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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-11-27
LACK OF PREACHERS.
tNatchtz News.)

tNatchcz News)
1t is we'll known that it is becoming
harder and harder every year to induce
young men to enter the ministry, and
more than one religious denomination
is complaining on that score. The num-
Der of students in theological schools is
not keeping pace with the church mem
bership of a growing country Many
suggestions have been made how to
remedy this lack of interest in the pro-
fession of divinity. The latest solution
of the problem how to get more minis
ters is offered by Mrs. Mulleneaux at
the triennial convention of congrega-
tional churches, and that is that women
should be admitted to the pulpit in large
numbers. To the profane eye this ap-
pears to be poor solution, and does not
go to the root of the real trouble. In
this age Of commercialism and ostenta-
tious living the monetary compensation
of the ministry is not equal to that of
other professions, and young men see
but poor returns ahead Of them if they
intend to take up divinity as their call
ing. The addition of a few hundred
thousand women to the profession will
not help matters in the least, except to
still further reduce the number of church
goers.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-11-27
Mr.. Roy's reply is as follows:

Mr.. Roy's reply is as follows:
TO A MAYBE.
Maybe you think that am a fool,
Maybe l am, maybe Pm not;
Maybe have forgotten the golden rule;
Maybe have, maybe haven't.
Maybe might call you "a dear,''~
Maybe would, maybe wouldn't;
Maybe with you might be sincere,
Maybe could. maybe l couldn't.
Maybe l could love but you,
Maybe did, maybe don't;
Maybe l could forever be true,
Maybe will, maybe l won't.
Maybe l saw you at the show last night,
Maybe did, maybe didn't;
Maybe l might have lost my sight,
Maybe III not, maybe I'll might.
Maybe | am simply crazy
Maybe am. maybe I'm rot:
Maybe Pm getti 9 4ittle 'daZy:'
Maybe l should be, maybe l should not.
Maybe do love someone else,
Maybe could, maybe could not;
Maybe she might love but me,
Maybe she does, maybe she does not.
E. PAUL ROY
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-11-27
MAYBE.

The following communication, re-
ceived anonymously by the gentleman
addressed, is self-explanatory:
Bay st. Louis, Miss, Nov. %, 1909.
Mr.. E. Paul Roy, City, Dear Sir:
Maybe you do, maybe you don't,
Maybe you will, maybe you won't
Love me, Sweetheart, dear;
Maybe you can, maybe you can't,
Maybe you shall, maybe you shan't
With me be sincere;
Maybe you will, maybe you won't
Love but me;
Maybe you could, maybe you would
Happy be with me.
Maybe I'll see you Cat the Pictorium
Wednesday night) maybe won't;
Maybe you love me, Sweetheart, dear,
maybe you don't;
Maybe you are simply crazy about me,
maybe you aren't;
Maybe I'll learn to love you, maybe l
WOll u
Maybe you're flirting with me, maybe
you're not;
Maybe you love someone else, maybe
you don't;
Maybe love you, maybe | don't;
Maybe you're tickle, maybe you're not,
Maybe I'll see you tonight, maybe I'll
not.
Maybe this'll surprise you, maybe it
won't;
Maybe You'll answer this, maybe you
won't;
Maybe you'll answer this, maybe you
won't;
Maybe you will and maybe you won't.
A. MAYBE.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-11-27
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING .
Prepare your List, Thereby Avoiding the Rush

With Christmas just little over a
month off, the thoughtful and prudent
persons will begin to look about and see
just what their Christmas shopping will
consist of and, having decided the ques-
ton, will proceed to make their pur-
chases.
This is the proper thing to do, as
there is nothing SO unsatisfactory as
hurried or last minute purchas es. In
the first place, the stock has cen pick ed
over by Christmas eve, and, in the Sec
ond place, there is such rush and
crush that it is absolutely impossible for
the clerks to give you the attention you
deserve.
Again, you are likely to overlook
something which may tend to mar the
beautiful and happy Christmas day,
Then, too, if you make your purchases
early you are certain to secure the very
best on the market, have more tim e to
make selections, and, when Christmas
comes aronnd, instead of being worried
to death as to what you must purchase,
you can have the extreme satisfaction
of feeling comfortable and wholly en-
joying the true spirit of the time.
If you are in doubt as to what to se-
lect for your mother, wife, sister,
brother, father, daughter, or son, why
simply take time by the forelock and
proceed to any of the reliable stores of
the city, and they will take great pleas
ure in helping you out of your dilem ma.
Remember, early shopping will mean
A much to you in both money and worry
saved.
Get in the game and be one of The
r4arly early Christmas shoppers.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-11-27

ber, 1909, and there remain during said
day for the purpose of hearing any and
all complaints that any citizen of your
county may have to make against any of
the public service corporations doing
business in your county. Please give
notice of this meeting to your people.
Yours truly,
F. M. LEE
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-11-27
'FICE OF THE RAILROAD !

Jackson, Miss, Nov. %, 1909
To the Editor of The Sea Coast Echo:
Dear Sir
AS required by Section 1885 OF the
Code of 1906, 1, the undersigned Rail
road Commissioners, will visit Bay ST
Louis on Saturday, the tith OF Decem-
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1909-11-27

The annual report Of the Gulf and
Ship Island Railroad Company for the
fscal year ending June 30th has just
been filed with the railroad commission
and shows total operating revenues for
the year of 81, 1878, 1864 and operating
expenses of 81 ,407 ,2i9 .09, the percentage
! of expenses to revenue being 75l2.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24

York on Nov. 27, said Mr.. Wake, all OF
his original documents and first hand
records had remained securely i'm
INJURED behind the steel doors Of a safe
in Mr.. Wakes Office.
Mr.. Wake. who is employed by the
Equitable Life Assurance society, had
been considered a guardian safer even
than any reputable safe deposi, com.
pany.
But after Walter Lonsdale had sail
ed from New York with only carbon
copies Of the Cook data in his posses.
sion DR.. Cook had arranged with his
wife, so Mr.. Wake said, that she
should slip out of New York, carefully
avoiding all detectives who lurked
along the waterfront, and, with the
priced originals in her possession, she
should hasten to London.
There Lonsdale was to get into COM
munication with Mrs. Cook, and in
that neutral town, far away from the
espionage Of the gang Of hired sleuths
that had been perching on the gables
Of the Gramatan inn for so many try
ing weeks, Mrs. Cook was to give to
the trusted secretary all of the memo
randa, stained and spotted as they
were with the walrus drippings from
the lamp in that lonely igloo on Jones
sound.
Mrs. Cook did sail, and she did carry
with her the all important originals,
30 Mr.. Wake says. She had intended
sailing earlier than she did, but all the
stories of attempts which were to be
made to steal DR.. Cooks proofs en-
route made her delay her departure
until after some of this smoke had
blown away. She went to London,
there to await the arrival of Lonsdale.
But somehow Lonsdale never appear
ed in London to relieve her Of her bur
den, nor did DR.. Cook. who by that
time was somewhere between Naples
and Christiansand, Norway, meet his
wife and take from her the original
Jones sound data for transmission to
Copenhagen.
Therefore, according to Mr.. Wake,
Mrs. Cook Is now in Europe with the
facts which would have meant vindi.
cation and glory for DR.. Cook still in
her reticule. Cook himself is some
where in Europe, bereft of his precious
memoranda which this time last year
he was penciling by the aid of mag
nifying glass in that storm bound
igloo. Lonsdale is in Copenhagen, al
together discounted. Just where the
slip up occurred Mr.. Wake himself
does not know
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
COOKS WIFE CONE
Sailed to Meet Explorer In
a French Port.
DOCTOR TO REMAIN AWAY.
His Former Friend and Counsel
Says Discredited Polar Traveller
Will End His Days In
Greenland or Norway.
DOCTOR TO REMAIN AWAY.

New York, Dec. 23-Mrs. Frederick
A Cook, wife Of the once honored arc
tic explorer, has disappeared from her
home in Brooklyn, and H. Wellington
Wack, legal adviser and former init
mate friend of DR.. Cook, says she is in
Europe.
Mrs. Cook sailed for Europe nine
teen days ago." said Mr.. Wack today.
"She sailed under an assumed name
on board a steamer for Naples and
was to meet her husband in French
port.
"He had sailed two days ahead of
her on a faster ship, and her under
standing with him was that within
forty-eight hours after her arrival at
Naples she would receive a telegram
from him telling her where he would
meet her in France.
II have every reason to believe that
DR.. Cook is now in Norway and that
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
He Says He Never Was
Cruel to His Wife.
DENIES DRINKING TO EXCESS.
Declares He Loves Her Still, Though
She Had Given Him Cause
For Dissatisfaction and
Sorrow.

Mineola, n. Y, Dec. 23.-William
Gould Brokaw, the millionaire, whose
young wife is suing him for separation
and $4,000 u year alimony, went on
the stand today in the supreme court
here as witness in his own defense.
Mr.. Brokaw under examination by
his counsel, John Il. Mcintyre. protest
ed that he was not guilty OF acts Of
cruelty or neglect, as charged by his
wife, and denied that he was in the
habit Of drinking to excess.
He declared that he loved his wife
still, though she had given him vari-
Gus causes for dissatisfaction and sor-
row.
Major Thomas Finch, former sheriff
of Randolph county, N. c., testified
that Mr.. Brokaw owns about thou
sand acres Of land in the North Caro-
lima hills and leases from his neighbOrs
some 10000 acres over which he and
his friends may hunt.
Major Finch said that the payroll at
Fairview on the firm alone was about
$500 n month. Major French said that
the place cost great deal more than
it was worth and that of late it had
run down. Instead of some $4,000
pheasants being raised there in one
year. Finch said that Brokaw was
lucky if thousand got big enough to
be shot at in the hunting season.
Colonel Archibald II. Boyden, former
mayor of Salisbury, N. g., gave Bro
| kaw as good a character as any wit
ness yet and said that in all of the
twenty-five years he had known Bro
kaw he had yet to see him even under
the influence of liquor.
How have you found his disposi-
tion?" asked Eugene l.. Bushe of coun-
sci for Brokaw.
"He was the most delightful host it
was ever my good fortune to visit,
SIR" replied the witness impressively.
"At all times, sir, he was exceedingly
kind and considerate, most solicitous,
| sir"
You have met the plaintiff%
Il have had that pleasure, SIR
what was Mr.. Brokaw's attitude
toward her?'
Exceedingly polite and courteous.
sir"
H. Bramhall Gilbert. Rrokaw's broth
er-in-law, was recalled to tell about
the time when Mrs. Brokaw got the
mail on board the steamship and kept
it for awhile from Brokaw. Bushe
asked him If he knew anything about
the "conf1scationl'
every considerable" replied the wit
ness. Mr.. Gilbert said that he went to
a steward and told him to get the
mail from MFs. Brokaw, and the stew
ard replied:
II have been there three times al
ready. can nothing do such woman
| with"
Then the witness went to Captain
Hoegemann. Gilbert showed just ex-
actiy the way the ships commander
acted with his hands.
81 could under arrest her put" the
German officer is quoted as saying.
"If she were man-ach!'
Mr.. Gilbert said the next day the
mail was forthcoming.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
NoTABLEs AssAssINATED.
Two Prime Ministers and British Jus
tiee In India Are Victims.

Two Prime Ministers and British jus
tiee In India Are Victims.
London, Dec. %. - The diplomatic
world is astounded at the news of the
assassination of two officials high In
office and murderous attacks on two
others at points thousands Of miles
distant from each other.
VI Won Yon, prime minister OF Ko-
rea, was fatally stabbed in Seoul, Ko-
rea, by a man who is believed to have
been actuated by a spirit Of antago-
nism against japanese control Of that
country.
Colonel Karpotf, chief of the secret
service, was blown to pieces by the ex-
plOsiOn of a bomb in st. Petersburg. 1t
Is believed that the bomb was thrown
by an anarchist.
Arthur M. T. Jackson, chief justice
at Mask, British India, was shot to
death by a native as he was entering q
theater In Bombay, probably as a re-
suit OF the native feeling against the
English.
Jonel J. G. Bratiano, Roumanian
prime minister and minister Of foreign
affairs, was shot and seriously wound
ed by an anarchist In Bucharest. Rou-
mania. --t
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
COOK DEAD" SAYS NANsEN.
Norwegian Explorer Thinks Doctor
Ought to Vanish.

Norwegian Explorer Thinks Doctor
Ought to Vanish.
Christiania, Dec. 23.-Fridtjof Nan
sen, the Norwegian arctic explorer, has
broken his long silence on the Peary-
Cook controversy.
Cook is practically dead man." he
said, land he ought to vanish from
the consideration Of the world. new
er trusted him, for the first report
which he made did not inspire conf
dence, especially his statements con-
corning the distance Of fourteen Sec
onds from the pole. This proved that
Cook was ignorant of the simplest
principles of astronomical observation.
Even his later reports contained moth
ing OF value. On the contrary, they
were filed with improbabilities and
contradictions.
From the first was unable to sup
port DR.. Cook. 1 therefore preferred
to keep silent. As for Peary, l never
doubted his veracity, and 1t is easy to
understand his indignation. At least
he is a man, and there is no compari-
son between him and Cook"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
SENATOR M'LAURIN DEAD.
Falls Forward In Chair In Library Of
His Mississippi Home.

Falls Forward In Chair In Library OF
His Mississippi Home.
Brandon, Miss, Dec. 23.-While seat
ed in an easy chair in his library at his
home here United States Senator A. !.
McLaurin fell forward and died. Ply
sicians say death was due to heart fail
ure. He had been i'll as result of eat
ing fried oysters, which brought on
ptomaine poisoning. Only 4 few min
utes before his death he said he was
feeling fine. .u. az
Anselm Joseph McLaurin was one of
the most popular men in the United
States senate. His good humor was
constant. and his executive session sto-
ries were cause of great Joy to those
who served with him. Senator Nc
Laurin was born March 26, 1S4S, at
Brandon, Miss. At the age of sixteen
he joined the Confederate army and
served throughout the war as pri-
vate. He began to practice law in 1868
was elected district attorney in 1871
went to the legislature in 1879 and be-
came governor of Mississippi in 1895
In 1900, the year after his term as
governor expired, he was elected to the
United States senate. He was elected
for another term of six yars In 1907.
Mr.. McLaurin was one of the most
Industrious members of the senate
He was a member Of eleven commit.
tees and attended to his duties ON all
of them. In the last tariff debate his
hobby was to put agricultural imple
ments and mechanical instruments on
the free list, and his persistence in Of
fering appropriate amendments caused
much amusement in the senate.
Governor Noel will not appoint a
successor to Senator McLaurin, but
will leave the choice to the legislature
which meets in January. Ex-Governor
Vardman, who was defeated for the
senate by John Sharpe Williams, will
be candidate to succeed McLaurin.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24

3sAANOs n AsAHD41AsASAA ~ SSS4As
he and Mrs. Cook are together. am
convinced that Dr. Cook will never
dare to face the public here after his
exposure. He will probably end his
days in Norway or Greenland. He
said that If the verdict of the Copen-
hagen university should be gainst
him he would go to Greenland"
DR.. Cook also told another friend.
Charles Wake, that II he wac not sup
ported by the university at Copenha-
gen he would not appeal to any other
tribunal. To Mr.. Wake he conhded
his determination in case Of the re-
fusal of the Danish scientists to accept
his contentious to spend the rest OF his
life among the Eskimos in Greenland,
Labrador missionary, does for the
fisher folk of that coast.
"There would be no other place In
the world for me-" Mr.. Wake quotes
DR.. Cook as having said.
Mr.. Wake, who is still loyal to DR..
Cook, puts forward the remarkable
theory that DR.. Cook did not present
his "original records" for examination
by the committee OF the Copenhagen
university at the same time that he Of.
fered through Secretary Lonsdale his
10000 word analysis Of the hypotheti
cal trip to the pole because OF an un
fortunate conjunction Of circumstances
in London. This prevented Cooks sec
retary from connecting with the pre-
cious originals. even though they had
been carried across the water by {
person who was not Swallowed BY de
tectives.
This person, Mr.. Wake said, was NJ
less than Mrs. Cook, who insisted upol
remaining in anonymity, and she sail
ed from New York on Dec. 4 with tn,
original diary and original obserVa
lions that her husband had written b!
the aid Of q magnifying glass In tn
lonely igloo at Jones sound secure Il
her possession.
From the time that Cook had finish
ed his exhaustive preparation OF tn
Copenhagen data in the GFamAtan I'M
until after ~ had called ffpm NOv
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
"LITTLE TIM" SULLIVAN DEAD
New York East Side Tammany Leader
Succumbe to Paresis.

New York, Dec. 23.-Alderman Tim
othy P. Sullivan, better known as Lit
tie Tim," brother of Senator big Tim"
Sullivan and one of the most pictur-
esque characters in the political life Of
this city, died at his home here Of
paresis.
Little Tim" during lucid moments
bade an affectionate goodby to the
members Of his family gathered about
his bedside and then sank back on to
the pillow unconscious. Sullivan suf-
fered nervous breakdown several
months ago. Since then he has been
failing rapidly. A short time ago he
went to Hot Springs, Ark, in an effort
TO regain his health, but returned to
sit as member of the sinking fund
commission. His last appearance at
the city hall was on Dec. 3. At the
close of the meeting he went to his
home and had been confined to his bed
ever since.
Sullivan was born on June 90, 1870.
He was elected to the assembly in
1897 and reelected thrr" times. sue
ceeding his brother, ri notify ID. Sulli-
van. He was Tammany Hall leader.
Whatever has heen thought or said
of Little Tim," who rose from selling
papers on the streets to a position
where he was practical dictator of the
citys lawmakers, the east side will
mourn him as a great man-and a
friend.
To thousands the word Of this qu''.'
uneducated man had been law d.
years. His constituents looked u, n
him as second in power only to le
president of the United States.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
EMO SUES W. N. CROMWELL.
Banker Wants Lawyer 20 Account For
$4,000 Inheritance.

New York, Dec. 23.-William Nelson
Cromwell, one of New York's best
known lawyers. who negotiated the
sale OF the Panama canal, is defendant
in a supreme court action for an ac-
counting.
John c. Emo, former president OF the
Second National bank, has begun pro-
ceedings to have Cromwell render a
detailed statement of 100000 Of which
he has been the steward.
This fortune was left to Emo as a
part of the estate OF Amos r. Emo, his
multimillionaire father, who died In
1908. Some time afterward Cromwell
was placed in charge OF this part OF
the younger EnO'a estate.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
WESTERvELT GETS Is YEARS.
State Accepts Plea Of Second Degree
Murder In kiIIjno Wife,


Hackensack. N. j., Dec. 23.-William
Ely Westervelt, q contractor Of Tea
Neck, who shot and killed his wife
and was to have been tried here on an
indictment charging him with murder,
retracted his plea Of not guilty and
pleaded guilty Of murder in the second
degree.
Prosecutor Wendell j. Wright said he
would agree because he considered it
impossible to convict the accused of
first degree murder. The state was
unable to prove a motive, and there
were no witnesses to the shooting.
In sentencing the prisoner to fifteen
years in state prison Supreme Court
Justice Parker said 1t should be noted
that the relatives Of Westervelt's dead
wife were inclined to believe the
shooting purely accidental
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
QUEENS GIFT TO THE POOR.

Alexandra Bestows Aims on Thames
Embankment Waits.
London, Dec. 23.-Agents of Queen
Alexandra have collected the homeless
destitute people who frequent the Vic
toria emDankment and have given to
each man a knitted jacket, gloves, a
scarf and a shilling and to each wO-
man a shawl, gloves and a shilling.
The queen, stirred by the newspaper
stories Of the wanderers who seek ref
uge on the embankment, has taken this
means Of providing them with Christ.
mas presents.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24

It is the first time IN the history Of
Essex county that person has been
called upon to make a defense against
a charge of causing another to do self
murder.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24

Thsatsr Manager Found Dead In Bed.
New York, Dec. 28.-Alexander Com
stock, q well known theatrical man
ager, was found dead In bed at his
home here. Apoplexy is supposed to
have been the cause OF death. His
production OF the "Black Crook" made
him EAMsVua.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
RIGHT FIELDER sEBRING DIES
We'll Known Major League Player DieS
Suddenly In Hospital.

Williamsport, Pa, Dec. 23.-James
d. Sebring, the well known major
league baseball player, died at the hos
pital here after an illness Of only a
few hours.
sebring was playing with Brooklyn
last season when injured. He was to
have played in the 1910 season with
the Washington Americans. In the
Tristate he played with both Williams
port and Harrisburg. His sudden
death came as a great shock to VIII
Transport people generally, with whom
the well known right nelder was a
great favorite.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
WARRINER SENTENCED.

Big Four Embexzler Pleads Guilty and
Gets Six Years.
Cincinnati. Dec. 23.-Charles l.. War
riner, the former treasurer of the Big
Four, who was found $643.000 short
in his accounts, pleaded guilty in court
here and was sentenced to six years
in the penitentiary.
Warriner threw himself on the mer-
cy of the court. He declared that he
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24

suffered worse than death for more
than fifteen years. His counsel in
making plea for mercy also alluded
to his suffering during the past fifteen
years when he was blackmailed by a
man and woman who found out
about a small peculatlon Of which he
was guilty and made him pay them
large sums.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
clnalnn stook ouotationa.

Money on call was per cent; time
money and mercantile paper unchanged
IN rates. Closing prices of stocks were;
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-12-24

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