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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-10

Merely looking over the country
was as the innocuous reply.
Lookln' fer what?"
Just looking. that's all. 7 han.
p penea TO strike that old spur up Won.
aef and the fancy took me to 500
where it led. Quite some doings boro
!. should say, judging by the looks Of
should you?" was the trucu,ent
slo"llng answer. "Well, hombrev let
: ile tell y some lookin's and some do.
III s is pretty costly. Who tn blazes
are y, anyway"
Put me down as a. tourist" said
Mafoen' easily, land as | have no eun
guess Ill put down my hands"
win that he took two steps toward
,he entrance of the tunnel as tbongh
ne would be going on his way, when
''e winchester clicked ominously.
NO you don't. hombrey. You stav
nere tlll further orders, an if YOU
want TO keep whole hide youu stav
quiet. I'm takin' no hel1.roarin,
chances, mind"
The fellows talk, the fact that be
was evidently on guard as a sentine,
'he burned car and that piled hean
near the entrance pointed to but one
conclusion: Marden had ferreted ont
the secret of the missing box car and
It's costly freight! But from the nres
ent situation it did not look as if tho
information would do anyone vorv
much good.
Inc sentinel retreated to the on.
trance of the tunnel, now fast darken
ing with the shades of night; it was
wholly dark within, and the prisoner
squatted on the bare ground to plan
and think. After a while the man
WIN the gun kindled a tiny fire, prob.
ably to guard against Marden rnnn;n.
by him in the dark. This made tho
gloom within doubly noticeable and
it was practically certain that tho
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-10

also say that this is the same snake
tnat was seen in Alexander valley last
year oy tribe Of Indians on the res.
.rva.lon and which has been inhabit.
ing northern Sonoma and southern
Menooclno counties for several years.
aunan Correspondent San Francisco
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-10
Big Snake Seen BY Indians Only

ture from their huts, where q large
fire Is kept day and night In an effort
to scare the intruder away.
The Indians, being too greatly
alarmed to kill the reptile. sought the
aid Of white men, but upon their ap-
pearance the snake could not be found
At night the reds claim that they
can hear the snake crawling around
their huts and the kissing sounds
made BY It are distinctly heard They
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-10
spoken for by the time he Is out Of
short pants. Atlanta Constitution
New Music H.II .T,,r, ~

An exciting music hall turn" which
Will be known 40 the human Gun and
oall, was rehearsed in q shed at the
outskirts OF Paris. A woman 10 shut
inside q huge wicker ball, which is
then rolled down steep inclined plane.
terminating in an upward bend. The
ball shoots with lightning speed down
the slide and IL hurled up into space
and caught by IN elevated bowl.
shaped receptacle IS feet away.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-10

The Indians on the reservation q
few miles from this city have become
greatly alarmed of late over the ap-
pearance Of q large snake on their
grounds, which Is described by them
Is being as large as an ordinary stove
pipe and about ten feet In length. They
refuse to leave their homes unless ac-
companied by I white man, as they
think the great monster has come to
take their lives and they will not ven
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-10

be satisfactory. The young lady is Of
medium height, has brown hair and
gray eyes; not fat, although most de-
cidedly she is not skinny. Her friends
say she is a fine looking woman. OBJ.
ject matrimony. Reason for this ad-
vertisement. the young woman lives
in q little dinky town, where the best
catches are the boys behind the coun-
tiers In the dry goods and clothing
stores, and every one Of them is
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-10

What Polly Wanted.
Lady Tin bird store)-Pretty Polly!
Does Polly want a cracker?
Polly (late of Boston)-Oh, slush!
Got any cold beans?
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-10
SUFFERED
% YEARS
Constant Sufferer From cllron.
le Catarrh Relieved by
PerEna.

| Mrs. j. n.
| Bourland. San
Saba, Texas,
writes:
| For twen-
| ty-three years
| | was a con.
| slant sufferer
| from chronic
| catarrh. I had
q severe mis-
cry and burn.
ing in the top
Of my head.
There was al
most q con-
tinual d rop-
ping Of mucuS
intomy throat,
which caused
frequent ex-
pee to ration.
My entire sys-
TEN gradually
b e ca m e in.
v olive d, and {
my condition
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-10
The Kind 81 on,

Inc way showed up in the big .e.
cident the other day was 4 fe.ther ~ =
my cap" sA =
white feather" 'As
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-10
Many eounces,

Many sounces.
Reggy Sarp-Yeas. am in tho air a
great deal these days.
Miss Tabasco-Really! Are YOU
learning aeroplaning or horseback
riding?
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-10
Copyright, 1910, by w. G. Chapman,

y THE Occidental bank
building, San Francis
co, In the private Of
flee of o. K. Marden,
resident manager for
Bullivants Limited, the
desk telephone rang in.
sfstently. 20. K" him.
self answered the call.
when the following
terse colloquy ensued:
"Yes-Bullivants Mr..
Marden on the wire"
This is Patrick
Coohon, general traffic
agent c. & P, Mr..
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-10
Work and Marriaue.

Garfield Tea has brought good health to
thousands. Unequaled for constipation.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-03-10
A COUNTRY SCHOOL FOR GIpI s

A mind content both crown and
Kingdom is.-Robert Greene.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-04-13
Your tongue is coated.
Your breath is foul.
Headaches come and 60.

These symptoms chow that your stom-
ach Is in trouble. To remove the cause
is the first thing, and Chamberlain 9
Stomach and Liver Tablets will do that.
Easy to take and most effective. Sold
by all druggists.
The Spirit Lake Townsite Co. has
taken the precaution of burningsslash-
ings and rubbish on vacant lots and adj
joining the townsite to lessen forest ire
danger during the dry season. When
the logging of the Panhandle section
adjoining Newport is completed the
company should be required to burn the
slashings for the protection of this town.
The state tax com mission, in an opln-
ion given to the assessor of Stevens
county, holds that public service cor
poration. which is shown to be operated
at a loss, and when it is practically i'm
possible to establish their physical value,
that it is a safe method to assess them
for the amount of money they can bor-
row, as is represented by the bonds, and
says that is about the only fair method
of arriving at the amount to be paid.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-04-13

Business property for sale. Inquire
Box 2s2, Newport, Wash.
q. "A. Miller, undertaken. All calls
answered promptly day or night.
W. E. Talmadge. formerly OF Newport,
has been recommended for postmaster
at Sharon, Spokane county, by Con
gresham LaFollette.
&c. Harding had peculiar expert
ence this morning. On raising up ON
his elbow in bed he dislocated his right
shoulder so that it required the.seryices
of physician to put it back in place.
The shoulder has an unhappy faculty OF
getting dislocated on the slightest pre-
text. Mr.. Harding has had the expert
ence twenty or more.times.
S. Hoisington returned Tuesday even
ing from Rochester, Mimi, whittier ne
had accompanied Mrs. Hoisington. The
lady was operated on at the hospital OF
the celebrated Mayo Bros. a portion OF
the bone being removed fromsher right
limb. She had been sufferer for over
a wear, following fracture of the limb.
When Mr.. Hoisington left she was
making good progress toward recovery,
and ii is expected that she will be able
to waIk.with the aid OF cane.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-04-13
Unsiqhtly Hitchina Post.

Abilene, Kan, has mayor who Is
trying to do q few stunts for his city
that will take 1t out Of the rut Of old
fogy towns and make it pleasant
place to live in. One thing he has done
Is eliminating the unsightly old hitch
ing posts from the main streets. OF
course the farmers need places where
horses can be tied, but these can be
provided In alleyways and side streets
The old hitching post has always been
nuisance, the cause Of filth and mud
holes and battered pavements.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-04-13

There Is no question but that
dealing at home makes good
town. but those who preach this
the loudest are very often the
persons who do not practice
what they preach.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-04-13

If in search of a homestead location
see Ernest Thompson. who has knowl-
edge of some good ones in the Northport
country.
Greene County herald., 1911-08-11
END MOROCCO DISPUTE
France and Germany Find Way
of Settlement.

The end of the threatening Mo-
roccan trouble between Germany and
France is in sight. Jules Cambon, the
French ambassador at Berlin, and Ma
jor Won Observation-Disclosures, the Ger
man foreign secretary, found a COM
mon ground of settlement on general
lines, though the details remain to be
worked out.
The nature of the settlement could
not be learned, except that it involves
a considerable trading of colonial pos.
sessions and so transfers the center of
interest from the foreign to the colon
ial office.
1t is understood that Russia played
the part of the mutual friend and in
terposed at London and Paris to take
the rough edges off the English atti-
tude, tie challenging tone of which for
time wss more threatening to peace
than the actual subject of the nego.
tiations. f..vril a
Greene County herald., 1911-08-11
GRIMES and CASUALTIES


Standing in the yard of his home in
street Andrew j. Hanlon, we'll known
as a lawyer, committed suicide in the
presence of his wife and two neigh.
bors He shot himself in the head.
Detectives who made an investiga.
tion reported it as their belief that
Hanlon was Respondent over the illness
Of his wife and that that was the cause
Of his act.
At Decatur, ILL.,, W. E. Carter,
shoe merchant, was killed when his
automobile turned turtle down an en-
bankment His wife, Mr. and Mrs. B.
T. Hallam and an eighteen months
old baby escaped with few bruises
Rev. H. S. Roblee, Congreg gational
minister here, his wife and daughter
were painfully injured in collision
between their automobile and !: treet
car.
That Mrs. Antoinette Zoli of Conklin
Mich, found dead in a cowshed in the
rear of her farm home, was not mur.
dered, but came to her death by being
butted by a ram, is the conclusion
practically arrived at by the officers
The sheep was found near the place,
it's horns bloody and large patch OF
blood on the back of it's head
At Poughkeepsie. N. Y, Tuesday DR..
George Cibier Rambaud, director OF
the Pasteur institute in New York
was perhaps fatally injured, his wife
Nine. Cerville Reache, the prima don
ma, was seriously hurt and four others
were injured when a Sky horse power
car that Dr. Rambaud was driving
turned turtle.
At Cannelton, Ind, just because
his wife preferred acting as waitress
in a Tell City hotel to presiding over
her own home in Cannelton, Roane
Clark, young married man of this
city, attempted to commit suicide with
a razor, cutting a four-inch cash in
his neck and barely missing the jugu
lar vein.
At Abeline, Texas. two persons
are known 10 have been killed,
score are injured and practically every
business house in Abilene is more or
less damaged as the result of storm
of wind and hail which swept over
this region. A number Of residences
also were wrecked.
Near Terre Haute, Ind, ]. G..
Meredith drove his automobile on the
track in front of an interurban car.
The heavy car hurled the automobile
forty feet, killing the Meredith baby,
four months old, and dangerously in
juring Mr.. and Mrs. Meredith.
At Lenox, Mich, Mr.. Frederick
Wendt, old resident of Lenox town
ship, Is dead from injuries received
when he fell twelve feet from his barn
loft as he was helping stow away bun
dies of OF ts He was eighty-four years
old. .A 5
Four miners are dead and fifteen OF
more injured by an explosion in the
mine of the Standard Pocahontas Coal
company, w. Va.
Greene County herald., 1911-08-11
SPLENDID DEMONSTRATION.
Canning Operations on Oakley Farm Ex-
cites Admiration.


cites Admiration.
Jacksonville board Of penitentiary
trustees met to award contracts for va.
rlous items needed by the penitentisry.
The chief interest of the meeting was
centered, however, in the magnificent
showing Of canned vegetables from the
Oakley farm, especially the camp TN
der Sergeant McNsll. The canning op-
erations were in charge Of Mrs. J. M.
Dodd, and q more appetizing lot of veg
etables was never seen before. There
were tomatoss-several cans Of them
opened, and ~ fine ~ ever were put
upon the market. There was okra and
corn the like of which one cannet get
In the ordinary grocery store. Then
there was a combination Of corn and
tomatoes, sppetizing indeed, and veg
etable soup which made person hungry
to look at and ravenous to smell.
The authorities are preparing to can
the sweet potatoes and the syrup this
fall, and will, II is estimated, turn out
between $4,000 and 100000 cans Of the
very finest sort Of syrup and yam, pota-
toes. These products will be sold, and
those cans not sold will be utilized in
feeding the prisoners. 'flGth
The authorities now have 10000 cans
at Oakley, and Sergeant McNeill states
that between twenty-five and thirty
bushels Of the finest tomatoes are being
gathered each day and put up. The
main crop to be canned is the potato
and syrup crops. b e auaiuela
Greene County herald., 1911-08-11
MISSISSIPPI TOBACCO FINE.
italian and French Governments Have
Eyes on Our Crop. iAl

italian and French Governments Have
Eyes on Our Crop. iAl
Jackson.-The showing the Mississippi
penitentiary Is making on tobacco cul-
ture is amazing. mf iSxH
Dan Brewer of the American Tobacco
Company of Clarksdale was at the meet
ing of the board Of trustees at the state
house, and was showing some photo
graphs of Mxuriant fields of tobacco.
1t was planted on the state farms
A. an experiment this year, and Mr..
Brewer, who il an expert on the culture
Of the weed says that he has never
seen anything to equal the yield any
where in all his experience.
The crop is perfect. There are fif-
teen acres At the Rankin farm, some of
the dark wrapper tobacco which will
make at least 1000 pounds to the acre
and which will bring from 10 cents to
10 Ia cents per pound
Significant indeed is the inquiry re-
ceived from the French and Italian gov
ernments, which have q monopoly of
the sale Of tobacco IN their respective
territories They are very much inter
ested in the Mississippi crop, and will
be active bidders for IT after 1t has
been cured and ready for the market.
Greene County herald., 1911-08-11
ARE STUDYING THEOLOGY.
Supreme Court Has a Knotty PROPOSE
n l Hg tion to Solve. iat nEH

Jackson.-The supreme court of Mis-
sissippi when it gets through with that
row in the Presbyterian church will be
accomplished theologians, and if per-
chance any Of the three ornaments of
the bench who now occupy it should not
be reappointed, they will be well quail
fed to get out and have license to
preach and expound all about predestina-
ton, fore-ordination and all the rest
of it.
When the Cumberland Presbyterians
and the "just Presbyterians" patched up
their differences and all got together un-
der the same tent, there was a Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church up at West
Point concluded it would go it alone
or at least part of the congregation
did-and another part of the congrega-
tion didn't. t H
Finally the matter got into court. The
part who wanted to remain as the only
dycd-in-the-wool original blown-in-the-
bottle Cumberland Presbyterians said
they wanted to remain separate and dis.
tinct The other crowd wanted to merge.
From lively internal row the matter
got into court, and from the chancery
court it went to the supreme court. The
supreme court decided that the action
of the general synod Of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church was binding on the
subsidiary congregations and the merger
stuck. s9lr e qla9sg s4B 3adi
Greene County herald., 1911-08-11
COUNTY MISS FRIDAY, AUGUST IT, 1911
| STATE NEWS NOTES Y
Weekly Budget Of News Items Gathered by Our
a Special Correspondent at Jackson.
SINGLE SHOT" BALLOTS.
Mississippi Attorney General Declares
rlftsl Them Leoal a0fi 4

Mississippi Attorney General Declares
Them Legal. n9a q
Jackson.--The attorney generals office
has received considerable number OF
letters from election officers, asking if
what is known as "single shot ballots
! are legal i's i3t l} astl
Assistant Attorney General Carl Fox
has delivered the following opinion upon
the question:: ~ sz''---5-------s- <. =. /.
"A single shot ballot is one on which
the voter votes for only one where there
are two or more, offices of the same, kind
to be filed; fW example. where there are
two or more members of the Legislature
to be elected from one county. @
"There is nothing in the law which
forbids casting a. single shot ballot. 1t is
true that inssection 4l61 of the code IL
the following provision:
if'And immediately following the, title
Of each officer shall be printed the words,
Vote for one, or Vote for two, or more,
according to the number to be elected
"This is prescribed, however, merely
for the purpose of informing the voter
that there is only one, or that there are
more than one, office to be filled. The
section merely prescribes the form of the
printed ballots and was not intended to
prescribe ballots and was not intended
to prescribe the number Of candidates
that the voter must vote for in order
that his ballot shall be legal. qaaH
/ "The election laws are purely statu-
tory, and there is nothing in the statute
that indicate any intention on the part
of the Legislature that single shot ballot
shall be illegal. If such had been the
intention it could and would have been
easily expressed in simple words,
my opinion is, therefore, that where
there are two or more offices of the
same kind to be filed, voter may legal
ly vote for one; and if there are more
than two, he may legally vote for any
humber less than the whole number to
be filed" fsyansn 80 .,sda,4..ils-
Greene County herald., 1911-08-11
REBELS RULE IN HAITI
Simon, Deposed President, on
the Way to Jamaica.


With Simon, the deposed president
of Haiti, fugitive, probably on his
way to Jamaica, and the revolutionists
In full control Of the republic, the pop.
ulace mere is waiting for the next
move, which will be the naming Of
provisional president
On all sides the capital Il invested
by followers of General Firmin, one
of the revolutionary leaders The city
itself is in the hands of a committee
of safety. and there is no general dis
order. sge f 3
Numerous shots were heard during
the night, but these are believed to
have been fired cnly in celebration Of
the overthrow of the Simon administra-
ton. Foreign interests are believed
to be secure. None OF. the foreign
warships has landed bluejackets-
Among those at sea with Simon
who will accompany him in exile are
General Monplaisir, minister Of war.
and Minister of the Interior Clyvian
Greene County herald., 1911-08-11
THREE NATIONS JOIN
7 IN PkCTS FOR PEACE
United States, France and Brit
ain Sign Treaties.
Experts Will Arbltrate In caass Of
Disagreement Between Nations
-conventl,ns outsrowth
n Of Taft's Speech.

Three of the greatest nations With
United States as the central figure and
moving spirit. joined hands in open.
Ing the way to the coverted goal Of
statesmen of modern times--universai
peace. t,
America and Great Britain ana
America and France signed general ar
bitration treaties for the peaceful set
tlement OF all disputes that may be
locked up in the mystery Of the fu-
ture. even though they concern the
national houor or vital interests OF the
signatories. subjects invariably except-
ed in existing arbitration treaties. s.tes
Jean Jules Jusserand, French am
bassador to the United States, now IN
Paris, the first diplomat to ac.ept
President Taft's suggestion that all
quarrels between nations could be er-
bitrated. signed the convention in that
city at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. or
a. m. Washington time, six hours
later at the White House, Secretary
of State Knox signed both the British
and French treaties, and James Bryce
British ambassador, signed the agree
ment with Great Britain. President
Taft witnessed the signing ceremonies.
The general features OF the new
treaties are: agD 5as l.+l
All differences internationally Just
iviable shall be submitted to the
Hague, unless by special agreement
some other tribcnal is created or Sc
lected. 9If
Differences that either country
thinks are not justiviable shall be re-
ferred to commission of inquiry,
composed OF nationals Of the two
governments, empowered to make rec
concentrations for their settlements.
Should the commission decide that the
dispute should be arbitrated, such
decision " Y be binding.
Before arbitration be resorted to,
even in cases where both countries
agree that the difference is suscept-
BILE of arbitration, the commission Of
inquiry shell investigate the dispute
with a view of recommending a settle
ment without arbitration.
The commission, at request OF either
government, will delay its findings ono
year to give an opportunity for diplo-
matte settlement
The senate will ratify the terms Of
submission of each dispute to arbitra-
tiOn. m a14fre rA 81
The conventions grew directly cut
Of President Taft's speech in Washing
ton, Dec. is last, before the Anne lean
Society for the Judicial Settlement Of
International Disputes, in which he
said: fe.ia es -
IF now we can negotiate and put
through a positive agreement with
some great nation to abide the Ad-
judication of an International arbitral
court in every issue which can not to
settled by negotiation. no matter what
1t involves. whether honor. territory,
or money, we shall have made q. long
step forward by demonstrating that II
is possible for two nations at least to
establish, as between them, the same
system Of due process of law that
exists between individuals under
| government"
Greene County herald., 1911-08-11
UNLICENSED INSURANCE WRITERS
Business IL Being Secured Through Ii
censed Agents. eDl

Jackson.-Discussing official matters
Insurance Commissioner t. M. Henry
stated that he had information that
several unlicensed insurance companies
are soliciting and writing business in
Mississippi. 1t is his information that
the business which these concerns are
securing is being secured through reg
ularly licensed insurance agents. Mr..
Henry named the following as being in
the doubtful category: Columbia Mutual
Fire, of Philadelphia; Royal Mutual Fire
and Metropolitan Mutual, also OF Phila-
delphia, together with the Mutual Co
Operative BENEFIT Association. als
The penalty for an authorized agent
who places insurance in an unauthorized
company il the revocation Of it's license,
while in addition it is made liable for
the amount. of the loss. In two recent
cases Mr.. Henry has revoked licenses OF
fire insurance agents, and as the com
panies in. which the business was placed
have declined to settle, he is nov, as
,isting the assured in efforts to compel
the aforesaid agents to pay for the
property burned.
Greene County herald., 1911-08-11
REsCUEs ENT0MBED MINER
Joseph clary Taken Alive from the
Mine at Joplin, Mo.

Joseph Clary, imprisoned at Jop-
lin, Mo-, by a cavern in the White
Oak mine for three days, was f.
nally reached by rescuers. The man
is alive and we'll NioH
When the last spadefuls of earth
were removed by workmen in the
shaft and they dropped through into
the drift Clary threw himself into their
arms and wept as the shouts of thou
sands cheering at the mouth Of the
mine echoed down the shaft. as
Clary said he was bewildered at first
when he realized that he was en-
tombed, but that he was never in
doubt that he would be rescued He
said he heard the pounding of the drill
as 1t neared him and that lie knew
each time when it missed the drift.