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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-25
REAL ESTATE MANS DREAM.
Buys Last Lot on Most Crowded Spot
on Earth, But Hasn't Collateral.

Speaking about the phenomenal
value of real estate III the crowded
parts of Manhattan island" said the
real estate man, 4 had a dream last
night of a place where land was so
valuable that it made land here seem
like acreage property.
This place was on an istkmus be-
tween the two hemispheres, narrow
strip of land that was the most crowd
ed spot on earth. There was just one
street along through this isthmus, and
all creation that passed from one hem
isphere to the other had to pass along
this thoroughfare.
Sure, this was a place to do bust
ness, if there ever was one, and by
gracious there was a vacant lot On the
great isthmus thoroughfare, just one
vacant lot, with sign stuck up: For
Sale, to Close an Estate. Inquire Of
So-and-So'
And of course, sort of saunters
into the Office indicated on the sign
right away, and / says to the man
there:
What are you asking for that lot
down there at 22?" And he says:
GA million dollars front foot
GLOW much is there Of it?' asked
him, and he says:
"'Seventy feet and I says:
Well, I'll take it. just like that,
because / knew it was bargain;
.-n.,,.s Lno,, rqforo5 ~ %ho4 ,,r;aa ~.
the world, | knew, except to close an
estate, and the only wonder to me was
that somebody hadn't snapped it up
before / came along.
so l bought the only vacant lot on
the great y-sthmus thoroughfare, and
the ma, said he'd have the papers
made cat right away and could drop
in at 8 o'clock the next morning and
pay the money and he'd hand over the
deed; and then / went out and stood
on the sidewalk and saw those wond-
erful multitudes of all the peoples of
the earth, passing in those amazing
PROFESSIONS; crowds that made the
people passing on Broadway and
Fifth avenue, New York, seem like the
lines of stragglers working their way
out along to some county fair; and
then [ goes down to that vacant lot
at %, my lot, and stands there and
sees 'em go by from there, and pats
myself on the back and says to myself:
well, son, thank goodness, you've
finally hit up on something that you're
going to make something on; large
money
And I was congratulating myself
like that, watching the people go by.
when all of sudden it struck me that
"a hours was pretty short time for
me to raise $70,OO0,000 in, with me a
good ways from home: for this was
cash sale, you understand, cash on de-
livery of the deed, and | knew per-
fectly well that I'd find a string of
men waiting in the Office in the morn
ing, any one of them ready to snap
this bargain If | wasn't there with the
| money, and l suppose it must have
been worrying over how I was going
to get the $7O,000000 together in that
time that woke ME up."-NeW York
Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-25
Explosions of catsup.

Untold possibilities lie in catsup
bottles since the pure food law went
into effect. One popular brand former
" depended on small percentage
Of benzoate Of soda to keep it from
fermentation. The makers ceased to
do this when it became necessary to
state the use Of preseryatives on the
label. The catsup now ferments rapid
", once the bottle has been opened,
and every move and then in restaurants
where It Is used there CONES the
epund Of small explosion. t Is a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-25

While getting breakfast l run out
to the separator, get a gallon OF milF
and allow it to get hot, then take 1t
to the hennery just as the hens are
getting down from the roosts. At 8
o'clock I take them more milk in
which I put all the scraps from the
table or refuse meat. At IL O'Clock I
am out to the henenry again with hot
milk and once more at 3 O'Clock. The
object in giving milk SO often Is tc
keep them from corn. want them tG
have a wide range. If hungry they viii
Just go where hogs are being FED
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-25

lives in the country, where he gets
money, but the man who owns the
house must pay the difference. Cen
orally the cost of building materials
are in proportion to the cost of skilled
labor, because the different parts of
the house are prepared in factories
where expensive men are necessary.
In building small Inexpensive
houses simplicity in both exterior
and interior decorations is necessary
or the total cost will amount to a
good deal more than the first esti-
mate. When you start to build it is
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-25

The interior arrangements Of this
house are good. 1t would be difficult
to find a better kitchen In any house,
It is a convenient workshop that is
light enough and large enough to ba
comfortable and convenient: at tina
same time it is removed from the
main part of the house and this Ia
what some women like.
The plans and specifications do not
include gas fixtures. furnace. mantel
or plumbing. These usually are &C
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-25
This is the month to plan for mex

This is the month to plan for next
years crops, unless you have already
done so. In your planning be sure to
provide for enough feed for home con-
sumption before laying out for the
cotton and other so-ealled money
crops. With corn close to go cents and
oats nsarly 70 cents per bushel, and
hay in proportion, it is time for the
southern farmers to grow these crops
in abundance. If your fa11-sown oats
are likely to be failure, or if the
acreage was not large enough, pre-
pare land ROW To sow spring oats.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-25

catsup bottle in action. In one res
taurant of some pretensions on the
west side bottle exploded, drenching
two of the guests with the bloodlike
stuff. Not only that, but the catsup
shot up for 20 feet and covered
space a foot or more square on the
ceiling. According to the waiter, the
explosion was the fourth since the use
of benzoate of soda was stopped
N. Y Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-01-25

Where China Is FIrss.
China has The lowest tax rate.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
COL. LEWIS GIVES
A PREDICTION
TELLS BULLETIN THAT OHIO
AND INDIANA WILL GO FOR
BRYAN.
INCRATITUDE A CAUSE
Predicts Stevenson's Election as Gov
ernor Of lllinois-PopuIar Orator
Received Many Visitors
Here.

Col. j. Hamilton Lewis of Chicago
the well known corporation counsel OF
that city, noted lawyer, orator and
'dilettante, who arrived in Cairo Sal.
urday night received large number
81 callers at the aHlliday yesterday.
Interviewed by The Bulletin, Col.
Lewis predicted that BRYAN would
carry Ohio and Indiana. Regarding
this subject he said;
Many in Ohio feel that Taft's at
itude toward Foraker has not been
Just. taking into consideration the
fact that Foraker made TAFT the public
nan. Previous to his appointment as
Judge by Foraker, Taft had been
Known only as a member OF a rich
family. This has caused a disaffecti0n
n the party in Ohio that will show its
effects in the election.
In Indiana Roosevelt and Fair
banks are not on the best OF terms
and this is said to be another case Of
tngratitsde, Fairbanks having been
the means OF rolling up big maiorities
for Roosevelt
AS to the status of things in Hi
Dois | can venture no prophesy, but
Adlai Stevenson, doubtless, will be
elected governor"
Col Lewis, while in the early prime
Of life, and strictly la mode in mat
tiers of costume, is a dignified gentle
man OF the old school, a rarity In this
age of commercial alertness and haste
and in manner he is suave and most
refined. In conversation he is exceed
ingly interesting and in ii he possesses
the same gift of personal magnetism
and good English that characterizes
his public speeches.
Ii is understood that the Demo
cratic county central committee con
templates urging the state committee
to send Col. Lewis to Cairo to speak
before the close of the campaign.
Col. Lewis left Cairo yesterday aft
ernoon for Memphis where he will de-
liver speeches.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
BRYAN STARTS ON
HIS FINAL TOUR
WILL SPEAK IN EAST ST. LOUIS
AND ST. LOUIS TODAY Ell
ROUTE TO THE ATLANTIC
COAST.

Fairyiew. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. u.s.
William j. Bryan's final swing around
the country. which will carry him to
the Atlantic Coast began here today
when he left for st. Louis where early
tomorrow he will make an extended
speech previous to crossing the Miss
issippi and speaking to the employees
of the national stock years in East
st. Louis,
From East St Louis, Bryan and his
party will travel In special car for
the remainder of the trip which will
conclude at Lincoln on the night of
November 9 Accompanying him are
Mrs. Bryan, Private Secretary Rose.
Mayor Brown, of Lincoln and four
correspondents.
Tomorrow night Bryan is scheduled
to make four addresses in Chicago.
the day being spent in the delivery OF
rear-end speeches from his car which
will be attached to regular Chicago
and Alton train.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
COURT
= THIS MORNING
N
WILL DISPOSE OF HERBERT WILL
CASE BEFORE REsuMlNG
CRIMINAL CASES.
GRAND JURY'S BIG JOB
Causey Gases Held Up For Want Of
Direct Evidence Sample
Case Of City Flee
ton Frauds.

In the circuit court today the Her
bert will case is set for trial first
and will be taken Up 1t will be dis
posed of before any criminal eases
are taken up.
Ii is understood that the case of
Walter Dayidge will not be tried at
this term of court, and the only
other murder case OF a sensational
character which remains on the
docket for this term is that of
Nancy Brooks, the negress who killed
her sister disemboweling her with a
knife, in a quarrel over ten cents
which she claimed was due her for a
torn skirt 1t is understood that she
will plead guilty
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
.OO|NC GOOD WORK
FORMER CAIRO PASTOR CON-
GRADUATES CHURCH HERE
on PROGRESS MADE.
Rev. T. ]. Porter Tells Something Of
His Work in His New Field
Of Labor in
Georgia.

Roanoke. Ala, Oct Is, 1908.
Editor OF The Bulletin.
! am still a reader OF your valuable
newsy paper and its daily visits are
still appreciated by my family and
myself. There still fingers in my
heart and soul fond remembrance
of Cairo and Cairo people. and es-
pecially the kind and noble people
to whom | used to preach as pastor.
| often feel that would like to write
each member of my old flock a per
sonal letter but that Is not possible.
so / beg to be permitted TO speak a
few words to them through the
columns OF the Daily Bulletin.
! rejoic, With the members OF the
grand old Cairo Baptist church and
her pastor in their glorious achieve
ments. The building of a modern
sunday school annex makes the
church complete and mp to date.
We have completed modern 5.
S. annex to our church In Roanoke
with separate class rooms for every
class. There is nothing like the
separate class room.
God has wonderfully blessed the
labors OF this writer during the past
year have received into the First
Baptist church OF Roanoke IS new
members. II has been my privilege
40 conduct four reviYals during the
year jus. past and receive PSI adj.
tons to the churches A ten davs'
meeting 90 Tallapoosa Ca. resulted
in lo6 additions aud q six DAYS meet
Ing in Columbina. Ala. resulted in
50 new mf mbers added 20 the church.
During the year just gene it has been
my pleasure to take into the churches
sis ne" members. Truly God can
rhoose the weak things Of earth 10
coniound the mighty.
J bee 90 wish for an my friends in
the river eity the greatest uossibie
suocess and extend &C. them my SIN
eere love and best wishes.
Verv sincerely.
T. J. PORTER.
Pastor First Baptist Church.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
CLUB WOMEN co
7O[AST ST. LOUIS
DELEGATES FROM CAIRO AND
SCHILLER CLUBS TO ATTEND
MEETING OF ILLINOIS FED
GRAFTON OF WOMEN'S CLUBS

Mrs. r. S. Dewey, president of the
Cairo Woman's Club, Mrs, Andrew
Lohr and Miss Maude Lofin will
leave this morning for East St, Louis
to attend the fourteesth annual meet
ing of the Illinois Federation OF
Womens clubs which will be held
there this week
Mrs. Isabella l.. Candee of Cairo
who has returned from summer
tour of Europe will attend the fedora
tinE and Mrs. Mary Bernstein, an
other member of the Cairo club who
is visiting relatives at Du Quoin ex-
poets u be present at some of the
sessions. Mrs. j. ]. Rendleman will
attend as delegate from the Schiller
club of this city.
All sessions of the federation will
be held at the First NJ. L. church. A
reception will be given to the mem
bers at the City Hall Wednesday
evening Their hostesses and friends
vii be included in the invitation and
the affair will be a brilliant one.
The program includes a number of
addresses by professors of the Chi
cage University AMI the University
of Illinois besides 4 number of other
literary and musical fea-
lures.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
womEN's NATIONAL GOLF.

Washington. n. G.. Oct. fq-Everv
thing Is In readiness for the annual
national women's golf championship.
which began this morning over the
links Of the Chevy Chase club. The
East rs West matches last week sery-
ei a. an excellent preliminary 10 tn
blue ribbon contest. which will last
throughout the present week The list
81 entrants embraces some Of the
best talent In the country. The open
ing contest today was an eighteen
hole medal play match. thirty-two -
qualify. an 1.-THE match play rounds
during the remainder % fthe week vii
be- eighteen holes each.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
QUIET SUNDAY
|NPOL|C! CIRCLES
AFTER LIVELY SATURDAY NIGHT
WHEN ONE PICK POCKET AND
SEW ERAL DIsoRoERLIEs
WERE RUN IN.

Police circles were quiet yesterday
and last night. Only three arrests were
made yesterday, two for drunkenness
and one for disorderly conduct, by
Officers Johnson. Glade and Hagey,
But Saturday and Saturday night
was more lively. A fellow who gave
the name of VIM. Walker at police
headquarters made a bold attempt to
rob a man at the Parlor saloon on
Lower Commercial avenue, and would
have succeeded but for the interior
ence of W. A. Steagala. the proprietor.
Walker had induced his victim to
leave the place by side entrance and
they had barely left when Mr.. Steagala
heard the mans cry for help. He ran
to his aid and Walker dashed past him
but ran into the arms of Officers
French and Higlin. who took him to
Jail. The fellow had jerked a watch
out of the others pocket, but dropped
it on the walk as he ran and it was
recovered.
Another case out of the usual order
Saturday night was that of Buck Hill
burn and Lee Lyons who engaged in
a fight on Eighth street and were run
in by Officer Hagey They two had
previously created a disturbance in 4
house of ill-fame and two women of
the place, Nettie Shelton and Hattie
Mofford, were also jailed.
Two DRINKS by Carmody and Hof-
heinz and one concealed weapons by
Magner and Glade completed the list.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
!: NEWS OF THE RIVERS /:
a. "a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The river marked As feet on th'
Cairo gauge last evening, showing
Slight fall.
The government steamer Chisc'
came from the lower river light yes
terday.
The Scotia brought a barge of ties
from the lower river for the W. Fl
White z Son of this city. who supply
the Big Four railroad.
Sundays Globe-Demoerat: The
steamer Belle CT Calhoun placed her
flag. at half mast yesterday in honor
of he memory OF Capt Dan Able, form
er harbor and wharf commissioner
who died yesterday. The harbor offic
was closed before It was known that
the former commissioner was dead
but its flag will be halfmasted in his
honor.
The II. S. snagboat H. G Wright
spent Sunday In this port and vii,
leavG this morning.
The Stacker Lee left Memphis yes
terday for Cairo and St Louis. She
will be here tomorrow
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
MTDlcS MEET IN KANSAS CITY.

Kansas City, Mo, Oct 1S.-A large
attendance marked the openeing In
this city today of the annual fall meet
ing of the Medical Association Of The
Southwest. The initial business SEES
sion was bel dat the Coates House
and was followed by clinics at the
various city hospitals. Tomorrow viii
be devoted to scientific sessions for
the members of the society. while au
tomobile rides, luncheons and other
entertainments will be provided for
their wives. Wednesday will be given
up entirely to a scientific session and
election of officers.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
TRIAL OF oYNAmiTERs.

Oakland Cal. Oct 1S.-The cases
If the Claudienes brothers, alleged
dynamiters, probably will be reached
for trial durin the present week.
The brothers will be given separate
trials. They are charged with hav-
in placed a dynamite bomb on the
porch OF the home in this city of
James alGalgher. with the intent to
wreck the house and intimidate or
kill the occupants According to an
alleged confession of one of the
brothers they were hired to murder
Gallagher. who was the chief witness
against Abe Ruef and the higher
UPS" in the notorious San Francisco
graft scandals.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
The Grand Jury.

The grand jury viii not be in SEES
sion today, but will convene again
tomorrow morning, 1t is said that
the jury has had difficulty securing
any positive evidence in the case of
the Causeys who are in Jail for the
shooting of a young negro on Thirty,
first street some time ago. The
negro had a severe time of 1t, but has
recovered. He is not able to state
positively which of the Causeys shot
him, or, in fact that either of them
did so, although the circumstances
Iof the affair point clearly to them as
the guilty parties, Their case has
been held in allegiance so that the
jury can make thorough inquiry
It is understood that true bills have
been agreed to against the saloons
generally, on the ground of Sunday
opening and other offenses.
No action has been taken with re-
spect to any election frauds. al
though efforts have been made to Sc
cure true bills in several cases Re-
port has ii that one old negro was
accused of having voted illegally at
the election last April He was cited
to appear before the jury, and about
the following questions and answers
were submitted:
Where is your home?'
All Lbs in Beech Ridge, sab"
How long have YOU lived there"
Lib dab thirty-eight year, sab"
Were you in Cairo last April2"
Vas, sab"
Did YOU yote?'
Vas, sab"
And in answer to other questions
the old fellow said he had been paid
a dollar by white man, a prominent
citizen whose name he gave He also
mentioned a number Of other ne
groes who had been paid dollar
each by the same man.
The white man was summoned. He
admitted that he knew the old negro.
admitted having given him dollar
not to vote, but to work for his can
didate on election day. understanding
however that he would Also vote for
the candidate. for he said ."T|
would not hire man 10 work who
was going to vote against the man
he was 10 work for Asked if he lid
not know that the old negro was
citizen Of Beech Ridge he replied
Why. that old Niger has been work.
Ing for me for seven months" With
respect a. the other negroes he was
said TO have given money to he said
yes he had given a dollar each to a
number OF negroes TO work for the
candidate but had not charged his
memory with their names.
And thus this case fell through as
did a number Of others Of similar
character
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
BRYAN SURE or SOUTH ANYWAY

ST. Joseph, Mo, Oct. 1S.-W. J. Bry-
an during a short stay in st. Joe to-
night on his way to st. Louis spoke OF
Judge Taft's invasion of the South.
The trip of Taft through the South
will have no effect whatever on the
voters of that section" said Bryan. Il
do not feel the least apprehensive of
the South's vote"
Bryan refused to discuss present sit
uation by states.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
SCHOOL TEACHER
SUICIDES IN FIELD
MISS ANNA CARSON OF URBANA
GOES TO DECATUR AND ENDS
LIFE AFTER DESTROYING evI
DeNcE OF HER IDENTITY

Decatur. ILL.,. Oct. 1S.-Miss Anna
Carson. teacher In the Urbana Pub
lie School. unknown to her family.
came here Saturday night and commit
ted suicide by shooting hersel In the
head.
Her body was found In field near
Decatur today. She had tried to de-
stroy all evidence of her identity.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
TAFT IN NEW JERSEY.

New DIRK. Oct 1S.-The chief
cities o: New Jersey are embraced
in the Taft itinerary for today. Be
ginning with a speech in Trenton
this morning the Republican presi-
Dental candidate will journey theme
70 Camden for a mon rally and in
the afternoon will cross over into
Delaware 10 ill an engagement at
Wilmington. ELI will end the dsy
with a speech in Baltimore tonight
and viii then turn westward for an
invasion Of West Virginia temorroV.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
FUNERAL NOTICE.

JoHNSToN-Died. Alexander John
ston, aged IS years, Sunday morning,
Oct. IS, at his home, 72s Twenty-thiri
street.
Funeral services will be held at the
family residence Tuesday morning,
Oct. 20, at O'Clock. Special train
will leave Fourteenth street for GENE
terry. Friends of the family are in
vited.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19

lumber in prosperous times when the
mills are in full operation, represents
about twenty-five per cent OF the bus
mess of the Company. II Is an estab'
llshed fact that whenever any depres'
sion in business occurs. lumber Is the
first TO feel II and the last TO recover.
business was felt in the latter part
CT November, 1907, the movement of
encouraging sign that there has been
distinct but not large revival Of this
traffic since July /, 1908
Cotton,
Thirty years ago the annual move.
inent, CT cotton represented about sew.
enty.flve per cent Of the business Of
this Company, and this continued un.
til eighteen or twenty years ago. Sucn
variety of misce 'laneous traffic,
through and local, has now developed,
that the cotton business at present
represents only about two or three
per cent Of the total tonnage moved.
During the period referred to, the sue
ces of the Company was dependent
upon a large cotton crop. The diver
sifcation of tonnage is consequently
a significant evidence of established
strength.
Friendly Relations With Public
The resident management has kept
in close touch with the Company's pa
irons and the people that live along
its entire line, The relations that eX'
list between the Company's resident
management and its patrons and the
public genrally are most friendly and
cordial. The management and the pub
lie realize that there is a mutual and
reciprocal interest existing between
them. and when allowed to be inter,
fered with by either party. it results
in loss of business and damage to the
interests of both.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
/ the WEATHER F.:
Observation-Disclosures
Yesterdays Cairo Temperatures,
General Conditions.

The day was fair and quiet, some
what oppressive and the cool wave
promised was much longed for There
seemed to be little prospect of rain,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19

Don't buy second hand clothing.
Don't buy second hand furniture,
And don't buy second hand whiskey.
OLD TERRELL DISTILLERY.
EFF. Mcneil, Manager
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
Wash nation Forecast.

Washington. Oct 1S.-ILLINofS.-
Partly cicndy and cooler Monday
Tuesday fair with fresh north &c
northwest winds,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-19
CUBS LOSE IN EXHIBITION.

Chicago. Oct. IS.-In an exhibition
game the Detroit American league
team wor from the Chicago National
hague team by a score 81 to ..