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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-24

WANTED-You to ring Cumberland
SOB or Home 751 when you wish
furniture packed, stored or moved.
Specially Of hauling household
goods. Hattiesburg Furniture Com
pany, 1913 Mobile street. LIST
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-24
HELP WANTED

WANTED-Two operators with small
Portable mills looking for a loca.
ton, Address W, H. Sullivan, Great
Southern Lumber Company, Boga-
lusa, La. 2-17.tf
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-24
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

FOR SALE
Two Broom residences, arledge ST.,
$25 down, SIS per month"; per cent
Two Broom residences, William st.,
SIS down, $40 per month; per cent.
Call AZ, Both Phones.
24-49
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-24

WANTED-Students at the Hatties-
burg Business College. Offers the
best courses in bookkeeping, short
hand. touch typewriting and pen
msnship. Positions secured free for
graduates. Hattlesburg Business
College, Merkel bldg, Hattiesburg,
Miss. 1a1mo d&W
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-30

Suppose this girl went to the SUI
perintendent after she had been
taken back again and asked him
when she would get commission, and
suppose he answered her that she
wouldn't get any for thirty days, and
when she told him she would not
stand for that as she was an old
clerk under a new number, he told
her it would be investigated and adj
justed. would you admit that if the
girl didn't complain such a thing
might have happened?"
Mr.. Davis did not answer me.
Gam to understand that this girls
story is not true?" l insisted.
ooh, everything. she says could
have happened, but it wasn't to keep
from paying her the commission.
That part is ie."
Well, what is your opinion?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-30
MERELY COMMENT

Big Business, having failed to lie
convincingly about the O'Hara COM
mission. is now trying the strong arm
method. MAJ.
Mary Garden ordered that a man
found under her berth on board the
liner Kaiser Wilhelm should be fed
to the sharks" We're surprised at
Mary. -
Of course, the gent had been dining
and was in something the same con-
dition as the three men who stopped
in front of Jones' house, got Mrs.
Jones to the window, and asked her
"Pleash come down and tell US whish
of ush ish your husband" -
The only trouble with Chicago
water is the other things besides
water you get along with it.
Maybe that's the reason Chicago
saloonkeepers grow rich. =
Talking about how bad our street
car service is has become regular
habit with Carter H. and certain
newspapers.
Bur a lot of talk won't kill the
goose that's laying those golden eggs
lin the street car companies laps.
A man who Iivedin Iowa for twen-
ty years came to Chicago to commit
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-30

f~SSS~0~~
whether he wanted to kill himself be-
cause he had lived in Iowa or because
he had seen Chicago.
The government has arrested a
magazine owner for lying about his
circulation magazine owner. not
member of the Chicago newspaper
trust.
MacIay Hoyne got real peeved yes
terday and walked right out of Judge
Burke's courtroom because he didn't
like the way the Judge was acting.
Possibly the day will come when
Hoyne will walk right out of the
states attorneys Office because Of
the way the recount of votes In the
states attorney election has reacted
The bluff of the American insur-
ance trust refusing to do business in
Missouri seems to have slipped a cog.
The foreign companies are walking
right in and coping off the business.
Roger Sullivan enjoyed his little
visit with Pres. Wilson, and there is
corresponding gloom in the Hearst
camp, which adopted ]. Ham Lewis
with malice and aforethought and
newspaper editorials.
One thing you can always be fair
ly sure of finding in Hearst paper:
An editorial praising Willie Ran
dolluf.
So now it appears that Julius Ros-
enwald is the whole cheese in Sears,
Roebuck & Gowns eight times as
much of the stock as any other stock
holder.
No wonder Julius was peeved when
tn O'Hara commission questioned
him about wages. 1t was tapping his
pockets pretty directly.
Ii the shoe trust keeps right on
bounding Lieut.-Gov. O'Hara it'll
boost him into the governors, chair
before it knows what's happening.
Anyhow when Mary Garden found
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19

pose the saluting battery and heavy main battery
also, and are named and fired by the botswain
of Der Prosit," yhO Is ponderous man In his
official garb and dring in the way he approaches
the ships, whose Tews throng the sides and an.
swer the salute nth revolver shot finn the
poop.
The saluting tabs place before Der Ppsit" is
within hailing dtance, and all hands nave a
laugh at the tiny sounds, strongly contrsted in
their minds with be salute of the big gum which
they are accustofd to hear. Next the bo,tswain
gets up in the b6s and resting one hand almost
on top of the fosmast and lifting meaphone
as long as himse to his lips, calls out at The top
of his voice, sip, ahoy!" The quartemaster
answers from IL bridge, Hello, hello Der
Prosit?" AYE, sye,' the boatswain eturns.
Come alongside calls the Quartermaster, Then
the admiral of Per Prost" rises in the stern,
some ten feet afDf the boatswain in the bow, his
head on a levelsith the topmast, and bavls out
through his m9phone, "All hands fur.rl SAIL"
With that the fw, consisting of one man, who
also acts in thgcapacity of foghorn, gets amid
ships and clint the mainmast, which sWays to
and fro as IL put to capsize the entire craft,
and pulls dow all the sails. The vessel is
standing to-" tthen calls out to the boatwain,
who reports tQhe admiral over the crews head
Who in turn rdrts to Santa Claus, sitting in the
stern sheets dfhe tiller. All these orders are
given and cahd out in the most solemn man.
ner, to the mnment of the ships crew boxing
on from the y above
The crew G'Der Prosit'' then gets out oars
and pulls aloside while on deck the real boat.
SWANS mate PES eight side boys to stand at the
head Of the agway and salute the admiral and
Santa Claus Zen they come aboard. The presi-
dent of the wed States only rates six side boys
when he CPS aboard, while Sanity has his
eight, besideNs are petty officers while the pres.
ident's are d good.looking apprentice boys. AS
the argosy Tvs alongside the boatswain pipes
the long, l9une and three short blasts char
acteristic on coming aboard of great men.
No less Sfrson than the captain of the shin
meets the 4miral OF Der Prosit," his wife,
Sanity lad*lth huge basket full of presents,
the boats1 and the crew, while the bugler
sounds TIL portentious ruffles and the ships
company, Eiholed ait, stands at attention. In.
deed the #rs are all present, for they believe
In Sanity yen as do the crew. When the ad.
mirals w@some fair faced sailor with Manila
rope hair a taWdry skirt, swings aboard hold
ing her y nigh and exposing generous view
of red stA g to the eyes Of the sailors, great
laugh is Nked and shout goes up, higher
higher" oh, you Kiddo!"
The vain in command Of the crew shouts
to his nan for, Attention." then puts him
through rles OF gymnastics of peculiar and
| intense NY character. The admiral, as if not
thoroug *akins In the landscape. lifts huge
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19

fortune or sly, nave come in line for punishment
1t is customary for Sanity to walk boldly up to
the captain and ask him to "whtewash" the
books. In tn face of everybody and on Christ.
mas day the aptain can not very we'll refrse this
request, althugh some captains have been seen
to vince and cough before granting the immeas.
urable favor. The report book in which all pun.
lshable acts ae entered, is swept clean and the
culprits are renstated to firstclass standing and
enjoy all the rivileges held by their more for
tunate shipmats who have not fallen before the
multiplicity of temptations that daily assail the
man-o' warsman
The event with forms background for all this
merrlment is tn regular big feed" as the sail
ors call it. For be last week this has crept into
their conversatia. Pie, turkey and plum duff
are the three graf delicacies to the sailors, and
they have more respect for them than for the
three graces.
What kind of feed is the commissary gonna
hand u.s." one saiH asks of another During this
time Of ANTICIPATED excitement runs high and the
commissary is wy much respected person. In
fact he is never etired person, for his billet is
hard one to fill t the satisfaction of every one
who eats at the gderal mess. There is always
some old tar or otter who imagines himself to
be sighted by the luality of his food, and the
apprentice boys ksfrom him the habit of CON-
planning with very little reason on their side
Quarrels often resultant have to be referred to
the mast" where TIL first lieutenant first luf)
settles the matter in aver Of the commssary SO
that the sailor arrana a private settlement with
the commissary laterSn where the first luff has
nothing to say about ii
The burden of the spast falls naturally upon
the cooks and mess atndants 1t is far from an
enjoyable affair with tim. although they are an
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19

other morning. Reginald was typically British
and evidently Off his native heath for the first
time in his life He had landed from the liner
in the forenoon in New York and was taking the
first evening train for the southwest. Therefore
he was not in the least familiar with the intrica
cies of the up-todate steel sleeping car
"Rummy little diggngs" was what he said when
shown his berth, and the net for his clothing
catching his eye, he "lawfed" and exclaimed:
Clever idea; to catch me if fall out of bed
what?"
But it was in the morning that his troubles be-
gan Like most untraveled Brtishers, he did not
like to ask questions and he did not want to make
fuss so, when he aWoke and found that he did
not have much time until the train would be in
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19

bounty that can be gotten to-
gether are used as adorn-
ments and no end of work
is expended on the rig Of the
boat to be used, which is
sometimes the wherry and
sometimes the punt.
In order to hold to the ira
ditional custom used in the
time of Paul Jones and down
through the yeas, the boat
is rugged like a brig, that is,
with two masts and yard
arms crossing, with jib and
staysail and spanker out
astern. On the fore and aft
er quarters they arrange
large wooden tubes, in which
are inserted small arms.
These "spiggoty guns" COM
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19

When these ravenOus appetites have been
slaked and even those who have the dlating DOW.
ers OF an anaconda are put at rest, or in pain az
the case may be, some of the old shellbacks" will
begin to grow reminiscent and tell of the Christ
masses they have spent in lands where there were
no turkeys nor anything else fit for the big
feed"
Says old Pete, the sailmaker's mate: II mind
the time down in Darien, wher the steward had
nothn' in the storeroom but of crusty hard
biscuits full of bugs, so when lsted EN- with
the handle We yer knife they went whimty nifty
in every direction-under yer plate, behind yer
cup, up yer sleeve and around the mess pans.
But mates that was Christmas fer yer life We
couldn't eat the buffalo meat it was that much
like bolt rope, so we drunk or coffee and engaged
ourselves in bug races down the table BY tryln'
all the bugs out We got some speedy ones And
they was speedy. I had one that could trot down
that table-trot mind y'-like it was Maude 8
herself The devil OF 1t the bloody -
wouldn't keep in the course between the pls
Shed break fer a hole near the finish | bet
money on er though, and after loosin 20 bone8
by her duckn' out Of it when she was two whole
plate lengths ahead. mind y | figgered could
head her off the next time and win anyhow, so
put up so bones-5O good cold plunkers on that
skinny little runt of bug, and strike me blind!
you ought a seen that race! Go! That cussed
little bug slid down that mess table like it was on
ball bearings | headed 'er off at the hole with
a piece of tack and she run clean again the bot.
tom board of the table an butted 'er brains out,
kicked over on 'er back stone dead But that
race! Whew! raked in the coin from the CAP
tain OF the hold Christmas! Well, strike me. fell
lers! That was some Christmas even II We
didn't have any eats"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19

tried to toilet
1t end he cut the Godan boldly the aisle in his
clothes
Most of the other sitting and the calm
difference the Brsher buff" the midst
know rather what He smiled afab through the
neckband his asked: Well Jove
Tell berth?'
presentabe.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19

field rodents in North side vacant lot and went
with them to the Queen moving picture house at
Thirtythird street and North avenue.
The mice were there released late in the after
noon The show was to open at Z o'clock In the
evening
When Mrs. Margaret Klofta, charwoman, ar
rived to do her work, she found the lobby alive
with small rodents which upon her appearance
scampered in every direction.
Contrary to feminine precedent, Mrs. Klofta
instead of screaming or seeking the safe altitude
of a convenient chair, took a commanding posi-
ton and applied broom with deadly effect
Having slaughtered many and driving the rest
of the mice to the basement, Mrs Klofta turned
nm tho Youthful Dernetrators nf the alleged iOkn
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19

pair Of binoculars in the
bottles lashed together,
pretense of getting his !
the sailors about him.
SANITY, who has deposite
on the quarter deck, "Sii
Cannibal isles"
Sanity begins then t.
read the names aloud, g
Der Profit" and the az
the admiral himself, whu
ingly, cutting many ridH
The presents are of a
They are gotten up an
those to whom they a.
wards cha-acterizing IT,
the standing jokes th5e
the captain is a four sta.
an admirals star, unlessy
by which h. is more pro
presented With this ha
presence of everybody
Sanity Is sureme on CT,
But the geatest gifes
fallc Ia tho Ut 90 4L -
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19

IHuuCement 70 look; quite the contrary. For every
noon there are foolish doings on that roof.
i suppose they are office boys, junior clerks
and other youngsters who work in the building.
After lunchng they to feel as playful as kit
tens. AT any rate, they go up on the roof every
noon and caVort around. They go in for any sort
OF horseplay that occurs to them Sometimes they
give limitations of ball game; other times it's
prize fight
Now there's a low ledge along one side of the
roof and taller building the other. But at
the back there's straight droop Of several
stories with no more guardra than an cave
trough That's precisely where the boys find it
convenient to do their acrobatics and dramatcs
'The other daY | WAS wat chinp them in 1nninulod
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19

disgust one another
great o players He initiated pitcher winding
heh ne went through the motions he
Vase running struck intelligent
show jackson Cobb slide o
uoht know whether the
merely
OF the unprotected edge turned head
Killed in
middle of the He enough
exercise in the IN
uay ana e aVore diversion seems be sparrg
mild imitation of rougandumbe fighting
the
pany for $4,000 grounds negligence
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
He Was Just Over, but He Will Learn in Time

D TTsBURGH PAOals around the Pennsylvania
told
had little experience with EngIhman
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
Mouse Multitude Released in "Movie" Theater

MILWAUKEE Ws-iberatng multitude of mice in moving
M much Is boys
deyry
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19

the newngled municipal activity the city shop
world did watch
officially
chain then
with that
81 forgot do that with money"
Kerrgan allowed his mepiece
with that able make his
providing he loses his appetite
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
He Wrapped Watch Chain Around His Big Toe

Y MO-Athough he all money
N Kgan of Tarkawa Okla has taught the world trick
the preserving vauables The forever perhaps
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
Foolish Doings on the Roof Of a Biz Building

LEV EAND o-"From the window
Is numerous floors the
OF Euclid avenue building
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19

there was $54 OF It, but Jerry has his watch safe
and sound, all because he played new variation
on the First National Bank" wheeze.
Jerry came to the city to view and buy the
latest sartoral effects, for he wanted to get him.
self "al logged OUT" he's authority for that He
had the $54 and yearning to convert every cent
of it into beautiful wearing apparel. Dressed in
his old regimentals he departed for home yester.
day, however.
evening and went to rooming house. His room
was entered, his $54 taken and his confidence in
Kansas City lodging houses shattered to bits. He
reported his loss to the police, and asked where
and how he might obtain money on his watch to
defray expenses back to Oklahoma He was di
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19


Fremond eighteen
Sharp dcame intent food the theaer with
mice nd a probable panic evening
the pail the OUT he said had three
on string the lobby and after them"
them for?' inquired the city
brighten Judge Page
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19


where steam Is turned on. while an
Be peeled ones are being brought from
Is.
ey are done the ships cook himself.
I to and fro in the galley all the while,
bn the nearest urn with his, and TAX
III sixfoot masher proceeds to pound
4 white flakey mass fit for king.
q Is not all he has to do, either. The
b browning in the long ovens and he
! ZEE assistants have continually to open
probe with long forks into the swelling
ID ascertain when to take them out.
5 tables are all numbered so that each
Us just where to 60 when he gets down
e hatchway, and he doesn't waste any
|g there on this occasion. 1t is indeed
and lively scene on the gundeck at this
very mans plate is heaped to the brim
and all apply themselves with dar.
5regard for mere stomachs that would
peptic vince and turn his head. Dozens
hngle from hooks between parallel col
.ilors, who seem only restrained from
other alive by the flimsy. vacillating
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19
.HH.Sz2zAss D1YzyER ~ EHE
\ HcS WQIy

Department OF the Interior, U. S. Land
Office at Baton Rouge La, Deem
Der 6, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that John j.
Salter, of Mt. Pleasant, La, who on No
vember %, 1910 made Homestead Entry
No. 03260, for Cd of SCI section 10, and
Cd of net section %, townsip IA north,
range east, Louisiana Meridian, has
filed notice Of intention to make
Three Year Proof under Act June
s, 1912, to establish claim to the land
above described, before clerk court, at
Columbia, La, on the
18th day of January, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses: Jane.
D. McLlain, Dennis G. McLain, Jacl
McLain, Elmo Moy, all of Mt. Pleasant
Louisiana.
John +. Nuttall, Register.
dec II, 1919.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1913-12-19

BSTRD as It may sound 70 e7ery UNe,
the bluejackets still believe III santa
Claus. That rotund, rosy-cheeked lit
tie old man pays as much attention to
the thousands of boys on board the
warships as he does to the thousands
of, perhaps younger in years, boys and
girls ashore. Instead of c0E.iEg n
sleigh with reindeer and merry bt-S,
Evening star., 1913-04-06

Barber and Morgan, engravers Of the
Philadelphia mint.
The medal of former President Taft
was designed by Charles E. Barber dur
ing the Presidents first few months in
Office. The dies were executed by Mr..
Barber and his assistant. Mr.. John Nor
gan. The medal shows the President fac
ing the right and wearing the character
istic Taft smile. On the face of the
medal is the inscription William H.
Taft" On the reverse is stated the date
of his inauguration. Above the inscrip-
ton appears a figure of Prudence hold
ing scroll of parchment in her hand.
In the background is the Capitol The
figure is obviously intended to convey the
impression that the President, who has
the vetoing power on all bills passed by
Congress, must throughout his whole
term act only with the greatest care and
after the most faithful study of situa-
ton. At the bottom of the reverse side
appears the we'll known 'E Pluribus
Unum."
But little is known of the presidential
medal by the public at large. Uncle Sam
is desirous of having his good citizens
familiar not only with the names, dates
and deeds of his various Presidents. but
also with their likenesses. Indeed. so
anxious is he that Americans get mental
pictures of the famous men, that the
director of the mint in Philadelphia is
under permanent instructions to furnish
the copies of the medals of any President,
request of an American-prOvided that
request is accompanied by 81 to pay for
the metal used in each medal Thus. for
a comparatively small sum, any Ameri-
Evening star., 1913-04-06

the boring of the tunnel was prosecuted
night and day by three shifts of workers.
The water of the Little Falls branch was
turned into the shaft April %, 1885: East
creek was turned In May % of the same
year. The conduit passing around the
reservoir. and which had been used since
the reservoir was put out Of service In
1883, gave way soon after the reservoir
was restored to service. This round
about conduit. which served the city SO
well from 1888 to 1895. was built during
the civil war under the supervision of
Silas Seymour, a civil engineer, when the
Washington aqueduct was under the con-
troll of the Department of the Interior.
y
If you would ramble along the IA
nous little brook you should travel
west on the River road, a road which
strikes off to the westward from Wis
consin avenue at Tenleytown. at a
point opposite the police substation
and the spot where the Tenleys who
gave their name to this place lived and
are buried. The cedar trees on the
west side of the substation mark the
east line of the holdings of the Ten
leys and they are buried at the rear OF
the white frame house which stands
Immediately to the west of those
cedars From it's junction with Wis
consin avenue the River road makes a
sharp descent and in a few yards you
pass the pointwhere the Murdock Mill
road enters the River road. The Muir
dock Mill road wanders down through
the lower lands to the ruin of Muir
docks mill, which stands by the stream
which has been referred to as Mill
creek and which once united its waters
with those of Little Falls branch, and
passes into the Washington mains. A few
yards further along you will see on
the left yellow clay ditch, not yet
hidden under spring green. That is a
relic of part Of the outworks of Fort
Reno.
At this place the panorama of the
valley is unfolded to you. The view
to the west is bounded by the range of
hills close up under the base of which
runs Little Falls branch and along
which runs a branch Of the. Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. the branch which
runs from the main line not far from
Rockville to the Potomac at what once
was and which is still called Chain
bridge. Looking down the valley the
eye passes the hills where shines the
receiving reservoir and on to the hills
that rise across the Potomac in Vir-
ginia. 1t is a pleasing prospect.
Westward and at the point where the