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The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11
VILLA DOMINATES
NORTH MEXICO
SEEKS CAPTURE OF TAMPlco
FOR SEAPORT; IRAPUATo
HEADQUARTERS.
INVITES DIPLOMATS TO JOIN HIM
C~arranza Claims Loyalty Of Seventy
Five Convention Delegates
and Comedies Villa
Eleven.

Observation-Disclosures to the Villa
agency here said General Villa had
arrived at Irapuato, one hundred
miles north Of Mexico City, and from
that point was directing an extensive
campaign which has for its object
the capture Of Tampico and the dom
ination of the northern half Of Mexico.
That General Villa would invite the
diplomatic corps to come into the
territory controlled by him as a coun
ter-move to the invitation issued by
Carranza for the diplomats to go to
Vera Cruz, was indicated in some of
the advices reaching here. At the
state department no further news OF
the differences between General Car
rama and the diplomatic corps was
received.
The Carranza agency issued a state
ment giving the list of original dele
gates to the convention at Aguas Cal
ientes who we're either dead, in hiding
or missing and those who were sup
porting the various chiefs. The Car
rama list claims that eleven now
support Villa, ifty-ive are aligned
with C|arranza, sixteen are with Eula-
lilo Gutierrez, twenty-five with Zapata,
.twenty-seven are -unaccounted for, the
whereabouts of eight are unknown,
four we're killed in battle, five assass-
mated, two are in prison and one
General Jesus Davila Sanchez-a neu-
trail, though his whereabouts is not
given.
Enrique Lorente, the Villa repre-
sentative explained that the military
campaign of General Villa had ad-
vanced along the three principal rail
roads in the central part of Mexico
to within a few miles of the border
towns of Piedras Negras, Nuevo La
redo and Matamoros. In each case
the Villa troops are threatening the
Carranza garrisons, he said. He added
that General Angeles had complete
control of Monclova, Monterey, Sal
tito and San Luis Potosi and that the
advance on Tampico was progressing
rapidly.
Villa Assumes Presidency.
Villa gave as his reason for assum-
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The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11

separated from the convention gov.
eminent headed by, Rogue Gonzales
CARA as provisional president, who
left with the Zapata forces when they
departed south from Mexico City at its
occupation recently by O%bregon's Car
rama troops.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11
THEY'D Like TO Run.

BILL see new shackles for convicts
permit a man to walk, as usual, but
lock should he bend his knees far
enough to try to un.
Jill-That must be hard on the poor
fellows when the dinner bell rings.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11
The Right Place.

:" can't find any bank willing tc
finance my aerial scheme"
Why not try a bank of clouds2"
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11

Natural history neglects to inform
as that the female elephant requires
a larger trunk than the male.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11
All He Had.

They say that money is tight"
at must be. All I've got is a little
loose change"
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11
Up TO Date.

Tom-And do you really love her?
Bill-Love her? l love every hair
on her dressing table!
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11

Always use Red Cross Fall Blue. Delights
the laundress. At all good g%rocers. Adv.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11
COUNT LICHNOWSKY

Count LIchnowsky, German ambas
sador to England, leaving the foreign
office In London, after the declaration
Of war.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11
villa Assumes Presidency.

Villa gave as his reason for assum-
ing the office that his forces had been
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
RETURNED RIGHT ANSWER
Night Waterman In Department of
Justice Scored a Hit ION His
Own Judgment"

Not long ago brand new Waterman
was appointed as night guard in the
department of justice. He assumed
his duties, filled with the Importance
of his responsibilities. In instructing
him an official said:
Now, If anything unexpected hap.
pens during the night just use your
own judgment in dealing with the mat
ter"
That night, as the Waterman sat at
the door, there came wire from some
official in California asking the depart
ment whether there was any law
against a certain thing.
Now this was the time, so thought
the Waterman, to "act on your own
judgment" He gave the boy a reply
which read; Il don't know of any,
and the telegram was sent.
A high official learned of the matter
and placed 1t before the attorney gen
eral That officer smiled at the answer
given and remarked: We'll he's right
about it don't know any law against
1t Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
Mob Hangs Negro.

Somerville.-TomB Brooks, the negro
who shot and killed Tom Day and
Pleas Hawkins, Two white men, here
on April 20, was hanged by a mob of
see uzanaafhed Hsea eix IasNes west Of
town. early IN the nSsanins Of April %.
The negro was taken from the Gus
tody Of W. n. Wilkerson, the magis-
trate before whom his preliminary
hearing was to have been held, and
three deputy sneriffs of Fayette
county.
The negro was being brought to
Somerville from Memphis, where he
was taken soon after the murder for
safe keeping, in an automobile by the
officers. AS the time was o'clock in
the morning and the mob worked SO
quietly, people living less than 800
yards away were not aware that a
hanging had taken place till the next
morning.
The mob members stopped the auto
mobile, covered the officers with guns
and took the negro out. While the
doomed negro pleaded piteously for his
life, they placed rope around his
neck and swung him to railroad
bridge.
The crime for which the mob hanged
Brooks was the killing of Tom Day
and Pleas Hawkins, two well-known
men Of Somerville, when they went to
his home to administer rebuke for
his conduct.
Circuit Judge W. ]. Everett was in
jackson at the time Of the lynching.
When communicated with he said that
he would call a special session of the
grand jury to investigate the lynch
ing.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
Chair for Rural NURSING,

Chattanooga.-The Southern Confer.
ence for Education and Industry at
the session held April 20, elected the
following officers: President, W. H.
Smith, Mississippi, state superintend-
ent public instruction; vice-presidents,
John A. Patten, Chattanooga, and ],
D. Eggleston, Jr., Georgia; executive
secretary, A. P. Bourland, Washington,
D. C. An executive board Of Il mem
bers was also chosen.
The conference also pledged them
selves to arrange for establishing a
chair of rural nursing at the Peabody
College, to be known as the Ellen Will
son memorial chair. Assurance was
given that 100000 to endow the chair
would be forthcoming at an early date
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
j. s. COURT HEARS
BIG DAMAGE CASE
100000 SUIT IS FILED FOR DEATH
OF TWO MEN BURNED IN
HOTEL FIRE.
CHAIR FOR RURAL NURSING
Southern Conference Fer Education
and Industry at Chattanooga
Pledges New Feature for Pea
body Teachers College.

kson.--Seeking to recover $780,.
900 damages for the death of Earl
Rice and ]. w. Doyle, who were suf-
located in the fire that destroyed the
Porter Building on the public square
at Paris, Tenn, on the night of Dec.
3, 1914, A. v. Rice, administrator Of
the estate Of the former, and Reta
Doyle, Administrative Of the estate of
the latter, have brought suit in fed
eral court before Judge John E. Nc
Call. The two main issues involved
in the cases, which have been consol-
idated and are being heard as one.
are: Whether or not the Porter build
ing could have been termed hotel or
rooming house, and whether or not
the statute of 1911, requiring fire es
capes, ETC., would apply.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
Millionaire Druggist Dies.

Memphis.-Peter P. Van Vleet, mil
lionaire banker and druggist of Mem
phis, died here at his palatial home
April % at the age of Sc years. Nerv-
Gus and physical breakdowns are said
to have been the cause of his death.
Although a native Of Michigan, he
was a pioneer settler in Memphis.
Starting in business while a young
man as drug clerk, he made a sue
cess that amassed him fortune. At
the time of his death he was president
of the Van Vleet- Mansfield Drug Co.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
Grief Causes Suicide.

Two suicides in one day is the rec
ord for Nashville on April 2S.
Grieving over the Imprisonment of
her sweetheart in Ohio on a charge OF
murder and the loss of diamond set
ting from a ring belonging to her
mother, Miss Pauline Snowden, Of
Nashville, committed suicide by shoot
ing herself through the head with o
pistol. She was Is years old.
Miss Snowden, it is said, told men,
bers of the family the previous day
she intended to kill herself unless she
found diamond that she had mad
vertently lost from her mothers ring.
The second suicide was that of Mrs.
w. L. Mcbride, aged 2S. Despondent
because of her continued i'll health,
she killed herself at her home by
draining the contents of large bottle
of carbolic acid. She was found in a
dying condition in her room by her
husband, whose attention was attract
ed by her cries.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
New Kind of Sport.

He had taken day off to go fishing,
but, alas! his luck had been very bad,
and when, on his way home, fish
monger's shop came into view he
was tempted and fell.
Il want half dozen large trout"
he told the man.
yes, certainly, SIR said the other,
masking a number one size grin with
a CORRESPONDENCE large hand. 'Will
you take them with your"
yes, please. And l want you to
stand over there and throw them at
me-"
Throw them, sir?" echoed the be-
wildered shopkeeper.
Exactly! My wife is sure to ask
me if l caught them, and cannot tell
lie"
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
Committee Close Todd Investigation.

After conducting the hearing relative
to the Todd-Normal school matter, the
educational committee of the Tennes-
see legislature has decided that it was
not within the scope of its duties to
make such Investigations and the
whole matter was closed without any
action, suggestions or recommends
tons, on motion of Senator Gardner, a
member of the committee.
The investigation was held to go into
the allegations made that Senator A.
L. Todd Of Rutherford county had
made use of his high official position
In selling herd of cows to the Middle
Tennessee Normal School.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
GETTING All SeWed Up.

1t was several days after arriving
home from the front that the soldier
with the two broken ribs was sitting
up and smoking cigar when the doc
tor came In.
We'll, how are you feeling now?"
asked the latter.
Eve had a stitch in my side all
day." replied the wounded soldier.
That's all right" said the doctor.
st shows that the bones are knit
ting"
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
Change in Fire Marshal Laws.

The legislative committee appointed
to investigate the fire Aarshal laws Of
other states with view of drafting a
suitable bill relating to the amendment
of the fire marshal laws of Tennessee,
has presented it's report to the legis-
lature. The committee has decided
that fire marshals and deputies will
be hereafter known as the fire pre-
ventiye commission. Senate bill No.
504, which reNrganizes the fire mar.
shaPs department, enlarges the power
of fire marshals aryl their deputies.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
GOVERNOR GETS
ANONYMOUS NOTE
STATE EXECUTIVE AND OTHERS
ARE THREATENED BY BLACK
HAND WITH DEATH.
CHANGE FIRE MARSHAL LAW
Joint Legislative Investigating Com
mittee Recommends Passage of
Bill to Reorganize Department
and Give Greater Powers.
Nashville.


Governor Rye has received threat;
ening blackhand letter from an alleged
organization in Tennessee which has
for its purpose the destruction of Gov.
Rye and others who were instrumental
In enforcing the liquor laws. The let.
ter states that the organization is
banded together as one man" for the
purpose of putting in his grave" Gov.
Rye and others in Tennessee who have
helped put liquor out. 1t is signed
1.-THE Black Hand" A similar message
was received a few months ago writ.
ten on postcard.
Gov. Rye is not inclined to treat the
matter seriously and is of the opinion
that the letters may be practical jokes
of persons with perverted sense OF
humor.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
Charitable institutions seneficiariss.

Requests estimated at over $4,000
each are made to the Florence Crit
temlen Home and the Humane Society
of Nashville under the will of the late
Mrs. Virginia v. Polston, which was
probated in the office of County Court
Clerk Hunt. The estate is said to
amount to over 100000. Many be.
quests of money and jewels are made
to Nashville friends and relatives Of
Mrs. Polston in addition to the gen.
erous gifts TO the two charitable insti'
tons.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
Little Girl Is Drowned.

Lawrenceburg. - The three-year-olt
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. May of
the Ninth district Of this county, was
drowned a few days ago. In attempt
ing to cross a foot bridge over 9
stream she fell off into the water.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
Experiment Farm Proposed.

Ottoman experimental farm OF
forty acres and an apple and peach
orchard containing 10000 acres, will
be established in Wayne county, near
Collinwood, if a project by the Ten
nessee Valley Iron & Railroad Com
many deYelons.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
Satan and the ceruIean Deep.

Tn IN a quandary."
What about?"
Il have two invitations to dinner
and l can't decide"
(Which one to accept?"
mo, which one to refuse. One is
to home where young lady has just
come home from e piano conserva
tory, and the other is where a FIVE
year-old boy knows lot of recita
lions. Farm Life.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
Want Cigarettes Leealized.

At recent meeting of the Nashville
Business Mems association a resolu-
ton was passed endorsing the bill
legalizing the sale of cigarettes to
adults, which has already been de-
feated in the senate.
The club also endorsed the admin
istration assessment bill, and mo-
ton was passed to send letters urging
that they vote for It.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
Educational Conference Assemblies

Chattanooga.-With several hun
dred delegates and visitors, represent
ing all parts of the south and all edu.
.ational lines, present, the Southern
Conference for Education and Indus
try assembled here April
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
New Tennessee Map.

DR.. A. H. Purdue of the state geolog-
ical survey will soon have ready for
distribution large new map of Ten
nessee. The map is designed mainly
for the use of those who may have oc-
casion from time to time to locate at
a glance the divisional lines marking
the various surveys made by the de-
partment of the mineral deposits and
other natural resources of the state.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07

Were you in the Easter parade?"
mo" replied Mr.. Meekton. Il stood
off and looked on. kind of enjoyed
seeing Henrietta engaged in hike
that didn't look like some kind of a
political procession"
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07
smallnox Alarms Town.

Bolivar.-Bill Nedbar, colored, a
county convict, who has for the past
several months been confined in the
county Jail, has broken out with well
developed case of smallpox, and the
entire town is in a state OF alarm.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07


island Philadelphia shaking
their fellow marines tell them
Woodcock twins twenty hail
enlisted the condition that they
Many efforts have
prtyi their country
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07

The board of examiners of appli
cants to practice medicine, who will
examine as to literary qualifications,
was appointed by Gov. Rye, as follows:
Irhy Hudson of Nashville, sixyear
term; J. w. S. Rhea of Memphis, two
year term; c. c. English Of Bristol
four.year term.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07

No man who has tried to split kin,
ding with one believes George Wash
ington chopped down a cherry tree
with his Ratchet.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07

A full dress suit enables a 5000
clerk to pass himself off for a $1,000
waiter.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07

A man who is pound foolish may not
be penny wise.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07

A woman who can't raise children
can often raise Cain.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1915-05-07

Wa Gnrhonh rmuyp first OF the
nutsa tee byt nnd for il to and
sdnceof aeonacs hsounry Gen u first meet
Bacp
d Nut n iHb;
and smuaRe o
wrrs s shann OF signal
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The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-06-18
ELECTRICAL NEWS NOTES

There are 566,0OO telephones listed
in the new telephone directory for
New York city.
Electric ambulances are preferred
for hospital work where riding COM
fort for the patients is essential.
An electric alarm for open windows
has been perfected to give warnings
in case of rain pelting into the room.
A wireless message sent from Hon
olulu to Japan, distance of 34OO
miles, completes the wireless girdle
of the earth.
Electric sewing machines have
been installed in the schools of Gin
cinnati, Ohio, for the public school
sewing course.
An X-ray machine is used to de-
stroy the tiny insect commonly called
the tobacco bug" which annually de-
stroys thousands of dollars worth of
tobacco.
United States firms have furnished
over 40 percent of the electrical ma
chinery and supplies used in Brazil,
but not through any concentrated eff
fort. 1t was because the street rail
way and light and power systems in
various cities are under the manage
ment of Americans.
The Navy department is planning
to construct new high-power radio
station on Pudget Sound, probably
at Keyport, near Bremerton, Wash.
The plant will be one of the most
modern stations ever built, and will
have towers 400 feet high. 1t is also
reported that another wireless sta
tion will be erected on the Cooper
River Flats at Cordova, Alaska.
At the present time there is prac-
tically no hydro electric power devel-
opment in China. Such electrical
plants as have been installed are
driven almost altogether by steam.
The immense delta plains of the
Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, are not,
in general sense, suitable for hydro
electric plants, but in Fukien, Yunnan
and parts of Shantung provinces,
water power stations may be ulti-
mately be installed.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-06-18

tances of six to eight miles from the
school and they are doing wonderful
work. Have a light covered wagon
leave designated point, say Neils
Shoals on the east and the new
school house on the west every morn
ing at eight o'clock, gathering all the
children on the route and depositing
them at the school house at nine
o'clock, returning in the afternoon,
they will be left at their homes or
the designated points by three o'clock
feeling less fatigued than those who
live but short distance away, but
who have to walk. The cost for two
teams should be about $35OOO per
year, while the added income of the
central school will be three times
that, while the added power to help
the children will be incalculable; it
will mean thorough preparation
right here for college or business,
the teaching of domestic science, ag-
riculture and music and tn other
good things that come when a lot of
earnest people pull together for the
community's good. 1t this the future
of the Santuc school? | earnestly
hope and believe so.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-06-18
IN II DISTRICTS NOW
School Attendance is
Gaining Fast

According to the reports received
at the State department of education,
II districts in &c counties have al
ready accepted the local option COM
pulsory school attendance law enact
ed at the 1915 session of the legisla-
ture. This measure, known as the
Sinkler-Hawkins bill, provided three
methods of introduction by the vari-
Gus districts.
Six cities and towns with popu-
| lation above 1,500 are included in the
list. Spartanburg filed petition
signed by a majority of its qualified
electors and thus was the first city
| in the State to accept the principle
to go into operation July 1. Column
bia, Greenwood. Abbeville. Florence,
and Winnsboro voted almost unani-
mously for the law on June g. Per
haps the greatest interest in the COM
pulsory school election was shown in
Greenwood, where the vote stood 271
for and 27 against.
Among State aided high schools
| WinnSboro alone has so far report
ed acceptance of the law, although it
is certain that other high school dis
tricts will be included in later and
fuller reports
Rural District Progressive
SiXty-five of the districts so far re-
porting either contain small villages
or are purely agricultural COM
munities. The rural graded school at
] Zion in Anderson county, under the
leadership of B. c. Cromer filed its
petition early in June. In Greenville
county the two rural graded schools
Dol Nd
already enrolled practically every
child i'll their territory, though they
| have not hesitated to accept and to
| enforce compulsory attendance. In
the Old Hundred district the cam
paign was led by the venerable chair
man of the district board, who still
stands in the forefront of progress
Notwithstanding his so years.
Practically every section of the
State is represented on the list. 1t is
interesting to note that Columbia ac-
cepts compulsory school attendance,
though the electors voted $250,000 for
school buildings only few weeks ago
Bond elections for $4,000 in Sumter,
$4,000 in Darlington and $4,000 in
Greenville are said to be preparing
these three cities for accepting com
pulsory attendance within the next II
months.
1t is reported that the city of An
dersop will accept the law by petit
tion before the end of July. In many
communities local school improve
ment associations have been active in
urging the acceptance of the law.
Dillon the Banner County
The county superintendent and the
rural school supervisor of Dillon
county have already enlisted the ac-
tive cooperation of all their teachers,
trustees and patrons. Eighteen of
the 26 districts of the county have
already accepted the law upon peti-
etiol !and it seems certain that the
lrSf f8ing eight districts will come in
bef6fe the end of July.
| Though no further elections upon
the Question may be held this year,
any district may accept compulsory
attendance upon the petition of a
majority of its qualified electors.
J. E. SwearngtoE, State superin-
tendent of education, is highly graft
fed over the present situation and the
bright outlook.-The State
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-06-18
9 e | G. E

1t is our aim and desire to
give all of our patrons the best
service possible at all times and
we consider it a favor, and not
a kick, when they call our at
tention to any fault they may
find with the service. If you
see street light out; if the
water is not perfectly clear, or
if your lights are too bright or
not bright enough, call our at
tention to the fact. and we shall
see that the trouble is remedied
If any of your lights are out of
order, let us know, and we shall
have them put in order without
any cost for you.