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The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-24
POLICEMEN Nab
CRAP SHOOTERS
LARGE CROWD OF SPORTS WERE
! ENGAGED IN BoI1LNG THE =
ii BONES IN HEART OF
BUSINESS SECTION.
Barber shop ut Corner OF; Main and
Market Streets Turned Into
Temporary Gaming Hall;
no Raided Last Saturday.

Gamblers as a usual thing seek
| quiet and out of the way places In
which to indulge in the sport which
seems TO hold so much fascination
for them. but a crowd of men who
decided to enjoy little craps shoot
ing last Saturday night, or rather
early Sunday morning, exercised lit
tie discretion in selecting place of
amalgamation. They assembled at
Kemp's barber shop, which is located
in the basement of the Beard build
ing at the corner OF Main and Market
corner in the. city.
- All barber shops are supposed to
close promptly at twelve o'clock on
Saturday nights. and when the police
men on the night watch saw hight
burning IN Kemp's shop Between the
hours of twelve and one o'clock Sun
day morning. they naturally pro-
ceeded to Investigate. OfE1eers Sm1th.
Morton and Nichols were the men On
duty. and as they descended the steps
leading to the shop they saw large
number of men, and the natural in
ference was that the shop was crowd
ed with customers, but these men
were not waiting to get shaved; they
were waiting to be skinned, and prob
ably every man in the lot was anxious
to do the skinning, for gamblers who
are unsuccessful in game nearly
always refer to their experience as
having been skinned The men were
placed under arrest. and posted for
feits for their appearance before
Mayor Donnell Monday morning.
I At the trial Monday morning the
following men entered pleas of guilty
TO the charge Of gaming, and were
fined ten dollars each: Dun Hol-
eemb, Wilson Eddings. e. D. Mar
shall: J. ]. Rodgers. w. NJ. Redd. IF.
flames Burleson, 81. L. Cobb, Neal
Lawrence, Charles Perry, and Joe
Gordon.
ssSA r. Smith, wha manages the bar
Der shop for Mr.. Kemp. was fined
twenty dollars for having permitted
gambling In the establishment.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-24
TWO SERVICES ON
CHRISTMAS MORN
rh~r~ Wal B< >p~~iaa Mnsse na Br<kH
Cha-cA<~< and Fs-ep&~ of Col1na-
e1s arr Cor42A1ly Imwax-~a
ro Ats-@d tho >erwarr~-

CHRISTMAS a. wm - nark~a mo
services AZ 80 q tA~ city eAu-~AmxL
81 Pauls g,rtsronal eAu~-A a. -
MAryss CatAolsc eAwrcA- At -. Ma-
rvs eAareA tA~re wtl - tar~~ s~-l
vices. hign maSa at S.sa a. faG-
Eo~~a tn-~aiat@fx - - - "a
AixA zansS axaia AZ fe A. s.
Paat'S Episcopal cAurcA tn~r~ wYli b.w
only one serxtoe. wAleA wau s.ks
place ~ 1850 "A TA~-~ wsu 90
special nuste NJ - Enl~rcp.al eAu~ra-
tae oe~rtorv b~gzx ss.x - A.. My
Lou Peyton. Raa SPECIAL Ca-mraam
music wtii - ren1er~a AZ - CA
oafe eAureA-
There wtll 6r no s~rwics-s M< Aaw
al The Protessans eAurcn~s TA~s
ehurches always hold a unsea ~wr-
vfee % Tnankxrfxs,w - n. ..-.ss..
are held On cArsstzn. aAy.
TIE poor % th@ rsty IN "a uxmnr
be weu tAk~z car q xAt~ cN-s.s-sn
The Kinx's naaxAs~-s ana tn~ r.lsna
Clarifies ASsoeIatscn uaAk~ s a pr.~-
tice TO alsxrisus~ to.o4 ana -t,sssam
arnorw a. ncor a-4 - wu>~sAw -
so1 No :. IN want III - ~ a.
provided fer
Christmas Is sl~av. a Aanss -
soa a. a. Palrae- O-pha-.rs "A
tie tfttf. bos~ ana rf~rs 49, -
care of Sap~rlntsaa~-t Frs~-~.- IN
have their nxmaf b.,en~a..-s sf-s~r
thfs yea- Th@ Parm.~ or.h,u.s.
Circle o. Klnx,s .usa~shs..-s s....-.. -
entire en.rssgs "a r.rgnr f.- tA.. "a
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-24

At a regular meeting OF Steens
Lodge No. I26. T. o. o. r. az Stesns
last Friday evening. the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: A. J. Sanders. noble grand.
r. J. Green. viee-grand: c. c. Cole.
secretary. and D. r Rector. treas
urer
Miss Bessie Gartman spent a te~
days OF the past week az Columbus
as the guest OF her cousin. Miss E@e
Redus.
Hon. j. j. Hill OF Sunnysfde and
Messrs. John ". Crawford OF star
and Henry r. Sfsson OF Stacy paid
US pleasant and highly appreciated
call Sunday Mr.. Sisson Is one OF the
finest young wocalists in West Ala
bama. and while here We enjoyed
some nice music
Miss Jessie Barksdale spent last
Saturday night very pleasantly In
Sunnyside as the guest OF Miss Pearl
Lofts.
Mrs. Daisy Boyd of Houston. Miss.
is on a pleasant visit 20 Mr.. and Mrs
". T. Hill at their home in Sunny-
side.
The Farmers Union warehouse at
Steens is doing an extra large and
profitable business under the able
management OF Mr.. NJ ~ Franks
Mr.. Franks buys cotton seed ana
deals in fertilizers Give him a trial
He will buy and sell fertilizer in the
links.
Mr. J. C Green OF Steens passed
through Melbourne sunday en- route
to the Atkins vicinity 10 visit reia-
tives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ C. Rector and
Prof E. 1. Black were pleasant cali
ers at our Melbourne den on SAT-
urday night
Prof ". C. HAYS OF Star. a very
bright student OF the Alabama Med
ieaf College. Is spending the holidays
with his parents. Hon. and Mrs. Jn0.
F. Hays. OF Star.
Messrs- 3. R Swanzey. J. r. Beas-
ley, W. NJ. Dowdie and W. l. Brock
of Sunnyside and ". o. Ray and Geta
Blaloek OF Richards and ]. p. Sisson
OF Melbourne were In Steens on last
Saturday on business.
Prof. T. T. Green OF SteeRs. Who
has been quite sick for several DAYS
past, is reported as much better. and
We hope 90 soon see him out again
Miss Berths Hunter. . very beau
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-24

The Masons will hold their annual
ST. Johns celebration next Tuesday
night, December 29th. Officers will
be installed, new stereopticon views
will be presented, and there will he
volunteer addresses by members OF
the craft, the evening being closed
with banquet.
Rev. J. T. Murrah of Sardis, Miss,
has been. spending the past few days
with relatives in Columbus and VI
cinity.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-24
Mobile suffers From Big Fire.

Mobile, Dec 20.-Shortly before
one o'clock this morning fire broke
out in the wholesale candy establish
ment of William c. Baumhauser, on
Commerce street, near St. Francis
street. The popping of fireworks in
side gave the first intimation of the
fire, and in a short time the entire
stock, valued at $4,000, consisting
of all kinds Of Christmas fireworks,
began to explode. Because of the
presence of this immense amount of
fireworks, the firemen were hamper
ed in their work, it being dangerous
to attempt to force an entrance The
four story building is wrapped in
flames and the discharging fireworks
makes it one of the most spectacular
ever seen IN this city. This establish
ment, it is estimated. viii be total
loss. The estimated probable dam
age and loss is placed at nearly sew
enty thousand dollars.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-24
Boat Failed to Arrive.

The steamer New Haven, which
was scheduled to reach Columbus on
Monday, failed to arrive as expected.
The boat. left Mobile last Friday, but
as she runs only in the day time and
ties up during the night her progress
is naturally SLOW The boat will prob
ably reach here Thursday or Friday,
and will have on board large cargo
of cottonseed for the local oil mills.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-24

| A recent special from Washington
says: 1t is believed IN Washingtoh
tonight that the West again will get
treasuryship portfolio. and that David
r. Forgan. Of Chicago. Will be the
man. It. is known that Mr., Taft has
been seeking secretary from that
region Wall street has been ipsist-
York, but Mr.. Taft has. not looked
favorabiy on the proposition.
Forgan is liberal Republican, q
banker of wide experience, and sls
president of the Association OF Gem
merce of Chicago. He is under fifty
years of age. and, with his brother.
James B. Forgan, he came co this
country from Canada a quarter of a
century ago. Both brothers became
associated with Lyman J. Gage in
the First National Bank of Chicago.
When Mr.. Gage went into Mckinley 8
cabinet as secretary of the treasury,
James 3. Forgan succeeded him as
president of the First National, David
assistant vice-president.
This arrangement continued until
three years ago David Forgan with
drew from the First National and or
ganized new bank. becoming its
president, which position he contin-
ues to hold. During the recent finan-
cial troubles he was active as an OFF,
Ger of the clearing house association
and in public addresses and newspa-
per interviews did much toward pre-
serving the credit of the Chicago
banks.
It is generally understood that Mr..
Taft wishes James Wilson. secretary
of agriculture, to remain where he is,
Whether he will is problematical.
Mr.. Wilson has been in the cabinet
for eleven years and has worked very
hard His age is IA years, and while
he is still active, strong and healthy,
he believes he is entitled to a rest.
Mr. Taft realizes it will be hard
matter to replace Mr.. Wilson, of
whom the dairymen of thecountrs
say has taught them more in the last
ten years than all former secretaries
of agriculture eombined, and they
will probably make a strong plea for
his remaining. ~
With Representative Burton elimi7
0nated as cabinet possibility be5
cause of his decision to contest for
the succession of Foraker with Chass
P Taft. former Governor Myron +
Herrick of Ohio is again looming UP
as possible secretary of the treas,
ury. Postmaster General Meyer and
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon
are other names that are under con-
sideration, for the same post, The
president elect. however. has beeA |
strongly advised against the selectian |
Of Mr.. Bacon for such post, for the |
that prior to his entering the
state department he was partner |
Of J. Pierpont Morgan. and to name |
him secretary of the treasury would
be to make too close a connection
with Wall street. 1
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-24
Georgia Mob nee~ Night Rider Act.

Wayeross. Ca. Dec. Is.-To wreak
vengeance Tor the arrest o. a eon-
panion on the charge OF being drank
six young white men rode into she
town of Beach. nineteen miles north
Of here. last night. and hred nve hun-
dred shots. riddllng huildinss and
terrorizing the town -Four yoans
women who were walking en- one o.
the streets we're fred az and AlasEie
TAYLOR. the fourteen year oid daush-
ter Of Leonard P TaNfor. Vas Ruoha-
bly, fatally wounded
Citizens OF this country are en-
RACED. but desire that the law take
its course. Six oGcers from Waycrcss
went TO Beach today. and It Is report
ed late tonight that The SIX alleged
rioters have been arrested Cltizsns
Of Waycross are characterIziug the
men who shot up tie town As night
riders" After the first fsw volieys
everybody IN the town took 20 cover
and left the riders 20 shoot AZ VII
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-24

We have an admirable eight per
cent. investment on commercial prop
erty. The store is a magnificent one.
fine lease for three years. and it viii
net over eight per cent. after paying
taxes, insurance and repairs. See
Maer Realty Company.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-24

Mr.. G. F. Blue. superintendent OF
of buildings and bridges on the no
bile & Ohio Railroad, spent last Sun
day in Columbus.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. SimraTl will
have as guests during the Christmas
tide Messrs. B. f. and E. Fl. Porter.
formerly OF vicksburg. at present
cotton buyers at Greenwood.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-24

Miss vesta Propst of Birmingham
Is. expected to arrive Thursday. and
will spend the holidays in the city.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-12-24
Goat Wanted.

Goat which will work in harness.
Apply to Henry Gunter, quick.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-31

Death life all were mere distractions, lacking the
Importance of the growing whistle you were whit
Ting from a whillow.
This was something terribly different Pat was
more than thfng.-he heart which was
boundlessly lowing: he Intelligent mind; he
was a kindly and gracious spirit; he was incarnate
good humor: soul of fidelity. These.
then, were all transenty Oh. the unfathomabie
cruelty OF it, Unbelievable as 1t may sound. right
here is where crept In your first doubt about the
God OF your childhood. Why should He have both
Paty what good was your dog. youH
dog, to Him who had such worlds of posses
slousy You dropped your hand upon the weii-loved
body, tnen-then you sprang rrantically to your
feet; you needed some warm human sympathy TO
help you bear the facts which that chance
touch had established.
Coming across Cook you forgot her usual asperf-
ties and her. well you could. for the
dry clutch at your throat. of what had happened:
and she said 1t a precious good radiance. Had
she coarsely slapped you upon your two eyes she
could not have shocked you more or deepened more
the blackness of your misery.
You sought your mother and told her: and In
told that perhaps 1t better The
heartIess words "a precious good radiance" shone
Enthusiastically in her relieved eyes.
alone then your And before
you-aIways aIone-was the grim and brutal task
of burying. The tragedy of all the years to come.
the years when you would su1er alone, and lose.
alone and bury. alone, focused itself in vague
OF premonitlon you dug out resting
place for your past companion. And talk of BRAY
ery-when 1t came to lifting that poor companion
but why talk about 1t aIlg
Just a moment you paused before hiding Pat for
ever and in that moment you heard the Jeering but
sweet, high laughter of your Aunt Leila. The
sound smote you like a whip and you covered
above the open grave il stricken by many
lashes. What mischief you up to now" she
calling challengingly. But you did not an
If you could spare poor unloved Pat the In
suit OF a laugh by remaining SILENT you going
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bidding Society, strew- LY BESIDE YOU.
Ing "don'ts" in the patch of experiments like
advance OF bicycle; collectively They stood for
things evil; individually though They were not
bad
Your father was pretty harmless except on Sun
days. He devoted that holy day of rest to evening
up such scores as he had been unable to attend to
on week days after he came home from business.
At least, so it seemed Sunday looms in memory
a day of much blistering, morally and bodily.
He would have known nothing about anything, if
your mother had not told him. at supper time But
everything came up after the pie-how you had
been kept in at school; barred out, as the case
might be; what you had done to Jimmy Bakers
cat; what you had said to Jimmy himself and what
Jimmys mother had said to you-oh, nothing
kept sacred Your mothers excuse for all this
breach of faith that she wanted to make a
good boy out of you. First the teacher took a
whack at you; then your mother; finally your faith
er. All for the thing, too.
No matter how far away from the house you
were when you were bad, you always found that the
news of it got home first Hearing it. your moth
used to say she was surprised" and your father
used to say that he expected much" 1t is
rather queer that you should have happened to be
their SON for they knew little about you. Your
mother always imagining you to be the
SCISSOR OF stack of virtues, highly impossible to
you; and your father generally suspecting you
heap OF inlquitous conceptions, equally impos-
sibie
Aunt Leila the only who seemed capable
OF arriving at decent average; you just
boy to her, which simpted a lot OIL things.
when you and scrape tumbed into the house to-
gether Aunt Leila was neither surprised nor ex-
pectant; merely grinned companionably or
laughed outright.
Some people called your Aunt Leila young; a
palpable m1s-statement, for she was married-how
account for Uncle Edmund else? And-even at
that tender age-you knew that matrimony was
very much OF settler, so, far youth was con-
cerned.
Now, in the arair-or rather, continuous per-
formance-of Baxter's cat They all mistaken
They thought you did not like cats
Nothing could be further from the truth You
liked cats. You did indeed But you mostly liked
them In motion. And you generally spared your
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self exertion to furnish them with incentive.
You used scientifically and honestly feel that
anything which had power to move with the whole
souIed abandon of cat ought to be kept moving;
otherwise were wasted of natures best gifts to
the tribe.
why should They have expected you to prove
your love by going through life with cat on your
heart? Did they think cat easily obtain
able? They should have known as you did, that
belongs invariably to high places to fence tops,
roofs, impossibly to 1agpoles, especially
you
But dog belonged to the good, good earth; he
always underfoot and readable. How you
ached for dog For permanent one. The tran
STORY dog was a daily occurrence. He adopted you
on your way home from school and came home with
you as far the back door, farther. Then you
were taken to task for the happening and de-
tailed the dog to lose him. Losing
him generally occupied the whole of the afternoon
If it a nice day.
Will you forget the admirable dog that alb
soIuteIy refused to stay lost? that turned up at
nightfaIl, confident of welcome! that was in the
yard bright and early the next morning. wagging
his tail nineteen in rapturous greeting?
the dog that adopted you so hard and fast that
mother, father. cook. aunt, uncle, allwere unable
disabuse his mind of the legality Of the affair?
the dog that permitted perrorce to remain and
become yours? Never. Pat is undergraduates
very Sirius in the consultations of memory.
Pat seemed to be his name from the start. You
never had doubt about 1t. Pat answered to Pat
as to the manner born. He seemed moreover, en-
blazoned with the Pat from stem to stern.
preposterous think that he had ever been
anything He arrived the highway
your already named and t1cketed as
yours-like forward young in
the mythology book who sprang full grown
completely armed from her fathers head
helmet, something. You were glad she
armed, and you often wondered whether or
not she legged, too; but as she got around in
the upper world considerably and performed lot
of deeds for you to study she probably was. What
a relief Pat after myths! He intensely
real.
But he was nothing to look at No, indeed.
His homeliness was OF stern and unimpeachable
character. Perhaps that is why They all hated him
So for grown-ups always partial to such of
their animals are nice Misunderstanding their
children. plain child has to walk an awfully
straight path. Certainly Pat was no beauty. He
of dirty white from tip to tip and he had
diaboIical black smudge around eye. Two
black eyes might have been made of symmetry,
therefore Pat denied them Nature accorded
Pat meanest advantage His black eye
gave him frghtful prescribed and sinister appear
ance. 1t If some nend had fashioned him
in a moment of sport and then had chased him
from Hades with an ink bottle.
But all yours-that was his one and suf-
fcient beauty He stuck to Won as no shadow
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so remain. hoping that she would go away She
came nearer in slow amazement: then hurrying-
she knet beside you. why, Pat, why, Pat why
dear old dog" her shaking voice was murmuring
and the tears which rained upon his dingy coat
were not all yours For yours, which had not
fallen before. came like storm at sight OF hers
and at the tribute of her white hand with its pref
ty rings petting and stroking the poor stark body
why Pat. why, Patti" In Hash you learned a
great truth. that the merry heart which goes
through the world laughing where 1t may, is also
the heart which weeps when it must and gives in
slant gift or sympathy to all in need For a second
you gave way utterly, forgetting that you
were a man and weeping to finish the greater
part OF your agony in her comforting arms. which
had gotten around you somehow, you didn't quits
know how when. AS a rule you couldn't stand
arms
1t a little touch-a very little touch, that
about the handkerchief-but you have remembered
it all these years. and always with a rush Of grat-
tude. 1t her nice one. lace-edged and per-
funny, but put 1t over Pats dear face that the
earth-oh. well. it was all years and years ago.
woman who could do that sort OF thing must
have little sense. even II she was your aunt. 50
you trusted her with big question:
lis this" You paused for words great
enough to fit the thought; but none would come. Sd
you used little lis this end of him 20
You pointed to the grave, mound by now this
tears once more drowning you. Your grun speech
deeply NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. theological. In
your hazy mind 1umbIed the comfortable
words 1.-The resurrection and the lfe." and you
knew they had nothing all to do with the cass
hand; but oh. IL they only had!
Aunt Leila. trump that she was, went magically
to the very of your inquiry. to the shrine Of
your mystic hopes.
People say mo-; but. sonny-boy, I think there1
dog-heaven. do indeed"
You cheered magicaIy. On the strength Of
that slim think" you reached out toward life
again and were ready to md It sweet.
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that rain-refreshed BAxTER'S CAT.
somewhat normal affair." and
was attributed to blight
Then the fearful afternoon when you caught
him trotting to the lawn with the hambone which
to form the nucleus of that nights supper
what soul-searing time you had trying to trim that
mangled bone back faint semblance of it's
former seemly self; and the horror you endured at
the table during the few tense moments that the
maternal eye studied that bone disapprovingly and
the cool thankful perspiration which poured down
your spine the maternal edict that
servant could be trusted!
The slippers you had to retrieve! The chewed
pens and pencils you had to burn. The holes you
had to fill up! The footmarks you had to erase!
The meat and milk that you were forced to pilfer!
The milk matter was easy, though; for trife Of
water added to the pitcher fixed that. But obtain
ing meat harder job. You endured all the
pangs OF a father OF a family with strike ION"
your portion OF the Pat at dinner time.
table; but exposed the combine by
swapping jaws gratefully together and slobbing
audible appreciation OF your bounty Then of
course, the Assembled Donts got in an interdict.
And why? wasn't 1t your meat, once it was on your
plate?
Bul they begrudged Pat everything, his
optimism. He could much wag his tail
that somebody did not make unpleasant mention of
neas-tne inference being that Pat shook neas
from that amiabe stump much dew is scattered
from a waving branch. Fleas! Who ever heard of
such a thing? Why, If you had been given five
cents each for every flea Pats whole body you
wouldn't have had money enough to buy a bicycle
a high-grade one. that is And queer way they
reprehensible in your pet. You were made to feel
that every solitary flea plague spot due to
your own stained and mutilated soul; that had you
been fair and unsmirched from your infancy up.
Pat would have been nealess. The absurdity of
this struck you until 1t years too late.
probable. Sins and their punishments mys-
teries together. You never quite knew what every
thing all about. Such times your con-
science pure Easter lily one
would box your head nearly of your shoulders;
and loads of times when you staggered and shud-
dered under the knowledge of crime too awful for
words, somebody would give you penny for being
a good boy. You never got penny and ease of
mind to enjoy It; never
The only one who always understood you was
Pat If you were in sorrow. answering sorrow
would leap Immediately to his loving eyes. and he
trotted faithfully beside you with gambol He
was never ready for rabbits until you II you
were in fear, he heartened you. II you were for