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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-04
MORE AMERICANS GO TO SEA
-.s.4sssy ~ :. :. s-7'- .r 4 80 ..ss~>s
The Number Has Increased Two and
One-HaIf Times Since Start
Of War.

That the United States will be well
supplied with native sailors in the
event of war with any other country is
the statement ma6e by DIR. George S.
Webster, secretary to the American
Seamen's Friend Society of New York.
an exchange says. Doctor Webster
says that the European war is respOn-
sible for many thousand Americans be-
coming sailors. He states that his
society within the last half year has
aided more than 100000 American
sailors.
Doctor Webster says that there are
approximately two and a half times as
many American sailors now shipping
for foreign ports as at any time previ-
Gus to the war. He attributes this in
crease partly to the increased wage be-
ing given seamen and partly to the
improved conditions under which they
are working.
In announcing the six months report
of the society. Doctor Webster says:
THE past three years have marked
an almost unbelievable increase in che
number of Americans who are shipping
as sailors from OWr own ports. At our
sailors home on the North river water
front the men we have previously
cared for were almost entirely British,
Swedish and German. If an American
born sailor should have mingled In
with this company, he would have been
more or less conspicuous.
To-day we frequently lodge Ameri.
can sailors. and they are practically
all men who have not seen service in
the merchant marine prior to the out
break of the war. 1t is very fair
estimate TO say that fully two and q
half times as many Americans are now
seafaring men as prior to the war.
We can no longer say that the Ameri-
can is 'landlubber.'
I'VE venture to predict at the Amer.
lean Seamen's Friend society that the
of American-born sailors TO
those of other natiOnalities will i'm
increase after the war. In
case there is slight lapse in industrial
activity, the seafaring life will doubt
less he an attraction TO many who have
not heretofore considered It's desir.
ability"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-04
whiting Judqe of Alabama.

IL have heard of 'whittlers' and nave
seen few in my day. but the most
consistent whittier within the range
of my memory was Judge Samuel Hen
ry .SprOtt o. Tuscaloosa. whose whit
Ting proclivities while on the bench
made him known throughout Alaba-
ma" said John w. Altman. "Ho also
was known widely for his great knowl-
edge of law and the administering Of
it. / well remember that whenever
and wherever Judge Sprott was hold
ing court, always there would be two
or three long. clear strips of white
pine resting on the desk beside him,
and when he started on a case he also
would start whiting. The more in
terestca he became in the arguments
Of the lawyers the faster he would
whittle. 1t was very interesting TO
watch him WELD the knife, and whit.
tling appeared to be almost second ma.
ture to him."-Birmingham Ledger.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-04
Chinese Labor for English Plants.

British cOnsuls in Shantung province
have been instructed by their home
government to recruit 10000 Chinese
laborers at Tsingtau, ChefOO and other
ports in their province within the next
three months. These labOrers are to
be sent to England for work in manu-
featuring plants. They are to be paiC
Il monthly wage of SO silver, together
with monthly allowance Of $40 silver
for their families. Passage money will
be betrayed by the British government
and the terms of service is to be three
years.
British army officers have been re
cruiting labOrers at Weihaiwei for
some time. Barracks have been erect
ed there for the accommodation of the
labOrers, and that port will also be
used as a point from which the Chi.
nese coolies will embark for England
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-04
MYSTERY OF EEL EXPLAINED
Science Extracts Tale of Its Birth in
the Cold, Silent Depths of the
Midocean.

"ThrOughOut the ages, wherever men
have speared or trapped that hard
dying. slippery eater of carriOn, the
eel, ii has formed the nucleus of much
superstitiOus lore. Until few decades
ago even men of science admitted that
the eel embodied one of natures most
puzzling mysteries, because they had
been utterly unable to discover when
Or where or how it mated and multi
piled. Today the mystery is solved,
and in its place we have another mys-
terry. For such are the strange elu-
sive ways of life that her one reason
for permitting us to extend our knOwl-
edge seems to be desire to reveal still
more clearly the immensity of our ig-
nOrance, writes Edwin Bjorkman in
the Century Magazine.
"If on your map of the North Allan
tic you draw a triangle connecting the
Farce islands, the Azores and Bermu-
da with one another, the sides of it will
pass through the principal breeding
grounds of the common eel. 1t is born
far down in those silent, cold and bit
ter midsea deeps, where the pressure
is like that of hundreds of steel safes
on top of one another; where dwell
some Of the most mOnstrOus and some
of the most exquisite organisms known
to man, and where the only light ever
seen is a pale phOsphorescence that
flashes from some shadowy hunter or
some equally shadOwy prey.
"FOr half a century American, Ital-
ian and Danish men Of science have
been at work coaxing this wonderful
tale from the reluctant lips of life,
taking down letter or a word at a
time, and reconstructing every passage
score of times before they dared to
grant it final acceptance. Even now
the tale is not complete, but one needs
have no fear; it will be finished some
day-up to certain point"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-04

Troubled Mericos Story-tellers
love the story of the accurSed bell
and ten it IN many versions and with
innumerable additions and fancifm
changes. 1t is one of their stories
that are deriued from Spanish
sources and some of its forms hare
distinct Moorish atmosphere.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-04
Ten Minute Classics
BY j. W. MULE
Copyright By J. w. Muller
Famous Tales and Legends Told in Brief Form

out, and that ii be banished to Mexico
The MANNED bell was carried to the
coast amid the insults and curses OF
the T. q. and when the great silver
fiota >...ed to the Spanish Main that
year. one of the galleons took the bell
and carried it to Vera Cruz, where il
lay for many years, properly feared
and loathed by all.
Again years passed, and again men
forgot the tale. After century, a
new vicerOy asked why so beautiful a
bell was not used, and directed that il
be set In the clock tower of the palace
As 1t had no tongue, the wOrkmen
luckily for the peace of Vera Cruz
put 1t solidly into place and adjusted
Il hammer that struck the bell from
the outside. This hammer being
made from perfectly honest Mexican
metal, had no curse on it and as a nat
ural consequence the bell remained per.
fectly sedate and never alarmed Vera
Cruz by striking anything but the
hours.
1t would, no doubt, be there yet, had
the French soldiers not arrived. They
took it down and melted it, intending
to cast it into cannon.
Then the curse made itself manifest
again, for the last time so far as any,
body knows. The iron refused to run.
1t turned sour" as is testified by
veraciOus chrOniclers who saw it. And
it chilled suddenly into a monstrous
shape that was so assuredly not of this
earth that even the fearless sOldados
of Napoleon We're frightened. Hurried
ly they took the gruesome thing away
and cast it out, beyond the city.
There it lies to this day and every
good man must pray that it never shall
be found again.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-04
Santa Turns Spaniard.

The whole toy industry of the world
is undergoing readjustment because OF
the war, and countries that formerly
imported their stocks from the coun.
tries of the present belligerents are
now either looking to new sources OF
supply or are making their own toys
Spain has been among the first to take
advantage of the altered demand and
Is making a strong bic for the MAJ kets
Of Latin-America.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-04

This tale has served as foundation
for prose and verse stories by such
authors as Don Louis Gonzales Oh
RECON, Juan de DiOs Pea and Angel
Il. de Arellano.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
FOR SALE.-Farms

W. ). ROBINSON ~ CO.
Real Estate and Loans.
7iJ East Franklin Street.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE Days
For Sale
At ublic Auction
FRIDAY NOVENInCD on

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2D.
at $3.50 T.. NJ. l WI sell at public auc-
ton, on the premises, my farm OF ia
acres. 3M miles west of Roanoke, and
known as the "Chambers' Place" This
property is one milo from car line and
room d3ellins. 0T fou G.iy; HAS ien s,n
house. large barn, stables and other
buildings In first class condition, young
orchard bearing. fine springs and some
timber. This Is an ideal location in a
1ne ncighborhood, accessible to can
ncries. schools, churches. etc, and has
Roanokc's most conservative real
estate dealers.
TERMS: 100000. payable three
years after date of purchase. with &C.
interest from date. interest payable
scmi-annually. BALANCE CASH. Pur-
chaser Will be required to pay over
Sl,Oupu0 cash as soon property IS
bid In: and balance when deed is de-
livered. w O. TRENOR
Terry Building, Roanoke Va
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
BY 4. l.. ADAMSON,
Real Estate AuctlUneers.
TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE

TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE
OF
THAT VALUABLE HOUSE AND LOT
No 1S0l STONEWAL STREET. IN
MoIpl!.ANp HEIGHTS ADDITION
TO THE CITY OF RICHMOND, VA.
. BY virtue of u deed OF trust. dated
CLERKS office of Hastings Court Part
H.. in ID. Ii. II. page III, default having
occn made In the payment OF the prin-
cipal note secured thereby. and being
required so to do by the holder thereon.
The undersigned trustees will sell at
punIic auction on the premises on
THURSDAY. TIL: 18TH DAY OF
OCTOBER. 1917,
at o'clock Il. a..
inc aoove house and lot. commencing
at the northwest corner of Twenty
eighth and StonewalI Streets. and
fronting 81 feet s inches along stone
wall street towards Twenty-nintb
street and running back between nara l.
lei lines 1iS feet to an alley ii feet
wide. The house is a very ;ittractiyo
mcoern dwelling containing eight
rooms; bath. electric lights. etc.
iEKMS: Cash as TO the cost OF exc
cutting this trust. taxes and 10 nav
said note Of $4,000. together with in
tereSt thereon from November %. 1916
the residue to be payable in equal i'm
Staiimchts ut one and two years from
day Of sale. for notes with interest,"
ADDED ana secured by deed OF trust on
sa id property.
r. 4. LANCASTER. JR..
y. b. DICKINSON
= ,D,,,co> Trustees
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14

l5i acres. new 7-room bungalow. large barn
etc: near school and church. ! - mile:
railroad station, 5 miles west Cary Street
Road: 100 acres cleared VIII mako beau
tiful country home. 5000.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14

Ia racrcs. 6-room dwelling and all neces-
sary outbuildinHs: Glen Allen, near station
and school. $1,000.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
TUESDAY. OCTOBER &c. 1917.
3 O'clock l. II

srH J." h"lija claim Howl goods on
''.i'nl,T
fi
" ''H'" Work Lunch
'"bm
~" "'"' "'hc Luncheon Of
ilo nalu
"' "' y" H"''lhGed
'''E "'' especially
ahh.
TIiE VALENTINE Aucti
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14

1929 Hanover Avenue I
J. d. CARNEAl, e son.
North Eleventh Street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE Days
Builders Attention!
AUCTION SALE
by IL. SELDOM TAYLOR & SON

AUCTION SALE
by II. SELDOM TAYLOR & SON
LARGE BRICK FACTORY NORTH
EAST CORNER OF SMITH AND
CANAL STREETS. FORMERLY
KNOWN AS THE WILLIAMS FAC
TORY. MORE RECENTLY OCCU-
PIED BY a. llOEN & CO..
ON TUESDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1917.
Mt 1880 l.. NJ,
Estimated to contain 100000 bricks.
more or less; 100000 feet lumber more
or less (mostly hear), and other valu-
able building material. consisting OF
elevators. piping. Horoscopes. etc. Six
weeks given from day of sale to raze
and remove from premises. with privi-
leEe OF use or vacant lot adjoining for
storage purposes for same length OF
time.
AT tho very high cost OF building ma
tcrial. this sale offers exceptional
opportunity to secure good building
material ut auction prices.
TERMS: Cash. Premises omen daily
from y. NJ. to l.. NJ Look II over
and be on hand at the sale.
II. SELDOM TAYLOR & son.
AuctiOneerS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14

acres. 1o-room dwelling: large oak grove.
large cellar. good size barn. poultry house
and other outbuiidings: u stop Seven Pines
car line. $1,000.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14

a. l.. ADAMsoN. Auc,ioneer. Ir'
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
FOR RENT-Furnishcd Flat

FUN iSAED o: three rvoi.is, ,teaI
heated. private batn ~ West Grace
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
T. Id. WANTS
SUNDAY, 10 cents a line per insertion :

eoNoM Min,n M Gen nsuse line ,s per insertion
,ns Ths ssi0 TMYyvI f5SsS
eiiaHSSH o. SoHTh c &xssfN ro WITH Hdi
RITE 'i rGM LINE.
sUSDAY and bSp PISs in s%q tins'' 20 c.,,
is2iM nstiSns Wan,sS sef asi. o 80 ssn
H i%f. y " sa sas Sssf j .s;iS
n Tse to a sas inch ana xix words line
$$SSiB$STS|TSSst SR H:S w VAST ABS:
V Wss, arg Sa for the eonysnense Of the public.
wGsT y FoG SHE a srE tissp above
Sayslos Drug Store: s'i Flo vi ca A2. ST.
Charles 8 Turner. Druggist. Yves, Broad.
paSs store; sSz. M aoas
L. l. Booker Drug Store. 2OVi " Main
.. Foy's Drug Store. Allen Ave. and Grace
:. Allen Ave. Pharmacy. Allen Ave. and
a Fl ?0h Dras P Rss4s Co So 81 r. Ss
nrne Srse nl rnaF s,ats ga s Pine St
" il May & Bros. BROOK Ave ess n and ci 81
=. Tarrnn, DRUG Store. Foushee and Broad
conY East to! pr Fl East nouS SIoa5 s. STREET
Weishergers. 3l2-3ls =. Broad ST.
Jer qs Or Dlus IS store h si 81 broad g.
Earley's Pharmacy. Third and Main sis
Wallis Drug Store. Fifth and Marshall SIS.
s. H. DaIs sa 100 ~ Nof SRF! Tea fia's st
NiGhaIdson Drug Store. col n. Seven
Il sEs!i sis, aa 81 Main
:, wiIiip , Pharmacy. Twcn,y-nrs, and
Springer, Drug Company. Twen,y-,hird
. Ilords Drug Store Twenty ninth and q
wood & schaaf DRUG Co. Twenty NTH
Woods Pharmacy. Twenty NTH and Leigh
Church Hri Pharmacy. $500 Ea., Broad
S.sf Bay Street f D,.s 5 n5esa
PARAMOUNT.
Fairmount Pharmacy. 2l25 Fairnoun:
$500. BARsToN HEIGHTS
s'eeFs PIE HiSGH fi"tsS i' paR Tst'h Ave
". X. Vaughan. Fourth and Stuart
a. K Townsend. Milton and Maryland
SOUTH RICHMOND
Branch Office Times Dispatch. 1909 Hull
WOODLAND HEIGHTS
Woodland Heights Pharmacy 31o<
Charles IS. Garrison 3lI7 Forest Hin Avs
sWANSBORO
B a. Roberts, Drug store. 1904 Hull ST
!. A. Back. .si Fc L a,nspurr Av.
Pcoules Drug Store. 1900 Williamsburg
Ave
Timcs- Dispatch Branch. Ilo North Syca-
moro Street nhnn" Petersburg 22I
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14

1915 acres. practically new s-room dwcllne
AMI other necessary "uibuildings: +oot
Road. This farm must be sold. and any
reasonable offer Will get IL.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

4" ANTED ~ young couple. no cniIdren
lat OF tour rooms win bath. heat fur
n!s:sG. IN Vest End. Private family prc.
:'rFra. Address SIS. car. Times bis.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14

In execution of certain decd OF
trust to the undersigned trustees
dater October .. 1916. recorded i'm the
clerks Office. Richmond Chancery
Court. in D.-E. go. page 39s. dsfsYi,
having been made in the payment of
part of the debt therein secured. and
being required So to do by the holder
thereof, We Will sell by public auction.
on the premises, on
THURSDAY. OCTOBER Is. 1917.
at o'clock l.. NJ,
the real estate described in said deed
as follows:
All that certain lot or parcel OF
land. with all improvements thereon
designated as Nos. 1920 and 1922 North
Sixth Street. lying and being in the
City of Richmond. Va and bounded
and described as follows. to-wit: Be
ginning a a point on the west line Of
Sixth street distant one hundred and
thirty-eight G3S) feet north of Crouch
Street: thence running northwardly
along and fronting on The west line Of
Sixth Street thirty 900 feet. more or
less, to point opposite the center OF
the partition wall between tencments
Nos. 1922 and ll2i North sixth Street;
thence extending back wcstwardly be-
tween parallel lines. the northern ono
OF which extends through the center
of the said partition wall one hundred
and twenty-five I2J) feet to an alley
in common"
TERMS: Cash.
H. r. RICHESON and
+. l.. CRUTClIFIELD.
Trustees.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14

10 81 acres; 5-room cottage: acres in high
state cultivation: right at Chesterfield
Courthouse. Will include one COW, one
buggy. one wagon. one mower. one hay
rake and other farm implements II sold
within next ~ days. Price 1850.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14

TRUSTEES AUCTION SALE
OF
TWO FRAME DWELLINGS, Hoc ,,oo
MD 1122 NORTH SMITH STREET
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
FOR RENT-Houscs

: HOAKDfNG-IOUsE rRorosITIoY-
49, toL ,"m, , 2,rooin h"uae eeItraly
fo9iners "ho are willing to board With
party r"niiH. house. Apply Lps sor,h
Fourth street. or az North l'ifth Street.
FOX rent, t-rOo!n cottage Patterson Ave-
nue. Garden Northampton. = SJl. care
T!mtE- Dispatch.
FOE rent. Groom nous. within on.
rpuarc ~ Fulton Iiii School. Address i
~. carc Tim -D!suatch.
SIX room uioGcru house. :!Z: Dane. Street
Madison -,i+-J
u: Barton Avenue. T-rocin house IN thor
ourh repair. electric lights, bath. garden
ard fruit. Randolph 1921.
Sharp County record., 1917-02-09

The Arkansas senate murdered
the bill which offered to pay the
travelling expenses Of circuit and
chancery judges, and that was a
fatal blow we'll struck.
Sharp County record., 1917-02-09
LAW IS UP TO COURTS
Author OF Bone Dry Law Says Inter-
probation Is Up To Courts.

Whether the newly formed GUS
tom of Texarkana residents Of order.
ing liquor shipped to them at the
express Office in Texarkana, Texas,
and then carrying it to their homes
in Arkansas is violation of the
new bone dry" law is matter for
the courts to determine, according
to Senator G. H. Greathouse, joint
author of the bill. He says
The bill provides that liquors
may be siez.d wherever found, and
| believe under its provisions, strict
ly speaking, If a person is caught
bringing liquor into the state, even
for his own use, the liquor could be
seized and the person punished uD.
der the law
However, that Is a matter for
the courts to decide, The man
feature Of the bill Is that It prohibits
the shipment OF liquor into the
state. What persons carry In for
their own use wouldn't amount to
very much, comparatively speaking,
anyway"
Sharp County record., 1917-02-09
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF CHARGE
Geo. Mclean Removed A Small Log
And Faced This Charge In Court.

Esq, 7. II. McCalebs court was 10
session Friday and because OF the
trivialness Of the allegation, many
people were attracted to the court
room. When court was opened
by Constable Sidney Stephens,
the court room was crowded. The
case was the state against Geo. W
Mclean, charged with malicious
mischief for cutting up aud remov.
ine a small loe that had washed by
the side Of the road along the pas
! ,ure fence Of Lee Weaver, The
Sharp County record., 1917-02-09
Edwards
Nero. 60.

warrant was sworn out by Mr.
Weaver and he was the states main
witness. In the testimony it de.
veloped that there was some feeling
between the men. Attorneys Sulli-
van & Chestnut represented the
defense and Attorney D. L. King
was employed by Mr.. Weaver to
prosecute. The case was tried be-
fore a jury of six, and after being
out about five minutes they return.
ed verdict Of not euilty.-Hardy
Herald.
Sharp County record., 1917-02-09
NOTES TO PAY DEBTS

Both houses of the general as.
sembly have passed the measure
which was urged by Gov. Brough
authorizing the state to borrow
$75O,00O to pay its Indebtedness
and get on a cash basis again.
This amount is to be repaid in
yearly payments and two offers of
the money have been made at four
per cent interest, one from the ma
tional headquarters of the Wood.
men of the World and another from
bankers of Little Rock and other
Arkansas cities. This measure
does not call for an increase in tax
alton. but stick a pin in this pre-
dictioD, it will come to that before
these notes are paid. The taxpay.
ers of Arkansas are going to pay
Arkansas debts through a raise in
taxation sooner or later. Just wait
and see.
Sharp County record., 1917-02-09
Can Carry Liquor For Personal Use

A jury of we'll known business
men Of McGhee last week in the
court of a justice Of the peace Of
that town found r, Penny, a negro,
not guilty Of violation Of the state
bone dry law, holding that bringing
liquor into Arkansas in personal
baeeaee, for personal use, is not q
violation.
Penny was arrested on q train
while en- route from Monroe, Louis.
lana, TO Pine Bluff, with twelve
quarts Of whiskey In his possession,
Sharp County record., 1917-02-09
For Groups, Coughs And Colds

A Baxter, Wheeler, Wise, says
For ten years we have used Foley's
Honey and Tar in our family and
consider 1t the best cough medicine
on the market, especially for child.
ren, as they like to take L." Con-
tains no opiates, safe for babies
effective for adults Checks Group
stops coughs, relieves colds-Bar'
nett-Wasson Drug Co,
Sharp County record., 1917-02-09
Six Months In Prison, Six Out

Warden j X, Coddioe, Of the
Kansas penitentiary at Topeka, has
asked Gov, Arthur Capper to author
lie an experiment whereby convlcts
will spend six months in and six
months out Of prison, lie declares
this will enable the men to support
their families and con be done with
out additional expense to the state,
Sharp County record., 1917-02-09
NEWS FROM ASH FLAT
What Is Happening Among The Good
People Of Richwoods Township.

Seth EndsIey has moved his
family to his homestead, which is
located a mile and a half south of
town.
W. D. Cochran Of West Plains,
NO., lately spent few days here
as the guest Of his brother, A. W.
Cochran.
L. J. Worel and several men,
bers of his family have been con-
fined at home several days with
chickenpox.
Wheat crops are looking fairly
good in this section of the county.
The acreage of wheat in this sec.
! ton is increased over some former
years.
Several head of cattle have died
in this vicinity lately from dis
ease that the losers seem unable to
name with accuracy. Anyhow it
will kill cattle.
RE. Semple. who has been suf-
fering from a severe attack of rheu-
matism for four or five weeks, is
improving and is now able to be
out on crutches.
This section has lately exper-
fenced some of the coolest and
roughest weather for years. The
thermometer had a persistent ten
dency around the zero mark for
some time.
Some few of our citizens COM
plain of lonesomeness since the
bone dry law went into effect.
Many of our people are pleased
with that law, while others are not,
both of which conditions are not
surprising.
W. W. Bristow and family have
moved into their property which
they recently purchased from E. H.
Heath. We understand the prop
erty vacated by this family will
soon be occupied by J. W. Bristow
and family of Evening Shade.
W, Ovelton, who is spending
some time at his old home at
Swanwick, ILL.,, writes back that the
weather is blue cold there and that
snow has been on the ground most
of the time since he has been there
to a depth Of from a few inches to
few feet.
Mrs. J. B. Richie, who had been
visiting her son, Elder Andy 7.
Richie at Nashville, Tenn, return
ed to Rector, in this state, for a WIS.,
| It with relatives there. She has
been i'll at Rector for two weeks,
and her friends here hope to soon
hear Of her recovery.