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The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-02

cubic yards of excavat-
ing, grading, etc, at
thirty 800 cents per
cubic yard ..,. .... S,055 AZ
Total estimated cost of
the whole of said local
improvement .... 4. ,s135, 400 s4
Estimated cost Of making
and collecting the as.
sessment to pay for the
construction of said local
improvement being four
(4l per cent of the said
estimated cost of said
local improvement .....$ 5,416 SO
Total amount to be as
sessed for the construc-
ton of said local i'm
provement and for max.
ing and collecting the
assessment to pay for
the construction of said
local improvement ....s140,S26. %
The above estimate includes the
cost of all materials, of every kind
and character. and of all work and
labor, of every kind and character,
necessary or requisite to the full and
proper construction and completion
of the said local Improvement. which
said materials and labor are to be of
the first grade or quality; | further
hereby certify that in my judgment
the above estimate does not exceed
the probable cost of said proposed
Improvement and the lawful expenses
attending the same.
Dated this 14th day of February,
A. d. 1910
GEORGE PARSONS,
President of the Board of Local I'M
proyements Of the City of Cairo,
Illinois"
Attest
WILBUR B. THISTLEWOOD,
City Engineer of the City of Cairo,
Illinois,
And |. George Parsons, the said
President of the said Board, do here.
by further certify that in my opinion
the said estimate does not exceed the
probable cost of the Improvement
proposed and the lawful expenses at.
tending the same.
Dated this 18th day of March, A..
p. 1910.
Very respectfully,
GEORGE PARSONS.
President Of the Board Of Local I'm.
provcments of the City of Cairo
illinois.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-02

Cairo, County Of Alexander and State
of Illinois, which ordinance was ac-
companied by the written recommen.
dation of said board, signed by ma
tority of said board, recommending
the making of said Improvement and
the adoption of the ordinance, to.
gether with the itemized estimate OF
the cost of the proposed improvement
as made by the president of the
board of local improvements over his
signature: which written recommen.
dation, itemized cost Of proposed i'm.
provement and ordinance for same
are in words and figures as follows,
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-02
lTEMlzED ESTIMATE

OF the President of the Board to Ac-
company Ordinance and Recon-
rnendation as Required
BY Section &c.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-02

/, George Parsons, Mayor Of the
City Of Cairo, and Nex-officio President
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-04-02

S,05542
The mirror., 1910-02-03
Had it in for Ham.

Edgar Smith, who is one of the
tn. big lawyers of Muskogee now, but
who used to practice in Arkansas, had
a case once where there was great diff
Guilty in getting jury. Nearly all the
talesmen had excuses.
Finally, one man was called. "What
is your excuse?" asked the Judge.
"Haln't got n ne.
"What?" asked the judge, much
astonished; "you havenoexcuse? Are
you sure your father isn't sick p
.Bin dead twenty years"
"Doesn't your cotton need tending p
"Don't raise none"
"Isn't the barn in need Of repairs ?"
"Ain't got no barr"
"And you can spare the time to sit
on this jury fora month or SO 2"
"You betl Glad of the chance"
"Well, WELT" exclaiaed the Judge;
"you are the only msnon the panel who
has time to serve the State. How does
that come ?"
..Wall," said the jnryman, "I heern
tell you was goin' to try that ornery
Ham Mitchell this yere term. He poi.
|soned q cow of mine oncet. TX.
The mirror., 1910-02-03

help-help to rid the city of corrupt
government. With all the newspapers
and the socalled "best class" against
him Jones found himself a candidate
for Mayor but he won out. Truly his
star had ascended. And such an ex-
ecutive as he made. he had some
queer ideas. For instance, he could
never bring himself to believe that q
court of justice was the place to punish
those who had done wrong. He be-
lieved that more could be accomplished
by love than by punishment. And the
best part of it is that he was right.
Toledo became one of the best govern
ed cities in the whole country. 1t be-
came the one city where every man,
womal and child could get square
deal, regardless of wealth or social
standing.
Golden Rule Jones has proved to all
the world that the Golden Rule is just
as potent in business and politics as it
is n-the home or the church. He has
proved this by his private life and his
public works. He stamped his char
acter on the city Of Toledo to such an
extt Mt that today his name and his
works are known from coast to coast.
What Tom Johnson was to Cleveland,
Golden Rule Jones was to Toledo.
There was something in his rugged
personality that inspired confidence.
Before him the common politicion bow
ed though he knew not why. He was
man whom they could not under
stand because his ideals were high and
and his methods humble, but still they
bowed because he was master man.
Before him as he conducted his court
the offender felt safe, tor he was sure
of receiving square deal. He was
one of the few who remembered the
saying of another Magistrate: "Him
among you who is without sin, let him
cast the first stone" Jones knew that
the scarlet woman was only as sister
of more scarlet men and he did not
wait to ask if his position would permit
him extending helping hand. He
helped. He went back to causes. Eff
fects concerned him little.
| j. nes helped thousands of men and
women to lead better lives. He helped
them to rise above the level of their
past mistakes, and lived to see many Of
them established in happy homes, hon.
ored and respected citizens. Surely
his life was not in vain. In closing let
us remember this modern business man
who has proven that the Golden Rule
is something more than mouthful Of
language.
r r
The mirror., 1910-02-03
The Melting Pot.

Intermarriag ge has Its advocates and
those who decry it. Like other fall
lacies that only good old Father Time
can disprove, the opposition is founded
on the prejadices of the persons con-
cerned. Why the fact that his fore
fathers, so many degrees back, believed
it right to relgiously slay. and the fact
that hers did something else equally abb
surd, which caused a feud down the
centuries-why these facts should
cause you to say now, mo, they are
unlike-they should not unite," seems
woefrlly inconsistent, but it is the only
reason advanced.
Why is this difference greater bar
than a differing on what trade or pro-
fession you shall follow? Or what
wallpaper you'll have in the studyp 1t
is only a matter of degree. And since
life is the greatest you put ban on it,
and force fetch to live on; you insist
that difference in the parents, of their
opinions as to a hereafter is absolutely
impossible of overcoming. What rOtl
Here are two people admittedly suit
ed, alike in everything save that some
where in the dim, dim past, their faith
ers followed different leaders. Shall
these barbarousrelics be brought down
to our descendantsp Do you want am
otherrace of striplingsp In all fairness,
is it rightP-S. Jay Kaufman in the
rNautilis.
The mirror., 1910-02-03

Lord Jeffreys, robed in his woolsack and
ermine, sitting upon the Bench of Eng
lands highest court, complaisantly, at
the bidding of monarch as bloody
minded as himself, sends his victims to
the block and stake by the score under
sanction of judicial authority! A
plant and willing ere ature of the much
married sovereign of all England, he
constantly used his judicial position
and the power vested in him, to rid him.
self.of his enemies by judicial proce ed
ings, disregarding all appeals to Justice;
having no consideration or sympathy
for the innocent and he pless, he did his
masters will until outraged justice
sent his own head to the block to roll
into the basket. There is no chapter
in English history that Englishmen
would like SO we'll to tear from her
record more than this foul blot on
English Jurisprudence.
Here is the New World where the
eagle screams the loadest and plays his
wings most valiantly. So boastful of
liberty We also havea shameful history
of judicial proceedings that stains the
record of Jurisprudence in the earlier
days of the settlement of the New Eng
land states. Here, as we'll as atSmith-
field in Merry Old England, the smoke
has curled above the heads of the in
nocent and helpless victims whose
bodies have been reduced to ashes at
the stake, sent there by judicial sen.
tence. Who Cal, read the history OF
those Colonial days of New England
where so many rendered up their lives
charged with witchcraft, without 9
shudderp Picture to yourselves, in
your rmind's eye, the suffering, burnt anG
roasted females, young and old, sent te
horrible death by the bigoted ane
superstitious mistakes of judiciary
that never before nor since, has the like
come upon the stage of human action
When the millennium comes, we AT,
told by authority, that the Devil viii
be chained, that new order of gov
!ernment and a purer Christianity will
prevail at the coming of One who will
make His presence feltin every channe
of life-that old customs and the oil
order of things in vogue today In tn
governing OF mankind will pass out o
existence that new deal will b.
declared which will place every mai
. upon an equal basis. When thatmueh
! heralded time comes that so man,
|. millions of human beings are looking
. eagerly forward to, there will be n
3 judicial mistakes-our judiciary will
3 be composed Of men of the highes
8 calibre, dignified, upright, learned AM
. the administrators of that justice whic
}. knows no color, the size of a man
I wealth nor the pedigree of blue-blood
9 ed ancestors. Every man in that day
Q " hite and black, the lofty and the low
q ly, will stand at the Supreme Bar Q
9 Justice on an equal footing and hav
It his cause adjusted by an Equity tina
n will lie Pure aud Just. Glass distint
e tions, special privileges and pedigree
Is ancestors will take their medicine froI
70 the hands of Stern Justice upon th
,e same grounds of equitable law as til
IS more humble and common vlolator {
% law takes it today. -
: G. W.B.
The mirror., 1910-02-03

Little Dorothy refused her gingera
at supper, and when asked why she re-
fused, replied: Cause it bites my
tongue and spits in my face. The
Delineator.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-04-15

"I have nothing to confess"
 "Then what was the matter witt you just now?"
 With flash of his former insolence the prisoner answered: Look at that clock. It's after 10. You've had me here for five hours, and I've had no food since noon." Coquenil was skep- tical. Several times he fancied he had caught Groeners eye 6Xel anxiously on the clock Was it possible the fel- low was trying to gain time? But why?
 AS the detective puzzled over this there shot through his mind an idea for move against Groener's resist ance. He turned quickly to Vaudeville and said, "I think il might be as well to let him have some supper"
 The judge directed the guard to take the prisoner into tle outer office and have some;h hing to eat brought in for him."
 Well" he asked when they were alone. what is it?'
 CoOuenil talked earnestly, while th4 magistrate listened.
 Possibly possibly" re6ee ted the
The Prescott daily news., 1910-04-15

sem bles, in width, the Arkansas river.
 This is declared to be the heav- fest rain that has ever fallen here. It began early in the af. ternoon continued almost until midnight.
 The principal streets in the business section of the city are partly under water. People who remained downtown until even ing in stores were obliged to take cabs to get home and even delivery wagons had to be press ed into service. At the corner of Third avenue and Main street negro carried people across the street on his back at 10 cents a head. There are several feet of water in the streets now.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-04-15
Continued tomorrow
STORES DAMAGED
 AT PINE BLUFF

Pine Bluff, April 14.-The hardest rain accompanied by wind that has visited this city and section for many months fell here this afternoon and contin- ues tonight. The streets were converted into small streams, and in the downtown districts hundreds of dollars of damage was done.
 On Walnut street between Second and Third avenues, the warehouse of the o. H. Hardin Furniture Company collapsed from the weight of four feet of water held by small gutters on the roof. The front of the build ing and the roof gave way, re- sulting in damage amounting to $2,000. In the building is stored house furnishings of all kinds
 Water stood in some of tie downtown stores six inches deep. The farmers in this sec tion declare that the rain will un. do all planting that has been done on the farms in the past 20 days.
 In that portion of the city known as the flake bed," about 100 houses, mostly occupied by negroes, are partly under water. The water in the flake bed" re-
The Prescott daily news., 1910-04-15

head. When we went through the list a second time did not remember or try to remember the answers had given the first time"
 "Ah, but that is just the point" in sisted the magistrate. Tn the seventy unimportant words you did remember and you did answer practically the same words both times. Your mem ory failed only in the thirty important words. Besides, in spite of your will power, the test reveals emotional dis turbance. It is true you kept your answers to the important words with in your normal tone of reply. but in at least five cases you went beyond this normal time in answering the un- important words ''The words are unimportant, and so are the answers"
 linen explain this. You were an swering regularly at the rate of one answer in second or so when sud- denly you heSitated and clinched your hands and waited four and two- fifths seconds before answering feath- CT to the simple word hat"
 Il was bored"
 The magistrate leaned nearer. "Yes. and perhaps you were inwardly dis turbed by the shock and strain of an swering the previous word quickly and unconcernedly. I didn't warn you of that danger. Do you know what the previous word was?"
 "No."
 Tt was guillotinev'
 "Ah?" said the prisoner. absolutely impassive.
 And why did you waver and wipe your brow and draw in your breath quickly and wait six and one-fifth seconds before answering violin when I gave you the word 'music%"
 I'm sure l don't know" Groener stared at the judge.
 Shall I tell you why Croener? It was because your heart was pounding. your head throbbing. your whole men, tai machinery numbed by t'e shock of the word before, by the terror that went through you when you answered 'worsted work to charity bazaar.
 The prisoner bounded to his feet with hoarse cry, My God, you have no right to torture me like this.' His eyes were staring
 "Sit downw ordered the judge.
 The prisoner dropped back weakly on his chair.
 You can save yourself a great deal Of trouble" continued Vaudeville, "by confessing your part in this crime. An swer me.'
 With an effort the man straightened up and met the judges eyes.
 'I-I feel faint" he gasped. Gould you give me little brandy?"
 The guard put flask to the prison CTS lips. and Groener took severn | swallows.
 "Thanksw he whispered.
 ''I told you it wouldn't be amusing, said the magistrate grimly. "Either you confess or we go ahead"
The Prescott daily news., 1910-04-15

judge. Anyhow. it's worth trying" and he gave the necessary orders to his clerk. Let Tignol go," he direct ed. Tell him to wake the man up if he's in bed and not to mind what it costs. Tell him to take an auto"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-11-26
peash Of soathsne Eosiere.

S9stheRe Moliere. an old and highly es-
teemed citizen of this community, died at
his home in Port Barrow ct $40 O'Clock a.
m. last Sunday, the goth inst, after an
illness of only three days, aged seventy
nine years. six months and ten days.
Mr.. Mollere was native Of Ascension
parish, and had resided in Port Barrow
throughout practically his entire life. He
was lessee and keeper of the toll bridge
across Bayou Lafourche for the past sew
eral years, and for many years prior to
operating the bridge on his own account
ne filed the position of bridge tender when
the structure was leased by his son-in-
law, Prosper Rodriguez, ST.. He was an
upright, indussrioqs man and a coed and
progressive citizen, and his demise will be
sincerely rnearned by all who knew him,
The funeral took place at 10 O'Clock Mon
day forenoon, iDteFment being made in
the family tomb 10 the Catholic cemetery
after impressive services at Ascension
Church
Mr., Mollere is survived by his wife,
three sons, Messrs. Alcee, Louis and Sos
theme Mollere. Of Port Barrow, and three
daughters, Mrs. Prosper Rodriguez, ST., off
Fauboare Ia Ripe, Mrs.. Ambrose Folse, of
Lauderdale, and Mfs. 2. A. Vegas, of
Union. besides large number Of grand
children, great-grandchildren and other
relatives. To these afflicted ones The
Chief proffers sincere sympathy in the
hour of their grief.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-11-26
EXTRA SESSION LEcIsLArfcN.

A number of prominent New Orleans
lawyers, including Edgar H. Farrar, City
Attorney l. D. Moore. 0rner Where, H.
Generes Dufour and Charles J. Theard,
have announced the opinion after a thor
ough examination of the subject that it is
not essential that thirty days advance
notice shall be published of the introduce
ton at the general assembIy's extra SEES
sion of acts appertaining to the sewerage
and water bonds and the funds of the
board of liquidation Of the city debt of
New Orleans Mr.. Farrar prepared an
elaborate argument on the question. cit
ing decisions of the supreme court in sup
port Of his position, and the other attor-
neys declare their full concurrence in his
views.
All right, gentlemen. The Chief is salts.
fed if you are, so let the extra session 90
ahead and crack its whip. We don't in
tend to buy up the S7,0O0.0Oe bond issue,
anyhow. and if the distinguished lawyers
turn out TO have been mistaken in their:
premises. it won't be our capital that IS
tied up by the tangle.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-11-26
Session Of eogrt Of ApgeaIs.

The court of appeals for the first circuit,
Judges gaiilouet, Ellis and Mouton presid-
ing, vas in session at the courthouse in
this city on Tuesday and Wednesday last
and heard arguments in the following
cases: Appeals from district court of
lberville parish-Iberville Bank and Trust
Company vs.. Jules Jacobs. A. A. Brown,
sheriff; Smithers. NordenhoIdt & Company
VS.. A. Wilbert Sons Lumber and Shingle
Company Southern Lumber and Land
Company VS.. Lloyd NateFho4sei Peoples
Bank vs.. Plaquenfiae Electric Light and
Power Plant; Asbestos Single, Slate and
Sheeting Company vs.. H. A. Smith and
August Barclay. Appeals from district
court Of Lafourche parish-Emiie Scott VS..
Mrs. Louis Ronssel; Goignet VS.. Nelson.
Appeal from district court of Ascension
parish-James E. Ayraud vs. Telesphore
Francis.
After listening to arguments in all the
cases on the docket. the court adjourned
TO Thursday, Dec. |, when decisions will
Dc handed down.
The following attorneys from other
parishes were present and argued cases
before the court. l. l. Lemann, Charlton
Beattie. Paul Boron, L. Grace, j. H.
d0weH, NJ VIM Wright. Nichols Pugh,
j. Howell Pugh, Philip j. Gilbert, George
t3tIi0n and r. lSuI6uau
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-11-26
Motor Car Service over Y. and NJ. v.

Beginning Dec. /, 1910, the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Railway viii inaugurate
a motor car service between Baton Rouge
and New Orleans fer the handling of pas
senger traffic only. The car will leave
New Orleans at $50 a. m. and reach Ba-
ton Rouge at $40 a. m. Returning, it will
leave Baton Rouge at p. M. and arrive in
New Orleans at $50 p IN.
Stops viii be made at Laplace. Reserve,
GaryvilIe. Lutcher, Convent and Burnside,
but if the business justif1es these stops
will be cut out later and the car will serve
exclusively the New Orleans and Baton
Rouge traffic, reducing the time between
the two cities to less than two hours of
transit. The car will handle only passen-
gers and the lightest baggage, such as one
handgrip or package such as could be
carried in street car. All other baggage
can be checked and sent by the steam
trains following shortly after
Gasoline will be the motive agent used,
and there will be an absence of dust,
cihders and othe reflections to the steam
train. The steam service of the road will
be in no way affected by the innovation,
and the trains now scheduled will operate
as usual.
The Burnside and Donaldsonville Packet
Company's steamer Virgie will connect
with this car at Burnside. furnishing
route to New Orleans and Baton Rouge
that for cleanliness. comfort and rapidly
of transit will be far superior to the facili-
ties offered by any competing line. Pas
sengers going north will take the boat
here at. $40 a. M. reaching the capital
city at $40 o'clock. South bound passen-
gers viii take the boat at p. M, arriving
at New Orleans at $50 p. m, in plenty of
time to freshen up, partake of dinner and
visit the theatres. The entire time con-
sumed IN the trip from this point to New
Orleans. including the delightful five-mile
river ride on the Virgie, will be only two
hours and fifty minutes, and the absence
of dust, smoke, ciBders and other incon-
veniences attendant upon steam train
travel will make the trip an exceptionally
pleasant and interesting one at all sea-
sons Of the year. This new and novel
route premises to prove very popular with
the travelling public.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-11-26
THE COLONEL IS HEARD FROM.

There has been no little concern and a
great deal of curiosity throughout the
country relative to the manner in which
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt would be dis
posed to regard the sesnlts of the recent
election. ant some expression from him
has been awaited with general interest
and impatience.
Well, the Colonel has spoken, and his
utterance is just what might have been
locked for from such a source. He de-
clares that he has nothing to add to nor
take from the speeches he made at Os-
sawotamie and other points during the
campaign. and reiterates the oft-repeated
statement that the fight for progressive
and clean government would be carried
on REGARDLESS of what might be the
outcome of the electoral contest this year;
that neither the principles involved nor
the effort to carry them into practice de-
pended on the way any state or states
voted, nor On the success or defeat of any
candidate.
More than this the Colonel refuses to
say as yet. On his way to The Outlook
Office in New York the other day he was
besieged by press reporters with a voIley
of questions appertaining to the election.
and TO all he replied, good hunoredly but
infiexibly. mot "a word He only varied
from this answer once, to say in acknowl-
edgment of the remark that he was look
ing well. And I'm feeling as well as /
look.
The Colonel has been heard from. in
directly but none the less forcefully. re-
sarding another very important matter
Lord Northcliffe, proprietor Of the London
Times, has made public the fact that. IN
a letter which he received from Colonel
Roosevelt prior to the late election, the
writer stated that he had no intention of
being a candidate for the presidency of
the United States in 1912 or ever again.
and that this fact was wei known to
President Taft. who had no more stauneh
friend than he. Roosevelt
That's plaiE, straightforward, unequivo- /
.al--in other words, typically Roose-
Feffian.