which yields him $4,000 a
year as long as he lives. II wouldn't
be surprising II it should turn out
that he gave his wife enough to afford
an income large enough to support his
family In comfort, II not in affiuence.
1t seems, therefore. he can afford to
laugh when funny features of his fail
ure are brought to his attention.
But IL it be true that he had S6.oOO.-
600 six weeks ago his failure didn't
leave him penniless. II Is said his
losses on the Cotton Exchange do not
amount to more than $2,2lO.OOO. 1t is
true he may have lost money on cof-
fee and on stocks, in both Of which he
was interested. Stfl. he could have
afforded to lose a big lot of money
in stocks and coffee in addition to
what he lost on cotton without be-
coming a beggar.
There is nothing that is being print
ed in connection with Mr.. Sully and
his failure that Justifies giving him
credit for trying to aid the cotton
growers OF the South. He bulled cot
ton because he thought there was
money in doing so. II is probable that
1t would have been just as satisfac-
tory to him to sell cotton as TO buy H..
Indeed, there have been hints that he
was selling on the Liverpool market
at the time he was buying in New
York. He is a speculator. pure and
simple, and was I'm the market for
what there was In Il.
There Was one thing he said during
his career as a speculatOr in cotton
that may be OF benefit 10 the South.
and that is that cotton seed II dete-
ri0rating and hence the yield per acre
is declining. The point he made was
that the planters DO not choose their
best seed for planting. but the seed
of the second picking. which IL dis
tinetly inferior 20 the seed u the FIRST
4 picking.
u may De that iD some sections there
b. such anxiety ~ Eell cotton seed for
ihs best pTioe ~ VIII bring that fhs
best seed b. sent 20 the 30 nlnis. but
inquiry ~ mills and among cotton
pisniefs dossnf sbos sueb ~ BE- fhe
fact % was o0 fhs lBferorify ~ seed
which thf planfers Nere uaiug upon
which Nr euiiy, accoraing ~ his state
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-22

There is talk in Washington of a
fine junket of representatives and SEN
ators 70 Alaska, taking in the Klon-
dixie, thence into Siberia and to the
seat Of war in the Far East. The
party will travel by special trains and
special boats. II is to be leisurely
trip, taking up most OF the time Of
the congressional recess. The trip, how
ever, is TO be a private one. 80 it is
said; that Is, those who go on it will
pay their own expenses. In that case,
II viii be different from the average
junket Of congressman, and the coun-
try Will wish the junketers a great and
good time.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-22

In the course of a speech in th=
House the other day Representative
Lowering of Massachusetts, referring
to the value of the cotton crop of
the South, said: Year after year we
denude the forests in the North to
make paper. Thousands and thou
sands of acres are cut down every
year, and our forests are gradually
disappearing. You grow every year
in the South cotton stalks that will
make the paper Of the country FIVE
times over, but you burn it and use
it for fertilizer or plow it in for fer
tilizer. You have wealth there that
you know little about. 1 have sam
pies of cotton paper pulp which sur
pass anything except the finest pulp
made from linen rags" Mr.. Bart
lett of Georgia invited Mr.. Lowering
to come South and show US how to
make paper from cotton stalks. Mr..
Lowering replied that steps had been
taken to develop the industry. This IS
good news and interesting informa-
ton. The paper consumption in this
country amounts to tens of millions OF
dollars each year. If we have here
a fine raw material for paper pro-
duction, which we are now throwing
away or practically throwing away,
the development of the cotton stalk
paper industry will open up to US a
new source of wealth.