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Williams news., 1913-12-04

dollar, in cash, at par, into the tre- asury of our company, for every share they hold, and they have simply come into our company be- canse they believed it to be a safe investment.
 There is, too, upon the part of the public, a belief that the compa- ny is largely engaged in politics. We imagine this feeling is caused by the fact that in the past, from the standpoint of self preservation, certain corporations were almost compelled to be in politics; but in these days, when the tendency is to place all cooperation and trust af- fairs into the hands of central body, such as the Interstate Con- merce Commission and local state commissions etc., to deal with the conduct of businesses such as ours, being in politics, as believed by the public, would be foolish thing and entirely unnecessary. This is, therefore, to state emphatically that we are not, either directly or indi- rectly in politics in any way, shape or manner, and shall not be-.
 We are going to attempt to give you the entire story as to our rates. We have been told when stating to some of the public that we prom ised starting a campaign like this, that our efforts would be futile; that our subscribers would turn out to be selfish and only look toward the end of getting as cheap tele phone rates as possible. We do not believe this. We believe that the great majority of the public are inclined to be fair, and that it is not so much the question of what our telephone rates are as it is that when we make a statement regard ing them, and show our true financ- ing, that we shall be honest, and tbat the public shall know thas we are honest. That W hen we make statement as to oul profits and earnings, showing just where the dollar that our subscriber pays us goes, the public may know that We are not trying to deceive them oI to keep anything back that should be shown. When we honestly do this and our position seems to be just and right, we believe that the fairness of the public will sustain us.
 We are going to set forth the in- herent difficulties of giving uni versal telephone service. These articles and letters are not to be piece of special pleading or adroit use of words, but clear, business like setting forth of facts We hope, before we get through, both our selves and the public will under stand each other better. There is at least no harm to be done in try ing 10 accomplish this desired re- suit.
 It is cur aim to educate, please and satisfy the public and to be educated ourselves. It seems to us that every corporation has the right of selfdefense, the same as al, individual. The public has the same right. Listen to our defense and we will listen to yours. No problem has ever been harder for us than just how we were going to let the public know truly about us, but we believe that no problem was ever more important to both. If we really eau make you feel that you are partner in the business, we shall have accomplished much. A large part of the problem will be solved, if we can only bring the public, through education, to full understanding that there is mu- tual dependence between Nhe pub- tes Th1ephone and /
Williams news., 1913-12-04
WOOD! WOOD! WOOD!

W. H. Talk is ready to deliver the finest quality of wood at the lowest prices, anything from stove to four foot cord wood, green, dry, any old kind. Very prompt deliv- cry. Call up w. H. Talk, on the Forest Line
Williams news., 1913-12-04
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
FOR RENT

Room For Rent, - Close in, with fire. Suitable for gentleman only. Inquire this office.
The herald., 1913-01-16
Notions as to ost Arts


Current tradition credits the ancicnIS
with many lost arts" 1t Is still com
mon TO hear people say that means
unknown 10 us must have been en-
ploycd to erect the pyramids, that th,
Damascus blade is beyond the power
OF modern cutters and that the art OF
hardening copper died with some little
brown Aztec.
In point Of fact. larger stones than
any found In the pyramids have been
quarried In Maine, carried across the
sea and erected In buildings i'm En-.
land and France. II any one cared to
pay the cost there are plenty OF con
tractors who would build n replica OF
the largest pyramid and would not
take so very long about il.
1t is doubtful whether a Damascus
blade" will stand as much as a good
modern hand saw or the spring of Il
cheap clock.
Copper can he hardened by modern
methods TO equal any specimen that
has been left 10 us by the ancientS
Many arts that are supposed to be lost
are simply abandoned because there
is no modern need of Cultivating them
and others are not even abandoned
but employed every day and improved
upOn.-New York Tribune.
The herald., 1913-01-16
CHANCE FORECASTS.
Writers of Old Who Dimly Pointed to
Modern Inventions.

Chance phrases in the literary works
Of other days describe with uncanny
exactness inventions of far later times.
For instance, we find in the "Prolu-
sions" Of Strada the Roman, which
were published in the year 1917, what
might be held to embody a crude de-
scription Of wireless telegraphy.
Strada represents two friends as car
rying on correspondence by means Of
certain loadstone which has such
virtue In 1t that. IL it touches two nee
dies when one Of the needles begins to
move, the other, although at ever so
great a distance, moves at the same
time and In the same manner"
In 1914 Robert Hooke published a
work wherein he observed that as
glasses improve the vision so ways
might be found to improve our other
senses. ut is not impossible" says he.
ito hear a whisper a distance of a fur
long. and perhaps the nature of the
thing would not make 1t impossible al
though that furlong should be ten times
multiplied" This seems to be a fair
forecast Of the telephone.
In "Gulliver's Travels" Swift causes
his hero to relate in the voyage to La
puta that the astronomers there have
likewise discovered the two lesser stars
or satellites which revolve about Mars"
This has been held to constitute a sa.
tire on sham science. Nevertheless
Professor Asaph Hall a few years ago
discovered the two tiny satellites.
1t was more than LOO years ago
that Lucian gave an account of the
manner wherein the inhabitants Of the
moon drank "air squeezed or compress
ed into goblet so that 1t formed a
kind Of dew. This clearly suggests
liquid air.
The same writer In "Vera Historic"
humorously and at some length de-
scribes an aerial ship the sails of which
were inflated by a whirlwind, thus i'm.
Polling 1t through space to the moon
Harper's.
The herald., 1913-01-16
A Bit of kitchener's Tact.

The Egyptian BedOuin is not com
PEELED TO pay taxes or TO render tn,
ordinary obligations of citizenship
which in Egypt includes military serv
ice. Soon after the outbreak of tn,
war between Turkey and Italy dele
CATION of BedOuins approached Gen
eral Kitchener and told him that the,
wanted to go across the border to the
assistance Of their hard pressed fel
lows in Tripoli. The English general
admitted with unexpected readiness
that their request was reasonable. but
he reminded them that by granting it
he would be creating a precedent
which would make them liable for
military service with the Egyptian
army.
The delegation withdrew, and Kitcb
ener was not troubled any more with
requests for leave to cross the border
The herald., 1913-01-16
The House Of Romanoff.

The house of Romanoff passed out Of
existence with the death of its las
survivor, Empress Elizabeth, daughter
Of Peter the Great, who was succeed
ed as ruler Of Russia by her nephew
Peter of Oldenburg. duke of Holstein
Gottorp, son Of her younger sister
Grand Duchess Ann. 1t is from this
car. who reigned as Peter I'LL. thai
the whole of the reigning house Of Rus
STA are descended, and they are, there
fore, not Romanoffs, but Oldenburgs.
The herald., 1913-01-16
Scotsmen and Funerals.

Englishmen. says Ian Maclaren In
Books and Bookmen." bear them
selves well at marriages. where Scots
men are at a disadvantage because
the cautious Scotch eye is focused
upon an uncertain future. But the
Scotsman shines at a funeral as one
of the Injuries Of life:
Peter" says one mourner to his
neighbor at the tail Of a walking fu-
neral, 'div We see Jamie Thompson
walking in the front side by side wi
the chief mourner and him no a droI
O. blood to the cOrpse?"
Fine l see him, forward, upset
tin, ambeetious body. He would be
inside the hearse if he could"-thp
most awful and therefore most envia
bic position for sober minded Scot.
The herald., 1913-01-16
Old English Press Ganus.

In the past the news of a shortag,
of men in the navy and the hint Of ac
ton by the admiralty would have put
the merchantmen on guard. Towaru
the end of the eighteenth century. fol
instance, there was a call for sailor,
for the navy. and persuasion" was
the rule. The press in the Thames
for the last three days has been very
severe. Five or six hundred seameu
have been laid hold Of" Thus runs
one Of many entries in the papers OF
the period. 1t was not always peace
full pressing" as this item in the
Times of 1875 will prove: There was
a very hot press on the river Friday
night last, when several hundred able
seamGn were procured One of tn,
gangs in boarding a Liverpool trader
was resisted by the crew. when a deS
perate affray took place. in which
many of the former were thrown over.
board, and lieutenant who boarded
them was killed by shot from the
vesSel."-LOndon Chronicle.
The herald., 1913-01-16
SYSTEMS IN GAMBLING.
Monte Carlo Just Smiles at Them and
Keeps on WINNING.

There are only two games played at
Monte Carlo-roulette and a simple
card game called trente ct quarante
One Is assured that these games are
played quite fairly and that the Der.
centage In favor Of the bank is 81 to
oo. Whatever It may be. this certain
percentage in favor of the tables over
comes all systems that human ingenuity
can work out by any law Of averages
M. Blanc will permit you to play any
way you like. and to double your bet
as often as you like until II reaches
o,VOo francs at roulette or 10000 francs
at trente ct quarante. Then You must
pegln over again. for it is quite clear
that II one were permitted to double
indefinitely 1t would only be a cues
tion OF time and sufficient money to
put Nj. Blanc out Of business.
mus 1t happens that NJ. Blanc who
takes no chance, wins against all those
VINO are permitted to take any sort Of
chance they like. Sir Hiram Maxim
disposed OF all systems when he shat.
tered popular delusion in these words.
III red has come up twenty times in
succession it is just as likely to come
up at the twentyfrst time as It would
Do Ii 1t had not come up before for q
week. Each particular coup is govern.
ed altogether by the physical condi.
ions existing at that particular in
slant The ball spins round a great
many times In groove. When its mo-
mentum Is used up it comes In contact
with several pieces of brass and finally
tumbles Into a pocket in the wheel
which is rotating in an opposite direc.
uon- 1t Is a pure and unaduIterated
question Of chance. and 1t is not in.
huenced in the least by anything that
mas ever taken place before or that
viii take place In the future."-MeL
Vile DAWSON Post In Saturday Even.
ing Post.
The herald., 1913-01-16
Gas Enainss In HIGH AItitu des.

A gas engine was erected several
thousand feet above sea level. The en-
CINE did not give the power expected
and II was concluded that the loss was
due 10 the altitude Of the station. Upon
investigation Of the theoretical and
practical considerations involved it was
found that there is a loss of about
per cent of the indicated horsepower
for each 1000 feet of increase in eleva-
ton. The effect with a low ratio Of
compression is slightly less than with
a high degree of compression.-Scienc
Conspectus.
The herald., 1913-01-16
Heat LIuhtnInu.

Heat lightning. or sheet lightning. Is
the name given TO broad flashes OF
light, unaccompanied by thunder and
usually near the horizon, seen when
They are commonly due to the rctlcc
ton by the clouds Of the discharge
proper. Sheet lightning has also been
described as occurring when there is
neither storm nor cloud. IL such cases
be authentic. the phenomenon is prob
ably due to weak electrical discharges
in the air at a considerable altitude
New York Times.
The herald., 1913-01-16
Paid Her a Complimen Mt.

DR.. Johnson never had a reputation
for paying compliments, but it is re-
lated that once when Mrs. Siddons, the
great actress. called on him in Bolt
court and the servant did not readily
bring her a chair be said, You see.
madam, wherever you go there are not
seats to be had!'
The herald., 1913-01-16
The Two Sides.

There are two sides to every argu-
ment," said the ready made philoso-
pher.
YES" replied the gloomy person.
''but it makes a difference wish side
you choose. There are two sides to a
piece Of fly paper" -Washington Star.
The herald., 1913-01-16
Reticence,

Cautiously avoid talking Of the do
nestle affairs of yourself or Of other
people. Yours are nothing to them but
tedious gossip. Theirs are nothing to
you.-Lord Chesterfield.
The herald., 1913-01-16
Nicely Fittinu,

ut was a very appropriate birthday
present our young friend. the lawyer.
got, wasn't it?"
What was the presentr
"a new suit."-Exchange.
The herald., 1913-01-16
Yes.

Whenever you find a man who is q
failure you will also find a patient lit
tie woman making his excuses to the
world.-New Orleans Picayune.
The herald., 1913-01-16
The Roller Jewel.

The roller jewel Of a watch makes
$4,000 impacts every day against the
fork
The herald., 1913-01-16
Pens.

Quill pens came into use in 553; the
first steel ones In 1920. when the first
gross Of them sold for $50.
The herald., 1913-01-16

FREE sToPOvERs ALLOWED AT NEW
ORLEANS ON ALL RAILROAD AND
STEAMSHIP TICKETS, AFFORDING
TOURISTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
THE CITY.
The herald., 1913-01-16
GRETyA TO IMMIGRATION STATION

From Gretna. 8 minutes, % minutes and
AS minutes after the hour.
Newton and Tcchc, minutes, - MN
utes and ~ minutes after the hour.
Canal Street Ferry, 10 minutes, ~ MIN
utcs and 80 minutes after the hour.
Car Barn Pacific Ave, 10 minutes, 90
minutes and 80 minutes after the hour.
EImIra and Newton, on the hour and 70
minutes and 40 minutes after the hour.
First car leaves Gretna , Is a. IN.
Last car leaves Gretna for Immigration
Station l. :0S a. m.
last car leaves Gretna for Car Barn via
Newton and Teche SITS. - 80 a. m.
The herald., 1913-01-16

Pass Harvey's Canal minutes after lesv-
ing Amesvlle
Reach Gretna Is minutes after leaving
Amesville
Last Car leaves Gretna for Amesville
IL 80 p. m.
last Car leaves Amesville for Gretna
~ :05 a. m.
The herald., 1913-01-16
Leave Shell Beach

LOUISIANA RAILWAY 4 NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Terminal Station, Canal Street.
& 10 p. m Lv. New Orleans Ar S 80 a. IN
No. S. Daily Ell. Sunday No. :.
C 40 g. m Lv New Orleans. Arr 10 D. H.
No. :. Sundays Only No. I
c 40 a. IN. Ly.. New Orleans. Art go p. m.
PoNTCHARTRAIN RAILROAD.
WEEKDAY SCHEDULE.
SOUTH.
Leave Mineburg-G 90, 7 100. 0 80 a. H.,
Il :0l, , 90, 4 40, :45, 6 40 .. N.
NORTH
Leave Pontchartrain Junction - 80,
SUNDAY SCHEDULE.
Leave Mnneburg-6 100. 10. 40, 10 100,
II 80 a. m. l. 80, > 80, 3 80, . 90, t 90,
: 90, S 10 p. m.
Leave Pontchartrain Junction = 8 80,
6 30 $ 10, 10, IL 90 a. m. II :Ol; 700,
90, 90, . 80, e 80, 40 p. N.
NEW ORLEANS GREAT NORTHERN.
(Termlnal Station
Daily Except Sunday.
e 80 a. m Jackson, Columbia, Ty-
lcrtown, Folsom and Inter
mediate ..............,. . .Jo y. H.
( 10 p. IN Folsom. Columbia. Tyler
town and intermediate. ; 80 a. m
Sunday Only.
: 40 a. m. Jackson, Columbia, Ty-
lertown and Intermediate. ; 100 ?. IN.
& 90 p. IN. Columbia, TylertOwn, B0-
ga.usa and intermediate. 10 20 a. m.
Sunday Excursions.
! 40 a. m. Folsom, COvingtOn, Abita,
Springs. Vaudeville, DacOmbe,
Forest Glen, BogaluSa and In
teTmedate ............. 100 p. m.
The herald., 1913-01-16
Railroad Schedules.
ELECTRIC CAR SERVICE
Between AlgIers and Gretna.

Taaves G-ctna. jackson Ave. Ferry Land
Ing, uassing through McpOnOghviile, to a.
glers. meets Canal st. Ferry, passes Ihlrc
district Ferry, Southern Pacific IermlnS ., Is
and viaduct, crossing over the Newton q
VIsIuri. fhr Southern Pacific X. X. Yards
along The rear OF the L. 5. Naval station
10 the l. ;. Immigration station.
Returning over same route, meeting Inc
y. o. and Western Railway cars and Jack
eonAya. Ferry at Gretna.
The herald., 1913-01-16
YAzoo AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

:l5 a. m. Delta Express. -. 9 20 D. m
100 p. m Bat. Rouge Fast EXP. IL 80 D. m
ITO p. m. Bayou Sara and Wood
vine passenger ......... 8 40 a. m.
IL 100 p. m. Northern Express, yicks-
burg. Monroe, Shreveport and
memphis ............. s 10 a. m.
The herald., 1913-01-16
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
(Union Statlon.)

(Union Station)
O 40 a. m. Texas Local, for Hous.
ION ana all stations inferno
II 80 a. Sunset E,nr.:: 20 p m
Houston, Austin, Fort Worth,
Dallas and other north Tex.
II 80 a. m. Sunset Express. for San N no p III
Antonio, Mexico, FL Paso
r. Arizona and California -. AZ n m
= ;O5 pm. Lafayette Local, for La p 49,
fayette and all stations In
$50 p. m Texas Limited. for Hons. NJ H. m
ton, Galveston, Austin, Waco
Fort Worth, Dallas and other
. north Texas points ..... 6 40 n m
III 40 p. m. Sunset Mail. for Hous - -
ton, Galveston. Waco, Fort
worth, Dallas and other north
II AS p: m. Sunset Mail, for San no d. H.
Antonio Mexico. Ell Paso
Arzona ana California;. AS a. m
TEXAS AND PACIFIC.
0:35 am. Texas Express o 40 n m
IL 80 noon. Texas-C colorado Linn 3 az n,
- p. m. Torras Local Ill AZ a m
':oo p. m. The Cannon Ball.. :35 o. m.
FRISCO LINES.
(From Terminal Station)
II 40 p. m.... Houston ......1 :15 D. m.
LOUISIANA SOUTHERN RAILWAY
New Orleans, Texas and Mexico r r las
sees.)
(Station, ST. Claude and Elysian Fields,
To Shell Beach and Pointe a la Hache
Shell Beach Only.
w New Orleans. $500. Q :05 am 4 80 pm
Ar sroy1ras 100000. :45 am 8 10 pm
The herald., 1913-01-16
QUEEN & CRESCENT ROUTE.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL. =. :.

IL 100 a. m. Panama Limited" Chi
cago and st. Louis. 80. 8 100 D. m.
s 100 a. m. New Orleans Limited,
Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville
and Cincinnati .......... S:55 D. m.
Z 10 p. m. Fast Mail Chicago St
Louis, Louisville and Gin. 10 :55 a. m.
O 100 a. m. Local Mail. -. 4 100 p. m.
3 100 p. m. Northern Express. 9:1O a. m.
40 p. m. .McComb Accom-. s :35 a. m.
3 100 a. m. The Merry Widow. 10 80 D. m.
Southbound, The Merry Widow" stops at
all stations between McComb AMI New Or
leans.
The herald., 1913-01-16
IMMIGRATION STATION TO GRETNA.

From immigration Station, 10 minutes, 80
minutes and 20 minutes after the hour.
EImIra and Newton. on the hour, and 70
and 40 minutes after the hour. %
Car Barn Pacific Avenue, } minutes, 20
minutes and AZ minutes after the hour.
Canal st Ferry, 10 minutes, 80 minutes
and 30 minutes after the hour. 80
Newton and TeChe SITS, II minutes, 81
minutes and 80 minutes after the hour.
First car leaves immigration Station 80
q. IN. - $50
last car leaves immigration Station IL 90
Last car leaves for Car Barn via Newton
and Teche SITS, Il 10 a. m.
The herald., 1913-01-16
SCHEDULE :

LEAVE GRETNA-5 80, 6 80, 40, I 80.
80, 9:10, 0 80, 10 80, IL 10,
IL 80 a. m; II 80, 1 10, 80, 2 80,
3 10, 3 80, 80, 3 10, 8 80, 6 80.
7:10. Z 80, 8 80, 0 10, 0 80, 10 80,
IL 10. IL so p. m.
The herald., 1913-01-16
PACIFIC AVE. BELT CAR.

Leaves Gretna jackson Avenue Ferry
Iandlng), along Copernicus Avenue, passing
Texas and Pacific and Southern Pacific De
pots to Fourth Street. thence along Fourth
Street TO Public Road, crossing Harvey
Canal TO Anesyile.
Returning over same route, meeting the
Algers Railway cars and Jackson Avenue
Ferry at Gretna,
The herald., 1913-01-16

Lassa, which Is the capital Of Tibet
for generations was known as the For.
bidden City because of its political and
relglous excluSiveness In 1904 a Brit
Ism armed expedition opened the mys-
ferrous old city Previous to that time
practically every European traveller
had been stopped in his efforts to reach
the place. The population of Lassa IL
about 5000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-10
TECK DUNCAN SAID
TO Be DYING
Slayer Of Ellard at Lewis
burg Suffering With Pneu-
mOnia at Wetumpka

Montgomery. December 9.-(SpecialD
Death will probably release Teck Duncan
from a life term in the Alabama peni-
tentiary. Reports received from the state
prison today indicated that the man who
was convicted of the murder of Felix
]. Ellard, in the Lewisburg section of
jefferson county. is spending his last days
on earth and that pneumonia will re-
move the shackles that hold him a penal
servant of the state.
Duncan's career has written bloody
chapter in Alabama's book of criminals.
He was charged with the murder of El-
lard AT first he denied the allegation.
Then he weakened and confessed He adj
mitted that one charge but did not stop.
He told of other crimes in the Iewisburg
section of Jefferson county. He accused
several persons and was leading witt
ness for the srse against Henry Cole.
deputy sheriff of Jefferson county, who
was charged with completely in one of the
murders, but died before his trial.
Duncan has been a convict more than
one year and lost one arm in an ex-
plosion at Lucille mines several months
ago He was removed to the main prison
and contracted pneumonia two weeks
ago Physicians say chance is playing the
game against Duncan, and that they have
little hope of his recovery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-10
NEWS OF ENSLEY

The second lecture under the ausDieies
OF the lecture extension course of the city
was given in the auditorium of the Ems
ley High school last night w c. Rad
clitfe, secretary of the Chamber of Com
meree of Birmingham, was the principal
speaker. Mr.. Radcliffe was introduced
to the audience by Roy L. Dlmmitt, prin
eipal of the Ensley High school
MT. Radcliffe In his address on city
Building showed a number of interest
ing lantern slides showing the compari-
son between old Birmingham before the
Gays of the skyscrapers and the present
day. He also showed views of the de-
velopment of other cities and their ma
terial progress. His address proved very
interesting and was enjoyed by those
present After the speaking social
was held which was enjoyed by all.
The address of Mr.. Radcliffe, while gen
orally optimistic In tone, was conserva-
tive and the measures he advocated were
based on practical lines He advocated a
unity or purpose in civic affairs always
looking 10 the greatest good for the great
est number. He stated it was the duty
N-e-NSA W tohO pa - III 'iiN AAeS
terial and moral welfare of the COM
munity In which he lived and made an
earnest plea for united effort to further
the development and progress of Bir-
mingham, which he stated, could only
be accomplished by a concerted and well
defined plan of action and unity of pur-
pose. Team work and cooperation was
the keynote of his address.
He urged the people to stand by the
city commissioners and to cooperate
with them in solving the great problems
that confronted them and stated that he
believed they were making an honest
and earnest effort to bring about the best
results. He said no doubt mistakes had
been made, but only such mistakes incl
dent to the government of large and
growing city with its complex problems
and conditions. He urged his hearers to
refrain from petty politics and to give
credit where credit was due.
Speaking of the proposed auditorium
which he termed the peoples" audi
torium, said in his opinion it would prove
one of the greatest factors in bringing
the several sections of the city in closer
touch with each other, though the instru-
mentality of the religious, fraternal
musical, civic and social gatherings that
the auditorium would make possible.
He gave a number of reasons why
every patriotic citizen should become a
member of some civic body whether II