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guilty pleasure;yet worldly pleas
ures are often attended with bit
terness in the end. Satan makes
many promises, but always fails
to carry them out. He always
was a liar, and those who follow
him may expect to meet with
dlsappointments. If you deal
with deceiver you may expect
to be deceived. How often young
men are deceived by being led to
seek pleasure among the irrelig-
ious, the lewd, the lawless and
the profane.
We see the young man as he
leaves the old home and goes out
into the world. The influence of
a loving mother, a kind father,
pure, innocent sisters and dear
brothers have been thrown
around him from his childhood
He has been a regular attendant
at Sabbath School and church,
and his companions have been
comparatively pure and innocent;
so his temptations have been few
and weak. But soon after leav-
ing the old home and church, and
getting out from under these re-
strainiug influences, and coming
in contact with evil associates,
he begins to visit places of amuse-
ment, such as the saloon, ball
room, the licentious theatre and
the gambling hell. The deprav-
ity and corruption of his human
nature, aided by his evil associ-
ates, leads him into the ways of
sin. His understanding is dark
ened, being alienated from the
life of God. the god of this
world hath blinded his mind, and
he is led on from one sin to an
other, hoping to find happiness
somewhere, or in some way; but
his conscience continually blunts
the edged of his worldly enjoy
ment and he fails to find any
real happiness, but becomes more
miserable as the days go by. Yes,
we sometimes find him sunk into
the very lowest depth of wretch
edness and misery.
! He squanders his possessions,
loses his character, and is brought
to poverty and shame. | remem-
Der an old man who was hanged
for murder some years ago in
the state of Georgia. In his last
speech he warned the young
against those sins which had been
the means of bringing him to
the gallows. He related the sto-
ry Of his life which presented
one scene of failure, disappoint-
ment and sorrow, He called up
on the young men to look upon
his gray locks and remember
that bad habits formed in early
life had led him to this end. He
told of his early opportunities,
and how he had been reared by a
godly mother and a pious father.
! He said that his first sin was dis
obedience to his parents, then
Sabbath breaking, swearing,
drunkenness and finally murder.
| He said that he had had no peace
of mind or heart for years. Alas!
/ how many are deceived by the
wine cup. The Bible says, ''He
4 that is deceived thereby is not
i wise. who hath woe? who
hath sorrow? who hath conten-
tions? who hath wounds with
cause?-They that tarry long al
the wine. = God says, Let nc
man deceive himself" Anc
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Nan=R Resident Notice,

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
To F. H. Black, D. H. Rritton, Earl
Rritton, Earnest Britton. Mrs. Alma
Rogers and Mrs. Ella Baity, defend
ants:
You are commanded to appear before
the Chancery Court of the county OF
Lee, in said state, on the third Monday
of March, A. D. 1908, to defend the
SUIT in said court of Mrs. P. A, Temple
ct al, complainants, wherein you are
defendants.
This 10th day of January, AID. 1908
NORBIN JONES, Clerk.
Anderson & Long, Sole Cornpts.
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No. 46.

again, "Be not deceived, for God
is not mocked.
We sometimes!seea young lady
seeking happiness by: attending
the ball room or the theatre. She
is deceived by the seducer, and
led astray by the vain words of
the wicked, and alas! she finds
the way of the transgressor hard.
Perhaps she goes on IN sin, but
does she find happiness? All no!
She has become the offscouring
of all things. How different from
Continued on page s.
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A Letter.

Florence, Ala, Feb. l, 1908.
Mr.. Robt. M. Rawls, Ed. Ala. Courier,
Athens, Ala.
Dear Sir:-As you will recall, last
spring we Offered Florence q wagon
to the farmer who by the exclusive use
OF our fertilizer should raise the largest
number of pounds of seed cotton on one
measured acre, proper witnesses and
information to be furnished.
Please announce to the farmers of
your county that the contest was allot-
ted as follows,
First, R. P. Dupree ee-----1S 1900 lbs
Second, J. w. Jarrett t----- 1860 lbs
Third, F. l.. Holland 1910 lbs
Thanking you for the interest you
have taken in this enterprise, beg to
remain,
Yours truly.
TENNESSEE VALLEY FER. Co.
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| have for a text this evening
the 18th verse of the 51st Psalm,
Then will | teach transgressors
thy ways, and sinners shall be
converted unto thee" "
Those of you who were here
last Sunday remember thatI had
for a text the 18th verse of this
same Psalm. You remember
that we found David earnestly
praying that the joy of salvation
might be restored to him. He
had experienced the joy of sal
vatlon, but yielded to temptation
and lost that JOY. He wants to
teach others the way of the Lord,
but this he cannot do unless God
will cleanse his heart, renew a
right spirit within him, restore
unto him the joy of salvation,
and uphold him by His spirit.
So in order to teach transgres-
sors the way of the Lord we
must have a clean heart and a
right spirit. We must be sure
that God has saved us, and that
by the aid of the spirit we may
lead others to Him. David did
not pray for God to restore sal
walton, but the joy of salvation.
We must rejoice that God has
saved us, and believe that through
our efforts He will save others.
We must go forth trusting, not
in our own power, but in the
power of God, praying that He
will uphold us by His spirit.
Why We Should Teach Transgressors
the Way of the Lord
l. Because it is Gods will
that they should be taught. We
need but little argument to prove
this fact. 1t is enough to know
that God has commanded us to
teach all nations. Our Lord S
last command was, Go We, there
fore, and teach all nations. "
Preach the gospel to every
creature. I" His promise, "And
10 | am with you Away, even un-
to the end of the world" shows
that the command extends to us,
as we'll as to His immediate fol
lowers. Christ gave as the strong
est evidence of His divine mis-
sion, THAT the poor have the
gospel preached to them" 1t is
Gods will that the poor and ig-
norant, as we'll as the wealthy
and learned, should hear the
good news of life and salvation.
1t is His will especially that
transgressors should be taught
the way Of the Lord. Chrit1
came not to call the righteous but
sinners to repentance. He came
to seek and to save that which
Twas lost. Christ loved sinners
and gave His life for them, ane
if we possess His spirit we alst
desire their salvation. We love
them and desire their happiness.
This inward longing and burning
desire for the welfare of Others
is another proof that it is Gods
| will that we should teach sinner;
the way of the Lord,
/ 2. We should teach trans
gressors the way of the Lord be
cause we know that ''The way
Of the transgressor is hard. I"
i l. The way Of the transgresso
is one of disappointment and sor,
trial. All men are in the pur
suit of-happiness, but alas! hov
many fail to find it. 1t Is not t,
be found in the ways of wicked
ness: Sin may yield a short bu
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TUPELo, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY

| SAASAA PSOACASAAo w w AAotC
put into Lee; and was informed
that it was believed by some that
they were already in Lee County
| investigated and found it so,
and that they had been since the
Code of 1880, The matter was
brought to the attention of the
Board of Supervisors, and acting
on the idea that moet of the
people wanted to be, and ought
to be in Lee County. they en-
ployed my law firm to bring the
necessary suit to recover this
territory, agreeing to pay US
So, 500 if we succeeded, and moth
ing if we did not. Ne filed the
necessary bill III the chancery
court of Pontotoc county, which
is now pending there. We W ere
willing and thought it ri.llr, anG
think so yet, to take advantage
of the mistake in the law to get
these people Ito Lee county, be-
cause we thought they wanted to
come, and ought to be there.
AS soon as the Legislature con-
vened Senator Franklin OF Pom
totoc, recognizing that we would
beat him in the courts, intro
duced a bill in the senate to cor
rect the mistake, and put this
territory back into Pontotoc.
This bill was referred to the
committee on county affairs. |
appeared before the committee
and Senator Franklin and myself
We're heard. He frankly stated
to the committee that the law as
written gave the territory to Lee
but claimed, (Which | admitted),
it was by mere mistake. | con-
tended that Notwithstanding
this, if these people wanted to be
in Lee county, no change ought
to be made in the boundaries.
The committee gave me until
February 7th to show by petition
how the people stood. Through
Mr.. Long they were notified and
got up petitions and circulated
them and sent them to me. The
committee heard the matter again
yesterday, the 7th inst. Senator
Franklin was on hand with
largely more petitioning to be
put back into Pontotoc, than |
had asking to be put back into
Lee. He beat me all to pieces
on the petitions. For some un-
accountable reason to Inc the
people in this strip had changed
their minds. I had hoped, any
way, large majority of those in
the eastern strip Zone half of the
disputed territory would ask to
remain in Lee, and I had so
stated to the committee; but we
'fell down on this So l was
left high and dry" with the
naked truth on my side, and that
by mistake, and equity and good
conscience and the people against
me. told the committee | had
nothing further to say; that they
could so ahead and report favor
ably on the bill, which they did,
and which ends the fight. /
could not afford to fight with
such odds against me. l could
not, and ought not to win, since
the people of this strip wanted to
remain in Pontotoc. So the line
between Lee and Pontotoc will
be where we thought it was all
these years.
The law suit brought by the
board of supervisors of Lee
county will cost the county moth
ing. So no harm is done.
Respectfully,
w. D. ANDERSON.
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STATROF ALABAMA,

AAhOctOlO SOuity
|, r. P. Ennis, Justice of the Peace
in and for the state and county afore-
said. do hereby certify that R P Du-
pree appeared before me on this date
and under oath says that he planted one
acre of ground in the spring of 1907 in
cotton and that he used under this cot
ton only fertilizer made by the Tennes-
see Valley Fertilizer Co., Florence:
Ala, that on said one acre of ground
he stated under oath that he picked
1900 pounds of SEED CUTTON there
from, in witness whereof he does this
day make oath and sign his name here
to.
Given under my hand this 23rd day of
January. 1908.
r P ENNIS, Justice Peace
RP Dupree, Contestant.
B M.Peete, Witness.
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Board of Supervisors.

At the regular monthly meeting the
Board of Supervisors completed the
routine work before them. The only
matter of special interest was the hir-
ing of the county convicts, the bid tor
them having been declined by the board
at the January meeting. The board re-
advertised them and at the last meeting
still failed to get satisfactory bid.
There is only one convict at this time
and he succeeded in making bond.
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The members of the board of super
visors have been on the first inspecting
trip of the roads in their respective
districts during the week. The wealth
er could not have been worse for such
task and the duty is by no means a
pleasant one. Supervisor Pound was in
town yesterday, having come in from
the west end Of the third district where
he reports damage to bridges and lev
ees by the heavy rains.
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Honor Roll of Masedonia Public School

Honor Roll of Masedonia Public School
Below we give the honor roll of the .pu-
pills of the Macedonia Public School who
were present every day of the third
month of the scholastic year. Miss Jet
tie Wade, one of the county's most ac-
complished and successful teachers,
presides over the school, and her work
has been complimented each year by
both patrons of the school and all who
know of her success. The average at
tendance for the month was az as pei
cent out of an enrolment Of 81, sever.
al pupils droppiug out within a day OF
two of enrolment. We are pleased tc
publish this report as it is good one:
WALES FEMALES
Ernest Ash Lavaida Ash
Watson Buchanan Ida Bolton
Lester Caldwell Lavelle Caldwell
Ben Bolton Corrie Gault
Durell Bolton Pauline Gault
Clarence Gault Lillian Gault
Douglas Gault Emma Richey
Malcolm Gault Hattie Lee Witt
Quinn Livingston Evelyn Witt
Glenn Miller
Charley Miller
Will Witt
John Warren
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Notice to Delinquent Taxpayers

All parties VINO have not paid their
taxes for The year 1907 are urgently re-
auested to come forward and pay what
: ,ue the state and county snd save
u aecessary expense. Further delay
unn add cost and we hope nobody will
WIN us to the necessity Of advertising
Iorce property for sale.
their o. T. TRAPP, Sheriff.
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Personal attention given to all Watch
repairing at HOUGH'S.
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ITO such women as are not seriously out
silhealthA but who have exaeting duties
tol perform either in the way Of house
hdld cares\or in social duties and fune'
tidpS which, seriously tax their strength,
as welfaSNp nursing mothers, DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription has proved most
valuable SUPPORTING tonic and invigorat'
Ing nervlne. BY It's timely use much
serious sickness aud .sutterlnG may be
AVOIDED. The operating table and the
svrgcons' knife, would It-la- belle we'd,
seldom have TO be EMPLOYED II this most
Valuable WomanS remedy were ressorted
TO IN good time. The" Favorite Prescrir-
tIon" has proven great boon TO expectant
mothers by preparing the system for the
coming OF baby, thereby rendering child
birth safe, easy, and almost painless.
Bear In mind, please that DR.. Perces
Favorite Prescription is not secret or
patent medicine, against which the most
Intelligent people are quite naturally
ayerse, because OF the uncertainty as 70
their composition and harmless character,
but is MEDICINE OFF KNOWN COMPOST
TIoN, a full list OF all It's ingredients being
printed, in plain English, on every bottle
wrapper. An examination Of this list Of
ingredients will disclose the fact that II Is
non.alcoholc in its composition, chemic-
ally pure, triple-rellned glycerine taking
the place of tho commonly used alcohol
In It's makeup. In this connection It
may not be out Of place TO state that the
sFavorite Prescription" OF Dr. Pierce ls
the only medicine put up for the cure OF
woman's peculiar weaknesses and all,
ments, and sold through druggists, 81
the ingredients OF which have the UNI
animous endorsement OF all the leading
medical writer's and teachers OF al the
several schools OF practice and that TO
as remedies for the ailments for which
NFavorlte Prescription is recommended;
A little book OF these endorsements VIII
be- sent to any address, postpaid, and
absolutely free II you request same by
postal card, or letter, OF DR.. K. V Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con:
stipation. Constipation is the cause OF
many diseases, Cure thu cause and you
cure the disease. Easy W take Is candy
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modest thou the mote In thy broth
ers eye, but eonsidorest not the
ug.m In thine own eyer" They for
get to tell you that when Christ was
upon earth lie was reyiled and per-
secuted He was denounced as bias
phemor He was charged with trea-
son and accused OF the ambition 10
assume the dictatorship over the Ro-
man empire, and though protesting
His innocence to the last lie was con-
domned and crucified upon tho cross
between two thieves,
While ! do not claim that Senator
Bailey possessed the virtues Of Christ
and while admit he has heon guilty
OF lndIscretlons and mistakes, be-
lieve he has been true TO HE people
and that all Of his mistakes have
been honest ones.
/ believe he is being revlled and
prosecuted and pursued beyond the
limits OF any political warfare known
In the history OF the civilized world.
lie Is one OF the greatest statesmen
OF his day, one OF the brightest con-
stitutional lawyers In America. and
II let alone he will yet render great
and valuable service to his people
and his country He Is our senator
and will be for five long years. We
owe II to him, we owe II to ourselves,
we owe II TO our state TO stand by
him as our representative whilst he
holds his position and not shoot him
IN the back while he is on duty as our
sentinel and our leader. The pur-
pose OF this war in Texas is to de-
stroy and TO dlscredit a senator from
Texas, and when you do II you dis
credit yourselves and your state.
VIII / vote for Senator Bailey five
years from today? VIII vote
against him five years from today?
say to you that will agree to vote
for no man five years in advance. |
will agree to vote against no man
five years from today. Bailey may
not be a candidate five years from
today. Many OF you and ma be dead
and beyond the reach OF the tongue
OF reproach and SANDER five years
from today. Great revolutions may
have come within that time. The
political friends OF Bailey today may
be his political enemies then, and
his bitterest political foe today may
walk TO the polls and vote for him
then. II five years from today Bal
ley's record shows that he has been
faithful to his trust and TO his PEG.
pie, and I agree with him upon the
political issues then involved, and a
better and ADLER man does not offer
as his opponent, shall vote for Bal.
advt.
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Stolen Note.


He further testifies that he de-
manded OF Mr., Pierce return Of
the note, but that Pierce informed
him that he was unable to find II. J
d. Johnson, the attorney OF Pierce,
swears that some time after he heard
Bailey call upon Pierce for the S.
600 note, 1ting that he had paid
It off and ought to have it, and that
Pierce replied that he had been I'M
able to find the note, but would
make further search and send 1t to
him. Now, the failure OF Pierce to
find the note and turn the same
over to Bailey is explained by the
evidence OF Gruett, who admitted
that he had taken this $4,000 note
from the files OF the company and
held 1t in his possession, and hence
Pierce was unable to find the note
and return II to Bailey. Now, tits
true that the books Of the company
do not show that Pierce repaid the
$4,000 In money TO the company.
This, however, affords no presump-
ton that Senator Bailey had not
paid the money to Pierce, because Il
is evident that Pierce kept the money
paid him by Francis, and 1t is not
unreasonable or unnatural that he
should keep the $4,000 paid him by
Pierce.
So ! conclude that the evidence
establishes beyond controversy and
beyond the shade OF a shadow OF
doubt that these were loans made
by Pierce to Bailey, and that Bailey
repaid every cent of the loans. TITS
true, the opponents Of Bailey contend
that 1t was not buslness-lilie for
Pierce to loan Bailey money without
security. They say Bailey was in.
solvent. In looking back over my
own life | can recall thousands upon
thousands OF dollars | nave borrow.
ed in the city of Cleburne, and
never at any time placed any kind
OF security behind my note. / Dor.
rowed money on my own signature
when l was absolutely insolvent, but
| repaid every dollar | borrowed, and
therefore I do not regard 1t strange
or improbable that Bailey was able
to borrow money from Pierce or any,
one else upon his own signature and
without security.
Pierce's Telegram to Finley.
The question is asked over and
over by the antiBailey orators:
why did Pierce wire Finley, the vice
president OF the Waters-P Pierce Oh
company, June 10, 1900: "If John.
son approves, authorize Bailey to
loan Stribbling $500. Bailey should
quiet Texas parties?" II Bailey was
not the paid attorney of Pierce? Ny
answer is that the evidence does mo-
disclose the reasons actuating Pierce
in sending this telegram. We dc
know that in the negotiations al
Waco Pierce proposed to pay t.
Stribling and others $4,000 as ar
attorneys fee. The evidence also
shows that Stribling wanted his mon
ey and was threatening to put tb,
company into the hands OF receiver
and 1t is an admitted fact that Sen
ator Bailey had interested himself
in the compromise OF these cases. ant
it may have been suggested to Pierce
BY some of his attorneys that strlb
ling would be satisfied with tom
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Amarillo Texas, March 90, 1908
To Z. ]. witt, Esq,
Amarillo, Texas.

10 T. D. VIII EsV'i
Amarillo, Texas.
Dear SIR
You are hereby notified that by
virtue OF an execution issued out OF
the county court OF Potter county,
Texas, on the 10th day OF March,
A. D. 1908. In cause OF A. NJ. Works
VS.. E. ]. witt No. 625. rendered on
July 27th, 1907, and placed In my
hands on March 90, 1908, I have
on this day at 10:40 a. m. levied
upon the following described prop
erty situated in Potter county, Tex
as, to-wit: Lots one, Two and Three
in Block Three OF Lakeview Addi-
ton to Amarillo, Texas, according to
the plat OF said addition as It APP
pears OF record In the office OF the
county clerk OF Potter county, Texas,
located about one mile southwest of
the courthouse OF said county, as
your property, and will on the 5th
day OF May, A. D. 1908, same being
the first Tuesday in said month, sell
same at public auction before the
courthouse door OF Potter county,
Texas. The amount OF judgment be-
ing s167.1O and costs $11.55. No
tice OF said sale will be given in the
Amarillo Herald, published in Anna
rillo, Texas.
J. E. HUGHES,
Sheriff, Potter County, Texas
BY Frank e. Buckingham, Deputy
13 Sc
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I e. HnGHES.

Sheriff, Potter County, Texas.
BY Frank e. Buckingham, Deputy.
10 SC
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Bearing False Witness.

Follow citizens, we have heard
much from the anti-Balley orators
Dqut the teaching Of the scriptures,
t they have forgotten to tell US
that while Chrlst was upon earth, He
said: "Thou shalt not bear false wit
ness" "Judge not that We be not
Judged For with What JUDGMENT We
jul sc, we shall be judged. Why be-
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Troy Steam Laundry.
NELSON & DRAUGHON Business College
Phone AZ.

Fort Worth Texas, guarantees to teach you book
keepina and Banking In from eight TO ten weeks
and shorthand In as short time as any hrst-elass
college, Positions secured or money refunded
Notes accepted for tuition. For catalogue address
j. ". DRAUGHoN, PreAident Sixth and Malr
Streets, Fort Worth. Texas.
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Automobile For Sale.

Good secondhand automobile
Northern" for sale, in fair shape.
Must sell at once. Full informa-
ton and price sent on rerrest. write
VAL MILLER, Ports!es, N. NJ.
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Prompt Service

When you notify us by tel
ephone or otherwise to call
for your package, we don't
say An Right" and then
wait for two days before
we come for 1t.
We call the same day
within a few minutes If
you are in a hurry-and
we deliver the Numbered
clothing atthe time agreed
upon.
Good work and prompt SER
vice docs the combina-
ton appeal to youp Put
US to the test.