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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-14

Fortunately Miss Lakely possessed
a green tie and this she wore when
she went to the postoftice that after
nOOn
promptly at 2 she was approached
: by young man of prosperous APP
pearance.
Pardon me, Miss Browne, is it
not?" he inquired.
Miss Lakely admitted her identity.
Let US go over TO one of the
desks" he suggested. 1--WE can soon
adjust this natter
Standing at one of the writing desks
he inquired as to the security she Of
fered. Withdrawing her glove she
held out the right hand for his in
spection of the two rings, the settings
of which glinted alluringly in the sun
shine streaming through the window
at their backs.
He gazed critically upon them for
a moment, requested that she turn her
hand in another direction, then gave
the rings further scrutiny.
Two hundred dollars, | believe you
stated?" he questioned.
Yes, sir, but they are really worth
two hundred and twenty-five.'
Il don't doubt it, Miss Browne. For
how long a time did you want the
loan?"
Miss Lakely hesitated the fraction
OF a moment before replying.
Three months"
Three MONTHS he mused Now
as to the bonus or interest
4 am willing to pay any amount IN
reason"
would you consider five dollars
for the three months to be within rea-
SOM" he inquired.
Yes, sir" she replied delighted.
Very we'll. | will draw up note
for ffty-five dollars, payable three
months from today
He drew blank bank note from
his pocket and filled it in, Miss Lake
ly signing the name of Browne.
He then brought to view a book OF
blank cheques, filed in one for fifty
dollars to Miss Brownies order, then
handing it to her he took in exchange
the two rings she drew from her i'm
gers.
You will please give them the best
of care she cautioned.
Indeed, | will. guarantee their
safe return in as good condition as
received them Good afternoon
TT HEY parted at the door of the
postoffice, Irene first giving him an
address to which he was to direct his
notice when the note became due
Then she hurried to the bank on
which the cheque was drawn.
Arrived at the bank she pushed the
cheque across the window ledge te
the paying teller He gave it glance
and then excused himself He re
turned again to the cage within a fe"
minutes. Then handing the cheque
to Miss Lakely, he remarked:
81 am sorry, madam, but Mr. DreWl'
has no account with us and his name
has never been upon our books.
mo account?" Irene gasped, clutch
ing at the window ledge.
No, madam"
She stared stupidity at him, ther
with a sickly smile she turned ava.
and hurried from the bank.
In the meantime Mr.. Drewit had al
rived at and entered widely advel
tised pawn shop.
Throwing the TWO rings upon .il'
counter before the cool and seif-sull
cient clerk, he remarked carelessly:
LET me have hundred on thest
for two weeks"
The clerk picked them up and be
slowed upon them an apparent.
caleless examination.
"A hundred what?" he inquire
coldly.
Dollars Drewit retorted
The clerk laughed harshly.
you're bugs, man" he sneered.
cn git bushel like these at any fiv
and ten cent store for a dollan. Git!
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-14

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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-14
An Experiment In Games
BY GEORGE FREDERICK WILSON

T WAS an unpleasant predica-
ment, and as with many an
other who had met with the
same experience, it worried
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
insufficient Thickness.

To sum up, will state that, taxing
into consideration the facts that the
available Qoad-caTrying) thickness Of
walls are not sufficient for the span
joists resting on sameS the character
of materials and workmanship in these
walls, and the evident deterioration of
same; of the insufficient size of franz
ing timbers and faulty design; of the
fact that the building is depending al
most entirely on temporary posts for
support, which posts extend into base,
ment, and would be firts attacked by
fire; and of the fact that the fire haz-
ard in this building is precisely seven
times greater than it should be, | must
declare it as my opinion that the
building is unsafe and dangerous.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
THE FIRST ELEVATOR.
When the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New
York Started One for Passengers.

1t is certain that the earliest and
the most indispensable of the factors
which have enabled the construction
of the mighty skyscrapers of to-day
was the passenger elevator, and that
this was brought into use during the
sixties of the last century, it's first ap-
p arance in New York being in the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. 1t was at about
the same time introduced into the AS
tor House, then already a generation
old. So obvious was the utility of this
device that the wonder is that it had
not been brought into practice long
before. Hosts are, of course, as old
as the Dutch warehouses, of which
the picturesqueness is enharooA NV
the projecting cranes that worked the
hoists doubtless as old as Arcni-
medes. But hotels, even when the
Fifth Avenue was built, were condi-
toned in altitude, as were all other
buildings not exclusively monumental,
by the powers jon of the i'm
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
GOV. noel Will
HOLD them down
Is Determined to Reduce To Minimum
Local and Private Legislation
At Coming Session.


Special to The NeWs.
Jackson, Miss, Dec. S.-Governol
Noel is determined to reduce to a
minimum local and private legisla
ton at the approaching session of the
lawmaking body, and thus prevent
the calendars of the two houses from
being cluttered and encountered with
comparatively trivial subjects.
Long personal experience as a law.
maker has convinced the governor of
the wisdom of this course The legis-
lative journals of the past twenty
years show that nearly one-half of the
bills introduced have been in regard
to local and private matters, such as
tax refunds, payment for the killing
of diseased stock, and refunds of va.
rious kinds to individuals who, for
technical reasons, cannot obtain the
amounts alleged to be due them from
boards of supervisors, and similar 10.
cal bodies.
Already enough work has been
mapped out to keep the legislature in
session at least sixty days, and if the
bars are thrown down for local and
private legislation it will take fully
ninety days to complete the work of
the body.
1t is not uncommon for legislators
to manifest more interest in their 10.
cal and private bills than they show
in the larger subjects pending for con-
sideration. and many instances are
known where members have actually
snapped their vote and influence on
important subjects in order to secure
consideration, either in committee or
on the floor, of some utterly trivial
subject, affecting perhaps just one
person.
Governor Noel does not intend to
recommend any local or private meas
ures for passage except where it is
conclusively shown to him that action
is imperative, and he will not give the
constitutional sanction to new county
propositions unless he is first con-
vinced that the measure will 20
through practically without dissent.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
R. R. COMMISSION
PASSES ORDERS
Which May Be of Great Importance to
Agricultural interests in
Mississippi.
Special to The NetUs.

Special to The Ne,Us.
Jackson, Miss, Dec. Sat yester
days session the Mississippi railroad
commission passed two orders of great
Importance to the agricultural inter.
ests of the state, if taken advantage
Of
The first Of these was for the pur-
pose of more clearly defining the
rates promulgated some time ago by
the commission on homegrown agri-
cultural products, which includes hay,
corn, peas, molasses, etc.
This order makes it clear that a
shipper, in order to take advantage OF
these special rates, which are much
below the rate applying on the same
products grown outside the state, must
endorse on the bill of lading: Il GER
tify that the aobve is home, or native,
grown products" or words of similar
import.
The other order makes corn husks,
or shucks, in the same class as native
grown hay, both in car lots and less
than car lots, and applies on all rail-
roads in the state.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
HEROIC DEED
OF SMALL BOY
TweIve-Year-old Lad Saves Lives Of
Two Girls in Atlanta at Risk
Of His Own.
by Associated Press.)

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 8.-The bravery
and presence of mind Of 12-year-old
Johnny Green, who, regardless of his
own safety, leaped in front of rap.
idly-moving automobile yesterday and
dragged two little girls almost from
under the very wheels of the car,
saved them from serious injury, if not
from death.
The little girls, about years of age,
each were playing in front of the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Leila Elder, their moth
er, when the machine turned in from
a side street and rapidly bore down
upon them. The driver was apparent.
ly unable to stop the car, and in a
few moments more would have struck
the children, when the boy, without q
moments hesitation, sprang in front
of the machine and, selling one of the
title girls under each arm, leaped with
them out of the way of danger
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
HATTIESBURG COUPLE ARE
MARRIED IN NEW ORLEANS
Dorr-HeWitt.

Mrs. Lorena Thompson Dorr and
Mr.. William Hewitt, both of this city
were married Saturday evening in
New Orleans.
The marriage was quietly solem-
nized at the home of Mrs. Chenet, on
Royal street, where Miss Theodosia
Thompson, sister of the bride, boards
Rev. w. B. Sans performing the cere-
mony.
Mrs. Hewitt has been for the past
four years bookkeeper for the singer
Sewing Machine Company, while Mr..
Hewitt has been for some time head
of the sales department of Newman
Lumber Company.
The manager and travelling sales
man gave them one of the finest sew.
ing machines turned out by the COM
pany.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hewitt returned home
Monday night and are at home with
Mrs. Frank Sturdevant, on Newman
street
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
GOV. noel GETS
STRANGE REQUEST
| Special to The NeDs.

Special to The News.
Jackson. Miss, Dec. S.-Governor
Noel has been asked quite seriously
to use his influence to bring about the
exemption for time of all property
in boil weevil counties from the pay.
ment Of state taxes.
This, however, is only one of the
dozens of things which the governor
and many other officials are asked
from time to time to do for the people
in the infested districts.
While there is the utmost statewide
sympathy for the people who have
been visited by the insect, and who
have it now in their midst, there is
little disposition to treat that section
as an object of charity.
In view of the assertion that every
farmer in the boil weevil section who
has followed the advice of the agricul-
tural experts in the matter of plant
ing early, working close and often and
otherwise making bona fide effort to
make cotton crop despite the weevil,
has succeeded to a remarkable degree,
those who persistently regard the Vice.
vii as a joke or humbug, or as an
insurmountable obstacle, are not &C.
corded the sympathy they might have
under different circumstances.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
Construction of Walls.

These walls are built of common
bricks, faced on north, east and south
walls with Slidell pressed bricks, all
laid in a poor quality of lime mortar
Owing to the long span joists used
to the insufficient size of these joists
to the character of live loads imposed
thereon and the consequent excessive
vibration transferred to these bearing
walls, they should be of the very best
quality of brickwork, having all joints
well filled with strong mortar, in or,
der to be safe and durable. These re-
quired conditions do not exist in the
walls of this building. TO the con
trary, I find that the pressed-brick fac
ing is practically separate from the
common brick backing, having dry
joint between in most places. thereby,
IN effect, reducing the bearing thick
ness of first story walls to thirteen
inches and second story walls to nine
1nches:' that the pressed-brick facing
~ not securely bonded to the backing:
III the common brick backing is poor
laid, with nearly all vertical Joints
and that the mortar has prac-
no tensile or adhesive strength,
- gincipally to the sand used being
e~f1l91y too fine for good mortar.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08

porting the concentrated loads at point
A, are carrying only about 20 per cent
overload. These Orders are cased SO
that the actual size of the bearing
timbers cannot be seen; but there IS
evidently some serious defect in these
Orders, as they began to give way, al
most to the point of shearing, in 1914
at which time twelve-inch square posts
were placed under each girder; also
two posts in class rooms on north side
to prevent collapse of the joists at
point B, as they showed evidence OF
immediate failure at that time. In the
last analysis it may be said that the
stability of the building is depending
entirely on these posts. If they were
removed or disturbed from any cause
the building would be in imminent
danger of immediate collapse. This is
not good or safe construction, and no
building of Importance should depend
entirely on inside posts for stability.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
Building Hazardous,

An ordinary brick house with wood
framing inside, properly built, should
be safe under wind pressure up TO
sixty-five or seventy miles per hour
equivalent to forty or forty-five
pounds per square FOOT. The fran.
ing timbers should be of sufficient size
not only to safely carry the load, but
so that the charring of timbers in case
of fire would not decrease the strength
OF tlmbers almost Immediately to the
point of collapse. 1t is my opinion
that this building as it stands is haz.
ardous in high winds Thirty to forty
miles per hour, and would advise that
those in charge of this school be gov.
erned accordingly in stormy weather.
Besides the aboev items. will saw
That practically all parts of the build
ing are in a state of deterioration. mar.
ticularly the roof, the sheathipg being
absolutely rotten in places, and badly
sagged. making it practically imposs,.
Bile to maintain a good floor with tho
framing insufficient.
Respectfully submitted.
r. E. LEE
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
RUDOLPH YOUNG DEAD

Rudolph Young died at his home. 939
Main street, December 5, at the age OF
81. He was born in North Carolina
but when young man came South to
Alabama, where he was engaged in
the turpentine business for several
years.
Thirteen years ago.he married Miss
Fanny West, of Wilson, Ala, who has
devoted her life with every attention
that love could dictate.
At Virgins, Miss, his health failed,
and ten years ago Mr.. and Mrs. Young
came to Hattiesburg, where they have
since recided. Although an invalid for
all these years (ten), and of a retiring.
modest disposition, he made many
warm friends, which was attested by
the devotion during his sickness OF
the large attendance, and beautiful
flowers at his burial. Besides his wife,
he left to mourn his loss two half
sisters and halfbrother, who live in
North Carolina.
The burial services were held yes
terday morning at his residence, con-
Quoted by Rev. A. F. Watkins, aided
by the Main Street M. e. choir.
The interment was at the city GENE
terry.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
KNIGHTS 1EMPLAR
Send greetings
Grand commandery Sends Out Hand
someIy Engraved Document
To Members of Order.
Special to The NeWS.

Special to The NeUS.
Jackson, Miss, Dec. S.-The usual
Christmas greeting to members has
been issued by the Mississippi Grand
Commandry of Knights Templar,
bearing the signatures of Grand Com
mander G. D. Brown and Grand Sec
rotary Frederic Speed The greeting
is handsomely engraved and enclosed
within border of holly leaves, and
a copy has been sent to each Knight
STAhpiar in Mississippi. The mes
sage is as follows:
"Sir Knights: Again the Christ
mas bells are ringing out their mes
sage of peace and good will to men
and calling the Order of the Temple
to an observance of the great Christ
mas Festival of the Nativity of our
Blessed Lord and Savior. 1t is meet,
right, and our bounden duty, that all
of us who are of the Holy House of
the Temple, should assemble in our
asylums, or some other convenient
place, and on Saturday, December
the 25th, at such hour as may be ap-
pointed by the Eminent Commander,
renew our pledge of fealty to all the
brotherhood, wheresoever dispersed,
and give expression to our gratitude
for the inestimable Christmas gift of
God to man, even the Lord Jesus
Christ.
''The Grand Commander in sending
to you the Christmas observance, pro-
posed by the committee of the Grand
Encampment, urges that all of the
Communicates should make a special
effort to gather round the triangle
and offer to the venerable and greatly
beloved Grand Master of Templars a
hearty expesrsion of our love for his
person and admiration of his splendid
career as a man and Mason"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
Or. cooks PAPERS ? | I;
Reach Copenhagen
Extraordinary Precautions Were
Taken to See That the Documents
Were Delivered Safely.

Copenhagen, Dec. S.-The north
polar observations of DR.. Cook reached
here today on board the steamer Unit.
ed States. Extraordinary precautions
were taken to make sure that the long
heralded data was delivered safely to
the university authorities.
At the university, the papers were
formally turned over to the authori-
ties there and placed in strong room,
awaiting examination by duly-ap-
pointed committee.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08

assisted human leg.
Five stories was the maximum for
commercial buildings, except that an
attical sixth might be added for the
Accommodation of the janitor whose
name was Hobson and who had to so
where he was sent, which, naturally,
was where no paying guest could
be induced to go. He and his may
have taken their outlook on lie from
Sits or bulls eyes just ualdsr TIE roof.
In cases of hotels the sixtlh sttry was
assigned to servants and Storefo0ms
Tenants or inmates could not BE ID
duced to climb more than four hi3Sfs
OF stairs and grumbled grievoQd1v n
the case of inmates of hotels m ~
cused the hotel clerk of perfdy Win
they had to climb SO many. A dot
which would make all the floors. 030x
OF a five-story hotel, equally acc6r'
ible, and so equally desirable, was
device very sure of immediate adop-
ton, so sure that the only wonder was
that the supply of 1t should have so
Jagged behind the demand The be-
ginnings of the elevators were it is
quite true, the beginnings also of
what in their earlier stages were
known as the elevator buildings.
3cribner's Magazine
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08

Upon reading the mayors recon-
mendation in the matter, the council
Immediately took up the report OF
Architect Lee, an dafter lengthy dis
cussion as to the advisability Of aban.
doning the building at once, Mr.. Cam
eron's motion was presented and
adopted.
Mr.. Lees report, which was dis
cussed exhaustively, was as follows:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
Architects Report.

Hattiesburg, Miss, Dec. 5, 'O9.
To the Hon. Board of Trustees of Pub
lie School, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Gentlemen: l beg to report that
have examined the Main street school
building as per your instructions, and
find that the following conditions ex-
list
The basement walls are twenty-five
inches thick; the first story walls are
eighteen inches thick, and second
story walls are thirteen inches thick
between pilasters. The above dimen-
sions include the pressed brick fac
ing.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
MAIN Street SCHOOL
WILL BE ABANDONED
Continued from Page One.)

thought of occupying it with safety
longer than the present school term
is little less than folly.
l therefore call your attention to
this matter that you may have ample
time to consider the subject and make
such provisions as may be necessary
to accommodate the school before the
opening of another school session.
]. P. DONALD, Mayor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
OHIO FARMER
FR0zE TO DEATH


Marion, O., Dec. S.-Harvey Thrush,
aged fifty, farmer, was found frozen
to death today in a hut near Pros.
pect. How he became helpless in
the cold is not known.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08

shrunk at all others, the result being
that the brick panels resting thereon
have broken loose and sunk down
destroying the tie between piers, and
are very dangerous, as they will even
tually fall to the ground, some OF them
having already pitched forward from
one to three inches.
Water in Walls.
The main gutter has evidently been
leaking for several years and this
water has found it's way into the brick
walls as far down in some places as
the second floor, evidenced by the dis
celebration of walls inside and out;
also by the mortar having been washed
entirely out of the pressed brick weak
near the top of the walls at these
points. Water has also been entering
the walls through open and washed
out joints on top of brick lodges and
belt courses all around the building.
This is a serious defect in this brick
work, as lime mortar, even of very
best quality, rapidly disintegrates
when soaked with water, and should
never be used where there is a prob
ability of water entering the masonry.
1t is impossibel to determine exactly
how much of the walls have been
damaged in this manner, but it is con-
siderable-probably 20 per cent.
The south wall carries con-
slderably more load than the others,
and receives considerably more vibra-
ton. From this fact | inferred that
the south wall would first Show signs
OF serious failure, which proved to be
the case. The mortar near the ground
on the south side is so soft and now.
derry 1t can be easily raked out with
the f1nger-possessing little more
strength than sand-and this defect
Is precisely at the point where the
wall should be strongest. This wall.
receiving the thrust and vibration from
the long span joists, has tendency to
osclllate or act as a lever, with the
pivot or joint at the ground, and sucb
movement would cause the wall to
rock and grind at this point. The DOW.
derry condition of the mortar at this
point bears out this theory.
Inadequate Framing.
The framing of floors and roof is
inadequate throughout. The floor
]olsts of class rooms are two by twelve
inches, Twenty-Five feet eigbt-incb
span, each sustaining a live and dead
load of 5000 pounds. AS the safe load
Tor pine joists of this dimension is only
1924 pounds (using safety factor of
SIX, it will be seen that each ioist
mas an overload of 2,276 pounds above
sa1e load,' which necessarily causes in
tense vibration under movement of
the live load.
Inc concentrated roof and floor
loads on each floor joist at point p
is 4,S4O pounds. The safe load for
these Joists is 1924 pounds, from
which it will be seen that these ioists
are overloaded 1916 pounds each
above the safe load.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
GEORGE Sheldon
WAS INDICTED
Recently Deposed President of Phoe-
nix Insurance Company Charged
With Looting Company.

New York, Dec. S.-George p. Shell
don, recently deposed as president OF
the Phoenix Insurance Company, of
Brooklyn, was indicted by the grand
jury today for grand larceny. 1t is
charged that Sheldon was concerned in
the looting of the insurance company
treasury.