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Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-22

suspeC eCtE that there was some thing wrong, and the following morning he went to Greenville, Miss, ten miles above here, to < investigate. During his absence Manager Shilton, of the Richard son plantation, from which the negrces came, with two other men, appeared at the Leland place, and, upon learning that the negroes were in the field, went in search of them. Three of the negroes were, found to- gether, and a fusilade of shots followed. One of the negroes was killed and the other two ser iously wounded. A pistol was founda where the shooting oc- cured, and it is claimed that the negroes fired first. Shelton and his companions were armed with Winchesters and pistols.
 The Mississippi party recrossed the river, leaving instructions to have the wounded negroes sent to them. Warrants were sworn out for the members of the party before negro justice of the peace in fhis county. Sheriff Strong, sitter a conference with tl ,h4 diff of Washington county, M t9 men reside, reported that they declared they were willing to have their cases inves- )tigated by the grand jury here, but that they would not be taken without a requisition from the governor of Arkansas, and that SGov. Vardaman would not honor It if issued. They further de- \lared that 1000 whites in Green He would resist any effort to
 them.
 he Mississippians declare that
 negroes whom they shot were
 men, that they were in debt
 he plantation and that they
 teams during the night and
 we'd their household goods
 kansas.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-22
H.! AT THE FAIR.
The Uninitiated Piker's Startling Experience Sensational Rev.
 elations are the Vogue.

Who was it said "Forewarned is forearmed''? We'll, never mind, someone has said it, and our conscience is clear in the quotation, for it reminds us to suggest to our readers who con- template visiting the Worlds Fair a little timely preparation will not be amiss before enter ing the lane of amusement called the Pike. It is not our desirelto inspire fear, but anything that has ever been done before is not done on the Pike; anything that has never been done before is being done on the Pike.
 Looking in the direction pointed to by the Pike orator, once known as Midway Spie- Ter, 7 a building representing ex- formally the sombre gates of Hades is seen, and should you pass through the great stone arcned corridor a remarkable metamorphosis of your mind and body will occur. Powerless to do any other than obey this aw- full command, you follow into a subterranean elevator and rap- idly descend to the realms of darkness, the First Circle of the Nine in Hell, through all of which you must pass before again seeing the light of earthly day.
 Crossing the River of Woe, in Charon's boat, to the Second Circle, visiting the Court of Minos, the Internal Judge, who dispenses justice to the endless line of wicked spirits. Further in your progress, partaking of 1 the beautiful visions of the un-
 happy Faust under Mephisto's s influence, witnessing the contin-
 ual grind of torture mills in the
 Frozen Third Circle; crossing |Stygian Lake into the City of l Dis, or Eternal Fire; viewing all
 about you various punishments | of abandoned souls; ever and
 anon startled by the inexplaina-
 ble appearance and disappear
 ance of some frightened spirit ir
 your midst, and finally arriving
 at the very center of hades, the
 throne room and awful presence
 of his Satanic Majesty. Ming. ling with his courtiers, skeletons and subordinate devils, a chilly } sensation creeps over you.
 Il Simultaneously the bewilderee
 senses are aware of a changing
 atmosphere, and an instant latel a mar eous transformation il l fully realized. The parched ant
 barren rocks and caverns of In
 ferno have vanished. The beau !. tiful Grove of Daphne surround
 you, and Daphne herself beckon {, you onward and upward througl the gates of Paradise. Gorgeou E spectacular illusion effects tel e the history of the Three Wis :, Men of the Desert" /" the diml, t discerned and far-distant Sta
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-22
MILLION ] ARKANSAS BALES.
Estimate Flaced Upon This Years
 Cotton Production In This

E
 of ArkaAsas will produce l, lOO,- GOO bales of cotton this year, ac- cording to estimates made by Secretary Geo. R. Brown of the Little Rdck board of trade, from information obtained from the cotton-growing sections of the state. The production would
 have reached a million and a
 quarter bales, it is estimated, if the recent overflow had not
 killed out a large part of the
 cotton in the lowlands along the
 river.
 Secretary Brown received an
 inquiry from Theodore H. Price,
 New York cotton broker, in
 regard to the conditions in this
 state, and in reply he made the
 following report:
 with 100 as the standard of
 normal development, 90 is the
 present condition. There will be
 produced in this county five
 thousand bales less than last year, due to the Arkansas river overflow. The state will produce one hundred thousand bales more than last year, and but for the Arkansas river overflow the states crop would have been one and quarter million bales. The crop is neither earlier nor later than last year, being about the same. The number of bales on hand in this county is about 8,2OO."
 Cotton men in this city now estimate that the production of cotton in the United States this year will reach 10, 0,750, 900 bales, an increase of nearly a million bales over last years production. The estimates of the crop during the past two years, however, have proved too high, although year before last the estimate was only about 100000 bales above the actual figures shown in the report of the census bureau. Last year the total crop in the United States was 9,851, 129 bales, according to the census and the estimates made early in the season were 10, 150, 900 bales. The crop the year be- fore was O,63O,945 bales, while the estimate was 10, 728, 900 bales.
 There IS no question Of great CT national importance in my mind," said Mir. Brown, than the cotton crop question this year. The conditions have be- come such that a short cotton crop has an influence upon all lines of business in the country. When it is considered that the south itself now consumes about two million bales of cotton each year it, can be seen what the de mand for cotton will be in the entire country this year. There is little doubt that under the present conditions prices will remain high during the coming year.
 About twenty couples of the young people of the city attend
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-22
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 What is the only argument @ or excuse for legalizing the sale of intoxicants :? That it pays; the revenue it brings. But the sale of virtue would do the same! If money is all to be considered, will these revenue-loving friends advocate the latter ?
 Everybody admits the whisky business is an evil. If the state is to go into the former catholic practice of selling the right CD to sin, then why not put a price on all kinds of sin and license a man to do whatever he pleases, and just have lots of revenue !? Nay ye license people, don't throw up your hands in horror ]! If it's right to license one evil, then any other sin may be justi- fled upon the very same basis.
 Why make a ''pet pig" of this particular sin of drunkenness any way? Is the man who sells it elevated thereby? Is the man who patronizes him? Is the man who voted him the privilege? Is anybody elevated in any sense by the traffic :? Not unless it leads him so deep into sin that the same law-power that justi- fled the business elevates the un- fortunate wretch to the scaffold for his crime.
 But does it really ''pay"? Is a town really benefited by this curse? Why is Newport $20, 900 in debt after having saloons for twenty years? Who can name a case on the criminal docket of the city or county that whisky didn't figure in the transaction? :? You can, you say. Which one? How many? What percent? No town or city can be bene- fitted by the revenue from the saloon business, I care not how you figure and theorize. God in heaven rules and He says: Woe to him that buildeth town with blood, and establisheth city by iniquity." When has blood been shed in Newport with no whisky back of it? Very rarely indeed.
 But does it "pay''? Ask the wife and mother of the man who died in a drunken debauch, and note the reply Look at his neg lected, half-clad, bruised-faced children, and ask yourself ''does it pay ?''
 Take that noble young man, the pride of the home. Follow him to Newport, to the bar for a "social glass" with friend, and watch the effect: See him as, crazed under this draught of hell, he dashes along the high way, overriding cows or anything in the way, until hurled into death! Look at the broken home circle and bleeding hearts, and ask yourself "does it pay?' If the love of revenue can make you answer yes, then God pity you.
 l Who can name young man 1 who made his first visit to the "dives of sin" without being first emboldened by the accursed cup?
 I Please point out the young man that is more in demand for places of trust because he ire. !. quents the bar. He never was .] born.
 \ Had you ever noticed the con. tempt with which all good peo pie (and the bad, too, as to that regard the saloon visiting church . member? If the saloon is : , proper place to go, then take your wives and daughters along ,9 with you. If it is not, then keel 1 away yourself. :,
 Would young man marry the
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-22

this eloquent 1ourse gret a larger nIN ger Of o,, pie were not pN aSsent, to listened to this addr4 $, pict, as it was, in words of eioous by the speaker, who Ys :. fluent, and grows sub1iAe times in his description ol,, Southland, it's place in worlds history, in the past present. We would recomm' Prof. Brough to those who wo appreciate a lecture of h character and inter esti throughout.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-22

allow you
 ne be as muclAas s demands a! you tq last n3 IS both fair andy ,ilitv 3 be a manor ret.+ord
 Maine is a pf1f a !, and has 27 convicS+ OOO population. CA;, great wine state, has .' vets per 1000, ,OOO { More than six timed, Truly Wine is a mock D:1. Comment is us' man that can't see t fellow !! He's gone ]! ! to vote against license.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-22
, DR. KERMorT's LIVER REGULATE;

GENTLEMEN: For years have suffered frc,s remedies but received lasting benefit un.,s ual.,ssrsnt couraged twas induced to ty the oeiebr.atnn5i dc truthfulIy took one box was permc n een Aayy cured. We udDlt altogethe! in our family na
 Mna H. C. coLLIssoS, Stretfr, ToM wv Priss 2s csnts per package or fve pockooe. rs. s Ask Jo~ FREE Sampls :" Q 3 ODtFor sale at Dutton's Drug Store <A
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-22

Ve re Bursting of Gel.
 peo- N intensified by the
 lave " I sacred songs and Ted, /sos M etherial bodies in Ice a :. ,. st ations, make up a 'fyl nsiod transcendent glo- at pno1s. epS ' back to earth Ties sslon ways with ateNer Dlas our experience
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-22
EEEN
 AND WHITES. Two Badly Hurt antation, Near Village.

July IS. In 2 sp a number of ne- party of Mississip- Leland plantation,
 one of the negroes d two others were unded.
 negroes, consisting [ dozen men, women crossed the Miss ul the Swiftwater which is owned by ny estate. They ap- Gorge Drew, manager r{ot;nn for work. Mr..
Newport weekly independent., 1904-07-22

George Drew, manager Limitation, for work. Mir. rave them 8 house, but
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06
Money to Loan.

WE ARE PREPARED TO NEGOTI-
w ate loans promptly in sums Of $500
and upwards on improved farming lands in
Lexington county. Long time and easy
terms. No commissions. Borrower pays
actual expenses Of preparation OF papers.
THOMAS 4 GIRRF$.
CC!umbia ). {.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06
Just One Minute.

One Minute Cough Cure gives
relief in one minute, because it kills
the micrcbe which tickles the
mucous membrane, causing the
cough, and at the same time clears
the phlegm, draws out the inham-
nation and heals and soothes the
affected parts. One Minute Cough
Cure strengthens the lungs, wards
off pneumonia and is a harmless and
never failing cure in all curable cases
of Coughs. Cold and Group. One
Minute Cough Cure is pleasant to
take, harmless and good alike for
young I'D old. Sold by all druggist.
Nicaragua has recognized the Re-
public of Panama by appointing a
consul at the city of Panama. This
is the first recognition of the republic
by Central America nation.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06

We often wonder if some women
do not think of heaven as place
where there are no dishes to wash or
stockings to darn.
If, after year of toll, man wins
success, some jay is sure to come
along and tell him how he might have
won it in half the time.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06
a Vest-Pockat Doctor.

Never in the way, no trouble to
carry, easy to take. pleasant and
never failing in results are De"itt's
Little Early Risers. A vial of these
little pills in the vest-pocket is a
certain guarantee against the head
ache, biliousness, torpid liver and all
of the ills resulting from constipation
They tonic and strengthen the liver
Sold by all druggist.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06
In Bed -Four Weeks With
La Grippe.

We have received the following
letter from Mr. Roy Kemp, of Angola,
Ind. II was in bed four weeks, with
la grippe and 1 tried many remedies
and spent considerable for treatment
with physicians, but I received no
relief until tried Foley's Honey and
Tar. Two small bottles of this med
icine cured me and now I use it
exclusively in my family" Take no
substitutes. The Kaufman Drug
Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06
A Prisoner in Her Own House.

A Prisoner in Her Own House.
Mrs. W. b Lsybs, of 1901 Agnes
Ave Kansas City, NJ J., has for several
years been troubled with severe
hoarseness and at times hard cough
which che says, Would keep me in
doors for days. 1 was prescribed for
by physicians with no noticeable
results. A friend gave me part Of a
bottle of Chamberlain's Co. -
Remedy with instructions to closely
follow the directions and I wish to
state that after the first day I could
notice decided change for the better,
and at this time after using it for
two weeks, have no hesitation in
saying I realize that I am entirely
cured" This remedy is for sale by
The Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, January 6. 1904.
Mixed Pickles.

Many q man who claims to be a
gentleman dosen't work at it.
Vanity is the only intellectual en-
ioyment of some women.
The great home medicine, Hore.
hound, Mullen and Tar, cures that
cough and cold. Murray Drug Co.
To-day man is struggling for JUS
tice and tomorrow be will fee from
it.
Fortunately for his neighbors the
man who borrows trouble never pays
it back.
Fatal kidney and bladder troubles
can always be prevented by the use
of Foley's Kidney Cure. The Kauf-
mann Drug Co.
In two weeks nearly 600 deaths
have occurred in New York from
pneumonia.
By means Of irrigation something
like 100000 acres of land in Da-
kota have been increased in value
over $2sO,0O0,OOO.
Tannopoline is guaranteed torelieVe
blind or bleeding piles and will cure
where no other remedy like it will or
can do 80. Murray Drug Co.
The Russian government is consid-
ering making tie sale of tea and
sugar state monopoly.
1t is reported that 1000 Macedon-
ians led by Bulgarian officers are
ready to invade Turkish territory.
Ramon's Liver Pills and Tonic Pei
lets-a complete, pleasant, scientific
treatment for constipation and bill
iousness. 25 doses, two medicines
25c.
Cuban agents are sonfdent that
they will secure S35.000.O00 for the
republic from New York 6nanciers.
All efforts to settle the strike OF
livery drivers in Chicago have failed
and 1t is said a fight to the finish is
on.
II horehound, Mullen and Tar
fails to relieve that cough, cold, or
even pneumonia, we will refund your
money. Any druggist will do this.
Murray Drug Co.
If the memory of good dinner is
tie only pleasant one you have of
Thanksgiving day you are to be pit
led.
There seems to be no i'm mprovement
in the Far East situation. Both
Japan and Russia are making warlike
preparations.
Liver spots have spoiled many
pretty c"mplexions, and nothing 80
completely removes them as Ramon e
Tonic Regulator. Just mite of this
pleasant vegetable powder on retir-
ing paints the bloom of health onthe
cheeks. Large tin box 25c.
Three revolutions are in progress
in Santo Domingo. Another Ameri
can warship has been ordered to the
disturbed country.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06

We are too prone to use subtraction
when figuring our blessings and
multiplication when figuring our
sorrows.
If one half of the world dosen't t
know how the other half lives, its
probably because it hasen's any next
door neighbors.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06
What's in a Name?

Everything is in name when it
comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E. c.
Dewitt & Co., of Chicago, discovered
some years ago how to make a salve
from Witch Hazel that is specific
for Plies. For blind, bleeding.
itching and protruding Piles, eczema:
cuts, burns, bruises and all skin
diseases DeWitt's SalVe has no equal
This has given rise to numerous
worthless counte1feits. Ask for De
Witt's-the genuine. Sold by al
druggist.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06

It is natural for a cannibal to love
his fellowman.
A blanket mortgage will not keep
q house warm in zero weather.
The high price of cotton has fur
tber aggravated the labor situation
in Mississippi, as, negroes refuse to
pick cotton at almost any price.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06
Pleasant and Most Effective.

T.. J. Chambers, Ed. indicator,
Liberty, Texas, writes Dec. 25, 1902:
"With pleasure and unsolicited by
you, bear testimony to the curative
power of Billiards. Horehound Syrup.
I have used it in my family and can
cheerfully affirm it is the most effsc-
tive and pleasantest remedy for
coughs and colds have ever used" "
25c 500 and 81 90. Sold by The
Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06

At meeting of the cotton trade
held at Manchester, England, resolu-
tions were adopted condemnipg inter
national cotton gambling.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06
Stop It.

A neglected cough or cold may
lead to serious BRONCHIAL or lung
troubles. Don't take chances when
Foley's Honey and Tar affords perfect
security from serious effects CT a cold.
The Kaufman Drug CO.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06

Pneumonia and Ia Grippe.
Coughs cured quickly by Foley 8
Honey and Tar. Refuse substitutes.
The Kaufmannn Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06

Nothing is caluated to jar an eli
gible girl like young man who talks
about his money, but says nothing
about matrimony.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-06

The snob thinks most of the treat
ment he receives from the world; the
gentleman thinks, first how be shall
be courteous to others.
When q woman shows a new pur-
chase to another woman the latter
always says she is going to get one
lust Ike it-but she never does.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

f.r her father had easrraf.H with
v.gta~.a fafrar and he HgB mot AZ
cord 80 t,are a.aa ..trnr.s q. his
horne
~ sc- said Waiter 81 am clad
,.au ta.t 1ts psra.r4 Sal, and s.r
b.. GLAD +r as. ft- ..ff -..s.r 4ta.f saf
Nat v.y ,.e. y,nr7ar can rava- Oh.
that rf.o..ng-
nm ,sH VAN "a secret Walter Mrs
r.sqap la tar vsa.r.r saee H.,a aa
a farm and had often h.1rag a.th
tf.. rlsvfrr s.taa fr,v aara short .f
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

Iu collect Of Perkins,. yplul-
teered Waiter. and as II was com
mission no one else sought. be vent
alone to call on the irate shoe dealer.
Il didn't mean Il, and III never pay
it," he cried wrathfuliy. "Fm sur
prised at your expecting me to. Wal
ter Hodge. / thought you were a
friend Of mine"
Il am, Mr.. Perkins" replied Wal
ter graveiy, "and that is why ! have
come to you--to give you a pointer.
A great many of the church members
anticipated your refusal to pay, and
will meet ID by a resolution to boy
colt yorr shoe trade, and you know
what stuff the women OF that church
are made of-you saw ii in their at
ternoon's work What they set out
to do they'll DO My advice to you
as from one business man TO another
is to pay the 800, which is the
cheapest way out"
So. with groans and imprecations
the old miser wrote his check for
800 and Walter triumphantly tSok
it to Lena s father who was the GUS
todian of the church funds
I'm believe anything now, was the
comment of Mr. Winters, as he read
the check.
Then he looked at Walter and gave
an odd little laugh
You'd better go down and see
Lena. Walter.
why. Mr. Winters" gasped Wal
ter. do you mean III"
Yes; ! can't help myself, Walter,
and perhaps it's just as We'll Run
along. Lena win explain matters"
WIN you tell me how this hap
pens. Lenao7 asked Walter jcyfuuy
a few moments later.
1T was lust like this: When told
at dinner the other day about plow-
ing the field and Mr.. Perkins, papa
said. Don't ever expect impossible
tiles Lena. You cant p]0w a field,
and you cant make old Shylock Per
kius pay 'WhatH you bet. papa? I
asked. Anything he replied, All
right answered If we pillow and
Mr.. Perkins pays. Walter shall come
10 the house again He agreed He
didn't expect Iae 10 win, but Walter,
he was glad Of a chance to give in
gracefully. for / know he likes you.
-- Boston Globe.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

p. A r. WIdener. the traction mag
nate Of Philadelphia, told the other
day a story Of the boyhood Of his son
Joseph.
When Ice" he said was a little
fellow. a visitor. calling at my house
one day. found him in tho drawing
room. busy with the drawing room
chairs. which he had ranged in row.
The visitor sat down on one Of the
chairs and Joe demonstrated.
Here he said, this is train Of
cars
Very we'll said the visitor. IN
be- a passenger.
But Jos didn't want th5s srown-np
man for pas seugar and SO he said:
Where $50 sou want 10 get on?
Chicago. was the reply
~'Al right said Joe. This is Chi,
car-s'