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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-04
THE POOR BOY

After the Christmas party they
both felt very pleased with them
selves and things in. general
They sat together in a cosy lit
tie alcove, and by-and-by he took
his courage in both hands-and
proposed.
There was no hesitation on the
lady's part as she accepted, and
a moment later they occupied but
one chair, whilst she nestled close
ly to his manly breast.
Suddenly she started, frowned,
and looked him full in the face.
Albert" she said, you are
untrue to mel You are playing
a game with me! You"
Darling" he lisped, what"
neutrality-suspicious. max
ing f-f-f-faces at meP she thun-
dered Indignantly.
81 can't help it, he muttered
sadly. MY eyeglasses are fall
ing off gradually, and I don't
want to let 60 Of your dear little
handl I"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-04

Reached inland as far as Cleve-
land. 3 killed. Heavy property
loss.
Colorado Springs, Colo.-Wind
storm blew John Dyeic, ore mill
employee, so feet from top of
freight car. Dead.
Wilmington, Del.-Six may
have been drowned by sinking of
2oyster boats in Laurel river dur
ing storm.
Philadelphia.-12 men badly
injured when wind wrecked 3
story building.
Observation-Disclosures will
ask U. S..for liberty.
Rome.-Pope Plus appointed
Monsignor Peter Joseph Rurth as
Bishop of Nova Sagovia, Philip
pine Islands.
Tarrytown, N. Y.-John D.
qualified as meanest man today
when he took money out of Ital-
ian laborers' wages to pay for
dandelions they had picked.
Camden, N. J.-Edw. E. Mer-
rill suffered pains in chest for
many years, went under X-ray
and was informed that his heart
was on right side.
-O-O-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-04
PARCEL POST IS DOING
HEAVY BUSINESS

HIN D DLINEDO
Washington, Jan. 4.-The peo-
pie of the United States have de-
serted the express companies for
the parcels post so strongly that
the government is unable to sup
ply the demand for the parcels
post stamps necessary to mail
packages.
Thousands of kilograms have
been received from postofhces
throughout the country asking
for additional supplies of stamps.
New York offices were forced to
wire nearby cities for enough
stamps to supply their deficiency,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-01-02
YOUNG PECAN GROVE
BROUGHT BIG PRICE

One of the largest deals recently
consummated by the pecan interests
of the Albany District, in the sale
of fve-acre tracts Of pecan groves,
was closed yesterday by representa-
tives Of the jackson Supply Com
pany, large pecan growers, of Bacon
ton.
DIR. jackson, Of the jackson Sup
ply Company, reported to Secretary
Eugene B. Adams, of the Chamber
Of Commerce, yesterday that in one
deal he had sold forty-fve acres Of
pecans, in nine tracts, for $4,000,
of $500 an acre. The groves that
were sold are two years old. The
sale was made to New York parties.
Recently a party Of New York
people was interested by a repre-
sentative Of the Jackson Supply Co.
groves in the fve-acre tracts. An
expert was semitic Baconton to in
vestigate the groves, and immediat-
ely upon his return the sale was
consummated.
DIR. jackson maintained adisplay
during the National Land Show. at
Chicago, and says that since the
show has closed deals for 80 tract
with those who visited the Land
Show and saw his display Of pecans
there.
The fye-acre tracts are being rap
idly sold, and already investors from
all parts Of the country have become
interestedin what has become SC
widely known as the Albany Dis
trict. It is not often that so large
"a sale as nine of these tracts is made
in one deal, and for this reason the
sale of the Jackson Supply Com
pany of Baconton is especially in.
teresting. The price, s400 an acre
while not new in the pecan business
will serve as an eye-opener to the
people of this section who have
dosbt as Just what value the farm
land. If the Albany Districtea b
carried 10.
Several other large deals in Pecal
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-01-02
STANDARD OIL
DRIVER ROBBED

L. Fl. Woodland, driver for the
Standard Oil Company, was held up
and robbed by three negroes short
ly after dark last night, about two
miles north Of town, on the Lees
burg road.
Woodland had been driving tank
wagon in and around Leesburg all
the day, and was returning to head
quarters ofthe company in this city.
He had crossed the creek bridge,
coming toward town, when three
negroes in buggy appeared in the
road The buggy stopped, and
Woodland started to drive around it.
Two of the negroes got out Of the
buggy. One went to the mules
heads and stopped them. The other
poked shotgun in Woodlands face
and ordered him to throw up his
hands and get.down.
Woodland, taken completely by
surprise, obeyed, and was relieved
of about forty dollars, the amount
of his days sales of oil. The negroes
then cut the traces Of one Of the
horses, leaving Woodward in such
shape that he could not make fast
time to the nearest telephone, and
then drove rapidly away,
Woodland hurried fast as he could
to suburban on the edge Of town
and reported the hold up over the
telephone. Sheriff C. G. Barbre inn
mediately got busy and commune
ted with the Sheriff Of Lee county.
At last accounts it was reported
that the officers had trace Of the
robbers and believed they had them
located, although no arrests have as
yet been made.
Woodland says that the three men
were not masked. but it was dark
he could not recognize them if he
were to see them again. He says,
however, he would know their
voices. Two Of the men he says,
had evidently been drinking They
drove a dark horse. Albany Her
aid.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-01-02
Great Value OF
ATteSian Wells.

Citizens of Albany, Ga, propose
to mark with tablet the spot where
the first artesian well was bored by
a Southern municipality. They
should do it. The Artesian well has
emancipated that section Of South
west Georgia from malaria, and
helped to make it one Of the heal
thiest sections of the state.
Over thirty years ago the first ar
lesian well bored in the Southeastern
states was sunk by Col. John P Fort
on one of his Dougherty county
farms. Despite ridicule and predict
ed failure he persisted and steady
flow of water was obtained. The
year following the city council Of
Albany, at considerable sacrifice to
obtain the necessary money, sunk a
we'll at the intersection OF bfoad
and Jefferson streets. A flow was
obtained at depth Of $50 feet.
For years the well was an object
Of interest to every visitor to Albany
and the municipality became known
az the Artesian CITY. The bountiful
supply Of pure drinking water made
a wonderful change. Before the well
was bored the people depended on
cisterns and surface wells for their
supply of water. Tyyho-malarial
fever visited that section nearly
every year, and to this fact was in
part due the reputation South Geor-
gia gained as being malarious.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-01-02
DREAMING.
(This muse have been written after the
authors first New Years jog.)

This muse have been written after the
authors first New Years jog.)
| dreamt that / dwelt on an isle Of
cracked ice
In the midst Of lake of champagne,
Where bloomed the mint iuleps in
meadows Of green
Amid showers of lithia rain.
reclined on diyan Of lager beer foam,
With pillow Of froth for my head,
While a spray from fountain Of
sparkling gin-fzz
Descended like dew on my bed
From far away mountains Of crystalline
ice,
A zephyr refreshing and cool,
Came wafing the incense Of sweet mus
catal,
That sparEled in many a pool.
My senses were soothed by the soft purl-
ing song
OF brooklet of pousse cafe,
That rippled along cover pebbles fsnow
TO a river Of absinthe frappe.
Then lulled by music Of tinkling glass
From the scbooners that danced on the
deep,
! dreamily slipped highball or two
And languidly foated to sleep.
And then awakened on bed Of rocks,
With bolster as hard as a brick,
A wrench in my neck and rack in my
head,
And a stomach detestablY sick;
With sand in my eyes and grit in my
throat,
Where the taste Of last evening sill chung
And | felt bath towel stuffed in my
mouth,
Which I aftervard found was my
tongue,
And I,groped for the thread Of the even
ing before,
In lnystifed maze on my brain
Until a great Iightburst upon me at last,
IN OFF or TIE WAGON AGAIN.
-Hampton's Tiger.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-01-02

WANTE D-A Florida Corporation
composed Of Bankers, Real Estate men.
Capitalists. want district manager fer
I1eesbuTg district. Duties consist in place
ing advertisement; managing sales depart
ment, collections, etc. Salary $3.50 per
month; extra commissions, office and
travelling expenses. Liberal allowance
for sub-agents. This position viii be
found pleasant, permanent, and proatabl,
for 3 hustler. Address Sales Manager
Pensacola Improvement Company, Pensa-
cola. Fla.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-01-02

lands are being worked out and it is
expected that the sale Of some seven
or eight thousand acres will be an
nounced in the near future of land
that will be given over to peaans.
Albany Herald.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-01-02

Furlow Adams, anegro, was tried
before Mr.. J. NJ. Hines, j. p, at
the court house Monday afternoon,
in presence Of a number of negroes,
most of them being witnesses But
after trial, his case was dismissed
or lack Of evidence obtained. The
negro was under arrest for shooting
Christmas.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-01-02

FOIey1s Honey and Tar
Tor children, safe sare. Ne 0pfate&
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-05-24
Affnctionatn Bill

This ia story of "Alfalfa Bill"
Murray former cow punchcr, who came
out of Oklahoma as a Congressman
Victor Mnrdock Of Kansas doesn 7 like
this yarn bit for it was at Murdoch s
expense that "Alfalfa Billn got n
change of name, Murray wears his
mustache, hair and cigars long. His
vest is always half unbuttoned. When
talking to people he slaps 'em on the
back and calls 'em "Old Pardn and
loves to have others call him "Bill. F"
The tariff debate was closing. Orators
were still Grating and time hung heav.
lily. Murray remembered a "good one "
he hadn 7 told Representative Murdock
so he went over to where Mudock
sat, and placed huge arm about
Murdock's neck and shoulders. To
make himself heard above the roar of
verbal artillery Murray placed his lips
close to Murdock's s ear, thus bringing
unconsciously into play his long wiry
mustache against Murdack s cheek.
To Murdoch s credit be it said, he stood
it, showing no sign except to grow
red, Murray, all unconscious finished
the yarn and walked away. Murdoch
Immediately rushed to the cloak room
and washed his face. He is now called
+" Affectionate Bill, "
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-05-24
Makes Senators Hustle

These are bad days for United States
Senators Nho formerly were satisfied to
uphold their own and the dignity of
that august body without any too fire.
quent association with such annoying
things as constituents. Now that the
constitutional amendment providing for
direct election of Senators has been
adapted by the required number of
state legislatures, many of the men who
have been "Senatoring" for many
years and want to keep their jobs, are
taking ca.isthenics to develop the hand
shaking powers Of their right hands.
Also they are preparing to take an
active part in the Congressional cam
paign work which heretofore has large.
ly been done by the Representatives
who were compelled to depend on the
people for their jobs and not on the
members Of the various state legis
latures. The Senators are now in the
same boat with the members of the
lower House and the way they are
hustling about with big ideas and help.
full hints is really ludcrous when one
remembers the old days when such
things were drawn from naughty Sen
ators only by means of dentists for
ceps. And what's more, the Senators
not only are seeking larger represen-
tation on Congressional campaign COM
mittees. They are going down deep in.
their pockets for real money.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-05-24
A Prayer.

(By Louis Untermeyer.)
God, though his life is but wrath,
Although we know not what we use,
Although we grOpe with little faith,
Give me the heart to fight and lose.
Ever in conflict let me be;
Make me more daring than deyout;
From sleek contentment keep me free,
And fill me with buoyant doubt.
Open my eyes to visions girt
With beauty, and with wonder lit;
But let me always see the dirt
And all that spawn and die in it.
Open my ears to music; let
Me thrill with Springs first flutes
and drums;
But never let me dare forget
The bitter ballads of the slums.
From compromise and things half done
Keep me, though all the world de-
ride,
And when at last the fight is won,
God, keep me still unsatisfied.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-05-24

There never was time when people
appreciated the real merits Of Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy more than now
This is shown by the increase in sales
and voluntary testimonials from per.
sons who have been cured by it. If you
or your children are troubled with O
cough or cold give it trial and be.
come acquainted with its good quail.
ties For sale by all dealers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-05-24
WANTS ACT QUICKLY,

= Tho skilled mechanic who makes
= a specially of automobile work
+ should welcome the spring and
= summer months with open arms,
+ for they should afford him a rich
y harvest Not day passes that
= scores Of automoblists do not
= need repair work Of some kind
= done, and they want u skilled
= worker to handle their cars.
= But il you want to o,make the
= most and lay in comfortable
= store for the winter when work
, is scarce, you must let the auto
= owner know that you are alive
= and that you are the man for his
= job, There is only one sure way
= that You two can get together
= and thar way is through the Jour.
= nal Want Columns,
= Don Z be idle a day this spring
= and summer but keep yourself
= before the auto.using public by =
= means of Want Ads, Try them
= today, Dont wait another min.
= ute, but put an Ad. In right now
= and see how quickly you and the Z
= autoist will got together
a A i A A A a
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-05-24

old stuff that counts and has delivered
it without the clash of cymbals or the
toot of trumpets.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-05-24
The Capital Journal Will Pay the Cost

lei lie o. fyh couds the time % to
College possible he o
in free Off that
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-05-24
Read The Capital Journ;

learn something's something that will bring aney in
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-05-24
Diploma from The Capital Journal
Correspondence School

h have the efnl IL
in
h" when tOm OptOnl
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-05-24
Tuition by Professors of Americas
Leading Universities

IL JOURNAL School will
emit yo va t. learn a a
o e in tn ffredB culture aandpr will
e W be by known instructors in the leading nveriieG
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-07
by MARION HARLAND

her own 1t is with reluctance that
part with her, but I do feel sorry for
those poor shut-ins who must remain in
doors. MRS. N D."
You ask to be allowed to do "a little
to help but what you offer is a great
deal The writing out of a list of the
patterns you are willing to give is in 1t
self no mean task When | recall the
number of requests for canaries that have
come to us ! know how eagerly your lit
tie bird will be asked for. But will all
applicants please remember that the only
way in which one can show her apprecia-
tion of the donors Kindness is by remem-
bering her stipulation that the recipient
of her feathered pet shall be a shut-in.
For any one who is not a shut-in to at
tempt to secure the bird would be dis
honorable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-07
MRS. w. X. M'ADORYs
A HOSTESS AT LUNCHEON

One of the delightful incidents OF yes
terday was the buffet luncheon at which
Mrs. Walter Kennon McAdory was hos
tess. entertaining at her home ON High
land avenue In compliment to Mrs
Thomas Freeland of Vicksburg, the guest
of Mrs. r. l.. Crook.
The luncheon was served from the dining
room where the table was showered with
pink carnations depending from the re-
Hector. The color motive was especially
attractive in combination with the prevail
ing deep blue of the delft room.
Among those whom Mrs McAdory in
cluded in her list of guests to meet Mrs.
Freeland were: Mrs. R. l.. Crook, Mrs.
w. S. Brown, Mrs. S. H. Gardner, Mrs.
William Hood, Mrs ChappelI Cory, Mrs.
William STREET, Mrs. Alfred Eubank, Mrs.
R. G. McCarty, Mrs. j. l.. Yancey, Mrs.
A. Mcdonald of Huntsville, Mrs H. E.
Mccormack, Mrs. Watts, Mrs. L, S. Hand
ley, Mrs. j. ID. Collins, Mrs. Chambers
McAdory, Mrs. c. c. Snider, Mrs Driskill
of Decatur, Mrs. II. j. Copeland. Mrs.
| j. A. Rountree, Mrs. Alfred Benners Mrs.
M. p. Messer, Mrs. S. p. Clements. Mrs.
Allen j. Krebs Mrs Clark Mccormack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-07

possess the one great requisite here II
make your court world famous-a good
Judge / have talked with Judge Mn
phy and l have seen him at work and
ne is one of the most sympathetic gem
tIe, Kindly men l have ever seen nreside
Inc clarity of his judgment and his raI
markable understanding of a child,s ma
tufe mt him admirably for the position he
occupies" -
What do we lack to make our juyeniiI
court suecessful?" | questioned
"A sufficient force of Officers was tba
reply. "es 'ns
Men or women" l questioned
Both, said Mrs. West ',The chfldrer
should not be without an officer dav a.
night. Constant supervision is absol,1taI,
necessary if the work is made successful
you nave beautiful property for the courf
and the detention home. The personne#
of your official board is splendid. MI
Wllllngham and Mr.. Ralph Barrow arc
poth excellent officers and the spirit of
these men toward the children and thai
Oh the children toward them is beautifu
TO see. You have the quality in YOUR oft
GERS, but you are lacking in the ouanfit,
of them You have fine playgrouuls fnl
the children, and il the board of educa4
ton would give you some teachers -
that the children might go to school while
they are In detention 1t would helm mai.
ters greatly. Instead of so much street
paving and civic Improvement, which ear
be done ten years hence, if more attention
were paid to these children who canned
be benehtted ten years from now, eondi-I
tions would be far better
In Memphis we have a school in con-.
nection with the juvenile COURT Mrs
West said, named for me-the Mary n
West school-and naturally | am YER,
proud of 1t. The children who are in deten.
ton only day go to school and we ta.le
into the school all the probationers of tho
juvenile court who have been expelled
or suspended from other schools. W.
have fine corps of teachers and a full
equipment of the Montessori system
Miss George introduced the system in
Memphis and it has met with great sue
cess. We also have a manual trainine
department for the boys. and domestic
science for the girls. Also we have a SEN
arate detention home and school for the
nesroes-something that no other city in
the country has. Our Judge Bacon is
one of the ablest and most influential men
in the south and his work has been phc-I
nomenal In the court / know of no firm
er characters than he and your Judge.
Murphy. There's only one thing that l
concede that you are ahead of us in, and.
that Is your welfare department, so ablNl
presided over by Mrs. M. W. Starlight
The work she is doing is a living monu-l
ment to her splendid ability, love of hui
manity and unselfish generosity in carin2
for the unfortunate. and holding. as ii
were, the cup of cold water to lips that
are a-thirst and lives that are spent iI
uselessness and unprohtableness. MRS.
Searght is doing a great work In the
welfare department and / wish that every
city in the south might have to its honor
and renown such a department in its cityi
government"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-07
Request for Silk Pieces

club was pleasantly preceded by buffet
supper at the home of Col. and Mrs.
William C. Fits, given by their daugh-
ter, Miss Harriet Fits, to introduce her
guest, Miss Sadie Shields of Mobile.
Miss Fits hospitalities are always
quite informal, and thus especially en-
joyable. Simplicity of detail marked the
arrangements for her supper party,
the table from which a tempting COLA
tion was served having a central decora-
tion of pink roses, with lamp shades
and other details of decoration and re-
freshment emphasizing the couleur de
rose scheme which she had chosen.
Those whom Miss Fits entertained in
her delightful home last evening before
tho Guild of Mercy dance were Mr.. and
Mrs. John S. Marks, Miss Virginia I'm
derwood Miss Clara Lee Woodson, Miss
Elizabeth Going, Miss Christine Glass,
Miss Evelyn Glass, Miss Louise Glass,
Miss Hattie Montgomery, Miss Mary
Bradshaw, Miss Margaret Coleman, Miss
Dunbar Avirett, Miss Maybelle Cosby
Miss Adele Ellis, Miss Elizabeth Bowie,
Miss May Collins, Miss Lillian Orr,
Judge Clement r. Wood, Mr.. Thomas
Jones. Mr. Woodruff George, Mr.. Joe
Chaffe, Mr. John Prowell, Mr.. Charles
Heidi, Mr.. Clinton Decker, Mr.. Arthur
Adams, Mr.. William Cook. Mr.. Paul
Jones, Mr.. Albert Lee Smith, Mr.. Clar-
ence Stobert, Mr.. w. V. M. Robertson,
Jr., Mr.. owen Gresham, Mr.. p. r. Nor
nent. Mr.. Basil G. Eaves, Mr.. William
Milliken. Mr.. Thomas Bradley, Mr.. Rob
ert Hemphill, Mr.. Montgomery, Mr..
George Bentley, Mr.. Arthur Wellborn,
Mr.. Henry Pitts Mr.. Robinson, Mr..
Clark and Mr.. John Lewis Cox.