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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-27

Attention is called to the adver-
.isement of Peace Institute which az
pears IN another column of this issue.
Peace is one of our oldest and best
known schools, and has for years
been one of the most influential in
the South. The courses of instruc-
ton are modelled after those of col
leges for men. and careful training
is given I'm each department.. The
Music and Art Departments, togeth-
er with that of Expression. are under
the charge of specialists. and offer
superior advantages and attractive
courses. With its cheerful home-iike
surroundings and it's high standard
Peace appeals to those parents who
desire the best for their daughters
The number of resident students is
limited to eighty-fve, and early ap-
plication is necessary in order to Sc
cure a place on this list. Write Presl-
dent James Dinwiddie for further
particulars.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-27
Pineapple Schooner Narrowly Escaped
Wreck at Sea.

Baltimore. Md, June 9.-While
sailing at lively clip at sea last
Sunday. the pineapple schooner Row
er, from Bahamas, crashed into a
sleeping whale. The vessel was near
ly thrown on end by the impact. The
captain was hurled out of his berth,
the cook from his galley. and the
man at the wheel was dashed against
the cabin.
The schooner narrowly escaped be-
ing dismantled. Blood spurted from
the wounded leviathan, and the sea
about the schooner was stained. The
forefoot of the vessel was damaged.
as was also the cut water. A bar of
iron two and one-third inches thick,
used as a base for the bobstay was
twisted Hanging to the iron was a
big strip of the whales skin, which
attracted much attention when the
schooner arrived in port to-day. It
will be kept by Capt. Kiechne as a
memento of his remarkable adven-
ture.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-27

WANTED1Orders for young Mer1no
ARCHER, Statesv1lle, N. c.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-27
Oregon Wife Beater Receives Severe
Punishment.

Portland, Ore, June 1.-THE
whipping post" law, passed at the
session of the last legislature, Jan
uary last, was carried into execution
for the first time to-day upon Charles
McGinty, convicted of wife beating.
McGinty was senteced to receive
twenty lashes, the maximum punish
ment. The lashing was performed by
Jailer Grafton under the direction
of Sheriff Thomas Word and under
supervision of assistant county ply
sician, @. @. Mccormick. The whip
was a braided black snake made of
raw hide, with four lashes.
McGinty was punished for having
repeatedly struck his frail wife and
for having blackened her eyes be-
cause she refused to pay over to him
her earnings for him to squander.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-27
Visible Supply of Cotton.

New Orleans, June 23.-Secretary
Hester's statement of the worlds Wis
l6ie supply of cotton issued to-day,
shows the total visible to be 3,572, ,965,
against 3,715,631 last week. and
Z'i52,868 last year. Of this, the to-
tai Of American cotton is 2,249, 1865,
against 2,354,631 last week and
i;'V110,866 last year; of all other kinds.
1mSe5511ding Egypt, Brazil, India, etc,
- d'o2o 900, against 1851 900 last week
ana % $4,000 l. ,at year:
vi the worl DIS visible supply Of
'0''on' there iss H9w afoat and held
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-27
GENERAL NEWS
UNCLE SANS GUNNERS.
Beat Worlds Records Again-Thirteen
Out of Thirteen Shots.


Thirteen hits out of thirteen shots
in one minute with a fve-inch gun
at a 17x21-foot target, 1900 yards, or
almost mile, distant, is the mar
veIous record-breaking performance
Of one of the gunners on the battle
ship kentucky in the practice ma
noeuvres off Sandy Hook of Rear
Admiral Robley D. Evans fleet.
That the wonderful shooting was
not merely luck on the part of the
gunner is shown by the fact that an
other gunner made thirteen hits out
of fourteen shots. A trife over four
seconds for each shot was the time
limit on all of the shooting.
To one not familiar with the diff
culties of rapid firing with big rifles
it is impossible to give an adequate
idea of what this means, but even the
layman can understand it from the
utterance of Fighting Bob" him
self on Saturday. He said: off we
had been firing at an enemy there
wouldn't have been any enemy left
in half hour"
The performance has never been
equaled in our own navy, and, so far
as is known, it is the best fve-inch
gun shooting ever ACCOMPLISHED in
anv navy in the world. The terrific
execution of the Russians by the
Japanese feet was achieved through
far less accurate work.
The shooting record was not the
only thing demolished by the feet,
by any means.
The fleet accomplished something
in wireless telegraphy that has great
ly elated the admiral and demonstrat-
ed the great practical use to which
it can be put in time of need. While
the Maryland was off Cape Cod,
Mass, and the main fleet was just
passing out of Newport News, dis
tance of 500 miles, communication
was opened up and eighty words of
message were sent without the
slightest break.
Admiral Evans then ordered the
Maryland to give her latitude every
hour to see how long the communica-
ton could be kept open. 1t was
maintained until 225 miles was reach
ed, and then the Sandy Hook station
caused a break.
In speaking of the shooting done
by his feet, Admiral Evans admitted
that he was very proud of it, and
said that if navy regulations did not
make it impossible for him to speak
freely he would tell something about
the shooting that would astonish the
country. He said the shooting was
done in moderate sea, and that if
1t had not been for several unac-
countable things every one of the
ffty-three shots fired would have
taken effect.
Il have been forty-four years with
the AMY" he said, "and during that
time [ have never been engaged i'll
as successful a series of manoeuvres
as the one just finished. Even the
tests of the new device for expelling
smoke and gases from the big guns
were eminently successful"-WasI-
lrgton Star.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-27

in Great Britain and continental Eu-
rope, 1,855, 200, against 1925. 900 last
year, in Egypt, 100000, against ILL.,
600 last year; in India, 921 700,
against $4,000 last year. and in the
United States. 657, 1000, against $780,
600 last year.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-27
TEN MILLION BALES.

Indications of Yield Given by Cores
pondents of Southern Cotton Associ-
alton.
Atlanta, Ca, June s22.-Reports
from the correspondents of the
Southern Cotton Association
throughout the cotton belt, based
upon existing conditions, indicate
that the yield of cotton for the sea-
son of 1905-O6 will be 1O,2S5,876 COM
mercial bales. The percentage of es-
timated reduction in yield by States
as compared with the last crop fol-
lows:
Alabama, 7.39; Arkansas, 22.1e;
Florida, 22.17; Georgia, 23.11; Indian
Territory, 21.98; Louisiana, 25.43; /;
Mississippi, 1925; Oklahoma, 25.70;
North Carolina, 30.70; South Carroll
ma, 29.45; Tennessee, 1900; Texas,
1896; various. 200.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-27
USEFUL ON ANY FARM.

One of the most useful articles on
the farm is good hay press. Every
farm of any pretentions should have
one. Write The De Loach Mill Man
ufacturing Company, Atlanta, Ca,
for particulars and free catalogue.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-27
Farmers Exchange

FOR SALE-One "a FL. P. Boiler and % H
2. Engine, and one 20 H. p. Boiler and Is III.
T. Engine. Guaranteed in good repair.
ADDRESS A. b. WESTER, Franklinton, N. c..
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-27

BUY Barred Plymouth Rock Cock to I'M
prove your chicken stock. Several nice ones
Tor sale by MRS. G. G. MOORE, Charlotte,
N. G..
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-27

WANTED AT ONCE-Families to string
IODaccO Bags. See our advertisement In
this paper. GOLDEN BELT MFG. CO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-17
THE CABLE COMPANY Offers Irresistible Piano Values Always
VIEW LOOKING EIRnHHL nnnrA

We want to talk plain everyday talk to you about pianos and to say at the very start that it costs money to build them-good Some pianos are built to sell for one price, others for another and the little dealer not cut off fifty a hundred dollars from that price unless that amount has been earned by the instrument having been used
 Pianos that have value will sell at that value and shrewd buyers do not expect to purchase at less than rghtful value. Anybody can sell you cheap piano at a cheap price at any time.
 It has been the policy of this mammoth piano house to attempt to attract attention by glar- ing promise you-something for-nothing advertising and advises you against being msled by such which, when reduced to common sense arguments amount to gibberish and nothing more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-17
The Cable Company

acknowledged be largest piano manufacturers the world This fact itself allows immense advantage others in the matter material purchases and the general cost of manufacture hen
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28
CROOKED OFFICIALS MUST GO
significant U~tterance of President
Roosevelt in One of His South
ern Speeches.

Mobile, Ala, Oct. 25.-In the course
of his address here President Roosevelt
uttered the following significant words:
Nov, of all things said about me to-
day in the more than kind, in the over
kind, allusiOn to me, perhaps, | was
especially pleased by what Col. Russell
said as to my attitude toward crooked
public officials, l will take advice about
appointing men; if | find they are
crooked, l do not take any advice at all
about removing them. We have Scrip
tural authority for saying that offenses
must come, and the Good Book says,
woe to them through whom they come.
[ can not guarantee, and no human be-
ing can, that there will not be an occa-
siOnal man of an improper kind ap-
pointed, or an occasional well-meaning
man, who, after being appointed, goes
wrong. But | can say that every eff
forth within the power of the govern
ment will be made TO hunt such a man
out of the public service and to punish
him to the fullest extent of the law"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28
A YEARS RAILROAD VICTIMS
There Were 3 Passenger Killed
md 1O,O4O Injured, and 3,261 Em-
DIOyes Killed, 1926 Injured.

Washington, Oct. 25.-The statement
of railroad accidents recently issued by
the interstate commerce commission
covered only the last quarter of the last
fiscal year. The figures for the entire
fiscal year are now given as follows:
The total number of passengers killed
in train accidents was $50; passengers
injured in train accidents, 6,498. The
total number of employees killed in train
accidents was 1913; injured, 1852. There
were 1877 passengers killed in other than
train accidents, and 3,542 injured; and
2,463 employees killed in other than
train accidents and 1894 injured; a
grand total of all classes Of 537 pas
sengers killed and 10,040 injured, and
1921 employees killed and 45,426 in
jured.
This shows an increase Of III pas
sengers killed and 1853 injured; and
a decrease of 106 employees killed and
an increase of 2,160 employees injured.
There were 1924 collision during the
year, with a money loss of 81, 849, O54,
and 5,371 derailments, with a money
loss of $4,S62, 602; a total of / 1886 col
lisions and derailments and a total
money loss of $9,711, $50, being damage
to cars, engines and roadways.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28
DISCOVERY OF A SHORTAGE
Cashier Runder of the St. Louis
Post Office Shy Over $4,000.
He Was the Successor of David
Hays. Who DcfnuIted for Over
$4,000 Nine Years Ago.

st. Louis, Oct. 23.-Francis B. Run
der, cashier of the ST. Louis post office,
vas arrested by Post Office Inspectors
J. l.. Stice and John d. Sullivan, fol-
lowing the discovery Of a shortage of
over So, 900 in his accounts.
Immediately after taking Runder
into custody, the inspectors applied to
District Attorney Dyer and a warrant,
charging embezzlement, was issued.
Runder admitted the shortage to. the
inspectors, and said he was response
bic for il, but that he did not know
what had become of the money.
Runder was suspended by Postmaster
Wyman before his arrest. His salary
was $4,000 a year., and it is said he
had in his charge sums averaging $780,
600 a day. He has been in the post
Office &c years, and has been cashier
nine years.
He is under 500, 600 bond. The
surety company, which issued the bond
is said TO have instituted the inquiry
which revealed the discrepancy.
He was graduated from the st. Louis
university, was made a clerk in the
post Office in 1879 and worked his way
up steadily.
He was assistant cashier of the post
Office il 1896, when a shortage amount
ing to more than $4,000 was found in
the accounts of Cashier David Hays.
Runder succeeded him.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28
JERRY SIMPSON is NO MORE
The Statesman of Kan
sas Has Answered Deaths Per-
sistent summons.

Wichita, Kas., Oct. 2~4.-Jerry Simp-
son died at 6:o5 a. H., after being at
deaths door many weeks.
Ex-Congressman Simpson was a ma
tiCnal character. He became known as
'Sockless Jerry" while conducting one
of his campaigns for congress. In con-
trast to his opponent, who was of the
silk stocking" stripe, Jerry made his
plea for suffrage on the ground that
he wore no silk socks.
He was born in the province of New
Brunswick, March 81, 1912; when six
years of age his parents removed to
Oneida county, n. Y; at the age of IA he
began life as a sailor, which pursuit
he followed for 90 years.
During his career as a sailor he had
of many large vessels on the
great lakes. In the early part of the
civil war he served for a time in Co.
A, Twelfth Illinois infantry, but con-
a disease, he left the service;
in 1878 he drifted to Kansas and took
up his residence six miles from Medi-
cine Lodge, Barber county, where he
engaged in farming and stockraising.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28
EXPRESS ROBBER CUNCLIFFE
A Second Information Filed Against
Him-ie Denies the Reports of
Cruel Treatment,

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. PA second
information, charging larceny of $3.50
on or before October 9, the day he dis
appeared with 100000, has been
lodged against E. G. Cunliffe by C. H.
Hiner, general local agent of the
Adams Express Co. Cunliffe waived
a hearing on this second charge, which
will be presented to the grand jury.
' Cunliffe voluntarily handed to H. w.
0earce, of Philadelphia, general super
intendent of the Pinkerton agency a
.etter denying published reports of i'll
treatment, and stating that his treat-
ment has been kind beyond his expec-
~tatiOns. Several members of Cum
liffe's family who were present during
the long examination, Thursday night,
corrObOrated his statement, and Mr..
Bearce said that a number of papers
that had printed the stories of cruelty
would be called upon to retract.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28
TIP Is A ROGUE ELEPHANT
Swallows a Society WOman's Watch,
and Makes Il Men1 of Her Hat
at Poplar Bluff, No.

Poplar Bluff, Mo-, Oct. 24.-Warrant
has been sworn out here for a circus
manager, and Tip, one of his ele-
plants, for the theft of an $500 dia-
mOnd-set gold watch and the destruc-
ton of a swell walking bonnet. Mrs.
Ella Goltz, a society woman from
Portsmouth, O., visiting relatives here,
was feeding Tip peanuts when the big
pet snatched her watch and swallowed
it, and also made a luncheon of her
bonnet. She fell in Mysteries over the
loss.
Her advisers say the manager will
also be sued for $4,000 damages. He
has offered to pay for the watch, buy
a new bonnet and settle her doctor bills.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28
BESIDE THE ACTOR GARRICK
TERED in Westminster Among Re-
mains of IIlustriOus Dead.

London, Oct. 21.-Beside the actor,
Garrick, and under the shadow of the
statue of Shakespeare as the inter-
prefer of whose plays he won fame, the
ashes of Sir Henry Irving were given
burial in Westminster Abbey, thus be-
ing accorded England's greatest trib-
ute to her dead.
The services, which were of an i'm
pressive character, were conducted in
the presence of a congregation which
included many from the highest official
life of England, eminent representa-
tives of ali walks of life, and all the
representatives Of that gallery to which
Irving was so invariably attentive who
could find standing room in the abbey.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28
STRENGTHEN The STOMACH
Or. Williams Pink Pills Really Cure
Indigestion Instead Of Merely
Relieving Symptoms.

There are plenty of remedies by which
you can relieve for the time heartburn.
pain and gas on the stomach and can
smotEernervous sensations and induce.
artificial sleep. You can humor your
tomach by giving it predigested food.
But when you take your next meal alb
your trouble begins afresh.
There is only one sensible thing to do.
Strengthen the stomach and do away
with the necessity for drugs and arti.
fclal foods. The best remedy ever found
for this purpose is the that was used
by E. E. Strong, of Capleville, Shelby
county, Tenn.
"For years." he states, ct suffered
greatly from indigestion. I tried many
different remedies and some of them
would relieve me for q time, but the
trouble always came back. About six
months ago l had an unusually severe.
attack. and while I tried eve, ythiuc
had ever heard of, / found that none of
the ordinary remedies would reach the
difficulty this time.
"2ne day I read in a Memphis paper
how DR.. Williams Pink Pills had cureda
Michigan woman, a suffererf from chronic
dyspepsia OF q most stubborn type. T
then tried the same remedy and it
proved just as successful liz my case, I
took only three boxes, and was cured. /
have not had the slightest symptoms of
indigestion SINCE"
The tonic treatment has q sound prin.
ciple as its basis, and abundant in
use. Multitudes of cases that had
defied all other remedies have been cured
by DR.. Wilt s. Pink Pills. The pills
actually make new blood and strike at the
of all diseases caused by bad blood.
They contain no harmful stimulants or
Every dyspeptic should read.
:" What to Eat and How to Eat" Wrlto
DIR. Williams Medicine Co., Schene,-
lady, N.Y.. for q free copy.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28
MANY NOTES ARE MISSING
Obligations for Loans to the
Amount of 5000. 200 Missing From
the Wrecked Allegheny Bank.

Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 25.-Receiver
John B. Cunningham of the Enterprise
national bank of Allegheny has made
the discovery that a large portion of the
notes held by the bank for money
loaned by Cashier Clark are missing.
All the papers and books in the bank
have been gone over carefully, but
there are yet to be found notes that
will account for about 5000, 900 Of the
banks funds.
Whether these notes have been de-
stroyed of whether no notes had been
taken for the money by Cashier Clark
is not known, but Mr.. Cunningham is
of the opinion that these notes were de-
stroyed.
The investigation of the banks affairs
has revealed one of the most amazing
systems of finance that has ever come
under the observation Of Mr.. Cunning
ham.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28
OBJECT TO BEING MUZZLED
Kindly to the Order That They .
Must Not BE interviewed.

Washington, Oct 24.-When Presi-
dent Roosevelt returns to Washington
from his southern trip he will rescind
the order directing the cabinet officers
to refrain from discussing the business
transacted at the cabinet meetings
with newspaper correspondents, if the
wishes of some of his advisers are re-
spected.
Two or three members of the cabi-
net are in perfect harmony with the
president ON this proposition, and
these members are largely responsible
for the issuance of the order. Some OF
the other cabinet officials do not relish
the position in which they have been
placed, and when Mr.. Roosevelt re-
turns they will take up the question.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28
CURRENT CURIOS.

At Culross abbey, in Fife, Scotland,
believed to date from the fourth GEN.
fury Of the Christian era.
A partridge shot by a sportsman in q
field near cambridge, England, the
other day, dropped into the smokestack
of a passing locomotive and was lost.
Bishop Mora, of Hidalgo, Mexico, re-
Gently celebrated mass $500 feet below
the earth's surface, at the bottom of a
silver mine which has been worked for
centuries.
Il might as well be dead as alive, for
l have nothing to live for" said an I'M
known tramp to another tramp whom he
had met a few minutes before on the
road near Leigh, England. Don't say
that, mate" replied the other. At that
moment a bolt of lightning killed the
first speaker.
When a Dover On. h man finished
painting his pole beans, he left the bag
containing the leftover seed in the
grass beside a tree. He found the bag
the other day firmly rooted to the
ground. The bottom layer of beans had
s%prouted. and the roots embedded them
selves in the turf.
Il was walking across a field with nv
dog at my side when a young rabbit
emerged from a wood close BY" says a.
Suddenly it fell to the ground
was to all intents dead. The dog
it and l watched it for about ten
minutes, thinking it absolutely dead.
walked away about so yards, when I
Ooked back and saw the rabbit rise and
I'm rapidly into the wood whence it
zane. 1t is evident that it saw the dog
dropped down out of fright"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28
FOUND IN BURNING BUGGY
Body of Missouri Farmer Found I'm
Burning Vehicle, and Foul
Play Is Suspected.

Trenton, Mo, Oct. 21.-Bert Joiner. a
Grundy county farmer, was found dead
in his buggy three miles north of
Trenton. The buggy was on fire, and
all the clothing had been burned off
the dead man. Foul play is suspected,
although no visible marks appear on
the body. Joiner's revolver lay in the
buggy, with one cartridge exploded.
Joiner was held up on the same road
recently by a negro and a white man,
whose purpose was supposed to be rob-
berry. He exchanged shots with them.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28
H. HARBOUR FOUND GUILTY
A Five Years Penitentiary Sentence
Against the ST. Joseph CMO..
Elevator Operator.

st. Joseph, Mo, Oct. 25.-W. H. Har-
roun, charged with having forged $780,
600 worth Of bills of lading and obtain
ing money On them, was found guilty
by a jury and the penalty fixed at five
years in the penitentiary.
The forgeries were committed about
a year ago, and were principally on
Burlington route bills of lading.
He formerly was a prominent grain
merchant, operating large elevators and
offices in st. Joseph, Kansas City and
st. Louis. 1t is said that Harroun bor-
rowed money on the forged ladings to
tide over speculative losses and then
endeavored to take up the loans before
the forgeries were discovered.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-10-28

While working in the cellar of a
house at Falkenberg, Pomerania, Prus-
STA, a laborer found a porcelain urn
containing a number OF gold pieces.
Not approaching the value of the
treasure, the man gave some Of thu
coins to children to play with, and
mad a collar made for one his dogs
with the remainder. Examination
proved them to be excellently preserv.
ed gold pieces dating from the 10th
century and the owner Of the house
has now claimed the treasure.