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WITNESS CAIN Is
CROSS EXAMINED
States Witnesses in Cotton Oil hIIll
Probe Unshaken in Testimony as
to Fixing Prices.
Meridian, Miss, Nov. 25.

Meridian, Miss, Nov. 25.
E. Calm, banker and president Of
the Eagle Cotton Oil Company Of
this city, who was on the stand last
week giving testimony for the state
in the oil probe conducted by Attor
ney General Collins, was yesterday
placed on cross-examination by the
lefense. Attorney Hirsh, represent
icg the Cotton Oil Company, the
Southern Cotton Oil Company and
the Refuge Cotton Oil Company
conducted the cross-examination.
Witness Calm gave his reason fol
knowing that the American Cottor
Oil Company owned the Mississippi
cotton oil companies in this state
He said that he owned nine shares
in the American Cotton Oil Compans
md had seen statements from the
directors meeting of the American
Gotten Oil Company. He testifief
that there were formerly eleven mills
i. this state owned by the American
C tim Oil Company, but only five
were in existence now; he states that
I've Buckeye Cotton OIL Compan.
he'd put two of the mills out of bus
mess. He stood firm on the question
that after meetings of the "Sons of
Plato" the members of that organi
zation fixed the price of seed, ano
arranged tonnages and corrected dis
turbances in the market. The 76s
letters the state had introduced an6
Identified by the witness last Weel
were taken up by the lawyers foi
the defense and the witness was
cross-examined on these letters with
M new developments.
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1882 ACRES IN BIC
SALE IN HARRISON
About One-Third of Large Trace
Bought By F. B. Mills From
Bond Lumber Co. in Harrison.
Gulfport, November 25.

Gulfport, November 25.
The deed by which F. B Mills of
Rose Hill, New York, bought of the
Bond Lumber Company 25,006 acres
of land in Perry, Forrest and Harri-
son Counties for $l37,500, one of the
largest transactions in South Missis-
sippi for years, has been received and
recorded in the Chancery Clerks office
Of 'shis county.
About one-third of the land, or
1882 acres, bought is situated in this
county. The majority of this is in
Township 2 in the section aboua Bond
and Virgins. The remaining portion
of the land bought is situated in Per-
ry and Forrest Counties, just over
the Harrison border.
The deed was made in st. Louis,
Mo-, October Is. The vendors reserve
all tramway rights and the right to
cut timber for period of five years.
The purchaser will, it is stated, cut
the land up into small farms and dis
pose of it to desirable immigrants.
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medical and other purposes is 10000,
pounds but that last year more than
$4,000 pounds were brought into this
country. aThe use OF cocaine, opium
and other drugs is, regret to say,
largely on the increase in the United
States" said DR.. Wright, Especially
is this true of localities where the sale
of liquor has been prohibited"
Crawforville, Ga.-"Fritz,' trained
rat and the mascot of the local paper
died recently. Fritz knew his name
and was terror to other rats and mice.
He had been pet in the newspaper
Office for three years.
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SCHEDULE OF DEBTS
LUMBER COMPANY
Hattiesburg Lumber & Manufactur-
ing Company Files Statement
BefGring u. S. Deputy Clerk.
Biloxi, November 25.

bAlUAly 4sOtCAIlUCE ACs
A schedule of assets and liabilities
of the Hattiesburg Lumber & Man.
ufacturing Co., of Hattiesburg was
filed today before United States Dep
uty Clerk j. C. Tyler. A involuntary
petition in bankruptcy was filed some
time ago against the Hattiesburg
lumber company, in consequence of
which a hearing as to the merits of
the case was held by John L. Heiss,
of Gulfport, referee in bankruptcy.
The Hattiesburg Lumber & Manu-
featuring Co. was declared a bank
rupt and ordered to file schedule of
it's indebtedness.
The schedule shows assets amount
ing to $29,610, of which $28,40e is
in buildings, real estate, etc. The
debts are scheduled at $17,025.86.
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SENATOR VARDAMAN TO VISIT BILOXI
DURING EARLY PART OF NEXT MONTH

Wednesday. December 9. be united
in marriage to Miss Martha Middle
ton, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis
L. Middleton, of jackson.
Jim Money Vardaman is name
sake of Col. j. D. Money, of this city.
Col. Money will leave with Senator
Vardaman for Jackson and will be
present at the marriage of his name
sake, whose nuptials viii be solemn
lied at the Capitol street Methodist
church in Jackson. Jim Money Var
daman is practicing law in Jackson.
Col. Money said Senator Varda-
mans plan was to spend several
days resting, as he will leave about
December 10 to take up his official
duties in Washington. His visit s.,
Biloxi will be entirely of a private
nature, according to Col. Money.
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Senator James X. Vardaman will
visit Biloxi about December 2 and
will be the guest of Col. and Mrs.
James D. Money at their home near
the Jefferson Davis Confederass >
home at Beauvoir. United States
Deputy Marshal Money received a
letter from Senator Vardaman this
morning, stating he had planned a
trip to Biloxi. Senator Vardaman has
reen making Chatauqua lecture
tour and his purpose is to visit b.
loxi tor a few days to rest up from
his trip.
Col. Money said this morning he
did not know how long Senator VAL
daman would be in Harrison county,
but that he would leave in time to
be present at the wedding of Jim
Money Vardaman, his son, who will on
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WAVELAND WILL
HOLD MUNICIPAL
ELECTION TUESDAY


Our sister town OF waveiand will hold
regular municipal election on Tuesday
next. The following is list of the
candidates for office:
For Mayor-Thos. ]. Bourgeois, Olus
M. Bourgeois.
For Alderman, Ward t-Wm. Ruhr.
For Alderman, Ward 2-Jules Favre,
George F. Patton
For Alderman, Ward 81 Andrew Ro-
berts, Peter 0. Bourgeois.
For Alderman, Ward 4-charles Zei-
gler, Andrew Zimmerman.
For Treasurer - Riceard Attaway.
Henry iLadner, Willie Soldino, Simon
Bourgeois,
For Marshal and Tax -Collector-John
Bordages, Camille Bourgeois.
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KILL as CHICKENS
AT BEAUVlQR. HOME
Thanksgiving Day Is Celebrated in
Delightful Maner by Inmates
of Confederate Home.
Biloxi, November :

Biloxi, November 27.
Thanksgiving was enjoyed at the
Jefferson Davis Confederate Home a,
Beauvo:r yesterday as never before,
more than 225 inmates of the home
participating in a bountiful feast.
The canards circulated in regard to
an impoverished condition at the
home were given practical denial
in the large spread that was placed
before the old soldier boys and wo-
men inmates.
Forty-fivec hickens were slaughter
ed at the home for their benefit. In
addition cranberries and numerous
other viands were served. All ate
to their hearts content.
Thanksgiving day was celebrated
in various ways by the inmates of
the home.
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CHANCERY SUMMONS,

CHANCERY SUMMONS.
The State OF Mississippi.
To Nose Wright IL aliye, and II dead against his
unknown neirs or iegatees, and against all
persons having any claim, right or title In
and to the i-2 OF NV Ia and SW Ia OF
Section ~. Township Z, S. Range Is West,
Hancock County, Mississippi.
Won are commanded to appear before the
chancery Court of the County OF Hancock, Ia
sa;d State, on the 4th Monday 10 May A. D. 1915,
saad ssaadtend the suit in said court OF the Imperial
Nsuai ~ Stores Company, to confirm title, where
in vou q defendant.
AZ ,STs;s TS 2srd day OF November A. d 1914.
,caail A. A. KERGOSIEN, Clerk.
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CHANCERY SUMMONS.

The State of Mississippi-No. 1856
To Heirs OF James 7. Nix, deceased.
You are commanded to appear before the
Chancery Court OF the county or Hancock, In
said State, on the fourth Monday OF May. A. ID.
1915, to defend the suit in said court OF Mrs
Evelyn Beatrice Nix. ct ais, asking to be recog-
nized as the sole heirs at law of James T. Nix
deceased, wherein you are defendant.
This 1Ith day of November A. D. 1914.
(SeaD A. A. KERGOSIEN, Clerk.
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Notice for Publication.

Department Of the Interior, u. s. Land ONCE
at jackson. Miss, Nov. "A, 1914.
NOTICE is hereby given that Joseph Oliver
Garriga, OF Fenton lKilno Mississippi, who on
February 10, 1915 made homestead entry, No:
O595O for W I-2 OF NV 1-4 and NV Ia Of SW
Ia, Section 2, Township s., Range IA West,
st. Stephens Meridian, has tiled notice Of In
tention to make Communication proof. to establish
claim to the land above described, before the
Chancery Clerk of Hancock county, at Bay St.
Louis, Miss, on the 18th day OF December 1914
Claimant names Is witnesses Louis Netto,
Luther Cameron, Forest Garriga, Emile Koe-
neun, all Of Eenton, Miss.
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| Senator vardaman generally says
what he thinks. Listen: ssPersonally
Is would like to go to the funeral OF eve
Try crown head Ia Europe today, /"
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CABBAGE PLANTS

Succession Variety ST. Is
per M ST for 500. Zoe per
hundred. FOB. Cash, Bay
st. Louis, Miss.
Joe BenedettO.
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Official reports published in the daily
press tells of the increased number OF
starving Belgians.
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ROCKING CHAIR

A Fine Rocking Chair will be given
away to the patrons Of the Boudin Store
on Friday, January l, 1915. A ticket
to every Doc purchaser.
MRS. %. BOUDIN,
Groceries. Third St.. Bay St. Louis,
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THE MANArEE. oR"sE~ COW"

the fur, ears and tail Of an opossum,
and the teeth of a shrew, and its feet
are armed with long, curved claws,
with which to scratch for the insects
that furnish its exclusive diet.
Along the middle Orinoco. between
the confluences of the Meta and Apurc
rivers are found astonishing numbers
of large species OF turtle, which
reaches a weight of sixty pounds and
a length of three feet. Early in the
spring of each year these turtles as
semble in veritable armies, numbering
hundreds of thousands of individuals,
which move to the breeding grounds.
They march at night, pursued by
hordes of their natural enemies, in
Guiding human beings and jaguars.
Another reptile, a giant lizard. widely
known for its palatable flesh. which
tastes like the white meat of chicken, is
the iguana. When young it is of a
beautiful. brilliant green color. 1t at
tains a length of five feet. Living in
trees and feeding on heritage, it lays It's
eggs in a hole in the sand, thirty to
forty Of them in a nest. 1t kills snakes
by striking them with its powerful tail,
itself invulnerable, thanks to the coat
of armor it wears. on occasions it has
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nearly 40 death by nightly attacks.
South America is remarkable for
many species Of rodents which are not
found in any other part of the world.
one of these. called the vlzcacha, is
nearly two feet long. exclusive of the
tail, and weighs fourteen pounds. It
lives in small communities, the pitllke
entrances of its deep chambered bur
rows grouped close toS Their AS time
goes on 1t fetches sticks and piles them
up about its villages, forming a mound
thirty or forty feet in diameter, to aerve
as "A protection against floods.
The coypu is a valuable fur bearing
rodent. Resembling a rat In shape, II Is
as big as an otter. 1t lives In bur-
ow, but 1t is aquatic in habit. In the
evening these curious animals swim
and play in the water, conversing with
each other in tones which sound like
the means and cries of wounded and
suffering men.
About seventy years ago the dictator
Of Venezuela issued a decree making
! the killing of the coypu a criminal Of
fence. 1t had been feared that the
animal might be eXterminated by the
| fur hunters. But this measure for It's
preservation worked out in an unex.
pected way, The coypus multiplied a
a great rate, and, abandoning theii
aquatic habits, became terrestrial anC
migratory, swarming over the land II
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Packing Cases of Specimens of I'm
familiar Animals Are Being Received
in This City at the American
Museum of Natural History

A curious thing about them Is that their
nearest relative now surviving in the
world swims in the Ganges River.
In South America are found a num-
Der of very interesting survivals among
mammals, one of them being kind OF
opossum, native to Ecuador. which was
discovered only about ten years ago.
1t belongs to a group long supposed to
he extinct. all of its near relatives hav-
ing been dead for thousands of years.
There Is also in that part of the world
n species of opossum which is YER
table pigmy among marsupials. being
not very much bigger than mouse.
Even more remarkable in its way Is
a species of sloth. about two feet long
which lives and feeds In trees. This
animal. as II hangs from branch by
its claws. will remain without a move
fungus that grows on its hair helping
to render II invisible even to the most
obser.ant eye.
1t is the modern and degenerate sur
anciently prowled over most Of
South America and even parts OF the
United States. There is reason to be-
lieve that some thousands of years
ago the natives Of Patagonia kept in
captivity and domesticated. for their
meat and possibly for milk. certain
sloths nearly related to the extinct
mesa therium. and which were as big
as two large oxen, weighing 1900
pounds apiece maybe. Bones and
pieces of the hides of these creatures
have been found in prehistoric stone
walled stabes.' together with great
stores of cut hay. the latter being OBJ
viously fodder. They were covered
with long, yellowish hair. quantities Of
which are obtained from the stables.
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scorpion and is called the mothcr.n-
law of scorpions by the native Indians
Ants go hunting In armies, and AL
other living creatures fly before them
Some of them climb each tree as they
pass, and. having driven down all thu
hunted creatures that have ascendcd
for safety they simply jump to tn
ground from aloft. The only mcthoi
ever discovered whereby the march oi
such an army can be stopped is To
sprinkle corrosive sublimatc in its path
Then the ants attack each other So
furiously that soon the column Is trans
formed into a series OF balls of struc-
Cling and fighting insects.
Most remarkable of all. however. are
the storms of dragonfiies on the PAM
pas. They come without warning, the
air to height of ten or twelve feet
above the ground being suddenly filled
with them, rushing past with astonish-
ing velocity Men and horses in Their
path are quickly covered with clingnr
masses OF them.
Twice the size of the dragon flies W.
know. they move in advance OF cold
and violent gales from the southwest
as II flying In dread before the wind
They travel at the rate of seventy at
eighty miles an hour. Mostly they ar.
blue. with here and there an individual
so brilliantly scarlet as to be consp.cu-
Gus, like a poppy or red geranium III
an otherwise ilowerless field.
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SOLENODON
ceSrissy Of "s .1rs-'esn Museum ef NstursI history

The Familiarity known armadillo is
itself a survival, being hardly more
than degenerate representative of
the long extinct glyptodon. a mammal
| resembling in appearance an enormous
tortoise. There are a number of spe-
cies of armadilos, ranging all the way
from Texas to Paraguay the largest
| long. They are very numerous, and
| feed on insects.
The armadlllo, in the regions to
which it is native, figures conspicuously
in popular fable as an animal fertile
| in eXpedients and given to dipping other
creatures, especially the fox, as Br'er
Rabbit does in Southern folklore. 1t
will always attack snake, venomous
or otherwise, and It's customary method
of killing the reptile is TO saw the lat
ter in two with the serrated edge of
| its bony shell. This, by the way, is a
fact of natural history, and not fab
ulous notion.
1t Is we'll known that once upon a
time camels were extraordinarily nu-
merous over nearly all the American
continent, whence it is thought they
found their way to the Old World.
To-day the camel tribe has in South
America four degenerate representa-
tNes, the llama, which is used as a
beast of burden: the vicuna, which Is
not much larger than a sheep; the
guanaco, and the alpaca.
The last named animal bears the most
valuable fleece that comes to market,
worth 81 cents a pound, and affording
material for the finest and most dur
able of all woven fabrics. Manufac-
turers in this country import 1000 900
pounds OF II annually. The alpaca is an
animal of the deserts The business
of breeding and herding alpacas reaches
its highest development In southeastern
Peru and northwestern Bolivia, in and
around Lake Tticaca, more than two
miles above the sea.
1t would he interesting to know II
Col. Roosevelt came across any vampire
bats. These animals, which are native
To the region ne VISITED, weigh only
few ounces and have a wing spread OF
two feet. This is no great size for 9
bat, but the species Is formidable fol
. another reason, inasmuch as it feeds ex
| clusvely on blood, 1t is the only blood
r sucker among bats, its entire digestive
5 tract being modified for that diet
r With its sharp, chlsellike teeth i
can cut a piece OF flesh clean out Of ;
, man. The method it commonly adopts
e however, is do assall its victim quietl.
= while he is asleep. Apparently the crea
= ture has a special liking for some per
n sons, while avoiding others DR., T.. +
i'm Thurn. the naturalist and explorer
h says that he never could induce n VAN
i pire bat to taste his blood, but that a
4. Indian boy in his service was BILE
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search of food, An epidemic broke out
among them, and the species became
almost extinct. Even to-day 1t is by
no means so numerous as formerly
OF all the carnivores of South Amer
lea. the most bloodthirsty is the puma,
1t Is also extremely courageous, and
does not hesitate to attack the for
mldable jaguar. harassing the latter
by moving about 1t with such rapidity
as to confuse II, and when an oppor-
tunity occurs, springing upon Its back.
It will kill an OK offhand, breaking the
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Things They Didn't Say

A T the recent upveiling in New YorV
~ OF bronze tablet commemora-
tive of the destruction of the bat
tleship Maine Rear Admiral Charles n
Sigsbee, who was Captain of the ship Il
the time of the disaster. smashed yarn
that has been current since 1895. AC-
cordlng to constantly repeated nara.
tive Anthony, the Admirals orderly with
death staring him in the face still held
himself strictly subject to discipline and
marching to Capt Sigsbee's cabin sa-
luted and said with the usual grave
formality:
"Sir. have the honor to report that
the ship is sinking"
Admiral Sigsbee denies It. He de-
clared at the memorial service that II
happened this way: I'VE were an men
and Americans and ceremony was for
gotten after the explosion. Anthony
said: The ship is blown up and Is sink
Ing without pausing to begin the cDS.
tomary 4 have the honor to inform
you.'"
Which reminds one that for over
generation there was a dispute, and II Il
going on still in some circles, a. to the
exact words that President Lincoln uSr'-
in his famous Gettysburg address some
had II that the address closed with
land that the Government of III" pr'-
pie, for the people and by the people
shall not perish from the earth Inc
Cisputants of this version insisted tha'
:. should be: land that Government 'I
the people, by the people and for The
people" &c. 1t Is related that the dI',
pute was taken to President Lincoln ana
that he hedged about giving direct
answer and said it reminded him u the
story of the row between the fore legs
and hind legs of the pig as 90 VINO"
OF them travelled the most dulins II'
day.
They're disputing also that AdmIa
Dewey gave vent to the famous ui''''
ance. "Gridley, you may fire when l''
are ready" Instead they say the Nu'
mlral turned on Gridley IA peculiar l"'".
drew one corner of his mouth d'Nn an"
nodded toward the distant ships 81 ''
enemy. And this from officer Wh' u''
doubtedly were eyewltnesses color -
given to this account bcCau-r ~ NV
| calm and laconlc manner of the \dlu'''.
at all times and his habit of 10 .mdlH-
action rather than talking great uc''
about It,
An old history of the life ana times "
Patrick Henry refers with great mus
nation to the charge made that h' u'
not utter the famous phrase i've NV
liberty or give me death II 49, P'"Y'
out in this history that the d' "''",'
body before which Henry h"l' ,'
speech after adopting r"s"'n''. ~ '".
Gorsing his sentiments met a.''h Wv .
| Iay rnSrinHaI Hlt.'''
Irrltated over this. Hcnry's critics de-
cared he polished up his sp"'' VIZ
more telling periods thought COW. r
study and had himself press ''" '''' a..
over. So they dispute the fam" BE- ~,
ance as a part OF the sp'''" 80 ~
making.
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been known to assail with great feroc-
ity lasso tralled from u saddle along
the ground, installing it for IA serpent.
Native to the grassy plains of the
Argentine is an extremely hideous spe-
cies of toad, bigger than a mans fist,
which has the reputation of being ven
omous. 1t will snap savagely at any
thing that comes near it, hanging on
with the tenacity of IA bulldog. When
leased 1t swells to such an extent that
one almost expects to see ii burst.
This description is quoted from DR.,
w. II. Hudson, an eminent naturalist,
who has also something to say about
curious species of frog native to the
same region. He was out snipe shoot
ing one day, when, pecring into the
disused burrow of some rodent, he saw
burly looking batrachian squatting
just within the entrance, He says:
Before | was sufficiently near 10
make a grab it sprang straight at my
hand. and, catching two of my fingers
round with its fore legs, administered
a hug so sudden and violent as to cause
an acute sensation Of pain. Then inn
mediately It released its hold and leaped
| away.
II flew after II, and barely managed
to overtake II before II could gain the
water Grasping 1t behind the shoulder
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animals neck with a single blow of
its paw.
Nevertheless, this huge cat will never
attack a human being, and cannot be
induced to defend itself against man,
Even small child may go out in
safety and sleep in a place where pumas
are prowling about in search OF prey
When attacked by man, its energy and
daring at once forsake It, and 1t be-
comes weak and lnoffensive. trembling
and uttering piteous means, as IL to i'm
plore compassion. The puma is said to