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Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
Finds Timber Ocpredatlons.

Register Of the Lou
isiana State Land Office Fred Grace
has returned to this place after .
look into the matter Of Expectations
on State lands in this parish. and in
company with Surveyor Henry visit
ed the Black Lake district where a
number of dcprcdations have been
committed.
While making a t.f1y-mile drive
over the country the officers cam"
upon two negroes who were cutting
crossties on government land. The
negroes admitted that they had been
warned not 10 CIT timber on that
tract, and their names were furnish.
ed 10 the district atIOrCy, WE0 will
entoc prosecution by issuing bills OF
information.
Register Grace recently spent Soy
eral days at MindCn where similar
complaints were made. but he has
not made public the report Of his
findings in that locality.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18

had got the wrong ends of them. Each
blsqulto had a bees singer on its
nose and a mosquitoes bitter on it's tail,
and they were a~mbideXtrOus, as one
might say. They worked something
like a see-saw. A ~bisquito could bal
ance on its legs on a tender spot, and
then see-saw up and down, and at
each teeter the singer on one end
would do its dire work. By the time
Uncle Ashdod reached the attic door
the whole production of his bisquito
factory was showing him how it was
done.
Uncle Ashdod was seen passing
through Main street at about $50
o'clock accompanied by all the bis
Quitos known to be in existence, and
he was on the jump, and at every
jump he let forth a yell, but at the
speed at which he was travelling the
reporter Of the Betzville News could
not tell whether it was a yell of tri-
umph or a mere expression Of annoy.
ance. 1t was later learned that he
had no thought at the time of ex.
pressing his triumph, but was simply
hiking for the swimming hole in the
creek.
Three days later the b%iographer
from Chicago found him there with
only his nose above water while sew.
eral hundred %bisquitos sat patiently
on a log near by. Occasionally a bis,
quito would fly toward Uncle Ashdod,
who would then duck Snd swallow a
quart Of creek water. The gentleman
from Chicago mentioned the subject
Of the biographical history to Uncle
Ashdod at the time, but he did not
wait for an answer. 1t seems that a
bisquito answered him first. He ran
all the way back to Betzville, and the
history was forced to go to press
without even a mention of Uncle
Ashdod.
BY the time We have a heavy frost
Uncle Ashdod's friends hope the bis.
Quitos will be in a comatose condition
and Uncle Ashdod can come out OF
the creek.
Copyright. 1909, by W. G. Chapman)
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
Want to Vote on Tax.

Hammond.-The Seventh Ward
Good Roads Association of this place
has formulated a petition for presen-
tation to the police jury of this parish
asking that the seventh ward be set
aside as a special road district in
order that they may have the privi-
lege of voting on the proposition to
levy a 5.mill tax for a period Of ten
years, which It is estimated will fur.
nish sufficient funds to macadamlze
all the public roads in the district.
The members Of the association are
all busy working out the details of
the plan, and it is thought every
thing will be in readiness for the
election early in the e year.
There is no doubt about the voting,
and the feeling throughout the ward
is that by the end of another year
a system OF frst-class highways will
be an accomplished fac.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
OVER LOUISIANA
AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT ACTIVE.
Bank CIearanceC Show That Finan-
ciai Condition ic Improving
Throughout South.

IG}On nOuSt, I'd.
iDy a Staff Corrt>pondcnt.)
Agricultural Scnooi Head Active.
Y. l.. Roy, SuDerln,endtnt OF inc
agricultural schools of Louisiana, who
is working in cooperation with the
State and Un!tcI States Department
Of Agriculture. las returned to Bi-
tDnRoUgr from q tpr" Of tn" \orth-
wost, during which Il" visited a mum
Der Of agricultural schools in that sec
ton, Including Minnesota, Illinois,
Wisconsin ANA |he DakO,as. Tint trip
was made for the pUiD0E" oI inspect
ing the agricultural work done ii
the public schools, and the splendid
ideas gathered by MIR. Roy will be
adopted in building up a list Of mod
ern agricultural high schools in the
State. This is actually the first
year thai agriculture hao been taught
with system in the high schools Of
the state and the work is meeting
with such favor that i; was decided
to send Mr.. Roy on a trip in order
that be might gain neW ideas from
the older established schools.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
Society to Protect Animals.

New Iberia.-This city has a socie-
ty for the prevention Of cruelty to
animals. A large number Of ladies
and gentlemen attended the formal
organization, and the mayor of the
town who presided at tie meeting
expressed himself in full sympathy
with the project.
Rev. II. c. Gi!christ, Of New Or
leans, a member Of the Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals
in that city, addressed the meeting
and covered in a comprehensive way
the laws governing the society, and
also cited statistics to show what eX-
cellent work has been accomplished.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18

MOTHER BURIED; BAPY BROWNS.
Distressing Accident Brings Mors
Grief to Bereavcd Relatives.

UcQuincy.-Whi}H the funeral ser
vices OF The mother were being held
at her late r~esid"nc@, Grace. the H.
Ne daughter Of Mrs. Howard Field
Ing. who died from the effects OF be,
ing burned IN a gasoline cXplo5lCl,
was drowned in a Tub If water near
thc family home.
On November 9TH Mrs. Fielding
Was terribly burned hy the explosion
uf ii gasoline stove. AID for more
than a month fingered between life
and DEATH. Wien thr final summons
came, and The funeral rites were in
progress the little girl, three years
OF age, StrDl!2I Wnn"ri"cd away from
the house and fell INFO a tue which
had been placed - the barn for
The purpose Of wA'rrlN" stock.
When the YartN rrrur0"t from the
burying ground a search Was made
for the child and She a. found in
the tub OF water, head down, wh"r"
she had evidently fallen while play.
inc.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18

= LOUISIANA AT A GLANCE. y


The First National and the PEG.
pies Trust and Savings Bank will
erect a building for their own use
at an expenditure Of $4,000. w. l..
Stephens & Co., Of New Orleans, are
the architects.
The budget for the city OF Baton
Rouge this year vii total about $780,
900. The number OF saloons to be in
operation will have an importan
bearing On the budget.
The steamer Louis, from Morgan
City, has discharged a cargo of ten
thousand cross ties at Baton Rouge.
The ties were brought through the
PlaQuemine locks, and are for the
Frisca road.
The Louisiana Bar Association has
memoraliZed the Legislature to in
crease judges salaries from $4,000
to $4,000 a year.
Governor Sanders was one of a
large party Of citizens to attend the
Rivers and Harbors convention in
Washington, D. C. On December 6ta.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
CIVIL WAR RECORDS FOUND
Show Straits to Which Union Army
Was Driven.

New iork.-In a rusty tin box, which
had reposed undistrwbed in the vaults
Of the subtrcasury here since the Civil
War, a number of musty old documents
of great historical Importance have just
been discovered. They will be gone over
carefully by experts and preserved,
either here or in Washington.
One Of the more interesting documents
is a record which shows to what cxpedi-
ents the government was sometimes
forced to resort to obtain j,ncs with
which to dcfray the exp"nse of the
army during the Civil War. Through
this paper fifty New York bankers
turned over to the government on a
single days notice the sum of 81 200, 900.
At that time, the document says, tho
success or failure of the Northern army
seemed to depend on a speedy moving
forward Of the sinews of war. The pa.
per bears the date Of November II, 1862.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
WILL FIGHT JUDGE LvR7ON
His Decisions Show Strong Leaning
to Corporations.

Washington .-judge Horace Il. Lur.
ton Of Tcmcosea wiii not be associate
justice Of the supreme court to succeed
Justice X. ". P,chI!am of New York,
without a big fight in the senate. The
Republican members Of the senate judi.
ciary committee are opposed to Judge
l.urton and will not vote to confirm him,
should President Taft send in the nom.
nation.
1t is understood the Republican mem
bers of the committee opposed Judge
Lurton because Of his strict construction
of the antitrust laws in decisions in
volvIng corporation combinations.
Similar reasoning by Judge Lurton
would lead him to take an adverse opin-
ion, it is believed, on the decisions Of the
Federal courts ordering l dissolution OF
the Standard Oil combination.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
MAY COTTON At 1850 HELPSDEEPW waterways
PRESIDENT TALKS TO RIVERS
AND HARBORS CONGRESS.
Chief Executive Announces Himself
Warm Supporter Of Inland
improvements.

MISUNDERSTANDING in strong In
1orscmrnt OF tn" policy OF waterway i'm.
provcmrnt, President Taft stirred up
much enthusiasm during the opening
hours Of the sixth convention of the Ma
tionNl Rivers and i!arbors Congress here
Wednesday.
Hundreds of delegates, representing
every section of the nited States, filled
the great banquet hall Of the New Will
lard, where they sat under their state
banners. Men and women delegates
arose when the arrival Of the President
was announced and gave their visitor u
noisy reception. concluding the demon
s@traIion with three cheers and a tiger.
Upon being presented to the assem-
blage President Taft spoke at length,
dwelling upon his interest in the policy
Of waterway Improvement, and offered
advice to tic delegates upon methods for
attaining the ends they seek.
Il congratulate this congress-" said
Mr.. TAFT. "on having brougA. the sub.
jcct of waterways to such a point that
the representatives in Congress from one
end of the country to the other recognize
it as a subject that calls for action.
They have not conr to a definite cOnclu-
sion as to the policy that ought to be
adopted, but they have come to the con.
~clusion that some policy must be adopted
with reference to the development OF
those instrumenta!itics which nature has
furnished for the transportation of goods
and for the controlling of railroad rates.
"A year ago President Roosevelt and
| were together on a platform before the
Conservation of Resources Convention,
in which We both advocated the issuing
Of bonds in order that a project for i'm
proving waterways when begun should
be completed in a reasonable time. l am
still a consistent advocate of that theory.
But | want to suggest a word OF eau.
ton. You are going TO encounter in
Congress great opposition to the policy
Of issuing bonds right out of hand. You
are much more likely to get from Con-
grcss q declaration of policy in the shape
of a declaration that Il certain improve.
ment ought to be carried out and spread
upon the minutes of Congress in the form
of a resolution or 4 declaration in q
statute. What | advise you to do is to
get that declaration.
"Thcn when tn" time cOmcs that po-
l~itical exig"ncy shall prevent the appro-
p%riation of sufficient money from the
current revenue 10 put the proper part
of the project through the coming year
or the coming two years as economy re.
quircs, then the question OF issuing bonds
will arise. | would got the declaration
first, and not have the bonds first, for
the reason that YOU will encounter the
oh Injection BY Congress that the issuing Of
bonds and the receipt OF the money will
develop a desire to be extravaganza"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
25.0OO,0OO Have Bank Accounts.

Neutrality-suspicious. than 2J,0O0,O0 DOC
deposjt accounts are carried on the books
of the bank, of all CLASSES OF tn" United
States and its ~insular possessions, az
cording to statements contained in the
annual report Of Lawrence .. Murphy,
comptroller OF the currency. Til" aggre-
gate deposits on April . last We're about
S14.425,52l.lG5 Th" sum Of $685.
735,379 represented savings deposited by
14,s94,696 depositors. The average rate
Of interest paid by national banks on
savings accounts was 1874; by State
banks, 81.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
Thre. Hundred Varieties of Rice.

tICS E1ul'OiSS va 'SliSo VI ntCCs
Crowley.-Dr. W. r. Dodson. direc-
tor of the Louisiana Experiment Sta
tons, was q recent visitor to Crow
ley in connection with the Rice Tx
pertinent Station. Dr.. DoIsOn is now
engaged in constructing q building
to be used for an Office. laboratory
and storage warehouse. The funds
for the building are furnished by the
State. The federal funds are not
available for permanent improve
ments at the station. 1t it thought,
however, that the money furnished
by the government may be used for
the purpose of constructing a small
rice mill to be used in milling exper.
iments. There are owe three hun
dred varieties Of rice in cultivation at
the station. The government has pro-
vided instruments for taking elabO-
rate weather observations at the sta
ton, and next summer regular bulle-
tins containing valuable weather pre-.
dictions and reports will be distrib-
uted.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
ENGULFED IN TAR.
Three Men Watch Flames Creep Nearer.
Burned to Death.

Pittsburg, Pa.-EntrappeI in Il lake
of flowing tar, four men We're held fast
at the McClintock & Irvine C~ompany's
roofing liant when it caught fire Satur-
day. and were compelled to watch the
gradually approaching flames. Three Of
them were. burned to death. but the
fourth managed to cXtricate himself and
escape the horrible fate of hi, compan-
ions, although he was seriously burned.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
Banks Show Times are Setter.

Bankers and merchants report an
increased business this season over
the corresponding period last year.
There is every evidence Of a return
to prosperity, and it is stated quite
frequently in banking circles that
industrial conditions throughout this
section are fully so per cent better
than they were last year. The bank
ers refer to their increased exchange
account as a sure indication that the
currency OF the country is more on
the move, and consequently finds its
way more frequently into the hands
Of the people.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
Exports Show Increase,

Washington.-Thc monthly statement
Of exports Of domestic products issued
by the department of m and la
Dor for November shows increases of
s~17,oG0,o0o over the corresponding
month in 1908, but a decrease of $751;.
100000 for the eleven months of 1909.
For tie month the valuations of exports
of wheat, corn and mineral oil show the
leading increases. While the decrease in
the number OF bales OF cotton exported
was several thousand. the increase in
value was $4,000, 900. Wheat, flour,
meat and dairy products, cattle, hogs
and sheep show slight decreases.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
Big Sugar Mill at Angola.

st. Francisville.-Farmers Of West
Feliciana are elated over the report
that the Board Of Control Of the STATE
enitentiary will positively erect a
1,200-ton sugar mill or the Angola
State Farm j this parish, and the an
nouncement that they will buy cane
from the farmers as we'll. Quite a
number of farmers and planters have
already planned to put out a large
acreage in ans. Last year Angola
planted over 400 acres in cane and
it proved to be a paying crop.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
Shreveport to Park Fair Grounds.

Shreveport.-The State Fair Asso-
citation stockholders voted unanimous
ly to tender the city Of Shreveport
the associations entire holdings. in
Guiding the grounds, to be owned by
the city and used eleven months in
the year for park purposes, and to
be in charge of the Far Association
one month for the exhibition of the
products Of the state each year.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
To Extend Capital City Limits.

An extension of the city limits OF
Baton Rouge has been suggested, and
will be one OF the early questions to
come up either before the present
city council before it retires or be-
fore the new council which will come
into power carly next year. There
is a great amount Of suburban prop
erty important to the city, and vir-
tually Il part Of the city, which is
not within the corporate limits. The
question will probably Do a live one
in the discussion OF municipal affairs.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
Three Days Later the sographer from Chicago Found Him There with
only His Nose Above Water While Several Hundred esquhos Sat Pa
tenty O a Log Nearby.

1t angered the bee and the mosquito.
and at the same moment that the
mosquito angrily bit him on the right
a the bee arose in it's might and
swatted its singer into his left ear
up to the handle.
It was Immediately after that-with-
in one-tenth of a second-that Uncle
Ashdod saw where a great improve
ment could be made in bees and mos.
Quitos.
So, as soon as he got home, he set
to work thinking how to improve the
bee and the mosquito, and the more
he thought about it the surer he be-
came that life was too short for one
man to improve both separately and
that the right thing to do would be to
mix the breeds of bees and mos
quitos. He said that the only OBJ
%jectionable part Of the bee was its
after-deck and rudder, SO to speak,
and that the mean part of the mos
quito was it's fore-deck and bowsprit,
and what the world had been longing
for these many centuries vas a com.
bination of the fore-end of the bee and
the rear-end Of the mosquito, thus
forming one sweet and useful insect.
About that time a bald-headed man
from Chicago came to Betzville to get
material for a History Of the Prom:.
nent Citizens Of Ringtail County"
the cost of the book being only ten
dollars, including the insertion of a
handmade biography Of the purchaser
as one of the most prominent Of all,
and S25 additional for a steel engrav.
ing with a firm but gentle look. He
strongly urged Uncle Ashdod to fall
for It, saying that Uncle Ashdod had
q bunch of the most biographical look.
ing whiskers in all Ringtail county
and that now was the time to be steel
engraved, before the price of steel
went up. But Uncle Ashdod babe him
wait. He told the man from Chicago
that he would gladly uplift Amer
lean literature by contributing his face
and biography, but that he would moi
be ready until about potato-diggins
time. The fact was that Uncle Ash
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
Sees War Of Sexes.

New Iork.-A wal of hatred between
sexes was predicted by Mrs. O. II. p.
Belmont. 1t must come, she said, unless
equal suffrage is granted to women. An
audience Of 200 men and women gath.
cred at a meeting of the Mems Club of
the All Saints Universalist Church in
Brooklyn, to hear the %sutfragctte leader
and other speakers.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-12-18
FIFTY-NINE DIE IN LAKE STORM.
Million in Property Lcst-Four Boats
DESTROYED.

Cleveland. Ohio.-Thc storm which
passed over Lake Erie Wednesday and
Thursday reapcd a deadly harvest and
laid waste more than $1,000 900 worth
OF vessel property. Late reports showed
that iiity-nine lives were lost: that TWEEN
tv sailors were rescued; that four boats
were destroyed, and that one is aground
and sustained heavy damages.
The new South-news., 1909-05-15

Nothing else can do this. When
the stomach is weak it needs help;
you must help it by giving 1t rest,
and kodol will do that.
The new South-news., 1909-05-15

Kodol is made at the laboratories
OF 4. c. Dewitt g. Co.. Chicago.
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-05

Miss Mamie McRaney is VISITING
Mrs. ]. w. Hall in Laurel.
:: :: :.
Miss Louise billiard returned We'd
nesday from a visit on the coast,
:. ::
Jewell Tate Collins has returned
from a visit to his. home in Summit.
:: 1. :.
Mr. and Mrs. R. McLanahan left
Wednesday night for Ttate Springs,
Tenn.
Mrs. Will Price, of Gulfport, is the
guest of the Misses Lee, on Elizabeth
avenue.
Mrs. NJ. Russell and son Virgin, of
Laurel, were the guests this week Of
Mrs. J, l. Coplon.
L. c. Carter, of Hattiesburg, 2, as
among the guests of the Edwards yes
terday.-Jackson Clarion-Ledger.
= . =
Miss May Dozier and little Irene
and Rudolph Dozier are the guests of
Mr.. W. A. DoZier.
:. = :.
A number of young people will en-
joy a dance this evening at Hotel Hat
tiesburg.
Mrs. J. A. Frazier left this morning
to spend a while with Mrs. r. e.
Rawls at Rawls Springs.
I. :: :.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Barrett and
and Charles, of Natchez, are the
.hree little children, James, Mildre
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. R. Young on
Main street Mrs. Barrett will be
as Miss Idlitt Jamison.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-05
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Hattiesburg People Are Pleased to
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