davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-12
POWER BoATMEN MEET
AT CLINTON, IA

Clinton, It., Dec. 12-At a meeting
here today of the executive committee
Of the Mississippi Valley Power Boat
Association bids for the associations s
next annual regatta were received
from Kansas City, Peoria, Burlington
and Louisville. The regatta will be
held next July.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-12
G. o. p. CONGRESSIONAL
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

Washington, D. c., Dec. 1.-THE
Republican Congressional Campaign
committee today held its first meet
ing since the election. Reports on
the existing political conditions and
prospects were received from various
representatives who have been out in
their districts the past summer or fall
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-12
MANY WITH ESSES
HEARD FOR
DEFENSE
sILBo.HoBBs CHANGE OF VENUE
PROCEEDINGS CONTINUES
At vickseURG.
In opinion Of Most of Those Who Tes-
titled Today-State Closed Its Side
Of Hearing Thursday Evenins-Not
Believed Change viii be Granted.
(By Associated Press.)

Vicksburg, Dec. 12.-In the change
of venue proceedings in the Bilbo-
Hobbs case the defense put on thirty
witnesses, most of whom said they
believed an impartial trial is improb-
able here. The defense has more wit
nesses of the same character.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-12
BETWEEN FIRES,

Up to date the administration has
proved to be pretty good war dodger.
Hostilities between the Cabinet ladies
and the Congressmen's wives is the lat
est danger averted.-New York Press.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-12
STOCKHOLDERS RATIFY
ILL. CENT. BOND ISSUE.

Chicago, Dec. ia hundred and
twenty million dollar bond issue of
the Illinois Central for improvements
and extensions was ratified by the
stoekhOlderH
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-12
GERMANY WILL NOT
TAKE PART IN EXPO.
(By Associated PreSs.)

B Berlin, Dec. 12.-It was decid-
B ed to withdraw from the Reich
D stag the bill providing half a mil
D lion for the San Francisco exposi-
. tion. There was much objection,
. especially from state ministers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-12
q . . . . . . q = q . = = =
MASTERPIECE MONA LISA
RECOVERED AT FLORENCE.
(By Associated PreSS.)

= Florence, Italy, Dec. 12.-The 4
. masterpiece Mona Lisa, which
. mysteriously disappeared from
= Louvre two years ago. was found
= here. An Italian, who stole it,
. was arrested
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-12

Vera Cruz, Dec. 12.-Federal Gen.
eral Mas, in command here, says he
has a report that rebels attacking
Tampico had been repulsed. No news
was received from Admiral Fletcher
since yesterday afternoon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-12
REBELS REPULSED!,
ACCORDING TO
fEDERALS
GENERAL MAS At VERA CRUZ
CLAIMS TO HAVE ApvicEs
TO THAT EFFECT.
no word FROM FLETCHER
Rear Admiral Commanding American
Vessels at Tampico Has Not Been
Heard From Since Yesterday-Huer
to Not Worried by Danger to Port
no word FROM FLETCHER
(By Associated PreSs.)

(By Associated PreSs.)
Mexico City, Dec. 12.-Tampieo
remained in the hands of Fed
erals last night. As to the results
Of todays fighting nothing Is
known.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-12
D . . y <<<\> =
THE WEATHER.

. Mississippi-Fair tonight and .
= Saturday.
. Q . o . O . . = = o . = = q Z
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-12

Put those two words on your
Iist--for not only Is this Xmas
store butt might well be called
a handkerchief store. Assortments
were never better. Prices Sc up
to 500.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10

Is discouraging to wait three or four
weeks while the pair of boots one has
left to be resoled are forgotten in o
corner.
The minister walked up the dusty
lane, lifted the Pepper gate, swung il
back on its one hinge. and knocked
at the front door. No one coming in
answer to the knock. he tried again.
Then from somewhere in the rear Of
the house came the sound OF a human
voice.
"Hi!" it called family. Whoever
you be, don't bust that door down.
Come round here"
Ellery came along" as far as she
angle where the ell Joined the main
body of the house So far as he could
see every door and window was closed
and there were no signs of life. How
ever. he stepped to the door. a green.
painted affair Of boards. and ventured
another knock.
Don't start that poundin' again."
protested the voice. Come round to
t'other side where I be-"
So around went the Reverend John
smiling broadly. But even on "t'othei
side" there was no one to be seen.
And no door, for that matter. ~
"Why!' exclaimed the voice, "it
faint Mr.. Elleryi How dye do? Glad
to see you, Mr.. Ellery. Fine day. ain't
it? Here I be 81 this window"
CTO BE CONTINUED)
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10
AN INTERESTING FLAG.

The flag which led indirectly but
none the less certainly to the capture
of John Wilkes Booth is now one Of
the main objects of interest in the
treasury building. For many years
this famous flag occupied a place on
the wall of the northwest corridor of
the treasury and divided honors with
the money vaults as an object of popu-
lar interest 1t was for many years
about the first thing guides pointed
out to visitors. Then the flag was
loaned to Capt. o. Fl. Oldroyd and for
a long time had a prominent place in
the museum of Lincoln relics. Not
long ago it was reclaimed by the
treasury and hangs once more in that
grim and classic building.
1t was in the knotted fringe of this
old flag that one of Booths spurs
caught when he leaped from Lincoln's
box at Ford's theater on the night of
April IA. 1865, after having mortally
wounded the president and stabbed
Maj. Rathbone. Had not the. spur
caught Booths leg would in all prob
ability not have been fractured or in
jureG and his capture would perhaps
have been very much more 6ificult.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10
WOMEN RANK HIGH.
Bureau Report Tells Their Stand
ing in Educational Work.
In Some States They Appear to Have
Almost Monopoly of the Higher
Positions In the Public
School System.

Washington.-How women have ad-
ganced from the educational ranks to
the higher administrative positions in
the public schools is revealed in fig
ures just compiled by, the United
States bureau of education. Four
states-Colorado, Idaho, Washington
and Wyoming-have women at the
head of their state school systems,
and there are now 495 women county
superintendent In the United States.
nearly double the number of ten years
ago.
In some states women appear to
have almost monopoly of the higher
positions in the public school system.
Wyoming has a woman state superin-
tendent; the deputy state superintend-
ent is woman, and of the fourteen
counties in the state, all except one
are directed educationally by women
In Montana, where there are thirty
counties, only one man is reported as
holding the position of county super
intendent.
The increase in the number OF
women county superintendent is
most conspicuous in the west, but is
not confined to that section. New
York reports forty-two women dis
trict superintendents, as against
twelve school commissioners" in
1900 Other states showing marked
increases are: Iowa, from IL in
1900, to "A in 1912; Kansas, from rs
in 1900, to SO in 1872 Nebraska, from
10 to AZ in the same period; North
Dakota, from 10 to "a; Oklahoma.
to ID. In only two states is de-
crease reported; Tennessee had 9
in 1900 and only in 1912, and Utah
has one less than a decade ago
With the advancement of women
in the administrative branch of edu-
cation has come demand for women
on local school boards, and this de-
mand has been recognized in many
communities. The following cities of
100000 population or more report one
more women on the school board
New York, Chicago, Cleveland, San
Francisco Milwaukee, Washington.
Indianapolis, Rochester, st. Paul, Den
yer, Columbus, Worcester, Grand Rap
ids, Cambridge and Fall River. Many
smaller municipalities have adopted
the idea. In commenting on the facts
the head of the bureau of education
says:
The important place assigned to
women I'm American education has
become so usual as to excite little
comment in this country; yet Amer
lean conditions in this respect are
the reverse of those of most nations.
1t is probably safe to say that in no
other country in the world are there
as many women proportionally as in
the United States; in fact men teach
ers greatly outnumber the women. in
most European countries"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10
astern, spnm it wouldn't take it off
RI v0I1 fhid rpinufof'',

astern, spnm it wouldn't take it off
to you this minute!'"
The minister shut the door behind
his departing guests. Then he went
out into the kitchen, whittier the
housekeeper had preceded him. He
found her standing on the back step,
looking across the fields. The wash
bench was untenanted. -
Hunt" unused Ellery thoughtfully,
that was good story of Captain Ma
yo's. This man Hammond must be, a
fine chap. I should like to meet him."
Keziah still looked away over the
fields. She did not wish her employer
to see her face-just then. % FL
Il thought you would meet him"
she said. HE was here little while
ago and l asked him to wait. l guess
Zeb's yarn was too much for him; he
doesn't like to be praised"
80? Was he here? At the Regular
parsonage? I'm surprised"
He and I have known each other
for long while"
'Well, I'm sorry he's gone. I think
should like him."
Keziah turned from the door.
II know you would" she said.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10
ASCERTAlNlNG THE COST.

Efforts are being made by the
navy department to ascertain the cost
of building the two fuel ships author
ICED by the last naval appropriation
act. The cost not to exceed $1,140,0
each, that they shall be built at
navy yards, and that one of them
shall be built at a navy yard on the
Pacific coast, leaving it discretionary
with the navy department at what
yard the other shall be constructed.
With a view to ascertaining the
cost of construction at the different
navy yards tentative plans have been
sent out. The estimate from the
New York navy yard is greater than
that from the Mare Island navy yard,
California. and the navy department
may decide to build both at the latter
yard. However, as the estimates
we're not based on sufficiently devel-
oped designs, it is expected that the
supplemental bids will result in a de-
cision to build one Of the vessels at
New York and the other at Mare Isl
and. The vessels will be tank ships.
in view of the increasing use of oil
fuel in ships of war.
The collier Jupiter, authorized in
1908, and in which is being installed
for experimental purposes a system of
electric-drive propelling machinery. is
under construction at Mare Island,
and is little over 81 per cent. COM
pleted This yard also has just CON-
menced the construction of two gun
boats. the Monocacy and Palos. de-
signed for use in Chinese rivers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10
CHAPTER vi.
In Which Captain Nat Picks Up a
DereIict

In Which Captain Nat Picks Up a
DereIict.
1t is probable that John Ellery new
er fully realized the debt Of gratitude
he owed to the fog and the squall and
to Captain Nat Hammond Trumet, al
ways hungry for sensation, would
have thoroughly enjoyed arguing and
quarreling over the minister's visit to
the Come-Outer meeting, and, during
the fracas, Keziah's parson might have
been more or less battered. But Cap
tain Mats brilliant plotting of the old
packet was bit of seamanship which
every man and woman on that foam
bordered stretch of sand could under
stand and appreciate, and the minis
ters indiscretion was all but forgotten
in consequence. The Daily Adyertis-
ers" gloated over it, of course, and
Captain Elkanah brought it up at the
meeting of the parish committee, but
there Captain Zeb Mayo championed
the young mans course and pro-
claimed that, fur's he was concerned,
he was for Mr.. Ellery more'n ever. "A
young greenhorn with the spunk to
cruise singlehanded right into the mid
die of the Come Outer school and give
an old bull whale like Eben the gaff
Is the man for my money" declared
Zebedee. Most of his fellow-commit-
tee agreed with him. mot guilty, but
don't do it again. was the general
verdict.
Keziah watched anxiously for hint
concerning her parsons walk in the
rain with Grace, but she heard moth
ing, so congratulated herself that the
secret had been kept. The tide at Tru-
met, on the bay side, goes out for
long way, leaving uncovered mile
and half of flats, bare and sandy, or
carpeted with sea weed. Between these
flats are the channels, varying at low
water from two to four feet in depth,
but deepening rapidly as the tide flows.
The best time to visit the flats-tide
serving, of course--is the early morn
ing at sunrise. Then there is an inspi-
ration in the wide expanse, a snap and
tang and Joy in the air. Ellery had
made up his mind to take a before
breakfast tramp to the outer bar and
SO arose at five, tucked borrowed
pair of fisherman's boots beneath his
arm, and. without saying anything to
his housekeeper. walked down the
lawn behind the parsonage, climbed
the rail fence, and "cut across lots" to
the pine grove on the bluff. There he
removed his shoes, put on the boots,
wallowed through the mealy yellow
sand forming the slope of the bluff,
and came out on the white beach and
the inner edge of the flats. Then he
splashed on, bound out to where the
fish weirs stood, like webby fences. in
the distance.
A cart. drawn by a plodding horse
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10
PREDICTS BIG BATTLEsHIPs.

1t is predicted by Richard H. Rob
inson, the naval constructor. who de-
signed the new battleship Pennsyl-
vania, that the battleships built ten
FEARS from now will have such a draft
and such a length as to prohibit their
entering any American port save that
of New York. and but few of any 9TH
er country, Warships ten years hence,
Sc says, will be SO large that they will
be barely able to squeeze through the
locks of the Panama canal; that is.
they will be little less than 1000
feet long, about LOG feet beam, have
draft of about SO feet and displace.
ment of approximately $4,000 tons.
New York harbor is the only harbor
in the United States that would admit
a ship of these great dimensions.
There is not drydock, not a coaling
station. nor yard to care for a ship
of this size. 1t means that harbors
not only will have to be deepened and
further dredged. but that naval sta
tons will have to be increased in
size.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10
Why We Are Right-Handed.

One of the professors at a we'll.
known agricultural college has figured
it out that il you are left-handed it is
sign that your ancestors were not
good fighters.
Most persons are right-handed,"
says he. "Only one in every twenty
is left-handed Why are people right.
handed? They may have been born
that way, it is true: but why?
Away back in the beginning tho
chjsf occupation OF man was fighting.
In battle he carried shield in one
hand and a weapon in the other. 1t
was not much work to carry the shield,
but the quick action required by the
hand and arm which did the fighting
soon developed that arm. 1t also de-
veloped the nerves and the half of the
brain that governed the right side Of
the body. Those who shielded their
left side-thus protecting the heart
were the ones who usually came oat
victorious. Down through the ages
this selection continued. the right
hand gradually becoming more prof.
Gent"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10
"TAMBo" IN CONGRESS.

One of the greatest pieces of min
strel mimicry ever seen or heard
comes annually from Representative
Heffin of Alabama, who is known as
the typical southern orator of the ma
tional legislature.
Toward the end of the sessions,
when the house and senate are sit
ting up nights to get rid of business
and to wait for presidential signatures
to important bills, the house demands
that Mr.. Heffin give his camp meeting
sermon.
1t lasts for three-quarters of an hour
and never fails to convulse the mem
bers as we'll as the watchers In the
galleries. 1t never appears In the con-
gressional Record, although once the
stenographers took half of it down
before motion was presented to dis
pense with the services of those hard
working men for the occasion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10
NEW SOCIAL SET.

Washingtons social season this year
promises to be particularly interesting
Though the inaugural ball was aban.
doned at the suggestion of Governor
Wilson, there will be plenty of social
functions later.
Future social affairs are uncon-
sciously shaping themselves to the
philanthropic and artistic tendencies
of the Misses Wilson, and from all
over the country are coming whom
connected with official life who will
add much to the interest of parties,
balls and receptions. Society is pre-
pairing to set up new intellectual
standard in its tea-drinking and friVo-
lities.
Miss Elsie Hill. daughter of Repre-
sentative Hill, of Connecticut, is one
OF the young women now in Washing
ton who will be more or less promi-
nent in the life of the coming season.
Another attractive young woman in
Washington society is Miss Lillian
Gronna, daughter of Senator and Mrs.
A. j. Gronna, of North Dakota, whose
engagement has just been announced
to DR.. Oscar N. Begtrup, of that state.
The wedding will take place in Wash
ington.
Mrs. William p. Jackson, wife OF the
new senator from Maryland, will en-
terrain extensively they having leased
a handsome residence in the city.
One of the most charming and popu-
lar hostesses will be Mrs. Edwin S.
Underhill, wife of the new congress
man from New York She has a wide
circle of acquaintances and is wom-
an of attractive personality.
Miss Dorothy Shuey, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Shuey, of Washing
ton, d. c., is one of the buds" of the
season. She has been educated abroad
and has just returned after spending
nine years in schools in Switzerland
and France. She is very talented and
an accomplished musician and linguist.
An interesting girl of the southern
colony in Washington is Miss Shirley
Curry, who is spending the season in
Washington with her grandfather,
Senator Bacon, of Georgia. This is
her first season at the national capital,
and she is already great faVorits
among the younger set.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10
The Hat Question In 1890.

The Handel festival was originally
given in Westminster Abbey, and the
official notice of 1890 announced that
mo ladies will be admitted with hats,
and they are particularly requested to
come without feathers and very small
hoops, if any" AS ecclesiastical law
demands that female worshippers shall
cover their heads in church, tsiis regu-
lation was curiously anomalous. A
suggestion in regard to ladies' head
gear was also made by Sir Frederic
Cowen in 1906, when he gave it as his
opinion that the ladies might discover
in their wardrobe some extremely
fascinating fiat hats" which would
not obstruct the view. The ''fascinat-
ing fat hats" were, however, chiefly
conspicuous by their absence, owing
presumably eve write subject to fem
inine correction) to the fact that the
fat hat was not among the fashions
Of that year-LondoA Globe
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10
that-s friend Of mine. and when S

tnats a friend Of mine, and when snt
guarantees man to be A. b., III snip
MIN without any more questions.
Breakfast had waited nearly an hour
when the minister reached home. he'
zlah, also. was waiting and evldently
much relieved at his safe arrival.
Sakes alive!" she exclaimed, as sne
met him at the back door. where IN
the world have you been, Mr. Ellery!
Soakin' wet again, tool"
He told briefly the story of his morn
ing's adventure. The housekeeper u.s.
tened with growing excitement.
Heavens to Betsy" she interrupt
ed. WAS the channel you planned to
swim the one at the end of the nat oy
the longest weir leader?"
YES"
my soul! there's been two men
drowned in that very place at half
tide And they were good swimmers.
After this I shan't dare let you out OF
my sight"
$50? Was 1t az risky as that? Why,
Captain Hammond didn't tell me so.
must owe him more even than ]
thought"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10
SYNOPSIS.

Mrs. Keziah Coffin, supposed widow. Is
arranging to move from Trumet to Bos-
ton, following the death of her brother.
fcr whom she had kept house. Ryan
Pepper. yidower. offers ma 11,le ana a IS
seIs leader OF the Regular church offers
Keziah a place as housekeeper for the
new minister. and she decides to remain
In Trumet. Keziah takes charge OF Rev.
John Ellery, the new minister, and gives
him advice as to his conduct toward
members of the parish Ellery causes
sensation by attending "Come-outer'
meeting. ElIery's presence Is bitterly re-
scented by Eben Hammond, leader of the
meeting. Grace apologies for her
guardian and Ellery escorts her home In
the rain. Capt. Nat Hammond. Eben's
son, becomes a hero by. bringing the
packet into port safely through. fog ana
storm. Ellery finds Keziah writing a let
ter to some one, inclosing money in re-
Spouse to a demand. She curlously
startled when informed of the arrival or
Nat. Nat calls on Keziah. and 1t devel-
ops that they have been lovers , since
youth Daniels demonstrates with Eliery
for attending "Come-outer meeting.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10

and with single individual on it's
high seat. was moving out from be-
hind the breakwater Some fisherman
driving out his weir, probably. The
minister had been on the bar a con-
siderable time before he began to
think OF returning to the shore. He
was hungry. but was enjoying himself
too well to mind. The flats were all
his that morning. Only the cart and
it's driver were in sight and they were
half mile OFF. He looked at his watch,
sighed, and reluctantly started to walk
toward the town; he mustn't keep Mrs.
Collins breakfast waiting too long.
The first channel he came to was
considerably deeper than when he
forded it on the way out. He noticed
this, but only vaguely. The next, how
ever, was SO deep that the water
splashed in at the top of one of his
boots He did notice that. because
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10
pIsntaoenet,s Iona Pedigree.


The longest authentic pedigree on
record was probably that of the late
Gen. PIantagenet Harrison, which Is
inserted in his History Of Yorkshire"
It begins with Odin, King Of Asgardia,
76 B. c., and among the generals an
cestors are numbered the Emperors
Claudius, Diocletian and Maximilianus,
Gonderguslus, King Of the Vandals,
our own Edward III and many lesser
known monarchs.
General Harrison. who died only a
few years ago, always claimed to be
O legitimate prince of the blood royal
OF England and Scandinavia. He was
known among his friends as the Last
of the Plantagenets," a title which
fitted him we'll as he stood feet 4
inches in his socks and looked every
inch king.-London Chronicle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-04-10
CHAPTER VII.
In Which the Parson and Mr.. Pepper
Declare Their Independence.

Declare Their independence.
That afternoon, when dinner was
over, the Reverend John decided to
make a few duty calls. The first OF
these he determined should be on the
Peppers.
The Pepper house was situated just
off the main road on the lane leading
over the dunes to the ocean and the
light. 1t was a small building, it's
white paint dingy and storm beaten.
and It's little fenced-in front yard dot
ted thickly with clumps of silver-leaf
saplings. A sign, nailed crookedly on
a post, informed those seeking such In
formation that within was to be found
"Abishai G. w. Pepper, Tax Collector,
Assessor, Boots and Shoes Repaired"
And beneath this was fastened shin
gle with the chalked notice. Salt Hay
for Sale"
The boot and shoe portion OF thu
first sign was relic OF other days.
Ryan had been a cobbler once, but II