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The Hattiesburg news., 1910-07-20
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Social and Personal
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(ridian, are the guests for few days
,of Mrs. Simpsons brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip j. Toomer,
enroute to the coast.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Eatman have re-
turned from Meridian, where they
spent several days with Mr.. Eatman's
brother, Mr.. M. A. Eatman.
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/ Mrs. d. M. Watkins and daughter,
Ethel, will leave Thursday to spend a
while at Mammoth Springs Hotel.
About the first of August they will
leave for the coast.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Korndoffer are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth
of little daughter, who came to them
Saturday afternoon. The little miss
was given family names from both
sides-Helen from the Hurst family,
and Blanch from the Korndoffer side.
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Bishop e. D. Mouzon, of Texas, Is
the guest for a few days of Rev. and
Mrs. M. B. Sharbrough, on Main
street. Tuesday DR.. and Mrs. A. F.
Watkins entertained at lovely little
dinner in honor of the bishop and
Mr.. Sharbrough, and Tuesday after
noon DR.. watkins and Mr.. Shar-
brough entertained at delightful
auto ride in his honor. ..
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The Mississippi Congress of Moth
ers will be in session July 2Sth, goth,
30th at Crystal Springs Chautauqua,
with a great educational rally. Prom
linent educators from over the state
will be present to discuss the welfare
of the child, and Mrs. Stapleton, state
president, is much encouraged for a
great and helpful meeting of both
teachers and parents.
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Misses Mamie Thompson, AIRY Cloy
Birdie Dees, Katie Hightower, Addie
Greedy, Messrs. Llewellyn Brown and
Ed Lassiter, returned this morning
from Jamestown, N. Y, where they
attended the -Philathea-Baraca Con
vention. Their stay in jamestown
was delightful one. On leaving
jamestown the party visited Chicago
Niragara Falls, Toronto, Buffalo, Chat
tanooga, Cleveland and Cincinnati
making the trip to most of the cities
by boat.
Engagement Announced.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Givon, OF
Clarksville, Tenn, announce the en-.
gagement of their daughter, Katchen
to Rev. Robert Edwin Fulton, of
South Western Presbyterian Univer.
sity, Clarksville, Tenn.
The above announcement will be
read with interest by many in this
city, as both young people have Wis.
tied here and Rev. r. e. Fulton was
for while in charge of the First
Presbyterian church here, during the
absence Of the pastor Both young
people were among the attendants at
the wedding of Miss Lois Currie and
Rev. ]. N. McCord, which was a
fashionable and one of the largest
events ever celebrated in this city,
and were members of the house party
entertained by Rev. and Mrs. E. ].
Currie at that time.
Mr.. Fulton is a nephew of former
Chancellor Fulton of the, State Uni
versity and has the chair of History
in the Southwestern Presbyterian
University.
No date has been set for the we'd
ding.
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Mrs. Cooks Reception For Miss
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ON THE SICK LIST.

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The friends of Mr.. Henry S. Turner
will regret to hear of his illness.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-07-20
KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR

meet every Friday night at Odd Eel.
lows Hall. All members are rel
ed to be present.
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Mound City Paints may cost trlf'e
more, but! Hawkins Hdw. Co.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30
Invention Edison Valued Most

the funnel held it up while Edison
called through the other end. From
time to time the men upon the hill
made gestures to indicate that they
had heard and Understood what Edi-
son was saying. Finally, Edison beck
oned to them to report in, and when
they had done so they repeated practi-
cally word for word what we had
heard their employer say to them
through the funnel.
Mr.. Cummings and / were almost as
much astonished over this demonstra-
ton as we had previously been over
the talking machine. What do you
call the thing?" 1 asked Mr.. Edison.
We'll, it makes a big sound, and
think I'll call it the mogaphone," re-
piled Mr.. Edison LAS | have already
told you, l sometimes think there will
be a great deal more in it for me
financially than In the talking ma
chine. 1t will be great thing on
ships; with it's aid one ship at dis
lance can hail another ship easily, and
a captain can shout his orders clearly
and distinctly through it to the utter
most ends of his vessel. 1t can be
used on land, also, for conversing at
great distances. In short, this mega
phone of mine enlarges the zone of
action of the human voice, lad for
this reason l am inclined to think at
times that it will be more profitable
invention than the talking machine.
You have seen what it can do. and 1t
does 1t lust as easy as rolling of a
log"
| presume that this was the first
public demonstration of the Edison
invention that has passed into univer-
sal use under the name megaphoue-a
contribution of human progress that
has brought it's father cents where
the phonograph has added to his
wealth by the hundred thousands of
dollars.
Copyright. 1910, by E. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30
STARVING WITH $4,000
Plight Of Two Alaska Prospectors Who
Had Plenty Of Gold Dust and Of
fered II for Meal.

Mining the glittering gold success
fully on a claim and then transport
ing it to some bank or assay office
seems to be task fraught with many
difficulties for the Alaska miner. Word
has just been received from Katalla.
Alaska, Of the exciting experience of
III. Parsons and A. Hill, two prospec-
tors, who nearly starved to death with
$4,000 Ia gold dust in their posses
sion.
Parsons and Hill had made a nice
cleanup on their claims at Yakatage
and decided to take their gold to the
bank at Katalla. Leaving Yakatage in
a dory, they proceeded as far as Seal
river, where they encountered dense
fog. Fearing they might be blown
to sea, they landed at the mouth of
the river AS the fog cleared storm
came. causing heavy surf which
smashed their dory and destroyed the
greater part of the provisions.
The gold dust had been carefully
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30

packed ashore, but the men were
miles from any camp, and their only
hope of reaching civilization was a
march of miles over rough country
and the swimming of glacier rivers,
or perchance a passing fisherman
might pick they up.
After waiting several days for some
chance relief, their scant food supply
gave out and they were compelled to
make the mush to Kennuck island,
which was accomplished by swimming
several glacier rivers and depending
on wild strawberries for food. An In
dian canoe was obtained at Kennuck,
in which the men made the remainder
of the trip to Katalla.
Throughout the trip the men chung
to the gold dust, but declared they
would have given it all for boat
and a square meal many times during
the trip TO Kennuck island.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30
John Duff of Boston Sent His Securi.
ties 20 New York Just in Time
to Meet Payment on Land
Grant Bonds.

One OF the great causes of the imam
c1al panic of 1873 was the failure of
the banking house OF Jay Cooke &
GO. through having advanced too
largely on the bonds of the Northern
Pacific railroad, then in process of
construction. Grave embarrassment
was caused to many other railroad
companies by the panic, and not the
least embarrassed Of these railroads
was the Union Pacific, which. at that
time, was regarded in the railroad
and financial worlds as a Boston in
sCtuton, since 1t was one of the great
railroad properties of the country
which Boston capital controlled.
From about 1866 John Duff of Bos-
ton, who easily took rank with the
great fnanciers who began immedi-
ately after the Civil war the work of
developing the railroad systems of the
country, had been prominently identi-
ned with the Union Pacific. His was,
In TACT, a leading voice in the affairs
OF the company, and when it became
evident, first to the officers of the
company, and then to the public. that
the Union Pacific was not in a posi-
ton to meet the next payments on it's
land grant bonds, Mr.. Duff was greatly
concerned. He had been so closely
identified for seven years with the
financial management of the company
that he felt that his business credit,
his personal honor, and, to, some ex-
tent, his investments, were involved
in maintaining the credit of the Union
Pacific.
But how was that credit to be main
tanned, with money in hiding every
where, end with the Union Pacific
treasury without the necessary funds
to meet the payments soon due?
Not taken into account by the folk
who were confidently predicting a de-
fault by the Union Pacific was the
grim determination of John Duff to
protect his good name at all hazards;
and SO, the day before the coupons
of the land grant bonds were due, Mr.
Duff called into his office his son-in-
law, DIR. William H. Billiard, and
counted out in the latter's presence
a little over three hundred thousand
dollars in first class securities, which,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30
Fortune Saved Union Pacific

but a short time before, Mr. Duff him
box.
William" said Mr. Duff, motioning
to the securities, 81 want you to pack
these bonds In a travelling satchel,
take the first train for New York, and
as early as possible tomorrow morning
call at the office of Morton, Bliss &
Co., the railroads fiscal agents, and
offer them in my name as security for
payment of the Union Pacific land
grant coupons due tomorrow" There
followed some detailed instructions,
and Dr. Billiard was off for New York
Presenting himself at the banking
house Of Morton, Bliss & Co. on the
morrow, a short while before the be-
ginning of the business day, DIR. Bull
lard opened his satchel in the presence
of Mr.. Levi P. Morton.
''Mr. Morton" he said, II have here
a little over three hundred thousand
dollars in securities of the very high
est grade They are to be deposited
with you as collateral security. l
have brought them from John Duff, in
Boston, and with this collateral as Sc
curity, Mr. Duff asks you to pay the
Union Pacific land grant coupons due
today and to keep on paying them un-
til he sends you word to stop"
AS Mr.. Morgan began his examina-
ton of the securities, DR.. Billiard hap
pened to look from the bankers pri-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30

- UT in the broad Pacific, five
81 "a thousand miles from San
Francisco and fifteen hundred
~ miles from Manila, there is
an island that temporarily
deserted by it's foster parent, the
United States, is an easy prey LOT
the wandering cruiser of any nation
that may want to kidnap PACING
naval base.
The American flag still floats over
the island of Guam, but the greater
part of the governing and protective
force recently sailed away TO Mania
for it's annual vacation trip. ELL
barked on the station ship supply
which constitutes the entire navy OF
the island. the governor, most OF the
marines and American officials lett
Agana.
For the next few weeks, while the
Supply is being overhauled at Mania
and the island officials are reeuper-
ating at Philippine health resorts
Guam will be permitted to work out
its own salvation. protected from IN
vasion only by a handful OF marines
and the majesty and authority OF the
Stars and Stripes. But should any
nation or any f1libustering expedition
proceed upon the idea that the United
States is trying to close" its little
possession, it would find that 1t had
acted upon an entirely wrong theory
This country is very busy just now
trying to work out certain problems
in Guam which may ultimately make
that island a valuable part Of the ma
tional domain. Were the little speck
of land to be turned over to some
other nation now it would be with
peck of troubles accompanying it that
would cast lasting suspicion over
the efficiency of American civiliza-
ton.
For Guam not only remains the
most unique of the insular acquisi-
tions of Uncle Sam, but it has been
found that in proportion to its size
and Importance it can furnish more
troubles and perplexing problems
than all the other island possessions
that the Spanish war forced upon us.
A concrete example of the speed
with which the cost of living, the
rush of farmers to the cities and the
chase of the almighty dollar" in
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30
Megaphone, the Wizard Believed,
Would Be More Profitable to Him
Financially Than Talking Ma
chine, But Was Deceived.

Recently l told the story of the late
Charles A. Dana's doubt of Edison's
good faith In claiming that he had in
vented a talking machine after the
late Amos ]. Cummings and myself had
reported to Mr.. Dana that Edison had
demonstrated the machine to us, even
going Sc far as to make it reproduce
Mr. Cummings own voice, infection
and all, with distinction.
After he had shown US the talking
machine, explained its mechanism and
made 1t perform for us. Mr.. Edison
went on to say that he got the idea
for the machine while he was at work
perfecting his microphone transmitter,
extensively employed in the earlier
telephones.
"One invention almost invariably
suggests another" he went on. All
sorts of notions came to me while |
was working out this talking machine.
One of them you will see In that big
funnel up there" He pointed to a
shelf upon which rested, or hung, q
curious-looking object resembling a gi-
gaKtic funnel of about tall man
height. And I'm inclined to think,
he went on, that there's going to be
more profit In that thing than in this
talking machine here. have about
made up my mind that l won't work
on anything unless it seems to me to
have some commercial practicability.
l can make hundreds of toys, but any
fellow with a little ingenuity and pa
thence can do that Maybe this talk
ing machine is going to be not mucn
more than a toy, after all, but that
thing over there-well, I'll show you
how 1t works"
He called two of his assistants to
his side and directed them to take
their station on the crown OF MIL
about half mile away.
While they were doing so, Mr.. Edi-
son had the big funnel shaped thing
taken out in front of his shop. Then.
when the men had posted themselves
on the hill and stood facing US, an as
aistant. getting under the big end OF
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30

the nation Senator Buckingham gave
a large reception in his honor.
Among the citizens introduced to
General Grant was a DR.. Webster. No
soner had the president heard the
name than he detained its possessor.
''On my staff, DR.. Webster" explained
the president, was Col. John Web
ster. He was one of the best staff Off
GERS ever had, and l always think
of him when l hear the name of Web
stes spoken"
"3le was my brother" said DR.. Web
ster.
Then am more than ever pleased
to meet you, DIR. Webster" replied the
president, and, now that l come to
think of it, you must be the brother
of whom l have heard Colonel Web
ster speak as having served without
remuneration in the hospital service
of the sanitary commission"
Eyes, Mrs. Webster and l were with
the sanitary commission throughout
the war; Dr. Webster answered. And
then, because the line behind was
pressing, the brief interview came to
an end.
Late that evening the president told
his host the pleasure he had re-
ceived from meeting DR.. Webster. Il
know something of the very great
service he gave as member of the
hospital staff of the sanitary commits
sion, whose work wos of inestimable
value to the Union army" said the
president; and then he asked: lis DR..
Webster practising medicine here?"
In reply the president was told that
DR.. Webster was now a bookkeeper on
small salary; that the prosperous
school he had founded and conducted
before the war had broken up when
he went with the sanitary commission.
and that, returning from the field, he
had been glad to get work as book
keeper. "Ah," said the president, med
itatively, there have been many such
cases. And then the subject was
dropped.
few weeks later the president re-
turned to Washington. He had not
been there more than week or ten
days when official announcement was
made that President Grant had ap-
pointed Dr. G. D. Webster of Connect
cut United States consul at Sheffield.
England, at that time one of the coun-
try's best paying consulates. 1t came
as a perfect surprise to all of Nor
wich. Senator Buckingham and DR..
Webster included. 1t was an appoint
ment made entirely on the presidents
own volition, and made, undoubtedly.
that DR.. Webster might be recon-
pensed in some measure for the loss
of his school through his devotion to
the cause of the care Of the Union
soldier
For fifteen years DR.. Webster served
as consll at Sheffield, and in all that
time he was not once on vacation.
When Grover Cleveland became presi
dent he was disposed to continue the
doctor in that post, but political pres
sure against this policy was too great
for Mr.. Cleveland not to heed it and
regretfully he named a new man az
consul.
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Rights Reserved)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30
Children Like Truancy School.

In a report submitted to the board
Of school commissioners the other.
night by James L. Fieser, director of
truancy, he said: "The city's school
of truancy has become so attractive
that 1t is difficult to keep children out
of the school after they have been re-
leased as a result of good conduct"
Mr.. Fieser said that many children,
after they have left the school, insist
on returning because of the Industrial
education offered. In many cases the
children, after having been dismissed.
play truant for the sole purpose of be-
ing returned to the school, One morn.
ing five boys who had been dismissed
appeared at the school and demanded
admittanca. indianapolis News.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30

crease as Americans draw near, there
is no equal to this little Gem of the
MarianIlas," lying just off the track
of American-Japanese ocean travel
When all Of these evidences of civil
zation strike land only thirty miles
long and six miles wide, and which
has never been self-supporting, they
produce situation guaranteed to give
sleepless nights to those intrusted
with it's solution.
The trouble with Guam is not only
that it has never been self-support-
ing country, but that American civili-
cation, 80 called, has introduced some
ideas o. living that are complicating
the situation more and more every
day. 1Jhe cost of ordinary supplies
has increased with a jump; the sim
pie Arsadian tastes" of the natives,
described by a former governor, have
been rursed into real American de-
sires End ambitions; and most seri-
Gus of all, there has been a rush OF
farmers to the city, which has COM
pletely depopulated the ranches.
They Quit the Farm.
And the lure of it all is the gov
ernme1et job. When the United States
took hold of the island, about seven
THOUSAND of the eleven thousand ma
tives li7ed in the town Of Agana; but
every family had its ranch and made
it's real living out of the SOIL When
the Guamite first heard of "a days
work Oh a government job he didn't
appreciate it's significance. He had
no use for money and continued to
squeeze his living out of the island
soil, the only method he knew of OBJ
tanning 1t.
With naval repair shops, water
works system, bridges and roads un
| der process of construction American
money began to circulate freely, and
the Guam native suddenly awoke tC
the full appreciation of the advan
tages of his new citizenship. All OF
! the 1900 islanders who were not
then living in Agana began to look
longingly Aganawards; and hundreds
of them packed their belongings In
grass fiber copra bags and started for
the site of the government job.
This state of affairs is the growth
of the last two or three years mainly
In recent report Capt. E. J. Dorm
naval governor of the island, says:
1.-The ranches are being more and
more neglected by reason of the popu
lation becoming government laborers
The extensive improvements going on
under federal direction have called
away from their farms very many
who find the ready money paid for
days labor much more attractive than
the uncertain reward ranches offer.
Nearly ten years ago, discussing the
Chamorra natives disinclination for
work, Civil Engineer Leonard Cox OF
the navy, who designed the water
works system now being installed in
Agana, said in an official report:
'Tf the native understood the art of
getting his enjoyment out of money,
and if he possessed more civilized
vices and could cultivate few ex-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30

vate office into the main Office of the
banking house 1t was swarming with
clerks armed with coupons of the land
grant bonds due within less than a
quarter of an hour.
Carefully, cautiously, Mr.. Morton
looked over the securities. Finally, as
he laid down the last enc, he nodded
his head approvingly, the next mo-
ment was issuing instructions that the
coupons should be paid until further
orders. and within less than I'VE min
utes the first clerk to offer Union
Pacific coupon received his money, to
the great establishment not only OF
himself but also of the other clerks
there assembled, and, speedily there
after, of all Wall street. For gooo
financial news travels as fast as BAD
and within an hour Union Paclne
stock which had been quoted as low
as ten cents on the dollar, jumped
to twenty-five, and John Duf's son-1n
law had his first lesson in the effect
of credit upon railroad property.
Until now, 1 believe, it has never
been reported how the day was saved
for the Union Pacific by John Dun
pledging his own securities for money
with which to pay the coupons. Mr.
Duff himself never referred to this
act of his, not even when he was
openly accused of improperly using
his official relations with nationally
famous trust company to secure the
funds so badly needed by the Union
Pacific.
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30
A Mean Joke.

New Arrival (at Eagle Hotel, Smith
ville) What are the prospects for
young lawyer in this burg?
Landlord-Pretty darn good.
should say.
New Arrival (expectantly) -You
don't say?
Landlord sure do-that is, the
prospects Nv starVin' to DEATH
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30
Dr.. c. .. Webster of the Sanitary
Commission Was Given the LII
cratiVe Post of Consul at
Sheffield, England.

When General Grant became presi-
dent one of the country's most famous
war governors, William A. Bucking-
ham of Connecticut, became United
States senator, and almost at once
there sprang up between the two men
a cordial relation that lasted until
Governor Buckingham's death, in
1875.
About year after this friendship
had been formed the president be-
came the guest Of the senator at his
home in Norwich, and that the people
of the town might meet the head of
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30
somethIno In a Name

Pretty smart girl, eh?"
''You bet she's smart. Why, last
spring that gal trapped half-dozen
skunks down here in Poppleton'a
woods an sent tn skins to Moo York
to be made up. Now she's got one of
tn finest sets of Alaskan sables you
ever laid eyes oni"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30

who is the man who is SO loudly
and energetically opposing restric-
lions on automobiling speeding?
don't recollect having seen him
among the motorists before" You
haven't. He's not a motorist. he's an
undertaken"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30
Popular Admiration.

What is it that the people admire
in that mans speeches?" said one
campaigner.
Il don't know" replied the other.
unless it's his nerve in advocating
such extraordinary opinions"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-11-30
Relieved Of Care.

Doc. Robinson said recently: This
is the best country l ever lived in;
you don't have to mind your own bust
ness here. People attend to it fOy
you"