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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
Drained BY FOSTER FATHER
A Little Orphan Girl Drained with
an AK by Joseph Wagner, Jr.,
in Logan County, Ark.

Little Rock, Ark, March 6.-The
farm of Joseph Wagner. near Paris,
Logan county, was the scene of a hor-
rible tragedy. Joseph Wagner, Jr., be-
came SUDDENLY insane and Drained with
an AK a little orphan girl who had been
adopted by the family
He also slaughtered five milch cows
with the same instrument of destruc-
tion, afterward cutting the throats of
the animals. The insane man first
killed the cows, which were in the
barn, and the little girl, who had fol-
lowed him to the barn, screamed, when
he turned and struck her twice in the
forehead, killing her instantly. Wag-
ner is in CUSTODY
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
THE BRIDGE COLLAPSED.
Eight Lives Reported Lost By the
Collapse of n Bridge Under
Two Locomotives.

Cleveland, o., March 6.-Eight lives
day, as a result of two engines on the
Cleveland & Pittsburg railroad going
through a bridge over Yellow creek,
near lrondale. The bridge had been
weakened by high water and collsps-
ing when the engines ran onto it
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
Harry Pierce Returns,

Harry Pierce, former cashier of
the Illinois Central freight office at
Dyersburg, returned last week and
was placed under arrest on a war
rant sworn out by the railroad Off
cials Bond was fixed at $1,000.
T. W. White has returned from Cal
ifornia and is checking up his ac-
counts, to ascertain the shortage,
which is understood to be in the
neighborhood of $500 Relatives
will make good the shortage, it is
said, before the day of trial.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11

Paris, March THE ST Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo de Paris
says concerning the bombardment of
Vladivostok Sunday afternoon that the
opinion of competent men is that the
Japanese wished to find out whether
or not the Russian squadron was in the
port of Vladivostok, in the belief that
should it prove to be absent it would
be necessary for the vessels to return
and defend the place.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
Bate Leads in Greene.

The Greene county Democratic
executive committee held meeting
last week at Greeneville. April 9
was set as the date for holding a pri-
mary to select candidates for the
county offices. A poll of the COM
mitteemen was taken, and out of
twenty members present eighteen
were for Bate for senator. At the
request of the committee the two
candidates for the legislature will
make the race for nomination before
the primary, Allen as a McMillin
man and Upton as a Bate man.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
Ripley Residence Burned.

Last week the residence of John
Rogers, at Ripley, was destroyed by
fire, together with most of the con-
tents. The family were away from
home at the time, and the origin Of
the flames is unknown. The struc-
ture was owned by Judge j. ".
kirkpatrick, and was insured for
$500. Rogers also carried $500 in
surance on household goods.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
CONFIRM REPORT OF DAMAGE.

Late News Confirms Report of Dam-
age Done to Forts.
New Chwang, March THE latest
arrivals from Port Arthur confirm the
rerort of damage done the western
forts by bombardment- from Pigeon
bay.
Desultory night firing continues. The
civilian population is being expelled.
A train has been derailed by an OBJ
struction placed on the metals.
No further damage has been suffered
by the Russian ships. The Askold has
been fiOated.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
Conductors Laid Off.

Fourteen conductors on the Ten
nessee Central have been suspended
pending an investigation on the
charge of unsatisfactory service.
Conductors Gollithan and Cherrie
were retained in active service. 9th
er men were put on in the places
made vacant, and no inconvenience
was experienced by the road, accord
ing to General Manager Clarke.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
Direct Vote for Senator.

A petition signed by several men,
bers of the Davidson county COM
mittee was presented to Chairman
BRYAN last week, asking him to call
the county committee together to
pass upon a proposition to submit
the United States senatorship to the
voters of Davidson county at the
forthcoming April primary for
county officers. Chairman Bryan
has the matter under advisement.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11

DDS supreme pur-
pose for man is
that he should be-
come reconciled to
Himself; that the
breach made by
sin between man
and God might be
healed; that where
discord prevails,
harmony might be
restore d; t b a t
where estrange-
ment and separa-
tiOp oyiSt there
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
New Date Approved,

A telegram was received at Nash.
Vile last week from Adjutant-Gen-
eral William E. Mickle of the
United Confederate Veterans ap-
proving the new date proposed for
the Confederate reunion, June IA,
Is and 1G. The date was changed
recently to that mentioned, provided
Gen. Stephen d. Lee and the depart
ment commanders approved.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
Completed May First.

Kansas City. Mo-, March The
Rock Islands st. Louis-Kansas City
inc will be completed May L. The
raoklayers, moving westward, are 65
niles from Kansas City, and the grad
ng is completed to a point ten miles
east of Kansas City. The connection
will be made with the Frisco track
'or an entrance into this city.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
Fast Mail Smashed a Wacon.

The fast mail train on the Hen
derson division Of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad ran into wagon
at Shiver's crossing few days since,
and killed Miss Maggie Patton and
fatally injured her sister, Mary.
Both horses were killed, and the
wagon was demolished. The young
women we're substitute rural mail
carriers.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
washinuton Not a candidate.

Former Congressman Joseph Z.
Washington, announced last week
that he had decided not to be a can
didate for congress in his district
He may stand for delegate to the na-
tional convention.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
RUSSIAN CRUISERS ABSENT.

Attack on VIndivcstOL Directed by
Admiral Uriu.
ST. Petersburg, March kilograms
received here concerning the lombard
raent of Vladivostock do not refer to
the bravery of crews, wherefore the
conclusion is reached that the Russian
Vladivostok cruisers were absent, try
ing for a junction with the Port Ar
thur squadron. Japanese cruisers are
in the Korean straits watching The
squadron which tombarded Vladivo-
stoI was detachment of Admiral To-
go's fleet, commanded by Admiral
Uriu.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
Suicide of a Farmer.

Sherman Tidwell, farmer living
seven miles from Dickson, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself last
week. He was 80 years of age and
unmarried. Mental alteration is
suggested in explanation.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
SAMUEL A. CROFT SENTENCED
Motion i'm Arrest of Judgment Over
ruled by Judge Pritchard and
Sentence Pronounced.
March

Washington, March 6.-Justice
Pritchard overruled the motion of Sam
uel A. Croft, one of the recently-con-
victed defendants in the post Office
trials, and sentenced him to two years
in the Moundsville penitentiary and
20 pay fine of $4,000, sentence to be-
gin on arrival at the penitentiary
Croft Immediately furnished bond for
S2O, 900, pending an appeal.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
Tobacco Moxinu Freely

As a result of several days of
warm, damp weather, tobacco
throughout the Clarksville tobacco
district is getting in order and large
deliveries may soon be expected to
commence.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
Gods Message For To-Day
Sermon by the Highway and syway' Preacher.
Copyright, 1904, by ]. NJ. Edson.l
1T IS THE SANE SIMPLE. BUT PO
GOSPEL STORY

Chicago, Sunday, March 6, 1904.
Text:-"Therefore shall the word OF
Jehovah be unto them precept upon pre-
cept. precept upon precept; line upon line.
line upon line; here little. there little:
that they may GO and fall backward, and
be broken. and SHARED, and taken."-Isaiah
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11
Farm Sold at $1,000 an Acre.

Pana, H., March John Heinz has
bought the Robert Ewing farm of 100
Icres, in Rosemond township, Christian
county. for $160,000.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11

IF NOT, Gods message to you Is still
l "precept upon precept, precept upon
precept; line upon line. line upon line;
here a little, there a little; that you
may go and fall backward, and be
broken and shared and taken" The
effect of Gods message is finally one of
two things: Either it melts the heart
and molds the life anew in Christ
Jesus, or it hardens as the clay is
hardened under the burning rays of
the sun. God keeps repeating His
simple Gospel message over and over
again that you may be won to Him,
that you who have been estranged and
an outcast from the Fathers house.
might be reconciled and brought lack
And if you will not, if because of the
scorn His gracious message. He keeps
repeating it That you may go. and fall
backward, and be broken. and shared
and taken" Do we hear it said to-day
that the Gospel is not winning the
world? Perhaps that is true, sadly true.
But because of this il is not another
MESA ge which the world needs, but it
is the same old blessed Gospel which
sounds forth and must sound forth,
"precept upon precept, precept upon
precept; line upon line, line upon line;
here a little, there z little; that the
world may go, and fall backward, and
be broken. and shared and taken"
"To the one it is a SAVIOR from death
unto DEATH" out to those who receive
the message it is a ''sayor from life
unto life"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-11

4 ND above all, 1t is an unchanging
- message. To judah God said: My
message has been precept upon precept,
precept upon precept; line upon line.
line upon line; here little, there lit
tie. 1 have warned you in the calami-
ties which have overwhelmed Israel
have given you respite from your enc
mics. that you might consider these
things, 'yet they would not hear. There
fore shall the word of Jehovah be unto
them precept upon precept, precept up
on precept; line upon line, line upon
line; her little, there a little" 1t was
to be an unchanged message. It was the
same precept upon precept and line upon
line which He had been speaking to
them throughout the years and gener-
ations. His message was the same, it
was unchanging. And Gods message
for to-day is an unchanging and un-
changed message. The world, as in
Pauls time, is ever seeking some new
thing. The simple, old Gospel message
is considered out of date for this age and
generation. And men who claim to be
the servants of God, who profess to hav-
ing been called to deliver Gods message,
and twist and reshape it into something
new and modern. The simple old Cos
pei which declares man lost and help
less sinner, and the crucified Jesus an
only Saviour, is deemed inadequate for
these times, and the so-called popular
preacher is trying to accommodate
Gods message to the taste and vanity
and self-esteem of the world. Oh, what
travesty! Oh, what a hideous viola
ton of Gods mercy and love! God pity
the world when it gets too wise and too
cultured and too self-centered and ego
tstical for Gods simple and unchang
ing Gospel message! There are indica-
tions that point to the fact that the
world is rapidly approaching that at
titude before God; that condition of
heart which remains unmoved and un-
yielding before the oft-repeated Gospel
message. God did not change His mes
sage to PharOah. 1t was over and over
again: Let my people CO. And when
Pharaoh hardened his heart and grew
so weary of the message that he threat
ened Moses with death if he came with
that same message again, did God
change His message, or compromise up
on the issue? Nay, verify, it was an
unchanged message. And Gods mes
sage to-day, despite the meddlers and
the Hberalists and the higher critics
and the advanced thinkers, is an un-
changed and unchanging message. and
it will continue to be such until Jesus
shall come in His glory and claim as
His own those who have heard the mes
sage and been washed clean in His
blood.
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God will never cease His efforts to turn
the world to Himself until time shall
cease to be. 1t is unchanging. for there
is but one remedy for sin, and that is
the shed blood of Jesus Christ: and
God cannot come to the world with any
sO-called ethical message, highly flavor
ed and up to date, for that will not
cleanse from sin; that will not make
souls dead in trespasses and sins to
live again; that will not make a man
over new, giving him a new heart and
new purpose and a hope that will
grow brighter until the full glory of
Heaven bursts upon his vision. No,
God comes with His simple, pertinent,
persistent, unchanging message. He
goes over the lesson again, and yet
again. 1t is ''precept upon precept,
precept upon precept; line upon line,
line upon line; here a little, there a lit
tie" 1t is in spite of God that the
soul perishes. Surely God never fails
to improve an opportunity to drive
home His message. Through His true
and faithful servants in the world to-
day, through the circumstances and
conditions of life, in a thousand and
one different ways, God goes over and
over the Gospel story of man a sinner
and Christ Saviour Dear soul,
whoever you are who reads these
words, have you heard Gods message
and hearing lave you obeyed it? Have
you repented of sin and believed upon
Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour,
the one who cleanses from all sin and
saves with an everlasting salvation?
Have you?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-13
CIVIL EMPLOYEES
DESERVE PROTECTION

Capt William NJ. Meredith. Director
of the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing. himself q product of the civil
service. and coming in contact, by rea-
son Of his position, with all of the con-
dltions of the service. such as superan-
nuation, outlined by others who have
SPOKEN for The Times, gave a succinct
but comprehensive statement of his posi-
ton when approached. Captain Mere
dith said in substance:
AT first glance there might, in the
proposal to pension civilian employees.
appear TO be a danger Of men becoming
benef3ciaries whose character might not
warrant such provision, but 1 do not
think that such an argument will stand
inspection. A man is not going to re-
main In the service until he becomes of
penSlOnable age unless ne has rem
dered services to the Government of q
high grade and satisfactory character.
Il am OF the opinion that civil employees,
who have put in lifetime of service
satisfactory 70 their superiors, are I'M
dOubtedly entitled to have some pro-
vision made for their maintenance when
their years Of usefulness are over. with
out the question of their providence or
thrift entering into the question. OF
course, and as Il corollary reason, those
whose services are not satisfactory
should be eliminated from the rolls be-
fore they reach the ge when they would
be entitled to the benefits of such a
plan"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-13
PLAN OF RETIREMENT
SOUGHT BY STARR
President Of the Civil Service
Association Asks for an
Equitable System.
: RESIDENT JACOB w. STARR.
= Of the Civil Service Retire

RESIDENT JACOB W. STARR,
- Of the Civil Service Retire
L ment association. whose views
have hitherto been given to The Times,
was called upon Friday to appear before
the House Committee on Reform in the
Civil Service. where he made an able ex-
position OF his side of this question. in
the course OF which he submitted a type
written statement covering seventy-four
typewriter pages. To the committee
Mr.. Starr made II clear that, by the con-
stitution Of hts association, it was
pledged to that form of pension system
where the Government is put to no ex-
pense-that the civilian employees were
merely asking authority 10 provide for
their own pensioning. The further attf-
tude OF the association was expressed
as follows. after a lengthy discussion
OF the existing conditions of the service:
I'VE, therefore. believe that the only
just and equitable method of dealing
with superannus ton in the service Is by
providing a system OF retirement which
shall recognize and give due consldera-
ton 10 long and faithful service. and TO
the humanitarian elements involved"
The various methods of relief which
have been proposed were taken I'D and
dismissed by Mr.. Starr, who also review
ed the work of the association in at
tempting TO obtain a basis Of sound
fact on which to ground a practicable
measure. In reply to suggestions for
appointments TO the service for limited
periods. Mr.. Starr said:
The efficacy OF such a plan would lie
il the fact that, II strictly enforced,
the superannuated would not be re-
appointed to a new term of service.
Therefore, If the faithful employee re-
manned long enough in the service, and
gave his life's best effort to it, securing
reappOintment until he should be near
Ing advanced age, he would reach the
point ultimately where he would fail OF
reappointment because Of such age.
This would be exactly equivalent to a
dismissal from the service without con-
sideration for his past faithfulness and
efficiency. The fact that it was ac-
complshed through his fundamentally
rather than direct order of dismissal
would not change the nature Of the
act" Such a plan, thinks Mr. Starr,
would necessarily be demoralizing to
the service, as removing incentive.
The great body OF Mr.. STAIRS report
related to the data obtained from the
numerous corporations of this country
which employ the pension system. Their
methods, reasons, and conclusions were
set forth in detail, and from their in
dorsements Mr.. Starr draws the follow
ing conclusion:
IF these numerous corporations, fire.
quentiy referred TO as 'sOulIess,' find,
as so many of them have unhesitating-
~ averred that their retirement
schemes have proved good business
propositions, can It be doubted that a
similar plan for civilian service would
prove Of great value to this Govern
nnent of ours, to the conduct Of whose
affairs surely the very best business
principles should be applied?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-13
SAYS THE OPINION
IS ONE OF ANIMUS

III SEE that Secretary Moody, alone
of the Cabine. officers who have
1 been quoted b. The Times. ex-
presses disapproval Of the principle Of
civilian retirement on pension said a
bureau chief clerk. i also notice that,
in his statement 20 the House Commit
tee on Reform in the Civil Service, he
went still further into detail. not only
expressing opposition to this plan, but
taking a stand inimicable to the ad-
vancement Of any clerk who may be
subject to his jurisdiction.
Il think the same animus prompts
the position Of the Secretary of the
Navy on both propositions. 1t is not
likely that the head df a department
who frankly admits that the force under
his control draw the lowest salaries Of
the service, and yet asks that provision
be made to prevent the transfer of an
ambitious clerk TO q department. where
he can draw higher wages. would favor
any arrangement whereby the clerk who
had given his life to the ill-paid SER
vice under him might. when worn out.
receive an equitable compensation dur
lllB the tloSAAA6 years u MS lllG.
Frankly, If the House committee de-
sires properly TO weigh the testimony OF
Secretary Moody, it viii co well to sum-
mon before it any of TIE many clerks
in other departments who have been
transferred from the navy branch of the
service, and ask them the reason why
they asked for transfer.
81 think the honorable Secretary has
imbibed some of the spirit which ami
mates the naval officers. The attitude OF
most Annapolis men to enlisted men is
well known. Now. as Il matter Of fact,
they have the same attitude TO civilian
clerks. As most of the offices Of the
Navy Department are filled by navy
officers. you can readily understand that
the personal feelings of a mere civilian
clerk are liable to rude shocks. It is
for a similar reason that salaries are
kept down in that departmental would
not do you know. for a civilian to draw
a larger stipend than his naval su-
perior.
81 may remark in passing that the
Secretary need not have expressed such
grave concern about the future trans
fers from his department, nor have
asked for means to prevent such trans
fers."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-03-13

worthy OF being cared for by the Coz
eminent in his declining years as is
the soldier or sailor You viii find
soldlers on the pension roll who served
no more than three months Their
right is not questioned. But why not
concede that the clerk who has served
faithfully for forty years has earned
an equal right2 When you cOncede this,
you VIII have furnished the only means
whereby the standard Of efficiency can
be maintained in the various depart
ments. without working grave injustice
10 its most faithful servants.
Il am not suggesting the method
whereby this shall be accomplished. 4
do not pretend to be competent to do so.
In the first place. am too close to the
situation TO see the question IL all its
bearings In order to grasp a subject
OF so many aspects. one should back
away from actual contact with the con-
ditions and take a comprehensive view.
with that refinement OF thought which
can nicely weigh the various phases
This the man IN the actual administra-
ton Of a bureau can hardly do. Again.
am not IN possession Of sufficient data
TO enable me to dabble in prescriptions
OF means and methods. One plan, how
ever I would not follow. and that is the
putting or tax upon the wages OF the
employees themselves in order TO provide
the pension fund. II the pension system
Of retirement is right. it Is right, and
the country can afford TO foot the bills
In fact. It cannot afford not 20 pay 1T
Nor is it the determiner OF the fact OF
merit OF the old employee, or whether
the disability was incurred IN honorable
service. The fact that an employee has
been IN the service TO an age warrSAat-
ing mis- retirement is proof IN itself that
his record is all that it should be. Let
the people pay for the care Of the faith
ful, WORKOUT servant for the few
months or years left after a lifetime In
their service
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HEARTILY IN FAVOR
OF RETIREMENT PLAN
Acting Adjutant General Hall
an Advocate Of Any
Fair Scheme.
tET AM heartily in favor of law for

XXI AM heartily in favor of a law for
the retirement of aged clerks
L on a pension" said Col W. P.
Han. acting adjutant general Of the
army. 'Tt would be economy for the
Government to encourage clerks to
make the Government service their life
work and to retire them after long
years of faithful service on a pension
large enough to insure their comfort
in old age.
Every day I am forced to face the
problem of what to do with aged clerks.
Some provision should be made for their
care. When a man has devoted his life
TO the work of the Government and
has always done his work well. it seems
hard to reduce him in his old age; but
chiefs must keep their duty TO the Gov
eminent in mind. In many cases clerks
who should really be dismissed are re-
duced and allowed 70 remain IN the SER
vice. Even this seems hardship.
1T does not seem right that q man VINO
has given his entire lire 10 the Govern
ment should be reduced from 81. 500 10
$500 in his old age, but when chiefs have
more work than their clerks can ac-
complish something must be done. and
the reduction is frequently more merci-
full than the world knows
Under retirement and pension sys-
tenn the departments would remove tie
temporary element which chara cterizes
much of the Government service. When
men think they Will be kept only when
they are young and able to give the best
there is in them they slight their work.
If they felt they would be taken care OF
in old age the would be more in
terested in the Governments work.