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The Washington herald., 1907-06-13

Ircrea sing throngs AT Chevy Chase
Lake attest the high place the resort has
won in the esteem OF Washington amuse-
ment lovers. There is diversion for every
one, young or old. there are facilities
for bowling. shooting. and rowing. and
amusemeEts that appeal especially to the
Juvenile. while, Of course. all find pleas
ure in the splendid music Of the Marine
Band Orchestra, which gives concerts
every evening. Sundays included That
these concerts are the "star" attraction
is evidenced by the throngs that await
the band when it appears in the stand
each evening. At the conclusion Of the
programme at @ the pavilion becomes
the great center Of activity. the dancers
crowding the floor until Il. Admission
70 grounds and pavilions is without
charge.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-13
PASTURAGE,

HORSES PASTURED CHEAP; PLENTY or
grass. water and shade. Address j. T. MOSS. 23
18th st. NV. Phone NJ T0a0.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-13
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES,

THE BEST CORNER IN MOUNT PLEASANT
Hth and PARK ste. now being finished in 3 small
s.0TeTooms. rent. SIS $50 So. Apply on premises.
iel27t
COAL AND WOOD: ESTABLISHED Il YEARS:
large trade; grand business. excellent location.
Price reasonable retiring owner. b. CONNOR.
e6th ard NJ s's rnyZ5 50t
WHISKY, g PER GALLON THE JOHN
WEDDERBuBN CO.. 5ls + e.. nv sp6d
The Washington herald., 1907-06-13
FOUND,

LACEY's DELICIOUS ICE CREAM AND sHER-
bet 7oc and 9oc rer GAL large bricks IN a box.
&c. Phone NJ 955. 697 New YoTk ave ns.
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COLLECTORS,

We COLLECT NOTES. ACCOUNTS. RENTS.
estate and damage claims: no charge unless sue
ccssful FULLER AGENCY. ~ eth St nv.
mh59
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MARCEL WAVING,

MISS NJ J. BOYD. EXPERT MARCEL WAIVER
and haiIdressCr. EhampC1iHC. m8ri-UIUg clir0u-
odv facial and scalp treatment W0rs done n
hotels and residences. Phone Main 25 gi e
Fl. my. fo2f-f
The Washington herald., 1907-06-13
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT,
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES,

WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS
Electrical Supplies Automobile Supplies
Dvnam0s and Meters Machinery Surplies
Wiring Contractors.
We have competent mcu 60 plan ont and produce
the special results always essential in the installation
oi electrical apparatus
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO.,
1890 New York Ave.
The Washington herald., 1907-06-13
FOR RENT,

CORNER STORE. oN BUSY STREET. A 40. I
locality f7r drug store practically no competition,
rapidly growing section. Address j. ". POWELL.
81 II 81. nv ie--t
The Washington herald., 1907-06-13
LOTS FOR SALE,

FOR SALE BEAUTIFUL LOTS ~ Sc SIC
tior. near District line. parts in government en-
p.ov viii sacrifice same 40 great loss. Having
made arrangements 90 leave town July T. 90 those
who seek excellent investment communicate with
me or rrce f-r particulars. Address BON g. Her
s3 Office. frisa.
FOR SALE-AT AUCTION on THURSDAY.
June i3. 1907, az s O'Clock D. m. a beautiful build
ing site ON Rhode Island ave, between llth and
18th SITS nv. ielI3-
The Washington herald., 1907-06-13
HOUSES FOR RENT,
RENT S2250

New 5roon -aud.hath dwelling. crnrr,tef cellar
and furnace, Nr. 5l Tenn. ave- me- Apply % DR.
r. r. ROBERTS 525 Tenn. ave. no. ielset
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ROOMS FOR RENT.

sas H Nw.-rO GENTLEMEN ONLY. ROOMS
on third floor: front and one back. jel3-5t
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-26
GEORGE r. HAMMER
Resisting the Requisition for His Return
to Shreveport.

George F. Hammer has ceived re-
Gently more publicity than has ever been
to his credit since the day of his birth,
and the end is not yet. He is wanted in
Shreveport to answer to the charge of
embezzlement to the tune of $4,000. He
was the confidential man of the Louis
lana Gas Company. He skipped to Kan
sas, where it appears he has many
friends. When he was charged with hav-
ing appropriated to his own use the
amount stated, some of his friends were
fulsome in his praise and gave assurance
that he would return and face his ac-
cusers without requisition. With a
requisition obtained from the Governor
of Louisiana, Sheriff Flournoy sent
Deputy Bains to Parsons, Kas., antici-
pating little if any trouble, but Hammer
has employed the best of counsel and
now pleads that he is not guilty and will
not return to Louisiana.
The case has been fixed to be heard
on January 8, when the Governor of
Kansas may or may not honor the
requisition of the Governor of Louisiana
If Hammer was without friends and
influence he would be given little oppor-
tunity of resisting return to Louisiana
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-26

The letter following is submitted for
the consideration of the citizens who
would favor the saloon for revenue
only:
Meridian, Miss, Dec 10, 1907.
Dear Sir-By your request | give you
the following information: Prohibition
went into effect in this city April 1, 1893.
Taxable real estate that date $4oooooo
Since that date following are principal
municipal improvements Twenty-Five
miles sewerage $4,000; thirty miles
of paved sidewalks $Io5, 900; bought city
waterworl<s $25o,ooo; high school built
$4,000; South Side school $4,000 ::
central primary school $1,000 Highland
school $4,000; Georgetown school
$1,000; negro schools $4,000. Total
number of schools in the city II; total
number of pupils enrolled in city school
5000. Total number of teachers Is.
Total annual expense for schools $4,000
Our school buildings are all fine brick
buildings except the central primary,
which is a frame building. Taxable real
estate at present date $Io.ooo,ooo. Tax
levy of county and State for all pur-
poses IL mills. Tax levy for city, all
purposes, II mills. Total number po-
lice on force II.
| lived i'll saloon town in Tennessee
six years; since have been living in Me
ridan ten years: during that time | have
been making regular trips from Mcrid-
ian, Miss, to Shreveport, La, as rail
way postal clerk. From my experience
and observation | believe Meridian to be
more progressive from a commercial as
well as moral standpoint.
Any other information that you de
sire and | have not put into this letter
would gladly furnish same. Yours very
truly, d. c. McLAURIg.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-26
SPECIAL PLEADING
The Home Rule So-called Argument
Of the Friends of the Saloon Met and
Answered.

Monroe Star: The stock argument of
the frightened liquor crowd is that to
invoke the aid of the country electorate
in a parish-wide prohibition campaign is
to defeat the intent of the local option
law. We are moved to say that the pur-
pose of the law is to give the people re-
lief from the open saloon and its evils
and ill-effects. The law is designe lly
enacted for the benefit of the people.
That one ward shall not annui and rem
der practically void the uncontested will
of other wards expressed by the ballot,
the law allows the entire parish to speak.
his is the essense of ''home rule" doc
trine. 1t is the purest expression of gen.
uine democracy. The parish is the unit
in the subdivisions of the State.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-26

10 massacre his wife, and the child to
grind the parricidal axe 1t burns men,
consumes women, detests life, curses
God and despises heaven. 1t suborns
witnesses, nurses perjury, dctles the
jury box, ami stains the judicial er1nlne.
1t dcgrades the citizen. debascs the lcgis-
ilator. dishonors the statesman, dlSarms
the patriot. 1t brings shame, not honor;
terror, not safety; despair( not hope;
misery, not happiness; and with the
of fiend it calmly surveys
its frightful desolation, and unsatished
with the havoc, it poIsons felicity, kills
peace, ruins morals, blights confidence
slaps reputation, wipes out national hon
)r, then curses the world and laughs at
It's rum.
Ida will answer at the polls in no I'M
certain tone. Yours for prohibition,
J. O. c. ADAMS.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-26

If you will telephone one thousand,
we will send man to figure with you
on any size job of printing.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-26
DRUNKEN NEGRO DESPERATE
SHOT AND KILLED.
OFFICER BURT BAGLEY
Had a Narrow Escape-His Life Savel
by the Quick and Decisive Action.
The Fracas Occurred in Cesar De-
bosses Dive in St. Paul Bottom.

Yesterday afternoon Jesse Mccoy, a
negro desperate, was shot and killed by
Officer Burt Bagley. The homicide oc-
Cured at about o'clock in Cesar De
Bosses dive in St. Paul bottom. At the
time that den was full of negroes more
or less drunk and boisterous. Having
entered this dive, Officer Bagley COM
handed peace, when he was accosted by
Jesse Mccoy, who insolently excepted to
the officers demand Then followed an
alteration in which several negroes
participated. Caesar DeBose joined in
the melee and endeavored to restore
order. After wrestling desperately over
the floor, Mccoy was held by Debose
and several negroes, but was not dis
armed. With his knife Mccoy soon re-
leased himself by slashing right and left.
AS Mccoy started towards the officer
with his knife he was warned to stop,
but maddened with whiskey Mccoy was
like a tiger thirsting for blood. He
failed to heed the warning, when Officer
Bagley shot and killed him in self-de-
fense. Had he been less active and
prompt of action Mccoy would have
cut him to death.
In alluding to this homicide Officer
Bagley said: Il want to say this much
for DeBose. If it had not been for him
| would have been dead man. He was
the one who saved me, and when he saw
it was pc iceman that the negro was
he knocked over three or four
negroes III the crowd to get to me. 1 am
going to present him with some token
of my appreciation.
1t is reasonable and fair that Officer
Bagley should feel grateful to DeBose,
but let it not be forgotten that DeBose's |
dive, as is George Neil's and others, is
a fostering sore in civilized com111un-
lty. 1t is one Of the many breeders of
crimes which are tolerated in Shreve-
port for revenue only.
In vain has it been attempted to regu-
late these dives, which are menaces to
law and order and in which murderers,
gamblers and thieves congregate
1t is time such dives were being sup
pressed regardless of the revenue they
contribute towards the maintenance of
4 city which is boastful of its progress
and its civilization.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-26
FROM MERIDIAN
Experience of an Alderman, City Attor-
ney and School Trustee-The Effects
of the Whiskey Traffic and the Pro-
hibition Stages-Practical Results.
The letter following is self-expana-
tory and is submitted without comment

The letter following is self-explana
tory and is submitted without comment
Meridian, Miss, Dec. 10, 1907.
Dear Sir-At the request of friend
of mine, beg leave to make the follow
ing statement: | have lived in Meridian
Miss, since 1867, and within seven miles
of Meridian since 1857, and during my
residence in this city | have noticed not
only its growth in population, but | have
observed the different faces of its moral
status. have observed the effects of
| the whskey traffic and also the prohibi-
ton stages. | was for ten or twelve
years member of the city government
in the position of alderman, council
man and city attorney, as we'll as a
school trustee for four or five years.
During the time that l was member
of the city council and when whiskey
was sold | was always i'll favor of open
saloons on account of the idea that to
drive the saloons out would injure ma
terially tss city finances, and would
cause property to decrease in value and
the city in other words to go to waste
There were MANY others who held to
the same opinion. Instead the city grew
i'll population and values in property in
creased over three fold, houses that were
made vacant by the going out of the
saloons became occupied with other bus
mess and from population of between
nine and ten thousand the city grew
until now it has population of nearly
thirty four thousand. l saw men who
could and did not pay their rent, grocery
bill, and properly clothe and educate
their families, buying homes and paying
for them, paying their grocery bills and
bills and educating their chill
dren. | saw crime decrease and drunk |
enness materially 'ecrease. 1t is not
very often that you see drunken man
on the streets of Meridian. Whiskey is |
not sold here except by the bootleg blind |
tigers, and Our officers are making it |
very warm for them to exist here. ! de-
sire to say that | would not know how
to live and raise and educate my chill
tren ins city where whiskey is sold, |
and would not change back to the old
Meridian for anything in the world. 1t
has not affected our schools in any way
except for the better. Our attendance at
the various schools is six to eight times
greater than it was during the whiskey
times, and as a whole our schools are
the best in the South Very respectfully,
w. N. ETHRIDGE.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-26
A SERIOUS OFFENSE
Young Man Held in the City Cooler
Will Be Transferred to Parish Jail

Up to 3 O'Clock today it had not been
determined what charge would be filed
against NJ NJ. McCarley, young man
who enticed a girlI3 years old into his
room for an immoral purpose. She re-
sisted his Establishments and fed crying.
The girl is the daughter of T. r. La
than, who is the lessee of the Cooley
house. His wrath may be imagined, but
not described. McCarley was fortunate
in escaping alive.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-26
LIVING DEMONSTRATION
Of the Fact That the Non-sale of Whis-
key Does Not Hinder the Prosperity
of Community.

The letter following is from the su-
perintendent of the Meridian public
schools. This testimony is discredit to
the allegation that the elimination of the
saloon will prove detrimental to the well
fare of the public schools and charitable
institutions:
Meridian, Miss, Dec 10, 1907.
Dear Sir-Replying to your letter Of
recent date l take pleasure in saying
that Meridian is living demonstration
Of the fact that the non-sale of whiskey
!oes not hinder the prosperity of CON-
rnunity. Whiskey was voted out of this
town in the Sos, and from that time TIN
til now Meridian has steadily grown in
population and increased in material
wealth. 1t is mistake to suppose that
license money for the sale of whiskey is
essential in meeting the expenses of the
public school system as is illustrated
here in Our city. We have the largest
school system in Mississippi, compoed
of eleven schools, thirty-six hundred
children, and seventy-fve teachers, and
ale dependent in the support of them
solely upon direct tax and what we re-
ceive from the State. can not institute
comparison between what the schools
are today and what they were when we
had saloons, for the simple reason that
Our town is six or seven times as large
as it was in the days of whiskey. A
proper comparison would be between the
schools of Meridian and those of Vicks-
burg where whiskey is sold. l think a
comparison of these two cities would
show that we have more school build
ings, larger and better ones, more pu-
pills, and a more healthy public school
sentiment
Trusting that this letter viii answer
your purpose and extending to you the
usual compliments of the season, l beg
to remain, Sincerely your friend,
J. c. FAINT.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-26
BIDS INVITED.

Bids are hereby iit*sted by the Poiiees
jury of Caddo Parish, for oper ating
Moorlngsport and Twelve MYf9ess 14IJ
for the next twelve months. Bids to be
opened at meeting of the Police Jury
the second Thursday in January 1908.
jury reservng right to reject any and
all bids
r. FURMAN, President.
A. L. DURINGER, Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-26
RIVER AND WEATHER.

This morning opened partly cloudy.
River: Fulton 22.2, a rise of ~;
Shreveport 1876, a rise of 81.
Weather forecast for Shreveport and
vicinity: Rain and warmer tonight; oc-
casioial showers Friday.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-26
STATEMENT OF FACTS

The Advantages of Prohibition Pre-
sented i'll Record lndisputable-
Meridian Progressive from CONNER
cial and Moral Standpoint.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-26
COTTON MARKET
Office of The Caucasian,
Shreveport, La, Dec. 26, 1907.

SHREVEPORT MARKET.
The market is unchanged
Receipts 883 bales.
Sales to factors none.
Low middling -. .. 80. .... 10
Mi ldling 10 IS
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-26
ESTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by A. H. Riley at Flournoy,
La, one dark bay mare, gray ON left
Jaw, white in forehead, white spot OH
under lip, scar and white spot on root
of tail, about IA hands high and about
II or ID years old, no brand. The owner
will come forward, prove property and
pay charges Or the animal will be sold
as directed by law at Greenwood, La,
on the nth day of January 1908.
S. J. PHILLIPS,
Justice of the Peace Ward Five, Cad
do Parish, La.
Dec. 10, 1907.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-05-21
4 BIG SENSATION
IN SPRING HILL
Usual Quiet of Sunday Night Dis
turbed by Shooting sCrape.
GOT The LOAD
JACKSON

Stated that Two eordons and Jackson
Became Involved in Three-cornered
Row, Which Ended In Painful
! WOunding Of the Latter.
The Spring Hill section, negro set
Element bordering the city ON the
southeast, showed up with her share
Of the sensations Sunday night, but in
stead Of knife at a festival as was
the case in Southwest Gainesville,
4 this aggressor welded first a whiskey
bottle, then a gun, II reports are true,
with the result that Hector Jackson
was compelled TO have a load Of
bird-shot picked out Of his side,
The statement,of those who should
be in possession to know Is to the
effect that Chas. Gordon and Hector
jackson, the man who was wounded
wore indulging in a little John Barley
corn in an old field.
Jim Gordon, a younger brother of
Charles, came upon the scene, when
a war of words passed between Jim
and Hector in regard to some trivial
matter Without formality Hector
suddenly struck the younger brother
over the head with a stick, dazzling
him for an instant Instantly ii is
said that Charles Gordon threw a
partly filled bottle OF liquor at Jack
son, which came in contact with some
obstacle and was broken, The fact
that Hector had lost his booze" in
this reckless manner caused anger
to rise to the top OF his head, and he
proceeded to finish the job up with
shotgun, conveniently near, The
contents of both barrels Of the FIRE.
piece, which was loaded with bird
shot, were discharged, one charge tax.
ing effect in Jackson's side.
Gordon managed to get away, when
neighbors summoned DR. Clyde Carter
who dressed the wounds and left the
victim in as good condition as could
be expected under the circumstances
Gordon was arrested by Marshal
Arrow in the vicinity Of the seaboard
Air Line depot at daylight Monday
morning. He was arraigned before
the mayors court upon charge of
diseharging firearms In the city limits,
and assessed a fine of s., afterwards
being turned over 10 the county au'
thorities, where charge Of assault
with intent to murder will be entered
against him.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-05-21
FOR our READERS.
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expel that doubt He gives his
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and no reader lbf The Gainesville Sun
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With every Hy-o.mel OUTFIT Is a neat
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through this inhaler, reaches the most
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Hy-o-mei really gives you a health
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You will notice relief and benefit
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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-05-21
\ GRANDMOTHER USED IT.

'as Never Had Sulphur In Such
Convenient Form as This.
grandmother used Sulphur as
s'0'i'e household remedy, and
heF grandmother. Sulphur has
,Dlhg skin and blood diseases
hundred years.
Z he old days they had to take
80 sulphur. Now HANCoCKs
A y SULPHUR gives II to you in
possible form and you get
ny benefit.
- o... LIQUID SULPHUR
EMINENT, quickly cure Ec-
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~ 'a'e'. It cured an ugly ulcer
4 I !. Ann W wnIett, Of washing.
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Internally, it purihes the
30 clears the complexion.
- ~ Booklet free, If you write
n 80 "a, LIQUID SULPHUR CON.
aaltinore
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-05-21
CARTER HAD NO
MERCY ON WILLIS
Scored Him Severely for Taking
Advantage of His Illness.
LAND eRAeseR KNOCKED OUT
His "Purely Local" Bill, Seeking to
swipe Big Chunks from AIachua
and Marion Counties, indefinitely
POstponed--charter Bill Signed.

Special to The Sun:
Tallahassee, May 2O.-The House
bill of Mr.. willis of Levy, seeking to
annex a strip of Alachua and Marion
counties, came up this morning on its
final passage.
Speaker Matthews gave the author
an opportunity to withdraw it, but
he refused, when Judge Carter pro.
ceeded to score Willis in a terrific
manner for introducing the bill and
advancing it to its third reading when
he was i'll in bed.
The bill was indefinitely postponed
by a unanimous vote,
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-05-21
MTO HOUSES
COT INTO TROUBLE
80 Action Of Two Greek
ls.r.r. Caused Excitement.
/. FIRED upon Then

seated Upon Piazza With Her
Z ....st.r, when She states the Men
..' IN Approached +er-Husbsod
. .p,s5 on. with Brick
i. usual Quietude Of the heart OF
,.gdentlal section Of the city was
.,asDly disturbed Sunday night
q o'clock, when the report OF
4. plstol-shots rang out upon the
Ia night air.
rsnort attracted neighbors to
Zone. when the lady Of the house
.ertaip family was seen standing
I, IN the front piazza, with smok-
..volver in hand In the dim dis
- lodging under the rays OF the
..,tric lights, could be outlined the
.alng figure of two men.
~ story goes that at the hour
- the lady and her daughter
I. accosted by two Greeks, a pair
Ne gang who recently came here
- Tarpon Springs to work on the
q. d,tcbes The ladies' were seat
mon the piazza, when the men ap-
,oaebed them boldly. The elder
/, was preparing for any emergency,
,be stated that the men had been
,sng around the vicinity of the
ne all during the afternoon, at
e staring significantly in. They
ied a suspicion at the time, and
nuch as she had seen them pass
me or two in the shade of the even
she went upon the porch prepared
resent any probable insult which
b. be offered.
ghen the Greeks, whose names
d not be learned, owing to hero
mics and foreign accent of pronun-
lon, approached the steps, the lady
Isld her revolver and fired twice,
neither shot took effect.
D the meantime the husband of
kdy, who was in the house at
time appeared upon the scene
y a brick-bat, which proved very
gliye, as it was we'll directed and
'lck one Of the men in the face.
h managed to make their escape,
scer, but Officer Arrow was noti-
and arrested them an hour later.
n we're placed in prison, but Sc
ID bond and we're released for their
aTance before the mayor Mon,
morning,
shen the hour arrived for trial the
Who was hit by the brick was
ring so intensely that he was UNI
70 appear, and the cases were
poned until this morning at 9
BEL
We Greeks cannot speak a word
1s'ish' hence their motive in en-.
Tie place is a mystery. It may
a they will be enabled to ex.
o the court through their In
es this morning.