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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-04

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der this system it does not cost the
Union any more to place seven thou
sand or even a larger number of
agents to work in the several cotton
growing States and Territories than
1T would to appoint SEVENTY or a
smaller number. These agents are
classified and consist of one State
agent for each cotton-growing State
and Territory, two district agents
for each Congressional District in
the several States, and as many as
five county agents Cor a larger num-
Der if necessary for each county in
the different States and Territories.
But no person is eligible to appoint
ment as soliciting agent, or to any
agency, or official position in the
service of the american Cotton
Growers Union" unless such person,
besides being under the prescribed
bond, owns one or more shares of it's
stock. And no one who is addicted
to the habitual use of spirituous
liquors to an excess is eligible to any
of these positions.
TEN PER GENT INITIAL PAYMENT ON
STOCK.
The Acts of Congress, pursuant to
which the Union was incorporated,
prescribes the payment of 10 per
cent upon the amount of stock sub
scribed, at the time the subscription
is taken; the balance due upon each
share is not payable, nor is it's pay
ment desired, until the Union is I'M
der Roadway in the particular State
or Territory, and begins to buy cot
ton and transact it's other authorized
business therein.
IMPORTANCE OF GOOD COTTON PRICES.
A drop of one cent per pound up
on a years crop of cotton means a
loss to the Southern cotton growers
of upward of fifty million dollars,
and a drop of four cents per pound
upon a years crop of cotton signifies
a loss to the Southern cotton grow
ers of upwards of two hundred mil
lion dollars. Within the past six
months there has been a decline of
about six cents a pound upon the
same years cotton crop, making the
value of the whole crop to be three
hundred million dollars less at the
end of six months than it was at the
beginning of the six months. And
this shrinkage in value took place
in face of the fact that the entire
crop was known to be not sufficient
to meet the demands of the world.
This shows a most unsteady, unsafe,
unreliable and unsatisfactory COZ
dition applicable to a marketable
commodity required for use by all
the world.
ORGANIZE AND CONTROL.
The Southern cotton growers can
mt an end TO this abnormal cOndi-
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-04
BONDING

BONDING
In each State a branch Office has
supervision of all the business of the
Union therein, to which office all
banks and other repositories having
money or property belonging to the
Union; all purchasing agents and
all other persons in the service of
the Union In such State or Terri
tory, are required to make periodi-
cal reports. Funds subscribed as
stock, less two dollars per share, to
pay for shortage of cotton, hire of
Waterman and other necessary ex-
penses, cannot be applied to any pur-
pose whatever except to the purchase
of cotton. Every agent buying cot
ton for the Union, every agent So
Letting subscriptions to its stock,
and every other person intrusted
with money or any property belong
ing to the Union, is required to be
under sufficient bond in double the
amount of money or value of prop
erty coming into his hands, to truly
and honestly account for the same.
GUARDING AGAINST LOSS.
Under the bonding system the
rights and interests of every stock
holder are fully protected, and the
money and property of the Union
wherever situated and to whomso-
ever intrusted, are at all times made
absolutely safe and ecure from any
loss. No harm or inconvenience can
come to any BONDED agent or official
who truly and honestly performs the
trust committed to him, but II de-
forl+ sbould be made or suffered by
any such agent or official, the Union
protects not only the rights and IN
forests of all its stockholders, but
also those of all other agents, and
of its officials by bringing the Of
fender to a strict account and settle
ment, through and by means OF the
bond. executed and delivered by lin.
Tn this respect the Union is no more
and no less exacting than the Federal
and State Governments In cases Oh
like responsibilities.
SOLICITING AGENTS M THEIR PAY.
All soliciting agents of the Union
are allowed one dollar per share Tor
every share of stock subscribed up
ON their respective stock books which
covers their expenses and compensa-
ton. If an agent gets one tnouSanu
shares of stock subscribed, his com
p~ensation therein amour TO one
thousand dollars; if he obtains one
hundred shares, his compensation Is
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-04

So Cottage St., Melrose, Mass,

So Cottage St., Melrose, Mass,
January II, 1904.
Dear Sir:-"Ever since I was in
the Army, I had more or less kidney
trouble, and within the past year, it
become so severe and complicated
that I suffered everything and was
much alarmed-my strength and
power was fast leaving me. [ saw
an advertisement of Swamp-Root and
wrote asking for advice. I began the
use of the medicine and noted a de-
cided Improvement after taking
Swamp-Root only a short time.
I continued it's use and am thank
full to say that / am entirely cured
and strong. In order to be very sure
about this, / had a doctor examine
me thoroughly to-day and he pro-
nounced my kidneys all right and in
splendid condition.
[ know that your Swamp-Root is
purely vegetable and does not contain
any harmful drugs. Thanking you
for my complete recovery and recon-
mending Swamp-Root to all sufferers
/ am,
Very truly yours,
[. g. RICHARDSON"
You may have a sample bottle of
this wonderful remedy, DIR. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root, sent absolutely
free by mail, also a book telling all
about Swamp-Root. If you are al
ready convinced that Swamp-Root is
what you need, you can purchase the
regular ffty-cent and one-dollar size
bottles al the drug stores everywhere.
Don't make any mistake, but remem-
Der the name, Swamp-Root, DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root, and the address,
Binghamton, n. Y, on every bottle.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-04
ORGANIZE AND CONTROL.

The Southern cotton growers can
put an end to this abnormal condi-
ton by organizing and cooperation
through the american Cotton Grow
ers' Union" and save many million
dollars for themselves every year by
getting higher prices for their cot
ton. and by way of dividends upon
their stock in the Union. Besides,
they know beforehand the entire e4-
nenses to be incurred, which cannot
he increased for any cause; the
amount of dividends to which they
are entitled, which is fixed and unal-
terable, and hat all the stockholders
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-24
The TANANA GOLD REGION.

The Rampant Forum is responsible for
the statement that the Tanana gold diggings
will "get an awful black eye next spring
1t goes on to say that the chest claims are
low grade and can only be worked at a
profit on a large scale. Many men will not
make enough to pay for their winters
goods, although their ground is good
All this may be true. 1t probably is
within the pale of the truth Interested
men too frequently see much more in pan
or bucket of dirt than disinterested per
son can find Ever since the discovery of
the Tanana diggings was reported the re-
ports coming from the section have been
extremely conflicting. 1t takes time to ac-
curately determine the value and extent of
gold find The klondi6e was 'knocked'
numerically by hundreds of the disap-
pointed argOnauts who rushed pell nell
into that region Immediately following the
announcement of Carmack's great dscov-
cry Nome and this section underwent a
similar experience. 1t is told that in the
spring of 1899 man offered $40 for an
ounce of Anvil creek gold and could not get
it. He went to Seattle and SO reported at
any rate He probably lied with malice
aforethought. Following the great rush of
1900 Nome received not one black eye, but
both eyes were badly disfgured But she
kept in the ring, and has been producing
gold steadily ever since, Notwithstanding
the Commissions of her optics And this sec
ton grows steadily in favor
1t may be the same in the Tanana coun-
try. The proof of the pudding is in the
eating, it is said. Tanana should not be
condemned until at least another season has
passed The people now there are sadly
hampered by lack of provisions The latter
are scarce and poor, and the commercial
wolf is getting in his deadly work and
graft.
There is small doubt that what the
Forum states is correct as to the quality of
the pay dirt. There are few Bonanzas, Ell
dorados and Anvils, but if the body of pay
dirt is extensive enough it will pay hand
somely, not to the individual perhaps, but
to the company or corporation, and, judg-
ing by the adverse reports, it may be stated
as a fact that the Tanana gold belt is of no
mean size.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-24
ALASkA'S TELEGRAPH LINES.

In his annual report Secretary Root has
given a hearty Endorsement to the recon-
mendation of Gen. Greedy that Congress ap-
proprate money enough for the laying of
cable to connect the military telegraph sys-
TEN of Southeastern Alaska with that of
Northwestern Alaska. The proposed cable
will run from Sitka to Valdez, distance of
about SIS miles.
With the completion of the cable between
Sitka and Seattle next spring, all of South
eastern Alaska will be in communication
with the United States by direct line, en-
tirely under military control The 1880
miles of telegraph system in Northwestern
Alaska, however. will have no direct connec-
ton with any American line In connection
with the Canadian line, it will be posi-
BILE to reach points in Northwestern Alaska
by telegraph, but only by round about
way, largely through Canadian territory,
and over lines subject to constant Interrupt
ton in winter
The cable from Valdez to Sitka would
unite the military lines and give direct
route of Geographic communication from
Seattle to Bering straits. All important
points in both divisions of Alaska would be
brought into intimate telegraphic touch
with each other likewise, through the new
system.
Incidentally, it may be added that the
completion of a cable line between Sitka and
Valdez will place the Alaska telegraph sys-
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-24

With all due respect to the Council City
News, we do not think that esteemed paper
can in any way be an authority as to the
granting of exclusive telephone or other
franchises in Nome. In its haste to say
something it makes ex-parte statements
without being at all informed either as to
their truth or merit, if they have any. The
NUGGET stated short time ago that by
the granting of an exclusive telephone fran
chise the council exceeded it's authority and
the franchise was, therefore, not worth the
paper on which it was written. We still
hold to this opinion. And if this be a
"knock," anyone choosing to consider it as
such is welcome to do so.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-24
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
RUSSIA AND JAPAN-A COMPARISON.

In view of the assurances made in diplo
matte circles that conflict between Japan
and Russia would certainly be avoided the
commencement of actual hostiities, follow
ing Japan's declaration of war against Rus
STA, as told exclusively in the last issue of
this paper, must have caused considerable
surprise to many of the people of the civil
lized world
While the dispatches received here are
meagre, they go to show that in striking the
first blow the japanese struck hard and fast.
Completer details will be awaited with much
interest. In our last issue we published a
timely article on the Russian Manchurian
situation from the pen of John Brisben
Walker, writer of acknowledged repute
and political farsightedness. In it he
strongly urged that eff there can be a just
war it is called for now"
1t is possible that the outbreak of hostili-
tate general war, involving several of the
European countries and perhaps the United
States. To the unintiated or careless OBJ
served it might appear that the little empire
of Japan would stand no chance in war
with the vast Russian empire But it must
be remembered that while Japan is outnum-
bered vastly in population and in naval ar
mament, she is fighting practically in her
own front yard, and while, too, it would seem
that Russia inevitably will encompass ia
pans disaster eventually, it may have far
different ending should other powers become
involved At this time, and with the scant
knowledge of the situation at our command,
speculation is impractical and unnecessary.
Russia has population, according to the
reports of 1908 of 129, O4, 514, while Japan
had, at that time, 43, 76O, 815, or about one
third of that of her antagonist Russia s
naval strength is also much greater, but
naval authorities have stated that in case of
war it would be found to be not so effective
as that of Japan, and, in view of the report
received of the first naval encounter, this
would seem to be true. In 1902 Russia s
armed strength was reported as follows
Battle ships, first class, 25 ; second class, 9
third class, Z: coast defense ships, Z; ar
mored cruisers, Is cruisers, first class, IL
second class, 25; third class, 9; gunboats,
sea going, l river, 1S; transports and dis
patch vessels, 1S; torpedo boat destroyers,
40; torpedo boats, first class, 81; second
class, 81 a; third class, 43 officers, 1882 en-
listed men, 36, 1924 heavy guns, 672; secon-
dairy and machine guns, 1926.
Since 1902 Japan's fleet has been substan.
TALLY increased by number of war vessels,
which were built in England. In the above
year her naval strength was given thus
Battleships first class, 8: second class, 2;
third class, l.; coast defense ships, 4 ar
mored cruisers 2; cruisers, first class, z;
other classes, 18: gunboats, 10; torpedo
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-24
professional CARDS.

nR. f.. ). GRIGSBY.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office. Belmont Building over Goodfriend's
Grocery.
Calls answered promptly day or night. Tele-
phone Black So.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-24

SURVEYS for Patent, Estimates and Grades for
bitches and General Engineering.
ONCE: $50 Front Street. opp. Bodega Saloon
Nome Alaska
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-24

boat destroyers, 10; torpedo boats, first
class, 81 ; dispatch boats, /; transports and
auxiliaries, 81 heavy guns, $40 secondary
and machine guns, 1,012.
In 1902 Russia active and reserve land
force was 1, 314, Dos; Japan's was 474,770.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-24

The native parents who buried their six
Christians, to be sure, but necessarily it
must take long time, coupled with much
patience, to elevate any people from bar
barism to a conception of the Sermon on
the Mount
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-24
COMMENT IS NEEDLESS.

When one has to do
business with the "cof-
fee and doughnut hire
lings' Of a dirty, low
minded trickster," one
is compelled to resort to
underground politics"
and "backdoor methods"
however much one may
regret to do so.-Nome
News, Feb. 10.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-24

TEN within very few miles of the mainland
of Asia, and that a short cable across the
straits and land line in Siberia would
establish "a new and cheap route of tele-
graphic communication with the Orient.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-24

The Springfield Republican assumes that
in case of war Colombia might do us an in
jury by setting out prvateers to prey on
American commerce. We would have to
furnish the American ships first or there
would be nothing to prey on.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-24

The use of billingsgate
and opprobrious terms
is evidence of an empty
pate. Wise men, and
dignified men who are
not so wise, do not use
the vernacular of fish
women. - Nome News,
Feb. 10.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-24

In an interview last fall in an outside pa
per, DR.. Rininger paid fine tribute to this
section of Alaska as healthy country, and
to the fine specimens of babyhood seen here.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-24

According to the latest edition of who's
Who in America there are IA, 433 people
in the United States who have acquired
more or less fame.
The Nome nugget., 1904-02-24

The Booster can scarcely be held respon
,ible for its indulgence in "pipe dreams"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-27
VERY ANNOYING.
Th's Hardly Expresses What Pine
Bluff People Say of 1t.

Any itchiness Of the skin is aaaa..
Ing
Little danger in itra#as -a5a ii
eases.
Doan.s Ointment is a aeg,rsH4
ea.e.
For piles. Eczema all lea.a- tra..
b.e7
Pine buH citzaas ta4arsg I-.
i. Trea..Way. oi Little Rega. .u.raa8
conductor, now eoJec#ar faa taa
t9t5 Grocegs assocatita. le-ooa
22t5 Louisiana stree. sas ~ g,
sa4araI years baa attack ef#.9.a
iHg bcmerr4oid~ an. la ama-t z4ea
Up hope Of cye@ stpmlm ms aaaaz
preparation thar wou1a give N
permanent beaeti=.=>n at1aai- aa-
IN ono Of our daf. papers sa##
me 70 90 for 4 haN Il Iosa.az ont
ment. An application or#fwa= aHse
me relief and continuation dlHze
treatment absolutely stopped t.e=ll.
attack. Tp to=aate there ms ~
been a symp ON Of + ccusrencr.
Plenty Of proof like this from Ree
Buff people. Cal at Mann-TanAers
ley Drug Cos store ard ask what
their customers report.
For sale by all dealers Prjet ~
cents FostersMilburu Co. BuffaIa
New York sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Deans aaf
take no other.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-27

any future for tho man q h 7 heart.
Mrs. Gibson Taylor, her aunt. es.
poused fhe cause of the young lovers
aEd when Miss Taylor came Ia visit
Der she added her pleadingS to thcs"
q. her niece After a long course Of
persuasion Gen. Taylor, though not re
lnquishing his objections was prevail
Cd upon to permit the marriage, which
took place in the home of Mrs. Gibson
Taylor L is not known whether Gen.
Taylor attended the wedding. though
Hancock TAYLOR is of the opinion .ha'
he was not present.
It was from this house that the
young soldier and his bride, after the
usual merry making, congratulations
and blessings. set out on a journey
with happiness That was SO soon
5e be changed to erief.
Such is the story Of long ago ibat
ccntors around tbs little house. which
rCw stands to tho rear OF tho resi-
eence occupied by A. Levy en- III =
BrownsborO road.
At the time Jefferson Davis and
Miss TAYLOR were married within is
walls it was a two-story structure. vi h
broad yerandas built after the thoA
prevailing style for southern homes.
Sow it has been reduced to one story
nd has been transformed into cot
age-Louisvlle Evening Post,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-27
Is. Sill AGEL
Ills aste in Dress.

IN Washington they are telling Of
a visit Mr. Roosevelt paid In 1902,
when in Knoxville to the aged widow
# Parson BroW&loH, the famous war
governor Of Tennessee. The lady, dis
tinctly of tho old school, and suffering
from impaired vision, received him
l. her little parlor in the suburbs.
4 word of his coming reached her
hut a few moments before his arrival
size dressed huricdly, and in hor con.
fusion and short-siehtcdnoss had put
hcr Skirt on wrong side out.
After pls asaut chat the president
Withdrew. As ha drove away thus
tho story eoes-ho said:
'sWhat oblc old lady, and how re.
fleshing to meet such a specimen OF
the age that has nassed forever, Why
cont the women of today 20 in for
a costume like that2 Did you notice
the picturesqnoncss of that skirt2"=-
New York Mail
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-27
NEWSPAPER FOR RESULTS.
Minnesota Merchant Says Advertising
Is Necessary 10 Success.

Newspaper advertising IS the first
reouisite for mercantile success.
That, in brief, is the opinion Of John
Cately, who is at the head of tho
Gately Supply company of Duluth.
Mimi. and of nearly fifty other retail
stores located in some of the best
business towns in Michigan, Illinois
ard Minnesota
While visiting his store at Tshpem.
Jig recently Mr. Gately was inter
viewed at length by the Peninsula
Record, and he not only declared him
self unqualifedly in favor OF advertis
ing, but expressed a decided prefer
eaee fer the columns of the neWspa
PER Among other things, he said
"Judicious Advertising is as essen.
tai to business s&cces as q POSTAGE
stamp is to a letter ore drops in a
4ostofice Some noop}a plod along
with business and fail 10 use the naws-
paper columns to tell the people what
they have to soil or about The hareairs
they have#io offer These =pcop'o can
aevor ba#b be called sncces~ful busi-
pess mon in any community.
There is advertising and adyorts-
inc. and above all other advertising
comes that which is read III the news
paper, While one cannot always tell
! vhat certain advertisement produces
tie most results al a given time there
IS a positive certainty concerning the
steady Advertising in the newspaper
One must advertise 10 oct business" ="
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-27
ROMANCE OF AN OLD HOUSE,
Where jefferson Davis Mari ID the
Daughter of Zachary TayIor

a little frame house hat stands
amid great beech trees in ths rear OF
an imposing structure OF recent da' =
near Crescent hill and a record Gi
Jefferson county court are all that Is
left to tell of a romance involving fa-
nous names that was c0nsummated
SiXty-nine years ago.
1t is little known by Louisville peo.
pie that in this house. which is now
used as a servants quarters Jefferson
Davis, aftcrward president Of The Con
federaey. on June {, 1888, married
Miss Knox Taylor, daughter Of Gen.
Zachary Taylor, afterward conqueror
of Mexico and president OF the Unitea
States
In the jefferson county courts
archives there is a record of marriages
for 1880 which contains the following:
Jefferson Davis and Miss Knox
Taylor, of legal age, daughter of Zach
ary Taylor.
quel. Davis took his bride 70 his plan
tation in Mississippi. The climate
was not favorable. and the young wo-
nan. accustomed to the purer air of
Kentucky could not stand the mias-
Ratio eXhalations of the sWampS.
Soon after her arrival in Mississippi
she grey i'll, stricken with fever.
Within three months of the time she
became a bride she was dead.
The pathetic sequel makes Gen. Tay-
iCr's objection TO the wedding seem to
have heer cue to the prophe ic feel
ings of devoted father He strongly V
dlsapproved of the match between his
daughter and jefferson Davis. who
was then a soldier, With nothing 10
indicate the great, though mournfuI,
career that was before him.
This opposition was not due to dis
like or mistrus1 of Davis, it seems.
hut to Gen. Taylor's fear that as the
wife Of gallant soldier on what was
then the frontier his daughter would
oe subjected TO many hardshins
Rn Mis- TAYLOR vas wiling to face
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-27
Minister Wu's ebuke.

Mr.. Wu, former Chinese minister
Iete3 Tor his sharp Wit and ready re-
p&lf1c, WAS on cne occasion honored
+ visit from a delegation of wo
oaea Interested in the cause oregn
isyio s From the minister they de
stted some complimentary remarks in
refreAce t. The indebtedness which
CHA o%eI 10 the efforts of the mis-
'aAalies. The ambassador was r.
l7c.aHt 10 GIVE credit to foreieners, as
saf.5a4 hat China,s progress was duo
= Chinese effort and patriotism Saie
ct tho ladies:
eA ~ =aoe,f vou relieve .yonr womea
tfo9 ha cf3o]ty Of ti2ht shoes ?'
couse. answered the anbas7a.
Or. rc-anefully a small shoe is p~ef
cs.blc % small waist. and il is easier
- keep such q foot or Of fhe af*a,r
9 - = people Denyer Republican
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-27
Deafness Cannot be Cured

AH local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the car
There is only one way 10 cure deaf
ness. and that is by constitutional
remedies Deafness is caused by an
infiamcd condition of the mucous lin
ine of the Eustachian Tube. When
his juho is intlamed You have Il rum
tliRg sound or imperfect hearing and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness
is the result, and unless the inflam-
nation can be taken ont and this tube
restored 10 its normal condition. hear
in2 viii be destroyed forever; nine
cases out OF ten are caused by Ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an in
1lamed condition Of the mucous sur
faces.
We Will give One Hundred Dollars
for ANY case OIL Deafness (caused by
catarrhl that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cireu-
lars tree.
i. J. CHENEY & co. Toledo, 0.
Sold by all Druggists, 13c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.