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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-10

made things hum the past week
and it is predicted that Miss Dis
mukes will do splendid work
from now on.
1t is reported that if Miss Dis
mukes wins the diamond ring
she will award the 500 in gold
to the Columbus Lodge of Elks.
However true this may be. it is
certain that she has many warm
friends among the members of
this popular and jovial fraternity
who will do their utmost to ac-
complish her succ ess.
Mrs. Clara Gibson of Crawford,
has made a great gain the past
week. She has turned in good
many subscriptions from Craw-
ford and from Brooksville as
we'll and is now in a splendid
position among the leaders in the
contest.
List of Contestants.
Miss Fannie Dismukes..~..~-2 20160
" Lucy Driver -........-.....-...2 .20040
/" Lonnie Hartman 1880
Z" Lille Eichelberger~-~.~19O6O
Mrs. Clara Gibson .--~--.---19030
Miss Florence Kemp ~~.~..-~-17 17840
F" Matte B. Mullins 1880
" Ollie Locke. .....-,~ 16340
Z" Louise Wood od.---.-.-.-.~15920
=" Grace Harris ...-..-.-..-.~14320
Mrs. Cy Thompson f4160
Miss Alliene Sparks ~.-.~12320
" Miriam Sykes~.~..-.-.....~1232
Z" Laura Halbert-.-.-.- -. 10310
+" Ruby Egger ....................-. 1920
Willetta Ussery. ...........~ 1920
Mrs. Lucy Caldwell-.......-.......8 $3.50
Miss Eugene Moody -........-.- 1860
Mary Cox-................. ........- 1850
/" Bessie Weaver H.. 1920
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Mr.. Fl. w. Hill of Carrollton,
Ala, spent Thursday in the city
on business.
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Mrs. M. S. Curtis of Carroll
ton, Ala, visited in Columbus
Friday.
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Mr.. j. K. Rice of Mayhew,
was among the visitors in the
city yesterday.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-10

See the May Pole Dance at the
Columbus Theatre Tuesday
night.
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Attention w. O. w. Team.
The Uniform Rank will assem-
BILE at the hall Tuesday night,
April II, at 7:30 sharp.
By order of
r. E. COX, Capt.
E. Ii. CHILDERS, JR., Lieut..
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| saw it in the Commercial.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-04-10

MISS DRIVER WINS WATCH
April 9, 1910
To the Contestants:
BY request
of the Contest Editor we have
carefully counted the votes
earned by the young ladies in
the contest this week and we
find that Miss Lucy Driver is
entitled to the Solid Gold Swiss
watch, under the terms of our
offer Respectfully,
BUDER BROS.
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President WooIsey's Opinion, Given In
an Interview, Determined tho
Line Of Action Adopted by
Secretary Fish.

Every American whose memory goes
back to the year 1873 can doubtless
easily recall the intense excitement,
| bordering on bad case of war ftver,
that prevailed throughout the country
when 1t became known that the Amer
lean ship Virginius, while engaged in
a filibustering expedition in Cuba. had
been captured by the Spaniards and
the captain and crew We're being
held as outlaws for probable egecu-
! ton.
At the height of the pressure that
was being brought on President Grant
! to demand of Spain that she release
vessel and crew, or take the conse-
! quences of her refusal to do So my
newspaper duties took me to the
! home of Theodore d. Woolsey, wbo
was then finishing the last of hts %
years as president of Yale DigIified
! and courteous scholar that he was,
| interviewed him as he unceremonDus-
| ly lay on the floor of his library while
engaged in romping with his grand
children.
My mission ended, was preparing
TO take my departure-to the evident
delight of the youngsters-when the
thought suddenly occurred to me tina,
President Woolsey was a world vida
! recognized authority on internatiGna,
! law, and that | had heard he Sat
I often informally consulted by aha
! state department on matters Of infer
| national law, and possibly he could be
/ induced to say something about thu
| Nirginius affair Therefore, | asked
/ him ii he would care to tell me kll
opinion of the proper position for cur
government to take In the interrs.
! tional crises confronting it.
| can see the old gentleman noy,
sitting on the floor, and with he
head resting on An arm which he had
thrown on chair, as he replied:
IF the facts are as have beer
stated, then it is inevitable that the
United States cannot demand the re-
lease of the Virginius II might bs
asked as a favor done by one friend.
ly nation to another but it cannot he
demanded No nation which recog,
nizes and practices the principles Of
international law would support the
United States in an attitude Of that
kind II It be true that this vessel
took on, under the shelter of the Amer.
lean flag, arms and munitions intend.
ed for those who are IN revolution
against Spain in Cuba, and cleared
from our ports concealing that fact.
then the vessel has forfeited the rights
which the American flag would other
wise give it. see no possible es
cape from this, provided, Of course.
that the facts are as have been stated.
1t may be that request for friendly
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q Mild Dsrsr,ber

The late Joseph Dorsey Of San lose.
the famous detective whose best fest
was the capture OF Canon Bernard
after chase from Alaska to Cana
Horn, used to impute his success to
his knowledge OF men.
"A detective" he would say. Should
know the habits Of every clagg TLon
no disguise can deceive him
All men, even the most method.
cal, have their habits Even re traap
has his.
You great big lay Ioafer' ! SAID
to a tramp one December day y0u
ought to be in jail
Yes, Algie, the tramp replied. AZ
he pretended to fix monocle In lis
eye. Yes, know It's the correct,
thing for our set at this season, AIgie
but, deuce take it. its such a Md win
ter, don't You know"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-01-01
Great Temptation That Was Brazen
Iy Placed Before Mayor Of New
York by Ono Who Sought
Franchise.

To illustrate concretely the tempa-
tions that are constantly being
throwa in the path of almost every
man who is elected mayor of large
American city, l am going to tell of
the great temptation that was brazenly
put before the late William r. Grace,
who was twice mayor of New York
iity, to his own and the city's honor,
and whose efforts largely allied in the
election OF William l.. Strong and
Seth Low, New York's two reform
mayors Of rather recent years Mr..
Grace himself told me the story during
one of the morning walks which it
was our custom to take together for
many years.
Il thought at the time of my first
candidacy for mayor in 1880 that un-
derstood men pretty well and. after Il
snort talk with any one, was fairly
able to estimate his character" Mr.
Grace began. But | found, after !
had been mayor a few weeks, that
had greatly overestimated my abil.
l'y to Judge men, and then it was
taat | learned why it was that men
like Samuel j. Tilden, for instance,
placed full faith in only three or four
fAen, and perhaps complete confidence
IN only one or two Mr.. Tilden learned
In his political life that there are
many hidden sides to mems charac-
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Helped End Virgiraitqs Crisis

consideration would receive favorable
consideration from Spain, but that Is
another matter"
| realized at once that had what
newspaper men call "a good .tory "
and | eagerly asked President Wool
sey If | might give It to the presJ that
night. He hesitated a momeHt as
though he shrank from appearing to
have volunteered an opinion upon a
matter that was giving the admins,
tration the greatest possible con Germ
But when | assured him that the pub
lie statement would show that his
opinion had been sought and not vol
UNFAIRLY made, he consented to my
making it public
Coming from the source it did it
was inevitable that the statement
should be widely published; and the
action taken by our government soon
after was substantially IN line with
DR.. Woolsey's opinion. But not IN.
til after the Nirginius had been cor.
demned and her captain, Sc of the
~'N' ''''i ~ VI biiN bfNo0'IStlS Slltl
In the suburbs Of Santiago de Cuba
did learn from United States sena.
tor from Connecticut that the state.
ment | had secured from DR.. Woolsoy
as an afterthought had served to con
firm the secretary of state, Hamilton
Fish, in his view of the attitude that
the United States should take. Priest
dent Woolsey was clearly an author
ity whose views could not be ignored
said the senator, and his opinion def
nitely determined Secretary Fish to
take the stand he did, despite the well.
grounded fear that the intense public
clamor in favor Of the nlibusterg
might be made to serve their political
ends by the opponents of the adminis
tration
Quite naturally, dare say. have
until now, taken not a little secret
pride in the fact that a chance thought
Of mine should have proved of SONS
ultimate service TO the country in
time Of a crisis
Copyright, 1909, by Il, j Et-gards,
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Grace and the Bro1un Package

tiers, and that these are not revealed
sometimes until years have passed.
We'll, in due time there came be-
fore me for my approval AS mayor a
certain public utility franchise. | do
not want to give any hint as to what
that franchise was, but | will say that
there were some features about it that
! did not like, and, unless these could
be eliminated, l was fairly we'll salts
fed that it was my duty to veto it.
One evening, while the franchise
was waiting my action, | was sitting in
my library when the card Of visi-
tor was shown to me, 1t was that OF n
man whom l knew and for whom |
had great respect. | had always re-
garded him as one of the strong men,
both in intellect and character, In the
city and the state. And he was man
of more than local reputation, and he
stood for ideal things in politics.
After we had greeted each other,
my visitor said that he had come
to chat with me about the proposed
franchise He understood that there
were certain features in it that ! did
not like. He thought he could explain
them to my entire satisfaction, and
he undertook to show me how the
charter completely safeguarded the in
terests of the people. He was quite
skillful in answering the various OBJ
jections to the charter that | men
toned as having occurred to me. He
seemed to be perfectly frank, declar-
Ing that he did not have a personal
interest in the franchise, but felt that
it was an entirely prOper one to an
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Exact Copy Of Wrapper.
Story of a Moviru Pumpkin.

A pumpkin was seen to walk across
he field by Mrs. Samuel H. Hight OF
Skowegan recently. When she saw
L she thought her eyes were decciv
ng her, but she soon perceived that
he pumpkin moved little way
stopped and then turned In another
direction. She watched this object fol
some time and told one Of her neigh
0ors. The mystery was solved, but
he two women did not dare to so
nearer the moving vegetable, but
called a man who knocked the pump
Kin over and found polcCat The
skunk had Crawled under the pumpkin
and stuck his head into n hole in II
and was unable to cXtriCate himself
rom 1t and had walked off as best hc
could with the pumpkin on his back.
Lewiston Journal
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Famous Historian Declared That He
Owed to Them Great Happiness
and Something of His Sue
cess in Life.

The statement has been made from
time to time that George Bancroft, the
historian, was among the foremost au.
thorities Of his day on the cultivation,
varieties, habits and characteristics of
roses. 1t is also true-as has been
statcG-that the love of roses amount
ed almost to passion with Mr. Ban.
croft But ! have never seen it print.
ed mat his roses frequently inspired
Mr.. Bancroft in this great work Yet
1t was my good fortune to have him
naiyely make this confession to me
under very interesting circumstances
One balmy June morning a matter
OF business took me to the Washing
ton residence of the venerable man,
then engaged in putting the final
touches on his monumental history of
the United States. With a gracious
and cordial dignity he received me in
his library, fragrant with the perfume
from vase full of roses resting on a
table Indeed, so beautiful were the
flowers that | could not help remark
Ing to Mr.. Bancroft even before the
business in hand was finished What
exquisite roses, Mr. Bancroft"
lie had been all attention before,
but now his eyes shone with the fire
of enthusiasm.
DO you like roses?" he asked with
almost childish eagerness.
Yes replied, they are my favor
lite flower"
Then come with me-" he said sim.
ply.
A minute or two later, as we left the
house by the rear door, found myself
standing on the edge of a luxuriantly
blooming rose garden, occupying the
whole OF the rear yard, about IS feet
In depth and 80 in width, as remem.
Der it. 1t was plain even to lay eyes
that Mr.. Bancroft had made artistic
and economic use of every foot of the
plot at his command.
AS we walked along the little wind.
ing paths that gave easy access to
each bush, Mr. BancTofts hands were
prodigal with caresses for his roseg,
and his touch upon them was like that
of fond fathers upon the head of n
favorite child.
They are my children the compan
ions OF my leisure hours" he told me-
with charming simplicity. Some
times they have tempted me away
when | should have been at nv desk
Do you know that they sleep, getting
drowsy at twilight, and falling sound
asleep when darkness comes? And
though | love them all, do you know
that sometimes ! think the neighbor.
s.aa blossoms pogt when | caress one
ot'their fellows7 ] cant help thinking
that these friends and companions
have some sub conscious Intelligence.
and | know of surety that TO them
| owe great happiness and something
Of whatever success | have had in life
for they have been true healers of
many of my momentary infrmities."
He stopped before some blossoms of
exquisitely delicate tint. With both
hands he lovingly stroked them.
All, how they have refreshed me.
he went on. Invariably come 10
them when work on my history has
wearied me. talk with them. | fancy
they know what l say and like nv
caresses, and they send me back to
my desk with my body refreshed am
my mind stimulated for further work"
Again he stopped, this time before
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Roses Inspired Bancroft

a bush laden with blossoms magnif1-
Gently red.
They helped me with a battle once.
I had reached a point where the ex.
element Of the theme no longer sus-
tanned me. Suddenly, laid down my
pen and sought out this tall, defiant
bush, with its bloodred blooms that
have always seemed to me to be
sprung from some great battlefield.
And as | stood before them | was
filled with the militant spirit of bush
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and roses-I fairly glowed with it.
Then | returned to my desk picked
up my pen, and the task that had been
hard was easy
Thus this charming old gentleman
of so odd years chatted with child
like frankness of his beloved flower
friends as we walked along the little
paths winding among them; and when
finally | left him | could not help
taking away with me the thought that
recurs to my mind whenever hear
the name of George Bancroft men.
toned: The roses-they have helped
him to make his name
Copyright, 1909, by Z, J Gdwards)
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How countryhed your streets look, %
says the visitor, gazing out OF the
Office window. See all those big
wagons loaded with hay going here
and there"
Hay nothing calculates the other
man. That's the way the depart.
ent stores send ont their retail or.
ders Of false hair for the women
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prove in the interests Of the whole
people.
When he had come into the room
noticed that he carried with him Il fiat
and somewhat square parcel neatly
done up. This he put upon the library
table while we talked. AS he rose to
go, he pointed to it.
81 have said all that occurs to me
to say in favor of this plan he said,
but thought you might like some doc
umentary evidence tc back up my
statements, SO | have brought some
with ME for you to look over at your
leisure. Please to glance over it aft
er am gone
THANK you, | shall said, and we
shook hands.
"But just as my callers hand was on
the door sudden impulse seized me,
and said: Wait moment, ! will
look at it now And suitng my &C
lions to my words the next moment
| was thunder struck to find before my
eyes gilt-edged securities whose facs
values aggregated a quarter of a mil
lion dollars
How / managed to control myself,
Inundated and angry as | was, | do
not know. But | did, and retied the
parcel. and handed 1t TO him, and
pointed to the door. All that | said
was, That is the kind OF documentary
evidence which would persuade me
against rather than for the franchise
He took the parcel without a wora
and went away, and from that day
began to test thoroughly every man
who made loud professions to me
about his acting In the interests OF the
people"
Copyright. 1909, by Z. J. EdwardsD
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Hamins Wizard Oh viii knock the
spots off a sore throat It's use makes
tousiIiis, quiu~v and diphthrra impossi.
bic. 1t is simply great for the relief Of
all pain. soreness and inflammation
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If you are over beaten 1t viii be by
your own self Nobody else can beat
you.
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Mrs. windows Soothing Syrup,
FOR children teethiug, tUft"us the gums reduces In
Examination, G.uya pain, cures wind collie DC shJttle.
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When some people talk it is a waste
o. time to yaWn
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And folks would cheer when he'd appca
or now his voice would blur
And rumble ON till it had gon"
To "Gr-r-r-r
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Ma says when a man has TO work
harder than usual all day the only
thing he thinks of Is tclliu about it
when he gets home
The Washington herald., 1910-05-29
v. AND B. CANAL
BROACHED IN 1888
Plan Agitated at Intervals
Since that Time.

Senator Gallinger's joint resolution pro-
viding for a survey Of the proposed
Washington to Baltimore canal has
brought out a variety OF opinion among
the business men and citizens Of Wash
ington.
Some dismiss the matter with the re-
mark that the canal will probably never
DC constructed and that there is no use
Of giving it serious consideration; others
seem to see in the project a means to
cheaper the rates of traffic and expand
business between the two cities; others
speak Of the project as imprncticable and
declare that il the canal should be built
It never would pay.
The project Of building a canal between
Washington and Baltimore has been agi-
tated at intervals since 1888. Engineers
have made several estimates Of the prob
able cost. trade bodies have recommended
the building Of the waterway. but up to
the present time no systematic attempt
has been made on the part of the govern
ment to survey the possible routes and
find out which oftwo or more would be
the more feasible in case the canal should
be attempted.
Estimates of the Cost.
1t is said that TO dig canal over either
the seventeen-mile or the twenty-one-
mile route will cost in the neiBhborhood
Of 100000 II the canal is as much as six
feet deep and $S,OO0OOO Il 1t is as much as
ten feet deep. These estimates have no
basis in formal reports. but are made
after casual surveys Of the topography of
the ground between the two cities
In a report which Senator Gallinger
submitted with his resolution It is set
forth that that long-cherished plan to
provide for a more direct water communi-
cation between the harbors of Washing
ton and Baltimore by means OF an ample
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ton hall, living room. dining room. pan
try, and kitchen on the first floor: four
bed rooms and a bath on the second
floor, and three bed rooms and a store
room on the third floor. u feature OF the
first floor will be a large open fire place
with an inglenook. Hunter & Bell are
the architects
An apartment house IS 10 be built by
Howard NJ. Etchison on the east side Of
Columbia road between Wyoming and
Kalorama avenues. The new structure
is 20 be four stories in height. and will
have an elevator.
Harding & Upman have been commits
stoned to prepare plans for an office
building at Charleston. W. Va, which IS
estimated 10 cost $4,000.
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SALES BY MOORE G. HILL.
Apartment House Sells for Invest
ment Purposes

The new apartment building recently
erected by Joseph J. Molbs on the
northeast corner Of Fifteenth and Cor
coran streets northwest has been sold
by Moore & Hill TO Mrs Catherine ].
BIackmar. to be held as an investment.
The building is three stories high and
contains six apartments and a physl-
clans Office. The rental is about $500
per annum.
Among other recent sales by the same
firm are the following:
For Charles d. Boyer. sG Taylor street, Pet
worth.
For Miss Jeannie Winston. the two-family apart
nent building al JIG Thomas street northwest
To George H. Maguder, 25l9 University place.
Columbia HeightA
FOR Mrs. Jane Daily. Ha5 Eighteenth street north
eest.
For Harry A. Kite lsls-lss Florida avenue north
vest
For Jacob spliedt. ISIS Thirteenth street north
vest.
For F. A. Silver. ITO Columbia road northwest
For Mabel II. Bayard. 1916 street northwest
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Fer Francis T. sapp. 20 Kentucky avenue south
east
For J. Gary Naylor 413 street northwest.
Fer Charles Z. Wire. 250g Eleventh street north
west
For Adolrh VI. Byrd. lCZ3 Twenty-frst street
northwest
For Mrs. Cora Il. Morris 1886 Newton street
For James II. Taylor trustee the tyo-story apart-
ment building 40 SO VI street northeast
For James f. McAfec 1852 Rhode Island avenue
northwest.
Fw IA Z. Brcuninger. S4 Twenty y-eghth street
northwest. Nooi,ey Park
Fer u. A. Kite. 5i0 X st-eet northwest
For John L. Warren. l5ol-l503 street northeast
For +. 5. CamOdy TO James B. Crabb 1872
Twenty-third street northwest.
For r :. Ca:mOdy, go 6 street northeast.
For Zepp Brothers. 5u Rock Creek Church road
Petworth.
For Watson J. Newton, 33l53SH Eleventh street.
Columbia Heights
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Hawaiian Sugar Moving

The Hawaiian sugar crop is moving for
ward TO market very satisfactorily. Up
to April %, when the last figures were
given out, the Sugar Factors Company
had shipped l95.4OO net tons of which
l54,OOO tons had reached the market. The
estimated island crop for this season is
considerably over $4,000 tons.
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ship canal connecting the Anacostia and
the Patapsco rivers was recommended by
Col s. T. Albert in 1875. 1t would have
been of incalculable benefit TO the COM
merce Of the two ports as well as furnish
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adequate protection to the National Capt.
tai in stress Of war and bring the naval
gun factory closer TO the Chesapeake Bay
and its tributaries
This report also sets forth that the first
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survey Of a route made was prepared by
Isaac Trimble in 1888 and was submitted
to the Secretary of War the year fter
This survey favored the route between the
Aracostia River and the Severn River.