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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-30
Gardening for Clergymen.
From the Century.

We will suppose the asriculturaliy
trained clergyman entering upon his field
of labor, a small country parish The old
system Of the "glebe" is to be restored.
and instead Of taking up his abode In a
small house. the parsonage, an aban-
doned farm is purchased for him. Here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-30
The Frederick
Coupon Plan of
Selling Pianos

Does away with all "dickering' and bargain
ing about the price of the piano. 1t brings you at
once in touch with the actual worth and lowest price
that any one can buy it for. Whether it is $4,000,
$4,000 $4,000 piano. you KNOW that its price
under this coupon plan is rock bottom. and that
one has bought will buy one like it for less.
And then there's the rebate feature.
1t pays you three times much savings
bank. Your book of coupons be utilized to earn
YOU from SI.oo to SI.5o on each coupon This is
handed you in real money While you paying
for $4,000 piano you make these coupons
earn YOU cash rebates up 5000. In other words,
instead of YOU paying interest your account,
WE PAY YOU INTEREST on any of these
pons which you cash in in advance.
The Frederick Piano Company originates this
coupon plan of selling pianos. 1t is copyrighted. 1t
is in force in all of the Frederick stores, and has
been applied to the selling of several makes of
pianos far, and we hope to apply it to all of
them in time
A little pamphlet entitled Coupon Plan of Sell
ing Pianos will be mailed gratis to any inter-
ested in the subject. Just ask for it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-30

lionaires every hour Of the day. but who.
ever saw any one Of them draw a crowd
and hold it just by telling bit or
story?
Magnetism! That's what It was.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-30

the rock floor Is from a depth Of one -
SIX feet.
And here Is the secret OF the fertility
of the Everglades. Above the entire rock
floor rises layer of muck. formed Of an
alluvial deposit and Of decayed vegetable
matter. This deposit varies from a few
inches to several feet in thickness. The
water covering this deposit comes from
springs that in turn have their source In
the lake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-30
DOWN AT OLD POINT.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OLD POINT COMFORT, Va. April %.
Guests here from New York, WASH
ington and Baltimore have been enjoy
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-21
BOYS BODY IN FIRE.
Believed that Lad was Killed and
Fire Started to Cover Crime.

Washington, D. c., Sept. 10
Firemen who extinguished blaze
in the cobbler shop of Tony Melano
near the government printing office
early to-day, found unmistakable evi'
dence that the fire had been set to
cover up the murder of a VICTIM, af-
terwards identified as Harry Smith
IA years old. The firemen pulled
the charred and unrecognizable re-
mains of the boy from burning de
bris, which had been soaked with
coal oil. Several blows had been
dealt the boy with a heavy instru-
ment and a blood-stained hammer
was found near by. The body was
identified by scarf pin. Melano
was arrested at the point Of a re-
yolver. The witnesses told the po-
lice they saw him fighting in his shop
yesterday. One woman said she saw
him strike a boy with hammer.
He claimed he loaned his key to an
American friend who said he want
ed to sleep in the shop last night.
Myrtle Smith, % years old, sis
ter of the murdered boy, became
hysterical and attempted to commit
suicide when she went to the morgue
with members of the family in an ef-
fort to indentify the charred remains
of her brother. Screaming loudly she
ran out of the morgue and was about
to jump off the wharf into the Po-
tomac river when she was seized by
two policemen and restrained by
main force.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-21
Trafficked in Girls.

Tampa, Fla, Sept. 14.-Charging
a violation of the federal statute
which seeks to prohibit the trafack-
ing in girls, L. Athanasaw was plac-
ed under $1,000 bond here to-day on
warrant sworn out by the Woman's
Home and Hospital.
Athanasaw is proprietor Of the I'm.
perial Theatre in Ybor City. 1t is q
vaudeville house with wine rooms at
tached. The specific charge against
him is thatthrough and advertisement
in an Atlanta paper he interested
young girls of that city and surround
ing country to come here and go on
the stage at a fancy salary. The
name of Miss Agnes Couch appears
in the warrant. She has been liv-
ing in Atlanta, but her home is at
Senoia, Ga. She was rescued by the
superintendent of the Woman's s
Home and Hospital. Five other At
lanta girls answered the advertise
ment, but none of them went to work
after visiting the place.
Miss Couch said she was employed
by an agent in Atlanta, who paid her
fare here. She told the authorities
she was forced to smoke cigarettes,
drink and importune men to drink,
and to submit to other indignities.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-21
GIRLS NUDE BODY FOUND.
Believed that Kidnapping was fol
Revenge Upon Parents.

Madison, Wis, Sept. 9.-The nude
body Of seven-year- Annie Lam
berger, who was kidnapped from a
bed in her parents home last Tues
day night, was found in Lake Mo-
mona, near here early to-day.
Superficial examination of the
, body disclosed no evidence of vio-
lence beyond a slight laceration on
one ear and a discoloration on
the neck, the latter mark indicating
that the child may have been stran-
gled. No weights were on the body,
nor were the hands or feet bound
in any way.
The only motive for the murder,
as far as the case has developed,
seems to be revenge upon the child s
parents by an unidentified enemy.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-21
BOND rs CALLED IN.
Minis, Charged with Incest, Arrest.
ed at Sumter.

Lexington, Sept. 12.-Will Minis,
the Brookland white man charged
with incest, was placed in Jail on Sun
day by Sheriff Miller, having been ar
rested in. Sumter. Mims's bondsmen
decided that they did not care to re-
main on his bond longer and so no.
titled the officers. 1T will be recalled
that Minis was first arrested several
months ago upon the charge Of rape,
the alleged victim being a near rela-
tive. At the last term Of court the
grand jury failed to bring in a true
bill on the charge of rape, and a war
rant was worn out by the solicitor
charging incest. Minis remained in
Jail, but finally was able to give bond.
The little girl, the co-defendant in
the case, is out on bond. The case is
revolving in it's nature, and will be
thrashed -out in the general sessions
court next week. Minis looks to be
about so years of age. He Is mill
operative.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-21
MAINE "WET" AFTER ALL.
Official Count Gives 1874 Majority
Against Prohibition.

Portland, Me-, Sept. 14.-An ap'
parent majority of ,134 votes for re-
peal of the liquor prohibitory
amendment of the Maine constitution
was announced in an official state.
ment issued tonight by Secretary OF
State Davis as the outcome of Mon
days election. The secretary's report
is based on signed returns from town
clerks.
Certain discrepancies, which indi-
cate errors by town officials in return
ing the vote, are not taken into ac-
count in the secretary's report.
These discrepancies are declared by
leaders of the anti-repeal side to be
sufficient to change the result to a
"dry" majority
Only the canvass Of the vote by
the governor and council later can
adjust any discrepancies of this sort.
Press returns compiled in this city
indicated tonight a "dry" majority
of 356, taking into account the al
legged discrepancies in town clerks
reports.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-21
MURDER SUSPECT CAPTURED.
Hampton County Negro in Jail for
Crime Committed i'm 1907.

Crime Committed i'm 1907.
Bruson, Sept. 12.-Sheriff Light
sey, of this county, passed through
Brunson early yesterday morning on
his way from Gainesville, Fla, hav-
ing in charge young negro man,
Ellie Platts, charged with the MUIR
der of a white man, Laz Padgett, Of
this neighborhood, in August, 1907.
In a preliminary examination be-
fore Magistrate Bowling, of this
place, Platts was discharged. He dis
appeared from here Immediately af-
ter. Subsequently a warrant was is
sued for his arrest on after-discover-
ed evidence. Sheriff Lightsey trac-
ed him to Florida, where he was liv-
ing under the name of Harvey.
Padgett, when killed, was living
alone in a house about a mile from
BSunson, and was known to have
several hundred dollars in cash,
which he carried about his person.
He was shot to death in his house
about 9 O'Clock at night and found
by neighbors the next morning. No
money could be found on his person
or about the premises. Platts is in
fail
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-21
s'Ghost" Came With a Crash.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 13.-Three
young women operators in the Pitts
ton telephone exchange were badly
frightened this morning when a man,
clad only in his nightshirt, jumped
through the glass skylight of the op-
Grating room at o'clock and stood
bleeding and torn before them.
They shrieked for help and dash
ed painc-stricken into the street,
shouting that they had seen ghost.
The police found the man was
James Roach, who, while delirious
from fever, had got out of his bed
room, climbed to the roof of his
house and passing over two other
roofs, had fallen into the exchange.
He was severely injured.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-21
Record-Breaking Shipments.

Savannah, Ca, Sept. 10.-With
cargoes of cotton, totalling more than
41,O00 bales, four steamships flying
the British flag cleared from this
port to-day for Liverpool, Bremen
and Manchester. The vessels and
their cargoes are: Dominion, for
Liverpool, about $4,000 bales; An
glo-Bolivian, for Bremen, 5000
bales; Author for Manchester. 10,-
600, bales; Meltonia, Liverpool, 10,-
900 bales. 1t is declared in shipping
circles that the first half of this
month will break all records for
heavy early movement.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-21
Magistrate Collins Resigns.

Florence, Sept. 12.-Magistrate
Mack G. Collins, of Oak Grove,
Lynch's township, in this county, the
well-known and fearless magistrate,
who has served the State and coun-
ty in that position at Oak Grove for
several years, has decided that, for
the best interests of his own person,
that he would resign his position and
move to Florence.
His resignation was forwarded to
Gov. Blease to-day, and is effective
at once. Mr.. Collins, it will be re-
membered, was recently charged
with an ugly crime in his communi-
ty, but, after legal investigation, was
exonerated entirely by the trial
magistrate.
He states that he has no objection
to the hatred shown him by num-
Der of people of that section, and was
not afraid of being done bodily harm,
but when it got to the point that a
citizen of the State should come out
and swear out a warrant against him
on what, he says was a false charge,
he thought best tht he should leave
the community and seek rest and
contentment elsewhere.
Mr.. Collins came here to-day, and
has already secured position on the
city police force, going on duty at
o'clock yesterday afternoon. His
family reached here to-day.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-21

Highest price paid for cotton seed.
W. G.. HUTTO, at Copeland's store.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
Water Best of All Drinks.

Water drinkers are seldom sick.
and the longest lived. other things
being equal Men everywhere are
trying to find how to keep well, and
live happily and long, yet continual
ly miss the essentials. Few persons
realize that artificial drinks fail to
meet the daily wants of the system.
A very large number are actually
falling behind in health for the lack
of pure drinking-water to cool and
refresh the overheated blood
Water is frequently repudiated by
men and women who seem wholly
unmindful that it has advantages
for them beyond price.
More than three-fourths of the
contents of the body is water, nine
tenthS of the brain and nervous
system are water, likewise the blood
and other fluids Ghe daily supply
of water required by the average
sized man or woman varies accord
ing to the age, work and climate.
There are no known counter-in-
diCationS to the use of water as a
drink. The quantity may be what
ever the stomach and inteStineS are
able to absorb. 1t is safe to say
that pure water may be drunk at
any hour and with hardly any limi-
tations, save such as might be
plain to any one.
Strange as it may seem, few are
aware that clean, pure water has
virtues ul.erior to mediCated
liquids as a life-saving agency
Mineral waters, either natural OF
artificial, fail to satisfy and are less
wholesome than water which holds
in solution no foreign element
Physical Culture.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
No knowledge of Tariff.

An old campaign story has been
revived, and it was told on the
stump last year. 1t was more COM
mon years ago for negroes to be
candidates for Congress than at pre-
sent. In one of the Virginia dis
tricts an old colored man was
named by the Republicans to run
against a we'll known Democrat. He
made the race and delivered a num-
Der of harangues which could not
be called speeches. At one town
of considerable importance he was
told to make a reference to the
tariff, as that was an issue in the
place. He promised to do so.
Before the meeting he hunted up
an old negro friend and was over
heard coaching him what to do at
the meeting.
"Niggah," he said, II done got to
mention dis yere tariff. Now, | tell
yo what yo' do. After Is talked
and talked Is gwine ter say, And
now, teller citerzens, come to de
tariff Den you hop up and holler
time. And, Niggah, doan yo' for
get; for eff dere's one thing | doan
know muffin about. its de tariff
Fly
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15

affair. Somehow the limelight does
not seem so attractive to our gov
ernor since the Pennington era.
And this causes us to wonder why
so many things" happen" under
Republican administrations that are
horrifying to people generally. Such
a thing as the Pennington affair
did not occur under any Democratic
administration in the state, and we
had Democratic governors for 40
years. Montgomery Standard.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
For One. Cent Letter POSTAGE.

Cleveland, July 8,-That definite
assurances have been given him by
both President Taft and Post-mas-
ter-General Hitchcock that the
question of one-cent letter postage
will be presented to the next ses-
sion of Congress, is the announce
ment of President c. w. Burrows,
of the National One-Cent Postage
Assertion. Burrows, who has just
returned from Washington, was
told. however, that MIR. Taft and
Hitchcock would also renew the
fight for a higher rate on magazines
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
To Girls on Other Streets.

A message from Walter Williams
to girls on 9Th street, should be
wholesome diet for a lot of girls on
steen street. Read it and be wise be-
fore it is too late:
Some fevers are worse than ty-
pOid. Theirs a girl OH 9Th street
she's on some street all the day
who has the boy fever. She's only
fifteen years old, poor silly creature,
and has just let her dresses down
and put her hair up. She cannot
be happy, she thinks, without boy
by her side. She f1aunts herself in
the faces of the boys and the moth
er who should have more gumption
permits, if she does not encourage
her small daughters boy hunts. 1t
is not so much the lack of refine
ment on the part of the mother
that is to be condemned.
Everybody lacks refinement in
some degree or another and with
reference to something. But q
mother who permits her daughter
to chase around town after boys
lacks common sense. She shouldn't
have any daughter and won't have
any daughter long-at least one she
will be proud of as her own. 1t il
bad enough to have the boys rur
around town, spend their time loaf
ing on the street and grow up with
out parental care. That girls shouli
be allowed to do so is worse Thi
may be high treason in a Commun
ity where we have given owe
society to the control of Hedging
and declared that parents have NJ
rights that the children are boun,
to respect. Speaking of municipa
ownership a spanking machin
would be worth more to any town
welfare than a road grader o
Moore's Lake. This eighth stree
girl should be taken in hand ant
then run through the spanking
machine. That might help cure he
of the boy fever and again it nigh
not. At any rate it would be
lesson for other girls"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
Prayer Against Envy.

o God, let ME the power attain
To love the good | may not gain;
To own the rose is sweet, although
No rose in my garden grow;
Revere all lofty souls, and grand,
Though far below their heights
stand;
To praise with glad, unenvious
speech
The triumph | shall (hardly)
reach;
And to exult that others dare
Great deeds in which | cannot
share.
-Effie Smith in Harlem Young
Women.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
And He Is Honored.

All honor to the man who earns
his living by honest toll. He is al
ways on the front seat of the COM
munity band wagon. He is the
first resident to greet the stranger
and tell him that he is visiting the
best town in the state. Burlington
Junction Post.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15

and the doctor concludes that now
the cost of sickness is all but pro-
hibitive. With the cost of living
likewise and the cost of decent
burial making a death a heavy
burden on ones family, it requires
a mighty fine spiritual equipment
to remain an optimBt.-Platte
County Landmark.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
Why Do They "Happen?"

Gov, Hadley is not keeping him
self in the limelight as much as he
did. After the Pennington asylum
brutality had been uncovered he
offered a reward of $500 for the
arrest and conviction of an attend
ant who was alleged to have COM
mitted some indignities on patient
who died there during his term as
governor. The attendant writes
from Lowry City that he will sur
render to any officer whenever they
want him. And down comes Mr..
Hadley again. The wanted" was
not a fugitive" from justice and
the governor had no warrant in law
to offer a reward for him. And
neither does this keep the people
from remembering that there are
two of Mr.. Hadley's attendants in
jail at Pennington charged with
murder in the first degree, and that
Gov. Hadley's administration is re-
sponsible for the entire Pennington
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
The OF Tunes.

You kin talk about yer anthems,
An yer arias an SIGH,
An yer modern choir-singin'
That you think so awful rich;
But you orter heerI us youngsters
In the times now far away.
A-singin' O the Of tunes
In the ol-fashioned way.
There was some Of us sung treble
An a few of us growled bass;
An'the tide O song flowed smoothly
With its compliment O grace;
There was spirit in that music,
An kind O. solemn sway,
A-singing' O. the oil tunes
In the oI-fashioned way.
| remember often standin'
In my homespun pataloons-
On my face the bronze an freckles
O. the suns O youthful JuneS
Thinking that no moral minstrel
Ever chanted SIGH lay
AS the Of tunes we was singin'
In the or-fashiOned way.
The boys nd always lead US,
An the girls I'd all chime in,
Till the sweetness Of the Singin'
Robbed the list'nin' soul O sin,
An | used to tell the parson
Twas as good to sing as pray,
When the people sung the oil tunes
In the OIL fashioned way.
How l long ag'in to hear EN-
Pouring forth from soul to soul,
With the treble high an meller,
An the BASIS mighty roll,
But the times is very diff'rent,
An the music heerd to-day
A-singing' o the oil tunes
In the or-fashiOned way.
Little schreechin' by a woman
Little squawkin' by man,
Then the organs unbelievable,
Jest the empty space to span.
An eff you should even think it,
tbs MT proper for to say
That you want to hear the oil tunes
In the or-fashioned way.
But think that some bright mornin'
/ When the tolls of life air DER
An the sun O. heaven arisin'
GladS with light the happy shore
| shall hear the angel chorus,
In the realms Of endless day,
A-singing' O the OF tunes
In the or-faShioned way
Exr,bonSn
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
Lorimer Might Resign.

1t is now believed that Senator
Lorimer will resign if he is assured
that his successor will be someone
fully acceptable to the lumber in
terests and the packers. -Sedalia
Capital.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
What the Missouri
Editors Are Saying
Is 1t a Reasonable Trust.

Wonder if the Pullman trust is a
reasonable" one? We know some
people who don't think so.-Boon-
vile Advertiser.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
How The Recall Works.

It is becoming an ordinary occu-
patton with cities which have
adopted the commission system of
government and incidentally the
recall, to attempt the recall of an
officer.
Pittsburg, Kansas, is a case in
point. They adopted the COM
mission form a few months ago.
Now they are not satisfied with
their police officers and they have
begun operations for removal of the
policemen e ected a few short
months ago.
1t works that way so frequently
under the recall. 1t is a club in the
hands of the disgruntled, who avail
themselves of an opportunity to
keep up disCOrd all the time. In
stead of preferring charges against
an official and proving them, it
affords an opportunity for a special
election. 1t takes the official out
Of the jurisdiction of the courts and
places him in the hands of the
rabble without opportunity to de-
fend himself Moberly Monitor.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
The Salt of the Earth.

The progressive citizen, regardless
of his political or sectarian views,
is the salt of the earth. In what
ever sphere of human endeavor our
I0t9 be cast, let's not hinder the
y ,9els of progress and growth. Let's
be progressive -Linneus Bulletin.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15

According to the recent decision
of Secretary of State Roach all
automobile owners and drivers must
have a license under the law to run
before Aug, /. On that day the
new law goes into effect and new
license will have to be had, the fees
being annual and varying in pro-
portion to the size and power of
the machine. 1t is said that some
machines are running without dis
playing the license number and
somebody is liable to get into
trouble on account of it.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
The fact that William Gilliland,

The fact that William Gilliland,
72 years old, of Livingston county
plows from early morning until
sun down is not the real feature of
the story, as related by the local
papers, The remarkable part of
Mr.. Gilliland's performance is that
he does it without a single "cuss"
ord.-Ex.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15

Whats the matter with the
chickenH" snapped the landlady.
Il think somebody doped it with
antifat," replied the hall room
boarder.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15

A Boston girl visiting a Kansas
farmer was watching a girl milk a
cow. She adjusted her gold specs
and said; 1T is all very plain, ex-
cept l don't understand how you
turn it off"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-06-15
Get Rid o Them.

The Democrats in Congress want
to let 90 of the Philippines. They
cost us millions of dollars year.
Our government of them seems to
be a failure, as they will kill an
American whenever they can. Some
day we will get into a war and lose
the islands before breakfast. Let's
sell them. give them away, or fail
ing in these, pay some country to
take them. The trusts want to keep
them, as they make big money in
the contracts to supply the army
and navy and other things we have
to furnish them.-Platte County
Gazette.