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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-06-29

Hon Earl Brewer, Governor of the State of
Mississippi
We, the undersigned citizens OF Hancock
County, Mississippi would most respectfully
and earnestly petition Your Excellency I'd par
don Martin Rochon, who was convicted in May,
1903, in Hancock County, Mississippi, and who is
now serving a sentence of 20 years in theipeni-
tentiary for attempted rape, for the following
reasons, to-wit:
First-Because said Rochon is entirely inno
cent Of the crime of which he was convicted.
Second-Because the testimony on which ne
was convicted was wholly insulncient to convict.
and utterly failed to establish his guilt beyond
reasonable doubt, and his conviction was m ore
the result Of public clamor than proof OF MS
guilt
been a good prisoner and suffered wrongfully
Respectfully, >
". H BOURGEOIS,
R. G.. ENGMAN,
SAM BACCARAT,
r. J. MURTAGH,
City Marshal, and others
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Mr.. Lucius Hoffman, is up and ou
again. after quite an illness of fever an6
cold.
MIR. and Mrs. A. Desdunes and chill.
dren, of New Orleans, are visiting thei
relative, Mrs. A. Letten,
Misses Emma and Ella Fayard return
ed home Sunday morning from a most
! delightful stay of several weeks with
friends in New Orleans.
Sidney N. Gaspard has embarked in
the dairy business and is building fast
growing trade. He is located in Dun
bar avenue near Julia street.
Misses Eugenia and Blanche Muller.
of New Orleans, are visiting their cous-
in, Miss Marie Louise Moreau, at the
family home in Carroll avenue.
Little Miss Thelma Eagan, who has
been spending the winter in New Or
leans attending school and visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Calogne, returned home a
few days since.
Mrs. A. r. Hart is entertaining her
sister-in-law, Mrs. w. G. Hoffman,, OF
Nashville, Tenn, who comes here to
spend the summer, in quest OF health,
guest of relatives.
Mr.J. III Boaslog mas been quite i'll
at his home, "Elmwood," the past week
or more. We are glad to learn that his
condition is better, and hope the i'm
provement will be steady.
Hon. A. a. Kergosen went down to
New Orleans yesterday morning for the
day, accompanying his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Lily Seller, who has been i'll quite
long while and who went in quest of
the opinion of a specialist.
Miss Della Carver, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Wash Carver, of this city, and
Mr.. Geo. E. Vanoourt, Of Biloxi, were
married on Wednesday afternoon, at 2
o'clock, church Our Lady of the Gulf,
Rev. j. NJ. Prendergast officiating.
Misses Marion and Virginia Chap
man will leave in a day or two for Roam
Mountain, Carter county, Ca, where
they have taken a cottage for the sum-
mer and will take a limited number of
guests. Their home here will be occu-
pied by Mr.. and Mrs. James Mcconnell,
the owners, of New Orleans.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Furlow and Mrs. H. F.
Owsley We're hostesses to a large party
on Saturday evening, the occasion being
hop and which proved most enjoyable.
A feature of the evenings pleasures
was the rendition of several solos by
Mrs. Furlow, whose voice shows careful
and successful cultivation.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-06-29
FINISHED
FLOOR

Kick it as hard as ever
you can; pound it with
a hammer; roll heavy
furniture over it flood
it with water the
KYANIZE Floor Finish
won't break off.
UnexcelIed for floors, stair
ways, doors, woodwork, fur
niture, piazza floors. Ac-
knowledged to be the most
durable floor finish on the
market.
Try it once !; youth see why
it's SO universally used. Your
money back if it doesn't meet
these claims.
Boston Varnish Company
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-06-29
From the Gulfport Herald.

A reporter of the Herald has been
invited to witness marriage on
Cat Island on July Z, the ceremony to
occur In a house built there exactly 100
wears ago, Who the contracting parties
are the writer is not permitted to say.
The house in which the ceremony is to
be performed is a four-room structure
and was built by Joan D. Cuevas in
1872, and fronts the sound. The outside
walls are of strips which are four inches
wide, and between this exterior and the
ceiling is a preparation of cement mix
ed with common moss.
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w. w. ST0CKSTILL.,
ATTORNEY -AT~LAW.

TEL. a BAY ST. LOUIS. Mss
win practicean S. the courts OF the State,
special attention given to collections, aud the
examination Of land titles.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-06-29

The championship game of billiards
was on. The contestants were keyed
up to the highest tension with only one
point to the good, silence reigned SUI
preme. when, as suddenly as 'sbolt
from the blue'', an excited man burst
thru the throng and yelled: "Say, if
Schaefer made a run, would Willie
Hopper
(aSolid Ivory!"
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-06-29

l, George r. Rea, cashier Of the Merchants
Bank of Bay St Louis, Miss. do hereby GER
tify that the foregoing is a true, full and exact
statement of the assets and liabilities of said
bank on the day and date named therein, with
out combination with the assets and liabilities
of any other bank or branch bank.
GEO. r. REA Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, justice
of the peace, In and for the county OF HANCOCK
j. A. BREATH, ]. P. 5th District.
Examined and found correct, so far as veri-
fcation of the foregoing footings is concerned.
This 27th day OF June, 1912.
D. l.. THOMPSON Auditor
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-06-29

The latest aspirant for "White
Hope" chance to heavy weight honors
ran afoul of his mother-in-la last week
and, according to the latest bulletin, he
is not strong enough to lick salt.
(Slap him again, ma!)
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-06-29
Constab ble's Sale.


BY virtue Of the above stated execution to me
directed by Darius l.. Combel, Justice of the
Peace Of the County OF Hancock. State OF Mis-
sissippi, will on August 9TH, 1912, at the Court
House, in the City of Bay st. Louis, within legal
hours, expose to sale at public outcry, to the
highest bidder for cash, all the rights, interest
and claim the defendant, Caroline Frazier, has
in and to certain piece or tract OF land, located
In the first ward of the Town of Wayeland,
County OF Hancock. State Of Mississippi, and
described as having a front of l79 feet by 4
depth of 209 feet between parallel lines fronting
the Louisville 6 Nashville Railroad Company's
right of way, and including small strip OF land
adjoining The above land al the southwest cor
ner thereof being 80 feet front by feet deep
and in the rear of the land sold TO c. Z. l3azlle
ct TX, by Caroline Frazier and used as an alley
all OF the above land being that lot Of land pur
chaaed av Ct ~0line FREEZER from Mts- j, Z.
Walker. as per deed Of record IN decd Book A-6,
pages 81 and SO. less that portion sold to O. f.
Bazie ct ux., as perdeed of record in deed book
C-1, pages 32S-329, OF the record OF deeds Of the
aforesaid County and Stat which has been
levied on as the property of the said defendant,
and will be sold to satisfy the Judgment therein
and all costs. ALBERT JONES,
Constable,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-06-29
TIE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.

TIE 6TATE OF MIasIs5IFFI'
To Gulf States Land and Improvement Com
You are commanded to appear before the
Chancery Court Of the County Of Hancock, IN
said State, on the fourth Monday of October, a.
d 1912, to defend the suit in said court or Leon
Iadner, this 18th day OF June, A. ID. 1917 where
in you are defendants.
I SELL a. A. hERGOSlEN, IleIk.
The evening world., 1912-06-26

vredenburgh, was also born here and
at the time the Revolutionary War be-
gan was q government surveyor ana
iater became colonel. Her uncle was
Gov. Enos r. Throop.
Mrs. William Cummings Story OF
ID. A. r. fame Is Mrs. Hopklns's cousin.
Her beautiful old home at No. 10 State
street 10 still standing and is now tho
home Of MY Lady Of the Rosary"
Twenty-three men or her family were
In the Colonial war and several m m
bers OF her family had the honor OF en-
Pertaining George washington. Some OF
her heiriooms are laced in the Jumcl
Mansion and she Is always an honored
guest there. Mrs. Hopkins has broad
outlook on life and mas perhaps Kept
abreast Of the times moro than any
other woman OF her age alive TODAY.
Her keen sense OF numor and apt wit
make hcr home doubiy attractive to
friends and visitors.
She II an honorary member OF the
Manhattan Chapter OF the ID. A. r..
and her opinions arc valued In that ana
other organizations Among her be't
friends she counts susan II. Anthony
and Elizabeth Candy stanton. Her ac-
counts OF Colonial days are most inter-
es''ng
The guests at her recent Iuncheoh IN
Guided Mrs. W. liam cummings story.
Miss Finch. Mrs. Finn Sandbcrg. Mrs.
r.. =. Sorelle. Mrs. and Miss Arrow
smith. Miss Beaver. Mrs. Kohler. Miss
Kccgan. Miss Montgomery. Mrs G. n.
Furness, Mrs. Ada BALDWIN. Miss Mary
shaw, Mrs. Alden Weed. Philadelphia:
Mrs James g. Hamilton. Miss Hamil-
ton, Buffalo; Mrs and Miss Southworth,
Batavia: Mrs. and Miss Chamberlain
Rutherford. n. j.: Mrs. Frederick BIZ
| thorpe. Orange: Mrs. William Van Vre-
dcnburgh. New Brignton Mrs. Geo-ge
| Van vretenburgh. Chicago; Mrs. J. w.
Rainc. Asbury Park. Mrs. Laura VI
| Thomas. Chicago; Mrs. Frederick
Fright, Philadelphia: Mrs. william Hay
den Noyes. Tenafiy. N. j.; Mrs. Alice
Cady. New Rochelle; Mrs. Charles
Tousey, Great Neck Mrs. Benj,inlr
Tousey. Florida: Mrs. Graham Steh Ing
Poughkeepsle. and Mrs. Leslie n. Win
ship, Brooklyn.
The evening world., 1912-06-26

should she be brought under the rule Of
grandmother's day?
why should any man or woman say
her nay? And right here the cry Of
sex equality must have n reason for
being. since no revolution ever came
about without q need. SO that II men
can't make laws to suit women, 1t 10
time for women to help them, and 1
surely believe in votes for women. In
fact. l was born that way. since I was
named after the wife OF Thomas Hurtel,
who was the FIRST man in the United
states. as member of the Legislature
at Albany. to advocate the rights OF
married women.
The days are past when womans
chief object In life was to learn new
| recipes for cooking and how to make
over dresses left by a kind ancestor
| No. q man to-day needs a companion
| to share the worlds work with him.
But the license rules OF marriage are
too lax. The laws OF eugenics. IL you
The evening world., 1912-06-26

OF course you wouldn't. Neither
would Mrs. Hopkins. whose ninsty-third
6arthday on June II. vas celebrated by
. luncheon given In her honor. and who
save her frst interview. in which she
oispiayed the memory OF . woman OF
forty, the up-to-minute ideas OF a wom-
an Of TWENTY-FIVE. and the progressive
ness Of q woman Of tomorrow.
Mrs. Hopkins has always enjoyed per-
feet health. eating anything she desires;
she reads without glasses. but admits
store" teeth don't ache. She attributes
her longevity to her one motto In life
Of not troubling trouble-and her sense
Of humor. And cannot but believe her
recipe Is the real secret OF Il all.
80 you want me to tell you why I
have lived so long?" she asked with .
humorous little smile. well. I have
thought It over many. many times. and
I diagnose my case as coming under
the symptoms Of don't worry While
the philosophy is all very beautiful Of
the old man who said, I am an old
man. 1 have known many troubles. bu:
the most OF them never happened /
WouIu CHhH6e tHdt u dHi al oiu
woman: would have known many
troubles. II had allowed them to
happen
but have seen more misery and
unnecessary suffering brought on by the
mania for worry. especially among
women (no other word but mania). than
care to think about Especially the
women of to-day worry about the most
humdrum trifies. which. In the summing
up Of all things, mean absolutely moth
Ing.
''They do not realize how much easier
things are for them than formerly. The
people who perpetually harp on those
good old days are sentimentalists. pure
and simple. II they had to 20 back "a
The evening world., 1912-06-26

want to build strongly for future gen.
eratlons. must be made laws OF the
State. That Is where the good old days
were much better along these lines than
to-day, for marriages were not made In
the same way.
Take my own. case I was not al
lowed to go to . theatre until l was
seventeen years Of age, and the treat
of my life was when I heard Jenny
Lind sing At Caste Garden. Parents
had more jurisdiction as to whom their
daughters should marry than they have
to-day. And to marry without
parents or guardians consent was con-
sidered q disgrace.
80 those who were not At TO marry
rarely did so, because marriage was
viewed a. Q weighticr problem than 1t
Is to-day.
SMALL FAMILIES ARE BETTER
THAN LARGE ONES.
"A child's worth could be really reck-
oned from the good old stock idea.
And at present the problem OF race
suicide 10 not nearly ~ important as
how best to regulate marriages so that
children may come into the world with
at least a fighting chance for respecta-
biiity.
women with big families are weighed
down with cares on account of the mode
of living and their struggle With the
high cost Of living. and the woman with
the small family. who can give attention
to the wee one. Ia the lucky one.
Girls we0 not given latchkeys Win
which they might enter their homes al
night. As a consequence OF all these
things there was much moro harmony
between husband and wife, since they
were reckoned with before rather thar
after taking the medicine.
Then there was more JOY In ths
family life. can speak for myself
and think. perhaps. my life has beer
made long thereby. We tried to MAKE
80 much fun at home that the children
did not want to leave for fear OF miss
ing something" (And her daughter
joyfully nodded approvalo
I, To-day most any ole can marry. an
girls expect more In marriage than the
ever did before. Ways OF living. dres
and all that goes with II are change
to q marked degree.
EVERY woman owes II to herself an
those about her to make herself as at
tractive as possible. The woman VIII
takes no pride in these matters lose
out yesterday. Tomorrow and always.
J "Yet must admit we go to extreme
in this matter Of dress. and modesty
not as poignant a factor as II was whe
I was a girl. The woman extremist Is
dangerous example to tho young cir
The tight skirt and extremely low nee
worn by many women are anything bu
modest. Woman can be beautiful wit
The evening world., 1912-06-26


them. their wall OF woe would resound
from one end Of the world to the other.
Contrary to the cynic. the world 10
getting better. OF course. there are many
things that are not good and should
be adjusted; yet. when you thinh
there are 30 man. hardships ut pres
ent eliminated through the advent Of
science and inventions. II 10 only those
who have not lived IN the past. As
have. who long for the days OF yore."
what would you adjust?" I asked.
"Of course. I can't adjust very many
thlnss." answered Mrs. Hopkins. with
that same little smile. for as yet won-
en- are more aSitators than 'adJusters
and were out Of men In our family
Evidently in our case women have beer
the survival OF tho nttest.'" she said
nodding at two OF her white-halret
daughters. who sat by.
AFTER long experience a. the mothe
OF five daughters. ! say. first. last ant
always. that woman's place Is wher'
she can do the most good. II her cal
,, 10 out In the open. side by side will
man in the realm OF business. VIII!
The evening world., 1912-06-26
HER GRANDFATHER WAS NEW
Works FIRST DOCTOR.

When you think the railroad from
Schenectady to Albany was a curiosity
and that the engine left you before you
got to Albany and you had to proceed
with horses. since II was considered
dangerous for an engine to enter the
city proper. and that now you can trav-
erse many miles anywhere with safety
and ease-no, the good old days are
nowi
Again. the splendid advantages OF
learningi I attended ono of tho few
boarding schools at Al bany and con-
sldered myself fortunate to have q
tcacher who was one OF Napoleon's gen.
erals, Count Henri Louis villars de
Condri Holstein.
You don't get any orders to-day like
my first ancestor in this country re-
ccived. II was this:
William Van vredenburgh, YOU are
hereby ordered. pursuant to tho procla-
nation. to demolish your house from
garrett to Cd lar. said house and lot lying
and being on part OF broadway, and TO
remove to the Company's Garden No. I,
for which removal you are allowed by
arbitrators the sum or q. 40, wampnn
value. which shall be handed and paid
you out of the extra duty which Is
ordered to be paid for that purpose
Dated Fort william Hcndrick. Oct. 10
1879
Tho order was issued because tho
fort was seriously encountered by house,
and could not be defended properly.
80 those who bcwa% the past hav,
not lived In It like have. We are now
living In the best age the world IA,
ever known"
Mrs. Hopkins was born In Auburn
n. Y. One OF her grandfathers on hei
| paternal side was Dr. Johlnnis lie Mon
| tagne. the first physician In New Yorl
City. settling hero In 1918 lie was To-
many years the only physician In town
| Another grandfather. william ]. Va:
The evening world., 1912-06-26
Ssntin,entalists Who Talk About EN- Never Ex.
perienced the Real Thing, or They'd "Can"
That" Good Old Day." Chatter, Mrs. Hop.
kins DecIares-And She Knovs
Whereof She Speaks, Too.
IN "Then There Times" You Didn't Haue Matches
and You Couldn't Buy Soap, and It Cost 6 Quar-
ter to Write to Your Cirl-But Nou, Every.
thing IL Lovely, Only Women Can'tVote.
BY Sophie Irene Loeb.

By Sophie Irene Loeb.
II attribute
WNTJ:
"A 4 lost
tAem."
Vsu entirely
I
-Xodesty Womons greatest In
neede
fvo0efe
"olubs for have
tsIer faculties than anything
I'VE Hrno the best the
getting better"
New
Reader.
You lighted rubbing
neigh
Made
It a
to
Paid a q
Watched
ne
And
n
Or iRhty had n burning
The evening world., 1912-06-26

sense Of modesty uppermost to guide
her.
And after an. a man. be ne Of
the old school or the new, when II
comes right down to choosing q wife,
does not forget these elements. For
they count In the long run. There were
many extreme styles In my early days.
such as hoop skirts, hut modesty was
the one thing strictly adhered to in the
matter Of dress.
The other day. when I went shopping
and noted several styles worn by youns
women, I could not help rejecting on
this very thing. The tendency to imi-
tate naturally causes extravagance.
\ oung women crave what they see and
lack the happy Characteristic OF risine
above situations that confront them.
They also lack appreciation OF the tire
mendous advantages OF to-day.
II can recall how II took many days
to get a letter. and II cost IL cents "a
send q letter from my early home In
Auburn. N. Y. to Albany. II was nd
unusual circumstance for a sweethesr,
TO pay postage on letters for a hundred
miles. at Is cents for every letter.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-08
NEBRASKA WESLEYAN NOTES.
Will Entertain Next Meeting Of
Methodist College Presidents.

Word has been received here that Harry
o. Palmer, a Wesleyan alumnus, has
been awarded a scholarship prize of $3.50
by Harvard university, where he is pur-
suing his studies in law. This is only
one Of the many honors he has won
since going east. lie is now one OF the
editors of the Harvard Law Review.
Chancellor Fulmer, who is attending
the meeting of the Association of Meth
odist College Presidents at Meadvine, Pa.
sent telegram Friday to the effect that
the next annual meeting OF the associa-
ton would be held at University Place,
with Wesleyan as host
The Orophillan girls entertained the
Phi Beta Sgmas at Leap Year party
in their hall Friday evening. The pro-
gram consisted of number of informal
games, followed by musical numbers rem
dered by the orchestra of the organiza-
| lions. Ices were served and the evening
was closed by grand march.
| Weldon T.. Grassland won first place in
the local oratorlcal contest held December
| 49, in a mastery production and with a
| strong presentation which elected much
favorable comment. Mr. Grassland is a
| brother of William A. Grassland, who
! won first in the state contest held at
| Hastings last year. Ellis FuImer was
| second, j. Arthur Debardeleben and Il. c.
Mitchell tied for third.
! The movement to establish a $500, 900
endowment for Wesleyan has been started
and Charles NJ. Strader, an alumnus and
now business man Of Lincoln, has been
I placed In charge. The school has an en-
dowment, OF $4,000, which was raised
several years ago, but the extra amount
is needed to place the institution on a
firm financial basis. Those I'm charge
feel confident that when the people of
the state become fully aware Of tho
greatness of the university and of the
need Of the permanent fund, the money
will be forthcoming. The open campaign
for subscriptions will be launched IN
April. A great deal Of preparatory work
will be done before this, however.
In the shipment OF apparatus recently
received by the department of physics
from foreign manufacturers is a collection
of radioactive substances. 4 These are
used for making photographs and per.
forming various ionzation experiments
Prof, and Mrs. Churchill are the parents
OF fine boy, born December %, 1911.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-08
FREMONT COLLEGE.
New Year Reception and Special
Opening Draw Crowds.

opening Draw Crowds.
President and Mrs. Clemmons and faculty
held reception on New Years day, for
the students, between the hours OF and
o'clock, The parlors were beautifully
decorated for the occasion and orchestras
We're sending our music from behind an
embankment Of ferns and palms; the
music varying from violin to mandolin
Assembling in the library, the students
were received in classes, fifty to a hun
dred entering at one time. The faculty
stood in line the entire time. After being
received the students were passed along
into the dining room, where refreshments
were served and then into the rotunda
from which place they dispersed for the
balance Of the day.
The special opening which Is advertised
in the catalogues for the first of January
took place ut the appointed time and what
with the reception which drew the student
body to the college building at the same
time, and the new ones coming in there
was a conRestod condition I'm and around
the building on New Year day Students
have been registering all Of the week and
special classes have been formed for their
accommodation.
II, c. Maynard addressed the Star
Literary society last Friday night. His
address was in the nature OF a
retrospection Of the school.
The classmates Of Miss Cora A.
Thompson will be glad to hear Of her
election TO the office Of superintendent OF
! Cheyenne county. She taught for som,
time In the South Omaha schools. resign.
| ing her position TO prove up on a home.
stead. During the time she was holding
down her claim she was principal OF the
Northport schools, making a twelve-mil,
ride on horseback every day. She now
has her land in her own right and is
filling the office OF superintendent. which
shows what a woman can do"
Clyde Brennan, who graduated from IN,
scientific class last August. has been mott
fled that his grade entities him 10 b,
| placed on the list Of those eligible &c
| appointment as surveyors assistant on
the government irrigation work at Nit,
| chell, Neb