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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-07-28
TcHULA DOTS.

Mrs. A. G. Kelly and sister, Miss
Mary johnson, have returned from
Castalian Springs and Pickens.
Mr.. Sidney Williams, who has been
sick for the past few days, has gone
home to recuperate,
Mr.. V. Reinhart is, we are glad to
say, able to be out again after few
days sickness.
Your correspondent is promised a
long article written by lady of this
place, entitled What Tchula Needs,
or a Modern Sodom and Gomorrah. :"
The lady is we'll known writer and
will make such pen pictures of our
little town that even the sleepy box
whittier will wake up.
The daily meetings of the United
Amalgamated Society Of Gossipers is
well attended. Each meeting is
held on some neighbor's front porch
and presided over by every member
present. The question of uniting
with the association Of bench warm
ers, of box-whittlers, and the doodle-
bug club, is now pending.
DR.. M. P. Winkler has been offered
position as assistant medical officer
to the Panama Canal Commission.
The tender was made as a recognition
of his past services as medical officer
in the U. S. army and his superior
knowledge Of smallpox and yellow
fever. 1t is distinguished honor
and a lucrative position. The doctor
stated to your correspondent that he
had the matter Of acceptance under
advisement, but is loath to give up
large and lucrative practice and 50
many friends. Should he decide to
accept he will be very much missed
by his clients.
Mrs. W. X. Gwin has returned from
prolonged stay in Grenada with her
parents.
Miss Matte Lauderdale, Of Shelby,
Miss, is a charming guest Of Mrs.
DR.. Winkler.
The attention Of the owner Of the
waterworks is called to the open hy-
drants, which are kept running all
the time, thereby creating pools Of
stagnant water, which is a menace
to nearby families. who can and pos
slbly may apply to the courts for
relief.
The past few days Of sunshine has
changed the countenance Of our far
mers. That long face is now all
smiles; and they are all making pre-
parations to enlarge their corn cribs,
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Look for End Of World in 96 Years

Special from Huntsville, Ala, to
Memphis Scimitar says: "The world
will stand ninety-six more years, ac-
cording to an idea some local readers
of the New Testament have arrived
at. The New Testament speaks of
certain things that were to have
taken place one thousand years after
the birth of Christ, and at the expira-
tion Of that period the devil was to
be turned loose to reign on the earth
one thousand years longer, and if that
be true 904 years of this time will
have expired at the end of this year
and only ninety-six years of the last
thousand years remain. Some of the
leading church people Of Huntsville
have been studying this question and
from the best information and belief
they are satisfied that the end Of the
world is near at hand.
Huntsville people need not be
alarmed about it, as few, if any Of
them will be here that day to see
"the wreck Of matter and the crush
Of worlds"
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To Make a Safe Jail.

The Vicksburg Herald in speaking
of the electrical work being done
on the Kinds county Jail by a Vicks-
burg firm, says:
Zone Of the most ingenious electri-
cal devices ever introduced in this
part Of the country is being installed
in the new county Jail at Jackson,
Miss, by the Mississippi Electrical
Company, Of this city.
"The bars OF each cell are made
up Of three steel strips Il inches
wide and riveted together. The in
ner strip is insulated electrically from
the outer strips and wires run from
each strip to an annunciator in the
jailor's Office, SO that should any pris-
oner undertake to drill or saw through
the bars in an effort to escape, it will
set off large gong ringing in the
jailor's office and also Indicate on the
annunciator just what section of the
cell is being tampered with, render
ing thereby all possibilities Of escape
impossible.
"The wiring is all concealed in the
iron work, precluding all possibilities
Of the prisoner cutting the wires
with view Of crippling the system.
"The floors and ceiling Of each cell
are arranged the same way, only they
are made up Of three steel sheets in
stead of strips.
'The idea was conceived by Messrs.
F. B. and W. S. Hull, who are build
ing the Jail, and perfected by and in
stalled under the supervision of Mr..
c. L. Martin, Of this city, who is in
charge Of the Mississippi Electrical
Company"
The attention Of our Board of Su-
pervisors Is called to the foregoing.
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PICKENS ITEMS.

sASAAA<ANS A<RhASs
Mrs. Jim Willis and baby, Maize,
Of Yazoo City, are visiting the home
of Capt. 7. W. Buford.
Miss Bessye Rogers returned home
from Franklin, Sunday, accompanied
back by Miss Lettye Williams, of
Goodman.
Miss Powell, of Canton, is the ap-
preciated guest Of Mrs. E.W. Burton.
Miss Lillian Rogers returned home
Sunday, bringing with her little Jed
Melvin Powers, of Goodman.
Miss Carrie Shipp, Of Tchula, after
a pleasant visit to friends, returned
home Wednesday, accompanied by
Miss Bessie Burton.
Messrs. J. Edwin Powers and Pow
ers Overstreet visited Franklin, Sun
day.
Mr.. Davidson is visiting home folks
here this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Rogers visited
Goodman. Tuesday.
Mrs. Tucker and little daughter
are visiting Mrs. Deason this week.
Mrs. W. H.Hooyer returned home
from Memphis last week.
The Leap Year Girl.
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New Orleans. July 22.-J.M.Dallas,
a drummer, we'll known throughout
Mississippi and Louisiana, who has
been travelling out Of New Orleans
for several years, was run over and
killed this morning at Tangipahoa by
the Illinois Central southbound can
non ball." He was preparing to
board a train for Hammond and STEP
ped in front Of the locomotive with
out hearing its approach. Mr.. Dallas
leaves his wife, who was Miss Cora
Rice, and married daughter, Mrs.
WilliamP Pickens. Commerciai-Appeal
Mrs. Dallas wife Of the late Mr..
Dallas was here visiting her daugh-
ter Mrs. W. |. Pickens at the time Of
her husbands untimely death. As
soon as the terrible news reached
here, Mrs. Dallas and her daughter
and Mr.. Pickens took the train for
New Orleans.
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and, Of course, that means an addi-
tion to the smoke-house.
Mrs. Chenoworth and charming
daughter, Of Greenwood, are visiting
Mrs. Dr.. Winkler.
Mr.. Sam D. Macky is expected
home this week from Hot Springs,
where he has been for the past four
weeks for the benefit Of his health,
which he has entirely recovered.
G. P. Winkler, Jr., has gone on a
visit to his grandmother at Gloster,
Mississippi.
Dr.. W. T. Foster has returned
from a brief visit to St. Louis.
The usual shooting scrape occurred
at q negro crap game Sunday morning
near Howard, in which Robert Robin
son received q painful flesh wound.
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Words of Wisdom.

It's dollars, not arguments, that q
in politics.
Love and friendship should mear
the same.
Some self-made men ought to suf
fer remorse.
When man tells nothing but the
truth it is very short.
The older one gets the better look.
ing young people seem to him.
Friendship between women is only
an armed truce.
You can reform a man SO that he
will resist anything but temptation
It's hard to tell which a woman
would rather see a brides outfit OF
a funeral.
Well be glad when white vests %
out of style. Very few of them eve,
look clean.
Many a person sick would recover
quickly if it wasn't for thinking Of
the doctor bill.
According to the obituaries pub
lished none of the worthless and bad
men have died yet.
When man tells a joke in a crowd
you can bet that the women that
does not laugh is his wife.
1t is pretty sure thing that every
one that is interested iii scandal has
been the subject of it.
The millennium is now at hand for
the Southern negro. Watermelon
time is here.
The labor agitators are like an
alarm clock-make a lot of noise but
never accomplish anything.
Most men that have a reputation
for being quiet have that because
their wives are always at home.
No one but the woman pays the
wages of sin. The statute of limita-
tion is allowed to run for the man.
Did you notice that the public
speaker nowadays does not carry his
handkerchief in his coat-taiI pocket
When a mans wife remarks: I'LL
be ready in just one minute" he gen.
orally has time to run down town and
get shave.
Money is a great blessing. A man
can send his wife away for a whole
seasoaif he has plenty Of filthy lucre.
A serious question, growing more
so every day: Who will chop the wood
in the future for all the lawyers and
physicians and who will do the cook
ing for the girl that plays the piano
and paints.
Almost every man thinks If his
wife had been present when the Lord
finished his work Of creation and
pronounced it good, she would have
found flaws enough in it in twenty
minutes to have induced the Almighty
to destroy the universe and build il
all over again on different plan -
Okolona Messenger.
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EBENEZER BRIEFS.

Mr.. J. W. Burwell and family have
returned from a pleasant visit to
Durant where they were guests of
DIR. and Mrs. J. A. Mcdonald.
Mrs. Forbus, mother of Mr.. Ed.
Forbus, has returned to Ebenezer,
after visiting relatives near zeigler-
willie.
Mr.. S. N. Sample and son, Walter,
went to Jackson Wednesday, via
Lexington and Yazoo City, returning
home Friday.
DR.. W. B. Burwell visited friends
in Yazoo County Thursday.
Mrs. Lucas returned to her home
at Macon Friday after spending sew
eral weeks with her son, DR.. E. G.
Lucas.
Tucker Johnson is in charge of our
local telephone exchange and operat-
ing the same to the best of his ability.
Esther and Olivia Burwell spent a
few days at the capital city the past
week, visiting their cousins, Misses
Dora and Theresa Holder.
Mrs. Pat Thomas and sister, Mrs.
Earl Thomas, left Sunday afternoon
for Greenwood. Their brother, Tom
Turner and Henry Brock accompanied
them to Lexington.
Renshaw Thollas spent Friday at
Goodman.
w. Brooke Burwell made his usual
Friday visit to Lexington, returning
home Saturday.
W. H. Stigler spent the Sabbath
with his mother at Lexington.
MIR. and Mrs. Milton Horton were
recent visitors at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. W. S. Thomas.
Mr.. Martin Brown is spending some
time with his family at Ebepezer.
Mrs. E. ]. Forbus returned Sunday
morning from visit of several DAYS
to Zeiglerville relatives.
DR.. VIM. Burwell and Mr.. C. S.
Drake were visitors at the home Of
Mr.. Dan Shipp, Sunday afternoon.
We note the improvement of Mrs.
T. E. Morgan, who was accidentally
struck by a ball while visiting Owens,
recently.
Mr.. S.N. Sample and son, Sam, at
tended service at the Presbyterian |
church at Franklin, Sunday, and were
guests Of Mr.. W. A. Sample for the
remainder of the day.
Mr.. T. H. Murtagh was in Lexing-
ington business circles Monday.
On Sunday afternoon Messrs. Rob-
ert Nance and Brooke Burwell wended
their way to the pleasant home of
DR.. Jas. Luse, who claims as his
guests two attractive Yazoo City
girls, Misses Elise and Eva Shannon.
Mr.. S. N. Sample went to Lexing-
ton Tuesday to meet Mrs. Eugene
Conway, of Memphis, who is spending
a few days with her sister, Mrs.
Sample.
After attending the State Normal
at Oxford, Miss, Fanny Burney went
to Columbus for a short stay, and is
expected home this week.
Messrs. Stigler and Nance attended
a dance in the Franklin neighborhood |
Monday night.
Sam Sample, Jr, is visiting at the
home Of his uncle, Mr.. W. A. Sample |
this week.
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Rev. R. A. Tucker returned from
Pickens, where he conducted a series
Of services for week. He is highly
pleased with the attendance the
church received during his ministra-
tlons, and is unstinted in his praise
Of the people Of Pickens for the kind
ness and hospitality he received at
their hands.
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Ben Porter was in town on busi-
ness early Monday morning, contract
ing to haul the brick from Walden to
Black Hawk for the new gin system
now being built for the Lexington
Oil Mill and Compress Co.
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Will Thurmond, a negro, we'll known
to many Of our people in the Bowling
Green neighborhood, was killed by a
train running over him near Cren-
shaw. It seems he was forced off
the train for some reason by the flag
man and in doing SO was thrown be-
tween the cars and run over.
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Over The County
Sammar of Happenings in Neisbborboods o4diacent to
Lexington Gronicled BY The oqdberfser Correspondents

took the doctors baby away with
him.
Mr.. John Nabors transacted bust
ness in Lexington Monday last.
Hon. s. N. Sample and his son,
Sam,were on Cypress Sunday evening.
Misses Emma Mulhearn, Bena Nj
land, Attic Bee Wade and Mamie
Harthcock, also Mr.. Jas. inland and
his son, Thomas, spent Sunday even
ing at the home of Mr.. Hugh Gala
CHER.
Mr.. A. G. House attended to some
business in Lexington, Monday, for
Hon. S. N. Sample. Snowdrop.
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az Wnlcn places ne Will take post
graduate courses. He will not return
for several weeks.
Ben Hooker Is at Ksirn's Switch
this week.
Mr.. s. F. Horton was in the city
last Friday.
| Godfrey Shackleford left Saturday
for st. Louis.
S. G. Satler, Of Hazlehurst, was
here last Friday.
Sam Herman returned home from
the Springs, Monday.
Squire John H. McGes, Of Cruger,
was in town Monday.
Mr.. Oakley Jordan is quite sick at
his home in East End.
Thos. H. Dorsey, Of Winona, spent
last Friday in our town.
W. A. Armstrong, Of Greenwood,
spent Sunday in Lexington.
Billy Stigler came up Sunday from
Ebenezer to see his best girl.
Ira Jenes, prominent citizen Of
Tchula, was in town Monday.
Mr.. J. S. Ksalhofer, of Owens, was
visitor to our town Monday.
Miss Aaude Cunningham was q
guest at Owens Wells, Sunday.
R. H. and John Ray, of Carrollton,
made our town visit last Thursday.
G. G. Whitehead, Of Greenwood,
visited our town Thursday Of last
week.
Ben Beall, Jr. and Nathan Hooker
returned Saturday from a fishing trip
in the delta.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Lofstrom, Of
Crenshaw, are visiting the home
folks this week.
J. E. Cunningham, Of Greenwood,
who has been guest at Owens Wells,
is now in the city.
Work has begun on the artssian
we'll in West End. Ainyard & Co.,
are the contractors.
Mrs. Sam Herman and interesting
children are guests at Castalian
Springs this week.
Miss Coana Ssigler left Monday TO |
spend q short vacation with relatives
and friends at R Rllsvills.
Mrs. J. F. Grist, who has been Wis
iting friends in Greenwood and Sidon
returned home Sunday.
Every section Of the county brings
the joyful information that the corn
crop was never better.
Mr.. and Mrs, J, E. Gwin and son
were the guests Of the Misses Wyatt
at the Wright House, Sunday.
Mr.. Ben Stiglsr, Of the Stigler-
Whittle Hardware Company, Of Bel
zonia, visited the homo folks here
Sunday.
Miss Gene Oliver, Of Greenwood,
who has been the lovely guest Of
Miss Mildred Smith, returned home
to-day.
Miss Mildred Humphreys, Of Green
wood, who has bsen the charming
guest Of Miss Annette Levy, returned
home Saturday.
Hon. H. s. Hooker, Jr., purchased
a lot from W. L. Walton, on which
he will erect q nice residence for his
own occupation.
DR.. and Mrs. T. W. Foster and
Misses Tommis and Carrie Foster, Of
Lexington, passed through here Fri
day. Durant News.
Miss Gussie Eastman, after . visit
Of two weeks here, guest Of Miss
Fannie Mccain, returned 10 her home
in New Orleans, Saturday.
The new cottage In West End that
is being built BY Postmaster Rhyme b
nearing completion. II VIII b quite
an addition TO that part Of town.
The State Experiment Station q
McNeill is making arraagsmsnts for
q monster Farmers Institsts and
basket dinner on the S0th Of July.
E. G. DeLong, Who is In charge o.
the Wilson Cotton OH Companys On |
plant, now being erected d Black
Hawk, visited his family Aere Sunday.
Mrs. L. Scheur, Miss Stslla Schsur,
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Mr.. and Mrs. E. v. Ashley and
children visited Owens Wells, Tuesday
evening.
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Local News
Happenings of Interest TO Home people Briefly and Enter
taiaiagy Ctronicled.


! Mrs. s. D. Bott and daughters,
Misses Matte and May, Of Aberdeen,
are the guests Of her son, DR.. F. L.
Bott.
| LOST-A small white short tailed
terrier, brown spot over loft eye, goes
by name Of "Jack." Return will be
rewarded by D. W. Beall.
Prof. W. A. Pierce, Of. Nashville, q
few years since an assistant to Prin-
cipal Johnston, when the latter had
charge Of the Lexington Normal Col
lege, Is visiting here.
Paul Norquist and Miss Myrtle
Sandidge, Of Ruleville, were recently
married at the home Of the bride.
1t was q quiet marriage and only a
few friends Of the bride witnessed
the nuptial ceremony.
Complaint is made against the
authorities for having four teachers
from Chicago, one from Wisconsin
and one from Mississippi at the
recent Normal at Columbus. Missis-
sippians don't like to be Disseminated
against.
We are in receipt Of a stalk Of
corn that has on it eight well devel-
oped ears Of corn. It was raised by
Mr.. ]. E. McRae in the Acona neigh
borhood, and can be seen in the
Office Of The Advertiser. 1t is called
the prolific"
The contract has been let by Mr..
D. W. Beall for the erection Of
handsome cottage near his home.
This will be one Of the most desirable
homes in the city, as it will be wired
for electric lights and have water
works throughout.
Hon. S. N. Sample met his sister
in-law, Mrs. Eugene Conway, Of Mem
phis. with his carriage at our depot
Tuesday, and accompanied her to his
home in Ebsnezer, where she will
spend some days, living over again
the childhood days with her sister.
Sunday morning on D. H. Hobbs
plantation, near Cruger, Wash Hill
and Ambrose Hamilton, negroes, had
a difficulty az to which one had the
best title to a black damsel, result
Ing in Ambrose catching q load of
sinkers from shotgun In the hands
Of Wash. Ambrose had a tainted
and unsavory character, and his de-
mise will mot cause many tears to
moisten the sod that holds him
down.
A rumor is now floating through
our town that foreign capital assisted
by home enterprise contemplates
erecting q fifty-thousand dollar hotel
near the crossing. Il is to be a
three-story brick. one hundred feet
suuare. stores on the pround foor
the upper floors for the hotel Il
viii have watsrworks-the water to
be Furnished by the oil mills artesian
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oen' Inc paf''es We suspect Oh tne
undertaking seem averse to give the
matter much publicity for the pres
ant. and when questioned on the sub-
,oct w... !, $1,000. al =. -
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,ook' mucn sne same az monled men
do when some Of their friends want
Ito borrow hundred dollars without
collateral. We shall watch the pro.
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tefess' ana q soon g arrangements
for its erection are completed, we
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W. W. .Nayfeld came over from
Durant yesterday morning.
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Mrs. L. Scheur, Mis- Stslla Schsur,
the Misses Shlsnksr md NJ. Simon
Shlenker loft Thursday night fof Az
lantic City. IN. 0. Sunday Staasa
The foregoing win b familiar
names 70 cur older citizens.
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NOVEMBER ELECTIONS
WILL DECIDE ISSUES
Governor Carter Is Not Disposed To Submit
His Policy To the Expiring
Legislature

| Governor Carter, in an interview fol
1t clear that he has about concluded not
to place the remedying of Territorial
| finances in the hands of the existing
Legislature. He holds that 1T would
be an unfair test of the body polite
| to have it's capability for meeting an
| emergency in self-government judged
by the conduct and actions of Legis-
| lature elected, in large measure, upon
a basis of hostility to a former adminis-
with the assistance of Secretary At
knson, has done by day and night for
the past few weeks in gathering esti-
mates of possible reductions of expen-
ditures from the various departments
places the administration in a position
for seeing a way out of the woods into
open ground, where the executive may
act for the best good of the Territory
until new Legislature is elected upon
lnt issue VI Il stltltu pOllCy VI SoN-
erning the Territory at cost within
it's income
Yesterday afternoon the Governor
called into conference with him T.. d.
Tenney, Fred. w. Macfarlane and Sid
ney NJ. Ballou, for the purpose of OBJ
tanning the views of these gentlemen
upon the present state of affairs. The
personnel of these unofficial counsellors
was selected out of Governor Carters
whose opinions he had not previously
been aware.
This morning he will successfully
confer with Republican party leaders
upon the prevailing issues.
1t was after his taking counsel with
Messrs. Tenney, Macfarlane and Ballou
that Governor Carter made the follow
ing statement to an Advertiser re-
porter:
THE great question is what policy to
adopt. What is the best course to
pursue in the present situation of de-
preston and financial difficulty?
1T has seemed to me that the diff
Guilty is not so much that we are pay
ing either too great salaries or too
many salaries for in some cases no
doubt the men are working very hard
for their salaries, while in other cases
the same work can be done in burenu
or department with less men. But the |
real cruX of the situation is that we, |
as Territory are trying to carry on
too many functions of government.
II do not believe there are many com-
of $4,000 people that would
attempt so much and the aim of the
administration, which l think the peo-
pie will support is to cut our expend.-
lures down to lower plane. To 90 |
this it is necessary to strike out certain !