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The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-01
d Bayou That Was Larger A Than the Mississippi.

[Copyright. 1909. by American Press Asso- l ciation.l
 There is a part of the present City Hall park in New Orleans which was ] formerly called the Oaks and was a famous dueling ground. Lying on the noted shell road to Lake Pontchartrain, not far from the city, yet deserted, 1t afforded a convenient spot for the du- els so frequent among the creoles.
 Often when two rivals wished to conceal the cause of their quarrel they would invent reasons, usually absurd. For instance, one would declare that the others hair was red when it was raven black or that the sun revolved around the earth instead of vice versa.
 It was during winter somewhere about 1850 that Miss Caroline Dickin- son, visiting her aunt, Mime. La Tour, in New Orleans, took the place social ly by storm. Though beautiful, her character, set. so to speak, in her charming manners won the hearts of many of the young bloods of the Crescent City. Among them were Gaston LHommedieu, recently from Paris, and Eliot Whitford, whose ia ther had originally gone there from Virginia. Neither could feel any confi- dence in having secured the lady's fla vor, but each was jealous of the other. The truth was that Miss Dickinson preferred Mir Whitford
 One morning about o'clock Mime. La Tour entered her niece's bedroom. They had been to some entertainment, had sat up late talking 1t over and had few minutes before parted for the night. Miss Dickinson had begun to disrobe.
 My dear" said her aunt, your un- cle has just come in from the club with some news which may interest you NJ. LHommedieu and NJ. Whit ford are going to meet at 4 o'clock dawn-at the Oaks, and you are the cause of the meeting"
 "The news does interest me-" re- piled the girl, with dismay. Suppose one of them should be killedp'
 Tt would facilitate your making choice between them," replied her | aunt
 "They shall not fight on my ac- count" rep'ed Miss Dickinson. "Fm going on to the ground to stop them"
 "Alone?"
 No, aunt: you are going with me-" An hour later caleche driven by Mime. La Tour, containing the two wo- men, was speeding along the shell road. The moon. which was three-quarters full, rendered the road less difficult to follow at night, though, being white, 1t was distinguishable at any time. Just as a faint streak appeared in tho east the caleche entered the Oaks and pulled up near what had often been pointed out to Mime. La Tour as the duelIng ground. Presently carriage rolled up to the historic spot followed
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-01

by another, and by the early twilight two parties of men were seen confer ring as to the placing of the principals in the coming fight.
 Who's the man with the box under his armg' asked Miss Dickinson.
 ''Dr. Jules Rubidoux. He is always called upon on such occasions"
 "Heavensl How horrible! What abominable customs you have here! And the man with the bundle of sticks-who is hep
 Those are not sticks; they are ra- piers. See, the principals are taking position"
 The two women alighted and walked cautiously toward the duelists. The oaks still cast sufficient shadow to conceal their advance. Suddenly as l there was a clash of steel Miss Dick inson, walking in advance of her aunt, appeared on the scene. Both contest ants lowered the points of their ra- piers and stood looking at her with as- tonishment
 Gentlemen" she said. may I ask the occasion of this meeting?" There was no reply for a time; then one of the seconds stepped forward and, lowing profoundly said: "M. L'Hommedieu. mademoiselle, has asserted that the Seine is larger than the Mississippi This NJ. Whitford con sidered an insult to our noble river and replied that the Bayou Lafourche is larger than the Seine. Thereupon NJ. L'Hommedieu in defense of la belle reviere of France challenged NJ. Whit ford"
 "I am astonished," said Miss Dickin- son. that two gentlemen should quar- rel about such an absurdity. Of course the Seine is not larger than the Mississippi"
 "Mademoiselle," said L'Hommedieu, 'I accept your decision. If you also decide that the Bayou Lafourche is larger than the Seine, will apologize to NJ. Whittord."
 And if decide that the Seine is larger than the bayou?"
 That, mademoiselle, I should con- sider a great blessing"
 And this affair will ceasep
 "That Is for NJ. Whitford to say"
 And how would you decide that?" asked the lady, turning to Whitford.
 "How would decide that? Why, should then eel obliged to enforce my opinion in favor of the bayou at the point of the sword"
 "NonsenSpp
 The two men, as if by mutual con- sent raised their swords for the pun pose of renewing the contest
 "One moment" said Miss Dickinson. Cannot you gentlemen be induced to forego this encounter without my de- ciding the point of dispute?"
 "No," replied both at once.
 "Well. then" she said in an almost inaudible voice, ''the bayou is larger than the Seine"
 NJ L'Hommedieu made a graceful apology to MT. Whitford, and the san day the engagement of the latter vi Miss Dickinson was announced.
 NORMAN E. WHITE.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-01

Paris Pattern No 23S7, All Seams Allowed.-Copenhagenblue chambray has been used to develop this natty little house dress, which is quite as easy to slip in and out of as a wrapper, The waist is made with wide turn down collar, square Dutch outline, ac cording to taste, and the gored skirt Is attached to the waist under a mar row belt of the material The pat tern is in seven sizes-32 to A inches bust measure. For 36 bust the dress requires 11A yards of material 20 Inches wide, S1s yards 27 inches wide, 6A yards 36 inches wide, or 5N yards AZ inches wide. Width of lower edge of skirt about 31a yards.
 To procure this pattern send 10 centa to Pattern Department" of this paper, Write name and address plainly, and bs sure to give size and number of pattern.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23
Christmas Gift
Went AStray

Approximately ten pouchfuls of
mail, each containing about one
hundred packages-little gifts Of
good will sent by mothers, sweet:
hearts, friends and probably wait
ed for very anxiously, have been
forwarded to the dead letter Office
since Christmas by the NIKE de.
partment Of the postoffice. They
will either be destroyed there or
sold at auction-one thousand,
Christmas presents that were sent
but never received.
None of the packages could be
delivered. The address was illegi.
BILE, the wrapping was so insecure
that the address was torn off, or
some other reason made their de.
livery impossible.
Christmas had hardly ended be.
fore brown paper parcels, prepar-
ed by such tender fingers, began
to flow into the NIKE department.,
whittier all mail impossible of de.
livery is sent. The amountsteadi~
ly increased until the packages
were piled up in knee-high heaps.
In practically no instance, work as
hard as postal employees would,
could any of the mail be delivered.
In the end, all that could be done
was to cram it into mail pouch
and forward it to the dead letter
office. There, if the name of the
sender is discovered inside the
package, it will be returned; if not
it will either be sold or destroyed.
There we're probably misunder-
standings, certainly keen disap.
pointment, because Of these one
thousand packages that were sent
but never received. Still the post
office is no wise to blame. Every
thing possible to accomplish de-
livery was done, and the fault is
all the sender's.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23
First National Bank
Fitzgerald, Ga.
Waycross Gets
A Big Mill.

Waycross, Ga, Jan. 2J.-Active
work has CONF need here by the
Hebard Cypress Company, ofscran-
ton, Pa, owners of the Okefenokee
swamp, said to be among THE finest
timber property in the South, pre-
pairing for the erection of one of
the largest and most up-to- date
mills in the country. The mill sites
will cover about 800 acres. The
tram road to the swamp from Way
cross will be at first % miles long,
with several branch lines. Survey
ors are now at work on the line
south Of Waycross.
The Coast Line and Atlanta, Biz
mingham and Atlantic roads have
forces at work on lines from theil
roads to the mill site, which is ad
| joining the city limits.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23
Triple Twins
To WrightsviIIe Man

Wrightsville, Ga, Jan. 90
Quite an unusual state of affairs
exists at the home of one Of the
county's prosperous farmers, G. l..
Lord, who lives about 4 miles from
the city.
While in the city recently, 1Mr.
Lord was approached for an item
of news. The following, in q con-
densed form, is what Mr.. Lord
stated that really happened at his
place:
"About two months ago had a
hog to give birth to twin pigs, and
a few weeks later one of my COWS
gave birth to twin calves. When
the twin pigs arrived I paid little
or no attention to the occurrence,
but when the twin calves arrived
I began to realize what had hap
pened. About ten days ago Mrs.
Lord gave birth to twin children.
In every instance the newborn
were of the female SEX"
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23

On account of the new words
which are constantly being added
to the English language, it is diff
cult to estimate the total number
in existence. Says the Kansas
City Star: "The Standard die
tionary is said to contain 100000
words and the Century 225, 900.
In hisvarious plays Shakespear us
edabout Is, 900 words. Milton used
only about half as many in his
writings. A person of culture and
education has Il speaking vocabu-
larry of about 5000 words; an ordi.
nary person uses from 1900 to 3,
600 words. It is said that every
person has three vocabularies. TIE
largest reading vocabulary
which is the words of which be
knows the meaning and which con
vey ideas to his mind when seen
in print. The second largest is the
writing vocabulary, or the words
he uses in written thought. The
smallest is the speaking vocabu
Iery, or the words he uses in con
versation."
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23
Woman S Club.

The Woman's Club metin regu
lar session Wednesday afternoon in
the parlors of the Elks' Club, with
twenty eight members present. A
large per cent of the members re-
sponde9 TO the roll call with cur
rent events.
Mrs. J. B. Wall, chairman of
the Health Committee, reported
that the members of same had con
cluded to hold the money for the
Red Cross Stamps awhile as basis
fund for carrying on the work of
prevention of tuberculosis, but
would Immediately secure some of
the Federation wall cards and
distribute the literature sent out
by the State Board of Health.
This met with the hearty approval
Of the club.
Mrs. Ansel Cook, Chairman of
the Civic Improvement Committee
reported an increasing interest in
the identifying of the streets, both
among the City Council and the
Business League members, and that
active cooperation would begin
shortly, looking to the restoration
of the parks along the centers of
Min street and Central avenue.
Mrs. Harold Beall reported Il
meeting of the Library Committee,
and stated that they desired to
hold book shower in the near
future. An appropriation for the
purchase of selectional book case
was granted, same to be placed in
the parlors of the Elks' club for
the remainder of the club year,
which is May 9TH. Much apptecia-
ton was shown Mrs. Kicker for the
proffeL of her studio as library;
but in order to have the books
convc nient for the club meetings
the same offer from the Elks was
accepted.
The name of Mrs. A. III. Thur
mond was presented for member
ship. Papers were read by Mrs.
G. A. Holtzendorf, Mrs. William
Rogers and Mis-. Ansel Cook. An
attactive visitor present was Miss
Grace Harrison, of Newark, N. j.
After the history questions the club
adjourned to meet Wednesday,
Feb. 3rd.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23
Wanted George
Bell Relieved.

Macon, Ca, Jan. Il, 1907
Hon. L. J. Kilburn, of Macon,
former legislator from Bibb county
and formely president of the
Georgia Federation of Labor, has
instituted proceedings in the court
of ordinary of ordinary of Baldwin
county, to secure the release Of
Hon. George Ell. Bell, former
member of the legislature from
Emanuel county and editor of the.
Wiregrass Blade, a paper publish
ed at Swainsboro.
Mr.. Kilburn, who was a close
friend of Mr.. Bell, contends that
Mr.. Bell is being illegally held at
the state sanitarium and that he
should be granted his liberty, Mr..
Kilburn is represented in the mat.
ter by Attorney w. D. Mcneil, of
Macon.
Mr.. Bell was for some time con.
fined in the private sanitarium of
of DR.. Allen, at Milledgeville, and
from there he was transferred to
the state asylum where he has been
for two years. 1t is claimed by
the asylum authorities that Bell
was properly committed to their
keeping by tho ordinary of Eman;
uel county but tHat develops that
Mr.. Bell was not present at the
lunacy trial by which he was COM
mitted.
Mr.. Kilmer states that Mr.. Bell
is perfectly sane, that he is being
held illegally and against his will
and should be released.
The case has been set for hear.
| ing next Wednesday in Milledge.
vile. 1t is believed toat Mr.. Bell
! will be released.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23

Rev. J. M. Frazer, of Savannah,
will hold services at the Episcopal
church on Wednesday night Jan
uary 9th in which the public is
most cordially invited. Mr.. Frazer
was here some months ago and his
return trip is being looked forward
to by q great deal of pleasure by
the members of the church and
those who had the pleasure of hear
him on his last visit. Services
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23
Mrs. Harry C. McFadder
Entertained.

Mrs. Harry G. McFadden was
the lovely hostess at large recep
tion Thursday afternoon at the
Elk's Club, in honor of Mrs. G.
Fred Redding, who is a recent ad
dition to Fitzgerald's social life,
and three attractive brides, Mrs.
IG. G. Smith, Mrs. G. s. Flournoy,
and Mrs. j. p. Linton.
A color scheme ofpink and white
was beautifully carried out, pink
carnations aud fragrant narcissi
combining effectively with green
fern in bowls and vases, and the
candles were shaded in pink. A
tempting sweet course was served
with mints and bonbons in pink
and white.
Mrs. McFadden was attired in
white lace and wore hat of white
satin with graceful willow plumes.
Mrs. Smith was queenly looking
in her wedding gown ofwhite satin
trimmed with Duchesse lase-and
seed pearls. The other honor
guests wore the daintiest of white
lingerie dresses with punches of
pink carnations.
Under the direction of Mr.. Hen
~ Stewart delightful musical
program was rendered, Miss Isla
Greene giving a pleasing vocal Sc
lection.
Assisting Mrs. McFadden were:
Mesdames James G. Knapp, Lon
Dickey, j. J. Bull, William Rogers,
c. B. Watts, j. l.. Pittman, }. L.
Googe, and Miss Emily Boyd, and
the other guests included:
Mesdames George Kicker, j. b.
Turner, E. X. Farmer, B. f.
Knapp, Almonte Jones, A. Ell.
Denmark, T. M. Griffin, W. A..
Greene, Curtis Wise, }. Fl. Moss,
Miss Grace Harrison, t. L. Griner,
L. O. Tisdel, Wright T. Paulk, j.
G. Harris, Drew Paulk, Alice lei.
Walker, Miss Margaret McGaugh,
d. B. Ware, Mayhue Ware, j. M.
Macdonald, j. E. Mercer, James
L. mccarthy, S. G. Pryor, Alex J.
Mcdonald, Ansel Cook, Harold
Beall, Bert Mosher, George White,
G. E. Baker, J. W. Boyd, Edith
Hoffman, E. E. Roach, j. B. Wall,
M. j. Callahan, E. j. Dorminey,
E. T. James, Miss Alexander, G. B.
GwyD, Mrs. GwyD, ST., Elizabeth
Shepherd, L. S. Osborne, Q. A.
Holtzendorf, J. B. Seanor, Mary
MarstoD, and Miss Lilly Jelks of
Hawkinsville.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23

Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Murray and
little daughters, Emily and Mary
Ruth, arrived yesterday, and will
occupy the Wilkerson cottage on
South Main street in few days.
Mr.. Murray will have charge OF
the sewerageworks.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23

Are you working for trip to
Washington boys, girls? See the
people at the new Office. tt
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23

Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Smith went
up to Atlanta Thursday. night, and
will go to see Annie Russell in her
popular play, "The Stronger SCI,
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23

Mrs. John Layfield, ofOclla, was
the guest of her friend and former
schoolmate, Mrs. J. L. Pittman,
yesterday.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23

The general delivery window at the post
Office is open on Sundays and holidays from
to $3.50 o. m. and 500 to $3.50 p. m, The regu
lar hours are from 7:30 a. m. to p. m
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23
Mail Departures.

To Waycross and South East:
Mail closes 1850 am. Train leaves at 500 am.
" 4:05 pm. g 4;35 pm.
Is 1904 pm. 4:35 pm.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1909-01-23

Mrs. G. E. Watts visited her
Sistor of XVavcross thia weak
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-21
CIRCUIT COURT
 HAS ADJOURNED

After nearly two weeks of hard work the July term of Faulkner circuit court adjourned yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Although the criminal docket was ratEer light the civil docket was one of the largest in the history of the county. Following are the cases disposed of yesterday afternoon
 The suit of w. B. Wilson against Faulkner county was decided yes terday afternoon by the court in favor of the plaintiff. The suit was instituted tor services as acting coroner and holding an injuest over the remains of the late E. Martin. The county refused to pay Mir. Wilson for conducting the inquest, holding that it should have been held by the county coroner, J. H. Pence. As MT. Pence was related to the deceased he did not hold the inquest and Mir. Wilson acted instead. The amount recovered was S26. 50.
 Bruce & Martin representing the defendant, yesterday afternoon pre- sented a motion fer new trial in the case of State vs. Daisy Bird song, who was convicted of grand larceny by jury few days ago In support of their motion defend ants attorneys urged that their client had not had fair trial. and claimed that the verdict of the jury was improperly arrived at. in that the jury had decided the case by a majority vote. The court, how ever, held that no error had been committed in the trial, nor in the
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-21

We have diligently inquired into all matters coming before us; we have examined S0 witnesses and returned 2T true bills.
 We have examined the records of the county officers and so far as we were able to ascertain are correctly kept.
 We have examined the reports of the township officers, and find all have filed their reports as re- quired.
 We have visited the county poor farm and found it in very good condition and we recommend that some repairs be done on the roof of the dwelling.
 We visited the county jail and found 1t in a safe and sanitary con dition.
 "We desire to congratulate the people of Faulkner county on the marked improvement in law en- forcement and law obedience, and we are glad to say that the citizens of our county are as the whole a
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-21
For Durham & Holman 'oN~M ARKANSAS Or SOUTHERN TRUST CO.,. Little Rock Arkansas

peaceable and law abiding people We have found some minor violations of the criminal law, but on the whole we believe that Faulkner county will in point of respect snd obedience to law take first rank among the counties of the state.
 We thank the court and the states attorney and the county of 6cers for their prompt and courte- ous assistance during our session.
 Respectfully submitted,
 "A. Q. Melton, Foreman.
 IS. P. Grafton, Clerk.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-21
IMPROVING NEW ADDITION
Streets Being Graded and Weeds Moved
 on Anderson Property.

Extensive street and other sub stantlal improvements are being made on the new Anderson ad- dtlon,. i'll the northwestern part of the city, preparatory to another big sale of the lots, which begins tomorrow. Durham and Holman, agents for the property intend to close out all the remaining lots III the addition at once and are mak- ing exceptional good terms to purchasers. There have been several new homes recently erected in this addition and several more are in course of construction.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-21
TO BEGIN WORK ON BRIDGE
Men Expected to Arrive Tomorrow and
 will Commence at Once.

County Judge J. A. Lea has re- ceived information that the men who will build the new steel bridge where the old steel bridge stands at present will arrive tomorrow and construction work will begin at once. The new bridge will prob ably be completed i'll two weeks and will be gladly welcomed by the people living in that and sur rounding territory as the old wood- en bridge has been considered un- safe for some time.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-21

proceedings oi the jury, and re- fused to disturb the verdict ot the 1nI}.
 Andrew CaTdin vs. Freeman Lumber Co. Plaintiff recovered S2o So.
 V. w. Johnston vs. St. Louis. Iron Mountain X Southern Ry. Motion for new trlal overuled and appeal taken to supreme court.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-21
THE GRAND JURY'S REPORT
Eighty Nine Witnesses Examined and 2t
 True Bills Found.


 The grand jury empaneled for the July term of circuit court which adjourned yesterday alter noon, according to their report eN- amined So witnesses and returned 2I true bills. All records ot the county officials were found to be kept, the township officers have promptly filed their reports, the poor farm found in good condition and repairs on the root oi the dwelling were recommended and the iail found in safe and saul- tary condition. The report is as follows:
 To the Hon. Eugene Lankford.
 Judge of the Faulkner County
 Circuit Court:
 We, the grand jury empaneled for the July term Iooo, having tin- ished our labors submit the follow ing report:
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-21
IS
 KEPT BUSY

Assessor w. w. Bishop and J. F.. Wofford are being kept very busy making out the assessment this week. The office has been
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-21

crowded every day, but they have succeeded in promptly handling the work. Tomorrow is the last day which assessments can be made, after which the usual penalty will be added for delay in assessing.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-21
TAKES PRISONERS TO PEN
Two Negroes and White Man, Sent up
 for Larceny.

Sheriff Wm. Brady and Jailer Jo Harrison left this morning with Will Newsome and Daisy Bird song, colored. and Will McClain, to place them in the peniteniiary All the parties were convicted at tue recent term Of court on tine charge Of grand larceny aud sentenced ta one year in the penltentiary.
 Old papers for sale.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-21

Old papers ior sale.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-05-08
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I VIII be a. the following places on
he following days to receive state
and county tax returns for the year
1909:
Brunswick April IS. 70, II and
MAY 6. z. s and May 81, IS and %.
Bladen-April 9. May / and q.
Brookman-April ?. "a and May IA.
Sterling-April 8, % and May 1.
ST SimoDs-April 10. so and May
p. John :. cubher'y.
Tax Receiver.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-05-08
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