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! give IT color
people of Popbam.o
BY Mary c. T.. wemyss Houghton
Miffiin Company. of Boston. S12O net
AT the outset of this book Mary
Wemyss tells how Christian Hope be
gan her association with Little Pop
nam by her saying: II became a LOGGER
In Little Pophan. because James sis
ter-Jane was my maid. called at that
time Somerset-happened to have one
downstair room aud two upstair
rooms unlet at the very moment 1
wanted them Recovering as was
from measles. Somerset held the opin-
ION very strongly that with a COM
pleNion like mine it wasn't every one
who would care to have me-"
Afterward Christian Hope went to
India and stayed with her father. Her
father died and she then went to her
married sister Violet AS Violet and
Christian were twins. the resemblance
between them was naturally marked.
But Violet was a very different nature
from her sister. and Christian sacri-
feed herself TO save Violet from final
disgrace. The sacrifice was So com
plete that further residence in her
brother-in- laws home was not pos
sible for Christian. She therefore came
home to England and settled a. Pop
ham. with the faithful Jane still in
attendance.
After awhile her natural Impulses
and affections. thwarted and thrown
back upon themselves, reasserted their
claims. Christians life became one
filled with thousand kindly interests
and humanities. Possessed of keen
sense of humor and a viewpoint which
took in the humorous as well as the
tragic side of life. the Popham COM
munity. with its homely joys. its in
Iuisitiveness, 'tg poverty and its
abundance, its beauty and it's ugliness.
developed into the place of all rlaccs,
the one where her life was anchored
and her restlessness stilled. She hau
left her lover behind her when shv
turned her back on India. Years passed
before he came home to England. but
MOTTO her. For sake of him she had
grown into a lonely woman. She re-
NAMED lonely, but she was not un-
happy
Contrasted with Christian In the
book and in Popham, where she hsd
inherited dwelling place, WIS Mary
Macdermott, happy wife and mother,
who had married David Howard. tho
man Of her heart, and had grown more
and more beautiful and sweet-natured
as the years rolled by. Mary Wemyss
puts the picture of these two women
Christian Hope. who would have her
ideal or nothing, and Mary Howard.
who made her home light so bright
and clear that all around were draw
into its charmed circle in the forefront
of her story.
Both women are fine and high. Their
influence on others is all for good.
Through them and what they see ard
hear, that which renders life at Pop
ham vital and brims it over with hui
man interest. is told. The book is quite
inimitable in its way which is the way
of the many little things that merge
into the sum total of life and into low
ing service for others.
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"The Mig I.cague.n

BY Charles f. Van Loan. Small
Maynard & Co.. of Boston. 800 net
A baseball book. in which famous
players and famous games are exploit
ed. in which there is much talk of 1.-THE
crab" the low brow" 'the fresh guy"
ind others, and the fields on which
they gained their notoriety Sport-Iov.
ing readers will find great attraction
in this little volume. which Is we'll IL
lustrated
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cross. who became the bride of Christ
and took upon her the vow of per-
petual silence among the Carthusian
nuns OF Hungary. While these stand
out prominently, however. the book in
its entirety may be recommended as
something new and delightful in the
art of story-tellinC
"Scekcrs AN
BY Mrs Kenneth Combe. The George
II Doran Company of New York 81 20.
Seekers after happiness says the
book. who could deny they, each ana
all. were that, good and bad. W @
and foolish alike. Some called the
goal success, or love, or power. or
wealth; but were not these but guises
after all, in which appeared each mans
ideal of the desired prize? And the
driving force which underlay the pur-
est, the highest aspirations, was It
not the unfaltering belief that all
those who sought worthily. should find
some day-the JOY eternal?"
\ girl named Barbara Lister is the
heroine of the book She and her
stepfather know that Barbara is an
heiress. All the rest of the world
imaEines that the money left in trust
by Barbara's mother. to save her child
from being vic,imized by fortune
hunter as she had been at first, really
belongs to the girls stepfather.
AS 1t is. Barbara has a narrow es-
cape. A cousin of hers. who is Jealous,
tells a man to whom Barbara is en-
gagged that Barbara has only an income
Of 1900. The tory IS untrue. but it
has the effect of freeing Barbara at
the expense of some heartaches.
I'd hN oh, Lat
marries for happiness. The story Is
well told. There are delightful glimpses
of English high class life and much
oleverncss iii the way the characters
are introduced and sustained.
The happy ending of the book, more
over. contributes TO the feeling of
pleasure which its reading affords.
"Lisbcth of the DnIe."
Doran Company. of New York. Sl.20
net.
a story of the Scotch Gordons and
their transportation in Canadian soil.
The Gordons that the book tells about
were the children of William Gordon,
a widower. whose household affairs
were ably administered by his maiden
sister from Scotland and her some
what eccentric but efficient servant
maid, Sarah Emily.
OF the Gordons there were Annie.
John, Elizabeth, Malcolm. Jean, Mary,
Archie and Jamie. Annie the eldest.
had her pretty romance. and married
early for love. The other members of
the household are all interesting after
a fashion. but the centre figure of
everything in it has Elizabeth for a
beginning and ending.
Elizabeth's wild streak individualized
her during her school days, set her
apart from the usual pleasure-loving
type of young womanhood. filled her
with longing to be OF service in the
world. and guided her Alright I'm her
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"The Garden of the sum-

By Capt. T, J. Powers. u. S A Small,
Maynard & Co. of Boston. 1925
This is a novel of army life In the
Philippines. written by a man. who,
from his position, is we'll qualified TO
describe the adventures connected with
service in the Orient. the incidents OF
garrison residence and the romances
that are inseparable from it from the
standpoint of experience and observu
ton.
Pauglima Hassan and his piratical
Moro warriors enter into tine interest
Ing scheme of things, which render
Captain Powers's novel realistic and
vivid in Characterization and descrip-
ton.
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"Three Years in the Confederate Hor'
ArftIIery.v

BY George NJ Neese. The Neale Pub
fishing Company, Flatiron Building.
New York. $500 net.
The late senator John w. Daniel. of
Virginia. has written an introduction
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The author OF this book is a young
New Orleans woman. the daughter of
Journalist. and a brilliant collegiate
who is intellectually clever and fun
of the JOY of living.
She has chosen Virginia mountain
town as the scene of her romance
which. though not unusual in its re.
lation to life and people, is strongly
individual from the manner of Its pre-
sentation.
The heroine of the book is town born
and bred. but vagrant. gypsy strain
In her nature makes her turn away
from the conventionalities of the
society where the lines have naturally
fallen to her. TO become the wife OF a
big. primitive speeched noun
taneer. to merge her personality in
his, to make his home happy by her
presence. but in answering his de-
mands to give up the things which
had formerly filled out the interests
and occupations of her life her music
her art and her intercourse with the
world. social and dramatic. For the
big mountaineer, with all his elemental
qualities. was a practical fellow, who
adored his wife, but considered that
she had reached the climax of her
career when she became his at the
altar, and that hereafter his simple
comradeship was all sufficient to feed
her heart and Imagination
Perhaps the wife's period of exalta-
tion might have lasted longer and car
ried her farther, but for the introduce
tion into her line of vision of a diff
ferent quality of the genus homo one
whose response TO her own in tastes
and ideas was too swift and too sure
not to awaken her to realization OF
her overhaste in the matter of choos-
Ing a husband and definitely settling
the question of her future.
Like many another woman. she had
to pay the price of what she had done
and the price cost her dear. The book
hinges throughout on the side OF emo
ton and ina gination, and is n remark
able piece of work for so young a
writer as Miss Lea The heroine and
the two men whose destinies are link
ed with hers centre interest in them
selves. but the book is otherwise full of
character touches that are unusual.
such as the most attractive delineation
of Violet Page and the absolute ex-
posture of Mrs Page. the mother, so
really dissirnilar from the daughter.
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~ study of Southern Poetry.
BY Henry Jerome Stockard. The
Neale Publishing Company. Flatiron
Building. New York $3.50.
This is essentially a textbook.
planned for use in 'the schoolroom and
study. Professor Stockard as president
of Peace institute. is himself teacher
of literature and poet, and brings to
his work Intelligence. knowledge Of
the actual needs OF the teacher. and
sympathy. His choice of mater al is
broad and representatives; his treat
ment OF the material logical, concise
and practical
The work opens with a brief ana
thorough treatise on the art of poet'cs,
a theme too rarely treated in text
books of poetry. The work of each poet
sketch, each selection characterized
and followed by questions for study,
and for the use OF the teacher. To
facilitate the study of the poems, the
lines are numbered
1t is always gratifying to have the
praise of neighbors, the commenda-
ton of those who are everyday int
mates. Such praise Is valuable IN 1T
self, and controverts the time -honored
theory about a prophet and his own
country. From his fellow teachers In
college life and his fellow writers In
the south Professor Stockard has re-
ceived most cordial words of praise
President D. II. Hill, of the Nortr
Carolina College of Agriculture and
Mechanics; President T. w. Whitsett
OF Whitsett institute, and Thomas
Hume, professor emeritus OF Engl'st
literature IN the University OF Nortt
Carolina. being among those who RAM
the hook and It's author very msi
from an educational and literar,
standpoint.
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choice of her life work and the man
10 whom she gave her heart.
The book has plenty OF humor and
incident. as we'll as character descrip-
ton, TO render 1t entertaining and
give IL color
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"auicksands"
By Fannie Heaslip Lea. Sturgis &
Walton Co. of New York $3.50 net
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-17
TROPICS NEAR ARCTIC CIRCLE.

superintendent A. e. Snyder.
commanding the Royal Mounted at
Whitehorse. Yukon Territory. re-
ported to the Commissioners in 1909
discovery north of the porcupine.
They were travelling by dog-sledge,
with the thermometer at forty be-
low, when to their establishment the
temperature began to rise fast that
within space of two hours they had
thrown off their warm garments,
and the snow was soft underfoot.
1T seemed" said Mcintyre, las
though we were suddenly passing
from winter into spring" Soon af-
ter they came upon the first of
|numberless hot springs, the snow
disappeared entirely and dense veg
citation took the place of the stunt
ed bush and timber Of the plains.
Because Of necessarily slow traver
on foot the explorers were not able
to determine the extent Of this Won
derful oasis in the midst Of an Arc
tic desolation. They found several
good-sized rivers flowing with
warm water and teeming with fish,
and the countr was alive with
bear, caribou, ducks, pheasants, wild
geese. and other game. and gold
was found in number Of the creeks
Mcintyre will soon start at the head
OF a second expedition into this mys-
FERROUS country-James oliver Cur
wood in Success Magazine
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Health Of this community is very
good at present.
J.. b. Worley returned home Sun
day from Jackson where he has
been under treatment. We were
glad to know of his recovery.
Quite a crown of boys and girls
attended services at Pisgah last
| Tuesday night. The moon was
shining brightly. and the young
folks had q delightful drive there
and back, and of course they enjoy
ed the services too. The good driv-
ers/hit all the stumps SO that the
young people would be contented to
sit still in church.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G.. Mckay visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Jenkins Sunday.
The Misses Worleys and Densons
attended the meeting at Eureka
Sunday anr reported large time.
@. II. Bilbro made a business trip
| TO Morton last Wednesday.
Floyd Bates Of Sandhill, visited
Mr. G. B Worley Sunday night.
Misses Leano and Sallie Jenkins,
Ola WEIGH and Johnnie erkins, at
tended the basket supper at Mr..
John Measles Friday night, August
18th. There We're sixteen baskets,
and all reported a delightful time.
d. I. Bilbro made a business trip
to Morton Tuesday.
Mr.. Elliott, of Pelahatchie, Wis
tied j. B. Morley Sunday night.
Hurrah for Willie He has been
working hard for the last few days.
Zeke Slade and Johnnie erkins at
tended the meeting at Prairie Hill
Sunday, also the meeting at Mr..
Boxes.
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THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE
NORTH.

While the world has been thrilled
by the exploits of Pearys and Cooks
and Shaekletons. men who have set
forth III well-supplied ships to re-
veal the mysteries of worthless
terra incognitas. there has been go
ing on in the far north quietly and
without fanfare of trumpets, and
amid hardships and perils which
few parlor explorers encounter, a
work that within two years has en-
tirely changed the map of the north
ern quarter of the continent. And
this work has been carried on by
unsung heroes like McCreadv. who
ent mad, and Silkes, who died and
by others like the man who yrote
down from the desolate Arctic plain
the Great Barrens-a sand, Il
beg to report that our journey to
Aberdeen Lake was filled with great
danger and misfortune. We were
storm-bound frequently, and the
temperature fell to sixty. LeBarge
died at Baker Island. Scott and I
pulled in with only two dogs, living
on bark and roots for the last hun
IN miles. 1t is unfortunate that
thrN Of my fingers were frozen,
and Nave been amputated
The Saiics are the writer's. Com
pare theN brevity and the modestv
of this report the telling in half,
a dozen lines of story whose trag-
edy might fila book, with the lurid
and adjective-strewn accounts of
the swift dashesS made by Peary
and Cook, and one knows the mental
of which the six hundred and fortys
nine men and officers of the Royal
Northwest Mounted Police isaIade.
James Oliver Curwood in Success
Magazine"
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PEARSON.

Wood-hauling is the main bust
ness here now. w. IL. Harris, a.
A. Smallwood and John Russell are
shipping wood from this point.
The Richland Dairy. operatedl by
G II. Parish and sons, is progress
sing nicely proving that Pearsonltees
can do something besides raise cot
ton. -,
The Methodist at this place will
hold a series Of meetings at the
school house beginning next Sun
day, Aug. goth. Rev. Weggs, OF
Brookhaven. ably assisted by the
Presiding Elder, J. R. Jones, OF
Jackson. will conduct the services.
+ There will be preaching at "A O.
clock SUNDAY morning, followed by
dinner on the ground, with a ser
mon in the evening. Everybody IS
cordially invited to attend both
Sunday services and also those OF
the following week.
Rev. Clement, Of Monroe, a, VS.
tied his mother, who is suffering
with rhe,,.saat last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. 4. Stacy
started Monday to drive across
| country on a visit to Laurel Miss.
Mrs. A. A. Smallweod and daugn-
ter Maude, are visiting relatives Y
Jackson this week.
Mrs. c.. H.. Parish spent Monuay
| in Jackson. S
Chicago I'll.
Mrs, j. R. Payne has been ap-
pointed to teach our school tnf
coming session.
Walter B. Strickland of Lawrence
was the guest of his brother, o.ll
genial agent. a few days last Week
Walter Thomas came down IRON
pelallatchie Sunday to spend tnf
day with his wife and babies. Wit
are visiting her mother, Mrs Bette
| Saunders.
Mr. and Mrs. j. H Morgan trans
acted business in Jackson Tuesday
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PUCKETT

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We are having lots, of rain. 1t
rained here yesterday, last night,
and is still raining.
Mrs. A. A. Burnham, who has
been sick for some time, is a little
better at this writing.
Carrie Pickett has been sick for
the past few days, but is better.
Edd Warrens little boy has been
sick for some time but is better
now.
F. M. Polk has been sick, but is
reported better.
r.. A. Kennedy and II. G. Pat
rick, both OF beat 5. were here last
week looking after the voters.
Miss Bulah Warren. Of Galilee,
was a visitor here few days last
week.
G. w. Polk visited friends at Joe
last week and reported lots of boil
weevils in that part of the county
M,. White, candidate for assessor,
was here last week looking after
the voters. 4Ix34 IT
The PICKETT Mill Company has
changed hands and will be run by
other men this fall.
w. H. McLain made a business
"trip to town few days ago on bus
mess.
s. G. Donnell, of Johns, was a
visitor here few days ago.
NJ. C. Mcintyre, of Johns, was a
visitor here a few days last week.
Monroe Gill and wife OF johns
were visitors here one day last week
We have fine school and NOV
sng along nicely att present. we
have some boarders and more are
coming in all the tin1e-a fine school
this year.
M. e. Daniel and Hulon Burn
ham are on Pearl river in NORTH
Rankin this week fishing.
Leon Jones is riding the rura4
mail from pickett to Lynwood now
as our present mail rider has
ten days rest and vacation.
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FANNIN

J. ]. Wilmington made a business
trip to Jackson.
G. III. Sheriff. and wife and Mrs.
y. Med. Shaw visited the capitol
last week.
Joe Worley, of Jackson, is with
his parents this week.
Miss Eula Noble of Jackson, is Wis
iting her aunt, Mrs. McKinnOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. I @. Brown spent
two days in Brandon last week.
Clinton Ellis and family, H. l..
Ellis, of Jackson, are on the river
fishing.
Mr.. John Cole, of Brandon, was
the guest of H. r.. White Wednes-
day.
Mrs. J. J. Wilmington and son
John. spent several days at Pisgah
attending the meeting.
A. ID. Morley went to Brandon
Saturday to meet the preacher,
brother Huffstatler. who filled his
regular appointment Sunday.
G.. b. Horne made trip to Bran
don Monday.
Mrs. J. M. Quimby and children
have gone to Laurel to join Mr..
Quimby. to make it their future
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J.. J. ]. and J.
w. Wilmington went to Jackson
Monday.
Mr. Hilton Russell was in our
midst last week looking after the
interest of tue school.
Virgil Watson visited his broth
er, DR.. W. H. Watson from Fri
day until Sunday.
Messrs. Means Of Virgil, was in
or little town Saturday buying oats.
Mrs. J. F. Campbell and little
Katie Mae are visiting in Pocahon-
tas this week.
Mrs. w. H. Watson has return
ed after a pleasant visit to her
home folks.
Mrs. Cynthia Faulkanberry and
Miss Fannie Wilmington have re
turned after a pleasant visit to Jack
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dewitt and
son Webster, visited in Brandon last
week and then to Jackson.
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I STAR

| Cole Burns. OF Brandon, was here
Wednesday interviewing the patrons
Lof the school in view of obtaining
the principalship for next session.
| Albert Ross and sister, Miss Venie,
attended protracted meeting at Mon
lterey last Tuesday.
| j. A. Lindsey was shaking hands
with the voters here Wednesday.
Mr.. Langford, of Hattiesburg
twas here Thursday trying to secure
the school for next session.
Miss Ora Morgan and Johnnie Al
len returned Wednesday from Cato,
after attending the meeting there
| for several days.
Miss Ozilla Hilton and Tom Nor
gan spent Wednesday and Thurs
day at Cato.
Misses Nora Weathersby and Sal
lie Johnston. and Mrs. j l.. Single
tary and children left Thursday to
visit relatives at DLo. Mrs. Single
tary and children returned Sunday.
Prof. J.. H., O'Neal was at Star
the first Of this week.
Miss Matte Lou Cooper and Mrs.
Lola Webb went to Monterey We'd
nesday.
j. r.. Singletary went to Jack
son Monday.
Edgar Misterfeldt was here the
firstof the week.
On account of rain, Bro. Andrews
was unable to fill his appointment
here Saturday. He preached a fine
sermon, however. on Sunday.
j. t. Cooper spent Sunday night
in Braxton.
P. B. Berry of Florence, was
here the first part of the week.
Mrs. Sim Lacy, Of Thomasville.
was in Star Tuesday.
H. d. Morgan went to Florence
one day last week.
w. ID. Thomas and family were
here Tuesday morning to take the
train, Mrs. Thomas and the chill
dren going to Oklahoma and Mr..
Thomas accompanying them as far
as Jackson.
Mrs. w. T. Sandifer, who has
been quite i'll at the sanitarium in
Jackson for some time, is reported
some better this morning Tuesday.
Her friends hope for her a speedy
recovery.
We are glad to say that Mrs. S.
s. Buffers sick children are inn
proving.
Chris Cooper spent Saturday night
at Comedy.
Mrs. Maude Ammons and children,
who have been visiting relatives
near here. left Monday for their
home in Texas. .s-
Freeman Lacy, of Louisiana, who
has been visiting his aunt, Mrs.
j. 7. Cooper, returned home Satur-
day.
w. G. Bell, travelling salesman for
the Hannah Distributing Company
of Jackson, was here today and stat
ed that his son. Marion, had the
misfortune to get badly cut on a
saw at Braxton yesterday.
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ASTHMA-CATARRH
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Expert Medical Scientists Announce
Startling Results Obtained by
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New rk:-Thousands are taking
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0.
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Asthma, Hay Fever, Bronchitis, and
Catarrh. which is mailed free of
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suffering or how severe the china
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If you have experimental with
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to find a cure do not be discouraged
but send for trial of this wonder
full compound discovered by Pro-
lessor of Vienna University, and is
being recommended by thousands
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Health of this community is very
good at this writing.
The singing which has just closed
at Clear Branch was very success
full.
]. d. and F. Mcdonald made a
business trip to Hazlehurst on the
It'll.
The Misses Summers and Collier
Of Lvnwood, visited Miss Alma Nc
Donald this week. and Mrs. M. u.
White of Clear Branch last week.
Misses Buchanan and McRae VS.
tied friends at Clear Branch last
week.
DR.. J. B. Ainsworth made a flying
trip to Magee a few days ago. $,
Miss Susie Pierce of Brandon, VIII
teach our school at County Line
next session.
J A. Mcdonald and son are Gu.
ting some fine lurnheH now.
James Tucker Of Nor:ield visited
relatives at this place last week
Miss Wilma Sebren Is visiting
relatives at Norfield. !
Misses Mertie and Vera White are
visiting friends in Brondan.
1T is reported that some new corn
has found its way to the grist mills.
Cotton is beginning to open.
There is lots of hay being harvest
ed in this part Of the country.