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Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-11
Convention Proceedings.

The Sunday School convention OF
the 4th and 5th districts was held
with Loves M. E. School, Dec. 3.
Devotional exercise conducted by
Rev. L. ]. Braswell. Song service
led by Mrs. G. G. Love.
First subject, 'srhe Book" was
ably discussed by Rev. w. E. Lee,
followed by Rev. L. J. Braswell, d.
E. Wilson, Hugh Foster, and others.
Mrs. 7. J. Dean read an excellent
paper on "The Teacher" that brought
out such enthusiasm and zeal that we
were unable to complete the discus
sion before noon. At 10 m. we ad-
journed for dinner. After partaking
of bountiful feast, spread on the
ground by the good ladies of Loves.
We again assembled in the church
and took up the discussiod of "The
Teacher" which was edifying to all.
After which Bro. ID. G. Lauderdale
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-11

opened the discussion of "The Schools
in able manner, followed by Bros. L..
J. Braswell, J. B. Solomon, DR.. T. A..
Knight and others.
The subject why should church
members attend Sunday SCHOOL, was
introduced by j. B. Solomon, with
many reasons why they should at
tend, followed by several, and the
opinion of all was that every church
member ought to attend Sunday
school.
After resolution of thanks to the
good people of Loves for their kind
hospitality, motion prevailed to adj
iourn. Arter singing Bring Them
Inn followed with closing prayer by
Rev. w. E. Lee, everybody went
home feeling that it was good to have
been there.
w. r. GLENN, President.
}. A. CHAMBLEY, Secretary.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-11
Mutilated Stamps Useless.

A new order in the postoffice de-
partment went into effect recently,
and should be noted by the people
generally. BY the terms of the new
order defaced stamp is hereafter
worthless. Should corner be tern
off, no matter how small, or the
stamp be mutilated in any way, it
cannot longer be used. All letters
bearing such stamps will be held at
the postoffice two weeks for recovery
and at the end of such time, if net
claimed, will be sent to the dead let
ter office. Another phase of the or
der is also interesting. Permission is
now given individuals to perforate
the stamp they use with reasonably
small instrument for Identification
purposes. Such a step is intended to
prevent the sending of anonymous
letters or the theft or mntilation of
private mail of any nature. lex.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-11
Deals h Dirt.

w. G. Knight to s. A. Hughey-80 80
acres at Poplar Corner. Price 81, 900.
w. G.. Davis ct ux to F. r. Wright
-9S acres near Aldens. Price $3.50.
j. d. johnson ct ux to IT, M. Murry
and j. A. Hall-320 acres at Lynch
burg. Price $1,000.
J. D. Johnson ct ux to Thomas A.
Hall ct al-418 acres one mile south
of Horn Lake. Price $11, 600.
Gilbert Reese to C. M. McCook
Lots in fernando. Price $500.
J. F. Lively to Lake View Traction
Col "a acres near Lake View.
Price $50.
Louis Fritz--Lots at Lake View.
Price $40.
I.& P. Flynn to Lake View Trac-
tion Coz 3-4 acres near Lake View.
Price $112.
Dave and Rebecca Phillips to Lake
View Traction COL IL acres near
Lake View. Price $50.
r. ID. Berry to w. H. Hurdle so
acres 4 miles southeast of Miller.
Price $40.
G.. T. Adams to J. A. Stewart--Lot
in Miller. Price $500.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-11
Notice TO Creditors.

Mrs. Mary A. Stuart, Deceased, Chas.
s. Odom, Administrator. No. 1926.
Letters of administration with the
will of Mrs. Mrs. Mary A. Stuart,
deceased, annexed, having been grant
ed to the undersigned by the Chance
ry Court of DeSoto County, Missis-
sippi, on the second day of Decem-
ber, 1908, all persons having claims
against the estate of.the said deceased
are hereby required to have the same
probated and registered by the clerk
of said Chancery Court within one
year from December, 1908, and are
hereby notified that a failure to pro-
bate and register within one year will
bar the claim.
This Dec. A, 1908.
CHAs. s. ODoM, Admir-.
Turley & Turley 4 Calvin Perkins,
Soils. for Admir-. 12-4-3t
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-11
CIRCUIT COURT EXPENSES
Figures Show Dispensing Justice Expen-
sive Proceeding.

Circuit Clerk Logan fled with the
Board of Supervisors statement
showing the total cost of the fall
term of Circuit Court by item. The
expense per day averaged little over
$295 The total amount for the twelve
days, not including the salary of the
Judge and district attorney, $3.50. 10,
and was divided as follows: Jurors,
50, ,043.3O; States witnesses, $646; Of
ficers' fees, $76O.So; Statutory re-
ward, 500.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-11
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
Johnston Wins Mayorality Contest Here
Last Tuesday.

A deal of interest was manifested
in the election of municipal officers
here last Tuesday, as the close race
for mayor indicated.
The figures were: R. F. Johnston,
SO; B. F. Jones, "a. w. L. Gore, for
marshal, and M. L. Smith, for treas
urer, had no opposition.
The following aldermen were elect
ed: DR.. A. J. Weissinger, T. P.
Finn, g. w. Wooten, G. A. Brewer,
G.. w. Dickson, jr.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1908-12-11
P. Funderburk.

P. Funderburk.
1t is ordered in the matter of ap-
prenticing Geo. Golightly to L. G.
Coward by the Board that the Clerk
issue citation and deliver same to the
sheriff to cite said Golightly to appear
before the Board at its next meeting
to show cause why, If any there be,
that he should not be bound to said
Coward.
Allowances will appear next week.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-09-10
Uses of ParafIine.

Paraffine was at first a valueless
by-product Of the oil refineries, but
has now a thousand uses. Besides
The use of paraffine for candles 2,000.-
300 blocks of paraffine are sold every
year. for great variety of pur-
poses. Paper made watertight by par
afiine has been utilized to protect
crackers from the effect of damp
weather and moist climates. 1t Is
even said that cargo Of biscuit SO
preserved has been taken unframed
from a sunken vessel. Paraffine was
applied to Cleopatra's needle in Cen
trail Park, and stopped the scaling off
Of the surface.
Stone fronts of houses are protect
ed in the same way. Paraffine Is
made into colored crayons, which will
stick on glass as we'll as on paper. 1t
Is employed in laundries to whiten
the clothes and in polishing the sur
face of starched pieces. 1t Is turned
to account in the sealing of canned
fruits, or anything put up in bottles
by manufacturers. druggists or chem
lists, and is used generally as SUBJ
stitute for beeswax, tallow and seal
ing wax, and for insulating wires.-
lions Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-09-10
CHAPTER Nv.
Continued.

"Oh, yes, young man." he answered
ut is all very we'll for you to talk like
that, but If you had found yourself In
the position which it was my privilege
to occupy few hours afterward, 1t is
my belief that you would have thrown
the tusks away altogether and taken to
your heels" ,
"Oh," said Good, $50 that isn't the
end of the yarn? A very good yarn,
Quatermain, by the way; I couldn't
have made up better one myself"
The old gentleman looked at Good
severely, for it irritated him to be
chaffed about his stories.
II don't know what you mean, Good.
II don't see that there is any COM
parison between true story Of ad-
venture and the preposterous tales
which you invent about ibex hanging
BY their horns.
mo, 1t is not the end Of the story;
the most exciting part is yet to come.
But have talked enough for to-
night; and If you 60 on in that way,
Good, 1t will be some time before be-
gin again"
"Sorry spoke, I'm sure" said Good,
humbly. Lets have split to show
that there is no ill-feeling." And they
did.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-09-10
FEMININE NEWS NOTES.

Six of the largest colleges In Swift
erland have 2193 female students.
Evelyn Thaw denied that she had
spent more than half of $4,000 in
the past two years.
Italia Garibaldi, a granddaughter
of the italian patriot land Methodist,
is at the head of the Methodist Girls
School at Rome.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, 108 years old,
of Brooklyn, N. Y, received many
birthday visitors and was in remark
ably good health.
Mrs. Esther Davis celebrated her
Hath birthday at the Home of the
Daughters of Jacob, in East Broad
way, New York City.
There are seven women physicians
in New Orleans, and all of them are
struggling to be admitted to men,
bership In the Orleans Parish Medi.
cal Society.
The Alice Freeman Palmer chimes
were dedicated at the University of
Chicago during the recent meeting.
Mrs Palmer was the first dean OF
women for that university.
After granting women the parl1a-
mentary suffrage Norway has gone a
step further and voted to give all
! women employed in the postal serv.
ice the same pay as the men.
Mrs. Ellen Tompkins won the Cur.
rims prize for oratory at the State
Presbyterian College, Hastings, Neb.
The junior essay prize and the Greek
essay prize were both won by Miss
ingalls,.
Mrs. Mathilda M. Turner. of Mum
hall. Pa, has broken the record by
swimming Conneaut Lake at Its
widest point in eighteen minutes and
fifteen seconds. The distance Is over
one mile.
Mrs. BENJAMIN Steinhardt, widow
of member of the Howe & Hummel
firm, sued Charles w. Morse for $1O,-
900, the expenses of trip for her
husbands health, which she says
Morse agreed to pay.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-09-10
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

Boston merchants Endorsed the pro-
posal for an alliance with China.
Persian nationalists, at Teheran,
are holding out defiantly against the
Shah.
Song Piung-Chun, Korea's Home
Minister, favors Japanese rule in his
country.
Japanese immigrants in Brazil
proved useless for work on the coffee
plantations.
Cardinal Vannutelli, the Papal
legate to the Eucharistic Congress,
left Rome for London.
The Portuguese Chamber of Depu-
ties passed the budget, in which the
deficit is estimated at 100000.
Monroe, the Ulster County, N. Y,
desperate, fooled the police by writ
ing letters announcing his own death.
Word was received in Wall Street
that 1t would be felony to conduct a
bucketsffop hereafter in New York
State.
Chairman Hitchcock announced
that he would ask Republicans to
make campaign speeches without re-
Enumeration.
LII Sum Ling, editor of the China
Mail, declared Japan, If she felt able,
would shut the open door" in the
Far East against the world.
Governor Fort won his fight for
the closing of saloons in Atlantic City,
N. j., on Sundays, and side doors as
we'll as front doors were locked.
To Dorothy May Tribe, of New
York City, attired in sheath gown,
was awarded the grand prize in the
Asbury Park, N. j., baby parade.
Advices from Casablanca tell of
victories won by followers of Abd-el-
Aziz over the forces of Mulai Hafig;
the former Sultan says that he may
ratrrn to Morocco CITY
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-09-10
MAIWA'S REVENGE
ALLAN QUATERMAINs GREATEST ADVENTURE.
BY H. RIDER HAGGARD.

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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-09-10

British India has 86,912 miles OF
telegraph and cable wires in opera
ton. Since 1902-'03 the annual earn
ings of the cables between India and
EMope show profits Of from $1,000
900 to $1,200,00O.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-09-10

Ancient philosophers suspected.
and modern scientists have practical.
ly proved that the ocean is the great
original storehouso of organic life,
and that the ancestors of all tina.
lives and moves upon the land ant
in the air at one time dwelt in and
drew their nourishment from the wat.
ers of the deep.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-09-10
SOCIAL, BIUNDER

why did Binks' widow feel so in
dignant at his funeral?"
1.-THE members of his volunteer
hose company sent him a floral fire
extinguisher. Judge.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-09-10
4 MEAN HAIR.

She-"Why, l don't believe Betsy
has a mean hair in her head"
He-"Not now. 1t got on my coat
and my wife discovered it!"-Yon.
kers Statesman
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-09-10
Relieving the Widow.

Il understand our friend Main
chanz Is working ON a scheme to re-
move weeds"
81 didn't know he had any interest
In gardening"
He hasn't; he's merely laying his
plans to capture old Gotrox's young
widow "-Philadelphia Press.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-09-10

Bctrayer of Revolution Killed.
Gossan, an East Indian who be-
trayed an extensive revolutionary
plot, was killed by fellow-prisoners In
the Jail at Alibur, a suburb OF Cal
cutta.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-09-10

Chile is now exporting Litrate at
tie rate of over 100000 tons a
year.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14
SPIDERS AlRSHlPs.
Balioonists Found Them Sailing High
in the Sky.

When the British war balloon Multi
Secundus was sailing high over Lon
don the navigators in the car found
the air filled with spiders This phe-
nomenon is explained very simply. In
early autumn the spider families sep
arate. Hundreds of thousands of in
fanti1e spiders on warm sunny morn
ing scale the low bushes, cling to the
tips OF the leaves and project slender
sflken threads from the spinnerets at
the end of their bodies. Before very
long the air near the ground, becom-
ing heated, ascends, and carries up
the silken threads with It. Still the
little creatures hold on and pour out
silk till each has some eight OK ten
feet Of line rising almost perpendicu.
larly into the air above it.
At last they let go and rise into the
air themselves, each at the extremity
of It's own thread. In this way they
are carried upward, perhaps for many
hundreds of feet, till at last they meet
current Of air moving slowly along,
and by this they are carried often for
many miles. while they can always de.
scend at will by the simple expedient
OF rolling up their supporting threads.
On a warm autumn morning the air
is often filled with these baby spiders
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14
Built up by Advertising.

Enterprise of high order ever de.
serves admiration. No one for q mo.
ment can doubt the ability Of men
who, starting on less than 500, can
within rs years build up a business
amounting to more than $4,000, 900
annually. This is the record of the
managers of the worlds greatest mail
order house. There is no secret about
this great success. It is simply a mat
ter of judicious advertising. The mail
order house is an example Of persist
ency, of careful, shrewd and highly
attractive advertising. The mail order
field is the world. The field of the
local merchant is comprised within ap-
proximately a hundred square miles.
The mail order houses attract trade
from the local merchants hundred
square miles wherever the local mer-
chants are found lacking Al wide.
awake advertisers. But in the dis.
tricts where there are live storekeep-
era, who realize the value Of painters
ink, there is no profitable or productive
field for the mail order houses. It mat.
ters not whether it be the biggest
mail order house or the smallest store
in little country town, advertising
principles apply to one as well as to
the other.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14
THROWING THE ARROW.
Sport Which Is IN Great Favor with
Yorkshire Miners. s

In certain parts of Yorkshire, Eng
land, the miners amuse themselves by
practicing pastime of great anti
guilty, known as throwing the ar
row." The implements are so simple
and the results so astonishing that
the sport deserves wider recognition.
The arrow" is really only a plain
rod of wood, without head or feathers.
in Yorkshire it is invariably made Of
hazel, but any wood which is both
light and rigid will serve more or less
satisfactorily. 1t should, however, be
thoroughly seasoned. The peculiar ad-
vantage of hazel consists in the fact
that it has a large central pith, which
insures lightness, and a hard outer
she'll, which makes for rigidity.
The arrow should be 81 inches long,
five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter
at the head, a quarter of an inch in
the center, and three-sixteenths at the
tail, explains Edward Williston
Freutz in Youths Companion; and
the greater care taken to make it per-
fectly smooth and straight, the far
ther it will fly.
The head has a rounded point. as
shown in Fig. B. The only other
thing required is a piece of hard,
strong string, about one-sixteenth of
an inch in diameter and % inches
long. In this a double knot is tied,
one-half inch from the end. Having
made a pencil-mark round the arrow
at distance of 16 inches from its
head, the thrower bitches the string
over the knot and about the arrow at
the pencil mark, as shown in Fig. A..
1t will be seen that 50 long as the
pull On the string continues to be
toward the head of the arrow, the
knot will hold, but as soon as the
pull comes from the opposite direction
the string slips off,
With the head of the arrow held
toward the body, the loose end Of
the string>is wound four or five times
about the end of the foref1nger of the
right hand. and the arrow itself is
held lightly, close to it's head, between
the thumb and the second and third
fingers, as is shown In Fig. B.
In throwing, the arrow is held at
arms length in front of the body,
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14

tries come into existence to give en-
ployment to a greater number Of peo-
pie, and thus carrying on an upbuild-
ing process. II Isl a
In summing up conditions as they
relate to the community and the home
town, 1t is patent to the man of intelli-
gence that the patronizing of every
nome enterprise best subserves his in
terests, as we'll as the interests of all
OF the community. The patriotic man
who would be a model citizen will
make 1t his rule to put forth every
enort to build up the local community.
This effort should be directed to the
patronizing Of every home industry:
to keep within the community as far
as possible all the earnings of the peo-
pie; to invest surplus capital in home
enterprises; to improve the schools,
the. churches, the roads, develop every
resource of the place; and with in
creased prosperity of the town more
happiness, more contentment and
more wealth results to all the worthy
ones comprising the community.
D. M. CARR.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14

Fame. why during the anthem? /
should have thought the offertory-"
"Oh," interrupts her ladyship, "Kink
wouldn't dream of talking; but he
sings what he wants to tell me while
the anfem's goin' on. He does it like
this:
Vel-vet-een is hot stun,
Vel-vet-een is hot stun.
She-w0n her trial yesterday
And noting else is in it straight.
Back oh back her wiv all your spon-
dulles
Back her.
The weird words, though chanted in
subdued treble, are strangely remi-
niscent of last Sundays service. Mrs
Fame is filled with dismay. She gives
an apprehensive glance to right and
left. The earl laughs sardonically.
What rOt!" exclaims Alured.
well, Im-blessed!" murmurs the
admiral as the saddling bell rings. He
reaches down to the little hand. Come
along, Babs. I'll take you into latter
sails. You've earned it,"
He threads way through the shout
Ing crowd until he finds the book
maker he is in search Of
"Oh, go and git your teeth stopped
with your 'alf quid!" the latter is ad-
vising troublesome hacker; but his
manner suddenly changes when he
sees the newcomers
Lady Barbara Valence desires to do
little business with you, Mr.. May"
says the admiral.
The bookmaker raises his hat. AT
your ladyship's service" he bows
Babs lifts her little dog-skin-gloved
hand and exhibits a sovereign. Il want
to put this on Velveteen," she informs
him.
Forty to one to you, my lady," re-
turns the bookmaker.
will you give me back the SOW
ereign?" asks Babs
Yes, your ladyship-if Velveteen
wins"
"Oh, she WILL" comments Babs
amid amusement from the bystanders.
Amt you goin' to back her, too, ad-
miral?" she asks.
Dash my main-deck battery If l
DON'T" exclaims the admiral sudden.
ly: and Mr.. May books four hundred
to ten to him.
Nov We'll go and watch Velveteen
win,' observes Babs placidly.
Ten minutes later she is leaning
over the front of the club stand watch
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14

Commercial Travellers Interested.
There are more than 100000 COM
mercial travellers in the United
States. These men are trade mis-
sionaries. They are very necessary
cog in the commercial wheel. While
there are some who take the view
that they are not producers, they are
nevertheless important in the system
of distribution of that which is pro-
duced. The successful travelling man
is close student of human nature.
His vocation is such as calls for
high class of intelligence, particularly
as to trade conditions and the lines
which he represents. His keen OBJ
servation of the trend of affairs has
made him a pronounced home-trader.
He realizes that his interest lies in
protecting the business of the small
city and town. Were trade in mer-
camille lines concentrated in the
large cities, the field for the traveller
would be narrowed. Thus we find
him a strong combatant of systems
that mean concentration. Circum-
stances have made him as equally in
terested in protection of local trade
Of merchants as the merchants them
selves, and he is also interested on
this account in the welfare of the peo-
pie who are the customers of the
merchants. The force and power Of
the great army of travellers in the
United States is not to be considered
lightly. Their influence is wide
spread. They will be found quite
willing 10 work most harmoniously
| with the townspeople and the resi-
dents of rural districts in the matter
| Of home protection.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-14
"sEcoNDs" or "oFF" GOODS.
How They Are Disposed OF by Bio
Manufacturing Concerns.

Manufacturers who put out their
goods under brands are watchful as to
keeping their output up to the stand.
ard. Big concerns whose goods are
widely advertised and are known for
their excellency will not allow defec-
tive articles to go from their factories.
Everything is inspected, and it must
be perfect before the brand is allowed
to be marked upon it.
In the large cutlery factories, the
sllVerWare manufacturing plants, the
collar and shirt factories, and the like,
regardless of what care is exercised,
de1ects will be found in certain per-
centage of the work turned out. In
cutlery the temper of blade may be
uneven; the handle may be marred,
the lining may be imperfect, and all
such defects cause the knife to be
discarded, that is, thrown out and not
marked with the brand, If the maker
has reputation to maintain. In shirt
factories the defective shirts are
placed aside just the same, and so it
is with hundreds of manufactured
articles. All these articles are dead
loss to the manufacturer unless they
be remodeled, or disposed Of at q cost
covering the expense of the raw mate
rial and the time Of employers used
In their making. Thus manufacturers
welcome a means of playing even,"
OF disposing Of this damaged stock so
as to prevent loss.
In many cases the damaged goods
are sold to "job-lot" men who auction
them of to small jobbers. But the
majority Of these goods are sold by
contract to large houses located in the
big cities, and it may be said that
fully so per cent of the goods that
these houses handle are either of the
damaged class known as seconds" or
prison made or contract goods, cheap
ly turned out in sweat houses.
A number of concerns have con-
tracts with these houses for all the
"off" goods made. These goods are
wrapped up in such way as to cover
their defects. The concern buys them
for about 30 to 40 per cent. below
prices at which perfect goods can be
had in the markets. Thus it can be
seen how some concerns can make low
prices on goods that look about as
well as regular dealers carry, but
which are far inferior.