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A Flight of Fancy.
Ten little flies
All in a line;
One got a swat!
Then there were *******
Nine little flies
Crimly sedate,
Licking their chop—
i ■ : There wen
Eight little flies
Raising some more—
Swat! Swat! Swat! Swat!
Then there were
Four little flies
Colored green-blm ;
Swat! (Ain't it ea-y!)
Then there were "
'Two little flies
Dodged 1 he civilian —
Early next day
There were a million.
—Roller Monthly.
Drainage Advocated for Good
Roads.
There has been a great deal
sa'd about good roads here in
Jackson county, but nothing
has been done in the way of get
ting goo^ roads. In the first
place vwf have never done any
thing /in the right direction to
in.yxve permanent good roads.
We have been levying a
three mill road tax on the tax
payers of the coim/fy for twelve
or fifteen year^and wasting the
money pilin'# up loose dirt in the
of the road, and when
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the first rain comes makes one
more mud hole, where it we had
spent the same money draining
the road we would have had
good roads all over Jackson
county. But as it is, we are
just where we were twenty years
ago and where we will be twen
ty years later if we do not adopt
some better method of improv
ing our road system.
My plan to better the road
condition and also better the
condition of the country, would
be to take the road tax money
and make a perfect system of
drainage on our public high
ways, and get the water away
from the roads and then we
would have good roads without
any further delays. Then by
running the grader and drag ov
er the roads occasionally we
- could enjoy the fruits of our la
bor. Besides this would give I
the farmers a chance to drain |
their farms into these same j
road ditches and would make the
country more productive and
would cause immigration to our
county and double our popula
tion. In a very few years, our
taxable value would furnish in
with ample funds to macadamize i
the more important lines of
road. Any well drained road is >
a good road,provided the stumps
are out of the way.
ew»v e Have the very best of dirt
ra make good roads and if ii is J
properly distributed, why
XI we not have the very best ;
roads? It is true that we have |
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some very had -and road- and
some very bad clay road-, bu ..
we will just go to the trouble to
haul some of the clay and cl.
tribute it on the -androac ar.d
haul some of the -and ana
tribute it on the clay roads wt
would solve that problem. About
half and half -and and clay v 111
make the very best road that
can be made, unless we u~e ma
cadam, afid thi.- woulc n t be a"
expensive prop -:’:or:. tt-r
hauling the -and ar. . clay we
would be carrying a load eacr.
way and this would reduce the
cost to the minimum.
Then come- our c vert pr p
osition; we havego tten m. *
the idea tha* we couh: only have
wooden culvert-■ v.m.ich v> arc
bound to admit - 11 • rr -t co
pe))- ve plan * hat me cm. -e
and b( des i - - e any g
roadfor wl ere thei '
en culvert in the road ‘hen- h
bound to be a bao place tne
roi d. W( 01
verts because it is cheap in first
cost, but if we will ju.-t stop and
consider that we have to replace
these wooden culvert* about ev
ery year, then we would not con
sider that they were so cheap
for if we would go to the trouble
and expense to put in good tile
.culverts they would be there in
definitely and in the long run
, would not cost more than ten
per cent as much as the old
i wooden culverts and besides
i where these tile culverts were
put in the road, the road would
be smooth and nice and would
: not be continually causing wa
gons to dig ruts in the road and
making the road almost impas
sable.
So let us hear from some one
on this matter, as I am very
anxious to see some good roads
so we can enjoy the pleasure of
paying the tax.
W. I). McLain.
The Titanic Anniversary.
Time flies; not even the tears
from sorrow dimmed eyes can
weight its wings. And in the
flight it has brought us to the
anniversary of the great sea
tragedy of the age.
A year ago today a new and
beautiful ship, the wonder of
the builder’s art, was breasting
the waves of the Atlantic, the
proudest craft afloat. From
stern to keel there was enthusi
asm aim Keen ciengnt in the
construction of the boat. In the
first class cabins there were
men and women who wrote their
wealth in millions; and the
laughter was gay, and wine and
song and dance filled the happy
hours. If there were any sad
hearts on the ship they must
have been amongthe immigrants
on the lower decks who sorrow
ed, not for what was before them
but for some memory left be
hind in the old home, and re
gret like that is tempered with
hope.
A year ago tomorrow night,
with tin* speed fiend at the
helm, the splendid floating pal
ace rushed on to its destruction
and the send was strewn with
the flotsam of death, and the
recreant winds went singing to
the four quarters of the heav
ens the dirge for the passing
souls—“Nearer, My God, to
Thee!”
Today a ship is on its way
to the scene of the terrible trag
edy, bearing the widows of many
men who perished there and
whose bodies were never recov
ered. They are going to hold an
anniversary ceremony over their I
loved and lost ones. For them
there are no graves in quiet
cemeteries to which they may
make their frequent pilgrimages
of tender sorrow; the wide o
cean is the mausoleum that holds
their dead, and so to the ocean
they carry their offerings of
love. For the hold of the vessel j
that bears them is filled with
lillies for prayer, rue for sor
row, “rosemary for memory.”
, -i iUc? nt.
The vessel > : W nr.*tight a
’tear a- p. -v . ver the exact
pot where e Titanic sank at
ar a go. a: v
-we hour strikes tne.-e women
and them friends v ..1 strew .tie
wave- with them din.' tribut -.
. .. . . cean
• >y^«. *f T.TS*.i-i ‘•-‘tr
:r.r. ‘ : j ‘tt : *. :.r re/uitfir.
I’n.”...’ T- .'■pectacuar
. • • ;. 1 . ■ ■ se wh are lis
- ..-mr must ,*ear in mind
t t he-e v. . men nave never
their gnef. but, . ' -
.* ... as as they were they h..' e
- thert-eive- away from pub
cuno-ity. The -coffer may
- a* they -hc-u.d have staid
, peri-hct. v.th their hus
band-. ar.d not lived to come
wer; l . theii wat
•;ry grave -: hut who i- sure e
/; - :..;.u-ek tt pas- judg
ment on another in times of
- gie - re.-* ‘.ike the -inking o
.at ship?
These women, on their flower
iadei. -hip. are going back with
tenderne-- of heart and single
nes- of purpo-e to the parting
of the way* of life and death;
and who may -ay (and who de
my)? but that the spirits of
| their lost ones may not come
| back on the wings of the wind
I to keep with them a silent tryst
I of memory?— Sunday’s Mem
| phis Commercial Appeal.
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The fire department was cak
ed out about 11 o’clock Monday
morning from a call at Albert
Ingram's colored at the lower
end of Elm street. A hole was
burned in the roof but was put
out without the hose and very
little damage was done. The
fire department was also called
out Saturday night by the burn
ing of a small house near the
button factory, just north of
Plunkett-Jarrell Grocer Compa
ny. Owing to the high wind,
this blaze might have become
serious except for the prompt
and effective work of the depart
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Rev- J. F. McKenzie Resigns.
Rev. J. F. McKenzie, pastor of
the Presbyterian church and one
of the ablest ministers who has
1
ever been connected vith & locai
church tendered ms resignation
Sunday night to accept a call to .
the pastorate of the Presbyte
rian church at Bartlett, Texas. ;
Mr. McKenzie is very much ,
beloved by his church and en
joys the respect and esteem of '
all other denominations, as well j
as citizens in general and the
members of his church have not ,
as yet acted upon his resigna-1
tion, hoping that he might re
consider his action.
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Early Morning Wedding.
Dr. A. F. Barr of Williford
and Miss Corinne Smith of the
Island were married in the coun
ty clerk’s office in this city at
12:05 Monday morning Rev. J.
F- McKenzie of the Presbyterian
church officiating
Dr. Barr is a prominent young
physician of Williford, while
his bride is the oldest daughter ;
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Dr. and Mrs. Barr left this
morning for their home at Wil
liford taking with them the best
wishes of many friends.
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