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Douglas Island news., 1910-02-02

1t should be known that Turner's Ice Cream and Confectionery store keeps constantly on hand fresh supply of the finest Ice Cream and Fresh Cream. Sold in any quantity. Store next to City Hall, Second street, in the town of Douglas. Telephone 4-5.
Douglas Island news., 1910-02-02

A Missouri woman who thought the sex had been slandered by Kipling in his description of woman as "A rag, a bone and hank of hair," says it is far more fitting to say man is a "A brag- a arone and a tank of air
Douglas Island news., 1910-02-02

Most Southerners are gallant. An exception is the Georgian who gave his son this advice
 "My boy, never run after woman or street car-there will be another one along in minute or two"
Douglas Island news., 1910-02-02
.Saz. maw. do l look like you9"

''Say, nav, do l LOCK Ike you!
 "Why, yes, Willie, think there is g resemblance. Why do you askS"
 "'Cause when MT. Pipton laid his cigar down on the porch rail took it up an smoked it, an he said had your eyes, nav, an your nose, an your chin an paw's nerve"
Douglas Island news., 1910-02-02

3I. S. HUDSON
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
MRS. KRAUSS JAILED IN TEXAS
El Paso Police Court Says 5000 or zoe
Days.

FL Paso ,TeX.-Mrs. Daisy Turney
krauss, the divorced wife Of DR.. VIM
krauss of Memphis, was arrested any
hned 500 u ~" days in Jail on the
charge OF V~agranCy, upon her arriva,
from Los Angeles, where il is said she
had been involved in a number of sen
s~atlOnal suits.
Mrs. krauSS was here last wear auG
was ordered cut Of town by the police
according to the hotel clerks. She
claims to have facts against one oil
the prominent attorneys here stuff
cient 10 file suit which she a Y will
develop into as sensational proceed
lngs as those at Memphis and Los An
geles.
She had no sooner arrived in +,
Paso in company with another woman
before the plain clothes police were
shadOWing her. and she was placed IN
der arrest, As she is said to have lii
tie or no funds, the police say she viii
nave to remain the 200 days in iail,
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
BOW TO " OF l.. c. c
Pullman Company Decide Further o.
position Futile.

Chicago.-The Pullman Company, a
its annual meeting in Chicago, bowed
to the power Of the interstate COM
merce commission. The directors de-
cided that further opposition to the
general proposition Of the commits
slOn's power to fix rates for sleeping
a berths would be futile. 1he re-
suit Will be that in a short time
cheaper rates for berths and lower
charges for upper than for lower
berths will be put into effect.
The Pullman Company, when the in
terState commerce commission under
took to enforce lower rates, obtained
a temporary injunction against the
order in the federal court. 1t pleaded
that 1t was not a common carrier and
that it could not be subjected TO the
regulation of the interstate commerce
commission law.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
A BUMPER CORN CROP TROOPS QUELL RIOTERS
INCREASE OF 35O,O OO, 900 OVER
PRECEDING YEAR.
Per Acre Yi>'d 27.4 Bushels-Tobacco
Y cid Exceeds That of 1908
Per cent. of Corn Held on Farms.

Observation-Disclosures OF the de-
partment OF agriculture give he to-
tai 1910 production Of corn as 3,I2l,-
$4,000 for 1893, yield per acre as
2I.l bushels, compared with 25.S, the
ten-year average; quality is So per
cent. compared with >l.i the ~tcn-yrar
average. and percentage Of 1903 crops
Oh farms November | is As per cent.
lly.V5G,OVO bushels). compared with
IS per cent, ten-year average.
Wheat of this years crop averaged
$50 pounds per measured bushel, com.
AIRED with 57.G the ten-year average;
oats averaged 52.7 pounds, compared
with 3l.l, the ten-year average, and
averaged lG.y pounds.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19

beth, as she returned in a few min.
utes with an open letter in her hand.
Cant understand what?" she was
asked
"Why. here's q special delivery from
Gertrude saying she will not be in the
city until tomorrow. What does it
mean? She just tclephoned me an
hour ago that she would be here to
dinner"
Don threw up both hands and
laughed.
"lIa. Ha! Betsy, Betsy, I'll bet on
Betsy every time!" He threw him
self on the lounge and smothered his
face in the pillows.
stop rolling round that way and
tell me what the matter is" Elizabeth
commanded.
you're a great girl! But then
women are all alike"
Tell NE this instant what you
mean
Don rose from the couch, and drOp-
ping upon one knee before the Offend
ed mistress of the house he said:
sister, mine, forgive me If you can,
but I couldn't resist the temptation"
Get up, Get up, | say, Do you
mean to tell me that you played that
trick on mc?'
"Betsy. you made such a fuss ahout
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Building a SawmilI Town.

Lutcher Work on the new sawmill
fown Of McElroy has begun. Work
on the sawmill will be begun when
The houses are put in order for the
laborers. McElroy is on the Louis
ana Railway & Navigation Co.'S line,
about six miles above Waldeck
switch, and is being built by the AS.
eension Red Cypress Company. A
double band mill, with a capacity Of
about 100000 feet daily, will be in.
stalled, and a planning mill will be
erected a little later on. The mill
will be in operation next March.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Receivers Pay the D~epositcrs.

Monroe. LATHE receivers Of the
Bank Of Monroe have paid the depos-
itors $1,000 ami announcement was
made that all depOsitors would be
paid in full. The bulk of the money
turned over to the receivers of the
failed bank for this purpose was
furnished by J.. E. Franklin, preSi-
dent of the Bankers Trust Company
of ST. Louis. who, together with local
officers of the bank, is charged III
a warrant sworn Out by the state
bank examiner with violating the
state banking laws through The Al
legged manipulation Of the finds OF
the bank
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Limitless Possibilities for
Louisiana Oyster Industry

New Orleans.-Frank VI. Miller,
president OF The Game Commission,
L. 7. D0Ssman, superintendent OF the
Oyster Department, anu Frank I
Payne, chief surveyor. have Just re.
turned from a cruise on Lake BOrgne
On board Tho patrol boat Louisiana.
Mr.. BOSNIAN, superintendent of the
Oyster Department Of the commission,
said that one OF the main Objects Of
The trip Was the selection Of 30 acres
Of hard water bottom in which TO
plant raw or dead oyster shells. This
planting will be done As IN expert.
ment, 10 show the oyster fishermen
Of tho state what can be done on
water bottoms where oysters are not
now growing.
Il Is A well known scientific fact
tina, oyster spat is drifting along
Louisiana's water front. and the only
thing necessary 10 grow oysters is 10
put some hard substance or The reefs
for the Spat 10 clutch 10. Expert
ments have been tried fourteen miles
distant from the nearest oyster beds
In Louisiana waters with marvellous
results.
In the Louisiana waters oysters will
grow from the sDat to a marketable
size within - months. which is less
than half the time required for oys.
tiers in the Northern waters.
By the experiment the state ex.
poets 90 prove 10 the fishermen that
they can lease barren water bottoms
and, within less than two years, have
a continuous source OF revenue.
The shells will not be put down
until next May, as In a general way
that IS the month In which the 0yS.
ter spawnS. If the experiment proves
successful, and there is no reason to
suppose that it will not, the 30 acres
TO be selected in Lake BOrgne should
produce marketable oysters by the
last OF February, 1913.
The only reason that oyster shells
will be used in the experiment IS be-
cause they are easy to get. Clam
shells are just as good, If not better,
and glass bottles would do. 1t Is
only needful that the spat have /
hard surface, free from mud, to
cling 70.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Another Hargis Victim.

Jackson, ky.-Wesley Turner, jaiIer
of Breathitt county, was shot and in.
stantly killed on the streets near the
Jail by Bad Jake Noble, a promi-
nent figure in the Hargis-Cockrell
feuds. Noble approached Turner as
the latter was walking along The street
in company with several friends ana
asked one Of Turner's companions to
let him see his pistol. The man COM
piled, and Noble wheeled about and
shot Turner with the Weapon. He
then fled and has not been appre-
hended.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
LEE CHRISTMAS EXPELLED
Memphian and Former President 30.
nilla Sent From Guatemala.

Guatemala City, Guatemala.-Presi-
dent Cabara issued a decree eXpelling
Manuel Bonilla, former president Of
Honduras, and Gen. Lee Christmas,
B0nIlla's chief lieutenant, from Guate-
malan soil.
BOnilla and Christmas were taken to
Port BarriOs, where they were placed
on board the steamer Carriage, bound
for New Orleans. Lee Christmas is a
famous soldier of fortune, and has
been mixed up in every revolution in
Honduras during the past fifteen
years. His home is at Memphis, Tenn,
where MS wife and children reside.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
DICKINSON is BACK.
Will Urge the Adoption Of Airships
the Army,

New York.-The around-the- WORLD
tour of Secretary Of War Jacob NJ
Dickinson anne to an end Monday
with the arrival here of the secretary
and his party from Europe.
In France, Secretary Dickinson ap,
parently had the sensation of his trip.
AT Chalors | made three fights ir
ae%roplanes,' he said. IN one made II
an Antoinctte | was up for upwards OF
half an hour, the pilot drove his ma.
chine at nearly a mile a minute. The
sensation was supttb.
1.-TWO other short flights were MADE
In military aerOplaneS, and | was par
tlcularly struck by the command the
pilots had over their machines, even
when carrying a passenger.
Il am greatly impressed with their
military value and shall urge their
adoption In the United STATES armv.'
and Italy, and to provide direct trans.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
State Assessment Shows Increase.

Baton Rouge.-The total assess
ment of Louisiana for 1910. given
out by State Auditor Capdevielle, is
1927. 773,950, against $5fS,l32,l75 for
1909, making the increase during the
considered a healthy one, larger
than last year. Much of it comes
through the increase in assessments
on timbered lands. Orleans parish
shows the largest increase, it giving
$4,48S, 800 of the total. A majority
Of the country parishes, in spite OF
boil weeyil rayageS, show a healthy
Increase, only Is this year showing a
decrease.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Cotton Mills Resume.

New Orleans.-The Lane cotton
mills, employing 1000 operatives, re-
sumed operations Wednesday, after
having been closed since last April.
President Odenheimer said that on the
present basis of raw cotton prices and
the selling price of the manufactured
article there is no margin of profit, but
on account of the old employees who
were thrown out Of work when the
mills closed down and the prospect of
improved conditions In the cotton
trade, the resumption of operations
had been decided upon.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Woman Wins Office.

Lufkin, TeXas.-Full returns from
the election. just received, show that
MIS-. Brit Tr|yathan has d-featel =.
d. Ivy, the Democratic nominee, for
county clerk of Angelina county. Her
majority is about POO. Mrs. Treva-
than's husband held the place and
was the party nominee for reelection,
but died. His widow was appointed to
the position, but the county committee
declined to nominate her for Nle va.
Cancy, naming w. D. Ivy. Mrs.
Trevathan then announced as an indie.
pendent candidate.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19

Why ri'2ah'th' WHAT'S TINS al
"'"'' "9h'" N'' nuS"''lN.
'"pi'''' ~" WIZ ''I"N II - any
'7' VIZ just spoons '"' Va! !"
,' we weren't E''"N 10 "'''
10y '"' mere '"'''ri"N 'Ar''' 'le
,..i. I|
",'''" 'H"t sic VIII " o'' III 'Ho
'1'I" comes Don. Perhaps he can
,'N-''' " way oH' "I your u"""''S'
'"'' "' HuHOt'lN L evident 'ellel'
Reno, sis, what's the NATTER? You
''"" "9 ''"'h as " 'h"lHeF ''"uu' l
O. :" q"''iel WI" l"''' anu Nno
','' 'o'' 10" o"Sn' oe
81 'ou'"''!, ."a' ht0"''u'
=" SHY ''""' us S'S'e'
suppose 70" Will o'9'S'eo
WIN ".' just as rom o'". i'e'e
. n''t' ""e S"s''is S'e Will
.Ir :" i'''NhSS'''"S
wen, s'S''' '''"'' may l ASK 'n0
u So"' o1Sp''"Su'e'
l"' cause lla'S JUST like a man.
rec, ''''''' ,n'' We "aN'
vi "''' "'f
va he'Ss' small l 'e'es'aph.
I"'' vi" I""i''S "alteo' ''leiS VAL
"'"S at n''''e "1u-
''p ''u' .'''e''''' i,""'
'"rIo'' l Ill! 'oo''Sn' o'V l '"ousn.
w. "'s' suc1' d soou ''l'e 'ose'ue''
''6"'u'
ABOUT an hour before dinner time
.'e "''ln"'' rang anu was answered
W r'"'oe'h.
Hello! Who is 1t? O, Gertrude!
Well, well. Old girl, are you actually
mere! Glad? guess l am. just
wait uhul get you at arms length.
coming out TO dlnner? on. mats
lovely. And stay all night, cant you?
Hood! 0 needn't thlnk III LEI you
60 tomorrow. You've got 10 give me ,
week at least. Won't we have a
good time talking over Old times!
bnt you must stay Don't be a MIN
Ute late. G0Odby.
"Oh. for heavens sake. whatll I
1o?' asked Elizabeth. as she hung up
the receiver with a nervous bang and
'hceh her hrsband.
Where am going to put her, ia
ike to know. There's nothing to do
out make Don give up his room and
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
MOB AFTER NEGRO THIEF,
Lynching May Follow Capture by Cit
zenS of Mounds, Ill,

Mounds, lll.-A posse Of citizens
from here are in pursuit of a negro il
the woods as the result of an alleged
robbery here. 1t is feared a lynchins
may follow if the negro is caught auC
the county authorities are taking
measures to prevent such an event.
1t IS reported here that Mrs. Robert
Camp was robbed of her purse as she
stepped off a train by a negro who ran
The woman Immediately gave the
alarm and the marshal and citizens
organized and started after the flu
gitiye.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Yancey Faces Expulsion.

New Orleans. Law. J. Yancey Of
Decatur, Ala, member Of the firm OF
knight, lancey & Co.. that made a
spectacular failure some time ago, may
appear in person before the cotton ex.
change 10 answer charges which, ii
proven, will mean his expulsion from
the exchange.
1t was learned today that he had
quietly cO.le to town in the interest
Of his case. AS yet nothing mas de-
velop"d from his visit. The date for
his trial before the cotton exchange
has not been fixed.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Louisiana Bank Officials Surrender.

Monroe, La. A. Franklin, preSi-
dent OF the Bankers Trust Company
Of st. Louis, has surrendered to the
sheriff here, in answer to the Grim.
inal charges against him growing out
OF the recent failure of the Bank of
Monroe. Judge Madison fixed his
bond at $4,000, which he furnished.
The local men against whom charges
were filed We're released on bonds
OF $4,000 each.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Shipping Gold From New Orleans.

New Orleans.-Foilowing an order
from the director OF the mint at
Washington TO the effect that all gold
bullion in the New Orleans mint
should be shipped to the Philadelphia
mint, more than $1,200,000 in bullion
was transferred last week. Addition.
al shipments OF more than $4,000, 900
will be required to complete the trans,
fer. This is taken to mean that the
reopening OF the local mint is not
contemplated for the present.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
To Establish New Steamboat Line.

White Castle.-As the result OF a
conference between Mayor WE'LL ana
George B. Reuss. president of the
Ascension police Jury, Mayor WE'LL
states that a movement is on foot to
install a steamboat line from Gels.
mar to this city, making daily trips
to and from both places, and making
connections with the Yazoo & MISS
sippi Valley Railroad and the Texas
& Pacific railway. The boat will
carry 300 passengers and will come
from Vaudeville.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Charged With Violating Game Law.

CoyingtOn.-Game Warden Beacon
dray caused the arrest Of julius vii
son, son Of the postmaster al Violin,
who had been mere with two wild
turkey gobblerS in his possession,
which he had killed in Pearl river
swamp. Mr.. Wilson had disposed Of
the game before the warden arrested
him, and i could not be located, but
he admitted having brought the two
turkeys to town in a sack. He gave
500 bond.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Smallpox in Michigan.

Lansing, Mich.-With SMALLPOX re-.
ported in thirty localities in fourteen
counties in Michigan, and state troops
ordered to act as quarantine guards
at the state home for the feeble.
minded at Lapeer, health officials il
every part Of the lower peninsula are
engaged in a desperate fight TO pre-.
vent the further spread OF the sc0urge.
twenty-five cases and six deaths have
been reported at the Lapeer lnStitu.
ton.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Cutting ARRAY at a Creole Wedding,

Crowley.-News has been received
at the sheriff's office of a cutting al
fray at a Creole wedding near
Branch, in which a young man named
Meche was stabbed by a young man
named Melancon. 1t is believed that
Meche is fatally wounded. Melancon
was arrested and taken TO Rayne.
The stabbing is said to have been the
result of drinking.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Widow Cuts Her Throat.

RustOn.-MrS. John Lindsay, a
widow living several miles north Of
RustOn, committed suicide by cutting
her throat. Mrs. Lindsay has been in
poor health for some time, and it is
supposed she committed the deed
while her mind was deranged.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
italian Bests Two Adversaries in Duel

Plaquemine.-ln a difficulty at the
Mound plantation, near Maringouin,
between Lawrence DeJunta, Peter
DeJunta and Tony Navarro, Italians,
Peter DeJunta was shot in the leg by
Navarro. The D~eJuntas took several
shots at Navarro, but missed him..
They were arrested and brought here.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
ARMED NEGROES TOOK POSSES.
SION OF POLLS.
r. O. Jaggers, Secretary Of Election
Board, Arrested on Conspiracy
Charge.

Oklahoma CITY, Okla-When armed
negroes Ou,tcd election officers il
WagyOgrr cuunty seized and took
charge Of the election and threats of
similar action vnra made =, rrthrio
Gov. G.. \. Haskell ordered on, Com.
panv n Of Oxla0om, \,,inual Guard
at OkIahona (i,y and Comnanr y of
Tusla. The trOOus we're undpr arms
,hroush0ut the dav
i ,ro,L,o
man, ,f thn .aro,,,o.hou -,
dar,nd hoino ,h,, all .ooa
and ur;,o
~,
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Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
A Great Victory for New Orleans.

Chicago, IIT.-NeW Orleans won a
tremendous victory when the Nation.
al Lumber Manufacturers Association
unanimously Endorsed the Crescent
City as the best site for the Panama
Exposition. The significance Of this
action is better understood when it
Is known that the Pacific coast lum.
Der interests, a very strong body
were fully represented in the meet
ing. The association includes more
than 500 prominent manufacturers
scattered all over the country. A San
Francisco mar Is one OF the governors.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
7,339,983 BALES GINNED
In Excess Of Last Year, But Smaller
Than 1908.

Washington.-The census bureau re.
port showed 1888 .eN3 bales Of cotton,
counting round as half bales, ginnrd
from The growth of 1910 TO November
l, compared with 1,0l1.>39 for 1909.
Round bales included this year are
S1,lS1, compared with lo9,G2l for 1909,
l43,>G6 for 1908 and 125,7S5 for 1907.
Sea Island cotton this year is 4O,5lG
bales. compared with o5,23I for 1909,
45,t19 for 1908 and 1881 for 1907.
Following are the figures by states,
with cOmDarisoOc.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
To Enforce Vaccination Law.

Baton Rouge.-Parish Superintend.
ent Strickland is going to enforce the
regulation adopted by the parish au-
thorities to require every child at
tending the public schools of the par
ish to be vaccinated. He has given L
period of 10 days in which the chill.
dren can be vaccinated.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Sugar Factories BEGIN Work.

Franklin.-Sugar rolling in this
section is in full blast. with a large
force OF labor on hand and more
coming in daily. Three grinding
companies are at work,
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Planter Pays Fine for Peonaue.

ShrevepOrt.-FOr violation of the
United States pconage laws, Joel F..
Johnson, a wealthy planter of Jack
son, Miss, paid a fine of $1,000 in
the federal court here. Other peonage
charges are pending against Johnson.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Killed Working on Cane Derrick.

Schriever.-While Van Mar0nge, 10
years old, of this place, was working
on a cane derrick recently built or
the DucrOS plantation, he was struck
on the head and instantly killed.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
A Prairie Schooner From Oklahoma,

MISUNDERSTANDING a trip Of
1900 miles by wagon, J. Alderman
and wife arrived here in q covered
vehicle drawn by a team of mules.
They will winter in Louisiana.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-11-19
Jersey Cattle Sent to Fair.

Grand Cane.-Many exhibits were
sent from here to the DeSoto Parish
Fair at Mansfield, including eleven
Jersey heifers raised by J. VI. Rogers
and valued at $4,000.
The Arvada enterprise., 1910-09-16
St. Mathews Church.

Sunday school at 10 am. Eve
ming prayer and sermon at 3:45
p. m. Rev. JOHN 0. FERRIS,
Rector.
The Arvada enterprise., 1910-09-16

|. Wanted: Plain sewing and
dressfnaking at Gertrude Lucas, i,
West 3rd St., near Ralston Ave-,
Arvada.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-18
Play Ring Around the Rosy"
With Warrant for Pitts

he had given it to Lieutenant John
HemDel. Lieutenant Hempel said he
had given IL to Lieutenant r. L. Shan
non. Shannon said he had given II to
Desk Sergeant J. a. Spears and Spears
said he had given II to Clerk Canning.
The warrant had swept speedily
around the ring OF the chief. the lieu
tenants. the desk sergeant and the pO-
lice court clerk half a dozen times
without giving Judge J. J. Whitaker
or City Attorney II. J. Dininny a sin
gle look-in as to its whereabouts.
Though the police department didn't
realize how funny it was, the game
started several months ago. when City
Attorney Dininny wanted Chief Barlow
to serve Alb warrants on inmates of
the stOckade. The game was different
then. because the warrants could be
found. but the persons they were in
tended for played the "hide-and-seek"
role
Rev. William Thurston Brown says
that he will appear at police headquar-
tiers early this week and show Presti-
digitator Barlow under which walnut
he is hiding the warrant pill. but the
chief says the game is all his own. and
wagers that the hand VIII always be
quicker than the eye. So interesting
has the Ring Around the Rosy
game become. that the police have en-
tirely forgotten about Socialist meet
ings. which are progressing with more
red language" than ever.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-18

IN the very latest version Of Ring
Il Around the Rosy" to be intro
duced within the inner circle Of the
police department. chief Samuel NJ.
Barlow and his lieutenants believe
that they have at last fallen upon a
game which viii enjoy lifelong popu-
larity with rOundsmen."
The game involves a warrant sworn
to by W. T. Brown. and so tickled with
Il is Patrolman g. W. Pitts. whose
name occupies the most important po-
sition on the warrant, that he is hoping
that il will keep on as long as he wears
brass buttons and blue clothes. In ad-
dition 20 having a Ring Around the
Rosy feature. the game also includes
Warrant. Warrant. Who's Got the
Warrant" and II the warrant can
keep up a consistent game at hide
and-seek, the game may be played
safely.
The real sport Of the game came into
evidence last night when serious at
tempts were made 10 find the warrant
that authorities want the police de-
partment to serve upon Patrolman
Pitts for landing a heavy right on the
ear OF Rev. William ThurstOn Brown.
whom he arrested for talking Socialism
on the streets of Salt Lake several
nights ago.
J. +. Canning. clerk Of the police
court. said that he had given the war
rant 70 Chief Barlow. the chief said