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Sharp County record., 1905-05-05
OUR SCHOOL.

From that labor he loves best?
Many lessons in Arithmetic
Hath he wrought
To US careless boys and girls,
Who sometimes scarcely gave thought
OF all our weary task,
Before each noon that came,
Was Harveys Revised English,
Which tasks weary brain.
Our teacher would explain
By diagram neat and small,
But for our lives it did not seem
That we could learn at all.
But after we had done justice
To soup, roast beef and bread,
Then came Chambers History,
With Harrison at the head.
But Oh my What else?
He said something,
But for our lives we can't recall,
How he whipped the Indians
At Tippecanoe In the fall.
And scarcely tho we finish
Brave Harrson's career,
From Tppecanoe's victory
To the Presidents chair,
Does Mr.. Shnn appear,
With Governor Yell as BEST
1t was during this wise mans reign,
| Our common schools, Arkansas possessed.
Then our faithful teacher smiles,
And says you may rise
And have recess awhile
But soon the bell is heard
And all return revived,
To begin on Mitchell's Geography,
Our lesson, the British Isles.
Then for thirty minutes
We scan them DER and oer,
In our minds eye
Until each gulf and river
Their location have explored.
But now our lessons finished,
Old Mitchell's laid aside.
And next comes q. L. Brown
With sensation as his guide.
Under this we class tOuch taste ana smell
Of which our teacher says,
Should all be learned well.
Then our Physiology we gladly lay aside,
And its stead Ray s Algebra
With radicals to divide.
Tell us not Oh! radicals
That you easy to learn,
For midnight oil has found US still
Your meaning to discern
But now we must from our Algebra rest.
For just one half hour
To Sabin's Common Sense
And his meaning try to Wrest.
But old Mr.. Sabin surely IS wise ~
To put such questions for this teacher anu chlu
And when our teacher lectures
On morals, integrity and learning
We do not think how fast the Time Is ruhlhhs
Until some sleepy boy or girl
Disturbs our thoughts by yawnlng'
Then our teacher his watch behods
And finds it's almost time for dining (supper')
Now when our school is over,
And we to our homes return,
With many fond memories
And all that we have learned,
But where ever duty calls US,
Though far away it be-
Our dear teacher can remember
That our thoughts and prayers
Will wander back to thee.
And when your work is ended,
If we still survive,
Your work will still be published,
BY your pupils far and wide
Your harvest may seem scanty,
Your bins may not be full.
But "The boast Of Heraldry'' the pomp OF power
And all that learning or wealth eer gave
Await alike the inevitable hour,
The paths of glory lead but to the grave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-06
Not a PessImlst.

NOl FcSSifniSt.
 It will no doubt be said that I am a gloomy pessmist that I islander our peo- ple that they are growing better, and that we are advancing and the state is improving. I deny that I am either a possimist or slandered. l agree that we are growing better and in this I find my comfort. The people have not oeen cor rupted, however much they may have been deluded and misguided.
 We are progressing, for now the people are not only willing but keen to hear tho truth. The fact that can in this presence tell the truth, as I see It. without subject ing myself to personal abuse and ostra- cism, IS the most cogent proof. l have sublime faith in the ultimat te virtue and common sense of our people l do not believe they have lost their capacity for government We have only to appeal to their sense of right and justice and to remove all delusions, teach them to the extent of our ability that honesty and justice not only accord with the laws of God and morality, but that they pay those who practice them. When once they see the right they will follow it.
 Let me ask you who has been in the und1sputed possession of every branch or the state government for the past thirty years? Who has written every line In the statute books? Who has admin lstefed these laws? Who Is responsible for our present condition? Was any such condition of affairs possible at any period prior to reconstruction?
 do not mean to have you shirk respon- slpility Answer these questions, and who is condemned?
 We are all guilty In greater or less de- gree and are merely suffering just retri- button for our sins of commission and omission.
 
 But you reply 1t is easy to make charges. where are your proofs? I will endeavor to make the case so clear that we cannot escape self-condemnation. I shall not un- dertake to judge you except as I judge myself, for what I shall say applies to myself equally, and to the same extent as you, just as we are each guilty Con ceding as l have done the necessity for desperate remedies, to rid us of negro domination. let us calmly and candidly review what has followed this revolution and to what end we have come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-06
ALMOST EVERYBODY

is coughing. t is the time of year when people are most sus- ccptibIe to colds. Scott's EmuI- sion will not only cure the cold. which otherwise might hang on all winter. but will give strength and flesh to the body to resist more colds. pneumonia. etc.
 SCOTT BOVINE. 4os Pearl Street. New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-06

general estimation of the community in the slightest degree-they stand just as well as ever they did, in church and so- ciety.
 We condemn negroes because they make no discrimination against their fellows who are guilty of crime, and yet we make no discrimination against white men who are guilty of crimes against the very foundations of society. Public office is a private snap, and not public trust graft pervades official life, and is actually per- petrated in our last constitution, our taxes increase and our benefits seem to grow less; our laws are unfairly adninls- tered. neither the life nor liberty of the citizen Is safe. and why :?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-06

Hermitage, the sign painter can be found at 17th street between 1st and 2nd avenues. ll-5-3t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-06

A. s. Smith, Jewsler, has moved to 1928 3rd Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-06

High-grade steel pairing knives for Sc
 Fifty assorted $2.00 and $250 sets best grade steel knives and forks.
 Choice, per set. .. .. .S1.23
 Silver-plated teaspoons; set of
 for. ... .. -. .............io JUG
 Silver-plated table spoons; set of 6, for 200
 Steel carving sets in wide range of handles and shaped blades, ranging in price from $10 down to. ..Ioc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-06

zeal of the friends of labor, can in the end prevail against a people who, loving liberty and justice, will defend them
 Let us calmly and dispassionately con sider what has actually occurred in Ala bama, for this most concerns us. The results are before us, now let us at- tempt to determine the causes, and thus rationally seek the remedies.
 The terrible parody on government foi- lowing reconstruction was anarchy, or bound to result in anarchy, and to pre- serve society and government, revolu- ton was demanded and justif1able upon this rests the defense of our conduct then and since. Coneeding the justification for the overthrow of the negro nominations does this apply to our conduct since! It was not to be expected that a violent revolution should occur and not leave It's train of trials and troubles upon us and we have not proven an exception. The sole Justification for the revolution was the restoration of civil government, and, while I may not approve or them an not disposed at this time to criticize the methods; but designing men took ad- vantage of the situation and proceeded to use it for their personal advancement. Having acquired the power to remove the negro, they did not hesitate to use this power against the white, and to deprive them of their essential liberty. The good of the state was really subordinated to the interest of individuals, and means, which were only excusable to preserve society were freely used to secure office for individuals. It became a scramble for the spells, and the cry of negro nominations was kept up and this jus tiled everything that was done, however bad.
 refrain from a recitation of the painful details of a most unhappy period in our recent history.
 It is an illustration of the danger Of departing from the plain path of good citizenship, for any cause, however laud- able.
 It Is not surprising that we have suf- fered; observe what has followed; our laws are not administered fearlessly and impartially; they are evaded or disre- garded by the strong spirit of lawless- ness has naturally been engendered until human life is cheap, and the administra- ton of criminal law is such a travesty on justice that we know it Is practically impossible to convict white man of any serious offense, however fragrant, if he has friends or money. As Goldsmith says, Laws grind the poor and rich men rule the law"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-06

Polished wood handle knives and
 forks. set. :. .. .. ........... 3ec High grade steel knives and forks, fancy handles and bolstered, set. .98c Best steel butcher knives, the 25c
 kind. =. =. -. ............. 1oc Large 10inch polished handle steel butcher knives, the 75c kind. .45c Christy bread knife, set of 3, for 25c Single Christy bread knife, worth Rkc, for... -. =. -. ......... .10c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-06
Election Fraud.

We all know now, and admit that for years after all ground for apprehensioi. even of a recurrence of negro control had ceased that the ballot boxes were stuffed and that fraud In elections was the rule and not the exception; that perjury to carry an election was not condemned, but extolled into a virtue, aid actually re- warded with office; that rrivate or party vengeance was substituted for law; that though these things were t.nown of all men, freedom of speech vas denied by that most powerful of all restraints ostracism-until no man dared speak the truth, and things continued thus for years, until the moral sense was so blunted that it found no expression.
 Long after the negro ceased 10 be a real factor in politics, when the whii pcoole were in absolute control, we all xno Y that in nominating conventions anG primaries among the white people themselves trick cry and bare-faced frauds were not only tolerated but exalted It actually got so bad that in one democratic congressional primary, where whites alone voted, more votes were counted than all the persons of voting age in the district. white, black and disfranchised, And this perversion of government. this sin against religion and morals, merely evoked a smile, and the character of the men engaged Tn 1t has not suffered in the slightest degree
 Here in this county 1t is now openly avowed that in three specific cases can didates for the offices of judge of pro- bate, sheriff and county treasurer were counted in by fraudulent manipulation of the ballots in white democratis pri- maries Has any one denounced these sins against liberty and freedom? Has any one ever suffered on account of these
 bare-faced frauds and wrongs? The men that actually committed the frauds and the beneficiaries of them today control The political machine that in the end controls
 the elections and dictates our officials
 Even since the constitution of 1901. un- der which the negro was eliminated from
 politics. it is openely charged that fraud and trickery were used in the primaries and worst of all. 1t is now stated tha. money was used for purposes of corrup- ton In the contest for the presidency of the railroad commission. ,avc heard it stated that the men who aIsbursed this corruption fund are well known. hut no one has been indicted or prescott d. and
 I do not believe they have suffered in The
The Republican journal., 1905-07-13
NEW STEAMBOAT INSPECTION LAWS

The new steamboat inspection laws
are now in force in the United States.
They prescribe that the life saving ap-
paratus on all passenger or excursion
craft shall not only be ample in quanti-
ty but also up to the standard in quail
ity; and methods are provided by
which this requirement may be rigidly
enforced. 1t was possible under the
old system to do the work of inspecting
perfunctorily or even dishonesty and
it was not easy to fix responsibility on
derelict officialS-as witness the failure
to convict the inspectors who certified
that boats, hose and life preservers ON
the General Slocum were in good CON
dition.
Now, under the new regime, every
inspector must leave record of his
work. If he is handling life preservers
he is required to test each one of them,
after which he must stamp his own
initials and the date of the examina-
ton on all that pass muster Should
there be disaster and any safety ap-
pliance bearing this mark prove defec-
tive within the space of one year, the
man who officially passed it can easily
be traced and made to suffer for his
Another good point in the new law is
that inspectors have the right to order
The instant destruction of any fire hose
Dr. life preservers which do not come up
TO the mark.
The Republican journal., 1905-07-13
SIX PHYSICIANS
Found This Case of Rheumatism Beyond
Their Skill. Mr.. Jones Tells of the Way
By Which he Treated Himself Successfully
When nOetOra Failed

Found This Case of Rheumatism Beyond
Their Skill. Mr.. Jones Tells of the Way
By Which he Treated Himself Successfully
When Doctors Failed.
Six physicians, all of them good, one of
them a specialist, had done their best for
years, and still he suffered fearfully from
the tOrtures of rheumatism.
He had felt occasional twingeS first in
January, 1901, and in February of that year
he was compelled to give up and to take to
his bed for siege of two weeks. From
that time on for a period of more than three
years, until the fall of 1904, he was a con-
slant sufferer.
OF his condition during this time, Mr..
Jones says: "My rheumatism started in
my right thigh, but in time it spread
throughout my body. lost the use Of my
left arm entirely and nearly lost the use of
my right one. My feet were badly affected,
especially the bottoms of the heels. When
my right side was affected there was swell
ing, but the left side didn't swell when the
disease settled there. The internal organs
didn't seem to be involved at all. The
trouble was all in the muscles and the
nerves."
Among the few who still encouraged Mr.
Jones to think that a cure might yet be
found in spite of the many disappointment
he had suffered was friend who had rea-
son for great confidence in Dr.. Williams
Pink PMS, ana acting on her advice he
bought box of them in September. 1904.
The story of what followed is brief bit moth
ing could be more satisfactory, for per
feet cure was at last found.
"When | was on the third box" says Mr.
Jones, 81 could realize change for the bet
ter. | felt sure then that DR.. Williams
Pink Pills We're the right medicine for my
case. SO | kept on and now am entirely
well, and everybody is asking what took
| wasted a great deal of money on useless
treatment, but the little spent for Dr.. Will
liams' Pink Pills was invested right
Mr.. William Jones lives at Oxford, Mich,
and is well known through Oakland and
Lapeer counties. Dr.. Williams Pink Pills
effect wonderful cures in rheumatism, be-
cause they work directly on the blood,
which is the seat of the disease AS soon
as that is cleansed and enriched pains and
swelings disappear. No other remedy can
compare with DR.. Williams Pink Pills as
blood builder and nerve tonic They are
sold by every druggist. The DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, y. y, will send
valuable booklet on Diseases of the
Blood" to any one who writes for it.
The Republican journal., 1905-07-13

for some time; head has ached and
back also; has slept poorly, been quite
nervous, and nearly tainted once or
twice; head dizzy, and heart-beats very
fast; then that bearing down feeling,
and during her menstrual period she is
exceedingly Respondent. Nothing
pleases her Her doctor says: Cheer
up: you have dyspepsia; you will be
all right soon."
But she doesn't get "all right" and
hope vanishes; then come the brood
ing, morbid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES.
Don't wait until your sufferings have
driven you to despair, with your nerves
all shattered and your courage gone,
but take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. See what it did for
Mrs. Rosa Adams of $40 18th Street,
Louisville, KY, niece of the late Gen
eral Roger Hanson, C.S A. She writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
II cannot tell you with pen and ink what
Lydia E. Pnkham's Vegetable Compound
has done for me. suffered with female
troubles, extreme lassitude, the blues
advised to try Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound, and it not only cured my female
arrangement, but it has restored me to perfect
health and strength. The buoyancy of my
Younger days has returned, and do not suf-
Ter any longer with dependency as did be-
fore. I consider Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound boon to sick and suffering
women"
II you have some arrangement Of
the female organism write Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for advice.
The Republican journal., 1905-07-13
A MAINE MANS ENTERPRISE.
j. C. Showers to Build an Artificial Stone
Block in Palm Beach, Florida.

Block in Palm Beach, Florida.
On the northwest corner of Clematis
avenue and Narcissus street, West
Palm Beach, there soon will be erected
for Postmaster J. C. Showers the finest
and taliest building in this city, the con-
tracts for material and labor being all
let and the permit to build having been
received from the mayor.
The building will be four full stories
high, constructed of artificial stone,
and fill all the space between the corner
west to L. w. Burkhardt's property on
Clematis avenue, with store in the
rear adjoining Burkhardt's, and from
the corner north to the Palms Hotel, of
which the building will form a part.
The first, or ground floor, besides the
store in the rear will have a large tile
floored hotel Office with entrances from
Clematis avenue and also from Narcis-
sus street, and adjoining the main office
will be small ladies' reception room.
All the upper floors of the building
will be used fol hotel purposes; on the
second floor directly over the main office
being the main ladies' parlor, with the
main stairway leading up from the Of
flee below.
When this corner block is finished the
present Palms Hotel will be denuded of
its metal covering and, after having
galvanized iron lath put on, will be
faced with cement, which will be point
ed, so the old building will then resemble
the new block, greatly improving its APP
pearance.
The old hotel office and parlor will be
used as a smoking room and the old
stairway will remain where it is but be
used mostly for baggage. The dining
room will be enlarged by ten-foot out
side addition, and also by removing of
some of the inside partition; the kltch-
en- will also be enlarged by ten-foot
outside addition, and the entire hotel
kalsomined, all of which will make the
new Palms one Of the largest and best
city hotels south of Jacksonville.
The contract for the entire work has
been let to Architect c. c. Haight; that
for the artificial stone to Laiuhart &
Potter, whose new plant began opera
ton just in time; and for laying the
stone to R. Wellborn, who, with assist
ant Jensen, are considered among the
best Wcrkmen in that line in Dade coun-
ty. The plans were drawn by Architect
W. W. MARYLAND, formerly with the
East Coast Hotel Co.
corner will be moved to Postmaster
Showers lot just west of the News Of
fee, and as soon as this is out of the
way work will begin and be pushed
through so as to have everything finish
ed, furnished and ready for the com ing
winters tourist travel.
Several weeks ago the News men
toned that fine building would soon
60 up on this corner and that other
paper fatty contradicted us and stated
we had no foundation for our assertion.
We trust it will now make the amend
honorable and acknowledge it was
plainly scoop on our part, nothing
more nor less. The plans have been
changed but little since then, and the
building will now be at once put up, an
honor and an ornament to the city, a
credit, and, we trust, profit to its
owner. - The Palm Beach, Florida,
News, June 23d.
The Republican journal., 1905-07-13
MAINE FISHERMEN ANXIOUS.

The fishing methods which have been
in vogue for three centuries along the
New England coast, and which have
developed the race OF superb sailors
and daring fishermen of whom Maine
and Massachusetts are SO proud. are
to be completely revolutionized for a
few months, it the plans of the Bay
State Fish Company are realized. This
corporation is capitalized a. 100000, of
which 10000 has already been paid in.
and is backed by kidder Peabody &
Co., through whom the stock is issued
I. Jefferson Coolidge, the Fore River
Ship and Engine Com pany, and several
T. wharf wholesalers.
with the utmost secrecy the corpora
ton has be EN- formed, for its object is
to place in competition with the SPLEEN
did fleet of hand liners and trawlers
sailing from Boston, Gloucester, Proyi-
dence, Boothbay, Bucksport and other
coast towns, fleet of 800 big steam
trawlers modelled after the English
type, which were mistaken for torpedo
boats by RoJestvensky in the North
Sea. This fleet will represent an out
lay 100000.
So far advanced are plans of the new
company that first-class steel steamer
OF 100 tons net is in construction at the
yards of the Fore River Company. She
is built along the most approved lines
of modern steam trawlers and will cost
in the neighborhood of $50, 900. The
keel of a sister ship is about to be laid
The steam trawlers will have a capa-
city of over half million pounds of
fish, as against 100000 pounds ca pacity
OF the largest fishing schooners. Fur
thermore, the steam trawler will mind
neither rain nor weather, but will move
right along filling her net, when the
American trawlers cannot launch a
dory.-Portland Advertis er.
The Republican journal., 1905-07-13
The Veterans at Togus.

The fiscal year ending June 30, closed
with total membership at the soldiers
home in Togus of 1926. OF these 1922
were present and 904 absent. The total
number cared for during the year was
3l07 as against BAL the previous year.
The average membership was 2667,
average present 2O65. The gains during
the year have numbered 1858, made up
of one officer by appointment, 267 mem
bers by admission, 81 by readmission.
IA by transfer; the losses were one Of
ficer by death, one dropped, 6s members
transferred, 15S discharged, dishonor
ably discharged, 35 dropped from the
roll, PIG died, total of 4Sl. For amuse
ments during the year there have been
20 free plays and 27O band concerts.
The number of visitors is estimated at
25,S5O.
The Republican journal., 1905-07-13
SOLON CHASE AT WArRpv,,,

Tn tho 1th of Julr
Vile Hon Scion S iy exercises al Watt.
was introdncad Nv 'G 1s'a Vi Ghase's NH.
The Grand IA Y Judge Philbrook "
Chase was recei Ma,i VI Maine M
nlanse He atten'n WIN great an
Int hold the attont;pp .eu no Set SpeecB
an honr With q d;a vi the crowd a.,
original stvle " H fels Sn",I IN lis usual
lows. ie 'pohe Ill part as to'
eve find that tho n,a,...
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&c Il voc 100 10 $50 yaSS as eooii easy t-ad.ro
wears and when on 60 S.n, ! nave dyed1
knew So mnch tba+ "ao 80 years oI /
anv moro. Int r aaav : eould not learn
anyth;nr ~, tI ~ NV go l am not SUE al
and tho III riio 5Ga ,lloll Oh tlr Noun
.Tf NO saorob ;' oa.ioii Idole
manv th;nn not th 40 oui heafls W. Wilma
hors for Tha ,"i u w" vs. p'dlHe oufu5.w.
biline watar NV wnn y, T"s @.ScoVeIvJ -6l,
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