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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-28
AUCTION SALES.
r. +. Knox, Auctioneer.
GALE OF REAL ESTATE.

By virtue of decree of the Corporation
Court OF the city of Alexandria, Virginia, en-
tered on the 9TH day of July, 1905, in the
chancery suit therein pending, wherein Cath
crime Amelia Tripleit was the plaintiff and
William Thomas Triplett, ct ais, were de-
PENDANTS, the undersigned will sell at public
auction in front Of the Market building on
ROYAL street on
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-09-28
Big Array of
GOODS.

you ARE cordially invited
= to inspect our new stock of
Fall and Winter Merchandise.
We have gathered together this
fall much larger stock than
ever ind owing to our purchas-
ing early enables us TO offer the
most desirable merchandise at
lower prices than the present
market would allow. We are
now showing New Blankets and
Comforts, Lace Curtains, Win
dow Shades, Winter Weight and
Medium Weight Underwear for
Ladies, Children and Men.
Ladies' Dress Skirts aud Silk
Waists, New Flannelette and
Percale Wrappers, Kimonas,
Dressing SaCques and Wool
Under Skirt., New Dress
Goods and Innings. New Fur
nishings for Men, such as Neck
Ties, Shirts, Underwear, Hois-
cry, Outing and Muslin Night
Robes, Outing Pajamas, Sus-
penders and Kid Gloves. Also
the new and fayOrably known
and well fitting Manhattan
Negligee and Dress Shirts. Also
many other new things too
numerous to mention at this
time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-05
THE SLOCUM DISASTER
Monument for the Craze Of the u.
identified Dead.

Under the direction OF the Orearizstio- -.
the General Slocum Survivor popular 81
scriptiOns are now being received Tor grs,..
monument, which is 70 mark the one g-a7.
which sixty-One unidentified victims % -,
Slocum disaster were buried in the LutBz-
Cemetery at Middle Village Long Island =.
contract for the monument, which is n ~,
$4,000, has been placed with Joseph Bervel =,
Middle Village. and II is expected TIA, -.
monument viii be in place IN time for the N.
yelling on June 10. the first anniversary Of II.
disaster.
Though marking the burial place OF the N,
identified dead. the monument is INTENDED :,
stand as a general memorial OF the disss,-,
II win be Of granite. bearing on one side
bronze plate with the burning steamer IN ba,
relief -Four Hfe-size female figures win orns.
n4ent the monument One on the right OF ne
central shaft will represent Memory. that O,
the left Grief while the other tao figures Z,
the top OF the shaft are 20 represent Faith and
Hope. Mounted on a base eight and One-hzs
feet square. the monument VIII rlse to height
Of twenty feet
An effort is to b. made 70 have every survivor
Of the Slocum disaster present on the occasion
OF the unwilling
CnarfeS OeFScn' u NJ 50 As--e-fV-r = P1eS-
dent OF the association II charge q the monu-
ment fund. and Frederick v. Holtz. Of No. SIC
5th-ave-, is secretary
The catastrODhs which the monument VII
commemorate is stiu fresh IN the public mind
About 10 a m. on June i. last year, the steam
or General SIOcum crowded with men, women
and children, On their way TO Locust Grove
Long Island. where the annual picnic Of tie
Sunday school OF s.. Marks Lutheran ChurA
Manhattan, was TO be held, caught fire in nd
stream when near North Brother Island and
before she could be beached had been redlcsi
10 2 total wreck and hundreds OF lives were los.
through burning and drowning
The Official police report on the catastrophs
shaved the total number Of persons vhO PEI
ished was 1.O21; the dead recovered, w; us
missing 93: the injured. 17S, and the unini1Ts-
23e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-05
BIG OCEAN BREAkW 4TER.
Government Is Building One 8,50
Feet Long.

San Pedro. Cal. about one hundred nils
north of the Mexican boundary, and a few MIS-
south Of Los Angeles When California Ia o
have a new harbor somewhere. q board Of GOV
eminent engineers. in 1897. decided that San
Pedro had the best natural Advantages for CO..
structing one The result of their work Shows
that a harbOr can be built almost anywhere, L
enough money is expended Congress apFH-
priated 100000 for the San Pedro brslz-
water, extending $500 feet in length in re
ocean, and for dredging behind il
The breakwater Is = sort Of cocttnuatiol .
Point Fernin, 10 the eastward II was plal17i
to comprise two straight arms connected By
curve, 1S0O feet long OF 1910 feet radiuS, ~
westerly arm TO be 5000 feet Ions and the est
erly arm 200 feet long a sap Of 20eo ~
was left between II and the shore but this sap
was crossed Dy a railway OF Tremendous strs1si-
10 enable the contractors to dump rocks f0r &c
breakwater.
The total amount of rock required. aecorll2ss
to the government Specifications. IS 21osO
tons of which II IS estimated 1saoto are V. =
be put in place For some lime the contrac,--'
have been dropping the rock at he rate OF n
600 tons month, or four tons Minute d .
cost OF SOS44 = ton At the beginning the culls-
ing took place in twenty-five FEET OF water "
day the contractors are Elakics bigger splasass
SO large that only two Of them en- be puI On
one car. There is a year and half or dIIhI
ing ahead. but already a h4rhor o. reIuse n
formed. where vessels can BE n SA-ey u =
sorts OF weather, behind Z rock linz aneSe n-s-
water.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
The Know-It-All Man.

Who of us has not known that type
of man which is never content to like
that best which by a general consensus
of opinion is so labeled, but must ever
seek out the unknown, and place it or a
pedestal that o'ertops all others as the
Sphinx o'ertops a plaster cast of it!
Drop into his rooms some sunny after
noon, feeling that you are progressive
and ever young in your own enthu-
siasms, and in five minutes time, de-
clares the Atlantic Monthly, he will
cover you with cobwebs, and make you
feel that you are a superannuated moss
back. BY way of opening the conversa-
ton make some chance reference to
Shakespeare and the delight that you
have lately had from seeing Twelfth
Night" adequately played. His lip will
curl, and he will say: my dear fellow,
Shakespeare is all very well for the
ordinary mind; indeed, I'll go SO far as
to say that some very cultivated peo-
pie find much to admire in him, but when
L want to hear the laAt word in drama |
go to the unpublished works Of Ivan
Stepnovitch.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
Organization of Teachers.

State Superintendent of Educa-
ton Henry l.. Whitfield has adj
dressed a communication to the
county superintendent on the ques-
ton Of the organization of the
teachers into county organizations,
along the lines suggested at the
meeting of December 10. The com
munieation is in part as follows:
To those WHO have been actively en-
gagged for the last several years in the
agitation for better schools, it is evil
dent that nothing has so hampered
the movement as the lack of proper
organization of the teachers of the
State. The teachers are the ones set
aside and devoted to the work of dis
seminating school information. The
farmer is giving his mind to farming;
the physician is practicing medicine;
the lawyer is practicing law. 1t is
absurd to even think that a system OF
schools can be developed beyond those
whose business it is to mold public
sentiment along school lines and to
practically organize the schools. The
SCUOOlS VI bllSSlSSlpPl CdLlilOL pC any
better than the teachers of the State
are qualified to make them. A cam
paign of education may be made in
the State, and the people of the State
may unanimously be willing to vote
every cent needed to sustain a splen-
did system of schools, yet if the teach
ers of the State are not prepared to
organize this enthusiasm and
into a system of practical work, or fail
to do so, then the results of the cam
paign are lost. There is a work that
can be done by the teachers only, and
if this work is not done, we cannot
hope to have schools.
This work in general consists of
two things, "a, education of public
sentiment on school questions, and
(2), the work Of practical organization.
To do this work successfully it is
necessary that there be an %organiza-
ton of the teachers of the State. Ours
is a State system, and our ~organiza-
ton must be State wide. To accom-
plish u purposes it is necessary that
we be able to throw the force of our
weight at the same time to the &C
complishment of definite ends.
When the teachers of the State are
informed on all practical and profess
sional questions of school, and are
properly organized for work, the fight
for better schools in Mississippi will
be won. No class of people ever had
a greater responsibility on them than
the teachers of the State at this time.
Never was public sentiment so ready
to be nodded. | but voice the unani-
nous sentiment of every representa-
tive teacher in the State when | say
that our weakest link in the chain of
our educational system today is the
teacher. Never before has there been
such a demand for better teachers.
From almost every county in the State
during the last summer and fall have
come requests for more competent
teachers. Shall We meet this respon-
sibility? Now is u great opportunity.
Shall W. take advantage of it?
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
Town Survey Completed.

Surveyor Beal has finished the
survey of Nationwide, o new town
just located on the Mobile, Jackson
& Kansas City railroad, twelve
miles south of Philadelphia. This
little place is situated in one of the
richest and best developed sections
OF Neshoba county, With Walton
vile there are four towns on the
railroad in Neshoba county-Phil-
adelphia, Burnside, Maple and Wal
tonville.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
Notice to Teachers.

The following notice has been is
sued from the office Of the State u
perintendcnt of education:
To Those Who Aspire to Work in In
stitute and Summer Normals:
| desire to that for the
spring course of study for 1905 but
two books will be required-James'
Talks on Psychology and Lies Ideals
and McMurray's General Methods.
Questions of the first will appear
in March, and on the second in May.
Fifteen days will be allowed after
the publication of the questions with
in which answers are to reach the
dean of the department of education
at the University of Mississippi. All
who are behind are urged to catch up
is speedily as possible, SO that the
list of eligibles may be determined be-
fore May 20. H. l.. WHITFIELD.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
Not Such a Long-Winded Family.

At a banquet in Raleigh, N. c., re-
Gently, J. R. Young, State insurance
commissioner, told this story, which
an agent had given him, Of his *
p~erience with a cotton planter who
had decided to insure his life, and
was filing in the usual printed list OF
questions.
when he came to the ~stereotyped
queries, Age of father, if living and
Age of mother, if living he thought
a little while, and then put down his
fathers age at 1T years and his
mothers at 119.
"sBy Jove,' said the agent, you
come of a long-lived family, don't
your
"'Why, no, not particular the
planter replied.
"'But your father and mother
ooh, they're dead the planter in
terrupted. They died young. But
the paper asks for their age eff liv-
ing" so that is what | put down.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
Will Be Missins.

The adjutant general of the State
has received an invitation from the
head of the military feature for the
inaugural parade, inviting the State
troops to be present and participate
in the parade, which is to be one Of
the features Of the Inauguration.
The troops r invited to pay their
own expenses. 1t can be stated as a
fact that there will be no Mississippi
troops at the Inauguration Of Pres
ident Roosevelt.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
Illinois Memorials.

Col. j. S. Culver, head of the
firm which has the contract with the
State Of Illinois to erect the system
Of park memorials for that State,
has arrived in Vicksburg with his
family and part of his outfit. He
will build the $175,00O memorial
dome, the constituent materials to
be bronze, granite and marble, and
as that part of the contract alone
will consume two years, at the least,
he will get to work at once.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
Title Deeds Received.

Gov. Vardaman has received the
title deeds from Washington county
conveying to the State 200 acres Of
land in that county to be used for
the establishment of an agricultural
experiment station. Of course the
gift is conditioned on the establish
ment of the station in that county,
but this is believed to be a foregone
conclusion. The governor has re-
ferred the matter to the attorney
general to pass upon the title.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
Increasing Its Equipment.

Last week Secretary Of State
Power received an equipment mort
gage agreement made between the
Liberty-White Railroad Company
and the Georgia Car Company, of
Atlanta, Ga, covering the condi-
tional sale Of ten box cars to the
railroad company. The road has
only been in operation about one
year, and this early demand for adj
ditional rolling stock is taken as in
dicating a prosperous condition and
an increasing business. The cars
are to be of a capacity of $4,000
pounds and equipped with auto
matte air brakes and couplers. The
total cost of the cars is $3,400. The
Liberty-White road is in operation
from McComb City to Liberty,
Amite county, a distance Of about
twenty-three miles. 1t is owned by
Hon. j. j. White, of McComb. As
the business increases it is the in
tention of the projectors to extend
the line westward to some point on
the Mississippi river.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
Subtle Plot.

GLOW wonderfully we'll your daugh-
ter's getting on with her music, Mrs.
Softly" said old Shroodun, over the
garden wall.
"Oh, do you really think so, Mr..
Shroodun?" gushed the lady; chow
kind of you to say it. We do think
she's improved of late"
Improved" exclaimed her neigh
Dor; improved isn't the word for it.
| wonder now" he continued smil-
ingly, whether she'd mind playing a
little this afternoon from about three
until half-past, say. I'm expecting a
friend, and | should SO much like
him to hear her"
"Oh, I'm sure she'll only be too de-
lighted" chirped the proud mother.
Principally at three in the after
noon the piano at the Softly's began
to emit sounds which suggested that
some one was pounding it with a pair
of Indian clubs, and, by a curious CO.
incidence, old Shroodun and old
Shroodun's landlord happened to be
seated just on the other side of the
dividing wall.
There" exclaimed the former.
nov you hear it for yourself! What
dye think of it? I tell you candidly,
my good sir, that you'll have to knock
a good ten pounds off the rent. II
I've got to listen to that Internal row
all day l must be compensated for it."
And the landlord alphabetically
agreed.-Exchange.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
Stockholders Meetings in Order.

Meetings of the stockholders of a
majority Of the banks Of the State
will be held during the first half of
this month to elect ofirers, to wind
up the business of the past year, to
declare the dividends earned and
make preparations for the coming
years business. Notices of these
meetings have been given by the
presidents of the different banks to
the stockholders. The banks in Mis-
sissippi, according to the reports
made to Auditor Henry, have had
a very prosperous season during the
past year, and the statements made
will show them all to be in prosper
Gus condition.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
Mississippi State News
January Weather for Seventeen Years.

January Weather for Seventeen Years.
The following data covering a
period Of seventeen years, have been
compiled from the weather bureau
records at fifty-four observation sta
tions in Mississippi. They are is
sued to show the conditions that
have prevailed in the State during
the month in question, for the above
period Of years, but must not be con
strued as a forecast of the weather
conditions for the coming month.
Mean or normal temperature, 46 de-
grees.
The warmest month was that Of
1890, with an average of So degrees.
The coolest month was that of 1892,
with an average of Al degrees.
Some of the highest temperatures
recorded were as follows: Eighty
four degrees at Pontotoc, in 1898, and
e~ighty-two degrees at Brookhaven,
Kosciusko and Port Gibson, in 1890.
Some of the lowest temperatures
recorded were as follows: Three de-
grees below zero at Batesville, in 1893,
and two degrees below zero at Water
Valley, in 1897.
Average precipitation for the month,
5.21 inches.
Average number of days with 0.01
inch of rain or more, eight.
The greatest average monthly pre-
cipitation was III inches, in 1899.
The least average monthly precipi-
tation was 2.75 incehs, in 1899.
Some of the greatest monthly
amounts of precipitation recorded
were as follows: 1858 inches at Aus
tin, in 1898, and 1925 inches at Can.
tation was 2.75 inches, in 1893.
Some of the least monthly amounts
of precipitation recorded were as fol.
lows: 0.93 inch at L~eakesville, in
1894, and at Bay st. Louis, in 1902,
and 0.S0 inch at Kosciusko, in 1898.
The average snowfall ranges from
about two inches in the extreme north
ern counties to a trace in the Gulf
counties. In January, 1904, snow fell
to a depth ranging from nine to twelve
inches in Copiah, Kinds, Rankin,
Scott and Leake counties.
Average number of clear days, IA;
partly cloudy days, 6; cloudy days, IL.
The prevailing winds have been
from the north.
w. S. BELDEN Section Director.
Issued at Vicksburg, Miss.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
Northern Laborers.

W. II. Little, of Chicago, passed
through Vicksburg last week with
about twenty young men from the
North whom he has contracted to
furnish to the mills and other in
dustrial plants thereabouts. Sixteen
Of these young homesteaders were
brought out to go to work for one
saw mill and timber firm near
Vicksburg. They profess to like the
country and will remain.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
Changes in the Treasurer's Office.

State Treasurer Miller announces
that his son, Robert Miller, will sue
coed Miss Kinchloe as cashier in the
State treasury, and Miss Helen Wa
tiers will succeed W. W. Simonton
as bookkeeper. Mr.. Simonton and
Miss Kinchloe have resigned. Mr..
Miller also states that he is prepar-
ing a financial statement showing
what the treasury has on hand, what
it may expect in the way of receipts
during the present year and what it
will have to pay out on appropria-
tons. The statement will be pub
lished in a few days. 1t is thought
the treasury may get through the
year without the 100000 which
Gov. Vardaman is authorized to
borrow.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
A Step in the Rioht Direction.

Natchez is to organize an %associa-
ton for the purpose Of promoting
the industrial advancement of the
city, and placing its merits as a
manufacturing center before the
people of the North. The ~associa-
ton is to be organized at once.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
Pike County Negro Pardoned.

Edmund Drake, a negro from
Pike county, serving a sentence of
two years in the %penitentiary for
manslaughter, was pardoned last
week by Gov. Vardaman.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13

[ WAS in the be-
ginning. Within
the Realm of the
Eternal and AL
mighty One there
was great stir and
activity. Father.
Son a n d II y
Ghost, assembled
in the Palace OF
the Secret Pres
n h a con-
r d together
over the vast prof.
ect of the uni
o,eo Tho Ea-
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
New Bank for Tunica.

The Irwin Bank Of Tuniea is soon
to open business in the Town of Tu-
MICA. 1t will have a capital stock
Of $4,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
THE WORLD
BUILDER
OUR SERMON STORY by the
Highway and Byway" Preacher
"a Vision Between the Lines Of Gods
Inspired Word.)
Copyright. 1904, by J. NJ. Edson,)

Scripture Authority:-.In the beginning
God created the heavens and the earth."-
Gen. IL. God created all things by
Jesus Christ."-Eph. 3a9. "All things were
made by Him: and without Him was not
anything made that was m~ade."-John l:3.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13

George w. Holditch, of Ecru, Ponto-
toe county, killed an eighteen-months-
old hog that dressed $50 pounds. The
billy country in that section of the
State produces yearly a fine lot of
meat. and the growing of pork for
market is attracting more attention
at the hands of the farmers every
year. The farmers up there do not
have their pork slaughtered in Chi
"a on
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13

The weather during Christmas was
balmy and pleasant, quite a contrast
to the brand being served to our
friends in the North and West. Pity
it's that large numbers of them could
not have been with us in its enjoy
ment.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13

Armour & Company, the Chicago
packers, will locate a big branch house
at Greenwood as soon as the two
story building for their use can be
constructed. 1t will be made the dis
tributing point for a large territory
of rich country and will be worth a
great deal to Greenwood.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13
CORVALLIS was instructing his off.

CORVALLIS was instructing his off.
GERS.
when we rout the Americans he
was saying, bring the first corps to
the hotel and we'll celebrate"
MY lord" said IN aide-de-camp,
there amt goin' to be no corps.
This is the origin of the expression.
Longfellow had just written Excel
sior."
"If I want to watt he unused, Il
might get a big price for it rs break.
fast food poetry"
Heaving a sigh, he sent the proofs
to the printer.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13

A. G. Leggett, of Laurel, on n acre
of land made $50 gallons of syrup and
saved 5000 stalks for planting next
year On a two-horse farm he sold
$4,000 worth Of products. If this can
be done in mississippi. why should
any family desire to go West hunting
a home? Stay right here and get
what is due every one who will go
after it properly.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13

The address of Capt. w. H. Hardy,
of Hattiesburg. at the Corn and Cot
ton Carnival, on South Mississippi"
was hugely enjoyed by his hearers,
and it was unanimously voted one OF
the best expositions Of the wonderful
resources and great future of that
favored section ever heard. The G.. &
S. |. railroad could not get better mat
ter to advertise the country contig-
uous to its route, and it would I'M
doubtedly be a good idea to have it
printed in pamphlet form for general
distribution.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13

A number of mining concerns from
the West have representatives in Mis-
sissippi soliciting stock in their or
CARNATIONS. Would it not be better
to invest your spare money in Missis-
sippi mines, there being a great num-
Der of them producing gold and silver
in prodigious quantities. although
possibly not in the crude shape of the
Western mines. Investments here
should prove much more salts
factory than thousands Of miles from
home and in something you know pos
itively nothing about. You may get
your moneys worth, but it is very
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13

Laurel has set it's figures at ten
thousand inhabitants, to be secured
by the end of this year. 1t is a COM
munity Of hustlers and will pretty
nearly accomplish what it goes after.
Indianola is boring for artesian
water and has struck a fair supply
at a depth of LOO feet, but will not
be satisfied until it is secured in
larger quantities and the work OF
drilling continues. The citizens OF
that progressive town are persistent
The Tupelo journal., 1905-01-13

BY H. E. BLAKESLEE. Jackson.