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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-21
Quaker Musings.

The Lord also helps them that
help others.
The man who is in love with him
self need fear no rival.
Even the high flyer must come
down to earth once in a while.
Even when her sight is perfect the
freckled girl wears specks.
A fellow doesn't have to be an ath-
1ete to jump at conclusions.
A man may have a smoking jacket
without having clothes to burn.
Can fellow bring a girl to time
by carrying her picture in his watch?
Long engagements demonstrate
that keeping company is cheaper than
keeping wife.
You can't always make the head OF
the house believe that two heads are
better than one.
Blobbs-"The man who is always
talking about his achievements might
employ his time to better advan-
tage.Y Slobbs-"Yes; he might be
talking about ours
"a man deserves a great deal OF
credit for keeping his troubles to him
SELF remarked the wise guy. eyes,
especially, when SO many people want
to borrow them" added the simple
mug. Philadelphia Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-21

Ocean and Pleasant islands of the Gill
bert group, and in the new works
about to be established on the island
of Makatea, of the Tuamotu Arch
pelago, have recently begun a move
ment to connect nearly all the groups
of islands in the South Pacific by a
system of wireless telegraphy. 1t is
proposed to include in this system the
Commonwealth of Australia. the Do
minion of New Zeadland the Fijis, the
New Hebrides the Solomon, Samoan,
Cook. Society and Marquesas islands
and the phosphate island of Ocean,
Pleasant and Makatea. 1t is expected
that the various governments having
possessions in the South Pacific will
aid in the establishment of the pre-
posed system. Negotiations have al
ready proceeded SO far that the sue
|cess of the efforts seems to be almost
assured. AS the nearest available
ocean cable Office to Tahiti is at Auck-
land, $3.50 miles away, from which a
steamship of the Union line of New
Zealand arrives at Papeete once every
twenty-eight days, and a direct COM
munication by a steamship of the
Oceanic Company with San Francisco,
8 65S miles distant, is had once in
every thirty-six days, it will be under
stood how deeply interested the
French colony of Tahiti and it's depen-
denotes are in the complete success of
these negotiations Other groups OF
islands are equally interested in the
establishment of this system, which
means so much to the inhabitants OF
these widely separated archipelagoes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-21

would be 1000 sabres. This is con-
ceded to be amply sufficient for the
uses it would be put to in any cam
paign Bulgaria could undertake. So
far as mounts go, it has the best Hun
garian or Russian horses that money
can buy, quite up to those in our serv-
ice.
The artillery has recently been
equipped with eighty brand new six
gun field batteries of the Creusot
make, and, all told, probably has
about 600 quick-fring guns, not
counting machine guns, and heavy
siege pieces. The infantry, which is
splendid fighting material, carries the
Mannlicher five-shot rife and knife
bayonet, and is largely Differed by
men who have been under fire in the
Macedonian revolt. 1t was favOrite
trick, while the revolution lasted, for
officers to be given leave Of absence
for an indefinite length of time, to
visit their friends. They went across
the forntier with the insurgent
chetaS
Perhaps the greatest military adj
vantage Bulgaria possesses, lie in the
| fact that both her personnel and equip
ment are at a maximum of efficiency.
This is based on statements by Off
GERS of her general staff A member
of the intelligence department advised
| the writer that within a year Or SO
the equipment would have deteri
GRATED, through age, sufficiently to
make a substantial difference when
called upon to undergo hard usage in
the field
Another officer characterized the
youth of the officers of company rank
as an advantage that waned with ev-
cry year. Few Of the officers below
| the rank of major have reached the
age of thirty, SO tnat according to
military science, they should be at
their best in self-reliance, dash, and
what we call nerve.
The esprit de corps is magnificent
| Bulgaria could take no better time to
declare war than at present.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-21
ISOLATION DUE
TO BAD ROADS
so MANY FARMERS INFORM
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN
PERSONAL LETTERS.
COMMISSION ON COUNTRY LIFE
HEARS FREELY FROM RURAL
DISTRICTS.

Washington, Oct 15.-President
Roosevelt's mail is stacked high
these days with letters concerning
the commission on country life,
which he recently created. Many of
the letters are fpOm men who are
most vitality interested-the farmers
themselves. The farmers agree that
the educational facilities in the coun-
try districts ought to be made over
so as to fit country conditions and
needs more closely. A number OF
writer's urge the need of introducing
some sort of elementary agriculture
into the schools. Not all are of this
opinion, however. Some maintain
that there is danger of trying to-
make agricultural instruction too
academic.
The one point on which all farmers
agree is that the greatest trouble
with agricultural life is it's isolation.
The remedy for this that is most fire.
quently proposed is better roads. An
other solution advocated is that a
IucdIlS US SOuSlll W plCFOhC eAAO hOAN
ing of large farms by persons or cor
porations who do not work them
themselves. The argument is adj
vanced that such action would attract
settlers to the country and that the
wide spaces between farms would be
broken up, and that further if the big
tracts which are now worked by abb
sentee owners or held for speculation
were split up among Independent own
ers, there would be greater opportun-
ity for small farmers to come in and
gain profitable livelihoods.
A number of the presidents cor
respondents urge a revival in some
sort of the old lyceum which pro-
vided social center for rural COM
munities. Several writer's tell of ex-
cellent results that have been OBJ
tanned in their own neighborhoods by
/ literary societies, not so much in their
educational capacity as in providing a
community bond. Many suggestions
are made concerning the postofice
service.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-21
FEDERAL BUILDINGS SATISFY.
Great Improvement in Government
Structures of Last Decade.


Structures of Last Decade.
Even the most casual comparison of
our federal buildings erected through
out the United States during the last
decade with those owing their exis-
tence t. the governments necessities
and the prevailing conditions of pre-
ceding years cannot fail to result in a
feeling of much satisfaction, says the
American Architect. Few, we believe
realize the wonderful improvement
which has taken place in this import
ant branch of our. national architecture.
From the poorest examples of archi-
lecture and building to be found in the
country federal buildings have been
changed to rank among the best. In
fact, there are more than few of the
smaller cities that have no buildings
to compare INTELLECTUALLY or in point
of workmanship and materials with
those erected by the government.
The value to American architecture
of these sane and scholarly buildings
scattered throughout the country is
inestimable. Probably there is no
other influence which has done as
much toward determining the character
of our architecture during recent
years. While there is doubtless lit
tie likelihood of our federal buildings
ever again deteriorating to the char
acterless structures that once discred-
tied us, any change that gave promise
of disturbing present conditions in the
office of the supervising architect OF
the treasury would, we believe, be
viewed by architects generally with
some apprehension.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-21
A GOLF BALL DOG.
He Hunts and Finds Lots of Them and
He Is Not for Sale.

This being the season for all sorts.
Iof golf stories, variety may be lent to-
the current output by the telling of
this one about dog that hunts, and
finds, golf balls. Besides, this story
lis true in every detail. 1t is not
Sliced a particle. The dog is a BIS
ton bull, in appearance not at all re-
|sembling the kind of dog that figures
in the usual hunting field. But on the
golf links he chases and runs down his
quarry with all the zest and skill that
moves the foxhound, or setter or poin-
ter when they go out for game. This
dog watches to its stopping place the
ball his master drives and stands over
it till the player comes along to make
his next shot. No caddie ever had so
sharp an eye in following the flight of
the ball nor in scampering after it on
one of its long rolls down bank into
danger If the ball goes into
brook the dog, though he really does
not care for swimming. will rescue it,
and he does not bite it, now that he
knows he must not, any more than
highly bred setter. will allow one of his
teeth to mark the flesh of the plump
est, tenderest plover.
But the dogs achievements on the
golf links are not confined to watching
and running down the ball he sees
driven. ANY retriever pup" the dog
himself would say, If he could talk,
could or would do as much as that"
His most admirable accomplishment,
in this line, the one that makes him
lovable and highly valuable to his
owner, is his ability to find balls that
other golf players have sent into "the
bad lands" and have given up for lost
a day, week or month before. Into
brambles, through long, coarse grass
that snar1s under his feet, by rocky
sleeps and under low-lying foot
bridges, this golfball dog goes without
persuasion or command, his whole
body animated with the Joy of the
chase" And rarely does he come to
his master without a ball in his mouth.
Recently in a stretch of bushes that
runs for a hundred yards by the side
of stone wall this little hunter found
eight balls, hopelessly lost by players
driving from the nearest tee. Later,
the same day, he found three in an
innocent-looking trap beyond putting
green. Any golfer who buys and loses
balls, and If he does the first he does
the latter, can easily reckon the worth
LOT this dog. But he is not for sale.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-21

Bulgaria's cavalry has been drilled
on the American system. Shock tao
tics are never used, and the men are
taught to make themselves of use in
accommodating and scouting. Possibly
the total force of the cavalry corps
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-21
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN THE
PACIFIC.

Consular Report-Consul julius d.
Dreher sends from Tahiti the follow
ing information in regard to net
work of wireless telegraphy, which 1t
is proposed to establish among the
scattered islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Capitalists who are interested in the
extensive phosphate operations on
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-21
HOLIDAY FRIENDSHIPS,

The great point about holidays is
the part played in them by Hazard.
We free ourselves from our usual sur
roundings, occupation and from our
selves, as it were: Hazard" comes
along, makes us meet new people and
form new friendships, and the general
direction of our life is often changed
La Suisse, Geneva.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-21

The tower Of Babel had just been
stricken with the confusion of tongues.
"Finei" they cried. I'VE can now
report ball game"
Thus they found the silver lining to
the cloud.-New York Sun.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-21
A Precedent.

Mohammed decide to go to the
mountain.
And yet planned porch cam.
paign, he sighed.
Herewith he meditated on the cost
of transportation.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-21

Paul Potter has made an adaptation
|of the famous French farce, Louie, and
lit is to be produced in this country
before long.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-21

It is said that Grace Van Studdiford
has big hit in The Golden Butterfly,
the new De Koven and Smith opera,
produced last week.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-21
A Fair Remnant.

Stella-The word is that hips must
go.
Bella-Dear me, I've already parted
from my appendix and given my hand
away.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-10

The final session Of the sixtieth
congress convened in Washington or
Monday, and the opening session Sas
devoid OF interest. the only thing out
of the ordinary being the breaking
of two gavels BY Speaker Cannon
When the speaker raped Tor order
his gavel broke, and when he picked
up the second mallet that too was
shattered with the first rap on the
desk A third gavel proved more du-
rable, and the house finally came 70
order. No business Was transacted
and after perfunetory ovations had
been given TO Speaker Cannon and
Yice-President Sherman both house
and senate adjourned out Of respect
to dead members
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-10
Whitman is Chancellor.

Hon. Sam Whitman of Bay Springs,
Miss, has been appointed chancellor
of the Second chancery court district
to succeed Judge J. L. McCaskiil,
who died last Saturday night. The
new appointee is a young man, being
the son of Hon. Sam Williams, Sr.,
of Bay Springs. who represented Jas
per county in the legislature for a
number of years. He is in every way
qualified to aeceptably discharge the
duties of the Office. and the appoint
ment meets with universal approval.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-10
Supervisors Session.

The board of supervisors met in
regular monthly session at the court
h6use at ten O'Clock Monday morn
ing, at which time there were present
Hon. Battle Bell. president; Messrs.
P. j. Ussery, W. d. Phillips, j. NJ.
Ledbetter and c. II. Jordan, associ-
ate members of said board; w d.
Prowell, sheriff, and D. D. Richards,
clerk, when the following proceed
ings We're had:
Ordered, that the name of Eliza
O'Flaherty be placed on the pauper
list and that she be allowed the sum
of $500 per month.
Ordered, that Robert Fisher be re-
funded fifteen cents road tax, fifteen
cents county tax and $2.00 poll tax,
said amounts having been erroneous
ly collected.
Ordered, that w D. Prowell, sher-
iff, be refunded $500 poll tax collect
ed from Tabb Baker, duplicate re-
ceipts for this amount having been
enormously issued
Ordered, that all gates on public
roads be removed.
Ordered, that Bud Billups, Pierce
Holloway and Silas Hendrix be re-
funded 500 each on account of road
tax enormously collected.
The petition of j. c. Hackelman
ct AL, asking for roadway from the
Military road to the Aberdeen road
the line of the Southern
Railway, was ordered to lay over for
thirty days.
After having allowed the usual
monthly accounts, which will be pub
lished in next Sundays Dispatch, the
board adjourned
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-10
Manager Appointed.

Mr. w. W. Williamson has been
appointed manager of the local ex-
change of the Cumberland Telephone
& Telegraph Company to succeed Mr..
z. H. Reeves, who was recently pro-
noted to the position of manager OF
Williamson has for some time past
represented the company at Corinth,
and is said to be very competent
man He is expected to arrive in
Columbus this week to assume the
duties of his new position.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-10

Jackson. Mss. Dee 5.-At m~~s-
INK of the executive co= =mtSte~s cr
tie Farmers Untoa aHa the Mist
ssppi Bankers aSsoeiatioa satlxfAe-
tory arrangements ~~re zaae 20 co--
tinue the eotioa hoiata< uoyenent
N this state. The bankers axre~izs
% renew loans o. cossoa stored iz
TIE warehouses of The FA-ners' Ia
ion in various parts q the state
Th~ bankers were rrpr~%entcd 81
he conference b. Hcz- ". NJ A.
derson % Jackso1. Hoa- J T. Thozas
of Grenada. and Hoc. p ". Fcote "a
HattiesburE- These sentleu,en xavc
their approval 10 The forms adopsed
by the Farmers Unioz Tor the usr
~ the various ~arehouses. consistlnE
OF negotiable receipts. ardavtts an1
ferns for Insurance hcn1s. and at
the conclusion os fhe couEsrenre
stated that under fae plsn devised eF
che Farmers Union the hanks now
have better security on cortoa in sto-
rase than ever before in tte hlstorr
~ this state.
Practically all the state banks la
Mississippi and maaT cf the aatlcral
hanEs ARE giving thesr alA "a thn
Farmers union in fae sraEi a. hcil
back a portion of the seasons costo=
crop. and members cf the orsarlsa-
fiou state fhat tAs, are ezcoarter-
ing 20 troabie whatever lr securl-g
lEEa.srsF -s1s.n -rez fsr a.res.r -nF .a
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-10
State of Mississippi,
LowndeS County.

!
Lowndes County.
]. Alter VS.. Aaron Hahn 1892.
Buder Bros. VS.. Aaron Hahn 1896.
| j. W. Stanseli VS.. Aaron Hahn. 3292
BY virtue of a writ of execution in
each of the above entitled cases to me
directed from the Office of the clerk
OF the circuit court. r. J. Gunter.
clerk. in and for the said county of
Lowndes, State of Mississippi, I will,
on Monday, the 4th day of January
/ 800, the same being the first Mon
day thereof, proceed to. sell. and will
sell. in front of the courthouse door
of said county, in the city of Colum-
bus, to the highest bidder, for cash,
within the hours prescribed by law,
all the right, title. interest, claim
and demand of said defendant. Aaron
Hahn. in and to the following de-
scribed property lying and being in
the city of Columbus, county of
Lowndes and State of Mississippi,
the same having been levied on by
me. under said executions, to-wit:
Part of lot three in square three,
south of Main street, and described
as commencing at the northwest COR
ner of said lot three, from thence
running south one hundred and sixty
t60) feet, thence east twenty-five
(22) feet, thence north one hundred
and sixty (160) feet, thence west
twenty-five (22) feet to the place of
beginning.
Also part of lot FIVE (5) in square
three t3) south of Main street. and
described as beginning on the south
side Main street at point thirty
800 feet west from the northeast
corner of said lot five (5) in said
square three ca; from thence run
ming ssouthwardly parallel with Mar
ket street along the west line of a
lot sold the 24th day of December,
1855, by Levi DonneIl, executor of
Henry W. Hunt, deceased, to Alfred
Thacher, one hundred and fourteen
(114) feet, thence westwardly par
allel with Main street thirty-one (31)
feet and six CO. inches, thence north
wardly parallel with Market street
one hundred and fourteen (114) feet
to south side of Main street, thence
eastwardly along the south side of
Main street thirty-one (31) feet to
place of beginning, reserving, how
ever, an alley ten (10) feet wide on
the south end therof for the benefit
of the public.
Also part of lot FIVE (5) in square
three ca, south of Main street, de-
scribed as beginning at the northeast
corner of said square three 81, from
thence running south along Market
street to a stake one hundred and
fourteen (114) feet, thence west
thirty (30) feet to stake, thence
north parallel to and with first line
one hundred and fourteen (114 feet
TO stake on Main street, thence
along Main street east thirty (30)
feet to place of beginning.
Levied on as the property of de-
fendant, Aaron Hahn, and will be
sold to satisfy judgments and costs
in above cases.
w. ID. Prowell, Sheriff.
December s, 1908. 12-9-tf
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-10

more Hardy, student at the Sophie
Newcomb this winter. will be the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. w. Hardy
for Christmas.
Miss Emily ConnelI of Mayhem
has been elected by the trustees of
the Barrow Memorial School TO the
place in the faculty made vacant by
the resignation of Miss Katherine
Shelton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry NJ. Pratt and
little daughter, Merrill, will return
Saturday to Memphis after a fort
nights visit to Mr.. and Mrs. T. B.
Franklin.
Little Miss Mary Paine Chapman s
friends are glad TO know of her re-
covery from recent illness.
Mrs. Robert c. Belts will entertain
the Euchre Club Friday morning at
half-past ten o'clock
Mr. and Mrs Benjamin H. McFar-
land left Tuesday for Aberdeen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Garth and lit
tie daughters are in the city
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-10

Statistics show that less than dve
merchandise dealers in each one hun
dred are successful. They come and
go aad are forgotten. The Singer
Company Is permanent, and its rep
resentatives are always at hand to
care for Singer and Wheeler & WI
call J. w. Clarke at Singer Store.
315 Main street 11-22-tf
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-10
PROMOTERS GIVEN
MORE. TIME
c. VI. & p. DIRECTORS GIVE THE
A. & L. v. PROMOTERS UN-
TIL SEPTEMBER FIRST
TO MAKE GOOD.
This Action Was Taken at Meeting
Which Was Held at the Mer-
chants & Farmers Bank
Monday Afternoon.

| At a meeting of the board of di-
phis & Pensacola Railroad Company
which was held at the Merchants &
Farmers Bank Monday afternoon, it
was decided to grant the request of
| the promoters of the Aberdeen &
TOmbigbee Valley Railroad, that they
| be given until September 1st, 1909,
to complete the road. AS is well
| known to readers of The Dispatch,
the Aberdeen & Tombigbee Valley
people are operating under char
ter purchased from the Columbus,
Memphis & Pensacola Railroad Com
pany, and under the terms of the sale
the charter was to revert to its orig
inal owners in the event that the road
was not completed and in operation
by January 1st, 1909. This would
now be a physical impossibility, as
the date is close at hand and very
little work has been accomplished.
The meeting on Monday afternoon
was presided over by Judge Newman
Cayce, president of the Columbus,
Memphis & Pensacola Railroad Com
pany. and there was practically a full
board present, twelve out of the fif-
teen directors having been in attend
ance. Messrs. II. E. Reynolds, II. ].
Jennings and Ben Mcfarland ap-
peared for the Aberdeen & Tombig-
bee Valley people, and presented the
claims upon which request for an
extension of time were based 1t
was impossible to learn just what
these claims are, but they were evil
IDENTIFY satisfactory to the directors.
as the request that the time fixed for
the completion of the line be extend
ed until the first of September was
granted.
The franchise granted by the city |
of Cofum bus to the Aberdeen & Tom |
bigbee Valley Railroad Company also |
expires on the first of January, and |
it will be remembered that represen- |
tatives appeared before the council |
at recent meeting of that body and |
asked that the franchise be extended |
until the first of September These |
gentlemen were told that if they /
could give the council reasonable evil |
dence that the road would be com
pleted by the above mentioned date
there would be no trouble in securing |
an extension of the franchise, but |
the evidence was not forthcoming and |
the franchise was not extended. 1t I
is presumed, however, that the Co
lumbus, Memphis & Pensacola direc-
tors were given what they considered |
conclusive proof that the road would |
be completed according to promise. |
as they concluded TO grant the re-
quest for an axtension of time, the |
action of the board being, it is said,
unanimous.
Following the action of the Colum-
bus. Memphis & Pensacola directors, |
the city council held a called meeting /
morning and decided to ex-
tend the franchise granted the Aber-
deem & Tombigbee Valley promoters
until the first of September.