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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16
CANE our ON TIE OTHER slps.
Declaration That Put sudden End
to Travellers Y.srrs.


One Of the occupants Of a railway
carriage was a gentleman who be.
guiled the time by telling some rath-
er tall yarns OF his experience
abroad. A solemn LOOKING individual,
with a camera and a triod. sat In a
corner seat and listened without a
shadow of a smile The traveller,
having concluded an impressive story.
says London Punch began again; 81
never see a camera but I reminds me
of a sad occurrence that 5efell friend
Of mine while we were travelling IN
Italy. He was an enthusiastic anna.
teur photographer, and when We
climbed Vesutius nothing would salty
him but near view Of the crater. He
wanted to go to the very edge. The
guides told him OF the danger. II
was the last seen OF my poor friendl
Sad, wasn't 1t, sir2" he added, turning
to the solemn man. The latter shook
his head. do you doubt my word 2"
said the traveller. NO" returned the
solemn man. 81 don't doubt your word,
but | fancy your memory is falling
Eh7 How so?" because" said the
solemn man, slowly and gravely, be
cause | am the man! And yet you
don't remember mel came out
lgain on the other side of the globe
but got my Mewl" There was
dead silence for a few minutes after
ward. and the traye.er got OF at the
next station.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16

"A play" remarked the theatrical
manager ''is like a cigar"
What's the answer?" inquired the
innocent reporter.
"If its good" explained the mana
ger. everyone wants box; and II
it's bad, no amount Of putting viii
make II draw"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16
Peanuts from Japan.

Those, Jsps! After the Germans.
the JaPs, gettiRg everything. Van
KEGS are the greatest peanut eaters in
the wSrld--they would be. even II
there were no cireuses. In 1907 and
1908 Japan exported 1900, 900 pounds
Of peanuts and we took nearly all OF
them.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16

A plucked fowl should not be dis
colored. The flesh should be pink or
yellow, according to breed, Stales
are blush. often green, over the crop
The skin tears easily. Sun. dry feet
belong to staleA
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16

"And how old are you, little girl?"
Six"
"And how is it you are out walking
without your mammal
"Oh, mamma doesn't go in for exer-
else Really. We have very little in
common"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16

when / looked over my mail" said
one young author. there was nothing
in II excepting bills or rejected manu-
scripts" Il know" replied the other:
ITS always either something due or
nothing doing"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16
He Failed to Sec Il.

Mr.. ClosecOyne during hts wife's
reception)-She gives 'em lights; she
gives 'em music; she gives 'em food.
flowers. champagne. and that's what
she calls receiving! ..-
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16

ne seems to be an up-to-date poll.
tician"
Il should say SO, Before proposing
to Miss Specie he got up petition
with two thousand signatures urging
her 70 accept him"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16
A Subtle Di6,ren,.

sand So" began tie orowbeatlng
attorney to the shabby witness. you
live by your wits. do you?"
mo, sir, by other folks lack Of
them" corrected the witness. modest
ly.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16

where's your mistresss maid?f
Upstairs. sir. arranging Madame's
hair"
=And Madans3 Is abe with hsrs'
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16

The Canvasser-Is the head OF the
house int
Mr.. Weak-shl speak low; I'm the
heed OF the house.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16
acokedn the Community

II understand the fair was a great
success. How much did they take ing"
"The whole town"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16
nm Wlaa Nan.

Every man has weakness OF
some klRd. but wise men start early
b Sst thalT WsEaTAasAaa tEainsA
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16

nj fares the land to Fastening ills =
prey
Where postcards accumulate and lst.
tiers decay.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16
Time r able
ERIE RAILROAD.
At
PORT yJERVIS

solid Pullman trains to Buffalo. Mag
nra Falls, Chautauqua Lale. Cievclani
Chicago and Cincinnati.
Tickets on sale at Port Je alt
points IN the West and Southwest at lower
vat' than via any other flrst-cla5s line.
In effect june glth, 1908.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-09-16
William 8. ktnwcithey N. 0
Physician and Surgeon.
ONcu aud sesidunce Broad street
text Court Houst MiLFOED.
For Rent

Furnished rooms tu rent. Enquire
jf Mrs. Eta Poillor, Corner Brond
aud Ann Streets, Milford, Pa.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-13

tendance as usual, yet they are do
ing some interesting work. On the
18th, 18th and 18th the grand "round
up of the Farmers Institute will take
place. Several hundred are expected
to be in attendance, and splendid
program will be carried out
The college is making some nice
improvements which they are hurry
ing to complete by the fall school
term. In addition to hundred me-
chanics and painters working on the
new chapel and mess hall, the me-
chanical department is installing a
6O0-horse power boiler, new engines,
ETC., as an improvement to the heating
and lighting facilities.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-13
OIL STRIKE REPORTED
IN BOsSIER PARISH

Benton, La, Aig. ia report has
reached here that good oil well has
just been brough in near Ivan, in
the east portion of Bossier parish.
It also reported that the well driller
last year near Alden Bridge, and
which was plugged and capped after
it was put down to a depth Of $500
feet, has been found to be producer.
The drillers of this latter well left
without giving out any information
as to whether they had struck oil or
not. Now, since the Ivan well is de-
clared to be a good producer. friend
of the drillers says he was told conf
dentially by the drillers that oil in
paying quantity was found in the AL
den Bridge well.
These discoveries will carry the
Caddo field some thirty miles east.
ward, as Alden Bridge is shout twenty
miles east of Oil City and Ivan is
about ten milss east Of AlGen.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-13

T. A. Palmer can now be found at
No. 300 Newman street with the
Acme Sheet Metal Works. Home
phone III. S-tf
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-13
GULF & SHIP ISLAND.

Main Line.
No. No. 8.
Lv jackson -. 600 am. 3:35 pm.
Lv. Hattiesburg 9:43 am. 1913 pm.
Ar. Gulfport. .12:30 pm. 1000 pm.
No. 4 No. 6.
Nv. Gulfport.. 7:40 am. 4:25 pm.
Lv. Hattiesburg10: am. 7:43 pm.
Ar. Jackson. 1:55 pm. 11:00 pm.
Columbia Division.
(via Silver Creek and Columbia.)
No. 1O1. No. 1872.
1880 pm. Nv. Menoenhall ar. 9:25 pm
1:40 pm. ar. Gulfport w.. 2:45 pm.
No. 100. No. ITO.
2:30 pm. w. Jackson ar. .10:15 a. m.
500 pm. ar. Columbia lve. $40 am.
Connections at Jackson, Hattiesburg
and Gulfport with all lines.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-13
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

Under and by virture of the authori-
ty conferred upon me, as trustee, in a
certain deed in trust executed on Octo-
Der 9Th, 1906, by J. X. Ports, B. G.
Ports and Sam Powell, as Trustees
for the Colored Methodist Episcopal
church of the City of Hattiesburg, to
Mrs. Matte Williams, as beneficiary,
to secure an Indebtedness therein
mentioned, together with interest and
attorneys fees, which said deed OF
trust appears of record in the Chanc-
cry Clerks office Of Forrest county
in Book X page 113 of the Records of
Mortgages and Trust Deeds on Lands,
default having been made in the pay
ment of said Indebtedness at maturity
and having been thereunto requested
by the beneficiary named in said deed
of trust, I, the undersigned trustee,
will sell at public auction for cash to
the highest bidder during legal
hours at the front door of the Forrest
county Court House on the 9Th day of
September, 1910, that being the first
Monday of September, the following
described real estate lying and being
situate in the City of Hattiesburg,
County of Forrest and State of Missis-
sippi, towit:
Lot No. 9 in block No. Of the Vel
low Pine Park survey or addition to
the City of Hattiesburg as per map
now on file In said County.
Witness my signature this August
18th, A. D., 1910. -
S. v. ROBERTSON,
1874 sats Trustee
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-13
NO JURISDICTION
OVER FEL0NIES
Il
Municipal Officials Cannot Prosecute
5Felons, But Are Expected to
Arrest Them. ~
Special to The NetOS.

Jackson, Miss, Aug. 199.-Munici-
palities have no jurisdiction over fell
onies. An unofficial opinion to this
effect has just been handed down by
the Department of Justice in reply to
a question by Mayor ]. G. Watson of
Durant. But municipal officers are
supposed to arrest persons charged
with felony when in their power to
do so, and thus aid the enforcement
of the law.
Mayor Watson asked whether, I'M
der section 3410, Code of 1906, can
make all offenses committed within
the corporate limits offenses against
the municipality, where said offenses
are against the state and punishable
by a fine or Jail sentence or term
in the penitentiary, where the punish
ment is an alternative as for a mis-
demeanor or murder, or whether, I'M
der the same section, by special ordi-
nance, the board of aldermen of mu-
nicipality can make a crime amount
ing to a felony under the state law,
b misdemeanor when committed with
in the corporate limits.
Assistant Attorney General James
R. Mcowell, who gave the opinion,
holds that felony, as defined by
Section 1878, Code of 1906, means any
violation of the law punishable by
death or imprisonment in the peniten
tiary. Mr.. Mcdowell further holds
that a crime punishable by death OIL
Imprisonment in the penitentiary
need not be so punished. The court
i'm it's discretion, may impose light
er punishment than that provided fol
a felony, though the offender be COZ
victed of felony.
Under Section 3410, Code of 1908
municipalities are limited to the pun
ishment of misdemeanors only, which
denies the officers of a municipalit,
final jurisdiction over a felony. Suci
an offender may be arrested by thu
police of a municipality and the may
or police justice may hold committa
trial, but final jurisdiction is veste'
only in the state courts.
municipality is limited in infiict
ing punishment to a fine of 800 an
80 days Imprisonment. and any Ell
fort of a municipality to make a
offense of more serious grade tina
a misdemeanor is not valid, and tn
courts of the state have so held.
A municipality being unable t
punish a felony, cannot, by ordinance
reduce the crime to a misdemeanoI
so as to give the municipal court
jurisdiction.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-13
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derango
the whole system when entering IL
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never lie used except
on prescriptions from reputable physi'
clans, as the damage they will DO is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. ]. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury
and is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous of the sys
TEN. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
he sure you get the genuine. 1t Is
aiken internally and made in Toledo
Ohio, by F. ]. Cheney & Co. Test
monials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c pc
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-13

When the digestion is all right. the
action of the bowels regular, there is
a natural craving and relish for food.
When this Is lacking you may know
that you need a dose o. Chamberlain s
Stomach and Liver Tablets. They
strengthen the digestive organs, i'm
prove the appetite and regulate the
bowels. Sold by Hays e Field.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-13

- Dysentery ia dangerous disease
but can be cured. Chamherla'.' :
Collie, Cholera amt Diarrhoca Remedy
has been successfully used in nine
epidemics OF dysentery. 1t has never
been known 20 fail. 1t Is equally val
uable for cnllJ:en and adults, and
when reduced witr water sweetened.
r. is pleasant 10 take. Sold by Hay g
e. Field.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-13
FARMERS HAVING A
SUMMER COURSE
Special to The Net1s.

Special to The Netos.
Starkville, Miss, Aug. 13.-The
farmers short summer course, en-
bracing a thorough study Of agricul-
ture and it's kindred branches, also a
study of cotton classification, is now
in session here. This school, under
Prof. Hutchinson and an able corps
of instructors, opened Monday, and
will continue until the 18th.
While not as large body is in at
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-13
GULFPORT GETS
LUMBER TRADE
Because it Can be Handled Cheaper
at That Port Than at the Port
of New Orleans.
Special to The News.

Special to The Ncs5s.
New Orleans, Aug. 13.-Gulfport
will continue to outclass New Orleans
as lumber port, according to 8. E.
Naylor, lumberman of that city,
as long as the cost of handling lum-
Der there continues to be as much less
as it now is than the cost of this port
Mr.. Naylor placed this lower cost at
about rs cents per thousand feet. On
the ordinary ships cargo, he said,
this meant a saving of from $3.50 to
$500.
In explanation of this smaller
charge for handling, Mr.. Naylor said:
"At Gulfport lumber is loaded di-
rectly from cars into the ship. There
is no handling on wharves. There is
also no switching. Here in New Or
leans you have both. Under such
conditions the charges must be high
err than they are at Gulfport, and in
lust that ratio New Orleans is less
desirable point for exporting lumber
Mr.. Naylor, who has been staying
at the st. Charles hotel, said that the
lumber trade was now pretty slack
He has a contract for supplying lum
Der for the work on the Isthmian Ca
lnal. Gulfport has probably exported
more lumber for the canal, he said
than any other point in the country
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-13
Will Have a Hospital.

This city is soon to have a long
felt need gratified in the nature of
hospital. DR.. Joseph Eckford has
leased a large residence, from Mrs.
Martha Ware, on Washington street,
which he will have converted into a
neatly equipped hospital.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-13
81 So
For a Business Course

Your entire expenses Of tuition,
books, stationery, board, fuel, lights
and laundry, during three months at
the Commercial Department Of South
ern Christian College. Thorough in
structionein Arithmetic, Bookkeeping,
Banking, Correspondence, Commercial
Law, Economics, Finance, Govern
ment, Geography and History of Com
merce, Penmanship, stenography,
Typewriting, English and Modern Ian
quaees. Students enter at any time.
For catalogue address,
MAJOR r. A. BURTON,
President
West Point. Miss.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-13

SAURS Extracts are the best. Yet
cost no more than others. 10c and
25c. sept6
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-09-03
ByMRY =
S ROBERTS
. RZ7NZH4RT
AkLSzR4n2H5 6y RZwzfN<
SYNOPSIS.

Gertrude and Halsey, established summer
merous difficulties the servants deserted
As Miss Innes locked up for the night
veranda. Unseemly noises disturbed her
during the night In the morning MISS
lines found strange LINK euI-1usT rpIle IN
with Jack Bailey The house was awak-
ened by revolver shot and Arn9ld Arm.
strong was found shot to death in the
hall. Miss Innes found Halsey'S revolver
on the lawn. He and Jack Bailey had dis
appeared The link cuff-button nysterl-
ously disappeared. Detective Jameson
arrived Gertrude revealed she was en-
gagged to Jack Bailey. with whom she
ments before the murder; Jameson &C
cused Miss Innes of holding back. evil
empty room. The prisoner escaped down
a laundry chute. Gertrude was suspected
proved to be Jack Baileys cuff-button
Halsey reappears and says he and Bailey
said she had given Bailey an unloaded
revolver, fearing to give him loaded
weapon Cashier Bailey of Paul Arm m
embezzlement- Halsey said Armstrong
wrecked his own bank and could clear
nounced- Halsey's fiancee, Louise Arm
strong, was found at the lodge, The
a long talk the night of the murder. Lou
Use was Frustrated. Louise told Halsey,
that while she still loved him she was to
her when he learned the whole story
It developed that DR.. Walker and Louise
in the house Louise was found at the
bottom of the circular staircase. Louise
and answered it. Something brushed past
her on the stairway and she tainted. Bal
lsg te IS s9spgesed OF hhmsfroP6g oas urd the
lodgekeeper. was found dead. A slip was
found in his pocket bearing the name
field"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-09-03

Bridge" 1 read aloud. Then, aware
of Alexis stare, turned on Liddy.
Some one is to play bridge to-
night at nine O'clock said. rs that
your business, or miner"
Liddy was aggrieved. She was
about to reply when 1 scooped up the
pieces and left the conservatory.
Now Them I said, when we got
outside, will you tell me why you
choose to take Alex into your con-
fidence? He's no fool. Do you sup
pose he thinks any one in this house
is going to play bridge tonight at
nine o'clock. by appointment! 1 sup
pose you have shown it in the kitchen,
and instead of my being able to slip
down to the bridge tonight quietly,
and see who is there, the whole house
hold will be going in a procession
Nobody knows it, Liddy said hum
bly,. Il found it in the basket in Miss
Gertrude's dressing room. Look at the
back OF the sheet" turned over some
i of the scraps, and, sure enough, it
was a blank deposit slip from the
Traders bank. So Gertrude was going
to meet Jack Bailey that night by the
bridget And 1 had thought he was
I'LL 1t hardly seemed like the action
of an innocent man-this avoidance of
daylight, and of his fancee's people.
l decided to make certain, however,
by going to the bridge that night.
After luncheon Mr. Jameson sug-
gested that go with him to Richfield,
and 1 consented.
Il am inclined to place more faith
| in DIR. Stewards story" he said, "since
found that scrap in old Thomas
| pocket 1t bears out the statement
| that the woman with the child, and
the woman who quarreled with Arm
strong, are the same 1t looks as if
| Thomas had stumbled on to some at
| fair which was more or less discred-
( liable to the dead man, and, with a
| certain loyalty to the family, had kept
| it to himself Then, you see, your
story about the woman at the card
room window begins to mean some
thing 1t is the nearest approach to
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-09-03

of Thomas funeral in the village, and
Alex and I were in the conservatory
cutting flowers for the old mans cas-
ket- Liddy is never so happy as when
she is making herself wretched. and
now her mouth dropped while her eyes
were triumphant
ct always said there were plenty OF
things going on here, right under our
noses, that we couldn't see," she said.
holding out her apron
Il don't see with my nose," / re-
marked What have you got there?"
Liddy pushed aside a half dozen
geranium pots, and in the space thus
cleared she dumped the contents of
her apron-a handful of tiny bits of
paper Alex had stepped back, but !
saw him watching her curiously.
wait a moment, Liddy," / said.
"You have been going through the
library paper-basket againI"
Liddy was arranging her bits of pa
per with the skill of long practice and
paid no attention.
did it ever occur to you,' 1 went
on, putting my hand over the scraps,
that when people tear up their cor
respondence it is for the express pur-
! pose of keeping it from being read?''
eff they wasn't ashamed of it they
| wouldn't take so much trouble, Miss
Rachel" Liddy said oracularly. More
than that, with things happening every
day, 1 consider it my duty. If you
don't read and act on this, 1 shall give
it to that Jameson, and I'll venture
he'll not go back to the city today"
That decided me. If the scraps had
anything to do with the mystery or
binary conventions had no value. So
Liddy arranged the scraps, like work
ing out one of the puzzle-pictures chill
| dren play with, and she did it with
much the same eagerness. When ii
was finished she stepped aside while
/ read it.
! "wednesday night, nine o'clock
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-09-03
JUST A NATURAL MISTAKE
Gussie, In Fancy Costume, Astonished
the Doorkecper for q
Moment.

Gussie was knock-kneed, angular
and round-shouldered He had a ter
rible squint, and mouth like steam
roller. All the same, he reckoned on
making something of a hit at the
fancy dress ball, and his costume was
as elegant as his figure was unlovely.
With fast-beating heart he stepped
jauntily from his automobile outside
the town hall, where the ball was be-
ing held. The hall porter stepped back
ward at the unsightly apparition.
Great Christopher Columbus!" he
gasped as he regarded Gussie.
mo, no, my good mani" chirped
Gussie, as he tripped through the por-
tails. "Chawles the First, my dear fell
low-Chawles the First!"-London An
swerS.l
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-09-03

was cheap at the price of a church
carpet. 1 received less qualification
and less gratitude / presented
the new silver communion set to ST.
Barnabas.
1 had a great many things to think
about in those days. I made a list Of
questions and possible answers,A but
I seemed only to be working around
in a circle / always ended where
began. The list was something like
this:
Who had entered the house the night
before the murder?
Thomas claimed it was Mr.. Bailey,
whom he had seen the foot-path, and
who owned the pearl cun-link-
Why did Arnold Armstrong come back
after he had left the house the night he
killed?
No answer. Was it on the mission
Louise had mentioned?
Who admitted him?
Gertrude said she had locked the east
entry. There was no key the dead
man or in the door. He must have been
admitted from within.
Who had been locked in the clothes
chute?
Some one unfamiliar with the house.
evidently. Only two people missing from
the household, Rosie and Gertrude. Rosie
had been at the lodge. Therefore-but
was it Gertrude? Might it not have been
the mysterious intruder again?
Who had accosted Rosie on the drive
Again-perhaps the nightly visitor 1t
seemed more likely some who sus-
pected a secret at the lodge. Was Lou
Use under surveillance?
Who had passed Louise on the circular
staircase?
Could it have been Thomas? The key
to the east entry made this a POSSIBLE
ity. But why was he there, if it were
indeed he?
Who had made the hole in the trunk
room wall?
It was not vandalism. 1t had been done
quietly, and with deliberate purpose. If
1 had only known how to read the pur-
pose of that gaping aperture what
Straini
Why had Louise left her people and
come home to hide at the lodge?
There was answer, yet, to this,
or to the next questions.