The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-04-04

on tne first aoor OF the building.
No Clear Water.
The water supply will be unfit for
drinking purposes during the next
Few days, according to statement
issued by Supt. Roos of the Cairo
Water company yesterday. The
supply of chemicals for filtering the
fluid is almost exhausted and will be
by today. A sufficiency was ordered
ny express some days ago, but is be
ing detained somewhere. and until ii
arrives the water will be muddy
There will be, however, plenty o.
water for fire protection and other
Purposes
Singer Receives Warning.
Manager A. b. Turner or the
Singer Mfg eompany's plan. here
received the following food warning
concerning the situation n Mem
phis by Major Markham, the govern
ment official in charge:
please direct the manager o.
your mill at Truman. Ark, 10 get all
his available labor to the levee work
a. LambethvilIe and TO the north
thereof. Lambethville is river
point Immediately in front of Clarks-
dale on the Frisco road If seat 10
Lambethville viii be properly dis.
tributed where most needed This
is of the highest urgency as levees
along your front can be held If We
can secure more labor Please give
most positive directions so there will
be neither Misunderstanding or de
lay, Write me results"
Impose on Commissarv.
II is stated on good authority that
men and women, in good eiicum
stances, are imposing upon the com
department established in
the Halliday Estate building. Many
OF them, mostly negroes, are making
daily trips to the relief department
and are obtaining supplies on the
plea tht they are destitute and arc
in need of food. Some of them are
claiming that they are refugees from
the Drainage District, or from out
OF town. and that they are in Nee
of the food.
A case developed yesterday. 1t is
asserted. where one negro woman
employed as cook In certain down
town private boarding place quit
her Job, after being offered an extra
inducement TO remain She was
watched. and il is said that she went
direct TO the commissary and cam
out of the building short time later
with an armful of supplies. 1t is
said the woman's husband is at pres.
ent employed by a local firm at q
wage of $3.50 per day.
Other information available is Ia
the effect that many others have
been guilty of like imposition upon
the resources of the state, and that
many among the negroes are max
ing trips downtown in the street
cars, paying their fare. and claim
they have no money with which tc
purchase necessities.
On the other hand it Is claimed
many of those who have applied fol
aid are really worthy and that the
assistance is not misplaced.
$50 Families Served.
Rev. NJ A. Loar. who Is in charge
of the relief department in behalf
of the city stated last night that 150
families had been supplied with
rstions at the commissary yester.
day.
Col. Trip, quartermaster in
charge for the state, has had a tass
on his hands supplying the food.
stufs for tue thousand or more
milltlamen who are here. Most OF
the supplies are being purchased To-
cally. The provisions are being
hauled in wagons to the various
quarters of the companies and they
are kept moving all day long.
Yesterday 1000 pair socks and
leea towels were purchased here.
Other necessities of the same order
VIII have to be purchased today.
Local bakers are being taxed TO
their capacity to supply the soldiers
with bread.
General Dickson Coming.
Adlutant General Frank S. Dick
son is expected to arrive in Cairo
either Saturday night or Sunday
This information was received yes
tefday evening in message to
Lieutenant Ruckner, U. s. A., from
Springfield. General Dickson ex-
poets to leave Springfield Friday
night for st Louis. where he viii