The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-01-12
NEWS NOTES
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key Of beer which they had bought q
large snake suddenly wr'ggled from
the bunghole BlovetSky was so scar
ed at sight Of the reptile that he sign
ed the pledge and then sued the local
brewer who sold the beer.
Nearly year ago four boys whose
homes are in Kuttawa, KY, wrote their
names and addresses on a slip OF pa
per with the request please write,
put the paper in bottle and threw II
into the Cumberland river. Months
passed and the incident was almost
forgotten. A few weeks ago an an
swer to the message was received al
Kuttawa by the postmaster The let
ter bore the postmark of Algiers, and
stated that the bottle had been picked
up in the Mediterranean sea,
Ministers and laymen of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, in conference
at Washington. D. C.. few days ago,
sent a request to congress for the en-
actment of law prohibiting liquor
advertising and solicitation from the
mails except where directed to "heens-
ed liquor dealers Owing to the alb
sence Of any restrictive measures the
dispensation Of lduor through the
mails is growing more and more com
mon averv day. Many states have
sought to exclude liquor advertising
and solicitation from their borders but
they are baked by the use of the [. s.
mails, it is said Even the states tina.
are dry are powerless to do anything
because of federal protection.
The library of congress at Wash
ington now contains about 10000
printed volumes of rare Chinese works,
Among these are said to be the three
largest books in the world. Some of
the volumes listed were printed more
than SOC years ago.
The suns rays shining through Il
glass window of a iewelry store
in San Antonio, Tex. a few days ago,
set fire TO a parasol which was stand
ing in the window Rather than break
the valuable glass to put out the blaze
iiremen waited until the MANAGER
came and unlocked the door.
Encouraged by state and federal
authorities. Mississippi farmers have
been working fer the betterment of
home comforts on their farms for sew
eral years. The question Of modern
water works on farms was taken up
and the IT, S. department of agricul-
ture, lent material aid by holding eX.
hbits at fairs and other meetings tc
demonstrate the advantage of modern
water systems Recently Governor
Bilbo added enthusiasm to the move,
ment by issuing farm water works
proclamation, setting aside definite
time for installing the equipment ant
calling on all patriotic Mississippian,
to give whatever aid they could.
Determined to get arrested and thu
gain a home for the winter, Jerom,
Hardigan, who had been ordered ou
Of Granton, a town in New York, TO
vagrancy. threw a stone, smashing
store window. When the police just
ice before whom he was brough
heard his story, instead of putting hin
in Jail, he canvassed the town unit
he found a job for him and then mad
him pay for the window he had bro
ken.
Cotton seed growers everywhere ar
advised 10 be extremely circumspec
in disposng of cotton seed this wintc
even though the prices are exception
ally high. Cotton seed is likely to b
scarce next spring, the L, S. Burea
of plant industry says, and if grower
dispose Of all their stock now belle,
ing that they will buy what they war
when it comes time to plant they al
likely to be disappointed.
Having no money to buy whiskC
Joseph Hefferman of Chicago had Sc
eral teeth extracted by dentist, paw
ed the gold that was in them and US,
the proceeds to satisfy his thirst.
forgot to pay the dentist, howeve
with the result that he was arrest,
and sent to the house of correction.
Alleging that the hours-of-servi
law had been violated and that the /
iuries he had sustained while aligf
ing from his train resulted direct
from his being so tired, James WilsC
a Baltimore & Ohio conductor. W
was hurt sometime ago. sued the ra
road for damages The Chicago cou
where the case was first tried award
the plaintiff damages amounting
$4,000. The defendants appealed {
case and it was carried to the suprei
court where the decision Of the low
tribunal was upheld.
In order to satisfy their craving
liquor, several convicts in the Hin
state prison at Joliet extracted a aus
tity of wood alcohol from shell
which they we're using in the shoe
partment and drank it, Four of
men died in a short time and the r
were taken to the hospital.
A glass aquarium standing in a W
dow at the home Of Alfred Russell
st. Louis, Mo, caught the rays of
sun and concentrated them with 81
intensity on a woole bolster of
standing near that a blaze was sta
ed The fire was discovered in ii
to prevent much damage.
The high prices Of farm produ
and the growing need for food eve
where indicates that farmers will
an increased amount of fertilizer {