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East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1911-04-28

been made the theme for scnrril-
Gus and an assinine circular head
To disfranchise white voters--a
scheme for double purposes by
common cause;" by that aggrega-
tlon OF patriots performing as the
Vardamen campaign club-H. V.
Watkins, secretary They have
proven themselves worthy of, and
we'll qualified to grind out the
literary slush for the
Hero of che contingent fund
Hero of the battleship fund
Hero of pass S64."
Like other pronunciamentos from
this source this latest screeG is
made up of equal parts of fiction
and stupidity. Madison as we'll as
Washington being anti Vardaman
by their own reasoning Vardaman
stands to win votes, through their
double primaries. This proves
that the only motive Of the use of
the incident is to arouse prejudice.
And the $ lie excuse for such un-
scrupulouS tactics is that of the
drowsing man catching at staws,
With negro hobby ridden to death
and sinking under the exposure of
his crookedness in handling The
contingent fund, etc, etc., to pose
as martyr is all that is left for
Vardaman. In at least one of his
recent speeches he is quoted as say
ing that he was elected when he
ran against John Sharp Williams,
but lost by turn of the wrist"
For this recklsssly libelous as
pensions upon the party member
ship and authorities, Vardaman
justly incurred the following ex-
coriation from the Greenville Dem
Ocrat:
When Vardaman was candi-
date for senator four years ago, he
was i'll the zenith of his power as
governor of the state. For three
full years he had by the use of the
appointing power, built up strong
political machine; the county cleo
tion commissioners were largely of
his making; the county Democratic
committees in many counties were
in sympathy with his aspirations
and it is generally conceded that
many votes were cast for him by
those who had disqualified them
selves by the non-payment of taxes
assessed against them. The ma
shinery was in his own hands and
he, held, himself, the chief execu-
tive office of the state. And vet
he was not elected.
Vardaman's charge that he was
elected when he ran against John
Sharp Williams. but lost it by a
turn Of the wrist" is charge that
John Sharp Williams holds his
seat in the senate now by fraud.
1t is the reckless charge of {, dis
appointed, dangerous, egotist who
would seemingly stop at nothing
that he may conclude will help him
in his senatorial aspirations.
He has charged the Democratic
legislatures, the Democratic com
mitteeS and the Democratic execu-
tlves OF the state with offeAses
greater than was charged by the
old Populists in their palmist day F..
Will the Democrats of Mississip-
pi honor the politician who persis
tently ISLANDERS them? Certainly
not The Democrats of Mississip.
pi are not built that way. -Vieks-
barg Herald.
The local chapter Of the d. A.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1911-04-28

The local chapter Of the d. A.
h. is very anxious to obtain infor-
nation in regard to a Mr.. Hill
house, a revolutionary soldier, who
was buried in the Odd Fellows
Cemetery at Starkville. His full
name, regiment to which he be.
longed, are desired. An effort will
be made to secure a marker from
the War Department. Anyone
who can assist the Chapter in this
matter please communicate with
Mrs. W. +. Hand, Agricultural Col
lege, Miss.
s~S~~~~~~-~~~~~~~~~s
After a pleasant visit to rela.
tives at OctQc, Mr.. j. E. Kinsey
returned home Sunday evening.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1911-04-28
To The Public,

The Piano Contest is over. To.
gether with my friends, ! fought u
hard fe ht, but lost. This is to
express my appreciation for your
faithfulness throughout the con.
test. While the loser alwavs fe els
the natural tinge OF disappointed
yet duty and love toward our fell
lows demand that we quickly bury
our disappointments and rejoice
with them that do rejoice. "
Without i'll will and without the
suggestion Of improper feeling in
our hearts towards any. let us join
in heartiest congratulations to the
victor. Sincerely,
Viola Bell.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1911-04-28

Are cured by chamberlain's salve One apolica.
ton relieves the itching aud burning sensation.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1911-04-28
Viola Bell.

1t makes you mad if you think
you owe your merchant 300 and
find it is $1,000, Under our
McCaskey System, when you think
it is 100, $705 is just q nicA |
t)o much. d. A Clardy.
~~~~~~~~O>~~~~~r
Rev. l.. B. Hankins and family
h;,ye. etulned home to Mayhem, af-
/ ter sojourning here among friends
last week. III
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1911-04-28
House For Rent.

IA, two story resi- 1ence,, five
=. ,oms dining room and kitchen
ne and one half blocks from main
street. Il ~ Ig
is sZENo YEATEs.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1911-04-28
WILEY N. NASH II. e. Ma
NASH g. NASH

Attorneys and Counselors at
Law and Solicitors in Chancery
STARKVILLE,
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.
Telephone Residence.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-02-06
ANNoUNCEaIENr.

Roy E. Parrish, attorney, announces
the removal OF his Offices from the
Ternor building to ltppms 7s5-52I.
Con building.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-02-06
SKYSCR!APER
In Human Form Excites the Envy Of
Tall Men.

A pedestrian who was forced to
walk in the middle of. the street on
account of his excessive altitude
Monday afternoon made several Of
the city's tall men stop and stare
after him with enyious eyes. The
mans head and shoulders were at
least four feet above those Of even
10 tallest OF his observers. His
two feet were also rather high. as the
man was on stills. On his back he
carried a sign advertising tailoring
establishment sale.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-02-06

80 - ~ - n III
~ N p > z :
{ p. q Powell of salem. Il city
visitor
Thomas Hardman spent SUNDAY Il
Salem.
+. a swan. Of Morgantown. is in
the city.
(: THOMAS ". Burke spent sunday At
FaIrmOnt
J. 2. Bartlett was here today from
IBrtdgepoTt
Daniel Davis. Of Bristol. was in The
city Monday
q. ". Robinson, Of Redwood, is N
city visitor
Dir. william Malone, Of Baltimore,
Is a city visitor.
John Maloney was in Salem visiting
friends Sunday
Arthur Sheets, OF West Milford,
was here Monday.
%. ". Willis Of Morgantown, is a
visitor in the city.
Jesse g. Lawson, Of Bridgeport, was
q city visitor Monday.
DR.. H. v. Warner is in New York
icity on a business trip.
G. Earl Phillips, Of shinnston, was
in the city Sunday night.
Hal Martin, OF Parkersburg, is
here on business visit.
G. R. saxman, OF Morgantown, is
a business visitor here.
Jesse G. Lawson, of Bridgeport,
was a city visitor Monday.
o.. w. Bronsdon, of Parkersburg,
is here on business visit.
Col. David Davidson is at the chal-
ronte hotel in Atlantic City.
|! Jerome w. Stuart, OF BuCkhan-
non, is guest at the Waldo.
Miss Hazel Williams, Of Marshyille,
was in the city Monday shopping.
\ ]. NJ. Jackson, of Parkersburg,
was guest of relatives here Sun
.ay.
Judge Charles w. Lynch went to
Weston Monday morning to hold
.ourt.
Clarence Nutter, of Parkerburg,
was in the city Sunday visiting
friends
Oscar c. Wilt, cashier of the First
National Bank at Salem, is a prom.
tnent city visitor.
DR.. 8. NJ. Mason returned Monday
morning form visit to Washington
and Baltimore.
Prof. o. R. Trotter, of Morgan
own, was a guest at the Waldo
Sunday and Monday.
Miss Ethel Francis, of Bridgeport,
was a guestt6f Miss Anna McGraw, OF
East Pike street, Sunday.
A. p. Morrison, county superinten-
lent of schools, arrived in the city
Monday. morning from Salem.
Miss Selma Farnsworth, of Buck,
harmon, is visiting her aunt Mrs
Eta r. Davis, Of Mechanic street.
Myron c. Tough, of Fairmont, editor
of the State Weekly, was here Monday
in the interests CT that publication.
Wilson Annon and daughter, Edith,
spent Sunday at Grafton at the home
Of Mrs. Annon's father, D. Robinson.
Harry De Rouse and William G.
Hughes, OF the OIL Well Supply com.
pany at Pittsburg, are in the city on
business.
Miss Flossie Badly, of smithfield, re-
turned home Monday after visiting
her sister, Miss Cora Badly, of jack
son street
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. 7. Cunning
aam will leave tonight for New
I York and Boston and will be gone
wo weeks.
Miss Elsie Summers, of New Mar
tinsville. has returned home after
listing her mother, Mrs. Leila SUM
mers. of Wilson street.
Edward w. Mills, Of Fairmont, state
organizer Of the Prohibition party,
vas in the city Monday working in
The interests OF that organization.
- =
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-02-06
oil AND GAS


On Ten Mile creek. Union district,
this county, the Washington Gas
Company has completed a second test
on the j. Jarvis heirs farm and has a
light gasser. On the West Fork river,
Clark district, Morgan s. Tichenal
drilled their test on the. j. L. Jones
heirs farm to the Big InJun and have
developed u good gasser.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-04

sudden glory arising from a sudden
conception of some emineucy In our-
selves by comparison with the infirm-
ity of others. OF with our own for
merly."
II a laugh is a be~nefaetion and the
proyoker of a laugh a benefactor. why
are there more statues to duh people
than to witty ones? Who was the
greatest laugh promoter In history?
1t was said of Sidney Smith that he
was the father of 10000, 900 laughs.
Laughter" said Lord Rosebery re.
Gently, lis q physical necessity. We
live under a sunless sky, surrounded
by a melancholy ocean. and it is a
physical necessity for the English ma
tion--even for the Scotch nation and
the Welsh nation-to laugh. It ex.
hilarates all social relations. Was
not" his lordship added. the laugh
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-04

crease of pension for the widow of a soldier.
There were papers forwarded to him which bore
on the case and these he turned over to the
committee on pensions after his bill had been
introduced.
The widow did not get her money, and 1t was
not long before the whole house knew why. The
member who had espoused the widows cause
had been in congress for years, and the joke at
his expense was too good to keep, and one after
another of his colleagues walked up to his desk
and congratulated him on the wisdom shown in
the plea which was in written form, he had
turned in I'd the committee to win the widows
case.
1t is perhaps needless to FAY that the mem
Der had never read the plea. 1t set forth the
fact that while the amount OF pension increase
the widow of the soldier hero asked for was
large, 1t must be understood that she came of
good family. moved in the best social circles, and
was in need of a large sum of money to keep up
appearances"
Upon occasion senators and representatives per-
nit their constituents TO do their talking for
them in congress. Petitions come in floods at
times. with the object of securing legislation by
external pressure. In the Smoot case, and in
the pure food and army canteen matters the pleas
of the people came in by the tens of thousands.
The members of both houses present these let.
tiers, call attention to their import and then allow
the petition to do the rest If they are potent
enough.
Senator Latimer Of South Carolina once intro
y . 50NA oA0R 800 S1AAAAo - - +SNP~A0
ture of government millions for the improvement
of the highways. rhe automobilists all over the
country began sending letters of approval. They
pressed their friends into the writing service, but
that they did not always pass upon the persuasive
merits of tile friends productions Is shown fair
ly well by one letter on the good roads subject
received by Senator Cullom. 1t read like this:
Dear Mr.. Cu1lom: Please vote for this id
bill, and you will oblige a fool friend of mine
who runs an automobile. Yours more or less
sincerely, ---
1t was q Chicago man who wrote this appeal.
There were others like unto it. The good roads
bill still sleeps.
In the older days the school readers contained
the story pf I'll Try Sir Miller" Probably
everybody knows who "II Try Sir Miller" was.
Certainly everybody ought to know. Gen. James
Miller then a captain, was the Zero of Lundy's
Lane. He said he would try to do the thing
necessary for the thrashing of the enemy, and he
did 1t, and IN Try Sir" took the place of his
Christian name James.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-04
Dr.. Bertillon Says Figures "SpeII
National AnnihiIation."
GIlmmer Of Hope Seen In Passing Of
Law AbollshIng Few OF Amazing
FormaIitles Surrounding Mar
rIaqe In France.

Paris.-Dr. Jacques BertilIon, head
Of the statistical department Of Paris.
declares that the birth and death
rates for 1910 spell national annihi-
lation" The births were 774.358 and
the deaths 7O3. 777. difference of only
70.581.
The number OF births is the lowest
for the past century, barring that for
1909, which was 1000 less. In 1859
more than a million children were
born in France. This figure remained
about stationary till 1868. when the
number was over $4,000. The births
exceeded 100000 for IS years, but
fell to S99, 900 in 1886. For the fol-
lowing 20 years they exceeded 800. 900
annually.
During the past four years the fig.
ure Of births has begun with a seven
The increase in 1910 over 1909 DIR
Bertillon considers insignificant. The
decrease In the death rate also fails
to give him any hope. He points out
that 1t is solely due to the dwindling
birth rate. The reduction is observ-
able only among children under one
year. The only reason, therefore, why
there are fewer deaths Is that fewer
children are born.
Meanwhile, as DIR. Bertillon re-
marks despondentiy. the excess OF
births over deaths in the German EN-.
pire last year was 1884, 900, as com
pared with under $1,000 In France.
The returns give him only one ray of
hope. A law was passed In 1907 abol.
lshing a few of the amazing formal
ties surrounding marriage in France
It Is still difficult to get married In
this country. but 1t was almost i'm
possible to do 10 before June. 1907
Now, for instance. a man or woman
more than thirty years OF age may
marry in France without troubling to
obtain his or her parents consent
Before 1907 such consent. verbal or
written, was needed. II the father
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-04

For years several representatives In congress-
tried to secure an appropriation to be used for
the building of a monument to General Miller at
Peterboro, N. H., near which town I'll Try Sir"
lived on a farm before the war of 1872, and for
years after its close. The representatives who
had the matter of pushing the bill in hand used
the words of Captain Miller at Lundy's Lane to
express their own determination to secure a vic
tory. They certainly did try, and the speeches
that were made before the library committee OF
congress held patriotic appeals in every sentence.
Apparently, however, 1t was easier for Miller to
capture a battery against odds than 1t was Tor
members of congress to capture the dollars neees'
sary to build a monument of enduring stones
to his memory.
It was a case of try and try again. While the
cause of Miller, whose heroism was worth a
dozen monuments, was being pleaded, congress
voted money for memorials to other men less de-
serving. Finally, however, a New Hampshire
member who had been digging into history found
out something about I'll Try Sir's' career which
was not generally known. Congress had been
told time and again that Captain Miller not only
had shown conspicuous gallantry at Lundy Lane,
but that prior to that fight he had thrashed a
superior force of British and Indians at Managua.
Congress had also been told that Miller had com.
manded the center column of General Browns
army, which routed what was apparently an
overwhelmingly greater force OF the British at
Fore Erie.
These things didn't make an impression. Con-
gress seemed to think that inasmuch as Miller
was a soldier that 1t was his business to defeat
superior forces of the enemy every day in the
week without imposing any monument-raising
duty on posterity. The New Hampshire member.
however, found out that after the war of 1872
Miller went back to his farm near Petersboro,
plowed fields. chopped wood and MIXED the cows
instead of going to Washington to ask the gov.
eminent to do something for him on account Of
his record. -
Miller's popularity was such after the treaty of
peace that the goyernm ent proaahly would have
been glad to give him anything that it had to
give. When I'll Try Sir was asked why he
was playing Cincinnatus instead of taking a job
In Washington, he replied: when men begin
leaving the farms for the cities the nation will
begin to decay
Congress was told of this saying of Mfller's,
and either admiration for his choice of a farm.
er's life or else belief that he was a prophet
who before long might have the truth of his
prophecy proved, brought a favorable report
from the committee on library In the matter of
the monument at Petersboro.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-04
to Department OF Zoology
at University Of Minnesota and
Installed In Museum-Two
Other Specimens.

st. Paul. NINA vertebra of a
prehistoric mastodon who roamed the
plains of Minnesota 200. 900 years ago.
before the glaciers sweeping down
from the north had devastated the
feeding grounds of Its kind, exhumed
at Albert Lea by workmen %excayating
for a cellar. has just been received by
the department OF zoology at the uni.
versity and installed in the museum
Discovered In a state where little re-
search work in prehistoric life has
been done, II is considered by univer
sity specialists as a most valuable
contribution to worldwide science.
It is the second discovery of the
kind made In Minnesota Seven
years ago a knee bone and leg bone
of a mastodon were found at Brai
nerd. near White Fish lake, by a
workman digging a ditch. and sent to
the university museum. A year ago
the head OF a mastocon, found near
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-04
BAKED BEANS ARE REPLACED
Spaghetti Ia Now Popular Dish In 5os-
ton-one Merchant Alone import
ed 6oo,o 600 Cases.

Boston.-Who hath done murder to
Boston bean?
Boston is honeycombed with RES
taurants and eats persistently. earnest
and enthusiastically. The dish that
c~haracterizes its eating Is spaghetti.
One Boston merchant imported 500.-
00v cases Of spaghetti in 1905. Last
year he imported more than SOC. 900
cases. This is something over $4,000
tons. This year all records are ex-
pected to go by the board.
And this in the town where the bill
Of fare is supposed to be beans, beans.
beans, occasionally varied with the be-
loved cod. though the testimony OF
restaurant men is that Boston eats no
more beans per capita than other cit
les. but holds the spaghetti cham
pionship OF the western hemisphere.
The consumption of beans is falling
off yearly in contrast With the gain
made by spaghetti.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-04
Find Bone of Mastodon

Valentine. Neb., consisting Of the up
per jaws. tusks and neck bones. was
sent to the university. where II is now
on exhibition. The three exhibits. rep
resenting the different parts Of the
body. give a good idea of the size and
shape Of the pre-glacial beast.
The vertebra discovered at Albert
Lea was found IL feet below the sur
face OF the ground. In the glacial drift.
by Charles f May 1t Is called the
atlas bone, a vertebra located al the
neck. and is of enormous size. meas
uring Two feet across from shoulder
TO shoulder. From the top OF the
neck down 1t is fully a foot deep. The
bone Is carefully preserved In every
detail. there being nj sign OF UNI
bling or decay
Though the excavation at Albert
Lea was prolonged in the hope of dis
covering other parts of the skeleton.
none was discovered. The absence OF
other bones, however. is easily ex-
planned by experts In paleontology
at the university Members OF the de.
partment say c~arnivorous beasts of
that period who preyed upon the mas.
todon may have detached the bone
from the skeleton and carried II to
the spot where 1t was found. either to
eat the meat from It or play with 1t
as q modern coyote. tiger or cat fire.
q~uently plays with Its prey. or sepa-
rating itself from the carcass as IL
decotnposed. IL may have rolled down
a prehistoric hillside no longer exist
Ing or have been carried there by
the glaciers.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-04
AERoPLANE BOWLS OVER cow
Low Flying Machine Strikes Rossy,
Spills Aviator and Sails Two Miles
Without Pilot.

Los Angeles, Cai.-Bryle Williams,
who Ia trying for a license as an air
pilot, struck a COW while sailing a
Curtis biplane the other afternoon. and
was hurled to the ground by the shock,
while the machine went c%areening
along a distance OF two miles without
a pilot
Williams was flying about ten feet
above the ground. Suddenly. as he
passed over the brow of a hill. he
came upon bossy, grazing peacefully.
Some part of the machine struck her.
is ocking her several feet and turning
her over and over. William stumbled
from his seat. but was unhurt. The
machine was finally halted by a friend
ly hay stack which received Its wear.
led wings In a soft embrace.
The embrace lasted until friends OF
Williams In an auto reached the ma.
chine and stopped the propeller. which
vas still buzzing
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-04

jured by the savage and ferocious
beasts. which were exhibited a one
price of admission. BY and by a
negro approached. Did you all lose
a gi-raffe?" he asked.
We lost everything" said the man
ager. shortly. But wen pay you II
you get the giraffe back"
1T ought TO be wort two dollasa to
git dat giraffe baox." said the dairy.
Pears lax he a powahful badaam-
pered giraffe. u All hadn't waicp-
ed him wifi a club. dat giraffe would
done bitten me-"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-04

He IS HEIR TO MICE MONEY
Floor Repairer Finds Roll of siIls
Only Partly chewed-Thousands
of Dollars In Lot.

Trenton. N. jim repairing the
foor of an old house ne recently
bought. PatroIman Patrick Kerwick
found hidden between joists a large
roll of bills. Many of them had been
chewed by mice. but that did not pre-
rem berwick recognizing the 500
mark on them.
How the money got there Is a mys
terry. but II is supposed the house for
merly was owned by somebody who
dlstrusted banks and who died with
out having confided the secret to any
body
Kerwick says hi will send the
chewed bills to the treasury depart
ment for redemption. He did not re-
veal just how man thousands OF dol.
lars were In the lot.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-08-04
Ro2Lo on zzx M4RxAR )P
BIRTH RATE IS LOWER

and mother and the two grandfathers
and grandmothers OF either OF the par
ties were dead, that party could not
get married unless he or she produced
the certificate of death of all six for
bears. These are still required II the
man or woman in the ase be under
thirty.
However. the simpliacations intro
duced, such as they are. were sutfi-
cient to send up the marriage rate
wonderfully. DR.. Bertillon notes with
delight that the number OF weddings
celebrated In France last year-to wit.
309 ,2S9-is n of the highest on rec
ord since the passage OF the law OF
1907. The marriage rate has since
then gone up some 5000 a yea
DR.. Bertillon has therefore some
glimmer of hope that the birth rate
may rise, too. though he Is the first to
acknowledge that. though French
people marry more that is no proof
that they will increase the population.