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II* kContmoumtïiUlu GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, JULY 28. 1899. VOL. 3. NO 28. Truck Farms, Out of Town Lots, « Good Factory Sites, City Residence Lots & For Sale Cheap ! $ m » 4 ? }* a » >♦ 4i » 4? » 4? » 48 » > 4? g 48 4? » 4? W Parties desiring to purchase will call on or write to Mr. Madison Jones, Greensboro, Ala., office, next door to The Newburger Cotton Co. The farms will be sold in blocks of from 1 to 100 acres. TERMS: One-third cash: balance in 1„ 2 or 3 years. For Full Particulars, address, Lock Box 346, Greenwood, Miss, I %44444»44444444444444444444444444.W4444444444444444444444444444444Z or at this 4? }* 48 » 4? » 4f » 48 » 48 a A SPOILED TABLEAU. BY JAMKS KINC i; t lu* Uovor Washiiitfti is l \i It l-nil T. Do Wit l Hud decided sermon would make a Idt. on the subject of everlasting lo And he chose Ids text -dcmillion, through s The Holy Ghost de scended as adi ÿ >0 to make It. more Impressive, he had bribed U Put Magee To hide behind the organ, rliere tiie people couldn't see. With a snow-white dove Iteidde him. which told to throw Magee O'er the congregation's head when Talmag« first ta-gan to blow— And the signal to be given, he wouldu't be perplexed. s the sentence to la- spoken read ills text. Tiie plate Pastor then arose. With wild gesticulation, his toes. And lie banged the pulpit Hilde, und lia whacked tiie pulpit rail. And he howled aloud invectives, till the sin tin- Doctor Wi passed, hut lightly tilled; the lie pranced upon 'gan to quail. t'ntll finally exhausted, he In quiet accents read: *• 'And the Holy Ghost descended as a dove' —my text." he suld; Then glanced aloft where Pat waiting for the cue. But tiie tableau failed to work ; a hid, a bird ap peared in view: again lie yelled Ills text In tones to wake t he dead. That echoed and re-echoed in the rafters Tiie overhead. At last! In- got a rise from Pat. the loft. He leaued far out. and dlscreetlv «roughed. "The Tom lie*« ate the (lowly Ghost," In mil* emu tones said Pat, •*Wl»at shall I do, yer rlverence? Will I t'row down the cat*" suiting in «for twice he then -[Tiie Philistine. Tbe Messenger baa a high apprecia tion of Major Janiet K- Vardanian as a soldier, a citizen, a gentleman and a man of high moral ai well an physical ■ courage. Major Vardanian ii an hon eet man in politic* aa in private life, and »peak* right ont from tbe ahonlder Be tells the negroee plainly that it U the poli cy of the _ only to deny to them the ballot, lint to deny to them in fntnre the benefit of free schools except auch as tbe taxes they pay may afford. Such talk from the atnmp is manly if not politic, for it is the trntti and strikes the grovelling pe.tv politician in conn ties like Carroll and Chickasaw square between tbe eyes. U is the purpose of tbe democratic party to so charge the school laws as to practically wipe out the negro schools, and yet s large nnm her of tbe colored contingent in this county are being mastered by the offi cial scramblers into tbe democratic primary to help men to office, in order that they may have greater power to rob their children of the benefits of free •chools. May be, these people will see their error before it is too late.—Chick ocratic party not OOES INQERSOLL KNOW? It has been a common remark since tiie death of the noted infidel and ora tor that "he now knows whether there is another life and a heaven and a hell." This remark recalls the ultimate con clusion of the "searcher after evidence' in Howell's strong novel. "The Undis covered Country." After taking up with Spiritualism, nnd thoroughly be lieving in its "communications'' from the other world, only to be sadly disil lusioned, the old man tnmed, in his last sickness, to a patient study of the Scriptures, bnt was compelled to say as bis last word on the subject: "If we wake we shall know, if we do not wake we shall not even know that we hare not wakened " It is probable that Col. Ingersoll, if alive, would say of another jnst died: ' 'Does he know ! Or does he only not know that he is done with knowing'" Col. Ingersoll—to do him justice -did not deny the immortality of the soul nor tbe existence of a Supreme Being. He was an infidel, not an atheist—an agnostic rather than a dogmatic denier of the future life. Religions men have called tbe doctrine of immortality "a Great Hope," and Ingersoll went as far as that. In one of his beautiful, brief funeral orations he said: "If the grave ends all, if all was that our friend is dead, the world is better for tbe life he lived. Beyond the tomb we cannot see. We listen, but from tbe lips of mystery there comes no word, darkness and silence brooding over all. And yet because we live we hope." And his last published verses conclude with these lines: Is there lieynnd the silent night An endless dart Is death a door that leads to light? We can not say. The tongue less secret locked In fate We do nut know. We hop e and wait. Private rooms for ladies wishing to change dresses at Robinson's Art Gal. I lery. Do yon contemplate taking n vaca tion? If so, before making your rangements, call on the agent of the Mobile ft Ohio Railroad and see what low rates he tan make y on to ail prom inent summer resorts. Sommer tonrist tickets will be on gale from now until September goth, limited to October 31 189«. Citronelie ar Ala., Healing Springs, Ala., Blount Springs, Ala., Stafford Springs. Mis«., Gibson Wells, Tenn„ Arnndel Li this Springs. Mias., Coopen Wall, Miss.. Bailey Springs, Ala.. Point Cioaa and other Mobile Bay resorts reached by the Mobile ft Ohio Railroad. In some cases there is a pleasant ride through the country after leaving tbe train, before yon reach the resort, and in otherss short steamer trip. These are al! well known resorts, and have been patronized liberally for a number of years by the best people in tbe Southern States. Allot those points have good hotel accommodations, and are •very year. COTTON IS WORTH MORE. How the Farmer Is Benefited llv the Round Inn Huit*. Atlanta Constitution, which The recently published an elaborate report on the roundlap hale of the American Cotton Company, in discussing the value of the new system of cotton hand ling, says: "it is quite dear that, in order to raise the price which should go to the farmer for his cotton, the inercial expenses in handling it must be reduced. Under present conditions, tbe amount of money required to handle the from the gin to tbe factory platform, has gone ont of all proportion, so that its commercial handling consumed the profit which should have gone to the grower. Viewed from this standpoint, com crop, Wawhington, Mihh. ij! Six Miles East of Natchezt 9 ft I 97TH SESSION BEGINS SEPTEMBER I2TH, 1899. »! i ♦ I lie oldest and one of the liest prejiaratory schools in the south. Classical, Scientific and English Business Courses. Not only prépara» boys for admission to the leading colleges and universities and scientific schools, but fits them for life. Seven experienced teachers. Buildings admirably located, and completely equipped. Every improvement essential to health and helpful to study. Health mxird unexcelled—no deaths in 25 years. 150,000 endowment by the U. S. government. t tn* i<T jgr jgr mi ra I ipi ut i/r ♦ i »! i EXPENSES $160 TO $175 PER YEAR FOR CATALOOUE, ADDRESS— J. S. RAYMOND, L. L. D., Pres , ...OR,.. L. P. LEAVELL, Secretary, -fis?« TÏ^Æ.- ♦ «f-Sc + therefore, euery movement which de livers the farmer's cotton wjtli least ex pense to the manufacturer must be re garded as of the widest public Interest. The new methods of round haling are on this line, doing away with rnnrh of the clumsiness and extravagance of the old system and snbstituting which can make of every cotton gin a compress as well. Tbe claims of tbe one round bale advocates show tlmt we have entered niton an era of invention which means mnch to the farmer, and much, tfcmfoN, to the ooutry A $40.00 BICYCLE OIVEN AWAY DAILY The publishers of the New York .Star, the handsomely illustrated Sunday newspaper, arc giving a liigl bicycle each day for the largest list words made by using tbe letters con tained in "T-II-E NEW YORK N-T-A-U" no more times than word than it is found in the New York Star. Webster's Dictionary to be con sidered us authority. Two good watches (tirst e-lass time-keepers) will I« given daily for second and third best lists, and many other valuable rewards, includ ing Dinner sets, Tea sets, China. Sterl ing Silver ware, etc., in order of merit This educational contest is being given to ndvertise and introduce this ont partiality. Twelve 2-eent stamps grade ni any one HtUWMfl fill weekly into new homes, and all prizes will be awarded promptly with must is? inclosed for thirteen weeks trial subscription with full particulars and list of over 3<K) valnable rewards. Contest opens and awards commence Monday, June 2«, and closes Monday Ang.2I, I«»«. Yonr list can reach ns any dsy between these dates, and will receive tbe award to which it may be entitled for that dev, and yonr name will Vie printed in the following issue of he New I ork Star. Only one list be entered by tiie same person. Prises office' *pl™ ti0n "* 8tflr " business office. 1 ersons securing bicycles tnsv sä wse. v-sejs 'S&P'f&ässir-f earn Old You Sell or (iet Your Texas Lands'/ If yon have money, lands or inherit ance due you in Texas, write L. Fulton, attorney, Denton. Texan, gee it for yon. There are thousands of acres awaiting tha rightful owners in Texas, Most nil the early settlers lmil hauls granted thorn. If y< have interest ill Texas lands, write L. Fulton, Denton, Texas. He will sell it for yon. He has his own brick build ing nnd Mosler lire proof vault. \<\ hn will own or Remember Jacob Weis Mfg. Co., are prepared to nay highest cash prices or saw logs. Write them If you have I tuber to market. are ADVERTISER'S Ê PAPER. Space Costs More —But it is Worth More. 21 SUBSCRIBERS IN ONE DAY. ICKNW« A. Davidson Will Price Will Hosier L. H. Hemphill It. A. Heard Estes tiros. H. M. Price J. C. Listener E. M. McAllister .1. M. MelirhJe T. W. Allel. .1. T. Hold nson irr a hkna: Jim». Overfrit Webb Harrt« ackkhmak: W. T. Carter MAHKNVIM.E: V. T. Arterhury VICK* Brito. Dave Kl ling ton vaidkv: W. K. Johitson g ipo a: W. J. Knight MMiaoWAT* .1. T. Walker MACON! Lulu GrlggH If You are Not ■ Subscriber, Be come One Now. Ml, ONLY $1.00 PER YEAR Look at our pattern offer. The ladies should try it. « Ice! Hy tin-.... Hoi ; ml TON or CAHLOAD. Ordern Giren Prompt Attention. Have you tried a •aWi o. \ Soda Water. 1 1 Is conceded the liest, on t he market luirt L«" ÄÄ. Sr 11 SSSÜT ■ ,t " d **-'• c. E. WRIGHT,