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The Carlisle independent., 1907-06-06
Crushed To Death.

Dock Bright, a young man employed in the sawmill near Prattsville, was crushed to death recently by a los which rolled over him.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-06-06
Salary Changes of Postmasters.

The postmaster general has read justed the salaries of Arkansas post masters, as always is done each year for all offices in which there is a sal ary, instead of revenue to the post master based on the business done The readjustment is as follows:
The Carlisle independent., 1907-06-06
A Nea,o Shot To Death.

Jack Lewis, a white bartender in a ed Henry Jones negro workman. The negro attacked the bartender with a knife when the latter shot him.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-06-06
Appointed To West Point.

Guy mond of Clarksville has sue cessfu hssed the examination and received the appointment to West Point Military Academy.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
Too Much to Ask.

Representative John Sharp Williams
tells OF an encounter on a Mississippi
road one Sunday morning bet ween an
itinerant preacher and a darby, who
bore on his shoulder freshly killed
'possum'
Have you any religious feeling, my
friend" asked the minister.
Shore" replied the darby, Use had
religious bringin' up"
Then you ought to know that it
is sinful to hunt on the Sabbath"
"Mistah preachah," returned the
darby, his eyes rolling till the whites
shone, docs you expect any black
man in Mississippi rs gwine to tie
hisself to any religion dat allows a
'possum to walk right across de road
ahead OF him an git away free? No,
sab! A religion dat don't bend lit
tie when fat possum heads You off
couldn't be established round yere by
all the preachers in de country
Philadelphia Ledger
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
AN OLD EDITOR
round $4,000 Worth of Food.

The editor OF a paper out in Okla.
said: Eyes, it is true when | got
hold of Grape-Nuts food it was worth
more than $4,000 doctor bill to me,
for it made me we'll man. | have
gained 25 pounds in weight, my
strength has returned tenfold, my
brain power has been given back to
me, and that is an absolute essential,
Tor am an editor and have been for
35 years.
MY pen shall always be ready to
speak a good word for this powerful
nutritive food. l had of course often
read the advertisements regarding
Grape-Nuts, but never thought to ap-
ply the food to my own use, until, in
my. extremity and sickness the
thought came to me that 1t might fit
my case. The statements in regard
to the food are absolutely correct. as
have proven in my own case. One
very fortunate thing about the food
Is that while 1t is the most scientific
ally made and highly nourishing, con-
centrated food 1 have ever known. it
has so delicious a taste that it wins
and holds friends" There's a Rea-
son" Read The Road to Nashville"
n pkgl.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
Only Reported Dead.

A stratling case of the sudden reap
pearance OF a person supposed to be
dead is reported from the village of
Monte-Segall, near Pavia. where a
soldier, supposed to have been killed
in the fight between the Italians and
Abyssinians at Abba-Garima and
mourned and almost forgotten. fright
ened the wits out Of his relations by
quietly knocking at the family door
the other day and observing as it was
opened, We'll. here l ann
He afterward explained that, though
left on the field for dead, he recov-
cred from his wounds, and on being
released, went to London, where he
obtained work as waiter and then
getting little shop of his own.
made money enough to make him
think of seeing Italy once mora
London Globe
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
"Plugging" a Hotel Guest.

The hotel detective stepped out of
the elevator and walked over to the
counter
We'll. l plugged him. he said.
Plugged him? Who? What for?
Where did you hit him. quickly
asked a friend, who was standing by.
Didn't hit him anywhere; just
plugged the keyhole of his door. New
er hear of plugging before? When
we have a guest whom we suspect is
getting ready to- leave without settling
or whose credit is exhausted and fails
to settle up, we just wait till he leaves
his room, and plug the keyhole in the
door. Then he has to settle I'D or
leave his baggage. The plug fits over
the end of a key. 1t is placed in the
lock and turned. The key is then
withdrawn, leaving the plug in the
in the door. "-kansis City Star.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
DIVORCE EASY IN ABYSSlNIA,
Dissatisfied Parties at Roadside Court
-Meneik and His Court.

"CHCIih anu tbs Court,
/ divorces in Abyssin.a are scarcer
and yet easier TO obtain than anv-
where else in the world, ACCORDING TO
Frank r. Mowrer, ConsuI-General O.
tire United States at Adds Abeba
Mr.. Mowrer has just returned from
the country of King Meneuk AMI q
0lied with strange tales OF that land
AS in every other kind of dispute
IN Abyssinia. when man decide, to
get a divorce from his wife he calls
a court by the roadside and has his
case tried said Mr.. Nowrer Ias,r
night. "A man and woman viii be
travelling, for instance Perhaps they
nave lived togo her in connubial ioy
Tor many years but they agree to dis
agree. The man asks the first passer.
by to become the Judge. Another is
selected as his attorney and Sill an.
other as the lawyer for the defence
Court is then held informally by he
Side OF the public highway and de
clSlon is rendered In accordance with
che facts. If the divorce is granted
the man and woman go their respec.
tive ways, parted probably forever.
Il had an English friend, an enci.
neer, who heard one Of these disputes
at close range and offered himself as
judge just for the experience. He
wound up by finlng each of the parties
to the suit costs amounting to SIS.
But neither had any money and he
had to defray all the expenses of The
trial himself.
1t is long way to Menelik's couo.
try, continued the ConsuIGenerdI.
Adler one bias left tile ship and Jour.
neyed by rail some 200 miles he still
Is compelled to travel twenty DAYS
over the mountains On mule back be-
fore he comes to the capital OF Abys-
sinia. And when he gets there he
finds the King in palace that is
not as stlinptuous as the meanes
building l have seen in Washington.
The king himself receives you with
his legs drawn up under him and sit
ting en- raised dais. His lips are
thick and his nose is somewhat fiat
Ike the average negro. Back of him
stand more than a hundred OF his
courtiers, men with spears and short
skirts.
Menelik Is a strenuous and power.
1ul sachem. Contrary to a general
supposition be has but one wife He
Is har seventh husband 10 ,ol. u,
early and transacts a great deal OF
work in day. Crude though he may
be, he must have had much in him to
rise from low station to the highest
and to maintain his power by playing
upon the jealousies and designs OF
the Powers of Europe "-Wasninston
Post.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
sADDEsT FACT ABOUT GOTHAM.
It Is the Presence of the Man Always
FaWning for a Tip.

William Allen White writes of New
York City and Emporia (his home
town. in the American Magazine.
Following is Mr.. Whites account of
the saddest thing he sees in New
York:
Country dwelling American men
| and most of the women are instinc-
lively democratic. And, being demo
cratic. the cities sadden us country
| people. For the city-and New York
| is typical of urban America-fosters
| too much of the sham relation be-
| tween men that one finds where class
| lines are set. The eternal presence
of serving class, whose manners
may some day petrify into servllity,
the continual discovery that the man
who brings the food or sweeps the
street or drives the cab considers
wholesome conversation with him
from his patrons as a sign Of low
breeding, the presence of the man
who fawns for quarter, all these
make the countryman in New York
desire to rush home and organize a
Sitting Bull lodge of Ancient and
Amiable Anarchists
1T is not the extravaganza of the
rich, but the timber knees of too
many of the poor, that disgusts the
countryman in New York. The sad
dest thing in that great city to one
who comes from the frank, wholesome
clean, happy faces of the country is
not the eyes, not the overfed puffy
necked figures of the lazy, respecta-
BILE, woodworking women, who get
no more exercise than stuffed geese,
not the besotted faces of the men
about the barrel Unconstitutional mer-
ciful God knows they are sad enough,
but sadder than they are the loath-
some wooden faces of the men who
stand decked out like human mani
kins in puppies and greens and what
not of modish Stiffness and for
price surrender themselves to be
made part of the landscape. For
years Mickle, the painter, was the
lowest form of humanity we had in
Emporia. He was the town drunk
ard, once they fined him for beating
his wife, drink made him loafer
and brute. But some way one felt
down in Mickle there was the soul of
a man; some way one knew that he
would not do certain things for mon
ey; some way one always understood
that Mickle could always look into
depths of personal degradation below
him and tell whoever tempted him
there to go to But, on the
other hand, some way the Hunky is
just a funky and he seems to have
given up the right to resent personal
insult when he assumes the miser-
able part. And for a man to COM
mercialize his American birthright
seems a heart-breaking tragedy"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
THE CLEAN, GREEN HILLS

The clean. green hills have called TO me
amid the city's stress.
''Come back to us. wearied heart, anu
find thine old redress.
The loag-lost beauty OF thy days, the
vanished loneliness,
'Return to US and here regain the dreams
lost long ago,
Whether the April grasses wake or "heth-
the keen winds blow.
Oh, find again the quiet hills, thelr ST.
cretS know"
The clean green hills the silent hii4s'
the ancient place of peace,
! heard their voices calling me anu
crar.d the Old surCeaSt, -,
@ clean green hills. how long, now IONS
before | find release.
Charles Hanson Townc in broadway
Magazine.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03

OF all the lads that ever was. Id saf
go scot free. Not one but I'd he glad
t do it for her. But still It's wise. I'm
thinkin'. that they should wander an
learn for themselves the trouble O
false ways. | wisht,' he added simply,
That they WIS another plan-some
plan t. save I'm sorrow while yet it
made I'm men. But | can't think o
none From Norman Duncans S, Tie
Cruise of the Shining Light
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
Whcre He'd Be S,s.

a lawyer was talking abov. ,
Samuel c. T. podd the Stsn, tas
lawyer, whose salary from .ss
corporation was SEQ 600 , VOC ,as @
Nh. Dodi." said the lav~a. i.
al excellent lesal talent. u az :,
You knew who organized VIA
a4Ft OH Trust. What further -,
ed Alm 10 Mr. Rockefeller vsr a'
strict views on the Observance y
Sabbath y.
They Tell story abou. Doda ;.
he was d struggling practjrio,''
Franklin. >'''0'is
There was Franklin min,
VINO went cunning good deal
altogether was rather a SPORTING .
acter,
Al a little church supper one ,
'l'e minister was boasting abou,
knowledge OF horses and bnn,in"
craftsmanship and 50 on when
interrupted him.
~ d GOOD sportsman,
you?' he said
Vel, said the minister No,
leeLha any trap, / am not
sportsman. if do say it myss)
Yet said Dod6, il were i
I could hide where there'd be no
ger Of your potting NE
Where would you hide~ .
the minister.
d NICE. l'odd answered, in
study "-WaSlingtUn Star
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
Merely a Theory.

"Of course, l don't know began
the sarcastic boarder, but it strike
me this chicken
Now, what's the matter with the
chicken" interrupted the landlady.
"Oh, nothing" answered the S. b.
only It is evidently the offspring Of.
a hard boiled egg. "-Chicago News
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03

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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03
His First Care

Bacon-You say Santos-Dumont nev-
er smokes when he's up in his balloon
Egbert-Never: but when he comes
down the first thing he likes is to be
helped to alight.-Yonkers Statesman
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-08-03

Many a man tries to run a (
ll'fse power automobile on a
horse power salary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
DESERTER SCORES
BROOKLYN YARD
Declares No Discipline Is
Maintained and Cadets
Are DemoraliZed.

CHICAGO, Ill, June 2O,-The United
States navy training station at the
Brooklyn navy yard is the worst place in
the whole world. That is the startling
statement that was made today ty
Anthony Helverson. twenty years old,
who deserted because of the revclting
conditions permitted by the Cflcers and
who was just released by the d. Ice on
telegraphic advices from the naval Off
cialS.
Helverson says:
Words cannot describe the scene I
witnessed. There IS apparently no ef-
fort on the part of officers tn maintain
discipline among the cadets. who are
permitted to roam the streets Of New
York and frequent the red light dis
trict. There they secure LIQUOR and
drugs. and ii is safe to say that 30 ner
cent of the 300 cadets in the Rrockiyn
navy yard, are adlIcred to the nifr-
phine habit. while others are confirmed
drunkards or moral perYertE.
Almost every night the yards pre-
sent a scene Of drunken revelry and in
the morning. there are always from
twenty or thirty cadets. who. because
Of their nights experience, are unit for
duty"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
FIVE ARE DEAD,
AND ZOO INJURED
IN FRENCH RIOT
Cavalry Charges Barri-
cades Erected by Strik-
erS at Narbonne.

PARIS, June 2O.-OfclaI advices re-
ceived by Premier Clemenceau today
give the number OF casualties in yester-
days rioting at Narbonne, the center OF
the disaffected wine-growing district. as
FIVE killed and more than 200 seriously
injured, a number of whom are expected
10 die.
Scores sustained minor injuries. such
as broken heads and slight saber
wounds.
The injured were all victims OF the
charges made by the cavalry to break
down the barricades erected in the
streets by the strikers.
Today's news from the disturbances
indicates that a calm has followed yes
terday evenings disorders, and tnat the
activity Of the cavalry has had q quiet
ing effect on the strikers. The govern
ment today has the upper hand, and
there has been no looting, and there IS
no present possibility of mob rule.
The governments troops continue 20
hold the towns in check
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
MONSTER SHIPS
WILL Be BUILT
At LOW COST

Navy Department officials were sur
prised at the remarkably low figures of
the proposals for the two monster new
battleships, which were opened by Sec
retary Metcalf this afternoon
The lowest bid for one OF the ships
was made by the Newport News Ship
building Company at more than $3.50. 900
less than the Government estimates
This bid was for S3,9s7, 600, and, appar-
emily, il is a winner
The next lowest bid was submitted
by the Fore Rover Shipbu1lding Com
pany, and it viii probably get the con-
tract for the other ship. This bid was
s4.4S0.oOO. this company being underbid
by the Newport News people bu ap-
proXimately half a million dollars.
While the estimates of the Govern
ment constructors have not been an
nounced. 1t is understood that their es-
Inmates are slightly less thar S550e00
The law requires that the ships cost not
more than S6,000.00C each, the cost of
arms and armament not 10 exceed s4-
10000 making total cost OF not more
than S1o,000,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
BREAD BOXES lNSANITARY;
COMPLAINT IS FILED

Complaint has been flied with the
Commissioners that the bread boxes in
front or groceries are not kept in a
sanitary condition Thomas w Gilmer.
Of the Treasury Department making
the complaint suggests that the boxes
be kept locked at all times, and all
bread be wrapped in paper before plac-
ing in the boxes. Health Officer Wood
ward says these boxes are subject OF
inspection by sanitary officers
An objection raised by bakers 20 wrap
ning bread while Il is warm Is that 10
prevents IL from proper maturing, the
texture Of the loaf being damaged. The
Health Department chemist VIII make
a practical test
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20

QUICKLY
AVERTED
Western Union Tele-
graph Company Com
promises With 0p-
eratOES

NEW YORK, June 2O.-There
will be no strike Of the commercial
telegraphers employed by the West
em Union and Postal Companies.
After a controversy lasting more
than two weeks, in which demands
were made and refused, ultimatunlS
issued and declarations made on both
sides that neither would yield the
slightest point, an agreement was
reached shortly before noon today.
Both Sides Satisfied.
As yet the details Of the agree
ment have not been made public, but
it IS understood that concessions
were made by both sides, and that
both parties to the controversy are
fully satisfied with the new under
standing
During the last forty-eight hours
the situation became critical. and
for some time 1t seemed that q
strike Of $4,000 operators through
out the country could not be
avoided.
All Ready for Strike.
The order 10 strike was expected to
be issued before the end OF the week
and the operators had thir campaign
fully outlined Everything vas in read
iness- The companies were understood
20 have been making arrangements 70
fight the union and a long. bitter fight
was looked for.
Then suddenly like a thunderbolt from
q clear SKY came the announcement az
noon today that an agreement had
been reached It came as A decided sur
prise TO the operators.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
FALLS TO DEATH
FROM OFFICES Of
REPRESENTATIVES

J. G. Howie, ar ironworker. employed
on the new Office building for the House
OF Representatives. was killed instantly
by fall from a wall on the top story
about o'clock this morning. His brains
were dashed out on the cement floor,
two stories below.
HOWE came 10 work on the building
yesterday. With several other work
men he was engaged in laying the iron
glrders tnat support the floors. As one
OF the heavy girders was about to swing
In place from a derrick. Howie stepped
back on the narrow wall, and called 10
the foreman, "All right, let il come up
a little higher"
Hardly were the words out Of his
mouth when he fell over backwards. his
head striking against the hard floor of
the third story.
Howie was about thirty-five years old.
but the police have been unable to as
certain his address. He is said to have
a brother living at 200 East Gray street.
Richmond, Va
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
LETTERS THAT DIED
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Bunch Just Received From
Mexican Postal De-
paFtment.

A package OF thirty-seveu letters.
which had failed of delivery and had
been stored away in a Mexican post
Office for upwards of thirty years. was
received at the division Of dead letters
today from the Mexican department Of
posts.
Most Of the letters had been written
in $50, 1876 and ISL. and were ad-
dressed 10 members Of the crews OF
sailing vessels which We're expected 10
stop at the port Of Minatiuan. Mexico
The dead letter division viii endeavor
as far as possible. by corresponding
with postmasters, 70 return the letters
10 the scnders or 70 surviving relatives
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
PITTSBURG MILLIONAIRE
PAYSS5,OoO FOR "THE BATH"

PITTSBURG. Pa, June 2o.-Robert c.
HaH. the millionaire president OF the
Pittsburg stock exchange. has closed
negotiations with CASTOR La Touche, of
Paris. the artist and exhibitor. for the
purchase Of The Bath, the painting that
won the first prize, Of $500. in the In
ternational exhibit at the Carnegie In
Stitute. in this city. Almost upon the
hour IL was TO be packed and shipped TO
the exhibitor Mr. Hall cabled la
Touche and last night the reply ac-
ceptinE the offer was received. The
price paid is said to be s5.000
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
CAMP GOOD WILL OPENS
SUMMER SEASON JULY |

The first party of the present season
for Camp Good VIII will arrive at the
camp. Monday. July l. In preparation
for this party, arrangements are now
being made for the erection of about
thirty tents with complete equipment for
each OF the hundred children and moth
ers who Will be present on the grounds
throughout the summer. Washing,
swimming, and eating arrangements
have been greatly improved since last
season. July 4 is to be the day OF the
season for friends Of this work 10 see
Camp Good WIN in operation,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
CLEVELAND MAY SPEAK
AT STATUE UNWILLING

Former President Grover Cleveland
and the Hon George Gray are sched-
uled to deliver the principal addresses
at the unveiling Of the statue erected
to the memory Of Thomas Francis
Bayard, next Saturday afternoon al
Rockford Park. Wilmington Del.
In view of the former President s
illness he may not appear.
Invitations to the ceremony, issued
by the Bayard Memorial Association,
have been received mere
The exercises viii be held at 2:30
o'clock in the afternoon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-20
LOVING CUP CHERISHED
BY CHINESE MINISTER

BOSTON. June 2o-The Chinese min
lister, Sir Chentung LANG Cheng. IS
spending today visiting his countrynnen
In Boston. and tonight he VIII attend
a dinner in hiS honor at the University
Club. Sir Chentun- arrived from An
dover delighted with his reception at
Phillips-AndOVer Academy, which he at
tended before he entered Amherst Col
iege.
The alumni gave him loving cup,
and he told them he would take II back
10 China and cherish Il as one of his
precious family possessions. Sir Chen
tung will 20 20 New York tomorrow and
return 10 China some time next month.