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The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-05-18

It is claimed that the city
prison is the coolest place in
town, and with a brand pew pa
troll wagon to convey prisoners
thereto, we confidently expect an
annually large number of petty
crimes and violations of the city
ordinances among the negroes
during the summer.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-05-18
Notice Of Stockholders Meeting

There will be an annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the
Colum bus Light and Power Com
pany at the office of the com pany
on Friday, May Doth, at 3 o'clock
p. M, for the election of direc-
tors and for any other business
which may be necessary.
WALTER WEAVER.
@. r. SHERROD, President
Secretary.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-05-18
House and Lot for Sale.

Part of lots 8, 8 and 10, square
y, north Main street, one square
of Southern depot. Apply to J.
Fl, Stevens or @. L. Lincoln. 2t
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-05-18
BOarders Wanted.

Furnished rooms with board
Address, j. care this Office. Re
duced rates for theatrical people.
4 10 / mo.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-05-18
ArteSia.

AS your correspondents IS
strictly farmer, and as all farm
ers will, for the next eight weeks,
be closely confined to field work,
you may expect no local ne-s
from my quarters. You alre; ~
know that this is the most quiet.
uneventful of all the neighbor-.
hoods in the county. and it will
remain so.
In looking over a package of
old papers / ran across a letter
from old 'Hardscramble" writ.
ten few years ago while pros
pecting out west, and thinking it
might be of interest to some of
your readers will use it as part
of this communication, which is
as follows:
This is a wonderful state, set
tied up by wonderful people who
do some wonderful things. Six
months ago my brother was en-
gagaged as an attendant on a man
who was confined to his bed with
rheumatism My brother was
EN- ployed by the sick committee
of an Odd Fellows lodge and was
paid goodly sum for his ser
vices. A few days ago my broth
er infor med the wife of the sick
man. whose name is Hemphill,
that the rheumatism was leaving
the limbs of her husband aud at
tack1ng his body, and in the
event it reached the heart or spi-
nal column it would prove fatal.
The next night the patient died
while asleep, and the doctor pro-
nounced it rheumatism of the
heart. The wife was almost par
alyzed with grief, and her two
children, a boy of II and a girl of
IA, were almost as badly strick-
en- as their mother 1t seemed
the family was very poor and the
long confinement of the husband
had increased their poverty.
They had bought little farm on
credit and the two children were
trying to make a crop. But at
the death of their father they los
all hope and courage. The lady
said to my brother, oh my Friends
this is awful! We have nothing;
we are not able to bury our dead
and we will have to give up onr
farm and the little crop we have
worked so hard to make. Take
courage and be hopeful. Mrs.
Hem phil, said my brother.
Your husband had friends.
The next morning about nine
o'clock the daughter ran into the
room and exclaimed: Mother!
mother! what does it mean? There
are three companies of men in
front of the gate. Those in one
com pany have axes in their
hands, those of another company
have on white aprons, and the
others have on the most lovely of
collars. and four men are carry
ing a coffin, and now they are
all coming In. The three lodges,
for of course they were the Wood
men. Masons and Odd Fellows,
we're marching in columns of
twos. At the door they halted,
upon order, the Counsellor Com
mander, the Worshipful Master,
and the Noble Grand, who were
at the rear Of the column. march
ed into the house. and Mrs Hemp
hill met them at the door. Said
she. what can I do for you, gen.
tlemen?'
N. Your husband was a
member of our lodge and our
brother; We have come to give
him burial
Mrs. Fl. But my husband has
been sick for a year and has not
paid his dues in that time.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-05-18
For REM.

A small farE on Military road
II miles from Columbus, good
house, farm and orchard. Pos
session given Immediately. Ap-
ply to MRS. [. S. BURKE.
5-10- 9w
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-05-18

No, I never suffer from the
blues on rainy day, F." said the
street sprinkler man, as he en-
tered a goodly sum on the credit
side of his ledger.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-05-18
DIVERSIFIED CROPS.

present system Of farming is
pursued in the South. The aver
age farmer in this section is not
able to pay the ready cash for
everything he buys, and when
he goes to the merchant to make
arrangements for advances the
first question asked him is:
How much cotton will you
plant?" The merchant is not
wiIliag to make advances on corn.
hay, sweet potatoes, or any other
farm product except cotton, and
for this reason the farmer must
devote the greater part OF his
land aa well as his time to the
cultivation Of the feecy staple.
This is because cotton is looked
upon as the principal pro
duct of the South, and can always
be turned into cash at a moment 5
notice. TO claim that the South
can raise only cotton, however.
is all tommyrot. Our soil is more
versatile than that of any other
section on the face of the earth,
and will produce anything from
sorghum to Strawberries Every
thing that the farmer uses, ex-
cept perhaps his sugsr and cot
fee. should be raised at home,
and the cotton which he brings
to market should be clear profit.
Under the present regime this
is impossible, and the whole sys-
TEN of far ming will have to be re-
volutionized before the desired re-
suits can be obtained.
This is an age of commercial
ism and combines, and there is
no reason why there should not
be a com bination among farmers
as we'll as among the manufac-
turers. If large blocks of land
ia various sections could be leased
to and operated by syndicates
formed among the farmers them
selves the result would be much
more gratifying. With plenty of
money behind them these syndi-
Gates could employ competent
men fpdirect the laborers, and
with a large mum Der of acres un-
der their control each different
product could be planted in soil
best adapted to its culture The
same conditions would hold good
in disposing of the crop. Instead
of rushing cotton to market as
soon as ginned it could be held
until the management of the syn
dictate decided to sell. thus insur-
ing the best price obtainable.
By going into a syndicate as
outlined above, the farmer would
not by any means lose his
individuality. He would not only
receive a good rental for his land,
but there would be enough posi-
tions as managers, agents and
overseers to be filed to give all
interested parties employment
at good salaries, which would of
course be paid out of the accru-
ing profits.
1t has been clearly demon
strated that farming pays only
when pursued upon scientific
principles, and to accomplish this
the operations must be directed
by men division and experience
The farmers form the country 5
backbone, and whatever is con-
ducive to their success and pros
perity is therefore conducive to
the scccess and prosperity of the
entire country. Modern methods
are being introduced into the
business world everywhere, and
there seems to be no good rsaon
why they should not extend
to agricultural pursuits.
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The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-05-18
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH.

Entered at the postoiice in Columbus Hiss.
as second class mail matter.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14
TIE ATTITUDE OF MIR. BRYAN.

Immediately after the overwhelming
democratic nominee for the presidency
everyone hailed William Jennings Bryan
as the most likely bearer of the demo
cratic standard in the next presidential
campaign. OF course, all things human
depended upon constantly changing con-
ditions and the conditions of the ac-
ceptance of Mr.. Bryan as the radical
leader of the democracy were that he
should continue to represent the same
elements which have been back of him
steadfastly since 1896.
Everyone realized that Bryan's es-
pousal of the Parker cause after his
jurist as a tool of the plutocrats was
simply to keep himself in line with his
party and be able to point to a record
OF regularity which would give no ex-
cuse for his opponents within the party
to justify a refusal TO support him should
he be the next nominee.
When, therefore, Mr.. Bryan rises at
the banquet table before the Jefferson
club of Chicago and declares that he is
not now a candidate for any office, al
though he has never said that he would
never again be candidate for office, his
declarations must be received and con-
strued in the light of events of recent
political history. When we speak of a
candidate for Office we differentlate be-
tween different kinds OF candidates by
adding qualifying adjectives. such as an
avowed candidate, an active candidate
a passive candidate or a receptive can,
didate.
When Mr. Bryan says he is not can
didate, he means evidently that he is
not an active candidate, nor an avowed
candidate, and when he says that he
, wants 1t understood that he has never
: declared he would not again be a can
didate for ONCE he gives notice that h,
is receptive candidate ready to TAX,
the nomination any time it is within
reach, coupled with a reasonable as
! surance that the nomination is no
merely an empty honor TO lead him OF
wild goose chase.
Mr.. Bryan is deyoting his entire tim,
to keeping in touch with the party or
ganization, and his appearance at thi
particular banquet can be regarded onl,
as a part OF his campaign to keep within
hearing of the call to duty. While, aC
I cording to Colonel Bryan's idea, il /
2 much too early to choose a candidat
p for president to make the race thre
' years from now, it is TO be noted tina
5 he has timed his trip around the worl
so as to bring him back at the psyche
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14
logical moment to get into the running
II the track looks clear.


GIVE THE LAW a FAIR TRIAL.
The primary election law, which was
enacted by the late legislature exclu-
sively for Douglas county, should by all
means be given fair trial next Tues
day. The nomination Of candidates for
office by the votes Of members Of each
party instead of by delegate conventions
is among the reforms that have been
inaugurated as the natural sequence Of
the Australian ballot
The convention system, when so con-
Quoted as to command the confidence
and respect Of the rank and file of the
party, was a source Of party success, be-
tunity for the perfection of party organ
ization as well as for the prosecution
Of a vigorous campaign, in which all
party forces were formed in line and
operated with united power for a com
mon end. A harmonious party conven-
ton has, moreover, always presented ex-
cellent opportunities for arousing party
enthusiasm.
The convention at its best also
afforded favorable opportunity for the
consolation of party factions. Unity
within a party is absolutely necessary
for success, unless the minority party is
weak and lacks strength and cohesion.
The ideal convention would also enable
the selection of representative men who
would receive the general support Of the
party, because proper emphasis could
be placed upon geographical distribution
Of the candidates, their nationality, their
social standing and their relation to the
commercial, Industrial and agricultural
interests. But of late years their
mechanism had become the source Of
corruption and party disintegration.
The opportunity for handling delegates
in the interests of corporations and va
rious special interests and combinations
became a menace to popular self-gov-
ernment
These evils the direct primary is de-
signed to avert. Its prime object is the
nomination of candidates who will re-
establish the people in power and enable
them to choose their public servants
without the Intervention of irresponsible
or purchasable delegates. Our new pri-
mary election law is in the main mod
eled after the direct primary laws now
in force in the states Of Minnesota and
Wisconsin. While It has doubtless some
defects, it also possesses many advan-
tapes over the old system Nv giving
It fair trial its most glaring defects
will be discovered and, If possible, cured
later. If, on the other hand, the system
proves to be right in theory, but wrong
in practice, the law will be repealed, II
not set aside by the courts.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14
OUR MOTHER.
Inhn Greenlenf Whittie

John Greenleaf Whittier.
I call the old time back; l bring these
days
To thee, in memory Of the summer days
When, by our native streams and forest
ways,
We dreamed them over; while the rivulets
made
Songs OF their own. and the great pine
trees laid
On warm noonlights the masses OF their
shade.
And she was with us. living DER again
Her life in ours. despite of years and
pain
The autumns brightness after later rain.
Beautiful in her holy peace, as one
Who stands, at evening, when the work Is
done
GIorified in the setting of the sun!
Her memory makes our common lands
scape seem
Fairer than any OF which painters dream.
Lights the brown hills and sings In every ,
stream;
For she whose speech was always truths
Heard, not unpleased It's simple legends
And loved with us the beautiful ana old.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14
Personal NOTES.

George Meredith is one of the group OF
authors who remain faithful to the old
fashioned quill pen.
w. l. d. Cary of Oakland, Cal is known
as the king of the Isle of Calf of Man 1t
is about five miles in circumference and
was given the Carys by an ancient king of
England. II is inhabited by forty persons.
Some stranger things than fiction happen
in real life. From Kansas comes the story
OF sick man who is being tenderly nursed
back to health by his divorced wife his
present wife and a pair OF sollcitous moth
ers-in-law.
Notwithstanding his seventy-two years.
Emperor Francis Joseph is still greatly
addicted to the chase. He clings 70 the
old-fashioned rife of his youth and still
occasionally hunts the chamois in the
Austrian Alps
David Draper OF Johannesburg. South
Africa, who discovered the famous Pre-
torla mines, has arrived in this country
with the purpose OF looking over the noun
tains of western North Carolina, where
there are believed to be rich diamond de-
poslts.
James ]. Hill, the president Of the Great
Northern Railway company, will celebrate
his sixty-seventh birthday on September
10, on which occasion banquet will be
given in his honor by representative men
of Minneapolis. Mr.. Hill was born near
Guelph, Ont, and left his fathers farm
for business life in Minnesota.
H. II Cooper, a Boston telegraph op-
orator, who was one OF the eleven Postal
men assigned to the peace conference at
Portsmouth has an album containing about
200 autographs that he obtained during the
sessions, beginning with the Russian and
Japanese ENJOYS and including all the
secretaries and subordinate attaches, as
we'll others interested.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14
Americas Little Debt.
PHILADELPHIA Press.

T
This country Is big in every way except
Its national debt. That is a comparative
trifie about which nobody bothers. At the
beginning of this month the interest-bear-
Ing debt of the United States, after sub
tracing the S277 100000 Of cash and reserve
which the government has on hand. was
only S61s,OOoOOO. When this is measured up
against the nations resources It dwindles
into insignifcance.
The farmers of America have this year
grown enough wheat at the present mar
ket value to wipe out the entire obligation.
The banner corn crop which is now matur-
Ing is worth double the nations net debt
1t was poor year for cotton, but the pro-
duct Of the southern plantations is worth
five-sixths OF that sum.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14

Many years ago the spectacular editor
of the defunct Omaha Republican used
editorials as follows: "And we desire it
to be understood that we do not wish to
be understood" This is precisely the
position of William Jennings Bryan, who
declared at the Jeffersonian banquet in
Chicago, 81 want to make my position
perfectly clear" and then proceeded
to make it as clear as fog on the banks
of Newfoundland.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14

Nemaha county republicans have
adopted resolutions endorsing the admin
istration of President Roosevelt, and
especially his course in bringing about
peace between Japan and Russia. This
is looking backward. Looking forward,
the Nemaha county convention should
also have endorsed President Roosevelt's
railway regulation and antitrust policy
and pledged our senators and repre-
sentatives to its support without an "if"
or a ''but."
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14
Whitfield TO A POINT.


He says he hasn't paid a cent for re-
80 bill collector told me."-smart Set
Have you read the last Days Of Pom.
peii? asked the man who likes old-tim'
No answered Mrs. Cumrox, with. a
charming air OF conhding frankness; 'te
tell the truth 1 haven't even read the frs
ones."-Washington Star.
Did you ever notice IT."
THAT a man doesn't need to he thick
headed to have a broad mind. d.'-Cleveland
Plain-Dealer.
The departing guest, (after paving his
bill, sarcastically)-I sincerely hope your
The summer hotel proprietor (blandly)-
Don't worry, sir; we don't care how you
got the money!-Puck. a
The editor of the Punkville PestilenceS
had stood the taunts OF the vile opposition
himself and waited on his loathsome con-
Where's the editor7" he shouted. as tho
Office boy opened the door.
Hes dead. Shot himself last night"
"ScoOped again, by snakes!N-Cleveland
Leader.
Doctor-well, how does the eye feel this
Patient-It's exceedingly painful, doctor.
I'm afraid I'm going TO have trouble.
Doctor-Oh. don't worry; It will come QUIZ
oil right.-Philadelphia Ledger.
zone OF her ancestors came over in the
Mayfower and another signed the Declara-
tion of Independence"
What difference does that make" re-
Joined the censorious woman, when her
progeny smokes cigarettesT esT'-Washington
Star.
Bronson tried to play Joke on his
wife"
what did he do?"
Got home a little earlier than usual and
told the servant to tell his wife that a gem
tleman was waiting to see her in the draw
ing room"
what happened2'
"She spent two hours primping before
she came down, and he had to go to res
taurant for his dnner."-Cleveland Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14

There is nothing to prevent the city
of Omaha from granting a franchise to
a second gas company, but there are a
good many questions to be considered
before the franchise is voted. If the
applicants for new franchise are sim
ply organized to sell it back to the old
company at a premium, or to do with
the present company what the United
Gas company did with the old Omaha
Gas company7swallow it under a new
name-not much would be gained, ex-
cept for the promoters and their law
yers.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14
Survivors of the civil war.

NIIIVdkU N5III UIIINIVs
When we consider that It is now more
than forty years since the civil war ended
1t seems almost unbelievable that there
should have been $4,000 survivors of that
conflict on the pension rolls at the close
of the last fiscal year, yet those are the
figures given out by the pension bureau.
As most of the soldiers of the great strug-
gle had reached the years of manhood in
1855 and as a generation has come and
gone since that date, It will be seen that
those who survive must be exceptionally
hale and hearty veterans. II is wonderful
that there are 50 many of them.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14

Fortunes, suddenly acquired through the
deaths OF their husbands, may tend to
tighten the weight OF the weeds Of mourn
ing for two New York widows who were
once poor, bread-winning girls.
To be picked from obscurity, married by
a mulu-millionaire, showered with lavish
gifts, and, then, after a few months, to be
left a widow with millions, has been the
experience Of two, and those who believe
In "cycles Of threes" await the announce
ment OF the third.
The latest case in point became known
last Monday, when the news Of the death
of T. r. Whitney, a rich Canadian lumber
man, was announced.
On one Of his many trips to New York
last spring Whitney, a 70-year-old widower,
was struck with the beauty OF Anna Ben
net a telephone operator at the Grand
Union hotel. She was only % years old,
but the discrepancy in their ages did not
prevent them from falling in love. They
were married May 7, and on the wedding
day Mr.. Whitney settled $4,000 upon the
bride. and his wedding gifts 10 her were
$4,000 for her trousseau, a diamond sun
| burst and a check for $500. Soon after the
wedding Whitney became III and went 10
/ his summer residence at Concord, n. H..
accompanied by his bride, where he died
/ last week.
: Whitney's estate is estimated at sl5OOO.0Oo.
and his young widow, under the law, is en-
! titled to One-third Of this.
Nearly parallel is the case OF Alan W.
| Wood the 6O-year-old Pittsburg multi
millionaire, who became infatuated with
| Goldie Mohr, young Weber & Field chorus
| girl. who was earning &25 week. They
were married last March, in spite OF the
protests Of Woods family. Mr.. Wood died
1 a. NJ -,
| II Is reported that Mrs. Wood has agreed
20 accept 100000 as her share.
On a recent rainy Sunday in one OF The
Bronx suburban churches there was just
| one man besides the quartet, the sexton
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14

II that member Of the Marine Hospital
corps who has discovered a new disin-
fectant wants to avoid future trouble
he will see that his resignation is ac-
cepted before he begins to manufacture
the material for general use.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14

Readers can but wonder how much of
the disclosures now being made in New
York was known to state insurance In
spectors before the present inquiries be
gan; and what prompted these public
officers to keep silent. Some other in
vestigations may he in order soon.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14

certain New York bachelor has an old
college chum who became a minister about
the same time the bachelor became a
broker Despite this disparity, the friend
ship has survived TO the extent that the
minister frequently drops In on the, broker
when a happy chance brings him TO the
metropolis. The other night the broker re-
turned to his bachelor quarters to find the
saver Of souls stretched out on his lounge
and smoking in a manner that would have
runined his reputation at home.
Hello old man." was his salutation;
Sorry to make such a smoke, but 1 was
invited to preach in a Jersey town yester-
day and stayed with family that was so
blamed pious l didn't dare bring out my
pipe. And say, have you got any scotchT'
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14

If Colonel Bryan really means what
he says about keeping the management
of public affairs in the hands of the
people how disgusted he must be with
his local organ which, while pretending
to democracy has always boosted every
scheme to take from the people OF
Omaha the right to manage its own af-
fairs.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14
ROOseveIt's Strongest Characteristic.
Leslie's Weekly

Tenacity wins. 1t is President. Roose-
velts strongest characteristics Not courage
or impetuosity. but tenacity, has won all
his victories. 1t was no easy task for him
to bring Japan's and Russia's ENJOYS to-
sether to discuss a proposition for peace
but that was nothing to the task Of finally
securing an agreement between them. It
is no secret now that both parties to the
controversy had.-reached the point where
nothing remained but disagreement and
failure. But President Roosevelt never
wavered. Resourcef,h to the last degree,
tenacious to the end he continued his
efforts, going higher up to St. Petersburg
and Toxic, and finally won the victory as
he has won every fight in his career, by
his steadfastness Of purpose. 1t is the
greatest achievement of its kind in the
history of the world. His triumph was a
magnificent one for himself and for the
nation he represents, and It was a benefit
to all the world. 1t is not surprising that
the press of Europe lauds President Roose-
welt as the worlds foremost statesman. "
Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-14

Those Chinese who are rejoicing be-
cause the war is over might show
greater wisdom by waiting until they
learn what the belligerents really intend
to do with the battle-ground.