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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-07-30
Mississippi Is not Advertised d

| Alf d. George, Of Qarrollton
Miss, ex-State Senator of that Stat .
has returned from visit to tn,
Worlds Fair and is stopping in tn,
city for few days, purchasing sup
plies and live stock for his plantation
Like every Mississippian who ha,
visited the fair, Mr.. George paid Q
visit to the Mississippi building,
which is reproduction of Beauvoir,
Jefferson Davis old home in that
State. He has returned very much
disappointed at the showing made by
the State.
Mr.. George lays all the blame on
the State Worlds Fair commission
and Special Commissioner Henry OF
Jackson, who had charge of the
building and the appropriation OF
$50, 200, which was made by the State
Legislature, He thinks the people of
the State should demand that the full
State exhibit should be placed in the
building according to the early plans
Of the commission, and that someone
should always be on hand to explain
to visitors what the building repre-
sents.
When | went to st. Louis to see
the Fair said Mr.. George, the first
thing I wanted to see was the Missis-
sippi building and exhibit. ! was
member of the State Senate which
voted for the appropriation of $50, 600
to advertise Mississippi at the Fair,
and l expected to see really credita-
BILE showing made.
The first thing I saw on approach
ing the Mississippi display was
building and reproduction of Davis
home, which looked as though it
could have been built in my own lit
tie town for cost not exceeding
81, 600. The building in reality was
as having cost $15, 900. and
there was disappointment number
one.
'On entering the place l could find
no one to direct me through it. There
was negro girl there, but she said
there was no one else about the
place at that time. There was no
exhibit from the State either, nothing
to show to the world what progress
and development had been made by
the State. That was another disap-
pointment, and before l left the i
place, after remaining over an hour,
was tn oroughly disappointed with
;he Mississippi exhibit.
Just why this state Of affairs ex-
SITS cannot say When the legisla-
ure appropriated the $50 900 for the
state exhibit at the Worlds Fair, it
vas the understanding that the
mount would be used to advertise
he State, its resources, its progress
md development. If l had not
hought that l never would have
-oted tor the appropriation, and
eitheT would many others whom |
now. l believe that nearly every
who visits the fair and
ompares the Mississippi building
With those of other States will come
way ashamed of the showing made
Or the amount of money expended, or
ather appropriated, T"
Mr.. George was we'll pleased with
he fair as a whole, saying that the
Aowing made by the various other
tates was something wonderful
Iemphis Scimiiar.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-07-30
Greater Mississippi.

There is an impression abroad that
Mississippi is an unhealthy State and
in it abounds malaria and other
deadly poisons That the man who
comes here to make it his home takes
his life in his hands and is lucky if
he survives two or three years. This
impression is entirely erroneous and
far from actual facts. 1t is one of
the healthiest States in the Uuion,
and the figures below, taken from the
census of 1900, will bsar out the as
sertion:
Average mortality for U. s. ..13.63
Rhode Island d................l9'O9 O9
New York. k..........,..... .lf'W
Massachusetts. ............... .If'f4
New Jersey ....'.''''' l''9'
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-07-30

The Fair startF tomorro# sale at
house cost. Every clerk has been in
structed to sell goods during this sale
as the mark indicates. The page ad-
vertisement in this issue will give
You some idea how cheap the goods
will be sold during this sale. The
reason the proprietoIs give for this
sale is to get rid Of the season i
goods before another comes on. !. This
is your opportunity, it is the last
knock at your door and don't fail to
listen to it. Open up the purse ana
select your wants.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-07-30
Thomas Tassart.

Thomas Taggart, the new chairman
Of the Democratic central commit
tee, is an ITishman. He was born
1856, in County Monaghan, Ireland
and came to this country with his
parents when he was still child,
settling in xenia county, o. From
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-07-30
Special Notice

Our buyer, Mr.. Sam Blum, will be
in New York from Aug. to Sep. /.
Any special orders given Do will have
his special attention. Soliciting or
ders for anything in the dry goods
line, we are. Respectfully,
NELMS & BLUM 90.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-07-30

Maryland H. 1,
tennessee. .I5.1.
Pennsylvania IA 2.
'''''''. IL. u
Indiana. .l3. 30
mississippi .l3.0r
Mississippi-whites only -. III. &C
Mississippi has a white population
oi 6il 200. Deaths for whites 7,444.
1t viii be seen that our death rate
is less than the general average of
Tie United States and far less than
the Northern and Eastern States.
The Delta region, which has been
reputed as the home of the malarial
polsons, has improved more than one
thlrd since the introduction of arte-
sian wells and the general clearing
OF the country. and now shows a
record equal to almost any portion of
the country, The pine hills are
known to be the healthiest in the
Onlueu states, with their pure ozone
and fine waters. The prairie region
is practically free from all mAlarial
poisons and disease of every nature.
The Greater Mississippi association
desires to make no statement that can
not be verified by facts and figures,
but does emphatically deny the state
ments which cast a reflection upon
the State as to its health conditions.
Interested parties are requested to
verify the facts herein presented, and
it inquiry is made of the association,
will be cheerfully furnished
to prove their authenticity.
Respectfully,
H. E. BLAKESLEE,
Sec'y and Treas.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-07-30
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Sec'y and Treas

Nelms & Blum Co. s Great Hosiery
Sale begins Monday, August st, and
continues Is days. We are going to
make clean sweep in this depart
ment.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-07-30

Nelms q Blum Co. IS Great Hosiery
Sale begins Monday, August LIST, and
continues ID days We are going to
make a clean sweep in this depart
ment
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-07-30

Monday, Aug. to Is, at Nelms &
Blum Go. -" Hosiery. +"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-07-30

A clean sweep in the hosiery de-
partment at Nelms & Blum Co., Mon
day, Aug. l to 15.
Monday, Aug. to 10 at Nelms &
Blum Co. Hosiery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-09

III Milan, and She says. etc, etc. OF
course, such men as Krehbiel, Her
mann Klein, on the impresario who
untiungly drills his men into ex-
preston of the finest shades of mean
ing III a Wagner score, are nowhere
beside Tom, Dick, and Harry, and
above all. Harry's sister-in-law
Ruskin says in one Of his not-toG-
ruch-appreciated essays that in or
der to read Milton rightly II is neees
sary to be able to say, "Thus Milton
thought" not. "Thus / thought. IN
misleading Milton" 1t is time for
Americans in general TO recognize the
superiority of genius to ordinary IN
tellect, and to admit. as some of them
seem much disinclined to do. that Il
man who. in literature, in art, in mu
sic, has the force cf character and the
technical power to lead the artists of
his generation IN new paths. ought To
know what he Is about when he writes
something different from his previous
work; that his conception Of religious
faith, while not precisely that of the
organist of some particular church.
need not therefore be assumed to be
inferior to it; and thai it Is more
Important, al Things considered, to
find out what lie meant by his WORK
than to find out what we ourselves
think of it in the light of our some
what limited knowledge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-09

keep he children in IFS streets and at
It's doors from disturbing the peace.
The great powers considered II to be
their duty 10 rescue Crete from an
arehy and bloodshed. Now. here Is
this beautiful isle whose people have
shown the world that they are not half
50 well fitted for self-government as a
tribe of monkeys. What civilized
power, if not the United States, Is
called upon TO keep order? We Ger
tainly would not allow any European
ration to interfere.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-09
RAILWAY MAY WREST
HOMES OF SETTLERS
Large Tract of Land in Oregon Involved
in Suit of Northern Pacific
Against the Government.

Hundreds OF settlers wiz be deprived
OF their hard-earned homes IL the North
ern Pacific Railway Company defeats
the Government in litigation now be-
fore the Supreme Court. involving the
title to 100000 acres northeast OF Port
land. Ore
Arguments for the Government in this
case were made this week by Judge
Charles w. Russell. special assistant
attorney general. The land was granted
TO the railroad company in 1854. when
Congress made grant to the Northern
Pacific for "A road from the east along
the Columbia Valley to Portland This
line was never built. and the grant
forfeited but the road claims the land
by virtue of a grant of 1870 to the same
company extending from Portland north
to Puget Sound. The two grants over
lap. and Il is the contention OF the
Government that the second was to be-
gin beyond the first
Thousands of acres are also involved
In litigation between the Government
and the California and Oregon Land
Company. which is laying claim TO ex-
tremely valuable property IN each side
of wagon road diagonaTy through the
reservation Of the Klamath Indians.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-09
Twentieth Century BarbaTism
Fiction Matched by Fact on an Oyster
Dredger.

A New York woman, whose eight
een-year-old boy has been missing for
some time, recently discovered that he
had been deeoyed aboard am ovste,
diedger and subjected to treatment
which landed him eventually in Bal
tImore hospital. She naturally made
the story public, and it has got into
the papers.
There have been two or three sea
stories Of note, IN recent fiction. in
which the hero was either shanghaied
or otherwise caused to take passage
on some vessel where he learned what
q dogs life some sailors have to lead.
and gained a new idea of the Jews of
the sea. Such a story was written bv
Brander Matthews some years ago. of
a New York clubman kidnapped and
shanghaied for revenge. Such fate
befell the hero in "The Promotion of
the Admiral" of whom Morley Rob
eits wrote. Jack London's new serial
begins with similar incident. Sew
eral other writers Of sea fiction hava
dealt with this material. which midi
Gates that such incidents are by no
means uncommon. sailors boarding
houses in many cities being proyerbial
Tor their completely with "crimps.''
and the probability being that any
ran Of position who might by an un-
usual combination of circumstances
set into such a scrape would keep still
about it rather than have the attend
ING circumstances made public.
Everybody who knows anything
about the oyster dredgers along tbs
coast knows that stories of the IN
credible ill-treatment and hardship TO
which the dredgers are subjected have
occasionally leaked out, but the par
tleularly fiendish thing about the op-
preston of these men is that the cap
tains are usually shrewd enough 10 Sc
lect those who have no friends and no
regulations. It seems as if an investi-
CATION of the methods in vogue on
these boats might be in order some
day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-09
LIST OF THE CHANGES
IN HOSPITAL SERVICE
Surgeon Fairfax Irwin Detailed as
Member of Revenue Cutter Re
firing Board.

The official list of the changes of sta
ton and duties of commissioned and
non-cOmmissiOned officers of the Public
Health and Marine Hospital Service Cor
the seven days ended january I 1874.
il as follows:
Fairfax Irwin. surgeOn-DetaiIed as
member Of Revenue Cutter Service re-
firing board TO be convened at Philadel-
phia, Pa, January ). 1904
NJ J. Rosenau, passed assistant sur
geOn-FOur days leave of absence from
January /, 1904, under paragraph 1S9 of
the regulations.
w. A. Korn. assistant surgeon-I1e-
tailed as member of Revenue Cutter
Service re -iring board to be convened al
Philadelphia. Pa, January ;. 1904
J. w; Amesse, assistant surgeon
OF sickness, for seven days. January 4,
f. A. Ashford. assistant surgeon-Re-
heved from duty at Chicago. Ill. and
directed to proceed to Milwaukee. Wis.
and assume temporary command OF the
service at that port, January 4. 1905.
C. H. Brock, pharmacist, granted
leave of absence for one day-JanuaFy
E. S Mcguire. pharmacist. granted
leave OF absence for seven days from
January l.
Board convened TO meet at The Ma
rine Hospital. Chelsea, Mass, January
II. 1904. for the physical examination of
an officer of the Revenue Cutter Service
Detail for the board: Surgeon r. NJ.
Woodward. chairman; Assistant Sur
geon ". G. RuCker. recorder.
Board convened to meet at Washing
ton, d. c.. for the purpose OF consider
ing revision Of medical books on con-
tract. and preparation OF list OF profess
sional books etc. Detail for the board
Asst Surg Gen L. L, Williams, chair
man; Asst. Surg. Gen. H. ID. Geddings
Asst. Surg. A. J. Mclaughlin, recorder.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-09
HIS RED BANDANNA.

General fernando. the Venezuelan
minister. made a round of calls few
days ago at the State Department and
was presented TO chiefs of bureaus and
other officials with whom ne will have
correspondence in looking after Ven
ezucla's interests
The venerable soldier was dressed IN
excellent taste and his polished manners
showed him to be a man OF much Gull
ture. Clerks and messengers i'm one
Office however. gasped when General
Hernandez drew bright red and yellow
bandauna from his pocket The bright
handkerchief of the sort negro cotton
pickers delight in. showed love Tor the
gaudy. which proved General Hernandez
had not entirely grown away from the
land OF the bull ring
On close examination a messenger dis
covered the handkerchief was silk Row
the story has reached the State Depart
ment that half dozen OF the gaudy
handkerchiefs were among the Christ
mas presents sent 20 General Hernandez
by American admirers, and. Of course.
he was not rude enough to question lie
taste a. his friend.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-09
Opinions of "ParsifaI. "
A Serious Defect in Some Criticisms
of the Work.

A Serious Defect in Some Criticism.
of the Work.
To the lover of music and of Wag-
Ier the discussion aroused by the pro
duction Of ''ParsifaI' In New York
has been partly ridiculous and partly
painful 1t is ridiculous for people
whose standard Of taste has been
formed by vaudeville or parlor per
formanees of 1.-The Maiden's Prayer
to express fippant opinions ON one
Of the greatest, and altogether the
most serious, of the works of Wag-
ner; and il is somewhat painful TO
see the bewildeIment of an honest
and conscientious class of Americans
III trying to decide whether the Grail
scene Is really sacrilegious or not.
The remnant Of prejudice which
once caused thousands of well-mean-
ing people to regard all players as dis
reputable rose up and seized upon
"ParsifaF as an offense to religious
taste, because Of It's reverent para
Phrasing of ecclesiastical music; the
same people who objected to this, it
may be added, having attended with
snug pleasure performances of "The
Sign Of the Cross or read with in
terest "Quo Vadis.'
a thoughtful criticism of this work
Of Wagner contains the following
paragraph, as perfect an apprecia-
ton Of the score, perhaps, as has ever
been penned:
Ono cannot conclude review Of the first
American production Of "PaTsifar' without
testifying 10 the unique and haunting effect
of this incompatible score when heard at last.
in its just relationships. Nowhere else has
Wagner written with so intense and deep a,
tenderness, with 50 grave. SO majestic. so in;I-
mate loyelincss. Those v-he can find here
a decadence, a futility Of effort, are sincerely
to be commiserated.
These are the words o. d thorough
student OF Wagner, one who has
brought to the task oe criticism wide
knowledge as well as earnest appre-
citation. II Is one of he misfortunes
Of musical development m this coun-
ny that there are 50 many self-eon-
stituted critics. Let man who has
spent his whole life in the study of
music or Of the drama. who is in
touch with the greatest masters. who
knows the technical difficulties and the
technical glories Of art, express an
opinion, then Tom, Dick, and Harry
Immediately exclaim: what does he
know about it? ] don't see anything
so great in thatw "Wea. it NAV be
all very fine, but as fey me. give
me good vaudeville act" That's
all nonsense, what he says about mu-
sicians understanding what he means.
Now, my wife's sister studied music
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-09
RESIGNS FROM PATENT OFFICE

James H. Griffin. employed in the
hited States Patent Office for the past
l"elVe years, has resigned his position
20 engage III the practice of patent and
trade mark law in the CITY of NSe,- Y-o-t.
He IS TO be the senior member of tba
hrm Of Griffin. Bernhard K Cavanaeh.
occupying Offices in the Broadway
Chambers. pa Broadway.
MT Grifin's experience in the Pat
ent Office has been very extensive He
has held the several positions of acting
examiner of interfeTences. principal ex-
aIniner, and law clerk TO the Commits
s-oner of Patents. He is a member OF
the bar of all the courts of the District
or Sciumhla and of the Supreme Court
OF the United States
Ills many friends wish and predict for
MIN unqualified success in the practice
or his profession.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-09
AS HIS DADDY USED to-

Hag'r James Z. Bell. inspector gene-aI
% riie practice for the District militia
enjoys the enviable distinction Of bein-
one OF the most competent and devoted
~, ,- y uctors and shots connected with the
United States Army. whether ~ao-,,I,,. :, ;
volunteer. He was spending a few es,-z
IN Virginia recently. ana an ancient Vir-
glnian, living near the Dismal swarm
drew him into conversation.
Inc venerable resident OF the Old Do
n'inion elected the information that the
major couid hit a bulFs-eye five times in
succession at Loco yards and make other
phenomenal scores.
Ihats not Surprising 70 me- quoth
the Southerner. your daddy lived in
these parts and a better shot nevcr
lived At all Of the turkey shoots and
d'herent matches he used to win the
DIGS cash prizes. guns and everything
IN sight You re just chip of the ola
block
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-09
CELEBRATE
ANDREW JACKSON DAY
Orators Voices Raised in Praise OF old Hickory" in
Many Cities Throughout the Nation

prising therefore that Mr.. Clarke should
have declared in favor OF Mr.. Olney.
That does not mean. however. that
Ohio will cast single vote in the ma
tional convention ior the Massachusetts
statesman. for much as Tom Johnson
admires Mr.. Clarke. he is too strong "a
friend Of Mr.. Bryan to permit the Ohio
delegates whom he will control 10 give
even a complimentary vote for Olncy.
Silhouette of Jackson.
This is Andrew Jackson Day" said
the Hon. John Wesley Gaines yes.e TGay.
as he drew from his vest pocket a
unique watch charm. and held Il up 10
the light, displaying in the stone setting
perfect likeness in Silhouette Of "Old
Hickory" The stone is sort Of agate
formation. and was found in Earnes
county. Texas. by the surveyor OF that
county, who is something OF "a gcologist
in an amateur way.
II was in collection OF peculiar
stones which abound i'm that section OF
the Lone Star State, and which was
presented by the surveyor 10 Repre-
sentative Burgess OF Texas. Mr. Bur
CESS was struck with the coloring OF
this one. and sent il. together with sew
cral others, TO a diamond cutter I'm Den
yer to be polished and set. He though;
perhaps a figure might be carved upor.
it, and that it would make a handsome
charm,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-09
Anarchy in Santo Domingo.
State Of Affairs That Has Become an
IntOleIable Nuisance.


If Cuba was an eyesore to us under
Spanish rule and we conceived il our
duty TO establish order on the island.
what can be said of Santo Domingo.
where government Is a farce. security
Of propety either of natives or of for
eigners unknown, and anarchy rules
supreme? A European diplomat
has rightly characterized the state of
affairs there as IAN insufferable nui-
ssnee. which the civilized world looks
to the United States to clean up. :,
The dispatch to the State Department
Of Commander Dillingham;. of the De.
troit, reveals conditions in which IT is
the duty of this Government TO take
8 hand on grounds that are more in
innate and pressing than any eonsid-
erations of humanity. Fighting took
place, he says, ON December 26 OF
land belonging TO the United Fruit
Company. Without notice houses
were looted, lives Of United States cit
liens absolutely disregarded. women
and children compelled to fee for
safety.
1t Is useless to hope for the sue
cess of one or the other of the
rival parties to gain the ascendancy
and establish order, for such a peace
could only be Of short duration. and
would depend solely upon the ability
OF the winning leader to retain his DO
sition by force Of arms. The people
are completely unsettled, and take to
revolutions and anarchy as naturally
as ducks TO water. Commander Dill
hneham cables further that the pres
ent revolution is not one of principle.
but between factions An incident has
just occurred IN the sister republic"
Of Haiti which illustrates how eagerly
opportunities are sought in the island
for ovethrowing the government.
While President Nord was absent
from Port an Prince to take part in
The celebration Of the one hundredth
year Of the independence of Haiti. a
rival raised revolt He was fortu-
nately suppressed, but had the affair
been more successful, Haiti would
row be in a state Of anarchy as well
as Ssnto Domingo.
If great and civilized nation has
any mission in the world, it is certain
~ portion of lis responsibilities to