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The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-06-28
Bridge Notice.

Notice is hereby given that contract
for the building OF . Bridge over Mon
gers Creek on Road No. SO, in District
No. 5, according to plans and specifica'
tions on file, will be let to the lowest
bidder ct the front door OF the Court
House In the City Of Pascagoula, on the
FIRST MONDAY, the Let Day OF
July, 1912.
Bond will be required according to law
and the Board reserves the right 10 re-
1ect any and all bids.
By order OF the Board of Supervisors
lsa0 FRED TAYLOR, Clerk
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-06-28
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,

JACKSON COUNTY.
To Mrs. Fannie Dean:
You are hereby commanded to appear
before a special Court Of eminent do
main, to be presided over by G. Il. Chid !.
sew, Esq, Justice OF the Pence, In ana
for Jackson County, Mississippi, at the
Court House in Pascagoula. Jackson
County. Mississippi, on
SATURDAY, tile 22nd day OF June,
A. D., 1912.
to defend the suit in said court OF the
CITY of Pascagoula wherein you are
defendant :, 900
This the 29th day OF May, a. y, l9iZ-
w. G. HAVENS,
Circuit Clerk of Jackson County,
IT 20 Mississippi.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-06-28

Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels. will lead to chronic constipa-
tjon. Doan's Regulets operate easily.
25c a box at all stores.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-06-28

TWO PAsCAGOUuANS
OFF TO BALTIMORE
DELEGATE FRANK LEWIS AND
ATTORNEY FORD LEAVE.
Sixth District To Be Ably Rep
resented At The Big Demo-
cratic Gathering In His
torIc Old City.

Frank II. Lewis, chosen by his fel-
low citizens OF the sixth congressional
district to represent them as one OF
the two delegates to the democratic
convention at Baltimore, left on last
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-20

impulse. She cared for his stories and
cherished for him lofty ambitions. and
he wrote for her. "Meh Lady'-which
Mr.. Page has been heard to say he
thought his best work-was a product
of this period, and took its tone from a
suggestion from the editor Of the Cen
fury that he should prepare something
for publication treating of a more pa
cific state of feeling between the north
and south Mr.. Page added to his pro-
fession as a writer that of public lee
turer, and large returns flowed in to
him from these two sources. In 1888
he received the degree of LII. B. from
Washington and Lee university, and in
December of the same year his young
wife died after an illness of only IL
hours.
In 1893 Mr.. Page married Mrs. Flor
ence Lathrop Field of Chicago, widow
Of Henry Field, sister-in-law of Mar
shall Field, sister of Bryan Lathrop,
and granddaughter of Governor Bar
bour of Virginia. About the time Of
his second marriage Mr.. Page assumed
the duties of editor of the Drawer" of
Harper's Magazine, but abandoned it
for less arduous demands upon his
time. With Mrs. Field he travelled ex-
| tensively. Frequently he has entertain
ed the reading public with poems, es-
says, stories, novels and books for chill
dren. Critics and reviewers have
agreed that he is best in short stories
picturing the life of the negroes and
the Virginia gentry of the days before
and directly after the war. Among his
publications were THE Burial of the
Guns" The Old Gentleman of the
Black Stock Social Life in Old Vir
ginia Before the War;" "The Old Do
minion, Her Making and Her Man
ners,7 Robert E. Lee. the Southerner,
"And Tommy Trot's Visit to San'a
Claus"
The home of the Pages is a hand
some four-story mansion of colonia
type on r street, Washington, anC
they have a summer home on thu
Maine coast, but old loves prove grea
magnets and it is not infrequently tina
they are found roaming over the oil
homestead in Virginia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-20
a month.

laugh that they were neither accepted
nor returned.
In 1873 he took the law course at the
University of Virginia, obtained his de
gree, was admitted to the bar and be-
gan the practice of law in Richmond.
He had frequently contributed dialect
studies to the university magazine and
whiled away spare moments in his law
Office writing similar stories. In 1877
he sent to the old Scribner's-now the
Century, poem called "Enc. Gabes
White Folks" which was printed in the
bric-a-brac department of that maya
zine. He received check for SIS for
It and that was the first money he had
received for literary work.
"Marse Chan" tale Of the Civil war,
was accepted by the same magazine in
1881 and Page was paid $50 fer l.. but
the publication was deferred for three
years. the editor explaining that the
war was too recent to admit Of its ear
lier publication. l appeared in book
form soon after it had appeared in the
magazine and quickly established the
authors reputation.
The story of 'Marse Chan started
/ in my mind from an old letter which q
/ friend of mine showed me- said Mr.
Page. in reminiscent. mood This let
ter was from an illiterate girl in Geor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-20

gia to her soldier sweetheart. The let
ter was poorly written and poorly
spelled, but full of pathos. The girl
had, it seemed, trif1ed with the man,
but after he had left for the war she
had realized her great love for him
and written.
she wrote: 4 know l have treated
you mean. | amt never done right with
you all my life and / loved you all the
time When you asked me to marry
you, | laughed and said wouldn't have
you. and it makes me cry to think you
are gone away to war Now / want you
to know love you and l want you to
81 a furlow and come home and III
marry you With a few words of af-
lection the letter closed, but post
script below was added: Don't come
without a fuTlow, for unless you come
home honorable / won't marry YOU
This letter was received by the sol.
der only a few days before the battle
4 of Seven Pines, and after he was shot
it was found in his breast pocket, just
over his heart. The pathos of it struck
me so foTcibly that out OF it came the
story. 'Marse Chan"
With his marriage in 1886 to Miss
Anne Seldom Bruce. daughter Of
Charles Bruce of Charlotte county, Vir
elnia, came renewal OF the literary
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-20

For instance, the smallest possible d.
vision of the metal lead was found to
be BOG times that of hydrogen, gold
1856 times. etc.
Hand in hand. however. with the
modern conception of the nature of
the electric current, has come new
Now, they say, the smallest thing in
the world divisable by the hahd of
man is the electric ion. This is the
individual unit of electricity, the NOV
ing part of a current when it passes
through wire. 1t is so small that 1t
can run through a copper bar at a
speed of 10000 miles second with
out turning corners. Electric ions
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-20
MAY SEND PACE
TO BRITON COURT
Famous Author Is Great Grand
son of Trio of Virginia's
Governors.

Edgar Ellsworth owens in the Chicago
Record Herald.)
ThomaA Nelson Page is best known |
as an autnDC, 30 that II he should be
as is redicted-appointed ambassador
TO Great Britain when Woodrow VIII
son assumes duties as president. the
myriad readers who have enjoyed his
writings would look upon his appoint
ment as a tribute 70 the man Of letters.
From this point OF view as well as upon
the ground Of sentiment it would seem
most fitting TO place Mr.. Page in the
Office that has been graced by such
men as Washington Irving, James Rus
sell Lowell and John Hay. More fire.
Quently men famous as lawyers have
been chosen to maintain the dignity OF
the American nation at the court of st.
james; but Mr.. Page also is a lawyer,
who prac.iced his profession some
years before he found the art Of letters
his special vocation instead of an avo-
cation.
In any country less democratic than
the United States Mr. Page doubtless
would be classed among aristocrats
for he is the great-grandson of Thorn
as Nelson and Of John Page, both gov
ernors of Virginia. Thomas Nelson
was one OF the signers of the declara-
tion OF independence, bu- it may be
taken for granted that Great Britain
will not let that act stand in the way
OF welcoming this distinguished grand
son. Thomas Nelson Page was born in
Virginia, only few counties away from
the birthplace OF Woodrow Wilson
His birthplace was Oakland planta-
ton, Hanover county. short distance
from historic Richmond, and his birth
was April %, 1853. His parents were
Major John Page OF the confederate
army and Elizabeth Burwell Nelson
Page. His boyhood home was situated
on an original grant from the crown OF
England TO the colonial magnate,
Thomas Nelson"
For two winters the army Of north
ern Virginia was encamped near the
plantation, on one Of the roads leading
10 Richmond. Inciden-s of the day i'm
pressed themselves most wildly on the
mind OF the future author, who was
only when the war began. His faith
er had been a successful lawyer but
was impoverished by the war. but by
the time Thomas Nelson was 1G he
was sent 70 Washington and Lee uni
versity. Before that he had walked
five miles each way to attend school
at EdgewOod where he studied under
direction OF a kinsman. Professor
Charles L. G. Minor. While attending
Washington and Lee university he liv.
ed with his uncle. Rev W. y. Pendle.
ton who served during the war as
Lees chief Of artillery
While at college he was anxious to be
great speaker, and succeeded in car
rying OF the medal for oratory. He
WIS editor Of the college paper and
gained the nickname Of Short Article
Editor because he broke away from thu
usual custom Of wri ing long essays
For year after he had completed hi
university term young Page taught il
a private school not far from Louis
willie, Ky. He wrote some stories ant
submitted them 10 the Courier-Journal
and he has frequently asserted with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-20
EASY TO GUESS IT.
What Do You Think Is the Answer To-
This Puzzle Question:?


With the rent six weeks in arrears
Scribbler sat trembling lest the land
lady should hear the beating of his
heart and call for reckoning. Pres
emily there reached his ears the sound
of fierce words, as of two striving to-
gether in deadly argument. Scribbler
became aware that Mr.. and Mrs.
Slumpkins were engaged in unraveling
one of their domestic tangles.
At length there came a light tap on
the door.
Scribbler looked toward the window
as a possible avenue of escape. How
ever, before he could make up his mind
to try the rainspout route the door
opened cautiously, and first Slumpkins'
bald head appeared and then the rest
of him crept slowly in.
In whisper he advised Scribbler not
to pay Mrs. Slumpkins, insOmuch as
she was not the head of the house.
Scribbler acquiesced and Slumpkins
disappeared.
A little later another rap on the door
this time more insistent, caused Serb
bier to look up. 1t was Mrs. SlumpiIins
Say. don't pay my old man any mon
ey, Mr.. ScribbIer. He won't do nothing
but drink il up. This morning | had tt
/ let him know who runs this house. We
amt speaking to each other now"
Again Scribbler acquiesced.
That was six months ago. They
haven't spoken to each other yet. ant
! ScribbIer goes on his way rejoicing.
/ Puzzle question: What will be the
/ first question they ask when they star
! speaking again?-Satire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-20

Newburg, n. WHEN Mrs. F. Au-
gustus Heinze, wife of the one time
Copper King" was granted a divorce
here recently she was awarded the
second highest alimony ever granted
in New York state. The decree order
ed that Heinze should pay his wife
1000 per month and also that he
should pay the rent o. her apart
ments in New York, amounting to 1898
month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-20

trickIe Through a copper wire In much
the same way as grains of sand
through sieve.
Scientists, armed with instruments
considerably finer than grocery store
scales, have isolated and measured
them and found that their relation to
that lightest of all gases. hydrogen, is
as one to the seventeenth power of
ten, or, in other words, the fraction
representing their relation to an atom
of hydrogen is expressed by a million
million millionth. Chicago Record
Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-20
TINY ELECTRIC IONS.

Science Says They Are the Smallest
Units In the World.
We used to think that about the
smallest thing in the world was an
atom of hydrogen. In fact. it was
taken as the unit by which the atomic
weight of all metals was expressed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Heinze we're married
in Brooklyn, August 81, 1910. She
was formerly Miss Bernice Golden, an
actress. Before her marriage to
Heinze she was the wife Of Charles =.
Henderson, wealthy business man.
Mrs Heinze was divorced from her
first husband in 1906 and was award
ed the custody of her daughter and
800 a month alimony. She gave up
the later on her marriage to Heinze.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-20

lived is to be bought by the city The
board of estimate voted to pay $4,000
for it and $4,000 more to move it to a
site in Poe park.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-20

New York-The cottage in the
Bronx where Edgar Allan Poe once
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-20

All the news all the time-Tbc
Argus.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-30

twelve hundred feet of truss bridge to replace the deep dip at Long Eddy. Workn1en began to make straight line across the bow Of that we'll famed curve. They began to dump earth for the e1nbankment by the train-load And in a little time the bridge people would begin set the red trussng ot their giant spans. Minors office force working night and day the details of river span II8p feet in length.
 Craig Gordon was interested in that job, hungry to be sent up into the country and put in charge Of t. He knew that ne could swing it. He ntrnated to Minor much But Minor simply swung around his heel and raised up Phil Valentine from beneath hin1-scnt Valentine up take charge ot the biggest job that l. B. had tackled in four years It was not only big, but 1t time-lit contract Seth kennery not to sit down quietly and watch his money grow.
 So they had gone to Transcontinenal and taken three spans that Scott Parsons had torn down from his Baliol River crossing. Parsons going mad on reinforced concrete and was throwing away three perfectly goo bridge spans At least, Milnor said that to the T. & S folks, and Minor sup posed to know. His plant the fourth largest the chain of International Bridge. and his word If not law, was at least approaching prophecy.
 Minor did chuckle once or twice as he thought of young Craig Gordon rising high enough in his ambi- tons to want to go up to Long Eddy, and then he stopped chuckling-he reading the contents of telegram that had been hurriedly thrust into his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-30

his-the railroad tickets were already folded within his pocket.
 As the stars slipped one by one in the dead of winters night, and the broad valley was silent, save for the boom and grind of ice along the rivers shore and the rush and rattle of trains along the busy main line of Fremont & Southwestern, Craig Gordon sat at Phil Valentines desk tried to forget the girl i'll the Southland who might--perhaps-rn him, and went lingering the blue-prints of the bridge that they going rebuild there at Long Eddy And while it was still dark in the brilliant darkness of c1oudes winters night he did more He buttoned himself into his great-coat and went trampng out into the night. He climbed the big erders that were to form the vital parts of the three great ;trssses, he tapped them here and he tapped them there. Finally lie summoned watch man, who brought his lantern and by that faint glow Craig, Gordon made minute comparisons with the blue7prints-and then he shook his head doubtfuIly
 Then he went over the entire work again. measuring and remeasuTing for he man for rule-o'thun1b. He fused the plans long while and the watclman became venturesome.
 Not good railroading," he proffered 'to throw away good work like that when there isn't a bridge shop in the country that isn't weeks behind its orders.
 Gordon turned quickly and faced the workman
 Nobody IS apt to care very much about what you cali good railfoadng, lie said. sharply
 The watchman flushed. These young engineers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-30

good business, and Minor was loyal to his employ ment When the idea showed itself insistenty, Mil nor answered 1t by raising young Gordon's salary.
 And little time after that there the job to International Bridge that it had hungry9demanded the building of new triple-span up at Long Eddy on the River division, which traffic passes a noisy rush, like coal down iron chute. Old Seth kennerly, known from one end of the land to the other, popularly the Baking Powder King popuarly as about anything that the laws of libel would permit, was primarily responsible for the building of the River division of the T. & S., of which the new Long Eddy span was part and parcel. Whenever old Seth had accumulated extra ten millions of profits he would go hunting for place in which to bury it-a harder thing each year III the U S. A. But lle never buried money without being sure that the gTeen tendrils of future bank notes going to shoot out of the earth directly overhead. In the of T. & S.. there had seemed to be possibilities, and so he had hurried down to New York and asked his old friend Scott Parsons about 1t.
 "Is it good for anything, Scott?" he demanded Has it minimum grades and maximum capacity? If it's good, how did 1t ever tget by Stevens crowd "
 The big president of the Transcontinental had whispered his private opinion that T. & S. had pos abilities. And Kennerly had begun to drop his millions into 1t as if they had been burning ns fingers. He was in hurry, in fearful hurry, to see the little green tendrs come shooting Up from T. & $. He made them begin by ironing out the curves in that ninety miles of river-bank division that was the main-stem of the big property And in the course of the ironing process great fill and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-30

fingers. It was telegram of tragedy, of human fife quickly plotted out and the life was that Of Philip Naentine--I. B.'s boss at the Long Eddy work
 Who'll we send in Valentines placer" came the emotionless inquiry of Minors assistant before the chief had hardly had time to read the telegram. Minor drowned in thought-then he chuckled once again.
 Send anybody" he said caressly Send Craig Gordon"
 It in the month of February that quick swing gng boon1-end had swept Phil Valentine into ice-flled river, and it that same month of February that Craig Gordon had been finally given vacaton-the first that he had ever earned from In- ternatonal Bridge He had awakened of a crisp morning to realize that this was vacaten-that the shriekng siren down at the plant would call in vain for him this day. And then almost he was ready start for the train that was be4g him hundreds of miles toward the South there had come per enptory message from Minor ordering him up in charge of the work at Long Eddy.
 Eve given you your chance Gordon" he said Now make good. damn you" he added, chuckling iii his dsagreeable way. "It Il be worth 10 you than your vacation"
 Craig Gordon said nothing
 He knew why the vice-president of International Bridge laughing at him. Minor with no rare Adrenne had gone South to a big hotel, where lazy folk taught how to loaf in aristocratic fashion and this young poacher could have held no other destination in view. But Craig Gordon was to nave his chance, and Minor was to have another of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-30

T eleven Adrienne was sure that she would marry a duke At thirteen she was already reading Thackeray, so she then decided that anything less than prime
 minister was out of the question. At fifteen she possessed an unrequited pas
 sion for the grocer's boy, who was fat and red-eheeked, and at seventeen she had her first proposal of marriage. His name was Anastasius; he was stoop-shouldered, and his passion was butterflies. He pro- posed, with eonsummate judgment, to make Adrienne the queen of his collection. Si.s a1s.<>A sssss,ssi 4> s:..s a,s.s.1sa
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-30
THE HONOR OF HIS CRAFT
By Edward Hungerford

Copyrighted 1914 by Harper & Bros.>
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-10-16
Eye Removed.

Mr.. James Wall, of Morehead,
met with a serious accident here
which caused him the loss of his
right eye. Mr.. Wall was work
ing around some machinery when
piece of steel flew off, striking
him in the pupil of the eye, and
causing intense pain. The wound
was hastily dressed and Mr.. Wall
hurried to this city, where he was
examined by DR.. j. f. Reynolds,
who found the eye destroyed. 1t
was in such a condition that to
leaye it in its place would endan-
ger the sight of the other eye, and
the injured one was removed. Mr..
Wall suffered intense pain but is
now getting along all right and it
is not believed that the other eye
will be affected. Mr.. Wall is a
prominent business man of More
head, and has many friends who
deeply regret the unfortunate ac-
cident.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-10-16
Grand Master willard U. Carr.

At the Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows, which met at Somerset,
KY, last week, Capt. Willard U.
Carr, of Ashland, but a member OF
Watson Lodge, No. 80, of this city,
was elected grand master for the
ensuing year. Capt. Carr is one
of the most popular conductors on
the G. & o. K. r. and has the run
on the local passenger train from
Lexington to Ashland. On account
of his being here every Monday
night, the regular meeting night of
Watson Lodge, he moved his men,
bership here several years ago.
Capt. Carr and Fred w. Bassett
represented Watson Lodge at the
Grand Lodge. The next Grand
Lodge will meet in Paducah, Ky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-10-16
New York Wins Seventh Game.

New York defeated Boston Tues
day in,the seventh game Of tie
worlds series by a score of IL to4
This makes the two teams tied in
the series, each team having won
three games, there being one tie.
Both teams have played brilliant.
ball. The heavy hitting of the
Giants being a feature. Wood
pitched two wonderful games for
Boston, but was knocked out of
the box in the first inning Tuesday.
Marquard's pitching has won two
games for New York. Tesreau
pitched Tuesdays game. The de-
Gliding game will be played at Bos-
ton today and on paper the Giants
seem to have the better of the ar
gument.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-10-16
BILLIARD PARLOR
And BOWLING ALLEY
20 Be Opened at IrimbIe'S Hall
By Prominent Lexington Gen.
tlemCn.- -~tyerythlEg New
and Up-tO-Odte.

Messrs. Schafer & Adams, two
popular and influential Lexington
gentlemen, have leased the two
large first floor rooms in Trimble's
Hall for a period of years, and to-
night, Wednesday, Ocober Is, at
7 o'clock, will open frst-class.
strictly up-to-date billiard parlor
and bowling alley and later will
install cigar and tobacco stand.
Four alleys and five billiard and
pocket billiard tables will be used.
Mr.. Adams will have charge of
the alleys and Mr.. Schafer will
conduct the billiard hall. Every
thing is brand new and of the
very latest pattern made. Give
them call and be convinced.
Advertisement
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1912-10-16
COMMITS
SUICIDE
''Pete" Hall Drank Weed
Alcohol and Died
Monday Night
Poor Health is Thought to be the
Cause for the Rash Act.

Pete" Hall, well-known ma
chinist, of this city, committed
suicide at an. early hour Monday
evening by drinking quantity of
wood alcohol. He was found in a
dying condition at s o'clock and
only lived few minutes. Passers-
by heard his means and broke in
the door. Ill health is thought to
have been the cause for him taking
his life. He was employed at the
Sterling Bottling Works Co., and
was a machinist of considerable
ability. The body was taken in
charge and prepared for burial by
Coroner q. 9. Eastn.