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Hauehtcn Happenings.

Mr.. L. J. jackson of Doyline was a Wis.,
ltor here Saturday.
Mr.. Tom Hickman of Bluffs was q WISH
tor here Saturday
Mr.. J. f. Wyche is preparing to raise
chickens as side line.
Rev. A. j. Wharton filled his regular
appointment at the Baptist Church Sun
day.
Old Aunt Hannah Douglass, an old
time darkey, died at Allentown last Thurs.
day.
Mr.. l.. II. Virgins is building a resi-.
dence on the Brown old place, just south
of town.
Willis & Company's new saw mill in
lumber.
Mr.. J. B. Hall left yesterday for New
orleans to attend the Masonic Grand Lodge
meeting.
Miss May Davidson of Ruston is spend
ing several days here with her sister. Mrs.
N. W. Brown.
Miss Martha Johnston, teacher of the
Palmetto School, was pleasant visitor
here Saturday.
Political "bees" are beginning to buzz
around on the quiet, even if the election
is two years off.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. S. Atkinson of Texar-
kama were pleasant visitors to our town for
a day last week.
Mrs. Sophia Bender of Texarkana, Ark.
is spending the week with her daughter,
Mrs. S. R. Lippincott.
Mrs. johnson of Shreveport is spending
several days here with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. c. Henry.
The name of the Masonic Lodge here
has been changed from ''Bellevue No.
95'' to Haughton No. 95.
Mr.. Warren Wart, who is now living in
Shreveport, spent Sunday here with his
daughter, Mrs. j. l.. Sanders.
The pipe for the Oakland Oil we'll has not
yet arrived, hence operations are at a
standstill. The shipment is expected daily.
SATURDAY. evening Misses Kate Stephen
son and Inez Turnly entertained the Let's
be jolly Club in most gracious manner.
DR.. and Mrs. J. c. Calhoun of Mansfield
spent Saturday and Sunday here with Mrs
Calhoun's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. O. P
Harris.
Mr.. Parks Elston, student in Cente-
nary College, and Mr.. Will Hunnicutt, one
of his costudents, spent Saturday and Sun
day in Haughton.
Mr.. B. B. Bledsoe of McDade left here
yesterday over the ", S. and P. for New
Orleans. He goes as the representative oil
Atkins Lodge, F. and A. M, at the Crane
Lodge.
:. Three negro families left here last week
for some point in Arkansas. However, i
is not thought many will leave here, az
they are getting over their boil weevi
fright.
The mail contracts for the next fou
years on the several routes out of Haugh
ton have been awarded as follows: J. S
Mckinney to Bellevue, j. M. Moore t.
Koran and w. c.. Chandler to Sligo.
Mrs. Carter of Morehouse Parish dice
last Friday in Sligo at the home of her son
DR.. R. O. Carter. Her remains left herr
via the ", S. and P. Saturday morning 70
Oak Ridge, where they will be inferred.
Monday, February IA, 1910.
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From CarterViIle.

from O6FCcrVlIIes
Mr.. Y. M. Hilburn of this place is sick
with roseola.
Mr.. G. T. Mays spent Sunday with the
Messrs. Windsor.
There was heavy snow fall here on the
afternoon of the 10th.
Mrs. Helen Robertson, who resides near
here, is on the sick list.
Miss Lille Stampley spent Saturday and
Sunday with Miss Estelle Dodson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gid Robertson spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. J.. D. Rogers.
Mrs. Jessie harrington, who has been
very sick during the past week, is i'm
proving.
Mr.. Philip Frasier, who formerly resided
near Timothea, is now living on the Phelps
place, which he has purchased.
Miss Allie Belle Demoss, teacher of Car
terville School, spent Saturday and Sum
day in Plain Dealing with her parents.
Saturday Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. B. Stampley
of this place were called to Walnut Hill,
Ark, where Mr.. Stampley's aunt was very
sick with pneumonia. DAISY.
Tuesday, February Is, 1910.
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Plain Dealing Dots.

Mr.. T. M. Lester left Monday night for
West Point, Ark.
Algy Crawford is able to be out again
after siege of pneumonia.
Mr.. Adolphus Keeth of Woodville, Tex,
is visiting his brother Ben.
Mr.. Sidney Adger was visitor in Plain
Dealing Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. T. G. Ward is shipping seed corn for
Mr.. G. E. Gilmer from here this week.
The Christian Church is being papered,
Messrs. E. M. Carstarphen and son having
the contract.
Mrs. G. W. Jones is at this time not ex-
pected to live but very short while. She
is sinking fast.
Mr.. John F. Nuckolls and Mr.. w. S..
Bradberry have both moved over on the
west side of town.
Miss Ola Watkins, who has been in Tex
arkana for quite while, returned home
Monday morning.
If there is any way to kill boil weevil,
perhaps the several SHOWS we have had
will get a few of them.
Mr.. Rob Curry has gone to Oil City,
where he has accepted a position in DR..
r. H. Gulledge's drug store.
Our local basket ball team lost a. game at
Alden Bridge last Saturday afternoon, the
score being seventeen to nine.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Keeth returned from
New Orleans Monday evening and report
| fine time. (Mr. Keeth saw the aroplane
| hights.)
| Mr.. Will McClanaghan made trip home
Saturday night, returning Sunday morn
ing. He has position on plantation
near Benton.
The heavy machinery of the saw mill
west of this place, operated by Mr.. Adcox
has been loaded on car for shipment tc
Shreveport or some point south or wes
from there.
Miss Susie Bailey and her sister, Mrs
Alvan Taylor (Julie) of Denver, Colorado
are on visit with their mother, Mrs. H. NJ
Bailey. They will remain until May. OF
sometime in the spring.
Mr.. G. E. Jones, former local mer.
chant, but now of Paducah, Texas, was
in town for few days the latter part O
last week. His visit was occasioned by
the serious illness of his mother. He lef
us Monday, being unable to remain longe
away from his business. He was accom-
panied by his little son, Master W. R
Jones. JACK.
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1910.
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Notice, Rural Route Patrons.

Patrons of rural routes are now re-
quired to place a small box or cup in
their rural mail boxes in which to place
coins when necessary in purchasing a
supply of stamps. Carriers are no longer
required to pick loose coins out of mail
boxes.
Also, patrons are urged to provide them
selves in advance with as liberal a supply
of postage as circumstances will permit.
Respectfully,
T. j. TAYLOR,
Postmaster at Benton, La.
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Not Happy without the Banner.

An appreciative young lady friend and
neighbor, now away from home, writes us
as follows on post card bearing her VAL
entine greetings:
s.You can never know what pleasure
the Banner has been to me. 1t has been
the same to me as visit from an old
friend. | have certainly realized how im-
possible it is to live without the Banner
and at the same time be happy"
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An attack of the grip is often followed
by persistent cough, which to many
proves great annoyance. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy has been extensively used
and with good success for the relief and
cure of this cough. Many cases have been
cured after all other remedies had failed.
Sold by all dealers.
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While it is often impossible to prevent an
accident, it it never impossible to be pre-
pared 1T is not beyond any ones purse.
Invest % cents in bottle of Chamber
lain Liniment and you are prepared for
sprains, bruises and like injuries. Sold
bv all dealers.
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Do you know that Group can be prevents
ed? Give Chamberlain Cough Remedy
as soon as the child becomes hoarse or
even after the croupy cough appears and
it will prevent the attack. It is also GER
tain cure for Group and has never been
known to fail. Sold by all dealers.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-19
At the Coliseum.

One of the most pleasing perform
ances that has ever been seen will ap.
pear at the Coliseum on next Saturday
matipee and evening when the Russell
Comedy Co. will present the comedy
which has won for them popularity in
the amusement world. The comedy is
Full OF bright works of the comedian,
and interesting, catchy music prevails.
pleasing dancers, sensational situa-
tions. strong chorus. 1t is a production
that is sure to please all.
It's the desire of the management to
estab!ish~a reputation with the amuse-
mert world. that will place them in a
way that the public will always be
pleased to see them,. every effort will
and has been made to give the pub
lie the best that can be- obtained, and
of nature which will please, and this
company will illustrate that all this
has been done, and still more. for not
only seeing what we advertise you will
see still more, you will see a big city
show for small money. You will find
plenty of comedy. plenty of swee
singers, plenty of clever. dancers, pret
ty girls. plenty of catchy music. plen
ty of vaudeville acts, in fact, you have
show that will give you~two hours
and one half of first-class entertain.
ment, all for a small price. No waits
The prices are 25 35, and so cents
Seats now on sale at johnson Opera
house.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-19
AFRAID OF COMET.
Chicago School Children Ask to Re
main at Home-Negroes in Prayer.

Chicago, May 1s.-In districts : of
Chicago populated by foreigners. school
children by the hundreds yesterday
asked permission of the TEACHERS to re-
main at home today for fear of some
untoward happening for which Hal
ley's comet may be responsible.
Physicians were appealed to by their
patients for specifics to ward off the
dangerous gas which they suppose viii!
envelope the earth when it passes
through the comets tail. Priests and
ministers were besought by their pa
rishioners for words of comfort to help
them through the ordeal through which
they believe they are about to pass.
Among the colored population of
Chicago, the coming of the comet was
received with much superstitious
dread. Little faith was had in the
prophesy of astronomers and whole
households were given over to prayer
for protection. In many neighborhoods
work practically ceased.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-19

f. 2. Libby and E. W.. Wentworth
made a fishing trip Tuesday to
Crotched pond. Fayette, and returned
with seven fine togue. weighing from
three to five pounds each. They were
fortunate enough to secure the as
sistance of l.. P. Maxim of kent's Hill,
as guide.
InitiatoIy work was performed Tuesday
evening at the Masonic lodge. A banquet
followed.
The Women's Literary Club was very
pleasantly entertained Tuesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. Murray l.. Stanley.
piano solo was rendered by Miss Hazel
Shaw ''The Polish Dance" and vocal
duet, "Oh That We Two Were Maying.'
by Miss Shaw and Mrs. r. Crawford Nc
Ilroy. A social hour was enjoyed upon
the pleasant porch. after which the com
pany was invited into the dining room,
where they were served with Russian
tea, cakes, sandwiches, confectionery and
salted almonds. Mrs Stanley was as
sisted in serving by Mrs. John McIlroy.
Mrs. Stanley entertained her guests with
a humorous reading, THE Latest Elec-
trical Invention The guests included
Mrs Winnie Gale Mrs. H. r. Benson.
Miss Ida Morrill,, Mrs. +. H. Penniman,
Mrs. C. II. Shaw, Mrs. C. f. Sargent.
Mrs. John McIlroy. Mrs. r. Crawford
iMcIlroy. Miss Moody. Mrs. Strout, Mrs.
f. r. Maxim. Mrs. Nellie Page, Mrs. d.
X. Merrill and Mrs. J. A. Foster
Mrs. Bush and daughter Elinor of New
Jersey are at their summer home on
Sturtevant hill.
News of the death of George Beale has
been received Mr.. Beale is we'll known
here and was brother of the late Will
liam Beale.
Mrs. +. r. Clifford has been called to
Hallowell by the death OF her uncle, E.
Frank Avery.
Mrs. Linscott Nickerson has returned to
Pennington. after visit to her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ingersoll.
Committees have been appointed for the
children's concert at the Methodist
church next week, as follows: Entertain
ment. Mrs. E. r. Land, Miss Mae Cor
don. Mrs. M. c. JOY. Mrs. E. P. Libby:
decorating, Mrs. l.. T. Carleton, Mrs. Cy-
rus Wood, Mrs. J. Hammond, Mrs. Nettie
Williams. Mrs. f. f. Webb, Miss Chris
tell Bonney.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-19
Rev. Il. {. Dunnack to Be
Memorial Day Speaker.
Local Fishermen Have Good
Luck al CrOtChed Pond.
Mrs. N. l. Stanley Entertains the
Woman's Literary Club.

Inc Memorial service will be held
sunday, May 29, at the Congregational
church. Rev. C. F. Sargent will deliv-
er the sermon. The Memorial day ex-
erc1ses this year are to be much as
usual, including the memorial to naval
veterans. which was introduced. for The
hrst time last year. The Winthrop
Band will play and Mrs. r. c. Nell
roy has charge of the vocal selections.
Rev. H. E. Dunnack of Augusta will
deliver the Memorial address.
Mrs. 0. C. johnson of Haverhill was
O. guest this week of DR.. and Mrs. G..
c. Parker. Rev. Asa Bradley. former
pastor of the Universalist church. now
of Hinsdale. N. H., also visited DIR.
Parker this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert E. Foster are
making trip to Montreal. where Mr..
Foster is sent as q delegate by the
Royal Arcanum.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-19
LAYMEN'S CONFERENCE.
Second in the Series Will Begin May
20 at WaterviiIe.

Beginning Friday. May 20, Water
vile will entertain he second confer
ence in the series to be held this spring
by the Laymen's Christian Federation
of Maine. Committees of Waterville
laymen. taken from all churches, will
entertain visiting delegates. Every
church, mems club or society in the
central part of Maine is invited to
send delegates. Reduced rates have
been granted on the railroads and at
the hotels. Those desiring informa-
tion should address H. B. Stewart,
Wntervlle.
The meetings will open at the Baptist
church at 215 Friday afternoon. A ban
quet will be held in the evening followed
by addresses. Conferences will continue
Saturday. forenoon, afternoon and even
ing. and on Sunday morning conference
speakers will occupy local pulpits. A
mass meeting at City hall will occur at
p. NJ. and a union closing meeting will
be held at 7.30.
The program includes the best speak
ers In the country on modern subjects
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-19
EXTRAORDINARY CEREMONY.
Six Priests Will Be Consecrated Bish
ops at Same Altar.

st. Paul. Mimi, May 1S.-An extra
ordinary ceremony will occur tomor-
row in the chapel attached to the Cath
oiic Theological Seminary, when six
priests of the ecclesiastical province of
st. Paul will be consecrated bishops at
the same altar. 1t will be the first In
stance in the history of the church in
this country where group of priests
have been raised to the Episcopal dig
nifty before the same altar, and the
similar occurrence of record within a
quarter of a century was when Plus X
consecrated several French bishops in
st. Peters directly after the separation
of church and state.
One of the six. Rev. Father John T.
Lawler. will be auxiliary bishop of st.
Paul. The .other nominees are the
mitered abbot. Right Rev. Vincent
Wefrle, who becomes bishop of Bis
marck, n. D.; Rev. Patrick Richard
Heffron. named for. the See of Winona; !;
Rev. Timothy Corbett.- named for
Crookston. Mimi; Rev. Joseph Busch,
who will be bishop of Lead. s. D.: Rev.
James O'Reillv, .nameiNfor the diocese
of Fargo. N. D.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-19
Ws'ye Passed Through
Comets Tail and Live.
Very laas Of Expected Aurora|
Effects Appear.


~ The comet came, the comet went,
and this old earth is no worse and no
better and very little wiser. There
was no collision as the superstitious
and the ignorant feared and now that
the comet Is headed away from us,
there win be no recurrence of the
manifestations Of terror that were re-
corded from all parts Of the country
and Of the world.
The earth did pass through the tail
Of the comet and simultaneously brill
liant auroral displays were seen from
Williams Bay. Wis. Milwaukee and
elsewhere, but the majority of astron-
Umers were not willing to concede that
the stseamers In the heavens were
consequent upon the presence of COM
etc matter in our atmosphere. Nor
did anybody suffocate from cyanogen
gas. Comet parties were held every
wherein the streets, on roof tops, in
9ardens-but for all that was visible
to the naked eye. the tail of the comet
was indeed The veriest approach to
nothing set in the midst of naught"
In fact the phenomena of the day
light hodrs yesterday were far more
Interesting. During the afternoon sur
spots were observed in varying mum
bers about the same hour from five
Western observatories, but the astron-
omers who recorded them were almost
unanimous in the belief that they had
nothing to do with the approach of
the comet and were merely coincident-
al.
Thirty sun spots were seen from St
Louis, of which the largest was esti-
mated to be $4,000 miles across: two
from San Jose, Cal, with 1S surround
Ing pores, or smaller spots; three CON
siderably accentuated" spots from
Chicago, three connected spots from
yallaJo. Cal. and two from Portland
Oregon. None Of the Eastern observa-
tories had anything of note to report
either during the day or the night.
The whole performance took little
more than five hours. Observers diff
fered as to the exact time at which the
earth began to pass through the COM
cts tail, but the general opinion av-
ages a moment between 10 and Il
o'clock at night. The combined speed
OF the earth and the tail Of the comet
was estimated at slightly more thar
as miles a second and the breadth OF
the tail at about 100000 miles.
Friday the comet will become visi-
bic again, headed away from US.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-19
PEER INTO THE WEST.
New Workers Watch for Tail Of the
'-- Reesedine Comet.

New York, May 1S.-From the four
great bridges across the East river, from
the decks Of ferry boats, from pier ends
and wharves. from the islands in the
harbor. from roof tops and for the entire
length Of the Riverside drive, myriad
footed Manhattan swarmed and clustered
tonight In clotted black lines to peer into
the west for the tall of the receding
comet. Some prayed and all watched.
Nobody carried salt. but a few carried
bottles In which to seal up the atmos-
phere for future analysis. What these
analyses will show cannot be foretold
but there were no bodily indications Of
cyanogen gas. .ys.
Word, recetyed from the West late to-
day that violent disturbances had been
observed on the face Of the sun added
greatly to the curiosity of the crowd
who reasoned that II the sun were sus-
cepttble, that was cause to- believe the
earth might be.
DR.. Harold Jacoby Rutherford, profess
sor Of astronomy at Columbia Universi-
ty said tonight that the sun spots re-
ported today from various observatories
In the West might be due to the passage
or the comet across the face of the sun.
or they might be merely fortuitous.
The sun spot observed by Father Bren-
nan at st. Louis, he said, els unusually
large. but not the largest recorded. If
my memory serves me right 1t would be
impossible to say that the proximity of
the comet to the sun Is what we call
sun spot. On the other hand, such spots
have appeared in the past when they
could not possibly be attributed to a
comet.
Laymen were not wanting who argued
that the showers Of the morning and af-
ternoon were attributable to the presence
of comet dust In the air.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-19
THE C. p. RS. TRIBUTE.
| All Business Will Cease for Three
Minutes During Funeral.

Montreal, Que, May 1S.-For three min
utes not a wheel will turn from coast to
coast on all the lines of the Canadian
Pacific Railway during the funeral of the
late King Edward.
Not only does the order extend to all
trains, but all ferries and steamships,
whether in the Great Lakes, the rivers or
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. All gen.
eral offices, car shops and freight sheds
will be closed for the entire day.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-19
SOUNDING BALLOONS
Sent Into High Attitudes to See What
What Is Doing.

Pittsfield Mass, May 1s.-In order to
obtain records of the upper atmosphere
to determine whether it Is in any way af-
fected by the presence of the earth in
the tail of Halley's comet, Prof. A. Law
renee Rotch sent up from here today a
series Of sounding balloons equipped with
meteorgraphs. Prof. Rotchs observa-
tIons are in conjunction with 80 other
weather stations scattered throughout
the world.
Some of the sounding balloons used by
the Bluehill observers have reached a
height of more than II miles above the
surface of the earth. to an atmosphere
in which no human being could live.
There the BALLOON usually bursts but
falls gently back to the surface OF the
earth by the aid of a parachute.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-19
THE GRAND LODGE.
Continued from Page One)

the special committee on revision OF the
grand statutes was presented with a ma
jority and minority report. After con-
siderable debate the majority report was
adopted as amended. BY this action tue
present method of balloting for the ON
GERS of the Grand Lodge is eh'iieiy
changed. The new system requires tlae
the names of the candidates be presented
to the grand keeper on petitions sisneo
by five members of the grand body anu d
printed ballot will be used in the 1uture
elections. all of the officers being oaiio.-
ed for upon the same ticket ana plurai-
ity will elect. This will do away Win the
| nominating speeches and Will, II is pe-
lieved, have a large amount OF time.
! The principal business of the evening
session was the election of officers. which
resulted as follows:
G. O. Frederic l.. Tower Portland: G
v. c.. Edgar J. Brown. Waterville; G. p.
George l.. Spalding, Orono; q. r. OF r.
and s., Wilfred E. Kicker. Portland; G
M. of E., Edwin c. Milliken, Portland
G. NJ. of A., George H. Welch. Yarmouth
G. I. G.. Willis B. Mills. Bangor; G.. O.
G.. Chester l.. Swallow, Foxcroft.
No action was taken upon the place OF
holding the next meeting and the statutes
provide that In such cases the meeting
shall be held in Portland.
The election of officers of the Grand
Temple of Pythian Sisters which was held
this afternoon resulted In the choice OF
the following officers: p. G. c., Flora E.
Rowe; G. c., Abbie Ramsdell; G. S., In.
zetta Small: G. j., Jennie Lowe; G. M.
May Leavitt; G. M. of r. and c., Nellie
c. Tupper; G. NJ. of F.. Ellula Weeks; G
p. Eva Maxfield; G. G.. Maria Havey.
The officers in both bodies were install
| ed and both bodies \having completed
their business adjourned.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-05-19
NEARLY TWO TO ONE,
Prohibition Meets Defeat BY $50
Majority in Denver.

Denver, Colo. May 1S.-In a carfriya
or gayety. Denver last night celebrates
the foundering of the good ship Prohi
oltion. swamped at the very outset OF
IT'S voyage by /. flood of opposition
votes. Well into the early hours OF
morning the hotels and restaurants o1
the city were thronged with pleasure
seekers, listening to the election re.
turns. AS bulletin after bulletin froh
various precincts told their tale of the
utter route of the dry" forces. men
cneered and fashionably clad women
clapped their hands.
Denver is the largest city in which
the prohibition question has been put
TO the test of ballots. The estimated
majority for the "wets" is in the neigh
borhood of 15.0O6. nearly two 70 ono
against prohibition.