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Largest Cfroulatton-Ouarantesti-of Any Country Waskly Published In the State of Mississippi.
NUMBER 4H.
LEXINGTON, HOLMES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 25, 1904.
VOL. LX VI
OVER THE COUNTY M
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Summary of Happenings in Neighborhoods cAdjacent
to Lexington; as Chronicled by The cAd'bertiser Corres
pendents.
TCHULA DOTS.
BY NERO.
Among the visitors to Mardt Gras
from our little.city were E. K. Bean
and wife, B. Dameron midwife, Mrs.
A. Marks, Mrs, Ben Ullemlorf and
children. R. P. Warfield and G. I*.
Wallace,
Miss Onnlo Alfoid of Minter City
is visiting her aunt, Mrs,
Whittington.
Miss Bcltie Newsome, of Lexing
ton, spent Sunday night, with Mrs.
N. T. Pitchford, leaving Monday to
visit friends at Yazoo City.
j. M. Smith A Co., have opened a
first class grocery store in the build
ing reoenlty occupied by W.
Perry.
Mrs. A. J. Newman, of Bowling
Green, spent Saturday with G. P.
Wallace and family.
R. J.
W.
The friends of Mrs. C. R. Kelly
with them
are glad to have In r
She lias rooms at Mrs.
again
M aikie's.
Dr. M. P. Winkler returned Fri
day from a visit to Dewitt, Ark.
Mrs. S. D. Gwin and daughter,
of Lexington, are visiting
Gwin and family.
The Merchants L Planters kink
eommeneed business ibis week, they
have rented the office of |.M. Smith
iSt Co., until their building is com
pleted.
Mr. T. J. Wyatt returned Monday
after a lengthy visit in New Mexico.
Mm. L. Johnson, of Lexington, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. C. R. Kelly
Several of the children had tc stop
school on account of measels.
W. K.
Dr. Mayers returned borne yeater
visit to bis
day after a few days
daughter, Mrs. M. 1*. Winkler.
Ya
J. M. Smith spent Tuesday in
zoo City.
Oakley Jordan, of Lexington, was
Special Correspondence
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Ho The Lexington Advertiser By our Washington Corres
pondent. ^___
The most interesting political
event of tho past wrpk outside of
the death of Senator Hanna, was the
i Chi
attempt ol Secretary Shaw in
(ugo speech to retire the tariff and
trust issues from tho coming presi
dential campaign, which In declared
had passed out of the realm of dis.
Being the chief adviser of
mission.
President Roosevelt on financial and
economic affairs, wlmt Secretary
Shaw saya must be taken as Hie voice
of Hie administration,
tariff and trust issues are the prin
cipal topic® of discussion In most of
the states, and especially in Iowa,
the bailiwick from which Secretary
Shaw was injeetpd into the uationnl
arena, docs not seem to have any
effect upon the dogmatical politician.
That trust prices are at the lop
notch it ignored by Secretary Shaw,
yetDavia' Index figures for February
which had been published a week
before Secretary Shaw made his de
claration, show that the price of
commodities had reached the highest
point in two decades, except in May,
1902. That the tariff fostered the
treats and supported those high
pricea of most of the articles of gen
eral consumption was not considered
by Secretary Shaw,
consider it lie purposely evaded llte
issue, lieoanse it was impossible to
reply lo the democratic contention
and the clamor of the people for
reform. The much heralded legal
proceedings against the lieef combine
has had a most disastrous effect on
the pockets ot the farmer and the
consumer, for in spitecf the injunc
tion to prevent the beef combine
from controlling the market for cat
tle and the wholesale market for
beel, the price of cattle hns declined
nearly 5ft per cent, and the price of
meal is much greater In proportion
to the price of cattle than before the
injunction was obtained.
That 1 lie
Or if lie did
a prominent, visitor lo otir lit tic city
Saturday.
of Durant,
visitor in our city Friday,
Win. Sliild,
was a
Ebenezer Briefs.
Mr. and Mrs. Davidson, of Pickens,
were pleasant guest of Dr. and Mrs.
Lucas recently.
Dr. and Mrs. McDonald and petite
Josephine, of Durant, visited the hos
pitable home of Dr. Burwoll for a
few days during the past week.
Mr. Rolit Nance went to Pickens
Sunday to meet Mr, J. W. Burwoll
who returned at that time from St.
Louis.
Mr. Ed Forbus spent Thursday in
Lexington.
Dr. Burwell has recovered from
his recent illness and is again ming
ling with his friends.
Mrs. S. N. Sample and Eugene are
visitor® to the state capital, where
they will spend a few days with Mr.
Sample.
Mrs. Nannie Hereford has been
the appreciated guest, <>f Mrs. J. W.
Burwell.
There was a little excitement in
our midst Saturday night. A chim
ney at the residence of Mrs. Mary
Mnrtagli was discovered on fire, hut
was extinguished without damage.
Little Theresa Holder had quite a
narrow escape Sunday night. A part
of a combination folding lied fell
upon her and but for some books,
which partly supported the bed, she
would have bees crushed. A very
serious accident was averted and she
is to be congratulated, for while her
bruises are painful, they are not
alarming.
Hon. W. II. Walker, senator of
Monroe county, who had been serious
ly ill for some days at Jackson, died
Wednesdity of last week en route to
his home between Durant and Kos
kiusko.
About Pensionets.
Our neighbor county, Monroe, has
a pension roll of 251 whites and 20
colored, while Lowndes has only 51
whites and 3 colored. Did Monroe
county furnish more soldiers than
Lowndes. This instance is simply
mentioned to show what differences
exist in two counties adjoining, where
it is supposed that the conditions are
practically the same.—Columbus Com
mercial.
This is but an instance of an un
doubted evil. In some counties men
and women are put on the pension
roll, as a matter, of course, whose
conditions would not be thought of
elsewhere as being entitled to pen
sions. The boards, composed of old
soldiers, were as variable in different
counties as are the boards of super
visors. The whole matter ought to
he left to a .State board, who would
make and enforce uniformity. While
Monroe connty has more white people
than Lowndes—Lowndes has more
negroes, and the totals of population
are not much different. Monroe,
however, exceeds Lowndes in both
kinds of pensions.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick has, or is
about to receive her release from an
English prison, where she has been
expiating for the murder of her hus
band for about fifteen years. She is
doubtless thoroughly reformed and
will not again entertain the thought
of ridding herself of another unpleas
ant life companion.
Japan acceded to the request of
this government to allow American
officers to observe military operations
with the Japanese army, and appoint
ed Colonel Crowder, judge advocate;
Captain March and Captain Morrison,
of the artillery, and Captain Kahn,
of the engineer corps.
Genuine Texas Red Rust Proof seed
oats, direct from Texas. T. W. Smith
& Sous Co.
Old Holmes County Academies.
One of the first academies estab
lished in Holmes was at Franklin in
1838, by Mrs. Rose and Miss Meri
wether, known as Franklin Academy.
In 1841 they were succeeded by Col.
G. I). Mitchell, of Grenada Academy.
One was established at Emory in
January, 1839, under the auspices of
the Mississippi Methodist Conference.
Rev. B. Frazee and wife were the
first principals. Before that time
and it may have been before the
Franklin Academy, the Rjchland Male
and Female College was started at
Richland under Mr. Hollis Holman
and Miss Mary B. Holman. In 1839,
one hundred and thirty pupils attend
ed it. In 1848 this school was
changed to Eureka Masonic College,
and so incorporated with Rev. D. L.
Russel as president.
The Lexington Academy was es
tablished in 1844. with the male de
partment under Prof. G. Z. Adams.
All of these academies, except the
one here in Lexington, are now only
memories.
Hon. W. P Tackett, Gus Lofatrom,
C. A. Lindholm and G. C. Phillips,
prominent Lexington citizen*, were
here Monday.—Greenwood Common
wealth.
About Beauvoir.
If the state can afford to pay out
twelve or fifteen thousand for the ex
hibit of a fac simile of the Beauvoir
mansion at St. Louis for the gratifi
cation of a sentiment unpalatable to
all but Southern visitors, it can cer
tainly hazard an equal amount for
maintenance of the old structure it
self as a last home* for worthy and
destitute Confederate veterans, re
gardless of any question as to perma
nency of title of the property The
title is at least as well lodged in the
trustees as that for the site of the
St. Louis structure is in the state.—
Aberdeen Examiner.
Let our legislators put that in their
corn cobs and smoke it.
"Preachers and Editors.—Editing
a newspaper and propounding the
sacred trut hs of the gospel are some,
what similar to each other. The
preacher tells the truth out of love
and fear for the Lord, while the
editor tells it out of fear of the
courts and love for those on whom
it is told. The preacher gets bis
pay in small dribs, and sometimes
don't get it all—so does the editor.
The pieaeher wears ttie same suit of
clothes four or five years, ao does
the editor. The preacher performs
and funeral ceremonies
marriagi
without pay and the editor publishes
them lor the same price. The preacli
ef is abused by some because of
HOtiintbing he said, and the editor
for something lie didn't say. Th®
preacher dies and goes In heaven
and so does the editor—one for the
reason that he did do and the other
for the reason that he didn't do."—
And the above reminds us that
other comparisons can he drawn as
below:
"Editor and Doctor.—If an editor
makes a mistake lie has to apologize
for it, and if a doctor makes one lie
buries it. If the editor make one
there is lawsuit, swearing and the
smell of sulphur, but if the doctor
makes one there is a funeral, cut
flowers and a smell ol varnish.
The doctor r an use a word a yard
long without knowing wlmt it means,
but if the edithr uses it he haa to
spell il.
If the doctor goes to see another
man's wife he charges for the visit,
hut if the editor goes to see another
man's wife he gets a charge of buck
shot..
Any old medical college can make
a doctor. You can't make an editor.
He has lo lie born.
When a doctor gel* drunk it's a
case of ''overcome by beat," and if
ho dies it is heart trouble. When an
editor gels drunk il's a case of too
much booze, and if lie dies it's aease
of delirium tremens."
Dr. J. M. Johnson, T. J. Wyatt and
D. H. Hobbs, returned from Mexico
Saturday evening. They made some
investments in mining in Mexico,
which we hope contains millions for
them. On their return they stopped
at Bisbee and met George Oltenburg,
of whom his friends will be glad to
learn, they give a good aocount.
Freeh catch No. 1 mackerel.
Howard Dyer.
Program of Holmes Coouty Teachers'
Association.
(1) Devotional Exercises.
(2) The securing and retaining
regular attendance at school.
Prin. Harris A. Jones.
(3) The value of right question,
ing. Miss Foose.
(4) Piano solo, Miss Caro Fostei.
(6) What constitutes 1st, 2nd,
3rd, and 4tli grade work in
geography, Miss Sallie Foster.
(0) The best rendiug books lo put
into the hands of children at
school, Miss Lillie fUlhell.
(7) Reading from Browning, Miss
Saxon.
(8) Methods for lit and 2nd grades
Miss Susie Taylor.
(9) Method of teaching arithmetic
—lower grades—general dis
cussion,
(10) Reports of Committees;—ap
pointment of committees.
(11) Music.
General discussions are expected
on any or all of above topics. Let
every educator in the county attend
this meeting. The association is a
fixture in the county and is intended
to help you—it will do you good if
you will come,
begin at 10 o'clock sharp and close
at 1 o'clock.
The session will
A. C. Doggett,
Secretary.
The remains of John L. Herring,
whose accidental death was an
nounced in last week ® issue of tins
paper, arrived here Sunday evening
and were conveyed to the Stein resi
dence, where they remained until
his burial at Oregon at 11 o'clock
the next day. The accident that
caused his deatli occurred at Hope,
Arkansas, while he was flagging a
train. His foot got caught in a frog
and caused him to fall, the train
passing over him, cutting oft' his left
arm and leg. It happened at half
after five o'clock Wednesday morn
ing and he lived until ten minutes
of one o'clock that day. John was
twenty-seven years of :.ge, in the
very prime of life, when everything
pertaining to existence is roseate
and full of ho|M> and is like a tray of
richest jewels from which to select a
choice, ilia mother preceded him
to the great unknown when he was
but four years of age. May we not
hope they will be reunited and freed
from aorrow evermore? He was the
only child of his father, whose be
reavement makes him lonely indeed.
W. W. Thurmond died at his
home uear Bowling Green, Sunday
night at 8 o 'clock. He was I be last
of the Wade Thurmond family, con
sisting of father and mother, one
daughter and four eons, and leaves
a wife and one son. He was buried
at the old family graveyard Monday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. The funeral
service® were held at his home, con.
ducted by Rev. Thomas Ellis,and cou
eluded at the grave. He was of mid
dle age, kind and solicitous about his
family,and good and obliging to his
neighbors, by whom he was highly
esteemed. With his friends we join
our syuipatny to his widow and son
in their great sorrow over Iheir irre
parable beroavement.
Mis* Mayme Kealhofer, ot Owens,
Who was assistant postmistress at
Ibis place last year, ia now at India
nota, assisting in opening the
new postofflee and instructing th®
clerk* at that place. Miss Kealhofer
thoroughly understands the postofflee
business and Dr. M;rlin could have
selected no more efficient aid.
Mr- and Mrs. C. A. Lofstrom, of
Crenshaw, reached here last Satur
day night on a visit to relative®.
Charley returned home Monday
morning. Mrs. Lofstroui has been
quite ill and will remain here with
her mother, Mrs. J. S. Hligler, until
her recovery.
Calhoun Wilson, while up and out
on our alreels, from hi* general ap
pearance has a good deal of swamp
in him yet. A week or more of our
highland health-ladened air, with
soft united eggs and a mother's pet
ting attention, will make him good
aa new in a short lime.
J. T. Fincher disposed of bis meat
market to Winstead & Durden and
leased the hotel at Owens. Mr. Fin
cher's personal appearance indicates
that he enjoys good living, and being
of a social nature, he will extend it
to his guests tc secure their company.
White Lady peas.
J. A. Stansburv.
Mr. Whitney's Estates.
The extent to which Mr. Whitney's
estates rivalled those of the English
aristocracy is seen when the cata
logue of them is given- His New
York residence at 871 Fifth avenue,
on the corner of Sixty-eighth street,
with its rare tapestries, oil paintiugs
and splendid furnishings, is one of
the finest in the country and valued
at $2,000,000. '• Among his other
estates," omitting mention of October
mountain, in Berkshire, the New York
Times gives the following:
Venetian palace in the Wheatley
hills, near Jamaica, including an es
tate of 5,000 acres
Sheepshead Hay house, with private
track and 800 acres.
Berkshire hills mansion, with 700
acres of land surrounding it.
Stony Ford farm, New York, used
as an auxiliary to his Kentucky stock
farm.
Adirondacks game preserve of 1G,
000 acres.
Lodge at Blue Mountain lake with
a fine golf course.
Bluegrass farm of 8,000 acres in
Kentucky.
Aiken (S. 0.) estate, comprising a
mansion, a race course and 2-000
acres of hunting land.
Could any man hope to have as
many "mansions in the skies" as these?
—Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Four feet by six feet is an ampli
tude for his every want now, and
none so poor as to entertain a thought
of exchanging places with him.
The Genius.
Opie Read tells of an attorney in
Kentucky who was driving along tho
road one day when his horse shied
and broke one of the shafts of tho
huggy. He was wondering what he
would do, when an old darky came
along. The darky saw the trouble,
went to the side of the road, cut a
hickory switch and peeled it. With
the peeling he bound the broken shaft
together so that it was strong enough
for the journey to be resumed. The
attorney gave the negro a coin, and
at the same time thanked him. " I
would never have thought of mending
it that way," he said. "I 'spect not,"
replied the darky. "Some men is jest
naturally smarter than others "
A recent dispatch from Ann Arbor,
Mich., says:
The possibility of using radium lo
convert ordinary rain or well water
into a mineral water, more highly
medicinal than any known natural
mineral water, lias been demon
strated at Die University of Michi
gan in a series of experiments cover,
ing Hie lust, ton weeks.
In searching for a method by
which radium could lie applied to the
inlerior of a cancer without any
danger of the terrible radium, or
X-ray horns, it lias been demonstrated
that the immersion of a sealed tube
in pure, distilled water for twenty
four hours produces radio-active
water of powerful effects. '
Injected into cancers this water
stopped pain in ten minutes.
Patients now under the radium
water treatment include one with
cancer of eighteen years' standing
and some of the ordinary nose and
breast cancers. The eighteen-year
cancer has had six weeks of water
treatment, and from the first five
minutes after applying water, pain
has been almost wholly absent. In
each of the other cases pains stopped
immediately, and several sufferers
were released from the morphine
habit, which had been forced upon
them.
Don't forget we are still agent for
the 'genuine Pride-saddle. Take no
substitute.
Mr. J. E. Cunningham, of Lexing
ton, was in the city several days this
week arranging to move his family to
Greenwood. Mr. Cunningham will be
the secretary and treasurer of the
new Hyman-Lewis Company, soon to
open here. He i* a fine business man
and a clever and affable gentleman.
The Commonwealth welcomes him and
his excellent family to the city of
Greenwood. — Greenwood Common
wealth. ______
Miss Occie McLean, of the Lex
ington Dry Goode Company, re
turned home last Thursday from the
St. Louis, Chicago and New York
markets, where she purchased a large
stock of spring goods for her firm.
MissOckie is one of our best buyers
and the spring opening of the Lex
ington Dry Goods Company ie
awaited with pleasant anticipations
by our local shoppers.
Beall A Hooker.
LOCAL NEWS******
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Happenin$s of Interest to Our Home People.
Heinz's baked beans, 10c. per can
at Keirn Bros.
Silver moon cheese full cream,
Gwin Bros.
$5,000.
Wu have 46,000 to loan for a
a burnt client.
Hooker A McBee, Attorneys,
Lexington, Miss.
Seed potatoes and onion acts.
Howard Dyer.
W. P. Porter, of Ebenezer, was in
our town Tuesday,
Rev. W. M. Broadway was in town
Tuesday morning.
H. V. Thornton, of Thornton, vis
ited our town Tuesday.
Shredded wheat biscuit.
J. A. Stansburv.
Miss Mary Owens, ot Owens, was
shopping here Monday.
Mrs. M. J. Peters visited friends
in Durant last Saturday.
Phone to Gwin Bros, for fresh
groceries.
Nick Muirhod, of Emory, bad
business in town Tuesday morning.
W. C. Slieehy, of Bowling Green,
was in our business circles Tuesday.
Extra large eating potatoes.
Howard Dyer.
J. L. McNeer, of Bowling Green,
made our office a pleasant visit Tues
day.
XT.R. Terry and Jordan Bailey, of
Acona, weie here on busmens Tues
day.
Win, Meek, ot the firm of F. Att
neav'e A Go.,[Black Hawk, was in our
city last Tuesday.
Miss Minnie Slianuon, a charming
young lady of Tolarville, wn» sliop
here Tuesday.
ping
The entertainment at the Opera
House to-night promises to be of
more than ordinary excellence. It
ia hoped a large crowd will be in
attendance.
A Southern Heroine
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Miss cA (ellie cA. Hood in the N, O. Slates Hays a Globing
Tribute to Mrs. 'John B. Gordon.
On hearing of tho death of that
gallant soldier and grand statesman,
General John B. Gordon, my first
thought was one of compussion and
sympathy for the devoted and loyal
wife who fearlessly followed him
through all of tho horrors and pri
vations of war.
She was a mere girl, almost a child,
when she married the handsome young
lawyer, and after seven years, blessed
and gladdened by the birth of two
sons, the thunder of war broke rudely
into the peaceful happiness of their
lives, threatening the greatest aorrow
that would come to them—separation
—for Gordon, fired with enthusiasm
and patriotism, was among the tint
to offer his services to his beloved
Southland. The young wife, torn by
the conflicting love and duties of wife
and mother, knew not what to do,
but at last, yielding to the dictates of
her love and judgment she placed her
little ones in the care of Gordon's
mother and bravely went forth to
minister to the need* of her knight,
to cheer and inspire him with her
gracious presence.
She was close at hand daring every
battle in which ha fought, and the
suspense and agony must have been
fearful as she waited in sight and
hearing of the horrible roar and clash
of battle, not knowing whether the
husband she worshipped, amidst all
din and smoke of powder and shell,
was standing proudly erect, full of
the fire and vigor of young manhood,
or lay still and cold, wrapped in the
impenetrable silence of death! But
her self-control was wonderful, and
she bore np under the terrible strain
with sublime fortitude. She was ap
parently calm when every drop of
blood in her body must have been
crying out in fear and longing, and
every of her loving heart a prayer
for the safety of her husband!
At Sharpaburg, where Gordon was
Taken Up.
Eight miles east of Lexington,
one bay tilly about 3 years old, with
a light blaze in her face, hind feet
white; one brown home, about same
age, hind feet white, small white
spot in his face ; one small black
mare mule. Owner will call, pay
charges and advertisement and take
J. L. McNeer,
near Bowling Green.
John Jackson, colored, accident
ally had his arm broken at the oil
mill Tuesday morning.
Don't be deceived. We sell the
genuine and only Perry 3-tooth Culti
vator at $4.25.
M. K. Swayze, of Mileston, sup
plied his place with a number of
mules from our market Tuesday
morning.
R. M. Gwin lias been quite sick
for the past week. His many friends
join us in wishing for him a speedy
recovery.
Mr. Cox, of Memphis, represent
ing the American Type Founders
Co., of St. Louis, made our office a
pleasant business visit Monday.
Mrs. O. G. Calhoun, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. L. H.
Hawkins, returned on Sunday to her
home at Lexington.—Vaiden News.
Cashier Oalhoon Wilson, of the
Delta Bank, has been sick at his home
in Lexington the past week, but his
friends are pleased to know that he
is now convalescing.—Greenwood En
terprise.
Tho Wilson Cotton Oil Company
are moving the gin house near the
compress to the oil mills and will in
the future operate the gins, both
of the oil mill and compress, under
one system.
same away.
Beall & Hooker.
Laundry Agents.
We are agents for the Memphis
Steam Lauu Iry. Basket at the Lex
ington Dry Goods Company's Store.
Downer & Watson.
wounded five times, she was waiting
as usual in the rear of the army .when
they sent for her. She found him
torn and bleeding, the dear face be
grimmed and almost shapeless, and the
kind eves that had been wont to smile
so tenderly on her, swollen almost
beyond recognition. By a supreme
effort she conquered her emotion, and,
crushing the black despair that en
veloped her soul on seeing him so
near lifeless, she set about nursing
her hero back to life and health.
Though the doctors gave her not the
slightest hope, this little woman,
made strong and untiring by her love,
fought bravely against the unseen,
but ever present enemy. The strug
gle lasted weary anxious months, but
in the end she conquered. Whether
it was her unceasing watchfulness
and tender care and nursing, or just
the sheer force of her love, God alone
knows, but with her frail woman's
hand she snatched him from the very
brink of eternity and brought him
back to life and love and duty!
What a comfort she must have
been to him through those long,
weary days of his slow convalesc
ence, cheering him in his enforced
inactivity and the sweet graciousness
of her presence, allaying to some ex
tent the restless desire to be up ami
in the thick of battle, fighting for the
cause he loved so'well.
Peerless woman that she was, she
was a fit wife for such a rflan. She
was his ministering angel during ill
ness and his hope and inspiration at
all times. With her hand in his, she
went through life, sharing all of his
triumphs and popularity. "He had
no aspirations too high for her to
share, no anguish her affection could
not heal."
She is the highest type of exalted
womanhood, an ideal that could only
flower from the peerless civilization
of the South.— New Orleans States,