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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
The State Guard.

The annual report of the adju-
tant-general to the war department.
for the year 1908, just completed,
shows the State Guard to be COM
posed as follows: First regiment,
so officers and $50 men; Second, 66
officers and 373 men; Third, 54 Off
GERS and 661 men one infantry COM
pany unattached, 8 officers and "a
men; Troop A, cavalry, 3 officers
and SO men; Troop B, 4 officers and
Sc men. Total officers and men,
2,035. Since January 1 a number
of new companies have been mus
tered in which are not included.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Lightning Destroys Toone.

The little village of Toone, in
Hardeman county, was almost wiped
off the face of the etarth last week,
as the result of a stroke of lightning.
During a storm the storehouse of A.
S. Anderson was struck by lightning
and set on fire. The flames soon
spread from the Anderson store to
other buildings and thereby caused
a loss uf nearly $4,000. Very few
buildings are now left in the place,
as the Town also experienced a dis
astrous fire last week.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
A MURDERER SHOT TO DEATH.
Frank Rose Paid the Penalty of His Grim es
Yesterday at Salt Lake City-His
Confession.

Salt Lake City, April 23-Frank P.
Rose, who was legally shot here yes
terday for the murder of his wife last
Christmas day, confessed to other muir
ders, said to number no less than ten.
Rose declared he had spent the last
IA years in committing successive
crimes, varying from robbery to muir
der. He said that in 1892 he was a
member OF the Dalton gang in Okla
homa for a time and took part in the
robbery and murder of number of
boomers. After leaving the Daltons
he continued his operations as a men,
ber of the Starr gang
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Tomato Crop Damaged.

Col. J. W. Rosamon, of Alamo.
said last week that he did not be-
lieve any damage would result either
to vegetables or fruits from the late
cold spell. In West Tennessee, Col.
Rosamon said the recent frosts had
done no very great damage. The
tomato crop of West Tennessee was
damaged about 25 per cent and the
loss of strawberries will not exceed
10 per cent. Peaches were not hurt.
The cherry crop has been cut IS per
cent and there will be heavy loss
on beans.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Child Burned to Death.

Little Vivian Jewel, the daughter
of the Methodist minister stationed
at Trenton, was burned 10 death last
week. The little girl was lighting
sticks from the library stove, when
her clothing caught fire and she was
fatally burned before assistance
could reach her. Mrs. Jewel was
also painfully burned in attempting
to extinguish the flames enveloping
her little girl. The family has the
sympathy of the entire community
in their misfortune.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Hospital to Cost seO.OOO.OOO.

New York, April 23.-The plans for
the new Bellevue hospital were made
public yesterday. They provide for the
largest hospital in the world. 1t will
extend from Twenty-sixth to Twenty
East river 1t will take ten years to
finish the structure, which will cost
S12.000,0 600. 1t is TO be constructed of
brick and stone, will be fireproof and
will accommodate $500 patients. The
largest hospital in the world now is at
Hamburg, which houses 1, 700 patients
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Better Pay for Preachers.

The Knoxville presbytery of the
Southern General Assembly decided
last week that in future no minister
shall be paid less than $500 an
nually. Where ministers are mar
ried they are also to have free house
rent. Where churches can't stand
the expense named the presbytery
will make up the difference.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
DR.. Dudley Declines.

DR.. W. L. Dudley, dean of the
medical faculty of Vanderbilt Uni
versity, to whom the presidency Of
the University of Tennessee was
rendered a few days since, has de-
clined the offer, and the trustees will
make another effort to elect a presi-
dent in July
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
A PRAYER IN COURT.
Illinois Preacher Grows Demonstrate tive
Upon the AcquittaI of His Son, Tried
for Stealing JeweIry.

Edwardsville, ILL.,. April 23.-In the
circuit court room here Rev. j. G. Sef-
ton, pastor of the Presbyterian church
at Troy, ILL.,, publicly offered a prayer
of thanks when his son was acquitted
of a charge of grand larceny. Then
the minister embraced each member of
the jury that had returned the verdict
and with streaming eyes embraced his
son and led him from the court room.
The son, Frank Seton, had been ac-
cused of stealing jewelry from jew
cry store in Troy. His defense was an
absolute denial of the charge.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
LAUNCH BLOWN UP.
Russians Meet Another Disaster in
the Usual Way.
While Laying Mines at Port Arthur Prob
ably to Block the Harbor Entrance
Lieutenant and Twenty Men
Were Killed.

st. Petersburg, April 23.-The car
has received the following telegram
from Viceroy Alexieff, bearing yester-
days date: Il respectfully report to
your majesty that to-day, during the
placing of mines by some steam
launches, Lieut.. Pell and 20 men were
killed through a mine exploding
prematurely under the stern of one of
the launches" This announcement
has added to the gloom which has pre-
vailed since the disaster to the Petro-
pavlovsk. I'VE are paying the price
of Carelessness," said a member of the
admiralty, ''and previous disasters
seem to teach nothing"
The war commission suppressed part
of the viceroy's dispatch which showed
where the mines were laying. 1t is be-
lieved that as launches were employed
they were mining the entrance to the
harbOr in order to prevent the Japa-
nese from forcing an entrance and at
tempting to destroy the remaining
ships
1t is evident from the closing of the
entrance that Viceroy AleXieff has no
intention of letting his ships go to sea
again even against an inferior force,
though this may not be the policy Of
Vice Admiral Skrydloff, who will de-
termine on a plan of operation when
he assumes command.
More Floating Mines Found.
Teen Tsin, April 23.-Floating mines
have been seen off the Shan Tung
prOmOntory in the much-uSed Fair
way followed by vessels bound to and
from Shanghai and Chefoo and Tien
Tsin and other northern ports. This
is extremely dangerous to shipping and
probably will cause an increase in ma
rine insurance.
Two More Jap Spies Arrested.
Archangel, Russia. April 23.-Two
suspected japanese have been arrested
on the railroad near Vologla, in north
eastern Russia, 3O2 miles from Moscow,
with plans in their possession of Arch
angel and the famous monastery OIL
the island of Solovetskiy, in the White
sea.
Russia Seeks Loan of 81 5O,OOO,OOO.
Paris, April 23.-The European Econ
omist says under reserve that Russia
is negotiating with the principal
French banks for loan of $3.50 200, 900
on five per cent. four-year treasury
bonds to be placed at 9S.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Pillow Critically III.

Hon. Ernest Pillow, ex-speaker of
the senate, is critically i'll at the
home of his father-in-law, in Nash
vile, with a complication of dis
eases from which he has been so
weakened that there is slight hope
of his recovery. He has been in a
partly comatose condition for sew
eral davs.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29

Washington, April &c. S. Jobes,
president of the American national
bank at Kansas City. who sold the s3,-
00O,00 issue of Philippine bonds to
Blair & Co, of New York. is said to
have made a profit of $4,000 on the
deal, besides reserving 100000 of the
issue for his own bank
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Bill About kiowa Land killed.

Washington, April 23.-Upon the rec
Ommendation of Secretary Hitchcock
the bill opening to settlement more
than 100000 acres of grazing and wood
lands in the Kiowa country has been
killed by the senate committee on In
dian affairs Delegate Mcguire got this
bill through the house some time ago
and, in view of Oklahoma's chances for
statehood, he has been anxious that it
become q law at this session.
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came not to destroy but to fulfil.
When they condemned Him as a Sab
bath breaker He vigorously reptile /
that the Sabbath was made for man
and not man for the Sabbath and
That He was Lord even of the Sabbath
day. When they saw Him casting out
demons they declared that He was able
10 do such mighty works because He
was In league with the Devil but He
quickly showed them how ridiculous
their charge was and declared to them
that He was the Son of God and re-
ceived His power from above Every
accusation which they brought against
Him He denied and clearly refuted,
save this one that He was the declared
Friend and the willing associate of
publican and sinner. This charge He
admitted by some of the most beauti-
iul and tender parallels and by His
loving, compassionate and helpful at
titude always manifested toward the
Cutcast and despised sinner. He told
the proud, seif-righteous Pharisees
bluntly and plainly that He had come
not to call the righteous (and how l
should like to have heard the inf1ec-
ton and emphasis with which he pro-
nounced that word righteous) but sin
ners TO repentance; that "the Son of
Man came to seek and 10 save that
which was lost" that they who were
whole needed not physician, but the
sick.
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Three Hanged from Same scafrold.

Chicago. April 23.-Atheist to the
last, bat seemingly unnerved complete
ly, Peter Neidermeier, leader of the
car barn bandits, was hanged yester-
day from chair, contrasting with his
companions in crime, Gustav Marx and
Harvey Van Dine, who, standing erect,
kissed an image of Christ and died
without a tremor. The three execu-
tions were separate, 20 minutes apart,
the same scaffold being used for ALL
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
National Guard Encampment.

The place for the next encamp-
ment of Tennessee national guard
troops is now the principal topic of
conversation in military circles
throughout the State. A movement
is on foot to carry the troops to the
vicinity of Memphis this summer,
and it is more than likely that the
encampment will be held somewhere
in West Tennessee.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Prison for VioIators.

In the United States Court at
Nashville last week Judge c. d.
Clark announced that hereafter Of
tenders against the internal reve-
nue. law would be severely dealt with
on first offense. In making this an
nouncement Judge Clark stated that
there was no excuse whatever for
violations of the internal revenue
laws by whisky sellers, that every
man and woman, however ignorant,
knew that the selling Of whisky
without a government license was a
violation of the law and he had de-
termined to deal with them as Sc
verely for the first offense as for the
last. Adherence to this declaration
means penitentiary sentence for
violators.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Bank at Southside.

Enterprising citizens of the hust-
ling little town of Southside, in
Montgomery county have organized
bank with $4,000 capital Officers
will be elected at once, and the ba k
will be made ready for business rs
soon as possible.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Farmers Organize a Union.

The Farmers Educational and
Cooperative Union was organized at
Jackson last week, and that place is
to be made the State headquarters
of the organization. 1t is said that
seven States have been organized,
with a membership of 100000. The
idea is to aid in buying and selling,
and to discourage the mortgage and
credit system.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
New College Building.

Emory and Henry College, at
Knoxville, is to have a new 100000
building. Bids will be asked for
soon. The money for same will
come from the Twentieth Century
Educational Fund of the Methodist
Church. South.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Thompson Will Not Run.

Lillard Thompson, who entered
the race for the Democratic nomina-
ton for congress in the Fourth dis
trict few days ago, has withdrawn
from the contest. He gives no rea-
son for this action.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Prison Management compIimented.

In transmitting the report of his
inspection for the State prison to the
department of labor at Washing
ton, Special Agent Robert W. Dur
ham pays a high compliment to the
Tennessee prison management.
Among other things he says: Il
have never visited a penal institu-
ton that impressed me more than
this one. 1t is up to date in every
particular. [ went through it in all
its branches and found it clean and
sanitarv.''
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Pension Bill Carries s1s..ooo. 1000

Washington, April 23.-The pension
appropriation bill, carrying over $137,-
100000, and the emergency river and
harbor appropriation bill, which car
ries $4,000 900, were passed yesterday
by the senate, leaving only the general
deficiency and the military academy
bills of the entire list of supply meas
ures still to be considered by the SEN
ate
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Small Crop of Tobacco.

The planting of tobacco has been
commenced by the farmers in Mont
gomery county. A small crop, COM
pared with that of 1903, will be
raised this year as result of the
low prices prevailing for the 1908
crop.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29

He one accusation
of the scribes anu
PhariSees which
Jesus seemed will
ling to let go un-
challenged W a )
that He was the
Friend and asso-
ciate of the sim
ner. When the
carping critics Of
His oay charged
Him with trying
to destroy the law
and the prophets
He replied that He
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Run Closed Hobart Bank.

Hobart, Ok, April 23.-The Farmers
and Merchants national bank closed
its doors Friday. President Bradford
says the depositors will be paid in full.
The failure was the result of a run,
S25, 900 having been withdrawn.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
AustraIfa's Cabinet Quits.

Melbourne, April 23.-The federal
ministry has resigned. The resignation
was due to its defeat in the house of
representatives on a labor party
amendment making the bill for the
arbitration of labor disputes appli-
cable to state employeS
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Nearoes Leaving Huntington.

A colony of negroes will leave
Huntingdon this week for Illinois,
where they will be employed in the
construction of a new railroad that
is being built in that State. 1t is
a noticeable fact that the negroes are
fast disappearing from Huntingdon
and their places are being filled with
white people.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Obion Wheat.

The wheat crop throughout Obion
county never looked better at this
time of the year than it does now,
and unusually large yields are ex-
pected.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
A Muscle Hestrnver

l find that alcoholic drinks give no
strength. No. On the contrary, drink
builds up no muscle, but destroys its
power snd makes it less active for
work.-Sir Benjamin Ward Richaru-
son
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Federal Court in Session.

The Federal Court is in session
at Jackson. There is large docket,
and the court will probably be in
session for two weeks.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29

A PARTY of settlers was seeking to
1 IAescape the bands of hostile Indians
which were lurking on every hand, but
not knowing the country, they were
completely at a loss as to which way
TO turn. Darkness came on while this
dilemma confronted them, and with
the darkness came deliverance. There
suddenly rose from the grass in their
midst an unarmed Indian. He pro-
fessed friendship. He said he had crept
in unbeknown to the other Indians,
who were plotting their destruction,
so as to show them how they might
escape. How could he prove that he
was a friend? Not by telling them of
all the hostile Indians that lurked
without the camp, but by showing
them the way of deliverance. Some
were afraid to trust him, but braver
hearts said: 'It is our hope" They
followed the Indian through a trail
they never could have found for them
selves and escaped the threatened dan
ger They knew then that the Indian
who had come TO them that night was
real friend. He had proved it by
pointing the way of deliverance. And
Jesus III lulieI, hlSHeI seHSe plONes
His friendship by pointing the sinner
to the way of escape from sin and it's
consequences. And Jesus talk that
day in Matthew'S house was of deIiv-
erance from sin All, how the thought
of that Friend grew upon that company
of menl Oh. there is nothing that so
appeals TO the sinsick heart as the low
ing. earnest words of the Everlasting
Friend, "the Friend that sticketh closer
than a brother" Oh, sinner. whoever
you are. and however deep you are in
the mire of sin. Jesus is your Friend.
He longs to prove His friendship by
lifting you up and leading you out into
the light and joy and liberty of a new
life, life of fellowship with Him.
Will you not let him?
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Nephew of China,s Emperor Here.

Omaha, Neb., April 23.-The nephew
of the emperor of China, Prince Pulun,
and suite of 25 left Omaha for Chicago
last night in a special car en- route
to Washington on diplomatic business.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Fair Fruit Crops in obion.

The prospects are good for a fair
fruit crop in Obion county, despite
the miserable weather and frosts of
the past week.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29

WTHEN the woman who was a sim
Wv ner came and threw herself at
Jesus feet as He sat at meat in the Phari-
sees house, and washed His feet with
her tears and wiped them with the
hairs of her head and poured fragrant
ointment upon them. He graciously
and tenderly received the devotion of
the heart that longed for better and
purer life, and rebuked the proud
Pharisee who was shocked that Jesus
should allow this sinful woman to
touch Him. When Jesus passed
through Jericho on one occasion He
went out of His way to invite Himself
10 dine with Zaccheus, the tax gather
er, the notorious bad man of the town.
Repeatedly Scripture declares that the
sinners and publicans flocked to Jesus,
and He welcomed them always And
when the Pharisees murmured He told
them the beautiful and touching sto-
Ties of the lost sheep. the lost coin
and the lost boy, and by them gave
Heavens standards of values and
showed how much n soul was worth in
the estimation of God. And even III
death Jesus found joy and fellowship
with the sinner as the dying thief
turned to Him for comfort and He re
piled: This day shalt thou be with
Me in paradise" Jesus was the Friend
of sinners He was willing to be
known as such He welcomed them as
they came. He helped them as they
tarried, He sent them forth to purer
and better lives.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29
Will Not Take the Memphis Run.

OBJECTION to the assignment of
Thomas Cooper, a negro railway
mail clerk, to the Southern Railway
run between Memphis and Chatta-
nooga has been a matter of much
interest to the officers of the service
in this division. At the Memphis
office of the railway mail service it
was learned that Cooper has not yet
been employed on the Memphis
Chattanooga run, and that the trans
fer recently made will probably
never go into effect. Not only have
patrons of the service objected to the
transfer of Cooper, but Cooper him
self has requested the department to
allow him to remain on his present
run in East Tennessee, preferring
to remain there than to enter the
district where the race feeling is
more intense.
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THE FRIEND OF SINNERS
Copyright, 1894, by ]. y. Edson.)
Chica 90 Supd
What Jesus Has Done 20 Prove His Right
to Be Known Such.

Chicago. Sunday, April "a, 1904.
TeXt:-"And 1t came to pass, as He sat at
meat in the house, behold. many publicans
and sinners came and sat down with Jesus
and His disciples. Matt $40
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into his "workingman's Exchange" 20

into his "Workingman's Exchange" -
long as they have a nickel in their pock-
cts to spend for the vile beer he dis
penses, or the prospect of getting the
nickel, but when fellow is squeezed
dry and there is no more profit in him,
and no need of his vote, out he goes and
the friend" of the workingman is ready
to greedily grasp the hand of another
foolish victim. And there is a good
deal of that kind of friendship in the
world. Friendship that is based upon
selfshness. But Jesus is not such a
friend. Jesus died that He might prove
His friendship. He tells us: Greater
love hath no man than this, that he
lay down his life for his friend"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29

ONE of Jesus disciples. Matthew,
~ was taken from the despised class
of publicans, or tax gatherers. And
this served further to identify Jesus
with the despised lower classes. To
the punctilious and sanctimonious
Pharisees there was no greater con-
demnation which they could pro-
nounce against Jesus than TO say that
He associated with and ate i'll the COM
pany of publicans and sinners. The
scribes and Pharisees observed such
rigid rules in regard to outward con-
duct and associations, were so faith
full to avoid all manner of defilement,
that they stood aghast and filled with
horror at the conduct and associations
of Jesus. He. claiming to be a Teacher
sent from God: yea, more. claiming 10
be the Son of God, the promised Mes
siah. eating with publican5 and sin
ners! He, receiving their attentions,
He graciOusly ministering unto them,
and fellowshiping with them and even
choosing from among their number
those who should be His disciplesi
What a violation of all that they had
held sacredi No wonder as they saw
these things that they murmured No
wonder they cast slurs upon Him. No
wonder their unrepentant hearts were
hardened before the gracious work of
mercy of the Divine Lord. But He
was pleased to be known as the Friend
of sinners, and TO this day He is
known as such Through all the CEN
turtles which have unfolded since then
He has continued as the Friend of the
sinner. And. blessed be God! it lis
true How He has gathered the needy
multituGes about Him, how He has
succored and blessed them. The
Friend of Sinnersi
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-29

TTAVE YOU ever wondered what that
! ! odd assortment of humanity talked
about that day? Well, have. l should
like to have been a member OF that
company | should like to have looked
into those faces. | believe there was
many a sob there that day, that there
was many a tear-stained face turned to-
ward the Saviour as He talked to them
of sin and deliverance from sin. and OF
the better life. Sin is an awful thing.
and some of the guests of Matthew
must have realized it as they came into
the presence of the sinleSs One and
became conscious of the fact that He
was there not to condemn them, but to
save them Who would think of call
ing one his friend who had nothing
but condemnation and denunciation for
him because he had done wrong? Who
would feel drawn towards the man
who would pick all the flaws he could
and never in sympathy and love try to
draw from those sins and faults to
better and purer life? And we would
not feel that Jesus was our Friend if
all He held before us was our sins and
all we heard was condemnation be-
cause we were sinners. No, Jesus does
not declare His friendship in that way.
He shows that He is the sinners Friend
by pointing the way of deliverance.