davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
TO STUDY PLANS OF
NAVAL STATION

Caimanera, Cuba, January 25.-The spe-
cial board of United States army and
navy officers, designated TO study plans
for the fertilization of Guantanamo as
q naval station arrived today on the
presidential yacht Mayf1ower.
The party included Maj. Gen. w. w.
Witherspoon, who took the place of Gen,
Leonard Wood, chief of staff, and Rear
Admiral Hugo Osterhaus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26

meath the earth Later the dead of the
Diggs were exhnmed and removed. And
there unnoted and unsung are today the
mortal remains of L.Enfant. Surely in
that quiet, neglected spot is laid one
heart once pregnant with celestial fire.
Charles Pierre 1,.Enfant was a wilkins
Micawber. In America sentiment is
lost art, and man must draw the plans
for several cities If he would obviate the
alternative of n death by starvation.
washington, January 25
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
FREE PACKAGE

Don't send any money-it's
free. A letter will bring 1t
Then if | have proven
that all of my claims are truthful.
tell your friends of my great dis
covery.
Every day lost means one more
day of needless pain-so write
now to S. T. Delano. 339 e,
Delano Bldg, Syracuse. n. Y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26

| want to help men and women to success.
My own success has caused me to be called
The Wizard of the Mail Order Field"
KNOW what others MUST KNOW to sue
ceed. My Free hook tells how 10 get n
business of your own.
IL YOU are one of the thousands of slaves
of the pay-check. grinding away the best
years of your life for some other mans
profit, let me show you how, while you are
still earning salary and with very small
capital. you can embark In business that
Will free you forever from the grinding,
body tracking wage slavery. Let me show
YOU the way to financial independence and
happiness [ will supply you carefully de-
vised, elaborately worked out and COM
pletely equipped set of 20 plans to select
from and embark on. ! will explain every
thing TO you from basic idea to full opera
tion. This viii include how TO handle the
velop 1t as your facilities and capital In
crease. The whole mail order plan will be
supplied you. Ii IS the most complete,
thorough and invincible instruction pos
sible, each plan capable of earning you a
splendid income. FEW DOLLARS
STARTS YOU.
Then by putting your profits each week
back into your business, you can grow rap
idly. Start in and grow spine wade out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
DISCRIMINATION VS.. PROSPERITY

In two previous statements of facts
we have demonstrated cOnclusively, and
to the entire satisfaction of any fair
minded man:
First, that by executive agreement
and legislative enactment the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad Company was Sc
riously and unjustly Disseminated
against in the classification of railroads
under the "110 Commodity Rate Act
and,
Second, that serious decreases in earn
ings were sustained by the Louisville &
Nashville Railroad Company, amounting
to more than one million two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars per annum,
directly traceable to that unjust dis
elimination.
We have also demonstrated. by official
records on file in the State Capitol at
Montgomery, that the people of Alabama
were taxed approximately 100000 by
those responsible for the condition to de-
fray the expenses of this unfair and un-
just fight "the status of which is practi-
cally the same as it was in the begin
ning."
We want now to present to the public
a further statement to demonstrate the
effect, not only on the earnings of the
L. & n, but on the earnings of other
railroads originally placed in Class 1.
In doing so we request that you bear in
mind two facts:
First, that the rate discrimination
was practiced between the fiscal years
of June 80, 1907, and ending June 30,
1909, and,
Second, that in the final wind-up of
executive agreements, Legislative enact
ments and Railroad Commission orders,
the L. & N. and the Western Railway.
Of Alabama were the only railroads re-
quired to charge the standard, or mini
mum scale of rates prescribed by the
"11O Commodity Rate Act;' and that,
too, in spite of the then and now greater
earnings of other roads within the state,
as is shown by the following COMPARE
SON of the earnings per mile of road for
the fiscal years 1906-7 to 1s11-12 inclu-
sive:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26


Even a casual investigation will dis
close the staggering decrease in earn
ings sustained during that time by the
various railroads, and especially by the
L. & n, because the L. & N. has far
greater mileage than all the other Class
l roads combined. To be exact, the total
mileage in the state of Alabama in 1907
of the A. G. S., the st. L. & S. F., the
w. Ry. of Ala. and the A. c. L. was 767
miles, whereas, the L. & N. operated
within the State of Alabama a total of
1,256 miles of road.
The railroads need the people of Ala
bama, and of all other states. But the
people of Alabama, and of all other
states, need the railroads. 1t is, how
ever, self-evident fact that such pol
icy, if persisted in and if relief from
such discrimination had not been grant
ed by the courts, would have resulted
in the people of Alabama being without
adequate railroad facilities to conduct
present day business, not to speak Of
ability for future development. /
And we say to the people Of Alabama
not in the language of the alarmist, but
out Of sober, conservative thought, and
from actual business experience, that in
permitting their duly elected representa-
tives to practice such extreme and un-
just discrimination against the railroads
of the state they are permitting the
stream of commerce to stagnate; are
polluting the life blood of development,
and are destroying the very heart Of
progressive business.
We have great and important inter.
ests at stake in the State of Alabama;
but your interests, Mr.. Farmer, Mr..
Merchant, Mr.. Manufacturer, are far
greater than ours. And as your fellow
citizen we ask you to join with your fell
low citizen to see that an intelligent un-
derstanding of the problems involved is
arrived at, to the end that our mutual
interests may be safeguarded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
GLAD TO SEE THE
FRUIT STANDS GOING

Il am blad to see the corner fruit stands
moving away" said Acting Chief OF Po-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
FOR RENT.

FOR KENT.
SPLENDID OFFICES IN CLARK
BUILDING. CLEAN. LIGHT AND
WELL VENTILATED; STEAM HEAT,
WATER AND JANITOR SERVICE.
LOUIS v. CLARK & CO..
2O1-4 CLARK BLDG. PHONE 607.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26
LET ME START YOU In
THE MAIL ORDER BUSINESS
With One Hundred Dollars and Idea Built Business That
Brought Me SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS in Eighteen Months
THE NEW PARCELS POST MEANS MILLIONS
TO MAIL ORDER PEOPLE
Let Me Show You How to Achieve Mail Order Success

thai me starr
II y wi uaf n e.
In.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26

PIERRE LENFANr
. came to America with General La
faxetfa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-26

Then by putting your profits each week
back into your business, you can grow rap
idly. start In and grow a spine: wade out
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-07-18
MUCH IS SAVED BY
COUPLE ASSESSMENTS

Gulfport, Miss, July 17,-Har-
rison county's assessment roll this
year will show an increase over last
year of $1,000, 900, and JOS. w.
Havens, assessor, expects it to show
an increase OF S3,OOO,O00 after the
work of equalization by the Board
of Supervisors.
the increase is largely due to a
more systematic assessment of stand
ing timber Timber for assessment
purposes has been divided into three
classes-virgin timber, assessed at
SO per 1000; virgin timper which has
been boxed for turPentine purposes,
assessed at $3.50 per 1000 feet; cut
over timber, assessed at 81 per
1000. The estimated figures are:
Realty SIS, 900, 900; personal, S2,'
10000. The personal roll VIII
show a decrease of about $500, 600.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-07-18
EXAMINATION HERE FOR
ORANGE GROVE P. 0.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that on Sat-
urday, July 2o, an examination will
be held at Pascagoula as a result OF
which it is expected to make certlfl-
cation to fill a contemplated vacancy
in the position of fourth class post
master at Orange Grove. The COM
pensation of the postmaster at this
office was $4,000 for the last fiscal
year.
Applicants must be citizens who
reside within the territory supplied
by the Orange Grove post office.
Application forms and full infor'
nation concerning the requirements
of the examination can be secured
from the postmaster at Orange Grove,
or from the u. S. Civil Service Com.
mission, Washington, d. c.
Applications should be properly
executed and filed with the Com
mission at Washington at least z
days before the date Of the examl-
nation.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-07-18
BREEDIN LIVESTOCK
ON SOUTHERN FARMS

When more livestock for Southern
farms is advocated, most farmers
seem to think that more livestock
means pure-bred stock grown for
breeding purposes. As matter of
fact, not more thln one good farmer
in a hundred is fitted for breeding
pure-bred animals to be used for
breeding purposes. What we need
on every farm is enough animals
horses, mules, beef cattle, dafrv
cows and hogs-to consume all the
feeds that can be produced when a
crop rotation suitable for building up
and maintaining soil fertility is fol-
lowed. These animals should be of
a good grade of their several kinds
but they need not be pure-bred, or
if pure-bred, which we believe better
they need not be raised by the
methods necessary to produce suit
able breeding stock to be sold as
breeders---The Progressive Farmer.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-07-18
UNCLE SAM TO ISSUE
FARMERS MAGAZINE
department of Agriculture Plans
To Publish a Monthly Journal
Of Research,

Radical changes in the publications
of the Department of Agriculture are
to be made in connection with the
establishment by the department and
agricultural colleges and experiment
stations Of the country of journal
of research. This magazine, which
will be issued monthly, or oftener,
according to the volume of scientific
matter in hand, will do away with
the technical bulletins which have
been issued in the past.
1t will be edited by three represen-
tatives from the department and two
from the colleges and stations. Pub
lication of farmers bulletins will be
continued by the department, but in
many instances the pamphlets will
deal with problems affecting a par
ticular section Of the country. Other
publications of broad general interest
will be spread over the whole
country.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-07-18
WIGG|NS NORMAL
OPENS JULY q,

GuIfport, Miss, July 1.-THE fifth
season of the Coast Normal. at Wig
gins, will open July Fl, with the
following faculty in charge: Prof. J.
A. Huff of the Agricultural High
Ssh ,ol, director; Prof. Luther F.
Sumrall, City Superintendent of
Schools at Virgins, local director;
Prof. c. E. Ives, City Superintend.
ent, Bay St. Louis; Prof. W. G.
Williams. Jackson; Miss Charlotte
Armstrong, director of Model school
at State Normal of Tennessee, teach.
er of primary plans. Examinations
for State licenses, which EXEMPT
those taking them from standing
county examinationn, will be held
August IA and IS.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-07-18
|LUCEDALE Tells
HOW TO LOSE
Monotony Of Trip Was Broken
However, BY a Wedding
on Way Here.

Well boys, we shall have to le
PaScagoula crow for awhile but per
hapS if we can induce them to come
10 Lucedale for another game, the
Growing may be done from another
| fence. 1t is not our desire to fine
fault or roast any one Individually
but it is certainty that our home
team must discard some Of that
lethargy which ssems to hover
around at critical moments. Per-
haps our failure on the 4th was in
q measure due to the long weari-
some ride, and the equally long wait
for dinner when we arrived, but
whatever the cause let us wake up
and practice.
The monotony of the ride was
troken in way, by Judge Jones
performing marriage ceremony on
the train and "Our Friend Hinton"
announcing the fact that the genial
Judge was still open for any other
engagements.
Some amusement was caused
when some one told the happy
couple that the ceremony was not
blnding,the license being issued in
one county and the marriage per-
formed in another, but the judge
kindly relieved their distress of
mind by telling them the decision
of the Supreme Court recently made
it permissible, and therefore they
would not have to endure the agony
ofa second service.
Another fact we would like to |
call attention to is, that we have
some very honest officials here in
Lucedale, especially the CuStOdIanS
Of our money, the last saw Of Mr.. !
V-(there, | nearly mentioned a
name, howe er It was a banker) he
was taking an extra long trolley ride
In an endeavor 10 induce the con
ductor to take back the surplus
change he had given for a two in
stead Of five.
There are some who might think
we were entitled to all we could get
that day, but | guess honesty is the
best policy, all round.-George
Times.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-07-18
STATE BANKS SHOW
BUSINESS INCREASE
While Number Decreases Sub.
stantiaI Improvement Is Shown
In Resources.

Duncan l.. Thompson, state au-
dtor, has issued a comparative
statement of 331 state banks which
reported to the auditor under his
call of June 18 with the 344 banks
that made statements one year ago.
The recapitulation of these states
ments shows assets and liabilities Of
SIS 900. .0OG, which Is an increase
of s2,OOO,O00 in loans and discounts
and a decrease OF S311 ,212 in indi-
vidual deposits.
The total figures show a net in
crease of 81 ,O99,82S in resources.
There is a decrease of S221, ,727 in
the total capital stock which is now
s12, 7O6, ,926. The total cash on hand
is S2,S75,S16 which Is an increase
of S1e, ,921; the total surplus is S3,-
O47 ,979 which is an increase of ST..
7O5; time certificates of deposit
amount to S8,629,625 which is an
increase of S325 1872; bills payable
amount to S5,312,84 which is an
increase of 81, ,599, ,3O2.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-07-18
u COMMANDMENTS
FOR SUMMER

Washington, July 1.-THE ten
commandments to insure clean food
during the summer were issued by
tie bureau OF chemistry of the de-
partment f agriculture in an official
bulletin:
1. Use your nose and eyes to de-
'ect bad food.
3. Be watchful of ptomaine, a
deadly poison bacilli which .hrives
nightly in this weather.
8, Pasteuriz all milk.
4. Keep your ice box clean.
5. Cook your food and never eat
it uncooked.
6. Beware Of restaurants and high
Iy seasoned meats and fish.
7. Drink only boiled water at
summer resorts.
5. Do not eat skins of fruits.
9. Wage a persistent battle against
flies in your home.
10. Do not set too much store bv
the guaranteed under the pure food
and drug act" label, The govern.
ment does notguarantee these wares.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-07-18
WATERS THAT
FLOW TWO WAYS
At Some Seasons They Empty
Into Arctic Ocean, at Others
Into Atlantic.

The United States Geological Sur
vey has just published a report
/ (Water-Supply Paper 3O5) contain
ing the results Of river flow measure
ments made during the year 1911 in
the Hudson Bay and upper Mssiss-
ipp River basins. Because the d.
viding line between the Mississippi
River drainage basin and that of
Hudson Bay is indefinite and in
many places can not be determined,
the consideration of these two basins
in connection with their water sup
plies and the uses that can be made
OF this resource must logically be
taken up together. In fact, in north
ern Minnesota there is a great area
of land so flat that its waters some
times flow into Hudson Bay and
sometimes into the Gulf Of Mexico.
There are times when certain lakes
discharge at both ends, the northern
outlet taking the flow through Red
River or Rainy River into Lake
and thence into Hudson
Bay, while the southern outlet leads
to the Mississippi,
The stream=gaging work carried
on by the Geological Survey in
and Illinois was perform
ed in cooperation with these States.
The westernmost river covered by |
The report is St. Mary River, which |
Uses in Montana, crosses the Can
adan boundary, and empties into
he Saskatchewan. The other rivers
Ire largely those of North Dakota,
and Wisconsin, although
information is contained
the rivers of illinois and
owa, which empty into the Mssiss-
ppi.
A copy of Water-Supply Paper
'O5 may be obtained free on applica-
ion to the Director of the Geological
survey, Washington, D. c.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-07-18
PAT HARRISON MAKES
A HOME RUN
Mississippi Representative Star
in Game Between Opposing
Congressman.

Washington, July ia biz
crowd saw the congressional base
ball game Saturday, in which Rep
resentatives Harrison of Mississippi
and Elder of Louisiana played stal
parts on the Democratic team. The
game was for the benefit of the Wash
ington playground movement, and a
large sum was realized. Practically
all congressman were on hand to
root for their respective teams. Rain
spoiled the last inning.
Representative Harrison, who
played 3rd base, made a home run
with the bases full. The final score
was 29 to S in favor of the Demo-
Gratis.
All efforts of the Republicans, who
were helped out by a few Democrats,
were unavailing to stop the hard
hitting Democrats. The curves Of
Representative Webb of North Caro-
lima could not be solved by the Re-
publicans, while the Democrats had
no trouble in finding the delivery of
Representative Patton of Pennsyl-
vania, who appeared unable to OBJ
tain unanimous consent to get a
strike across the plate.
One of the features of the game
was the return of Samuel Winslow
of Massachusetts,, who played on a
Harvard team back in the eighties
and had not played since until to-
day. He was the real star of the
game and made a hit every time at
he bat. But he could not run.
lis girth would not permit of such
and he impressed a House
into service with the con-
ent of all parties.
In the third innicg the Democrats
made sixteen runs.
Victor Murdoch Of Kansas, the
Progressive leader, who was to have
lmpired, failed to appear.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-07-18
CONFEDERATION OF CONNER
ClAL CLUBS HOLDS MEETING
IN THIS PLACE.
TRIP TO THE PAPER MILL
Visitors Are Shown Over the New
Plant and Brought Back to
City In Automobiles.

j 4 well attended meeting Of the
New Orleans-Mobile Coast Confed-
Grafton Of Commercial Clubs was
held Saturday morning in the direct
ors' rooms of the Peoples Bank ,L.C.
Irvine, of Mobile, president, and E.
b. Dunten, of Pascagoula, vice
president. Those present from out
OF town were: w. H. Bouslog, Of
Gulfport; T. F. Hale, vice president
of the 6. & S. |. R. R. of Gulfport;
George w. Grayson, vice president.
Of the Harrison County Bank Of
Biloxi; T. w. Milliner, cashier of the
Bank of Commerce Of Gulfport; H.
d. Money, Of Ocean Springs; and
w. A. Maynes, manager Of the
Southern Paper Company, and j. j.
Mcintosh, of Moss Point.
The president made an address on
marketing productS and appointed
n. D. Money, E. B. Dunten, George
w. Crayson, w. H. Bouslog and
E. G. Fowlkes, Of Mobile, COM
mittee on traffic. 1t is the aim to
form a marketing association for the
coast.
After dinner the entire delegation
went to Moss Point and were taken
up the river in the Southern Paper
Company's gasoline launch to the
company's plant.
A. W. Waern, of Dalsland, Swed-
en-, the inventor of the process for
making paper out of pine, showed
them all through the plant. Mr..
Waern stated that cord of wood
would average 100 pounds of pulp
or paper, besides the by-products.
wood alcohol, tar, turpentine and
rosin, and that the products were
worth $50 per ton gross.
After visiting the paper mill the
visitors returned in automobiles.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-07-18
DIL0WS OLDEST
OYSTER MAN DEAD


Joseph Field AIKEN, aged II years,
native of New Orleans and resi-
dent Of Deer Island for the past fifty
years, died at his home after an ill.,
ness lasting only few days. Dur
ing the time he had lived on the
island he had been an oyster planter
and cultiv ator. He owned nearly
all Of the western end of the island
and his father at one time was light
house keeper on Cat Island, and he
was widely known in Biloxi and all
along the coast.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-07-18
SEN. vARDAMAN
GOES AFTER
THE BLACKS
DENOUNCES PRACTICE Of HAv-
ING NEGROES IN AUTHORITY
OVER WHITE PERSONS.
IS TO SEE WILSON
Mississippi Senator Declares It
Is Time That Black Mar Learn
ed His Place in Washington

Washington, July 17.-Senato
Vardaman, of Mississippi, this week
denounced the practice in some
government departments in Wash.
inpton of having negroes in positions
Of authority over white persons, and
declares that he intends to take the
matter up with President Wilson.
Senator Vardaman will ask the
president not to hereafter appoint
negroes to positions of authority in
the government service. The sena-
tor also intends to investigate the
office of the recorder of deeds of the
District of Columbia, the recorder,
Henry L. Johnson, being negro.
1t is alleged that johnson is away
from his duties about one-third Of
the office hours. There has been
trouble between whites and blacks
in this office recently, a white Wo-
man clerk appealing to congressman
to investigate the office.
THREATEN WHITE WOMAN.
It was reported this white woman
was threatened with bodily harm by
negro women clerks in the recorders
Office.
Senator Vardaman said:
81 will ask President Wilson not
to appoint any negroes to Federal
offices of responsibility, not only in
the district, but anywhere. 1t is
time the negro learned his place in
the district. That white women
have to work in government depart
ments side by side with negroes is
outrageous, especially so when under
negro executives. am going TO |
stop this if it can be done.'
There have been seven cases OF
attacks by negroes on white women
here in the last four days, one Of
the women being sister-in-law of
Senator Pondexter, of the State of
Washington. 1t is probable Senator
PoindeXter will take the matter of
protection to women in Washington
upon the floor of the Senate.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-07-18
Road Bonds Fail to Sell.

Magnolia, Miss, July 1.-THE
Board of Supervisors again failed to
receive a bid for the $500, ,090 81 per
cent bonds which were authorized
last April for the construction of im-
proved roads in the Fourth District,
After conference with the road cem-
missioners it was decided to aban-
don further attempts to sell the
bonds until the present condition of
the money market resumes its nor=
NAL basis.