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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1919
The Election for the Officers oil
the Commission Form Of
Government.

On next Tuesday December
10th the election will be held for
the executives who will administer
the affairs of Natchitoches under
the new commission form OF
government which will 60 into
effect on Januaay LIST 1913. Under
this new form of government
Natchitoches will have a Mayor
and two Councilmen, whose term
of Office is for four years and
there will be three departments,
over which they will preside, the
Department of Public Health and
Safety, Department of Finance
and Department of Streets and
Public Parks.
The fundamental theory of gov
eminent by commission is centrali-
zation of authority and the argu-
ments urged in behalf of this form
of administration are that by con-
centrating power the people can
easier trace responsibility and
correct abuses with greater
promptness and facility and that
it is a long step in the direction of
econimical administration of pub
lie affairs.
The idea is that a municipal
government is a corporation and
should be conducted under the
business principles upon which
corporations are operated.
But after all, it is the men who
are to administer it who will make
this new form of government
success or failure.
So it is upon the selection of
three men next Tuesday that so
6ig an idi0t ~ that X todthe
believed itl''
sss .Hut tn pn brought It tgs'-''
That tEey must be men OF hi
character, of executive and
ministrative ability with . tr
conception of the responsible
resting upon them, goes withc
saying, and that they must
into this work their very b
efforts. for the sake of their o
reputation as we'll as for
public benefit, will make tn
position no light or easy one.
They should be men who ha
been more or less interested a
have had more or less exporter
in public affairs and who ha
given thought to municipal p
blems, and who will base tn
administration on business prin
Piles that combine economy a
efficiency.
That it will take time to adj
conditions and that in adjusti
them mistakes are apt to occ'
any reasonable person must exp
and that the new administrati
should have sympathy and ind
gence, and Judgment withheld ,
Til sufficient time has elapsed
prove the change q success, {
among the things that they {
entitled to.
A new era is dawnlng for N
chitoches, an era of prosper
that will come to her as a 81
certainty If affairs are proper
administered. and they will be,
the right men are elected on ne
Tuesday.
so on that day, we earnest
urge the qualified electors to
to the polls and quietly. disp'
sionately, without prejudice a
leaving all personal feeling asi
cast their vote for the men W
they think will really and tru
lend their best interests as earne
" and periodically to the Cover
ment Of Natchitoches. IS tn
would to their own private affail
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R0HafEor Indigestion
- 4&&~4ise4 Relie. o. sour stomach
salgitsasiea qglsshssst piess vhatzpss 80
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gently on common foibles or carl
cature eccentricitv. In short, for
less than four cents a week The
Companion brings into the home
clean entertainment, pure inspira-
ton, fine ideals, increase OF
knowledge.
Names rarely seen in tables OF
contents will be found in The
Companions Announcement for
1918, which will be sent upon re-
quest-with samples of the paper,
to those not familiar with it
Every new subscriber for 1913
will receive free all the issues for
the remaining weeks of 1912; also,
free, The Companion Window
Transparency and Calendar for
1918, in rich, translucent colors-
the most beautiful of all Com
panion souvenirs.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION,
IA Berkeley ST.,
Boston, Mass.
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The Youths Companion
For 1913.

The Youths Companion appeals
to every interest of family life,
from housekeeping to athletics.
1t begins with stories of youthful
VIM and vigor, with articles which
disclose the secrets of successful
play IN the great games, with
charming tales of life at the girls
colleges. But the Companion
does not surrender these readers
when they have entered the more
serious paths of life Mothers
will welcome the page for little
children and the weekly doctors
article. Fathers wiIlfnd the i'm
]. I. 1eEs Of .llsa5n ltran.s;s.
dad not as it is rumofed to be.
The entire household will appre
ciate tbaaSlatche-rS wb;c6 RI,
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You appreciate that here you By giving you
superior service and greater moneys WORTH have found the
open road to bigger business
.You take the above at it's face vaue-t
true and and people finding daily when they
into this live store and get bigger and better values
How better can merchant build his business than by cement
ing the friendship Of his customers? What policy other than
the policy "square deap produces results sure? This
trend thought and actually accomplishment is responsible
for business growh-We have ake sales, bats
to give, Our every day sales are bargain sales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-17
ELDERLY FOLKS! CAL0MEL, SALTS
AND CATHART|CS AREN'T FOR You'll
Harmless "Syrup Figs" Is Best Cleanse Your
Stomach, Liver and Bowels of Sour Bile, Decaying
Food Gases and Clogged-up Waste

feet of bowels suck this decaying
waste and poisons into the blood.
You will never get feeling right
until this is corrected-but do it
gently Don't have a bowel wash
day; don't use a bowel irritant.
For your sake. please use only
gentle. effective. Syrup of Figs.
Then you are not drugging your
self. for Syrup of Figs is COM
posed of only luscious iigs, SIENNA
and aromatics which can not in
jure.
A teaspoonful tonight will gent
ly, but thoroughly. move on and
out of your system by morning all
the sour bile, poisonous ferment-
ing food and clogged-up waste
matter without gripe, nausea or
weakness.
But get the genuine. Ask your
druggist for the full name. Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA" Re-
fuse, with contempt. any other Fig
Syrup unless it bears the name
prepared by the California Fig
Syrup Company. Read the label.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-17
SLAYER Of WOMAN DIES
IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
Bertram G. Spencer Executed
for the Murder of Miss
Blackstone.

BOSTON, Mass, September 17.-Ber-
tram G. Spencer was put to death in the
electric chair at eighteen minutes after
II o'clock this morning in Charlestown
prison.
With the same Indifference which he
showed when he arrived at the death
house, Spencer spent his last day and
night eating. reading, smoking and chat
ting with the death watch" when he
was not in conversation with Guy s..
Perkins. Christian Science reader, who
has been his spiritual adviser.
Spencer got up at o'clock yesterday
morning, dressed, and after few light
remarks to his guards called for break
fast, which he ate with apparent relish.
Resigned to His Fate.
Mr.. Perkins arrived at the lighthouse
early and remained with Spencer during
the day and night, taking an occasional
respite for rest and meals. Spencer early
became resigned to his fate and remained
in excellent spirits. He had finished his
letter-writng Sunday and spent his last
day reading Christian Science works, and
to the last was firm in the belief that his
faith protected him from all the terrors
of the electric chair.
Spencer was the sixteenth to die in the
chair at CharlestoWn and was the most
remarkable among them. He displayed
great fortitude.
When his mother left him after her last
visit he was terribly troubled and near
breaking down, but he regained his COM
posture and to the last was the least dis
turbed among those who participated in
the execution of the laws sentence.
His Dual Life.
Spencer. a respectable clerk by day,
was convicted for crime which was the
elimination Of long series of burglaries
which for two years had baffled the po-
lice and terrorized the citizens Of Spring
fed. The fascination Of reading news
paper accounts of his exploits was the
motive for the burglaries, according to a
confession made by Spencer
Spencer broke into the home Of Mrs.
Sarah J. Dow in Springfield on the night
of March 81, 1910. He killed Miss Martha
Blackstone school teacher. while an
other bullet entered Miss Harriet BOWS
head. causing fracture of the skull,
from which she recovered,
Spencer was traced and finally brought
to justice through a lost locket, which
contained pictures of Spencer's mother
and sister. and bore his initials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-17

You old people, Syrup of Figs is
particularly for you. You who
don't exercise as much as you
need to; who like the easy chair.
You, whose steps are slow and
whose muscles are less elastic.
You must realize that your liver
and ten yards of bowels have also
become less active.
Don't regard Syrup of Figs as
physic 1t stimulates the liver and
bowels just as exercise would do
if you took enough of it. 1t is not
harsh like salts or cathartics. The
help which Syrup of Figs gives to
a torpid liver and weak, sluggish
bowels is harmless, natural and
gentle.
When eyes grow dim, you help
them. Do the same with your
liver and bowels when age makes
them less active. There is nothing
more important. Costive, clogged-
up bowels mean that decaying, fer
menting food is clogged there and
the pores or ducts in these thirty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-17
THIEF FINDS HIDDEN SPRING.
Arrested Trying to Dispose of 81, 600
Art Treasures.

BOSTON. September 17.-Solving the Sc
cret of hidden spring. which opened
a case of valuable miniatures at the Mu-
scum of Fine Arts. Daniel c. Lavery
stole 5000 worth of art treasures, ac-
cording to his admissions in court here
The robbery is the first OF the kind
which has occurred at the museum Just
how Lavery gained possession Of the Sc
cret OF the spring is still mystery. His
arrest followed an attempt to dispose Of
some Of the articles.
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LAST OF ITS SPECIES.
Lone Tree of the Gordonia Family
!. in Chevy Chase Circle.

There is a lone tree out in Chevy .hase
Circle which is without any common name,
bslt which is Known among botanists as
Gordonia. and is one OF the last remnants
OF dying race. Trees dies and become
extinct just the same as animals. This
Tree with small white flowers makes good
shade Tree and there used to be a good
many of them In the south But they
lave all disappeared except this one and
= few ip-ths 'fhilad elphia 1do: The gov
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ernmsnt Is interested in the tree, there
fore, and preparations are being made to
save and propagate the species
One Of the agricultural explorers of the
Department of Agriculture found q tree
Of the same family but a different species
recently In China. and this Is to be tried
in the United States also
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-17
CAMP LIFE IS TOLD
Capt. Oyster Gets Report on
Work Near Glen Echo.
PART OF SCHOOL SYSTEM
Tenting Enjoyed by Girls Of Normal
Glass of 1912.
GOOD WAY TO STUDY NATURE
Admission to the Association in Fu-
ture Will Not Be an
Easy Matter.
PART OF SCHOOL SYSTEM
GOOD WAY TO STUDY NATURE

How the girls of Normal School class of
1912 ran their camp near Glen Echo, Nd.
during the summer and what they intend
to do with 1t in the future is explained
in report made today to Capt. James
F. Oyster. president of the board of edu-
cation, by Miss A. NJ. Cooling, principal
of the Normal School. This camp is said
to be the only thing Of the sort in exist
ence. inasmuch as it is real camp with
bungalow. campfires. and all the char
acteristics of a camp, run as a part of an
educational system.
The idea started with the class of 1912
and the young women who graduated last
June gave up their class night exercises
in order to put their efforts into raising
money for their scheme Miss Susan B.
Sipe. who teaches botany and other ma
ture studies in the Normal School, gave
thegirls a great deal of help, and in the
report submitted today her plans to use
the camp part Of the educational
scheme of the school are outlined. She
intends to establish a camera club, a
sketch club, literary club for the study
Study of Nature.
Nature study has always been a dis
Normal School. and Franklin Park. just
across 18th street from the Franklin
School, has been the rowing ground for
the girls who wanted to get close to ma
ture. This park has been considered
nightly satisfactory, especially when the
researches around the copper beeches and
hydrangeas were supplemented by an oc-
casional personally conducted tour of the
ZOO" However, the Normal School girls
t.
ing on Harvard street, which has no park
near at hand
With the camp of the Normal Camp
Association fourishing between the Ches-
apeake and Potomac canal and the Poto-
mac river, the flora and fauna of Mary
land along the banks of the two water
ways and the piscatorial habitues Of these
two streams will be admirable object les
sons for the young teachers.
Admission Not Easy.
Admission to the Camp Association is
not an easy matter, and it appears that
only favored ones will be taken In in the
future, although the entire class of 1912
entered within the sacred confines Of the
reservation, and are still members. Just
what the requirements for admission will
be is a matter to be settled later by the
advisers of the young women, principally
| the interested members of the Normal
School faculty. 1t will not be a camp for
Normal School undergraduates. however,
as graduation is prime requisite.
| The set Of rules and regulations for the
camp shows that the careless reporter who
once used the term "Adamless Eden in re-
ferring to this garden spot Of botanical
and nature research. was somewhat mis-
taken. On visiting days the young teach
ers may invite their man friends. if they
care to. and If they have any who can
obey the mo smoking rule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-17

committee investigating campaign contri-
buttons had been carefully scanned
When the hearings are under way, fol-
lowing the first meeting. September 30, it
is proposed to ask Col. Roosevelt, John
D. Archbold and George w. Perkins to
produce any correspondence they may
have pertaining to financial transactions
between Archbold and Perkins and any
members of Congress or with Col Roose-
welt when he was President.
1t is understood that William r. Hearst
will show to the committee copies Of let
tiers said to have been written to members
Of Congress by Mr.. Archbold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-17
Resort to incubation.

Two Italian workmen were killed and
four injured, two of them seriously, in
tn the Baltimore and Ohio railroad yards
ct Hancock, Nd, shortly before II o'clock
Sunday night. They were run over BY
the car In which they lived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-17
GO OVER LIST OF WITNESSES.
Plans Made for Inquiry Into Cam
paign Contributions.

Following conference between Senator
Pomerene and Senator Clapp last night.
the former left for Ohio. after list o.
proposed witnesses before the Senate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-17

Under the auspices Of the Woodrow
Wilson Club Harry ST George Tucker
opened the political campaign in Rocking
ham, Va, Monday with an address in
Assembly Hall to the monthly court-day
crowd.
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Composition of German Fleet.

William Coale, six years old, son of
John Coale, of Brunswick, Nd, was per-
haps fatally injured by being trampled
by q horse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-17
CHINA MAY HAVE REMEDY
Hope Expressed That Blight
of Chestnut Tree May
Be Averted.

1t is possible that China will be able
to furnish the Department of Agriculture
with a check for the chestnut tree blight
that is devastating the eastern part of
this continent. The blight is causing
havoc and is spreading in this country
in spite Of all efforts to stop it. Up to
date 1t has proved an incurable tree
disease and yields to no treatment. once
the tree is infected with it.
But there was found in China some
years ago a species of chestnut tree
enough different from the American sort
to nourish the hope that it may prove
blight resistant.
Resort to incubation.
There were one or two of these trees
planted at the home of David Fairchild.
head of the bureau of plant introduction
in the Department Of Agriculture. These
are still small trees, but they are big
enough to experiment with. and they
h. We been inoculated with the virus Of
the chestnut blight. 1t is impossible to
tell how long it will be before they
show any effects of the disease. If they
show at ALL If they die, that is all there
Is to it, but if they prove immune to the
disease there will be one method at
least by which the denuded chestnut
forests of the east can be replaced,
though, of course, this will be work
of time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-17

Mrs. T. r. Whitaker and Mrs Charles
r. Hughes of Berryville. Nd. were hurled
headlong from their buggy when the
horse took fright in a field in. which
Troop B. 10Th United States Cavalry. was
encamped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-17
.0UTDOES GERMAN FLEET
Mobilization of Warships in
New York Harbor Surpasses
Gathering in North Sea.

Both as to number of vessels and to
weight of guns. the Atlantic fleet, which
mobiles in New York harbor October
1918, will surpass the German fleet which
Emperor William recently reviewed off
Heligoland in the North sea.
OF the 100 American ships to be mob
iiZed next month "a are batt!eships, as
against 90 German battleships assembled
in the German review. The American
fleet will be armed with eight 13-inch
guns, four each on the Indiana and
Massachusetts,, while the German ships
have no guns of that bore, and only 4S
12-inch guns as against 14S Pinch guns
on the American vessels. Secondary guns
of caliber below eleven inches found by
scores on the German armada will be
numbered by hundreds on the American
fleet.
Composition of German Fleet.
The imperial fleet carrying out the ma
neuvers included battleships of the
Ostfriesland type. 4 Nassaus. 8 Deutsch-
lands, 3 dreadnought cruisers and other
vessels of styles not equal to modern re-
Quirements.
The assernblage in New York harbor
besides "a battleships, will include 4
armored cruisers, protected cruisers, 81
special type vessels. ! GOLFERS, & naval
militia ships. 26 destroyers. 10 torpedo
boats and 10 submarines. They will have
on board about 1000 commissioned off,
GERS, 800 warrant officers and 1900 en-
listed men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-17

II you want work read the want COL
umns Of The Star.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-02-23
WASHINGTON Died
FROM SEVERE COLD
Fatal Illness Followed Long Ride Through
Rain and Snow In December.

- EORGE WASHINGTON died
at half past 10 o'clock on the
night of Dec. IA, 1888. He
had ridden in drlzzle of rain
and snow the day before and returned
In time for dinner. refusing to change
his clothes. He sat in the library, as
usual, the evening of the 18th and read
aloud In spite of growing hoarse-
ness.
When his secretary, Colonel Tobias
Lear, besought him to take something
for his cold General Washington re-
piled that he never took medicine for
a cold and would "let it go as it came. "
In the night Mrs. Washington awoSe
to find the general breathing with diff
Guilty and wished to arise to summon
medical help. but he forbade her. say
ing she might take cold herself. Early
In the morning. however. she did arise
and summon Colonel Lear, who sent
for washington's old friend and ply
sician. DR.. Craik.
Other physicians were called, and
the patient was bled freely, but to no
avail. Blisters were applied also, but
with no more effect. Washington him.
self believed, after the first alarming
symptoms in the night, that the illness
would prove fatal.
A few modern physicians who have
studied the record of the case profess
fn sny that the celebUfpd paf1m1
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might have been saved, the excessive
bloodletting having had as much to DO
with his death as the original mnlady.
Besides Mrs. Washington and the
physicians. Colonel Lear was constant
Iy ut the generals bedside and left
several accounts Of the death scene.
He recorded Washington's last words
as ut is we'll" Colonel Lear wrote
letters giving an account Of the death
10 President John Adams. General
alexander Hamilton, General G. Q.
fgashiugtcn Samuel Washington. Colo
ue} .AEi'iam a Washington, bawrence
-a1fie N r. Cnstis George $
Wasalagtos. samuel Washington Colo
nel hafses 1sau Captain Hammond
ana Ioha iNwls.
Riany of these letters Lave been pub
Iished, but the one to Colonel Bail mas
but recently come to light. Ball was
a cousin of Washington's. and there
were many letters to him from the
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NE CHAMPION EAR

Just "A cOuntryman-that's all" is
the way the grower OF this remark
able ear Of corn, Mr.. Fred @. Palm,
styles himself. Though he is admit
ted to be one of the leading corn ex-
perts In the country lone whose SER
vices are greatly in demand as a judge
Of corn exhibits. Mr.. Palm asks for
no greater honor or distinction than
to be known as a plain Hoosier farmer,
aud while he openly processes a rea.
sonable pride in the achievement OF
growing the famous ear OF corn which
was adjudged the most perfect ever
grown, 1t Is without a shadow OF
ostentation.
The worlds greatest ear OF corn --
Variety, Palms corn flake yellow!
Named after winning the W. K Kel-
logg $1,000 trophy A hybrid, the
seventh year production. Parent
plants, male-Reid's yellow dent; fe-
male-Alexander's gold standard. DI.
mensions, length, 10 1.8 inches; cir.
sumference, 7 "a inches;. plumber OF
rows. 20; length OF kernels, 34 OF an
inch; width OF kernels, about 3,S Of
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general These have passed down from
generation TO generation and were re-
Gently donated to the library Of con
rress by George Washington Ball, y
descendant. Several of them have
been mounted and exhibited.
The letter from Colonel Lear to Colo
mel Ball describing Washington's death
is among the number. II is as follows,
Mount Vernon. Dec is. I7a9.
Ny Dear Sir-Little did l think when
last | saw you that l should have the
painful task at this time imposed upon
me of informing you Of the death OF our
beloved friend, General Washington. Alas.
he is no more These hands performed
the last act of friendship TO that great,
good man between 10 and II o'clock last
night He expired after a short illness OK
about twenty-four hours. On Friday he
complained OF a cold. but gave himself
little trouble about II. On Saturday morn
ing he became ILL., DIR. Craik was sent for
The symptoms appeared alarming, an In
flamnation having taken place In his
throat which terminated in the disorder
called uuinsy. Dr. Dick of Alex and Dr.
Brown of Port Tobacco were called In and
every. medical aid used, but In vain He
bore his distress with astonishing forti-
tude, and. conscious. as he declared, sew
eral hours before his death Of his ar-
proaehing dissolution. he resigned hiS
breath with the greatest composure. hav-
Ing the full possession OF his reason until
the last moment. While | am wr1tlng I
conceive it all to be dream. out wnen
consider for moment find. alas. there