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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1911-09-02
OUR NEW DRESS-MAKER.

business Friday. September 8h We have
early this The ladies camoring for clothes
They bound have dresses look pretty without
dresses you know there is being woman IN
less you look pretty.
Mrs. Maude Stefan of Cincinnati, whom we have
gagged Modise for the coming is eminenty well
qualified to take charge of this department She has had
years experience catering to the Mississippi trade
Call and give her trial
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1911-09-02
McGRATH
Fall Business!

We getting ready The goods rolling in. Have
some big shipments of Fall Dress Goods somewhere be-
tween Brookhaven and New York. We expect them in
few days We also expect
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
= es SISn.


 The jeweier set my watch within a thouS,ndth of second when be gave it 10 me today" sad the man with a new umepiece. and this is how he did it:
 He has a clock wired up with the big chronometer at Washington. At { D. m. rbis clock was corrected to the thousandth of a second At 4:05 he was ready to deliver my watch His master clock has 39.l inch pen dulum- so 1t ticks seconds. Each of the first fifty-tive ticks in each minute is announced by telegraph sounder iD the clock. then the last tive seconds are silent. The watchmaker rested a camels hair brush on the balance wheel of the watch 10 stop 1t. then set all the hands. hour. minute and second ar 4.Ni-D and waited When the si lence of the Sounder indicated 4O5:55 he got ready. and five seconds later. on the first tick of 4.06. be lifted the brush and the watch started. By looking at the second hand with giass and listening to the clock an nouncer | proved their identicalness except for the time II took the sound to travel from the clock to my ear."- New York Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
WOULD SHORTEN HOURS OF WOMEN
 AND CHILDREN
Bill Argued at Hartford-Meltz- CT Bill to do Away With Con- tract Prison Labor

Hartford. March 31-The first Of the yesterday afternoon was the fifty eight-hour bill for minors and women employed in mercantile establish ments. Miss Mary c. Welles, secre- tary of the Consuners' League; Rev. Rockwell Harmon Potter and Rev. T. F. Turner of Hartford; Solomon Sont- heimer, president of the Hartford Gen. tral Labor Union, all spoke in behalf of the bill.
 Their major arguments were that any amount of time off in the summer would scarcely compensate for the terrible physical and nervous drain on young girls, who have to work far in- to the night during the Christmas sea- son; that where this extra work was necessary, an extra shift should be employed; that such a law would not impose an insufferable burden upon merchants, but would protect the wo- manhood of the State, and hence it's future childhood.
 The second bill. presented by Rep resentative Joshua Meltzer of Bridge port was the prison repeal law, which aimed to do away with the present existing system of prison contract la bor and to substitute in its stead the States use system, such as is now in vogue in New York State and which has recently been adopted by Califor- nit and Missouri. An amendment was attached to this yesterday by the representative to the effect that the State might utilize some of this labor for farm work, which he considered a more humane and more profitable form of contract labor for the prisoners themselves
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
FOUR BIG CONCERNS SUED FOR ALLEGED FAILURE TO
 PAY STRIKE ASSESSMENT
Salts Textile Company of This City Defendant in Suit Brought By
 Surety Concern.

Four Connecticut manufacturing concerns have been made defendants in, suits instituted in the superior court by the Mutual Security com pany. an incorporated concern whose principal business is to insure manu- featuring companies from losses caused by strikes.
 The four concerns sued are the New Haven Clock company, the Tur- ner & Seymour Manufacturing conn pany of Torrinston, the Johns-Pratt company of Hartford, and the Salts Textile Manufacturing company of Bridgeport. It is claimed in each case that the defen 1ants did not pay an assessment levied shortly after the Mutual Security company was called upon to reimburse the Buffalo Forge company of Buffalo N. Y, and the Buffalo Steam Pump comnany of North Tonawanda. N. r., for losses sustained by reason of the strikes that occurred in 1906.
 The cases are made returnable to the superior court in Waterbury in April. The amounts claimed by the Mutual Security company in damages are: New Haven Clock company s3.- 900, Johns-Pratt comrcny $3,O00, Turner & Seymour Manufacturing company $1,800 and Salts Textile Manufacturing company s1,S00.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
Daniel Wilson. Hi. Heuss.

pr. Daniei Wilson. afterward prin- cipal of the University of Toronto used in earlier days to iive.near Lau riston. in Scotland One day Dr. John Beddoe twho has written an autobiog- raphy, set out to ind him. Having" he says. mo clear idea of the situa tion Of the house. l entered St Margaret's lane. which l conceived must lead in the right direction. and meeting gen tleman just about 10 issue therefrom. asked whether he could direct me to Dr Wilson's new house. He looked hard at me and inquired:
 Do you know Daniel Wilson" .'l io 'lntimateIyy Yes. int1mately.' Then follow this road till you see a house that locks ns if it belongs to !Bauiei Wilson. and That will be it. thanked him ana. following his advice. had no difficulty in identifying the house It had window which con tained some rracery ofa pattern which l knew Wilson considered peculiarly Scottish"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
APRIL'S PROGRAM
 AT.COUNTRY CLUB

The Brooklawn Country Club has announced it's program for April, as follows:
 Saturday. April 1-Tea.
 Wednesday, April 5-Table d'hote luncheon at l. Pivot bridge at 2:45. Three rubbers may be played. Scores taken at 5. Prize offered by Mrs. Carroll B. Adams and Mrs H. Willard F1eck.
 Saturday, April S-Tea. Music.
 Saturday, April 15-Tea.
 Thursday, April 2O-Evening bridge at 8. Three rubbers may be played. Scores taken at TO- Prizes offered by Mrs. Harry H. DeLoss and Mrs. Henry A-\ Bishop.
 Saturday. April 22-Tea Music.
 Monday. April A-Opening of La- dies Round Robin brldse tOurnamc.It at 2:30. Matches to be continued on successive Mondays. Ladies wishing to enter will please send names to Mrs Frank S. Slosson or Mrs. George H. Graves by Saturday, April 22. Prizes offered by Mrs. Frank S. Slos- son, Mrs. George H. Graves, Mrs Frederick A. Strong and Mrs. Elmer H. Ravens.
 Thursday. April 27-Table d'hote din- ner at 6:30.
 Saturday, April 2e-Tea. Music.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
The Original EncycIopedia,

The first real encyclopedia was Pliny's Natural History" This work was an extensive one, numbering some thirty-seven volumes and dealing with all the then known facts of the world Pliny, who died A. D. 79. collected the data for his work in his leisure inter vals while engaged in public affairs. The Natural History" was for its time m amazing production, treated of sofne 10000 facts and was of very high au- fhority throughout the entire middle lges. Forty-three editions of the work were printed before the year 1856, auG no scholars library was considered complete without it.-New York Amer. ican
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
YOUTHFUL c. A. C. MEMBER SENT TO
 JAIL FOR MONTH
For Obtaining Goods on False Pretences = Wife and Child ren Destitute

Frank B. Manchester of 1914 Strat- ford avenue, a member of the 14th Co.,, c. A. C., was sentenced to jail for 40 days and fined $35 and costs for three counts of obtaining goods under false pretenses, in the. city court today. Be- fore Manchester was transferred from police headquarters to the county jail his wife was at the desk of Supt. Brennan of the Charities department asking aid for herself and her two- year-old son.
 Manchester was convicted of three of a large number of offences with which the police might have taxed him. Among his victims were cloth iers, doctors, dentists, jewellers, plum bers painters. and others. His prof its were small in each instance, but he apparently preferred getting by in this way. to seeking steady employ ment. His mother and wife bade him fearful farewell.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
Ecrhidden Ground.

A visit of Gladstone to the Isle of Man is recalled by Agnes Herbert and described ID her book about that in tereSting little speck in the midst of the Irish sea.
 MT Gladstone had made a detour across small holding .n Rushen. and his way lay through the ''haggart." :" where the stacks are harvested A strong. powerfully built Manxwoman stood throwing up the straw to the sack. using her fork as deftly and quickly as q farm Iaborer
 That is very hard work. my good woman" the Grand Old Man is re ported to have said graciously. "but you look we'll and strong. May I ask how old you are?"
 The toiler hardly turned as she an swered sharply:
 How oul' art thou myself, thou i'm rerent oul' manT
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
The Arts of Asia

It was Asia. through Arabia. which gave Europe the literature. the arts and the sciences which we have de veioped and of which we now boast Gunpowder was probably invented in China It was certainly introduced fnIU Europe from Ara bia. The finely tempered steel of Damascus went over from Arab bia at the time of the Moor ish invasion of Spain. and it's manu facrure was continued at Toledo. The coppersmiths of Bagdad supplied the worlds market with their wonderful productions centuries before thert were any industries in Europe. Weav ing of silk and cotton had it's birth a. an industry in Arabia. and the weav ing of wool was learned by the cru saders in the same wonderful country Astronomy. mathematics. the mariner'> compass-all came to us from the Arabs.-Argonaut
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
An Anecdote of Pcna.

There is an old anecdote of Alexan- der Pope concerning one of the old watermen who were employed for many years in rowing Pope on the Thames. Pope was in the habit of having his sedan chair lifted into the punt. If the weather was fine he let down the glasses; if cold he pulled them up. He would sometimes say to the waterman:
 John. am going to repeat some verses. Take care to remember them the next time l go out.''
 When that time came Pope would say:
 "John. where are the verses I told you of?'
 Il have forgotten them, sir"
 John. you are blockhead. must write them down for you"
 John said that no one thought of saying when speaking of him, ''Mr. Pope" but that he was always called "Mr. Alexander"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
HINkEY D|Nk
 CHARGED WITH
 CROOKED WORK
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press.)
 Chicago, March Exchanges that "Hinkey Dink" Kenna and his politi- cal aides are planning to poll 300 fraudulent votes in a single ward in Chicagos municipal election, Tues day, are made, today. by Charles E.. Merriam, progressive Republican can didate for Mayor. Merriam declared that the election commissioners are controlled by his Democratic oppon- ent. Carter H. Harrison. Harrison. four times mayor under the old two year term system, has the support of the personal liberty" element. Mer- riam is running on a back to the people, platform.
 A series of newspaper polls now be- ing taken indicate everything from the election of Merriam by 6000O to the election of Harrison by 10000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
The taiH at Iengtn reached a point

The taih al length reached point involving the latest scandal of the neighborhood and the retailing of some inside Information which must not become public property. A hurried look at the child on the floor found her apparently so occupied with her game that it seemed quite safe to go on if one observed a decent discretion Voices were accordingly lowered and direct allusion yelled. but when the matter had been thrashed out to their satisfaction the child raised her eyes and remarked with deliberation and emphasis:
 "I hear. know. understand, and I'll blab"-New York Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
Little Pitchers.

Tn a certain small town there afp two young women whose favorite oc- cupatfon has been to discuss the af- fairs of their neighbors. Having me, for that purpose one afternoon, they found themselves blocked in the in dulgence of their pastime by the pres ence of the small daughter of the hostess A slight indisposition of some sort prevented sending the chil6 out of doors. so they were forced to put up with her presence. doing their best. however. to nullify 1t.
 Something eatable was produced and an absorbing new game invented which she could play quite by herself, % they breathed freely and began.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
Books and .Thair Cara.


 Books on shelves may be seriously injured if packed too tightly. When quickly pulled out for use the top of the book is likely to come on More over, the constant pressure, if too great, will loosen the whole back in time and the friction in putting upon and taking from the shelf mars the covers. On the other hand, a reason able amount of lateral pressure is necessary. If placed on the shelves too loosely the leaves tend to open and admit dust, dampness and conse- quent mildew. In the case of heavy volumes the weight of the leaves will be found resting on the shelves if the books are placed too loosely. This is likely to make the backs concave. Badly painted shelves are another source of injury to books. Care should be taken when paint or varnish is used that the surface is perfectly smooth hard and dry when the books are pur in place and that the surface will re- main so during variation of tempera- ture or humidity.-House Beautiful.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
HIRSCH NAMED RECEIVER FOR
 WELD MFG. co

Marcus Hirsch of this city was this of the affairs of the Weld Manufac- turing and Supply Co.,, with a plant at George and Oak streets, by Judge Joel H. Reed in the civil Superior court Friday, April 21, has been set as the date for the hearing. The re- tition for the receivership was asked for by Israel Kleban. president and treasurer of the company, Henry Hol- lander and Nathan Klebansky. and the entire board of directors. The com pany is a $40 900 corporation manu- featuring special machinery. hardware and specialtieS. The company has not done any business since March 15, 1911, because of the many attachments placed upon the property.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
WakefuI Nioht,

A rather imaginative Washington lady decided she had insomnia. She .ouldnt sleep. she said One morn ing she was more than usually de pressed.
 What's the matter. dear?" asked the husband. Another sleepless night?"
 Worse than that she replied gloomily. T did manage to drop of to sleep, and I dreamed all the time was asleep that I was awake."-Phil adelphia Saturday Evening Post.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
MISS BROOKS AND HER COHORTS TO
 FIGHT CHAPTERS
(special from United Press.

(SpSCldI IrOm UHICeU TI0SS.J
 Chicago, March 31-Failing to drive the octopus of greed and graft from the little town of West Hammond, Miss Virginia Brooks. West Ham, mond'sa political Joan of Arc," to- day. planned an exodus from what she calls. the 'rottenest place on earth and the founding of a new town, municipally pure.
 Miss Brooks will be followed. she says, by some 400 of the TOO families of West Hammond. Monday morn ing skids will be placed under scores of cottages of West Hammond and they will be moved over across the town line The town of Brooksville will come into being.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
FATALLY HURT
 WHILE TESTING
 HIS PARACHUTE
Special from United Press !

NOPOO-1I - O1fI cSo'1
 Baltimore, March 31.-While test ing his latest invention, which he said would make aeroplanes absolutely safe, Clarence R. RadaSill was fatal ly injured, today. He is now in Mercy Hospital.
 His invention is new form of parachute and fadasilI took it to the top Of the Baltimore & Ohio freight elevator and jumped off He had planned, if the device failed, to drop into the water and being an expert swimmer, could hardly be hurt
 He dropped like a piummet 40 feee and when the parachute opened the high wind carried him against the wooden wharf with terrific force.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
M ade the Rhyme,

Carpet rhymes with no single word, but some bold poet dared ts evade the difficulty thus:
 Sweet maid of the inn, 'tis surei, no sin to toast such beautiful bay pet; believe me, my dear, your feel would appear at home on a nobleman's carpet t"-Lendon Answers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
J. H. HALE TALKS
 TO STATE FARMERS

Wallingford. March 31-On invita- ton of the local Grange, the State Board of Agriculture held an institute here today at Odd Fellows hall. J. H. Hale of Glastonbury, Railroad Commissioner, and one of the coun- try's most famous farmers, spoke on Agricultural Opportunities in Con-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
YOUNG ARMY WIDOW
 WITH TWO HUsBANDS

Washington, March 31-So obsessed was pretty Marie Mccormick, aged 2L with love for the ''hoys in blue that she married two of them from the same fort without the fornality of obtaining a divorce, according to charges made today by Cavalry1nan Harry J. Mccormick
 Husband No. ?, said to be F. T. Hige gins, an artilleryman, has been sent to the Texas "maneuvers.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
Weather Indications.
Especial from United Press. )

Especial from United Press.)
 New Haven, March 31-FOrecast: fair tonight and Saturday. Brisk west winds, becoming high.
 Temperatures below freezing were reported in the northern tier of states from Montana to Maine
 Conditions favor for this vicinity unsettled weather followed by fair and slightly colder.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
BOY KILLS HIS SISTER
 THIkK LG HER BURGLAR
(Special from United Press

Special from United Press.-
 Philadelphia, March 31-Awakened by the barking of dogs and the sound of some one moving about the house, early today, Alexander Kerr. Jr., 1S, of Lansdowne, a suburb, instantly killed his sister Ellen, 16 with a charge from a shotgun. The boy is frantic with grief
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31

the result of a cyclone that wiped the town of Gainesville, Monroe county, from the map.
 More than 100 buildings were torn down The victims were killed in collapsing houses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
BLACK HAND B0K.B
 CAUSES WILD PANIC
(Cnocia1 from I~pitod Procc \

(Spec1aI rom n1ted PreSS.1
 New York, March 31-Because he re- fused to give up S1 1000 in response to blackmailing letters the grocery store of Nicola Longlitono at 334 East 107th street was badly damaged by a bomb explosion, early today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
O~eda That Count

Deeds That Count Maud-why don't you prefer Harry to WHIT Harry is capable of big deeds Edith-Yes. but Will owns some.--Bai- fima9e AmeT1ean
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31
SIX KILLED AND 40
 INJURED IN CYCLONE

Special from United Press.)
 Mobile, Ala, March 31-A death list of six and 40 injured. today, sums up
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-31

necticut.'' Connecticut, said MT. Haia
 was capable of developing into. a great agricultural State. s4
The Parker post., 1911-10-28
DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

Announcement is made of the Off
cial call for the annual meeting of
the Arizona Development Board A
complimentary breakfast to the dele
gates from all over the new state
Will be rendered by the Phoenix
board of trade at their rooms on
Wednesday, November 8, after which
the meeting of the development board
will be held. In accepting an invita-
ton to be present and address the
meeting of the board, Rev. J. t. At
wood, the Episcopal bishop of Ari-
zOna, said: "The plan of consolidat-
ing all of the various development
bodies into one organization for dis
cussion and advice and cooperation,
believe to be splendid and l am
sure that much good will result from
this harmony of development inter-
ests in Arizona"
Other speakers will address the
meeting following the breakfast which
is to be held at $3.50 a. M Plans for
the year and for the advent of state
hood will be discussed. Great plans
are being made for the new state to
organize proper displays befitting the
advancement made in recent years.
The great expositions which are to
be- held at San Francisco and at San
Diego in 1915 offer splendid oppor-
tunity to Arizona to show to the
world what has been going on in
her borders and the opportunities that
are present in great numbers in her
agricultural lands, mines, industries
and forests, as we'll as in the raising
of cattle, sheep, ostriches, and other
live stock.
Each development organization or
board of trade is entitled to have two
delegates present at the meeting and
representatives from all sections of
Arizona have already announced their
intention to attend.
The Parker post., 1911-10-28

ic conditions, and is capable of ex-
tension far beyond the needs of many
generations.
There remains one fundamental
limitation-and that is shortage of
labor to harvest the crop. Machines
have been invented that will prepare
the soil, for planting and cultivating
the crop. One man, with the mod
ern implements can plant and cult
vate as much cotton as many men
could harvest.
1t follows then that the average
cotton grower will not determine the
number of acres that will be put into
cotton from the market price but will
make his estimate on the number of
cotton pickers that he can hire for
few monlns in the fall.
Assured of being able to harvest
any size crop that he may bring to
maturity, the last remaining limita
tion on the production of cotton will
have been removed, and every pro
cess from the cultivating of the land
to the weaving of the fibre will be
flexible and free to respond to the
varying world for cotton fibre and
cotton goods.
The cotton picking machine re-
moves the limitation from the har-
vesting as the loom and gin removed
the limitation on manufacturers and
as the planter, the cultivator and the
chopper have removed the limitation
on production.
The Parker post., 1911-10-28
MARBLE MINING
In YUMA COUNTY
Quarries of Colorado River Marble
Company to Be Operated on Large
ScaIe-Product Pronounced BY Ex-
pert to Be Best Known.

The Colorado River Marble Co.
has put on a force of men estab-
fishing a permanent camp at it's prop
erty fifteen miles northeast of BOuSe,
and three miles from Midway, sta
ton on the Arizona e Swansea rail
road. After the camp has been put
in shape the company will begin
quarrying marble on a large scale.
1t is understood that a branch limo
of the Swansea road will be built to
the cOmpany's property. The Swan
sea smelter will be enabled to secure
it's lime from this field when the
railroad has been put in, having
agreed to take all of the waste ac-
cruing from quarrying the marble
The line will also enable the company
to get it's product to market at a min
imum COST
BILE expert, visited the property last
week and pronounced the deposits
as being the best ever discovered in
this country Mr. Sexton owns mar
BILE yards at Los Angeles and Pasa-
dena, and is about to establish an
other at Phoenix. He has made a
thorough test of the marble quarry
owned by the Colorado River Marble
company and has contracted for a
considerable tonnage of it's product.
He states that company will have a
market for its marble for the neX5
one hundred years at good prices.
The marble occurs in three differ
ent grades, white, light blue and dark
blue. The pure white marble is worth
So per cubic foot in Los Angeles, and
blue marble brings $3.50. The anal
ysis of the best grade is SO 9S-100
per cent lime
The Colorado River Marble com
pany was recently organized to op-
crate the marble fields, and the main
offices of the company are located at
Los Angeles. The capitalization of
the company is $5O0,O00, and the
ground owned aggregates 240 acres.
The officers are e. c. Norris, presi-
dent; A. W. Tucker, vice-president;
M. A. Mintier, treasurer; j. d. Nc
Henry secretary; director, A. J. Ad-
ans.