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W. D. B CHAMBER?! Proprietor.
VOL. XI.
FALLACY
—OF—
In tapness,
W occupy the position that the term
"cheap,” as implied by pretending to
offer any article of goods for less than
its real value is, to deai mildly, mis
leading upon its face, and should be
shunned by sensible, thinking people.
"No shoddy” is our motto for all the
term implies.
To those expecting something for
nothing we cannot supply your wants;
on the other hand, if you desire full
value for your money you are the class
of custom we are hustling for.
Slides! Sides! Sloes!
We have the best shoes that money
and experience can produce.
Heywood shoes for men, every pair
warranted, “no shoddy,” $3.50.
Custom made Shoes for ladies at
$2.00 to $3.00.
Our “Vicious” shoes for ladies at
$1.50 to $1.65, are the best in the city.
Oxfords for ladies from SI.OO to $2.00.
Our Godman line of Kangaroo Ca’f
women’s shoes at $1.50 are the best
made for great wearers.
Our “Cannon Ball” shoes for men
and boys at $1.25 and $2.00 cannot be
excelled; made of home-tanned leather,
full stock calf.
“Battle Axe Shoes!” Yes, we have
a full line of women’s Kangaroo shoes
of that make at $1.35.
Men’s “Battle Axe” Brogans at $1.35.
Boys' "Battle Axe” shoes, SIOO to
71 13/ * *—*** * * " "
My-to-Weer ClotiiE
Men's All-Wool Suits, sti.oo to $7.00.
Have been reduced from SIO.OO.
Our SS.OO to $12.00 suits are elegant
ly made and excellent values.
We have recently purchased about
300 suits for men and boys at a sacri
fice price and are in position to sell
good all-wool suits from that lot at less
than first cost.
“Nox All” Hats.
Latest styles for men at $2.00. The
greatest hat to be had at that price.
We have “No Name” hats at $2.50
to $4.50; none better made.
Straw hats, up-to-date styles, at 50c,
75c and SI.OO.
Dry Goods Depart
ment Complete,
4x4 Brown Domestic, standard, 5c
yard. __^oo^
Best Cotton Checks at
a yard.
American Indigo Blue Prints, 5c yd.
Standard Fancy Prints, 5c yard.
Shirting Prints, percale styles, 5c yd.
Dress Ginghams, good, at 10c yard.
French Ginghams, at 15c yard.
Dawns from 5c to 20c yard.
Best feather-proof ticking at 15c yd.
4x4 Bleached Domestic, 5c yard.
Better grade Bleaching, 7 to 10c yd.
Ladies’ Shirtwaist, the 75c grade, re
duced to 50c. The SI.OO and 51.25 qual
ities reduced to 75c. These prices are
n °t Profitable to us, but an actual loss;
desire to .close the line out.
Men’s Elastic Seam drawers, 50c
Pair.
Men's Balbriggan Undershirts, 25c to
50c.
Ladies’ Cause Vests, 10c, 15c and
25c each.
Me have an almost innumerable
number of good values that we cannot,
B'r want of space, call attention.
Hope to have the pleasure cf seeing
nur fr iends and demonstrate our grati
'ude for past favors. We remain
Yours respectfully,
jCinni Bros.
r 230 Montgomery Ave., Chattanooga,
Tenn.
DADE COUNTY SENTINEL.
BILL ARP’S LETTER
Bartow Man Humor
ous Sermon Preachdd Years Ago,
HARANGUE OF A “FLATBOAT” PARSON
Expounded From Uncertain Text cf
“H Played on the Harp cf a
Thousand Strings —Spc>itr, of
Jest Men Made Perf e ck.”
I have had an occasional request to
reproduce and save from o'.illVioh a
sermon that went the round of the
southern press some fifty years ago
and was known as the “Harp of a
Thousand Strings.” Not long ago I
quoted a paragraph from it, and a
friend writes me from East Fe'eciana,
La., and says that the author of that
quaint sermon lived and died in that
parish, and his daughters and grand
children live there now, and are his
near neighbors. Strange to' edy, the
author was a minister of the gospel,
sober, serious, solemn ahd devoted to
his calling, and for a long time it was
not known that the humcrotiE writings
over the signature of "Zedekiah the
Scribe,’ came from his gifted pen
But preachers can’t help seeing and
enjoying the ludicrous side of human
nature. Sidney Smith, they famous
English divine, was as solerjfc as the
grave on solemn occasions, bilk he la
haled a great deal cf merriS!r*st with
out a smile. Ho provoked -bihers to
the most convulsive laughter^bttt gave
no sign, save in the twinl% of his
eyes. Judge Loilgstreet, the eminent
jurist, the learned preacher, the digni
fied president of two colleges and a
university, and the author cf “Geor
gia Scenes,” was of similar type. I
met him often during my youth, and do
not recall that he indulged in humor
ous anecdote. The last time I met him
was during the war in the offke cf
the Columbus Enquirer, when he in
dulged in bitter sarcasm against some
Georgians, whom hb ailed traitorous
obstructionists. I could 1 ardly Im
agine that it. was he who molded the
inimitab e characters cf Ned Brace
and Ramsey - Sniffle, Johns Hobjjef
was not a preacher, hut always a se
date and very dignified gentleman.
He was secretary of tMfenWijnf cotf
federacy t at assembled in Mon’gom
cry, and there was no sfgn of “Simon
Suggs” of "Taking the Census” in hi*
solemn deportment. My observation
has been that the best story tellers
and conversationalists have the least
inclination to pub'ish their own
seintilintloii. It was common to
say of my old partner, ”Oh! rare Judge
Underwood,,” but I could never in
duce him to put pen to paper in that
line. He said that a good story or a
flash of wit and humor lost its relish
by writing it, for the tone of voice, the
accent, the piquancy, the facial ex
pressions could not be recorded.
When the Rev. J. T. Lewis wrote
this sermon it was not uncommon for
amateur preachers to perforin up and
down the western rivers and thus ad
vertise their business, which was prin
cipally flat boating and peddling their
produce. Lorenzo Dow took continen
tal journeys from Maine to Texas, tut
ho was a pretty good orthodox preach
er. These fiat boat preachers were a
rough and tumble lot, and tangled up
the scriptures awfully, but they could
draw the crowds and their whiskey
was a good card. It was an orthodox
produce then and preachers and the
people were as fond of it as old Father
Noah, who was a preacher of right
eousness. Rev. Mr. Lewis does not
preacher’s name, lut his ser
mon has teen sent me by my friend
and I give it to your readers as it was
given to me. When it first came forth
we thought it inexpressibly funny. It
is not so funny now to the o and people,
but the younger generation are more
easily amused than the veterans and
for their sake I append it. A pretty
school girl recited it last week at the
commencement exercices of our pub
lic school and she d'd it well and
brought down the house.
This sermon was said to have been
preached at Port, Hudson, where the
amateur divine had “tied up” for tbe
double purpose of observing the Sab
bath and selling whiskey.
I may say to you, my brethering,
that I am not an edicated man, an’
l am not one of them as believes that
edication is necessary for a gospel
minister, for I believe the Lord edi
cates His preached jest as He wants
em to be edicated; and although I say
it that oughtn’t to sav it, yet in the
state of Indianny, where 1 live, thar’s
no man as gits bigger congregations
nor what I gits.
Thar may be some here today, my
brethering, as don’t know what per
suasion I am uv. Well, I must say to
you, my brethering. that I’m a Hard
Shell Baptist. Thar’s some folks as
don't like the Hard Shell Baptists,
but I bad rather have a hard shell
than no shell at all. You see me here
today, my brethering, dressed up in
good clothes; you mout think I was
proud, but I am not proud, my brether
ing, and although I have been a
preacher of the- gospel for twenty
years, and although I’m capt’in of the
flat boat that lies at your landing, I’m
not proud, my brethering, ah.
1 tuu not gwine to tell edzaetly whar
my text m&v be found; suffioo it to
say it is in tbe leds of the Bible, and
vou’ll find it somewhere between tbe
flrst chapter of the - book of Genera
tions and the last ehapter of the book
of Revolutions, and ef you will go and
search the scriptures, you’ll not only
find my tex thar, but a gr< Vi many
other texes as will do you good to
read, and my tex, when you shall find
it to read thus, ah:
“And he played on a harp of a thou
sand strings—sp r rits of jc-st men made >
Pfiffeck”
My tex, my brethering, leads me to
speak of sperits. Now thar’s a great
many kinds of sperits in the world —
in the fuss pis.ee, thar’s the spePits
some folks call ghosts, and thar’s the
spcii's of turpentine, and thar’s the
sperits as some folks call liquor, and
I’Ve *et as gtmd fit, ftrtikei of them
kind of sperits Bti my flat boat as ever
was fetch down the Mississippi river; i
but thar’s a great many kings of i
sperits. for the tex says: "He played
on a harp of a thousand strings, sper
its of jest men made perfeek.” And
thar's a great many kinds of Are in the
world. In the fuss place thar’s the
common sort, of fire, and then there’s
foxfire, slid ettmphirt?, fire before you j
are tth-Jv allri fire and fall back and i
many tilftef kinds of fire, for the tex
says, “He p ayed on a harp of a thou
sand strings, speHtb of jest men made
perfeek.’’
But Hi tell you of the kind of fire
as is spoken of in the Bible, my breth
iiJng. is Hell Fire! and that’s the kind
of fire as a great many of you'll come
to ef you don't do better nor what
you have been doin’ —foe “He played
on a harp of a thousand strings, sper
its of just men made perfeek.” “And ;
that’s the kind of fire you cah’t dodge,
my b'rbthering, ah, for it's the fire
that won’t be quenched. You may fly
o the mountains of Hapsidan, wh'gre
the woodbine twineth and the lion
rcareth, and the whangdoodle jnoirrn
eth for its first born, but you can’t bide
from this unquenchable fire, tor it is
ifce fire of hell and dam nation, ah!
And he played on a harp of a thou
sand strings--sperits of jert made i
perfeek.”
NOW, fis there are many kiftds of
sperits and many kinds of fire. ah!
in the world, ah!, jest so there are
many kfnds of Christians, ahi la the
fuss place we have the Pisoopaifan*,
and they are a high-saiHfl’, high-Jtooet
in\ lilfaiutift sbt, ah! and they may be
iikefied uhto a turkey buzzard that
flies up into the air, ah' and he goes
up, and up, and up, till he looks bo
bigg; l than your finger nail, aad Uu*..
ft:?, thing ytm kfioW,
and down, and down, and goes to fillin’
hisself on the carkiss of a dead hoss
by the fetdc of the toad, ah! and “He
playfed oh a harp of a thousand strings,
sperits of jest men made perfeek ”
And thar is the Presbyterians, my
brethering, with their long frock coats
and high shirt cellars and dismal
swamp faces, but they never cleared
no new ground nor burnt no bresh nor
deadened ao timber, nor killed no bars.
They always waits for us hard shells
to do that and settle up the wilderness
and then they will slip in and go to
plantin’ and plit on heavenly airs and
claim to be the only people that are
elected and shore of eternal salvation
—and they piay on a harp of a thou
sand strings —sperits of jest men made
perfeek.
And then, my brethering, thar's the
Baptists, ah! And they have been
likenrd to a ’possum on a simmon
tree, and the thunders may roll and
the earth may quake, and the lions
rear and the whangdoodle mourn, but
the ’possum clings thar still, ah! And
you may shake one foot loose and the
other's thar and you may shake all
feel loose, and he laps his tail around
the limb, and he clings and he clings
urever. ah! for “He played on a harp
of a thousand strings, sperits of jest
men made perfeek.” —Bill Arp, in At
lanta Constitution.
CHURCH SHOWED RESENTMENT.
Arkansas Governor Taken Into the
Fold by His Home People.
Governor Jefferson Davis, of Arkan
sas, accepted the invitation of the
Baptist church of Russe’lville, his
home, and joined that church Sunday.
The governor's friends claim that this
is a vindication of him by his home
people against the action of the Sec
ond Baptist church of Little Rock, in
withdrawing fellowship from him. It
is alleged by the governor's friends
that th eaction taken by the Little
Rock church was the result of resent
ment for the part he took in the race
for United States senator.
NEW LABOR PARTY LAUNCHED.
Denver Convention Adopts Resolution
Favoring Independent Action..
The organization of anew- political
labor party has finally been agreed
upon by the Western Labor Union con
vention, in session at Denver. A lie
claraiion for socialism and independ
ent political action w-as adopted. Tb<
convention selected the name “The
American Labor Union” for the or
ganization and voted to send organiz
ers throughout the east.
The Grccne-Gaynor Case.
A special from Quebec says: The
Greene Gaynor case was again in court
Saturday. Mr. L. McMaster, for the
prosecution, began his argument in
support of his motion to quash the
writs of habeas corpus.
To Sign Puulic Buildings Bill.
At the cabinet meeting Friday the
public buildings bill was discussed. It
was decided that it should be signed,
Official Organ of Dade COunty
TRENTOX. GA. FRIDA Y. JUNE 13.1902
rim IlHiiqaet Habit,
A curious tiling is digestion.
'Tig fraught with a power complete. -
Whenever there’s anything big to be lon<
Wc all get together and eat.
. . —Washington St ir.
Her Kemarkabie Talent,
“Why do you think that she is such
a remarkable woman?”
“Site can study a railway time card
and 1 urn something about trains .from
it.”—New York Herald.
l-ove at First Sight.
His Dog—“ Are you certain Iha ur
mistress loves my master?”
Her Dog—“ Why. it was love at first
sight. She pushed me off tlie sofa to
let him sit down.”—Detroit Free Press.
f
Ail Oddity. £
Chorus—“ Great Scott! Look ivot’s
drifted along au’ not a loose Cobble
stone in sight!”—New York Journal,
lilting.
Ethel—“ Mrs. Youngwifo is worrying
because lier husband is fond of adven
ture and not of domestic life.” %
Jidiili—"ln that case I don’t *.-• why
she need worry. He’s likely to bo very
happy at home.*’—New York Titles.
It’* All Off.
“Have you heard that VJf
have parted for ever?” **'
“No. Are you sure?”
“Yes: she told me in each of her last
three letters that she would not even
write to me again.”—New York-Times.
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A llad llpcinning;.
“I have known better days, lady”
began Faded James.
“Yas, it's a wretched morning,” re
plied the farmer’s wife, "tint I’ve got
nc ifcnu* to discuss the, weather with
‘MtrT, ?e, it Is.”- Ttffw sfft* sflht the
door and left him.—Philadelphia Bulle
tin,
Helpless.
“Delays are dangerous, you know,”
lie said, when site again insisted on
postponing the wedding.
"1 know,” site answered, “but the
dressmaker ran a needle through her
thumb this morning, so what in the
world can we do?”—Chicago Record-
Herald.
His Speech*
“I wonder what he meant.” said the
man who had been trying to make a
speech.
“What lie said, very likely,” some
one suggested.
“Yes, 1 know, but lie said my fiow
of words was continuous without con
tinuity.”—Chicago Dost.
Long Drawn Our.
The Rev, Mr. Tollman—“And what
did you think of my sermon?”
Miss .Sharpe—“ Oil, it was so like you,
Mr. Tollman.”
The Rev. Mr. Tollman -“Character
istic, eh?”
Miss Sharpe—“ Well, no one could say
it was stunted.”—Philadelphia Press.
The Amenities.
“There is a great deal in having ser
vants who are accustomed to the ways
of good society,” said (he experienced
housekeeper.
“We have been remarkably fortunate
in that respect,” answered young Mrs.
Torkius. “Our new girl won’t do a
tiling we tell her unless we say
‘please.’ ” —Washington Star.
Plausible Knoui-li.
Ascum—"How did you make out with
that story you sent 10 the lviaptrap
Magazine?”
Scribbler—“ Rejected. I fancy it was
too clever.”
Ascum—"Too clever?”
Scribbler—“ Yes. I suppose they were
afraid it would distract attention from
their advertising pages.”
Wailing in Vain.
“What are you crying for?”
“I just put or letter in dere, an' I’ve
1 been er waitin’ two hours fee an au
| f.wer. 800-boo!”—New York Journal.
lUnk Ingratitude.
First Tramp—“l ran across a rich
.lnc-le of mine lately, but after all I
lone fer him, lie wouldn't gimme a
ient.”
Second Tramp-“ What did you do fer
him?”
First Tramp “Fer ten years I’ve
>een travelin’ under an assumed name
jest to spare his .feelln’s."—Town and
, Country
our Budget
of Humor.
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WATER FAMINE IN HONG KONG.
Pacific Steamer Bring? News cf Terri,
ble State ef Affairs,
The Pacific mail steamship, City of
Pekin, arrived at San Francisco Mon
day night from the orient, bringing
news of a water famine in Hong Kong.
The wells of the city have run dry and
in order to supply the city with water
tugs were kept running between the
city and mainland. ' The officers of the
Pekin state that the dfouth affected
the Chinese mostly at the time tile ves
sel left. Bffore evPry public watering
place natives stood waiting a chan*e
to fi 1 their buckets. In one place in
the busiest part of Hong lying there
wero more than a thousand coolies in
line waiting to get water for their per
ishing families.
LYNCHERS ARE PARDONED,
Governor Jelks, of Alabama, Gives
Freedom to Three Convicted Men.
Governor Jelks, of Alabama, has par
doned George Howard, Martin Fuller
antf John Strength, three of the four
white men convicted in Elmore county
of lynching the negro. Robin White,
and sentenced to ten years in the peni
tentiary.
The rase is famous as the only in
stance in Alabama where a white man
has been convicted of lvnchlnH-a tie-
Rra
MORGAN SPEAKS OF CANAL
Says Danger of Seismic D : fti4rbanccs
Lay Only in Imagination of Enemies.
Discussion of the project of con
structing an isthmian canal was begun
by the senate Wednesday. Mr. Mor
gan opened the debate, speaking near
ly three hours. A considerable portion
of his speech was devoted to an exami
nation of the recently suggested dan
£-*. ji- e f
:"aturllani rs hs
concluded, after a careful review of
many authorities, existed only in the
imagination of thosd who desired kgj
defeat any canal project.
TORNADO KILLS SCQjfES.
Meagre Reports of a DH®trous Wind
• Storm in Mij^Kota.
A tornado of mats®! severity pre
vailed Monday even®: over sections of
Clay and Broket jjwtyitlis Minnesota,
and across the portions of
the White Earth Indian reservation. It
is repotted that fifteen lives were lost,
many people injured and great damage
done to farm property, many dwell
ings, barns and outbuildings being de
s too ye’d.
The region is sparsely settled and re
mote from telegraphic communica
tion and detai's of the storm are there
fore meagre.
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NOVEL PROVISION OF WILL.
Departed Judge Urges Sons to Fight
For Their Country.
The will of the late Judge John D.
Crabtree, of the appellate court of Illi
nois district, has been tiled for pro
bate. After dividing his personal prop
erty and real estate, amounting to
$200,000, among his eight children, he
says:
“Enjoin upon my son John, and all
of my sons, that should the occasion
arise (which God forbid) when our
country requires their service, that
they be as ready to devote their lives
to her defense as thir father was in
the dark days of 1861 and 1865.”
NINE DIE IN BOAT COLLISION.
Night Crew Were Caught in Disaster
While Sleeping.
The whaleback steamer, Thomas
Wilson, Captain Cameron, master, col
lided with and was cut almost in two
by the steamer George G. Hadley,
Captain Fitzgerald, master, a half
mile south of Duluth, Minn., canal Sat
urday, and nine men of the night crew
who had not time to get out of their
bunks before the vessel sank.
FIVE PERISH IN FLAMES.
fcjjig Bank Block in Saratoga Burns and
Causes Loss of Life.
Fire early Monday destroyed the Ar
cade and the Citizens’ national bank
block and the Shackelford building at
Saratoga, N. Y.
The property loss is estimated at
$300,000 with insurance of $225,000.
The exact origin of the fire hafe no*
been discovered.
BOERS GIVING UP GUNS.
Disarmament is Proceeding Satisfac-
torily, Says Kitchener.
f The London war office has received
the following message from Lord
Kitchener:
“The disarmament of the Beers is
proceeding satisfactorily and good
spirit is displayed everywhere. Up to
date 4,342 rifles had been surrendered.”
TiELSON APPEALS TO ALMIGHTY.
Exclaims in Senate: “God Deliver
Us P rom Trusts.”
Wtcr transacting some routine busi
ness and discussing for a time the bill
to relieve shippers from the London
deck charges, during which Mr. Nel
son, of Minnesota, exclaimed, “God
deliver ug from trusts,” the senate.
Saturday, resumed consideration of
the itsthmian canal project.
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