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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06

OLD shields pos
sessed, but lost.
Brass shields made
and displayed. The
base and common
substituted for the
precious and pure.
The counter f e / t
taking the place of
the genuine. T h e
false appearing in
the light of the
true. This is an
epitome of the life
of King RehobOam.
Heir to the glory,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06
Launching New Banks.

The excellent financial condi: lion
Of Lauderdale county is best deEon-
strated by the way new banking in
stitutions are being organized and
started. 1t now seems very probabls
that Gates, a small place threc miles
south of Halls, on the Illinois Cen
tral railroad, will launch a bank
there in the near future. All the cap
ital stock, which will be 1000,
has been subscribed and the promo
ters say more could have easily been
secured. The business men of Gates
have long contemplated the estab-
ishment of a bank, but have only
recently taken steps to that end.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06

roots can spread far and wide and OBJ
tain nourishment and drink deep of the
hidden springs of refreshing. More
fruit, God says, and He cuts away the
dead and useless branches, He purges
the branches of fruit-bearing possibil-
tiles, He sends the dew and gentle
shower and the warm sunshine as they
are needed. This is the intensive pro-
lection of God. And these are the gold
shields Of the Christian.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06
Charged With Rebating.

Frank c. Pryor, superintendent
of agencies for the Mutual Life In
surance Company, was arrested and
bound over to court in Nashville
last week to answer to the charge
of violating the new State law
against rebating. The warrant was
issued at the instance of the Life
Underwriters Association of Ten
nessee. Pryor denies the charge.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06
Mimic Battle of Veterans.

The free entertainment given by
Union City on the last Fourth of
July was the subject of much favor
able criticism over all West Tennes-
see, but the city promises to do bet
ter this year even than she did last.
There will be all kinds of games
and amusements free, as there was
last year, handsome prizes and so on,
but one of the most pleasing features
will be mimic battle by the old men
of Obion county who so nobly and
bravely wore the gray during four
years of long and bloody war. They
will enter into the battle with en-
thusiasm, and the only fear is that
some might become to believe that
the thing is in earnest and by some
act of supreme bravery such as they
showed some forty years ago make
some, poor woman widow. A mass
meeting of citizens has been called
to meet to perfect arrangements for
the show on Independence day.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06
South African Natives land.

New York, May 2.-The steamer Ger
manic, which arrived, Sunday, from
Southampton, brought Is or 20 South
African natives belonging to the Zulu.
Matabele and other tribes, en- route to
st. Louis.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06
Rural SchooIs CLOSED.

Thte rural schools of Montgom-
erv county closed their years work
last week The attendance through
out the year has been good and the
schools in each civil district have
accomplished good work. The
working of the new school law eff
fective in that county, hai been
found most successful.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06
saIoonists Want Law Enforced.

A rather peculiar state of affairs
has developed in Knoxville, Judging
from petition presented the board
of public works at its meeting last
week. Sixty-one saloon keepers ask
ed the board to strictly enforce the
Sunday closing law. The civic fed
GRAFTON has recently prosecuted many
saloon men for Sunday selling.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06

riches, honor and power of Solomon, his
father, he had great opportunities and
possibilities before him. At the mature
age of Al he began his reign, but ''he for
sook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel
with him. and within five years time
the judgment of God had fallen upon
him by the hand of Shishak, king OF
Egypt, who came up against Jerusalem
with an immense army, and captured all
the fortified cities of judah and looted
the treasure city, Jerusalem. The mag
nificent temple which Solomon had
builded and furnished with its golden
vessels and gold-cOVered furniture was
stripped of it's treasure. The kings pal
ace did not escape in the raid, and all
that was precious was carried of
Among the things specially mentioned
as being seized by Shishak and his army
were the 300 shields which Solomon had
made of beaten gold. Three pounds OF
pure metal had gone into each shield.
These shields were in the hall of the
house of Lebanon, and were carried by
the guard which attended the king when
he went from his palace in state pro-
cession to the temple to worship.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06
Heavy Deliveries of Tobacco.

Heavy deliveries of loose tobacco
have commenced as a result of the
recent warm rains throughout the
Clarksville tobacco district, and an
improvement in the grades of to-
bacco now being offered on tbs
floors of the loose warehouses is
reported. The sales are large and
satisfactory to all concerned.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06
Poultry Dealers Organize.

Poultry dealers from many Mid
die Tennessee towns m t last week IN
Columbia and organized the Middle
Tennessee Poultry Association, the
purpose of which is to resist alleged
encroachments Of a New York conn
mission merchant. Leading poultry
firms of Culleoka, Lewisburg, Colum-
bia, Petersburg, Fayetteville, Win
chester, Shelbyville, TullahCma,
Murfreesboro and other poultry CEN
ters in Maury and Giles county were
represented. The merchant has been
getting the bulk of the sections
trade, but becoming dissatisfied, it is
said, cut the prices. The dealers
opened accounts with his New York
competitors and sought markets in
the South. The dealer in question,
it is said, threatened to put them out
of business unless this was stopped,
and last week opened a branch at
Columbia and began to bull the mar
l.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06
DUT you Eeed not be without the
- shields you have lost through sin

| DUT you Seed not be without the
| - shields you have lost through sin
Rehoboam never recovered his shields
of precious gold. They went into
Egypt never to return. He could never
get them back. But, thanks be to the
gracious and merciful Heavenly Father,
He will replace the lost golden shields
with others as precious and genuine as
those we have lost. He will give us
back the purifying presence of the
Christ, He will shelter US about with
His blessed three-fold protection. But
not If we dare to resort to spiritual
counterfeiting. Not if we put brass Of
pretense and deceit for the precious
pure gold of His coinage. Away with
the brass shieldsi Cast them aside as
the peril of your very soul! Give up
the glitter and display and sit alone in
the desolate chamber of your hearti
God will come to the penitent heart
and forgive! He will come to the heart
that has lost but that longs for the
genuine instead of the counterfeit, and
He will hang upon the palace walls of
your heart the golden shields of His
purity and protection. Perhaps you
have been counterfeiting without being
really conscious of the deceptive work
The heart is deceitful above all things
and leads astray so often. Many a dear
soul perhaps has fallen into the mis-
take of Rehoboam without. being really
conscious of it. Without the purpose
of being a hypocrite or deceiver. But
let me warn you to examine yourself
and see whether they are the gold
shields God has given you which you
are bearing about, or whether they are
the brass ones you have made and
substituted for the genuine when you
lost them through sin. You have felt
you must keep up appearances with
men and have made yourself shields of
brass. Cast them aside, oh, precious
souli Get the genuine! You may be
able to deceive the eyes of men. Pol
ished brass does look like gold, But
you cannot deceive God, and it is with
Him you have to do, it is His holy
presence into which you must come
some day. Then quit Spiritual counter
feiting and posses yourself with the
genuine gold of Gods mintagei 81
counsel thee to buy of Me gold refined
by fire, that thou mayest become rich"
God has the gold; you can get it no
where else. Then buy Of Him.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06
Corn Must Be RepIanted.

The excessive rains, followed by
unprecedented cool weather, has
placed the farmers of Lauderdalo
county at a great disadvantage, and,
as natural result, planting is rather
late. In some sections considerable
corn has been planted, but in. al
probability will have to be replanted.
To make i'll luck complete the Buff
falo gnats have made their appear
ance in numerous quantities, which
will prove nuisance to the planters.
However, the season is rather late
for the pests and it is not thought
they will remain any considerable
time. Late advices from the over
flowed district are to the effect that
the water is receding and Will soon
be off nearly all the most fertile land
The recent rise will not materially
affect the situation in that county.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06
Thought the Gun Was Empty.

Miss Rettie Davis, daughter of
Mrs. Robert Davis, was accidentally
killed last week by Oscar Brogden,
who was carelessly handling a 22-
caliber rife. Brogden was visiting
Miss Bertha Vaughn, on Indian
Creek, about eleven miles northwest
of Cookeville. Misses Vaughn ard
Davis and Brogden were returning
from a walk and stopped to shoot at
a target. Brogden, thinking the gun
was unloaded, called to Miss Davis
to throw up her hands, and as he did
so snapped the gun, which proved to
be loaded. She fell and died with
out speaking.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06
Southwestern Honor Girls.

The honor pupils of the 1904 class
of the Southwestern Baptist Univer-
sity, at Jackson, have been an
rounced as follows: Miss Dru Helen
Crook, valedictorian, and Miss Della
Beville, salutatorian Both are
Jackson girls. DR.. T. T. Eaton, of
Louisville, will deliver the COM
mencement sermon, May 30; DR.. T.
Hale, the new president, the annual
literary address; Rev. D. D. Shuck-
of Whiteville, the address before the
j. r. @. Society.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06

n HE shield was symbolic and sug-
l. gestive of the Divine protection, and
the gold from which they were made was
indicative of that purity which God de-
sired in His people. Mere display is
never pleasing to God. He is not to be
flattered and appeased by glitter and
show The flashing of those magnif1-
cent gold shields in the sunlight as the
king passed in royal state to pay his
vows unto his God was not pleasing and
acceptable to God, unless every blazing
shield proclaimed the protection God
gave to His children who were pure and
sincere in their worship. AS every part
of the temple service and worship was
significant and symbolic, so we are war
ranted in believing that Solomon in maxi
ing these shields of gold for the dec
oration of the walls of the beautiful
house of Lebanon, and for carrying when
he went to the temple. desired to con-
vey the thought of purity and the Divine
protection. And these were the shields
which came into the possession of Re-
hoboam, and which we have reason to
suppose he took delight in displaying and
using because his vanity was gratified
Although he had forsaken the law of
Jehovah and drawn all the people away
with him in heathenish and idolatrous
practices. nevertheless it is to be pre-
sumed that he continued his stately and
magnificent professionals to the tenn
pie, 1anked on either side by the splen-
didly caparisoned guard bearing the 300
glittering, golden shields. So it contin-
ued through five years. Five years of
glorious display, but meaningless wor-
ship. Five years in which God patiently
waited, and then the judgment fell and
the king was stripped of all his treasure.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06

THE Brass Shields+When Re-
l. hoboam lost his shields of gold he
made him shields of brass that he
might continue his glittering displays
and march in magnificence to the tenn
pie. He was willing to put the base in
stead of the pure. He would be salts
fed with the false now that he had lost
the true through sin. He would substi-
tute his counterfeits for the genuine.
And oh, how many, many Christians
who are doing that very thing! Sinful
indulgence has robbed them of that
first flush of purity which came with
Jesus into their hearts. Sin has come
as a gigantic barrier between them
selves and God What shall they do?
Admit their condition to the world and
their fellow worShippers? Miss the
glitter and display of outward show
and discharge of religious obligations?
What if God does see their desolate
condition? What if He does know that
the gold shields have been lost? 1t is
of what men think and say, which is
their concern. The genuine are gone
but there must be the glitter and dis
play still. And so they make for them
selves shields of brass. They use the
base metal of their own endeavor to
construct shields that will glitter and
flash. They will have something to dis
play when they go forth to worship.
The counterfeit must take the place of
the real. They must keep up appear
ances with men, even though the
chamber of their heart is bare of the
precious shields. Brass shields! Are
you, oh, Christian, bearing about with
you a brazen shield which flashes be-
fore the eyes of your fellow men and
appears to them as the purity and pro-
tecting presence of God, but which you
know is base and wicked sham?
Away with it! Better no shield than
the counterfeit shield of brassi
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06

D UT although Rehoboam had lost the
~ golden shields, he was not to be de-
MED the vainglorious pleasure of his
parade to the temple and return. The
300 shields must flash in the sunshine
as of yOre and dazzle the eyes of his
people. The 500 shields in the hands
of the guard must circle the temple
door and must tell a waiting people
that their king was within worshiping.
The 300 shields must open to receive
him as he reappeared and must move
In stately magniflcence back to the pal
ace. And to crafty this passion for
display, having lost the gold shields, he
made in their stead shields of brass"
This may appear on the surface like
very innocent and proper procedure on
the part of the king. 1t may seem
that in so readily and quickly adapting
himself to the circumstances of his
misfortune he displayed skill and wis
dom. but when We consider what these
shields signifed, and the circumstances
which eliminated in their confiscation
by heather king, we shall begin to
understand the real meaning of the
making of the brass shields and be
able to make deductions that will teach
important lessons
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-05-06

IT HERE are three periods or epochs
L in this experience of Rehoboam-
the possession of the gold shields; the
loss of the gold shields, and the max
ing of the brass shields. And under
these three divisions we wish to con-
slider our topic: Spiritual Counterfeit
ing. Rehoboam was counterfeiter,
and people to-day are prone to. commit
the same error and sin. Losing Gods
gold, there is the temptation to substi-
tute for it the worlds brass. We put
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-09-23
feet tall and the color of printers

feet tall and the color OF printers
ink.
The Marion County Lumber COM
pany was chartered this week. This
big concern will has capitalization
OF over 100000 and will do general
lumber business; will cut. saw and
mark logs. manufacture lumber and
carry on the other work Of the typi-
cal large company.
lanes COX, a white man who lived
at one OF the cotton mills at :Ander-
son, was struck on Tuesday night and
seriously injured by the incoming
train from Belton Cox was sitting
on the side OF the track and his pres
ence was not discovered until the
pilot OF the engine came in contact
with his Uranium.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-09-23
Taken With Cramps.

Wm. Kirmse, a member OF the
bridge gang working near Littleport
was taken suddenly i'll Thursday
night with cramps and a kind Of
cholera. His case was so sever that
he had to have the members OF the
crew wait upon him and Mr.. Clifford
was called and consulted. He told
them he had a medicine in the form
OF Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy that he thought
would help him and accordingly scv-
e7al doses were administered with the
result that the fellow was able to
be. around next day. The incident
speaks quite highly Of Mr. Gifford's 5
Observation-Disclosures, Iowa, Argus.
This remedy never fails. Keep it il:
your home, it may save your life.
For sale by Smith Drug Co., Newber-
~: Prosperity Drug Co.. Prosperity.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-09-23

The duke of Fife is one OF the few
landowners in Great Britain who do
not believe in the accumulation OF
vast estates. For some years he has
steadily parted with his land as op-
portunity afforded, holding that one
man cannot control large tracts OF
territory to the best advantage Of
the community. He is probably the
only total abstainer among the dukes
in the House of Lords.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-09-23
South American Revolutions.

Pittsburg Post.
The instructions in Uruguay and
Paraguay are still in progress. AS
to recent bloody engagements in the
former. contradictory reports have
been sent out. but it seems that the
government troops were successful.
In Paraguay the insurgents are Still
scoring successes. and the fail of the
government is said to be imminent.
1t is to be hoped that there Will be
an end to the fighting in both coun-
tries at an early date. and that before
many years the people the TWO repub-
lies will find way to the settlement
OF their disputes by peaceable means,
Should a stable government be Sc
cured outside capital would be more
largely invested, and the great natur-
al resources of both countries would
be developed. The result would be
vastly beneficial to the people OF
Paraguay and Uruguay. 1t is to be
feared, however. that many Of them
prefer to continue conditions which
enable them to periodically indulge
in the excitement ard license OF war
to settling down to regular work.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-09-23

General Kuropatkin reports that
Generals Rennenkampf and Sam
sonoff are conducting important re-
commissioners in the vicinity OF Muk-
den which have resulted in heavy
losses.
Pope Plus received in farewell au-
dience Archbishop Agius, the newly
appointed apostolic delegate to the
Philippine Islands. The archbishop
On November 10, will sail for the
United States on board the Atlantic
transport line steamer Minnetonka.
The Gar has decided to form a
second Manchurian army, to be form
ed OF the corps being sent to the tar
east. General Kuropatkin will be-
come chief OF both armies and Lleu-
tenant General Linevitch will COM
mand the second army.
Michael Schall, manager Of the
keystone Foundry Machine company,
OF York. Pa. and Miss Nettie c. Got
walt. also OF York. were found dead
in a room of a house at York. Three
gas lets in the room were turned on
and the apartment was full Of gas.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-09-23
Marshall Field pays taxes on $40,

Marshall Field pays taxes on S4o,-
100000 worth of property. OF which
S3o. 10000 is in realty and S1o,ooo,ooo
in personality. All OF his property
is in Chicago. which ci:!:. with the
state OF which it is The commercial
capital, rcaps part OF The revenue
Of Mr.. Fields business sagacity and
Sue ess. 1t is said that Mr.. Field pays
the largest individual tax in America.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-09-23
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of More or Less Interest Con-
densed Throughout the State.

densed Throughout the State.
Court is now in session in LeNlng-
ton county. with Judge R. O. Purdy
on the bench.
At mass meeting held this week
by the Sumter citizens there was an
amount of $4,000 pledged for use in
the coming festival.
The body OF Mr.. Ralph Wells,
travelling man, who was killed some
DAYS ago in Columbia, has been taken
to his home in North Carolina for in
terment.
Miss Bessie Wilcox died at her
home in Marion, on Monday morning.
The funeral was at the Presbyterian
church and the interment took place
at the Grove Hill cemetery.
On Sunday morning, near Santuc,
in Laurens county, negro named
Sartor shot and killed his brother-in-
law, Henry Booker, Sartor is now
in iail awaiting trial.
The house of the superintendent OF
education in Winnsboro was burned
to the ground on Monday night. The
fire was accidental and the loss OF
both house and contents was total
The schooner Bratton, with three
thousand tons of rice, arrived at Char
lesion, being much overdue. She was
from a Georgia port and it was
thought that she was lost in the re-
cent storms along the coast. but she
is safe and undamaged.
Negroes had hot supper near
Fairfax on one night this week which
ended in the usual way.' Ansie john
son shot and killed Cass Harvey, af-
which he. terrorized the rest Of the
company and made his escape.
Frank Wilson, a white man has
been arrested in Charleston on sus-
picion OF being a member OF a gang
of postofice robbers and safe-crack-
ers who made their headquarters in
Columbia last winter.
A meeting OF the business men OF
Columbia to discuss and dispose Of
the question OF the proposed boat
line. is to be held next week. This
matter has been much agitated this
week and something will in all prob
ability come of it.
Mrs. G. w. Hodges Of Spartanburg
died of injuries received from fall
down steps over fourteen days ago.
During the fourteen days sh was en-
tirely unconscious and never spoke
a single word during the entire per-
iod
Four murder cases were handled
in Greenvilie last week, which was the
busiest the county has seen for many
a long day. Court was convened for
a short time on Sunday morning for
the purpose of hearing the verdict in
the Roman White case
Owing over a million dollars and
with assets of only a little over a
thousand, w. B. Smith Whaley, the
financial supporter of several cotton
mills in South Carolina, has gone into
voluntary bankruptcy in the district
court at Boston.
Sam Slater, negro of Darlington,
who worked for Mr.. R. E. Dean for
many years and was supposedly hon
est, decamped with two hundred dol
lars belonging to his employer The
darkey is described as being over six