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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31

One Of the large Kansas City stores
yves It's success in great measure 10
ia policy Of exchanging goods II re-
turned IN a salalle condition. An ex-
ception is made when dress materials
have been cut from the bolt. One DAY
-eeenily a customer purchased Ten
ssrls Of two toned silk. which he
clerk assured her was the most iash'
lonable fabric of the season. when
.he reached home with her purchase
.be decided. on reflection, that wool
IN material would be more servieeable-
Accordingly she returned TO the s-oFe
,he next day and requested the ex-
.hange. Tie clerk explained that Il
was an impossibility, as the goods had
seen cut.
~Whv. | bought this with the DIS
met understanding" demonstrated ihe
xonan. that l could return IT. Dle
ron not tell me It was a changeahie
ancaT
.Jhe exchange was made.-Aansas
NJ star.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31
ANOTHER CROWD
ARRIVES FROM NORTH

Another crowd Of ohio, Indiana
ana Michigan people arrived here
Last Wednesday night, with Mr..
=. w. Kurtz Of Indianapolis, Ind.
'agentFor the Coast Realty & Colony
80. Mr Kurtz is a great hustler and
IS bringing the people here BY the
hundreds. Those coming with him
on this trip We're: Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Jackson, Messrs. Burr
Tomlinson, S. T. Silver, DR.. Moore
and Brother and Mr.. Sivers.
Several out Of this crowd, and
quite a number Of the people coming
in on the last excursion were sold
land at Big point, Miss. BY the
Coast Realty & Colony Co.. and
will move here in the near Future
and make it theirf future home.
The Big Point Teleph..l, CO.
which was organized some little
tine ago, and viii Ii VII connect
on to the Cumberland Telephone
and Telegraph Cos lines at Escat-
awpa, already have their poles I'D
and will commence putting the wires
"a.
up as soon as possible. This will
Enable the people in that vicinity to
ak to Pascagoula and Moss Point
rec OF charge, and to order their
necessities without hitchina up and
irving 12or IS miles to get what
hey want.
There will be over 5000 Orange
Trees planted in and around Big
'olnt in the next 80 days. and this
lioinity in the course of a couple of
sears will beable to partly supply
he great demand for oranges.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31
A CHAMPION SPELLER.
Horace craelsy Was . Wonder When
Only Six Years OF Aae.

| t1crace GrSeley was Wonder Whch
Only six Years OF Age.
No champion Of the old time spelling
matches. perhaps, ever excelled Horace
Greedy. He was, in fact. spelling
prodigy What would the boys and
girls of today, who grunbe over their
daily stint Of twenty words, think Of
child not yet SIX years old who could
actually spell every word in the Ian
guagc. That is what the young Horace
Is said to have beon able to do.
His schooling began in bis fourth
year, and the art of spelling at once
Became a passion with him. In school
and cut he kept ineessantlg at its
study. Hour after hour he would lie
ON the door, spelling oyes all the diff
cult words lie could find in the few
books that the family owned.
The fame Of his prowess spread
Naturally Horaca was the first one
chosen at spelling matches, He had q
lsping, whining voice and spelled his
words with the utmost confidence
Sometimes In winter, when the snow
drifts were So deep that one of the
big boys had to take him TO the school
house on his sack, the little white
haired felisw would drop as1eep be-
tween turns. VIXEN his word came
round bis neighbor would nudge him
anxiously. lie would wake, spell his
word and drop asleep again at once.
a. l. I.,t tf,,,N
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31
oUa EARLY RAlLR0ADs.
nulea.That Uasi TO Be- In Force F|alf .
csnsury Ago.

tsH.Ify FSv
! curious relic Of railroad operation
some fifty years ag3 IN Tennessee aAd
Georgia is exhibited tn the following
extracts from the rules then in force
Each enginea&n will keep q watch.
which must Ire regulated by the time OF
his conductor at the commencement OF
each trip and will always lave in his
possession the current sehed1le book
Should any stock be Killed which
may be likely to endanger the safety
Of The next trliu passing, the engine
man will stop his train until track Is
cleared.
As Il general rule, when trains meet
between stations the train nearest the
turnout will run back. Any dispute
qz to which train has TO retire is to be
determined at once hy the conductors
without any interference on the part
Of the -engfnemen. This rule is re-
u,ircd TO be varied in favor Of heaviest
loaded engine or the worst grades. II
',ov meet near the center, in case Of
bacl ing, a man must be placed on the
lookout. 50 that any danger to The rear
most uart Of the train may lie seen ano'
lie engineman at once receive notice
rhe backing must be done cautiously
Railroad Mans Magazine.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31

An Illinois editor was recently mar
lied He has lived through the apon-
les of genuine wedding and has
even told the truth about it in his
paper. He has likewise done the
world q favor by expressing his vie
MS ol travelling double ald of looking
out at The world through two pairs
OF eyes.
Here's his story of it, right fresh
from his pen:
This life seems like afairy dre-
am. I've been battered and tied. No
more soup and hash. in the language
of the immortal. Pm feeling bully. |
expect to feel dlfferentwhen get to
ouylng coal and other things. She,
that's my wife, says she'll be
glad when We get home, eat too
much hefe, but | asked her if she
remembers that old saying, We
must live to eat Must close as we
want to attend the play, Two
Hearts that beat as One, tonight,
In. regard TO the next edition:
Dump Mrs. Hill, slide the panama
Canal on the dead galley. kill Deacon
Jones and put Sally Freckles to press
on the last run. Bucklin's AMIGA
Salve twice and put those two linot-
we locals, Wanted . house keeper
and Wanted a House to Rent in
the hell box. Have the Office towel
washed. You'll find il standing back
Of the ink keg. Am sending this as
a night message because it's cheaper
and t'.inss are quieter. Give our
regards to all and buy up all the rice
in the town and burn it.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31

There ma, be something In this the
ory Of felepathy." said the mystical
person
"Yon mean thought concentration
that enables you to Impress your ideas
on othersT inquired Senator Sorghum.
"yes-
well. there may be something In II.
But den't depend on H. Fer practical
results In impressing people. teiepathy
will never compare with brnss band
aud parade Washington Star.
Or. Mflcs' LAXATIVE Tablets have Q
candy flavor Children like them.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31
4 Nice Lovahls Girl.

dack-The college girl am engaged
70 Picked mt NJ on grammar before a
Week had passed over oar heads. Tom
-fnn sgt off light and easy. The col
Is.a eiri knew corrected nay English
While ! was proposing to her.-BostoD
Transcript.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31

Tho pretty tNined nurse bent over
her patient. 4. young man who was be-
ginning to get better.
"Shan turn your head, sir?" she
asked IN her low, kind voice
"No. thank you. Miss Angel" return
ed the eonyalescent. "You have turn'
Sl 1t already."- Youths Companion.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31
THIS PAPER
/. WILL help YOU
NWT HAEwduld be thought oz
wv a public oficial who did

not read the papers I
Even the criticisms of him are val
liable pointers as to how he may
render better service.
HE is ELECTED TO REPRE-.
SENT THE PUBLIC. THE NEWS.
PAPERS ARE THE VOICE or THE
PUBLIC.
The paper is a help to every
class. l'ho worEingman may find
through it q chance to better his
situation. II is an invaluable aid
to the housewife in her shopping,
The boy who reads the papers
may go some day to the state SEN
ate or to congress, The one who
does not will vegetate.
TAKE THE HOME PAPER.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31

lSaall0h y !Qlhd ~ latF. W,llSoh
recomenda ons to the New Jerse
legislature His IDEAS, there give
afe that corporations lnsstnot unde
,sel ii local markets, issue WaterC
Stock, form holding companies, ow
stock il other c0rporaftans, or forI
combinations to iXpfi.es andelimir
3te competition He would hay
giolators Of such laws rNfished b
Gne and impfisonment He think
corporations should be allowed I
4EPand BY the purchase Of propert
similar in character where it woul
amoVe competition; but that the.
should be allowed 70 consolidate onI,
with the permission of 4 govern
ment utilities commission.
| We We're assured today, by on'
lWho IS in q position to know, tina
ID the pending revision Of the tarif
there, will be little change made il
TIE rates on cotton Of ltHnber. I'hi,
Willno doubt be welcome news Il
many IN the West and South, anl
we feel that it can Be t@ied upon.
Some Of the evils Of federal gov
ernment Of the District Of Columbia
are seen in the long -dfawn-out in
vestgations Of insurance companies
and ether things now Keeping the
District Commits of the House 50
busy that il has not bad time to
yive to badly needed and much de-
sred legislation for the National
Capital.
On recommendation Of the At
torney General the Interstate Com
.merce Commission viii investigate
the So00, 100000 Telephone Trust
to determine whether, in tie interest
5f the public, telegraph OF tele-
phone monopoly should be tolerated.,
aader rigid regulation BY THE Federal
Government, Of Elleasier tfle Gov
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31
OCEAN llnll!CTS.
Floating Taris That Drift Wns,
Winds aH. Currents.


N SN''s N'f|i'y SIEtH~f 4Gc'f ~ Y A'IS5s~l
I cd by All Observation-Disclosures ot Lo
eating and Destroying Them.
| Today according to Popular glot
4 tricIty, there are abogt 2050 aereIIct
III tAe waters of the wofll aoatin
perils that 20 where wind and current
4 va them Every sea Is made hazard
aps rs iheirWeseRpe 'fAeg hAge cras!l
4 ed into ocean lincrs aud into laifk
Of the China soa. TO tham an vessel
are alike something to be destroyed
ihc} laah against item II the daal
Of night, wAen taEy hliickaesH sli!e
their c0mlng. Wrecks themselves. the,
seem 70 strive 10 DRAG all others t'
their own fate
! 40 they 20 drifting On the seven seas
More particularly they seen 10 swarm
eagerly in the gtIf stream
From Cape HlttaFas reaching norti
to the Grand banks OF Newfodudanf
Is the graveyard Of the Atlantic" Il
is Il rolling waste whore many shipt
are buried It is place where dere
iicts borne by the sweep of tlIe gu
stream and the counterchufn Of thf
Labrador current dart about like III
cry sharks. cHgef to fastea thett naws
On the bull OF some ship
IN the hydrosraFhie olilcc 1t somt
seaport the wireless is M0HBdlug &
message is coming through the yud
1t IL 4 message Of peril coming from
steamship It warns TINT HeFelif
has been sighted squarply i3 the pat
of ocean travel For days fhe rlan4a
the station have been wuitlng nor wolq.
Of this derpHct. lts na8iti8n on III.
chart ihat All hgdrogfRplit ottp{
keen bas NOT moved for week ihe4
have lost track Of If. lis aaftags ar6
ns Il mysterV. The station men hav
been unahla to wire back over th
soas warming captaiAs Of its where
ah0uts. Any moment ttay may heaf
INIT it has attacked ana wrecked.
BIT now thu derpllet has come iEt
the liahs. The Battle has sighted IL
and seut warming humning over th3
a,a no,v fh, ,na1 a. ,ta sfafion 10,
.5,i,.,. Il .. ~ ,rnr1 fpon r,ai,
rhlef thay RELAY tie MESSAGE to thi
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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31

IN expert cabinetmaker can take 4
new piece OF furniture and make II
ionk a. IT il WAS 200 years old and 81
can the average small Doy.-Chicagu
Apvs
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31
Your RIessinns.

IT yonli stop conrtiD' 20 troubles
e awhile u1ebhe you'll have tine ter
@s 500 sized fftame.-Ahanfa
Sonstitudon., 4
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31

The way to get mon ey out OF land
IS TO improve H. The way TO, yet
good out OF this cormuuity is to i'm
8rove IL.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31
BABY DELINERED BY PARCEL
fOST; VALUE WAS FIFTY
DOLLARS.

Batavia, Ohio, Jan. "A baby
boy was carried by parcels post on
rural route No. 5 out Of Batavia to-
day. The child, weighing 10 "a
pounds and carefully wrapped. was
given BY its parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jesse Beagle, in to the hands Of Ver-
Jesse @. Lyle, the mail carrier. he
safely delivered the parcel to the
baby's grandmother, a mile away.
The postage was fifteen cents and
the parcel was insured for $50.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31

Have your JOB work doEe at the
= 4ocRAv-STAg ofli-e.
ms uEMUCRAT-sTAR's job work
Is always a little tetter than needs
%
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31

We wish 70 reason a little with The
nan who has peanuts, cowreas, soy
beans or other grazing crops for hi-
hogs. 1t Is q mistake to ALLOW the liz Is
e get their entire feed from these
crops. when hogs are grazing these.
a quarter or a thiid OF a full ration d;
co n will be worth at least a busbei
aDd no onecan afford not 10 feed il
the failureio feed some corn to the
b rs while grazing these crops jLh Il.
protein is almGst as big "A mistake asI
TO feed corn alone ID a dry lot. the only
Inference Is that The wasted feeds -
peanuts, soy beans, etc. have na
cost quite so much as the corn that
is wasted fy he other method. The
Progressive Farmer.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31

y think | ssw yous little boy chew
IL tobacco rs came In the gate
-les; that was johnny"
Mercy. Do you permit him to
Chew"
Wen. YOU see. that was an almost
new plug OF tobacco his father lett
when ne died. an it seemed sin to
Waste it"-Houston Post.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-01-31
pRiTAIN'S CABINET
Il Really Has No legal Warrant
For its Existence.
YET IT RULES THE NATION

rhis Mcss Powerful and Important
Committee In the World 10 WlliaSat
STAFF, a Secretary, Seal or a Min
uto Book and Has No Fixed Home.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-06-26
WHAT WE "KNOW" ABOUT WAR.

Chicago Record Herald: To train
men to handle war as skillfully as
possible, to save life in camps and
barracks by sanitary measures. To
make officers and privates efficient and
alert are among the essential duties
of military staff. No sane peace ad-
vocate will take exception to mill
tary policy to preserve peace" as Cen
eral Wood urged the other day at
Pittsburg.
But when he said that 1--WE know
that war is coming" he challenged ev-
cry advocate Of peace who denied that
he "knows" anything of the kind. War
is coming where, when and to whom ?
All the military experts in Europe
were sure that the Balkan question
could not be settled without general
war. Well, that war has not come.
Europe found that it could not afford
it, and managed to restrain itself.
The little nations drove the Turk cut
of Europe and now the concert is
forcing them to keep peace among
themselves.
Is war coming in the United States?
Thousands of observers of public
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-06-26

events, the pressure Of which, as Cen
eral Wood truly says. may bring war
contrary to the will Of rulers, DEFY
that they "know" that war is coming
over any pending question, Japanese,
South American, Mexican or other.
The pressure of public events" may
bring war, but it may also bring ar
bitration treaties and plans for the
investigation of disputes and the pre-
vention of needless trouble by ap-
peals to sober second thought. The
pressure of opinion is not to be over
looked and "events" are interpreted
by opinion.
Preparedness within reason remains
the duty of every nation, but it is not
at all necessary to base arguments for
proper preparedness on unsound state
ments as to what we "know" about
war. In this country peace is the
rule, not the exception. We know that
war is not coming, but that does not
mean that the army and navy are SUI
perfous or that their efficiency is not
a matter of high Importance to US.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-06-26
THE WORLD GROWS BETTER.

Golfers Weekly: For the three
years ending with 1909, New York
city yielded 1889 killed and injured
by reason of fireworks-more than
the combined American casualties in
the Revolutionary battles Of Lexing
ton, Bunker Hill, Fort Moultrie,
White Plains, Fort Washington, Mon
mouth and Cowpens combined-and
these losses of ours were not among
fighting men but among youths and
maidens, almost all under eighteen
and children, the sufferings of many
of whom have been the most awful
and pitiable known to medical science.
Ten years ago there were 466 deaths
(more than 100 of them lockjaw-te-
tanus) and 1888 wounded; for 1909,
5,307 dead and injured. The 1909
Fourth was on Sunday so that the
shooting, the uproar and the shouting
did not die until three days had pass
ed. In 1910 the casualties were 1928;
in 1911, 81 dead and 1,546 wounded; in
1912, Al killed and 947 wounded. In
Illinois the casualties last year were
As as against 430 in 1909. Even in
Pennsylvania, which has had the
largest number of casualties for each
of the last five years, there has been
marked improvement, evidently the
result of a powerful campaign in that
state, and especially in Philadelphia,
for more enlightened celebrations.
Who will dare say that patriotism is
lacking in Alabama, Florida, New
Mexico, the Carolinas, South Dakota
and Maine, yet in these states abso-
lutely no casualties have been report
ed Baltimore was, it would seem,
the pioneer city in the agitation which
has resulted so beneicially, with her
ordinance that mo person shall cast,
throw or fire and squib, rocket, crack
er, torpedo, grenade or other combus-
tible or explosive preparation within
the city" Denver, Detroit, Minneapo-
lis, St. Paul, Louisville and Omaha
soon fell into line and the honor roll
is likely soon to become inclusive of
pretty much every municipality in
the land. In other years hospital lists
of casualties came back filled; last
year they were returned with but few
names or with legend like this: "No
cases this year; this city has had a
sane Fourth"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-06-26

The editor of this paper, along
with scores of other scribes of the
state, was the guest of the city of
Grand Forks, while attending the
summer meeting of the press associa-
ton last Friday and Saturday. We
have lived in North Dakota for
twelve years and this is the first op-
portunity that he have had to become
really acquainted with that city and
her most excellent lot Of good boost
ers. Grand Forks is a city Of beau
tiful homes, with many miles of paw
ed streets. Her parks are large and
we'll located. That city has been
built on large plan, with room for
growth, and she is growing, too. So
many of the well-to-do businessmen
located there in the early days and
not content with merely piling up
wealth, they have spent their money
where they made it, intending to
spend the remainder of their days in
a city made beautiful by their own
hands. We think more of Grand
Forks than we ever did, in fact we
never took the time to think very
much about her before, but from now
on we are going to watch her pro-
gress with deep interest Of course,
that isn't going to interfere any with
the growth of our own city for on
these broad prairies there is ample
room for US all, and the countless
numbers that are going to join us in
the years to come. We like Grand
Forks, where cliques are few and
boosters many.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-06-26
At this writing the farmers arc

At this writing the farmers are
watching the sky hoping that good
rain will fall soon. While the crops
have not shown signs of suffering to
any great extent, everyone admits
that if many fields amount to much,
we must have good precipitation of
moisture by the end of the week. 9th
err fields can wait longer. Of course,
such crops as corn and potatoes are
not suffering in the least, in fact, this
is the kind of weather when they best
thrive. The wheat sown on stubble
or disced land is suffering the most.
Good farming is standing the test.
Summer fallowed fields are still in
very fair shape. We are not going
to get anywhere near a bumper crop,
and we still have q good chance of
getting fair average crop or better.
The farmer, with his cows, hogs, corn
and chickens is not doing much worry
ing. Five years from now we'll just
laugh at the prospects of dry sea-
son, for with the fast changing meth
DDS, it won't make great deal of diff
ference just when particular rainfall
comes. In North Dakota we must
farm so that it will make but little
difference whether we get our heavy
rainfall in May, June or July.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-06-26

Jim Hill was not so very far out of
the way when he said that it was not
the high cost of living that confronted
us, but the cost Of high living. Sta
tistics show that SO per cent of our
population over the age of IS years
are either supported by their children
or find it necessary to receive aims,
and wages in all lines of work have
been high for years. So many never
think of the rainy day. So many new
er attempt to provide themselves with
a good home. A savings account in
some good bank would start them on
the road to independence. A small
sacrifice here and there would al
low them to live within their means.
Sometimes this condition arises thru
a series Of misfortunes, but more Of
ten the champagne appetite and the
beer salary are the cause of it. We
are living more luxuriously than our
forbears did, but we are paying for it..
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-06-26
TURN ASIDE THE STREAM!

The trade current that has been
setting steadily in the direction of
the big mail order houses can now be
diverted toward the small merchant.
The parcel post allows each individ-
ual storekeeper to develop mail or
der business within his own district
at lower postal rate than any outside
of it can ship goods to customers
within it. By adopting the same ad-
vertising methods which the mail or
der houses have used for their own
benefit and profit in the past and or
ganizing an efficient shipping depart
ment the small merchant is now en-
abled to build up profitable trade in
a greatly widened field.
The parcel post is educating buyers
to know that the store nearer home
can serve them just as reasonably and
far more quickly and satisfactorily
than the mail order house.
Help the good work along.