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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
SITUATION COMPLICATED
Sudden Death Of Official a Surprise
to Country.

Western Newspaper Union News service.
New Io-k.-Mayor W. j. Gaynor
died on the steamer Baltic in mid
ocean last week.
News of Mayor Gaynor's death was
received here in a message sent by
wireless and cable 10 Robert Adamson,
his secretary, by Rufus w. Gaynor,
his son, who sailed with him.
Mayor Gaynor sailed away from New
York a fast failing man on the morn
ing of September 4. An hour before
he sailed but one man, his secretary,
knew of his plans outside of members
OF his immediate family. The mayors
announced purpose was brief vaca-
tion on the ocean. He felt that the
tonic effect of the salt air would re-
store him IN some measure to health
Mayor Gaynor left New York at
time when the city was seething in
one of the strangest municipal politi.
cal campaigns in it's history. The day
before his departure he was notified
on the city hall steps by representa-
tives of Independent political organi-
cations that they had chosen him as
their standard bearer in the mayorality
campaign. throng that crowded City
Hall Park assembled to hear him ac-
cept.
He had prepared a speech of accep-
tance, but was so weak that he was
unable to deliver it, and his secretary
read it for him, the mayor standing
beside him.
Before the mayor sailed his secre-
tary issued a statement denying re-
ports of the mayors serious illness.
The recent attack of old throat
trouble due to the wounds inflicted on
him on August Q, 1910, by James J.
Gallagher, just as he was about to
leave this city for brief vacation in
Europe, had entirely disappeared. ac-
cording to Mr.. Adamson. and the may
or expected to return and enter the
campaign with his old-time vigor.
Mayor Gaynor's sudden death COM
pletely overturns the municipal poll.
field a candidate for mayor who was
expected to cut heavily into the vote
of the fusion nominee, John Purroy
Mitchell, and leaves only the tickets
nominated by the Democrats and the
fusionists. The former is headed by
Edward f. Mccall, former chairman of
the public service commission of this
district.
The English paid the dead American
official a great honor when the body
arrived in Liverpool. The body lay
in state in the town hall with guard
or honor
Mayor Gaynor's funeral will take
place in Old Trinity church in Lower
Broadway at ! a. m, Monday, Sep
tember p, With Bishop Greer OF the
New York diocese OF the Protestant
Episcopal hurch officiating. His body
will be inferred in Greenwood ceme-
terry in Brooklyn.
On the arrival probably Of the steam
ship Lusitania. the mayors body will
be taken direct from the steamer to
the Gaynor home in Brooklyn, there
TO remain until It is removed to the
city hall in Manhattan to Se In state
until the hour of the funeral.
Mayor Gaynor's successor is Adolph
A. Kline. The new mayor, a Republican,
who will serve until successor, to be
chosen at the coming November elec-
ton, is inaugurated on January I. in
tends, he has announced, to carry out
the policies OF the Gaynor administra-
ton, insofar as I know them" and to
make no changes in appointiye Off
cials.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
yt-oIsb IaNIre nuhois u,bo o,r,o

Welsh, La.-Mrs. Dubois, who came
from New iberia on an excursion train
To visit her cousin, Pierre Hebert,
while standing on the coach steps to
alight was thrown under the coach
wheels, crushing her leg above the
ankle so badly that amputation was
found necessary. DR.. w. l.. Stewart
administered immediate attention and
accompanied her TO a sanatarium in
Lake Charles, where the member was
amputated. Mrs. Dubois, who is 50
years of age, was thrown when the
trains gave
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Boy Bound to Farmer.

Shreveport.-Recorded on the mort
gage book of Caddo parish appears al
instrument by the provisions of which
Richard Marisden, l3 years old, with
tie consent of his father, Floyd Maris-
den, of Bossier parish, binds himself
as an apprentice farmer to A. r. Lee,
Rossierite, from this date until he ar.
rives at the age of q years.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Coed Roads Bill Introduced.

Washington.-A bill to appropriate
S25 100000 for the construction of
roads in conjunction with the states
and under the direction of a National
Bureau of Public Highways. was in
troduced in the Senate by Senators
Thornton and Bankhead. The bill pro.
poses that ihe states provide an equal
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
CHARGED With Deserving Mails.

Shreveport.-C. f. Brown, aged Is
years, and said to be prominently con-
nected, who was arrested by United
States Marshal Ben IngroUf at Law.
hon, was taken before Federal Com.
missioner Slattery charged with de.
serting the mails, and made bond. He
is alleged, according to the marshal
to have received the mail while rail
road operator at Mansura, and left i;
at the station without dilivery to the
postmaster.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Will Gravel Roads.

Donladsonville.-A Engineer
W. II. Richardson, of the State Board
OF Engineers, has arrived here TO make
a survey OF the road extending from
the Iberville TO the st. James line, on
the west bank Of the river, and from
Donladsonville to the Assumption
line, on both siles OF Bayou Lafourche
After his survey specifications will
be drafted for the graveling of these
highways.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20

Shreveport-Thec charter of the Her
aid Publishing Company, capitalized
al $4,000, was filed here. Officers are:
George y. McPhee, president; J. p.
Olivarri, vice president; Charles w
Barrell, secretary treasurer and gen.
eral manager The directors are
largely prominent union labor leaders
The company is authorized to publish
newspaper
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
To Build Fireproof Reformatory.

ShrevepOrt-TEe Police Jury decid-
juvenile reformatory for Caddo par
ish, owing 10 the danger of the boys
burning it. The finance committee was
authorized 10 act upon proposition
to erect a fireproof building, to be To-
Gated at the parish farm.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Place 290 Rolls.

Baton Rouge. The State Pension
Board. which completed its session
last week. placed 30 Confederate sol
diers on the pension hollis and struck
from the rolls the names of 81 sol
diers who had died during the past
quarter. Four were taken off. as they
had entered the soldiers Home. The
Pension Board now has about 200
soldiers on its rolls.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Acadia Parish fleeds Teachers.

Crowley. The Parish School Board
met last week, DR.. Cunningham presid-
ing. 1t appears that out of the thirty
who took the examination for teachers
certificates only two passed. This
places the local school superintend,
ent in an embarrassing position, as the
schools are about to be opened, and a
lot of vacancies are to be filled with
certified teachers.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Washington.-The supply and distri

Washington.-The supply and distri
button of cotton in the United States
for the year ending August 81, 1913
was announced by the Census Bureau
as follows: Total supply, 16,156.221
bales, compared with 17,S96,226 last
year. The supply. was made up of:
Stocks held at the beginning of the
year, 1,776,SS5 pales, compared with
1,375,o3l bales last year; ginnings, a..
l53,934 bales, compared with l6,06S,9S?
bales last year, and net imports. 225..
4O2 bales, compared with 229,26s last
wear.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Authorize SURVEY.

ShrevepOrt.-The Chamner of Com
merce has been advised that the Unit
ed States Geological Department has
authorized f.. F. Burchard. expert, TO
make survey next year OF east Texas
and northern Louisiana relative to iron
ore deposits. The discovery of vast
ore-bearing acreage in east Texas
has recently caused The belief thai
this section contains similar deposits.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
To Raise Funds for Train.

sonville.-George L. Rock
well, who has been directing the cam
paign to raise. a fund of $4,000 for the
Donaldsonville Chamber of Commerce.
has departed for New Orleans to take
charge of the work of securing $4,000
to finance the proposed trip OF the
Louisiana demonstration train.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Visitors Investioatino Crops.

New Roads.-Fifteen United Sta es
farm demonstration agents for Geo. il
visited this section last week to n
vestigate the cotton crops. The pa :
visited the crop on the island of -
river. They say that condition 2rr
very favorable in this larish to perml
of the cultivation of cotton.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20

ment Vac ecIvpied chiefly with sight
seeing tours to hls,Ji!c Hattlefields in
this vicinity. A driZZling rain, which
lasted until nightfall, did not deter
of veterans from making pill
grimages to Lookout Mountain, Chicka-
mauga Park and Missionary Ridge.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Nerrnilion leads LIST.

Baton ROage-Nermilion leads the
list of the largest registration under
the grandfather clause. Its report.
made TO the secretary of state. shows
a total registration Of .i0% Assump-
rion reports -. ST Bernard 30. lber-
vile lS>. Ouachita Is and Lincoln >.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20

Fort Smith.-A. ]. Glenn accideu-
tally shot and killed his 70-year-old
father, ]. 3. Glenn. on Main street al
Idabell, Okla, while placing a rifle
in his wagon. The family was NOV.
ing from Warrenburg, La, to Tex
as, overland. The trigger of the gun
struck a spring of the wagon.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. early in
the regular winter session of the bill
to authorize the president to construct
a government railroad in Alaska was
assured when the Senate made the
measure its unfinished business on
and after December s.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Immiora,ion Meet at shreyeport

Shreveport.-Returning from Texar-
kama, where he attended a meeting
of the organization, w. A. Jones re-
ported that the Southwestern Immi-
grafton Association selected Shreve-
port as the place for holding its con-
vention next year.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Commerce Chamber Wants $500.

Lake Cblrles.-Six thousand, five
hundred dollars is the amount the fl
nance committee of the Chamber OF
Commerce will ask the people of Lake
Charles to raise for the support of that
institution. This amount was agreed
upon at a meeting of the committee.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20

Washington.-The sixty-sixth con-
vention Of he grand council OF the
Improved Order of Red Men adjourned
after selecting Portland, Me-, az the
next meeting place.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
G. A, r, Meetinu.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-The formal
opening of the Grand Army of the Re-
public's forty-seventh annual encamp.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-09-20
Named White Castle Postmaster.

Washington.-Louis Herbert was
nominated postmaster at White Castle,
Louisiana.
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
ABINGDON
rspecialto The Times pIsp,tct


abingdon, Va. April Prev. j. l. Nc
MILAN pastor OF the Presbyterian Church.
is visitor In Norton this week. where he
made an address before the women's Mis-
sionary Union. which is In session at that
place
Mrs. Lou Hankia. Of Rural Retreat, ha.
been the guest OF Mrs. $. H. Carson for
several days this week.
MrF s. ~ Carson and Mrs. NJ. T.. David
son delegates from the Stephenson Mis-
sionary Society are attending the Mission
AIRY Union at Norton this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Giderseeve, OF Da-
nascus. are guests ut the home OF Mr.
Giidcrslevc's father this week
Miss Eliza Cosby has returned from a
trip 10 Bristol and brought with her her
friend, Miss Scotia Brown.
I. =. Trigg left Monday for Petersburg
ard Richmond
Daughters OF tho Confederacy offered
prize of $40 to the students OF Martha
Washington College. Stonewsii Jackson In
stitute. AMI the Abingdon High School. TO
the best set OF answers to certain num-
her OF questions prepared by them. The
papers were numbered with no names. and
sent away from here to be Judged by com
petent parties. The award OF the prizes
was made Wednesday morning By Mrs.
! Pottes. the president of the local chapter.
Miss May Brown the successful con-
| testant at Martha Washington College. and
Miss Christine Curry OF Stonewali jack
| for an excellent paper. Miss Mary Davis
| carries of the honor at the Abingdon High
School. with Miss Grace Ketchum receiving
honorable mention,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
MALVERN HILL
Especial to The Times Dispatch. ]

IL
Malvern Hill. Va, April lo-Confrna-
ton services were held on Saturday last AZ
Mapisco Episcopal Church. Bishop Gibson
officiating. Services were held at West
over Church Sunday morning. and at Grace
Episcopal chapel that afternoon. when
bishop Gibson had large confirmation
class. Those in the class were Mrs j. ~
Gill. Mrs. S. A. Clark. Misses Claiborne
Carter. Jean Stevenson Clark. Emma GIN
Beverley Garter and Lewis Hogan While
IN the county Bishop Gibson was the guest
Of Rev Joseph Baker at the rectory: Mrs
W Douthat at Weyanoke. and Judge
and Mrs Tyler. at Sherwood Forest
The "Lend-a Hand" Circle OF Kings
Daughters held quilting party at its hall
ent were Mechanics !. NJ. Gill. n. s Saund-
ers' T. Bell. S A Clark. ". NJ Woods
ana ans. annie Raih!ne, sue Brown, Rdda
Carter Jean Clark, Emma Gill, Bessie
johnson. claiborne Carter. Betty and Mar
tho society MAD been attended TO the mem
heTs enJoyed basket picnic on the lawn.
stock Farm is the guest OF his parents In
Richmond
Miss Alice Royal OF Dorghums. has re-
friends In Richmond
J. T. Hubbard. a we'll known farmer OF
week
Mr and Mira william c wilcox re-
| turned to their home, Bel Air" Friday
having gone TO Richmond Monday. where
| Nr. WILCOX underwent treatment at Me-
mortal Hospital
! Mics agnes Douthat OF weyanoke. and
Mrs William r Hewitt, or North Bend
| spent Thursday OF this week in Richmond.
William r Pointer has returned home
William Hogan. Of "Dorghums." spent
this week at city Point, Va
eS made am an au ean 'r Tp To-
! ms farm Kiverview." this week.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
BUCKINGHAM
Ispecial 10 The Tlmes p,spatch. :

Especial to The Times Dispatch.J
Buckingham. Va. April 12.-Mrs. A. q.
Hall spent several days visiting friendo and
relatives In Richmond the past week.
Mayo C, Richardson has been quito III at
his home In this county, but Is considered
better when last heard from.
u. f.. Davidson has come home from
Richmond. much relieved by an operation
he had performed while there
Mrs s. b: Bondurant has resumed her
work I'm the Buckingham High School, az
ter absence OF about ten days.
a. J. Terrell. who represented Bucking-
ham and Cumberland In the last Legislature
does not expect to have an opponent in the
primary soon to be held.
Judge HundIey is expected here TO hold
term Of the Circuit Court on May Is.
Price Grant, OF Nelson County. was a
recent visitor 10 relative. In the county
DR. Charles McCulloch was a visitor In
Richmond the past week.
Mrs F. II. McCulloch. OF HoWardsvilie
has spent the winter In the South. a part
OF tho time on Bermuda Islands
Judge John r. Moss and f. W. Hubbard
n; on a business trip to Farmvillo the
LAST week.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
FOREIGN MISSION
DEBT L|QU|DATED
Splendid Accomplishment An.
nounced by Southern Presby-
terian Church.
by MAMIE BAYS.

II has been several years. in all prob
ability, since a single announcement
has been Issued by any one denomina-
ton of the church that has been the
occasion OF more interest and of more
genuine joy than the announcement
which has just been issued by the exc
cutivc committee OF foreign missions
of the Southern Presbyterian Church
that the foreign mission debt of this
church has been paid. This debt had
been In existence for the past eight
years. and ii has grown until 1t
amounted to S102.s90, these being the
figures presented to the General AS
sembly OF 1912. The work of minis
ters. laymen of women OF Southern
PresbyterianHm in the liquidation of
the debt EaSs been characterized byear-
nestness of purpose. liberality in CIV
ing and even sacrifice in many OF the
contributions made.
When the total receipts for this year
from the Southern Presbyterian Church
are presented to the General Assem-
bly, Of 1913, 1t Will be shown that the
amount contributed for foreign mis-
sions will be not less than S632,000.
and it will be shown that 100000 OF
this amount was contributed during
the month of March OF this year. a
large part of this money has been
contributed in small amounts, through
the channels OF tho talent money
plan" and the "self-denial envelopes
and the list OF contributors shows that
many thousands of people who never
before were known to give OF their
means to the cause Of foreign missions
and who never before were known to
show interest In this department OF
the church, have been active workers
in this cause during the past several
months and have contributed literally
to it. The amount which this church
contributed to foreign missions last
! year was $504.000, and that was b.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
PlNEHURST
Special to The Times Dispatch

Especial to The Times Dispatch
Pinehurst. " c.. April Most crafty
ing 1t is TO find the closing weeks OF the
season addin. to the rapidly increasing list
Of cottage owners significant Of new
line of development In this village. which
has made the sand hills famous
The latest addition is the purchase OF
attractive Of the winter homes here. by
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hunter. of Noroton
Heights, Conn. MIR. Hunter as "A socialis,
leader and writer occupies "a prominence
which Is nation wide, and "a golfer he
has contributed his part In maintaining Pine
bursts pre-cminence in the world Of sports.
an annual visitor for many years. Mrs.
Hunter is daughter of Arson Phelps
stokes. and her sister is the Baroness
Halkett
Mr ana Mrs George j. Jerks of De
troit have bought tho Orange cottage
Mr.. Jerks the founder of Harbor
Beach an exclusive Michigan summer re-
sort overlooking Lake Huron, maintained
on much the Same plan as Pinehurst with
is cottage colony casino. country club.
golf course. tennis courts and various other
SIM third purchase is made by MIR
ana Mrs Henry : Houston, OF iolyokc
at the Arbu,us They have secured a Io,
oi land close to the village chapel upon
which they will build an attractive win
ter home, Including garage, coming down
early in the fall. to superin,end construc-
lion
fourth transfer was announced late
/ in the week. the sale of the Maple cot
i , to Mr.; and Mrs l.. y Pierce. OF
annual visitor FOR many years. and it is
here that he met Mrs. Pierce
socially affairs al the week have been
I largely informal, the closing OF the Hotel
Carolina on Thursday marking the begin
nnE OF the end OF remarkable season.
For the accommodation Of those who dc
sire To remain late the Holly Inn. the Mag
nolia and Lexington, tho smaller boarding
houses. remain open; the last two until
May
Among the dinners Of the week were birth
day anniversaries rendered to Edgar i
Williams. of Brooklyn by MIR and Mrs
c. NJ. Reynolds and j. H. Heatherton OF his
homo city, with Mr.. and Mrs J. l.. Taylor.
of Boston. the guests,
Mrs r. y. Ives. of Cheshire. Conn. was
also remembered with similar spread the
guests including a l.. Allen. of New York
n r. Woodruff and Miss Helen Woodruff
of Nj Carmel, and DR. Richard Taylor, OF
Cincinnati
For the coming week the annual mid
April golf tournament Is scheduled. and for
the week following the annual United
states Revolver Association State cham
pionship pistol tournament.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
ARLINGTON
Tspeclal TO The Times Dispatcb I

Arlington, Va. April l?-Miss Ethel
Tompkins spent several days this week
with her sister. Mrs. w. a. Burgess. a,
Reusens.
Mr. and Mrs. f. T. Price. who have been
spending the winter here. left to-day FOR
BrookneaL
Miss Lucy and william Arlington were
in Charlottesville Monday.
Mrs w. T. Snyder. Mrs. John T. Fitz-
patrick ana Miss Joe Ponton spent Thurs
day In Lynchburg.
Mrs. Ransom. after short visit to her
sister. Mrs. j. II. Brown returned to her
home at Staunton. Wednesday,
Mrs. James Foster spent Tuesday In
Lynchburg With her sisters. Mrs. Henson
and Mrs. Wright
J.. T. Fitzpatrick is in Charlottesville on
q short trip.
Miss Lucinda Rothweli, of Oak Ridge spent
! pie at Red HILL
Miss Mamie Bowling Is spending the
week with friends in Lynchburg.
The entertainment given foi the benefit
OF the Colleen School on Friday n big
success.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
Splendid Accomplishment.

The efforts of Rev. Egbert w. Smith,
d. D.. secretary of the executive com
mittee of foreign missions and the ef-
forts OF other members Of the commit
tee have been untirinE in the interest
OF the liquidation OF this debt, and to
these efforts much OF the credit for
the splendid accomplishment Is due
Other forces that have been of great
value I'm this work are the Laymen's
Missionary Movement and the assem-
bly's campaign committee of evengel-
ism and stewardship These two forces
have given to the membership of the
church. especially during the past few
months, systematic missionary educa-
ton that is of inestimable value and
that could not fail TO result in the
quickening of the missionary spirit of
individuals of the church and this
turn, could not fall to result in active
work and liberal giving for the cause
of evangc!ization in foreign lands as
we'll as in the home fields of the
church.
The last appeal that was made to
the church in the interest of the pay
| mcnt of the missionary debt was in
connection with tile celebration of the
centennial OF the birth of David I.iv
| ingston, which was observed so large
| ~ throughout the territory OF the
church, and that the climax OF that
celebration should be the payment OF
| the debt is significant. not only to
tho church at home, but to the extern
| sion OF the foreign mission enterprise
| as we'll
| When Livingstone came to the end OF
his work of discovery In Africa. he ex-
| claimed: THE end of the geographical
| feat is only the beginning OF the mis-
sionary enterprise; and 1t is not to
| he dOuhtnd that at this time hundreds
and thousands of members in the
Southern Presbyterian Church to whom
tho payment of the missionary debt
will prove a cause for personal re-
| joicing, and with the desire for greater
missionary accomplishment By the
church in the future. will eXclaim In a
| spirit of gratitude: The end of the
financial feat Is only the beginning
of tho enlargement OF the missionary
enterprise.