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The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Mississippi
Mews
Forest and Fire Law.

DR.. A. F. Order, director of the
Mississippi geological survey, which
has been cooperating with the United
States forest service in studying the
forest data Of the State, and especially
the study of the condition of the long
leaf pine lands that have been cut
over, has submitted to the legislature
a preliminary report of the work done,
and concludes with the recommends
ion that the legislature, in order that
the forests may be better conserved
and the land better cared for after the
timber is removed, should enact a for
est and fire law, with provisions that
will render such alaw easily enforceable.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
To Eradicate the Tick.

One of the most practical measures
now before the legislature is the bill
to provide for tho establishment of a
cattle pest commission. This measure
is the direct outcome of the gathering
together at Jackson during the State
fair last November of stock raisers
from different parts of the State, who
formed the Mississippi Live Stock
Growers Association. The bill asked
for an appropriation of only $4,000 for
the two years, which will be augmented
by financial help from the United
States department of agriculture.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Chickens in the SNOWFALL,

Several boys at Tusten, Sullivan
county, started a ball of snow rolling
down a hill, and it went flying through
Farmer Schneider's chicken coop.
The big ball gathered up nine of
ScEneider's fat hens. With the
poultry packed into the ball, legs and
heads of chickens sticking out of the
mass, it rolled farther and brought
up in the barnyard of the next farmer,
on the opposite side of the Tusten
turnpike, where the pigs ate five of
the chickens.-Port Jervis dispatch
to the N. Y, World.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Would Experiment With Rice.

Congressman Humphreys endeavored
to have the trustees of the %penitentiary
to plant a hundred or more acres in
Japan rice in the delta as a demonstra-
ton crop, but his efforts were fruitless.
1t seems that an experiment was made
last year and proved a failure, but this
was of upland rice, which is quite a
different matter from Mr.. Humphreys
suggestion. He wants the experiment
made in Japan rice. which has proven
so successful in Louisiana and Texas,
and which the experts in the depart
ment of agriculture insist can be grown
with equal success in the Yazoo delta.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

A marriage is to be celebrated in
New Haven which has a rather un-
usual romance. While attending a
game of golf the lady in the case hit
a bali which struck and stunned the
gentleman. On his recovery the peni-
tent player a~pologized and the ro-
nance followed. This year, however.
the fair sex will not be obliged to re.
sort to such vigorous measures to
bring down their game, as, being leap
year, they have the privilege of pro-
posing, while the men have not chat
Of refusing.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

Jones county has entered the "corn
club" band and Superintendent Wal
drup is arranging for the work already.
His folder containing plans and in
structions has been received at this de-
partment. He will be worth over S12,-
900 to Jones county this year if the
average corn production can only be in
creased one bushel per acre. The corn
clubs will do the work il properly ham
died and persisted in. Let's have more
of them.
The bucket shops are in a fair way to
go out of existence in Mississippi.
Only five members of the house of rep
resentatives voted against the Boddie
bill for their suppression. 1t will un-
doubtedly go through the senate by an
almost unanimous vote also.
Keep the young men Of Mississippi
here to assist in the work of developing
Mississippi's wonderful We
need every one of them right here a.
home, and it is the duty of all goo
citizens to assist in the work Of keeping
them here.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
TWENTY-FIRST DAY.
House.

After an hours debate, in which a
number of members participated, which
was spirited and earnest but not acrimo-
NOUS, the amendment fixing the age at
IL years instead of IA was put to a vote,
and lost by a vote of 70 to 80. The
vote then required on the main question
of the passage of the bill, and the roll
call showed an increased vote, the result
being 70 for to 90 against.
Mr.. Nelms, chairman of the committee
on banks and banking, reported favorably
on the bill requiring the officers of banks
and branch banks to report their actual
cash balance at least every four months
to the auditor of public accounts.
Senate.
A message from the House was re-
ceived, announcing the passage of Senate
Bill No. 136, for mansion repairs; Sen
ate Bill No. 1863, to change certain Code
sections relative to changing time of
summoning grand juries to Washington
county; House Bill No. 210, to amend
Code, in reference to enumeration of edu-
cable children; also H. C. r. II, favoring
the appropriation of $780, 900 by Con-
gress for a home for soldiers, sailors, etc,
of all the wars.
H. B. 22S-To allow Prentiss county to
borrow from school funds.
S. B. H5-For relief of S. II. Jones of
Pamela county.
S. B. 91-To authorize the superin-
tendent of Jasper county to pay certain
sums to ex-Superintendent of Education
Shoemaker, and the four were passed
unanimously.
Mr.. Simpson called up House Bill 23S.
relative to the time the tax collector
shall sell lands on which taxes have not
been paid, and same was passed, and un-
der suspension of the rules, was sent to
the House, as were the four local bills
jrsr PASSED.
The committee on local and private leg
~islation reported ~unfavorably on House
Bill No. 160 for the creation of the
county of George. and that the 'sill do
not pass
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Prohibitionists Protest.

Several petitions have been forward
ed by Lincoln county prohibitionists to
their representatives in the legislature
protesting against the proposition OF
the liquor men not to cancel the saloon
license in this State until January, and
urging their representatives to hold
u against the proposed compromise
and demand closing the saloons out
next summer.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Sunday School Conference.

The Sunday school boards of the
Mississippi conference and the North
Mississippi conference, NJ. E. Church,
South, have arranged to hold a joint
institute for the Sunday school super
intendents of the two conferences. The
institute will be held at Durant, begin.
ming on Tuesday afternoon, May II,
and closing Thursday noon, May IA.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
College Dance SPOILED.

At a banquet and dance given at
Starkville by the junior class of the A.
and NJ. college, some miscreants, while
the jewellers were at supper, forced en-
trance into the dancing hall, destroyed
much of the decorations, among which
were two flags, valued at more than
one hundred dollars, and escaped with
several hats and o%vercoats after spoil
ing the floor for the evenings dance.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Midshipmen and MARRIAGE.

Midshipmen and marriage are inter-
esting the navy department at pres
ent considerably. In the last three
years more than one midshipman has
been dismissed from the service for
marrying before he has been graduated
from Annapolis. Also there have been
increasingly numerous requests to the
navy department from passed mid
shipmen asking permission to mar
ry. The department has been thus
far lenient with Cupid and has granted
most of these requests.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

One of the predictions for the new
year is that it will solve the problem
of practical aerial travel. So much
progress has been made in this direc-
tion and interest is so enthusiastically
aroused in the various experiments on
the subject, that this prediction will
not be received as one of visionary
projects which no sane and conserva-
tive person expects to see realized,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Negroes Lynch Negroes.

Two negro boys, aged 1S and ? years.
respectively, were lynched near Com
merce by a mob of their own color.
The crime for which the boys were
hanged was that of numbering their
father, which they did in a most brutal
manner, in order to secure a small sum
of money which the old man had.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

1t has been decided TO put the Pana.
ma canal dam and locks on the Pacific
side of the isthmus far enough inland
to be out of reach of a hostile fleet.
Thus we shall be prepared in case OF
a sudden hostile expedition on the part
of the natives of Guam.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Silver Service Presentation.

The citizens of ~Pascaugoula want the
new battleship Mississippi brought to
that port to receive the silver service
which the citizens of the State pur.
chased by popular subscription for the
latest acquisition to the navy
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Mississippi State Guard.

The report Of Adjt.-Gen. Fridge as
submitted to the legislature shows the
present strength Of the State Guard to
be 1918 men. It is estimated that $685..
600 for 1908 and the same amount for
1909 will be required for the proper
maintenance OF the organization.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
A CompIaininu Voice.

II wuz born in a log cabin an never
learned to read an write until l wuz
81 years old"
"Well?"
can yit I've never been even men,
toned fer the presidency. History is
a tickle jade."-Washington Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

Fifty members OF the Massachusetts
legislature work by the day for wages.
1t is to be hoped that their election to
the legislature may not lead them to
think working for a living is foolish
or "eceSS
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Jamison Convicted.

The negro Jim Jamison, who made {
murderous attack on Ernest Ray, {
young white man, at Canton, last No
vember, was last week convicted of as
sault with intent to murder and sen
fenced to teny years in the p~enitentiary
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Again Behind Prison Bars.

Joe Williams, former vice-president
of a negro bank at Hattiesburg, twice
tried for the murder Of Cashier Ed
Howell, of the same institution, and
who was out on bonI awaiting a third
trial, is again behind the bars of the
county Jail, this time on the charge OF
forgery,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

A Montreal paper has been fined
for calling the members of the provin-
cial legislature fools and ignoramuses.
The paper would probably have been
able to secure a verdict in it's own
favor if it had not INDUCED in such
silly tautology.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

Wearing a peekaboo shirt waist in
winter is highly recommended for
women who want to catch the grip.
Plenty of men catch it without any
special rules, thus demonstrating
again the superior ingenuity of the
sterner sex
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

A man six feet one inch in height
and weighing only 80 pounds has just
died in Rhode Island. What a great
tester of airships he would have been
if he had made use of his talents!
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

A scientist has discovered that a
grip germ has barbs. These, in ad-
dition to the thumb-screws, red-hot
pinchers and ice tongs, give him a
decided advantage over such puerile
bacilli as those of malaria and small
DOy
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

If any foreign nation should attack
our noble fleet of battle ships on their
journey, Admiral Evans will doubtless
order the battery of Fl ~pianolas into
action, and the fight will be over.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

A New York cafe has made its
women patrons a New Years present
of permission to smoke. In making
some presents it is often a wise thing
to consult the tastes of the recipients.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

A man who possesses the titles Of
earl and baron is starving in st. Louis
because he cannot find a job. He does
not explain why he has neglected to
marry an heiress.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
BURGLARY Clever Disguise.

Fred. Gessler, of Vicksburg, heard
some one prowling in his 20 at night.
but thought it was his wife. Subse.
quently he found a thief had used his
wife's wrapper Cor a disguise.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Foolish Limerick.

There once was a foolish young spitz
Who chased a black cat and her kitz.
His mistress exclaimed:
well, now, I'll be blamed,
IN spank that darned dog where he
Sitzfv
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

Sincerity is to speak as we think: to
do as we pretend and profess; to per-
form and make good what we promise;
and really to be what we would seem
and appear to be.-Archbishop Tillot-
son.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

That this is an age of paradoxes is
proved again by the fact that a famous
living skeleton, formerly with Bar.
num-, has just died from fatty degen-
Grafton.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

Now that the Japs in Vancouver
have become the aggressors, what will
be the international aspect of the
paSa2
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

These scientific inquiries as to why
mosquitoes do not bite frogs are plain
II an effort to tempt somebody to
start nature taking.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

A wooden pavement, when made of
rectangular blocks that have been
creosoted and honestly laid, approach
es closely to the ideal.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

IN Ohio judge is a private in the
national guard of that state. He
would be in a quandary if the troops
should be called out while he Is trying
a case.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

Leap year will have a salutary ef-
feet on the vanity of those bachelors
who have been enjoying ~anticipatory
thrills of worry.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

In the new year it is believed that
a larger number than eve will try to
swear off their taxes.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

Ann, according to the Philadelphia
Bulletin, is a popular name among
brides. And Amy name for a bride
groom is sufficient for a receptive
bride.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

Andrew C~arnegie's opinion that the
world is growing better indicates the
complacent mood that comes when
the golf is going well.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

What would the naval doctor in
command do if his BOAT were seized
with a sinking spell? Inject nitrogly-
cerine?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

AS to the proposition to pension L
ex-presidents, ought not something be
done for one or two of our most dis
%tinguished never-presidents?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
House.

der the age of IS was shown, as bills
practically identical in terms were intro
duced in the Senate and in the House.
House.
The Hous session was marked by the
passage of quite a number of measures,
the most important and significant being
the Mcintosh bill fixing the crime of
criminal assault or attempted criminal
assault as a capital offense and punish
able by death, or if, in the discretion of
the jury, to life Imprisonment. 1t is be-
lieved that it will pass the Senate with
as decided a vote as that which marked
its passage through the House.
Mr.. Quin called up House bill to amend
Section 2141 of the Code with regard to
the amount of exempt insurance that
can be paid executors or administrators
and not be subject to seizure for debt.
The former law makes in one section the
amount to read $4,000, and the other
$4,000, and the purpose is to reconcile a
direct conflict, and it was his recollection
that the $4,000 exemption passed the
last Legislature without opposition. The
bill passed, 95 to O.
Senate.
The Senate was called to order by
President Pro TEN. Hebron, and opened
with prayer by DR.. Hunnicutt.
Several petitions We're presented from
Jones, Lee and Prentiss counties, rela-
tive to the railroads employing minors
as ~telegraphers. Also by Mr.. West, a pc
tltlon from Jones County Medical So
ciety, relative to the passage of pure
food laws, etc, all of which were prop
erly referred.
Mr.. Harper introduced a bill which Gre
created more discussion thar any bill of
the session. It's title was as follows:
To prevent a man who owes a debt, and
is using every means in his power to pay
said debt, from being sued, and its pro-
visions read as follows: Section 1. Be
it enacted, by the Legislature, That
where a man is using every means in his
power to earn money to pay any debt,
or is denying himself and family the lux
uries-and as far as possible, the neces-
sites of life-he shall not be sued for
any debt he may owe. But said debt
shall he drawing the legal interest until
paid, and shall not run out by statute of
limitation.
Mr.. Bilbo called up House Bill 67, for
the relief of certain teachers of Itawam-
ba county.
Mr.. Bailey called up Senate Bill So
To amend Code, Section 1880, in regard
to adoption of the stock law by counties
or districts, SO as to make said law en-
forceable upon petition or affirmative
vote of a majority of residents or free
holders, or ~lease-holders, for a term of
three years.
Mr.. Bush, the author, explained this
bill, which he stated did not apply to
the full stock law, but gave to the
Board of Supervisors the authority to de-
clare a partial stock law upon petition or
affidavit vote of five-eighths of resident
f~ree-holders, etc.
Mr.. Whitman was the most vigorous of
the bills opponents. After very free dis
rnssion of the bill and several proposed
amendments, it was lost by a vote of 10
t. 10.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

After so much warning the average
man will be terribly disappointed if he
does not receive at least n pro-
posal during the coming year.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

That Muskegon man who rescued
a Detroit boy from drowning by hold
ing a rope in his mouth may be said
to have saved him by the skin OF his
teeth
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

Gertrude Atherton finds Edith
Wharton dull" We await Edith's
c~ross-counter.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

South America is naturally in
clined to regard the fleet IS some
thing that does not particularly con-
Germ it's interests one way or another.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

Do not strain your eyes looking for
prosperity, but get put and help it
along.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

First Postoffice Scheme.
The first %postoffice scheme was a
private enterprise and was inaugu-
rated about 1854.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
FOR SICK WOMEN,

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
andhas positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, ~fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness ,ornervous p~rostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

There is no accounting for tastes.
Grip bacilli love a close, ill-ventilated
room,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

More proof that Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound sd
woman from surgical operations.
Mrs. S. A. Williams, of Gardiner,
Maine, writes:
81 was a great sufferer from female
troubles, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound restored me to health
in three months, after my physician
declared that an operation was abso-
lutely necessary"
Mrs. Alvina Sperling, of 1874 Cey-
bourne Ave, Chicago, Ill, writes:
IL suffered from female troubles, a
tumor and much Inflammation. Two
of the best doctors in Chicago decided
that an operation was necessary to save
my life. Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound entirely cured me without
an ODerafiOn.o
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
TWENTIETH DAY.
Senate.

The question of increased school fund
distribution was again up for an airing
today, ~springing up in the Senate during
the consideration of the common school
fund appropriation bill. The bill as it
came from the committee on %appropria-
tiOns carried the sum of 81, 500, 900, to
be divided during the two years, 1905
and 1909. When the bill was called up
by Senator Sample shortly after the
opening hour, Senator Adams offered an
amendment increasing the yearly amount
to $1,500,000, instead of $1,250,000, and
this started the wordy warfare until the
luncheon hour, during which time the
discussion took wide range.
H.. b. 23S was reported favorably by
the finance committee just prior to its
passage, as was S. j. r. by Mr.. Vance,
chairman of the committee on pensions,
memorializing Congress to apply the cot
ton tax money to the Confederate PEN
sion fund.
The Senate sat in executive session for
two hours this afternoon, and it was pre-
sumably for the discussion of nomina-
lions of the executive.
House.
The House session was characterized
by a lively fight over a bill to provide for
an increase of remuneration for members
of boards of supervisors in connection
with the duties and responsibilities that
the law imposes upon them as the official
c~aretakers and custodians of the public
roads.
The opposition to this measure was
mainly from the rural sections, though
the bill passed eventually by a vote of
~ to AZ. Its further progress was frus-
trated by a motion to reconsider, entered
by Mr.. Yewell.
The insurance circles were much inter-
ested, apparently, as numbers of well
known men in the profession were seen
about the corridors early in the day. The
reason of this was made manifest when
Mr.. Bond, of Lawrence county, intro
duced a bill in the House to require all
life, fire, accident and casualty insurance
companies doing business in the State
to invest a part of their legal reserve
in local securities, this bill being modelled
after the Texas plan. The eyes of the
insurance world will be focused on Mis-
sissippi until the bill is either passed or
killed.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
A

In both houses today the bent of the
Legislature in regard to the use of pub
lie and licensed poolrooms by youths un.
der the age of IS was shown, as bills
practically identical in terms were intro
duced in the Senate and in the House.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07
Nobituel :.
Constipation

Nay beperuareafk e'sseomeb ypreper
personal efforts With the assistance
# the one truly beneficial laxati.e
rsmedN Syrup o}Ess ond Elixir { Serna,
Which enables one 10 form resalar
habits dolly So thai assistance g na-
lure may Be sraduaNy aispensea~S M
when no longer needed IS the 6esto}
remedies, when required. eseto assist
nature and not 70 sapplant the natur.
Al enetioas, which mnst depend ult;.
mately upon proper aourishmeat,
proper osts, and s;eht living GENERALLY.
,Iosstm Senefeisl effects. al~ars
buy the genuine
Syrup9FgssElur5Seona
CALIFORNIA
FIG SYRUP Co. ONLY
SOLD NAlL LEADING DRUGGISTS
one size only, regular price SOC per Bottle
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

The suggestion that the State erect q
small plant for the manufacture of bag
ging from low grades of cotton is at
tracing attention, and the legislature
will begin the investigation of the feas-
Utility of the plan in a few days. Ala
bama has such a plant and finds it
profitable. Then why not Mississippi?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-07

Lincoln, Jasper and Jones are the
latest converts to the corn club idea.
Which counties will be the next to fall
into line? This is generally acknowl-,
edged as n of the most important
movements inaugurated in Mississippi
in years, and is deserving of the en-
couragement of the people from every
walk of life.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-05-11
TICKETS ARE GOING

This morning at~nine O'ciock, the
box plan of the Congress of Song,
which is to be presented next Friday
evening at the Opera House, was put
on sale at Wall, Nichols Co. and over
one hundred tickets have been given
out already. Those who hold exchange
tickets should exchange them at once
for reserved seats, as the best of them
are being rapidly taken.
The chorus is putting in finishing
touches to its work, and those who
should know say that it will give the
people of Honolulu the best chorus mu-
sic they have heard here next Friday
in the Rose Maiden"
The soloists are all well able to take
care of their parts, and the last re-
hearsal ran off so smoothly that the
director was delighted. All who are
interested in good music should attend
this beautiful festival of song. 1t is
going to be the musical event of the
! year.