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Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
ARRESTED IN DETROIT ON
DIAMOND THEFT CHARGE
R. A. Fisher to Be Brought Back
to Los Angeles

r. A. Fisher, alias Adam r. Fisher,
accused of stealing $3.50 diamond ring
from the room Of a companion, and
who is alleged to have embeZzled $500
worth of jewelry which had been given
to him to sell on commission, was. ar
rested in Detroit yesterday morning.
Notice of the arrest of Fisher was re-
ceived at police headquarters yester-
day, and Dett ctive Thomas Ziegler will
leave Sunday to bring back the pris-
oner.
Fisher was engaged in the business
of buying and selling diamonds on
commission. Several weeks ago he re-
ceived various articles of jewelry, of
an aggregate value of $500, from dia-
mond merchants and instructed to sell
the goods. After receiving the articles
Fisher Is alleged to have visited J. G..
Flaherty, q former room mate who
lives at 1924 Georgia street, and at
tempted to borrow a small sum of mon
ey under preteXt that he needed it to
buy medicine for his mother, who he
said was ill.
Flaherty left the room to answer a
telephone call, and during his absence
Fisher, it Is said, took a $3.50 diamond
ring that was on the dresser. He then
left the room before F'laherty returned.
Although Fisher is charged only with
the Nlarceny of the ring from Flaherty,
the prisoner probably will be accused
of embezzling the other articles of
iewelry. When arrested at Detroit yes
terday Fisher is said to have had a
quantity of diamonds in his possession.
You can buy It, perhaps at many Places but
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
BOY OPERATOR BURNED
IN PICTURE HOUSE FIRE
PatroIman's Presence Prevents a
Panic When Smoke Be-
gins to Fill Theater

A moving picture film catching fire
at the Art theater, sos South Broadway,
yesterday afternoon set fire to the
theater, which was crowded at the
time. burned the boy operator, Frank
Horton, about the face and hands, and
might have been the cause of a number
of deaths by panic had 1t not been for
the presence of mind of Patrolman
Matuskiwiz, who was passing when the
flames broke out.
Matuskiwiz saw smoke emerging
from the operators box of the amuse-
ment place, and entering the house
asked the crowd to walk out quietly at
the front and rear exits.
The damage was estimated by the
police at about $1,000, although Mrs. G.
Middlecoff, cashier of the theater said
that it would amount to only about
$685.
Horton was not seriously injured. He
jumped out of the operators fireproof
box and shut the door before the flames
reached other parts of the theater. 1t
was discovered by the police after the
fire that Horton had been working at
the theater only two weeks and knew
nothing about q moving picture ma
chine when he began. He said he Is 18
years old.
There Is city ordinance WnlCn
states that all moving picture machine
operators must pass an examination
and have a license. Horton said he
never had passed such an examination
and had no license. He said he re-
ceived Sc a week for his services. Ma
chine operators as a rule are paid be-
tween $25 and $50 week.
The theater was owned and managed
by w. A. Kerr 306 Clay street. At the
time of the fire he was in another part
of the city and had left the boy in
charge, the police say.
The police have learned that a num-
Der of Los Angeles picture theaters
employ unlicensed boys as operators in
order to cut down expenses. An in
vestigation is being conducted.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
CITY SCHOOLS CLOSED
FOR SUMMER VACATION

Schools throughout Los Angeles
closed yesterday for the summer va
cation and will not be reopened until
September 12 An elevator was set
aside in the Security building for the
accommodation of teachers on their way
to the superintendent office to ME
and swear to their reports, as required
hv the board of education. According
to these reports the term just closed
has been in every way successful, and
increases in attendance and quality or
work are evident in every school.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
RELEASED UNDER BAIL
ON CHARGE OF ASSAULT

B. Goldenberg, charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon, deposit
ed a $1,000 bail bond with Justice Ling
Yesterday and was released from GUS
tody. He will be given preliminary
hearing July /, at o'clock.
Dave Wilson, a deputy constable,
swore to the complaint against Gold
enberg. The officer claims that while
serving q writ of attachment on the
defendant Thursday afternoon, the lat
ter attempted to hit him with chlsei'
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
VANDAL SCRATCHES SHOW
WINDOWS WITH DIAMOND

Merchants along Spring street and
Broadway between Third and Sixth
streets, reported to the police yesterday
that some one had scratched their fine
plate glass show windows with a dia-
mOnd, presumably. Nearly every window
in this district is said to have been more
or less injured by the efforts Of the anna
teur glass cutters.
In many instances the glasses cost
hundreds Of dollars. A small scratch
across one of them greatly mars its
beauty. The damage is inestimable.
The scratches are low on the windows
and the police believe that the work was
done by q boy or a man of low stature.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
VerduqO Canyon Land Go

Has just issued the Most Beautiful and Ar
tistio Illustrated Booklet over published b
Los Angeles. Call or send for sAA.
JNO. A. PIRTLE
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
SOUNDED LIKE ROASTING

''You never told me you had been mar
ried four times?' said the spinster
mo-" replied the other: Il hate to appear
boastful. ."-Yonkers Stntesmay-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
GRACE WAS EIsHINa

He Crying to be funny)-Dont you think
Grace is a charming sound?
Shell think Darling Grace more charming.
-Yonksrs Statesman
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25

You can buy 1t, perhaps at many places. but
there's one BEST place to buy it-and that
eIace advertisea.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-25
Girls Woolen Suits $1,000

Straight ,eront coats, plain tailored
with slightly fitted back, lined
throughout with satin; pleated skirt.
Black, blue, gray and black and white
check; extra quality serge and Bed
ford cord; Ia under price; $1,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
MANY MEN HAVE FREAK MINDS
Better Able to Remember compIlca.
tions Than Plain Facts.

Have you ever noticed what s~'ranse
memoranda mans mind makes" asl;ed
The observant inquisitor. "Ycl have
met people who cannot remember 24s4
except as a number which they call
twice 1912 That's an ordinary case,
but think / got across a champion
freak mind the other day when | was
looking up a man who has been dead
for some Is years. / got to his neigh
borhood and began questioning the old
timers. Yes, | remember Charley
Johnson we'll enough, sure / do said
one old fellow. Then l wanted to know
what Charley Johnson's trade had
been. HIN. Charley Johnson's trade ?
answered my informant in a perplexed
ton; Charley Johnson's trade? Well
darn 1t, what was his trade now? What
did Charley do. anyway? just wait a
minute; l know that there is some
thing here in the house that will re
mind me what his trade was. Just let
me look around a minute. Let me see
what was it now? That's right, that's
right, there l have 1t. Charley vas a
baker. That's right. You see that
there picture over there? It has some
Dutch writing under it. That reminds
me OF Dutch cake and makes me think
Of it that Charley was a baker, Now
what do you think of that? Why
couldn't that freak mind just as a
lily remember that Charley was a ba
ker as remembering the laborious pro
cess for refreshing its memory"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
FIND ENGLISH LANGUAGE HARD.
Difficulties Encountered by Foreigners
in Expressing Thoughts.

From the Gold Coast m a let.
ter addressed to the Oxford Medical
Publication, which we transcribe ex-
actly:
Having heard your recommends
ton from a certain friend of mine
that you are a general or magnani-
mously Medical publications. Hence
In desire or Craving your Indulgence
In order to forward me your Special
Medical Manuals which Consist the as
sorted medicine Such as, a medicine
for Education, Please the main object
which induces me to draw our ex
traordinary attention lis this, that |
third Standard, the age Is % years
now; But he is too much heavy mind
with stupid as I could not compare
him to any one in our Gold Coast here.
Being as am q gentleman by every
ones known, should l not e%ndeavour
to find a good medicine for my son to
become a fine or purest scholar, the
properties of mine will be in vain or
In other respects the son will be in
vanity. So long as this promulgated
names has had In Our G. c. here I
think there will be no hesitation and
despatch as above stated early as
quick as possible, So as to enable me
to forward you my Indent very Short
ly. But scholars are plenty in negro
land and there Is a least distinctions
of knowing better. These are being re-
quired as follows. viz. % Memory
Training-(2) Pomades Oils. (3)
Charms and any Pills kind of such
medicine had at your site. No fail and
oblige. Wishing you Continued success
81 am yours Affectionately.
IN. B. Please If any medicine for
eyes sore or dim eye kindly send me
the price together with."-The Peri
Odical,
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

Our stock Of Diamonds
comprises stones ranging in
size from one-half karat to
one and one-half karats and
are Of absolute purity.
The person who invests
today in diamonds is a wise
buyer-he stands no chance
of loss in value, and is prac-
tically certain of an increase,
besides having all the pleas
ure of wearing the most
brilliant of brilliants.
If you are considering a
gift, or a purchase for your
self, consider the diamond.
It's the gift that cannot go
out of style, or perish, or
deteriorate.
On easy payments.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
Disturbed Musical Circles.

Musical circles in Germany are part
ly amused, partly shocked at the con
duct of two orchestra leaders who
have sinned against tradition and good
taste. In Salzburg when the director
of the o~pega-house orchestra appeared
at his desk to lead Elm Walzertraum"
it was noticed that his baton va not
the orthodox bit Of silver-tipped ebony,
but a rough stick more than half a
yard long. But he was grave and
rot until the audience began to mutter
did he pick up his proper staff. He
had made a bet with a friend that he
would lead the opera with a broken
broom handle. The other case is that
of the director of the opera at Ham
elm. He was very forgetful and in his
Observation-Disclosures forgot his baton.
When he took his position in the or
chestra it occurred to him that he
must have something with which to
beat time. He retired for a moment
and presently returned with a cook
ing spoon he had found In the theater
kitchen, and with that be conducted
Wagner's "TanEhauser" with perfect
success.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
Notice of Petition fer Issuance
of Swamp Land Bonds.

To all persons having or claiming any interest
in the lands in the Upper Chiwappa Swamp
Land District of Lee County, Mississippi.
You are hereby given Notice to appear be-
fore the Board of Supervisors on
THURSDAY, THE 9th DAY OF SEPTEMBER
A. D., 1910, at 10 o'clock, a. m, at the
court house in the City Of Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss, to show cause, if any you can,
why the petition of c. l.. West, ct al, asking
that Swamp Land Bonds Of said District be
ordered to be issued and sold for such an
amount as will require a levy Of tax on the
land in said District Of rs cents an acre for
the years 1910, 1911. and 1912. and ST cents
an acre for the years 1913 to 1929, inclusive,
should moi be granted. and said bonds issued
and sold; if having been heretofore ordered by
this Board on May the 4th, 1910. hat bonds
should be issued for Is cents per acre addi-
tional taxes on said land for the years 1910,
1911. 1912 to that already required to pay out
standing bonds. and for a tax of Is cents ar
acre for the years 1913 10 1929, inclusive; the
nrayer of the present petition now on file being
Tor Is cents an acre for 1910, 1911 and
1912 and for so cents an acre to be levied for
the wears 1918 to 1929, inclusive, instead Of
IS cents per acre as heretofore ordered to be
issued and sold.
This Aug. 8, 1910. NoRBIN JONES.
1875. Clerk o. BOARD = supervisors
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
SALTHLO.

Mrs. Henry KYLE died the s.
nf this month. She bad beer
6. Mined to her bed for severe
months. AID ler ceath was moi
u, expected to her friends.
Mrs. Brock, Of Vest Point, i
Y sitting her brother, Mr.. Car
Ii lyle.
Rev. Mr.. Golf, President o.
Pon,otoc Female College. held E
meet ng here last week. Each
OF his sermons was food for the
hungry SOUL" He was &C
companitd by Miss Boland the
organist.
The Misses Milan, Of Bald.
win, We're visitors to this town
last week.
Mr. Troy Morgan and sister
Miss Lillian, attended the
memorial service and reunion Of
the John Simonton Camp of Con
federate Vets at Union las
Thursday.
Mr.. Carlislyle, of West Point
the newspaper man, visited
friends here last week.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

One Druggist Has EffectualIy Stopped
Visiting" Over Phones.

One of the things which helps to
make life interesting for the corner
druggist is the th%oughtless custom
many persons have of holding extend
ed conversations over the telephone.
Women especially are guilty of this
fault, and the patient druggist has to
suffer in silence while the young lady
with the f%ascinator wrapped around
her head tells her best friend how it
happened" Even though a half dozen
persons are waiting to telephone for
really important business, the young
woman must tell the story two Or
three times to prevent any nlisunder-
standing.
But a druggist has solved the prob
lem. He experimental for months be-
fore he was finally successful. The
last vain effort to stop the nuisance
was to hand out stamped envelopes
bearing the words: This doesn't mean
anything in particular" Most Of the
phone users accepted the envelopes
and walked out. Now the druggist has
placed a sign above the telephone
which keeps the laxative one awake
while they exercise their voices and
acts as an effective reminder that time
is fieeting.
The sign reads as follows:
g. DOAr,r 90 VJGJTINC OVEP TIM .
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
Blind Girl STRANGELY Gifted.

Miss Cora Croker, a deaf, dumb and
blind girl, has surprised her teachers
in the workshops OF the Massachu sets
Commission for the Blind, in Cam
bridge, by the quickness with which
she has mastered the intricate ma
chinery OF her loom and the beauty
and delicacy Of her work. She has
only Just passed her twenty-frst birth
day, and has been under the are OF
teachers for a comparatively short
time, yet she weaves the most delicate
fancy articles, dainty colored designs.
She is said to be the only person so
afflicted who has ever succeeded in
doing such beautiful work. There are
several blind women working in the
same shop who do good work, but she
is the only one who can neither speak
nor hear. Her earnings, 1t is said,
Of more than $40 a month. are steadily
increasing.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
Commissioners Sale.

Exparte Petition of Mrs. M. E. Bas-
kin ct al No. 2876.
BY virtue of a decree of the Honor
able Chancery Court of Lee County,
State of Mississippi. rendered at the
March Term, A. D.. 1910 thereof, order
ing a sale of certain lands mentioned
therein, |. Norbin Jones the undersign-
ed appointed commissioner to execute
said decree, will on Monday the 9Th day
of September, 1910. expose at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder for cash, in
front of the South Door of the Court
House of said County andState, in the
City of Tupelo within the hours pre-
scribed by law, the following described
lands, being in said County and State,
to-wit:
The North J Of the Northeast t, ex-
cept 10 acres square in the Northwest
corner thereof; 20 acres on the West
side of the South J of the Northeas /,
and the South J of the Northwest /,
all in Section 20, Township 8, Range B,
East. Together with the a~ppurtenances
and hereditaments thereunto appertain-
ing.
Norbin Jones, Commissioner.
Dated LIST day of August, 1910.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
An Ordinance

+ curing the Clerk OF .t,- CITY o
tn. ,rio. AZ Manager o. the L:gs,t an
Wtter Plan OF said City, 70 cit 0
the Electric Light service. aud 70 g
off the Wates connection of all Gus
to ners Of said plant, whD do not ia.
III .ir Light and Water Bills on or be
fore the 10Th day of each month IL
which the same il due and payable
under the Ordinance of the City of Tu-
pelo, and to make such Clerk and Man
ager liable for any further service
furnished to defaultiog customers II
case of his failure to discontinue SAM
as above required:
Be 1T ordained by the Mayor anC
Board Of Councilmen of the City Of Tu
pelo, Miss, that in case of the faiur'
of any customer of the Light and Wate'
plant of said City to pay for Light o.
Water service furnished them by salo
City on or by the 10thday of the month
in viii h the amount due for such ser
vice is dne, that it shall be the duty o.
the Clerk of this Board and Manager
Of the Light and Water plant Of the
City, to discontinue the Light service
and cut off the Water connection o.
such customer so failing to pay by said
time, and in caSe of the failure or Sald
Clerk and Manager SO to discontinue
the ~ser,i.e of Lights and Water upon
such default being made, said Clerk
and Manager shall be charged up with
all service so furnished such customer
from the time such service is above re-
Cui ed to be discontinued, and in case
OF mis- failure to pay sum-. his bond
may be p 1T in suit for such amount as
may be due by him on said account.
The above ordinance was reduced to
writing previous to being voted on, was
read oyer and considered at a public
meeting of the May or and Board Of
Aldermen held at the Mayors office in
the City of Tupelo, at its regular Aug
ust term, and was voted on by a yea
and nay vote, there being present all
five of the Aldermen, and each Alder
man present voting yea on the same.
d. w. ROBINS. Mayor.
j. M. TRICE, Clerk.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
WHERE DO THE OLD PIANOS cor
That Is, When They Get So Old You
Can't Give Them Away.

What becomes of all the old pianos?
Any piano dealer will take your old
piano when you want a new one and
will allow a substantial credit or it,
even If 1t Is of another make, says
the New York Sun. From time to time
the dealers sales of used
pianos. All dealers have large stocks
of them on hand constantly.
One piano firm has on exhibition an
o~ld-fashioned square piano which was
made at least half a century ago.. This
piano bears a placard to the effect that
any one who will pay the carriage
may have it for the asking. No one
has accepted the offer.
Suppose no one ever takes that
piano off the hands of the dealers who
want to get rid of it. What will the
dealers do with it? Obviously with
rents as high as they are 1t wouldn't
pay to store a piano you can't give
away.
So the question remains: Whs, in
the last stage Of undesirability, be-
of all the old pianos?
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
An Ordinance

To provide where bills for Electric
Light service due by customers of the
City Light Plant shall be paid:
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City of Tu-
pelo, that from and after this date, all
bills due. or which may here after be-
come due, said City of Tupelo by
customers of the Light plant, under the
ordinances of said City, shall be payable
to the Clerk of this Board, as Manager
of said Light Plant, at the Mayors
office in said city.
The above ordinance was reducted to
writing previous to being voted on, was
read over and considered at a public
meeting of the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen held at the Mayors office in
the City of Tupelo, at its regular Aug
ust term. 1910, and was v ted on by a
yea and nav vote, there, being present
all fl e of the Aldermen, and each
Alderman present voting yea on the
same.
D w. ROBINS, Mayor.
j. M 1RICE, Clerk.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
DON'T GO VISITING OVER TIE
PHONES.
ASK THE CLERK FOR CAR
FARE.
Hit or Miss.


A San Franciscan was talking with
Mary Mannering. do you expect ever
again to appear with James K. Hack
EFT, your husband?" he asked.
Commerce" she replied, slowly and
thoughtfully, lis not entirely to blame
for the separation of stars even though
they are married. A woman OF the
stage, as off, should not leave her hus~
bank. Conversely, a man on the stage
or off should not leave his wife. They
should be together. Separation in diff
ferent shows means the beginning OF
trouble; it cannot be otherwise. | an
sure of that. and If knew when !
was IS years old--that was when ]
was married-what l know now, things
would have been different with ne. /
am certain Of that. Many things could
have been settled then once and for
all. which. left unsettled. have caused
only heartaches and pain. That is
the real tragedy Of the stage, and as
yet there is no play exploiting the
theme"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
An American Scholars Work.

It should be humiliating for Eng
lishmen to reflect that 1t was left to
an American, the late Francis James
Child, to compile the five thick vol
umes Of English and Scottish Popular
Ballads which are familiar and in
valuable to all students of this sub
ject. But s~elf-reproach is forgotten in
admiration of his work. Child himself
unfortunately did not live to finish his
task. However, he was more than a
scholar and an editor; he was the
founder of a school, and he had the
gift OF being able to transmit to others
both his learning and his zeal.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
Non-R Resident Notice.
State of Mississippi

State of Mississippi.
To G. w. D. McGaughey. adult. of
Collinsville. Texas; Henry c.. McGau-
ghey. of Spanish Fort, Texas, and ].
f. McGhaughey and Mrs. Jennie Van
Arsdale, of Garland. Texas, all adults,
defendants.
You are hereby commanded to ap-
pear before the Chancery Court of the
county of Lee, in said state, on the
THIRD MONDAY OF OCTOBER,
A. D., 1910. to show cause, if any, why
the petition of w. L. Joyner, ct. al,
as executors of the last Will and Tes-
tament Of John McGhaughey, deceased,
for final settlement and discharge,
should not be granted and final settle
ment of said executors allowed where
in you are defendants.
This 2lst dav of July. A. D., 1910,
NORBIN JONES, ClerF.
Mitchell & Clayton Solicitors for Pc
%titioners IL st
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
Suffragists with Humor.

Miss Vera Wentworth, a British suf-
fragist, was kept in Holloway Jail a
day beyond her companions for cut
ting Votes fer Women." on the wall
of her cell. She says: I'VE used to
make the whole ward laugh by playing
Votes for Women tunes on my comb.
One day we organized a great lark.
BY putting our ears to the walls we
could hear the prisoner in the next
cell, and so we all agreed to oar like
hungry animals at dinner time. We
made a fearful noise. but the wardress
could do nothing, because there were
SO many Of u.s."
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
SHERMAN.

The Sherman Normal closed
last FRIDAY with ninety-seven
teachers taking the state ex-
animation. We had about two
hundred wide awake teachers in
attendance. This was such a
fine band of teachers that we
feel like Sherman has been made
better hy their lives touching
ours. It is good to have the as
80, iation of these teachers who
are to build character, and train
the future men and women of
the four counties to live in reality.
Sherman is alive to the school
interests. She has added another
teacher and a number of new
homes since a year ago. We
certainly are glad to welcome the
big new H. w. D. company to
Sherman and trust that the talk
of a brick factory will material
ize.
Sherman is very anxious to
fhave a tri-county Agricultural
High School. Figure how much
less it will cost the three counties
and how much better the school
would be. I'm union there is
strength" Just think what a
powerful school the three coun-
ties could have and so much less
tax,
Sherman is to have a new
Methodist church soon.
Elder McCorkle, of Baldwin.
is conducting the Christian pro-
tracted meeting this week. He
speaks with power and eloquence.
Sherman School Improvement
Association meets the last Friday
O. each month at $3.50 p. m.