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HUGH WILLIAMSON
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German Ship That Watched.
United Press Telegram.
Vera Cruz, Mexico, April 29—
When the old German warship,
Bremen—nothing more than a
scout ship, now owing to her age
t^-steamed into Vera Cruz har
-—bor among the Yankee gunboats
the other day, many and many a
cheer of recognition went up
from some of the old Yankee sea
dogs.
"What are you cheering her
for?” an old Yankee captain was
asked.
"Reminds me of a funny in
cident,” he answered. "When we
were off China during the Boxer
trouble, we lay for weeks, in the
combined navy, without any
thing to do. Finally the admiral
took it into his head that we
ought to have practice. To our
surprise, as our ships steamed
away, the German warships in
the harbor swung around and ,
followed us. Go where we would
that day, we couldn’t shake
them. They hung on in a long,
solid, stubborn line.
"The next day we were ordered
out again and again the Germans
with stubborn persistence, fol
lowed us. never going faster or
slower than we did. After four
days of this, we got mad and the
American officers sent over to
the German ships a note in which
they said they were sorry that
they always chose the same
grounds on which the Germans i
decided to maneuver. It was sar- j
castic, you see.
“Three high German officers
brought the answer (tack to us j
in person. They came onto the |
!i:;g'lrip’ and said:
“ ‘You’re not choosing the
same grounds we do; we’ve been
following you.’
“ ‘But why do you follow us
when we go out for secret prac
tice?’ they were asked
“ ‘Why, don’t you see’, replied
the German officers, ‘we want to
see what you are doing. We have
no trouble with the United States
nut if we should have a war with !
you, it would be necessary for us !
to know about your, tactics.’
“And with that,” continued the
old seadog, “they bowed very po
litely and went off the ship,
without any hard feeling on
either side.
“The reason I cheered for the
Bremen was that she was the
ship that used to lead that long
line of squat bowed German
sleuths out to our practice
grounds every day.”
Want Protection For Birds.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 30.—The U.
S. Department of Agriculture,
which is making a campaign in
Arkansas as well as throughout
the South especially against the
killing of insectivorous birds, an
nounces that the insect pests are
destroying annually $800,000,
000 of the farm products of
this country.
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JL>1JLV40 til V WllOiUCl V^VA VJLV-IUJVO
of insect life/’ says Federal
Game Warden E. V. Visart, “our
congressmen are being flooded
with letters from men who care
nothing for the agricultural in
fests, but are willing to sacrifice
the interests of our farmers
that they may be permitted to
slaughter the wild life at will,
simply to satisfy their desire to
ing such an appropriation, but
on the other hand, the farmer
who is posted as to the value of
birds are posting their farms
against the killing of scuh birds. |
harmful migrants for the ben- i
efit of the public in general, 1
also exercise the same jurisdic
tion over beneficial migrants
for the benefit of the farmer.”
“It would be a blow to the ag
ricultural interest of this coun
try should congress cut off the
small appropriation offered for j
the protection of bird life.
“If the federal government !
can exercise jurisdiction over j
harmful immigrants for the ben- j
efit of th epublic in general, j
then in legal principle it can
also exercise the same urisdic
tion over harmful migrants for,
the benefit of the public in gen
eral, then in legal principle it
can also exercise the same jur
isdiction over beneficial mi
grants for the benefit of the far
ner.”
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Refuses Writ of Error.
Little Rock, April 29.—The
United States Supreme court
has refused to grant a writ of
error on an appeal of the case of
1. D. McClure vs. Topf & Wright
in which the supreme court of
Arkansas decided that the Going
Liquor law is constitutional, ac
cording to word received here to
day. This means that the Unit
ed States Supreme Court refuses
to pass on the decree of the Ar
kansas court.
The court refused to grant the
writ allowing the case to be
brought before it on two
grounds. The first was that the
negro race had not raised the
question of being denied consti
tutional rights and the other
was that the decree of the Ark
ansas supreme court was not fi
nal, as it reversed and remand
ed the case for a new trial.
The case was appealed from
the Third Division of the Pulas
ki circuit court and was the
outgrowth of the Argenta liq
uor petition. The liquor inter
ests were represented by J- W.
House and Joe House, Jr., while
the prohibitionists were repre
sented by Isgrig and Cannon.
The refusal of the supreme
court to grant the writ means
that unless the negroes raise the
question of their denial of rights
under the constitution, the case ,
cannot be taken before the Unit
ed States court because it does
not constitute a constitutional
question.
Four Candidates For Speaker.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, April 30.—Among
those who have already an
nounced as candidates for the
Speakership in the 1915 session
are Louis Josephs of Miller, L.
E. Sawyer of Garland, R. A
Dowdy of White, and Ben L.
Griffin of Pulaski. There may
be others later.
Bunting Thoroughly Tested.
In vary truth ft moder.l br.ttlvShlJ
•Joes, In modern phrasing, carry boom
Bunting. About $160,000 Is spent b)
the United States navy for flags each
year. Every case of bunting costs ttu
government $560; every roll coat*
$11,25. The bunting comes from Mae
ia:hysett*. Every piece la subjected
1. the most severe test. It must
Toigh five pounds to every forty yardt
snd stand the weight test of seventy
pounds to two square laches, it 1*
steeped In salt water for six hour*
and then exposed to the sun for the
same period of time. If After thi*
treatment it continues to be bunting
■jf n d*F+ir,gui8hable color li l* pv*>
jyromxd hi for advice
Marking Arrival of Ag*.
When I get to be old I ain’t goln’
to tlud It out by countin’ up to see,
nor by my whiskers, nor by my gume,
nor none of them signs. They’ll all
fool you. No, sir! But one of these
times I’ll get throwed down, and 1
won’t bounce back. Then I’ll know
it’t all over. When a man gets that
way, he’s old. Old, Bee? It don’t
make any difference how much longer
he lives after that, he don’t ever get
any older.—“Billy Fortune."
Conclusive Evidence of Change.
i ive years ago, sn, triumphantly
( '•lareil the landlord of the Atlantic
Pacific hotel at Whoopopolis, Ok.,
there was no town here at all!”
'H’m!” replied the hypercritical tour
■st from the east. “And what makes
i'*>u think there is one here now?”
New Idea for Saving Life.
Pirmlngham, England, has a new
Ft !e of life-saving apparatus for the
firs department. Entrapped person?
are rescued In a cage which Is raised
and lowered to the windows of the
burning building
Society People Classified.
Storekeeper—“They are soclet?
people. They belong to our first and
'■ast families.” Customer—“You mean
'first families’?’' Storekeeper—"No;
first and last. First to ask credit and
last to Day "--Puck
Had a Good “Take.”
One of the latest novels says “He
stooped a little and printed a round
dozen of swift kisses on her sur
prised lips.” Evidently a job print
er —Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Uncle Pennywise Says.
Diogenes Wombat has got the best j
library In Plunkville. His father lefj j
him a pile of newspapers three fp»t j
btgb.
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Ham and Eggs.
Calhoun Clay says: “Dar am a non
oreakable relationship betwixt de cu*
ud race an’ turkey, the reason bein’
lat de oullud race is descended from !
yam. while turkey comes from egga/
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Eager For Action
It may be that war is worth
its cost in the welding of the
people.
The recent capture of Vera
Cruz demonstrated this.
The fact has been clearly shown
that should the United States
and Mexico become involved in
war, the divided factions in Mex
ico would unite in opposing the
common enemy. After all,
blood is thicker than water and
they could not be blamed for
this. If this is true with the
Latins, it is equally true in our
own country. In times of peace
tnd prosperity wre are inclined to
differ With each other. We make
j mountains out of mole hills and
for lack of anything more wor
thy, make politics a pretext for
verbal battles.
A war flurry brings us all to
gether again.
There is another point to be
considered. Our immigrants
and adopted sons seem to be
brought closer to us wThen the
air is filled with war.
During the past week these no
table incidents* were recorded.
Discontented labor rallied to the
flag, big business interests can
celled contracts with Mexico for
arms and other war supplies,
Tammany pledged Secretary
garrison a regiment, e neie -jue
Cannon came forward with a loy
al defense of the administration
and declared his willingness to
back it up. Yale boys offered a
cavalry troop. Every recruit
ing office of the army and navy,
the marine corps and national
guard was besieged- Irish-A
mericans offered to fill the ranks.
In Chicago the Poles and Slavs
pledged themselves to raise a
regiment. Chicago’s Lithuani
ans, Hungarians and Austrians,
in mass meeting, decided to do
the same thing. Irish, Jew and
German marines were killed in
Vera Cruz. The Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers offered
men to operate troop trains in
Mexico. The Boston C'igarmak
ers’ Union voted to keep in good
standing any member who en
listed for war. The Greek-A
merican veterans of the Balkan
war, in Massachusetts, pledged
to reorganize to fight for the U
nited States.
, This is a splendid commentary
on the virility of this nation
and, incidentally, a conclusive
[answer to some critics of the
United States army is to be
found in the sudden rush which
has kept the recruiting officer
busy ever since there seemed to
be a possibility of armed inter
vention in Mexico.
This situation always arises
when there seems a possibility
of war. It is one phase of the
military game which is usually
overlooked in pointing out the
percentage of desertions from
the army in times of peace. Now
all seem eager for action—Mem
phis Commercial Appeal
STOMACH TROUBLES
Hr. Ragland Writes Interesting
Letter on This Subject
Madison Heights, Va.—Mr. Chas. A.
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best medicine I have ever used.
After taking Black-Draught for a few
days, I always feel like a new man.”
Nervousness, nausea, heartburn, pain
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ness after eating, are sure symptoms ol
stomach trouble, and should be given the
proper treatment, as your strength and
health depend very largely upon your
food and its digestion.
To get quick and permanent relief
from these ailments, you should take
a medicine of known curative merit.
Its 75 years of splendid success, in the
treatment of just such troubles, proves
the real merit of Thedford’s Black
Draught. Safe, pleasant, gentle in action,
and without bad after-effects, it is sure
to benefit both young and old. For sale
everywhere. Price 25c. N. C 123
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O WOODMEN OF THE ©
O WORLD. ©
0 Pecan Camp No. 3, meets ©
O 1st and 3rd Thursday nights O
O of each month in the Board ©
Building. Visiting brothers web- O
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O P. S. White. Clerk. ©
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O JACKSON LODGE NO. 191,
O F. & A. M.
O Meets Second and Fourth,
O Tuesday nights of each month
G in the Opera House Building,
Q Second and Hazel streets.
O Visiting brothers always wel
Q come. Geo. M. Sank, W. M.
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O NEWPORT LODGE NO. 71,
G I. 0. O. F.
O Meets each Monday night in
O Board Building, corner Second
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0 vited to attend.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Supervising Architect's Office,
Washington, D. C., April 27,
1914.—Sealed proposals will be
opened in this office at 3 p.
June 8, 1914, for the construc
tion complete (including me
chanical equipment, interior
lighting fixtures and approach
es) of the United States posted
fice at Newport, Ark. One-stoTjr'"^^
and-mezzanine building; ground
area. 4.600 square feet; con
struction non-fire-proof; stone
and brick facing; composite
roof. Drawings and specifica
tions may be obtained from the
custodian of site at Newport,
Arkansas, or at this office, iij^
the discretion of the Supervis
ing Architect. 0. Wenderoth,
Supervising Architect. 25d6
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