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The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11
The Murderers Captured.

The crime for which the hOr-
rible penalty was paid by Luther
/ Holbert and his wife last Sunday
only proved that the expected
had happened:
Holbert, having been without
sleep four nights, was sleeping
in a cabin, when a negro boy of
the house slipped in and stole his
/ Winchester, and carried it to two
of the posse, about two milesfrOm
there. The posse then hastened
back and entered the room where
Holbert was sleeping. and took
his pistol away from him and
awoke him. Holbert, after feel
ing for his pistol and finding it
gone, started to run, but he was
shot in the leg and thigh.
The posse started through the
country with them to DOddsville
and reached there about o'clock
Sunday. Sheriff Anderson tried
to prevent the negroes getting
III the mOb's hands, but he had
not reached the posse when the
negroes were captured, and he
could not deputise anybody who
would attempt to get the negroes
from the mob by force. They
tried to slip the negro away, but
all in vain.
The negro woman admitted
having fired the first shot, but
declared that the boy was inno-
cent, and the boy was turned
loose.
A large crowd was present Ia
the lynching, comprising almost
all the original searching party,
which included men from three
counties. The lynching was ac-
complished in an orderly manner,
and there was no effort at the
terrOrizatiOn of innocent negroes.
A number of negroes were pres
ent The burning occurred near
the negro church, which has
served as a lodge room. HOlbert
and the woman were Obdurate to
the last, and there is no doubt
that unless they had been sur
prised, they would have made a
hard fight and have killed or in
iured a number of their pursuers.
The negroes never intended to
be taken alive, having sworn to
sell their lives as dearly as pos
sible.
After disposing of their
prisoners the mob dispersed
to their respective homes, and
the matter in its acute stage is
thought to be settled. 1t is not
improbable, however, that the
negroes who assisted Holbert and
the woman to escape and har-
bored them during the pursuit,
may suffer some pretty serious
consequences for their guilt, but
they will be handled not nearly
so severely as would have been
the case had the murderer sue
ceeded in making his escape.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11
Take Notice, Wo0dmen.

a regular meeting of Queen
City Camp, No. %, w. O. w,
will be held tonight at the
Woodmen's Hall. The Protec-
ton degree will be conferred.
Mem bers ballotted for and other
very i'm portant business will be
transacted. All members are
requested to come.
S. SCHwAB, J. w. LIPSCOMB,
Clerk. G.. g..
Columbus, Miss, Feb. 9, '04.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11
Twenty thousand

Twenty thousand people weI q
thrown out of employment and
100000, 900 worth of property
destroyed by the Baltimore fire
which ragged all day Sunday and
the greater part Of Monday
The city has been put under
martial law, troops being placed
on guard to prevent looting.
This fire will go down in history
as one of the greatest the world
has ever known, an area of mile
in length by a quarter of mile
i'll width being laid waste by the
flames.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11
For Sale.

Mosby and St. Charles corn.
Carefully selected, hand shelled,
sacked and delivered in Colum-
bus. Price, S1.50 bushel.
POLAND CHINA PIGS
So. 90 each.
SCOTCH TOPPED
Short Horn Bulls. $40 to 1925.
Fully immuned. Address,
R. 3. HARDY,
e. T. d. No. I,
.i27 2m Columbus. Miss.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11

Jewelry valued at s., 1000, which
was concealed in a cunningly
constructed hiding place in
railway guide sent by mail
from Germany to an address in
Denver, was seized by customs
officers in New York last Satur-
day.
The latest designs in Congress
playing cards at Johnston &
Gaines.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11

A special from Norfolk, Va,
says: At a late hour last night
Washington Taylor, quarter.
master general of the Grand
Camp Of Confederate Veterans OF
Virginia, fell down a stairway of
his residence, fractured his skull
and was killed.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11

The latest fad, alligator money
bags for ladies, 80 and 70 cents
each at Johnston & Gaines.
The friends of Mr.. Will Watson,
the popular rural mail inspector,
are glad to learn that he has been
transferred from Georgia back
to Mississippi. Mr.. Watson was
in the city for a short time
last week shaking hands with
friends, on his way to the north
ern part of the state where
business calls him.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11
chancerY Notice
OF Mississippi,
- &C.,

The State Of Mississippi
Lowndes County.
To the unknown heirs Of Joseph Sloan dec'sd.
You are commanded to appear before the
Chancery Court of the county of Lowndes in
said state on the first Monday of April. A. ID.
1904. there and then to show cause if any you
can why the final account of J. T. Armstrong.
temporary administrator of Joseph Sloan. de
ceased, should not be allowed. approved and
said administrator discharged
This Ist day of February. A. d. 1904
ID. D. RICHARDS Clerk.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11

Governor Vardamen has ap-
pointed the following members of
the Board of Trustees of the
Mississippi Agricultural and
Mechanical College, located at
Starkyille: II. E. Blakeslee, Tu-
pelo; J. G.. Spencer, Port Gibson;
w. H. Hardy. Hattiesburg.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11
Insurance Clam Quickly Adjusted.
Columbus. Miss, Feb. 6. 1904.
Mr.. T. 3. Franklin,
Pres. Col. InS. Bank;

COlum bus, MISS, rep. U, 1914.
Mr.. 7. B. Franklin,
Pres. Col. Ins. Bank;
Dear Sir:-Please accept my
thanks for your very prompt
settlement for damages to one OF
my cottages last Wednesday by
fire. Within two hours after the
fire, your carpenters were on the
building, repairing the damage.
[ now realize the advantages of
placing my insurance with a
home company. Had my insur..
ance been in foreign company,
I would probably had to wait
several weeks for an adjustment.
[ enclose application for insur-
ance on my store house on Mar
ket street.
Respectfully,
Mrs. M r.. OSTRANDER.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11
Are You Restless at Ninhi7

And harrassed by a bad cough?
Use Ballard S HOrehound Syrup: it
will secure you sound sleep and effect
a permanent and radical cure. 25c,
soc and 81 bottle at Johnston &
Gaines
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11
Mardi Gras. February 1O-16.

Low round trip rates via Mobile &
Ohio Railroad to New Orleans and
Mobile. For all particulars apply to
your home agent or write JnO. NJ .
Bea1l, NJ. & 0. r. r., St. Louis
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11
Money to Lend.

Money to lend in this county
on improved rm property.
For terms and particulars ad-
dress, B. II. STRONG,
l 4-6m West Point Miss.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11

No trespassing or hunting will
be allowed on my land. All of
tenders will be vigorously pun
iShed. j. w. MURRAH.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11
Wanted Position.

By boy, IA years old; now en-
gagged in grocery business. Will
ing to work. Addre IS: f., +"
care Of THE DISPATCH. 3t
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11
Salesman Wanted

In dry goods store. Good p0-
sition. Apply to t. Gottleib, 422
Main street. f10-1W
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11
Money to Lend.

I have money to len1 ON good
security Apply to
1-9-1m Il. Z. LANDRUM.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11

Have you seen our new line of
stationery? Johnston s. Caine.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11

Carnations 6Oc a dozen. Laws.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-11
THE DISPATCH.

Entered mt the Columbus postonce for trans
mission through the mails as second class
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-08-17
Two Miles in Twenty Years.

Mr.. Thomas S. Stadden, "a prominent
resident Of Wadesville, Clark county,
and former resident Of Winchester,
was in the city recently and brought
with him terrapin which has 5ather
remarkable and certainly most
unusual history.
just 30 years ego, in 1874, Mr.
Stadden came across the terrapin on
his farm, and Oh the bottom Of ite
she'll he inscribed the date. Every
Tins since that he has seen the ter
repin he hes cut the date on the shell
and the entries are as follows: 1874,
1875, 1879, 1880, 1881. 1882 and
1884.
On the latter date Mr.. Stadden car
ried the terrapin to spot near Ste
pbenson, fully two and half miles
from home, and then turned it loose.
Mr. Stadden has always held to the
theory that terrapin and turtles will
always endeavor to wander back to
the spot of their birth, and to test the
theory the terrapin was taken to Ste
phensons.
That was 20 years ago, and during
all the intervening two decades Mr..
Stadden never saw his pet. In fact
he had forgotten all about it until one
day recently he came across terra pin
under the very mulberry tree on his
farm where he had found terrapin 80
years ago. Turning the terrspin over,
he was amazed to find that it was his
long lost pet. There we're all the
dates, the initials that had been placed
there from time to time, grown larger,
Of course, with the terrapin. but just
as distinct almost as the day they we're
cut there.
In order to get back to his usual
feeding place under the mulberry tree
from stepheusons the terrapin had to
CROSS several streams, traverse wooded
bluffs, treacherous ravines and cross
fields. Twenty years had been requir.
ed to make the journey Of two and
half miles, but, guided by an unerring
instinct, the little terrapin had at last
reached home-a living object lesson
of what perseverance can accomplish
Winchester (Va.) News Item.
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The Independent Farmer.

Wall street may be depressed, and
spectators may rise and fall. The la.
Dor question, with capital and labor 80
widely apart is serious one, but
with fine wheat crop assured, aith
every Indication Of great corn crop,
and with cotton promising a record
breaking yield, the country is girding
up it's loins for another prosperous sea-
son. And this prosperity will come,
not from politicians or speculators,
but from the toll Of the man behind
the plow, whose labor, rewarded by o
bounteous yield, will create great
traffic for the railroads. factory and
mill, bringing work at fair wage to
millions who will thus be able to
spend money not only for the neoes-
saries. but the luxuries, of life. Thus
is prosperity's endless chain set NOV.
ing, and we may fear no prolonged
panic, let the conditions be what they
may in speculative circles, as long as
Americas farmers are rewarded, some
fifty and some hundred-fold, by God,
who said that by the sweat of his
labor shall q man live. In the strenu.
?gs modern life the man is to be con.
gtatulated who has the opportunity to
earn bis living on the farm; untrou-
bled by labor strikes, undismayed by
combination Of capital, AS long as
the wofld lasts, when men must bs
sed and clothed, no trust can bs Made
strong enough 10 permanently depress
the prices Of farm Ir'flss!hsasts Ir'flss!hsasts below the
cost Of prodGotiot, This fact makes
the farmers lSsA happy one, and his
position bssSsmes more and more indie.
peudehs With the growth of cities,
whose toiliug millions look to the farm
fer food and clothing. The above
rfom the Farm and Home is true,
whether our farmers see it that way
or no. The lot OF o farmers is the
hsppiest Of all men, who have to labor
for o living.
o . . " +. e ID .
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Drunk And Killed His Father.

Arcadia, Fla, Aug. 6.-Matthew
Driggers, union army veteran, was
shot and killed here today by his SOD
Charles Driggers, who was insanely
intoxicated at the time. Driggers had
threatened his wife and driven her
from home when his father called to
see him and at the time was having
quarrel with his brother.in. law, who
was also Intoxicated.
Matthew Driggers went into the
house and his son followed, drew his
revolver and shot him four times, the
fatal wound being in the head After
killing his father, Charles Driggers
went out on the front porch where his
brother-in-law, Whidden, was lying in
drunken stupor, and beat him over
the head with his revolver. Young
Driggers was arrested and is now in
Jail.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-08-17
PUSH.

"ttis not SftEsAy,''. said d broker,
"that James R. Keene answers
strangers letters. Tie othhett Day,
though, he broke his rule Of silence,
''A Country lad out in Indiana wrote
to HIN. The lad wanted to come 60
New Yof)h Ind 'thdsks his fortune and
he asked Mr. tKeere to tellhim how to
go about the 'nfasser,
"'AsI I stsSa in the broad avenue
Of life, said sAR boy, Il fud so many
closed do1fs before me that I don't {
know Which Of them to open. How
can 4 distinguish she door that vial
lsaa me to sucoessP'
There is only one door fos You to
take Mr.. Keene answesva. 1T ie
the one labeled Push"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-08-17
Beware The Quack Doctor. o3

AS usual thing the travelling quack
finds no trouble in securing space in
the country newspaper in which to
proclaim his marvelous power aud sue
cess in the curing Of every disease.
Once in a while, however, he comes
against newspaper whose editor has
few ideas on the propriety Of matters
and he receives shock. The Charles
ton (Lll.) Daily Courier, published by
G. L. Lee, recently commented On the
fact that q man representing himself
to be physician, who wauted to ad'
vertise, but whose business was de-
clined, made considerable remark con-
oerniug the refusal. A part OF the
editorial comment was as follows:
Snow we haven't much to say, pub
licly, about this affair, except to ad'
wise all people who need the services
Of physician to consult some one OF
our reputable home doctors. Ii men
like the one in question were all they
claimed to be, there would be little need
of them running about the country as
they do. Again let US advise our
readers to consult your home physi'
clan. you know him and can depend on
him, for he is here to day, and will
be here tomorrow, il you need him;
whereas, men such as We have refer'
red to are here today and gone tomor'
row, they care nothing fer you per-
sonally, except to get your money.
The grasp Of the subject by MIR.
Lee evidenced in this point comment
seems exceedingly satisfactory. Inns
newspaper proprietor has oons'desaole
regard for what he puts in his adver-
t;sipg pages. We have not seen h'S
naner. but we certainly wish success
and hope it is as we'll Informed ana
,evel-headed on other subjects ss ne
appears to be on the subject OF inc
travelling advertising quack versus ene
responsible home physician ournal
American Medical Association.
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THE INEVITABLE.
We Should Make Some Preparations tor
the End.

for their longevity. 1t surprises the
very young to see how pertinaciously
the very old cling to life. 1t seen
reasonable to suppose that when one
has outlived his or her generation, is
feeble, and perhaps suffering, that he
would be not only willing but anxious
to be released from the burden Of the
flesh, but this is very rarely the case.
On the contrary he clings to it often
more at eighty than when he was half
that age. The young may think it
strange the old man does not wish to
die, but their opinion changes as the
years 60 on and their point Of view
changes with them. In the ninct: eth
Psalm, called 1.-THE Prayer of Moses,
the Man Of Cod" is the petition:
$50 teach us to number our days that
we may apply our hearts to wisdom.
The writer was lawgiver who had
seen God "face to face as man speak
eth to his friend" and we cannot be-
lieve that death, even that lonely one
on Mount Nebo, had any terrors for
him, nor does it seem there could have
been need that he should know the
time of his death in order that he
might apply his heart 70 wisdom;
since he was wise in all the learning
of the Egyptians, and had been in
structed of God all his life. But we
arc very far from repeating the petit
tion with any real earnestness. The
last thing ne desire to know is the
number Of our days. We talk vague
ly of "three score and ten or Of
"four-score years" as being ripe old
age, but we mean that for others; as
to ourselves-we belong to the immor-
tails.
But while this mental attitude is
general it is not universal. There are
those who can contemplate the ap-
proach Of their last hour with perfect
calmness, even with pleasure, because
their faith enables them TO lay hold
on the promises of Scripture 80 firmly
that nothing can disturb their peace.
There may at times be little human
dread of the mere passing Of the soul
from the body, but their faith over
comes even this very natural weakness
with the thought Though I walk
through the valley Of the shadow of
death I "will fear no evil, for Thou
art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff
they comfort me, and how often have
we seen this faith justified when the
supreme hour came and the spirit
PASSED away 10 perf0ot peace. Sunday
News.
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Farming in Big Figures.

a farm which contains 1913 dwelling
..:;ouseS and population OF 1.700.
which feeds 1000 cattle and 80, 900
sheep in awinteg. Alarm which raises
3,4ll acres Of corr, 1870 of beets,
s5s Of sorghum, 500 Of wheat, s72 Of
Barley, paah, alfalfa, oats and millet,
besides $500 acres Of grass land;
which has put 81, ,125, 900 into build
ings' and has an annual payroll Of
sl2l, 1866;
Thsse A6afss from the Standard
Cattls COMPANY of Ames, Neb. illus
ttatea soihe of the sights that bewil-
der the eastern traveller. This farm
is a good example Of the "repurreo.
zionist" ranch in Nebraska. Much Of
the land Of that great agricultural
State, homeeteaded after the Aat by
men with listle capital except their
two hands, is being gathered now into
| vast holdings conducted by the most
scientific methods, bdtk in farming
and business.
The eastern traveller will see many
new and intetesting things on one of
these big corporation ranches. He
will see Hn the brains and progressive
,heeHSes used by the great captains Of
industry here applied to the science
4 81 farming. He will find the manager
working hand in hand with tho gov
ernment agricultural stations, expert
menting constantly to get the greatest
returns out Of the earth with the
smallest outlay on it.
Scores of different foods arc tried
for the winter feeding of cattle, and
exact results chronicled. The cost of
every animal on the great place is
known to penny, from its birth to
the DAY it leaves the ranch. fertiiiz-
ing is reduced to science. The COM
position Of different soils, che ingre-
dents required to make them produd-
tive, are known as exactly as the diff
ferent rook formations in q mining
country. A class Of agricultural ex.
perts has grown up, like mining ex-
psrts. :.
! There are men who make q business
| Of taking mp wornout, run down an
productive farms bringing them up to
=
a dividend paying basis By means Of
scientific farming, and selling them al
large profit. AL such men, who are
recognizing and revolutioniEing the
agricultural industry Of Nebraska, The
crisp western humor dubs .'resurreo
stionists." A noted "resurrectionist'
i is George Payne, who after years o.
II experimenting, has recently evolyet
II s.alfaHa meal" one Of the most ,vaAa
4 Bile discoveries aver made for ii 81 fas
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Hog Cholera Aud Infection.

Doctor Thorudike Of Mississippi
Gays in Home and Farm:
Science has demonstrated hog ohot-
era to be due to germ. That it fg
intensely infeotive and contagious,
but never epidemic. Place hog 'be.
yond the possibility Of infection aud
he will never die Of Chcseaa. This
can only be done by isolasion, q pre-
vention too expensive fer The most of
hog raisers.
I believe there is means for the
extermiIation Of keg cholera. Ex-
terminate the buEzard and the hog
cholera will cease to be, because the
buzsard is the chief carrier and dis
tributer Of the cholera germ. The
buzzard is ne use to the country, yet
I believe most Of the States have laws
for its protection. Let these laws be
repealed and appropriations made by
the States or by the General Govern
meut for the payment Of his extermi.
nation and in very few years the
buzzaTd will bs gene sha viii him
hog choleH, aud bacon and ham
would ell the stomsches of the starv-
lag millions. If the Home and Farm
will take 'this matter up and keep it
before che people il will set the. pso.
pie to thinking, and when they shall
nave peen the ressonablenes the
theory, then there will be legislation
for thiss everlasting good. am now
V2 years old, and remember when
the hog cholera first struck this
Southern country, have watched It's
progress closely and know that mp
theory is right. And IL ! could live
to see the determination OK cholera
brought about by this initial article I
should heal. people oall pae blessed.
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80 Il isthe average girl ambition:
to change her name hut she. doesr..t /
always succeed because che chaDRes
, her mind TOO Off en-. 4
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