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The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01
South st, Paul Live Stock,

South st. Paul, June 27.-Cattle-
Receipts, 2,100; steers, $6.00@10.50;
COWS and heifers, $5.00@S.50; calves,
$5.50@11.O0; stockers and feeders, ST.
75@7.75. Hogs-Receipts, 6,400; range,
$9.35@9.55. Sheep-Receipts,. 200;
lambs, $5.25@9.25; wethers, $5.00@7.-
so; ewes, $2.50@7.25.
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, June 27.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. 1 hard, $1.1oA; No.
1 Northern, $1.09B; No. 2 Northern,
$1.03%@1.08%. Flax-On track and
to arrive, $1.77%.
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, June 27.-Wheat-July, ST.
OH; Sept, $1.04A; Dec, $1.07A.
Corn-July, 1880; Sept, 72%c; Dec,
&c. Oats-July, 1880; Sept, 38%c;
Dec, 4Oc. Pork-July, $24.70; Sept,
S24.35. Butter-Creameries, 25A @28c.
Eggs-20@21Mc. Poultry = Springs,
24@26c; fowls, 1910.
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01
Arkansas Miners on Strike.

Little Rock, Ark, June 2S.-Eight
hundred miners employed in the mines
of the American Bauxite company at
Bauxite, twenty miles from Little
Rock, have struck for higher wages.
They demand an increase of from
$1.75 to 1925 a day. Superintendent
J. R. Gibbons announced the mines
would remain closed until the men
are ready to return at the old age
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01
EASEMENT SAYS NOT GUILTY
Leader of Irish Rebellion on Trial on
Treason Charge.

London, June 27.-In a firm voice
Sir Roger Easement pleaded not gull.
ty to the charge of high treason at the
opening of his trial before Lord Chief
Justice Reading.
A jury was obtained in less than
an hour.
He listened calmly while the clerk
read the charge, reciting his activi.
ties in connection with the Irish rebel.
lion and his attempts to induce Irish
soldiers, prisoners in Germany, to de.
sert from the British army.
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, June 27.-Wheat-July,
$1.O6%; Sept, SLOTS; Dec, $1.0SA.
Cash close on track: No. 1 hard, ST.
1875; No. 1 Northern, $I:O7h; No. 2
Northern, .03%@ 1.O7M; No. 8 North
ern, 96%c@$1.03%; No. 3 yellow corn,
75A @76hc; No. 3 white oats, 37%@
38Ac; fax, $1.79.
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, June Observation-Disclosures
1000; steers, $7.50@11.35; cows and
heifers, $3.75@9.75; calves, $s.5O@11..
Is. Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; light, 49,.
35@9.85; mixed, $9.45@9.95; heavy,
$9.4O@s.95; rough, $9.40@9.55; pigs,
$7.OO@8.oO. Sheep-Receipts, 1000;
native, $7.0O@8.00; lambs, $7.40@9.75.
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01
NORTHERN PACIFIC IMPROVES
SERVICE ON THROUGH TRAIN

Observation compartment cars have
been added to the equipment of
trains Nos. 8 and a between Chicago,
St. Paul and Pacific coast points by
the Northern Pacific railway. These
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01
St., Paul Grain,

st. Paul, June 27.-Wheat-No. 1
Northern, $1.O7A @1.12h; No. 2
Northern, $1.O3% @1.07b; No. 2 Mon
tana hard, s1.OO% @1.02%; corn, 75k
@76Kc; oats, 37N@ 3SAc; barley, 81
@71c; rye, 94@95c; fax, $1.79.
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01
WILCOX TO BE CHAIRMAN
New Yorker VIII Manage Republican
Campaign.

New York, June 28.-William R..
Wilcox, former postmaster Of New
York and later public service COM
missioner, has been appointed chair
mar of the Republican national COM,
mittee.
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01
trains are better known as the
Northern Pacific Express" and the
"Atlantic Express"
EPISCOPAL CHURCH SERVICES

Holy Communion and sermon next
Sunday at 1880 a. m. Sunday school
hour $3.50 a. m. There will be no
evening service . The evening serv-
ices will be discontinued until further
notice.
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01

Students desiring to take. up uni
versity or high school branches dur
ing the summer, will communicate
with Frederick NJ. Noa through Supt.
Wards office or at the Scheeler
hotel. 5-13-4p
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01

If you have any old magazines or
papers to dispose of call 1852 J. Cliff
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01
TRAIN CRASHES into AUTO
Four Iowans Killed In Accident at
Crossing.

Crossing.
Muscatine, Ia, June 27.-Four men
were killed at Wilton, a., when an au-
tomobile in which they we're riding
was struck by the Rocky Mountain
limited on the Rock Island. The dead:
DR.. H. H. Johnson, Charles Moff,
Henry Livernz and Elmer Hire.
All of the victims live at Princeton,
Ia. .
The automobile was carried 100
Yards. .
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01
Don't You Need A New Barn?
Isn't your old barn too small?

Isn't your old barn too small? #
Isn't it inconvenient and don't it take too much time and labor
to do the daily routine of barn chores?.
These and other questions that you an ask and answer better than
we can will quickly determine whether you NEED or WANT a new
barn not merely or the sake of having a new one but to cut your oper-
atng expenses and increase your net profits.
If your answer is that you DO NEED a new barn and would like
to build it this season let us help you figure it out.
We ire making barn building easy and satisfactory for others and
we want the chance to do it for you. 4@
mediate work. 3#
HeatOn Lumber CO.
DICKINSON, N. b.
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01
EARL OF SELBORNE RESIGNS

Quits British Cabinet Because Of lite
Irish Policy.
London, June 27.-The Earl of Sell
borne has resigned the presidency of
the board of agriculture, according to
an official announcement. The general
belief is that he resigned on account
Of the governments Irish policy. He
has been a strong opponent Of the
home rule policy. .I,
Other Conservative designations
from the cabinet are expected.
The Dickinson press., 1916-07-01

Anne Rothschiller has been on the
sick list this week.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
a RECORD WITH HOGS.

Ripley, Miss, Feb. Elm March
1914, Roy Clayton bought a young
SOW, in which the Poland China blood
predominated, though she was not
pure bred. When he bought her she
had six little pigs with curly tails.
Since that time she has become the
mother of many more. Here is the
record to date: He has sold pigs to
the amount OF s102 in cash; killed 600
pounds of meat for his own use; has
now on hand three shoats for which
he has refused s5c. and has also the
SOW and nine small pigs, which he
rates at $40 Counting the meat saved
Ior home use a only $50, this gives
him total of 1922 Now, taking out
his $25 with two years interest at 8
per cent, or $29, and taking out SIS
for feed, which Mr.. Clayton says is
more than the nogs have eaten, leaves
him clear profit, above every item Of
expense, Of $118, after deducting s per
cent interest
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING.

Ha;lehurst, Miss, Feb. 21..The
preliminary trial of Henry Kyle. night
marshal of this place, charged with
shooting and wounding Frank Marx
here a few nights ago. took place here
this morning before Justices A. w.
Russell and Ely Cook. After hearing
the evidence, the case was submitted
without argument and Kyle admitted
to bond in the sum of $500 to await
the action of the grand jury. The
case grew out of the arrest of Marx
who was drunk and disorderly. by
Kyle. Marx was carried by Kyle to
the lobby of the jail, when Marx re-
sisted being put in Jail and Kyle al
leges that he struck Marx over the
head with his pistol. which accident
ally was discharged, making a flesh
wound in the shoulder of Marx.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
GAS COMPANY FILES
BANKRUPTCY PETITION
PAPERS FILED SHOW LIABILITIES
OF S427 os9 AND $227, SEQ
ASSETS.

! Gulfport. Feb. 21.-The Gulf Coast
i Gas Company IT, a voluntary petit
ton in bankruptcy before United
States Commissioner Tyler in Biloxi
Saturday and it was referred tn
Referee in Bankruptcy John L. Heiss
in GulfpOrt today. The company gives
its liabilities as $427,OS913 and assets
as 1927, 800.
Some days ago an involuntary pc
titiCn was filed with Referee Heiss by
the creditors. but this has not as yet
been acted upon.
Ii is understood that if certain out
side interests are able to purchase
the p roperty, together with the char
ter, that the company will be reor-
ganiZed under a new name. A copy
of a new franchise which would be
asked from the cities where the com
pany operates was submitted for con
siderati0n of the Gulfport commits
siOners, but no steps to reOrganize
were taken, as this would have been
impossible with petition in bank
ruptcy already before the commits
sioner The voluntary petition asked
for has been adjudicated and the cred
itors will be given a hearing on Feb
rc2Jy 80. Ford. White & Ford rep
resent the gas company in the chan
Gerry proceedings and Griffith & Wal
lace in the bankruptcy proceedings.
Tie principal creditors whose claims
are secured are: First National Bank
of Mobile, Alabama, $11S14.4s: First
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
TRAPPERS ARE BUSY.

Bolton, Miss, Feb. 21.-Persons en-
gagged in hunting and tripping in this
vicinity, especially through the low
lands and swamps of Big Black and
Bahen creek, are enjoying good profits
from the sales of furs, the mink skins
being the most valuable of any caught
in this section, many of them ranging
as high as six and seven dollars. These
little animals are numerous in some
sections and are great menace to
the poultry business. Opossum and
coon skins, which were formerly con-
sidered worthless, are now in de-
mand and bring from one to three dol
lars each. Skunk hides are shipped
from this point, the process of cur
ing and deodorizing the skins being
so completely successful that no un-
pleasant odors are detected at all.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
EXPERT CAKE BAKING AND
DIRECTIONS FOR AMATEUR

| The Creoles were particularly fortu-
nate in their choice of ingredients for
cakes, and their directions or sue
cessful cake bakers will prove inter
csting to the woman who cares for
expert cookery. A few hints are given
! n this article, to which more will
be added later on. The following di-
rections are copyrighted by the New
Orleans Picayune
/. A large earthen bowl is the best
for mixing and beating the cakes and
for beating the eggs and sugar to a
cream, as is required in making heavy,
rich cakes, such as pound cake, etc.
2. The hand is the best instrument
for working the cake, although
wooden spoon will prove the best for
stirring in the ingredients The spoon
M ~lso be used for beating, if you
do not u the hand dexterously.
3. Meas re all ingredients carefully
before you begin to make the cake,
and have a at hand, within reach.
4. The hites and the yokes of the.
eggs must always be beaten separate
ly for fanoy cakes.
5. Use white pulverized sugar in
preference to graduated for all cakes
except gingerbread, for it makes a
lighter cake. Sift the flour as often
as the recipe specifies. and measure
it again after sitting.
6. If you use cream tartar instead
of baking powder, sift the cream tar
tar into the flour and dissolve the soda
which must accompany it in a table
spoonful of boiling water and always |
add it to the cake before you add it to |
the whites of the eggs.
z. One-half tablespoonful of soda
and one teaspoonful of cream tartar
may be used instead of teaspoonful I
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
SOME PROFITABLE CATCHES.

YazOo City, Miss, Feb. 21-Mr. S
E. Howard, one of the most expert
enced fishermen on the Yazoo river,
is having a fairly good season this
year. Mr.. Howard makes a speciality
of spoonbill catfish from which are
taken eggs. and which bring him a
fancy price in New York. One day
this week Mr. Howard caught one
spoonful catfish which Melted him
$29.GS, receiving about $25 for the
eggs and selling the meat for about
10 cents per pound net.
Mr.. Howard has a contract with
New York people for the eggs, from
which are made caviar sandwiches,
which sell at very fancy prices in the
large cafes and hotels of New York.
Several days ago Mr.. Howard's
days catch Melted him $50. He says
the river is most too high for good
business Just now, but that later he
expects to make some very good
catches
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
COLLINS WEDDING.

Collins, Miss, Feb. 21.-Mr. w. B
Smith, of Ellisville, and Miss Lula At
kins, Of this city, were married yester
day, the ceremony being performed al
the home of the brides parents, the
Rev. J. p Williams officiating.
While the wedding was a quiet at
cair, a great number of friends were
present and vast shower of rice
was falling when the young couple
left by auto for the bridegroom
home at Ellisville.
Miss Atkins has great number of
friends in Hattiesburg, where she has
taken a trained nurse course in the
Hattiesburg Hospital about a year
ago.
Mr.. Smith is employed by the Par
ker Lumt er Company, of Ellisyille
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
SMALLPOX AT AlCORN.

Port Gibson, Miss, Feb. 21.-Small
pox, is epidemic at Acorn College
there being nearly one hundred cases
under treatment. The disease has
been in the student body for three. or
four weeks, but was thought to be
chicken pox. However, last week some
of the cases developed serious symp-
toms, and President Rowan wrote to
the county health officer, DR.. A. L.
Chapman, asking him to go down and
investigate. DR.. Chapman received the
letter last Saturday and went immedi-
ately. He found the disease to be cpl
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21

National Bank OF Gulfport, $4,000;
Peoples Bank of Biloxi, $4,000; ]. H
Johnson of Biloxi, $1,000; NJ. L. Poe
of Biloxi, $4,000; r. NJ Davis. Biloxi
$4,000; Gay & Elarbee, Biloxi S43,600;
A. Chiapella, Biloxi, $500; Municipal
Utilities Corporation, New York. $751;
600: L. N. Dantzler, Biloxi, $4,000; J.
c. Clover, 81, GOO.
The largest unsecured claims are:
Ahrens & OFT Mfg. Co, New Orleans,
S2,S09.25; NJ. w. Bagot, Biloxi, ST.
800; ]. B. Robinson & Co, Birming-
ham, Ala, $1,712,54; Rathbone Sand
& Co, Aurora, ILL.,, $1,663.33: Stand
ard Oil Co., Jackson, Miss. $1,2f4.0S.
There are a number of smaller cred
itors in Biloxi and Gulfport.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
AGAINST WILSON
UPON NICARAGUA
CRATIC SENATORS OPPOS.
ING PRESIDENT.

Washington, Feb. 1.-The senate
yesterday by vote of 90 to Is ratified
the long pending and persistently op-
posed Nicaraguan treaty, whereby the
| United States would acquire a ninety
! nine-year option on the Nicaraguan
canal route and a naval base in the
Gulf of Fonseca for $3000,000.
! Included in the ratification resolu-
/ ton was provision declaring that
the United States in obtaining the ma
wal base does not intend to violate
any existing rights in the Fonseca Gulf
Of Costa Rica, Honduras and saliva
dor, which had protested against the
proposed requirement.
Five Democratic senators voted
against the treaty They were: Cham
berlain, MARITIME, Clarke of Arkansas,
Thomas and Vardaman
Republicans who voted against rati-
fication were Borah, Clapp, Cummins,
Gronna, Jones, Kenyon, La Toilette
McCumber, Nelson, Norris, Smith of
Michigan, Smoc and Warren.
Fifteen repu )lican senators Joined
the administration forces in support of
the treaty. Taey were Brandagee.
Colt, Dillingh n, Dupont, Fall, Gal
finger. Harding, Lippitt, Lodge, Nc
Lean, Page, Toindexter, Sutherland,
Wadsworth and Weeks.
Immediately after the senate had
acted, Senior ChammoIo the Nicara-
guam minister. said he would q e-ce
communicat with his government az
that he expected ratification of the
convention by his government would
soon follow and exchanges made to
put the treaty in force.
Senator Stone, chairman of the for
eign relations committee. will call ND
the Haitien financial protectorate
treaty next, this to be followed by the
amended Colombian treaty Regarding
the Colombian treaty there is grave
doubt whether it can receive the nee
essary two-thirds votes for ratifica-
ton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21

T baking powder where the recipe
Calls for the latter.
g. Raisins should always be picked
over and Invested of stems and seeds
before using,
9. Always use the butter thoroughly
and drain of water before using, and
be sure THAI it is fresh, sweet and of
the best quality
10. Sift your flour before weighing.
II. If you use a cup for measuring.
or several Of them, let them all be the
same size for all ingredients for the
same size cake.
II. Sour milk will make a spongy
cake and sweet milk will make a cake
with close grain, never mix both
kinds in the same cake.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
LARGEST MILL IN
STATE BEING Bull /
-iNKBlNE LUMBER COMPANY
ERECTING A MODEL Or
GANIZATiON.

DLo, Miss, Feb. 21.-The Finkbine
lumber Company of Virgins is erect
ng the most up-to-date sawmill in
he State at this place. The mill is
being built with concrete and steel.
II will be a double band and gang
saw and will have a capacity OF 200,0
)er day. The most modern machinery
s being used. The motive power will
DC electricity, and when complete the
Mill will give employment to many
hundreds of people. This company has
;tarted in the right way by putting
sewerage system first, also water
works and electric lights for all their
houses and they have also put in a
Janatorium and Y. NJ. c. A. hall foI
The amusement of their employees The
1anatorium will be open to the public
1T a reasonable rate. The company has
already built about 200 nice houses
and will build as many more soon,
and they will all be equipped witt,
water and light, also steam heat. They
also have erected a large filter plant,
so as to have pure water They also
have an up-to-date office, and the Kew
Mercantile Company, erected near the
nil, will look after the wants of the
hungry, but the employees will trade
anywhere they wish. There is also a
cold storage in connection with this
ctOre.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
OPERA HACKERS LOSE $4,000.

Chicago, Feb. Chicago's artis-
tic gain from It's recent grand oca-a
season is balanced by a loss of S98.000
to the hackers Of the Chicago Grand
Opera Association. This deficit was
within $4,000 of the estimate Of "what
we stand to lose made at the opening
Of the season, according to Charles G..
Dawson, president OF the Central
Trust Company.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING is
IN THE EATING.

What the sick want is to get we'll
they do not care whether they are
cured By &c most scientific physi
clan or thefsmost unlearned neighbor
they don't care how they are cured
# only they get we'll
For forty years women suffering
from female ills have been taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and have been getting well;
and because they have got well, that
great medicine continues to have a
sale equalled by that of few proprie-
ary prepa-ations.-Adv.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
URGES SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION

Starkville, Miss, Feb. 21.-J. T. Cal
hOun, state supervisor of rural schools,
in company with Prof. c. E. Scroll
gins, county superintendent of educa-
ton, visited the community of Adaton,
five miles west of here, and delivered
an address on consolidation of schools.
Next Monday he will speak on the
same subject to the people of Sturgis
and Self Creek. In the latter COM
munity several schools will be CON
sOlidated in a short time.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
MISSISSIPPI NEWS

demic, and Immediately s:larantined
the school,
Four hundred Of the students have
been vaccinated, and all precautionary
measures have been adopted to pre-
vent the disease spreading But, owing
to the fact that many outsiders had
been exposed Before the nature of the
disease became known, an outbreak
may be expected at any time.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
JUST "PLAIN BILL"

Akron, Ohio, Feb. M.-When will
liam F. Simpson enlisted in the United
States Marine Corps he named as his
next of kin, Plain Bill Simpson, father,
of Salisbury, Md. Plain" is the fathers
first name, young Simpson explained,
and everyone in Salisbury calls him
Just plain Bill Simpson"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
SHIPS CARLOAD OF HOGS.

Maben, Miss, Feb &c. w.
Prewett, of Pheba, shipped a carload
of hogs from this point There were
Isl head in the lot, ranging from 70
to 300 pounds. Their destination was
St. Louis. This is the fourth car
shipped from Maben this season. This
demonstrates that hog-raising is profit
able if given the proper attention.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
ARM j. S. WITH
ANTI-A|RCRAFT GUNS
EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR
THIS PURPOSE is ASKED BY
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Washington, Q. c., Feb. 2t.-For
the first time in history, an emer-
gency appropriation has been ask
cd of Congress by the Navy De-
partment with which to equip the
American battleships with anti-air-
craft guns.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21

a metal plate with a clip 10 sur
-cund the ankle has been invented to
protect shoe faces when shoes are
Being blackened
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21

The agricultural progress of Guate-
mala since 1900 will be shown at a
national exposition in Guatemala City
in October
New Britain herald., 1916-07-03
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New Britain herald., 1916-07-03
Vews f0r Thenfer G0ers and Women Readers

For, womanlike with the know ledge that my husband was lonely without me, that he wanted me to share his moonlight visionings, l for got all the wild imaginings which had tortured me but few moments be- fore.
 Dicky wanted me! My heart sang c joyous carol as I followed him down to the corner of the moonlight yer anda which we had fitted up as an outdoor sitting room. A rOomy swinging seat, a couch piled with cushions, rustic table and some big, comfortable chairs made it a most in Niting corner.
 This for me-" said Dicky, as he seated himself in the swinging seat and drew me down beside him. Mind if I smoke?"
 "Indeed, no.'
 He took out a cigar, lighted it, and then With a slight push of his feet set the swinging seat in motion. For long time we sat silent, gazing out at the lawn and trees bathed in the soft light of the moOnbeams. The air was heavy with the scent of Ilacs and apple blossoms, the slight swaying motion of the seat lulled my over- wrought nerves. nestled clOse Co Dickky in contentment.
 "Comfy sweetheart?" Dicky's voice held all the tenderness of the days before our marriage.
 "Oh, yes!" I could hear the lit of happiness in my own voice as 1t enrolled the answer.
 That's my own girl" His arm drew me closer, he bent his head and kissed me, a long lovers kiss. Kiss me back, you little iceberg" he com manded playfully. You're as shy and reserved as you were the first kiss ever gave you, and that landed on your ear. Just remember you're my wife, please. Now put your arms around my neck and kiss me nicely as a loving wife should.' A masterful love note underlay the playful words. As I obeyed him, and his arms closed roughly about me, the doubts and fears that had tor mented me slipped away.