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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12
Wealth of the States.

A census report just issued shows th,
enormous increase in the wealth of th,
United States since the regular censu,
was taken in 1900. The present wealth
of New York State which is largely
contained In the city is now twice az
great as the wealth of the entire Uni.
ted States, including slaves, in 1850
1t is nearly as great as the present
combined wealth of all the States
which composed the Southern Confed-
eracy. New York in wealth, as in pop.
ulation, ranks first among the States,
being credited with nearly fifteen bill.
lion dollars. Pennsylvania ranks next,
with eleven and a half billion, and
then comes Illineis, with nearly nine
billion. Of the southern States only
seven are in the list of those worth
over billion dollars each. These are
Texas, $2.s56, 900 900; Kentucky. ST.
527, 600 600; Maryland, $1,511 ZOO, 900;
Virginia, 81 .2S7 900 900; Georgia. ST.
167, 900. 900; Tennessee, 81, 1,lO4, ,OOO. 900;
Louisiana, 1.O32, ,0OO,O 600. The prop.
erty which enters into these aggregates
is real estate and improvements. live
stock. implements, machinery, gold
and silver coin and bullion, railroads
and their equipment. shipping, water
works, telegraph, ETC.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12
ANIMALS Tried for Crime.

The earliest aIlusions to such trials
belong to the ninth century. One
trial took place in S24 A. D. The
council of w orms decided in 86S that
if man has been killed by bees they
ought to suffer death, ''but,'' added
the judgment, sit Will be permissible
to eat their honey"
A relic of the same order of ideas
fingers in the habit some people have
of shooting a horse which has caused a
fatal accident.
A good, characteristic instance be.
gan On Sept. 5, 1879 The young son
OF Burgundian swineherd had been
killed by three sows. All members of
the herd were arrested as accOmplices,
which was a serious matter to their
owners, the inmates of a neighboring
convent, as the animals, if convicted,
would be burned and their ashes bur.
led.
Justice did uot move quickly in
those times; it was on Sept. II, 1879,
that the Duke of Burgundy delivered
judgment; only the three guilty s0ws
and one young pig (what had it d0ne?l
were to be executed, the others were
set at liberty, Notwithstanding that
they had seen the death of the boy
without defending him." Were they
all alive after nine years?
An important trial took place in Sa-
voy in the year 1887. The accused was
a certain fly. Two suitable advocates
were assigned to the insects, who ar
gued that these creatures had been
blessed by God, who gave them the
right to feed on grass, and were in
tneir right when they occupied the
vineyards of the commune; they avail
ed themselves of a legitimate privilege
cont Ormable to divine and natural
law.
The mayor of st. J uIien FASTENED to
propose com promise; he offered a
piece of land where the flies might find
a safe retreat and live out their days
in peace and plenty. The offer was
accepted.
Records of 144 such trials have cou
to light.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12
"Pneum0nia's Deadly Work

had so seriously affected my right
lung" writes Mrs. Fannie COnnor, OF
Rural Route l, Georgetown, Tenn,
that l coughed continuously night
and day and the neighbors' prediction
consumptiOn-seemed inevitable, un.
til my husband brought home bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery, which
in my case proved to be the only REAL
cough cure and restorer of weak, sore
lungs" When all other remedies ut.
terly fail, you may still win In the bat.
tie against lung and throat troubles
with New Discovery, the REAL cure
Guaranteed by B. F. Hughes. druggist
SOC and 81. Trial bottle free.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12
The Most Compact City in the
World.

The New York Evening Post recent
ly SAID: IF Berlin annexed all it,
suburbs, after the fashion of Paris, il
would have about 8, ,00O, 900 nhabitantl
and would be the second city in size IL
Europe" Referring to this statement
writer in that paper says: 1.-THE fact
Is, OF course, exactly contrary. Berlin
is big. overgrown, sprawling place
in territorial extent; las related to pop
ulation. very much resembling Chica-
go. Its population, according to a
census taken within few months. is
2,039,9O That figure having been ,as
1t seems, something of disappoint.
ment, proposition has recently been
made to annex some suburbs 30 as to
crowd the population up to about
5000, 900. On the other hand, Paris is
the most confined and compact city in
the world. It's density of population
ls about ten times that of London and
between seven and eight times that OF
New York. The entire city is includ-
ed within the Notifications; the area
is less than 81 square miles, and no
proposition is put forward to annex
any suburbs. Its population on its 81
SO uare miles. by The census of 1901,
was 2,714.O6S. If the city limits were
extended so as to make Paris confer
mlnous with the Department of the
Seine. the area would be 1874 square
miles. and the population 1869, ,764.
according to the census of 1901. Should
tbs area be further increased SO as to
make Paris equal in superficial extent
to Greater New Y ork 1927 miles), the
population would be about 4,2OO, 900.
Ii 1t were again stretched out to make |
cover as much ground as London 200
square miles), the population would |
be about 5000, 900. There is, however,
in Paris, no disposition to be big mere
ly for bigness' sake, nor any tendency
TO increase the area in order to in
crease the population. Nevertheless,
in fact, it is certainly third, and pro-
baby the second, center of population
on the earth, surpassed only by Lon
don, and possibly by New York, in
the New Jersey suburbs; and
aside from these two great cities, no
other city seriously rivals 1t in popula-
tion.''
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12
WESTERN MARYLAN

WESTERN MARYLAND DEVELOPMENT
Mr.. B. F. Bush, the new president
of the Western Maryland Railway, has
completed an inspection of its line
and says that his efforts will be direct.
ed to fully develop the property as a
coal road. The facilities at Port Gov.
ington. Baltimore, will be further in-
proved and put in the best shape to
handle the coal business. AS hereto
fore stated, Mr. Bush is a man of much
experience in coal traffic and coal traf-
fic development. having been at the
head of the coal business of the Mis-.
souri, Pacific system. New mines are
to be opened and the road worked up
to the full present capacity of 125, 900
tons per month
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12
CEDAR WOOD FOR LEAD PENCILS
NOW BOUGHT BY THE POUND, AND
GROWING SCARCER EACH YEAR.

The lead pencil is one of the most
common articles in everyday use. and
nearly 320, 900. 600 pencils are maDufac
tured in this country every year. To
man ufacture these millions OF pencils
there are required 10000 tons, or T.
300. 900 cubic feet. of wood. so that each
day in the year 300 tons, or 90, 900 cubic
feet. of wood are used for pencils. Since
practically all of the wood is red cedar.
and since the pencil industry is steadi-
ly growing, the supply of red cedar is
greatly depleted; yet no substitute has
been found for it. Leaving out of con.
sideration the imported pencils. the
average educated American over ten
years of age uses six pencils of home
manufacture each year. Ten years
ago be used less than five.
Red cedar has soft, straight grain.
and when crown under best conditions
is very free from defects. Because of
it's peculiar qualities no equally good
substitute for it has ever been found,
and it is doubtful if any other wood
using industry is so dependent upon a
single species as the pencil industry is
dependent upon red cedar. In fact,
red cedar suitable for pencil manu-
facture is the only wood the price of !
which is always quoted by the pound.
Strange as it may seem, no steps |
have heretofore been taken to pro-
vide for future supply of red cedar.
This has been largely due to lack of
Information on the rate of growth and
The habits if the tree, and to the
belief that second-growth
red cedar never reaches merchantable
size.
In accordance with Its policy toward
The conservation and economic use of
woods, the Forest Service
has made careful study of red cedar
and Las come to the conclusion that it
IAN profitably be grown in regions of
is development. Several changes are
recommended in present forest man.
lgement in order to secure the desired
growth. In the southern TO- ests thel
'edar will have to be given a better
nance instead of being considered, as
low, negligible quantity in its young
II stages, and many of the forest-grown
rees which are now cut for fence posts G
An profitably be left to attain their ,
ull development and thus become
.vailabIe for pencil wood.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12
Doing Business Again.

when my friends thought 1 was
about to take leave of this world, on
account of indigestion, nervousness
and general debility" writes A. A.
Chishold, TreadwelI. N. Y, "and
when it looked as if there was no hope
left. l was persuaded to try Electric
Bitters, and l rejoice to say that they
are curing me. l am now doing busi-
ness again as of old, and am still gain
ing daily" Fest tonic medicine on
earth. Guaranteed by b. F. Hughes
druggist. soc.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12

The Virginia Northern Railroad Co.
has been incorporated with $50. 900
capital to build lire from Bradshaw
in Mcdowell county, w. Va, along
Bradshaw creek and Middle Fork to a
point in Virginia,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12

The Shenandoah Lumber Co., it is
reported, will build a standard-gauge
railroad from point on the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railway near Millboro
to Williamsville. Line will be 20 miles
long. following Mill creek and Cowpas
ture river. G. E Ryan of Parkers-
burg, W. Va, is president of the COM
pany; J. o. Whiting and J. o. Carey,
also of West Virginia, are likewise In
terested
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12
Natures Warning.
STAUNTON PEOPLE MUST RECOGNIZE
AND HEED 1T,

sTAUNToN PEOPLE MUST RECOGNIZE
AND HEED IT.
Kidney Ills come quletly-mysteri.
ousIy, but nature always warDs you
through the urine Notice the kidney
secretions. See If the coloring Is un-
healthy-if there are settings and
sediment, passages too frequent. scan
ty. painful, its time then to use Doan' e
Kidney Pills to ward off Bright S dis
ease or diabetes.
Mrs d. G. May, of German St., Har
risOnburg, Va, whose husband is a
travelling salesman for the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Co., says: Il
found relief in Doan's Kidney Pills af-
ter suffering for a long time with kid.
ney disease and after taking quaDti-
ties of medicine of all varieties l feel
myself in position to express my
opinion OF kidney medicines as 1 find
but one cure for kidney trouble and
that cure is Doan Kidney Pills. l got
box of this remedy, took it regularly
as directed and my Improvement was
remarkable, not only noticeable to
me. but was apparent to my friends,
and called forth much comment.
Doan's Kidney Pills is the only RENE.
| dy have taken that has done its work
| without distressing the stomach"
Plenty more proof like this from
Staunton people. Call at B. F II ughes
| drug store and ask what customers
report.
For sale by all dealers, Price so cts
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo. N Y.
sole agents for the United Staes.
Remem ber the name-Doan s. arc
take no other.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12
Cham pi0n Close Man.

The groom asked the guests not to
throw the rice they had bought.
Soicitous for the bride, eh2
Not exactly. Said if it was all the
same to them, he'd take it home for
future use.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12

Virginia produced during the year
1905 a total of 1875, ,271 short tons of
coal, valued at S3. III. 1926. These are
the figures of the United States geologi
cal survey. The coal mining industry
of Virginia has grawn with great
rapidity during the last fifteen years.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12
INDUSTRIAL NEWS
Items That Will Interest Our
Readers

The Tidewater Railway, now Il 6
Virginian Railway. has placed an or
der Tor 1000 steel coal cars of 00,0C0
pounds capacity. 1t has also ordere d
four new locomotives from the Rich
mond Locomotive Works.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12

Bird M. Robinson, president of the
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Rail.
way, was in Bristol. Va, last week and
confirmed the rumor that bis road
would build trunk line from New
Orleans aud connect with the 'Frisc O
and Rock Island. forming new and
much shorter trunk line from the Great
Lakes to the Gnlf
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12

The North Carolina Connecting Rail.
way Go. is reported to have amended
it's charter. changing its name to the
Roanoke River Railway Co. The com
pany owns part of the roadbed and
right of way of the old Roanoke Valley
Railroad between Manson. N. q. and
SOudan, Va line is to be 80 miles long.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12

A proposed electric road connecting
Norfolk. Portsmouth, Petersburg and
Richmond, is said TO be contemplated,
and is backed by Pittsburg capitalists.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12
EDUCATIONAL.

teachers and children of Virginia a-and
conducted by Miss Margaret Fallon.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12
Bitten by a Spider.

Through blood poisoning caused by
a spider bite. John Washington of
Bosqueville, Tex, would have lost his
leg, which became a mass of running
sores, had be not been persuaded to
try Bucklen s A rnica Salve. He writes:
THE first application relieved, and
four boxes healed all the sores. :"
Heals every sore. 25c at B F. Hughes
druggist.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12
Very Lazy.

very Lazy.
A lazy young fellow named Free
Once started to chop down a tree,
On the third or fourth stroke
The ak handle broke,
who says m not lucky ?" asked he
Denver Post.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-04-12
PUTNAM'S MUSIC STORE
ORGANS AT COST AND Less
Second Annual Reduction Sale

aac @ makes OF second hand
" and some of them a. olr
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-09-14
PAEPCKE-LE1CHT SHUT DOWN
Much Speculation as to Real Cause
of This Action

Last Saturday night the Paepcke-
Leicht Lumber Co.'S plant closed
down ard will remain idle for some
time. Reports differ as to the reas-
On for this idlcness, though nothing
could be learned from the local Office.
1t is said by some that the closing
Down is only temporary, or for a mat
ter of few weeks only, while others
say 1t will be several months, while
still others claim that the plant will
remain idle indefinitely
From one source it is learned that
the cause of the closing down is due
10 certain happenings that date i
number of years back About tire
years ago the company planned to
start a box factory and asked the city
20 donate two or three lots as site
for the box works. This the city
would not or could not do, and tn
relations betweer the city and the
company have not been the most
pleasant and cordial, it being claim ed
that the company had not been fairly
dealt with by the city.
Whatever is the cause Of the clos
ing down of the plant seems mat
ter of guess work all around, no ORE
having or giving AUTHENTIC reason.
1t is to be hoped, however, that the
plant will soon commence operations
as its id1leness means qsiite a loss t.
the working people and merchants.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-09-14
s. cAsTLEMAN IN TROUBLE
Belzoni Oil Mill President in Court
for Contempt

Mr. g. Castlanan, president of the
Belzoni Oil Mill, was fined $500 and
sentenced to serve week III the
courty jail and the Belzoni Oil Mill
Company was fined $500. yesterday
by Chancellor Percy Bell, OF this
city, for disobeying a restraining
order of his court issued last week
and served on the defendants last
Saturday morning.
The orter issued by Judge Bell
was to prevent s. CastIenlan, Bei-
zoni Oil Mill Co., and the Southern
Railway from crossing the tracks of
the Y. & NJ v. railroad in Belzoni.
This order was served on all parties
concerned last Saturday morning and
it was alleged then ard shown by
proof yesterday before Judge Bell
thae they did continue to work on
both tracks after the order was
served
Mr.. Castleman testified that the
only work done on the Y. & NJ Y.
was TO drive i'll fcw spikes to
strengthen the tracks. The chancel-
lor, after hearing the testimony and
argument Of counsel Attorneys Grit
fin, Campbell & Cashin, representing
the defendant. and Attorneys St.
John Waddel1 and Wynn & WATSON,
representing the Y & NJ v railroad,
held S. Castleman and the oil mill III
contempt and assessed the above fine
and imprisonment. The case was ap-
pealed to the supreme court.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-09-14
Enlarging Your Business

annually, and then carefully
note the effect it has in in
creasing your volume of bust
ness; whether a 10, 40 or so
per cent increase. If you
watch this gain from year to
you will become intensely in
terested in your advertising,
and how you can make it en-
large your business.
If you try this method we
believe you will not want to
let single issue of this paper
go to press without something
from your store.
We will be pleased to have
you call on US, and we will
take pleasure in explaining
our annual con tract for so
many inches, and how it can be
used in whatever amount that
seems necessary to you.
If you can sell goods over
the counter we can also show
you why this paper will best
serve your interests when you
want to reach the people Of
this community.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-09-14
Notice to Tax Payers

Under and by virtue of the laws
OF the state OF Mississippi, and par
ticularly that OF an Act of the leeis-
lahIre OF the said state entitled: "An
Act TO Amend Chapter %, OF the
Sheet Acts, of 1892, being An Act
entitled An Act to provide for the
appointment of the Leyee Commits
sioners to raise a revenue to main
tain the levees in the Mississippi Le-
wee District and TO authorize the Is
suance Of bonds by the Board of Mis-
sissippi Levee Commissioners, and
for other purposes approved March
10Th, 1896, and Of the several acts
arnendatory thereof.
II is hereby ordered by the Board
Of Mississippi Levee Commissioners
that the levee taxes for the current
fiscal year are fixed and ordered to
be collected as follows, towit:
A unifom tax of FIVE cents an acre
on each and every acre of land in
the countie OF Bolivar, Washington,
Issaquena, Sharkey and Warren. in-
Guided in the Levee District and not
in any incorporated city, town or
village in said District and divided
into lots Of less than one acre. And
a tax Of FIVE cents on each and every
lot less than one acre in each city
town or village in said District.
And, the emergency provided for
in Section .I8, of the said Act of
March 10Th, 1906, now existing uni-
form advalorem tax of ten mills on
the assessed value of all property.
heal and personal lying and situated
in the counties off Bolivar Washing
ton. Issaquena. Sharkey and Warren
included in the Mississippi Levee
District as the same shall appear tip
on the assessment rolls of said coun
ties respectively.
A tax of Is OF one cent per pound
on all lint cotton during the year of
1907 in said District, and Is of one
cent per pound on cotton in the seed
raised and grown during the year
1907 in said District, and IT'S of one
9inned therein. this includes linters
and Grabbo cotton.
And there being no reduction in
the other taxes, the railroad tax for
levee purposes during the current
fiscal year shall be as provided by
the Act of March 18th, 1886. entitled
can Act for the payment Of Levee
Taxes by Railroads i'll the Mississip-
ri Levee District of the State
The Secretary of this Board is
hereby directed to notify the Sheriffs
of the several counties and railroad
companies and make publication here
OF as required by law
Ordered this 9Th day Of July. 1907
J. L. HEBRON, President.
H T. CROSBY Secretary.
sep-7 At
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-09-14
Letter to w. 0. Aldridge
Greeuville, Miss.

lear SiT.
What will it cost to sow ten acres
half wheat and half daisy mixed !
and what'll the crop be worth?
We don't know what daisy seed
cost, nor how bfilky it is; we suspect
half wheat and half daisy would
make big crop of daisies and last a
long time; the wheat might be short.
The parable throws some light on
the cost of a paint half whituwasll.
Whitewash, mixed half and hall with
paint. is all paint in looks and feel
indeed nine-tenths OF the paint in the
stores is part whitewash: some hail.
some more. some less.
Paint has to be spread with the
brush, the surface prepared the lat
ders, scaffolds, pulleys and ropes ar
ranged and moved, there is a great
deal of labor in putting paint on; il
costs So to 81 a gallon to do it,
What does II cost to paint white
wash? Just the same. Half-white-
wash Just the same. 1t doesn't
seem worth while for the wf1itewasi1
does harm, not good.
Will the paint hold the whitewash
fast? or the whitewash loosen thc
paint?
Better paint pure paint, the least
gallons paint, the least money paint
Devoc.
Yours truly
81 F. w. DEVOE & CO.
P. S. ]. w Birmingham & Co.
sells our paint.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-09-14
Bridge Notice

State OF Mississippi,
Washington County.
BY VIRTUE of an order of the board
of supervisors made this day, sealed
bids are invited to be filed with the
undersigned clerk on or before r.
o'clock, noon, on Monday, the 9TH
day of October, 1907, for the con-
struction of bent bridge across
"Goose Neck" Lake, in said county
said bridge to be built about 25o
feet from the base of the Mississip-
pi 1evee
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
Witness my official signature this
4th day of September, 1907.
oct-7 at I. H. Hood, Clerk
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-09-14
WORDS
FROM THOSE
WHO KNOW
Memphis Commercial College.
Memphis, Tenn.


Gentlemen:
We have had one of your gradu
ates, Miss Ethyle Coivin, in our .e,n-
ploy for several months. Judging
her proficiency and education re-
celved from you, we take pleasure
III recommending any one to your
college for a thorough education in
stenographic work
Yours very truly
BUSCH-GRACE PRODUCE CO.
Memphis, Tenn, Dee 3, 1906
I desire to thank you for the most
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in your school. After taking course
with you, | accepted a temporary
position with the Coleman Mig. Co,
this place. and experienced no trouble
a all III doing the work. / afterward
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salary, which position I have been
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and in the meanwhile have received
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not providentially hindered / will en-
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JAN 1907.
| heartily recommend the Byrne
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111rs very truly
MISS ETHYLE COLVIN
aoe Court ST.