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The Greenville times., 1904-12-10

proceed to organize said corporation.
In addition to the above enume-
rated rights, said corporation shall
have all the rights, privileges and
benefits and immunties conferred on
corporations by chapter rs OF the
Annotated Code of Mississippi VI
1892.
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The Greenville times., 1904-12-10
YOU GET THE BEST
At Bradlev's Studio

At Bradley's Studio
1t costs no more ior good work
that it does for inferior work. Then
why do you want 20 pay for inferior
and old style work elsewhere when
you can get
The Best Work and New Styles
for the same money?
The majority of the people j n
Greenville are good judges of pho
tographs, and the majority of the
people are also getting their pic
lures taken at
Bradley's Studio.
The Greenville times., 1904-12-10

we HAVE
The confidence Of the people, inspired
by a tenth of century's honorable
and successfu1 dealings. Drring that
time we have sold more Delta land
than any one Real Estate firm doing
business IN the Delta. Today we
have one.quarter millions of acres OF
1his choice and fertile land in planta-
tions to suit purchasers. Write US at
once for our little Booklet that will
tel1 you al, sent free Of charge; one
cent postal wifi bring 1t to Yoo.
The Greenville times., 1904-12-10

Fine cut flowers at my greenhouse.
Special attention given to orders. zoo
N. Theobold avenue Phone $40
Miss Clara Rowe
The Greenville times., 1904-12-10
Money to Lend.

Money to lend on improved planta-
tion property at 8 per cent interest
Thomas & Rose, Attorneys.
The Greenville times., 1904-12-10

The people always want new
Bradley's studio. nov tt
The Greenville times., 1904-12-10
Meu Butcher Shop

Mr.. A. S. Riggs has opened up new
Butcher Shop at 100 Washington
Avenue, where he will make a special
ty of Pure Pork Sausage, and he So
licits the patronage of all the citizens
with a guarantee of giving them per-
feet satisfaction. His terms are
strictly cash and motto, Quick Sales
and Low Prices. Phone 642.
The Greenville times., 1904-12-10

Remember we have what VOC want
at prices to please Yes, We Have
The Greenville times., 1904-12-10
plantation Labor

The labor question is an important
one to every Planter. The Italian
Is the best that can be imported. The
planters that have tried them say they
are equa1 to any. We have imported
over 200 this year. Can we have
your order for Plantation Labor?
The Greenville times., 1904-12-10

If you want to self your farm, or /
you want to boy, or If You are rent
er, you wifi find it wifi pay you to
write as todav. We have golden op-
portuities for a11. The choicest city
property is IN our hands. See Us.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-10
No Homo Weddings.

Some society" Catholics, in order
to be like their neighbors, would, when
they get married, select home we'd
ding, il they could, instead of church
wedding. But this selection will not
he permitted. Matrimony is a Sacra-
emnt, and the most proper place for
the reception of a Sacrament is the
temple Of God. Hence, when both par
ties to the nuptial contract are Catho-
lies, they must be married in church,
and they should be married in the
morning at Mass.
In some dioceses. the last of which
to make rule on the subject is Mil
waukee, pastors are forbidden to Of
ficiate at the home, even in the case of
mixed marriages. Instead, the parties
must go to the priests home.
This is right. For, to many ill-in-
structed people, marriage is a sort
Of frolic instead of being a solemn
ceremony, binding two lives together
until death. Its religious character
needs to be impressed on an irreligi-
GUS generation. Hence the Milwaukee
regulation-no home weddings!
The Irish standard., 1904-09-10

be always importuned to form an at
tachment, nor does it take long for the
leaven of good fellowship to make it.
self felt. Though Judge Parker is a
comparatively unknown man to most
people, he has endeared himself to an
extraordinary degree without resort
ing to any sensational or unusual ap-
peal.
He is so far quiet country gentle
man who has not yet quite emancipat-
ed himself from the solemn conser-
vatism Of the Court of Appeals. Yet
any one who meets him goes away
with the feeling that a friend has been
made, and although he has been d.
rectly in the public eye for only
few weeks the subtle influence Of his
personality has pervaded all parts of
the country and is quietly asserting
itself.
The Irish standard., 1904-09-10
The Kilkenny Cats.

The following is said to be the or.
igin of the legend of the Kilkenny
cats:
Just before the war in the year
"ninety-eight'' a battalion of Ancient
Britons (Welsh infantry was stationed
in the Marble City. They varied the
monotony Of flogging and pitchcapping
suspects" and the peasantry round
about by the following barrack game:
They caught two cats, tied the ends
of their tails together, flung them
across a rope or clothes-line. and with
frantic joy watched the creatures claw
each others eyes and vitals out. The
game went merrily on till there came
to Kilkenny lieutenant colonel who
had no objection to trusting "crop-
pies" but who decidedly objected to
this roundabout way of killing cats.
He issued orders forbidding the game
under penalty. One day, however,
the men were indulging in the forbid
den amusement in a quiet corner
when they heard the clank of the col.
'onel's spurred heels coming their way.
One of the offenders promptly seized a
sword and severed the cats tails. I'he
felines ran of. The officer appeared
Immediately on the scene. saw the
dangling tails across the line, and in
quired what had become Of their own
ers. He was Informed by a terrified
spokesman that they had "eaten each
other up all but the tails.''
The Irish standard., 1904-09-10
30 No, HIS. Your Chance.

"Forty years ago." said an old man
to us while walking on the street, II
was offered that lot over there in ex-
change for cow. declined to trade.
Now it is worth half million dollars.
1 missed my chancew
"When eighteen years of age" said
a friend to whom he repeated the
above, ''my father urged me to enter
college. l told him l preferred to
wait year. Before twelve months
rolled around q combination of cir
cumstances made my going to college
impossible, and 1 was forced to begin
life with the most meagre mental
training. l missed my chance!"
Young Christian, God has called you
to His service. He has given you a
measure of talent and tact. God has
also put wayward souls near you who
may be won from lives of worldliness
and sin. No one has so great influence
over them as you have. No one has
just such opportunities of leading then
Alright. But time is passing. Op
portunities are passing. Unexpected
circumstances may separate you from
your friends, or your friends may b,
separated from you. Sickness ma,
come. Death may come. If ever 70,
are to be the means Of their salvation
you must act at once. A weeks de
lay, days delay, an hours della,
may be fatal. Do not miss you
chance!
The Irish standard., 1904-09-10
Is q Pinancier.

Il have heard it said," remarked the
lawyer, 'tht women are not good
financiers, but L
Generally speaking, that is true"
interrupted the banker; "but there are
exceptions. The average woman is a
nuisance. the moment she undertakes
to fool with figures, and 1 confess I
hate to see one come into the bank.
The calm confidence with which she
suggests that we reverse our usual
methods of doing business is refresh
Ing, but annoying IL too often repeat
ed. She expects everything to be
shifted around in order to make it q
trife more convenient for her. AS a
financier must confess that she-'
"Beats all creation" put in the law
yer. "You may not agree with me-"
he added, "but it's so. A little Of her
cool assurance is worth all mans su-
perior knowledge Of values and fnan-
cial methods"
Its evident that you've never been
connected with bank" said the bank
er.
"Rut I'm married." retorted the
lawyer.
"Ah, I might have known that we
were coming to scrap of domestic
history" returned the banker. II will
admit that the science Of domestic
economy as practiced by women is be-
yond all the ordinary rules Of finance.
But let's hear the story"
II found myself dead broke at home
the other evening, and I needed lit
tie change" explained the lawyer. II
asked my wife for five dollars, and
she Immediately wanted to know what
she was to get out Of It,"
Good business instinct" comment
ed the banker. ''She realized that she
had the money market temporarily
cornered. Very clever, indeed, for a
womang'
II told her r'dbring her home TWEEN:
The Irish standard., 1904-09-10

ty-f1ve dollars the following night If
she'd let me have five dollars that
evening"" continued the lawyer, "and
she was delighted"
Naturally" returned the banker.
"The rate was usurious."
II need twenty-five dollars 80
much! she exclaimed, "and I've been
wondering how was going to get it.
Be sure you don't forget to bring it
home"
"T WON'T said. Where's the w
"'The "! she exclaimed. oh, I'll
give that to you out Of the twenty-five
dollars, If you're mean enough to take
1t. I haven't cent now"
"Well?" said the banker, inquiring-
ly.
"Oh, you're married, and don't need
to have the story finished" returned
the lawyer. "You know very we'll that
she got the twenty-five dollars, and I
got eternally and everlastngly left in
the transaction, as a man almost in
variably does when he enters into
financial transactions with his Wife"
The Irish standard., 1904-09-10
Instructive War Plgures.

When the Southern States seeded |
from the Union over one-efghth of the |
population Of the country consisted of |
slaves. Of these 175.OOO entered the
United States service before the close
of the war and fought nobly for their
own freedom. The first troops were
volunteers, and there was no drafting
or conscripting until 1868.
In the army and navy forces there
were nearly 100000 of men engaged
in the defense Of the flag. OF this
number something like $1,000 were
regulars or belonged to the standing
army of the United States. OF the
troops in the Union army two-thirds
We're American born, and of the one
third foreign born most Of them were
naturalzcd citizens. They enlisted ut
first for three months and were called
'ninctyday" men; then the enlistments
were made for year, and toward the
end for three years or the war;" The
Northern army was divided into twen-
ty-five army corps, concertively num-
bered, and one cavalry corps.
1t is estimated that of every thou
sand men in the Union army seventy
three men on the sick list and 23O alb
sent for various reasons was the gen
eral average, leaving G93 reporting for
| 1,,%xy HN,0 30 ,,,1,~ Il
serted reached 199,O45; those dismis-
sed from the service, 2,423; those dis
honorably discharged, 1903; cashiered,
274; executed by sentence, Z; making
a total Of 2O4,442 who disgraced the
army blue.
The number of men killed in battle
and died on the field was 61,362.
There were 34,773 died Of wounds,
lS3,2S7 died of disease, BOG were ac-
cidently killed, G,749 were missing in
action and never accounted for, 174,577
were honorably discharged, 224,3OG
were discharged for disability, and
22,2S1 resigned.
| Summing up all the losses from dis
ease, battle and casualty, it is esti-
mated that 100000 men lost their lives
III the war of the rebellion. They
found death Oh 2,4OO fields worthy q
name in history, averaging two battles
u day for each day of the war. In $50
of these battles the loss in each was
over 500 men.
The North raised money on loans
from abroad, increasing the United
States debt from $s5, 200, 900 in 1861 to
$2,617 100000 in 1865. The whole cost
Of the war is estimated to have been
So, 400, 100000, or about $2,5OO,OO0 a
day.
There are buried in the National
cemetery 31s,s7O men who died in bat
tie and in prison or from the effects
Of one or both. At the close of the
war there were 100000 men in the
service, Of this number 65O,OOO were
available for active duty.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-15
YOUNG MAN SHOOTS GIRL.
4 LOVERS, QUARREL LEADS TO
 CRIME.
William Carpenter, of south Norwsik, Seriously Wounds His Sweetheart Trouble start. Over Argument with Young woman's mother-waIking Toward Home when carpsnssr Whip
Out Revolver.

South Norwalk, Jan. 14.-William
 Carpenter, twenty-one years old, shot and seriously wounded his sweetheart,
 Miss Margaret Nevils, tonight. Car
 penter fired at the girl three times and
 each shot took effect. Miss Nevils was carried to the South Norwalk hospital
 and the physicians. after an examina-
 ton, said that the girls condition was critical. Carpenter attempted to escape after the shooting, but was caught by the police. At police headquarters he confessed to Chief of Police Zollmer, but said that the shooting was not pre- meditated.
 Young Carpenter, whose home is in Stamford, has been calling on Miss Nevils for some time. Tonight he had an argument with the girls mother. When he left the house Miss Nevils ac-
 companied him to the street, where, ac- cording to his own story, he renewed the argument with the girl, who had been upholding her mother. The couple were walking along the street in the vii cinity of the Nevils home at the time, and Carpenter suddenly drew a 92-cal- | ibre revolver from his pocket and fired three shots in rapid succession at the
 girl. One bullet entered the girls ab- domen, another struck her in the chin and the third made a glancing wound
 on the cheek. The first bullet was the most serious of the three, and at the
 hospital it was feared that it had pene- trated the abdominal wall and entered | the stomach.
 l Carpenter, after firing the shots, turned rapidly and ran across vacant | lot and out on to a side street. He had just started down the street, when he ran into the arms of a policeman, who had heard the shots and who was hur- rying to investigate the matter. The l policeman took Carpenter to the hos pital, to which Miss Nevils had been
 removed. The young woman identified l Carpenter as the man who fired the
 shots. Carpenter was then taken to the police station, where he broke down and cried violently. He admitted the
 shooting, but said that in the heat of
 an argument with the girl he lost his
 head and fired the shots without real
 izing' what he was doing. The young man was sorry he shot the girl, but his lchief concern seemed to be about the manner in which his mother would take the news of the shooting.
 Carpenter, after his confession was locked up pending the result of the ] eif-I's iftti1fsitsMs Dr. ,iisracey~ who at tended the girl, said that, while her
 condition was critical the outcome
 could not be determined at this time
 Internal hemorrhages and blood poison I ing were feared, and if either disease
 sets in there will be little or no chance for the girls recovery.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-15
WU TING FANG PROMOTED.
Expectation of War Greatly Inereassd
 in Pekin Diplomatic Circles.

Pekin, Jan. 1.-The expectation of war is greatly increased in diplomatic circles here. The German minister now regards war as a probability, although not despairing of a settlement at the eleventh hour. One legation has re- ceived a dispatch from Tokio saying that Foreign Minister Komura on Jan uary Il represented to the diplomats that he expected peace to be main- tained.
 Wu Ting Fang was to-day appointed to be junior vice-president of the for eign office as the result of an audience with the dowager empress, who asked for Wu Ting Fang's views on China's best policy. The appointment will please most of the legations, as it en- ables them to deal with a diplomat trained in foreign methods, speaking English and able to grasp the questions presented to him. Wu Ting Fang, who
 has held an exceedingly gloomy view of the governments weakness since his return to Pekin, now has a position in which he can exert influence for reform,
 although rank and age generally out weigh ability in the Chinese govern
 ment councils.
 Chan Chi Tung, the joint minister of education and Viceroy of Nankin, is re- turning to southern China after a long stay in Pekin. His last act was to rec ommend the abolition of classical exam nations as a test for obtaining offices when the new schools teaching foreign branches have proved their efficiency. While the reform is one of the most
 needed, the majority of the schools, particularly the Pekin university, which was reorganized under Japanese instructors, have turned out to be fail-
 ures on account of the opposition of the conservative officials.
 Brigadier- General H. T. Allen, U. S. A., chief of the Philippine constabu- lary, has arrived here from Manila. He formerly was military attache at St. Petersburg and will join the Russian
 army, as an observer. in the event of war.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-15
AGAINST AMERICAN INTERESTS.
orean Newspapers Ineiting shs People
 -washington Notified.

Washington, Jan. 14-The state de- partment to-day. received a cablegram from United States Minister Allen at Seoul, Corea, stating that the Corean newspapers are trying to incite the peo- pie against foreigners and especially against American interests.
 The department feels that these inter ests can be cared for properly by the United States gunboat Vicksburg and the United States marine guard now in the Corean capital. The European na- tions also have considerable guards, which undoubtedly could be relied on to assist in repressing disorder that might threaten any special foreign interests.
 London, Jan. 15.-The Seoul corre- spondent of the Daily Mail says that the native press is advocating the slaughtersof all foreigners.
 United States Minister Allen has or- dered all American women and children to remain indoors and he predicts that rioting by the militia is imminent.
 M. Collin dePlancy, the French minis ter, has vainly advised the emperor to take refuge in the French legation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-15
THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING co
4 NEW PENSION BILL.
s1s Month for Every Soldier Pro-
 posed.

Washington. Jan. H.-There will be introduced in congress tomorrow in the
 senate by MT. Deliver of Iowa, and in the house by MT. Calderhead of Kansas, a service pension bill. backed by the
 Grand Army of the Republic, which if enacted into law will give pension of
 SIP month to every soldier who served ninety days in the Union army during
 the civil war who was honorably dis charged therefrom and who has attain ed the age of sixty-two years, A like pension will be given to the widows of such soldiers in all cases where the
 marriage took place prior to June 27, 1900.
 The introduction of the bill is the re- suit of the meeting in Washington of the committee on pensions of the Grand Army. The committee had an extended conference with the president during
 the day and the latter assured them of his entire sympathy in their undertak- ing. They also talked with Pension
 Commissioner Ware about theirswork.
 The bill it is explained, is not designed
 to interfere withsexisting pension legis- lation, and it provides in terms that no soldier or widow receiving a pension
 under it's provisions shall be entitled to
 a pension under any other law.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-15
CIVIL SERVICE SAVED.
House Refuses to sustain Action of
 Committee of the Whole.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The house to- day passed the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, carrying an aggregate of $2s,711,7O0 and then ad- journed until Monday next. This is the second of the big supply measures to pass the house.
 The house to-day by vote of 8S to 72 refused to sustain the action Of the committee of the whole which yesterday adopted an amendment striking out the paragraph providing for the salaries and expenses of the civil service com mission. thus restoring the item to the bill. Amendments adopted in commit tee increasing, in one instance, the sal aries of territorial officers in New Mex ico and Arizona, and reducing the sal ary Of the director Of the census in another met similar fates in the house.
 An amendment to the bill was adopted restricting the use of government horses and carriages to the president, his sec- retary and the cabinet officers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-15
GENERAL GORDON BURIED.
Memorial Meetings Held in Many Part.
 of south.

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 14. The remains of
 Iieutenant-G General John B Gordon were laid in their final resting place:
 here to-day, and in many parts of the
 south memorial meetings were held and
 business was suspended to do honor to the memory of the dead military and civil leader. The body of General Cor don had laid in state in the rotunda Of [ the state capitol in Atlanta from early Wednesday morning till the hour of the funeral services at noon to-day. Dur ing these hours fifty thousand veterans and citizens gazed on the dead gener- aPs features. Men, women and chil dren of both races joined in the tribute
 of respect, and more old soldiers from every part of the south were gathered here than have been seen at any save the annual meetings of the United Con- federates, of which General Gordon was the first and only commander-in-
 chief since their organization, thirteen years ago.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-15
WooD CHOSEN STATE MASTER.
officers Elected nt Ye.ssrday's Session of
 the stase Grange.


 Hartford, Jan. 14.-The greater part of to-day's session of the State grange, Patrons of Husbandry, was devoted to the election of officers, after which the convention adjourned. The time and place of the next convention will be de- cided by the executive committee. The officers elected are:
 Master-Orson s. Wood, of East Windsor.
 Overseer-B. A. Peck, of Bristol
 Lecturer-Leonard H. Healey, of North Woodstock.
 Steward--F. F. Johnson, of Warren.
 Assistant steward-H. w. Andrews, of Brookfield.
 Chaplain--Rev. Mir. Countryman, of North Branford.
 Treasurer-N. F. Platt, of New Ha- ven.
 secretary-Henry E. Loomis, of Glas- tonbury. Gatekeeper-E. s. Hutchinson, of An dover. Ceres-Mrs. Willis M. Cooke, of Ham den. Pomona-Mrs. Robert o. Eaton, of Montowese. Flora-Mrs. Hattie J. Welton, of Ply mouth. Lady steward-Mrs. Mary Taylor, of Lebanon. Executive committee F. Potter. of North Haven, for three years, and F. c. Sibley, of Danielson, for one year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-15
WASHINGTON PEssIMIsTIC.
Japan's Last Proposals Undoubtedly
 Unacceptable to Russia.

Washington, Jan. 14.-Mr. Takahira, the Japanese minister here, to-day called on Secretary Hay and informed him that the Japanese reply to the last Russian note had been delivered this morning. The reply amounts to de- nial of all the important Russian prop ositions, and Japan's posals, it is said, are of nature that will all most certainly make them unacceptable to Russia. Therefore, a, most pessimis- tic view of the future is taken at Tokio. On the other hand, advices that come to the state department from Parts, St. Petersburg and Berlin are all of a pa cific character.
 Ambassador Porter, at Paris, cables that pressure Is being brought to bear on the would-be belligerents, and par tieularly on Japan, by at least two of the great neutral powers, to cause Rus sia and Japan to come to terms and so avert open hostilities. The czar also is reported to be extremely desirious of preventing war.
 Taking these two conflicting sets of advices into consideration, the official opinion here is that Japan will not yield to any such presental when the Japan csc minister has supplied the state de- partment with an abstract of the last Japanese note. Count Cassini, the Rus sian ambassador, on his part has ac- quainted the state department verbally, as is his custom, with the nature of the Russian note, so that the department is fully informed; but as both these communications have been made in confidence the officials do not feel that they should make them public, in whole or in part.
 It is stated, however, that there has been no substantial change in the Jap anese proposals, or the Russian coun- ter proposals, since they were so lu- cidly set out by the Associated Press in it's semi-official dispatch from Pekin | last week.