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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09

In treasury Mar, /, 19l1..S 4S,39
We make special mention be-
low of those who have cortribut-
ed to the cemetery fund during
the past year, and 70 each Of
these, and TO the people IN gen.
eral for their hearty cooperation
and help, we wish to express our
thanks and appreciation.
DONATIONS.
Mrs. NJ. Moran, Birmingham,
Ala, SO.
Sam Werner, ST..
Mrs. Meta Nathrust, Nashville,
$500.
Mrs. Ellen Rust, Bessemer,
Ala, 81.
Mrs. Ed Hampton, ST..
Master Dillon Barnett, Mem,
phis, 500,
Mrs. j. d Wiley, quilt which
brought so.
John Kunz, finishing and paint
lag shed.
Over $50 worth of wood has
been sold from the cemetery lot,
which amount is yet to be col.
lected.
MRS. l.. e, HAssLER, Sec'v.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09
Groceries

You know we always carry a
hlgh-grade stock. Quality con-
sidered, no one sells cheaper than
we do.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09
Memorial Association.

In order that every one may
know Just what is being done ~
the Ladies Memorial Association
for the improvement Of the cemt- :
terry, we give below Il report of
their sixth wears work:
In treasury Mar, 7, 19l0..S 81 81
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09

W AN TE D.-Chestnut cord
wood, green or deadened, in 5 ft.
lengths. Write Union Tanning
Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. 1928
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09
Our
Spring Goods

are now coming in, so we are
now ready to supply your wants
in Linens, Suitings, Poplins,
Bepgalines, Lawns, Ginghams,
etc.
Our 10 yard, ready-for-sale
Dress Patterns offer you an array
of handsome, new, fast-color de-
signs-the excellent variety of
popular fabrics.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09

Advertisements must have merit or they
will not be accepted. Mrs. Grundy has large
and increasing circulation. Artistic designs in
typography Especial feature in our ads With
the latest improved machinery we are also turn
ing out superior grade of job work.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-10

On the principle of the ''trackIess trolley" cleo
the freight wagons. and even an electric snow plow.
have been succcnfuliy opustsd in Ausez16
The Washington herald., 1911-08-10
LIVELY ROW SEEN
AT WILEY HEARING
Two Members of Committee
Clash. Over Testimony.

A lively row between Representatives
Mays, of Florida, and Sloan, Of Ne
| braska, enlivened yesterdays session OF
| the House Committee on Expenditures ir
| the Department of Agriculture, at which
important testimony bearing on the al
legged jugglery Of the language OF a
| court Judgment by Solicitor McCabe, in
order to protect the departments posi-
| was adducedA
Henry E. Davis and Col. William P
Hepburn, counsel for Dr. Wiley, seemed
to lay stress on the alleged manipulation
| of court judgment as one of the most
| important bits of testimony brought out
before the committee up to date.
The row between Messrs. Mays and
Sloan occurred as a result Of an objec-
ton made by the latter to questions
asked Solicitor McCabe by Henry K,
Davis During the colloquy that followed
Mr.. Mays suggested that Mr.. Sloan S
objection originated from the fact that
he was desirous Of keeping material
facts out of the record. Mr.. Sloan be-
came indignant at once.
I resent the suggestion" he said,
that there is such a thought that In
my mind l want it distinctly under
stood that 1 have made no objection de-
signed TO Keep material 1acts out OF the
record
Another feature of the days testimony
was the effort by Mr.. Davis to prove that
although Solicitor McCabe disapproved
the plan to pay DR.. Rusby 50 for his serv-
ices in examining samples for the Bureau
of Chemistry and extra for his services
as an expert witness, suggestion that the
plan would set a bad precedent" that
he had previously authorized the employ
ment of William H. Harris on precisely
the same terms.
The Solicitor endeavored to explain this
apparent Inconsistency by saying he
thought DR. Rusby was trying by the
method suggested to secure an increase
in compensation. and that anyhow the
employment of Mr.. Harris was to meet
an emergency.
The committee adjourned its hearing
at noon and will resume at 10 o'clock
this morning, with Associate Chemist
Dunlap, of the Bureau of Chemistry. on
the stand.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-10
SEND FOR ABDUCTOR
Washington Police to Bring
Mrs. Owens Here.
GIRLS PARENT TO PROSECUTE
Father of Marion B. Harris, Miss
Ing More Than u Year, Says
Case Against Woman VIII Be
Pashed-Girl to Arrive Next
Week-Letters Mailed on Train.

Copies of the papers indicting Mrs.
Letitia White Owens, the temperance
lecturere, who is charged with the ab-
duction of fifteen-year-old Marion B.
Harris. daughter of James H. Harris, of
COS Sixth street southwest, have been
forwarded to the sheriff at Las Animas,
Colo. As soon as they arrive, Mrs. Owens
and the child will return to Washington
In the custody of a United States mar
shall. The papers should reach Las
Animas not later than tomorrow, and
the party will leave Immediately, prob
ably arriving in this city next Monday.
Mr.. Harris has retained Charles d.
Westcott as his attorney and through
him Is in communication with his daugh-
ter.
According to the story told by Mrs.
Harris last night, the actions of her
daughter have been extremely strange,
She believes that the child has been
completely under the domination of the
Owens woman ever since she left WASH
tngton in June, 1910
Letters Mailed on Train.
peculiar circumstance is that every
letter which the little girl has sent home
has been mailed on board a train. Mrs.
Harris says that the letters have been
irregular. Sometimes, she says, two or
three letters from her daughter would
reach her during a week and then there
would be silence of two or three
months duration.
Last Thanksgiving Mrs. Harris received
letter from Marion, and then did not
hear from her again until about the
middle Of February. From the letters,
Mrs. Harris judges that Mrs. Owens had
the child completely in her power, and
only allowed her to mail letters en- route
from Unc city to another. No address
was ever given, 50 communications from
Washington were effectually cut off
Mr.. Harris has taken a new lease on
life since he has learned that his daugh-
ter is to be returned to him. He in
tends, however, to prosecute Mrs. Owens
who, he claims, in effect abducted his
daughter.
The child was taken to Boston by Mrs.
Owens by the consent of her parents,
but on the condition that she be re-
turned September l. Mrs. Harris says
that it was their intention to send Marion
TO school as soon as she returned. so
when the appointed date arrived and the
child did not return the parents became
worried. Nothing was heard from Mrs
Owens and Marion for some time, and
then there was no talk of their return
ing.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-10
FIND HOME BEST PLACE
AS A VACATION RESORT
District Health Officials Disclose Some Facts to
Show that Capital Is Pretty Fine
Town in Which to Summer

are at hand. and where danger from dis
ease Is minimized.
Another even more startling statement
included in the report is that out Of the
thirty-six deaths OF infants under one
year of age last week, almost all
could have been prevented II proper care
and attention had been given the babies.
The infant mortality is very high at pres
ent, but not higher than usual for this
time of the year.
Last week the total number Of deaths
recorded was 122. Of which rs were white
and "A colored. The death rate for the
white population was 16.2 per 1,000, while
the rate for the colored was 23.4, although
the negro population is only about 26 per
cent Of the total population of the Dis
trict.
There are PA cases of whoopipg cough
and 6S OF typhoid fever cases In the city.
There are 1.7l2 reportable cases of tuber-
culosis at present In the District. The
diphtheria cases have been reduced from
u to 8. Yesterday a case of infantile
paralysis in an adult was reported to the
department, but the name or address of
the patient will not be made public
The Washington herald., 1911-08-10

That spending summer vacations out
Of the city is dangerous, in addition to
being attended by numerous inconven-
fences, has been demonstrated statisti-
cally in the report of the District health
department for the week ended August s..
According to the report, seventeen Of
the thirty-nine cases Of typhoid fever
recently reported to the department were
contracted out of the city. Polluted wa
ter supplies, infected milk. prevalence of
flies, and bathing in lakes or streams
near the outlet of sewers, are some of
the causes of infection named in the
report
At summer resorts boarders are nearly
always troubled with flys and mosquitoes,
which are universally recognized enc
mics of health. Summer resorts also fire.
quently lack good sources Of water sup
ply. Water used for bathing at a number
Of the resorts is not entirely pure, and
quite frequently the bathers are infected
with malaria or typhoid germs. So the
best way to spend the summer, think the
health department officials, is to stay
at home. where all modern conveniences
The Washington herald., 1911-08-10

.brash compossd of siif steel rods has bssu
iuwptsd hy New yosk woman 70 sleaa erpse
swsspsFA
The Washington herald., 1911-08-10
RIFLE RANGE IS CLOSED.
District Militia Target Practic,
Ends at Congress Heights.

Target practice was held for the last
time this year at the District militia rifle
range at Congress Heights yesterday.
Nearly 100 men of the District of -Colum-
bia National Guard participated in sthe
firing, the object of which was to give
the rank and file an opportunity to
qualify as marksmen, sharpshooters, and
experts.
Eighty per cent of the men qualified.
The practice was carried on under the
supervision of Maj. Thomas King. The
range will be closed this year two and
a half months earlier than usual.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-10
LEAGUE TO BE INDEPENDENT.
sProgressive Democracy'' Not Al,
lied to Wilson Boom.

"PrOgresstve Democracy" Not Al
lied to Wilson Boom.
Special to The Washington Herald
Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 9.-Col. Will
lam c. Liller's infant Progressive Dem
ocratic League" deposited, according to
reports, on the statehouse door steps in
Trenton, N. j., was picked up by Gov.
Wilson's messenger, Sam Gordon, and
returned by express c. o. D. to Col.
Liller of Indianapolis.
Col. Liller tells the story himself. In
an interview Col. Liller says:
Interested persons have sought to
have 1t appear that the Progressive
Democratic League about to be launched
has some connection with the movement
to nominate Gov. Wilson for the Pres
idency. The league has nothing what
ever to do with the Wilson movement,
and no person identified with the Wilson
movement or any other movement in
behalf of any individual in any active
sense can have official or other connec-
ton with our league"
The Washington herald., 1911-08-10
Cotton Bill Up in Senate.

Senator Penrose will ask to-day that
the cotton bill be made the unfinished
business of the Senate. The purpose
is to keep it 7before the Senate until
it is disposed of. In the voting yes
terday the Republicans found them
selves united for the first time in a
long while. Senator La Toilette voted
with eight of his Republican colleagues
in opposition to a favorable report on
the cotton bill
The Washington herald., 1911-08-10
ANAcosTIA.
By E.. E. LOWRY

The children of the German Orphan
Asylum win be given their annual picnic
this year on Labor Day as in former
years. this announcement having been
made by the board OF directors.
The police OF the Eleventh precinct are
stiil endeavorinsjto locate the thief who
entered the premises OF Mrs. Teresa M.
Dorsey. SS Nichols avenue. some time
since sunday night last and stole watch
The Washington herald., 1911-08-10

coin-in-ths-slot machine for cleaning straw bat
y . novelty F
The Washington herald., 1911-08-10
chiIIum Castle Heights.

High altitude, with cool breezes, trees;
convenient. Lots, IL cents a foot; easy
terms. We furnish funds to purchasers
I,ongfellow ST., walk east TO Blair road.
f1ur automobile service at your disposal
WASHINGTON LAND AND MORTGAGE
COMPANY, sic 14th ST. NV. r. ]. Nor
gan, sales manager. Phone ~. s64s,
2i0.tfl
The Washington herald., 1911-08-10

memories OF the days OF George Wilson.
Primrose & Dockstader. and Billy Cleve-
land.
The motion pictures at the Casino will
be premiere productions.
Prof. Victor johnson has been re-en-
gagged to lead the Casino orchestra. which
win be factor In all Of the perform
ances.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-10
nd chain valued at $50 and y in paps

money.
Plans are being made by the Ladies'
Benevolent Society of 81. Teresa's Churcl
In Anacostis for the fourteenth anniver
-sary OF the order, which will be celebrat.
ed at the meeting to be held the second
Tuesday In September. II Ii probable q
banquet win be served and other amuse-
ments arranged for.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-03-08
SOMETHING ABOUT CUT GLASS

can accident to cut glass invariab-
ly plunges the owner of it into clouds
of gloom, but often these clouds have
silver Innings. Before throwing the
pieces away, examine each piece sep
arately, and see if it could be cut
down into anything smaller. Shops
which deal in cut glass usually have
a cutter on the premises" says Wom-
ans Home Companion for March.
"A case is told of a bride who. up
on entering the diningroom, arrived
in time to see, put not prevent, her
maid from pulling, instead of push
ing. the extension table, and as it sep
arated in the middle several pieces of
valuable cut glass, which had been
placed there during the cleaning time,
fell through with a crash to the floor.
It seemed a hopeless accident, but a
rOse-bowI was cut down from a de-
canter, following the pattern near the
neck which had broken off, a small
violet-holder was cut down from a
tall vase. a tiny sugar-bo from
vinegar-oruet, and a small bon-bon
dish was saved from a larger cut
glass bowI!"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-03-08
WHY HE REMAINED AWAY.

Were you sick yesterday. Mr. Rob-
inson 20 asked the head of the firm
mo, SIR replied the chief clerk.
"weil, 1 didn't notice you at your
desk"
mo. sir. I didn't come down
town"
HIM. You know the rule here Dr.
YOU not? No employee ~ permitted
to be absent without a good excuse
sickness or an accident or something
of that sort. ] can't permit you to
take liberties that are not enjoyed by
other people who work in this estafy-
lishment I never am absent myself
unless there is a very good reason
Did you stay away for pleasure OF on
some other account?
81 shall tell you the truth, Mr.. Bud
long Ii was for pleasure"
bad. sir very bad. 7 cannot per-
NIT it..
But let me explain. You see. M
wife was so f1oarse that she couldn't
talk and I thought I'd like to spend
the day at home"
ooh, in that case, my ooy, it's al
right. Pardon me If / seemed 70 be
arbitrary.-Chicago Record-Herald-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-03-08

phernalia. necessary for the medical
corps of a regiment. The armory. he
said. is unsanitary. and if it were a
public building of another sort 1t
would have been condemned long ago.
He compared the present Quarters to
a barn.
Captain George Wieczorek. U. s. A.,
detailed to Bridgeport 10 supervise the
progress of the Coast Artillery. sup
piled \the committee with such teen
meal Information as was asked rela-
tive to the space required for the use
of apparatus and the like. AS an in
stance of the bad condition of the
structure he recalled his securing an
appropriation from the State for the
erection of a shed to protect the ap-
paratus from the rain falling through
the leaky roof of the armory.
Captain Stanley j. Herdina with a
compilation of figures added to the
fund Of general information. He SAID
the Coast Artillery Corps is short Of
men and cannot keep up to- the full
quota because of the bad conditions
M. E.. Brewster Greene. representing
the Bridgeport Manufacturers Asso-
citation. pointed out the importance OF
the armory in event Of industrial dis
turbances. The city has a right to
said. because Of it's great manufacture
ing interests.
Representative Bent made a strong
plea for the armory. Mr.. Knight of
the committee asked Mr.. Bent If he
was opposed to the levying of State
tax. Bent replied that he was unal-
terably opposed to the tax. Knight
asked him how he could expect the
State to build armories when it's in
come of So, 900 900 and expenses of s12,-
600. 900 are taken into consideration.
Bent replied that the Bridgeport arm
DRY was built before a State tax was
levied, and there was no reason why
the same thing couldn't be done again,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-03-08
KISSING OF.
Mr.. BURGESS A
LA GAUNTLET
Ladies Show Appreciation of
Courage of One Recently
Welded = Many Gifts For
Bride

A very pleasant celebration took
C. w. Burgess. assistant superintendent
Of the Union Typewriter Company. the
occasion being q delightful surprise
party arranged by the many friends
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Burgess in honor OF
their twentieth wedding anniversary
The bride and groom were undoubted-
ly greatly surprised when so many un-
invited guests walked into their home.
well laden with good things. A roll
licking time was enjoyed by every
body. The groom was forced to run
the gauntlet. much to his displeasure
and chagrin. being kissed by all the
ladies. Games were INDUCED in
During the evening the guests es-
pecially arranged themselves to re-
ceive and tender congratulations to
their worthy hosts. and to demonstrate
The high esteem and regard they held
for them by presenting to them some
handsome gifts. w. E. Mckinney did
the honors in good style. presenting
the gifts with few very well chosen
and appropriate remarks. at the end
of which Mr.. and Mrs. Burgess became
the proud possessors Of some beauti-
full pieces of china. consisting Of choc-
olate pot, fruit dishes, and twelve
handsome silver spoons. and by way
of illustrating the martyr the groom
had been. he was especially presented
with an imitation china mug. Mr..
Burgess responded very happily. The
following comprised the party:
Mr. and Mrs. W. NJ. Knapp. Miss
Viola Knapp, Of Stamford; Mr.. and
Mrs McGraw, Miss Ada McGraw. Mr..
and Mrs. G. H. WardwelI. Mr.. and
Mrs R. B. Veness. Mr.. and Mrs. c.
B. Houston. Mr.. and Mrs 7. o. AIser,
Mrs E. Beardsley. Mr.. and Mrs. W
E. McKenney, Raymond Mckinney.
Mrs. E. F. Speer. Frank Speer. Mr.
and Mrs. A E. veness. J. s. Wftnera1.
Mrs Jessie V. Burgess. Miss Maude F.
Burgess. Mr. and Mrs. G.. W. Burges.
Miss Elsie Burgess. and Master Ralph
RnIrgeS
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-03-08
A RUBBER TREE IN BOSTON.

There is just one variety Of rubber
producing tree in the world that viii
thrive outside the tropics, says Mr.. r
Lauriston Billiard in an article On
the Arnold Arboretum in the March
Worlds Work. ~ 81
That tree Is now growing on ths
southern slope of a hill in the Ar
mold Arboretum. in a residences dis
trict withon three miles Of the go1ded
dome of the Massachusetts, state
house When the collector, Mr.. z
H. Wilson, went back to the gates OF
Tibet a year ago, an English noble
man offered any sum required for n
quantity of the seeds Of this remark
able tree And no wonder. For
there is no other rubber-producfnG
tree in the word that may be call
ed hardy; no other so suggestive Of
important commercial possibilities It
has its home in the western part OF
China, where the climate is similar To
that of New England and various 9TH
er portions of the United States. IL
has stood three Massachusetts, wir-
ters without the slightest injury.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-03-08
CHURCH CHOIRS
AS ANNOUNCED
FOR THE SEASON
Many New Faces in Ch0irs of
Principal Churches-Changes
Effective May l

There will be many new faces in
the choirs of. the local Protestant
churches after May 1 when the pres
ent terms of the singers expire.
At the Washington Park M. E.
church, Mrs. Clarence Oscar Mills, So
prano, succeeds Miss Alice Esther
Smith who goes to the Norwalk M E.
church.
Miss Catherine Richards, contralto,
succeeds Miss Elizabeth Spencer who
goes to the First Baptist church.
AT the First Baptist church, Her.
bert Cutler of this city who has been
the organist at the Pearl street church
of Now Haven will succeed F. B.
Grannis; Mr. Tinker, tenor at the
Pearl street church, New Haven,
succeed Eliot Curtis; Mrs. Olaf Gates,
soprano of Brooklyn, succeeds Mrs. f.
B. Grannis, and Miss Eliza Spencer,
contralto succeeds Miss Eliza Graham.
Louis Ginand, tenor at the Park
Street Congregational church goes to
place of John Kimber of Westport.
William V. Walsh, tenor, goes to
the First M. E. church to succeed
George l.. Moore, who is to take q
vacation for a year
Miss Judith Lunberg. soprano at
the Stra tford Episcopal church, comes
to the First M. E. church to succeed
Miss Nanchen G.. Adams.
Miss Florence Legere, contralto at
the Greens Farms church, succeeds
Miss Emma NJ. Hallock at the First
NJ. e. church
William E. Davenport, organist and
George S. Hawley, bass remain at the
First M. E. church.
Alton S. Boss, tenor, succeeds Louis
Ginand at the Park Street church,
and Miss Esther Berg, soprano, leaves
the Grace M. E. church to succeed
Miss Edith Cox at the Park Street
church.
Miss Norma Weber, contralto, and
Mr.. Eugene H. Hibbard, bass, have
been engaged for another year at the
Park Street church.
There win be no change in the
choir at the First Presbyterian
church.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-03-08
RUFF MORALlzES
IN STATE PRISON
Convicted CRATER Says Body
Can be Put in Jail, But no I'm.
prisOnment For the Soul
Especial from United Presso

San Francisco, March s-The depos-
ed political boss of San Francisco,
Abe Ruef, under sentence Of IA years
for bribing street supervisors, began
serving his time in the State prison.
today. After he has passed the in
coming quarantine period he will be
given a job in the jute mill where
the work is hard. Ruef issued the
following statement:
'"The body can be put in Jail but
there can be no imprisonment for the
soul. Though the heart be heavy lad
en- the mind will rule supreme For
me there is neither terror nor dis
grace in that which I see before me-
Pain and sorrow and grief, yes, for
the anguish and suffering of those I
leave behind me. They are the unfor-
tunate victims.
my conscious is clear. l have been
unfairly dealt with and in the end
this will be conclusively proven.
Though the citizen is temporarily
dead, the man is yet alive and trusts
that he may yet be able to show that
he is very much of man at that"