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The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21
People
Easily
Grab at
Hunbu&s
By REV. FREDERICK E. HOPKINS

soil yoed together the theological dump carrying
Jonah and the whale to the cleaners.
1t would that time when had few
the ministry semnare when city churches
selling their buildings and giving fight throwing themselves
the bounty of missionary society," when preachers im uncomoraby
in their puts lonely empty pews
know pleasure park town gogd with going
to hell fast they drunk enough start would
though in times like these professed Christian teachers and
would recall how churches only little while ago revvs
make both ends meet
The trouble is and always will be that denial of
the foundation
religious institution than public school IT, AFFIRM the
generation losing its interest religion the principal
the and has enough during the week destroy
without going Sunday church preacher
finish the job.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21

the need of a spe-
cial remedy to re-
move and cure the
congestion or in
f1ammation of the
kidneys that is in
terfering with their
work and causing
that pain t h a t
makes you say:
ooh, my back"
Thompson Wat
kins, professional
nurse, 420 N. 23rd
ST., Parsons, Kan,
saws. For some
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21
Proper
Manner
to Use
the Phone
ByA. B. CLEMMOMS

this Your hostess wish take
of the house in which the telephone situated when frequently DONE
may prove a considerable expense to her.
Do call upon you possibly help it.
If it be necessary to do so, be brief possible
Do not tell things which not telephone
Conversations often audible all of the persons in the with the
person to whom you talking.
business conversation is well think
beforehand Orders requests frequently
through the hesitation and cngeabens of the giving
Finally temper justice with mercy your treatment of the Young
operators who calls Their tedious and
wearing and almost impossible to be always eagerly attentive
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21

time was annoyed with sharp twinges
across the small of my back and ir-
regular passages of the kidney secre-
tions. Since using Doan's Kidney Pills,
I am free from these troubles"
Remember the name-Doans. Sold
by all dealers SO cents box Foster.
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21
How She Knew.

The cartoonist's wife was talking to
friend.
Il just know Fred didn't want to
work at the Office last night" she
said.
why, how do you know?" was
asked
Because in his sleep he said, Well
I'll stay, but don't want to draw -
Lippincontt's Magazine
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21

Rough on Rats, atableexterminato
Rough on Hen Lice, Nest Powder, 25c.
Rough on Bedbugs, Powder or Liq'd, 25c
Rough on Flaas, Powder or Liquid, 24c.
Rough on Reaches, Pow'd. 15c., ,Liq'd Csc
Rough on Moth and Ants, Powder, 25c.
Rough on Skeeters, agreeable to use, 25c.
z. S. Wells. Chemist, Jersey City. N. ].
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21
A French Scholar.

AS William bent over her fair face
he whispered: Darling, if | should
ask you in French if might kiss you,
what would you answer"
She, calling up her scanty knowl-
edge of the French language, ex-
claimed, Billet douX "-Tit-Bits.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21
Editorial Amenities,

Editor Junkin of the Sterling Bulle-
tin has red hair. Editor Gretchen of
the Sedgwick Paragraph has no hair
at all.
Mac" asked Junkin, "how did you
lose your hair?'
ut was red and l pulled it out"
growled Cretcher-Everybo
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21
A Ready Exclamation.

What is the reason you were so
late in discovering the north pale?'
WELL" answered the explorer, you
see they have such long nights in the
arctic regions that | oversight"
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21
For Colds and Gripp-capudlne

The best remedy for Gripp and Colds Is
Hicks Capudine. Relieves the aching and
feverishness. Cures the cold-Headache
also. It's Liquid-Effects immediately-lO,
rs and 50c at Drug Stores.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21

Do not allow yourself to get into the
habit of long conversations over the tele-
phone. People who do this lose all percep-
tions of the times when they may be an
moving or disturbing others.
Particularly in the case of party wires
is there call for consideration Some ONE
else may urgently desire to use this same
telephone over which we are gossiping with
our neighbors.
Do not use the telephone of the woman
upon whom you are calling, unless it is abb
solutely necessary. Thoughtless women
often make a convenience of their friends
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21
Girl
F'lirts
Easy Matter
for Wives to
Find Them
By GEORGIANA CASS

lore am not ungraefu for an opportunity to answer this
f6aSSI question: The term frt essentially word
I&ITI mean to say that found the vocabulary
IkY7 while men delicate expression "coouet
IUSs8BQu for instance.
liz 81 Wives can find the Airts their eghborhood more
@ quickly than their husbands Any
OF vlvaclou blonde who from Tie Hv visit her
married sister at the house the tagged fir by a w
I wives in that vicinity within "A hours
When wife and husband pay complimentary upon their neigh
boris guest and the husband happens that "rs
Soandos sister mighty pretty girl it's all Young woman
She immediately condemned not only by the jealous
sympathetic married that the from
the wife what the husband has said
The young visitor conduct herself becoming
mode that the ctest conntonales demand
the w OF other members of her and they
OF misconduct on her part they with swapping eyes upue
noses that she IAN outrageous fiirt"
it happens that comely young occupies scmpublic
position as clerk stenogph and the
in such to make the ability "ust
catches it from other
Eventually watchu dong that her only son has
been turned down. by the capous it's Run father
the Indians are upon u.s.. Mother is keen for vengeance
81 used to have high opinion of that girl declare
but I'm disappointed in her. She's good looking
Instead of settling down and marrying who if anything
good for her she chooses have dozen
ing than a Airt"
1t isn't difficult to multiply such instances which
pee illustrate theory My conclusions attractive
behaved young generously favored by and possessing
skill dressing that emphasizes her charms and who
dance of attention from her friends according dp-
pointed members of her (not all
and-out flirt ~%2 OS~>t.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21

In case of pain on the lungs Hamlins
Wizard Oil acts like mustard plaster.
except that it is more effective and is SO
much nicer and cleaner to use.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21

THE SOURCE OF TROUBLE
must be reached before it can be cured Allen S
Lung lhlsam goes to the root of your cough, and
cures it, Harmless and sure. At IN druggists
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21
BACKACHE is KIDNEYAcHE.
Usually There Are Other Troubles to
Prove It.

Pain in the back is pain in the Kid
neys, in most cases, and it points to
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21

To the good the world is very good;
to the bad it is bad-Smiles.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21

Live up to the Bible you know, and
your Bible will grow.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21

PERRY DAVIS PAINKILLER
costs only 25c, 35c Soc bottle but conta many
dollars worth of virtue in curing colds rheumatigm,
neuralgia, and kindred ills. At all druggists.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21

Devote each day to the object then
in hand, and the evening will find
something done.-Goethe.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
coaos more goods brighter and faster coIors tha
Any garment without ripping apart. Write t0l III

The Wickedness of other men we
have always in our eye, but we cast
our own over our shoulder-Seneca.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces in
1ammation allays pain. wind colic CSC bottle
The Neshoba Democrat., 1909-10-21

Money talks, but 1t often fails t.
tell the truth.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-15

Try q mild sugar cured "Majestic. ;
Every ham guaranteed. leslie
Waring.
Messrs. w. B. Davis and T. G. Smith
spent Monday in Jacksonville attending
meeting OF the stockholders Of the
Florida Life Insurance Co.
Quite party OF our townspeople
will accompany the Madison Orchestra
to Monticello to day and attend the
concert In that city tonight. We are
told that there will be q base ball game
this afternoon between the teams Of
Quitman and Monticello.
Weather permitting the Epworth
League Of the Methodist church will
give a watermelon cutting on the church
lawn tonight. Every member Of the
League is expected to be present and
the special guests will be the members
OF the Baraca and Berean cla' ses and
the church stewards. Prior TO the cut
ting the League will hold its regular
monthly business meeting in the church.
Members are requested to come pre-.
pared to pay their dues, A good time
Is anticipated.
Rev. n. H. Willisms, editor Of the
Florida Christian Advocate was a Wis.
itor in our city last Sunday and occu.
pied the pulpit at the Methodist church
at both morning and evening services.
Mr.. Williams has made Of the Advocate
one Of the most readable church papers
which we have ever known, and his
work as a minister is no less note
worthy His two sermons in this city
were greatly enjoyed by the large COZ
and we believe the lessons
which be taught and bis manner Of pre- ,
senting them made deep impression
upon bis hearers. At the evening SER
vice his sermon was in the interest Of
the Laymen's Missionary Movement
and it was a powerful presentation Of
The duties Of the laymen in the work Of
The church. Mr., Williams remained
over Monday. We hope he will come
again soon to our city. !
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-15

Miss Efie Hardee went to Live Oak
Tuesday afternoon where she will visit
the family Of her brother, Col, G. A.
Hardee, for several days.
The Madison Orchestra under the
leadership of DR.. George o. Davis, will
go to Monticello to-day and In the
Library building Of that city will treat
the citizens OF that charming little city
TO very fine musical program to-
night. The people Of Monticello are
put on notice that they may expect an
entertainment which is really worth
while aud those who 60 out tonight to
listen to the music as furnished by our
orchestra are guaranteed mn evening Of
genuine pleasure.
The Musical and Recital at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel G.. Smith last
Friday evening was one OF the most de.
lighttul Of midsummer entertainments,
and was participated In by large num-
Der OF our people. The program was a
SplCuulu onSi ohOIdCluR uumueIs ny
our most talented elocutionists and,
musicians. An admission fee Of TWEEN
ty-fve cents was collected at the door
and this collection will be used by the
society Of the Presbyterian
church In its works. A delicious punch
was served to all the guests.
The Town Council met in special 'ses-
sion Tuesday night TO consider prop.
ositlons for sites for the proposed school
dormitory and 10 consider other mat
ters in connection with the bond issue
authorized by the election Of last week.
The only proposition for dormitory
Bite was the offer Of the Lines House
property for the sum Of City five hum
1red dollars. This offer embraces the
Lines House and the stable in the rear,
he whole lot being about half an acre
In size. The ADVOCATES OF the purchase
)f tbl5 property favor the putting In
thorough repair OF the building and the
earring away Of the stable, a brick ad-
lition to the main house being built on
.he stable site. A committee was ap-
pointed TO get other propositions and
,he entire matter was left open until a
uture meeting of the council A COM
nittee was also appointed to ascertain
where property may be bought for the
eptic tanks which will be part of the
sewerage system.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-15
RUN-OvER LOCALS.

TRY a "Msiestic" Ham and convince
Yourself, Leslie & Waring,
r. A. Peoples, the insurance man OF
vsNosts, was a business visitor to our
cty Tuesday.
For SALE: "A double-barreled bam.
merless shot gun. Excellent bird gun.
Will cell cheap. Carroll Smith.
Dr.. L. @ Ruter spent several days
n Jacksonville last week and assisted
\ several operations at the DeSoto
saDatorium'
Mrs. Alb. Murphy Of Braidentown,
ra., was the guest last week from
Thursday until Saturday Of her friend
nd former class mate, Mrs. Archie
.lyiuRston,jr.
Mrs. J. D. Shaw has returned home
rom pleasant visit of several days
IT'D her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. l..
Morgan, in Valdosta. She was accom-
anied to her home here by her sister,
iiss Luette Morgan.
DR.. Armstrong, the we'll known Jack
onville eye ana nerve specialist, made
Is professional visit to Madison last
Wednesday as per appointment The
ootor is meeting with splendid success
nd has perfected many wonderful cures
eye and nervous troubles. His next
isit will be on Sept. Sth.
Ate = the pipe organs for the Meth
dist AID Baptist churches have been
bipped from the factory at st. Louis.
j A. FraleiRh received from the build.
b bill Of lading showing that ship.
lent was made on the 9th inst.,-last
ridsy, Both organs come 10 the same
nr sud should arrive here within the
ext few days. 1t is presumed that
an will arrive with the organs who
IN place them IN the respective
hurches, and this work should net
pnsume great deal Of time, so we may
expect to have pipe organ music
thin the next few weeks
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-15

"Maiestics" are not as good but the
pest on earth. Phone Leslie & warlnR.
Mrs $. Alex Smith and children will
leave.to'day for their summer bome
near Dawson, Ca.
S'rayed or Stolen. l bav mara n,,a
weight about 800 pounds, 6 years old
Lett my lot near Blue Spring Saturday
or sunday night. Take up and notify
W. D. Mercer, Ellavlle, Fla. 2w
The enrolment at the summer school
now In progress has reached abo II fiftv
pupils who have come from yarions
parts OF the State for instruction in
pedagogy.
"a Sale at the big dry goods and
clothing house Of I. j. Beges & Co..
always means something to the buyipp
public Such a sale is now 10 progress
at this store and the public is invited
to call and take advantage Of the very
low stock taking prices. Read the ad-
'o'''seueuI on another page,
Mr.. ]. E. Cottingham, who lives out
on r. F. D. No, 8, brought to this Of
tce yesterday morning the finest water.
melon we have seen this season. IL
tipped the scales at two ounces less
than sixty pounds and every ounce was
lump OF sweetness. The young Smiths
reveled in Its juicy sweetness and gave
enthusiastic thanks to Mr.. Cottinrbam
for his delightful treat.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Patterson and
son, Walter, left Saturday for Macon,
Ca, in which city they will make their
future home. With the departure Of |
this family Macon has robbed us Of two
splendid families within the period Of a
few days. We can i'll afford to lose such |
people as the Pattersons, they being
numbered among our best families. We
have not learned what business, IL any,
Mr.. Patterson expects to engage in IN
his new home, but whatever he under
takes we believe he will succeed be-
cause he is built along the lines Of sue
cess, and his hundreds Of friends I'm this
town and county where he was born
and reared wish him all manner Of sue
cess.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1909-07-15

Miss Clara CoRgins expects to 20 TO
Monticello to-day for a visit OF several
DAYS with the Misses MAYS of that city.
The heavy and continuous rains for a
week past washed up the streets Of the
town in many places, but Marshal Dale
has force OF hands at work repairing
the damage as rapidly as possible.
After most delightful visit Of sever
al weeks with Mrs. j. B. Brinson and
other friends Miss Jean Patterson, Ot
Muscogee, Fla, left last Friday for a
visit to friends in Brunswick, Ca. The
many friends and admirers OF this
charming Young lady will be glad TO
learn that she will return here for a
short visit before finally returning to
her home IN West Florida.
The Madison Orchestra entertained
large audience at the opera house Tues,
day night with a musical program Of
great interest and excellence. The
LuNhADGA5 VI WIS olkaIlGhllOu nave
worked hard 10 give our town an orches-
ira which compares most favorably
with like musical organizations Of other
towns and by earnest practice have at
tanned a degree Of efficiency surprising
for so short a period. The class Of
music rendered is Of the highest and the
frequent concerts give 10 the public op.
portunity for enjoyment.
Tuesday afterno on, July 9th, at the
home Of the BRIDES mother, Mrs. CIV.
Young, quite number OF relatives OF
the contracting parties assembled TO
witness the ceremony Of marriage by
which the lives Of Mr.. j M. Mcmillan |
and Miss Florence Young we're merged |
into one. Rey. W. o. Young ofRciated |
The groom is a young and promising |
business man Of Ocilla, Ga, and his
bride, the only daughter OF her mother,
g one of the county's most beloved |
'Suug ladies. A bountiful feast was
ierved at six o'clock to which the in
'ited guests dad ample justice. Our
and best wishes are ex-
ended. !
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-01

sources of the whole American PEG.
pie are at stakes on the principle of
this battle of the New York farmers
against the commercial feather hunt
ers, Clifford Pinchot, head OF the M
tional Conservation commission has
today come out in strong support OF
the proposed legislation. Letters OF
warm endorsement of this campaign
have also been received at the Audu-
bon headquarters here from G. F. Cox,
president of the New York Academy
of Sciences, Madison Grant, chairman
OF the executive committee OF the
New York Geological society, DR.. Ray
mond A. Pearson, New York commits
| sioner of agriculture and E. P. Felt,
| the state entomologist. F. N. God
| frey, master of the state grange, has
already actively enlisted with all his
forces in the fight.
Half of the daily food of the crow
hlackbird alone is made up of the IN
sect pests that destroy the crops it
has been proven by expert eXamina-
| ton of $3.50 stomachs of these Wild
birds, the results of which are being
submitted to the legislators here by
DR.. T. s. Palmer of the government
department of agriculture. With 9th
ers of the non-game species that 1t is
proposed to protect here, these birds
have been ahown to be the only effec-
| tive check to the plague of Brown
Tail and Gypsy moths which is sweep
ing over the country from the New
England states where $3,000,000 has
already been spent in vain attempts
to curb its devastation of the crops
and woods. With the insect-eating
birds it is also planned to shield the
/ Snowy Owl which is known to con-
sumo the hordes of meadow mice
whose depredations have cost the
orchardists of the country millions OF
dollars.
'This battle for the proper protec'
ton of the insect-eating birds will
have its effect upon the whole coun
try" said William butcher, president
of the National Association of Audi
bon societies at it's headquarters, 141
Broadway, today. More than $1,000,
100000 has been proven by the gov
eminent to have been lost to th=
farmers of this land last year through
the depredations of insect pests. VS.
want to determine if this vast loss tc
the nation is not to be considered
rather than the selfish interests of the
few dealers in the plumage of the vel =!
birds that destroy these insects. I
4 is high time for the farmers, orchard
4 lists, ranchmen and planters of thi:
4 country to assert themselves in thi:
4 matter as the agriculturists are doins
4 in this state. We feel that we car
& count upon the support of ever,
patriotic American to help us save tht
nations valuable bird resources"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-01

sIly seemed commonplace, and on his
return, if he escapes alive from the
neadly dangers confronting him, he
will no doubt be well able to describe
realistically the similarity or difference
between cunning for trust octop1 IN
Washington and forest behemoths
hlong the equator.
Never was a hunting and exploring
party better equipped for its particu-
lar purposes than Mr.. Roosevelts, not
only as to accouterment, but as re-
CARDS the personnel of the expedition.
While Mr.. Roosevelt himself will be
chiefly concerned in shooting and sight
seeing, his son Kermit, now nineteen
years old, as official photographer has
peculiarly important duties, undergo
sng more personal risk from injury by
wild animals than probably any other
member of the party. The official pho
tographer must always be in the very
forefront of action afield to secure the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-01
MANY SMITHS
IN CENSUS BOOK
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHES DATA
FROM EARLY DAYS AT JAMES
TOWN UNTIL 1900.

Washington, D. c., March 80. That
the Smiths were the most numerous
CT American families in the earliest
days is maintained in forthcoming
volume under the census bureau aus
pices.
Facts and figures of the volume go
back almost to the days Of Capt. John
Smith, the first Smith of them all but
| the New England Smiths have their
innings along with the rest of the con-
Aection.
By the year 1890 when the first
| federal census was taken, more than
5000 Smith families rejoiced in that
ancestral patronymic, and the sum to.
tai of individual Smiths under the
stars and stripes was more than $4,000
despite the then comparative sparse.
ness of American population in the as.
gregate.
The Browns were a good second in
lnumerousness of these original Ameri
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-04-01

and rhinoceroses. They will stop
charging behemoth when all else has
failed Tearing its way through bone
or flesh, the bullet leaves a hole as
large as a cocoanut where it energies.
For long range Mr.. Roosevelt has
high power, high velocity, smokeless
gun, carrying soft, lead pointed, metal
cased bullets that weigh 300 grains
and have a muzzle velocity Of 2,150
feet a second. The bullet strikes a
blow of a ton and half. This gun is
used in shooting fleet footed, man shy
animals, such as antelopes and colobi.
The fourth type of gun is without
doubt the most valuable of the collec-
ton, as it is effective at both long and
short range and is the highest type
of emergency and long distance weap-
on This gun is the autOloading rife.
which, it is predicted, will one day
arm the armies of the world. 1t sends
80 caliber bullet, metal cased, lead
pointed, through spring steel over
quarter of an inch thick or through
forty to fifty inches of pine. The bull
let weighs 200 grains and has a muz-
zle velocity Of 1000 feet second
striking blow of 1900 pounds. In
Germany the corpses Of seven men
were stood III a row in the positions
soldiers would take, and bullet from
this gun went through five Of the
bodies. Five bullets fixed in a clip
and placed in the chamber can be
! fred in q second and half by an eX-
perienced rifeman, surely more than
enough of reserve battery to stop
the widest bull elephant tusker that
ever onrushed 4 human assailant.
| This soft, lead nosed missile, only
| thirty-five -hundredtIls Of an inch
thick at its base, mushrooms" as 1t
strikes and, passing through a body,
leaves hole as big as a mans hand
at its point of egress. This is the gun
that Mr.. Roosevelt's head gun carrier
will hand him at that moment that
comes to every invader of the African
jungle-the moment when wounded
elephant, lion or rhinoceros, half
blinded by throbbing pain, charges or
springs madly upon its assailant
whose life depends on steadiness OF
nerve, eye and hand, with the bloody