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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08

Drayton Bernhard. Mrs Dudley Mc- Adory and Mrs. T. P. Thompson wei comed the guests. The opening musical selection was rendered by Mrs. Charles Bernhard and followed by an address by Prof. P. P. Burns His subject was The Superiority of Hamlet as Play" Col. Sumter Lea paid tribute not only to the poet Shakespeare but to the work done by the club. At the close of the programme a tempting salad course was served to the follow ing: Visitors, Col. Sumter Lea, Mrs. T. B. Bondurant. Mrs. Dudley Me- Adory, Mrs. Charles Bernhard, Mrs. Pierce Thomas, Prof. P. P. Burns: club members. Mrs. w. c. Caldwell, Mrs. N. A. Barrett, Mrs. W. O. Bass, Mrs E. C.. Burchfield Mrs. F. E. Feltus, Mrs. E. M. Franks, Mrs. H. H. Hibbs, Mrs. T. R. Lea, Mrs. Ernest LaPoint, Mrs. Donald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08
CENTRAL PARK
By MRS. R. E. WEST

Mrs. H. J. Herb of Norwood was the honor guest at a surprise birthday din- ner at the home of Mrs. w. s. Hockaday Sunday Relatives made up the party who enjoyed the elaborate dinner and the social features arranged by the hostess.
 The Woman's Missionary society met at the home of Mrs. Frank Carleton Mon day afternoon, when arrangements were completed for the dinner given by the so- ciety to the public Friday evening.
 The dinner given at the Methodist church Friday evening, under the aus pices of the Woman's Missionary society was well attended and the ladies realized good sum for their fund.
 The Central Park Civic league was re- organized Monday evening" when some 50 citizens of the district met at the Meth odist church for this purpose. The re- port of the nominating committee was adopted by a series of votes, with the following, results: Dr. J. G. Hopping,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-10-08

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Jackson Miss are visiting Mir and Mrs w. D. Henry.
 Mrs D. V. Edmundson and little son, Billie, are visiting her parents at Louis- vile, Ky.
 Mrs Lansford of Tuscaloosa is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Pow CTS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-19
s225,ooO SPENT
 HERE FOR MULES
 SINCE JANUARY 1
Approximately HOO Long Eared Animals Sold at
 Average of $190.

Approximately LIDO head of mules, most of which were brought here from Missouri, have been sold in Pine Bluff since January 1, in the mule buying season which is now drawing 10 close, sum ranging from $200,- coo to $225,OG0 changing hands in the deals.
 Pine Bluff is one of the best mule markets in the state of Arkansas, ranking behind Little Rock only in this respect. There are but two firms in the state that are exclusively in the livestock business, twelve months in the year, one of these being Louis Reinman at Little Rock and the other being W. l.. Toney in Pine Bluff. In addition to these, however, there are many other firms which handle mules during the buying season, as we'll as still others which import mules for sale at various points in the state, when the demand is greatest
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-19

other places. bringing in produce ana laking cut supplies. The boats would haul the stuff to Pine Bluff Cor q vast section. and would carry out the products of this same section, the entire bus ness passing through this city.
 Often, when the river was high, tn boats would go up as far as Fort Gibson, which was quite 8 place in those days. The government main tained big squad of soldiers at Lit- tie Rock, and Fort Smith was an i'm portant point
 "At the time I came here, Pine Bluff had one newspaper, weekly, lished and edited by Will Lee, father of William A. Lee, present city clerk, and Robert E. Lee. The courthouse was only a few years old when we moved to Pine Bluff, and appeared an unusually imposing structure at that dime.
 "So far as I know, there are but two men and two women in Pine Bluff, who were here when l came, except ing those young folk who grew up with me and with many of whom went to school. These are Justice of the Peace Gabe Meyer. and Willard Miss Lizzie Wilkins have seen all
 these fine men and women pass into the Great Beyond as the years passed.
 Mir. Trimble said yesterday that the grea', est, the most marked change has been in the manner in which men look upon their personal obligations.
 'The records of the courthouse will not show any mortgages earlier than 1 60 or 61,'' he sa' d. "ln those days
 2 mans word and his personal honor
 counted for everything. Every man had confidence and trust in his fellow man. Today. he must give note i'll black and white. it must be secuce.l by mortgage and there must be {, fence around the mortgage. l settled Ian estate valued at about $45.00C many years ago. and the only writ ten obligation was a mere note o1 fhand-no mortgage or anything else that is now considered necessary. A man paid his debts in hose days, he cons dered his word. his promise, as ! binding. do not know what has caused the change, but there is many a man who would turn over in his
 grave if he could know what his sons are doing these days
 Mir. Trimble is in the very best ol
 health. He is personally in charge 3
 his big plantation near the city, anG | locks after Other interests. He has wo boys, Robert TT mble and san 1 Trimble, the former associated with
 his father on the plantation. and the
 latter member of the Pine Bluff
 legal fraternity, young practitioner ot
 promise.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-19
seasons, the best mules Costing

seasons, the best mules Costing as much as $500. Broncho-mules, as they are called, could be had as low as S90. The consensus of opinion is that fair average price paid for the LIDO mules handled here this season is about $19O per lead
 The Missouri mule, famed in song and story, is in greatest demand in the Pine Bluff section, just as itsis in the sugar fields of Louisiana. In Louisiana. long-legged mule is the most popular. In this section of Ar kansas. short-legged, more stocky animal is in greatest demand Both are Missouri mules, however, perhaps coming from the same mare, and be- ing different only in build.
 W. l.. Toney yesterday sold a car load of mules to R. Carnahan, the ami mals being shipped to England, where they will be worked to blows on the pr. Beakley place. They were extra nice mules, ranging in weight from 900 to 1900 pounds, and brought high prices, the actual figures, how ever. not being divulged.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-19

decided to try a bottle of Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound. It worked from the first bottle, so I took second and a third, also bottle of Lydia E.. Pinkham' s Blood Purifier, and now am just as we'll as any other woman. ad- wise every woman, single or married, who is troubled with any of the afore- said ailments, to try your wonderful Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier and I am sure they will help her to get rid of her troubles. - Mrs. ELSIE J. WANDER SANDE, 2 Goodwin Street, Pat erson, N. J.
 Women suffering with any form of female ills, or any symptoms that they do not understand, are invited to write the Lydia E.. Pinkham Medicine Co.,, Lynn, Mass. (confdentiaD, and receive advice wholly free of cost.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-19
D. l.. Trimble Has Seen City Grow to 10000 from Will
 lage of 600.
TALKS OF CHANGES
 IN TOWN, CUSTOMS
Steamb0ats and Wagon Trains Only Means of Transportation in Early Days. When Men Protected Their
 Word as Their Life.

F'iftysix years ago yesterday, the Rev. R. w. Trimble. with his wife and children. arrived in Pine Bluff from Louisville, Ky, and began his duties as a missionary of the Episco- pal church. Today, his son, D. l.. Trimble. one of Jefferson countys residents, is celebrating the anni- versary of his coming to this city.
 The Rev. MT Trimble spent the closing years of his life here, in the small but busy and prosperous Pine Bluff of the days during and just after the war He organized the present Trinity Episcopal parish and built the church building which still houses the congregation, of which he was the first pastor. His son, D. l.. Trimble, is and has been for many years, an ordained elder of tha. church, at which he still worships.
 When Dave Trimble. as he is known to his lifelong friends, came to Pine Bluff, he was boy of s or 9 years. He remembers clearly, however: the many changes experienced in Pine Bluff; how it has grown from a vil- lage of about 600 people, to city of 20,000; now the river transportation business has dropped from 20 boats a week. to something like i've now; how the Arkansas river has gradually encroached upon the oldest part of the bull: up city; and how the city has changed from a community of widely separated frame buildings to one of brick buildings, closely jammed together.
 "The business part of Pine Bluff when I came here, was located west, east and north of the courthouse, he said "The river was about twn blocks north of the courthouse. anl now 1t washes it's bank imme diately in he rear of the county temple of justice. On the street north of the courthouse. l remember, was the bi. store of R. H. M. Mills. that grand old man who died only recently. Ill Barraque street, there were two homes in the block immediately west of the courthouse, and two ill the block immediately east, these latter being occupied by General James and General Yell
 "W. D. Johnson, father Of Mrs. J. w. Adams of The Graphic, had his home about four blocks east of the courthouse. on the north side of Bar raque street. John l.. Buck and Tom Clegg lived in the same section. That land is now the bed of the Az kansas river"
 Pine Bluff was he head of naviga- ton on the Arkansas river in those days continued Mir. Trimble. 'I re- member we'll we had a line of packets to Cincinnati. another to St. Louis. one to Memphis and one to New Orleans, and often there were 15 or + boats at the river land ng here. T. was great business, that gradually fell away.
 Pine Bluff was the center of H great territory then, and thera werv no railroads here. Long w1g1n trains would arrive from Camden. ,Fordyce Philadelphia and hundreds of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-19
$iOO Rewar::. $1OO

The readers of this paper wlIi .ns rs pleased to learn that there is at leasi hesn sao able to cure in all it's stages. and tna, aniS r Ca .arrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the d;cs G,ns positive cure now known to the Mer,.ff Miarsf fraternity. Catarrh being constitutnroasast. traat. ,nent. Halls Catarrh Cure is takesn, esn,dad in ternally. acting directly upon the .Ssss b!oSc and mucous surfaces of the system, 1,,o a'Sls dis by destroying the foundation of tne eh uiS nv ease. and giving the patient strengnit lgsi.t,ns ns nature % in % doing e it's work The proprietor. ssS. have so much faith in it's curative v1d}srs RH%, CTS that they offer One Hundred 'vss,dd vsssnd for any case that it fails to cure 0s'' s01 ndaress s. a1 issteaniali E j. casNhY co. rde
 Sold by all Druggists. 75c. .S1 .tioe
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-19
HIGHWAYMAN KILLED.

Paducah Ky. March 1S.-HarVey kiener aged 20 was killed last nlgn' by bartender he tried to hold up. kiener is said to have commll'eu numerous robberies and to have re- gently killed a man who objected ~ being held up.-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-19

made me feel happy
 and healthy. Some time ago I felt so
 run down, had pains in my back and side, was very irregular, tired, nervous, had
 such b ad dreams, did not feel like eat ing and had short
 breath. l read your advertisement in &h0 ~~-yr~Nxo~ n~I
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-19

Elmer Davies, Julian Cross, Ray mond Everett, Harold Toussaint. Claude Marshall, Edwin Loosely, Richard Flournoy. Emmett Sanders, Joe Gould, Verna Niven, Leland Jones, William Bishop, Clarence Carnahan, Fi.zhugh Waldrip, James Morris. Horace Bays.
 Reading, Miss Sarita Strauss.
 Violin solo. Miss Nancy Farrar
 Selections, boys high school quar- tette, composed of Ted Dansby, basso; ; Welbourne Martin, first tenor; Henry Lake. second tenor; Leland Sage, baritone.
 Decision of judges.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-19

Since January 1, there have been about forty cars of mules, each car containing about 25 or 26 mules, brought to Pine Bluff. These have all been sold, together with mules which were here when the season opened. Prices on mules were some
 what higher this year than, in past
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-19
ATEXAS WONDER

eCHE Texas Wonder cures kidney and
 bladder troubles, dissolves grAve., cares
 diabetes. weak and lame backs. rheunaa tism and all irregularities oI ,.,4e kidneys and bladder in both men and wonlen. If mot sold by your druggist. will be sent by mail OH .e- ceipt of $1. One small bottle is two months treatment and seldom fails so perfect Q cure Send for testimonials from this and other St. Louis. Mo. Sold by druggists.--Adv
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-19
-----------~------------------ PRAGUE WOMAN SUICIDES.

Sheridan. March 1S,--Mrs. A Rraohaclk aged 55 member of the Bohemian colony at Prague swal lowed quantity of arsenic Friday dying shortly afterward. The wo- mans husband was killed by gas damp" in a we'll about two years age and grief over his death is believed to have caused her act.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-19

The Overseas Agency says the Sax on government has ordered 70 loco motives, 4 tenders and 2,91S cars for the Saxon railroads. at cost aggre- gating 24,000,0G0 marks.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-19

If our work pleases you tell your friends, if not tell us. American Ex- celsicr Laundry Co. phone t4R If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-19
BAD DREAMS
 ARE SYMPTOMS
III Health the Cause-Mai1y Alarming Symptoms of Wo" mems Ailments-How Cured.

Paterson, N.J.-"I thank you for the Lydia E. Pinkham remedies as they have
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-28
NEWSPAPERS IN THE SCHOOL

Brook
teach
foreign pupils the English language
beginning in
Hiesburg
this
showing them how write for the daily
coloquial dion the
foreigners will be
should the
school officials ruled that native pupils should
interest community and national life the school
stimulated
cities read and certain time
discussion Here
o wish them.
the brings them the from
surely will better
intelligent citizens
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-28
WHY GASOLINE is DEAR

persons gasoline
and for Industrial and
with equal perspcac attributed to the
oil All
to gasoline is
United made The momentous
restraint
ting the o s.
TRUTH will believe it,
politicians
the Supreme Court
Standard
United Staes
be somewhat regulator of prices 1t
the tide
public sentiment But today when the govern
oarsand Rockefeller laughs
with the truist motives
gevng rather than laughing
be expected rejoice when an unfeelng
a profit?
a of the
Mr. Rockeeers long of losing
sustained
meactor of great wealth
could have cheap gasone
doing given cownng example of the ngrate of republics
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-28
DAMAGE FROM COLI.
SLIGHT TO CROPS
PLANTS DESTROYED CAN BE RE-
PLACED-sTRAWBERRIEs
ARE IMPROVED.

Lotterhos & Huber, the truck gar.
dening experts OF Crystal Springs, in
their weekly summary just issued, say
regarding the vegetable outlook in
mississippi
Since our report one week ago we
have had more than the usual variety
in the way of weather. A cold wave
began Sunday night and by Monday
night the temperature had fallen to 1S,
then it continued cold and cloudy until
Thursday, which was fine day. A
heavy rainfall followed during Friday
and Friday night. Saturday was clear
er and cooler. Sunday and today are
ideal, the kind of days that gave rise
to the term "the Sunny South" and
make this section one of the finest in
the United States for people as we'll
as for tomatoes.
Two cold waves. closely following
each other, during the past two weeks,
caused the loss OF a portion of the
extra early cabbage plants that had
been set out in the fields, the loss of
a small acreage in carrots that had
been planted in the fall, and the loss
of small portion of the tomato plants
in hot beds. These losses will not
result in any reduction of acreage, for
frozen cabbage plants will be replaced
with later plants, only small part
of the plants having as yet been set
out in the fields. Carrots will be re-
planted, this being the usual time for
planting them, and an excess of to-
mato seed is always planted to provide
for just such contingencies. AS "old
cabbage" in the North is in large sup
ply and selling at very low prices it
may be well that the very early cab
bage plants have most been lost, but
the loss of the earlier paintings of car
rots prevents us from having the extra
early crop for which they had been
planted. However, the crop will be as
early as usual with normal weather
conditions from now on.
"The general situation on tomatoes
is about the same-as that usual at this
date, with indications still favorable
for about the same acreage as last
season, little increase at Crystal
Springs, little decrease at other
points.
During the past few weeks rains
have been at such short intervals that
the soil has not been in good condi-
tion for plowing and preparation for
planting, except where soil conditions
were specially favorable, and only a
small acreage as yet has been planted
in peas, carrots and beets, but this is
of no significance, as regards the final
outcome of the crops, because these
items may be planted throughout jan
uary and the first week OF February.
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The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-28
new Church FOR
MERIDIAN ASSURED
FORMER HATTIEsBURG MINISTER
TO HAVE A $4,000 EoI-
FIcE THERE.
Special to The NeWs.

Special to The News.
Meridian, Miss, Jan. 2S.-The Fif-
teenth Avenue Baptist Church last
night took the first official steps to-
ward the building of handsome brick
structure on more convenient loca-
tion.
1t was regular prayer meeting night
and there was large part of the con-
gregation present.
1t was voted to purchase the john
son and the Henderson properties, To-
Gated at the northeast corner of Six
teenth avenue and Sixth street, the
property embracing. the brick store
and a residence and fronting 25O feet
on Sixteenth avenue.
The church had already secured op-
tions on the property for total of
$4,150, and in order to show that busi-
ness was meant, $3,222.5O was sub
soribed to pay on the lot by those
present last night.
1t is contemplated by the members,
led by their pastor Rev. Il. D. Solo
Z, mon, to construct building that will
cost not, less than 100000. 1t is in
tended to have Sunday school ca
paoity of 1000, as there were consid-
erably over 400 in the Sunday school
| last Sunday, and the idea is to build
to accommodate the future growth OF
| the school.
The site selected is regarded as one
of the best in the city. 1t is just four
blocks from the court house square
can be seen from uptown, and is said
to be convenient to majority of the
members.
There is a drop to the rear of the
lots, and this will be utilized, and the
new church will be made practically
three stories high, according to pres
ent plans.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-28
ARE SEEN
IN PUSS IN BOOTS
SPECTACLE TO BE PRODUCED AT
LoMo FOR HATTIESeURG
PLAYGROUNDS

Concerning the spectacle "Puss in
Boots" to lie given at the Lomo The
atfe next Monday for the benefit of
the Hattiesburg Fairgrounds, the
Pensacola Journal had this to say,
following the performance in that
city.
THE nursery stories of our child
hood never quite lose their charm for
us, and when Col. Lee decided to dra-
matize Puss in Boots, staging it under
the name of The Prince and the Grey
Cat he chose very lovely medium
for the expression of his talent, and in
the staging of the beautiful play, Civ
en- at the opera house last night under
the auspices of the Y. w. C. A., he
showed himself possessed of a rare
artistic sense, which was expressed
not only in the manner in which the
pretty extravaganza was produced,
but in the beautiful setting which was
given it.
" Preceding the Prince and tn Grey
Cat, the Lilliputian wedding was pre-
sented, and was as lovely as only
wedding of the tiny tots may be, the
bride, in the person of darling Betty
Yonge, and the groom, dashing Bert
McAllister, carrying off their parts
with the utmost charm and ease. New
er was bride lovelier nor groom hand
somer, qand the attendants made up
charming galaxy of beauty
'In presenting this bright play, the
Y. w, G. A not only furnished the
public with an evening of much en-
joyment. but secured an attraction
which netted splendid sum for the
cause, which is worthy of all encour-
agement, and those who lent their ef-
forts to the promotion, of the play de-
serve the sincere thanks of the public.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-28
THELEAP YEAR TRUST

combination of formed
Chicago full
pei the eligible bachelor girl asks him. Each member
of
kissing
heavy expiatn guilt
social oblivion would the alternative
accepted might desire wife and bak
ing did saaR
immortality proportion
Ptsbug mlonres
of Harry Thaw the welcomer
credited with hand in revolution Guatemala
HASN'T he quite enough to home just now?
wills and his friends planning
fEude thou marbIeheartsd dendt IA
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-28

This is also the period for setting cab
bage plants in the field. The plants
are in prime condition at this time.
Recent cold weather. while destroy
ing nearly all the Strawberries and
blossoms that had, formed on the
plants, in Louisiana and Mississippi,
was rather beneficial, perhaps, in that
it was better to lose them early in
January than later on and even though
they had escaped subsequent freezes
a full crop, abnormally early, would
probably have failed to find salts
factory market"
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-01-28
AMusEMENrs.
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1.-THE Garden of Allah"

"The Garden of Allah selected q
bag night for its appearance in Hat
tiesburs, and it was a brave crowd
that journeyed forth through a Jailu-
ary rain last night to witness that
spectacular Liebler production, at the
Auditorium.
The production in many respects
recalls the massive production of Ben
Hur of former days, although there is
no similarity between the two plays.
"The Garden of Allah" based on the
book by that name by Robert Hichens,
is a story of the Orient, of Northern
Africa and the Great Sahara; of life
in the present time; of a man whose
vows to his Maker compel him to re-
turn to that existence to which he has
consecrated his life, in spite of world
ly wishes and desires.
The company seen in Hattiesburg is
practically the same as that which has
been appearing in the larger cities of
the country for the last three or four
years. With Lawson Butt, who took
the leading masculine role last night
the show won favor in the large cities
which quickly placed it, after its first
appearance, among the leading spec
tacular productions of the century.
Mr.. Butt, whose chief charm is said
to be somewhat "off color" last night.
He has a way of mumbling or chewing
his words to such an extent that it
was with the utmost difficulty that
the audience could catch the drift
of his lines, even in the big scene
in the third act, when he discloses his
identity to Domini (Edyth Latimer).
which is the climax of the play. He
chopped his words off, and ran them
together, and did other things with his
voice last night which was unpardon-
able for an actor carrying so import
ant role in great and big produc-
tion.,
Miss Latimer did but little better.
Howard Gould, as the Count, and AL
fred Andruss, as Father Roubier, gave
distinct enunciation and carried their
parts very we'll
The other members of the cast were
above the ordinary.
The scenic effects of "The Garden
of Allah" were striking. The desert
scene, in the prologue, the garden OF
the count, the sand storm on the Sa-
hara; the street scene in BeniMora,
and the interior of the dance hall on
this same street, as well as the final
scene, an exterior of the Trappist
monastery, all were striking repro
ductions.