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The San Francisco call., 1910-04-09

people as you are" the bass snapped.
"Why, were very nice people" said
the Little Girl.
Nicer screamed the bass. Electric
cells! It's ferocious! Suppose some big
ogres came floating out over Golden
Gate park on cloud slIiffs and let down
boxes of candy and oranges and bags
of peanuts and glasses of ice cream
soda among the trees where children
were playing, and when the children
ran to them and reached out for them
big hooks would stick into them and
drag them up to the sky out of sight,
and the nurses would wiring their
hands and scream and say oh, dear
me, there goes Gwendolyn and there's
little Jimmie Roberts. The ogres
will fry them for supper How would
you like that?"
ugh" said Mary; quit supposin'.
You give me the creepy crawls."
self in their place, isn't it?" said the
bass. "Well, that's my business-put-
ting myself in the place of the poor
beasts and helpless, speechless things
and learning their troubles. That's
why my father sent me here"
Mr. Knight looked rather uncomfort-
able. He was a very tender hearted
man, as men go, and always trained
his daughter to be kind to animals.
Yet here he was held up as a monster,
an ogre of cruelty. Finally he said:
Excuse me, Mr.. Fairy Detective, but
don't you think people have right to
eat fish as food?"
"Well, when you come to that" said
the bass II suppose people have to
eat something. Animals eat each other
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-09
P. II. O. A. Team Defeats Hearst
BY BERT LEO

An error by the shortstop in the
last half of the ninth inning lost the
first game of the season for Hearst
grammar. The winners are a team
from the Pacific Hebrew orphan asy-
lum. The game was close throughout,
with an exciting finish. The fact that
both teams had but little practice was
responsible for the large score. Rogers
and Mcdonald pitched for Hearst,
against Kahn and Kline for the
Pacific Hebrew orphan asylum.
The feature of the game was long
hit by Delmas, catcher for Hearst,
which counted for four bases. Del
mas record for four times at bat was
one home run, a triple and two sim
giles, which is good hitting, to say
the least
With the score tied, 10 to 10, in the
last half of the ninth the asylum
bows came to the bat and filled the
bases with two out-and then 1T hap
pened Charlie Silva hit a fast
grounder to short, which the short
stop fumbled letting in the winning
run. The final score was: T. IL. o. a.,
IL; Hearst grammar, TO-
The boys who intend to try out for
the track team are hard at work, Mis-
sion park, at a distance of about four
blocks from the school, offering excel
lent facilities for after school prac-
tice The chief trouble with the boys
seems to be that when training for
contest they neglect their studies, and
consequently are barred from competi-
tion. In this manner we have lost
some of our best athletes in previous
meets.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-09
Hilarious Halbut This is Bet,er!" Cried the Bass

laughed at them as little imaginations
Now he saw the Fairy Detective
face to face. Having heard the bass
say so much. he wanted il to say
more, but he saw that the fish was
growing weaker and weaker. He
looked about and found an old tin pail
used to bail the boat He seized it,
lowered it over the side of the slsiff
and brought up a bucketful of lake
He put the bass in this and immedi-
ately the fish began to improve.
"Hilarious halibut! This is better!"
cried the bass; now I can breathe
It's pretty small in this Jail of a bail
pail, but I can breathe, and that's
something.
Good gracious; do you breathe
water?' asked the Little Girl, leaning
over the bucket.
human beings, only different. We get
out of the air. If the water we swim
in isn't fresh. and it doesn't rain on
us, we die; if it doesn't rain water on
the earth you people choke up and die.
You drink water and breathe air; we
breathe water and drink air; so you
see we're just the same, only the other
way round. Now If you had kept me
out in that terrible treacherous air a
little longer I'd have drowned, and as
for asking me to talk while L was suf-
locating with fresh air-why, they
might as well hold your head in a pail
of water and ask you to sing Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little STAR"
But tell me what you are doing out
here" said the Little Girl.
Il don't care to talk to such cruel
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-09
THE FAIRY BLACK BASS GIVES LESSONS in FISHING

and fish eat fish The whole world is
a struggle for getting something TO
eat without getting eaten. But other
animals go out and kill what they need
and eat it: they don't usually go out
and just torment things and call 1t
sport Now. If people only caught fish
and ate them right away as the otters
and the eagles and the others do, 1t
wouldn't be SO bad. But to take hsh
out of the water and keep it in bas-
ket, or on the sand or the grass, or
the bottom of a boat, until IL slowly
gasps it's poor little life away that is
thing too cruel to believe. Yet 1t
happens every day all over the world
to millions of fish"
But we have to keep them fresh or
they're not good to eat"
That's easy. one little motion with
a knife or a needle and their suffering
is over, and bucket of ice would do
the rest They don't torture cows or
calves or sheep to keep beef or veal
or mutton fresh, do they?"
That's So" said Mr.. Knight
"Well, then, you'd better put those
poor fish that l hear Hopping down
there out Of their misery"
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-09
News From the Franklin
by NELLIE SHIELDS

The Franklin grammar school has
become very much interested in the
seasons athletics. Basket ball, base
ball and running matches are the fore-
most athletics in the school.
The basket ball team has succeeded
In winning all the games that 1t has
played, with the exception of the last.
Two of the three final games for the
championship have already been
played. The hrst game was won by
FRANKLIN and, though they lost the last.
they are not discouraged and are work
ing hard to win the final one. This
one will decide the championship, and
give the trophy to the winning school.
The boys are preparing for the meet,
which takes place soon. They are
nracticing running every day, and hope
TO be well prepared when the time ar
rives for them TO meet.
other boys are interested in baseball,
and they are very enthusiastic.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-09
Athletics at the Hamilton School
BY LEO LEVI

grammar baseball team look very
bright this coming season. We will
try to land the Spaldng trophy for the
"black and orange" the new colors of
Hamilton school. on the pitching STAFF
the Hamilton, with Metcalf, Rosen
and Blakely, has a strong trio. The
infield promises to be one of the fastest
for it's size in the city.
We are going into this league with
the hope of carrying off first honors.
Very great enthusiasm is shown by
the students of the school. The Ham
ilton grammar school has admirable
opportunity for practicing baseball and
track events in the Hamilton square.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-09
ADDITIONAL ATHLETIC News
St. Peters Interclass Meet
BY ROBERT J. FLYNN, SECRETARY

BY ROBERT j. FLYNN, SECRETARY
Friday, April 1, an interclass track
meet was held by the boys of ST,
Peters school at Mission park sta
dunn to decide which class of the
school was best able to uphold the
honor of the valuable Mcmahon and
Keyer cup. The seventh grade won
the trophy, gaining 92 points to the 61
of their nearest competitors, the eighth
and ninth grades.
A half holiday was given the boys of
the school and at | o'clock they as
sembled at Mission stadium, where the
events of the day were soon going in
good order Most of the contests were
very exciting and good time was made
in all of the races. The trophy was
presented to the school by Messrs. Nc
Mahon and Keyer. The great interest
taken in the meet by all concerned
was mainly responsible for it's sue
cess.
The results of the day are as follows:
Seventh grade, 80 points; eighth and
ninth grades 81 points; fifth grade. 80
points; fourth grade, II points; sixth
grade, nothing.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-09
nN nTPEnT HUGnEs

= NE spring day, while the Little
Girl and her family were visit
J ing a large hotel on one Of
those big ponds which are
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-09
BAs<ET BALL

The Hamilton school was very un-
fortunate in not being represented in
the past basket ball tournament,
owing to an injury of one OF It's star
players. The first and second teams
are practicing every day in the Ham
ilton court. Great Improvement has
been shown by the players. Bosq. the
captain, expects very successful
season. The team played the first
game Of the season with the Adams
team and won by a score Of 27 TO Is.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-09

"But / didn't bring along any ice,''
said Mr.. Knight.
"Then throw them overheard" the
bass commanded.
after all the trouble I've had catch
ing them?" said Mr.. Knight
"And when we got up before the
screech of dawn" said Mary; mot much!
I'm hoping to eat some of those fish,
"Dugongs and devil fish," roared the
bass I'm one minute I'll turn myself
into shark and eat all three of YOU"
and he began to thrash about in the
water most fiercely.
Before Mr.. Knight could make UP
his mind what to do the Little Girl
was scrambling about the bottom of
the boat scooping the fish overheard,
and she said "All right, Mr.. Elf
Prince, all the fish are gone. and not
one of them even said Thank you
The bass answered: Little Girl,
whenever you let a wild thing free the
flicker of it's tail as it flies says
Thank you"
''But you promised to tell us what
brought you here" said the Little
Girl.
well" the Fairy Detective sput-
tered from the pail. you see, the black
bass are very nice fish folks and take
good care of their eggs and their lit
tie fish when they're hatched. But
there are two or three big, vicious
muScdlOnSe III TINS ldht anu lllcS cat
up the young bass-fathers, mothers
eggs and all. The black bass appealed
to my father, the king of the elves
and he sent me to save them from
being destroyed. I disguised myself
in a fish skin and I was just on the
trail of one old pirate called Mike
Muscalonge when your hook caught
in my gill and here l am"
At that moment Mr.. knight felt
terrific yank on his line and he had
long. hard battle with some ferocious
prisoner. The Fairy Detective cried:
"He fights like muscalonge. OH
conscientious Goldfish, If it could only
be Mikev
At last Mr.. Knight wore the fish out
and brought him alongside the boat
but he was so big and his teeth were
gnashing so wickedly that Mr.. Knight
hit him over the head with the end
of the Little Girls fishing rod and
knocked him senseless.
Then he lifted him in. He weighed
at least 25 pounds, and his open mouth
looked like a row of small bayonets
and daggers.
Mr.. Knight was very proud the Lit
tie Girl was scared and Mary was
scareder, but the black bass shrieked
with delight.
"Oh, please let me out till tell the
black bass villagers. Shlftless shad
but every widow and widower there
will dance "A fsher's hornpipe. And
go on fishing for muscaionge. Fish
every day till you get them all. There
are only three more, and the other fish
will come and get on your hook just to
thank you"
The humans were sitting and think
ing hard. They hated to let the black
bass go, but suddenly he gave a push
and a leap and turned a hip-nap on the
edge of the pail and another on the
edge of the boat A splash In the
water was the last Of him.
The little girl always insisted that
she heard him cry
hilarious horsefish, but this is good
news"
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-09

in four flippity f1oppity fish-two bass
a pike and a pickerel. The four. kept
the Little Girl fidgety with their
somersaults and their prickly fins
She wondered why she caught nothing
and began to ,yank the pole up and
down while her father was looking
the other way. Suddenly she felt q
tugging, struggling something fight
ing with her line.
She began to shrek and shiver. Her
father told her what to do, and she
did something else every time, but at
last she got the fish out of the
water She waved him round in the
air and made him iying fish for a
while.
On one of his trips overhead his tail
fipped Mary's nose, and she woke UP
with scream and nearly went over
backward into the lake.
With her fathers help the Little
Girl finally got the fish into the boat
and her father reached out to take
it off the hook.
cident," he said. "The fish didn't swal-
low the bait at ALL You just caught
your hook in one of his gills.''
To his great surprise the fish an
swered him.
"Agonizing angleworms! OF course
it was an accident. Do you think IN
fool enough to bite at baited hook?"
Mr. knight.
II didn't say anything" said the
Little Girl. 1T was the fish that
spoke"
"rhe fish that spokel Nonsense" said
Mr.. Knight.
mo, / didn't speak NONSENSE said
the fish. II spoke the truth. / was
going peacably along on an errand
when / got yanked out by the gill. I
insist upon being put back immedi-
ately. I'm a very busy bass"
Listen to the impertinence of him."
said Mary who was awake and angry.
"If all the fish were put back what
would we do of Friday. to say nothing
of listening to oysters and clans"
TITS the Fairy Detective! It's the
FAIRY Detective!" shrieked the Little
Girl, and she began to hop about until
she lost her balance and would have
sat down hard on the lake if her
father had not caught her.
She picked the fish up in her hand,
but he wasn't there. He slipped out
and fell. She picked him up again
and again. He Topped. He was
angry and he shrieked:
Hooks and sinkers but what do
you think / am; a rubber ball?'
ooh, beg your parsnips," said the
Little Girl. II was trying to pick
you up. You didn't look comfortable
on the floor of the boat"
Portable as a COW in a canoe"
"Where would you be more COM
fortable?"
I'm the lake"
'But, then, you'd run away, wouldn't
you?"
would duck swlm?" said the fish
sarcastically
But I'd like to have talk with
you before you 60"
"How can / talk when l can't
BIB b-bubble--bubble-
"Do you mean 'breathe'2'
"Y-yes-s-s," gasped the fish.
Mr.. knight had sat staring with
amazement unable to believe his eyes
or his ears The Little Girl had told
him about her other meetings with the
Fairy Detective in the disguses of a
squirrel and mouse, but he had only
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either great lakes~or little oceans, as
you wish to call them. her father an
nounced that he was going fishing the
next morning.
The word fishing had funny
sound to the little girl, for she had
never heard of any one going out
roast beefing" or "hamming and egg
ing" SO she told her father that she
would go fishing with him and see
what it was like.
The next morning, as soon as the sun
peeked over the hills, it saw the Lit
tie Girl and her father-Mr. knight
was his name--and the nurse, Mary,
sitting in a rowboat fishing for dear
life.
After a while Mr. Knight brought
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-08-11

Members of the East Missis-
sippi Hay Growers Association
are requested to meet at the A.
and M. College on August Is.
All persons. who grow hay, it
matters not how little, are in
vited to attend and unite with us
in our fight for lower freight
rates and aid in solving the
profile m of how to handle
the hay crop more success
fully and market to better
advantage. Professor w. l..
Hutchinson has kindly offered us
a place on his program. Alfalfa
growing will be fully discussed
by the best speakers to be had.
J. C. GATHINGS. Pres,
H. H. LIKES. Sec,
Prairie. Miss.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-08-11
100000 KNIGHTS
IN GREAT PARADE
THROUGH STREETS OF CHIGAGO
ONE DEATH AND A SERIOUS ACCIDENT
OCCUR OURIM6 THE MARCH OF
FIVE HOURS.

Chicago, August 9. One trag-
ic death, one accident, which
physicians say will prove fatal.
and a dozen minor mishaps due
to the crowds cast shadow to-
day over the parade of what Ma
sons declare was the greatest
number of Knights Templars
who ever formed in line in any
one city,
Except for a slight thunder
storm lasting a short time the
weather during the long march
was perfect. From 9 o'clock.
when the signal to start was
given, until afternoon, at 2
O'Clock, when the last knight
had passed before the reviewing
stand, the thermometer ranged
from II degrees to 79 degrees,
while a cool breeze prevented
any..considerable discomfort from
the heat among the assembled
thousands.
There were more than 10000
knights in line, while more than
half a million spectators sat in
the huge reviewing stands Occu-
pying the entire east side of
Michigan boulevard as far south
as Twelfth street, or stool pa
tiently along the line Of march.
The first note of tragedy Of
the day came when Hermann
Gresham of Chicago, who was
on his way to join his comman-
derry, was caught between two
cabs on Templar way and he re-
ceived injuries from which he
died on his way to the hospital.
In the grandstand two blocks
away sat Mrs. Gresham, un-
identified for three hours. She
scanned the marchers for her
husband. She did not learn Of
his death until the parade had
passed.
A short time afterward Will
lam Hackett. knight from Fos-
toria, Ohio, was thrown from his
horse in the parade and dragged
by his heel in the stirrup for a
block before the animal could be
stopped. At hospital tonight
it was stated that Mr.. Hackett 8
injuries were fatal.
w. B. Indie of LaPorte, Ind.
was struck by a cab and received
serious injuries.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-08-11
CENSUS FIGURES m OCTOBER

Washington, August by
the middle of October, but
scarcely before. the people of
the United States will know
their own number. as revealed
by the thirteenth census. The
figures will not be given out un-
til the count is entirely complet-
ed and minutely verified. and by
that time every man who keeps
tab" will know the total for him
self, for the details for all such
subdivisions as states, cities and
counties will have become known
previously through the census
Offices announcements.
Some people think that Direct
or Durand practically knows now
the exact number of the popula-
ton. but he declares, really and
truly" that ne does not. If so
disposed, however, he could as
certain approximately tie num-
Der of persons somewhat in adj
vance of his announcement to
the public. This could be done
by means Of the preliminary
count of the schedules which is
made necessary for the payment
of the enumerators for their SER
vices. The enumerating districts
for each supervisors area are
numbered, and it is intended that
each of them should contain 100
names. AS soon as these are re-
ceived they are turned over to
counters and a virtually accurate
statement is thus made possible.
Up to date the names in more
than So, 900 of the 70, 900 districts
have been counted.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-08-11

also which individual receives
the highest vote.
The ballot will be a secret one,
no one knowing except the judges
and clerk who you vote for. A
regular ballot box will be used to
hold the votes. Tally sheets of
the approved form will already
be prepared and the votes will
be quickly counted, but the re-
suits will be announced the last
thing before the meeting is dis
missed. Three judges and two
clerks will be appointed to keep
the tally. While the speeches
are being made, the five gentle
men having the duty of vote
counting in hand will proceed at
their wosk without interruption.
This will avoid delay and unnec-
essarily long session.
The special committee in
charge of the evenings enter
tainment consists of Messrs. t.
j. Locke, Jr., |. |. Kaufman, |. H.
Sykes, Simon Loeb, Geo. Senter
Col. Walter Weaver. Mr.. Locke
constitutes a committee of one to
look after the refreshments.
The following are the names
selected to appear on the tickets:
Red Ticket Messrs. P. w.
Maer, w. w. Craig, G. NJ. Flynn,
Simon Loeb, l. l. Kaufman,
Walter Weaver, 7. ]. Locke, Jr..
Reuben Banks, S. W. Greenland,
]. |. Sturdivant. w. c. Gunter.
Blue Ticket Messrs. John w.
Steen, j. w. Brown, |. H. Sykes.
w. n. Pickett, John A. Stinson,
Parker Reeves, Brooks McGow-
an, Z. F. Sherrod, Battle Bell,
C. C. Richards John P. Mayo.
NO LADIES PRESENT.
The original understanding
was that the wives and daughters
of the members of the Business
League should be invited, but it
was later decided to make this
strictly a business mems affair
to which only the men should be
invited or expected to partici-
pate.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-08-11
LOW RATE EXCURSION.

To St. Louis $1,000; Chicago
SIS. 90; and return August 20.
1910, via Mobile & Ohio Rail-
road. Tickets will be sold for
regular and special trains leaving
Mobile August 20,' 1910. and will
be limited, returning, to reach
original starting point up to and
including September A, 1910.
For time Of trains and all other
information apply to nearest
agent of the Mobile & Ohio Rail-
road.
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VALUABLE ASSET TO STATE.

The Jackson Daily News of Mon
day has the following to say of
Charles r. Smith, which will be
read with interest:
Charles r. Smith. the wealthy
planter of Lowndes county, who
is serving a life term on Belmont
farm for the murder of E. A. Lau-
rent, a travelling salesman from
Nashville. about two years ago, is
one of the most valuable men on
the place.
A successful farmer and good
business man before he got into
this trouble, when Smith was sent
to Belmont, he was made a trusty
and given charge of the commits
sary, garden and hogs and cattle.
Introducing business methods into
the management of these affairs,
Mr.. Smith has become a valuable
asset for the state.
Though surrounded by several
hundred men, Smith is taciturn,
rarely ever speaking unless adj
dressed directly, and is living the
life of hermit in all save the fact
that he has several men under
him, whom he directs with that
ability so characteristic of him
while building up his large for
tune. He talks but little, gives his
orders in as few words as posi-
BILE, but gives his attention to every
detail of the work for which he is
responsible.
Visitors never see Smith. When
Governor Noel was at Belmont
recently he asked about Smith,
and was informed that he was
around somewhere. The govern
or learned, through the sergeant,
that Smith never saw visitors. He
stays within a small enclosure
most of the time, and when visi-
tors go to Belmont he disappears
till they are gone.
He is kind to every one, and has
never been heard to utter a harsh
word. His men are all negroes,
but he gets along with them fine,
as he treats them well, and gets
good work out of them. The Bel
mont garden, as result of Smiths S
efforts, is one of the finest truck
patches in the state. His cows
rank with the best, while the hogs
are in fine condition. He is rails
ing more hogs at Belmont this
year than was ever before raised.
AT least one effort was made to
secure a pardon for Smith, but
this failed, but it is understood his
| friends will take the matter up
with the governor again soon.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-08-11
ELECT DIRECTORS TONIGH1

The business men of Column
bus will meet at Lake Park to-
night to elect eleven directors to
guide the affairs of the Business
League for the next twelve
months.
This will be strictly business
mems meeting. The idea of in
viting the ladies of the city to be
present ON this occasion was
abandoned by the committee
having the affair I'm charge. at its
last meeting. This occasion will
be attended by men only.
There are two tickets In the
field; the red and the blue. II
will be the object of those inter
ested to elect each ticket as q
whole, but it has been agreed
that those entitled to vote may
scratch any name and substitute
one or more names from the
other ticket However, clever
names must appear on each
ticket This arrangement was
made In order to give free ex-
preston to the choice of voters
Cars will leave the corner o.
Main and Market streets at 8:3(
o'clock, sharp.