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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1907-08-23

Mrs J. s. Eggleston entertained the
last Whist Club meeting with her us.
ual charm and originality. The place
cards were blue prints Of her cosy bun
galow. The souvenirs went to Mrs.
A. M. Pepper and Miss Mary Dyer for
high scores and the consolation was
cut by Mrs j. G. Pinkerton. A dain-
ty menu was served.
Wednesday evening Miss Fannie
Eggleston entertained al fresco. A
most delightful time was garnered by
the fortunate guests. The refresh
ments were served in picnic indivi-
dual baskets, each being tied with
ribbon ahttachod to a part of verse.
The possessor of the other half of the
rhyme determining the partners 70,
lunch. Sherbert and cake completed
the elaborate edibles. The first prize,
a dainty embroidered sun bonnet, was
won by Mrs J. Ell. McBee. She pre-.
sented ii to the guests from distance
and in the cut went to Miss Boothe.
Mr.. Joe Levy won the men q souvenir,
sun hat
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1907-08-23

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ward, Miss Ma
ry Jesty and W. B. Kelly, of Winona,
attended house party at Tchula last
week.
Miss Nurrie johnson left Saturday
on weeks visit to her brother,
Evans, at Emory.
Keep the pores open and the skin
clean when you have a cut, burn,
bruise or scratch. DeWitt's Carboli-
zed Witch Hazel Salve penetrates the
pores and heals quickly. Sold by B.
S. Beall.
The meeting conducted by Pastor
Kincanon at Pleasant Ridge and Good
man last week and week before result
cd in seven additions at the former
place and four at the latter Mr.. Kim
canon will leave next week for Virgil
MIA, to bring his children home for
the opening Of school.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1907-08-23

Gen. w. D. Cameron, of Meridian
returned home Wednesday from visit
at Lexington and Goodman.
DIR. J. r. Watson returned Wednes-
day from a business trip to Memphis.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Wilburn left
Tuesday on an extended visit to
Franklin, Tenn.
r. Fl. Moore, of Oxford, was the
cherished guest of Lexington friends
Saturday.
G. s. Bowman, of Bowling Green,
gave his friends here the hearty hand
shake Saturday.
DR. F. L. Bott visited Howard Sat
urday.
%. J. Ellington, OF Bowling Green,
disposed of fine lot of truck farm
products Saturday.
Miss Myrtle Burt has returned
home to Winona from three months
visit at this place.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1907-08-23

Center fielder Cunningham, the man
with sack, caught too many sailing
spheres to the sorrow of Durant. Bill
in right fed played some, too. Runs
forLexington piled up like mountains
and stick work was in full blast. The
game was rather too one-sided to be
interesting. The rain and mud caused
few wild throws and fumbles. Quite a
number of Durant people came over
to witness the game Lexington line
up was as follows: Newsom, c.,
Heinrich, p, B. Wilson, 1b., Jordan,
2b., Williams, 3b. Shepherd, s.,
Williams, |. f., Cunningham, C. f..
Beall, r. f.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1907-08-23
Lexington VS.. Duranf.

Lexington and Durant played the
game of the season with the result of
q score of IL to in favor of the locals
The locals were in fine trim form
and had the game cinched from the
start. The same old steadies we're in
the game with slight change in posi-.
tion. Henrch pitched fine game and
was right there with the goods. New.
som was the backstop and Baxter Viii.
son holding down the first bag. Jor.
dan on second nailed his chances and
Williams on third proved his third
baseman qualities. Shepherd at short
played his part and the left fielder,
Wilson, was the same old hit robber.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1907-08-23

c. T. stepp, cashier of the Bank Of
Cruger, rendered his resignation to
the board of directors of that institu-
tion at their meeting on the 18th Of
August. Mr.. Stepp has served as
cashier of the Bank OF Cruger for the
past three years, having opened the
bank and developed a nice business.
Mr.. w. r. King, q prominent bust
ness man OF Cruger, has been elected
cashier to succeed Mr.. Stepp effective
the 1st of September. The following
resolutions were adopted by the
board: Resolved that we express our
thanks to G. T. Stepp, our retiring
cashier, for the faithful and efficient
service rendered this bank and OK.
tend to him our best wishes for suc-
cess in any field that he may cast his
lot. G. A. Pitchford, j. l. Lundy,
Committe.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1907-08-23
Holmes County's First Bale.

The first bale Of the raised by J. C. Lindsay and
brought to Lexington, Wednesday morning August 2Ist
the bale ighed $685. classed Strict Mdding and was sold
Pckens Brothers Company for IS IL cents and one barrel
Of Oris Flour as premium
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07

Three young officers belonging to
regiment at that time stationed in the
Puniab decided to build themselves a
house on hill overlooking the Sutlet
river, and in doing this they trespassed
on the sacred ground surrounding the
tomb of some half forgotten saint. An
old Mohammedan who had charge of
the tomb endeavored to persuade
them to move the site of their house,
but finding them obudrate, cursed
them with oriental fluency, declaring
that not one of the three should die
in his bed and that the house would
never stand.
The curse was disregarded. The
house was built. Shortly after ons
officer was killed out tiger shooting
while another met his death playing
polo, The third fell so dangerously
i'll that it seemed as IL he would
break the prophecy by dying in his
bed. He was sent home, however, re.
covered, and returning to India two
years later, was drowned going up tho
Ganges in a boat.
On the same day, so it is told, the
river Sutlej overfowed its banks and
washed away the house.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
SCHOOL CHILDREN AND DRINK.
The Latter Responsible for Mental De-
ficiency of Former.

DR.. A. MacNicholl, of New York
city, in a report of an examination Of
the cause of mental deficiency in
school children, prepared for the New
York Academy of Medicine, says: In
prosecuting this work l am forcibly
impressed by the conspicuous posi-.
ton occupied by alcohol as cause of
mental deficiency of children. Alro-
hol, by destroying the integrity of the
nerve structure, lowering the stan
dard of organic relations, launches
hereditary influences, which, by con.
tinuous transmission, gain momentum
and leave their impact upon gland and
nerve until mental faculties are de.
moralized, physical energies hopeless
ly impaired and the moral nature be-
comes degenerate and dies"
The doctor found that of children Of
drinking parents but of abstaining
grandparents, rs per cent were dull
lards; of the children of abstaining
parents and drinking grandparents, 1S
per cent. were dullards; of the chill
dren of abstaining parents and grand
parents, only per cent were dull
lards.
The fact is evident and only too
true, therefore, that drink is curse
to the prosperity and well-being of
society-a burden to the sober tax
payer, an enemy of the poor mans
home and the cause of two-thirds of
the evil in the world.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07

son did not live to enjoy the estate
He was drowned in the Rhine trying
to shoot the falls of Schaffhausen and
the story goes that the messenger,
coming post haste to England with
his evil tidings, was met at Calais by
another messenger with the news that
Cowdr'ay house had been burned to
the ground
The tragic fulfilment of the double
curse of "fire and water" was such a
severe blow that no effort appears to
have been made to preserve the half
ruined mansion from further damage
or to restore it in any way
The estate passed to the sister of
the drowned heir and not many years
later the curse of water was again
fulfilled: her two sons were drowned
by the capslzing of boat before the
very eyes OF their parents. The title
went to the next male Montague in
the succession, who died without heir,
and the family became extinct.
1t is certainly story full of stra lge
coincidence. A somewhat similar story
of curse coming true was related
to the writer by a ge..slemaT who was
personally acquainted with all the
people concerned.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
nSoap Senae.n

The difference in cost between a
poor toilet soap and a good toilet
soap such as Buchan's soap, is a cent
or two per week. The difference in
results, though, cannot be measured
In money. The cheap soap made from
impure fat and powerful alkali, irri-
tates the skin and results in all kinds
of skin trouble Buchans Antisep-
tic Soap, however, not only abso-
Iutely pure and fine cleanser, but it
contains Phenol Absolut, an ideal an
tiseptic protecting the user against
contamination. II your. dealer does
not keep it send h name and ad-
dress with IS cents 10 Buchans Soap
Corporation, New York, and they will
send you a full size cake.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07

solution OF the monasteries it was con-
fiscated and presented by the King
to Viscount Montague, who, though
himself a Roman Catholic, had no
scruple in accepting it.
The prioress made dignified pro-
test against the spoliation of the
church, and finding protest vain she
cursed the Montague family with the
curse of fire and water" and foretold
its extinction.
So long. however, as the Montagues
continued Catholic the curse appeared
imperative, but in the eighteenth CEN
tury the then LORD Montague married
a daughter of the famous Countess of
huntingdon, who founded the Coun-
tess of Huutingdon's ConnexiOn, and
under her influence became Protes.
tant. Tales are told of conventieles
held in the famous Chestnut avenue
In Cowdray Park, but efforts to hold
similar meetings in the chapel always
failed, owing to the lights being mys-
teriously extinguished
Tire first Protestant Montague, how
ever. reverted on his deathbed to the
ancient faith: and perhaps this was
the reason that in spite of the curse
he died peacefully in his bed. His
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07

submarines are an extremely recent
development of naval science. Few
people are aware that they were ac-
tuaIly employed by the American col
onies during the revolution and that
during the civil war federal cruiser
was blown up by a confederate sub
marine.
The boats thus employed were. OF
course. crude affairs in comparison
with the craft that will meet in COM
petition down the bay, but they were
interesting examples of early expert
ments and sufficiently refute the no.
ton that submarines are strictly mod
ern affairs. But fer an unforeseea 2s-
stacle the submarine built by David
Bushnell. a Connecticut inventor, dur
ing the revolution would have blown
up one of the British men-of-war lying
off Brooklyn at a time when the col
to the bottom did the same thing for
the submarine, and there it still rests,
a tomb of iron for the nine intrepid
men who formed her crew.
Before she was employed against
the Housatonic several crews had lost
their lives in experimenting with her,
and this has been used by advocates
of the submarine as proof that in time
of need men will always be found
ready to risk the dangers Of the tickle
craft This has been still further dem
nn ctrated hy the ability to secure
crews for submarines in spite of the
disasters which have befallen boats of
that type in the French and other
European navies during the past few
years.
Since the days of the crude subma'
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
sE'A5IA}iIlljI|llR
~W -EAN4A
ONLY A GLASS OF BEER.
But in Four Years II Made a Drunkard
Out Of the 6oastfuI Young Man.

Il only take glass of beer now and
then," said a young man of my ac'
quaintance; 'it rests me, and there is
no harm in it." That was four years
ago, and to-day that man is fast be-
coming a drunkard, if he is not al
ready one. After awhile one glass
did not satisfy him, so he took an
other until now he is an habltua
drinker.
"Only a glass of beer" four years
ago, and to-day a drunkard.
How many useful lives have been
wrecked, how many thousands have
gone down to a drunkard'S grave, how
many are spending weary years inside
the prison doors, and "only glass OF
beer" was the first downward step!
Boys, don't touch it. If you never
take the first drink you are on the
safe side. Don't think you are strong
enough to stand when others stronger
than you have fallen. Don't you think
you can take a few drinks and then
stop when you choose, for with the
appetite it is sure to create and the
saloons looming up on every corner
1t is dangerous business, and you can
not afford to take any chances.
If you have commenced stop at once
Don't drain the cup to it's bitter dregs
for you will find nothing but sorrow
and a waste of life. Take your stand
against 1t like boy know, who will
boldly say, Il never drank and l never
SHALL" This boys father was drunk
ard, and there was misery and sor.
row in that home 1t made deep i'm.
preston in the heart of the boy, and
though he has grown up with tempta'
! tion all around him and every oppor-
tunity to go astray, he has firmly stood
his ground. He is never seen standing
in front of the saloon. The gambling
table has no charms for him. He
never goes with evil companions, and
If by chance he is thrown in their way
he boldly looks into their faces and
| dares to say NO"
Mothers point to him as a model
for their sons to initiate. Would to
God that all men and boys were like
him. There would be no saloons, with
their doors wide open like the mouths
of ravening wolves seeking whom they
may devour. We would not have to
urge the men who call themselves
Christians to vote the curse out of
existence.
only a glass of beer" yet what
an outcome! Sorrow and misery all
along the way, a wasted life, and
finally a drunkard's eternal hell.
Touch not, taste not, handle not"
for in that alone lieth safety.-By
Frances M. Wheeler, in National Ad'
vocate.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
~ Endless Chain.

Speaking OF the endless chain
prayer that is going the rounds" said
the woman with the cheerful voice, Il
can't see what good that can do, un-
less, maybe, it might start some poor
wretch on the road to glory, but got
an awfully nice silk petticoat through
an endless chain once. The naanufac-
turers sent letters asking for FIVE
names and a ten-cent piece. sent
Eve names and the ten-cept piece, not
thinking much about Il, Just trying
1t, and it wasn't long before they sent
me this lovely silk petticoat. 1t was
the incest sort of silk. too. AS long a.
I wore it It didn't crock"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07

Ghosts have long been made a sub
5ect of careful scientific inquiry; We
wonder that the Psychical Research
society does not enlarge its sphere
and investigate the failure or fulfil
ment of prophecies and curses, heTed-
itary or otherwise.
One of the most singular recorded
instances of the apparent fulfilment
.of a curse, says the London Chronicle.
is told of the Montague family, the
original possessors of the Cowdray
estate at Midhurst, now in the hands
n the Earl of Egmont. The Cowdray
property belonged to the Roman Cath
ollie church. being dependence OF
Easebourne Priory. some portions of
which are still to be scea. At the dis
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
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over the preparations for the tests.
From the notices sent to prospective
competitors outlining the require
ments and the nature of the tests, no.
tices which the navy department itself
declined to make public, the impOT-
tance of the event in naval progress is
evident. For one of the tests storm
at sea will be necessary, since each
contestant will be required to deSoOn-
strate it's stability in as rough water
as Neptune can be induced to furnish
for the occasion.
Another important feature will be
the submerged test, during which each
competitor will be kept beneath the
surface for "a hours, when the crew
will be dependent entirely on the re-
sources of the boat for food, air and
all living accommodations. This will
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
Makes for Prosperity.

Recent reports from Kansas still in
dicate that prohibition tends to in
crease, rather than retard, prosperous
conditions. More than $1,O00,OOO was
invested last year in banks, estab-
lished for the most part in the smaller
towns, and the estimated per capita
wealth of the state is $3.50 in cash
(not including stocks, bonds, securities
and money in safe deposiD. Only a
few other states in the Union can
equal this record
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07

most important previous one having
been in 1898. when three types were
entered, the Baker submarine meeting
the other two. Since then, however.
and even since 1900 and 1901, when all
the submarines now in the navy were
constructed. there have been tre-
merdOus strides in their construction.
Each firm will be represented by its
latest designs, embodying all chat has
been learned about the science OF
summarizing up to the present time.
The Holland company will present the
Octopus, the first Of the four new
boats to be completed at the Fore Riv-
er yard. The Lake company recently
completed boat at Newport News
which it claims is the best possible
example Of submarine construction.
This was taken to Bridgeport, Conn,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
US. SUlBFzHFINZ c5HlARF U4E OF
me HOXL<XD 6QN7ss,

rine of the civil war the development
onies were in dire straits and success
in Bushnell's enterprise would have
seemed like a miracle sent from
heaven by the underwater route.
Had Washington's Approval.
Bushnelrs plans were approved by
Washington, and turtle-shaped boat
holding air enough to permit the sin
gle operator to remain under water
half an hour was built. The operator
succeeded in getting under the bot
toms of several of the British vessels,
but found them copper sheathed,
which prevented the attaching of the
torpedoes with a screw as had been
the plan. 1t was the primitive char
acter of the torpedoes available, there
FORE rather than the limitations of the
boat itself. which caused the enter
prise to fail.
During the civil war submarine
constructed by an Indiana shoemaker
was employed by the confederates in
Charleston harbOr, and they succeeded
with it in sinking the cruiser Housa-
tonic. The boat was cigar-shaped
craft carrying a crew of nine, and was
propelled by oars ingeniously equipped.
1t has been claimed that she was run
ming practically on the surface when
she made her attack and that there.
fore her effectiveness as submarine
was not fully demonstrated.
1t remains, however, the only in.
stance when a submarine has been
successfully employed in actual war.
fare, and the manner of the attack
will never be known, for the explosion
of the torpedo which sent the cruiser
of the submarine has been marvellous
but most of it has been based on the
introduction of the gasoline engine
thus providing practical motive pow.
er for the conditions that must be
met. The modern submarine, there
fore, owes its standing to the same
thing that has created automobiles as
an important factor OF civilization and
has made the perfection of the aero
plane appear to be among the posi-
bilities of the near future.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07

for the finishing touches. Each OF the
rivals, therefore. will be offering the
extreme limit OF its achievements to
the government.
In spite of the fact that some naval
officers are strongly opposed to sub
marines and that their actual worth
in war is still to be demonstrated, the
United States 10 deciding to continue
their construction is merely following
the example OF European powers. Rus
sia and Japan each ordered subma-
rines during the recent war, but none
of them was put into use so far as is
known. France has thus far led the
way, and now has feet of over so
submarines. They are, however, of
varying sizes and types, the French
having apparently been unable to de-
eide upon fixed type.
Britain Uses Holland Type.
Great Britain paid small attention
to submarines till within a few years,
but now has a considerable fleet much
more homogeneous in character than
Frances. the British admiralty hav-
ing practically adopted the Holland
type. 1t has also been constructing
submarines of 500 tons, believed to be
the largest that any nation has at
tempted.
Germany has recently begun the
construction of submarines with great
zeal and plans to develop a consider
able fleet of the craft, while both Italy
and Austria are beginning to acquire
them. Little has been known of the
naval activity of Russia and Japan
since the war, but each nation is be
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
A DoWry from Drink,

A marriage recently celebrated in
Scotland has curious story attached
to it. The brides father and mother,
who have been abstainers for over 20
years, gave as marriage dowry to
their daughter the sum of e120
Every week since they became total
abstainers the amount formerly spent
in alcoholic liquor was banked for the
little one who caused her parents to
take the pledge. The little girl had
seen her father slightly inebriated and
reproved him for it the next day. The
parents have eschewed drink ever
since.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-07
Drink and Paunerisn.

The relation of pauperism to intem.
perance seems very plain to the peo-
pie of Japan. In Great Britain there
are 100000 paupers, while Japan
has only $4,000. When someone ex-
pressed surprise at the great disparity
and wondered why in Japan there
is so small an element of pauperism in
proportion to population, the reply Of
Japanese statesman was: THAT IL
because while the Japanese drink tea
the British people drink alcohol"