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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-04-07

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feet are received by Dr. Hartman every
year. The good that Peruna has ac>
compliShcd in this class of cases can
scarcely be ovcr-cstilnated.
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s If You do not derive prompt and
( satisfactory results from the Use of
Peruna, write at once to DR.. Hart
man: giving Il full statement of your
case, and he will be pleased to give /
you his valuable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President B
{ of The Hartman Sanitarium. Column \
bus, Ohio. All correspondence held
I strictly confidential.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11

population like that of sGreenve and other -Delta
towns the temptation isgreat and where theeaTeas
is there the vultures are gathered together. %-~
A typical has been brought TO light by the
Supreme Court decision in the of Woodson
versus Hopkins. These parties had been running =
loan company in Vicksburg, but fell out, went to
law, and their methods exposed.
at developed says the press dispatch, that they
had been lending money to Vicksburgers at about IS
per cent per week, or 100 to 1900 per cent per
annum, and that they making money hand over
fist A bill of sale was taken for everything the
borrower had and if the end of the week the loan
was not paid up the property was con6scated."
The Supreme Court held that mo such robber
contracts can be enforced in the State of Missis-
sippi, and would not allow their. contracts to be
sustained although they had been agreed to by both
parties.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11
THE STATE RESPONSIBLE


On Saturday night at Helm Station, William Mar
TIM negro shot and instantly killed DR.. Oliphant
popular white physician Martin was seized, bound
and brought to Elizabeth, where mob overpowered
his guard took him from the train and hanged him
to trestle.
The negro crazy
He had been confined previous to the killing
and had been turned out because there room
in the local jail and provision for such cases Cap
tain w. Hunt, while sheriff of Washington connty,
had tried get him properly cared for by the State
but without avail, the insane asylum being notably
inadequate in its accommodations 1t is not neces-
sary to enlarge the mpropriety-the criminality-
of confnng lunatics and indicators in the same
Jail-even sometimes in the same cell 1t is fac;
too patent and too readily acknowledged by ALL But
it is done; and is usual practice in many counties
of Mississippi 1t is done because there is no other
place in which the insane can be confined and con
fined they must be- or such tragedy as the killing
OF DR.. Oliphant may at any time be the result.
Insanity of dangerous type is on the increase
yearly among negroes Their unbrided vices Their
utter neglect of the laws of sanitation their constant
~ increasing of the cocaine drug and many othe
causes combine to make dangerous mental and phys
ical wrecks of them. The GreenvlIe Jail now con
tans insane negroes who have been refused 7;iTn;s
sion to the State institution To turn such Great
ure responsible crazy negro lose up5n the com
mnnity is almost equivalent to setti1e a mad doe
! at liberty.
] Such deplorabe consequsEce as the death O
Dr. Ohphant is the most Natural result; and wher
the irresponsible Iunatie is lynched another even
6ackeT crime is charged to the State on account OF
its parsimonious and short sighted policy in the
treatment of this class of its population A gooc
and useful man has been murdered A helpless and
insane wretch has been ynched. Another, and one
of the darkest stains has been added to the many
that already smear and deface the name and credit
of the State.
| The congestion of the county jails with insane
negroes must stop.
The peril of leaving them in freedom is not to b
/ tolerated
1t is pressing duty of the State, for the sakc
of its people at home and its credit abroad, to pro
vide without unnecessary delay, such accommoda
tons may be required for the detention and car,
OF these creatures, who filing the jails anc
burdening the communities OF every county in tn
Delta country
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11
Bridge Notice

State of Mississippi, Washington Co.
By virtue of an order of the Board
of Supervisors of said County, made
this day, sealed bids are invited to be
filed with the undersigned, on or be-
fore II o'clock, noon, on the 1st Mon
day in April, 1905, for the construc-
ton of bridge across Bogue Phalia,
at the end of Black Dog Railroad, in
said County, the bridge to be built
in accordance with the plans and spe-
cihcations now on file in the office of
the Chancery Clerk. The Board re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids. Given under my hand and Off
cial seal this 9th day of March, 1905
3 ia T H HOOD, Clerk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11
TH1RTY-F1vE PER CENT. PER WEEK

The population of country in the world is as
easily deceived imposed on, and made the prey OF
carltans and sharpers the ignorant negro class
Of the South
In the Delta counties OF Mississippi, where this
class constitutes more than two-hirds of the popula
ton the field for fraudulent operation by swinders
especially rich, and the most vgi1ant care OF the
law is useless to protect their victims from their
wes and from the vanity and folly of the negroes
themselves.
Such a swindler is the foot peddler who sells a
string Of glass beads Tor FIVE dollars the clock ped
dler who takes mortgage on mule and wagon as
security for the worthless gilt clock which he has
sold for twenty-five or thirty dollars "on time" with
cash payment in addition which alone nets him a
hundred per cent on the value of the article and
many another who plies similar trade. always with
most daring among the most hard working
field hands of the plantation
But the greatest harvest is reaped by nnscrupuous
loan companies in the cities. The usual practice,
Is well known. is to advance small sums on house
hold goods, charging high rate of percentage and
collecting weekly 81 monthly, until the debt paid
and inc goods released loan company q this kind
conducted on reasonably square principles
often Of great use and benefit p is custonersand
has perfectyIegitimate excuse f6r being but II ]
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11
Bridge Notice

State of Mississippi, Washington Co.
by virtue of an4order of the Board
of Supervisors of said County made
this day, sealed bids are invited to be
filed with the undersigned Clerk on
or before IL O'Clock, noon, on the Ist
Monday in April, 1905, for the con-
struction of a bridge across Four Mile
Bayou, in said County. The said
blJfge TO be built in accordance to
the plans and specifications now on
1le III the office of the undersigned
and the contractor to use as far as
is possible, the lumber now in the
old bridge at Cletonia and Holland
ale Given under my hand and Off
cial seal this 9th day of March, 1905
3 ia T. H. HOOD, Clerk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11
PRESIDENT JoRDANs SPEECH


synopsis of the admirable and valuable address
20 Washington county planters by President Jor-
Ian will be found in another column of The Times
Il is earnestly recommended to the attention of those
Who were not fortunate enough to hear the speech
ielivered as it contains suggestions to cotton grow
,rs which, if properly acted upon, promise effec
i've remedy for the conditions from which they are
now suffering E
There is little doubt that appreciate reduc-
ion will be made in cotton acreage in Washington
ouny thi syear but it is not thought that the given
gecpbefetwilnsca riII2 SKIP Observation-Disclosures
,ercentageeof IS will be strictly adhered to.
The reduction made will be rather in accord with
lie individual needs of planters and plantations
The disposition, as foreshadowed in the resolu
;on adopted by the local Cotton Growers, Asso,
ation is to make each place self-suporting and tc
reduce thereon, in addition to cotton, sufficient
soodstnff to supply stock and labor instead of pur
chasing it from distance, and at high prices, a:
has been the practice hitherto.
The plantations of Washington county know
The plantations of Washington county, as islgen
orally known, consist of large bodies OF land, Otter
containing several thousand acres, with few small
farms These plantations generally owned an'
controlled by men who possess high degree OF bust
less acumen; who are accustomed to think, and t
,tudy for themselves, and who will in all circumstan
.es rely upon their own judgment.
1t is probable that the reduction ofvacreage
among them collectively will ipe1ude-possibly, il
ases, even exceed the percentage prescribed blythe
New Orleans convention.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11
Executors Sale

In the Estate of NJ. E Berry, De-
ceased:
In pursuance of the terms of Ger
tain decree of the ChaYcery Court Of
Yazoo County mississippi, rendered
on the 2F6 day of February, 1905, a
dayof the January term, 1905, Ct said
court, declaring the estate of NJ. Z.
Berry, deceased, insolvent, ard or
dehihh the. sale of all property be-
longing to said estate by me as Exc
cutors I, s. R. Berry, Executor OF
the last will of NJ. E. Berry, deceased,
will, within the legal hours, on Mon
day, the third day of April, 1905, in
front of the Court House in Green
;rIbFc tptery to the highest bidder
for cash, the following real estate ST
uated in Washington County, MiSsis-
sippi. T.
So of NW14, NY of SWH, E1z o:
seq, VIZ of SEA, of Sec. "a; seq
of NEA and the E1l of seq of Sec
20; and NEA of Sec. 20; all in Town
ship 10. Range 3, West. l will con-
vey only such title as is vested in me
by said decree.
Witness my hand this Ist day Of
March, 1905.
S. R. BERRY.
Executor Est. NJ. Z. Berry
ID - q. d 49,, cotc 3Irtf
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11

Mrs. B. S. Worthington, of Green
vile, is a beneficiary Under the Omni-
bus Claims Bill to the amount Of
about 100000 Mrs. Worthington IS
the widow of the late Vim. Mason
Worthington. of this county, whose
father, DR.. Isaac Worthington, was
one of the wealthiest planters in Mis-
lsissippi like many Others, the family
lost their property, the magnificent
Wayside estate.
The claim is for property destroyed
The claim is for property destroyed
upon the Worthington places by Fed
eral troops during the war, and the
claim of the whole estate aggregates
about $4,000.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY UNpREcEDENrE1

The real estate activity in this city and county
during the last two mouths has been without paral
lell Nearly every day records real estate sale and
new houses, stores and enterprises going up in
every part OF the city,
The price of property is advancing and rents of
business houses in the main business streets of the
city demanding full values
The activity is not attributed to striking gas
but TO growing city, backed by a prosperous
country
city like Greenvlle owning its own water works
and having paved streets, excellent hotel
Accommodations banking facilities electric railroads.
public buildings railroad and river transportation, is
bound to grow, especially when it is backed up by
liberal and progressive citizenship.
Let the year 1905 be the banner year OF the city
growth and it will be if every citizen will put his
shoulder the work and act the part assigned him
by the citys business organization the Yotng Mems
Business League
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11
/. OLD Bills soUIBs
Been to Greenwood

Backward. turn backward oh time in your fight,
feed me on Cruel again tonight | am SO weary OF
sole leather steak, petri6ed biscuit and vulcanized
cake Oysters that sleep in watery bath, and but
ter as strong as Goliath of Gath Weary of pay
ing for what can't eat, chewing up rubber and call
ing it meat Backward, turn backward, how weary
am give me a swpe at grandmothers jam; let me
drink milk that hasn't been SKINNED let eat but
ter whose whiskers are trimmed; let me once more
have an old fashioned pie, then III be ready to cur
up and die.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11
Rankrunt Sale

Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned Trustee, in the matter OF
the Bankruptcy of J. T. Dean, OF
Leland, Mississippi, will, on Monday
the Goth day of March, 1905, at or
about the hour of II o'clock, noon
at the storehouse in Leland, Missis-
sippi, lately occupied by said Bank
rupt, sell at public oltcry to the high
est bidder for cash that certain STOCK
of goods, wares, and merchandise
consisting of wines, liquors and CT
CARS and fixtures, now in his hands a:
such Trustee.
R. w. GARRISON,
Trustee
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11
GREENvILLE SHOULD BE CONVENTION
CITY

The editors Of the State meet here in May and
no doubt fine GreenvilIe advertisements will appear
in their papers at the top OF column reading
matter when they return home. This convention
should be followed by meeting OF the real estate
men OF all sections OF the country, North. East.
South and West. in this city during the fair months
The bringing together of this. class OF gentlemen
would mean much to the State, as well as to the
Delta and Greenyille being convenient for all river
and railroad connections having the finest hotel ac-
located in the heart Of the Delta,
it is the place to meet
The products Of llhe country could be exhibited
and the best speakers Of the South could be secured
- address the meeting and the South and its opper=
tinities fof Investment ssaKIy shown pre-
sent If our real estate n.en think the suggestion
good one. 1t the a bring he matter before the
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11

It's little early in the day to mention it, but
iont fail to register in the ctys books next August
when they are again open for registration. To be
prevented from exercising your God given right by
your own caressness is enough to arouse ire,
but the fellow who does it should only kick aim
self and not the commissioners Of election
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11

The election of Mr.. T. P. Mcmahon as Council
last Tuesday gives this honorable body of the
city another successful business man and an excel
lent official.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11

business League and see whatsean Be done In our
opinion it will beat county fair and proyea bar
gain day for the real estate men Of ali States who
attend.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11
DAMS BUBBLES.
A Warm Coon

Niger in de cotton feel, looks mighty hot
Niger in de crap room, watchin' de pot
Up jumps niger, razor in his ham,
.Niggers in de crap game IS de hotties in de Ian
o
4 fenominy-de darkey dat has money ernuff ter
make crop
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11

Dc advocate OBJ less coffin Average hab sho struck
de bog an hominy kord.
So De vagrant wot was rested de oder day, when
cared fore de Mayor said when axed what he done
for libin'. dat he was trabin man De Mayor
fouhd him S. an costs an a big policemans grab
- an now de say dat he am trabln' no more but
am mid de oder farmers adyocatin' decreasin axe
rage
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11

Stove wood for sale at Planters
Lumber Co.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11

A good heaping measure
is given by a man to an
other in trading troubles.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11

A man is not always a
crank because he is wait
ing for something to turn
up.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11

A man sometimes
comes nearer beirl' shot
fer dom nuthin' when
de man who dous sum
fin can't be run down
wild de blood houns.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11

A man prays to Heaven
to help him. When he sue
ceeds he forgets his Maker
and his adnniring friends
are called upon to witness
what he has done.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11

Oar am no use ter
cross a blood houn' wild
a possum dog an
'speckt him ter catch a
niger. He'll sho' lose
de track cherry --tAe.
r~@
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11
up and die.

cause he has money enough increase it is not
patriot.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11

= =
Executor Est. NJ. E. Berry.
Barnett & Perrin, Soils. 3sII-4t
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1905-03-11
Advice given is seldom appreciated
Of his creditors

The happiest IS he who has the confidence
OF his creditors.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-19
ORDER HAS SINGLE MEMBER
Swan" Organization Possesses Few
Exponents-German Empress
Is Only Member.

The Order of the Swan is a
unique decoration. 1t has moth.
ing to do with "Lohengrin,"
but was founded in 1443 by Elec.
tor Frederick ii. of Brandcnburg,
surnamed the "irOn iawed.'
OF all the orders of knie nthO
this is the most remarkable, mas
much as only one solitary member
in Europe is entitled to wear it,
and she is the wife of the reigning
Prussian monarch, the German
empress. The insignia is very
beautiful, says the Boston Her.
aid. 1t consists of a gold chain
set with diamonds, alternated by
a ruby heart, to which is suspend.
ed a medallion of the Madonna
and child, and to which in turn Is
suspended a silver swan surround.
ed by a ring or chain of exquisite
pearls. With this goes a superb
star to be worn on the left shout
der.
Should the empress become q
widow : would be compelled to
relinquish the insignia and her
membership of the Swan to the
present crown princess. This order
has been worn in turn by the wife
of every sovereign occupying the
throne of Prussia since 144S, and
II is an object Of intense pride in
the royal family.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-19
WOMAN WHO GIVES PosIEs
Kind-Hearted Lady Passes Out Free
Flowers to Workingmen and
Children.

A plan worth following where
by many enjoy receiving and the
owner enjoys giving flowers that
would otherwise fade unused is
the method adopted by a Bath
lady for several summers, says the
Kennebec journal.
She puts in a can bouquet and
loose flowers and places the can
near the sidewalk, so that any
passerby may help himself or her
self from the floral surplus of the
kind-hearted lady's flower beds.
When Miss Huston first instituted
this scheme, the plan not being un-
d%erstOod, the flowers would re-
main for the most part undis.
turbed, but now that the scheme
is more generally known people
passing by make more free with
the contents of the can.
Those who take most of the flow
ers are laboring men, who help
themselves to single flowers on
their way to work in the early
morning. These they generally
put in the buttonholes of their
coats. Children are the next best
patrons.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-19
SKINS VALUABLE As GEMS.
Attractive Hides q All Wild AMI
mails Are Daily Becoming
More Scarce.

Skins of wild animals are daily
becoming more rare and valuable.
The spread of civilization is the
determination Of the monarchs of
the plain, the forest, the jungle
and the hills, and their hides now
ornament many a museum, club
house and drawing-room.
The skin of the lion, the king of
beasts, is among the most valua-
bic of the rare skins. 1t is kingly,
even as was the animal himself,
and reveals the great strength
and courage of the mighty form
that it once protected. The skin
of the full-grOwn lion is about
three yards long and one and one
half yards wide. Its hair is
neither bright nor pretty, but its
great shaggy name crowns it like
a rare jewel and makes it yalu-
able.
The skin of the tiger is much
prettier than the skin of the lion,
and it, too, reveals the character
of the beast which it once protect.
ed. Its bearded cheeks reveal the
tigers f%erocity and cunning, and
its yellow and black tiger stripes
and its white belly tell of the
stealthy nature of the great cat.
The American laguar furnishes
a pretty skin, despite its reddish.
white belly and its spots instead
of stripes. The leopord, too, has a
pretty pelt, its fur being light vel.
low, with black spots. The skin
Of the black panther is also much
admired.
Bear skins are trophies in many
a civilized home. The black or the
Canadian bear is the most com.
mOn. The polar bear supplies d
beautiful, soft, white, furry skin,
but it is very rare. The skin OF
the American grizzly is now also
quite rare. Although deer and
moose are common game for hunt
ers, yet few have succeeded in pre-
serving their pelts with the fur on
for any long period.
The American black wolf skin,
with white spots on its snOut and
breast, is admired by some people.
The Siberian wolf furnishes a fine,
soft fur skin. Among farmer lads
in this country it is popular to
catch foxes during the winter and
TO tan their skins for rugs and for
ornaments, but the fox skin today
isn't by any means as valuable as
are the skins of larger and fercer
animals, though the fox is grow
ing more and more scarce.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-08-19
WHERE THE SOLDIERS MET
In An Their Military Emery Among
New Hampshire Hills, Brit
ishers Assembled.

There is probably not to be
found in all New England a more
unique monument than that which
occupies a commanding position
on the main highway between Dur.
ham and Hollis, n. H. 1t is unique,
not only in that it stands in a lone.
ly position at some distance from
human habitatiOn, but also in
what it commentaries, says the
Boston Herald.
The attention of the tourist is
attracted first at the sight of j
monument in so singular a posi-
ton. He instinctiyely pauses to
learn what great event or victory
it celebrates and is amazed to read
the following inscription:
after the surrender of Bur
gOyne, at Saratoga, in 1777, GER
tain British officers, prisoners of
war q%uartered in this vicinity, but
released upon parole, were per-
mitted to enjoy, in all their mill
tary tinery, a trysting place in this
spot"
1t has long been the custom to
commemorate great events and
victories by monuments, but sell
dom indeed has such a circum-
stance as this been cOmmemO.
rated.
Those were strenuous days in
which Burgoyne met Gates and
defeat, as the descendants of the
sturdy "boys of '76" will tell you,
and only events of more than or.
binary interest and excitement
were noticed.
just who these officers were
who were quartered here, or what
occurrence warranted the cree
ton of this monument, is not
known. The region is replete with
interesting traditions of those ex-
citing days, that have come down
through generations of story tell
ers. Whether these traditions be
founded on fact or not, one thing
Is certain, those in whose charge
these prisoners of war were
placed were true Americans, hon.
oring the foe even in his defeat.
Every kindness seems to have
been shown them, every courtesy
granted them. Notwithstanding
the repugnance with which the
New Highlander looked upon the
red coat of the British officer,
they were permitted to wear it
and enjoy a trysting place under
the branches of this old tree,
whose branches have sheltered
generations of sturdy sons and
daughters of this land of freedom.
The monument is a plain, we'll
polished granite slab, and stands
on a little eminence commanding
a view of the main highway. 1t oc-
cupies such a position that the
%passer-by cannot fail to get a good
view of this interesting and his
torical spot.