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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-10
RECLUSE IS A PHILOSOPHER
Negro Found Living In Cave Near
Santa Barbara, CAL, Tells Some
Plain Truths.

There's rich living In garbage"
says Orrin Swift, negro recluse. who
has just come into publicity through
the Judgment of complaint question.
ing his sanity, reports dispatch from
Santa Barbara, Cal. He has for 20
years lived in little cave on the
mountainside. between Rincon and
Ventura.
When the officers went out to in
vestigate they found him curled up in
| corner of the cave sleeping the
morning away. The place was, lit.
tered with tin cans. When aroused
Swift greeted his visitors cordially and
explained to them his mode of life
and the reason therefor.
Civilization" he said, "is only an.
other evidence of how slavery can be
lifted up and made possibly more re.
fined outwardly. The man who works
for his living is nothing more or less
than a slave. He is a slave TO the
within of his employer, who may dis
charge him just like that" and the
negro snapped his finger
IF a man has an income today he
may not nave one tomorrow. The
consequence is that both the man VII
tolls for an employer and the man who
draws his income are slaves to worry,
neither Of them knowing the peace
and happiness that comes with the
quiet life. Men would live forever II
it were not for worry. That's the
most subtle destroyer the human fam.
lily is prey to, for it leads to all othei
ailments whose windup is death
Here | am living contented. No
one can demand rent or taxes. and
| find my living in the garbage on the
town dump, many fine morsels being
left in cans and otherwise thrown
away. There's rich living in garbage"
The mans talk was rational, though !
strange, and his conduct was quiet.
Therefore, the officers left him to his
lonely life.
There is a whole lot of genuine
truth in his philosophy" said the
sheriff. Men die from worry and
what comes in its train, and the race
will die more rapidly as it advances
in civilization, for the burden of tax
alton grows apace."
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-10
Strength of Fly.

An Englishman has made many ex
periments with various insects. such
as caterpillars. feas. butterflies and
flies. which show how extraordinarily
strong these insects are
A bIuebottle fly weighing l.2S or al
ounce was hitched by thread to
tiny wagon and drew a total weight
of a little over six ounces. or practie
ally 40 times its own weight
CATERPILLAR harnessed in a similar man
uer pulled % times its own weight.
A strong man with a like equip
ment of large size can at most mova
but ten times his own weight
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-10
at Chnhester. referred mo u

EhOOl at Chichester. referred NO ID
you for information as to the present
Whereabouts of Miss Elma Heath. who.
| believe, was one of your most inti.
mate friends at school" And added
lie, saying: Il am trying, on behalf
Of an aunt Of hers. to discover he"."
Well" responded the girl. Il have
only one or two letters. She's in her
uncles hands, believe, and he won't
let her write, poor girl. She dreaded
leaving US"
why"
All she would never say She had
some deep-rooted terror of her uncle.
Baron Oberg, who lived in St Peters
burg, and who came over at long inter
walls to see her But possibly you know
the whole story"
Il know nothing" cried eagerly.
You will be furtheriug her interests
as we'll as doing me great personal
favor if you will tell me what you
know"
1T is very little" she answered,
leaning back against the edge of the
table and regarding me seriously
Poor Elma' Her people treated her
very badly indeed. They sent her no
money, and allowed her no holidays.
and yet she was the sweetest,tempered
and most patient girl in the whole
school"
"Well-and the story regarding
her."
1T was supposed that her people at
Durham did not exist" she explained
"Elma had evidently lived a greater
part Of her life abroad, for she could
speak French and Italian better than
the professor himself, and therefore
always won the prizes. The class re-
vOlted, and then she did not compete
any more. Yet she never told us OF
where she had lived when a child. She
came from Durham. she said-that
| was all
You had a letter from her after
the baron came and took her away"
Three or four. think. They were
all from places abroad. One was from
Vienna, one was from Milan, and one
from some place with an unprOnounce'
able name in Hungary. The last"
Yes the last" gasped eagerly. In.
terrupting her
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-10

recolect that night IN Lamoe'n WV
told me you had enemies?
All so have, slgnoFe-ahu %
have YOU" he exclaimed hoafse"
Yes. my poor Armida may have DeeN
entrapped by them"
And if entrapped, what then?
They would kill her with as ~
tie conjunction as they would n.y.
he said All, you do not kno" INC
callousneSs of those people. oh''
hope and pray that she may nave co,
capped and is in hiding somewhere anu
will arrive Unexpectedly and give nle
a startling surprise She delights III
startling me-" he added with laush
Then you think she must have Deen
called away from home by some uis
ent message?" | suggested.
by the manner in which she LETT
things, it seemed as though she went
away hurriedly There were i've SOY,
ereigns in a drawer that we hau
saved for the rent, and she took them
with her"
| paused, hesitating whether 10 tell
him the terrible truth. recollected
that the body had disappeared, there
fore what proof had of my allega
ton that she had been murdered?
"fell me, Olinto," | said as we
moved forward again in the direction
Of Paddington station, have you any
knowledge Of a man named Lelth'
COURT"
He started suddenly and looked at
me.
Il have heard of him." he answered
very lamely.
And of his daughter-Muriel?"
And also of her. But am not &C
Quainted with them-nor, to tell the
truth, do | wish to be-
Why"
Because they are enemies of mine
bitter enemies"
His declaration was strange, for 1t
threw some light upon the tragedy in
Rannoch wood
And of your wife, also?"
81 do not know that" he respond
ed. MY enemies are my wife's also.
| suppose"
You have not told me the secret OF
that dastardly attempt upon me when
We last met" | said in a low voice.
why not tell me the truth? surely
ought to know who my enemies really
are. so as to be warned against any
future plot"
"You shall know some day, signore.
l dare not tell you now"
You said that BEFORE" exclaimed
with dissatisfaction. III you are
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-10
Built.ln Oil Paintings.

As a rule oil paintings are ros
strikingly successful in the average
house. They do not harmonic with
either water colors. blacks and whites
or brown photographs and il hung in
the same room need wall space to
themselves Often, too, the color Of
the wall is not good background
for an oil. A delightful disposition
for a low sort of a figure study 10
to leave it unframed and fit it in to
the central space Of the wooden Chin
ney piece. The picture, thus made
part of the structure Of the room,
and surrounded by dark wood, has q
dignity and value which it would never
achieve in a gold frame and hanging
on a wall.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-10
DROVE HIM INTO THE ARMY
Inside History Of Circumstance That
Made Higsbee Beehiss Defender
of His Country.

The evening that Higsbee Beehigs.
rafting his "A cents in his right-hand
trousers pocket. took Mabel Shear
boom around to get plate OF Ice
cream he had absolutely no thought OF
enlisting in the army commissary.
What kind will you have?" he
asked her.
You should say what kinds. not
what kind" she corrected him gently.
81 think I'll try every kind they've got.
He-he. Won't that be lark"
You mustn't" hecried.
ooh, but shalt" she laughed mer.
rily. And she started by ordering
chocolate, persimmon and rhubarb
Let it 60 at that. please" he i'm.
plored her. Its not being done by
the best people"
But she just laughed lightly and be-
gan on the rhubarb. When she was
halfway through the second order, of
pineapple, glycerin, olive ice and tapi.
oca, Higsbee Beehigs leaped to his
feet in desperation. Obj
Excuse me a moment" he said
hastily and ran out of the place with.
out stopping for his hat and enlisted,
leaving Mabel with the ice cream bill.
Detroit Free Press.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-10
Efficiency,

The postmistress of the sub.station
was, presumably, a New England pro-
duct. By temperament, obviously, she
was sexless. She had a nose like the
beak Of some great bird. 1t did not
appear that she would ever sicken and
die, rather that she would last like the
wonderful one.hoss shay" And she
had not the look of a character that
led a loose life. Count your change,
count your change" she said when
the man at her little window handed
her a onedollar bill in buying
stamp. She gave him a handful OF
dimes and pennies Count your
change, count your change, count your
change, young man." she cried. III
you find any mistake after you leave
the window, we will not rectify It;
count your change, New York
Evening Post.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-10
ATTILA, "SCOuRGE OF G0O'
Miahty Leader Of the Huns as He
Has Been Pictured by Eminent
French Historian.

The great French historian. Niche
let, has graphically described Attlla.
the mighty Hun. who in the fifth cen
fury met a defeat which curhed his
progress and threw him and his horde
back to eastern Europe His true orr
entail name, a name which Is retained
unchanged in the German tongue, was
Etzel, which signitied vast and
mighty thing a mountain. a river, par
ticularly that immense river. the Vol
ga. PriSCus, an author OF the NTH
describes him. gays MiCheelt. as
stern and grave. short, thick set and
strongly built, tatnosed, his broad
face pierced with two fiery holes.
Continuing he says: After ALL what
would this Tartar have gained by con.
quering the Roman empire? He would
have felt himself stited in those
walled cities and palaces OF marble.
Far better he loved his wooden vii
lage, all painted and tapestried. with
its thousand kiosks Of many colOrs and
all around it the green meadows of tho
Danube. Though an enemy TO Ger
many, he made use of it, His ally was
the enemy of the Germans, GcnSeric.
the Wend, who was settled In Africa.
He called Attila into Gaul against the
Goths OF Toulouse ATLAS passage
was marked by the ruin of Metz and
of great number OF towns. The null
titude of legends relating to this per
iod NAV afford some idea OF the i'm
preston which that terrible event left
on the memory OF nations"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-10
SYNOPSIS.

hoo morqon Gregg is called upon in Leg.
n aoa by Horribly, the yacht Lola's owner
Srian aIhlng aboard with him and his
= ta Hylton Chatter, accidentally secs
a,s Urn photograph Of young girl That
nn1i the consul's safe Is robbed Tho
tyhUlce ind that Hornby is frard ana r,J
sts G Eoia name false one. Gregg Wis.
shot, Edpt: Jack Durnford Of the marines
w giUdrd his vessel Durnford knows h,r
81 ~ n no reveal, the mystery Of the Lola,
rro,, concerns woman" In London
a SIS Is trapped nearly to his death nv
rotneF servant, Ofinto. Visiting in
H ornhes Gregg meets Muriel Leithcourt
him 10y ny appears and Muriel Introduces
grtapG a' martin Woodroffe, her fathers
10 w. Gregg finds that she is engaged
To-, o3drone. Gregg sees a c0py Of the
t tb.H photograph on the Lola and finds
W Va me young girl is Muriers friend
the ' ho4n 90 disappears. Gregg discovers
nocb "Uuy OF murdered woman in Ran
Its r, WOOD; The body disappears and in
p!"ce Is found the body of 0ifnto
nss talks to the police but conceals his
ran, hnoWiedge Of the woman. Muriel
s sba secretly on Gregg and tells him that
q ere ~ certain that a woman as well AZ
Ranm nn mas been murdered They search
bod ,toch wood together, and find the
ber OF the woman. Gregg recognizes
,ba an Armlda. Olinto's wife. Gregg tells
III ponce but when they 20 to the wood
VIC Douy has disappeared
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-10

faithful to me, you ught at least t
tell me the reason thy wished to xii
me in secret"
Because they feay0u." was his an
swer.
why should theyear me?"
But he shrugged Is shoulders, and
made gesture witfhis hands indca,
tive of utter ignorsce
It ask you one question. Answer
yes or no. Is the ian Leithcourt my
enemy"
The young Italit paused. and then
answered:
He is not youTiend | am quite
well aware of tt. | have known
him several yea When we first
met he was poor
Suddenly becse rich-eh?"
Bought fineSuse in the country;
lives mostly at le Carlton when he
and his wife d daughter are in
London-althoui believe they now
have house sGwhere in the West
end-and he off makes long cruises
in his steam VT"
And how die make his money"
Again Olintoevated his shoulders
without replyb
He walked sh me as far as the
end OF Bishopsad, endeavoring with |
all the Italia exquisite diplomacy |
to obtain fror1e what | knew con-
corning the ihcourts. But told |
him nothingr did | reveal that
had only thaorning returned from
Scotland q at last we parted, and |
he retraced steps to the little res.
taurant in Hbourne Grove, while
entered a Som and drove to the
weII-knownhotographer's in New !
Bond stretyhose name had been !
upon the photograph OF the young
girl in thete pique blouse and her |
hair taste with bow of ribbon.
the picturat | had found on board
the Lolakhat memorable night in
the Mednnean, and a duplicate OF |
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-10
The Truth al ast

What's the matter with your ey
rommie?'
That boy next door struck me-"
What for, pray?"
He said | struck him first"
And did your
No; honest, didn't, mother"
well, why didn't your"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-09-10
Not Much.

Is it true, mamma asked Ethel
that the ostrich hides its head In
the sand?"
Yes, dear; they say that is the
case"
Well, mamma, when you wear an
ostrich feather yor never hide your
head, DO you?"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-09
WOMAN SH|PWRECKED
CONTINUED From Page One.)

cared for, and not to let that bunch of
Yankees know that the only Rebel
/ on board was a coward. (You may
f! tell that to the L. d. c.
Zone man put on his life preserver
| and undershirt, and ran all over the
! boat. | was the only woman on the
ship that had presence of mind
enough to put on her life preserves
A lot of the passengers didn't know
where the preservers were located
and didn't know what to do with them
when they did find them.
THE sea was calm. with fine mist
We floated about for an hour when
the Albetross, of the fishing fleet.
came to us. She took us all on board.
The women were allowed two grips
each, and the men but one.
AN armfulI of blankets and all
kinds of food and water were put in
the lifeboats When we started climb
ing into the lifeboats, the order was
given to load the women's boats light
ly, with only one besides the oars
men in each. When my boat began
to be lowered, one man started to
jump in. Some of the other men
caught him and told him that he
would have to stay behind and take
his chances with the rest. | suspect
that he was the same man that ran
around short time before CARRIED in
an undershirt and life preserver. /.
THE City of Seattle struck rock
of gigantic proportions. which almost
split her in two. The engines, how
ever, We're kept at full speed, and this
held her fast until the tide went down,
when the hole was patched. The
Princess May, of British Columbia,
hearing the S. o. s. calls of the City
of Seattle, came to the rescue and
pulled her. off the rocks. At 4 o'clock
that afternoon, the two ships came
steaming into the harbor of Prince
Rupert. B. c. You should have heard
the saIutes from every steamthing on
the water. 'front.'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-09
Veneer Plant to Sta TT.

New Augusta, Miss, Dec. 9.-The
new veneer mill at Beaumont, six
miles south of this place, will begin
its work today. The old mill was de
stroyed by fire in the early fall and
since then the company has changed
hands. ]. H. Overstreet is now the
president and sole owner Mr.. Over
street is a man of much saw mill ex-
perience, having owned and operated
three or four different mills, and for
that reason the people feel that the
new mill will be a success.
After it is thoroughly completed the
Beaumont Veneer Works will be one
of the largest as we'll as the finest
mills of its kind in the state. North
ern inspectors who have been South
in the interest of this company have
said that this will be the best mill of
its kind with which they do business.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-09
WHITE SLAVE CASE DROPPED.

Biloxi, Miss, Dec 9-Investigation
in he alleged white slave case, which
has been going forward in Biloxi. New
Orleans and Chicago, following the
disappearance of Mrs NJ. Surdich
from Biloxi, has been dropped on adj
vice of Special Agent Forest Pendle-
ton, of New Orleans. The special
agent traced Mrs. Surdich from Bi.
loxi to Chicago and ascertained that
she had entered the rooming house
of Mrs. T. c. Harris on Michigan ave-
nue. in that city as maid. Mrs. Har.
rls runs a respectable rooming house.
according to Mr.. Pendleton, who has
written Chief of Police Louis Staeh
ling, of Biloxi, in regard to the case
Mrs. Surdich told Chicago officers
that Mrs. Harris sent her the money
to come to Chicago, but that she had
done so on her promise to go to work
Tor her Mrs. Surdich disappeared
from her home in this city October d.
NO efforts will be made by her hus
band to have her returned to Biloxi.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-09
CONVENTION BOARD
HOLDING SESSIONS
BAPT.5TS or STATE MAPPING
OUT WORK FOR THE CON-
ING. YEAR.

Special to the NeUS.
Jackson, Miss. Dec. 9.-The Baptist
State Convention Board, executive
body of the Baptist church in this
State, is holding it's annual session
at the First Baptist Church.
The work of the body is chiefly of
routine character, but the meeting this
year is of exceptional Importance be-
cause of the fast that the board is en-
deavoring to organize and correlate its
activities in such a manner that a
higher order of efficiency may be OBJ.
tanned.
The board annually eXpends about
$4,000 for pastoral support, church
extension, church building, etc, its
especial activity being to support the
smaller mission churches throughout
the State. The body will be in session
until some time tomorrow.
One important matter before the
board is the adoption of a plan where
by a secretary for layman's work will
be placed in the field, the chief ex-
pense to be borne by the laymen's
movement, with some assistance from
the convention.
Organization was perfected by the
reelection of DR.. P. ]. Lipsey as presi-
dent. Rev J. B. Lawrence was chosen
as corresponding secretary and Prof.
A. J. Aven as recording secretary. The
members in attendance are eX-Gover
nor A. H. Longino, A. j. Aven, Rev.
j. B. Lawrence, Dr.. P. |. Lipsey, Rev.
w. A Borum, T. j. Barksdale, A. T.
Cinnamon, A. S. DObbins, P. L. Lip
scomb, H. NJ King, E. T. Gates, R. l..
Gillon, R. l.. Malby. ]. r. Williams, w.
J. Morgan, H. L. Martin, H. c. Rob
erts, T. J. Shipman. l. P. Trotter, NJ.
P L. Love. w. l. Thames, w. G. Ty-
rec, J. w. Lee, n. c. Wick.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-09
NAMES COMMITTEES.

Jackson, Miss, Dec. 9-Miss Susie
V. Powell, in charge of the lone
Economics Extension Work of Mis-
sissippi, has named the following
committee of canning club girls and
home economics club women TO study
the marketing problem, ascertain the
quantity of canned goods and poultry
products the girls and women have
on hand In the various counties and
develop a plan to market them at a
profit.
Miss Mary Quarles, of Long Beach,
Harrison county, chairman; Miss Nit
tie Fulger, of WOodville, Wilkinson
county, Mrs Della B. Alley, of Win
Ona, Montgomery county, and Miss
Sara Dockery, of Olive Branch, De
Soto county.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-09

Whether the Hattiesburg Company
of the Mississippi National Guard will
participate in the Inauguration of the
new governor next month, has not
been decided.
Capt Thomas E. Cooper, command
ing the local company, today is taking
up the matter with the members of
his organization, and by the end of
the week it is likely that something
definite will be known.
1t will cost each officer and man ex
actly. $2.05 to make the trip. This
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-09
HABEAs CORPUS ASKED.

Meridian, Miss, Dec. Am appli-
cation for habeas corpus before Cir
cult Judge Carroll, is behalf of L. w.
Mckee, alleged to have shot and killed
Jack Walker, at DeKalb, kemper
county, has been set for hearing next
Monday at DeKalb. 1t is understood
that the defense will enter a plea Of
self defense and because of the phys
ical condition of Mckee, will ask that
ne be allowed bail.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-09
HEAD STUFFED FROM
CATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied in NostriIs
Opens Air Passages Right Up. j.

Instant relief-no waiting Your
clogged nostrils open right up: the ar
passages of your head clear and you
can breathe freeyl. No more hawking.
snuffing, blowing, headache. dryness.
No struggling for breath at night; your
cold or catarrh disappears.
Get a small bottle OF Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
a little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrilS, it pen
etrates through every air passage of
the head, soothes the infamed or
swollen mucous membrane and relief
comes instantly.
It's just fine. Don't STAY stuffed-up
with a cold or nasty catarrh. ADV.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-09
BARKENTlNE ASHORE.

Pascagoula, Hiss. Dec. 9.-At an
early hour this morning the American
barkentine ]. B. Rebel, of New York,
bound from Aguardillo, Porto, for Mo-
bile, Ala, ran ashore on the south
beach of Petit Bots Island. in misty
weather. The steam tug H. H. Cole,
coming along from Mobile, brought
the master of the barkentine, j. w.
Bowers, and the crew to Pascagoula.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-09
14-YEAR-OLD WHITE GIRL
BOUND OUT FOR FOUR YEARS

Meridian, Miss, Dec. 8. - Minnie
futile, a white girl, aged IA, was
bound to John l.. Green, of the Missis-
s1ppi Home Finding Society by the
board of supervisors in an order
passed Tuesday afternoon. The girl
will remain in Mr.. Green's charge. or
that Of the society until she is is
years of age.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-09
|Hattiesbury Militia May
Take Part in Inauguration
QUESTION oFERAlsINe NECESSARY MONEY Ex
PENsEs NOW BEING euARDsMEN-wiLL
COST EACH OFFICER s2os TO MAKE THE TRP-wILL
HAS NoT1YE BEEN FIXED

includes railroad fare and three meals.
If the local company goes to Jackson,
only 6S officers and men will go along.
as but So rifles have been received
from the quartermaster
The militiamen will be absent but
one day, if they make the trip.
letter just received from Briga-
der General Erie C. Scales, tells OF
plans being made to have the various
national guard organizations of Mis-
sissippi take part in the inaugural
ceremonies.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-09
EXPERTS TO MEET.

Jackson, Miss, Dec. 8. - Agricul-
tural experts of Uncle Sam and the
A. & NJ. College will come here to-
night and be ready bright and early
tomorrow morning to go to various
sections of Kinds county and deliver
addresses to farmers at educational
agricultural rallies. There will be
about twenty men in the party and
they will be divided into three crews,
visiting each important community.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-09
SUPERINTENDENT MEET.

Jackson, Miss, Dec ga bout sixty
superintendent of education are here
today to attend conference in the
senate chamber, relative to education
al matters, and exchange ideas
At II o'clock this morning the Sill
perintendents left in automobiles for
the Forest Hill consolidated school to
inspect that model institution. At the
session this afternoon the educators
will discuss needed laws and amend
ments desired to existing laws affect
ing educational questions. They also
will confer on topic of study in the
various institutions.