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Hawthorne Book Club

S1dWlnOTHC 0OOk StuU-
Mrs. Horatio Riley entertained the
Hawthorne Book club at her home on
can beauty evening. After the bust
ness session Mrs. w. w. Byrd and
Mrs. Riley distributed folders contain
ing questions relative to famous Amer
lean beauties who were described and
discussed from our early history to the
present time and in a very instructive
and entertaining way. Mrs. r. c.
Thompson was awarded the first prize,
"a beautiful bouquet of American beau
ty roses. for having the most extended
knowledge of the beauties of the past
4 fiVe-cOurse luncheon was then sery-
ed in the dining room The tables
We're artistic Each guest was pre-
sented with a bon-bon box in the shape
OF musical Instruments as keep
sake reminduful of the occasion. Those
present were Mesdames r. G. Thomp-
son f. l.. Fox, S. M. Taylor, A. r. Tur-
ney viii Riley Sebastian Geisreiter.
j. L. Caldwell, w. w. Byrd and Hora-
ton Riley.
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Dance December 49,
A dance will be given at Mrs. Ben
F. McKenzie's December Is, in honor
of Miss Bessie Roberts, Of Searcy.
Ark. who will spend the holidays here
Ma&hontes Club
The Mathontes CLUB was pleasantly
entertained Wednesday afternoon by
Mrs. w. a. Taggart, Mrs. N. B. Tru-
lock, president of the club presiding
The evening was very pleasantly spent
by those present The program was
an interesting one and was we'll rem
dered 1t was as follows:
Instrumental duet, Gypsy Rondo,'
Haydn Mrs. Addie T. Owen and Mrs.
L. o. Knox.
Assembly of the Notables.' Mrs
Drew White.
Vocal solo "Mimoea," Aletter, Mrs.
Maer.
Effect of the American
War Upon the French Revolution,
Mrs A. w. Troupe leader.
Heroes of the American Reyou,
ton Mrs. w. F. Coleman.
Trio Down in the Dewey Dell"
Smart. Mesdames Maer. Fowler and
Knox
Thanksgiving and Other National
Holidays" Mrs. John l.. Mills
&. I. :.
Dance at Ladd-
The dance given by Mr.. and Mrs e.
P. Laid T ursday night at Ladd as
sisted by Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Bacon,
was one Of the most delightful events
OF the present social season. To make
1t odd and novel the dance was given
at Mr.. Ladds mill and that necessitat
ed ride on a special train to Ladd
station. A baggage coach and ccacli
We're needed to transfer the party
from Pine Bluff to and from Laid.
Mr.. E. T. Ladd and Wade Knox led
the german. Those present were
Misses Bessie Byrnes. Edna Buck Mel
lie Johnson. Bessie Atwood. Josie and
Nettie Grace. Elizabeth Collier and
guests, Elizabeth Elliott. Elizabeth
White, Nina Smart. Matte Loving,
Josephine and Florence Williams. Mir
IAN CIemmons, Messrs. Sterling Bar
row, Neel Bell, P. D. Pride. Frank
Ragland, Beaurie HUT. Doe Baldwin,
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,. Of c. Will Entertain

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David O. Ladd chapter, daughters
of the Confederacy, on December 81
will give an entertainment at the
home of Mrs. j. r. Martins residence
at Fifth avenue and Beech street
There will be dancing for the young
people and an old fashion quilting for
the older ladies.
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Jordan-RusseII Marriage

Mr.. J. w. Russell, who for the past
two and a half years has been time
keeper for the Sawyer and Austin
Lumber company, was married to Miss
Sallie Jordan, of Fordyce, Ark, last
Sunday December Z. Miss Jordan is
the beautiful and accomplished daught-
Fordyce Mr. Russell is considered one
of the most promising and capable
company Mr. and Mrs. Russell will
go to housekeeping at once at 712
Cedar street
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-12-14

J. B. Simon Co.'S Bulletin
No /.
NO LOTTERY SCHEME NEEDED
TO PURCHASE A SIS SUIT FOR SIS.
WE WILL GIVE YOU YOUR CHOICE
OF OUR SIS SUITS FOR. $11.oo
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}. B. Simon Co.'S Bulletin
No ,.

YOU REQUIRE NO ONE CHANCE
IN FOUR TO GET AN $3.50 SUIT
FOR SIS. WE WILL SELL you ONE
- ...'.... -........... $3.50
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Tor. Clifton Howell, Fayette Boil, Geo.
II. Adams and Dick Pryor. There
were five tables and an interesting
game. Miss Mary Lindsay captured
George H. Adams tied for the gentle
mans prize and Mr. Adams was sue
cessful in winning.
0ulIng-PndaIl Wedding
The marriage of Miss Mae Quilting,
OF Pcndleton and hon. \. o. Pindali,
Of Arkansas City. will occur Monday
al the home Of the bride at Pendleton.
! Miss Quilting is we'll known in Pine
| Bluff and very popular here. She is
member of one of the best families
of Desha county, and is a young wom-
an of many lovable traits of charact
err Mr.. Pindall is a prominent young
lawyer and politician. and is the rep
reSentative from Desha county to the
state legislature. He is brainy young
man, and has many friends in Pine
Bluff. DR.. w d. Buckner, rector OF
Trinity Episcopal church, of this city
will perform the ceremony.
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Y. M. c. A. Reception
The Y. M. c. A. reception and enter
tainment Friday night was success
| All present enjoyed themselves. The
monograph operated by Mr.. Bernath
was enjoyed immensely. Good music
of all kinds was rendered, and all who
attended left with wish for the sue
cess for the Y. M. CA for another
year.
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Bluff City Club German
The german given by the Bluff City
club last Tuesday evening was one of
most pleasant social functions of the
season. It was given for the entertain
| ment of the twelve visiting young Ia
| dies. Miss Gertrude Myer and escort,
Mr.. Meyer Solmson, assisted by Mrs.
Frank A. Stems of Hot Springs, and
Wade Knox, Miss Cora Mitchell and
Finn HUT led the german. The party
adjourned at a. m. Refreshments
were served and all repaired to their
homes. Those present were: Misses
Maggie Taylor, Pearl Levy, Minette
and Hennie Draper, Selma Rosen-
baum, Claude We'll, Asa Tomlinsc:l,
Josie Dreyfus, Fannie Brown, and Hat.
tie Franklin: Wade Knox, H, 3. Solm-
son, l. E. Hanf, F. Van Nli!lenburg,
leonard Ledbetter. Chas. LeMaire,
John Beavin, Will and Finn HUT,
Chas. Triplett, Sterling Barrow. Dill
lard Saunders. J. L. Harris. Harold
Bluthenthal, S. B. Russell. Emil Hal
stead John Bookhart, J. A. Ward, J. A.
IIarral, Clifford Howell Dr. and Mrs
r. C. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Simon
Bloom
AS 2
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MISS GRETA P0MEROY, NOTED SOCIETY CROSS COUNTRY
RIDER, WHO IS SOON TO BE MARRIED.
IN S0ClGTY'S RGHEM

Frank Van Valkenburgh, Chas. Trip
lett, Will Matthews, Alex Barrow, Jr,
Chas LeMaire, Will Owen. G. H.
Adams W. H. Knox Hunter Knox,
Chas and Larry Clemmons, Don Jar
Wis, Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Jarvis, Mr..
and Mrs C. w Butts. To say the
last all enjoyed themselves. 1t was
one of those times when all feel at
home and helped each other to enjoy
the occasion. The supper was fine,
and after a night far too short, the
Pine Bluff party arrived home at 445
Friday morning.
Wedding Announcement
Cards have been issued by Nj. and
Mrs. John d. Morton. OF Owensboro,
Ky, announcing the approaching mar
riage Of their daughter, Miss Mamie
Minnie Morton. to Mi. Henry X.
Chandler. of Pine Bluff. on Tuesday,
December %, at $50 p. M, al the
hcme of the brides parents, Rev r.
II. Crossfield, pastor of the Christian
church of Greensboro, Officiating. Miss
Morton is a pretty and accomplish
ed young lady. sac is graduate Of
the OWcnsboro high school, class Of
1902. See is popular and has many
friends in her home city Mir Chand
Ter is an employee in the job printing
establishment Of the Adams Printing
company, and is a young man of good
morals and integrity, an Industrious
and energetic young man, and trust
ed and valuable employee. He came to
Pine Bluff from Owens boro few
months ago, and has made many
friends here by his honest and upright
character.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

1shed and taken, there would be the
same tight to make all over again, for
the hostile fleet could barely steam
past the Hook before it would find it.
self in zone of fire from the two
huge fort guns of Wadsworth and
Hamilton, either one of which is pow
erful enough to fight a whole navy
alone.
But a hostile fleet in possession of
Newport would be able to make that
place a base of operation for an in
vading army moving to the west on
New York through Connecticut to take
the city in the rear, moving around it's
eastern defenseS and coming in out of
reach of it's southern ones. And, of
course, New York, the queen of the
Western waves" would be the objec-
tive point in a campaign of invasion
Hostile expeditions sent out from
Newport would paralyze the indus
tries of the wealthy and populous New
England States. Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island with their great cotton
and woollen manufa ctories and
Connecticut, with it's textile in
dustrieS and it's manufactures
of arms and ammunition, would
lie unprotected before the in
vaders. The outer line of New York's
defenses, which lie at the eastern en-
trance OIL tne oound. would be Shorn
of its usefulness and such of them as
are on the mainland would probably
be taken in the rear and captured.
New England is largely-almost en-
tirely-supplied with coal by long
tows which night and day crawl up
the coast. A hostile fleet in possess
sion of Newport would be able to stop
all this traffic and reduce New Eng
land to dependence upon the single
existing coal railroad for her supply
of fuel
Probable Plan of Attack.
A hostile fleet could hardly hope to
make a successful direct attack on the
defenses at the eastern entrance of
Long Island Sound still less on those
which guard the entrance to New York
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03
HUMAN COMPANlONSHIP A BOON
By MRS. MARTHA TAFT WENTWORTH
In the Chicago Inter-0cean.

after sentence has been pronounced.
A very few have had miraculous es-
eapes, but the number is too small to
give any encouragement. The life is
purposely filled with hardships. and
the loneliness is as much a part of the
punishment as the hard work.
Living aloof from men and women is
not a natural condition. The mere
presence of human beings is comfort
ing if no word is exchanged. Lacking
human companionship, there is COM
fort in the presence of animals. l
have always appreciated the spinster's
affection for the household cat, be-
cause a woman feels loneliness more
keeniy than ever man could. l can
sympathize with mans fondness for
a faithful dog, because there is some
thing of understanding between the
animal and it's owner. But l fail to
grasp the feeling that makes either
man or woman prefer four to two foot
ed companions. 1t is not natural.
The Independent young woman can
keep aloof from marriage without much
10 dread until her years have begun
to pile up to alarming proportions. She
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

Portable surroundings because they
live alone and must depend upon out
side aid in time of sickness.
The most pitiful case is that Of a
woman who has enjoyed the delights
of wealth, luxury, travel, and associa-
ton with refined people. She has an
cestry and memories, enough money
to make her comfortable as long as
she lives. and regret at refusing an
offer of marriage from a man whom
she respected but did not love. He is
alive and prosperous, and the two
might have had some degree of hap
piness together.
The wife of a well-known physician
told me that if the doctor were taken
away by death she could not remain
single beyond the period of decencv.
She is dependent upon companionship
and is fully capable Of making a mans
home life exceptionally happy.
1t is not kind of matrons to warn
young women against matrimony.
Marriage is the natural state, and
while It is prudent and proper to ex-
ercise caution and care in choosing a
life partner, 1t Is better to speak in
favor of marriage rather than against
it.
Young women are sometimes fright
ened into throwing away excellent
chances of happiness by the creak-
ings OF those who have made a mess
of their own lives. II the truth were
known. / dare say that many a wo-
man is lamentinR in gackcloth and
ashes the hastZ and nl-advised sepa-
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

Sadie (stiH over the wire)-That's
what I'm telling you. you crazy little
beetle.
A Voice over the Telephone with
some emphasis1-Can l get two-two-
one-Green now?
Sadie (very sweetly)-Green two-two-
one?
The Voice over the Telephone (mad-
ly)-Ye-yessss! Anyway you like, but
get il!
The Telephone (monotonously)-Brr
rrr-rrrrl
Sadie (harshly)-Busy, please call
again. Changing her tone TO one of
rare sweetness) Still there, Sue?
Sue-Yes, dear.
Sadie-Shall we strike?
Sue-What for?
Sadie-On general principles.
Sue-Clarence has none He only
gets s3075 a month himself and wears
the same suit of clothes every day. I
can't afford to strike till his pays
raised.
Sadie-I don't think I can afford it
because my hairdresser's kicked as 1t
is, and
The ETelephone-Brr-rrr
Sadie and Sue (together)-Busy, call
again.
sadie-Let's call it off, Sue.
Sue-All right, SADIE. The hairdress-
ers must have their money.
The Telephone-Brr-rr Nhuzzzzi
Sadie and Sue (together)-Busy.
please call again.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

there, Sadie?
Sadie (brightly)-Am I still here 3?
When was l never Johnny on the spot? ?
Say, Sue, what do you think these
ducks are trying to do with us? Make
us work for nothing? Say, Sue, how
are you coming out of the muss?
The elephone-Brr-rrr-rr
Sue (aside)-Busy, please call again.
(Aloud). Say, Sadie, almost anything
would be a change, in this life,
wouldn't it?
Sadie aside to the telephone)-Busy,
please call again. (Aloud to Sue.) You
see it's dreadful. How can a girl comb
her hair and dress in black and still
be respectful to her superiors on $685.
a month?
Sue-I give 1t up. What's eating you,
Sadie, any way? Hasn't Clarence the
car fare?
A voice from the Telephone-Double-
two-one. Green, please.
Sadie (sweetly)-Green. double two
one?
The Voice with supposed exasper-
ation)-Of course, If you put it back
ward again, get me the number, any
how.
The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES whuzz.
Sadie-Busy, please call again.
Sue lover the wire)-say. SADIE. be-
lieve, honestly. this things on the
dead. There is really no reason why
we girls should be wearing such pc
culiar clothes and working four hours
q day
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

Harbor by way of Sandy Hook To
seize Newport and make it the base
for land operations evidently would be
the most practicable plan of a cam
paign of invasion. The section of coast
on which the supposedly hostile fleet
in these maneuvers is descending is
guarded by great modern forts, either
recently built and armed or recently
supplied with new and powerful bat
teries.
In Buzzards Bay. Fort Rodman de-
tends the Harbor of New Bedford; the
entrance to Narragansett Bay is de-
Tended by Fort Adams at Newport,
and Fort Wetherill, which looks to it
across the narrow entrance to the har-
Dor. and by Fort Greble on Dutch
Island, situated where the western en-
trance to the bay is narrowest. Then
come the forts which form the outer
line of the defenses of New York to
the eastward. This group of power
full defensive work lies about thirty
miles to the westward of Newport and
consists of Fort Mansfield at Watch
Hill, Fort II. G. Wright on Fishers
Island, Fort Niche on Gull Island.
Fort Terry on Plum Island, and Fort
Trumbull in New London Harbor
Whether the hostile fleet, IL it eludes
the opposing squadron, will attempt
to take the defenses of Newport by
frontal attack or will try to effect
a landing somewhere on the adjacent
coast and take the forts in reverse, is
one of the questions to be answered by
the attackers. If it eludes the feet on
the lookout for it, the commander of
the hostile squadron can do whichever
his judgment dictates. His problem is
to give the slip to the defending fleet
and so to manage that the newspaper
fleet shall not discover his approach
and give notice of his whereabouts un-
til he has struck his blow; two rather
difficult propositions.
Yet, when we remember the success
OF Cervera in masking his movements,
the question does not seem incapable
of solution. Vineyard Sound offers
every inducement for a call from a
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

has numberless interests and many
friends. Time narrows down the for
mer, and marriage, death, and alb
sence diminishes the rank of the lat
ter.
After middle life friends are hard to
make. and harder to keep. and one
falls back, naturally, upon family ties.
A husband and children will prevent
a woman from feeling the full force
of loneliness, though the man may not
fulfill the ideal of her youth, and the
children bring care and trouble.
Homes for the Aged.
Homes for the aged was the blessed
idea of somebody with a sympathetic
heart. Despite their irritating rules
and rules they must have, suppose
The life in these institutions is much
to be preferred to the loneliness which
would come to the inmates If thrown
upon their own resources. There is
the security of a shelter. food. cloth
ing. care in sickness. and companion
ship to be obtained at will
/ have IN mind several old women
who are perfectly wretched in com.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

hostile feet, for 1t is entirely unde-
Tended, and from Vineyard Haven (the
old Holmes Hole) the great tide of
commerce which continually passes
through Nantucket and Vineyard
sounds and out over the shoals could
be held at the invaders mercy. 1t will
be remembered that during the Civil
War a Confederate cruiser ran into
Vineyard Haven, destroyed all the
shipping in the neighborhood, and got
off to sea again scott free.
Vital Problems to Solve.
There are all sorts of possibilities in
that strip of coast from Martha's Vine
yard to Montauk. and when this years
maneuYers are over and the results
summed up we shall know a great deal
about them The question which the
maneuvers are to work out are ques-
lions of vital and national Importance
affecting every part of the country.
This attack is not an attack on New
York alone, but on all her sister cities,
great and small indeed on every ham
let. For the great market of the West
is in the East, through the east to
other countries, and the key of the
east seems to be about Newport.
The second part of the maneuver,
while not calling for the display of
u
more spectacular and noisy and will
simulate the conditions of actual COM
bat. After the hostile fleet has sue
ceeded or failed in its attempt to
evade the fleet on the watch for it
and effects a landing on the coast,
the two fleets will combine to form one
great naval force and attempt to cap
ture some of the forts within the field
of operations. The forts will be de-
Tended by the army and the militia
OF the adjacent states, and will be as
sisted by few small vessels supposed
to have escaped the humiliation of the
rest OF the American fleet. All the forts
mentioned have been supplied with
great quantities of blank ammunition.
Mine fields have been laid out to cover
the channels, and every other defen-
sive precaution has been taken.
The commanders of the forts will not
know which of them is to be attacked
until the hostile feet appears before
them the object being to take the
place by surprise. And in this part of
the maneuvers the newspaper forces
will play a part also, as the attempt
must be made by the fleet to prevent
news from being carried ashore by
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

them which will give the c.mnnandHr
of any fort an inkling of. the 'diThCtaon
in which the hostile squadron to mOvs
ing. Ships will try to run by ths forfs
in the dark, and such torpedo boats
as are supposed to be left for the pur-
poses of defense will try to steal out
and torpedo the approaching vessels.
" hen warship is discovered the forts
will open on her and she will reply.
Umpires stationed on the forts Will
signal by rockets when a ship is in a
concentrated fire which she could not
withstand If the shots from the forts
were real ones, and she will be declar-
ed out of action. The same thing will
be done when a suppositious mine is
exploded upon ship, and, in short,
all the conditions of actual warfare
will be simulated as nearly as possible.
The portion of the army not used as
garrison for the forts will be held In
readiness at some strategic point to
strike wherever the enemy may APP
pear. This will involve the working
out of many practical problems in
rapid transportation.
The Spanish war was the first war
in the history of the world In which
the newspapers played any important
part in naval operations. In that war
the press dispatch boats were regularly
ny LHt DtCTtLdTy OF the
Navy and provided with permission to
follow the fleets, and generally to
cruise wherever they pleased within
the sphere of operations.
Censorship During the War.
It would have been impossible to
have maintained any secrecy whatever
as to naval movements had not a rig
Id censorship been established. At
every American port from which dis
patches could be sent there was CEN
sor, and there was a censor at the end
of every cable who took care of what
was sent from foreign ports. No At
tempt to conceal operations from the
newspaper men was made, but they
were not allowed to send what they
knew to their papers In the present
maneuvers more attention will be paid
to preventing the newspaper men from
obtaining information than in prevent
ig them from sending 1T after they
have 1t, though in some cases that
may be done, too.
Many were the expedients to which |
the men with the newspaper fleet re- |
sorted during the war with Spain in |
order to get the best of the censor,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

sells. Many novel and modern appli-
ances will be experimental with, and
in all respects the present maneuvers
will be the most up-to-date affairs of
the kind ever attempted.
Expense Not Considered.
The question of cost is not to enter
into the matter. The object is to have
the maneuvers comprehensive and
thorough, no matter what it costs, for
it is believed that the results will JUS
tify the expenditure, however great it
may be.
Coal will be an important item of ex-
pense. A battleship of the Oregon
class burns rs tons of coal at a speed
of IL or II knots, and the amount
burned rises rapidly for every knot
above that. One of the fast cruisers
burns about 100 tons a day ordinarily,
and twice that at high speed, and coal
costs the government about SO ton.
Though good deal of the target
practice will be done with the eco
nomical sub-caliber, a considerable
portion of it will be done with full
service charges and service projectiles.
To fire one of the big turret guns on
battleship with full service charge and
regular projectile costs from $500 to
$500 each time.
Torpedo boats owing to their forced
draught, are great eaters up of coal,
and the cost of firing ships guns, even
though they may not be the great tur-
ret guns, is considerable. So it will be
seen that the cost of the mauenvers
will mount up 1t is generally believed
by naval officers that the objective
point of the ships detailed to represent
the hostile fleet is Newport. That port
is a great strategic point in Mr..
Moody's war, just as it was in the
Revolutionary War.
Sandy Hook Unlikely.
OF course, it is entirely possible that
a fleet may appear off New York sud-
denly by way of Sandy Hook. But
that is not likely. For an attack on
Sandy Hook could not be anything ex-
cept a bombardment, and there would
be no opportunity for much naval
maneuvering, although it would posi-
bly, be good war" for the hostile fleet
to attempt to draw the defending fleet
by making at least demonstration off
the Hook.
But it is generally conceded by ma
val as well as army men that the
Sandy Hook approach to New York is
practically impregnable. The works
might conceivably be demolished by
steady, concentrated, overwhelming
fire of long duration from a mighty
fleet. But that would not be maneu
vering; it would simply be pounding.
And even if Sandy Hook were demol-