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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
Well Qualified and Anxious to Work

The following advertisement APP
peared in morning paper:
DRAUHTSMAN on structural
work. capable of taking charge OF
work; salary. SI2 week; state age
and experience
Before the ink was fairly dry a
draughtsman had written
"In answer to the above advertise
ment. ! would state that I am a
young man. 81 years of age, hustlins.
lively and have had thirty-two years,
nine months. three days and ten
minutes experience as structural
engineer. | can furnish the best q
references. and am. as my testimon-
ials will affirm, i student OF the fnc
arts. having had long practice in
free-hand drawing, potato pce1ing.
pressing trousers. and running er
rands. Should you be in immediate
need OF a doormat or penwiper.
might easily answer the purpose TN
I'll the emergency was passed Dur
ing spare hours | could be OF use to
you as financial secretary | am an
experienced chauffeur for American
or foreign cars. and am at home II
either stable or garage. The quiet
nature OF my life has given me on
portunity to become proficient also
in sfenography, typewriter, chirop-
ody and snow shovelling. In case
You are subject to beat prostration
| melancholia. or blighted affection.
the knowledge which I have gained
| by research work in medical labor
atories would make me invaluable
for in all modesty tell you that I
am an Acknowledged expert at
throwing tomatoes at the sun
My gratitude bids me say. how
ever that it seems impossible for
even such firm as yours TO ertsr
into a profit sharing plan SO gen
erous as 70 pay salary of SI2 I
| take it that there can be 10 bonus
/ would suggest that the surplus
you give over the regular salary
would, If saved for your own uses.
go far 70 establish a home for old
ladies and cats. and double your an
mail contribution TO church AMI
i'charities
Should my application meet your
approval, Lean be seen any morning
afternoon. evening, or night al ST.
| Pauls. Rome. where ] am at present
engaged as assistant organ blower
! to the ianitor''
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
Lew Dockstader.

Lew Dockstader last week entered
into contract with James H. Dec
ker, by the conditions of which he
will appear under the management OF
Mr. Decker for term OF years, and
will play exclusively in Shubert thea
tres in New York and throughout
the country, Mr. Decker, who Is
now associated with the Shuberts, is
accounted one of the most exper-
fenced minstrel managers in the
country
Mr.. Decker was at one time the
manager OF Primrose & Dockstader,
and it was under his management
that they had their greatest success.
Subsequently, when they separated.
he was the manager of Mr.. Dock
stader and then OF Mr.. Primrose.
After that he temporarily retired
from the minstrel business, only to
be drawn back into it again.
Mr.. Dockstader will have an espec-
tally elaborate production this sea-
son, and will be surrounded by not
able talent He will be seen in ali
the leading cities.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
THE WORST IS YET TO COME.

When Ettu Brutus tried TO spark
With Miss Joana Jones of Arc
She got as sassy as could be
And mp and told him twenty-three ;
And then while Brutus was a tarry-
ing
They fought a little without marry
ing.
But that won't be a circumstance
To Jimmy X. and Uncle Anse.
When Carrie Nation said skiddoo
To Hannibal at Waterloo
And Teddy made she-cub fly
Through cane brakes at Thermopy-
lea.
The old world felt tho tread Of death
And tomcats almost lost their breath,
But that warut nothin' Waist, you
donkey
Till Jim X. ties up with your Unkie-
When Old Queen Bess watched
Athen burn,
And said she didn't give durn,
III bet you dope went out of sight
For hot times IN the town that night,
But talk about your red-hot times
Except, OF course. in deeper chimes
The warmest thing will be on tap
When Uncle Anse and Jimmy scrap.
JULIUS L BERRY
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
Cost of the Spanish War.

Public addresses by cabinet OF
ticerS. illuminating the workings OF
the government departments at
Washington. are in favor under the
Taft administration. An address
which has thrown much light on ma
val expenditures was lately made in
Boston by Secretary Meyer. He
called attention to the fact that the
officers and men of the navy had
demonstrated an efficient organiza-
ton when they encircled the globe
on a time schedule which excited the
or steamship line The fleet which
has worked SO successfully as fleet
ought not be divided into the Allan
tic and Pacific squadrons, but the
nations navy ought to be sufficient,
large and effective TO give an ever
force on both coast lines
Secretary Meyer insisted that the
fighting spirit. Unborn in all men. /:
factor in the Development of sci
ence and in other forms of modern
evolution, and that IL Is quite pos
siblc TO turn the same <nghting spiril
10 good account as a preventative OF
war
Some interesting facts were 2iver
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
BRIDGE NOTICE.

State OF Mississippi.
Washington County
By virtue Of an order of the
Board Of Supervisors of said Coun-
II. made this day sealed bids are in
yited to be fled with the Under
signed Clerk on or before II O'Clock
noon, on Monday. the 9th day OF
September. 1000 for the construct
ion Of Steel or Wire Cable Bridge
across Bogue Phalia near Norris
Ferry on said Bogue i'll said Coun-
ty. Said bids to be submitted in
accordance with plans and specifica-
tons to be fled in the office of the
Chancery Clerk, and the Board re
serves the right to reject any and
all bids
Witness my hand and official sig
nature this 3rd. day of August A,
d. 1000. w. w. MILLER,
IQ-4t. Clerk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
The End of the World.

What will be the end of the world ?
This is a question which was form
erly asked of soothsayers and pro-
phets and often answered by them
with definite statements and dates
which were. TO those who believed
them, TO the last degree Dispute ting
Such prophets and prophecies have
all been proved erroneeass and tbs
Millerites and their kin have all been
laughed out of serious eonsideratino
Science has taught rs better. and yet
science which seeks always new facts
and revised reasoning is now teach.
ing rs that our faith in the safety al
the solar system IS misplaced
Instead OF the erernally changeless
procession OF the planets about the
sun and OF our solar system abott
some other, greater sun. astron-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
NOTICE.

The State Of Mississippi
To Saml Isenberg. No. I5z
BeaI Street, Memphis, Tenn, or
Helena. Ark
An attachment at the suit of Drs.
Payne. Shivcrs & Odeneal. aeains,
your estate, for Thirty Dollars. re
turnable before the Court Of II H.
O'Bannon. a Justice OF the Peace il
and for the Third Supervisors Dis
trict Of Washington County. Missis-
sippi. has been executed and is now
pending in said Court. and unless
You appear before said Court on the
goth day Of August. 1900. and plead
to said action, judgment will be en-
tered and the estate attached viii be
sold
Witness. my signature this the
24th day Of July. 1000,
II. H O.BANNON,
I7-3t Justice Of the Peace
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
BENEFIT COTTON CROPS.
General Showers Over the State
During Past Week

Copious showers have been some
what general over the state during
the past few days. causing a marked
Improvement in cotton crop con5i-
tons. In sections where the plant
has been stunted by lack of moisture
a sturdy new growth is setting in.
new limbs are branching out and
heavier frlition is promised.
The only unfavorable feature OF
the rainfall that has visited the state
is in the southwestern counties where
II is feared that the moisture will
cause more rapid breeding Of boil
weevils. However, a similar fear
was entertained during the flood
season Of May and June. and it did
not materialize to any extent
The late planting is still in the
making process, and conservative re
ports received here state that this
portion OF the crop is showing mp
better than expected
The nature of the weather that will
prevail during the harvesting season
Is now the all-important subject "A
very late fall with killing frost def
TERED until about the middle Of No
vember, will mean many thousands
of dollars to the farmers in every
county in the state, while on she
other hand. wet autumn followed
By carly frost will blight their pros
poets to- a corresponding degree.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

|, Lamar Watson, trustee under
the authority conferred upon me in
that certain deed of trust executed
by William Hall and Sarah Hall to
to me as trustee, for the use c.
O. Watson on the 10th day OF De-
cember. A. d. 1908. to secure GER
tain Indebtedness therein mentioned
and set out. and which said deed OF
trust IS recorded in Book 10 at
office OF the Clerk of the Chancery
Court of Washington County, Mis-
sissippi, TO which special reference
IS hereby made, will on
Saturday. August aIst, A. D., 1909.
at the front door of the County
Courthouse of said County, between
the hours prescribed by law for
sheriff's sales. at public outcry to
the highest bidder for cash. offer
for sale the following described
real estate in the said county and
state. to-wit: Lot Three of Block
B, of the Archer Addition to the
City of Greenville. said county and
state, default having been made in
the payments of said indebtedness.
and demand having been made upon
me to foreclose caid trust deed.
Witness my signature this the
18th day of July, \. D., 1900.
Lamar Watson. Trusete.
Published and posted July Goth. 1909
I8-3t
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
Pays and HaNers
30 Be Seen SMls Season at the
CoranA Nheatro

will cover a study Of years in mag
ical research
During the past summer Thurston
played Atlantic City for four weeks,
TO capacity houses, and introduced
many novel advertising features on
the boardwalk, one of which was his
mammoth kite, which was flying in
the air over hundreds of thousands
of visitors daily, with the words
."Thurston, the Great, while mann
moth reproduction of the famous
"Kellar deviation Trick" was made
in the sand and viewed by the pas
sing throng daily
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
BRIDGE NOTICE.

State OF Mississippi,
Washington County.
By virtue Of an order of the
Board of Supervisors Of said Coun-
~, made this day, sealed bids are
invited to be filed with the under
signed Clerk on or before II O'Clock
noon on Monday. the 9th day Of
September, 1900, for the construct
ion of Steel or Wire Cable Bridge
across Fish Bayou near Belzoni,
Mississippi, in said County. Said
Bids to be submitted in accordance
with plans and specifications to be
fled in the office of the Chancery
Clerk. and the Board reserves the
right TO reject any and all bids.
Witness my hand and official seal
this 3rd. day of August a D. 1900.
Io-4t w. w. MILLER. Clerk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
WHO THEY WILL BE.
Statues of Mississippians for Nat
ionaI Memorial Hall.

Northern newspapers have been
wiring their Jackson Correspondents
to know if Mississippi has selected
the two men whose statues will be
placed in Memorial Hall at Washing
ton. Replies are to the effect that
Mississippi has taken no official &C.
ton in the matter, but ii may be put
down as morally certain that Jcffer-
son Davis will be one, and that L. Q.
c. Lamar is first choice for the other
place. However. Mr. Lamar's sell
ectron is by. no means certain. a
there are scores of men who have
writ their names high mp on Missi5-
ippi walls of fame. and who have
hosts of champions among the pres
cnt generation. The next legisla-
tire will probably. settle the matter.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14

The large amoung S saG5ilble ana
interesting Mississippi State news pub
lshed by The New Orleans Picayune
every day makes it great favorite
with the people of the State Besides
giving all The political ats.i general
news of the world The Piesse r1ne has
a most admirable Commercial and
Financial Report daily, covering. in
from seven TO ten columns. every arti-
Gle aud point that can be Of interest 10
live American residing ia sic South.
The Daily ~Picayunss tssven issues 4
week is sent TO subscribers for So 90
for three months: The TwieeSa-W Week
rlcayune ISSUED Mondays aud Thurs
days) IS mailed for s1.00 u year.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
The World and a Woman.

Five companies of The World
and a Woman d three act society
problem play of American life, Will
this season cover the greater part
of the United States and Canada
under the management of Earl Bur
CESS. He has obtained the exclusive
domestic and foreign rights of this
piece, and it will be exploited on at
extensive scale.
Among the people who are con
tracted for these productions IS Nine.
Julianna Won Moltke, a Russian ac-
tress. VINO has been given much
praise by the European press during.
the last two years.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
COMMISSIONERS SALE

Under and by virtue Of the powe
vested in me as Commissioner IL
the provisions OF the decree rem
dered by the Chanccry Court e
Washington County Mississippi, O..
the 2zth day of March, A. D. 1000
in cause No. 1914, S. Z. Luck. ct a
vs.. Squire Manning Lusk, which de
cree is entered in Minute Book Ne
@. page 545 of the records Of sal.
court, will on Monday. the 3ogi
day Of August. A. d. 1900, betweee
the hours prescribed by law fo.
sheriff's sales. sell at public outcrs
to the highest bidder Tor cash. al
the front door Of the county couu
house OF said county, the followins
real property situated in the city q
Greenyill6. County Of Washingtoa
State Of Nissis~ippi. to-wit: Yves
half CIV ~ of Lot eleven CD q
Block seven " OF the Sixth add
ton to said city; said. sale to be
made TO satisfy the decree OF saje
court in said cause rendered togett
er with all cost in said cause taxed
Witness my signature this 27ti
day Of July, A. D. 1900.
w w. MILLER,
I8-4t Commissioner.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
Notice of Dissolution of Partnership

Greenville. Miss, July 8, 1900
The partnership heretofore exist
ing under the firm name and style
of Miller & Gilehrist, engaged in a
general planting business at Foote,
Miss, has this day been dissolved
by mutual consent. w. G. Gi1christ
retiring from the firm George
Miller will continue to carry on the
business in the same name and as
strnes all liabilities OF the old firm,
and he IS authorized to collect all
outstanding Indebtedness due the
firm of Miller & Gilchrist
Witness our signatures, this the
day of July. 1900.
Geo Miller.
Io-3t w G. Gilchrist
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14

omers find grave evidence of what
seems disorder i'll what we thought
was perpetual perfection, disorder
which may. indeed probably will,
sometime wreck our own planet. 1t
is ossible-that, unseen within the
remote confines of space the vast
mass of dead world is hurting to-
ward our sun with uncomfortable We
locity In time the two will come
together and the immeasurable heat
produced will make gas of granite
and floating clouds of nebulae OF us
all: for thus worlds die and thus
they arc in immediate process of be :
ing born again, for out of the CON
densatons of this nebula will come
the beginnings of new solar system
which will, in the countless aeons OF
astronomical time. go through the
same process of evolution and decay.
From The End of the World in
September Technical World Maya
zine.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
CITATION.
State of Mississippi.
County of Washington.

State of Mississippi.
County of Washington.
To Jeanette Webster.
You are hereby commanded to
appear before the October, 1900,
term of the Chancery court OF
Washington county, Mississippi. on
the first Monday OF October, 1000
to defend the suit of Daniel Web
ster, Jr.. wherein you are defend
ant.
Given under my hand this July
24th. 1900 w. w. Miller. Clerk
BY JOS A. Shall. D. c.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14

Miss Renee Woodson, a young
society belle Of New Orleans. who
recently adopted theatricals as 4
profession and who has already
created an enviable reputation as an
actress. has been engaged by Joseph
and William w. Jefferson to portray
the character of Agnes. in Tho
Henrietta Miss Woodson has
been bounding into prominence witt
amazing speed and her engagement
with the Jcffersons argues well for
the calibre Of their new company.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
TIME CARD-sTEAMER SPEED
Effective April s, 1908.

Steamer Speed leaves Greenville
daily at 10 a. N. for Luna.
Leaves Luna daily at I p. m. for
Greenville.
Leaves Greenville daily except Sun
day for Sunnyside at ? 80 p N.
Leaves sunnyside daily at P. m.
for Greenvil1e.
Connecting with the NJ. R. H. &.
W. railway at Luna
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
ATTENTION. BACHELORS

We have installed a iSnger's
Darning Machine and will darn
your socks, sew on buttons. do gen
eral repair work for you without
extra cost. The largest and best
lequipped plant in the State.
+ Greenville Steam Laundry.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14

yoseph Jefferson. the comedian,
now starring in The Henrietta
crowded on the platform OF an over
crowded street car The conductor
gave the signal to start when shrill
voice from the rear OF the car yelled:
"Wait till git me clothes ont" The
men ON the platform turned as one
man and looked The women turn
ed as one woman and looked-the
But there was no cause for shock
The washerwoman little boy waS
endeavoring to get his big basket or
the back platform.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1909-08-14
The Climax.

One Of the most important attrac-
tions in either the dramatic or must
cal line that will be seen here this
season viii be Joseph NJ. Weber's
brilliant New York success Ting
Climax" by Edward Locke. inciden-
tai music by Joseph Carl Breil, which
is announced as one of the season
attractions. The Climax" is said to
be the most artistic, the most inter
esting, and the most delightful in
points of construction. dialogue and
development of character. The play
proved to be the real dramatic sur
prise of the season. scoring an UNI
precedentcd success at Weber's
theatre where it is now attracting
large and enthusiastic audiences.
Acton Davies, the dramatic critic OF
"The New York sun had the fol
lowing TO say of the play. From
the rise. to the fall of the curtain
The Climax' is a complete work of
art-quitc different in its way from
any play that has gone before it. and
u AEi fanny d'i'l1 81 itfN iidlp VI us
tiuction TO Mr. Wcbers' career as a
producing manager. Both in the
selection Of the cast, which has
shown remarkable discernment and
in his unwaycring faith in the play
from the time nc first read it. Mr.
Weber has proved himself an infai-
Hblc prophet in Broadway which,
after all, means much more than be
ing the same rarity in his own count
W. Tie always said from the outset,
that properly produced The Climax
could not fail to score. and his wife,
an exceptionally fine musician, real
ling as he did how essential it was
to secure four artists, three Of whom
at least could play their roles from
the standpoint of musicians as well
a. actors, threw herself into the
task Of selecting the cast with almost
as much as enthusiasm as he did The
result speaks for itself. and spells the
coyest and most elusive OF all words
III the vocabulary Success"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-23
CAUGHT ON TRACK
Hartwig Slender, Old Davenporter,
Killed by a Rock Island
Train. ri
SUSTAlNS FRACTURE OF NECK
Had Been In Employ of One Firm 35
Years, and Was on His Way
Home From Work.

Hartwig Slender, aged 60, was in
stantly killed by the southwest limited
on the Rock Island road about 1880
last evening at Fifth and Warren
streets, Davenport. He was attempt
ing to cross the tracks when struck.
His body was thrown from the right
of way and he sustained fracture of
the neck, being dead when found.
In Firms Employ 81 Years.
Mr.. Slender, who made his home
with his daughter, Mrs. Cornelius Mar
imam, at 2319 Mckinley avenue, had
for 35 years been in the employ of ID.
Regennitter's Sons company, and had
just left their barn after completing
his days work when the accident hap
pened. He was cripple, having an
artificial leg. but his infirmity is not
believed to have had anything to do
with the manner in which he lost his
life. .,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-23
PARENTS DRUNK; THE
CHILDREN VERY I'LL
Shocking State of Affairs in a
Home In West End.

a.H
Miss Dina Ramser the police ma
iron. in responding to call to aid des-
titute children at the home of Fritz
Bosberg, Seventh avenue and Third
yesterday afternoon found such
a condition of affairs that she was
afraid to enter the place, and summon
ed an officer to the scene. Three in
toXicated men were in the house. and
one was lying across bed in which
were three small children, one a boy
of z, who was found to-. be suffering
from the measles and pneumonia. The
mother of the children was away, hav-
ing gone to secure can of beer. The
father of the children was one of the
drunken men, and he was taken to the
station by the. officer. The mother
stated that her reason for neglecting
the children was that the father had
struck her, and she would not care
for the children of such man. The
father has been out of employment for
some time. Miss Ramser took charge
of the children. aa s1ls .ises,-.a.
The 7-year-old boy was found some
time ago by Miss Ramser to be addict