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The Forrest City times., 1909-09-03

attention must be given to wearing apparel, to cleanliness and to per sonal appearance.
 ?. The morning session begins at 9 o'clock and the afternoon session be- gins at o'clock. Pupils are asked not to come upon the school grounds earlier than 20 minutes before the morning session. Permission to leave the school ground may be had at the noon hour from one of the teachers in charge; at other times from the princi- pal. No permission to leave the school or grounds shall be given except in case Of sickness, or urgent necessity, or upon the written request of the par ent or guardian.
 }. A pupils are expected to attend school promptly and regularly and are required to bring written excuses from their parents or guardians stat ing the cause of their absence or tardiness.
 l. All pupils shall stand at regular intervals tests for promotions; this does not include pupils doing primary work. Using unfair means in any work is held as a very grave offense. ,. Any pupil with a contagious disease or coming from home where such a disease prevails shall not be kept in school, but may re-enter school upon a written statement from a physician that danger from infection has passed. Pupils are required to present certificates of vaccination.
 6. Behave and study is the main rule of our school and any pupil fail ing to do this is held to strict ac- count, and is prohibited from taking part in any match game of athletics. :. Defacing school property, idle ness, willful disobedience. use of pro- fanity and obscene language, use of tobacco in any form while under the authority of the school, misconduct on the way to and from school, shall subject a pupil to suspension
 T. 0. Fitzpatrick,
 A. l.. Stevens,
 J. G Sanders,
 Committee on Books and Rules
The Forrest City times., 1909-09-03
\ Burglar in Town.

His name is bad cough. 2 He doesn't care for gold or silver, but he will steal your health away. If he appears i'll your house arrest him at once with Ballard's Horehound Syrup. it may mean consumption if you don't A cure for all coughs, colds and chest troubles.
 Price 25c, SOC and sl per bottle Sold by J. T. Sanders.
The Forrest City times., 1909-09-03
To be Happy

you must have good health. You can't have good health if your liver is not doing it's duty-slow but sure poisoning is going on all the time under such circumstances. Ballard's Heroine makes perfectly healthy liver-keeps the stomach and bowels right and acts as 1 tonic for the en- tire system. Sold by J. T. Sanders.
The Forrest City times., 1909-09-03
Have You a Baby2

Then watch it closely. And above all things don't let 1t suffer for any length of time with worms-that is fatal. If it's complexion gets yellow and pasty, if its listless, cross or peev- ish, gets thin, suffers with fiatulence, give it Whites Cream Vermifuge. The only cure that never fails and has no bad effects. Sold by J. T. Sanders.
The Forrest City times., 1909-09-03
Best in Existence.

II sincerely believe, all things con sidered, Hunts Lightning Oil is the most useful and valuable household remedy in existence. For cuts, burns, sprains and insect bites it has no equal so far as my experience goes"
 G. E. Huntington, Eufala, Ala.
The Forrest City times., 1909-09-03

The cool nights are delightful for sleeping or work, but we are told that they do cotton no good. We'll, It's hard to find anything that pleases everybody or adapts itself to all con- ditions alike.
The Forrest City times., 1909-09-03

Conductor Harry Hook, of the Rock Island log train, is suffering with a malarial attack this week, and has been relieved by Conductor Wilson. We hope MT. Hook will soon recover and be able to resume his duties.
The Forrest City times., 1909-09-03

Mrs. T. J. Davis and two daughters. Mrs. R. K. Fitzhugh and Miss Hattie Mai, will return Sunday from Cleve- land, Ohio, where they have been visiting Mir. Jesse Davis and family for month
The Forrest City times., 1909-09-03


 bladder remedy, be- cause of its remark able health restoring properties. Swamp Root fulhlls almost every wish in over coming rheumatism, pain in the back. kid- neys, liver. bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It
The Forrest City times., 1909-09-03

As yet St. Francis county is free from pellagra, hook worm or boil weevil
The Forrest City times., 1909-09-03

uHuUutH you have kfu- ney or bladder trouble When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and send your address to h. I-.t o.
The Forrest City times., 1909-09-03
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The Forrest City times., 1909-09-03

hold water and scalding pain in passingi it. or bad effects following use of liquor. wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often through the day, and to get up many times during the night.
 Swamp-Root is not recommended for everything but if you have kidney, liver or bladder trouble. it will be found just the remedy you need. It has been thor oughly tested in private practice, and has proved so successful that a special ar rangement has been made by which all ready tried if may have . sannle hotsi. sent free by mail, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root. and how to
The Forrest City times., 1909-09-03
Do You Get Up
 With a Lame Back?

Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
 Almost everyone knows of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great kidney, liver and
The Forrest City times., 1909-09-03

- Hh'ff''NI ~ NVs, Homt ui Su amp NooL
 Binghamton, N Y The regular fifty cent and one-dollar size bottles are sold by all druggists. Don't make any mistake but remember the name, Swamp Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad- dress, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-11
A PERFECT PERSON.


A meeting was in progress at which
the speaker waxed eloquent on "The Per-
lection of the IDEAL" declaring that per-
lection had never been attained in the
human race. And soon he appealed to
his audience.
"Think carefully, each of himself and
herself, every man and woman in this
audience---have you ever known or heard
of perfect person---I mean, now, per-
lection absolute7"
Silence reigned over the audience until
there was a soft rustling Of skirts and
slowly there arose demure little woman,
who, in meek voice said. II think
have sir"
The whole audience turned to look al
the little woman as the surprised speaker
said, with touch Of irony in his voice.
"And may we know, madam, who was
this perfect person r.
Yes sir" answered the meek littls
lady, smy husbands first wife"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-11
JIMMIE ON THE POLE.

My dear teacher, who says that Hen
drick Hudson was no more of Dutch
man than she is, has asked me to write
composition on the North Pole, and
therefore say:
"The North Pole is very cold spot,
and if there were any water pipers
there the plumbers would be as rich as
John D. Rockefeller
Sometimes the temperature sinks down
as low as 81 degrees, and at such times
the polar bears holler for more coal.
The boys who goes swimming at the
North Pole at once becomes a frozen
herring, and in that state can be kept for
months. The Eskimos rub their children
down with an icicle instead of bathing
them.
CDR. Cook reached the North Pole and
found no signs of life---not even boy on
roller skates. He said it made him lone
some
"Mr. Peary also reached the North
Pole, and he says he didn't see single
gentleman there---not even DIR. Cook. He
had therefore to take off his hat to the
North Pole.
at was supposed that there was an open
sea at the pole, and that hundreds of girls
dressed in white were to be seen padding
about in gondolas, but we have had to give
that idea up.
''No one has yet found out why the
pole should be so cold, but it is generally
laid to the fact that there are no politi-
clans there to call each other horse thieves
and other names.
"At the pole it is six months day and
six months night, and boy can play
six months and sleep the other six. This
is the best news we have yet received from
that country.
"My teacher says she'll be burned if she
ever goes to the old North Pole, and
say the same thing, and with these few re-
marks throw up my job and bid you all
adieu."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-11
SCARCITY OF HORSES
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
IF such thing did happen that the
United States became engaged in war on
the land, do you know that our cavalry
force would be mighty small potatoes ?'
was the remark of M L. Bothwel, of
St. Louis, at the Pontchartrain.
There is scarcity of horses all over the
country. If you started out to pick up
$4,000 or 100000 for cavalry use the war
would be over before you could find them.
No army can get along without horses and
this shortage is something that should be
considered in time of peace.
While England raises many horses, that
country found itself in dire straits in the
Boer war. Thousands of mules were
bought in our southern states, the Argen-
tine Republicc furnished about 1900
cavalry horses and about 5000 were bought
in Austria
There has been falling off in the
breeding of horses in this country for
two reasons. One is the ascendancy of the
automobile, and the other is the structures
against racing in so many states. The best
cavalry horse is about half thoroughbred,
so there is no stock from which to breed
these animals at present.
"The government should take the matter
in hand and establish ranches in the west,
where type of cavalry horses can be pro-
duced. There is plenty of land that can
be utilized for this purpose if it is irri
gated, and in five years this country
would be alright in case the horses were
needed"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-11
LANGFORD.

A little rain fell Tuesday morning
Wallace Kersh, of Vaughan, is spending
few days with homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. A. Bethune and Mrs
J. J. Daniels are on the sick list.
Will Boyd spent Sunday night at J. J
Daniels.
We are glad to see c. c. Rouse out agar
after few days of illness.
Mis- Grace Bethune and brother Harold
spent Sunday in Brandon.
Ed Ferguson, of Fannin, attended Sun
day school here Sunday.
Misses Shields entertained few friend.
last Tuesday night, in honor of Mis-:
Renfroe, of Hattiesburg.
Quite crowd went from here to preach
ing at Fannin, also Sunday night.
There will be preaching at the M. E
church Sunday evening at early candle
light instead of q O'Clock.
This community was shocked this morn.
ing when the news reached here from
Brandon that Carol Russell was dead
His remains were inferred in the Oal
Dale cemetery this afternoon. We deeply
sympathize with the bereaved
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-11
SAND-CLAY ROADS.
A Colnm5us, sc. Corresbosd<nt Sb<aks
Highly Of Clay Road.

"a swing Of sixty miles through parts
Of Richland county by way of the
Gamers Ferry road to the 17-mile
stone shows that great amount of
permanent good-road making has
been done. Not only have the i'm
provements been accomplished rapidly, but
by the cheapest and NOSE durable system
of road-making, for this composition Of
soil the sand-clay process, by Supervisor
S. H. Owens 1--WE now prefer to call him
"Sam" as most everybody else did enroute)
All that it required is the grading of the
road and the placing of clay wherever the
sand is found to be in excessive quantities,
and the placing of sand in stretches
where clay lies in too abundant quantities.
The secret of success---and miles of sand
clay roars bear evidence that the process
in success---lies in the proper mixture
OF the two soils. 1t is cheap because the
materials are either found at hand or
are available by hauling a short distance.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-11
TELEPHONES IN EUROPE.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
A correspondent of the London Times
institutes comparison between the use
of the telephone in Europe, and their use
in America. In Europe, with a popula-
ton Of 4oo,ooo,ooo, he says that only ~
100000 instruments were in service on
Jan. I, this year, whereas in this coun-
try, where the population is not far from
Ss,ooo,ooo, nearly 100000 telephones
were employed on that date 1t is pointed
out that England had somewhat smaller
number than three American cities COM
bined---New York (ssAIs6), Chicago
(ISA922) and Boston more than 100000
France made a far less favorable showing
(I9AI5ol, and Austria is credited with
only So,97s. Italy, Belgium and Hungary
are each said to have fewer telephones
than St. Louis, Pittsburg or San Francisco
The explanation for this remarkable diff
ference which is offered by the contri-
butor of the Times is that on his side of
the Atlantic the telephone service is con-
trolled by the national governments, while
here it has been developed by private en-
terprise. 1t is inconceivable that within
certain limits the theory fits the facts,
but without any qualification it is likely
to mislead.
Government management may impose
restrictions on the expansion of the tele-
phone business in Europe, but other in
fluenccs besides freedom from such ccn..ol
have unquestionably operated in the Unit
cd States. AS rule, Americans are in a
greater hurry to accomplish their business
commercial and social, than foreigners are.
In this matter the spirit of the people
counts for good deal. Telephone service
costs more here than it does abroad, but
the majority of Americans are willing to
pay handsomely to save time. Besides.
this country is the birthplace of the teIc-
phone.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-11

twenty years, have been unmasking
the tricks of the professional gambler, in
order to prove that the amature wins or
loses at the formers pleasure. Look
here---we'll just have few games to
ourselves. What shall it be first---dice."
The writer acquiesced, bearing in mind,
however, that Mr.. Quinn is considered OF
be the worlds greatest expert at trick
dice-throwing. There is the leather cup
and there are five dice Examine them
carefully, and see that they are not
loaded in any way" Everything seemed
satisfactory and | threw first---two fives,
three, four, and six.
"Now,' said Mr.. Quinn, 81 am going to
beat you. / shall throw five skies, and
mark you this, while am talking to you
am tricking you. There you have five
skies, and no mater what you throw I
can always equal it or beat it if | choose
to do so. How. That is question
prefer not to answer. My concern is to
illustrate the futility of playing with
professional gamblers. They are full of
cunning tricks and have hundreds of
ingenious devices to defraud."
1t was exactly as Mr.. Quinn said.
Although l tried for ten minutes to beat
him in brow of dice, | found it inn
possible. And it was the same with
cards. He won just how he pleased,
although he allowed me to shuttle and
pack the cards. Not only did he win
however. but Immediately he had deit
me hand he called out what were the
values of the cards / held, as readily as
if he had been looking over my shoulder.
"Of course" said Mr.. Quinn, "when the
professional plays he loses occasionally
in order not to excite suspicion; but
shuttle, cut, and deal how you please, ne
has trick for every move, and you are
bound to lose in the end. After all it
is not surprising. He has learned all the
tricks of his trade. You know none
although you may fancy you do---and OF
course you come off second best. Amaz-
ing, indeed, are his demonstrations, and,
after seeing them one cannot help arriv-
ing at the conclusion that the man who
sits down to play with professional
gambler and thinks he has fair chance
has really none at all.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-11
MRS. ]. o. TRAwICK.

Mrs. Effie Steen Trawick, wife OF J.
o. Trawick, died last week at the family
home, at Asylum Switch, suburb OF
Jackson.
AS a young lady she was deservedly
popular, as wife, and as mother, she
represented splendidly the best type of true
womanhood.
She was a daughter to MIR. and Mrs.
Carroll Steen and a native of this county,
where she grew to young ladyhood, when
she became the wife of James o. Trawick,
also native of Rankin county.
Their married life was happy one,
blessed with children, who received the
care and training that only good moth
cr could bestow.
Her remains were inferred in Cedar
Lawn cemetery, Jackson. the services being
conducted by Rev. Marlborough, pastor of
the Baptist church of which she was a
member.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-11
AMAZING GAMBLING SECRETS


"All men who play professional gamb-
lers must lose" That is what Mr.. John
Phillip Quinn will telp you. And h.
should know. For twenty-five years, MI,
Quinn was a professional gambler in
America, and such was his skill a,
card and dice manipulation that he quickly
earned the title of prince of Sharpers."
AT one time" says Quinn, 81 drew rs
per cent, commission on the profit from
the keepers of four gambling dens. IF .
stranger came in with big roll Of green
backs the word went round, Put Quinn
on him. And that stranger would have
very few notes left when / had finished
with him. / tell you that with feelings
of sorrow rather than pride; for my mis-
sion today is to fight the great evil Of
gambling mot by preaching, mark you
but by demonstration"
And the young man who processes tc
sknow thing or two" who reckons he !:
afly enough" to checkmate any sharp
who tries tricks on him, will have his
self-confidence good deal shaken after
watching Mr.. Quinn's demonstrations
Il am = converted gambler" continued
Mr.. Quinn during the course Of the inter
view. II was imprisoned for crime
did not commit. but while in prison wa
convinced that the crooked game was N
good. And that IS Why, for close upol
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-11

Health OF our community is very good al
present
Miss Maggie Cooper and brother Joe
visiter their sister near Star Sunday.
Miss Katie Bullock assistant teacher
at Daniels, visited homcfolks Saturday and
Sunday. Come again Miss Katie, as you
are always welcome.
Annie Mae Cox, Eula Smallwood, Ma
rion Stacy, Galloway Cox and Dave Small
wood, of Pearson, attended church here
Sunday.
Miss Mabel Wilson visited friends and
relatives at Greenfield first of last week
Mrs. J. r. East of Brandon, was in oul
midst Sunday.
Mr.. w. @. Cooper made business trip
to Vicksburg one day last week.
Miss Mary Webb, assistant teacher al
Townsville, visited friends and relative.
here Sunday.
Mrs. Harve Affords many friends are
very glad to see her up again after very
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-11
BATTLE IN II BOTTLE.
Angyy Microbes Cause an ExbIo-
sion.

sion.
Soon after the opening of the medical
exhibition at the Horticultural Hall, West
minister, large glass bottle which had
been betraying symptoms of uneasiness ex-
Ploded and scattered its contents,a creamy
foam, over the rest of the stall of Messrs.
A. H. OK anCd Co.
Originally the bottle contained milk
just milk and few million typhoid ba-
cilli which lived and grew happily togeth-
or in this culture medium Then for de-
monstration purposes,a horde of 100000
hungry monsters known as the bacilli of
Massol) were introduced into the ccultured
civilization of the unhappy typhoid tribes,
and remorseless war was raging in a mo-
ment.
A storm in teacup was nothing to the
battle in the bottle. The milk grew turgid
with the bodies of the slain, and still the
Massol militia murdered and devoured
their victims When Massol bandit had
filled himself to bursting point---he burst,
and each of his 100000 or 100000 frag-
ments became . hungry young Massol
bacillus which fought and ate in turn.
Finally the milk foamed up with the
rapidly multiplying generations of Mas
soIites and the bottle exploded.
The demonstration arose out Of Prof,
Mctchnikoff's claim that the bacillus Of
Tactic acid 1.-THE Massol bacillus) destroys
the bacilli which ccause internal putre-
faction of food. The Massol bacillus, he
holds, by rendering the internal organs
antiseptic lengthens a mans life to an ex-
traordinary extent, and he quotes the
exceptional number of centenarians in Bul-
garia, where the inhabitants live largely
on soured milk, which contains this ba-
cillus
Massol bacilIi are now presented in 2
novel form that of chocolate creams, each
containing 1o,1oo,ooo bacilli, and i was
one Of these among the innocent typhoid
microbes IN the bottle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-11
STAR.
Health of the community is very good al

LIZ ~ -llln !; sss@sw---<---.
Mrs. ]. w. Weathersby, of Louisiana,
was the guest of her friend, Mrs. w.
6. Worley, last week
Miss Ora Morgan was in Florence shop.
ping iasr Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Green Bass visited rela.
tives here last Saturday.
I Mrs. Bess johnson, of Laurel, returned
home after an extended visit to relatives
here last week.
Born, to MIR. and Mrs. S. S. Butler
on the third, fine boy
Mrs. Bessie Dear, of Gulfport, was tht
welcome guest of her sister, Mrs. w. T
Holiday, Monday.
Mrs. H. S. Garrett visited Mrs. E. M
Didlake, of Clinton, vast week, accom-
panied by Ruth.
Mr.. E. F. Muse and Prof. w. M.
Ashley made business trip to Brandon
Saturday.
Mrs. H. t. Ross was called to the bed
side OF her father, who is very low and
not expected to live but a short while.
Misses Lena Russell and Ozilla Hill
ton visited friends and relatives in Ma
gee last Sunday
Mr.. E. M. Odom made a bushes:
trip to Brandon Monday.
Mrs. Mullen and son Wayne, of Rex
ford, were in town Tuesday.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-11
TEN THINGS TO DO THIS MONTH.

TEN THINGS TO DO THIS MONTH.
Finish sowing wheat, and sow rye on all
lands that would otherwise be left bare
during the winter.
2. Get in the corn as early as possible
see that the cotton is stored in dry place
and that all roughness is put up SO that il
will keep sweet and sound.
8. Start the fattening hogs on the ''home
stretch" and keep them going until killing
time.
q. Go over all young animals and see
that they are free from lice; if not, treat
them to a bath of Carbolineum or some
other disinfectant
S. Clean out the poultry houses, white
wash or spray with some coal tar prepa-
ration, stop up cracks and leaks, and il
necessary, fumigate to kill the lice.
6. Get the machinery under shelter, and
see that there are no leaks in the barn roof
?. Set out some fruit trees, grapes anc
berries, also some shrubbery and shade
trees in the yard, if needed.
8. Get in good supply of fire wooc
and store it in the dry.
9. Drain the wet lands, with tile i
possible, if not, with broad shallow ditche'
that team can cross.
10. Look after the winters reading; SCI
that the children have good books ane
papers, including some of practical ma
ture.---Southern Farm Gazette.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-11

S~v~A~ ~k~As - Ss~@AsS~~s
Wallace Williams, who Is now going
to school at Florence, was shaking hands
with friends and relatives here Sunday.
We are very sorry to state that Willie
Bullock's condition does not improve any.
Mr. and Mrs. M. c. Stubblefield, of
Brandon, attended church here Sunday.
The Monterey literary society met at
the usual hour at the school house Friday
afternoon. The program was carried
through in regular order. The society
witnessed one of the prettiest recitations
ever heard by Miss Mabel Wilson. After
the recitation very interesting debate
was rendered by six of the society men,
bers. The subject: Resolve, That Wash
ington did more for his country than
Lincoln" 1t was ably discussed by both
sides but one "honest Abe" was nosed
out and given back seat. The society
adjourned until next Friday afternoon.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-11-11

The Mobile Register says Alabama con-
templates Thanksgiving with serene salts
faction, and has adopted this prosperity
lit as the state song:
"Corn in the barnloft,
Folder in the yard,
Meat in the srnokehouse
An barl full O lard;
Milk in the dairy,
Butter on the board,
Coffee in the little bag,
An sugar in the gourd"
There is Thanksgiving feeling for
prices that are all in the air.
Looks like Christmas shopping times,
but---why hunt trouble.
Bwana Jumbo may rise to explain thai
he i neither dear nor undesirable.