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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-21
The Seven Sets of-Prese nts.

A IL the worlds Christmas tree, ]A And all the men and women merely
 children. They have their presents and remeTn-
 brances And one man in his time gets many gifts His lot being seven series. At first the
 infant With his feeding spoons and rattles: Then the trumpet and tin soldiers. skates
 and sleigh And fremans helmet, and then the lover, Signing like furnace with gaudy neck
 tie Knit by his iady's fingers Then hubby. Showered by his friends with socks and
 gloves And pipes that will not draw. ink wells of
 brass And fountain pens that leak. or else some
 painted China that his wife can use as we'll. And
 then The middle aged of fair round belly-a
 little cap To hide his shining pate. The sixth set
 sinks Into the carpet slipper game or bad ci-
 gars- A silver cutter, since his teeth are bad. Last gift of all that ends this strange Eventfu history Is failing sight. Then they bring a magnifying glass For grandpa
 Detroit Free Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-21
MyF Christmas
 Eve Dance
WRITTEN BY A JACK TAR

HEN me and my
 shipmata Blll Bolthead. was taktn' a little cruise ashore last year we each got a pretty, sweet scented note with k. s. V. P. at the bottom, request in "the pleas
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-21
LITTLE WAlES EkjoY
 TIE WlETiDE SEAsou

TO dhousan0s of children in our great clties are denied the joys attending the Christmas festivities that those who nave pleasant homes and parents fin c0meorfable circumstances enjoy. But because the home surroundings are lacking one must not jump to the con clusion tl1at the children of the unfor- tnnstes and the waifs who are parent less or have been driven from home by drunken and inhuman parents do not have their Santa Claus and the other pleasures that make Christmas the joy and delight of childhood the world over.
 If one were inclined to believe that Christmas outside the home circle is devoid of all that brings pleasure and happiness to the child he should visit one ef the great institutions where the children of the poor and homeless are provided with the comforts of life by the city and the contributions of the charitable.
 In these homes are housed hundreds and hundreds of children, few of them over ten years of age Here one will see during the Christmas gayeties scene of happiness that will make him wish himself child once again and enter into the spirit of the occasion with the same joyousness and enthu- siasm as do those he is watching It is possible that he might even realize that the presence of so many children enjoying Christmas together under one roof is . thousand times to be pre- ferred to the sight of one lonely child of the rich playing alone with Its toys with no one but the nurse to look on.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-21
CHRISTMAS IN FRANCE.
littie Ones Over There Use 9hoes In.
 stead of Stockings.

Little onss Over Thsrs Uss ahoss In.
 stead of Stockings.
 French children instead of hanging up their stockings Christmas eve place their shoes before the chimney. In the morning small children will find toys for their rejoicing. but child who has arrived at the use of reason is more likely to receive gift of a sum of money and book. French gift books for children, as much as any other one thing know, mark the vast difference between American and French civilization.
 These books. as to contents. resem. ble those terribly good books that ages ago in the United States formed the substance of Sunday school libraries. They are. if not sermons for the young. then tales of children so impossibly virtuous as to be more insuffefable than the longest, driest sermon. In appearance these books exhibit a uni fOrmity as tiresome as their contents. They are almost invariably bound in bright red cloth. decorated with ara besque designs in vivid gold. and in size they vary from that of a gospel hymn book to something pretty nearly as large as the family Bible. The size of the book is regulated according te the merit of the child receiving 1t and also according to the heart of the de nor.-Harper's Baxar.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-21
Mistletoe.

It is high time that something was done about our mistletoe literature that crops up so regularly during the holi- day season.
 It systematizes about as follows:
 The joke about the girl who wears a sprig of mistletoe on her head.
 The joke about the mistletoe that didn't come in time. and the girl asks (always coyly) whether they cannot get along without 1t.
 The church trimming mistletoe joke The sprig of mistletoe that the long lost lover on his dramatic return on Christmas eve always draws out of his pocket at the end of the story.
 The fact is that the mistletoe has now degenerated into a chestnut. It no longer serves any useful liter"-. purpose. It should be worn only Cy mothers rs-in-law.-Harper's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-21
FORTUNES FOR rove.

The children of the United States each year consume toys that cost at retail $45. .O00, ,O0O.
 or this sum the imported goods represent $15. 5.0O0. 900 and the do mestic product $30. .000, GOO.
 The little ones of New York city get more than their propor- donate share of this enormous expenditure, for there is spent for them annually 5000, 900.
 One-third of this is for import cd playthings and two-thirds for the home product
 There is a marked tendency to- ward mechanical toys, and more that is new and interesting is found in this direction than in any other.
 Within the ranks of these me chanical playthings is obssrva- ble a great increase in iron toys. alI of which are made in this country and fitted for hard use n the hands of destructive chii- dren.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-21
q NEARLY PITCHED ON TO NY BowsPRIr

'1 NEARLY PITCHED ON TO NY BowsPRIT.' said somethin' what I couldn't catch. SO said. Aye, aye, sirI' and before I knowed it he had hintrojuiced me to the emartest Al clipper built little craft I ever turned my searchlights on, and somehow the next minute her sweet httle figurehead was close to mine. and l made fast around her amidships and steamed into haction.
 This Is poker, not an 'ornpipe," she said presently in voice as sweet as the bo's'n's whistle pipin' at grog time. 80 axed her parding and nayi- gated accordin'. We'll. we boxed the compass about twice. when some one ran foul O my starboard bow and threw me on my beam ends. My con- sort was 90 consarned and bore hand 60 prettily to haul me up that quite forgot to say what 1 was agoin' to to the lubber. Next time was goin' to dance with her again. but she told me she was engaged. "Hindeedv sez 1 as 'aughty as a hadmiral. Then a red headed swab took her in tow. and the band strikin' up the Keel Row" there was the two of lem a-caperin' away just like old Mac. our second engineer. when he has had what he calls "a wee drap" on pay nights.
 Soon after l see her sittin' fannin' herself. while the redheaded chap was a-carryin' on shameful with a girl in pink. so I tackled towards her and told her what l thought of the swab she
 was engaged to and hofIered to bash in his headlights. thought she would
 never stop laughin' as she told me she didn't even know him and was only engaged to him for the dance. And then I felt better.
 We'll, to cut the yarn short. at eight bells l conveyed her down to the ward room to mess. and after that we hove to in a conservative full of palms and flowers and smellin' like tropical hislaud. and then-well. after a very hot engagement. in which I had to bring both broadsides into haction. my pretty prize hauled down her dag. and . few months later we signaled for a1y pilot. and towed her safe into Dogt,-Loadoa Nt-Dtes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-21
The Best Known Christmas Poem.

"Twas the Night Before Christmas those delightful verses that will charm both the old and young as long as there are stockings to be hung-was written ninety-one years ago. just be- fore the holiday season. by Clement Clark Moore. then professor of orien- tai languages in the New York Theo- logical seminary. It has become an American classic. and no Christmas day is complete without reading of thfs charming little lyric that has lived and gladdened the Christmastide for rearly 100 years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-21

ure of your company" at dance on
 Christmas eve. Bul who Is well up in these things. told me them letters
 meant Reply Sharp; Very Pressin'." So we wrote our replies sharp. haccept- in 'the very pressin' hinvitation."
 Well, Christmas eve came round, and Bill and me ngged ourselves out In our best shore goin' togs and set sail for the dance On report1n' ourselves we was mustered in a big cabin like battleship's gun room, all titivated up with holly and mistletoe, and with the deck polished instead of holy stoned, and 90 slippery that nearly pitched on to my bowsprft as went through the hatchway.
 vast heavin', Bill" sez, comin' to an anchor; "this Is worse than crossin the bay in a gale O wind." but Bill he kept forgin' ahead. as cool as a middy in command of dispatch boat, 90 I slipped my cable and went on full speed in hts wake. sweatin' like . marine recruit goin' into haction for the first time. We was nearly the last aboard, for the cabin was pretty full. the men lookin' like restaurong walters and the ladies all as smart as cruiser squadron in rainbow rig.
 Presently fussy little chap, who l took to be the commodore but who Bill said was the M Sea man. though he didn't look as if he knowed much abont the sea. came up and gave us both a pretty card with sailin' orders on, which Bill called a program. Then he passed the word to clear for hac- ton. and a band on the qharterdeck aft struck up and the dancin' begun.
 lAs I was 'lennin' against the bull warks the NJ. Sea man came up and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-21
RECIPES FOR CHRISTMAS.

Salmon Saiad.-Garnish salm. on with eucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and papril<a. Add . few drops of chiii vinegar and slices of hard boiled egg. Cover with this saucs: Yolks of three eggs, iuioe of . lemon, salt and rod pepper, . pinch Of grated nut nnea. lhree tabiespoonfuls of butter and haN . cupfuI of wa. ter. Stir S~sr the fro until thick.
 Montrsaux Sandwiehes--eeil four eggs for . quarter of an hour, then pound 'fhsm with two, tablespoonfuls Of butter, one tablespoonful of finely chop. ped parsley and sufficient an. chovy essence to msks all . good pink color. When we'll pounded add . little paprika and spread tho mixture on slices of butter. ed bread. Serve oarnished with parsley.
 Fi1 aAlnesmeat Ptss-Welsh halt . pound of -four, sift <, rub in three taplsspoonfuls of but. ter or lard, add one teaspoonful of baking powder and pinch of salt, then gradually add just enough cold water to form . stiff paste. Roll out once. line smalI moids with the pastry and fill with mineemeat, adding . few chopped figs. Bake in . hot oven for f7ftsen minutes.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-05

are We going to stand around and
knock everybody who has worked so
hard to give the people of the city
baseball? Think 1t over seriously,
then forget the game yesterday and
90 out this afternoon and root hard
er than you ever have for the Pilots.
That's real patriotism
Local fans should remember that
Brunswick's club is badly crippled
by the absence OF Gates, the star
twirller, and Bundy, who was playing
fine ball when he was taken III. Both
OF these players, however, are rapid
~ improving and will be In the game
again next week.
Size UP the situation and you Will
come to the conclusion that there is
but one thing to do, give the assoc
alton your support, patronlze the
game, encourage the players, and
Brunswick will yet get in the run
ming. We all realize that there are
three or four weak spots on the line
up, and the association has done ev-
erything possible ito secure men
these places, but It is rather hard
ask after the opening of the season.
However, some new faces may be seen
before the present series with Ameri-
Gus closes.
So with this situation facing u
let's don't get discouraged. Forget
the game yesterday and be right back
on hand this afternoon. Root, because
roofing always helps in ball games;
encourage the, players, patronize the
association and let's help the team
do little climbing.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-05
VETS PREPARING
FOR THE REUNION
MEETING, WILL BE HELD NEXT
WEEK AND ACTIVE WORK
STARTED.

Now that the general reunion at
Chattanooga is over and all of the vet
erans are at home, those in Georgia
are preparing for the coming state
reunion, which is to be held in Bruins
wick during the middle of July.
While all preliminary plans for the
gathering of the old soldiers have
been completed, the actual work is to
begin next week, when meeting will
be held by the veterans and the Board
of Trade committee, which is to as
sist in arranging for the meeting.
One OF the most serious questions to
be solved is that of accommodating
the many visitors. 1t is being planned
to erect a number of tents in Court
House square and elsewhere over the
city, and in this way many veterans
can be accommodated A special
committee has this matter in hand and
is now at work on it.
The program for the reunion will
De announced within the next week
or ten days and it will include many
pleasant affairs. 1t is expected that
the attendance will be unusually large
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-05
JUST A SHORT TALK WITH
BRUNSWICK BASEBALL FANS

A game like the one played on the
local diamond yesterday afternoon,
especially following a losing streak,
cannot help but discourage the loyal
fans, the people who are supporting
the game in Brunswick, those who
have assisted in giving the city league
baseball; it is worse in Brunswick be
cause of the fact that unfortunately
Brunswick's ball club is losing just
1t present. The attendance has de-
creased during the week and the as
sociation has lost money. 1T is hard
to draw crowds when club plays ball
like it did yesterday,
But listen few minutes: Bruins
wick is in the Empire State league;
we are going to remain In it. The
success of the league the first year
is almost assured. Only one club has
yet met &ny financial difficulties, and
thai was Americus, but the people OF
hat city got together last Saturday.
and raised sufficient sum to carry
the team through the season. New
players have been secured and Amer
icus is now playing as good baseball
as any club in the league.
{ Brunswick fans must overlook the
ro2ged game yesterday Such games
are Fable TO happen at any time,
even in the big leagues. 1t is true
that the local club has not made
good showing during the first month
OF the season, but only one-third of
the season Is over 1t is anybody's
race yet
Now the question is, are we going
to stick to the baseball association,
help them build up better club, or
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-05
PROPOSED CUSTOMS
CHANGE WILL BE ]
POSTPONED
SECRETARY MADoo FAvoRs DE-
FERRINe THE CHANGE IN THE
PRESENT SYSTEM FOR SIX
MONTHS FROM JULY FIRST.

AS a result of the persistent fight
of Senator Fletcher against the pro-
posed reorganizations of the customs
service, and the introduction of bill
by him to postpone the reorganization
for two years, which was referred to
the senate commerce committee and
then by that committee to the secre-
tary OF the treasury for a report, the
probability is that the reorganization
will be postponed for six months.
Secretary McAdoo has informed
Senator Fletcher that he favors post
ponement of the reorganization fer
that period.
The Fletcher bill will be amended
to conform with the views of the Sec
retary, and then will be favorably re
ported by the commerce committee
tomorrow.
This means that the reorganization
under the law cannot take effect I'M
til Jan. /, 1914, instead of July /,
1913.
1t also means that the president
can in the meantime modify the Taft
reorganization plans as he considers
best.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-05
SIXTY OF THEM
GET SUBPOENAS
PRESIDENT WILSON SAID TO
HAVE FURNISHED LIST
TO SENATORS.
HIS ANSWER TO TESTIMONY
Claim That They Have Seen "No Lob
byins" to Be Refuted BY White
House Aid-Sergeants-at-Arms Sum-
moning Witnesses for Next Week.

Washington, June 4.-The lobby"
hunt assumed a new and sensational
turn today when the senate began is
suing subpoenaes for nearly 60 men,
most of whom are said to be identified
with the sugar interests. A flock OF
ergeants-at-armS started out tolay to
summons the witnesses for next week
by which time the investigators will
nave finished taking testimony of SEN
ators and plunge into an examination
of the so-called lobbyists
1t is generally assumed here that
President Wilson furnished the names
of those whot are being subpoenaed.
To Quiz Both Sides.
The list indicates the apparent pur-
pose of the committee to question
representatives of both the free sugar
and anti-free sugar camps who have
been conducting a vigorous campaign
In Washington.
The investigating committee had
progressed little more than half way
through the list of senators today, and
there were indications that Senator
Overman would ask the senate tomor-
row for extension of the ten days al
lowed fer the probe.
Senator Lane on Stand.
Senator Lane, first witness today,
said he was a physician and had no
interests affected by the tariff.
"That handsome man back there by
the wall was very much worried
about WOOL" he said, pointing to q
tiStner.
THE handsome man" said his name
was S. w. Mcclure, secretary of the
National Wool rnwers' association.
He probably will take the stand when
senators have finished.
Lane knew no lobby, but said he
believed money was being used to try
to convince people that bad effects
would follow the tariff bill.
NewIands Has Farming Interests.
Senator Newlands had some farm
ing interests in California, Nevada,
Maryland and the District of Co
lumbia.
Senator Norris said he owned two
wheat farms in Nevada.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-05
NEWS FROM CAPITAL
GREATLY EXCITED
! STOCK MARKET
CONDITIONS WITHOUT PARALLEL
SINCE TROUBLESOME DAYS OF
1eo7-STocK POURED OUT AT
BIG DECLINE.

New York, June Excitement
on the stock exchange during the
hrst hour of today's market was prob
ably without parallel since the panic
of 1907. Stocks were literally pour
ed out regardless of quoted prices
with declines greatest in the standard
Shares.
One of the many factors making
for the liquidation was the overnight
news from Washing, on, Indicating a
radical attitude on the part of the ad-
ministration in connection with the
American Tobacco Co. and the Stan
dard Oil Co. Another Influence was
ihe decidedly lower level of prices
quoted by London
The steady decline OF the past few
weeks has caused a general calling of
loans by financial institutions. This
as yet has made only slight impress
sion upon the money market, but a
OF rates for bo h call and
time accommodations is expected be-
fore the end of the month.
Within the first hour so new low
records for the year were made, with
losses ranging from two to four points
the standard issues. The aver
age OF prices was at the lowest point
since the 1907 panic.
The selling movement gathered
greater momentum before noon and
lower prices were registered practi-
cally throughout the list. The aggre-
gate of sales during the morning ses-
sion was well in excess of 100000
shares.
During the noon hour some improve
ment from the low prices of the
was manifested, particularly
in Reading and one or two other is
sues of that class. The partial recov-
cry conceded with advices from
in which the attorney
general was quoted as denying that
any immediate action against the So
called trusts was contemplated.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-05
TAX OUTPUT ON
SLIDING SCALE
BIG MANUFACTURERS TO PAY
MORE AS BUSINESS
INCREASES.
DISSOLUTION INEFFECTIVE
Attorney General McReynoIds Is Still
considering Move to Determine
Whether Decree DssoIvng Trusts
Is Being Violated.

washington, June ATTY .Gen
McReynolds has plan to cure some
alleged evils of the tobacco trrrt
which he believes the supreme court's
dissolution did not reach. If is In tav
tne output of tobacco factories on a
siialhs scale in such way that the
Dig manufacturers will pay more and
more, as their output increases II ia
sad the attorney general has talked
MS plan over with President Wilson
and the cabinet and shortly will sinh.
mt II 10 Chairman Simmons, of tho
senate finance committee.
While such plan of taxation conld
not be called a tariff for revenue only
measure, Mr.. McReynolds contends II
Is an emergency measure devised to
meet the pleas of independent tobacco
manufacturers that the dissolution of
the trust mas not relieved them of q
situation, which they say threatens to
pace them in as much danger as thew
were from the trust" before it was
dissolved i tb
A' 1'SispyHO never mas agreed
with the dissolution Of the so-called
monopoly, and is said to feel that
many of the evils charged against it
still are continuing under other forms
In addition to correcting alleged in
equalities by such method Of internsl
revenue taxation, the attorney gener.
al Is still considering the adWsability
OF beginning an investigation to de-
termne whether the decree dissolving
the. tobacco trust Is being violated. q
Nest of the attorneys of the depart
ment OF justice agree that the govern
ment could not reopen the dissol1-
tion case, the future moves must be
supplementary. 1t is pointed out that
the United States court in entering
The decree of dissolution declined to
grant former Atty.-Gen. Wickersham's
request that the government be per.
mitted to reopen the decree at any
time within the next five years, I'm
case 1t developed that the plan OF dis
solution had not accomplished the
purposes of the Sherman law
Mr.. McReynolds today resumed
cosideration, comforting with Chas. p.
Morrison and 0. r. Pagan, his special
assistants, who have devoted months
to an investigation of oil conditions.
With their report before him, II will
now devolve upon the attorney gener-
al to decide whether there is prima-
facfe evidence of violations Of the de,
cree of dissolution to justify The gov
ernment in attacking the oil interests
by contempt Of court or criminal pro-
ceedings. ~
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-06-05
SENATORS VERY
BUSY ON TARIFF
MEMBERS OF FINANCE COMMIT
TEE UNABLE TO KEEP UP
WITH THEIR MAIL.

Washington, Juns 4-The work of
preparing the tariff bill for report to
the Democratic caucus has been so
engrossing that the members of the
finance committee are unable to give
attention to their mail or other office
affairs. Senator Hoke Smith said:
Il feel that I should ask the indul-
gence of my friends in Georgia, both
as regards their correspondence and
before the departments in which they
are interested. The Democrats upon
the finance committee hope to con-
clude their work on the tariff bill
within about two weeks and to report
the measure to the Democratic eau
Gus at that time. Our labors will then
be lightened and we can again take
up matters in which our constituents
are personally interested At present
all my time is demanded on the tariff
bill, but l believe that in this work.
which we are seeking to hurry for
ward, am serving the people of
Georgia better than l could in any
other way. 1t is of greatest impor-
tance to the country that the tariff
bill be disposed of at the earliest date
at which a well considered measure
can be passed"