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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-06-28
LAND, STOCK AND CROP ITEMS

Ninety cents is being offered for
wheat in some counties, and many
growers are refusing that price.
w. A. Thomson, Of North Mid
dletown, has purchased of various
parties twenty-nine thousand bush
els of bluegrass seed for August
and September delivery at rs cents.
The acreage of white hurley to-
bacco is lrrger than that of last
year. while decrease acreage is
reported in the dark leaf.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-06-28
Design Accepted.

The Goebel monument commits
sion has accepted plaster of paris
design for a monument for our
martyred Governor, William Goe.
bel. Mrs. Niehans, wife of the
New York sculptor, because of her
husbands illness, was in Frank
fort and presented the designs. The
one selected represents the right
arm extended almost at full length
from the body and with the left
resting on the speakers desk.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-06-28

The new office rooms of DR.. j. A +.
Vansant, in the Hurt building, to
which he will remove July 1st, are
perhaps the incest of any in the
city.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-06-28

Trimble & Hon, who have been
engaged in the meat and grocery
business for several months, have
dissolved partnership, Mr.. Hon
purchasing the interest of Mr.
Trimble.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-06-28

The board OK ;ras,ees of the
Houses of Reform met June Goth
and made good showing. Every
thing in the very best of condition
and through them much good lie
being ACCOMPLISHED.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-06-28

The Winchester Novelty CO. be-
gan operations last week. They
are putting on the market a lunch
box invented by our former towns
man j. D. King.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-06-28
Wheat Crop.

The report from the North, Cen
trial and Eastern part of the State
shows an unusual yield, but in the
Western part of the State the crop
is turning out poorly.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-06-28

Gilbert Triplett will become a
dealer in fine horses, purchasing on
the Kentucky markets and selling
on the Eastern markets.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-06-28

Tilford Benge goes to the pen
from Laurel county for two years
for the killing of Representative. J.
j. C. Howard, of Clay county.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-06-28

Prof. Robert T. Benton has re-
signed his position with Fox Harris
Machine Supply Co. and accepted
the chair of mathematics in the
High School of Pine Bluff, Arkan-
sas.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-06-28
$40.

Clifton b. Ross offers to the peo-
pie OF Mt. Sterling and vicinity a
round-trip ticket on a purchase of
$50 or over.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-06-28
Undecided.

Mr.. Tom Trimble, who sold his
interest in the firm of Trimble d
Hon to Mr.. Hon, has not decided
what business be will engage in.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-06-28
For Rent.

Two store rooms and black
smith shop. Apply TO II. Clay
Mckee.
The news & observer., 1905-10-25
DIR. MARTIN RESIGNS.
Gives Up a $1,000 Job, With the Bray
of a Donkey.
DIV the Associated Press. }

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 23.-Dr. Ed
ward Martin, director of the Depart
ment of Public Health and Charities.
today sent his resignation to Mayor
Weaver. The position paid $4,000 a
year.
Dr. Martin stated that politics had
nothing to do with his resignation. He
said:
81 have resigned for personal rea-
sons. | found that my private prac-
tive and the encroachment of my uni
versity work We're demanding more
of my time than [ could give them
while remaining as the head of the
department.
DR.. Martin was appointed by Mayor
Weaver in 1908.
The letter of resignation written by
DIR. Martin was unusual and Mayor
Weaver told the director that he was
at first inclined to think it a joke.
The letter was as follows:
Some time in October. beginning of
the Xxx Century.
Dear Chief: This is my resignation,
Times are too strenuous for my simple
peasant soul. This from the sad and
glad saw bones.
(Signed) 'EDWARD MARTIN"
The news & observer., 1905-10-25
THE SOLUTION IS
WITH THE SOUTH
1t Must and Can Solve
it's Own Difficulties.
ADDRESSAT TUSKEGEE
The President Tells the Students There
That the Destiny of the Negro Race
is in Their Own Hands. Typical
Scenes in Land of Cot.
(By the Associated Press }

Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 24.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt concluded a strenuous
day in Alabama by a two hours visit
to Birmingham, where his reception,
in keeping with those given him at
Montgomery and TuSkegee, was
hearty and soul-stirring. His day
began at seven o'clock when the spe-
cial train left Montgomery for Tuske-
gee. Visits to the Tuskegee Normal
and Industrial Institute and to the
Methodist Female College, were
crowded into a little less than two
hours, and the noon hour had just
arrived when the Executive stepped
from his car in Montgomery. Here
he spoke to great throng under the
shadow of the Confederacys first
capitol, and was on his way again
sharply at two o'clocs. A few
minutes before six o'clock, the Presi-
dent was the guest of Birmingham,
and unit! his train left at GAS p. M.
on the night run to Little Rock. the
President was cheercd at every turn.
The day was unmarked by any special
incidents save at Birmingham. Here
at the corner of Fifth Avenue and
goth tsreet, an intoxicated man in his
excitement, dropped pistoT from his
pocket on the pavement The Presi-
dent saw the incident and called the
attention of officers to the man who
was Immediately arrested
The news & observer., 1905-10-25

gracious and hearty welcome by any
other town in the State. 1t is the
guest Of the college, and temporarily
the lady students are being enter
tanned at private homes, the members
Of the synod taking complete charge
of the college buildings. It is the
largest Synod that North Carolina has
ever seen, showing remarkable growth
and activity during the past year
The newly elected moderator is Mr..
George w. Watts, of Durham, gen
tleman who has long been identified
with the religious, as we'll as material
progress of the State.
The organization of the Synod was
effected at II o'clock, and Rev. Alfred
H. Moment, of Raleigh, led the devo-
tional exercises, after which the an
nuaI sermon was delivered by the re-
firing moderator, Rev. DR.. J. NJ. Grier
of Mecklenburg PresDytery Dr..
Grier's text was Proverbs XVII. 3
'"Thc refining pot for silver, the fur
mace for gold, but the Lord trieth the
heart
The preacher viewed his text from
the standpoint of the saved not the
lost, and with the conviction that in
the fullest and most direc sense all
goodness in the human heart is the
creation of Gods Holy Spirit. The
sermon was beautiful, poetic IN con-
ception and inspiring. DIR. Grier said
that his text was taken from q great
mass of truth, for God tries the heart
which is the real man, and out of il
are the real issues of life. He said
III part:
''The average Christians notion of
the general providence of God, is that
the Lord is searching human hearts
for sin to crafty his vengeance IKE a
judge. This is mlstaket COO
searches the hearts Of men for good,
and when it is found he places It in
the fire of trial of temptation til it
be purified. 1t is separated thus from
the evil like the refining pot saves
the silver that is mixed with earth.
Goodness is never found unmlTcd with
evil. When God finds the spiritual
silver Of faith and the gold ot love,
he takes them away from temptation
and trial, and they are placed i'm the
presence of jesus Christ the Hand
Omnipotant, having taken away every
e#' Of grief sorrow and sin
question with Us is not how
vii there is in us. but is there
-a I'd at all to be gathered into
The news & observer., 1905-10-25

highest honor IN the gift of the de-
nomination to either minister or cid
cr, but this is the first time business
man had been elected to it.
However, Mr.. Watts is vice-presi-
dent OF Davidson college, and has fire.
uuently served his own and other de-
nominations in different relations and
capacities. His life has been one of
service, and he is a philanthroDist as
well as religious worker and he pos
SeSses splendid executive ability.
In surrcndcring the gavel, the en-
blcm of office, to his successor Dr.
Crier said that he could Wisn nothing
better for Mr. Watts than the same
Kindness and consideration which had
been given his predecessor. Mr..
Watts. in assuming the duties of his
office said that he appreciated the
great honor tho synod had conferred
upon him. and that it was not known
to him that he would be offered it.
lie assured the members that he
would 60 his duty.
DR.. S. l.. Morris, Of Atlanta, Ga,
secretary of the General Assembly S
Home Mission Board, delivered a pow
erful address at the evening service
on the work in which he is engaged.
He urged the importance of the ag-
gressivc work on the church, the ne
cessty for tho development and ex-
pansion IF the Presbyterian church in
the destitute regions and especially in
the unoccupicd terr tory Of the West.
The news & observer., 1905-10-25
The WiIkesboro Turnpike.

State Treasurer B. r. Lacy has gone
to Wilkes and Ashe counties to inves-
tigate the matter of the payment for
the Wilkesboro-J Jefferson turnpike
now in course of construction. The
turnpike was started from Wilkesboro
and is now more than half completed
at n large cost TO the State.
The counties crossed by the turn
pike were to bear part of the ex-
pensc and cost of construction. 1t is
contended that the county of Ashe has
never contributed towards the cost of
the turnpike. end it is to investigate
this that Treasurer Lacy has gone to
WilkeShOrO
The news & observer., 1905-10-25
FOR ROGERS AND SORRELL.
Governor Will Have Physicians Inves
tigate Their Condition.

Col. J. C. L. Harris, as attorney for
Rogers and Sorrell now in Jail for en-
bracery in attempting to influence
jurors for Kilgo and Duke-the Gattis-
Kilgo-Duke case, yesterday made ap-
plication to Governor Glenn to give
Rogers and Sorrell prison bounds or
some time outside the Jail, as their
health is breaking down.
Governor Glenn agreed to act in
the matter after an examination by
two physicians to be named by him
self and also by the county physic-
ian, and to then in some way madify
Jail Imprisonment if these certified
that continued Imprisonment meant
death or permanent physical disabil-
ity to the prisoners. Z Rogers and Sor-
rell are to bear the expense of the in
vestigatiOn and the Governor will
name the physicians this morning.
The news & observer., 1905-10-25
Before Police Justice.

Yesterday morning in the police
court there was one case which took
an hour for trial Sam Merritt, ne
gro, was charged with stealing an old
overcoat and shawl from a buggy be-
longing to another negro, this during
fair week. The evidence was against
him and he was bound over to court
under 500 bond. Mr.. w. N. Jones
appeared for him.
A Grippe negro by the name of
Will Chappell, was on trial charged
with being drunk and ne was exam
ined for several minutes by the city
attorney in hopes that he would say
something about the place where he
got his liquor, but Chappell was silent
in several languages. The case against
MIN was dismissed
The news & observer., 1905-10-25
PRIVATE WORK ON THE CANAL
The Government Willing TO Enter Into
Contracts With Corporations or
Individuals.
(Bv dc Associated Press.l

Washington, Oct. 23.-the govern
ment of the United States is willing
to enter into contracts with corpora
tion of any portion or all the Pan
ton of the any portion or all the Pan
anna Canal. This statement was made
by Secretary Taft today while discus
sing conditions upon the Isthmus and
the policy of the Government. There
is some doubt in Nis mind whether
any concern would be willing to un-
dertake the excavation of the CuIebra
Cut because OF the magnitude of that
work.
Secretary Taft did not mean to de-
clare the policy of the government in
the matter of canal construction, but
to assert that if it were found feast
BILE to let contracts, that course will
be pursued,
The news & observer., 1905-10-25

the treasury of God? Our lives are
purified by the providence OF God
sometimes gently, sometimes severely
but always thoroughly.
The West and worst of men often
have some goodness in them. the
question with us is solved when there
is within US goodness, not only III
men, but also to God.
"Gcd in His general providence, is
proving the soul and III His individual
providence is purifying the heart. He
is searching Tor the gold, the goodness,
in us, and if there is any on the earth
He will find it, and SO long as man
lives there is hope.
eff there is faith as the mustard
seed, it is full of promise. Some
times this providence, when a man is
passing through the fires of God, APP
pears to be imperfect, but God is
economical of goodness. He destroys
no gold, only the dross is cast away
and the base resemblance of gold goes
up in flames. God sits as a retiner
of silver watching the soul from His
chrome, tempering the fires and He
will not suffer the soul to be tempted
Beyond its endurance. He burns Off
the dross, purifying the goodness in
,he soul till it flashes back the glOri-
Dus image of it's Creator -.
The new moderator Dr.. Grier, then
constituted the synod with prayer
and after the report of the committee
IN enrolment, the Synod elected its
moderator for the ensuing year,
There was but one nomination, that
If Mr.. George W. Watts, of Durham,
~ DR.. J. Dumple. of Salisbury DR..
l. G.. Hill, of M2Xton, seconded the
ominatiCn, and it would have re-
eived scores of other seconds, but an
Ider arose and moved that the cleo
ion be made unanimous by acclama-
.on, which was done.
Twenty five years ago the synod de-
ided that elders might preside as
moderator. Since then, lawyers and
governor have held this position the
The news & observer., 1905-10-25
Leads all North Carolina Daies i'm News Gm@Greulat0n

any part of the Saw Mills and Lumber
Company assets.
TS.a Southern authorities here have
received word from Washington that
q new and first-clasS Pullman service
is to be installed between Asheville
and Washington, in addition to the
regular Asheville-New York lines. The
cars will leave Washington on Fridays
and Tuesdays, southbound and will
leave Asheville Mondays and Thurs
daYS nOrthbOund.
The news & observer., 1905-10-25
OPEN|NGOF NORTH
CAROLINA SYNOD
George W. Watts, of Dur
ham, New Moderator.
SERMON BY DR.. GRIER
Strong and Beautiful Effort Inspiring
the Hearers. Nearly Two Hundred
Ministers and Elders Present
at Opening Session. DR.. Nor
ris Urges Aggressive Work.
BY EDWARD l.. CONN.

Red Springs, ~ c., oct. 24.-Nearly
two hundred Presbyterian ministers
and elders attended the opening of
the ninety-second annual session of
the Synod of North Carolina. which
convened this morning in the South
ern Presbyterian College and Conser-
VatOry of Music.
Red Springs is the stronghold of
Scotch hospitality, and the SYNOD
could not have been rendered a more
The news & observer., 1905-10-25
is WITH NEW PREMIER?
Persistent Reports That He Has Been
Appointed bv the Gar
(By the Associated Press.

St Petersburg, Oct 24.-3:46 a. m.
1t was persistently reported in the
cubs and in government circles late at
night that the Emperor yesterday had
appointed Count Wits Premier with
the portfolio of Minister of Finance.
All the papers this morning give
prominence to the report.
The news & observer., 1905-10-25
Over 12O Professions.
{ Winston Sentinel !

The revival in progress at the
Methodist Protestant church is one of
the most successful ever held in Win
Ston-Salem. There has been more
thah 10 professions. At Sunday
mornings service there were twenty
accescions to the church. Ten or
more new members were added dur
ing the past week. The church was
packed last night Many were turned
away for lack of room.
The news & observer., 1905-10-25
TOGO DELIGHTED WITH BRYAN
The Nebrasl<an is Introduced to the
Admiral by the Mayor of Toxic.
(By the Associated Press. )

Toxic, Oct. 24.-William j. Bryan
was present at the reception today in
honor of Admiral Togo. The mayor
introduced Mr. Bryan to the admiral.
An exchange of cordial sentiments fol-
lowed The admiral was delighted at
the unexpected presence of Mr.. Bryan.
The news & observer., 1905-10-25
A Sunday School Revival.

Invitations have been issued as fol-
lows:
your presence is desired at the
Methodist Sunday School Revival,
Garner Methodist Church. October 20,
1905"
The program is:
9:30-Devotional service; Music
Essay, Miss Clarke Turner; Music;
Essay Clyde Whitaker; Music: Ad-
dress. George a. Turner; Music Es-
say. Miss Helen Broughton; Music,
Address. Prof Il. V. Judd; Music: Adj
dress. Joseph r. Broughton: Music
Essay Miss Chloe Johnson Music.
MI .1o,,+ 20 ,,oo... "a a.,
The news & observer., 1905-10-25
BIG FLOATING STEEL DOCK.
Largest in the World TO be ToWed to
the Philippines.
OBy the Associated Press.

Boston, Mass, OCT. Z3.-Orders
were today received at the Charleston
navy yard to install q complete and
powerful towing outfit on board the
suppsv shin Glacier. now in the New
port Nays Yards and ordering that ship
to be rea,dy to sail about December 1
for Sparaows Point, Nd. There she
will jo:a 10 golfers Brutus and Caesar
and ga. nc largest floating steel dock
in t.s Id around to the Philippine
Isl71r pho dock probably will be
Stationed It Manila Tor llle use or the
United States navy. II mas HItlhg
capacity for 100000
alnn,.itxr l. To- .,H41.. :.
The news & observer., 1905-10-25

Self-esteem is all right, in it's way
but it should not be allowed to be-
come so apparent as to render it OBJ
noxious.
The news & observer., 1905-10-25

ceeded Immediately to an elaborately
decorated stand. in front of the office
building surmounted by the Presi-
dents flag. From this point he viewed
the educational and industrial parade,
upon the preparation of which the stu
dents and faculty have been at work
for several weeks. This parade was
headed by an institute band led by
Bandmaster Elbert B. Williams, of
the Ninth United States Cavalry, who
had been detailed to Tuskegee by the
War Department. Then came 1900
students of the school in two divis-
ions; the young men uniformed in
blue suits with brass buttons, white
gloves and cadets caps. The young
women wearing blue dresses trimmed
with red braid and wearing blue straw
braid hats followed. each bearing a
stalk of sugar cane topped with a cot
ton boil, all raised in the schools ag
experiment station.
The news & observer., 1905-10-25

There's plenty of room at the top
but it's slippery.
The news & observer., 1905-10-25

The cloak of charity is too often a
miSfit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-10
DROLL RUSSIAN PROVERBS.
In Which Is Reelected the Quaint
HHnIOr and Keenness of the
Native Mind.

The Scotch and the Spaniards have
hitherto divided the credit of possess
ing the largest store Of proverbial wis
dom; but if the literature of Russia
was more widely known it might prove
a formidable rival to either the land
OF oatmeal Or Of oranges, says the
Philadelphia Press Sunday Magazine
a few specimens are given, which,
on account of their pointed terseness,
the quaint, homely vigor and dry,
Sancho PanZa satire, scarcely need the
aid Of rhyme to recommend them.
They are indeed more fully than words
can express the faithful mirror OF the
shrewd, simple, logged, humorous Rus
sian mind, ever yelling its natural
keenness under a mask of habitual and
impenetrable stolidity:
Every fox praises his own tail"
go after two wolves and you will
not catch even one"
"A good beginning is half the work"
Trust in God, but do not stumble
yourself"
with God, even across the sea:
without Him, not even to the thresh-
old" ..
Without cheating, no trading"
''Thc deeper you hide anything, the
sooner you find it,"
''If God doesn't forsake us, the pigs
will not take u.s.
ga debt is adorned by payment"
"Roguery is the last of trades"
. Never take crooked path while
you can see a straight one"
Fear not the threats of the great,
but rather the tears of the poor"
Send a pig to dinner and he will
put his feet on the table,"
Disease comes in by hundredweight
and goes out by ounces
Every little frog is great in his own
bog"
''Be praised not for your ancestors.
but for your virtues"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-10

"Mademoiselle," he said, "tkis after
noon 1 insulted you. beg your for
giveness."
She looked at him through streaming
eyes. 1T was given, Monsieur, from
my heart, when you fell"
Once more he spoke. "Madcmoiselle,
this evening you have taken, and re-
stored, my life. l will accept the gift,
on one condition, that you share it.
am a disgraced and ruined man, and
Paris knows me no more; but have
still some small estates in Potion. If
NJ. Baptistc will spare me the luck of
his troupe"
The players gasped and were silent.
Then a ringing shout of applause went
up from six strong Threats. And when
the shouts had died down, the girl
walked slowly up to NJ. lie Marquis.
Monsieur" she said, "this after
noon you gave me four kisses. For
that, l might either kill you-as in
deed l had intended-or ask you to
take them back. Which shall it be?"
But seeing that she had dropped her
sword and brought her face very close
to his, there could be little doubt of the
answer--London King.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-10

on at the waist line. We spoke last week
of the prospect of coat-tails were to be
seen on everything, and the last few
days have made us feel more and more
that this style is to rule.
In selecting the hat to be worn with
the redingote, be sure to wear the latter
when trying on at the milliners; so much
depending for the success of the cos.
tune on the lines of the hat carrying out
those of the coat. Be careful not to pur-
chase one too high and narrow, or this
good tines will be carried to exagger-
alton; give an unpleasantly drawn-oui
effect IILEN OSMoNDE.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-02-10
Beccher's wit.

Noted not only for his eloduence, but
for his ability to meet every difficulty
and overcome it, Henry Ward Beecher
was a wonderful orator. On one
memorable occasion. in the midst OF
an impassioned speech, some one at
tempted to interrupt him by suddenly
Growing like a cock. 1t was done to
perfection; a number of people laughed
in spite of themselves, and Beecher's
friends felt that in a moment the
whole effect OF the meeting, and the
thrilling appeals, might collapse. The
orator, however, was equal to the oc-
casion. He stopped, listened till the
growing ceased, and then, with a look
of surprise on his face, pulled out his
watch. Morning already" he said;
my watch is only at ten. But there
can't be any mistake about it. The
instincts Of the lower animals are in
fallible." There was q roar of laugh
ter, and Mr. Beecher was able to re-
sumo as if nothing had occurred
Golden Days.