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THIS PAPER IS The Official Journal -of tub- CITY OF BAY ST. LOUIS. Subscription: $1.50 Per Annum. ss| mgsjSM -*- m. J£- T Slifl||Al^B^H - ;;%- JrSjjfett. r *• *\ J!§S<*, J M :O , || I ® ; A -’ li x 1 ■ <^v&> Leading can iidate for governor of Mississippi, who was a visitor to Bay St. Louis during the week and made a most favorable impression. SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY BOARD STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, ( Hancock County, City of Bay St. Louis. I Pursuant to legal notice, a special meeting of the board of mayor and al dermen of the city of Bay St, Louis was held at the city hall on the 23rd day of July, 1906, at 7:30 p. m. There were present Hon, John K. Edwards, mayor; T. M. Adam and F. S. Fabre, aldermen; A. J. Carver, marshal; Richard Mcndes, secretary; absent, Alderman Favrc. SPECIAL NOTICE. Bay St. Louis, Miss. To the aldermen of the city of Bay St. Louis. Gentlemen! You are hereby notified that a special meeting of the city council will take place at the city hall op Monday, July 2.3, 19<)6, at 7:30 p. m„ the object of same being to repeal election notice of July 26 and to adopt new date for holding said election. By order of the mayor. JOHN K. EDWARDS. Mayor, Attest: RICH’D MENDES, Secretary. Executed on A1 derm in Adam July 23, 19t)6, at 8:34 a. m. Executed on Alderm in Favre 22 July, 1906, at 9 a. m. Executed on Alderman Fabre 22 July, 1906, at 9: lo a. m. FRANK TACONI, Special Officer. July 23, 1906. The following orders, made at a for mer meeting, towit: Whereas W- J. Gcx’s office of alder man of the third ward of the city of Bay St. Louis was, according to section 21 of tne charter of the city of Bay St. Louis, declared vacant at the July term of the council, and whereas the uncx pired term of which exceeds six (6) months -prescribed by the said acts of 1900 above quoted; Now therefore be it resolved that an election be called to take place at the city hall of Bay St. Louis, Miss., on Thursday, the 26th day of July, A. D., 1 !)i)6, to elect a succes sor to fill the unexpired term of said of fice, which expires on the first Saturday in April, 1908. SPECIAL ELECTION NOTICE. Nolle •is hereby given that asp *Qial election will b ■ held at the City H ill, in Uay .St. Louis, Miss . on Tnursday, the CSth day of July, A. D. VJW, durin’ legal hours, for the election of an Alderman for the Third Ward of said city, to fill thd unoxpired term caused by vaeacancy in said office. J- K. EDWARDS, Mayor. Attest: Richard Mendes, Secretary. Were, on motion, duly seconded and carried, rescinded, and the following order unanimously adopted: Chapter "9, Section 4, Acts 1900, p. 94. Whereas W. J. Gex’s office of aider man of the third ward of the city of Bay St. Louis was, according to section 21 of the charter of the city of Bay St. Louis, deflated vacant at the July term of the council; and whereas the unex pired terra of which exceeds six (6) months prescribed by the said acts of liHK), quoted aboye, now, therefore, be it resolved that an election bo called to take place at the city hall of Bay St. Louis, Miss., on Thursday, August 10, 1906, to elect a successor to fill the un expired term of said office, which expires the first Saturday in April, 190S. SPECIAL ELECTION NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that a special election will be held at the city hall in the city of Bay St. Louis, Miss., on Thursday, August 16, 190 >, during legal hours, to make choice of an alderman for the third ward of said city, to fill the unexpired term caused by vacancy in said office. Attest: JOHN K. EDWARDS, RICH’D MENDES, Major. Sec’y. The mayor appointed S. Drake, W. Driver and H. M. Graham commission ers cf election, to hold said special elec. HON. CHARLES SCOTT, OF ROSEDALE, lion at the time and place set forth in notice of election for an alderman of the third ward, to be held at the city hall on Thursday, the 16th day of August, l!)06, repealing the motion made at a former meeting as to the date of holding said election. There being no further business, the Board adjourned to meeting in course. Attest: RICH’D MENDES, A copy. Secretary. NEW ORLEANS TRACKS AT PEACE. New York, July 24.—At a meeting in this city to day of representatives of the Crescent City and City Park Jockey Clubs of New Orleans and of the Ameri can Turf Association and the Western Jockey Club, a schedule of non-conflict ing dates for the winter races in New Orleans was agreed upon. The sched ule is so arranged that racing will be conducted two weeks at a time alter nately at the two tracks. The season of !906-’O7 will open at the Crescent City Jockey Club Fair Grounds track No vember 24, and racing will continue un til December 8. The City Park will open December 10, the initial meeting continuing until the 27th, in order that both tracks may operate a Christmas date. The schedule in full is as follow’s: Crescent City, November 14 to De cember 9; December 24 to January 5; January 21 to February 2; February 18 to March 2; March 18 to April 3. City Park, December 10 to 27; Janu ary 7 to 19; February 4 to 16; March 4 to 16; April 1 to 13. It was agreed that the same arrange ment of dates should hold during the season of l!H)7-’08, with the exception that City Park will then bo given the. opening dates. The agreement drawn up between the two racing associations was signed by D. A. Remand, for the Crescent City Jockey Club, and D. M. Barnes, for the City Park Jockey Club. It was wit nessed by L. A. Celia, for the Western Jockey Club and Joseph Rhmock, for the American Turf Association. Col. kidzely’s Old Colored Friend. “It isn’t often that a Southern white man becomes favorably impressed with a colored man,” said Col. J. Kemp Ridgcly, division passenger agent for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. “But 1 used to know one in Texas that I thought a great deal of. His name was Ben Johnson, and he was one of those genuine old darkies so dear to the South before the war. I took a great fancy to Ben, and when he told me he was trying to get a pension, I promised to help him. He believed in me so strongly that when I met him again, about two months later, became run ning up to me with outstretched hands, saying: “Is' tank you, Mista’ Ridgely, I got ma pension, and now I’s goin’ ter Wash ington to call on de President and tank him fo’ his generosity. I’s goin’ ov’ you all’s road, too.” “I told him to come in and see me when passing through New Orleans, so one morning -when I came down to my office there sat old Ben, his face liter ally hid behind a high collar and a big smile. “Well, Uncle Bon, arc you going to Washington !’’ I said to him. “Yessa,” he replied. I instructed one of the clerks to sell him a ticket. “Do you want it straight through ?” the clerk asked him, and the old fellow replied: “No, sah. I has a brotha’ presidin’ in Mobile, an’ 1 thought I’d hesitate 1 Jar an’ see hinv” “That was the last of old Ben,” said Col. Ridgcly, “for, while he was “hesi tating” with his brother in Mobile, he took typhoid fever and died. I w r as really sorry to hear of it, too,” sympa -1 thetically remarked Col. Ridgely, BAY SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1906. THE SUNDAY LAW ON THE MISSISSIPPI COAST STATEMENT FROM JUDGE HAR YD ON THE LAW Judge W. H. Hardy authorizes the publication of the following- statement in relation to the Sunday law: “A great many complaints have been made to me about Sunday baseball play ing which is expressly prohibited by Section 12l:> of the Code. Complaints were also made that the saloons in Bi loxi were open on Sunday, which is pro hibited by Section 1295 of the Code. I called attention of the sheriff, Mr. Flo rian Seal, to these complaints and re quested him to instruct his deputies to prevent Sunday ball playing and to see that the saloons were closed on Sundays; As to the sale of bread, meat, iced drinks, such as soda water, coca-cola, etc., newspapers and the running of li censed public hacks on Sunday they are excepted by a fair construction of Sec tion 12!>1 of the Code and parties are not liable to arrest and prosecution therefor.” SHERIFF SEAL’S REPLY. Gulfport, Miss., July 26, 1906. To the Biloxi Herald: Section 125)1, Revised Code, reads: “If any person on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, shall j himself labor at his own or any other i trade, calling or business, or shall employ 1 his apprentice or servant in labor or ‘ other business, except it be in the ordi nary household offices daily of necessity or other wmrks of necessity or chanty, he shall, on conviction, be fined not i more than twenty-five dollars for each 1 offense, deeming every apprentice or servant so employed a-s constituting a distinct offense; but nothing in this sec tion shall apply to labor on railroads or steamboats.” Judge Hardy claims that a broad, lit eral interpretation of the above would except dealers in ice, soda water, coca cola, meats, and licensed hacks, etc.,etc. In my dense ignorance I thought that the only exemption from the operation of the above would be the exemption named, to-wit: “labor on railroads and steamboats.” If selling ice, fish, meat, bread, etc., come under the head of “other work of necessity,” then I see no reason why the corner grocery should be restrained from selling green shoulders, red beans, etc., such commodities being as neces sary to the poor man as a sirloin steak is to the rich. I have been under the impression that drug stores could be kept open for the sale of the medicine only, and not of pencils, perfumery, papeties, playing cards, soap, knives, candy, ice cream and soda water, and for the good reasons that stationery stores, carrying many of these articles, are closed hard and fast. Section 1292 prohibits “a merchant, shopkeeper, or other person, from keep ing open store, or disposing of any wares or merchandise, goods or chattels, on Sunday, or selling or bartering the same.*’ And the custom, in many parts of Mississippi, of dispensing of nothing on Sunday, and especially so in our neigh boring county, Jackson, led me to be lieve that a strict interpretation of the Sunday law had brought about such and e termination. Of course, I am no lawyer and have no right to construe statutes, but abso lute fairness to all demands that I should endeavor to be just to every one. We have lately had a long, wearisome term of the circuit court, presided over by a learned judge, who, impressively and learnedly, in his charge, called the attention of the grand jurors to the many violations against the laws. An intelligent grand jury, at great expense to the county, investigated all the matters mentioned in the charge, and yet, for some reason, not an indict ment was found against Sunday viola tors. If the persons who complained to the judge about the various infractions of the law had gone before the grand jury and disclosed what they knew, no doubt many indictments would have been found. 1 felt that, in calling my attention to baseball players and saloonkeepers only, it was narrowing things down to too fine a point, and 1 resolved that I would not be a party to any such proceeding. However, as these questions are now virtually decided, and we are at last en - lightened as to what the Sunday law really means, I shall, in the future, shape my conduct in strict conformity with this'late interpretation. F. SEAL. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1 A LIST OF LEADING ARTICLES TO BE FOUND IN NEXT WEEK’S ECHO MAGAZINE SECTION. SOUTHWEST’S SMALL FARMS. Wonderful production in the Semi - Tropics—What a man raises on one acre, MADAME JUSSERAND. Sketch of the popular American wife of the French ambassador. THE WHITE COMPANY Alleyne, forced into a sword duel, shows his mettle, skill and magnanimity. AGRICULTURAL AND HOME TOPICS. Discovery of vast deposits of American potash fertilizer—Capons and how to caponize Growing celery for the home. SUMMER GOWNS AND FROCKS FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS. Bertha Browning tells about popular I styles. GET A GARDEN HOME, i Expert gardeners, fruit growers and poultry raisers invited to make homes in the wonderful Salt River Valley, Arizona, This issue is handsomely illustrated with some twenty fine half-tone draw lings. AGED FINANCIER DIES SUDDENLY. RUSSELL SAGE COLLAPSES AT LAWRENCE, L. 1., IN COUN TRY HOME THERE. WOULD HAVE BEEN NINETY YEARS OLD IN AUGUST.—HEART FAIL URE IMMEDIATE CAUSE. Russell Sage died suddenly Sunday at his country heme, “Cedarcroft,” at Lawrence, L. I. The immediate cause of death was heart failure, resulting from a complication of diseases inci dent to old age. The veteran financier would have celebrated his 90th birthday on August 4th. Mr. Sage had been in exceptionally good health since his arrival at his summer home about six months ago. At noon he was seized with a sinking spell and collapsed, falling into uncon sciousness about two hours before his death, which occurred at 4::U> o’clock. Russell Sage, multi-millionaire and Nestor of American financiers, was born on August 4, 1816, in Verona, Oneida County, N. Y., where his parents, Elisha and Pendence Sage, members of a little company of pioneers from Con necticut, had halted while on their west ward march in quest of a homestead. At the age of 12 years Russell Sage be gan his career ?s an errand boy in the grocery store of his brother, Henry, in Troy. At the age of 22 he established a wholesale grocery of his own in that place. In 1857 the young merchant had ac quired a fortune estimated at almost half a million dollars, a vast amount for those days, and determined to retire from active business life. He had, however, already become interested in railroads, his first transaction of this character being a loan to the La Crosse Railroad Company, which led to further transaction resulting in his acquiring large interests in the roads now forming the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul system, of which he became vice presi dent. ENTERS WALL STREET. This determined Mr. Sage to deyote his future energies to operations in Wall street, and in 1863 he opened his first office in New York. About this time he formed an association with Jay Gould, which continued for many years. About 1872 Mr. Sage originated the system of trading in “puts, calls and straddles”, in which he continued to deal thereafter on a colossal scale. While he purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1874, it is be lieved that he never appeared on the floor of the exchange. Only once, it is said, did Mr. Sage ex perience a tremendous reverse, which would have crushed most men, but from which he emerged with courage and confidence unshaken. This was on the memorable day in 1884 when the great failure of Grant Ward was announced, resulting in the loss to Mr. Sage of about $6,000,000 on a long line of ’‘puts“. His operations necessitated the pos session of a vast amount of ready cash and Mr. Sage always kept his resources so well in hand that in any emergency he was able to command almost un lim ited amounts. At the time of his death Mr. Sage was an officer and director in twenty-five great railway and telegraph corporations. An incident which startled the whole country occurred in Mr. Sage’s office in the old Arcade Building, No. 71 Broad way, on December 4, 1891. On that day he was visited by Henry P. Norcross, of Boston, a man of unbalanced mind , who demanded an immediate gift of $1,200,- 000. When the demand was refused, Norcross dropped a dynamite bomb up on the floor, the explosion of which de capitated Norcross, killed one of the clerks and wrecked the whole office. Mr. Sage was only slightly injured by the explosion. For many years Mr. Sage occupied during the winter an old - fashioned brown-stone mansion at 506 Fifth ave nue, from which he was reluctantly com - pelled to move about four years ago, owing to the invasion of retail stores to No. 632 Fifth avenue. His summers were spent at his country place at Law rence, where he died. Mr. Sage was married twice, first in 1841 to Miss Maya Winne, daughter of Moses I. Wynne, of Troy. His wife died in New York in 1867, and two years later he married Margaret Olivia, daugh ter of Jos. Slocum, of Syracuse, N. Y. When in need ot NOTE HEADS, BILL HEADS, LETTER HEADS, ENVELOPES, CARDS. ETC. Consult THE ECHO. Mrs. Newrieh, of New York—Did you bathe during your recent visit to Atlan tic City? Mrs. Emerson Saltonstall, of Boston— No; I had intended to do so, but another lady was using the ocean. —Life. Summer Boarder —“It is so pictur esque to watch the cows oome home.” Farmer—“ There’s more money in it when they stay on the railroad track.”— New York Sun, RUSSELL SAGE. Had Russell Sage lived until August 4he would have been 90 years old. JHe was reared on a farm and began busi ness life as an errand boy in a grocery store in Troy. Then he had a retail grocery of his own and finally became a wholesale grocer. He was a W T hig Congressman oack in the fifties, and in 1863 began his Wall street career. He was one of the largest operators in rail way and other securities ann was a director in twenty-four large New York corporations. Probably no one knows the amoudt of his fortune, but he was a very rich man. He had the reputation of being miserly, a reputation he seemed to court. Numerous are the stories told at his expense—about the only expense he ever incurred—illustrating his reluc tance to part with a dollar. Russell Sage was not a lovable char acter. He loved money to well, and the man who loves money for money’s sake i can have little sympathy with or from his fellow-men. Mr. Sage was the slave of his fortune. He might have retired from business years ago and lived in peace and quiet in his old age, but he continued until recently to devote his thoughts and efforts to the business which had mastered him. If the spirit of generosity and philanthropy or the the sense of obligation to humanity ex isted in him he kept the fact well con cealed from the public. Yet he may have been more generous in his own way than he cared to have the public know. Not many will mourn for Mr. Sage. Dead, he is as poor as the poor est, when he might have been rich in death, and with his opportunities have made the world better by his life. “ 'Tis not the whole of life to live, nor all of death to die. Mr. Sage lived narrowly and selfishly, and died a pauper amid his wealth. He set one good example. He lived frugally and reached an age that few attain, doubtless as the result of careful habits. Many, however, pre fer to live more liberally, even if they die earlier. A RICH TYPE OF WOMAN. The death of Lady Curzon, wife of the former Viceroy of India, has caused general regret on both sides of the At lantic. As Miss Mary Leiter she was popular in Washington and Chicago, and was as beautiful as she was amia ble. For several years she was virtu ally queen of 300,000,000 people, and was her husband’s trusted aid and ad viser. More than any American girl did she win favor in England, and the London newspapers contain editorial eulogies of her. The Morning Post, the newspaper of high society, says of her: “The most sincere sorrow for the loss of a woman who, alike in her char acter, beauty and talents, captivated in a few years England, America and In dia. With the quiet zeal and clear sighted constancy which is characteris tic of American judgment and ambition she devoted herself to her husband’s career, and the brilliant success of his wife was not the least remarkable feat ure of Lord Curzon’s historic Vice royalty.” The London Times says: “Lady Curzon, by her character and personal charm and rare intelligence, was admirably fitted to share with her husband the greatest Viceroyalty in the world. She herself had distinction, the distinction which comes of nature. It is said of her by Englishmen singularly competent to judge that her bearing in this great position was that of a woman bom to it. She was a typical American girl and one of the highest examples of that ever brilliant and infinitely varia ble type.” Several American girls have married distinguished Englishmen, and more than one has exerted a marked influence within her widened zone, but Lady Cur zon was a woman of unusual influence and character. The Cost of Running a Daily Paper. “What does it cost to run a daily newspaper?” That question was re cently asked the editor of the Jackson ville (Fla.) Metropolis. One might as well ask what it costs to run a hotel or a store or a railroad. It depends on the size. The expenses of the average daily newspaper are much larger than most people suppose. Some figures recently published give an idea of what it cost to run a newspaper. For instance, the weekly composition bill or cost of type setting on the Boston Globe is about $4,000 and the same on the New York Herald. On the St. Louis Globe-Demo crat it is about $3,000. On the Cincin nati Inquirer it is about $4,200. For special telegrams the Chicago Tribune pays over $5,500 a month, the New York World about slo,ooo, the St. Louis Globe-Democrat $12,000 and the Boston Herald s6,ooo—this, in addition to the cost of the Associated Press. The cost of white paper is one of the large items. The New York World pays about $700,000 for white paper, the Chi cago News about 500,000, the Boston Globe and Herald about $350,000 each, the Cincinnati Inquirer about $300,000, while a number of papers pay from SIOO,- 000 to $250,000. Send Your JOB PRINTING To The— SEA COAST ECHO South Mississippi College, (REMOVED FROM POPUARVIIXE.) Hattiesburg Business College. On account of the recent burning of our buildings at Poplarvillc we have mo\ed our institutions to Hattiesburg, where larger and better buildings are being erected one and one-half miles from town. Accommodations tor 500 students, only two to a room. Steam heat, electric lights, sanitary toilets, hot and cold shower baths, artesian water. 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