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The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Wonderful Increase Shown.

A statement from the office of the
st cretary of State shows the Won
derful increase of the banking bust
ness in Mississippi during the last
eight months, and the amount Of
capital that has been invested in the
banking business within the State
during that period surpasses all pre-
vious records. Since the LIST of Jan
uary the records in the secretary of
States office show that fifty banks
have been chartered, and that these
banks represent a capital stock of
So, 1895, 900; that during the same
period six banks already in opera
ton increased their capital stock to
a toal Of $4,000, making the
amount that has been placed in the
banking business within the State
since the first Of the veal $2,505,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Strain Of CITY Life.

City life imposes a great strain on
all residents of a metropolis. Even
the rich cannot wholly escape this
stress, which is both mental and physi-
cal. Duty moreover often calls one to
the performance of peculiarly worrying
or wearying tasks. What car be done
and what should be done is to intermit
the strain every now and then, to take
time between whites for prayer sea.
sons, and to seek at once to calm and
reinvigorate the mind by close com.
munion with a loving Heavenly
Father who knows just how weak hu.
man nature is, and just how to secure
it when it worries or wearies.-N. 7.
Observer. =
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
RuMoRED OF RULERS.

The sultan Of Turkey aims to outlive
all his predecessors.
The sultan has sent a valuable collec-
ton of Assyrian weapons as a gift to the
king of Italy.
Emperor William has presented his
autographed picture to the officers Of
the royal garrison artillery at Gibral-
tar.
Queen Alexandra has given orders
that all her linen and tweed gowns for
Cowes week should be Of Irish manu-
facture.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Employs a Secretary.

Meridian has decided to employ
a paid secretary for its Board of
Trade and will give him $500 a
year.. This makes four cities in the
State which have paid secretaries,
Jackson, Meridian, Columbus and
Greenville, and fine work Is be-
ter of securing new enterprises.
ing done byl these cities in the mat
ter of bringing new enterprises.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Reward for Escaped convicts.

The secretary of the Mississippi
prison board of control has mailed
dodgers to all the shcriffs of the
State and to the prison authorities
OF the principal towns in Mississippi
announcing the 500 reward offered
for the capture of the Wallace broth
crs who recently escaped from the
Rankin farm. On the dodgers is also
printed the description of the men.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Teachers Better Equipped.

A majority of the public schools
Of the State will open this month.
The teachers of the State are in fine
shape for the work as they have been
attending the institutes and normals
for the best part of the summer and
have gained considerable in expe-
rience from these meetings. State
Superintendent of Education Whit
field believes that greater results
will be attained by the schools this
year than for years past. He says
that the teachers are better equipped
and the terms will be longer all over
the State.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
West Point Wagon Factory.

West Point has taken up the
question Of a wagon factory for the
town. Local capital to the amount
of $1,000 has been subscribed. The
promoters, however. will not under
take the plant with anything less
than $4,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Wrestling With the PROBLEM.

The various boards of supervisors
over the State are wrestling earn
estly with the problem of good
roads. Mississippi needs good roads
and the various counties are making
efforts to secure them, no matter
what may be the expense.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Record-Breaking Attendance

More than ten thousand people
attended the Neshoba County Fair
last week near Philadelphia. Much
fine stock vas shown, and the con-
tests for the premiums offered by
the association was very spirited.
Many fine addresses were made dur
ing the week, and the music was fur
nished by the famous Jones Family
Rand
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
School Causes Real Estate Boom.

Ripley will establish a high school.
Since the fact has become known so
many farmers have been in town
looking for houses hat a syndicate
has been formed to put up ten dwell
ings. 1t is believed that this num-
Der, with the houses already on the
market, will meet the demand.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
viii Case Compromised.

The Hunt will case, which has
been the absorbing topic Of talk in
Sardis for many a day, was compro-
missed last week. The terms Of the
compromise provides for the pay
ment to the plaintiff Of the sum Of
$4,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Pen HoIds Over 1000 conviets.

According to the report Of the Sec
rotary of State prison board of con-
troll, there are at present LOAF con-
victs in the penitentiary. A net loss
OF nine men was shown for the
month Of August.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Wants a Continuous Term.

H. l.. Whitfield, State superin-
tendent of education, has issued a
circular in support of a continuous
term for the public schools. Mr..
Whitfield gives seven excellent rea-
sons why a divided school term is
not as good as a continuous term.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Telephone Company Report.

The West Point Telephone and
Telegraph Company has sent in its
annual report to the secretary of the
Mississippi railroad commission,
and gives its gross receipts at 81
174.59, while it's expenses are given
as S.. 818.92.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
vardaman Is Booming.

The new town of Vardaman has
prospered wonderfully. The people
insist that the boom found Varda-
mar after the government objected
to the name.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Election a Misfortune.

Mayors appear to have had their
troubles two centuries ago. At Biele-
field, Germany. there is q tombstone
with this inscription: Here lies Jo-
hannes Burggreve, who considered his
election as burgomaster Of this city the
greatest misfortune of his life."
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09

had what
may be called the
prayer habit. In
the text before us
we are given a
glimpse of his in
ner life. The Sc.
cret of his close
fellowship W i t b
God, of his clear
understanding Of
the deep things OF
God, Of his Joy in
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
10 Promote Stock Raising.

The farmers in the neighborhood
of New Bethlehem have organized
an association to promote a greater
interest in stock raising.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Activity in Land Transfers.

All V Mississippi there is a
great activity in land transfers, and
Mississippi dirt is moving at a
l%ivelier rate than it has done in
wears.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
MiIjon-Douar Land Deal.

A Chicago lumber firm has bought
Boo, 900 acres of pine land in Mis-
sissippi, near Poplarville and Gulf
port, for which it paid 100000.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Must Cable Their Wires.

The Aberdeen town council has
caused the telephone companies to
put the wires in cables.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
American Express comnanx,s Renor,

The reort Of the American Ex-
press Company for this State gives
its receipts as $163, 65S.96, and its
expenses at $I55.475.44.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09

Pity-More helpful than all wisdom
is one draught of simple human pits
that will not forsake us.-Gesras
Eliot
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
The Prayer
Habit
Sermon by the Highway and
Byway" Preacher.
Copyright. 1904, hy ]. NJ. Edison,

Chicago, Sunday. Sept. 4, 1904.
Text:-"Evening, and morning, and at
noon will / pray, and cry aloud; and He
shall hear my voice."-Ps. 55:17.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09

The morality Of q corporation will be
nd higher than the morality Of the men
w1o compose it.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09

THE Christian cannot prosper and
J. make progress toward the prom
ised land which God has given as a her
itage to His children, unless the soul
| comes to these places Of refreshing. to
these GASES of prayer. They should be
set in the journey Of the everyday life,
so that the shades of the evening hour,
as they draw down and shut the light
of day from view, will find the soul
| encamped by the side of the reviving
| and ~Quickening springs of water OF
| Gods presence. There the soul may
rest in safety until another day calls
| the pilgrim to take up his journey.
Then the morning watch may be set.
| Then the soul may drink deep and long
at the we'll of prayer, and gain strength
and encouragement and guidance for
| the journey of the day. And at moor
the soul should turn aside from the
hustle and strife and struggle of life
and seek out the oasis OF prayer. There,
as nowhere else. it may meet its God,
may tell Him its hopes, it's trials, it's fall
ures; may unburden itself, and may OBJ
tain new inspiration and strength and
guidance for the afternoons duties
and cares and responsibilities. Daniel
with the multitude of responsibilities
of statecraft resting upon him, with the
problems of the great Babylonian king
dom demanding his attention, found
| time, three times a day, with his win
dows open towards Jerusalem, to seek
his God in prayer. Nay, rather, It was
q privilege and necessity, this thrice
daily communion with God, if Daniel
was to continue the wise and successful
statesman and governor that he had
proved himself under the leading and
direction and blessing of God.
LOW full the Scriptures are of pre-
] ! cept and example, enforcing the
Importance and necessity of prayer.
How every great event and epoch re-
corded N sacred history has come as
answer to prayer. OF the Cody line of
Seth it is testified that they began ito
call upon the name of the Lord" And
ever since that day there have been
God-fearing men and women who have
known and believed God, and who have
prevailed in prayer with Him. Abra-
ham, Isaac and Jacob, having received
the promise of God of a posterity and a
nation, obtained that promise through
faith, and through prayer, which vas
an evidence and expression of that
faith. Jacob in prayer prevails and Is
called a prince of God, because He
prayed the prayer of faith and held on
to God until the prayer was answered.
Moses. again and again, offers prayer
in behalf of Israel and obtains for them
forgiveness and blessing, where the
wrath of God was about to consume
them for their disobedience. Joshua
and the long line Of judges were men
of prayer, and through their prayers
of faith God was able to send deliver
ance from enemies and to bless. David,
IN his prayerless moments. planned to
be a temple builder OF God. and the
prophet Of God, ere he had talked the
matter over with God in prayer COM
mended the king for his worthy
ambition, and assured him that he
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09

life II MS sweet trust n confidence
In the face of every danger and every
difficulty and every experience, is dis
covered in this bit of autobiography
which he here gives us. In another
place the Psalmist declares: "My voice
shalt Thou hear in the morning. 0
Lord: in the morning will l direct my
prayer unto Thee. and will look up"
Or. as the revised version puts it,
evil keep watch" The morning
watch with prayer as the ladder by
which the soul may climb to the Divine
presence and there obtain the needed
strength and grace and guidance for
the duties of the day. The noontide
rest with prayer as the calm, peaceful,
refreshing breath of God coming to the
soul in the fever and struggle of the
daily conflict and giving new hope and
new vigor and new purpose to the life.
The evening quiet with prayer as the
gentle, soothing influence stealing over
the soul and drawing it away from the
things of time to the things or
eternity. and causing it to rest in sim
ple trust in the Fathers care. Eve
ming. and morning, and at noon David
would withdraw himself from the &C
tive, busy scenes of life and alone with
his God he would hold sweet and rest
full and helpful fellowship with Him.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
The Delta Labor Problem.

In some places in the delta serious
consideration is being given to the
proposition to import Italian labor
ers to work on the large plantations.
For many years the planters OF the
delta have not been able to get
enough labor TO work their broad
acres, and while a large majority
of the negroes of the State are con-
centrated in the delta, yet the sup
ply does not seem to be equal to the
heavy demand. Those who have
had experience in working negroes
on large plantations say that they
need some kind of a stimulant to
make them work their best. For
some years it has been noted that
the free labor in those neighbor-
hoods where some of the plantations
have been worked by convict labor
have done a great deal better than in
sections where the free labor has had
no such stimulus. This is accounted
for on the ground that where men
have competition they strive to do
their best and where they have a
cinch they are inclined to take
things easy. 1t is believed that II a
considerable number of Italians were
put to work in the delta that they
would serve to stimulate the negroes
to their best effort. No n who has
given the matter any consideration
seems to think that it would be a
good idea to mix the Italians and
the negroes on the same farm, for 1t
is believed that there would be nore
o. less friction all the time, as the
Italians are said to have as intense
race prejudice as any of the other
white races. The importation of
Italian laborers has not got beyond
the point where it is being discussed.
None Of the large planters have
made any move to bring any OF tins
class Of workmen to the delta, ana 1t
NAV be several years before a serious
move is made in this direction.
Among some of the big planters
there is serious opposition to import
ing Italians, They say that it would
lead to endless trouble, while others
look on the proposition with a con-
siderable amount Of favor. Labor IN
The delta is short and has been for a
number of years. If there was
plenty Of it, there is no telling how
much cotton and cor would be
raised in that section of the State,
for there is lots of idle land there
now which is not being worked be-
cause there is not sufficient labor to
properly cultivate it. In time the
delta planters may be forced to add
to the supply of labor, and the ltal-
ians, coming from a hot climate. are
said to be the best suited for work
in the Southern fields. Certain 1t
is. it will be many years before any
large number of Italians will be en-
ployed as farm laborers in Mlssls-
sippi.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09

THINK you this thrice daily bending
i of the knee and the lifting OF the
heart TO God was the perfunctory
obedience to duty's stern call? Think
you that the early morning watch and
the noontide rest and the evening quiet
with God alone were seasons trying and
u~nenjoyable? The traveller over the
dreary desert waste Of sand, with burn
ing heat and binding light, looks for
ward with joy to the refreshing under
the sheltering shade of the palms and
by the cool, gushing spring which is TO
be found just ahead on that bit OF
green and verdant OASIS n children
of Israel rejoiced with exceeding great
ioy when. after the weary marches
over the waterless and treeless n
rocky desert, they came to Elm where
were wells of water and inviting shade
and luscious fruits. Think you that
the traveller breads the oasis rest and
refreshing? Think you that lsraels
hosts found the hours at Elm too long
and tedious and undressing? Nay.
verify. for the oasis and Elm were
places of refreshing, of rest, OF JOY and
blessing, and the places Of preparation
for the onward journey, and the GASES
and Films of prayer are the places OF
refreshing, and rest, and encourage
ment and preparation for the duties OF
life.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09

When the storms of life are raging
So you don't know what to do;
And the black clouds hang so heavy
That you can't see through;
And your life with trouble only seem
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09

should realize his hearts desire. But
the prophet after an interview with
God must endure the humiliation OF
going to the king and reversing his
judgment and commentator and tell
the king that he could not build Gods
temple. And King David must go IN
and sit before the Lord, and find as
he communed with Him that instead OF
a temple builder he was TO be a Mes
siah giver.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1904-07-09
LIOUIDATION SALE
Of Property Of the Sdtter1ietd
Gin Co., Ltd.

It having been decided at the stock
holders meeting of the Satterfeld Gin Co..
Ltd, to wind up and liquidate the affairs
Of the said Company, we, the undersigned
liquidators of the 6stterfeld Gin Co.,
Ltd, will offer for sale and sell on
Saturday July 9th. 1904, at eleven
O. clock A. M. Mt public suction to the last
and highest bidder FOR CASH the follow
ing described property:
That certain cotton gin, ginning house
and machinery therein, except Lowry
round bale cotton press, situated on that
certain lot Of ground situated on the cor
ner of Fulton and Corinne Street, in New
iberia, La.
Also the lease OF The said lot of ground
from Frank Laughlin to the Satterfeld
Gin Co., Ltd, passed before w. G. Weeks,
Notary Public, on the Eighteenth day Of
June, 1904, duly filed for record in the
Recorders Office Of this Parish.
Also one pair of Platform scales now on
property Of DIR. l. T. Rand in Iberia Par
ish, La.
This sale is to be made for cash and
the price thereof is to be paid by the
purchaser within two hours after the ad-
judication of the property to him; other
wise the said property shall be again i'm
mediately cried and offered for sale on
the same terms and conditions rs above.
The sale will take place ct the Gin
Plant.
J. p. SUBERBIELLE. A'4""'
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1904-07-09
CONSCIENCE AS A PROSECUTOR.

After all, the conscience is the pros
ecutor from whom the criminal cannot
escape This truth has been verified
over and over again. The most recent
case is that of 1ascott. He died recently
in the Klondike country and a person
present at his death makes public his
last words A prospectOr found him
alone in mining shack He was safe
from the officers of the law, but his
conscience had kept him company for
fifteen years and had been persistent
in its punishment Recogni zing that
death was at n hand, he said to the
visitor:
II am leaving a world that | did
not appreciate, am going to,
where | belong.
A few moments latter he summoned
up strength to continue conversation
II am Tascott that they had been
hunting like wolf for years | can
not run any more | am getting paid
for what did. | know | am dying,
and l know where | am going"
The murder OF Millionaire Smell
created at the time. and as much as
$50, 600 was offered as a reward, but
all to no effect Tascott was success
ful in eluding the public prosecutor
and the detectives, but his life was a
life of misery.
The relentlessness of the conscience
is not often considered by those who
are about to commit q crime. They
see an opportunity to do wrong which
they think will result in advantage to
themselves. They hope to escape the
vigilance of the officers of the law,
but when the act is once done tne
memory of it haunts them and they
learn that the avenger is with them
day and night. If in moment OF
temptation man falls. the best plan
is to acknowledge his fault take his
punishment and then enter upon a
new life.
The life of the fugitive, starting at
the slightest sound and fleeing from a
is less inviting than any pun
ishment, short of death, that the state
inhicts. The Commoner.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1904-07-09

When woman gives up it is because
she has gone to the utmost limit of
strength and endurance II is marvel
how women will staGger on under the
daily household burdens when the whole
body is racked with pain.
For the nervous, rundown condition
which 90 many women experience, as
result Of overstrain in household cares,
there is no medicipe Can equal Dr..
Pisrce's Golden Medical Discovery. It
strengthens the weak stomach by cur
Ing diseases Of the organs of digestion
add nutrition. Il purifies the blood ol
poisons which cause rheumatism and
other painful diseases It nourishes the
nerves, and builds up the body With
sound, healthy flesh.
There Is no alcohol In Golden Nd
ical Discovery and ii IL entirely ffee
from opium. cocaine and all other mar
cotics
Accept no substitute for the ~Discov-
cry" There is nothing vjust a. good
for weakness. nervousness and debility.
II want the whole world 70 know ~hss pf.
Mrs.. Helen Hsrdgrose,. Of Bangs. KNOX Co.. 9,
ianSs and throat troubled me besideQ apd lad
up work I vas p bad. I had hesT . a6eh
stout your medisse ! thexGAt i ~ n Ii I.
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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., 1904-07-09
STRANGE condolences.

The finding of weighted corpse in
the river to the south of this city has
received m old story which heretofore
has never found its&way into print.
Some years ago a murdSr. vas commit
ted at Devalls landing, in West
Baton Rouge Parish, when a Snowman
by the name of Alderman was foully
murdered by Kit and Mamie Starr,
who are now serving life sentences in
the state ponitcntiary for that crime.
The trial of tho pair attracted wide
spread attention through tho press ac-
counts of their conviction on the
evidence OF monkey. The monkey
story was that an animal of the Sim
ian race was n part of the menagerie
attached to the show of which Acker-
man as master and Kit and Mamie
Starr were actors, and that after the
apprehension of the man and woman
and their detention in the Jail yard,
here the show property was also stored
awaiting it's disposition by the courts
in the matter of the succession of the
deceased, the monkey exhibited such
n marked animosity for the accused
Kit Starr rs to lead to the belief thar
the monkey was witness to the deed
and tried in his animal way to show
who the guilty persons We're and fix in
a dumb manner the responsibility for
the crime on the perpetrator. In the
same connection story as afterward
circulated which is so well authenti-
Gated as to give no room for doubt as
to its authenticity.
When Kit Starr had been captured
and brought back to the scene of his
crime he was led to the bank of the
river where the bloody skin had been
found, and there in the presence of
several witnesses was charged with the
crime. Starr raised his right hand
and sworo that he was innocent of the
crime, but just as he uttered the words
the body of the murdered Ackermau,
loaded with weights and chains, pop
ped up from the bottom of the river,
his right hand raised over his head
as though swearing in dumb evil
dence to the contrary. The many
strange incidents attributed to this
particular case Mt tho time elected
much amusement from the incredulous
but subsequent developments have
proven that tho dumb beast and the
mutilated corpse had just reason to cry
for vengeance against the perpetrators
of the horrible deed, which was sub
sequently traced with unerring direct
ness to the parties mentioned. There
| are many things in heaven and earth
that have never entered in our philos
opby and the ways of tho world are
strange indeed. Baton Rouge Times.