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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-02-25

Sapt. Geo G. Smith. OF the 4 g.
& A. With headquarters ut Fits se
aid, @as a4uong t1e visitors - -a
eits YESTERDAY.
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BATCH 0F ITEMS
ABOUND THE CITY
SMALL TENS GATHERED DIP.
ING TIE Day ~ NEWS
REPORTERS.
va mer Yesterday.

Wa-nse Yesterday.
The mercury took tumble from
ita lofty porch yeste IL and tae
Gay was fifteen to twenty degrees
warmer thin has been the case in
week.
Stole His Wheel.
4 bicycle belonging t. voting vii.
he Harris was aOolen yesterda, al.
teno2n from in front Of &. VI. Tup.
per & Cos Office on Bay street. Z
feR'a i We bs uai9 Tor It's return
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- 7 ST sart. advance man ci f-aa
Jones hoNs is Ia the city army
ing Tor tie appearance OF his al.
traction here.
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+. j. Hoa, renres -atinS tie VEss
tern Cartridge Company. OF AEON.
H. in the Cit
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County Commissioner Z. l. 21y-
cliG. Of F-ncy BluG. spent yesterday
IL the city
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pr. IS. F. Ladd has returned frca
q ijusines "trip to Wavcross
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ia Ger=han. the Hc'l knowa ASA.
t2 travelling nan. il n the city for
z few d ys
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Alex Liriasston. of BrooKuaa. Ms
ia tire city yesterday.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11

oe of ue most interesting and valuable reports of the national government
is that Of the comptroller of the currency, issued yesterday. 1t is packed full of
statistical information relating to the general finances OF the country. 1t would
be hard indeed to condense this report without emitting valuable data, The
figures used in describing the banking wealth Of hi country are colossal On
nine billions, IN their capital stock amounted Ito @1463172, their surplus to
$685. $685. and their individual deposits to s45B1S51s5 Their loans and dis
counts aggregate about s4O 100000. The comparative figures show a large in
in banking resources and business Notwithstanding the revTses follow
ing the panic. The statistics about banks chartered by States are of more
general Interest. The report shows savings banks deposits aggregating the vast
sum If ss47s1s2ss1, owned by sO8Oee depositos and this showing desn not
cover al III savings bank wealth of he nation The total of resources is $780,
5ssI52 owned by 1Ro banks There are 1920 State banks, with $4O926SsS5 OF
resources, md he trust companies report In aggregate of $2s65632S6, which
with 1851 81, $50 of private banks makes a grand tdalf or Statech arere banks
of 81 s93 45993. There are 1854 non-reportng banks whose wealth is lot in
cluded In the comptroners figures, and he shows that with theses added the ini-
vidual deposits in all the banks of the United States amount, approximately to
s1$2000oo The comptroller estimates h total banking power of the United
statesin 1908 at s17a 900 900. In 1890 Mulhal1 estimated it at s515G00oOO To
be added to this banking wealth is the sum of s759saS9s owned by 6Rs build
ing and loan associations having a membership Of s7e9s7 This wonderful
exhibit Of the national wealth, SO widely distributed, is a n evidence ate nceo Of
the stability of the foundations of our naion-the people themselves, II ownl
this wealth IN will conservaively protect it in their national affairs
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
NEW JERSEYS RIGHT IN NEW YORK BAY.

1t is to be hoped that the New York editors who have been commenting in
such a cock lofty way on the subject of a Passaicv valley sewer read the testi-
lnony before the Federal Harbor Board on Wednesday and Thursday. 1t vas
enightenng 1t proved he utter faIshy of their assumptions and showed up
the pretenses of the New York Merchants Association committee in a light not
credHabe o Its active members, who rave been disseminating false information
about h projected " The glanng inconsistency of denying to New Jersey
a restricted right in the bay to do what New York city does,a and will continue
indefinitely to o. without n restrictions whatever, seems % have never APP
pealed to the New Yorke editorial mind. 1t has been shown, too and conclu-
sfvely that hi method for the discharge OF the Passac valley sewage is not
only perfectly harmless, but that it does away with the present. pollution oft the
bay from the Pasmc with solid sewage matter. Although the courts have
defined the meaning of the compact made between he W States in respect to
New York bay, a simple arrangement for New York police control of the surface
of the bay and drawing a territorial line of sovereignty midway in the bay, New
York newspapers have persstenty held to the idea of New York sovereignty
of the whole bay n its islands IN the Jersey shore. This extavagant claim is
the basis of the legal proceedings threatened by the Merchants Association
committee, pending a final decision in which thu New York representatives art
fully proposed yesterday that action IN the sewer location be postponed. AS the
litigation could be prolonged for years the future object was apparent-to kill
the sewer project by delay n compel the New Jersey municipalities to resort
to- some other method of sewage disposal.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11

D RANDING a great majority of the
n scathing criticisms recently di-
rected against our navy as I'M
ounded in fact and un-American, Rear
Admiral Robley d. Evans, in the Janu-
airy Hampton's Broadway Magazine, Sc.
verely arraigns Henry Reuterdahl and
other critics of American battleship
construction.
His (Reuterdahl's) constant and re-
peated comparisons with things foreign,
and always to our disadvantage, leads
me to consider his criticisms un-Amer-
ican,' declares Fighting Bob. And it
is in this comparison and constant
commentator of others to our disad-
vantage that 1 differ most widely from,
Mr.. Reuterdahl and also from those
who have been in positions of respon-
sibility in the Navy Department and
have been Influenced by such compari-
sons.
Take, for the present, one case only
to Illustrate my meaning. Our past
policy was to put larger guns, guns of
greater calibre, on our ships than were
carried on the ships of other nations,
and history records the wisdom of this
policy. Simply because foreign policy
biii a. Sa tAt1
twelve-inch gun a sufficiently powerful
Weapon, some n in authority, it is
impossible to say just who, changed
II policy, discarded the more powerful
weapon and came to the one used by
England as her standard. I claim that
this was a most serious blunder, but I
must, in fairness, say hat 1t was lone
by the sea-going line officers of the
naXV and MT Inv 1nu Sfaff pnrnS
II myself pleaded with more thar
one chief of ordnance to develop the
thirteen-inch gun, instead of the
twelve-inch, and go to even larger guns
rather than follow blindly what some
one else was doing.
Imagine a battleship in action
struck by a projectile from each class
of guns-the new twelve-inch and the
old thirteen -inch-concede that both
projectiles penetrate the arlnor n
both explode somewhere in the body
of the ship. Compare h penetration,
one hole being larger than the other,
and the effect of the forty-eight pounds
explosion of powder in the case of the
~twelve-inch. and eighty pounds in the
case of the t~hirteen-inch, and / think
my point will be clear"
Taking up the bitter controversy
over the water-line armor belt and the
assertion that "a hole upon the water
line win cripple or sink the ship the
admiral declares: This could not have
been written for professional men ex-
cept TO excite their wonder n merri-
ment. That one ~twelve-inch h on
the water line will disable or sink a
modern battleship needs no comment
except for those who know nothing
about battleships. and to them ! say
tina it will require many such shells
on the water line or in any other place
to disable or sink such a ship If her
officers and men know their business
and want to fight.
1.-The statement that a wound on a
turret may disable that turret's guns
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
DEPENDENCY AND CRIME REPORT.

The report oil the Dependency and Crime Commission. approved at a meet
ing of the commission yesterday, is TO De presented to the Governor next Tues
day. and presumably will then be given u for publication. The subjecto of the
investigation is a broad me- perhaps too broad for a State commission to deal
with thoroughly in the period of a few months 1t has engrossed the attention
OF socolosiSs and reformers for year las been inquired into by commissions
and committees M been deliberately discussed in Ill kinds of pn and in gov
ornment publications. There is a voumnous literature on the subject The
commissions inquiry has related to conditions in this State, which, however,
duplicate conditions everywhere There is a confusion of cause nc efect that
obscures the merits of the question, and that is not to be wondered at sine
the law too otter makes h mistake of dealing with the effect, ignoranty leav-
ing the untouched. one-third of the State expenditures are OF account
Of State dependents and h percentage of costin increases. What's h reasons?
A rational reply, without exaggeraton, an rational recommendations will be
worth a great deal to the State.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11

is absolutely inaccurate unless by
wound the writer mean penetration.
1t is more thar probable-it is almost
certain-that a twelve-inch shell COM
pletely penetrating a turret will put
that turret out Of business. whether
the shell explodes or not. Hence most
officers would prefer to receive h shell
at the water line rather than on the
turret.
"Of all the inaccurate and mislead-
ing statements in this wonderful
Reuterdahl criticism, however, this is
the most incorrect: Within a year after
the Russo-Japanese fight in the Sea of
Japan, our navy awoke to the realiza-
ton of a startling fact; the battleships
OF the United States are in exactly the
same condition as the Russian ships at
the Sea of J~apan-not temporarily but
permanently
ut is almost beyond belief That a
man of Mr.. R~euterdahfs intelligence
and who knows the United States navy
as he undoubtedly does, would delo-
erately declare that h battle heet Oh
the United States Is in exactly the same
condition as the Russian ships when
they went into hat battle, u he does
say it, and then declares that they are
permanently so.
IT assert, on the contrary. that the
battle fleet of the United States never
was, and never will be, never can be,
in the condition of that Russian fleet
when it went into action for the last
time.
'If the Russian admiral did not wish
his armor belts beneath the water h
did he load his ships SO deeply with
coal when he had less than one thou
sand miles to steam? And, further
what reasonable ground is there tor
assuming that an American admiral
would not so regulate the weights or
his ships as TO bring his water-line
armor Just where he wanted it to beg
There are three leading features in
battleship design which, Admiral Evans
concludes, deserve most careful consid-
GRAFTON and coordination: First, the
battery: second, the armor protection;
third, the motive power.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
WHY TAKE A BOY
FROM HIS WORK
TO EDUCATE HIM?t

There will never be a science of ped
agogy SO long as you take the pupil
from his work in order to educate him.
Isolation from the world in order to
prepare for the worlds work is q
mistaken policy. You might as well
take a boy out of a blacksmith shop in
order to teach him blacksmithipg.
From the age of fourteen and upward
the pupil should feel that he is doing
something useful, not merely killing
time. And so his work and his instruc-
ton ought to go right along hand in
hand. And this sort of education is
given out, in degree, in Purdue Univer-
sity, in the schools of technology, the
various agricultural colleges, the Ferris
Institute, by that great man, Booker I.
Washington, and by various other ex-
cellent men and women scattered here
and there.-Elbert Hubbard In the New
England Magazine for December.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
A COURT QUESTION.

A colored oma of Alexandria, Va,
was on trial before a magistrate of that
town charged with inhuman treatment
of her offspring.
Evidence was clear that the woman
had severely beaten the ~youngster.
aged some 8 years, who was in court
to exhibit hiss battered condition.
Before imposing sentence, his honor
asked the whether she had any
thing to say.
kin l ask yo' honah a question:
inquired the prisoner.
The judge nodded afirmatively.
"Well, then. yo' honah, I'd like to
ask yo' whether yo' was ever the par
lent Of a puffectly wuthless cullud
chile."-Lippincott's.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11

See the quaint and dainty pussy!
Is she a nice pussy?
oh, no! for she fights.
Does the pretty pussy win very
often?
Yes-in q scratch.
But is she as sweet n neat at the
end of the scrap as she is at the start?
oh, no. She has the appearance of a
cat a-gory at the end.
Is that a joke?
Indeed not! That is a pun.
And what is a pun?
A pun is something one should be
punished for.
To what family does this pussy be-
long?
To the cat family.
What are the other members of this
family?
The tigers, the lions and some
women.
How long will this pretty pussy
live?
We know not.
Why?
Because, like all ladies she will not
give her age.
And will we be SORRY when she diesl
Oh. my, yes! 1t will be quite a cat
astrophe.
And where shall we bury her?
In a c~at-a-cofnb.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
AN AMucAsLE COUNTY CONTEST.

1t will be creditabhe to the W sets of disputants we the county Offices
1T the question of legal possession shall be settled decorouay in he courts
without unseemly contention n fySIlffnss11t extra cos to Tho county. The agree
ment that there's shall be no lain set vi for double salaries, am hat the county
business shall &c ON uninterrupted until the courts have decided h points at
issue. is commendahle. There would be nc trouble if the civil service law had
been properly drafted. The Republican claimants for the Offices al well as the
Democrats IN possession of them, have rights to b. defined under the la and
neither side car be censured for asserting its claimed rights. An early decision
by the courts is To- desirable
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
A BIT OF CHRISTMAS ADVICE.

Forget the scheming calculation OF
how much she'll be likely to pay 70,
her present to you and how much you
ought to pay for your present to hei
in order to get even with her. For
get the heather ~firtree, with its can
dies that may burn the house down
That isn't all of Christmas. 1t isn't
even it at all.-Eugene Wood in the
New England Magazine for December
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
OF MORE IMPORTANCE.

And now that you are of age" said
the anxious father, II want to give you
a few pointers on how to keep money
Say, dad rejoined the son OF his
father. hadn't you better begin by
giving me a few pointers on how to get
it?"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
sAyoSNB,s WATER SUPPLY.

Bayonne wants a new water supply. The city has contract fr fourteen
years with a subsidiary Of the East Jersey Water Company, but the contract
hsH been violated n legally forfeited. A municipal plant would be preferred,
but seems unattanabb. Jersey City stands ready to make a contract which
would be lmost equivalent 20 a municipal supply But in Bayonne IS in Pater-
son m Passaic n elsewhere, there are East Jersey Water Company agents
in the esrb of public officials, and they are arguing for a continued contract with
East Jersey, even at a higher price, artfuny pointing att the same time to the
projected big reservoir al Mountain View as a means of future salvation. The
somity of W reshbor municipalities If nothing Use. should impel Bayonne to
take iH aqueduct water from Jersey City.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
DECEMBER JINGLES.

OF December Gums along,
Heah him rip en- blow;
Lis'en to his blizzard song
Dinah, close de do.
Winteh's cummin' good ell strong
Wild cts ice en- snow,
Goosebone say ct will be long.
Dinah, close de do.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
"Fgbtmg Bob" EDans, Scoring Critics.,
Defends Macy and Praises Mey Warships
Latest U. S. Battleships Vastly
Superior to English Dread
f1aught, He Says.

Il do not for a moment claim that
the Indiana and her sister ships are
equal to the Dreadnaught of the Eng
fish navy" he asserts, "only that she
is the equal of the English ship de-
signed at the same time. But | do
claim that u latest ships are vastly
superior to the Dreadnaught, and l be-
lieve that every fair-minded man who
has given the subject intelligent con-
sideration will agree with me-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
FOUR AGES.

The woolly dog in babyhood
Delights our infant mind,
And then in boyhood's joyful days
The yaller purp we find.
Next from her fathers bulldog fierce
We haste with speed increased;
Then later. settled and sedate,
We own just such a beast.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
DISTINGUISHED.

Below the description in the Metro
politan Museum of Art catalogue of
the famous painting Daniel in he
Lions Den," is the f%ootnote:
Daniel is readily distinguished by
the scroll he carries in his hand"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
AGREEABLE.

The gray-haired gentleman seemed
angry.
What do o mean by splitting my
coffee all ove mel" he shouted.
The waiter grinned amiably. Never
mind, sir, I'll get you some more" he
answered.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
LOOKS THAT WAY.

1.-THE world owes me a living
well, ! should say that the debt is
outlawed by this time"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
SpEECHLESS.

John-What do o hold on this ques-
ton of woman suffrage?
Belle-My tongue.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
OF COURSE 1T WAS.

Nellie bought a fur o a Monday,
Cause her spring n was too thin.
Showed the bill and cloak to hubby
Hubby said 1t was a skin.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
THEY NEVER DO.

''This author never met a woman"
How do you know"
HE says here, Words failed her."
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
AT LAST!

circe was showing around the sight
seeing crowd. explaining the points or
interest on the island.
Suddenly a volume of grunts from d
pig-pen greeted their ears.
'What were they" they asked, De
fore you turned them into swine!
Newark end-seat hogs she re-
sponded, and passed on.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-11
Admiral Ridicules ReuterdahI
Contentious and Comparison
with Russian Fleet.

D RANDING a great majority of the
I'D scathing criticisms recently di-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-15
kEosAUQUA

Keosauqua.-About twenty mem
bers of the Keosauqua Odd Fellows
lodge attended the funeral of A. f.
Bennings at Leando Wednesday.
Miss Phyllis Roberts, teacher in the
high school here, very pleasantly en-
tertained the members of the Junior
and senior classes Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. n. Eastman are visit
ing at the home of their son, C. n.
Eastman, who is very sick with the
grip.
Harry Boyer of Bonaparte spent
Monday in Keosauqua
Miss Edna Casady and brother,
Stanlev. left Monday for their home
near Stockport. They attended school
here this winter.
Charles Starr Of Keokuk spent sew
eral days with friends here recently
Miss Genevieve Fosnot was a guest
of Bonaparte friends over Sunday.
Miss Mayme Martin spent Sunday
with her aunt, Mrs George Moore, at
Douds.
Mrs. Bessie Grissom and daughter
left Monday for Ottunwa. where Mrs
Grissom is employed as matron of the
Orphans home.
Mrs. Eta Cox and son. Earl, OF
Crocker, Mo-, are visiting at the home
of John Smith
w E. Mcbride and Miss Jessie Will
SON are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. B. S
Wilson.
Mrs. Lulu Cantril returned to her
home at Oslsaloosa, after spending two
weeks with relatives here
Joseph Regur Jr. visited relatives
at Douds Monday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-15

wa Thursday morning for an extended
visit with her sister, Mrs. Baker and
with other relatives and friends.
Mrs Patrick Smith went to Ottum-
Wa Thursday morning for brief visit
with her son, DR.. Smith, and to attend
to business matters.
Misses Flora Danforth and Laura
Allen were recent callers in Oska-
loosa with friends and shopping
Word has been received here of the
death OF Mrs. Joseph Jewett of Chill
licothe. She was a sister to Mrs Gull
bertson of this place and was well
known here and in this vicinity The
funeral services We're held at the
church in Chillicothe and burial was
made at the same town.
Frank Dial, who has been making
his home with his brother, John Dial,
on North Fourth street for the past
few months, went to Ottumwa Thurs
day morning and will visit with rela
tives and friends.
Miss Edith Pierson of Ottumwa and
friend came UP Thursday morning and
spent the day with her sister, Miss
Gertrude Pierson, who is teaching in
the public school at this place.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-15
EDDYVlLLE.

Eddyville.-Harve Powers has been
serving as night police this week in
w M. Meeker's place
Hugh Clark and Duck Emanuel
went to Ottumwa Wednesday on bust
ness.
j. D. Smith has been in Abba few
days VISITING with relatives and
friends
Fred Lager of this place has Joined
the police force in Ottumwa and will
commence serving at once.
Roland, the little son of Frank
Heard, who has been very sick for
some time, was able to be up town
Wednesday. Among others on the
sick list are RUDE Beamer and Alta
the little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
John Sandllands.
Jake Bell and Pat Buleer of White
City were in town Tuesday on bust
ness.
Mr.. Kneweyer, who has been very IL
with rheumatism since Dec 1, was
able to be in the store Wednesday.
Miss leila Chisman of Blakesburg
who has been visiting for some time al
the Vic MCGEE home, returned to hel
home Wednesday morning.
Miss Mary Banner went to Oska.
loosa Saturday for an extended visi
with relatives and friends
Thomas Callahan of Valley Junction
was here over Sunday visiting with
friends.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-15
FAIRFIELD.

Fairfield.-In the Hill damage suit IN
the district court things are progress
ing slowly. Mrs. HILL DR.. ]. r. Will
of Des Moines and DIR. G. R. Unkrich
of Monmouth, ILL.,, are the only wit
nesses who have been examined dur
in,s the two days the trial has been in
progress. The case is being hard
fought by both sides and much fric-
ton is apparent between the two sets
of attorneys.
rhe Iowa State Savings bank has
moved back into it's old quarters on
the northeast corner of the square.
Tie work of the bank has been done
in the room to the north of the banks
own building while the damage done
by fire last summer was being re-
paired. The woodwork is Mexican
mahogany. the wainscotting is blue
veined Italian marble, with the base in
Alps marble. The new furniture Is
conveniently arranged and the refit-
ting Of the safety deposit vault adds
much convenience to the banks pat
rons.
Mrs. Thomas Fogarty died Wednes-
day morning after a long illness. The
funeral will be held Friday morning in
st. Mary's church. Mrs. Fogarty was
in her seventy eighth year and has
lived in Fairfield for fifty years.