The commonwealth., July 08, 1897, Image 7

About The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923

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TA IJI AGE'S SERMON.
Discourse to Young Men About to t
Embrace the Law.
Tbe Lawyer <• « Christian III, r. imIoq
j
Hin t'lieatK- Form« of Tempta
tion to Which He i« Es
peclally Subject.
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage addresses
the following discourse especially to
voting men who expect to adopt the j
a profession and to all who are
friends of lawyers. It is based on the
text:
Bring Zenas, the lawyer.—Titus lit, UL
The profession of the law is here in
troduced, and within two days in the
capital city 80!i young men joined it,
and at this season in various parts of
the land other hundreds are taking
their diplomas for that illustrious pro
fession, and is it not appropriate that I
address such young men from a moral
and religious standpoint, us upon them
are now rolling the responsibilities of
that calling represented in the text by
Zenas, the lawyer.
We all admire the heroic and rigor
ous side of Paul's nature, as when he
stands coolly deliberate on the deck of
the corn ship while the jack tars of
the Mediterranean are cowering iu the
cyclone; as when he stands undaunted
amid the marbles of the palace, before
thick-necked Nero, surrounded with
his 12 cruel lictors; as when we find
him earning his livelihood with his
needle, sewing haircloth, and
preaching the Gospel in the interstices;
as when we find him able to take the
M'J lashes, every stroke of which fetched
the blood, yet continuing in his
missionary work; as when
lind him, regardless of the con
sequence to himself, delivering
a temperance lecture to Felix, the
government inebriate. But some
times we catch a glimpse of the mild
and genial side of Paul's nature,
seems that he had a friend who was a
barrister by profession. His name was
Zenas, and he wanted to see him. Per
haps he hail formed the acquaintance
of this lawyer m the court-room,
haps, sometimes, when he wanted* to
ask some question in regard to Roman
law lie went to this Zenas, the lawyer.
At any rate, he had a warm attach
iit for the man, and he provides for
his comfortable escort and entertain
ment as he writes to Titus: "Bring
Zenas, the lawye'r."
This man of my text belonged to a
profession in which are many ardent
supporters of Christ and the Gospel.
Among them Blackstone, the great
commentator on English law; and Wil
berforce, the emancipator; and the late
Benjamin F. Butler, attorney general
of New York; and the late Charles
Chauneey, the leader of the Philadel
phia bar; and Chief Justices Marshall
and Tente rtl en and Campbell, and Sir
Thomas More, wiio died for the truth
the scaffold, saying to liis aghast
executioner: "Pluck up courage, man,
and do your duty; my neck is very
short, be careful, therefore, and do not
strike awry.'
Among the
have been u
ter have bee
Bible and Christianity—as when Dr
iel Webster stood in the supreme court
at Washington, pleading in the famous
Girard will case, denouncing any at
tempt to educate the people without
giving them at the same time moral
sentiment, as "low, ribald and vulgar
deism and infidelity" as when Samuel
L. Southard, of New Jersey, the leader
of the forum in his day, stood on the
platform at Princeton commence
»nt, advocating the literary ex
eelleney of the Scriptures; as when
Edmund Burke, in the famous trial of
Warren Hastings, not only iu behalf
of the English government, but in be
half of elevated morals, closed his
speech in the midst of the most august
assemblage ever gathered iu Westrain
ster hall by saying: "I impeach War
ren Hastings in the name of the house
of commons, whose national character
he has dishored; I impeach him in the
name of the people of India, whose
rights and liberties he has subverted;
I impeach him in the name of human
nature, which he has disgraced; iu the
name of both sexes, and of every rank,
and of every station, and of every situ
ation in the world, 1 impeach Warren
Hastings"
Vet, notwithstanding all the pleas
which that profession has made in be
half of God, and the church, and the
Gospel, and the rights of man, there
has come down through the genera
lions among many people an absurd
, • i , • Y . * u c .
and wicked prejudice against it. bo
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long ago as in the time of Oliver trom
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well, it was decided that lawyers might
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not enter the parliament house as
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members, and they were called "Sons
, ,, . , „ rp, I , I, t ,
of Zeruiah." I he learned Dr. John
. , , ,,
son wrote an epitaph for one of them
in these words'
God works wonder:» now and then,
Here lies a lawver, an honest man.
Two hundred years ago a treatise
was issued with the title, "Doomsday
Approaching with Thunder und Light
ning for Lawyers." A prominent
clergyman uf the last century wrote in
regard to that profession these words;
"There is a society of men among us
bred up from their youth in the art of
proving, according as they are paid, by
words multiplied for the purpose, that
white is black aud black is white. For
example; If my neighbor has a mind
to my cow. he lures a lawyer to prove
tliat^he ought to have my cow from
fcml m^righu't 6 Wingagah'st all'ruhs
Itnu my rigni.u ocmgaj, ainsi an ruics
of law that a man should speak for him
self. In pleading tliey do i£>t dwell upon
the merits of the Ml* but uoon
in«, mcrii-s oi uie c.m.c, uui up«m
circumstances foreign thereto. For in,
stance, they do not take the shortest
method to know what title my adver
»ary has to my oow. but whethtr the
cow be red or black, her horns long or.
short, or the like. »After that they ad
ion rn the cause from time to time, and
in "0 years thev come to an issue This
m .u y tais tney come 10 an issue, inis
society likewise has a peculiar cant or
jargon of their own, in which all their
laws are written, and these they take
especial care to multiply, whereby
they have so confounded truth and
falsehood that it will take 12 years to
decide whether the field left to me by
my ancestors for six generations be
longs to me, or to one fiOO miles off.".
i say these things to show you that
there has been a prejudice going on.
down against that • profession, from
generation to generation. Î account
for it ou the ground that tliey compel
men to pay debts that they do not
want to pay, and that they arraign
criminals who want to escape the con
séquences of their crime; and as long
as that is so, and it always will be so,
just so long thert will be classes of
law
It
mightiest picas that ever
ade by tongue of barns
behulf of the
Pleas i
ill affect, at any rate, to !
despise the legal profession. I know !
not how it is in other countries; but I !
have hail lonir and wide acquaintance '
with inen ofthat profession—I have I
found the
men who
t
all my parishes—!
1 tarrifd in one of their offices for three ;
j years, where there came real estate 1
lawyers, insurance
lawyers, marine lawyers, ami I have yet
to find a class of men itiçre genial or
more straightforward. There ;
tiiat occupsdâm, as in all our occupa
tions, men utterly obnoxious to Gc*l
and man; but if 1 were on trial for mv
integrity
even-handed justice administered to
me, I would rather have my case sub
mitted to a jury of 12 lawyers till
a jury of 12 clergy me
fessien, 1 believe, lu
prejudice than . s to be found in the sa
cred calling.
No other profession more needs the
grace of God to deliver them in their
temptations, to comfort the
trials, to sustain them in the discharge
of their duty. While I would have
you bring the merchant to Christ, and
while I would have you bring the farm
er to Christ, ami while l would have
'vers, criminal
to
The legal pro
less violence of
•d
ho ,
e in
j
not
suit. V
y
d.
ue > r < 1() m an office in a western city. I
overheard the conversation, when lie
John, you can go on with this
lawsuit, and 1 will see you through as
wpll as 1 can, but 1 want to tell you
before you start, that a lawsuit is equal
b> a fire. bolder the tremendous
temptations that come upon the-Jegal
profession, there are scores of men who
bave gone down, and some of them
from being the pride of the highest
tribunal of the state, have become a
disgrace to the lömhs court-room. Lv
er - v attorney, in addition to the innate
sense °* r *obt, wants the sustaining
power of the old-fashioned religion
desus Christ. 'Bring Zenas tiie lavv
T er '
There arc tw0 or three forms of temp
tation to which the legal profession is
especially subject. 1 he first of all is
skepticism. Controversy is the lifetime
^business'of that occupation. Contro
ye }J ] ,e 1 "? ldent " 1 or acclde " t " 1
with us; blit with you it w perpetual,
Vou pt «.used push..,g the sharp
question "Why? and making unaided
reason superior to the emotions that
, le r . e 'If 10110 t '^ u * ""* w uc i is a
simple matter of faith, and above
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human reason, although not contrary
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to it, has cut little chance with some
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of you. A brilliant orator wrote a
J .
book on tin* first page of which he
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announced this.sentiment: "An honest
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(.»ou is the noblest work of man.
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Skepticism is the mightiest temptation
of the legal profession, and that man
who can stand in that profession, re
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sistmg all solicitations of infidelity*
and cau be as brave as George Griggs,
of Massachusetts.; who stepped from
tj )e gubernatorial chair to the nnssiou
arv convention, to plead the cause of a
dying race; then on lus wav home from
tho convention, cm a cold day. took oil'
his warm cloak and threw it over the
shoulders of a thiuiy-clad missionary,
savin", "Take that and
wiU do inorc g,„a t ) la n it will
me;" or, like Judge ,iohn McLean, who
( . a „ step frora the supreme court
r rn f t i le r ri it'J states
to L 'auniv^ piÄ
° f • Ü '\ A,m ' rk ' iUl Su " d; iy-»chool
union| jts must powerful orator—* de
M , rrC!( congratulation and encomium. I
men of tin* etui profession let im
u'" . . Y profession, let mu
0 f you to quit asking questions in
re p Urd ' to re | i(fio „. B ml begin believing.
x *e mighty men of your profession,
st6r y, And 'Kamt, and Wrfnxlkdd became |
Christians, Sot through their heads. ;
but throu , rll u,eir hearts. "Except ye •
become as a little child, ve shall in no I
w ise »-iit-r the Kimfdoin of Got" j f ,
, . h r . . , ;
you do not become a Christian, 0. man
the professitm. until you can 1
tui , thing out in regard to «<**.*
nI1( i Christ, an.l the immortality <t tho ■ .
wl; l, wi 'i never trgeome a târristian '
ut al) _ unIr believe. "ISrin# /.o.as
mv life, and 1 wanted
you bring the
address you
to Titus: "Bring Zenas the lawver."
By so much as his duties are delicate,
and great, by
Christian stimulus und safeguard. We
all become clients. 1 do not suppose
mechanic to Christ, 1
- in the worths of Paul
•li does he
there is it man 50 years of age
has been in
.•live life who has
been afflicted with
name is assaulted aud j
legal protection, j
ilarv line is invaded, and the
pat
ent is infringed upon, and you must
make the offending manufacturer pay
the penalty. Your treasures are taken,
and the thief must be apprehended,
want to make your will, and you
>t want to follow the example of
those who, for the sake of saving $I(W
from an attorney, imperil §250,000, and
keep the generation following for 20
years quarreling about the estate,
til it is all exhausted,
by an assassin, and you must invoke
for him the penitentiary,
of 1» ersou's in frouV.se of time become
clients, and there they are all inter
ested iu the morality and the Christi»
integrity of the legal profession.
"Bring Zenas the lawyer."
». is the office of a busy
attorney! In addition to the
come to you from right motives, bad
•ill come to you. They will offer
you a large fee for counsel in the
wrong direction. They want to know
from you how they can escape 1 r
solemn marital obligation. They come
to you wanting to know how they can
fail advantageously for tin*niseives.
They come to you wanting, to know how
they, can make the pis usance company
pay for a destroyed*house which thev
burned down with their
you must
Your boi
courts must re-establish it. Yc
You »ire struck
What a so
bo
hands.
Or they come to you on the simple er
rand of wanting to escape payment of
their honest debts. Now, it is no easy
thing to advise settlement, when by
urging litigation you could strike a
mine of remuneration. It is not a very
easy thing to dampen the ardor of an
inflamed contestant, when you km
through a prolonged lawsuit you could
get from him whatever you asked.
It is no easy tljing to attempt to
discourage the suit for the breaking of
a will in tlib Surrogate's court be
cause you know 'the testator was of
sound mind and body when he signed
the document. It requires no small
heroism to do as I once heard at at tor
3
f
ar it, it
i
j
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I
the lawyer.
Another mighty temptation for the
legal profession is Sabbath break
ing» has been going
ten or fifteen dn\%. The <*vf lene** is
on
nil in. It is îàstnrdav night. The j
. 1t j . .. " j , »i
&***#*!+ "'f 0- 1 'r d '' hl< * " ml 1 '°, ;
says; "Crier, adjourn the court until i
10 o'clock Monday morning." On Mon
day r morning the counselor is to sum !
up the ease. Thousands of dollars,
yea, the repu tation and life of his die at
may depend upon the success of his plea.
How will he spend the Intervening
Sunday? There is not one lawyer oui
! of a hundred that can withstand the
! temptation V) break the Lord's
! day under such
' And yet, if
I his own soul. What, my brother,
circunistauce*.
he hurts
does
he
you
can not do before 12
; night,
1
clock Saturday
uf ter 12 o'clock
lit. God does not want vou to do at
Su mi a v
all. Besides that, you want the 24
hours of the Sabbath rest to give you
that electrical and magnetic lore«
which will be worth more to you bo
fore the jury than all the elaboration
of your ease
intimate and lamented friend, the late
Judge Neiisoi*, iu his interesting
reminiscences of Rufus Choate, says
that during the last case that gentle*
man tried in New York the tv
journed from Friday until M<
account of the illness of Mr. t boat.but
the chronicler says that on the inter
vening Sunday he saw Mr. Choate in
the old ''Brick Church," listening to the
Rev. Dr. Gardiner Spring. I do not
know whether, on tne following da y,
ltufus UhoLfce won the case or lost it;
but 1 do know that his Sabbuth rest
did not do him any liar
is entitled to one day's rest out
seven. If he surrenders that, he r,d>s
his own soul, and his
client. Lord Castle reagli
Thomas Romilly were the leaders of
the bar in their day. They both died
suicides. Wilber force accounts for
their aberration of intellect on the
ground that they were un intermit ten t
, in their work, and thev never rested
• fell
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JaUced of t.w futme « 01 .« « "•■l 1
Ibey must Boon enter, it ius said to
iTv^" ''^"V^'lnS
Lün ï ,\shl>urt«m. Mv subject to-day
. -,
I mts M ' l f ,< l
»«jour piofcssion li > J»a\c <U p,.t U. 1
this Me. some of them skeptical and
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V -Tiri in ri.Y
thlld . 111 "' and ' . . '' .
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, . VV.'
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of e.ir.u uo Ji«. ü , ''y 1 / 1 >
minion. T lirdugh Oirw>t, tlm Advocate,
.» , ,i. . , ..i r.. t L„
1 ^ f' 1 a ,1 h ss u'-MUt
» ! L nrJ. ar, si- ui'r vs the ' Lo vi
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<,otl Alm. K ht>. Oh. what disastrous
the sacred di
Mv
G
rt
duy on
>f
three—God.
id sir
•Sunday, "i 1
said Wilber
j fellow Jit was non-observa
"Poop
•e of theSab
j bath." Chief Justice Hale says: "Wbe
1 do not properly keep the Lord's d
all the rest of the week is unhappy :
unsuccessful iu my worldly employ
ment." i quote to-day from the highest
statute book in the.
member the Sabbath day to keep it
holy.'' The legal gentleman who breaks
that statute may seem for awhile to bo
advantaged: butin the long run, the
d
universe: "Re*
•n who observe the law of
ill
vaster infiucnce,
greater professional sueeess. than tin
men who break the statute. Ob
servance of the law of
only spiritually aud eternally, but it
• bank bills.
Another powerful temptation of the
legal profession is to artificial stimu
lus. No one except those who have
addressed audiences knows about the
nervous exhaustion that sometimes
comes afterwards. The temptations
to strong drink approaches t he legal
prbfessiou »it that very point. Through
the ill-ventilated court-n
barrister's health
pressed. for days and for weeks. He
wants to rally his energy. He is tempt
ed to resort to artificial stimulus, it
Is either to get himself up. or let him
self down. The llower of tin* Ameri
can bar, ruined in reputation
ruined in estate, said in his last
•ills: "This is the end. I
011 a borrowed bed, c
rowed sheet, in a house built by public
charity. Bury me under that tree in
the middle of the field, that 1
be crowded; I always have been crowd
ed."
have larger retai
ot
pa.vs in liard doll sirs.
the
btei
de
dying
rcred with a 1 mm
it
Another powerful temptation of the
legal profession is to allow the absorb
ing duties of the profession to shut out
thoughts of the great future. V
k
• well that v
•Im have «
ft en tried others, will after aw bile be
trial yourselves. Death will
put
serve on you »i, writ of ejectment, and
•ill be put off these earthly prem
ises. On that day, all the affairs of
presented in a
•ill be
• life
3
"bill of
ri fix
particulars.
higher
this is the highest
day when Lord Exeter was tried for
high treason; the day when the house
of commons moved for the impeaeh
iut of Lord Lovat; the days
Charles I. and Queen < Tirol i ne were put
upon trial; the duy when Robert Ein
arraigned as an insurgent;
the day when Blennerhasset
brought into the court-r
he had tried to over
throw the United States govern
ment, and all the other great trials
of the world are nothing compared
with the great trial in which you and l
shall appear, summoned before tho
Judge of quick and dead. There will
lie no pleading there "the statute of
limitation;" no "turning state's
denee," trying to get off ourselves,
while others suffer; no "moving for
»I nonsuit."
court, for
rt. The
et
was
be
The case will «i
e ou
inexorably, and wo shall be tried. You,
jny brother, who have so often been
advocate f
Advocate for yourself. Have you se
lected Him? The Lord Chancellor of
the Universe. If any man sin, we have
Advocate—Jesus Christ, the right
eous. It is uncertain when 7
will be called on.
others,
•ill then
•cd »
"Be also ready."
Lord Ashburton arid Mr. Wallace
were leading barristers in their day.
They died about the
few months before their dc
.* time. A
isc they
happened to be in the same hotel in a
village, the one counsel going to Dev
onshire, the other going to London.
They had both been
upon
by a disease which they knew
would be fatal, and they re
quested that they be carried into
the same room and laid down on sofas
side by side, that t hey might talk over
old times aud talk over the future. So
they were carried in. and lying there
opposite fiofas they talked over their
bid contest*at the bar, nnd then they
a
r«3
these
other*
rt-r «xjtu
litigation! iiojhoid,He: comes! The Judge!
The Judge! The cloud* of Heaven,
the judicial ermine. The great white
throne, the judicial bench. _ The arcli
i\ voice that shall wake the dead:
tile crier. "Coin *, ye blessed—depart ye
demna
• the
cursed, the a< «pi.,.«»
tion. "And i saw the dead, small and
«rent, stand Ucforc (i.»J. and the book,
. .,
vvere °P ca c< _ ■.
•■II men. —Re». L. A- Crandall, Baptist,
Chicago, UL
pebwr*.
We are coming to .see that h umanity
tour creditor; that we arc debtors to
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
tVcfklv I'rop Hullftln.
Vicksburg. July 1 -During the v.rek
ended June vs. g here was an exec«.» of
temperature and a deficiency of ramfaù
in nearly all section»» of the State.
* Improvement is reported in cel
ui blooms a
h- 00
ig more gen
needs run bidly. also g.»
generally.
showers have benefitt< d crops
to
oral.
Local
dens and vegetath
ited an as, fcu a getu-rj
8ary in order to !?r.;»r«'ve the outlo.>\
Tho cutworm has
seriously in
the plants 1 «
Oats and wheat i:
jured cotton
sections, and
d small.
lato a
irthei
tho
turning oui
por
11,
of the State ft
also fruit; b
ti j
1 ;; lo
garde 1
•arly burned up.
Meadows aro
Money From lh** Hlvf» C4»mml»*lon,
kftde by
to tho
The apportionment, hws l
tho Mississippi river
various !«•
1 . mission
The lo
districts.
Mississippi levo
distrii
YiT-V. 1 '-.'», while tho upper or Y;
sissippi delta 1- vee district, w
>• Mis
». In explanation of th s
only ï
tho Greenville Democrat Bay s: ' T. al
tho Greenville district
of the funds apportioned is
due to the fact that ft
past the opposite side of tho
■eiv« d especial attention, while this
d strict has received hut little from
the Federal government. Thes
were brought out before the commission
representatives, Walter Sillers,
Gov. M Laurin, W. G. Vergor, Willi»
Starling, «h M. Jayne and others, in the
strongest, possible light. The work d*
by our local levee hoard was brought
of tho commission, while
lion's sha
vor hr-.8
fai
the a tie
the heavy burden of local tuxati
also Impressed upon tho
tubers of tho c
,nds of t.h«*
Our rop
;sontati ves adopted the proper policy -•
mission
they spoke truth—and placed the hr ip
less rond 1 lion of
people before th
commission. '
«•It.
vi>«mIN llHtl
Greenwood, June 'Ml At. 5:10 this
• little city
another disastrous conflagation.
a dr for live flue of the kitchen o
morning
Froi
f Hotel
Lamon, lire broke out in room No. lo,
if that building, and
a mass of flu
d floo
on the soi l
the house was
Some of thp furniturt
tho building, valued at #1,000, wj
total loss, with
ved, but
ms
insurance. Tho far
ts insured for
Storehouse of Childs A Baker,
nituro, vaL
ed at #5
joss >1, 000 , insurance #400; stock of g re
store house of Robert
insurance, stock,
•to., about Ç500, no insurance.
Mills,ftps «V Iribbelt. cottage, loss Ç*no,
insurance. Damage to electric light
l teleph
'J'Im? bouses being all frame structures,
3 re rapidly consumed.
cerirs
Bey 1
poies and wires. >150.
('«»mill li
of
«• State Tr«n
The State treasurer
Jackson. July 2.
today for th
second time during the
ith found the trea
ry vaullH
past
short of funds.
Warrants for
d ho only had a little
ee t tli err
or >:•,()( 10
ere prosented,
more thaï
vi th.
St ,000 to
Tho governor at once negotiated another
loan for £25,000, with (. A. Johnston,
president of the First State Bank of
Columbus. Tho money will arrive to
morrow. Tho interest agreed
tho fia mo as that for tho other loa
of
£25,000 from the same institution .'» per
cent, per annum. This loan makes
£50,000 the legislature authorized tho
governor to borrow.
I
New Church fur llolly Spring«.
Tho congregation of tho Baptist
Church of llolly »Springs will build a
w ch urch
Daugherty
the contract having beo
liobon and \V. F. Rittelmever. 'I'ho
tho old lot opposite the
Church street,
1 hit, to 'Hi ornas
vbich were drawn by a Nco
plans,
York architect, call for a neat, brick
building, of imp
will bo a great addition to tho architec
ture of that town.
ed
dern style,
id
Kitln Jlnilly N< , «i«li*(l.
The protracted drouth has bee
damaging to crops in Hinds and adjoin
ing counties. Reports from Rerry, C
ington, Smith, Jasper and .lories coun
ties aro to the effect that
sequence has fallen since March in
some sections, and tho 'damage to the
corn crop is estimated to he not less
than 25 per cent, and unless rain is had
In a short time will bo almost an entire
failure. A bright cott
month ago is also being blighted.
■ry
I
rain of con
prospect of a
Tlic Coniriicl Lfit.
The city council of Jackson last wool«
awarded toG. ('. Wedgwortb of Meridia
a contract to build tho new brick school
house in West Jackson, tbo price agroed ;
upon being £15,875, the work to begin at
once.
of
Ten
JjcjA'OOO ht
Gov. McLaurin has stated tho terms
borrowed the §25.000 fr«
the First Mato Bank of Columbus. He
vhieh 1.
on
borrowed the money at the r»tte of 5 per
1er which I
he negotiated the loan authorizes the !
governor to borrow S'joo/ciu till .lanuary
ID, 18'JO, at a rate of interest not to ex
ceed <» per cent.
The act
cent per annum
The Cornice Fell.
Batesville, July 1.—• This evening a
portion of tbo cornice ."
brick wall,
erected here, fell, killing instantly Abe {
Le land.
not seriously hurting Richard Loland,
R. I). Bruce, one of tho
the building,
the top of a
new building now being
igvi near., pniufully but
I
red man
a c<
also pain
rnasons
fully but not seriously «• ;t about the
face by the falling brick. These
<-n I
were taking refuge from the hot sun t.y [ ,
sitting under the shadow of the wal .
when the accident occurred.
5 j
'1
builders had not quito finisbod backing
up the cornice work.
JToJI Worm» and Drouth,
Boll worms havo made thoir appear
ance on cotton throughout Lowndes
county, and disastrous
fea-ed.
h'ad no rain for nearly neve
tho crops are suffering very
the drouth.
and dl«a* trou* re.ulu ar()
Portion, of tl,« county havo !
in for nearly teron week, and !
ich frora
Df»th of J, L, FlotHior.
Col. .T. L. Fletcher, of Kateaville, I'a- 1 In
nul» county, died recently at th« »go ] :!5
of 77. He was one of tbo pioneers of ]
North Mississippi and was respected !
and honored by all who knew him for i ed
his probity >nd kind-hest'-edness.
Ht DR'JMS UP TRAVEL
el
\ I<-l
*u.<
» ; \
**l *.:» -a lllin^ to bet tha
net*.'* what 1 do
ell-dmimi
stale e\pri >s the
the Kmj*i
other duy.
The propo*-i
is rather m
leofn half hundred met
The
th
P
•nuil f.
uni 1
a tra
eling man for
u- shoe h;
Tli
had made his a«
,1 taken
his seat beside him.
The
that he w
in fact it i s probable tli;
atlo
talking
to km
porter,
gleaned thn
lie j
fr
i
friends at the !
vo, during
AH
which lii
e the eon
i
about eomiuonpluee things, the
suddenly braced up, km
the question at
The latter admitted the
fn
h
sea t mate,
prtduible truth
tin*
1 - 111 ,
shed the
1 a 1 11 ra 1 qu
"W. II.
'hio:ig<
u Mi} 1 hud Urn
ot put my stuff i:
hen the*
per offiees .nul tlm eo
iled
by the old fashion«' I
ot good clothe* . In
1 had a lo
out Of n j
I
hei
idea
it
lal
•1er. No.
n.ierstaud
I th
Tin- \
10 , but I
ill «1,1:
«
ellng people
bust line t \ :\\ eh rs.
re tra
not tu
dly. forei:
tin
1.
hnhr
see 1 1»<
of visiting America
•lit
'f a KTeal
rn ru il road am! unfolded
idea.
N II sbai'l
'I'bcre ,s ulw
It
as this:
compel
of Chicago. The vn
across the
rst
rornis h ading
rn. have li
ty in f
in Ne'
m*ml
'ork and This
.1
of (he At la
of these
lull's.
various kinds >
Tin- purpose
if advertisements is to
ie stea
English,
he
s -e A 1
lo cross the
the gold.
gate mer 1 1 1 «■
«MMitineut to
li
lines of a particular roinpaiiN
sinunllv tin re i
and unsopbe-•
•cd ad\ ice
t i ■;
els and routes.
l hoard the
York at least
a in ut N
Hers, get
twice
•c|., 1 spul t he t 1
itb them,
1 tin
nmted
alingly nsk them
ing.
here tliey n
After l huirii I
sk t he]
if they
rse, they haven't, nnd 1
Of cm
ally timt 1 »
. by the B. A B.. whicl
• rond 1 hey intend t<
Then thev usk me if I I
west
■
ulw il
s the mi
of Chl
iinvfliing about trie I
hot. and
I ah«
toll them that l am an old traveler, j
that i have always found the bef-t hi
the H. M. is W.
d
I crack the
1
the limit.
its uf tlie road up t
v of .i : :!,()0()
me by the
Thei
I continue acquamtaiic
Bntfulo, »
■. the eastern
road,
until l get
1 i
of the R.
M. «V \Y., located in flint city, nnd Huit
I think that I (•«
ship with him, lit them out with ticket.'
• 'Frise«
that I km
Id. through my f rie
!
Rt
lie R.. A- M.
1 h
«lit
go.
•rally worl
il I see Hum
"It gei
wifely 01
.
hoard the Irai
id Him
1 her that I have left
de nly n
hack L
grip at the parcel sb
I. I [
til tlic train has
L'ct it. ami
It
pulled out. »«nd the
trai
operation. ! tell you I did a big bind*
Id's fair year. I
ter I post up on the beauties of the
Be encry along t be M. B. & w.. t hi bo I
emn grandeur and all that stuff, and in
the summer I tell of the beauties of
the plains. Did y
board the
York.
here 1 re pc»
I lie
the u
I think they sire the dreurmst sight
Tcjition."
Rockest.
De
der
erat
and f.'lire
dele.
CATCHING A CHECK FORGER.
1
«- ot (he tin
<*hc in«*»«
f»-MIJ«l lillflkM.
«•(I
II«
1 before Hi
Not long »ig«* there s
paving idler's wi
of New
IK little
a $100
ks ;
düng bhnidl;
Israelite, fc
;
-I
c double su
the little Jeu e
: "You
< merit, ce i
fli-d."
The Check \va
d wit In
hesii
pa
he
'Why is Hint idiot Man
then with
grin, trying to (l\ lii
And duly h
took not»*.
I A f«*w days Inter the nnin npper
! tin* v irido v ».gain, hi:
red f.t I
■«'dis
nil",
the K
other cheek from
• lit
. me firm ; t lie in
r certified j:
-, and this time Hi" ;
K'llflt i t
:• bfiofutcly i ! « » I h - ! t
). There
{
:
ith Hie cheek «Mi its f
ing wrong
ami il came fn
vell-k
f the bn j of nf
«
>i.l til.. ,»;i> hiv (filer, " r.m„rL!,.-tr ,.,!■! | i
i«i;:
the' fellow U
k. Sol-;
ihl ba; «• i«» look up Ih<* ;»«
I sh
it !
bile hr ", cit- , I
foi*' it ' •«) 11 Id I/" ]>.i id. I!
ed I slipped »
which
:i short dis'
is only
Hieck
The
pr«- ;
,
:<•«•«! p -rfcr-tly good,
, walk nv
id I
When tlic head of | t
t.h«* firm -.'id: AVhy. h«»!«l up, We've j i
about
•, « .]
.o eh««-ks ibis ;
■ g.' And
I
Hier» f V, Mill h:i«'k »Mid I.
r g« , «î my crook.
sold the f!i
He ! j • • » l firs'
got his «»rigiiwi! *100 check il
This he lmd used to imitate
a bond, and
pavuoMiL
the firm's
'.■■ ! ur-o» ft,<-nd. :,,jl lik.-u c
im !"'' . 7' h U !"' "•"'•
' !, ,'V' h " ?"!'•
•< nr:'! time I would not bother him.
In North Topeka. After giving lii*
:!5 cents for ,1 little jolt done iirouml the
It««*,., lie ftickH the Inti's pocket while
Im " ns asleep, und in the morn i nj-«<ol<l
ed him for tsireli'sshtss in losing his
—Tite trennest man in Kansas dwells
luoncy.
BEAUTY IS BLOOD DEEP.
Il. nnllfi'1 j
Pure. Ilea Ith) lllotul >!«•
i oni|ile\ton — ln («*«( tim I '
Poison ill«*
Are (
liy MnUliie I he 1,1 \
ill deep.
to «
«»oil \\ lien llie
if I tin fett.
Drive The in
That is wrong.
" IVaot l
th a I.
A I«
•tipal
h, lias i.o
P
\
Umut it'u), Mvi
ntt Uni. or
T
e blood
I •
«T 1
if y the b
I
j 1
l'u
i tl
lio, til l
!
U'.l for pro
lor hooklet
,1
i Olie.igo, Mo
\ OI
The Slior
the Oilier Vi
nyrid- Have «air of
Mis» s
Bt
"Dm
>nh
the
Dll V.
I. -•
125 1
h
W il,* h
Hm
The
Im.
mi ti
\\ UK h.
;
1
,
d . M 1 *. in
•ho I
!
\\
■
Hi.*
M MU i
.imimimt w.
«
! n habihtv are u.it. I.unnl
(•Milt s 11
unit in
I» «lullt l*n>
difativrly) 1 wonder if
it.
•nllldll'l p{
• !
d.lV ri|il
parhiieMt
Mai,MMg Kdil -r It
Rrrnp liiiol: it Imnir full of first-rate jol.o j
I vo oof !
about bishops
N. Y. \\ r. U\
Sonin: Hc(tM4»n»4 !'■
1.
«• \ 1*1» «
Iftcil R.l
public plein 11 « i.-J il tn '».
• the
ill
\ i .il il ;
, " nl
I.Ul IISKIHlS '
dirai h him
rather lh.
d ra il
lo
it
al cm rt Im 111.1 kr like tl ad
Lor h»rl \ :
li o
I', loi
lack
Bill
trouiiJr.
« «1 \KIII11.
Mo
•d * 1 1 1 Id <
.••ids the
Mr. IhrL
A I
U , Melis.-, I.
\\ «11, t luit.'s where
:
Mrs. Hick
ll
Cleveland Leader.
Hi pmetiec never !
■ "doctor."- Wmdiiuiff mi Dc
horse tin
bet k o
1 Tat.
THE GENERAL MARKETS.
/Itv. M«
K su
CAT'J'I.l.
Hi
* -1
h a in
bogs- <
II*
WHEAT- N'«*
'( )lt N'
1 »ATS
iu
thorn
Rute, I
'j no ut
. :i ;«) «
HAY
I 'ft
BRAN Cnicl
HI'TTKH «
•'ui! t reu
KKSi:
Il kù It
IS » 5
K'i'iS <Tm.
Rt »TATOLS
45 '(
ST
bol'is
'ATT Lb
tn un i »hipping 4 4»
'Pcx
I
h
JtOliS
siibi.r
l'LDRH
WHKAT
. <»[{\ *
:i :.'i
... 3 «Kl
Ra
3
3 Jo
71
i\ - ,
I« /
1 ATS
L
It VK
lJRTTKK ('re;
LAUD Wear
i*o me..
11
R»
7 r>;»
HJ< 'AG«
fATTLi: * 'MtnifM/n ic j.i 1 mm
ut r. ifi
3 7<
ll«x;S R;k ! if»c uinl shlppiiif'
■! i M i m
SHKKR Fair to choice
FL( »fit Winter wheal.
P, 3 7.1
. 4 W (tf, 4 40
WHKAT No.
(DUN No
OATS No. 2.
KY'K.
JJRTTMK (ri
I,AUD.
l'( >KK.
I ; On.
1 < !■«
34
Vi 0i, iiq
Or 4 (»:
NF.W YORK
'ATTUK- Native steers
I ' > choice •
WHKAT So 2 no .
('OHS So.
OATH So
Ht.'J TKH
FORK M"
V»
i ;:>
1 U M i H
2iy/
IS
7 A0 Of, 8
m
l&.ssnf
u
SEE THAT
■
THIS NAME
mm
IS STAMJ'KD ON
Every Pair
or SHOES YOU BUY.
i iv»: oi
or m in itioiti i i .
(B
IT I H A I*
'"*■
asm: i.
SHOES.
Ask Your Dealer for Them.
,i ».» » »: KNOX «
I f V. MU.
*•"1
t
t
:
ARE
WELL BRED, SOON
WED." GIRLS WHO
(i
4
«
QUICKLY
MARRIED,
i
USE
I
f
t
i
A f"* 1C7Q Hail with delight the coming oi the most
iTVJ IiÂJ wonderful, meritorious preparation that
I will lighten the ills ot humanity and will do away with the tak
ing of obnoxious, violent purges, inconvenient liquids, and pills that
tear your life out. Simple, because in
^^^^'CATHARTIC Ö
CEE
You find Just what you want, convenient in form, pleasant of taste
(just like candy), and of never-failing remedial action. Although
made of the most costly ingredients, they are sold at a price within
the reach of all
ALL DRUGGISTS,
toe., isc., goe.
aw.
From Baby to Dear Old Grandpa
\n Vctttnl Ornirrrni'f.
Om- : t i.
j obtain* J i •..r
M.M.-"".
!'• r ; r's
•re 111
to !!• ■
\ t.
a, ni robe
t r<*s,
aid
I
Tamm.
In ■ >rdrr
lb ; .1
1 Roilie.
As >«
I|Im<iiK»'m m ml
It
had J»»
I' M* A'bb.'ii, ;tsj
\ .. Mu y 1 », is I
In I.
1 1,;«.
I I»
* '
li) hr
11
ln! , I ha' 1
; idea. 'W . ll,
1 ,iM she fill lli'il
, it." • Wasl
I',
(rroi
nth
\\ tl«
.Ini ,1
1
lav, and that
ini |Mirl«Hgr Vnlur
hl. Ilis
s » 1 1 m ! hing
le I » .
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.
j
\.
I Inn
m 1 \ « t In i
W .i i
I ton Ir
1 -h <
lii
J'rice Vi
Is taken
"If" \
the «br
<T M..I I« III« Ifillky I..
' 1
o.
€Sm O.
:
i'
!
'«'M'l of
liriiR'Kfft
! • CERTAIN CURE CO.. - Evansville« Ind.
5 50
»75
R/DEA
: B/crci^
•Western VJbccl Vorkp
- MAKf.Pj
Cfin a, n
(AVIA LlHiVI'.
n 1 iNO/a
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SriF ACfih
SHADE ROlltf!
NOTICE
LABEL
<> THE GENUINE
ClHARBHORH)
W I, I • I 4 «•>■ IliitiH (iirt'U
* WlltUMI«
I! Kill Of
■Hi I II I I
,I,KV , M O , A tin urn, «
PATENTS
NMi'iiMi ntoiinxT
PHILIP T. DODGE,
I» ft M II I M. I ON , II. < .
DROPSY
NFW WSf OVKKVt fflreii
rj «il« kr«*ll«f amlnif «•» w<»r>t
II. II. IJKKICVm
I O ilu^a*
Hrnil for book
IrfMlXM'Ul Kr«*«*.
CANCER
CURED AT HOME; »•
Dr.i.B HARRIS k CO.
Iko UuiI'Umk. Uni.lmml.1,
EDUCATIONAL.
VILLA R!DCE COLLEGE
w «nd CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.
youtnr ladle« wl '•■»»•t.
life faculty hum'll ijepai I (»■* ft. I., a riff, Imitd*
Imildlnw«, lliflili'il wft I« fra», Iu-u(f(| teilli rU-nrn,
l»llr*l «ftHi «»leffiitil, Ijilh *-«/« »»iv. St'inl f»*r ciitaleiniff.
O.H.l'Kimt.A.fl .l-r««.. !'. »«• V»l!«j, It). (». *r l«.«l,.lll. ».
One of the
till' H'lMtllWM't. Il<*ul(h IIMMiri»|IB«l«'<1. ' Ml
««. Um. ».".« T.
. Ml h- H,I VII I » , MV,
:
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f>-i »'>»i'» Id»'. A. «i. Ml Mi'll MY, I*
A- >1 'S V
WIIKN W lil l lMl TO A lIVKK lTSriKi
• ill»»*
f>l<l««e