The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-04-07


should their service be needed
Sunday afternoon. Capt. Scarbor-
ough. Sargent George and several
other neH af Company c in eonnec-
ton with Officers John Terry and
Steve o Los,shlin made a search for
a bad negro. named viii Moore who
rrsaisd = disturbance on Douglas
strSst neat walnut. &ad who has
0seR waats5 b. ths police for some
tins. a, roundup sasnR ade OF tie
ssgfs d.s gst west aaastt, AL
As,sss.;s s@saA found ~ ..flssase On,
frightening street ana f'fstfsht Il
headquarters. afters milking an at
TEMPT sfp resist arrfsG
Demand for The Blu letin. -
Pfc femand for nsuspapers "a:
aite is Greater fow lhsis at ahy,
thsF time, ~ roe gatstofy Of the
lily The BuIletts AZ this respect
eaus ar oikars. fereiga and ,domsss'
is'sbnlfsfned; x q sesressntipg tbe
number Of copies pslhrsd ,sundgy
rorning ana evsnesNith this isshs
he dem aad, n6uidsaot be supplied,
ne entire HsRs Reing SO out be
ore noon
Nearly 5000 copies of the sun
lay issue were sent 10 different
Joints delivery being made TO the
aslroadss and adjacent towns by
rotor boat chartered by The Bnlle-
n Additional orders for 2aa
rom Padueah and the same number
ar Anna could not be filled as The
tdsrs were received after the force
lad retired from the presses.
Many Cairoites Returning.
Many Calroites who became pan
e-strIcken and fed the. city several
lays ago, are now returning. even
hough the Ohio river registers two
II three feet higher than when they
departed They all express them-
,olves as CAD to return and are of
'ering their services TO the patrol
committed Many wives of the men
2ho remained behind daily delnge
heir husbands with telephone mes
ages and teIegraTs wanting to
now If they can't come back. One
elephoae message ftom a lazy Sun
lay evening at Vienna wanted TO
{now If there wasn't some way by
hich she could be routed into
Cairo. She was told to come down
% Olmstead then hike to Grand
'hain where she could take motor
cat into Cairo but she must leave
tcr trunk at Vienna.
Didn't Like Work.
Members of the militia tell seyera /
rausing experiences during the
irst days OF the flood when they
we're detailed to hunt up all the
die negroes and put them to work
the levees. 1t is reported that
any negroes were so afraid OF the
ilitia and OF work on the levees
an many Of them rcsorted 10 nm
sua methods to deceive the SOL
er boys. One story is told OF a
egro who when he saw a trooper
pproaeh his house donned a wom-
rs dress and bent over a wash tub
pnarently IN the art OF scrubblng
athes- 'The trooper after a short
nversation became suspicious and
aching down pulled up the washer
oman s dress bit disclosing a pair
II mems pants on the legs of the
: gro. ''You'se go me sure said the
egro. I'll go with you Another
Incident is reported where a negro
\ an undertaking establishment at
ampted TO evade a trooper by re-
eeating to The cooling board.
retched himself out on it as though
Lad But the trick didn't work.
Offer Of Aid From Masons.
High Priest Frank Spencer OF the
zeal chapter of the Royal Arch
hasons received telegram Sunday
rom the Grand High Priest of Roy
4 Arch Masons Of the State OF IlIi-
Dis rendering financial assistance
nd authorizing him TO draw upon
4lm FOR what money was required
o relieve distress of all Masons in
his vicinity.
Mr. Spencer replied that no dis
ress existed in Cairo among the
Masonic fraternity, thanking him
indy for the proffered assistance.
Good Work Of Citizens Patrol
1.-THE vigilance maintained by the
1Qlunteer Citizens Patrol is re-
9arkable and is best exemplifed
when II is stated that in two com
'Iete. around the levee system com
rising seven miles to the circuit,
ne from z TO IL and the second
rom 1880 TO $50 Messrs. Hal
isthorpe. J. b. DeLawter and Ned
isthorpe, inspectors Of the patrol
atu:day night found every one of