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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-14

You need not be troubled in any
way with the stomach, if you will
simply take Kodol at those times
times when you feel that you need
it. Kodol is guaranteed to relieve
YOU. If it fails your money will
be refunded to you by the drug
pist from whom you purchased it.
Try it today on this guarantee.
Sold by Model Drug Store.
Messrs J.. E. Shackelford and
B. F. Pounds, of Paden, were Wis
itors to Iuka Friday and Saturday.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-14

Mr.. w. T. Ross has returned
from weeks visit to relatives in
Memphis.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-14

Mr.. A, w. Farris fell from a
wagon at Robinson's gin Satur-
day, landing on his head. At first
it was thought his injuries were
serious, but he is up and about
again.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-14

The Clerk submitted his report
which was ordered printed.
Board adjourned subject to call.
The line of wagons loaded with
cotton at the platform Saturday
reminded one of old times, but
we fear the shortness of the crop
will prevent a repetition of the
scene very often.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-14

Strengthen the tired kidneys
and purify the oliver and bowels
with few doses of PRIcKLY ASH
BIrTERs. 1t is an admirable kid
ney tonic. J c Jourdan, Special
Agent.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-14
BOARD SUPERVISORS.
October Term, 1909.

Continued From Last Week.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-14
ANNUAL REPORT

Showing Expenditures Receipts and Present Condition
OF the Town of luka On October 1st 1909.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-14

house. o7.81
Luther Beard, w'k on engine, 200
Elton Beard, burying cat, 20
On motion J B Williams was in
structed to case water tank pipe
10 prevent freezing.
On motion the Minernl Springs
Hotel be granted water privileges
for 1910 at the sum of $500 per
month, payable monthly.
On motion it was ordered that
no more money be paid contractor
on public school building until es-
Inmates be made.
The town tax collector submit
ted report showing that he had
discovered error in previous calcu-
lations as to amount underpaid on
account of taxes collected 1908,
and that the corrected report show
ed same slightly overpaid.
The following tax levy for 1909
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
CHILDREN MAKE OAK
PARK SP0TLESS TOWN
Organize and Give Place Through
CIeaning-No Alley Or Vacant
Lot Neglected.

OAK PARK. May 14.-With little
boys and girls acting as captains,
lieutenants and colonies, the children
OF this Chicago suburb ruled the place
for one day reeently-ClsanIng- day
they called IT,
Grown-ups and city officials at night
were ready 10 take off their caps 10
the children. Oak Park CLEANED like
Dutch kitchen at nightfall.
Rich and poor, the children OF the
city organized into districts. each with
its officers and under officers Some
OF the higher officers-he captains
and ColOnels-rode on Shetland ponies
and superintended. The prtvatcs
-obeYed- orders like good soldiers--
The day was made holiday from
school, and almost at daybreak tho
children got busy. With rakes and
brooms and baskets they went
through their districts The city Off
Gals cooperating, sent out many extra
men with teams The whitewings, en-
tering into the spirit of the day, grave
~ took orders from the boy and girl
captains.
Not a back yard or vacant lot was
neglected. Papers and boxes and
cans and ashes vanished before the
determined little workers BY night
Oak Park was different looking
place And the kids were happy.
1T was lots OF fun they declared.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
FRISCO GIVES JAPS
HAND OF GOOD WILL
Mikado's Sea Warriors Are Received
as American and japanese Guns fire
Salutes-Welcome Is Sincere.

SAN FRANCISCO, May l4.-Take
! by-way OF illustration, the spectacle
OF two perfectly trained pugilists, eve
ly matched. ready TO pit courage
strength. brains against each other
for championship, as they clasp
hands for second just before the
gong
The faces are serious. the eyes &C.
tive. taking In every detail, the mus.
cles alert. There Is nothing TO sug.
gest sneer. There may be a certain
but there Is clear manifestation of mu.
tual respect. For that second they
are friends. outwardly. with the past
forgotten and the future unknown
and unreckoned.
So II was In San Francisco's recent
welcome TO the Japanese sea fighters.
and their ships, the cruisers Aso and
Soyo. Ii was welcome expressive
OF respect and admiration. d welcome
or the present, with the past ignored
If not forgotten. and the future equal
ly unknown and unreckoned
When. In the early mist OF an al
most perfect May Day. two Japanese
warships In war paint, steamed up
from the south, and with the Rising
Sun OF Japan fiuttering from the tan
rail. swung in through the Golden Gate
and came to anchor IN "battleship
row. In San Francisco harbor, where
three American warships were wait.
ing to greet them, San Francisco
stretched out its hands, the same
strong, hard American hand which. in
three years had raised city from its
ashes. in welcome that was digni-
fed. sincere-and alert.
California is frankly and by repeat
ed demonstration Japanese-hating
state. San Francisco is bitterest In
her hatred, OF all CALIFORNIA; cities.
Yet as American hands clasped Jap
anese hands. as American guns and
Japanese guns doomed salutes, the
sound OF mimic warfare echoing and
re-echoing along both shores OF the
bay. as Americans and Japanese eyed
each other curiously, infinitely calcu-
latingly-the hand clasp. the saluting.
the scrutiny was all in spirit OF
thorough friendliness.
You are the nations guests. You
are great fighters. Of wonderful ma
ton. AS the nations guests you are
our guests. AS great fighters OF
great nation we respect and admire
you. We harbor no Crude, we antici-
pate no trouble between us. We are
glad to see you"
That was the spirit of CALIFORNIA;
welcome to the Japanese. Ii was
hearty, without the faintest suspicion
of hypocrisy.
1t was pleasing portrayal of ma
tional character, broad lesson in
courtesy. common sense and patriot
Ism.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
Farmer Gets Little Good and Much Harm
By Speculation in Wheat he Declares

RICHMOND, Va. May LIT isn't
the farmer who gains by the wheat
corner prices, it's the Spectator. The
farmer gets little good. and much
harm by erratic boosting OF the price.
So Chas S. Barrett. of Georgia. ma
tional president Of the Farmers Union
OF America, threw back hot denial
at the Patten defenders while IN the
city here today
IL has been a favorite argument OF
those who defend the Parten corner
that the high prices were a benefit to
the producer. and that a good corner
encouraged more farmers to raise
wheat Barrett laughed wher this was
put up to him.
Its riihhish /" ne said
They used To say the came thing
about cotton manipulation, he said.
But the grower had always parted
with his cotton too soon Next year
be would exert himself to raise big
crop. and would hold with the re-
suit that prices were down TO nothing
tho next year.
This arbitrary and spasmodic price
raising only unsettles the farmer. Very
few OF the wheat raisers are getting
any beneht from Patterns corner.
They've disposed OF the wheat already.
The salvation OF the wheat farmer
lies in strong organization where the
farmers can band together 10 keep
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
MICHIGAN STATE BANKS
IN SPLENDID CONDITION
Make Enormous Gain in footlnss Of
$17,6s2,33o.36 In IA Months, $751;
100000 In Savings.

LANSING. Mich, May 1.-THE re-
port OF the state bank commissioner
shows that the Michigan state banks
are in splendid condition SO far as
their funds and assets are concerned.
The report is for the period ending
April %. II says the aggregate foot
ings OF state banks at that time
amounted TO s256,576,474.74 which is
the highest point for This class of
banks.
The banks made the enormous gain
In total footings of $17 ,G32 .330.36 in
the IA months elapsing since the last
dale. or this increase SIS, 100000 was
In savings deposits.
The last previous report To the
banking department was made on
February 8. 1908, and a comparison
OF the figures of that heport with
those Of the last report shows an
increase of S5.92S 1868 in lonas, dis
counts, mortgages and securities.
The department states that the legal
reserve or state banks at the time Of
the last report was $46,751, 1928. con-
stitHting reserve of 2f.t per cent of
the total deposits, and the cash re-
serve amounted TO Slash, 32573. equal.
ing a cash reserve of 6.S per cent.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
BIG TIM" GOING ABROAD.
Senator to See Grand Prix and Mid
niaht Sun This lime.

NEW YORK. May 14-Senator Tim
othy ID. Sullivan. better known on the
Bowery and Broadway and in Albany
and Washington as Big Tim" Is
about To take another European trip
Senator Sullivan and Lee Sterberger
have booked passage on the Maure'
tania, sailing on May 20, and will
spend couple Of months on the
continent They will see the race for
the Grand Prix. and their plans In
elude the Midnight Sun trip TO Scan
dinavia
When Sullivan returned from his
first trip abroad, two years ago, he
declared the journey had far from
pleased him and that he had found
nothing to compensate him for being
away from little old New York. "
Nevertheless. the Bowery. when 1t
heard the news declared that he was
evidently getting the habit"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
PREFERS STAGE TO MAN
WHO IS WORTH $11,000000
Mrs. WhitteIl Says She Prefers Her
Art to Marriage With Young
Heir

NEW YORK. May l4-Not every
stT0U0o00- because she happened 10
have fondness for the stage Such
is the case with Mrs George Whittell.
Jr. divorced wife OF a young San Fran,
cisco millionaire. according TO her own
version OF her experiences.
Mrs. Whittell, "A years old. was
married to Whittell five years ago.
After ;wo years OF unhappy matrimo-
NAL life she got a divorce. Recently
the couple met in California and de-
cided they would reunite. Plans were
made for a second marriage, To take
place In New York In June.
On her way east the desire To return
TO the stage took possession OF the
actress. and she has signed u contract
with Florenz Ziegfeld TO appear in his
summer show The Follies OF 1909 80
TO b. produced on the roof garden or
the New York theater
Mrs. Whittell informed her divorced
husband OF her plans and received a
reply by wire that II she returned to
the footlights he would refuse to mar
~ again She reported for rehearsal
In the fall OF 1904, while a member
of theatrical company playing on
Broadway" said Mrs. Whittell, Il met
and was married to Mr.. Whittell,
against the wishes OF his parents. The
union was unhappy. and | was granted
h divorce two years ago here in New
York. Ny husband and | decided to
remarry. but | believe | shall be hap
pier on the stage. The estate of Mr.
Whlttell's father Is valued at eleven
million dollars. and George is the sole
heir. so | am sacrificing great deal"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
ATTACKS HOME OF HIS
MOTHER-IN-LAW IN VAIN
Her Mother Keeps Her Clothes Lock.
ed UP, Says Youthful Husband,
In Search of Wife.

NEW YORK, May 14.-The course
OF young love struck rough spot In
the romance OF Hazel Drew McGreal
and Walter McGreal, the Brooklyn
youngsters who ran away and were
married on Christmas day. Hazel
ran from the home of her young hus-
bands father while the delayed we'd
ding supper was In progress last night
and sought refuge with her mother,
Mrs. Edith Drew Hall.
Hazeps mother says that II her
daughter remains with her the abduc-
ton charge against Walter, which the
mother Is pressing, will be dropped.
She says she will then begin proceed
ings 70 have the marriage annulled.
This morning McGreal went to the
Hall home and shouting: They've
kidnapped my WIFE" demanded admit
lance. He entered and half an hour
later came out wan, shaky, pale and
hardly able TO walk.
she won't come back with me-" he
said. Her mother has her hypnotized-
She keeps her outer clothes locked
up.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
PEACH BASKET HAT SAVES
PRETTY SHOW GIRLS NOSE
Her Head Is Driven Through a Taxi
Window, but Maligned Straw
Helmet Protects Her.

NEW YORK, May There's a
kind word at last for the peach-basket
hat. One of them saved a show girfs
nose from being skinned by acting as
a-buffer- when-the- girl-was- thrown
head first through the glass wind
shield of taxicab. Even the preach
ers who rage against the latest styles
OF headgear will admit that a show
girl with skinned nose would be in u
most unfortunate predicament.
1t happened in Central park. Bessie
Ryan and Ruth Rand. OF the "Havana"
company, were riding down the west
drive in the taxi when their chauf-
feur, George A Southall, OF No. S29
Seventh-ave., had TO decide between
running his machine into tree by
the roadside OF being crumpled up In
the path OF a northward speeding tour
ing car filed with Joy riders. With
the quickness of a fire engine driver
In similar emergencies, Southall chose
the lesser evil and swerved the taxi
toward the tree. Fortunately he was
running at slow speed. because the
show girls had told him that they
wanted to go that way SO they could
better enjoy the shrubbery and song.
birds.
Although the front OF the taxi was
badly damaged chuffeur escaped
injury and 80 did Miss Rand. But Miss
Ryan was pitched forward 80 violent
ly that her well.armored head wenS
through the glass. The touring car got
away. and two traffic squad men who
chased II did not get near enough to
read its number.
Both the show girls live at the Hotel
st. Margaret at No. 1919 West Forty
seventh-st. They were willing TO have
fhoir names used
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
minor League ouioe IL out.

The Minor League Guide. known In
Spalding's Athletic Library Series as
the Official Guide OF the National AS
ISOLATION OF Professional Baseball
leagues. has Just been published This
book Is edited By T. n. Murnane, the
noted Boston baseball writer II con.
tains the official rules; a list Of the
pennant winners; league members
national agreement. etc.
II will be sent to any address in the
United States or Canada By the Am.
erican Sports Publishing company. 2l
Warren-st.. New York city. on receipt
of 10 cents.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
Bullets Fly as Ship Sails.

CLEVELAND. o., May IA fusil-
lade OF revolver shots. said by the POI
lice TO have been fred by strike sym
pathizers, marked the sailing OF the
steamer Republic. OF the Hanna feet,
last night. The ship is bound for the
head OF the lakes. Strike sympathiz-
eFs talked -with-the- erew-of the Re
public before II sailed and tried to in
duee them to leave the ship. The Re-
public did not turn back and it is be-
lieved no one was hurt. The union
men deny any knowledge OF the firing.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14

portals you can see that the nish cen
trail hall furnishes a w)nder'ui back
ground for her tall figure. The walls
of the great rcuL are half concealed
by Aubusson haI gings and medtesal
ecclesiastical t.j.. Strics IN the SUB
dueG llsi. sCJ Aee refe :! TIE giit'
tir IF semi p, Cicus stoTes woven into
their fabric
Then honk. honk. cry the autos. and
the party is whisked away The
doors close.
There-you have the story.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
FOREST FIRE RACES.
Flames Sweep Toward lntervale, but
no Alarm 10 Felt.

MENOMINEE, Mich, May 14.-An
immense forest fire Is raging in the
-neighborhood- OF Bronsted, according
to message received from that place.
II is spreading rapidly towards the
Village or Tntervale. 1T is believed the
fire started in slashings about the wa
ter power plant at High Falls.
large tract or lumber, belonging
10 w. j. Suethfiohn. OF Marintette. and
q small farmhouse have been destroy.
ed. Intervale Is protected on all sides
by wide clearings. No alarm is evil
denced, although it is expected that
the eenfa9ration will burn. itself out
without touching any Of the village
property. The timber loss will amount
10 many thousands OF dollars.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
BOARD TO BUY SUPPLIES.
President Believes Government Loses
Through inJudicious Purchases.

WASHINGTON. May 14.-Convinced
that the government Is losing hum
dreds of thousands OF dollars a year,
through the injudicious purchase OF
supplies, and the exactions OF various
combinations and trusts. President
Taft has decided to establish a board
of award, which shall In the future
buy in quantity the supplies needed for
all the government departments.
The board will be made up OF As
sistant Secretary Hills. OF the treas
ury; Jasper Wilson, private secretary
of the secretary OF agriculture. and p.
". Degraw. fourth assistant postmas-
Lter.general.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
Bishop Galloway Laid to Rest.

JACKSON. Miss. May 1.-THE fu-
neral OF Bishop Galloway. OF the Meth
odist Episcopal church. was held yes
terday. Business was suspended dur
ing the afternoon and state and fed
eral Offices were closed. Bishops Hen
Dirk. of Kansas City, and Chandler. OF
Atlanta. conducted the funeral ser.
vices. Hundreds Of Methodist min
listers were present.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
Simpson Goes to St. jaime. coars

WASHINGTON, May 14.-Cou-
mander E Simpson, of the navy, hoq
been ordered to London as naval -
tache to the American embassy thert
to succeed Commander John II. Glib
bons. whose detail Of three years has
expired Commander Gibbons will b
assigned To a ship upon his arrival In
the United States. 81
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
DAvIs BROTHERS INDICTED.
Attorney and Brother Said to Have
Cleaned Up Halt Million.

WASHINGTON, May 14.-Indict-
ments charging embezzlement. forgery
and transportation OF trust funds
were returned yesterday against At
torney John c. Davis and his brother,
Martin T. Davis, OF this city, who
were arrested recently. after a series
OF operations In high finance. which
are said to have netted them more
than half million dollars. Most Of
their alleged victims were women.
Their business was conducted largely
through a building and loan associa.
ton.
The average yield Of oil per ton Of
olives Is from go To 70 gallons
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
YOUNG NESBIT is ACTOR.
Brother Of Harry x. Thaws Wife
Stranded In Pennsylvania.

WILKESBARRE, Pa. May IA
stranded actor. travelling under the
name OF Howard Allison. whose bag
gage has been withheld In a nearby
city. was identified here today as How.
ard Nesblt. brother OF Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw. Young Nesbit applied to Man
ager Nealand. OF the local Poll Stock
Co.. declaring he could do small parts
or act in the capacity OF scenic ar.
tist. He was added TO the list OF
in the production or
when Knighthood Was In Flower
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
NEW YORK RACING
APPARENTLY DOOMED
People Don't Take TO Oral Betting.
and Small Crowd 10 Present
at Opening.

RACE TRACK. BELMONT PARK, ~.
Y. May l3.-Unless the "bookies" take
heart as the season advances and give
the new -oral betting construction OF
the anti-gambling law more liberal
Interpretation than they did today at
the opening OF the New York racing
season there - no doubling that the
sport OF kings" is doomed In this
state.
ditions that In former years would
have drawn 10000 to Belmont less than
10000 were present.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
Venezuela Names Arbelter.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-The
Venezuelan government has named as
It's agent in The Hague arbitration
cases with the United States. DR. Girls
anti, an international law expert Of
that country according TO advices re-
ceived from Caracas 81
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14

and there's lot of talk going on about
It. Some OF the co-eds declare they
are shocked at the very idea
The awful thing became known VIII
a petition was drawn up and largely
signed asking the regents TO install
pool tables In the women's dormitory,
commonly known as Eve Hall"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14

According TO veterinarians the curl
in pigs tail is sign Of health.
When II begins TO straighten the anil
NAL needs medicine.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14

A new electric lamp contains a man
tie. which surrounds and - heated to
incandescence By the usual form OF
arc carbons
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
OH! NAUGHTY CO-EDS IN
MADISON TO PLAY POOL

MADISON. Wis, May l4.-Wiscon-
sin university to-eds-that is, young
women students-want TO play pool,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
GROUND FALLS; THREE KILLED

CALUMET, Mich. May 14.-While
working 5000 feet below the surface
yesterday, Louis Rossio, John Benja-
min and Louis Musso. miners. we're
killed in the Red Jacket shaft OF the
Calumet & Hecla mine by the falling
OF ground.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14

Job Printing done right. Times Prinf-
ing Co., Is John R-st. Phone 1898.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14

Business-Iike Printing. No fuss and
no feathers The plain, neat kind that
looks right. Times Printing CO., No.
is John r. st. Phone 1498.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14
THE WEATHER.

Detroit and vtcfnityI Friday night
and saturday, partly cloudy with show
ers and possibly thunderstormsI mod
ernte south winds.
Lower Michigant Partly cloudy with
shower. and Thunderstorm tonight or
Saturdays warmer in east portion to-
night.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14

Alexander. Umbrella. "a ne.rs
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14

Commercial Crsdit Co. Ratias>
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14

CALL DETRoIT TAIICAB CO,
Main $500. City $3.50. Park n
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14

Both the show girls live at the Hotel
st. Margaret at No. 1919 West Forty
seventh-st. They were willing TO have
their names used.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-14

There-yon have the story.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-26
THE MAYOR ANNOYED.
Eliminated By Gaynor and
TaDamanu.

Mayor McClellan's friends arc still won
dering whether he will accept Judge Cav
nor's corrections of erroneous statements
concerning the acquisition of the 3sth street
ferry as satisfactory. The Judge. when
taken to task by the Mayor for practically
saying that the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment had put through a crooked
deal TO the financial benefit of r. Fulton
Cutting and w. Bayard Cutting. promised
to make a retraction.
Then he waited until the Mayor re-
minded him Of his promise. whereupon he
wrote a letter saying that the steDog
raphers had got him all wrong and that
he never said il. The Mayor has the letter
He said last week that the incident was
closed; but Judge Gaynor, since then. has
gone over the subject again. saying pretty
much what he said the first time. but Ieav
ing the Mayor out of it.
Tammany Hall has not avaied itself Of
the campaign services Of the Mayor. He
is one Of the best platform orators in tho
Democratic party and the Tammany cam
paign book backs up his administrative
record from A 10 z. Mayor Mcclellan at
the opening of the campaign said that his
services were at the command of the party
and that he expected to support the reg
uiar ticket. The call for his services is
stiu to reach the City Hall. One OF the
Mayors friends, in speaking of the situa-
ton yesterday, said:
Il guess the Mayor can stand it II Tam
many can"