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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-12-31
The Chic Improvement League.

AT the December meeting Of the
Williamsburg Civic League several
subjects were discussed which are
of interest and importance to every
resident of the city.
The league has endeavored during
the past year to make the cleaning
of the streets It's chief work. The
members feel encouraged by the
fact that the cans provided have
been used to some extent. but they
would urge the duty of cooperation
upon every man. woman and child.
II envelopes and wrappings from
the mail are thrown csreiessly upon
the sidewalk they viii remain there
and litter the street unless some one
Is sufficiently interested to pick
them up and deposit them in the
proper place.
The league would particularly beg
the young gentlemen of the college
and the city TO keep their candy
bags and boxes until they reach a
trash can. If every citizen could
feel that the most improper place
for waste paper and trash is on the
sidewalks. the problem of obtaining
clean and beautiful streets and drives
would be solved.
A committee was appointed to con-
fer with the city street commission
ers about a new dumping ground
and also to get their permission to
have the town cart collect and carry
to the appointed dump the Trash
from private premises.
There is no road leading out OF
the city which is not made hideous
by unsighdy piles of rubbish. many
of them containing papers and other
easily burned trash which ought
never be carried away from the
premises.
An extra can has been ordered for
the Bruton church corner at the ian
itor's request and with his promise
to keep the sidewalks on either side
in good condition.
The league has under discussion
the question of ordering a library
firm the State Free Library Com
mission. A case of fifty selected
books may be obtained free OF
charge. TO be retained for six months.
If there seems to be enough demand
for such a library it viii be ordered
next month.
Another matter which was brought
before the league was the appeal
from the State Board of Health 10
aid the fight against tuberculosis.
During the four years of the civil
war the number Of deaths on both
sides was 2O5.OOO. The number of
deaths from tuberculosis during the
years of l904-7 was $4,000. I'll
has been found that tuberculosis
can be prevented and also cured if |
taken in time. The league hopes to |
DC able in some way to aid in spread |
ing the rules for prevention and |
cure of this terrible disease and sug-
gest that those lwho arc interested |
write TO the State Board of Health
for their bulletin containing rules for
the practical use of every house
hold.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-12-31

The Woman'S Missionary Society
of the Baptist church will hold its
regular meeting on Sunday. Jan. 8.
at 3 p. m. in the lecture room of
the church. Mrs. Leake. of Rich
mond. will address the society.
All are invited to be present.
Rev. Father Frioli, of Newport
News, held Catholic services in
Cameron Hall last Sunday. There
was large attendance and Father
Frioli's sermon was much enjoyed
by all who heard it.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-12-31
Dissolution Of Partnership.

Notice 10 hereby given that stbe partner
ship heretofore existing between St
John & ISeox, blAcksmiths. has been
duly dissolved. All accounts due the
late hrm are payable TO ]. N. ST John.
who win continue business at his old
stand on Boundary Street. L. Iaeo1
VIII continue business at the stand on
England street.
- in. ST JOHN.
Dec 81. 1908 L. JACOX.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-12-31

Mr.. Richard Houge has purchas-
e the house and lot owned by Mr..
+. n. Proctor on Ireland street. for
$3.50.
Mr.. Lindsay Gillian. who has
been desperately Ill with pneumonia
a. his home in Hampton. is recov-
ering. His father. Mr.. Ben Gillian
has been at bis bedside.
The Methodist Sunday School
will hold its annual Christmas cele-
bration tonight. and after the exer-
cises Santa Claus will distribute
presents to the scholars.
Mr.. Isaac Wright has accepted q
position on the Washington, D. C.,
Herald. He says farming does not
agree with his health and he has re.
luctantly CD given it up.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1908-12-31

Miss Mamie Jones. who is attend
ing the Normal School. Farmville.
IS spending the holidays with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Jones.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
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St. Joscph's Catholic Church.

Masses: Sundays-7:30 and l0:30 .. m. Week Days-6:30 and a. m.
 Sunday School-2:30 D. m.
 Sunday Night Services-Devotiors. sermon and benedictlon, 7:30.
 Baptisms--3:30 D. m on Sunday
 Societies - Knights of Columbus:
 rst and third Mondays, West Second venue. Promoters Of League Of acred Heart pastors house on last Wednesday of each month. 3:30 D. m. Ladies Altar Society, on second Sun lay Of each month, In chapel Of St, Anthony after second mass. St. Jo- sephs Cemetery Association, on fourth Sunday of each month in St. An .hony's Chapel after second mass.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
Lakeside Weekly Calendar.

Sunday school at 9:30 d. III. Preach ing morning and night by the pastor. Sen. Epworth League at 3 D. m. Topic What the Spirit Saith Unto the Churches. Let every one be ready to help make the service q success. Study the topic. w. H. M. s. Monday at 5 D. m. at Mrs. Tankersley's. Board meeting Tuesday night at 1:ao. Im- portant business. All come. Prayer meeting "Wednesday night at .:3o.
 Program for the W. II. NJ. S. Dec. IA, 1908, with Mrs. Tankersley
 Deyotonal-M N. B, Sorrells.
 ChriStmaS--N Mrs. N T. Roberts.
 Music
 Woman, Religious Factor
 Music.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
Smoke or no Smoke t
 Is the Question

Paris, Dec. l2.--A tobacco crisis has broken out at the Hotel de Willy the Paris City Hall. During their official sittings the city fathers have
 adopted the habit of soothing their
 nerves with indulgence in the fra grant weed. While regaling trem- selves with cigars and cigaretts they )have listened with comparative equan imity to the speeches of colleagues
 whose views did not precisely coin eide with their own and perhaps many Ia row has been averted of lessened by this comfortable practice. It is
 true that from time to time certain alderman have protested against the custom, notices having even been posted with the request that there should be no smoking befuie seven in the evening, but they objected ic vain. At last, however, the oppo- nents of the practice are making a firm stand and the matter is to be thrashed out in q coming meeting. It Is argued by the protesting party that senators and deputies do not
 smoke while they are engaged in leg
 islation. that judges do not solace themselves with an occasional cigar
 cite while they are holding trials,
 so why should the sittings of the
 Paris Municipal Council be a solitary exception all the more invidious, by
 the way. as the spectators are rigor-
 ously forbidden to follow the example ,of this discussion will be interesting
 and at the present there seems to be
 no indication as to whether smokers
 or non smokers will carry their point.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
LEGAL MARRIAGE
 IN APACHE WORLD

Paris, Det l2-f.veh the best laid schemes of Apaches occasionally go wrong. \ young woman well known in the world of gallantry, had q spe- cial cavalier. who rejoiced in the nickname of ."rintin." The couple re- gently turned virtuous and resolved lo marry instead of continuing to live according to the tenets of free love. The marriage duly took place at the Mayors office of the Thirteenth Ward in the presence of twenty persons, Ill denizenS Of the Apache world
 After the marriage ceremony the party discovered that they were hum gry but they could not order T .e- past at Il restaurant for the reason cold meat with Il few fowls and some game, d third would be responsible for the salad Il fourth for the bread shat they had no money The bride groom. however. being resourceful individual conceived plan which commended itself 10 his bride and the guests He suggested that they should set forth on | thieNing expedition among the tradesmen of the neishhor- hood One should confne himself to stealing wine. another should provide and cake and SD on, It was arranged shat the thieves should meet at q certain spot at q given time with their provender They all set off on their various expeditions. but unfortunately they met with worse than failure, ghey were caught. The bridal couple were the first to fall into the clutches of the police. and three of the guests were caught robbing grocery stores n Rue Rationale.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
Notice Plum Bayou fcyee Taxes.

The tax book for the collection O. 1908 taxes has haen place in ny NrndS.
 All owners of real proper' lying in his district arc requested t2 call at he Bank of Pine Bluff .hefore necem- 3er S1, 1o9S. and pay t:ls years taxes. If this tax is not pa hy b,seniber T legal penalty will be collected.
 w D. LEARN, Collector, ',11.-dtf Plum Bayou I.exee Tax.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
WORST KIDNEY AND
 BLADDER TROUBLE
Relieved by Mixture which Anyone i. can Prepare at Home. Mix This
 Yourself and Follow Directions.

Here is Il prescription that anyone uan mix at home Any good preserip= s,on pharmacy can supply the ingre- aaients named at little.cost; being com posed of vegetable extracts, it IS harmless and inexpensive. B,s oi alf il does its work well, relieving 4yen the worst forms Of bladder tro- able, frequent urination. backaches Kidney complaint, and by it's direct action fpon the eiiminatiHe tissue of The kidneys. makes these most vital organs rid the blood and system al sasta matter and uric acid which sauses rheumatism
 Here it is; try it, if you sn1et. glud Extract Dandelion, one-haii aunce; Compound Karson. one ounce, compound Syrup Safsnparilla, three ounces
 Shake well in Il bottle and take i'll fenspoonful doses after each meal and at hedtime.
 Former sufferers often state that sns weeks use shows curative re- suits in nearly every instance, and such symptoms as lame back, fre- ssuent desire to uri,ate, pain in blad- der and even chronic rheumatism are generally relieved within few days khe pain and swelling diminishing with each dose
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
$5.W H.,,,' ARD.

The Morning Graphic is frequently stolen fror1 the doors of subscribers, especially on the down town routes. reward of $500 will therefore be paid for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person stealing the Morning Graphic from a subscribers premises. All persons guilty of such conduct should take warning and desist at once
 Id If Adams Printing Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
SEWER DISTRICT NO. <.
 Snec1a1 \SSeSSnlcnt.

The tax hooks for the collection Of special assessment upon the real property in Sewer District No. 6 in the city of Pine Bluff has been placed in my hands.
 All owners of real property lying in the district are required 10 pay their assessment to me. within thirty days from this date.
 II such payment is not made action will be commenced at the end of that time for the collection of such as- sessment and for legal penalties and cost.
 Given under my hand this 4th daH of December. 1908.
 \. G. Russell, City Collector, office City IIall, 2 q. m. to F IT.
 Dec 2et
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
The Church of Christ.

Corner Sixth and Beech, z. C. Cline minister. "The Measure of Our Re- sponsibility." will be the morning theme. All the members of the church are most earnestly requested to hear this pastoral message. At night the subject of Gods Judgment Upon Wicked Cities" will be discussed and illustrated. "Is God Judging Pine Bluff?" The (. F. will meet at 6:30. \ leaderless meeting. The choir will give special music at each service
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
Lutheran. llurcli.

The Evangelical Lutheran church East Sixth avenue and Florida street ". C. Schrader, pastor English Sun- day school 9:30 d. h. German sery- ices 10:45 q. m English services 7:3t D. m. All are cordially invited to at tend these services
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
FOR SALE-Furniture in

FOR SALE-Furniture in six room cottage on West Fifth avenue at less than half price. Base burner, gas stove. chinaware and cooking utensils. floor covering, shades, etc. Don't answer unless you will buy everything. Party buying can rent cot tage. Call old phone "A. or new phone 12s 1o-6 Ct
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

sith LOCAL. AppLIC ATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease 1atarrh is a blood or constitutional dis ysase. and in order to cure it you must sake internal remedies. Halls Cat arrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not ! Quack medicine. It was prescribed as one of the best physicians in this country for years and is q regular prescription. Il is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the aest blood purifiers. acting directly of the mucous surfaces. The per- aeet combination of the two ingre- lients is what produces such won aerfal results in curing Catarrh, Send For testimonials free.
 '. ], CHENEY X CO. Props.
 Toledo. Ohio. Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for con-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
First Methodist Church.

Rev. T. r. Ramsey, pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m., C. o. Huber, su- perintende Services at II a. m., by At night q sacred song service with an elaborate program by much of the best talent in the city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
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Beginning September our office
 xill De open. week days a. m. to 12 ?. m.; Sundays s a. m. to g ?. m. Our aervice is better than ever before. Sive us trial. Postal Telegraph Cable Go. & Texas leS West Barra- que. dtf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-12-13
tbristian Science Service.

ioS Pine street, Sunday l ;. m, subject, God the Preserver of Man" Wednesday evening meetings T:'o o'clock. Reading room open daily 2:3o to zoo. Public cordially invited.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-17

sented the independence party.
One perplexing question has yet
to be decided. The committee Is
still wondering whether Taft or
Bryan should sit on the right of the
POSTMASTER, and even If they can
decide, some other candidate may
nurse a very sore wound because
he was not picked for the honor.
If the plan of the promoters of the
banquet is carried out there will be
widespread interest in the unusual
spectacle of Bill Taft and Bill
Bryan, Eugene Chain and Eugene
Debe and Tom Hisgen and Tom
Watson grouped together In affable
conversation and apparently obliv-
ious Of each others wish that he
could sweep all the others from his
path and drop his suit case in the
white house hallway about March 4.
They will pair off very conven-
iently. though, and will make the
three most interesting couples of
dinner partners that ever put fork
to bluepoints on the halfshell.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-17
PRESTO! AND STRONG
MAN BECAME A
CRIPPLE

Detective Stauffer yesterday fol
lowed Frank Kelly, a vagrant, into
the Ritter drugstore and saw him
purchase a crutch. He had been
keeping an eye on Kelly, who look
ed suspicious. AS the detective
watched, Kelly went around a cor,
ner. and did lightning change In
his physique, and where when he
disappeared he was strong
healthy man, he next appeared an
AFFECT cripple.
He" carried cards telling that
through misfortune in his young.
er days when he put up with all
sorts of hardships winning bread
fora crippled father, sickly
mother and four baby sisters and
brothers, he suffered an attack of
paralysis from which he never re-
covered. TIE begged the kind PEG.
pie to assist poor cripple.
Stauffer arrested him on a
charge of vagrancy and this after
noon he pleaded guilty to Justice
Mann and was fined $40 and costs.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-17
MAKES INDIAN
MAP OF STATE

TACOMA, Sept. 17.--Secretary
w. Fl. Gilstrap of the state histor-
ical society is preparing an Indian
map of the Puget sound region,
which will be used as nucleus of
an Indian map of the state. Only
the old Indian names of rivers,
mountains. lakes. the different di-
visions of the Sound and other nat
ural features will be given. So far
as possible the old trails and by
paths used by the Indians of the
northwest will be indicated on the
map. though Secretary Gilstrap ad-
mits this is a separate study in it.
self, necessitating SO much labor of
research, that probably only the
most important of the trails will be
included. The map will be for use
of the schools of the state.
While heretofore the principal at
tention has been given to European
ancients, Gilstrap thinks that the
time is not far distant when the
primitive Americans will come into
the calcium light. The material
for throwing side lights on the
chaacter and habits of the Indians
of the northwest, especially of the
Puget sound region, where the con-
gestion of white settlements in the
most pronounced, must be secured,
Gilstrap says, at once, as
the Indians, from whom much of
the matter can only be secured, are
fast disappearing.
81 have found" said he, that the
Indians had name for nearly ev-
These names occasion
ally changed, but in general the
prominent features of the country
held the same name from one gen.
Grafton to another. The Indian had
no literature. Different tribes, /
find, have, here and there, had diff
ferent names for features of the
Sound country. These different
names will be given. Indian names
do OF commemorate me, historical
facts, so much as they pertain to
qualities possessed by the objects
named. On this account their nom
enclature is intensely personal,
graphic and realistic
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-17
COULDN'T PAY
RENT AND DIED

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17.-Be-
cause he could not raise the money
to pay for his room rent and saw
before him the prospect of home
less wanderer, Charles Walsh, 33
years old, an electrician out of en-
ployment, committed suicide in a
room in the Howard lodging house
by swallowing enough strychnine to
kill a dozen men.
Walsh, who had been unable to
get work, took a room at the How
ard house, at 753 Howard street, a
few days ago, paying Tor one night
in advance. When he did not pay
for the next day he was told that
he would not be allowed to remain
and was given until morning to
raise the money or be evicted The
clerk of the house found the man S
dead body in bed, the half emptied
bottle of strychnine at his side
There was no note of explanation
and it is probable that Walsh
simply made up his mind to end
what he considered a hopeless
struggle against the world.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-17
LABOR
DISTRIBUTOR.

There are rs employment
agencies in Spokane that pay the
city a license fee of 5000 per year
each. In respect to the number
of institutions of this kind 1t is
said that Spokane has greater
number than any city in the north
west. This is looked upon as the
great clearing house of construc-
ton and timber laborers and orders
from railroads and mills hundreds
of miles distant from the city are
often received.
The building of new railways in
the Pacific northwest has created
a big demand for construction Ia
borers in the last few years, which
promises fair to continue. There
was falling off in this line of &C
tivity following the panic of last
fall and thousands of the laborers
left for other fields or returned to
the old country.
In the last few months the de-
mand has again increased and now
it compares favorably with the
same period last year. 1t is said
that one of the Spokane employ
ment agencies had the biggest
month in it's history during August,
when it's net earnings were $1,4O0.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-17
HEALTH OFFICE
GETS BUSY

Health Office inspectors have
taken notice of the filthy condition
of the aperture between Taft's
cigar store and the Oak saloon on
Riverside avenue. brought to pub
lie attention by The Press yester-
day, and have served notice on the
representatives of the owner, Mr.
Rudolph, to clean up. Mr. Rudolph
lives on ranch, and does not
come to town often, but it is
thought that as soon as he can
be reached the condition spoken of
will be removed.
An inspector from the health
Office has also visited the Northern
Pacific division offices here to in
vestigate the use of polluted river
water on n p trains, but until
the return of Superintendent Beam
er nothing can be done. The health
inspector has found that the North
ern Pacific has a city water meter
installed at it's station, but to what
extent the city well water is being
used could not be learned.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-17
POLITICAL ENEMIES
ALL AT BANQUET

CHICAGO, Sept. 17.-There will
be "A unanimous burial of the
Ratchet on Oct. Z, when the candi-
dates of all parties-democrat and
republican, independent and prohi-
bitionist, socialist and .populist--
gather around the banquet board at
a dinner to be given by the Chicago
Association of Commerce on that
date. At first Taft and Bryan only
were invited to be present, but 1t
occurred to the committee of ar
rangements that it might make the
occasion thes most unique banquet
ever given II I'll could get aRathe
leaders tall the national political
parties to target their differences
and lusty denunciation of each
other for one evening and rub ell
bows about a common board.
The committee decided to do this
when member of one of the other
parties heard of the plans and de-
manded to know why the candidate
of his party had not been invited.
1t is believed that the man repre-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-17
WENT BACK AND GOT
MONEY He STOLE

DAWSON, Sept. 17.-Robert Mil
Ter, who served two years at Nc
Neil island federal penitentiary for
stealing $4,000 worth of gold dust
from the steamer Tanana and who
was recently discharged, has ar
rived at Dawson on the steamer
Hannah, en- route back to Seattle
after a hurried visit to Fairbanks,
where he said he planted $4,000
after the robbery. Miller when first
arrested refused to divulge the hid
ing place of the gold, but later COM
promised by saying he would di-
vulge the place Of all except $4,000
worth provided his sentence was
not more than two years.
Miller displayed a big bank &C
count here. He is well dressed and
travels in the best of style.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-17
MOTHER AND BABE 7
TARGET FOR AUTO

Mrs. E. A. Chandler of 507 Napa
street, notified the police today
that she and her baby were struck
by an automobile out at Buffalo
Bits wild west show. She was
knocked PROSTATE and her left hip
injured. The baby was knocked
out of the buggy, but escaped I'M
injured. The autoists, after knock
ng the woman and her child down,
returned and assisted them, and
when they found Mrs. Chandler
could manage to walk, they en-
barked on their trip again.
Mrs. Chandler could not get the
number of the machine on account
Of her excitement. She told the
police it bore no lights and that
one of the occupants told her the
lights weren't in working order.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-17
HOP JOINT NEAR
POLICE STATION

The notorious Monica hotel
across from police headquarters
was raided again last night, and
Detectives Lister and Hogan ar
rested John Sullivan and Harry
Reed, who were found in room Al
which they had fixed up as com
plete opium den.
The officers went up into the
hotel following a report that no
toriOus women were hanging
around in the halls. They had nc
sooner reached the second fiool
that the strong scent of the poppy
reached their nostrils. They To-
Gated the room finally and were ad
mitted by Reed when they told
him they were officers. The men
are on trial for vagrancy this aft.
ernOon. u