Water Valley progress., January 07, 1905, Image 4

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The Progress
B, B, Brown, Editor and Proprietor
^.D. Brown. AMoc.ate Editor,
Entered at the Poet Office at Water
Valley, as Second Class Matter.
SATURDAY, JAN. 7- 1095
The Progress will 'g-ve either
the Weekly Commercial-Appeal
or the Home and Farm abso
lutely eree to all New Cash
Subscribers, and to Old Sub
scribers paying all back dues aud
one Year in advance.
Congress reconvened Wednes
day from its holiday Vacation.
Theodore Thomas, the noted
orchestra leader, died of pneu
monia in Chicago last Tuesday.
A cable from Constantinople
states that the ruler of Turkey has
forbidden the sale of Bibles n
the streets of that city.
The New Drleans Street Rf U
way system has been forced ir \o
the hands of a receiver. The con
cern is capitalized at $80,000,000.
A Kentucky firm owning six
distilleries* offers to buy a hun
dred thousand bales of cotton at
7£ cents per pound, to be paid for
in whisky.
Oklahoma Territory is also
eliminating the cotton surplus by
the fire route, a special stating
that sixfy bales were burned near
Shawnee Monday.
The 'Suprama C ■ '\w if -
firmed the verdict of the circuit
court in the Ed. Qaminon case
and has fixed Saturday, February
11th as the day rf his execution,
Hon. Oliver Clifton, mayor
elect of Jackson, Miss-, died last
Sunday of pneumonia, aged 58
years. Mr. Clifton had served
two terms as mayor of his city,
and on several occasions as chair*
man of the State Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee.
Sevea hundred of the citizens
of Newport, Ark,, took Louis All
white, a white maD, aged 43 years,
to a railroad trestle near the town
and swung him into eternity, All*
white and his son had murdered
two married women on Christ
mas morning. For some unex
plained reason the young man
was not lynched.
Texas courts hold that a free
citizen of that State has no right
to burn bis cotton or other farm
products. The law in that State
is “that no person shall wilfully
and mischievously injure or de
stroy any growing fruit, grain or
other like agricultural products.
If convicted he shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding $l,000•’,
An Illinois man, crazed by
drink, held his wife down on the
railroad track and both were
killed before the engineer could
stop bis engine and the entire
train passed over their bodies,
grinding them to pieces. The wife
had gone to town to take her
husband away from some drunk
en companions, with the above re
sult.
The Philadelphia Ledger says
of the Italians, who are showing
a tendency to emigrate to the
Southern States: “Italians are
industrious and thrifty, and are
as a rule excellent farmers, mar
ket gardeners, and tradesmen In
the parts of the South where the
Italians have settled, they have
achieved a decided success
as truck growers and in other
employments.
END AT LAST.
Port Aithor Surrenders Monday.
The Japanese have at last cap
tured the Russian stronghold,
Port Arthur, known as the “Gi
bralter of the East,’' and deemed
impregnable. The assault and
the defense were both magnitb
cent, and the names of Nogi, the
victor, and Stoessel, the vanquish*
ed, will be linked in history.
The seige lasted about o’ van
monts,andtho bojonpurjd f<»rn« s*
yielded only a., ter the town was
in ruins, the ammubition exhaust
ed and starvation at hand.
It is estimated that the capture
of the city cost the Japanese com
mander 80,000 men, and] possibly
half as many more, and in the de
fense that 40,000 Russians laid
I down their lives.
Before surrendering, Stoessel
blew up the warships in the har
bor, the wharves, magazines and
all the public works of the city,
tur";ng over to Nogi a mass of
n it.a.
ThO terms of surrender were
^ merous and the Japanese occu
\ ied the city Monday.
It is not thought the fall of
Port Arthur will affect the course
of the war further than to make
Russia more desperately stub
born in its continmance.
Change in Clerks.
As announced two weeks ago,
VI. A. Seymour was appointed by
Ohanoery Olerk Trusty to suc
ceed Miss Blythe Haile, resigned,
is his deputy at Coffeeville. Mr.
Seymour has since been appoint
ed deputy circuit clerk by Mr.
L. L. Blount, and has assuemed
the duties of the offices.'
In losing the services of Mies
Haile the county is deprived of a
pleasant and most efficient official,
vhile in securing Mr. Seymour
it has a capable, energetic and ac
commodating man.
[State Items.
Biloxi truok growers have made
a big shipment of lettuce to north*
ern markets.
The Odd Fellows of Mississippi,
according to Secretary Doty, now
number 4000,
The report of the prison board
for the month of December shows
a total of 1,123 State convicts.
There were 228 89 miles of
railway built in Mississippi dur*
ing 1904. Only four other States
exceeded this mileage*
J
The Norvelle, a new up-to-date
hotel at Jackson, costing one hum
dred thousand dollars, was form
ally opened Dec. 26.
The boards of supervisors in
the various Delta counties have
passed laws to prevent the whole
sale slaughter of deer in that sec
tion.
State Auditor Henry has re
quested the State banks to sub
mit statements showing their fin
ancial condition on the 31st of
December.
A negro who was sleeping in
the loft of a livery stable at West
Point was burned to death. Bcv
eral horses and all the stable out
fit were also burned.
Aberdeen has adde-1 anothe
manufacturing enterprise to he
industrial plants—the lime sand
brick faclory, which is capataliz
ed at $70,000,
A recent bulletin of tlie De
partment of Labor gives Mies
irsippi a total population of 1,«
551,270, of which number 781,451
are males |and * 769,810 are f-r
males.
Jndiauola suffered an $8,000 fire
Tuesday morning. W. M. Kim
brough, one of the prominent bus
iness men, was seriously and
probably fatally injured by a fall
ing wall.
Proceedings
Board of Supervisors,
Yalobusha County
■
January Term, 1905, at Coffectille.
ACCOUNTS ALLOWED,
W M Tarver, et al, road
contractor, Dist. 2 $101 44
E Newburger, sundr’s fcr
county, ' 21 56
Newburger MercanTl Co., 6 41
Walker, Evans & Cogs- ,
well, sta. for county, 47 45
Trusty aud Pnc«-, ctuuc’y
court allowance, 41 00
F E Edwards, bdge worlr, 20 50
G W Price, trans. etc. 26 10
J W Gain, jail acct, Ed.
Gammon, 0 30
W W Vann, bdge work, 2 50
Luther Purdy, road work,
Diet. 3, 1 00
L L Blount, Go. Reg’tr, •• 100 00
Courier, et al, Go. prin ’g, 10 00
City Itemizer, stationery,
Chancery Clerk, 4 50
C M Schoggin, jail acct, /14 10
Bolivar Moore, road con
tractor, Diet 3. 157 50
G V Boswell, §2008, 25 00
H P Pate, §2006, 7 00
Jim Tierce, jail acct, 17 50
N W Brower, bdge work, 5 00
J H Foumlin, bdge work, 8 00
A. T Shaw, §2008, 21 75
DE Kelley, §2000, 1 70
G W Price, disinfectant,. 5 00
Luck Lee, bdge work, 40 00
G W Price, trans.
J B Massey, r’d w’k, Dist.
4,
2 00
Walter Schimtz, work on
Poor House.
T J Miles, P’r H’s® apct,
R 8 Tillman, §20Q8,
W W Baser, §2008. *
W W Baker, §2008,
J F Young, §2006,
Will Pate, rel. road tax.
D E Kelley et al, cost Co,
convict,
J H Harrison, road wofk,
Diet. 6, *
lyloc R o tenberry, bdge.
Twork,.
W H Hughes, bdge w’k,
J H Spiers, ref. road tax,
H W Hotter, Road Idsp’r
Dist. -4, *«
H W Hunter, Ropd Insp'r.
Hist 5,
H W Hunter, Road Iniip’r *
Dist. 2. ' ,
J R Hodngtt, sal fcataaps,
O T Doyle, waste baskets, ,
F M Denley, §2008,
W E Jenkins, trans. qt la*
natic,
Drs. Jenkins & Harris, SX*
amination of lunatic, •»
Dr. B B 8ayle, med. att’in t
to pauper,
W Lee Jones, ley. wprk,
H W Durrant, turn, etc,
Robt Goad, lrmber,
The Progress, sub. 1904,
j W Shackelford, lam* ac<jt,
V D Haile, put down carp.
Jennie Hawkins, tem rel’f,
M L Robertson et al.nem
reiief,
7 00
I 11 40
17 60
2 05
21 50*
1 00
* 8 00
4 20
2 50
10 00
13 50
3 00
10 00
10 90
2 00
68 08
2 50
25 00
14 70
19 00
2 25
7 00
78 44
26 12
1 00
,11 30
15.00
350
31 50
J L Mauldin, feln’y case*, 24
J A Spiers, ref. poll tax, 2
L L Blount, postage 1904, 10
S D Boyle, post 1904, * 5
H H Oreekmore, Co. Atty, 10
J L Trusty, Co, Auditor, 170
Officers and Members of
the Board, . 7110
J M Berry, §2008, 910
J L Trusty, postage, 15 00
ORDERS.
That W. L. Efranhon, agent, be
and is hereby authorized to piece
an additional Ore insurance ppon
ssssss
tbe court house et Coffeeville for
$8,000,. uf e premium of $160.00
for »term of 3 years.
Tbftt tft® Oltrk advertise ac
cording to law for sealed bids for
the work of repairing the levee
in Turkey Greek bottom ou the
Coffeeville and Houston road,
said bids to be received at the
next meeting of the Board ia Wa
ter Valley on the first Monday of
February. 1905.
That the Clerk proceed to ad
vertise according to law f jr the
calling in and pajment of the
f the bonds of Yalobusha conn
ly, known as the Court House
bonds, to the amount of $2,000,
said lot of $2,000 being the first
series of said, bonds, and to be
paid according to the terms of
their issuance.
The awarding of the contrast
for working the public reads. of
District No, 5 ef Trlobusba coun
ty, fpr four years ftym date, was
let to J. B. Norris at $25 per mile,
he being the lowett bidder.
The February meeting of the
Board at Water Valley.
i . ■ ; /
The Memphis Morning News
snd the Evening Scimitar have
been consolidated and is now is
sued an evening psper as The
Memphis News-Scimitar.
According to reports, says the
Jackson Clarion-Ledger, a loose
lion is roaming in the woods near
the village of Pickering on the
#ttlf& Ship Island railroad, A
negro section hand was so b*dly
frightened at the sight of the lion
that be died of convulsions,
Aceept No Substitute.
There is nothing just as good
for Malaria, Obills and Fever as
Dr. Mendenhall’s Chill and Fever
Cure. Take it as a general tonic
and at all times in place of qui
nine. If it fails to give satisfac
tion your money W. B McFar*
and will refund.
Bend your orders to* Elliot &
Bnrke, Memphis. Good goods
low prices and prompt shipments.
Bead their ad on the eighth page
of this paper. ,
B. B. Sayle, President 0. V. Beadles, Vice-President.
J.' P. Provine, Cashier, s
flCOFFVIEELLE BANK.il
Coffeeville, Miss.
■it
Your Business Solicited.
T
Are bum ladloallone of soma form of stomach
trouble, biliousness or a bad liver. Malaria wiL
next overtake you. Don’t risk It, and above all,
don'tlal* calomel orqulnkio-»both are dangerous.
HERB INID
has all their virtues—none at their
deadly effect*. HERBINE taken
secularly willtorestall headaches, pot
th* digestive organs in perfect oondi
tion, bead off biliousness, headaches*
fiver ills, keepyou in good health.
m nr vmav.
Meat Bet** AH Druggists.
Sold by the Rabertson-Williams Drag Go.
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ia a gift that aaybody will thank
Santa Claua for. That is if the
paper ia the night kind. It muat
be the right quality, the right
shape and -he right tint. It must
come in a pretty box, of course.
Such a gift is never out of place,
for everybody ciu use it.
We have a beautiful assortment
of paper especially put up. You
can spend much or little and get
something fine in either case.
Spencer & Jennings,;
Prescription Druggists.
WATER VALLEY, Him
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to its superiority. -
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