The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-23
NEWS NOTES
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While eating oysters which his
daughter had sent him, ]. N. Roach,
Of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, bit into hard
substance that nearly cracked his
teeth. After examining the offending
object Roach sent it to New York Jew
elers. A few days later he received
notice that it was a pearl worth about
$1,000.
Believing that most of the badness
in boys is due to their abundant en-
ergy, and to natural desire to "show
Of" Judge Arnold of the juvenile
court in Chicago recently instructed
policemen of the city to pick out the
worst boy in each neighborhood and
hold him personally responsible for
the behavior of the other boys of that
locality, In this way his energies will
be turned to unfolding the law in
stead of breaking it, the Judge says.
Attracted by the Growing of roost-
er, policeman in Washington, D. c.,
stopped a colored man who was hurry
ing dow the street carrying two bags.
Inside the bags were number of
chickens, some alive and some dead,
which the negro admitted having sto-
len from farmer. He was locked up
and the chickens were returned to
their owner.
Deer frequently wander at night
onto railroad tracks in certain parts
Of the west and when blinded by the
headlight of an approaching train they
are run down and killed Of late so
many have been destroyed in this way
that the Southern Pacific Railroad Co.
recently gave orders to its engineers
to extinguish momentaritly their
headlights when they see deer on
the track. If the glare is broken only
for second the deer will jump to
safety.
West Virginians are endeavoring to
eNpunge cigarettes from their state.
4 bill as recently introduced in the
smoke Cigarettes and a misdemeanor
TO have them in ones possession.
This is believed to be the most radical
move against the cigarette evil ever
made in this country.
The Usage Indians of Oklahoma are
said to be the richest people in the
orld. Large sums of money are paid
to them by oil companies for the use
Of valuable lands which they hold. The
ealth of the tribe per capita is estima-
ted to be $4,000.
The enormous advance in the prices
of sisal during the past few months
started government authorities to in
vestigating as to their cause with the
result that suit in the federal court
was recently filed against the pam
American Commission Corporation,
the Commission Reguladora, which i'm
ports and sells sisal in the United
States, and several American bankers.
These parties are charged with com
bining to restrain interstate andl for
eign trade in sisal and to increasei the
80 ~ .a@.sr sff--sisxirst mfaaehoutl the
United States. Sisal is produced in
Yucatan' and is one of the most i'm
portant fbers available for the man
ufacture Of binder Irvine. Since Sep
TENDER 1915 the price has been raised
from five and one-fourth cents to over
16 cents a pound,
a. c. Davis of Sunset, Pa, a veter-
an of the civil war, tells of more
effective way to cut the cost of living
than the methods pursued by the diet
squads. For a number of weeks he
has lived on less than seven cents a
day, he says, and worked and grew
strong all the time. His entire diet
consisted Of cooked wheat with sugar
and milk, A pound of wheat and
pint Of milk lasted him a day. The
Wheat cost him two cents pound and
the milk four cents a pint.
The "blue sky" laws of Ohio, Michi-
gan and South Dakota, declared un-
constitutional some weeks ago by low
er federal courts, were upheld recent
ly by the U. S. Supreme court. The
laws were originated for the purpose
Of regulating the sale of securities
and checking get-rich-quick schemes.
Bankers attacked them, alleging that