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The Appeal., 1911-05-20
Missouri Mules for Africa

BY the steamship Welsh Prince, which arrived in
Cape Town the first week of February says the
Daily Consular and Trade Report, there came
shipment of American mules which, by those COM
petent to know, adjudged to be the finest mules
yet landed in South Africa
They purchased by well-kno local farm
er who toured the state of Missouri to get them
behalf of Brice Bros of Springs, who hold the con-
tract for the supply of mules to the Johannesburg
corporation The shipment consists of 124 mules,
all of which four to years of age and
stand Is hands in height this being the stipulation
made by the corporation, who further stipulated
that they must all be bred in the state of Missouri
which is in such high repute mule breeding
country
representative of the South African News had
an opportunity of seeing the shipment, and he
states that they are magnificent lot and have
stood the trip from America we'll Seven days were
required for their railway transportation to the
American port 80 days at sea, with three days
to Johannesburg 48
portions Of the mule boxes washed away. The cap
tain of the vessel slowed the vessel down for three
hours while the whole erected other boxes. On
the whole voyage there was not a casualty and
considering the time the mules had been on tho
journey, they looked well and fit. This is the sec
ond shipment that Brice Bros. have brought. Ac-
cord1ng to local dealer, the mules just imported
are worth E1OO ($4S6.65) to G120 ($58398) pair
in Cape Town.
II we could breed mules like those in this coun-
try said South African authority, sour fortunes
would be made" The buyer stated that mules were
very dear in Missouri, G4O (s194.66) each being
considered an average price, and while in Missouri
ne saw one pair which realized $4,000.
The Appeal., 1911-05-20

lnate vice from the community in
which she lives and is now ruler:
II know that if Hunnewell is ever
cleaned up the women will have to do
it. have drawn the task of directing
this house cleaning, and shall do the
work thoroughly.
II intend to appoint Mrs. Osbourne
chief of police and Mrs. Hilten city
clerk. Both are highly competent
women, and 1 can depend on their CO.
operation. Other women will be
given municipal employment. am
not at present prepared to name
them.
Il intend to put a stop to all dis
elimination in local taxation and to
see that every one gets square deal.
I also intend to see that the innocent
are protected and the guilty punished
in so far as may be able to bring
that about. I think we can go very
far"
Here are a few Of the striking state
ments made by Mrs. Wilson in her in.
terview with the Chicago Evening
American correspondent:
/. wish the ladies' aid societies
and the w. G. T. U. people would de-
vote themselves to securing by their
efforts better sanitary and moral CON
ditions, instead of devoting all their
energies to reforms which must be
brought about by evolution rather
than revolution
q. I am going to install a curfew
enforcement in this town so that all
children shall be Off the streets At
eight o'clock. I do not believe the
street is any place for either male or
female children after that hour. and
home training will not injure any Of
them.
8. The suburbs Of this city are full
Of rank weeds and there is no con-
certed effort to beauty or clean m
I shall endeavor to install. q town
cleaning campaign, interesting the
children as well as the adults a
town ought to be cleaned in the spring
Just the same rs a house. 1,
4. I shall oppose the voting Of
bonds for proposed new city Jail.
The present jail building will be
large enough for I'LL needs under my
administration. We can use the
money for a moro worthy purpose
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The Appeal., 1911-05-20

Archer, for instance, preferred EPSON to any other
and certainly it the scene Of his greatest trt
umphs On the other hand, he disliked Manches-
ter and he was not alone in his aversion to it.
The late Tom Loates always said that he felt
something would happen to him at Manchester,
and eventually he did have a fearful
and lay In hospital for many weeks
Wells, who rode the Derby winner twice mn
ming. would never ride without potato in his
pocket The potato had been given to him as =
child by an old woman who was supposed to be a
witch Il was hardly larger than 8 big pea and as
hard e stone. He believed that It brought him
luck.
The Appeal., 1911-05-20

The mighty cry InaI "ene up 11inooe ooHo'oi1'''
from hotel to palace was: -. ,..-
"Viva Pete RUSSELL:
tt is said that William w. RusselPs memory was
cherished at the naval academy. His name is held
in remembrance, so strongly in remembrance that
no midshipnan named Russell who has entered the
academy in the nearly 80 years which have elapsed
since our former Venezuelan minister severed his
school connection has escaped the name "Pete."
The Appeal., 1911-05-20

night and repeated it again after the manner Of
soloists who don't know when the listeners have
had enough and having good hold are loath to
let go. -
The sermon and the song got on Pete Russelrs
nerves. He sat in the middle seat of a pew in
the very middle of the corps of midshipmen with
officers at the front, at both fanks and at the
rear. Under the strain of the thing Pete stood
up, whistled melodously, but very loudly the tune
accompanying the third and fourth lines of the
first stanza of "Sun of My Soul" and then before
the bewildered and shocked officers could put in
interference calmly commanded the SOLO
ist ITO get move on him.
They grabbed Pete out from his middle pew
seat and marched him down the aisle under
guard. When the corps was dismissed and
marching back to the barracks Pete was going in
the opposite direction headed for the prison ship,
Santee, with his books and his blanket swung
over his shoulder. ~ r.
AS he passed the marching middies and the
officers in command he was heard loudly solilo-
quizing, with his head we'll down in counterfeit
abjectness: ".....
poor Pete, poor Pete, breakers right under
poor Pete's bow" .. f.
Once upon time Pete set to work during his
idle hours and constructed skeleton more fear
fully and wonderfully made than any man. Pete
knew the pecuiarities of certain inspecting
officer whose habit it was on entering midsh1p-
mans room to see If all was we'll and orderly, to
pull the door back with sudden jerk and to look
behind it for traces of sweepings, for it was
common habit with midshipmen to sweep things
behind the door in the hope that they would
pass unnoticed.
Pete finished his skeleton and by the exercise
of nothing less than devilish ingenuity he
ceeded in so adjusting it that when the door
given sharp. quick jerk, the thing would drive
its fist straight into the eye of the man who did
the jerking. 1t wasn't intentional on Pete's part
for he simply forgot but he went to recitation
morning, the morning that the skeleton had been
put up, and left his roommate, who didn't know
that the skeleton behind the door was in exis-
tence, to suffer any consequence which might
The inspecting officer came and gave the
door a jerk and was promptly poked in the eye by
the bony hand of Petes skeleton.
The officer instantly marched Pete's roommate,
all innocent that he was, to the Santee, where he
was locked up. In three hours the roommate
The Appeal., 1911-05-20
FIND STATUE OF HERCULES
Piece of Sculpture Twenty-Five Com
turies Old Is Recovered In
London.

London. Buried in a jungle OF mer-
chHandise IN a city warehouse for over
fifteen years the famous marble
statue, the "Guarnacci Hercules" re-
puted by competent experts to be
twenty-five centuries old, has once
more been resurrected and trans
terred to Earrs Court, where it will
constitute one of the numerous inter-
esting attractions of the ancient art
exhibition to be held there this sum-
mer. Attributed to Lysippus of
Sycione, or one of his pupils, this
The Appeal., 1911-05-20


heard some shuff1ing steps outside his
prison door. Looking out he saw Pete
with his books. and his blankets COM
ing to share his durance. @ ... .
"What's the matter, Pete?" he
asked. # s.
Nothing" said Pete "only forgot
to take that id skeleton down.
When William W. Russell first went
to Venezuela in subordinate diplo-
matte capacity, an American naval Of
ficer who knew him well, who liked
him, and who had memories Of the
diplomats pranks at annapolis, con-
cluded. that Pete. shout have a proper
reception, but it is neealess ITO say
that he didn't take Pete into his conf
dence. -
When Russell, newly accredited to
the "court" of President Castro, drove
from his hotel to the presidential pal
ace in an open carriage and wearing a
black frock and high hat Of diplomacy,
he was greeted in the middle of every
block and at every street corner with
vociferous cheerings from all the
street gamins that Caracas possessed.
cry that went up almost constantly
..
The Appeal., 1911-05-20

IL IS curious thing to note that the loyalty OF the
men or all colleges to graduates Of their institu
tons Is marked in Washington. Every official of
high position seems to have the enthusiastic sup.
port OF the graduates of the school which sent
him out into the world with sheepskin under his
arm, and party politics seem to cut figure at
all in the matter
OF course the Yale are not all for Taft,
for Yale has turned out men of all parties, and
men to whom party means much than
mere personality. 1t may be, however, that Mr..
Taft, If he runs again, will get the vote at the
polls-conventions' vote not considered-of every
man who a member of his class at the New
Haven school. They say in Washington-and
some of the presidents classmates live here-that
he was popular with his classmates as any man
whom they claimed as their own, perhaps more
popular, but the Yale men don't care to make
comparisons that might seem invidious.
The Appeal., 1911-05-20

The Yale men who were
at school with the president
and who came to Washing
ton to visit, always make
straight for the White
House. This means some
thing more than that Mr..
Taft is simply a holder Of a
big public Office.
If a person wants to learn
how popularity at school or
unpopularity at school lasts
through life let him make a
study, If he can find the op-
portunity, of the standing
today Of some men in the
army and navy. There are
in one or the other of the
twin services today men
who have splendid records
rs officers, and yet who
would give over several
pages from their efficiency
records if they could write
the word popular" in the
seem inVidiOuS.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30
HASN'T HAD TIME YET
 TO WRITE THE REPORT
Two More Days Pass By and Favorable Recommendation Has NOt Been Made; Il5M IIeAieo Hoostsrs On Gssusd

Washington, D. C.. June 27.- When Chairman William Alden Smith of the senate territories committee will "get around" to that favorable report on the Flood resolution voted for by the committee last Saturday, is now the subject of speculation among the friends of statehood for New Mexico. Chairman Smith did not report the resolution yester- day nor hid he do so today, nor is he likely to do so tomorrow. This recalls his significant re- mark on Saturday. when he said he would report the measure as soon as he could get around to it." When asked about the matter today, he said he had not had time yet to write the report; could not say when it would be reported, but that it would be soon" All the members of the New Mexico delegation are still here interviewing different senators in the cause of i'm mediate and favorable action on New Mexico. = Morning Journal.
 STATEHOOD A STEP NEARER.
 Statehood a step nearer, so say the headlines of. the papers nearly every day
 We venture to state that if all the self appointed, holier than thou martyr to the cause. reform CTS had stayed at home and at tended to their. own business there is no doubt that statehood would have been several steps nearer than it is at present. Both houses of congress know what they intend to do with the statehood bill and when they get ready they will handle it as they see fit regardless of all the martyrs influence. Whenever a bunch of these self appointed Katy-dids return from Washing ton. they start in. when was in Washington the. President said he didn't he did, he did, he didn't, did, and Senator Sorghum, Con gressman Doodle Xxi with big A. said they did, they didn't, they did they didn't and be damned if they would. Yep: statehood is a step nearer. Thank God; Amen.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30
HIDE WOOL AND PELT FREIGHT RATES TO
 BE INVESTIGATED

The Interstate Commerce com
 mission writes the Maricopa
 County Commercial club. under date Washington, June p. de- finitely setting the date and place of hearing the wool, hide and pelt rate case for Arizona. The letter, addressed F. A. Jones, traffic manager is as follows: While the testimony taken in your original case, No. 1796, will be used. l would strongly recom- mend that you carry out your suggestion of putting some wit nesses on the stand in reference to the hide situation. The case has been definitely set for hear ing at Phoenix. beginning Mon { day. October 2, at 10 o'clock and. we will continue until we have taken all of the testimony which you desire to present.
 The club has been actively following up it's initial work in- stituted in the hearing here, March, 1908, with veiw of get ting relief for wool. hide and pelt interests, and will cooperate. with the National Wool Groweks association and the Arizona Wool Growers association to that end.
 Asked if any details that would interest the public had been ar ranged, MT. Jones replied: "Secre tary Perkins of Flagstaff was here several days ago and sub mitted the names of six pro- minent wool growers who will give testimony; in addition, I will testify as to rates. I had been in correspondence with the commission prior to MT. Perkins visit and had suggested a hear ing at Flagstaff rather than re- quiring our people to go to the expense Of trip to Albuquerque which had been suggested by the National association. There be- ing no United States courtroom at Flagstaff, the commission sug- gested Phoenix, and as many of the wool men will then be here in October, we agreed.
 We will want either some butchers and pelt dealers and cattlemen to testify as to hide i rates. We will try and get MT. Rosenberg here from Los Ang- eles to recite his experience with discriminatory hide rates. Ii was promised in Washington that the commission would give us every opportunity to put our issue up clearly and completely, | and l am fully satisfied with the situation. so far as a successful hearing is concerned.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30
ROMANCE OF AN ARI-
 CONAN IN EAST
TRANCE ACQUAINTANCE ON A TRAIN
 ENDS IN MARRIAGE
PINEDALE RANCHMAN WEDS AN
 EASTERN STENOGRAPHER

An acquaintance formed on a railroad train in Texas last year and continued by correspondence led to the marriage of Miss Laura Pettefer. a St. Louis stenograp- her, formerly employed in the office of the manager of the Waters-Pierce Oil Go. to Bernard
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30
HOLBROOK the County Seat of Navajo County THE COMMERCIAL CENTER of NORTHERN ARIZONA

A. Langhorst, a ranchman of Pinedale, Ariz.
 Friends of the young woman have just received announce u1ents of the wedding which took places last Monday night in Albu querque, N. M.
 Miss Pettefer went to Texas for her vacation last year, and Langhorst was introduced to her on the train by a mutual acquain- tAnce. They had not seen each other since, but the mans letters convinced the young woman of the desirabiilty of ranch life. Her parents live in Little Rock, Ark.
 The announcement of the we'd ding in the far southwest was a supprise to number of the young woman's friends, who had under stood that she was engaged to a man living in Montana. She was, until few weeks ago, em- poyed by a commission firm, and was at one time private secre- tary to Bishop Brown of the Episcopal diocese of Arkansas.
The Holbrook news., 1911-06-30

We do all kinds of job work at the NEWS office Give us a TRIAL.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-01

all present, the interesting pro-
gram being splendidly carried out
by the little tots Of the school.
The ladies Of the Presbyterian
Church at PerryviIle, viii hold An
ice cream and cake festival, on the
church grounds. on the evenings
of Wednesday and Thursday, July
IL and IS. The public is cordially
invited.
Governor Crothers, on the re-
quest Of many residents Of Balti-
more and other sections Of the
State, has proclaimed Monday,
July 3 a legal holiday. The banks
and public Offices will be closed
on Monday and on Tuesday, the
Fourth.
Leslie M. p. Sunday school will
hold its children's day services to-
morrow Sunday )afternoon.
John Badger & Co., of Whining
ton, have the contract for the fine
residence, which Frederick T..
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ton, he has only to drop hint to
the editor of the News. In other
words, when these two papers
speak of matters concerned with
the Governors political fortunes,
you may be sure that it is the
Governor himself speaking, for
the servant knoweth his masters
will and doeth it. Hence the sig
nihcance of a call for Crothers'
denomination by these organs. By
that same token, you may be as
sured that Crothers is publicly de-
handing of Crothers that Crothers
allow himself to be renominated-
for the public veal of course-but
RENOMINATED. Did anybody
but simpleton ever expect one
Austin l.. Crothers to feel himself
bound to keep his solemn promise
to not accept denomination or
be a candidate again for any pub
lie office? Does anybody expect
an old duck to never more GO
near the water-promise or no
promise? What would life be to
Crothers without political schem-
ing and public position? Would
he like to be Governor again?
Would a society belle like another
ball? Is there, forsooth, anything
she would like better? 1t needs
no wise-acre's insight to be assur-
ed that the Governor would give
his two eyes to be renominated. 1t
likewise needs no wise-acre's in
sight to be assured that he cannot
b erenominated. All the press
palaver wherewith he is so ar
IDENTIFY bidding, of late for chance
to run again is fooling nobody,
but his henchmen and a few "a
very few simple FOLK from Green
vile. No, no, Governor, you were
nominated once, by accident as it
were; and the folks responsible
therefor have been repenting it
ever since. If you want a chance
to further pursue your political
ambitions, we suggest that you
come back to Cecil where the peo-
pie will have pleasure in admins
tering to you another one of those
defeats with which you have be-
come SO familiar at their hands in
other days. If you think you can
carry this county for anything, we
beg that you will not fail to make
the attempt. 1t may serve to en-
tighten you and your friends, in
other parts, as to how high your
standing is in Cecil.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-01
CROTHERS AFTER DENOMINATION

NO LITTLE significance must
be attached to the fact that both
the Democratic papers OF ElktoD
have been lately booming Cover
nor Crothers for denomination.
That fact is significant because the
Governor enjoys the privilege OF
debating the political deliverance
OF those organs, by virtue OF his
official grip on their editors. The
editor OF the Democrat lives in
the daily torture of one seeing the
sword OF Damocles suspended sig
nihcantly above his head. Croth-
ers has very cutely (albeit very I'M
lawfully refrained from definitely
reappointing State Auditor Ash,
thereby leaving his tenure OF Oh
flee wholly in the Governor own
good pleasure. Hence the Demo
Gratis alacrity in obeying the will
and word OF the overload, so that
when the Governor suggests to
the editor the propriety OF boost
for his denomination, the said edi-
tor knows that the time has come
for him to get busy, and he
gets. Similarly, the editor OF the
News is Superintendent of the
county schools by virtue OF the
Crothers will, and the people of
this county enjoy the peculiar
pleasure OF having their public
education under the control of one
who is likewise the proprietor and
editor of a most bitter, narrow, and
INSCRIPTIONS Crothers organ. But
that serves the Crothers purpose,
however distasteful it may be to
the peoples feelings, and to every
sense OF public decency. 1t so
serves the Crothers will, that when
the Governor wants nauseating
laudation of his administration or
fattering calls for his renomina-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-07-01
LOCAL JOTTINGS
Continued from page A.


Oxford Baptist congregation
cleared 500 from the festival held
on Saturday evening.
Eight OF Charles Ferguson
COWS were killed by lightning,
near Greenhurst during the sto, nj
on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. FL
len Tosh's barn, near Colora, was
struck and damaged.
A fragment of steel flying from
a hammer gave Harvey McVey an
ugly cash in his arm while he was
working with the railroad section
gang, near Liberty Grove, one day
last week.
Workmen are erecting 100 feet
OF shedding for teams in Ebenezer
Churchyard at Greenhurst.
A mule and a yearling colt have
died on w. ID. Ewing's farm, near
Blake, with spinal meningitis ana
three Others OF his horses are al
fected with the disease.
Leslie Sunday Schools child
rens day exercises will be held on
the camp meeting grounds tomor-
row afternoon.
Samuel McNey, one of the last
survivors OF the old time chrome
miners of the neighborhood died
near klrks Mills, last week, aged
81 years.
The National Council OF the Jr.
O. l. A. NJ. which X. d. Rowland
OF Elkton, attended, was held last
week at Tiffin, O. John ]. Wet
eel, OF Ohio. was chosen Nation. i.
Councillor, Martin M. Woods, OF
Massachusetts, Secretary; Charles
Reimer, of Maryland Treasurer;
Arthur w. Barrows, of Rhode Is
land, Conductor, and Rev. Nj. D.
Lichliter, OF Pennsylvania, Chap
lain. The Council will meet next
year at Fabyans, n. H.
Amateur cracksmen on Saturday
or Sunday night forced open a
window in Cooler S jewelry store in
Oxford, with an iron STAY of a
telephone pole cross-arm, but took
no plumber. They likely wanted
money only.
The Rising Sun-Calvert section
OF State road, finished to Brown
Mill, has been covered with tar
and rolled. Workmen are oiling
the Oakwood- Richardsmere sec
ton and the Elkton-Singerly sec
ton is to be treated similarly.
w. w. Burkley, of Elkton, was
drawn on the September jury panel
on Wednesday, in place of John
Mayer, Jr., who was found to be
nonresident.
Dates for the F., b. & w. r. r.
excursions to Colchester are July
10 and August and 10.
A fine new la"nch, built entire
ly by himself n leisure hours, has
been added to the Elkton fleet by
Standley Evans, Principal of the