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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
GOLD STAMPEDE BLOWS UP.
Nugget in Chicken's Craw Starts M1ld Rush, But Deposit Fails to Pan Out.

Harmon T. Smith of Orofino, Ida ho, had gold rush started the other day that might have rivaled the stam- pede of 1862, if it had been let alone. But on close investigation it blew up, says the Spokane Chronicle.
 Smith found a gold nugget the. size of a pea in the craw of one of his chickens. Other birds of the same flock were killed A banning of their interiors revealed several nuggets. Expert mining men were advised of the discovery and after quiet search reported they were unable to find any indications of gold deposits.
 It then developed that Smith had been feeding his chickens from sacks which previously were used for ship ping gold ore from the Elk City dis trict and tiny nuggets had escaped the vigilance of the men who emptied the ore shipments.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
?. B. ROTARY CLUB LAUNCHED WITH
 THIRTY MEMBERS
Permanent Organization to Be Effected at Meeting
 Tuesday Night.

Temporary organization of the Pine Bluff Rotary club was effected last night in the basement dining room of the Hotel Pines, the branch of the great international organization being launched with thirty charter members, as follows: A. D. Poster, w. E. Brightwell, w. J. Parkes, H. K. Toney, Thurman Louthan, E. B. Bloom, Mitchell Seligman, Felix Smart, J. W. Stevens, H. D. Palmer, Harry Holderness, H. L. Westbrook s. B. Russell, w. L. Matthews, Jeff Hicks, H. H. Knox, R. H. Stearns Byron c. Fowles, Geo. H. Adams, F. C. McMullen, A. c. Whidden, Allan Orto, Dick Barnett, Sol Klarberg, fI. E. Philpot, Minor Woodward, R. F. Mcintyre, Elmer Richards, N. A. Anderson and w. l.. Toney.
 Permanent organization will be had at the next meeting to be held Tuesday evening at { o'clock, when directors and officers will be elected committees appointed, and names of other prospective members consider ed. 't
 Although membership in the Rotary club is restricted to one representa- tive from each business, there are more than 100 men in Pine Bluff eligible for membership. The pur- pose in organizing with only 30 charter members was to allow the organization to select it's membe .s where there is competition in busi- ness.
 Attorney H. K. Toney served as temporary chairman, end A. G. Whi!- den as temporary secretary, the organization work being conducted by Sidney M. Brooks of Little RocE, deputy district governor of Arkansas and secretary of the district, com- prising Arkansas, Mississippi, Ten nessee and Kentucky. Mr. Brooks was accompanied to Fine Bluff by three brother Rotarians-C. Eugene Smith, Jr., John P. Baird, and Charles H. Orto.
 The purposes of Rotary were shown to be to instill higher ideals in the commercial, civic and social life of the community, and the manner in which it's tenets and aims were presented by MT. Brooks shows that IL IS, dS uc tcl lIlo, lCllSIOuS III ud- ture," it's motto being "Service-Not Self" and "He Profits Most Who Serves Best" The restriction of one representative from each business was shown not to be based on selfish ness, but rather that Rotarys ideals and aims might be more effectively propagated through limiting each business or occupatio to one mem- Der, who could carry back to his col leagues the inspiration and know ledge acquired from the Rotary club.
 Short talks were made by Eugene Smith, Charles Orto. E. B. Bloom, John P. Baird, Sol Klarberg, A. C.. Whidden, George H. Adams, and H. Kemp Toney, the gist of the remaks 5 of those familiar with the work of Rotary going to show that as Mr. Brooks put it, "the organization If Rotary will mean new era in civic life of Pine Bluff
 That Rotary is built on the best foundation is demonstrated by the fact that of 290 branches organized in all parts of the world not one has ever suspended.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
IL 5. OF RUSSIA
 TO RISE FROM
 REVOLUTION
Continued from page ouc.l

Eighth, While maintaining stri 2t military discipline for troops in ac- tive service it is desirable to abro- gate for soldiers all restrictions n the enjoyment of social rights ac- corded other citizens.
 "The provisional government de- sres to add that it has no intention to profit by the circumstances of the war to delay the realization of the measures of reform above mo T. toned"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
LOSES LEG IN MUD.

North Vernon, Ind, March IT, Jacob Frisz, cigar manufacturer, and Frank M. Kellar, county highway superintendent, were driving to the home of o. M. Anderson, trustee of Bigger township, when Frisz's auto mobile stuck in mud hole. In work ing to free the machine Kellar's arti- ficial leg became stuck in the mud so firmly he had to remove it and sit down by the roadside while Frisz got it out of the mud.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
BOY GETS $25,OOO.

Tiffin, O., March 17.-The late Will liam Van Nest, a retired carriage manufacturer, who was found dead, by his will gave the bulk of his $25,- 900 estate to Le Roy Cadwallader, 20 years old, delivery boy. Cadwalla- der had been the favorite companion of the old man, and it was he who discovered Van Nests body after life had been extinct for several days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
BISCUIT FATAL TO INVALID.

Arkabutla, Miss, March 17.-Eat- ing biscuit while in weakened con- dition following severe attack of typhoid fever, was fatal to Ezra Stey- ems, causing a relapse from which he was unable to rally.
 The attending physician said the solid nourishment caused acute in- digestion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
GERMANY AIDS SHIPPING.

Berlin, March 1.-The relatively firm tone of German shipping shares during the past few months Is ex- plained by the announcement that the government is preparing to place large credits at the disposal of the German shipping companies. These credits, operating over long term of years at moderate interest rates, are intended to enable the companies to respond quickly to postwar demands.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
WINS Sl IN THREE-YEAR SUIT.

Carlisle, Pa, March 17.-After fight ing the case for three years and hav- ing it before the local courts four times, J. C. Strickner of Enola won $1 damages from J. s. Bitner. The suit involved alleged damages caused by drain water from the construction of a pavement which threw the water back on the property of the former: The litigants have spent hundreds of dollars in the contest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
STEEL PROFITS BIG.

New York, March 17.-,Net income of the Bethlehem Steel corporation and it's subsidiaries for 1916 aggre- gated $43 3,593,96S, according to the an- nual statement issued today. This IS an increase Of $25 ,S31,155, or 15o per cent, over the net income of tho previous year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
MARRIED 60 YEARS.

Delphos, Kan, March 17-Mr. and Mrs. Philip Smith, for many years residents here, have celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. They are natives of Ohio, where they were married in Ashland county, in 1857, They have four living children, 20 grandchildren and "A great-grandchil- dren.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
NEW FRENCH LOAN,
MOrgans Floating Loan of 100 Mil.
 lions at Per Cent.

New York, March 17.-J. P. Morgan & company announced today the flo- tation of a new French loan of S1O0 = C00,000, on two year notes, datel April 1, and bearing 112 per cent. interest Offered at 99. and interest. the notes will yield slightly over 6 per cent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
EXHIBITION OF MINIATURES.

New York, March 17.-The eilgh- teenth annual exhibition of the Am erican society of Miniature painters, under the auspices of the National Academy of Design, was opened at the American Fine Arts Gallerie stoday and will be continued until April 22: The exhibition is confined to original miniature paintings which never be- fore have been shown publicly in New York.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
CHILD KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

Troy, Miss ., March 17.-Velma Rutledge, years old, one of fam fly group of six, sitting in front Of an open fireplace here, was struck and killed by bolt of lightning.
 No other member of the group was even faintly touched by the bolt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
NELSON SELLS LAND.

Hammond, Ind, March 17.-Eighty acres of farm land in the corporate limits of Hegewisch have been sold by Battling Nelson, former lightweight champion, to a new car-building in- dustry. It is understood the new plNnt will employ 1,500 to 2,000 men.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
SAYS HE IS 120 YEARS OLD.

Baileysville, W. ", March 17.-Tf live until August 12, 1917, I'll be 121," declares John Drysdale. who is the oldest man in West Virginia. Drys- dale, who is hale, was born in Scot land. He ran away from home in his youth and was a sailor for 35 years. He has visited every country on the globe,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
WOMAN FOR SENATOR.

Ringling, Ok, March 17.-Miss Kate Barnard, for seven years State Commissioner of Charities and Cor rections in Oklahoma, will be a can- didate against Robert l.. Owen for the United States senate next year, '1 her health will permit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
CHICLE IMPORTS FROM CANADA.

Windsor, Ontario March 17@There were 1,742,136 pounds of crude chicle valued at $1,420,549 invoiced at the American consulate here for the United States during 1916, against 79O.50O pounds, valued at $420,535, for 1915.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
Freedom for Jews.

London, March 1.-The Weekly Dispatch says it learns that the first legislative act of the new Russian government will be tL assure com plete freedom of all Russian Jews.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18
WORLDS GOLD OUTPUT.

London, March 17.-The value of worlds gold production in 1916, as shown in the annual statistics just issued here, was 95,725 ,000 pounds, a figure which has been exceeded only three times. The British Empire led the world with 60000,O0O pounds, while the United States produced 19, 000,000 pounds, Russia 6,000,000 and Mexico 100000. The United States since 1847 has produced gold to the value of 779,000,000 pounds.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18

Bolivia has an extensive deposit of coal at an altitude of 13,OOG feet above sea level.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18

employees are paid less than $S20 a year each.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18

Anyone wishing to buy or sell Jefferson couEty script, call on Chas. Veil Supply CD. u
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18

Only sixteen people in hundred have the right and left arm exactly the same in length.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-18

Wisconsin makes more creamery butter than any other state of the Union. AW
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-23
The Swiss Post Office

The Swiss post Office saves it's old
stamps, and this month it offers TO-
600 used copies of the current high
value Swiss stamps, 8, 5, and 10
francs, for sale. Last year a similar
offer to the trade was realized. The
three denominations are offered at
10d per stamp in what is styled first
quality" and I'd per stamp in the sec
ond quality. or 2s Cd and is Sd the
set of three. The first quality stamps
were only used on dockets, etc. which
never left the post office; while the
second kind were used in the mails.
The stamps are only supplied to the
Swiss dealers. but British dealers can
obtain them from the Swiss trade at
small commission Of these prices.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-23
Desert cisterns.

Perhaps nothing could better Illus
-trate the difficult nature of Persia as
regards military operations than the
knowledge of the extreme measures
that have to be adopted for the con-
servation of water oyer a large part
of the region in which the Turks,
Russians and even a considerable por-
ton of P%ersians are now in conflict.
The Caspian watershed of Persia is
fairly well watered and wooded, but
all the region south of about the lati-
tude of Teheran-the central and
southern ZOnes-are almost absolute
desert, the largest cities being near
the base of the mountains, where the
rivers have not had time to be abb
sorbed in the burning sands. At other
points there are occasional wells and
springs, but the principal sources of
water in these desert regions are the
strange cisterns.
Stone conduits carry water from the
mountains to the cisterns on the des-
ert plains.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-23
Souesky SoIes In Tune.

Manufacturers Of shoes who make a
speciality of the squeaky variety should
pay nor attention to pairing them up
in harmonious duets. The squeak,
squeak of the hired girls high heeled
brOnZed number tens would drive a
saint to cuss words. But we must not
heap our ~displeasure upon the poor
girl. She is not the author. She is
only the reprOducer. She merely acts
the part that the wax cylinder per-
forms for the photograph. There is
just as great a necessity for a musical
director in al up to date shoe factory
as there is in grand opera, and no
workman should be permitted to build
a pair of squeaky shoes unless he can
pass a severe test in harmony.-Car-
tOOns Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-23
BEN BuTLER's BLUFF.
1t Was Well Worked and. Completely
Fooled General Bingham.

General John A. Bingham was a
member of the military tribunal that
tried Mrs. Surratt and the Lincoln as
sassination c~onspirat0rs.
After the trial in the subsequent de-
bates in the house General B. +. But
Ter frequently charged that the COM
mission had arrived at an unjust ver-
dict and had convicted an innocent
m In a memorable debate he
boldly proclaimed that if the contents
Of a diary which had been found on
the dead body Of j. Wilkes Booth were
ever made public it would disclose the
fact that it contained the proof of Mrs.
S%urratt's innocence, which proof had
been UNANIMOUSLY suppressed by the
commission.
When General Bingham made a move
ment as though he would repel such
an accusation Butler dramatically drew
a memorandum book from his breas.
pocket and held it aloft, but did not
utter a word. Bingham naturally sup
posed that Butler had a copy of a
a matter of fact the book contained
nothing but blank leaves. General
Butler was just blufing.
The diary was in possession of Sec
rotary Stanton. but President Johnson
finally demanded it. 1t was an inter
esting book. but it threw no light upon
the great conspiracy.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-23
BEGGARs, BEAUTY AND FLEAs
Naples Is = Seaport Crowded With
Amazing Contrasts.

Naples Is q Seaport With
Amazing Contrasts.
Naples, aside from its amazing local
beauty, is a dirty south Italian a
port, full Of fieas and beggars. noisy as
pandemonium day and night. without
a really distinguished edifice, and peO-
pied by a conglomerate as strik-
ingly beautiful physically as they are
nOtoriously untrustworthy. From the
stored heights that sweep in a magni-
ficent amphitheater around the bril-
liant bay the old city struggles down.
ward In a picturesque hhddle of dense
~ packed houses and other buildings.
tortuous streets full Of color and bub-
bling with the nervous activity of the
south, black canyons of stone stairs.
slippery with damp and dirt. across
which its teeming houses gossip and
quarrel In neighborly wise.
Nowhere are fisher folk more pictur-
esQue in habit and costume. Nowhere
is there SO salty a dialect, spiced with
such myriad quaint and startling
phrases and EXPLANATIONS. Bare and
brown of leg, dressed in ragged, parti-
colored motley. a stout canvas band
about each sinewy body for hauling in
the net without cutting the hands to
pieces, they bring ashore their SHIN
mering silver quarry right along the
widest, finest promenade in the city
the handsome Via Caracciolo.
Across that broad street the charm
ing Villa Nazionale-not a house, but
a public park, WIDELY conventional in
deSign-contains an aquarium which
may fairly be considered the most re-
markable in the world for both the
variety and interest of it's finny and
monstrous exhibits and the thorough
ness of it's scientific work. To it many
of the great universities contribute an
nually for the privilege of sending
special investigators in zoology.
The commercial activity of this lar
gest city and second seaport of Italy
clings closely about the skirts of the
enormous royal ~palace-S00 feet long
on the bay side and ninety-five feet
Highland the naval basin and dock
yard Every smell and sound of a
thriving seaport may be smelled and
heard, multiplied generously. every
flag seen on the ships at anchor near
the stone wharves.-A. s. Riggs in Ma
tiOnal Geographic Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-23
Horses in Trousers.

When the horses in Nice, France,
are hitched to tar spreading carts
they wea trousers to protect their
legs from the hot tar. A further pro-
lection for them consists CT a curtain
suspended between the cart and the
horse. The rousers are what lend
distinction to the horse. however.
The knees are a bit baggy. but the
horse doesn't seem to care.-Popular
Science Monthly.
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-23
Preparedness.

MY daughter has obtained a posi-
ton in a lawyers Office. She starts on
the first"
.And in the meantime is she doing
anything to fit herself for the work?"
Yes; she is reading Bertha. the Beau
tiful Blond Stenographer. '"-Pittsburg
Post,
The Tupelo journal., 1917-02-23
KneW har.

Miss ~Flyrte-Jack told me last night
that l was his very life. Her Brother
Jack will soon find out how uncertain
life is.-Boston Transcript.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-05-03
Prize Turkey GobbIer
Brings Owner IS. 80

Recently John M. Blaylock of
near P,keville, sold to the c. W.
Hart Produce Co., a monster
turkey gobbler which tipped the
scales 81 pounds, and brought
him $3.50. Mr. Blaylock states
that this is the largest turkey he
ever weighed up in his life and
that it was two years old. That
there is money in turkeys has
never been denied, but think of
one single bird bringing $3.50,
and just what could be brought
the citizens of Bledsoe if fifty
families raised ten large turkeys
each year. SO, 10000 each year
is no small item for a county if
kept up for few years. = Bled-
sonian, Pikeville.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-05-03
MORTGAGE SALE.

Whereas, on the 1st daV of January,
1918, Il A. Dixon and wife, Linda
Dixon, executed to the undersigned d.
&. Lasater, AS Trustee, certain mort
rage to secure to w. l.. Davis the pay
ment of an Indebtedness of Two Hun
.dred and Eight Dollars, wherein de-
fault has been made, now, therefore, l.,
the undersigned d. c, Lasater, will on
SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1917,
at noon, in front OF the Courthouse
door in the town of Jasper, Tenn, offer
for sale and sell to the highestand best
bidder for cash, free from the guilty of
redemption and all other estate or in
brancc, the lands described in said
mortgage, being an undivided one half
interest in the following land:
Known as the Susa Picket real es-
tate, living in the End District of Marion
County, Tenn. bounded on the south
by Powell, on the east by Cline, on the
north by A. G.. Grayson and w. H..
Condra, on the west by j. l.. Hudson,
my undivided interest in 10 acres,
more or less, in the Susa Picket whole
tract
Said mortgage is of record at Jasper,
Tenn, in Book w. W., page 1856, TO
which reference is hero made and said
sale will be made pursuant to the au-
thority aud power in me vested by and
according to its terms.
Witness my hand on this 2lst day of
April, 1917.
D. c. LASATER, Trustee.
nv Fulls 81 Schwoon, Attorneys.
Printer, Foe, IS 50.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-05-03

Geranium, mignonette, hello
trope and white clover are often
sive to flies. They especially dis
like the odor of honeysuckle and
hop blossoms.
According to a French scientist
flies have intense hatred for the
color blue. Rooms decorated in
blue will help to kill out the flies.
Mix together one tablespoonful
of cream, one of ground black
pepper and one of brown sugar.
This mixture is poisonous to flies.
Put in saucer, darken the room
except one window and in that
set the saucer.
To clear the house of flies, burn
pyrethrum powder. This stupe-
fies the flies, but they must be
SWEPT UP and BURNED.
Recipes for Stables and
Out.Of-dOOrs.
Borax is especially valuable
around farms and out of doors.
One pound of borax to twelve
bushels of manure will be found
desirable as a poison without in
juring its manurial qualities or
farm stock. Scatter the borax
ever the manure and sprinkle
with water.
Lye, chloride of lime, or cop
peras (sulphate of iron) dissolved
in water, crude carbolic acid, or
any kind of disinfectant may be
used in vaults.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-05-03
Saturday, the 26th day Of May,

1917, on the premises, known as the Ma
nv Station old home place, l will sell to
the highest bidder the following de-
scribed tracts of land, situated in the
old Third Civil District of Marion Coun-
ty, Tenn:
FIRST TRACT: Beginning on wal
nut tree, corner Of Amos Griffith survey,
near a spring; thence running with this
line south 2413 degrees w. 80 poles to
poplar; thence N. SIS degrees W. IS
poles to hickory; thence w. 16 poles
to chestnut and hickory in a small
dry branch at the foot of Cumberland
mountain; thence with Edmond 1atum
line w. So poles to pointers, said Tatum
corner; thence N. 65 poles to a hickory
in said Amos Griffith line; thence along
the same N. IS degrees E. SO poles to
white oak corner of the 50-acre survey
made by VIM. Pryor; thence N. II de-
grees E. with the line OF said survey
80 poles to an ash; thence $. 60 de-
grees~E. 9S poles to a stake in Amos
Griffith's line; thence running with the
meanders OF said Griffith's line to the
beginning, con tanning lit acres, more
or less. There is to be deducted from the
aforesaid tract fifty acre tract hereto
fore conveyed by Mary Station to T. A,
Andes, and three acre tract conveyed
by Mary Station to J. D. Brooks, to
which deed reference is made for de-
scription of lands therein conveyed.
SECOND TRACT: Beginning at a
stake on the south boundary line Of the
Griffith survey next to where the line
of Pryor 1l3 acre tract intersects with
Griffith next to the river; thence with
Griffith's line S. rs degrees e. SO poles
to birch on the north west bank Of said
river, Griffith's corner; thence down the
river as it meanders 5, Is degrees b. IA
poles; thence S. 10 degrees E. % poles;
thence S. degrees w. "a poles; thence
s. 5516 degrees w. 36 poles; thence W..
10 poles: thence N Sc degrees w %
poles: thence N 40 degrees E. II poles
to pointers, corner to Pryor's 1l3 acre
tract: thence N with the line of same
6o poles to the beginning.
TERMS OF SALE: One-third cash, one
third due twelve months, and one-third
in twenty-four months from date of
sale. and notes with good securities re-
CURED; lien reta ined for the purchase
money.
This May /, 1917.
A. L. ROBERTSON.
Clerk and Master.
Printers Fee, $14.50.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-05-03
cHANcERY LAND SALE.

BY virtue of decree of the Chancery
Court OF Marion County, Tennessee, in
the case OF Arthur Station ct al US Ma.
ry PeytOn ct al, on
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-05-03
Non Resident Notice.
Margaret Bruce, Guardian

Mary agnes Creedon
In the Chancery Court OF Marion
County, Tenn.
In this cause it appearing to the sat
isfaction of the Clerk and Master from
Compliments Bill, which is sworn to,
that Defendant, Mary Agnes Creedon, is
nonresident of this State, so that the or
binary process of law cannot be served.
1t is therefore ordered that publication
be made in the Valley News,
a newspaper published in the town of
Sequatchie for four consecutive weeks,
commanding said non resident to APP
pear at the May Rules of the
Chancery Court, to be held in the
Courthouse in the town of Jasper on
the First Monday of May, 1917,
and plead answer or demur to said bill,
or the same will be taken for confessed
and set for bearing ex parte as to her.
This the End day of April, 1917.
A l. ROBERTSON,
Clerk and Master.
Printers Fee, SO, 90.