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On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR STATE SENATOR.
We are authorized to announce W. F. Harrison
of Osceola us a candidate for the State Senate
from the Twenty-ninth senatorial district, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic primary
election.
FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
We are authorized to announce the candidacy of
W. A. Oldfield for re-election to the oftice of
prosecuting attorney, subject to the Democratic
primary election.
FOR KEfKtiSKN J ATiVFi. I
We are authorized to announae T. T. Ward as a
candidate for the office of representative of Jack
son county, subject to the Democratic primary
election.
We are authorized to announce J. U. Ard as a
\ candidate for the office of representative of Jack
son county, subject to the Democratic primary
election.
FOR SHERIFF.
To the voters of Jackson county.
I am a candidate for re-election to the office of
sheriff of Jackson county, subject to a Demo
craticprimary, if one is held. Feeling that 1
have discharged the duties of that office in such
a manner as to merit your confidence, and thank
ing you for your support in the past and asking
your help in the future. If elected I will do my
duty. Your fellow citizen, R. W. BANDY.
We are authorized to announce Snell Simmons
as a candidate for election to the office ofJSheriff
of Jackson county, subject to the action ,of the
Demofcratic party.
FOR COUNTY AND PROBATE JUDGE.
We are authorized to announce E. L. Boyce as a
candidate for the office of county and probate
judge of Jackson county, subject to the Demo
cratic primary election.
We are authorized to announce Otis W. Scar
borough as a candidate for the office of county
and probate judge of Jackson county, subject to
the Democratic primary election.
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK.
We are authorized to announce John D. Neal as
a candidate for the office of circuit clerk of Jack
son county, subject to the Democratic primary
election. —
We are authorized to announce James S. Jones
as a candidate for re-election to the office of cir
cuit clerk of Jackson county, subject to the Dem
ocratic primary election.
FOR TREASURER.
We are authorized to announce Dr. F. G. Smith
as a candidate for the office of treasurer of Jack
son county, subject to the Democaatic primary
election.
We are authorized to announce Capl. W. A.
Joyce as a candidate for re-election to the office
of treasurer of Jackson county, subject to the
Democratic primary election.
FOR COUNTY CLERK.
We are authorized to announce E. C. Water
man as a candidate for the office of County
Clerk, subject to the action of the Democratic
primary election.
We are authorized to announce G. A. Lockard
as a candidate for the office of county clerk, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic primary
election.
FOR ASSESSOR.
We are authorized to announce Passmore
White as a candidate for re-election to the office
of assessor of Jackson county, subject to the
Democratic primary election.
FOR CITY MARSHAL.
We are authorized to announce Abo Ballew as a
candidate for Marshal of the city of Newport,
at the ensuing April election.
Here and There.
The friends of Mrs. 0. S. Law
rence will be sorry to learn that
her case has been pronounced
diptheria, which is a trouble not
prevalent in this section.
Gray Carroll, the Iron Moun
tain's Little Rock attorney, came
up Sunday night to represent the
company in the damage suits to
come up at this term of court.
Jno. T. House, a prominent
citizen of Augusta, representing
Boroder Bros. & Co., cotton buy
ers, was here Monday morning
on business and made the editor
a pleasant call.
Don’t forget that I. D. Price
has on hand at all times a full
supply of the famous “Water
man Ideal’’ fountain pens. This
pen is sold under an absolute
guarantee and is without doubt
the most practical fountain pen
on the market. 29btf
Black Rock suffered a bad fire
Friday night, several business
houses being destroyed. Among
them was the drug store of Dr.
J. H. Myers, the pearl buyer and
author of the famous mussel
bill. He carried insurance to the
I amount of $2,800, which was at
| tached by his creditors.
Mrs. E. G. Ferrell, who has
been local reporter for the Inde
pendent, left Sunday afternoon
for Memphis, where she will take
a business course in stenography
and other studies.
DAMAGE SUITS CONTINUED
Circuit court reconvened Mon
day, but little was accom
plished during the day, all but
one of the damage suits filed
against the Iron Mountain Rail
way Company being continued
until the next term of court and
! set for the second Monday.
The plaintiffs in these several
| cases are G. W. Hurley, W. A.
| Billingsley, administrator of the
! estate of the late Mrs. Mary L.
j Hurley, Jno. P. Johnson, J. M.
! Robinson and W. E. Blanchard.
J. E. Wilmans et al versus J.
! M. Jones et al, Henry Bordwell,
|J. E. Doherty, L. L. Bowen &
j Company, mandamus; both cases
| continued by consent.
Martin Dye versus St. Louis,
j Iron Mountain & Southern Rail
way Company, damages; dis
{ missed at. defendant’s cost.
J. M. Robinson versus Joe
Hockett and St. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern Railway
Company, damages; continued
by consent as to latter defend
ant.
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BATTLING WITH AN ANCHOR.
Mammoth Mmlhook Was Difficult to
Handle When the Waves
Were Xosslnar It.
To hoist to the cat-head an anchor
weighing 8,000 pounds, with a gale of
wind blowing and a tremendous sea
• rising, is a difficult task. The New York
; Sun tells how this wcrk was under
! taken on a war-ship in Hampton Roads,
j In order to raise the anchor to the deck
of the ship the hundred-pound cat-block
had to be fastened by the huge hook
which depended from it to the ring in
the balancing band on the anchor shank
so that the power of the winch could be
utilized.
The great anchor hung so that when
the wave receded it was clear of the
water, but each incoming crest sub
merged it several feet. As the ship
tossed on the waves there was great
danger that the enormous weight of
the anchor would send the anchor
through her thin plating. But with
seas big enough to toss the ship about
as easily as if she were but a fishing
float, and to swing that anchor back and
forth like the pendulum of a toy clock,
it was no child’s game to hook the cat
block.
Two men were chosen, each a fine
specimen oj the American sailor. Just
under the arms of each a line was made
fast, and men on deck stood ready to
haul away in case of need.
The two sailors watched their chance,
and when the ship’s head was well out
of water, over they went. They had
hardly reached the anchor when a wave
rolled in that surged four feet above
their heads. When it passed both were
clinging, almost breathless, to the shank
of the anchor.
But the Instant they were clear of wa
ter they Jumped to their work and
strove to get the block in place. With
the ship hauling one way and the wind
blowing another there was small cnance
for them to drag that hundred-pound
block In still a third way. Again and
again they had it almost fasten eds when
a great wave knocked it away and bur
ied them far out of sight. Still the two
men struggled at their task.
Then the Inevitable happened. The
great cat-block swung far out as the
ship plunged forward, hung poised an
instant, as if taking deliberate aim,
and came sweeping back straight at the
head of one of the two men. It struck
hfm on the back of the head' and
knocked him ten feet from the anchor
into the sea.
The rush of an incoming wave swept
him away from the ship, and for a mo
ment it seemed as if he would surely
be lost. Then was justified the wis
dom which had placed the line about
his shoulders. The men on deck drew
him in, unconscious but safe, and in
ten minutes he was declaring to the of
ficer in charge that he could 6urely hook
that block the next time.
But the captain had formed another
plan. He determined to haul up the
anchor as far as was possible, so that
| It should have the smallest room for
play, and to make harbor. Just at
nightfall she reached quiet waters, and
onoe more the unruly anchor was let
go again.
Catbird* Defeat Iliac k ana ke.
A writer in the Scientific American
gays: “I witnessed a pair of catbirds
making a bold defense against & black
snake bent on devouring the contents
of their nest. At first the snake was in
! dined to disregard the distressed birds
as they fought to drive it away, but the
blows of their wings and bills became so
annoying that the thief had to seek
refuge in flight. On reaching the roots
of a tree from which the river had
washed the dirt the snake started to
i climb, only to be driven beneath them
and then out to an old stump, under
which the baffled and beaten reptile
took refuge.’*
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