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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-11-20
oEEiclAL PUBLICATION.

Annual statement of the United states
branch of the Netherlands Fire and Life
land. on the 31st day of December, 1914,
made to the Insurance superintendent Of
the state of Illinois. pursuant to law.
CAPITAL.
Amount of deposit capital. go. $500, 10000
INCOME.
Premiums received during the
Interest. rents and dividends. 2s,277S2
Received from home office. .. 20.00
Total income ...............s453,4S 5.21
DISBURSEMENTS
Losses paid during the year. .siio,3o1.s1
Expenses of adjustment and
settlement CT losses ......... 2.4I5.I0
Commissions or brokerage -. 9l.422.53
Salaries, fees and all other
charges of officers, clerks.
agents and employees ........ 40.7743S
Rents ...,.,............. 2,2O6.22
tionery, postage, etc. -. s,6ii.s2
lures and maps '......,..... 2,s4s2s
fees. etc. .................... 9.3ss.7o
Inspection and surveys. .....;u S93.sl
state insurance departments.
taxes and fees .............. I2OO.26
All other disbursements ....... 2,059.S6
Total disbursements ........ .sSOs ,o2i. 12
LEDGER ASSETS.
Book value Of bonds and stocks. $776, $50. SO
Cash in Office and bank. 69.604. 26
Agents balances .............. 125,36l.3l
Other ledger assets ........... 1OO.O0
Total ledger assets ....... s971, 422. 16
NON-LEDGER ASSETS.
Interest and rents due and ac-
cfued ................... ',o3o'oo
DEDucT ASSETS Nor ADMiTTED.
~
three months dues S,6gIH
Book value of real es-
tate, bonds and
stocks over market
value ............... ll,''VO3 - -. -.
Total admitted assets ......s95s, 2si.S2
LIABILITIES.
Losses adjusted and hon sso ~
Losses in process of
adjustment or IN
suspense ........... 4i,51Il3
Losses resisted ....... 100000
TOtal ...............SS D,Syt.oo
Deduct Reinsurance. i7.751.25
Net amount of unpaid losses. s 3s.1465s
Total unearned premiums 80. 354.4999!
Salaries, rents, bills, taxes, etc. S.3S6.6i
Total liabilities .siOi ,O33 10
BUSINESS IN ILLINOIS.
Total risks taken during the
total premiums received
during the year ........... 120.1S99i
the the year year. .... .u " 4o,527.ao
T.. =. Manager.
subscribed and sworn to before me this
tseaij SIMEON W. KING.
Notary Public.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-30

shot IN Tght in saloon at 1924 S. Ash
land av.
LaVine Pierson, 4e, 5e4o S. Wood,
suicide Rope. Financial troubles.
Martin Leonard sent to county Jail
80 days. Mrs. Maxine Byers, friend,
says he took money and clothes.
Mayor Thompson sent letter to
secretary of state of Nebraska with
drawing name from presidential bal
lot.
Mayor Thompson has right to cast
deciding vote in tie in council, ac-
cording to opinion of Corp. Counsel
Ettleson
Thomas Kelly, contractor wanted
in Canada, ordered to Jail in Wauke-
gan by Washington officials. Fighting
extradition.
Frank Wren, actor, Revere house,
had skull fractured in argument with
SIGNALING IN SAND
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-30

August Seminary, 452 N. Green, at
Madison and Clark.
MiIdiate VeIanzos, 5o1 S. HaIsted,
reported loss of $500 to police. Con
men used handkerchief game.
Judge to be assigned today to hear
case of William Lorimer, indicted in
La Sale ST. bank failure.
John Fisher, 3541 Indiana aV., ar
rested. Dominick Jercich, 1858
Wentworth av., lost $500 in poker
game.
Francis Harvert, 10, died today.
Shot himself after he failed in exam
nations at Northwestern Gu"
Two arrested in Gary when en-
gineer found tie on track of Michigan
Central r. R.
Joseph Prendergast, e16 w. 64th
pl., food inspector, indicted. Accus-
ed of taking bride from grocer.
DESERTS OF EGYPT
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-14
OUR OWN LITTLE TOWN.

If you meet man who is down
in the mouth who thinks that his
town is all wrong; just take him
sside or give him a ride and hand
him this quaint little song: There
are fancier towns than our little
town. there are towns that are big
ger than this: and the people who
live in the timer towns all the city
excitement will miss. There are
things you can see in the wealthier
town that you can't in the town
that is small: and yet up and down
there is no other town like our lit
tie town after all. 1t may be that
the street through the heart of our
town isn't lung, isn't wide, isn't
straight, but the neighbora you
know in our own little town with
g welcome your coming will wait.
10 the gllltering streets of the
glittering town with its palace and
pavement and ttlrall; in the midst
Of the thronR you'll frequently
long for our own little town after
all. If you live and work and trade
in our town in spite of the fact
that it's small, you'll find that the
town-our own little town-is the
best kind Of a town after all" Z"
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-14
Or. ]. ]. chisOIm Dead.

Natchez, Miss Aug. 10.-Dr.
j. j Chisholm. pastor emeritus of
the First Presbyterian Church, and
one of the best beloved men in
Natchez, passed away at his resi-
dence in this city Tuesday after
noon about 4 o'clock Before over
taken by his intirmities he was
considered one of the most bril-
liant divines in the state. DR..
Chisholm was highly educated. and
was a man of scholarly a;tainments
He was a graduate of two of the
leading colleges of this country
and the University of Edinburg.
He is survived by his widow and
one son, who is a member OF the
faculty of John Hopkins Universi-
ty. When his resignation was pre-
sented to the congregation of his
church on account of his illness 1t
was reluctantly accepted. and the
degree of pastor emeritus confer
red upon him. He was under
the care of Eastern specialists for
several months, returning to
Natchez the early part of the
year, when he entered a gradual
decline.
Arrangements for the funeral
have not yet been announced. DR..
Chisholm was the pastor for fifteen
years of the First Presbyterian
Church.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-14
Board of Trade Meeting.

The Board of Trade is ANNOUNCE
ing its annual meet for Tuesday,
the l7th., when officers will be
elected.
Although the ambition of this
organization for Brookhaven and
vicinity is limltIess and unrestrict-
ed, just now all interest is cluster
ing about the large attendance
wanted at the annual meeting and
the enthusiasm it is expected
that this gathering will arouse.
The Board Of Trade has been very
modest indeed about the persistent
effort that has heen exerted by it
these past several years looking to-
ward Brookhaven's development.
but our citizens may be assured
the organization is at work while
the rest of as sleep.
A Truck Growers Association
has been occupying a great deal OF
attention from this Board If late
and 1t bids fair to become one Of
our chief enterprises and a contrib
utor to the welfare Of Lincoln
County.
Remember the date, August I7th
The interested puhhc Is cordially
inVItsd 70 attsnd the msetIng,
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-14
Mr.. Everett Smith Dead.

One of Lincoln County's most
respected and worthy citizens was
laid away from human sight at the
Mt. Zion church Cemetery on yes
terday afternoon at three o'clock.
Mr. Everett Smith had nearly
rounded out his three-score and
ten: and those who loved him and
valued his friendship and his lnflu-
ence rraved for him many more
years of mortal life. The deceased
was the father of county assessor
T. Hugh Smith, we'll known to our
people
Surrounded by those he loved
the long life closed peacefully and
the tired body rests now in the lit
tie graveyard among relatives and
friends who proceeded him to the
tomb.
He has ''sat in the darkness and
shadow of death. being bound in
affection; so to him the shade
Of the trees on the river Of Life
Everlasting must be a joy immortal
and full Of glory.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-14
Gets a Vacation.

Miss Susie v. Powell supervisor
of school Improvement work. at
Jackson, and to whose we'll direct
ed activities are due the success of
the girls canning and poultry club
organizations over the state. has
left for the A 4 M. College
for conference with a representa-
tive of the department at Washing
ton, after which she will leave on
her vacation-leave of absence hav-
ing been granted her for one
month, and which she will spend
among the Thousand Island resorts.
or ever further north unless she
finds cooler weather this side Of
Canada
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-14
new ERA IN BANKING
MORE MONEY ON DEPOSIT

The new Mississippi Banking
Law has been in full force and
effect since May 18th. Under that
law every bank in Mississippi is
now a Guaranteed Bank except Of
course. the National Banks
The law is locked upon through
out the country as the best and
most efficIent banking law now IN
force in any State of the Union.
Under the law the depositor not
only gets the advantage of all the
modern and improved methods in
banking but when he deposits his
money with bank he knows that
he is guaranteed against any possi-
BILE loss and cannot under any con-
ditions lose one cent which he has
on deposit.
This condition when thoroughly
understood by the people ought to
put all of the money in. the State
into the banks of the State. 1t has
been pretty generally conceded that
not one.half of the money has been
deposited IN our banks. This has
been largely due to Wild Cat banks
operated by strangers and adven-
turers who were either dishonest
or incompetent and not due to in
competency of the business men OF
the State who we're operating
banks along Legitimate lines.
Among the advantages of the
law may be mentioned the prnvis-
ion for joint accounts, whereby the
survivor may draw same upon
death of the other party and also
the provision that any balance un-
der $500 may be paid to the next
kin. such accounts formerly neces-
stating Chancery Court proceed
ings
The results of supervision and
Guarantee have given strength to
the credit Of Mississippi banks in
the Eastern money centers and it is
the opinion of some of the best and
biggest financiers of the country
that in spite of the continued Euro
pean war, it will be easier to
handle Mississippi's cotton crop
this season than ever before in the
history of the South. But the
most important lesson for the peo-
pie of Mississippi to learn is that
if all of our money was in the
banks of the State that we could
probably finance our crops without
outside help. and knowing that it
is not possible for them to lose
their money the people should dig
up their money and put it in the
banks thereby helping to put our
State on Cash basis For cash
basis and that alone can bring per-
manent prosperity to all.-Ex-
change.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-14
my GIRL.

A little corner with its crib;
A little mug, spoon, a bib.
A little tooth appears IN sight,
A little rubber ring to bite.
A little plate all lettered round,
A little rattIer to resound,
A little creeping-See! she
stands!
A little step twixt outstretched
hands
A little doll with fiaxen hair.
A little willow rocking chair.
A little dress of richest hue,
A little pair of CATERS blue
A little schoolday afterway,
A little teacher to obey.
A little study-soon tits past
A little graduate at last.
A little mutf for winter weather,
A little jaunty hat and feather
A little coat with great big pock'
ct,
A little charm, chain, locket'
A little while to play and bow,
A lite escort homeward now.
A little party somewhat late.
A little lingering at the gate
A little walk in leafy June,
A little talk while shines the
moon
A little conference with papa.
A little planning with mama
A little ceremony grave,
A little struggle to be brave.
A little cottage on lawn,
A little kiss-my girl is gone.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-14
SLANDER.

SIander. sir! You do not know
what you are disdaininR. ] have
seen the most respectable persons
almost overwhelmed by it. At first
a light sound, skimming the earth
like swallow before the storm,
very softly (pianissimo) itmurmers
and purrs and sows in It's course
poisoned arrows. 1t is on some
body's mouth, and softly, softly
(piano, piano), it Rlides shyly into
your ear. The evil is done 1t is
born, it creeps, it walks; and with
growing power (rinforzando) it
goes from mouth to mou tn diaboli-
caIIy. Then. all of sudden, !
can't tell you how, you see slander
straighteu up. hiss. swell and grow
tall before your very eyes 1t
springs, stretches its wings. whirls,
envelops, seizes, carries off; it
flashes lightning, it thunders and
becomes hue and cry, a public
crescendu, a universal chorus OF
hatred and prescription. Who. in
deed, could stop it Beaumarchais.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-14
Celebrate in Honor Of Mr.. BrantIey
Smiths SOth Birthday.

On August 18th the friends and
relatives of Mr. Brantley Smith
met at the picnic ground near his
home to celebrate his 80th birth
day.
About 10 a. m. the people began
to assemble together. At IL a m
Mr.. Morris Montgomery called the
crowd together and very eloquently
gave a history of Mr. Smiths life.
Mr.. Smith is the father Of ten chill
dren, six boys and four girls The
boys are all living, but three of
the girls are dead. He has in all,
one hundred and seventy-nlne chill
dren. grandchildren and great
grand children.
People from all parts Of the
county attended and some being
present from adjoining counties.
Mr.. Smith was one OF those faith
full soldiers who marched to the
front and fought for Dixie's fair
land.
The thing that perhaps speaks
as well of him as any one thing
else is that he now lives in two
miles of his birthplace and that
all of his sups and daughters have
married and live within a few
miles of their old home This
shows the love for home and the
sery close relationship between
father and children.
Mr. Smith has lived an upright
life and is a member Of the Baptist
Church. You will find him ever
willing to advise and for the right
BE has now seen what perhaps you
or will never see-hls 80th year.
His good wife still lives by his
side to console him. She has
reached her 18th year. Together
they walk old in years but happy
in life. According TO them they
will soon step over the line that di.
vides time from eternity May
the remaining years of their life
be peaceful and quiet. May they
say at the end like the prophet Of
old said 81 have fought a good
fight. / have kept the faith,
hence there is laid up for me .
crown of glory
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-14
A HustIing WOOdman.

The Woodmen of the Worl picnic
at Winters Grove, in the suburbs
Of Jackson last week, is conceded
to have beaten anything Of the
kind ever before attempted in this
vicinity 1t was estimated that
ut least 5000 men, women and
children were on the grounds, and
there was plenty of nicely barbecu-
ed beef, pork and mutton The
affair was in charge of John w
Crisler. Jr chairman: J. E. sPrid-
gen, John Vixhdm. James Buckles.
and q. H Edwards. a committee
appointed by the local Woodman
camp. but with Pridgen as chief
promoter. Mr. Pridgen is the
most enthusiastic Woodman in
jackson. perhaps in the state, and
has personally added more than 500
members to the order here during
the past three or four years.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-14
GOOD ROADS AND THEIR UPKEEP.

The other day up in Neshoba
County there was man looking at
a tract Of GAO acres of land that he
wanted to establish hog farm
lie admitted the land was what he
wanted He admitted the price
was ridicuIousIy low But-he
didn't buy. 10 use his own words
These d. roads you have In this
country may keep me back in In
dianapolis 7
The public road question deserves
more attention from the leGisla-
lures and from the people of the
State than it has been getting. We
say people of the state" avdised-
ly: for the people are behind every
thing and get just what they want,
Here in Lincoln County our
Board Of Supervisors represents the
people. We have road commission
ers as a committee from the Board
in the interest of the people and
we have contractors who agree to
work the roads for a stipulated
sum, $l02 per month, we are in
formed, for which they are expect
ed and ought to give value receiv-
ed.
It is being suggested in some
quarters that 1t usually requires
more backbone than a beard of su-
perVisors or the commissioners
possess to make local contractors
toe the mark and that as this is
day of specialties, competent en-
gineer should be EN- moloyed who
would more than save his salary,
besides giving better results than
are obtained without him. Senti-
ment like this begins to bud when
there is failure to measure up as
the public expects.
The dry season has retarded work
on Lincoln County roads, it is i'm
possible to bed and shoulder with
out due amount of moisture; and.
as yet, there is no grave fault to
find that cannot be easily remedied;
but the eye of the novice on good
roads and their upkeep can discern
that constant attention only can
make the investment of $3.50. 600
put in our good roads pay Good
roads ere an absolute necessity and
the free mail delivery already
offered. which is referred to in an
other column, the rapid exchange
of farm commodities and the short
ening of distances for our children
from our homes TO the schools and
churches, all plead for the founda-
tion of progress and prosperity
the good roads
Lincoln county has them. Let
the Board of Supervisors use great
discretion in making contracts and
the commissioners and committees
see to it that they are carried out
tathe letter when they are made.
Brookkaven is doing its part and
paying the price for highways that
cannot be exceIled in the State.
Notable improvement has been
made of late and the appreciation,
convenience and qualification of
the general public. on foot or on
wheels, in the middle of the road
or at the crossings, and especially
where old ramshackle foot
bridges used to be. offset the
levy that pays for them. The new
iron cuIverts that admirably do the
drainage have done away with the
old-time bridges IN the city and in
the county
Generally speaking we have
Good Roads. f"
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-14
THE INDUSTRIAL WONDER OF TODAY
HENRY FORD.

Henry Ford, the most talked
about man in the American busi-
ness world, is 81 years old. He
makes over a thousand automo-
biles a day in his huge plant in
Detroit. His mechanical genius
and system of organization is one
of the wonders of our time. While
amassing millions. he has been
trying to solve the great problem
of profit-sharinq. Last year he
distributed $40. 900. 600 among his
workers. and made the minimum
wage in his factories five dollars a
day He startled the staid Ameri-
can business men by announcing
that he could make useful mer out
of any material The : down and
outs from jaiIs and warehouses
have been transformed into indus
trious workers in his shops. He
provides open-air lectures for his
workers, a hospital for them, and
when illness overtakes them he
sounds the depths of medicine and
surgery to find a cure Henry
Ford jumped into the limelight
last year, but he had already ac-
complished his great aim of useful
ness His theories on profit-shar-
ing. upIift work and philanthropy
had been worked out in the up
building of his massive automobile
business. They are now the study
of other American manufacturers
who see in the proft-shsring plan
the gateway to successful organi-
zatIon and freedom from unrest of
workingmen Ford was born at
Greenfield. Mich July 80, 1853.
was educated in the common schools
and became a machinist. He saw
q great opportunity in making the
automobile popular luxury, and
set out to make a substantial car
at popular rate His success ia
one of the marveIs of the time.
Ford is the willing butt of more
Jokes than were ever heaped on one
man.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-14
The Tri-COunty Medical Society at
BrOOkhaVen, Miss, August
II, 1915.

1.-EducatioraI Campaign for
the Control of Cancer. j H john
son. Discussed by S. = Klotz.
2.-Epithelioma, or Skin Cancer
j. M. Catchings. Discussion by
W. D. Beachsm.
3 Cancers and Tumors of the
Breast j M. Dampeer. Discuss
ed by j T Butler
-Sarcoma. L. D. Dickerson.
Discussed by N. \ Mcleod.
5.-.Death rate from Cancer in
Mississippi. D W. Jones
The meeting will be open to the
public, ladies especially Invited
1t is educational. and we would be
glad to have a good audience.
d. W. JONES. Secty
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-08-14
THE NEGRO NORTH AND SOUTH.

Published in Michigan City. In
diana. there is monthly magazine
called Yankee Doodle, which
shows remarkably true apprecia-
ton of the relative positions of the
negro in the north. 1t is one of
the very few publications which
have dealt fairly with the south
and with the negro on this ques.
tion.
Says the publication:
Don't try to solve the southern
negro problem, you men of the
north. 1t is already solved, and
the negro is in better shape, NOR
ally. physically and financially
down below the Mason and Dixon
line than he is in the north. We
took the salvation of the negro"
upon US, only to find We don't
know him. 1t isn't matter of
prejudice On the part of the north
ern people 1t is just plain lgno-
rance of what is required in a task
that was entirely self-imposed.
AS a rule. the poorest of all
American negroes are found in the
north. They are generally exiles
frum the sunny land of kindlIness
an understanding. They have gen.
orally come north because they
we're intolerabIe in the south. The
south does much to give the negro
a show The southern people are
kind tc the negroes, for they un-
derstand them. The negro keeps
his place He is never offensive,
and he is loyal, kindly. affectionate
individual. who is always respect
full Within a decade there will
be race riots in most of the cities
of the north For a great truth is
coming home to the unthlnking.
These are but the views of an in
diViduaI, it is true-they will have
small circulation in the north and
practically none in the south The
entire article, too long for repro
duction here, is to the effect that
in the north there is less talk OF
equality" now and growing re.
sentiment toward the negro for pre-
suming to share equal rights in all
things with the white people, and
that in the south the negro is hap.
PLY situated, by reason of the fact
that Re is better understood
The Yankee Doodle" editor has
certainly gone to the heart of this
question in a direct, unequivoca
manner. He evidently has had
residence in the south, for he
knows whereof he speaks 1t is 8
pity that more editors Of his Sec
tion we're not similarly we'll equip
ped to pass judgement on the facts
In that event, there would be
greater sympathy for the south foe
the burden which it has had tC
bear, and an altogether different,
more sensible treatment of the ne.
gro in the south. And it would
rebound to the material advantage
of all concerned. Natchez News
Democrat