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P A ■ft (â sfä S süa r f'j •; F : G ph m •i VUPTZS 2S9 U 6iV, I) fîk to K.i v Ri* Our 1 1 t Hl Volume 2, veSoto C ï* .> Number 5 1 élïKlO, rv TI MES »PROMO ; M ~ RANKS*: .«ORGAN, IN juk-i.m ~ K. M. BANKS, Jr., Editor. 1Î. E. I,. MORGAN, Bus Manager. Eiiter**d at uosto flier at llvrii.'sudn. M. ;i J ' mall mutter. ; It is has not linen settled wlM,it er Americans, Cubans or Span iards are bosses of Cuba. Roosevelt is now «riving to ' cw Yorkers an exhibition, of po'ilieni riding too rough to suit l'lat. i It is said that Mike Connoly is in sanely jealous of editor Reaves' 13 inch thirst Mike has a 12 inch limit. If these is a man in the state who can defeat Guy. McLatirin for the Senate, it it is the Hon. John! Sharpe VŸilliu Ills. If you want to know whether, the fever is in Memphis, you must obtain the information from pri vate and not from paper sources, i In appointing Whitfield to the snperintendeney of thet-iiueatioual department of the state, Gov. Me Laurin has demonstrated once ; moi'&how fortunate it is to be front i Runkin county. ______ ; Tho. person who iss.oiudiscreot ; its to mention yellow fever in ; Memphis is promptly made to ; wish that he had died of yellow ( fever in his early youth. They ! don't do a.thing to him. If you would think and talk less I ; of 16 to 1, the Cuban campaign and MeLaurhiisimindclevote more ; attention to homo, local interest, you would be a better citizen and a more desirable neighbor. The 'hind sight is so much bet tor than tho 'fore sight. Of course you could have won this war with- ! out making any blunders. A pity it is that you had remained not only an inglorious but a mute Cromwell. ' — -r... The Empress of Austria, mms and beloved, while walkiiy/1 down a street of Geneva, vm-'. ! He murdorod by an anarchist, v is apprehended. No attempt ns made to lynch of mob tho fiend, ; though the enormity of the crime | ;r is appreciated. A lynching would ! have ensued in this country. May the day soon come when American^ will, us Europeans, respect the laws of the land. The election returns of Arkan sas show that a majority of the counties voted for the retention or return of whiskey. Legal pro hibition does not prohibit. That fact is being realized wherever local option or other temperance measures obtain except in South Carolina. As yet the dispensa tory law there has not been giv en a thorough test, fail in giving the desired relief, then temperance movementsWill have a dark future. Tho Memphis papers publish as a matter of news tho penalties imposed for alleged infractions of quarantine ordinances and then gloat over the way that Memphis is enforcing precautionary metis 1 wonder which of the two is the creator criminal he who honestly belives that yellow fever is in Memphis and expresses that a belief, nr he who knowing it is there «i >,ni;,,n ..ml in SrSSl del ? XP.nmbh. teivc been sup--! ' ' ■ . ,,, i - 1 1 i f . ' pc s-iikps m a i vat hcr t ni | „ a u-l îM ♦ban to truth. Should it lires. \ Glow > imt <1 in a ~ ! In*.! . than o. d tlsis pa,- ; ; per is i O'* rif.son ni' ' el. ec*. 1 ill* ; i .. oi (Jury i n rst /oft sin , A,,,., A vn.rd to the wise bents two i;i : ■ Tin? ejection of your uncle An, ! selmJob-lots McUoria to 'the Senate will be the occasion of a grand greeus-oating colebrtition , ,, , . . , by the people of Smith county, p The man who fails or refuses to oat .with his knil wiUbetHircnby the slack of hia raiment am; ea/i 1 I nu ! " bo -A billy Patte oi <: and - -b Ab fui tile w, riled, ai... CVr i 1he bush a r]rn< j'iWTw:,' -. .* pec n a living out of h i : "i * A î ; : Uair.n cut of this honora' : before his xt many of {.i««.*m clip fr liodui'ions ; jin ever gh e him ; •credit for wird they consider 1 worwp- to place ketLiv their| patrons. Ideas, .opinion.-', oiw ■ ;.. publish cd ; i nscomo common pro- * ; pert,- hut phrase. '• .ay : ; 1 a - ! . ; . y j ; .. ,j. ; , , ,! ;i •, a, i- : ; aowled;.: :mem . a mi ( ! or write:; 1 . n:s«l ! orrowcii acr. I -Most of the Democrats mid army of the Republicans arc ma-k ing asinine nuisances of themselves I ; n f ,mr; for of the conduct of tho war. ; The war j 8 over . v. e won. Tlmt is .n investk'sfroi enough. IVb are a peaeftti people. War has not, hern our business. To end successfully a war in lour or five mon Iks i; conclusive evidence that Hie national author dies did their best and were not ! wholly incompetent. Of by the minor officers who were appointed on the recommendation course mistakes were made; but you will lind tlmt these mistakes were made of Governors, Congressmen and virt-1.Senators. Quit censuring the ministration. It did its best ami ! did it well. ad ; (Jabi by .Am erica as and by En | ;r c }„- llou j u Afri. r., ! Anglo-SitAim l.-rav, Asa result of the fighting m praises .of'di'e., i circling; 1 the gloho. Edite; Oonnoliy cays thataud inspection of th«; rnustor j rolls will demons:rate tlmt. the ; German and ïri.'h have been do ing tho fighting. Being a home J rule s-m of Erin, imtundly ee will ; not concede that the Anglo-fir >;on ; makes the -soldier par excellen t. I to In a fist fight the Irishman is at ' home; in a charge ho will bo seen i no ahead of tho lino but for all thp as duties and rewpon.fibililies peou liar to ft Goldiof bo is hardly com parable to the Englishman and German. The ideal soldier is the American, a composite creature He has the Ivishand French dash, the German steadiness and the v arc of » CH/WGE. Tho DeSoto Times and Pro motors have consolidated. Ih re after the joint production will be known as the Times - Promoter, It will bo an nil-homo print iss uod weekly. The sidiKcriliors of either or both, the papers will be of protected from lose If you are in a paid up subscriber to both th. Times - Promoter will bo sent to von on that account fora }>eri<»! ! Lb, «ling tl.expired time due ! .von from cadi paper. To thus«* ; it. ' who an* sub- n !>« •■■- r 1 both ami j t have not paid the Times Pk»>- 1 îM >n »• ■ >P H. ' ■ r one ■■"'*.*' • Engl p: L Ii wo !,())!•■. ; > r • , : täte at the r," alar jn mrs «er scnption pr •. i i se 11< ■ ith thi pro} netors oi tîie former papers for the time ex pivad at time of last ivsnos. BU Uy ■mei •rv .mbserilicr, but ; posea pum, rder ■epovtou to tit at once, m i tl-'.i we n* • !' satfaeioriiv. i M settle An a i ■ k wit of tli'a able to our patroim the lie.-t home paper, : they have ever had, but intend to '•• ' h !t o»« <>t the very best ■ county p'ipi'i's in t!.:* d.uU. ! ' VU « h h "l»- in | ent,on slmn ,w ^'li^d depends tll( *««» gement ' - ; ^ —ive front you Hou-evei wp do not intend p . 10 rm) hal '.ty concern. We ' v a"t and will ask for your 1 l)0 ''" ls - " T ' - to « ,v<î * von ,,K> news and to conte „ ! for what wo I conceive to be f-r the nucreMis ! ■r. . e lvic,ting in j '"."yiAin-Ai^.!, r ;.MiA than aliiii':-; anv oiii chine, we not only hope to rive • ■ iiflS « ton î w: t>.is; a,,:, mw.ire thing v "01!; What is it : Sonic y iws and souic irOlnowi; ; ;.. sav ti * ; Stroerv ikoi-s, t ho ov e r seé r k , w hi J ■ tiiO '■ ; ■' I * . li hen Is ua » - good. Bat nk the j ; é r eu Lia< wih sit t.r«.nnu 1 blow ;af alxmt wh&t ought to K * clou« to the roads, and. no vor turn A • all to blame 7 s county is to s iOAAA.llo to;.' i. H. COtU.ti b.u; ;u vaiueSi w ;ad tho roads. rae HviAg' where you g von will find aîuud,to do »ny tliiog thwaeivea ! Tim ti rst time tfi'i overseer coinoH j, around and wants bis hands, mules or tools on the road, he u ready to raise a kick. Ha can't spare them out of the cotton Hold. Now I wish some one that is older and has more experience than myself would toll us what Ttfeirrc to do while wo have so many such men to deal with, know that some are ready to say that wo have good road laws, and so -wo have. But whs ! are they worth when no one will enforce them? If the roads get out of r«.: I pair the hands will not report the overseers, lor they know he will work them ha: der, and if the hands won't work while out on jv:tw: lots theta the. road the v .of'di'e., n!on.;; am! kilt tin:, past as H".".' plein-. *: for ho knows if He reports t-liein and undertakes to make i ii.«:-.m work he will have to kcop'hi•• road up in fine shape : o !kocp theiu f :••.•:«) reporting him. Half tbo Innids take tools on the road that, ai -.* not fit for any use whatever. Titoy do not go there to works rtr> ov•o'seer can make the in wot k: : or- a.quently wehiiv«. no load, ; ami nev.-r will i-avc as long as; the thing goes on. ti c way ii is going now. Occasionally wo find a good road, But there is very little encourage mont, for an overseer cud squad 1 of hands to work their road up in good shape when the roads all ar ound them are in bad shape, if they want to travel they find the roads rough as soon ^ olt of th( ' ir section. : enun mvorof working the romis !»y taxation. And when the people look at it in the right way 1 believe many of them will side with me. [ doit t mean to tax th-.» vok-is of the county but tax every man in the ««unity Mtbje.fi to mail duty while and blaok. Then it would strike us all alike. 'Hire lot the roads to » contruetoi and when a, man fails to pay up let him work | it. out umier the contractor at jus, i wine lie has t»; pay his regain » liands. You will not have to' mH-v him work it ••• ; bid f>c*i ',r:re ; v r r:;*; v tl..- ; ; .., • . •*•'• iSi-v k..v f.-o,! A / c,,;; 't w do the daiitol /•dmou II. 'A'heet r. VOU pve one •t all the road.5 and sh his own lords anil lands, I think A 'Od roads and i;o* •a I . rt; own u: .''••a;.Aua's •r (tOVCi'liOieilt. . . ...... (■•î o re V» ascuiglon oi \ i •ginn: , , , .. vois uiianiiiiouslv eieeted ( , n , R , r|lh , H , Sl lU . s , u ' 1( , J(> , m m,.-,., <,£ ',I*i-*teiiiBeits Vie-' j , Washington y, ■ )k „. (hc WWiVsidemV cabinet at in'st eon' Lt 8t ed only three BoorctarieH-SL,«.-!'"' , krv of k^, T l ,s. JeiFerson, , . , -, ■ 1 x. Hamilton, of Kei tarv of (lolUtrsi^p.ij,^ ( V «rg in. Washhigt<m*s iirs; tern. ;, ,. ion , Kpn Ul ( , ;i S , ;( ,„]} 0 ti vieo-rtvsidenl Vbi', wen ! tire aekno«v!o(igeii Jcadevs oi the; Fédérai irts, and Je fier; on and U ui jdplph were the lea-ik-rs of, at thatj j t|j5HB*oalted.Uio l>einoorate or or.t* L t '.arty di 11 - tuiib r.V m«v> nr.-s ■•eere-raf y < icwii'y A!0 - O' - > -d a sv-d'.'tn of jnddie ]ioliev ! wsed by Je .ill'', 01 ; u'.iic peiitieni pal :iee. je.ifüi'son he! ! 'wit !Tamiti :- :oii,d pa.v/ct's in the ■: mnent. which v.\ ve men suies ; Katioiu s î: ; not gt'a a, - 'i.i it by t lio coo si if n a uon. Hamilton fell back upon the i cinstic'clause of the const itution, j nsiiinf ainingtlmt these powers wen implied in it. Jafiara-jn held ti, I this doctrine of impliwl pawns • ( (rehihed the clnct-ic chi use too fur. ' ! e Gninie«! th:: thi;« elan • ; , > ought i ;|o be construed strictly and mir- . è.-Tenmd it j,- Ui „ ht ; ff j j, 0 t . OU[ilrne ,i loosely urn! ! lilwt ..,|i y . Herne Hit names trief , eonstrueti.mist and loose construe ! , • . , , , , tiomst, which has marked periuiiis • the most proioimd and abiding an tagonism in the history of Ameri can politics. Hamilton was and is now recognized as the founder of the Federalist parly who:,: sue- i censors are the National Republi- ■ cans of 1828; tho Whigs of D A. to 1 •1853; and the Republicans of 18b t ! ! to the present time. I Jefferson was the founder of the! ; i mit! Federalist party: the Demo cratic Republican party from i7U2 to 1828 and ever situ lie; Demo cratic parry. When Washington had serve 1 two terms as pre -ident, A<!atr.. sncceeded him. He was a E'edcr i ulirit and claimed support as tin: rciH.ors of tbo governnicnt, the friends of heuinililv, place and ])i',s]V'i ity utyl and the direct in heritors of Washingtons policy Jefferson'a party claimed ti the friends of liberty -in« l tho rights of man; the advocates of economy and the rights of the States. During Adams' ndminis 1 ration therev;as a growtli of sen- ! tiinont in opposition to the Feder- 1 alist party. The Kentucky Leg ishiture passed a series of résolu tions setting forth tho idea of State Supremacy in matters not especially delegated to the general ; government condemning certain - acts of congress which it claimed interfered with the au thoi'ity of tho state:-. Virginia! passed about the t-ame resolutions. The Alien and Sedition laws wen passed during Adams' administra tion. The Alien law authorizes the [irosideftt to exj»-*l from the country any foreigner whom he might, consider dangerous to the United States. Tho Sod hum law .subjected io punishment anv one convicted of speaking «,r writing or }nibJishing anythin ■■ faLc or be rn.il,mops ogatm-t tbo «t of «••ongres.-. ; More ; »mm : { ■ '} ' • " » B'>' Hi.. !,• . , v. ;; a ; , r uj!i»n every • regard to rank, sex, ! ■ • A^nin he has been abroad | • : • i'! "ailed from our midst one of j 'Oiir purest and boat women, lister : Mk-dlc Williamson 1ms parsed safely \ through the »olden entes into thut ' city- which hath foundations whose ! Vitiii! nisei!. ; i•<•!•••' ' (• -"'Oils. his ere Imilder and maker is God. ; :die suffered I wo years or mom •. . , , . ' . . '•«it bore neriiftbet.'on inieomplaiii- • nresaieut. .. ... , ■ mgly, '»euc.vin.r all thmjs work ; i ' l,r ^ ,,od t0 üwm Ilmt ^ ^ . ' ftnsrnatio.'! anu patienee ; 1 mdf. ria r m as great pr!lW /' . ' ? k ' n " rt 0 knnw hcr 00,1 ^ *"'} ** et un« mntabb oi - , , . . ^ <m "; H aim hail no wonla ot : " 10 WaS B ' lont 1,1 ^'ure and «imposition she was •'■encrons • lui a Reet innate. : She made no ! lio'fv protestai ions <d tier faith, i.iif her ilaily >.vn!k an ! convi rsa : S. "i nth i : the. iielief of her heart. It va,, i.ei iov it: lav.lfh, her j comfort in se; row, her stay in af fiietion rm ! her triumph in death Sh: Al ii on the a olii't daV ; of August, 1SUS. She is only gone before, God husband. Mnv ! h! - he d.evotei tli Lord comfort him in this e lib bin ay; "Thy wi:i tic done." Vi I'.r-rias, it !i„ pl;-A-i'il 1 he Su Uuler to roiiiovo .Imuyoiir ) î ; ; mi«!-.! our lieloved sisier and i j co ■ • worker in the j,, bra, Isabella A. ; A iliaiiison, and that in so doing we are dep h d of n valued friend and u'i'.fu! ni; :n' '.rof the Lotlge. A et tv hov. iii hiPiibie submission 'b; the will of Him who doeth all thiygs well. ArH 1 v-l re.:-;, I»v her death we , im<mwlK:, ' to 1,0 « mu 'G ,K ',f , . , lll: ' ! "' c nin,,1 ' n loss and remember her noi> e life . , and ms.nv virtues, and that er we should imitate her in piety and consecration to God. Resolved, that we deeply sym pathize with her husband and rel atives in this dark hour and tender t!i ent our condolence in their sad bereavement. E. F D. T! ' !lt 11,080 reso,utU ' n ? 1,0 s r ,reml 00 lh ° mim,tos of tlui Lo,ie ° and they lie published in the county paper and a copy furnished tho be reaved family. One in 0. M. A., Mus. P M. Black, ;d B. Y. TaitVT.n, Mrs. IV. B. Bmnc.ei'ouxH, and J edge Foot having he«} ueathed in his hist will an ! testament, said "cane", ollii'eshears, und void pen to bis friend, R, I". West, who now presents the* c-uio to Redus; hoping, at the ago of 80, he may ms gracefully pass it on to tho next, untarnished by net or word or thought: thus addinganew lus Soplemtier tho fflli, 1898. Gancil. Rc Ins Ilanserd, only son of Judge and Mrs. T. A. llnnscixl, received of Judge !!, R »Vest a Silver headed cane, bearing the-in scription. J, 15. B.—Bridgefortli to Goo. Foot - J. B. Bridgoforth beinv the grandfather of Redus— it Attm . 8>}.vr»>.k(. r of Hoi: * res-.intativep T Tided ' rales N r«i«Lvrs Reerç. c*datives n G-'rg,e; ;S.Oo: , ire to its "aristocraticantiquity. " "Bohemia. " Annual Salavi.'sof P:-!;i:*ipal Pint*' e«l States Oit'i«',crs. 8 50,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 President V ice-President Soerotary of State Secretary of Treasury Secretary Of Interior Secretary of Navy Secretary of War Score urÿ of Agriculture SJjOO PostiimOei General 8,000 8,0001 of R m- j M,000 5.000 j I>r J.'î. Hubert-ion We, the committee* appouitre a; |t lie last stated çoin.nninic-Btjôn ' ! Hernando Lodge. Ko. 51, A. t. ' | A. M. to draft resolution? or tlrn j dent!) of oqr late lamented brothel Or. J. M. Robertson, respectfully \ ; id unit the foilowinir: ' That, where»?, .it has plea •• ! our Heavenly.Father, to remove o'ir ( ..teemed Broth't from tiré Lodge to the Lodge ( elei-tin!, ve ; . , . , ■ • nieeklv I low to tins tlisiien-atnv. ■ ... . , , ; of I livuie wisdom knowing that Hie great, Master obere L too wise [to err mid U«. merciful ami benign ; to needlessly atrliet lus ehtklren. r . . <' n |' ^ has lost one oi its morf l»e oved Jowola, society one ot .t, nob est and truest members, and , ' . h« iarnily a lender ami affejrtm«; ak« father, rhe least »eeoa.d say Therefore be it recorded that in the, death of brother Robertson, of brother Robertson's character would be. to endeavor to emulate Ids inviolablcintegrityand upright ness as well as ids modest charity and unpretonlious honevolcneo to We call the weak and the poof, pay ! is memory no higher encomi um than to say that his lifiKyasaii exemplification of one of tile car dinal principles of our Order viz;''; "To do unto others as you .would have then 1 ! do unto you undhr like i'ireumstanees. " In concluiion wo derive comfort m our bereavement, from the fact that our brother was a Disciple of tin meek and lowly Jesus, and died in tlie triumphs of the Chris To his sorrowing tiiiii aith. daughter and pons we exton- i true. sympathy and commend them to the mordes and benedictions of our aü'eetioniito Heavenly Father for emufoit in this their season of heart rending bereavement. Further resolved that these is olations be printed in the DeSoto Times mid Pronimer, and that a copy of eaeii he sent to his dnuy lit er and sons. Ik sjiecttully Submitted, W. S. Weissinçer, W. H Rollins, T. 0. Whitei List of Confederate Pensioners Tho following is a list of the pensioners approved by the Board at its September meeting to-wit;— .i. E. Joyner, Win. T. Grimes.; M. L. Rosamond, M. J. Powers,' Mar..- E. Elliott, J. T. Pounders. Iklmoml McIntyre, R. A. Goad VA R. Dye, Nathan Reynolds, R E. Harwell, Margaret T. Ljiidips, F ltd Arnold, E. J. Jackson, <3. L.' Davis, Harriet C. Powers, W. D Blodsoo, W. J. Smith, W. ft. Slade, C. H. Cull well, G. H. An derson, A. J. Lusk, W. E. Rob ertson, J. G. W. Lovoladdy, John Yarbrough, Calvin Jenkins, T. D. Tliomas, The Grand Jury for next, court will pass on these applications and its finding will be conclu sive. . e Road overseers arc the sub ject. of much criticism and abuse. They receive little encourage ment and less co-operation. The Supervisors should render them all, as. ; dunce, yet Robt. Yates fells y>o '.bat one of these officials' happ ming upon a squad, of his real bands told them that. Hu road machine was worthless, ilmt they were throwing away their labor; and that they should quit usin * it,. Had this member observed soiittieof the machine's work as to be of the opinion that, was useless, certainly tne fit ness of things should have in duced him to with hold such ri; expression, since there was the oversee»' using every available mean - to improve bis road. oid town i< uve.»y look : VHnlu the quarantine is w. reçMit ind cotlou wagons from Eudora and Cub Lake give thé 1