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The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
Prohis Out in Cold.

Guthrie, Okla.-Eugene w. Chafin,
prohibition candidate for president, will
prohibition party managers m~andamused
the State election board (Democratic)
yesterday to compel the placing of their
electoral ticket on the ballot, but the
board today refused, holding the candi-
dates names were filed too late. Cover
nor Haskell, national Democratic treas.
urer, will importune the prohibitionists
to swallow the State d~ispensary system
and support the Democrats.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
Hunting ESCAPED Leper.

New Orleans, lathe city board of
health announced today that it's officers
are searching for Antoinette Jones, a
negro woman leper, who escaped surveil-
lance as she was about to be taken to
the leper home in Iberville parish. The
board has no information as to whether
the woman has left the city, but believes
it would be impossible for her to travel
far. A small white girl who had lived
with the woman was left behind, and the
authorities are watching the child for
symptoms of the disease.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
Cotton Lockout Impends.

Manchester, Ensland.-Unless the long
standing wage dispute is settled today
$1,000 cotton operatives will be locked
out tomorrow.
The employers proposed to reduce
wages 5 per cent, but they finally con-
sented to postpone this reduction until
Jan. 1 of next year. The operatives to-
day are voting as to whether or not they
will accept this offer, and they probably
will.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
Cholera in Manila.

Manila.-Thirty-one cases of cholera
have been reported in this city in all and
the deaths up to the present time are
twelve. A free hand has been given the
health bureau in its campaign against
the disease, and today 100 additional in
spectors were started out on a system
attic investigation of the sanitary condi-
tions of the city. The bureau is devot-
ing every effort to the work of stamping
out the plague before it gets a grip on
the city. So far the cholera cases have
been confined almost exclusively to the
Filipinos.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

In a New York court a policeman
arraigned a chauffeur who, the officer
testified, was towing two dead" au-
tomobiles and speeding at the rate of
20 miles an hour. Three machines,
each going 20 miles an hour?' said
the magistrate. Il should figure that
the prisoner was going 60 miles an
hour. I'll hold him for trial" And no.
body punished the magistrate for his
~unprovoked assault on physics and
mathematics.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
Chronicle Summary,

New York.-Our telegraphic reports
this evening from the South denote that
as a rule the weather has been favorable
during the week. Over much of the belt
dry weather has prevailed, although at
some points in Texas the rainfall has
been rather in excess. Deterioration of
the crops is referred to in advices from
Alabama and Memphis. Picking has
made excellent progress and the move
ment of cotton to market has been quite
free.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
AFTER HARGIS T A
Daughter of Late Feud Leader Wants
Property Divided.

Lexington, Ky.-Suit was filed at
Jackson this afternoon by Mrs. Evelyn
Hogg, daughter of the late Judge James
Hargis, the noted feud leader, against
her mother, Mrs. Lewellyn Hargis, and
her brother, Beach Hargis, seeking to
have the department store and all other
Hargis estate property placed in the
hands of a receiver. The estate is worth
about $50, 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

The most enduring memorial of
Bishop Potter is the great, unfinished
cathedral of st. John the Divine on
Morningside Heights, which will have
cost, it is estimated, over $40, 0OO, 900
when it is completed, well on in the
present century. This was his own
conception, and it was his influence
alone that secured the financial back
ing which made it's commencement
DOsSible.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Persons who wear orange-colored
garments are supposed to be less sus-
ceptible to heat than those wearing
other colors. To test the theory, the
war department is having 5000 suits
of underwear colored orange for the
use of soldiers in the Philippines. An
orange hat lining is also being pre-
pared, that the heads as well as bodies
of the men may receive whatever ben
eft there may be in the color.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

1t was from New York that Horace
Greeley advised the young man to Go
Vest" The advice now comes from
5000 miles farther eastward, and is
addressed by Israel Zangwill to an au-
dience of Jews in London. He told
his fellow religionists the other day
that they ought to migrate to the
western states of America, where
there is room for them.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

We can e how perfected flying
machines distributed all over the
world, and so low in price as to be
within reach of all, if net quite so
low in flight, might cause the custom
house officials along the frontiers of
the various countries to accumulate a
stock of steely, premature gray hair.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Prof. Lichtenberg may be sincere
In his belief that he can drown the
fires of Vesuvius, but has he calcu-
lated the force, of the superheated
steam that he would generate? AS a
first experiment he might try sweep
ing back the waves of the ocean with
q broom.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

And now the directoire gown is to
be accompanied by a bracelet worn
just below the knee. The necessary
number of rings for the fingers and
bells for the toes will also be strict
ly in style.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Shopkeepers in Paris with various
phases of high life for sale at ruin
Gus prices will be pleased to learn
that King Leopold has sold the Congo
Free State and has the money for it
In his inside pocket.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Judge Thompson of the United
States court has decided at Cincinnati
that imitation whisky must be so
labeled as to show just what it is.
A simpler way would be just to label
it poison.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Efforts are made to encourage cattle
that a large proportion of the roast
beef Of "old England will continue
to come from the United States.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

When the Dutch have captured Cas-
fly the nations of the earth SO that
there may be pulled off a chaste and
orderly international spanking match?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

FRITZ Scheff is to become the wife
of a literary man, and it is only rea-
sonable to expect, therefore, that the
stories sent out by her advance agent
will in the future be properly
edited.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Some scientist has found that
there are 5000 ways in which death
may come. We wonder whether he
has included being mistaken for deer
by reckless hunters?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

There is such a thing as genuine
gratitude, after all. A Goldfield miner
has left his entire fortune to the girl
who Tilted him four years ago.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

The mother of a Philadelphia heir
ess denies that her daughter is en-
gagged to an E~nglishman who possess
es a title, but fails to explain why.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Esperanto has been officially recog-
niZed again. 1t seems to need rein
PRODUCTION almost as frequently as
poor relations.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Between airships, balloons and aero
planes the air is getting to be some
thing of a highway in these progress
Sive DAYS.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

When an automobilist takes a flyer
In the street it generally means that
pedestrians would be safer at home
under the bed.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Says the indianapolis News: Sup
pose n of these sheath skirts should
shrink Well, the wearer could call
a cab.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Mrs. Jack Gardner might get even
by writing a novel.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

1t begins to look as if Castro's
splendid isolation would be wantonly
ripped up the back before long.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Tennessee man and wife live to-
gether 20 years and never speak but
twice. Do you envy him?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Cincinnati man has outgrown coffin he
bought two years ago. Bargain sale
purchases don't always pay.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Handsome subscriptions have been
received to the Stephen D. Lee monu-
ment fund by Chairman w. T. Rigby
of the Vicksburg National Military
Park commission. Among the con-
tributors are J. I. Harahan, president
of the Illinois Central railroad; Gen.
Paul A. Furz and Capt. S. p. Allen,
both of Texas.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

The fact that the question OF freight
rate protection is quite a serious one
with the business men of Mississippi is
attested quite emphatically by the
large number of men who attended the
conference held at Jackson, and which
resulted in the organization of the Mis-
sissippi Freight Protective association.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

In Newton county the board Of SUI
pervisors has ordered a special tax levy
to be used in defraying the expense of
erecting a lev courthouse. Bitter OPP
position to the tax levy was shown by
some citizens, but sentiment in favor of
the proposed building finally prevailed,
and plans and specifications will be
asked for at an early date.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Much disappointment is felt over the
absolute failure of the pecan crop in
the Hollandale section.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

That the Farmers Union has nothing
whatever to do with the outrages by
so-called night riders, several of which
have been reported in this state during
the past ten days, is the emphatic
statement issued by officers of that Or
ganiZation.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

AT the big roundup Farmers Insti-
tute at Starkville Chas. E. Pabst, of
Ocean Springs, the pecan king of Mis-
sissippi. talked on pecan culture in this
state, with particular reference t o diff
ferent conditions. Before Mr.. Pabst
finished his remarks even those at first
l~istless became highly enthused, and
many left with a determination to enjoy
a share in his lucrative business.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

A movement has been placed on foot
among the farmers in that section of
Southwest Mississippi infested by the
Mexican boil weevil to plant a mini
mum cotton acreage mex year, and de-
vote the major portion of tillable land
to corn, forage crops and truck products.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-02-28

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
JOHN BARRETT
 TALKS OF PANAMA

St. Louis, December 12.-Warning his hearers that now Is the time to prepare for the opening of the Panama canal by improving the waterways and interior lines of communication of the United States, John Barrett, director of the in- ternational bureau of American republics, tonight pictured the vast commercial pos abilities dormant within Central and South America to the Latin-American and Foreign Trade association. The occasion was the annual banquet of the organlza- tion. MT. Barrett said In part:
 There are no important European countries which are not planning to gain every advantage possible from the Pan anna canal; even Japan is laying plans for steamships to access to the east coast of South America via the canal, which will give her an entrance to that mighty field of trade. In contrast to this We are practically doing nothing. We have been so occupied with studying Europe and the far east that we have neglected the 20 lusty nations reaching from Mexica and Cuba south to Argen- tina and Chile.
 First, we must improve our steamship facilities. Second, we must provide our selves with banking cities that is, there must be established throughout Latin America banks, or banking agencies, con- trolled by United States capital"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
CHICAGO LABOR
 IS THE BEST PAID
Highest Rates By Hour Are
 Maintained There
NEW YORK ALSO PAYS WELL
In Some Respects Chicago Is Behind New York, But the Latter Is Away Ahead In Lines of Highest
 Skilled Effort.

Chicago. December 12.-(SpeciaL)- l Chicago labor Is the best paid in the world. It has been a well known fact that American workers received better hour rates than the sons of Martha in other lands, but there has been a gen eral impression that eastern cities, such as New York, Boston and Phila- delphia were most generous in the matter of the laborer's payroll.
 Now the Chicago bureau of statistics has come forward with figures for the 4s principal trades. showing that in 21 of these the highest hour rates in eight selected cities, Chicago. New York. Philadelphia, Boston. Baltimore, Cleveland, Buffalo and Pittsburg are paid here.
 Moreover the highest wage per hour paid in all the cities to a class of workers is given in Chicago. The line nearly 72 cents an hour in Chicago, which sets him up as the king pin of all the American labor world in the matter of wages.
 Baltimore, on the other hand, has the dubious honor of paying the small est wage, giving her women tobacco stemmers but cents an hour, which means 64 cents in a union day.
 The statistics show one thing quite clearly relative to the New York situa- tions Workers generally believe that the building trade there Is paid much more than in any other city ' ct New York excels Chicago in wages paid to only three divisions of this line of ef- fort.
 The Manhattan bricklayers get 70 cents an hour as compared with 62 cents and a fraction in Chicago and carpenters re- ceve cents an hour more, while this city has the supremacy in four of the building trades New York's third top wage in the building trades is that of the plumbers, which, however, is less than a penny in advance of that paid the Chicago plumbers.
 The other hour wages in which New York leads are those of machine cloth ing cutters, foundry smiths, foundry la borers, pattern makers in wood, book binders and book competitors and stereo- typers. Boston, owing to the keenness of it's cultured inhabitants for antique and arts and crafts furniture pays it cabinet makers, sawyers, upholsterers and var nishers markedly more than is given for similar work in any other of the eight cities in the list.
 The Hub leads also in the wages paid to municipal street laborers. which scents to indicate that jobs determined by polit- ical pull still command the same in- creased pay as compared with similar work done under private contract There is a difference of cents an hour In the prices paid in Boston for this work done privately and publicly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
"A BIRD OF A JAG" TRACED.
Sir Isaac Newton Also Responsible For
 Drunk As An Owl"
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 Prof. Vladimir c. Simkovitch, in charge Of the Morgan collection of manuscripts, now on exhibition at Columbia univer- sity unearthe6 yesterday what seems to be conclusive evidence that Sir Isaac Newton is responsible for the modern ex- pressions as Drunk as an owl" "A bird of jazz" and Happy as a lark"
 The professor in turning over yesterday a notebook of Sir Isaac's filled otherwise with abstruse mathematical calculations, came upon this:
 ITO Make Brides Drunk-Take such meat as they 0he birdes) love. such as wheat or barley; steep in lees of wine or in ye juice of ye hemlock, and leave 1t where ye blrdes use to haunt; as also sod den garlick sprlnkled among ye corne sowne."
 Sir Isaac then goes on to describe the probable effects of rum on such innocent fowl as "crows, partridge and the like" He Is intensely scientific, he ''postulates" a good deal and he 'assumes' to the limit One can almost see the cock spar row falling off his perch and the lord of the barnyard being taken home by his good gray heH.
 But Sir isaac craftily refrains from saying that De ever saw a drunken bird or that ne ever lured a bird from the paths of rectitude. Instead he makes the careful marginal note ''extravigants" as though to lull the chance reader into the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
Many New Schools.

Florence, December 2-(Special.) )-Un- der the stimulating influence of County Superintendent of Education James F. Koonce, 20 new, commodious and well furnished school houses have replaced the old log structures in the country dis tricts of Lauderdale county during the past two years and funds gre being raised for five more. From one of the poorest equipped counties in the state in the point of school property, Lauderdale has be- come well up in the list and was the first county in the state to apply for the full state appropriation for building new school houses and one of the few which have converted the entire sum each year into school buildings. The last building completed was at Hillen, where a com modious building with 60 pupils under Miss Naomi Oliver has replaced a one- room log cabin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
COURT DEFINES
 SOLDIERS STATUS

Chicago, December 12.-Judge Kava- naugh, in the superior court of Cook county, today rendered a decision of importance to national guardsmen throughout the country as construing the extent of their responsibility for the taking of human life while on duty. The decision was rendered in thecase of Joseph B. Klein. a private in the First regiment, I. N. G., under indictment for the killing of Earl Nell son at Kanakee last August.
 The First regiment was on it's way to Springfield, where a race war was in progress. Acting as guard of a bag gage car, in which ammunition was stored, and under orders to allow no stabbed Nelson with a bayonet when, according to his story to a court of inquiry, Nelson attempted to enter the car. Even then, Klein stated he had no intention of doing bodily harm to the alleged intruder. His indictment, however, charges that the murder" was wilful and malicious. Klein ap- piled to Judge Kayanaugh for liberty on a writ of habeas corpus, which the court refused on the ground that he did not have Jurisdiction.
 The court held, however, that upon the facts as presented by Klein, even granting that the killing of the man was not accidental but in the execu- tion of orders of a superior officer, no offense against the state had been committed. The soldiers responsibili- ties and his immunitles the court said, alike follow him from the time he falls into line at the point of mobilization until he returns home and ranks are broken.
 Klein's plea that a trial in the crim- inal court at Kanakee would be plac- ing him twice in jeopardy was held to be in error
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
TOO MUCH LIQUOR
 FOR POSTMISTRESS

Washington, December 12-(Special.)- The postmistress at Carrollton, Ga., has been driven to retirement from her of- flee by the thirst that obtains among her patrons. In a letter recently received from her by Representative Adamson, she writes that much to her regret she must decline to accept reappointment be- cause she objects to making out money orders in favor of liquor dealers in Chat tanooga, Tenn. She does not state that she has conscientious scruples, but does say that the number of such orders is very large. Georgia is a dry state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
BEAUTY OF THIS SHORT STORY IS THAT IT'S TRUE

The other day a gentleman came in and said:
 "You get all of my trade hereafter. You deserve it.
 "And the why of it is this: Last night, or early this morn ing, rather, we were in great trouble at our home. It was life or death. The last hope was in certain medicines and appliances.
 i" T don't know where we can get them at this time,' I said.
 " Telephone Adams Drug company, was my wife's an swer. HThey have an all-night delivery
 "I went to the phone. In a very short time-and you know minutes are leaden in the hour of dlstress-the articles ordered came.
 "I realized then, and I want to say it to you now, that this 'Sleepless Store of yours is something more than a com mercial proposition. It is a great public benefactor."
 Yes, we have kept open all night, with delivery, continu- ously for years, and we expect to do so as long as we continue in business. And there is more than money in it for us-the satisfaction of being able to serve in extremity.
 By the way, we have many Christmas Gifts that cost little but count big in pleasure and appreciation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
Held Without Ball.

Kansas City, December 12.-Justice Theodore Remly, after formal hear ing this afternoon, ordered James and Melissa Sharp, the religious fanatics, held without bail for the murder of Policeman A. O. Dalbow. Dalbow met police and street preachers on Tues day. Decision in the cases of Mrs. Della Pratt, wife of Louis Pratt, Sharp's male companion in the fight, who died yesterday from his wounds, and that of William Engnel, the IT. year-old protege of Sharp, was re- served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
Raging Is Dangerous.

New Brunswick. N. J., December 12. Declaring that their brother Henry, a freshman of Rutgers college, is in a dangerous condition as the result of alleged brutality in hazing, Harry and Samuel Jacobson of Elizabeth camv here today and demanded investiga- ton. They said young Jacobson was compelled to roll pennies across the main street with his nose and was beaten with spikes torn from near by fence while not in position to de- fend himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
Sheriff Arrests Soldier.

Hayre, Mont, December 12-Ster- ling A. Jeffers, soldier in Company M, Second Infantry was arrested here today by Sheriff Thomas of Scott county, Tennessee, on charge of mur- der. Jeffers, 1t is alleged, killed companion named Hamlin in Tennes- see last September. The sheriff left with his prisoner tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
ABRAHAM RUEF
 IS NOT SEN FENCED

San Francisco, December 12.-(special) Abe Ruel, convicted of offering a bribe to Supervisor F'urey, was not sentenced by Judge Lawlor today. There was a large crowd in the court room to see the prisoner receives his sentence but there was disappointment in store for them, as counsel for the defendant asked for and secured a postponement of sentence for one week. On Saturday next Ruef will receive the penalty for his crime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
belief that man like Sir Isaac wouldn't

belief that a man like Sir Isaac wouldn't z Q thing.
 Excitement went to fever heat among t uiessmen at Columbia as soon as what Professor Simkovitch had found out apout Sir Isaac became generally known on the campus. A few of the boldest freshmen were heard to declare Sir Isaac's time and had lived near his house. Others wanted to go to Professor Smkovitch and ask him whether Sir Isaac had put in anything about soused mackerel coined beef or stewed prunes. Rut by that time the Morgan manuscripts had been locked up for the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
Dispensary Case.

Atlanta. December 12.-The fact that the United States supreme court has granted a petition for a writ of cer- tiorari to the circuit court of appeals for the Fourth circuit in the South Car olina dispensary case was announced here today. The case involves the question whether a fund of $s0O,000 will be ad- ministered by the commissioners or py the receivers of the federal court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
Misunderstood.

From Success Alagazine.
 When Mark Twain was young and struggling newspaper writer in San Francisco, lady of his acquaintance saw him one day with a cigar box un- der his arm, looking in shop window.
 MT Clemens" she said, 1T always see you with cigar box under your arm. I am afraid you are smoking too much"
 Tt isT't that" said Mark. I'm nov ing again."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
Death Reveals Sex.

Butte, Mont. December 12-The sudden death at Manhattan of sammy Jones, aged 80, disclosed the fact that instead of being a man, as every one in the vicinity of Manhattan for tho past IS years had believed Jones was a woman. She chewed tobacco and drank and as- sociated freely with men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-13
Postal Changes.

Washington, December 12.-(Special.)- Rural carrier appointed: Horton, route 1, William J. Nixon, carrier; no substitute; Samantha, route 1, Robbie G. Hagler, car rier; John T. Malone, substitute.