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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-02-02

At meeting of the governing board
of the local fire department it was de-
cfded to have the regular anniversary
celebration and parade on Sunday,
Nav II, and also to hold in conjunc-
ton with the celebration a joint fire.
mems festival on Saturday, Sunday
and Monday, May IL, Il and ID, the
proceeds of which are to be equally di-
yided among the four companies COM
posing the department. Arrangements
for the big affair will be Instituted in
the near future and the 6remen say
they will make the blowout the grand
est Don jacksonville has ever seen.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-02-02

The Married Woman's Whist Club
held a very enjoy able meeting We'd
nesdav afternoon at the residence OF
Mrs. E.. K. Sims. An unusually in
teresting series of games was played,
the prizes, dainty China tea service
and set of pretty cut-glass salt lndI-
viduals, being won by Mrs. r. X.
Sims and Mrs. r. n. Sims, Jr., re-
sspectively. Those present besides the
charming hostess were Mesdames q.
B. Reuss, j.. NJ. Fenlon, Geo. ii. De-
Russey, Paul Leche, @. Donnaud
Bentley, r. N. Sims. Jr.. ii. G.
Whiteman and G. A. G0ndran.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-02-02

DoNALDsoNVILLE. La,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-02-02

R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, WINsroN-sALEM, N c.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-02-02
WHITECAsTLE, LOUISIANA,

7 J. Clay Press A. DA1alE vice Pres; F. S Ba0w Cashier
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-02-02
Position Wanted !.

A S BOoKKEEPER, tirnekeeper or first or
n second 0verseer. for the year 1867, BY a
married man thirty-six years of age. Willing
to do the work of both oveEssers, and can also
make out payroll. Am honest, sober and en-
ergetic, and always attend strictly to my
duties. Have worked on sugar plantations all
my life, and can furnish excellent references
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

Many needed his word and their hold- ings were turned over to him to invest in his enterprises in the Orient.
 "Big Jim" sailed a second time for the Orient on the Mongolia shortly before him went his white wife and two little boys. He said he would never return
 A pretty romance lies behind Chin Kim You's rise in the world Chim Kim You was 16 years old when he first met pretty Ada Phelps .n Corinne, Utah. soon after his arrival from China. He was employ ed by the foster father of the girl, who was engaged in some trade in the Nor mon territory, who believed the youth full Mongolan had given information to the United States deputy marshal that resulted in his- undoing. It was planned to kill the Chinese boy. Little Ada over heard the plotting and warned Chin Kim You. He had no money, but she gave him $100 which she had saved and he fled to San Francisco. Here he played the lottery and won. His stake was the $100 the little Mormon girl had given him.
 After Chin Kim You prospered he sent for the girl who had saved his lite and she joined him here. Under the laws of California they could not marry in San Francisco, but the couple journeyed to Mexico and were married by civil cere- mony there. On their return the Chinese ceremony was performed and Big Jim has always said that the one little wo- man was enough for him. He wanted no Chinese wives, for, like the "Melican man." he had learned to love but one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

helpful service Is the testimony of work CTS in many local schools visited. and this inspirational and educational value of Presbyterial institutes held in every synod is incalculable.
 One of the most practical departments of our benevolent work Is the help given mission Sabbath schools by donating peri odcals and other supplies until they can be put upon self-sustaining basis. Dur ing the past year we have had on our donation list 227 Sabbath schools distrb- uted through our synods.
 Over 10000 children are gathered In these schools and such is the religious destitution in the communities and homes from which most of them come that their only religious instruction is that given by faithful workers in these Sabbath schools.
 Without the large contributions this committee has made to the benevolent fund for several years past the work would have been seriously curtailed.
 An adequate support for our benevo- lent work must be provided by the churches.
 It is discouraging to report year after year that only a portion of the amount asked for by the assembly was contrib uted and that large per cent of the churches made no offering whatever, thus completely ignoring the assembly's drec- tions.
 We recommend that the assembly ask that $25,000 be contributed for our benevo- lent work next year, and that our com mittee be empowered to prorate this amount among the Presbyteries We recommend further that the Presbyterial chairman of publication be directed to prorate the Presbyterial apportionment among the churches of the Presbytery and that pastors and sessions be enjoined to make a determined effort to raise the amount asked for from their respective churches.
 Conclusion. We submit the record of the forty-sixth year of our work with an earnest appeal for the prayers of the church as we at tempt to administer the important trust placed in our hands, and our earnest de- sire is that a support adequate to the needs of the cause may be provided. R. F. MAGILL, Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
MODERATOR ALLEN G. HALL, IL. D, Of the Vanderbilt University Presbyterian General Asse mbly Here This Week.

publication committee might be more ac- cessible to the church at large. The re- quests for a depository in the southwest have been particularly insistent. In the report submitted by our committee to the assembly of 1906 the position was taken that the time had arrived when the growth of our church seemed to de- mand that the financial risk be waived and that the resources of the publica- tion department should be made easily accessible to our entire constituency. To this end permission was asked to es- tablish at the discretion of our commit tee a branch or branches for the con venient distribution of our publications and general stocK. The assembly took favorable action on the overtures and request of our committee, and author ized the opening of branch depository or Repositories, if the way seemed clear.
 After careful review of the whole mat ter it was decided to locate tine first de- pository at TeXarkana, Ark-Tex. The en- terprising citizens of this growing city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
WEEKLY AVERAGES
 OF CLEARING HOUSE

New York, May 1.-The statement of the clearing house banks for the week ssho,r- that the banks hold $S. .4S6 225 more ing thfhe legal requirements. This is an tressease of s1,661, 6OO as compared with ieast week. The statement is as follows: ditLoans, $1, 1,126 223, 600; decrease, $14,9O67 7OO trt Deposits s1,104 419,1oO; decrease, $16,- lSOSOO
 Circulation, s5O,1S1.50o; increase. $61, 200 Legal tenders, s72, LOG, 200; decrease, $1,- S3,9O0
 Specie, s212 4S4,S0o; decrease, sS99,70O
 Reserve, $2S4591 ,00O; decrease, $2, ,SSS 500.
 Reserve required. $27e, ,1O4,775; decrease, l4.4O5,20O.
 Surplus, sS4S6.225; increase. $1,6el, 600.
 Ex-United States deposits SIG, ,401 100; in crease, s1 1,669.95O.
 New York, May 1.-The Financier pays:
 Last weeks statement of the associated banks was more favorable than was evx- pected. though a cash loss somewhat in excess of that which was estimated was ,hown, a contraction in loans and con ,eouent reduction in deposits and in re- ,erve requirements contributed to an aug nentation of the surplus.
 The cash decreased $2,3S3. 600. This was ghiefy due to transfers of about S2,5 GOO 10 San Francisco, which were only ,lightly offset by gains. It is noteworthy that while receipts of currency from the west indicated a diminution compared with the preceding week, those from ,outhern points were larger Deposits de- treased s16,1s0s00, which amount was bout equal to the sum of the contrac- non in loans and the loss of cash, there slore the statement is a good proof. The .oe oeouired reserve was reduced by $40i5,- DO, deducting fro mthe decrease in cash eft s1,661,500 as the increase in surplus eserve to $2S, ,4s6,225. Computed upon the oasis of deposits. less those of $S1,659.- D0 public funds, the surplus is $lS,4O1, 100. Loans were contracted by 14,026,7OO, or . little less than the sum of the expan- Non in this item in the week of May 1.
 The excess of loans over deposits in- ueased by about s2,000,000. The daily av- erage of bank clarings were $274,000,0O0 IT about $32,000,000 less than in the pre- hous week, ref1ecting a reduced volume f trading on the stock exchange.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
CHINESE LOTTERY KING.
Is the E. H. Hartman of the Oriental
 Empire.

 San Francisco Cor. New York Herald.
 Word has been received verifying the story that Chin Kim You, known here as Big Jim,' the Chinese lottery king of America, has already completed the first stretch of his famous railroad in the Orient, where he has become known as the "E. H. Hartman of Awakened China"
 The completed line extends from Hang Chow, on Hang Chow Bay, to Tien Sin, on the Gulf of Pc Chi Ii. It is 543 miles long, opens up some of the richest coun- try in the empire, was constructed by American engineers, is equipped with American rolling stock, was built large ly with gold garnered by the promoter on American soil, and it is the first bit of railway ever constructed by Chinese en- terprise in that country 1t is the pur- pose of the builder to extend the line to Pekin and to have feeders cobweb- ping the entire country now under Chin csc control
 With $2,000.000 in American gold, his earnings in his lottery games, the Tie Loy Foo QuoY Chong companies in San Fran cisco and New York, Chin Kim You sailed for the Orient shortly after the assassination of Little Pete' his hated rival in the lottery business. His tong, the Ping Kongs, had killed the little gambler and Big Jim knew that his only hope of salvation lay in flight, for only his blood would wipe out that kill ing.
 This was nearly nine years ago, and all the time Big Jim' was away, Chan Chung, a servant, looked after his busi- ness in American and saw to it that Jim s white wife and children did not suffer in his absence. Many thought that Chin Kim You would never return to his white wife and family. But Chin came back, and with him he brought valuable concessions from the ruler of the em- pre. A great banquet was given in his honor. Chin Kim You advised his wealthy countrymen to turn their local holdings into gold and join him in railroad building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

only be averted by conference and CO., operation between churches.
 Nor are we ready to believe that the Presbyterians of Virginia are as changeable as this vote would indicate"
 While it is thus seen that the ma jority are in favor of adoption, when the matter comes up in assembly. as the commissioners are not instructed by their presbyteres. the majority may muster in the other direction.
 One of the interesting reports to be presented to the assembly is that of the publication committee of the church. Here are few interesting extracts.
 Revision of Publications.
 The period which this report reviews has been one of unusual activity, and we desire first of all to acknowledge the guidance and blessing of God which has been sgnally manifested throughout this year. Never before during one year has the committee been called upon to con sider and decide so many new problems. all of great moment to the church. and for the most part without preeedents to guide to a wise decision. These prob- lens were diligently and prayerfully con sidered as they presented themselves, and it is hoped the conclusions reacher will rebound to the Glory of God and ad- vance the interests of our beloved church.
 Several matters were referred to our committee by the last assembly with in- structions to proceed according to the best light to be obtained, and we re- port conclusions reached and definite ac- tlon taken on all matters so referred.
 For twenty-five years or more there have been numerous requests for the es- tablishment of branch repositories at va rious points that the resources of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
Cures Kidney Disease.

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 When the kidneys are diseased the uric acid is not carried off. and this causes Gout. Lumbago, Rheumatism of the Joints, Rheumatism of the Muscles, Rheumatism of the Heart, Rheumatism everywhere.
 In kidney disease the bowels are often constipated and the liver torpid. Warmers Safe Pills quickly relieve this condition and no i'll after effect is eX- perienced.
 WARMERS SAFE CURE is put up in two sizes and is sold by all drug gists, or direct, at 30 CENTS AND $1.00 A BOTTLE. Refuse substitutes which contain harmful drugs and injure the system.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12

and open the forty-seventh session of the highest judicial body in the southern church.
 The assembly will convene next Thurs day and continue for ten days or more. There will be about 225 regular delegates, part of them minister's and the others elders, who will be in the city over one Sunday. Local pulpts will be supplied by fine orators and the church going public will have a treat equal to that when tho Methodist conference was here.
 With this body of thinkers the lay menu bers of the church without hesitancy en- trust the future and are quite sure that its actions will be for the best of the denomination. Many important measures, fraught with both advantages and peris, will present themselves for consideration and final settlement.
 Perhaps there is no more intense inter est and no more difference of opinion on any subject than is manifested upon the articles of agreement Each commission CT comes armed with his own opinions and the fight over the adoption will more than likely be unusually warm The question was referred by the last meeting of the assembly to the Presby- teries for an opinion on the subject. Dur ing this past month every Presbytery in the southern states has met, the battle has been fought, and the vote of the Pres byteries stands for the opinion of the church at large.
 Vote for Adoption.
 So far as heard from, seventy-nine of the eighty-three Presbyteries have re- ported and the vote is overwhelmingly ill favor of adopting the articles, 49 to 2S. Classified by synods the returns from the Presbyteries so far as received, are as folows
 In the synod of Alabama, 3 Presbyterles have voted to approve and 1 to disap- prove.
 ASkansas-All four Presbyteries have approved
 Florida-An three approved.
 Georgla-S approved and dsapproved. l Kentucky-All six approved Louisiana-1 has approved. 1 disap- proved.
 Misslssippi-s have approved, disap- proved.
 Missouri-All six have approved. North Carolina-6 have approved and 2 disapproved.
 South Carolina-6 have approved and 2 disapproved.
 Tennessee-2 have approved and dis approved.
 In speaking of the proposition the Chris ton Observer, which is radically in favor of adoption, says Virginia Disapproves Solidly.
 Thus far in the list, the articles of agreement have been approved with re- markable unity. In these twelve synods, 47 Presbyteries approve and only IS dis approve. But when we come to the synod of Virginia, 10 Presbyteries have disap- proved and not single one except Mary land has approved.
 "Can it be possible that Presbyterians are geographically divided on this sub ject? Or is the opposition in Virginia more apparent than real9
 ''It is hard to believe that the Presby- terians in Virginia are willing to leave the solution of all the religious problems in the United States for the next genera ton, to be settled by the Presbyterians in the north without a word or an act from the Southern Presbyterian church to guide the current in the right drec- tion. None of us can be blind to the plans of Romansm and Mormonism and the evil threatened by the hordes of ing to this country. dangers that can
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
A Tree of Evil.

From the Philadelphia North American.
 There is tree in Australia remark able for its evil disposition. It is called "The Stingng Tree" and somewhat re- sembles a giant nettle.
 When one is pricked by a thorn of this tree the wound at first is painless. In few minutes, however, an excruciatins pain sets in, and for months afterward the touch of water upon the stung part results in intense agony.
 Fortunately, the tree has pungent and offensive odor which warns even the brutes of It's proximity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
Intense Interest in Articles of Agreement Will Make It
 Leading Subject
VOTE BY PRESBYTERIES
 FAVOR THEIR ADOPTION
Virginia Is Solidly Opposed and Ds- cussion Is Sure to Be Spirited. Regular Delegates
 Number 225.

The commissioners of the Presbyterian general assembly from the far western states will begin to board their trains for Birmingham tomorrow, and as they come they will be joined by the leaders of the Presbyterian ministry of every state un- til all shall gather in the conventiin city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-12
BaCkaChe

Jnundice. Languor, Dependency, Bill
 iousness, Nervousness, Headache, Heartburn, Dyspepsia, and SO-Called Female Weakness Are Caused by
 Sluggish Liver and diseased Kidneys, and Will Lead to Fatal Results
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-22
Lincoln. Much Quoted word,.

Perhaps the most famous address
ever made by President Lincoln is the
one that he delivered at the dedication
OF the soldiers monument on the battle
deld of Gettysburg, and the words
most quoted from it are 'the govern.
ment of the people, by the people and
for the people" This phrase was no
doubt an unconscious quotation, for
the same words were used by Theodore
Parker in an address to the Anti.
Slavery society May 10. 1854. Nor was
the phrase original with Parker. Dan.
lei Webster in 1880 used the words
"the peoples government, made for the
people. made by the people and IN
swerable to the people" And even be-
fore Webster Chief Justice Marshall
had expressed the same idea in similar
p~hraseology.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-22

the present generation put them very
low this does not mean that they would
be the true and desirable limits if we
had a generation whose physical edu-
cation from the beginning had been
Undertaken and carried out upon a plan
only one-fourth or ever one-tenth as
elaborate as the plan for it's mental
education, not only as far as exercise
and sport are concerned. but also in
regard to eating. drinking, clothing,
sleeping, pleasures, stimulants, etc.
and whose individuals We're willing to
continue to live upon a similar plan
after growing out of the hands Of their
educators.
Live a simple, natural life, take
strenuous exercise every day of your
life, even should you steal the time to
do so. and see what will become of
your personal limit for the various
kinds of sports.-New York Medical
IOnrna1
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-22
Husband Would settIa.

From INDIA comes a story of the dis
comfiture of a very distinguished SOL
der. 1t happened 1T a big dinner,
where he had taken in a pretty Amer
lean globe %trotter, who asked him to
pass a dish Of almonds and raisins.
with pleasure" replied the gallant
son OF Mars, "but do you know that
what you have asked for is called in
the %vernacular kissmlss and that the
penalty Of a kiss attaches to the re.
quest?"
lis that SOL" answered the
calmly. 81 must consult my husband"
and she called cross the table to him
and told him Of the request.
quite So" he replied, according to
the custom Of the country it is a just
debt and must be paid, but is the gen
eral aware of the arrangement made
when we married that l must settle
all my wife's liabilities?"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-22
Public Sale.

l will sell on 10Y farm a half mile
south and a half mile east of
Mitchell on Saturday, March 2a,
beginning at / o'clock 5shaGp. the
following preperttsa FiRe,g head OF
horses; 4 ,eood milch COWS and, a
bull; two Duroeg Jersey hops;. 60
chickens; Champion binder; yNeCor-
mick mower, hay rake, corr planter
and 80 rods of wire, seeder, shfky
pillow disc, harrow. wagon. buggy
harness, ETC., household goods. Free
lunch at noon. - &
Terms of Sale-AH sums oflslO and
under cash, over that amount time
will be given until Nov. j, 1907 on
bankable paper bearing, 10 per cent
interest. No discount for cash. Col.
j. S. Stevenson & Son will be tie
auctioneers. Ell. r. Kib5ee, clerk.
Mrs. L.. Nelson,
Proprietoress.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-22
ETHAN.

Ethan, March, 2O.-Cavds are out
announcing the marriage Of Arthur
Roney and Miss ..Hulda Sodagren fol
Wednesday evening March 20, at the
home OF the brides mother.
Frank Mcpherson is with us once
again, having returned from MIS-
siouri this spring.
Election times were quite stirring
in Ethan, both oyer the school cleo
ton and also the town officers: The
following officers were elected /:
Trustee First district, P. Germ
schied; trustee Second district. c.
E. Drake, and G. Donk; clerk, John
Champion; assessor, S. Nolt; justice
of the peace. w. b. Tobey; ..load
supervisor, Dan. Sullivan; treasurer,
w. S. Snyder; members Of board OF
edu %:aticn, W. S. Snyder, j. j.
Schiecb. John Hendrickson; trea-
surer, A. G.. Bauer. Licens. carried
by a large majority.
Mrs. l.. 8. Oathout is spending a
few days here with her parents.
a surprise was given on Saturday
evening, March Is. in honor of
Lloyd Coyne, who is soon going to
Minneapolis TO study photography.
a large crowd we're present and a
most enjoyable time a had by all.
Lloyd's many friends will miss hun,
but they admire his ambition i'm t!y-
ing to perfect himself in his chosen
work.