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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-08-18

conducted. Short papers were t,
have been read on John Wesley
Frances Ashbery, Martin Luther
Abraham and William Shakespeare
but were omitted because OF the ab
sence OF the writer's. Miss Will,
Williams read splendid paper OF
the "Poetry OF Alfred Tennyson :
then a recitation by Miss Hllda May
field was enjoyed. The following
resolution was then read and adopted
"Whereas, we the delegates to the
Epworth League Conference OF the
Durant District have so pleasantly
spent few days in the little city Of
Durant, and
"Whereas, we feel that we have
received lasting benefit from ou,
association with the kind people OF
this city;
Resolved I, That we tender oul
sincere thanks to the citizens and
to the church, its pastor and pre-.
siding elder for their hospitality and
for all courtssies extended to us;
Resolved II, That the citizens Of
Durany in general, and the Method
ist church in particular, be remem-
cred in our prayers, and that we
ask in return to ask at the throne OF
grace, guidance and blessings for
this entire body.
Rosa Clark,
Willie May Williams,
M. b. Foster.
The sweetest part Of the confer
ence was the conservation services
conducted by Miss Maggie Foster.
The conference was enjoyed by
all the Leaguers and will be great
help to them in future work. The
delegates present we're: Mrs. De-
Loach, Misses Brock, Rosa Clark,
Ahbie Eubanks, Maggie and Carrie
Foster, Green, Ethel jackson,
Blanche Foose, Mary Lagrone, Hilda
Msyheld, Inez Cunningham, Cecile
Ramsay, Lucille Sullivan, Julia Smith
son and Willie Williams, Mr.. Elmore,
Rev. Tucker, McCafferty and Dun
can. Blanche Foose, Secretary.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-08-18
County Teachers Institute a Success.

The Teachers Institute for Holme
county closed a two weeks sessio
last Thursday with a grand education
al rally. On that day a large enthus
iastic body Of teachers and trustee
took part in carrying out the inter
esting program prepared for tn
occasion, consisting of patriotic song
and addresses by Supt. Smith, Hon
W. P. Tackett, Senator Il. H. Elmore
Conductor J. T. Wallace and Mrs
E. M. Baker. The addresses Of Messrs
Tackett and Elmore were especially
profitable because Of the wise sug
questions, timely admonitions, an(
the manifestation Of such lively in
terest in the educational welfare Of
the county. In addition to the regu.
lar program many items Of mutua
interest tu trustees, patrons anC
teachers were proftably considered
Prof. J. T. Wallace, the conductor
is easily one Of the strongest men in
the work, and under his able direc.
tion much excellent work was done
by the thirty-eight earnest teachers
in attendance. Profitable textbook
work was done, methods considered,
plans and processes advised and
studied and the educational needs of
the county carefully reviewed.
Supt. Smith was on hand daily to
confer with his teachers, give them
wise counsel, encourage and strength
en- them, and in his own good way
send them out to their work with re-
newed zeal and unbounded enthusi-
asm. Under bis direction steps were
taken toward the more careful grad
ing of the schools, and the introduc-
tion Of another years vigorous cam
paign for the building up Of the
schools,
Acting on a suggestion Of Senator
Elmore a committee was appointed to
take steps to organize an orstorical
association. The committee is as fol-
lows: q. H. Elmore, W. P. Tackett,
]. R. Gulledge, Misses Carrie s. Foose,
Jeeil Ramsay, Dsvie Catron.
One feature of the institute de-
serving special mention is the primary
work done by Mrs. E. M. Baker, of
Natchez. With test class composed
If little children from the community
The best methods Of primary work
we're exemplifed.
The association elected Prof. J. M.
Aimbrough, Of Durant, president for
he next year.
The work of the Institute closed
thursday with the general feeling
hat time had been we'll spent.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-08-18

II you want to raise your boy for
penitentiary the receipt is very sim
pie. When he doesn't want to 90 to
school, let him loaf. When he gets
into some mischief and your neighbor
reports 1t to you, curse him in the
presence Of the boy When he gets
a little larger and purloins something
Of value and you find it out, laugh at
him and let him 20 at that. When
he gets into something that takes
him into justice court and he is found
guilty and fined, pay the fine, curse
the court, the jury, and every person
connected with the matter, and pity
the boy.-BoGneville Plaindealer.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-08-18
State Meeting Of Confederate Veterans,

ant reunion in Aberdeen on the 3rd
4th and 5th days Of August. Th
parts of the proceedings transacte'
during their encampment of specia
interest to those not having tn
pleasure OF being in attendance ar
hereto annexed:
Routine business was submitte,
by Adlt.. General j. L. McCaskill
and promptly disposed of.
At the conclusion of the speaking
the assembly was invited to partici
pate in an old-fashioned barbecue il
the courthouse yard, where beneatl
the shade of ancient oaks tables
were spread to amply entertain 5,0O(
people.
During the business meeting {
resolution of respect for Mrs. JEFF
ferson Davis and expressive of love
and confidence was introduced b,
Gen. W. D. Cameron and adopted
Commander H. Clay Sharkey
offered resolution devoting $50
from the division treasury to the
fund for the monument TO the Con.
federate women, which was adopted.
Gen. Webb offered resolution
which was adopted, asking that a
committee of five be appointed as a
visiting committee TO look after the
condition of our brethren at Beau
voir.
Before closing the morning ses.
sion Gen. Lowry addressed the con.
vention on the subject of the neces-
slty for more thorough collection
of data in the interest of preserving
the history of Mississippi soldiers in
the civil war, and urged action by
the next legislature creating a COM
for this purpose to consist
of two members who shall be veter-
ans Of the lost cause, and whose
qualifications for statistical and his
torical work shall be known and es-
tablished. For this position he sug-
gested in advance Major S. A. Jonas,
Of the Aberdeen Examiner, and
Capt. j. d. McNeily, OF, the Vicks-
burg Herald.
The closing incident of the re-
union was a grand ball given at the
court house Friday night and ex-
ending far into Saturday morning
,y the Sons of Veterans, compliment
ary to all visitors.
The following officers we're elected
or the ensuing year:
Gen. Robert Lowry, Major-Gen' i.
Col. W. A. Montgomery, Brig
General, First Brigade.
Lieut. Governor ia. Carter, Brig
General, Second Brigade.
Major G. M. Helm, Brig. General
Third Brigade.
Gen. r. E. Houston, who has
erved with such marked satisfac-
ION and distinction and to whose
plendid management and executive
Ibility the success Of the reunion
vas largely due, declined reelection.
The next encampment will be at
Jackson at a date to be fixed by the
Major. General commanding. l
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-08-18
There is probably no place on earth

There is probably no place on earth
better than a country newspaper
office to learn how many kinds Of
people there are. Some get huffy if
a statement is sent, others will not
net pay until a statement is sent.
Some will pay without a statement,
and others will not pay whether there
is statement sent or not. Some
say that they couldn't get along with
out the paper, and others say it
doesn't amount to much. But the
meanest, scrubbiest in the list is the
man who takes it until he is shut off
for non-payment and then spends
half of his cine Knocking" the pa
per on the ground that it was worth
less. -Clarkesdale Register.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-08-18

A severe hail storm visited Thorn
ton Monday afternoon, which is re-
ported to have done a great deal Of
damage to the cotton crop in that
vicinity.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-08-18

The first bale of cotton was re-
ceived here in 1903, August 20.
Who can guess the date on which it
will be received this year.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-08-18

The fortunes Of the richest young
bachelor and the greatest heiress in
New York will be united by marriage,
if the reports received from England
in regard to the engagement Of Rob-
ert Goelet and Miss Gladys Wander
bilt are true. r. W. Goelet has
already $1O,0OO,0O0 in his own right
and will inherit $30,000,000 at the
death Of his mother. Miss Wander
bilt received $7,500,000 from the
estate Of her father, the late Cor
nelius Vanderbilt at the time Of his
death, anc is heiress to a portion Of
the $l00,000,000, representing bis
entire fortune, SO that she will ulti-
mately be worth about $780, 100000.
-Yazoo Herald.
Equally gratifying to these young
people is the fact that neither Of
them have any poor kin.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-08-18

J. W. Holloway and G. Trigleth, Of
Tolarville, sWere here on business
Monday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-08-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Povall and children
spent Sunday at her childhood's home.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-08-18

People are apt to lose faith in all
humanity sometimes, because so MANY
Of the frail species are unworthy Of
honor and confidence. We witnessed
the following incident redolent with
faith and trust last Saturday morning:
A business woman walked hastily up
to the cash stand of a prominent
commercial house and said to the
proprietor of the store: "Will you
please lend me ten dollars for Just a
little while? 1t will be q great favor"
Without the least hesitation the gem
tleman thrust his hand into his safe,
handed out the bill, and the lady.
with pleasant Thank you," passed
out. A bystander remarked, Chose
people must understand each other"
and they did. Each knew the
other was honest as daylight, and
there were no questions asked.' The
money was returned in two hours and
the recipient Of the favor found that
no record had been made Of the loan.
How delightful it would be If such
faith pervaded the whole community.
Composed, as we are, Of individuals,
let each one bear himself in manner
above reproach in all transactions,
small though they be, and the heaven
we all profess to be striving to reach
will come down to us before we know
1t. it.-Brookhaven Leader.
II that was the universal custom
where would the money lender obtain
his interest. Such faith would be
beautiful, but not business.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-08-18

The following item, going the
rounds Of the press Of Mississippi,
credited to exchange" is full Of
wholesome truth, and shows two clas-
ses Of people the farmer and the
dude In the proper light:
"The writer heard several dasy ago
some uptodate 'doods make some
disparaging remarks concerning a
farmer who was on the streets, aud
whose pants were not freshly creased
and whose shoes were Of a different
pattern from those worn by the crit
les. You poor puffed up imbeciles!
Do you know who the farmer is? He
is the man who moves the world. If
he were to 60 on strike and refuse
to raise q crop for q single year, the
effect would be more disastrous than
would result il all the railroad men.
all the miners and all the trade
unions combined we're to quit. With
glittering shears and clanking bind
der the farmer tolls on, furnishing
subsistence for the whole world and
without bis prosperity the goods
would rot on the merchants shelves
and there would be paralysis Of bus
mess on land and sea. The man,
though above average intelligence, is
dressed in homespun and, Il he has
any shining equipment, 1t Is not a
paste diamond ring, but q ID in. plow
share hidden under six inches Of
mother earth. Stop when you are
about to speak derisively Of . farmer
and see II you are not able to realize
that the country and It's citizens de-
pend more upon the farmer in his
working clothes than upon the corner
'dood whose pocket knoweth not the
weight Of q dime. Newton Record.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-11-03
The Supply Of Ivory.

Scientific American.
During a recent visit to the London
Docks, says knowledge and Scientific
News, Her Majesty the Queen was in.
formed that the stock of ivory then
shown represented, on an average, the
annual slaughter of ecme 10000 Airi-
can elephants. This statement hae
been contradicted in two letters in the
daily papers. In one of these Meesrs.
Hale, of 10 Fenchurch Avenue, state
that at least IS per cent. of the supply
is dead ivory" mainly obtained from
boarded stores of African chiefs, who
are shrewd enough to put their com
modities on the market only in drlb-
lets. The most interesting part of the
letter is, however, the statement that
the great bulk of this hoared Ivory il
obtained from elephant cemeteries p
spots met with here and there in the
jungle, whers elephants haye resorted
for centuries to die. Much of the
ivory that comes to the market may
therefore, according to this letter, be
several hundred years old. The mar
vel is why it is not devoured In the
jungles by porcupines, as certainly
happens with tusks of the Indian ele.
phant which are lett In the jungle.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-11-03
Denied Burial in Siberia.

Exchange.
The unidentified body of a man
killed on the Trans-Siberian Railroad
near Tomsk last summer is still un-
buried. He was believed to have come
from Irkrtsk, whittier the body was
sent, only to be returned to Tomsk ty
tho police. Once more it was sent to
1rkutsk and once more returned by tie
police as being unknown in that town.
Innumerable telegrame we're sent
and replied to, no town would receive
the body, which was sent hither and
thithar by railway, always being re-
turned to Tomsk. At last 1t was offer
ed to the Anatomical Museum at
Tomsk, where it was preserved for
nine months, no one daring to dissect
it without permission from the higher
government.
Now the museum is being rebuilt
and the body has been once more
handed over to the Tomsk police
They again refuse to bury it without
the documents without which nothing
can be done in Russia, and the un-
happy body, which is said to have al
ready travelled over 1000 miles, is
once more upon its unendlng travels.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-11-03
Mother
Lost Reason After
LaGrippe.
Daughter Had Ere.
quent Spasms.
DIR. Miles Nervinc Cured
Them Both.

Dr. Miles Nervine is specific for nervous
disorders. 1t removes the cause and effects
speedy and permanent cure.
Il feel it is my duty to let you know that
your medicines have cured my little girl OF
nine, of spasms. She commenced having them
at the age of three. Our family doctor said
she would outgrow them but she did not:
We took her to another physician who said
her trouble was epileptic fits in mild form.
He did her no good either. She was SO
nervous she could hardly walk. AS | had
already used DIR. Miles Neryine and found
it a good remedy for myself I commenced
giving it to my child. l gave her in all ten
bottles of the Nervine and one OF the Blood
Purifier That was over two years ago and
she has not had an attack since we COM
menced the treatment. She is no longer
troubled with nervousness and we consider
her permanently cured. l enclose her PIC
ture My mother in law lost her reason and
was insane for three months from the effects
of LaGrippe. Six bottles of DIR. Miles Ner-
vine cured her My sister has also taken It
for sick headache with good results. we All
thank you very much for your good medl-
cines and kind advice. l don't think there
is any other medicine half so good. l send
my daughters photograph SO that you may
see what a sweet little girl lives out IN
Arkansas" HANNAH BARKETT,
Springdale, Ark.
All druggists sell and guarantee flrst bottle
DR.. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
DIR. Miles Medical Co., ElkhaIt, Ind.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-11-03
FOR THIRTY YEARS
Congressman rleekison Suffered With Catarr--=R
His Endorsement of Pe=ru=na

! a TONIC is q medicine that gives
n tone to some part of the system.
There are different kinds OF touic-, but
the tonic most needed in this country,
where chtarrh Is SO prevalent. is tonic
that operates OH the mucous membranes.
| PerEna is a tonic to ti!c mucous mem-
branes Of the whole body. II gives tone
to the capillary circulation which COM
s.ittites these delicate membrane.
rerufa is = specific in its operation
upon the mucous membrane. 1t is
tonic that strikes at the root OF all ca
tArrhal affections. 1t gives tone to tho
minute blood vessels and the terminal
nerve fbrcs. Catarrh cannot exist long
whore Peruna is used intelligent!y.
Peruna seeks out caiarrh in all the hid
den parts Of the body.
| A. NJ. lkerd, an eilploye of the G. Il.
4 @. X. H., West burlington, Ia, rites:
| ~ had catarrh of the stomach and
small intestines for n number of years.
went to number of doctors and got
no relief. Finally one Of my doctors
sent me to Chicago and I met the same
fate. They said they could do nothing
for me, that had cancer of the stomach
| and there was no cure. almost thought
the same, for my breath was something
awful. / could hardly stand it, it was
SO offensive. 1 could not eat any thing
without great misery, and 1 gradually
grew worse.
"Finally l got one Of your books. and
concluded would try Peruna, ana thank
God, found q relief and n cure for that
dreadful disease. l took five bottles OF
Peruna and two of Manalin, and now
| feel like a new man. There is nothing
better than Peruna, and l keep n bottle
in my house all the time."-A. NJ. Ikerd.
Catarrh of the stomach is usually
| called dyspepsia. Catarrhal dyspepsia
cannot be cured by pepsin powders or
any other temporary relief. The only
cure for real dyspepsia is removal Of
the catarrh from the mucous membrane
of the stomach. This Peruna will do.
This Pcruna has done thousands and
tn ousands of times.
Congressman Botkin, of Kansas, was
cured of catarrh of the stomach OF many
years. standing. Hundreds of other
cases have been reported to us through
unsolicited testimonials. Peruna is the
only internal systemic remedy for ca
tarrh yet devised. Every one afflicted
with catarrh in the slightest dcgr rec
ought to take course of Peruna.
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the usa Of Pcruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving q
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President Of
Tho Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-11-03
A Punctual Man.

Harpers Round Table.
A certain Mr.. Scott, of Exter, whose
business required him to travel con.
stantly, was one of the most famous
characters tor punctuallty in the king
dom. By his methodical habits com.
bined with unwearied industry, he &C.
cumulatsd a large fortune. For q
great many years the landlord Of every
inn il Cornwall or Devon that he Wis.
tied knew the exact day and hour he
would STRIVE. A short time before be
died at the adyanced age of eighty, q
gentleman who was making Journey
through Cornwall put up alta email inn
at Port Isaac for his dinner. He look
ed over the bill of fare, and found
nothing to his liking. He had, how
ever, seen a fine duck roasting on the
FIRE. "IIl have that" said he. "You
cannot, sir. replied the landlord "it ia
for Mr.. Scott of Exeter" II know
Mr.. Scott very WE'LL" replied the trvel-
er. "He is not in your house. +" "Very
sorry" said the landlord, @'hut six
months ago, when he WAS last here, he
ordered the duck to be ready for him
this day, exactly at 2 o'clock" And.
to the amazement of the traveller, who
chanced to look from the window, the
old gentleman was at that moment en-.
terlng the Inn yard, about five minutes
before the appointed time.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-11-03
Loyalty Of the Jews.

New York Journal.
This newspaper would like to call
the especial attention of those who won.
der why Jews succeed to one particu-
lar quality which they possess
quality that has done more Tor their
race than any amount of combative.
ness, or any amount of dogged resist
ance to wrong.
The Jew sticks to his family. He
puts no one ahead of his own blood
relation, except the woman whom he
marries and who is the mother of his
children.
| Any merchant or restaurant keeper,
any obseryant man will tell you that
the Jewish wife always has a devoted
admirer in her husband, and 1t does
not make any difference how old she is,
OF how thoroughly her youthful beau
ty may have disappeared.
For its intensity of affection, the
Jewish family life exceeds on the aver
age, beyond question, that of any other
| race. Because the weak have been
helped by the stronger, the race has
persisted aud grown in power.
The Jewish family ties do not end
with the years Of childhood. You do
not find one Jew rich and another mi.-
srably poor.
You find plenty of Jews, of course,
with the disagreeable qualities which
foolish prejudice attribute to all OF
them-just al you find such qualities
among all men.
But you do not find any Jew leaving
his brother, or sister, or mother, or
father in want while he has plenty.
The Jew who should be guilty Of
that particular offense would be
promptly and permanently ostracized
by his fellows.
In this country you can End many
a man harrassed by poverty and worry
while his brother has all that he wants
and more. But such a man Is not
Jew.
1t might be we'll perhaps for the
individual who criticlzes the Jews
without knowing much about them to
submit himself to this particular test
Of family Loyalty. A great many
would fail to pass it.
This strength OF family feeling
among the Jews, the Unborn convict
ion that the strong man must divide
with his weaker brother, will carry, the
Jews along and keep them powerful,
long after the day when war will be
reckoned a survival Of barbarism,' and
when the Jews undoubted willingness
to tight shall have lost its all import
ance.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-11-03
CT
Trust.

By Rubie T. Weyburn.
I would my life were like the swallows
flight
A dauntless pilgrimage from zone to
zone,
Brushing with fearless wing the dizzy
height
In windings onward, known to
birds alone.
I cannot mark SO plain my distant
goal,
Envisaged by past seasons Journey
lngs;
Less steadfast is my notions swift con-
troll,
All unforeseen the change each hour
brings.
Father, know not, but the way thou
knowest
Clear as the swallows flight my
cOurse--tO thee.
It is enough. take the way thou
gOest,-
Better thy guidance is than sight to
me.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-11-03
DISATROUs WRECKS.

Carelessness is responsible for many
a railway wreck and the same causes
are making human wrecks OF sufferers
from Throat and Lung Troubles. But
since the advent of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds, even the worst cases can De
cured, and hopeless resignation is no
longer necessary. Mrs. Lois Cragg, OF
Dorchester, Mass, is ons OF many
whose life was saved by DR.. Kings
New Discovery. This great remedy Is
guaranteed for all Throat and Lung
diseases by E. T. Whitehead q 20,
Druggists. Price SOC and $l.OO. Iriai
bottles free.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-11-03
Doctors Move Girls Heart.

Exchange.
Annie Riley, 13 year-old daughter
OF James Riley of Dickson City, Pa.
became ill with pIeurisy about year
ago. The family physician found the
whole left side OF the chllds body Owe I
the lungs bloated. He removed the
matter aud the cllld began to get we'll.
Soon, however, a second gathering ap-
peared, which decayed the ribs on the
left side. During this second illness
the girls heart moved over to the right
side some six inches from its proper
position.
The girl was taken to q hospital
where ply slcians found it nece ssar,
to remoye four whole ribs and p~rts o'
four others.
The ply ysicians restored the heart to
its natural position, but the operation
left the child weak and for two week.
she was in dangerous position, but
now it is believed she will recover.